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By ALLISON [email protected]
Working to pay the bills ver-sus working to follow a pas-sion makes a difference when looking back at the years spent in a career. Steve Roling, CEO of the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City, can at-test to that.
Roling, 65, will retire this year, with no set date. In his role with the h e a l t h c a r e foundation, Roling has become a friend to Allen County. The Kansas City foundation has provided financial assistance to local efforts, including the dental clinic with the Commu-nity Health Center of South-east Kansas, healthy lifestyle and sustainability grants to Thrive Allen County and grants to Iola’s SAFE BASE after-school program.
Roling said he doesn’t plan on making himself comfort-able in a nice chair with a good book or spend his time at the golf course. Roling plans to stay involved.
“I have my health, lots of energy and passion,” Roling said. “I will get involved in dif-ferent ways.”
He said he doesn’t have all
the details worked out yet, but that he plans to dedicate his time to volunteering.
Changing hats isn’t a for-eign concept to Roling.
Roling is from Jefferson City, Mo. He attended the Uni-versity of Missouri, where he got his degree in psychology as an undergraduate student and a master’s in social work.
He started off his career as a social worker when he was in his 20s, running a home for mistreated children in Mis-souri.
He then worked as a legisla-tive assistant for U.S. Sen. Tom Eagleton in Washington D.C. He eventually made his way back to Kansas City, where he was a banker for a number of years.
From there he became publisher of the Kansas City Business Journal, which was followed with a position at the Kauffman Foundation, where he worked at the Entrepre-neurship and Education cen-ter under Ewing Kauffman.
He jumped back into social services when he took the di-rector position at the Depart-ment of Social Services in Missouri.
Roling has been in the CEO position at the Healthcare Foundation for the past eight years. It is where he will end
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Dr. Brian Wolfe was recog-nized Wednesday as a leader in community health.
Steve Roling, chief ex-ecutive officer of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, gave Wolfe the 2012 Healthy Allen Award, “For your dedication to eliminating barriers for a healthy Allen County. Your
handprints are on every-thing new and good in this county,” Roling said.
A $5,000 gift came with the award, which Wolfe said he would plow back into Thrive Allen County, of which he is chairman of its board of di-rectors.
Wolfe joins an elite club. Angela Henry, director of Io-
la’s after-school SAFE BASE program, and Joe Works, president of Humboldt’s B&W Trailer Hitches, were previous designees. Wolfe is in family practice with The Family Physicians.
Pictured are Roling, left, Gena Clounch, who serves on the HCFGKC board of di-rectors, and Wolfe.
Steve Roling
Register/Susan Lynn
AND THE AWARD GOES TO...
Wolfe receives Healthy Allen Award
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By STEVEN [email protected]
Travis Hermstein started the Iola High’s History Bowl program two years ago. His students have done nothing but thrive through the com-petition.
This year, two of the three teams that competed on the state level have qualified for national competition in Washington D.C. The third team will serve as alternate for the qualifiers. Hermstein, the history teacher at IHS, said the teams qualified by garnering a second-place po-sition at the state tournament in Chanute.
The final step is raising funds to get the students to D.C. — Hermstein said $6,000 is needed to send the 12 stu-
dents to the nation’s capital.“The financial need is
greater,” Hermstein said.
“But I’m confident that we will get there.”
Saturday the History Bowl team will host the second an-
nual community competition and pancake feed from 5 to 8 p.m.
Community members will have the opportunity to pair up with one of the history bowl team members and put their history knowledge to the test. Questions will per-tain to Allen County, and also will have samples of ques-tions the students will have to answer at the national level. Free-will donations will be accepted to raise money for the trip, which takes place on April 26 and 27.
In addition to the quiz com-petition, the team is hosting a spaghetti dinner benefit at St. John’s Catholic Church on April 13 from 5 to 8 p.m.
IHS students hope to take knowledge to D.C.
It isolates an area of content that kids like. It gives them an opportunity to learn about some history that I don’t have time to teach.
— Travis Hermstein, Iola High School social studies
teacher
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By BOB [email protected]
Allen County’s assessed valuation of real property — such things as homes, land and buildings — increased by $1.3 million from a year ago, Appraiser Sandy Drake told county commissioners Tues-day.
The valuation stands at $66,111,095.
Last year’s total valua-tion was $96,004,713, with real property accounting for $64,820,147. The remaining $31,184,566 was for personal property, which is determined by state appraisers and is such things as industrial equip-ment, fixtures in commercial settings, and utilities, includ-ing oil and gas pipelines, rail-
roads and power lines.The agricultural category
accounted for the largest in-crease in real property valua-tion, going from $11 million to nearly $11.9 million. Commer-cial property declined nearly $150,000, to about $16.9 mil-lion, while residential proper-ty increased a little less than $500,000, to $30,646,710.
Statements alerting prop-erty owners about new valu-ations arrived in mailboxes this week.
The significance is that total valuations within each gov-erning unit, such as the coun-ty, college or city, will be used to determine mill levies when budgets are constructed this
County valuation up
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Photo by Phyllis LuedkeSpring, is that you?Finally these daffodils and grape hyacinths are able to fully bloom. The weather has been so off and on that the spring
flowers have been confused. They have now received enough warm weather and a rain to bloom beautifully.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators were close Wednesday to finishing work on measures declaring that the federal government can’t regulate some guns and al-lowing public schools and col-leges to arm employees with concealed firearms.
House and Senate nego-tiators agreed on the final version of a bill aimed at preventing the federal gov-ernment from restricting ac-cess to guns, ammunition and accessories manufactured, sold and kept only in Kansas. The bill makes it a felony for a federal agent to attempt to enforce a law, regulation, or-der or treaty affecting such guns.
They also worked out the final language for a separate concealed carry bill, recon-ciling the differences in ver-sions approved by each cham-ber.
That measure would re-quire local governments, public schools and state col-leges to provide adequate se-curity for their buildings if they want to ban people with state permits from carrying concealed weapons inside.
Also, local school boards and state university and college officials could designate em-ployees to carry concealed firearms, even if such weap-ons generally were banned in their buildings.
Supporters hoped both chambers would consider the compromise language for each bill today and send the measures to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
The bills represent the Republican-dominated Legis-lature’s response to the mass, fatal school shooting in De-cember in Newtown, Conn., and the discussion among federal officials about gun control measures. Gun-rights supporters also are reacting to new laws pursued in other states, including neighboring Colorado.
“Our fear is that, starting in Colorado, it will spread to California, New York, Ver-
mont,” said lead House ne-gotiator Arlen Siegfreid, an Olathe Republican. “We are Kansas, and we want to re-main Kansas.”
Gun-rights advocates enjoy solid legislative majorities in Kansas, and lawmakers haven’t seriously discussed requiring background checks on gun purchases or restrict-ing access to some types of weapons and ammunition.
Sen. Tom Hawk, a Man-hattan Democrat and one of the negotiators, said he’s frustrated by lawmakers’ re-sponse to gun violence. He said he doubts having more guns in circulation is a solu-tion.
“Instead of looking at sig-nificant changes, we’re look-ing at increasing more of the same,” he said.
Backers of the bill aimed at the federal government worry that a ban on some military-style weapons will prompt the Obama’s admin-istration to attempt to con-fiscate them. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama, a Democrat, praised Colora-do’s new gun-control laws as
Gun-rights bill nearing final passageJohnHannaAP Political Writer
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Tom MitchellThomas H. Mitchell, 73, passed
away Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Midland, Texas. Tom was born Jan. 29, 1940 in Independence, to Anna Daniels and Elvyn Ellis Mitchell. He graduated from Iola High School in 1958.
Tom served in the U.S. Army for three years. He was stationed in France. After arriving back stateside, he began working for NI Baroid in the logging department for five years and then transferred to Baroid’s drilling fluids department.
Tom and Beth were married in Casper, Wyo. June 19, 1971, after which Tom was transferred to Vernal, Utah, for four years before moving to Midland in 1975. With the training Tom and Beth both had work-ing for Baroid, they started their own company, West Texas Drilling Fluids, Inc., in February 1986, which became United Drilling Fluids, LLC in 2005. Tom was active in the day-to-day operations of United Drilling Fluids, LLC until Dec. 31, 2012.
Tom was a 32nd degree Master Mason and be-longed to Midland Masonic Lodge No. 623, El Paso Scottish Rite Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star Nor-man Read Chapter No. 1010, Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Association of Drilling Engineers. Tom and Beth organized and began the Scottish Heritage Society of the Permian Basin in 1996, which became the Celtic Heritage Society of the Permian Basin in 2002.
He was preceded in death by his parents, daugh-ter Heather Lynne Mitchell, Midland, and brother Melvyn Mitchell, Kansas.
Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Beth Mitch-ell; grandchildren, Genna Leigh Anne Mitchell, Mo-ran, and Andrew Thomas Mitchell, Midland; broth-ers, Loren Mitchell and wife Bobbie, Iola, Carl Lee Mitchell and wife Elaine and Wayne Mitchell, and sis-ters Theda Pentlin and Linda Simpson, all of Kansas.
Services were held Monday in Midland. The fam-ily requests memorials be directed to First Presby-terian Church Mission Fund, 800 W. Texas Ave., Mid-land, TX 79701; Hospice of Midland, 911 W. Texas St., Midland, TX 79701; or the charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be offered at www.ellisfu-nerals.com.
Obituaries
Tom Mitchell
Wilma ThompsonWilma Thompson, 92, passed
away on Monday, April 1, 2013, at Chanute Health Care Center.
She was born on Nov. 17, 1920, in Osborne to Elmer and Hazel (Sell-ers) Yarnell. On Jan. 29, 1939, she married Joseph Claude Thompson in Kimball. He preceded her in death on July 27, 1973.
Wilma is survived by her children, Joe and Carol Thompson, Elsmore, Milly and Larry Cress, Belton, Texas, Garry Thompson, Elsmore, and Dixie and Richard Scobee, Welda; 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Laurel Yarnell, Buffalo.
The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel. Burial will follow in Leanna Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Tri-Valley Develop-mental Services and may be left with the funeral home.
Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel is in charge of ar-rangements.
Wilma Thompson
Beth Schmidt GregoryGertrude (Beth) E. Schmidt Gregory passed away
on April 2, 2013, at Overland Park Medical Center.Beth was living in Piqua with her sister. Beth
lived for many years in Gas. She worked several years for Hope Unlimited and was a housewife and mother.
She was born Sept. 25, 1944, to Ray Carl Schmidt and Mary Inez Dreyer Schmidt in rural Neosho Falls.
She has one son, John Gregory III, Colorado Springs. She married John Gregory, Jr. on March 19, 1966, and they were divorced later.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Donald Schmidt, Michigan, who died Feb. 6, 2013.
Her siblings are Mary Shoemaker and husband Marty, Piqua, William and wife Sherry, San Tan Valley, Ariz., Ronald and wife Barbara, Puyallup, Wash., and Gregory and wife Connie, Yates Center.
She has been cremated. No services are planned.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pen-sion system for teachers and government work-ers has stalled in the state Senate, and one ad-vocate said Wednesday that the bill is “dead in the water.”
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson said he doesn’t want to issue the bonds without creating a 401(k)-style pension plan for new public employees. The Andover Republican said the state shouldn’t be “taking on one debt to cover another” unless it reforms its retirement system.
The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System operates tra-ditional pension plans guaranteeing benefits upfront, based on an employee’s salary and years of service. KPERS projects a $9.3 billion gap between anticipated revenues and promised benefits through 2033.
Under a 401(k)-style plan, workers’ benefits would depend on in-vestment earnings and would fluctuate when financial markets are volatile. Public employ-ee and retiree groups strongly oppose moving to such plans.
Bonds would give KPERS a quick infu-sion of cash, so that the percentage of its obli-gations covered by its assets, now 53 percent, would jump to 61 percent in 2015 and grow more quickly than it would under current law. Also, the state wouldn’t have to boost its annual con-tributions to KPERS as aggressively as it does now.
The House approved the bill last month, but
Masterson’s committee hasn’t taken a vote. Sen-ators and House mem-bers drafting the final version of other pension legislation and reconcil-ing differences between the two chambers could slip in authorization for the bonds, but Master-
son is the Senate’s lead negotiator.
“We need to see a tran-sition” to a 401(k)-style plan for new public em-ployees, Masterson said.
Last month, the House Pensions and Benefits Committee tabled a bill to start a 401(k)-style pension plan for govern-ment workers hired after 2014. The measure would have created a separate plan for new teachers in which they would have contributed part of their salaries to tax-free an-nuities paying out once they retired.
Masterson’s position means that the House committee’s delay of a decision until next year on the proposal to cre-ate new retirement plans also blocks the bill autho-rizing bonds.
“It makes it dead in the water,” said House committee Chairman Steve Johnson, an Assa-ria Republican.
Both pension bills fol-low two years’ worth of legislation overhauling KPERS, and the retire-ment system projects that its long-term fund-ing gap will be eliminat-ed over two decades even if lawmakers do nothing more. The state commit-ted to larger annual con-
tributions to KPERS and dedicated future profits from state-owned casinos to the retirement system.
Reining in the an-nual contribution of tax dollars to the pension system would lessen
the squeeze on other parts of the budget. But in issuing the bonds, the state would gamble that KPERS investment earnings would outstrip the interest paid on the debt.
JohnHannaAn AP news analysis
Pension bonds stall in Kansas
WASHINGTON — The gun-lobby goons were at it again.
National Rifle Associa-tion’s security guards gained notoriety earlier this year when, escorting NRA offi-cials to a hearing, they were upbraided by Capitol authori-ties for pushing cameramen. The thugs were back Tues-day when the NRA rolled out its “National School Shield” — the gun lobbyists’ plan to get armed guards in public schools — and this time they were packing heat.
About 20 of them — roughly one for every three report-ers — fanned out through the National Press Club, some in uniforms with gun holsters exposed, others with earpiec-es and bulges under their suit jackets.
In a spectacle that officials at the National Press Club said they had never seen be-fore, the NRA gunmen direct-ed some photographers not to take pictures, ordered report-ers out of the lobby when NRA officials passed and inspected reporters’ briefcases before granting them access to the news conference.
The antics gave new mean-ing to the notion of disarming your critics.
By journalistic custom and D.C. law, of course, reporters don’t carry guns to news con-ferences — and certainly not when the person at the lectern is the NRA’s Asa Hutchinson, an unremarkable former con-gressman and Bush admin-istration official whom most reporters couldn’t pick out of a lineup. But the NRA wasn’t going to leave any doubt about its superior firepower.
Thus has it gone so far in the gun debate in Washington. The legislation is about to be taken up in Congress, but by most accounts the NRA has al-ready won. Plans for limiting assault weapons and ammu-
nition clips are history, and the prospects for meaningful background checks are bleak. Now, The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker and Ed O’Keefe report, the NRA is proposing language to gut the last mean-ingful gun-control proposal, making gun trafficking a fed-eral crime. Apparently, the gun lobby thinks even crimi-nals deserve Second Amend-ment protection.
If the NRA has its way, as it usually does, states will weaken their gun laws to al-low more guns in schools. The top two recommenda-tions Hutchinson announced Tuesday involved firearms in the schoolhouse. The first: “training programs” for “des-ignated armed school person-nel.” The second: “adoption of model legislation by individ-ual states to allow for armed school personnel.”
Hutchinson claimed that his task force, which came up with these ideas, had “full in-
dependence” from the NRA. By coincidence, the propos-als closely matched those an-nounced by the NRA before it formed and funded the task force. The task force did scale back plans to protect schools with armed volunteer vigilan-tes, opting instead for arming paid guards and school staff — at least one in every school. States and school districts “are prepared” to pay for it, Hutchinson declared.
The task force garnished the more-guns recommenda-tions with some good ideas, such as better fencing, doors and security monitoring for schools, and more mental-health intervention. But much of that is in the overall Senate legislation that the NRA is trying to kill.
To close his case, Hutchin-son introduced a secret weap-on, “special guest” Mark Mat-
tioli, the father of one of the Newtown, Conn., victims. Mattioli told reporters that there had been “nine school shootings since Newtown” but that Newtown was “off the bell curve, if you will, with re-spect to the impact.”
Perhaps that’s because the Newtown killer had a mili-tary-style gun with a 30-round magazine?
Hutchinson, queried by a reporter from Connecticut, said that limiting assault weapons is “totally inad-equate” because it “doesn’t stop violence in the schools.” Likewise, he told CBS News’ Nancy Cordes, limiting maga-zine clips won’t work as well as his plan to “give the schools more tools” — i.e., guns. And he told CNN’s Jim Acosta that background checks weren’t related to his focus of school safety.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram mentioned the gun-control legislation. “Do you see any
common ground?” he asked.“This will be the common
ground,” Hutchinson said of his proposals.
If so, American schoolchil-dren may grow accustomed to the sort of scene Hutchinson caused Tuesday, protected by more armed guards than a Third World dictator.
Hutchinson, pressed by reporters about the armed goons, said: “You go into a mall, there is security. And so there is security here at the National Press Club.”
A reporter asked Hutchin-son what he was afraid of.
“There’s nothing I’m afraid of. I’m very wide open,” Hutchinson replied, separated from his unarmed questioners by an eight-foot buffer zone, a lectern, a raised podium, a red-velvet rope and a score of gun-toting men. “There’s nothing I’m nervous about.”
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~ Journalism that makes a difference
You wouldn’t know it from the Legislature, but Kansans are willing to pay for public services.
Voters signaled their willingness to open their pocketbooks with the pas-sage of several bond issues in Tuesday’s elections.
In Reno County, voters approved a half-cent in-crease in county sales tax by a three-to-one margin to go toward a new jail and im-provements for other coun-ty offices. The $28.9 million project will include build-ing a 250-bed jail.
In Lawrence, voters overwhelmingly approved a $92.5 million bond issue for the city’s schools. An-other three-to-one margin proved voters regarded up-grades and renovations to 14 elementary schools and two high schools critical not only to their students, but also to the community as a whole. This is on top of an $18 million bond issue approved in 2010 to build a new public library.
In Oswego, voters passed a $3.25 million school bond issue for district 504.
In Garnett, voters agreed to an increase in property taxes to build a $25 million hospital.
ALL THESE results sig-nify Kansans are willing to spend because they know it’s really more than that. Such votes are made as an investment, meaning re-turns will be coming down the pike.
Already, the construction of the new Allen County Re-gional Hospital has meant higher occupancy rates at area hotels, more business at area restaurants and re-tailers — and this is before the darn thing has even opened.
Once in operation, the new hospital will attract more health care profes-sionals eager to work in a state-of-the-art facility. The other shoe to drop will be a new medical office build-ing where specialists from metropolitan areas will see patients.
Garnett’s new elemen-tary school on its northern edge of town sends a mes-sage of a vibrant commu-nity that places education as a priority.
Same goes for Hum-boldt’s new sports complex currently in the works.
RENOVATIONS, up-dates, or entire new cam-puses such as in Chanute, show a commitment to fu-ture generations.
And no, don’t say what was good enough for me is good enough for today’s students, or patients, or cli-ents. Because that’s simply not true.
Fifty-year-old buildings cannot be adapted to to-day’s technologies.
It’s heartening to see these communities em-brace the future.
Hopefully, state leaders will take note.
— Susan Lynn
State leaders takenote: Kansans willing to invest
NRA deploys its muscle
Dana Milbank
WashingtonPostWriters Group
If the NRA has its way, as it usually does, states will weaken their gun laws to allow more guns in schools.
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The Herbert and Gertrude Henderson Scholarship Fund for Allen County Commu-nity College has been cre-ated under the will of the Hendersons. Income from the scholarship fund will be used perpetually to provide schol-arships and other grants in aid for students to assist them in furthering their education at ACCC.
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won awards Friday in the 1992 Kansas Press Association con-test. The Register won first place for its editorial pages and second place for editorial writing. Bob Johnson, Regis-ter city editor, won two second place awards for feature and news photography and Bruce Symes, Register wire editor, won second place for spot news. The Register won third place for general excellence in its division, which included all daily newspapers with cir-culations of less than 4,500.
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*****USD 257 will try a new sales
approach with the house con-structed this year by the Iola High building trades class. Board members decided Mon-day night to sell the house at auction.
*****The biggest winner in Tues-
day’s election was the Iola Middle School bond issue. Jerry Skidmore won a seat on the City Commission; Linda Sigg and Chuck Apt were giv-en seats on the USD 257 Board of Education; and Delbert Nelson, Gary McIntosh and Ed Lind won the Allen County Community College Board of Trustees contest. Larry Manion was elected mayor of Humboldt and Jerry Wallis was elected mayor of Moran.
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Wayne Riebel Wayne Riebel is the employee of the month for
April 2013.
This week’s poll question:
Send your answers to [email protected], post them on Facebook, call the Register at 365-2111, or give your opin-ion at iolaregister.com. Results of the poll will be posted in Wednesday’s Register.
“practical progress” to-ward curbing gun vio-lence.
The debate comes amid high interest among Kansans in ob-taining concealed carry permits, with a record number of applications for permits each of the last three months, with 4,072 in March, accord-ing to the attorney gen-eral’s office.
“There’s no doubt: What the Obama admin-istration is doing now has got everybody scared to death,” said lead Sen-ate negotiator Ralph Ost-meyer, a Grinnell Repub-lican.
Supporters of the con-cealed carry bill argue employees with con-cealed weapons could stop attacks by gunmen more quickly than law enforcement. And while it didn’t seek the legisla-tion, the Kansas Asso-ciation of School Boards isn’t objecting because decisions about whether any employees could car-ry hidden guns would be left to local boards.
“We have a number of schools where response times can be 20 or 30 minutes,” association lobbyist Tom Krebs ac-knowledged.
But Mark Desetti, a lobbyist for the Kansas National Education As-
sociation, the state’s largest teachers’ union, said if a school employ-ee has a concealed gun, the weapon should be “locked up and out of the way” to prevent children from gaining access to it.
“How does that help you when someone bursts into a room?” he said. “We need real solu-tions.”
The bill also reflects gun-rights’ advocates frustration that cities and counties routinely ban concealed weapons in their buildings sim-ply by posting a sign at entrances. Under the measure, state and local officials couldn’t prohib-it concealed weapons un-less their buildings had electronic equipment and officers to check for weapons. Officials would have until January to develop security plans, then an additional four years to put them into effect.
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summer for 2014. For ex-ample, if commissioners were to decide to keep the county’s levy as is, more tax dollars would be raised because over-all valuation is higher. Conversely, if they de-cided to keep tax dollar collections the same, the levy would decrease.
That’s what Ed Bid-eau, who represents most of Allen and Neo-
sho counties in the Kan-sas House, calls an invis-ible tax. He supported legislation that would require a specific vote by governing bodies to raise more tax dollars in that manner.
ANOTHER legislative aside is that debate at times this session has centered on removing most personal property from the property tax
equation.The estimate is that
Montgomery County would lose more than half of its assessed valu-ation because of the pre-ponderance of a refin-ery’s personal property.
Allen County and the governing units within it also would take a hit; about $30 million of total valuation is in personal property.
Monarch Cement Co.,
Humboldt, is the coun-ty’s largest single payer of property taxes at near-ly $850,000 this year. It’s valuation is $5,228,668, of which $3,253,929 is personal property.
Next in line is Iola’s Russell Stover Candies. Its property tax bill this year was just over $583,500, based on total valuation of $3,3322,407, of which $1,874,907 is personal property.
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HERMSTEIN SAID the History Bowl com-petition was started on a national level three years ago by a “Jeopardy” win-ner — he used his prize money to start the schol-ar’s bowl-type event.
“It isolates an area of content that kids like,” Hermstein said. “It gives them an opportunity to learn about some history that I don’t have the time to teach.”
The competition brings in students from across the nation, about 250 teams total, including Guam and Puerto Rico in last year’s bowl. The na-tional competition is at different national historic sites — last year’s event was at Mount Vernon. He said it was a unique expe-rience for the competitors to experience different cultures and different types of people.
It brings the team to-gether as well.
“They are a close-knit group, they are really
good kids,” he said. While the students
have worked hard to get to this level, practicing and studying frequently, Hermstein said none of it would have been pos-sible without community support.
“The community pa-trons in Iola are really good about helping their students,” he said. “In a small town, that’s where you go.”
He said the Allen County Historical So-ciety, which is helping to organize Saturday’s event, has been integral to the process as well.
He said he hopes to see good turnouts at both events, so the kids will be able to get to D.C. as a re-ward for their hard work. Regardless, he said, the kids have been able to grow through their ex-perience in the history bowl.
“My goal is to teach the kids to love history,” he said. “The History Bowl allows them to ap-ply their history.”
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his tenure.Roling said he real-
izes his resume might seem eclectic but that type of career path is more common in today’s world.
“In my father’s gen-eration someone would stay in one organization for their entire career. In our generation that’s more rare,” Roling said.
The common denomi-nator for most of his career opportunities is that he began at an en-try level position and worked his way up.
“Once you have the CEO experience that’s not hard to transfer,” he said. “Someone has to give you a shot.”
Roling also attributes a lot of his success from being a social worker to becoming a CEO is be-ing a people person.
During his time with the foundation Roling has been able to contrib-ute to projects such as the clean air initiative in all restaurants and bars.
The foundation helped fund the Clean Air Kansas campaign along with the Sunflow-er Foundation. He has been part of a project to create more community gardens all over the re-gion and has done a lot of work to bring dental
care into rural commu-nities.
One of the projects nearest to Roling’s heart is the Metromed KC where doctors of all spe-cialties come together and see how many free patients they can take
on. This program al-lows for someone who usually would have suc-cumbed to a deadly dis-ease such as cancer.
Though the program cannot accept a large volume of patients, Rol-ing said it still helps.
“The need is much greater than that, but it’s a good start,” he said.
Roling has been largely involved in the health initiatives in Al-len County and says its improvements over the last eight years is “noth-ing short of miracu-lous.”
“Money doesn’t solve problems,” Roling said. “People solve problems,”
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Should gay mar-riage be legalized?
— Yes— No— Undecided
M o n e y doesn’t solve problems, peo-ple solve prob-lems.
— Steve Roling, Health Care
Foundation CEO
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We have a number of schools where r e s p o n s e times can be 20 or 30 min-utes.
— Tom Krebs, lobbyist
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) —
Facebook is unveiling a new Android product today, a move that comes as a fast-growing num-ber of its 1.06 billion users access it on smart-phones and tablet com-puters.
Advertisers are not far behind. Though mo-bile ads have been a big concern for Facebook’s investors since before the company’s initial public offering last May, some of that worry has subsided as Facebook began muscling its way into the market.
Last year, the com-pany began showing ads to its mobile audience by splicing corporate spon-sorships and content into users’ news feeds, which also includes updates from friends
and brands they follow. Among the challenges Facebook faces now is showing people mobile ads without annoying or alienating them.
The mobile advertise-ment market is growing quickly. That’s thanks in large part to Facebook and Twitter, which also entered the space in 2012. Research firm eMarket-er expects U.S. mobile ad spending to grow 77 percent this year to $7.29 billion, from $4.11 billion last year.
As for today’s event at the company’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquar-
ters, speculation has cen-tered on a mobile phone, made by HTC Corp., that deeply integrates Face-book into the Android operating system. The move comes as Facebook works to evolve from its Web-based roots to a “mobile-first” company, as its mantra goes.
“What Facebook wants is to put itself at the front of the Android user experience for as many Facebook users as possible and make Face-book more elemental to their customers’ expe-rience,” said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin.
Eyes on Facebook mobile event
TOPEKA — Two members of the Allen County Wrestling Club earned top-six finishes over the weekend to become the first ever members of the club to place at state.
Andrew Garber, sixth, and Trenton Jones, fifth, high-lighted a successful weekend at the USA Wrestling Kansas Folkstyle State Champion-ships Friday and Saturday.
Garber placed in the 14-and-under, 165-pound division. Jones took fifth in the 8-and-under, 110-pound group.
“We are so proud of the ef-fort these kids showed this weekend,” coach John Taylor said. “Trenton is only in his second year as a wrestler. An-drew has wrestled for several years and has qualified for state twice.”
Two others shined in their respective competitions.
Seth Sanford brought home a top-12 finish in the 14-and-un-der, 235-pound division. Curt Shannon took a top-eight fin-ish at 8-and-under, 40 pounds.
“Seth wrestled the best match I have ever seen him wrestle,” Taylor said. “He came up short, but he gave it everything he had.”
Taylor noted Shannon typi-cally wrestled in the 6-and-un-der division.
“These kids have heart,” Taylor said. “They wanted to win. They gave it everything they could, and we walked
out with our heads held high, ready to celebrate our success and learn from our defeat.”
Even with only four wres-tlers at state, Allen County took home 112th out of 180 teams.
“We were competing against clubs that had more than 40 wrestlers at the state tourna-ment,” Taylor said. “We are well on our way to becoming a strong force in the wrestling community.”
Sports BThe Iola Register Thursday, April 4, 2013
Humboldt sweeps Burlington — B4Royals drop second straight to Chicago — B4
IMS golfers struggle
Register/Richard LukenIola Middle School’s Emilee Luedke strikes an approach shot at the Allen County Country Club Wednesday.
OSAWATOMIE — It’s not much of a sample size yet, but Iola High’s baseball squad has found a familiar — and suc-cessful — path to victory.
Just like their season open-er nearly three weeks prior, the Mustangs came from be-hind to capture a hard-fought win in the opening game of their doubleheader against Osawatomie. And just like be-fore, the Mustangs cruised to a sweep in the second game, trouncing the Trojans in the nightcap.
Iola’s 7-6 and 11-2 wins give the Mustangs a 4-0 record fol-lowing an extended layoff due to spring break followed by persistent bad weather.
“We’ve got some things to
work on, but it was good just to get out there and play,” Mustang coach Mark Percy said. “We had some guys hit the ball well, and we got some good pitching performances.”
After assorted rainouts has kept the team from playing or practicing much in recent weeks, the schedule will pick up. Iola has back-to-back dou-bleheaders scheduled on Mon-day and Tuesday, which will test the Mustangs’ pitching staff, Percy noted.
“We’ll have to count on some guys who haven’t had a chance to get out and pitch yet,” he said.
Tuesday’s wins shows some
Register/Richard LukenIolan Ryker Curry’s die-hard affection for the Wichita State Shockers has lasted long before WSU advanced this week to the Final Four. Here, he shows his lucky Wichita State cap, shorts, shirt and necklace he wears at gametime.
Photos courtesy of Jana TaylorAllen County Wrestling Club members Andrew Garber, above, and Trenton Jones earned state medals over the weekend, the first wrestlers to do so in the club’s history. Additional pictures from the competition are on Page B4.
Wrestlers earn state medals
By RICHARD [email protected]
Iola Middle School golfers have struggled in their first two competitions of 2013.
The Pony golfers hosted seven other schools Wednes-day evening for the Iola Invita-tional at Allen County Coun-try Club.
“We have a lot of begin-ners,” IMS coach Stacey Crusinberry said, “but they are improving every day we are able to practice.”
Two Iola girls earned med-als on the course Wednesday. Addie Prather took home fourth place with a score of 63 over the nine-hole competi-tion. Mea DeLaTorre followed with a 67, good for eighth.
On the boys side, Drake Sell led the way with a 61. Justin Reeder followed with a 71.
Six others carded 72s: Brandon Culp, Sam Terhune, Zeth DePriest, Dallin Cox, Emilee Luedke and Abigail Allen.
The Iola boys carded a team score of 276. Chanute won the competition with a 190. Iola’s girls earned a score of 274.
Chanute’s Clete Carlson earned the top boys score of 42. Rachel Johnson of Jay-hawk-Linn led the girls con-tingent at 58.
See IMS | Page B4
By RICHARD [email protected] State’s unexpect-
ed hardwood romp through the NCAA tournament — the Shockers are in the Final Four for the first time since 1965 — has brought scores of new fans to root them on, especially in these parts.
Few, however, can match the vigor exhibited by Ryker Curry, son of Iolans Heath and Heather Curry.
The McKinley Elemen-tary School third-grader has been a life-long, die-hard Shocker fan, to the point that he confidently predict-
ed WSU’s success before the tournament began.
“He has them winning the whole thing in his bracket,” his father said. “I picked them, too, but that was be-cause I just wouldn’t feel right picking against them. He picked them because he thinks they’ll win.”
Such a feat would be re-markable — few “mid-ma-jor” squads even reach the Final Four, much less win it — for everyone but Curry, who believes the Shockers’
Wichita State success no ‘Shocker’ for local diehard
See CURRY | Page B4
A rummage sale at the home of Val and Carolyn McLean will benefit efforts to upgrade the Allen Community College baseball team’s clubhouse.
The McLeans are offering up assorted knickknacks and household items starting to-night from 6 to 8 o’clock at 702
S. First St. The sale continues at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
All proceeds from the sale will help pay for recent up-grades to the clubhouse, which includes installing new lockers and benches, paint and carpeting, Carolyn McLean said.
Sale benefits ACC squad
Mustangs sweep past Osawatomie
See MUSTANGS | Page B4
Help Wanted
ASSISTANT CODE SERVICES OFFICER The City of Iola is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Assis-tant Code Officer. Duties in-clude, but not limited to, clerical work, reviewing building plans, enforcing building, zoning, plumbing, electrical, fire, and nuisance codes and perform-ing building inspections. A job description and an application are available at www.cityofiola.com or at the City Clerk’s Of-fice at 2 W.Jackson Ave., Iola, KS 66749. Application review begins April 15th. For additional information call 620-365-4900. EOE/ADA
PATROL OFFICER The City of Iola is now accept-ing applications for the position of Patrol Officer. Responsibili-ties include police patrol, inves-tigation, traffic regulation and related law enforcement ac-tivities. Competitive wages and benefits. Applications and job descriptions are available at the City Clerk’s office at 2 W. Jack-son or online at www.cityofiola.com. Application review begins April 15th. EOE/ADA
DRIVERS WANTED: Local, family owned hopper bottom company seeks well qualified drivers. Clean MVR and safety record a must. Regional, dedi-cated runs, home on weekends. Benefits include paid vacation time and health insurance. Call Dan at RC Trucking Inc. for ap-pointment. 620-836-2005 or 620-437-6616
ARROWOOD LANE RESI-DENTIAL CARE in Humboldt and Tara Gardens in Iola are looking for a creative and en-thusiastic individual to lead our resident activities pro-gram. Lead social activities for our residents and help plan an active calendar for them includ-ing crafts, exercise, parties, music, etc. Apply at Arrowood Lane, 615 E. Franklin, Hum-boldt, KS 66748
ARROWOOD LANE AND TARA GARDENS are cur-rently seeking to fill a full time position in the Maintenance Department. Must have prior experience and enjoy working with the elderly. Please apply in person at Arrowood Lane, 615 E. Franklin, Humboldt.
COFFEY HEALTH SYSTEM seeks a full-time registered nurse for physician clinic in Burlington. Clinic experience preferred. Download applica-tion at coffeyhealth.org. Send resume/application to Theresa Thoele, Human Resource Di-rector, 801 N. 4th, Burlington, KS 66839 or [email protected]. CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
TARA GARDENS AND ARRO-WOOD LANE are currently seeking a part-time cook. Please apply in person at Arro-wood Lane, 615 Franklin, Hum-boldt.
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QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, www.growiola.com
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John Brocker.......620-365-6892 Carolynn Krohn...620-365-9379 Jim Hison...........620-365-5609 Jack Franlin.......620-365-5764 Brian Cotrane.....620-496-5424 Dewey Stoler......620-363-2491
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DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-sto-ry 1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft., Corian countertops, WoodMode cabinets and Sub-Zero fridge/freezer. $175,000. Call 620-365-9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe [email protected]. More info and pictures at iolaregister.com/classifieds
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Garage Sales 519 N KENTUCKY, Friday 1-6, Saturday 8-1. Large Garage Sale!!
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ACROSS FROM GAS POST OFFICE, Friday 8-4, Saturday 8-Noon. Hay hook, doors, kitch-en, TV, patio door blind, twin captain’s bed, tools, armoire, coiled roofing nails, rural mail-box, more.
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Recreational vehicles 5TH WHEEL, 29 ft., 13 ft. slide, new spare, new roof, all alumi-num, $6,500, 620-365-2535.
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PUBLIC AUCTION PUBLIC AUCTION Sat., April 6, 2013 – 1 p.m. Sat., April 6, 2013 – 1 p.m. 20 Commercial Street Kincaid, KS 20 Commercial Street Kincaid, KS Seller: Virgil D. & Cathleen D. Lehnherr Seller: Virgil D. & Cathleen D. Lehnherr
HOUSEHOLD AND LAND FOR SALE: House is one story. HOUSEHOLD AND LAND FOR SALE: House and Land will sell at 1:30 PM. 1,250 Square feet with 1 bedroom and 1 bath. Yard is 125’ x 300’ with storage shed and carport. Taxes for 2012 were $424.14. Seller will furnish title insurance and pro rate the taxes. Seller is selling the property in as is condition with no warranties. If Buyer wants to have inspection before the auction, they must contact Allen County Realty, Inc. Buyer will put 15% down day of sale upon signing a contract and balance within 30 days. FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: table & chairs; 2 cloth wing back chairs; antique stove; ITEMS: antique dishes; antique water color picture in frame by English; leather chair; box of Melmac Dishes; phone; phone cabinet; old pitcher and bowl; old dishes; red glass goblet and yard tools.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY,
KANSASIn the Matter of the Estate ofFred E. Anderson, De-
ceased No. 2013 PR 17
NOTICE OF HEARINGTHE STATE OF KANSAS
TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:
You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by James E. Anderson, an heir of Fred E. Anderson, deceased praying:
Descent be determined of the following described real estate situated in Allen County, Kansas:
Lot Eight (8), Block Two (2), West Side Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas (a/k/a 20 Campbell) Lot Four (4), Block One (1), Sunnyside Addition to the City of Iola, Al-len County, Kansas (a/k/a 614 North Ohio)
and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death, and that such property and all personal prop-erty and other Kansas real es-tate owned by the Decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of inte-state succession.
You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 23, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, in the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your writ-ten defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.
James E. Anderson, Peti-tioner
IMMEL, WORKS & HEIM, P.A.
Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749-0766(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioner(3) 28 (4) 4,11
(First Published in The IolaRegister, March 21, 2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate of Loren Millard Howerton, Deceased
No. 2013 PR 14 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:
You are notified that on March 15, 2013, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary and De-termination of Valid Consent of
Spouse was filed in this Court by Patricia Ann Howerton, Ex-ecutor named in the Joint and Mutual Last Will and Testament of Loren Millard Howerton, de-ceased, and Patricia Ann How-erton.
All creditors of the Dece-dent 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 ascertain-able, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.
Patricia Ann Howerton, Petitioner
IMMEL, WORKS & HEIM, P.A.
Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioner(3) 21, 28 (4) 4
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On getting through to your teenager without harping:
One thing my father did all throughout my teen years was take a walk with me after dinner. He said HE needed to get some more exercise and was more likely to get it if he had company.
I enjoyed having 45 minutes of his time every night. I knew I would have a chance to talk to my dad every evening.
More to the point, I knew that time was im-portant to him. I was im-portant to him. S.
I was very fortunate to have a mother who I called the “kitchen table psychologist,” because she was able to tap into our emotions to enable us to vent. She was nonjudg-mental and understood the basic need to express our emotions, and per-
haps problem solve, but as soon as the words were out the “problems” were lessened by just putting them out on the table. P.
On all those evil mothers-in-law:
Admittedly, I was not close to my husband’s (weird and difficult) moth-er, but I always was re-spectful, patient and kind to her, given that she was the mother of my spouse and grandmother of our children.
Now that I am of age to become a grandmother, I see the other side and am much more sympathetic
to all the older moms out there who maybe feel a lit-tle lost, a bit lonely. Aging can be a scary process, and having to redefine oneself and find new ways to find purpose can be daunting as people age.
While certainly those buttinsky mothers-in-law need to be dealt with using a firm hand, I do wish young moms would understand that the way you feel about your babies and little ones is just how we felt about our children, who are now all grown up and who may have forgot-ten there was once a close bond between us. Sure, establish healthy bound-aries, young moms, but please show a little com-passion and understand-ing. Future MIL?
On feeling like the bad-luck fairy has moved in with you and is sleeping
on your sofa:People with plenty of
money have crummy luck all the time, too, but it’s just an inconvenience for them. My parents are mil-lionaires. Last week their heater, car, and garage door broke. So what?
If they were poorer, each problem would’ve caused two more prob-lems. People living on the edge are vulnerable to ev-ery mishap in a way that is catastrophic. It’s very hard to break the cycle. You need a string of good luck that lasts for years.
By the way, I’ve always tried to live within my means and got hit with the housing crisis in a perfect storm that reduced me to zero. So I’m not saying here that poorer people are doing something wrong; it’s just about having more than enough money to be able to recover.
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Allen County Wres-tling Club members Seth Sanford, above at left, and Curt Shannon, at left, grapple with their opponents at a state wrestling tourna-ment in Topeka.
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Wrestling success
On Monday, the IMS golfers competed at Four Oaks Golf Course in Pittsburg.
Prather earned a seventh-place medal with her 61. Also play-ing on the girls side were Luedke (71), De-LaTorre (72) and Allen (72). Reeder led the way on the boys side with a 60. Brandon Culp fol-
lowed with a 65, Ter-hune, 68, Cox, 69, and Noah Westervelt, 71.
Austin Lieudahl of Chanute won the boys side with a 35. Madison Runyan of Pittsburg took first on the girls side with a 48.
Iola hosts Royster Middle School of Cha-nute this afternoon at Cedarbrook Golf Course.
BURLINGTON — A delayed start to the season had Humboldt High’s baseball squad getting antsy.
“It was nice to finally have the opportunity to play and compete against someone other than our own team,” Cub head coach Mike Miller said.
Humboldt wasted little time in assuming full control in its season opener Tuesday against Burlington, rolling to wins of 18-3 and 15-0.
So dominant was Humboldt that each bat-ter had either a hit, run or RBI — in both games.
The Cubs exploded in the opener for five runs in the first inning, six in the second and fourth in the third to lead 15-1. Humboldt capped its scoring with three more in the top of the fifth.
There was only one trouble spot.
Starting pitcher Gray-son Pearish only lasted one-third of an inning.
Miller inserted Na-than Whitcomb in relief because Pearish was ex-periencing pain in his shoulder.
“Nathan gave us a couple solid innings,” Miller said, and “Austin Beeman was able to fin-ish it for us.”
Doing the damage of-fensively were Hunter Murrow, two hits, two runs and an RBI, Caleb D’Armond, three runs, Caleb Vanatta, a hit and three runs, Carpenter, who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs, Whitcomb, who drove in four RBIs on three hits with three runs, Pearish, who drove in five RBIs with three hits and three runs, Alex Murrow, who had one hit, one RBI and one run, Beeman, who had two hits and an RBI and Kason Siemens, who had two hits, two RBIs and a run.
Whitcomb surren-dered a hit in 1 2/3 in-nings with there strike-outs. Beeman gave up three hits and two walks in three innings. He also had three strikeouts.
ALEX MURROW got the start in the second game. He surrendered two hits and two walks in three scoreless in-nings.
“Alex had to pitch out of a couple jams, but gave us three really good innings before Nathan closed it for us,” Miller said.
Murrow racked up five strikeouts. Whit-comb struck out all three batters he faced in relief.
Carpenter had two hits, including a double, while Whitcomb singled twice. Hunter Murrow, D’Armond, Beeman, Vanatta, Pearish, Sie-mens and Corey Whit-comb each had singles.
The Cubs also took ad-vantage of a combined 18 walks in the double-header.
“Offensively we really hit the ball hard all the way through our line up in both games,” Miller said. “We had some re-ally good plate appear-ances to draw walks af-ter falling behind in the count. We want to put as much pressure on the opposing teams as we can with our baserun-ners and I thought we did a great job of that tonight. Defensively, we had one error all night, which I was pleased with as well.”
Cubs sweep Burlington
are already in mid-sea-son form.
Iola forged ahead 3-0 in the opener. Aaron Barclay singled in a run in the first before Mason Coons pounded an RBI double, then came in to score on Barclay’s single in the third.
Osawatomie respond-ed with four runs in the third to take the lead.
Undaunted, the Mus-tangs responded with two in the top of the fourth, with a two-run double by Coons, fol-lowed by two more in the top of the fifth on Eric Heffern’s single.
Osawatomie scored again in the fifth, then plated one in the seventh
before Levi Ashmore in-duced a pop-out to end the game with the tying run on first.
Coons went 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the way.
Ashmore went 2-for-4 with two runs. Derrick Weir singled, while Bar-clay had two hits, as did Cole Morrison. Heffern had a single.
Coons picked up the win, giving up four hits and three walks over four innings with five strikeouts. Barclay add-ed two hitless innings of relief. Ashmore got the save, giving up a hit in his inning of work.
THERE WAS no such
drama in the nightcap. Iola scored six in the top of the first. Weir’s three-run double was key, as was Barclay’s RBI single that followed.
Weir reached on a walk in the top of the second and scored on Barclay’s double in the second. Weir’s double was prominent in Iola’s three-run third inning, pushing the Mustangs’ lead to 10-1.
Heffern capped the scoring when he reached on an error in the fourth and scored on Trent Lat-ta’s sacrifice fly.
Latta got the win, giv-ing up three hits and two walks in five innings, while racking up 10 strikeouts. Drew Faulha-
ber pitched two perfect innings in relief, with two more strikeouts.
Barclay went 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Weir pounded out two doubles with three runs and three RBIs. Latta went 2-for-3 with a double.
The Mustangs travel to Anderson County for two games Monday and Prairie View for two more Tuesday.
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H IMSContinued from B1
tough-nosed defense and team-first approach have them primed for two more victories and an NCAA title.
“I just like the whole team,” he said.
Wichita State’s tra-ditional claim to ath-letic excellence more often than not has been tied to the baseball dia-mond. The school has
earned a berth in the NCAA College World Series seven times, most recently in 1996.
The Currys carry a special affinity for the Shockers in all athlet-ics. Both Heath and Heather are WSU al-ums. The family has taken in dozens of games, be they basket-ball or baseball.
The Currys ven-tured to St. Louis in
March to watch the Missouri Valley Con-ference Tournament, where WSU took sec-ond place behind Creighton.
Watching the Shock-ers has become a ritual for young Curry.
He dons his lucky WSU garb — shorts, cap, necklace and any number of black and gold shirts — shortly before tip-off.
Game time can be tense.
“He’s a pacer,” Heath said with a laugh.
Wichita State’s vic-tory over Ohio State Sunday to earn the Fi-nal Four berth brought quite a commotion, inside and outside the home.
“We got all kinds of emails and texts from people,” Heath said.
Curry also has con-
vinced a few of his classmates to root on the Shockers, who take on Louisville at 5 p.m. Saturday (KOAM-TV 7) in Atlanta. The win-ner advances to the title game Monday evening in the Georgia Dome.
Curry may have made some WSU con-verts in the classroom.
“They say they’re fans now,” he said.
H CurryContinued from B1 CHICAGO (AP) — Adam
Dunn hit one of Chicago’s four homers, leading Jake Peavy and the White Sox to the victory.
Tyler Flowers, Dayan Viciedo and Alexei Ramirez also con-nected, and the White Sox made it two straight wins to start the season..
The Royals, will try to avoid a season-opening sweep today.
Ervin Santana (0-1) pitched six innings in his Kansas City debut and was charged with four runs and five hits.
Royals fall
