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Register/Allison TinnConstruction of a new fountain begins at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

County director not on board

COMBINED AMBULANCE/FIRE SERVICE PROPOSED

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

A group of Lincoln Elementa-ry faculty and staff is seeing im-provements through the Thrive-sponsored Meltdown program.

The eight-week program is nearing its midway point, and Judy McIntosh, the elementary counselor for USD 257, said she has seen positive results for her-self and her team. “The Healthy Hart Club,” is named after Lin-coln Elementary principal Larry Hart, who is also a member of the team.

Damaris Kunkler, program di-rector for Thrive Allen County, said the program is an eight-week initiative meant to empha-size healthy living. She said the idea is not necessarily centered on weight loss, but to help people get in shape.

McIntosh said she has seen results in her personal life from eating healthier and exercising daily.

“We are eating healthy and have been very focused on exer-cise,” McIntosh said. “I’ve had more energy and it’s from get-ting up and moving.”

Since the program began in the beginning of October, Hart said more have become involved with the Meltdown. The team is now up to around 18 people, which is above the suggested

limit of 10. Hart said since the program is not a competition, they have no advantage from such a large team and they want

Meltdown group going strong

Register/Steven SchwartzFrom left, Judy McIntosh, Nancy Vest, Hadassah Higginson, Rox-anne Luttrell, Nancy Skahan, Becky Robb, Christy Thompson, Pam Gentry, Marlene Scoville, Denise Buchanan and Larry Hart are members of the “Healthy Hart Club.” Their team is on week four of the eight-week Meltdown program.

Artsy fountain to grace Bowlus A sculpture and fountain in

front of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center is being built.

“The sculpture will recog-nize music, drama, painting and dance,” said Susan Raines, execu-tive director of the Bowlus.

The fountain is made possible by a donation from Emerson Lynn in recognition of his wife of 59 years, Mickey, who died in

2009. Mickey Lynn was a staunch

supporter of the Bowlus and its mission to provide arts education and entertainment to area stu-dents and patrons, Raines said.

“We anticipate the fountain will be completed about Thanks-giving,” Raines said. “We’ll have a trial run (with water) and then shut it down for the winter.”

Committee looks to boost morale By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

The need to improve teacher morale in USD 257 was the main topic of discussion Wednesday when the Teacher Appreciation Committee had their first meet-ing in the Iola High School library.

The Teacher Appreciation Committee was formed to ad-dress issues in the schools that pertain to the well-being of the district’s 350 staff and faculty. The main topic of discussion was information gathered from a survey conducted in September. Brian Pekarek, district superin-tendent, said a questionnaire was sent to parents and answers were gathered in regard to teachers. Committee members spent time reviewing parents’ answers and compiling them in a list to be ana-lyzed and sent to district staff.

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.comIt’s only open a crack, but

a window of opportunity to agree on countywide ambu-lance and firefighting ser-vices exists — if the powers that be can settle on one of two proposals.

“There are enough people on both sides who want to see something get done,” said Tom Williams, Allen County Sheriff and the presumptive replacement for Rob Francis’ seat on the county commis-sion. “I see plenty of middle ground in which we can work.”

The two sides Williams is referring to are the Allen County Commission and the Iola City Council.

Since December 2008, the county and Iola have pro-vided separate EMS servic-es, resulting in a burden to taxpayers, a duplication of services and equipment and underused staffs in both de-partments.

Earlier this year a com-mittee was designated to find a way the city and county could once again provide one EMS service as well as retain

Iola’s fulltime firefighting force.

From there, Ron Conaway, Iola EMS director, and Ja-son Nelson, his counterpart for the county, were ordered to come up with a proposed merger.

Both have since developed separate proposals that have been, or will soon be, pre-sented to the public.

Conaway sat down with Register reporters in late September to discuss many of the specifics of his pro-posal. At the time of the in-terview, he still had to flesh out final details, particularly with costs.

Nelson declined to speak with the newspaper about his proposal, instead hand-ing it over without comment to the ambulance committee.

CONAWAY’S proposal mirrors another developed in recent months and pro-moted by Sheriff Williams.

“It would involve giving a little on both sides,” Wil-liams said of the compro-mise.

The Conaway/Williams proposed merger would have

the Iola Fire Department assume responsibilities for EMS services throughout the county.

The key is all EMS employ-ees would also be trained in fire protection.

One EMS service would reduce the number of ambu-lances needed from the cur-rent six, to four. Firefighters would continue to staff the Iola station, with others sta-tioned in Humboldt and Mo-ran.

For paramedics and am-bulence personnel who have reservations about fighting fires, they need not worry.

Not all firefighters “would be asked to go into burning houses,” Conaway said, al-though they would respond to fire calls. Those crews instead would be stationed outside of any fire scenes to provide medical support, to stand by for other medical needs, or to re-equip other firefighters’ equipment with items such as fresh air tanks.

“There are a number of duties that are required at a fire scene,” the sheriff said, “not just fighting the fire.”

Register/Steven SchwartzTeacher Appreciation Committee members, from left, Brian Pe-karek, Crystal Henderson, Hannah Platt, Annette Rexwinkle and Lori Maxwell review parents’ answers to survey questions regard-ing the district. The survey contained 10 questions ranging from student services to staff management.

Bomb threat suspect arrestedBy RICHARD LUKEN

richard@iolaregister.comIolan Amber Leake, 29, was

arrested by Iola police officers Friday for allegedly phoning in bomb threats to several local businesses Sept. 1.

Leake turned herself in Fri-day after police executed a search warrant at her residence a day earlier at 1254 N. Walnut St. There, officers recovered the cell phone believed to have been used to call bomb threats to The Greenery, Best Western Motel, B & B Cafe and Monkey Butt Sa-loon the morning of Sept. 1.

Iola Police Chief Jared War-ner said five search warrants were executed in all to pore through phone records, even-tually connecting the call to Leake’s phone.

“It’s a long process because of the phone companies involved,” Warner said.

The threats followed a sepa-

rate bomb t h r e a t p h o n e d in to Iola W a l m a r t Aug. 31, which re-sulted in the store’s c l o s u r e and evacu-ations of other nearby businesses.

The calls police said were tied to Leake did not result in any of the businesses closing.

Iola Police Chief Jared War-ner said Leake was not believed to be involved with the Walmart bomb threat.

No bombs were found after any of the threats.

Warner said police were re-questing four counts of filing a false report be filed against Leake.

Leake was released on bail.

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Sue LongMary J. “Sue” Long, 86, Baldwin

City, formerly of Iola, passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Baldwin Healthcare and Re-habilitation.

Sue was born April 13, 1926, in Salt Lake City, the daughter of J.P. and Mary L. (Kricker) Ottenstein. She grew up in Salt Lake City, where she graduated from high school.

On July 18, 1945, Sue married Larry C. Long in Miami, Okla. They made their home in Iola. She helped her husband in their business, Embassy Shoe Rebuilders. She also worked as a salesclerk for JCPenney and Lit-win’s before caring for her husband as his health failed. He preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 1995. She moved to Overbrook in 2008.

While living in Iola, she was a mem-ber of St. John’s Catholic Church and Altar Society and was active in the women’s bowling league and Iola Se-nior Center. She enjoyed quilting, making crafts, caring for her pets and having her family nearby.

She is survived by a daughter, Linda James, Overbrook; a daughter-in-law, Debbie Long, Lawrence; a brother, Jim Ottenstein, Salt Lake City,; four grand-children, Patrick Long, Brent Long, Larry Abbott, and Brandee Clark; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her son, Pat D. Long, stepson Jim Long, and stepdaughter Mary Louise Long. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m.

Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Memorials to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel. Online condolenc-es for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Doris DickeyDoris Irene Dickey, 90, Iola, passed

away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Fountain Villa, Iola.

Doris was born Aug. 31, 1922, in Web-ster City, Iowa, the daughter of Art and Elsie (Livisey) Remling.

Doris married Derwood Dickey (L.D.) and they made their home in Amarillo, Texas, a number of years. He preceded her in death in 1984. She moved to Hutchin-son in 1988 and then to Iola in 2008 to be near family.

She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Mary Dickey, Iola; a nephew, Don Remling, Mims, Fla.; and a niece, Diana Fields, Amarillo. She was preceded in death by her son, Doy Dickey.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo. Memorials to Allen County Home Health may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafu-neral.com.

Mac McVeyEarl E. “Mac” McVey, 83, went to

be with the Lord on Oct. 4, 2012, in Hutchinson. He was born June 7, 1929, in LaHarpe to Clarence E. and Pauline (Davis) McVey.

Over the years, Mac was an agri-culture partsman, worked at several banks and owned Mac’s Sharpening Service, all in Hutchinson. He was a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church.

On May 27, 1967, he married Bar-bara Bechthold in Hutchinson. She survives.

Other survi-vors include two sons, Gene McVey (Jacque), Hutchin-son, and Lanny McVey (Dawn), La Vista, Neb.; daugh-ter, Tina Bell, Hutchinson; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and four sib-lings.

Mac was preceded in death by a brother and a grandson.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday at Elliott Chapel with Pas-tor Luke Helmuth and Rev. Rich-ard Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn Burial Park. Visita-tion will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday with the family to receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to Ron-ald McDonald House in care of the mortuary. Please visit www. elliott-mortuary.com to leave condolences for Mac’s family.

Obituaries

Sue Long

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DISTRICT COURTJudge Daniel Creitz

Civil cases filed:Branch Banking and

Trust Co. vs. Amy R. Rush, et al, real estate. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Pieter Venter, et al, real estate. John W. Hughes vs. Helen I. Leckrone, protec-tion from stalking. Tiffany Leckrone vs. Helen I. Leck-rone, protection from stalk-ing. Crystal Haynes vs. Hel-en I. Leckrone, protection from stalking.

MAGISTRATE COURTJudge Thomas SaxtonConvicted of speeding

or other violations with fines assessed:

Carol P. Perigo, Broken Arrow, Okla., 83/65, $191. Deborah K. Haen, Parsons, transporting open contain-er of alcohol, $198. Bryan D. Newton, Colony, 69/55, $167. Drew L. Stevenson, Pitts-burg, 53/25, $143. Matthew R. Araiza, Plano, Texas, 75/65, $143.

Tanner A. Weast, Empo-ria, 65/55, $143. Asfaw B. Getaw, Tulsa, 75/65, $143. Randy J. Pollreis, Walnut,

80/65, $173. William Lut-trell, Iola, 46/35, $149. Peter A. Lynch, Tulsa, 81/65, $179. Stacy J. Jones, Overland Park, 75/65, $143. Corey E. Walls, Iola, disorderly con-duct, $585, sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended for six months probation.

James B. Black, Hum-boldt, disorderly conduct, $485, sentenced to 14 days in jail, suspended for six months probation. Curt D. Griffeth, Iola, disorderly conduct, $535, sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended for six months probation. Betty J. Snyder, Humboldt, improper backing, $209. Delores K. Silcox, Iola, fail-ure to report accident, $198. Dennis E. Houseworth, Chanute, 54/35, failure to report change of address, $272.

Tori R. Mussulman, Cha-nute, 76/55, $212. Jimmy W. Wright, St. Paul, 68/55, $161. Daniel J. Wright, Chanute, no liability insurance, $398. Aaron D. Curls, Chanute, driving while suspended, $423. Angela C. Bird, Rich-mond, 77/65, $155. Chris-topher D. Glukowsky, Iola,

84/65, $197. Convicted of no seat

belts and fined $10:Michael S. Balk, Arma. Entered diversion

agreements:Christopher D. Antos,

Overland Park, 82/65, $210. Rachel M. Hoyme, Durham, N.C., 80/65, no seat belt, $208. Elisa J. Neff, Olathe, 76/65, $174. Teresa J. Ow-ens, Humboldt, 70/55, $198. Tyler Gean, Humboldt, do-mestic battery, $485. Jordan M. Strickler, Iola, 53/35, $216.

Failed to appear:Kyle A. Clemons, Jones-

boro, Ark., 79/65, no seat belt, driving while sus-pended. Gary L. McCoy Jr., Kansas City, Mo., 84/65. Ja-son D. Owen, Salon, Iowa, 75/65. Amanda J. Guina, Hartsburg, Mo., 78/65.

Juvenile dispositions:Tanner S. McNutt, Hum-

boldt, criminal damage to

property, trespassing, fined $56, ordered to pay restitu-tion, placed on probation for 12 months. Garrett Tom-linson, Iola, aggravated battery, entered diversion agreement, fined $281, or-dered to complete 40 hours of community service, a 2,000-word essay and a let-ter of apology to the victim.

Taylor L. Vardys, Law-rence, possessing mari-juana, entered diversion agreement, fined $381, or-dered to complete 40 hours community service and write a 500-word essay.

Criminal cases filed:Kerri A. Middleton, Iola,

theft. Justin L. Cawthon, Chanute, domestic bat-tery, criminal damage to property. Arianna R. On-nen, Humboldt, domestic battery. Daniel W. Black, Humboldt, theft. Joseph B. Black, Humboldt, theft,

Civil contract cases

filed:LVNV Funding LLC vs.

Eugene E. Myrick. King’s Sandwich Shop vs. April R. Navarro.

Small claims filed:Darin S. Tidd vs. Cassie

Leftwich. Raymond E. Coo-per vs. Duncan Brooks, et al.

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURTJudge Thomas SaxtonConvicted of speeding

or other violations with fines assessed:

William M. Bedenbender, Neosho Falls, 46/35, $146. Cory D. Culler, Gas, 46/35, $146. Justin E. Diebolt, Iola, theft of motor fuel, driving after being declared a habit-ual violator, $1,560, ordered to pay $99.02 restitution,

sentenced to concurrent jail terms of 30 days each, suspended for six months probation, ordered to pay $200 attorney fee.

Christopher E. Lindsey, Iola, 40/30, $140. Emeral D. Rook, Humboldt, disobey-ing traffic signal, $180. The-resa Tidd, Chanute, driving wrong way on a one-way street, $180. Dylon P. Trem-bly, Iola, obstructing the legal process, unlawful use of air/BB or paintball gun or bow and arrow, $300, sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended for six months probation.

Convicted of no seat belt and fined $10:

Trustin G. Hays, Iola. Jacqueline R. Layton, Iola.

Court report

Mac McVey

Car hits deerA car driven by Samuel

R. Sirota, Yates Center, struck a deer on U.S. 169 just south of Humboldt Thursday night. Officers said damage to Sirota’s car exceeded $1,000.

Pills purloinedJill Ramsey told Allen

County officers Tuesday prescription medication was stolen from her ve-hicle while it was parked near Marmaton Valley High School in Moran.

Vehicle damagedHeather Pulley, Hum-

boldt, told officers Tues-day her vehicle was dam-aged while it was parked at O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, 810 N. State St.

Arrests reportedKelly Ewing, 41, Iola,

was arrested Monday at the intersection of Mon-roe and Kentucky streets after officers were notified by the U.S. Marshal Ser-vice they had a “pickup order” for him.

Christopher Glukowsky and Brandi Dixon were ar-rested Monday after Iola police officers were sum-moned to 515 S. Fourth St. The Iola police were re-quested by Woodson County

Detective Doug Smoot, who was trying to locate stolen property, which was found.

Shane Parker, 31, was arrested Tuesday for alleg-edly entering Ashley Yo-cham’s residence at 412 S. Kentucky St. without per-mission. He was charged with criminal trespassing, criminal damage to prop-erty, attempted burglary and attempted theft. Offi-cers said Parker escaped through a back door and attempted to enter Yo-cham’s garage.

Anthony Smith, 46, Iola, was arrested Wednesday on a probation revocation warrant issued by Allen County District Court.

Summer Salzwedel was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of domestic bat-tery after officers were called to a dispute at 1801 East St.

Levi Keith Martin, 25, and Marita Rose Lehman, 24, both of Iola, were ar-rested Wednesday evening after Iola police officers executed a search warrant at 211 S. Third St. Charges of possessing marijuana, using a communications device to facilitate the sale of marijuana and possessing drug parapher-nalia are being requested through the Allen County attorney’s office.

Police report

Bloodmobile visits Iola The bloodmobile from

the Community Blood Cen-ter will be in Iola Wednes-day to draw blood from noon to 6 p.m. at the North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St.

Appointments may be made online at www.es-avealifenow.org, under sponsor code iolacomm.

Also, reservations may be made by telephone with Kay Tindel, 620-228-7393.

The Community Blood Center provides blood ser-vices to area hospitals, in-cluding Allen County’s, and requires at least 500 pints each day to meet demand. Each donation may help as many as two patients.

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THE FIREFIGHTERS would remain as Iola em-ployees, but would oper-ate under the direction of a board of EMS directors made up of health care pro-fessionals and others in Al-len County.

The consolidated ser-vice would remain a Type 1 ambulance service, which mandates a paramedic be assigned to at least one am-bulance at all times.

“That would resolve the county’s concern about oversight and quality of service,” Williams said.

The board and its respon-sibilities is a pivotal point in making a merged service work, unlike the system in place up until the two ser-vices split in 2008.

“The old system was de-signed to fail,” Williams said.

That’s because the coun-ty EMS director was for years the Iola fire chief.

Iola officials recognized that the fire chief had au-thority, but little oversight, over ambulance personnel in Humboldt and Moran.

Then, when the county decided to manage its own service, the opposite was true.

“We had a county EMS director who had oversight and authority over Moran and Humboldt, but no over-sight over the Iola employ-ees,” Williams said.

Having an EMS board re-view and recommend chang-es within the system would eliminate that discrepancy.

Under Williams’ sce-nario, the county would be responsible for billing. Williams cites Terry Call’s highly regarded efforts in collecting unpaid bills for the county; after counting write-offs, Call’s collections rate stands north of 80 per-cent in recent years, the sheriff said.

“If you have somebody that good at what he does, it makes sense to keep him,” Williams said.

In exchange for Iola’s services to the county, the county would increase “substantially” the subsidy it provides Iola, Williams said.

HAVING full-time fire-fighters stationed through-out the county would ben-efit other communities as well. Williams and Conaway both noted Iola firefighters stationed in Humboldt and Moran would provide sup-port in a number of ways for the neighboring com-munities.

“They could do build-ing inspections, host edu-cational programs for schools, work with the vol-unteers on training,” Con-away said.

An added benefit: multi-agency cooperative efforts are more likely to receive grants for upgraded equip-ment or manpower, the sheriff said.

“We rely very much on our volunteer depart-ments,” Williams said. “They provide outstanding service. But if you’re aug-menting those volunteer departments with profes-sional, full-time firefight-ers, you can’t tell me you won’t have a better service overall.”

NELSON’S PROPOSED merger, on the other hand, would have the county as-sume responsibility for all ambulance runs in Allen County, including Iola, out of its building on North State Street.

Three ambulances would be in use: one in Iola, one in Humboldt and one in Moran. A fourth ambulance would be operated by Iola firefight-ers on an “as-needed” basis. Such instances are rare: of the more than 1,400 ambu-lance calls since January in Iola or Allen County, only

once has it needed four am-bulances on scene.

The county would not need to hire additional per-sonnel, Nelson said, and the ambulances would be moved strategically around the county, “based on call-driven demand.”

Under Nelson’s scenario, Iola firefighters would con-tinue to receive the $80,000 annual subsidy the county provides to man the coun-ty’s rescue vehicle and pro-vide hazardous materials cleanup. Firefighters also would be called to serve as first responders for EMS calls within the city.

Nelson said the advantag-es to his plan is a reduced

Iola Fire Department.Nelson also said the

city could give up funds made available from a fed-eral grant that would have added three more firefight-ers to the IFD staff for the next two years. Because the funds have not yet been used, the grant could be returned without penalty, Nelson’s proposal said.

If the county oversaw EMS in Iola, that would add about $300,000 to county coffers, Nelson said.

CONAWAY’S proposal also would realize signifi-cant savings.

While Conaway was hesi-tant to provide numbers ahead of Monday’s city council meeting, estimates obtained elsewhere point to a savings of about $500,000 from the combined $2.5 mil-lion the city and county spend collectively for am-bulance and fire protection.

Williams said all county paramedics and ambulance personnel would be given first dibs on the added posi-tions at IFD — 29 full-time employees would be needed to make the whole system work — although some, real-istically, would choose not to work for the city. Attrition would take care of the rest.

WILLIAMS pointed to other potential stumbling blocks, and their solutions.

What would happen, say, if Iola took over all ambu-lance services and then de-cided down the road to drop the added service?

“The ambulances and equipment would be county property leased to the city for a token fee, say $10, a year,” Williams said. “If the city wanted to drop the ser-vice, the equipment simply would go back to the coun-ty.”

Williams, Conaway and Nelson all envision a full-scale effort into developing a countywide network of first responders: volunteers who could respond quickly in case of a medical emer-gency.

“You could have a Gates employee as one, or a farm-er in a rural area,” Wil-liams said. “Rapid response is vital to saving lives.”

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We rely very much on our vol-unteer depart-ments. They provide an out-standing service. But if you’re aug-menting those volunteer depart-ments with pro-fessional, full-time firefighters, you can’t tell me you wouldn’t have a better service overall.

— Tom Williams,Allen County sheriff

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Opinion

By KEN THOMAS andNEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — Presi-dent Barack Obama celebrated much-needed good economic news Friday as the unemploy-ment rate dropped to its lowest level since he took office. “We are moving forward again,” he boasted. Republican rival Mitt Romney retorted that the presi-dent still hasn’t done enough to help millions of people who are out of work.

The figures announced by the Labor Department — 114,000 new jobs last month to bring the unemployment rate to 7.8 per-cent — gave Obama fresh evi-dence on the heels of his disap-pointing debate performance to argue that his economic policies are working. Romney countered that the country can’t afford four more years of the president’s leadership and argued that the rate is low in part because some people have quit looking for work.

“These are tough times in this community,” Romney told a ral-ly outside a construction equip-ment store after meeting with coal miners who have been laid off. “We’re going to bring back jobs and bring back America.”

Obama responded that Rom-ney wants to roll back policies that are repairing the economic damage.

“Today’s news should give us some encouragement,” Obama

told thousands gathered in the rain for an afternoon rally at Cleveland State University. “It shouldn’t be an excuse for the other side to try to talk down the economy just to try to score a few political points.”

The unemployment rate fell from 8.1 percent in August, matching its level in January 2009 when Obama became presi-

dent. There is one more monthly unemployment report before Election Day, so Friday’s num-bers could leave a lasting impact on Americans who are already casting ballots in states that al-low early voting.

The candidates campaigned Friday on opposite ends of one of those early voting states, Vir-ginia. Romney, in the state’s far

western coal country, said he wants to develop coal and other domestic resources to make North America energy indepen-dent in eight years. Obama fo-cused on recruiting women at an appearance in the Washington suburbs, where he argued that his health care policy has im-proved their health care choices.

Obama, seeking to rebound

after Romney dominated their first debate Wednesday night, is accusing his rival of being dishonest about how his poli-cies would affect the tax bills of middle-class families and the Medicare benefits of retirees. He told an audience at George Ma-son University that his rival “got an extreme makeover” in their face-off.

He also argued Romney can’t bring change to the country when he’s “willing to write off half the nation before you take office,” a reference to Romney’s disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes. Romney made the comments at a fundraiser in May that was secretly recorded, but the vid-eotape did not emerge until last month. Romney went as far as he’s ever gone to try to take back his words in an interview Thurs-day night with Fox News.

“Well, clearly in a campaign, with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and question-and-answer sessions, now and then you’re going to say something that doesn’t come out right,” Romney said Thursday. “In this case, I said something that’s just completely wrong.”

At the White House, senior ad-viser David Plouffe retorted: “I would take with a huge grain of salt trying to clean something up five months after you said it for the first time.”

Jobs report gives Obama much-needed boost

The first question is usually: Why?

It’s a good one, for behind ev-ery action — no matter how unex-pected — there is always a reason.

I left Seattle a month ago on a cross-country road trip, just me and my dog, and arrived in Iola on Wednesday. Along the way, I’ve met fascinating people of all ages, had up-close encounters with buf-falo, elk, and a curious red fox, and gazed in absolute wonder at the majesty of the Milky Way.

I’ve camped in the mountains with temperatures dropping into the 30s, and stayed in cheap mo-tels, delighted to have indoor plumbing. Some days I’m ex-hausted, and wonder who came up with this idea. Other days I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. I’ve given myself three months for the trip, and at this rate, it will take all of that.

Older people I meet want to know why I’m doing this: Am I leaving husband? Am I meno-pausal? Am I having a (rather late) mid-life crisis? Young people are more likely to ask: What in-spired you?

I have a stock answer: years ago, a friend and I took a year off from college, worked six months to earn some travel money, and took off in an old but plucky pickup truck to travel the United

States. It was a grand adventure, one I always thought I’d do again. Now, finally, I am.

What lies beyond the stock an-swer? That’s harder to say. I think, at a certain age, when the kids are raised and life has settled into a pleasant-but-predictable routine, we look at ourselves in the mirror and wonder: Am I still me? Do I still have that burning curiosity and sense of adventure? Can I still take on the challenge of the unknown and unplanned?

I’ve learned, so far, that I am, I do, and I can. I suspect that’s true for everyone. That while we all grow older, more experienced and hopefully wiser, we do — at the core — remain very much our-selves. I’ve also been reminded, once again, what a vast country this is. That people do today what they have always done: work and hope and love and try. Suffer dis-couragement and appreciate en-couragement.

I know it’s an over-used phrase,

but with each passing mile, I am continually reminded that life really is a journey. And that we only get one chance to take it. It doesn’t matter if we live in a red state or a blue state, a green state or a drought state, what really counts is what we do with our oh-so-brief time on earth and how we treat each other while we’re here.

It will be hard to leave Iola. It’s a nice town, and I’m staying with dear friends, who have given me a warm welcome (and indoor plumbing!) But soon it will be time to head out again. I’m very lucky to have the type of work I can do from anywhere and a loyal dog who laughs at all my jokes.

And I’m particularly lucky to have an adorable husband, who will fly out to visit me somewhere soon — Kentucky, maybe, or the coast of Georgia. So no, I’m not planning to leave him. Nor am I menopausal or having a late mid-life crisis.

I’m just looking in the mirror, relieved to find that yup, I’m still me.

Janet is staying with Register editor Susan Lynn. They met as students in journalism school at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. Janet is a free-lance writer in Seattle.

Trip helps answer eternal questions

JanetSimmelink

In the months ahead deci-sions will be made about what will become of two Allen County landmarks, Allen County Hospi-tal and Walter Johnson Field in Humboldt.

Alan Weber, county counselor, told Allen County commission-ers Tuesday he and Cris Rivera, ACH chief executive officer, would give a representative of a company that has had experi-ence refitting hospitals a close-up tour of the facility on Oct. 19.

In Humboldt, ideas are be-ing solicited for what to do with Depression-era Walter John-son Field, where the Humboldt High Cubs have played football for nearly 80 years, and where sandlot and, more recently, high school teams have played base-ball just as long.

Weber mentioned possibili-ties of the hospital being trans-formed into a care facility, office complex or some kind of busi-ness. Jim Talkington, unopposed in the Nov. 6 election for a seat on the county commission and an Allen Community College trustee, wondered if the hospi-tal might be suitable for student housing, which with ACC’s an-nual enrollment growth is a re-curring problem.

The outcome no one wants is for the hospital to be razed. Structurally, it’s sound, but doesn’t fit well with the deliv-ery needs of modern medicine, which led to construction of a new, state-of-the-art facility.

I twice was a patient, once when I mistook indigestion for heart concerns, a second time for prostate cancer surgery. Care both times was exceptional, but I do remember the structure’s

limitations.I had a more intimate associa-

tion with Walter Johnson Field, and I am one of those that K.B. Criss, USD 258 superintendent, noted would be sentimental about its abandonment when Humboldt’s new sports complex opens at the east edge of town.

I played a year of football and goodness knows how many base-ball games, organized and not, inside the imposing laid-up rock wall that surrounds the complex.

Summers in the mid-1950s are particularly memorable.

Every afternoon, no matter how hot it was, several of us would trek to the field in the southwest part of town, our num-bers growing as we went along. There always were enough for a good game of work-up.

We’d play an hour or two, sometimes longer, after worm-ing our way through a loosely connected iron gate, and then exit for a leisurely journey home, which always included a stop at the Harwood Broth-ers filling station for a bottle of pop from an old lift-top cooler where it bathed in iced water. I opted for Grapette, which came in a six-ounce bottle and cost a nickel.

Nothing tasted better after all that time on a hot, dusty baseball field.

Big decisions aheadAt

Week’s EndBob Johnson

By the Associated Press“Gov. Romney may dance

around his positions, but if you want to be president, you owe the American people the truth.” — President Barack Obama, at a Thurs-day rally in Denver in his first post-debate appearance.

___“(The shell) hit my neighbor

next door. His wife, his children

died. Now I worry whether the next one will hit me or my neighbor.” — Bakir Kutlugil, after a shell from Syria slammed into a house in the Turkish border village of Akcakale.

___“I hate it. I’m old-school. I’m

old.” — Washington Nationals man-ager Davey Johnson, on baseball’s new pair of one and done wild-card playoff matchups.

Quotations of the day

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Rev. Trudy Kenyon Anderson

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perish but have everlasting life.John 3:16

“The Cross Shines Brightly at Calvary”Sunday worship: 9:15 a.m.Sunday school: 10:30 a.m.

Recently, while at the hospital for some medical tests, I saw a sign above a person’s desk that read, “Good Morning, This is God, I will be handling all your problems today. I will not need your help; so, Have a Good Day.” “Have a good day” is used so frequently by just about everyone we come in contact with that it has almost become a meaningless cliche. However, when I read this sign, I really took it to heart because I was reminded that God is always with us, and I could truly have a good day. No matter what problems or blessings we may encounter each day, we can be sure that God is there to strengthen and help us, and give us peace. The Bible tells us that two thousand years ago a virgin gave birth to a Son, and He was called Immanuel, which means “God is with us,” and He is still with us today. Everyone needs to have a good day and reflecting God’s love to others will help us all to have a better day.

The Lord gives strength to His peopleand blesses them with peace.

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Savonburg

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Poplar GroveBaptist Church

305 MulberryHumboldt

(620) 473-3063 churchCome Let Us Worship The LordSunday School.....................9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship.................10:45 a.m.Thursday Service...............6 p.m.

Adult Small Group (no child-care provided) 9:15 a.m.& FellowshipSunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

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Salem UnitedMethodist Church

“ The Little White Church in the Country”

3 miles west,2 miles south of Iola

Sunday school: 10:00 a.m.Sunday worship: 11:00 a.m.Rev. Gene McIntosh Pastor

(620) 365-3883

Northcott Church12425 SW Barton Rd

Colony, KS(620) 852-3077

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to motivate as many peo-ple as possible.

Denise Buchanan, spe-cial education teacher at Lincoln and Meltdown team member, said she ap-preciates the camaraderie and support she receives from her teammates.

“We give all day long and this is almost like go-ing to the spa every day,” she said.

McIntosh echoed her opinion by saying partner-ship in the program makes all the difference, and she wants the effect of their success to ripple through-out the Lincoln faculty and staff. She said it is just as important for the children to see the effects of the Melt-down as it is to the teachers.

“We can’t teach what

we aren’t,” McIntosh said. “We need to pass our healthy habits on to the children.”

The team members have personal motivations for the Meltdown as well, and team member Nancy Vest said she and her doctor have taken notice of im-provements. After she had heart surgery five years ago, Vest said her doctor encouraged exercise and healthy eating. She said her doctor emphasized that she “is doing wonderful” and her cholesterol prob-lems are now non-existent. This new lifestyle change has given her a positive attitude and the energy to spend time with her grand-children, she said.

McIntosh and Hart said they have involved their

spouses in the program as well.

“I told my wife I couldn’t tie my shoes without huff-ing and puffing,” Hart said. “That’s when I decided to join with Judy (McIntosh).

The team cited multiple benefits from the program, some of which included lower cholesterol, bet-ter posture, more energy, weight loss, stress relief and better moods.

Overall, McIntosh said the team has had great success and is looking forward to the rest of the program. She said they are planning to carry their improved habits past the eight weeks.

“Our goal is that we want to see every teacher wearing a Meltdown T-shirt,” McIntosh said.

H MeltdownContinued from A1

The subjects of the ques-tions included community service, resource manage-ment, trust and relation-ships, recommendations for the district and cur-rent initiatives the parents deem needless.

Parents’ answers were across the board. Some expressed opinions that USD 257 needs to improve communication between teachers and parents and others expressed a need to increase salaries for dis-trict employees. Many an-swers supported teacher’s efforts in the schools, prais-ing their productivity and dedication to the district’s students.

Pekarek said the goal of the committee is to nar-row down areas the district

needs to improve upon and focus specifically on those areas.

“We do a lot of things well in the district,” Pek-arek said. “Is there some-thing we do that we can be the best at?”

Ideas for improvement stemmed from a book pro-vided by Pekarek. The book, “Lessons in Loy-alty” by Lorraine Grubbs, is based on a Southwest Airlines employee’s expe-rience with maintaining staff loyalty.

Annette Rexwinkle, sev-enth- and eighth-grade lan-guage teacher at Iola Mid-dle School, said the book is an interesting look into how employees are treated in one of the most respect-ed companies in the nation. She said employee relations are the most important as-pect of Southwest’s busi-ness structure and it has led to a loyal employee and customer base.

The committee members will read the book through-out the semester, while ap-plying its content to the dis-

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m e e t i n g c o n c l u d -ed with a brain-s t o r m i n g s e s s i o n a b o u t ideas for T e a c h e r Appreciation Month in gen-eral.

Maxwell, the principal at McKinley Elementary School, said little things are important when building relationships with teach-ers.

She said simple notions like personal notes, clear communication and com-plimentary meals would make a difference in the school district.

The committee members include superintendent Bri-an Pekarek, Crystal Hen-derson (Iola High School), Hannah Platt (Lincoln El-ementary), Lori Maxwell (McKinley Elementary), Annette Rexwinkle (Iola Middle School) and Mark Burris (school board).

H TeacherContinued from A1

Brian Pekarek

Daredevil to push limitsLos Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Tee-tering 23 miles above the New Mexico desert, Felix Baumgartner plans to leap head first into the abyss and become the first free-falling human to break the sound barrier as he plummets to the ground.

The feat, which will put his life on the line and push his body to the limit, is scheduled to take place shortly after dawn Monday when he falls from 120,000 feet in the air.

Wearing a newly de-signed pressurized suit and helmet, the Austria native will test the threshold of his equipment as scientists, aerospace engineers, the Air Force and NASA study what it shows about the limits and capabilities of the human body bailing out from aircraft at ultra-high altitudes.

After several years of preparation and test jumps, Baumgartner, 43, is ready. “I feel like a tiger in a cage waiting to get out,” he said in a statement.

The jump is an effort to

break a free-fall world re-cord of more than 19 miles, or 102,800 feet, set by Air Force test pilot Joe Kit-tinger in 1960. The endeav-or, called Stratos, is funded by the energy drink com-pany Red Bull. The com-pany has paid millions of dollars to Southern Califor-nia aerospace companies to pull it off, but won’t say how much.

Clearly, Red Bull has things in mind besides sci-entific breakthroughs. The mission involves two dozen cameras, including a hel-met cam, to catch the ac-tion and to deliver live Web streams. The Austrian com-pany hopes its promotional investment reaps returns on drink sales.

This jump is “unprec-edented” and risky, said Kelly O’Keefe, a marketing professor at Virginia Com-monwealth University.

“This is beyond ex-treme,” he said. “The risk of failure is so high.”

The company and mis-sion organizers reject talk of the event being done solely for publicity.

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Richard E. and Jody Parks are the proud par-ents of a baby boy, Rhett Eldon Parks.

He was born at Neosho Memorial Regional Medi-cal Center, Chanute, Sept. 5, 2012, and weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Rhett has a sister, Jadyn Lynne Parks, 2. His ma-

t e r n a l g r a n d -parents are Joe a n d L y n n e S u t h e r-l a n d , Iola. His paternal grandparents are Clyde and Janice Parks, Welda.

Birth announcement Rhett Eldon Parks

Rhett Parks

Jacqueline Kay LaRue and Darrell Wayne Gab-bert were married Aug. 4 at Iola’s St. John’s Catho-lic Church at 2 p.m..

Father John Miller of-ficiated.

Jacqueline is the daugh-ter of Dale and Joan LaRue, Moran. Darrell is the son of Wayne and Ja-net Gabbert, Prescott.

The matron of honor was Jordyn Ring, Marys-ville. Bridesmaids were Larissa Rice, Horton, Ash-ley Schneider, Waverly, Neb., and Amanda Wil-liamson, Prescott.

The best man was An-thony Ring, Marysville. Groomsmen were Seth

Gabbert, Prescott, Daniel Brake, Blue Mound, and Jonathan LaRue, Indepen-dence.

Jacqueline graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in 2004. She attended Fort Scott Com-munity College in 2006 and graduated from Kan-sas State University in 2009. She is an agricul-ture teacher at Marysville High School, Marysville.

Darrell graduated from Jayhawk-Linn High School in 2004. He is em-ployed by Risdon Con-struction in Waterville.

The couple honey-mooned in San Pedro, Be-lize.

WeddingJacqueline Kay LaRue and Darrell Wayne Gabbert

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Trent Rhodes, left, and Todd Rowe put up fencing for the dog park that will open in about two weeks on South Chestnut Street.

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Sunday morning the Rev. Steve Traw’s message was “The Ram, Goat and Little Horn” from Daniel 8:1-27. Rev. Traw was acknowl-edged by local elders as the official preaching elder to the Carlyle congregation by action of the John Calvin Presbytery.

Matthew Smail celebrat-ed his birthday Friday.

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INDEPENDENCE — Despite dealing with injuries and ill-ness, Iola High’s cross country squad still managed a number of personal-best times at a meet in Independence Thursday.

The varsity boys claimed third place overall among 12 schools, led individually by Ty-ler Powelson and Trent Latta, who claimed fourth and fifth places, respectively.

Powelson ran the 5K course in 16 minutes, 56 seconds. Latta was 10 seconds behind at 17:04.

“Tyler and Trent ran as a two-some for the entire race, passing an Ark City runner in the final 800 yards,” IHS coach Marvin Smith said.

Jacob Cooper’s time of 19:17 placed him 33rd in his first var-sity race.

Labette County High won the boys varsity with 27 points, fol-lowed by Pittsburg in second with 42 points.

Iola scored 67 points, even without one of its top runners, Jeremy Spears, who is nursing a leg injury.

On the varsity girls side, Abi-gail Taylor placed sixth “in a really strong field of runners,” Smith said, with a time of 17 minutes flat on the 4K course.

She was Iola’s only entry. Jo Lohman was sidelined with knee problems.

Pittsburg, which like the boys squad also utilized runners from Pittsburg St. Mary’s-Col-gan, won the girls varsity with 43 points, followed by Frontenac with 49.

The meet was held at a new location this year, at the Inde-pendence Community College campus.

“It was a really good course,” Smith said. “You were always going up a hill or downhill, and some hills were long and some-what steep. We had a lot of per-sonal bests, but too many for me to mention.

Zach St. Clair’s mark of 19:17 was the best among all junior varsity boy runners. Travis Hermstein was fourth at 19:31.

Shannon Vogel’s time of 20:33 was good for sixth overall in the JV girls race.

Iola’s results followVarsity boys

4. Tyler Powelson, 16:565. Trent Latta, 17:0416. Michael Wilson, 18:3125. Blaine Klubek, 18:5933. Jacob Cooper, 19:1742. Bryan Mueller, 20:09

Varsity girls6. Abigail Taylor, 17:00

Junior varsity boys1. Zach St. Clair, 19:176. Travis Hermstein, 19:317. Tyler Holloway, 19:428. Levi Baker, 19:5616. Colby Works 20:5319. Jason Tidd, 21:1727. Sagar Patel, 22:3828. Thomas Elder 22:4230. Yohon Sinclair 23:0832. Cole Cescon, 23:2134. Kaleb Beckham, 23:5036. Drew Smith, 24:0441. Ankit Gandhi, 25:3542. Garrett Prall, 25:3747. Tyler Heinrich, 26:07

Junior varsity girls 6. Shannon Vogel, 20:3323. Klair Vogel, 24:0626 Courtney Smith 27:16

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Mustangs clinch Pioneer League crownBy RICHARD LUKEN

richard@iolaregister.comWELLSVILLE – Offenses ruled

for two quarters here Friday as Iola High and Wellsville High put on a scoring clinic.

By the time the halftime gun sounded, Wellsville led 30-28, and it was apparent the game would be decided on who could adjust on defense.

Iola did just that, holding Wellsville scoreless for much of the second half, then holding on with a key defensive stand in the game’s final minute.

The Mustangs’ 41-36 victory over Wellsville clinches a Pioneer League championship for Iola in the team’s inaugural season in the league.

Now, Iola 5-1 overall and 4-0 In Pioneer league, sets its sights on district play over the final three weeks of the regular season – the three games that will determine which two teams from Class 4A, District 6 will qualify for the play-offs. The Mustangs host Chanute next Friday.

But for now, the Mustang faithful can revel in a wildly en-tertaining victory over a young Wellsville squad that unveiled a number of new wrinkles with its running game for its visitors from the south.

The Eagles ran several varia-tions of a counter-gap play that featured linemen pulling to one side of the field or the other and speedy tailback Shane Hillman darting in the opposite direction.

“It caught us off guard a bit because it’s something we hadn’t seen on film,” Iola head coach Doug Kerr said. “It took us a while to figure out because it’s such a good play.

A few changes in how the Mus-tangs attacked the play plugged those gaps and shut down the Wellsville offense. After running for 175 yards in the first half, Hill-man could only muster 31 yards after the break.

“Early in the season, I thought our defense really carried us un-til we hit our stride offensively,” Iola head coach Doug Kerr said. “Tonight, Offensively, we did what we needed to keep ourselves in the game. The adjustments re-ally helped (after halftime).”

The victory wasn’t secure until a tenuous final series of plays.

Iola was set to nearly run out the clock, but a first down pass from Mason Coons to Jacob Rhoads was negated because of a chop block penalty. Wellsville took over at its own 15 with two minutes left.

Then, Rhoads narrowly missed an interception on a third-and-15 pass attempt by Wellsville. The missed pick was followed one play later by a 28-yard completion to set the Eagles up at midfield with under a minute left.

But three incompletions, and

a key quarterback sack by Tyler McIntosh and Bryce Misenhelter ended the threat.

“Our adjustments took them out of their comfort level, and they started pressing because we were still scoring,” Kerr said.

Kaden Macha started the scor-ing for Iola with a seven-yard run midway through the first quarter.

Wellsville scored twice in suc-cession later in the period to lead 14-7 before Rhoads plunged in from one yard out to knot the score.

Hillman’s five-yard touchdown run was countered by a four-yard run to paydirt by Iola’s Mason Coons.

The Coons score triggered an exasperating series of failed kick-off attempts, in which Iola was whistled for penalties on four straight kicks.

A squib kick to midfield led to a one-play scoring drive – a 47-yard run by Hillman to push the Eagles up 30-22.

Coons capped the ensuing Mustang drive with a three-yard

touchdown run with 11 seconds left in the second period to close the gap to 30-28.

John Whitworth took control after the break, including a daz-zling 56-yard touchdown rush in which he broke several Eagle tackle attempts..

Another long run set Iola up in prime scoring position but a Rhoads fumble was recovered by Wellsville at its own 4.

But the Mustang defense held,

Register/Steven SchwartzMarmaton Valley High running back Cole Becker (25) leaps over a Uniontown High defender in Friday night’s win. Uniontown defenders Jacob (84) Duffey and Jay Hierholzer (16) pursue for the tackle.

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Jacob Rhoads, center, tries to elude a tackle attempt by Wellsville High’s Trevor Heckman (43) and Landyn Holtwick (32) in the Mustangs’ 41-36 victory. The win clinches a Pioneer League championship for Iola.

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By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

Marmaton Valley High’s Wild-cats showcased their speed Fri-day night in a 66-20 win against Uniontown High’s Eagles.

Friday’s win kept Marmaton’s record perfect for the season at 6-0. Coach Kent Houk said the offensive line was the key to vic-tory against the Eagles. He said the Wildcat Lineman created the space the running backs needed to get down the field.

“The front line gave nice holes up front, and that led to open grass for our running backs,” Houk said.

Houk said in spite of their

successes, the team needs to be “much more sound on defense” before playoffs. The Wildcats have three games remaining in the regular season. They look to keep their record clean against Pleas-anton High in one week.

The Wildcats racked up 423 to-tal yards of offense, most of which coming on the ground with 363 yards of rushing. Wildcat seniors Ryan Smith and Cole Becker led the team in on the ground. Becker carried the ball 23 times for 242 yards and Smith ran 15 times for 117 yards. Lucas Hamlin had the longest reception of the night at 22 yards. Smith connected with Lucas Hamlin on a 34-yard touch-

down pass in the first quarter to begin the scoring. A Uniontown score was followed with an eight-yard touchdown run by Smith and a five-yard score by Becker.

Smith scored twice more before half, covering 14 and five yards, while Becker added a three-yard scoring run. Smith and Becker kept up the pace in the second half. Smith’s 12-yard touchdown run was followed by Becker’s 56-yard jaunt.

Smith completed four passes for 60 yards.

The Eagles moved the ball, but the Wildcat defense held the

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and Wellsville’s punt set Iola up at the Eagle 36.

Macha capped the ensu-ing six-play drive with a five-yard touchdown run.

“We have some things to work on,” Kerr said. “The kickoffs are something we really need to fix.”

Whitworth covered 161 yards on 11 carries, fol-lowed by Macha’s 63 yards on 10 rushes and Coons with 45 yards on 12 carries. Stephen McDonald rushed

twice for 14 yards. Rhoads tallied six receptions for 101 yards and rushed nine times for 29 yards. Coons completed 12 of 19 passes for 170 yards. Jacob Har-rison covered 42 yards on three receptions.

On defense, McDonald led the way with seven stops. Rhoads, Tyler McIn-tosh and Adam Kauth had six tackles apiece.

Iola 7-19-6-7—41Wellsville 14-16-0-6--36

Iola – Macha 7 yd run (Macias kick)

Wellsville – Meyer 7 yd run (2 pt attempt failed)

Wellsville – Hopkins 4 yd run (Dougan pass from Hopkins)

Iola – Rhoads 1 yd run (Macias kick)

Wellsville – Hillman 5 yd run (Hillman run)

Iola – Coons 4 yd run (Coons run)

Wellsville – Hillman 47 yd run (Jackson pass from Meyer)

Iola – Coons 3 yd run (run failed)Iola – Whitworth 56 yd run (kick

failed)Iola – Macha 5 yd run (Macias

kick)

Wellsville – Mann 17 yd pass from Meyer (2 pt attempt failed)

Iola WellsvilleFirst Downs 18 NARushing 49-307 NAPassing yds 180 NATotal offense 487 NAFumbles 1-1 0-0Punts 2/39 NAPenalties 6-40 NA

Individual leadersRushing: Whitworth 11-161, Ma-

cha 10-63, Coons 12-45, Rhoads 9-31, McDonald 2-14, Ashmore 1-7.

Passing: Coons 12-19-0, 180.Receiving: Rhoads 6-101, Har-

rison 3-42, Morris 1-16, Larney 2-11.

By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports Writer

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Charlie Weis wanted to give his team a lesson in the Sunflower Showdown ahead of his first game against Kansas State, so the new Kansas coach figured he’d better bone up on it himself.

“I had to go back and find out all about the Governor’s Cup,” Weis said this week, “see how this has all gone, and read about how it used to be the Governor’s Tro-phy.”

He read about the recent his-tory, too.

While Kansas owns a deci-sive advantage in a series that stretches to 1902, the Wildcats have dominated it for more than two decades, ever since the ar-rival of Bill Snyder in Manhattan prior to the 1989 season. There was a stretch of 11 straight vic-tories, and cur-rently three in a row.

“Any time you play an in-state rival, there’s something to play for, and the players have to understand there’s something to play for,”

Weis said. “Since Coach Snyder has gotten to K-State, things have gone big-time their way. He’s 16-4 in the series himself.”

Most people don’t figure the outcome today will be much dif-ferent.

The seventh-ranked Wildcats (4-0) are rolling after beating Oklahoma on the road two weeks ago, while the Jayhawks (1-3) have blown two fourth-quarter leads this season.

Both teams were off last week.Kansas State is led by a Heis-

man Trophy candidate in quar-terback Collin Klein, a defense that has gotten better with age, a steady ground game and evolving passing attack.

The Jayhawks’ only victory came against lower-division South Dakota State.

So, yes, Weis knows the deck is stacked against him.

“Starting with the head coach, that might be their biggest ad-vantage. Absolutely,” he said this week. “Even with all that being said, OK, you still play the game. Not to be sarcastic, I’m just stat-ing the facts. This is who they are. So what you do as a head coach, and this trickles down to the oth-er roles I play, what you then do is say, ‘What are we going to do about it.’

“You can’t just say, ‘Let’s go in there and keep it close. Let’s keep it close for the fan base,’” Weis added. “I’d rather lose by a hun-dred, trying to win.”

Some years, it looked like Kan-sas State would win by 100.

Three straight during Snyder’s first tenure, the Wildcats piled up at least 50 points against the woe-begone Jayhawks. The following year, they merely won 40-6, before a 64-0 win in 2002 that remains the most lopsided game in the history of the series.

Even the years Kansas has been good have been difficult against the neighbors to the west. The Jayhawks were 7-0 and ranked No. 6 when they took the familiar trip down Interstate 70 in 1995, only for the 14th-ranked Wildcats

to pin a 41-7 victory on them.Kansas finally broke through

under former coach Mark Mangino, beating the Wildcats in 2004 and then rattling off three straight once Snyder stepped away for a brief retirement.

But things have gotten back to usual ever since the silver-haired fox returned. Snyder beat Kansas in his first year back, one of only six wins by the Wildcats that sea-son, and has shepherded his team to victories the past two seasons by a combined score of 118-28.

“Every game means every-thing,” Snyder said. “This is sig-nificant because you’ve got a lot of youngsters who are from the state, and they talk about brag-ging rights, etcetera, got to go home in the summer time with the same youngsters who play for Kansas, and it’s true for both sides.

“They’re all highly motivated,” he said. “You get 12 games a sea-son, maybe 13. That’s 12 times for a competitive young guy to really be competitive, and that’s 12 out of 365 (days). That’s it. There isn’t

any more. How could you pass up the opportunity to do what you love to do and be as competi-tive as you love to be in any game that you play? I think they all feel that.”

The importance Kansas State places on the rivalry is evident the moment you walk into the football complex, where the Gov-ernor’s Cup sits in a case in the middle of the room. The rest of the program’s hardware, from Big 12 titles to bowl games, is in a separate trophy case.

Kansas hasn’t looked at the Wildcats the same way, at least not historically. Sure, it’s a game that the Jayhawks always want to win, but their bitter rival has al-ways been Missouri.

Now, with the Tigers off to the SEC, the Sunflower Showdown is the biggest game in town.

“We always felt like it was more important to them, and when you are going into a fight and somebody feels like it is more important to them, that shows,” said Kansas wide re-ceiver Daymond Patterson, a Texas native who has learned to appreciate the rivalry. “Going into this year, it’s mutual.

“You’re our rival and we’re your rival, so let’s get it on.”

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but the Wildcat defense held the “bend not break” philosophy throughout the night. Smith led the team in tackles with 11, followed closely by Becker and Car-los Gonzales with nine each. Jared Kale and Levi Ramsey each had one sack. Uniontown’s total yards were cut short by two key interceptions from Gonza-

les and senior Jimmy Frye. Eagle’s tailback John

Reed scored first for the Eagles midway through the first quarter. Garrett Murrow scored the remain-ing two touchdowns in the game, one in the second quarter and one in the third.

Uniontown 6-8-6-x—20Marmaton Valley 24-14-20-8—66

MV — Hamlin 34 yd pass from Smith (Becker run)

Uniontown — Reed 24 yd run (PAT failed)

MV — Smith 8 yd run (Smith run)MV — Becker 5 yd run (Smith

run)Uniontown — Murrow 4 yd run

(Reed pass from Wiley)MV — Smith 14 yd run (PAT

failed)MV — Becker 3 yd run (Smith

run)MV — Smith 5 yd run (PAT failed)Uniontown — Murrow 11 yd run

(PAT failed)MV — Smith 12 yd run (PAT

failed)MV — Becker 36 yd run (Becker

run) Uniontown MVFirst Downs 10 15Rushing 34-172 41-363Passing-yds 34 60Total Offense 206 423Passing 5-16 4-7 Fumbles 0 0Punting 2-55 0Penalties 6-45 4-35

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LONGTON — Crest High scored early and of-ten and was able to play several young players in the process Friday eve-ning.

The Lancers exploded for 53 first-quarter points against an overmatched Elk Valley High squad en route to a 58-0 win.

The game was ended at halftime via Kansas eight-man mercy rules.

“We got to play a lot of younger players tonight, and our older players real-ly did a good job of cheer-ing on our JV,” Crest head coach Brent Smith said.

Jordan Morton scored less than a minute into the game on a 61-yard touch-down run. Morton then connected with Clayton Miller on a 23-yard scor-ing strike. Kyle Hammond followed with touchdown runs of 10 and four yards before Smith inserted his JV players.

The run continued. Hunter Frazell scored on a one-yard run, Evan God-derz scored from 39 yards out and Brandon Brallier put the lead at 53-0 with 1:40 left — in the first quarter.

Hammond kicked a 36-yard field goal early in the

second period, and a Lanc-er safety created by pres-sure from Codi Vermillion was good for the final two points.

Morton led the team with 61 yards rushing on his only carry of the game. Hammond rushed five times for 55 yards. Frazell rushed for 46, Bral-lier for 16 and Braden Mc-Ghee for 34. Godderz had 44 yards on the ground. Miller’s only catch cov-ered 23 yards.

Crest rushed for 274 yards as a team.

On defense, Austin Green registered a pair of interceptions and Jesse Boone had a pair of fum-ble recoveries. Vermillion had five tackles, followed by Miller with four stops and a fumble recovery Colton Strickler had a quarterback sack.

Crest hosts Chetopa next Friday for its annual homecoming affair.

Crest blasts West ElkBy STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

Defending the run was the Humboldt High Cubs’ Achilles heel during the first half Friday night in their 56-27 loss to the Caney Valley Bullpups.

Humboldt went to the air for most of its offense, total-ing 279 yards. Senior Blake Crawford and Junior Hunt-er Murrow led the team in receptions with 109 yards each — Crawford with sev-en receptions and Murrow with four. Quarterback Na-than Whitcomb completed 14 out of 27 passes. Cubs rushing yards totaled 30 yards on 12 carries.

The majority of the

Bullpups’ scoring came in the first half, with 48 points in the first two quarters. In the second half, Humboldt’s defense held Caney Valley to a single touchdown.

Whitcomb completed touchdown passes to Craw-ford for 35 yards, Tanner McNutt for 43 and Noah Thornbrugh for 28 before running in an eight-yard touchdown himself in the fourth quarter.

The Bullpups ran the ball well, with 41 for 360 yards. Assistant coach Mike Mill-er said the team failed to execute on defense and missed multiple tackles. He said Caney Valley’s “bread

and butter” is to run the ball, and while the Hum-boldt players were in the right place, they didn’t stop the run as much as needed.

Miller said he was proud of his team’s effort, and ex-pects the team to be ready for district play. The loss drops Humboldt’s record to 4-2 on the season. The Cubs host their first district matchup against Eureka High next Friday for home-coming.

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CV — Camper 60 yd run (Barlow run)

CV — Barlow 25 yd run (Dixon run)

Humboldt — Crawford 35 yd

pass from Whitcomb (PAT failed)CV — Camper 11 yd run (Camp-

er run)CV — Barlow 15 yd run (Barlow

run)CV — Wyrick 69 yd pass from

Barlow (Dixon run)Humboldt — Mcnutt 43 yd pass

from Whitcomb (Boring run)CV — Camper 24 yd pass from

Barlow (Camper run)Humboldt — Thornbrugh 18 yd

pass from Whitcomb (Boring run)CV — Dixon 64 yd run (Dixon

run)Humboldt — Whitcomb 8 yd run

(Boring run) Humboldt CV

First downs 15 14Rushing 12-30 41-360Passing-yds 279 95Total offense 309 455Passing 14-27 3-4Fumbles 2-1 2-1Punting 3-36 1-36Penalties 3-35 8-85

Caney Valley too much for Humboldt

CHETOPA — A 40-point second quarter outburst by host Chetopa High proved too much for Southern Cof-fey County High to over-come Friday.

The Hornets turned a 14-8 lead after one period into a 54-22 lead by inter-mission. Two more quick Chetopa scores in the third period ended the 68-22 loss.

“We keep doing some good things offensively and finding our identity a little bit, but penalties just really hurt three of our drives late in the first and early

second quarters,” Titan head coach Korey Lankton said. Tyler Houston caught a 31-yard touchdown pass from Chism Newkirk to open SCC’s scoring. Turn-er Anderson, who rushed for 85 yards on the night, scored next for the Titans on a 45-yard run in the sec-ond period. Walker Harred, who led Southern Coffey County with 93 yards on the ground, added a 25-yard run late in the half.

Newkirk completed 2 of 5 passes for 45 yards. Hous-ton had a 31-yard catch and

Josiah Witteman had a 14-yard reception.

Newkirk had seven tack-les and a fumble recovery on defense. Witteman also had seven stops.SCC 8-14-0-x—22Chetopa 14-40-14-x—68

Chetopa — Cassell 2 yard run (run failed)

SCC — Houston 31 yd pass from Newkirk (Harred run)

Chetopa — Cassell 1 yard run (Cassell run)

Chetopa — Sanders 15 yard pass from Moses (Dixon run)

Chetopa — Johnson 12 yard pass from Moses (Cassell run)

Chetopa — Cassell 25 yard run (Cassell run)

SCC — Anderson 45 yard run (Harred run)

Chetopa — Scott 50 yard pass from Moses (Dixon run)

SCC — Harred 25 yard run (pass failed)

Chetopa — Cassell 15 yard pass from Moses (Cassell run)

Chetopa — Johnson 24 yard pass from Moses(run failed)

Chetopa — Cassell 3 yard run (Cassell run)

SCC ChetopaFirst Downs 7 10Rushes-yds 37-194 25-201Passing yds 45 126Total offense 239 327Passing 2-6-2 6-7-0Fumbles 0 1Penalties-yds 8-60 3-20

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Allen men vs. Tyler, Dal-las, Texas

Jr. College GolfAllen at Jayhawk No. 3, Manhattan

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Wellsville at Iola JV, 4:30 p.m.High School Volleyball

Burlington at Iola JV, 5:30 p.m.

Jr. College GolfAllen at Jayhawk No. 3, Manhattan

TuesdayHigh School Volleyball

Iola, Central Heights at Wellsville, 4:30 p.m.Humboldt at CherryvaleSouthern Coffey County at HartfordMarmaton Valley, Crest at Jayhawk-LinnYates Center at Caney Valley

WednesdayJr. College Volleyball

Coffeyville at Allen, 6:30 p.m.

Jr. College SoccerAllen at Johnson County, women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.

ThursdayJr. High Football

Coffeyville at IMS 7th, 8th, 5 p.m.

Cross CountryMarmaton Valley, Yates Center, Humboldt, Crest at Burlington

FridayHigh School Football

Chanute at Iola, 7 p.m.Marmaton Valley at Pleas-antonEureka at Humboldt (HC)Chetopa at Crest (HC)Altoona-Midway at South-ern Coffey CountyYates Center at St. Paul

Jr. College VolleyballAllen at Lincoln Land tour-nament, Springfield, Ill.

Sportscalendar

DALLAS — Allen Com-munity College soccer teams had a rough week, capped by a pair of loss-es Thursday to Texas schools.

The Allen women fell to Tyler Community College 9-0. Keelie Arbuckle was at the net and registered

15 saves for the Red Dev-ils.

The Red Devil men fell to San Jacinto College 3-2. Johnny Acker scored a goal for the Red Devils, assisted by Dorian Fox. Jhovanty Baltazar scored an unassisted goal. Jordan Drake played in goal and

made eight saves.

ON TUESDAY, both teams lost on the road at Coffeyville Community College by identical 4-1 scores.

Fox scored the only tally for the men. Drake had sev-en saves in goal.

For the women, Rebeka Zellers scored a goal from an assist by Marisa Man-zo. Arbuckle recorded 10 saves.

The squads will remain in Dallas through the weekend.

The men, 4-6 overall and 2-5 in Jayhawk Confer-

ence play, took on Richland (Texas) Friday evening. They will play Tyler (Tex-as) Sunday afternoon.

The women, 1-12 over-all and 1-7 in conference, played West Texas Friday. They’ll play again Wednes-day at Johnson County Community College.

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ERIE — Humboldt Mid-dle School’s A team vol-leyball squad maintained its perfect record in come-from-behind fashion, de-feating host Galesburg Middle School 25-23, 25-7.

“I am proud of the girls,” head coach Terry Meadows said. “They came out flat as a team. They were able to over-come an early deficit to pull out the win.”

Sydney Houk led the way with five points, including three kills. Makayla McCall had four points and three kills. Annalise Whitcomb had four points and six as-sists. Rylan Wilhite and Kassie Angleton scored two points each. Tilar Wells had one point.

The B team lost its match 25-23, 27-25.

The A team’s record stands at 10-0. The B team is 7-4.

MOUND CITY — Ashtynn Louk’s time of 19 minutes, 12 seconds was good for an 11th-place med-al Thursday at the Pleas-anton Invitational Cross Country Meet.

Louk was the only girl from Marmaton Valley High to run, in varsity or junior varsity.

On the boys side, Mar-

cus Miller took 26th in the 5K varsity race at 19:14.

Michael Swift led the Wildcat JV with a time of 20:32, good for 15th in the 5K. Garrett Booth was 16th at 20:34. Marc Waggoner ran his race in 23:15, for 42nd.

CREST ALSO fielded runners in the competi-tion, led by David Wom-

elsdorf ’s personal-record 18:42.1, good for 18th in the boys varsity. Rene Rod-riguez also ran a personal record in 20:51.0, as did Mike Armstrong at 19:00.3. Rodriguez finished 18th, Armstrong was 20th.

Dal Lacey took 44th at 28:11.9.

Kaden Strickler finished 48th in the boys JV at

26:11.9.Brooke Gray LaCross

and Madison Keller took 16th and 17th places, re-spectively, in the girls JV race. LaCross ran her race in 22:45.6, Keller in 22:50.6.

The girls races covered 4 kilometers. The competi-tion took place at Mound City’s Sugar Valley Golf Course.

Red Devil soccer teams struggle on road

Wildcat boys take fourth in EurekaEUREKA — Yates Cen-

ter High’s boys cross coun-try team corralled a fourth-place finish Tuesday at a meet in Eureka.

Led by medalists Ceaton Cooper and Drake Busteed, the Wildcats scored 93 points. Marion won the competition with a score of 39.

Cooper finished ninth out of 42 runners with a time of 18 minutes, 51 sec-onds. Busteed was 11th in 19 minutes flat on the 5-ki-lometer course.

Others running for Yates Center were Tyler Keenan, who finished 38th in 22:15;

Hayden Splechter, 40th at 23:49; and Dustin Dyer, 42nd at 30:34.0.

“Overall I am pleased with how everyone ran,” Yates Center coach Kevin Barnes said. “Dustin had to step up to varsity so we could get a team score.”

Brett Holloway, who nor-mally runs varsity for the Wildcats, was ill and could not attend the meet.

Emily Baker earned a medal in the girls competi-tion with a 13th-place time of 17:29. Sabrina Arell was 33rd at 20:13 for the 4-kilo-meter race.

HUMBOLDT’S SQUADS, meanwhile, featured a num-ber of personal best marks up and down the roster.

For the varsity boys, se-nior Nick Keazer led the way for the Cubs, finish-ing 16th at 19:31.1. Sopho-more Eathan Bartlett took 26th with a time of 20:36.2. Ronny Jarred was 29th at 21:16.9.

Tanner Orth won the ju-nior varsity boys race with a time of 19:54.1, the best of 35 runners. Humboldt’s JV boys had six of the top 11 finishers.

Others competing for

Humboldt were Caleb D’Armond, third, 20.59.9; Rayden Goltry, fifth, 21:27.9; Dillon Aikins, sixth, 21:32.0; Zach Vanat-ta, eighth, 21:54.9; and Bryce Isaac, 11th, 22:38.1, a personal best mark.

For the girls JV, Chris-tian Sallee and Kolbyn Allen both nabbed top 10 finishes with personal bests. Sallee ran her race in 21:16.0, good for seventh. Allen was two spots behind at 21:50.3.

Other Humboldt results:Boys JV

26. Andrew Keazer, 25:12.727. Layne Gonzalez, 25:12.9

34. Jimmy Mangold, 28:25.9 (personal best)

35. Ryan Huse, 28:28.4Girls JV

11. Brook Boatwright, 22:32.113. Kristin Todd, 23:42.9 (per-

sonal best)Eighth grade boys

2. Jules Jones, 13:13.7. (per-sonal best)

14. Jeremiah Scheimann, 16:26.5Eighth grade girls

4. Padyne Durand, 15:05.6.Seventh grade boys

4. Wyatt Seufert, 6:11.67. Josh Vanatta, 6:23.821. Brady Slocum, 7:16.9 (per-

sonal best)25. Edward Oneal, 7:25.233. Scott Todd, 9:45.0

Seventh grade girls15. Brooklyn Kuhn, 9:17.616. Camtron Goltry, 10:05.5

HMS still unbeaten

Area prep cross country runners compete

ARMA — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s vol-leyball squads went a com-bined 1-2 in games Thurs-day at Northeast Junior High.

The Wildcat A team fell 25-12, 25-10. Emily Plasch-ka led Marmaton Valley with four service points. Trinitee Gutierrez had three.

“We knew coming in this would be one of our toughest games,” head coach Brenda Mills said. “We kind of psyched ourselves out and never bounced back.”

The B team, consisting of six seventh-graders, narrowly lost 25-20, 25-22.

“It’s tough taking on six eighth-graders but we were right there in both games,” seventh-grade coach Scott Brady said. “We just didn’t finish them out tonight.”

Clara Boyd had seven points, Megan Ensminger six and Shelby Yoho five for Marmaton Valley.

The C team won 25-20, 25-18.

“The girls played well and finished strong,” Brady said. “We had a strong comeback to take over.”

Paige Becker led the way with eight points. Izzy Bigelow and Patricia Out-lan scored four apiece.

MVJH squads compete

By TIM REYNOLDSAP Sports Writer

The Catholics vs. Con-victs T-shirts, they’re likely faded now. No one expects a reprise of the so-called “tussle in the tun-nel” this time around. And any sense of venomous back-and-forth dialogue simply has been nonexis-tent this week.

Notre Dame vs. Miami.It’s not what it once was

— thankfully, perhaps.For the first time in

nearly a quarter-century, the Fighting Irish and Hur-ricanes are meeting in a regular-season game. The rivalry will be renewed today at Soldier Field in Chicago, a purportedly neutral site that will be overwhelmingly in favor of No. 9 Notre Dame (4-0),

which is seeking its first five-game winning streak since 2006. On the other side will be the young-but-dynamic Hurricanes (4-1), two-touchdown underdogs with one win over a top 10 foe since 2005.

“I think it’s great,” Mi-ami coach Al Golden said. “When it’s all said and done, it’s a special day for both universities, both staffs, both football pro-grams, and the young men that are playing. I think at the end of the day both teams are going to look back at this venue, one of the storied cities in America, and say, ‘This is what it’s all about. This is what college football is all about.’”

The last time the teams played, Notre Dame won

33-17 in the 2010 Sun Bowl.Combined, the programs

have 13 national champi-onships — but none since 2001, the longest drought for either the Fighting Irish or Hurricanes to go without an Associ-ated Press title since the 16-season stretch spanning 1950 and 1965. From 1987 through 1989, the winner of the Miami-Notre Dame game won the national ti-tle each year.

And since the regular-season series was halted in 1990, the programs have combined for two titles, both by the Hurricanes.

So maybe the sides do, in fact, need one another.

“It’s always important to impart a little bit of the tradition to our play-ers,” Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. “But they’re focused on what this football team is at 4-1, the kind of sched-ule they play, the teams they’ve beaten. I think that’s our focus, and I know it is for our players that they’re focused on this team more than the tradition and the history. Because if they’re not, they’re going to get beat.”

But the history is clear-ly worth talking about — since, well, just about

everyone involved in that history was talking about it this week.

Lost in the shuffle of two teams not liking each other was this — the rivalry was theater. When the teams played in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990, both were ranked in the top 10 at the time.

It was a series with tons of angst, from accusations suggesting Miami ran up the score on the way to a 58-7 win in Gerry Faust’s final game on the Notre Dame sideline, to some Irish fans getting for-mer Miami coach Jimmy Johnson’s telephone num-ber in the week before a game, and the infamous brouhaha where police had to break up a push-ing and shoving match as the teams were exiting the field after pregame warmups in 1988.

In a video posted on Notre Dame’s website, for-mer Irish coach Lou Holtz said he urged his team to avoid any on-field inci-dents against Miami.

“After we win the game, if Miami wants to fight, fine, we’ll meet ’em in the alley,” Holtz, on the video, recalled saying to his team. “And if they do, you save Jimmy Johnson’s (butt) for me.”

Miami, Notre Dame set to renew rivalry

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By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

Knowing ways to cook tasty and flavorful foods can make a world of differ-ence when trying to main-tain a healthy lifestyle.

Thursday evening Tracy Keagle held a vegan cook-ing class at the Flewhar-ty-Powell Annex behind Iola Public Library, as part of the Allen County Meltdown, an eight-week countywide program dedi-cated to healthy living.

Keagle is going into her eighth year as a vegan and says she “never looks back.”

“If it has eyes and a mother then I don’t eat it,” Keagle said. “This is the only planet we have, so we better start taking care of it.”

For Thursday night’s din-ner she prepared a vegeta-ble lasagna, a garden salad, garlic bread and chocolate

mousse — all made with everyday or vegan ingredi-ents.

She used tofu in the lasa-gna and mousse. Lasagna wouldn’t be complete with-out cheese; she used a non-dairy variety.

Tofu has a bad reputa-tion for not being flavorful. Keagle said the trick is to drain all the liquid from it, take the block of tofu and wrap it in paper towels, then place something heavy on top.

“The tofu will then soak up all the flavors it is cooked with,” she said. “The con-sistency will be better as well.”

Keagle does warn that the first time a person goes to the grocery store they will spend a lot of money, but “it will never be that ex-pensive again.”

To feed roughly 15 people it cost Keagle $27 for all the ingredients.

Register/Allison TinnSaundra Upshaw, left, is served vegetable lasagna by Betty Miller. The ladies took part in a vegan cooking class Thursday night.

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By EMERSON LYNNAssociate Register Editor

Allen County and the rest of the 31st Judicial District will initiate a drug court in January, joining about 12 other Kansas judicial jurisdic-tions in the effort to help drug users kick the habit.

District Judge Dan Creitz told Iola Rotarians Thursday that he expects year-long individual treat-ment will be provided to somewhere between 25 and 50 drug users each year. In other states where the program has been instituted, 75 percent of

those who stick with it for a year and are “gradu-ated,” meaning that they have responded positively to the instruction offered, remain drug-free.

Creitz said the state now provides funding for drug remediation in the law which requires certain of-fenders to enroll in treat-ment as an alternative to imprisonment. Other us-ers who will be candidates for the drug court will be those who are sentenced to remediation rather than being charged with a felony.

The drug court pro-

gram is based on individ-ual treatment on a once-every-two-weeks basis. Judge Creitz will evalu-ate results of individual evaluations and either sanction an individual who has failed to stop us-ing drugs or reward him or her for succeeding. The regularity of the process and the individual treat-ment and evaluations pro-vided appear to be very successful, according to a study distributed to club members by Judge Creitz.

In introductory re-marks, Creitz said this area has a significant drug

problem. Law enforce-ment officers who worked with him to design a drug court for this district say “we are fighting the drug war — but we are not win-ning it,” he reported.

Nationwide it is esti-mated abuse of controlled substances — the generic label for illegal drugs — costs the country a trillion dollars a year. Finding ways to reduce use and rehabilitate users should be a national priority, he said.

Judge Creitz was intro-duced by Jay Kretzmeier, program chairman.

Allen County initiates drug court

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Register/Allison TinnAbove from left, Kayla Bearden shows Brianne Ruppert, TJ Bearden and Shepard Smith how to hula hoop. At right are first- and second-place winners of the pumpkin decorating contest. A fall festival was held at Thursday’s Allen County Farmers Market, with kids taking part in activities such as a squash roll, pumpkin decorating and hula hooping.

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GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) — The summer’s blistering heat is still a recent memory, but northwestern Kansas has re-ceived its first snowfall of the season.

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Friday was far from a re-cord early snowfall for the Goodland area. Strasser says that distinction belongs to Sept. 17, 1971.CHICAGO (AP) — Mil-

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(AP) — Sometimes over-coming the deepest pain can make a person achieve his highest dreams.

That’s true for John Hogg, who vowed for nine years he would climb the tallest points in all 50 states.

And nine years later, he’s at 49.

Hogg, a 55-year-old scout executive with the Santa Fe Trail Council of the Boy

Scouts of America, will put a team together in 2014 to climb Mount McKinley, el-evation 20,328 feet.

So far, he’s the first per-son in Kansas to climb all the highest points in the lower 48 states, according to the Highpointers Club, which tracks and records climbers who achieve climbing the highest points in the U.S.

It’s been a journey of healing for Hogg.

His son, Ezra, 17, died in

a car accident on Dec. 10, 2001. He was on his way to school. Ezra was an Eagle Scout.

“It was five days before my birthday, 11 days before he turned 18 and 15 days before Christmas,” Hogg said.

“It completely emotion-ally, physically and spiri-tually devastated me. It was the hardest thing I’ve gone through in my life,” he said.

But now, instead of fo-

cusing on the tragedy, Hogg focuses on the memory of his son to go forward and climb the highest of moun-tain tops.

“I decided to climb to the highest peaks in his memo-ry,” he said.

Hogg said he was sur-prised to learn he’s the first person in Kansas to climb to the highest peak in each of the lower 48 states.

“I sent off for the award. I had to document every date I did each state. Then

I asked them, by chance, if I was the person from Kan-sas. They said I was,” he said.

Some of the highest points have been a simple walk from the parking lot.

“The easiest high point was probably in Florida. You just get out of your car. It’s 345 feet above sea level. It’s the lowest high point in the U.S.,” he said.

In less than 48 hours, Hogg went from the actual lowest point in the contigu-ous 48 states to the highest point.

“I visited Death Valley in California, and less than 48 hours later I was at the summit of Mount Whit-ney,” he said.

The elevation of Cali-fornia’s Mount Whitney is 14,505 feet.

Hogg does all the climbs in memory of his son. Dur-ing the ascent, Hogg focus-es on that goal alone.

“My son, he just never

had a down day. That’s the kind of person he was,” he said.

Last year Hogg climbed Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which is 13,796 feet.

He brought his skis.“Yes, I have been skiing

in Hawaii,” he said.Hogg said he’s fortunate

to have great health, the fi-nancial means, the friends who support him and a kind of job that allows him to travel and accomplish his goal.

Hogg said he has a cer-tain confidence he can ac-complish them all. It’s not without risk.

“It’s not something for someone who is not trained for this. There is a calculat-ed risk. I train in the gym. I’ve had a membership at the Garden City Rec and the YMCA. Most training is done in the mountains. When it gets to be climb-ing season, I’m in the best shape of my life,” he said.

Scout leader first Kansan to reach climbing record

Help Wanted

The City of Iola is now accepting applications for a PART-TIME AN-IMAL CONTROL OFFICER. This position has flexible hours. Starting pay is $11.15 per hour. Applications and job descriptions are available at the City Clerk’s Office, 2 W. Jack-son or at www.cityofiola.com. Appli-cation review begins October 19th. EOE/ADA.

Tired of Failed marketing? You’ve tried their way, now try ours. Benefits include guaranteed weekly paychecks, supplied leads, major medical and 401K. For addi-tional information or to schedule an interview please contact Richard Lopez 620-344-2131. EOE.

Child Care Kids Playhouse Day Care has openings, SRS approved, 620-228-4613.

Poultry & Livestock BOTTLE CALVES, calving 150 head of dairy cows to beef bulls Sept.-Nov., 620-344-0790.

Farm Miscellaneous SMALL BALES OF STRAW, $3 picked up, $4 delivered in Iola, 620-380-1259 David Tidd.

Merchandise for Sale

FREE BRICKS!821 S. Buckeye

Please keep vehicles off of yard.

MATHEWS Z7 BOW AND AC-CESSORIES. Scent-Lok suits

and boots, 620-363-0094.

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

620-473-2408

HARMONY HEALTH NATURE’S SUNSHINE DIST.

309 W. Lincoln IOLA 620-365-0051

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

FALL SALE thru October 31 Free samples,

Member & Senior Discounts 20% Discount • New Customers

Drawing for other gifts!

Pets and Supplies

CREATIVE CLIPSBOARDING & GROOMING

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

Garage Sales

302 S. COLBORN, Tuesday-Sat-urday 4-6, HILLBRANT. Still have nice plants to close out and some garage sale items. The Koi and Goldfish are going to Scenic Gar-dens in Wichita, one price took all. Public always welcome to see them there, as it was in Iola. Thank you Iola.

22 W. GARFIELD, Saturday 8-4. Nice Craftsman ban saw, some fur-niture, lots of miscellaneous.

22 W. MILLER RD., Thursday 1-6, Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-?. Ceiling fans, end tables, lots of miscella-neous.

228 S. KENTUCKY, Trinity United Methodist Church, Friday & Sat-urday 8-1. Rummage Sale, Pan-cake Breakfast, Door Prizes!

Garage Sales

Yard Sale Day in UNIONTOWN, Saturday 8-?. (3) sales at Mary K’s Place. Don’t miss this one!

Apartments for Rent

MORAN, 207 W. RANDOLPH, 1-2 PERSON APARTMENTS AVAIL-ABLE NOW! Cable, water, trash & lawn care included, $300 deposit, $355 rent. SPECIAL “move in now” deposit only $300, no rent until No-vember 1st, 620-237-4331 or 620-939-4800.

APPLICATIONS are currently be-ing accepted for the Townhouse East Apartments, 217 North St., Iola. Maintenance free homes, ap-pliances furnished and affordable rent for elderly, handicapped and disabled. For more information phone 620-365-5143 or hearing/speech impairment 1-800-766-3777. Equal Housing Opportunity.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT, utili-ties paid, $425 monthly, 620-228-3628.

Mobile Homes for Rent

GAS, 2-BEDROOM, for applica-tions call 620-228-4549.

Real Estate for Rent

313 N. VERMONT IOLA, 2-bed-room, very nice, CH/A, with ap-pliances, single attached garage, auto opener, $695 monthly. Call 620-496-6161 or 620-496-2222.

MORAN, 144 E. CHURCH, 2-BED-ROOM DUPLEX, $350 monthly plus deposit, 620-365-9424.

MORAN, 424 N. LOCUST, 2-BED-ROOM, $375 monthly, $375 depos-it, 620-363-2007.

Quality & Affordable homes available for rent, http://www.growiola.com/

2-BEDROOM HOUSE, 522 N. 1st ST., $400 monthly plus deposit, no pets, call evenings & weekends 620-365-7700.

GAS, 1-BEDROOM BUNGALOW, appliances furnished, no pets, 620-380-1696.

Real Estate for Sale

Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178

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

www.allencountyrealty.com

COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS, 4 PAR DRIVE, 4 BEDROOMS, 2-1/2 baths, newly remodeled kitchen, full finished basement, energy ef-ficient, located on golf course, 620-365-2732.

DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-story

1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft. $190,000. call 620-365-

9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe susanlynnks@yahoo.com. More info and pictures at

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Help Wanted

CHILDREN’S AIDE. Working with children after school 12-18 hours/Mon-Thur. Requires driv-er’s license and reliable vehicle. Prefer experience w/children. Mini-mum 18 years old. Drug screen required. Call Michelle at 620-365-5717 if questions. Southeast Kan-sas Mental Health Center, PO Box 807, Iola, KS 66749. Applications at local SEKMHC office. EOE/AA.

Accepting applications NCCC NURSING PROGRAM through November 30th, 620-431-2820 ext. 254 for information or email nursing.chanute@neosho.edu.

Best Western Inn, Iola, is ac-cepting applications for HEAD HOUSEKEEPER & HOUSEKEEP-ING STAFF. Please apply in person only.

CMA/CNA full-time/part-time and PRN, all shifts, $100 sign on bo-nus after completing 60 days of employment. Application available at Deseret Health & Rehab, 801 S. Fry, Yates Center, 620-625-2111.

Tara Gardens and Arrowood Lane Residential Care Communities in Iola and Humboldt are seeking an organized individual to be our OFFICE MANAGER. Duties for this part-time position include assistance with payroll process-ing, resident accounts, office pa-perwork and telephone answering. Must have good computer skills and enjoy working with and around our elderly residents. Apply at Arrowood Lane, 615 E. Franklin, Humboldt.

Auctions

Services Offered

PRICE’S & KEAGLE’S SEWING SHOP

Licensed Brother Dealer, Repair & Service all machines, 35+ years experience. Now carrying fabric.

New location 430 West St., Iola, 620-363-0583.

SHAUGHNESSY BROS. CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Carpentry and painting

service Siding and windows 620-365-6815, 620-365-5323

or 620-228-1303

NEED PAINTING?CALL SPARKLES

Brenda Clark, Humboldt620-228-2048

S & S TREE SERVICELicensed, Insured, Free Estimates

620-365-5903

SEWING ALTERATIONS& REPAIRS

D. Hoff620-363-1143 or 620-365-5923

STORAGE & RV OF IOLA WEST HIGHWAY 54, 620-365-2200. Regular/Boat/RV storage,

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

SUPERIOR BUILDERS. New Buildings, Remodeling,

Concrete, Painting and All Your Carpenter Needs, including

replacement windows and vinyl siding. 620-365-6684

Auctions

Services Offered

AK CONSTRUCTION LLCAll your carpentry needs

Inside & Out620-228-3262

www.akconstructionllc.com

Bill Stanford Tree Trimming Since 1987, Free Estimates

785-835-6310

IOLA MINI-STORAGE323 N. Jefferson

Call 620-365-3178 or 365-6163

DAVID OSTRANDER CONSTRUCTION

ROOF TO FOUNDATIONINSIDE AND OUT

620-468-2157

RADFORD TREE SERVICE Tree trimming & removal

620-365-6122

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PUBLIC PUBLIC AUCTION AUCTION Sat., Oct. 27, 2012 Sat., Oct. 27, 2012

9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. (Personal Property) (Personal Property)

1453 Violet Rd., Piqua 1453 Violet Rd., Piqua Sun., Oct. 28, 2012 Sun., Oct. 28, 2012

1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. (Real Estate) (Real Estate)

Piqua Knights of Piqua Knights of Columbus Hall, Piqua Columbus Hall, Piqua Wallace L. Peine Wallace L. Peine

Estate Estate To see auction info. go to To see auction info. go to

www.allencountyauction.com www.allencountyauction.com

Allen County Allen County Auction Service Auction Service Phone - (620) 365-3178

Price reduced

S TATE S TREET A UCTION S TATE S TREET A UCTION Gallery Gallery

at 320 W. Garfield in Iola at 320 W. Garfield in Iola

SEATED AUCTION SEATED AUCTION EVERY OTHER SAT. AT 6 PM EVERY OTHER SAT. AT 6 PM

Starting Saturday, Oct. 6 Starting Saturday, Oct. 6 Auctioning Furniture, Appliances, Auctioning Furniture, Appliances,

Household, Electronics & More Household, Electronics & More

BUSINESS IS GREAT!! WE HAVE WORK ! ! TWIN MOTORS FORD has immediate openings for

DETAILER & LOT PORTER

Please apply in person. Applications must be must

completed in the facility. Pre-employment background

checks & drug screen required.

EOE

We need another sales professional on our winning team. Experience preferred

but not required. Must be neat in

appearance, honest and responsible. We offer 2 weeks

vacation along with health & dental

insurance and 401K. Start earning what

you are worth today!

Send resume or come on in!

Dress For Success!

2501 N. State St. Iola

620-365-3632 800-407-TWIN

A GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY

awaits you at

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

Loren Korte 12 licensed insurance agents to

better serve you HUMBOLDT HUMBOLDT

473-3831 MORAN MORAN 237-4631

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

Commercial • Farm

P AYLESS C ONCRETE P RODUCTS, INC .

802 N. I ndustrial R d ., I ola (620) 365-5588

PUBLIC AUCTION Sat., Oct. 13 • 10 a.m.

702 Pecan • Humboldt Upright clock, Ingraham mantle clock; Copenhagen plates; Hummel plates (71-90); Hummel anniversary plates; Fostoria; pink, green depression; Fenton; other old glassware & bowls; baseball cards; Murphy pedal fire truck; barbie dolls; beanie babies; old pencils & pens; small 45 record player; 45 & 78 records; record cabinet; fancy work; child’s rocker; dishes; pots & pans; kitchen, etc.; bakeware; wood toys; old wood chest; old oak dresser; wicker table; wood rocking chairs; cedar chest; milk can; wash tub; 1950 JC Higgins bike; small kitchen appliances; microwave; sweepers; kitchen stool; Formica kitchen table & chairs; wooden high chair; student desks; card tables; vanity chair; games; puzzles; air hockey table; end tables; stand tables; TVs; room heaters; blankets; foot stool; quilt frame & stand; bookcase; lamps; mirrors; Frigidaire washer; Whirlpool dryer; Whirlpool chest freezer; 2 dr. Montgomery Ward refrigerator; Hot Point range; Lincoln 220 welder; Craftsman table saw; Craftsman radial arm saw; Power Kraft planer; Walker wood lathe; Power Kraft cutoff saw; grinder; sander; hand tools; die sets; wrenches; pipe cutter; Homelite chain saw; fishing rod & reels; log chains; wood step ladders; 20’ wood extension ladder; shop cabinets; golden rod & other oil cans; Prima ladies golf clubs; 12 ga. model 12 Winchester; JC Higgins model 58320 12 ga.; JC Stevens 12 ga. single shot; 1987 Dodge Ram 50 pickup, 4 cylinder 5 speed, 52,000 miles; handicap items; lots of misc. too numerous to mention; CONSIGNED: 24 boxes of glassware: Fenton, Westmoreland, Imperial, Depression Glass, Carnival, Amberina, Cobalt; porcelain head dolls, Corning cookware; serving pieces, plates, bowls, Breyer horses.

Owner: Hugh Pollman Estate Terms: Cash or approved check. Not responsible for accidents or theft.

Lunch Served.

Auctioneers: Leon Thompson & Eric Boone Auctioneers: Leon Thompson & Eric Boone 620-365-5621, 496-7100, 473-2831 620-365-5621, 496-7100, 473-2831

Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk – Neosho County Com - Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk munity College seeks a person to process the college’s accounts payable. View a complete position description and online application at www.neosho.edu jobs and careers. Associates degree preferred, AND 2 years of work expe - rience required, preferably in area of responsibility; OR high school diploma or GED required plus 5 years of work experience in area of responsibilities required. $9.70-$10.70 per hour with excellent fringe benefits. To apply submit a letter of application; resume; unofficial transcripts; employ - ment application, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of 5 references to: Accounts Payable, NCCC, 800 West 14 th Street, Chanute, KS 66720.

NCCC is an AA/EEO employer NCCC is an AA/EEO employer

Upward Bound Administrative Assistant (Full-time Upward Bound Administrative Assistant position-Chanute) – NCCC seeks a person to perform office management, chaperone students, co-visits to area high schools, and assist with report preparation. Associates degree and 2 years of work experience required; OR high school diploma or GED plus 5 years of work experience required. Must be proficient with spreadsheets, databases and web sites, the ability to work with faculty, program staff, secondary and college students; and excellent com - munication skills. Must have sensitivity for the needs of dis - advantaged students and have a flexible work schedule. Knowledge of Blumen and the TRIO program is preferred. Review of applications begin upon receipt. Please send a let - ter of application, resume, online application (available at www.neosho.edu jobs and careers), unofficial transcripts, and five references to: Upward Bound Administrative Assis - tant, Neosho County Community College, 800 West 14 th

Street, Chanute, KS 66720. NCCC is an AA/EEO employer NCCC is an AA/EEO employer

TAKE DUE NOTICE The following vehicles

will be sold at public auction on

Sat., Oct. 13th, 2012. at 10 a.m. at

TJ’s Towing LLC 1306 Belton - Gas, KS 1306 Belton - Gas, KS (1 blk. east of 54 Drive In -

N. side of Hwy. 54) Iola, KS 66749

Year, Make & VIN #: Year, Make & VIN #: 1987 CHEVY

1G1FP21H9HL125250 1983 FORD

1FDPK84A6TV42876 1995 CHEVY

2G1WN52M6S9246335 2000 FORD

1FAFP6615YK100854 1991 PONTIAC

1G2FS23E2ML205089 2000 MITS

4A3AE851HZ1E014437 (Published in The Iola Register

Sept. 22, Sept. 29 & Oct. 6, 2012)

N ELSON E XCAVATING

N ELSON N ELSON E XCAVATING E XCAVATING

N ELSON E XCAVATING

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

Dirt Work Needs

Operators: RJ Helms 365-9569 365-9569

Mark Wade 496-8754 496-8754

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

PHOENIX (AP) — The shooting of two U.S. Bor-der Patrol agents near the Arizona-Mexico border may have been a case of friendly fire, a union chief for border agents and law enforcement officials said Friday.

The development could shake up the investigation into the death of one of the agents that re-ignited the po-litical debate over security on the border.

George McCubbin, presi-dent of the National Bor-der Patrol Council, a union representing about 17,000 border agents, said Friday that he has learned new de-tails that make him believe friendly fire could have played a part in the shooting.

“The only thing I can say is that the possibility of friendly fire is a higher like-ly scenario,” McCubbin said, declining to elaborate on the new details.

Two law enforcement of-ficials also told The Associ-ated Press that the FBI is investigating the possibil-ity that the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Agent Nicholas Ivie and the wounding of another agent early Tuesday morning five miles from the border was a case of friendly fire.

The probe is examining whether the two agents ex-changed gunfire Tuesday in the mistaken belief that each was being fired on by a hostile gunman.

Friendly fire possible in border shooting

Regime opens new urban front

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel strong-hold of Homs with the most intense artillery bar-rage in months and put-ting opposition fighters there and in Syria’s larg-est city, Aleppo, increas-ingly on the defensive.

Syria’s civil war has been locked in a bloody stalemate, and embattled President Bashar Assad could extend his hold on power if he retakes Alep-po and Homs. Amateur video from Homs, a sym-bol of resistance, showed black columns of smoke rising from the city, as loud explosions went off every few seconds.

While Assad stepped up attacks at home, ten-sions with neighboring Turkey flared again Fri-day, reviving fears that the 18-month-old conflict in Syria could ignite a re-gional conflagration.

The crisis began on Wednesday, when a Syrian shell killed five civilians in a Turkish border town and triggered unprec-edented artillery strikes by Turkey, coupled with warnings that Turkey would no longer tolerate such acts. On Friday, a Syr-ian mortar round again hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency An-adolu said.

In the past, Turkey did not respond to stray Syr-ian shells, but Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested Friday that those days are over. “I once again call on Assad’s regime and its supporters: Do not try to test Turkey’s patience, do not try to test Turkey’s limits,” Erdogan said.

Earlier in the day, Tur-key had deployed more troops on its border with Syria.

The U.S sided with Tur-key, condemning what White House spokesman Josh Earnest called the “aggressive actions of the Syrians.” Earnest said Turkey’s response was ap-propriate and that the U.S. stands by Turkey, a NATO ally.

Still, there were signs that both sides are trying to defuse the situation.

Dear Tom and Ray: I am about to buy a car. I’ve been advised to buy a new or newer car so as to avoid breakdowns, but I’m run-ning into one big problem: Everything on the market is computerized. I’d like to be able to look under my hood and actually know what is going on. With only one auto-shop class, I’m hardly an expert, but I’d like to learn. Are there any new or newer cars out there

that are simple — cars that I could actually work on myself ? I couldn’t care less about GPS, power windows, automatic transmission, Blackberry and all the tacky gadgets they put on

cars these days. I just want to drive something that I can understand. — Malia

TOM: You’d like to look under the hood and actu-ally know what’s going on? So would WE!

RAY: I don’t know how old you are, Malia, but I remember when televi-sions were pretty simple. And when something went wrong that wouldn’t re-spond to a fist on the side of the box, you could take the back off the TV, remove the tubes, take them down to the repair shop and put them in a “tube tester.”

TOM: If one of the tubes was bad, you’d buy a new one for a few bucks, put them all back in, turn on the TV and voila! You’d be watching “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” again in no time.

RAY: I wouldn’t even con-sider taking the back off my TV now. And I guess that’s a loss for humanity. But you know what? TVs are 1,000 times better today than they were 50 years ago. They almost never break now, they download movies, they display things in 3-D. Their pictures are brighter, sharper and more realistic, yet the sets are more ener-gy-efficient. And most im-portantly, you don’t need to adjust the vertical hold ev-ery 15 minutes to keep from seeing Walter Cronkite’s forehead at the bottom of

the screen and his chest at the top.

TOM: And the same is true of cars. They’re 1,000 times more complex, but they’re also 1,000 times bet-ter and more reliable than they used to be.

RAY: And much of that is attributable to the compli-cated technology that you and I can’t even begin to fix anymore. So it’s a trade-off, but it’s a trade-off that most of us are happy to make.

TOM: Because now our cars pollute a fraction as much, they’re more pow-erful, some of them go much farther on a gallon of gasoline (or a kilowatt of lithium-ion battery power), they’re safer, more comfort-able, they last longer and, perhaps most importantly, they start pretty much ev-ery day. A lot of people for-get what it was like to turn the key and pray whenever it was cold and rainy out.

RAY: And cars now rou-tinely go 100,000 miles without needing any major repairs. In the old days, if you nursed a car to 100,000 miles, it was a cause for a party.

TOM: So, in order to get something that you can look under the hood of and easily tinker with yourself, you have to be willing to drive an unsafe, unreliable, pollution-belching rust bucket.

Saturday, October 6, 2012The Iola Registerwww.iolaregister.com B7

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

ZITS by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

HI AND LOIS by Chance Browne

BABY BLUES by Kirkman & Scott

BEETLE BAILEY by Mort Walker

FUNKY WINKERBEAN by Tom Batiuk

BLONDIE by Young and Drake

DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES - Here’s how to work it:

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

(First published in The Iola Register, September 22, 2012)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASIn the Matter of the Estate ofKarl Ann Vest, Deceased

No. 2011 PR 51NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Wendall A. Vest and Amy L. Lud-lum, duly appointed, qualified and acting Co-executors of the Estate of Karl Ann Vest, deceased, pray-ing Petitioners’ acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allow-ances requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be de-termined and ordered paid; the ad-ministration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Peti-tioners be finally discharged as Co-executors of the Estate of Karl Ann Vest, deceased, and the Petitioners be released from further liability.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses to the Petition on or before October 16, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, in Iola, Al-len County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Wendall A. Vest and Amy L.Ludlum, Co-executors

IMMEL, WORKS & HEIM, P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Co-Executors(9) 22, 29, (10) 6

(First Published in The Iola Register October 6, 2012;IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASSITTING AT IOLAIn the Matter of the Estate of

GRACE M. HARTMAN, deceased.

Case No. 2012 PR 36NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO

ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:You are hereby notified that on

September 19, 2012, a Petition was filed in this Court by the Kan-sas Estate Recovery Program, an authorized agent of the Kansas De-partment of Health & Environment, Division of Health Care Finance, praying for the appointment of an administrator.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or before the 30th day of October, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. of said day, in the District Court sitting at the Courthouse in Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judg-ment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhib-it their demands against the estate

within four (4) months of the date of first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their de-mands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Benjamin D. Sherber,Kansas Estate Recovery Pro-

gramPetitionerHenshall, Pennington & BrakeP.O. Box 667Chanute, KS 66720(620) 431-2600 (620) 431-1505 FaxAttorneys for Petitioner(10) 6, 13, 20

(Published in the Iola Register, Saturday, October 6, 2012)PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF GAS 228 North Taylor Street P.O. Box 190 Gas, Kansas 66742-0190 (620) 365-3034The City of Gas will hold a pub-

lic hearing on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Meeting Room of the Gas City Hall, 228 North Taylor Street, Gas, Kansas, for the purpose of considering an application to be submitted to the Kansas Depart-ment of Commerce (KDOC) for Small Cities Community Develop-ment Block Grant (CDBG) funds under the Community Facilities cat-egory. A specific project application to be discussed is the purchase and installation of one (1) prefabricated FEMA and ADA compliant public storm shelter on an existing City owned property located in the 600 block of West Pine Street to the east of USD 257’s Crossroads Learning Center, which will consist of one (1) above ground 7’ x 10’ x 30’ metal (steel) storm shelter with a capacity for sixty (60) people, an adjoining 750 square foot compacted gravel parking area with a 150 square foot concrete walkway, an underground electrical connection, signage, and appurtenances.

The estimated project cost is $69,441 with a grant request for $52,080 of the project cost. Other project proposals introduced at the hearing will be considered. Oral and written comments will be recorded and become a part of the City of Gas CDBG Citizen Participation Plan.

Reasonable accommodations will be made available to persons with disabilities. Requests should be submitted to Rhonda Hill, City Clerk, by October 16, 2012.

Darrel D. Catron City of Gas, Kansas(10) 6

Public notice

CarTalkTomand RayMagliozzi

Embrace progress and technology

B8Saturday, October 6, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

First Furniture Row Racing and Regan Smith announced they would split at season’s end. Then the team announced that Kurt Busch would succeed Smith in the No. 78 next year.

At Dover, the plans were stepped up a notch. Smith’s final race will be at Talladega. Busch steps in for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway the following week. The team’s lone victory to date was Smith’s victory (Darlington) on May 7, 2011.

‘Fake it until you believe it’ — Danica Patrick had another rough week at Dover in her preparation for full-time Sprint Cup competi-tion in 2013. She finished 28th in the AAA 400, seven laps off the pace.

Two days before the race, Pat-rick said: “It’s easy to get down. It’s easy to not be happy or excited in the monotony of the same thing every weekend, and if things don’t go well, being upset and letting that get to you. We just came up with that idea of ‘fake it until you believe it.’

“I encourage everyone to try it. If you just smile and are happy and joke, even if you are out of control and not even being honest about how excited you are about something, eventually, at some point that day, you will be happy. Then you are just having a good weekend and you don’t have to fake it anymore.”

Best there ever was — Chris Economaki, widely considered the greatest journalist in the history of American auto racing, died at age 91 on Sept. 28.

Economaki’s weekly writings in National Speed Sport News were considered “can’t miss” by motor-sports enthusiasts for decades, and he was also a pioneer in television, working races for ABC, CBS, ESPN and other outlets.

“I don’t think anybody here that has been involved in racing for very long didn’t get Speed Sport News every week,” said reigning Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart.

Economaki was editor of NSSN for 60 years.

Another loss — Bob Newton,

founder of Hoosier Tires, was also a valued member of the racing com-munity. He died last week at age 85 in Lakeville, Ind.

“The thing about Bob is he al-ways cared about the racers more than he cared about himself,” Stewart said. “You just hate it when you have a week like this where you lose two great people that meant so much to the sport like this.”

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Kurt Busch to take over in Charlotte soonBy Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

CARL EDWARDS SPRINT CUP SERIES No. 99 FASTENAL FORD

� What happened? The fi nal six Sprint Cup races of the regular season were all compelling. The Chase is three races old, and all three have been relatively unevent-ful. Coincidence? Well, Talladega should enliven things a bit.� The early performances of

Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin have left their pursuers struggling in the wake. The three at the top are separated by 16 points. Clint Bowyer is 25 out. Only Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are within 40.� For those lagging behind,

Talladega offers promise. The action-packed Alabama track is widely referred to as the “wild card” in the fi nal 10 races. It’s a reasonable bet that at least one of the prominent will fall.� Keselowski and Paul Wolfe

came up with a winning strategy at Dover. Asked how much longer his fuel would’ve lasted, Keselowski quipped, “Probably another 100 (laps/miles).”� Roger Penske, Keselowski’s

owner, dedicated his team’s latest victory to the late Chris Econo-maki. “He cared about the little guy running on the short tracks,” Penske said of Economaki.� If Dodge driver Keselowski

wins the championship, how bad is it going to make Chrysler look for pulling the plug on its NASCAR program at season’s end? Penske Racing will fi eld Fords next year.� Oh, by the way, Keselowski

won earlier this season at Tal-ladega, the next stop on the schedule.

By Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

What a difference a year makes.In 2011, Carl Edwards compiled the best average fin-

ish in Chase history, 4.9. Yet still it wasn’t enough to win the Sprint Cup championship. Tony Stewart, who won five of the 10 Chase races, won by a tiebreaker.

In the AAA 400, Edwards finished fifth, which would have been fine if it didn’t match his best finish all year. This year Edwards didn’t even make the Chase, and his Cup career has a certain pattern to it. Three times the Columbia, Mo., native and resident has had big years, and each time he has struggled the following season.

In 2005, Edwards finished third. The following year he was 12th. In 2008, Edwards finished second. The following year he was 11th. In 2011, he finished second. This year he currently ranks 14th.

Edwards, 33, can’t come up with a reason why.“I could sit here, and we could go through every race

and how they went,” he said recently. “I don’t know if you want to do that or not, but a lot of the races have

been bad luck, where we got caught up in wrecks or we had trouble at Indy, where I thought we had a pretty decent car.

“We haven’t run as well as we need to run, but that’s the only way I know how to be is an optimist. That’s the only reason I’m sitting here in this suit driving for Jack Roush, is because you always have to go out and give it your best. You’ve got to do everything you can, and at the end of the day, if you don’t get the result you want, that’s very frustrating, but I don’t look back. I try to look forward …”

Edwards wasn’t particularly placated by the AAA 400 performance, but he had finished 22nd, 36th, 17th, 19th and 19th in the previous five races.

“It was a decent finish,” he said. “We didn’t deserve to finish that far forward, but we had some lucky breaks and my guys did a good job on pit road.

“We’ll go back and work on it and figure out what we were missing there because it seemed like all of us (meaning Edwards and teammates Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth) struggled a little bit.”

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2012 POINTS STANDINGSSprint Cup Series Pts.1. Brad Keselowski 2,1422. Jimmie Johnson - 53. Denny Hamlin - 164. Clint Bowyer - 255. Tony Stewart - 32 Kasey Kahne - 327. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 398. Martin Truex Jr. - 429. Kevin Harvick - 4610. Jeff Gordon - 4811. Greg Biffle - 5112. Matt Kenseth - 72

Nationwide Series1. Elliott Sadler 1,0542. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 93. Austin Dillon - 254. Sam Hornish Jr. - 605. Justin Allgaier - 1286. Michael Annett - 1387. Cole Whitt - 2118. Mike Bliss - 2739. Brian Scott - 35110. Joe Nemechek - 376

Camping World Truck Series1. Ty Dillon 6372. James Buescher - 13. Timothy Peters - 244. Joey Coulter - 385. Parker Kligerman - 396. Matt Crafton - 417. Justin Lofton - 658. Nelson Piquet Jr. - 669. Miguel Paludo - 12310. Jason White - 134

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekCarl Edwards is not in this season’s Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. After a runner-up finish last season, Edwards has struggled mightily and has gone 61 races without a victory.

Race: Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500Where: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2.66 mi.), 188 laps/500.08 miles.When: Sunday, Oct. 7.Last year’s winner: Clint Bowyer, Chevy.Qualifying record: Bill Elliott, Ford, 212.809 mph, April 30, 1987.Race record: Mark Martin, Ford, 188.354 mph, May 10, 1997.Last race: Brad Keselowski joined Denny Hamlin as a five-time winner and also took the lead in the season standings with a victory at Dover International Speedway. The Dodge driver inherited the lead and the victory when Toyota’s Kyle Busch and Hamlin both had to pit late in the race.

Race: Dollar General 300Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. (1.5 mi.), 200 laps/300 miles.When: Friday, Oct. 12.Last year’s winner: Carl Edwards, Ford.Qualifying record: Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 187.735 mph, Oct. 14, 2005.Race record: Mark Martin, Ford, 155.799 mph, May 25, 1996.Last race: Joey Logano, in a Toyota, dominated at Dover, leading 184 of 200 laps to win for the seventh time this season. Paul Menard finished second and Michael Annett third. Justin Allgaier led the first 13, but Logano led all but three laps afterward, completing a sweep at the Monster Mile.

Race: Fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-ColaWhere: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeed-way (2.66 mi.), 94 laps/250.04 miles.When: Saturday, Oct. 6.Last year’s winner: Mike Wallace, Chevy.Qualifying record: Mark Martin, Ford, 182.320 mph, Oct. 6, 2006.Race record: Todd Bodine, Toyota, 145.513 mph, Oct. 2, 2008.Last race: Nelson Piquet Jr., in a Chevy, pulled off a masterful, perfectly timed, last-lap pass to take the win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Matt Crafton’s Toyota. It was his second victory of the season. Joey Coulter finished third, followed by Brendan Gaughan and Todd Bodine.

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Optimism Is BetterFollow-up to runner-up season a tough one for Edwards

When Days Were Spongey

Mike Bliss pulled off a memorable upset in the (honest to gosh) SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300, a Busch (now Nationwide) Series race at what was then Lowe’s (now Charlotte) Motor Speedway, run on Oct. 15, 2004. The winner led the final 19 laps and beat a procession of prominent names. Matt Kenseth finished second, Jimmie Johnson third, Greg Biffle fourth and Kyle Busch fifth. Bliss drove the Rockwell Automation Chevy, owned by Joe Gibbs. (Source: racing-reference.info)

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekIn a tough stretch, Danica Patrick says she’s doing what she can to smile and have a good weekend.

VERSUS

It’s obvious that it will be difficult for Smith to accept being replaced at Furniture Row Racing by Busch, but the most notable development at Dover was Busch essentially trashing the team, Phoenix Racing, with whom he has been employed this year. Busch reacted aggres-sively to the notion that moving from Phoenix to Furniture Row was a lateral move, declaring that he had been saddled with “four-year-old cars” for most of the season.

NASCAR This Week’s Monte Dutton gives his take: “For most of the season, Busch has talked about how pleased he was driving for owner James Finch, calling the assignment a throwback to the fun of his youth. He painted a very different picture once he decided to jump ship.”

KURT BUSCH VS. REGAN SMITH

� Who’s hot: Brad Keselowski is atop the points and has won two of the Chase’s three races to date. ... Runner-up Jimmie Johnson has two seconds and a fourth as he seeks a sixth championship.� Who’s not: Greg Biffl e, who led the point standings for most of the regular season, is languish-ing in the Chase, falling 51 points off Keselowski’s pace. ... The other Ford driver, Matt Kenseth, is in even worse shape, bring

up the rear and falling 72 points behind.

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Know Your NASCAR1. Who was the most recent driver to win a Cup championship in car No. 2?2. What was Curtis Turner’s nickname?3. What was Wendell Scott’s hometown?4. How is Dale Inman related to Richard Petty?5. Jimmie Johnson has won five championships driving No. 48. Who finished runner-up three times in that number?6. What number did Dale Earnhardt carry when he drove Bud Moore’s Fords?7. Where did Larry Frank win his only Cup race?8. What number was most often associated with Buck Baker?9. What number was most often associated with Fred Lorenzen?10. What major track was once co-owned by Turner?11. What track did Rusty Wallace help design?12. What NFL great once ran Riverside International Raceway?

1. Dale Earnhardt (1980)2. Pops3. Danville, Va.4. First cousin5. James Hylton6. No. 157. Darlington (1962)8. No. 879. No. 2810. Charlotte Motor Speedway11. Iowa Speedway12. Les Richter

Go Ahead, Make Clint’s DaySpeed commentator Kyle Petty addressed the

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