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Vol. 113, No. 209 75 Cents Iola, KS

Iola Municipal Band— Since 1871 —

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

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

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

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

By SUSAN [email protected]

If you’ve got enough of it, Fri-day night is the night to let your hair down.

One sure test is to participate in the “Drag Race” as a runup to the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber Run For Your Life race.

Men and women alike are en-couraged to dress in a cross-gen-der manner and then “compete” in teams of four in a relay. Last

year a woman’s garter was trans-ferred from one participant’s leg to another.

“It’s better than a baton,” said David Toland, executive director of Thrive Allen County and one of the organizers for Friday’s events.

If you don’t have a thing to wear — no worries.

Dresses, hats, purses, jewelry and other accoutrements will be available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, where participants will have a wide selection from which to choose. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Registration to participate in the drag race is $5. That also gains participants entrance to a 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Thrive office or Friday night on

By RICHARD [email protected]

LE ROY — Unlike the mecha-nized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter.

His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the sti-fling summer heat as Whiteley traversed his way around an 18-acre prairie hay meadow.

“It’s a little warm, so we’ve been taking it easy,” Whiteley said. “It’s our little hobby.”

The mules were pulling White-ley’s antique sickle bar mower, a small wagon with cutting bar

attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its wheels roll.

With no mechanical engine to speak of, the only noise emanat-ing from his unit was from the teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar rotating back and forth.

Joining Whiteley was neighbor and friend Greg Gleue, with his own mowing outfit, another sick-le bar mower pulled by a pair of Percheron draft horses.

“We’re having some fun with it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind of a wimp about it. He needs a

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Ray Whiteley

Register/Susan LynnThese men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square.

By BOB [email protected]

Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 min-utes.

And while that may sound a lit-tle slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes to 55,000.

“That’s what we received last year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morn-ing.

The call total — she figures half or more are for true emer-gencies — wasn’t the point of her appearance, but the magnitude of the number captivated commis-sioners.

Murphy was before commis-sioners to request a 20 percent increase in the department’s bud-get for 2012, up $126,000 over this year’s $490,000.

The increase seemed pretty hefty. Murphy reasoned health insurance will cost an additional $50,000 and another $6,000 was expected for Kansas Public Em-

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

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By JOE [email protected]

When Brian Pekarek was hired as superintendent of the Iola school district in February, he saw an opportunity to “reinvigo-rate” USD 257.

With a focus on academic achievement and public transpar-ency, Pekarek hopes he can fur-ther success for the district and the more than 1,300 students rely-ing on it.

Pekarek walks his talk. A na-


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Temps for runlook inviting

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ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheat-ing allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation.

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office through an open records request shows several educators report-ed cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those re-ports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.

The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on stan-dardized tests by helping stu-dents or changing the answers once exams were handed in.

The investigators also found a “culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation” in the school district over the cheating allegations, which led to educators lying about the cheating or destroying

Pekarek finds home at USD 257

Brian Pekarek, center, visits with Barb Geffert and Marcy Boring at the USD 257 board office.

Cheating scandal detailed

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Vol. 114, No. 192 75 Cents Iola, KS

By ALLISON [email protected]

With elections just a week away, Allen County citizens have all eyes on candidates. The current sheriff, Tom Williams, is running for county com-missioner.

If elected, Williams promises to dedicate his time to repairing the cur-rent county’s budget, which has soared because of the ambulance budget — what Williams says is “without a doubt a big is-sue.”

The county’s budget has

risen since the split oc-curred between Iola and the county sharing one ambulance service — leav-ing taxpayers concerned

and paying more. Williams believes

the ambulance services should be merged with Iola’s fire department and believes that the current budgets for the individual services are outrageous.

Currently, the two ser-vices together are nearing $1 million.

“It is silly for the taxpay-ers to try to pay for the two services,” Williams said. “The voters and citizens can’t afford that, they need stability.”

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2012 CampaignCandidates’ priorities differ for county

By ROB [email protected] to Rob Fran-

cis, there is an old saying that elected officials use their first term to learn what they are doing. As the incumbent in the second district county comission race, Francis now stands ready to put that knowl-edge to work if elected for a second term.

Francis originally got into the race to help solve a signature item of conten-tion, duplicate ambulance services for the City of Iola and Allen County.

“When I ran the first time, I wanted to work on that issue because I thought it was something that was going to be solv-

able,” Francis said. “After working several months on it, I came to realize it was a more complex issue than I had first thought.”

A citizens committee was formed to tackle the is-sue as well as an indepen-dent review, due to return a reccomendation soon. Part of the issue that some say makes it hard to come to an answer is the poten-tial loss of a professional firefighting force if the ambulance service is sev-ered from the City of Iola’s

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Rob FrancisTom Williams

Williams promises results Francis: learning curve over

County commission

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4-H’ers show rabbits at fair showBy ALLISON TINN

[email protected] a trip down the rabbit

hole at this year’s fair.Today, rabbit judging is at the

the Allen County Fair.Even though the fair is once

a year the 4-H’ers spend all year taking care of the rabbits, which

are less like fair entries and more like pets.

Allyson and Annika Hobbs have been entering rabbits into the fair for two years. They each have a new breed of rabbis called lion heads — the name coming from the lion-like mane around their heads.

A lot of attention and care go into the rabbits especially dur-ing the summertime when the heat is reaching into the triple digits.

Shelby, Zoi and Gracie Yoho also show rabbits at the fair. Zoi has a Dutch rabbit, Gracie will

Young bull rider diesBy JOCELYN SHEETS

[email protected] Jeffries of Cole Camp,

Mo., died Saturday from injuries suffered while competing in the Allen County Fair Rodeo.

Jeffries, 22, was attempting to go eight seconds atop the bull 8-Ball of the C.K. McKellips Ro-deo Company, Raymore, Mo.

The bull bucked Jeffries off and the cowboy hit the ground on his back. The bull’s hind hooves hit Jef-fries in the chest and stomach be-fore arena personnel could get the 1,700-pound bull away from Jeffries.

Rodeo and emergency per-sonnel rushed to Jeffries. Allen County EMTs immobilized the injured cowboy and transported him to Allen County Hospital, where he died.

It is the first fatality in the 27-year history of the Allen County Fair Rodeo.

“This is the first time anyone can remember anything of this nature happening,” said Angela Slocum, Allen County Fair Rodeo commit-tee member. “It was very devastat-ing to everyone on the fair board. The Allen County Fair Board ex-tends its deepest sympathy to the family of Justine Jeffries.”

“We didn’t know this young man well. It was his first year as a member of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association,” said Re-gan McKellips of McKellips Ro-

deo Company. “He was a young bull rider. He had a helmet and a vest on so he had the protective gear.”

McKellips said she was told it appeared the bull’s hooves came down and got under the vest.

Funeral services for Jeffries are Friday in Cole Camp, Mo., a small town near Sedalia, Mo.

He was the son of Daren Dwight Jeffries, Boonville, Mo., and Shannon Lynn Pierson, Cole Camp.

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Perky ’pacaFreddie the Alpaca’s pen is a popular stop for children and their parents visiting the Baby Barn at this year’s Allen County Fair at Riverside Park. The fair continues through the week.

Cooking to a beatBy BOB JOHNSON

[email protected] Lee started his carefully

choreographed assembly of bar-becued meats for the ninth an-nual Allen County Fair BBQ Cook-Off at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, accompanied by a specific series of tunes on a disc player that kept him, daughter Ashlyn and wife Melissa on schedule.

“We know where we are by what song is playing,” Eric said.The Lees were among 37 competi-tors who streamed into Iola late Thursday afternoon and Friday.

“This is the first time we’ve been to Kansas for a cook-off,” said Melissa, a third-grade teach-er. “We’ll be back. This is really nice. Many places we’re on as-phalt without any shade. Being on grass under trees is really nice.”

The Lees, known as Fire Danc-er BBQ, are from Bryant, Ark., a

town of about 17,000 not far from Little Rock.

Eric Lee, a technology con-sultant by day, judged barbecue cook-offs for about three years be-fore trying it himself.

Last November he entered his first competition.

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Larry Hoover never forgot his first car.

As a junior at Jayhawk-Linn High School nearly 40 years ago, the Mound City native paid $650 for a 1964 Chevelle Supersport. It was 10 years old, but had a high-performance engine and was the cat’s meow for a kid just begin-ning to drive.

Several years later he bought another Chevelle, also a ’64. He fixed it up, and drove it until he married and traded it for more of a family car.

A third Chevelle, of 1964 vin-tage, came his way three years ago and was on display at the Al-len County Fair Car Show Satur-day.

“I had a 1938 Chevy coupe street rod at the time and I

thought I’d like to have what I started with back in high school,” said Hoover, 55.

He searched the Internet and found a ’64 Chevelle in his price range, belonging to a preacher in Ohio.

He paid $18,000, and has been offered considerable more since, with his only additional invest-ment being new gauges in the

Nostalgia found at car show

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Eric and Ashlyn Lee

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Janet HalloranJanet (Stewart) Halloran,

79, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 27, 2012.

She was born in Dodge City, on Nov. 23, 1932, to Robert and M a r g a -ret (Rees) Stewart.

S h e graduated from Wichita County Community High School in Leoti, in 1950. She also graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in education in 1954, and remained a life-long Jayhawk fan.

Halloran taught at Lin-coln Elementary School for five years until she started her family. She later re-turned to teaching as a sub-stitute teacher.

Janet was a member of Potwin Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder, deacon and Doorstep coordinator. She was also a member of the chancel and bell choirs.

She married Robert Hal-loran on Aug. 4, 1956, in Leoti.

Halloran is survived by four daughters, Elizabeth and husband Dennis Dut-ton of Sterling, Susan and husband Michael McKin-nis of Iola, Katherine and husband Steven Harrell of Tonganoxie, and Mary and husband Brian Breit-enstein of Topeka; eight grandchildren, Mallory and Lauren Harrell of Tonganoxie, William and Maxwell Dutton of Ster-ling, and Anna, Ava, Ella and Emma Breitenstein of Topeka; three cousins, Marcia Adler of Seattle, Wash., John Ley of Engle-wood, Colo., and Jane Ley of Arlington, Va.; and many nieces and nephews.

Her gentle and loving spirit will be missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, par-ents, and many aunts and uncles. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2012, at Potwin Presbyteri-an Church. Inurnment will be private. Memorial dona-tions may be made to Pot-

win Presbyterian Church, 400 S.W. Washburn Ave., To-peka, KS 66606 or Doorstep, Inc., 1119 SW Tenth St., To-peka, KS 66604. To leave the family a special message online, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

Ronald JacksonRonald Lee “Ron” Jack-

son, 75, brother to Wayne Jackson of Iola, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012 at his home in Joplin, Mo.

Ron was born Dec. 25, 1936, in Oshkosh, Neb. to Alta Mary Jackson and Jo-seph Buren Jackson. He was a sales representative for the W. Evans Co., and had lived in the Joplin area the past 15 years.

Ron was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Lee Jackson on Dec. 17, 1996. Born from this union was a daughter, Julia Ann Jack-son, Overland Park, and a son, Daniel Joseph Jack-son, Topeka.

Ron was united in mar-riage to Karen Cagle Taylor on Sept. 13, 1997 in Orongo, Mo. She survives, as do two step-daughters, Kelly Kim Cagle Smalling, Spring-field, Mo., and Cortnee Ly-nee Cagle Eaton of Carl Junction, Mo., and one step-son, Christopher Leo Cagle; 10 grandchildren; sisters Joann Phillips, Chanute, and Bonnie Barnett, Kan-sas City; brothers Jim Dale Jackson, Tulsa, Okla., and Wayne Jackson, Iola.

Ron was preceded in death by his parents; a sis-ter, Barbara Triune; and a brother, Richard Jackson.

James NelsonJames Russell Nelson, 92,

of Elsmore passed away on Friday, July 27, 2012, at Al-len County Hospital.

He was born Oct. 26, 1919, in E l s m o r e , the son of C h a r l e s W i l l i a m and Matil-da Susan (Peterson) Nelson. He was a lifelong resident of Elsmore. Jim entered the United States

Army in 1942 serving as a Master Sergeant for five years. He was recalled in 1950 to serve in the Korean Conflict for 11 months.

Nelson married Virginia I. Cochran on Oct. 7, 1950 in Bentonville, Ark. This union was blessed with one daughter.

He established and ran the Elsmore Recreation Center upon his return from the military for sev-eral years. He served as Al-len County Commissioner. Nelson worked for the State of Kansas Department of Revenue as a special in-vestigator for the sales tax division for 22 years. Upon his retirement, he served as mayor and council man for many years for the City of Elsmore.

Nelson was a member of the Virginia Lodge of Sa-vonburg, Scottish Rites of Fort Scott, Mirza Temple of Pittsburg, Tri-County Shrine, the American Le-gion Moran and the Cha-nute Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Charles W. Nelson Jr. Ken-neth Nelson, and Edgar Nelson; sisters, Stella Set-terstom, Ruby Johnson, Mildred Hodson, and Ber-nice Gregg.

Nelson is survived by his wife, Virginia Nelson, of the home; daughter, Teri Por-ter and husband Rocky of Iola; two grandsons, Dustin Hicks of Dickinson, N.D., and Tanner Porter of Iola; two step-granddaughters, Jennifer Cescon and Lisa Cary and families of Iola; one great-granddaughter, Siena Hicks; several nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Elsmore United Methodist Church; burial following in the Elsmore Cemetery. The family will be present to greet friends at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Moran on Monday evening from 6 to 8 o’clock. Memo-rial contributions may be made to Mirza Temple Transportation Fund.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.feuer-bornfuneral.com.

William WilsonWilliam “Bill” Wilson, 84,

Iola, died Friday, July 27, 2012, at Windsor Place.

B i l l was born March 30, 1928, in LaHar pe, the son of Hugh T. and Grace L. (Wilcox) Wilson. He graduated from Iola High School.

He served in the United States Army before joining the United States Air Force where he served 24 years before retiring in 1973.

On March 20, 1962, Wil-son married Toshiko T. “Terri” Taniguchi and they moved to Iola in 1973. He was a Realtor operating as Bill Wilson Realty for sev-eral years. Terri preceded him in death on Sept. 9, 1999.

He was a member of the Iola American Legion, Iola Elks Lodge, Airstream Club, all Iola Masonic bod-ies, Scottish Rite at Fort Scott and Mirza Shrine at Pittsburg where he partici-pated in the MG Unit and Jesters.

Wilson was preceded in death by a brother, Glen Wilson, and two sisters, Verie Mae Burris and Max-ine Hazell Leavitt.

He is survived by daugh-ter Julia Wilson, Topeka, two step-sons, Jonathon Faill and James Faill, both of Franklin, Tenn., and a sister, Evelyn Youmans, San Diego, Calif.

Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m., Tues-day at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Burial will take place at La-Harpe Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Gifts may be made to Mirza Transpor-tation Fund or Iola Masonic Lodge.

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

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Allen County Fair Allen County Fair Allen County Fair

Monday, July 30 Monday, July 30 C O M M U N ITY BU ILD IN G C LO SED TO PU BLIC 8 A .M . - 3 P.M . C O M M U N ITY BU ILD IN G C LO SED TO PU BLIC 8 A .M . - 3 P.M .

LITTLE TH EA TER O PEN FO R O PEN C LA S S EN TR IES LITTLE TH EA TER O PEN FO R O PEN C LA SS EN TRIES 8 a.m .-5 p.m . O pen class entries received 4:30 p.m . . . . . . . Rabbit Show 5 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Judging 4-H & O PEN C LA SS G arden, C rop,

H orticulture, Flow ers 5:30-8 p.m . . . Kiw anis Train Ride, pick up near the Baby Barnyard 6 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry Show 6:30 p.m . . . . . . . Steer Show follow ed by H eifer Show 6:30 p.m . . . . . . . SH O D EO , rodeo arena SH O D EO 7:30 p.m . . . . . . . Riley H erder, free stage east of com m unity building

Tuesday, July 31 Tuesday, July 31 8 a.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Sw ine Show 9 a.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Judging of open class H om e Econom ics exhibits

Judging of open class D om estic A rts and Fine A rts Judging of open class Photography

9:30 a.m . . . . . . . Registration for Best D ressed Pet C ontest 10 a.m . . . . . . . . . . Best D ressed Pet C ontest, north shelter house 1 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . D airy C attle Show follow ed by D airy G oat Show 5-6 p.m . . . . . . . . . Registration for Pedal Pull, east of com m unity building 5:30-8 p.m . . . . Kiw anis Train Ride, pick up near the Baby Barnyard 6 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Baked Pie C ontest (m ixed fruit only), prizes aw arded, Little

Theater 6-8:30 p.m . . . . Pedal Pull (Sponsored by A llen C ounty Farm Bureau) 6-9 p.m . . . . . . . . . Program by K ansas D ept. of W ildlife & Parks, Baby Barnyard 6:30 p.m . . . . . . . M eat G oat Show follow ed by Sheep Show 6:30 p.m . . . . . . . FREE W aterm elon Feed, near show arena (Sponsored by

PSI Insurance) 8:30 p.m . . . . . . . Karaoke w ith Tyler Butts, free stage east of com m unity bldg.

Wednesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 1 9 a.m . . . . . . . . . . . . H orse Show 4 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H /C loverbud Bucket C alf Show 5 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Round Robin Show m anship Finals 5:30-8 p.m . . . . Kiw anis Train Ride, pick up near the Baby Barnyard 6 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H Talent N ight & 4-H Trophy Presentations, free stage 6-9 p.m . . . . . . . . . Snakes & Lizards, presented by KD W P, Baby Barnyard 7 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . RA N C H R O D EO , rodeo arena ( $ 5 or 1 event ticket*) RA N C H RO D EO 7:30 p.m . . . . . . . Kansas Yourh D ance C o. w ith C ooper Studios D ance

C enter, f ree stage east of com m unity bldg.

Thursday, August 2 Thursday, August 2 8:30 a.m . . . . . . . Register for 4-H Livestock Judging C ontest 9 a.m .-noon . . Livestock Judging C ontest, show arena. A ll non-sale

livestock released follow ing Livestock Judging C ontest N oon . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H Barnyard O lym pics, show arena 1 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H Purple Ribbon pictures, Iola Register, show arena 1 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Livestock Exhibitor M eeting, show arena 6:30 p.m . . . . . . . Livestock Buyers A ppreciation D inner 7 p.m . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H & FFA LIV ESTO C K PREM IU M A U C TIO N , show arena 4-H & FFA LIV ESTO C K PREM IU M A U C TIO N

Friday, August 3 Friday, August 3 7:30-9 a.m . . . . C heck out open class exhibits 8-10 a.m . . . . . . . C heck out 4-H exhibits 8 a.m . . . . . . . . . . . . Fair checks for open class m ay be picked up at fair office.

A ll exhibits m ust be picked up by 9 a.m . or they becom e property of A llen C ounty Fair A ssociation. Livestock m ust be out of barns for clean up.

9 a.m . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H ’ers check in at show arena for clean up.

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be showing a New Zealand rabbit and similar to the Hobbs girls Shelby will be showing a lion head.

Jenna Wilks, who will be showing rabbits at the fair for her eighth year, will be showing a lion head and a mini rex.

The rabbits can be shown in the Allen County Fair but are not yet accepted at the state level for compe-titions, according to the Hobbs girls.

The Hobbs girls said they

did most of their research online on how to care for rabbits.

All the girls agree about the importance of taking care of the rabbits dur-ing the high heat. They all change the water in the rabbits’ cages a couple of times a day and even give them frozen water bottles that the rabbits can lay

near. Some, like the Yoho girls,

have an automatic feeder that keeps the rabbits fed, but if they don’t have the feeder then they make sure the rabbits always have al-falfa blocks or rabbit pellets in their cages.

To get ready for the fair the girls make sure the rab-bits have an identification number tattooed on the inside of their ear, clipped nails, shaved teeth and brushed hair.

They also have to rub

the bottom of their bellies if the rabbits have yellow spots.

The rabbit show is this afternoon at 4:30 at River-side Park.

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The primary election next week is an important one for Republicans in Kansas. If far-right Republicans win those nominations, they also are likely to dominate the Legisla-ture — Kansas has never been so solidly Republican as it is in 2012.

The consequence will be fur-ther cuts in spending for edu-cation, highways, law enforce-ment, care of the disabled and health care and other essential state services.

Radical Republican domi-nation of the Legislature will also result in continued tax cuts for the wealthy and raise the very real possibility of tax increases for the poor and mid-dle class when this year’s huge tax cuts take hold in 2014.

This destruction can be avoided by awarding the nomi-nations to mainstream Repub-licans who use as their mod-els moderates such as Nancy Kassebaum (the most popular Republican ever to serve in a Kansas U.S. Senate seat); for-mer two-term governor Bill Graves, who just came back to Kansas to campaign for em-battled Republican moderates; and Bob Dole, who established himself as a national leader, was the author of the Ameri-cans With Disabilities Act and pushed one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history through Congress under Presi-dent Ronald Reagan.

ALLEN COUNTY voters can do their part by voting for John Coen for Senate. Coen cam-paigns on a promise to restore funding for the public schools and the state’s universities and cites the policies of Kasse-baum and Dole as examples he would follow if elected.

Coen recognizes that fund-ing the public schools, commu-nity colleges, state universities and helping to fund the state’s private colleges is far and away the most important function of state government. Together, those line items make up about

70 percent of the state’s annual budget. Add highways, health care and law enforcement and all that’s left is petty cash.

While they never say so, those who campaign on prom-ises to “bring fiscal responsi-bility and budget discipline” to state government, really mean they will continue to beggar education, continue to funnel highway fund money to the general fund to justify tax cuts and will, in short, make Kan-sas unable to meet its basic ob-ligations to its citizens.

It is mathematically impos-sible to cut taxes by $2.7 billion — as the radical tax cut bill passed this year does — with-out leaving the public schools, community colleges and state universities in ruins.

Because the Kansas econ-omy has strengthened — and state support for education has been slashed — the 2013 Legis-lature will enjoy a large bud-get surplus. It should use most of that surplus to restore fund-ing for the schools and higher education and to return the money to the Kansas Depart-ment of Transportation that it took over the past three years so that the state’s highways can be well maintained. Step two should be to repeal some of the tax cuts that were so foolishly made earlier this year so that budgets can be balanced from 2014 forward without reduc-ing Kansas education to Third World standards.

Who should you vote for in the House contest? Find out which of the three will vote for more money for education. Demand a yes or no answer. If none will say yes, then try to di-vine which of them has shown the most compassion for their fellow creatures in their day jobs and give your vote to that man — or that woman.

Come to think of it, that’s a pretty good yardstick to use in measuring candidates in any race, from local on up to the White House.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

More money foreducation should determine vote

Dear editor,I am writing this letter in sup-

port of Ed Bideau for the Kansas House of Representatives in the 9th District.

I have known Ed since he was 15. We lived behind the Bideau family for 26 years. I have ob-served Ed’s walk through life and the many endeavors that he en-countered. One of his first, was an attempt to form a neighbor-hood band. Ed continued his love of music. He now plays with a lo-cal Dixieland band. Ed didn’t give up on music and he won’t give up on the needs of the 9th District.

After high school Ed enrolled in college and pursued a law de-gree. While in college Ed worked in the state Insurance Commis-sion, where he gained insight of the insurance business.

Ed returned to Chanute in 1974 and was employed by Neosho County as assistant county attor-ney. Ed worked under Raymond Radford, a retired FBI agent. Ray Radford was a great mentor for Ed.

Ed being a team leader shared this new information with the law enforcement personnel. This brought our win ratio in court cases to a higher level. Ed worked daily with the Chanute P.D. and Neosho County sheriff ’s office. Many times he had contact with Wilson, Allen, and Labette coun-ties when a series of crimes were similar. Teamwork was Ed’s fa-vorite word and will continue to

be in the 9th District.Ed’s mother, Beverly Bideau,

was a school teacher and Marga-ret, Ed’s wife, still teaches. Ed has knowledge of the school system and how difficult funding is to ob-tain at the state level. Education is instilled in the Bideau family.

Ed was elected to two terms in the House of Representatives. He served this district with the inter-est of all the people and he will do so again with integrity and hon-est answers. Ed supports our Sec-ond Amendment and I do. He is a life member of the NRA.

There are occasions when Ed and I have lunch together. We dis-cus family, work projects, world problems, sometimes politics. It appears to me that Ed is extreme-ly aware of all things surround-ing him directly or indirectly. His interests seem unlimited.

Ed will keep us informed on matters that may affect our dis-trict good or bad. Because of Ed’s excellent record, join with me and vote for Ed Bideau on Aug. 7.

Tom McLaren,Chanute, Kan.

Dear editor,It seems our governmental

structure, our country, is at a crossroads. A huge and critical choice to be made by us the voters, we the people. Much of the mess we find ourselves in is of our own making. Complacency, I suppose, has caused many of us to work along or ride along while, little by

little, the basic structure of our lives has been eroded by rampant regulation, out of control govern-ment spending and good ole boy cliques. To right our course will require people of integrity and strong moral character.

I’ve spent most of my life con-ducting small business in south-east Kansas. Hard work, honesty, trustworthiness and appreciation of the people I serve are the values I learned young. These values I learned right along side Ed Bideau.

As young kids in the same neighborhood we learned basic lessons from the same adults. The importance of family, encourag-ing “choice” to be in favor of life. The strength to stand on prin-ciples of honesty and truth even when it’s not popular. Working and playing on the Bideau farm we learned to respect nature and the land. Being shown the dif-ference in giving a hand up vs. a hand out, we learned that work resulted in reward.

Sound and conservative eco-nomic behavior and belief in per-sonal responsibility. These are values I know we can count on Ed Bideau to display. I say I know this because I’ve grown up with him. I’ve seen the way he deals with problems and big decisions. I know he can be counted on. A man of his word. We need him as representative for southeast Kan-sas in Topeka.

Chuck Chandler Chanute, Kan.

Letters to the editor

The official opening ceremo-nies of the Summer Olympics were Friday in London, but the Games have already made his-tory: This is the first Olympics in which all of the more than 200 participating countries have sent female athletes to compete. The U.S. team has more women than men for the first time — 269 fe-male athletes to 261 men.

The countries of Brunei, Qa-tar and Saudi Arabia are fielding female athletes, something they have never done. In a dramatic last-minute turnaround, Saudi Arabia is permitting two women to compete — one in judo and another as an 800-meter runner. Saudi Arabia has been rightly criticized for failing to offer women opportunities to play and compete in sports, as outlined in a recent report by Human Rights Watch.

One of Qatar’s female athletes, air-rifle shooter Bahiya al-Ha-mad, carried the flag for her coun-try at the opening of the Games. The world’s top-ranked female saber fencer, Mariel Zagunis, car-ried the U.S. flag.

These are huge accomplish-ments for women and for the In-ternational Olympic Committee, which has aggressively promoted the inclusion of women in gen-eral and which lobbied the Saudis in particular.

Muslim women from various

countries will run, shoot and scull, among other endeavors, and they will be allowed to do so in athletic clothing that still hews to the modest dress required by their religion.

Some of these women are com-peting by virtue of invitation from the IOC or the governing bodies of their sports. They did not all qualify by winning an ar-ray of trial competitions. But that’s part of encouraging coun-tries that have either been resis-tant to sending women or done little to foster them in competitive sports.

The work is not completely done. Women still need better ac-cess to competitive sports in many places in the world, so that in the future they won’t need a helping hand to participate in the Olym-pics. The subject of attire should not be a stumbling block. Soccer’s

governing body last year forbade women, out of safety concerns, to wear head scarves — forcing the Iranian women’s soccer team to give up a chance at qualifying for this year’s Games. Since then, that rule has been changed. However, clothing continues to be contro-versial: The International Judo Federation announced Thursday that because of safety concerns, it would not allow female athletes to wear head scarves, which poses a potential problem for the Saudi contestant. And there is a legal battle to allow women to partici-pate in canoeing, which inexpli-cably remains closed to them in the Olympics.

Still, the presence of women from every country at the Sum-mer Olympics is something to celebrate, even before any medals were bestowed.

— Los Angeles Times

An Olympic moment for women

The presence of fe-male athletes from every country at the Summer Olympics is something to celebrate, even before any med-als were bestowed.

25 Years AgoWeek of July 29, 1987

The Milne and Mann Tire Co., a member of the Iola busi-ness community for more than 40 years, closed Saturday. Octa-via Stewart and her son, Scott, had operated the business for the past four years following the death of George Stewart. The firm was founded in 1945 by Frank Milne and Floyd “Chig” Mann who made it into the larg-est tire retreading company in southeast Kansas. George Stew-art bought into the business in the late 1960s and succeeded Milne as president in 1972. The retreading franchise was dis-continued last year and the store then focused on tire sales and service.

*****Picture of the day: Evert Lud-

lum pounds away with a jack-hammer as Tom Schomaker clears the debris left behind. The two are creating an opening for an elevator being installed at Iola Junior High School. The project will cost $33,279. A fed-eral grant administered by the state will pay $25,000 of the cost.

***** Nannie Madge Miller, wid-

ow of Horace Miller, died this morning at Allen County Hospi-tal at the age of 85. She had been seriously ill for three weeks. Mr. Miller died Jan. 19. Mrs. Miller was associated with her hus-band and their son in the family business, H. L. Miller and Son dress company.

A look back in time

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department. A loss of those services would mean the city would most likely have to go to a volunteer force.

“I pray about this issue a lot,” Francis said. “We don’t want to see the city lose the professional force it has now. They are won-derful to have and have done a lot of good for Iola and the surrounding com-munity with the different things they can respond to.”

Francis believes a solu-tion will come in the near future and is open to work-ing with whatever recom-mendations are made to make a resolution a real-ity.

Another issue which Francis has worked on as commissioner and is a cen-tral point to his vision for the future of Allen County is the new hospital. Allen County Hospital is a year away from completion. Francis points to the new facility as a way to not just provide essential services

to the community, but also to build it as a vehicle for further economic develop-ment.

“Once the hospital is done, we need to aggres-sively pursue the issue of recruiting new staff,” Francis said. “Not only is it going to add new skills to our community, but also increase the amount of high wage earners to the area. Growing that facility is a big key to continuing the growth of Allen Coun-ty.”

Going forward, Francis

believes that the budget and other fiscal issues will weigh on the minds of vot-ers. His philosophy in his first term was to, “listen to the experts.” It’s a policy he plans on continuing.

“I’m not the expert in these fields like public works, law enforcement and all the other things that the county handles,” Francis said. “I will con-tinue to listen to the people working for the county and use my best judgement to make the right decisions for our community.”

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“We’re all competitive and when you start placing, and hear your name, you’re hooked,” he said.

“It’s a family thing,” Me-lissa added.Eric preps meat and does the cooking, which re-quired a wake-up call at 1:30 Saturday morning. The meat was in two smokers by 3 a.m.

Ashlyn, 12, keeps every-one on schedule and has the last say on which pieces of meat are sent to judges. Melissa fashions beds of greens and helps place the meat in the most present-able way.

“PRESENTATION is a big part of it,” Eric said, as well as how tender and well-textured the meat is.

For chicken, the first meat judged, he cooked thighs.

“I prefer white meat for eating,” he said, but choos-es thighs “because they’re more forgiving if you over-cook them a little bit. And, when you take a bite of the thighs I cook you’d never know it was dark meat.”

For being the new kids on the block, the Lees have done well.

Going into the Allen County cook-off, their 16th this year, they were ranked 27th overall nationally in Kansas City Barbecue Soci-ety standings.

“We’re 14th in ribs, 17th in chicken and 24th in pork,” Erie crowed, but “don’t ask about brisket.

“We’re getting to be known for our ribs — I like to think that’s our specialty — and when they announce the winners for ribs peo-ple look to us. We’ve won the ribs category in three states.”

ERIC LIKENED cook-offs to NASCAR and other sporting events where the same competitors are to-gether often enough that they develop strong friend-ships.

“That’s the way it was here Friday night,” he said. “We had a potluck meal and sat around and talked about other cook-offs and caught up with what had been go-ing on with people we’re gotten to know.”

But, when crunch time neared just before noon Sat-urday, it was all business. Cooks and helpers were fo-cused and counted off sec-onds as time for the first entry neared.

“We have a 10-minute window to get the entry to the judges,” Eric said.

Following chicken, were ribs at 12:30, pork at 1 o’clock and brisket at 1:30.

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dash and disc brakes.His newest Chevelle, a

convertible, is “a fun car to drive,” he said. “The grandkids like to go for rides and my wife and I take in the evenings when we go to eat out. It’s not just a show car.”

Hoover enjoys show-ing off the nearly pristine silver-blue convertible, however, and is eager to participate in shows here and in other places where promoters purchase tro-phies he makes in a shop at Mound City.

“I’ve been making tro-phies about 35 years and have had an upholstery shop nearly as long,” he said.

Trophies awarded at the Allen County and Farm-City Days shows come from Hoover’s shop.

WINNERS at Saturday’s show:

Harley motorcycle: Dave Fontaine, 2010 Harley Ul-

tra LMT.Sports car: Rick Dough-

erty, Iola, 1965 Shelby Co-bra replica, first; Brent LeClair, 1995 Mazda MX6 LS.

Original car 1900-1948: Ann Sluder, Williamsburg, 1946 Plymouth Special De-luxe, first; Fred Hornbak-er, 1946 Willys Jeep.

Original car 1949-1972: Denny Barnhart, Iola, 1966 VW Beetle, first; Larry Hoover, Mound City, 1964 Chevy Chevelle, second.

Original car 1973 and up: Buddy Meadows, Iola, 2011 Dodge Challenger, first; Bud Bishop, 2003 Chevrolet Chevelle, sec-ond.

Modified car 1900-1948: Frank Wiseman, Wells-ville, 1929 Ford Model A, first; Buddy Roufs, 1940 Pontiac sedan, second.

Modified car 1949-1972: Ron Crawford, Garnett, 1970 Pontiac GTO, first; Kenny Niese, 1972 Chevy Nova, second.

Modified car 1973 and up: Jeff Chavez, Ottawa,

1992 Ford Mustang, first.Original truck, 1900-

1948: Paul Smith, 1942 Ford rat rod.

Original truck 1949-1972: Don Britt, Iola, 1957 Studebaker Transtar, first.

Modified truck 1900-1948: Ed Peery, 1923 Ford T-bucket, first; Terry Se-cret, 1936 Ford, second.

Modified truck 1949-1972: John and Pat Kern, Hillsdale, 1959 Studebak-er, first; Carl Ranabarger, 1971 Chervolet El Camino, second.

Modified truck 1973 and up: Raymond Cook, 1993 Chevy 1500, first.

Special interest: Enoz Perez, Humboldt, 1953 Studebaker Champion, first; Roger Whitaker, 1962 Chevy Nova, second.

Special Tri (1955-1957 Chevrolet): Roger Mintz, Humboldt, 1956 Chevrolet 210, first; Dawn Tegtmey-er, 1956 Chevrolet Belair, second.

Best of show: Rick Dougherty, Iola, 1965 Shel-

by Cobra replica.Best paint: Carl Rana-

barger, 1971 Chevrolet El Camino.

Best motorcycle: Rick Michaels, Iola, 2010 cus-tom V8 trike.

Best Harley: Dave Fon-taine, Iola, 2010 Harley Ul-tra Lmtd.

Best interior: Roger Mintz, Humboldt, 1956 Chevy 210.

Best engine: Richard Sigg, Carlyle, 1963 Stude-baker Avanti.

Best Mopar: Ann Slud-er, Williamsburg, 1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe.

Best Ford: Frank Wise-men, Wellsville, 1929 Ford Model A Tudor.

Best modified pickup: John and Pat Kern, Hills-dale, 1959 Studebaker.

Best Chevy: Scott Vink, Ottawa, 2012 Chevy Ca-maro.

Best stock pickup: Don Britt, Iola, 1957 Studebak-er Transtar.

Best modified: Buddy Roufs, Mapleton, 1940 Pon-tiac sedan.

Williams has been able to successfully keep the budget down in the sheriff ’s depart-ment — an accomplishment he believes will help him as commissioner, if elected.

As sheriff, Williams handles the department’s budget. All the bills of the department “go across my desk,” he said.

Williams said he deferred hiring an additional offi-cer specifically to conserve money.

TO RESOLVE the ambu-lance dispute, Williams said there need to be three meet-ings.

“One where the Iola Fire Department would come in, another one with Allen County ambulance services, and then a third with both to see how we could have a blend,” he said.

Williams, who has been called and is proud of the ti-tle of conservative, believes

there is a business-like ap-proach to the issue at hand that would fix the current problem.

“I know the government can’t run like a business, but we can sure try,” he said.

Williams noted that in the past, candidates have run on the platform of fix-ing the ambulance issue, yet taxpayers are still pay-ing on two services that are losing money. Williams said he believes the reason be-hind persistent problem is a “personality problem and not a solution-oriented ap-proach.”

In addition to his plan to work on the ambulance issue, he wants to bring more business to local vendors, something he has always tried to do as sheriff.

Williams is going into this race with one focus, to help taxpayers. He said his prom-ise is “I won’t run again if I don’t get it resolved.”

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Quick-stepping turtleTwo-year-old Evie Schooler’s turtle is out in front and won the 0-6 age category in the Allen County Fair turtle race Saturday morning.

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By JOCELYN [email protected]

Hannah Holland of Bucyrus and her horse seem to own Allen County Fair Rodeo’s arena. For the third straight year, Holland won the girls’ barrel racing event in the Lyle Dreher Memorial Rough Riders Arena.

Holland made the top run in barrel racing Saturday in 17.210 seconds.

Contestants and rodeo fans had to deal with the heat and dust for both Friday and Saturday per-formances. There was no respite from the excessive heat. Despite efforts to wet the arena grounds for Saturday night’s event, the dry and dust persisted.

Attendance for the two-night rodeo was better than a year ago, with 1,843 fans this year to last year’s 1,555.

Rodeo livestock made it rough on cowboys and cowgirls in eight of the nine events contested each night. There were only three qual-ified rides in the two bronc riding events for the two-night rodeo and two qualified eight-second rides in the bull riding, both coming Saturday.

Most of the top runs in the rop-ing events came in the slack com-petitions each night. The calves got the better of contestants in calf roping, team roping and breakaway roping. There were three catches made in the steer wrestling.

Girls’ Barrel Racing1. Hannah Holland, Bucyrus, 17.210

seconds; 2. Annie Smith, Fort Scott, 17.312; 3. Jesse Alsup, Fair Grove, Mo., 17.313; 4. Betsy Hastie-Frazier, Cleveland, Mo., 17.321; 5. Christi Durfey, Amity, Mo., 17.332; 6. Sierra Braun, St. Louis, Mo., 17.335.

Calf Roping1. Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, 9.2 sec-

onds; 2. Dustin Raupe, Douglass, 9.4; 3. Will Morris, Holden, Mo., 9.6; 4. Tim Kraus, Pacific, Mo., 10.0; 5. Cooper Martin, Alma, 10.1.

Over 40 Calf Roping1. Dustin Raupe, Douglass, 10.8

seconds; 2. Monty Dyer, Ottawa, 11.1; 3. Bill Huber, Abilene, 12.4; 4. Greg Gentry, Pleasanton, 13.3; 5. Harry Hall, Newburg, Mo., 13.6

Team Roping1, Seth Kueffer, California, Mo., and

Sam Kueffer, Clever, Mo., 5.4 seconds; 2. David Kenyon, California, Mo., and Danny Smith, Huntsville, Mo., 6.0; 3. Kevin Hebenstriet, Edgerton, and Jeff Butler, Cosby, Mo., 6.3; 4. Brandon Duff and Brad Abernathy, Amsterdam, Mo., 6.7; 5. Jesse Hinkle and Luke Norris, Powersville, Mo., 7.1; 6. Steve Younger, Paola, and Matt Wansing, Garden City, Mo., 7.6.

Breakaway Roping1. Angela Bartley, Emporia, 2.2 sec-

onds; 2. Stephanie Durkes, Manhat-tan, 2.8; 3. Brooke Gary, Lathrop, Mo., 3.1; 4. Kelsey Lock, Republic, Mo., 3.2; 5. Caitlyn Philpot, Carthage, Mo., 3.7; 6. Daniel Durkes, Manhattan, 3.9.

Steer Wrestling1. Charlie Howell, Kan., 6.8 sec-

onds; 2. Troy Callaway, Maple Hill, 13.6; 3. Tyler Harris, Mo., 14.0.

Bareback Bronc Riding1. Josh Diggs, Adrian, Mo., 72

points.Saddle Bronc Riding

1. Dalton Cooper, Yates Center, 81 points; 2. Stacy Belt, Harrisonville, Mo., 77.

Bull Riding1. D. J. Shields, Talala, Okla., 78

point; 2. Zack English, LaHarpe, 75.

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Hannah Holland, Bucyrus, makes the turn around the first barrel on her winning run of the Allen County Fair Rodeo’s barrel race Satur-day. Holland is the three-time barrel race champion at Allen County.

The newly re-formed Allen County 4-H Rough Riders drill team performed during the two-night run of the 2012 Allen County Fair Rodeo over the weekend.


Above, Cassidy Friend’s hat flies off as she competes in Friday’s mutton busting. Youngsters showed their riding skills on sheep from C.K. McKellips Rodeo Company Friday and Saturday before the rodeo performances.

At left, Dalton Shannon battles to stay on top of one of C.K. McKel-lips Rodeo Company’s broncs in Saturday’s saddle bronc riding event.


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Calendar of the weekDeadline: Notify the Register about calendar announce-ments by 7 a.m. Mondays in order to have your event listed in that week’s schedule. The calendar is published every Monday.

TuesdayAllen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County

Courthouse commissioners’ room.Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student

Center meeting room.Crossroads, a Narcotics Anonymous support group, 6-7

p.m., Southeast Kansas Independent Living Center, 119 W. Butler, Yates Center. Call 620-625-2818 for information.

WednesdayPrenatal classes, 6 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler conference room

at Allen County Hospital, to register for session call Sharilyn Lamb at (620) 365-1054.

Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

ThursdayRotary Club, noon, The Greenery.Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30

meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.Farmers Market, 5:30 p.m., southwest corner of Iola square.Iola Public Library board meeting, 6 p.m., Flewharty-Powell

Annex.Sons of the American Legion, 7 p.m., American Legion Post

No. 15.

FridayAllen County Hospital Auxiliary meeting, 1:30 p.m., hospital

conference room.Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior

citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

Aug. 6Moran Public Library Board of Directors meeting, 5 p.m., at

the library.Kappa Alpha chapter of Phi Tau Omega sorority, business

meeting, 6:30 p.m. at the Pizza Hut.Moran City Council, 7 p.m., Moran City Hall.Iola Community Theatre board meeting, 7:30 p.m., Ware-

house Theatre, 203 S. Jefferson, open to public.

WednesdayBloodmobile hosted by Community Blood Center of Greater

Kansas City, noon-6 p.m., North Community Building.

Today-SaturdayAllen County Fair.

Heat advisory in effect until 7 p.m.

Today, very hot. Part-ly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 102. West winds 10 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to the north in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph.

Tonight, partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. North winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light after midnight.

Tuesday, very hot. Part-ly cloudy. A 20 percent

chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 101. Light wind.

Tuesday night, partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Light wind.

TemperatureHigh yesterday 108Low last night 76High Saturday 104Low Saturday 76High Friday 101Low Friday 69High a year ago 94Low a year ago 78

Precipitation72 hours ending 7 a.m. 0This month to date .48Total year to date 15.34Def. since Jan. 1 7.02

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Northern India’s power grid crashed today, halt-ing hundreds of trains, forcing hospitals and air-ports to use backup gen-erators and leaving 370 million people — more than the population of the United States and Canada combined — sweltering in the summer heat.

The blackout, the worst to hit India in a decade, highlighted the nation’s inability to feed a grow-ing hunger for energy as it strives to become a re-gional economic power.

Some small businesses were forced to shut for the day. Buildings were without water because the pumps weren’t work-ing. Muslim families were forced to eat their pre-dawn meals by candlelight before beginning their daytime Ramadan fast. “It was re-ally difficult,” said farmer Mohammed Zaman.

The northern grid crashed about 2:30 a.m. because it could no lon-ger keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer, officials said. However, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said he was not sure exactly what caused the collapse and had formed a commit-tee to investigate it.

The grid feeds the na-tion’s breadbasket in Punjab, the war-wracked region of Kashmir, the burgeoning capital of New Delhi, the Dalai Lama’s Himalayan headquarters in Dharmsala and the world’s most populous state, the poverty stricken Uttar Pradesh.

By late morning, 60 percent of the power had been restored in the eight northern states affected by the outage and the rest was expected to be back on line by the afternoon, Shinde said.

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Dear Carolyn: Lucky me, about half a dozen of my good friends are getting mar-ried in the next three months. I would love to be able to ex-press my happiness for them through a lavish gift, but I’m in my mid-20s and have a lim-ited budget. I have prepared for these costs by setting some money aside through-out the past year, but I’m wor-ried I haven’t saved enough.

Something that many of the brides-to-be and my friends have said is that in giving a gift, the guest should “cover the cost of their plate.” Is this true? I want to follow etiquette, but some of my friends can afford more expensive weddings than oth-ers.

My boyfriend and I are giving cash because it seems that most couples prefer this. But now I’m worried I don’t have enough to cover both our plates. I’m also not sure what goes into the cost of “the plate.” Should I include drinks? Cocktail hour hors d’oeuvres? The entertain-ment?

And then there is the bridal shower; do I need to cover my costs there too? I also can’t help but feel a lit-tle insulted that the money I have scrimped and saved isn’t good enough. The total cost for gifts that I’ve saved so far is already more than a paycheck. Help! — Love and Marriage Are Breaking the Bank

Answer: Don’t forget the cake, the post-wedding brunch and the little tulle baggies of Jordan almonds. Gotta pitch in for those, or you’re not pulling your guest-ly weight.

I was going to edit your let-ter to end at, “Is this true?” — but then I realized that the “What about .?.?.” portion is a point-by-point exposure of how ridiculous — and grabby, and rude — the cover-your-plate requirement really is.

It’s also not a requirement at all but instead a corrupt little myth. You are under no obligation to reduce your love and support for your friends into a quid pro quo with the wedding couple and their caterer.

In fact, if you wrote the bride and groom a letter ex-pressing your warm wishes for their marriage, or gave them a framed print of a fa-vorite photograph of the two of them, or other such token of affection, that would be gift enough — whether or not you eat ramen. That you spent months carefully set-ting aside money to give to them strikes me as more than these plate-centric brides de-serve. For their sakes and yours, I hope they appreciate you.

Dear Carolyn: I was thrown when my boyfriend of two years told me he’s never really been in love and isn’t sure what it’s supposed to feel like. He then tried to exempt me, but initially he said it as a blanket response to my asking why he never says, “I love you.” He has said it but always when I’ve said it first.

I didn’t want to make him feel bad since he was clearly

emotional when he told me, so I just comforted him. I guess I’m the first girlfriend he’s talked to about this.

I’m not looking for a ring. But I’m also not very good at gauging when it’s time to admit this isn’t okay, and it hurts to think about break-ing up since I do love him. Any advice? — Confused and Sad

Answer: Boom. No won-der you both ran for cover.

As a final response to his confession, though, I don’t recommend the running or the cover.

That’s because the only good outcome for both of you is to get on the right course, be it together tightly, together loosely or heading your sepa-rate ways. And the best way to find that right course is to dig out what your boyfriend was trying to say before he lost his nerve.

You know you’re stuck at “pretty good,” or you wouldn’t have pressed him on the “I love you” thing. So, walk toward what scares you and see whether your boy-friend needs a confidante or an out.

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New medicines give hope to psoriasis patientsDear Dr. Donohue:

Please print information on psoriasis. My scalp is dry and itchy, and I have to scrape it. My back is itchy, and so is the skin behind my knees. My toes itch, and so do my eyes. — J.W.

Answer: Is your diagno-sis of psoriasis a self-made diagnosis or a doctor-made one? Other conditions look like it, but they are not treated in the same way as psoriasis.

The most common kind of psoriasis, plaque pso-riasis, consists of slightly raised red patches of skin covered with white to sil-very scales that loosely stick to the red patches. The patches may or may not itch. The elbows, the knees, the skin between the but-

tocks, the lower back and the scalp are places where psoriasis most often breaks out. Frequently, both sides of the body at those sites are involved. Sometimes, the fingernails develop pitlike depressions. The eyelids can be inflamed, red and crusted. The eyes might dry. A special kind of arthritis, psoriatic ar-thritis, affects 30 percent of patients.

The immune system ap-

pears to play a major role in contributing to psoriasis. Cells of the immune sys-tem prompt immature skin cells at the lowest skin layer to rush upward to the skin’s outermost layer. Immature cells don’t provide the pro-tection that fully mature cells do. Patches of skin covered with these cells be-come psoriatic.

The genetic link to pso-riasis is strong. About 50 percent of psoriasis pa-tients can blame the illness on their genes.

The number of treat-ments for psoriasis has increased greatly in the past few decades. Corti-sone drugs applied direct-ly to the involved skin often are the first choice for treatment. They have

names like Temovate (clo-betasol) and Diprolene (betamethasone). They’re available as lotions, creams, ointments and gels. Once these drugs have quieted the inflam-mation (that takes two to four weeks), a switch is made to vitamin D-related products such as Dovonex or Vectical.

Ultraviolet light, often combined with psoralens, drugs that sensitize the skin to UV rays, is another popular treatment. A revo-lutionary change in treat-ment has come with drugs called biologicals. Enbrel, Humira and Remicade be-long to this category of drugs. These drugs have fa-vorably changed the chanc-es of success for those who have resistant psoriasis.

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Iola A’s state run falls shortBy JOCELYN SHEETS

[email protected] — Timely hitting

didn’t come for Iola Ameri-can Legion Post 15’s A In-dians so they could stay in contention at the 2012 Kansas American Legion A State Baseball Tourna-ment.

The A Indians lost the state opener 2-1 to Ozawkie Wednesday. They came back in a losers bracket contest Thursday to beat Paola 11-3.

That win moved Iola ahead in the losers bracket to Friday. But on Friday morning the Indians lost another close one, 3-1 to Hays.

“We out-hit every team we played in the state tour-nament,” said Neal Barclay, coach for Iola A. “We just never could get any timely hitting and take advantage of some situations that we had.”

On Friday, Aaron Barclay started on the mound for the Indians and pitched five innings. He was charged with three runs on three hits, one walk and one hit batter, plus had one strike- out and took the loss.

Grayson Pearish pitched the final two innings, retir-ing all six batters. Pearish had two strikeouts.

Hays scored two runs in the second inning in the third game. Iola got on the scoreboard in the sixth.

Hitting a single each were Trent Latta, Trey Wil-son, Pearish and Eric Hef-fern. Coach Barclay said the Indians put the ball in play but were hitting it right at Hays defenders and they made the plays.

In the game Thursday against Paola, the Indians

started scoring rallies four times with two gone in each inning. They plated three runs in the first and never trailed. Iola was up 7-3 after four innings.

All 10 of Iola’s hits were singles. The Indians got two each from Barclay, Derrick Weir, Latta and Pearish. Drew Faulhaber and Caleb Vanatta each had one base hit.

Iola A finished 19-8 and tied for fifth at the state

tournament with a 1-2 mark.

“It was a great year. The kids did a good job and rep-resented the Iola American Legion well. It’s great that Iola will have two Ameri-can Legion baseball teams participating in state tour-naments this summer,” Barclay said.

Iola AA plays in the Kan-sas state tournament this week in Sabetha.

Courtesy photoIola American Legion A team won a 2012 Kansas American Legion A zone champi-onship and went to the state tournament last week. The A Indians went 1-2 at state.

FROM THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL

EMPORIA — The West pushed its Kansas Shrine Bowl winning streak to seven straight games Satur-day night at Welch Stadium behind a player who wasn’t even slated to be in the game.

Former Hutchinson star Ja’Mon Cotton, a late re-placement for the West, scored on a nine-yard fourth-quarter run to lift the West to a 14-7 win over the East.

Cotton rushed for 60 yards on 12 carries to lead all rushers and was named the West’s most valuable player.

The West led the East 8-7 through three quarters, with a two-point conver-sion pass from West quar-

terback Matt Reed (Wichita Heights) to Jordan Hart (McPherson) in the open-ing quarter providing the difference at that point.

Reed connected with Col-lin Sexton (Abilene) for a 54-yard touchdown pass at the 7:27 mark of the first quarter.

The East answered with a long pass play of its own at the 7:45 mark of the sec-ond quarter, with Garrett Fugate (Blue Valley North-west) connecting with Centralia product Michael Glatczak for a 55-yard TD bomb. Lyndon’s Nick Walsh tacked on the extra point to get the East within a point.

Fugate passed for 204 yards on a 16-of-32 perfor-mance and was named the East’s most valuable player.

West beats Eastin Shrine Bowl

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. women are atop the Olympic gymnastics stand-ings, as expected, with little standing in their way — ex-cept themselves.

More than the Russians, Romanians and Chinese, the biggest challenge for the gold medal may come from how they deal with world champion Jordyn Wieber’s failure to qualify for the all-around final Sun-day. She was bumped by her best friend on the very last routine.

“I’m definitely worried,” national team coordinator Martha Karolyi said. “You try to find words ... what do you say? But the fact is the fact. She did her best. She was edged by her team-mates.”

A heavy favorite for gym-nastics’ biggest prize — and the attention and riches that go with it — Wieber lost her chance with a se-ries of uncharacteristic mistakes. She wound up with the fourth-best indi-vidual score in qualifying, but countries are limited to two gymnasts in the all-around and event finals and pal Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas were ahead of her.

Russia’s Viktoria Komo-va, who was runner-up to Wieber at last year’s world championships, is ahead of all three Americans.

It could be a historic competition for the Ameri-cans, who breezed to the top of qualifying with a score of 181.863 points and then waited to see if Russia, Ro-mania or defending Olym-pic champion China could match it.

Scoring starts from scratch in Tuesday’s team finals. The Americans are the strongest team top to bottom — if they can get their heads around Wieber’s woes.

The Americans have only one Olympic title, win-

ning it back in 1996 with the Magnificent Seven. They arrived at the last two Olympics as world champi-ons, only to leave without gold both times. But this team is stronger than the 2004 and even 2008 squads, and has a swagger LeBron and his buddies would ap-preciate.

Highlights of Day 2 of the London Olympics:

— Dana Vollmer had a tri-umphant return to the Olympics, setting a world record to win the 100 butterfly in 55.98 seconds. Vollmer made the Olympics as a 16-year-old in 2004 but didn’t qualify for Beijing in 2008.

— Michael Phelps moved closer to becoming the most decorated Olympian in his-tory. An American silver in the 400-meter freestyle relay gave Phelps 17 medals for his career — 14 golds, a silver and two bronzes. Soviet gymnast Larisa

Latynina holds the record with 18. Phelps has five more events in London.

— Kimberly Rhode’s gold in women’s skeet shooting made her the first American to take an individual-sport medal in five consecutive Olympics. She won a gold in double trap at Atlanta in 1996, a bronze in that event four years later at Sydney, the gold at Athens in 2004 and the silver in skeet at Beijing in 2008.

— North Korea’s Om Yun Chol, all of 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by lifting an Olympic record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk — more than three times his body weight.

— South Korea stayed per-fect in women’s team archery, winning a seventh straight gold medal — every one since the event debuted at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

— Kevin Durant scored 22 points and LeBron James had a solid all-around game as the U.S. men’s basketball team opened with a 98-71 win over

France.MEDALS

Divers He Zi and Wu Minxia won the women’s synchro-nized 3-meter springboard, and Guo Wenjun won the women’s 10-meter air pistol to give China a total of six golds and 12 med-als overall. The United States is second in total medals with 11.

NOT THEIR FINEST HOUR— Ryan Lochte had a half-

body-length lead when he dived into the pool to swim the anchor leg of the 400-meter freestyle relay for the Ameri-cans. But Lochte, who had already competed in 1,200 meters of racing in the first two days of the London Games, couldn’t hold off Yannick Agnel, who slipped past to give France the gold.

ROYAL TREATMENTZara Phillips did her royal

family proud. In her Olympic equestrian debut, the grand-daughter of Queen Elizabeth II rode her horse, High Kingdom, to a respectable finish in the evening dressage competition.

Phillips’ grandfather, Prince Philip, and her mother, Princess Anne, looked on. Anne clapped politely. The competition contin-ues today.

TICKET TO HIDEStung by the sight of empty

seats at early events at the Lon-don Games, organizing chief Sebastian Coe said free tickets will be given to troops, teach-ers and students. Coe said the unused seats, largely from Olympic and sports officials, will not be an issue as the games

proceed.TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS— Swimming: gold medal

finals in men’s 200-meter free-style, men’s and women’s 100-meter backstroke, wom-en’s 100-meter breaststroke.

— Women’s beach volley-ball: May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic).

— Men’s gymnastics: team final.

— Men’s diving: synchro-nized platform final.

USA women stand atop Olympic gymnastics standings

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USA’s Dana Vollmer competes in Sunday’s 100-meter butterfly at the Aquatics Cen-ter during the Summer Olympic Games in London. Vollmer won gold, and set a new world record in 55.98 seconds.

USA’s Kimberly Rhode pumps her fist after completing a perfect score after the second round of the women’s skeet event Sunday during the Summer Olympic Games in London. Rhode won the gold medal.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson stamped another exclamation point on his racing resume, win-ning his fourth career Brickyard 400 with a domi-nant drive at the Indianapo-lis Motor Speedway on Sun-day.

With the victory, John-son joined Hendrick Motor-

sports teammate Jeff Gor-don as the only NASCAR drivers to win four times at the historic 2.5-mile track, which has hosted stock car racing since 1994.

Kyle Busch finished sec-ond, followed by Greg Bif-fle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon. Polesitter Denny Hamlin was sixth.

Johnson wins Brickyard 400

Newspaper 7/31/12

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