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WARD 3 AND MAYOR

By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

Donald Becker hasn’t changed his campaign tactics since the first time he ran for and won a seat on the city coun-cil.

“I originally didn’t have an agenda… and I still don’t have one,” Becker said.

Becker said most citizens know what he stands for because of the way he has voted on council issues in the past.

His main goal is to do right by the city for the

next two y e a r s b e f o r e he steps d o w n for good — this will be the last time he runs.

Becker said the duty of a city council member is very important, but would like to see some-one eventually take over, someone younger.

He believes younger

By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

Eugene Myrick’s at-tempt at gaining a seat on Iola council has him more confident this sec-ond time around.

“Last time I didn’t get out much,” Myrick said. “This time I am going to knock on doors.”

Myrick said he wants the seat on the council “not only (to help) the citizens in the Third Ward but all of Iola,” by developing better mar-keting strategies to draw in more businesses.

“We need to market

o u r -s e l v e s b e t t e r to the world,” Myrick s a i d . “ W e n e e d to put more things on the web-site.”

Myrick said the new hospital should be mar-keted.

“Let industries know the city and the county are willing to work on tax incentives. I know

By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

Joel Wicoff has been sitting at the city coun-cil table for the past two years serving as presi-dent of city council and going through the grow-ing pains that came with the eight seat city coun-cil. He has been training for mayor before he real-ized he would ever run for the position.

Mayor Bill Shirley is stepping down from the role.

“It was a job that needed to be done,” Wic-off said. “There is still a

lot to do in our c o m -m u n i -ty.”

W i c -off said s o m e of the t a s k s needing to be done in the city are based on infrastructure, such as streets, water supply, housing and sewers.

“It would be nice to have houses in all dif-ferent price levels,” he said.

Becker a veteran in council seat

Myrick pushing for better marketing

Wicoff ready for mayoral position

Rotarians ‘This Close’ to polio eradication

By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

In the United States the days of polio outbreaks are a thing of the past and reported cases worldwide are down to 200.

That largely is due to the efforts of Rotarians, whose in-ternational movement spear-headed the eradication of the disease in 1985.

Since then organizations such as UNICEF and Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention have backed the cause. Rotary has created the “This Close” polio awareness cam-paign, which through public service announcements push-es to create a polio-free world.

Major figures such as Bill and Melinda Gates, Archbish-op Desmond Tutu and actor Jackie Chan have joined the effort.

Three countries still report-ing cases of polio are Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Iola Rotary is trying to “raise our community mem-bers’ awareness of polio to get more donations,” long-time Rotarian Ellis Potter said. Donations would help fund the immunization trips and the purchase of more live vaccines, which must be kept

A picture-perfect Sunday afternoon drew more than 1,000 people to Riverside Park for the First Assembly of God Church’s fourth annual Easter egg hunt, which included all sorts of games and food booths. At top from left, Tia Bar-ton, 7, pulls a plastic duck from a puddle to win a prize; Janie Myrick, 2, is enthusiastic about collecting eggs; Bethany Miller, 5, enjoys cotton candy, and Jacob Elliss, 10, pumps away to inflate a balloon to its bursting point.

See POLIO | Page A4

Joel WicoffEugene MyrickDonald Becker

Moran man safe after wash-offLarry Reinhart is thank-

ful for Shane Smith as Moran chief of police.

About 5 p.m. Saturday Rein-hart, 76, rural Moran, tried to drive through water rushing over 5000 Street about a mile south of U.S. 54. Its force was such that the water pushed Re-inhart’s pickup truck off the road into a ditch, filled with water and rising from a rain-storm.

With his truck disabled and unable to get out by himself, Reinhart called 911. Within minutes Smith answered the

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VOTE TUESDAY

Courtesy photo/Allen County Sheriff’s Department

Shane Smith, Moran chief of police, far right, and Moran volunteer firefighters help Larry Reinhart, in red cap, to safety after his pickup truck was washed off 5000 Street southeast of Moran Saturday afternoon.

A thunderstorm that blasted eastern Allen and western Bourbon counties deposited a thick layer of hail Satur-day. The hail, coupled with temperatures still in the 60s, created an eerie blanket of fog over a short stretch of U.S. 54.

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there are tax incentives, abatements but if they didn’t know that then how would they know to look at Iola.”

What Myrick would like to see is what south-east Kansas is known for, agriculture businesses.

Also on Myrick’s agen-da is solving the ambu-lance issue between the county and city.

“I want to help the cit-izens of Iola and Allen County save on taxes,” he said.

Myrick said he’d like to the city and county co-operate in “all aspects of government.”

Most importantly,

Myrick said he wants citizens to know that voicing their opinions won’t “fall on deaf ears.”

Myrick, 48, is former military and is semi-retired. He spends his afternoons working with SAFE BASE kids and is a part-time carrier for the Iola Register.

He and his family have been in Iola for 14 years and he said he is involved in teaching and spending time with his grandchildren.

Myrick said he prac-tices the same lessons he teaches his SAFE BASE students, to always have “respect, discipline and honor.”

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members would bring a different aspect to the council.

“There is more to city council than there seems,” Becker said.

If elected, Becker will try to get the city/county ambulance issue resolved.

“It needs to be re-solved. It’s unneces-sary,” Becker said of the current setup of two ser-vices.

Another aspect Beck-er would like the city of Iola improve is its look.

“I would like to see the city improve its ap-pearance, not just Ward Three, but the whole city,” Becker said.

The way to do that is for the city to give ad-ditional support to city services, such as hous-ing and roads.

Becker worked in the

oil industry for 35 years. He moved to Iola in 1994 where he ran his own consulting firm. He re-tired in 2010.

Being in Iola almost 20 years, Becker said he considers himself still a newcomer to Iola, but has a lot of pride in the city he now calls home.

Becker said he intends to make educated deci-sions that will help the citizens of Iola.

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I would like to see the city improve its appearance , not just Ward Three, but the whole city.

— Donald Becker, Councilman

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with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows 30 to 35. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday night, mostly cloudy. Lows 30 to 35. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday, mostly cloudy.

Sunrise 7:06 a.m. Sunset 7:45 p.m.

TemperatureHigh yesterday 68Low last night 40High Saturday 71Low Saturday 46High Friday 66Low Friday 50

High a year ago 86Low a year ago 55

Precipitation24 hours ending 7 a.m .62This month to date 0Total year to date 5.24Def. since Jan. 1 .32

Velma WebberVelma Mary Web-

ber, 92, Iola, formerly of Burlington, went home to be with her Lord late Friday night, March 29, 2013, at Allen County Hos-pital.

Velma was born July 12, 1920, 10 miles southwest of Yates Center in Woodson County. She was the youngest daughter and child of Sidney and Mary (Knoll) Clugston.

She married John Webber on June 16, 1946. They made their home and livelihood on a farm four miles east of Burlington. John passed away Oct. 7, 1977.

Velma is survived by her four children, two daughters, Eileen Franklin and Elaine Redfern and spouse David, Iola; two sons, Dennis Webber and Steven Webber and companion Linda Pe-terson, Burlington; five granddaughters, Angela Redfern and friend Kelly Cook, Manhattan, Kandra McCullough, Iola, Jessica Webber, Burl-ington, Alicia Webber and friend Bill Kirk-sey, Topeka, and Cal-lie Craft and husband Jeremy, Moran; five grandsons, John Nel-son, Iola, Jason Frank-lin and wife Lhen, Iola, Jerod Franklin

and friend Anna Nel-son, Iola, Corey Web-ber and wife Michelle, Burlington, and Quinten Webber and wife Ashli, Emporia; 12 great-grandchil-dren, Brittney Fro-elich, St. Louis, Mo., Johnathon and Jus-tin Shepard, Bolivar, Mo., Heaven Wagner, Isaac and Kandrella McCullough, Iola, Chaelynn Webber and Brayleigh Harden, Burlington, Trowt Webber, Emporia, and Sierra and Jada Cun-ningham and Axtin Christenson, Topeka.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Derek Redfern, Iola.

Velma was also pre-ceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Elsie Peyton and Ma-rie Young; and one brother, Martin Clugs-ton. Age-wise she out-lived her siblings.

Velma was cremat-ed. A memorial ser-vice will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Home in Bur-lington. Inurnment will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery south-east of Burlington.

The family will meet with friends from noon until ser-vice time Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contri-butions may be made to the Velma Webber Memorial Fund which will be designated at a later date.

KINCAID — Vot-ers here will pick five council members from among seven candidates Tuesday.

Vying for coun-cil seats are Carolyn Whitcomb, Marjorie

Stephens, Judith Le-non, Brandon Gates, Darlene Stewart, Wil-liam Starr Sr. and Tammie Neudeck.

Incumbent Leonard Leadstrom is the only mayoral candidate.

GARNETT — Ander-son County voters will decide Tuesday whether to build a new hospital and long-term care unit for about $25 million.

Supporters said a new facility is needed to re-place an outdated 1949 building that no longer meets hospital build-ing codes and needs significant structural upgrades, the Anderson

County Review report-ed.

St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, leases the current hospital and has agreed to increase yearly lease payments from $440,000 to $1 mil-lion with a new struc-ture.

Advocates say St. Luke’s will pay more than two-thirds of con-struction costs.

Voters to decide on new hospital

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Obituaries

Kincaid votershave choices

Ruth HangenRuth Ann Hangen,

78, Iola, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wich-ita. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Satur-day at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola.

Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Interment will be in Highland Cemetery in Iola.

Ruth was born Sept. 17, 1934, in Herington to Alec and Renata (Leitz) Weber. She married Floyd Erlan Hangen on Aug. 6, 1952. They were married 58 years before Floyd died April 3, 2010.

Ruth is survived by her daughter, Kath-leen Monfort and her husband Darrell, Iola, her son Floyd Wayne Hangen, and his wife Susan of El Cajon, Ca-lif.; six grandchildren, Roy Monfort, Herndon, Va., Nicole Linder and her husband Travis, Las Vegas, Nev., Anne-Louise Monfort and her significant other, Brian Dolny, Kansas City, Mo., Andrew Monfort of Lubbock, Texas, Erin

Monfort-Nelson and her h u s -b a n d , E l i j a h Nelson, M a n -hattan, a n d Ste ph-a n i e H a n -g e n of El

Cajon, Calif.; and two great-grandchildren, Rylan and Mason Linder; and her beloved pets Frosty and Kitty.

A homemaker in the truest sense of the word for her entire life, Ruth was an asset to her fam-ily and community, a baker of cookies and pies, the author and publisher of a family cookbook and a prolif-ic creator of cards for family and friends. She will be greatly missed. A lover of her pets, Ruth requested dona-tions in her memory be made to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility.

Online condolences may be left at www.iola-funeral.com.

Ruth Hangen

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Today Moran Public Library meeting, 5 p.m., at the Moran Public

Library. Moran City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Moran City Hall. Kappa Alpha Sorority business meeting, 7 p.m., at Com-

munity National Bank. Hostesses are Mary LaCrone and Betty Skidmore.

Iola Community Theatre meeting, 7:30 p.m., 203 S. Jef-ferson.

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

County Courthouse.Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, meeting room at Allen Commu-

nity College student center.Knights of Columbus meeting, 7 p.m., Knights of Colum-

bus room in the St. John’s Parish Center.Allen County Historical Society board meeting, 7 p.m., Al-

len County Historical Museum 20 S. Washington Ave.

ThursdayRotary Club, noon, The New Greenery.Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, Iola, 5 p.m. weigh-

in, 5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.

Iola Public Library board meeting, 6 p.m., in the library.

Friday Allen County Hospital Auxiliary, 1:30 p.m., hospital confer-

ence room. Senior Citizens and Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m.,

senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

SaturdayFirst Annual Stroll and Roll, 10 a.m., Riverside Park. The Cleverlys, 7:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.“Greece and the Hands of Time,” by Mike Roach. Mary

Martin Art Gallery in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Artist re-ception 6 p.m. Exhibit is open from April 6 to May 16.

April 8Unity Club luncheon at Norma Stahl’s, 612 E. Neosho St.

Calendar

Gary SmithGary Duane Smith, 53,

Chanute, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Wesley Medical Cen-ter in Wichita.

A full obituary will follow later this week.

Arrangements are under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel.

C E N T E N N I A L , Colo. (AP) — After a week of legal twists and turns, James Holmes will find out today if he could face execution if convicted in the Colorado theater attack that killed 12 people.

Behind-the-scenes maneuvering erupted into a public quarrel between prosecutors and the defense over Holmes’ public offer to plead guilty, but the two sides could still come to an agree-ment that would spare Holmes’s life in ex-change for spending the rest of his life in prison.

“Even if they give

notice today that they are seeking the death penalty, they can come off that and enter into a plea bargain any time,” said attorney Dan Recht, a past pres-ident of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar.

As the tangled and bloody case returns to court, survivors and families of the victims are uncertain about what happens next.

Holmes is accused of a meticulously plan-ning and brutally exe-cuting a plan to attack a Colorado movie the-ater at midnight dur-ing a showing of the latest Batman movie, killing 12 people and injuring 70.

Death penalty up in air for shooter

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly economic sur-vey index for nine Mid-west and Plains states jumped last month, sug-gesting improving eco-nomic growth for the re-gion over the next three to six months.

The Mid-America Business Conditions in-dex hit 58.2 in March, compared with 53.1 in February and 53.2 in Jan-uary.

Creighton University

economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he credits the index jump to “the strongest new-orders growth in two years.”

The survey of busi-ness leaders and supply managers uses a collec-tion of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth while a score below 50 suggests decline for that factor.

Economic index jumps in Midwest

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The Obama administra-tion and Republican officials in several states are explor-ing ways to redirect federal money intended to expand Medicaid, the main public insurance program for the poor, and use it instead to buy private health insurance for Medicaid recipients. The ap-proach could have important benefits for beneficiaries and for the future of health care reform. But the idea also car-ries big risks. Federal officials will need to enforce strict conditions before agreeing to any redirection of Medicaid dollars that were originally intended to enlarge the Medic-aid rolls.

The Supreme Court ruled last year that the states could decide whether they want to expand their Medicaid pro-grams to cover more of the uninsured; they can’t be re-quired to do so, as the health reform law intended.

The law provides hugely at-tractive financial incentives for states to add more people. The federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost of caring for newly eligible enrollees for the first three years, tapering to 90 percent in later years. Even so, some state officials, mostly Repub-licans, are proposing that the very generous federal financ-ing for expansion be used in-stead to pay the premiums of poor people on new electronic health care exchanges, cre-ated by the reform law, where people can shop for subsidized

private insurance.Private insurance obtained

on the exchanges could help poor beneficiaries in several ways. They would be less vul-nerable to disruptions every time their incomes fluctuated above or below the boundary line that determines whether they are poor enough to qual-ify for Medicaid, where they

would see one array of doc-tors, or slightly better off and eligible for subsidized insur-ance on the exchanges, where they might see a completely different group of doctors. Providers would be paid the same amount whether treat-ing a Medicaid recipient or a privately insured patient, po-tentially creating a wider net-work of doctors for Medicaid patients. And some poor resi-dents of states resistant to ex-pansion, who would otherwise be frozen out by a glitch in the reform law, could gain cover-age through the exchanges.

BUT THE MAIN benefit would be political in that it could engage Republicans in the whole health reform ef-fort, make it easier to carry

out the law and reduce the ap-petite among Congressional Republicans to gut the law.

There are at least two big caveats. The switch would be likely to increase costs for the federal government, and ul-timately state governments, because private insurance is almost always more costly than Medicaid. That could

force a cutback in the number of people covered because the money won’t go as far. There is also a risk that poor people will end up with fewer benefits and higher cost-sharing on the exchanges despite regulations that should prohibit that.

Federal officials must be vigilant in ensuring that re-cipients on the exchanges re-ceive the same services and same cost-sharing limits that they would under an expand-ed Medicaid program. State officials who don’t want to play by those rules would be better off using the generous federal dollars as originally intended — to expand their Medicaid programs to cover many more of their unin-sured residents.

— The New York Times

Medicaid dollars for private insurance

Private insurance could help poor beneficiaries because they would be less vulnerable to disrup-tions every time their incomes fluctuated above or below the boundary line that determines whether they are poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.

Due before the Kansas Senate today is discussion on a bill to deny communi-ties the right to set prevail-ing wage rates.

Senators should resist the urge to play Big Broth-er.

FOR A LONG time, Kan-sas was a leader in workers’ rights. In 1891, it became the first state to set a base rate of pay to local workers for public works projects. The wage laws prevented large companies from under-bidding local contractors. They also included mini-mum labor standards such as eight-hour workdays and benefits. The think-ing behind establishing the threshold was not only to attract highly skilled la-borers but also to prevent workers from being abused by industrialists who be-gan lowering wages and demanding longer work-ing days. While they were at it, R e p u b l i c a n s of the day also wrote child la-bor laws and made getting an education com-pulsory.

Almost 100 years later, Kansas lawmak-ers repealed the law in 1987, saying it would save on construction costs — much the same argument made today. A result was Kansas construction workers saw an average 11 percent drop in their wages over several years’ time; employer con-tributions to benefit plans declined and apprentice-ship training declined by almost 40 percent.

The expected savings in construction costs were not realized because,

a) Lawmakers thought they could expect a 50 percent savings on total construction costs. Na-tionwide, labor costs are typically 25 to 30 percent of total production costs. In Kansas, they average closer to 20 percent; and,

b) Productivity was re-duced due to a less-skilled workforce because of the cut in apprenticeship pro-grams. Typically, union contractors pay for training through a collective bar-gaining agreement. With-out that coverage, workers are less likely to seek train-ing if they have to pay for it themselves.

CURRENT LAW allows

municipalities to insist a company pay prevailing wages.

Joe Reardon, mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte and Kansas City, Kan., credits the pay scale rule as to how it secured $600 million in commercial development over the last several years, including the Kansas Speedway, Hol-lywood Casino and Village West. Wyandotte County ranked first in the metro-politan area for job growth during the past year, ac-cording to a recent story in the Topeka Capital-Jour-nal.

Paying good wages en-courages economic growth, Reardon said.

The Kansas League of Municipalities, the AFL-CIO, and the City of Topeka side with the pro-growth thinking of Wyandotte County, as well as J.E. Dunn, a large construc-

tion company that uses union labor and has done many pub-lic service con-tracts.

Leading the fight against the measure are Su-san Wagle, pres-

ident of the Kansas Senate, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Crossland Construction, which typi-cally does not use union la-bor, and has realized more than $200 million in gov-ernment contracts over the past 10 years, according to Kansas Working Alliance, an advocacy group for Kan-sas workers.

What muddies the wa-ter on the legislation, or perhaps clears it, is the connection between those against the legislation and those who make the laws.

The Crossland family tree has deep roots in the Kansas Legislature.

The chairman of the Kan-sas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is Ivan Crossland, also president of Crossland Construction. Among Crossland’s lobby-ists working the Kansas Legislature is Riley Scott, son-in-law to Wagle, Senate president.

These familial connec-tions only serve to put a greater burden on Wagle that the legislation is de-signed to serve all Kansans, and not just those around her dinner table. Let’s hope she feels the weight.

— Susan Lynn

Construction siteworkers deserveprevailing wages

Paying good wages encourages economic growth.

By CLAIRE PROVOSTThe Guardian

The number of people liv-ing in extreme poverty could increase by up to 3 billion by 2050 unless urgent action is taken to tackle environmental challenges, a major UN report warned on Thursday.

The 2013 Human Develop-ment Report hails better than expected progress on health, wealth and education in doz-ens of developing countries but says inaction on climate change, deforestation, and air and water pollution could end gains in the world’s poorest countries and communities.

“Environmental threats are among the most grave impedi-ments to lifting human devel-opment … The longer action is delayed, the higher the cost will be,” warns the report, which builds on the 2011 edi-tion looking at sustainable de-velopment.

“Environmental inaction, especially regarding climate change, has the potential to halt or even reverse human development progress. The number of people in extreme poverty could increase by

up to 3 billion by 2050 unless environmental disasters are averted by coordinated global action,” said the UN.

The British prime minis-ter, David Cameron, and U.S. President Barack Obama have both made eradicating ex-treme poverty a key plank in their respective development agendas.

THE PROPORTION of peo-ple living under $1.25 a day is estimated to have fallen from 43 percent in 1990 to 22 per-cent in 2008, driven in part by significant progress in China. As a result, the World Bank last year said the millennium development goal to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015 had been met ahead of schedule.

Thursday’s report says more than 40 countries have done better than previously expected on the UN’s human development index (HDI), which combines measures of health, wealth and education, with gains accelerating over the past decade. Introduced in 1990, the index aims to chal-lenge gross domestic product

and other purely economic assessments of national well-being. Norway and Australia are highest in this year’s HDI, while the Democratic Repub-lic of the Congo and Niger are ranked lowest.

Some of the largest coun-tries – including Brazil, Chi-na, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey – have made the most rapid advanc-es, it says, but there also has been substantial progress in smaller economies, such as Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Mauritius, Rwanda and Tu-nisia. This has prompted sig-nificant rethinking on routes to progress, says the report: “The south as a whole is driv-ing global economic growth and societal change for the first time in centuries.”

The report points to cash-transfer programs in Brazil, India and Mexico as examples of where developing countries have pioneered policies for ad-vancing human development, noting how these efforts have helped narrow income gaps and improve the health and education prospects of poor communities.

Environmental inaction costly

U.S. debt clockAs of April 1, 2013, the U.S. debt is

$16,780,995,794,012.The estimated population of the U.S. is 314,698,243.

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I can attest for little girls who are growing up in a dance studio that they would love this, because I know I would have as a young ballerina. Paint a wall a lighter color such as a lighter pink or purple. Then paint a ballerina that looks similar to the little ballerina in your life. Get some colorful tulle, scrunch it up and staple it to the wall. Staples can always be pulled out and filled in when that little ballerina turns into a big girl.

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cold.In addition to sup-

plying vaccine, another challenge is “identifying where you have been,” Potter said. “There are no street addresses and homes made out of card-board.”

Though eradication seems to be right around the corner, Potter said it is in the home stretch where it’s the hardest.

“Rotary has raised over $1 billion to the ef-fort,” Potter said. Ro-tarians are looking for more donations to help complete eradication of the disease.

POLIO seems so far in the past to most Ameri-cans, but people such as Potter still remember

the 1950s and ’60s, when being diagnosed with polio was a national and

worldwide fear. “It is interesting that

this disease has been eliminated from the Western world for a long time,” Potter said. “I can remember not being able to go to the pool or to the movie theater because my mom was too fear-

ful.” Polio is spread

through fecal-oral trans-

mission and was highly contagious during the outbreak.

One of the most fa-mous cases known to Americans was Presi-dent Franklin D. Roos-evelt, who was paralyzed from the waist down from the disease.

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Wicoff said the bulk of the construction seen in Iola is for lower income homes.

“There are nice homes on the north side of town but I would like to see more medium income housing being built,” he said.

But Wicoff under-stands the difficulty be-hind that wish and that nothing can be accom-plished overnight, or even one week at a time.

“We are stuck with taking it one step at a time,” Wicoff said. “In today’s economy we are limited on the funding side. We have to concen-trate on what doesn’t cost as much.”

Also necessary to im-prove the city of Iola is making it a contender with surrounding ar-eas such as Chanute and Garnett.

One way to make Iola more appealing to the outsider would be having new buildings such as the hospital and schools.

“When you are shop-ping communities old school buildings are not tempting. A new school

would be a big draw,” Wicoff said.

One aspect of the city that is already moving along is the EMS merg-er, but it will still take some time.

“I am confident it will and can happen,” he said. “It would offer a better service for every-one in the county, save money for the tax pay-ers in the county. The quality of the service won’t go down, it will go up.”

Wicoff said a com-mittee is working on the details and thinks the merger can be seen in one to two months.

Wicoff owns and operates his own engi-neering company and has four children, all still in school.

call and immediately waded into the water to Reinhart’s side. Mean-while, Moran volunteer firefighters arrived and drove their large four-wheel-drive truck close enough to give Smith a

rope to secure himself, as well as Reinhart.

“It was a great team effort,” said Daren Kell-erman, an Allen County deputy also on the scene. “Dispatch stayed on the phone with Reinhart and helped keep him calm.

“Smith didn’t even take off his gear when he arrived, just jumped right in and waded to the truck,” Kellerman said.

Reinhart was taken to Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, where he was treated for minor inju-ries and exposure.

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When you are shopping communit ies old school buildings are not tempting. A new school would be a big draw.

— Joel Wicoff, councilman

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Lettuce tacosI am always looking for that recipe that cuts a ton of calo-

ries but will still be really good. Lettuce wraps are a good way to cut the majority of calories and carbs out of tacos, since one flour tortilla, on average, has 150 calories. You can fill it with your favorite taco filling or substitute it with ground turkey. Basically get creative and fill it with whatever you like.

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By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

Being exposed to new things at a young age can open your eyes to new horizons. A group of 12 Iola Middle School girls attended the Expanding Your Horizons Confer-ence at Emporia State University, where they were immersed in a vari-ety of math and science careers and activities.

At the daylong confer-ence the girls attended three career discussions, which featured female speakers from a variety of different careers, in-cluding a research math-ematician for the Na-tional Security Agency.

“I had never heard of that job before,” Ashley Crane said.

IMS counselor Stacey Crusinbery has taken girls to this conference for 10 years. There were hands-on science projects that included exploding balloons, ketchup bubbles and glow-in-the-dark liquids.

“It’s always fun to see things blow up,” Madi-son Carlin said.

Crusinbery usually targets girls who are in-terested in math and sci-ence already. The confer-ence was an eye-opener for the girls because they got to see how many dif-ferent careers are open to them within those subject areas.

Mercedes Maple said she still wants to be a vet-erinarian, but thought

being a pharmacist also sounded like fun.

For Makyala Sim-mons the conference didn’t change her mind about what career she wants to go into, but did change her mind about the school she would like to attend.

“I originally wanted to go to K-State but I really liked Emporia State Uni-versity,” she said.

Some of the experi-ments they tried were wacky. Some of the girls had to make a cast

around a soda bottle and then put it on a pig’s leg.

The girls were served an Italian lunch that made them wish their cafeteria could serve similar food.

“It made some of us sad because we really wanted more of that food,” Katie Weide said.

Although it meant an early wake-up call on a Saturday, the girls all agreed it was well worth it and would encourage their classmates to go in the future.

Girls broaden horizons

Register/Allison Tinn

Girls who attended the Expanding Your Horizons conference at Emporia State University were, front row from left, Madison Carlin, Katie Weide, Ashley Crane and Camryn Freimiller; second row from left, Jennifer Tidd, Makyala Simmons, Vic-toria Smith and Mercedes Maple; third row from left, Colbi Riley, Allie Peres, Jaden Channel and Abigail Allen.

By Drew Angerer/EPA via Abaca Press/MCT

President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha, first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia walk from the White House across Lafayette Park on their way to Easter service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday.

Easter stroll

It is interesting that this disease has been eliminated from the Western world for a long time. I can remember not being able to go to the pool or to the movie theater because my mom was too fearful.

— Ellis Potter, Rotarian

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Sports BThe Iola Register Monday, April 1, 2013

Red Devil softball squad drops doubhleaders — B4Allen baseball drops pair to Independence — B4

GUSTIN HOLDS OFF CROWD AT KING OF AMERICA IIIBy RICHARD LUKEN

richard@iolaregister.comHUMBOLDT — It took Ryan

Gustin about 25 laps to take the lead for good Saturday night at Humboldt Speedway.

For the next 75 laps, the Marshalltown, Iowa, product held off all charges — includ-ing a thrilling pass attempt by runner-up Chris Brown with three laps remaining — to claim the third annual USMTS King of America tro-phy in front of a packed speed-way crowd.

The win capped a scintil-lating weekend that frequent-ly was threatened by nasty weather — storms were re-ported north and east of the speedway all day Saturday — but still came off without a hitch.

Coming through unscathed was Gustin, who started on the outside of the second row of the 100-lap feature, and kept pole sitter Terry Phillips with-in range throughout.

Phillips led the first 25 laps before encountering lapped traffic, allowing Gustin an opening.

Gustin powered inside down the final turn to take the lead for the first time. Phillips stayed virtually even over the next six laps before Gustin se-cured the lead for good.

Phillips stayed within a car length or two for an extended period, occasionally darting inside or outside to challenge Gustin.

It wasn’t until the race’s first caution flag in lap 73 that bunched up the field for a daz-zling conclusion.

Brown and Jeremy Payne used the restart to slide in front of Phillips. The duo nipped at Gustin’s wheels over the ensuing 25 laps, including

two more cautions and re-starts.

Brown’s last best chance came on lap 97, when he pulled alongside Gustin from the in-side of the fourth and final turn. The pair raced side by side before Gustin crossed the line by a nose. He kept the mo-mentum to regain a car length lead that he kept for the bal-ance of the race.

Gustin’s victory garnered him $10,000. Brown, of Spring, Texas, was second. Payne and Phillips, both of Springfield, Mo., rounded up the top four. Zack VanderBeek of New Sha-ron, Iowa, took fifth.

Joey Jensen had one of the most exhilarating rides of the night. He finished fifth in one qualifying race and 11th in another to sneak into the “A” main feature in the 23rd spot. He snaked his way up into the top five before finishing in sixth.

Several drivers of local note made their mark on the eve-ning.

Iola’s Justin Folk took ad-vantage of a pair of impres-sive qualifying races to start

at the front of Saturday’s “B” main feature. He was leading the pack — virtually ensuring

a spot in the “A” main feature — before his engine went ka-put midway through the 20-lap qualifier.

Chanute’s John Allen had an eventful weekend. He took second in a last chance race to make, then 10th in a “C” main feature to secure a spot at the rear of the “B” feature. He worked his way into the top 12 — which also would have qual-ified him for the main event — before exiting a few laps from the finish.

THE WEEKEND’S festivi-ties included a pair of impres-sive showings by Fort Scott’s Brian Bolin in the USRA B-Mod feature series.

Bolin led nearly from start to finish in feature race victo-ries on both Friday and Satur-day, earning $3,000 in the pro-cess.

He led all 25 laps in Friday’s feature, then took the lead from defending B-Mod nation-al champion Scott Drake of Joplin in lap 6 on Saturday.

Drake held on for second, followed by Corey Crapser of Wisconsin. Dan Wheeler and Jacob Bleess, both of Minne-sota, rounded out the top five.

Thursday’s opening night winner, Kris Jackson, took home sixth. Jake Timm was seventh, Trevor Drake was eighth, Tim Van Gotten took ninth and Jason Schlangen took 10th.

Olathe’s Terry Bruner gave the crowd a scare in the C main feature Saturday. He collided with another car and flipped onto his side in the front straightaway.

Emergency crews pushed the car back onto its wheels, where Bruner emerged un-scathed — shaken but not stirred.

Photos by Dayton SutterbyRyan Gustin, above, led the last 75 laps Saturday to win the third annual USMTS King of America feature at Humboldt Speedway. Below, Ryan Golin takes the checkered flag, one of two USRA B-Modified feature races over the weekend.

Blowouts — and a Shocker — set Final 4 fieldBy PAUL NEWBERRY

AP National WriterATLANTA (AP) — After a

season of uncertainty, there’s a clear favorite heading to the Final Four.

The Louisville Cardinals.While the other No. 1s have

fallen by the wayside, the top overall seed romped to the Georgia Dome with four domi-nant wins in the NCAA tour-nament. And, if the Cardinals need any extra motivation, they’ve got it.

Sophomore guard Kevin Ware, who played his high school ball in the Atlanta sub-urbs, sustained a gruesome injury in Sunday’s regional final against Duke. Before he headed off to surgery, he courageously urged his team-mates to finish the job.

Now, they would like noth-ing more than to win it all for Ware.

“We talked about it every timeout, ‘Get Kevin home,’” coach Rick Pitino said.

Next stop, the A-T-L, where three rather unlikely teams will be looking to knock off the mighty Cardinals.

First up, the surprising Shockers from Wichita State in the semifinals Saturday. The No. 9 seed has already pulled off two major upsets, but this would be the biggest stunner yet.

If Louisville makes it through to next Monday night’s title game, the oppo-nent would be either Michi-gan, sporting a new group of Fab Wolverines, or Syracuse, which comes at you with the stingiest zone defense in col-lege basketball. The two No. 4 seeds will meet in the other semifinal game.

All are underdogs to the Cardinals, who are winning by an average of nearly 22 points a game in the tourna-ment.

“I thought we had a chance

there, and then boom,” said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who watched Louisville pull away for an 85-63 victory in the Midwest Regional final. “That’s what they do to teams. They can boom you.”

In the other game Sunday, Michigan captured the South Regional with a 79-59 rout of Florida, leading from the opening tip. A day earlier, Syr-acuse shut down Marquette 55-39 to win the East Regional, while Wichita State punched its Final Four ticket with a 70-66 upset of Ohio State out

West.In the final year of the Big

East before it splits into two new conferences, Louisville and Syracuse provided a fit-ting send-off to a league that quickly became a basket-ball powerhouse after it was founded in 1979.

Before it goes, this version of the Big East has a shot at one more national title.

With two teams, no less.The Cardinals — who, like

Syracuse, are moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference — shook off the incredible

shock of Ware’s injury with about 6½ minutes to go before halftime and blew out the sec-ond-seeded Blue Devils. The sophomore snapped his lower right leg after coming down awkwardly while defending a 3-point shot. The injury oc-curred right in front of the Louisville bench, where the players gasped and turned away quickly at the sight of Ware’s dangling leg, which was broken in two places.

Russ Smith collapsed onto the floor, along with several players, and was crying as

doctors attended to Ware. While Ware was loaded onto a stretcher, the Cardinals gath-ered at midcourt until Pitino called them over, saying the injured player wanted to talk to them before he left.

“All he kept saying — and remember, the bone is 6 inches out of his leg — all he’s yell-ing is, ‘Win the game! Win the game!’” Pitino said. “I’ve nev-er seen that in my life. We’re all distraught and all he’s say-ing is, ‘Win the game.’ Kevin is

Jaime Green/Wichita Eagle/MCT Wichita State’s Carl Hall (22) and Fred Van Vleet (23) celebrate as the clock expires on a 70-66 win against Ohio Sate in the West Region Final of the NCAA Tournament Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

See FINAL FOUR | Page B4

Monday, April 1, 2013The Iola Registerwww.iolaregister.com B3

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 every column and once in every 3x3 box. One-star puzzles are for beginners, and the difficulty gradually increases through the week to a very challenging five-star puzzle.

(First published in The Iola Register, March 18,

2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KAN-SAS

Henry R. Donaldson and G. Ann

Donaldson, husband and wife,

Plaintiffsvs.

Enos Wright; et al.

DefendantsNo. 2013 CV 13

NOTICE OF SUITThe State of Kansas to:

Enos Wright; and the un-known devisees, trustees, creditors, assigns or succes-sors in interest of such defen-dant; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendant as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the un-known executors, administra-tors, devisees, trustees, credi-tors, successors and assigns of such of the defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown

guardians, conservators and trustees of such of the defen-dants as are minors or are in any wise under legal disability; and the unknown heirs, ex-ecutors, administrators, devi-sees, trustees, creditors and assigns of

any person alleged to be deceased and made defen-dant as such and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by the above named Plaintiffs praying that title be quieted to the following de-scribed real estate located in Allen County, Kansas, to-wit:

That part of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Thir-ty-two (32), Township Twen-ty-four (24) South, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kansas, lying North of the right-of-way of U.S. High-way 54;

LESS: a tract beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 SE/4) in said Section Thirty-

two (32), thence West 35 1/2 rods (585.75’); thence South to center of the roadbed of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, thence along the center of the roadbed Eastward to the West line of the Southeast Quar-ter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) of said Section, thence North on said line to place of beginning.

and you and each of you be forever barred, restrained and enjoined from setting up or claiming any right, title, interest, estate, equity, lien or claim in and to the real estate, and you are hereby required to plead to such Petition on or before April 29, 2013, in such Court at Iola, Kansas. Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon such Petition.

Henry R. Donaldson and G. Ann Donaldson

PlaintiffsIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM,

P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Plaintiffs(3) 18, 25 (4) 1

(First Published in The Iola Register, March 18,

2013)IN THE DISTRICT

COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Es-tate of

Thomas R. Thomas II, Deceased

No. 2013 PR 12

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDI-

TORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS

TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:

You are hereby notified that on March 15, 2013, a Petition was filed in this Court

by Thomas R. Thomas and Rhonda L. Thomas, praying that Petitioners be appointed as Co-Administrators; and Petitioners be granted Let-ters of Co-Administration.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 9, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of

notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the credi-tor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhib-ited, they shall be forever barred.

Thomas R. Thomas andRhonda L. Thomas,

PetitionersIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM,

P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioners(3) 18, 25 (4) 1

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(First published in The IolaRegister, March 18, 2013.)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASIn the Matter of the Estate OfVELVA J. BURCHE, Deceased

Case No. 2012 PR 44

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed on March 15, 2013, in this Court by Wil-liam H. Burche, Executor of the Estate of Velva J. Burche, De-ceased, praying for a final set-tlement of the Estate, approval of his acts, proceedings and ac-counts as Executor, allowance for attorney’s fees and expens-es, determination of the heirs, devisees and legatees entitled to the Estate and assignment to them in accordance with the Will of Velva J. Burche, Deceased. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 9, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. on such day, in the District Courtroom, Allen County Court-house, One North Washington, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place such cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said Petition.

William H. Burche, PetitionerR. KENT PRINGLE, S.C.

#10458221 W. Main, P.O. Box 748Chanute, KS 66720Telephone (620) 431-2202(3) 18,25 (4) 1

BERLIN (AP) — An entire troupe of per-forming fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.

Flea circus direc-tor Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead in-side their transport box Wednesday morning.

The circus immedi-ately scrambled to find and train a new batch so it could fulfill its engage-ments at an open-air fair in the western town of Mechernich-Kommern.

Michael Faber, who organizes the fair, told The Associated Press that an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 fleas in time for the first show Sunday.

Freeze killsflea circus

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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 every column and once in every 3x3 box. One-star puzzles are for beginners, and the difficulty gradually increases through the week to a very challenging five-star puzzle.

(First published in The IolaRegister, March 25, 2013)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

CIVIL DEPARTMENTCitiMortgage, Inc.Plaintiff,vs.Charlotte O Pope, Mark W

Cleaver, Jane Doe, John Doe, and Housing Resources Corpo-ration, et al.,

DefendantsCase No. 13CV14

Court No.Title to Real Estate Involve

Pursuant to K.S.A. §60NOTICE OF SUIT

STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defen-dants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any de-fendants that are existing, dis-solved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, adminis-trators, devisees, trustees, credi-tors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conser-vators and trustees of any de-fendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be concerned:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-FIED that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas by CitiMortgage, Inc., praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows:

LOT SIX (6), BLOCK ONE HUNDRED THREE (103), CITY OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No. IA00917

for a judgment against defen-dants and any other interested parties and, unless otherwise served by personal or mail ser-vice of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Allen County Kansas will expire on May 6, 2013. If you fail to plead, judg-ment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By:

Jennifer L. Michaels, #24256 jmichaels@msfirm.comChad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.comJeremy M. Hart, #20886 jhart@msfirm.com11460 Tomahawk Creek Park-

way, Suite 300Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132(913) 339-9045 (fax)ATTORNEYS FOR PLAIN-

TIFFMILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS

ATTORNEYS FOR CITIMORT-GAGE, INC. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.

(3) 25 (4) 1, 8

(First published in The Iola Register, March 18,

2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KAN-SAS

Henry R. Donaldson and G. Ann

Donaldson, husband and wife,

Plaintiffsvs.

Enos Wright; et al.

DefendantsNo. 2013 CV 13

NOTICE OF SUITThe State of Kansas to:

Enos Wright; and the un-known devisees, trustees, creditors, assigns or succes-sors in interest of such defen-dant; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendant as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the un-known executors, administra-tors, devisees, trustees, credi-tors, successors and assigns of such of the defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown

guardians, conservators and trustees of such of the defen-dants as are minors or are in any wise under legal disability; and the unknown heirs, ex-ecutors, administrators, devi-sees, trustees, creditors and assigns of

any person alleged to be deceased and made defen-dant as such and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by the above named Plaintiffs praying that title be quieted to the following de-scribed real estate located in Allen County, Kansas, to-wit:

That part of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Thir-ty-two (32), Township Twen-ty-four (24) South, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kansas, lying North of the right-of-way of U.S. High-way 54;

LESS: a tract beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 SE/4) in said Section Thirty-

two (32), thence West 35 1/2 rods (585.75’); thence South to center of the roadbed of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, thence along the center of the roadbed Eastward to the West line of the Southeast Quar-ter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) of said Section, thence North on said line to place of beginning.

and you and each of you be forever barred, restrained and enjoined from setting up or claiming any right, title, interest, estate, equity, lien or claim in and to the real estate, and you are hereby required to plead to such Petition on or before April 29, 2013, in such Court at Iola, Kansas. Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon such Petition.

Henry R. Donaldson and G. Ann Donaldson

PlaintiffsIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM,

P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Plaintiffs(3) 18, 25 (4) 1

(First Published in The Iola Register, March 18,

2013)IN THE DISTRICT

COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Es-tate of

Thomas R. Thomas II, Deceased

No. 2013 PR 12

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDI-

TORSTHE STATE OF KANSAS

TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:

You are hereby notified that on March 15, 2013, a Petition was filed in this Court

by Thomas R. Thomas and Rhonda L. Thomas, praying that Petitioners be appointed as Co-Administrators; and Petitioners be granted Let-ters of Co-Administration.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 9, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of

notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the credi-tor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhib-ited, they shall be forever barred.

Thomas R. Thomas andRhonda L. Thomas,

PetitionersIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM,

P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioners(3) 18, 25 (4) 1

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In The Fresh Case

E V E R Y T U E S D A Y E V E R Y T U E S D A Y

Allen Community College’s softball team was able to dodge the raindrops over the weekend, playing dou-bleheaders Friday in Hutchinson and Satur-day in Hesston.

The Red Devils were unable to come up with a victory, however, dropping 5-1 and 4-2 de-cisions to Hutchinson, and 9-1 and 5-4 losses to Hesston. The losses drop Allen to 1-18 on the season.

Allen recorded hits in five of their seven in-nings in Friday’s open-er, but mustered only a single run when Maecy Charleston led off the fifth with a double. She scored on a two-out single by Taylor Ea-sum. By then, Hutchin-son led 4-0, including a three-run second.

Charleston added a

single for Allen. Paige Rothwell went 2-for-3, while Mary Reilly and Easum singled once.

Audra Nelson took the loss, giving up six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

A late rally in the fi-nale Friday came up short in the 4-2 loss.

Hutchinson led 3-0 before the Red Dev-ils scored single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.

Easum singled in Lauren Poertner in the top of the fifth, and Kai-tlyn Rash led off the sixth with a home run.

But other scoring chances were held at bay. Poertner doubled to lead off the third, but was thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice by Hutchinson’s pitcher.

Easum singled twice. Annie Gentry added a

single.Rash gave up nine

hits with a strikeout to take the loss.

ON SATURDAY, Hesston broke open a 3-1 lead with six runs in the bottom of the fifth in a 9-1 victory.

Allen’s only run came on an RBI double by Kaitlin Norris in the fourth, driving in Poert-ner, who led off the in-ning with a single.

Poertner went 2-for-2. Easum and Gentry singled.

Nelson was saddled with the loss, giving up nine hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Hesston broke out of the gates early in the 5-4 nightcap, scoring four in the first.

The Red Devils pulled to within 4-3 before Hesston scored its deci-

sive run in the bottom of the sixth. An error and wild pitch account-ed for the Red Devils’ fi-nal run in the top of the seventh.

Rothwell blasted a two-run home run in the fifth for Allen, one of only four hits. Allen put two runners on in both the first and sec-ond innings — Easum and Stormie Bush both singled. A double play ended the first-inning scoring threat. A pair of ground balls ended the Allen hopes in the second. Reilly also sin-gled.

Rash gave up eight hits and two walks in the loss.

Allen travels to Neo-sho County Tuesday for a doubleheader before returning home this weekend for double-headers against Pratt

INDEPENDENCE — Allen Community Col-lege’s baseball team saw its losing streak reach 17 Friday with a pair of losses to Independence. A doubleheader Satur-day was rained out.

Coincidentally, the games were played at In-dependence because of wet field conditions at the ACC field in Iola.

The Red Devils mus-tered only four hits in Friday’s opener. Allen scored a run in the first. Cole Slusser’s RBI hit drove in Tim Lewis.

Slusser went 3-for-3 in the loss. Nate Arnold had the only other hit for Allen.

Seth Jones was the hard-luck loser for Al-len, giving up just five hits in seven innings.

Big innings propelled

Independence in the nightcap. The Pirates scored three in the first and fourth innings to lead 6-0. Allen scored its only run in the bottom of the fifth.

Jerrik Sigg had two of the Red Devils’ three hits. Tim Lewis deliv-ered the other.

Gage Dickerson, Conor Burns and Chase Cunningham shared pitching duties, giving up eight hits and seven walks. Allen also was victimized by five er-rors.

The Red Devils (3-20) travel to Coffeyville Tuesday and Butler County Wednesday be-fore returning home Saturday and Sunday for doubleheaders against Labette.

ACC softball squad falls short Red Devils drop twinbill

a special young man.”This is a special team.

Smith scored 23 points. Gorgui Dieng had 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.

The Cardinals (33-5) simply refused to lose, breaking open a game that was tied at 42. They dove on the floor for loose balls.

They pounded the boards ferociously. They contested every shot and swarmed around the Blue Devils like they had an extra player on the court.

In a sense, they did, as Pitino reminded them during every timeout.

“This is a gritty bunch,” the coach said. “From the beginning of the year to now, they’ve not had a bad game. I’m really proud of these guys.”

Wichita State was the most improbable team to advance. The Shockers lived up to their nick-name in the West, knock-ing off top-seeded Gon-zaga in the second round and No. 2 seed Ohio State in the regional final Sat-urday night.

Wichita State (30-8) built a 20-point lead on the Buckeyes, then man-aged to hang on through

a nerve-racking final five minutes to pull off the latest upset in a tourna-ment filled with them.

That other team from Kansas isn’t content yet.

“It feels very good,” said Cleanthony Early, a junior forward who, like most of his teammates, was passed over by higher-profile programs, “but we understand the fact that we’ve got to stay hungry and humble, because we’ve got two

more games left to really be excited about.”

Old-timers might re-member Louisville and Wichita State as for-mer conference rivals. The Cardinals were a member of the Mis-souri Valley Confer-ence in the 1960s and ‘70s, which meant an-nual games against the Shockers.

Louisville holds a 19-5 edge in the series, but the teams haven’t played since 1976.

Michigan (30-7) is headed back to the Final Four for the first time since the Fab Five era of the early 1990s, when the Wolverines lost in back-to-back national title games.

This team has the same youthful feel, led by sophomore Trey Burke, the Big Ten play-er of the year, and three freshmen starters. They were downright fabulous against third-seeded

Florida, never seriously threatened after scoring the first 13 points.

“A lot of guys said we were really young and that we couldn’t get here,” said Burke, who scored 15 points against Florida but really came through in an improb-able comeback against top-seeded Kansas in the regional semifinals. “We’re here now and we still have unfinished business.”

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High School Baseball/Softball

Today, JV vs. OSAWAT-OMIE, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, at Osawato-mie, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, JV at Indepen-dence

High School TrackFriday, at Parsons, 2

p.m.High School TennisThursday, at Pittsburg, 3

p.m.High School Golf

Tuesday, Iola Invitational at Allen County Country Club, 3 p.m.

Middle School GolfToday, at Pittsburg, 3 p.m.Thursday, at Allen Coun-

ty Country Club, 3 p.m.Middle School TrackTuesday, Iola Invitation-

al, 3:30 p.m.

Iola

BaseballTuesday, at Coffeyville,

3 p.m.Wednesday, at Butler, 3

p.m.Softball

Tuesday, at Neosho Co., 2 p.m.

Allen

High School Baseball/Softball

Tuesday, at Burlington, 4:30 p.m.

High School TrackToday, at Central

Heights, 3 p.m.High School Golf

Tuesday, at Burlington

Humboldt

High School GolfToday, at Erie, 3 p.m.High School Track

Tuesday, at Oswego, 1 p.m.

High School Baseball/Softball

Tuesday, at Yates Cen-ter, 4:30 p.m.

Marmaton Valley

High School TrackThursday, at Eureka

Crest

High School TrackFriday, at Lyndon

Southern Coffey Co.

High School Baseball/Softball

Today, at NeodeshaHigh School Golf

Wednesday, at Erie

Yates Center

Sportscalendar

Sam Riche/MCTLouisville teammates gather around Kevin Ware (5) after he broke his right leg in first half action in the NCAA regional final game on Sunday in Indianapolis. Louisville won the game 85-63.