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By ALLISON [email protected] it’s playing sports

or teaching physical educa-tion, it’s undeniable, Scott El-lis’ passion lies in athletics. This year Ellis has joined the Iola school district as new health teacher for Iola’s middle and high schools and Lincoln Elementary.

Ellis, who grew up in Hum-boldt, played as many sports in school as he could get his hands on — baseball, basketball and football, he said. It was during the countless hours spent in games and practices where he realized it was his passion.

Instead of going for a ca-

reer in professional sports, he decided he wanted to give back to the county he grew up in and

New to the district

Scott Ellis

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Wellness, exercises: fundamentals of health

NEIGHBOR’S SCHOOL ON DISPLAY

Register/Bob JohnsonGary Wheeler, Chanute Elementary School principal, tells Iolans Corey Schinstock, left, and Deb Greenwall about the school during a Wednesday evening tour.

Iolans get look at Chanute’s new digs

By BOB [email protected]

CHANUTE — Gary Wheeler, its principal, likes to brag about Chanute Elementary School.

He had ample opportunities Wednesday evening when he squired 17 members of the USD 257 School Facilities Committee on a tour of the school.

The tour was a revival of dis-cussions by committee members after a summer hiatus. Next up is a tour of the new elementary school in Garnett Oct. 16.

While immediate focus is on elementary schools and needs at that level in USD 257, the com-

mittee members will look at all facilities and eventually make a recommendation to board mem-bers about direction they think facility improvements should take.

A similar committee met sev-eral years ago before board mem-bers deferred any substantial improvements when the reces-sion hit.

Brian Pekarek, superinten-dent of schools, is eager for com-mittee members to avail them-selves of as much information as possible — thus the area school tours — before proposing ways to give local students a better

educational experience.

CHANUTE ELEMENTARY cost a little more than $17 million to build. Funding was part of a $48 million general obligation bond issue approved in fall 2005. Students moved into the school at the start of the 2008 fall semester.

In addition to the elementary, a new high school was built and Royster Middle School was re-modeled and updated.

“This is our fifth year,” said Wheeler, as he led the group through halls that still look new.

A mother’s close call with death

By RICHARD [email protected]

Jill Ramsey, 39-year-old mother of three, nearly died Tuesday.

Quick action by ambulance personnel, called to Ramsey’s home in Bronson, saved her life.

Her breathing had become la-bored, and stopped altogether, the result of her body’s rejection of anti-infection medicine.

A Home Health nurse on the scene called for an ambulance. Crews were able to flush in a sec-ond type of medication to cause

the swelling to subside. She was breathing normally shortly there-after.

“I’ll never give up,” Ramsey said Wednesday from the home of her friend, Iolan Debbie Jones. “But I thought I was going to see Jesus that night.”

The infection has ravaged her body since her most recent mastectomy, capping a brutal 15-month period riddled with sur-geries, chemotherapy treatments, regular trips to the doctor and

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Register/Allison TinnAllen County Wardrobe Service, formerly Allen County Clean-ers, will reopen its doors Tuesday.

Wardrobe Service opens doors once again By ALLISON TINN

[email protected] and Florence Norman,

owners and operators of the dry cleaning service in Iola, have announced they’re back at it. Doors at Allen County Ward-robe Service will open Tuesday at 1515 East St.

The business, formerly known as Allen County Clean-ers, closed at the beginning of June. With original manage-ment once again taking over, the Normans thought it would only be appropriate to revert back to the original name.

“It will be known as the Al-

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Isaac pounds Gulf on Katrina anniversaryBy CURTIS TATE and MELISSA SCALLAN

McClatchy NewspapersGULFPORT, Miss. — Although

the National Weather Service downgraded Isaac late Wednes-day afternoon, the slow-moving tropical storm continued to men-ace the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts with high winds, heavy rains and flooding as it drifted slowly northwest.

Isaac had made landfall ear-lier in the day as a Category 1 hurricane, exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina struck the region, and even after its downgrade it was expected to pound the coastline well into to-day with 70-mph winds, storm surges of as much as 12 feet and

localized rainfall of as much as 25 inches.

“Now is not the time to let your guard down,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a news conference.

Stronger levees in New Or-leans, built after Katrina, ap-peared to be holding.

“Right now, we’re in good shape,” said Ricky Boyett, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans Dis-trict, which manages the levee system. “The system is doing ex-actly as it is designed to do right now.”

The Mississippi coast ap-peared to have escaped much of the storm’s wrath, with mini-mal damage and no reported injuries. But officials said a full damage assessment wouldn’t be possible until more of the storm

clears.In a haunting reminder of Ka-

trina’s aftermath, Louisiana Na-tional Guard troops rescued doz-ens of people from their flooded homes in Plaquemines Parish, a swampy area that sticks out like a finger in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of New Orleans.

More than 1,800 people along the Gulf Coast died during and after Katrina, and the disaster displaced tens of thousands more residents, many of whom never returned.

“For those of us who live here, this brings back very painful memories,” Landrieu said.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a news conference Wednesday in Baton Rouge that the storm surge had topped a levee in the parish, and that of-

Paul Ryan rallies GOP convention

By DAVID LIGHTMANMcClatchy Newspapers

TAMPA, Fla. — Paul Ryan on Wednesday stirred the Republi-can National Convention with an energetic appeal as the vanguard of a new generation unafraid to offer a sharp contrast to Presi-dent Barack Obama while taking politically risky steps to reshape the government.

“I accept the calling of my gen-eration to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old — and I know that we are ready,” he told

the convention as red, white and blue Romney-Ryan signs flooded the hall.

“We will not duck the tough is-sues — we will lead. We will not spend four years blaming others — we will take responsibility. We will not try to replace our found-ing principles, we will reapply our founding principles,” he said as he accepted the nomination as Mitt Romney’s running mate.

The 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman triggered the most emotional, longest-lasting cheers

Jill Ramsey

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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.


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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Thank you Jenny, Mark, Sarah and Jeff Spillman for our wonderful 50 th

wedding anniversary party. Thanks also to all who attended and for all the cards, gifts and

many memories shared. God Bless you all. W a yn e & Na n cy

Cha n dler

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ColonyLabor Day was first cele-

brated in 1882 with a parade in New York City. It wasn’t until 12 years later (1894) that the first Monday in September became a legal holiday in honor of Ameri-ca’s workers.Calendar

Saturday-16th annual Colony Day, “Big Dreams in a Small Town.” 105th an-nual Colony/Crest Alumni, Crest Auditorium, doors open 5 p.m. for visitation and registration, banquet, 6:30 p.m.

Monday-Labor Day, all businesses closed.

Wednesday-Lions Club, United Methodist Church, 7 p.m., fire meeting, fire sta-tion, 7 p.m.

Thursday-County bus to Garnett, phone 24 hours before you need a ride, 785-448-4410 any weekday; Com-munity Church Missionary, church annex, 1:30 p.m.; United Methodist Women, United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 7-11-Recycle trailer at Broad and Pine streets.School calendar

Monday-No school.Tuesday-High school vol-

leyball at Pleasanton.Thursday-Cross country

at Fort Scott, 4 p.m.; middle school volleyball/football at St. Paul, 5 and 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 7-High school foot-ball at Marmaton Valley, 7 p.m.Meals

Monday-closed. Wednes-day-chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, broccoli, pineapple mango. Friday-swiss steak, au gratin po-tatoes, green beans, bread, lemon medley. Games each meal day. Phone 852-3479 for reservations. The Mid America Nutrition Site

based in Ottawa delivers hot meals to Colony Mon-day, Wednesday and Fri-day (with the exception of holidays). Meals are also available for pickup. Resi-dents over 60 are invited to eat from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Colony City Hall com-munity room. In the event of snow days during the winter, meals will be served Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday for makeup days lost. Meal reservations may be made by calling 620-852-3479.

Birthdays are recognized on the third Wednesday of the month. On the fourth Wednesday monthly Vision Cards are accepted and live entertainment by “Magic Makers,” a band made up of Bob Ward, Jerry Rowe and Bernard “Ted” Gull. Come join them for a good meal, play games and visit with other residents.

Residents over 60 with disabilities are eligible to receive meals delivered to their home. Frozen meals are also left as second meals and breakfast as needed. A contribution of $3 is expect-ed but no one who cannot pay is denied. Call 800-223-6325 or visit their website at mealsonwheelsbymanp.org. Cancellations must be made 24 hours in advance.

For Prescription Drug Program assistance, phone Area Agency on Aging at Ottawa, 800-633-5621. Gina Veerkamp has been the site manager at Colony since

2007. She is also Colony’s Iola Register carrier.Church Items

Billy Beckmon sang “I Will Rise” at Sunday’s Chris-tian Church Service. Scrip-ture was Philippians 1:1-30. Pastor Mark McCoy’s ser-mon topic was “Seven Signs of a Peace-Filled Slave.” We d n e s d ay - c h i l d r e n ’s church team meeting 6:30 p.m. at the church. Supper will be served, kids wel-come; no band practice. Sept. 12-Working Wonders Chris-tian Women’s Council 7 p.m. All women are welcome.

CHANGE-Sept. 30-church potluck dinner and meeting following church services at the City Hall community room.

Scripture at the Chris-tian Church on Sunday was Psalm 84:1-12, II Corinthi-ans 9:6-15 and John 6:56-69. Pastor Leslie Jackson presented the sermon. The church will have a booth on Colony Day. They will have water and lemonade free of charge and offer a bake sale.Library

Vice President Steve Frank conducted the Aug. 21 meeting. A quarterly con-tribution to the Southeast Kansas Library System to help expand and support e-Books through the Kansas library system was agreed upon. Donna Westerman was hired through the Se-nior Community Service Employment Program as a part-time library employ-ee. Charlotte Wallace at-tended the summer reading wrap-up meeting in Le Roy Wednesday. LaNell Knoll, li-brary director and perhaps Westerman will attend the following meetings: Sept. 24-SEKnFind User Group, at SEKLS headquarters in Iola; Sept. 30-Trends, Trans-formations and Change in Libraries at Girard; Oct. 10-Westminster Woods Annual inservice at their Christian Campground. Cindy Tinsley volunteered to assist with winter story hour. DVD library storage will be checked for storage options for the library.

The Colony library is au-tomated. With a login and password you can access the SEKLS (Southeastern Kansas Library System), search for books, reserve and they will be ready for pickup within a few days. The website is http://

seknfind.kohalibrary.com. Visit the Colony library and librarians will search and reserve books for you. Phone 852-3530.

Library board members are Delene Lindberg, Sue Michaels, Lola Webber, Charlene Tinsley, Steve Frank, Charlotte Wallace and Deborah Wools. Of-ficers are Michaels, presi-dent; Frank, vice president; Wools, secretary and Tins-ley, treasurer.

— LaNell Knoll, directorAround townSaturday electricity went

off around 10:30 a.m. in the west part of Colony. We-star was contacted because a crossbar on an electric pole broke and connected with wires on South Pine Street. After the workman got the crossbar off the lines, it was discovered the inside of the pole was burn-ing, so the fire department was contacted and the fire quickly extinguished.

The Knowledge at Noon program for Sept. 12 is “Slow Cooking-Managing Your Cooking Time Wise-ly!” Learn ways to use your slow cooker for family meals and save time. The program begins runs from 12:10 to 12:30 p.m. at the An-derson County Annex in Garnett. RSVP by calling the Extension office at 785-448-6826.

Sharon Smith underwent a quadruple bypass heart surgery at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, and was dismissed Friday. We wish her well as she convalesces at the home of her mother, Pearl Wells, for two or three weeks.

Easton Walker King cel-ebrated his second birth-day Aug. 18 with a Mickey Mouse-themed barbecue. Guests helping him cele-brate were his parents Ken-ton and Denise, big brother Blaine King, grandparents Dennis and Cathy Allen, Denny and Karen Moore, great-grandmother Phyl-lis Meredith-Shetlar and Charlie, Aunt Melissa King and Uncle Mitchell King and friends Alice and Ma-rie Nolan. Guests also cel-ebrated the fact that Easton received a good cardiology report earlier this month.

Colony received 1.5 inch-es of rain Saturday. It was the largest amount received in a 24-hour period since April.

Mrs.Morris Luedke

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Sunny Tonight, a slight chance thun-

derstorms. Lows 65 to 70. Friday, showers likely. Highs 80

to 85. Chance of rain 80 percent.Friday night, isolated thunder-

storms. Lows near 70. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Saturday, a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs 80 to 85.

Sunrise 6:50 a.m. Sunset 7:53 p.m.

TemperatureHigh yesterday 93Low last night 61High a year ago 93Low a year ago 71

Precipitation24 hours ending 7 a.m. 0This month to date 2.22Total year to date 17.56Def. since Jan. 1 8.42

John DrakeJohn Drake, 66, passed away Aug. 27, 2012 at his home

near Ottawa.At his request, no service is scheduled.John was born April 7, 1946, in Chanute, to Harold and

Margaret Drake. He grew up in Iola and spent his sum-mers in Colorado with his grandparents who lived in Colorado Springs. He loved camping in the mountains and would often return to Colorado on family vacations.

John attended Wichita State University prior to mov-ing to Kansas City and becoming a jeweler. He moved to Ottawa in 1975 and opened Drake Jewelry which was well known until retiring in May 2012. He enjoyed helping and talking with people and there was seldom a problem which he could not fix for his customers and friends.

John is survived by his wife of 21 years, Patty; brother, Neil Drake; sister, Susan Drake; a son and his spouse, Jeff and Lori Drake; daughter, Angie Drake; daughter, Jenni-fer Stephens; and two grandchildren.

Phillip GatesPhillip R. Gates, 77, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012,

at his home in Lebo. Phillip Rollin Gates was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Elsmore,

the son of Dwight Leonard and Ruth B. (Colwell) Gates. He graduated from Iola High School in 1953. Phil was a

truck driver and member of the teamsters and drove for ABF and Chief Freight Line and retired in 2000.

Phil was joined in marriage to Saundra Harness on March 2, 1956. She passed away in 1996. He later married Linda Hodges-Davies on Oct. 15, 1997.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Kenneth Gates.

Phil is survived by his wife, Linda, of the home; two daughters, Phyllis Van Horn of Leawood and Sherry Val-entine of Kansas City, Mo.; a son, David Gates of Texas; two sisters, Belle Grimsley of Americus and Viola Nott of To-peka; and six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mo-ran Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor’s choice and sent in care of Jones Van-Arsdale Funeral Home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo, KS 66856

ObituariesRoad crews began resur-

facing U.S. 54 between Iola and Yates Center Wednes-day with a chip seal.

The 17.7-mile project will smooth the road and fill surface defects that oth-erwise could shorten the life of the pavement.

Workers will spread a thin layer of asphalt over the pavement and then coat it with a layer

of rock chips pressed into place with heavy rollers.

A pilot car will guide one-lane traffic through the work zone. Motorists can expect delays of no more than 15 minutes dur-ing daylight hours.

The project is expected to take about two weeks, weather permitting.

The Kansas Department

of Transportation award-ed the $683,787 construc-tion contract to Blevins Asphalt Construction Co., Mount Vernon, Mo.

ANOTHER road project will affect traffic northeast of Garnett on U.S. 169.

Crews from Venture Cor-poration, Great Bend, will oversee a mill and overlay project along a 13-mile sec-

tion, extending from Gar-nett’s U.S. 169 roundabout to the Anderson-Franklin county line.

The project’s price tag has been pegged at $8.1 million.

Traffic along the high-way will be limited to one lane.

Work begins Sept. 6 and is expected to run until mid-November.

U.S. 54 resurfacing begins

CHANUTE — Crooked Tail, a Chanute-based 8-ball pool team, took home 33rd place out of more than 700 teams com-peting at the 2012 APA 8-Ball National Team Championship last week.

Crooked Tail competed in the open division. The competition was hosted by the American Pool-players Association.

The team has several

local ties. Karry Simpson and Carrie Boyer live in Iola, while Brian and Am-ber Helman of Chanute are former Iolans. Brian Hunter resides in Hum-boldt. Others on the team were Chad and Selena Cox and Todd Newman of Cha-nute.

The squad won $2,000 for taking 33rd, to go along with $2,650 they won locally.

Uniontown will host its 117th annual Old Settlers Picnic this weekend.

The theme is “America — Remember When.”

The events will run Sat-urday through Monday.

The Uniontown Saddle Club will host its 26th annual Ranch Rodeo at

7 p.m. Saturday at the Uniontown Saddle Club.

Several local teams will compete among more than 20 other teams from Oklahoma, western Kan-sas and Missouri.

For more information contact Wayne Hall, (620) 363-4206.

Nineteen members of Elsmore Ruritan Club met Monday at Elsmore Methodist Church for a potluck dinner.

President Gary Hender-son discussed final plans for Elsmore Day on Sept. 8 with members.

The annual golf tour-nament will be Sept. 9 at Cedarbrook Golf Course. A citywide garage sale will be held on Sept. 8.

Ed Henderson, a Ru-ritan national director, discussed the national convention scheduled for January in Kentucky. He said the Middle America district convention will be

Nov. 17 in Uniontown. All members are encouraged to attend.

The next food distribu-tion will be Sept. 28 at the community building. There is no income requirement.

Food is obtained through the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance through the Feed Ameri-ca program.

Two get well cards and a sympathy card were signed for area residents.

A thank you note was read from Taylor Lhuil-lier for a college scholar-ship he received from the club.

The next meeting will

Elsmore Ruritanmembers gather

Area 8-ball team takes 33rd at nationals

Uniontown plansOld Settlers Picnic

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed today that a U.S. drone strike last week near the Af-ghan border killed the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani mili-tant network, a major blow to one of the most feared groups fighting American troops in Af-ghanistan.

Badruddin Haqqani, who has been described as the organization’s day-to-day operations commander, was killed on Aug. 24 in one of three strikes that hit militant hideouts in the Shawal Valley in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal area, said two senior intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The presence of the mostly Afghan Haqqani network in North Wa-ziristan has been a ma-jor source of friction between Pakistan and the U.S. The Obama ad-ministration has repeat-edly demanded Paki-stan prevent the group from using its territory to launch attacks in Af-ghanistan, but Islam-abad has refused — a

stance many analysts be-lieve is driven by the coun-try’s strong historical ties to the Haqqani network’s founder, Jalaluddin Haqqa-ni.

The Pakistani intelligence officials didn’t specify which strike on Aug. 24 killed Badruddin, but said he was leaving a hideout when the U.S. missiles hit. The con-firmation of his death came from their sources within the Taliban, which is allied with the Haqqani network, and agents on the ground, they said. But neither the officials nor their sources have actually seen Badrud-din’s body.

Pakistani intelligence officials previously said they were 90 percent sure Badruddin was killed in a drone strike in a different part of North Waziristan on Aug. 21. It’s unclear what caused the discrep-ancy.

Pakistan: Dronestrike hit militant

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Coast Guard spokes-woman Elizabeth Borde-lon said late Wednesday afternoon that two rescue helicopters were on their way to Plaquemines Par-ish and other hard-hit ar-eas, something weather

conditions hadn’t allowed earlier.

“They know what they can safely execute, mis-sion-wise,” she said of the helicopter pilots. “Hope-fully, we’ll have someone on the ground.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency dis-patched four Black Hawk helicopters from Fort Campbell, Ky., and two Se-ahawk helicopters from

Norfolk, Va., to assist with the rescue effort.

More than 600,000 En-tergy customers in the re-gion were without power Wednesday afternoon, most of them in Louisiana, and flooding and downed trees complicated efforts to restore service. The storm closed major roads and bridges, halted trains and barges, and shut down ports.

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John Fitzhugh/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCTResidents of Jourdan River Shores in Kiln, Miss., watch the water raise around their house as Hurricane Isaac hits the area.

of the week. Until him, the convention had been slow to erupt in long, appreciative cheers, even for Ann Rom-ney on Tuesday night. But Ryan is immensely popular within the party, and his ad-dress was designed not only to introduce the seven-term lawmaker to the American public, but to energize the many delegates who have only reluctantly embraced Romney.

“The Ryan pick has helped bring in conserva-tives,” said Justin Mach-acek, a faith-based film pro-ducer in Fort Worth, Texas, and a convention delegate.

Wayne King, vice chair-man of the North Carolina Republican Party, found “Ryan brings an element of enthusiasm Mitt Romney’s campaign was missing.”

Ryan on Wednesday of-fered a blend of his per-sonal story, introducing his wife and children. “My mom is my role model,” he said as his beaming mother was shown on the big TV screens. He also played the traditional role of vice pres-idential candidates, provid-ing sharp, pointed attacks on the ticket’s foes.

“I’ve never seen oppo-nents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power,” he said of Obama. The Obama at-tack ads, he said, are the president “just throwing away money — and he’s pretty experienced at that.”

He cited the bipartisan deficit reduction commis-sion, recalling, “They came back with an urgent report. (Obama) thanked them, sent

them on their way, and then did exactly nothing.” Ryan voted against that plan.

When Republicans of-fered ideas to curb runaway deficits, he said, the presi-dent did “nothing, nothing except to dodge and dema-gogue the issue.”

Ryan avoided details of his controversial bud-get blueprint, saying only, “With tax fairness and regu-latory reform, we’ll put gov-ernment back on the side of the men and women who create jobs, and the men and women who need jobs.”

He was more specific Wednesday in his wish that the 2010 federal health care law be scrapped.

“Obamacare comes to more than 2,000 pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees and fines that have no place in a free country,” he said. “The president has declared that the debate over gov-ernment-controlled health care is over. That will come as news to the millions of Americans who will elect Mitt Romney so we can re-peal Obamacare.”

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With tax fair-ness and regula-tory reform, we’ll put government back on the side of the men and women who cre-ate jobs, and the men and women who need jobs.

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Opinion

Considering that Mitt Rom-ney has been running for pres-ident for the past five years and was governor of Massa-chusetts for four years in the last decade, it is amazing that many Americans don’t feel that they know the guy. How can a man who has lived in the limelight for so long in this era of 24-7 communication still be a mystery?

One of the reasons is that he is basically shy. He doesn’t talk about himself willingly. He won’t outline his plans to improve the nation’s economy. He won’t make his tax returns public for the years he spent at Bain Capital. Unlike his run-ning mate, he has no plans he will reveal to keep Social Se-curity, Medicare and Medicaid solvent. He promises to repeal Obamacare, but won’t talk about alternative ways to pro-vide health care to the uncov-ered or cut health care costs.

Another reason — perhaps even more significant — is that he has been firmly on both sides of the most controversial issues that face the nation, so neither conservatives nor lib-erals can count him as a com-rade.

As governor of Massachu-setts — an office he held from 2003 to 2007 — he supported abortion, gun control, tack-ling climate change with a cap and trade law and a require-ment that everyone should buy health insurance backed up with generous subsidies for those who could not afford it.

Today in Tampa as he pre-pares to accept the Republican nomination for president he opposes all of these things as fervently as he supported them in Boston five short years ago.

As governor of Massachu-setts, Romney created the John and Abigail Adams scholar-ships that offer the top 25 per-cent of the state’s high school graduates four-year college scholarships, a fact that his

wife, Ann, chose to emphasize Tuesday night in her heart-felt endorsement of her husband.

Massachusetts schools be-came the best in the nation under his leadership, she said proudly. She didn’t add that Massachusetts also spent a great deal more per pupil on education then, and spends now, than do most of the other 50 states.

Romney’s decision to make the state a prime contributor to the personal successes of its younger generation while he was governor stands in stark contrast to today’s Republican convention theme, “We Built it,” which contends that Amer-icans make their own success-es without any outside help — a patently ridiculous claim.

SO, WHO IS MITT Romney? The most accurate answer is that he is a determined man of solid abilities who wants very, very much to be president of the United States.

He is so driven by that goal that he can change his politi-cal principles from moderate to conservative without a blink of an eye because being conservative seems to be the key to success in this particu-lar election, which is all that matters.

To put the best possible face on that fact, his political flex-ibility shows him to be a prag-matist without a trace of ide-ology in his being. He will let running mate Ryan throw raw meat to the Tea Party folks for the rest of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Mitt Romney will continue to paint Presi-dent Obama as a failure be-cause unemployment remains too high and promise to make things better without saying exactly how.

Elect me, he will keep say-ing, because I’m better than the other guy. And America can take him or leave him.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Romney tailorshimself to fit thepolitical scene

TAMPA, Fla. — Delegates were finding their seats on the floor of the Republican National Conven-tion on Tuesday when a commo-tion broke out in the back corner, near the Maine contingent.

Delegates and audience mem-bers erupted into chants of “Let him speak!” and “Seat them now!” Some waved signs proclaiming, “I am the Ron Paul Revolution,” and burst forth with a soccer ditty: “Olé, olé, olé, olé. Ron Paul, Ron Paul!”

Onto the floor, surrounded by cameras, microphones, stage lights and a crush of escorts and fans, strode Paul himself, in a purple lei bestowed upon him by Hawaii delegates. One delegate asked whether the libertarian gadfly came to stir up trouble for Mitt Romney.

Paul smiled. His message, he said, was unchanged: “Liberty, prosperity and peace.”

But peace was not on the agen-da in the Tampa Bay Times Fo-rum for this afternoon.

The Romney campaign had taken pains to stifle the Paul re-bellion, by denying him a speak-ing role, expediting the roll call, changing party rules and even unseating Paul delegates from Maine. But as Romney and the Republicans have learned repeat-edly this week, politics does not always go according to plan.

As the new rules disenfranchis-ing the Paul delegates came to a vote, shouts of “no!” and a cas-cade of boos poured from Paul supporters across the hall. Dem-onstrators shouted down the next speaker, a Republican National Committee member from Puerto Rico, and party chairman Reince Priebus hammered his gavel, pleading for quiet.

Convention officials evicted some of the loudest demonstra-tors, who filled the hallways with shouts of “fraud!” and “farce!” and “sheep!” Paul supporters in-side the hall resumed their boo-ing and cries of “no!”

The outcome of the dispute, in Romney’s favor, was never in doubt. But the episode illus-

trated a recurrent tension for the Republican nominee: the or-derliness of his world colliding with chaotic reality. Romney is by many accounts a control freak, a stickler for rules and order. His campaign, following his instincts, runs the same way — and it has struggled mightily to stick to its script this week even as Hurri-cane Isaac zeroed in on New Or-leans.

In that sense, the convention may be a valuable lesson in Rom-ney’s leadership style. The presi-dency is one storm after another, some natural and others man-made. Can Romney adapt when a crisis causes a script change? So far, the indication is he expects the crisis to adapt to him.

After the aborted first day of the convention, Romney strate-gist Russ Schriefer, in a confer-ence call Monday night, drew a hard line regardless of the hurri-cane’s path toward New Orleans. “We expect no change over the next three days,” he said, accord-ing to The Washington Post’s Ra-chel Weiner. In their various con-ference calls this week, Romney advisers have expressed resent-ment that reporters continue to harp on the storm.

This is consistent with Rom-ney’s approach to matters per-sonal (he has taken considerable political damage for refusing to release his personal income tax returns) and political (he rejects requests for details of his tax policy). As for his acceptance ad-dress, “the governor writes his own speeches,” chief adviser Stuart Stevens told reporters on Tuesday.

Reporters in Romney’s press corps were stunned on Monday to receive an e-mail from the

campaign informing them that the candidate and his entourage would fly to Tampa on Tuesday for Ann Romney’s speech but di-recting the journalists not to re-port this news.

When reporters rebelled (there is no precedent for keeping trav-el plans secret when security is not the reason), the campaign said they could disclose only that Romney “will be in Tampa” — a condition the reporters also re-jected. This follows recent epi-sodes in which Republican aides told reporters from television sta-tions in Colorado and Ohio that they should not ask the candidate about certain topics.

ROMNEY IS DISCOVERING that he cannot control Isaac, he can’t control the press corps and he certainly can’t control Paul supporters.

“Bunch of morons!” Dave Johnson, a Romney delegate from Ohio, shouted at the Paul support-ers as they chanted.

“We have principles!” coun-tered Joe Jurecki, a Paul delegate from Michigan.

“Your principles are going to get Obama elected!”

“Romney cannot beat Obama!” The dispute continued through

the roll call vote, as state delega-tions announced well over 100 votes for Paul; the dissident’s sup-porters booed and shouted at the clerk, who refused to acknowl-edge Paul’s tally.

A storm inside the GOP conventionDana Milbank

WashingtonPostWriters Group

The Romney cam-paign had taken pains to stifle the Paul rebel-lion, by denying him a speaking role, expedit-ing the roll call, chang-ing party rules and even unseating Paul delegates from Maine.

Gang activity isn’t limited to big cities.

That fact is well known to local crime fighters who’ve been deter-mined to deter gangs and their de-structive behavior.

Garden City and Finney Coun-ty have made inroads in combat-ing gang activity since making it a priority more than a decade ago. Full-time law enforcement gang units and gang-prevention instruction in local schools have made a difference.

But with gangs still determined to enlist as many youngsters as possible, law enforcement officers know they can’t go it alone.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt drove home that important message during an appearance Thursday at Garden City High School. It was an ap-propriate setting for the AG’s dis-cussion on an initiative aimed at educating students and the public on warning signs of gang activity.

Schmidt shared details of a new website — gangfreekansas.org — and other strategies to curb gangs and their criminal acts. Informa-tion will be available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese, which should help reach more people in diverse Garden City and similar Kansas communities.

Such education also has to

extend beyond youngsters who could be tempted by the gang way of life. Parents and other stake-holders need to understand the true extent of the problem, and be on the lookout for warning signs.

CLUES OF GANG activity can appear in many ways, from how youth talk to their clothing. Graf-fiti is an annoying and costly re-minder of gang activity, and even worse would be the ever-present threat of gang violence.

Of course, communities inter-ested in reducing gang activity have to do more than acknowl-edge the negative fallout. It’s also necessary to engage in dis-cussions of ways to develop and build on positive alternatives for youngsters that keep them from making poor choices.

As the attorney general rightly noted, gang activity is a commu-nity problem that can’t be solved by law enforcement agencies alone.

Parents, educators and other stakeholders need to get together and arm themselves with as many strategies as possible to reach youngsters in hopes of steering them clear of gang activity that not only damages communities, but also destroys young lives.

— The Garden City Telegram

Gang activity is acommunity problem

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“Their plan: whistle a happy tune while driving us off the fiscal cliff, as long as they are behind the wheel of power when we fall.” — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

“I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God’s children — born and unborn, and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream,” — Rick Santorum, former Republican presidential candidate.

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now her most recent diag-nosis of having methicil-lin-resistant staphylococ-cus aureus (MRSA).

Ramsey’s story is per-haps as much a cautionary tale as one of her dogged determination laced with dashes of despair.

She had no desire to speak with the Register until Jones called a report-er on her behalf. She spoke reluctantly in a wide-rang-ing conversation about life as a cancer sufferer.

RAMSEY FIRST felt the lump in her right left breast in November 2010.

She told no one, not even her husband, Frank Jr., about it.

She was hoping it was a benign and would some-how “go away” in no small part because the Ramseys did not have health insur-ance.

Instead, the cancer grew and by May of 2011, the lump had grown consider-ably.

“I told my husband about it on a Sunday night,” she recalled. “He told me I needed to see somebody the next day.”

She did and a biopsy tested positive for cancer.

The resulting mastec-tomy of her left breast also showed 17 lymph nodes that tested positive for can-cer.

Ramsey immediately be-gan regular chemotherapy treatments, and for quite some time seemed to have the cancer licked.

“I’d had a hysterectomy 13 years ago because of cancer,” Ramsey noted.

She was down to her final two chemotherapy treatments when she felt another lump, this one un-der her right arm.

Doctors immediately did more tests, all of which came back negative for cancer, even though the

lump continued to grow.“The doctor finally said

that with my history of cancer, it would be best to go ahead and take the oth-er breast, too.”

From her second mas-tectomy Aug. 8, doctors found three more tumors, all about the size of quar-ters, all malignant.

“He apologized after-ward,” Ramsey said. “He didn’t know how they were missed.”

FURTHER chemotherapy treatments were put on hold because infection had set in.

Her condition steadily worsened as doctors pre-scribed antibiotics.

Then came the MRSA diagnosis.

MRSA is a highly resis-tant strain of staph infec-tion treatable by only a few types of medicine.

Ramsey’s body was re-jecting hers.

“Now my throat and my mouth have become in-fected, too,” she said. “It burns just to take a drink of water.”

Doctors have insisted she return to the hospital.

Ramsey, who has been in a hospital room for all but four days this month, desperately wants to wait until after Friday evening.

The occasion?Her youngest son, Levi,

is a standout athlete for Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcat football team.

“I just want to see him play his first game this year,” she said. “I know it sounds dumb, but that’s my baby.”

RAMSEY’S ILLNESS has taken a toll in other ways.

The family’s bank ac-count was drained because of mounting medical bills.

She receives Social Se-curity payments each month to the tune of $400, which immediately goes

to an insurance premium made available by the American Cancer Associa-tion and for medication.

Frank Jr. works for D & D Propane, but his wages, too, are garnished because of past-due medical bills.

“He works his tail off every day, and I know it’s dragging him down,” she said. “I know the stress is hard on him; like I’m a burden.”

Jones wants to help “but there’s only so much I can do,” she said.

Jones is hoping the charitable nature of folks in Bronson, Iola and parts in between will help with a number of upcoming fundraisers.

“I’m pretty new at this so I don’t know exactly how to make this work,” Jones said.

She plans on setting up a sale Sept. 15 during Io-la’s citywide garage sale. She also has set up bank accounts in Ramsey’s name at Great Southern Bank and Emprise Bank branches in Iola for other donations.

“The thing about Jill is she is the last person who would ever ask anybody for help, but she would be the first in line to help oth-ers,” Jones said.

She hopes the Ramseys’ support group returns the favor.

Some already have.A fundraiser for Ramsey

and other cancer survi-vors last spring netted the family $600, all of which immediately went to pay

off medical bills.Levi Ramsey’s football

teammates wore pink rib-bons in honor of cancer awareness last season and have spoken of doing something similar in 2012.

“I just love those kids like they’re my own,” Ramsey said.

OF THE RAMSEY’S three children, Levi, is the only one still in school. He’s a senior.

His story is remarkable on its own, as he’s over-come a lifelong struggle with learning to read and write.

“He struggles there, but everybody at school tells me how smart he is,” his mother said.

Then came Levi’s crowning achievement. He received a plaque last week for making it onto Marmaton Valley’s honor roll.

Ramsey’s next goal, af-ter seeing her son’s sea-son-opener Friday, is to see him graduate from high school next May.

“If it wasn’t for my fam-ily, I don’t know if I would have the will to go on,” she said. “I know everybody struggles, and I’m the last person to say ‘gimme, gimme, gimme,’ but this is hard.”

She offered another piece of advice to women of all ages.

“Whatever you do, get checked for breast cancer,” she said. “I want breast cancer, or all cancer for that matter, to go away.”

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County Wardrobe Service again, just like when we had it before,” Glen said. “People will remember us, we were there for a long time.”

The Normans, currently the only two working in the shop, have been eas-ing their way back into business this week by tak-ing whatever comes in the door, Glen said.

“We open for full service on the 4th,” Glen said. “We will do everything, laundry, dry cleaning, shirts, jeans, sewing and repair work.”

The store will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on Saturday and Sunday.

SINCE the temporary shutdown by the Normans, Bennett Coin Laundry be-gan a drop-off dry cleaning service for Top Hat Clean-ers in Chanute.

Even though the ward-robe service will be re-opening, Bennetts will not change its current setup, owner and operator Susie Bennett said.

“We got three or four new customers for laundry services when the clean-ers closed,” Bennett said. “Then when we became a drop off station for Top Hat we got a handful more.”

Bennett is confident the reopening will not affect their business.

“We have been around 40-some odd years. We have our established customers,” Bennett said.

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pursued a job in teaching. He attended Pittsburg

State University and after graduating he worked at Midway Cooperative in Os-borne for five years.

He moved back to south-east Kansas and became the adapted physical educa-tion teacher at ANW Co-op, in Humboldt.

“I always had an interest in working with kids,” El-lis said. “It is important to teach the kids that health is part of physical education.”

He teaches his students the gateway to healthy liv-ing is through physical activity and nutrition, in addition to being aware of physical and mental health.

“I want to teach the kids to be active. To get out of those chairs and get out-side,” Ellis said. “It is im-portant for kids to get into activities, school or even non-school related.”

In the classroom, Ellis makes it a priority to use some of the most up-to-date technology.

When the class gets to the substance abuse unit, El-lis will use a computerized fitness pad that will allow

students to experience the effects alcohol has on the mind and body by following a set of instructions given by the interactive system.

This will show students the dangers it can lead to,” he said.

“I am always looking into new technology,” he said. “Teaching with the latest technology always peaks the students’ interest.”

In addition to teaching physical education he is the middle school assistant football coach.

“I always wanted to coach football, so I jumped at the opportunity when it came up,” Ellis said.

ELLIS NOT only teaches

health but practices what he lectures.

He is still an avid sports fan from watching the Jay-hawks and Kansas City Chiefs to getting out and hunting white tails in Octo-ber on the land he and his family live on.

Ellis also keeps busy by spending free time with his two children, Josey and Jadey, and wife, Amanda, a speech pathologist at Wind-sor Place.

If it wasn’t for my family, I don’t know if I would have the will to go on. I know ev-erybody struggles, and I’m the last person to say ‘gimme, gimme, gimme,’ but this is hard.

— Jill Ramsey

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Land holding the school was donated to the district, which gave it a leg up finan-cially at the start.

The school was built “at probably the worst time for construction cost,” be-cause of escalating prices for structural components. Some changes were made to stay within budget.

But, the district didn’t scrimp on student-related things, he said.

Ed Klock, a partner in PBA Architects, Wichita, said masonry exterior of the building was kept in plans, but interior walls were changed from ma-sonry to high-impact Sheet-rock, a cost-saving measure.

WHEELER began the tour with an explanation of the school’s security sys-tem, which has visitors sign in electronically and then receive a lapel sticker to wear.

“We have six spokes with three pods, one for kinder-garten-first grades, one for second and third and one for fourth and fifth,” he ex-plained.

The school contains 41 classrooms, six Title pro-

gram classrooms and one for handicap programming, all of which absorbed students — 879 are enrolled this fall — from four elementaries scat-tered about Chanute.

All of the school is on ground level. Courtyards separate the classroom spokes and windows situ-ated at the tops of walls per-mit ample natural light to flood the room.

Wheeler is one of three principals, and the lead ad-ministrator, in the school at the west edge of Chanute. When the neighborhood schools were closed, no teachers were furloughed.

“We have cut about $750,000 (in staff costs) with the new school through at-trition,” he said.

Wheeler trumpeted the physical layout of the school for its efficiency, from edu-cational aspects as well as ease of movement for stu-dents and staff.

Klock also noted the

school was designed with energy efficiency in mind, which when coupled with the closing of four smaller neighborhood schools no doubt cut the district’s util-ity costs.

The gymnasium, used throughout the school day by students, also is available during off-hours to others.

“We’ve even had some baseball practices in the gym,” Wheeler said, with a floor protected by synthetic material that is easy on small bodies when they fall and tough enough to with-stand such things as a base-ball slammed against it.

The classrooms are large. They are mostly carpeted although an area next to a sink is tiled. All have smartboards, enhanced sound systems and rest-rooms.

The pods have individ-ual color schemes — K-1, purple, 2-3, green, 4-5 or-ange.

“The first year we is-sued shirts of those colors so we’d know immediately where a students belonged and we could keep orga-nized,” Wheeler said.

Each pod has a safe room, with concrete block walls built to withstand winds of up to 300 mph. Windows have steel coverings that quickly may be swung into place.

“We have a lot of efficien-cies in the building, but with more than 850 students everything has to be choreo-graphed, particularly use of playground equipment,” Wheeler noted.

WHEELER SAID when discussions first started about building new schools,

emphasis was on a high school.

“Then, we realized we needed a new elementary school, too,” he said.

“We were lucky to have a public that supported the decision and voted for the general obligation bonds, even though they had just received tax statements that contained higher taxes just about everywhere,” he said.

The school bonds added about 10 mills to annual tax bills.

Wheeler added that the switch to a new, single school found favor with stu-dents.

“The kids love the school,” he said. “I’ve never heard one say they want to go back to their old schools.”

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Register/Bob JohnsonThis poster in Chanute Elementary Schools ’s library encourages kids to read.

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Clean slate. A new start.Iola High’s Fillies and Mustangs of

2012-2013 have a great opportunity to get things started on the right pathway. New coaches are with the football and volleyball teams.

New leaders are on all fall teams, and the winter and spring teams to come, this year for Iola High. It’s your time to step up and lead.

Iola embarks on a new competitive journey now that it is a member of the Pioneer League. Traditions are ready to be established.

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The Pioneer League was established in 2006. Iola joins Anderson County, Osawatomie, Central Heights, Prairie View and Wellsville. Iola football, vol-leyball, cross country, basketball, track, softball and baseball teams have seen most of these schools through the years. Wellsville is the unknown to most IHS athletics.

None of the Pioneer League schools play tennis. Iola’s girls and boys will play Southeast Kansas League schools in tennis but will not compete in the SEK league tournaments.

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Friday night lights turn on Friday night at Iola’s Riverside Park’s football stadium

Iola High’s Mustangs will come out with new looks offensively and defensively under a new head coach. Doug Kerr guides the Mus-tangs into the 2012 season opener against a new opponent — the Cherryvale High Chargers.

The Mustangs and Chargers have several things in common. Both are hungry for a season-opener win. Each team is coming off a 2-7 season.

Both teams have players com-ing back from season-ending in-juries last year. Both have young players who had to step into var-sity spots a year ago.

“We’re ready to hit somebody else besides our teammates,” Kerr said. “And I’m sure Cher-ryvale is, too.

“Our kids and coaches are ex-cited about Friday night’s game. It’s always great to get the season started. This will be a good test to see where we are and how we’ve progressed since this summer.”

Cherryvale’s head coach is Harry Hester, in his fifth season as head coach of the Chargers. Last year the Chargers were be-sieged with injuries, pushing sophomores and freshmen into varsity playing roles.

“We had never played a fresh-man in varsity before and last year we lettered five freshmen,” Hester said. “We play in the Tri-Valley League and it’s always tough. We like the challenge of coming to Iola and taking on the Mustangs.”

Cherryvale runs a spread of-fense with junior quarterback Zach Trim at the helm. Drew Hou-sel is the senior running back, who was injured last year after four games. Trim passed for 310 yards last year and Housel rushed for 234 yards before his injury.

“We’re very athletic as a team. We don’t have a lot of size but we do have kids who play hard,” Hes-

ter said. “We know Iola is com-ing out of the SEK and has a new coach. They have a new offense and defense so we’ll make adjust-ments as the game goes along.”

The Chargers present a 4-4 de-fense.

“We have kids who really are relentless,” Hester said. “They pursue the ball and hit people.”

For Iola, it’s about change. Kerr said he has been pleased the way the Mustang players have picked up the new single-wing offense.

“Last week’s scrimmage was good in that we had some film to show the kids so we can see the mistakes we’re making and cor-rect those. Our practices have been good this week,” Kerr said.

“Our linemen are at the point they are reacting instead of thinking about what they need to do in the offense. Our backs are polishing the offense and our tim-ing is better.”

Senior Mason Coons returns as quarterback for the Mustangs but in a different system. The Mus-tangs used a spread offense the past few years.

In the backfield with Coons is junior halfback John Whitworth, junior wing back Adam Kauth and senior fullback Eric Heffern. There’s a lot of misdirection mo-tion in the single-wing offense.

Up front, Iola has senior Aaron Barclay, back after a season-end-ing knee injury last year, at center and senior Eli Grover at a tackle spot. Sophomores Trey Colborn and Alex Bauer and junior Der-rick Weir fill the other three of-fensive line positions. Bryce Misenhelter, a junior, is at tight end. The wide receiver is senior Cole Morrison.

“We match up well with Cher-ryvale up front. We have to con-

trol the line of scrimmage,” Kerr said. “Cherryvale’s pace is up tempo and we’d like to be an up tempo team, so this should be a good game for both teams.”

Defensively, the Mustangs have to stop the Chargers’ perimeter game. Kerr said the Chargers ap-peared to want to run on the pe-rimeter.

“That’s the strength of our de-fense. Our linebacker corps and defensive backs should be able to pursue the football well,” Kerr said.

Senior Stephen McDonald, back from a season-ending knee injury last year, leads the line-backer corps along with sopho-more Kaden Macha, Whitworth, Heffern and junior Tyler McIn-tosh. In the defensive backfield are Kauth, junior Jacob Rhoads and Morrison. Up front are Misenhelter and Bauer at defen-sive ends and junior Eric Max-well at noseguard.

Mustangs challenge new foe in Chargers

Iola High MustangsOffense

QB — Mason Coons, 6-2, 190, Sr.WB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr.HB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr.FB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr.TE — Bryce Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, Jr.T — Alex Bauer, 6-0, 200, So.G — Trey Colborn, 5-9, 255, So.C — Aaron Barclay, 6-0, 265, Sr.G — Derrick Weir, 5-10, 210, Jr.T — Eli Grover, 6-0, 250, Sr.WR — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr.PK — Isaias Macias, 5-8, 165, Jr.

DefenseE — Bryce Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, Jr.NG — Eric Maxwell, 6-1, 180, Jr.E — Alex Bauer, 5-10, 190, So.LB — Tyler McIntosh, 6-1, 145, Jr.LB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr.LB — Stephen McDonald, 6-2, 205, Sr.LB — Kaden Macha, 6-0, 180, So.LB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr.DB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr.DB — Jacob Rhoads, 5-7, 145, Jr.DB — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr.P — Zeph Larney, 5-10, 155, Sr.

Cherryvale High ChargersOffense

QB — Zach Trim, 5-10, 158, Jr.RB — Drew Housel, 5-9, 174, Sr.WR — Jake Hammer, 5-10, 149, Sr.WR — Hunter Robinson, 4-9, 163, Jr.T — Jeremy Goodwin, 5-11, 161, Sr.G — Grant Robinson, 5-8, 257, Jr.C — Cole Weino, 5-8, 168, Jr.G — Derek Huschka, 5-10, 159, Jr.T — Cody Hockett, 5-6, 209, Jr.WR — Zach Torkelson, 5-11, 151, So.WR — Kaden Housel, 5-10, 170, So.PK — Tristan Thornton, 5-6, 188, Jr.

DefenseDE — Drew Housel, 5-9, 174, Sr.DT — Cody Hockett, 5-6, 209, Jr.DT — Dalton Menzer, 6-0, 268, So.DE — Kaden Housel, 5-10, 170, So.LB — Jeremy Goodwin, 5-11, 161, Sr.LB — J.D. Gastineau, 5-7, 159, So.LB — Tristan Thornton, 5-6, 188, Jr.LB — Hunter Robinson, 5-9, 163, Jr.CB — Jake Hammer, 5-10, 149, Sr.S — Jesse John, 5-10, 188, So.CB — Zach Trim, 5-10, 158, Sr.P — Zach Trim

PregameOutlook

Line play in the trenches is big factor in which team is successful on the football field. Controlling the line of scrimmage is a priority for Iola High’s Mustangs Friday.

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Probable Starters

Butler blitzesRed Devils


Momentum swings quickly in volleyball matches. On every serve either team can score the point, so teams have to be ready from the start.

Allen Community College’s Red Devils were knocked for a loop right from the get-go by vis-iting Butler Community College Wednesday. In their home opener, the Red Devils fell into a 9-0 hole that they never recovered from and they lost the match in three

sets.The Grizzlies’ first server used

a nine-point run to give Butler the advantage in the first set. Allen got out to a lead in the second set but couldn’t hold it.

Butler finished with a quick lead in the third set and held Al-len at bay. The Grizzlies defeated the Red Devils 25-19, 25-22, 25-19.

“The scores would indicate a close match but that’s deceptive,” said Jessica Peters, ACC head coach.

Jacqui Ortiz serves the volleyball for Allen Community College in the Red Devils’ home opener Wednesday. Visiting Butler Commu-nity College beat Allen 25-19, 25-22, 25-19.


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“The only time we were on a run was at the end of each set when Butler had relaxed because they were not being challenged and began making errors them-selves.”

After falling behind 12-2 in the first set, Allen got

back to 14-9 on three-point service runs by Danielle Goodman and Adriee Mu-noz. But Peters pointed out Allen’s serve receive game made too many errors throughout the match.

Jacqui Ortiz, who served for 10 points in the match, began the second set with

three service points and Al-len had the lead. Butler tied it at 7-7 and moved ahead.

Allen stayed close but never mounted a serious threat to regain the lead. Butler got a quick lead in the third set and never gave it up.

Munoz ended up with five service points and Good-man had four. Randi Bill-ings served three points, followed by two from Hay-ley Mertens and one from Tayler Shook.

Mertens and Goodman each delivered six kills for the Red Devils. Billings and Sierra Morgison had four kills apiece. Ortiz and Sid-ney Keith had three kills each. Cheyanne Miller had two kills and Munoz had one.

Setters Ortiz and Munoz each were credited with 12

set assists. Shook had 15 digs and Ortiz 11.

Peters said Keith and Morgison were effective for the Red Devils “when we could utilize them and were successful with the offen-sive attack when given the ball.”

“The big stat jumping out at you is 49 errors in a three-set match. You can’t win doing that,” Peters said. “I have a group of girls that I’m proud of and know what potential they possess.

“The reality is we are in season now. There is no more preseason, it is sea-son.”

Allen fell to 1-4 on the season and 0-1 in Jayhawk Conference play. The Red Devils host Independence Wednesday in conference play.

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Major League BaseballAt A Glance

All Times EDTThe Associated Press

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 75 55 .577 —Baltimore 71 58 .550 3½Tampa Bay 71 59 .546 4Boston 62 69 .473 13½Toronto 58 71 .450 16½

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 72 57 .558 —Detroit 69 60 .535 3Kansas City 58 71 .450 14Cleveland 55 75 .423 17½Minnesota 53 77 .408 19½

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 77 53 .592 —Oakland 72 57 .558 4½Los Angeles 68 62 .523 9Seattle 63 68 .481 14½

Wednesday’s GamesToronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 5Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore 1Oakland 8, Cleveland 4Tampa Bay 8, Texas 4Kansas City 1, Detroit 0Minnesota 10, Seattle 0L.A. Angels 10, Boston 3

Thursday’s GamesOakland (J.Parker 8-7) at Cleveland (Masterson 10-11), 12:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-2) at Baltimore (Britton 3-1), 12:35 p.m.Seattle (Beavan 8-8) at Minnesota (Duensing 3-9), 1:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (M.Moore 10-7) at To-

ronto (Villanueva 6-4), 7:07 p.m.Detroit (Porcello 9-9) at Kansas City (Guthrie 2-3), 8:10 p.m.Boston (Lester 8-10) at L.A. Angels (Greinke 2-2), 10:05 p.m.

Friday’s GamesBaltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 5-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 12-9), 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Peavy 9-9) at Detroit (Fister 7-8), 7:05 p.m.Texas (Dempster 3-1) at Cleveland (Jimenez 9-13), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Hellickson 8-9) at To-ronto (Morrow 7-5), 7:07 p.m.Minnesota (De Vries 3-5) at Kansas City (W.Smith 4-6), 8:10 p.m.Boston (Doubront 10-6) at Oakland (McCarthy 7-5), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Haren 8-10) at Seattle (Millwood 4-11), 10:10 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 78 51 .605 —Atlanta 74 57 .565 5New York 61 69 .469 17½Philadelphia 61 69 .469 17½Miami 59 72 .450 20

Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 80 52 .606 —St. Louis 71 59 .546 8Pittsburgh 70 60 .538 9Milwaukee 62 67 .481 16½Chicago 49 80 .380 29½Houston 40 90 .308 39

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 73 57 .562 —Los Angeles 70 61 .534 3½Arizona 64 67 .489 9½

San Diego 61 71 .462 13Colorado 53 76 .411 19½

Wednesday’s GamesL.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 8Cincinnati 6, Arizona 2San Diego 8, Atlanta 2N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 2Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 0Washington 8, Miami 4Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 1San Francisco 6, Houston 4

Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Mets (Niese 10-7) at Philadel-phia (K.Kendrick 7-9), 1:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Marcum 5-4) at Chica-go Cubs (Raley 1-2), 2:20 p.m.St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-5) at Washing-ton (E.Jackson 7-9), 7:05 p.m.San Francisco (Vogelsong 11-7) at Houston (Lyles 3-10), 8:05 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 11-11) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-7), 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesSan Francisco (Bumgarner 14-8) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 1-9), 2:20 p.m.St. Louis (Wainwright 13-10) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 16-7), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Dickey 16-4) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-9), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Halladay 8-7) at At-lanta (Minor 7-10), 7:35 p.m.Cincinnati (Leake 6-8) at Houston (Abad 0-1), 8:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 5-3) at Milwau-kee (M.Rogers 2-1), 8:10 p.m.San Diego (Richard 11-12) at Colo-rado (White 2-6), 8:40 p.m.Arizona (Cahill 9-11) at L.A. Dodg-ers (Harang 9-8), 10:10 p.m.

TodayHigh School Football

Anderson County at Iola JV, 4 p.m.Crest at PleasantonHigh School Volleyball

Iola, Fort Scott at Prairie View, 4:30 p.m.Southern Coffey County, Eureka at Olpe

Girls’ TennisParsons, Independence, Columbus at Iola, 3 p.m.

Cross CountryIola, Humboldt at Ander-son County Invitational, Garnett, 4 p.m.Marmaton Valley, Yates Center, Crest at Burlington

Girls’ GolfYates Center at Caney Valley

Jr. High VolleyballIMS 8th, 7th A-teams at Independence, 3:30 p.m.IMS jamboree, 3:30 p.m.

Jr. High FootballIMS jamboree. 6 p.m.

FridayHigh School Football

Cherryvale at Iola, 7 p.m.Northeast-Arma at Hum-boldtChetopa at Marmaton Val-leySedan at Yates CenterSouthern Coffey County at Burlingame

SaturdayCross Country

Allen at J.K. Gold Classic, Wichita, 9 a.m.

MondayHigh School Football

Iola JV at Cherryvale, 4:30 p.m.

TuesdayHigh School Volleyball

Iola 9th at Chanute, 5 p.m.Humboldt at NeodeshaYates Center, Eureka at Marmaton ValleyCrest, St. Paul, Pleasan-ton at Southern Coffey County

Girls’ GolfYates Center at Fort Scott

Jr. College SoccerAllen at Hesston, women 5 p.m., men 7 p.m.


Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats went on the road again Tuesday and cap-tured two match victories.

The Wildcats defeated host Yates Center 21-25, 25-23, 25-16 and beat Crest 25-20, 26-24. Marmaton Valley did lose to Madison 25-9, 25-17.

“We weren’t mentally ready for Madison. They are a good team and our girls were pretty nervous,” said Terra Kegler, MVHS head coach. “We played well against Yates Center. The girls are very capable of playing at this level against any team.”

In the first match with Madison, Kaitlin Ens-minger served for six points for the Wildcats. Emily Mei-

wes had five service points and four kills.

Meiwes served up 14 points and put down four kills for Marmaton Valley in the three-set match with Yates Center. Kailey Boyd had 12 service points and six kills. Ensminger deliv-ered eight kills.

Tabitha Ford was cred-ited with 14 set assists. Kay-sha Elmenhorst had 11 set assists.

Against Crest, Meiwes served for 13 points. Ens-minger and Kacie Shadden each had three kills.

Marmaton Valley (4-3) hosts Yates Center and Eu-reka on Tuesday.

Marmaton Valley’s ju-nior varsity also went 2-1. The Wildcats beat Madison 25-12, 25-13, lost to Yates Center 26-24, 25-22, then de-

feated Crest 25-17, 25-13.Mackenzie Tynon had

seven kills and five blocks for the night. Emily Boyd had six kills and Ruby Mann had five kills.

The MVHS junior varsi-ty was coming off a third-place finish at the Yates Center High JV tourna-ment Saturday. The Wild-cats received medals.

Marmaton Valley beat Pleasanton 25-16, 25-11 and West Elk 25-12, 25-10. It lost 25-18, 26-24 to Burlington, which won the tournament.

Emily Boyd served up 31 points for the day, includ-ing eight ace serves. She also had six kills. Tynon had seven kills and Mann downed six kills.

Shauna Knight and Ken-zie Harrison each served for 11 points.


PARSONS — Iola High’s freshmen opened their vol-leyball season Tuesday in a quadrangular hosted by Parsons High School.

The Fillies lost to Cha-nute 25-16, 25-11. They took

Labette County and Par-sons to three sets but lost. Labette County won 11-25, 25-19, 16-14 and Parsons won 25-16, 24-26, 15-11.

“The freshman girls showed they could compete with two of the tougher teams in our area,” said

Jeff Fehr, IHS freshman coach.

“They are starting to un-derstand the importance of communication.”

The freshman Fillies travel to Chanute Tuesday to play Chanute, Fort Scott and Coffeyville.

Sportscalendar

Dan Berg, Iola, hit a hole-in-one Aug. 18 at Cedar-brook Golf Course.

Berg aced the No. 4 hole from 121 yards with a pitch-ing wedge. It was witnessed by Sheryl Berg.

Berg hitshole-in-one

Baseball

IHS freshmen play volleyball

MVHS volleyball teams go 2-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals proved Wednesday night just how fickle baseball can be.

One night after rough-ing up Tigers ace Justin Verlander to win a stun-ning shootout, Kansas City saw crafty veteran Bruce Chen go eight innings in an equally surprising pitch-er’s duel with Anibal San-chez. Eric Hosmer’s shank single in the fourth scored the lone run in a 1-0 victory.

“That’s baseball. That’s why this game is so great,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We won the game on an 80-foot bomb in the Ber-muda triangle. That’s base-ball.”

Indeed, Hosmer man-aged to get just enough of Sanchez’s pitch to drop the ball between the mound and second base, and that was enough to score Mike Moustakas from third base.

Try that for fickle.“Isn’t it amazing?” Hos-

mer asked. “You can go up there and hit three lasers at guys, and then have a hit like that and it ends up de-ciding the game.”

Greg Holland earned his ninth save with a shaky ninth inning, allowing a leadoff single to Andy

Dirks. Jarrod Dyson likely saved the tying run with a diving grab in center, and after Prince Fielder sin-gled, Holland struck out Delmon Young and Jhonny Peralta to end the game.

The star of the game, though, unmistakably was Chen (10-10), who lasted eight innings for the first time since his last two starts of last season. The 35-year-old left-hander hadn’t even gone seven in his past 11 outings, though he had been pitching better of late.

Sanchez (2-4) matched him most of the night, finally looking like the guy the Ti-gers thought they were ac-quiring in a July trade with Florida. He allowed seven hits in seven innings.

“Chen pitched a great game. A great matchup — Chen and Sanchez — and Chen was just a little bet-ter,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “Chen throws this when you’re looking for that, and vice-versa. He knows what he’s doing, ob-viously.”

The Tigers came to town hoping to make up ground on the AL Central-leading White Sox, but the third-place Royals have gotten the most of them so far.

Chen throws gemin Royals’ victory


With teammate Tayler Shook diving for the volleyball, Allen Community College’s Hayley Mertens encourages her to get to the ball. Allen didn’t get to enough volleyballs and lost its home opener to Butler Community College Wednesday.

H Red DevilsContinued from B1

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Clijsters is heading into re-tirement after losing 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to 18-year-old Laura Robson of Britain in the sec-ond round of the U.S. Open.

The loss ended Clijsters’ 22-match winning streak in New York, encompassing titles in 2005, 2009 and 2010, plus Monday’s first-round victory.

She is still playing dou-bles at the Open.

Clijsters was the only woman of real significance who lost on Day 3, when the winners included No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, four-time major champion Ma-ria Sharapova, defending

champion Sam Stosur, 2011 Wimbledon champion Pe-tra Kvitova and 2011 French Open champion Li Na.

Joining Robson with a surprise victory was Ameri-can wild-card Mallory Bur-dette, the NCAA runner-up who reached the third round in her Grand Slam debut by eliminating 69th-ranked Lu-cie Hradecka 6-2, 6-4.

Earlier on, the highest-ranked American man, John Isner got past an ar-gumentative Xavier Mal-isse 6-3, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-6 (9) in the first round. Other men advancing included No. 4 seed David Ferrer and No. 7 Juan Martin del Potro.

Kim Clijsters loses inUS Open and retires

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL will open the regular season next week with re-placement officials and said it was prepared to use them “as much ... as necessary” afterward.

Replacements will be on the field beginning Wednes-

day night when the Dallas Cowboys visit the New York Giants in the season open-er, league executive Ray Anderson told the 32 teams in a memo. Negotiations are at a standstill between the NFL and the officials’ union.

Replacement refs still on duty in NFL

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By KATHY HANKSThe Hutchinson NewsMULLINVILLE, Kan.

(AP) — The old round barn was falling apart back in the 1940s when Norval Ral-stin was growing up on a nearby farm.

“It’s always been stand-ing out there pretty lonely,” said Ralstin, who grew up with the white barn always part of his landscape.

Come Saturday, there will be plenty of company both inside and outside the wooden walls of the archi-tectural wonder, as the barn celebrates its first 100 years.

As a boy, Ralstin re-membered people wonder-ing why the old barn was round. There was a barn on every farmstead in Kiowa County, he said. However, they were all the standard shape. Round barns were another story.

“Everybody talked about it,” Ralstin said. “It was built round to resist the wind. Plus they could open it up and there would al-ways be a breeze, no mat-ter what direction the wind was blowing.”

The imposing 50-foot-tall structure was built for Hen-ry W. Fromme in 1912. The German immigrant want-ed it to house his 28 draft horses and a box stall for his registered Percheron stallion, which he imported from France.

Along with being wind-resistant, it was an efficient use of space — and it took less lumber to construct the 70-foot-diameter structure than an average barn, Ral-stin said.

Back in 1912, the barn cost a hefty $8,000 to build.

“Today it would have cost about $190,000,” Ralstin said.

It’s always open, and visitors are free to wander around the barn and view the 14 trapezoidal stalls where the draft horses came in to eat and get harnessed for work. Feed would come from a granary in the cen-ter of the barn.

When visitors climb up into the hayloft, the fine craftsmanship is revealed in the tongue and groove pine flooring that makes a circular design up to the tip of the roof.

“The barn was built by hand saws,” said Beverly Ralstin, Norval’s wife. But she points out that even back in 1923 they had 32-volt electricity inside the barn.

“If you stand in the cen-ter of the hayloft floor and speak, it echoes,” Norval Ralstin said.

Visitors get a bonus if they hang around until sunset and listen to the ut-ter quiet as the sun sinks into the western Kansas horizon.

Soon after the barn was built, the tractor replaced the horse on the farm and the round barn became just another place to store hay.

Because the structure stands out for miles, dur-ing World War II it served as a landmark for training bomber navigators.

By the 1980s, Phyllis Birney received the barn and one acre of land from

her husband as a 15th wed-ding anniversary gift. She worked to have the From-me-Birney Round Barn list-ed on the National Register of Historic Places for its ar-chitectural significance.

In 1995, Jerry and Jeff Koehn restored the barn through a Heritage Trust Fund Grant. Then in 2008 it was voted one of the eight architectural wonders of Kansas.

“You can see why it’s one of the eight architectural wonders,” said Norval Ral-stin, who still lives in the neighborhood and sees to the care of the barn.

The Kiowa County His-torical Society owns the barn, and it is funded through donations.

Bob Neier, who grew up in the area and serves on the historical society com-mittee, noted an interest-ing angle about the round structure.

“The barn housed the power source of the farm in 1912 with the 28 draft horses for pulling the farm ma-chinery,” Neier said. “One hundred years later, a new power source for the region, a new wind farm, is just east of the barn. This shows how times have changed and the beauty of the old and new side by side.”

Celebrated round barn turns 100

By JOHN HANNAAP Political Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Local officials aren’t expecting an unusual spe-cial election in Topeka to result in a lawsuit be-cause it didn’t reverse the outcome of a Republican primary for the Kansas House after they certified results today from a single polling place.

Shawnee County had the limited election Tues-day because some voters at the Light of the World Christian Center received the wrong ballots during the state’s Aug. 7 prima-ry election. The church is the voting site for two precincts, one in the 52nd Kansas House District and the other in the 56th District.

Only the Republican primary in the 52nd Dis-trict remained in doubt, and the official tally ap-proved by the Shawnee County Commission showed Shanti Gandhi, a Topeka physician, win-ning by 46 votes over Dick Jones, a retired naval and U.S. State Department of-ficer. Gandhi led the race before the special elec-tion, limited to 432 vot-ers who had participated in the Aug. 7 vote at the church.

The results will be re-viewed Friday by the State Board of Canvassers, but Gandhi would be declared the winner of the GOP primary in the 52nd Dis-trict whether votes from the special election are counted or not. The state board comprises the gov-ernor, attorney general

and secretary of state, and election results aren’t official statewide until it certifies them.

“This one, since the re-sults didn’t change, it’s more than likely not going to court,” said Shawnee County Counselor Rich Eckert.

The GOP race in the 52nd House District was one of two unsettled leg-islative primaries. The other, for the Democratic nomination in the 65th District in the Junction City area, is tied at 206 votes each for candidates Tom Brungardt, Milford, and Melody Saxton, Junc-tion City. The State Board of Canvassers must break the tie.

The Topeka ballot mix-up is even less common than a race ending in a tie. Also, Eckert said that while his legal research shows courts have or-dered special elections in the past, he could find no case in which county offi-cials have.

But he also noted that state law says county elec-tion canvassers must do “what is necessary” to ensure an accurate vote count. County commis-sioners concluded that certifying the original Aug. 7 results, knowing they were inaccurate, or not counting any ballots from the site of the bal-lot mix-up, wouldn’t be as fair as holding a special election.

“I’m sure state law-makers will be looking at this,” said county Elec-tion Commissioner Eliza-beth Ensley Deiter.

Officials don’t expect lawsuit from revote

Courtesy photoA celebration is planned Saturday to mark 100 years since the construction of Kiowa County’s famed round barn near Mullinville.

By JOHN MILBURNAssociated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — It may be months before a panel of judges rules on whether the state’s method of funding public schools is constitutional, the group told attorneys Wednesday.

The three-judge panel heard final arguments in Shawnee County District Court in the trial of a 2010 lawsuit challenging the system. Judges Franklin Theis, Robert Fleming and Jack Burr previously heard three weeks of testi-mony in the case in June.

“It’s been an interest-ing case,” Theis told the courtroom at the end of the hearing, adding that it “easily” could be longer than 60 to 90 days before a ruling is announced. Once it is, the ruling is widely expected to be appealed.

Attorneys for the plain-tiff parents and school districts argue the state has failed to live up to its promises to increase K-12 funding as ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court in 2006. They say schools have had to make cuts that have hurt student achievement.

The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by attorneys John Robb and Alan Rupe, who are representing students and school dis-tricts, including Dodge City, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Wichita. They argued achievement gaps remain, dropout levels are high and students in gen-

eral are completing school “with less opportunity and less education than the generation before.”

Robb told the judges Wednesday that legisla-tors knew in recent years that they lacked the rev-enue to fund schools as promised and approved by the Kansas Supreme Court in 2006. Still, the at-torneys argue, legislators approved cuts to income tax rates that are projected to reduce state revenues by more than $4.5 billion dur-ing the next six years.

“It was based on po-litical convenience,” said Rupe, who defended a sim-ilar group of plaintiffs in the 2006 case. He said legis-lators chose to ignore their constitutional duty to fund education to enact “a tax cut that depleted the state coffers and will deplete the state coffers.”

Rupe said legislators must fund education based on actual costs, such as teachers, programs and fa-cilities, and what is need-ed to get students ready for college or to enter the work force.

“Our duty isn’t to some of the kids,” he said. “We owe the duty to all kids.”

Arthur Chalmers, a Wichita attorney hired to defend the state’s position, said the Legislature did its best to mitigate the ef-fects on schools of the re-cession that began in 2008. He said legislators had to weigh how much money was available for funding all state programs, placing school funding at the top of the list.

“I don’t think you can say the Legislature has acted arbitrarily,” Chalm-ers said. “Reasonable peo-ple can disagree. Do not as-sume the Legislature has a bunch of monsters.”

However, Chalmers said the reality was all budgets had to be cut, but districts had other sources to re-place the loss of state dol-lars, including local prop-erty taxes, federal funds and reserve accounts. He said most districts only saw overall funding cut by 1 to 2 percent.

“When times are hard, you find ways make do,” he said.

Rupe countered that the cuts were not as insig-nificant as Chalmers ar-gued, saying districts were forced to cut staff, pro-grams and increase staff sizes as a result of the lost funding. Those cuts, Rupe maintains, are caus-ing test scores and student progress to stagnate after showing signs of growth after the 2006 court ruling.

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Our duty isn’t to some of the kids. We owe the duty to all kids.

— John Robb,attorney

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

1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft. $200,000. call 620-365-

9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe [email protected]. More info and pictures at iolaregister.com/classifieds

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IOLA, 201 S. 3RD, nice 2-bed-room home, corner lot, good wir-ing, good roof & siding, 620-365-2408.

Child Care LICENSED DAY CARE now has openings, Cindy Troxel 620-365-2204.

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

Merchandise for Sale

FARM GATE, galvanized, 10’, 5 slat, good condition, $60.FARM GATE, galvanized, 6’, 5 slat, surface rust in middle of bottom slat otherwise good condition, $40, call 620-365-7597 or 903-747-5030 leave a message.

Beautiful wooden four poster bed with frame, fits full/queen mat-tresses, $65, 620-380-6049.

AMANA ELECTRIC DRYER, ex-cellent condition, $200. 620-363-0417.

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

620-473-2408

Edibles COOKING APPLES FOR SALE 21 W. Scott St., Iola 620-365-3931

Pets and Supplies

CREATIVE CLIPSBOARDING & GROOMING

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

Garage Sales Come see us at Le Roy Citywide Yard Sale: 325 4th St., Saturday. Antique graniteware, surround sound, leather chair, truck tool box, Premier jewelry, bronze faucet, PlayStation games, much more. Priced cheap!

LE ROY CITYWIDE YARD SALES, Saturday Sept. 1st. Maps available day of sale.

1884 HIGHWAY 54, Saturday 8-2, TOOL SALE. Plumbing, electrical and AC/heating.

619 EAST ST., Friday & Saturday. A little bit of everything - almost!

Apartments for Rent 2-BEDROOM, ground level, no pets, 620-365-7824 or 620-365-9146.

318 NORTH ST., 1-BEDROOM, cable/water included, 620-496-6787.

DOWNTOWN MORAN, great 1- bedroom, no pets, $350 deposit & references required, move in now, no rent until September 1st, 620-237-4331 Monday-Friday 8-5 or 620-939-4800.

Mobile Homes for Rent 2-BEDROOM, $450 plus $100 de-posit, has an extreme makeover, adults only, no smoking, no pets, need references, 401 N. Oak, Lot 6, 620-365-3402, Cescon’s Senior Living Trailer Park.

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Real Estate for Rent

409 S. COLBORN, 3-BEDROOM, 1-bath, fully remodeled, $795 monthly, 620-496-6787.

Services Offered

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CHILDREN’S AIDE. Working with children after school, 12-18 hours/Monday-Thursday, requires driver’s license and reliable ve-hicle, prefer experience w/children, minimum 18 years old, drug screen required. Call Michelle at 620-365-5717 if questions. Southeast Kan-sas Mental Health Center, PO Box 807, Iola, KS 66749. Applications at local SEKMHC office. EOE/AA.

NIGHT COOKS, Sonic Drive-In of Iola, is looking for a few de-pendable people! Good wages for good workers. Must be able to pass drug & background screening. Ap-ply in person ONLY! No phone calls please. EOE.

LEGAL SECRETARY/RECEP-TIONIST POSITION. Applicant must be experienced, well organized, and have great PC skills (MS Word, Outlook and Excel). Salary com-mensurate with experience, includ-ing 401(k). All resumes will be kept confidential. Please send resume to: Kim, PO Box 866, Iola, KS 66749.

Employment Wanted

PRIVATE DUTY NURSE looking for clients, any shifts, 785-633-9561 or 620-365-8761.

Auctions

Autos and Trucks

2003 CHEVY 2500 HD, 4x4, ex-tended cab, clean, $9,000 OBO, 620-363-0285.

2005 FORD F150 XL, 5.4 Triton, 43K, bed liner, excellent condition, $9,000. 710 East Vine. 620-365-6100.

Recreational Vehicles

2000 WINNEBAGO MOTORHOME, see at 512 Kansas Ave., 620-228-1755.

Services Offered

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JOHN’S LOCK & KEYCertified Mobile Locksmith Commercial & Residential

24 hour home & auto unlocksInsured/Bonded620-228-1086

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Brenda Clark, Humboldt620-228-2048

S & S TREE SERVICELicensed, Insured, Free Estimates

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SUPERIOR BUILDERS. New Buildings, Remodeling,

Concrete, Painting and All Your Carpenter Needs, including

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SEWING ALTERATIONS& REPAIRS

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

SHAUGHNESSY BROS. CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Carpentry and painting

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

or 620-228-1303

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

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Ready To Make A Move! 410 E. Madison — $ 40,000 . Good solid bones - 2 story - 4 BD, 2 1 ⁄ 2 BA, service basement. New roof, new central H/A, complete reno - vation started, ready to finish. for the ‘Project Lover.’ Selling as-is. 518 E. Jackson — $ 91,500 . 4 BD, 2 BA, 2 car oversized attached garage. Very spacious home. Priced to sell! To see contact Lisa Sigg

(620) 228-3698 314 McAtee Rd., Iola — $ 93,000, 3 BD, 1 3 ⁄ 4 BA home on corner lot in quiet neighborhood. 2 car attached heated garage w/addi - tional room that could be an office/playroom. New roof in 2010. Fenced yard, hot tub with deck and covered patio area - great for entertaining! Motivated Motivated Seller!! Bring Me An Offer!! Seller!! Bring Me An Offer!! 322 N. Gas, Moran — $ 69,500, Very nice 3 BD, 1 1 ⁄ 2 BA home on 1/2 acre. Central heat/air, family room/4th BD/office. New covered front porch and siding and 2 sheds. Great location, edge of town & close to ball parks! (Addi - tional land available) 311 Cherokee, Humboldt — $ 24,900, Very nice starter/rental home. Large living room, 3 BD, 1 1 ⁄ 2 BA. Central heat/air, New win - dows that pull in for cleaning. Fur - niture negotiable. You MUST see to appreciate. 3 Commercial Building Lots - South State Street — $ 18,000, Great Building Site. 918 Central, Humboldt — $ 98,500, Beautiful 4 BD, 2 BA home on 3 corner lots. Beautiful hardwood floors and woodwork. Home has been remodeled. New sheetrock. Amazing Kitchens and More kitchen. You must come in and see to appreciate this home.

To see contact Gari Korte (620) 228-4567

Check out our website for addi - tional information & pictures at www.sekmls.com.

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Iola 365-6908

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Loren Korte, Broker

Humboldt - 473-3831

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~ Land for Sale ~ The Merle C. Tennis and Laurilla J. Tennis Revocable Trust is selling approximately 400 acres of land located to the north of Shaw Road, between Ford Road and Gray Road, southeast of Chanute. The legal description of the property is as follows:

The Southwest Quarter (SW/4), and the Northwest Quarter (NW/4), and the North Half of the Southeast Quarter (N/2 SE/4), Section 15, Township 28 South, Range 18 East, Neosho County, Kansas, subject to easements, restrictions, rights-of-way, oil and gas leases and mineral reservations of record.

The Trust is soliciting offers to purchase the land. Contact Kurt F. Kluin at Kluin Law Office if you have questions or want to make an offer. Offers must be in writing and directed to Mr. Kluin at P.O. Box G, 105 South Highland Street, Chanute, Kansas 66720, phone 620-431-1601, fax 620-431- 1602, E-mail [email protected]. The deadline to submit offers is September 17, 2012, and the Trust reserves the right to accept or reject any offer, or decide not to sell the land. No offer is binding until such time as the parties have negotiated and signed a mutually agreeable purchase agreement.

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Complete Stock of Steel, Bolts, Bearings & Related Items

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By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A

Navy SEAL’s firsthand ac-count of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden pulls back the veil on the secret opera-tions conducted almost night-ly by elite American forces against terrorist suspects.

Former SEAL Matt Bis-sonnette’s account contra-dicted in key details the ac-count of the raid presented by administration officials in the days after the May 2011 raid in Abbotabad, Pakistan, that killed the al-Qaida leader, and raised questions about whether the SEALs followed to the letter the order to only use deadly force if they deemed him a threat.

Bissonnette wrote that the SEALs spotted bin Lad-en at the top of a darkened hallway and shot him in the head even though they could not tell whether he was armed. Administration officials have described the SEALs shooting bin Laden only after he ducked back into a bedroom because they assumed he might be reaching for a weapon.

Military experts said Wednesday that if Bisson-nette’s recollection is accu-rate, the SEALS made the right call to open fire on the terrorist mastermind who had plenty of time to reach for a weapon or explosives as they made their way up to the third level of the house where he hid.

Bissonnette wrote the book, “No Easy Day,” un-der the pseudonym Mark Owen as one of the men in the room when they killed bin Laden. The book is to be published next week by Penguin Group (USA)’s Dutton imprint. The As-sociated Press purchased a copy Tuesday.

For years, the primary weapon in the war on terror has been unmanned drones firing missiles from the sky. But the Bissonnette book reveals a more bloody war waged by special operators, one the public almost never gets to see close up.

The book offers intimate details of a special opera-tions mission. The most memorable scenes are also the most human moments. Bissonnette describes one of the SEALs dressing the wounds of a woman who was shot when she lunged to-ward the SEALs. In another scene, a terrified mother clutches her child and a young girl identifies the dead man as Osama bin Laden, seemingly unaware of the significance of those words.

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Dear Carolyn: I love to cook and my family usu-ally loves what I cook. I’ve cooked for my new boy-friend, and he always says the same thing: “This meal wasn’t bad” or “pretty good.” Rarely does he fully compliment it.

I know I shouldn’t be fish-ing for compliments (which is exactly what I’m doing), but I’m extra-sensitive be-cause his ex-wife was an amazing cook. Should I cut back on how much I cook for him or should I just pass the comments off as be-nign? — Never a Critic

Answer: Think more broadly, please. Is he stingy with warmth, support or kindness in other contexts? And if so, does it bother you then, too, or are you just sensitive on this one topic, where your pride col-lides with his history?

That’s the responsible an-swer. The one my keyboard typed out when I banged my head on it: Ask him to move the stick slightly to the left, because then he’ll have room to stuff his “pretty good” where it be-longs. Cheez.

Dear Carolyn: I should

have prefaced my question with background: He is completely loving/support-ing/warm in every other way imaginable. I’m sensi-tive only on this one topic, and I think your response helped me process my ex-pectations and his reac-tions in a different light.

Since he is very honest and forthcoming with his compliments in other ar-eas, I’m guessing his “pret-ty good” was just as honest. Maybe my cooking isn’t as good as I thought it was. I’m okay with that; I’d rather he’d be honest than give me a fake compliment. — Nev-er a Critic again

Answer: Okeydokey. For what it’s worth, anyone who goes to the trouble of cook-ing for me gets a heartfelt thanks, because cooking for someone is the equiva-lent of a handmade gift. I get that you don’t want in-

sincere praise — but if he doesn’t have sincere praise to give, why couldn’t he instead be effusive in his gratitude?

If you’re in the habit of asking his opinion every time you feed him, then

I take that back, because you’re cornering him. How is he to respond to such an inquiry, after all, when you over-salted the sauce? “It was, er, just the right tem-perature, and I like that you cooked for me”?

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DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES - Here’s how to work it:

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

Rosacea looks like acne but it’s notDear Dr. Donohue: I am

63 years old and suffering from rosacea. Yes, suffer-ing. It’s ugly.

This is the second time it has erupted. I first had it more than 10 years ago. Is it unusual to get it at my age? What triggers it? What’s the cure? I am currently taking doxycycline and MetroGel. I have treated it now for 10 days and see only a small improvement. I avoid going out in public because of my appearance. — Help

Answer: The first out-break of rosacea (rose-AY-she-uh) most often takes place between the ages of 30 and 50, but no age is off limits. You were close enough to 50 to fit in the common age bracket. Rosa-cea is a chronic illness. In a way, you are unusual; for 10 years, it lay dormant with-out any treatment. Most often, it requires constant treatment.

Triggers for breakouts are spicy foods, alcohol, sunlight, extremes of tem-

perature and emotional sit-uations that cause blush-ing.

Rosacea appears mostly on the cheeks, nose, chin, forehead and eyelids. The skin turns red in all or some of those places. Pim-plelike eruptions are found in the same areas, as are telangiectasia (tell-ANN-gee-ek-TAY-zuhs), pur-plish-red small blood ves-sels that look like threads in disarray.

The cause of rosacea is unknown. It might be due to an attack on the skin by the immune system.

“Cure” is too strong a word to use with rosacea. Containment and control are more appropriate. You are getting standard treat-ment. MetroGel (metroni-

dazole) is applied directly to the skin. Doxycycline is an antibiotic usually taken in doses less than those needed for the standard treatment of infections. They’re not the only treat-ments, but you’re rushing things by expecting clear skin in 10 days. Be a lot more patient.

Rosacea can affect the eyes, reddening them and drying them. They feel like sand has been thrown onto their surfaces. An eye doc-tor handles this aspect of rosacea.

Contact the National Rosacea Society at 888-NO-BLUSH or online at www.rosacea.org. The society will provide you with the latest information on this not-uncommon condition.

Dear Dr. Donohue: After several ultrasound exams I was diagnosed with liver cysts. I have had a scan about every year since. A doctor aspirated one of the cysts, but it came back. What are liver cysts? Are they routinely removed? —

R.K. Answer: A cyst is

an enclosed sac contain-ing fluid or semisolid ma-terial. They’re found in many places, like the skin and in many organs. Since the wide use of scans and ultrasound, doctors have discovered that liver cysts occur in 4 percent of the population. More women have them than do men.

The majority of liver cysts are not cancer and produce no symptoms. A cyst less than 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter is almost never cancerous. An ultra-sound can accurately tell if a cyst is malignant. If it cannot, then a scan can. If neither is able to make the call, examining cyst fluid for cancer cells is an ex-cellent test. Unless special techniques are employed to keep the cyst collapsed after fluid is drained, it al-most always comes back.

I believe it’s safe to say your doctor feels that your cysts are not cancerous. Such cysts can be left alone.

Dr. Paul Donohue

To YourGoodHealth

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She’s sensitive about her cooking

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The staff of Neosho Memorial warmly welcomes Dr. Kari Hamlin, OB-Gyn, to our medical staff. With an office at the Ashley Clinic in Chanute, Dr. Hamlin specializes in medical and surgical care to women with expertise in pregnancy, childbrith, and disorders of the female reproductive system.

Benjamin Cook, Neodesha

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LABOR DAY

VA ClinicG&W, 10:00

VA ClinicG&W, 10:00

VA ClinicG&W, 10:00

VA ClinicG&W, 10:00

Cardiology

Cardiology

Cardiology

Ear, Nose & ThroatNephrology

Weight WatchersNeurology

Childbirth Prep



Childbirth Prep



Childbirth Prep

VA Clinic

Spinal Orthopedic

VA Clinic

VA Clinic

VA Clinic

PodiatryHealthy at Home,

10:00, Arolyn Heights

PodiatryParkinson’s Group

Podiatry

Podiatry

Neosho Memorial’s Home Health Agency presents “Making Medicare Make Sense” in this month’s Healthy at Home series.

Pulmonology

Pleased to be growing! Construction on a state-of-the-art MRI suite began last month. Watch for more information to come or visit ww.neoshomemorial.com for the latest updates.

Thayer, 11:30Chanute, 1:00

Erie, 11:00

Humboldt, 10:30Iola, 11:15

Look for the heart to find Home Health sponsored area Blood Pressure/Blood Sugar Checks.

Call Shevawn at 620-432-5438 for dates and locations.

Business & Indusrial Leaders are invited to a special program

“Health Reform for Employers” on September 19th from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm.

RSVP to 432-5312 by September 12th.

Health Reform, 11:30

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