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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.

By BOB [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

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By JOE [email protected]

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

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

Pekarek walks his talk. A na-


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Temps for runlook inviting

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

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

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

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

Pekarek finds home at USD 257

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

Cheating scandal detailed

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Iolan studies 2010 oil spill PIQUA HAS DAY IN THE SUN

Register/Bob JohnsonPeople from throughout eastern Kansas came to Piqua Saturday for a Kansas Explorers Club seminar on life in a small Kan-sas town.


PIQUA — Piqua’s population is listed at 80. For a few hours Satur-day, it more than doubled.

About 100 people from through-out eastern Kansas, many of them members of the Kansas Explor-ers Club, came to town to learn how a small unincorporated town gets along.

Quite nicely, Shelia Lampe, a resident and director of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, said.

She explained being unincor-porated means Piqua “really is considered a village. We don’t have a city council” and regula-tions come from Woodson County.

Jan Eckroat, Lampe’s mother, accentuated her daughter’s de-scription of Piqua, chugging up on a lawn mower to join the crowd.

“That’s the thing about Piqua,” Lampe quipped. “We don’t have anything against people riding lawn mowers on our streets.

“Just about everyone is related to everyone else and for the most part we get along,” she observed. “We have a few arguments, but it’s just like what you’d have in a

Small town life has bigadvantages


On April 24, 2010, oil from a rupture of the Deepwater Hori-zon offshore well started to leak in the Gulf of Mexico. It contin-ued unabated for three months.

Cleanup continues, said Chris Phelan, assistant Allen County attorney, who recently com-pleted a 54-day deployment as a Coast Guard reservist in New Orleans.

“Great progress has been made, but there’s still much to do,” said Phelan, 38, an attorney whose specialty is environmen-tal concerns.

“It’s a complicated process,” he said, made so by weather conditions and concerns for en-dangered species of wildlife that inhabit the gulf coast — nesting and raising of young have to be taken into consideration.

Phelan noted that cleanup of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, much smaller that the 5 million barrels of crude that streamed from British Petroleum’s off-shore well, took three years to

complete. The 1989 spill was less than a million barrels.

P h e l a n ’ s role in the c l e a n u p w a s n ’ t h a n d s - o n , rather in co-o r d i n a t i o n with state and local governments and Native American tribes that have pro-priety rights with some land af-fected, as well as British Petro-leum.

“I gave input (on legal issues) and investigated adverse ef-fects,” Phelan said.

With his office was in New Orleans, Phelan experienced a hurricane firsthand, when Isaac came ashore in late August.

“We shut everything down and didn’t work for several days,” he said.

The Coast Guard, well-versed in dealing with ocean-born storms, gave Phelan and others

Chris Phelan

Resolution to schoolfunding a ways off

By RICHARD [email protected]

Don’t hold your breath wait-ing for a quick resolution of an ongoing lawsuit between more than 50 school districts and the state.

That was the message Friday shared with representatives from 52 districts, all of which are suing the state because of what they consider unfair cuts in public education funding.

Iola’s USD 257 is one of the plaintiffs in the Schools For Fair Funding coalition, which is be-hind the suit.

Brian Pekarek, USD 257 su-perintendent of schools, sat in on a meeting Friday in Newton among coalition members.

A three-judge panel is hear-ing evidence from the plaintiffs, who contend the state has vio-lated the Kansas Constitution by cutting back in school fund-ing in recent years.

The cutbacks were necessary, state officials counter, because of declining state revenue.

Pekarek said regardless of how the judges rules, an appeal

FOLLOW THE ARROW

Register/Bob JohnsonMarci Penner, Kansas Sampler Foundation director, left, reacts to a comment made by Shelia Lampe as she talks about Piqua, her hometown.

Register/Allison TinnAbove is Gene Weatherbie shooting at an exotic animal decoy while his dog Mossy watches from behind. Friends and family showed up at the Weatherbie residence Saturday for some healthy competition. Gene and his wife Theresa put on the annual hay maze, but when the grounds aren’t being used on a scary October evening they become a 3D archery course. The course has 18 tar-gets. Scoring a 180 would be the equivalent of making par in golf. And as with golf, the goal of the game is to score as low as possible. Decoys are as far as 58 yards away.

Book set in southeast Kansas chosen for Iola Reads project

By ALLISON [email protected]

The community-wide reading project, “Iola Reads,” will kick off Oct. 1, with the selection of “Moon Over Manifest,” by Clare Vanderpool.

The book is set in southeast Kansas and follows the journey of Abilene Tucker, a young girl who grew up in the railroad in-dustry with her father. Her father sends her to live in a little town of Manifest, Kan., a coal mining town, during the Great Depres-sion.

Vanderpool is the first Kansas author to ever win the Newbery Medal, which is the highest award in children’s literature, according Roger Carswell, director of the Iola Public Library.

Though the book is targeted to a younger crowd, “the author could have expected the book to appeal to all generations,” Cars-well said.

The Iola Reads committee

chose the book because of its achievement with the Newbery Medal, but also because it is set in southeast Kansas, Carswell said.

“It is a really good book,” he said. “Anytime you read a good book it becomes your friend.”

IOLA READS is a “One Book, One Community” project encour-aging all Iolans to read a book cho-sen by the project’s committee. It is a cooperative project involving USD 257, Iola Public Library, Al-len Community College Library and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Governor fashions narrative suggesting budget cuts may be necessary TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov.

Sam Brownback’s administra-tion already has developed talk-ing points to deflect anticipated criticism of the newly enacted massive income tax cuts should Kansas face significant budget problems next year.

Critics said their fears about the aggressiveness of the cuts were confirmed by the conserva-tive Republican governor’s bud-get director in July, when he told

state agencies to draft proposals for slicing up to 10 percent of their spending.

Brownback and his allies argue the tax cuts will stimulate eco-nomic activity, generating new tax revenues to more than offset what the state gives up. The gov-ernor concedes that economic growth may lag and the state may face some belt-tightening, but he says core services will be pre-served.

The administration is fash-ioning a narrative that suggests budget cuts may be necessary be-

cause the nation’s economy may remain stagnant. Europe’s finan-cial crisis also looms as a poten-tial threat.

“There are forces beyond the state’s control,” Brownback

spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said last week. “There’s still a great deal of uncertainty with the economy.”

The state is decreasing its indi-vidual income tax rates for 2013, with the top rate dropping to 4.9 percent from 6.45 percent. Also, the state will exempt the owners of 191,000 partnerships, sole pro-prietorships and other businesses from income taxes.

The Legislature’s research staff projects that the tax cuts will be worth $231 million during the current fiscal year and increase

to more than $800 million during the next fiscal year. The collective tax relief over the next six years is estimated at more than $4.5 bil-lion.

The same legislative research-ers project that the tax cuts will create collective budget shortfalls approaching $2.5 billion over the next six years.

Brownback’s aides described July’s budget instructions as a planning tool, but signs that sig-nificant cuts are a possibility keep popping up. The Department of

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By DAVE RANNEYKHI News Service

TOPEKA — A long-simmering dispute over whether state officials have done enough to regulate off-brand cigarette companies is threatening to pull tens of millions of dollars from the state’s programs for children and at-risk fami-lies.

“The potential is there, certainly, for this to deci-mate children’s programs all across Kansas,” said Shannon Cotsoradis, chief executive of the advocacy group Kansas Action for Children.

The dispute stems from the 1998 master settlement agreement in which to-bacco companies agreed to make billions of dollars in compensatory payments to states for as long as they re-main in business.

In Kansas, most of the tobacco companies’ pay-ments — $761 million in total since 1999 — are used to finance early childhood development services and programs that assist at-risk families, such as those with disabled children.

“Clawing back” paymentsThe settlement agree-

ment includes a section that requires states to be “diligent” in making sure that cigarette companies that weren’t part of the set-tlement pay a $6-per-carton fee to an escrow fund.

“That was part of the deal,” said Bryan Haynes, t o b a c c o team lead-er with Troutman Sanders, a Richmond, Va., law firm that represents several to-bacco companies.

“In exchange for the par-ticipating manufacturers making settlement pay-ments on a going-forward basis, the states were to force the non-participat-ing manufacturers to pay a comparable amount — about $6 a carton — into an escrow fund,” Haynes said. “It’s meant to keep non-participating companies from coming in and under-cutting the companies that were making settlement payments.”

The agreement allows participating tobacco com-panies to retrieve or “claw back” a sizable portion of their payments if they can prove three things:

• That they lost market share;

• That the lost market share was a result of con-ditions in the settlement agreement;

• That a state had been lax in its enforcement of the non-participating com-panies’ escrow obligation.

Since 2006, the partici-pating companies — R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris Inc., Brown & Williamson, Lorillard and 16 smaller companies — have accused the states of being less than diligent in enforcing the non-participating compa-nies’ payments.

When the companies joined the agreement in 1998 and 1999, they con-trolled 99.6 percent of the nation’s cigarette market. By 2003, their share had fallen to 91.6 percent, and the non-participating com-panies’ share had increased

from less than half a per-cent to almost 8.4 percent.

The non-participating companies manufacture cut-rate cigarettes that tend to be sold in smoke shops, on Indian reservations and online. Their brand names include Tracker, Cheyenne, Carnival, Mohawk, Heron, American Harvest and Smokin Joes.

Enforcement questionsIn July, a three-judge

arbitration panel began a year-long process for hear-ing the tobacco companies’ complaints and each state’s defense.

“There are state-specific arbitrations going on right now,” Haynes said, noting that the initial scope of the hearings is limited to what happened in 2003.

Many states, he said, have argued that they did as much as their then-current laws allowed them to do.

“One of the most inter-esting questions for the ar-bitrators is: What does dili-gent enforcement mean?” Haynes said. “Because for better or worse, the MSA does not have any defini-tion or specifics as to what it means.”

Kansas’ arbitration hear-ing was held Aug. 1 in Chi-cago.

Jeff Wagaman, a spokes-man for Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, declined comment about the issues raised during the hearing.

“As this matter is in ar-bitration we decline com-ment,” he wrote in an email to KHI News Service.

The state-by-state arbi-tration hearings are due to continue into June 2013. The panel is expected to is-sue its ruling later in the year.

Late last year, tobacco companies dropped their complaints against 13 states: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Massachu-setts, Montana, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dako-ta, Utah, Vermont, Wiscon-sin, and Wyoming.

“There’s a formula that the participating compa-nies use to figure out which states were dropped,” said Clyde Hutchins, a senior Wyoming assistant attor-ney general. “A lot of fac-tors were involved and ‘dili-gent enforcement’ was one of them. It wasn’t the only one, but it was one of the bigger ones, certainly.”

Kansas may owe refundThe decision is signifi-

cant because the 12 states’ share of whatever refund may be owed to the partici-

pating tobacco companies will fall on the remaining states that didn’t do enough to enforce the escrow pay-ments.

The settlement allows the tobacco companies to recoup more than $1.2 bil-lion — 20 percent of the to-tal payments made in 2003 — if they can prove the states fell short of meeting their obligations.

In 2003, the participat-ing tobacco companies paid Kansas $48.3 million. So if the panel finds that Kan-sas was less than diligent in its enforcement efforts, the state likely will have to refund at least $9.6 million (20 percent) or, in a worst-case scenario, all of what it received, according to the original settlement terms as analyzed by attorneys familiar with the proceed-ings.

The refund — whatever it may be — will be deducted from the tobacco compa-nies’ 2014 or 2015 payment, depending on when the panel issues its decision. The companies pay the states on April 15 each year.

A state will not have to give back more than it re-ceived in 2003.

Similar refunds are pos-sible in subsequent years as well.

Children’s fundIn Kansas, most of the

tobacco companies’ pay-ments are deposited in a Children’s Initiative Fund, which is used to underwrite early childhood develop-ment programs throughout the state.

The underwriting is ad-ministered by the 15-mem-ber Children’s Cabinet. Its president is appointed by the governor.

In an email to KHI News Service, Children’s Cabinet President Amanda Adkins said she expected the pros-pects for reduced funding to be discussed during the g r o u p ’ s Sept. 26 m e e t i n g . She de-clined fur-ther com-ment.

In addi-tion to her Children’s Cabinet duties, Adkins is chair of the Kansas Repub-lican Party.

Cotsoradis of Kansas Action for Children also serves on the Children’s Cabinet.

She said she and other child advocates are ex-ploring alternate sources of revenues for offsetting whatever monies may be lost in the diligent enforce-ment arbitration.

“It’s obvious, I think, that there’s going to be some kind of cut because other states have been dropped from the arbitration and Kansas wasn’t,” Cotsora-dis said. “But little kids shouldn’t be left holding the bag for whatever the state failed to do. Alterna-tive funding solutions have to be on the table.”

Low state cigarette taxesNationally, the Campaign

for Tobacco-free Kids is encouraging states to con-sider offsetting the losses — as well as losses tied to declines in cigarette sales — with increases in their cigarette taxes.

“To protect against any serious future budget dis-ruptions relating to the cigarette companies’ MSA payments ... states could re-spond to the ongoing MSA payment reductions by in-creasing their tobacco tax rates, or could pass legisla-tion directing the state reve-nue department to increase all state tobacco tax rates whenever the state’s total tobacco settlement and to-bacco tax revenues fall be-low certain stated amounts or significantly below the prior year’s level,” the ad-

vocacy group wrote in a re-cent position paper.

“Our position is that rais-ing the tax on cigarettes re-duces smoking. That’s why we’re for it,” said Danny McGoldrick, vice president for research with Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids.

“But, yes, it could be used to offset lost revenues as well.”

Kansas last raised its tax on cigarettes — from 24 cents per pack to 79 cents per pack — in 2002.

In the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, the tax generated almost $96 mil-lion, all of which went into the state’s general fund.

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Tobacco dispute threatens children’s programs

KHI News Service photoIn July, an arbitration panel began hearing tobacco companies’ complaints that some states — including Kansas — have been less than diligent in enforcing the terms of the 1998 master settlement agreement. If the panel agrees with the tobacco companies, Kansas likely will have to refund at least $9.6 million or, in a worst-case scenario, all $48.3 million paid to the state in 2003. Under current arbitration, a state will not have to give back more than it received in 2003, but similar refunds are possible in subsequent years as well.

It’s obvious, I think, that there’s going to be some kind of cut because other states have been dropped from the arbitration and Kansas wasn’t. But little kids shouldn’t be left holding the bag for whatever the state failed to do. Alternative fund-ing solutions have to be on the table.

— Shannon Cotsaridis,Kansas Action For Children exectuive

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Sources: Orzechowski & Walker, Tax Burden on Tobacco, 2010; media reports; state revenue department websites.

Bryan Haynes

Amanda Adkins

TodayIola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building,

Riverside Park.USD 257 school board meeting, 6:30 p.m., Iola High School

lecture hall.

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

Courthouse.American Red Cross office, 9-11:30 a.m., Emprise Bank.Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student

Center.Allen County Hospital trustees meeting, 7 p.m., Mary Ellen

Stadler meeting room at Allen County Hospital, open to public.

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

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

5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.Farmers Market, 5:30 p.m., southwest corner of Iola

square.

FridaySenior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior

citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

Oct. 1Moran Public Library Board of Directors meeting, 5 p.m., at

the library.Moran City Council, 7 p.m., Moran City Hall.Iola Community Theatre board meeting, 7:30 p.m., Ware-

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

Thursday-SaturdayKincaid Free Fair.

Friday and SaturdayBuster Keaton Celebration, all day Friday and Saturday,

Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Calendar

Coming events

Our position is that raising the tax on ciga-rettes reduces smoking. That’s why we’re for it. But, yes, it could be used to offset lost revenues as well.

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Sam Brownback came to KU last week and rhapsodized about his tax cut legislation at the Busi-ness School’s annual Chandler Lecture. “We are trying to cre-ate a pro-growth environment,” he said, as he defended the large and highly weighted (to partner-ships, trusts, sole proprietors, etc.) tax cuts enacted last May.

Like some Texas Hold’em pok-er pro, the governor has pushed most of the state’s chips into the pot, banking on the power of tax cuts to help us attract new in-vestment to Kansas. In his hom-ey metaphor, “I want to win our [economic] league.” To tell the truth, this goal of regional domi-nation might have meant more before Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado left the Big 12.

The entire tax-cut philosophy rests on shaky ground, but state taxes unquestionably play some role in business decisions. Still, the quality of the workforce, the strength of schools, good trans-portation and various amenities are also significant. Indeed, any state seeking to attract new busi-ness must be seen as an attrac-tive destination.

And there’s the rub. Over the past two years, the

Brownback-Kobach adminis-tration, which is definitely how the outside world views Kansas government, has done a tremen-dous job in making the state ap-pear unattractive to exactly the kind of high-quality, financially sound firms and start-ups that would provide a powerful wave of good new jobs.

Most recently, we have expe-rienced the fatuous “birther” controversy, which Kobach and his “Objection Board” needless-ly fueled, to the point of legiti-mizing a trivial complaint that could have been dismissed with no fanfare. Rather, Kobach and his wingmen, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer, extended

the agony by seeking further documentation, only to have the request withdrawn. Across the country, the news stories and ed-itorials were withering in their criticism.

In this case, Kobach won fur-ther adulation from his right-wing base, always valuable in some forthcoming primary elec-tion, while conveniently not be-ing forced to make a pro-Obama decision that might alienate his most fervent supporters.

So, Kobach was a winner, Obama was a winner, to an ex-tent, and the state of Kansas again became the butt of nation-al — even international — jokes. Blessed by the presence at the hearing of Orly Taitz, the so-called “queen of the birthers,” Kansas was once more painted with the broad brush strokes of political weirdness and intoler-ance.

Such a portrait, of course, is just what the state needs in the wake of two decades of cre-ationist controversies, unend-ing Westboro Church protests, a governor whose administration monitors a student’s Twitter ac-

count, and a secretary of state who flies around the country amping up a nasty, ego-satisfy-ing campaign against any pres-ence of illegal immigrants.

That’s not all. Remember the governor’s ill-conceived “mar-riage summit” and his $75,000 contract with discredited eco-nomics guru Alfred Laffer? Or, more recently, Kobach’s sterling anti-immigrant, anti-sharia-law stances at the GOP Convention?

All these incendiary state-ments, false steps and flat-out blunders encourage the thought that perhaps there has been a ca-gey plot to make prospective em-ployers, along with thousands of well-qualified professionals recruited by NBAF and the KU Cancer Center, think long and

hard about putting down roots in Kansas.

In contrast, as illustrated by Richard Florida’s “Creative Class” argument, it is good schools, lively cities, safe sub-urbs and thriving arts com-munities that attract the most innovative firms and the most accomplished professionals.

Who knows? Maybe cutting taxes to the bone will prove a great boon to the Kansas econ-omy. But this narrow policy choice must navigate upstream, against an unceasing flow of na-tional news that makes the state look spiteful and stupid. I’m not sure we can lower taxes enough to overwhelm the torrent of neg-ative stories that shows no sign of drying up.

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Maybe cutting taxes to the bone will prove a great boon to the Kansas economy. But this narrow policy choice must navigate upstream, against an unceas-ing flow of national news that makes the state look spiteful and stupid.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The best political minds at Romney head-quarters have come up with an antidote to the candidate’s floun-dering presidential bid: “More Mitt” — putting more of him in front of more voters more often.

This is supposed to be a good thing? After watching the candi-date on Florida’s Gulf Coast, I’m not convinced.

It’s true that Romney hasn’t exactly been burning up the cam-paign trail of late. At Romney’s event in Sarasota on Thursday, his lone public event of the day, one reporter in the traveling en-tourage joked that Romney isn’t running for president — he’s walking.

But voters don’t need More Mitt. They need Core Mitt: a sense of what exactly he proposes to do as president. At this late stage, just six weeks before the election, even his most ardent supporters don’t know.

Some 2,000 Floridians got a heaping portion of Mitt on Thurs-day afternoon — I saw two dozen of them carted off by medics after they passed out in the 90-degree heat — as they listened to him rail for nearly 20 minutes about the ills of all things Obama. Yet he failed to give these hard-bitten Republicans here in Katherine Harris country what they craved most: a reason to be for him. He offered nary a specific about what he would do as president.

In the Sarasota crowd, I spoke with Billy Murphy, a retiree hold-ing a poster board with the hand-lettered message: “NO REDISTRI-BUTION TO FREELOADERS.” Murphy, an avowed foe of Obama, will support Romney — but he does not know why. “He hasn’t re-ally told the people yet what he’s gonna do,” Murphy said. “We need to know.” Noting Murphy’s sign, I suggested that he must, at least, agree with Romney’s criti-cism of the roughly 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income taxes and expect govern-ment handouts. “I don’t know,” Murphy said, suddenly sheepish. “I’m one of the 47 percent. I’m on Social Security.”

As Romney’s difficulties mount — strained finances, weak poll-ing, unforced errors, criticism from conservatives and moves by vulnerable Republicans to dis-tance themselves — his advisers have been debating how to revive the campaign. Focus on jobs? Pro-vide more specifics? Moderate his positions? Hit Obama on redis-tributing wealth? Go after Obama on foreign policy? Defend his “47 percent” remark? Back away from it?

Ultimately, Romney’s advisers declared that the candidate would present a more detailed agenda.

But that was not in evidence in Sarasota. Instead, Romney did what he has done when in trouble in the past: He lashed out.

“Do you want four more years with 23 million people out of work or underemployed?” he asked. “Do you want four more years where incomes go down every single year? You want four more years with gasoline prices doubling? Do you want four more years with unemployment above 8 percent?”

ROMNEY WAS SHOUTING, jabbing his finger in the air. He repeatedly accused Obama of throwing “the white flag of sur-render” and of changing his slo-gan from “yes, we can” to “no, I can’t. ... He went from the presi-dent of change to the president who can’t get change.”

As for his alternative, Romney promised “five steps” to revive the economy — and then, Rick Perry-style, appeared to forget the fifth. “And number five — num-ber five — if you want to see jobs really take off in this country, we’re going to have the number of — all five of these things.” He then went through the list again, finally coming up with “number five is to champion small busi-ness.”

The others — such as “mak-ing sure that we have trade that works” or getting “on track to a balanced budget” — were no more specific. Neither were his vows that “jobs is my priority” and that “I will never apologize for America.”

Romney’s attacks on Obama were well received by the crowd assembled outside the Ringling Museum of Art (yes, named after the circus tycoon). Several in at-tendance cooled themselves with “Defeat Obama” fans, and there were the usual depictions in the crowd of Obama the socialist.

But while they were united in antipathy toward the incumbent, those in the audience I spoke with wanted the challenger to do some-thing more than criticize Obama. They asked for more details on Medicare, national security, health care and taxes.

“He’s got to push his platform, and not get into mudslinging,” said Sue Kerzisnik of Sarasota.

She’s right. Voters don’t need More Mitt. They just need to know what he’s for.

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By JOHN SCHLAGECKKansas Farm Bureau

Proponents of organic, labor-intensive farming contend we should go back to the days when every family owned 40 acres, farmed with hay burners (horses) and applied no chemicals.

You remember the good ol’ days when people were self-sufficient, owned a couple milk cows, tilled a garden and butchered 40 or 50 fry-ers each spring.

Some of these zealots propose each nation should also strive for self sufficiency. No imports. No exports.

Should such events occur, you may want to prepare yourself for milking each morning instead of that piping hot mug of coffee. For-get about sliced bananas on your bowl of corn flakes. These goodies we import into this country, and a lot more, won’t be on the kitchen table any more. Count on it.

God forbid we adopt these poli-cies. If we cave in to those who spread hysteria about unsafe food

and giant farms, be prepared to do without the services of all the non-agricultural types. This in-cludes carpenters, painters, nurs-es, doctors, teachers, writers and musicians.

In case you haven’t heard, labor-intensive farming doesn’t permit time for many other pursuits. Nei-ther does production agriculture.

Farmers run non-stop, from early morning to late at night, planting and harvesting crops, tilling the soil, feeding and caring for livestock. Their work seldom ends. It’s foolish to assume every-one would want to leave his or her job in the city to move to the farm. It ain’t all “Green Acres” out there folks.

And who’s to say all these peo-ple from other professions would become productive farmers?

A friend of mine who lives in Denver remarked to me when we were visiting last weekend that he does not want to be a farmer. He says he couldn’t feed himself, much less the rest of the country

or world.“I’d starve to death and so

would the rest of us,” he told me. “If you want to till the soil, go for it. But that doesn’t mean the rest of us want to, thank you.”

If we return to a system where everyone farms, brace yourself for even more uncertain econom-ic times. Manual labor and animal power could spell the return of food shortages and famine. A na-tion of farmers translates to a na-tion even more vulnerable to de-pressions and hunger. A drought, plague of insects or disease could trigger such tragedies because we’d have no chemicals to fight them.

Today’s mechanized farmer provides us with the safest, most abundant food in the world. He works closely with crop consul-tants when applying herbicides, insecticides and fertilizers. He has cut his uses significantly in recent years — up to 50 percent in some cases.

Farmers work years to leave a legacy of beneficial soil practices. Most of the farmers I know would give up farming rather than ruin their land. They are proud of the crops they grow and the land they work.

Farmers continue to work to conserve water, plug abandoned wells, watch their grassland graz-ing and continue to adopt sound techniques that will ensure pres-ervation of the land.

There’s an old saying that rings true today: “You can never go home.” Yes, we can never return to the good ol’ days. Besides, were they really all that good?

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in his detachment “a laun-dry list of things we needed to do. We filled our bathtubs with water (for drinking and sanitary needs) and were told to stay inside. The day before the storm hit, New Orleans was like a ghost town. The streets were empty.”

When the storm arrived, curiosity got the better of Phelan. He couldn’t resist

going outdoors, “to see what it was like. It was hard to keep your balance. It was like a long-lasting bad storm (in Kansas). Trees were blown over and it rained hard for several days.”

The storm stirred in-trigue more than fear, Phel-an said, with it being a cat-egory 1, the least severe on the scale used to describe hurricanes.

“It was an opportunity

for me to see a hurricane with no adverse effects,” Phelan said.

PHELAN joined the Coast Guard in 1996, with duty including time in South America working with drug interdiction teams.

He remained in the re-serves after his discharge and graduated from the University of Kansas Law School in 2004. The reserve

role included 14 months of port assessment duty, to de-termine security risks of incoming vessels, before he became County Attorney Wade Bowie’s assistant in June 2011.

He spends one weekend a month with his reserve unit in Louisville and is obligat-ed to two weeks of summer training, as well as special calls to duty such as that in New Orleans.

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Lampe gave some statis-tics. In Piqua and its sur-rounding area are 14 busi-ness with 48 employees. Several are single-employee and home-based; the Piqua Farmers Cooperative, with an elevator and farm store, employs 13.

Marci Penner, who founded Kansas Sampler Foundation, the parent or-ganization of the Kansas Explorers Club, moderated a 90-minute gathering on a grassy area in the shadow of several large silos where area farmer Bryan Specht stores grain.

“In how many towns can you get a haircut at the farmers co-op,” Penner asked.

Jay McNett, barber, said he has been “a part of the community forever and I’m comfortable here.”

McNett has cut hair of four generations in some families and moved into a corner of the co-op’s farm store when a building hous-ing a bar, cafe and his shop burned about 20 years ago.

Penner told about her first visit to Piqua several years ago and how she had some reservations about go-ing into the Silverado’s Bar and Grill, the only restau-rant in town.

“Here I was a Mennonite girl looking at a bar and grill with a front door that was beat up,” she said.

With hunger winning out, Penner found “great people and great food. Later I wrote about it on my blog

and the next time I was here, there was a new door.”

Most of those attending Saturday’s tour had lunch at Silverado’s, after casual walking tours of Piqua. In the afternoon they drove to Kalida, original Woodson County seat, and its cem-etery. Kalida is southwest of Yates Center.

“I MOVED here 38 years ago when I got married,” said Judy Westerman, water district office manager and tour guide for the Buster Keaton Museum that occu-pies a part of the office. “At first I couldn’t leave because my husband wouldn’t, and now I wouldn’t because I love Piqua.”

Westerman told of Keaton’s birth in Piqua on Oct. 4, 1895, when his family was performing in a vaude-ville show.

The only time Keaton returned to the area was when his travelling show was headed to Hutchinson via U.S. 54 and they stopped for a few minutes.

Westerman said the rural water that serves Piqua res-idents had 20 miles of lines when it started in 1969 and now has 600 miles carrying water to 750 customers.

The first Catholic church was built on an acre of land just west of Piqua, open-ing Nov. 1, 1884, said Linda Wille.

“The land cost $65 and the church was built for $2,000,” she said.

Work on St. Martin’s, at the southwest corner of

town and south of U.S. 54, started in 1915, and was ded-icated in 1922.

“It took seven years be-cause it was started during World War I,” she said, and construction slowed and stopped for a while dur-ing 1920-21 because of hard times.

Cost of the church was $45,000. Its steeple is 125 feet high.

The church, which can seat 400, closed to regular services in 1998, but has spe-cial events, which “always draw a large crowd,” Wille said.

MANDY Moyer, nee Lampe, grew up in Piqua, graduated from Southwest-ern College, Winfield, and was living in Manhattan, when she and husband Jer-emy, decided they wanted to raise their children in a small town.

They moved to Piqua in 2005. She worked as a re-porter for the Yates Center News for three years, until the draw of being a stay-at-home mom became too great.

“When I get frustrated, I bake to relax,” said Moyer, in an explanation of how her home-based business, Victory Sweets, got its start.

“I learned to bake from my grandma (Jan Eckroat) and especially how to make pies from my great-grand-ma (Katherine Eckroat),” Moyer said.

Moyer, 33, specializes in cupcakes — she sold several dozen Saturday morning —

and pies, “with strawberry-rhubarb and gooseberry my best sellers.”

“So, you’re rural by choice,” asked Penner.

“Yes, I am,” Moyer re-plied.

Penner said the mission of the Kansas Sampler Foundation is to preserve, support and sustain rural culture, where “community comes together.”

The Farmers Cooperative was incorporated in 1956 and “we took in our first crop in 1957,” said Marvin Lynch, an employee since 1971 and manager since 1984. He will step down in February and give the reins to Ken Smail, only the third manager the co-op has had.

“The co-op exists for the mutual benefit of the farm-ers who own it,” Lynch said, giving them a place to sell grain at harvest and also a place to buy seed, fertilizer, chemicals and fuel. As a co-operative, members share in profits.

In a normal year the co-op takes in 2 million bush-els of grain, Lynch said, with corn delivery this year of about 500,000 bushels, a third of normal yield be-cause of heat and drought.

Don Lampe noted the co-op is in two parts, with a farm store being the second leg.

“It’s kind of like a con-venience store, with hard-ware, some groceries and garden supplies,” as well as fuel and basic vehicle repairs, he said. “And, it’s where Jay cuts hair.”

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Additional committee mem-bers are Dixie Quincy and Nancy Toland.

The project, started in 2006, releases two books a year. It is now on its 14th book. Six hundred books are distributed in tubs to roughly 12 local businesses, school libraries, including the college and the public library.

Typically, the book re-leased in the spring is tar-geted to a more mature crown where the fall book targets to upper elementary and middle school students.

“The children’s books have been just as popular with the adults as the adult selections have been,” Car-swell said.

The book chosen for this project is “Moon Over Mani-fest” by Clare Vanderpool.

People are asked to either pass the book along to some-

one else, return them to one of the locations or if they intend on keeping the book a $2 donation is requested.

This project is funded by the Helen Gates Whitehead Trust. Additional funding comes from donations and from the Iola Kiwanis Club.

The committee tries to choose contemporary books so as to give readers the chance to meet the author, Carswell said.

Some of the books cho-sen in the past have been “Touching Spirit Bear,” “Our Boys,” “The Wonder-ful Wizard of Oz,” “The Greatest Generation,” “Peak” and “To Kill a Mock-ingbird.”

Vanderpool will pres-ent three programs for Iola schools on Nov. 16. On Nov. 17, she will speak as part of the library’s Family Read-ing Festival at Allen Com-munity College at 1 p.m.

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is a virtual certainty, either by the coalition or by the state.

An appeals case wouldn’t be heard until next August at the earliest, Pekarek said.

Pekarek estimated the earliest possible resolution

to the case would be in 2014.The judges have plenty to

sort through, Pekarek said, noting more than 1 million pages of various documents have been entered as evi-dence, as have 480 exhibits and testimony from 44 sub-jects.

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Commerce announced last week it was ending its long-running Kansas Main Street program — which provided money and support for com-munities to help preserve small downtown businesses — trimming 18 jobs.

During a state Govern-mental Ethics Commission meeting, Executive Director Carol Williams warned that one of two staff auditors was at risk of being laid off, and said administrators in other agencies are certain

that 10 percent cuts are im-minent.

“The biggest force driving his budget problem is the tax cut,” said Kansas Demo-cratic Party Chairwoman Joan Wagnon, a former state revenue secretary, said of Brownback.

Brownback and his allies have argued repeatedly that the projections are too pessi-mistic about future revenue growth that would come from a boost in economic activity, particularly small businesses.

“This plan simplifies their taxes and helps busi-ness owners retain more of their profits, which can then be reinvested in their liveli-hood or the community,” Revenue Secretary Nick Jor-dan said in a statement ear-lier this month.

The administration sees the potential growth to be too promising to reverse course, even when faced with the possibility of trim-ming the budget.

“In the meantime, we have to make sure the state

is well-prepared to live with-in its means while ensuring that we’re still funding our core services,” Jones-Sontag said.

Still, raising questions about the national or global economy could help the ad-ministration as it defends the income tax cuts. The post-9/11 recession in 2002 largely shielded then-GOP Gov. Bill Graves and legis-lators from recriminations that they’d been too aggres-sive in cutting taxes during the 1990s.

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Red Devils are perfect in Allen InviteBy JOCELYN SHEETS

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College volleyball.Allen bounced back from a

disappointing loss at Hesston Wednesday with a stellar perfor-mance in its 2012 Allen Invite this weekend.

The two-day round-robin tour-nament had two teams go unde-feated. Allen was one of those teams with a dramatic five-set win over NJCAA Division II 17th-ranked Fort Scott Community College. The other was Neosho County Community College of Chanute, which also knocked off the ranked Greyhounds in Fri-day’s first round of games.

Allen jumped out to a two-set lead on Fort Scott. The Red Dev-ils were leading in the third set but the Greyhounds found a way to extend the match with a win. Again, the Red Devils led late in the fourth set, 20-17 and had the serve.

Again Fort Scott, led by Ashley Bell at the net, rallied and forced a deciding fifth set, in which the first team to 15 wins.

All the other teams were done and cleared out of the Iola Recre-ation Building at Riverside Park Saturday afternoon. The Red Dev-ils and Greyhounds plus their fans were all alone in the gym.

It was point-for-point and tied at 6-6 when freshman libero Sarah Charbonneau stepped to the ser-vice line for Allen. It was 7-6 and

freshman Sidney Keith made a solo block for a point then the teams changed sides with ACC up 8-6.

Allen still had the serve and Hayley Mertens, sophomore hit-ter, put down one of her match-high 23 kills. Fort Scott claimed

possession but Allen stayed in the lead in a sideout contest.

Fort Scott tied the set at 12-12 then sophomore Randi Billings delivered a kill for Allen. Fresh-man Tayler Shook served and Mertens’ final kill of the match put Allen up 14-12. The Grey-hounds fended off a match point and got the serve.

It’s didn’t matter. The Red Dev-ils only needed one point. That point came on a combined block by Mertens and Billings.

Allen defeated Fort Scott 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13. It was a perfect finish to a perfect week-end in their own tournament.

The Red Devils opened action Friday afternoon with a 25-19, 25-23, 25-21 win over Labette Com-munity College. They pulled out a four-set win — 25-20, 25-20, 25-27, 25-19 — over Southeast Commu-nity College of Lincoln, Neb. Sat-urday morning, Allen beat Dodge City Community College 31-29, 25-21, 18-25, 25-13.

Mertens, Charbonneau and sophomore setter Jacqui Ortiz were named to the all-tournament team. Mertens, Allen’s outside hitter, earned the tournament MVP honor. She had 63 kills in the four matches, five block assists, 74

digs and had five ace serves.Charbonneau led the Red Dev-

ils with 95 digs and had four ace serves. Ortiz put up 86 set assists, one service ace and made 66 digs.

Fort Scott’s Bell, a middle block-er and hitter, joined the three ACC players on the all-tournament team. Others on the team were Neosho County’s outside hitter Yuleika Jimenez and Laura Broad-foot, who tied with Allen’s Ortiz as setter; Dodge City’s Victoria Cross, Labette’s Alice Cardona and South-east’s Bailie Muller.

“It took the contributions of everyone to claim this 4-0 week-end,” said Jessica Peters, Allen head coach. “The match with Fort Scott was a tremendous win for us. Coming into this weekend, this team as a whole committed every ounce of effort in each set and to each other.”

Fort Scott suffered only its third and fourth losses of the sea-son here over the weekend. Neo-sho County beat the Greyhounds 25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-13 on Friday and defeated Dodge City 25-20, 25-20, 25-21. Fort Scott beat Dodge City 25-15, 25-13, 25-18.

Neosho County decked South-east 25-14, 25-12, 25-11 and Labette 25-15, 25-15, 25-17 on Saturday.

Dodge City beat Southeast 25-14, 18-25, 25-22, 16-25, 15-10. Fort Scott defeated Labette 25-20, 25-17, 25-15.

In the final match, the Red Dev-ils won the first set against Fort Scott on an ace serve by freshman Sierra Morgison. The second set featured a six-point serving run by Shook and ended with fresh-man setter Adriee Munoz serving with Merten’s kill to win.

Allen pushed out to a 16-12 lead then Fort Scott took control of the third set. In the fourth set, the Red Devils took a 13-8 lead on a five-point serving stint by Mertens but gave up the advantage late.

“This is what we’ve done a lot this season. The difference today was that our players found the way to win. This was the proof this team needed to realize that they have what it takes to suc-ceed,” Peters said.

Against Fort Scott, Shook and Keith each served up 10 points while Ortiz had eight service points and Mertens had seven. Charbonneau had five points, Mu-noz four and Morgison had two service points.

Shook had four of her six ace serves of the tournament against the Greyhounds and Mertens had three aces in that match. Overall, Keith had seven ace serves in the tournament, Billings had three while Munoz and Morgison each had one ace serve.

Morgison delivered 45 kills at the net and had two block as-sists. Keith put up six solo blocks and seven assisted blocks plus downed 27 kills at the net for ACC. Freshman Danielle Goodman had 24 kills, one solo block and one as-sisted block.

Billings had 18 kills, two solo blocks and two assisted blocks while sophomore Autumn Doug-las made three solo blocks, five as-sisted blocks and had 14 kills. She also had 11 set assists.

Munoz had 51 digs and Shook had 42 digs. Morgison came up with 21 digs and Billings had 18 digs.

“We can only look forward to what challenges we will contin-ue to face and work for success the rest of the season. We want to take this momentum into our home match this week against KCK,” Peters said.

NJCAA Division II 14th-ranked Kansas City, Kan., Community College comes to Iola Wednesday in Jayhawk Conference play. The Red Devils (9-10) take on the Blue Devils (15-2) at 6:30 p.m. at the ACC gym.

TodayHigh School Football

Iola JV at Prairie View, 4:30 p.m.Jr. College Soccer

Allen at Cloud, women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.

Jr. High VolleyballIMS 8th at Chanute, 3:30 p.m.

Jr. College GolfAllen at Jayhawk Conference No. 2, Wichita

Girls’ TennisIola JV at Chanute, 3 p.m.

Girls’ GolfYates Center at Uniontown

TuesdayHigh School Volleyball

Iola at Osawatomie, 4:30 p.m.Marmaton Valley, Chetopa at UniontownHumboldt, Frontenac at Yates CenterCrest, Southern Coffey County at Olpe

Girls’ TennisIola at Coffeyville, 3 p.m.

Youth Tackle Football3rd-4th Grade League

Iola at HumboldtYates Center at Mound City

5th-6th Grade LeagueIola at UniontownGarnett at HumboldtYates Center at Mound City

WednesdayJr. College Volleyball

Kansas City, Kan., at Allen, 6:30 p.m.

Jr. College SoccerAllen at Pratt, women 2:30 p.m., men 4:30 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ryan Succop finished all the drives the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense couldn’t in their improbable comeback against the Saints.

Succop kicked four of his club-record six field goals after the end of the third quarter and hit the game-winning 31-yarder with 6:27 left in overtime as the Chiefs rallied from a 24-6 deficit in the second half to beat winless New Orleans 27-24 on Sunday.

It is the largest lead Kan-sas City has overcome in fran-chise history.

Succop’s 43-yarder tied it with 3 seconds left in regulation after he converted from 34 and 38 yards earlier in the fourth.

“The best part is our guys never gave up,” Succop said. “We kept fighting, it was a huge team win and I’m just really excited to have had a part in it.”

Jamaal Charles’ 91-yard touch-down run — the longest running play in Chiefs history, and the longest ever given up by the Saints — started Kansas City’s come-back. Then the Chiefs’ defense thwarted a Saints scoring chance when Stanford Routt intercepted Drew Brees’ underthrown pass for Devery Henderson near the Kansas City goal line late in the third quarter.

Brees, who was 20-of-36 for 240 yards and three touchdowns — never had another completion after that, and only attempted six

passes because the Saints also never got another first down while statistically going backward — for minus-16 yards — through the fourth quarter and overtime.

Charles, who finished with 233 yards rushing and 55 yards receiving, scored the only touch-down the Chiefs (1-2) needed. The rest of the scoring came on field goals, as well as a safety on Justin Houston’s third sack of the game.

“This team needed a win, and a win like that really helped out in particular,” Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said. “There were a lot of doubts about what we could do and they showed a lot of charac-ter.”

The Saints (0-3) remain winless since head coach Sean Payton was suspended for the season in connection with the NFL’s bounty investigation.

“All I can say is Sean Payton is a great football coach,” Brees said. “But he’s not here, so the rest of us have to find a way.”

Instead, the Chiefs found a way after their sack of Brees for a safety got them the ball, down 24-21, with 5:33 to go.

Matt Cassel’s spinning scram-ble and 11-yard pass across the field to Jon Baldwin on third-and-10 extended the game-tying drive, as did Cassel’s completion to Dwayne Bowe on fourth-and-5.

In one of several lowlights for the crew of replacement officials

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop (6) celebrated his 43-yard field goal behind New Orleans Saints cornerback Patrick Robinson (21) to send the game to overtime Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La. Succop’s 31-yard field goal lifted the Chiefs to a 27-24 win in overtime.

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Sierra Morgison (3) hits the volleyball between Fort Scott Commu-nity College’s blockers for a kill in Allen Community College’s final match Saturday.

Register/Jocelyn Sheets

Register/Jocelyn SheetsCelebrating a five-set win over 17th-ranked Fort Scott Community College are Allen Community Col-lege’ Red Devils in the final match of this weekend’s 2012 Allen Invite. The Red Devils went 4-0 in the event at Iola’s Recreation Community Building in Riverside Park.

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

ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT, no pets, water paid, ground level. Efficiency apartment also, 620-365-7824 or 620-365-9146.

Real Estate for Rent

409 S. COLBORN, 3-BEDROOM, attached garage, fully remodeled, appliances, 620-496-6787.

IOLA, 716 N. WALNUT, 3-BED-ROOM, very nice, CH/CA, appli-ances, single detached garage w/auto opener, $795 monthly, 620-496-6161 or 620-496-2222.

923 N. SYCAMORE, 2- or 3-BED-ROOM, $450 monthly, $450 de-posit, no pets, 620-365-0090.

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

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

Real Estate for Sale

Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178

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

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

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

IOLA, 9 KENWOOD CIRCLE, 3-BEDROOM, 2-bath, attached garage, CH/CA, 1744sq.ft. living area, deck, great neighborhood, on cul-de-sac, $118,000, 620-228-1788.

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Help Wanted

BOLLING’S MEAT MARKET has job opening. Must be at least 18 years old, experience preferred. Must be available to work at both lo-cations, Iola & Moran. Must be able to lift 65lbs+, drug screen required. Great communication & people skills needed & reliable transporta-tion. Apply in person only, 201 S. State, Iola.

MANPOWER OF CHANUTE has openings for long-term tempo-rary workers in GENERAL LA-BOR & ASSEMBLY, Chanute & Iola areas. Must have good work history, mechanical ability & sol-dering experience. Must be able to pass background check and drug screen. Please apply at http://www.manpowerjobs.com/, call or come by 406 E. Main, Chanute, 620-431-0001.

HIRING IMMEDIATELY: National companies need employees to assemble products at home for pay, no selling, $500 weekly po-tential. Info. 1-985-646-1700 Dept. KS-2816.

Accepting applications NCCC NURSING PROGRAM through November 30th, 620-431-2820 ext. 254 for information or email [email protected].

FULL-TIME DRIVERS NEEDED. Must have valid Class B CDL, w/clean MVR. 2-year driving history. Positive attitude, flexible, energetic, neat, dependable. Pre-employment drug screen required. Benefits in-clude health insurance, some paid holidays, & IRA. Payless Concrete Products, Inc., 802 N. Industrial Rd., Iola, KS, 620-365-5588.

The City of LaHarpe is accepting applications for a CITY TREA-SURER. Knowledge in QuickBooks and Excel preferred (necessary). Interested individuals may apply at the LaHarpe City Hall located at 902 S. Washington. Application dead-line is October 3rd.

CHILDREN’S AIDE. Working with children after school 12-18 hours/Mon-Thur. 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.

Child Care Licensed day care has openings, SRS approved. For more informa-tion call 620-228-1928.

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.

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

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MATHEWS Z7 BOW AND AC-CESSORIES. Scent-Lok suits and boots, 620-363-0094.

Pets and Supplies

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

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Recreation Vehicles

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or 620-228-1303

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Licensed. Insured.620-496-7681

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Help Wanted

USD #258 Humboldt Schools is looking for SUBSTITUTE COOKS. Must be good with children and have good working skills. Applica-tions can be picked up at the Board of Education office, 801 New York St., Humboldt, KS 66748. Deadline is October 5th.

The City of LaHarpe will be ac-cepting bids for a CEMETERY SEXTON to the LaHarpe Elm Cemetery. A description of duties and responsibilities may be picked up at the LaHarpe City Hall. Bids must be submitted before noon on October 9, 2012. Bids may be mailed to: PO Box 10, LaHarpe, KS 66751 or dropped off at the La-Harpe City Hall located at 902 S. Washington.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF BID PUBLIC NOTICE OF BID Murray Company is soliciting bids for a 40’ x 80’ Pre-engineered Metal Building to be constructed at 3066 N. Kentucky Rd., Iola, KS. Pre-qualification forms are available through Tim Moore with Murray Company. Bids are due in Allen County Clerk’s office on September 25, 2012 @ 2 p.m. Bids may be faxed, mailed or hand delivered. Delivery information is included with Bid Instructions. Bidders should contact Sheldon Streeter on Tim Moore at 913-451-1884 or [email protected] or [email protected]. Murray will evaluate all bids received and award based on the lowest and best bid provided. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality or technicality in bidding. Allen County, Kansas, Allen County Hospital and Murray Company are an EOE.

(Published in the Iola Register September 8 through September 25, 2012)

Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Warmer. Lows 65 to 70. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday, partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs 85 to 90. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday night, thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

Mostly cloudy

Sunrise 7:12 a.m. Sunset 7:15 p.m.

TemperatureHigh Sunday 69Low Sunday 55High Saturday 71Low Saturday 45High Friday 62Low Friday 48

High a year ago 72Low a year ago 50

Precipitation72 hours ending 7 a.m. 0This month to date 2.70Total year to date 20.26Def. since Jan. 1 9.69

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Bicycle foundIola police officers were

told Sept. 17 somebody abandoned a Holly Quest Elevation bicycle at 507 N. Jefferson Ave. The bike was taken to the police depart-ment.

Tire damagedTina Hale, 27, Iola, re-

ported a tire on her vehicle was damaged while it was parked Wednesday in the 600 block of East Street.

A suspect was named.

Fuel stolenJump Start Travel Center

employees reported Wednes-day someone in a white Ford Mustang drove off without

paying for $55 in fuel.

Burglary reportedRhonda Shepherd, Sa-

vonburg, told Allen Coun-ty officers Wednesday that several things, includ-ing electronics, hunting equipment and weapons, were stolen from her place.

No arrestsfollow dispute

Iola police were called to 424 S. Buckeye St. Wednes-day for what they described as a possible domestic dis-pute. Because the dispute was only verbal in nature, officers made no arrests. The parties were separated for the night.

Police reports

Julia Louis-Dreyfus backstage at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at Nokia Theatre, L.A. Live, in Los Angeles.

Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times

By SUSAN KING and RENE LYNCH

Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — With

the presidential election just six weeks away, it was only fitting that politics took center stage at the 64th Emmy Awards.

Showtime’s political thriller “Homeland” made television history Sunday evening when it delivered the cable network’s first dramatic series Emmy for the show about a Marine under suspicion of be-ing a terrorist operative. The freshman series won four major Emmys. Be-sides the top prize, it also won in the drama catego-ries for lead actress for Claire Danes, lead actor for Damien Lewis and for writing.

HBO’s controversial “Game Change,” which revolves around 2008 Re-publican vice presiden-tial nominee Sarah Palin,

won for miniseries or movie, director, writing and lead actress for Juli-anne Moore, who played Palin. Of course, if Pal-in were watching Sun-day night, she probably wasn’t clapping. Many thought Moore turned in an uncanny performance, but apparently Palin was not among them. “I feel so validated,” Moore said, clutching her Emmy, “be-cause Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down.”

On the comedy side, Ju-lia Louis-Dreyfus won for lead actress, playing the vice president of the Unit-ed States in HBO’s satirical “Veep.” Comedy Central’s highly politicized “The Daily Show with Jon Stew-art” picked up the Emmy for variety series for the 10th year in a row. And ABC’s “Modern Family,” which won comedy series for the third straight year, just happens to be the fa-vorite show of Ann Rom-ney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

“It’s an amazing time in politics,” Louis-Dreyfus said backstage at the Nokia Theatre, after accepting her trophy. “It seems front-and-center right now in our lives, and there’s a lot of good, rich material out there from which to glean — and not parody. But (there are) little morsels that we can take away al-most every day.”

Along with “Homeland,” “Game Change” and “Mod-ern Family” were the big winners Sunday night, also taking home four trophies apiece.

In addition to winning the top comedy trophy, ABC’s ensemble comedy “Modern Family” also won awards for directing, supporting ac-tor for Eric Stonestreet and supporting actress for Julie Bowen.

I n L oving M em ory S COOTER

S MITH Passed away

Friday, Sept. 21 He will be missed by all.

Political shows take most awards at Emmys

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Hazel EconomidesHazel Economides, 65,

Olathe, a former resident of Colony died Sept. 20, 2012 at Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Olathe.

Funeral services are Tuesday at First Presbyte-rian Church in Olathe.

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Dear Dr. Donohue: I need your help, fast. I have pain in my heel cord, and sometimes it makes a creaking sound. My broth-er had a similar thing about five years ago, and his heel cord ruptured. He was laid up for quite a long time. I don’t want that to happen to me.

The pain isn’t so bad that I can’t walk, but I can-not run. What caused this? What should I do? Should I get a cortisone shot into my heel cord? — L.H.

Answer: The heel cord is the Achilles tendon, the body’s longest and stron-gest tendon. It connects the calf muscles to the

heel bone. Contraction of the calf muscles draws the heel off the ground so we can walk, jump and get up and down stairs. The Achilles tendon makes these movements possible. At times, the force on the Achilles tendon is 12 times the body weight. It takes a beating. It was the one vul-nerable spot of the Greek warrior Achilles, and it’s

one of our weak spots, too. It has a poor blood supply.

Achilles tendinopathy consists of pain, swelling and warmth, most often centered in the middle of the tendon. It frequently makes creaking noises, like yours does. These are warning signs to be very careful. They’re a prelude to tendon rupture.

The first thing to do is stop running. You can walk if walking isn’t painful, but don’t push it. Warm compresses applied to the tendon often make the pain less intense. If they don’t, try icing it.

Taking one of the non-steroidal anti-inflamma-tory drugs, like Advil, controls pain and takes care of any inflammation. Above all, rest is the most important ingredient for healing.

Don’t attempt to run until the tendon has been free of pain for two weeks. You can stay in good condi-tion by exercising in other ways. Swimming won’t put the tendon in jeopardy.

You want to know the cause; usually, it’s overuse. You have started running farther than usual or have increased your running time. New running shoes also can be responsible. Runners whose feet turn inward, on the big-toe side of the feet, are more likely to get this kind of tendon

trouble. Don’t ask for a cortisone injection. It can weaken the tendon.

If your pain lasts longer than another week, get to the family doctor for an evaluation.

Ddear Dr. Donohue: My wife and I are retired. We love to dance, and have done so our entire mar-ried life. Now we teach ballroom dancing and have a large clientele of retirees and quite a few younger people, too. I don’t remember you ever mentioning dancing as a good exercise for health. — J.R.

Answer: Dancing is an excellent exercise. It fits the definition of aero-bic exercise, the kind of exercise in which large muscles — in this case, the leg muscles — are moving continuously for a protracted period of time. Dancing also increases the heart rate, another criterion for aerobic exer-cise. It provides the same benefits that jogging and brisk walking provide.

In an hour, dancers burn from 250 to 300 calo-ries. If the dance is one of the faster dances, the cal-ories burned in an hour can reach 400 or more.

The constant change of the direction of dance steps improves balance and provides exercise for all the leg muscles.

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ZITS by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

HI AND LOIS by Chance Browne

BABY BLUES by Kirkman & Scott

BEETLE BAILEY by Mort Walker

FUNKY WINKERBEAN by Tom Batiuk

BLONDIE by Young and Drake

DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES - Here’s how to work it:

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

(First published in The Iola Register September 17, 2012)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASGNB MORTGAGE COMPANY

INC.Plaintiff,vs.JERRY JONESDefendants.

Case No. 12CV57Div. No.

K.S.A. 60Mortgage

ForeclosureNOTICE OF SUIT

The State of Kansas to: JERRY JONES, A/K/A JERRY R. JONES, JR.; JASON RUSH, A/K/A JASON GUY RUSH; JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN)

and the unknown heirs, ex-ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown of-ficers, successors, trustees, credi-tors and assigns of such defen-dants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown guardians and trustees of such of the defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disabil-ity; and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by GNB Mortgage Company Inc. for judgment in the sum of $72,161.78, plus interest, costs and other relief; judgment that plaintiff’s lien is a first lien on the said real property and sale of said property to satisfy the indebtedness, said property de-scribed as follows, to wit:

LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25), GAR-FIELD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, IN ALLEN COUNTY, KAN-SAS Commonly known as 806 N. Garfield, Iola, Kansas 66749

and you are hereby required to plead to said petition in said Court at Iola, Kansas on or before the 1st day of November 2012.

Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Thomas Williams, SheriffAllen County, Kansas

SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLCAttorneys for Plaintiff6310 Lamar – Suite 235Overland Park, KS 66202(913) 831-3000Fax No. (913) 831-3320Our File No. 12-004985/dkb(9) 17, 24, (10) 1

(First published in The Iola Register September 17, 2012)

IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT,

ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASPROBATE DEPARTMENT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-TATE OF

LELAND I. GUMFORYDeceased.

Case No. 2012 PR 12PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAP-

TER 59NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT

The State of Kansas to All Per-sons Concerned:

You are hereby notified that a pe-tition has been filed on September 10, 2012, in this Court by Maxalene Gumfory and Rose Ann Johnson, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Co-Executors of the estate of Leland I. Gumfory, deceased, requesting that the Co-Petitioners’ acts be approved; the heirs be de-termined; the Will be construed and the estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and attorneys are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs, if any, be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the estate closed; upon the filing of receipts the Co-Petitioners be final-ly discharged as the Co-Executors of the estate of Leland I. Gumfory, deceased, and the Co-Petitioners be released from further liability.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before October 9, 2012, at 8:30 o’clock a.m., on such day, in such Court, in the City of Iola, in Allen County, at which time and place such cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

Maxalene Gumfory and Rose Ann Johnson

Co-PetitionersTim J. Larson, 11494Tim J. Larson, JD, PA7570 W. 21st Street, Bldg. 1026,

Ste. CWichita, KS 67205(316) 729-0100Attorneys for Co-Petitioners(9) 17, 24, (10) 1

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Sore Achilles tendon needs to be restedDr. Paul Donohue

To YourGoodHealth

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

working the game, New Or-leans was briefly ruled the winner on the field in over-time when running back Shaun Draughn lost the ball stretching for a first down and safety Roman Harper picked up the ball and ran to the end zone.

The fumble was over-turned on video review, but the spot came up a half-yard short of a first down. Charles easily converted a fourth-down run to extend the winning drive.

“We knew coming in that we could run against this defense,” Charles said. “It was an opportunity we had to take advantage of.”

The Saints scored first when Lance Moore’s leaping

nine-yard catch capped an 83-yard, game-opening drive.

After that, however, no team got in the end zone for the rest of the half, which ended with the Saints up 10-6.

New Orleans appeared to be taking command in the third quarter thanks to a pair of turnovers by the Chiefs.

First came a fumble by Dexter McCluster, who hurt his shoulder while falling on his own after a short catch, then let the ball go moments before he would have been touched down by cornerback Jabari Greer. Officials initially ruled Mc-Cluster down while line-backer Jonathan Casillas scooped the ball and ran

to the end zone. The Saints challenged and won a rever-sal on replay review, giving them the ball on the Chiefs 19. That set up Brees’ one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jimmy Graham.

New Orleans then went ahead 24-6 on Brees’ six-yard swing pass to fullback Jed Collins, capping a short drive set up by Greer’s interception and 28-yard return to the Kansas City seven-yard line.

After that, the Saints fell apart.

“We’re obviously disap-pointed, but not disheart-ened,” Saints interim coach Aaron Kromer said. “We don’t know how we’re sup-posed to act right now.”

NOTES: Along with

McCluster, the Chiefs lost starting C Rodney Hud-son to an apparent right knee injury and RB Peyton Hillis to an ankle injury in the third quarter. ... Saints LB David Hawthorne left with a hamstring injury in the first half and did not return. ... Brees now has touchdown passes in 46 straight regular season games, one behind Johnny Unitas’ record of 47.

NFL ScoresThursday’s Game

N.Y. Giants 36, Carolina 7

Sunday’s GamesDallas 16, Tampa Bay 10Chicago 23, St. Louis 6Minnesota 24, San Francisco 13Tennessee 44, Detroit 41, OTKansas City 27, New Orleans 24, OTCincinnati 38, Washington 31N.Y. Jets 23, Miami 20, OTBuffalo 24, Cleveland 14Jacksonville 22, Indianapolis 17Arizona 27, Philadelphia 6Atlanta 27, San Diego 3Oakland 34, Pittsburgh 31Houston 31, Denver 25Baltimore 31, New England 30

Tonight’s GameGreen Bay at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.


Iola Middle School’s Emma Weseloh passes the volleyball with teammates Katie Bauer (31), Scout Rush (22), Karly McGuffin and Madison Car-lin watching the play during a match at Saturday’s IMS Net Games. The IMS seventh-graders ended their season at home.

By JOCELYN [email protected]

Iola Middle School’s sev-enth-grade volleyball team concluded its 2012 season at home in the IMS Net Games Saturday. The Ponies went 1-4.

“Overall, the girls played very well,” said Stacy Sprague, IMS seventh-grade coach. “The girls are work-ing really hard to develop the basic skills allowing us to play with three passes.

“We have several girls who are working hard to de-velop the ability to hit well at the net. We lack strength and timing but next year the girls will excel and do well.”

Iola opened with a 7-21, 21-16, 15-7 win over Parsons. The Ponies lost 21-16, 21-14 to Marmaton Valley and 21-14, 21-14 to Independence. Pittsburg beat Iola 21-12, 21-15 and Royster of Chanute downed the Ponies 21-12, 21-13.

Scout Rush was 29 of 38 serving for the Ponies on the day and Colbi Riley was 23 of 34 from the service line. Karly McGuffin was 14 of 21 serving and Emma Weseloh was 12 of 14. Madi-son Carlin was 11 of 14 serving the ball and Katie Bauer went 6 of 8 on serves.

Sprague said she nor-mally doesn’t keep track of hitting attacks but at the tournament, she had Rush with 11 hits, Carlin with 10, McGuffin with eight and Bauer with six.

“Eliza Hale and Olivia Taylor came off the bench and played well for us with serving and passing. Emma and Colbi work hard de-veloping skills as setters,” Sprague said.

“I’m proud of how far the girls have come in the short time of our season.”

Marmaton Valley Junior High’s seventh-grade Wild-cats claimed the second-

place team medals at the IMS Net Games. The Wild-cats went 3-2 on the day.

Marmaton Valley opened with a 21-19, 21-3 loss to Royster but came back to defeat Iola. The Wildcats dropped a 21-15, 25-15 deci-sion to Pittsburg.

The Wildcats finished the day with a 21-11, 21-14 win over Parsons and a 21-17, 21-16 victory over Indepen-dence.

“The girls really fought back and played well in the last two matches,” said Scott Brady, MVJH seventh-grade coach. “It was a total team ef-fort today and I’m extremely proud of our team.”

Trinitee Guterrez served for 23 points for the Cats in the tournament. Shelby Yoho had 21 service points followed by Paige Becker with 19 and Clara Boyd with 18. Megan Ensminger and Emily Smart each served for 12 points on the day.


Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Paige Becker serves the volleyball in a match at Saturday’s IMS Net Games. The Wildcats finished second in the tournament.

Ponies, Wildcats compete in IMS Net Games

By JOCELYN [email protected]

BURLINGTON — Hum-boldt High’s Lady Cubs needed a boost. They had lost their first two matches of the day.

The Lady Cubs battled Waverly High’s Bulldogs and walked out of the Bur-lington High tournament with a victory. Humboldt downed Waverly, which fin-ished third in the tourna-ment, 25-22, 19-25, 25-14.

“This was a huge win for us,” said Stephanie Splech-ter, Humboldt head coach. “It gave us the confidence to know, not only can we play with a good team but we can beat one.”

Against Waverly, Bre-anna Kline had 11 kills and nine service points for the Lady Cubs. Kayle Riebel de-livered 11 kills also. Sheri Middleton had seven kills and five blocks at the net plus served for eight points.

Haley Riebel had seven service points and four digs. Anna Setter was cred-ited with 26 set assists.

Fredonia beat Humboldt 25-22, 24-26, 25-18. Splechter said the Lady Cubs did not serve receive well in this match so they couldn’t get their offense going.

Kayle Riebel served for 10 points. She also had three kills and two blocks at the net. Middleton put down five kills and made four blocks. Kline had three kills and Setter had 10 set assists.

Humboldt lost to South-ern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans 25-23, 25-21.

“We passed better but we had too many unforced er-rors,” Splechter said.

Middleton served eight points while Kline, who had two ace serves, and Kayle Riebel each had six service points. Kline led the net attack with nine kills fol-lowed by Kayle Riebel with seven kills and Middleton with six kills. Setter had 20 set assists.

Burlington won the tour-nament championship. Lebo finished second.

Lady Cubswin one,lose two

Allen Community Col-lege’s Red Devil women couldn’t break through against NJCAA top-ranked Hutchinson here Saturday.

The Red Devils lost 5-0 in the Blue Dragons in Jay-hawk Conference soccer action. Allen County’s Re-bekah Zellars had 15 saves playing in goal.

Blue Dragonsbeat ACC

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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — It’d be just fine with run-

ning back John Hubert if people continued to under-

estimate Kansas State and believe that this latest run of success under Bill Sny-der was a fluke.

It may be too late for that.The Wildcats (4-0, 1-0

Big 12) vaulted up to No. 7 in The Associated Press’ rankings on Sunday, for their highest position since 2003, following a 24-19 upset at Oklahoma that shook up the conference pecking or-der with just two games in the books.

The Sooners, who have won seven of the 15 titles in Big 12 history, were the pre-season favorites before los-ing their conference home opener for the first time with Bob Stoops as coach.

In the process, the Wild-cats established themselves as one of the front-runners for the championship.

“We are one of those teams that could be in in the top-five easily,” said Hubert, who ran for 130 yards and a touchdown Saturday night.

“We kind of actually like

to be underdogs. It just kind of gives us the momentum, kind of gives us the con-fidence to go out and play hard.”

Leading the way is Collin Klein, the hard-to-tackle, piano-playing quarterback who carries a notebook with scripture passages in the breast pocket of his shirt. Klein outplayed NFL prospect Landry Jones of Oklahoma not with daz-zling throws but with solid, mistake-free football.

Both teams head into an off week while the six teams yet to play their Big 12 openers will get in on the action: No. 25 Baylor at No. 9 West Virginia, Texas Tech at Iowa State and No. 12 Texas at defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma State.

TCU beat Kansas in the only other league game so far this season.

But now, it’s the Wildcats who are the highest ranked team in the conference and suddenly in the spotlight.

Kansas State linebacker Justin Tuggle strips the ball from Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones (12) in the second quarter on the goal line on Saturday at Okla-homa Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. Kansas State recovered the fumble for a touchdown.

K-State shakes up the Big 12 with win over OU

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Newspaper 9/24/12

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