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Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.comMonday, March 18, 2013
The IOLA REGISTER
Vol. 115, No.99 75 Cents Iola, KS
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Jan Coykendall, above left, cuts samples in Stacy Cakes’ booth at the Iola Area Business EXPO Saturday. Above right, Can-dace McRae, right, shows Kathryn Sarver examples of her graphic designs, a part-time business she is about to take to full time from her Iola home. Below, people crowded one of three aisles at the EXPO Saturday morning.
EXPO a showcase for business
By BOB [email protected]
The Iola Area Business EXPO gave Candace McRae the perfect setting Friday eve-ning and Saturday to spread the word about her home-based business.
McRae, 28, has done graphic design work part time while working at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center the past two years. Now, with her and husband J.D.’s daughter Ella a year old, McRae will shift to full time at their Iola home to produce everything from wedding invi-tations to large posters to web-site design.
Her booth at the EXPO gave visibility to McRae’s skills and educated potential cus-tomers to how she could meet their needs.
Examples of her creations include marketing designs for Allen County Regional Hos-pital fundraising efforts and Allen County Animal Rescue Facility. In the commercial realm she can generate ideas for logos, as well as custom-designed business cards and stationary.
Her creations aren’t bound by product size.
At the Bowlus Center and for previous customers she has produced posters, from flyer size to 24-by-18 inches, and larger signs to draw atten-tion of passersby.
Simply put, “I can help with anything to do with design work,” McRae said.
McRae notes that her Can-die Cardz, wedding and birth announcements and greeting and holiday cards, are unique; no two are the same.
“When someone comes to me for a wedding announce-ment, I take their theme and produce two or three designs for them to select from,” McRae said.
Graphic design has been in See EXPO | Page A4
Dr. Bass honored at lastBy STEVEN SCHWARTZ
[email protected]. John Silas Bass passed
away in 1923, more than a de-cade before the North Com-munity Building was con-structed, yet it stands as a testament to the late doctor as one of Iola’s great leaders.
Bass was one of a few who wanted to see a community center built for the African American community, and his dream would eventually become the building that stands on North Buckeye Street. The Iola City Council recently voted to rename the building in Bass’ honor — a pursuit of several people af-fected by the legacy of the good doctor.
Rosemary Bass, married to Dr. Bass’s grandson, John El-liott, was a supporter of the naming opportunity.
“His achievements made black people believe they can do great things,” Rosemary said.
Dr. Bass’ achievements were many.
Born into slavery in 1848, Bass lived what he described as “a life of hardship.”
He served as a cart boy in the Civil War, before attend-ing Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He began practicing medicine in Mur-freesboro, Tenn., before mov-
ing to Iola to practice in 1901. During his life he endured slavery, post-war poverty
and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
He detailed a harrowing experience he encountered
with the KKK as a boy:“My father and part of our
family were doomed to be ex-ecuted on the day of Septem-ber 6, 1868, unknown to any of my family,” Dr. Bass wrote
Photo courtesy of the Allen County Historical Society
Dr. John Silas Bass in an early photo with his grandson, George Lucas.
See BASS | Page A2
Thief routed twice at homes north of Iola
Two chainsaws were stolen from a garage in the vicinity of 1400 Street and Texas Road Saturday night.
According to Allen County officers, the perpetrator broke glass in a walk-in door to the garage so he could unlock it. He left when confronted by the owner.
A similar incident occurred at a nearby residence, but the intruder left before taking anything after he again was confronted by the owner.
A dark-colored late 1990s Ford pickup truck was in-volved in each incident, said Undersheriff Jerry Daniels.
A license number was ob-tained at an incident in An-derson County, thought to be related.
A Code Red alert was made after the two Allen County events, reporting that home invasions had either oc-curred or been attempted. Garages were the targets, Daniels said.
GOP big obstacleTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —
Democrats have been the Kansas Legislature’s harsh-est critics of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s push to eliminate the state’s personal income tax, but a bigger ob-stacle to his ambitions comes from GOP lawmakers, despite their support for his goal.
Brownback wants to follow up on big individual income tax cuts enacted last year by phasing in a second round of rate reductions during the next four years. But he’s also trying to avoid the big cuts in education funding, social ser-vices or public safety predict-ed by critics of last year’s tax reductions.
So to help stabilize the bud-
get, Brownback also wants to cancel a sales tax decrease scheduled for July. Many leg-islators in both parties don’t want to break the promise to constituents, and the power-ful Kansas Chamber of Com-merce is against doing it. Few, if any, Democrats will vote for Brownback’s proposal, and it’s a tough sell for some Re-publicans.
JohnHannaAP Political Writer
See GOP | Page A4
A2Monday, March 18, 2013 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com
The Family of Jessie Brown Jessie Brown
expresses deepest gratitude and
appreciation for all the love, kindness
and thoughtful gestures through cards, flowers and
memorials that have been bestowed
upon us during this difficult time.
May God Bless You.
Mostly clearTonight, mostly clear. Lows near
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East winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph in the after-noon.
Tuesday night, mostly clear. Lows near 30. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday, mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs 45 to 50. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday night, mostly cloudy.
Sunrise 7:28 a.m. Sunset 7:32 p.m.
TemperatureHigh yesterday 37Low last night 35High Saturday 51Low Saturday 35High Friday 79Low Friday 41
High a year ago 73Low a year ago 63
Precipitation24 hours ending 7 a.m. .16This month to date .44Total year to date 4.07Def. since Jan. 1 .22
ObituariesMaxine Johnson
Cloey “Maxine” John-son, 85, formerly of Neo-sho Falls, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013, at The Heritage of Over-land Park.
M a x -ine was b o r n A p r i l 19, 1927, at rural N e o s h o F a l l s , t h e d a u g h -ter of Raymond and Anna (Heslop) Stovall. She graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1945, went to Fort Scott to be certified as a teach-er and taught in a one-room school.
Maxine met Bill John-son when he came to work on her family’s farm. They married on July 18, 1948, in Hay-ward, Calif. where they made their home. Once her children were in school, Maxine worked as a sales clerk at Sears and bookkeeper at White Front department stores. Bill retired in 1970 from the Alameda Naval Air Station and they re-turned to Neosho Falls where Maxine worked at the Neosho Valley Se-nior Center. Bill preced-ed her in death on July 14, 1991.
Maxine loved fishing, quilting, crocheting and tending her flower gar-dens. She enjoyed going to auctions and driving the RV to visit relatives or escape the Kansas winters. She was a mem-ber of the Neosho Falls Methodist Church.
She is survived by two
children, Karen Foster and husband Wes Spen-cer, Sacramento, Calif. and Connie Highland and husband Michael, Shawnee. She had four grandchildren, Matthew Foster, Sarah Schmidt, Nathan Highland and Laura Highland; four great-grandchildren, Jacob, Cody, Ethan and Trevor, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son Kevin, her brothers Francis and Dwight Stovall and her sisters May Dutton and Pauline Fitzpatrick.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to the service.
Burial will be at Gene-va Cemetery northwest of Iola.
Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Cha-pel of Iola, is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Bob HodgesRobert D. “Bob”
Hodges, 76, rural Buf-falo, father of Gladys (Skyler) Clark of Iola, died March 3, 2013, at his home.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at 1349 Xylan Rd., Piqua.
Memorials are sug-gested to Horizon Hos-pice.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola assisted the family.
Maxine Johnson
CalendarDeadline: Notify the Register about calendar an-nouncements by 7 a.m. Monday in order to have your event listed in that week’s schedule. The calendar is published every Monday. Email event news to [email protected]
TuesdayAllen County Commissioners meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen
County Courthouse.Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, meeting room at Allen Commu-
nity College student center.Allen County Hospital trustees meet, 6 p.m., Mary Ellen
Stadler meeting room.
WednesdayVeterans Day Committee, 7 p.m., Alfred Link’s home 623
S. Sycamore.
ThursdayRotary Club, noon, The New Greenery.Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, Iola, 5 p.m. weigh-
in, 5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.
Traumatic brain injury support group meeting, 7 p.m., First Assembly of God, 1020 E. Carpenter.
Friday Senior Citizens and Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m.,
senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.
March 25Unity Club meeting, 1:30 p.m., at Charlene Levans’ home
1050 2400 St., LaHarpe. Ellen Thompson will give the pro-gram.
Coming event
in a letter to his chil-dren.
During that day, 27 members of the KKK charged into his fam-ily’s home, breaking down the doors. His family hid in the eaves of the attic, while he was put on the roof by his father, who fought the attackers.
“A life and death struggle started, and the leader was shot as my father made a success-ful battle for life,” he wrote.
THE TIDES began to change for Dr. Bass as he started to practice medicine in Tennessee and then in Iola.
He was one of the most well-respected doctors in the area, in the white and the black community. The popula-tion of Iola was approxi-mately one-third black during Dr. Bass’ time.
Barbara Anderson, former director of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, did much of the research in the effort to have the North Community Building
renamed.“History tells us that
Dr. Bass was very well respected and loved by all Iolans and had many white patients as well as black,” Anderson said.
Dr. Bass was one of the volunteers who went to Chattanooga, Tenn., during the yellow fever epidemic around the turn of the century. His efforts in the area saved many lives.
He also was pastor at the Bell Chapel in Bas-sett, as well as associ-
ate pastor at the AME church in Iola.
Before his death, Dr. Bass was working to have a community cen-ter built for the black community and had raised nearly $800 for the goal — a large sum of money during his time.
“He started to raise money for colored peo-ple, that’s what they called us at the time,” Rosemary said.
But, pneumonia took Dr. Bass before he ever saw the completion of his goal. The Iola Regis-ter referenced his effort in Dr. Bass’ obituary on March 5, 1923:
“That wish (the con-struction of a commu-nity center) was not granted for there still remains some hundreds of dollars to be raised be-fore the property will be paid for. But the colored people of Iola could not do anything that would so honor them as to press forward with the enter-prise, complete it, and make it a memorial to Dr. Bass.”
NOW, 90 years later, the building is offi-
cially being recognized as the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building.
Dr. Elliott Bass, Dr. John Bass’ great-grand-son, said he is amazed to see how his great-grandfather has affect-ed Iola after such a long period of time.
“I am likewise amazed and honored that it has been 90 years since his death (110 years since he moved to Iola) and he is still re-membered in Iola with such fondness,” Elliott wrote to the Iola City Council.
The council voted to include historical in-formation in the com-munity building about Dr. Bass’ significant achievements in the community.
In a letter addressing black involvement in the community in 1908 Dr. Bass wrote:
“Just give us our por-tion of the public pie and you will always find us standing willing and ready to help to make and to keep Iola one of the best cities in the state,’ respectfully, J.S. Bass.”
H BassContinued from A1
History tells us that Dr. Bass was very well respect-ed and loved by all Iolans and had many white patients as well as black.
— Barbara Anderson, former
director of the Iola Area Chamber of
Commerce
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Sen. Bill Bradley and a Nobel lau-reate in economics are part of the group com-ing to talk to lawmak-ers about making major reforms to the state pen-sion system.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Bradley and Massachu-setts Institute of Tech-nology professor Robert
Merton will speak this morning to the House Pensions and Benefits Committee.
Both are affiliated with the Austin, Texas-based investment firm Dimensional Fund Ad-visors. Its co-founder, David Booth, is known for buying James Nai-smith’s original rules of basketball, then donat-ing them to the Univer-
sity of Kansas.Conservatives favor a
401(k)-style plan.But Democratic lead-
ers say it’s not appropri-ate to let DFA officials help design a plan for the 281,000-member Kansas Public Employee Retire-ment System. They say it gives Booth’s company an unfair advantage in potential contract nego-tiations.
Gov. gets KPERS reform cast
By CHRISTI PARSONSTribune Washington
BureauWASHINGTON —
The country does not face immediate debt cri-sis, House Speaker said Sunday, but he argued that Congress and Pres-ident Barack Obama must reform entitle-ments to avert one.
“We all know that we have one looming,” Boehner, R-Ohio, said on ABC’s “This Week.” “And we have one loom-ing because we have entitlement programs that are not sustain-able in their current form. They’re going to go bankrupt.” Boehner agreed with Obama’s statement in an inter-view last week that the debt doesn’t present “an immediate crisis.”
But Boehner took is-
sue with Obama’s as-sertion that it doesn’t make sense to “chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance.”
A budget proposal from House Republi-cans would balance the budget in 10 years, a pri-ority Boehner said this morning is important to the economy.
“Balancing the bud-get will, in fact, help our economy,” Boehner said. “It’ll help create jobs in our country, get our economy going again, and put more people back to work.”
“The fact that the government continues to spend more than a trillion dollars every year that it doesn’t have scares investors, scares businesspeople, makes them less willing to hire
people,” he said.Boehner also said the
House would “review” any gun control mea-sure that came out of the Senate. He restated his opposition to gay marriage, and said that,
unlike his fellow Ohio Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, he can’t imag-ine a situation in which he would change his mind. Portman said this week that his views had changed since he found out his son is gay.
Boehner said he has a good relationship with Obama and trusts him, and that a lack of good relations is not the prob-lem getting in the way of a sweeping deficit-reduction plan.
The challenge is in overcoming big differ-ences, he said.
“When you get down to bottom line,” he said, “if the president be-lieves that we have to have more taxes from the American people, we’re not going to get very far.”
No immediate debt crisis, Boehner saysBalancing the
budget will, in fact, help our economy. It’ll help cre-ate jobs in our country, get our economy going again, and put people back to work.
— John Boehner, Speaker of the House
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Los Angeles TimesVATICAN CITY —
Remember God’s mercy and patience, he told the assembled masses. And also: “Have a good lunch.”
Pope Francis, in his first scheduled public appearance, kept up the spontaneity and down-to-earth humor for which he has already become known within days of taking office, de-lighting a plaza packed with pilgrims who came Sunday to hear his first Angelus blessing.
Tens of thousands of people streamed into St. Peter’s Square hours be-fore Francis appeared in the top-floor study window of the papal apartment overlooking the plaza. He greeted the throng just before noon, having already sur-prised some well-wish-
ers on the streets below by breaking away from his security detail, shak-ing hands and kissing babies like a politician robed in white.
“Brothers and sisters, good day!” his voice boomed from the loud-speakers in the square.
“Good day!” the crowd roared back, laughing.
As they waved na-tional flags and banners proclaiming their faith, the pontiff exhorted his listeners in a brief hom-ily, some of it delivered off the cuff, to remem-ber that without divine compassion and forgive-ness, “the world would not exist.”
“God’s face is that of a merciful father who is always patient,” he said.
He cited writings by German Cardinal Wal-ter Kasper, then elicited
chuckles when he in-sisted that he wasn’t try-ing to publicize Kasper’s book.
The Angelus blessing is a Sunday tradition at the Vatican but usually does not attract such a large crowd. A similar throng filled the plaza Feb. 24 for the final An-gelus given by Francis’ predecessor, Benedict XVI, who a few days later became the first pope in six centuries to retire.
Devotees have been agog at the complete contrast in style be-tween the two men. Tell-ingly, many Italians still refer to Benedict, who was stiff and reserved in public, as “Ratzinger,” in reference to his given name Joseph Ratzinger, rather than by his papal designation.
Pope Francis offers blessing
Four people, includ-ing two from Allen County and a third from Kincaid, were in-jured in a one-vehicle crash at 1:40 a.m. Sun-day two miles north of Chanute.
A Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Blake Timothy Stewart, 26, Kincaid, ran off Elk Road and overturned.
Stewart, Jacob Ray Storrer, 22, Iola, Beth-any Carlburg, 26, Pitts-burg, and Jacob Allen Hamlin, 23, Moran, were all taken to Neo-sho Memorial Regional Medical Center.
According to the Kansas Highway Pa-trol, none of the four was wearing a seatbelt.
Four injured in accident
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By MATT HELMS, JOE GUILLEN and
KATHLEEN GRAYDetroit Free Press
DETROIT — With a bold dash of confidence, Kevyn Orr predicted Thursday that he’d be able to accomplish a signifi-cant amount of turnaround in Detroit — a city floundering under staggering debts, un-able to provide decent public safety and other basic servic-es — over the next 18 months.
“It’s the Olympics of re-structuring,” the 54-year-old Washington, D.C., lawyer and bankruptcy turnaround ex-pert said after Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder introduced Orr as his pick for emergency fi-nancial manager of the Motor City. The move is an attempt to avoid a municipal bankruptcy.
Orr said he resigned a lucra-tive partnership with Jones Day — among the nation’s most prominent law firms and one with a major role in Chrysler’s bankruptcy reorga-nization — to reassure anyone watching him that he’ll he a highly ethical leader.
“People of good faith should be able to sit down at a table and come out to a rational re-sult,” he said. “Provision of services is a function of data and some judgment calls, and some of those might be tough at various times.”
He pledged to focus on data and come up with consensual conclusions with the city’s creditors, saying, “Bankrupt-cy’s been my stock in trade for the past several decades.”
SNYDER reaffirmed his de-termination that a financial emergency exists in the city and that an emergency man-ager is needed to correct it. The state’s loan board voted 3-0 to accept Snyder’s appoint-ment of Orr as Detroit emer-gency financial manager. He will be paid $275,000 by the
state of Michigan.Snyder said he recommend-
ed Orr to the state’s emergen-cy loan board based on Orr’s ability to work with people cooperatively, great technical skills and a record of tough
decision making.“I don’t view this as an act
of isolation. This is not about asking one individual to come in and turn around the city of Detroit,’’ said Snyder. “This is a problem that has now reached a true crisis point ... This is an opportunity for us to work together, to bring peo-ple together as Detroit, Michi-gan.”
Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to be taken over by its home state with Thursday’s appointment of Orr, a high-powered Washing-ton, D.C., lawyer and Universi-ty of Michigan graduate who worked on Chrysler’s 2009 bankruptcy restructuring.
He will oversee efforts to stabilize a city flailing under more than $14 billion in long-term liabilities, an accumu-lated deficit of $327 million, a plummeting tax base and un-precedented population loss.
“Let’s get at it and work to-gether,” Orr said. “I am highly motivated. If we work togeth-er we can get this done in a rather short period.”
In a decision that has prompted protests and anger, a state review team last month declared Detroit in a financial emergency from which it can’t recover without state inter-vention.
Detroit joins Flint, Ham-tramck, Highland Park, Pon-tiac and Benton Harbor as cit-ies that have been taken over by the state amid financial crises. Detroit’s public schools are also under an emergency
financial manager, as the dis-trict’s student population fell amid the declining fortunes of Detroit.
Some of Detroit’s Lansing delegation said they felt the city should have been given more time to correct the fiscal problems, instead of having an emergency manager ap-pointed.
“The council presented a convincing and compelling case to continue the consent agreement. I feel they didn’t receive a fair hearing and due process. The city of Detroit and its citizens deserve the op-portunity to continue on that path without the interference from an emergency manager,” said State Rep. Thomas Stall-worth, D-Detroit.
“In the minds of Detroiters, they feel like an emergency manager is going to come in and fix their quality of life and nothing could be further from the truth. An emergency man-ager’s job is to fix the spread sheets. And that doesn’t deal with crime or emergency response times, abandoned homes and blight or that my trash is getting picked up at 11:30 last night. How is an emergency manager going to fix those issues?” said state Rep. Harvey Santana, D-De-troit.
Battered Detroit accepts manager
Bankruptcy’s been my stock in trade for the past several de-cades.
— Kevyn Orr
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The first Tuesday of next month, citywide elections will be held.
On the ballot for the Iola board of education, the slate is empty for Member District No. 5. Buck Quincy has held the position for the last 12 years. Word has it he’ll run as a write-in candidate just because, God bless him, he feels it’s his civic duty.
AT CHURCH Sunday, our pastor wondered how Mary Magdalene knew in her anointing of Jesus’ feet it would be one of the last opportunities she would have to show Jesus her de-votion. She didn’t just wash his feet, but used an expen-sive oil to make them smell good.
The Scripture brought home the beauty and privi-lege of service. It was a turn of the tables for Jesus to have someone serve him. Mary had the wisdom to know she was the one who would receive the greater blessing.
In our busy lives we for-get the joy of service; the rewards that come from volunteering our time and talents to create a greater good.
It seems the word “com-munity” should be a verb because it requires action listening to others, working together, compromising. Sounds hard. And while it’s easier to bury our heads in the sand and refuse to hear opposing opinions, that doesn’t get us anywhere as
a school district, as a com-munity, as a country.
I’m guessing most people don’t offer their names up for school board because they feel their lives are too busy as it is. Or maybe they think they don’t have the smarts. Or that only successful business people serve on boards. Perhaps serving on a school board comes across as unpleas-ant because, it’s true, some-times tough decisions have to be made.
It’s also true that serving on a school board is an op-portunity to help make a positive difference not only to students and teachers, but also to the community at large.
A good board of directors includes a wide variety of people and minds. No previ-ous experience is necessary or expected, which makes it an enjoyable learning op-portunity.
Serving on a board is also rewarding because your gifts — and you have them — are appreciated.
BUCK Quincy first ran for school board as a write-in candidate in 2001, be-cause like now, no one had filed for the position. He was elected with six votes.
For those who live in the area, give Buck a pat on the back and thank him for his service. And then see if someone you know would be a suitable candidate. You can start by looking in the mirror.
— Susan Lynn
Choosing to serve
A look back in time60 Years Ago
Week of March 17, 1953Several Allen Countians
now plan to participate in “Op-eration Protest,” which will let Gov. Ed Arn and the state’s legislators know that the peo-ple of Kansas want real flood control. Ollie Sutherland, Al-len County farmer who knows a lot about floods on the Neo-sho River, said this morning that he plans to drive his car to the meeting Wednesday morning and will take others with him. The object is to con-vince state officials that those living in the flood plains want flood control projects built as planned, not additional stud-ies and delays.
*****A gigantic Easter egg hunt
for children between the ages
of 1 and 12 will be staged by the merchants committee of the Iola Chamber of Com-merce on Saturday. The kids will be searching for 9,000 Easter eggs and 9,000 pennies, according to John Lawrence, who is chairman of the event.
*****A. L. “Abe” Townsend, one
of Allen County’s best known pioneer farmers, died yester-day at the home of his son at the age of 88. He had been in failing health for several years. He came to the county as an infant with his parents. On March 4, 1895, he married Miss Alice Porter and they purchased a farm near Horse-shoe Bend on the Neosho Riv-er, where they lived for most of their lives. He was known lovingly as “the Sage of Horse-
shoe Bend” for his keen wit and interest in public affairs. He is survived by one son, Ray B. Townsend; one daughter, Mrs. Ray Wilson; four grand-children and three great-grandchildren, all of Iola.
*****Iola was unanimously
voted into the Southeastern Kansas Ban Johnson League in Oswego yesterday after-noon. Independence, which dropped out of the league last year, was re-admitted. There are now seven teams in the league: Iola, Independence, Coffeyville, Parsons, Oswego, Alba, Mo., Baxter Springs and a probable eighth in Pitts-burg. The group agreed to meet again within two weeks to draw up schedules and de-cide on policies.
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U.S. debt clockAs of March 18, 2013, the U.S. debt is
$16,722,323,169,029.The estimated population of the U.S. is 314,614,293.
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KINDERGARTEN AGE CHILDREN who will be entering kindergarten this Aug.
(Children must be 5 on or before Aug. 31, 2013)
We need to know
your child’s name and birthday.
Please call any of these Please call any of these elementary schools ASAP: elementary schools ASAP: LINCOLN . . . 365-4820 LINCOLN . . . 365-4820 JEFFERSON 365-4840 JEFFERSON 365-4840 McKINLEY . . 365-4860 McKINLEY . . 365-4860
KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP
KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP ROUND-UP
USD 257 Districtwide Meeting
Mon., March 25 Mon., March 25 6:30 p.m. McKinley Gym
209 S. Kentucky Important immunizations, physicals,
visitation schedule and pre-enrollment information will be available.
KINDERGARTEN VISITATION KINDERGARTEN VISITATION KINDERGARTEN VISITATION Or call school to make arrangements if not made previously.
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This is one of those recipes that you can’t pass by be-cause it is so easy. This recipe is made with spinach and a creamy lemon sauce but you could substitute it with a sim-ple marinara sauce and some mozzarella cheese. The gro-cery store has several flavor options, you can choose any of them.
Tortellini spinach bake in creamy lemon sauce
Photo courtesy of Pinterest and ourbestbites.com
Ingredients:12 oz bag Barilla Cheese and Spinach
Tortellini (find them in the dry pasta aisle)4 oz bacon or pancetta, (about 4 strips
bacon), crushed into bits3 cloves garlic, pressed in garlic press or
finely minced2 tbs flour2 cups milk
kosher salttsp black pepper1 ½ tsp dry basilred pepper flakes1 medium lemon2 cups loosely packed fresh spinach,
roughly choppedgrated mozzarella cheese, dividedgrated Parmesan cheese, divided
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook tortellini according to package instructions. Place
bacon in a medium sized skillet on the stove-top at medium-high heat. Cook until crisp and lay on paper towels to drain. Reserve two tablespoons bacon drippings in pan and discard the rest. Add garlic to pan and cook until fragrant and tender, about one minute. Add flour to pan and stir with a whisk for about 1 minute. Slowly add milk and continue to stir with whisk until smooth. Add salt, pepper, basil, and red pepper flakes and bring sauce to a sim-mer. Add 2 teaspoons lemon zest and 1 tablespoon lemon juice to sauce. Continue to stir until thickened, two to three minutes. Remove from heat. Drain tortellini and place back in stock pot. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the cooked bacon and add the rest to the pasta mixture. Add spinach, mozzarella cheese and cup of Parmesan cheese. Add sauce and gently stir to combine. Place pasta mixture in a baking dish and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan and also crumbled bacon. Cover pan with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional five to 10 minutes, until cheese on top is melted and pasta is bubbly throughout.
McRae’s future since she was a toddler.
“I was drawing before I could even write,” she said, and “when I was lit-tle my dream was to be an animator.”
Thoughts about career direction took flight in graphic design classes at Lee’s Summit, Mo., High School, where she gradu-ated in 2003.
“That really sparked my interest, particularly when I started putting designs on a computer,” McRae said.
She then earned a de-gree in graphic design and marketing from the University of Central Missouri.
“I love to make cus-tom pieces to fit people’s personalities, everything from country girl to coun-try club girl,” McRae said.
McRae may be reached at [email protected] or 816-916-7051.
FRIDAY’S mid-spring weather gave way to cooler temps on Saturday, which most exhibitors at the EXPO figured was an advantage.
Inside the Community
Recreation Building visi-tors found sweet and tan-talizing cake samples at Stacy Cakes’ booth, a mul-titude of places to sign up for giveaways, informa-tion galore at dozens of booths and even soothing guitar music from Randy and Tom Bevard at their booth, which doubled as a site for T&R Guitar Exchange and Freedom Ministries.
ACARF showed several dogs available for adop-tion that were difficult to ignore, including a little waif Friday night who
had been mistreated pri-or to being taken in and showed it in his reluc-tance to be petted.
The EXPO’s theme was “Lawn, Home and Gar-den” and several booths had fresh and artificial flowers brightening the arena.
A feature was the giveaway of $500 EXPO bucks, which required a documented visit to each booth. The prize was won by Briana Specht, with the bucks good for purchases at any of the EXPO exhibitors.
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Randy Bevard gave attendees of the EXPO an im-promptu concert in the T and R Guitar Exchange booth.
The governor and his allies did prevail in the Senate, which passed a bill last week fur-ther cutting personal income tax rates and keeping the sales tax at its current rate. But the House expects to debate its own legislation this week to allow the sales tax to drop and make less aggressive income tax rate reductions than Brownback proposed.
“Where the gover-nor’s going, we like, but not how we get there,” said Rep. Scott Schwab, a conservative Olathe Republican who’s vice chairman of the House Taxation Committee.
Brownback is lion-ized in some national conservative circles for attempting to position Kansas to phase out personal income taxes. But last year’s cuts cre-ated a budget shortfall and, if left alone, will continue creating gaps in the short-term. The
governor repeatedly promised Kansas could cut income taxes — and stimulate its economy — without jeopardiz-ing education funding, social services, public safety or highway proj-ects.
“These are good things to invest in,” Brownback told GOP senators the night be-fore their chamber’s debate on taxes. “You’ve got to work it all togeth-er.”
Critics question the fairness of eliminat-ing income taxes and forcing Kansas to most heavily rely on the sales tax to finance state gov-
ernment. Poor Kansans tend to pay a higher percentage of their in-comes to the sales tax than wealthy residents, and Democratic Sen. Tom Holland of Bald-win City said the Sen-ate’s tax bill makes a regressive tax system worse.
“The legislation is a continuation of tax policy designed to ben-efit big business and the wealthy,” said Hol-land, who ran unsuc-cessfully for governor against Brownback in 2010.
Brownback’s admin-istration contends last year’s income tax cuts were so broad that all classes of taxpayers benefit, with social ser-vices already protecting the state’s poorest resi-dents.
Republicans, who hold a 92-33 majority in the House, would have to be seriously divided for Democrats’ contin-ued criticism to mean much politically.
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Where the governor’s go-ing, we like, but not how we get there.
— Rep. Scott Schwab
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Wide open NCAA tournament forecast—B4
ACC softball squad wins thriller
Register/Richard LukenAllen Community College’s Mary Reilly (20) nears home plate as her teammates prepare to congratulate her on her sixth-inning home run Saturday in a 6-5 win over Cloud County.
By RICHARD [email protected]
A weekend filled with near misses finally turned in Allen Community College’s favor Saturday.
The Red Devils, who were one strike away from claiming their first win of the season, instead turned to the long ball in extra innings to claim vic-tory.
Allen’s Maecy Charleston pounded a 2-1 pitch over the left field fence for a walk-off, 6-5 win over visiting Cloud County Saturday. The eight-inning victory earned Allen a split of their doubleheader. The Red Devils also dropped two games Friday evening to Brown Mackie.
“This was a good win,” said Allen coach Jamie Amerine, who also earned her first ca-reer victory with the blast. “The girls needed this.”
Allen took full advantage of Saturday’s north wind, con-necting for three home runs. Mary Reilly’s leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth broke a 3-3 deadlock. She was followed three batters later by Kaitlyn Rash’s solo blast, pushing the lead to 5-3.
Cloud rallied, however. Chantley Lovvorn drilled Au-dra Nelson’s 0-2 pitch into cen-terfield for a two-run single to tie the score with two outs in the top of the seventh.
That was the last hit of the day for Cloud.
Nelson went the distance, giving up eight hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
The Red Devils had an an-swer for every Cloud rally.
Allen trailed 1-0 when Bai-ley Burnett reached on an error and scored on Taylor Easum’s triple in the bottom
of the first. The rally was snuffed, however, when Reil-ly’s line drive was snared by Cloud third baseman, who in turn doubled Easum off the base for a double play.
Cloud scored twice in the top of the fifth, which was in turn countered by Rash’s single to lead off the bottom of the inning. She scored on
Annie Gentry’s triple. Gentry scored on Bailey Burnett’s single to tie the score.
Rash had two hits, including a home run. Burnett also had two singles. Gentry and Ea-sum both had triples. Charles-ton’s and Reilly’s home runs were their only hits.
Register/Richard LukenAllen Community College’s Clint Heffern, left, makes the pivot play to first to complete a double play Saturday against Cowley County while the Tigers’ J.C. Sturgeon slides into second base.
See SOFTBALL | Page B4
Cowley County roars past Red Devils in four-game sweepBy RICHARD LUKEN
[email protected] Cowley County
gave Allen Community Col-lege’s a rude greeting in the Red Devils’ home-opener.
The Tigers swept past the Red Devils in convincing fash-ion, downing Allen 15-3 and 24-0 in Friday’s doubleheader, and 7-0 and 8-0 on Saturday.
The losses extend Allen’s losing streak to 13.
The Red Devils will host Ot-tawa University Wednesday for a single game and Brown Mackie on Thursday in a makeup contest before head-ing to Coffeyville for double-headers Saturday and Sunday.
THE THIRD AND fourth in-nings did the trick for Cowley in Friday’s opener. The Tigers scored 13 in the two frames to erase a 1-0 Allen lead.
Allen’s runs came on an RBI groundout by Mason Kel-lett, who drove in Jerrik Sigg in the bottom of the first. Sigg led off the inning with a sin-gle.
A leadoff walk to Troy Wil-loughby in the second led to another run. He scored on a groundout by Trey Francis.
Sigg singled with one out in the bottom of the fifth. He advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Tim Lewis single.
Sigg and Lewis each had
two hits. Cole Slusser also singled.
Geoffrey Bourque, Conor Burns, Gage Dickerson, Lo-gan Bausch and Justin Vander Tuig shared pitching duties, giving up a combined nine hits and nine walks with four strikeouts and seven hit bats-men.
The floodgates opened in the second game Friday. Cow-ley scored 12 in the third to lead 15-0, two in the fourth and seven in the fifth.
The Red Devils were limited to a single by Kellett in the fourth inning.
SATURDAY’S opener was a struggle for Allen ace Tanner Lee, who battled through 4 1/3 innings, giving up 11 hits in the process.
The Tigers led 2-0 before striking for four runs in the top of the fifth to take control.
The Red Devils mustered only two hits, Jerrik Sigg’s infield single to lead off the game, and Tim Lewis’ shal-low fly ball that turned into a double to lead off the fourth.
Lucas Westervelt came on in relief for the Red Devils, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless in-nings with a strikeout.
In the series finale, Nate Arnold and Cowley’s Zach
Speedway heats up on cool night in Humboldt
Photo courtesy of Dayton Sutterby/FinishLine PhotographyDerrek Wilson picked up his second consecutive feature race of 2013 at Humboldt Speed-way by claiming the checkered flag Saturday.
HUMBOLDT — Several hundred fans braved a fierce windchill on Saturday to watch the first points night of the 2013 season at Humboldt Speedway.
The season’s first repeat feature winner is Derrek Wil-son, running strong in pure stock after moving down this year from factory stock class. Wilson earned a pole position and used that spot to win wire-to-wire. Jeremy Bennett took second. Third went to Jeremy Willard. Levi Phillips and Kyle Rowland rounded out the top five.
Factory stocks made their maiden appearance, and vet-eran Scott Stuart began ex-actly where he left off in 2012, handily winning the feature race. Jeremy Wilson tagged the runner-up spot. Rick Aiel-
lo was hampered by mechani-cal issues, which relegated him to third. Patrick Kay fin-ished fourth, with newcomer Adam Popp in fifth.
Tim VanGotten had the B-mod feature field covered, holding off Jeremy Chambers for the win. Jake Richards was third, ahead of Seth Schorer and Randal Schiffelbein Jr.
With the third annual King of America races set to be-gin Wednesday, several USRA teams came a bit early to the Speedway. None, however, had anything for feature win-ner Jeremy Payne, who led from start to finish. Ryan McAmincet took second, with Tanner Mullins third. Jackie Dalton was fourth, and Justin Rexwinkle fifth.
See RACES | Page B4
See BASEBALL | Page B4
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Big 12 champion Kan-sas has earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament for the fifth time in seven years, opening play in the South Region on Friday against Sun Belt champ Western Kentucky.
Kansas will open the tournament at the Sprint Center in nearby Kansas City, Mo., where it is 6-0 this season. That includes three straight wins in the Big 12 tournament.
The Jayhawks captured their ninth conference tournament title Saturday night when they beat Kan-sas State.
The Wildcats earned a No. 4 seed in the West Region and will open the tournament on Friday against Boise State or La Salle, who will play a first-round game Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.
More important, though, the Wildcats (27-7) also are at the Sprint Cen-ter.
Hawks,Wildcats headed toBig Dance
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IT SYSTEM ADMINISTRA-TOR: Chanute bank is looking for an experienced IT System Administrator. Will be respon-sible for installing, support-ing, and maintaining servers and network. Assist IT support staff regarding PC, hardware/software, and network issues. Prefer experience with Win-dows Server 2003, 2008 and VMware. Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs. We offer competi-tive salary, benefits that include 401(k), Medical, Dental, Life, Disability, Vision and Cancer insurance. Mail resumes to: PO Box 628, Chanute, KS 66720.
HIRING IMMEDIATELY: Na-tional companies need employ-ees to assemble products at home for pay, no selling, $500 weekly potential. Info. 1-985-646-1700 Dept. KS-2816.
SUMMER JOBS Children’s Aide
Interviewing Now Great summer job working with youth. Good experience for col-lege students seeking related career. Good role model. 28-30 hours per week. Late May to August 9th. Clean driving record and reliable transporta-tion. Minimum 18 years. Drug screen required. Call Michelle Hoag at 620-365-8641. Send resume to: Robert Chase, Di-rector, Southeast Kansas Men-tal Health Center, PO Box 807, Iola KS 66749. Applications may also be picked up at 304 N. Jefferson. EOE/AA
The City of Iola has open-ings for TEMPORARY PARK MAINTENANCE WORKERS. Perform a variety of routine semi-skilled and unskilled tasks associated with the maintenance and operation of buildings and grounds in City Parks & Cemeteries. Pre-em-ployment drug screen required. Qualified applicant must be 16 years or older. Application and job description may be picked up in the City Clerk’s office at City Hall or online at www.cityo-fiola.com. Positions open until filled. EOE/ADA
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CNAs. Tara Gardens and Ar-rowood Lane residential care communities are currently seeking CNAs for 2-10 and 10-6 shifts. Please apply in per-son at Arrowood Lane, 615 E. Franklin, Humboldt.
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PARTS COUNTER OPENING We are looking for a quali-fied parts counter person! Ap-plicant should possess cus-tomer service skills, computer skills, good phone etiquette, and some knowledge or back-ground with agriculture equip-ment is helpful. Competitive wage and benefits. Applicants can drop off their resume, mail to PO Box 531, or email to [email protected]
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Recreational Vehicles 5TH WHEEL, 29ft., 13ft. slide, new spare & roof, all aluminum, $6,500, 620-365-2535.
Services Offered ALL THINGS BASEMENTY! Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all of your basement needs! Waterproofing? Fin-ishing? Structural Repairs? Hu-midity and Mold Control. FREE ESTIMATES! Call 1-888-720-5583.
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vehicles and junk iron 620-228-3511
STORAGE & RV OF IOLA WEST HIGHWAY 54, 620-365-2200. Regular/Boat/RV storage, LP gas,
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SUPERIOR BUILDERS. New Buildings, Remodeling,
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Garage Sales
IOLA AMERICAN LEGION GARAGE SALE
will be Saturday April 6th, 24 tables left! $10 to reserve
your table before March 31st. Call Durenda Frye
620-365-2321.
Real Estate for Rent
409 S. COLBORN, like new inside, CH/CA, appliances, at-tached garage, $795/month, 620-496-6787.
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, www.growiola.com
IOLA, 313 N. VERMONT, 2- BEDROOM, very nice, CH/CA, appliances, single attached garage w/auto opener, $695 monthly, 620-496-6161 or 620-496-2222.
121 S. OAK, 2-BEDROOM, 2- car garage, 620-228-8200.
610 S. BUCKEYE, 2-BED-ROOM, 1-bath, 620-365-0468.
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GREAT COUNTRY LOCA-TION, one of a kind country home and 10 acres, located on paved roads, 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, unique loft and bonus room, beautiful patio, deck and swimming pool, outbuildings and pond with deck, $165,000, contact 620-228-2630.
DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-sto-ry 1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft., Corian countertops, WoodMode cabinets and Sub-Zero fridge/freezer. $190,000. 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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Child Care Licensed day care has open-ings, SRS, Durenda Frye 620-365-2321.
Licensed day care has open-ings, Jefferson District, Cindy Troxel, 620-365-2204.
Poultry & Livestock
BOTTLE CALVES, beef dairy crosses, starting mid-February, Nichols Dairy 620-344-0790, 785-489-2456.
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Allen County Allen County Auction Service Auction Service
Consignment Consignment Sale Sale
Sat., April 20, 2013 Sat., April 20, 2013 10 a.m. 10 a.m.
We want your farm We want your farm equipment equipment
or other equipment. or other equipment. Please call us by March Please call us by March 30, 2013 to get it into 30, 2013 to get it into
our sale bill and our sale bill and advertising. advertising.
Allen County Allen County Auction Service Auction Service
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April 1 st - April 5 th , 2013 No calls accepted after Noon
on March 29, 2013 Gather up your
things you don’t want or need and
call 365-4903 before Noon on
Friday, March 29 to schedule a pickup.
YES ...we pick up Yard Debris,
Freon Free Appliances,
Furniture, Small Lumber and
Miscellaneous Items.
Please separate yard waste from
household items.
Items must be located by the street or alley.
NO ...Tires, Auto Parts, Hazardous Materials, Wet or Lead Based Paint,
Ammunition, Demolition or Construction
Debris.... If any of these items are mixed
with the regular debris the City will not pick up at that
address. If you have any questions call:
365-4903 or 365-4910
A llen C ounty C lerk’s O ffice is currently taking sealed bids for a regulation size Brunsw ick Bristol 2 Pool Table. You can view it at
the Iola Senior C enter from 9 a.m to 3 p.m M onday
through Friday. The last day to return the sealed bid to A llen C ounty
C lerk’s O ffice, 1 N . W ashington, Iola, KS
66749, w ill be M arch 22, 2013 at 5 p.m . If you have
any questions please contact A llen C ounty C lerk
at 620-365-1407.
Published in The Iola Register M arch 11 & 18, 2013.
(First published in The IolaRegister, March 11, 2013)
NOTICE OF SALEAllen County Clerk’s Of-
fice is currently taking sealed bids for a regulation size Brunswick Bristol 2 Pool Table. You can view it at the Iola Senior Center from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday. The last day to return the
sealed bid to Allen County Clerk’s office, 1 N. Wash-ington, Iola, KS 66749, will be March 22, 2013 at 5 p.m. If you have any questions please contact Allen County Clerk at 620-365-1407.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Marijuana that some-one obtained legally elsewhere is still illegal in Kansas, and a person who brings it into the state can be prosecuted under Kansas law, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
The decision came in the case of a Troy James Cooper, a Colorado man who was stopped in cen-tral Kansas by a state trooper and found to pos-sess a small amount of marijuana that had been doctor-recommended in his home state.
It was the first time the state Court of Ap-peals had been asked to consider whether Kansas could prosecute someone for possessing medical marijuana le-gally recommended in another state, The Kan-sas City Star reported.
The decision issued by the court Friday won’t change the out-come of Cooper’s case. A trial judge acquitted him of a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana, and trying him again would consti-tute double jeopardy, ac-cording to Paul Kasper, the attorney who repre-sented Cooper.
But the ruling will provide guidance to law enforcement and trial courts in the future as more states legalize the medical or recreational use of marijuana, said Kansas Attorney Gen-eral Derek Schmidt.
“Law enforcement officers may continue to enforce Kansas laws against certain drugs, even if those prod-ucts are legal in other states,” Schmidt said.
Cooper brought the medical marijuana from Colorado into Kansas when he visited rela-tives in Ellsworth Coun-ty in 2011. The marijua-na was found during a routine traffic stop, and prosecutors charged him with a misdemean-or under Kansas law.
A judge acquitted Cooper, finding under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prosecuting him “impermissibly inter-fered with his constitu-tional right to interstate travel,” according to the appeals court ruling.
Schmidt’s office ap-pealed the acquittal, and the higher court agreed to hear the case because of the growing prevalence of medical marijuana.
“As more states per-mit the use of medi-cal marijuana, more people may be traveling through Kansas with their medication,” the court noted. “That sug-gests the question could be of some broad inter-est.”
The state argued that the clause in question protects only federal rights and noted that there is no exception in federal drug laws for medicinal marijuana.
In its ruling, the ap-peals court agreed that the specific clause did not bar Kansas from ap-plying state law.
But the court noted that the ruling was based only on that one narrow question and “has nothing to say about other constitu-tional grounds that might bar such a pros-ecution.”
Kansas Solicitor General Stephen McAl-lister, a law professor at the University of Kansas, said the state thought it was an im-portant question to have answered.
Although Cooper’s case involved a small amount of marijuana, the situation could ap-ply to any number of others in which a per-son who violated Kan-sas law could argue, “You can’t touch me. I’m legal back home,” McAllister said.
“It becomes a tricky problem once you open that door,” he said.
Legal pot still illegal in Kan.
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(First published in The Iola Register, March 18,
2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASHenry R. Donaldson and G.
Ann Donaldson, husband and wife,
Plaintiffsvs. Enos Wright; et al.
DefendantsNo. 2013 CV 13
NOTICE OF SUITThe State of Kansas to: Enos
Wright; and the unknown devi-sees, trustees, creditors, as-signs or successors in interest of such defendant; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendant as are existing, dis-solved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, admin-
istrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and as-signs of such of the defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of such of the defen-dants as are minors or are in any wise under legal disability; and the unknown heirs, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of
any person alleged to be de-ceased and made defendant as such and all other persons who are or may be concerned:
You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by the above named Plaintiffs praying that title be quieted to the following de-scribed real estate located in Al-
len County, Kansas, to-wit:That part of the Southeast
Quarter (SE/4) of Section Thirty-two (32), Township Twenty-four (24) South, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kansas, lying North of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 54;
LESS: a tract beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 SE/4) in said Section Thirty-two (32), thence West 35 1/2 rods (585.75’); thence South to cen-ter of the roadbed of the Mis-souri Pacific Railroad, thence along the center of the roadbed Eastward to the West line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) of said Section, thence North on said line to place of begin-
ning;and you and each of you
be forever barred, restrained and enjoined from setting up or claiming any right, title, interest, estate, equity, lien or claim in and to the real estate, and you are hereby required to plead to such Petition on or before April 29, 2013, in such Court at Iola, Kansas. Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be en-tered in due course upon such Petition.
Henry R. Donaldson and G. Ann Donaldson
PlaintiffsIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM,
P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Plaintiffs(3) 18, 25 (4) 1
(First Published in The Iola Register, March 18,
2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ALLEN COUNTY, KAN-SAS
In the Matter of the Estate of
Thomas R. Thomas II, Deceased
No. 2013 PR 12 NOTICE OF HEARING
AND NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS
TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:
You are hereby notified that on March 15, 2013, a Peti-tion was filed in this Court by Thomas R. Thomas and Rhonda L. Thomas, praying that Petitioners be appointed as Co-Administrators; and Pe-titioners be granted Letters of Co-Administration.
You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 9, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, Iola,
Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amend-ments thereto, or if the iden-tity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30
days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.
Thomas R. Thomas andRhonda L. Thomas,
PetitionersIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM,
P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioners(3) 18, 25 (4) 1
(First Published in The Iola Register, March 18,
2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ALLEN COUNTY, KAN-SAS
In the Matter of the Estate of
Robert R. Redfield, Deceased
No. 2013 PR 13 NOTICE OF HEARING
AND NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CON-
CERNED:You are notified that on
March 15, 2013, a Petition was filed in this Court by James G. Redfield, an heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Robert R. Redfield, deceased, dated November 24, 2003, re-questing the Will filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; Petitioner be ap-pointed as Executor, without bond; and Petitioner be granted Letters Testamentary.
You are required to file your
written defenses to the Petition on or before April 9, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amend-
ments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or rea-sonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their de-mands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.
James G. Redfield, Petitioner
IMMEL, WORKS & HEIM, P.A.
Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioner(3) 18, 25 (4) 1
(First published in The IolaRegister, March 18, 2013.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate OfVELVA J. BURCHE, Deceased
Case No. 2012 PR 44NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLE-MENT
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed on March 15, 2013, in this Court by William H. Burche, Executor of the Estate of Velva J. Burche, Deceased, praying for a final settlement of the Estate, approval of his acts, proceedings and accounts as Ex-ecutor, allowance for attorney’s fees and expenses, determina-tion of the heirs, devisees and legatees entitled to the Estate and assignment to them in ac-cordance with the Will of Velva J. Burche, Deceased. You are here-by required to file your written de-fenses thereto on or before April 9, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. on such day, in the District Courtroom, Allen County Courthouse, One North Washington, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, 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.
William H. Burche, PetitionerR. KENT PRINGLE, S.C.
#10458221 W. Main, P.O. Box 748Chanute, KS 66720Telephone (620) 431-2202(3) 18, 25 (4) 1
Register, March 11, 2013)NOTICE OF SALEAllen County Clerk’s Office is currently
taking sealed bids for a regulation size Brunswick Bristol 2 Pool Table. You can view it at the Iola Senior Center from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The last day to return the sealed bid to Allen County Clerk’s office, 1 N. Wash-ington, Iola, KS 66749, will be March 22, 2013 at 5 p.m. If you have any questions please contact Allen County Clerk at 620-365-1407.
(3) 11, 18
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The rest of the week-end didn’t go as well.
Cloud broke open a 2-1 lead with a three-run fifth inning. The Red Devils rallied for two in the bottom of the sixth, and brought the tying run to the plate with no-body out, but failed to score again.
The Thunderbirds eliminated all suspense with four runs in the top of the seventh.
Easum had a sin-gle and a run. Gentry singled with two runs. Katelyn Pedrow had the only other hit, a fourth-inning single.
Rash took the loss, giv-ing up 10 hits with two walks and three strike-outs.
BROWN MACKIE gave the Red Devils a rude home-opening dou-bleheader by defeating Allen 6-2 and 10-7.
Brown Mackie led 6-1 in the finale before Al-len rallied for four runs in the third with one out. But the rally ended with Reilly stranded on sec-ond after her three-run double.
The Lions led 7-5 when Allen struck for a run in the bottom of the sixth. Charleston doubled in Rash. But Charleston also was stranded after the next two Red Devils struck out.
Brown Mackie re-sponded with three runs in the seventh.
Allen’s last run in the bottom of the seventh came on a run-scoring fielder’s choice by Rash.
Rash gave up 13 hits and three walks in tak-ing the loss. She struck out two.
Reilly went 3-for-4 with a double. Charles-ton went 2-for-2 with a double. Easum had two singles. Rash had a dou-ble. Alexus Douglas and Kaitlin Norris singled.
Brown Mackie led 3-0 in the opener before Al-len rallied for two runs in the fourth. Charles-ton’s double drove in Gentry. Reilly’s sacrifice fly drove in Charleston.
The Lions responded with a run in the top of the fifth and two more in the top of the seventh for insurance, although Al-len didn’t go quietly.
The Red Devils put runners on first and third in the sixth on sin-gles by Reilly and Nor-ris. Gentry reached on an error and stole a base in the seventh.
Gentry and Norris each had two of Allen’s six hits. Charleston added a double. Reilly singled.
Nelson gave up 12 hits and a walk. She struck out three.
Allen (1-12) heads to Hutchinson for a dou-bleheader Friday, then to Hesston for a pair Saturday before return-ing home March 25 for a twinbill against Otta-wa’s junior varsity.
H SoftballContinued from B1
Register/Richard LukenAllen Community College right fielder Kaitlin Nor-ris dives for the ball Friday.
Cantwell rolled through the first four innings before the Tigers struck for two in the top of the fifth. Cowley then pounded out five hits and four runs in the top of the sixth to take control.
The Red Devils had two singles to lead off the bottom of the third. Drew Walden singled, then Clint Heffern reached on a bunt single. A double play ended the threat.
Tyler Noel singled in the fifth, while Kel-lett had a seventh-in-ning single.
Arnold gave up 11 hits with three walks to take the loss. He struck out two. Burns pitched 1 2/3 innings of relief with two hits and a strikeout.
Register/Richard LukenAllen Community College’s Drew Walden fields a throw while Cowley Coun-ty’s A.J. Shaw scores in the opener of a doubleheader Friday.
H BaseballContinued from B1
King of America action begins with Wednesday night prac-tice sessions from 6 to 9. That night, there is no charge for grandstand seating. Pit passes cost $20. Thursday begins the qualifying portion
of the event, with more racing Friday night,
and the main event Saturday. B-Mods and USRA/USMTS modi-fieds will be in action. With 120 modifeds pre-registered, the total car count is expected to be about 200.
By PAUL NEWBERRYAP National WriterGood luck filling out
those brackets. The No. 1 seeds are set for the NCAA tournament, but very little has gone as expected in this college basketball season.
No reason for things to change now.
Louisville received the top overall seed Sunday after romping through the Big East tournament, while Kan-sas, Indiana and Gon-zaga claimed the other No. 1 spots. Yet, consid-
ering all the upsets that have prevented anyone from establishing them-selves as a clear-cut fa-vorite, there are plenty of teams that think they can run the table.
“More than any year I can remember, I don’t think seeding really matters,” said Oklaho-ma State coach Travis Ford, whose team has a chance at getting Lou-isville in the round of 16. “Probably if you’re a 1 seed, your first game, you’ve got a pret-ty good chance of
getting by that. Then even after that, I think it’s throw it up in the air.”
One thing is for cer-tain: Kentucky won’t be repeating as national champion.
The Wildcats didn’t even make the 68-team field, becoming the first defending champ since North Carolina in 2010 to miss out the follow-ing season.
“You’ve got to earn it each and every year,” said Mike Bobinski, the
Xavier athletic director who chaired the selec-tion committee.
Louisville (29-5) cer-tainly earned it, im-pressing the committee with a 10-game winning streak capped by a stun-ning turnaround in the final Big East cham-pionship game as we know it. The Cardinals were 16 points down to Syracuse early in the second half, but they turned up the full-court pressure and wound up with a 78-61 triumph.
BasketballNCAA Tournament at
Kansas City, Mo.Friday, vs. Western
Kentucky, 8:50 p.m.TV: TNT (Ch 30)
Kansas
BasketballNCAA Tournament at
Kansas City, Mo.Friday, vs. LaSalle-Boise State winner, 2:10 p.m.
TV: TruTV (Ch. 51)
KansasState
Expect the unexpected this year
H RacesContinued from B1
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