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

Iola Municipal Band— Since 1871 —

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

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

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

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

By SUSAN [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By RICHARD [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Ray Whiteley

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

By BOB [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

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By JOE [email protected]

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

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

Pekarek walks his talk. A na-

By BOB [email protected]

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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Countyhearsbudgetrequests

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

See CHEATING | Page A5See MOWING | Page A5See COUNTY | Page A5

See PEKAREK | Page A5

Vol. 114, No. 239 75 Cents Iola, KS

By PAUL WEST and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY

Tribune Washington BureauDENVER — In the first presi-

dential debate of the fall cam-paign, Mitt Romney defended himself Wednesday night against charges from President Barack Obama that his tax-cut plan would favor the wealthy.

Neither candidate appeared to land a knockout blow or commit a serious blunder that would in-stantly change the race. But the

Republican challenger held his own during a 90-minute encoun-ter that focused almost exclusive-ly on domestic issues.

Romney, offering sharper an-swers than Obama and seizing control of the debate at several points, was never ruffled, repeat-edly predicting that Obama would provide more “trickle-down gov-ernment” if he is re-elected this November.

Sports complex nearer realityBy BOB JOHNSON

[email protected] — K.B. Criss has

a recurring dream.He sees Humboldt High’s track

team practicing next spring on a new track at the east edge of town.

Then he awakes, knowing that to make the dream come true, “everything will have to go abso-lutely perfect.”

Still, USD 258 is on the road to having a new sports complex with a more realistic deadline by the time classes start next fall.

“I think that’s doable,” said Criss, district superintendent, with plans for the complex laid across a conference table in his office.

TO UNDERSTAND what’s hap-pening requires a journey back to a board retreat of 10 years ago.

“Several goals were discussed, some short-term, some medium-term, some long-term,” Criss said, as he reviewed notes from the retreat. “We’ve accomplished a lot of our goals and a long-term one was to provide track and

field facilities for our students.“We’re the only school in

our league (Tri-Valley) with-out a track and one of the few 3A schools in Kansas without a track,” Criss said.

After-school track practice is on streets near the high school.

“We have safety concerns,” he said. “The streets seem to be get-ting smaller and there seems to be more traffic. We worry about a kid getting hurt.”

When board members em-braced the track-construction

A new sports complex at the east edge of Humboldt will have football, baseball and softball fields and a running track, all tucked into about half a 51.95-acre tract given USD 258 by Joe and Jane Works.

PINK IS ALL AROUND

Register/Allison TinnAt left, decorated bras hang on the limbs of a tree outside of Bella Donna Salon. At right is Iola Office Supplies Breast Can-cer Awareness window display.

The Shirt Shop, on the northwest side of the square, has a new pink display for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Fredonia art gallery displays ACC work

By STEVEN [email protected]

The Stone House Art Gallery in Fredonia is displaying artwork created by Allen Community Col-lege art students.

The gallery, an old stone build-ing just off the square in Fredo-nia, has 10 pieces of art from six students.

Tera Reed, art instructor with the college, is showcasing her work along with her students. She said the Stone House Gallery has an impressive layout, and the students were excited about hav-ing their work there.

“They have a really nice space for such a small town,” Reed said. “My students were excited about submitting their work and I en-courage that.”

Vicki Starr, gallery adminis-trator, said artists from Iola have not been represented there previ-ously.

She said the display is part of an “Area Artists” program that will be available for public view-ing through Oct. 26. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best 2-D artwork, 3-D artwork and “best in show.” Starr said there is also an award for “viewer’s choice,” in which the public will cast votes to decide the winner.

Reed stressed the importance of art students becoming familiar with displaying their work. She said if local communities are not aware of an artist’s work, they will not be able to further their career.

“They really need to be able to

brand and sell their art,” Reed said, “It’s important to raise their career to the next level.”

The gallery, started in 1967, has relied on the support of the community to stay open. Starr said the government has cut one-third of its funding since 2011 and many local galleries have felt the effects.

“There are many galleries that aren’t there because of the cuts,” Starr said. “I guess some people

Zhang Jun/Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCTRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and U.S. Pres-ident Barack Obama attend the first presidential debate at Denver University on Wednesday in Denver.

Romney, Obama spar over domestic issues in debate

By ALLISON [email protected]

For more than 25 years October has been Breast Cancer Aware-ness month. Each year Allen Countians show their support for victims by wearing pink or using pink in window displays.

This year is no different. Local businesses are putting in large orders for merchandise, with the proceeds going to research.

According to website www.breastcancer.org, one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. Also, about 15 per-cent of women who suffer breast cancer have a family member di-agnosed with it.

Women are not the only ones di-agnosed with the disease. About 2,140 new cases of invasive breast cancer were discovered in men in 2011.

On the brighter side, statistics don’t portend doom and gloom,

Locals show awareness for breast cancer victims

Register/Steven SchwartzArtwork by Allen Community College art instructor Tera Reed is on display at the Stone House Art Gallery in Fredonia.

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By ROY GUTMANMcClatchy Newspapers

ISTANBUL — Turkey an-nounced Wednesday that it had fired artillery at Syrian military positions in retaliation for mor-tar rounds from inside Syria that killed five civilians in a house just inside the Turkish border.

It was the first known exchange of fire between Turkey and Syria

since a Turkish-backed uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad began nearly 20 months ago. It was the most serious inci-dent between the two countries since June, when Syria shot down a Turkish reconnaissance air-craft that had violated Syrian air-space.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Syrian mortar fire landed in Akcakale, a checkpoint in southeastern Turkey that straddles the border

with Syria, at 4:30 p.m. local time. Turkish artillery immediately responded, Erdogan said, under standing orders that were rewrit-ten after the June shoot-down.

It was not immediately clear where the Syrian units were that Turkey targeted or what weap-ons Turkey used to respond. The dead in Akcakale were a mother and her four children, the town’s mayor told Turkish news outlets. Nine other people were wounded.

In a statement, NATO, to which

Turkey belongs, “strongly con-demned” the Syrian mortar at-tack and pledged to stand by Tur-key. The alliance “demands the immediate cessation of such ag-gressive acts against an ally and urges the Syrian regime to put an end to the flagrant violations of international law.” But it stopped well short of issuing a threat or saying what steps would follow another incident.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United

States was “outraged that the Syr-ians have been shooting across the border.” She said the situa-tion in Syria was “very, very dan-gerous” and called for a cease-fire, an end to the Syrian government “assaulting their own people” and the beginning of a process of political transition.

Syria’s information minister, Omran Zoabi, said Syria was in-vestigating where the mortar rounds that struck Turkey had

Turkish artillery opens fire on Syria in escalation of border tension

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goal, they, too, dreamed of a sports complex that included a track and foot-ball field, as well as fields for baseball and softball, sports that HHS student-athletes have excelled in during recent seasons.

“Board members real-ized that our facilities for football and baseball at Walter Johnson Field were deteriorating,” Criss said, noting temporary fenc-ing has to be erected each baseball season. Softball is played at Sweatt Park, at the southeast corner of town about a mile from Walter Johnson.

“We don’t have lockers there (Walter Johnson),” he said. Restrooms are on the primitive side and the concession stand is barely adequate.

“We decided building at one location would be much better,” he said. “We have parents with a son playing baseball and a daughter softball, often at the same time, which means they have to run back and forth between the two fields.”

JOE AND JANE Works were the catalyst that pushed board members to action. They gave the district 51.95 acres that adjoins the east city limit

between Georgia and Flor-ida roads, which are exten-sions of city streets Cen-tral and Pine.

The Workses own B&W Trailer Hitches and are known for their commu-nity activism.

In addition to being able to have all facilities for outdoor sports at one site, Criss said about half the donated land would be held in abeyance and someday might be the site for a new school.

“That’s a long way off, though,” he added. “Our schools are in good shape today, but 15 years or so from now we may want to look at building a new school.”

An issue that has sur-faced with the proposed complex is what will be-

come of Walter Johnson Field, a Works Progress Administration project that put local men to work in the 1930s during the Great Depression.

“We are sensitive to the fact that Walter Johnson is dear to many people,” Criss said. “The board will solicit opinions from patrons about what they’d like to see happen with the field, and go from there.”

In addition to the ball fields, track and field event venues, the complex will have a stadium to seat 750 and a press box. In a handy 8,000-square-foot building will be concession stand, restrooms, storage and mechanical and electrical areas.

SUCH A COMPLEX could be expected to cost a pretty penny, but Hum-boldt’s will be built in in-novative ways to take ad-vantage of volunteer labor and donated materials and money.

Engineering for roads and utilities is being done and their construction will account for first dirt turned, an event that will occur soon.

“We really don’t have a good idea what total cost of the project will be,” Criss said, but promised “no bond issue will be sought and no tax increase will be required.”

The district has accu-mulated some money in its capital outlay fund, and, Criss noted, it will take ad-vantage of lease-purchase agreements.

“It makes sense to use lease-purchase now,” he said, explaining that rates are bargain-basement at about 3 percent. With lease-purchase, whatever is purchased is amortized over several years.

Criss also observed in the four years he has been superintendent, the dis-trict’s overall property tax levy has actually decreased a smidgen, going from 63.97 mills in 2009-10 to 63.124 mills this year.

“The complex will be built with ‘valued engi-neering,’” Criss said, “as nice as possible but with us cutting all the corners we can and building as in-expensively as possible.

“We want it to be a func-tional model that’s the crown jewel of the area for an all-inclusive sports com-plex.”

Nothing that will be done will tinker with the district’s primary goal, Criss stressed.

“Our main goal is to pro-vide the best possible edu-cational experience for our students and that’s never going to change,” he said. “We also will continue to maintain and pay a highly qualified staff. We have the highest salaries of any dis-trict in Allen County and we want to build on that.

“Our students and our staff always have been and always will be our priori-ties.”

The complex will be built with ‘valued engineering’ as nice as possible but with us cutting all the corner we can and building as inexpensive-ly as possible. We want it to be functional model that’s the crown jewel of the area for an all-inclusive sports complex.

— USD 258 superintendent K.B. Criss

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At the Parsons Live-stock Market sale Wednes-day, 672 cattle were sold.

Choice cows 70-85; canners & cutters 46-71; shelly cows, 47 and back; choice bulls 90-98; lower grades 60-90.

Steers: Up to 400# 170-209; 400# to 500# 160-186;

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Cold front arrivesTonight, mostly cloudy

with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

Friday, partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunder-storms. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Friday night, partly cloudy in the evening then becom-ing mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers. Lows near 40. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday, partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs 50 to 55. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday night, partly cloudy. Patchy frost after mid-night. Lows 30 to 35.

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Donald KruegerDonald C. Krueger, 66,

Emporia, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at the Uni-versity of Kansas Medi-cal Center in Kansas City.

Cremation is planned. Mass of Christian

Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Jo-seph Catholic Church in Olpe.

Interment will take place at St. Joseph Cath-olic Cemetery with mili-tary honors.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests do-nations to the Don C. Krueger Good Samari-tan Scholarship Fund or the H. Dale Buck Fund.

Contributions may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.

You may leave the family online condo-lences at robertsblue.com.

Obituary

Sorority meets Carol Crawford was

hostess to 16 members of the Kappa Alpha chapter of Phi Tau Omega soror-ity at the Pizza Hut Mon-day night.

Plans were finalized for Kappa Alpha’s participa-tion in the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Oct. 13, and Farm-City Days Oct. 20.

The next rush party will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct.15 at Rhodenia Rowe’s cabin along the Neosho River.

Sharon Bland will be host-ess. Another will be Oct. 29, with Beckye Parker hosting.

The next business meet-ing will be Nov. 5, with hostesses Susan Locke and Rhodenia Rowe.

Local group meets The Women’s Ministry

Fellowship of First As-sembly of God Church, 1020 E. Carpenter St., will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Misc.

Leave the leaves at home, thank you.

Carolyn McLean, who owns the land on which the Elm Creek Community Garden is situated, said Io-lans should not bring fallen leaves to the garden’s com-post pile as autumn arrives.

She noted some already

have begun bringing leaves, lawn clippings and other debris to the compost pile.

She said city crews will take leaves to the garden as part of a previous agree-ment between the garden’s board of directors and the city from foliage collected during Cleanup Week.

No leaves, pleaseMembers of Iola’s

Christmas Vespers, a con-cert filled with Christian and secular choral mu-sic, will begin rehearsals for the 2012 performance Wednesday.

Singers will meet at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the choir room at the Bowlus

Fine Arts Center. Any-one is welcome to join the choir.

The concert will be pro-vided as a free gift to the community during the holiday season.

The date has not been confirmed.

“We know it will be a

Sunday afternoon some-time early in December,” Vespers member Jim Gil-pin said.

The group is under the direction of Terry Mead-ows, music instructor at Humboldt USD 258.

Anyone is welcome to join the choir as well.

Vespers rehearsals begin

originated and offered condolences, saying Syria regretted the loss of life. He also urged Turkey and other countries to stop armed rebels from enter-ing Syria.

Tensions have been high along the Syrian-Turkish border for months, as reb-els battling to topple the Assad government have seized a series of border crossings, including, most recently, Akcakale. Turk-ish news media reported that there has been fight-ing in the border area for the past three weeks, but it was not clear wheth-er there was combat on Wednesday.

On Friday, after mor-tars damaged 20 proper-ties and injured three civilians in Akcakale, Turkey formally com-

plained to Syria, and the country’s foreign minis-ter, Ahmet Davitoglu, pub-licly warned that Turkey would respond if there were another incident.

Erdogan’s announce-ment of the retaliatory strike came six hours af-ter three mortar rounds landed in Akcakale.

“This abhorrent attack was responded to by our armed forces in the bor-der region immediately,” Erdogan said in a state-ment. “Syrian positions, detected by radar, were fired upon with artillery.”

Erdogan’s statement said Turkey’s response was in line with the mili-tary’s rules of engage-ment, a set of standing orders on the time and circumstances for using lethal weapons, revised af-ter the June shoot-down.

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Sunday-4-H Sunday; Monday-“Fly Your Flag,” Columbus Day observed; Wednesday-Knowledge at Noon, squash and pumpkin program, Anderson County Annex, Garnett 12:10-12:50 p.m.; Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, 7 p.m.; Oct. 13 — quilt display, Myr-tle Francis, Iola Nursing Center, 1336 N. Walnut, Iola, 2-4 p.m.School Calendar

Tuesday-volleyball at Jayhawk-Linn, 5 p.m.; cross country league meet at Bur-lington, 3:45 p.m.; middle school volleyball, 5 p.m., football, 6 p.m. at Marmaton Valley; Oct. 12-high school football vs. Chetopa, 7 p.m., homecoming coronation, 6:30.Meal Site

Monday-beef and noo-dles, succotash, wheat bread, peaches; Wednesday-turkey roast, mashed po-tatoes, gravy, green beans, wheat roll, peanut butter pie; Friday-fish, macaroni and tomatoes, pickled beets, bread, apple salad. Phone 852-3479 for reservations.Churches

Sunday’s Scripture at the Christian Church was Luke 9:23. Pastor Mark McCoy presented the sermon “Why You Should Take Part in ‘Not a Fan?’”

Prayer and coffee 9 a.m. every Sunday; men’s Bible study at the church 7 a.m. Tuesday; Infusion groups will start Sunday. Study is “Not a Fan” by Kyle Idle-man. Sign up and plan to attend one of the groups. Wednesday-Working Won-ders, Christian Women’s Council 7 p.m. All women are welcome.

Oct. 12-13-Purity/Mod-esty conference for middle school and high school girls at the First Chris-tian Church in Iola; Oct. 28-“Harvest for Him.” Nov.

4-daylight saving time ends, turn your clocks back; Nov. 4-picnic and hayrack ride at Kendall McGhee’s, 3 p.m.

Scripture at United Meth-odist Church Sunday was Psalm 124:1-8, Proverbs 3:9 -10 and Mark 9:38-50. The October United Methodist Women Challenge is Op-eration Christmas Child. Following church services Sunday a church potluck was held. Terry and Donna Kimball shared pictures and information about their trip to Africa.Council

Mayor Neal Wallace pre-sided at the Sept. 26 meeting. Brian Kingsley, city engi-neer with BG Engineers in Lawrence, gave an update of the sanitary sewer system grant in process. He also had the new engineers contract approved, contingent upon USDA concurrence. Coun-cil members chose Govern-mental Assistance Services to provide grant administra-tor support of the new grant (if awarded) and to take over for the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Com-mission. Permission was given to allow Maple Street between Broad and Third streets to be blocked after 5:30 p.m. Oct. 28 until finished for the Christian Church “Har-vest for Him” event. Code Red

Winter storm warnings are available for all An-derson County residents. Weather warnings are pro-vided through CodeRED Weather Warning, a service of Emergency Communi-cations Network (ECN). To receive an alert for a win-

ter storm warning, resi-dents should log on to the Anderson County website at www.andersoncountyks.org and enter both an email address and a cell phone number or contact the office of emergency management at 785-448-6797. Residents may also select to receive severe thunderstorm, flash flood and tornado warnings through telephone calls to their homes and businesses, email and text messages to their cell phones. All resi-dents are urged to subscribe to the CodeRED system.Birth

Gail and Bob Vermillion and Eldon Strickler are new grandparents of Parker Harrison Dreier. He was born Sept. 3, 2012, weigh-ing 4 pounds, 7 ounces. He is the son of Luke and Gina

Dreier of Wichita. Rollin Strickler of Iola is a great-grandfather.Around Town

The official class counts for Crest USD 479 this year are: preschool, 22; kinder-garten, 21; first grade, 16; second, 12; third 14; fourth, 14; fifth, 17; sixth, 14; sev-enth, 23; eighth, 12; fresh-men, 14; sophomore, 20; ju-nior, 15; and senior 15.

Have you let us know your November birthday? Phone 620-852-3379, email [email protected], mail to 702 Pine St., Colony, KS 66015 or leave in our carport leave-a-note box at 702 Pine St. Send anytime; Mondays are our deadline. We will add your name and birth date to the next list of No-vember birthdays.

The Anderson County

Museum at Garnett closed for the season Sept. 30. The dinner meetings of the An-derson County Historical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22. at Mont Ida Church Hall, hosted by Richard and Shirley Rockers.

Colony was blessed with rain Sept. 25. Amounts to-taled 3 inches in town, 5 inches two miles west of town and 2 inches three miles northeast of town.

Glen and Shelia Luedke’s daughter, Alexandra Lued-ke, Omaha, Neb., arrived at Shelia’s mother’s home Fri-day. Glen’s 1977 Crest class participated in the Kincaid Free Fair parade. That eve-ning they met for a dinner at the Kincaid community center. On Sunday Glen vis-ited his uncle, Morris and Allene Luedke, cousin Mark

Luedke and Glen’s brother, Jerry Luedke.

Our community wel-comes new residents Rich-ard and Erline Johnson who moved a double-wide home to Fourth and Garfield streets, the former M.M. Brown property.

The community express-es their sympathy to Pastor Mark McCoy and family at the death of his grandfa-ther, Neal W. McCoy, 91, Cha-nute. He passed away at his home Sept. 21. Pastor Mark delivered the sermon and eulogy Sept. 25 at the funer-al service at Penwell-Gabel-Johnson Chapel, Chanute.

Are you registered to vote? If not, register at the Colony City Hall or the county clerk’s office before Oct. 16. You can also register online.

Mrs.Morris Luedke

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Crest royaltyThe Crest High School homecoming court is, front row from left, Shandra Sedlak, Callee Callaway and Brytton Strickler; and second row from left, Kyle Hammond, Jesse Boone and Jordan Morton. The king and queen will be crowned at Friday night’s football game.

there were more than 2.6 million breast cancer sur-vivors in the nation in 2011.

TO GENERATE aware-ness Bella Donna Salon has a contest where peo-ple decorate and hang a bra on a tree limb outside the salon.

Entry fee is $5. The bras will be there until the end of October. A win-ner will be announced on Nov. 1, with the prize a $20 gift certificate to be used at the salon.

This is Bella Donna’s first year with a bra-tree contest, but it has partici-pated in fundraising for five years.

“We do feather hair ex-tensions, sell T-shirts and pink bracelets, give glit-ter tattoos and sell raffle tickets and other various merchandise. The pro-ceeds go to the Kappa Al-pha Sorority,” salon own-er Joelle Shallah said.

She said Kappa Alpha

helps women with im-mediate effects of breast cancer.

FOR THE past couple of years the Shirt Shop has decorated its window display in everything pink.

This year, the shop has taken on three major or-ders for pink shirts or shirts with pink ribbons.

Shirts for the Iola soft-ball youth league, Friends for Life in Yates Center and the Marmaton Valley High School (Moran) vol-leyball team are included.

“We do this to gener-ate awareness for breast cancer and in honor of the victims,” shop owner Elizabeth Donnelly said. “It also reminds you how important it is to get those annual screenings.”

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OpinionThursday, October 4, 2012The Iola Registerwww.iolaregister.com A5

Every year, too many kidneys recovered from deceased donors don’t end up in transplant pa-tients. They end up in medical waste incinerators.

Last year, 4,720 people died while waiting for kidney trans-plants. Meanwhile, 2,644 kidneys were discarded.

Some of these kidneys had problems that rendered them un-fit for transplant. But many could not be transplanted because the system for allocating them is inef-ficient and outdated.

Right now the waiting list for a kidney transplant stands at 93,702 people. The system isn’t saving — or improving — as many lives as it could.

A committee that oversees kidney transplants in the United States recently proposed a series of smart changes to better parcel out 14,700 kidneys recovered from deceased donors.

Under this plan, the top 20 per-cent of kidneys — the kidneys expected to last longest — would be directed to those candidates expected to live the longest after a transplant. That typically means younger patients.

That proposal is a significant departure from the current sys-tem, which generally can be summed up as: Get in line and wait your turn. Depending on what part of the country you live

in and other variables, you could wait two years or 10.

The committee’s chairman, Dr. John Friedewald, a transplant nephrologist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, tells us the new plan — called “longevity matching” — will help doctors “get more out of what we have.”

The proposed changes would yield an estimated 8,380 more years of life from one year of transplants. Think about that: 8,380 years.

This new proposal is similar to but not as aggressive as a 2007 plan that would have doled out kidneys more often to those who could live longest after trans-plant. But that proposal ran afoul of the federal government, which warned last year that it would vi-olate age discrimination laws.

Yes, this plan still tips the scale in favor of some younger patients. But it will still be possible for some in their 40s and 50s to make the cut and get the best organs, Frie-dewald says. Even those who don’t

make that cut will still be eligible for a transplant. Bottom line: The system won’t drive as many older organs to younger recipients, who may outlive them and wind up on the list again. A similar concept is already part of the system to determine who receives a trans-planted lung, heart or liver.

We understand why some people are nervous about these changes. In a fairer world, there would be enough kidneys to go around. But there aren’t. This is about maximizing the years that a kidney will work inside some-one’s body, not rendering a judg-ment about how any recipient uses that time.

Officials have spent the last nine years seeking to make the system more efficient. Let’s not wait another nine. The board that oversees transplants in the U.S. can — and should — make these changes next summer. Thousands of people are on kidney trans-plant waiting lists. Every day, every week, that officials delay, people die waiting.

How to maximize kidney transplants

Right now the waiting list for a kidney transplant stands at 93,702 people. The system isn’t saving — or improv-ing — as many lives as it could.

Wednesday night’s debate encouraged Republicans and may have disappointed Demo-crats.

Mitt Romney was the more aggressive. President Barack Obama held back.

Romney’s points came in harping on the persistent high unemployment numbers and his claim that he will create 12 million new jobs in the coming four years.

Obama responded with a demand for specifics that will be made over and over again between now and Nov. 6.

Both men handled them-selves presi-dentially — which is to say that neither made person-al attacks or indulged in dramatics.

At this late stage of the cam-paign, these assessments are calming. The guy and gal in the street can feel comfort from their professional deportment: the take-away from those 90 minutes is that the union will survive until 2016, regardless.

But important differences were emphasized. Romney hit hard on the Republican themes of lower taxes and greater re-sponsibilities for the states. Obama stressed the nation’s responsibility for a quality education system and the op-portunity to bring health care costs down through the Na-tional Affordable Care Act (Obamacare.)

Romney gave Obama an opening by saying that if he wins, he would expect the oth-er 49 states to create statewide health care plans similar to that which he helped create in Massachusetts when he was governor. That would be the way, he said, to bring health care costs down while provid-ing all Americans health care coverage.

Good luck with Kansas, Mr. Romney. The number of unin-sured Kansans is rising. The

state government is showing not the slightest interest in cre-ating a state-funded program to reverse that trend. If Gov. Sam Brownback has a Massa-chusetts-style health care ini-tiative on his must-do list, he has kept it under lock and key.

IT IS IRONIC, but Mr. Rom-ney made the Republican case when he wised off at a high-dollar fundraiser in May and said that about 47 percent of

the American people pay no income tax, feel victimized by the system and depend on g o v e r n m e n t handouts to keep body and soul together.

He hasn’t denied that statement and has, instead, repeated it and said the debate

should be about the role gov-ernment should play in our society.

Maybe the next two debates will touch on that theme.

Wednesday night both agreed a good education was critically important. But if ei-ther said how they would (a) increase funding to individual school districts so they could upgrade their faculties, or (b) find other ways to increase stu-dent learning, I missed it.

The opening debate was po-lite and bloodless. Depend on the next two to turn up the vol-ume. The undecideds make up their minds late. They will be the targets on Oct. 16 and Oct. 22.

At the townhall style debate Oct. 16, Romney will be forced to defend his support of low taxes for the rich. The follow-ing week, when the focus is on foreign affairs, he will be asked to contemplate the con-sequences of his unqualified support of Israel’s aggressive stance toward Iran. Is he really ready to start another Middle East war?

October will be full of politi-cal fun.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Warmup debatepolite, bloodless

By ROGER Z. GEORGELos Angeles Times

As the U.S. contemplates wheth-er to attack Iran’s nuclear facili-ties, intelligence community lead-ers should be asking themselves a question: What if we’re wrong?

That question wasn’t asked — or at least wasn’t answered — in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, with devastating consequences. Before giving up on containment or deterrence polices and under-taking a “preventive war” against a nation that has not attacked the United States, we should be as cer-tain as possible of the evidence.

Iran today presents an even murkier intelligence picture than Iraq did in 2003. We have not had a diplomatic presence there since 1979 and have had to rely on intel-ligence collected through tech-nology, international inspectors and foreign intelligence relation-ships. In the absence of solid in-telligence, the intelligence com-munity has had to fall back on its own assumptions or mind-sets regarding Iran’s nuclear program and make educated guesses about how its government would prob-ably operate its programs. Our as-sessments of Iran’s military capa-bilities have had to rely in part on our understanding of how Amer-ican weapon developers conduct tests and develop weapons. Such analytic assumptions have and can again lead to incorrect con-clusions.

So what can be done to avert another military strike based on devastatingly wrong intelligence estimates? How can we avoid ter-rible mistakes, followed by com-mission investigations and fin-ger-pointing?

First, we must set extremely high standards for evidence. In-telligence professionals must challenge themselves to look at their forecasts skeptically, asking whether underlying assumptions about Iranian behavior and tech-nical talent are well founded. Pol-icymakers should encourage this kind of critical thinking and be attentive to signs of faulty logic or flawed intelligence.

Second, the U.S. must not over-rely on information gathered and supplied by foreign governments. Such intelligence can be useful, but it is often provided as much to influence action by American policymakers as to provide unbi-ased and accurate information. Much of the foreign intelligence used to analyze Iraq’s supposed development of weapons of mass

destruction, for example, was self-serving, biased or flat-out fabricated. The U.S. is almost cer-tainly the target for influence op-erations designed to shape Amer-ican perceptions of the Iranian nuclear program. We should be especially wary of reporting that fits what we are expecting to see and challenge that reporting vig-orously.

Third, U.S. intelligence per-sonnel should be kept at arm’s length from policy discussions, particularly those involving mili-tary options. Being too close to the decisions made by the Bush administration more than likely contributed to then-CIA Direc-tor George Tenet’s assertion that the U.S. had “slam-dunk” evi-dence that Saddam Hussein was actively developing weapons of mass destruction. Senior intel-ligence officials are not immune from wanting to be team play-ers, and if a policy team is look-ing for information to support a desired action, this can skew an intelligence agency’s views

on the information it has gath-ered. James R. Clapper, the U.S. director of national intelligence, would be well advised to run all intelligence about Iran’s nuclear weapons program through a rig-orous “red-teaming” exercise, in-volving outside experts who have no ax to grind or connections to the current administration or its policies.

Fourth, the intelligence com-munity should never be called on to make the case for intervention, as was the situation in 2003, when so-called white papers on Iraq’s WMD program were fashioned by the intelligence community to support Bush administration policies. Such reports are not rig-orous intelligence assessments but rather advocacy pieces devoid of the important qualifiers that coordinated intelligence reports should carry.

Finally, the intelligence com-munity should immediately, if it has not already done so, prepare candid assessments of the effect military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities could have on both Iranian politics and region-al stability. In 2003, such assess-ments proved to be prescient, but they were completed only after the decision had been made to in-vade Iraq. Consequently, they had virtually no impact on decision-makers, who had convinced them-selves that Iraqis would greet us as liberators and quickly restore

the functioning of their society and economy.

Needless to say, the decision to attack another Islamic state would carry consequences far be-yond reducing Iran’s military po-tential, and the intelligence com-munity needs to analyze those consequences concurrently with its analysis of intelligence re-garding Iran’s nuclear intentions.

These steps will not guarantee that intelligence used to reach the important decisions regard-ing Iran will be perfect. Clearly, it will not be. However, the intel-ligence community should not re-peat mistakes it made in 2002 and 2003, nor allow itself to become the scapegoat for decisions that properly reside with the nation’s political and military leadership.

———About the writerRoger Z. George, a former na-

tional intelligence officer, teaches at the National War College in Washington. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

US should tread lightly, but skeptically, on Iran

... (T)he intelligence community should never be called on to make the case for intervention, as was the situ-ation in 2003, when so-called white papers on Iraq’s WMD program were fashioned by the intelligence com-munity to support Bush administration policies.

... (T)he decision to attack another Islamic state would carry con-sequences far beyond reducing Iran’s military potential ....

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For his part, Obama tried to bury his opponent in the very thing that Romney is said to crave: “data.” Re-peatedly referring to argu-ments offered by his leading surrogate, former President Bill Clinton, Obama tried to rebut Romney’s claim that he could balance the bud-get while cutting tax rates across the board and in-creasing military spending by $2 billion.

“Math, common sense and our history shows us that’s not a recipe for job growth,” Obama said.

But Obama sometimes appeared to struggle to of-fer fluid descriptions of his own policies — including on health care. His campaign appeared to acknowledge that it hadn’t been his best night.

“Mitt Romney, yes, he ab-solutely wins the prepara-tion, and he wins the style points,” deputy Obama cam-

paign manager Stephanie Cutter said on CNN. “But that’s not what’s been dog-ging his campaign. What’s been dogging his campaign are the policies that he dou-bled down on tonight.”

Cutter said that “we feel pretty good about the presi-dent’s performance here tonight. Again, he wasn’t speaking to the people in this room. He wasn’t speak-ing to the pundit class. He was speaking to the people at home.”

Romney’s campaign poli-cy director Lanhee Chen de-scribed Obama as “flatfoot-ed” and said the president gave answers that “were kind of meandering at times. ... I wasn’t sure what the points were.” By con-trast, he said, Romney deliv-ered his responses “clearly, crisply and concisely.”

Obama repeatedly avoid-ed opportunities to take per-sonal shots at his rival, even when offered clear open-ings. The president had one

when Romney tried to rebut a charge that he favored tax breaks for U.S. companies that ship jobs overseas.

“Look, I’ve been in busi-ness for 25 years. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I maybe need to get a new accountant,” Romney

said. Obama’s campaign has hammered the Republican for months over accusations that he profited from ship-ping jobs overseas and over his personal taxes, which include offshore accounts — but the president did not respond.

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Mustangs gun for league crown at WellsvilleBy RICHARD LUKEN

[email protected] High’s Mustangs are look-

ing for some hardware Friday.If Iola can knock off host

Wellsville High, it effectively will clinch a Pioneer League champi-onship in the Mustangs’ first year in the new league.

“We’ve talked about it a lot this week in practice,” Mustang head coach Doug Kerr said, noting Iola hasn’t won a league title in foot-ball since topping the Southeast Kansas League standings in 1988.

“We want that hardware,” he said. “We want that trophy. We want to put that patch on our let-ter jackets.”

In order to accomplish this, the Mustangs must contend with an up-and-coming Wellsville squad that lost a large number of se-niors last year to graduation, then struggled early this season as newcomers eventually adapted to varsity play.

“But they’ve found their sea legs, so to speak, and they’ve played a lot better as the sea-son has gone along,” Kerr said. “They’ve definitely picked a good time to play good football.”

The Eagles stand at 2-3 over-all, having won two straight after

dropping their first three contests of the season. They stand at 2-1 in Pioneer League.

The Mustangs are 4-1 overall and 3-0 in league action.

The key to victory is stopping Wellsville’s running attack, Kerr said.

“They like to control the clock with their running game,” Kerr said. “With limited possessions, we’ve got to be efficient when we’re on offense.”

The Mustangs must prevent the big play — much like they’ve done in their 4-1 start — and elim-inate penalties and turnovers on offense, Kerr said. A “bend, but don’t break” approach has served Iola well so far, Kerr said.

Maintaining a balanced offen-sive attack won’t hurt, either. The Mustangs opened the season re-lying on the run, then turned to the pass in recent weeks as oppos-ing defenses crowded the line of scrimmage.

“I think we’ve surprised our

last couple opponents with our passing game,” Kerr said. “Ma-son Coons (senior quarterback) has done a good job of spreading the ball around to our receivers.”

AFTER FRIDAY, Iola can focus

its full attention on Class 4A Dis-trict 6 play, which will determine which schools qualify for postsea-son playoffs. The Mustangs host Fort Scott, a former Southeast Kansas League foe, Oct. 12 to start

districts.Coincidentally, it may have been

Iola’s lone defeat earlier this year at the hands of another former SEK foe, a 40-20 loss to Coffeyville, that has attributed to the team’s otherwise spotless record.

Morale improved after the young Mustang team battled toe-to-toe with the state-ranked Golden Tornado, Kerr said. “That

score was rather deceptive,” he noted.

“The key will be to see if we’ve improved from that,” Kerr said, “or if it just happened to be a game where everything fell right for us — and they still won.

“But that’s still a long ways off,” Kerr continued. “We’ve got a tough opponent in Wellsville we have to deal with.”

Iola High MustangsOffense

QB — Mason Coons, 6-2, 190, Sr.WB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr.HB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr.FB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr.TE — Jesse Zimmerman, 5-10, 185, Jr.T — Alex Bauer, 6-0, 200, So.G — Quinton Morrison, 5-10. 190, Jr.C — Aaron Barclay, 6-0, 265, Sr.G — Derrick Weir, 5-10, 210, Jr.T — Eli Grover, 6-0, 250, Sr.WR — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr.PK — Isaias Macias, 5-8, 165, Jr.

DefenseDE — Bryce Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, Jr.NG — Stephen McDonald, 6-2, 205, Sr.DE — Eric Maxwell, 6-1, 180, Jr.LB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr.LB — Tyler McIntosh, 6-1, 145, Jr.LB — Kaden Macha, 6-0, 180, So.LB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr.LB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr.CB — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr.S — Jacob Rhoads, 5-7, 145, Jr.CB — Jacob Harrison, 6-3, 180, Sr.P — Zeph Larney, 5-10, 155, Sr

Wellsville High EaglesOffense

QB — Luke Meyer, 6-0, 170, Jr.HB — Shane Hillman, 5-9, 196, Sr.HB — Kenneth Hopkins, 5-11, 159, Sr.FB — Landyn Holtwick, 5-10, 182, Jr.TE — William Jackson, 6-0, 185, Sr.T — Johnathan Hackathorn, 6-3, 216, Jr.G — Bryce Smith, 5-11, 177, Fr.C — Daegan Asebedo, 5-7, 160, Jr.G — Cameron Lyon, 6-0, 185, Sr.T — Trevor Shalkoski, 5-11, 210, So.SE — Carter Mann, 6-2, 180, Jr.PK — Jared Klamm, 6-2, 170, So.

DefenseE — Cameron Lyon, 6-0, 160, Jr.NG — Bryce Smith, 5-11, 177, Fr.E — William Jackson, 6-0, 185, Sr.LB — Kenneth Hopkins, 5-11, 159, Sr.LB — Landyn Holtwick, 5-10, 182, Jr.LB — Luke Meyer, 6-0, 170, Jr.LB — Trevor Heckman, 6-2, 148, So.LB — Brett Osbern, 5-7, 145, So.CB — Shane Hillman, 5-9, 196, Sr.CB — Cole Silsby, 5-10, 146, So.FS — Carter Mann, 6-2, 180, Jr.P — Carter Mann

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Cross CountryIola at Independence, 4 p.m.Marmaton Valley at Jayhawk-Linn, Mound City

Jr. College SoccerAllen men vs. San Jacinto, Dal-las, TexasAllen women vs. Tyler, Dallas, Texas

FridayHigh School Football

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Birthday basher leads way for ACCBy RICHARD LUKEN

[email protected] Martens was in the

mood to celebrate Wednesday night — for good reason.

The Allen Community College sophomore, whose birthday is today, gave herself an early pres-ent by delivering game-winning kills in all three sets in a volley-ball sweep of visiting Fort Scott Community College.

The Red Devils downed Fort Scott 25-14, 26-24, 25-20 in the ACC gymnasium.

“We’re a whole different team when we come together,” Mar-tens said. “We picked a great time to have the team understand that when we play together, we can do it.”

The match’s pivotal moment — if there can be one in a three-game sweep — came in the wan-ing moments of the second set.

Allen forged ahead 23-20 be-fore Fort Scott rattled off four straight points, pushing the Greyhounds to the brink of a set win.

Head coach Brenda Peters called a time out to remind Allen that despite the one-point deficit, the Devils were still in control of the match.

The Red Devils rallied for the next point to tie the score at 24-24 with a Goodman kill. A Greyhound error on a service re-turn put ACC up 25-24. Martens hammered home the kill for the game-winner, putting the Red Devils up 2-0.

Allen maintained the momen-tum in the final set, never trail-ing by more than two points and eventualy pulling away late.

Peters noted Fort Scott was never able to string more than three consecutive points in the contest.

Martens registered 11 kills and an ace to lead Allen on of-fense and 17 digs on the defensive side. Sierra Morgison was just behind with 10 kills, an ace and 14 digs. Jacqui Ortiz and Adriee Munoz registered 22 and 15 set assists, respectively. Ortiz also had 15 digs. Tayler Shook had 16 digs. Randi Billings notched two

blocks.“I reminded the girls that Hay-

ley’s kills were our kills,” Peters said. “We’re a team. And she said

it exactly right. When you come together, you can do big things. This was a team effort. All of our girls were involved in tonight’s

win.”The win also puts Peters on

the cusp of a personal milestone; it was the 99th of her career.

The Red Devils, 11-11, have a week off before hosting Cof-feyville Community College next Wednesday.

“The break comes at a good time,” Peters said. “The girls have some confidence. We can take some time and build on this, which is what we’ll need because we have a lot of key conference games ahead of us.”

Register/Richard LukenAbove, Allen Community College’s Sierra Morgison (3) delivers a spike Wednesday against Fort Scott Community College. At left, the Red Devils’ Hayley Martens (10) delivers a kill in Allen’s three-set sweep of the Greyhounds.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — In a league of high-powered offens-es that love to air it out, Kansas State is a misfit.

The No. 7 Wildcats would pre-fer, in the words of Kansas coach Charlie Weis, to “ram it down your throat every single play.” But an improved passing game has allowed the Wildcats to be more balanced, and that’s made them even more difficult to stop than last season.

They’ve already thrown for 758 yards through four games, an in-crease of nearly 50 percent over last year, and quarterback Col-lin Klein is completing about 70 percent of his throws. So far, he’s connected on 15 plays of at least

By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Only a precious few people will ever know exactly how it looked when Miguel Cabrera, one of baseball’s reluctant superstars, finally celebrated history 45 years in the making.

Cabrera had slipped away to the visiting clubhouse at Kauff-man Stadium on Wednesday night, where he waited out the final moments in his bid for the

Triple Crown. Once everything transpired, all the other pos-sibilities played out, he could finally revel in the feat.

“It was like, everybody said to me it was unbelievable,” said Cabrera, who was joined in the clubhouse by Prince Fielder, Justin Verlander and a few other

teammates. “They were excited to see this, enjoy this, be a part of something big, and winning, I feel better.”

Yes, the AL Central champs managed to beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0, but the outcome of the game was secondary to the true drama that unfolded on the field.

Cabrera became just the 15th player to win baseball’s Triple Crown, joining an elite list that includes Mickey Mantle, Ted

Williams and Lou Gehrig. Cabre-ra topped the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 homers and 139 RBIs, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in the major leagues since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” he said. “I can’t describe the feel-ing right now.”

Cabrera’s achievement wasn’t assured until the Yankees pinch-

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hit for Curtis Granderson in their 14-2 rout of the Bos-ton Red Sox. Granderson had homered twice to reach 43 for the year, tied with the Rangers’ Josh Hamilton and one shy of Cabrera.

Cabrera went 0 for 2 against the Royals before leaving in the fourth inning to a standing ovation. He fin-ished the regular season hit-ting four points higher than Angels rookie Mike Trout, his toughest competition for AL MVP. Cabrera was the runaway leader in RBIs.

“I am glad that he accom-plished this while leading his team to the American League Central title,” Yas-trzemski said in a state-ment, pointing out that his Red Sox reached the World Series when he won one of baseball’s most coveted titles.

The Tigers will have that chance when they open the postseason Saturday against Oakland.

“It was hard the last two days because everybody talked about it. I just had to focus, I had to go out there and do the job,” Cabrera said. “The hardest part was to go out there and focus and win games. I said, ‘If we win the division, everything would take care of itself.’”

The crowd at Kauffman Stadium gave Cabrera a standing ovation before he flied out in the first inning. He struck out in the fourth but remained in the game, allowing manager Jim Ley-land to remove him with two outs to another stand-ing ovation from thousands

of appreciative fans.Cabrera high-fived his

teammates as he entered the Detroit dugout, and then walked back to the top step and waved his helmet, just as if he was celebrating at home.

“I would say without question he’s enjoyed it. How could you not enjoy what he’s done if you’re a baseball player?” Leyland said. “I doubt very much, knowing him, that he nec-essarily enjoys all the extra attention, and all the extra conversations he’s had to have. It’s kind of out of his realm in personality, to be honest with you.”

Cabrera’s pursuit of his-tory occurred largely in the dark, though, overshad-owed by thrilling playoff races, the sheer enormity of the NFL — even the pres-idential election.

An event that in other years might dominate head-lines has been mostly cast aside.

“The entire baseball world should be here right now,” said Verlander, the reigning AL MVP, who may soon watch that award get handed off to his teammate.

Perhaps part of the void has to do with Cabrera’s very nature.

He’s not the boisterous sort, never one to crave at-tention. He would rather hang out with a couple of buddies than stand in

front of a pack of televi-sion cameras, answering countless questions about what makes him one of the game’s most complete hit-ters.

“He’s not a talkative guy,” Tigers catcher Alex Avila said. “One, he doesn’t speak English that well, but two, he lets his ability carry through.”

20 years, more than double this point last season.

“You have to spend so much time trying to stop (Klein) as a runner, it obvi-ously exposes you in the pass game,” said Weis, whose job it will be on Sat-urday to find an answer when the Jayhawks visit the Wildcats for the first time in his tenure at Kansas.

“Sometimes they get some really easy money because you have to come up and stop him,” Weis said. “If you can’t stop him, you don’t have much of a chance to win the game.”

As long as Bill Snyder is at the helm, Kansas State isn’t likely to abandon its steady, clock-eating ap-proach in favor of a full-on shootout mentality, the kind that resulted in West Virginia’s 70-63 basketball-like final score last Satur-day over Baylor.

Still, it looks like the Wildcats’ goal of a more balanced offense is being realized.

Klein is integral to the system, but credit is also due the group of offensive linemen who have pro-tected the Heisman Trophy hopeful well despite injury problems.

The Wildcats have been without right guard Boston Stiverson and left guard Nick Puetz most of the sea-son. As a result, the lone returning starter is center B.J. Finney. Senior Corne-lius Lucas, redshirt fresh-man Cody Whitehair, ju-nior college transfer Tavon

Rooks and junior Keenan Taylor have been counted on to pick up the slack.

“They work together so well,” Snyder said. “Pass protection, so much of it is communication prior to and after the snap of the football, being able to ad-just to a variety of different things that can take place.”

Besides providing com-petent pass protection, the offensive line’s discipline is a major reason why Kan-sas State has been assessed just eight penalties for 66 yards over four games. The Wildcats are far and away

the best in the Big 12 at avoiding yellow flags — the next team in line is Kansas, which has racked up 18 pen-alties for 129 yards.

Another boon has been Klein’s chemistry with his pass catchers.

While the senior quarter-back has worked extensively on his delivery since the summer, his most important reason for newfound success could be his relationships with those on the other end of his passes: wide receivers Tramaine Thompson, Tyler Lockett, Curry Sexton and Chris Harper.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Of all the things the Chiefs should be focusing on this time of year, with the season four weeks old and the Baltimore Ravens com-ing to town on Sunday, something as elementary as protecting the football shouldn’t be topping the list.

That’s something to work on

in training camp, when running backs are told to carry the ball “high and tight,” and quarter-backs are told to throw it away if they’re under pressure.

Fundamentals, right? Lessons that should have been learned long ago.

Clearly, that hasn’t been the case in Kansas City.

The Chiefs lead the NFL with 15 turnovers, their eight fumbles lost are double the next-worst team in the AFC, and their mi-nus-13 differential is a big reason that they’ve been blown out in three of the four games they’ve played, and needed a late rally to win the other.

The most sobering display may

have been last Sunday, when Kan-sas City turned it over six times — five in the first half — against San Diego. Matt Cassel tossed three interceptions and Jamaal Charles fumbled twice, allowing the Chargers to race out to a 27-6 halftime lead en route to a 37-20 win.

“We cannot turn the ball over,

so we’re going to concentrate on the importance of the football and hanging onto it,” Chiefs coach Ro-meo Crennel said Wednesday.

Sounds like it’s time for a re-fresher course, Ball Security 101.

“One thing we do is work on it more,” Crennel said, “so all week we’re going to put more emphasis on hanging onto the football.”

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By BEN WALKERAP Baseball Writer

A dropped fly ball by Josh Hamilton, a home run from Ryan Zimmer-man and pitch by pitch, the baseball playoff pic-ture became completely clear on the final day of the regular season.

“Now the real season starts,” New York Yan-kees star Derek Jeter said Wednesday night.

The playoffs begin Fri-day with a pair of winner-take-all wild-card match-ups. The defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals visit Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves in the NL, then Baltimore plays at Texas in the new, expanded for-mat.

On Saturday, the newly crowned AL West champi-on Oakland Athletics will face Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and the Tigers in Detroit to open the best-of-five division series.

That night, Johnny Cueto starts for Cincin-nati against Matt Cain and host San Francisco in Game 1 of the NL division series.

The low-budget A’s clinched their unlikely title, trumping Texas 12-5 by taking advantage of Hamilton’s error. Trailing by 13 games a week before the All-Star break, the A’s

overcame a four-run defi-cit Wednesday to relegate the Rangers to a wild-card spot.

“It shows how impor-tant Game 162 is,” Oak-land designated hitter Jonny Gomes said. “I don’t think it took 162 games to check the char-acter of this ballclub.”

The Yankees claimed the AL East a few hours later. They began celebrat-ing in the dugout during the seventh inning when the scoreboard showed second-place Baltimore had lost 4-1 to Tampa Bay, thanks to three home runs by Evan Longoria.

Jeter, a five-time World Series champion, and the Yankees put an emphatic end on their finish, rout-ing rival Boston 14-2.

A year after a thrilling, last-day scramble for play-off spots, all 10 slots had already been filled going into the afternoon. Soon enough, the pairings were set, too.

The Yankees hold home-field advantage through-out the AL playoffs, and will open Sunday at either Baltimore or Texas.

Zimmerman and the Washington Nationals got sized for hats with post-season patches, then beat Philadelphia 5-1 to earn home-field advantage all the way through Novem-ber, if necessary.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are leaving Washington on their first international journey to London’s Victo-ria and Albert Museum.

Judy Garland wore the shoes in the 1939 film in which she played a Kan-sas farm girl on a magical journey. The Smithson-ian’s National Museum

of American History an-nounced the rare loan of its popular slippers today.

They will be shown with Dorothy’s blue-and-white gingham dress in “Hollywood Costume,” an exhibit opening Oct. 20 in London. Curators say it’s the first time Dorothy’s dress and shoes have been together since the movie was filmed.

Dorothy’s slippers go to U.K. museumROXANA HEGEMAN

Associated PressWICHITA, Kan. (AP) —

Kansas will see employ-ment growth of 1.8 percent next year, regardless of who wins the White House, as business picks up after the uncertainty of the Novem-ber elections, economic re-searchers at Wichita State University said Wednesday.

The university’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research re-ported it expected roughly 24,175 new jobs to be cre-ated in Kansas next year. Most of those new jobs are anticipated to be in profes-sional and business ser-vices, education and health services, and leisure and hospitality.

The research group’s di-rector, Jeremy Hill, said in a phone interview that al-though consumer demand is weak, retail sales across the state have gone up. In-come has been growing above the inflation rate.

“Businesses are ready.

They are well capitalized, or can get capital, because loans are cheap. They are waiting, but they are sitting on their hands because of uncertainties. And as soon as we can get through these clouds in Kansas, they are going to start moving for-ward,” Hill said. “They are not likely to jump out, but they are definitely going to tip toe, or they are slowly going to walk out into the economy next year, based on the outcome of the elec-tions.”

That business growth is expected to happen regard-less of whether President Barack Obama or Republi-can challenger Mitt Rom-ney is elected.

“They may not like it, or they may love the new envi-ronment, but they will still move forward either way. ... The reality is here and they are going to move forward with the new reality,” Hill said.

The forecast does not factor in automatic federal

government spending cuts, which would require an across-the-board cut of 9 percent to most Pentagon programs and 8 percent in many domestic programs. Hill said the defense cuts would “significantly affect” the aviation-dependent economy in Wichita.

The automatic cuts were mandated by the failure of last year’s congressional deficit “supercommittee” to strike a budget deal. The process of automatic cuts is called sequestration, and the administration has no flexibility in how to distrib-ute the cuts, other than to exempt military personnel and war-fighting accounts.

Some aircraft manufac-turing in Wichita involves critical components and is not likely to be as affected by defense cuts as some other aircraft business. The light aerial attack fleet is one such critical defense component. Another is the tanker refueling planes, parts of which are built

by Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita.

Some defense suppliers have already prepared for slowing growth in military demand. “So a lot of the companies have already done some downgrades of employment over the last couple of years preparing for some of this,” he said.

The report projects the largest expanding sector of the economy next year in Kansas will be professional and business services, up 5.7 percent for a gain of 8,980 jobs. That would be fol-lowed education and health services with an increase of 2.8 percent for a net gain of 5,330 jobs. Leisure and hospital trailed with a 2.7 percent increase for the ad-dition of 3,195 jobs.

Manufacturing jobs next year are forecast to increase by 1.8 percent for 2,955 jobs.

Government at all levels in Kansas is expected to shed 1,555 jobs. The infor-mation industry is expect-ed to lose 230 jobs.

Kansas jobs expected to increase

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka activist says he’ll start circulating petitions later this month for an elec-tion to recall Kansas Secre-tary of State Kris Kobach.

Sonny Scroggins has been holding small protests against Kobach for several

weeks.Scroggins contends Ko-

bach should be ousted over several issues. The concerns include Kobach’s work on immigration is-sues that regularly takes him out of state and his advocacy of a new state law

requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.

Activist Frank Smith says Kobach is trying to suppress voter turnout.

Kobach argues the photo ID law will prevent election fraud and says the issues

raised by Scroggins and Smith were aired during his successful 2010 cam-paign.

Under Kansas law, recall proponents must gather signatures from 83,000 reg-istered voters to force an election.

Activist calls for Kobach’s recall

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Public notice(First published in the Iola

Register September 27, 2012)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASCIVIL DEPARTMENT

Bank of America, N.A.Plaintiff,vs.Sam Murrow; Shelli Murrow a/k/a Shelli Diane Murrow; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Ten-ant/Occupant); Unknown Spouse, if any, of Shelli Diane Murrow,Defendants.

Case No. 12CV59Court Number:

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60NOTICE OF SUIT

THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, adminis-trators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defen-dants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant cor-porations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the un-known guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal dis-ability; and the unknown heirs, ex-ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Al-len County, Kansas, praying to fore-close a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate:A TRACT DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT SIX (6), OR “G” SAID LOT BEING A PART OF THE SUBDIVISION OF SECTION NINE (9), TOWN-SHIP TWENTY-SIX (26), RANGE EIGHTEEN (18), ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, AS SHOWN BY SUR-VEY AND PLAT MADE AUGUST 8, 1893, BY G. DEWITT (COUNTY SURVEYOR); THENCE SOUTH 275 FEET; THENCE WEST 66 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE

NORTH 275 FEET; THENCE EAST 66 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. THE INTENTION IS TO DESCRIBE A TRACT OF LAND 275 FEET LONG, LYING BETWEEN THE STREET EAST OF BLOCK ONE (1’), HEATHS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF HUMBOLDT, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, AND THE EAST LINE OF LOT SIX (6), AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, commonly known as 301 Pine Street, Humboldt, KS 66748 (the “Property”)and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are re-quired to plead to the Petition on or before the 7th day of November, 2012, in the District Court of Allen County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be en-tered in due course upon the Peti-tion.

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the col-lection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose.

Prepared By:South & Associates, P.C.

Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551)

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New class of drugs controls ulcerative colitisDear Dr. Donohue: I’ve

suffered from ulcerative colitis since I was 16. I am now 21. My mother passed away two years before my diagnosis from complica-tions of the same disease. No medicines helped her. I’ve taken a laundry list of medications. They work for about three weeks and then stop working.

I can have up to 20 bowel movements a day, occasion-ally with blood in them. My doctor says the only other medicine that has a chance of working is Remicade. I researched it, and found that most people get relief that lasts only six months to a year, and it has side effects such as cancer and death. I have stopped all medicines for a year and a half, with slight improve-ment. My stools are still loose, but have dropped down to seven to 10 times a day. Can you give me info on new medicines or new methods to combat this dis-ease? — P.

Answer: With ulcerative colitis, the colon is studded with ulcers (sores). Diar-

rhea, abdominal pain and weight loss are the manifes-tation of this illness. Often, it runs in families.

The initial medicines for ulcerative colitis are sulfasalazine, Pentasa and Asacol. If they don’t calm the inflamed colon, predni-sone is turned to. Cyclospo-rine is given intravenously when the illness is unre-sponsive.

Remicade (infliximab) is a newer medicine that soothes the colon by neu-tralizing a body-made sub-stance called TNF (tumor necrosis factor), a material that promotes inflamma-tion and ulcer formation. It’s also used for Crohn’s disease (another inflamma-tion of the digestive tract) and for illnesses like rheu-matoid arthritis. Many of

these patients, including those with ulcerative coli-tis, have enjoyed a long re-mission from their illness. Another newer medicine for ulcerative colitis is Hu-mira (adalimumab). It has shown promise for control, should Remicade not work.

Remicade does have se-rious side effects. Deaths are truly infrequent, infi-nitely less than automobile deaths. Lymphoma, a can-cer of the lymph nodes, has appeared in some users, but the incidence is small.

Have you discussed with your doctor the possibility of colon removal? I know a busy doctor who greatly suf-fered from ulcerative colitis and had to cut back on his work. He had his colon re-moved. Now he’s practicing at the same feverish pace at which he practiced as a new doctor.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I contracted restless leg syn-drome. It affects me mainly at night. I take one and a half tablets of pramipexole to allow me to get to sleep. The side effects, however — tiredness, for one — last well into the next day. Will RLS be with me for the rest of my life? I am 87. – P.D.

Answer: Restless leg syndrome is a jitteriness

and often painfulness that arises in the legs when a person sits or, more often, when the person lies down in bed. The sensations drive a person to get up and move about for relief. Have you tried any nonmedicine treatments, like a warm bath before bedtime along with massage of the legs? You might be able to cut back on the dose of your medicine.

People have told me that their restless legs have be-come normal in time. Oth-ers have told me differently — their restless legs have stayed with them unless they used medicines on a constant basis. The course of this disorder is unpre-dictable.

Dear Dr. Donohue: Please say something about the treatment for hydroceles. Will wearing a jock-strap supporter help? — G.G.

Answer: A hydrocele is a collection of fluid in a sac within the scrotum. Permanent correction in-volves surgically removing the sac. A jock strap won’t be helpful. If the fluid col-lection is small and not bothering you, it can be left alone. You should, however, show it to your doctor.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Face-book has topped 1 billion users, but the past few months have not been easy.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the company is go-ing through a bit of a rough patch following its rocky initial public offering.

Zuckerberg updated his Facebook status today to announce that the social networking site has more than 1 billion active users each month. He thanked us-ers and said that he is com-mitted to making Facebook better.

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company has had a difficult time of late. There

were trading glitches the day it went public in May and concerns since then about its revenue poten-tial. It’s also facing lawsuits from disgruntled share-holders.

Zuckerberg said in a “Today” show interview to-day that “we’re in a tough cycle now and that doesn’t help morale, but people are focused on what they’re building.”

Last month Zuckerberg gave his first interview since Facebook’s shaky IPO and since that time he’s been working hard to boost confidence among inves-tors and the public.

Facebook tops 1B

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