By BOB JOHNSON [email protected]Jerry Whitworth has long- term historical perspective of local merchandising. He started his 44th year in January as owner of Mc- Ginty-Whitworth, 101 E. Mad- ison Ave., which permits him to draw on a broad accumula- tion of knowledge to analyze local retail trends. Meanwhile, Allen County is in an upward economic swing, sales tax collections in- dicate, which started in 2009, as the economy in general began to recovery from the Great Recession. “My sales have been steady through the period,” Whit- worth allowed, with the ob- servation that he thinks most of the upswing may be laid to increased sales of food — both in groceries and restau- rants — and vehicles. “Look at A&W and Sonic and some of the other plac- es to eat,” Whitworth said. “They’re always busy, and it’s easy to understand why. A lot of women work and when they get home in the evening they’re beat.” Whitworth’s observation is borne out at mealtime in a drive-by of any eating spot. Numerous vehicles always are parked nearby. If not eating out, families often “grab a hamburger or a pizza, and eat that at home,” rather than mom spending time in the kitchen preparing a sit-down meal. “Lifestyles have changed,” he said. “Food prices also have gone up,” Whitworth said. “Just ask anyone, especially wom- en. They’ll tell you. “And you see a lot of new (or new to a family) cars on the streets.” Sales at Sigg Motors, 1721 East St., mesh with Whit- worth’s observation. “In 2009 sales where a little better than 2008 and then in ’10 and ’11, sales were much stronger,” said Mitch Sigg. “Things fell off a little last year, but that was because of family health problems that had me not working four or five months.” Meanwhile, prices of cloth- ing Whitworth sells haven’t increased. BASKETBALL SCC girls lose at state See B1 Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.com Thursday, March 7, 2013 The IOLA REGISTER Vol. 115, No.92 75 Cents Iola, KS By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator and tea party favorite from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to take control of the chamber and block Senate confirmation of John Brennan’s nomination to be CIA director. Sen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster today shortly after midnight, but Senate Minor- ity Leader Mitch McConnell, also a Kentucky Republican, said he would continue to op- pose Brennan’s confirmation and resist ending the debate on President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the spy agen- cy. Paul’s performance, which centered on questions about the possible use of drones against targets in the Unit- ed States, clearly energized a number of his GOP col- leagues, who came to the floor in a show of support and to share in the speaking duties. And even as the night pro- gressed, Paul appeared invigo- rated despite being on his feet for so long. Actual talking filibusters have become rare in the Senate, where the rules are typically used in proce- dural ways to block the other party’s agenda. After Paul yielded the floor, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., filed a motion to cut off debate on Brennan’s nomination, set- ting up a vote for later this week. Paul, a critic of Obama’s drone policy, started just be- fore noon Wednesday by de- manding the president or At- torney General Eric Holder issue a statement assuring that the aircraft would not be used in the United States to kill terrorism suspects who are U.S. citizens. But by the time he left the Senate floor, Paul said he’d received no re- sponse. Paul wasn’t picky about the format, saying at one point he’d be happy with a telegram or a Tweet. Paul said he rec- ognized he can’t stop Bren- nan from being confirmed. But the nomination was the right vehicle for a debate over what the Obama White House believes are the limits of the federal government’s ability to conduct lethal operations against suspected terrorists, he said. “No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and ex- ecutioner,” Paul said. The Obama administration Local economy doing better Register/Bob Johnson Melissa Lassman arranges colorful clothing on a rack at Iola’s McGinty-Whitworth. Sales have picked up in Allen County as the nation recovers from the Great Recession. Stores swap locations Senator Paul’s fillibuster drones on in GOP opposition No president has the right to say he is the judge, jury and execution- er. — Senator Rand Paul “ “ By ALLISON TINN [email protected]With warmer weather due soon and thoughts of spring cropping up, this year’s Iola Business EXPO will give plenty of ideas of how to take advantage of spring’s annual renewal. The annual EXPO, “Home, Lawn and Garden,” is March 15 and 16 at Riverside Park’s Recreation Center. “It is designed to showcase our businesses,” Chamber director Shelia Lampe said. “It makes the public aware of goods and services,” available in the Iola area. This year the Iola Cham- ber office partnered with the Humboldt Chamber and will have Humboldt businesses setting up booths, such as Sta- cey Cakes. The business EXPO is not only for Iolans. Lampe said Moran Manor will have a booth and visitors from near- by towns, such as Chanute, always are in attendance. This year the EXPO will showcase nutrition and health. The Allen County Hospital will have a booth, as well as Get Fit Wellness Cen- ter and Southwind Extension office. Plants ready for spring planting will be available for purchase. “There will be a whole gam- ut of things,” Lampe said. Allen County Animal Res- cue Facility will sell conces- sions each day. ACARF also will have pets on hand for adoption. Free trolley rides will be given around Riverside Park. Booths, 10-by-10 feet, are available at $125 for Iola and Humboldt chamber members, and $150 for non-members. Rental includes electricity. To be a corporate spon- sor a business may pay $500 and will receive additional exposure, through advertise- ments, printed materials, and choice booth location. There is a change of thun- derstorms that weekend, “but people should come out and think spring. Come out, enjoy the day and get some informa- tion,” Lampe said. For more information con- tact the chamber office at 365- 5252. See FILIBUSTER | Page A4 Local businesses gear up for EXPO It’s designed to showcase our businesses. It makes the public aware of goods and services. — Shelia Lampe, Iola chamber director “ By ALLISON TINN [email protected]Second Chances and the re- cently opened Funky Monkey Bling will have new homes be- fore long. The stores, in the same build- ing on the north east side of the square, will be swapping loca- tions. Funky Monkey Bling owner Theresa Ross said the success the store has seen since its open- ing in November calls for expan- sion. “We needed more space,” Ross said. “We are growing and taking off and need room to ex- pand.” Ross is targeting a March 17 move, and a March 20 reopen- ing. Building owner Jeff Heinrich is renovating the floors and Ross is building dressing rooms. Ross has started imagining the way the store will look, going for a rustic, older look. She said she asked Heinrich not to cover any imperfections in walls be- cause she liked the added char- acter it brought to the store. Ross said she is excited about the extra space but also the amount of new merchandise she will be able to bring in. Since December Funky Mon- See STORES | Page A4 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Pub- lic schools and state colleges in Kansas could designate workers to carry concealed guns even if such weapons are banned inside their buildings for others under a bill that a legislative committee ap- proved Wednesday. The measure approved by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee also would require the state, cities, coun- ties and townships to allow concealed guns in their build- ings unless they have elec- tronic equipment and officers to check for weapons at public entrances. State law now gen- erally bans concealed weap- ons in courthouses, state offic- es and other public buildings where officials post notices. The bill would allow state institutions of higher edu- cation, government-owned hospitals and nursing homes to still prohibit guns for four years, exempting themselves from the security check re- quirement. But committee members added amendments to allow local school boards and university and college presidents to designate em- House panel passes concealed carry bill John Hanna AP political writer KINCAID — Two suspects are in custody following an at- tempted robbery of Citizens Bank here, which led to a car case and shoot-out with Kansas Highway Patrol troopers. The Register learned Daniel Waddell, 29, and Stephen Hud- son, 32, are being held in the Linn County Jail. There were no injuries in the incident, which started shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday. The suspects reportedly at- tempted to gain entry into bank but were thwarted because of the bank’s security door buzzer system. The incident prompted bank employees to call 911. Two Kansas Highway Patrol officers spotted the suspects’ vehicle — a white sport util- ity vehicle — headed toward Mound City in Linn County. With troopers behind the vehi- cle, one suspect began firing at the troopers. Officers exchanged gunfire with the suspects before getting them to stop. “It ended pretty quickly after that,” said Lt. Mike Thweatt of the Kansas Highway Patrol, with the suspects’ surrender. Thweatt declined to speak more about the shoot-out be- cause the investigation re- mains ongoing. KCTV News, Kansas City, reported one patrol car was hit, as were windows of the suspects’ vehicle. Two in custody after attempt to rob bank See BILL | Page A4 See ECONOMY | Page A4 Photo courtesy of KCTV Authorities survey the scene of a chase and shootout in rural Linn County Wednesday. Two suspects are in custody following the chase, stemming from an attempted bank rob- bery in Kincaid.
Jerry Whitworth has long-term historical perspective of local merchandising.
He started his 44th year in January as owner of Mc-Ginty-Whitworth, 101 E. Mad-ison Ave., which permits him to draw on a broad accumula-tion of knowledge to analyze local retail trends.
Meanwhile, Allen County is in an upward economic swing, sales tax collections in-dicate, which started in 2009, as the economy in general began to recovery from the Great Recession.
“My sales have been steady through the period,” Whit-worth allowed, with the ob-servation that he thinks most of the upswing may be laid to increased sales of food — both in groceries and restau-rants — and vehicles.
“Look at A&W and Sonic and some of the other plac-es to eat,” Whitworth said. “They’re always busy, and it’s easy to understand why. A lot of women work and when they get home in the evening they’re beat.”
Whitworth’s observation is borne out at mealtime in a drive-by of any eating spot. Numerous vehicles always are parked nearby.
If not eating out, families
often “grab a hamburger or a pizza, and eat that at home,” rather than mom spending time in the kitchen preparing a sit-down meal.
“Lifestyles have changed,” he said.
“Food prices also have gone up,” Whitworth said. “Just ask anyone, especially wom-
en. They’ll tell you.“And you see a lot of new
(or new to a family) cars on the streets.”
Sales at Sigg Motors, 1721 East St., mesh with Whit-worth’s observation.
“In 2009 sales where a little better than 2008 and then in ’10 and ’11, sales were much
stronger,” said Mitch Sigg. “Things fell off a little last year, but that was because of family health problems that had me not working four or five months.”
Meanwhile, prices of cloth-ing Whitworth sells haven’t increased.
BASKETBALL SCC girls
lose at stateSee B1
Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.comThursday, March 7, 2013
The IOLA REGISTER
Vol. 115, No.92 75 Cents Iola, KS
By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator and tea party favorite from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to take control of the chamber and block Senate confirmation of John Brennan’s nomination to be CIA director.
Sen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster today shortly after midnight, but Senate Minor-ity Leader Mitch McConnell, also a Kentucky Republican, said he would continue to op-
pose Brennan’s confirmation and resist ending the debate on President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the spy agen-cy.
Paul’s performance, which centered on questions about the possible use of drones against targets in the Unit-ed States, clearly energized a number of his GOP col-leagues, who came to the floor in a show of support and to share in the speaking duties. And even as the night pro-gressed, Paul appeared invigo-rated despite being on his feet for so long. Actual talking filibusters have become rare in the Senate, where the rules are typically used in proce-
dural ways to block the other party’s agenda.
After Paul yielded the floor, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., filed a motion to cut off debate on Brennan’s nomination, set-ting up a vote for later this week.
Paul, a critic of Obama’s drone policy, started just be-
fore noon Wednesday by de-manding the president or At-torney General Eric Holder issue a statement assuring that the aircraft would not be used in the United States to kill terrorism suspects who are U.S. citizens. But by the time he left the Senate floor, Paul said he’d received no re-
sponse.Paul wasn’t picky about the
format, saying at one point he’d be happy with a telegram or a Tweet. Paul said he rec-ognized he can’t stop Bren-nan from being confirmed. But the nomination was the right vehicle for a debate over what the Obama White House believes are the limits of the federal government’s ability to conduct lethal operations against suspected terrorists, he said.
“No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and ex-ecutioner,” Paul said.
The Obama administration
Local economy doing better
Register/Bob Johnson
Melissa Lassman arranges colorful clothing on a rack at Iola’s McGinty-Whitworth. Sales have picked up in Allen County as the nation recovers from the Great Recession.
Stores swap locations
Senator Paul’s fillibuster drones on in GOP opposition
No president has the right to say he is the judge, jury and execution-er.
With warmer weather due soon and thoughts of spring cropping up, this year’s Iola Business EXPO will give plenty of ideas of how to take advantage of spring’s annual renewal.
The annual EXPO, “Home, Lawn and Garden,” is March 15 and 16 at Riverside Park’s Recreation Center.
“It is designed to showcase our businesses,” Chamber director Shelia Lampe said. “It makes the public aware of goods and services,” available in the Iola area.
This year the Iola Cham-ber office partnered with the Humboldt Chamber and will have Humboldt businesses setting up booths, such as Sta-cey Cakes.
The business EXPO is not only for Iolans. Lampe said Moran Manor will have a booth and visitors from near-by towns, such as Chanute, always are in attendance.
This year the EXPO will showcase nutrition and health. The Allen County Hospital will have a booth, as well as Get Fit Wellness Cen-ter and Southwind Extension office.
Plants ready for spring planting will be available for purchase.
“There will be a whole gam-
ut of things,” Lampe said. Allen County Animal Res-
cue Facility will sell conces-sions each day. ACARF also will have pets on hand for adoption.
Free trolley rides will be given around Riverside Park.
Booths, 10-by-10 feet, are available at $125 for Iola and Humboldt chamber members, and $150 for non-members. Rental includes electricity.
To be a corporate spon-sor a business may pay $500 and will receive additional exposure, through advertise-ments, printed materials, and choice booth location.
There is a change of thun-derstorms that weekend, “but people should come out and think spring. Come out, enjoy the day and get some informa-tion,” Lampe said.
For more information con-tact the chamber office at 365-5252.
See FILIBUSTER | Page A4
Local businesses gear up for EXPO
It’s designed to showcase our businesses. It makes the public aware of goods and services.
Second Chances and the re-cently opened Funky Monkey Bling will have new homes be-fore long.
The stores, in the same build-ing on the north east side of the square, will be swapping loca-tions.
Funky Monkey Bling owner Theresa Ross said the success the store has seen since its open-ing in November calls for expan-sion.
“We needed more space,” Ross said. “We are growing and taking off and need room to ex-pand.”
Ross is targeting a March 17 move, and a March 20 reopen-ing.
Building owner Jeff Heinrich is renovating the floors and Ross is building dressing rooms.
Ross has started imagining the way the store will look, going for a rustic, older look. She said she asked Heinrich not to cover any imperfections in walls be-cause she liked the added char-acter it brought to the store.
Ross said she is excited about the extra space but also the amount of new merchandise she will be able to bring in.
Since December Funky Mon-See STORES | Page A4
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Pub-lic schools and state colleges in Kansas could designate workers to carry concealed guns even if such weapons are banned inside their buildings for others under a bill that a legislative committee ap-proved Wednesday.
The measure approved by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee also would require the state, cities, coun-ties and townships to allow concealed guns in their build-
ings unless they have elec-tronic equipment and officers to check for weapons at public entrances. State law now gen-erally bans concealed weap-ons in courthouses, state offic-
es and other public buildings where officials post notices.
The bill would allow state institutions of higher edu-cation, government-owned hospitals and nursing homes to still prohibit guns for four years, exempting themselves from the security check re-quirement. But committee members added amendments to allow local school boards and university and college presidents to designate em-
House panel passes concealed carry billJohnHannaAPpolitical writer
KINCAID — Two suspects are in custody following an at-tempted robbery of Citizens Bank here, which led to a car case and shoot-out with Kansas Highway Patrol troopers.
The Register learned Daniel Waddell, 29, and Stephen Hud-son, 32, are being held in the Linn County Jail.
There were no injuries in the incident, which started shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The suspects reportedly at-tempted to gain entry into bank but were thwarted because of the bank’s security door buzzer system. The incident prompted bank employees to call 911.
Two Kansas Highway Patrol officers spotted the suspects’ vehicle — a white sport util-ity vehicle — headed toward Mound City in Linn County. With troopers behind the vehi-cle, one suspect began firing at
the troopers.Officers exchanged gunfire
with the suspects before getting them to stop.
“It ended pretty quickly after that,” said Lt. Mike Thweatt of the Kansas Highway Patrol, with the suspects’ surrender.
Thweatt declined to speak more about the shoot-out be-cause the investigation re-mains ongoing.
KCTV News, Kansas City, reported one patrol car was hit, as were windows of the suspects’ vehicle.
Two in custody after attempt to rob bank
See BILL | Page A4
See ECONOMY | Page A4
Photo courtesy of KCTVAuthorities survey the scene of a chase and shootout in rural Linn County Wednesday. Two suspects are in custody following the chase, stemming from an attempted bank rob-bery in Kincaid.
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(First published in The Iola Register, February, 28, 2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASIn the Matter of the Estate ofHELEN P. HILL, Deceased
10 PR 55NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
(Chapter 59)THE STATE OF KANSAS TO
ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified a pe-
tition has been filed in this Court by Ricky L. Hill and Jackie L. Hill, co-administrators of the Estate of Helen P. Hill, deceased, praying for final settlement of the estate, approval of their acts, proceed-ings and accounts as co-adminis-trators, allowance for their admin-istrator’s fees and expenses and the Court determine the heirs of the said decedent and assign to them the real estate and personal property remaining in said estate.
You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 20th day of March 2013, at 8:30 A.M., in said District Court in Iola, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be en-
tered in due course upon said petition.
RICKY L. HILL, Co-Adminis-trator and Co-Petitioner JACKIE L. HILL, Co-Administra-
tor and Co-PetitionerROBERT E. JOHNSON IIJOHNSON LAW OFFICE PAP.O. Box 866Iola, KS 66749(2) 28 (3) 7,14
(First published in The IolaRegister, February 21, 2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASCIVIL DEPARTMENT
LNV Corporation Plaintiff,vs.Douglas Murry; Sabrina K.
Murry; John Doe (Tenant/Occu-pant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occu-pant),
Defendants. Case No. 13CV10
Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter
60NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns
of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defen-dants; the unknown officers, suc-cessors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dor-mant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devi-sees, trustees, creditors, succes-sors and assigns of any defen-dants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any le-gal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be con-cerned.
You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mort-gage on the following described real estate:
Lots One (1), Two (2), and Three (3), Block Two (2), Palm-ers Second Addition to La-Harpe, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 1202 South Washington, LaHarpe, KS 66751 (the “Property”)
and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 3rd day of April, 2013, in the District Court of Allen County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.
NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Col-
lection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information con-cerning the collection 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 ob-tained will be used for that pur-pose.
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Joyce McCulloughJoyce Marie Mc-
Cullough, 77, Topeka, formerly of Neosho Falls, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at her home.
Joyce was born at Neosho Falls, the daughter of Sidney and Martha (Almond) Heslop. She graduated from Neosho Falls High School.
On July 25, 1954, Joyce married William E. McCullough. They followed construc-tion work a number of years before returning to Neosho Falls. She worked for Herff Jones, Iola, before working at the Allen County Hos-pital. Mr. McCullough preceded her in death March 10, 2004, and she moved to Topeka.
Survivors are three children, Pamela Sue Durow and husband Doug, Topeka, Diana L. McCullough, Anchor-age, Ala., and Michael W. McCullough, Neosho Falls; four grandchil-dren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three broth-ers, Robert, Donald and
James Heslop.Funeral service will
be at 2 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cem-etery, Neosho Falls.
Memorial choice is Cedarvale Cemetery Association and may be left with the Waugh-Yo-kum & Friskel Memo-rial Chapel. Online con-dolences for the family may be left at www.iola-funeral.com.
Layne OffenbackerLayne Marc Offen-
backer, 55, Chanute, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at his home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Satur-day at First Christian Church, burial will fol-low at the Buffalo Cem-etery.
The family will re-ceive friends on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel, Chanute. Me-morials in his name may be made to the fam-ily through the mortu-ary.
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GARNETT — A proj-ect that will bring vol-unteers to Anderson County this summer will result in as many as 40 homes getting a new coat of paint or minor repair work.
Deadline for enroll-ment in the Garnett Area Paint Project is March 15, the Anderson County
Review reported. Appli-cations are available at most county churches, local banks and Garnett City Hall. The project is sponsored by the Gar-nett Ministerial Alliance and Group Workcamps of Loveland, Colo.
About 320 youths and 80 adults will be involved July 14 to 20.
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By VICTOR L. SIMPSONAssociated Press
ROME (AP) — These are crazy days in Rome, where limbo reigns in par-liament and papacy.
Italy is usually a pret-ty anarchic place, with people bucking rules on everything from crossing the street to paying taxes. But the anarchy’s going a bit far: Who’s running the country? Who’s running the church?
For now, at least, no-body really knows.
We Romans are living truly surreal times when a bearded comedian is now one of the nation’s most powerful leaders, and ag-ing cardinals from around the world are mobbed by paparazzi as if they were Hollywood starlets.
Then there are the ee-rie silences in a normally raucous city.
With no ruling pope, St. Peter’s Square was strangely quiet as the Vatican saw its first Sun-day without a papal win-dow blessing, a weekly appointment that will normally draw thousands of pilgrims and tourists. With no government af-ter inconclusive elections, downtown streets are
blessedly free of the crush of lawmakers in dark blue official cars that speed through congested Rome with legislative impunity — and are one of the no-torious perks of being a parliamentarian.
Since Italians recently voted in national elec-tions, it’s no surprise to see the walls of Rome still plastered with campaign posters.
But — Mamma Mia — a poster urging votes for a cardinal in the upcoming papal conclave?
That’s precisely the sight that Romans are seeing near several Rome basilicas — with the cam-paign-style image of Af-rica’s strongest papal con-tender looking up to the heavens against a slogan reading: “AT THE CON-CLAVE VOTE PETER KODWO APPIAH TURK-SON.”
Nobody knows who’s behind it, but it’s widely regarded as a spoof cam-paign ahead of the solemn meetings in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope.
Other papal posters point to Italians’ cantan-kerous mood.
The day Benedict XVI
went into retirement, the city of Rome plastered walls with posters of the pontiff thanking him for his service. “YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US. THANK YOU!,” the post-ers read.
Romans woke up the next morning to the sight of many of them torn, de-faced or simply gone.
And in a time when Rome is busy filling im-portant vacancies, it’s perhaps only natural that there are gatecrashers.
Despite all the security at the Vatican as cardi-nals meet to organize the conclave, a prankster in bishop’s garb, an impres-sive cross across his chest and decidedly un-clerical black sneakers, managed to sneak into the congre-gation of cardinals this week and mingle.
P h o t o g r a p h e r s snapped him shaking hands with Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, the Italian prelate named to clean up the disgraced Legion of Christ order.
Yet perhaps the big-gest gatecrasher of all is Beppe Grillo, who has upset the established or-der by riding a self-styled “tsunami” of disgust with
the powers-that-be and grabbing a quarter of the parliamentary vote. Gril-lo has no qualms about seeming a little bit off-the-wall: He was recently photographed jogging on a beach wearing what looked like a space alien outfit.
And while Grillo glee-fully insults mainstream politicians, a German governor this week re-ferred to the comedian and scandal-plagued for-mer Premier Silvio Ber-lusconi as “two clowns” — forcing visiting Italian President Giorgio Napol-itano to skip lunch with him to preserve Italian pride.
For now, the cardinals are commanding the spot-light.
Each morning and af-ternoon, as they set out for their meetings, they are mobbed by a frighten-ing wave of journalists staked out for hours wait-ing for them to appear in the narrow streets sur-rounding the Vatican. Even as affable a type as German Cardinal Wal-ter Kasper took refuge behind policemen as he walked the gauntlet on Monday.
Crazy days in Rome with papal and political void
30 Years AgoWeek of March 3, 1983
The Farmers Co-op eleva-tors and service stations in Moran and LaHarpe were closed Thursday morning and remain closed today. Betty Daniels, who has been branch manager at LaHarpe, said she had no explanation to give. “Maybe I’ll know more tomorrow,” she said. The two co-ops were merged in 1980.
*****
It was ladies’ night indeed at a meeting of the Iola Lions Club last night. A new organi-zation, the Iola Lioness Club, was born in ceremonies at the meeting. The Lioness Club will be independent of the men’s club. Shirley McGrew was elected president. Elect-ed to other offices were Jean Shire, Barbara Evans and Eu-nice Zahn. Directors are Mrs. Shad Gager, Pat Friskel and Gladys Groves.
*****Stanley and Maxine Dreher
will be honored in Manhattan next Friday as state Master Farmers, an award jointly sponsored by the Kansas State University Extension Service and the Kansas As-sociation of Commerce and Industry. The Drehers farm north of Iola near Gas.
*****Computer-aided design and
computer-driven machines have become commonplace at Klein Tools in Moran. John Smith, plant manager, said the company has spent about $2 million in the past 20 months on new equipment. Smith said the computerized equipment allows Klein to make a die used to stamp out tool parts in a fraction of the time previously required. In Moran, the design work is done by Jim Cloud, an expert forge engineer. Smith said the company is anticipating a greater demand for its prod-ucts as the economy recovers in the spring.
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Hugo Chavez’s folksy charm and forceful personality made him an extraordinary politi-cian. His enviable ability to win a mass following allowed him to build a powerful po-litical machine that kept him in office from February of 1999 until his death on Tues-day. But as a national leader, he was an abject failure who plunged Venezuela into a po-litical and economic abyss.
Dead at 58, Hugo Chavez leaves behind a country in far worse condition than it was when he became president, its future clouded by rivals for succession in a constitutional crisis of his Bolivarian par-ty’s making and an economy in chaos.
A former paratrooper, Mr. Chavez had a radical vision for “21st Century Socialism,” which was never fully ex-plained. His skillful rhetoric, which filled supporters with utopian dreams, was used to justify the methodical de-struction of Venezuela’s dem-ocratic institutions and the free market.
Shortly after coming to of-fice, he rewrote the constitu-tion to his liking and aggres-sively set out to rig elections and stifle adversaries in the legislative branch and the courts. Unable to brook criti-cism, he turned his fire on the independent news media, eventually silencing most voices of opposition by bully tactics and economic intimi-dation.
His Bolivarian regime re-warded supporters and pun-ished opponents, giving rise to enormous corruption and the creation of a new class of greedy oligarchs with politi-cal connections. Unfortunate-ly for Venezuela and for all his political skills, the president was both an incompetent exec-utive and a worse economist.
In an energy-rich coun-try that once knew no black-outs, electrical shortages are frequent, the result of Mr.
Chavez’s plundering of the country’s public oil company. In a country that once enjoyed a thriving free market, prices are controlled and food items often scarce.
In recent weeks, while Mr. Chavez was hospitalized, Ven-ezuela was once again forced to devalue its currency, this time by one-third. This was the inevitable outcome of a series of disastrous econom-ic decisions that included nationalizing the telephone company and other utilities, which scared off foreign in-vestors and spurred capital
flight.For Venezuelans, the worst
aspect of the Chavez years was the soaring crime rate. Venezuela has become one of the most violent countries in the world, with nearly 20,000 murders recorded in 2011 and a homicide rate that some ex-perts say is four times greater than in the last year before Mr. Chavez took power.
On the international front, Mr. Chavez eagerly accepted Fidel Castro as his mentor,
providing Cuba with cut-rate oil and making common cause with Iran and other rogue re-gimes. His departure leaves the anti-American front lead-erless on a hemispheric level and could eventually threaten the subsidy that Cuba relies on to keep its economy barely functioning.
As a result of all this, Ven-ezuela today is a polarized society divided between the intolerant supporters of Mr. Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolu-tion and a democratic opposi-tion that, against all odds, has waged a courageous fight for a
democratic alternative.The president’s death
means a new election must be called soon. Under Hugo Chavez, the electoral ma-chinery was stacked against the opposition and that will doubtless be the case again, but the United States and de-mocracies throughout the hemisphere should insist on a fair and transparent electoral process to select the new pres-ident.
The Organization of Ameri-can States, which was once seen as a defender of political and civil liberties in the hemi-sphere but has made itself largely irrelevant in recent years, could regain some of its stature by taking a promi-nent role in ensuring that the people of Venezuela can make the most of this opportunity to restore their democracy.
None of Mr. Chavez’s would-be successors, including Nico-las Maduro, his vice president and designated political heir, possesses the fallen leader’s forceful personality or politi-cal skill, though his popular-ity may extend beyond death to give the regime’s official candidate an edge in the next election.
But without discarding “Bolivarian” principles and restoring the country’s demo-cratic institutions, no one will be able to stop the downward spiral of Venezuela that be-gan the day Hugo Chavez was elected president.
— The Miami Herald
Chavez and his legacy of plunder
Shortly after coming to office, Chavez rewrote the constitution to his liking and aggressively set out to rig elections and stifle adversaries in the legislative branch and the courts.
In a surprising twist, the Senate voted last week to have a drug-testing measure apply to some lawmakers as well as some recipients of cash as-sistance and unemployment benefits. But that evenhanded gesture hardly justifies pas-sage of the problematic bill.
Proponents of the legis-lation insist it’s not meant to be punitive, but rather to identify drug abusers and provide them with treatment and job-skills help. They also want to ensure that benefits to children continue but bypass a drug-using parent or guardian.
But a drug test would be ordered w h e n e v e r there is a reasonable s u s p i c i o n that some-one receiving or applying for cash aid is unlawfully using a controlled substance. Do the employees who deal with these individuals know sub-stance abuse when they see it? Or would the state just invite lawsuits from those deemed suspicious because of their demeanor or otherwise?
The measure also mandates that employers notify the Kansas Department of Labor whenever someone receiving unemployment benefits is de-nied a job because he fails or refuses a drug test. But in its first year on the books, a simi-lar law in Georgia drew a to-tal of one such report from an employer.
As Sen. Vicki Schmidt, R-Topeka, noted in voting against the bill, there also are too many unanswered questions about cost and treatment. Estimates offered during the four-hour Senate debate put the cost of drug treatment at $2,200 to $6,300 per person, with the funding coming from already limited federal dollars for Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies. The official estimated cost of implementing the bill next year is $1 million — in-cluding $461,000 from the state general fund at a time when the state has a budget shortfall.
As Democratic senators noted in offering several amendments, many other Kansans get state benefits, via the tax code or economic de-velopment initiatives. When casting the net for potential drug abusers who receive state help, why pick on the poorest and most vulnerable
K a n s a n s — those on welfare — and on those who’ve lost their jobs?
S e n a t e Vice Presi-dent Jeff King, R-In-dependence,
observed that his bill is dif-ferent from Florida’s 2011 law, which required every welfare applicant to be tested for drug use. But as a federal appeals court last week upheld a lower court’s decision to stop enforcement of Florida’s law, pointing to the constitutional protection from unreasonable searches, it cited that state’s lack of evidence “that sim-ply because an applicant for TANF benefits is having finan-cial problems, he is also drug addicted or prone to fraudu-lent and neglectful behavior.” Such evidence is lacking in the Kansas legislative debate as well, though that assumed link seems to be the motiva-tion for such bills.
THE BILL also ignores the primary reason Kansans en-ter treatment for addiction, which is alcohol.
Senate Bill 149 is troubling for the population it targets and the legal and other ques-tions it raises. The House should just say “no.”
— Rhonda Holman,The Wichita Eagle
Just vote ‘no’ ondrug-testing bill
When casting the net for potential abusers who re-ceive state help, why pick on the poorest and most vulnerable .....
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Ross will bring in ad-ditional vendors, which will add to the store’s merchandise.
“I have several ven-dors in line,” Ross said. “It will be one big store.”
Ross will have a sum-mer grand opening, which “will be here be-fore I know it.”
SECOND Chances, a non-profit second-hand store that supports Allen County Animal Rescue Facility has been in the corner store about two years.
Second Chances is run solely by unpaid vol-unteers. It was created when a group of pet-lov-ers saw a need for the lo-cal animal shelter.
“There are 200 shelters in Kansas and only nine of them aren’t funded by
the county. ACARF is one of them,” volunteer Ha-zel Jones said.
Since Second Chances opened, it has raised $26,000 for ACARF.
Everything in the store is 50 percent off until the store moves to its new location, which Jones said was a good thing because when the store reopens every-thing will be new.
To help raise money, the Second Chances vol-unteers have fundrais-ers in mind for when the weather warms up.
Jones said they are planning a “junk in the trunk” fundraiser, where parking spots are sold and people may sell second-hand items from their trunk. They will sell food from the ACARF truck and even have a dog wash.
“It will be a big dog day,” Jones said.
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ployees who could carry concealed weapons in-side their buildings.
The committee’s ac-tion on gun-rights leg-islation comes amid unusually high interest among Kansans in ob-taining concealed carry permits from the state and as the federal gov-ernment discusses gun-control measures in the wake of a mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn., el-ementary school in De-cember.
More than 53,000 peo-ple have obtained con-cealed carry permits since the state began issuing them in 2006. Attorney General Der-ek Schmidt’s office re-ported that 3,573 people applied for permits in February, up from the previous record of 3,167 in January. Before this year, the previous record
was 1,651 applications in March 2012.
“A lot of people right now are worried that the federal government is doing an overreach,” freshman Rep. Ken Cor-bet said.
The committee’s voice vote Tuesday sent the bill to the full House for debate.
Supporters of the measure believe it will make schools and colleg-es safer while allowing their officials to limit the carrying of concealed weapons to employees they trust and who have a valid state permit.
“All the laws we pass here are only followed by law-abiding citizens,” said Corbet, a Topeka Republican and owner of a hunting lodge. “It seems like all the people who are doing all this damage are going after soft targets.”
But Rep. Annie Ti-etze, a Topeka Democrat who was a teacher for 30 years, questioned wheth-er the measure would make schools safer.
“It’s a very risky de-cision to make for the lives of everybody con-cerned,” she said after the committee’s meet-ing.
“On the average, cloth-ing prices have gone down over the last 20 years,” he said. “The fact is 90 percent is made out of the country now, in India, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,” where wages are fraction of what they would be in the U.S. and lead to lower prices. “The same’s true of shoes. About 95 percent are made out of the country.
“Missouri used to have a lot of shoe manufactur-ers, such as Florsheim, but they’re all gone now,” Whitworth said.
IN GENERIC view, re-tail sales trends of the past three years indicate that recovery from the recession has taken hold locally
Purchases to which sales taxes were applied totaled a tad over $188 million in Allen County during 2012.
Of note is that sales
have steadily increased since 2009.
Countywide sales were $171.4 million in 2010 and $179.3 million in 2011. Those upticks occurred after sales had fallen to $162.2 million in 2009, the first full year af-ter the recession gripped the nation.
To give a little more comparison, sales in 2008 were $176.4 million, the first full year for the new Walmart store at the north edge of Iola, which opened in spring
2007.Going back 10 years
to 2003, countywide sales were $113 million, but that comparison is misleading since it isn’t adjusted for a decade of inflation, which hasn’t been as great in recent years but still is a factor.
Another perspective of increased retail sales is the benefit it provides local governing bodies.
The county has two half-cent taxes, one for the landfill and the sec-ond to support the gen-
eral fund, a good portion of which is shared with cities and is determined by population.
During 2012, the half-cent landfill tax gener-ated $940,000, the same as the other half-cent, which netted the general fund about $492,000 after distributions to cities.
Figures for Iola were similar.
The city’s income from a one-cent sales tax totaled $1,164,468 in 2012, meaning retail sales in town were just a smidgen less than $116.5 million. Half the city’s sales tax revenue is ear-marked for general ex-penses, half for streets.
Also, the countywide quarter-cent sales tax to support construction of the new hospital, ap-proved by voters in No-vember 2010 and applied to sales starting in June 2011, has raised nearly $550,000 through the end of February.
has said it has not con-ducted such operations inside U.S. borders nor does it intend to. Paul and backers said that wasn’t good enough. They wanted the White House to rule out the pos-sibility of them happen-ing altogether.
About a dozen of Paul’s colleagues who share his conservative views came to the floor to take turns speaking for him and trading questions. McCo-nnell congratulated Paul for his “tenacity and for his conviction,” and he called Brennan a “con-troversial nominee.”
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex-
as, read Twitter mes-sages from people eager to “Stand With Rand.” The Twitterverse, said Cruz, is “blowing up.” And as the night went on, Cruz spoke for longer periods as Paul leaned against a desk across the floor. Cruz, an insurgent Republican with strong tea party backing, read passages from Shake-speare’s “Henry V” and lines from the 1970 movie “Patton,” starring George C. Scott.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., made references to rappers Jay-Z and Wiz Khalifa. Rubio, a possible GOP presidential candi-date in 2016, chided the White House for failing
to respond to Paul. “It’s not a Republican ques-tion. It’s not a conserva-tive question,” Rubio said. “It’s a constitution-al question.”
The tea party-backed Paul first stepped on the national stage in 2010 when he vanquished Mitch McConnell’s cho-sen Senate candidate in a GOP primary in Ken-tucky. Since then, he’s reveled in the popularity he has with the tea party and inherited his father’s libertarian-leaning po-litical network, built over two failed Ron Paul presi-dential runs. All that has stoked belief inside GOP circles that he may be po-sitioning himself for a fu-
ture national campaign, possibly as early as 2016.
Dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and red tie, Paul read from note-books filled with articles about the expanded use of the unmanned weap-ons that have become the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s campaign against al-Qai-da suspects overseas. As he moved about the Sen-ate floor, aides brought him glasses of water, which he barely touched. Senate rules say a sena-tor has to remain on the floor to continue to hold it, even though he can yield to another senator for a question.
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On the average, clothing prices have gone down over the last 20 years. The fact is 90 percent is made out of the country now, in India, China., Sri Lan-ka, Vietnam. The same’s true of shoes. About 95 percent are made out of the county.
— Jerry Whitworth, owner and operator of McGinty-Whitworth
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Early spring flowers that were already in bloom, battle with the snow and cold in the “Hereford Zone,” in Hereford, Md., Wednes-day.
Spring breaks through
Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun/MCT
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All the laws we pass here are only followed by law-abid-ing citizens. It seems like all the people who are doing all this damage are going after soft targets.
HAYS — What Jeff True had hailed as a “David and Goliath” matchup for his Southern Coffey County Lady Titans, didn’t end biblically as he had hoped.
The Lady Titans lost in the first round of the Class 1A,
division II state tournament, 54-27, to the top-seeded Ingalls High Bulldogs Wednesday afternoon at Fort Hays State University’s Gross Coliseum.
“In the first half, turnovers were key,” True said.
That was an understate-ment.
The Bulldogs showed their “bite” from the very begin-ning, with an oppressive full-court press. The Titans were startled, and gave up the ball numerous times, leading to transition points for Ingalls.
The Lady Titans gave up four steals right off the bat. Miranda Alumbaugh hit a free throw to put SCC on the scoreboard, but not before the Bulldogs led 5-0 with six min-utes left in the quarter.
Tara Whipple, the high scorer for Ingalls, hit a field goal immediately after. Brean-na Isch had a foul shot as well for SCC, followed by a long 2-pointer. Ingalls’ Rebecca Wy-att had yet another steal for a layup, followed by additional shots from Whipple and Deisy Estrada. Sarah Webb hit a foul shot to put the score to 21-5 go-ing into the second quarter.
True was impressed with the scoring ability of the Bull-dogs, particularly Whipple, whom he said was better than scouting reports indicated.
“I don’t remember her miss-ing,” he said.
The Titans settled down for the second quarter, but still found difficulties defending Ingalls’ offense.
“When we slowed down and paid attention to what we were doing, we handled things like we do in practice,” True said.
Kalyn Deal hit a jumper for the Lady Titans early in the second, and then responded with another long field goal following a score from Ingalls’ Bulma Galaviz. Martyna Heg-
wald drove past a defender and hit a layup despite a foul. She hit the free throw to com-plete the 3-point play.
Galaviz and Whipple re-sponded with scoring drives
of their own. Alumbaugh hit a long 2-pointer for SCC before the half to make the score 34-14.
“We didn’t handled the ball well, although we have been
doing well in practice the past couple of days,” True said. “It was a lot of fundamental things.”
Lady Titans fall, 54-27, in Class 1A, DII playoff opener
Register/Steven SchwartzSouthern Coffey County High’s Sarah Webb (23) collides with Ingalls High’s Rebecca Wyatt as they reach for the basketball Wednesday in the Class 1A state playoffs. Also in on the play are Southern Coffey County’s Chenae Newkirk (3) and Myranda Hegwald. Ingalls won, 54-27, eliminating the Lady Titans from postseason play.
Southern Coffey County’s Amber Emmons (10) goes in for a shot against Ingalls defenders Kendra Temmel (45) and Jasmine Renick. See LADY TITANS | Page B4
Allen Community Col-lege’s track team doesn’t have much time to reflect upon the team’s perfor-mance Friday and Satur-day at the NJCAA Indoor Nationals.
The event, which ended the indoor track season (see results in Monday’s Register), yields to out-door track. Allen’s first outdoors meet is March 14 in Winfield at the South-western Invite.
Head coach Vince De-Grado noted the team’s successes this season — 23 school records have been set so far — but sees room for improvement.
“As a whole, we didn’t compete as well (at na-tionals) as we competed at our regional and con-ference meet,” DeGrado said. “From our sprints and hurdles to distance runners, we didn’t du-plicate our regional and conference performances. We looked very flat as a whole.”
Loathe to make ex-cuses, DeGrado still won-dered aloud if a late blast of wintry weather affect-ed the team.
“I know we weren’t as aggressive the week before nationals like we wanted to be, but those are things we have to ad-dress and move forward,” he said. “It is a pretty sim-ple fix with some training
adjustments.“I know I have to re-
mind myself that the big-ger picture is waiting for us during outdoor season. We just have to refocus ourselves and get back at grinding it out.”
DeGrado lauded the ef-forts of Gabby Ruiz, who helped Allen’s distance medley relay team set a school record about 30 minutes before running a 5k on her own and finish-ing fourth. Ruiz also ran the 3000-meter run later that night for a seventh-place finish.
Garrett Colglazer and Josh Whittaker reset the school record in the 1000-meter run minutes apart. Whittaker wound up with the new mark.
“I was very happy with their performances,” De-Grado said. “Rodrick Sim-mons keeps getting better with each race.”
The women’s team scored 12 points to fin-ish 17th overall. The men didn’t score at the nation-al meet.
“We’re just looking to regroup and get back to our winning ways,” De-Grado said. “We have a good understanding on where we need to focus our training and move forward. All in all, when you look at our indoor season, we had a very suc-cessful one.”
Red Devilsgear up foroutdoor season
Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News/MCTMusher Matt Failor drives his team down the Kuskokwim River after leaving the Iditarod check-point in McGrath, Alaska, checkpoint Wednesday.
RACHEL D’OROAssociated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alas-ka (AP) — No one who races sled dogs is going to get filthy rich any time soon, even if they win Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
The prize for win-ning the sport’s pre-mier race is only $50,400 and a new 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck. That doesn’t even cover the annual dog food bill for many competitive mushers, who keep dozens of dogs in professional
kennels geared to breed the sturdiest, fastest runners.
Many mushers rely on sponsors, part-time work and prizes from smaller races. Others work in seasonal jobs in tourism, construc-tion and commercial fishing. They skimp on luxuries — one couple even hunts moose to keep food on the table.
It’s all to maintain a passion that is being played out this week in the Iditarod, which kicked off with a cere-monial start in Anchor-age on Saturday. The
competitive portion of the race started Sun-day in Willow 50 miles to the north.
“I’ve got a hundred sled dogs. Each dog eats well over $1,000 worth of food every year,” said defending cham-pion Dallas Seavey, of Willow, who was in 11th place Wednesday. “The $50,000 cash prize covers half my food bill for the year, and that’s when you win the big-gest race in the sport.”
Mushers can pick up a little cash along the way to the finish line in the frontier town
of Nome on Alaska’s wind-scoured western coast.
They are rewarded for being the first to reach certain villages dotting the trail — in-cluding $3,000 in gold nuggets for being the first to arrive at the halfway checkpoint at the ghost town of Idi-tarod. Earlier in the race, a $500 air travel credit goes to the first musher to arrive at McGrath. That honor went to veteran musher Aaron Burmeister, who
Iditarod racers battle more than elements
See RACE | Page B4
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MECHANIC WANTED for farm implement & tractor business.
Must have valid driver’s license.
Drug screen required. EOE. Benefits Package.
Apply in person Storrer Implement, Inc.
1801 East St., Iola (620) 365-5692
Janet Dreher, Crop Agent 365-0375
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Com m unity Living Opportunities, an industry leader in pro - viding supports to adults and children w ith developm ental disabilities, is currently seeking a self-starter w ith excellent com m unication skills. This position is responsible for gen - eral reception duties in addition to daily support of the Site Director and Hom e Coach. Qualifications preferred include 1-2 years previous office experience, ability to handle m ul - tiple tasks and advanced w ord processing skills. Com m unity Living Opportunities is accepting qualified candidates. Interested applicants can apply online to w w w .clokan.org.
M onday - Friday 9 a.m .-5 p.m . M onday - Friday 9 a.m .-5 p.m .
Immediate position available – USD 258
Humboldt Elementary School is now taking
applications for a paraprofessional position. Person must be energetic,
positive, and willing to work directly with
students. Applications can be
obtained at the Board of Education Office, 801 New York Street, Humboldt, KS.
Deadline for applications will be March 13, 2013.
Moran Manor Skilled Nursing and Advanced Memory Care by Americare will be hosting an
EMPLOYMENT FAIR Sunday, March 10
Noon - 3 p.m. We are looking for very quality minded RN’s, LPN’s, certified
Nursing Assistants and Certified Medication Aides. These individuals should have a premier work background, be willing to work a variety of shifts and be team oriented. Moran Manor is a progressive provider of Quality Care in Moran Manor a Person Centered Environment with a Universal Worker concept and Consistent Assignments in Care Providing.
If you feel that you meet these qualifications please come with resume, fill out our application and sit in for a
interview with our Director of Nursing and Administrator.
Moran Manor skilled nursing by Americare
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SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES The CITY OF IOLA
is now accepting applications
for the following seasonal positions for summer 2013:
• Cashier • Concession Stand Worker • Swim Lesson
Instructors Qualified applicants
must be at least 14 years old.
• Lifeguards Qualified applicants
must be at least 15 years old.
• Slide Attendant • Assistant Swim Team Instructor
• Umpire • Score Keepers
Qualified applicants must be at least
16 years old. • Pool Manager
• Head Swim Team Instructor
• Morning Work Manager
• Swim Lesson Coordinator
Qualified applicants must be at least
18 years old. Pre-employment
drug screen required. Seasonal job
application forms are available at the Recreation Office or
the City Clerk’s Office.
EEO / ADA EEO / ADA
PUBLIC NOTICE Please be advised that the Annual Meeting for Marmaton Housing Inc.
will be held Thurs., March 14 at 1p.m. in the Community Room of the North Building, Moran. (Published in The Iola Register March 7, 2013)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Allen County Public Works Department is requesting proposals for Asphalt Oil and Mag - nesium Chloride. For details or a spec sheet contact the Public Works Department at 620-365- 1422. Proposal deadline is Wednesday March 20, 2013 at 12 noon. Allen County Commission - ers reserve the right to reject any or all proposals. (Published in The Iola Register March 7 & 14, 2013)
Desktop Support Technician: NCCC seeks a per - Desktop Support Technician: son to provide complex technical support at the Cha - nute campus. Duties will include coordination of HELP desk, hardware and software troubleshooting and software installation and security. Go to www.neosho.edu for a complete position announce - ment. To apply send online application, resume, 5 references with phone numbers and unofficial tran - scripts to Desktop Support Technician Search, HR Director, NCCC, 800 W. 14th Street, Chanute, KS 66720. NCCC is an AA/EEO employer NCCC is an AA/EEO employer
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.
608 S. WALNUT, 2 BEDROOM, 1 bath, CH/CA, new flooring, $425 monthly, $425 deposit, 620-228-7510.
LAHARPE, 806 S. JEFFER-SON, 2 BEDROOM, $350 rent, $350 deposit, 620-496-2345 or 620-496-8825.
Real Estate for Rent
HOMESTEAD TO SHARE, seeking individuals, couples or families interested in self-sufficient living on land I own between Iola and Garnett. Email only [email protected]
609 S. WASHINGTON, 2 BED-ROOM, 1st story duplex, CH/CA, appliances, single garage w/auto opener, $650 monthly includes all utilities paid, 620-496-6161 or 620-496-2222.
2 BEDROOMS, 1 bath, appli-ances, carport, $550 plus de-posit, 620-363-1878.
2 BEDROOM, carpet, CH/CA, $395 monthly plus deposit, 620-365-8313.
Real Estate for Sale Allen County Realty
Inc. 620-365-3178 John Brocker.......620-365-6892 Carolynn Krohn...620-365-9379 Jim Hinson...........620-365-5609 Jack Franklin.......620-365-5764 Brian Coltrane.....620-496-5424 Dewey Stotler......620-363-2491
www.allencountyrealty.com
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.
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DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES - Here’s how to work it:
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FOR SALE BY OWNER, 1711 N. WALNUT, 3 BEDROOM RANCH,
UPSTAIRS, 1 BEDROOM, no pets, non-smoker, $295 plus deposit, 620-365-6774.
Mobile Homes for Sale 1998 MODEL, 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, on 3 lots, 810 S. Har-rison, LaHarpe, $35,000, 620-380-1159.
Real Estate for Rent
2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH APART-MENT. 3 bedroom house, all appliances in both, 620-228-8200.
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, www.growiola.com
Marmaton Village Apts. Apartment For Rent
Call Teresa at (913) 731-6222 or Sally at (620) 363-2814 for application, 207 W. Randolph St., Moran, KS 66755
Laundry facilities • Off street parking Satellite TV • Paid Utilities
TDD Relay No. 1-800-766-3777
1 bedroom unfurnished apartment with stove, refrigerator & air conditioning.
(Low income housing) Must be at least 18 years old.
N O W L E A S I N G ! N O W L E A S I N G ! N O W L E A S I N G ! 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartment Homes
$ 407 to $ 635 depending on availability! Appliances furnished: refrigerator, range,
dishwasher, disposal. Washer/Dryer hookups!
Call TODAY! 620-365-8424 104 White Blvd., Iola
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
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Ready To Make A Move!
302 N. Taylor, Gas — $ 59,500 . 3 BD, 1 BA ranch, central H/A, located on corner consisting of 3 lots. Nice home for small family. 411 N. Cottonwood — $ 42,000 . 2 BD, 1 BA central H/A, detached garage, fenced in backyard. All appliances go with sale. 518 E. Jackson — $ 91,500 . 4 BD, 2 BA, 2 car oversized attached garage. Very spacious home. Priced to sell! 420 E. Jackson — $ 69,500 . Very attractive 3 BD home. Lots of character & space. Base - ment, 2 car detached garage. Central heat. Excellent home for retired couple or small family. 410 E. Madison — $ 36,000 . 4 BD, 2 BA, central H/A, cur - rently in renovation stage, ready to finish to your taste.
To see contact Lisa Sigg (620) 228-3698
2211 West Virginia Rd. — $ 159,500, Renovated 3 BD, 1.5 BA home on 40 acres m/l with nice metal shop on BLACKTOP road! Screened in back porch, house has new electric, plumb - ing, siding, kitchen cabinets, carpet and roof in 2007. 25 acres are tillable. 520 S. 5th, Humboldt — $ 24,500, 3 BD, 1 BA home. Great rental property or first home. 918 Central, Humboldt — PRICE REDUCED $ 84,500, PRICE REDUCED Beautiful 4 BD, 2 BA home on 3 corner lots. Beautiful hardwood floors & woodwork. Home has been remodeled. New sheet - rock. Amazing Kitchens & More kitchen. You must see to appre - ciate this home. 921 Central, Humboldt — $ 36,500, 3 BD, 2 BA on nice cor - ner lot. 1 car detached garage. House has been renovated. Large living room with wood beams. Beautiful hardwood in living room. Pellet stove and AC units stay! Appliances are nego - tiable. This home is listed UNDER county appraisal!! 228 S. Cedar, Moran — $ 36,900, Nice two BD, 1 BA home. 2-car attached garage, partial basement. Great rental or starter home. 110 E. 3rd, LaHarpe — $ 109,900, Brand New 3 BD, 2 Brand New BA house on (2) corner lots with mature trees. School district is Iola but you have option of Moran schools also!! 711 Bay, Bronson — $ 54,900, Nice 3 BD, 2 BA home on cor - ner lot w/bonus room. Fenced back yard/storage sheds.
To see contact Gari Korte (620) 228-4567 Check out our website for additional information & pic - tures at www.sekmls.com.
OWNERS EAGER TO SELL! 222 S. Colborn — Home priced at recent appraisal - $ 82,000. 3 BD, 2 BA. Wonder - ful family home, lots of char - acter, well taken care of beautiful home, central h/a, detached garage, additional 8’x16’ building, privacy fence, close to all schools.
Real Estate for Sale
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ty 34Hillsboro 53, Holcomb 45Russell 50, Caney Valley 42
Class 5A QuarterfinalKapaun Mount Carmel 54,
Bishop Miege 41Mill Valley 38, Salina South
28Newton 44, Andover 36St. Thomas Aquinas 54,
Leavenworth 47, 2OT
Today’s scheduleBoys’ Basketball
Class 1ADivision I Quarterfinal
in EmporiaQuarterfinal
South Haven vs. Minneola, 3 p.m.
Hoxie vs. Stockton, 4:45 p.m.St. John vs. Burrton, 6:30
p.m.Olpe vs. Centralia, 8:15 p.m.
Division II Quarterfinalin Hays
Fowler vs. Cunningham, 3 p.m.
Wallace County vs. Crest, 4:45 p.m.
Hutchinson-Central Christian vs. Axtell, 6:30 p.m.
White City vs. Dighton, 8:15 p.m.
Class 3A Quarterfinalin Hutchinson
Scott City vs. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan, 3 p.m.
Nemaha Valley vs. Wichita Independent, 4:45 p.m.
Humboldt vs. Salina-Sacred Heart, 6:30 p.m.
Beloit vs. Silver Lake, 8:15 p.m.
Class 5A Quarterfinalin Topeka
Shawnee Mission South vs. Salina-South, 3 p.m.
Mill Valley vs. Andover, 4:45 p.m.
Lansing vs. Hays, 6:30 p.m.Emporia vs. Kapaun Mount
Carmel, 8:15 p.m.Girls’ Basketball
Class 2A Quarterfinalin Manhattan
Jefferson County North vs. Meade, 3 p.m.
Moundridge vs. Northern Heights, 4:45 p.m.
Smith Center vs. Sedan, 6:30 p.m.
Sterling vs. Republic County, 8:15 p.m.
Class 4A Quarterfinalin Salina
Wamego vs. Pratt, 3 p.m.Fort Scott vs. Clearwater,
4:45 p.m.McPherson vs. Labette
County, 6:30 p.m.Paola vs. Tonganoxie, 8:15
p.m.Class 6A Quarterfinal
in WichitaWichita-South vs.Stilwell-
Blue Valley, 3 p.m.Blue Valley North vs. Olathe
Northwest, 4:45 p.m. Olathe South vs. Wichita-
Heights, 6:30 p.m.Maize vs. Washburn Rural,
8:15 p.m.
Prep scores
The Lady Titans came out cold in the third, hit-ting only two free throws in the period. Hope Beach hit first for the Bulldogs, followed by a field goal and 3-pointer from Kaisha Batman.
Ingalls led 45-16 after three.
“The positive thing is that the girls never gave up,” True said. “There are teams that would have quit.”
The Lady Titans were outscored 11-9 down the stretch, in the final quar-ter of high basketball for seniors Martyna Heg-wald, Myranda Hegwald and Sarah Webb.
Webb shed a tear as she went to the bench for the final time.
Webb hit a field goal at the five-minute mark, followed by a 3-point play off of a foul for Bre-anna Isch. Webb hit once more under the basket to make the score 47-23. My-randa Hegwald and Isch each had free throws, fol-lowed by a driving layup from Amber Emmons with under a minute re-maining.
Isch led the Titans with six points. Martyna Hegwald and Webb each had five, followed by Deal with four.
“These kids and their parents have been posi-tive all year long,” True said. “This has been a great group of girls for me, I don’t have any com-plaints.”
While he will miss the seniors that are leaving the team, he is hope-ful for the future of the Lady Titans.
“We are going to miss them (the seniors), but we have a good team and a great group of girls coming up,” he said.
He reminded his team of one key detail: “I told them it is important not to wait to pick up a bas-ketball until next season comes around.”
Ingalls advances to Friday’s semifinal round to take on Wilson, which defeated Baileyville B&B, 53-42, in their opener Wednesday.
Register/Steven SchwartzAbove, Southern Cof-fey County High head coach Jeff True gives instructions to the Lady Titans during a timeout at the Class 1A state basketball tournament. At left, SCC cheerleader Sarah Stewart leads a group of face-painted school-mates with a cheer.
pulled into McGrath at 6:29 p.m. and left three minutes later.
In the lead was four-time champion Lance Mackey, who blew out of Ophir 23 miles past Takotna at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday to begin the 80-mile run to the next checkpoint at the ghost town of Iditarod. Mack-ey has not yet taken his
24-hour layover.Before the race,
Mackey said he has two major sponsors, one for dog food and another for clothing. The Fairbanks musher gets kibble and cloth-ing from them. But he has to scrape by for the money he needs to maintain his 80-dog kennel and pay his dog handlers.
To do it right takes him at least $5,000 a month, he said. He hasn’t won the Iditarod since 2010, and has seen the number of sponsors drop off.
“There’s people like myself that try to make a living off of racing dogs,” Mackey said. “I’ve been as successful as anybody, and I’m still as broke as ever.”
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