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Small towns key Cheating to Kansas’ charm

County‘MOVING ON UP’ hears budget requests

By ALLISON TINN allison@iolaregister.com

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 minutes.

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

Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray “That’s what we received last joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday. year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning.

The call total — she figures

By RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered half or more are for true emerrichard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its gencies — wasn’t the point of her LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. appearance, but the magnitude of nized behemoths of today, Ray With no mechanical engine to the number captivated commis- Whiteley’s mowing outfit was Register/Allison Tinn speak of, the only noise emanatsioners.

True to its name, Audacious Boutique owner Kelly Sigg is making a bold move by relocating her considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the Murphy before commisstore to the was corner of South JeffersonHis and “engine” Madison Avenue.

— a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar sioners to request a 20 percent 1,200-pound mules — needed only rotating back and forth. increase in the department’s bud- an occasional break from the stiJoining Whiteley was neighbor get for 2012, up $126,000 over this fling summer heat as Whiteley and friend Greg Gleue, with his year’s $490,000. traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickALLISON TINN pretty number of years.

Sigg initially wanted to be in TheByincrease seemed acre prairie hay meadow. le bar mower pulled by a pair of allison@iolaregister.com “David approached me a cou- the new location by Black Friday, hefty . Murphy reasoned health “It’s a little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses.

There is awill tune caught in Kelly ple of times and I had thought but realizes necessary renovainsurance cost an additional been taking it easy,” Whiteley “We’re having some fun with Sigg’s Up,” beit. It’s really about taking tions and the time necessary to $50,000head, and“Moving anotheron $6,000 was about said. “It’s our little hobby.” it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind cause by the of this month plunge,” Sigg said. make the move, will not make expected for end Kansas Public Em- thatThe mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a her store,See Audacious COUNTYBoutique, | Page A5 Sigg had been hesitant about that feasible. ley’s antique sickle bar mower, MOWING | Page will be moving to the front build- assuming a bigger rent, but after Still, theSee move definitely will A5 a small wagon with cutting bar ing on the corner of South Jef- two years of success decided to happen before December dawns, ferson and Madison. go through with it.

Sigg said.

The building, owned by David She estimates her boutique “Between 10 days to two weeks Toland, was once a bank, but will be closed for one day when from now we will for sure be in hasn’t seen much business for a the move takes place.

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As residents of Kansas, it is easy to overlook the beauty of your own backyard. Author Marci Penner has been trying to correct that by going from town to town encouraging residents to get out and get to know as much of Kansas as possible.

Penner will be at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Friday giving a background look into what it took to make her book, “The 8 Wonders of Kansas.”Register/Richard Luken In 2000, was a internaWhiteley of there Le Roy. Whiteley was tional attempt to re-evaluate the Seven Wonders of the World.

Penner seized on the idea came to do the eight wonders of Kansas instead and divide them up into categories that every town has no matter its size or location.

The eight elements she and her father, Mil Penner, came up with were architecture, art, commerce, cuisine, customs, geography, history and people.

“It evolved for a couple of years until we though we had it right,” Penner said.

The contest began in June 2007 and ended in October 2010.

There were originally 216 entries for the wonders of Kansas.

Then they put it to a vote.

“One hundred thousand people voted,” Penner said. “Not only Ray Whiteley from Kansas but we had votes from across the nation and even foreign.”

The book showcases pictures of all 216 entries and write•ups on the eight finalists.

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Audacious to move to Iola square

scandal detailed

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating 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 reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won “The book isSuperintendent a really good way the national of to educate people Kansas,” the Year award in about 2009, and other Penner said. “We wantedthose it to rebe administrators ignored meaningful.” ports and sometimes retaliated Penner, is from Inman, against thewho whistleblowers. travels Kansas and works with The yearlong investigation small towns to build up their shows educators at nearly four self•esteem.

Penner has a backdozen Atlanta elementary and ground of helping people and middle schools cheated on stangroups achieve their best potendardized tests by helping stutial. dents or changing the answers Sheexams got her master’s once were handedin in.counseling and guidance and did some The investigators also found a coaching along the way . “culture of fear, intimidation and Penner hasin been all 627 incorretaliation” the to school district porated cities and is now working over the cheating allegations, on an explorers to Kansas, which led to guide educators lying which be released in 2015. about will the cheating or destroying “It is valuable to us to get the See CHEATING | Page A5 temperature of each town. How are small towns doing? How are they surviving?” she said. “(The explorers guide) goes a lot deeper than writing just a guidebook.”

Temps for run look inviting

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Shop local for the holidays

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

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Sophisticated Rose

An anticipated field of a thousand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the middle of the night.

Had the event being commemorated occurred in mid-day, participants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday forecast at the upper end of the afternoon. As in the past, “we exdiscomfort scale during daytime pect a lot of people to sign up FriFriday and Saturday. As is, they day night.”

Cost is $12 for the walk. Runwill run and walk in somewhat more inviting temperatures pre- ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for members of teams.

Saturday.

Register/Susan Lynn Runnersfour in the third annual Thebirth raceof —Jan many walkers will The Knewtson’s granddaughter years ago inevent will aim for best times of be out for a stroll — will cap activfluenced the change in focus of Sophisticated Rose. Today, the 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for ities that startitems late Friday after- central store carries and clothing to children and women. noon and will go on throughout females, set last year. over the past several will years.

A rackofof“Melvin holiday Dy-No-Mite” dresses and Sticks the evening.

Included be The the change came after the birth of coats makes every grandma will be awarded the first three much-awaited “drag race,” feagranddaughter Josie, who turns yearn for dress-up occasions. places for males and females in turing some of the area’s finest 4 inand December.

At of thefive other end of the15speceach ages groups, and men women dressed in drag.

“Yes, Weiner I’ve fallen line and under, trum, Knewtson a full 16-30, 31-45,carries 46-60 and 61 Chris at hook, Thrive Allen sinker in love with children’s line of camouflage clothing for County, co-sponsor with Allen and over. clothingCrimestoppers because of Josie,” she both and boys, from All girls participants will infant break County for “The said. from in front of the office.

See SHOPpost | Page A4 Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run for your Life,” said total of partic- Runners will follow a course that ipants was approaching 450, with will take them on West to Washabout 200 signed on for the 5-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson meter run. The walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They See TEMPS | B6 3-kilometer course.

“Registration, including probably a fifth online, has really

Jan Knewtson has gone from making a home look beautiful, to the people in it.

Knewtson’s Sophisticated Rose at 19 S. Jefferson now carries complete lines of women’s and children’s clothing.

Ladies apparel includes the popular lines of Karen Hart, Caribe, Flair, PBJ Sport and Cactus Bay. The clothes feature soft, flowing fabrics that flatter every figure. Knewtson helps the shopper by makingRegister/Susan display ensemLynn bles, complete withfavorite jewelry and These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s other accessories such and as handrace, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland bags and scarves.

Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square.

Outerwear such as light denim jackets are featured. A ruched neck gives a new twist to a jean jacket on display.

Jewelry, purses and scarves come in every hue. As

By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, possible 20 W. Jackson, a former interior decorator, susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a Knewtson has from a knack for coorIf you’ve got enough of it, Fri- to another. wide selection which to dinating palettes. day night is the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Knewtson hastotaken her store hair down.

David Toland, executive director Registration participate home fashion One sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one infrom the drag racedecor is $5. to That also in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive Run For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on der By manner andSCHWARTZ then “compete” tions and other accoutrements will be STEVEN in each of the eight categoNominationsSee forEGO cuisine: | Page B6 in teams of four in a relay. Last ries, steven@iolaregister.com available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s • Renee’s Bakery cookies which include architecture,

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ Nominations have been made commerce, art, cuisine, history, • King’s Sandwich Shop steven@iolaregister.com to select Iola’s own eight wonders, customs, geography and people.

• Area Mexican restaurants Saturday is the last chance to and Iolans themselves will decide Nominations for architecture: Nominations for history: show Allen County your holiwhich eight will represent the • All WPA•constructed build• The gas boom era, recognized day traditions through the tree city. ings, including the football sta- by Gas City and its red water towdisplay at the Allen County HisDuring this Saturday’s Iola pool

By JOE SNEVE — Sincedium, 1871 —house, Coon Creek, er torical Society .

Family Reading Festival at Allen • Pat Haire’s planing mill North Community Building, Linjoe@iolaregister.com At the bandstand Jim Garner, director Two trees are currently on Community College, attendees coln and Jefferson schools, Iola •When Old Iola cemetery Brian Pekarek was hired Thursday, July 7, 2011 8 p.m. display with the society, showwill have the opportunity to vote Community Building, and many for customs: asNominations superintendent of the Iola PROGRAM casing local family holiday trafor Star whatSpangled they think should be the more.

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Jennings ings, and photos that show any theThe IolaWashington Family Reading Festival Nominations for art: P. Sousa •Pekarek Prairie Spirit walksTrail his talk. A naPost — march ...................................John holiday tradition their family Brian Pekarek, center, visits with compiled the top three nominaNominations for people: • Bowlus Fine Arts Center Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

See PEKAREK | Page A5 hasUSD enjoyed through the years. the 257 board office.

• Gary Hawk Gallery • Fred Funston She said any holiday is accept• Buster Keaton • Stained glass windows in Allen County churches • Ivan Strickler See TREE | Page A4 Vol. 113, No. 209 75 Cents

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Barb Geffert and Marcy Boring A holiday tradition display is at laid out in the front window of the Allen County Historical Society building.

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After scandal Panetta orders ethics training BANGKOK (AP) — Citing a string of ethical lapses by senior military officers, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review ethics training and to brainstorm on ways to steer officers away from trouble.

The move is a reflection of the depth of concern triggered by a series of misconduct cases in a military that prides itself on integrity and honor but has suffered an unusual number of stumbles after a decade of war.

In a memo to Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Panetta made no explicit reference to the David Petraeus sex scandal, which also has ensnared the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen. Panetta’s press secretary, George Little, said the memo was the product of internal Pentagon discussions that began before Petraeus announced he was resigning as CIA director because of an extramarital affair.

“I will emphasize very strongly that the secretary was going to embark on this course long before the matters that have come to light over the past week,” Little said. He added that Panetta believes the vast majority of senior military officers serve with distinction and in accordance with ethical standards.

Panetta mentioned no specific cases of officer misconduct but noted in his memo to Dempsey that, “as has happened recently, when lapses occur, they have the potential to erode public confidence in our leadership and in our system for the enforcement of

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our high ethical standards.

Worse, they can be detrimental to the execution of our mission to defend the American

people.”

A number of senior officers have faced disciplinary action this year for misconduct, including Gen. William “Kip” Ward, who was reduced in rank from four stars to three this week after investigators determined that he had misused government funds for lavish spending while commanding U.S. Africa Command.

Panetta told Dempsey to work with the chiefs of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to review ethics training for officers to determine whether they are adequate, and to provide views on “how to better foster a culture of valuebased decision-making and stewardship” among senior officers and their staffs.

That is another way of saying Panetta wants a game plan for ending the string of bad behavior.

He said the initial results of the chiefs’ review, along with their recommendations, should be ready in time for Panetta to report to President Barack Obama

by Dec. 1. The text of the Panetta memo, which he signed on Wednesday, was provided today to reporters traveling with the Pentagon chief, who was in Bangkok for talks with senior Thai government officials in advance of Obama’s visit here this weekend.

“Beyond mere compliance with the rules, I also expect senior officers and

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One thing I do demand, is that those who seek to protect this country operate by the highest ethical standards.

— Leon Panetta, Defense Secretary

civilian executives to exercise sound judgment in their stewardship of government resources and in their personal conduct,” Panetta said. “An action may be legally permissible but neither advisable nor wise.”

Panetta said he intends to raise these issues in a meeting next month with all of the military service chiefs, the services’ civilian leaders and the generals and admirals who lead major commands like U.S. Central Command.

Ethics issues associated with the Petraeus and Allen matters were raised during Panetta’s joint news conference today with his Thai counterpart, Sukampol Suwannathat. The two spoke to reporters after signing an update to a 1962 U.S.Thai statement framing the security relationship. The United States and Thailand are treaty allies — a relationship that Washington sees as a cornerstone of its security interests in Asia.

Panetta said he knows of no other senior U.S. military officers being linked to the Petraeus investigation, and he said he retains “tremendous confidence” in Allen.

“I am not aware of any others that could be involved in this issue at the present time,” he said, adding that he wanted the American public to understand that the vast majority of military officers serve ethically.

“One thing I do demand,” he said, “is that those who seek to protect this country operate by the highest ethi-

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By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer

cal standards.”

Panetta declined to describe the nature of the emails and other correspondence between Allen and Florida socialite Jill Kelley, which others have called flirtatious and potentially problematic for the Marine four-star general.

Asked whether any of those emails are sexually explicit, Panetta said, “What I don’t want to do is to try to characterize those communications because I don’t want to do anything” to limit the ability of the Pentagon inspector general to conduct an objective review of the Allen matter.

Panetta ordered the investigation Monday after the FBI referred the matter to the Pentagon’s top lawyer. Allen issued a statement through his lawyer saying he is committed to cooperating fully with the investigation.

Panetta also told reporters he could not rule out the possibility that the Taliban in Afghanistan would try to use Petraeus’ admission of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, for propaganda purposes. Petraeus, who resigned Friday from his post as CIA director, was Allen’s predecessor as top commander in Afghanistan, leaving in summer 2011.

“You’re never quite sure what the Taliban may or may not use for propaganda purposes to try to advance their cause, and obviously this is a possible area for them to explore,” Panetta said.

Socialite’s climb falling fast, could fall hard

By ALLEN G. BREED, DONNA CASSATA and TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Kelley’s climb to the top of Tampa’s social ladder may be as spectacular as her fall from it.

Accounts of lavish parties at her bay front mansion with politicians and military generals have been replaced by reports of her family’s financial woes and other dirty laundry, and claims she used her close friendship with David Petraeus to try to further lucrative business dealings.

Now, even her “Friends of MacDill” Air Force base access pass has been unceremoniously revoked.

The tangled web enveloping the daughter of Lebanese refugees, her twin sister, former CIA chief Petraeus, and Marine Gen. John Allen, who succeeded Petraeus as the top American commander in Afghanistan, has spread to include questions about a cancer charity Kelley and her doctor-husband, Scott, founded.

Although Petraeus’ affair with his biographer, Army Reserve officer Paula Broadwell, was the immediate cause of his downfall,

Kelley and her relations with the Tampa base and the U.S. Central Command have surKelley faced as a sort of connective tissue for the growing scandal.

On Wednesday, a New York businessman said Kelley was introduced to him at the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August as someone whose friendship with Petraeus would help facilitate a no-bid deal with South Korea on a coal-gasification project.

She would supposedly be in a position to help broker the billion-dollar deal directly with the Korean president, and expected a 2 percent commission, said Adam Victor, president and chief executive officer of TransGas Development Systems.

Kelley is an honorary consul for South Korea, a ceremonial position, and got diplomatic plates for her car. But after flying Kelley to New York to discuss how she could help, Victor says he concluded she had

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little to offer in the way of deal-making expertise or connections with Korean leaders.

The AP also learned Wednesday that Kelley attended an FBI “Citizens’ Academy” last year. It was Kelley’s complaints to an FBI agent about alleged threats from Broadwell that led to the general’s resignation last week and has sidelined Allen’s nomination to become the next commander of U.S. European Command and the commander of NATO forces in Europe.

The agent was Frederick W. Humphries, 47, a veteran counterterrorism investigator in the Tampa office, and he was among the FBI employees Kelley met during the academy, which lasted from Sept.

13 to Nov. 30, 2011, the AP learned.

Both Petreaus and Allen have been guests at the Kelleys’ 5,000-square-foot home

on Bayshore Boulevard, which records show they purchased in 2004 for about $1.5 million. Jill Kelley’s twin sister, Natalie Khawam, also lives there.

The five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath brick Colonial with its stately white columns is on the main parade route for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, Tampa’s answer to Mardi Gras. And the couple soon gained a reputation for their sumptuous and well-attended affairs.

Jill Kelley, 37, and her husband — a cancer surgeon — are members of the Tampa Yacht and Country Club.

The relationship between the Kelleys and Petraeus began in late 2008, when he came to MacDill to assume command of CENTCOM. The couple threw a welcome party for him, and he reportedly watched his first Gasparilla pirate parade from the Kelleys’ lawn.

Mostly sunny Tonight, mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds around 5 mph.

Friday, sunny. Highs near 60.

South winds 5 to 15 mph.

Friday night, mostly clear.

Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday, mostly sunny. Highs 55 to 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday night and Sunday, partly cloudy. Lows near 40.

Highs 55 to 60.

Sunday night and Monday, mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs 55 to 60.

Monday night, mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s.

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Sunrise 7:03 a.m.

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Sunset 5:10 p.m.

RiverTree Christian Church will be hosting its first ever Turkey Trot 5k run and walk this Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

The run will benefit the SEK Indians baseball team, with proceeds being used for equipment, uniforms and entry fees.

The run will start at the church. Run organizer Tammy Fiscus said the entry fee is now $25 and runners of all abilities are welcome. Prizes for first and second place will be awarded to the male and female runners.

Members of the Indians baseball team are Trez Martinez, Jake Fiscus, Matthew Hernandez, Isaac Vink, Cale Barnhart, Taten Driskell, Cooper McMillen, Justice Pugh, Dalton Ryherd and Brice Andres.

For registration and information, contact Fiscus at (620)-432-6373.

Thanksgiving Service

Iola Ministerial Association’s annual Thanksgiving service will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at First Assembly of God Church.

A free-will donation or canned goods can be given to benefit the Iola Food Pantry.

Country Christmas

Saturday, Dec. 1, a Country Christmas will be at the Lone Elm Community Building in Lone Elm from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A variety of gifts are available for under $10.

Lunch will be available, soup/chili, dessert and drink for $5.

Homemade pies, candies, handmade gifts, soaps, fleece jackets, blankets, stained glass, yard art and jewelry will be for sale.

Arts and Crafts Show

The Allen County Historical Society will have an arts and crafts show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The show will be at the North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye.

The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility will be serving lunch. The show will have Christmas ornaments and decorations, quilted items, fabric crafts, jewelry, hair bows, jelly, baked goods and more for sale.

Livestock sales At the Parsons Livestock Market sale Wednesday, 1,366 cattle were sold.

Choice cows 81-90; canners & cutters 65-81; shelly cows, 65 and back; stock cows, 625-1300; choice bulls 90-98; lower grades 81-90.

Steers: Up to 400# 165200; 400# to 500# 156-181;

500# to 600# 151-170; 600# to 700# 140-155; 700# to 800# 130-145; 800# and over 125-139.

Heifers: Up to 400# 150168; 400# to 500# 145-170; 500# to 600# 130-149; 600# to 700# 120-137; 700# to 800# 115-133; 800# and over 115-129.

Fake money mis-labeled

Misc. police

ATTLEBORO, Mass.

(AP) — A Rhode Island man police say used counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases at a Target store made a critical mistake.

The bills had a picture of President Abraham Lincoln on them. Real $100 bills bear a picture of Benjamin Franklin.

Lincoln’s portrait graces the $5 bill.

Dana Leland of Central Falls, R.I., was held on $1,000 cash bail after pleading not guilty Wednesday in Attleboro District Court to charges of uttering a counterfeit note and possession of a counterfeit note.

Police tell The Sun Chronicle the 29-yearold Leland used the fake notes on three consecutive days at the North Attleborough store to buy items worth less than $25.

Vehicles collide

Vehicles driven by Augustine Gomez and Thomas Carpenter collided on North State Street Tuesday evening.

Carpenter was turning when the accident occurred.

Charity sleigh burns SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Christmas sleigh that burned has some charity officials in South Texas trying to find other ways to hit the road and spread holiday spirit.

Authorities say the fire broke out Saturday night at a San Antonio heating and air conditioning business where the highway-drivable vehicle was having some work done.

Thanks to All the Participants The Veterans Day committee says Thank You to all those who participated in our memorial service and parade to make them a success.

Among those are The Iola Register, KIKS Radio, Becky French, Pastor Dave McGuillion, speaker Lt. Col. Eric Blakenship, Iola & Moran American Legion Posts, LaHarpe VFW, Elks Lodge & Ladies of the Elks, Iola Police Department, Iola Fire Department for putting up the flags, the City of Iola, O’Malley Equipment, Allen County Courthouse, Duane’s Flowers, Fadel Shaaban with his jeep and the 891st Engineer Battalion personnel for carrying the big flag.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL VETERANS

Alfred Link, chairman, Wanda Lytle, Connie Prock, Jamie & Sandy Mosbrucker, Frank and Pat Niemeyer

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Calendar

Sunday-Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, covered dish luncheon, Iola North Community building, dancing follows; Monday-Seekers Not Slackers 4-H Club, Lone Elm community building, 7 p.m.; Jolly Dozen Club, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-library board meeting, City Hall, 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m.; Nov. 22-Thanksgiving Day, no trash pickup, all offices and Country Diner closed; Nov. 23-trash pickup, city office closed.

School calendar

Monday-middle school basketball vs. Uniontown, 5 p.m.; Nov. 21-24-Thanksgiving break, no school.

Meal site

Monday-barbecue beef, creamed peas and potatoes, bun, strawberries; Wednesday-birthday meal, turkey roast, stuffing, gravy, green beans, roll, pumpkin pie; Friday-closed for Thanksgiving holiday.

Games played each meal day. Phone 852-3479 for reservation.

Churches

Scripture at the Christian Church service Sunday was John 6:1-69. Several in the congregation gave their response to the study of “Not a Fan,” which they studied in small groups the past six weeks.

Scripture read at the United Methodist service Sunday was Psalm 126:1–6, Proverbs 3:9-10 and Mark 12:38-44. Pastor Leslie Jackson presented the sermon.

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Country Christmas

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from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Lone Elm community building. Handmade gifts, soaps, fleece jackets, blankets, hats, purses, stained glass, wallets, jewelry and metal yard art will be on display. Homemade popcorn balls, cookies, candies, a few pies and relishes also will be for sale.

Lunch of soup or chili and a drink will be $5. Proceeds go to community building upkeep.

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The Crest High School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America members attended the Fall Leadership Conference at Anderson County High School Nov. 7. The local chapter had 10 youth attend. There were 315 youth from area schools attending the annual district meeting.

Roll call of the day: one representative from all the chapters told what community service project they have planned for the year.

Bill Cordes, also known as the YOGOWYPI guy, was the keynote speaker for the conference. Cordes encouraged members to become actively involved in all that they do to get the most out of life. He

emphasized enjoying each day of your life- not waiting for tomorrow.

Secretary Paige Tush liked the presenter, Cordes, the best. She said he “was so funny.”

Maley Sherman, publicity officer, also enjoyed Cordes’ presentation.

“His dance moves were great, I liked that he taught them to us,” she said.

After the meeting members made dog toys out of recycled materials to take back to their local animal shelters.

Lions

Members were happy to see President A.J. Silvey lead the Nov. 7 meeting after a recent illness.

Christmas poinsettias will be purchased from the Crest High School nursery for local shut-ins and those in nursing homes.

The club has added a new aluminum can dropoff box at the corner of Broad and Cherry streets.

All contributions are welcome and proceeds will be used for good causes.

The next meeting is Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church. The United Methodist women serve supper at each meeting.

Around town

Steve and Sue Michael have purchased the Delma French home in west Colony.

Susan Luedke underwent surgery Wednesday at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa. She is recuperating well.

Bonnie Rook celebrat-

Ad warns of Kansas tax cuts

By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press

Morning frost

Colony’s Phyllis Luedke captured the coming of winter in this picture of frost upon a car window. ed her birthday Nov. 9.

Her sister Arlene Allen and daughter Shirley Marsh, Emporia, Judy Thyer, Dave Holman, Delores Biship, Paula Decker, Mary Decker and Bonnie all had lunch at the Country Diner.

That evening a carry-in dinner was at Bonnie’s home. Attending were Connie and Rick Thompson, Blake and Hannah Thompson, Owen, Nora and Molly, Kincaid, Justin and Erin Zook, Brylee, Brekyn, Britni, Garnett and Garry and Paula Decker, Welda.

Celebrating Leonard Wools’ birthday were his daughters, Allison and her boyfriend from Topeka, Stacy and Jerry Jones, Makayla, Jerrick, Brooklynn and Kamryn, Colony. An evening meal was at Leonard’s home, compliments of his wife, Debbie.

The monthly fire meet-

ing was Nov. 7 at the fire station. Fourteen members attended. A short meeting was held and a new pump was installed on unit 515.

The city had a water leak repair job and notified several residents in the southwest part of town the water would be turned off from 8:45 a.m. to around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 7. The leak was fixed in much shorter time.

Working at the polls Tuesday were Bonnie Vincent and Kathryn Weldin for Indian Creek Township and Charlotte Wallace and Kloma Buckle for Ozark Township.

Colony received 1.5 inches of rain Sunday morning that was very much needed. Sunday was the 166th day of drought. To date we are around 12 inches short of normal moisture for this time of year.

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A girl in a new television ad wants to know how Missouri will respond to tax cuts taking effect next year in neighboring Kansas, highlighting the most recent round in an economic development competition between the neighboring states.

The ad, sponsored by the recently created group Save Missouri Jobs, is an effort to encourage residents, businesses and leaders to push for action from Missouri government. It began running this week.

Woody Cozad, the group’s spokesman and the former Missouri Republican Party chairman, said Wednesday that the organization is advocating for action but not a particular response.

“Nothing will happen in Jefferson City if the western side of the state doesn’t send the message that something has to be done,” Cozad said.

“So we’re trying to get everybody aroused to say to their legislators, ‘Get down there to Jeff City and tell the folks from the rest of the state that we’ve got to act, that the status quo is simply not an option.’”

Cozad, also a lobbyist, said the situation could “be really ugly” for Missouri if the state does not respond to new tax breaks enacted in Kansas.

Kansas is cutting individual income tax rates for 2013 and eliminating income taxes for the owners of 191,000 businesses. The top rate for all individual income taxpayers is to drop to 4.9 percent from 6.45 percent.

A business tax break targets the owners of partnerships, sole proprietorships and other small companies by excusing them from taxes on earnings that they currently must report as individual income tax filers.

Missouri levies a 6 percent tax on income exceeding $9,000.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed the tax changes into law this past May. The Republican predicted that the tax cut would create tens of thousands of new jobs while making Kansas “the best place in America to start and grow a small business.”

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the new store,” Sigg said.

Needed renovations include the reglazing and in some instances replacement of windows. The building also needs a new air•conditioning and heating unit, which will not take place until after the new year.

Sigg said the main reason behind the move is to have more space and visibility.

Being on Iola’s main street will allow for Sigg to do more window displays and get more attention from passersby.

At the current location around the corner on Jefferson, there is only one dressing room, a cramped

check•out counter and no back area to store boxes or to have an office.

“Our move doesn’t necessarily mean we will have significantly more merchandise, it’s really to be able to spread out more,” Sigg said.

“We will probably only have 20 to 25 percent more merchandise.”

Sigg said she favors keeping a smaller inventory in the store because of its quicker turnover rate. Fewer numbers of an item also guarantee not as many people are wearing the same item.

“There is nothing worse than walking into a party feeling really confident in what you are wearing and walking in to see some-

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Our move doesn’t necessarily mean we will have significantly more merchandise, it’s really to be able to spread out more.

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one else wearing the same thing,” she said. “We try to keep track of who purchased what.”

The new location will allow for Sigg to add more jewelry, accessories and shoes to

her merchandise.

“The shoes go over really well, but they take up a lot of space,” she said.

In addition, there will be a sitting area near the windows so if someone is “dragged along to go shopping it won’t be a punishment,” she said.

Sigg used to hold a ladies night at her store, but due to space it became too crowded.

When more than three or four people are in the current store it becomes cramped, especially when a new shipment arrives and there are boxes lining the whole store, Sigg said.

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In addition to the explorers guidebook there is a Kansas Explorers Club, which is part of the Kansas Sampler Foundation.

Penner is the director of the foundation and a couple of times a year will take club members to small towns in Kansas where they can learn about the town and spend money to help the town’s revenue.

This is the part of Penner’s project that hones in on rural Kansas

towns.

“Our mission is to preserve and sustain rural culture,” Penner said. “We are not a tourism organization, we use tourism as a tool to sustain community.”

FRIDAY evening’s event will begin at 7 o’clock in Creitz Recital Hall in the lower level of the Bowlus Center. It is free to the public.

For more information contact the Bowlus at (620) 365-4765 or visit www.kansassampler.org.

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to size 4T. “I can’t keep them on the rack,” she said.

Pittsburg State University has been added to the store’s line of collegiate clothing for children, which also includes Kansas State University and the University of Kansas.

For boys, the brand Under Armour has been added.

Knewtson carries children’s clothing from newborn up to 6T, including shoes, hats, boots and mittens.

For infants she has baby blankets, diaper bags, teething toys, stuffed animals and more.

She carries a full line of Melissa & Doug toys and other items such as Bee

Posh backpacks, boots and other items in colorful ensembles.

Popular items include games kids can play in the car as well as crayon and paint sets, wooden toys, block sets and child•size luggage.

For those looking for a bargain, Knewtson always has a sales rack for offseason clothes. She’s also marked dishes, place mats, dish towels and other home decor items drastically down.

For more information, call 365-6278.

Shirt Shop

The key word for Elizabeth Donnelly and the Shirt Shop is “planning” for the holiday season.

Donnelly said the holi-

days are the busiest time of year for the store, and it is important not to wait until the last minute.

“Don’t wait until the week of Christmas,” Donnelly said. “People should try and get their requests in by the 10th.”

The Shirt Shop does in•house screen printing and embroidery on a variety of items, typically clothing.

Donnelly said the Shirt Shop will maintain normal business hours during the holiday season, but will only be open for a half•day on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day. She said the store has many gift ideas that are not limited to shirts. The store carries very “practical gifts” such as jackets, fleec-

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es and lunch boxes — with a very large catalog from which many other items can be ordered. The store carries Wall Words as well, for room decoration.

And for those looking to keep it simple, she said the store can print 100 different colors of T-shirt, a perfect gift for anyone.

Booze calories nearly equals soda’s for adults

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found.

Soda and other sweetened drinks — the focus of obesity-fighting public health campaigns — are the source of about 6 percent of the calories adults consume, on average. Alcoholic beverages account for about 5 percent, the

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ed, not solely Christmas.

The veterans’ tree ornaments will be presented on a 6-by-8 inch card as well.

Families may include the veteran’s branch of service, time served and any photos they would like to include.

Jackson said the more information included, the better.

RECYCLE! RECYCLE!

new study found.

"We've been focusing on sugar-sweetened beverages. This is something new," said Cynthia Ogden, one of the study's authors. She's an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which released its findings Thursday.

The government researchers say the findings deserve attention because, like soda, alcohol contains few nutrients but plenty of calories.

The study is based on interviews with more than 11,000 U.S. adults from 2007

through 2010. Participants were asked extensive questions about what they ate and drank over the previous 24 hours.

The study found: —On any given day, about one-third of men and one-fifth of women consumed calories from beer, wine or liquor.

—Averaged out to all adults, the average guy drinks 150 calories from alcohol each day, or the equivalent of a can of Budweiser.

—The average woman drinks about 50 calories, or roughly half a glass of

wine.

—Men drink mostly beer. For women, there was no clear favorite among alcoholic beverages.

—There was no racial or ethnic difference in average calories consumed from alcoholic beverages.

But there was an age difference, with younger adults putting more of it away.

For reference, a 12-ounce can of regular Coca-Cola has 140 calories, slightly less than a same-sized can of regular Bud. A 5-ounce glass of wine is around 100 calories.

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Reviving GOP takes big tent leadership Writing prescriptions for curing what ails the Republican Party has become a favorite parlor game among political junkies.

Without sticking to the metaphor, here are some observations.

A distinction is made between patronage parties and programmatic parties. A patronage party caters to the various and ever-changing needs of its members. A programmatic party adopts a set of political principles and goals and follows them. Historically, the dominant political parties in the United States have been patronage parties or, in modern parlance, big tent parties.

Programmatic parties, such as the Communist Party, the Socialists and the Progressives, have been established and some of them lasted for decades.

The Progressive Party elected governors and members of Congress and had a strong influence on U.S. politics for decades. Most of its good ideas were swiped by the Democrats and the Republicans and put into action. But even the Progressives never came close to electing a president.

Programmatic parties have failed in America because they are deliberately exclusive. Its members sign on to a program, to a set of principles and goals.

Those who reject either are not welcome.

Patronage parties, in contrast, welcome everyone because their goal is to achieve political power and serve all of the population.

Today’s Republican Party has become quite programmatic. To be a Republican in good standing one must oppose tax increases in any guise; must oppose abortion and gay marriage; must seek to shrink government in general while increasing military spending; must oppose government involvement in health care delivery; must oppose any immigration reform which offers citizenship to the 10 million or more illegals in the country; must oppose federal regulation of the nation’s big banks and financial institutions and favor less regulation of all business.

In contrast, the Democrats have become the big tent party

and have a much shorter list of “musts.” As a consequence, the party has created a larger base of support in a nation that becomes more diversified in its population with every passing year.

IT WASN’T ALWAYS this way. In the lifetimes of today’s Republican grandfathers there have been liberal Republican leaders galore. Nelson Rockefeller of New York gave his name to a brand of Republicanism which embraced government activism. President Theodore Roosevelt was a trust buster and the father of the national park system. Wendell Willkie was a Republican progressive who vied with Franklin Roosevelt for national popularity. The list of Republican progressives who have served as governors and members of Congress is long and distinguished and includes Kansas Senators Nancy Kassebaum and James B. Pearson and Gov. Bill Graves.

But when former Sen. Kassebaum-Baker was asked to get a group of today’s moderate Republicans together, she asked wryly if she should reserve a phone booth for the meeting.

The breed has vanished. Today’s Kansas congressional delegation competes to see which can be most rigidly — I almost said religiously — conservative. Gov. Sam Brownback is considered the most conservative governor in the 50 states.

On the national stage, at least, the election clearly showed the Republican Party is the minority party, which seems destined to lose more and more congressional seats as the demographic face of the nation continues to change.

What to do?

Republicans changed from what they were to what they have become. They can change again to what they need to be to win national elections again.

Dynamic candidates can be the agent; leaders who have the good of the people in mind rather than a program which must be followed down to the last hobbling pledge.

Such leaders appeared in years past and were followed with enthusiasm. They must be found again and lifted up if the party is to revive.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Kansas will get federal insurance plan Kansas is primed to get the worst possible outcome of a federally run health insurance exchange, thanks to Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision not to support an application for a state-federal partnership.

Brownback previously rejected $31.5 million in federal funds that were allocated to enable the state to create the computer infrastructure for its own exchange. He said he expected the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the federal law mandating creation of the exchanges. When that didn’t happen, he said he would await the outcome of the presidential election, assuming that Republican Mitt Romney would be elected and quickly have the law erased from the books. So much for that.

All along, the Kansas Insurance Department, guided by Lawrence’s Sandy Praeger, insurance commissioner, has been laying the groundwork for an exchange that could be operated by Kansans, for Kansans. Her staff had prepared an application that would have enabled Kansas to fill the roles of plan management and consumer assistance. Kansas would have received federal funds to spend on creating the partnership exchange, but only if Brownback supported the application for the funds and the 2013 Legislature au-

Brownback’s rejections for a self-directed plan will give Kansas the least attractive opportunities in the health insurance exchange market. thorized their expenditure.

Bye-bye. Kansas will have to live with the federal exchange.

Apparently the governor is sticking us with the least palatable alternative, probably deliberately.

His explanation rings hollow.

“My administration will not partner with the federal government to create a state-federal partnership insurance exchange because we will not benefit from it, and implementing it could cost Kansas taxpayers millions of dollars,” he said.

So Kansas will get the federal exchange. The expectation is that the default benchmark plan for Kansas now will be the largest health plan by enrollment in the state’s small group market. This is the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Comprehensive Major Medical-Blue Choice PPO product, amended to meet all the “essential health benefits” mandated by the federal plan. For plan years 2016 and beyond, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will revisit the “essential

health benefits” benchmark approach to ensure that the EHB continues to reflect appropriate medical practices and insurance market protocol.

As William Allen White, the Emporia editor wrote in 1896 in his famous screed, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”: “Go east and you hear them laugh at Kansas; go west and they sneer at her; go south and they cuss her; go north and they have forgotten her. Go into any crowd of intelligent people gathered anywhere on the globe, and you will find the Kansas man on the defensive. The newspaper columns and magazines once devoted to praise of her, to boastful facts and startling figures concerning her resources, are now filled with cartoons, jibes and Pefferian speeches. Kansas just naturally isn’t in it. She has traded places with Arkansas and Timbuctoo.”

If he came back today, White might conclude that little has changed.

— The Lawrence Journal-World

States that threaten recession feed from US trough the most WASHINGTON — President Obama’s opponents have unwittingly come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”

They want to secede from the union.

If Obama were serious about being a good steward of the nation’s finances, he’d let them.

The White House, in one of those astro-turf efforts that make people feel warm about small-d democracy, launched a “We the People” program on its website last year, allowing Americans to petition their government for a redress of grievances. Any petition that receives 25,000 or more signatures within 30 days is promised a response (though not necessarily a favorable one) from the Obama administration.

And so a large number of patriotic Americans, mostly from states won by Mitt Romney last week, have petitioned the White House to let them secede. They should be careful about what they wish for. It would be excellent financial news for those of us left behind if Obama were to grant a number of the rebel states their wish “to withdraw from the United States and create (their) own NEW government” (the petitions emphasize “new” by capitalizing it).

Red states receive, on average, far more from the federal govern-

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group ment in expenditures than they pay in taxes. The balance is the opposite in blue states. The secession petitions, therefore, give the opportunity to create what would be, in a fiscal sense, a far more perfect union.

Among those states with large numbers of petitioners asking out: Louisiana (more than 28,000 signatures at midday Tuesday), which gets about $1.45 in federal largess for every $1 it pays in taxes; Alabama (more than 20,000 signatures), which takes $1.71 for every $1 it puts in; South Carolina (26,000), which takes $1.38 for its dollar; and Missouri (22,000), which takes $1.29 for its dollar.

Since the effort gained attention this week, copycats in all but a few states have joined the petition drive. To be fair, White House officials could refuse the secession petitions of states Obama won, such as New York (which gets only 79 cents on its tax dollar), Michigan (85 cents) and Colorado (79 cents).

What would be left is a Confederacy of Takers, including relatively poor states such as Alaska, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

One of the few would-be Confederacy members that pays more than it receives is Texas, which because of oil money is close to break-even at 94 cents of benefits for its tax dollar. (The statistics, from an analysis of tax and revenue data by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, were published in 2006, but the broad pattern doesn’t vary much over time.)

Depending on how aggressive a fiscal hawk he wishes to be, Obama could also try to offload onto the Confederacy of the Takers North and South Dakota and Montana ($1.73, $1.49 and $1.58 in benefits, respectively), but this would probably only work if Canada agreed to allow overflight rights for American aircraft to reach the West Coast states of Washington, Oregon and California (88 cents, 97 cents and 79 cents on their tax dollars, respectively).

Possibly, the new United States would need to negotiate certain protectorates in the Confederacy — Austin, New Orleans, South Florida and the like — the way the British did in Hong Kong.

Then there is the awkward matter of what the breakaway nation would do to its poor.

... Would-be rebels from the red states should keep in mind during the coming budget battle that those who are most ardent about cutting government spending tend to come from parts of the country that most rely on it.

But once the handout states left the union (and took with them a proportionate share of the federal debt), the rest of the country could enjoy lower taxes and the high level of government service typical of the Northeast, the Great Lakes and the West Coast.

There would also be nonfinancial benefits. Tampa’s Central Command, now caught up in the David Petraeus sex scandal, would be the new nation’s problem. And the exit of a number of Southern representatives from Congress would give Democrats a solid governing majority.

Of course, secession isn’t as

easy or as painless as an electronic petition, and Obama couldn’t offer a redress of these petitioners’ grievances even if he wanted to. Nor should he want to: The Union of the Makers would be fiscally healthy but spiritually poor without the Confederacy of the Takers.

Yet would-be rebels from the red states should keep in mind during the coming budget battle that those who are most ardent about cutting government spending tend to come from parts of the country that most rely on it.

Dana Milbank’s email address is danamilbank@washpost.com.

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Sports

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Heisman hopeful finds fraternal inspiration

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Every week, the pressure on Collin Klein becomes a little more oppressive.

The senior quarterback has No. 2 Kansas State atop the BCS standings with two games standing in the way of likely playing for a national title. Klein’s the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, the poster boy for the program and this week the cover boy for Sports Illustrated.

It’s enough to make even the most ardent Bill Snyder disciple lose focus.

Whenever that focus starts to wane or the spotlight shines so brightly that Klein can hardly see, the star player turns to his closest confidant for a sympathetic ear.

It happens to be his younger

Collin Klein brother, Kyle.

And he happens to be his teammate.

Dickey, Price win Cy Young Awards NEW YORK (AP) — R.A. Dickey languished in the minors for 14 years, bouncing from one team to another before finally perfecting that perplexing knuckleball that made him a major league star.

David Price was the top pick in the draft and an ace by age 25, throwing 98 mph heat with a left arm live enough to make the most hardened scout sing.

Raised only R. A. Dickey 34 miles apart in central Tennessee, Dickey and Price won baseball’s Cy Young awards on Wednesday — one by a wide margin, the other in a tight vote.

Two paths to the pantheon of pitching have rarely been more different.

“Isn’t that awesome?” said Dickey, the first knuckleballer to win a Cy Young. “It just shows you there’s not just one way to do it, and it gives hope to a lot of people.”

Dickey said he jumped up and yelled in excitement, scaring one of his kids, when he saw on television that Price edged Justin Verlander for the American League prize.

Both winners are represented

by Bo McKinnis, who watched the announcements with Dickey at his home in Nashville, Tenn.

“I guess we can call him Cy

agent now,” Price quipped on a conference call.

The hard-throwing lefty barely beat out Verlander in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, preventing the Detroit Tigers’ ace from winning consecutive Cy Youngs.

Runner-up two years ago, Price was the pick this time.

He received 14 of 28 first-place votes and finDavid Price ished with 153 points to 149 for Verlander, chosen first on 13 ballots.

“It means a lot,” Price said.

“It’s something that I’ll always have. It’s something that they can’t take away from me.”

Other than a 1969 tie between Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain, it was the closest race in the history of the AL award.

Rays closer Fernando Rodney got the other first-place vote and came in fifth.

The 38-year-old Dickey was listed first on 27 of 32 National League ballots and totaled 209 points, 113 more than 2011 winner Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Washington lefty Gio Gonzalez finished third.

Cincinnati right-hander Johnny Cueto and Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel each received a first-place vote, as did Gonzalez. Kershaw had two.

Sports calendar

Free softball clinic offered

Friday Jr. College Basketball Dodge City Classic ACC women vs. Dodge City, 6 p.m.

Iolans Keith Gurwell and Travis Weseloh will continue their annual tradition of offering free softball instruction to any girls ages 7 through 19.

The clinic runs from 1 to 3 p.m. every Sunday from November through April at the Allen Community College activities building (red barn).

The clinics will offer introdcution to basic and advanced skills in hitting, fielding and pitching.

For more information, call Gurwell at 228-9052 after 5 p.m. or Weseloh at 363-2891.

Thursday Jr. High Basketball Royster at IMS 7th, 8th grade girls, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday Jr. High Wrestling IMS at Coffeyville, 8:30 a.m.

Jr. High Basketball IMS Pony Stampede Iola 7th grade A team vs.

Chanute, 9 a.m., IMS gymnasium Iola 7th grade B team vs.

Chanute, 9 a.m., Iola High gymnasium Semifinal, third-place and championship games TBD Jr. College Basketball Hutchinson at ACC men, 7 p.m.

Dodge City Classic ACC women vs. Garden City, 2 p.m.

Tuesday Jr. College Basketball Butler Co. at ACC, women, 6 p.m., men 8 p.m.

“I mean, no doubt about it, other than my wife, he’s my best friend,” Klein said during an interview with The Associated Press. “There’s obviously a businesslike mentality for both of us when we’re on the field, but it’s still totally a brotherly connection as well.”

The truth is that they are rarely on the field together.

The elder Klein has become one of the biggest names in college football, his face popping up everywhere. His younger brother is a backup wide receiver who redshirted last season, and who has yet to catch a pass during his freshman year with the Wildcats.

But the bond that holds them together extends far enough beyond the field. Kyle is one of the first people Collin seeks when he needs a sounding board. Their relation-

ship takes the notion of a brotherhood in the locker room to a literal level, one that is rare in the highstakes world of college football, where scholarships aren’t handed out to the undeserving.

“It’s truly been a blessing when it worked out that he was able to come and play here,” Collin Klein said.

In a coincidence bordering on absurd, the Kleins are just one of four sets of brothers on the roster for the Wildcats (10-0, 7-0 Big 12), who play at Baylor on Saturday.

Senior Anthony Cantele, a Lou Groza Award semifinalist, has been passing along his knowledge to Jack Cantele, a redshirt freshman kicker. Wide receiver Curry Sexton, a key contributor on the Wildcats’ prolific offense, is the brother of Collin Sexton, a redshirt freshman. Senior lineback-

er Jared Loomis’ brother, Evan Loomis, is also a wide receiver.

Snyder, the Wildcats’ longtime coach, said there isn’t necessarily rhyme or reason to the recruitment of brothers. It’s one of those quirks that just tend to happen. But he also realizes the benefits to having siblings on the roster.

“Maybe there could be cantankerous relationships or close relationships, or the combination of both,” he said, “but regardless of how you grow up, there’s a family affection that exists, where you truly care about each other. It’s a joy for them to have the opportunity to be together.”

That’s certainly true in the case of the Klein brothers from Loveland, Colo.

They were both home-schooled, See KLEIN | Page B2

IMS SUCCESS

Ponies do well at Indy meet

Register/Richard Luken

Iola Middle School’s Seth Sanford, above at top, and Kendall Jay, below, went 3-0 and 2-1, respectively, in their wrestling matches Monday in Independence.

INDEPENDENCE — Iola Middle School’s wrestling continues to taste more success as its members gain more experience on the wrestling mat.

The Ponies traveled to Independence Monday, where they won a combined eight matches on the day.

Leading the way was Seth Sanford, who won all three of his matches, head coach Cameron Jesseph said.

Kendall Jay and Colten Toney both won two of their three matchs, with both of Jay’s wins coming from pinning his opponents.

R.J. Holding split a pair of matches. Blake Mittelmeier and Isaiah Wicoff both went 0-3 on the day.

“They wrestled really well,” Jesseph said of Mittelmeier and Wicoff. “They did everything right. They just fell short.”

“Each wrestler is improving every day,” Jesseph continued. “Inexperience is the only downfall for this group.”

Red Devil men end lengthy road stint with loss PRATT — Offensive struggles early and late did in Allen Community College’s men Tuesday.

The Red Devils failed to score in their first six minutes Tuesday at Pratt Community College.

Allen eventually righted its

ship, and took the lead early in the second half, but the offense went stagnant again late.

Untimely turnovers and bad shot selections did in the Red Devils, head coach Andy Shaw said, as Pratt emerged with a 73-

64 victory.

The loss drops Allen to 2-4 on the season. After opening the 2012-13 campaign with six consecutive road games, the Red Devils begin a stretch of eight consecutive home games at 7 p.m. Satur-

day against Hutchinson Community College.

Andrew Rountree paced the Red Devils with 20 points with three steals and two blocks on defense.

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Cameron Blue followed with 12 points and nine rebounds, while DeAndrae Barnette chipped in with 10 points and five rebounds. Ricky Roberts also had five boards.

Pratt led 26-23 at the break.

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and that meant endless hours spent together. They have a lot of the same interests, a similar work ethic, hopes and desires. Kyle Klein admitted to being the more impulsive of the two, but there are far more similarities than differences.

They squabble, of course.

“But I honestly can’t remember the last time,” said Kyle Klein, who even looks like his big brother. “We had a lot of playful fights, wrestling in the backyard, but in terms of swinging at each other, I don’t remember. It’s been a long time.”

It’s more likely that they’ll come out swinging in each other’s defense.

After Collin Klein sustained a mild concussion a couple weeks ago against Oklahoma State, knocking him out of the game, it was his brother who quickly approached the star quarterback on the sideline to make sure that everything was going to be OK. “I was somewhat worried about him, obviously, whenever someone gets dinged up,” Kyle Klein said.

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The elder Klein was back under center last week, leading Kansas State to a workmanlike 23-10 win over TCU that kept their perfect season intact. And when top-ranked Alabama fell to Texas A&M, one of the biggest obstacles on the road to the BCS championship game was eliminated.

So the pressure will only continue to mount on the Wildcats.

The scrutiny is growing with each day that passes, one slip-up along the way potentially ruining a lifetime worth of work.

It’s enough to make the hardiest of players sweat.

Good thing Collin Klein has one of his closest confidants close at hand.

“He’s always right there,” Klein said of his young brother. “He’s one of the most loyal people you’ll ever meet.”

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States face Friday deadline on health insurance exchanges WASHINGTON — With the prospect of outright repeal all but gone, the nation’s health care overhaul is proceeding, and states that once resisted the politically divisive law now must decide how to implement its most innovative aspect: the online health insurance shopping malls known as exchanges.

Beginning next year, the law requires states to establish Internet marketplaces in which individuals can compare and purchase private health insurance or, if eligible, enroll in public Medicaid coverage.

States that want to run their own exchanges without federal involvement have until Friday to notify the Department of Health and Human Services, but they get until Dec. 14 to provide the details.

“We expect that they (the department) will be very flexible with states and try to give them as much leeway as possible, both to move forward with an

exchange if they miss the deadlines and also to make any modifications after that deadline,” said Caroline Pearson, the health reform director for Avalere Health, a Washington health care consulting firm. “So I do expect there’ll be a fair amount of flux.”

Small businesses also will use the exchanges to offer their employees a choice of coverage plans at group rates under the law’s Small Business Health Options Program.

Federal tax credits tied to income will help many shoppers pay for coverage on the exchange. Further, competition among insurers and a groundswell of customers are expected to keep premiums in check when enrollment in the exchanges begins next October and coverage takes effect in January 2014.

The law, which critics have derisively referred to as “Obamacare,” requires all Americans to have health insurance in 2014 or pay a fine.

More than 9 million people are expected to get cover-

age through the exchanges in 2014, and 25 million in 2017, according to Avalere’s projections.

Many states that opposed the health care overhaul didn’t prepare for the exchanges, hoping that a Mitt Romney presidential victory and a Republican takeover of the Senate would deal the law a death blow. But President Barack Obama won and Democrats expanded their Senate majority, injecting it with new strength and forcing resistant states to fall in line.

On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican critic, said he now wanted to negotiate with the Obama administration, after previously blocking all advance work on an exchange for his state.

“The election is over and President Obama won,” Scott told The Associated Press. “I’m responsible for the families of Florida. ... If I can get to ‘yes,’ I want to get to ‘yes.’”

States may operate and administer their exchanges themselves or in partner-

“ We expect that they (the department) will

be very flexible with states and try to give them as much leeway as possible, both to move forward with an exchange if they miss the deadline and also to make any modifications after that deadline. So I do expect there’ll be a fair amount of flux.

— Caroline Pearson, the health reform director for Avalere Health, a Washington health care consulting firm.

ship with the HHS. While the numbers might change, at least 14 states and the District of Columbia will have state-run exchanges, according to Avalere. California was the first state to pass legislation creating an exchange. The others are Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

States that run their own exchanges have the authority to make operational decisions on how they’ll be built, who builds them and what

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health plans will be featured.

In partnership exchanges, states divide operational and management responsibilities with the federal government.

Not every state is moving aggressively.

At least 11 that opposed the health care law probably will end up with federal insurance exchanges run entirely by Washington.

Among them are Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas and Alaska, the only state not to accept $1 million in federal seed money to study building its own exchange.

Brett Graham, the managing director at Leavitt Partners, which advises Republican-led states on the health care law, said control was “really critical when you start thinking about your individual (state) insurance market.” Otherwise, the federal government regulates the local insurance market.

“So you’ve ceded that to them,” he said.

But even with the federal government’s new flexibility on deadlines, it may be too late for states such as Florida and Wisconsin to develop state-run systems now.

“They may have waited to the point where they need to start being realistic and quickly move toward other options, so they don’t find themselves in a federally facilitated exchange,” Graham said.

These states may be better served in a partnership exchange, in which they could control decisions on planning and contracting while leaving eligibility and enrollment issues to the federal government, Pearson said.

Israel launches massive attack on Gaza Strip than 20 wounded in airstrikes.

Medics at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital identified one of those killed as a 5-year-old girl.

“We don’t know where to run. Every neighborhood is being hit now, every area,” Mazar Abu Hizma, a 31-year-old father of two, told McClatchy Newspapers by phone. “My children are crying, my wife is crying, but we don’t know where to run. We don’t know where is safe.”

Dubbed Operation Pillar of Defense, the assault was the toughest Israeli military action in Gaza in four years.

Israeli military officials said the campaign could contin-

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The assault drew international reaction, with Egypt recalling its ambassador to Israel in protest, while the United States blamed Hamas for triggering the violence and backed Israel.

“We support Israel’s right to defend itself, and we encourage Israel to continue to take every effort to avoid civilian casualties,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement.

There were concerns that the violence could spiral, with Israel facing renewed threats on its northern and

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southern borders. Militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula fired several rockets into Israel this morning. Earlier this week, Syrian mortar fire landed in Israel, leading Israel to retaliate and hit a Syrian army post.

Israeli officials didn’t divulge the campaign’s precise goals, but their comments suggested that Israel intended to weaken Hamas, whose Gaza government has been receiving wider recognition recently, including an unprecedented

visit last month by the emir of Qatar.

“We need to solve the ‘Hamas problem’ in Gaza,” said a senior official of the Israel Defense Forces in southern Israel, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity.

The opening shots of the new campaign targeted Ahmed Jabari, the leader of Hamas’ military wing. He was killed while he was traveling with his bodyguard in a gray Kia Cerato on a narrow street in Gaza City. Within the hour, at least four other

targets in Gaza were hit.

Militants in Gaza vowed to retaliate with volleys of missiles, prompting Israeli officials to close schools and public offices in southern Israel indefinitely and to urge civilians to stay close to bomb shelters. Residents of southern Israeli cities reported that air raid sirens could be heard late into the night. At least one volley of missiles was fired in the direction of Dimona, the site of one of Israel’s nuclear reactors.

FDA seeks greater regulatory control

By MICHAEL MUSKAL Los Angeles Times

The Food and Drug Administration is seeking greater authority to regulate drug makers such as the Massachusetts company that produced steroid injections tied to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis, officials said Wednesday at a congressional hearing in which one of the company's owners invoked his constitutional rights and refused to testify.

Barry Cadden, a co-founder of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., briefly appeared before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee hearing. In a dramatic moment during the televised proceeding, Cadden refused to discuss his company's role in an outbreak that has killed at least 32 people.

“Under advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer under basis of my constitutional rights and privileges, including the Fifth Amendment,” Cadden said citing his right to avoid selfincrimination.

Cadden's move had been expected because his attorney, in a letter to the committee, noted ongoing state and federal investigations into the company prevented Cad-

den from testifying. Cadden “strongly desires” to speak, his attorney, Bruce A. Singal, wrote.

“

This is the worst and most tragic case and should be the last. It should be a wakeup call that there is a gap in regulatory oversight. We really need strong, clear and appropriate legislation.

— Margaret Hamburg, FDA head

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By Sheera Frenkel McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft and warships struck dozens of targets across the Gaza Strip Wednesday morning in the opening hours of what military officials in Jerusalem said could be a days-long military operation. The attacks left at least one senior Hamas leader dead and terrorized tens of thousands of Gaza residents in the strip’s densely populated urban centers.

Palestinian medics reported that at least seven people had been killed and more

Congress is investigating the outbreak. There was a bipartisan sentiment that action needs to be taken to strengthen the hand of federal regulators in dealing with companies such as New England Compounding Center, whose activities are regulated by the state, even though its products are sold nationwide. It is unlikely, however, that Congress will deal with the issue in the current lame-duck session, which will focus on tax and

spending issues.

“I was stunned and angered to learn that an inspection of the NECC by the FDA and the Mass Board over 10 years ago identified contamination in the very same drug at issue in the current outbreak,” Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said.

“Ten years later, we are in the midst of an unthinkable, worst-case scenario.”

FDA head Margaret Hamburg agreed with the scale of the problem.

“This is the worst and most tragic case and should be the last,” she said of the meningitis outbreak. “It should be a wake-up call that there is a gap in regulatory oversight.

We really need strong, clear and appropriate legislation.

We can't have a crazy quilt,” she said of different rules in different states.

Under current policies, a compounding, or specialty pharmacy is regulated by the state where it operates.

A compounder traditionally responds to a doctor's request and produces the needed medication. A manufacturer makes large quantities of a drug in the expectation of a need or a market and is subject to federal regulation.

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By ANITA KUMAR McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after winning re-election to a second term, President Barack Obama will embark on a four-day, threenation trip to Southeast Asia as he continues to try to leave his imprint on a region increasingly influenced by China.

Obama will meet with leaders in Thailand, attend the East Asia Summit in Cambodia and become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, where he will praise the nation’s shift from military rule to fledgling democracy.

The president, who spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, took office four years ago with a pledge to concentrate on Asia, which he said his predecessor neglected. Although the war in Afghanistan and unrest in the Middle East continue to dominate U.S. foreign policy, Obama signaled earlier this year that he will shift some focus to a region with major challenges and opportunities for the United States. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also will be in the area this week.

Obama’s recent shift is, in part, a response to China’s growing economic and military influence. His trip comes just before China begins its first leadership change in a decade.

“The context for the trip is the pivot to Asia,” said Michael Green, senior vice president for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “In some ways, the three countries that he will visit ... they’re sort of the three troubled children of the pivot. Each has a complicated relationship with the U.S. and with China.”

Obama’s trip comes days after Congress begins debating possible ways to avert spending cuts and tax increases that could throw the economy back into a recession, and after his CIA director abruptly resigned amid a

sex scandal that has widened to possibly taint the Marine general who commands U.S.led forces in Afghanistan.

Obama had planned to travel to Asia whether or not he won last week’s election against Republican Mitt Romney, but some question whether he should be leaving Washington right now.

White House press secretary Jay Carney defended the president’s trip, saying Obama will meet with congressional leaders Friday, the day before he flies to Asia, and that he will be engaged in important work overseas expanding U.S. trade and economic ties and supporting democracy.

“The president’s trip to Asia will be an opportunity to build on our successful efforts to refocus on the Asia Pacific as the most rapidly growing and dynamic region in the world,” he told reporters. “The positive economic impact of doing that will be felt for years to come and is elemental to the kind of economic growth that this president foresees for the American economy in the 21st century.”

The part of Obama’s trip that will receive the most attention is his historic visit to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, a nation that was under military rule for five decades until the ruling junta was dissolved in 2011 following an election. Earlier this year, Clinton became the first secretary of state in five decades to visit Myanmar after a year of political reforms that led the United States to lift sanctions and appoint a full ambassador to the nation.

Obama will deliver a speech on democracy and meet with President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was imprisoned for nearly 15 years until 2010 and now serves in the parliament. A globally recognized activist, Suu Kyi was in the United States in September, when she met with Obama and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

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Skin/muscle illness a serious disorder Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: About four months

ago, my 39-year-old retired Marine son was diagnosed with dermatomyositis. He had always been very healthy, and he used to run six or seven miles a day to stay in shape. Now he can barely get up from a sitting position.

He has a rash that covers his body. Can this disease be controlled by medicines that don’t have severe side effects?

Any information you can give will be helpful. — J.R. Answer: The “derm” of dermatomyositis (DUR-muhtoe-MY-oh-SITE-iss) refers to skin; the “myo,” to muscles; and the “itis” to inflammation. Skin changes include a purple-red discoloration of the eyelids and the skin around the eyes. The skin can have a flat, red rash on the face and upper trunk.

The knuckles may be covered with scaly, red patches.

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might be affected.

Laboratory tests help confirm the diagnosis. One test is the CPK test, a test that indicates muscle involvement.

A muscle biopsy provides information that establishes the diagnosis without doubt.

Initial treatment consists of high doses of cortisone drugs. Cortisone drugs in high doses have a long list of possible unpleasant side effects. One effect, however, is germane to this illness. They usually control all the terrible symptoms of this malady.

Azathioprine and methotrexate may be added to the program so the dose of cortisone can be reduced.

Once the initial and formidable symptoms come under

control, a program of physical rehabilitation restores muscle strength, and the patient is able to return to a normal life. How long this takes is unpredictable. Your son’s excellent health before this struck is greatly in his favor.

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man who has, all of a sudden in the five or six months before June, had peculiar changes in my hands and fingers. They turned white and would tingle.

I am a professional clarinet player, and this causes me problems. A doctor told me I would have worse problems if I took drugs. Please help.

— G.B.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Answer: What was the diagnosis the doctor gave you?

Some of what you said makes me think of Raynaud’s syndrome. In this, the fingers blanch on exposure to cold. The arteries have clamped down so hard that no blood circulates to the fingers. They turn white and can hurt. Most people with Raynaud’s will have a second color change after the white appears. The fingers then turn blue as all oxygen leaves the blood. Then when the arteries open up again, the inrushing blood causes them to turn red. Some people, however, have only the white change of artery clamping.

Anything that keeps the fingers warm stops this from happening. Gloves, for instance, are a worthwhile investment. Making windmills with the arms forces blood to the fingers. My diagnosis is nothing more than a far-out guess. The fact that warm weather led to a disappearance of symptoms made me think of Raynaud’s.

Bailing out of a vacation, losing a friend Dear Carolyn: I really hurt my friend of 20-plus years when I backed out of a group vacation at the last minute. I e-mailed what I thought was a truly apologetic explanation, offering to try to make it up. I should have called, but I feared a bad reaction on my friend’s part, which is exactly what happened.

She flipped out and became very emotional, quickly sending a very raw e-mail and voice mail that frightened me in their intensity.

I’ve apologized again, asked to get together to talk about what happened, tried to have some light communication, but I’m being shut out.

It’s been six weeks. This vacation excepted, I have always been there for this friend through many trying times. Now I’m the one who’s hurt by not having my appeals for forgiveness accepted. Am I still in the wrong, or is my friend being as irrational as I feel she is?

Answer: The e-mail was

a truly terrible idea, as you say, and “light communication” was probably a “don’t” as well.

Her refusal to hear you out, especially after all those years of friendship — that’s on her.

I’m not saying this to minimize your loss, just to put it

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Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax in context: The implosion was probably inevitable, unless you somehow managed to do and say all the right things in perpetuity around this volatile friend.

So while I can see why you feel hurt, I think that misplaces the blame. “Hurt” suggests she’s harming you personally, with intent, where I’d argue she is simply unable to get over herself.

I do think a one-last-time

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, November 15, 2012) BOARD VACANCY NOTICE

call is appropriate. Explain to her (i.e., her voice mail) that you regret e-mailing, since you should have called; that you’re sorry you let her down on the vacation, although you didn’t do it lightly; that you value this

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