Month: August 2011

Dear Editor, A green expert said if you like acid rain, coal-powered plants are the ones you want.Those who are non-green on things are usually asking for trouble. Like those in years gone by thought…

Washington, D.C. officials want the home of the nation’s capital to become an Internet gambling hub. If they are successful in overcoming the legal barriers, every computer would become a casino, a poker parlor and…

Rep. Michele Bachmann won by a hair, though it be long and brown, at Saturday’s straw poll in Ames, Iowa. That she bested a slate of nine men, attests to the tenacity of which she…

Today is a big day for Kansas  City Royals’ top draft choice, Bubba Starling. Starling  has to make a life-changing decision today.The Kansas multi-sport star who graduated from Gardner-Edgerton High School has had all summer…

Memories compose the fabric of a family.Judy McGraw is preserving her family’s memories through her decorative hand-sewn quilts.“My mother taught me how to quilt. I remember when I was 13 we were working on a…

Rosie’s Cabin in Uniontown was the 4:30 p.m. June 4 setting for the wedding of Julie Ann Hartman and Clifton Dakota “Kody” Heskett, Moran. Chaplain Lloyd Houk performed the ceremony.The bride is the daughter of…

To the forum:First thing I want to say is that we have had several occasions to use both the city and county ambulance services during the past five or so years.We could not have asked…

Iola High’s cross country team’s first practice will not by Monday as reported in the Register Thursday.IHS cross country head coach Marvin Smith has changed it to Tuesday evening. He said he had to be…

Jerrik Sigg and Levi Ashmore were named to the 2011 Kansas Amateur Baseball Association (KABA) All-League team recently. The team was selected by KABA coaches.The KABA is an American Legion baseball league.Sigg was named to…