Month: August 2011
Disproportionate numbers at Jefferson, Lincoln, McKinley prompt change in policy USD 257 administrators hope to limit the overcrowding typically experienced at Lincoln and Jefferson elementary schools by updating student placement policy and demanding adherence…
Darrell Honas, 52, of Humboldt died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at his residence in Humboldt.Darrell was born Aug. 13, 1958, in Pittsburg, to Herman and Flo (Dinkel) Honas. He graduated from Chanute High School in…
Virginia A. Piatt, 81, of Arkansas City, mother of Martha (Marty) Meadows and her husband, David Sr., Iola, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at the Medicalodges of Arkansas City. Virginia was born June 4, 1930,…
Sonic owners have no intention of opening a drive-in in Neosho Falls, or any of many other small towns that dot the Kansas landscape.Population density and traffic volume are too sparse to make one profitable.Same…
Boys and girls, ages 11-14, wanting to play on a traveling soccer team have the opportunity to tryout for the Iola 14-and-under soccer team this weekend.On Saturday and Sunday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tryouts…
Check out of equipment for Iola Middle School football players is Thursday at the school.Eighth-grade players are to get their equipment at 4 p.m. followed by the seventh-grade players at 4:30 p.m.The first practice for…
Iola’s Take Charge! Challenge team is throwing a party to celebrate the area’s newest conservationist.Brian Pekarek, stepping into his role as USD 257 superintendent of schools in July, has a history of being a green-conscious…
Loretta Ellis’ bright smile will welcome 20-plus kindergarten students into her classroom next week at McKinley Elementary School.With her enthusiasm one would think she was a first-time teacher — instead of beginning her 34th year…
Many of the cases he prosecutes as Allen County’s new assistant attorney may seem a little pedestrian to Chris Phelan.Not so long ago Phelan, 36, was part of a two-man Coast Guard advisory team dropped…
