Month: October 2011

Steve Jobs was having lunch with Rupert Murdock, the media mogul. “Rupert,” Jobs is supposed to have said, “you’ve got it wrong. The new axis is not conservative versus liberal. It’s constructive versus destructive. And…

Jerrik Sigg, Iola High senior tailback, has a few more yards than the Register reported in Saturday’s record-breaking performance from last Thursday.The Register found out from IHS head coach Rick Horton that Sigg had 967…

WAMEGO — On a picture-perfect fall day in late October, Zach Louk ran his final high school race, his way.“I planned to run it just like I did,” Louk said after finishing 12th in the…

Courtney Lair, daughter of Greg and Judy Lair, Piqua, was honored during Kansas State University’s weekend homecoming activities with the Young Professional Award.The award is given to honor significant contributions in human ecology by a…

Sign-up for those seeking assistance through Adopt-A-Child, one of Iola’s largest Christmas charity ventures, runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church.Any Allen County family that receives assistance from the Kansas…

With scores of youngsters darting about in Iola’s Recreation Community Building Saturday, just as many had a devil of a time enjoying outdoor activities.An elaborate hay bale maze set up as part of the annual…

Delbert L. Smith, 96, rural Neosho Falls, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.He was born Jan. 24, 1915, in Mapleton, the son of Willard L. and Bertha Mae (Delzell)…

Delbert L. Smith, 96, of rural Neosho Falls died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Windsor Place in Iola.Information about his life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel…

Helen Louise Burton, 76, of Independence died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Independence.She was born Jan. 23, 1935, in Iola, to Arthur Dean and Goldie Leora (Vest) Mangus. She grew up in…

Joe Church, 88, of Colony died at his home on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.Joe was born two miles north of Lone Elm on March 15, 1923, the youngest child of Arthur and Ruth (Marshall) Church.…