Month: August 2015

After serving as Allen’s assistant coach for five years, Whitney Shaw was finally able to celebrate her first victory as a collegiate head coach on Monday night — in a high school gym.Although the Red…

One plausible way of improving the civic energy in a small town is to encourage its sons and daughters — once grown — to go out into the world, marry outsiders, and then bring those…

Marjorie Marie Kramer, 92, of rural Iola, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Marjorie was born March 1, 1923, in Denoya, Okla. She graduated from Yates Center High School and…

Piece by piece, Islamic terrorists are destroying the world’s most ancient treasures. Considered the cradle of civilization, the Middle East is being pillaged by Islamic State extremists who regard the preservation of the region’s relics…

The Allen Community College men’s squad started off its 2015 regular season on a sour note Saturday.The Red Devils fell 4-0 to Blue River Community College on the road in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.Coach Doug Desmarteau,…

After the Red Devils finished up their two-game preseason schedule with zero goals, coach Jeremy McGinnis made his goal for Saturday simple: Get on the board.So before the regular season kicked off, the third-year head…

Of all the work Reine Loflin has put into her fledgling teaching career, she noted one aspect that was notably absent from her training — addressing colleagues who formerly were her instructors.“It’s a little adjustment,”…

Iola High School’s new family and consumer sciences teacher, Sharon Frankenbery, decided early on that, unlike the bevy of other women in her family, she wouldn’t end up a teacher.Interested in clothing from the start,…

Tara Gardens’ days are numbered.The Iola residential care facility will close its doors for good Sept. 30.Many of the residents are being relocated to Greystone Residential Care — formerly Fountain Villa — at 2620 N.…

Donald Lloyd “Don” Northcutt, 77, Gas, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at his home.Don was born March 2, 1938, in Iola, the son of Lloyd Sanford and Mamie Pearl (Gregg) Northcutt. He grew up…