The Iola High School Class of 1998 is seeking information about classmates for its 20th reunion in August. Information is needed about classmates who have not been in contact with the reunion committee.
The reunion is planned for Aug. 11, with families invited to join at Elks Lake from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. at Rookies Bar & Grill.
To provide details about classmates or for more information, call Carri at 702-628-2309 or email carricampbell@yahoo.com.
Doors taken
Michael L. Garver told Iola police officers Saturday somebody stole a pair of Jeep Wrangler doors from the 1100 block of East Street.
Vehicles collide
Jeralyn K. Walters, 74, was eastbound on Breckenridge Street Friday, when she collided with a car driven by Irene L. Wallace, 77, who was southbound on Buckeye Street. Neither driver was injured. Iola police officers said Walters failed to yield at the intersection.
Pickups collide
Orion C. Nicholas, 18, was northbound in a pickup in the 600 block of North State Street Sunday, when he improperly turned to enter the outside lane, officers said. His pickup collided with another northbound pickup driven by Johnathan B. Hartman, 19. Neither driver was hurt, nor was a passenger riding with Nicholas.
Driver crashes
Kim L. Fishback, 45, was westbound on Patterson Avenue the evening of July 5, when she accelerated past the Marshmallow Lane stop sign and T intersection, traveling roughly 150 yards into an adjacent soybean field. Iola police officers said Fishback apparently blacked out while driving. She was not injured.
Iola Amateur Radio Club members discussed several topics Thursday at their regular monthly meeting at City Hall.
Gale Jeffers and Ralph Romig talked about IARCs participation in an amateur ham radio field day June 23 and 24 in LaHarpe. The event drew participants from Iola, LaHarpe, Garnett, Lone Elm and Welda.
Club members made a donation to the Masonic lodges school bus races scheduled for Sept. 1 at Humboldt Speedway.
A Joplin ham radio hamfest is set for Aug. 24 and 25 at the Jack Lawton Webb Convention Center. Advance admission is $8. The price is $10 at the door.
Members tabled discussions on storm spotting and other fall events.
The next meeting is at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at City Hall.
The Allen County Farmers Market and Allen County Animal Rescue Facility have been awarded public health grants offered up by Your Community Foundation.
Each organization will receive $1,250, YCF announced in a Monday press release.
The grants are offered to organization that tie into public health needs.
The Farmers Market funds will cover expenses to teach a series of nutritional classes through the Southwind Extension Service on how to use food purchased at the market.
The donation to ACARF will offset the cost of spaying and neutering animals owned by people who cannot afford to pay for their surgeries.
The grant program is made possible by the endowed funds at YCF, through accrued intreest and matching funds from the GROW II Grant.
For more informaiton, visit Your Community Foundations Facebook page or www.givingmakesadifference.com.
Jewell Francis Springston, 91, Iola, died at her home on Saturday, July 14, 2018. A funeral service honoring Jewells life will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 301 E. Madison Ave., Iola. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery, Iola. Memorials are suggested to the Iola Senior Center Card Club, and may be left at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola. Condolences for the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
Benefits for Sherry Herder
Humboldt Golf Course Clubhouse
Saturday, July 21st
300 Franklin St., Humboldt, KS
Sherry is a lifetime community member that owns Sherrys Dog Grooming in Chanute, KS. She has been diagnosed with colon cancer and will be undergoing chemotherapy for 6 months and will be unable to work during that time.
Open House
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
There will be donated items for raffles and silent auction.
Refreshments will be provided Need not be present to win. Donations may be sent to Mindy McCall PO BOX 272, Humboldt, KS. Make checks payable to Humboldt Golf Association.
100% of proceeds will go to the Herder Family.
Golf Tournament
9 a.m. Tee Time. Limited teams and carts 2-man teams – $100 per team – $50 per person
For more information on the golf tournament contact: Steven Lucke at (620) 473-0166 James Works at (620) 704-9650 Beto Melendez (620) 875-5532
Lunch provided for golfers.
The regular monthly meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club took place on July 2. The meeting was called to order by president Annika Hobbs.
Members sang the tulip song to start the meeting.
The moneymaking committee reported on the club T-shirt design and progress of the sponsorship drive. Shirt sizes of all members are needed before the order is placed.
Luke Wicoff taught the club how to make pig food, a tasty snack mix, and members made the mix during recreation time.
Members are reminded that the Allen County Fair is at the end of the month. Prairie Dell club members are responsible for picking up trash at the fair on July 29 at 3 p.m. The Friends of 4-H picnic is July 24 at 6 p.m. at the Iola High School. Each family is to bring one dozen cookies to share.
The next meeting is August 6 at 6 p.m., the club is meeting at Heartland Meadows to share their fair projects with the residents.
Emilia Wilkerson, reporter
PARIS (AP) With the golden World Cup trophy in hand, Frances victorious national team is returning home to a grand Merci! from a grateful nation that was sorely in need of a boost.
Eternal Happiness said Mondays headline in the sports daily LEquipe, summing up the mood of many who hope this euphoria will last for months even years.
France was preparing to welcome home the national soccer team Monday for a victory lap down the grand Champs-Elysees, the grand Paris avenue where hundreds of thousands thronged after the teams 4-2 victory Sunday over Croatia to capture the trophy.
That will be followed by a reception at the presidential palace, with hundreds of guests, including people from soccer clubs known to the French players, like that of the poor suburb of Bondy, where 19-year-old star Kylian Mbappe grew up.
Several Paris Metro stations are temporarily adjusting their names to honor the team and its members, the transport authority tweeted. The Champs-Elysees Clemenceau has become the Deschamps-Elysees Clemenceau to honor national team coach Didier Deschamps.
The Etoiles station is for now On a 2 Etoiles (We have 2 stars), to denote Frances second World Cup victory, after one in 1998, while the Victor Hugo station is now Victor Hugo Lloris, after Frances standout goalie and team captain.
Celebrations were spread across the nation, and among still-dazed French players themselves.
We are linked for life now with this Cup, defender Raphael Varane told BFM-TV on Monday before departing for home from Moscow.
French President Emmanuel Macron exulted on the field in Moscow, hugging players as they received their medals even as the heavens opened up and poured down on everyone, and congratulating the players again in the locker room. He is clearly hoping the World Cup victory glow rubs off on him, raising him up in a nation that is fiercely protesting his economic reforms.
Its the players, though, who have captured the French imagination, a mostly youthful, diverse group that represents a generation which traditionalists have yet to come to terms with.
Sports Minister Laura Flessel told Europe-1 radio that the World Cup victory allows Frances youth like those in the poor suburbs where many of the players grew up to dare to believe in their dreams.
Joy over the victory brightened the Monday morning commute in Paris, with young people in cars still singing and shouting in celebration.
In the eastern Paris neighborhood of Belleville, with the Eiffel Tower visible in the far distance, Vincent Simon said, Both teams deserved to win. France won, and thats good for the country. That will do us good for some months.
Fellow Parisian Florian Scaven only caught glimpses of the World Cup final from the maternity ward, where his wife had a baby during the matched.
We vibrated with the horns in the street. We are happy. Long live France, he said.
The victory came at a time when many French were in need of good news.
It represents enormous things, said Goffrey Hamsik, dressed in a hat resembling a rooster the French national symbol and a shirt with Mbappes No. 10 number.
Weve had lots of problems in France these past years, he said, recalling deadly terror attacks. This is good for the morale … Here, we are all united. We mix. There is no religion, there is nothing, and thats what feels good.
Still, celebrations in France typically end up with a spate of violence by troublemakers, and Sunday was no exception.
Broken shop windows, pillage and other destruction lined a section of the Champs-Elysees, the postgame site for revelers. Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to end the violence.
French media reported that authorities detained 90 people for questioning in the Paris region and some 290 around France.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Air Force says McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita likely will receive its first KC-46 air refueling tanker by October.
Air Force official Will Roper said Friday flight testing to bring the tanker has been finished. McConnell, in southeast Wichita, will be the first base to receive the tanker that uses the Boeing 767 passenger airplane as its airframe.
The flight testing for the first delivery was completed July 6 in Seattle.
The Wichita Eagle reports the long-awaited tanker replaces the KC-135 air refueling tankers that dominate McConnells two air refueling wings, the 22nd and 931st Air Refueling Wings.
McConnell was designated as the first base to receive the tankers. Eventually, McConnell will have 36 KC-46s, replacing its aging fleet of KC-135s.
Nineteen members, two guests and one Cloverbud answered roll call at the July 8 meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club.
Patriotism was the theme for the evening.
Emily Smart, club president, led the business meeting. Officers and committee leaders reviewed dates, requirements and deadlines for the Allen County Fair.
Club members voted to tour the Allen County Historic museums for their 2018 education trip July 27. The event will be coordinated by Kim Yoho. Angelea Heim will coordinate the event for members Aug. 3.
The program began with a lively rendition of God Bless America, led by song leaders, Ty LaRue and Sophia Heim. Natalea Elmenhorst-Heins gave a demonstration on her sewing project for the Allen County Fair. Kaden McVey gave a project talk about his work with honey bees. Cooper Scharff demonstrated how to make homemade ice packs from household products.
The next meeting of the club will be Aug. 12 at the Moran Methodist Church. Members were reminded to send photos of project work to Jenni Armstrong, junior leader, who is compiling the yearly virtual tour. The American flag retirement ceremony will also be held that evening by club Junior Leaders. Ty Scharff, vice president