Dorothy Elaine Harris Weatherbie, 92, Kincaid, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at her home.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound. Visitation will be Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Moran. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound.
Rosanna Broughton
Rosanna R. Broughton, 92, a resident of Fort Scott, formerly Bronson, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 2, 1921, in Otterville County, Minn., the daughter of Fred and Nettie Schantz Sandon. She graduated from Hewitt High School in Minnesota.
She married Forrest Broughton on Feb. 16, 1946, in Minneapolis, Minn. He preceded her in death in 1994. Rosanna began working for the Moran newspaper as a linotype operator. She worked for the Bank of Bronson for many years in customer service. She later worked part time for the City of Bronson as an assistant clerk. She was a 50-year member of Eastern Star. She was an avid reader, often finishing an entire novel in one day. She also enjoyed working crossword puzzles. Her greatest joy came from spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include two sons, Kelley Broughton and wife Eva, Bronson, and Steve Broughton, Fort Scott; a daughter, Jeanette Nelson and Bob Werner, Minneapolis; two grandchildren, Miranda Simpson and husband Matt, Fort Scott, and Nathan Broughton, Bronson; five great-grandchildren, Emily, Kalen, Jezeriah, Chloe, and Chandler; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by many aunts and uncles.
There was cremation. Memorial graveside services for Rosanna Broughton will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Bronson Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Bronson Library and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Merla Temple
Merla Jean Booth Higgins Temple, Overland Park, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, as a result of complications with lymphoma. She was born in Iola on Jan. 14, 1939, to the late Wilbur and Telline Booth. Merla graduated from Iola High School in 1957 and attended St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Kansas City, Mo., where she obtained her degree as a registered nurse in 1960. She also obtained a bachelor’s degree in sociology and later her bachelor’s in music from Avila College in Kansas City.
Merla was a very accomplished pianist; had a deep appreciation for all of “the arts;” and was dedicated to life-long learning and the obsessive pursuit of knowledge about the wonderful world that surrounded her. She loved Kansas City, and spent her entire adult life enjoying its rich culture of art and music, and spent many days at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Merla also was very active in the development of Avila College’s music degree department. She served as the health director for the City of Raytown for a time and was an active member of the Village Presbyterian Church.
Merla is survived by her son, David Booth Higgins and his wife, Jill T. Higgins; two grandchildren, Adam and Melanie; her sister, Rose Zwerenz, MD; and friends that cherished her quick wit and love of the arts. Merla was laid to rest on Sept. 23, 2013, at Mt. Mariah next to her late husband, Colonel Jack W. Temple. In her memory and in lieu of flowers, please make donations to those organizations in Kansas City that support the arts.
Joseph John Olinger
Joseph John Olinger passed away Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Rogers Ark., after a brief illness. Joe was born Jan. 26, 1920, in Norman, Okla. to Chloe Fern (Ferrier) Olinger and Joseph Jackson Olinger. Cremation has taken place. A dual memorial service will be at a later date for Joe and his wife of 70 years, Imogene Mae Saar Olinger, who passed away in 2009.
Sergeant Joe proudly served in World War II in Italy and Germany with the 10th Mountain Division from 1942 to 1945. Honorably discharged, he was awarded the Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, EAME Medal and various other medals and service ribbons.
Joe was employed by Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Winfield, and Swift & Company, Kansas City, Kan. The Olinger family lived in Iola from 1949 to 1957.
Survivors are his daughter, L.J. (“Deanie”) Olinger, Leawood, and Rogers, Ark.; sons, Dan H. Olinger (Sue) and Douglas Olinger, Kansas City, Mo.; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Benton County Funeral Home.
Memorial donations may be sent to St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Backpack Program, 202 S. Walnut St., Iola, KS 66749 or the charity of your choice.
Job turns into sweet dreams
Maybe this is what happens when you’re been writing newspaper stories for more than 50 years, as I have.
I woke up the other night from a dream and before it evaporated realized I was dreaming in newspaper terms.
The dream had a lead paragraph, and then evolved in the customary inverted pyramid style, important things at the start with it finishing up with a few facts that could have been lopped off if the story were too long.
It had all the elements: who, what, where, why, when and how.
To be truthful I don’t remember what the dream was about, just its structure and that it fit nicely into what I learned in journalism classes at Pitt State, back when journalism 101 was all about newspaper reporting. Television and radio were step-kids, though soon to become more robust than we ever thought at the time.
Keep the lead to the point, avoid distractions, I remember Dick Korns telling me and a gaggle of other students eager to make their mark. Tell the story, but don’t pad it; even then readers were thought to have some urgency about finishing one story and moving on to the next.
Most of all be pertinent, he said.
And never, absolutely never, make up anything; be accurate to a fault. If you don’t know how to spell a person’s name with absolute certainty, check it out, he’d rail. Credibility flees quickly and is hard to recover when you make a conspicuous mistake.
I’ve made mistakes through the years — ones other than stupid bets on sports, like putting $1 on the Royals signing the Tanaka kid — and whenever I misspelled a person’s name, the regret nagged at me for days. Unless, of course, as is so common today that someone spells their name in a weird way, such as Baub for Bob.
That I was in a journalism class at PSU, was happenstance. I started as a math major, and after doing little more than meandering along for a while — differential equations was a bear — I turned to English/journalism. I had found it to my liking from working nights at the Pittsburg Sun.
What better job could there be?
You aren’t nailed to a work station, get to talk to lots of interesting people, and the coffee’s free.
— Bob Johnson
When it’s honest, democracy is tops
I must admit I first because aware of Ukraine and its politics for all the wrong reasons. I was struck by how its prime minister resembled a Russian nesting doll. Yulia V. Tymoshenko wore her long blond hair in a braid that encircled her head, much like a crown. Every TV appearance she was doll-like perfect with that Rapunzel-like braid.
Besides being Ukraine’s first female leader, Tymoshenko was in her own right a successful businesswoman, making off like a bandit in the fossil fuel industry after the fall of the U.S.S.R.
When she became prime minister for the second time in 2007, it was on the platform she would help lead the Ukraine away from Russia and into relationship with Europe.
Tymoshenko was defeated for re-election in 2010 by Victor Yanukovych, who shortly after he took office had Tymoshenko imprisoned after a sham trial for “abuse of power.” Her sentence is for seven years.
Before she became a victim of Eastern European politics, Tymoshenko, 53, had earned the nickname the “gas princess” because of her and her husband’s vast fortune from dealing with natural gas imports — Ukraine’s prime energy source — from Russia. Forbes magazine once listed her as one of the most powerful and wealthy women in the world.
By training, she is a cybernetics engineer and an economist.
TODAY, Tymoshenko continues to languish behind bars. In December, when members of the Russian punk rock band, Pussy Riot, were released from prison after serving almost all of their two-year sentence, it was rumored Tymoshenko also would be released. Such action would gain at least a modicum of approval for Yanukovych by anti-government protestors.
Ukraine’s president has been pressured by Russia’s Vladamir Putin to stop courting Europe and fall back in line with Russia. Putin controls the spigot to Ukraine’s dependency on fuel and frequently jacks up prices if things don’t go his way.
Putin sees Ukraine as a crucial part of his plan to reintegrate former Soviet republics into a new Eurasian union that would rival the European Union.
For Ukrainians, however, an alliance with the EU is about more than cheap fuel. Partnering with the West allows economic and political freedoms that will never come about through Putin.
The riots against Yanukovych’s government are now four months in the making. Much of downtown Kiev has been reduced to rubble from the military firing on protestors.
Though his instincts — not to mention the majority of Ukrainians — probably tell Yanukovych his country would be better served if he stepped down, the dictator is having a hard time relinquishing power.
The same story can be told of any number of countries around the world, including Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen and Somalia.
When it’s honest, democracy is a most beautiful thing.
— Susan Lynn
SCC squads earn split
EMPORIA — Southern Coffey High’s boys picked up a win Thursday.
The Titans defeated Madison, 38-34, in the consolation semifinals at the Lyon County League Tournament.
The Lady Titans weren’t as fortunate, falling 32-36, to Lebo, in their consolation semis.
As of Friday afternoon, the SCC boys were still on to play Hartford in the fifth-place game at 1:30 p.m. today at White Auditorium.
SCC High’s girls are to take the court at 9 a.m. today in the seventh-place game against either Hartford or Burlingame.
Weather hits sports schedules
Old Man Winter took a bite out of local sports schedules with a treacherous round of freezing rain Friday afternoon.
Iola High’s homecoming basketball games scheduled for Friday against Fort Scott have been postponed. No makeup date has been announced.
A decision will be made between noon and 1 p.m. today the fate of tonight’s dance.
“We intend to have the dance, but we will wait and see what the weather’s like,” IHS Principal Stacey Fager said.
The homecoming king and queen will be crowned following Tuesday night’s home games against Wellsville, Fager said.
In addition, Friday’s Humboldt-Erie, Marmaton Valley-Pleasanton and Crest-Uniontown basketball games have been called off.
Today’s wrestling tournaments in Fort Scott and Fredonia have been called off as well. Makeup dates have not been announced.
Iola wrestlers earn split in road matches
INDEPENDENCE — The dog days of winter have apparently hit Iola High’s wrestling squad.
The Mustangs fared well on the mat Thursday evening, scoring more points than either host Independence or Caney Valley in contested matches.
But the performance left head coach Brad Carson wanting more.
“Coach (Ron Schomaker) and I weren’t too pleased with our focus and intensity,” Carson said. “We looked lethargic out there.”
Iola won five of its eight contested matches against Caney Valley in winning, 33-17. The Mustangs outscored Independence, 17-15, in its contested matches, but still wound up on the short end of a 45-35 final score, due to forfeits at low weight levels.
“I don’t know if the guys are worn out or what, but we should be hitting our peak right now,” Carson said. “We don’t have a lot of season left. Regionals aren’t that far away.”
Among Iola’s highlights:
Cody Conner (152 pounds), Tavon Blazek (170) and Andrew Garber (182) all won both of their matches. Conner pinned Caney Valley’s Blake Hollandsworth in the second period, and via technical fall by outscoring Independence’s Quinton Mason, 16-1. Blazek earned second-period pins over both Caney’s Isaac Jones and Independence’s Ricky Pando. Garber shut out the Bulldog’s Brycen Gulick, 6-0, before pinning Independence’s Chase Null in the second period.
“Andrew did a good job,” Carson said, noting Garber has improved to 10-1 since moving to 182 pounds, one of the most competitive weight levels in the state. “Tavon did some good things, but he scares me because he goes so hard and out of control that it puts him in a bad position at times. Cody really did a good job of working on some new things that we’ve been working on in practice. I was happy with that.”
Bryce Misenhelter remains undefeated at 195 pounds. He averted early trouble against Wyatt Anderson of Caney, falling behind 4-0 before rebounding to earn a second-period pin.
“The kid caught Bryce in a bad position, but he’s squirrelly enough that he got out of it pretty quickly and took control. He’s been working a lot in practice at getting better on his feet, things he’ll need at regionals and state, if he makes it that far.”
Travis Rieske went 1-1, pinning Dalton Kastning of Caney and losing via pin to Jordan Mead of Independence, the third-ranked Class 4A wrestler at 145 pounds.
“Even going up against one of the best wrestlers in the state, I was happy with how Travis got out of an early hold,” Carson said. “It shows he’s fighting.”
John Whitworth (160 pounds), Seth Sanford (220) and Colton Toney (285) each went 1-1, with a caveat. Each lost his only contested match.
Whitworth was leading Brady Hawkins of Caney Valley, 9-6 on points, when Hawkins got a takedown midway through the second period that Whitworth could not escape. Hawkins pinned Whitworth with 34.1 seconds left in the period.
“I don’t want John to use this as an excuse, but his mistakes are things that wrestlers do when they aren’t experienced,” Carson said.
Sanford, against Seth Stroble of Independence, and Toney, against Stephen Baker of Caney Valley, both made it to the second period against their opponents in scoreless deadlocks. Neither of the freshmen, however, could make it through the second period, losing with pins.
“Seth had only one day of practice this week because of illness,” Carson said. “I liked how they both fought hard.”
Michael Armstrong, at 138 pounds, had the toughest night. He lost via technical fall to Colton Stafford, 16-1, then went to overtime against Conagher Welch of Independence before losing a heartbreaker, 8-6.
In the overtime loss, Armstrong twice narrowly missed earning reversal points as the clock expired at the end of both the second and third periods.
THE WRESTLERS have a busy week ahead.
On Thursday, the wrestlers will be at home for the only time this season, when the Mustangs host Osawatomie and West Elk in a pair of duals. The Silver Lake Invitational next Saturday wraps up the regular season for the varsity.
Regionals are Feb. 21 and 22 at Burlington.
Iola 33, Caney Valley 17
138 — Colton Stafford (CV) def. Michael Armstrong (I), technical fall (15-0)
145 — Travis Rieske (I) def. Dalton Kastning (CV), pin, :54
152 — Cody Conner (I) def. Blake Hollandsworth (CV), pin, 3:33
160 — Brady Hawkins (CV) def. John Whitworth (I), pin, 3:26
170 — Tavon Blazek (I) def. Isaac Jones, pin, 2:27
182 — Andrew Garber (I) def. Brycen Gulick (CV), 6-0
195 — Bryce Misenhelter (I) def. Wyatt Anderson (CV), pin 3:35
220 — Seth Sanford (I) win (forfeit)
285 — Stephen Baker (CV) def. Colton Toney, pin, 2:39
Independence 45, Iola 35
106 — Independence wins (forfeit)
113 — Independence wins (forfeit)
120 — Independence wins (forfeit)
126 — Independence wins (forfeit)
132 — Independence wins (forfeit)
138 — Conagher Welch (Ind.) def. Armstrong, 8-6 (OT)
145 — Jordan Mead (Ind) def. Rieske, pin, 3:07
152 — Conner def. Quinton Mason (Ind.), technical fall (16-1)
160 — Whitworth win (forfeit)
170 — Blazek def. Ricky Pando (Ind.), pin, 2:25
182 — Garber def. Chase Null (Ind.), pin, 3:16
195 — Misenhelter win (forfeit)
220 — Seth Stroble (Ind.) def. Sanford, pin, 3:16
285 — Toney win (forfeit)
ACC athletes soar past school, national marks
LAWRENCE — All systems remain squarely on “go” for a stellar indoor track and field season at Allen Community College.
The Red Devil athletes racked up 16 national qualifying marks and set five school records at Saturday’s KU Jayhawk Classic.
“This is an impressive group,” said Allen head coach Vince DeGrado. “The dedication they bring has been tremendous.”
DeGrado heaped praise upon assistant coach Tony Davis, who focuses primarily on sprinters and jumpers. Those groups accounted for a large portion of the qualifying and record-breaking marks.
A pair of 60-meter hurdlers are prime examples.
The Red devils’ Bruce Barclay and Vanessa Style both set school records and qualified for nationals for their times in the 60-meter hurdles.
Barclay completed his hurdles in 8.05 seconds, good for second place overall. He was followed by Rohan Mullings, who finished in sixth with a qualifying mark of 8.31 seconds. Vanessa Style, meanwhile, made it on the women’s side, finishing in 8.67 seconds.
“Obviously, we knew Bruce was going to be good, but it’s surprised me that he’s gotten this good,” DeGrado said.
Elysha Alyn also qualified in the hurdles with a preliminary time of 9.24 seconds.
Style followed up her hurdles with a sterling mark in the 200-meter dash, qualifying for nationals with her fourth-place time of 25.38 seconds.
Alyn, meanwhile, took home second place, set a school record and qualified with her triple jump of 11.78 meters.
Terika Henry qualified for nationals in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.23 seconds, good for seventh.
Finally, the women’s 4×400-meter relay team of Henry, Style, Alyn and Sam Melillo narrowly missed qualifying for nationals — by one-tenth of a second — but still “obliterated” the school record with a time of 4 minutes, 5.7 seconds.
“Like I’ve said before, we may not have much in quantity as in number of women on the team, but their quality is impressive,” DeGrado said.
And he sees room for improvement.
“Terika wasn’t really happy with her performance,” he said. “She’ll get there.”
OTHER QUALIFIERS on the men’s team were Rickcardo Bailey, who took third in the 600-yard dash with a time of 1:14.76; MeShach Adams, who took eighth in the 800-meter dash with a time of 1:58.87; Deandre Henderson, who finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.26 seconds; and Michael Burns, who leapt 14.48 meters in the triple jump.
Three Red Devils also qualified in the 1,000-meter run. Dallas Snider, Brandon Bernal and Tucker Morgan finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively. The 4×400 relay team of Kyle Smith, Henderson, Bailey and Zac McCoy took third with a time of 3:19.79.
“I was especially impressed with Deandrae’s performance,” DeGrado said. “For him to set a personal best indoors is pretty special.”
Allen’s athletes head to Joplin Friday and Saturday for the Missouri Southern Open.
KU Jayhawk Classic
Women
60-meter hurdles
Prelims
Vanessa Style, 8.81 seconds (N) (S)
Elesha Alyn, 9.24 (N)
Finals
3. Style, 8.67 (N) (S)
200 meters
4. Style, 25.38
Triple Jump
2. Alyn, 11.78 meters
400-meter dash
7. Terika Henry, 58.23 (N)
1000-meter run
8. Danae McGee, 3:22.30
4×400-meter relay
10. Allen (Henry, Style, Alyn, Sam Melillo), 4:05.70 (S)
Men
60-meter hurdles
Prelims
Bruce Barclay, 8.25 (N)
Rohan Mullins, 8.48
Zodani Francois, 8.76
Finals
2. Barclay, 8.05 (N) (S)
6. Rohan Mullings, 8.31 (N)
60-meter dash
Prelims
Roderick Simmons, 7.04
1-mile run
14. Connor Immenschuh, 4:42.75
600-yard dash
3. Rickcardo Bailey, 1:14.76
Antonio Duncan, 1:16.52
Royal Gatson, 1:17.53
400-meter dash
Kyle Smith, 51.07
800-meter run
8. MeShach Adams, 1:58.87 (N)
15. Thomas Broxterman, 1:59.86
22. Markeen Caine, 2:03.27
200-meter dash
4. Deandre Henderson, 22.26 (N)
10. Zac McCoy, 22.45
3000-meter run
13. Brock Artis, 9:11.77
22. Salvador Medrano, 9:21.01
24. Patrick Rachford, 9:24.20
1000-meter run
3. Dallas Snider, 2:36.29 (N)
4. Brandon Bernal, 2:36.60 (N)
5. Tucker Morgan, 2:36.93 (N)
Triple jump
6. Michael Burns, 14.48 meters
4×400-meter relay
3. Allen (Kyle Smith, Henderson, Bailey, McCoy), 3:19.79 (N)