Iola Middle School track and golf coaches are holding a parent’s meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the IMS commons area. The meeting is for parents of seventh-grade and eighth-grade students planning to participate in track and golf this spring.
All parents and students are encouraged to attend.
Loreda Evans
Loreda M. Evans, 96, of Garnett died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett.
She was born May 30, 1913, in Gas, the daughter of Walter and Stella (Leake) Adams. She grew up in Gas and then moved to Yates Center and Le Roy before her family settled northwest of Colony.
On Sept. 20, 1931, she married Lloyd R. Evans in Lane. She spent time traveling with her husband when he worked construction, until they eventually made their home west of Garnett in 1946. She enjoyed her garden, canning and baking. He died May 18, 1978.
She is survived by three great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren, D.J. Lemieux and Donna Weddle, both of Fort Scott, and Lloyd Lemieux, Chanute; three stepgreat-grandchildren; six stepgreat-great-grandchildren; her sister, Leota Waddell, Moran; and many nieces and nephews.
A son, Harold L. died Nov. 18, 2008, and a granddaughter, Rhonda Hermreck, died Aug. 4, 2004. Three brothers, Harold, Homer and Harlan Adams, and a sister, Lorena Pease, also died earlier.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. The family will greet friends following the service. Inurnment will follow at 1 p.m. in Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Memorials to American Cancer Society may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences to the family may be left at feuerbornfuneral.com.
[Readers’ forum] Upcoming vote important
When it comes to city commissions and municipal government, a name given to the original plan was “The Texas Idea.” That happened after a hurricane in 1900. From Wikipedia: “Voters elect a small commission, typically from five to seven…” “Individual commissioners are as-signed responsibility for a specific aspect of municipal affairs.”
Even though no hurricane was involved, there was a time when adopting this form of government was proper for Iola. But we’ve reached a time when continuing this form of government has passed. Our city election, held in April 2009, decreed that the commission form of government should be put to rest. The death of the city commission form of government was decided by a two to one voter margin. Our commission form of government was deceased. But at least two of our three city commissioners decided that a jury of voters was not reliable: the three-member commission should be resurrected in the form of five members.
Some of the jurors (voters) protested the commission action. In an appeal effort, the commission created an advisory committee of 14 jurors for a second opinion. The verdict came back to uphold the death penalty of the commission system by a nine to five vote. Still unwilling to be intimidated by voters, the commission decided to go to the supreme court of voters by financing an “advisory jury by vote.” But they worded this appeal to approve a “commission.” Our commissioners continue to ignore the better system of government available, a representative form of city government, known as the mayor-council system of government that was recommended by the advisory committee: the system that is a statutory replacement for the commission.
This vote by a jury of Iola voters will take place on April 6 at the First Baptist Church, 801 North Cottonwood. This should be the most important voting event of the day for Iola, even though the “commission” wording of the vote is included. The number of eight and a mayor is of greater importance considering the lack of proper definition by the commission. A mayor-council representative form of government to replace the administrative commission can be brought to life at a later date.
Or the city commissioners could do the right thing and just allow the statutorily designated solution to come to existence.
Ray Shannon
Iola, Kan.
Honeycutt is MIAA men’s long jump champion
JOPLIN, Mo. — Emporia State junior Josh Honeycutt, former Iola High standout, won the MIAA indoor long jump championship last weekend at the 2010 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Missouri Southern’s Leggett & Platt Center in Joplin, Mo.
Honeycutt’s winning leap was 23 feet, 101⁄4 inches. It was the fourth-best jump in ESU history and he is ranked 14th in the nation in the long jump.
Honeycutt broke his own ESU triple jump record with an automatic national qualifying mark of 51’1” but finished second to Pittsburg State’s Kiara Jones. Honeycutt was the defending MIAA triple jump champion.
Honeycutt and Emporia State teammates prepare for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships, March 12-13 at Albuquerque, N.M. Honeycutt is the defending national triple jump champion.
Sedan teammates earn Spirit of Sport
Paul Buck has been completely blind since about age four, when cancer caused him to have his eyes removed. Buck plays high school football.
Zachiary Ford also plays high school football and is a teammate of Buck’s at Sedan High School. Ford “adopted” Buck on the football field.
Ford, a sophomore, and Buck, a freshman, played side-by-side on the offensive line for the Sedan junior varsity this past fall. Their relationship has been recognized by the Kansas State High School Activities Association with the 2010 KSHSAA Spirit of Sport Award.
The award recognizes the values inherent in participation in high school sports beyond winning and losing. Nominees were sought from all KSHSAA high schools. The KSHSAA Student Advisory Team assisted in the selection.
Buck was the center and Ford played guard on the Sedan JV squad last fall. Ford would line Buck up and tell him which way to push the player and then after the play he would run to find Buck, leading him back to the Blue Devil huddle.
“Zach was Paul’s eyes each and every day and helped him see the game through his eyes. They exemplify the true spirit of the sport,” said Gary Musselman, KSHSAA Executive Director.
“This is a double nomination because Paul doesn’t compete without Zach and Zach is a better competitor with Paul. They are both remarkable young men, on and off the field,” said Sedan High activities director Carolyn Williams.
Indeed. Well done Paul and Zach.
Character wins out against wins and losses any time.
According to KSHSAA, Kansas was the first state high school association in the nation to develop a state Spirit of Sport Award for the express purpose of recognizing outstanding acts of character and leadership, demonstrating the true spirit of sport in educational athletics.
The Sedan High teammates are nominated for the 2010 National Federation of High Schools Spirit of Sport Award, announced in June.
Farm-City Days group seeks input
The Farm-City Days Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday to discuss plans and ideas for the 2010 celebration in October.
The meeting is the first of year, Chairman Mike Jewell told the Register, and he hopes to hear from the public about what they enjoyed most about last year’s celebration, as well as what they’d like to see improved.
The 2009 Farm-City Days celebration returned to the courthouse square after relocating for one year to Riverside Park.
Jewell said preliminary plans are for much of the same types of activities, although the carnival may shift to the west.
The 2009 carnival was held along Jackson Avenue, from Washington to Sycamore streets, one block longer to the east than in previous years.
Organizers met resistance from one of the business owners along the easternmost regions of the midway area, so they decided to instead go one block farther to the west in 2010.
“The more carnival rides we get, the better off we are,” Jewell said. “We depend on the carnival for a lot of the revenue for our celebration. With less revenue, we have to limit our activities.”
The committee hopes to continue working with such groups as Allen County Farm Bureau and Allen County Community College, which sponsored dinners and farm tours, respectively.
“When I grew up, going to Farm-City Days meant introducing city people to farmlife and farm people to the city,” Jewell said. “I want to see more activities like that.”
THE COMMITTEE also is in search of a regular meeting spot.
In previous years, the group met once a month at City Hall, but can no longer do so because the doors lock at 5 p.m. on weekdays because City Hall no longer houses 911 dispatchers.
The group will meet Monday in the basement of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on Farm-City Days, or to suggest meeting sites, call Jewell at 365-6166.
Get ‘In The Mood’ for Big Band revue
Saturday’s Bowlus Fine Arts Center musical revue is certain to have its audience members “In The Mood” for the big-band sounds of yesteryear.
“In The Mood” is a swing dance revue featuring music from the likes of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Erskine Hawkins, Frank Sinatra and other greats of the 1940s.
A company of 22 dancers and singers will perform with the String of Pearls big band orchestra featuring authentic arrangements, costumes and choreography.
The group’s origins date to 1993 when vocal groups and soloists were invited by the National Archives in Washington, D.C., to perform for the 50th anniversary of World War II. The group was so popular that performances were twice extended for extra shows.
The demand continued to grow.
“In The Mood,” in affiliation with the United Service Organization, began touring a year later. Since then, “In The Mood” has performed across the country and in Europe.
Tickets are available for $17 for orchestra seating and $15 for balcony. Student tickets are half price.
Drivers earn jail for 7th DUIs
Two Allen Countians — each of whom has been convicted seven times for driving while intoxicated — were given one-year jail sentences Monday.
The sentences were handed down by Allen County District Judge Daniel Creitz.
Scott E. Manbeck, Humboldt, will be eligible after nine months for probation, where he’ll also be eligible for work release, Creitz ruled. He was fined $2,500 plus other court costs.
Martin D. Bennett, Iola, also convicted of his seventh DUI, will be eligible after serving five months for work release, if his job qualifies, County Attorney Jerry Hathaway explained.
“Because he works out of town, he may not qualify,” Hathaway said.
The one-year jail sentence is the maximum allowed by Kansas law.
In other court cases Monday:
Iolan James W. Shaw Jr., pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated. If convicted, it would be his fourth or subsequent offense. Creitz scheduled a jury trial for July 8 and 9.
Douglas J. Brassart, Pittsburg, convicted of burglary, was sentenced to 27 months in prison. Kansas sentencing guidelines normally would call for probation in this case, but the defendant opted for the prison sentence instead.
Randall C. Fischer, Iola, entered a guilty plea for his third driving while intoxicated conviction. Creitz ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for May 3.
Aaron B. Elbrader, LaHarpe, convicted of possessing methamphetamine, was sentenced to 11 months in prison. That sentence was suspended for 12 months probation.
Aaron C. Hutton, Iola, convicted of attempted battery of a law enforcement officer, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, with that sentence suspended for 12 months probation.
Debra M. Clark, Iola, was sentenced to 11 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine. The sentence was suspended for 12 months probation.
Jack D. Knoblock, Yates Center, convicted of his fourth or subsequent DUI, was sentenced to 12 months in jail, with all but 90 days suspended.
Franklin D. Evans, Iola, pleaded guilty to his third driving while intoxicated conviction. Creitz scheduled sentencing for Evans on May 3.
Delorse Zornes
Delorse F. Zornes of Moran, whose death Monday and funeral services were published in Tuesday’s Register, was born Aug. 3, 1933, in rural Elsmore, the daughter of George E. and Lillian Lorene (Deer) Ard. She graduated from Elsmore High School.
On June 3, 1951, she married Ronald Zornes in Bronson. They made their home in the Mildred area until 1979 when they moved into Moran. She helped her husband farm and raise cattle. She also worked with her mother painting and wallpapering. She had worked in the grocery store in Kincaid and Brown’s Store in Mildred. In later years, she worked at two nursing homes in Iola. He died Dec. 4, 2006.
She enjoyed traveling and had been to Germany and Japan. In the past few years, she enjoyed vacationing with her siblings. She liked to bowl, play cards and marbles, collect key rings and Santa Clauses and recently enjoyed baby sitting.
She was a member of Moran Christian Church
She is survived by two sons, Terry and his wife, Kathy, Moran, and Kim and his wife, Angela, Herington; a brother, Dewayne Ard and wife, Janice, Humboldt; three sisters, Nadine Kinney and her husband, Walt, Iola, Laura Lee Shy, Blue Springs, Mo., and Alice Faye Mazurek and her husband, Jerry, Tecumseh, Mich.; 12 grandchildren, Zackary Zornes and his wife, Kenda, Fort Bragg, N.C., Zebadia Zornes, Kansas City, Mo., Zane and Kitreana Zornes, Lexington, Mo., Dustin Earnest, Ottawa, Gabrielle Rice, Greeley, Joseph, Donavan, Chandalar Davis and Garrett Conner, all of Herington, Renee Klingenberg and her husband, Allen, Wichita, and Jennifer Pohl, St. Joseph, Mo.; and five great-grandchildren.
Two brothers-in-law, Art Jaro and Roy Shy, died earlier.
Memorials to Moran Christian Church may be left at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapels of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.
[Readers’ forum] Pets a great comfort
Some animals will be put to sleep soon and they do not want to die.
What can we do to help? We can go to an animal shelter and play with them. Feed them and water them and give medicine to them and give them a bath so they will not die.
Take as many as you can! If you can take two dogs and two cats that is good. You are helping animals from a shelter even if you can get one dog or one cat. A lot of people think little dogs or cats are the ones to take, but big dogs and cats are the same. Big dogs and cats are fun, too.
If you help them they help you. If you are sad they cheer you up. If you are hurt they get help. That is why you should get a dog or cat from a shelter.
Animals can save your life!
Allie Utley,
age 7,
Iola, Kan.