IMS students achieve first quarter honors

Iola Middle School has announced its first quarter honor rolls for the 2018-19 school year.

Students named to the Principal’s Honor Roll by earning all A’s and maintaining a 4.0 grade-point average:

Eighth grade

Eli Adams, Holden Barker, Celina Caron, Louise Caron, Caiden Cloud, Elsie Fleming, Macie Hoag, Emma McCormack, Hallie McDermeit, Cali Riley, Jake Skahan, Jesse Taylor, Kaster Trabuc, Olivia Tremain and Jack White.

Seventh grade

Jeremy Adair, Daniel Boeken, Korbin Cloud, Rebekah Coltrane, Keira Fawson, Kendall Glaze, Abigail Meiwes, Briggs Michael, Jenna Morrison, Shelby Peters, Japheth Rutoh, Kalibre Smith and Hallie Sutherland.

Sixth grade

Kyndal Bycroft, Elza Clift, Kaysin Crusinbery, Reese Curry, Roper Curry, Grady Dougherty, Makayla Dunne, Lyndsee Holland, Mariah Jelinek, Lucas Maier, Cole Mathes, Leticia Mendoza Gardner, Layla Newkirk, Ethan Riebel, Kinsey Schinstock, Tavia Skahan, Caroline Toland, Madeleine Wanker, Kenleigh Westhoff and Emilia Wilkerson.

Students named to the Regular Honor Roll for maintaining  a 3.0 GPA or above with no Ds or Fs:

Eighth grade

Joseph Barbarick, Thomas Chapman, Carly Dreher, Hannah Duncan, Jarrett Herrmann, Abigail Hirt, Aysha Houk, Carter Hutton, Jadyn Kaufman, Crystal Lyndsey, Drake Mathew, Dallyn McGraw, Brandon McKarnin, Ta’Kaya Means, Kyler Mittelmeier, Sage Shaughnessy, Kadin Smith, Keynan Stahl, Travis Wanker, Luke Wicoff, Cody Wille, Haily Wilson, Mercede Wools and Alissa Yarnell.

Seventh grade

Piper Aronson, Jasper Bly, Logan Brakel, Aden Cole, Madisyn Cookson, David Drago, Katelyn Erbert, Jacquelyn Fager, Justice L. Gile, Addyson Goble, Ashton Hesse, Easton Hitchcock, Christopher Holloway, William Jay, Carson Keller, Keaton Larney, Mac Leonard, Rio Lohman, Anna Lyons, Kennedy Maier, Leeann Maloney, Vivian McCormack, Mateo Miller, Jaydon Morrison, Rylie Olson, Cara Porter, Drayden Reiter, Molly Riebel, Gage Skahan, William Talkington, Damian Wacker, and Landon Weide.

Sixth grade

Maxwell Andersen, Samuel Anderson, Madison B’Hymer, Cortland Carson, William Chapman III, Josie Comby, Baylie Crooks, Keaton DePaola, Kelson DePaola, Harper Desmarteau, Alex Donnelly, Brooklyn Ellis, Dreden Ellis, Alejandro Escalante, Savannah Flynn, Bryce Franklin, Everett Glaze, Jayden Goble, Kale Godfrey, Keith Gomez, Karingten Hall, Teanna Hamilton, Ethan Harris, Katelyn Hicks, Abbigail Hutton, Jordan Kaufman, Kealie Keeler, Raiden Kern, Emilian King, Halle Klotz, Kaylah Lampe, Alana Mader, Isabella Marlow, Jada Martin, Scout Mathew, Annemariee McCullough, Shaun McLaughlin, Kele Michael, Cole Moyer, Kyser Nemecek, Joshua Pritchard, Demarco Ross, Brigg Shannon, Maya Shaughnessy, Wesleyjoe Simpson, Alexander Smail, Hailey Stogsdill, Trevor Tatman, Emalee Thompson, Bryce Walden, Amiya Walton, Robert Warren, Peyton Weast, Griffin Westervelt, Alyssa Williams, Emily Williams, Kegan Wilson, Kenneth (KC) Wilson, Morgan Wilson, Katelyn Womelsdorf and Logan Yocham.

 

Area news

Wind farm opponents meet

ERIE — Opponents of a proposed wind farm project in Neosho County met last week to discuss the proposal, The Chanute Tribune reported. About 30 attended the meeting to share results from their research on wind projects in Kansas and other states. They cited decreased property values, increased taxes to compensate for valuation losses and for decommissioning abandoned wind turbines as problems other counties and states confront. Apex Clean Energy is planning a wind energy generation project on 40,000 acres in Neosho County.

 

Attorney to leave two counties for one

GARNETT — Brandon Jones, who serves as county attorney for both Anderson and Osage counties, announced he won’t seek another position in those counties after he was appointed Franklin County Attorney. He does plan to run for that position when it comes up in 2020.

 

Park curfew planned

CHETOPA — The Chetopa City Council plans a curfew for Veterans Park, according to the Parsons Sun. A council member and residents complained of youth on top of shelter houses and rumors that the park’s free Wi-Fi encourages drug deals in the park. The council agreed to close the park from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., pending the drafting of an ordinance.

 

SEK health systems join forces

PARSONS — Labette Health in Parsons and Freeman Health System in Joplin agreed to a collaboration to support and improve health care in southeast Kansas, The Parsons Sun reported. The agreement is not a sale or affiliation and both will maintain their independence and their own governing boards. The five-year agreement will provide patients with better access to comprehensive health care services and allow the development of onsite speciality care at Labette Health.

 

Man heads to prison for killing dog

INDEPENDENCE — An Independence man will serve 30 days in prison after he was sentenced to 12 months in prison for the malicious killing of a neighbor’s dog, The Wilson County Citizen reported. Wade Jones was ordered to serve 30 days of the sentence before being placed on probation for 12 months, plus fines and costs plus a psychological evaluation. At a trial, a neighbor said she saw Jones let the boxer, Zoey, out of the fence and shoot her. Jones made several outbursts during sentencing and at one point hid under the table.

 

Price pitches past Dodgers for 2-0 Series lead

BOSTON (AP) — From playoff flop to October ace in two legacy-shifting starts, David Price earned his second postseason victory in a row and moved the Boston Red Sox halfway to yet another World Series title.

The Red Sox left-hander pitched six innings of three-hit ball, and major league RBI leader J.D. Martinez broke a fifth-inning tie during another two-out rally to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Game 3 is Friday in Los Angeles. The Dodgers need a win to avoid an 0-3 deficit that no World Series team has ever recovered from.

“This is the biggest stage in baseball,” Price said after his longest postseason outing since signing a seven-year, $217 million contract to come to Boston in 2016. “To be able to do that, it feels good, for sure. I’m pumped for myself, pumped for all my teammates and coaches for us to be two wins away.”

Mookie Betts had three hits for the Red Sox, who have won 14 of their last 16 World Series games dating to a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004. They have won two more championships since then, in ‘07 and ‘13.

Not bad for a team that went the previous 86 years without a title.

And Price had battled a curse of his own.

The one-time Dodgers draft pick has pitched like an ace in the regular season but was 0-9 in his first 10 postseason starts before this October. Whether with Tampa Bay, Toronto, Detroit or Boston, his team had never won a playoff game he started before this year.

But the Red Sox have now won his last three postseason starts, including the ALCS Game 5 clincher against the defending World Series champion Astros in which he pitched six shutout innings.

“I get it, the numbers and all that. But this guy is a great pitcher,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “He’s been one of the best pitchers in the big leagues for a while, and he cares.”

On a frigid night at Fenway Park, Price held the highest-scoring team in the NL hitless through three innings and retired the last seven batters he faced. He struggled only in the fourth, loading the bases with nobody out on two singles and a walk as the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead — their first of the Series.

“I’m so happy for him and proud of him,” Martinez said. “Going through all that criticism that he’s been getting here, to bounce back to what he’s been doing.”

And the Red Sox batters did what they’ve been doing: scoring with two outs.

In an uncanny stretch of clutch hitting that’s been their hallmark throughout their 108-win season, the Red Sox scored all their runs in Game 2 with two outs, including a three-run rally in the fifth that only started after Hyun-Jin Ryu set down Ian Kinsler and Jackie Bradley Jr.

Christian Vazquez singled, Betts did the same and Andrew Benintendi worked the count full before walking to load the bases, chasing Ryu. Ryan Madson walked Steve Pearce to tie the game before Martinez, who had 130 RBIs in the regular season, dropped a flare in front of right fielder Yasiel Puig for a two-run single that gave Boston a 4-2 lead.

BIG FINISH

Price and three relievers retired the last 16 Los Angeles batters, with Craig Kimbrel closing out the Dodgers in the ninth for his sixth save this postseason . Not since Don Larsen’s 1956 perfect game for the Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers has an AL team retired as many consecutive hitters to finish a World Series game, according to STATS.

“We had him. We had him on the ropes,” Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. “The difference is they got the big hit when they needed, and we didn’t.”

Boston’s other run came on Kinsler’s two-out single in the second. The Red Sox, who led the majors in two-out runs in the regular season, have scored 36 of their 68 runs this postseason — and nine of their 12 in the Series — with two outs.

IN A HOLE

The last 10 teams to win the first two games of the World Series — and 16 of the last 17 — have gone on to win it all. And the NL West champions will need to do it against a team that has won six straight postseason games and five in a row on the road.

“We’re just in the middle of the World Series,” Dodgers first baseman David Freese said. “We’re down 2-0, we get that. We just understand that Game 3 is a necessity, just like Game 2.”

UP NEXT

The teams head to the West Coast for Game 3 at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Rookie right-hander Walker Buehler is scheduled to pitch for Los Angeles against likely Boston starter Rick Porcello.

 

A look back in time

50 Years Ago
October 1968

One of Iola’s most widely known and highly respected citizens, Harry Davis, retires this month after almost 28 years as custodian at the Iola Post Office. Davis worked as custodian for the Iola State Bank and the Iola Register before winning a Civil Service appointment to the post office under the late Bryan Scarborough, postmaster, in 1941. Recalling the early days, Davis said he remembers going to work at the Register “when Mr. Charles F. Scott was editor, just after they moved into the building where they are now. I remember Emerson Jr., the present boss, when he was just a little boy living next door with his folks. Every morning, early, I’d go up the street to the bakery and bring back coffee and rolls for the printers. Emerson used to come over to the shop and hang around with us, and his folks finally asked us not to feed him because he wasn’t eating his breakfast…”

31 — Clyde W. Toland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Toland of Iola, has been nominated as one of seven senior men at the University of Kansas to compete for a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. Five of the seven will be interviewed Dec. 18 by the state selection committee. Each state committee will select two candidates for regional competition Dec. 21.

Randy Crowell

Randy Lee Crowell, age 61, of LaHarpe, passed away Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at his home in LaHarpe. Randy was born Jan. 14, 1957, in Iola, to Edwin Irving Crowell and Sandra Meeks Crowell.

Randy graduated in 1975 from Iola High School. He met and married Mae Spragg on Oct. 28, 1978, in Olympia, Wash.

Randy worked as a computer specialist for Broyles, Inc. in Humboldt, for 20 years. He was the animal control officer for the City of LaHarpe.

Randy enjoyed animals and life. Computers were his passion and life.

Randy was preceded in death by his parents.

Randy is survived by his wife; two brothers, Rick Crowell and wife, Bessie, LaHarpe, Terry Crowell, Iola; three nieces, Rachel Stokes and husband, Josh, Chanute, Heather Skahan and husband, Nathan, Iola, Courtney Crowell, Yates Center; two nephews, Eric Crowell, Wichita, Kevin Crowell and wife, Amy, Wichita; and numerous other relatives.

Cremation has taken place. There will be a memorial service honoring Randy’s life at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at LaHarpe City Hall, 902 S. Washington St., LaHarpe.

Condolences for the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

MV senior to play volleyball in Dominican Republic

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High School senior Patricia Outlan has been selected to play volleyball next summer in the Dominican Republic.

Outlan was chosen as part of the America’s Team organization, which selects players based on their “integrity, character and overall athletic ability,” as well their reputation as school ambassadors and student athletes.

Outlan’s squad will be coached by Neosho County Community College head volleyball coach Asya Herron.

Several have stepped forward to assist Outlan with her fundraising.

The Moran American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary have both donated $500, while Masonic Lodges in Moran and Savonburg contributed a combined $1,300, giving her a total of $2,300.

The school hosted a bake sale last week, and more fundraisers are promised through the winter.

Outlan estimates she needs about $5,000 to cover her expenses.

 

Correction

Iola has the potential to produce up to 22.5 megawatts of electricity an hour.

An article in Tuesday’s Register incorrectly reported the city’s generating capacity as a daily figure, not an hourly one.

We regret the error.

 

Conductor saves pooch

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey Transit train conductor took off his tie and used it as a leash to rescue a wayward dog named Shelby on the tracks.

NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said the train crew on Saturday was alerted that a dog was on the tracks near South Orange station. The crew spotted the dog and called to have the rail traffic stopped.

Conductor Howard Kempton sprinted toward Shelby.

A passenger called the phone number on the dog’s ID tag, and Shelby’s owner said she’d meet the train in Summit. The dog had gotten away when its leash broke during a walk earlier that day.

 

Can you dig it?

WEST MINERAL, Kan. (AP) — A historic coal mining shovel that sat concealed on a Cherokee County farm for more than 70 years will soon be moved to its new home next to its famous successor, Big Brutus.

Strip mining in southeast Kansas began in the 1880s and became the most favored method by the 1930s, according to the Kansas Historical Society. The Markley shovel was built in the late 1920s.

The homemade machine is said to have been one of the first mining shovels equipped with a round dipper stick, which allowed the bucket to swivel.

‘Mockingbird’ chosen as America’s best-loved novel

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? ?To Kill a Mockingbird,? a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overpowered wizards and time travelers to be voted America?s best-loved novel by readers nationwide.

The 1960 book by Harper Lee emerged as No. 1 in PBS? ?The Great American Read? survey, whose results were announced Tuesday on the show?s finale. More than 4 million votes were cast in the six-month-long contest that put 100 titles to the test. Books that were published as a series counted as a single entry.

The other top-five finishers in order of votes were Diana Gabaldon?s ?Outlander? series about a time-spanning love; J.K. Rowling?s ?Harry Potter? boy wizard tales; Jane Austen?s romance ?Pride and Prejudice?; and J.R.R. Tolkien?s ?The Lord of the Rings? fantasy saga.

Turns out the contest was a ?Mockingbird? runaway.

?The novel started out at No. 1 on the first day of the vote, and it never wavered,? series host Meredith Vieira said.

Joining her to sing the book?s praises was writer Aaron Sorkin, whose adaptation of ?Mockingbird? starts Broadway previews next month, and cast members. Sorkin (?The West Wing,? ??The Social Network?) said reading Lee?s novel was his first brush with ?astonishing writing.?

?There is soul-crushing injustice in this book that still exists,? he said. ?And at the center, morality, decency and what it is to be a person strikes us.?

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, who portrays Calpurnia in the play, marveled at Lee?s achievement.

?I was most impressed that a woman wrote that way? during that era, the actress said, and that Lee was so ?deeply involved on the right side of right.?

Lee?s slender, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel proved enduring enough to overcome the popularity of hefty epics adapted as blockbuster movie franchises (the Potter and Tolkien works) or for TV (?Outlander?). Even ?Pride and Prejudice,? the 200-year-old inspiration for numerous TV and movie versions and with an army of ?Janeites? devoted to Austen and her work, couldn?t best Lee?s novel.

Debbie Ford of Orion, Illinois, an ?Outlander? fan whose love of the books was showcased on an episode of ?The Great American Read,? expressed disappointment they didn?t win. But she delighted in the attention they ? and the joy of reading ? received.

?I believe this PBS series has reminded some of us again that reading is important, and it has exposed us to books that we may not ordinarily pick up. And that?s such a good thing!? Ford said in an email Tuesday, adding a friendly plug: ?So please go read a book that you have not read before ? especially if you haven?t yet discovered ?Outlander?!?

?To Kill a Mockingbird? has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and remains a fixture on school reading lists. The 1962 screen adaptation won three Oscars, including a best-actor trophy for Gregory Peck?s portrayal of heroic Atticus Finch.

Set in the 1930s South, the book centers on attorney Finch and his young children, daughter Scout and son Jem. When Finch defends an African-American man falsely accused of assaulting a white woman, the trial and its repercussions open Scout?s eyes to the world around her, good and bad.

Lee?s second published novel, ?Go Set a Watchman,? was written in the 1950s before ?Mockingbird? but is essentially a sequel. After being put aside by the author, it was rediscovered and released in 2015. Lee died the next year at age 89.

Besides the TV series, ?The Great American Read? initiative included a 50,000-member online book club and video content across PBS platforms, Facebook and YouTube that drew more than 5 million views.

The 100-book list voted on by readers was based on an initial survey of about 7,000 Americans, with an advisory panel of experts organizing the list. Books had to have been published in English but not written in the language, and one book or series per author was allowed. Bookworms could vote once daily for their favorite work.