Month: April 2012
Iolans eager to hear some good news about the community are welcome to Friday’s first ever “See, Hear Iola” session. The hour-long gathering starts at 10 a.m. at the New Community Building in Riverside Park.…
The first in a series of meetings to discuss improvements to schools in USD 257, including construction of new facilities, will be Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 in Iola High’s library. Many of those…
USD 257 has no district-wide policy regulating recesses in elementary schools, and doesn’t need one, board member concluded Monday night. Amanda Pollock, a Lincoln Elementary mom, questioned whether district elementaries had enough recess time, a…
Brad Yoder, who has served as Iola’s recreation coordinator for nearly five years, was hired by the council to replace outgoing Luke Bycroft as recreation director. Bycroft resigned earlier this month. Jake Lawrence, former fitness…
Dropping its ambulance service and relying on a volunteer fire department would be “disastrous” for Iola, the city’s ambulance service director said. Ron Conaway, who has headed the ambulance service since the city broke away…
Two recent targets for criticism — Iola’s city council and police department — were defended by city officials Monday. Mayor Bill Shirley and Councilman Kendall Callahan said complaints about the time spent by council in…
Wallace Lee Peine, 80, of rural Piqua died Friday, April 20, 2012, at his home.He was born Aug. 30, 1931, at Greeley, the son of Curtis John and Genevieve Emma (Kress) Peine. He graduated from…
Dale C. Marney, 79, of Humboldt, died Saturday at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.He was born Nov. 19, 1932, in Rocky Comfort, Mo. He and Ava Jean Clifton were married March 16, 1952.…
California, the state that governs by popular vote, has been trapped by its own sense of fairness.Fifteen years ago voters there amended the state’s constitution through a referendum to declare that race could not be…
