Vol. 3: No. 18 Thursday, December 14, 2017 USPS (17818) $1.25 Mail Label www.harveycountynow.com - Newton, KS PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOW Azteca Dance Troupe members, from left, Chris Rodriguez, Jada Smith, Alexus Bono, Francisco Meza, Alex Valverde, Ashley Salgado, Nino Valle and Juan Herrera take part in a recent rehearsal at Newton High School. Keeping heritage alive Young ladies moved their feet to the beat of music from Mexico, as flashes of swirling dresses and ribbons in yellows, oranges, greens and blues seemed to mimic a flock of birds in flight, ever changing shapes but mov- ing as one. Young men, their partners, did a variety of dances, as well, stomping or moving about rap- idly, all the while keeping up with their counterparts. This is what happens when the New- ton High School Azteca Dance Troupe performs at a variety of area events throughout the year. This aca- demic year, their first perform- ance was at Taste of Newton. Just before that performance, their dance coach, Patrice Olais, asked each girl if she had her bloomers on. They all seemed to say they did. One of the male dancers, Nino Valle, who’s a freshman, said his first performance with the group was at Taste of Newton. “There were some mistakes, but overall, it was pretty good,” he said. Valle said he was asked to join the group. “They asked me if I wanted to join, and I thought it’d be a good experience, learn something from it,” he said, sitting in a lunchroom chair after a recent rehearsal. In addition to dance routines, he’s also learned something else. “It’s better to work as a team,” he said. “You’ll get things done better than by yourself.” One of two seniors in the group, Cynthia Romero, has been in the troupe all of her high school years, and she enjoys it. “It’s a fun place to be at, and I like to continue to keep the folklore dance,” she said. “A lot of places, you don’t see this, and just trying to Matthew Hensiek ar- rived at his office at 500 N. Main St. to find some- thing amiss Tuesday morning. A back door of his office was broken and ajar. Papers were rifled through. He reported the incident to his wife, who told him he should call the police, which he did. The scene in Hensiek's office mirrored what oc- cupants of offices across the historic Railroad Savings and Loan build- ing found Tuesday morn- ing. A thief or thieves broke doors, rifled through papers and, in some cases, stole cash. "You just feel violated someone was in your space," Newton Chamber of Commerce Director Pam Stevens said. The chamber office had its solid wood door bro- ken. Burglars rifled through desks, took a small amount of petty cash, but left electronics and checkbooks. They stole no chamber checks. The burglary took place either late in the evening of Dec. 11 or early on Dec. 12. The thieves hit the Economic Development Council office and moved through the building. Thieves hit downtown businesses BY ADAM STRUNK NEWTON NOW STAFF [email protected]When it comes to ad- vanced placement classes, Newton High School stands alone as top in the state. For the second time in a row and the third time in the past eight years, Newton High School has been named to the Ad- vanced Placement Na- tional Honor Roll. It is the only school in the state to make the list three times. “It's a pretty big award,” Newton High School Principal Lisa Moore said. “It's phenom- enal and speaks volumes for us academically.” The honor roll recog- nizes schools that have increased access to ad- vanced placement classes, or classes that award college credit should a student do well enough. The honor roll also recognizes schools for maintaining or ex- panding the number of students who score a 3 or higher on testing in AP classes. A score of a 3 is good enough to earn stu- dents college credit for the tests at some schools. Nationally, 447 schools made the list. Moore said that, in re- cent years, Newton High School has made a con- certed effort to get more students enrolled in AP classes. “We've really pushed the AP classes with the cum laude system,” she said. “Students are doing well and enrolling in the AP classes.” To earn the highest See THIEVES / 8 NHS only state school to earn national honor BY ADAM STRUNK NEWTON NOW STAFF [email protected]See HONOR / 8 BY WENDY NUGENT NEWTON NOW STAFF [email protected]■ Local Azteca Dance Troupe brings colorful flair to Newton. See DANCE / 8 From left, Azteca Dance Troups mem- bers Estefa- nia Munguia, Jamilid Romero Ortiz, Jaque- line Parga, Alexus Bono and Jacguelin Riguero take part in re- hearsal at the school. When John Mellinger’s daughter was in the second grade, she didn’t seem to enjoy school. “It was a pretty rough class,” Mellinger said. “She would come home crying often.” Mellinger wanted to help his daughter, so he asked the teacher if he could volunteer, and the teacher talked to him about the Bigs in Schools pro- gram through the local Big Brothers Big Sisters organiza- tion. This is where a “Big” meets with a “Little” at school once a week. He was matched with a student in his daugh- ter’s class. “It’s been valuable for me,” Mellinger said. “Hopefully for the kids I meet with as well.” That was more than a decade ago, as Mellinger has been a big brother for 12 years. “This is my third one—third match,” he said. “I think everyone needs someone in their life who is a positive in- fluence or who believes in them,” adding that by doing this, people give back to the community. Mellinger said with his matches, he’s gone to the schools, meeting with them once a week, although they don’t meet in the summer. They have lunch or do various activities, like throw a foot- ball or do homework. Re- cently, Mellinger went on a Local Big Brothers has new location, director BY WENDY NUGENT NEWTON NOW STAFF [email protected]WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOW John Mellinger, right, talks to Chris Allen, match support specialist with the local Big Brothers Big Sisters program. See DIRECTOR / 8 Parishioners embrace heritage in celebration - Page 13 School board discusses district image, how to market - Page 5
PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAzteca Dance Troupe members, from left, Chris Rodriguez, Jada Smith, Alexus Bono, Francisco Meza, Alex Valverde, Ashley Salgado,Nino Valle and Juan Herrera take part in a recent rehearsal at Newton High School.
Keeping heritage alive
Young ladies moved their feetto the beat of music from Mexico,as flashes of swirling dresses andribbons in yellows, oranges,greens and blues seemed tomimic a flock of birds in flight,ever changing shapes but mov-ing as one.
Young men, their partners, dida variety of dances, as well,stomping or moving about rap-idly, all thewhile keepingup with theircounterparts.
This is whathappens whenthe New-ton HighSchool
Azteca Dance Troupe performsat a variety of area eventsthroughout the year. This aca-demic year, their first perform-ance was at Taste of Newton.
Just before that performance,their dance coach, Patrice Olais,asked each girl if she had herbloomers on. They all seemed tosay they did.
One of the male dancers, NinoValle, who’s a freshman, said hisfirst performance with the groupwas at Taste of Newton.
“There were some mistakes,but overall, it was pretty good,”
he said.Valle said he was asked to join
the group.“They asked me if I wanted to
join, and I thought it’d be a goodexperience, learn somethingfrom it,” he said, sitting in alunchroom chair after a recentrehearsal.
In addition to dance routines,he’s also learned something else.
“It’s better to work as a team,”he said. “You’ll get things donebetter than by yourself.”
One of two seniors in thegroup, Cynthia Romero, hasbeen in the troupe all of her highschool years, and she enjoys it.
“It’s a fun place to be at, and Ilike to continue to keep
the folklore dance,” shesaid. “A lot of places,
you don’t see this,and just trying to
Matthew Hensiek ar-rived at his office at 500N. Main St. to find some-thing amiss Tuesdaymorning. A back door ofhis office was broken andajar. Papers were rifledthrough. He reported theincident to his wife, whotold him he should callthe police, which he did.
The scene in Hensiek'soffice mirrored what oc-cupants of offices acrossthe historic RailroadSavings and Loan build-ing found Tuesday morn-ing.
A thief or thievesbroke doors, rifled
through papers and, insome cases, stole cash.
"You just feel violatedsomeone was in yourspace," Newton Chamberof Commerce DirectorPam Stevens said.
The chamber office hadits solid wood door bro-ken. Burglars rifledthrough desks, took asmall amount of pettycash, but left electronicsand checkbooks. Theystole no chamber checks.The burglary took placeeither late in the eveningof Dec. 11 or early onDec. 12.
The thieves hit theEconomic DevelopmentCouncil office and movedthrough the building.
When it comes to ad-vanced placementclasses, Newton HighSchool stands alone astop in the state.
For the second time ina row and the third timein the past eight years,Newton High School hasbeen named to the Ad-vanced Placement Na-tional Honor Roll. It isthe only school in thestate to make the listthree times.
“It's a pretty bigaward,” Newton HighSchool Principal LisaMoore said. “It's phenom-enal and speaks volumesfor us academically.”
The honor roll recog-nizes schools that haveincreased access to ad-vanced placement
classes, or classes thataward college creditshould a student do wellenough. The honor rollalso recognizes schoolsfor maintaining or ex-panding the number ofstudents who score a 3 orhigher on testing in APclasses. A score of a 3 isgood enough to earn stu-dents college credit forthe tests at some schools.
Nationally, 447 schoolsmade the list.
Moore said that, in re-cent years, Newton HighSchool has made a con-certed effort to get morestudents enrolled in APclasses.
“We've really pushedthe AP classes with thecum laude system,” shesaid. “Students are doingwell and enrolling in theAP classes.”
� Local Azteca Dance Troupebrings colorful flair to Newton.
See DANCE / 8
From left,Azteca DanceTroups mem-bers Estefa-
nia Munguia,JamilidRomero
Ortiz, Jaque-line Parga,
Alexus Bonoand
JacguelinRiguero take
part in re-hearsal at
the school.
When John Mellinger’sdaughter was in the secondgrade, she didn’t seem toenjoy school.
“It was a pretty roughclass,” Mellinger said. “Shewould come home cryingoften.”
Mellinger wanted to helphis daughter, so he asked theteacher if he could volunteer,and the teacher talked to him
about the Bigs in Schools pro-gram through the local BigBrothers Big Sisters organiza-tion. This is where a “Big”meets with a “Little” at schoolonce a week. He was matchedwith a student in his daugh-ter’s class.
“It’s been valuable for me,”Mellinger said. “Hopefully forthe kids I meet with as well.”
That was more than adecade ago, as Mellinger hasbeen a big brother for 12years.
“This is my third one—thirdmatch,” he said. “I think
everyone needs someone intheir life who is a positive in-fluence or who believes inthem,” adding that by doingthis, people give back to thecommunity.
Mellinger said with hismatches, he’s gone to theschools, meeting with themonce a week, although theydon’t meet in the summer.They have lunch or do variousactivities, like throw a foot-ball or do homework. Re-cently, Mellinger went on a
Local Big Brothers has new location, directorBY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWJohn Mellinger, right, talks to Chris Allen, match support specialist with the local Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
School board discusses districtimage, how to market - Page 5
WICHITA—Presbyter-ian Manors of Mid-Amer-ica’s recently launchedFacebook page forArkansas City Presbyte-rian Manor, and a videoproduced for Aberdeen Vil-lage recently receivedrecognition from the Digi-tal Health Awards for fall2017.
PMMA has a location inNewton. The campus Face-book page allows ArkansasCity Presbyterian Manorto highlight the lifestyle onthe campus in a more im-mediate way than the cam-pus website can. The pagefeatures a mix of real-timeposts and content curated
from other senior living re-sources. All 17 PMMAcampuses have a presenceon Facebook. The video forAberdeen Village featured
residents sharing why theychose to be residents andwhat their lives are like inthe senior living commu-nity. —For Newton Now
With all of the extratime I seem to spend inthe kitchen this time ofyear, I seem to feel moreand more uninspiredabout what to make fordinner and less and lessexcited about spendingeven more of my days infront of the stove prepar-ing food.
If you find yourself inthe same boat, this week’srecipe is a good one tohave on hand. All youhave to do is dump someingredients in the crock-pot, give it a stir and waitfor it to cook.
Plus, it’s a vegetarianrecipe, which makes it anice respite from a lot ofthe high-fat recipes thatseem to be thrust in yourface all of the time thistime of year.
It would be super easyto add in some brownedground beef or grilledchicken, too, though, ifyou’re feeding extremecarnivores.
I found this recipe onthe website “In Fine Bal-ance Food Blog.” You canfind the original athttp://infinebalance.com/slow-cooker-black-bean-and-barley-burritos/. I
changed some of theamounts of the spices,and I also left out a coupleingredients.
Crockpot Black Beanand Barley BurritosIngredients2 cups vegetable broth1 cup pearl barley, un-
cooked1 cup frozen corn1 tablespoon lime juice3 teaspoons cumin2 teaspoons chili pow-
der1/2 teaspoon ground red
pepper19 ounces black beans,
rinsed and drained15 ounces diced toma-
toes, undrained4 ounces diced green
chiles, undrained2 garlic cloves, mincedsalt and pepper to tasteDirectionsDump all the ingredi-
ents into your crock potand stir to combine. Cookon low heat for about fourhours or until the barleyis soft and there’s very lit-tle liquid left.
Serve using a slotted
spoon with your favoritetoppings—anything fromshredded cheese to onionsto sour cream. You caneat this over tortillachips, in corn or flour tor-tillas or just on a bed oflettuce or spinach, too.
This reheats andfreezes well, which issomething I always ap-preciate about a recipe. IfI can get some solid left-overs out of very little ef-fort, I’m all about it. Plus,it’s really easy to cus-tomize. We ate this overchips and tossed somefresh spinach on top, butit would also be deliciousin taco shells or as a bur-rito as the original authorintended.
And if it at least givesyou a few moments out ofthe kitchen so you canenjoy all of the Christmasfestivities going on, that’seven better.
Lindsey Young is the co-owner of Newton Now and
a graduate of Bethel Col-lege in North Newton.
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To avoid death penalty, Hawkins pleads guilty to capital murder
In what HarveyCounty Prosecutor DavidYoder calls the swiftestresolution to a capitalmurder case he's been apart of, Keith Hawkins
pled guilty to one countof capital murder for thedouble homicide ofAlyssa Runyon, 24, andher daughter ZaylynnPaz, 4.
In exchange for theguilty plea, Yoder's officeagreed to take the deathpenalty off the table forHawkins when it came
time for sentencing. Theguilty plea will likelymean life in prison with-out parole for Hawkins,age 20. That's the onlyoption available at hissentencing hearing setfor 1 p.m. Feb 9.
Yoder said avoidingthe death penalty was amotivating factor of thedeal. Two counts of firstdegree murder were alsodismissed. Yoder said heworked with Runyon'sfamily during the case,and they consented to
the deal. Yoder said thefamily wished to have de-tails about the incident,and as part of the plea,Hawkins agreed to pro-vide a written statementto the family. That state-
ment willbe doneprivatelyand notmade pub-lic.
Yodersaid he'd
never seensuch astatement
included in any otherplea agreement.
More details about thestrangulation of Runyonand the stabbing of Pazmight remain private,
with the trial process tobe concluded after thedeal and sentencing.
Yoder said investiga-tors believed that Run-yon knew Hawkins as anacquaintance and pro-vided him a place to stayfor a night after Hawkinswas no longer welcome ata prior place he was stay-ing.
Hawkins then mur-dered Runyon usingblunt force trauma andstrangulation and alsostabbed Paz to death.
Hawkins charged with killing24-year-old mom, 4-year-old girl
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWMaycee Jones, left, points something out to her son, Caysen Meis, during the Parade of Lights on Thursdaynight in downtown Newton.
Parade lights up downtown Newton
Although it was de-scribed as the coldestnight of the year by atleast one person, hun-dreds still turned out forthe Thursday night, Dec.7, Newton Lions Club Pa-rade of Lights throughdowntown Newton.
Various groups hadlighted entries, and someof the groups representedwere the Harvey CountyFair, B&B Lumber, atleast one church, theNewton Fire/EMS Depart-ment with its vintage firetruck and Santa Claus, aswell as marching NewtonHigh School band mem-bers. There were a total of37 entries, said ParadeChair Erin McDaniel, andthey estimated a crowd ofabout 1,200 people.
“It was a fantastic com-munity event, despite thecold,” McDaniel said. “Wehad a wonderful turnout,and I’ve heard nothingbut rave reviews. I thinkeveryone had a great timeenjoying Christmas down-town. Lions Club reallyappreciates the support ofour local businesses andorganizations that partici-pate, as well as the down-town shops that stay openand make the event evenmore festive.”
Most folks were bundledup, including momMaycee Jones and her sonCaysen Meis, as Meis waswrapped in a blanketwhile sitting on his mom’slap.
Jones had several rea-sons for attending the an-nual event.
“I guess why everybodyelse did,” she said. “’causehe’s excited to see Santa.To get in the Christmasspirit.”
Newton High School
student Kaden Weber-Gonzalez had his own rea-son for attending.
“Family event,” he said.“I made him come,” his
mom, Julie Weber, said. “Iwanted to bring him, hisnephew—my grandson—and I thought it would befun for the whole family.”
Another reason to gowas to expose Weber’sgrandson to the atmos-phere. Weber said whenthey drive around, he sitsin his car seat and can’tsee the holiday lights.
This gave her grandson,Dominic Weber, a chanceto see the lights.
Before the paradestarted, downtown New-ton was filled with Christ-mas music, like “Oh HolyNight.” A couple of localstorefronts, Faith & Lifeand The Gathering, of-fered treats to those at-tending. At TheGathering, folks weretreated to hot chocolateand candy, while at Faith& Life, there was hotcider, as well as a bunchof people shopping.
During the parade, theannouncer told attendeesthere have been 32 policechiefs or marshals inNewton since Newton be-came a town.
“Thank you to the New-ton Police Department forall that you do,” he said.
Meanwhile, two otherpeople, Junuen Lujanoand Elena Vanzerwezstood on the curb,wrapped in a blanket to-gether.
“It is cold,” Lujano said.“I can’t feel my toes.”
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWSanta Fe 5/6 Center students stand on their float during the Newton Lions Club Parade of Lights on Thursday,Dec. 7, in downtown Newton.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAbove: Junuen Lujano, left, and Elena Vanzerwez keep warm beneath ablanket during the Dec. 7 parade. Below: Julie Weber, in back, watchesthe parade with grandson Dominic Weber.
The concept of stayinghealthy and not gainingweight, at least in Amer-ica, during the holidays,seems to be an oxymoron.
However, according tolocal wellness experts, thatcan be possible.
“Portion control wouldbe the main thing,” saidJon Ainsworth, personaltrainer at the NewtonYMCA. “It is nice to in-dulge. You have to make itmore about the amount.”
This year, the NewtonYMCA launched a coupleof staying healthy chal-lenges—the Group X Chal-lenge (or 12-ClassChallenge) and the Battleof the Bulge—said TeraThomas, the NewtonYMCA director. With theBattle of the Bulge, theyencourage people to notgain weight over the holi-days.
“That links back to Jon’sadvice—everything inmoderation,” Thomas said,adding consistency is keyand that it’s easy to get offof one’s wellness routineduring the holidays.
Thomas advised peopleto keep to their workoutregimen.
“Exercise as much asyou can,” Ainsworth said.
Thomas also encouragedpeople who get paid timeoff, like industrial workers,teachers and education ad-ministrators, to incorpo-rate workouts on thosedays.
With the Battle of theBulge, folks sign a commit-ment to not gain weightduring the holidays, saidShelly Conrady, vice presi-dent of marketing andcommunication with theYMCA. Participants areweighed before and afterthe holidays.
“They sign up beforeThanksgiving, usually,”Conrady said, adding ifthey don’t gain weight,they get a T-shirt.
The 12-class challengehelps people to not let theirfitness slide during theholiday season. If they at-tend 12 classes Thanksgiv-ing through New Year’s,they get a shirt, as well.
“We try to give them in-centives to avoid the quick-calorie snacks you get atthe office—all those peoplebringing those baked goodsinto the office,” Conradysaid. “It’s just kind of a funway to help people holdthemselves accountable.”
Conrady also suggestedpeople should avoid thesnacks that keep showingup, and if people are facedwith a holiday buffet situa-tion, they should first loadtheir plates up withhealthy food choices, like asalad.
“That way, you don’thave much space on yourplate for other things,” sheadded.
She also said it’s reallyeasy for people to forget allthe calories they take inover the holidays withdrinks, such as egg nog orhot chocolate.
In addition, when itstarts getting dark earlierand light later in themornings this time of year,
people tend to want to hi-bernate and not work out.
“Make sure you’re stay-ing into your wellness rou-tines for staying active,”Conrady said. “A great giftto yourself is stay healthy.”
Wellness CenterThe Wellness Center at
the Newton Activity Cen-ter also has goals for peo-ple for the holidays.
“Newton RecreationCommission started a well-ness challenge November13th lasting until January5th,” said Tracie Strain,wellness director. “Partici-pants were asked to selecttheir own wellness chal-lenge, whether it be a per-sonal fitness goal or acommunity wellness goal.For example—picking uptrash outside as you ap-proach any venue as a partof keeping a clean commu-nity.”
These are goals peopleset for themselves, whichthey wrote on the back ofpaper turkeys that areposted at the center. Onthe front, they wrote whatthey’re thankful for, andon the back they wrote acommunity wellness/fit-ness goal, Strain said. Thecenter didn’t just want peo-ple to have fitness goals forthemselves; they wantedfolks to help the commu-nity as well. They weretrying to get people to“think outside the box,”Strain said.
“Something that is out-side the ordinary,” Strainsaid about what theywanted people to do, likehelp their neighbor once aweek or pick up trash out-side.
They wanted folks tothink about not only howthey can be well them-selves but how they canhelp their town to be a wellcommunity. Strain saidshe was trying to get peo-ple to think a little bit.
“For me, my goal was tobe kind in all situations,”Strain said. “It was a re-minder for me to do bet-ter,” which includedspiritual awareness.
Around Jan. 5, they’lllook at all the goals andput all the turkeys of peo-ple who reached their goalsin a hat, and there will beprizes.
One program at theWellness Center, Silver-Sneakers, which is for peo-ple 55 and older, helps
people with wellness yearround. In October, the na-tional organization cele-brated its 25thanniversary, and Silver-Sneakers has been at thelocal facility for 11 years,Strain said.
Strain said 190 peopleare enrolled in Silver-Sneakers, and their seniorpopulation is at 295.
Strain said that duringclasses, they hand outwellness letters, whichsometimes have the topicof nutrition, like eat fruitsand get 30 grams of pro-tein per meal.
“If you get 30 grams ofprotein in every meal,that’s pretty good foreveryone,” Strain said.“Protein helps you sustainyour appetite so you’re nothungry.”
She said protein helps aperson feel full and helpswith blood sugar.
Strain also talked aboutportion control, saying aserving of protein shouldequal the palm of a per-son's hand or a deck ofcards
“For overall portion, aperson’s fist is a goodguide,” Strain said. Itworks for any size individ-ual. We know which onewe should be eating, butwe’re choosing the other,”she said about healthy andnot-so-healthy foods.
In addition, Straintalked about a couple ofclasses they’ll offer after
the holidays, including a13-week class on takingcharge of your health andlife called IN.FORM,taught by Becky Esch, anatural health consultantand certified IN.FORMcoach. The class, “Empow-ered to Transform,” willhave its introductory meet-ing at 5:30 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 17. The fee, $99,can be paid after the intro-ductory meeting. Anotherclass, Dining with Dia-betes, will be offered from5 to 7 p.m. TuesdaysMarch 6 through 27 byAnnie Pitts with the Har-vey County Extension Of-fice. Folks with diabeteswill learn how to cook andshop.
“It’s really a good guidefor people,” Strain said.
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAbove: Jon Ainsworth, right, personal trainer, talks to Newton YMCA member Cecilia Llamas of Newton onMonday at the local Y. Below: From left, Jayden Presnell, Lori Pohl and Shawn Bontrager at the Y.
NORTH NEWTON—The North Newton CityCouncil approved a cost-of-living increase for city em-ployees as well as paying50 percent of a couple ofemployees' health insur-ance premiums and put-ting the pay range scalefor the city clerk the sameas the police chief duringits Monday night meeting.
North Newton employ-ees will get a one-percentpay increase, while twoemployees will have half oftheir health insurance pre-miums paid for, since theirsituation has changed towhere they no longer canget health insurancethrough other means.
Instead of giving a two-percent cost-of-living in-crease to all employees,the council decided to takeCity Administrator JohnTorline's recommendationto give a one-percent in-crease to help offset thecosts of the health insur-ance for the two others.
Regarding the city clerkposition, held by Pat Red-ding, Torline believes it'sfair to put her pay rangein the same category asPolice Chief Randy Jor-dan's because of all herextra duties, like workingon the budget.
“It's only fair the policechief and city clerk be inthe same range,” Torlinesaid.
During the discussionportion of this topic, CityCouncil Member PaulHarder had a question forTorline.
“I'm assuming the payrange for the city clerk isstill comparable to othercity clerks in the area?” heasked.
To this, Torline said yesand that City of NorthNewton employees arewell paid.
“The city clerk continuesto grow in her knowledgeand attendant skills in herposition,” according to in-formation given to thecouncil. “She has taken onadditional responsibilities,
including finance adminis-tration with the issuanceof short- and long-termdebt and grants adminis-tration.”
Before the vote, CityCouncil Member Ron Rat-zlaff called an executivesession to discuss person-nel for 10 minutes. No de-cisions were made duringthe session.
After the session, Coun-cil Member Gregg Dickwanted to know if theycould decrease retirementand give employees a two-percent cost-of-living in-crease. Torline said theycouldn't, because theKPERS amount is set bythe government.
The motion passed withno council members dis-senting.
In other business, thecouncil:
• Heard a report fromDirector of Public WorksDirector Danny Bisoni re-garding the large fire inNovember at a storagebuilding on the south endof town that contained re-cyclable plastic. He saidfirefighters ran 2,000 gal-lons of water a minute, atleast during the major por-tion of the fire, and a totalof 700,000 gallons of watertotal was used for the fire.Bisoni said North Newtonhas water in a water dis-trict they own.
“We didn't use Newton'swater,” Harder said.
“That's right,” Bisoni re-sponded.
Bisoni showed a graphto council members re-garding water usage/waterin the water tower fromthat day, which showed avariety of things, such asfluoride content, gallonsused per minute and towerwater level. On the day ofthe fire, Bisoni said thewater tower was full.
“We went ’til about 4:30,and you see what hap-pened to our water towerwhen they started drain-ing water,” he said, addingit was at 54 percent at itslowest.
Bisoni ended up openingthe valve to the City ofNewton, he said, and itwas wide open around 6
p.m. This,however,was waterdistrictwater.
• Hearda reportfrom Jor-dan re-garding a
couple of burglaries at thesame place at Bethel Col-lege in one week.
“We believe that it'sdrug-related, possibly thatthey owed money,” Jordansaid.
Jordan also said drugcases are increasing. Hesaid the police departmentdog and her handler areassisting other area de-partments. Jordan alsosaid that because of thestate cuts for mental-health services, the bur-den of checking on folkswith mental-health prob-lems is falling on the po-lice department.
• Discussed concernsfrom a citizen regardingthe crosswalk sign at 27thand Main Streets about itssafety for pedestrians. TheKansas Department ofTransportation was con-tacted, and they said thecrosswalk meets their re-quirements.
“Any crosswalk you'resupposed to stop whetherthere's a sign there or not,”Bisoni said.
This crosswalk has aflashing yellow light andat least one sign. Bisonisaid there's a small signthere that states, “Stopwhen occupied.” Dick saidhe thinks people might getconfused because a flash-ing yellow light usuallymeans to slow down, asopposed to a flashing redlight, which means to stop.The city is working onwhat to do about the situa-tion, and no action wastaken on the matter.
• Learned from Reddinga total of 15 coupons weregiven out in the fall treeprogram and that $267.50was spent so far on theprogram.
• Conducted a publichearing for assessmentson the North Woods Plazawater and sewer projects.
No one showed up to com-ment.
• Approved an ordi-nance levying special as-sessments in the NorthWoods Plaza water andsewer projects.
• Received the year-endreport. The report in-cluded things that wereaccomplished during theyear. These included:
• Building permits is-sued for about $1.6 mil-lion, which included NorthWoods Plaza, Bethel Col-lege food court addition,Bethel College tennisbuilding, and KidronBethel storm shelter andlaundry building.
• Giving funds to BethelCollege Fall Fest, Hes-ston/Bethel PerformingArts and Kauffman Mu-seum for the Kansas Daycelebration.
• A council retreat.• Approving industrial
revenue bonds for NorthWoods Plaza.
A little over half ofNewton Public School pa-trons surveyed for a dis-trict audit wouldrecommend the schoolsystem to a friend.Eighty-two percent of ed-ucators and board mem-bers surveyed also wouldnot recommend the schoolsystem to a friend.
That was informationpresented as part of acommunications auditthat the school districtcontracted the LindemanGroup to conduct.
The board saw a pres-entation of the audit atits Monday meeting.
The audit started inJune and involved sur-veying patrons and staffas well as one-on-one in-terviews and evaluationsof district marketing ma-terials and the marketingmaterials of competingdistricts.
“That was concerning;this was us saying we'renot going to refer us toother people,” Craig Lin-deman told the schooldistrict.
Lindeman said oftenthe largest knocks on theschool district in surveyswere a perception of drugusage, a lack of fundingand bullying among thestudent body.
He said that positivesthat regularly showed upwith those surveys wereteachers, staffing andclose or a family environ-ment.
He noted in the dis-trict's messaging itneeded to do a better jobtelling its story.
He said neighboringdistricts like Maize did astrong job marketing andbranding their school dis-trict and promoting it topatrons or those theywished to draw in.
Besides having a morecohesive style for present-ing brochures and re-working the districtwebsite, Lindeman'sgroup made a recommen-
dation of the districtworking to tell its storyand promote the positivethings going on in thedistrict.
Board Member BarbaraBunting said that, as thestudy noted, the NewtonSchool District had morediversity, as well as socio-economic variance thansurrounding districts.She said she viewed thatdiversity as a positive,but some people view di-versity as going hand inhand with things such asdrugs and bullying.
“How can you make di-versity a positive when itcarries negative connota-tions?” she asked Linde-man. “I believe diversityis a positive, but how doyou remove it from allthat baggage?”
Lindeman said thatpromoting the district’sdiversity amounted togetting their message andstory out, showing howdiversity is a positivewith the school district.
“If you're consistentand keep pushing thosethings out, it willchange,” he said. “It doeswork; it will happen. Yougot to make sure you'repushing the positive sto-ries out there.”
Lindeman recom-mended forming an adhoc committee for com-munity feedback on im-proving the district'simage as well as distrib-uting frequent news re-leases to focus on positivethings happening withthe school district. Henoted Wichita State Uni-versity employed a simi-lar strategy to improveits image when both heand Newton Mayor BarthHague worked at theschool.
In other news, theboard heard a presenta-tion about the STEAM, orscience, technology, engi-neering, art and math,lab at Santa Fe MiddleSchool. The school gotcombined grants for$3,000 to create program-ming that encourageslearning in those sub-jects.
The students’ part ofthe lab had board mem-bers and administrativestaff try to stack cupswithout using theirhands. They only hadpieces of string attachedto a rubber band. Thepoint of the exercise wasto teach communicationas well as things like en-gineering. Another groupof students spoke aboutcoding and using codingto make games. Otherstalked about using agreen screen or program-ming Lego robots theyconstructed or using 3-Dprinters.
The Newton SchoolDistrict will offer onlinepsychology from Bethelas well as online aviationand unmanned aircraftclasses through KSUpolytech to NHS stu-dents. It passed with sixin favor. Allen Jantz, whoteaches at Bethel, ab-stained from voting.
And, finally, boardmembers approvedspending $1,000 for anonline survey to be in-cluded with a $16,000phone survey to receivefeedback from district pa-trons on what they wouldwant to see in a bondissue.
ETC. Assistant District Su-
perintendent Matt Mor-ford discussed capitoloutlay requests frombuildings. He said theyare looking at funding $2million worth of requests.In the next week or so,the plan is to take thislist of requests, showthem to district supportteam, gather feedbackand as an administrativeteam sit down and makesense of what is decidedat that time.
The district approvedgifts from the followingpeople:
- $800 keyboard fromIsaiah Eldridge to North-ridge Elementary for stu-dents learning basicpiano.
-$1,300 from the Wal-ton Foundation for Wal-ton Rural Life Center for
Project Based Learningopportunities.
- $4,800 from WaltonRural Life Festival toWalton Rural Life Centerfor Project Based Learn-ing opportunities.
- $3,660 from NewtonBooster Club to ChisholmMiddle School for NewBasketball Uniforms.
-$3,000 from Cotton-wood Pediatrics to RailerRobotics for competitionexpenses.
- $1,000 from Millen-nium Machine to RailerRobotics for competitionexpenses.
- $4,000 donation ofsteel from Excel Indus-tries to Newton HighSchool for students to usein the Welding Tech pro-gram.
- $500 donation fromNHS Fine Arts BoosterClub to NHS ThespianGroup for state Thespianstudent expenses.
The meeting adjournedthree hours and 11 min-utes after it started. Theboard held two 10 minuteexecutive sessions, one todiscuss personnel mat-ters and one to discussongoing negotiations.
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Communication audit recommends district work on image
ADAM STRUNK/NEWTON NOWBoard members try to stack cupsusing string and a rubber band.The exercise was a demonstrationof activities students are workingon in middle school STEAM (sci-ence, technology engineering artsand math) labs.
North Newton employees get raises at Monday night meetingBY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]
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Just recently, I've made theforay into selling items oneBay. I just sold a sweater
and am waiting for the buyer tosend the money. It's been 20hours since I accepted her offer,so I guess she has 48 hours topay.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.It's my first sale on eBay ever.
I've learned a lot about sellingitems on eBay these past fewmonths, even in the past fewdays.
My boyfriend is a savant atselling items on that worldwidesite, and since I just started, Ihave a lot of questions for him.
I'm selling items I've outgrownor outshrunk, as it were, becauseI've lost some weight and am asize or two smaller than theitems I'm selling. I needed to loseweight for my health, as I was di-agnosed as pre-diabetic and amworking on not being there withdiet and exercise.
Since I've started this journey,I've lost around 27 pounds, whichis great. I reached a stage in mylife where the weight just piledon, even though I exercised a lotat Curves. The only weight issuesI had ever had were being tooskinny. Well, that's gone by thewayside. Now, I keep an almostdaily track of my calorie intake,and I exercise five to six days aweek.
Things had to change, and now,I want to make some money toput toward clothes that fit better.
One thing is for sure, though. Ido know how much the brand ofclothes I sell go for on eBay. I've
at least done my research onthat.
I listed a sweater on eBay inNovember and received an offer,but I never received a noticeabout it. It was a good offer,which expired because I neverwas notified. So, this week Icalled eBay, or rather, contactedeBay on the web, and they calledme back. A nice young lady fromanother country was on the line. Italked to her for a bit, and thenshe transferred me to anothernice young lady. She wasn't ableto tell me anything I hadn't al-ready done—like contact the per-son who made the offer and tellthem I'd accept it and what hadhappened. Yes, I did that. She didsay, however, she'd tell others ateBay about it to see why I wasn'tcontacted. Maybe the sweaterwill sell. I haven't heard backfrom the person who made theoffer, either.
So, I'm learning the ins andouts of selling. Steve, myboyfriend, said sometimes thereare weird glitches at eBay. Maybethat's what happened. Right now,I have three items listed and one
that's waiting for the money. It'sbeen rather exciting to get anoffer, because my phone makes acash register noise when thathappens because I use the eBayapp on my phone.
As a matter of fact, I got anoffer when I was interviewing thefolks with River Mill Woods, aframe and handmade furnitureand casket/coffin store at the out-let mall. I was so excited, Ichecked my phone during the in-terview. They didn't seem tomind. Thanks, Pat and Daryl.Just as a side note, if you need abeautiful, handmade casket orcoffin, check them out. Daryl doesgreat work. He also does wonder-ful custom furniture, and Pat isgreat at framing. They're on thewest side of the outlet mall facingeast.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.Still waiting on that payment,
lady from Connecticut!It is pretty simple to list some-
thing on eBay, especially with theapp my son, Rodger, suggested Iuse. A portion of one's sales goesto eBay and another portion toPayPal and yet another portion tothe post office, although I amcharging for shipping and han-dling.
I sold this sweater for about $7less than what I really wanted,but I just wanted to make a firstsale. I learned one can list itemsat auction or “buy now” with“best offer” also listed, so peoplecan make offers. I also have theoption to set where eBay auto-matically rejects offers below a
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Editorial
School district doesn'tneed more Eeyores
We ran a story about Newton High School's AdvancedPlacement (AP) program on the front page this week,because we think it's a big deal.
No other high school in Kansas, not Bishop Carroll,not Independent, not a Johnson County school can claimwhat NHS can: being named to the AP Honor roll threetimes in the last eight years and for back to back years.
To get the honor, the school district has to increasethe number of students taking advance placementclasses, which allow them to qualify for college creditand to maintain or increase the amount of studentsdoing well on the testing that comes with the classes.
That takes, hard work from teachers and studentsand an organized game plan, something the high schoolhas shown that it has. For this year, 197 students haveor will enroll in AP classes.
Why is that a big deal? It shows that Newton HighSchool continues to grow the rigorous course work thatit offers students and continues to have students do wellin that course work. It shows that when it comes to col-lege readiness, NHS can preform at the top of the state.It shows again that our high school is something to beproud of.
It would be a huge deal if it were a stand-aloneachievement. But it's not. Pair that with the school's ca-reer and technical education classes it offers. NHS hostsa wide variety of classes that give students certificationand training in technical fields such as nursing, me-chanics, business and the culinary arts.
These certifications have curriculum in part dictatedby local advisors and those working in the professionsthe CTE classes work to train students for. And enroll-ment in such classes numbers in the hundreds eachyear. Some employers will hire students with CTE certi-fications straight out of high school.
NHS accounted for nearly 20 percent of the studentswho earned the inaugural CTE Scholar designation bythe State of Kansas, which honors those that havetaken CTE classes and maintained high grade point av-erages.
All that being said, Newton has one of the best APprograms in the state. Newton has one of the best CTEprograms in the state.
One could make an argument that if your child wantsto go to college or into a trade, few locations in the stateoffer as strong of options for post-secondary advance-ment as Newton High School.
More simply put, Newton High School prepares stu-dents for life.
That's something the district should be yelling fromthe rooftops.
The Newton School Board heard the results of a re-cent communications audit at its last board meeting.
The auditors said that people regularly associatedrugs and bullying with the school district.
That might be because we have regular events talkingabout the amount of drugs at the high school. We hearthe line over and over at community gatherings that ourschools deal with a high amount of poverty. Free and re-duced lunches, for context, aren't any higher in HarveyCounty than in the State of Kansas.
We hear that there's never enough money. We hearthat we don't have as nice of facilities as other districts.We repeat so many knocks on our school district.
But here's the deal: Maize isn't going to tell peoplehow great Newton is. Valley Center won't. Derby won't.Campus won't. Goddard won't.
Newton residents are the only people who will pro-mote how outstanding our schools are. We have to tellour own message, people, and it has to be one that does-n't sound like we hired Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh topromote our school district. That story about the out-standing AP performance we wrote happened becausePrincipal Lisa Moore reached out to us and said, “Hey,look at this. This is awesome.”
Newton High School provides an outstanding optionfor all students to prepare for the next level of life.We've got the numbers, awards and information to backthat up.
That's a solid building block for our school districtand, really, community to build a much-needed promo-tional campaign around.
It's a message they should repeat over and over untilpeople outside of Newton understand just how good ourschools are in this community.
It's an understanding and perception we need if wehope to continue to grow our tax base, our businesses,our population and our community as a whole in a timewhen the quality of a school district is often the deter-mining factor in the relocation or a family or what com-munity people choose to start one in.
—Newton Now Editorial Board
If you ever want to feel dumbin multiple subjects, moderatea Scholars’ Bowl meet.
I received that opportunity lastThursday at Newton's Scholars’Bowl invitational.
I went in with a certain amountof arrogance. These kids were mypeople. I competed in the activityfor four years when I was inschool. I knew the activity thathas you buzzing in to answerquestions like the back of myhand.
I was determined to be the goodmoderator and not repeat the mis-takes that so irked me as a moodyteenager. I'd have perfect diction.I'd be confident. I wouldn't be likethe stuttering rubes I rememberfrom my youth, unable to properlypronounce Decartes. No, I'd be thebest dang moderator NHS Schol-ars’ Bowl had ever seen.
Plus, I'd moderated political fo-rums. I thought I'd be fine.
After, I believe, the third differ-ent student challenged a correctanswer we had listed for a ques-tion, I realized I'd much rather bedealing with crotchety commis-sion candidates.
Let me tell you, reader, I waslaid low.
Come to find out, I can't reallydo high school math. Like, I cando algebra and what I need forwork. But I try to keep the num-bers in my life like the people Ideal with: strictly rational.
I quickly gave up trying toargue with any students aboutwhy the answer on my answersheet was correct. I didn't need a15-year-old to explain trigonome-try to me.
I fell back on my best adultvoice and stern look.
“I'm sorry I can not accept youranswer,” I said, completely un-sure why I was right and theyweren't. “I assure you we thor-oughly vetted the questions be-forehand.”
I looked to the back of the roomfor approval from the Scholars’
Bowl judge I was paired with,Newton teacher Scott McCloud.
If our time together during theScholars’ Bowl meet was a warmovie, he'd have been played by astubble-faced Tom Hanks, guidingme through the minefield of pro-nunciations and arguments.
When I faltered, it was him de-ciding if “A Midsummer's Night'sDream” was an acceptable answerto a Shakespeare question or ifthe student's extra “s” made it un-acceptable.
Between rounds, he told horrorstories of late Scholars’ Bowlnights, of long break periods be-tween rounds, or prolonged meets.He had no wish to repeat suchthings, so together,with our teamof crack student score keepersand timers, we slogged through16 Scholars’ Bowl rounds. Eachround had 16 questions.
As I left, I told the kids in myroom, “Well, it's been real. It'sbeen good. But it's not been realgood.”
I was inspired by the cool-sounding statement. What a coolthing for an adult to say. I knewthat's what young Scholars’ Bowlme would have thought. I gotblank stares.
I was no longer cool. But thenagain, I never was cool. Somethings don't change.
On the subject of things I don'tknow, I served as a peppernutjudge for the Faith and Life book-store's annual contest. I tested all21 samples. I have no idea whatthe perfect peppernut tastes like.
I rated them mostly on if I'd wantto eat them or not. That involvesnot chipping a tooth, being over-powered by anise, or wonderingwhy on Earth they didn't add abit of salt in the recipe. Therewere some great cookies, about 10in the mid range and about fiveor so that were awful.
If you entered the contest, I as-sure you that the one you enteredwas the one I really liked.
Still, if you're upset your pep-pernut didn't win, tell yourselfthat your judge was awful. That'swhat I told myself when myMom's chili didn't win the ChiliCookoff this September, as it re-ally was the best one around—atleast I preferred it.
And as a final bit of ignoranceand one that will I'm sure resultin a flurry of letters to the editor,I can't really read cursive. I'mcoming clean. I once had ateacher in my life who told me I'dgo no where in life if I didn't havegood cursive penmanship. ThankGod I write all my columns andarticles and notes in cursive andnot on a keyboard. I think aboutthat statement sometimes stilltoday.
I say all this because I heardsomeone speak at a recent meet-ing saying they were “heartbro-ken” their child doesn't knowcursive.
Be glad the school teachesthem enough critical thinking toquestion why an antiquated formof writing is still important tolearn. Or that the school teacheshow to use a computer. I will re-tract all my sass when someonebrings a job listing to me thatstates “Must know cursive, notMicrosoft Office”.
Unless the kid's dream is to bea professional calligrapher,they're going to be OK.
Adam Strunk is the managingeditor of Newton Now. He can bereached at 316-283-7899 [email protected].
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Like your rights?Thank George Mason
When someone mentions the name GeorgeMason, the first thought that may come to mindis: "Oh, yes, they have a great basketball team."
That's true, but basketball is not the reason GeorgeMason should be remembered by most Americans. Hiscontribution to our nation is much more important.
Mason is recog-nized as the Fatherof the Bill ofRights. I know, youprobably thought itwas James Madi-son. While Madisondid "propose" theU.S. Bill of Rights,he did so in re-sponse to a band ofvocal opponents ofthe U.S. Constitu-tion.
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in-cludes a striking exhibit of 42 life-sized bronze statuesof the Founding Fathers, the icons of their day: Alexan-der Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, George Washingtonand Madison, to name just a few.
But in that same room are the statues of three otherdelegates to the Constitutional Convention who defi-antly refused to put pen to paper and sign the docu-ment. Why? Because the Constitution did not include aBill of Rights spelling out the rights of states and thefreedom of citizens.
It was a classic struggle between the Federalists andthe Anti-Federalists. The Federalists argued against aBill of Rights in the Constitution, but the Anti-Federal-ists were leery of a document not including safeguardsof the most basic individual liberties we've come to cher-ish.
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Ihold the title of M.D., whichstands for Marketing Dude.People often ask how I came
up with that. Believe it or not, itcame from comedian Steve Martin.
Several years ago, I saw an in-terview with him on television,and Martin said he knew the onlyway he could make it in comedywas to “pervert it.” Straight strandup wouldn't work in a world so fullof comedians. He had to make itweird, different and zany, which isexactly what he did. And that's ex-actly what I knew I had to do: bemore than just another plain,vanilla, stuffed shirt marketing di-rector.
Stealing Martin's idea, I brokeall the rules. The first move Imade as the new M.D. was losethe suit. Yes, as crazy as it sounds,at one time I actually wore a suitand tie to work every day. That isuntil one of my customers told meI looked uncomfortable and toknock it off. I took his advice,peeled off the tie, ditched mysocks, threw on a pair of jeans andnever looked back.
Author and marketing guruSeth Godin defines marketing as“The contest for people's atten-tion.” He's right; marketing reallyis just a fancy word for a constantpush to get the world to look atyou.
Along with Steve Martin's strat-
egy I also took Godin's definitionto heart and jumped in the madcontest for attention. After leavingthe suit and tie behind, I createdthe fun yet memorable title ofM.D. I have “Mad Men” style busi-ness cards, wear a wig in promo-tional videos, and include a pictureof myself wearing sunglasses inmy e-mails to customers. Peopleare sometimes freaked out at myoff-the-wall approach.
Don't freak out, man. I'm justtrying to get your attention.
Before I quit, I have to tell youabout one of the best sales people Iknow in Newton. Her name isBrylie and she's 10 years old. I re-cently bought a poinsettia plantfrom her, and before that, I boughta mum.
Brylie's profits from her sales gointo her “athletic account,” whichhelp fund her participation in tum-bling. Instead of her parents pay-
ing for everything, the girl gets outthere and hustles. She earns it.That's extreme ownership, and I'mimpressed.
Even though it's Brylie's show,she does have a sales team. Hermom, Julie, handles promotionthrough social media. As shemakes her sales calls, her dad,Dan, and little sister Kynlie tagalong in the background for sup-port. Kynlie refuses to be left be-hind.
I was going to tease Brylie onthis round for not having a penwith her. But then I thought,maybe she did that on purpose toget me engaged in the salesprocess. Once I left her at the doorto grab a pen, she had closed thesale. Who am I kidding? She hadme sold the minute I saw her smil-ing face at my door step. Alongwith being a cracker jack of a saleslady, she's also polite and puts upwith me giving her a hard time. Iwish more kids were this resource-ful.
Brylie, keep up the good work.Look me up when hit working age.I have a sales job with your nameon it.
Bruce Behymer is the managingeditor at Newton Now and The
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I’ve tried hard this year to stayaway from online political con-versations, because their only
points have been to alienate some,rally spirited debate and ulti-mately cause a lot of “unfriending.”
But, as Christmas grows nearer,I realize discussing politics on so-cial media is actually a brilliantstrategy for those people who wishto save money on card postage andgifts. Each time someone blocksyou from their profile because ofsome diatribe you launched intoabout immigration reform, it elimi-nates one from your annual ex-change.
That strategy is my only expla-nation for some of the outlandishstances I see on Facebook.
While, at times, it’s been difficultscrolling past some of the drivelwithout providing my own com-ments, my wish for staying oneveryone’s Christmas gift list faroutweighed the desire to share myopinion—even when I knew I wasright.
So, for those people still search-ing for just the right item to createa memorable Christmas for me,I’m including a few selections. Be-cause, if I’ve learned nothing else,it’s that the trick to living well is toaim for less material stuff. Thatway, when it’s time for me to jointhe dust from whence I came, itwill be without fear of a big familysquabble over my collection of shotglasses…
A politician to admire. Frankly,I’m tired of the ones already in of-fice. They constantly bicker, oftenforget all about their constituentsonce they hit the road to Topeka orWashington, D.C., and they spendtoo much time pointing fingers at
each other instead of working to-ward bipartisan solutions. Mymom would have been perfect aspresident, because Congress wouldhave learned to speak civilly orthere would need to be more cor-ners in the chambers for them tosit in. She wouldn’t allow Twitter,either, and anyone caught tweetingwould pay the high price of beinggrounded from their colleagues andtheir devices. Actually, in light ofthe many allegations facing thosein Congress, everyone should prob-ably be grounded forever anyway.
Time. Don’t tell my son, Brett,who aspires to become a novelistone day, but I have two award-win-ning story ideas in my head thatI’ve promised to put on paper,“someday.” The problem is thatsomeday has a way of creeping upon you, and suddenly you’re look-ing back and wondering where itall went. My time always seems inshort supply, much like runningout of water on a long hike whenyou’re furthest from a refill.
More Saturday mornings. This issomething I could really use, be-cause it’s when I’m usually able torelax over a cup of coffee and de-cide whether the yard really needsto be mowed or if a fishing trip
with my son and grandson is inorder instead. I would even pro-pose an amendment to introduce afour-day work week to accomplishmy wish, which would provide anextra “Saturday” for spending timewith family, enjoying a hobby orsimply providing each of us achance to pause and see the beautyin this place we briefly inhabit.
Learn to listen to each otherwith a closed mouth and openmind. As a place filled with peoplewho mostly came from somewhereelse and founded on the principleof free idea exchange, civil dis-course and respect for other’s opin-ions, we need reminded that thereare far more unities than divisionsby simply listening to one other.
So there you have it—three mod-est wishes for my gift list. I can al-most hear what you’rethinking—either I have sugarplums dancing in my head or I’vehit the “Santa Sauce” a little earlythis year.
I can’t argue the former, butwith each passing year, I find my-self dreaming more about suchthings, not unlike my childhoodwhen I wished for a Johnny Westaction figure or an electric trainset. Back then, Santa delivered,which gives me hope for this year,also.
And, just to initiate the spirit ofmy wish list, I’ll even take the firststep: “Merry Christmas, everyone!And, all the best to you for 2018!”
Ken, who actually still has onematerial item on his Christmas
list—a camper that he hopes hiswife can fit under the tree…or inthe driveway—can be reached at
A politician to admire, more Saturdays on Christmas wish list
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certain price. I thoughtmaybe that happened onthe one offer that eBaythinks I rejected, but itdidn't. I didn't have thebottom price that high.
In the future, I mightbe talking more to ladiesfrom another country,which I'm assuming isIndia. Their accents werea bit difficult for me to un-derstand. Instead of get-
ting really angry withthem, like I have in thepast, I'm now thinking ofthem as people, with fam-ilies. I imagine the one gallives in a big city in ahigh-rise apartment, andshe's decked out inbrightly colored clothing.It doesn't take her long toget to work, since she hasa car parked in the apart-ment lot. She has parentswho love her. This helpsme get over the “why doeseBay have people fromIndia I can hardly under-
stand on the phone”anger—I see her as a per-son who needs a job, andmaybe she, too, has a lit-tle black dog at home thatgreets her at the door likemine does.
Well, maybe I'll havethe opportunity to talk toher again, if I notice anoffer was made on asweater that was auto-matically turned down byeBay for no reason. I'dthink eBay would want tofix this glitch, as it's intheir best interest to sell
things.On another note, Steve
is shocked I'd sell asweater. He knows howmuch I love sweaters.However, I swim aroundin a couple of these, so Ineed to do that. I do likeswimming but not in myclothes. I prefer water!
Wendy Nugent is thefeatures editor at NewtonNow. She can be reached
It's taken us a few years, but we've finally won theright to publish the Harvey County legal publications.
That means you will be seeing legal publications, offi-cial county budgets, notices of public auction and otherdocuments that the state requires Harvey County topublish in Newton Now. And it means the taxpayer willagain realize significant savings, due to a competitivebidding process.
This is the third year Newton Now has bid or co-bidfor the county legals.
Before we started up here, there was a lack of compet-itive bidding, and taxpayers were paying $14 per col-umn inch to publish county legals.
Through the competitive bidding process, that num-ber is now down to $3.75 per column inch. Throughthree years, using the continually decreasing rates thecounty has approved, that means a minimum savings of$43,125, had the county not undertaken competitivebidding on the county legals.
It was a wise decision by county commissioners to de-cide to take the lowest bid to publish their legals and tocontinue to realize such savings through a competitivebidding process.
Had they not, there really wouldn't have been any in-centive for us to keep bidding for them and to keep sav-ing money for taxpayers. It also would have sent a badmessage for other contractors bidding for county work.
We take such a decision seriously here. While this contract will not present a massive wind-
fall for us financially, it does give us a chance to practicewhat we preach.
We never set out to be a newspaper beholden to tax-payer's support to keep publishing. We wish to be anewspaper that is supported by our readers and adver-tisers and, in turn, provides service to those people. Thisdecision by the county commission furthers that goal.
Yet for those of us who have dug, scrapped and la-bored in this community to build a local paper from theground up, this decision also represents a much largervictory. A few years ago, our publication didn't exist,outside of a plan and an old black banner with the New-ton Now logo stretched over a small pop up tent at theNewton Car Show.
Today, as we sit in this office on Main Street, typingthis editorial, we see a paper that continues to growwith subscribers, rack sales and advertisers. We havean intensely loyal and dedicated group of readers, whoact on the information they see presented on thesepages. We've seen such loyal readers make sustainedand impressive changes within the community.
The decision Monday by the county commission nowrepresents a governing body showing the same confi-dence in our publication that our readers and advertis-ers do. That follows other votes of confidence bygoverning bodies such as North Newton. The NewtonCity Commission will look at bids for their own legal no-tices in January.
Each one of these decisions by a governing body savestaxpayers money and keeps money being spent within acompany that has ownership in Newton and a dedica-tion to the city, Harvey County and south centralKansas. These decisions fund local jobs overseen bylocal owners who have no corporate hedge fund ownersin New York to keep satisfied. The only people we an-swer to are our readers.
So, as with anything, thank you to our readers whohave helped us build this company and newspaper intowhat it is today. We hope to grow our footprint, cover-age and influence in the community. Stay tuned as wecontinue to organize upcoming events, report on thenews, advocate for improvements in the city and county,and work every day to make the communities we workin the best they can possibly be.
—Newton Now Editorial Board
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George Mason was one of those three refusing to sign.He was joined in his protest by Edmund Randolph, alsoof Virginia, and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts.
Mason several years earlier wrote the Virginia Decla-ration of Rights in his call for independence from GreatBritain. That document later became the template forour own statement of individual rights in the first 10amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
In his Virginia declaration, he wrote, "All men areborn equally free and independent and have certain in-herent natural rights […] among which are the enjoy-ment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring andpossessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happi-ness and safety."
While Mason seems to have been relegated to no morethan a bit part in our nation's history, he is really theone we should honor as we cherish our individual rights,which include:
Freedom of speech.Freedom of assembly.Freedom of the press.Freedom of religion.Freedom to petition government for a redress of griev-
ances.The right to bear arms.The right to due process.The right against self-incrimination.The right to a jury trial.Thanks to all our Founding Fathers, but especially
George Mason, we can all raise a toast in celebration ofthe 226th anniversary of the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Now, as commentator Paul Harvey used to say, "youknow the rest of the story."
Doug Anstaett is executive director of the Kansas PressAssociation and a former newspaper
publisher in Newton.
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Champions keepplaying until they get itright. Then they playmore.
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Upstairs, they broke inthrough a side door to get intothe RE/MAX office. Again, elec-tronics and valuables were leftalone. Employees thought somecoins or petty cash might havebeen taken.
It was in attorney Brad Jantz'soffice where they hit pay dirt.
"I made it easy for them,"Jantz said. "I had a deposit tomake. I had it stacked with en-velopes and a deposit slip."
Jantz thinks that, in total,thieves made off with around$4,000 from his office, stealingthe deposit he had sitting on hisdesk waiting to be taken to thebank.
"They were pretty determinedin my case," he said. "My guess isthey looked at the professional of-fices like the accountants andmine and the realty firms."
Jantz said that he had recentlyreceived a sizable payment forhis services but didn't think itpossible that someone wouldhave known he had that paymentin his office.
As for how the thieves got intothe building, Stevens and otherssaid they were told by police thatit was possibly by prying theback door of the building open.
On the outside of the building,no windows were visibly broken.
Stevens said she thought itpossible that someone could havedone a walk through and evalu-ated the building for the crimeduring the annual open housethat offices hold in the buildingwhich took place last Thursday.
A majority of the offices bur-glarized were open during thatevent.
The investigation to the bur-glary is ongoing. Detectives con-tinued to be on the sceneTuesday morning.
Newton Police Lt. Scott Powellsaid that police were still takingreports and finding victims of theburglary and he'd hope to havemore information on the crime inthe coming days.
In May, a similar office breakin took place at the Old MillBuilding at 301 N. Main as wellas at the Train Depot at 414 NMain St. Thieves made off with alittle more than $500 in thosecases.
tiers of graduating honors atNewton High School, studentsnow must take advanced place-ment classes.
The placement classes ensuremore rigorous course work butalso that more students have ac-cess to and are graduating withcollege credits.
There are currently 197 stu-dents at Newton High School en-rolled in the 12 advancedplacement classes. Ninety-nineare seniors and 98, juniors.
The classes currently cover sixsubjects: English, calculus, his-tory, psychology and biology, aswell as government and politics.In total, students will take 589AP qualified classes through theschool’s program this year. Themost popular is this year's firstsemester U.S. history classes,which have 177 students en-rolled.
Moore said the AP programspair with the school’s robust Ca-reer and Technical EducationPathways programming.
The CTE classes offer trainingin a number of categories such asbusiness, engineering, restau-rant and event management, ma-chining and welding. The classesseek to give students technicalskills and certifications they canuse to get jobs following highschool.
“The question is no longer,‘What college are you going to?’”program director Melinda Rangelsaid in a previous Newton Nowarticle. “The question is now,‘What are your post-secondaryoptions?’ That opens the door fora lot of different things. It mightnot be college for some of our stu-dents. It might be the tradeschool, or it might be right intobusiness and industry. So I thinkeverything is on the table for ourkids. Our goal is preparing themfor whatever path they choose.”
Newton High School also ac-counted for nine out of 44 of theState of Kansas's Career andTechnical Education Scholars inthe first year of the state award-ing that distinction.
To be honored as a CTEScholar, a student must com-plete a checklist of require-ments, including at least threecredit hours in CTE classes.They must have at least a 3.5GPA in those classes, as well ashave 80 hours of job shadowingor an internship. The studentsalso need 25 hours of communityservice.
Moore said both programswork together to make sureNewton High School's studentbody is prepared for the future.
“We're just trying to get stu-dents ready for secondary suc-cess,” she said.
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keep this alive. Most Hispan-ics that know about this comein and keep it alive.”
Romero said she knowseight dances, although thereare four she doesn’t know.Olais provides the costumes.However, dancers can buytheir own costumes, if theywish. Romero said she learnedthe dances by watching, andshe tells the newer membersthat’s how they need to learn,as well.
She said her favorite danceis La Negra, which incorpo-rates the colorful dresses andcomes from central Mexico.
The troupe started yearsago, when Olais’ daughter,Paloma, was born in 1990, andOlais was the one who startedit.
“We went on this trip to SanFrancisco, and it was like acultural trip,” Olais said,adding the group that went onthat trip was the SpanishClub.
The trip’s purpose was to ex-pose students to Hispanic cul-ture.
“We had it here, but theydidn’t know everything thatwas happening,” Olais saidabout Hispanic culture.
During the trip, they sawAzteca dancers from Sacra-mento perform and went toTheatro Campesino, a theatergroup that’s well known forpresenting Hispanic plays.They went to a variety of areasin San Francisco, camped out,stayed in a school and went tothe ocean.
“We were on a bus,” Olaissaid. “So, we came back, andthe kids were all pumped up.‘We want to do something.’”
Growing up, Olais was in adance group through Our Ladyof Guadalupe Catholic Churchin Newton, and her mom wasin charge of that group. Sothese high school studentswanted a dance group.
“We started with about 10kids, and then the group thatmy mother had was about 10kids also, so when we startedin 1990, the kids that went onthis trip wanted to be in it,and we just put our clothes to-gether,” Olais said.
At that time, Olais’s mom’sgroup stopped meeting, andOlais’s assistant coach, CrystalThayer, helped do a lot of thecostume sewing.
“We made a lot of the cos-tumes out of curtains or mate-rials or garage sales—justanything we could make out-fits from,” Olais said.
Now, Olais’ assistant coachis her sister, DiAnne Decker,who’s done it for six years.
“This year, there’s a lot ofkids, and they love to dance,”Decker said. “They’d like todance every day.”
Membership in the groupvaries from year to year, from15 to 25. This year, there are15 girls and six boys. Olaissaid they’ll soon have recruit-ment for kids who want todance. In addition to Romero,the other senior is Chris Ro-driguez.
The group does dances fromvarious regions of Mexico. Forinstance, one of their danceshas them wearing all whitefrom a fishing area in Mexico.
Olais said most of their per-formances this year are duringthe spring semester and thatthey let kids who still want todance, even if they’ve gradu-ated from high school, be inthe group up to age 23 as a“community dancer.” Then,they have to become a teacher.
The troupe performs in thearea, as long as the trip isn’t
too far, Olais said, adding dur-ing the 70th Mexican-Ameri-can men’s softball tournamentthis summer in Newton,they’re going to have alumnidancers perform. In addition,dancers went on a cruise lastacademic year.
Olais believes studentsenjoy being in the group.
“It think that it’s been agood response this year andhopefully helps their memo-ries here at high school,” shesaid.
Decker said the students ei-ther have family in Mexico orthey’re from Mexico. However,Olais said, students don’t haveto be from Mexico or havesuch heritage to be in thegroup.
“It’s something that theyshow they’re proud of theirheritage,” Decker said.
field trip with his “Little's” classto a museum in Wichita.
“I can help them with home-work,” he said. “Sometimes wetalk,” adding they also playgames outside. “I generally tryto not do it over lunch. I try toinvest all the time I have meet-ing with the student.”
Mellinger said he’s gratefulfor the schools that are under-standing of his schedule.
“I work for the railroad andam on call 24/7,” he said. “If Ican do it, anyone can do it. Itdoesn’t take very much time,and you’re investing in some-one’s life. Right now, with ourpolitical situation, we have a lotof divisiveness. This is a way tobreak down some of those barri-ers.”
Chris Allen, match supportspecialist with the local BigBrothers, said Mellinger’s “Lit-tle” told her Mellinger is likehis father who’s not there; he’sin Mexico.
“We always need men, be-cause the bulk of our waitinglist is boys,” said Shelly Chin-berg, regional director, adding
boys need a father figure.Mellinger enjoys stepping
into that role and thinks beinga “Big” is rewarding.
“Would encourage anyone tocontact Big and get involved,”he said. “It’s an opportunity youwon't regret.”
He said the “Little” he hasnow is quicker to hug and showappreciation than others he’smentored. Some kids have diffi-culty showing appreciation be-cause they didn’t have thatmodeled for them. Mellingersaid for people to not go intoBig Brothers Big Sisters expect-ing outward signs of love. In-stead, they should do it to give.
“They look forward to it,” hesaid about the “Littles.” “Theyask when you’re coming next.”
Just like Mellinger in hisconsistency, so has the BigBrothers organization been inNewton. However, just re-cently, they’ve had somechanges. About a week ago,they moved from their WestSixth locations, where they hadbeen for at least a coupledecades, to the building be-tween Bank of the West andMcDonald's on North MainStreet. Chinberg said that afterthe last storm, there was a leak
that hurt the electrical system,and they didn't need all thespace that was there.
Allen said their current spoton North Main is a good loca-tion, and they plan to have asign.
Another change is their di-rector, Paula Smith, left four tofive months ago, and now Chin-berg is continuing with thatrole.
“Newton is a place that hasincredible board support andcommittees,” Chinberg said,adding they might be the bestin the state. “I would say topnotch, for sure. It's just beenfun and refreshing.”
She said she's spoken to vari-ous organizations in town, in-cluding the Kiwanis Club andRotary.
“If you ask for help, every-body just says yes,” she said.
She said Newton Police Offi-cer Jon Adkins is a wonderful“Big” and that there's a na-tional Big Brothers programcalled Bigs in Blue, which hasgrown. The local police depart-ment has three matches withofficers and a fourth matchcoming in January.
Chinberg echoed Mellinger'sthoughts, saying anyone can be
a “Big.” She said some peopledon't think they have anythingto offer kids, but they do.
“They are hungry for it,” shesaid regarding the kids.
“They just need that one per-son to be there and love ’em,”Allen added.
Those interested in giving oftheir time to youth can call thelocal Big Brothers office at 318-283-0070.
The organization has at leasttwo ways the general publiccan become a volunteer—through a community-basedmatch or through the students'schools.
Chinberg said they ask thementors to give a year commit-ment, but people can go longer.The kids have had a lot of tran-sition in their lives, so theyneed something stable. Somematches in the past havestarted in school and thenmoved to a community-basedmatch, Chinberg said.
One of those “Bigs,”Mellinger, wants to be there forhis “Little.”
“I don't want to let himdown,” he said. “I want to showup. Be a friend, be kind, showgenuine concern and show in-terest in that person.”
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWFrom left, Cynthia Romero, Jacquelin Riguero and Jada Smith do an end-of-a-dance pose during rehearsal.
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Giving opportunities still abound before Christmas
With slightly less than twoweeks to go before ChristmasDay, there are still opportuni-ties in the community to give tothose in need as well as receivehelp.
For victims of domestic vio-lence and sexual assault servedby Safehope, help is availablethrough the shelter’s Angel Treeproject. Often, victims and theirchildren leave all their belong-ings behind to start anew. Par-ents who are financiallystressed get to see their childrenreceive gifts through the AngelTree project.
There are 14 families whostill need to be “adopted,” saidChristina Smith, community en-gagement coordinator for Safe-hope, formerly known asHarvey County DV/SA TaskForce.
Anyone wishing to adopt orneeding help can contact Safe-hope at 316-803-1800 or by e-mail [email protected]. The online address is safe-hope.net, and there is a Face-book page at Safehope DVSA.
The shelter needs all dona-tions by Friday, Dec. 15, at thelatest. Gifts can be brought toSafehope at 316 N. Oak. Theywill be distributed the followingday, Smith said.
Safehope also has gift cardtrees at both Dillons stores in
Newton, where people can pur-chase gift cards that will begiven to “survivors” and helpthem pay for gas, food and otherbasic need items.
For the third year in a row,the Newton Police Departmentis giving gifts to needy familiesthrough its Operation BlueChristmas program.
“It fosters positive feelings be-tween the community, kids par-ticularly, and the policedepartment,” said Cpl. DeannaMowery, who coordinates theprogram for the Newton PD.“The kids are always excited. Itputs a smile on their faces,which puts a smile on the offi-cers’ faces, and the parents arevery appreciative. Some fami-
lies don’t always see us on themost positive basis, so this is agood thing.”
People can call the NPD at316-284-6030 to inquire aboutgifts to buy. Donations can bedropped off at the police depart-ment (120 E. Seventh), Heart toHeart (702 N. Main) or Aaron’sRent to Own (1411 N. Main). Alldonations will have to be in byDec. 15, Mowery said.
Carter’s, a children’s clothingstore at 601 SE 36th St. #120 C,is collecting pajamas for infantsto children of 5 or 6 in HarveyCounty.
The store is distributingstrictly new pajamas. Donationscan be dropped off at Carter’s,store manager Krista Stafford
said. Harvey County United Way
Executive Director Tina Payneis distributing the donations tonumerous drop-off points, whereparents can collect them. Placesinclude Cooper Early EducationCenter, Heartland PregnancyCenter, Hesston Child Care,Newton Community Child Care,Halstead Neighbors Store, Bur-rton Post Office and SedgwickChristian Church.
Any family in need can con-tact Payne at 316-283-7101, andshe will direct them to a distrib-utor in their respective commu-nity.
New Hope Shelter, 900 W.Broadway St., Building 7, alsohas a need for donations. Rightnow, there are 19 residents, anumber which could fluctuateby Christmas, but only three orfour people have signed up to be“secret Santas,” said James Wil-son, director of the shelter.
Anyone wishing to buy giftsfor residents of the shelter cane-mail Wilson [email protected] orcall the shelter at 316-283-7711.Gift givers will receive wish listsfrom people in which they listthree practical gifts they wouldlike to receive for Christmas. Itcould be work shirts, coats,boots, gloves or other suchitems, Wilson said. The pres-ents are given to residents dur-ing a Christmas Eve party.
Secret Santas are “always in-vited to the Christmas party,”Wilson said.
BY JEFF GUYSPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW
NEWTON NOW FILE PHOTOIn a file photo, Newton Police Officer Jon Adkins talks with Santa (Tony Hawpe)about presents that need delivered for Operation Blue Christmas.
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She was bornJuly 21, 1925,in Newton to Albert A andVida D. (Aurenheimer)Weinbrenner. On Aug. 22,1947, she married the loveof her life, Ray N. Funk, inReedley, Calif., and he pre-ceded her in death on Dec.27, 2008. Together, theywelcomed five children intotheir family—Jan, Miriam,Mark, Rodney and Carole.
She was a graduate ofReedley, Calif., HighSchool and earned a bache-lor of home economics fromBethel College.
Betty was a longtimeresident of Hillsboro,where she worked closelyalongside her husband,owning and operating theformer Gambles HardwareStore and the Trail LanesBowling Center.
While living in Hillsboro,they were members of theTrinity Mennonite Churchand attended Bethel Col-lege Mennonite Churchafter moving to Newtonnearly 14 years ago.
While living at Kidron,she expanded her manyfriendships to include herfellow residents and neigh-bors.
Of all of Betty’s accom-plishments and adven-ture’s in her life, sheconsidered that of being aloving and supportive wife,mother and friend most im-
portant of all.Christmas andholiday gather-ings were aspecial time inher house.Betty will begreatly missed,and the voidshe leaves inher family will
be very hard to fill, but itseems fitting that our momand our friend is spendingChristmas with Jesus andour dad this year.
Betty is survived by herchildren, Mark E. Funkand his wife Donna ofNorth Newton, Rodney W.Funk of Hillsboro, JanKelly and her husbandJohn of Newton, MiriamSiebert and her husbandRick of Marshfield, Mo.,and Carole and her hus-band Marcus Brown ofLaQuinta, Calif. She also issurvived by 11 grandchil-dren, Kerry, Colton andCassidy Funk, JenniferRewkowski, Julie Linden-meyer, Jamie Harris,Kristi Harris, TennilleTerry, Lisa Burbridge,Nathan Brown and Au-tumn Brown; 11 great-grandchildren; and a veryspecial “granddog” Chevy.
Betty was preceded indeath by her parents andhusband.
A private family inurn-ment will be at Haven ofRest Cemetery in Hills-boro.
Memorials are suggestedto Bethel College, Mennon-ite Central Committee orBethel College MennoniteChurch in care of PetersenFuneral Home in Newton.
He wasborn April 8,1926, inTraer to Paul and There-sia Leitner. He attendedhigh school in Traer. Heserved in the U.S. Navyfrom 1944-1946 as a gun-ner’s mate 3rd Class dur-ing World War II on theU.S.S. Mississippi.
On May 24, 1949, hemarried Marcella RoseRiepl in Herndon, andthey were married 68years. Gene spent a life-time of farming on theLeitner farm home in De-catur County, raisingthree daughters, Patricia,Barbara and Donna.Upon moving to Oberlin,he farmed and raised cat-tle on the Louise PollnowHomestead. He was aparishioner of St. Mary’sAssumption Church ofHerndon and the SacredHeart Church of Oberlin.He was a member of theHerndon V.F.W. and theOberlin American Legion.
Gene was preceded indeath by his parents; andbrothers, Robert, Marvinand Jerald Leitner.
Gene is survived by hiswife, Marcella; children,
PatriciaTongish(Dave) of New-ton, BarbaraLeitner ofFarmington,N.M., andDonna Wilson(Steve) of Wi-chita; fivegrandchildren,
Ashley Houser (Britt) ofNewton, Lesley Williams(Bryce) of Kansas City,Kan., John Tongish ofNewton, Jarrett Tongishof Tokyo, Japan, and De-siree Wilson of KansasCity, Mo.; and two great-grandchildren, KnoxHouser and GrahamWilliams.
Visitation was on Dec.13 at Downing & LaheyEast Mortuary. Funeralservices are at 9:30 a.m.Thursday, Dec. 14, fol-lowing a 9 a.m. rosary atthe St. Elizabeth Chapel,Catholic Care Center inBel Aire. A memorialservice will be at 1 p.m.Friday, Dec. 15, at St.Mary’s AssumptionChurch in Herndon, fol-lowed by interment at theHerndon Cemetery.
Memorials are sug-gested to St. Mary's As-sumption Church, 541Palermo Ave., Herndon,KS, 67739; or the GoodSamaritan Center, 108 E.Ash, Oberlin, KS, 67749.Share tributes online at:www.dlwichita.com.
HAROLD LEITNERNicholas W. Moon, 30,
died Sunday, Dec. 10,2017, at his home in New-ton. He was born May 8,1987, in Newton to Jim-mie P. Jr. and Brenda A.(McCune) Moon. On Oct.17, 2007, he married Dom-inque Owens at Newton,and she survives of thehome.
Nick was formerly em-ployed at Excel Industriesin Hesston. He left Excelunder medical leave. Hehad a passion for gunsand weapons. He enjoyedcollecting guns and rangeshooting. Nick took hislove of guns to the nextlevel by reloading his ownshells. Family was impor-tant, and he could often befound doing activities andadventures with his sonAnakin. He greatly lookedforward to spending timewith his loving family andmany friends. Anotherlove of Nick’s was histhree special dogs. Thefamily has many photos ofNick lounging and relax-
ing with his beloved dogs,Trigger, Kaybee andRayne.
He is survived by hiswife, Dominque of thehome; son, Anakin, also ofthe home; parents, Jim-mie Moon Jr. and BrendaMoon; brothers, BryanMoon of Newton and Jim-mie Moon III of Jefferson-ville, Ind.; and one sister,Anita Moon of Newton.
He was preceded indeath by his grandfather,Jimmie Moon, Sr.
A service of celebrationand remembrance will beat 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec.14, at Petersen FuneralHome in Newton, withPastor Jimmie Moon IIIpresiding. Visitation was 5to 9 p.m. Wednesday atPetersen Funeral Home,with the family receivingfriends from 6:30 to 8 p.m.at the funeral home.
Memorials may be madeto the Nick Moon FamilyFund to help offset ex-penses in care of PetersenFuneral Home.
The family will host agathering, to greet rela-tives and friends, from 1to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.16, at Petersen FuneralHome in Newton.
Memorial donationscan be made to the“Mary Kessler Scholar-ship Fund” in care ofNewton Presbyterian
Manor orHarry HynesHospice ofNewton.
Our loveand apprecia-tion goes outto the amaz-ing caregivers,nurses, resi-dents and
staff of both NewtonPresbyterian Manor andHarry Hynes Hospice.All of these wonderfulpeople helped make thisdifficult time a little biteasier for us. We are allvery thankful for thelove and support thatwas shown to “RB” andus. He was loved bymany and will be missedgreatly.
RICHARD BRENNEMAN
CatherineSchlenderBecker, 85,passed awayon Sunday,Dec. 10,2017, at herhome inNewton. Shewas born onAug. 22,1932, to Milton and Edna(Nanninga) Schlender inNewton.
Catherine attendedMoundridge schools andwas a 1951 graduate ofMoundridge High School.She was an employee ofthe Presbyterian Manorfor many years.
Catherine marriedLevi Becker on Aug. 20,1955, at the UnitedMethodist Church inMoundridge. They weremarried and lived inNewton for 62 yearsprior to her passing.
In time of Catherineand Levi’s need of care,their two nephews andwives, Vincent and Mar-cella Becker and Jasonand Elaine Becker, gaveunselfishly of themselvesto help them with theircare.
Catherine acceptedJesus Christ as her sav-ior at MoundridgeUnited MethodistChurch as a young girland continued to loveand serve him until herdeath.
Catherine enjoyedfamily activities, garden-ing, canning and travel-ing. She was an avid
Kansas StateUniversityfootball andbasketballfan.
She is sur-vived by herhusband, LeviBecker;daughter, LuAnne
Petropoulos; nieces andnephews, Vincent andMarcella Becker, Jasonand Elaine Becker,Shelly and Dave Lujano,and Carolyn and RichWelbourn; and numerousother friends and rela-tives.
She was preceded indeath by her father andmother; brother, FredSchlender; and brother-in-laws, Edwin and GinaBecker, and Glenn andHelen Becker.
Funeral services arescheduled for 1 p.m. Fri-day, Dec. 15, at TrinityHeights UnitedMethodist Church ofNewton. A public visita-tion will be from 5 to 9p.m. Thursday, Dec.14,at Petersen FuneralHome in Newton. Thefamily will be presentfrom 6 to 8 p.m. to greetfriends and family.
A memorial has beenestablished for theCatherine Becker ServiceFund, Petersen FuneralHome, 215 N. Main,Newton, KS 67114.
Catherine will be re-membered for herfriendly and loving waysand her good deeds.
Edward was born onJune 30, 1929, in Rod-man, Iowa, to Fay andNaomi (Hedrick) Shafar.He was the youngest of12 children.
Edward attended Iowaschools and was draftedinto the Army during theKorean War. He servedhis country for 18months in Korea.
He married DeltaNewberg on Feb. 4, 1950,in Bedford, Iowa. Theywere active participantsin the Square DancingCircle 8 and loved beingwith their family. Theywere married for 54years prior to her deathin 2004.
Edward was an ownerand operator of a LeEdTire. He had many inter-ests and hobbies. Heloved watching sports.He was a big fan of foot-ball, especially theKansas City Chiefs, KUbasketball and any sportin which his grandchil-dren participated. Hecollected metal toy trac-tors and metal lunchboxes.
He loved his family
and spendingtime withthem. Thefamily wouldgathermonthly toplay cards,games andenjoy one an-other. He wasfunny and a
good story teller. He hadnicknames for mosteveryone and was an all-around good man. Hewas a great father,grandfather and great-grandfather.
He is survived by hischildren, Deanne (Terry)Warhurst, Renae (Bud)McLain, Lori (Randy)Hoffman and Alaina(Dwight) Portlock; twosisters, Bette Priest andMary Utsler; 10 grand-children: 18 great-grand-children; and onegreat-great-granddaugh-ter.
He was preceded indeath by his wife, DeltaShafar; parents, Fay andNaomi Shafar; fourbrothers; and five sis-ters.
A graveside committalservice was Wednesday,Dec. 13, at GreenwoodCemetery in Newton.There will not be a publicvisitation or viewing.
A memorial has beenestablished for HarryHynnes Memorial Hos-pice of Newton and theAmerican Legion of New-ton.
EDWARD SHAFAR
Newton12-11Arrests:Kenneth Unruh, 49,
Newton, criminal threat,300 Blk N Pine St
Patrick Danford, 19,Newton, warrant, 600 BlkSE Fourth St
Manuel Leon, 41, New-ton, warrant, Newton Mu-nicipal Court
Criminal calls:Criminal damage, 500
Blk E 10th St
12-10Arrests:Jessica Werner, 28, New-
ton, disorderly conduct, 400Blk W Fifth St
Mikayla Swanson, 25,Newton, domestic battery,violation of protectionorder, 900 Blk N High St
Shayla Petrie, 23, New-ton, driving with invalid li-cense, 1300 Blk S KansasAve
Edward baker, 58, New-ton, domestic battery, 900Blk N Kansas Ave.
Criminal calls:Criminal damage, 700
Blk E Eighth StCivil complaint, 300 Blk
SE Fifth StLarceny, 1300 Blk N
Main St
12-9Arrests: Corinna Castro, 43,
Newton, possession of nar-cotic, 100 Blk W 11th St
Jackie Mcholland, 46,Newton, possession of nar-cotic, 100 Blk W First St
Ronald Reimer, 42, New-ton, possession of narcotic,warrant, 100 Blk W 11thSt
Sheyenne Feckner, 25,Goessel, possession of mar-ijuana, 1800 Blk S Kansas
Elijah Bridges, 18, Hal-stead, minor in consump-tion, 1700 Blk S Kansas
12-8Arrests:Daniel Hastings, 36,
Hesston, DUI, U.S. 50 andHoover
Criminal calls:Larceny, 900 Blk E 12th
St
12-7Arrests:Kyle Firner, 37, Newton,
domestic battery, 1000 BlkS Plum St
Michael Thomas, 27,Newton, aggravated bat-tery, 600 Blk Medical Cen-ter Drive
Ryeder Gonzalez, 20,Newton, violate protectionorder, 100 Blk E SeventhSt
Charles Brown, 51, New-ton, warrant, 800 Blk NMain St
Hunter Smith, 21, New-ton, warrant, 100 Blk EEighth St
Joshua Dean, 30, Hal-stead, 100 Blk W Elm St,Wichita
12-6Arrests:Ryeder Gonzalez, 20,
Newton, domestic battery,1400 Blk S Kansas Ave
Narcisco Martinez, 24,Wichita, warrant, 100 BlkW Elm St, Wichita
Melissa Thrasher, 42,Wichita, driving with in-valid license, warrant, 900Blk W 12th St
Corbin Barb, 20, New-ton, disorderly conduct,1100 Blk Washington Rd
Isidoso Ramos, 63, Wi-chita, operating vehiclewithout a valid license, 100Blk W Broadway
Hailey Baughman, 25,Wichita, warrant, 500 BlkSE 8 Topeka St
Criminal calls:Domestic Disturbance,
300 Blk W Eighth St
North Newton 12-9Arrests:Luigi Verduzco, Monte-
bello California, possessionof stolen gun/marijuana, I-135 Mile Marker 34
Brent Haynes, 28, New-ton, possession of mari-juana, Bethel CollegeTennis Courts
12-8Arrest:Sarah Zody, 36, no driv-
ers license, possession ofmarijuana, I-135 MileMarker 34
12-5Arrest: Dakota Chard,
Newton, warrant, 900 BlkE Sixth St
Criminal call: Theft re-port of pickup truck, 2100Blk N Main St.
Thursday, Dec. 144 to 6 p.m.—Newton Now open
house at office at 706 Main St. 6 p.m.—Bethel Sounds of the Sea-
son concert at the Bethel CollegeMennonite Church
6 p.m.—Wrestling varsity dualvs. Salina South at Salina SouthHigh School
6:30 p.m.—Newton Toastmastermeeting, at the Newton Rec. Center
7 p.m.—Bingo night at the Ameri-can Legion
Friday, Dec. 151 p.m.—Santa at First Bank
event 6 p.m.—Newton Girls Varsity
Basketball Game at Maize SeniorHigh School
7 p.m.—Candy Cane Ball at New-ton Rec Center for Fifth and Sixthgraders
7 p.m.—Nutcracker performanceat Krehbiel Auditorium on BethelCampus
7:30 p.m.—Newton Boys VarsityBasketball Game at Maize SeniorHigh School
Saturday, Dec. 161 p.m.—Santa Claus will be pres-
ent at Chisholm Trail ShoppingCenter
We might have had the correct initials but not theright names. We mixed up the name of the mortgageholder for the Newton VFW building. Instead of Com-munity National Bank, which we printed in last week'sarticle, it should have been Central National Bank. Weapologize for the confusion.
Obituaries in Newton NowTo get an obituary in Newton Now, send it to
Wendy Nugent at [email protected] come into the office at 706 N. Main St.
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Hallcon is looking for driversto transport railroad crews
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Attention TCT Cooperative
Members!TCT is seeking qualified
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Seeking Sales Professional: Flowers by Ruzen in Newton is growing and we need a high quality sales
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The Harvey CountyCommission, at its Mon-day meeting, named New-ton Now as its legalpublication for 2018.
The legal notices thatstate statute requires thecounty to publish in a sub-scription-based publica-tion will begin to bepublished in Newton Now,starting Jan. 1.
Getting to that decision,however, involved a splitvote and more than 30minutes of debate.
Newton Now and theNewton Kansan bothmade bids to publishcounty legal notices. TheKansan entered a bid of$5 per column inch topublish legal notices. Italso offered to publish thelegals for free in itsweekly shopper that isthrown in people's yardsacross the county. NewtonNow bid $3.75 to publishcounty legal notices.
For context, three yearsago, the county paid theNewton Kansan $14.50per column inch to pub-lish legal notices before acompetitive biddingprocess was held the lastthree years.
Randy Hague made a
motion toaward thecounty bidto NewtonNow, as itwas thelowestprice. ChipWestfall,however, ar-gued thattheKansanstill had alarger cir-culationand thatrunningwith theKansanwould givethe countymorereach.
TheKansanclaimed atotal circu-lation of2,827 news-papers in its bid for thecounty legals. NewtonNow’s listed circulation atthe end of September wasat over 1,314, thoughtoday the paper's circula-tion is at 1,500.
Hague pointed out theway both publicationswere trending, addingthat Newton Now had in-creased in size. He alsopointed out that not ac-cepting the lowest bid in
the bidding process sent abad message to other con-tractors bidding for jobswith the county andmight discourage biddingfor the county legals inthe future.
Westfall acknowledgedHague's point and men-tioned a decade ago hecould run an ad and reach10,000 people, which was-n't the case today.
Commissioner Ron Kre-hbiel, after much hesita-tion, seconded the motion,noting that it was a harddecision but that NewtonNow continued to growthicker, have a goodamount of ads and do agood job.
He said this year thecommission will give New-ton Now a chance but saidboth The Kansan andNewton Now do a goodjob, in his opinion, andthe legals should be putup for bid again next year.
“We need to get outthere and shoot moredeer, apparently,” SheriffChad Gay said.
The county approvedpaying weekly bills total-ing $54,597.50.
County commissionerscommented on areaChristmas lights. Chipsaid there was an impres-sive display in Hesston onRidge Road three blocksnorth of the King Streetintersection. Hague men-tioned a neat tree nearthe intersection of Thirdand Walnut.
December 14, 2017 Newton Now www.harveycountynow.com Page 11SCHOOLS / NEWS
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Educators dressing down for holidaysEducators at Newton
High School are getting anearly Christmas presentmany people take forgranted: the gift of wear-ing jeans.
NHS Principal LisaMoore hopes to make afeature of the dress codefun during the remainingcouple of weeks beforeChristmas break.
“One professional I fol-low had a 12 days ofChristmas activity for herstaff. And I thought thatwould be cool for myteachers,” she said. “Solast week, I worked on cre-ating the 12 days ofChristmas activity for myteachers. And the firstday, I gave them jeansuntil January.”
Moore hopes to motivateher staff through thisChristmas season andhopefully bring them alltogether before the holi-day break.
The practice highlightschanging norms for thedress of the people whoeducate a community’schildren.
Times change, however.In today’s classrooms, be-yond the hum of laptopsand e-books, teachershave a less formal ap-proach to their daily at-tire. That is businesscasual.
“When I very firststarted out in education,the expectation was pro-fessional dress,” saidMoore, who is in her 27thyear as an educator.“There was a time whenmen were expected towear ties, and women did-n’t have to wear dresses,but they had to wear dresspants.”
With fewer teacherdress codes in school dis-tricts across the country,some teachers have begandressing in a way deemedtoo informal for what issupposed to be a profes-sional setting. Someschool districts have even
been forced to define busi-ness casual, such as NewYork City, which placed aban on jeans, or a schooldistrict in Phoenix whereteachers are required tocover up tattoos and pierc-ings.
As for south centralKansas, dress codes fitrange from “casualteacher attire” at WichitaWest, to Hesston, wherethey define business ca-sual as a standard forteachers. The Wichita dis-trict, USD 259, has evengone as far as clarifying inits policy a ban on wearingflip flops, cutoff shorts,and pajama pants for fac-ulty.
At Newton High School,there remains a series ofguidelines for teachers tomake sure they don’tdress what is deemed in-appropriately in classroomsettings.
“Professional dress dis-tinguishes staff in a posi-tive way to students,parents, patrons and visi-tors,” Moore said. “Thecurriculum and activitiesimpact staff attire. For ex-ample, the guys in theauto shop or in welding orin ag would wear jeans,because that would be the
proper attire for the workthey do with students—working with changingtires, changing oil, andworking under vehicles.”
Although wearing busi-ness casual clothing infront of students providesstudents an appropriatelevel of professionalism,according to Moore, thereare times when faculty be-comes tired of dressing up.
To provide for those oc-casions, both Newton andHesston High Schoolteachers are able to wearjeans on Fridays, alongwith school spirit wear insupport of students.
But Moore thinks shemay have come up withanother way for teachersat Newton High to joinstudents in casual, Christ-mas-themed attire.
If the Christmas casualevent goes well in its inau-gural year, Moore said itjust might become a regu-lar part of the staff dresscode. “Maybe every year,”she said.
“[Our intent is] to raisetheir spirits and booststaff morale,” she said.“There’s a lot of them whohave sent back apprecia-tive feedback. It’s good forthem.”
BY BRETT KNEPPERSPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW
Moore
North Newton co-op fire investigation remains open
Nearly a month haspassed since a fire de-stroyed 200 tons of plasticat the Mid-Kansas Co-op,and there's still no officialcause or completion of theinvestigation of the fire.
Last week Fire/EMSChief Scott Metzler saidhe thought the investiga-tion might be concluded inthe following week.
This week, after a re-quest for information tothe Newton Fire Depart-ment, the City of Newtonput out a release statingthat investigation into thecase will likely stay openfor some time.
According to the re-lease, Fire Marshal GaryCrittenden said, “Investi-gators regard the cause ofthe fire as suspicious andwant to make sure the in-vestigation is thoroughbefore a final determina-tion is made.”
The fire caused an esti-mated $46,000 in damageto the metal building itdestroyed as well as tiedup a large amount of Fireand EMS resources formore than 10 hours asthey battled to put it out.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWThe fire in North Newton that caused about $46,000 in damage still is under investigation. Burned in the firewere a building and recyclable plastics.
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Will Wesolowsky, direc-tor of finance at AGCO,addressed the HesstonCity Council on Mondayevening with encouragingnews about the manufac-turer during a request for$6.6 million in IndustrialRevenue Bonds (IRBs).
Wesolowsky said hewas looking forward to aseven to 10 percentuptick in next year’sbudget over 2017.
“The market is stillpretty tough out there,but there are some glim-mers of hope in other re-gions,” he said.
He said dealers strug-gled primarily with toomany used machines onthe market, and AGCOhas slowly been bleedingdown inventory.
“The bigger farmers,from a maintenancestandpoint, are going tostart turning stuff. A lotof the downward pressurewe had as a manufactureris we had inventory outthere and we were build-ing less. Now, productionis staying in line withsales and starting to crossthat threshold,” he said.
While AGCO is still inits winter slow-down,Wesolowsky said the com-pany is making a con-certed effort to adjust itsworkflow.
“Our heavy time is inthe first half of the year.We’re taking some actionsthis year to change howwe do line loading andlevel out better so not asmany ups and downs onemployment. We are look-ing for a more stableworkforce. That really im-pacts the people, as wellas the financials of the
company. We are workingwith planning groups totry to more level-loadthat,” he said.
In addition, AGCO ison the cusp of launching anew Windrower as well asan ultra high densitybailer in 2018.
“The big project is re-lated to the combine. TheIDEAL combine will bereplacing the Challengerand Massy Ferguson com-bines. It is the first globalcombine for AGCO,” hesaid.
Currently, AGCO hasplants in Hesston, Braziland Italy. The IDEALcombine will be built tothe same specifications inall three locations. Thefirst plant to build IDEALcombines will be in Italy.
“You’ll start seeingthem in North Americanext year,” he said.“We’re doing a slowlaunch. There will bemore in 2019 and thosewill all be built in Italy.
“The plan has been toinvest in tooling in NorthAmerica and start build-ing here. The Gleanerwill still be built here andwill be as it currently is,”he said.
Wesolowsky said theHesston facility will even-tually be servicing all ofNorth America in the pro-duction of IDEAL com-bines.
Councilman ClareMoore asked what kind ofemployment impact thenew combine would haveon the Hesston plant.
“When I first joinedAGCO eight or nine yearsago, we were buildingabout 1,000 combines ayear,” Wesolowsky said.“We expect to build morethan that when theIDEAL hits its stride.Right now we are build-ing more around 400.
“We’re really trying tomatch this new combinewith the return of themarket and grab marketshare and volume for thissite. When you add vol-ume, you add people tobuild combines and that’swhat we want,” he said.
“The first $7.9 millionis coming back on, so weare starting to pay prop-erty taxes on that,”Wesolowsky said.
City Attorney JT Klaussaid the city is “beginningto reap the rewards of thereal estate. [AGCO] exer-cised the option to pur-chase and the propertybecomes theirs outrightand they begin to payproperty taxes.”
With the current IRBrequest for 2018,Wesolowsky said therewill continue to be siteimprovements, including$1 million invested inreal estate enhance-ments.
“We will continue toimprove the site and de-velopment into new prod-ucts. A lot of capital isgoing into new productsand new product intro-ductions,” he said.
The capital improve-ment projects are smallerpieces bundled into thelarger IRB requests.
Councilmen LarryFuqua and Moore in-quired how much benefitAGCO has receivedthrough using IRBs in taxexemptions.
Through the use ofIRBs, Klaus estimatedAGCO has received about
Klaus said these esti-mates were very roughand based on his currentknowledge of AGCO’s fi-nances.
“They’re the best eco-nomic development tool tooffer to a company,”Klaus said.
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“Hail Mary, full ofgrace. The Lord is withthee. Blessed are thouamong women andblessed is the fruit of theywomb Jesus. Holy MaryMother of God, pray for ussinners now and at thehour of our death. Amen.”
The words to theRosary, recited byCatholics for centuries,have a particular beat, acertain cadence, as wellas a certain meaning.That cadence seemed toecho the beat of the dancegroup Danza Guadalu-pana that performed Mon-day night at Our Lady ofGuadalupe CatholicChurch in Newton as partof the annual festivities tohonor La Virgen deGuadalupe.
The church kicked offthe holiday season withthe two-day celebration,which started Monday.Festivities and includedsinging, reciting theRosary, observation of theapparitions and indige-nous dancing, On Mondaynight, the dancers worered, green and tan cos-tumes that were deco-rated with the image ofthe Virgin Mary and ap-peared to have bamboo at-tached to them, so whendancers walked, the bam-boo clinked together.Dancers also shook whatappeared to be red gourdsthat made rattling soundsto the beat of the music.
“Our dance originatesfrom Durango, Mexico,”said one of the group lead-ers, Vianey Reyes. “We’redancing like the [Mexicanindigenous] Indians.”
The time period fromwhich they danced wasthe anniversary of thelikeness of the VirginMary appearing on theclothing in 1531 of an In-dian in Mexico, JuanDiego.
The story starts on Dec.9, 1531, when Diego en-countered a woman whosaid she was the VirginMary, according to catho-liceducation.org. Thatday, Diego walked along apath at Tepayec Hill out-side of Mexico City as hewas headed to Mass. Sheasked him to tell BishopZumarraga that shewanted a church to bebuilt on the site. Diegodid as he was asked, andthe bishop said he’d pon-der that.
Diego then returned toMary, and reported whatthe bishop said. She senthim back, and the bishopsaid he wanted a sign toprove the story. Maryasked him to return thenext day to her when he’dbe given “the sign.”
She instructed Diego togather roses such as thosegrown in Castile thatwere foreign to Mexicoand planted in an areawhere such flowersshouldn't grow. Diegogathered them, and Maryarranged them in his pon-cho. When he visited thebishop again, the openedhis poncho to reveal theroses and an image of theVirgin Mary.
Then the bishop weptand put the flowers on thealtar.
The Virgin Mary is thepatron saint of Mexico,and the local event was in
honor of her. Dec. 12marks the feast of OurLady, the website stated.The local event is Dec. 11and 12.
“The Virgin Maryelected Mexico to be herhome,” Reyes said. “Shewanted a home, which isthe Basilica. She wantedthat temple to be built inher honor.”
The Basilica of OurLady of Guadalupe is inMexico.
Reyes said Marywanted a place where peo-ple could bring her theirsorrows, illnesses or hap-piness.
In regard to the appari-tions segment of the fes-tivities, this also goesalong with the Juan Diegotale.
“We recount how Maryappeared to an Indian inefforts to get the Indiansfrom Mexico to believe inthe Roman CatholicChurch,” Reyes said.
On Monday night, therewere at least a couplehundred people at OurLady of Guadalupe,watching the dancers andthen going into the sanc-tuary to recite the Rosary.Reyes, whose father, Car-los Reyes, and aunt, Ale-jandra Reyes, are a coupleof the dance group’sfounders, said Dec. 11 isusually the longest daywith dancing and song.
“The Rosary for todaywill be in honor of thekids,” Reyes said Monday,
adding they were to putflowers on the altar foreach mystery of theRosary. Mysteries are di-visions of the Rosary, shesaid.
Reyes said that in 1531,when Mary appeared toDiego, she was with child.
“When she appeared,she was in a pregnantstate with Jesus,” Reyessaid. “The image that weadore, per se, the way sheis drawn or sculpted, youcan see the pregnantbelly.”
Reyes said the dancegroup performs inhunched-over stances toshow honor. The groupstarted in 1999, and mem-bers have to be 12 orolder. Reyes herself hasbeen a member since2001.
“All of the members arefrom Our Lady,” Reyessaid.
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWVianey Reyes, center, takes part in the festivities Monday night at OurLady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton to honor La Virgen deGuadalupe.
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Left Karla Marquezand her son AngelMarquez, as well asother youth, wait fortheir turn to walkdown the aisle atOur Lady ofGuadalupe CatholicChurch in Newton,holding flowersabove their headsand placing them onthe altar as part ofMonday night festiv-ities.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWFolks recite the Rosary on Monday night at Our Lady of GuadalupeCatholic Church in Newton.
Two churches combineforces for concert on Sunday
“Journey of Promises”by Joseph Martin will bepresented at two localchurches on Sunday, Dec.17.
The first will be at 9a.m. at Trinity HeightsUnited Methodist Church,directed by Nancy Johnsonand accompanied by JoanWulf.
At 11 a.m., they plan tobe at First UnitedMethodist Church, di-rected by Bev Stigge andaccompanied by KarenKaufman and Mary BethDavies.
The combined choirsfrom Trinity HeightsUnited Methodist, FirstUnited Methodist and
East Side UnitedMethodist churches willpresent a Christmas Can-tata called “Journey ofPromises.”
Martin has penned awonderful medley ofwords, music and scriptureto enhance the traditional
Christmas story. Bothchurches will be decoratedwith the exuberance ofChrist’s love that empow-ers the listener to comeinto the house of worshipwith joy.
Ever new, may thewords and songs of theprophets and saints spurus onward as the music ofour lives invite the worldto follow on this Journey ofPromises, a news releasestated.
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The classes have beentaking walking field trips,where they learn aboutbusinesses in Newton'sdowntown.
“We feel it is importantthat the students are con-nected with the commu-nity that they live in andalso that the communityhas a connection to ourstudents,” educatorMelinda Hammond said.
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The class popped in tothe newspaper office lastThursday to hear the insand outs of the journalismbusiness.
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Active home listings in Newton far lower than usual
If you're looking to buyan existing house in New-ton, the market continuesto decrease.
Area realtors are re-porting low numbers ofhouses that are up forsale.
Arlen Newell of JPWeigand reported that,across the city, there arecurrently 73 active list-ings of houses for sale.
Weigand said, for con-text, that number is usu-ally much higher.
“For many years, we'verun around 130 to 135[active listings],” he said,adding that the last fivemonths have seen thosenormal numbers signifi-cantly decrease.
“We've not seen num-bers this low for activelistings,” Newell, who'sbeen a realtor for 25 yearssaid. “This might be thefirst time I'm seeing this.”
Newell said overallthere have been around20 more home sales inNewton compared to lastyear. So while that num-ber might account for alower number of housesbeing on the market, it'snot enough to account forthe drastic decrease.
“I think everybody ismore content,” Newellsaid. “But I also think
there are buyers outthere. When a housecomes on it, gets sold.”
Newell said there wereonly seven active listingsfor houses priced between$120,000 to $150,000.There were none priced at$130,000 and only twopriced in the $140,000range.
He said the increase insales, in part, comes froma strong fall.
“This fall has been bet-ter than average,” Newellsaid.
The shortage of houseson the market mirrors na-tional trends.
USA Today reportedthis fall that the housingsupply nationally remainsat a 20-year low.
New home sales duringthis fall also soared to thehighest rates in morethan a decade, USAToday reported.
For 2017, the City ofNewton has seen a sizableincrease in new dwellingunit construction. Year todate, it's seen 126 newdwelling unit starts, com-pared to 20 in 2016. One-hundred-five of thoseadditional starts comefrom two large apartmentcomplexes. However, thecity has seen 11 new sin-gle family residences builtthis year; an increasefrom three in 2016. It alsohas seen the constructionof 10 duplexes, accordingto the city office.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWIn a file photo from earlier this year a home in Newton sits as construction on it continues.
Middle schoolers learning about community on foot
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Santa Fe 5/6 Center sixth-graderslisten to Newton Now managingeditor Adam Strunk, right, whowas one of three talking about thenewspaper during a recent visit.Also giving the presentation weregraphic designer Elizabeth Hingst,seated at back, and Wendy Nu-gent, features editor. www.HarveyCountyNow.com
