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Developments could pay for sewer main expansion
Developers who asked for a$450,000 sewer main extensionwill have to deliver multi-mil-lion properties for the city to
break even on the project in 20years.
Last week, the City of New-ton Commission approved engi-neering studies on expandingan eight-inch sewer line to a 12-inch line along Old Main St. ata cost of $450,000.
The project, according to dis-
cussions at a city commissionwork session, would open upthree plots of land for develop-ment, around 35 total acres,near the intersection of SouthWashington and SW 14th St,just north of Highway 50.
The line has been running atcapacity, according to City En-
gineer Suzanne Loomis, and be-cause of that, it limited any ad-ditional growth that couldhappen in the area.
“The number one thing is weneed is to get the line upsizedbecause it's running at full ca-pacity,” she said.
Stan Brodhagen, who's work-
ing to develop the plots on be-half of the Claassen familytrust said he's been trying toget the property developed forthe last two and a half yearsand has repeatedly received in-terest from hotels and apart-
BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected]
See SEWER / 8
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWJesse Jester of Newton lifts a little more than 200 pounds over his head in his garage.
Newton resident Jesse Jester'sstrength is no joke, as he can pickup as much weight to equal atleast four other muscular men.
The 26-year-old plans to defendhis title of Kansas’s StrongestMan on Saturday, May 19, at theKansas Strongest Man in Salinawith weigh-in the Friday before.Right now, he's earned that titlethree times, and this could be hisfourth.
Jester's best dead lift weight is850 pounds, and he holds twoworld records in two brackets. Inthe 17- to 20-year age bracketwhen he weighed 181 pounds, helifted 500 pounds when he was 17.
In the open-class age group, heweighed 220 pounds, lifting 850pounds.
Jester achieves his goalsthrough hard work.
“Lots and lots and lots of hardwork,” he said. “Lots and lots andlots of food. Lots of sacrifice.”
He said people thinkweightlifters leave it at the gym,but when they're at that level, it'swith them 24 hours a day. Duringthe off-season, he works out fiveto six hours a week. Now, it's 15to 20 hours a week so close to acompetition.
Jester has been lifting weightsfor quite some time.
“I actually got into it when Iwas 12 years old,” he said. “Forme, I was constantly bullied as akid. It was a way I could build upmy exterior to deal with it that
way.”From there, Jester said he real-
ized he could continue.“I realized I could do it more,”
he said, adding successes andbeing able to achieve were addict-ing.
He had some help.“I had a mentor that took me
under his wing,” he said, addinghe's not from Newton, so he andhis mentor now keep in contact.
He said he moved to Newton be-cause his fiancé is from Newton.
In addition to his other honors,Jester took first in World BenchPress and Deadlift Champi-onships, and some of his awardsare on display at home.
“I didn't keep participation tro-phies,” he said, adding for every
He has the power
NEWTON RESIDENT IS STRONG MAN OF KANSAS
BY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]
See POWER / 8
Survey resultsgive locals foodfor thought
If your grocery bill is hitting triple digits at theregister, you're not alone.
Information released by the Harvey CountyFood and Farm Council showed 64.1 percent ofcounty households spend at least $100 or more onfood each week.
The group released the findings in a bookletthat charts the eating habits of county residents,following a survey receiving around 480 re-sponses. The mission of the group is to increaseaccess to locally grown and healthy food.
The numbers shed light on eating habits, grow-ing habits, spending habits and the general satis-faction with county food options.
Part of the council's work was made possible bya previous grant from the Sunflower Foundation,a public charity that seeks to improve health out-comes in the State of Kansas.
At its Monday meeting, the county commissiongave approval to the Harvey County Food Councilto apply for an additional Sunflower Grant.
How much is a Harvey County family spending
As a whole, the booklet notes that county resi-dents spend $92 million on food, averaging about$6,817 per household. That's an average bill of$568 per month.
Nationally, the U.S. Department of Agricultureestimated the monthly cost for a moderate foodbudget for a family of two to be $625 and for afamily of four to be $901.60.
A graphic shows where Harvey County Residents primarily go out to eat.Graphics from the Harvey County Food and Farm Council and Flint HillGraphics
BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected]
See FOOD / 8
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWBrenda and Randy Hague work in Hague's Paint & Decorating on Friday afternoon.
Brenda and Randy Haguehave sold so much paint duringtheir 42 years in business, theycould fill up an Olympic-sizedswimming pool at least a sixthof the way or a little more thantwo pools the size of the indoorRec Center one.
Hague's Paint & Decorating'sdoors will close forever at 706N. Main on Saturday, May 19,as the Hagues retire from thebusiness, which sells BenjaminMoore paint and other home-
project items, although Randystill will be a Harvey Countycommissioner.
“She's retiring,” Randy saidabout Brenda, to which she re-sponded, “Hopefully.”
“It's been good,” Brenda said,while Randy busied himself inthe store, setting out variouspaint cans and helping a cus-tomer.
Brenda said they sell hun-dreds of gallons of paint everymonth, so during a 42-year-pe-riod, that's at least 100,800 gal-lons. If it takes 20 gallons topaint the exterior of an average
Colorful career: Hagues retiring frompaint business after 42 years on Main St.
BY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]
See HAGUES / 8
Car show brings more thancars to downtown Page 15
Take a gander atthe new hospitaladdition - Page 9
Last weekend, we de-cided to go to a lateshowing of the new
“Avengers” movie with agroup of friends, so wemet early to enjoy the niceweather and grill for sup-per.
One of our friendswalked in with a big bagof fresh asparagus.
“You can do whateveryou want with this,” shesaid, before heading out tothe patio.
It’s pretty obvious myfriends know me wellwhen they feel comfort-able presenting me with arandom ingredient andhave full faith that I’ll beable to pull something offwith it.
I looked online for away to grill asparagus,since I figured it wouldeasily pop onto the grillnext to our steaks, and Idiscovered one from theblog “Or whatever youdo.” The recipe is byNicole Johnson and isboth easy and perfectlyseasoned. You can find itat https://www.orwhatev-eryoudo.com/2014/08/per-fect-grilled-asparagus.html.
I will include grillinginstructions as well asoven instructions withthis recipe, since I endedup finishing the aspara-gus in the oven, becausewe managed to run out ofpropane about halfwaythrough our cooking ad-
venture (the hazards ofthe first time firing up thegrill for spring, I suppose).I also played with some ofthe amounts a bit.
Grilled AsparagusIngredientsabout 1 pound fresh as-
paragusabout 1 tablespoon olive
oil1 teaspoon garlic salt1 teaspoon onion pow-
der1/2 teaspoon black pep-
per
2 tablespoons butter ormargarine
DirectionsPreheat the grill to
about medium-high heator preheat your oven to425 degrees.
Wash the asparagusand trim off the ends.
Fold a tray out of alu-minum foil with raisedsides to house the aspara-gus (put it on some kindof tray to use to carry tothe grill or on a bakingsheet if it’s going in the
oven).Place the asparagus
into the tray, spaced justa little apart, and drizzlewith olive oil. Use yourhands to coat the aspara-gus in the oil and thensprinkle with the garlicsalt, onion powder andpepper and mix aroundagain to evenly distributethe spices.
Cut the butter intopieces and dot it along thetop of the asparagus.
Place the aluminumtray right on the grill
grates or leave it on thebaking sheet in the ovenand cook for about six toeight minutes for stalksthat are pencil-size orsmaller or about 10 to 15minutes for larger stalks.
Serve immediately. Theasparagus won’t staywarm for long.
We had a fantastic din-ner, despite having to fin-ish both our steaks andasparagus back in thehouse. At least our patio
table was ready to holdour plates as we enjoyedone another’s company be-fore our late-night movie.
Once the propane tankis full again, I’m planningon giving this recipe an-other try. I’m excited tofire up the grill, pull outmy shorts and finallyenjoy summer.
Lindsey Young is the co-owner of Newton Now and
is a Bethel College graduate.
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LINDSEY YOUNG/NEWTON NOWGrilled asparagus has some simple seasonings that make it a perfect summer side dish.
Golf benefit gives opportunities for community support, mutualityHESSTON—Hesston
College Athletics will hostits annual Lark Open GolfBenefit on Saturday, June2, at the Hesston GolfCourse, giving participantsa chance to show their sup-port for the local collegiateathletic programs.
Proceeds from the eventwill benefit Hesston Col-lege Athletics for facilityimprovements, profes-sional development oppor-tunities and otherdepartmental needs.
Teams of four will com-
pete in the benefit, andregistration can be foundat hesston.edu/lark-open.Participants are welcometo register a team of fouror as individuals to beplaced on a team. The costis $100 per golfer and in-cludes green fees, a cart,gift bag, raffle tickets anda meal, which will followthe afternoon benefit.
Hole sponsorships arealso available for $150 forindividuals or $450 for cor-porate sponsors, which in-cludes a team registration.
Lark Open organizershope potential participantsrecognize the mutual bene-fits of having a college, andthereby, local collegiatesports, in small communi-ties.
“We view ourselves verymuch as a part of thewider Hesston commu-nity,” said Rob Ramseyer,athletic director and vicepresident of student devel-opment. “Not every townthe size of Hesston couldsustain a college, but wehave a supportive commu-
nity that takes an interestin our student-athletes,and we want to make surethat for as much as wehope to have that commu-nity support, we’re alsogiving back.”
Hesston College Athlet-ics has 14 varsity teams:women’s basketball, crosscountry, soccer, softball,tennis, track and field andvolleyball, and men’s base-ball, basketball, crosscountry, golf, soccer, tennisand track and field.
—For Newton Now
The Rev. Vern Bender'sChurch the 1877 Meetinghouse sold for $34,100 on Sat-urday, April 28.
The building, at the intersec-
tion of 12th and Logan streets,was auctioned off to pay for thedeceased reverend’s medicalbills.
With the building went all ofits contents, save one.
According to auctioneer VernKoch, during an open house forthe building, a possible bidderbegan looking around the old
church.As the man looked over the
various contents and pieces offurniture of the church, hecame to its pulpit.
Koch said the man reachedup under the pulpit and founda revolver pistol.
“There was a nail up underthere and it was hanging from
it, wrapped in plastic,” Kochsaid.
Koch said he immediatelytook the gun and put it away.He said didn't know who wouldend up buying the buildingand couldn't sell the gun withit.
Koch said he didn't know themake and model of the gun but
that it was well taken care of.He said he's currently decidingwhat he needs to do with it.
The house, next to thechurch, which also belonged toBender was sold for $14,101.
Koch said the house was in astate of disrepair and the auc-tion price was a good price forit.
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Gun discovered underneath pulpit, not included in church purchaseBY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected]
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County working to fill vacant positions
t's like a help wantedfair over at the HarveyCounty courthouse.
The commission dis-cussed filling two posi-tions and plugged anotheropen hole with an ap-pointment.
One of the more impor-tant open positions it hasis for a district coroner.
The coroner would re-place Ron Morford, whowill retire in May. Mor-ford serves as coroner forboth Harvey and McPher-son Counties.
County AdministratorAnthony Swartzendrubersaid the county will lookfor applicants for the posi-tion. Applicants must belicensed to practice medi-cine in Kansas and live inthe state.
Harvey County, accord-ing to state statute, willhave the final say in thehiring to fill the sharedposition, as it's the largerof the two counties.
The county is also mov-
ing aheadwith creat-ing asharednursingpositionwith Mar-ion Countyto helpstaff thehealth department. Theposition would spendthree days a week in Har-vey County and two inMarion. The county wouldpay 60 percent of the posi-tion's salary as well asbenefits. Marion Countywould pay the rest.
Swartzendruber saidsharing positions betweencounties is growing morecommon in Kansas, espe-cially in the western partof the state, where it's dif-ficult to find employees.
And finally, on the jobfront, the county ap-pointed an interimcounty appraiser.Michele Lowery will takeover the position, whichshe can occupy up to sixmonths following statestatute. Lowery fills for-mer County AppraiserCraig Clough's position.
Clough was terminatedearlier this year from theposition.
In other news, countysales tax revenuesdropped from 2017 forthe month of April. Threeout of the last fourmonths have been lowerin 2018 than in 2017. To-tals on the second cent ofsales tax the county col-lected for April weretheir lowest for thecounty since 2013 at$355,586.
ETC.The county approved
paying its weekly bills to-taling $84,077
The drug drop off atthe sheriff's office to col-lect old and expired pre-scription drugs picked up140 pounds of drugs.
The county held a 15-minute executive sessionto discuss confidentialmatters relating to secu-rity.
The county received along presentation aboutthe Harvey County Foodand Farm Council. Thatpresentation is detailedin an article withintoday's Newton Now.
BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected]
Swartzendruber
NORTH NEWTON—Bethel College studentWesten Gesell will givehis senior saxophonerecital at 6 p.m. Saturday,May 5, in the Administra-tion Building chapel.
Gesell, of Winnipeg,Manitoba, is a student ofJames Pisano, Bethel Col-lege associate professor ofmusic and director of jazzstudies.
Gesell will graduatefrom Bethel in May withdegrees in music (perfor-mance) and biology.
The first half of Gesell’sprogram will compriseSonata for Alto Saxophoneand Piano, Opus 19 byPaul Creston, and Concertin E-flat major, Opus 109,by Alexander Glazunov.
His piano accompanistis Rosa Lee, Bethel associ-
ate professor of music.For the second half,
Gesell will be joined byBethel College JazzCombo I.
Gesell is a 2013 gradu-ate of MennoniteBrethren Collegiate Insti-tute in Winnipeg. His par-ents are Charlotte Geselland Randall Gesell ofWinnipeg.
—For Newton Now
Westen Gesell to give senior saxophone recital
Martin S. Rodriguez,Newton, pleaded no con-test Wednesday, April25, to sexual battery, amisdemeanor, in HarveyCounty District Court.
In exchange for hisplea, County AttorneyDavid Yoder dismissedcharges of rape and ag-gravated sexual batteryfollowing a March 2016arrest. Rodriguez wasscheduled for a jury trialbefore he entered his
plea. He will be requiredto register as a sex of-fender.
In other court news:•Molly Gibson Thomas,
Newton, was sentencedto 20 months in prisonfor a conviction for pos-session of methampheta-mine.
•Neil Thomas Claywas sentenced to 90 daysin jail for driving underthe influence. He was or-dered to serve 48 hoursin jail and eight days onhouse arrest, and the bal-ance of the sentence wassuspended.
•Clint William
Loescher, Newton, hadhis probation extendedfor 12 months for violat-ing the terms of his pro-bation. He had pleadedno contest to possessionof methadone in Novem-ber. He subsequently wascharged with possession
of methadone and crimi-nal trespass. He pleadedno contest to the tres-passing charge, for whichhe received a 15-monthsuspended jail sentence.
On Nov. 11, 1918,Armistice Day, Burrtontownsfolk went to JohnSchrag's house, askinghim to carry the Ameri-can flag at the front oftheir parade.
Schrag refused.“Then the American
flag dropped to theground,” said AbbyKoontz, 12.
The people were madand wanted to lynchSchrag. Tom Roberts,head of the Anti-HorseThief Association, saidthey'd hang this manover his dead body, soSchrag received a fairtrial.
“And he was declarednot guilty,” Abby Koontzsaid.
Three Newton youth,Koontz and her brotherCaleb Koontz, 14, andLucy Buller, 12, discov-ered this story in their re-search for their NationalHistory Day Contest proj-ect. The trio's website,called “Conflict: Mennon-ite Conscientious Objec-tors in Central KansasDuring World War I,”took second at state,which qualified them fornationals in June inWashington, D.C. Thepublic is invited to learnabout their project at6:30 p.m. Wednesday,May 16, in the fellowshiphall at Bethel CollegeMennonite Church inNorth Newton. The triowill share stories fromtheir archival researchand the interviews theyconducted and will showtheir project's final for-mat. Dessert will beserved, and donations to-ward the cost of the tripwill be accepted.
“I did it when I was akid, so it's many, manyyears old,” said Lucy'smom, Rachel Epp Buller,about the contest.
The annual contest hasdifferent formats kids canenter, such as documen-tary, website, individualpapers and performance.
“We did a website,”both girls, who arefriends, said in unison.
The girls also have thesame exact birthday.
This year, the themewas “Conflict and Com-promise in History,” and
the three are gettingready for nationals now,so the site isn't public atthis time. After receivingcomments from judges onthe state level, they'remaking some adjust-ments to the site.
“Top two teams go tonationals,” Lucy Bullersaid.
Abby Koontz said oneof the reasons they chosethe topic was because it'sbeen 100 years since thewar ended, because ofAmerica's entry into thewar and because of theirMennonite heritage, sinceall three are Mennonite.
The project is beingdone outside of school,Lucy Buller said, whileCaleb Koontz added someschools do it.
Their research includedseveral in-person inter-views with Jim Juhnkeand Keith Sprunger,founders of the Schowal-ter Oral History Collec-tion housed at BethelCollege. It's a collection ofaudio interviews withpeople who were consci-entious objectors duringthe First World War.Each of the Koontzes andBuller focused on a par-ticular person or story,Epp Buller said.
Abby Koontz said thatwhen Juhnke andSprunger started the oralhistory collection, theyinterviewed Charles Gor-don, who was part of themob that harassedSchrag. Later, Gordon be-came a pacifist.
The other two choseother area stories.
“I focused on the storyof Charles and D.A. Di-ener,” Lucy Buller said,adding they were farmersin McPherson County.
Caleb Koontz focusedon the Cooprider familyof Inman. A century agoon April 22, 1918, “anangry mob” tarred andfeathered GeorgeCooprider, Charles Di-ener and Daniel “D.A.”Diener, all Mennonites.The mob went to theCooprider farm, wantingto tar and feather thedad, Walter, but Walterwas in ill health, so his25-year-old son, George,asked to take his dad'splace. The group tarredand feathered George in-stead.
All three researchedBernard Harder's story.Harder was pastor atEmmaus MennoniteChurch in the Whitewa-ter area. This story alsoinvolves an angry mobthat went to Harder'shouse and were going topaint the color yellow onhis property and tar andfeather him. He antici-pated the mob comingand put a large Americanflag outside. When themob arrived, he led thesinging of “America.” Bythe fourth verse, every-one except the pastor hadstopped singing becausethey didn't know all thewords. They left, andthere was no violence.The pastor was perceived
to not support the war ef-fort.
They also interviewedHarder's grandson, WillisHarder of North Newton,as well as Chet Roberts,Tom Roberts' grandson.The Koontzes' great aunt,Sondra Koontz of New-ton, was interviewed as astudent for the Schowal-ter Project, and she alsois a distant cousin of theCooprider family. In addi-tion, they interviewedLucy Buller's grandma,whose great uncle was aconscientious objectorand imprisoned at FortLeavenworth before that.
These are the storieson their website, and atstate, they met with aboard of three judges,who asked questionsabout their research andwebsite.
Before nationals, theyhave the option to editthe website and use thefeedback from the statejudges. They were lim-ited to a 1,200 wordcount, although quotesand short captionsweren't included in theword count.
Since every state cansend two teams to na-tionals, there will bearound 3,000 kids at-tending.
Through the project,they've learned a fewthings.
“When we started, wedidn't know anythingabout conscientious ob-jectors,” Abby Koontzsaid.
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Local students look into darker parts of Harvey County history BY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWFrom left, Lucy Buller, Abby Koontz and Caleb Koontz stand outside theMennonite Library and Archives in North Newton, where they’ve done agreat deal of research.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWFrom left, Lucy Buller, Abby Koontz and Caleb Koontz look on a computer. The three worked together on ahistory project and now are going to nationals.
Rodriguez enters no-contest plea in Harvey County District CourtBY BLAKE SPURNEY
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District Coroner RonMorford tendered his res-ignation to the HarveyCounty Board of Commis-sioners. Effective May 31,Morford will retire fromthe position he held for28 years.
He said he decided itwas time for him to call itquits, while people werestill happy to have him asthe coroner.
“One of my great goalswas to sign my own deathcertificate, but I wasafraid to do so too soon,as they'd call up SocialSecurity,” he said.
Morford recommendedthe Deputy Coroner ColinWindham take over hisposition. He said he be-lievedWindhamwould bewilling todo so.
He didtell thecountythat itmightwant to have a conversa-tion with Newton MedicalCenter, Windham's em-ployer, about possibleconflicts of interest.
Morford said in thepast, under previous ad-ministrators, the hospitalhad given him push backon some of his findingsand that the countyneeded to establish thatleaning on Windham,should the county appointhim, is not appropriate.
“I think it would begood to at least speak tothem and say eventhough he's a hospitalemployee, you need to un-derstand he has a dutyalso, and it's not appro-priate to lean on him,which is what they did tome a time or two,” Mor-ford said.
Swartzendruber saidthat it had been a longtime since a district coro-ner had been appointedin Harvey County and heand legal staff wouldhave to review theprocess. The coroner posi-tion is shared withMcPherson County.
Morford's office is re-sponsible for determiningthe cause of death of aperson as well as per-forming autopsies in cer-tain situations, such as in
a suspicious or suddendeath, auto-accident, sui-cide or death of a personunder 18 years of age.
The coroner's office hasa budget of around$150,000, according to a2016 Newton Now article.
Today, political punditsgive all sorts of opinionsabout North Korea, itsmissile program and itsbellicose relationship withthe U.S.
Few, however, have thefirst-hand knowledge ofJim Goering, North New-ton council member andone of the few Americanswho have been inside “TheHermit Kingdom” sincethe Korean War.
Goering visited NorthKorea in 1998 with a teamof volunteers to create afood assistance programfor the underserved citi-zens of the country.
He brought that uniqueperspective and under-standing to a speech atBethel College on April11.
Goering said that today,under the leadership ofKim Jong-Un, the countryhe spent time in 20
years ago poses agreater threat to theUnited States than before.
“North Korea’s presentday threat to the UnitedStates is motivated by aninnate hatred of Ameri-cans,” Goering said. “In-doctrination to hatebegins from childhood.”
Goering said during histime in the country, thegovernment had theirhands in everything, in-cluding the tiny details ofhis group’s trip.
“When you arrive inNorth Korea, all foreign-ers—certainly in mycase—were assigned amentor,” Goering said.
For Goering, the mentorwas a man named Mr.
Che. Goering said hecouldn’t go anywherewithout Che by his side.
“He was like a Siamesebrother for the time I wasthere,” Goering said.“When I checked into thehotel in room 27, Chechecked into room 28.”
Che was a man of fewwords, Goering said, andeven fewer emotions.
“I told him every lawyerjoke I could tell and nevergot him to smile,” Goeringsaid.
As part of the trip, Go-ering had to participate ingovernment-mandatedtours.
Che accompanied Goer-ing on an agricultural tourfrom Pyongyang, the capi-tal city, to Wonsan, a portcity on the eastern shore
of the peninsula. Thegroup traveled in “an old,worn-out Mercedes thegovernment assigned tous,” Goering said.
That’s when Goeringsaid Mr. Che started totalk to him for the firsttime.
Goering said Che leanedover during the car rideand asked him, “When
you shower in the morn-ing, do you shower beforeyou shave or do you shavebefore you shower?”
“I told him I usuallyshave and then I shower,”Goering said. “Then an-other 20 miles go by, not aword between us.”
Then Goering said Cheleaned over to him againand asked, “When youbutton your shirt in the
morning, do you button itfrom the top down or thebottom up?”
This was followed byanother long pause andone final question, Goer-ing said.
“When you shave, doyou use Gillette blades or
Wilkinson Sword blades?”asked Che.
“I expect some place inthe Korean governmentannals, there is a dossierthat says what Jim Goer-ing does when he gets upin the morning,” Goeringsaid.
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COURTESY PHOTOJim Goering holds a young boy at a well-managed orphanage in Py-ongyang in February of 1998.
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Residents shouldtake note of
developmentpriorities
Adding the words development or industrial complexcould be helpful for supporters of the Newton Public Li-brary, swimming pool or any other public service.
At last week's work session, the Newton City Commis-sion gave approval for city staff to make an engineeringstudy to expand a sewer pipe along Old Main Street. Theexpansion would cost an estimated $450,000 and provideenough capacity to develop 35 acres of empty land nearthe corner of S. Washington and SW 14th St. into com-mercial properties such as a hotel or heavy residentialproperties such as apartments.
Staff said the city would likely bond the project. With a20-year loan and a three-percent interest rate—what a2015 sewer expansion was bonded at—the total costwould come in just under $600,000.
Staff said that the city regularly heard from parties in-terested in the properties. Developer Stan Brodhagen,who's working on the project, said he's had to turn downinterested parties because of a lack of sewage access fromthe city.
The summation of the work session conversation wasthat the city needed to expand sewer capacity in the areato allow the development and cut down on maintenance,as pipes were already running at full capacity.
The commission hasn't signed off on the plans yet, andwe'd have been critical if it hadn't at least considereddoing so.
The city needs more housing. The city needs an ex-panded tax base. More housing makes it easier for indus-try to hire in the city. Public infrastructure investmentsare often a good thing.
Still, we wondered, “How much development would ittake for the city to recoup its sewer line investment?”
The answer: a pretty substantial amount.It would take about $4.55 million worth of residential
property development or $1.98 million of commercial de-velopment to pay off the expansion over 20 years. Thatnumber assumes the city property tax would stay thesame and those developments would pay property tax forthe whole time period.
The city used a similar line of questioning when debat-ing whether or not to add public infrastructure for the $90million Occidental Development, which is apparently onhold again.
What the numbers mean in regard to the sewage ex-pansion is that development could pay it off in full. Ac-cording to the Harvey County Appraisers Office, thePrairie Fire apartment complex is evaluated at $3.02 mil-lion. The Holiday Inn is evaluated at $3.14 million. Soshould two or all three of the lots currently empty havelarge developments on them, the city might even come outahead.
Tack on transient tax, bed tax, additional people spend-ing money in the community or additional housing, and itsounds like a pretty good deal. And the city gets to fill inempty properties inside the city and not increase the city'ssize or sprawl.
It's one thing to say you have interest on a property; it'sanother to break ground. Currently, Newton already hasone plot platted for a hotel near First St. and I-135, andthe Holiday Inn is up for sale.
Newton has a track record of making various purchasesand developments based on possibilities. Earlier this year,we purchased another 40-acre tract of land for the KansasLogistics Park because city administration believed itwould be desirable for industrial development and be-cause the buyer was selling at a good price.
We still have the old Dillon's property that we pur-chased. We have a nice concrete parking lot next to theGirl Scout Little House that was once presented as a loca-tion for Stutzman's Greenhouse but is now simply part ofa capital improvement plan that needed to be accom-plished.
That brings us all back to the larger debate about pub-lic investment. Where should it be spent?
We're sure the Newton Public Library, which has lob-bied years for a remodel, would love to go to the city andask for $450,000 in expansions and after a work sessionhave the commission tell staff to draw up plans. They'll begetting a task force this year at least to discuss a remodel.
We're sure all the people who use and value the swim-ming pool would like to simply ask the city to spend$450,000 on the pool and the commission decide to makeit happen.
Our current city commission seems to be thinking overthings more critically than when we first started report-ing on them. We think that having an economic growthoriented commission is a good thing, especially when theytake time to consider the numbers and if the taxpayer isgetting a good deal.
We'd like people to take note of how quickly the city canallocate money to buying land for development or infra-structure projects to support it and how quickly invest-ments in shared public resources and spaces go.
People should remember such things when they repeat-edly get told there's not enough money for what theythink is necessary for the city. If such an answer bothersthem, they should know that the decision making in ourcity comes down to who's in the ears of our commissionersand city staff—those who are engaged, those who aretalking to their commissioners, those who are advocatingfor issues and those who decide elections at the ballot.
If you want that to be you, you need to leave yourhouse. You're simply not getting anything done complain-ing on Facebook.
—Newton Now Editorial Board
Annual rodent ba�le intensifiesIfelt foolish for buying chicken
wire. On my family's farm, wehad rolls of it.
I'd never seen anyone buy it. Itsort of grew in the sheds around theplace, sprouting between old carsand forgotten appliances. Any timewe needed some, I'd go with a tinsheers and cut a bit. A few yearslater and it would be ready for har-vest again.
Yet the ground at my HarveyCounty home is bad for chickenwire. The yard is too well kept, do-mesticated and lacks the rust nec-essary to make the wire reallybloom.
I went to visit Bruce's house. Hehad a garage filled with stuff and ashed in his backyard. Still, hissmall shed had only grown a mod-est harvest of chicken wire, whichhe said he needed for his hops crop.
I became the first Strunk incountless generations with store-bought chicken wire. It cost $5 atTractor Supply.
The wire would build my fortressagainst the woodland creatures I'vebattled for two years now.
I have small wants in life. One isa harvest of basil and cilantro forseasoning and a tomato plant ortwo for sandwiches.
The squirrels and the birds haverobbed me of my wants year afteryear.
I've written about my battleswith such creatures before. Themethods we used on the farm fordealing with such pests aren't legalwithin city limits.
My only protection now comesfrom the chicken wire—that and apair of possums that have moved innear my yard. I don't know if they'llbe an ally or an enemy yet, but I'm
remaining optimistic.I spent an entire day weaving the
chicken wire into defensive struc-tures.
They form roofs and walls aroundthe small containers and plastictrough where I've planted my mod-est garden.
The ends of the chicken wirepoint upward whenever possible. Ihope they make an uncomfortablelanding place for a bird.
I nearly had no garden to defend.It took about three weeks for
everything to sprout with such badweather.
Had I not sang to the seeds andbegged them to grow, I do not knowif I'd have a garden at all.
Now my sprouts are addingleaves. Each morning I awake ea-gerly to check my plants.
Each morning I prepare myselffor the fact that perhaps I've again,as I have for the last two years,fallen victim to Newton squirrels.
One day they'll learn to fashiontools or grow opposable thumbs tooperate pliers. They will tear downmy fences to dig and plant theirnuts or whatever they do.
But they've not yet. My basil andcilantro live.
I think of strange things hovering
over the plants. I wonder if a higherbeing gets mad at things for de-stroying oceans or rain forests like Iget mad at the squirrels.
I wonder if a higher being everkicks him or her self for passingthat ordinance against flooding.
I do know that there's somethingspecial about that, and the littleplants give me joy.
I think it's because they're visualmanifestations of work.
In part that's the same way I likeworking at a newspaper becauseeach week I can hold my work.
I like a sharp kitchen knife, be-cause each time I cut, for instance,cilantro, it I can appreciate thesharpening it took to make theknife sharp.
I bought an old cast iron skillet ata garage sale and have gotten itseasoned up recently. Each time Icook with it now, I can appreciatethe work to make the skillet func-tion.
And so each time I check my gar-den, I can see my work grow.
In an article I wrote this week, Idiscuss a survey that says half ofthe people in Harvey County growtheir own vegetables.
That means I must not be alonein my love of sprouts or my rodentbattles.
That makes me happy. I thinkthe more people grow things themore they realize how much workany meaningful achievement, evensomething as small as salsa, takes.Not everything sprouts as easily aschicken wire.
Adam Strunk is the managing ed-itor of Newton Now. He can be
reached at 316-281-7899 [email protected].
STRUNK IN PUBLIC
ADAM STRUNK
Reach into the candy jar for qualitiesThe other night, I watched a
movie on Netflix called “TheCandy Jar.” It defined what a
successful life is and what brings ussuccess.
It was about two high-school sen-iors who were rivals throughoutschool, which made sense becausetheir mothers also were rivals whilein high school. Both mothers ran forstudent-body president, and thecheerleader beat the other gal, wholater ended up having a career inpolitics.
The non-cheerleader mom had afancy car, an expensive house. Thecheerleader mom didn’t have an ex-pensive anything. Both of their kidswere involved in debate. Both kidscould talk really, really fast, evenfaster than the Gilmore Girls.That’s how they do it in high-schooldebate, at least sometimes. Judgesget the arguments ahead of timeand then the students recite theirarguments real fast in front of thejudges, I guess because of time limi-tations.
These two kids were really gooddebaters. They knew their facts andcould recite them. They were greatat research, only they didn’t reallyhave any friends or ever do any-thing teenager-y, like skip school,defy their parents, go to dances oron dates. Each talked to the schoolcounselor, played by Helen Hunt,who was very down-to-earth andpersonable, and she always hadcandy lying around her office incandy jars. Each of the two stu-dents consulted her with their prob-lems. One of the students wanted toget into Yale, from where his momgraduated, while the girl studentwanted to get into Harvard.
The movie was cute and sweetand carried an interesting message.Both questioned what defined asuccessful life. The cheerleadermom, who worked in a coffee shop,didn’t feel as successful as her rivaland leaned up against an expensivecar in the school parking lot inorder to give the false impression
the car was hers as she talked toher rival. The other mom didn’t feelas successful a mom as the cheer-leader mom, since her son startedvisiting the cheerleader mom’shouse to work with the daughter,and he loved her cookies. So, thestate senator humbled herself andasked the cheerleader mom for herrecipe. The “frenemies” becamefriendlier. Parts of the movie werepredictable, like the kids dating, ofcourse. One was a black boy and theother a white girl.
Neither student was admitted tothe college of his or her choice. Theyfelt like failures. Circumstancesforced them to team up for the statedebate trophy. For the purpose of aresume, they decided to team-upprior to the competition. The boyand girl kissed (not a shocker), andthen the girl pushed the boy away.Toward the end of the movie, thegirl realized she had spent so muchtime on her studies that she wasn’table to form a relationship with an-other human. She decided to datethe boy. At the end, both realizedthere’s more to success than awardsand accolades.
So, that got me to thinking,“What do you think is a successfullife?” Certainly Mother Teresa hada successful life. She was humanand questioned God, and she alsohelped a lot of people. She didn’t doit for awards and praise. She's agreat role model. I think I wantpraise from others more than Ishould. I like getting awards andrecognition. It feels good.
However, I believe there’s moreto success as the movie illustrated.Having integrity, telling the truth,helping others, having relation-ships with others, being compas-sionate, caring, following God’swill, praying, knowing I can’t doeverything myself and that I canlean on others for help, those canequal a successful life. Not brag-ging about myself and just doingnice things and not telling anyoneabout it develops character. I needto work on those things. Being em-pathetic, listening during a conver-sation instead of thinking of whatI’m going to say next, those aregreat qualities.
How much money a person hasdoesn’t determine success in mybook. The friends I choose and theperson I'm dating I’ve picked be-cause of their qualities, not becauseof how much money they have inthe bank. My boyfriend isn’t rich inmoney, but he’s rich in many otherways. He has a wonderful familyand people who love him, he’d doanything for his daughter, grand-son, me and my kids, he’s helpedpeople by playing guitar forfundraisers, and he’s fiercely loyaland protective. I like those quali-ties.
I like hanging out with peoplewho have qualities I respect. I alsolike humble people, and I know Ineed to work on that myself. I re-ally think being a success in life in-cludes positive personal qualities.I'm not saying people with moneyaren’t successful; I just don’t thinkthat’s No. 1. There are other quali-ties that go with success, in myopinion. Having enough money tolive is a great quality to have, andother factors, for me, also con-tribute to success. It goes deeperthan the surface, and I hope I canlive up to that myself. I'm alwaysworking on myself, and I'm a workin progress.
Wendy Nugent is the features edi-tor at Newton Now.
WENDY’S WORDS
WENDY NUGENT
May 3, 2018 Newton Now www.harveycountynow.com Page 7OPINION
If you could have a “do-over” ofyour life, what would youchange? This thought came
into my mind about the same timeI was wondering about what Iwould write for my next NewtonNow column.
As I thought about what I wouldchange, ultimately my answer tothe question was that there isnothing I would want to change. Infact, if I could, I would go back anddo it all again!
I wouldn’t change my childhood.I would still play football andbaseball with the boys and be a“tom-boy.” I would still want thesame loving, supportive parents. Iwould not want to change any-thing about my sister, my only sib-ling.
I would still choose KU as mycollege, with the experiences andlearning it provided. I would stillchoose Ted Ice as my life mate aswell as the three wonderful chil-dren we had together. I would stilldo again all the silly, zany, fun,adventuresome things I’ve done(often unplanned and by chance).
By this I am not saying that Ihave not had losses in my life thatshook my faith nor challenges thatwere difficult hurdles for me.
Among those was the period oftime in young adulthood when Ilost my eyesight, then lost mymother when she was 60 and I was32 with young children who wouldmiss getting to know her morefully as they grew to adulthood. Igrieved over this. I was greatlyshaken when I lost my sister, twoand one-half years younger than Iand with whom I was very close, tolung cancer when she was 68.More recently, I lost my husbandthen lost my son eight monthslater, while I was dealing with(and still am) the challenge ofbeing disabled (temporarily, I’mdetermined) by back surgery threeyears ago.
Regardless, it has been a very
good life and still is. I have beenstrengthened in many ways by thelosses and challenges.
If I could do anything differ-ently, it would be to be more fullypresent and focused, to appreciateand express that appreciationmore fully to those who havemeant so much to me during mylife, including my children. I wouldlove to have a “do-over” with Tedto let him know my appreciationand admiration for all he was andto better express my love.
My all-time favorite play isThornton Wilder’s “Our Town,”which I have seen six or seventimes. Each time I see it, I leavevowing to be more aware as lifegoes along, to recognize how spe-cial every day and every event isand to express appreciation for theeveryday gifts I receive from thosearound me. Alas, I come up short.
Back to the question: if youcould, what changes would youmake to your life? Think about it.You may surprise yourself.
Sue Ice is a former teacher,school board member, retired
Prairie View employee, communityactivist and volunteer and one who
likes to laugh.
If you could, would you ‘do over’? Guest ColumnLeave religious needs out
of adoption law
“Change the scenery of your life.You don’t have to travel far. It’s anadventure. A chance to refresh. To
learn. To compare. To meet newpeople. To make new friends. Toview things anew. To grow.” —
uptitude.it
My kids and I went to a con-cert a while back which isbound, in some way, to lift
spirits, whether they’re low or not.And it did.
One of the performers explainedthat a song they were about tosing was written as a reminderthat even though “this place” canbe a scary place, especially whenwe feel bombarded with news ofattacks and the political dramagoing on (and on and on,) that lovemight just be an alternative to allof that.
Then they sang this: “Stop, justwait. We’ve traveled this road be-fore and always come around.Stop, don’t think, just love. Ain’tnothing gonna bring us down.”
It was lovely and we, along withthousands and thousands of otherpeople, felt happy for awhile.
So, could we have some more ofthat?
Without much prompting, if Idon’t stay mindful of what’s hap-pening, I know how easily I getpulled in a doomsday direction.Whether it’s personal with smalldramas around me or wider with
big dramas around everything, itdoesn’t take much of a nudge tospiral.
Maybe I’m too easily influenced.Maybe I pay attention to thewrong things.
Maybe I let myself adopt the col-lective thought “things just aren’tlike they used to be.” Saying thatassumes things used to be better,which could be flipped into “thingsare bad now.” And that can onlylead to “they’re only going to getworse.” (Did someone mention aspiral?)
I am not OK with this. I havebig plans. And kids who have bigplans. In order to see all of thisthrough, I need other people to notbe OK with this.
I don’t think any of us realizehow much influence we potentiallyhave every day. Anyone who hasbeen around negativity for any ex-tended length of time knows whatI mean. Repeatedly hearing it face
to face is no different than seeingit on a 24-hour news station. It.beats. you. down.
I was told recently that I’m al-ways on the road—always goingsomewhere. And my response is “Itry to be.” Because if I’m not doing,I might be tempted to wallow. Andthat’s interesting considering I ac-tually don’t have much to wallowabout.
There’s a spoof commercialabout treating anxiety and sad-ness with a dose of “prescriptionstrength nature.”
They ask: “Do you find yourselflonging for the apocalypse? …Areyou feeling tired, irritable,stressed out? Well you might con-sider nature… the non-harmfulmedication shown to relieve thecrippling symptoms of modernlife…. Nature can reduce cynicism,meaningless, anal-retentivenessand murderous rage.” (The entirevideo, well worth watching, is atnature-rx.org).
Nature is an option. Doing is anoption.
There’s always an choice to findsomething positive. In the veryleast, there’s most likely a goodsong lyric around to remind us todo smart things like: “Stop, don’tthink.”
Shelley Plett is a graphic de-signer for the Hillsboro Free Pressand Kansas Publishing Ven tures.
We should all choose to find positive things
GLIDING ON ICE
SUE ICE
PARTS OF SPEECH
SHELLEY PLETT
The phrase “sincerely held religious beliefs” soundsnot only harmless but positively admirable. Stitchedinto state laws, however, the words can have an impactranging from inconvenient to destructive of every per-son’s liberty.
That’s why House Bill 2481 should be allowed to diequietly as the Kansas Legislature enters the hectic clos-ing days of a the 2018 regular session.
“Sincerely held religious beliefs” is a phrase heardoften in recent years in dozens of state capitols asearnest but misguided lawmakers try to write it intolegislation. It’s designed to exempt certain people fromhaving to do things that the law requires of everyoneelse but that violate tenants of those persons’ religion.For example, HB 2481 would allow child placementagencies to refuse to place children with same-sex cou-ples if the agencies’ religious beliefs define marriage asa joining of one man and one woman.
Sounds reasonable and harmless until one recognizesthat in the eyes of the law same-sex marriages are justas legal as traditional ones. Then invoking the phrasebecomes state-recognized, tax-funded invidious discrimi-nation against gay and lesbian individuals and couplesseeking to adopt or act as foster parents.
The use of the phrase three times in HR 2481 doesn’tmean same-sex couples could never adopt or care forchildren. Many child placement organizations are notreligion-based, so the law’s immediate impact would belimited because gay couples can use alternative place-ment services. But “legalized” discrimination is still dis-crimination, no matter its scale.
Worse, passing HR 2481 would ease the way for otheruses of the phrase as a handy rubber-stamp exemptionfrom legal obligations. It regularly appears in all sortsof “model” legislation backed by national religious lobby-ing groups.
Supporters of such legislation argue that it protectsthe religious liberty of all people, but the best way to dothat is for government to stay out of religion altogether.When laws elevate one specific religious belief over allothers, that’s precisely the “establishment of religion”that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, forgood and historic reasons, bars.
What judge, what government official, what jury ofcitizens should decide the meaning of so vague aphrase? How to measure “sincerely,” how to define “reli-gious,” how to prove “belief?” Some groups claim whitesupremacy as a “sincerely held religious belief” andquote from scripture to justify it. Jihadists claim theirreligion requires them to kill non-believers, certainly avivid demonstration of a “sincerely held religious belief,”though not one most people share.
As a thought experiment, leave out the adjective “reli-gious.” Most of us have “sincerely held beliefs” aboutmany things; for instance, some believe strongly thattax incentives should not be used by cities and states tolure businesses. But those incentives are public policyestablished by statute and those who strongly opposethem cannot expect to be exempted from paying theirshare of those taxes. It’s a requirement of all citizens.
Does merely reinserting the word “religious” makeempowering certain people to ignore laws any more ac-ceptable? And doesn’t reinserting “religious” slam thewhole idea against the stone wall of the First Amend-ment’s establishment clause?
Legitimizing “sincerely held religious belief” as a legalconcept, even within the limited scope of HR 2481,would blur the constitutional line separating the spiri-tual from the temporal and endanger all believers.
—Davis Merritt, Wichita journalist and author, maybe reached at [email protected].
Independent Commission on College Basketball findings hit close to homeThe findings and recom-
mendations of the Inde-pendent Commission onCollege Basketball, re-leased Wednesday, hitclose to home for the Uni-versity of Kansas.
“It is the overwhelmingassessment of the com-mission that the state ofmen’s college basketball isdeeply troubled,” the com-mission wrote in its 60-page report. “The levels ofcorruption and deceptionare now at a point thatthey threaten the verysurvival of the collegegame as we know it.”
And if the college gamehas become a cesspool,KU is swimming in it.
As Condoleezza Rice,chair of the commission,shared the group’s find-ings Wednesday, it be-came clear that KU
checks several boxeswhen it comes to prob-lems with the game.
Topping the list of rec-ommendations is elimi-nating the so-calledone-and-done rule inwhich players are bannedfrom competing in theNBA until they are atleast 19 and one year re-moved from high school.
“One-and-done hasplayed a significant rolein corrupting and destabi-lizing college basketball,restricting the freedom ofchoice of players, and un-dermining the relation-ship of college basketballto the mission of highereducation,” the reportstates.
Indeed, KU has had atleast one one-and doneplayer on its roster eachof the past five seasons,
including Andrew Wig-gins, Joel Embiid, KellyOubre, Josh Jackson, CliffAlexander, Cheick Dialloand Billy Preston.
The commission alsorecommended that theNCAA and its memberschools disassociate fromnon-scholastic basketball,the summer circuit of clubteams often backed by ap-parel companies. It isthese non-scholastic
leagues that have givenshoe companies like Adi-das so much influence inthe college game.
“The money flowingfrom apparel companiesand other third partiesinto non-scholastic bas-ketball must be disclosedand accounted for,” the re-port states, “in order toaddress the corruptionarising from non-scholas-tic basketball.”
It was an Adidas execu-tive, James Gatto, who al-legedly funneled morethan $100,000 in pay-ments to two high schoolplayers to influence themto choose KU. The pay-for-play scandal couldland KU in deep troublewith the NCAA, but so farKU has delivered little inthe way of outrage towardAdidas. Adidas may have
embarrassed KU by pay-ing players to choose theJayhawks, but don’t ex-pect KU to say anythingbad about Adidas, as theshoe company has offeredKU its most lucrative con-tract, $191 million over 12years.
The commission alsorecommended that therebe greater accountability,not just for coaches butalso university adminis-trators.
“For too long, collegepresidents and adminis-trators have not beenviewed as accountable forthe conduct of their ath-letic programs,” the com-mission wrote. “That willhave to change. Collegepresidents and high-leveladministrators cannot bepermitted to turn a blindeye to the infractions in
those programs.”Turning a blind eye to
the problems is preciselywhat KU Chancellor Dou-glas Girod has done sincethe allegations againstKU became public earlierthis month. Girod has re-fused to look closely at hisbasketball program, argu-ing that a cursory reviewlast fall was enough forhim.
There is significantskepticism that the re-forms recommended bythe Independent Commis-sion on College Basketballwill be adopted by theNCAA. That’s unfortu-nate—Kansas and othersare in desperate need of awakeup call.
—Scott Stanford is thepublisher of the Lawrence
Journal-World.
The commissionalso recommendedthat there begreater accountability, notjust for coaches...
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Brenda said BenjaminMoore has more than3,500 colors, with nameslike Golden Gate, OrangeAppeal, Moroccan Spice,Harvest Time, GardenPath, Sands of Nature,Toasted Pecan and Ten-Gallon Hat.
The most popular paintcolor in Newton duringthe years, Brenda said, isHC-45, called ShakerBeige.
“It's a classic historicalcolor,” she said, addingBenjamin Moore is themost-asked-for paint inthe industry.
The Newton couplebought the business fromJerry Mattison, who es-tablished it in 1948 andwho ran it as Davis Paint,a paint brand name. TheHagues took over Jan. 1,1977, and first were at625 N. Main for 20 yearsand then moved to itscurrent location, wherethey remodeled. Thedoors are closing perma-nently because theycouldn't find a buyer.However, since they ownthe building, they plan tolease or rent it.
Benjamin Moore storesonly sell their brand ofpaint, Brenda said.
“No box stores,” shesaid, adding all BenjaminMoore stores are inde-pendent.
Although Brenda saidit wasn't really a chal-lenge, they've had to keepup with technology dur-ing the years.
“It's something we hadto do,” she said, addingthey got a point-of-salesystem 25 years ago, andit's still working.
Matching paint andstain colors wasn't reallya challenge, either.
“Randy is known as thebest color matcher in theState of Kansas,” Brendasaid.
She said they both en-joyed every concept ofrunning the store, divid-ing duties.
“He'd be good at onething, and I'd be good atanother,” Brenda said,adding she was a trainedcolor consultant, whileRandy ran the tint room.
“He does all the tintingand matching,” Brendasaid. “I've always enjoyedmerchandising. There'sdifferent aspects to abusiness you wouldn't re-alize.”
Standing near the tintroom, Randy expressedhow leaving the store willbe difficult.
“It's hard to say good-bye to it,” he said. “It'sgoing to be hard. This islike a family member.”
Before running thebusiness, they worked atother places. Brenda wasemployed at HESCO, andRandy had a Pepsi Co.route, for instance.AGCO bought the oldHESCO building, shesaid.
In addition to paint,Brenda said they soldflooring, and their son-in-law Trevor Carr did theinstallation for 13 or 14years; he passed away in2016. From 2004 to 2007,they had a store inSalina, as well, but thensold it. They also ran a
frame shop out ofHague's, selling that in2009.
She said back whencross-stitch was popular,Randy was busy framinghundreds of cross-stitchpieces during the holi-days.
“We changed what wesold over the years, andpaint has been consis-tent,” Brenda said.
“Back in the day,”Brenda said it wasn't un-common for stores suchas theirs to have a giftline. They'd set woodplanks on top of paint
cans and sell gifts duringthe holidays, which wasbefore there was a Kmartor Wal-Mart in town.
At one point, they alsosold phones.
“That was the firstpush-button ones,”Brenda said.
People still are patron-izing their store, andeverything is 40 percentoff this week, while nextweek, things are half off,and they won't accept re-turns.
Some things are diffi-cult when closing a store.
“Hard to draw the line
and say, 'We're no longergoing to do that,”' Brendasaid, like ordering specialpaint for customers.
One benefit of runningtheir own business wasbeing able to workaround their girls' sched-ules. The girls, nowyoung women, workedthere for more than 10years. To honor their par-ents, Ashley Carr andBrook Weeks are hostingan event, “42 Years ofPaint Celebration,” from5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May15, at the store.
This won't be the onlyevent the store has hadwithin its walls. Duringthe years, the Hagueshave had contractorevents, where they offerthem special pricing andserve a variety of foodduring the years, likebarbecue, Druber'sdonuts and sandwiches.They also had color semi-nars for them where theyshowed color trends.
The most-asked-forcolor in Newton rightnow, Brenda said, is Re-vere Pewter, which is ataupe color.
The couple has retire-ment plans. Randy willwant to play golf and pickup fishing again, Brendasaid, and they'll travel.
Her plans are a littledifferent than his.
“Get reacquainted withgirlfriends,” Brenda said.“I have all kinds of proj-ects at home that I can'twait to do.”
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWBrenda Hague, left, helps a customer on Friday afternoon.
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWJesse Jester will defend his title of Kansas’s Strongest Man on Saturday, May 19, at a Salina competition.
first place he earned,there probably are fiveor six second-place tro-phies he's gotten rid of.“That's the thing. Eachtime's a chance tolearn.”
During the May 19event, the winner will be
whoever is strongest inthe state, Jester said,and there will be a vari-ety of events, such asgiving each entrant acertain amount ofweight to see how fastthey can move or howmuch they can lift.
“Because it's differentevery time,” said Jester,who works in manage-ment at Dominoes in
Newton.His future plans in-
clude getting worldchampion titles in pow-erlifting, weightliftingand Strong Man. He hasthose awards in power-lifting and weightlifting,but not Strong Man, atthis point. The weightlifting is what competi-tors do in the Olympics,Jester said.
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Locally, families appear to be spendingbelow those numbers.
According to responses the food andfarm council received, 32.5 percent ofhouseholds spend between $200 and $400on food a month. Forty-six percent spendbetween $400 and $800 a month on food,13.9 percent between $800 and $1,000 and4.2 percent more than $1,200 a month onfood. The survey also accounts for answersclassified as other, which didn't fit intoany of the categories.
With all that money being spent, theHarvey County Food and Farm Councilhopes to channel the expenditures towardhealthy and local options.
“One of our questions was how can wekeep this money in Harvey County,” saidCarol Sue Stayrook Hobbs, who has a seaton the council.
Hobbs presented the group's findings tothe Harvey County Commission.
The group hopes part of the answer ispushing more traffic to the Harvey CountyFarmers Market, which is currently heldin a parking lot along Sixth St., one-halfblock east of Main Street.
The survey showed that 42.5 percent ofrespondents never visited the farmersmarket, while 32 percent visited it severaltimes a season; 10.1 percent visited it sev-eral times a month, and 8.5 percent vis-ited it at least weekly.
Hobbs discussed various options for im-proving the market’s current location. Shesaid the council hopes to bring in morevendors and better advertise farmers mar-kets to draw in more buyers.
The market opens up for the season onSaturday, May 5, from 8 a.m., to noon.She said the hope of the food council was
to make the farmer's market a fun desti-nation.
She said the farmer's market is workingto implement training to allow vendors toaccept Supplemental Nutrition AssistantProgram benefits. The benefits served2,676 people in Harvey County in 2015and provided $3,547,364 to be spent onfood.
Home cooked, home grown or hometown buffet
Almost four out of 10 county respon-dents to the survey said they eat dinner athome nightly; 52.2 percent said they ateevening meals at home from three to sixtimes a week. Seven percent claimed oneto three times per week.
Inversely, 5.5 percent of respondentssaid they ate out daily, 38.4 percentclaimed they ate out a few times a week,39.6 a few times a month, and 9.4 percentmonthly.
Nationally, 61 percent of Americansclaimed to eat out for dinner at least oncea week, according to a 2017 Gallup pole.
In Harvey County, when people do goout to eat, 38.8 percent said they mostlychose locally owned restaurants, 30.5 per-cent went to fast food and 16.5 percentwent to national or chain owned restau-rants.
Hobbs said that the food and farm coun-cil was hoping to continue educating thepublic on cooking and food preparation byholding classes.
In all, 52 percent of respondents re-ported growing some of their own vegeta-bles, 16 percent fruit, and 13 percent eggs.Forty-one percent of respondents reportedthat they produced none of the food theyate.
More than 70 percent of respondents re-ported being at least somewhat satisfiedwith the amount of healthy food optionsavailable in Harvey County.
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ment complexes on theproperties.
He said, however, thecity has not been able tosign off on the develop-ment because sewer linesserving the south end oftown are at capacity.
Assistant City ManagerKelly Bergeron backed upBrodhagen's assessment ofthe situation, as didLoomis.
“We get a lot of callsabout those properties anda lot of inquiries,” Loomissaid. “We'd told people,‘Look, we had issues withthese sewers.’ Once we gotthe data back, we had tosay, ‘OK, the developmentdefinitely needs a sewer.’”
Using that information,the city commission gavethe nod for staff to beginmaking plans for the proj-ect.
While numbers weren'tdiscussed at the meeting,Newton Now decided to doa little bit of math to seehow much development itwould take to bring inenough tax revenue to off-set the city's cost.
Loomis said the citywould bond the $450,000cost of the project alongwith a number of otherprojects, likely with a 20year bond.
In 2015, the city under-took a similar bond projectat an interest rate of 3 per-cent for 20 years. Usingthe same rate, with inter-
est, the cost of the projectwould increase to$598,000.
If the city's property taxrate stayed the same, itwould take $4.55 million ofresidential development—think apartment com-plexes—or $1.98 million ofcommercial developmentto pay off.
That assumes that thedevelopment’s propertyvalue would stay the sameand they would be payingtaxes each year and notsubject to long-term abate-ments, which many devel-opments in Newtonreceive.
For context, one hotelcould nearly pay for such adevelopment. The HolidayInn, a commercial prop-erty, is appraised at $3.141million.
For apartment com-plexes, it would likely takemore than one to pay offthe expenditure. PrairieFire, which is openingsoon, is evaluated at$3,019,000 worth of prop-erty. Cottonwood Crossing,which will also open soon,is valued at $2,187,000, ac-cording to the County Ap-praisers Office. All suchnumbers strictly considerpossible development asthe way to pay off the pub-lic expenditures. The cityapplied a similar analysisto the Occidental develop-ment that was proposed inrecent years. With that de-velopment, City ManagerBob Myers looked at thegeneration in tax revenueof the development againstthe requested public infra-
structure developments. However, the improve-
ment would also bringwith it other financial ben-efits. The increased devel-opment, should it happen,would also likely generatesales tax if Newton's popu-lation increased as a resultof more housing. Morehousing could make itmore likely for businessesand industry to locate toNewton, as housing short-ages are often discussed asa limiting factor for devel-opment.
Should a hotel locate atone of the properties, itwould also bring in aneight-percent transientguest tax on top of salestax revenues on rooms.
Loomis said broadeningthe sewage pipe would cutdown on maintenancecosts. She, however, didnot have a direct numberon what that cost wouldbe.
Loomis said ideally linesshould run at two-thirdscapacity to allow forgroundwater to get intothe lines and for extradrainage during a high useevent.
“A lot of it has to do withclay tile sewer,” she said.“You get a lot of groundwa-ter infiltration with a line.”
Loomis said the city wasalready considering a pipeexpansion in the area, butpossible developmenthelped move the discussionforward.
“It was already on theshort-term project list onthe master plan update,”she said.
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWJesse Jester of Newton pulls up an end of an at least 1,100-pound combine tire and wheel.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
May 3, 2018 Newton Now www.harveycountynow.com Page 9COMMUNITY
OBITUARIES
Elda Lina(Roupp)Guhr, 88,went to bewith herLord andSavior onTuesday,April 24,2018, atSchowalterVilla in Hesston.
She was born on Dec. 8,1929, on the family farmnear Hesston to John andLillie (Balmer) Roupp.
Elda graduated fromHesston Academy and at-tended Hesston College.On Dec. 27, 1951, shemarried Adolf Guhr ofPotwin at the Pennsylva-nia Mennonite Church atZimmerdale.
After several years ofmarriage, they made theirhome east of Newton,where they lived for 56years. She was a home-maker. Most important toElda was living her faithand loving her family.
She is survived by herhusband, Adolf; children,Gerri (Dallas) Klaassen ofNewton, Jolene (Doug)Yoder of Haven, Lonnie(Lorna) Guhr of Newton
and Lori (Ruck-man) Nilsen ofBel Aire; sister,Ruth Yutzy ofHutchinson;brother DelbertRoupp of Lake-wood, Colo.; 15grandchildren;and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded indeath by her parents andbrothers Willard and Mil-ford Roupp.
Graveside service wasApril 28 at EastlawnCemetery in Zimmerdale,with a memorial servicefollowing at WhitestoneMennonite Church of Hes-ston.
Memorials are sug-gested for Berean Acad-emy in Elbing or OurDaily Bread Ministries.Contributions may besent to Broadway ColonialFuneral Home, 120 E.Broadway, Newton, KS,67114
Condolences may be leftat www.broadwaycolo-nialfh.com.
Arrangements are byBroadway Colonial Fu-neral Home, Newton.
ELDA GUHRWilliam L.
"Butch"Luzier, 47, ofHesston wasborn March1, 1971, andhe leaves awife KristinaLuzier andtwo children,Breanne andWilliam Jacob Luzier.
Also surviving are hisparents, William "Bill"and Linda Luzier; one sis-ter, Sara Monaghen; twobrothers-in-law; and sixnieces and nephews.
He was a teacher and ahealer, and through thesegifts, he touched manylives. He had a brightsoul that left thosearound him feel special
and loved. Asan RN, hestrove to healthe self, thespirit, as muchas the body.
A celebrationof life will be at2 p.m. on Sat-urday, May 5,at Grace Com-
munity Church in New-ton.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made toH.E.C. to set up a memo-rial nursing scholarshipor to assist family. Dona-tions may be sent to 8120North Hoover Road, Hes-ston, KS, 67062. Condo-lences may be left for thefamily at www.bak-erfhvc.com.
WILLIAM LUZIERHALSTEAD—Eileen
Penner, 88, died Friday,April 27, 2018, at Home-stead of Halstead.
She was born Jan. 11,1930, at Sedgwick to Ben-jamin and Lula Mary(Cadle) Grattan.
She was a member ofSacred Heart CatholicChurch, Altar Society,Sacred Heart Guild andthe Friendship Club, allof Halstead.
She was a homemaker,but she also worked as award clerk at HalsteadHospital and served aschurch secretary for Sa-cred Heart CatholicChurch.
On Oct. 2, 1949, shemarried Wilbert Henry“Bud” Penner at Hal-stead. He preceded her indeath on Feb. 15, 2014.
She is survived by herson, Larry (Kathy) Pen-ner, Madison, Wis.;daughter, Cheryl (Robert)McCart, Halstead;
daughter-in-law, PatsyHanson Penner, Hal-stead; eight grandchil-dren; and 18great-grandchildren.
She also was precededin death by a son, GregPenner; granddaughter,Stephanie McCart; great-granddaughter, EmmaThompson; brothers, Jackand Bill Grattan; and sis-ter, Margaret Webster.
The Rosary was at 7p.m. Wednesday, May 2,and Mass of the Chris-tian Burial will be at 10a.m. Thursday, May 3,both at Sacred HeartCatholic Church, Hal-stead, with Father Jef-fery Fasching officiating.
Burial will follow atFairview Cemetery, lo-cated at Northwest 12thand Halstead Road.
Memorials may begiven to Sacred HeartCaring Hearts fund incare of Kaufman FuneralHome, Halstead.
EILEEN PENNER
Ray H.Schroeder,69, died Fri-day, April27, 2018, athis home inrural New-ton.
He wasborn Sept.28, 1948, inGoessel to George andFrieda (Schmidt)Schroeder. Ray ownedand operated SchroederNursery for 40 years. Hewas a member of Alexan-derwohl MennoniteChurch.
Ray is survived by hisson, Tyler Schroeder;daughter, Alisha Baugh-man and husband Clay-ton, all of Newton; twograndchildren; brothers,Jerry Schroeder and wifeAnn of Arkansas City,and Arlie Schroeder andwife Kay of rural Newton;sisters, Velma Hiebertand husband Merlin ofrural Canton, and Jan
Schmidt andhusband Den-nis of Goessel;and friend,Peggy Schillingof Newton.
He was pre-ceded in deathby his parentsand daughter-in-law, Amber
Schroeder. Memorial service will
be at 11 a.m. Thursday,May 3, at AlexanderwohlMennonite Church, ruralGoessel. Private familyburial will take place.Friends may visit from 3to 7 p.m. Wednesday,May 2, with family to re-ceive friends from 5 to 7p.m., all at Alexander-wohl Mennonite Church.
Memorials may bemade to the RaySchroeder Memorial Fundat Citizens State Bank forbeautification of Goesseland Newton communities,in care of Miller-Ott Fu-neral Home, Goessel.
RAY SCHROEDER
HESSTON—ElsieHiebert, 89, passed awayFriday, April 27, 2018.
She was born May 8,1928, to Jacob and HeleneDieck. She married Ray-mond Hiebert on March14,1952.
She is survived by threedaughters, Janet Kennedy,Patricia (Doug) Smytheand Barbara Hiebert; eightgrandchildren; and 12great-grandchildren.
Inurnment will be at10:15 a.m. Friday, May 4,at First Mennonite ChurchCemetery, ruralMoundridge, followed byservices at 11 a.m. at FirstMennonite Church ofChristian in Moundridge.
Memorials to First Men-nonite Church of Christianmay be sent to BroadwayColonial Funeral Home,120 E. Broadway, Newton,KS, 67114.
ELSIE HIEBERT
Ruth LureeSwedbergwent to hereternal homeon Saturday,April 28,2018.
She wasborn on Jan.2, 1926, athome inGretna, Neb. She grew upon a farm near Gretna andmoved later to a farmnorth of Kearney, Neb.Luree attended gradeschool in a country schooland graduated from Kear-ney High School.
After high school, sheworked at Bell Telephoneand married Melvin Swed-berg on June 21, 1946. Shehad two children and lovedcamping, sewing, oil paint-ing, canning and reading.The family joined theBerean FundamentalChurch in Scottsbluff, Neb.Luree was an active mem-ber, teaching Sundayschool, VBS, was a campcounselor and was the mis-sionary treasurer. She andMelvin had 58 years to-gether.
Luree was a homemakerfirst but worked in theFirst National Bank atCrawford, Neb. She re-
ceived her LPNlicense andworked for adoctor in Gering,Neb.
She was pre-ceded in deathby her husband,Melvin, her par-ents and threebrothers.
She is survived by herson, Randy Swedberg, andhis wife, Debbie, of King-man; her daughter,
Zelly Walker-Rees, andher husband, Ralph, ofNewton; four grandchil-dren; two great-grandchil-dren; her sister, GloriaStone of Timnath, Colo.;and brother, Jack Freder-ick of Imperial, Neb.
Visitation will be from 5to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 3,at Peterson Family Fu-neral Home in Newton,with family present from7:30 to 9 p.m. Funeralservices will be at 10 a.m.Friday, May 4, at theMeridian Baptist Churchin Newton. Burial will beat 2 p.m. at the VA Ceme-tery in Winfield.
Memorials may be givento Meridian BaptistChurch or Good ShepherdHospice and sent in care ofPetersen Funeral Home.
RUTH SWEDBERG
ElveraFern Dirkswas born onAug. 2, 1938,in Hillsboroto Alfred andSusie(Redger)Jantz. Ourbeloved wife,mom andgrandma went to be withher Lord on Friday, April27, 2018.
Elvera married De-Wayne E. Dirks on Aug.30, 1958, at FriedensthalMennonite Church. Theyspent the early years oftheir married life in Em-poria and Lyndon beforemoving to Topeka, wherethey lived from 1964 until2017.
Elvera worked in theradiology department atStormont Vail Hospitalfor 30 years, first intransport services andthen in the scheduling of-fice. Elvera was a long-time member of SouthernHills Mennonite Churchin Topeka where she wasvery active. In March2017, DeWayne andElvera moved to KidronBethel community and inSeptember 2017, Elveramoved to ComfortCareHomes of Newton.
Elvera waspreceded indeath by herparents, sistersVerna Decker,Hulda Decker,Darlene Unruhand ElizabethJantz; andbrothersMelvin, Harold,
Jonathan, Arthur, Nathanand Norman Jantz.
She will be dearlymissed by her husbandDeWayne, their threechildren Tammy (Dwight)Flaming of Hillsboro,Kelly (Karen) Dirks,Longmont, Colo., and Jef-frey (Christina), Topeka.Grandchildren that willcherish their memories ofGrandma are Kate Flam-ing, Kendra (Kevin)Friedberg, Kristina(Ryan) Streeter, Tyler(Amber) Gist, Kylie Dirks,Jadrian (Jessica) Dirks,Jevin Dirks and ValenciaDirks.
Visitation will be from 6to 8 p.m. Monday, May 7,at Shalom MennoniteChurch in Newton. Me-morial service will be at11 a.m. Tuesday, May 8,at Shalom.
Memorials may be givento Mennonite DisasterService.
ELVERA DIRKS
Wednesday, May 27 p.m. – Gospel Concert, Newton Christian Church
210 Southport Drive
Thursday, May 33 p.m. – Newton High School boys varsity golf invi-
tational at Winfield Country Club 6:30 p.m. – Fourth Grade Music Program at Walton
Rural Life Center 7 p.m. – Teen resume workshop at the Newton Pub-
lic Library 7 to 9 pm. – American Legion Bingo night, 400 S.
Spencer Road7 p.m. – Citywide prayer gathering at New
Jerusalem Missions, 209 E. Broadway
Friday, May 49 a.m. – Cinco de Mayo Golf Tournament at Sand
Creek Station 9 a.m. – McPherson Gem and Mineral Sale, 710 W.
Woodside, McPherson- continues through Sunday 6 p.m. – Newton High School varsity softball at
Klesch Field in Newton Athletic Park
Saturday, May 58 a.m. – Chisholm Trail Bike Ride at Athletic Park8 a.m. – Newton Downtown Car Show
Sunday, May 65 p.m. – All-District Band Concert in Athletic Park
Band Shell
Monday, May 79 a.m. – Newton City Commission Meeting in City
Hall
Tuesday, May 8TBD – NHS Boys Varsity Golf Championship at
Salina Municipal Golf Course —Newton Now staff
Web-footed triplets delivered at Newton Medical
George and Gladys arenow the proud parents oftriplets, delivered re-cently at the Newton Hos-pital Campus.
The triplets have feath-ers, beaks and webbedfeet, and that's perfectlynormal.
For the second year ina row, a pair of nestinggeese have returned tothe hospital campus tomake their nest in someof the mowed off pampasgrass that sits in front ofthe building.
The front desk of theHealth Ministries Build-ing has been monitoringthe mother, who they'venamed Gladys and the fa-ther, named George,through their family rais-ing process.
“She laid six eggs thisyear, and three of themhatched,” Mandy Botter-
weck, who works in pa-tient accounting at theHealth Ministries Officesaid. “We've just beenkeeping an eye on them;that's pretty much thestory.”
Gladys had been mind-fully sitting on the eggsuntil they hatched, whileGeorge remained in thearea, ready to protect thenest.
“George is very close by
and does start to hiss,”Botterweck said. “So don'tget too close to them.”
She added that thegeese do allow her andMarlys Plett, who alsoworks at the front desk ofHealth Ministries, to getcloser.
“I don't know if theyknow us or not, but wecan go in and out of there,and it’s fine,” she said,adding that other people
don't get quite as friendlyof treatment from thebirds.
She said that the cou-ple can now be seen lead-ing their goslings around,with Gladys in front andGeorge bringing up therear.
She said staff didn't geta chance to name thenewly hatched goslings,as they left the nestpretty quickly.
COURTESY PHOTOGladys the goose sits with her new goslings. Gladys and her mate George have returned to the hospitalmultiple years to nest.
BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected] test breadth
and scale of musicians NORTH NEWTON—Area students participated in
the District 6 Kansas Music Teachers AssociationMusic Progressions at Bethel College on April 21.
This annual test provides a musical event evaluat-ing the progressive growth of all students, thosestudying music as a hobby or those wishing to be pro-fessional musicians.
In addition to performing on the piano, each studentis tested in areas of listening, keyboard theory andwritten theory.
The adjudicators were Shirley Wiebe, Wichita, andKaren Schlabaugh, Newton. Newton Music TeachersAssociation and area piano teachers involved in thisevent were Carol Klingenberg, Peabody, Sheila Litke,Hillsboro, Judith Mace, Newton, Beverly Richards,Hillsboro, and Faith Wenger , Hesston.
Students participating from this area were MaleiahBartel, Joshua Diener, Abigail Entz, Katherine Hett,Anna Hurst, John Jantzen, Makayla Klingenberg,Halle Krehbiel, Devin Miller, Ashley Unruh, Tim VanBergeijk and Kiyah Zhuang.
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MMI offers a competitivewage and benefit package.
Standard work week isMon-Thurs from 6am to4:30pm with overtime as
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Contact James (Bud) Druse,Director
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There is a possibilitythat a lifeguard
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Interested individualsshould contact the
Central Office, 101 N. Thorp,
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Water is a life-givingforce. It surrounds us.We couldn't live withoutit. Today, we have com-plicated systems fortransporting water tohouseholds, businessesand fire hydrants. In an-cient times, they con-structed aqueducts tocarry the liquid through-out towns.
On Thursday, Santa Fesixth-grade student An-nika Yoder concentratedintensely on the watershe poured with her righthand into an old grayhose while grasping oneend with her other hand.
This was part of herand other sixth-graders’project-based learning,recreating Roman aque-ducts in Beth Koehn'sclassroom as part ofstudying the ancient civi-lization, and they showedthe 2018 Kansas Teacherof the Year Team, as wellas a group of eight otherKansas teachers nomi-nated for KansasTeacher of the Year ac-companying them, someof what that entailed.The eight other teachersare from south-centralKansas, one of whom isNan Bergen, NewtonHigh School teacher.
Students were dividedinto four teams for theaqueduct project, Koehnsaid, and some groupsdid their research onlinefirst as to what wouldmake the project success-ful, while other groupsjust jumped right in, af-fixing items underneaththeir hoses, which werethe aqueducts, to raisethem higher to get theH2O flowing.
“The kids have somuch more respect forthese civilizations whenthey realize how difficultthose tasks really are,”Koehn said, adding thatat the beginning of theschool year, students didcave painting. “The kidswere just shocked at howdifficult it really was.”
Koehn said they like torecycle materials andused the old hoses for theproject. Koehn, who teamteaches with MeganNagel, one of the 2018Kansas Teacher of theYear Team members,said they decided itwould be a fun opportu-nity to make somethingreally creative out ofthem.
Koehn said they'restudying Rome and talk-ing about their inven-tions, and the aqueductswere the students' firstattempt at making one ofthose.
On Thursday, the 2018teacher team visitedSanta Fe 5/6 Center andNewton High School. Thevisit at Koehn's class wasjust one of their stops. InNagel's classroom, stu-dents took photos of atleast some of the teach-ers in front of a greenscreen in the hallway (itwas a wall painted brightgreen) and then set eachteacher in a place of theirchoosing, whether it wasLondon or Paris, orsomewhere else, on thecomputer. One of thosevisiting teachers wasNancy Bauer with theSalina school district,who wanted to be in Lon-don.
Members of the 2018Kansas Teacher of theYear Team, besidesNagel, are Samantha“Sam” J. Neill with Buh-ler, selected as the 2018Kansas Teacher of theYear; Jennifer Donovanwith DeSoto USD 232;Jamie Manhart with Sil-ver Lake USD 372; An-gela Powers with OlatheUSD 233; Gilbert Still Jr.with Dodge City USD443; Sarah VenJohn withWinfield USD 465; andBradley W. Weaver withAtchison USD 309.
“There were 16 peoplethere,” Nagel said aboutthe visiting teachers. “Allof us were our school dis-trict's nominee forTeacher of the Year.Each school district inKansas can submit oneelementary and one sec-ondary teacher. Eight ofus were selected to be onthe State Teacher of theYear Team. We were se-
lected by winning ourcongressional district.From each of the fourcongressional districts inKansas, there is one ele-mentary and one second-ary winner. I was theelementary winner forRegion IV.
“The state team travelsacross Kansas to all 26colleges with Teacher Ed-ucation Programs, is rec-ognized for service in theboth the Kansas Houseand Senate,” she said.“Then we also go to eachof our teammates' schooldistricts to check outtheir schools.”
Thursday for the groupbegan at Norm's, wherethey met with TamiLakey with Norm's totalk about communitypartnerships and LarryThompson, who gavethem books. Lakey is aUSD 373 Friend of Edu-cation award winner thisyear.
Next, they left forSanta Fe, where theytook part in a STEAMlab activity, visited class-rooms, listened to apiano recital andwatched a dominoes tour-nament in the library,among other things. Ataround 10 a.m., theyheaded to Newton HighSchool, where they vis-ited the world languagedepartment, toured theBrooks Trade Center,walked through the Mar-ket Day area, as studentsset up, had lunch,watched the AztecaDancers and were at apresentation/discussionon racial justice.
While in the STEAMlab at Santa Fe, Nagelsaid the group did some-thing kids do in there,which was work as ateam (they had twoteams) to unlock fivelocks, searching in theroom for clues to break
out of the STEAM lab.The teachers laughedand seemed to be louderthan nearby studentclassrooms.
When addressing thevisiting group, Nagelsaid Santa Fe has about550 students and thatthey have “awesome spe-cials” for students. In oneclass, students might bewriting video programsand in another, the artteacher will integrate artinto STEAM. She alsomentioned the school hasnine green screens sprin-kled throughout thebuilding.
Nagel was happy to bechosen.
“It's a really greathonor,” she said.
She said there are40,000 teachers inKansas, and 111 arenominated for this honor,and then eight are se-lected as regional final-ists.
“Today, we're touringNewton and just kindashowing off all the great-ness of our district,”Nagel said.
She said the state teamhas traveled more than5,000 miles since Jan. 1.They were honored bythe Kansas Senate andHouse of Representativeswith two resolutionsfrom each governing bodywith their names onthem, so they had the op-portunity to be on theKansas House and Sen-ate floors.
“Kansas is kind ofunique in that they haveteachers travelingaround,” Nagel said,adding they get releasedfrom 45 days of teachingso they can do that andinspire future educators.
“We have a presenta-tion,” she said. “It'scalled Agents of Change.We talk about how wechanged the culture of
our district throughteacher leadership.”
That can include every-thing from redesigningclassrooms to havingstanding classrooms,where students stand at“desks” and are flexibleto move around. Oneteacher talks about wel-coming and affirmingclassrooms for all stu-dents, while anotherteacher addresses theneed for diverse learningand recognizing thestrengths of all students.
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAnnika Yoder pours water in a hose during class on Thursday at Santa Fe 5/6 Center in Newton as part ofclass where students are studying Rome.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWTeacher Nancy Bauer from the Salina school district poses in front of agreen screen on Thursday at Santa Fe as part of the 2018 KansasTeacher of the Year Team visit.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWSanta Fe students, from left in foreground, James Johnson, AlexusWells set up a hose that's posing as a Roman aqueduct on Thursday.Teachers on the 2018 Kansas Teach of the Year Team, who visited thatday, include in the background, Gilbert Still, Jamie Manhart, JessieEdiger and Sandy Rempel.
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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWLiddyah Snow and Annika Yoder enjoy themselves getting a model of a Roman aqueduct to work.
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A father-and-son teamfrom Halstead out-fisheddozens of other anglerslast weekend to win theJust Another CrappieTournament at HarveyCounty West Park.
Brad and Bryson Dee-wall were rewarded fortheir efforts in the freetournament with $40 incamping passes, handedout by park ranger StuartScott. Seven other winningteams, who caught at least20 crappie, also receivedfree camping passes.
The total number ofcrappie removed from thelake was 551, according toScott, with at least two ofthem close to the unofficialrecord for the lake, whichis 2.2 pounds.
The tournament, as wellas the ideal weekendweather, meant a briskbusiness at the bait shop,which had just opened forthe season. Anglers andcampers purchased lots ofminnows, worms, colddrinks and snacks, as wellas fishing licenses.
While the tournamentwas a fun way to pass theweekend, it also provided agreat service to the 16-acrepark lake.
"White crappie shouldnot be in a lake under 100acres," Scott said. "Any-thing smaller than thatand they will take overand overpopulate, unlessthey have a good predatorpresence."
So if you have a farmpond with lots of bass, itwould be OK to have whitecrappie in it, said Scott.Black crappie aren't quiteas prolific and generallydon't present a problem, hesaid.
"But our only option is tokill the whole lake to getrid of them or just try toincrease the predator pres-sure on them, which iswhat the tournamentdoes," said Scott. "Becausewhen people catch them,they're generally just goingto throw them back be-cause they think they'll getbigger, but they're not."
Although plenty of crap-pie were taken from thelake, the numbers aredown from past tourna-ments.
"A couple of years agowe had a really nice floodat the right time, and ourbass population is up,we've had a lot of smallbass. I've heard people say-ing they caught more bassthan they caught crappie.
But the bass have to be 15inches to keep" said Scott.
"We had the flood duringthe spawn, and it gavethem extra breedingground and grass, whichgave them a good place tolay the eggs," he said. "Andit stayed flooded longenough that the fries, afterthey hatched, had a goodplace to hide, and theywere bigger by the timethey got stuck in the lakewith the rest of the fish."
In addition to being a
park ranger, Stuart is alsothe master angler incharge of the Newtonchapter of Fishing's Fu-ture, a nationwide non-profit organization thathelps bring families to-gether in the outdoors.
"We hold family fishingclinics to try to get kids offscreens and in the out-doors together and create afamily bond," Scott said.
"A couple of years ago Ihad a family fishing clinicout here and there was a
single mom and her kidand her kid wanted to gofishing and she knew noth-ing about fishing," Scottsaid. "She brought him tothe clinic, and he learnedhow to tie knots, helearned how to cast, helearned how to fish. Then amonth later, I'm holding a
crappie tournament andhe's in it, and he and hismother are thanking mefor teaching him how tofish."
Scott says the kid didn'tdo very well in the crappietournament, but he andhis mom were spendingtime together in the out-
doors. "It's all about environ-
mental stewardship andfamily bonds, is what we'rereally trying to put to-gether," he said.
For more information onFishing's Future, you canvisit their website athttps://fishingsfuture.org/.
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Tournament helps to relieve crappie problemBY GREG WOOD
SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW
GREG WOOD/SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOWBrad Deewall, left, and son Bryson Deewall, right, pose after winning acrappie fishing tournament at Harvey County West Park.
GREG WOOD/SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOWPark Ranger Stuart Scott counts out crappie captured.
On the outside, the ma-chine doesn't functionmuch differently than apropane grill.
Gas goes through pipesand is ignited with an elec-tronic spark.
But the rig the NewtonFire/EMS Departmentshowed off Monday costsfar more than your regularchar broil. And while yourgrill can cook burgers, thedepartment hopes its ap-paratus saves lives.
The department debutedit's Bullex Intelligent FireExtinguisher system. The$8,375 system is designedto allow the public to prac-tice putting out a fire withan extinguisher.
“I think we're going tobe much more busy withthis new system,” Fire Di-vision Chief CoreyLehman said.
The department workswith various communitygroups to help educatethem on putting out fires.
However, to do so previ-ously, it used a pan ofdiesel fuel and a regularfire extinguisher.
Lehman said the dieselfuel fires could be danger-
ous, and the groups had tobring in their own fire ex-tinguishers to practicewith. Such demonstrationscould go through six toeight extinguishers, andrefilling the extinguisherscould be expensive.
The new system doesn'tuse regular extinguishersbut specialized canistersthat shoot water and canbe recharged using an aircompressor or the oxygentank firefighters carry ontheir trucks.
The user shoots water atthe fire system. The sys-tem has sensors that eval-uate the rate of waterthat's hitting them. Asmore water hits the sen-sor, the gas feeding itdrops, and the fire growssmaller and eventually ex-tinguishes.
“You can't beat it,”Lehman said of the con-venience of the system.
He said 40 people couldgo through practicing put-ting out fires and the onlyreal cost the departmentwould incur is for propanegas.
That's helpful, as the de-partment's public educa-tion budget is $1,000, andLehman said most of it isspent during demonstra-tions at local schools forfire prevention week.
Lehman said he saw thesystem in the past andknew it would be useful tothe department. Unfortu-nately, with its cost, therewould be no way the de-partment could budget forit.
He also saw that FMGlobal Insurance, theworld's largest commercialinsurance group, providedoccasional grants to firedepartments, usually for$1,500 or $2,000
He wrote a grant appli-cation, explaining the needfor such equipment andthe department's dieselpan practice system.
“I knew if we'd get thegrant it would be a hugeaccomplishment,” he said.
The company did awardthe department the grantof $8,375. Stacy Friling, aconsultant engineer withthe company, said it wasthe largest grant she re-members seeing the com-pany award.
She noted that increas-ing the education of a com-munity when it came tofighting fires was good forthe company, as many oftheir clients would directlybenefit from the practice.
The Newton Fire/EMSDepartment does pride it-self with community out-reach, and Lehman said
the department did arounda dozen demonstrations tolocal groups and busi-nesses in the past year.
He said the departmentwould like to think some ofthe training it providedAsbury Park employees re-sulted in the quick extin-guishing of a fire at thefacility within the lastyear.
Now, with the new sys-tem, the departmentshould be able to expandsuch training.
Lehman gave a few tipsfor readers who want toknow how best to fight afire at home.
The first and most im-portant aspect of using afire extinguisher, he said,was knowing when to at-tack a fire or when to leavethe house.
“If it's small, a small ex-tinguisher can take care ofthe job,” he said.
First, someone shouldcall the fire departmentand make sure the home isbeing evacuated, if thereare other people or chil-dren.
If the flame is small andlocalized, he said peopleshould use what he callsthe P.A.S.S. System, whichstands for pull, aim,squeeze, sweep.
First, people should pull
the pin of the extinguisher.They then should aim thenozzle at the base of thefire. Then they shouldsqueeze the handle of theextinguisher and sweepthe spray from the hose atthe base of the fire.
Lehman said peoplesometimes panic and aimtoo high on a fire or forgetto sweep.
With practice, however,they can learn how to putout a fire properly.
Lehman and the depart-ment hope that systemwill provide a safe, easyand low-cost way for thecommunity to practice.
The goal of such prac-tice, Lehman said, was tohelp save property andlives.
Newton PoliceApril 30Arrests:Allen Porter, 38, Ober-
lin, warrant, 300 Blk EHall, Oberlin
Ezekiel Castleman, 21,El Dorado, warrant, 700Blk SE Stone Rd
Joshua Caldwell, 34,Marion, warrant, 100 BlkW Elm St., Wichita
Desirae Swarts, 29,Newton, warrant, 700Blk SE Stone Rd
April 29Arrests:Zachery Beal, 29, New-
ton, criminal trespass,1700 Blk S Kansas Ave
James Ahmad, 30,Newton, criminal threat,100 Blk SE Eighth St
Todd Baird, 48, New-ton, theft of property orservices, 200 Blk W FirstSt.
Criminal calls:Drug violation, mari-
juana, 1700 Blk S KansasAve
April 28Arrests:Tracy Paige, 42, Valley
Center, warrant, I-135mile marker 22
Criminal calls:Burglary, residential,
400 Blk E Eighth StDrug violation, mari-
juana, 100 Blk W SixthSt
Larceny, 2700 Blk SKansas Ave
Drug violation, mari-juana, 800 Blk S KansasAve
Burglary, motor vehi-cle, 300 Blk Normandy St
April 27Arrests:Michael Heubach, 36,
Sedgwick, transportingan open container, 1800Blk W First St
Jared Lopez, 34, dNewton, domestic bat-tery, 2000 Blk S Poplar
David Hayden, 56,Junction City, DUI, 1800Blk W First St
Marion Hayden, 56,Junction City, transport-ing open container, 1800Blk W First St
Criminal calls:Criminal damage, 1300
Blk N Plum StLarceny, 1700 Blk S.
Kansas Ave.,
April 26Arrests:Nicole Mehlhorn, 18,
Newton, distribution ofnarcotics, 1000 Blk Boyd18-1359
Cameron Durham, 26,Garden City, warrant,200 Blk E Sixth St
Joshua Brown, 35,Sedgwick, warrant, 100Blk E Sixth St
Janelle Major, 33, Wi-chita, warrant, 200 Blk ESixth St
Daniel Balderes, 33,Hutchinson, possession ostolen property, mile
marker 273, US-50
April 25Arrests:Amy Robertson, 43,
Newton, warrant, 500Blk W Third St.
Heather Love, 31, New-ton, warrant, 200 BlkManchester St .
Criminal calls:Theft, 1700 Blk S
Kansas Ave.
April 24Arrests:John Scott, 33, Newton,
domestic battery, 200 BlkE First St.
Dennis Britton, 31,Newton, warrant, 400Blk N Main St.
April 24Arrests:Billy Johnson, 54, Wi-
chita, warrant, 600 Blk EHillside, Wellington
Hanna Crowell, 32,Newton, warrant, 800Blk N Main St
Daniel Huddleston,35,Wichita, warrant, 800Blk N Main St
North Newton April 29Criminal call: Harassment by telecom
device, 300 Blk W 24th St
April 27Arrests:Kevin Molina-Menji-
uar, 20, Denver, posses-sion of marijuana
Julian Scott, 18, TwinFalls, Idaho, possessionof marijuana, possessionof drug paraphernalia,
Jonathon Meyers, 22,Twin Falls, Idaho, no dri-ver’s license, 3700 Blk NK-15
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System makes diesel pan fires obsoleteBY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected]
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWStacy Friling, second from left, a consultant engineer with Bullex Intelligent Fire Extinguisher System, demonstrates at the main Newton Fire/EMSDepartment building in downtown Newton.
Eric Schrag, Bethel Col-lege vice president for in-stitutional advancement,announced his resignationeffective May 31.
Schrag came to Bethel ayear ago from BethesdaHome in Goessel, where he
was administrator andCEO. He will become di-rector of development forPrairie View MentalHealth Services, Newton.
Schrag was appointedBethel VPIA in June 2017.Four months later, the
Bethel College Board of Di-rectors named Jon Geringas Bethel’s 15th president.Gering is also Schrag’sbrother-in-law.
“I was elated to hear thenews of Jon’s appoint-ment,” Schrag said. “I
think his energy, profes-sional experience, experi-ence as a [Bethel] student,positivity and enthusiasmare going to do tremendousthings for Bethel movingforward.
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Schrag to leave Bethel College advancement team for Prairie View
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New website launched for Newton public schools
The region's oldestflour mill springs to lifejust once a year.
And it will do so againSaturday, May 5, andSunday, May 6, at theOld Mill Museum'sMillfest in Lindsborg.
Millers direct opera-tions as visitors (ages 13and older) tour the 100-year-old mill in action.One of those volunteerswill be Sharon Entz withCrust and Crumb Bak-ery in Newton.
Area artists demon-strate traditions, such asblacksmithing, quilting,carving, rope-making,wheat-weaving, broommaking, ceramics andmore.
This year’s MillfestQuilt Show featuresquilts from the McPher-son Quilt Guild. Stop tosee the display Saturdayand create a new blockfor a future quilt.
Live music by areaartists fills the air andprovides a festive back-
drop to the many activi-ties.
On Sunday, there willbe free carriage rideswith Country Boys Car-riage of Newton.
The Onion Blossomwill serve up food the en-tire weekend.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturday and noonto 5 p.m. Sunday. Admis-sion is $2 for adults, $1for ages 6 through 12,and younger than 6 arefree.
Admission includes amill tour for those ages13 and older. Tours areongoing both days. Toursare limited to this groupas a safety precaution. Aviewing area outside themill is available for thoseyounger than 13, withtours for younger chil-dren at 5 p.m. after themachinery is turned off.
For more information,visit oldmillmuseum.org,call (785) 227-3595, or [email protected].
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Locals to be at Lindsborg Millfest
COURTESY PHOTOSharon Entz, a miller with Crust and Crumb in Newton, will be one ofthe volunteers at Millfest, which is May 5 and 6 in Lindsborg.
The Newton PublicSchool District is revamp-ing its online presence.
The district unveiledrenovations to its officialwebsite in March. ShellyUnruh who's been han-dling communicationsand web editing for USD373, said the district is inthe process of updatingeach individual schoolwebsite, with a goal ofcompleting them by theend of the school year.
Unruh said the timehad come for the district“to update things on ourwebsites for aesthetic andorganizational reasons.”
“So far, the feedbackwe've received on thenew site has been reallypositive,” Unruh said.
“Hopefully everyone isfinding their way aroundand easily accessing theinformation they're want-ing.”
The websites arehosted through SchoolLoop, a California-basedcompany that servesmore than 3,500 schoolsacross the country. Thecompany updated its con-tent management systemearlier this year, andUnruh said Newton wasone of the first districtsto have access to the newsystem.
Unruh said she beganworking on the websitein January, checking outdifferent templates anddeciding on a layout anddesign that looked thebest, while maximizingorganization and remain-ing user-friendly.
“I looked at our website
analytics to determinewhich pages were beingaccessed the most andwhere it would makesense to put things so itwas easy for visitors tofind,” Unruh said.
By the first week ofMarch, Unruh begancopying over all of thepages and files from theold website. Then came“a very busy several daysof checking every pageand adding all the con-tent to the new frontpage” before the websitewas made public in mid-March, shortly beforeSpring Break.
In addition to aesthet-ics and organization, thedistrict prioritized acces-sibility when updating itswebsite, Unruh said.
Unruh said all websitetemplates provided bySchool Loop are compli-
ant with Section 508 ofthe Rehabilitation Act,“meaning they meet ac-cessibility standards andmake it easier for peoplewith disabilities to usetheir websites.”
“We are still workingto get all of the currentuploaded content compli-ant,” Unruh said. “Butthe framework of the newsystem makes it easier toadd compliant contentand also check to makesure we're keeping thingsaccessible for everyone.”
Unruh said the districthasn’t seen an increasein costs for the updatedwebsite so far.
“I'm not certain if therewill be a price increasewhen we renew next ornot,” Unruh said. “I doknow that their rateshave been very competi-tive so far.”
BY RAY STRUNKSPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWTwo people were injured during a two-vehicle accident at around 4 p.m. Tuesday at Oak and 10th Streets. One vehicle rolled onto its back, and thepeople received non-serious injuries.
Two vehicles involved in rollover accident Tuesday
Marilyn Levitt's daugh-ter is lucky in that shehas a mom who likes toplay dress up. She mightbe the envy of other kids.
Levitt, as far as sheknows, will be the onlyNewton resident takingpart in the first-everPinup Contest “A Taste ofYesteryear,” presented byThe Hair Cutting Com-pany in Newton. It'll bethe morning of the New-ton Downtown Car Showoutside in front of TheHair Cutting Co. Pre-reg-istration and paperworkwere due by April 25, andit's from 9 a.m. to noon.
“This will be the firsttime I've ever competedpinup style,” Levitt said,dressed in her 1950s-erafinery of pearls, a halterdress fashioned in boldprints, red lipstick andcat-eye glasses.
She said she has, how-ever, competed in model-ing.
“I've entered other com-petitions,” Levitt said,adding it's been a while.
One of those was a Har-vey-Davidson competitionin Wichita.
“I unfortunately did notwin, but I had a lot offun,” Levitt said, addingat least 20 to 25 othergals took part.
The pinup style of yes-teryear is Levitt's fa-vorite.
“No one should have towear makeup to feel beau-tiful, but a classic red lipand a full skirt makes mefeel like a lady,” she said.“It's always classy,” sheadded about pinup con-tests. “I'm very excitedabout this.”
In addition to loving thestyle of years gone by, shealso appreciates cars fromthat era.
“I don't know muchabout what's under thehood, but I love older carsfor the art,” she said.
And although she'snever competed in apinup contest before, sheenjoys wearing the outfitsand parts of outfits in hereveryday wear, as well asposing for photos dressedup. She said she has a lotof photographer friends,and some have asked herto dress in the 1940s to’50s era style for photos.Her photo has been on theback of a T-shirt and in apinup calendar a friendsold.
Levitt likes red lipstick,and on Monday, she worea color called Blu Red.She said that as she grewup, her mom dressed herin red for her school pho-tos and that people sayred is the most univer-sally flattering color onpeople.
Levitt enjoys dressingup.
“I am a child at heart,and I will dress up for anyoccasion,” she said. “I'd al-ways rather be over-dressed than under.”
She said her favoritestyle clothing is from the1950s, with the 1980sclose behind.
“I like big polka dots,the bold patterns; thelength of skirts is veryclassy,” she said. “This issomething I enjoy wear-ing frequently or at least
incorporating some of itinto my everyday outfit,”Levitt said, whether it becat-eye glasses, a bold lipor pearls.
Part of what she likesabout the upcoming com-petition is they're keepingit classy. The competition,which is being run byDarla DePaine (real nameis Kimberly Richardson)of Sunflower Pin-up, hasrules. There is to be nonudity, swimsuits or lin-gerie worn as outerwearor any inappropriate out-fits, since this is a familyevent. Participants needto be at least 18 years oldand don't necessarily needto be female.
Organizers also are en-couraging participants tointeract with the publicand car owners during theshow.
Levitt wasn't sure ex-actly what the show en-compassed, but she knewat least one thing.
“They are gonna ask usone or two questions,which made me a littlenervous,” she said.
However, DePaine sentout some mock questions,which helped quietLevitt's nerves.
In addition, if contest-ants want to stick around,they'll be the ones to pres-ent car awards.
“Which I think is veryfun,” Levitt said.
In the future, Levittsaid she doesn't plan tolook at entering any com-petitions, but she still willhave her eyes on the localone.
“If I hear they're doingit again next year, I'll def-initely participate in it,”she said. “I love doingthings to support Newton.I hope to see a lot of ourcommunity there thisweekend.”
The car show weekendalso includes cars drivingup and down Main Streeton Friday night.
“I'm excited because theweather's supposed to befabulous,” she said.
In addition, she saidshe's hopeful the pinup
contest prize will be a vin-tage car, but she's prettysure that's not what itwill be.
Sunflower Pin-up hasdone other car shows.
“In the past, we havepromoted car and pinupevents but have recentlybranched out to organiz-ing pinup contests,” De-Paine said. “It starts withinterest by the event coor-dinators, then we workout feature sponsorshipsand determine what theexpectations for the con-test are. Typically, I getcontacted by the event or-ganizer, and we work outthe details from there. Itis a very event-centeredexperience.”
DePaine said she limitshow many shows she doesper year, as she's a wifeand mother, so family al-ways comes first.
“It depends on how farit is from my home base ofHope,” DePaine said. “If Iget too far out of the area,not only is it hard to be areal part of the event, butit is also difficult to re-cruit prizes for the partic-ipants. I am always gladto answer questions andpromote through thepage.”
DePaine said she usu-ally has 10 days as adeadline to sign up for anevent, although she's beenknown to allow contest-ants to register lastminute. They welcomefashions for the contest-ants from the 1940sthrough early ’60s pinupstyle, as well as rockabillyand 1930s-era starlet.
There's no cost to at-tend, and contestants paya $10 entry fee.
The reason DePainehas these shows can besummed up in one word:sisterhood.
“The group of strong,amazing women I havemet in this communityare friends that I willhave for life,” she said.“We all have differentlives outside of pinup. Weare professionals, ac-tivists, mothers, sisters,
caregivers, but when weget together, we can alldiscuss the perfect cat-eyemake- up, our classic in-fluences and how we allhave been born in thewrong era. I believe bring-ing such a diverse groupof people together bringsout the best in each of us.Everyone is beautiful anddeserves a chance to feellike it, even if for just aday. That day can meaneverything to someonestruggling to find theirplace.”
So far, 11 women havesigned up for the Newtonevent from area towns, in-cluding Moundridge, Par-sons, Towanda,Manhattan, Wamego,Salina, Newton andWakefield. There mightbe what DePaine called a“flash entry” at the New-ton show.
DePaine's first ventureinto pinup started duringher first contest in 2013at the Hope Heritage Fes-tival.
“I bombed,” she said.“My name was all wrong.I couldn’t answer ques-tions but was hooked.”
The next year saw herprepared with a newname, Darla DePaine,and she did better, havingfun. Then, she took thirdin 2015, and she started aFacebook page, SunflowerPin-up, where she'd postabout car shows in thestate and keep up withfriends she'd made.
“I did not really think ofadding pinup contests tothe mix until I plannedmy first contest last sum-mer at the SummerfestCar Show in Dwight,” shesaid. “It was always acommon complaint thatthere were not a enoughcontests in centralKansas, so I did some-thing about it. I had threeparticipants, mainly be-cause it rained, and I hadno idea what I was doing.I went back to the draw-ing board, and since thenthe contest planning haskind of evolved. Ulti-mately, I could not havebeen successful at allwithout my pinup sistersto support me.”
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MOVE OVER, RITA HAYWORTH
Pinup contest slated for Saturday during local car showBY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWMarilyn Levitt of Newton poses with a soft-drink bottle in her kitchen.The 1950s are Levitt's favorite era for fashion.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWMarilyn Levitt of Newton applieslipstick. She will be in the PinupContest that's part of the Newtoncar show this weekend.
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NHS class of 1958 lookingfor members
Local classmates fromthe Newton High Schoolclass of 1958 are planninga class reunion.
In order to complete themailing or e-mail list,there is a need to locatethe following classmates.
They are: Betty Elimon,Bob Barcafer, CharlotteRoberts Jockman, ConnieOdden Smith, Doug In-ghram, Elaine SchmidtMiller, Jean SmithStokesberry, LarryHedrick, Larry White,Ruth Stark Goecks, WildaNobles Arnold, JackieHerman Brock, DuaneMartens, Gloria Wiliams,Bruce Hackett, DelbertHale, Bill Phillips, SueRehorn, Evelyn Slinkardand Duane Zonker.
Those with any infor-mation are asked to con-tact Karen Pulaski at316-283-3139 or SusanGatz 316-283-3590.
Chisholm Trail Bike Rideslated for Saturday
The annual ChisholmTrail Bike Ride will beheld Saturday, May 5.The event features threeroutes, a three-mile outand back and a 31-mileand a 43-mile option.Check in and ride-day reg-istration opens at 7 a.m.The rides start at 8 a.m.The start and finish lineis at Athletic Park, Firstand Grandview, in New-ton. Refreshments will beprovided. Entry fee is $25for singles and $50 forfamilies. For more infor-mation or to print an ad-
vance registration, go towww.chisholmtrailbik-eride.com.
Resume practice sessionto be at public library Megan Kershner, direc-
tor of career services atBethel College, will dis-cuss do's and don'ts forteen resumes during aworkshop at 7 p.m. Thurs-day, May 3, at NewtonPublic Library. Teens canbring along their resumeif they wish. The work-shop is free.
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In a place where thesounds of dribbled basket-balls, cheering crowds andan athletic band playingto pump up the crowdduring games are a thingof the past, sounds of adifferent kind filled theformer playing court onMonday night in Memo-rial Hall at Bethel Col-lege.
Those were melodiessome equate with islandlife—steel drums.
The community group,led by Bethel AthleticBands Director BradShores, rehearsed songs,getting ready for the 7p.m. Thursday, May 10,Spring Steel Drum Con-cert in Memorial Hallwith free admission, andthere will be a free-will of-fering.
Even though they wereout of sight behind a largered curtain onstage, theircalm, melodic refrainscarried through the air.Some of their tunes in-cluded “Montego Moon,”“Never on a Sunday” and“Everybody Loves a Sat-urday Night.”
“These are my instru-ments,” Shores said aboutthe drums the ninewomen there played.“When I retired fromHaven High School, Ibrought them all here.”
There are 16 instru-ments, Shores said,adding one instrumenthas six drums.
Shores good-naturedlyguided the players.
“When you make a mis-take, what do I alwayssay?” he joked with thegroup. “Point to the otherperson.”
Shores said the groupisn't a class.
“It's an activity not aclass,” he said. “Be likemore of a club. It's foranybody to join as long aswe have enough instru-ments.”
The group started inMay 2017, and anotherone, which is a class forcollege students, startedin August 2016.
Shores said some of theplayers are going to pur-chase their own instru-ments.
Shores himself hasplayed steel drums sincestarting in Phoenix yearsago. He said he picked itup and found another per-son who also was learn-ing; they learned together,and then that other man'swife and Shores's wifealso started playing, andthey formed a band.
He enjoys the studentgroup.
“What I like about thisparticular group is it givesstudents an opportunityto play something they'venever played in their en-tire lives,” Shores said.“The kids get opportuni-ties they wouldn't havebefore.”
There are a few thingshe enjoys about playingthe steel drums.
“I just like the sound ofthe instrument,” he said.“It's a happy sound.”
He said he's a percus-sionist and likes that it's apercussion instrument.
“Any age of person findsit fascinating,” he said.
Who is in the groupebbs and flows from timeto time. Right now, groupSteel Paradise membersinclude Denise Woelk, Au-tumn Nance, KaylynRhodes, Suzanne Birch,Erica Nance, JenniferHorn, Patsy Dirksen,Donalyn Manion, MichelleSheriff and Shirley Diet-zel, as well as Shores. Onemember did not want tobe mentioned.
The student band iscalled the Bethel CollegeSteel Drum Band.
Regarding Steel Para-dise, no experience is nec-essary to join, andinstruments are provided.It's comprised of peoplefrom south-centralKansas.
Sheriff was one of thefirst members, she said.They incorporated BethelCollege and recruited staffmembers who had left thecollege, as well. Sheriffsaid she's going on twoyears playing with thegroup, and instead of los-ing their skill in the sum-mer, they adjust theirschedules to keep practic-ing. In the summer,they'll play at variousarea locales, like MoxieGrill.
She enjoys it.
“It's a whole differentkind of community ofbeing in the daily workstructure,” Sheriff said.“You're sharing more thanmusic. You're sharinglives.”
Another group member,Woelk, who joined thegroup in August, likes itfor another reason.
“I like playing in aband,” she said.
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Island rifts: Shores leadsgroups of steel drum players
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PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAbove: Denise Woelk, left, and Kaylyn Rhodes take part in steel drum band rehearsal on Monday evening atBethel College. Top and Bottom Right: Brad Shores leads the group while playing drums.
WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWDonalyn Manion, left, andMichelle Sheriff play steel drums.
Jazz on the Green on May 9
NORTH NEWTON—Bethel College presentsits spring jazz extrava-ganza, Jazz on theGreen.
Jazz Ensemble I andJazz Ensemble II playthis annual outdoorevent in the middle ofcampus (moved into Kre-hbiel Auditorium in caseof bad weather), at 8p.m., Wednesday, May 9.Bring your own blanketsand lawn chairs.
James Pisano, Betheldirector of jazz studies,leads Jazz I.
“The band is soundingfantastic,” he said. “Wehave had some amazingconcerts this year.”
He continued, “JazzEnsemble 2, under thedirection of Joel Boettger,is [also] sounding fantas-
tic. They have grown alot this year, and it willbe a great opportunity forthe audience to hear thefruits of the upward as-cent of both groups.”
Like most Bethel Col-lege jazz concerts, thisone will feature a diversearray of songs.
“I always try to pro-gram a wide variety ofmusic, so there will besomething that hopefullyeveryone will enjoy,”Pisano said. “Some of thenumbers we have alreadyperformed this year—band favorites—but thereare also new numbersthat we have preparedspecifically for this con-cert.”
Boettger has chosen afew favorites for Jazz 2 toplay as well, along withsome more difficultpieces.
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