This past winter, the Extension-organized no-till discussion group has been meeting since December and will have its final meeting for this season on March 30.
The group was organized in late 2003 and has been meeting every winter since.The Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary of Whitesell Finnel Post No. 971 Newton announced the 2009-2010 Patriot’s Pen winner.
The Harvey County Association of Retired School Personnel will award a $500 scholarship for the fall semester of 2010 to a qualifying Harvey County junior or senior college student in the field of education.
The Marion County Spelling Bee was conducted Feb. 10 in the Marion High School Auditorium.
Newton Family Career and Community Leaders of America members and advisers traveled to Wichita in January to help out at the Ronald McDonald houses.
Jamie Wollenberg, junior, of Newton was named to the academic dean’s honor roll for the fall semester at Bethany College.