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HAYS, Kansas — Rancher Scott Whiting heard stories about all kinds of extreme weather growing up in western Kansas. Blizzards, dry spells and heat waves commonly peppered the tales his parents and grandparents told about the land the family has lived on in Lane County for nearly 150 years.
Have you ever seen split bark on a young tree? Or maybe dead wood along the trunk of a young tree? This is likely sunscald. Honey locusts, fruit trees, ashes, oaks, maples, lindens and willows and other thinbarked trees are most commonly affected. Trees that have bark growth lower on the trunk are not susceptible.
Approved a plat for New Hope New Hope Shelter, a homeless shelter currently located on the Youthville Campus of Ember Hope on Broadway in Newton, has purchased property located at South Meridian Road and Sharps Drive. This week the planning commission reviewed a plat of the property submitted by Boughman Company on behalf of the New Hope Shelter.
Ron Braun, mayor of North Newton, took a moment to make an observation after a presentation by Steve Roberson, chief of Newton Fire/ EMS during the North Newton City Council meeting July 11. “We have red spot on that heat map,” Braun said.
Katherine Mick of Newton was recently named the 2021 TOPS Queen for the state of Kansas. TOPS Club, Inc.
Newton USD 373 went to El Dorado to find a new principal earlier this summer when hiring for an elementary school - and they have done so again to find a new leader for Cooper Early Education Center. This week the USD 373 Board of Education approved the hire of Alyssa Vanderhoof as principal of Cooper Early Education Center.
The county commission voted 3-0 to approve a not-to-exceed budget on July 12, a budget that would require a raise to the mill levy and require public hearings. “We are setting the highest amount of taxes we can levy.
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education voted, 6-1, to proceed with “the restoration of Lindley Hall and Santa Fe 5/6 Center” at its meeting July 11 after hearing a presentation from Gravity : : Works Architecture of El Dorado, a firm that partners DLR group.
Following more than $500,000 in budget reductions from initial budget proposals to the Newton City Commission, the commission approved a “not-to-exceed” budget that could result in a record increase to the mill levy.