Last week, the Newton High School boys’ wrestling tournament overcame a 50-point deficit to win the Larry Wilkey Invitational in Jenks, Okla. At the 60th Newton Invitational Tournament of Champions Friday and Saturday at Ravenscroft Gym, the Railers were 39 points behind leader Maize after the first day of competition.
Jon Hawes moved to Newton and Harvey County in 2017 to take the pastorate of a church, but his life plan and career changed. “ I was there for five years, and I left there at the end of July, in 2022,” Hawes said.
Kansas’s rural identity is struggling. Partly this is because it’s not entirely accurate.
“You are the only teacher I have ever known who has asked for more students,” replied the headmaster. It was the week before classes were to start at the international school in Hong Kong. My biology classroom had 30 student seats in the room, facing a blackboard. Back beyond their seats was a biology laboratory with 30 lab stools around lab islands with sinks. No wall separated what would normally have been two separate rooms. It was a design that allowed me to move directly from explaining a concept to students doing lab work involving that concept.
Kris Elizabeth Porter passed away in a Katy hospital on December 23, 2022, at the age of 65 years. She was born on April 18, 1957, in Newton, Kansas, to Donald and Florence Claassen. Kris was raised in Newton and in 1975, she graduated from Newton High School. On February 15, 1976, she married Michael Porter in Newton and in 1990 they relocated to Canyon, Texas, where they resided until their retirement years brought them to Katy, Texas, to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Kris was a much-loved wife, Mom, and Oma, and her life revolved around her family. She was a retired homemaker and spent her time nurturing those she loved. She volunteered throughout her life including teaching Sunday school, helping with Friends of the Library, and serving through pet therapy with her beloved dog, Jade, at nursing homes. She enjoyed all time spent with family, ocean cruises, trips to the beach searching for seashells, adventures with her precious grandchildren, and concerts of her favorite artists including Aerosmith, Elton John, and Queen. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Florence Claassen. She is survived by her loving husband of 46 years, Michael Porter; children, Andy Porter and his wife Shannah, and their children, Arthur, Franklin and Beatrice; Angela Petty and her husband Robin, and their children, Aven and Jada; Luke Porter and his husband Thomas Volz; sister, Keri Black and her daughter, Brigette; and her faithful companion, her dog
Hillsboro - Noah Dale Jantz, 73, passed away January 9, 2023 in Hillsboro. Funeral service 10:30 a.m.
Beverly “Joan” Giles, 72, was united with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at University of Kansas Medical Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas after a long but determined battle with cancer. She was born on August 12, 1950, in Batesville, Arkansas, the daughter of George and Oneida (Foley) Bradley.
The Newton Invitational Tournament of Champions has not always been kind to teams outside of Classes 6A and 5A. The last time a team that wasn’t in the top class or out of state won the tournament came in 2005 and 2006 when Norton won both years.
BOWLING Bowling reports are due at the Kansan office by 11 p.m. Thursday.
In 2017 there were 72,000 deaths in the United States linked to opioid overdoses. “That was meaningful to the U.S.