Following two hours of public comment and nearly an hour of discussion by the Newton USD 373 Board of Education, member Andrew Ortiz put forth a motion March 27 that could change the face of the school district. Ortiz put forth a motion that that the board initiate a public hearing to close Walton Elementary School Building as required by law - in essence starting the procedure of closing the elementary school. His motion passed 4-3.
Have you ever been in a conversation about weeds? If not, here’s an idea for a conversation starter. Can you tell me what the purple flowers are in early spring popping up everywhere are? A few other clues are: If the stem is square rather than round, you have henbit. A plant that also is low growing but has round stems and tiny white flowers is chickweed.
I read the news – invasion of Iraq! Twentieth anniversary! – and struggle to transcend the abstraction of my remorse. A million killed? Half a million? The mortality stats vary depending on the source’s politics.
Over the past decade or two, farmhouse décor has been an in vogue style of interior design. It makes me chuckle when I think about people who don’t live on a farm trying to create clean and pretty spaces through white wash, distressed paint and vintage hardware. Real farmhouses are rarely as desirable as this style is made out to be.
Lucille M. Wiggers 101 Moundridge, KS March 26, 2023 Kaufman Funeral Home .
John Timothy Keliher died Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Lifecare Center of Andover. He was the Safety Inspector for K DOT in Hutchinson.
Judy Kelly, 80, of Newton, Kansas formerly of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. .
James “Jim” Lewis Dunn was born in McPherson, Kansas on December 3, 1941 to Jasper and Linda (Ewy) Dunn. The family moved to a farm near Arlington, Kansas.