‘Latinos Unidos’ coming together to support Spanish speakers
A core group of community leaders have come together to launch something new –Latinos Unidos.
Chad Frey
Exploring the prairie
Each summer Kauffman Museum, North Newton, hosts a series of camps for school aged children called “Uncle Carl’s Camp.”Named for museum founder Carl Kauffman, the camps are discovery-oriented, hands-on summer camps for children.This week the camp for children age 9 thorugh 12 was called Prairie Ponderings.Campers experienced the prairie and explored the insects, birds, and plants that call the grasses home.
Overwhelmed by anger around us? Thoughts on how to de-escalate a situation
I leaned halfway out of the car window, furiously shaking a finger at the car zooming from behind us in the next lane.
Summer meal program launched
Newton USD 373 recently announced a free summer meal program for children. Children 18 and under can received a free breakfast and lunch Mondays through Fridays at two locations in Newton. At Sunset Elementary, 619 Boyd, breakfast will be served…
Inclusive playground construction begins
A couple of years ago students at Slate Creek started bringing their spare change to school with a dream - build a playground where all the students at school, special education students included, could play together.Those pure hearts had no idea what that playground would cost - and that the number would be in the hundreds of thousands.
Sunflower Summer Adventures: Heading underground at Strataca in Hutchinson
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a series called “Sunflower Summer Adventures” documenting the summer activities of the Frey Family using the Sunflower Summer App.
McClelland returns from Honor Flight
Local veteran Donal McClelland recently participated in Flight 99c of Kansas Honor Flights.Donal McClelland, Newton, served in Vietnam as part of the Navy.
City to create police training facility
The creation of a police training facility in downtown Newton took a step forward this week as the city commission approved sending a project out for bids to renovate a building purchased by the city last year.In August of last year the city purchased a warehouse at 214 E.
Kansas profiles: A rural teaching organization
“Ad Astra per Aspera – To the Stars through Difficulties” is the Kansas state motto.
Kansas ag leadership program announces newest graduates, next class
MANHATTAN – A program that develops leaders for agriculture, business and rural communities recently celebrated its newest graduates at the same time it announced the next class of participants.Three area participants were listed among the graduates — Nicholas Peters of Goessel, Kevin Logan of Hesston and Megan Hobbs of Newton.Jill Zimmerman, president of the Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership program, said 30 individuals of Class XVI celebrated the class’s success and KARL completion.