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Thresher flag football team makes home debut

Bethel falls to Midland in KCAC play By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan The first-year Bethel College women’s flag football team finally got to come home… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Sports briefs

Bethel swept by Ottawa OTTAWA — The Bethel College softball team dropped a pair of games to 19th-ranked Ottawa Monday in KCAC play at Ottawa.… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Hershberger goal leads Railers to win

Newton converts corner kick in 79th minute By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan The Newton High School girls’ soccer team took a sledge hammer to the… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Railer soccer squad to feature youth

Nine starters back for Newton By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan Youth will be served for the Newton High School girls’ soccer team this spring. Out… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Amish Cook: A relaxing afternoon

How can a Sunday afternoon possibly be so relaxing after a week of what seemed like such an eventful week? The past week blends into something like a haze lined with touches of God’s goodness in degrees of which I trusted or worried.

One last ride

There was a special cruise in organized March 19, one to remember a member of a group that hosts weekly cruise in car shows at Dillons. When those shows resumed this spring, the beautiful blue pickup truck restored by Larry Bachman was absent, and it will continue to be.

Newton grad takes third at NCAA wrestling

TULSA, Okla. — Newton High School graduate Wyatt Hendrickson became the first Air Force Academy wrestler in 20 years to earn All-America honors after a third-place finish at heavyweight at the NCAA Division I National Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa.

Education Frontlines: Jonathan Swift and ChatGPT

Both K–12 teachers and college professors are in major discussions over how to deal with the recently-released AI program that generates answers, essays and poetry upon request. However, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) perhaps anticipated this situation in his classic “Gulliver’s Travels” released in 1726. While some youngsters today may remember reading excerpts from this tale, where Captain Gulliver ends up in countries where he is either a giant or a miniature dwarf, few will recall reading of his trip to the land of Lagano where he visits the Academy of Projectors and watches them use a machine called “The Engine.”