TOPEKA — In the mid ’90s, Paula Mitchell was celebrating a college basketball win at a party hosted by one of the players. As the designated driver for her friends, she was sticking to Dr.
The Newton High School boys’ basketball team just didn’t have the firepower to answer the sixth-ranked (KBCA, Class 5A) Andover Trojans, falling 70-20 Friday at Ravenscroft Gym. “Give a lot of credit to Andover,” Newton coach Demetric Williams said.
In the 1980s, a Kansas student was only required to take two sciences courses. That “science” requirement could be fulfilled by taking a course in home economics and a course in “shop” or votech.
Lloyd Miller was born at 4:20 a.m., March 31, 1926, in Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton, Kansas. He died February 14, 2023 in Wichita, Kansas. Visitation will be held on Monday, February 20, 2023 from 1:00 7:00 P.M. at Frank Funeral Home in Wellington, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held on February 21, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Murl & Lucile Miller, a son Lloyd Miller, Jr., his sisters Virginia Hulpieu and Beverly Hiebert, his brother Kenneth Miller and his wife of the home, Donna Miller. He is survived by 3 nieces, Gynia Crane, Marva Hiebert & Lori Seron and 6 nephews, Mitchell Miller, Roger Miller, Russell Miller, Gordon Hulpieu, Quinton Hiebert & Jay Hiebert. MUSIC WAS HIS LIFE! He started playing the piano at age 5, played in church at age 7 and was the church pianist at age 12. At age 17, he played in a piano audition with 20 pieces and was given a grade of 1+. This was interrupted by World War II. He took basic training in Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Going overseas, he passed New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and landed on Luzon, Philippines. He was in the service for a total of 25 months, spending 18 months overseas. After his return home, he completed a Bachelor of Music and Piano Performance at Washburn Municipal University in Topeka, Kansas. He received two honors there being inducted into the Pi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences) and the Mu Alpha Pi (Music). He later earned a Bachelor of Music Education at the University of Wichita and then a Master of Music Education at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He began teaching music at Zenda and Hazelton, Kansas, then instrumental music at Borger, Texas and Arkansas City, Kansas. After additional schooling for administration, he was a principal at Nashville and Zenda, Kansas. He coached girls sports in both Denison and Burnette, Kansas. During this time, he received a seminary degree from Garrett Evan
HALSTEAD: Patricia Sue Jewett (Patty), age 64, retired registered nurse, died on February 16, 2023 at her home in Halstead following a lengthy illness. Patty was born in Kansas City, Missouri to James and Mildred Anderson.
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Mike Brown is a former Johnson County commissioner, a failed primary candidate for GOP Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s job, and someone who has expressed sympathy for former President Trump’s lies regarding the 2020 election results. And as of last weekend, he is also the new chairperson of the Kansas Republican party. For those Republicans who want to forget election conspiracies and focus on their party’s substantive platform, this is probably frustrating.
ANDOVER — The Newton High School boys’ wrestling team sent 14 wrestlers to the Class 5A West Regional Friday and Saturday in Andover. When it was over, 12 of those wrestlers finished in the top eight and qualified for the state tournament — three as regional champions.
In 2022 Prairie View launched a new program designed to give school-aged children access to mental health care – counselors started meeting with students at school. “A lot of kids in our communities had trouble with accessibility or affordability issues,” Miller said.
The Newton High School girls’ basketball team had fourth-ranked (KBCA, Class 5A) Andover under control for the first 17 minutes, but a big run in the third quarter handed the Trojans a 41-31 win Friday in Newton. The Railers were outscored 15-6 in the third quarter.