Dear Doctors: Is there a treatment for psoriatic arthritis that doesn’t carry the risk of lymphoma or other cancers? I have this kind of arthritis, and it is very painful. However, I don’t want to jump from the frying pan into the fire with a treatment that is going to give me a more dangerous disease.
‘Lighting of the Green’ this weekend The Lighting of the Green at Bethel College is an annual tradition dating back to 1986. The 2022 event will be at 8 p.m.
It was a fairly short ceremony about 10 minutes - at city hall on Dec. 8, the last vestages of a year-long celebration for the city of Newton.
The City of Newton is taking applications for at large members of the revamped Law Enforcement Advisory Panel, a volunteer advisory board that was reconstituted earlier this year. The volunteer advisory board’s purpose is to advise in policy development, education, community outreach, and communications related to bias-based policing by law enforcement officers and agencies of the City; and to receive, review, and provide feedback to the Chief of Police on complaints related to bias-based law enforcement actions.
Sasha Brooks (Kosminski) of Newton made some emotional phone calls to members of her family on Dec. 16, 2020 during which she said some heartfelt goodbyes.
The Bethel College women’s basketball team was dominant in the first five or six minutes of the first and fourth quarters against 19thranked Sterling College. Unfortunately for the Threshers, games are 40 minutes long, and the Threshers couldn’t sustain the momentum, falling 64-52 in KCAC play.
While the Bethel College men’s basketball team had its moments, the Threshers couldn’t keep up with Sterling’s hot shooting hand Wednesday in KCAC play at Thresher Gym, falling 75-67. Sterling finished the game 28 of 51 for 54.9 percent, while Bethel was 29 of 70 for 41.4 percent.
Bonnie J. Downey passed away Saturday, December 4, 2022 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina. She was born October 22, 1950 in Burlington, Colorado the daughter of Henry and Dolores (McGray)
Andrea Nell Sharp, 37, beloved daughter, sister and friend, passed away Monday, December 5, 2022, after a long illness. She was born to Gene and Janice Sharp of Valley Center, KS, on April 27, 1985, and attended Valley Center schools, Newton Christian High School (Class of 2003), Butler Community College and Friends University.
A good community The other day I dropped a tote bag near the post office. It contained papers I had prepared for visiting a new physician — including absolutely all of my identification information except my shoe size.