VALLEY CENTER — The Remington Bronco baseball team won the Class 2-1A regional tournament Monday and Tuesday in Whitewater and Valley Center. Remington opened play… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Halstead advances to state tourney By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan HALSTEAD — Class 3A baseball regionals can be taxing for most teams, especially for their… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Railers drop narrow decision to Valley Center By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan MAIZE – The Newton High School baseball team had one of its top… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
More than 240 members of the Class of 2022 graduated from Newton High School during ceremonies May 15 at Hartman Arena. Students who graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors - a 3.5 grade point average with at least three advanced placement courses in different subject areas, six honors courses and a 29 or higher on ACT exam included Lauren Anton, Andrew Barron, Madeline Duncan, Benjamin Friesen Guhr, Caleb Koontz, Ethan Neufeld, Ember Suter, Cody Headings and Ember Suter, Students who graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors - a 3.5 grade point average, at least two advance placement classes, five honors courses and a score of 16 or higher on the ACT exam included Kaden Anderson, Savannah Hunsucker, Madelynn Hamm, Hayley Loewen, David Meisel-Silva and Ann Pomeroy.
The Newton High School baseball team finished the season on a mixed note, splitting an Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division I doubleheader with Maize Friday at Klein-Scott Field. Newton won the first game 6-4, but lost the second game 15-3 in five innings on the 10-run rule.
From time to time, we take a moment to recognize important businesses, groups and organizations in our community. Now is such a time as Apple-A-Day Preschool, the first to be licensed inside a retirement community in Kansas, turns 30.
I’m writing to recognize a very special place in the Newton community. Apple-A-Day, the preschool located inside Newton Presbyterian Manor, turns 30 this year. I’m a parent of two former Apple-A-Day students and one current student and can attest to the school’s lasting mark in the lives of young people.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~~George Santayana During the 1930’s, the Control-Leftists in Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Facist Italy, and the Communists in the USSR seized control of vast territories and proceeded to exterminate roughly 100,000,000 people that opposed their evil or didn’t fit into their vision of what people should look like or do. In doing so, they plunged the entire world into War.
Warning: this is about politics and the upcoming election. Wait, don’t stop reading because what I have to say is especially important and will affect your farm and ranch for a long time to come. I know we are all tired of the constant fighting and mudslinging and what happens in D.C. and Topeka seem to be millions of miles away. I am here to tell you what happens in both cities hits close to home.
While a few serious issues continue to be debated in committee and the courts, basically the 2022 legislative session is a wrap. And once again, Medicaid expansion didn’t pass.