The joy and anticipation of celebrating Jesus’ birth
Have you ever seen an equation that didn’t look equal? I have. As December keeps winding down, there is the joy and anticipation of celebrating Jesus’ birth.
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Parasitic tapeworms cause odd neurological symptoms
Dear Doctors: There was a story in the news recently about a man who had a tapeworm living in his brain. Our two teenage boys also saw it and are now obsessed. They’re grossed out and fascinated, and they are asking lots of questions. An explanation would be welcome.
‘Glow Riders’ light up the night
Friday a group of cyclists gathered in Ash Street Park to create a non-traditional light show for Christmas — a winter “Glow Ride.” Bicyclists used glow sticks and battery operated lights to decorate their bicycles for a ride on the Sand Creek Trail through Newton. “We had 12 cyclists, all were enthused about it,” said Dan Shifflett, member of Walk and Roll Harvey and event organizer.
Soaring inflation hits low-income shoppers
NEW YORK – Emarilis Velazquez is paying higher prices on everything from food to clothing. Her monthly grocery bill has ballooned from $650 to almost $850 in recent months.
Moderna: Boosters effective on omicron
Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron variant. Moderna said lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight omicron.
BUSINESS BUZZ
CKCF Board of Directors announced The Central Kansas Community Foundation held their Annual Meeting on October 25, 2021 to celebrate achievements as they bid farewell to outgoing members and hello to three elected members. The Governance and Compliance Committee brought forward for consideration these nominees which were voted in unanimously.
Newton claims five medals at KC Stampede
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Newton High School boys’ wrestling team went against the best in the region and some of the best in the nation, claiming four medals and a 13th-place team finish out of 54 scoring teams Friday and Saturday at the Kansas City Stampede.
Area basketball roundup
Prep girls GOESSEL — Cheyenne Sawyer scored 21 points to lift the Goessel Bluebird girls to a 47-22 win over Udall Friday in non-league play. Goessel broke the game open with a 15-1 second quarter to lead 22-5 at the half.
Anna C. Moyer
NEWTON - Anna C. Moyer, 85, of Newton, died December 13, 2021 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.
Jerome Dean Stucky
WHITEWATER - Jerome Dean Stucky, 69, son of the late Dean and Hulda Stucky, was born in Goessel, Kansas on January 13, 1952. He died at peace in Newton Medical Center on November 8, 2021.