The Cassoday bike run is a motorcycle rally that occurs the first Sunday of every month March through October in Cassoday, 38 miles east of Newton on First Street. This month the run was June 3. Cassody is at the intersection of the Kansas Turnpike and U.S. 177 in the Flint Hills. It was started by some bikers, stopping at a small cafe in town one day back in 1991. All photos by Michele Clark, Newton Kansan. For a full gallery, visit thekansan.com
KINGMAN — Because of the weather, the participation of the Newton Sluggin’ Rebels in the Jayhawk League Pre-Season Jamboree was limited to a single game against the Derby Twins Saturday at Riverside Park in Kingman. Newton won a pitcher’s duel 2-0.
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MCPHERSON – May 25 the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale held its Annual Meeting at First Mennonite Church of McPherson. This year’s theme was “Walking with Jesus…. spreading the love of God around the World”. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of $610,000 to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Central States Office.
In 2023, Governor Laura Kelly issued a near record number of vetoes (though close to half were overturned). What were her motivations in making use of her veto power so extensively? Some of Kelly’s vetoes reflect her very practical, service-oriented vision for Kansas.
The Hesston College Nursing Club recently made a pair of donations to New Hope Shelter in Newton – the first donation consisted of clothes, food, supplies and the second a $1,000 check. “One of the many reasons that we want to become nurses is because we want to help people,” said 2023 nursing club president Michelle Ramos-Carreno, a senior in the college’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
n a 655-to-29 vote Wednesday night, the Great Plains conference of the United Methodist Church ratified legislation to allow a total of 156 member churches in Kansas and Nebraska to split from the main church.
NOTE: All competitions are subject to change. Check with www.thekansan.com, the Kansan sports Twitter page (@nksports) and the Kansan Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheNewtonKansan/) for the latest in cancellation and postponement announcements for area teams).