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Superintendent Fred Van Ranken and South Breeze principal Jana Bohling presented special education teacher Amanda Warkentine with the district’s elementary Kansas Teacher of the Year nomination Nov. 11.

(THE CONVERSATION) After three multiplatinum and six platinum albums, 30 million albums sold and more than a billion streams, singer Amy Grant is set to receive one of American music’s biggest awards: Kennedy Center Honors.

Newton Public Library 720 N Oak Street Newton, KS 67114 (316) 283-2890 fax: (316) 283-2916 www.newtonplks.org library@newtonplks. org Library Hours: Mon-Tues, Thurs: 9 a.m.

The first two properties to enter the Newton Land Bank were given to the land bank on Nov. 8 - tow of three properties previously owned by the City of Newton. “We thought this would be a good exercise for the land bank to bring the first properties in where the city owns the properties and nobody gets hurt in the transfer,” said Zach McHatton, Community Development Director for the city of Newton. “... These three properties will be good for infill development.”

Dear Doctors: What does it mean when something is a “complete protein”? A friend said that when I count beans or grains as a protein, it’s not the same nutritional value as meat or cheese. Are there really different kinds of protein? Is he right that it matters which kind of protein you eat?

Dear Doctors: At my last checkup, it turned out my body fat percentage has gone up quite a bit. I was surprised because I haven’t gained weight. I’m a 66-year-old woman, I walk at least a mile every day and I play tennis. My doctor says I should start lifting weights, too. Can’t I just do longer walks?

Goodnight Moonshine will return to the Prairie Window Concert Series stage at 4 p.m. Nov.

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