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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWRydell Penner will have his rat rod in the 14th Annual Newton Downtown Car show, which is on Saturday, May 5.

NEWTON RESIDENT TO ENTERCREATION IN LOCAL CAR SHOW

Making a rat rodAs Rydell Penner drove down Newton

streets on Friday, he got waves. Men andwomen fluttered their hands in the air andturned their heads to watch the car drive by.And these weren’t just two-fingers-in-the-aircountry farmer waves; these were wavesmade out vehicle windows with entire handsand arms.

There were smiles and even one thumbsup.

Penner was driving a rat-rod converted1926 Essex that carried 400 horses of power.If the car, which he built himself, could singlike a human, it’d sound like Barry White—low, full of power and a little sexy. Those rid-ing inside the car have to yell at each otherin order to be heard, since the engine is soloud; there are no side windows to block thesound.

“I started building that thing in probablyabout ’13,” Penner said. “The neatest thing ispeople’s reactions when they see it becauseit’s something so off the wall. It’s somethingso unusual. People love seeing it; kids loveseeing it. I let kids sit down in it at carshows.”

He also lets them hit the horn.Even though the body is a 1926 Essex, the

Newton resident made almost everythingelse. Even the gearshift is made from tools.

“Everything else is homemade on it,” hesaid. “The engine I had lying around. Madesure it was running good.”

Among the things he built were the frame,headers and front grill, although he didn’tmake the top because he doesn’t have asewing machine; the top is like those for con-vertibles.

A rat rod can look grungy.“Rat rods are basically just a car that

shows the builder’s personality,” Penner

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ADAM STRUNK/NEWTON NOWThe buyer of the historic Newton building will end up with a church that has servedvarious congregations since 1877. The church will be sold to pay off Bender's med-ical bills.

Bender's church upfor sale on Saturday

A church nearly as old asNewton itself will be auctionedoff this Saturday to pay for thecare of Rev. Vern Bender, whodied July 14, 2017.

The Old Meeting House,built in 1877, and located at1221 W. Logan, will be sold atauction by Vern Koch at 1 p.m.Saturday, April 28.

“He's passed away, and it'swhat they call state recoveryproperty,” Koch said. “He was

on state welfare and state paida lot of his rest home expensesand kept him comfortable.”

Money from the auction willthen go back to the State ofKansas.

Bender preached in thebuilding for many years, andnear the end of his life had at-tempted to find a way to helppreserve it.

Over the years it was usedby various groups, includingMennonites, German Baptists,the Second Baptist Church andSeven Day Adventists.

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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWDarla Stucky, district manager, talks about a bedroom in a Prairie Fire Residences villa.

Prairie Fire ignites rental scene in Newton

There's no place like home, atleast in the case of folks livingin Kansas and particularly atPrairie Fire Residences in New-ton, a new apartment complexright behind Wal-Mart.

Management hopes to havefamilies and other people call-ing Prairie Fire home and fillingall the 64 units after this sum-mer.

“Move in,” district managerAliesha Rosales said. “We wouldlove to fill this place before theend of October. We've had somuch interest, it may be leased

in August.”They've been accepting appli-

cations, and several people al-ready have moved in. OnMonday afternoon, there weretwo people in the property of-fice, bringing in paperwork.

“We have three residentsright now,” Rosales said Mon-day. “Tomorrow, we'll havefive.”

The property manager isDarla Stussy, whose first daywas Monday, and what theyhave for rent are three-bedroomtownhomes and two-bedroomvillas.

To determine if potentialrenters can qualify for reduced

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A Newton sewer line is clog-ging up development.

That was the case made bycity staff as well as developerStan Brodhagen at a NewtonCity Commission work session.

There are currently fourlarge tracts of land totallyaround 35 acres on the southside of Newton near S. Wash-ington Rd and SW 14th St. Theplots are owned by ClaassenFamily Investments.

Assistant City ManagerKelly McElroy said she regu-

larly receives phone callsabout developing the property.Developer Stan Brodhagen,who is working with theClaassen family, started talk-ing to the city two and a halfyears ago, as he had a hotel in-terested in building near New-ton Medical Center, as well asinterest in an apartment com-plex and other residentialhousing for the empty plots.

However, Brodhagen saiddevelopment is limited on theland because a sewer linealong Old Main is running atcapacity, which has caused thecity to push back on additionaldevelopment.

McElroy agreed with Brod-hagen’s assessment.

“It’s disheartening when we

City sewer linehurts growth� Commission discusses anupgrade due to line capacity.

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Thresher softball reachesfirst post-season ever

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Help Wanted: City of Newton looking forapplicants for vacant commission seat

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Retiring chemistryprofessor to present final

public presentationHESSTON—With a

final campus- and commu-nity-wide presentation,longtime Hesston Collegechemistry and astronomyprofessor Dr. Jim Yoderwill kick off his last fewweeks at the college be-fore his retirement.

Yoder’s final HesstonCollege chapel presenta-tion, “Integrating theRainbow,” will be at 11a.m. Monday, April 30, atHesston MennoniteChurch on the HesstonCollege campus. The 30-minute presentation isfree and open to the pub-lic.

Yoder has served atHesston College for 50 ac-ademic years, teaching hisfirst class on Sept. 9,

1968, while still workingto complete a doctorate inorganic chemistry withminors in physical chem-istry and philosophy ofscience from Indiana Uni-versity (Bloomington).

He also attended Hes-ston College for a year in1961-62 and completed adegree in chemistry atGoshen (Ind.) College.

Open Road concert toround out weekend

of activities at BethelNORTH NEWTON—

The traditional end-of-year concert for OpenRoad, the men’s a cap-pella group at Bethel Col-lege, is coming up soon.

In fact, it’s earlier thanlisted on some previouslyprinted calendars andarts posters; it will beSunday, April 29, at 7

p.m. in Memorial Hall onthe Bethel campus.

The concert is free andopen to the public, with afreewill offering taken tohelp defray costs formusic, usage fees andtravel.

Open Road’s concertcaps a weekend packedfull of students showingtheir stuff, from scientificresearch to visual arts,from theater to instru-mental music.

The group mostly singsat local churches (some-times traveling to a neigh-boring state) throughoutthe year. This is OpenRoad’s one full-length con-cert annually.

Although the membersconsult with WilliamEash, Bethel director ofchoral activities, OpenRoad is primarily studentrun, with the seniors usu-ally taking the lead.

This year there are two,

Tyler Shima, Topeka, andAustin Regier, Newton.Regier has been a memberof Open Road for twoyears and Shima for four.

“Open Road is always apretty close-knit group ofguys,” Regier said.“Through late-night re-hearsals, weekend gigsand out-of-state travels,you get to know the otherguys pretty well.”

—For Newton Now

We recently had aget-together withmy mom’s side of

the family. As always, wehad an amazing spread ofway too much food andhad lots of fun catchingup.

I volunteered to bring afew pies for dessert, andmy family is used to beingguinea pigs when it comesto me trying out newrecipes.

One of the pies I madewas this week’s recipe—ano-bake chocolate trufflepie that was super easy tomake. When I pulled it outof my Tupperware con-tainer, my cousin’s littlegirl gasped and immedi-ately grabbed me aroundmy middle.

She could barely wait tofinish her lunch beforediving into a piece of pie. Ifyou’re wondering, MissAvery gave it two thumbsup.

I found this recipe onthe website “Kitch Me.”You can find it athttp://www.kitchme.com/recipes/no-bake-chocolate-truffle-pie-5-ingredients. Iadded ingredients to makea homemade whipped

cream to top it and used agraham cracker crust in-stead of the chocolatecrust the recipe called for.

No-Bake ChocolateTruffle Pie

12 ounces semi-sweetchocolate chips

2 cups heavy whippingcream, divided

1/4 cups powdered sugar1 tablespoon vanilla ex-

tract9-inch pre-made graham

cracker or chocolate cookiecrumb pie crust

about 1 tablespoon pow-dered sugar

1 teaspoon vanillaCombine the chocolate

chips (save a few to deco-rate the top of the pie, ifyou like) and 3/4 cupcream to a microwave-safebowl, and microwave 30seconds at a time, stirringin between each time,until the mixture issmooth.

Set it aside and let thechocolate cool to room tem-perature.

Once the mixture iscooled, mix in the sugarand vanilla.

In another bowl, whipanother 3/4 cup of cream

until stiff peaks form, andthen beat in the chocolate,a little at a time, until it’sall fully combined.

Spread the filling outevenly into the pie crustand refrigerate at leasteight hours. Before serv-ing, whip the remainingcream, one tablespoonpowdered sugar and oneteaspoon vanilla togetheruntil stiff peaks form. Ifthe cream is not sweetenough, whip in a bit moresugar until it’s where youlike it.

Top the pie with thewhipped cream and somechocolate chips or choco-late shavings.

Refrigerate any left-overs.

***Several people who

taste tested this pie for mesaid they really liked thedark chocolate flavor andwere surprised when Isaid it was made with onlysemi-sweet chocolate. Let-ting it set overnight reallydeveloped a deep flavor.

I’d also suggest cuttingthis into smaller pieces,because it’s a very rich fla-vor, and it’s tough to eat abig piece in one sitting.

I’m guessing I’ll need towork this recipe into myregular rotation—at leastwhen bringing pie to mylittle cousin. The pie wasdelicious, but the big hugreally made it worth it.

Lindsey Young is co-owner of Newton Now and

is a Bethel graduate.

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With project-basedlearning and women su-perintendents and fe-males in other topadministrative positions,education has changedquite a bit in the past 100years.

That's something SouthBreeze Elementary Schoolsecond-graders are learn-ing through their pen-palrelationships with KidronBethel Village residents,and with a 96-year agegap in at least one in-stance, they're learningquite a bit.

Kidron Bethel is a re-tirement community inNorth Newton, and thepen-pal letter writing is acooperative between thetwo institutions.

“One of our social stud-ies standards is 'then andnow,'” second-gradeteacher Amy Torres said.“We have a writing stan-dard to write a friendlyletter. It's fun for us to getletters from residents, be-cause they describe whatit was like in a one-roomschoolhouse when theywent to school, and someof them, they only spokeGerman growing up.”

This is the third yearKidron and South Breezehave done the letter ex-change, and on Thursday,April 20, 72 Sunset sec-ond-graders piled into atleast one school bus tomeet their pen pals andsing with them. KidronBethel residents waitedfor the students in a largecafeteria area, holdingsigns with their names onthem, so students knewwith which resident to sit.

The cooperative cameinto being because JanPlummer, principal atSunset, and Beth Penner,former Life Enrichmentdirector, are mother anddaughter. Although theconnection was madewhen Penner was Life En-richment director, currentDirector Melissa Bo-gunovich wanted to keepthat tradition alive.

“I wanted to honor that,too, and the residents justget a lot of enjoyment,”Bogunovich said. “It's agreat community inter-generational thing. We'vehad a really close connec-tion with South Breeze.”

The way this cameabout was through a se-ries of events.

“The first year that wepaired up for pen pal let-ters it was because SouthBreeze was the onlyschool that had three sec-ond-grade classes,” Pen-ner said. “Normally,schools would pair uptheir second-grade classesto be each other’s penpals. Because no otherschool had three secondgrades, the teachersreached out to me to see ifI thought it would work topair the kids up with theresidents.”

Penner thinks thateven though there's thatconnection with her toKidron and her mom toSouth Breeze, she thinksit would've happened any-way.

“The partnership be-tween the two buildingsactually started 11 years

ago,” Penner said. “I can’tremember how it cameup, but I remember thetwo of us talking about anarticle that I had readthat said that intergener-ational activities are thenumber one to teach achild about empathy. Shestarted talking about theschool's focus on key char-acter traits and how theyteach those. Connectingthe two buildings was thenatural next step.”

That step has beenwonderful.

“It’s been so fun to seethe evolution of the inter-actions between the kidsand the elders,” Pennersaid. “Eleven years ago, Idon’t think we would havebeen able to do somethinglike the pen pal project,but over time, the rela-tionships and comfortlevel has changed foreveryone.”

In fact, last year, theyhad a second-grader fromthat school join their Jun-ior Volunteer program

during the summer.Bogunovich said stu-

dents from the schoolhave done music perform-ances at Kidron, as wellas trick-or-treating atHalloween, having an all-school parade in the facil-ity.

Residents attending theevent on Thursday werefrom independent living,assisted living and healthcare.

Initially this year, stu-dents wrote letters, andthen residents wroteback.

“Most picked them outto respond back to,” Bo-gunovich said.

One resident, FredSchroeder, said this washis third year taking part.

“I like energetic 8-year-olds,” he said about whyhe's been a part of theproject.

A couple of residents,Jake Goering and OpalRetzer, both have hit thecentury mark, with Goer-ing being 100 years old,

while is Retzer 103.“I like your hair,” stu-

dent Stephanie Fonsecashyly said to Retzer, whohas bright red hair.

Residents taking partin the pen pal program in-clude Vera Sprague, ViUnruh, Ruben Klaassen,Opal Retzer, LonabelleYoder, Jake Goering, MayJunke, Gerry Voth, JohnSchrag, Norma JohnsonPreheim, Lester Ewy,Irene Janzen, MarthaVoth, Elma Harms,Norma Preheim, GeneCole, Fred Schroeder, LoisAmstutz, Vivian Walker,Elva Unruh and DorisFaul.

Torres said it's the goalof South Breeze for eachgrade to eventually havea community partner.

“We're just way ahead,”she said about the secondgrade.

When other gradeswere at the retirementcommunity, Penner said afourth-grader said to her,“I want to see GrandmaGean. She was my penpal.”

When the kids had todepart on Thursday, atleast a couple of the resi-dents got hugs, like Goer-ing who was hugged byone student and shookhands with another. Resi-dent Lois Amstutz alsogot a hug.

Amstutz said shetaught second grade.

“I liked it,” she said. “Ilike to teach 'em to sing,too.”

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Intergenerational learning: South Breeze students exchange letters with Kidron residentsBY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW STAFFwendy@harveycountynow.com

PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAbove: Stephanie Fonseca, center, hands pen pal Opal Retzer a card on Thursday afternoon at Kidron BethelVillage in North Newton. At left is Lillian Houchen.Above Right: Kidron Bethel Village resident Lois Amstutz gets a hug from student Addison Zerger followingthe pen pal program on Thursday.Below: Fred Schroeder, right, holds up a sign identifying who he is while joking with Remington and TylerBurke.

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It was a rainy day atthe 15th annual WheatState Antique Truck Showlast Saturday, but thatdidn't keep a number ofpeople from showing offtheir prized possessions toanyone braving the driz-zle.

Among them was JimRoupp of Newton, whobrought along a uniquetruck that he just pur-chased the day beforefrom the late Weldon Eppfarm estate, a past ATHSmember and great friend.It was a 1972 Ford ModelCT 900, and it has quite alocal history.

"The driver of this semi,Ed Claassen of Hesston,was my mentor," saidRoupp, who grew up inHesston and whose fatherco-owned Hesston Con-crete. "He drove this truckfor King Construction forfour years until they re-placed it with new 1976Ford LT 9000 tractorswith 350-HP diesel mo-tors, which got double thefuel mileage.

“This was the hardestworking truck I ever saw,"Roupp said. "Ed hauledKing Construction's big100,000-pound-plus craneloads all over Kansas,with the boom still at-tached and loaded 10-feetover the front of the cab,which is a dangerous hauland something you can'tget away with today."

Even the trucks they re-

placed it with couldn'thandle that kind of loadso it took two of them—one to haul the boom andone to haul the rest,Roupp said.

"It has a big 534-cubic-inch gas engine and a 13speed tranny. Ed wouldleave at 5 a.m. and oftenget home at 9 p.m. haul-ing cranes and bridgebuilding materials andequipment all overKansas," Roupp said.

"It probably only drove30 to 50 miles per hourloaded and only got two tothree miles per gallon, butgas was 30 to 35 cents agallon before the 1973Arab oil embargo," hesaid.

Roupp plans to startrestoring this truck rightaway. Actually, it's inpretty nice shape already,since it really didn't getdriven much after theprice of gas went up.Roupp, who has driven bigtrucks since he was 14,says he just wanted tokeep it in the club.

He's also keeping busywith another "work inprogress" he brought tothe event, a 1937 Ford 1-1/2 ton 100 HP V-8 Flat-head. He's only the secondowner since 1984, whenhe bought it from a farmernear Bazine, Kan.

This truck has its origi-nal grain bed. The firstowner had a blower toscoop grain into it butgrew tired of that and in-stalled a new hydraulictwin-cylinder hoist in1942, Roupp said, when

he updated the engine to a100 HP from its original85 HP.

"I had it running for 15years and then parked itfor almost 20 years,"Roupp said. Now, a friendis helping him rebuild itagain, and they are re-painting it to its originalvineyard green.

Among the other vehi-cles at the event were sev-eral Mack trucks from theThree Trails Chapter ofKansas City, as well assome antique fire enginesand a few classic cars.

Although it rained mostof the day, there were alsosome indoor events thatreportedly went well, in-cluding an auction, raffleand swap meet.

The event, which washeld at Newell TruckPlaza, is in associationwith the American TruckHistorical Society, a30,000-plus-memberworldwide organizationwhose chairman, LennieWild, and the local clubpresident, Scott Goering,both live in Newton.

More photos can befound by joining the localFacebook group, ATHSWheat State Chapter.Roupp said he will begoing to the big nationalshow, which will be heldin Lexington, Ky., LaborDay weekend, and alsothe 2019 national show inReno, Nev.

"It's a great group oftruckers, and we're al-ways looking for new in-terested members," Rouppsaid.

GREG WOOD/SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOWJim Roupp of Newton stands next to his 1972 Ford Model CT 900. Roupp was showing the truck off at the15th annual Wheat State Antique Truck Show held in Newton last Saturday.

Diehards brave the rain for trucks, storiesBY GREG WOOD

SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW

Peter Goerzen grew upgoing along with his dad,Bethel College Director ofFacilities and TechnologyLes Goerzen, to check onthe campus boiler.

“What was that youused to have come in atnight for? An old boiler?”Peter asked his dad, whograduated from Bethel in1976 and has worked atthe local college almost 42years. Both father and sonare graduates of Betheland now both work there,with Peter as campus pas-tor.

Les responded he had tomonitor the boiler andbrought his kids aroundsometimes.

Peter recalled some ofthose memories, smiling.

“There’s a great rampthat runs up and down inthis building,” he said,gesturing. “That was fun.”

Peter, a 2007 Bethelgrad, also said there was a“bullpen of vacuum clean-ers” he recalled.

“Some of that that wasstored up there was fasci-nating to us,” Peter said.

Peter said that with hisdad so mechanically in-clined, he couldn’t helpbut investigate such ma-chines.

In addition, they got togo into the tunnels under-neath Bethel. One time,Les had Peter, who’sshorter than his dad,climb into a tunnel, andtoward the Ad Building, itgets shorter, so Les could-n’t walk in it.

This was in the late1990s, and Peter was 12or 13 then, and Peter saidthey were doing some-thing with fiber optics.

Another memory thatstands out for Peter has todo with the Lighting ofthe Green.

“I would get to followmy dad around for theLighting of the Greenwhen he went aroundshutting off the lights,” hesaid, adding they’d thengo up to the Ad Building’sthird floor and watch theannual event.

Les also recalled that heused to baby-sit the oldboiler, which was replacedin 2000, when it was coldoutside. Sometimes, he’dspend the night with it tomake sure it started at 5a.m.

Now, Peter said hetakes his kids go to workwith him on occasion, con-tinuing the family tradi-tion.

“Sometimes my kidscome with me on theweekends now, too,” Petersaid, laughing.

Other memories Peterhas from his youth are heand his dad attendingBethel basketball gamesto watch Mark Edigerplay, and Peter said hisbrothers weren’t that in-terested.

Les has worked atBethel College so long,he’s been through sixpresidents, while Peter ison his second. Peter iscoming up on his fourthyear as campus pastor,and while at Bethel, hemajored in computer sci-ence and minored inmath. His dad was a busi-ness major and minored inindustrial arts.

“I graduated in ’76,” Lessaid. “Took a week off andstarted working here,” headded from his officechair.

While employed atBethel, he’s done a varietyof work, including carpen-try, computers, plumbing,electrical and lock-smithing.

Before working atBethel as campus pastor,Peter was employed inmaintenance for two tothree summers doingdorm repairs and a littlebit of wiring.

“There was a weirdwiring situation in HauryHall,” Peter said. “I didn’tget zapped, but there wasa pop.”

“A burning bush,” Lesjoked.

After graduating fromBethel, Peter worked atExcel Industries in Hes-ston for a couple of years,putting his computer sci-ence degree to work. Peterthen attended AnabaptistMennonite Biblical Semi-nary and did two-thirds ofhis degree work from thecollege extension in North

Newton. He and his wifeco-pastored Grace HillMennonite Church inrural Whitewater for fiveyears.

Now that they bothwork at Bethel, Peter andLes said they don’t seeeach other very much, asthey work in differentbuildings. However, Lesgoes to campus chapel onWednesdays and gets tohear Peter lead that.

Peter was happy to re-turn to Bethel.

“I was pleased to havethe opportunity to comeback here again,” Petersaid. “I think Bethel is ameaningful place for me towork again.”

This includes the con-nection to the church andthe place and seeing howmuch his dad puts into hiswork.

“It’s meaningful for meto work here, as well, be-cause I appreciate thework my dad does here,”Peter said.

Les echoed that senti-ment.

“It also means some-thing that Peter came towork here because thatmakes it feel if he’s com-ing here to work, it meansthat this place is prettyspecial, and it still has itsplace,” he said. “I appreci-ate so much the history ofthe college and what itmeans and what it contin-ues to mean—like withPeter.”

Peter said they have an-other family connection atBethel, since his mom’s

great uncle, Dave Richert,was a math and astron-omy professor there foraround 50 years. As amatter of fact, the currentcampus ministries houseused to be Peter’s great-great-uncle’s home, andPeter’s grandpa on hismom’s side is a graduate,as are her brothers, whowere ministers.

Les recalled when Peterspoke at Bethel as a stu-dent.

“When we had the inau-guration for Barry Bartelin 2005, then Peter spokeat that,” Les said, addingPeter spoke for the stu-

dents and didn’t just readscripture. “From there, it’staken off.”

Les said he and his wifefollow Peter around whenhe speaks at areachurches.

When Les isn’t doingthat, he has a great dealof responsibility at Bethel,since he’s in charge of allthe maintenance in allcampus buildings, as wellask the custodial staff.This includes plumbing,electrical, grounds, paint-ing, building repair andsitting on building com-mittees.

Peter said they go to his

parents’ house afterchurch, and it’s not un-usual for his dad to get aphone call regardingsomething that needs at-tention at Bethel.

Coming full circle in away, Les said he met hiswife, Katherine, in theBethel chapel, now a placewhere their son leads wor-ship, as part of BethelChristian Fellowship.

Family and Bethel arewhat influenced Peter tobecome a pastor, since Lesthinks Peter picked up onthat career having two un-cles as ministers.

“A big part of it was

taking Intro to BiblicalStudies with Patty Shellyhere at Bethel,” Petersaid, adding he grew upreading from the Biblewith his grandma andthat the class showed himwhat he still had to learn.

“And got me real excitedabout studying the Bible,”he said.

He also had the oppor-tunity to serve as a stu-dent chaplain when thatprogram started atBethel, and now he super-vises a team of studentchaplains.

“I think my sense ofcalling to ministry was re-ally developed here atBethel,” he said. “Facultyand staff helped me to en-counter God in new waysand helped me to see thehope and the light Christmight bring into my lifeand my world.”

Peter said that when hewas a student, he wrotethe liturgy for the Light-ing of the Green.

“I was pleased when Icame back and they stillwere using it,” he said.

The important thingthat Bethel College didfor Peter was helping himarticulate his values ofpeace and justice thatwere formed since hischildhood.

“My experiences atBethel College helped meto see how that connectsto the biblical story andhow that connects to itand God’s reconciling mis-sion in the world,” hesaid.

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Tunneling through Bethel: Father’s, son’s lives intertwined at collegeBY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW STAFFwendy@harveycountynow.com

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWBethel College Campus Pastor Peter Goerzen, right, and his father, Les Goerzen, director of facilities andtechnology, talk near Bethel College boilers, where Les used to sometimes take his sons as they were grow-ing up.

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Nygaard's seatshould come with

deep considerationbefore filled

Mayor David Nygaard, who passed away earlier thismonth, left behind an open seat on the Newton CityCommission. He also left behind years of experience inleadership positions as well as an understanding ofcity issues and budgets. That will leave the commis-sion at a deficit, should they not choose a proper re-placement.

The term will not be up for election until Novemberof 2019, meaning the appointment for his position,which the commission will soon choose, will serve atleast 19 months on the city commission.

Whomever the Newton City Commission chooses toreplace Nygaard, they need to take careful considera-tion to do so. That means considering all applicationsfor the position and evaluating each applicant on theircomprehensive merits.

Former candidate Libby Albers might have been theobvious choice to appoint as a replacement. Just 20votes separated her and Commissioner Glen Davisfrom a seat on the commission.

However, Albers stated that she no longer wants theposition.

Looking at when the election took place, an obviousplace to look would be for the next candidate to finishbelow Albers to replace Nygaard.

However, the other candidates in the election didn'tfinish close to Albers. That's not to say those candi-dates wouldn't do a great job on the city commission.

It's saying that when given a choice of six people,that's where the votes of the City of Newton fell.

So we think it’s right that the city open the processup to applications.

We hope strong members within the City of Newtonstep forward with a willingness to lead. And we hopethose applications remain public, so while the votersdon't have a chance to vote on a candidate for the seat,they at least know who the commissioners—who repre-sent them—are considering.

That leaves the question: who makes a strong citycommissioner? What should the commission look for?

First, we think that whatever candidate the commis-sion chooses needs to be a person who is dedicated tothe extreme amount of work, learning, considerationand criticism that the position entails.

They need to be willing and able to attend the hoursupon hours of meetings. They need to be able to askquestions, to look stupid even, in order to clarify issuesthey don't know.

It's no problem to not know everything. It is whenyou refuse to learn.

A city commission candidate needs to be willing tolook at a problem from all sides. That means thinkingand making decisions for what's best for citizens, evenif that sometimes conflicts with personal beliefs.

An ideal commissioner would be already involved inthe community and in leadership. We hope that theperson selected cares about the city, so much so thatthey are already giving their talents and time to makeit better.

A lot of work we see happen on the commission isabout relationship building; it's about asking; it'sabout looking at various groups and asking how wework together.

A person with experience in budgets or economic de-velopment or community development would also be aplus.

Commissioners are asked to understand and evalu-ate complex financial deals and situations. Under-standing such issues, or having ideas of how to growthe city through development and industry, would be awelcome addition to the city.

And finally, Newton's ideal commissioner would be aperson who hopes to build first.

Newton deserves more than a person who wants toserve simply to further their pet issue or to cut staff orto cut taxes. Newton deserves more than a person whowants to continue the status quo.

Newton today sits on a crossroads. There's an emberof growth and development growing in the community.We think the right leadership could take this commu-nity in amazing directions.

But that ember of growth needs people to feed itwith their own ideas and enthusiasm. It doesn't needto be drenched by those afraid of change.

That's a large list of qualifications, but the mantle ofresponsibility with such a position is equally as large.If you or someone you know meet such qualifications,apply, but do not consider such an application lightly.Whoever is appointed will play a role at shaping thefuture of Newton for years to come. We hope the com-mission chooses wisely.

—Newton Now Editorial Board

Newton Now goes to Phoenix“Well, what's your Twit-

ter handle?”

“I don't have a Twitter handle,”I said, abruptly halting the conver-sation. At least I didn't have oneI'd used in the last few years.

Looks of embarrassment andshame flooded their faces. Some-one made a quick joke that I wasprobably more of an Instagramuser. Clearly, I was not on theirlevel.

It wasn't worth taking my timeto explain why I didn't use theplatform or how much I hatedusing it when I was required to ata previous job. Just smile, nod andmove on.

I hadn't been at a health jour-nalism conference in Phoenix long,but I was already a bit like a coun-try mouse next to the 600 or soother journalists there.

A good number of these peopleworked for large national newsoutlets or magazines. More peopleread their work in a day that readmine in a month.

I'd applied and won a fellowshipthrough the Kansas Health Foun-dation to attend.

The conference discussed somany topics that affect where welive: the effects of Medicaid expan-sion or lack there of, substanceabuse, health care access for thepoor or immigrant populations,end of life care and quality of careand medical accountability.

I went through overcoming myhorrendous fear of flying to attend,because I wanted to have more re-sources and training to properlyreport on such an important sub-ject.

I gained a lot of story ideas anduseful insight from the conference.However, my most important takeaway was the various conversa-tions with others there.

While I felt like a small fish in ahuge pond, as the conference pro-gressed, people started coming upto talk to me. I'd explained New-ton Now to a few folks I talked toand what we did. Word spread. Ibecame known as that “Start UpNewspaper Guy,” and by the end

of the conference, I had peopleasking when my presentation wasor if they'd missed it.

That has nothing to do with mygood speaking skills. That haseverything to do with a ton of beatdown people simply looking forhope.

We talk about how bad corpo-rate news ownership is in Kansas.The Hutch News, as we predicted,has been gutted now. As has Hays.The Cap Journal went throughround one of layoffs. Those hugecuts follow the purchase of thesepapers by Gatehouse Media. Themodel is simple—kill local report-ing and jobs, momentarily expandearnings and then suck a newspa-per dry.

What I found was that's notsomething unique to Kansas.That's something happening allover the country. So many peopleat the conference told horror sto-ries of decimated news rooms leftin the wake of a paper's purchaseby Gatehouse, Gannett or DigitalFirst.

In Colorado, people arefundraising and trying to find eq-uity to buy the Denver Post awayfrom the company that purchasedit in order to save the newspaper.

To be honest, the state of jour-nalism at the conference seemedpretty bleak. I saw a lady outsidesobbing on the phone, asking whythey couldn't wait till she got backto tell her. Now she could havejust had her husband leave her,but I think it was much morelikely she got laid off over thephone while at a journalism con-ference.

Yet here I was, this hayseed

from Kansas who lacked a Twitterhandle, talking about this littlepaper we started up. I explained,like I always do, that there's nospecial sauce to it. All we do iswrite local news and features, tryto have a strong editorial page,and work to move the communityforward. It helped that we have atight knit and supportive commu-nity.

I think that seemed like a novelidea to some people, who I'm sureexpected some intense, data-dri-ven metrics we used to figure outhow to magically make money.

I found at the conference thatthere are others like us, growingup through the cracks left behindby failing institutions. I madefriends with one reporter whosepublication only covers Philadel-phia education. It's supportedthrough donations from school pa-trons, who wanted oversight of theschool district after the newsroomsof larger daily papers in the areacontracted.

He's doing great and importantwork, and he's able to do so be-cause his publication convincespeople that if they want qualityjournalism they need to support it.I tend to relate.

I left the conference with somenew friends, a lot of informationand motivation and a sense ofgratefulness for the paper I workfor and community I live in.

I don't think Newton Now islightning in a bottle. I think peoplecould make our model work else-where.

Still, I do think a lot of credit isdue to the city itself for supportingus. That's unique; otherwise we'dsee little papers sprouting up allover the country. Perhaps we willsomeday.

But today, I recognize how luckyI am to work to build a paper Icare about that serves a commu-nity that supports it—and one thatdoesn't require me to tweet.

Adam Strunk is the managingeditor of Newton Now. He can be

reached at 316-281-7899 oradam@harveycountynow.com.

STRUNK IN PUBLIC

ADAM STRUNK

Beware of the doppelganger in NewtonThere's a woman in town by

the name of Betty Schmidt-berger.

I just want to state for therecord she's not me, and I'm nother.

When I see her, say at PrairieHarvest, she says, “Hey, Doppel-ganger!” or “Hey, Twin!” Theother day, I ran into her atPrairie Harvest, and she toldCarol Sue Stayrook Hobbs, whoworks there, people mistake herfor me. Even her husband, whosaw my picture with my columnin Newton Now, told her she wasin the paper. Hobbs glanced kindaconfounded back and forth at herand me, and Betty added thatpeople don't see it when we're to-gether, but it does happen.

Betty said people have entireconversations with her thinkingshe's me. One lady told her shewas going to dedicate a chapter inher book to her (me). I don't recallwho the woman was, and Bettysaid she didn't have the heart totell the lady she wasn't me.

I haven't, however, had anyonemistake me for Betty. Maybe it'sbecause she's not in the Newtonpublic eye as much as I am.

When I visit Newton HighSchool, where she works, we alsoexchange our “Hi, Twin!” greet-ings and tell people around uswhy we're saying that.

I told Betty I was going to writea column about this, and she hadno problems with it.

Throughout my life, I've been

mistaken for other people. When Iwas a pre-teen and visiting mycousins in Indiana, people mis-took me for a gal who seemed tobe very popular there. Lots of peo-ple said “hi” to me as I rode a bikenear my cousins' house. That'sthe first time I ever felt “popular.”I don't recall who the gal was, andit was a nice feeling.

When I was a pre-teen, I wasn'tone of the “popular” kids inschool, and everyone just wantedto say “hi” to me in that Indianatown. It was interesting—kind oflike taking on a new persona.

Other times, folks have told meI look like someone they know. Iwonder if that happens to others,besides Betty and me.

It doesn't bother me so much,but I feel kind of badly for Betty.Maybe if you see “me,” make sureit's really me before talking to“me.” That's all I can think of interms of advice. We can start a“let's not bug Betty” campaign.

Maybe I should buy a pair of

florescent orange eyeglass framesto help distinguish me from Betty.I probably won't. We both havelayered haircuts, the color of ourhair is about the same, and weboth wear glasses. I've changedmy photos in Newton Now a fewtimes, but I don't think that'shelping. I like to have a newphoto in Newton Now when I getnew eyeglasses, but the one we'reusing now is a few eyeglasses ago.

If you have any ideas, just letme know on how we can fix this.In the meantime, Betty and I willcontinue to be doppelgangers.Sorry, Betty!

Wendy Nugent is the featureseditor of Newton Now and can be

reached at wendy@harveycountynow.com or

316-281-7899.

WENDY’S WORDS

WENDY NUGENT We both havelayered hair-cuts, the colorof our hair isabout the same,and we bothwear glasses.

Say what?You have to love yourfamily unselfishly. That’shard. But it’s the onlyway.

Barbara Bush

April 26, 2018 Newton Now www.harveycountynow.com Page 7OPINION

Until a few weeks ago, Inever realized the level ofpassion my grandson,

Keaton, had for gardening. But aconversation over dinner one nightsolidified an adolescent mastery ofthe green thumb skill.

“I like peas, Grandpa,” he ex-claimed proudly as he dived in to aheap of them on a Thomas theTrain plate. “I want to grow somein a garden, so I can have lots ofthem to eat.”

My gardening skill ends at agrocery store’s produce section, buthis enthusiasm created a sense ofhope that this time would be dif-ferent.

Before we went in pursuit of theperfect vegetables, however, I in-corporated the services of myneighbor, who roto-tilled a smallplot that I framed in as a raisedgarden and filled to capacity withtop soil and peat moss.

I figured two feet by six feetwould provide plenty of room for afew plants. Besides, given mytrack record for growing things,there was no need to commit anymore space to something wherehope trumped ability.

Not many hours after setting upour plot, some neighborhood catsfound the garden, forcing me intoa full-on search and rescue opera-tion. Only, this one wasn’t for res-cue but to harvest a few fertilizerspecimens out of our garden.

After the impromptu “mining”operation, it was a trip to a localstore for seeds and a gardenstarter kit to set in the kitchen.

Keaton and I searched throughan assortment of beautiful pack-ages showing perfectly shaped veg-etables in colors so vivid, one

might think they were grown inthe shadow of a nuclear powerplant whose core was in mid-melt-down.

Keaton immediately began grab-bing seed packs from the spinningdisplay as far up as he couldreach—peas, then carrots, squashand eggplant.

“Are you sure you want to growpeas?” I asked, knowing we hadonly a few square feet of space. “Itwill take a lot of plants to produceenough for a whole meal.

“They’re just for me,” he replied,tucking the package away into theshopping cart.

Like all negotiations, a littlegive and take was warranted—yes,we would keep the peas and thecarrots, but let’s add onions andpeppers in exchange for eggplantand squash. After checkingthrough green beans, watermelonand cantaloupe seeds, he agreed.

As all true gardeners know, themost delightful thing when havinga garden is the anticipation it pro-vides. Even I got caught up in it.

I rushed home and planted theseeds in a “garden starter box,” asmall plastic container reminis-cent of an egg carton, where littlegauze-wrapped balls of dirt

swelled with application of water.Each morning, I checked for

sprouts, carefully following direc-tions on the container’s wrapper:prop the lid, don’t over-water andprovide indirect sunlight.

Finally, the pea plants burstfrom the dirt pods, their vinesgrowing, until they stretched morethan a foot across my wife’skitchen counters. Carrots, onionsand a couple varieties of peppersfollowed suit, and Keaton was justas amazed as me when he stoppedby to see them.

Last Sunday, after enduringwhat we hoped to be the last reallycold day, we planted them intotheir new home in hope of a boun-tiful harvest. Just as a deterrentto any further non-vegetable usesby local wildlife, I also added athree foot high fence all the wayaround the garden.

Some say gardening is about en-joying the smell of things growingin the soil; getting dirty withoutguilt and taking time to appreciatepeace and serenity in the greatoutdoors. Those words are proba-bly true for people who are used toenjoying the fruits—or in thiscase, the vegetables—of theirlabor.

At this point, I’m just worried ifI have the fence high enough andif Keaton will be able to pick some-thing he can try at the dinnertable. That would be a successfulgrowing season for me…

Ken Knepper, whose greenthumb would solely be the product

of an accidental paint spill orweek-old incident with a hammer,

can be reached atKen.Knepper@gmail.com.

Grandkid grows new interest in gardening Guest EditorialRaiding food from the poor

won’t pay off

Confronted with the knowl-edge that Facebook isn't justgathering tons of data on me

but also can't seem to keep hackersfrom stealing it, I'm more andmore convinced that newspapersdid things better.

You remember newspapers,right? They came about sometimeafter stone tablets. But in recentyears, they were beamed, StarTrek-style, to some far-flung uni-verse known only to museums, fishmarkets and old people. It hap-pened about the time Facebookand Instatweet and all those socialmedia behemoths took over thenewspaper's former place in yourlife.

Heck, half the time the newspa-per couldn't even spell your kid'sname right. Things were differentback in those days. Now, thanks towho-knows-how-many Facebookdata breaches and the Russiansand the alt-left and the alt-rightand Facebook's own profiling of itsusers, these shifty and mysteriousoperatives with their own agendasknow more about you than youmay know yourself. And they're al-ready using it.

Mark Zuckerberg's latest foibleis over a company called Cam-bridge Analytica. It hacked FBdata from 30 million Americanusers and packaged it for politicalcandidates, lobbies and marketingcompanies. That data goes waydeeper than our birthdays and themovies we listed in the "About"section of our FB profiles.

The analysis of your individualFacebook activity is astounding,and it paints a psychological pic-ture of you politicians and mar-keters and Russians are hungry

for. Every time you "Like" a postfrom the NRA or a recipe fromBetty Crocker or a buddy's new hotrod picture, Facebook records it.Even key words you use in yourcomments—the political argu-ments, compliments or cut downsor "happy birthday" wishes. All ofit gets analyzed and evaluated bysoftware and compiled not just toyour own data profile, but it alsoassigns you to segments of the pop-ulation who like, talk, vote, act orbuy in a similar way.

Knowing that, whoever buys (orsteals) that info gets insight onwhat buttons to push to try to getyou to do things as you indulgeyour addiction to Facebook. Someare legitimate commercial efforts,some are "fake news" designed toget you to react in some way.

Knowing that—and knowingthere are those who will steal it totry to manipulate us—is an uneasyfeeling. It's like coming home tofind a stranger in your kitchenwho's just mixed your favoritecocktail. “Nice,” you think, “butwho is this dude, and what does hewant?”

It's a far cry from the way news-papers operated. We carried adver-tising, sure. Ground beef, $3.59 a

pound. And we published it for ourvegetarian readers as well as folksplanning their weekend cookout.We never knew if you bought it.That was up to the grocery store toevaluate. Our bleary-eyed re-porters covered the school boardmeeting until midnight, shot festi-val photos over the weekend andthen kept regular office hours, too.And, of course, you wonderedabout our political leanings on theeditorial page, but they were usu-ally pretty straight forward andhad our names attached. We neverkept tabs on whether you read thestory on the city council or the highschool football game or called thead for the free puppy; we just sortof threw it all out there and lis-tened for the complaints andwaited to see if we got your sub-scription renewal in the mail.

Data mining? Most of the timewe couldn't even remember towrite your phone number down offyour check so we could call andpester you if you didn't re-sub-scribe.

Maybe I'm talking out of church,but those of us who still remain inthe newspaper industry are prettyexcited—elated, really—that Face-book and the digital age has be-trayed you. You may not havealways liked us, but when you readour pages you always knew thecigar was just a cigar, as Freudsupposedly said.

Even in the Instatweet age, truststill matters, after all. Archaic andoutdated, newspapers may havesomething to offer you yet.

Dane Hicks is the owner andpublisher of the Anderson County

Review.

Facebook fail is a win for all newspapers

CONVERSATION PIECE

KEN KNEPPER

GUEST COLUMN

DANE HICKS

Some 234,000 Kansans rely on an effective anti-hunger program.

Nationwide, the Supplemental Nutrition AssistanceProgram (SNAP) aids tens of millions of Americans.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration wants totighten up eligibility and make it more difficult for low-income, able-bodied adults without dependents to re-ceive SNAP benefits, better known as “food stamps.”

Conservatives see such change as a way to put morelow-income people on a path to financial independenceand save taxpayer dollars.

The proposed change that’s part of a plan to radicallyalter SNAP would include slashing $213.5 billion over10 years and replacing recipients’ benefits with a box ofnonperishable food items—dismissing a family’s prefer-ences and dietary requirements, as well as the benefitsof fresh food.

Proponents of changing SNAP eligibility point toKansas, which made a comparable move they now call asuccess story—one that’s misleading at best.

Former Gov. Sam Brownback eagerly targeted vari-ous social service programs for cuts to include SNAP.

In 2013, Brownback ended a waiver that exemptedcertain people from completing work requirements inorder to obtain food stamps. He ordered recipients to at-tend job-training programs or work for at least 20 hoursa week to qualify for more than three months of foodstamps over a three-year period.

While able-bodied people who received SNAP benefitsended up working more hours and earning higher in-comes, the Kansas-based results now being touted atthe federal level require closer examination.

Kansas’s removal of the waiver may have resulted ina decrease in SNAP numbers but wasn’t the main cata-lyst conservatives would claim. The state was startingto rebound from the Great Recession, and a healthiereconomy improved chances of employment for people ofevery socio-economic class.

Rather than undermining support for SNAP, the fed-eral government should acknowledge the return on in-vestment and bolster a program that’s helped reducepoverty. Recipients also spend less on health care thanpoor people who don’t receive the assistance.

The crusade to ruin the nutrition safety net may ap-peal to folks on the far right, but as with their manyshortsighted initiatives, stands to do more harm thangood.

—Garden City Telegram

Make glorious mistakes,and leave the world

more interesting“Ever tried. Ever

failed. No matter.Try again. Failagain. Fail better.” —SAMUEL BECKETT

Graduation sea-son is sneakingup, a day

equally feared andanticipated by somany. It may bemore of a 60-40split, with thescales tipping in oppositedirections depending onthe day. I was the parentof a high school graduateone year ago, much to mydismay. And in just a fewshort years, I will do itagain.

Again, much to my dis-may. I have been out ofhigh school for going onthree decades, and whilespecific details of my owngraduation probably stillexist somewhere in mymind, one thing I remem-ber is my dress. I likedthat dress. I’m not surewhat it says about the “bigmoment” when clothingmemories rise to the top.

Graduation is exciting;that I do remember. Likeany big transition—notunlike being the parent ofa bonafide graduate—itcarries with it a hearty mixof antagonistic emotions.Exhaustion and energy.Confidence and fear. Readyand so not ready.

A good graduationspeech helps. And now Ilove a good graduationspeech. Because now, I getit. I know what the speak-ers mean with their bulletpoints of advice and poeticwords of wisdom.

Every few years, maybeon graduation anniver-saries, everyone should lis-ten to a solid graduationspeech. Start with NeilGaiman from the 2012graduation at theUniversity of the Arts inPhiladelphia, PA.(YouTube it, you’ll be gladyou did.)

Gaiman, a writer, wasaddressing an arts college,so his speech revolvedaround living as an artist.Specifically, the impor-tance of making good art,always. In good times andin bad. In sickness and inhealth. In success and infailure. It’s expedientadvice for fresh and ener-getic graduates.

But how helpful couldthat message sound tosomeone who has been outin the world for 20 or 30years and forgot long ago

about their “art?” Or to a50 or 60-year-old whonever got around to it?

“Make good art” mustbe one of the best life tipsever spoken. It makesdirect sense for artists—whether they paint, dance,write or sing—because inthose fields, literal art isart. But it’s solid advice forany passion or curiositythat drives someone.

Maybe science. Or poli-tics. Or teaching. Or clean-ing. Or cooking. Ormom-ing. Or dog grooming.Or welding. All of that. Ifyou like it, if you aredrawn to it, then it’s yourdefinitive form of art.

There are typical phasesin life when it’s normal totake a good hard look at“what's next?” Graduationfrom high school or collegeis a time to wonder howlife will unfold. What will Ido? How will I do it?

But it also happenslater. Probably more thanonce. At some point, beforewe know what hits us,there will be questions.What am I doing? Am Idoing enough? Am I mak-ing the most of my time?Am I making a mark?

Enter a good motiva-tional graduation speech.

Below I have blatantlycopied and pasted a portionof Gaiman’s address to thatclass of 2012, giving himfull credit, because it’sworthwhile and brilliant.And because I think if wedo nothing more than tryto make good art in specificand individual ways, theworld becomes a slightlybetter place to be.

* * *“Life is sometimes hard.

Things go wrong, in lifeand in love and in businessand in friendship and inhealth and in all the otherways that life can gowrong.”

Shelley Plett is a graphicdesigner for the Free Pressand Kansas PublishingVen tures. She can bereached atshelley@hillsborofree -press.com.

PARTS OF SPEECH

SHELLEY PLETT

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said. “There’s no rightway. It’s just what thebuilder wants to build.”

They’re made to looklike hot rods.

“A rat rod is a style ofhot rod or custom carthat, in most cases, imi-tates (or exaggerates) theearly hot rods of the1940s, 1950s and early-1960s,” according toWikipedia. “The style isnot to be confused withthe somewhat closely re-lated ‘traditional’ hot rod,which is an accurate re-creation or period-correctrestoration of a hot rodfrom the same era.”

Just like a lot of ratrods pictured on the web,Penner’s sits low to theground.

“There’s no need forpolish,” Penner said. “Nowax needed.”

That’s because a lot ofrat rods are rusty or, inthe case of Penner’s rod,were painted with primerand the rust showsthrough.

When he started theframe, Penner said hemade cutouts, or speedholes, in diamond shapes,so now the rod has a dia-mond theme, which in-cludes the grill that'sdone in that shape.

Penner said he canweld, fabricate and de-sign.

“I’m an engineer atXLT in Wichita,” he said,adding he’s a mechanicalengineer.

Penner found the carbody on Craigslist, and hesaid a man had bought it,sandblasted it and put itin storage for 30 years.Then, he decided to sellit.

“The rust is slowly com-ing back through theprimer,” Penner said. “It’sa slower process. I kindalike that aspect of it.”

This is Penner’s firstvehicle of this kind.

“This is my first ratrod,” he said. “I have an-other truck out backthat’s gonna be one even-tually.”

That truck is a 1946Chevy two-ton dumptruck.

Penner looks online fordesign inspiration or justcomes up with ideas of hisown. Most of it is him, hesaid, sitting in the shop,staring at the vehicle andthinking, “Oh, let’s dothis.”

One of his rod’s fea-tures is the back end is onairbags, and Penner saidhe can let the air out ofthem, and it’ll sit on theground.

He has no plans of sell-ing his creation, which he

demonstrated has an“aaahooga” horn.

“Wanted to build some-thing to keep,” he said.“No plans to sell, eventhough people have of-fered. It’s definitely an at-tention grabber.”

Along the way, Pennersaid he’s learned skills.

“I’m always wanting tolearn something,” he said,adding he has new toolshe and his brother, Ryan,purchased so they canlearn how to do projects.He said Ryan’s helpedhim out here and there,and that the car’s doneexcept for some odds andends.

“It’s a fair-weathercar,” Penner said, addingit has no side windows.

Penner plans to enterhis prized possession inthe Downtown NewtonCar Show, which is onSaturday, May 5, in therat rod category. Thereare usually only three to

four guys who enter thatcategory, he said.

There are a few reasonshe works on vehicles.

“It keeps me sane,” hesaid. “For dealing withstuff at work, come outhere. I tend to work bymyself a lot. Working oncars alleviates the chaosof the world. I like towork with my hands.”

Then, Penner quotedJay Leno regarding howhe himself feels aboutworking with his hands:“When the head and thehands work together, theheart is the happiest.”

In addition to seeingpeople’s reactions whenthey see the car, he alsoenjoys driving it andflooring it for maximumpower.

“Plus the car itself—thefeeling of just driving it,”he said. “Lots of power,”he added about the vehi-cle that has 500 feet oftorque.

Currently, Penner isworking on a first car forhis 14-year-old daughter,and it’s a 1976 DodgeDart.

“She wanted either ’60sor ‘70s for her first one,”Penner said, adding he’lllet her pick the color shewants, which is purple.

He’s replacing the sheetmetal and doing the bodywork and paint job onthat vehicle.

Along those familylines, that’s how Pennerbecomes interested in carwork.

“Probably started help-

ing my dad work on carsaround [age] 13-14,” theNewton native said,adding his dad did a littleof everything and boughta brand-new 1968 ChevyImpala.

Then, Ryan got Pennerand their dad, Ralph, intothe demolition derby.

“I’d been doing demoli-tion derby 14 years, 15years, then the sportchanged,” Penner said,adding it was harder tokeep up because thingsstarted costing more, andthe car was destroyed inone night.

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWRydell Penner of Newton drives his rat rod Friday afternoon on the streets of Newton.

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWRydell Penner's rat rod is his own creation.

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rent with the Tax CreditProgram rent, they go bygross annual income inthe whole household, Ros-ales said. The maximumnumber of people who canreside in a residence issix, with two in each bed-room for a three-bedroomtownhome. However, asingle person who wantsto rent a three-bedroomcan.

“You do have to maketwo times the rent,” Ros-ales said.

For the two-bedroomvillas, the Tax Credit Pro-gram Rent is from $405 to$670, depending on in-come and number of peo-ple living there, and theMarket Rate Rent is $795.For the three-bedroomtownhomes, the reducedrates go from $470 to$790 with the MarketRate Rent at $880.

Amenities at PrairieFire, 1736 Paddington, in-clude garages with eachunit, brand-new every-thing, a front porch areawhere residents can growplants in pots, new carpet,a large bathroom at leastin the villas, washer anddryer hookups, all-blackappliances, spacious floorplans, business center,clubhouse with a kitchen,24-hour emergency main-tenance, on-site manage-ment staff and vinylplank flooring.

Although some of theunits still are in the con-struction phase, manage-ment has 37 unitsavailable for rent. Dal-mark Management Grouptook over management ofPrairie Fire on Jan. 1, andPrairie Fire is the owners,Rosales said, addingthey're hoping to have allconstruction done by June1.

She also said there arelots of people applyingand that their officeopened in February,which is when theystarted taking applica-tions. The first move-inwas March 1.

The rentals also accom-modate people's furryfamily members. Peopleare allowed up to two petswith a 50-pound limitwhen they're full grown.There's a $150 pet de-posit, and a one-time first

pet fee of $100 and a $50second pet fee. Securitydeposits for the units are$200 for a two-bedroomand $300 for a three-bed-room.

Some of the reasonsRosales gave for peoplemoving in include they'reclose to Wal-Mart and theYMCA, they're the newestin Newton and their rentis “very low.”

She said renters have topay electric, water andsewer, and they pay the

trash. In addition, theytake care of lawn workand snow removal.

Those interested inrenting can call 316-333-1302, e-mail prairiefir-eresidences@dalmarkgroup.com or stop by the leas-ing office.

“Income restrictionsapply on some homes;please contact the leasingoffice to see if you qual-ify,” Prairie Fire's Face-book page stated.

PRAIRIEFrom Page 1

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAbove: The kitchen has enough room for an island or dining room table.Below: The bathroom in a Prairie Fire villa is quite spacious.

Eventually, the prop-erty and church weresold to an auto dealer-ship in 1968.

The church was set tobe demolished beforePeople's Bible BaptistChurch purchased it,moved it to its currentlocation and named itthe 1877 Meeting House.

Over the years, thefiery preacher Benderled his congregation atthe location. Bender wasknown for his strong be-liefs involving Christian-ity as well as respect forthe U.S. Flag and Patri-otism.

As the years passed,the colorful preacher inNewton aged, and so didthe building.

In December of 2015,Bender spoke to theNewton City Commis-sion, asking for help tosave it.

He asked the commis-sion for roughly $9,000to help with repairs tothe building to fix itsroof, noting that the citypays money to supportother structures in New-ton such as theWarkentin House.

“I surely don't havethat in my bank ac-count,” he said. “Andneither does the church.It's mostly poor folks.I'm concerned that whenI pass the building con-tinues as a city land-mark.”

His request was de-nied, and Bender wastold to look to othermembers in the commu-nity and churches tohelp with repairs.

At the end of Bender'slife, people in his congre-gation were picking himup from the KansasChristian Home andtransporting him to thechurch so he couldpreach. He passed awayon July 14, 2017.

Today, the church sits

on the local register ofhistoric buildings, butdue to it being movedand changes being made,it no longer qualifies forthe state or national his-toric register, accordingto Newton/North New-ton Historic Preserva-tion meeting minutes.

The inside is largelyas Bender left it. Ban-ners, pews, stained glasswindows, and a crucifixstand in the inside. Thepulpit is still in place.

The church also has abasement containingBender's work shop aswell as a small kitchen.

A liter box sits waitingfor a cat that's long sincegone.

Koch said everythinginside the building willgo to the buyer of theproperty, including thelocked filing cabinets inthe basement. Koch did-n't know if the cabinetsheld church records butdidn't want to break thecabinets open.

Even the church's do-nation box had not beentouched. Koch, out of cu-riosity looked into it,found a $20 bill. He saidthat didn't come with theproperty. He had alreadygiven it to a local foodpantry.

Koch said he didn'tknow who'd end up buy-ing the property. He saidsomeone might buy it totake some of the interiorfurnishings like the tinceiling, stained glass orthe pews. The floor ofthe building is originalstill with sturdy 2x6boards.

He said it was alsopossible someone mightempty out the buildingsinside and use it as ashed.

Koch will also auctionoff Benders house whichsits next to the church.

According to the Har-vey County Appraiser'soffice, the church is val-ued at $53,370, and theproperty it sits on is val-ued at $6,830.

CHURCHFrom Page 1

ADAM STRUNK/NEWTON NOWA workshop full of tools sits as Vernon Bender left it in the basementof the 1877 Meeting House. All property inside the building will goto the building's buyer at auction Saturday.

have this vacant propertyfor sale and I have to go,‘I’m sorry you can’t gothere,’” she said.

The solution to theproblem, according to CityEngineer SuzanneLoomis, would be to spendan estimated $425,000 toexpand sewer capacity inthe south end of town

That expansion wouldincrease the capacity by220 gallons per minuteand enable an additional275 housing units, accord-ing to Loomis.

She said that not only

would it enable increaseddevelopment on emptylots, but it would also helpwith maintenance of theexisting lines.

Commissioner LeroyKoehn asked Brodhagenhow likely it would bethat the four properties inquestion could be filled in.

Brodhagen said he’shad to turn developersaway from the property inthe past.

“This is Newton,Kansas,” he said. “Thingsdon’t move as fast as theydo some places. But this isa project I’d certainly in-vest in and look forwardto getting some stuffdone.”

Brodhagen continued toadvocate for the sewer ex-pansion.

“It’s not that we don’thave sewer,” he said. “Wehave sewer; it’s the samething that runs by yourhouse. We just can’t hookup to it even though we’vebeen doing taxes all theseyears.”

Leroy Koehn said hewas tentatively in favor ofthe project but wanted tosee numbers on how thecity would bond the proj-ect to finance it.

Glen Davis was a bitmore aggressive with hisresponse.

“I personally think thatwe should help get this

developed,” he said.“We’ve done some thingswe shouldn’t have done.This is a project I thinkwe should take care of. Inthe long run, we could getit developed and bring inrevenue.”

Loomis said the line ex-pansion was one of the bigsewer projects necessaryto increase development.Another project that hasbeen discussed would ex-pand sewer capacity onthe north end of the town.

The commission eventu-ally approved moving for-ward with engineeringdesigns for the project atits meeting following thework session.

CITYFrom Page 1

CORRECTION

April 26, 2018 Newton Now www.harveycountynow.com Page 9COMMUNITY

OBITUARIES

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

SEDGWICK—Fred F.Matzek, 95, died Thurs-day, April 19, 2018, at Wi-chita.

He was born Jan. 8,1923, at Colwich, to Antonand Katherine (Landwehr)Matzek.

He was a member of Sa-cred Heart CatholicChurch, Halstead. Hefarmed and was a ruralSedgwick resident since1968.

On Sept. 3, 1946, hemarried Margaret ClaraBogner at Ost. She pre-ceded him in death May 1,1996.

Survivors include hissons, William and DaleMatzek, Sedgwick; daugh-ters, Rita (Francis) Jowersand Jean Towles, Wichita;

two grandchildren; andfour great-grandchildren.

He also was preceded indeath by a granddaughter,Jennie; brothers,Lawrence, Harry, Georgeand Bernard; two infanttwin brothers; and sisters,Bernadine Bayer, AnnBardshar, Helen Meyerand Pauline Heimerman.

The recitation of theRosary and a Mass wereApril 24 at Sacred HeartCatholic Church, Halstead,with Father JefferyFasching officiating.

Interment followed atResurrection Cemetery,Wichita.

Memorials may be givento Sacred Heart church incare of Kaufman FuneralHome, Halstead.

FRED MATZEKRobert L. “Bob” Whitney,

92, died Thursday, April19, 2018, at Newton Med-ical Center.

He was born Aug. 26,1925, in Wichita to Curtisand Velma (McConnell)Whitney. On Nov. 6, 1949,he married Lois J. Geis atWichita, Kan., and she pre-ceded him in death on Jan.11, 2003. Robert served hiscountry in the UnitedStates Navy and was a re-tired purchasing buyer foraircraft companies.

He was a member of theImmanuel Baptist Churchin Newton.

Bob is survived by hisdaughter, Jana and herhusband James Putnam ofHutchinson. He has twograndchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren.

Funeral service wasApril 23 at Petersen Fu-neral Home Chapel, withPastor Mike Ronan presid-ing.

Burial was at the Rest-lawn Gardens of Memoryin rural Newton.

Memorials are suggestedto the Immanuel BaptistChurch or Good ShepherdHospice in care of PetersenFuneral Home.

ROBERT L. WHITNEYRuben Rodriguez, 79,

beloved husband, father,grandfather, great-grand-father and godfather, diedFriday, April 20, 2018, athis home in Newton.

He was born on June 1,1938, in Newton, the son ofSebero and Teresa Ro-driguez. He graduatedfrom Newton High School.He served in the U. S.Army infantry as an air-borne ranger and was as-signed on the DMZ.

Ruben worked for SantaFe Railroad for more than30 years.

Ruben had a zest for lifethat was contagious. Hestood out in a crowd, andhe liked that. Ruben wasan avid reader. He took joyin all kinds of music, artand nicknaming people. Heenjoyed working in hisyard and on his classiccars. He liked traveling,dressing “sharp” and hisHarley Davidson, but mostof all, Ruben loved his fam-ily and he was never shyabout letting them know.

Ruben was a member ofOur Lady of GuadalupeCatholic Church and amember of the Knights ofColumbus (4th degree). Healso served on the board ofthe Newton Planning Com-mission.

Survivors include hiswife of 53 years, RaymaRodriguez of the home; twodaughters, Elisa (Philip)

Montoya of Newton andChristina Rodriguez of Wi-chita; sisters, MarthaGomez of Newton, FayeGarcia, Henrietta Calvilloand Felipa Rodriguez, allof Hutchinson; grandchil-dren, Heather Crawford,Drew Mantei, Ashley Man-tei, Michael Butler andSean Butler; and great-grandchildren, DylanCrawford, Dauri Crawford,Brylee Mantei and MaleaMancinas.

Ruben was preceded indeath by his parents;brother, Bacho Rodriguez;and sisters, GloriaCaudillo, Estela Chavezand Vera Martinez.

Recitation of the HolyRosary was April 24, withthe Mass of Christian Bur-ial at 10 a.m. Wednesday,April 25, both at Our Ladyof Guadalupe CatholicChurch in Newton. Inter-ment will be in the St.Mary’s Catholic ChurchCemetery in Newton.

A memorial has been es-tablished with Our Lady ofGuadalupe CatholicChurch, and contributionsmay be sent to BroadwayColonial Funeral Home,120 E. Broadway, Newton,KS, 67114.

Condolences may be leftat www.broadwaycolo-nialfh.com.

Arrangements are byBroadway Colonial Fu-neral Home, Newton.

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ

Rosa“Rosie” Pala-cioz Ca-margo, 90,went peace-fully to herheavenlyhome on Fri-day, April 20,2018, atKidronBethel Village, NorthNewton.

Rosie was born Aug. 30,1927, in Florence to Ale-jandro Palacioz and LuciaEnriquez. She graduatedfrom Florence High Schoolin 1946. After high school,Rosie ventured to Newtonin search for employmentwhere she began herworking career at AxtellHospital as a nurse’s aide.She also worked at hersister’s, Bobbie Hernan-dez, restaurant and tav-ern on Fourth Street inNewton.

In 1949, Rosie marriedTrino Camargo at OurLady of GuadalupeChapel located in the Ran-chito area on First Streetin Newton. Rosie andTrino were blessed withfour children, Veronica,Ric, Marty, and Regina,who passed away as a 22-day infant in 1962.

As taught by her faith,Rosie remained a very ac-tive member of Our Ladyof Guadalupe CatholicChurch for a total of 70years. Her giving of self toher parish was exempli-fied by the many min-istries she served. Sheserved on the originalaltar society ministry,holding every office sev-eral times for severalyears. She also served as acatechism and first com-munion instructor, lector,choir member, buildingcampaign committeemember 1959, renovationcampaign member 1987,prayer blanket member,Eucharistic Minister,home bound minister,church cleaning ministry,and Daughters of Isabella,just to mention a few. ButRosie had a passion ofworking with the youth ofthe parish, where she andTrino were CYO (CatholicYouth Organization) adultadvisors for several yearsand were awarded the ProDeo et Juvetute award in1971 for their service.They both were alsoawarded the EccezionaleVonlontario Cattolicoaward for their volunteerwork in 1989.

In 1973, Rosie was rec-ognized by the Newtoncommunity as the Womanof the Year, “Church andReligion,” for her manyyears of dedication andservice to her parish.

Rosie was always alsoinvolved in the commu-nity, serving on the New-ton Housing AuthorityBoard for five years, Har-

vey CountyRSVP member,and for manyyears districtchairman forlocal city elec-tions. She wasalso PTA secre-tary, vice-presi-dent, andpresident at

Lincoln school.In 1966, she began her

career at USD 373 atCooper School ReadingCenter and advanced tothe position of secretary atSanta Fe Junior High,which was the most enjoy-able and rewarding high-light of her career. Rosieretired in 1988.

Rosie was preceded indeath by her parents, Ale-jandro and Lucia; step-mother, ConcepcionGonzalez; her husband,Trino of 52 years; daugh-ter, Regina; grandson,John Paul Camargo;brothers, Crestino andSenon Palacioz, Luis, Car-men, David, Bernie andRuben Gonzalez; and sis-ters, Simona Palacioz,Barbara Hernandez, LolaFierro Pryor, and CipranaVasquez, Guadalupe andAltagracia Gonzalez.

She is survived by herchildren, Veronica Ca-margo of Denver, Ric andDenise Camargo of Wi-chita and Marty Camargoof Newton; four grandchil-dren, Ricki Camargo(Jamie) of Austin, Texas,Gabriel Haynes (Cristina)of Orlando, Fla., JuanHaynes, Maya Haynesboth of Denver, Colo., andJeris Camargo of Wichita;great grandchildren,Aslyn and ZaharahHaynes of Orlando, Fla.,Antonio Haynes of Den-ver, Colo., and Graciellaand Emiliana Camargo ofAustin, Texas; sisters,Petra Martinez of Fresno,Calif., and Marta Kinkaidof Wichita; brother, CarlosGonzalez of Florida, andmany nephews, nieces,cousins and friends na-tionwide.

The Recitation of theHoly Rosary will be at 6p.m. Sunday, April 29,with the Mass of Chris-tian Burial at 10 a.m.Monday, April 30, both atOur Lady of GuadalupeCatholic Church in New-ton. Interment will be inthe St. Mary’s CatholicCemetery in Newton. Thecasket will be open at thechurch after 4 p.m. Sun-day.

Memorial contributionscan be made in the nameof Rosie to Our Lady ofGuadalupe prayer blanketand food pantry min-istries.

Condolences may be leftat www.broadwaycolo-nialfh.com.

Arrangements are byBroadway Colonial Fu-neral Home, Newton.

ROSA CAMARGO

Stephen“Steve” Jaso,50, passedaway at hishome in Wi-chita, Kan.,on April 14,2018.

Steve wasborn on Jan.30, 1968, toJohn Jaso and Teresa(Leal) Jaso in Newton.

Steve was a supervisorand CNC Machinists, forNance Manufacturing inWichita. Steve took greatpride in being a supervi-sor and a skilled machin-ist.

Steve was an avidPittsburgh Steelers fan.He was known as “SteelerSteve,” and his home wasfilled with many itemsrepresenting the Steelers.Steve loved and breathedfootball. Steve was also afan of the Pittsburgh Pen-guins and the PittsburghPirates. Steve also lovedhis dogs.

Steve was known forhis contagious smile andhis whole-hearted laugh.He was outgoing andnever met a stranger.

Steve found the love ofhis life in Rhonda. To-gether they enjoyed hang-ing out at the bar, playingpool, and one great pas-sion they had togetherwas going to Colorado.One of his favorite places

was the Gardenof the Gods. Hethought thiswas one of themost beautifulplaces, and thiswas the placewhere he andRhonda weremarried. His fa-vorite mountain

was Pikes Peak. He foundmuch peace when he wasthere. He dreamed of oneday of moving to Col-orado.

Steve had a great lovefor all his family. Therewas nothing he would notdo for them.

He is survived by hiswife, Rhonda Jean(Spradlin) Jaso; parents,John Jaso and TeresaAnn Leal; children, Brit-tany Rodriquez, LucretiaLittle, Alicia Brandt,Travis Wulf and ShaynaUnisinn; siblings,Stephanie Morford,Nicholas Jaso, ElizabethJaso; his grandchildren,Caleb, Gracie, Charleeand Brody; many unclesand aunts and numerouscousins and friends.

A public visitation andservice was April 20 atthe Salem UnitedMethodist Church FamilyLife Center in Newton.The family gathered atthe Eagles Club followingthe service.

STEPHEN JASO

John Harmon Alldritt,98, passed away on April21, 2018, at BellaRose As-sisted Living, Tulsa, Okla.He was born on Dec. 25,1919, in Lincoln, Neb., toDr. Earl C. and Millie RuthAlldritt.

He married EvelynLouise Johnson on Jan. 15,1943, at Central ChristianChurch.

He was predeceased byhis wife, Evelyn, on Jan. 1,2018; his daughter, SusanBasore; brother, DonAlldritt; and sisters, MaryAlldritt and LuJean Jader-holm.

He is survived by hisdaughters, Jennifer Good-gion (Larry), Celeste Lee(Jim); son-in-law, RichardBasore; and his sister, AnnMcCarty. There are eightgrandchildren and 10great-grandchildren.

John lived in Wichitamost of his life, and he andhis father were chartermembers of the WichitaHoming Pigeons Club. Heserved in World War II as

a Sgt. T-3 cryptographer inthe 837th Signal Battalion,where he handled secretmessages for the South At-lantic. After the war, he re-sumed his career at CessnaAircraft. Later he beganhis business, The ShirtSalon, on Douglas andraised registered Herefordcattle in southeast Kansas.He also became a 32nd de-gree Mason.

In the late 1960s, Johnand Evelyn moved to Hal-stead, where he was thepurchasing director at theHalstead Hospital.

A visitation was from 10to 11 a.m. Wednesday,April 25, at Kaufman Fu-neral Home in Halsteadfollowed by a militarygraveside service at 11 a.m.at Pleasant Valley Ceme-tery, Bentley.

Memorials may be sentto The Learning Center forHealth, 505 Main St, Hal-stead, KS, 67056, and Hos-pice of Green Country,1120 S Boston Ave, Suite200, Tulsa, OK, 74119.

JOHN ALLDRITT

Doris J.Hawkey, 86,died Monday,April 23, 2018,at her Newtonresidence.

She wasborn Jan. 11,1932, in New-ton to Davidand Mathilda(Frey) Buller. On April13, 1951, she marriedGene Hawkey at Newton,and he survives.

Doris was a longtimeactive member of TrinityHeights UnitedMethodist Church inNewton. She was a mem-ber of the Piece Makersquilting group at thechurch in addition to par-ticipating in many otherministries of TrinityHeights through theyears.

She was chapter ad-ministrator for the Soci-ety of Decorative TollPainters in Wichita priorto her retirement. She en-joyed painting, especiallylandscape paintings andquilting. Doris had a loveof shopping and browsingantique stores for thenext addition to her manyvaried collections she ac-quired during the years.She especially enjoyedcollecting P. BuckleyMass Prints.

Doris’s most importantrole in life was that ofloving wife, mother,grandmother and friend

to many. Shegreatly en-joyed spend-ing time withher lovingfriends andloving family.

She is sur-vived by herhusband,Gene of the

home; daughter, ShirleyThompson of Riverside,Calif.; son, Gary Hawkeyof Newton; brothers, BobBuller and Jerry Buller,both of Newton; sixgrandchildren; and threegreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by her parents andone grandson, AustinHawkey.

Funeral service will beat 11 a.m. Friday, April27, at Trinity HeightsUnited MethodistChurch, with PastorDonna Voteau presiding.Visitation will be from 5to 9 p.m. Thursday, April26, with the family re-ceiving friends from 6:30to 8 p.m. at Petersen Fu-neral Home in Newton. Apublic graveside servicewill precede the funeralat 9:30 a.m. Friday, April27, at the HighlandCemetery in rural New-ton.

Memorials are sug-gested to Trinity HeightsUnited Methodist Churchor Good Shepherd Hos-pice in care of PetersenFuneral Home.

DORIS HAWKEY

Janice K. Koehn, 78,died Sunday, April 22,2018, at Newton Presbyte-rian Manor.

She was born on May24, 1939, in Newton. Alifelong Newton-area resi-dent, Janice attended localschools. She marriedWilber Koehn on Nov. 13,1955, in Newton.

Janice was a nurse’saide, having worked atBethel Deaconess Hospitaland Newton Medical Cen-ter. She was member ofGrace CommunityChurch, along with beingan avid bowler and volun-teer at the American RedCross and the Senior Pa-trol of the Harvey CountySheriff Department.

Survivors include herhusband, Wilber; sons,Brian, Alan and wife Pam,Bob and wife Lee, all ofNewton, and Bill and wifeDanielle of Marysville,Wash.; daughter, ShevetteKoehn of Newton; sisters,Jean Pankratz of Denton,Texas, Judy Kearns of

North Newton, and CherylKirsten and husband Jonof Pappillion, Neb.; eightgrandchildren; and fourgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by her parents,Evelyn and Arthur Dom-brosky.

Graveside services andinterment will be at 11a.m. Saturday, April 28,at the Whitewater Ceme-tery, rural Whitewater.

Friends may call from 1to 8 p.m. Friday at the fu-neral home, where thefamily will receive friendsbetween from 6 to 8 p.m.

A memorial has beenestablished with theAmerican Red Cross, andcontributions may be sentto Broadway Colonial Fu-neral Home, 120 E.Broadway, Newton, KS,67114.

Condolences may be leftat www.broadwaycolo-nialfh.com.

Arrangements are byBroadway Colonial Fu-neral Home, Newton.

JANICE K. KOEHN

An article on the HarveyCounty commission meetingon April 16 misspelled thelast name of HenryClaassen. Claassen, whodied in a bicycle accidentaround 20 years ago, wasreferenced in a discussionabout a possible bike path inNorth Newton.

Thursday, April 267:30 a.m.—Java with

the Journalists, Norm’s,613 N. Main St.

9 a.m.—NHS boys golftournament at HesstonGolf Park

7 p.m.—American Le-gion Bingo night, 400 S.Spencer Road.

Friday, April 278 a.m.—Boys varsity

golf invitational at CareyPark in Hutchinson

3:30 p.m.—Varsity soft-ball at Salina South

4 p.m.—Varsity swim-ming at Great Bend

4 p.m.—Varsity trackat El Dorado

4 p.m.—Varsity base-ball at Dean Evans Sta-dium

5 p.m.—Apple BlossomFestival at Newton Pres-byterian Manor, 1200 E.Seventh St.

6 p.m.—Family gamenight, Newton Rec Cen-ter

6:30 p.m.—Varsity soc-cer at Newton FischerField

Saturday, April 28All day—City wide

garage sale9:30 a.m.—Emma

Creek 5K, 9:30 a.m, atHesston High School

3 p.m.—DemocraticGovernor's candidateforum at Stringer FineArts Center, 600 E 11thSt., Hutchinson

5 p.m.—Newton HighSchool art show at New-ton High School

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The Bethel softballteam has come a longway in a short time.

The Threshers’ firstseason was the spring of2012 and it scrapped itsway to a 6-32 finish aftera 0-10 start. Over thenext four years, therewasn’t much light. TheThreshers won just 15games overall and justseven games in confer-ence during that span.

But things started toturn around for originalhead coach Stacy Middle-ton. Eleven wins in 2016and 17 wins in 2017 setthe stage for the 2018edition of the Threshers,a team that punched itsticket to the postseasonfor the first time everSunday afternoon.

“This program’s beengrowing every year andwe’ve missed the postsea-son the past couple ofyears by one game,” first-year head coach DavidMiddleton said. “So it’sbeen that one game thatalways haunts us, so thisis really special to do thiswith two games remain-ing in the season.”

Senior Jeni Reichen-berger’s first season atBethel finished with justsix wins. She said theteam has evolved overthe past few years, goingfrom a group that wasnonchalant in its ap-proach to a squad thatshows up and wants towin.

“Everyone is giving alltheir effort all the timenow,” Reichenbergersaid. “We’re not saying,‘Oh, we’re playing an-other game today.’ It’smore like, ‘Yeah, we’replaying! We’re going towin this.’ It’s more of awinning mentality thatwe have going on com-pared to my first few

years.”Sunday was Senior

Day, and the team knewit could clinch a spot inthe postseason tourna-ment, so Bethel poured iton York College, winningthe first game 9-1 in sixinnings and walking offin the bottom of the sev-enth inning, 3-2.

“It means a lot to theseniors,” David Middle-ton said. “But it means alot to the underclassmen,too, to do it for them, be-cause they wanted tocome out, everyone wason top of their game forthese seniors to justmake sure they had a

special send off on seniorday. They refused to losetoday.”

Katie Schrag, AutumnLerback and Alyssa Sul-livan were also honored.Schrag joined Bethelfrom Pratt CommunityCollege her junior yearand has been a solid, con-sistent player for theThreshers.

Lerback had surgery torepair a torn ACL, andSullivan has a surgicallyrepaired shoulder.

“They have really putin blood, sweat, and tearsfor this program, they re-ally have,” David Middle-ton said. “It means so

much to them […]They’ve dedicated somuch to this program.”

He said the first fewyears didn’t see muchsuccess because Bethelsoftball simply wasn’t onthe radar yet. Recruitswent to different schools,so Stacy Middletonworked with what shehad and started inchingtoward winning. She tookthe helm as head volley-ball coach at Bethel, al-lowing David to step in.

“We’ve done a muchbetter job of recruiting,”he said. “Because now,we’re an existing pro-gram It brings in recruitsa lot better than it didthe first few years, be-cause nobody knew ofBethel softball. Our re-cruits are much betternow.”

The recruits are better,a few coaches have beenadded, and the team getsalong with one another.The dugout had a chantor a song for every singleplayer that went to batand even did the “rollercoaster” before the begin-ning of the sixth inning.The team laughed anddanced its way into thepostseason.

“They are always inthe fight,” David Middle-ton said. “That’s one ofthe mantras we alwaystalk about. We aren’t outuntil we’re out. Thesekids will battle and bat-tle, so it’s that energylevel they have that re-ally picks the whole teamup. The coaching staff,the fans, everybody getsinvolved, and that justturns this whole placearound.”

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Published in the Newton Now on April 26, May 3, and 10, 2018.

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Published in the Newton Now on April 12, 19 and 26, 2018.

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Bethel softball heads to postseason for first time ever

CLINT HARDEN/SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOWKatie Schrag makes contact against a York College pitch. Schrag hasbeen a consistent presence for the Threshers in her two years with theprogram.

BY CLINT HARDENSPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW “We’ve done a much better job of

recruiting. Because now, we’re anexisting program. It brings in recruits a lot better than it did.”

David Middleton

Bethel springplay looks at

social tensions

NORTH NEWTON—The spring play at BethelCollege draws on a classicfrom the 1950s while fac-ing issues deeply relevantto the present day.

On Friday and Satur-day, April 27 and 28, theBethel College theater de-partment presents“Clybourne Park” byBruce Norris, at 7:30 p.m.both nights in KrehbielAuditorium in LuykenFine Arts Center. A talk-back session follows imme-diately after eachperformance.

Tickets are for sale atThresher Shop in SchultzStudent Center or withcredit card by phone at316-284-5205 during regu-lar business hours (8 a.m.to 5 p.m. weekdays) or canbe purchased in theLuyken Fine Arts Centerticket office starting onehour before each perform-ance, subject to availabil-ity.

Tickets are $10 foradults, $8 for adults age65 or older and for other-than-Bethel students, andfree for Bethel College stu-dents. This play containsstrong language and adultthemes and is not suitablefor young audiences.

Norris wrote “ClybournePark” as a spin-off of Lor-raine Hansberry’s “ARaisin in the Sun” (1959).It portrays fictional eventsset before and after theHansberry play, thoughloosely based on historicalevents in Chicago.“Clybourne Park” pre-miered in February 2010in New York.

The Washington Postreviewer wrote that“Clybourne Park” “appliesa modern twist to the is-sues of race and housingand aspirations for a bet-ter life.” The play won the2011 Pulitzer Prize forDrama and the 2012 TonyAward for Best Play.

In “A Raisin in the Sun,”the African-AmericanYounger family buys theproperty at 406 Clybournein an all-white, south sideof Chicago neighborhood.

FOR NEWTON NOW

Newton Police re-ports

April 23Arrests:Billy Johnson, 54, Wi-

chita, warrant, 600 Blk EHillside, Wellington

Hannah Crowell, 32,Newton, warrant, 800 BlkN Main St.

Daniel Huddleston, 35,Wichita, warrant, 800 BlkN Main St

Criminal call:Other offenses, 300 Blk

Brookside Dr.

April 22Arrests:Jonathan Majewski, 42,

warrant, 1300 Blk Apple-wood Lane

Pablo Llamas, 24, New-ton, violate protectionorder, 2000 Blk Singletree

April 21Arrests:Linda Trujillo, 31,

North Platte, Neb., pos-session of narcotics, I-135Milepost 25

Darryl Couser, 52, New-ton, disorderly conduct,1100 Blk S Kansas Rd

Caleb Herrod, 26, New-

ton, warrant, 1300 BlkWashington Rd.

Jeffery Davis, 43, New-ton, DUI, 400 Blk N. MainSt.

Daniel Kostelecky, 22,Newton, 1900 Blk E FirstSt., operating a motor ve-hicle without a valid li-cense, possession ofmarijuana

Bryan Rivera, 35, Okla-homa City, Okla., posses-sion of marijuana, I -135mile marker 28

Kyle Firner, 37, New-ton, warrant, I-135 milemarker 28

Jennifer Walters, 38,North Platte, Neb., pos-session of narcotics, I-135mile marker 25

Criminal calls:Criminal damage, 600

Blk W Sixth St.Other offenses, 500 Blk

W Third St.Motor vehicle theft, 400

Blk E 10th St.

April 20 Arrests:William Robinson, 39,

Newton, possession ofstimulant, 800 Blk NMain St.

Matthew Coleman, 25,Newton, domestic battery,200 Blk W Ninth St.

Lance Shuman, 43,Newton, domestic battery,200 Blk Muse

Criminal calls:Driving while sus-

pended, I-135Drug violation, 2100

Blk S Kansas Ave.

April 19Arrests:Ellen Haukom, 33, Wi-

chita, warrant, 1900 BlkE First St.

Brandi Cebulksi, 29,warrant, 100 Blk S Logan

Jose Castellon-Benitez,29, possession of nar-cotics, 400 Blk E 11th St

Cody Goodall, 25, New-ton, warrant, 200 Blk WFifth St.

Audrey Garcia, 27,Newton, possession ofmarijuana, 400 Blk E11th St.

Criminal calls:Disorderly conduct, 200

Blk E 10th St.Criminal damage, 500

Blk N Walnut St.

April 18

Arrests:Terry Huehl, 56, Salina,

warrant, 200 Blk E 10thSt.

April 17Criminal calls:weapons violation, 1500

Blk N Kansas AveBurglary, 300 Blk W

Sixth St

North NewtonApril 20Mandalyn Corum, 53,

Manitou Springs, Colo.,possession of marijuana

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Court reports: Man getsprobation for fondling

A 27-year-old Newtonman was placed on threeyears probation recentlyfor fondling an underagegirl in 2015.

Dustin Scott Dennetthad pleaded no contestin September to takingaggravated indecent lib-erties against a girl be-tween the ages of 14 and16. His lawyer, KevinLoeffler, filed a motionin November requestinga dispositional depar-ture from Kansas sen-tencing guidelines. ChiefJudge Joe Dickinsongranted the motion ear-lier this month afterDennett’s probation offi-cer testified he hadturned his life aroundafter getting marriedand having a child. Den-nett received an under-lying sentence of 71months in prison, whichwas suspended. Histerm of probation is torun concurrent to twoconvictions for mari-juana possession.

In other court news:•Steven Lee Schriner

Jr., Marquette, was sen-tenced to 26 months inprison for convictions ofidentity theft and misde-meanor possession ofmarijuana. The sen-tences are to run consec-utive to those handeddown for convictions inButler and McPhersonCounties and in Col-orado. He was placed on18 months of probationin lieu of serving the

sentence, and he was or-dered to pay Kropf Lum-ber $1,669 in restitution.

•Tyler Kawa, Newton,was sentenced to 25months in jail for convic-tions of possession ofmethamphetamine andmisdemeanor theft. Hewas placed on one yearof probation in lieu ofserving the sentence.

•Christopher C.Dixon, Tallahassee, Fla.,was sentenced to 15months in prison for aconviction of felony pos-session of marijuana. Hewas placed on 18 monthsof probation in lieu ofserving the sentence.

•Joseph D. Spencer,Purvis, Miss., was sen-tenced to 98 and 92months in prison for con-victions of distribution ofmarijuana and conspir-acy to distribute mari-juana. He was placed onthree years of probationin lieu of serving thesentence.

•Karen Sue White,Newton, was sentencedto one year of probationfor a conviction of breachof privacy, misde-meanor. The charge wasamended from aggra-vated battery. She alsowas fined $500 and or-dered to have no contactwith the victim.

•Taud Alan Vosburg,Newton, was sentencedto 73 months for convic-tions of possession ofheroin or methampheta-mine with intent to dis-tribute. He was placedon three years of proba-tion in lieu of servingthe sentence.

BY BLAKE SPURNEYSPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW

NEWTON/NORTH NEWTON POLICE REPORTS

NEWS BRIEFS

Not enough room to shrinkclass sizes in school district

There's not room in theschool district to reduceclass sizes.

That was the conclusionof District SuperintendentDeb Hamm after she wasasked by the school boardto look into the issue.

At a work session Mon-day, Hamm made a pres-entation to the district onclass size. Currently, thedistrict tries to limit ele-mentary class sizes be-tween 23 to 25 students ingrades K-4 and 25 to 30students in grades 5-6.

The district averagesclass sizes between 20 and22 students in grades K-4.

Hamm said reducingthe sizes down to 17 onthe elementary schoollevel would require thedistrict have at least 67.3class rooms available.

Using all current roomsavailable—some are notcurrently classrooms—thedistrict only has 64 class-rooms available.

She also calculated thecost of additional teachersand rooms coming to anestimate of $535,000 forthe first year of thechange and $450,000 an-nually, putting the changeinto effect for grades K-2.

Board Member JenniferBudde, who asked to lookat class sizes, said, withthe numbers, from herstandpoint changes toclass sizes would cost toomuch and not be feasible.

Board Member SteveRichards agreed. He saidit would be a noble goal tohold class sizes down, butthe district had other is-sues structure wise thatare more pressing thanthe number of elementaryclassrooms.

Angela Becker said that

while class size changesweren't yet achievable,she didn't think the dis-trict should push it off thetable but instead keep itin mind.

She said the decisionabout what to do aboutaging modular classroomsat Walton Rural Life Cen-ter was more pressing toher.

According to Hamm'spresentation, the district,five years ago, purchasedused modular classroomsfor Walton with the as-sumption that they wouldlast 10 years.

Hamm said that shedoes not believe that themodules will outlive thatestimate.

She presented a numberof possibilities for Walton.She said that these wereinformational possibilities,not plans, the districtmight have to select oncethe modules were nolonger functional.

Options included mov-ing the school down to asingle unit of classes,dropping enrollment to 94students and pushingmore students to Newtonschools that are growingmore crowded.

“Right now, we haveplaces to put them if wewent back to a singleunit,” Hamm said.

“We would have space,for instance, at NorthRidge [Elementary]—youcould put one section.”

She did say such achange would make anyK-5 configuration in thedistrict impossible.

The other option wouldbe to put K-6 students inWalton, which would helpwith capacity issues at thedistrict's middle schools’near capacity. However,that change would meanWalton students beingseparated longer fromtheir Newton counter-

parts.Budde

said thatgoing to aone-sectionWaltonschool re-moves mul-tipleteachers ata grade level, meaning theteachers have less sup-port, which in turn pro-vides less equitablelearning.

Board Member TobyTyner said using similarfinancial considerationsBudde applied to classsizes could also be appliedto the Walton building sit-uation.

“We asked the commu-nity to improve the mod-ules, and the communitysaid no,” he said.

Budde disagreed. “I don't think it's fair to

say the community said'no' to Walton,” Buddesaid. “They said no to thebond issue. Let's notblame Walton for the bondfailure.”

Becker noted that theonly precincts to vote infavor of the bond wereWalton, the area aroundWalton and North New-ton. She said that the lackof support from all otherprecincts did suggest thatsupport of Walton expan-sion did play a role in sup-port of the bond issue.

Budde disagreed. Carol Sue Stayrook

Hobbs said that while shewasn't necessarily sup-porting one solution or theother, noted other possi-bilities were building anew school in a differentlocation, such as the southend of the district.

Steve Richards said healso supported building aschool in the south end oftown.

“I'm skeptical in balanc-ing the interests of the

district as a whole thatWalton is a location forsignificant financial in-vestment,” he said.

Budde pushed backagainst the idea of build-ing a new school and saidone of the major thingsshe saw in the surveyabout the last bond issuewas the cost was too high.

She said that building anew grade school, esti-mated to cost $15 million,plus doing remodels onthe high school mightdrive up costs too high.

Hobbs asked if theboard should back off fromthe Walton conversationfor the moment.

Board Member MattTreaster said the districtcouldn't address the ques-tion of growth and classsizes without addressingthe future of Walton.

“I sat here tonight andwished we had done thisbefore we did the bondissue last time,” he said.“We should have beengeared to a class size dis-cussion, and the commu-nity should have beeninvolved as well.”

As for the next deci-sions, Hamm asked whatthe board wants to maketo continue looking at andmaking decisions about.

Tyner said, in his mind,reducing class size wouldbenefit schools, teachers,students and the commu-nity as a whole, and itwould be an issue thecommunity could rallyaround and the districtcould build off of.

Becker said she'd like tocontinue to discuss the sit-uation involving the mod-ular classrooms at Walton.

A consensus was un-clear, but it seems that atits next planning sessionthe district will continueto discuss class size, aswell as building andschool configuration.

BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW STAFFadam@harveycountynow.com

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Governors forum this Saturday in Hutchinson HUTCHINSON—The

Reno and Harvey CountyDemocratic Party willhost a governors forumfrom 3 to 5 p.m., Satur-day, April 28, at theStringer Fine Arts Center,600 E 11th St. in Hutchin-son.

The party will haveseven candidates presentto discuss political stanceson a variety of issues in-cluding health care andeducation access.

Candidates CarlBrewer, Laura Kelly andJim Ward are listed asplanning to be present atthe forum. The event isfree and open to the pub-lic.

At the request of the or-ganizers, Newton NowPublisher Joey Young willmoderate the forum withHutchinson News Manag-ing Editor Ron Sylvester.

Newton students earnlocal scholarships

Newton High Schoolheld an awards ceremonyto honor Newton studentsreceiving scholarshipsfrom local organizationsand community members.

Overall, scholarshipsranged from $50 to$2,000.

In total, according theNewton High School,which provided NewtonNow with the list of win-ners, students receivedmore than $30,500 inscholarship money.

Students honored andreceiving scholarship arelisted as follows: KayleeAnderson, TaylorAntonowich, Erica Beebe,Erik Brown, KyndalBacon, Jada Berry, ElijahBoese, Kaitlynn Clanton,Warren Dietz, AaronDugan, Tanner Duerksen,Abby Edson, Kenton Fox,Payton Fenwick, Cyle

Gautschi, Henry FriesenGuhr, Gracie Hammond,Ryan Hirsh, Brett Knep-per, Tanisha Kunkel,Creighton LaRose, Gar-rett Mick, LaurenMitchell, Linda Moyo,Aubrie Nichols, Macken-zie Parsons, Gavin Powell,Douglas Ragon, IsabelleSaenz, Katherine Szam-becki, Kaitlyn Serrano,Kailei Sidebottom, Mag-dalene Tyner, DianaUnruh, Brian Wedel, andJason Wong.

Santa Fe band, orchestraschedule meeting

Santa Fe fifth and sixthgrade students will havethe opportunity to sign upto participate in band or-chestra for the 2018-2019school year. Prospectivebeginning band and or-chestra students and theirparents/guardians are en-couraged to attend.

There will be presenta-

tions by instrumentalmusic instructors and rep-resentatives fromSenseney Music at both6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. onTuesday, May 1.

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Caregiver Support Groupmeets May 10

“Dealing with Guilt andSadness” is the topic forthe next meeting ofPrairie View’s HarveyCounty Caregiver SupportGroup. Joan Brubacher, alicensed specialist clinicalsocial worker, facilitatesthe caregiver group.

The group meets from 3to 4:30 p.m. Thursday,May 10, in Prairie View’sOsage Room, 1901 E.First St., Newton.

The group is open tocaregivers for older adultsand older adults who arecaregivers.

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Sheriff Chad Gay will bespending four hours Satur-day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,in the lobby of the law en-forcement center, accept-ing unused prescriptionmedication.

“The sheriff’s officedidn’t do it for a coupleyears, and I think there’s areal need in the commu-nity,” he said. “It just givesme a chance to reach out tothe community and dosomething for them.”

Yet he has no plans toset up a permanent dropbox for drug disposal, be-cause he doesn’t want toassume the liability of hav-ing a permanent recepta-cle. Gay said formerSheriff T. Walton kept adrop box in his office, buthe got rid of it after irregu-

larities surfaced a coupleof years ago around a dropbox at Halstead Police De-partment.

“I don’t know all the de-tails, but apparently someof the drugs came up miss-ing,” Gay said. “T said, ‘Idon’t want to do thatnow—too much liability.’”

Newton Police went theother way recently by set-ting up its own permanentdrop-off point. Residentscan get rid of prescriptionand over-the-counter med-ications from 8 a.m. to 5p.m. weekdays in the po-lice department lobby. Po-lice will ask no questions,and those disposing ofdrugs can remain anony-mous.

Deputy Chief CraigDunlavy said Chief EricMurphy came up with theidea and ran with it be-cause no other departmentwas offering the service

full time,despite theneed in thecommu-nity.

Operat-ing a drugdrop boxcan belabor in-tensive. The department’sevidence custodian keepstrack of the meds, andsometimes he has to emptythe box multiple times aday.

“It’s just a resource weprovide to the community,”Dunlavy said. “We don’twant them throwing themin the trash or down thesink or flushing themdown the toilet. We wantto dispose of them prop-erly.”

Dunlavy said the depart-ment had levels of checksand balances to handle thedisposal and to dissuade

any potential temptation.Pills are then diluted orburned off.

“There’s several differ-ent ways we do it becausewe don’t want it to fall intothe wrong hands,” he said.

The department keepsrecords of disposals in caseit is ever audited by thestate or federal govern-ments. Dunlavy said thedepartment’s promise ofanonymity is designed toeliminate any hassles.

“We don’t want to hinderanybody if they’re wantingto do a good thing,” hesaid. “We want them tofeel comfortable just drop-ping them off and leaving.”

Dunlavy said feedbackfrom the community so farhad been nothing but posi-tive.

For his department’ssemiannual drug take-back days, Gay said theDrug Enforcement Admin-

istration will handle dis-posal after it picks up allthe medications Monday.He started the practiceafter a Newton HighSchool student suggestedhaving a drug take-backday for a project last fall.

“There’s probably moreof a need than twice ayear, but that’s what we’regoing to offer folks,” Gaysaid.

Workplaces across thecountry have long strug-gled with the question,“How do you work withpeople of different ages?”

Newton Fire and EMShas worked to answerthat question and are nowpresenting their findingsnationally.

Chief Scott Metzler andBethel professor AllisonMcFarland recently re-turned from a nationalfirefighting conference,where they spoke to firechiefs across the countryon management practicesof the Newton Fire/EMSDepartment.

The two will be asked tospeak later this month atthe international fire-res-cue conference in Dallas.

“Fire departments nearand far are interested inwhat we're doing, and wewere invited to speak tothe executive fire officergraduate symposium atthe national fire academyto senior level officersacross the country,” Met-zler said.

What the department isdoing is basically lookingat best management prac-tices with the help of Mc-Farland, who serves asthe endowed chair of busi-ness and economics at thecollege.

About five years ago,

Metzler said the depart-ment reached out to Mc-Farland and asked herhow to best engage differ-ent generations of em-ployees.

At the time, the depart-ment was changing, withthe younger millennialgeneration replacingmany older generations

that retire.Today, according to

Metzler, 70 percent of theworkforce at Newton Fireand EMS belong to themillennial generation orthe even younger genera-tion.

“She and I had severaldiscussions about this,”Metzler said. “She had

some observations andrecommendations onthings we could adjust.”

McFarland said thatyounger employees aremore used to egalitarianwork places. The tradi-tional fire/EMS structurewith its chiefs, captains,etc., is not that kind ofwork place.

“This has created chal-lenges in recruiting andretaining young workersin all industries with his-torically hierarchicalstructures,” she said.

Instead she suggestedto the department to lookat ways new employeescould best contribute.

“The premise was thatif young firefighters couldmake immediate and im-portant contributions tothe department, theymight both bring value tothe department and re-main with the depart-ment longer,” McFarlandsaid.

So the department putthat into practice.

Metzler said using sucha thought process allowedthe department to putemployees talented in re-search in charge of over-seeing best medicalpractices, somethingthat's usually left up tosenior leadership.

“They've taken thatproject and made it muchbetter than I'd have madeit myself,” he said. “We'veput people in charge ofsome meaningful things.”

Metzler said work withMcFarland has been help-ful to learn leadershipstyles as well. He saidwhen he started in the de-partment he learned lead-ership from those abovehim. That sort of styledidn't involve much feed-back to employees.

“I wanted feedback, butI had to come to the real-ization that the folks thatwere in charge didn't re-ally think that was impor-tant,” he said. “I'd getfeedback if I reallyscrewed up or with myannual evaluation. Today,nobody should be OK withthat. If they want moreevaluation, we should bewilling to give it as lead-ers.”

Metzler said the depart-ment works to give em-ployees regular feedbackon their performance, es-pecially if they request it.

Metzler also said thatwhile the department didlook at a multigenera-tional work place, peopleshould be evaluated indi-vidually and not evalu-ated with broadgeneralizations based ontheir age.

Instead, a leader’s job isto understand what needsand motivations the em-ployee has and tailor theapproach to the employee.

McFarland called suchan approach situationalleadership.

“Effective leaders recog-nize that there is not a

'one size fits all' approachto leadership,” she said.“Ascertaining how ageand generational differ-ences shape workplaceculture is just one aspectof this consideration.”

She said that such lead-ership practices could beapplied in many work-places.

“Instead of wonderingwhy the actions ofyounger or older workerare different or allowingthose differences to dis-rupt employee dynamics,start a conversation withyour employees on the is-sues causing greatest con-cern.”

She said all such con-versations are to increasethe understanding be-tween employer and em-ployee.

That approach takeswork, Metzler said but it'sone that's been good forNewton Fire and EMS.

“Not everything we’vetried has worked, butmuch of what does workfor us seems to have a lotof appeal to other fireservice leaders,” he said.“And I’m happy NewtonFire/EMS is a part of thenational conversationabout what it means to bea 21st century emergencyservices organization. I’msupremely proud of themen and women of New-ton Fire/EMS.”

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ADAM STRUNK/NEWTON NOWNewton Fire/EMS Chief Scott Metzler presents at Executive Fire OfficerProgram Symposium about the multi-generational approach of the de-partment. The department has been receiving national attention forsome of the changes it put in place.

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Walton

Former Newton Resi-dent, board of educationmember and Kansas Sen-ate candidate Renee Erick-son will again seek higheroffice.

Erickson resigned fromthe Newton School Boardin August of 2017, as shewas no longer living in the

school dis-trict but inWichita.

Fivemonthslater, inJanuary of2018, a cam-paign pageon Facebookoperated by Ericksonposted a campaign logostating “Renee Erickson,State Representative 87.”

On March 28, the page

announced she officiallyfiled as a candidate for the87th district, which en-compasses part of Wichitaand Eastborough.

Renee previously lost aclose primary race, run-ning to the right of incum-bent Senator CarolynMcGinn. Erickson did bet-ter in parts of the Senatedistrict located in Sedg-wick County, whileMcGinn carried HarveyCounty.

Erickson works as aprincipal in the WichitaSchool District, and herhusband and former New-ton Principal Roger Erick-son works for U.S.Congressman Ron Estes.

She will now runagainst incumbent RogerEliot, a self-identifiedmoderate and banker, whoserved as a school boardmember in Andover for 12years before being electedin 2016.

Erickson running for House of Representatives in Wichita BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW STAFFadam@harveycountynow.com

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City of Newton looking for commission applicants

The Newton City Com-mission approved amethod for selecting a per-son to fill the empty chairof David Nygaard.

That method is rela-tively similar to how theCatholic Church selects apope, involving repeatedballots, until eventuallyan appointment is se-lected.

First, the commissionasks that anyone wishingto be considered for a seaton the city commissionmail a letter of interest,which includes the per-son's background, to P.O.Box 426 or hand deliver itto city hall by 4 p.m. Fri-day, May 18.

After the close oft thedeadline, the city clerkwill convey a list of allnames received along withany background informa-tion of the candidates.

At the May 22 city com-mission meeting, the foursitting city commissionerswill select an appointmentby filling out a set of bal-lots. Each commissionerwill write down the namesof up to three applicantsthat they believe to be fit-ting for the job. The bal-lots will be publicly readand tabulated.

Any candidate who hasbeen named on more thantwo ballots will be consid-ered a finalist and moveon to the next election.

The commission willthen cast ballots selectingone of the final candidatesfor the seat. Those voteswill be publicly read. Theballoting process will con-tinue until one person hasbeen named on at leastthree ballots. After thatoccurs, the city will have amotion to formalize theappointment process ofthat candidate. This en-tire appointment processis optional for the citycommission. State law

leaves the process aroundappointing a replacementon the city commission tothe discretion of the com-mission.

In other news:The city commission ap-

proved moving forwardwith engineering of asewer project to increasesewage capacity on thesouth end of town. The ac-tual construction workwould cost an estimated$425,000. The improve-ment is in the city's mas-ter plan and would enableproposed development onfour open properties onthe North of Highway 50,near the intersection of S.Washington Rd and SW14th St. Look on the frontpage for an in-depth dis-cussion of the develop-ment.

The city approved ex-tending water and sewerhookups to a piece ofempty property along S.Kansas, near Newton Re-tail Liquor. The hookupswould cost $104,000, ac-

cording to estimates,however the developingbusiness at the property,the name had not beenreleased, made a softoffer to pay for half of thecost of the hookups.

The city commissionapproved sending a letterto the Kansas nationallegislative delegation op-posing proposed increasesin weight allowances andsizes of trucks on variouskinds of infrastructure.

The city approved a bidof $52,565 to add sewerimprovements to the pro-posed Autumn GlenFourth Addition develop-ment.

The commission ap-pointed Deborah Kinsleyand Geraldine Hendrix tothe Newton Housing Au-thority, Carl Harris tothe economic develop-ment council, JamesWiens to the AviationCommission and AndrewHerman to the conven-tion and visitors bureauboard.

BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW STAFFadam@harveycountynow.com

An inmate in the Har-vey County jail has beencharged with four countsof first degree murder,four counts of accessory tofirst degree murder, twocounts of kidnapping andone count of arson involv-ing a murder in Decemberof 1999 in Welch, Okla.

District Attorney MattBallard leveled thecharges against RonnieBusick, 67, who is cur-rently in the HarveyCounty Jail for a proba-tion violation stemmingfrom a 2012 drug posses-sion arrest.

According to the TulsaWorld, Busick is a suspectfor the murder of an Okla-homa couple, Danny andKathy Freeman, as well astheir daughter Ashley, 16,and her friend LauriaBible, 16.

Two other suspects wereidentified in the case, in-cluding Phillip Welch IIand David Pennington,both deceased.

According to the World,the arrest affidavit wasfiled in Craig County dis-trict court on Dec. 29 1999.Danny and Kathy wereshot in the head with shot-guns in their Oklahomamobile home. The homewas set on fire. Both Ash-ley and Lauria Bible, whowere having a sleepover,

were miss-ing fromthe scene.

The doc-uments al-lege thatBusick,along withthe twoother sus-pects, raped the teenagersin Welch's mobile homeover a matter of days be-fore Welch and Penning-ton killed them. Photos ofthe teenagers were alsotaken and kept, accordingto the affidavit.

The teens’ bodies havenever been found, thoughthey were declared legallydead in 2010.

Sheriff Chad Gay saidthat Busick was being

held on in the jail on a 60-day hold for a probationviolation.

In 2012, Busick was ar-rested on charges of mari-juana possession anddriving with a suspendedlicense. Court documentslist Hesston as his ad-dress.

In September of 2013,as part of a plea with hisarrest, Busick was given12 months of probation,which prohibited him fromleaving the county.

By April of 2014, hisprobation was revokedafter he was found to haveviolated it by not reportingto his probation officer andfor using illegal drugs.

He was not arrested onwarrants for his violation

until July of 2017. Gaysaid current sheriff's officerecords indicated he wasliving in Wichita at thetime of the arrest. He wassentenced to a 60-day holdin the county jail in 2018for the violation.

Gay said last week hereceived a call from theOklahoma Bureau of In-vestigations and Okla-homa Attorney Generalrequesting to interviewBusick in connection withthe case.

He said he was thencalled, informed of thecharges, and now has awarrant on Busick, hold-ing him until his extradi-tion to Oklahoma can takeplace.

Gay said Busick was

currently being held in amedical cell at the jail. Hesaid inmates could be heldin a medical cell for anumber of reasons, includ-ing medical need, the needto be monitored, or theneed to be separated fromthe general population.

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County spending savings to address fuel vulnerability

Emergency Manage-ment Director GaryDenny said a vulnerabil-ity for the county has reg-ularly come up insimulations his depart-ment has run. If thepower's out, the road andbridge department has noway to pump fuel. Thatlack of electricity couldleave emergency respon-ders and county workersstuck searching for an op-erational gas station.

However, soon that vul-nerability will be elimi-nated.

The Harvey CountyBoard of Commissionersapproved plans for theroad and bridge depart-ment to purchase a 35kilowatt backup generatorfor around $26,500 to help

pump fuel in case of apower outage.

The funds would comefrom road and bridgescapital improvementbudget. So far, recent sav-ings on dump trucks,snow plows, and a com-pact wheel loader have al-lowed for approximately$80,000 of wiggle room inthe department's equip-ment budget.

Road and Bridge Direc-tor Jim Meier said the de-partment needed thegenerator to run fuelpumps and garage doorsin case of an ice storm orprolonged power outage.The fuel pumps wouldprovide fuel to emergencyresponders and law en-forcement.

“It's not a question of ifbut when if we endure apower outage that im-pacts our ability to getfuel and provide fuel tolaw enforcement and

emergencyservices,”Meiersaid.

Dennysaid thatthecounty'slack of ac-cess to fuelin case of a power outagewas perceived as a weak-ness when it came to re-sponding to emergencysituations.

Without access, law en-forcement, the road andbridge department andEMS would have to find aretail gas station that wasoperating and pay retailprice for fuel.

With the request, Meierasked that the countywaive its normal biddingprocess and insteadaward a contract to KayeElectric.

“Why don't we put thisout on bids to make sure

we get the best bang forthe buck?” CommissionerRandy Hague asked.

County AdministratorAnthony Swartzendruberexplained that Kaye Elec-tric has done a largeamount of work for thecounty and understandsthe county electrical sys-tems. Swartzendrubersaid the county could putthe process out to bids.However, in the case of anice storm, outside vendorsfrom Wichita or furthermight not be able to get tothe county to provideservices. They also mightnot have detailed knowl-edge of the county's sys-tems.

The commission ap-proved the request forpurchase unanimously.

In other news:Lonnie Bueller will take

over a position as Rich-land Township Trustee.Doug Entz, previous

trustee, resigned, as heplanned to move out ofthe township.

Saturday, April 28, willbe a drug take back dayat the Harvey CountyLaw Enforcement Center.Those with extra or un-needed prescription med-ications can take them tothe Law EnforcementCenter next to the countycourthouse and drop offthe pills.

The nine new patrol ve-hicles are in for the sher-iff's department. Rightnow, they're paintedblack, but Sheriff ChadGay said they'll put awhite decal on the side tomake them visible.

The county paid itsweekly bills for $71,690.

The county held an ex-ecutive session for 25minutes to discuss confi-dential claims, data andlitigation with the countyattorney.

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Newton High School art show opens this weekend

Foreign-exchange stu-dent from Italy, ValentinaSamuelli, sat near twoother art students, GracieHammond and AnthonyValverde, on Monday af-ternoon as they worked onsome of their projects.

Hammond and Valverdepainted vehicle sculptures,while Samuelli worked onher version of“Nighthawks” by EdwardHopper.

The original“Nighthawks” painting,which is on display at TheSchool of the Art Instituteof Chicago Museum, hasthree people seated arounda diner counter while aman in a white cap behindthe counter looks at them.There are two coffee urnsin the background, and thepeople are dressed in1940s-era clothing. InSamuelli's work, she putaliens in the diner insteadof humans.

These three seniors aregoing to have their workon display during the New-ton High School Art Show,which will be from 5 to 9p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6p.m. Sunday in Willis Gymat Newton High School.There is no admissioncharge.

Valverde has been inter-ested in art for quite awhile.

“I've been drawing sincethe fourth grade,” he said,sitting in Raymond Olais'sart class at NHS.

At that time, he drew alikeness of SpongeBob, andeveryone liked it.

“It wasn't much, but itreally got me started,” hesaid, adding it took offfrom there.

During his time at NHS,Valverde said he's takensix art classes, which in-clude Art Basics, Ceramics1 and II, Painting andDrawing I and II, andGraphic Design.

He's considering a careerin art, although he doesn'tplan to attend college rightafter high school gradua-tion. He wants to buy lotsof art supplies, create artand save money for college.

He said he's focusing oncomic-book art.

“I love doing comic bookstuff,” he said, adding he'sbeen developing charac-

ters.His favorite comics are

Spider-Man and Deadpool.There are a few things

he enjoys about art.“Just creating a bunch

of designs and stuff,” hesaid. “Just shapes, I guess.Creating characters, faces,nature.”

He's done a lot of paint-ing, and at last year's artshow, he took five first-place awards and a sec-ond.

For this year's show,he's going to enter char-coal work, ceramics andgraphic design, totalingabout 15 or more pieces.

“In my free time, I justdraw and stuff,” he said. “Ilove comics, and I havequite a few comics at myhouse,” along with Spider-Man posters.

Samuelli said she at-tended an art high schoolin Italy for four years, andnow she's the equivalent ofa senior at NHS. The artschool has classes otherthan art, as well, such ashistory and math. She saidthey have more hours, sothey also have school onSaturdays.

Samuelli said that at artschool, there are a varietyof art classes they cantake, and during the firsttwo years of high school,they can “try everything,”which includes painting,jewelry, photography andwoodworking.

“I chose jewelry,” shesaid, although she addedshe's not sure why becauseshe loves painting, as wellas drawing with a penciland black pen.

Samuelli said she plans

on attending college, butshe's not sure where yet.What she is sure of isshe'll pursue art, althoughshe's not sure what area.

“That's to be discoveredyet,” Olais said.

The third of the artistictrio, Hammond, said she'sgoing to Columbia Collegein Chicago, knows she'll dosomething with photogra-phy and plans to major insome aspect of marketingor journalism.

At the Regional Scholas-tic Art & Writing Awards,she received four GoldKeys. That's the highestaward a student can getthere—a Gold Key. Olaissaid Hammond took theinitiative to apply toScholastics, and she askedhim to be her sponsor.

Hammond said her fa-vorite art is photographyand graphic design; shelikes the design aspect ofart which comes from jour-nalism and laying out somany pages.

This marks her first

year taking any artclasses, and she's enrolledin Graphic Design and Ce-ramics.

What she plans to enterin the upcoming show thisweekend are all herScholastic pieces and apink vehicle she created,which is a monster truck.

“I wanted to make itcute, but anti-cute,” shesaid about the pink mon-ster truck.

She became interestedin photography at an earlyage.

“When I was a kid, wealways had a bunch of dis-posable cameras,” shesaid, adding it was fun topick them up and takephotos. Sometimes, theydeveloped the film. At onepoint in her life, Ham-mond said she had a Bar-bie point-and-shootcamera, and now she'smoved up to a NikonD3200.

“I don't know when itstarted,” she said. “I've al-ways just been doing this.”

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWFrom left, Newton High School seniors Valentina Samuelli, Anthony Valverde and Gracie Hammond talkabout art in Ray Olais’s classroom.

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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWThis is Valentina Samuelli’s rendition of “Nighthawks.”

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One thing homeschoolteachers have to juggle issomething classroomteachers don't—parentingand teaching, sometimesboth at the same time.

For instance, on Mon-day morning, AnjieFiedler of Newton helped11-year-old son Garettwith his spelling lesson.

“Seven,” she said tohim while he was poisedat a writing board, readyto mark down the word.“I am not 7,” Fiedleradded, using the word ina sentence. “Napkin. Do Ihave to use a napkin?”

Right about then, oneof her daughters ap-proached her.

“Can I have a cookie?”she asked.

Fiedler got out a tin ofhomemade cookies, andher daughter got one.

The teacher/mom thencontinued to instructGarett, having him writewords while she spelledthem out.

“C-O-N-T-E-S-T,”Fielder said in the fam-ily's breakfast nook area,which also doubles as aone-room school spot,mostly for the youngestfour of her children. “Twomore, Garett, and thenwe're done. [...] Last one,D-E-N-T-I-S-T. Verygood. Good job, Gar.”

In addition to Garett,the Fiedlers have fivechildren—Kara, 15,freshman; Marcus, 13,seventh grade; Elissa, 9,third; and Jenna, 5, pre-kindergarten.

Fiedler said she's beendoing homeschooling eversince Kara started.

She agreed her homewas pretty much like aone-room schoolhouse.

“Very similar to that,”she said. “The older kidsare pretty much on theirown, and I check in withthem and see how they'redoing.”

They talk about howthings are going and ifthey're set up for whatthey need to get done forhomeschool group or any-thing else.

For their curriculum,they use “My Father'sWorld,” which covers theBible, history and science(if one wants to use theirscience curriculum).

“You add in yourchoices for the other sub-jects,” Fiedler said.

For English, spellingand math, they attendthe Home Educators As-sociation of Newton(HEA), which meets from9 a.m. to noon Fridays atMeridian Baptist Churchin Newton. There, theyounger ones do writing,physical education, artand a STEAM class forscience, while the oldertwo have writing and bi-ology classes. HEA has 30families this year, andthe other homeschoolgroup in town is NewtonHomeschool Fellowship,which meets at GraceCommunity Church.

“So it works reallywell,” Fiedler said. “I'mnot a science buff, andthe gal who teaches likesscience.”

Although Fiedler hasher children learnthrough a curriculum, thestate doesn't have re-quirements regardingthat. She said the onlything the State of Kansasasks of them is to followthe amount of hours andsame amount of days asthe regular school districtand to register theirschool name with thestate.

“For me, it's usuallyeasier to figure out days,”she said, adding at thebeginning of the schoolyear, she prints out theUSD 373 calendar, andshe counts up the numberof days kids are in school.

They have to registertheir school names be-cause they're considereda private school understate regulations, Fiedlersaid.

Fiedler also said shetests, even though it's notrequired, starting thatwhen her kids are in thethird grade.

Fiedler has found thereare challenges to home-schooling.

“Probably the differentlearning styles, havingthings that if your stu-dent is struggling in onecertain area, trying to getthat corrected before thatgets out of control,”Fiedler said.

Also time wise, Fiedlersaid that can be a strug-gle, as well. They starthomeschool around 8 to8:30 a.m., going untilaround noon. She saidthey shoot for the oldertwo to start around 8a.m. and the others at8:30 a.m. The older twousually don't finish schooluntil 2 p.m. or sometimeslater. In addition, the twooldest girls have dancethree times a week in theafternoons.

“We usually do appoint-ments and running er-rands and things likethat—I save that for theafternoon,” she said.

On a typical day, theoldest two get up at 6:30a.m. and the two nextoldest at 7:30 a.m. Theoldest do their chores.Sometime before 9 a.m.,Fiedler wakes up theyoungest, and they doschoolwork until finished,stopping for lunch around11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.After lunch, the youngertwo do chores, and theolder two finish uparound 2 p.m.

“We all sit down forlunch at the same time,”Fiedler said, adding notall families do that.

Dad gets home by 6p.m., which is when theyhave supper.

Also during school, thekids will have exercise orother kinds of breaks.

Although there arechallenges, there arethings Fiedler enjoysabout homeschooling.

“I love the flexibility ofit,” she said. “If we wantto take a vacation duringthe school year, we canwhen there's lesscrowds.”

In addition, she cantake things at her kids'paces and give them veryindividualized instructionwithout them getting la-beled by peers as easily.She said that was proba-bly the thing she noticedfirst with homeschoolingis they can speed up orslow down on a subject, ifneeded.

In addition to dancinglessons with the oldestgirls, The Fiedler chil-dren are involved in otherextra-curricular activi-ties, like the oldest twohave youth group at FirstMissionary Church, andFiedler said her husbandplans to teach the boysgolf in the summer.

Teaching high schoolisn't as crazy as Fiedlerthought it would be.

“It's actually been veryeasy,” she said, addinghigh schoolers have moreelectives. “My oldest lovesart. She's doing a lot ofart.”

Kara's also takingcooking and sewingclasses, Spanish andhealth, while Marcuschose to take Russian.

Marcus meets withDan Quinlin with FirstMissionary Church to goover Russian language,and Quinlin helps Mar-cus with pronunciation.Quinlin is professor oflanguages at Bethel Col-lege in North Newton andknows several languages

fluently.Not all homeschools

look like Fiedler's.“The one thing is every-

body's homeschool looksdifferent because whatworks for one persondoesn't work for anotherfamily,” she said, addingpeople use different cur-riculums, be it online oreven under the umbrellaof another school. “It'skinda whatever works foryour family.”

She said Kansas is avery easy state in whichto homeschool, unlikesome other states.

“Which has its bless-ings and curses at thesame time,” she said.

It can make it easierfor people to take advan-tage of the system, likenot actually teachingtheir children anything.

The Fiedlers' oldest,Kara, enjoys homeschool-ing.

“I can pick stuff I liketo do a little more,” shesaid. “I can mess with thetiming a little more thatwouldn't be conducive if Iwas in a regular school.”

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Reading, writing, ’rithametic:Local family schools at home

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAnjie Fiedler, right, instructs son Garett in spelling on Monday at their Newton home.

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAnjie Fiedler, standing at back, holds her youngest, Jenna, 5, whiletalking to her other children, from left, Kara, Elissa, Garett and Marcuswhile school was in session.

BY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW STAFFwendy@harveycountynow.com

Hesston students bring home leadership awardHESSTON—A team of Hesston College students

participated in a Leadership Challenge Event onApril 5 and 6 at Washburn University and cameaway with recognition of their work.

The team of five students, who are enrolled in anAdaptive Challenges in Leadership course at Hes-ston, competed against 10 other teams from collegesin Kansas and surrounding states.

The Hesston team’s efforts earned them theEmerging Leadership Award, which is given to thehighest scoring team among those in their first orsecond year at the event.

Members of the team were sophomores KeeganCook of Whitewater, John Ebaugh of Holtwood, Pa.,Sarah Miller of Freeman, S.D., Jaelyn Rufenacht ofPettisville, Ohio, and Kyle Stucky of Moundridge.

—For Newton Now

Last Saturday, a crowdof people walked into achurch gymnasium,ready to bid. A few hourslater, they walked outwith 70-plus firearms, aswell as knives and coins.

Despite the rainyweather, around 100 peo-ple attended the gun,coin and knife auctionheld at a gymnasium onthe First Church of Godcampus, 620 FairviewRd. Such auctions are notuncommon and usuallydraw big crowds, accord-ing to Vern Koch, whoserved as the auctioneerat the event.

“We'll do two or three ayear,” he said. “We didone a year ago or a yearand a half ago that was alarge collection. It drewpeople from all over theState of Kansas andother people, too.”

The crowd munched ondonuts, sipped coffee andbid on the various lots,ranging from .22 pistols,going as cheap as $100,to collector’s items like aSpringfield M1 Garand.30-06 that sold for $850.

Outside of collector’sitems, hunting riflesfetched the highest priceat the auction.

Koch said people areusually looking forfirearms in good condi-tion at such event. If arare or old gun that'swell taken care of comesup for sale, he said suchitems fetch a high price.

The auction Saturdayfunctioned as a privatesale. All the guns camefrom a single collector

who passed away.“They're collections,”

he said. “The guys justcollect them. The oneSaturday was a local guy.All that stuff was in ahouse in Newton. That'swhy we didn't put aname on the auction.”

He said the man's fam-ily was worried thatsomeone might come tothe house looking forsuch a large stockpile offirearms.

Koch said there arespecial regulations hehas to abide by whenselling firearms. As he'sbasically facilitating asale from a single personto another single personwith the auction, he cansell guns without doing abackground check or fol-lowing other regulationsthat a pawn shop or gunstore would have to fol-low. People provided

some basic information,paid for the firearm andwere able to leave with itthe same day as theypurchased it.

“Guns aren't really ahassle if you know whatyou're doing and howyou’re doing it,” he said.“You have to be careful.”

He can only sell gunsfrom one owner at a timeat the event. If he soldfrom more than oneowner, he'd have to havea different federal li-cense. He also mustmake sure any buyer of apistol is over 21 and isn'tplanning on taking thepistol across state lines.

“We're very securityconscious,” he said.

Auction goers also hadthe chance to buy a morethan 50 knives as well asa number of swords.

Koch auctions off allsorts of items. He was

selling guns, coins andfirearms this week.

This Saturday, he'll beselling houses and achurch.

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NORTH NEWTON—Ina year when many are re-membering the 50th an-niversary of the death ofMartin Luther King Jr.,the Bethel College WindEnsemble’s spring concertwill pay tribute to thefallen civil rights leader.

The concert, titled “A

Change is Gonna Come,”will be at 3 p.m. Sunday,April 29, in Memorial Hallon the Bethel campus. Itis free and open to thepublic, with a freewill of-fering taken to support in-strumental music studyand performance atBethel.

The concert “is our hom-age to Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr., and the programwill feature pieces byAfrican-American com-posers,” said Wind En-semble Conductor AdamV. Fontana, Bethel direc-tor of instrumental music.

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Wind Ensemble end-of-year concert will honor MLK legacy