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PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWNewton resident Aurelio “Willie” Nuñez stands in his garage, the place where criminals stole his tools.

Newton Now and the Newton Area Chamberwill host a local candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. onJuly 14 at the Meridian Center, featuring statesenate, state house and sheriff's candidates.

Candidates will be asked to present theirstances and answer questions on issues pertainingto the race from both a moderator and from audi-ence-submitted questions.

There will be three separate forums. First, asheriff's forum will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed bythe state senate forum, beginning around 7:30p.m., and then the statehouse forum around 8:15p.m.

The event is open to the public, and audiencemembers are free to come and go as they please.

Sheriff's candidates in the race include TedBrunner, Chad Gay, Bryan Hall and Bruce Jolliff.

State House candidates include Tim Hodge andMarc Rhoades. State senate race candidates in-clude Renee Erickson, Carolyn McGinn and J.Michelle Vann.

Nearly all will be in attendance. The event is sponsored by Informed Women of

Harvey County, Vogts-Parga Construction, New-ton Medical Center, Kaye Electric, the MeridianCenter and The Harvey County Independent.

Hear from localcandidates atupcoming forum

BY ADAM STRUNKNEWTON NOW [email protected]

At the age of 90, Aurelio “Willie”Nuñez is finally retiring as a fix-itman. Unfortunately, the theft of thewell-known resident’s tools Monday,June 27, sealed the deal.

Thieves broke into his garage inNewton, taking his work tools andmessing up his truck's ignition.

But they also took something else.“To top it off, they even took my

walking cane,” Nuñez said. “It’s socrazy. I just hope whoever took it putsit to good use instead of selling it fordrugs. […] They forced me to retire.That took care of it.”

He said he was a little upset butwasn’t that mad when he discoveredthe crime.

The Newton resident said he thinksthey were trying to take the truck,which is why the ignition is so messedup. In addition, they stole his heatingand air conditioning tools, wrenches, alittle box of battery chargers for hisdrill, a plumbing set, cutters and pipedyes.

“A lot of stuff I’ve had for years,” he

CRIMINALS STEAL WORK TOOLS FROM AREA MAN

Aurelio “Willie” Nuñez sits in his truck and points out the damage a person or persons did to his truck.

Man without his toolsBY WENDY NUGENTNEWTON NOW [email protected]

See TOOLS / 8

“I just hope whoever took it puts it to good use insteadof selling it for drugs. […] They forced me to retire.That took care of it.”

- Aurelio “Willie” Nuñez

ADAM STRUNK/NEWTON NOWGracie Hammond poses with her fireworks haul Friday afternoon.

Sometimes a good deed can belike a firework. One only has tolight the fuse and watch itspread.

Thanks to the help of the com-munity and a local non-profit,Gracie Hammond, the NewtonHigh School studentwho wanted to give fireworks toneedy kids, brightened up theFourth of July holiday for 20families. She said every family

who asked for fireworks receivedthem.

"A lot of them were reallyemotional," she said. "I had a lit-tle girl screaming andexcited. They were so gratefuland amazing.

“I had some tears. It made mefeel like I was doing the rightthing."

She started the weekend justwanting to give one family fire-works after having some extraspending money left over. Asword of her quest spread, that

Teenager, community providefamilies with brighter holiday


Perhaps Newton drivers are getting better attalking their way out of things, or perhaps it’ssomething else.

But according to documents provided by theNewton Police Department, as a whole, officershanded out fewer tickets in 2015 than the year be-fore. That's been the trend since dating back to atleast 2011.

Citations for driving under the influence, with-out insurance, with no seatbelt and for speedingall dropped in 2015, with overall citations drop-ping by 11 percent to 1,135.

The changes in the amount of citations becomeeven more noticeable when comparing them withnumbers from 2012 and 2011.

Since 2011, traffic citations have dropped bynearly one third, or 32 percent. Officers wrote 204fewer speeding citations, 146 fewer seatbelt cita-tions and 201 fewer insurance citations last year

Police writing fewertickets in Newton


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It seems like barbecuesand gatherings hap-pen at a moment’s no-

tice during the summer.As a lover of dessert, Ioften find that these gath-erings are full of all kindsof delicious salads and en-trees but are often lackingon the sweet side of thepalate.

Obviously, I’ve taken itupon myself to fix thisissue.

Unfortunately, makingdessert quickly can some-times be tough, so thisweek’s recipe is a greatone to file away for a timewhen you need something

sweet and don’t have a lotof time to make it.

And I even bought apre-made graham crackercrust rather than makingmy own. I decided tomake this a true no-bakeexperience.

(Although you can eas-ily make a grahamcracker crust in the mi-crowave with a glass pieplate if you want to. Justmelt one-quarter cup ofbutter in a 9-inch glasspie plate in the mi-crowave. Stir in one-quar-ter cup of sugar and a cupof finely crushed grahamcrackers into the butter

and then press the mix-ture into the pan. Mi-crowave for about threeminutes and cool beforefilling.)

This recipe for a nobake pineapple cheese-cake came from the blog“The Shabby Creek Cot-tage.” You can find it athttp://www.theshabby-creekcottage.com/pineap-ple-cheesecake-in-a-jar.html.

No-Bake PineappleCheesecake

Ingredients1 graham cracker pie

crust

2, 3.4-ounce boxescheesecake instant pud-ding

20 ounces crushedpineapple in pineapplejuice

8 ounces whipped top-ping

DirectionsIn a bowl, combine the

instant pudding andpineapple (juice included).Mix well.

Fold in the whippedtopping and then pour themixture into the pie crust.

Smooth until it looksnice and refrigerate atleast two hours or untilcompletely set up.

If you want the piecesto come out of the pie per-fectly, I’d suggest freezingthe pie rather than justrefrigerating it. We endedup with big, deliciousglobs of cheesecake on ourplates rather than per-fectly formed pie slices(but no one complainedabout that one).

This was a very refresh-

ing dessert, and if youlike pineapple, you’ll likethis. I also wondered ifplacing just a fewmaraschino cherries ontop wouldn’t be good, too,with its nod to pineappleupside down cake, but itdoesn’t really need any-thing more to be ab-solutely perfect.

Also, if you can’t do thegraham crackers, justmake the filling and re-frigerate it. It’s good allon its own, or you couldput the filling out as a dipwith graham crackers on

the side if you wanted asmaller dessert option.

No matter what, youcan’t go wrong with ayummy homemadedessert that you can makewith almost no effort soyou can go out and enjoytime with family andfriends.

Lindsey Young is co-owner of Newton Now. She

doesn’t claim to be an ex-pert in the kitchen but

loves to try new recipes.You can reach her at

[email protected]

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To some people, theFourth of July just meansgetting together with fam-ily to share a meal andhave a quiet holiday. Forothers, it's a time to buyfireworks and watch themsprinkle their pretty colorsagainst the evening sky.

For the latter, therewere plenty of choices forthem to purchase fire-works in Newton, as therewere several profit andnon-profit groups sellingtheir wares startingThursday through July 4.

Friends of HarveyCounty ERT Inc. had a lo-cation in the Family Videoparking lot on MainStreet. Harvey CountyEmergency ResponseTeam personnel formedthe group to fund thecounty's SWAT team, asthey face funding restric-tions from the city andcounty, said Jeff VanHorn, deputy with theHarvey County Sheriff'sOffice.

“This has been our onlyfundraiser for the pastfour years,” Van Horn said

Thursday, June 30. “Weusually sell out. […] Hope-fully, the rain stops so wecan continue that streak.”

He said they had itemsfor big kids and little kidsand things in between.

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Inc.'s board members in-clude current and formermembers, as well asspouses.

Buying fireworks thatevening was thefather/daughter duo ofHarley Decker, 2, and her

father Esteven Decker.Esteven purchased for hisdaughter a backpack fullof items for girls.

“She gets it every year,”he said. “Pretty safe stuffevery year. She likessparklers.”

Another large fireworks

tent, run by WholesaleFireworks, was on Merid-ian in the old Dock 44parking lot. It was run bymanager Colton Bird, hiswife and his best friend.

The stand had a best-selling large item.

“It would probably be

the Excalibur,” Bird said.“It's an artillery shell as-sortment.”

Their best-selling smallitem was Speed Balls.

“They almost look like afirecracker, and when youlight them, they zipaway,” he said.

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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWColton Bird, left, manager of the Wholesale Fireworks tent in Newton,helps customer Max Musser of Newton on Saturday morning.

WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAmber Phenneger, 7, right, looks up at Anniyah Phenneger, both of Newton, while shopping for fireworksThursday, June 30, at the Friends of Harvey County ERT Inc. tent on Main Street in Newton.

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LINDSEY YOUNG/NEWTON NOWNo-bake pineapple cheesecake comes together quickly for that last-minute summer get-together.

Floods washed out roadsand closed parks duringthe Fourth of July week-end.

A deluge of rain, morethan five inches in parts ofthe county, fell on alreadysoaked ground July 2,swelling creeks and riversin the county past floodstages.

Gary Denny, directorof Harvey County Emer-gency Management, saidflood monitors across thecounty recorded water-ways exceeding flood levelsby Sunday and Monday.

“Majority of these ex-ceeded minor flooding,”Denny said.

Kass Miller, director ofHarvey County Parks, saidthat normally the LittleArkansas runs at less than300 cubic feet per second.

On Monday at 1 p.m.,the river was running at7,400 cubic feet per sec-ond, about 25 times morethan normal flow.

At Halstead, the LittleArkansas crested at 26.72feet on Tuesday, almosttwo feet above flood stage.The record highest obser-vation at the location was27 feet 2 inches. The situa-tion was exacerbated byrainfall to the north andwest.

“We were really im-pacted by the water com-ing down from McPhersonCounty,” Denny said.

Water jumped banks ofwaterways, especially inthe west and south ends ofthe county.

Routes into Sedgwickand Halstead were im-passable in many cases.

Jim Meier, superintend-ent of the County Roadand Bridge Department,said he nearly ran out ofbarricades from closingroads. He said crews justmoved them from north tosouth in the county as theflood waters made theirway through.

For Miller and the parksdepartment, it was likedeja vu.

“It was a tough holidayweekend,” he said.“Again.”

Rains during MemorialDay forced parks to closeon that weekend as well.On the Fourth of Julyweekend, the parks de-partment had to evacuateWest Park on Sunday.

“It was the right deci-sion,” Miller said. “ByMonday morning, it wasunderwater. I've neverseen so much water atWest Park. There wouldhave been no getting in orout. Some were refusing toleave. Derek had to get alittle firm with them to getthem to go.”

Miller said he believessome roads in the parkhave been damaged orwashed away. He has noidea if any of the build-ings in the park have been

damaged, however. He said the parks de-

partment has been unableto survey the park byboat.

“Derek tried to get therein the row boat, but thecurrent was too strong,”he said.

Miller said the eventmade for some harrowingmoments like deterringfishermen trying to takeadvantage of the floodingfor good fishing and awoman standing by theflooded river waiting forher friends to come backupstream by boat.

“We ran across the parkto find them,” Miller said.After returning to the lo-cation of the woman, shewas gone, and Miller saidhe believed her to haveleft downstream to pickup her friends.

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In the U.S. Humane So-ciety report “The HorribleHundred 2016: a Sam-pling of Problem PuppyMills in the UnitedStates,” 14 Kansas puppymills landed on the list,including nine “repeat of-fenders,” the closest nearCanton.

According to the CaringHands Humane Society inNewton, puppy millscause far reaching physi-cal and emotional damageto the animals.

“We have seen animalscome in with maladiesthat were untreated,” Car-ing Hands marketing andfundraising coordinatorRandy Stephenson said.“Animals come in fearfuland frightened and haveto be acclimated into goodloving homes in very diffi-cult situations because ofthe treatment they receivein puppy mills.”

Puppy mills, accordingto the U.S. Humane Soci-ety, are “an inhumane,commercial dog-breedingfacility in which thehealth of the dogs is disre-garded in order to main-tain a low overhead andmaximize profits.”

Animals are often notprovided adequate shelterfrom the elements, cleanliving conditions and arenot given veterinary care.When the puppies are soldoff to a pet store, they canhave a list of medicalproblems stemming froma lack of medical care, im-proper breeding, physicaland emotional abuse, orall of the above.

“Often what happens isthat otherwise reputablebusinesses that do carrypuppies end up gettingtheir dogs from puppymills and may not beaware of the medical is-sues they may have and

adopt them to well mean-ing people who then dis-cover they then have a lotof medical issues to han-dle afterwards,” Stephen-son said.

While puppy mills existthroughout the country,Kansas is in the top threewith Missouri and Iowafor the most puppy millsmaking the list. Closest toNewton were facilities inCanton, El Dorado, andBurns. And while therewere 14 puppy mills fromKansas making the Hu-mane Society’s 2016 list,there aren’t a lot of regu-lations or resources to en-force the regulations thatdo exist. Most of the dogsCaring Hands receives arenot directly from the stateafter removing animalsfrom a property. But theydo receive dogs from thirdparties after purchasingdogs and finding symp-toms of coming from apuppy mill.

When the dogs arrive atCaring Hands, the reha-bilitation process takestime.

“We have volunteersthat come in and walk thedogs, hold the dogs, carefor the dogs,” Stephensonsaid. “We as employeeshave dogs in here. Everydog has the opportunity tocome into the office andinteract with people on amuch more relaxed naturethan they experienced inthe kennel. Obviously, thedogs have to be put into akennel. That is just thereality of it. But they aretaken out on walks. Theyare brought in and caredfor and played with. Vari-ous volunteers do that,and in some cases, theyare taken into foster par-ent’s homes and accli-mated that way. A lot oftimes, the issue is takingcare of their fear-factorand the fact that theyhave been trained byrough treatment and neg-lect to fear humans.Therefore, they are al-ready fearful when theycome into this environ-ment. It is unfortunatethat we can’t do morethan we can.”

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Early budget includes tax increase

The county commissiongot a chance to see a verypreliminary budget sugges-tion from staff, whichwould include a 1.94 milltax increase, at its weeklycommission meeting.

The increase, accordingto Assistant County Ad-ministrator AnthonySwartzendruber, comesfrom paying for some one-time costs of replacing themain control panel at thecounty jail and starting topay for a software changeof the county financial sys-tems. He said the increasealso seeks to shore up in-frastructure around thecounty and takes into ac-count a property tax capthat will be put in place forthe next budget in 2018.

The commissioners werecharged to go home, gothrough the suggestedbudget, and look forchanges and suggestionsbefore an upcoming all-daybudget workshop.

The budget is still a longway from set and won't besettled on until July 25.For context, however, a1.94 mill increase wouldamount to around $22more a year in taxes for a$100,000 residential prop-erty.

On top of the tax in-crease, the county budgetwould also get a financialboost due to property eval-uations in the county in-creasing by 1.76 percent.

The topic of the propertyevaluation increaseprompted a lengthy discus-sion on the upcoming prop-erty tax cap for 2018, putin place by the KansasLegislature.

Had the new propertytax cap been in place this

year, thecounty wouldhave had tocut its taxesback by .53mills insteadof any possi-ble increasesor it wouldhave trig-gered a public vote.

Swartzendruber saidthat's because the countywould have only been ableto raise its revenues byaround $40,000 before ex-ceeding a rate of inflationset by the consumer priceindex.

After exceeding thatrate, the county wouldhave had to have a publicvote, which would havecost around $23,000.

“The point we're tryingto emphasize is you canonly increase your revenueby $40,000, but the in-crease in expenses to main-tain every year is morethat that,” Swartzendrubersaid.

Commissioner RandyHague expressed dissatis-faction with the loomingcap.

“How does this work?”he said. “They [health in-surance companies] can goup 20 percent on our costs,but we can't exceed .125percent?”

Commissioner Ron Kre-hbiel also expressed hisdistaste for the cap, sayingthat such a cap would con-tinue to force the county tocut services.

“Who's going to benefitfrom this thing and the taxlid?” he asked.

“It's just a postcard itemfor those up for election,”County Clerk Rick Piephoresponded.

County AdministratorJohn Waltner told commis-sioners this would be thereality on budgets for thefuture unless elected offi-

cials change. “The endgame for many

in the legislature is to forceyou to do less and to doless with less money,” hesaid. “That continues to bethe mantra and it res-onates with voters.”

In other news:• Krehbiel said he de-

bated not attending thecounty commission meet-ing, due to the floodingnear his home. He said onSunday the only way toleave his home near Bur-rton would have been by afour-wheeler across a pas-ture.

“I think there's moreroads underwater outthere than we got out ofwater,” he said of the AltaTownship.

•Commissioner RandyHague contributed 50cents to the County Com-mission Cuss Jar. Commis-sioner Chip Westfall madecommissioner Hague put aquarter in the cuss jar forswearing the week before.Hague pulled out twoquarters and tossed theminto the jar. “How aboutthis” he said. “Damn, Ithought you'd forget.”

• Sales tax revenues in-creased for the secondquarter compared to lastyear. Sales tax receiptsgrew to $1.182 million up2.76 percent from lastquarter.

• The commission ap-proved paying $254,724 forits weekly bills.

• All commissionerswere in attendance.

• The commission hadtwo executive sessions.One was to discuss finan-cial affairs and economicdevelopment issues relat-ing to confidential datawith the county clerk,county attorney, countyappraiser, register ofdeeds, and county admin-istrator.


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The Newton Police De-partment is looking intoa report of a rape at theDays Inn in Newton at100 Manchester that took

place June 28. According to Newton

Police Detective MikeYoder, a third party re-ported a rape of a femalevictim by a male suspect

at 11:40 p.m. that night. Few details into the

case were available, butYoder said they were im-mersed in the investiga-tion.

Newton Police Department investigating possible rapeNEWTON NOW STAFF

Residents in the HarveyCounty Homeless Shelterare caring and quite help-ful. They're not dirty andneedy, as some peoplestereotype them.

That's according to AmySneary, shelter volunteercoordinator/bookkeeper.

For instance, Snearysaid one resident keptbusy by cleaning the linencloset.

“She was bored, and herkids were playing,” so shecleaned the closet, whichtook at least three hours,Sneary said.

People go to the home-less shelter for a variety ofreasons, and they have arange of emotions goingthere, including the chil-dren. In order to welcomechildren as residents, thehomeless shelter is search-ing for a group that willput together “Bags ofLove” for toddlers, olderchildren and teens.

“This is just somethingto make the kids feel wel-come,” Sneary said. “Idon't want them to beashamed, scared or embar-rassed, and I'm the onedoing this, and I wouldprobably be the one togreet them.”

She plans to get on theirlevel and tell the kids she'sglad they're there.

The bags will have threeor four items for each kid,and a group that wants tobe responsible for this canbring extra supplies. Teensmight receive things likehygiene products andnotepads. Sneary has beenassembling a variety ofitems for the bags, whichwill have happy messageswritten on them; she pur-chased them on sale or atother good prices. For in-stance, she bought 18bathtub floaty boats for$2.49 from the clearanceaisle in Walgreens, six-count tissue packages for a$1 from another store, andtoothbrushes and tooth-paste. There's also HotWheels and sunglasses forkids. Even Sneary's daugh-ter, Lexi Sneary, 7, do-nated some of her toys thatare in good condition.

Sometimes, families ar-rive at the shelter withnothing except the clotheson their backs.

“Things we take forgranted,” Sneary saidabout what might be in thebags. “A child might notown a comb or a tooth-brush, so having thesebags when they come in—it's the gesture of we don'tknow what they're goingthrough. We don't knowwhat is going on in theirmind. Their house could've

burned down, and theycould've lost everything.They may have beenevicted because, say Dadlost his job, and they could-n't pay rent anymore. […]We don't know what'sgoing on in their head.They're probably scared. Ijust feel like giving the alittle bag of something spe-cial that is their own, thatbelongs to them, may put asmile of their face, andthere also will be a card inthere.”

Sneary said she loveskids and hopes these bagscan brighten their day.

“If some little girl opensthis and finds this,”Sneary said, waving aHello Kitty ring, “it mayjust make her day.”

The shelter will take do-nations for the bags, aswell as any other gifts,since they operate by dona-tion.

One man brought about$100 worth of Hot Wheelsto the shelter.

“I have no idea who hewas,” Sneary said. “He wasa gift sent from God. […]We get no governmentfunding whatsoever.”

They pay their own bills,like rent, water and staffwages, and they are a non-profit 501(c)3.

“Nothing is too little,”Sneary said about dona-tions. “My daughterwanted to donate a quar-ter.”

Their No. 1 need ismonthly monetary dona-tions, as they're totallysupported by churches,businesses and individualsin the area.

“It costs approximately$20 per night to feed,

house and provide casemanagement for one per-son,” a news releasestated.

Other needed items in-clude lunch food, such assliced sandwich bread,lunch meat, sliced cheese,mayonnaise, MiracleWhip, mustard, snackitems and fresh fruit.They also need cleaningsupplies, trash bags, dia-pers (preferably size 4 or5), boxed or bagged cereal,coffee, creamer, sugar andforever postage stamps.They don't need wetwipes.

Those who wish to do-nate monthly can pledge avariety of levels. TheBronze Level is $20 amonth, which provides“one night of hope andhealing per month,” andthe Silver Level is $60 permonth and provides threenights per month, accord-ing to a news release.

“For only a $20 gift, youcan provide one night'sshelter, food and hope forone person,” the releasestated.

The shelter also acceptsother items, from laundrysupplies to other foods tonon-alcoholic medicationto office supplies and newclothing. They have an en-tire sheet listing whatthey accept. For more in-formation, call the shelterat 316-283-7711 or [email protected] can be brought tothe shelter at 900 W.Broadway, Building 7 inNewton. The shelter alsocan use volunteers, andmany churches in the areatake turns bringing orfinding people to take din-

ners to the shelter.The homeless shelter

isn't just a place to layone's head and find shel-ter.

“We're a 90-day pro-gram,” Sneary said. “Dur-ing that 90 days, we'regoing to help them findthe resources they need tobecome a productive mem-ber of the community.”

This can include coun-seling or therapy, Sneary

said, and she added theydon't allow residents tohave alcohol or drugs intheir systems, so if theyfail urine analysis or alco-hol tests, they're asked toleave.

“We're a family environ-ment, and we're willing tohelp those in need,” shesaid. “We want it to besafe.”

The local shelter isunique.

“We are one of the onlyhomeless shelters inKansas that provides shel-ter in the same facility formen, women and chil-dren,” Sneary said. “Theyneed to work together as afamily. That is somethingHarvey County should beproud of. If there's a need,we're investing in thatfamily. If the family has aneed, we're taking thewhole family in as a unit.”

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www.harveycountynow.com Newton Now July 7, 2016OPINION

Imean let's face it. Utility ratesin Newton are high. When talk-ing about the draws for the

town, no one says, “Come to New-ton. If you save water, you may payonly $90 a month on your utility billas a single person.”

Yet, Newtonians had free bulkyitem pickup. Take a fridge, toss iton the curb and with a phone call, itwould disappear. Sofas, ovens,beds, cabinets, you name it—thecity would pick it up. Free.

A storm would come, and I, my-self, would put my limbs by thecurb and make a call.

And then. They took it away. Oh, hell hath no fury as people

who lose their free bulky itempickup service.

Does it matter that it still onlycosts $10?

No. We might not have had much,

but the city picked our junk up forfree. And that counted for some-thing.

I had an idea writing the storythat some people might be a bit un-happy with the decision change.

I posted the article on a few of thelocal Facebook forums.

It was less than a minute before

the first upset comment was lodged.Followed by a firestorm of wailingand gnashing of teeth.

A good many of the comments wecouldn't even print, their languageso salty, their hearts so fiery about$10 bulky item pickups.

Some threatened to dump trashin the park. Others to leave junk intheir yard.

Now we have until September totake advantage of the service whileit's free.

And this, people, is why we can'thave nice things.

So costs for our beloved bulkyitem pickup have been rising overthe years.

Currently the service costs$70,000 annually to operate.

Adding to those costs are somejamokes who literally haul in largetires from other counties just toabuse the system or contractorswho do the same thing with largeequipment tires.

Those tires cost hundreds of dol-lars to the city to dispose.

And then there are some treetrimmers who, after cutting down atree, decide to just use the city'sfree pick up service instead of haul-ing.

A good system got abused. And sosome corrections were made. Thepeople who are mad at the cityought to be equally as made at thepeople who drove up the prices andruined a good service for everyone.

Still, if I have any furniture oritems I think I'm going to get rid of,they'll be on the curb before Sep-tember 1.

I plan on getting my money'sworth for that one time my toiletbroke and ran over the weekendand pushed my utility bill up $150.

Adam Strunk is the Newton Nowmanaging editor. He can be reached

at 316-281-7899 or [email protected].

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This is a topic that concernseveryone in the UnitedStates. It concerns women

because we wear them, and it con-cerns men because they have tohear us gripe about finding theright size, how uncomfortable theyare, how expensive good ones are,etc., etc. Men have to see hand-washed bras hanging from theshower curtain as they slowly dry.

I'm talking about bras. Yes, theold brassiere.

Finally, at the age of (blah,blah—not revealing that!), I'vefound some that actually fit me.Sometime after Christmas 2015, Iwas in the mood to buy some thatfit. I'd been getting the kind thatare sold in small, medium andlarge sizes, which now I don'tthink is a good idea. Not muchsupport for “the girls” there. Iknow guys can buy jock straps (I'mtrying to be an equal-opportunityundergarment writer) in smalls,mediums and larges, but I don'tthink that's a good idea for us gals.

So, I did the measuring like onewebsite stated. I got the bust andband measurements and sub-tracted here and there and cameout with a measurement that wassupposed to work. Well, it didn't.The underwires dug into my body,causing it to rub and hurt. Myboyfriend had to hear about that. Ibought those at JC Penney inManhattan and returned them tothe JC Penney in Wichita.

With bras, we have to find thebra size and cup size. And it's con-fusing.

This is how www.soma.com saysto do it, “Measure loosely aroundthe fullest part of your bust, withthe tape straight across andaround your back, bringing it tothe front. 2. Subtract your bandmeasurement (from step 1) fromthis bust measurement. The differ-ence calculates your bra size—each inch represents a cup size.”Does that make sense to anyone?It doesn't to me.

When I was shopping for bras inManhattan, my sister suggested Igo to Victoria's Secret in the mallthere, but I didn't. I thought theywere too expensive. She said theyeven measure you.

After I returned the ill-fittingevil torture devices to JC Penneyat Towne East, I headed over toVictoria's Secret. They were hav-ing their semi-annual sale at thetime, and the place was packed.One of my sons was with me, buthe decided to go shop somewhereelse. Who wants to be in Victoria'sSecret with his mom?

So, I found out their customerservice is excellent. One worker

there introduced herself to me andbrought me to someone who couldmeasure me. She got the measure-ment and had me try on a few oftheir bras. The first one I tried onfit perfectly! I could hear angelssinging. The heavens opened up.(Not really.) But I had this won-derful fitted feeling like I've neverhad before.

They say most women are wear-ing the wrong-sized bra. I was oneof those women. I always thoughtVictoria's Secret just had sexy-looking bras, the kind I don't re-ally like. However, they also havethe workhorse, pretty kind, in aline called Body by Victoria. That'smore my speed. And, yes, they aremore expensive than other bras,but I have four now, and I'd ratherhave four that fit, are well madeand will last longer than fourcheaper ones that stretch out anddon't fit.

Their customer service was ex-cellent. They helped me so much,and I really appreciated it. Theyfetched things for me when Ineeded them. I felt like a queen,and I enjoyed being waited onhand and foot.

Now if there was a bra store inNewton, I would have tried thatplace first. But there isn't. So, Ineeded to go out of town.

My advice to all the gals outthere—go to Victoria's secret andget measured and try some on. Itwon't hurt. I promise.

Wendy Nugent is the features ed-itor at Newton Now.

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In our experience the simpler you make a process, themore likely you'll have people participate.

We want citizens to be as informed as possible for con-tested local elections this year.

So we figured the simplest way to help people get in-formed would be to get the elections' candidates to-gether in one room to give their stances and answerquestions.

We partnered with the Newton Area Chamber ofCommerce to host a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. July14 at the Meridian Center. And we hope it will provide agreat and convenient opportunity for Harvey Countyresidents to size up candidates in the contested statehouse and senate races, as well as our local sheriff'srace. We'll have forums for all three.

After another tumultuous year in the state house, alllegislators are up for re-election, and many find them-selves up in contested races, including Senator CarolynMcGinn and Representative Marc Rhoades.

Control for the Kansas House and Senate could be upfor grabs this year between the ultraconservative wingof the GOP and the moderate coalition formed by mod-erate Republicans and Democrats.

Both local elections offer voters a referendum on theirelected officials and their actions, including a variety ofhot button issues like Kansas tax policy, education fi-nance, Medicaid expansion, and the overall state of thestate.

Incumbents in both races as well as their challengerswill be there to present their view on such issues and toanswer questions about future service to the state at theforum. We'll also take a few questions from the audi-ence.

Sheriff’s candidates will also be on hand to speak andanswer questions about where they'd like to take the of-fice.

The candidates will have large shoes to fill, followingthe departure of the charismatic T. Walton. The posi-tion is important. It governs the county's approach tolaw enforcement, the management of the jail and the of-fice's cooperation and assistance with other depart-ments such as the Newton Police Department.

The sheriff has a large staff and budget to manage.With increasingly tighter budgets, it will be importantto have a sheriff competent at navigating such issues.

The sheriff also serves as the face of Harvey Countyand a leader in response to crisis. We saw that firsthand with the Excel tragedy Newton experienced earlierthis year.

It's sometimes hard to know what you're getting whenyou vote for a sheriff's candidate, and it's worrisome ifsuch an important election would come down to theamount of yard signs or a letter behind a name. So we'rehoping the forum will help answer questions attendeeshave.

We've had invaluable help or contributions from theInformed Women of Harvey County, The Harvey CountyIndependent, The Meridian Center, Newton MedicalCenter, Kaye Electric and Vogts Parga Construction. Allof these groups put time and or money into this event,because they believe voters need to be informed for theupcoming election.

We hope this event to be a resource to voters andsomething we can continue on in the future.

So if you want such a resource and opportunity, useit. Show up July 14. We'd be more than happy to haveyou, and it should be an entertaining way to spend aThursday night. These elections and our right to voteare much too important to complete uninformed.

—Newton Now Editorial Board

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ADAM STRUNK

WENDY’S WORDS

WENDY NUGENT

Say what?This nation will survive,this state will prosper, theorderly business of life willgo forward if only men canspeak in whatever waygiven them to utter whattheir hearts hold-by voice,by posted card, by letter, orby press. Reason has neverfailed men. Only force andrepression have made thewrecks in the world.

William Allen White, 1922

July 7, 2016 Newton Now www.harveycountynow.com OPINION

“You never know the valueof a moment until it be-comes a memory.” Ah,

the wisdom of Dr. Seuss. Memories are made by captur-

ing the emotion and reaction tosmall moments. Many potentialmemories fade because we are tooworried, too invested in what hap-pens next to fully absorb what ishappening now.

This weekend, I will light can-dles on my birthday cake. A boat-load of candles. There issomething about these milestonebirthdays that nudge us to be re-flective.

As I hit the Big 6-5, Dave, whois, of course, years my senior—well, at least two years older, andI are beginning to contemplate ournext chapter. Think Dave andBarb’s Next Big Adventure. Hope-fully, this will be a wonderfullyloooong, rewarding chapter beforewe reach that Final Chapter of re-ally old age. Our story is far frombeing scripted, but it is fun todream together about possible newadventures, less structure, fewermeetings and deadlines. A timewhen we will have time to fullycapture the nuances of little mo-ments that create lasting memo-ries.

Looking back, it’s generally been65 smooth years. I had a blast andwas ridiculously involved on cam-pus during my college undergradu-ate years. After grad school, Itraveled around Australia and theSouth Pacific for two years; saw

the sights, jumped into that expe-rience head first. Returning, I set-tled into a teaching career Iutterly cherished. Fell in love, andhave treasured 35 joyful years ofmarriage and a lifetime of happi-ness and pride as Doc has writtenhis story. We welcomed Rachelinto our family, and now savor thisnew world of grandtwins. Big pic-ture memories.

But it isn’t the broad brushed,general memories that feed oursoul and send endorphins skippingthrough our bodies years later.

The memories that become life’streasures are those in-the-momentmemories. Those little, specific, in-timate moments of awareness.Mom’s reaction when she opened agift-wrapped baby doll labeled, “ToGrandma Lois.” The eye-contactand wide mouthy smile that firstsignaled our grandson acknowl-edged I was someone special in hisworld.

I will never forget moving intomy flat in Charters Towers,Queensland, and being awakened

by a cat-sized black bush rat inbed with me. I cherish the time astudent tossed a copy of To Kill AMockingbird on my desk, and at-tempted to be nonchalant when hesaid, “There. First time I ever reada book from cover to cover. Hopeyou’re happy.” Yes, Steven, I wasvery happy! I’ll never forget thenight Justin woke me up to tell mehe had gotten a speeding ticketafter a high school football game. Iremember praying, “Thank you,God. It is good to know our son iscomfortable and willing to be hon-est with us.”

Specific, detailed memoriesshape our lasting life stories.

As time and priorities shift inthe coming years, I am committedto actively creating memories. Liv-ing in the moment. No more justletting life happen. That means domore, plan less. Take more photos,polish fewer floors. Less fear, moreadventure. Fewer have-to’s, morewant-to’s. Things break. Jobs end.Health slips away. But the mem-ory of engaged activities and rela-tionships bring recurring joy andcomfort. We don’t remember daysor years; we remember moments.

Life is short. Live it.

Barbara Burns has spent muchof her adult life working with and

for the Newton community in vari-ous roles and volunteer efforts. She

works for the City of Newton andshares life with her husband,

Dave, who is an attorney with Size-more, Burns, & Gillmore, PA.

Big memories come wrapped in moments Drenching raindoesn’t dampen spirits

Weigh in

We’ve come a long waysince the London gamesof 2012, at least when it

comes to how we watch TV. As more and more people cut

the cable cord and opt for basicchannels and alternative stream-ing solutions like Netflix andHulu, our viewing habits havechanged. Many people have smartapps built into their TV, watchmovies and shows on their phonesand tablets, or simply stream con-tent through their PCs. So itwould only make sense that therewould be multiple options towatch this summer’s Olympicsother than staying glued to thetube.

Because, let’s be honest—no-body really wants to risk a tripdown to Rio with all the woes fac-ing this year’s travelers. And wecan all watch safely from the com-fort of our home TVs, PCs andsmartphones using these viewingoptions starting Friday, Aug. 5.

On your TVYeah, OK, so it’s the 21st cen-

tury and all, but it’s still prettyeasy and convenient for most of usto just turn on NBC and kick backfor a few hours as we get our trackand field or swimming fix. So, if

you do still prefer TV and cable,you’ll be happy to know thatNBCUniversal will be airing thou-sands of hours of Olympic pro-gramming across its network andcable channels like NBC, CNBC,MSNBC, USA, the Golf Channeland Bravo. Yes, Bravo.

From your smart deviceIf you’re like most Americans,

you absorb at least some of yourmedia from a smart device like aniPhone or iPad (or Android equiv-alent). Because, again, it’s the21st Century. And NBC gets 21stCentury you - it’s why the net-work will be streaming most of theOlympics through the free NBCSports app, available for downloadin the Apple App Store, GooglePlay and even the Windows Store.

Note that you may still have toauthenticate a cable subscriptionto view some content.

In 4KDid I mention it’s the 21st cen-

tury already? As more and moreAmericans have been moving to4K televisions, content providers(like Netflix, for example) havebegun offering 4K video, and NBCis being generous enough to giveyou at least some 4K coverage. Isay some because, according totheir site, NBC will only bestreaming 83 hours of events, in-cluding the opening and closingceremonies and some of the biggersports like track, basketball,swimming and soccer. And 4Kstreams will only be offered theday after the event airs live.

How will you be viewing thisyear’s Olympics? Send us a mes-sage and let us know if you haveany traditions or interesting waysyou’ll be watching the summergames.

Jeremy Jaso is a news writer byday and a gamer by night. Look

for him on Xbox Live using thegamertag "Dr Dreso."

Don’t miss a second of the summer Olympics

VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY

BARBARA BURNS

REWIND

JEREMY JASO

End puppy mills in KansasThis year the Humane

Society again named anearby puppy mill locatedby Canton to its “HorribleHundred” list. The Hu-mane Society stated dogswere left in such a neg-lected condition that theirclaws curled into its foot-pads. The establishmenthas been on the list ofworst puppy mills in thenation four times, yet stillit remains open.

This incident calls tomind the need to cuttingdown Kansas puppy millsbecause of the neglect andabuse of the dogs used asbreeders. There is a smallgroup of us, the Leaguefor the Abolishment of

Puppy Mills, that havebeen meeting locally tofurther that need for overtwo years.

We are aware, however,that this is a remote possi-bility in Kansas, as thesepuppy mills bring in avery large sum of tax dol-lars for the state, and bylumping the puppy millregulations into their hus-bandry statues (Livestockand Domestic Animals)the Kansas legislaturegives dog breeders a lot oflatitude to mistreat them.

Thus, our secondarygoal is to see tougher reg-ulations to the Kansas PetAnimal Act, and for morefrequent and tougher in-spections. While thereexist some regulations re-

quiring basic treatment ofbreeder dogs, such asfeeding and crate sizes(which the USDA requiresto be only inches largerthan the animal they arehousing), there are no reg-ulations in place to protectthem from abusive treat-ment or to protect themfrom the traumatic man-ner in which they are han-dled and bred. Many ofthese “licensed breeders”have 500 dogs or more,each housed in a smallcage. And with a woefullyinsufficient number ofState Inspectors, there isvery little actual oversightof these puppy mill breed-ers to enforce what fewregulations do exist.

With the current finan-

cial state of affairs inKansas, we realize thissecondary goal likelywon't happen anytimesoon. Therefore, one thingwe can do is educate peo-ple about where all thosecute puppies in the storeactually do come from,and to encourage adoptionfrom a shelter or rep-utable breeder that hasthe best interests of thepuppies at heart and whotreats them as pets andnot as livestock.

I think most everyonewould agree that withtheir intelligence, sensi-tivity, and long-standingattachment to humans,dogs are not, and shouldnot be treated, like anyother breeder stock.

In summary, it is ourdesire to increase publicawareness of the harsh re-alities of animal abuseand neglect in puppymills, and to pursue morestringent restrictionsupon the treatment of ani-mals in puppy mills. Sev-eral of us have fostereddogs through CaringHands that were rescuedfrom puppy mills.

Our group has experi-enced first-hand the phys-ical and emotionaldamage done to thesedogs. Physical animalabuse gets lots of public-ity, however a breeding fa-cility that can havehundreds of dogs that areunder-nourished, receiveno proper veterinary care,

live in small unsanitarycages, and are emotionallyand psychologicallyabused, goes unnoticed.

If anyone is interestedin joining this group dis-cussion, we meet on thethird Thursday of everymonth at 6:00p.m. atCharlies Restaurant. Foradditional information,call Lori Yoder at 316-217-6767.

—Submitted by theLeague for the Abolish-

ment of Puppy Mills:David E. Yoder, Harvey

County attorney, LoriYoder, secretary, FirstPresbyterian Church,John Carman, Ph.D.,

Mary Carman, Ph.D., andKathy Pearce, Ph.D.

When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats aface-lift any day. —Marty Bucella

The timing couldn’t have been worse. As a Kansasnative, I like to think I’m weather-savvy. Butlately it seems that hot and dry begets hot and

dry around here. I settled into the dry 100 degree days.Exactly how do torrential downpours sneak up on peo-ple who are so experienced with weather shifts?

A couple of old—they won’t take offense, I’m thesame age—friends and I made plans to drive our happymusic-loving selves to an annual outdoor concert in thepark. We are cut from the same cloth, the lot of us—abright primary-color-basedbolt—manufac-tured in the ’70s,crafted in the’80s.

And so, in rev-erence of ourdecade of honor,we had tickets inhand for RickSpringfield. Yes,that’s the one.Noah Drake, MD.The guy in lovewith his best friend’s girl. The one who warned us all,“Don’t talk to strangers, baby, dont’cha talk.”

As we headed down the road, someone in the carmentioned in passing about the patchy dark sky aheadof us. “It isn’t going to rain, is it?” she asked. Webrushed it off with a no, probably not.

And it didn’t. Not a drop. Until we got within 10miles of the park. A few teasing drips, just enough tomake us groan and search harder for a splinter of bluesky somewhere above the billowing gray clumps hover-ing over the highway.

It was not to be. Instead, this would lead us down adirt road behind the park to a grass lot. We lined upalong a tree line with more hopefuls like us, trapped inour cars as a miniature Niagara Falls force rainwashed away our hopes of a night of music under thestars. Woe was us.

Watching the radar became more depressing, so wethrew our chances to fate and during a brief let-up,hauled our blankets and chairs across the wet grasslots, down wet winding sidewalks, through a wet entrygate and into the wet and muddy park area.

Did I mention mud? Have you seen the images of Woodstock in the rain

and sludge? It was kind of like that without the half-million people, drugs, trampling and naked people. OK,it was nothing like Woodstock, but my shoes got ruinedand I felt mud squishing between my toes for threehours.

Now the good news. In spite of an hour or so delay,the music did start. When the Romantics played “WhatI Like About You,” the rain had stopped. When NightRanger played “Sister Christian,” the clouds had disap-peared. And by the time Rick Springfield played“Human Touch,” a perfect bright moon had been hungright on top of us.

Fireworks lit our way back to the car and we headedback down the even dirtier road until we found thehighway again.

All was well, I thought. A fun show with some funpeople. A quick ride home, slightly later than my nor-mal Saturday bedtime, but still... a night for the mem-ory book.

If I had intended to travel back in time, it wasn’tgoing to end when we pulled into the driveway at 1:25a.m. My ride dropped me off and there I stood at myback door, hair flat, feet bare, holding my ruinedmuddy sandals, a purse strapped around my neck anda folding chair as long as I am slung over my shoulder.And a locked door.

I knew what I was going to have to do. But not a sin-gle part of me wanted to do it. In that moment, a sur-real feeling of being 16 washed over me. I had brokencurfew and been locked out of my house.

I slowly pulled out my phone and texted my daughterwith a time stamp of 1:29 a.m. “I’m locked out. Sorry.” Ishut the phone down as a slight irrational fear of beingreprimanded came over me. Two more texts and twophone calls brought no response.

Then reality hit me. She’s not going to wake up. I ama 40-something mother of two who, after a night of par-tying with her friends, is seriously considering sleepingin her car because she’s locked out of her own house.

I had enough time to open my car door, sit down andsigh. Then the phone lit up.

“Coming.”I felt so guilty. And relieved. Maybe part of me felt

like a teenager again. Until my own teenager openedthe door, silently turned back around and went back tobed. I felt a little older then.

Still, I wonder who’s playing next year.

Shelley Plett is a graphic designer for the Free Pressand Kansas Publishing Ventures. She can be reached at

shelley@hillsborofree press.com.

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said.Now, Nuñez said he doesn’t

want his stuff back.“I knew this kind of thing

was happening in Newton, andI was hoping it wasn’t me, butit was,” he said, adding he’s lefthis garage open for years withnothing happening.

So Nuñez called the policeand reported the crime.

“I said, ‘Why is this happen-ing?’” Nuñez said. “[…] I justhope that the tools they took,they can put to good use. That’smy feeling. It don’t do no goodto be mad, because it’s disturb-ing. It’s not as bad as whensomeone comes in the houseand takes everything.”

Nuñez said he says a prayerevery morning, which helpshim not get mad when thingshappen.

“This gets me through theday—something comes up, youknow how to stay cool,” he said.

The prayer goes like this,“Eternal God, in whom mercy isendless and the treasury ofcompassion—inexhaustible,look kindly upon us, that in dif-ficult moments we might notdespair nor become despondent,but with great confidence sub-mit ourselves to Your holy willwhich is love and mercy itself.”

Throughout the years, Nuñezmost likely has been able to putthis prayer to use, as he startedworking after graduating fromNewton High School in 1944.First, he worked for Boeing inWichita for a year and a half.

“When I left Boeing, I wasmaking $1.08 an hour,” hesaid.

Then, he worked for theNewton ice plant, where hemade less—55 cents an hour.He stayed with this job for 22years until he noticed refriger-ation cars coming in on theSanta Fe, and he knew changeswere coming.

Eggs still were in demand, sohe worked at Hurst Products,an egg plant that separatedyolks. He was a maintenanceman there for four years.

“I got a little tired of that,and they had an opening atHesston Corporation,” Nuñezsaid, adding he was employedthere for 15 years about 20years ago. While there, heworked on heating and air.

At one point, he was laid off;

he still did the same thing oncontract, however.

For a long time, Nuñez hasbeen working in heating andair conditioning, and he saidnow he’s teaching a fellowabout heating and air.

“Now I hibernate,” he said. “Igo out once in a great while. […] I don’t do much like I used toanymore.”

Nuñez has worked for locallandlord Jim Roupp for aboutsix or seven years, he said.

Nuñez said he did a lot of“decorating” for Roupp, whichincluded sheetrock work, paint-ing and whatever else neededdone, like installing units.

One day, Nuñez just quit. Itwas time.

“He was a good man to workfor,” Nuñez said. “One thing Iliked working for him is he

trusted you.”Roupp has an equally high

opinion of Nuñez.“Mr. Fix-It can fix anything,”

Roupp said. “He retired some-thing like 10 years ago. Hiswife said, ‘You’re 80; you needto quit.' […] Everybody lovesWillie. I want people to knowWillie is the neatest guy I everhad working for me. He’s a spe-cial guy, I can tell you. I justwish he hadn’t got old on me.”

It appears people aren’thappy Nuñez is retiring.

“They won’t let me retire,” hesaid. “People think I oughta goon forever.”

InformationIf anyone has any informa-

tion related to this case, con-tact the Newton PoliceDepartment at 316-284-6030.

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than four years prior. Newton Police Chief Eric

Murphy explained that theoffice has had difficultyhiring staff to replace de-partures or retirementsand has to prioritize whereit uses police officers. Basi-cally, fewer police officersto dispatch means fewerofficers able to patrol andmonitor traffic.

"The patrol divisionstruggled once again withmanpower issues duringthe course of the year,"Murphy wrote in his re-

port. "A total of five certi-fied officers left during theyear. This type of short-age, all at one time, con-tinues to pose an extremechallenge as it requires aminimum of nine monthsto identify, hire and trainan individual to fill a pa-trol position.”

While citations havetrended down over the lastfive years, arrests in New-ton have not.

The number of arrestshas jumped by 18.5 per-cent to 2,071 in 2015. Ju-venile arrests during thesame time period in-creased by 15 percent to239.

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goal increased to threethen 10.

After a number of localmedia outlets picked upher story, she said mem-bers of the public cameforward to donate, and shereceived an estimated$490. She also got somehelp and was able to buyfireworks at a discountfrom the stand operatedby the Friends of HarveyCounty Emergency Re-sponse Team.

"We really want to dothis again next year," shesaid. "We're going to sitdown after this and thinkof other opportunities wecould do. I just want peo-ple to know they can dostuff, too. I want to en-courage people to get outthere and give and then dothat again."

The story started Fri-day, when Hammondwent shopping for fire-works. She was given $50to spend on fireworks andhad a problem.

She had $20 leftover.Hammond said she

started thinking abouthow easy it was for her toget fireworks but for howmany people in need, suchfun is a luxury item.

So she decided to usethe leftover money to buyfireworks for a family whocouldn't afford them.

She said she was moti-vated by a need to try andreach out to other people.

“I’m a Christian," shesaid. "I've been in a Biblestudy. I'm trying to getbetter in my faith."

She posted in “What'sHappening in Newton,” apopular local Facebookgroup where people ex-change information, andthat's when the messagesstarted coming in askingfor help.

“A lot of people just toldme their stories,” she said.

After seeing her post, afamily friend chipped inanother $100 allowing herto buy fireworks for threemore families.

She said those who shesaid she could help were

very grateful.“I had one person say, ‘I

just want my kids to havethe same experience aseveryone else,’” she said.

With names in hand,eventually she was put incontact with Newton Po-lice Lt. Bryan Hall, whotook vacation time to runa fireworks stand tofundraise for the HarveyCounty Emergency Re-sponse Team.

“I was struck in the firstfew minutes by her char-acter,” Hall said. “I sawher heart in my heart, be-cause she wanted to helppeople, and I try to helppeople. I happened to bein the place to help outmyself, so I thought ab-solutely.”

Hall said he was im-pressed that Hammonddidn't think in terms ofrich or poor but thateveryone should be able toenjoy the holiday.

Hall, who is no strangerto organizing communityoutreach, asked Ham-mond her goals with thefireworks project.

She told him shewanted to help those inneed, and he told her tostart with somethingachievable.

“I said, ‘Let's start witha goal for 10 kids,’” Hallsaid.

She was on hand pick-ing out fireworks Fridayafternoon with her motherMindy and a friend. Sheselected Roman candles,sparklers and other smallfireworks to fill the bas-ket.

Her mother looked onproudly.

“It's just unbelievablethat I can raise a daugh-ter at 16 that can go outand do things like this onher own initiative,” Mindysaid.

Hammond, for her ownpart, didn't really wantthe story to be about her.She just had a simplemessage: Help each other.

“A lot of people aretelling me I'm doing agreat thing, but I juststarted with $50. We'renot a very large commu-nity. It's not hard for waysto help each other out.”

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The Newton Fire andEMS Department re-ported a relatively quietFourth of July.

From when peoplecould start shooting fire-works until Tuesday,Dept. Fire Chief ScottMetzler of the NewtonFire Department said itresponded to an average

number of calls, and onlyfour of them were fire-works related.

“We had a couple ofnuisance fires, one was adumpster, one was abucket and one was aplastic trash container.”

Metzler said the de-partment didn't treatanyone's injuries, thoughhe didn't know if the hos-pital had any walk ins.

Newton Fire/EMS reports quiet Fourth

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PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWAlyssa Hamm, left, and Taryn Pittman prepare to get doused Friday.

There were 360 water balloonsflying through the air Fridaymorning, as gray clouds coveredthe sky and children launched theorbs at each other, laughing andscreaming.

This was during DiscoveryCamp offered by the Newton Ac-tivity Center for kids ages 5through 12.

“I like it because we go on otherfield trips that are going to waterparks,” camper Race Davis saidabout camp. “I like water parks.”

Another camper also enjoys thewater part of camp.

“I like the swimming pool,”Vance Thomas said.

On Friday as part of camp,youth played water games outside,including one where they formedthree lines and passed wetsponges back and forth throughthe lines.

For the water balloon fight,there were a variety of colors ofthe stretchy orbs of fun used.Camp leaders used a device thatscrews into the end of a hose thathas a bunch of balloons attachedto it that fills the balloons rapidlywhen the water is turned on. Eachone has 40 balloons.

“Whoever invented these—ge-nius,” Audrey Gann, program di-rector, said. “It used to take hoursand now, 20 minutes, and we'regood.”

Discovery Camp started May 31and continues to Aug. 12, Gannsaid.

“Summer was designed to givekids a break from school and helpthem to try new experiences,” ac-cording to the activity center's ac-tivity guide. “Whether your childwants to play mind-adventuregames, refine sport skills, go fish-ing or just plain hang, DiscoveryCamp will help your child growmentally, physically and socially.”

The camp has weekly field tripsand meets from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.weekdays.

Camp has a number of atten-dees.

“We have been averaging 50,”Gann said. “Today's smaller, Ithink, because of the holidayweekend.”

Discovery CampNewton youth enjoy water games on Friday


Above: Jonathan Goddard gets wet during Discovery Camp on Friday, July 1, at the NewtonActivity Center.

Below: Brylie Hendricks, left, and Hayden Kisner take a little break with the rest of thecampers Friday inside before going outside to play water games.

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Jane N.“Ninfa”Woodward,81, died Sun-day, July 3,2016, at New-ton MedicalCenter.

She wasborn Nov. 11,1934, inGallup, N.M., to Juanand Rachael (Duran)Jaramillo. On Nov. 11,1984, she married LeslieH. Woodward in LasVegas, and he precededher in death on Dec. 25,2006. Jane lived inGallup and workednearly 20 years for theGallup Housing Author-ity prior to moving toNewton in 2000 to becloser to her family.

She had a love of gar-dening in the outdoors.Tending her backyardflowers and plantsbrought her much joy.She enjoyed watching thesquirrels and birds thatspent time in her gar-dens. Jane enjoyed shop-ping, especially at yardand garage sales, bring-ing home many treasuresthroughout the years.The most important partof Jane’s life was herfamily. She was a lovingmother, grandmother,great-grandmother, auntand sister, and lookedforward to spending timeand catching up with her

family’s lives.Jane is sur-

vived by herdaughters,Lynette andhusband TonyMull of Newtonand Toni Wal-ick of Cleve-land, Ohio;sisters, Susan

East of Needles, Calif.,and Rose Jaramillo ofGallup, N.M.; brothers,John, Robert and LouieJaramillo, all of Gallup;four grandchildren; fourgreat-grandchildren; andmany nieces andnephews.

She was preceded indeath by her parents,husband, son, LeonardMcCrory II, brother,Rudy Jaramillo, and sis-ter, Bettery Andler.

A gathering and timeof visitation and sharingwith the family will be6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday,July 7, at Petersen Fu-neral Home in Newton. Afamily mass was at 5p.m. Wednesday, July 6,at St. Francis CatholicChurch in Gallup. Therewill be a private familyinterment.

Memorials are sug-gested to American Dia-betes Association in careof Petersen FuneralHome 215 North MainNewton, KS, 67114.www.petersenfamilyfu-neralhome.com.

JANE ‘NINFA’ WOODWARDDorothy E. (Barkman)

Roberts, 91, died Sunday,July 3, 2016, at Pine Vil-lage in Moundridge. Shewas born April 5, 1925, innear Lehigh to Jacob andLydia (Esau) Barkman.

During some of hergrowing-up years,Dorothy lived inLouisiana. She retained alove of spiritual musicshe gained during hertime in Louisianathroughout her life.Dorothy worked as abaker at Dolly Madisonin Emporia and also as acook at both the formerColonial House in Hes-ston and Lee and Ida’srestaurants in Emporia,Newton and Hutchinson.

She was a former resi-dent of Kidron Bethel Vil-lage in North Newton.Dorothy enjoyed tendingher flowers and flowergardening. She was a life-long animal lover andvolunteered caring foranimals at the EmporiaAnimal Shelter and sup-ported the Caring HandsHumane Society in New-

ton. She had a love for allanimals but especiallyenjoyed the company ofthe many dogs and catsshe had through theyears. Dorothy’s greatestjoy was that of motherand grandmother. Shegreatly looked forward tospending time with herdaughters and her manygrandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dorothy is survived byher two daughters, Nikkiand her husband JimBesse of Wichita andCherie LaGree Yoder andher husband Orville ofNewton. She is also sur-vived by eight grandchil-dren and 21great-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by her parents andone sister, Ruby Bark-man, and one brother,Jake Barkman Jr.

A funeral service wasat 2:30 p.m. Wednesday,July 6, at Petersen Fu-neral Home Chapel inNewton. Burial will be inthe Halstead City Ceme-tery, Halstead.

DOROTHY E. ROBERTS

Thursday, July 77:30 to 8:30 a.m.—First Thursday Breakfast, Grand

Central, 122 E. Sixth St. Menu includes sausage andegg scramble, cinnamon roll, bread pudding, fresh fruitor juice and coffee. Suggested donation is $5.

7:30 to 8:30 p.m.—City Commission agenda review.City Hall.

3 to 5 p.m.—Teen Book Talk. Teens in Honors or APEnglish are invited to discuss the required summerreading “Animal Farm” and “Of Mice and Men” at theNewton Public Library.

7 p.m.—Teen Youth Leaders in Kansas. Lead, advo-cate, make a difference. The goal of YLinK is to improvelife for ages 12-18 with mental health issues living inour community. Bring an adult ally. Newton Public Li-brary.

7 p.m.-- John Robb speaks about school finance to theInformed Women of Harvey County. Event will be heldat St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 2001 Windsor Dr.

7 to 9 p.m.—American Legion Bingo Night. Anyoneage 8 or older is welcome. Full game package is $10 andearly bird package is $5. American Legion Post 2, 400 S.Spencer Road.

Friday, July 84 p.m.—Teen Otaku Club. Geek out with fellow anime

lovers. Watch “Naruto.” Newton Public Library7 p.m.—Newton Rebels vs. Wichita Warhawks. Adult

admission is $3. Centennial Park7 to 10 p.m.—Dueling Pianos Community Celebra-

tion. 176 Keys will perform at the Meridian Center tocelebrate its five-year anniversary. Tickets are $20 andinclude finger food. A cash bar will be available.

Saturday, July 98 a.m. to noon—Harvey County Farmers Market.

Fresh produce, baked goods and other handmade items.Parking lot at 121 E. Sixth St., Newton.

1:30 to 3 p.m.—Painted Tiles Alcohol Painting Tech-nique. Create painted tiles using alcohol paints andyour imagination. Registration is required with a $15fee that includes all supplies and snacks. GatheredGoods, 625 N. Main.

7 p.m.—Outdoor Adventures Program and MovieNight. The Outdoor Adventurers will meet for a movieunder the stars. Participants should bring their work-books to the meeting. Admission is free. Harvey CountyEast Park

7 p.m.—Art exhibit opening reception. The exhibit“Vernon Rickman: A Kansas’s Soulful Life in Art” willopen with a reception. Kansas author Beverly OlsonBuller will speak about Rickman’s legacy as a sculptorand painter. Admission is free and open to the public.Carriage Factory Art Gallery, 128 E. 6th St.

7 p.m.—Newton Rebels vs. Hutchinson Monarchs.Adult admission is $3. Centennial Park.

Sunday, July 106 p.m.—Newton Rebels vs. Park City Rangers. Adult

admission is $3. Centennial Park

Monday, July 119 a.m. County Commission meeting at the County

Courthouse4 p.m.—Teen GameZone and Crafts. Do it yourself

journal. Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. Playgames with friends. Newton Public Library.

7 p.m.—Summer Preschool StoryTime. Stories, crafts,songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2 and ahalf to 5. Registration is required. Newton Public Li-brary.

7 p.m.—Board of Education Meeting. McKinley Ad-ministration Center.

Tuesday, July 1210:30 a.m.—Stories, puppet shows, crafts, exploration

for children ages 5 to 8. Registration is required. New-ton Public Library.

3 to 5 p.m.—Tech Help Open Hours. IT supervisorNathan is available to help with any technology ques-tions. Newton Public Library.

3 to 6 p.m.—Harvey County Farmers Market. Freshproduce, baked goods and other handmade items. Park-ing lot at 121 E. Sixth St., Newton.

6 p.m.—Newton Rebels vs. Kansas Cannons. Adultadmission is $3. Centennial Park.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.—Papercrafts and Coloring Work-shop. Papercrafts from recycled books plus coloringsheets and bookmarks will be provided or bring yourown for creative stress relief. Newton Public Library.

7 to 9 p.m.—City Commission meeting. City Hall.

Wednesday, July 131:30 p.m.—Greenwood Stables Fun. Bring the whole

family for free fun with Greenwood Stables and EquineRescue. Newton Public Library.

3:30 p.m.—Master Builders Legos. Bring your friendsfor building time with lots of Legos. Ages 8 to 18. New-ton Public Library.

Thursday, July 149 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m.—Spokes America

Learning Festival. Students biking across America fromHarvard and MIT will stop in Newton to offer free sci-ence and engineering camps for students ages 10 to 18.Space is limited. Newton Public Library.

10:30 a.m.—Summer Preschool StoryTime. Stories,crafts, songs, puppet shows and more for children ages 2and a half to 5. Registration is required. Newton PublicLibrary.

3 to 5 p.m.—Teen Book Talk. Teens in Honors or APEnglish are invited to discuss the required summerreading “Into the Wild” at the Newton Public Library.

6 p.m.—Teen Gaming. Good tech and game time.Bring your NPL card to use the laptops. Newton PublicLibrary.

6:30 p.m.-- Vote Local 2016: Harvey County Candi-date Forum at the Meridian Center.

7 to 9 p.m.—American Legion Bingo Night. Anyoneage 8 or older is welcome. Full game package is $10 andearly bird package is $5. American Legion Post 2, 400 S.Spencer Road.

7 to 8 p.m.—Historic Preservation Commission meet-ing. City Hall.

Do you have an event you'd like listed in theCommunity Calendar? If so, contact Mike Mendezat 316-281-7899 or [email protected].

June 29Criminal:Theft, 200 Blk E 6thBurglary, Theft, 300

Blk E 11thTheft, 700 Blk E 7thArrests:Cody L. Goodall, 33,

Newton/Warrant, 800Blk N Main

Jennifer M. Scaz-zafavo, 29, Newton/Ob-struction, Poss Drugs,Poss Para, Warrant, 800Blk N Logan

Mark A. Vanhorn, 36,Peabody/Poss Marij, PossPara, 06/29/16, 800 Blk NLogan

Robert E. Findley, 30,Peabody/PossPara, 06/29/16, 800 Blk NLogan

June 28Criminal:Poss Marij, Poss Para,

I-135 MM25Theft, 400 Blk SW 11thRape, 100 Blk Man-

chester Arrests:Angela C. Rowland, 35,

Wichita/Warrant, 800Blk N Main

Damion J. Sanders, 37,Wichita/Warrant, 100Blk E 8th

June 27Criminal:Burglary, Theft, Crimi-

nal Damage, 200 Blk W

2ndBurglary, Theft, 700

Blk E 8thBurglary, Theft, Crimi-

nal Damage, 2000 Blk W1st

Att to Elude, RecklessDriving, I-135 MM33

Duty of Driver to Re-port Accident,100 BlkJoann

Burglary, Theft, 100Blk Southport Dr

Arrests:Christopher P.

Clark, 35, Newton/War-rant, 100 Blk SW 4th

Michael C. Griffith, 42,Newton/PUI, DC, Crimi-nal Trespass, 1000 Blk SKansas Ave

Talisa M. Walton, 23,Newton/Warrant, 700Blk N Main

Nicholas A. Butler, 22,Wichita/Warrant, 100Blk E 7th

June 26Criminal:Violate PFA, 800 Blk N

MainCriminal Trespass, 300

Blk Windward DrBurglary, Theft, 1000

Blk S PoplarArrests:Christopher A.

Suarez, 21, Newton/DC,1300 Blk N Main

Billy J. Younts, 35,Newton/Dom Battery,Criminal Damage, DC,

Violate PFA, 300 Blk E8th

June 25Criminal:Poss Marij, Poss Para,

2000 Blk W 1stTheft, 400 Blk N

PoplarArrests:Michael C. Griffith, 42,

Newton/Giving FalseAlarm, 1300 Blk Wash-ington Rd

Nathan E. Person, 34,Newton/ObstructionLEO, DC, CriminalThreat, 100 Blk VictoriaRd

Matthew C. Iser-hardt, 45, Newton/DUI,Poss Drugs, Poss Para,3200 Blk S Kansas

Sasha D. Hamlet, 34,Newton/PUI, DC, 600 BlkSE 4th

June 24Criminal:Battery, 500 Blk Holly

LnDom Battery, 400 Blk

ColumbusCriminal Damage,

1200 Blk N HighViolate PFA, 800 Blk

N MainTheft, 800 Blk E 7thArrests:Mason C. Mullen, 30,

Hutchinson/Obstruction,DC, 1700 Blk S Kansas

Aaron M. Leman-

ton, 34, Newton/DomBattery, 1200 Blk LornaLn

Timothy D. Burns,Jr., 27, Newton/DUI,ITOC, 300 Blk S Walnut

Trent W. Lehrling, 40,Newton/Battery, Crimi-nal Damage, Assault,1500 Blk WestboroughDr

Verbin L. Paxman, 27,McPherson/Warrant, 800Blk N Main (SERVED)

June 23Criminal:Att Theft, 100 Blk E

5thArrests:Freddy Negrete, 24,

Newton/Agg Battery, 700Blk Cottonwood Ln.

Matthew O. Lind-sey, 21, Newton/Theft,Criminal Trespass, 1200Blk N Main

Matthew R.Neufeld, 34, Newton/Vio-late PFA, 700 Blk NMain

Hannah E. Junker, 33,Wichita/Theft, 1700 BlkS Kansas

Gary D. Lindstorm, 52,Nebraska/Warrant, I-135 MM34

Matthew A.Rodriguez, 33,Newton/DUI, 400 Blk SE24th

Benjamin C.Prouty, 33, Wichita/Poss

HOW TO RUN AN OBITUARYObituaries in Newton Now are free as long as

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Unique adventures in Newton’s Pod Park

Kids have plenty ofstructures to play on in“pod park.” But don't ex-pect to find any slides.

Adjacent to CentennialPark and the Blue SkySculpture on NorthKansas Avenue, the New-ton Pod Park, establishedin 2012, consists of achain of “pods” or playstructures throughout thewinding trail, equaling adistance of 0.68 miles.

“Within the pods, natu-ral play components areplaced for kids to comeback to a natural play set-ting,” said Jackie Kre-hbiel, who works for thecity park department. “Ithink kids enjoy gettingback to that sense ofplay.”

An article on the citywebsite states that com-ponents include largerocks, an iguana rock, ahollow log, 150-year-oldAustrian pine logs from

Greenwood Cemetery, asequoia root. Benches po-sitioned in various placesin the park were madefrom the pine log, whilethe sitting stumps werecreated from the bur oaktree from Athletic Park.

“There are some logsthat have been cut intosmaller sizes that kidscan step from one log toanother, similar to step-

ping stones but made outof wood,” Krehbiel said. “Afew of the amenities outthere are made out of con-crete but are meant to re-semble tree logs or roots.”

Bird houses are alsobuilt near the trail to at-tract Kansas birds.

Surrounding the curvytrail, native grass sproutsfrom the ground alongwith wildflowers scattered

throughout the playscape.“When the native grass

is at mature height, kidscan’t necessarily seewhat’s around the cornersor what’s in the next pod,”Krehbiel said. “I presumethey like the anticipationof what’s next.”

The park staff hopes tocontinue to promote thenatural play setting andcreate more pods in thefuture, according to thearticle posted on the citywebsite.

“So many structures wehave in pod park resem-bles uniqueness and dif-fers from other parks,”Krehbiel said. “In yearspast, that’s all people hadto play on was naturalstructures.”

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MEGAN VOTH/SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOWMultiple logs cut into smaller pieces are placed in Pod Park for kidsto step from one to another; they resemble stepping stones.

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MIKE MENDEZ/NEWTON NOWRobert Estrada squares up a pitch for Los Viejos against Bishop Street Tavern in the rain shortened game on Saturday, July 2. Bishop StreetTavern scored five runs in the fifth inning before the rain came to flood the field.

Rained outMexican-American fast pitch tournament gets doused

The Newton Los Viejossoftball team gets thethird out in the fifth in-ning on July 2 againstBishop Street Tavernfrom Salina. They comeoff the field, heads hang-ing a little. It was arough inning. The Viejoswent into the inningwith a 5-0 lead but letthe wheels fall off a lit-tle, allowing BishopStreet Tavern to scorefive runs to tie.

But things were aboutto get worse.

As soon as the teamsmade it to the dugout, adownpour hit AthleticPark suddenly as thevery corner of a stormclipped Newton. As thefield was already a littlebit wet, the quick delugeleft large patches ofstanding water on thefield and led to the thirdrain out in the 70-yearhistory of the NewtonMexican-American FastPitch Tournament.

While the tournamenthas been rained on be-fore, when the NewtonMexican-American Ath-letic Club had its own di-amond, drastic measureswere able to be taken bythe community of New-

ton and by Uncle Sam aswell.

“One year, we had aguy that was kind ofhigh up in the NationalGuard,” long time tour-nament participant PaulVega said. “It rained Sat-urday night and we weregoing, ‘Man we are notgoing to be able to finishthis thing up Sunday.’ Sowe said, ‘Well, we’ll startit at noon if we can.’ Sowe get out there andeverybody shows up, notjust the tournament di-rectors or tournamentvolunteers, just a lot ofpeople just showed up

and said, ‘What can wedo?’ We started digginglittle trails to get thewater to run off. This oneguy from the NationalGuard, I don’t know howhe did it, but he calledJunction City and thenext thing you know,here comes the helicop-ter that just hovers overthe pitchers mound,dried that thing out.”

But borrowing facili-ties from the city, thetournament is at themercy of the weather.After a rain delay onSaturday morning, tour-nament officials and

coaches met at noon toreschedule the bracket togo round the clock Satur-day night into Sundaymorning with the cham-pionship game takingplace at 7 a.m. Therewas hope the tourna-ment would become anall night party.

But the brief afternoonflooding put an end tothe party for the Fourthof July weekend. TheNewton Mexican-Ameri-can Athletic Club willmeet to determinewhether the tournamentwill be made up on laterdates.


MIKE MENDEZ/NEWTON NOWFrom left, Benito Olais, Selena Barnett, Alvaro Munguia, Alicia Fernandez, Brandon Gonzalez andAlena Whillock dance as a part of the Azteca Dance Troupe for the opening ceremony on Friday, July 1.

MIKE MENDEZ/NEWTON NOWJulio Martinez comes down the final stretch at the Headin’ for Home5K race on Monday, July 4, at Centennial Park. Martinez set a newrecord in the race and is training for the fall cross country season atBethel.

Martinez takesHeadin’ for Home 5K

When it comes to racesin Newton, there is JulioMartinez, and there iseveryone else. In the sec-ond annual Headin’ forHome 5K, a benefit racefor Babe Ruth Baseballand Softball, along withthe Pediatric BrainTumor Foundation, the25-year-old Martinezmade it to the finish line,a home plate set in theoutfield at KennyWilliams field, in acourse record of 16:41,nearly two minutesahead of second placeMarc Friesen, a 41-year-old from Newton who fin-ished in 18:29.

“The course has a lot ofturns once you get tothat second mile,” Mar-tinez said. “It really af-fects your time. But onceyou get out of there, inthat third mile, you arereally able to kick it inand pick up the speed.”

At the Cookie Daze 5Kon June 18, Martinezwon the race just gettinga warm-up in before hestarted the real trainingfor a national meet hecompeted in with theKansas City Smoke. Atthe Headin’ for Home5K, he was also in train-ing. But this time, it isputting in work to get a

chance to compete forBethel College in orderto finish his education.

“I think things happenfor a reason, and I thinkthe time to get back tothat full degree is now,”Martinez said.

Martinez started hiscollege career runningfor Hutchinson Commu-nity College. But afterearning an associates’degree, his education hita snag as he had to gohome.

“I had to go back homeand take care of busi-ness,” Martinez said. “Iam originally from Ari-zona. And so I had toleave Kansas. There wasalso the transferringprocess, so I had to pickout a school, and I waslooking for the best offer.I wasn’t offered what Iwas expecting, so I fig-ured I would wait until Ifound the best opportu-nity. I kind of waited itout. I stopped runningfor two years. One yearago was when I startedrunning again, and inone year I am in top-notch shape again.”

The wait appears to beBethel’s gain, as Mar-tinez picked up a coupleof overall wins in New-ton simply trying to ac-cumulate miles beforekicking it into competi-tive mode.


See 5K / 12

Rebels drop a pair of games to Valley Center

A two-game sweep byValley Center over New-ton in a doubleheadermade it three losses in arow to the DiamondDawgs for the Rebels.Valley Center scored arun in the top of the firstin Game 1, and it stood ina 1-0 victory. In Game 2,the scoring picked up, butthe outcome was thesame in a 10-5 win forthe Diamond Dawgs onJuly 1 at CentennialPark.

Coming off the heels ofa 5-1 loss to Valley Cen-ter on June 29, theRebels lost three straightto the Diamond Dawgs.

In Game 1 on July 1,Newton got a complete-game gem out of pitcherTanner Cairns. He threwall seven innings, holdingValley Center to two hitsand an earned run.

But the Diamond


MIKE MENDEZ/NEWTON NOWNewton pitcher Cory Royer fireshome during Game 2 against Val-ley Center on Friday, July 1, atCentennial Park.

See REBELS / 12

Museum exhibit at fast-pitch tourney

The 4-H building isfilled with the smell oftacos during the openingceremonies of the New-ton Mexican-AmericanFast Pitch Tournament,the longest running tour-nament of its kind inAmerica. The staff isbacked up and fightingto stay with the demand,creating something of await for food. As thehunger starts to build,the eyes start to see thefood other people are eat-ing. In the attempt toend the self-torture ofwatching other peopleeat tacos, the eyesquickly wander away tothe back of the room.

There sits Dr. Gene T.Chavez and a few panelsfrom his exhibit “Mexi-can-American Fast PitchSoftball Leagues: Con-necting CommunitiesAcross State Lines,” ahistory-buff’s dreamtelling the story of theMexican-American fastpitch phenomenon.

“The exhibit originallycame out of a Smithson-ian Institution grant tostates to tell the story ofhometown kings,”Chavez said. “So Istarted collecting oralhistory interviews, and Istarted last year here inNewton. I came to the2015 Newton Tourna-ment and started talkingto the guys and gettingthe history and stories ofthe Newton Tourna-ment.”

As 90-year-old ElsieGonzalez and her hus-band Jose approach thepanel, they see a photo ofa Newton team thattakes them back in time.Elsie and Jose startpointing out the child-hood friends and rela-tives who played for theteam. The photo is ablack and white from1932.

Seeing the photo is bit-tersweet for Elsie andJose.

“It’s a little exhilarat-ing, because a lot of ourfriends are gone,” Elsiesaid. “And it’s heart-


See EXHIBIT / 12

Dawgs made the hitscount. A Grant Devoresingle in the first inningset up an RBI doublefrom Alex Couch to giveValley Center a 1-0 lead.They were the only twohits the Diamond Dawgsneeded to get the win.

In Game 2, the batscame alive for both

teams. Newton picked upseven hits in the gameafter only managingthree in Game 1. But theRebels also committedseven errors in a 10-5loss.

Valley Center pickedup the scoring early, plat-ing five runs in the top ofthe first. Unlike the firstgame, Newton had aquick answer. A KevinCali double in the bottomhalf scored Stefan

Aguilar. Cali advanced tothird on the throw andwas driven in with anRBI sacrifice fly fromKearon Redmon to makeit a 5-2 game after one.

In the third inning, theRebels kept clawing backin the game. DylanBrooks picked up an RBIwith a sacrifice fly toscore Cali, cutting thelead to 5-3.

But with three runs inthe fifth and two more in

the sixth, the DiamondDawgs put the game outof reach.

Cali led Newton offen-sively in the secondgame, going 3 for 4 fromthe plate with two dou-bles, three runs and anRBI. Brooks was 0 for 2but led the team with two

RBIs. Redmon had anRBI in a hitless night aswell. Joel Frias picked upan RBI, going 1 for 4from the plate. Kyle Mc-Donald, Zach Dedlin andDylan Fontenot all had ahit in the game, with Mc-Donald getting a double.

There are a numberof reasons to bebummed out about

the rain out at the Mexi-can-American fast pitchtournament. When thebrackets were redrawn,and the plan was to playall night into Sundaymorning, I was talking toStan Estrada about it inthe 4-H building as I waswaiting on my7,325,947th taco order.He was excited about it.He said they hadn’t donethat since he was in highschool.

I was pretty excitedabout it, too.

I did a feature story onthe Baseball ‘Round theClock event at the NBCTournament at CH. 12 inWichita with DanilynnWelniak awhile back, andthe sleep deprivation addsanother level for everyoneinvolved. It is exhaustingfor the fans, but in a sport

that requires undividedattention from players,managers, and umpiresalike, a 3 a.m. start timebrings a whole new chal-lenge to the game itself.

But when the fieldflooded on Saturday after-noon, my heart droppedfor reasons that didn’t re-ally have anything to dowith softball or the fan-tastic party that wasgoing to last until the suncame up. It had to do withthe realization therewould be no menudo onSunday. I felt like thescene in “A ChristmasStory” when they find thehounds destroyed theturkey.

I should disclose that Icome from a family wheremy mother is a whiteMennonite farm girl fromKansas and my father is aMexican-AmericanCatholic from Premont,Texas. Amongst the many

benefits of being biracialin my case is a love of foodthat stretches far andwide and means the worldto my family.

My grandma RubyWeaver could whip up afeast for a post-churchgathering or extendedfamily holiday made fromscratch that served as acenterpiece for my child-hood.

Grandma ChuchaMendez owned a restau-rant and made homemadetortillas the likes of which

folk songs should be writ-ten about. Both my broth-ers have made careers outof cooking. One has beenserving up food at theWater’s Edge for years inHesston, while the otherwent to culinary schooland has cooked in some ofthe best restaurants inDenver. Food is a big dealto us.

I am always amused bythe never-ending quest tofind “authentic Mexicanfood.” I think of my momtraveling to Texas to meetmy dad’s family and find-ing herself in a scene from“Indiana Jones and theTemple of Doom.” Youknow the one. Dish afterdish of exotic and some-what shocking food comesto the table.

What would you do ifyou walked into thekitchen and encounteredcabrito en sangre? Trans-lated, that means “kid in

blood.” It is not ametaphor. It is a goat,served up in a sauce madefrom the goat’s blood.Then there is barbacoa decabeza. That is a Tex-Mexdelicacy in which you takea steer’s head and barbe-cue it in the ground.

Mom only stirred themenudo pot once.

I have developed a fond-ness for offal fare in largepart because of the leg-ends surrounding it. All ofthe best offal foods comewith a mysticism andpower. Menudo is no dif-ferent. It is a ritual. Thestew itself is made fromtripe and pig trotters.That is beef stomach andpig feet. Eat it after anight, or nights, of drink-ing and you will be freeand clear from any hang-over.

Like any organ meal,there is a mental hurdleto get over. But cross that

line and the benefits aremany. Absorb the powerof a bull with some moun-tain oysters. Eat menudoand drink free of the con-sequence of a hangover.But maybe the biggestbenefit of getting over thefear is the food is deliciousand almost always a richdelicacy. I hadn’t hadmenudo in ages, but thepromise of some had myfull attention and excite-ment.

I guess I will just haveto wait for the nextchance to feast on organs.Until next time, menudo.

Mike Mendez is thesports editor at the New-

ton Now and can bereached by e-mail at

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at @MendezNewtonNow.

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WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWJose Chavez and his wife Elsie look at a photo of a Newton team from 1932 and remember the players. Thephoto was part of the “Mexican-American Fast Pitch Softball Leagues: Connecting Communities Across StateLines” exhibit on display during the opening ceremony at the Newton Fast Pitch Tournament.

breaking, because we werethere with them. Theywere with us. And now,there are not too many ofus left from when it firststarted. I remember whenit was our turn to be in thekitchen. I remember whenit was my husband’s turnto be the pitcher. We havedone it all. Now it’s won-derful, and it gives ourheart joy that our youngerpeople still continued it,and that takes a lot of ef-fort. But mostly to me, it’slove: love of the people,love of the ancestry, love ofthe people that taughtthem and are still here.”

The love of the game andthe memories vivid enoughfor an 84-year-old photo to

transport Elsie and Joseback in time has led to aunique preservation of thehistory as the game getspassed down from genera-tion to generation. The tra-dition began with the sportof baseball before WorldWar II. When the Mexican-American soldiers returnedhome from the war, soft-ball had begun sweepingthe nation. Returning to areality of segregation, theMexican-Americans de-cided to get together andform their own teams,leagues, and tournaments.They never looked back.

“It is like a distilling oftime, like a time capsule ofpeople who grew up play-ing the game, or their fam-ily members playing thegame,” Chavez said. “Andthey have such vivid mem-

ories of all of the activitiesaround the game of base-ball, and eventually fastpitch softball.”

The Smithsonian is cur-rently looking for artifactsin a collection initiativecalled “Latinos and Base-ball: In the Barrios and theBig Leagues.”

“It is eventually going tobe a national exhibit at theNational American HistoryMuseum and also a travel-ing exhibit,” Chavez said.

There will be a couple ofcollection events in KansasCity for anyone who maybe willing to donate or loanan artifact that tells astory. The events are onFriday, Aug. 12, at theKansas City Museum andon Saturday, Aug. 13, atthe Kansas City Museumand Penn Valley Park.

EXHIBITFrom Page 11

“It’s early in the seasonso there is no time to bethrowing down majortimes,” Martinez said. “Itis all training.”

In the male overall cate-gory, 16-year-old Newtonnatives Garrett Mick andErik Brown showed offtheir young talent, takingthird and fourth place re-spectively. Mick finishedwith a 19:20 and Brownhad a 19:32.

Colorado ruled the fe-male overall standings,with Littleton’s AllisonSitler finishing in 19:22

for first place. ValerieKliewer from Greeleycame in second with a19:40. Alyssa Nelson tookthird with a time of 21:46while Erin Regier tookfourth with a 22:17.

Showing age is just anumber, Jim Christensen,a 76-year-old from Marionfinished the race in 31:27.Christensen is one of thefastest runners of all timein Kansas at his age, andonce again qualified forthe Kansas Road RunningRecords honor roll withhis time. The Headin’ forHome race was the sixthtime he has qualified forthe list this year. LindyWiens, a 62-year-old from

Hillsboro made theKansas Road RunningRecords for the first timefinishing with a 27:14 inthe race.

Newton’s Lois Musser,71, came in under an hourwith a 50:39.

But the real winner wasBabe Ruth Baseball andSoftball, who successfullygrew the fundraiserroughly 30 entries more inits second year at roughly90 participants.

“It has been wonderfulweather,” Newton BabeRuth Vice President JimBrown said. “It is a greatshowing, and people seemto have a lot of smiles ontheir faces.”

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The Fox Ridge SeniorScramble on Monday,June 27, was won by thefoursome of John Wilson,Sid Natier, Wayne Hoff-man and Orlyn Zehr. Thegroup took first place

with a score of 32.In second place, Don

Schmidt, Rod Matther,Gaylord Senneman andRon Ward shot a 33.

The group of FredFranklin, Bob Schmidt,

Tom Prior and Leo Grif-fith shot a 33 as well.

Bob Gaede won closestto the hole on No. 3,while Wayne Stevensdropped the longest putton No. 9.

Fox Ridge Monday Senior Scramble results announced

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Together for many yearsOlsons celebrate 75th wedding anniversary

Erwin and GertrudeOlson met in highschool orchestra,

and decades later, they’vereached the milestone ofbeing married for 75years, and they’re stillmaking beautiful musictogether.

One can see it in theireyes, how much theyadore each other. At onepoint, Erwin kissedGertrude on the cheek,and she said, “I likedthat.”

Another moment, theysnuggled against eachother and laughed afterbeing asked what the se-cret to a long happy mar-riage is.

“Well, I think that isimportant,” Erwin saidabout communication inmarriage. “We communi-cated with each other. Wedidn’t have separatelives.”

To this, Gertrude addedthey had separate activi-ties but not separatelives.

“I think we’ve been re-ally blessed,” Gertrudesaid. “We have long livesas well as a long mar-riage.”

Another key, they said,is doing things together.

“We enjoyed many ofthe same things to-gether,” Gertrude said,adding they liked totravel, as well as musicand golf.

Since both are 96 andthey’ve been married forthree-quarters of a cen-tury, they must havemarried around the age of21.

“Became high schoolsweethearts, which left usa long courtship,”Gertrude said.

“We both grew up inLindsborg and didn’t livethat far apart and didn’treally know each otheruntil high school,”Gertrude said.

She was a sophomore,and he was a junior.

“We’re only six monthsapart in age and a yearapart in school,” Gertrudesaid.

He played the coronet,and she played the violin.

“It was after [my] violinsolo, he came up” andthey started talking,Gertrude said, addingErwin was intrigued bythe music and it was obvi-ous to Gertrude thatErwin was interested inher. This would have beenin the 1930s. Gertrude re-called some of their datesinvolved having picnicswith friends. There wasn’tthat much excitement inLindsborg, Gertrude said.

After high school, thenow Newton residents at-tended Bethany College.They married on FlagDay (June 14) in 1941.Gertrude said that’s onething about being marriedon Flag Day—Erwincould never forget theiranniversary, becausethere always are flags fly-ing.

During the years,Erwin received a gradu-ate degree in chemistry atK-State and got a job as achemist in an explosivesfactory.

“And didn’t like it,”Erwin said. “[…] I was inmy first year [of gradschool] when World WarII was kind of boiling.”

Erwin was in the Navyand went to the Univer-sity of Kansas MedicalSchool through the V12program, which was spon-sored by the Navy, hesaid, and he had an in-

ternship for two years inthe San Diego Naval hos-pital. Erwin went intomedical school after PearlHarbor.

During the KoreanWar, the Navy wantedErwin back, but he joinedthe Air Force instead, be-cause the Olsons had twochildren by then. His jobwas that of flight surgeon,taking care of pilots andtheir families. Then, hewas sent to England, andthe Olsons had three chil-dren at that point.

“Our youngest had hisfirst birthday in Eng-land,” Gertrude said.

Their oldest is Brenda,followed by Charles andthen Kent. Their daugh-ter married a pediatri-cian, and Kent is a childpsychiatrist. Charles waskilled in a motorcycle ac-cident in 1968. The Ol-sons establishedthe Charles Olson Memo-rial Instrumental MusicScholarship Fund in hismemory. The fund pro-vides scholarships for stu-dents to take privatemusic lessons who can’tafford them and to en-courage the choice of lesspopular instruments nec-essary in instrumentalgroups.

Back to England—Erwin was there for twoyears, while his wife andkids were there for one.

“That was an interest-ing year,” Gertrude said.“In fact, the children andI went to join Erwin onthe Queen Elizabeth—thefirst Queen Elizabeth.”

It took a while for thefamily to join Erwin be-cause they had to wait forliving quarters. When thefamily arrived, Erwin wasgoing to go on a much-an-ticipated trip to Tripoli, sosomeone else went toTripoli in his stead. Un-fortunately, everyone onthat plane died.

“So I always remindErwin I saved his life,”Gertrude said, smiling.

After Erwin left the AirForce, the family went toNewton; this was around1953.

They built their house,and Erwin first was ageneral practitioner inNewton, later becoming apediatrician.

“My first office was inthe Bethel Clinic,” hesaid.

While Erwin was work-ing, Gertrude didn’t workoutside the home afterthey came to Newton.

Now, they have fourgrandchildren and, re-cently, one great-grand-child.

Erwin will be 97 in No-vember.

“That’s a long dangtime,” Erwin said.

“I wonder where the

years have gone some-times,” Gertrude added.


PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOWABOVE: Gertrude and Erwin Olson of Newton married on June 14, 1941. TOP: This is Gertrude and Erwin Olson about 75 years later standing intheir Newton home.

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Standards Link: Social Science: Recognize the similarities and differences in cultures around the world.

Look through the newspaper for names of famous sports stars who come from other countries. Make a collage about your favorite star with newspaper articles, maps and pictures.

Sports Stars of the World

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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hat do dogs “say”? In English we imitate them by saying, “Bow wow!” People in other countries have their own ways to copy the sound a dog makes. Can you find each of the dog sounds in the word puzzle?

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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Understand simple written directions.

Follow the maze to find out how to say hello in each country.

The Olympics encourage people around the world to be friends. And there is always

something special about getting a postcard from a friend who

lives in another place.

Kid Scoop just got some postcards, but the senders forgot to say which country they were writing from. Can you use the geography clues to find out which country each card is from?

The names of the four countries where these postcards came from are hidden in the letters that form the border at left and right. To find out the names, circle every third letter–starting with the starred one in each row of letters.

Look through the newspaper for names of 10 different

cities. Arrange these words in alphabetical

order.Standards Link: Spelling: Arrange

letters in alphabetical order.

Activities on today’s page were adapted from the National

Geographic Society’s educational materials.

Would you like a pen pal from another part

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around-the-world/ to discover links to web sites that set up international penpal friendships for kids!

“Marhaba” (Mar-ha-ba)

“Czesc”(chests)

“Chao”(chow)

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions; Physical Education: Develop eye-hand coordination.

“Sopa Sopa”(soh-puh soh-puh)

“Ni hao” (Nee-how)

Standards Link: Social Science: Use map and globe skills to find the absolute location of places; use the Internet or encyclopedia to research.

Look closely. Only two of these suns are exactly alike. How quickly can you find them? Have a friend try.

Write an imaginary postcard telling about the town where

you live. Or write a real postcard and send it to a friend or family member.

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The adjective international means relating to two or

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Try to use the word international in a sentence

today when talking with your friends and family members.

An international group of students came on an

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