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ACLU defends speech of NHS student, demands action from school district By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News
Justin Jagler/Daily News Newton High School Jazz Lab performed “Because I Said So,” “When I Fall in Love” and “Green Onions” at Friday’s Night of Jazz.
Jazz bands, choirs entertain Newton with Night of Jazz By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News
Berg Middle School and Newton High School jazz bands and choirs came together Friday for a Night of Jazz at the NHS Center for Performance. Friday’s event was unique because it provided the general public an opportunity to see a performance in Newton, said Director of Bands Jim Beerends. “Typically, we don’t do a lot of jazz performances here in town,” Beerends said. “A lot of the performances we have are weekend competitions, where the band is out of town playing in a competition.” Songs from the event included “Low Down, Slow Down Blues,” “When I Fall in Love,” “The Rainbow Connection” and “Java Jive.” The students had been rehearsing since late October in preparation for the night of jazz. “They’ve put a ton of extra time in outside the school day,” Beerends said. “Basically every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for four or five months. They’ve
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa is representing a Newton High School student, following an incident in which the student was asked to wash “love trumps hate” off his arm in November. The student’s message was one of love and acceptance and protected by the First Amendment, said the ACLU, which sent a letter of demands to the Newton Community School District. In the letter, the
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been coming in at seven o’clock in the morning to do the rehearsal necessary to put this all together.” The jazz bands and choirs work on separate schedules on alternating days and have their own respective competitions throughout the year, but the
Night of Jazz showcased both groups. “We work together, and it works out well for the kids, who get to be involved in both if they choose to do that,” Beerends said. Contact Justin Jagler at 641-792-3121 ext 6532 or jjagler@newtondailynews.com
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Justin Jagler/Daily News Newton high school students performed during its Night of Jazz event at the NHS Center for Performance.
ACLU demands that NHS provide training to all teachers and students regarding the freedom of speech rights of students in school. “To ensure that those rights are protected, it is important that faculty and staff are properly instructed on the First Amendment rights of students and that internal school policies are reviewed and understood,” the letter read. The school district issued a public statement acknowledging the ACLU’s actions.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will pitch a proposal Tuesday to the Jasper County Board of Supervisors to invest in a statewide traffic incident management training center in Newton. Jasper County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Chaz Allen said he was approached about land south of the Jasper
County Sheriff ’s Office, about 36 acres of the former site of the county care facility, which could be utilized for the training center. The proposal states as a part of the Iowa DOT’s overall strategy for responding to traffic incidents statewide, the department should invest in and develop an Iowa Traffic Incident Management Training Center to allow responders to train on safe, efficient incident clearance techniques. The purpose of the training center is to teach best practices for safe, quick clearance in an actual road way environment using simulated crashes and to develop DOT| 3A
City addressing northeast Newton uncontrolled intersections By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Eight uncontrolled intersections in northeast Newton were approved for signage in an effort to complete the Safe Community Goal for the city. City council approved the final reading and adopted the ordinance adding stop signs at eight “T” intersections. “The intersections in this area were analyzed by the Traffic Safety Committee based on school traffic, pedestrian traffic and the neighbor-
hood dynamics,” interim city administrator Jarrod Wellik said. The intersection are located in an area bound on the west by First Street North, on the east and north by city limits and on the south by First Avenue East. During the first reading of the ordinance, mayor Mike Hansen commented he has heard on more than one occasion that misoccurances have happened where the intersections were uncontrolled and that he thinks the work being done is
a great idea. “There is a process that we go through in determining how we address these issues. It is data driven,” Hansen said. The committee recommended that stop signs be added at the following uncontrolled “T” intersections: • A stop sign for eastbound traffic on North Third Avenue East at East 21st Street North. • A stop sign for eastbound traffic on North Fifth Avenue East at East 16th Street North.
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