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Iowa Speedway officials, law enforcement ready for race day traffic
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NASCAR drivers attend NHS Senior Athletic Awards Breakfast
By Daily News Staff Iowa Speedway officials are working in conjunction with the Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Transportation, Newton Police Department, Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office and a private traffic control company to place signs and cones marking travel routes for fans attending races during the 2014 Iowa Speedway season. Six races have been scheduled this year, including the K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series this weekend, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Indy Car Series on July 11 and 12 and the K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Nationwide on Aug. 1 and 2. Attendance numbers will vary for each race, but organizers anticipate 15,000 to 50,000 fans on each race day.
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Zach Johnson/Daily News NASCAR K&N Series Driver Kenzie Ruston hands Michaela Bleeker her award for E. Wayne Cooley Finalist Award. The Newton High School Senior Athletic Awards Breakfast was held today at the high school. The event honors the senior class for their achievements in sports and academics. NASCAR brought in Nationwide Series Driver Dylan Kwasniewski and Ruston to hand out awards to the senior class.
Sharing the gospel through arts Page 8A
See Thursday’s edition for an Iowa Speedway 2014 Preview!
More than $46,000 raised at second annual Skiff Gala fundraiser
Sports
Cards net LHC tourney title Page 1B
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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News The Frank Gilson Pressbox at H.A. Lynn Stadium is the home to many Newton athletic events and is in need of interior repair. Archie Ergenbright is hoping to raise $4,500 to benefit the pressbox and organized a fundriser at Hy-Vee Gas on Saturday. Local athletic ‘celebrities’ will be pumping gas and washing cars to support the event. 2 cents for each gallon will go toward renovation costs.
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Wait to fill up and wash car Frank Gilson Pressbox fundraiser will take place at Hy-Vee Gas on Saturday
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By Kate Malott Daily News Staff Writer
Tues., May 13
If you’ve ever been to a Newton Cardinal football game or heard the announcers over the loud speaker on a crisp fall evening, then you’re familiar with the long-standing Frank Gilson Pressbox at H.A. Lynn Stadium. It’s a place where announcers, broadcasters, coaches from both teams and people running the clock have worked for many of years, and now it’s in need of
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School district’s technology plan near completion
Comics & Puzzles Page 6A
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renovation and repair. To raise money for the pressbox, Newton Cardinal athletics supporter Archie Ergenbright organized the Celebrity Gas Pumping fundraising event that will not only support the facility, but in true Red Pride tradition, will get the community involved as well. On Saturday, many loyal Cardinals will be participating in the fundraising event where supporters of the stadium can donate by filling up a gas tank or getting a car washed Hy-Vee Gas in Newton. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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After months of meetings and discussions, the Newton Community School District is one step closer to having a final draft of its comprehensive technology plan. Monday, NCSD Technology Supervisor Chris Bieghler presented the school board with a 12page first draft of the plan that includes a mission statement, district goals for tech usage, how tech fits into the Common Core curriculum, how to put in tech purchase re-
quests and future school needs amongst other items. “This is probably the result of three or four district tech committee meetings … numerous conversations with building principals, and the district level contacts (who are) going back (and forth) to the buildings and talking with their fellow teachers, and staff members, on what they wanted to voice from their building,” Bieghler said. In the current draft of the tech plan, each building has its tech requests for the current 2013-14 fiscal
year and up to FY17, with the exception of Newton Senior High School — which implemented its new 1:1 iPad initiative this school year — and Berg Middle School, which is trying to decide which direction it would like to go as far as technology. Berg Elementary School has indicated that it will need an additional 79 iPads and two iPad charge carts during the next three fiscal years for a total projected cost of $41,421. SCHOOL See Page 7A
Skiff Medical Center now has more than $46,000 to go toward vital surgical equipment, thanks to the significant success of the second annual Skiff Gala fundraiser held last month at DMACC. Funds were brought in through business sponsorships, ticket sales, a live auction and a dessert auction. The event was a joint effort between the Skiff Foundation and the Skiff Auxiliary. About 250 people from the hospital and community were in attendance to enjoy socialization, a sitdown catered dinner and professional entertainment from Guys in Ties, an improvisational comedy group. Leisa Zylstra, Events and Foundation Manager, helped oversee the event along with Skiff Gala committee members Bruce Hoffmeier, Jeff King, Patty Dykstra, Pam Comer, Ashley Foster, Terri Hayden, Amanda Price and Connie Annis. SKIFF See Page 5A
‘Walk a Mile in Our Shoes’ event today Special to the Daily News Ever wish you could ask an elected official to walk a mile in your shoes? Here is your chance. A one mile walk called “Walk a Mile in Our Shoes” will be held for citizens and local elected officials at 6 p.m. today beginning from the southwest corner of Berg Elementary School in Newton. The Newton Wellness Coalition has organized this casual, non-partisan, healthy way for citizens to make connections with local elected officials. Part of the spring wellness activities calendar, this free event will allow people of all ages to converse with elected leaders while strolling through Newton neighborhoods. WALK See Page 5A