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School board to hold public hearing on budget Tuesday
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By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer This coming Tuesday — and four days before the state deadline —the Newton Community School District Board of Education will hold a public hearing and later vote on amending the current 2013-14 fiscal year budget. During the May 12 board meeting, NCSD Business Manager Gayle Isaac explained why this needed to be done and which funding categories would be affected. “The budget is identical to what you approved back in April of 2013. The activity, under all funds, that is the activity as of April 30. It’s broken
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Horse Show and Queen Contest Page 2A
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T.J. celebrates Public Works Week
Zach Johnson/Daily News Heidi Holly’s first-grade class from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School poses with Newton Public Works Equipment Operator Galen Hammerly in front of a snow blower. The first and second graders from T.J. learned about four pieces of equipment Public Works uses throughout the year in celebration of Public Works Week.
Looking to bring home the gold
Education
Bergman ready for next challenge Page 7A
Sports
Kalkhoff is state champ Page 1B
Weather
Zach Johnson/Daily News Jasper County Special Olympics Athletes participated in the annual torch run on Wednesday. Local law enforcement and sponsors began the run from the Casey’s General Store located at 3104 First Avenue East. The runners went down First Avenue where they met up with the Special Olympic athletes at Family Video. They would begin the run finishing at the courthouse. At the end of the run, the runners and the athletes had a photo session and a keynote speaker. The keynote speaker was Newton Daily News senior staff writer Ty Rushing. Rushing spoke of the history of the event and closed his speech with a message to the athletes to bring home some medals.
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Thurs., May 22 High 75 Low 53 No Precipitation Also: Astrograph Page 5B Classifieds Page 4B Comics & Puzzles Page 6A Dear Abby Page 6A Opinion Page 4A Obituaries Page 3A Police Page 3A Our 113th Year No. 5
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Hill surveyed land, tested troops during Korean War
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Zach Johnson/Daily News Aurora Heights fourth grader Bailey Nida runs for the finish line during the fourth- through sixth-grade Track and Field Day at H.A. Lynn Stadium. The students participated in relay races, individual races and multiple field events.
COLFAX — As the former Colfax American Legion Post 175, Colfax resident and Army veteran Harold Hill is working to breath new life into organization. “It was dormant here,” Hill said. “We’ve lost some members and gained some members.” The 85-year-old was post commander of the Colfax Legion for more than three years, from 2010 through 2013, when Bill Brown took over the auxiliary. As a state-side veteran of the Korean War, Hill understands the importance of a strong local community of service members. He began his Army career in Jan. 1951, processed through Fort Riley, Kan., then transferred to Atlantic General Depot in Forest Park, Ga. This is where the Colfax veteran would spend his two years of service until he was discharged in 1953. Hill dabbled in a bit of everything,
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working as a typist, a file clerk and a truck driver. But his most intricate duty was that of overlay draftsman. Hill would survey the layout of the land used for field exercises, drafting and sketching typographical maps detailing where troops would bivouac. Hill was an S3 in plans and operations. After his basic training, Hill’s then-fiance Wilma traveled to Geor-
gia, where they were married at the base chapel. It was an intimate ceremony on March 10, 1951, with one couple standing at their side. Wilma’s friend, and wife of a fellow Newton serviceman, witnessed the affair. The couple lived in an apartment for the two years Hill was stationed in Forest Park, Ga. “When I got off the farm (in Colfax), I realized that there was a lot more out there, and that I probably wouldn’t be going back to farming,” Hill said. The Colfax veteran gained a different perspective on the world after entering the military, but for Hill, patriotism was a highlight. Dressed in class A uniform, Hill would march with the other troops on the base, as a general looked on with a critical eye. “Every weekend we used to have a parade of all the post troops. We had to march. It was quite a sight really,” he said. HILL See Page 5A