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Meet the Homecoming candidates
NCEF seeking new leadership to continue expansion By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer
Ty Rushing/Daily News The Newton Senior High School’s 2014 Homecoming king and queen candidates have been selected. Front row (from left): Paitin Burroughs, Shelbey Cochran, Taylor Fisher, Riley Udelhoven, McKenna Heisdorffer, Arianna Jamison, Brenna Schwenker, Anna Barr, Abby Jolivette and Hailey Coy. Back row: Christopher Thorpe, Collin Jacobsen, Jessie Cochran, Tyler Wood, Harrison McCarey, Cole Doerring, Nicholas Easley, Michael Barr, Jeffery Stanton and Mason Bowes. On Monday, the final five king and queen candidates will be named, and the king and queen themselves will be named later in the week. Homecoming is Sept. 19.
District looks at 4 options for school building reconfigurations Study shows Emerson Hough should reopen as elementary school By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer There are four possible scenarios for future building configurations in the Newton Community School District. While all of the plans vary, there was one common trait — reopening Emerson Hough as an elementary school. Dave Briden — a senior architect at FRK Architects and Engi-
neers, who has previously worked on projects involving every district facility — presented these scenarios to the board of education during a special work session on Wednesday, that attracted a curious audience of teachers and parents. In every one of the four scenarios, Berg Middle School and Newton Senior High School remain untouched, while the other buildings go through a number of different configurations. According to Briden, the district is nearly maxed out on classroom capacity. Briden made this statement based upon his firm’s study of the district’s current building layout, fig-
ures gathered from the recent demographic study conducted by RSP & Associates — which projected future enrollment numbers — and parents and teachers desired classroom sizes. Briden said that they found RSP’s figures to be “extremely accurate,” and Superintendent Bob Callaghan said that the firm’s history shows its projections to be 97 percent accurate. In its study, which was conducted during the 2013-2014 school year, RSP projected enrollment figures from SY 14 to SY 19. SCHOOLS See Page 5A
Cruisin’ to Newton season closes Saturday By Jamee A. Pierson Daily News Staff Writer Cruisin’ to Newton will host its final car show of the year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the north and west sides of the square in downtown Newton. The first show, which took place Aug. 9, attracted 44 cars. Weekend Pit Stop Executive Director Libbie Marshall said she thinks this show will have more. “We don’t care what kind of car you have, or how old it is, if you want to come and display your car, just pay the registration fee and come on in,” Marshall said. A special appearance will be made by “Mater” from the Disney movie “Cars.” Children are in-
vited to come and get their picture taken with the truck. There are four categories for the cars to compete in including Best Antique, Best Classic, Best Modified and Best Future Classic. It is a people’s choice award, so those who attend will decide the outcome. Marshall said they had great attendance at the first Cruisin’ to Newton and hopes for an even bigger event this Saturday. Along with the car show, tailgating events will be taking place on the square for the Iowa vs. Iowa State game. Those at the tailgate are invited to stop by the car show as well. Along with the cars, food vendors will be set up and a performance by the classic rock band
Submitted Photo A truck designed like Mater from Disney’s “Cars” will make an appearance at Saturday’s Cruisin’ to Newton.
Rockhound, based out of Newton, will take place. Marshall plans to have Cruisin’ to Newton following every Thunder Nites next year, making it “a perfect weekend pit stop.” Weekend Pit Stop is a nonprofit organization working to promote
Newton and currently has three events on their schedule: Thunder Nites, Cruisin’ to Newton and Nothin’ New in Newton. Contact Staff Writer Jamee A. Pierson at (641) 792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com.
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“We need a little bit of help with organization and someone who can be the face of NCEF.”
Contact Senior Staff Writer Ty Rushing at (641) 792-3121 ext. 6532 or at trushing@newtondailynews.com.
Cardinals to face Tigers
Each year, one in three adults over the age of 65 experiences a fall. While not all of those falls cause significant injury, the medical cost of falls was $30 billion in 2010.| 7A
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The Newton Community Educational Foundation has been a quiet force inside and outside of Newton’s schools for a number of years. NCEF partners with the alumni association to present the annual reunion weekend every June, provides teachers with minor grants, less than $2,499, and major grants, more than $2,500, every year. H ow e v e r, the organization is perhaps best known for annually selecting one teacher from every building to be awarded the Excellence in Education Award during the Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Cham— NCEF Board ber Dinner. President Abby With a Lamont growing endowment and plans to add more activities to its slate, the nonprofit organization is reaching out to the community to find a part-time director, said Abby Lamont, NCEF board president. “We need a little bit of help with organization and someone who can be the face of NCEF,” Lamont said. “With our speaking engagements, presentations and just getting us on track for the upcoming events that we have, and other board engagements.” Lamont said they are hoping to find someone with experience in education, nonprofits or experience on other boards. NCEF has gone with and without a part-time director throughout the years, but Lamont and the rest of the board feels the time is right to bring the position back. The person who is hired would only be expected to work 10 to 20 hours a month. Lamont has been filling the role while NCEF awaits the new hire and she says the position is very fulfilling for people who love to be involved in the educational process. “It is an absolute reward to see the money going back into the school district. We have given away over $16,000 this entire year alone in grant money,” Lamont said. She said that recent NCEF grant funds have done everything from providing supplemental reading resources for students to providing grief baskets for students that have lost a loved one. “That’s the feel good part of it. It’s giving away money that goes directly back into our school system. It’s one of the most rewarding boards that I have ever sat on and it’s why I don’t ever leave,” Lamont said. Interested parties for the position may contact Lamont via email at lamonta@ newton.k12.ia.us.
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Defense has been solid for Newton High’s Cardinals in the first two games of the 2014 football season. The Cardinal defense has shutout opponents in the second half of each contest, winning both games. “We’re not overlooking Grinnell (0-2) this week.” | 1B
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