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Shop local: Newton businesses talk Local man recounts years of delivering about bitcoins - Page 16 milk in Newton - Page 5 www.harveycountynow.com - Newton, KS Vol. 3: No. 19 Thursday, December 21, 2017 USPS (17818) $1.25 City to spend $265,000 on Logistics Park BY ADAM STRUNK NEWTON NOW STAFF [email protected] The City of Newton's buying more land for the Kansas Logistics Park. The Newton City Commission approved the pur- chase of 40 acres of land to add on to the existing Kansas Logistics Park. The purchase will cost the City of Newton $265,000. Newton Public Information Officer Erin Mc- Daniel said the city attempted to purchase the land when putting together the logistics park in the past. McDaniel said, at the time, the asking price for the property, $8,000 an acre, was too high. She said, since that time, the owners of the property along E. First Street, East of Prairie View, came PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOW down on the price to$6,625 per acre. From left, Newton High School girls basketball team captains DesiRay Kernal, Taylor Antonowich and Jada Berry recall stories from their “It has several benefits; we've looked,” Myers childhoods. said of the property. “It's located on East First Street near the highway. It could be serviced by rail service. It comes up now because it's available On-court advantage See LOGISTICS / 8 Girls basketball team captains share long-time friendship Local woman BY WENDY NUGENT NEWTON NOW STAFF [email protected] challenging the Jada Berry doesn't mind having a target on her back. If fact, she enjoys constitutionality it. “I feel like the biggest experience or biggest meaning was 13 and 0 last year,” Berry said about her Newton High School basketball career. "Win- of state law ning our first 13 games. That was just really, really cool. At that point in the BY ADAM STRUNK season, we were ranked No. 1 in 5A. It NEWTON NOW STAFF was cool to have a target on our [email protected] backs.” Berry is one of three captains this The American Civil Liberties Union is currently year for the NHS girls varsity team. suing the State of Kansas on behalf of Esther The other captains are DesiRay Ker- Koontz, a North Newton resident for violating her nal and Taylor Antonowich. first amendment rights. The three have known each other Koontz, who has worked for nine years as a Wi- for about eight years, which is a long chita math teacher and then curriculum advisor, time, seeing as they haven't been on is suing the state over a law it the planet that long. enacted last June barring it from Kernal has her own reasons for lik- entering into a contract with any ing basketball. individual or company participat- “I guess you can say I like every- ing in a boycott of the country of thing about basketball,” she said. Israel. “There's so much intensity. I like to According to documents filed in compete.” October in U.S. District Court, Antonowich also enjoys the sport. Koontz applied for a contract to “I think my favorite thing is playing work as a trainer in a statewide defense and I think when the whole teaching program and was then team is playing together, like helping Koontz asked to certify that she was not each other out,” she said. currently engaged in boycotting the state of Israel, Berry has other things she likes as the recently passed state law required. about basketball. Koontz later responded that she could not sign “I like the relationships that you that certification in good conscience. build with your teammates,” she said. She wrote in an online post that she had been “Can learn a lot about life and leader- boycotting companies and products of Israel for re- ship and responsibility.” ligious and moral reasons. They also like playing under the “As a member of the Mennonite Church USA, tutelage of their coach, Randy Jordan, and a person concerned with the human rights of who's the North Newton police chief all people—and specifically the ongoing violations by day. of Palestinians’ human rights in Israel and Pales- DesiRay Kernal takes part in throwing the ball around after practice on Monday tine—I choose to boycott consumer goods made by night. See BASKETBALL / 8 See STATE LAW / 8 Mail Label Newton mill feeding the country BY BLAKE SPURNEY produces 60 percent of private SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW label flour bags on shelves in American grocery stores. That means, if you're buying a store Newton's Ardent Mills has been brand such as Kroger or Best in high gear since September for Value, there's a good chance it the baking rush of the holidays. came out of Newton. If you want It takes a lot of work to keep the to know, each bag carries a small country fed, especially around this "NT" on the top, identifying its time of year. city of origin. The Newton miller, located at Some of the wheat to make the 300 E Broadway, produces flour flour comes from across the coun- for nearly 200 brand labels found try, but Ardent Mills, which is in grocery stores. based in Denver, has about 300 Plant Manager Mike Ginal said local producers who provide wheat flour produced in Newton ended to it directly. up in stores from Washington to Ginal said Ardent Mills prima- BLAKE SPURNEY/NEWTON NOW Florida and California to Maine. rily was a hard-wheat mill. Plant Manager Mike Ginal shows off a completed bag of flour produced by Ardent The mill, which has been operat- Mills. The mill bags flour for 200 different brand labels. ing for nearly 100 years, currently See ARDENT MILLS / 16 Page 2 www.harveycountynow.comNEWS Newton Now December 21, 2017 When the cookie cutter won’t cut it, just keep rolling p until last week, I and attempted to slide a degrees and line a baking owned one cookie spatula under the little sheet with parchment Ucutter. guy to transfer him to my paper. Now, I own two, having cookie sheet, and he was Scoop the dough out in added a gingerbread man stuck like glue to the about tablespoon incre- to my collection of kitchen countertop. ments and roll lightly. tools. I was super excited I mixed several more Place the cookies about an to make gingerbread cook- tablespoons of flour into inch apart on the cookie ies, not only because I my dough, trying to get it sheet (they won’t spread love the taste of them but to a rolling consistency, much). because I was looking for- but it just kept sticking. Bake for 8 to 10 min- ward to getting in the I finally gave up, rolled utes or until the cookies Christmas spirit and the dough into sticky look set (they won’t look doing some decorating. balls, tossed them on the shiny on the top). The recipe I chose sheet and managed to Let them cool on the promised to produce still create some deli- cookie sheet and store in “easy” gingerbread cook- cious—if not a bit boring- an airtight container to ies, so I felt confident that looking—gingerbread keep the cookies moist. I would soon be sur- cookies. rounded by cute, delicious So I’m still going to This recipe produced gingerbread people of my share this recipe with some nicely spiced cook- own design. you, but unless you’re ei- LINDSEY YOUNG/NEWTON NOW ies, and although they I mixed up the dough ther a lot luckier than I or These gingerbread cookies were soft and delicious, but the dough was not cooperative enough to be shaped didn’t look like anything and tossed it in the fridge you’re just a glutton for into gingerbread men. special, they tasted great. to chill, as instructed. punishment, I wouldn’t And I suppose my new When the time was bust out your cookie cut- 1/4 teaspoon baking in the egg and molasses. gingerbread man will right, I floured my work ter for this one. Gingerbread Cookies soda Add the dry ingredients have to wait in the wings surface and started I found the recipe on 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/4 teaspoon salt and stir until combined. until I find a recipe to try rolling. It was a bit on the the blog “MomDot.” You 1-2/3 cups brown sugar 4 teaspoons ground gin- Put plastic wrap over it on. At least now my sticky side, but it was can see the original at 1 egg ger the top of the bowl and re- other cookie cutter won’t supposed to be easy, after https://www.momdot.com/ 1/2 cup molasses 2 teaspoons cinnamon frigerate for two to four be lonely. all. easy-gingerbread-cookie- 2-1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon cloves hours or until the dough I pressed my cookie cut- recipe/. I doubled the 1 teaspoon baking pow- Beat together the but- is chilled through. Lindsey Young is co- ter down into the dough spices in my version. der ter and brown sugar. Beat Preheat the oven to 375 owner of Newton Now. Bump Up Your Savings “Bump” up your rate once with this special certificate. 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