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School safety director honored Mike Newton is praised for upgrading security BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The $500,000 grant award is only a fifth of the $2.5 million requested by the town to help alleviate the drainage issues. “When we had our severe weather this past winter with all the icing, we had a lot of problems. It was then that we started to seek funding to fix the drainage issues,” said
Mike Newton, the Elizabeth School District’s director of safety and security, was named Security Director of the Year on July 12 at the Campus Safety Conference in Henderson, Nevada. The award is given by the Campus Safety organization, the industry leader in coverage and education for facility protection professionals at schools, universities, and healthcare organizations. It publishes Campus Safety magazine in print and maintains a robust online presence. It also conducts conferences for administrators and public-safety officials, technology directors, risk managers and security and law enforcement executives from all over the world who are looking for solutions to their campus safety, security, emergency management and technology challenges. “For a small rural school district to be represented and recognized alongside much larger metro school districts is an amazing feeling. This achievement is for all of Elizabeth and Elizabeth School District,” said Newton in an email correspondence from July 14. “We have accomplished so much over the last two years and achieved numerous milestones that set the bar for school safety standards. Each safety and security director that was nominated has done amazing things for their
SEE DRAINAGE, P4
SEE SAFETY, P2
Kiowa’s sloping streets cause drainage issues.
PHOTO BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON
Kiowa receives drainage grant
State provides $500,000 to improve infrastructure BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The Town of Kiowa received a grant for $500,000 from the Colorado Department of Transportation
TAP Program to start work toward the Kiowa Drainage and Sidewalk Project. According to its website, the Colorado Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grants federal funds to transportation improvement projects that expand travel choice, strengthen the local economy, improve quality of life and protect the environment.
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