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Newton man arrested for vehicular homicide Alcohol factor in accident

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News A Newton man wanted for vehicular homicide turned himself in Monday following a warrant for his arrest.

Alex M. Spangenburg, 23, was wanted in connection to a fatal crash on Oct. 22, 2016 in Newton.

Police released Monday that speed and alcohol consumption are believed to be factors in the crash.

Spangenburg had a revoked license and didn’t have a motorcycle endorsement.

A subsequent blood test indicated that Spangenburg Spangenburg was operating the motorcycle with a blood alcohol content in excess of .163 at the time of the accident.

At approximately 2:15 a.m., the Newton Police Department was called to a motorcycle crash near the intersection of West Fourth Street South and South 15th Avenue West near Maytag Park. When officers arrived, they found two men lying in a ditch near the intersection.

The passenger — Bret Rice, 26, of Des Moines and formerly of Reasnor — was pronounced dead at the scene. Spangenburg was transported by air ambulance to Mercy Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

Neither man was wearing a helmet.

According to Newton Police, the motorcycle was traveling south in the 1300 block of West Fourth Street when the driver, believed to be Spangenburg, struck the curb on the east side of the roadway. The motorcycle slid on its side and then struck the south curb along South 15th Avenue West, then vaulted and struck a utility pole.

After his recovery and the completion of the investigation, Spangenburg was charged with vehicular homicide, a Class B felony. If convicted, Spangenburg could face up to 25 years of imprisonment.

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6513 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News The Newton City Council approved its fiscal year 2017-2018 budget during a special Monday night meeting. Within the budget, citizens will see a slightly decreased levy rate down to $17.14 per $1,000 from $17.15 per $1,000.

City approves $27M budget

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The Newton City Council approved a $27 million city budget on Monday. The budget encompasses general government, special revenue, TIF district, debut service, capital projects permanent and proprietary funds.

Within the budget, the levy rate is decreasing slightly from $17.15 per $1,000 to $17.14 per $1,000. All current city positions will be retained, but it does delay the rehiring of some positions.

Adjustments will also be made to the seasonal and temporary positions.

“Every year budgeting is a challenge, but in collaboration with city staff and the city council, we come together around a proposal that seems to meet the city’s mission of being able to provide

excellent services to the community at a workable cost,” city director of finance and development Bryan Friedman said.

“We are pleased to be able to have this be a stable budget and have the property tax levy actually go down a little bit while still being able to maintain the services.”

A negotiated 2.5 percent contractual wage increase will be applied to all employees. Any step wage increases, per adopted plans and contracts will also be given.

The employee benefits budget for the next fiscal year comes in at $3.47 million, up more than $53,000 from last year.

More than half of the funds are going to health insurance at $1.8 million with additional employee expenses including wages, retirement and disability.

The undesignated re-

serves came in below the city’s target policy of 25 percent at 23 percent. By reducing the reserves, funds will be available for high priority capital expenditures including a new police squad vehicle at $27,000, police computers at $18,000, public works mower at $15,000, a Fire and EMS CPR device at $15,000 and a Fire and EMS power cot at $15,000.

“The city has been intent on making some needed investments into the community in recent years. This budget will enable some of those goals to continue to be met,” Friedman said. “It’s good to be able to complete this process through the city council approval well in advance of the March 15 deadline.”

A $500,000 general obligation bond is also approved to allow for im-

NHS Drama to put on magical production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News Two things are abundantly clear about the students in Newton High School Drama — they are passionate about what they do, and they consider each other family.

The tight-knit group will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” musical at the high school Friday and Saturday. More than 60 students are involved in the production.

Theater director Melinda Worthington said she always wanted to do “Beauty and the

Beast.” When she found out another local school was selling its costumes, everything fell into place.

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Newton Community School District’s principals discussed professional development at Monday night’s school board meeting. Much of the discussion involved adjusting to the Common Core State Standards.

Aurora Heights Elementary Principal Jim Gilbert said one of the main focuses right now is the content of the curriculum and how it is applied to state standards.

“We have to teach to

those standards. That’s our main focus now is to take a look at those standards,” Gilbert said.

“Then take a look at what resources do we use to teach those standards.”

Woodrow Wilson Elementary Principal Todd Schuster said the schools will be more efficient next year when it comes to teaching to meet state standards because they are now taking a deeper look at the materials.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News The cast of Newton High School Drama’s “Beauty and the Beast” is ready for its performance on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $5 at the door.

portant investments in the community including police vehicle lights and equipment, ADA improvements, gear for the fire department and outdoor warnings sirens.

The bond will not impact the debt service levy for the first two years with the majority of the costs backloaded in future years, when other existing debt will be paid down.

Outside agency funding totals $182,500 with funds going to six agencies including the Newton Development Corporation, Newton Housing Development Corporation, Newton Main Street, Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, Newton YMCA and Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.

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In Brief The Climate Corporation’s CEO Stern Named 2017 Agribusiness Leader of the Year

Submitted Photo Dozens of Iowa families are recognized every year by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Department of Agriculture and Department of Natural Resources for taking actions to improve or protect the environment.

Branstad, Reynolds, Northey seek nominations for farm awards Nominations for 2017 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards due by June 15 DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today encouraged Iowans to nominate farmers who have taken voluntary actions to improve or protect the environment and natural resources of our state for the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award. Nominations are due by June 15 and the nomination form, a list of previous awardees and other information can be found at www.iowaagriculture.gov/ EnvironmentalLeader.asp.

The award is a joint effort between the Governor, Lt. Governor, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa Department of Natural Resources to recognize the efforts of Iowa’s farmers as environmental leaders committed to healthy soils and improved water quality.

“Iowa farmers and their families are committed to conserving and preserving the land,” Branstad said. “The Iowa Farm Environmen-

tal Leader Award is our chance to recognize producers who are going the extra mile in their land stewardship.”

Reynolds said, “This is our chance to recognize Iowa’s farmers who feed and fuel the world and drive Iowa’s economy. I want to encourage all Iowans to take this opportunity to nominate farmers who have taken steps to protect the environment and the natural resources of our state and I look forward to recognizing the winners at the Iowa State Fair in August.”

Farmers who are nominated should have made environmental stewardship a priority on their farm and incorporated best management practices into their farming operation. As true stewards of the land, they recognize that improved water quality and soil sustainability reaps benefits that extend beyond their fields to citizens of Iowa and residents even further downstream.

Nominations may be submitted on a year-round basis and are due

by June 15 of the year to be considered for the award. Farm owners and operators are eligible for consideration.

“Iowa farmers are taking on the challenge of improving water quality and protecting our soil and this award is an opportunity to highlight and recognize those who are going above and beyond to adopt conservation practices on their farm,” Northey said.

An appointed committee of representatives from both conservation and agricultural groups will review the nominations and select the winners. The recipients will be recognized on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Iowa State Fair.

Since creation of the award in 2012, more than 400 farm families have been recognized. Winners are presented a certificate as well as a yard sign donated by Monsanto.

Hagie Manufacturing also sponsors a recognition luncheon for award recipients following the ceremony.

SAN FRANCISCO — The National Agri-Marketing Association named Mike Stern, Chief Executive Officer of The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, as the 2017 Agribusiness Leader of the Year.

This agriculture industry award recognizes outstanding leadership in private, public or academic service. It is conferred each year to a senior agribusiness executive who exemplifies excellence in agribusiness, and has also made significant contributions to the industry. The Agribusiness Leader of the Year award is NAMA’s highest honor.

Stern embodies the spirit of the award through his understanding of the challenges farmers face and his passion for solving agriculture’s most pressing issue: the need to feed a growing population while minimizing the impact on the environment. Stern and his team are on the forefront of solving this problem through digital agriculture, which holds the potential to unlock the next giant leap in farming productivity and efficiency.

Through the combination of seamless connectivity of farm data, real-time data visualization and insights driven by advanced data science, Climate is helping farmers gain a deeper understanding of their fields with its Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform. These tools are already making a significant difference for farmers across the United States and other areas around the globe, helping improve their efficiency in managing seeding and planting, fertility and crop health, and ultimately supporting all of the key decisions they make each year to optimize crop productivity.

Since joining Climate in 2014, Stern has guided the company’s growth from serving 35 million crop acres to more than 100 million acres. In less than two growing seasons, the Climate FieldView platform has quickly become the most broadly connected platform in the United States. Under Stern’s leadership, the Climate FieldView platform has continued to expand into new, global regions, including recent expansion into Canada and Brazil. In November 2016, the company acquired VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia, marking Climate’s first step into the European market. The company plans to bring the Climate FieldView platform to Europe, South Africa, Australia and Argentina over the next few years.

Resistance hot topic at 2017 Iowa Soybean Association conference Resistance was a common topic at this year’s ISA Research Conference. From the rippedfrom-the-headlines subject of weed resistance to revisiting the decades-old issue of soybean cyst nematode resistance, keeping pests at bay was of interest to farmer-attendees.

“While planning the conference, resistance kept coming up as a topic farmers were interested in,” said Keegan Kult, conference program coordinator and Iowa Soybean Association environmental scientist. “Weed resistance was the most prevalent, but there are so many other kinds of resistance farmers need to be aware of before it starts to affect their bottom line.”

With this in mind, the con-

ference featured a mega-issue discussion on weed resistance, a presentation on SCN resistance and a pest resistance panel with speakers talking about weed, insecticide and fungicide resistance. The goal of these sessions was to provide farmers with the latest tips and information to improve their decision-making.

While ISA has recently covered SCN resistance and weed resistance in their various publications, the topics of insecticide resistance and fungicide resistance were novel to the conference.

According to Iowa State University’s Erin Hodgson — one of the panelists — insecticide resistance is inevitable.

“Expect to delay, not prevent

resistance,” Hodgson said. “Insects are made to overcome resistance.”

Insects may start with the advantage, but Hodgson made recommendations for farmers looking to have the last laugh.

Hodgson’s tips to avoid insecticide resistance: • Change up insecticides — Not just brands, modes of action and chemistries need to change as well • Try foliar insecticides — No documented resistance in Iowa Host plant resistance — Pyramided rag genes are awesome • Post-spray scouting — It is important to ensure your insecticide is working • Scout regularly throughout the season and be proactive

Another panel topic, fungicide resistance, caught some attendees by surprise. While not widespread in Iowa, (yet), a perfect environment is being created for fungicide resistance according to Syngenta’s Mike Leetch. During his talk, Leetch stated only three common fungicides are used in Iowa, not the chemical diversity needed to prevent resistance.

Leetch offered tips to avoid fungicide resistance: • Use a fungicide with multiple modes of action — Don’t use the same fungicide, mode of action or chemistry repeatedly on the same field • Follow the fungicide’s label for recommended rate — Using a fungicide at a low rate, usually

due to cost, is the fastest way to build up resistance • Apply fungicides before infection levels are high — By the time the plants show visible damage, it may already be too late • Scout regularly throughout the season — The easy button is gone. Farming in regards to pest management is more difficult and complicated. Farmers are going to have to be better informed.

The main message from all the presenters was farmers need to be vigilant with their integrated pest management strategies by rotating chemistries, modes of action and most of all, scouting their fields for any sign of resistance.

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Local & State News NCSD Continued from Page 1A “We’re not going to pull anything away, but (we’re asking) ‘what are some things we could spend less time on?’�

Schuster said. “What are some things we could spend more time on? There’s going to be gaps that we’re looking at and we want to reduce those gaps.�

Tom Bartello and Jolene Comer, principals of Thomas Jefferson Elementary and Emerson Hough Elementary, respectively, also addressed professional development.

They are working with the district’s kindergarten teachers on a subcommittee to answer questions about the transitional kindergarten program.

Bartello said kindergarten students enter school at various skill levels developmentally, socially and academically.

There is a little bit more of a gap between kindergarten students’ needs versus the needs of other group levels, Bartello said. “What we’re working on is

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trying to collaborate with our kindergarten teachers and also looking at research to come up with a few plans,� he said.

Comer introduced a new idea called “kindergarten switcheroo� that Emerson Hough plans to try this fall.

For the first two weeks of school, kindergarten students won’t have an assigned teacher. Instead, they will be taught by all three kindergarten teachers. By allowing two weeks at the beginning of the year, teachers will be able to get to know the kids better. “So then we can better balance classrooms,� Comer said. “Right now we have one teacher whose classroom is definitely different than the other two. We want to be able to better balance the students’ needs for academics, behaviors, social and emotional needs.�

In other business, the school board approved a bond sale of up to $10 million in general obligation bonds for 2017. Director of Business Services Gayle Isaac it is a legal requirement for the board

Justin Jagler/Daily News NCSD board members approved $10 million in general obligation bonds on Monday night, which will go toward the new Berg Middle School.

to approve the district to publish the bond sale. The resolution also approved electronic bidding procedures.

The bond sale is part of the $26.9 million resolution passed last fall, which will go toward the new Berg Middle School, Isaac said.

Board president Travis Padget and vice president Robyn Friedman discussed

Justin Jagler/Daily News NHS Drama students pose for the camera before rehearsing “Beauty and the Beast,� which is set for this weekend.

Drama

Continued from Page 1A opportunity to take on a new persona and get out of his element. The best

part of preparing for the show is the shared experience with his peers, he said. “Everybody shares the same passion and shares the same love to make

some art and to entertain the people,� Moran said. “The sense of family is something that you just don’t get anywhere else.

It’s a fun adventure every time.�

the Denison Culture Survey update at Monday’s meeting.

The culture subcommittee dove further into discussing its goals at its meeting last week, Padget said. “I think we, as the committee, are still developing our culture,� Padget said. “I think as we develop our culture and have a subculture in there, that’s I think really what we’re

Moran is not alone in expressing a feeling of community among the drama students. Natalie Camp will play Belle in the production. She said the group is really close. “I really feel like I belong here, so it’s nice,�

Camp said. “I’m excited to show all of our hard work. This is the most pumped I’ve seen the entire school for this, and I think it’s going to be exciting to share that.�

Camp said Belle is an inspirational character, especially for many girls in small towns that aspire to do more with their lives. Shana Robinson, who plays one of the silly girls, has a similar view of Belle. Robinson is excited to be part of the production in her senior year. “It’s always been my favorite Disney story because I felt like I always related to Belle,�

Robinson said. “I really like the plot of it — how something bad can turn into something good. It’s

doing first.�

The culture team’s toughest times are ahead of it, Padget said. Friedman said the group needs to build a strong core and get on the same page by allowing open lines of communication.

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exciting.�

The Beast will be portrayed by Joseph Malsom. The NHS student said he enjoys both choir and drama. Malsom is also particularly impressed with the set being used for the production.

Hannah Boecker, who plays Mrs. Potts, said people who attend the musical should expect excellence. “We just want this to be such a magical production for the kids and for the community, so we’re really working hard and really working together to make that dream come true for us,�

Boecker said.

Taking on his first major role in a play, Parker Creech is LeFou. He said he formed amazing relationships during the preparation for “Beauty and the Beast.� Everyone involved lends a hand and offers suggestions, Creech said. “We’re always up there having fun because this

is what we love to do,�

Creech said. “We love to be up there. We love to act as these characters, and we love just to be around each other.�

Justine Eilander is part of the ensemble. She said participating in drama gives her confidence, which you need to have to perform in front of people. “My favorite part has always been the end of the show during curtain call when you’ve probably touched people’s lives and made them feel really happy and proud,�

Eilnader said.

Worthington said the students have all worked hard for this production, and she hopes everyone will come out to support the kids this weekend.

The play will occupy NHS’s Center for Performance at 7 p.m. both nights. Tickets are $5 at the door.

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Getting back to healthy

Keeping me on my toes Jamee A. Pierson

Editor’s Note: This column originally published March 1, 2016.

Six days. Six days have passed and finally both of my children are fever free. I wasn’t sure if this day would come.

I knew we might have some problems when I dropped them off at daycare a week ago and my provider told me several kids were out sick with the flu. She then said most of them had been down and out for several days, some up to a week.

I took a deep breath, crossed my fingers and hoped we would be OK. Well, none of that worked and the next day my youngest daughter’s tem-

perature was climbing in the thermometer, and I knew we were in for it.

I held on to small pieces of hope my oldest daughter would plow through and not be taken down, even though she is surrounded by kids every day at school who have been sick or probably had siblings who had been sick. My hopes were dashed the next day when she woke up with a fever as well.

Every other time my girls have been sick, there has been an obvious reason. Ear infection, pink eye and bronchitis just to name a few. Those can all be treated with medication

and we are usually back to healthy in a couple of days.

Not this flu. The only symptom the girls had was a fever. That made them tired and not very excited to eat anything. I was quite successful in maintaining their liquid intake through juice, water and chocolate milk.

Three days passed and I thought we were doing quite a bit better. My youngest didn’t have a fever and my oldest was pretty chipper, so off to activities they went. It wasn’t but a few hours later they ended up right back in bed and medicine and sleep waiting for them.

After our brief setback, I decided bed rest or at least staying home and resting was in order. My husband was in charge over the weekend and had strict orders to stay home, try to get them to eat and rest as much as possible.

I have to say he did a pretty good job as reports back included many naps, early bed times and meals that consisted of more than a chip or one bite of an apple.

As the new week approached, both girls seem to be on the mend and ready to get back to normal activities.

Both were sent out into the world, and I just hope they don’t bring back the newest bug for another round.

One bright spot for this mommy while her kiddos were sick was the extra cuddles that I get, this time two at a time. I hate when they are down and out because they are so much more fun and happy when they can run around and get excited about the littlest things. But have a girl on each side wanting to be right up next to you is pretty sweet, too.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at jpierson@newtondailynews.com

Living and Dion Marc Dion

I’m an enemy of the people I’m too young to have been a big fan of what they used to call “protest music.” By the time I was in high school, there was a lot more disco than there was discontent.

Of course, back then, you could still get unionized factory work, so it was pretty easy to sing, “I will survive,” or even “Ring my bell.” My high school graduate father had a pretty good job, so he was able to help me help myself through college and I was able to work my own way through graduate school.

I emerged with over a decade of grimy work experience and a great desire to work in news.

I have done just that for 33 years, for a wire service, for bigger and smaller papers, covering zoning board meetings in a number of towns, standing on the sidewalk, taking notes as the dead guy went into the wagon, interviewing blackened, tired firefighters after they finally got it under control.

When I became a columnist, I started making a lot of people mad. That didn’t make me feel important, but it didn’t scare me either. It’s part of the job.

Most recently, the president of our great nation has decided that me, and people like me, are enemies of the people. I’ve never been called that before, but I’ve read enough history to know that “enemies of the people’ is what it says on the exit sign for the concentration camp, the re-education camp, the killing fields and the interrogation room.

I wrote a song the other day. I call it “Enemy of the People,” and I’d like it played at my funeral if the secret police give my corpse back to my wife. I don’t really have a tune in mind, but I imagine any half-good guitar player could write some music to go with the words. I tried rapping it, and it wasn’t half bad, but I think I like it best as a talking blues, the kind of stuff whiny-nosed old Bob Dylan used to do.

It goes something like this: I’m an enemy of the people.

I’m an enemy of the state.

They’re gonna pull out all my fingernails.

Sean Spicer just can’t wait.

I’m an enemy of the people, and when I can’t be found, I’ll be hangin’ from a meathook in a cellar underground.

I’m an enemy of the people.

I may be a secret Jew. I’m probably a socialist, so I’m not at all like you.

I’m an enemy of the people.

I’m an enemy of the state.

They’re gonna beat me with a rubber hose.

Steve Bannon just can’t wait Donald trump says I’m the enemy, so you know it must be true.

He might lie to the IRS, but he wouldn’t lie to you.

I’m an enemy of the people, and there ain’t nothin’ worse.

I won’t be the only one to go, But I’m damn sure goin’ first They’re gonna hang me with piano wire, and after they are through, who’s gonna write the story, when they finally come for you?

Well, that’s it, my brave little squeak at the gathering darkness. If I’m going down, I might as well go down with a joke in my mouth. And if anyone puts this to music and performs it, send a video to mdioncolumn@gmail.com.

I’d like to hear it while there’s still time.

Funnel week is upon us It’s been a week of back-toback committee meetings, as lawmakers try to vote as many bills out of committee as they can before the first funnel deadline Friday. I serve on the following standing committees: Appropriations, Education, Natural Resources, Public Safety and the Health and Human Services Budget subcommittee.

Republicans introduced a bill this week to re-write Iowa’s gun laws. The bill would allow guns on college campuses and in county courthouses; expand Stand Your Ground provisions; institute lifetime permits to carry, handgun use by minors and pre-empt local ordinances that limit firearms use. Both chambers will likely advance the legislation simultaneously, hastening the process and limiting time for public input.

This bill raises concerns. The current version of the bill says that a law-abiding person does not have a duty to retreat from “any place where the person is lawfully present” before defending themselves with deadly force.

Another provision states that a person may be wrong about in their estimation of danger or about how much force is necessary “as long as there is a reasonable basis for the belief … and the person acts reasonably in response to that belief.”

State View Rep. Wes Breckenridge I fear that with such a broad scope to the bill, and with this language, the proposed legislation might end up giving people a “get out of jail free” card. We want individuals to be able to protect themselves and chapter 704 of the Iowa Code does this well. This bill could be construed as giving immunity to individuals involved in shootings if they claim self-defense and no other witnesses are available.

The bill also prevents cities, counties and the Board of Regents from enacting restrictions on the use of firearms. The bill keeps current wording that prevents guns at public and private K-12 schools.

It was a pleasure to have lunch with members of the Jasper County League of Women Voters this week where we discussed many issues of importance. We are fortunate to have an active League in our community that offers legislative coffees during the Legislative session at HyVee (third Saturday of January, February and March), facilitates candidate forums and does studies on local, state and national issues. They are non-partisan

and work for the betterment of our communities.

I was happy to meet with Newton resident Denice Fischer. She is Program Coordinator at Iowa State Extension on the Newton DMACC campus. She was at the Capitol with RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program). RSVP is the largest volunteer organization in Iowa for people 55 or older. She oversees 95 RSVP volunteers, who serve a combination of more than 6,100 hours. The programs these volunteers participate with include education, economic opportunity (including income tax assistance), environmental stewardship, disaster services and veterans.

A bill catching notice is HSB 130 which addresses bike safety on our roadways. This bill amends current code relating to the passing of bicycles on our roadways. This legislation directs vehicles to pass bicycles going the same direction to the left in the adjacent travel lane.

It also requires a headlamp and taillight to be used during all times, day and night when the bicycle is on a roadway. Some concerns have been expressed with the lighting requirements and the cost associated with this.

Contact Rep. Wes Breckenridge at 641-521-6714 or wes.breckenridge@legis.iowa.gov

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Obituaries Edna Mae Farland Feb. 26, 2017 Edna Mae (Henle) Farland, 83, of Newton, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at Skiff Medical C e n t e r.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

F r i d a y, March 3 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thurs-

Richard Scott Feb. 22, 2017 Mr. Richard I. “Dick” Scott, 86, of Jefferson City, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Oak Tree Villas.

Dick was born April 24, 1930, in Jefferson City, Mo., the son of John L. and Ethelene Blume Scott. He was married June 9, 1950, in Jefferson City, Mo., to Dorothy L. Oidtman, who preceded him in death Aug. 4, 1989.

Dick was a 1948 graduate of St. Peter High School. Following high school, he served his country in the Navy as a Seaman Apprentice.

After completing his service, he enrolled in night school at the University of Missouri at Columbia, graduating with a bach-

Dorothy A. Wheeler Feb. 25, 2017 Dorothy A. Wheeler died Saturday evening, Feb. 25, 2017, at the Skiff Medical Center in Ne wton, under the care of Hospice.

D o ro thy Ann “ D o d i e” Wheeler, 83, was born

day, March 2 at the funeral home. Memorials to the Newton Christian School or the Donor’s Choice may be left at the funeral home.

Edna, the daughter of Edward and Flora (Knight) Henle, was born June 7, 1933, in Chicago, Ill. She moved with her family to Newton, when she was five years old. Edna graduated from Newton High School in 1951. On Sept. 5, 1953, Edna was united in marriage with James “Jim” Farland at the First United Methodist Church in Newton. They were blessed with two children, Joyce

and Jimmy. When Jimmy was in high school, Edna began working and worked mostly in the mortgage and real estate business. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church for many years, teaching Sunday school, serving as Sunday school superintendent and volunteering for church lunches. She most recently attended the Pleasant View Methodist Church. Edna was also a member of the Angus Auxiliary and RSVP. She enjoyed gardening and cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Edna is survived by her husband, Jim Farland of Newton; children, Joyce (Gary) McGaha of Apopka, Fla., and Jimmy Farland of Newton; grandchildren, Amy Kinkaid of Millersburg, Fla., Ryan McGaha of Apopka, Fla., and Nick Karey, stationed in Mississippi with the U.S. Navy; three great-grandchildren; one brother-inlaw; three sisters-inlaw; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Don Henle; four brothers-in-law; and four sisters-in-law.

elor’s degree in business administration in 1958.

He was employed with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company for 36 years, working as a store manager and territory salesman at various locations in Missouri and Iowa. After retiring from Firestone, he was employed as a realtor with Century 21, McDowell Realty.

Dick was a member of St. Peter Church where he was a charter participant with the Perpetual Adoration at the church.

He was a member of the Class of ‘48 Alumni Association and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus, Dan Coppin Assembly 573.

He enjoyed reading, playing cards and traveling with Clara, his longtime friend and classmate. He was happy when assisting others, whether fixing or repairing broken items or chauffeuring them to appointments. Most im-

portantly, he cherished time visiting and talking with his friends and family.

Survivors include, one daughter, Susan M. Duchene and her husband Jim (favorite sonin-law) of Chanhassen, Minn.; one son, Robert L. Scott and his wife Carol of Jefferson City, Mo.; his longtime friend, Clara Bolden of Jefferson City, Mo,; one brother-in-law, Bob Paden of Quincy, Ill.; three sisters-in-law, Susan Scott, Sandy Oidtman and Carol Crader and her husband Larry of Jefferson City, Mo.; three grandchildren, Lisa Duchene of White Bear Township, Minn., Sara Barthel of Big Lake, Minn., Kelly Randall and her husband Forrest of Chanhassen, Minn.; and two great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Madison Barthel of Big Lake, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Ruth Scott; and three brothers and one sister-in-law, Har-

old Scott, Edward Scott and his wife Bette, and William Scott; his grandson-in-law, Matt Barthel, passed away the same day as Dick from an automobile accident in Minnesota.

Visitation will be at Freeman Mortuary from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 with a prayer service to be conducted at 3:15 p.m. Monday in the Freeman Chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 28 at St. Peter Catholic Church with the Reverend Simeon Etonu officiating.

A graveside service and interment with military honors will be at Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Vogelweid Special Learning Center or St. Peter Catholic Church.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Freeman Mortuary, www.freemanmortuary. com.

Jan. 13, 1934, in Grinnell, the daughter of Charles William and Elizabeth (Simmon) Kelly. She was a high school graduate of the St. Mary’s Academe in Nauvoo, Ill. On Feb. 2, 1956, Dorothy was united in marriage with Robert W. Wheeler in Newton, this union was blessed with two daughters, Melinda and LuAnn. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, she will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.

Dorothy devoted her life

to her family and was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Melinda Fraser of Forest City and LuAnn Wheeler of Newton; her four grandchildren, Nicholas and Matthew Henning and Jessica and Joshua Runnels; and her sister, Mary Bogaards of Grinnell.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert; and her brothers and sister, Charles Kelly, Joe Kelly, Evelyn Kellenberger and

Jerry Kelly.

Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., with a Vigil service at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2 at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton. The funeral mass will be 1 p.m. Friday, March 3 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newton. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the family or a charity of your choosing.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.pencefh.com.

Reva L. Iske, 96, formerly of Newton, died Sunday in Lincoln, Neb. A funeral service for Reva will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Online condolences may be left at www.pencefh.com.

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Newton Police Department • Blake A. Myers, 29, of Des Moines, was charged with possession of controlled substance and interference with official acts at 4 p.m. Feb. 22 after police were called to 1021 First Ave. W. in reference to a vacant house.

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Officers tased Myers, and he was placed under arrest. A drug dog was called to the scene and a bag of 4.6 grams of marijuana was found inside the home. Myers was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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• Dinners on Tuesday, a free meal will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Christian Life Church, 421 S. Second Ave W. in Newton. Everyone welcome.

Dinner will be in the basement of the church.

• Discover Hope, a faith based addiction support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 219 N. Second Ave. W., in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Jasper County Human Service Providers will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Salvation Army in Newton. Gina Graham will be talking about the PACE Program at Immanuel Pathways.

• A Free Community Meal will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Those interested may enter the church through the glass/elevator doors on the Second Avenue East side or through the single glass door off the north parking lot. The meals are open to the public and everyone is welcome.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Introduction to Beekeeping will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Amboy Grange, 220 High St. in Kellogg. Presented by Paul Anderson of Amboy Grange and Scott Sievers of Outyard Apieries. The program will present an overview of equipment, resources and supplies, with general information about beekeeping and tips and advice from a beginner’s and a professional’s perspectives.

• Ash Wednesday Services will meet at noon and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton. Ash Wednesday is the day that Lent begins.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

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Adoptive families celebrate with special day each year DEAR ABBY: As parents of an adopted child, we were concerned about when we would have “the conversation.” Then a neighbor told us about how they would celebrate “Gotcha Day” with their adopted daughter each year.

Gotcha Day is a day to celebrate because it’s the day we became a family.

We “adopted” their idea and have been doing something special on this day since before our child could even say the word “gotcha.”

Early on, she had no idea what we were celebrating; she just knew it was a special day for us. Through the years, she was able to process exactly what it meant at her own pace, which relieved the need to ever have that dreaded conversation. Recently our daughter told us she loves this day more than her actual birthday!

I thought I’d share this with other adoptive parents who worry about when the right time might be to explain to their child that they were prayed for, wanted, loved and adopted. — BLESSED PARENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR BLESSED PARENTS: I had never heard of anything like this, but I think it’s a great concept and certainly worth sharing with my readers.

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DEAR ABBY: After 32 years of marriage, my wife went out and got a tattoo on her shoulder. It’s about 8 inches by 6 inches (quite large), and she did it without any advance discussion with me, which has left me sort of shocked. Her position is that it’s her body and she’ll do what she wants.

This has driven a wedge between us, and I’m not sure if we can move forward. What is your advice? — UNMARKED IN NEVADA DEAR UNMARKED: To me, what’s important is not that your wife got the tattoo without discussing it

with you, but her motive for doing it in secret. My advice is to do nothing in haste or in anger. Try to get her to explain to you what the tattoo symbolizes to her, because it may be important. After that, whether you decide to move forward — or move out — is something only you can decide.

DEAR ABBY: My co-worker tried to commit suicide last year. She took eight months off after that. Now we are approaching the one-year anniversary.

We work for a small, family-owned business. Everyone knows she tried to kill herself, but no one knows why. She has reduced her hours and her stress level, at least at work. I have picked up most of her duties, and I’m quick to lend a hand. She’s a lot older than I am, and I’m not comfortable lending an ear.

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Do we act like it’s just like any other normal day? — UNCOMFORTABLE AT WORK DEAR UNCOMFORTABLE: If your co-worker wanted to disclose her reason(s) for trying to kill herself, you would already know what drove her. Because a suicide attempt is nothing to celebrate, be sensitive and don’t draw attention to it unless she brings it up.

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Turkey hunting offered at federal wildlife refuge MISSOURI VALLEY — The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in near the Iowa-Nebraska border will offer a limited number of turkey hunting permits this spring.

Archery turkey hunting will be allowed from April 17 through May 21 for people who obtain a free refuge hunting permit and hold a valid state hunting license. A special youth shotgun turkey hunt will be held on April 8-9, and a hunt for people with limited mobility will be held April 2223.

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Man injured escaping from apartment fire CORALVILLE — Authorities say a man has been injured while escaping from a fire in his Coralville apartment. The fire was reported just before 1 a.m. Sunday.

Coralville Fire Chief Dave Stannard says the 41-year-old man had burns as well as injuries suffered when he jumped from his second-story balcony. He was taken to a hospital. Stannard says it took firefighters about 90 minutes to contain the blaze.

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MASON CITY — A man has been imprisoned for sexually assaulting a staff member at a Mason City facility that helps people with mental illnesses.

Joseph Wallace was given 10 years in prison at his sentencing Monday. The sentence is to be served at the same time he serves two years for assault on a jailer. He pleaded guilty earlier this month to the assault charge and guilty in December to the sexual abuse charge after it was determined that he was competent to stand trial.

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DES MOINES — A man, who allowed his teenage child to invite friends to his house for a party, provided them alcohol and then had sex with a 13-year-old girl after she was drunk, has been ordered to pay $127 million to the victim and her family. Polk County court records show 47-year-old James Lee Hohenshell of Bondurant pleaded guilty to lascivious acts with a child and providing alcohol to minors. He’s serving just over two years in prison.

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Second murder trial set to begin for man in slaying SIOUX CITY — The second trial is scheduled to begin Monday of a Sioux City man charged with murder. The trial of 48-year-old Elias Wanatee is to be held in Pottawattamie County District Court in Council Bluffs. A judge had granted Wanatee’s request for a change of venue, citing publicity. Wanatee’s first trial ended in a mistrial in December after jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict.

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Proposed changes to voter ID bill would reduce early voting DES MOINES (AP) — Early voting in Iowa would be reduced under new proposed changes to a voter identification bill approved Monday by a Republican-controlled House subcommittee.

The changes, introduced in an amendment by Rep. Ken Rizer, R-Marion, go beyond the scope of the voter ID bill originally filed and promoted by Secretary of State Paul Pate.

The amendment was approved about an hour after it was made public during a subcommittee of the House State Government CommitPate tee, which Rizer chairs. It advanced with only Republican support.

Among the changes is a plan to reduce early voting in a primary or general election in Iowa from 40 days to 29 days. Iowa has one of the longest early voting periods in the country. Rizer said it’s wrong to assume fewer people will vote early under the proposed new system.

“I think more people would just vote within the window of the time that it’s available,” he said.

Daniel Zeno with the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa criticized the amendment, which he said could create problems with same-day voter registration for some people.

“We think it makes the bill worse,” he said.

The amended bill would eliminate the option of voting straight party with a single mark on a ballot.

It would also close polls at 8 p.m. instead of 9 p.m., which is the current setup for primary and general elections.

Rizer said he’s heard from county auditors that the last hour has less foot traffic. He noted that poll workers have long days.

“A lot of our poll workers are elderly, and right now they’re doing 16-hour days and it stretches the day out significantly for them,” he said.

Rizer indicated in late January that he was interested in making changes to Pate’s voter ID bill, which includes several provisions aimed at voter integrity and technology upgrades for counties that oversee elections. There is little evidence of fraudulent voting in Iowa.

Amendments to bills are not unusual, but Pate has spent weeks meeting with groups to promote his version of the bill. Several groups, including the Iowa State Association of County Auditors and the League of Women Voters of Iowa, are registered against the legislation.

Pate declined to comment on whether he supported the proposed changes. His spokesman said Pate hopes lawmakers will pass his original bill, though he would also offer advice.

“I provided the Iowa Legislature with a technology-driven platform that modernizes Iowa’s elections system, expedites polling wait times, and eliminates the potential for human error and fraud. The bill is in legislators’ hands now,” Pate said in a statement.

The amendment adds more money for a revolving loan fund aimed at technology upgrades for elections. It also makes several changes to how the state would set up and distribute state-issued voter identification cards for people who do not have an Iowa driver’s license. The license is one of several acceptable forms of ID under Pate’s bill. Unlike many states considering a voter ID bill, this measure does not require a photo component.

Rizer said he may include additional changes to the legislation when it comes up for a committee vote on Tuesday. He also indicated a public hearing is expected on the bill.

The two Democrats on the five-person subcommittee failed to convince Rizer to hold another meeting to review the amendment, which was not discussed during the meeting.

“This is an important bill. It impacts all voting Iowans, or future voting Iowans,” said Rep. Vicki Lensing, D-Iowa City. “In our mind, it’s something that’s moving very quickly without adequate input or opportunity for voters to weigh in.”

GOP lawmakers in Senate approve ‘personhood’ bill DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa could effectively ban abortions under a GOP bill approved Monday that would declare life at conception, though it’s unclear if the measure carries the necessary support to pass the Senate.

The bill recognizes protections for fertilized eggs, essentially making abortion illegal in Iowa. It does not provide exceptions in the case of rape or incest. Supporters said the bill would not prohibit the use of contraception nor criminalize miscarriages.

The legislation, co-sponsored by 20 Republican senators and one independent, cleared an initial Senate Judiciary subcommittee and will now face the full committee.

Sen. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, the chair of the subcommittee, allowed several opponents of the bill to speak. Many expressed concern over the bill, which they described as extreme, as well as the danger it could pose to women’s health care.

Daniel Zeno from the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa said lawmakers are creating a “smoke screen” to ban abortion and questioned whether the legislation could stand up to a court challenge.

“This is an attempt to end all

“This is an attempt to end abortions.

And abortions are legal. Women have the legal right to choose an abortion.”

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abortions,” he said. “And abortions are legal. Women have the legal right to choose an abortion.”

It’s among several bills seeking to restrict abortions in Iowa.

Other states have considered similar “personhood” measures, though none have been successful. Mississippi, Colorado and North Dakota are among the states to reject it.

Martin Cannon, a lawyer from the pro-life Thomas More Society, defended the legality of the bill to lawmakers on the committee, encouraging them to support it. He called Roe v Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, “an act of lawlessness.”

Rebecca Kiessling, a pro-life activist and attorney, said the bill would be difficult to overturn in court. She pointed to language that specifies if one section of the bill is deemed invalid, it does not

impact remaining parts of the bill.

“You’re recognizing personhood on your state constitution and your state laws, which you’re entitled to do,” she told lawmakers. “And also you have the severability clause language that says the rest of the statute would still be upheld. So, I think this is an excellent strategy.”

The bill also seeks to deny the Iowa Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction over the matter, if it does go to court.

Sen. Janet Peterson, the lone Democrat on the subcommittee, said the bill is dangerous to the health of women.

“I understand where your hearts are, but I also believe we have to work on legislation that we believe values the lives of women,” said the Des Moines lawmaker. “I believe this would cause serious damage to health care in Iowa.”

Report: Iowa licensing boards are ‘unaccountable’ to public IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa’s licensing boards operate in a culture of secrecy that has made them unaccountable to citizens they are supposed to protect from incompetent and unscrupulous professionals, according to a state report issued Monday.

The secrecy fuels “lackadaisical investigations, apathetic board members, poor documentation of deliberations, and questionable outcomes” to complaints, the Office of Ombudsman concluded after a lengthy investigation.

The ombudsman, an independent agency that investigates complaints against state and local governments, examined the system of 36 boards responsible for regulating trained workers, from doctors to social workers to barbers.

The boards, which set standards for credentials and ethics governing their professions, investigate complaints and can discipline or even revoke licenses of those who commit misconduct. But complaint files and reports are considered confidential under Iowa law, in part to protect the reputations of licensees who are falsely accused of wrongdoing.

Investigators with the ombudsman’s office found that the boards often fail to adequately investigate allegations lodged against professionals before voting in closed-ses-

sion meetings to dismiss them.

The boards then fail to provide their findings or any rationale for their decisions to complainants, many of whom do not accept the outcomes. Some boards even stopped issuing letters to complainants to inform them their cases were closed, with one saying they took time to write and would only anger the recipients.

“For years, no one has been in a position to evaluate their work.

In short, it has been a system unaccountable,” the report says. “This culture of secrecy breeds public distrust, resentment and a lack of confidence in a system intended to assure the public that professionals are being held to a high standard.”

The boards should do more to document their decisions and explain them to complainants, the report says, praising the Attorney Disciplinary Board for doing just that.

The boards are comprised mostly of industry professionals but typically have some public representatives. Members are appointed by the governor. While having expertise is necessary to be effective, “it also exposes boards to public accusations of self-dealing or protectionism when the target of a complaint is not disciplined,” the report said.

Iowa lawmakers were consider-

ing a bill that would have removed licensing requirements from several professions, including those for social workers, funeral directors and mental health counselors, and replace them with registration systems. The bill failed in a committee Monday, pleasing some who noted it didn’t address the secrecy criticized in the report and could have further weakened oversight.

The ombudsman’s investigation was made possible by a 2015 law change that gave the office access to recordings and minutes from closed meetings where complaints are discussed. Investigators had been blocked from obtaining those records by the attorney general’s office, which argued the ombudsman couldn’t access them without a court order.

Investigators used the law to obtain files from cases involving four boards and were alarmed by what they found. During two closed meetings, board members made “derogatory, inappropriate, and quite frankly, appalling” remarks that suggested bias against complainants and certain licensees, the report said.

Two boards failed to adequately address conflicts of interest, with one member failing to recuse herself in a case against a licensee she worked for.

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Newton Fest 2017 to add carnival, much more Newton Daily News Newton Fest is going to be bigger and better in 2017 with the addition of Joe’s Old Fashion Carnival. The carnival will open on Thursday night and be open on Friday and Saturday as well. Exact times will be announced as Newton Fest gets closer.

“We are very excited about the addition of the carnival to Newton Fest,” said Jessica Lowe, co-chair of Newton Fest.

“The committee has discussed a carnival since the inception of

the event and it is finally happening. The carnival is going to be something new and fun for children, teens and adults to enjoy. It has been many years since there has been a carnival in Newton and the Newton Fest committee is excited.”

Joe’s Old Fashion Carnival, owned by Joe Henscheid of Des Moines, will be located on the DMACC Newton Campus

and features carnival rides that are from 2015 and newer. Discounted tickets will be available prior to the carnival opening.

“Thanks to the hospitality of DMACC Newton Campus, the carnival will be located on the school’s green space. This will be a great location for people to enjoy the rides and games and still have plenty of room for the many other events planned

around downtown Newton during the four-day celebration,” Lowe said.

Newton Fest starts on June 8 and goes through June 11.

The schedule of events is still being finalized but some of your favorites, including Bill Riley Talent Search at Maytag Bowl, Newton Main Street’s Backyard BBQ competition, Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Classic Cars Around the Courthouse and live music on Saturday night, will be back. The Iowa Speedway is also bringing the Hot

Rod Power Tour to Newton on June 11.

Continue to visit www.newtonfest.org or Get to Know Newton of Facebook for all the details.

Newton Fest, the community event that began in 2015, is meant to celebrate what is great about our community.

From showcasing Red Pride to admiring Newton’s artistic side, the weekend is planned by a group of local citizens and community organizations to provide family-friendly, affordable fun for everyone.

Sex offender Des Moines celebrates first faces new sex downtown grocery in decades abuse charge Newton Daily News A Grinnell man and sex offender is facing charges of third-degree sexual abuse after the Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office was contacted about alleged abuse in November.

Dewayne M. Veverka, 45, was arrested in January after he reportedly confirmed the sexual abuse allegations to a social worker for the Department of Human Services, a police report states.

The juvenile victim was reportedly abused over a six month time period by Veverka.

Veverka is an already registered Veverka sex offender with two prior convictions for sex offenses on younger females, the report states.

Veverka has been living at 8975 Clay Street in Grinnell.

Veverka was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail. His bond is set at $30,000.

Trial set for mother whose baby died on changing table DES MOINES (AP) — A May trial has been scheduled for a Des Moines mother whose infant died on a changing table.

Online court records say 26-yearold Laci Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to child endangerment resulting in death. Her trial is set to begin May 1.

The records say Taylor left the 3-month-old girl unattended on the table on Sept. 18. The girl’s airway Taylor was cut off when she rolled over and her neck was compressed against a table ledge.

DES MOINES (AP) — A full-scale grocery store has opened in downtown Des Moines for the first time in decades.

People were lined up early Tuesday to mark the opening of the Hy-Vee store on Court Avenue, just east of the Polk County Courthouse.

The $10 million store is different from most of West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee’s stores.

The 36,000-square-foot store melds a traditional store with a larger selection of prepared foods.

City officials have long sought a supermarket for the downtown area, and their suc-

cess is in large part due to tremendous population growth that compliments a workforce of 80,000. An estimated 9,000 people live downtown, and that figure is expected to grow significantly in the coming years.

The store sits on a former parking lot and is beneath three floors of housing.

Waterloo museum prepares World War I exhibit WATERLOO (AP) — It was called “the war to end all wars.” But it wasn’t.

The United States entered it to make the world “safe for democracy,” only to have to fight totalitarianism again a quarter century later.

It was called the Great War, the World War, but finally became known as World War I. For America, it started 100 years ago this year, and the Grout Museum District is preparing for a centennial exhibition of the many uniforms and artifacts it has collected over the past several decades from families of local residents.

While there are no living veterans of that war, the Grout amassed a considerable collection from families of those veterans and will have

much of it on display for six months, beginning in June, in an exhibit titled “From the Prairie to the Trenches: Iowans in the Great War.” Museum staff is already preparing items for exhibition.

“The advantage of World War I is that we have such a large collection,” said Chris Shackelford, the Grout district’s exhibits and programs assistant. Some is in archives and a smaller amount is on permanent display in the Grout’s Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum. “For how much we already have in our permanent exhibit, it’s going to be really nice to get out so much of what we have.”

Like World War II some 20-25 years later, America initially delayed entering the European conflict by two to three years, until April

1917.

By the time the war ended 19 months later, in November 1918, four million Americans served, half of them overseas, and 116,000 lost their lives and another 200,000 were wounded. About 115,000 Iowans served and 3,000 were killed or wounded, according to the National Archives.

Waterloo’s Fairview Cemetery contains a circle of World War I soldiers’ graves around a machine gun of that era.

Some of the items at the Grout include uniforms of: Pvt. Leonard Walters of Tipton, who served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps as an orderly or ambulance driver; Lt. Col. C.C. Bronson of Waterloo, a member of Iowa Gov. William Harding’s personal honor guard during

the war. The uniform is rare in that the sleeves bear red stars — which soon became impossible to wear when they became the emblem of the Red Army following the birth of the Soviet Union in October 1917. A uniform of a U.S. Army Air Service mechanic, Private John H. Rohrssen of Barclay Township in Black Hawk County, who was stationed at Kelly Air Field in San Antonio, where he served on border patrol against the forces of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who raided Columbus, N.M., and locations in Texas in 1916. Haddys Hixson, a U.S. Marine who served in a supply unit, and the father of Dale Hixson, active for years with Becker-Chapman Americal Legion Post 138.

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By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News Lynnville-Sully senior Brenna Lanser led the South Iowa Cedar League in scoring, while sophomore teammate Carson Fisk also averaged in double-figures for the conference champion Hawks.

For their efforts, both Lanser and Fisk were unanimously voted to the SICL all-conference first team recently.

Eight area cagers were honored in all. Lynnville-Sully junior Mariah Vos was named to the second team, while teammates Jelissa Rozendaal and Camryn Russell were both honorable mention selections.

L-S head coach Jerry Hulsing also was named SICL Coach of the Year.

He has guided Lynnville-Sully to at least a share of the SICL title in three straight seasons.

Colfax-Mingo senior Amy Russell and junior McKeely Tjaden were both named to the honorable mention team, while junior Ries Wilson was given the Golden Award.

Lanser led the conference in overall scoring at 18.1 points per game and also led the SICL in scoring in conference play at 17.1 per contest.

Lanser averaged 7.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.16 steals per game and had game averages of 6.9 rebounds, 2.68 assists and 3.75 steals in conference play.

Lanser was third in the conference with 60 steals in conference play and fifth in steals overall with 76. She made 42 percent from the floor and connected on 74.5 percent from the free-throw line.

Fisk ranked ninth in the SICL in overall scoring at 11.2 points per game and ninth in SICL scoring at 10.8.

In overall games, Fisk averaged 6.1 rebounds and 2.16 steals per game.

In conference play, she grabbed 5.7 rebounds and tallied 2.3 steals per game. Fisk connected on 45 percent from the floor.

Vos was the Hawks’ third leading scorer at 6.6 points per game. She also grabbed 4.3 rebounds and had 1.7 steals per game.

In conference play, Vos averaged 6.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.5 assists per contest. Vos made 42 percent of her shots.

Rozendaal was the Hawks’ second leading rebounder at 6.3 boards per contest. She scored 4.7 points per game and finished with 29 assists and 22 steals.

In conference play, Rozendaal averaged 5.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.

Camryn Russell, who missed two overall games and one game in conference play, averaged 5.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

The scoring improved to 5.5 points per game in conference play and she also averaged 1.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. She made 68 percent from the foul line.

Amy Russell was tied for second on the Tigerhawks team with a 7.1 points per game average. She averaged 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game. In

Brenna Lanser, Lynnville-Sully, First Team

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Vos

SICL games only, Russell averaged 7.1 points per game, 3.7 rebounds per tilt and 2.7 steals per contest.

Tjaden led the Tigerhawks at 8.4 points per contest and grabbed 3.1 rebounds per game. In SICL games, Tjaden averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per contest.

Wilson was given the Golden Award, which is given to a player in the conference who would have been a first- or second-teamer if they had not gotten hurt.

Wilson missed the first five games overall and first three SICL games due to a foot injury. After returning, she averaged 6.4 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds per game. Wilson made a team-best 40 percent of her shots from the floor.

In SICL games, Wilson averaged 6.8 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game. She ranked seventh in the SICL in rebounds per game.

Lynnville-Sully won the SICL title with a 15-1 record. Montezuma was next at 14-2 followed by Sigourney at 13-3 and Belle Plaine and North Mahaska both finished 11-5.

Colfax-Mingo finished 5-17 in Larry Roberts’ first season as head coach.

The Tigerhawks were 4-12 in conference play.

Wilson

Carson Fisk, Lynnville-Sully, First Team

Rozendaal

C. Russell

Seven of the eight members on the SICL’s first team averaged double-figure points, led by Lanser. Lanser, Fisk and North Mahaska freshman Kassidi Steel all were unanimous selections.

Steel averaged 15.4 points per game this season for the Warhawks.

South Iowa Cedar League Girls Final Standings 1. Lynnville-Sully 15-1 2. Montezuma 14-2 3. Sigourney 13-3 4. Belle Plaine 11-5 4. North Mahaska 11-5 6. Tri-County 8-8 7. Iowa Valley 7-9 8. English Valleys 5-11 9. Colfax-Mingo 4-12 9. HLV 4-12 9. BGM 4-12 12. Keota 0-16 Coach of the Year Jerry Hulsing, Lynnville-Sully Golden Award Ries Wilson, Colfax-Mingo First Team *Brenna Lanser, sr., Lynnville-Sully *Carson Fisk, soph., Lynnville-Sully Breck Goodman, jr., Montezuma Riley Gatton, soph., Montezuma Brooke Waetcher, jr., Sigourney Autumn Barthelman, jr., Sigourney *Kassidi Steel, fr., North Mahaska Michaela Lundy, sr., Tri-County

A. Russell

Tjaden

*denotes unanimous selections Second Team Mariah Vos, jr., Lynnville-Sully Shelby Helm, jr., Montezuma Summer Barthelman, soph., Sigourney Kenzie Mantz, soph., Belle Plaine Jade Hay, fr., North Mahaska Katlyn Little, sr., Tri-County Cherisse Ward, jr., Iowa Valley Audrey Grove, jr., English Valleys Honorable Mention Jelissa Rozendaal, sr., Lynnville-Sully Camryn Russell, jr., Lynnville-Sully Amy Russell, sr., Colfax-Mingo McKeely Tjaden, jr., Colfax-Mingo Saphire Gatton, sr., Montezuma Shateah Wetering, fr., Montezuma Anna Ohland, sr., Sigourney Leah Carter, jr., Sigourney Mackenzie O’Brien, sr., Belle Plaine Rachel Montgomery, sr., Belle Plaine Kalleen Chamberlin, sr., North Mahaska Caleigh Smith, jr., Iowa Valley Andrea Healey, soph., Iowa Valley Allison Steinke, jr., Tri-County Emily Westhoff, sr., English Valleys Madison Trimpe, soph., English Valleys Kelsea Shaull, sr., HLV Brooke Kuesel, sr., HLV Lyla Kriegel, jr., BGM Hope Beck, sr., BGM Addison Sprouse, soph., Keota Raigan Sprouse, sr., Keota

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Kansas moves to No. 1 in AP poll; Cyclones back in the top 25 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could have rested easy after clinching a share of its 13th straight Big 12 title.

Instead, the Jayhawks hit the road to beat Texas on Saturday, clinching the outright championship with two games left in the regular season. And when top-ranked Gonzaga and second-ranked Villanova dropped games last week, it meant the Jayhawks ascended to the top of The Associated Press poll.

The Jayhawks (26-3) moved up two places to the top spot, receiving 58 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel.

They spent five weeks at No. 1 last season, including the final three polls, but became the sixth No. 1 this season by moving to the top spot for the first time.

Villanova (27-3) remained second and received two firstplace votes, despite losing to Butler and beating Creighton last week. The win over the Bluejays allowed the reigning national champions to clinch their fourth straight Big East regular-season championship.

UCLA (26-3) moved up from fifth to third and earned three first-place nods after its win over Arizona on Saturday. It was only the second time in 69 games the Wildcats have lost at the McKale Center.

Gonzaga (29-1) fell to No.

4 after losing its first game of the season, an upset by BYU at home on Saturday.

The Zags, who had been No. 1 for the last four polls, still received two first-place votes as they turn their attention to the West Coast Conference Tournament on Saturday.

North Carolina moved from eighth to fifth after clinching a share of the ACC title, while Oregon, Arizona, Louisville, Kentucky and West Virginia rounded out the top 10.

Baylor, which was No. 1 earlier this season, dropped two more spots after losing at Iowa State over the weekend. The Bears were followed

by Florida, Butler — up nine spots thanks in part to its victory over Villanova — SMU, Florida State, Purdue, Duke, Cincinnati, Notre Dame and

Saint Mary’s.

The last five were Wichita State, Wisconsin, Virginia and newcomers Iowa State and Miami.

The Cyclones (19-9), who were ranked for the first six polls of the season, moved back into the Top 25 after their win over the Bears. The Hurricanes (20-8), who were ranked most of last season and reached as high as seventh, moved into the poll after Saturday’s victory over Duke.

Creighton (22-7) dropped out for the first time this season after losses to Providence and Villanova, and Maryland (22-7) tumbled out after losses to Minnesota and Iowa.

Kansas extended the longest current streak in the Top 25, which dates to February 2009, by reaching No. 1 for the 63rd time in school histo-

ry. That remains the fifth-best mark behind UCLA (134), Duke (129), Kentucky (117) and North Carolina (113).

The Jayhawks’ conference title run matches UCLA’s streak in the Pac-8 in the 1960s and ‘70s.

The other teams to be No. 1 this season were Duke, Kentucky, Villanova, Baylor and Gonzaga. The Jayhawks beat the Blue Devils on a neutral floor in November, topped the Wildcats at Rupp Arena last month and swept the season series from the Bears.

There will be a handful of NCAA Tournament bids handed out as leagues begin to crown their tournament champs. The Ohio Valley title game is Saturday, and the Missouri Valley, Atlantic Sun and Big South will crown their champions on Sunday.

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Michael Waltrip ends racing career with eighth-place finish at Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Michael Waltrip ended his racing career exactly how he hoped.

The only way it could have topped his NASCAR finale, which came at the track where he earned half of his four career Cup victories, would have been to end up in victory lane.

He knew that was unlikely, so he set a more realistic goal : to finish in the top 10 in his 30th and last Daytona 500.

Waltrip took the checkered flag in eighth at Daytona International Speedway, providing him the ideal conclusion to a career that began in 1985, spanned more than three decades and included 784 Cup Series starts.

“It’s going to be a great memory, you know, to have a top 10,” Waltrip said. “I had so many times I was in the middle of a crash and just missed it. So, you do a good job and you get lucky both. ...

“I’m thankful that I survived and I’m thankful for being able to run upfront and I’m happy about the finish.

I’m ready for it to be my last one, so it’s going to be a good one to remember it by.”

A two-time Daytona 500 winner, Waltrip signed a onerace deal with Premium Motorsports to say goodbye at the famed speedway that has provided him triumph and tragedy. Waltrip won the Daytona 500 in 2001, the same day his car owner, Dale Earnhardt, was killed on the final lap, and again two years later in a rain-shortened race.

After a poor qualifying effort, Waltrip started 30th and was right in the middle of just about every accident.

NASCAR Photo Michael Waltrip concluded his NASCAR career by finishing eighth in Sunday’s Daytona 500. It was his 30th Daytona 500 of his career which began in 1985. He is a two-time Daytona 500 winner and has had 784 Cup Series starts.

“Was fortunate enough to do a nice job and miss a couple of them,” he said. “Just blessed to not tear my car up.

I passed some of those guys we talk about on Sundays so now I can rub that in a little bit. That feels good.”

His longtime sponsor, Aar-

on’s, provided Waltrip with a “Thank You, Mikey” car that was covered with photos of his racing career.

He was a sentimental favorite, partly because he drove for Dale Earnhardt Inc. and partly because his popularity grew as he transitioned into

television and became part of Fox’s broadcast team.

He had his daughters and other family members around all week as well as many of the sponsors who have been with him for years.

“The kindness of the people and having my friends and

Fowler joins friends in winning and extends youth movement PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Golf ’s youngest and biggest stars keep winning.

Rickie Fowler has mostly been watching.

He wasn’t in Hawaii when Justin Thomas swept the Aloha State by a combined 10 shots, including a PGA Tour record for 72 holes and a 59 at the Sony Open. He took off the final two weeks of the West Coast swing when Jordan Spieth blew away all his challengers at Pebble Beach, and Dustin Johnson was overwhelming at Riviera.

“It’s fun seeing it,” Fowler said. “It’s motivating to see my friends go win. And to have them texting me last night and wishing me the best, telling me to go get it done, it’s a fun group to be part of because we’re all trying to push each other to be the best players we can be.

“We love seeing each other play well,” he said. “And we love beating each other when they’re at their best.”

Sunday at the Honda Classic was Fowler’s turn.

He didn’t want to recite the entire list of text messages he received, though he mentioned Spieth and Thomas and Rory McIlroy, who has been out with a rib injury the last six weeks. Even that old man in the neighborhood, 41-year-old Tiger Woods, chimed in with a message to Fowler for him to get it done.

And that’s what he did, though Fowler could have done without a brief spell of suspense.

Fowler now has four PGA Tour victories, which is solid for a 28-year-old in his eighth season on the PGA Tour, though it doesn’t quite stack up with McIlroy, Johnson, Spieth, or even Thomas. The knock on Fowler always has been whether he wins enough to match his marketing machine. He’s heard that before.

Rickie Fowler celebrates Sunday as he won the Honda Classic for his first victory of the 2017 PGA Tour season.

What really got under his skin was knowing that in four previous occasions that he has at least a share of the 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour, he had failed to win. Not only that, he had never broken par in the final round when leading.

His best chance was at PGA National on a Sunday afternoon that turned blustery.

Fowler had a four-shot lead and he never lost it, though there were a few nervous moments.

From behind the fourth green, his putt up the slope found the wrong hole — a sprinkler head — and led to bogey. Two holes later, he hooked his tee shot into the water and made double bogey.

He could afford that with a four-shot lead.

But when Gary Woodland started to make a run, Fowler suddenly was only one shot ahead, and it then became a chance to fail.

But only briefly.

He rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt on No. 12. He added a 25foot birdie putt on No. 13. That restored his cushion and his comfort, and when he stuffed a 5-iron from 181 yards into the wind and over the lake at No. 16

to 3 feet and made another birdie, the tournament effectively was over.

“My putter saved me,” Fowler said. “If I don’t make those putts, I’ve got a pretty tight race.”

The finish was not what he wanted — a tee shot into the water on the par-3 17th for a bogey, a wedge into the bunker on the par-5 18th for another bogey, and yet another round over par — 1-over 71 — in a final round when he had the lead.

All that did was cost him a chance to break the 72-hole scoring record at PGA National.

Fowler finished at 12-under 268, one shot short of the record, but four shots clear of Woodland and Morgan Hoffmann.

This is one time Fowler did not care about pretty.

He cared about winning.

Asked if it was more meaninFowler moved back into the top 10 — he is No. 9 in this week’s ranking — for the first time since September. And he extended a telling trend on the PGA Tour this year. Johnson (32) is the oldest PGA Tour winner in 2017 through eight tournaments. The average age of the winners is 25.5 years.

family here,” he said when asked what he will remember most. “I’m really thankful for my partners. They just said, ‘We want you to have fun, Mike.’

And, darn if I didn’t have fun. I was out there passing people in a good handling car and that’s cool. That’s special.”

Ian Happ soaking in big league camp with Chicago Cubs MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Everyone is a potential teacher for Ian Happ, from Ben Zobrist to Javier Baez to manager Joe Maddon and the coaching staff.

There is no room for Happ on the Chicago Cubs at the moment, not with All-Stars all over the infield and established major leaguers in the outfield. But the 22-year-old second baseman, one of Chicago’s top prospects, is trying to make the most of his time in big league camp with the World Series champions.

“I’ve been picking all these guys’ brains. It’s nice to be around a club with so many guys that have so much experience in the game,” Happ said. “So I’m just going to keep soaking it up.”

Happ and slugging outfielder Eloy Jimenez are considered the biggest jewels of Chicago’s successful minor league system, which developed several key contributors for last year’s title-winning team. Happ, a switch-hitter who was selected by the Cubs with the ninth pick in the 2015 draft, batted .279 with 15 homers and 73 RBIs over two stops last year, finishing the season with Double-A Tennessee.

“Everybody talks about everybody’s here, the cupboard’s bare, not true,” Maddon said. “There’s some really nice young players coming up and he’s right at the top of the list there, too. I like his swing both sides. I watched him

take his groundballs at second base; he’s fine there.

I like talking to him.

I think Happ he’s very self-confident, not in an arrogant way, but in a really ‘I belong here, I can do this’ kind of a way, and I think that’s going to get him here sooner.”

How soon is a tricky question. With Zobrist, Baez and shortstop Addison Russell, the Cubs could be set for middle infielders for a while.

Happ has been taking balls in the outfield, but there doesn’t appear to be a lot of room there, either.

For his part, Happ doesn’t sound like someone who is worried about his major league future.

“It’s great. We have AllStars at every position,” he said. “It’s an unbelievable time to be a part of this organization, to be able to be around so many guys that have had success in the game.”

Happ, a Pittsburgh native, rose to prominence at the University of Cincinnati, hitting .369 with 14 homers and 44 RBIs in 56 games during his final season with Bearcats. He was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2015, becoming the first UC player to bring home such an honor since Josh Harrison was the Big East Player of the Year in 2008.

Public Notice IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DARRELL DEAN DANGER, SR. Deceased CASE NO. ESPR037008 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Darrell Dean Danger, Sr., Deceased, who died on or about July 27, 2016: You are hereby notified that on February 15, 2017, the last will and testament of Darrell Dean Danger, Sr., deceased, bearing date of March 28, 2003, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Mary Ann Danger was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated February 15, 2017.

Date of second publication 28th day of February, 2017 Mary Ann Danger Executor of the Estate 1007 Main Ackley, IA 50601 Address Mark A. Otto, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0005939 OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address mark@ottolawyers.com Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) February 21 & 28 February 7, 2017 Tuesday, February 7, 2017 the Jasper County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Brock, Carpenter and Cupples present and accounted for; Chairman Brock presiding.

Sheriff John Halferty asked the Supervisors to approve a Resolution approving his Deputy Sheriff and Reserve Sheriff Appointments effective on January 1, 2017.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded by Cupples to approve Resolution 17-07 approving the appointment of the Deputies and Reserve Deputies for the Jasper County Sheriff.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Sheriff John Halferty and Lt. Brad Shutts presented the need for upgrading the communications systems with Racom to get the systems current and keep the communications updated in the future. They explained they received a $200,000.00 grant that will fund 33% of the project. Total cost of the equipment and services to be $426,384.20.

Racom has agreed to a 3 year period to pay the amount interest free, which would amount to approximately $142,000 per year.

Sheriff Halferty asked the Board of Supervisors to approve the P25 Radio System Agreement with Racom and Jasper County, Racom's Comprehensive Maintenance Agreement, and Racom Regional Virtual Radio Consolidation.

Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to approve the P25 Radio System Agreement with Racom and Jasper County in the total amount of $626,384.20.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve Racom's Comprehensive Maintenance Agreement.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve Racom Regional Virtual Radio Consolidation.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to approve the publication of Jasper County Gross Wages for 2016.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, CUPPLES JASPER COUNTY 2016 GROSS WAGES Employee Name Wages Agan, Diana......................374.32 Akins, Donna.....................405.24 Aldrich, Brenda.............52,232.40 Aldrich, Nicholas..........58,032.99 Allan, Denise................70,904.21 Altemeier, Mary.................405.92 Andrews, Pamela..............547.68 Arends, Tina.................53,070.90 Arnold, Anita...................5,562.65 Arrowood, Brad............46,589.28 Arrowood, Teresa.........55,283.95 Avery, Richard..............25,062.62 Baldus, Amy...................6,554.02 Balmer, Kimberley........57,086.60 Balmer, Michael.............2,824.06 Barker, John.................51,187.62 Barr, Dale.....................48,863.40 Barr, Jill........................52,417.66 Barton, Jason...............52,965.41 Bates, Jesse...................4,431.00 Beckler, Dennis.................396.20 Bennett, Kelly...............94,653.33 Benson, Bruce..............30,311.56 Berkenbosch, David..........368.00 Berriman, Theresa.............630.12 Bestell, Brad......................176.00 Beukema, Michael.............100.00 Billingsley, John................800.00 Bird, Whitney................24,394.01 Birkenholtz, Andrea...........410.24 Birkenholz, Lynette.......50,721.76 Birkenholz, Shirley............348.78 Bishop, Douglas...........69,104.21 Bjelland, Leslie.............15,711.07 Blair, Cindy........................414.42 Blink, Peter...................79,882.75 Bond, Howard....................275.00 Bond, Judy..........................75.00 Borts, Kevin.........................50.00 Borts, Matthew.............48,795.72 Bowman, Loretta...............677.16 Brand, Mary.......................170.00 Brandhof, Duane.................50.00 Braun, Warren..............55,283.95 Britton, Joshua.............67,967.87 Brock, Joseph..............40,961.40 Bruxvoort, Brandon......50,227.41 Bucklin, Delaine...........30,129.89 Bucklin, Dennis............27,738.14 Bucklin, Michael...........50,225.41 Bunse, Carroll....................100.00

Bennett, Kelly...............94,653.33 Benson, Bruce..............30,311.56 Berkenbosch, David..........368.00 Berriman, Theresa.............630.12 Bestell, Brad......................176.00 Beukema, Michael.............100.00 Billingsley, John................800.00 Bird, Whitney................24,394.01 Birkenholtz, Andrea...........410.24 Birkenholz, Lynette.......50,721.76 Birkenholz, Shirley............348.78 Bishop, Douglas...........69,104.21 Bjelland, Leslie.............15,711.07 Blair, Cindy........................414.42 Blink, Peter...................79,882.75 Bond, Howard....................275.00 Bond, Judy..........................75.00 Borts, Kevin.........................50.00 Borts, Matthew.............48,795.72 Bowman, Loretta...............677.16 Brand, Mary.......................170.00 Brandhof, Duane.................50.00 Braun, Warren..............55,283.95 Britton, Joshua.............67,967.87 Brock, Joseph..............40,961.40 Bruxvoort, Brandon......50,227.41 Bucklin, Delaine...........30,129.89 Bucklin, Dennis............27,738.14 Bucklin, Michael...........50,225.41 Bunse, Carroll....................100.00 Bunse, Janet.......................50.00 Bunse, Koni.......................195.80 Burdess, Jeremy..........68,506.51 Burdt, Jeremy...............69,441.81 Burns, John..................52,016.16 Cable, Carl........................100.00 Cable, Gerriann............32,635.45 Cantu, Katie..................58,131.55 Carpenter, Dennis........42,761.40 Castillo, Inez........................49.44 Chance, Debra....................50.00 Chance, Tim........................50.00 Chandler, Jerry.............52,073.67 Chapman, Beverly.............207.21 Chartier, Christopher....32,505.34 Clapper, Dennis...................75.00 Claseman, Dennis........26,204.10 Clay, Ashley.................31,528.82 Clymer, Jacob..............50,905.38 Colyn, Marlys......................75.00 Conn, Suzanne..................370.00 Cook, Brandon.............23,081.84 Cook, Carolyn....................404.16 Cooling, Dennis............56,521.42 Cummings, Daniel.............223.48 Cummings, Sharon............205.00 Cunningham, Jason.....58,673.75 Cupples, Charles..........56,372.45 Cupples, Roger..............5,037.96 Cupples, Sandy.................434.27 Daft, Stanley........................50.00 Damman, Lisa..............49,957.50 Darrock, Linda...................214.84 Davidson, Carol.................425.73 Davis, Roxanne............49,659.38 Davis, Wauneta.................190.00 De Vries, John...................758.36 DeCook, Sharon................687.75 Deegan, John...............84,401.44 DeGreef, Freda.................190.00 DeJong, Tracy..............51,161.70 Denton, Dana.................4,057.05 Deppe, Laird......................464.02 Deppe, Marilyn..................462.72 DeZwarte, Carol................228.62 Dittmer, Jeremy............62,088.19 Doak, Kenneth.....................50.00 Dobbs, Shawn................1,263.59 Dodds, Cameron..........49,696.60 Dodds, Julie.................43,511.80 Doland, Jason................5,620.10 Donahue, Mark.............50,227.42 Duffus, Glenda..................543.50 Dunifer, Alexander.............597.60 Dunsbergen, Kent........56,772.96 Dunsbergen, Velda............423.20 Eaton, Jody..................75,236.50 Eaton, Ryan..................73,169.31 Eatwell, John.......................50.00 Eilander, Rodney..........56,293.56 Elliott, Rickie.................61,448.91 Ellis, Kathryn................25,805.40 Engle, Daniel................52,322.41 Engle, Ryan..................56,171.60 Erickson, Linda..................384.50 Evans, Rose......................406.71 Everist, Sandra..................436.16 Faidley, Frank....................275.00 Faidley, Margaret................75.00 Farrell, Thomas.................415.50 Ferguson, Jean..............1,818.75 Fiihr, Rhonna.....................434.00 Fincham, Rick..............15,253.99 Finn-winton, Joanne..........438.74 Fisher, Kathryn..................390.12 Flattery, Mary......................50.00 Flora, Karen.......................497.74 Ford, Derick..................43,465.11 Ford, Marta........................950.00 Foster, Karin......................191.72 Fouts, Catherine................207.06 Frahm, Benjamin..........40,812.23 Fratzke, Nicholas...........7,280.00 Fredrickson, Beth................92.50 Freese, Randy..............70,337.27 Fuchs, Randy...............67,789.72 Gary, Melissa...............32,053.22 Gilbert, Sharon.............32,749.80 Gonzalez, Marcos........57,170.89 Gragg, Terry.................50,181.14 Graham, David.............47,361.90 Graham, Robin.............56,492.05 Graham, Ruth....................404.84 Gregerson, Janice.............520.76 Groves, Aaron..............81,358.98 Gullett, Jewel.....................375.00 Gunderson, Jerome...........900.00 Gunsaulus, Michael......61,784.35 Guthrie, Illa........................205.00 Guthrie, Robert.............52,158.65 Guy, Paul............................50.00 Guy, Summer...............41,023.06 Hackert, Jerry......................50.00 Halferty, John.............104,815.00 Halter, Diane.....................405.24 Hammer, Linda.............60,538.76 Hanna, Michael..............5,800.24 Harding, Josh...............48,398.13 Harms, James..............55,588.65 Hartgers, Joseph..........47,558.20 Hartgers, Melissa.........55,283.95 Harthoorn, Norma..............423.20 Hausserman, Darlene.......217.40 Headington, Amanda....48,592.41 Headington, Marc.........63,611.84 Heath, Jeanann............44,111.79 Heck, Joyce.......................402.81 Hecox, Wendy..............59,701.31 Heimann, Kimberly............193.64 Heimann, Raymond...........193.64 Helms, Curtis.....................225.76 Henning, Kelley............48,735.37 Henry, Natasha............41,979.38 Herbold, Kimberly.........38,436.95 Herbold, Madelyn..............388.50 Hester, Ronald.............50,435.42 Higginbotham, Paul...........873.16 Hitchler, Robert.................200.00 Hjortshoj, Paul.....................75.00 Hodnett, Steve..............50,440.65 Hoebelheinrich, Jeffrey......658.90 Hofer, Jerry..........................25.00 Holdmeyer, Frank..............100.00 Hoover, Michael...........37,661.58 Hotger, David....................100.00 Hotger, Linda.....................100.00 Huff, Charles..................4,726.80 Huggins, Brandon...........1,929.40 Huisman, Theodore...........400.00 Huisman, Vivian................465.00 Hull, Dawn....................33,603.76 Hull, William.................30,300.30 Huyser, Debra...................215.00 Huyser, Linda....................452.36 Ibbotson, Robert................192.70 Illingworth, Julia............48,553.28 Illingworth, Molly...........43,373.94 Ingraham, Jill................46,066.86 Jackson, Kurt.................7,131.15 Jackson, Lorraine.........50,174.85 Jacobsen, Michael.....111,666.61 Jennings, Jenna...........44,053.91 Jensen, Douglas..........10,901.54 Johnson, Craig.............51,769.46 Johnson, Lene...................434.40 Jordan, Karla.....................418.60 Kaldenberg, Helen........15,930.60 Karns, Betty.......................514.82 Keenan, Pamela...........56,987.11 Keith, Carmen..............47,424.39 Keith, Craig...................54,865.33 Kelsey, Victoria.................581.60 Kenney, Darrell....................50.00 Kenney, Sandra...................50.00 Keuning, Alvin.....................75.00 Keuning, Judd..............47,265.20 Kielly, David.................54,689.76 Klein, Paul....................49,334.38 Klemm, Louis......................75.00 Laidig, Phyllis....................390.00 Lamb, Drake...................4,567.51 Langmaid, Don....................50.00 Langmaid, Kent...................25.00 Lemmert, Mary.............39,546.88 Lenz, Regina................40,919.10 Leonard, Barbara..............514.82 Lindeman, Jessie.........36,722.27 Lowry, Jason................70,329.68 Luetters, Kevin.............61,965.27 Lundberg, Leonard.........5,800.82 Maggard, Keith.............51,666.60 Maher, Joanne.............34,969.24 Marchant, Monte..........15,332.35 Marconi, Dolores..........37,843.84 Marshall, Brian.............47,734.69 Martinson, Bradley............312.00 Massengale, Robert.......3,904.32 Maston, Charles...........50,569.63 Maxwell, Susan.................380.00 Mc Adams, Lisa............49,314.22 Mc Quiston, Connie......46,356.00 McClurg, Cheryl.................474.00 McClurg, David..................468.60 McCuen, Sarah.................198.64 McDaniel, Jane.................631.00 McDonald, Candice........3,670.64 McKinstry, Carolyn............350.00

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Kielly, David.................54,689.76 Klein, Paul....................49,334.38 Klemm, Louis......................75.00 Laidig, Phyllis....................390.00 Lamb, Drake...................4,567.51 Langmaid, Don....................50.00 Langmaid, Kent...................25.00 Lemmert, Mary.............39,546.88 Lenz, Regina................40,919.10 Leonard, Barbara..............514.82 Lindeman, Jessie.........36,722.27 Lowry, Jason................70,329.68 Luetters, Kevin.............61,965.27 Lundberg, Leonard.........5,800.82 Maggard, Keith.............51,666.60 Maher, Joanne.............34,969.24 Marchant, Monte..........15,332.35 Marconi, Dolores..........37,843.84 Marshall, Brian.............47,734.69 Martinson, Bradley............312.00 Massengale, Robert.......3,904.32 Maston, Charles...........50,569.63 Maxwell, Susan.................380.00 Mc Adams, Lisa............49,314.22 Mc Quiston, Connie......46,356.00 McClurg, Cheryl.................474.00 McClurg, David..................468.60 McCuen, Sarah.................198.64 McDaniel, Jane.................631.00 McDonald, Candice........3,670.64 McKinstry, Carolyn............350.00 McKinstry, Steven.............380.00 McMahon, John..............2,763.23 McManus, Stephen........3,918.33 Meakins, Louise................380.00 Menninga, Linda................211.60 Meredith, Cynthia.........58,738.76 Mettler, Morgan.................166.48 Meyer, Kelley...............12,380.88 Meyer, Troy.........................75.00 Milburn, Kathryn................390.00 Miller, Janice.....................252.54 Milliman, Polly...................875.11 Modlin, Alayna..............47,534.52 Moorman, Marlene.........1,051.67 Moses, Michele..............4,837.02 Mott, Nancy.......................382.50 Mouchka, Ruth..................192.70 Mulgrew, Christina........58,738.76 Mullan, Mary...................1,412.50 Mullan, Steven..................115.00 Murphy, Stephen............1,288.00 Myers, Carolyn..................380.00 Nation, Susan...............52,596.07 Nearmyer, Beverly.............100.00 Nearmyer, Richard............100.00 Nelson, Jerald...................800.00 Nelson, Nichole............38,015.84 Nichol, Allen.................51,186.15 Nicholson, Scott...........94,653.33 Nikkel, Betty......................672.89 Noble, Jonathan...........79,882.75 Nolin, Michael......................75.00 Norman, Jerad..............50,435.43 Northrup, Jon.......................75.00 Oartwieg, Christine............375.00 Oldsen, Gregory...........40,137.43 Olson, Pamela..............74,656.80 Ong, Tony.....................70,934.00 Orsund, Allan.....................375.00 Otto, Gaylene....................422.76 Otto, Noreen......................225.00 Parrott, Dennis.............69,104.21 Parsons, Kay.....................375.00 Patty, Patricia....................426.44 Paxson, Clayton.............3,057.86 Peters, David.....................100.00 Petted, Carlyn...............32,966.05 Pickett, Alvin.................45,527.31 Pierce, Karen.....................444.66 Ponsetto, Johnny.........25,184.20 Poulter, Mary.....................172.96 Pratt, Terry..........................50.00 Prendergast, Sandra......1,454.70 Preston, Heather..........35,431.06 Pretzer, Mary.....................483.00 Pryor, Rebecca.............61,811.98 Pyle, David...................50,539.42 Rains, Michael...................500.73 Raper, Melissa...............4,739.16 Ratliff, Jerry..................56,542.10 Rawlins, Karen..................403.76 Rawlins, Norma.................340.29 Rawlins, Rick................50,643.42 Reisetter, Mary..................314.20 Reynolds, Janice...............195.00 Rhone, Ericka...............44,060.69 Richards, Patricia.........32,341.09 Richeson, Norma.................30.00 Rinehart, Janet.............23,325.75 Robertson, Celia...........69,211.67 Rorabaugh, Marcia............582.02 Rorabaugh, Marvin............509.02 Ross, Charlotte...............3,937.51 Ross, Heather..............41,584.71 Rozendaal, Coretha..........642.27 Rozendaal, Duane.............300.00 Rozendaal, Duane........88,502.10 Rozendaal, Randol..............50.00 Ryan, Edna.........................35.00 Ryan, Lawrence...........73,169.31 Sage, Deborah..................175.00 Sage, Harry.......................100.00 Sander, Rebecca...............377.70 Scarnati, Peter..............54,585.76 Schafer, Linda...................150.00 Schiebel, Linda..................407.00 Schmidt, Gordon..........17,448.02 Schmidt, Kimberley...........197.00 Schnug, Marcia.................552.26 Schroeder, Kristin..............714.34 Schumacher, Supinya. .25,962.23 Schumann, Ellen...............167.50 Self, Pepper..................13,789.95 Shine, Greig.................50,643.44 Shutts, Brad..................81,358.98 Simatovich, Sheryl.......38,866.57 Simmons, Danielle.......40,717.80 Simon, Dennis..............81,819.84 Smith, Andrew..............52,333.81 Smith, Angela...............51,354.76 Smith, Marc..................54,739.36 Spangenburg, Edward..52,538.51 Sparks, Adam...............65,479.67 Sparks, Clara.....................209.30 Sparks, Jim..................67,775.99 Springer, Susan.................750.00 Squire, Nathan.............30,895.49 Squire, Rick..................50,747.40 St John, Jamie.............47,540.78 Steele, Marsha.............10,333.60 Steenhoek, Brenda.......24,053.00 Stevenson, Dennis.......40,961.40 Stewart, Howard.............6,571.43 Stewart, Jacqueline........1,480.00 Stewart, James....................30.00 Stewart, Lloydeana............190.00 Stutt, Russell..............108,137.13 Suesakul, Robert...............242.12 Swenson, Lee....................384.50 Telfer, Lois........................409.02 Thomas, Debra.............32,483.36 Thomas, Lawrence............424.64 Thorpe, Keith..................3,502.50 Trease, Eurita...............34,541.74 Trease, Patricia.................495.00 Trout, Cyrus.......................100.00 Udelhoven, Spencer.....49,239.42 Underwood, Curtis........54,011.98 Van Der Hart, Courtney................ .....................................41,755.09 Van Der Hart, Laura.....39,546.88 Van Der Kamp, Caryl..........75.00 Van Ekeren, Amanda........426.82 Van Genderen, Gary...........50.00 Van Maanen, Dennis...........75.00 Van Manen, Kelli..........51,907.94 Van Manen, Ryan.........46,612.26 Van Ryswyk, Kay..............201.20 Van Veen, Diana...............550.64 Van Veen, Donna..............552.26 Van Waardhuizen, Scott.............. .....................................64,190.06 Van Wyngarden, Steven.............. .......................................4,874.81 Van Zandt, Suzanne..........428.22 Van Zante, Bradley.......65,014.40 Van Zante, Keri............76,430.91 Van Zante, Marlis..............550.20 Van Zee, John...................225.00 Van Zee, Patti...............37,343.68 Vander Leest, Carmen......380.00 Ver Ploeg, Karna...............493.40 Vickroy, Mark....................235.72 Vos, Mildred......................408.76 Walker, Marilyn.................406.60 Warrick, Noralee................647.52 Wesselink, Beverlin...........378.57 Wesselink, Troy...................50.00 Westvold, Mary..............1,424.01 White, Jarica..................4,092.00 Wickett, Thomas............1,072.15 Williams, Mary...................390.00 Winecoff, Bachman...........537.42 Winfield, Ian.................58,031.20 Winfield, Kristina............3,304.67 Wood, Dorothy..................442.50 Woods, Jacqueline.......13,121.79 Woody, Irma......................205.00 Young, Susan...............34,218.86 Zach, Keith...................16,357.22 Total Wages:..........9,460,102.39 Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to approve the Board of Supervisors minutes for January 24, 2017.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to appoint Rickie Bickle and Kelley Zuidema to the Cemetery Commission, terms to expire December 31, 2019.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to appoint Doug Cupples as representative to the Iowa Workforce Development Board, term to expire December 31, 2017.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to appoint Doug Cupples as representative to the

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Wood, Dorothy..................442.50 Woods, Jacqueline.......13,121.79 Woody, Irma......................205.00 Young, Susan...............34,218.86 Zach, Keith...................16,357.22 Total Wages:..........9,460,102.39 Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to approve the Board of Supervisors minutes for January 24, 2017.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to appoint Rickie Bickle and Kelley Zuidema to the Cemetery Commission, terms to expire December 31, 2019.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to appoint Doug Cupples as representative to the Iowa Workforce Development Board, term to expire December 31, 2017.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to appoint Doug Cupples as representative to the JEDCO Board, term to expire December 31, 2017.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to adjourn the Tuesday, February 7, 2017 meeting of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, CUPPLES Susan Young, Auditor's Clerk Joe Brock, Chairman February 28

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Newton Community School Board of Education Regular Board Meeting E. J. H. Beard Administration Center East Conference Room February 13, 2017 - 7:00 PM MINUTES Call to Order Travis Padget convened the board to order at 7:01 PM Roll Call Present: Sheri Benson, Josh Cantu, Donna Cook (7:17 PM), Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Ann Leonard, Travis Padget, Bob Callaghan, Gayle Isaac, and Christine Dawson Others Present: Karen Arnold, Diane Babcock, Curtis Briggs, Karla Cazett, Cristy Croson, Evelyn George, Lois Holmes, Justin Jagler (Newton Daily News), Jen Norvell, Chad Robson, Rhonda Robson, Curt Roorda, Deborah Rose, Tina Ross, Laura Selover, Randy Van (KCOB), Katie Wallace, and Randy Young.

Communications Superintendent Bob Callaghan shared that a $14,065.89 donation has been given via the Newton Community Educational Foundation (NCEF) to the Berg Middle School athletic program from the estate of Robert Timothy Trier. The Newton High School Pacesetters Dance Team, along with Coach Paige Meredith, was recognized for their recent competition and achievement at the national championships in Orlando, Florida.

Consent Agenda - ACTION #10089 Leonard moved, Friedman seconded to approve the consent agenda. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Absent: Cook Human Resources Update Laura Selover presented the Human Resources Update Certified Personnel - ACTION #10090 Chase Dickinson - (Contract) Track Coach (BMS) - beginning 2016 - 2017 school year Mackenzie Locey (Contract) Color Guard Coach (NHS) beginning 2017 - 2018 school year Elbert moved, Friedman seconded to approve the Certified Personnel Human Resources Update.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Absent: Cook Classified Personnel - ACTION #10091 Sue Ranard - (Agreement) Paraprofessional (EH) - effective 02/01/17 Barb Hartgers - (Resignation) Food Service Worker (BMS) effective 02/09/17 Elbert moved, Leonard seconded to approve the Classified Personnel Human Resources Update. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Leonard, Elbert, Friedman, Padget Absent: Cook Open Forum - None Superintendent's Report - Bob Callaghan, Superintendent Department Supervisor Reports Maintenance - Jack Suttek (not present) Technology - Dan Sloan (not present) Food Service - Cristy Croson spoke about progress on implementing the summer 2017 food service program.

Transportation - Curt Roorda reviewed the current status of bus travel on gravel and hard surface roads; gave a report from the 2016 - 2017 school year bus inspection; shared that the mail van may be in need of an upgrade.

Inclement Weather Update February 20, 2017 Snow MakeUp Date Callaghan noted that according to the 2016 - 2017 school calendar, February 20, 2017 is listed as a possible snow make-up date.

Due to the cancellation of school on January 16, 2017 (ice storm), February 20, 2017 will be utilized a snow make-up date.

Berg Middle School Construction Timeline Callaghan reviewed the project timeline for construction of a new middle school.

Construction document approval is scheduled for March 13, 2017; documents will go to the printer on March 27, 2017; bidding will take place April 27, 2017; with award of contract on May 8, 2017.

Callaghan shared that the softball field will be relocated to another venue.

Learning, Leadership, and District Business - Bob Callaghan, Superintendent and Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services Consider Request for Out of State Travel DECA International Career Development Conference Anaheim, California - April 26 30, 2017 - ACTION #10092 Karla Cazett, NHS Business Marketing & DECA, shared information about the state DECA event February 26 - 27, 2017. If any of the students competing place first or second, they would be eligible to travel out of state to the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California - April 26 30, 2017. Elbert moved, Cook seconded to approve the out of state travel request. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Discussion of the 2017 - 2018 Preschool Procedures Tina Ross, Director of Special Programs, shared the 2017 2018 three and four year old preschool application, eligibility requirements, and registration timeline.

Discussion of the Spring 2017 Kindergarten Round Up Procedures Tina Ross, Director of Special Programs, shared information regarding Spring 2017 Kindergarten Round Up and registration timeline.

School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) Request for Modified Supplemental Amount for Dropout Prevention ACTION #10093 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services, presented a request for Modified Supplemental Amount for At-Risk/Dropout Prevention in He the amount of $624,970. explained that the total budget is

Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Discussion of the 2017 - 2018 Preschool Procedures Tina Ross, Director of Special Programs, shared the 2017 2018 three and four year old preschool application, eligibility requirements, and registration timeline.

Discussion of the Spring 2017 Kindergarten Round Up Procedures Tina Ross, Director of Special Programs, shared information regarding Spring 2017 Kindergarten Round Up and registration timeline.

School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) Request for Modified Supplemental Amount for Dropout Prevention ACTION #10093 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services, presented a request for Modified Supplemental Amount for At-Risk/Dropout Prevention in He the amount of $624,970. explained that the total budget is $977,182; less estimated carryover funds of $4,160; less district match of $208,324.

Friedman moved, Leonard seconded to approve the request in the amount of $624,970. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider Approval of a TwoYear Contract with the Newton Community Education Association (NCEA) for 2017 2018 and 2018 - 2019 - ACTION #10094 Bob Callaghan, Superintendent, and Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services, reviewed the historically low 1.11% State Supplemental Aid (SSA) and proposed 2% total package of increase (wages, cost insurance, aging the scale) and two year commitment.

Deb Rose, NCEA President, expressed thanks for communication and collaboration during the negotiations process.

Cook Friedman moved, seconded to approve a two-year contract with the Newton Community Education Association (NCEA) for 2017 2018 and 2018 - 2019, with a 2% total package increase. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Abstain: Elbert Denison Culture Survey Update Laura Selover, Director of Human Resources, gave an update on the Denison Culture Survey. The Denison Steering Committee met February 8, 2017 and learned their role and reviewed survey data. The five key words of: unity, pride, trust, honesty, and to be a school district of choice were discussed.

The next steering committee meeting is scheduled for February 22, 2017.

Business Service Report Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services Approval of Bills - ACTION #10095 Benson moved, Elbert seconded to approve the bills.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Budget Preparation Update Isaac gave an update on budget preparations. He is scheduled to present a proposed budget to the board on March 13, 2017. The Budget Committee will meet next on February 22, 2017.

Upcoming Bond Sale Timeline Isaac reviewed the upcoming bond sale timeline, which is for a second installment of $10,000,000 towards construction of the new 5 - 8 middle school.

February 27, 2017 - set sale date, approve electronic bidding, and approve preliminary official statement; March 13, 2017 - bids received and board asked to approve sale; March 27, 2017 - approval of final documents; April 12, 2017 closing and delivery date. Isaac noted that budget approval includes property tax levy for debt service. Documentation of the bond sale and debt service information will be provided to the Department of Education, with any adjustments made to our certified budget as it pertains to the bond sale.

New Business - Old Business Bob Callaghan, Superintendent Future Meeting Dates SIAC Meeting - 5:00 PM February 15, 2017 - (E.J.H. Beard Administration Center) Board Work Session - 5:30 PM February 27, 2017 - (E.J.H. Beard Administration Center) Topic: Budget Work Session Board members will be surveyed for options on a second budget work session.

Regular Board Meeting - 6:30 PM February 27, 2017 - (E.J.H. Beard Administration Center) Adjourn - ACTION #10096 Leonard moved, Cantu seconded to unanimously adjourn the meeting at 8:15 PM. Minutes Mailed February 28

Board Work Session E. J. H. Beard Administration Center West Conference Room February 13, 2017 - 5:00 PM MINUTES Call to Order President Travis Padget convened the board to order at 5:01 PM Roll Call Present: Jody Barr, Tom Bartello, Sheri Benson, Bob Callaghan, Josh Cantu, Tanner Clute, Jolene Comer, Donna Cook, Christine Dawson, Andrew Elbert (5:04 PM), Robyn Friedman, Jim Gilbert, Dave Hook, Gayle Isaac, Dave Kalkhoff, Ann Leonard, JoEllen Linn, Liz Mount, Travis Padget, Lisa Pageler, Chris Pierson, Deb Rose, Tina Ross, Todd Schuster, Laura Selover, Lisa Sharp, Lucinda Sinclair, Brian Springer, Jenny Springer, Patty VanHaaften, and Ray Whipple.

Consent Agenda - ACTION #10087 Cook moved, Leonard seconded to approve the consent agenda.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Absent: Elbert Learning, Leadership, and District Business - Bob Callaghan, Superintendent Leadership Forum on the Delivery of Instructional Services for the Special Education Program - Tina Ross, Director of Special Programs Superintendent Bob Callaghan reviewed the purpose of the meeting. An interactive session of reviewing questions and answers pertaining to the delivery of special education instructional services was held.

Board members, administrators, principals, special education teachers, and the Heartland Area Education Agency (AEA) were in attendance.

Adjourn - ACTION #10088 Leonard moved, Cantu seconded to unanimously adjourn the meeting at 6:57 PM. Minutes Mailed February 28

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Newton Community School Board of Education Special Board Meeting E. J. H. Beard Administration Center East Conference Room February 17, 2017 - 12:00 PM MINUTES Call to Order President Travis Padget convened the board to order at 12:05 PM Roll Call Present: Sheri Benson, Bob Callaghan, Josh Cantu, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Gayle Isaac, Ann Leonard, and Travis Padget Absent: Donna Cook Consent Agenda - ACTION #10097 Leonard moved, Friedman seconded to approve the consent agenda.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Absent: Cook Learning, Leadership, and District Business Bob Callaghan, Superintendent and Gayle Isaac, Board Secretary & Director of Business Services Consider Approval of a Contract with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE Local 898) Bob Callaghan, Superintendent and Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services ACTION #10098 Benson moved, Friedman seconded to approve a two year contract with the UE for 2017 2018 and 2018 - 2019 at a 2% total package for each year.

Adjourn - ACTION #10099 Leonard moved, Cantu seconded to unanimously adjourn the meeting at 12:10 PM. Minutes Mailed February 28 Newton Community School Board of Education Board Work Session E. J. H. Beard Administration Center West Conference Room February 13, 2017 - 5:00 PM MINUTES Call to Order President Travis Padget convened the board to order at 5:01 PM Roll Call Present: Jody Barr, Tom Bartello, Sheri Benson, Bob Callaghan, Josh Cantu, Tanner Clute, Jolene Comer, Donna Cook, Christine Dawson, Andrew Elbert (5:04 PM), Robyn Friedman, Jim Gilbert, Dave Hook, Gayle Isaac, Dave Kalkhoff, Ann Leonard, JoEllen Linn, Liz Mount, Travis Padget, Lisa Pageler, Chris Pierson, Deb Rose, Tina Ross, Todd Schuster, Laura Selover, Lisa Sharp, Lucinda Sinclair, Brian Springer, Jenny Springer, Patty VanHaaften, and Ray Whipple.

Consent Agenda - ACTION #10087

Public Notice

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR JASPER COUNTY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND, Plaintiff, v.

VICKIE BUEHRER; SPOUSE OF VICKIE BUEHRER, IF ANY; MELISSA DAFT and DAVID DAFT, Wife and Husband, AS HEIRS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; CHUCK BUEHRER and SUE BUEHRER, Husband and Wife, AS HEIRS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; MOLLY TIMMONS and DEAN TIMMONS, Wife and Husband, AS HEIRS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; MIKE BUEHRER; SPOUSE OF MIKE BUEHRER, IF ANY; JOE BUEHRER; SPOUSE OF JOE BUEHRER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; CREDITORS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; STATE OF IOWA by and through the Iowa Department of Revenue; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, an Agency of the United States ofAmerica; ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AND ALL OF THEIR HEIRS, SPOUSES, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES AND ALL BENEFICIARIES OF EACH AND ALL THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS; and PARTIES IN POSSESSION, Defendants.

CASE NO. EQCV120312 ORIGINAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; CREDITORS OF DAVID L. BUEHRER; ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AND ALL OF THEIR HEIRS, SPOUSES, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES AND ALL BENEFICIARIES OF EACH AND ALL OF THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court in and for Jasper County, Iowa, a Foreclosure Petition (Equity) in the above-entitled action which prays for an in rem judgment in the amount of $77,930.43, plus interest as it accrues, the costs of this action, and that said sums be declared a first lien upon the following described premises located in Jasper County, Iowa, to wit: Situated in the County of Jasper and State of Iowa: Lot 5 in Block 3 in Jordan's East Addition to the Town of Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa.

That the Mortgage on the abovedescribed real estate be foreclosed, that a Special Execution issue for the sale of as much of the mortgaged premises as is necessary to satisfy the judgment and for such other relief as the Court may deem just and equitable.

The attorney for Plaintiff is Donald J. Pavelka, Jr., whose address is Suite 401, 421 West Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503, Telephone: (712) 256-5566.

You are further notified that unless you serve and within a reasonable time thereafter file a Motion or Answer on or before March 20, 2017, in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County at the courthouse located at 101 1st St. N, Newton, Iowa 50208. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

This case has been filed in a county that utilizes electronic filing. You should refer to (i) Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16 for general rules and information on electronic filing; and (ii) Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16, division VI regarding protection of personal information in court filings.

If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in Court because of a disability immediately call your district ADA coordinator at 515286-3394. (If you are hearing impaired call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942.)

ARE IMPORTANT YOU ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL AT ONCE TO ADVICE PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS February 14, 21 and 28

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1998 HITCHHIKER “Premier” 5th wheel camper, 35.6ft, 3 slides, new tires, very nice, $15,000 OBO 515-201-8951 or 515-2018792 2000 CADILLAC 4 dr, silver, 180,xxx miles, nice interior. Recently serviced.

Front tires brand new, good dependable car. $2,500 firm. 641-840-0153 2000 CHEVY Lumina, 134,000 miles, 2nd owner, runs excellent, $2500. 641521-2441

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Notice is hereby given that the Jasper County Civil Service Commission will be administering a deputy sheriff entry level exam on April 8, 2017 in the EOC Room at the Jasper County Armory Annex Building located at 1030 W 2nd Street S in Newton with testing beginning at 8:30 AM. Physical agility testing and interviews will be conducted same day for persons receiving minimal qualifying test scores. Civil Service applications must be completed and returned to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office no later than 4:30 PM on Friday March 24, 2017.

There will be a $25 fee for the written exam, payment required at the time of testing.

Applications are available at the Jasper County Sheriff’s office at 2300 Law Center Drive in Newton, Iowa or online at www.co.jasper.ia.us.

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As required by the provisions of 35C.1, Code of Iowa, notice of recruitment for the following positions is being given.

City of Newton Temporary Seasonal Position Openings NEWTON SANITARY LANDFILL - Temporary workers needed to pick up windblown litter & other grounds/cleaning duties.

Must be at least 18 yrs. of age. Up to 25 hrs/week. Flexible work hrs between 7:30 am and 3:30 pm, Mon-Fri. Pay: $10.00/ hr. Applications due by March 15, 2017.

NEWTON STREETS DIVISION - Temporary Worker needed for pavement painting. Must be 18 years old. Must have valid Driver’s License. Approximately 40 hrs/week. Overnight work hours. Mon-Fri. Pay: $10.00/hr. Applications due by March 15, 2017.

APPLY on the City of Newton website at www.newtongov.org (under “I want to” – Apply for a Job”).

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FULL - TIME PRODUCTION JELD·WEN Window Division in Grinnell has current opportunities, on all shifts Our need to stock windows for the spring and beyond requires a full staff of hard working, flexible, team-oriented associates. FT wages start at $15.01/hr. on the off-shifts and $14.51/hr. on 1st shift JELD· WEN is a market leader in vinyl windows and patio doors serving the Midwestern market

Management Opportunity at AmeriGas At AmeriGas, the nation’s largest propane distributor, we have an immediate opening for a District Manager for our Ames, Baxter & Osceola, IA locations The District Manager has the primary overall responsibility for their location and manages all facets of the district with accountability for the districts growth, financials, safety, and customer satisfaction.

As an AmeriGas Employee you are eligible for: • Competitive Wages and bonus potential • Excellent health benefits • 401 (k) Savings Plan with company match • Paid time off including company holidays Requirements include a high school diploma, five or more years with responsibility leading other employees, with supervisory experience preferred.

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• All Electric • Private outside storage • Pet friendly • Washer/dryer hookups • Secure entry • Garages available.

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Deputy Sheriff Entry-Level Position Testing

Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. has a full time opening for a Front Desk Coordinator. Will answer the phone, coordinate service calls, organize project files, make accounting entries, assist with collections, file, and clean, among other tasks. Seeking honest, hardworking, quick learner, who can multi-task in a fast paced environment, answer to the owner, oversee rental properties, and support office staff and field technicians. Competitive wage. Benefits include paid holidays, PTO, health and accident insurance.

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On the job training for assemblers & machine operators Competitive wages increasing with experience 2nd and 3rd~ Shift Premium pay 401K Retirement Plan with company match up to 4% 8 paid holidays Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan starting at 120 hr accrual rate Health, life, dental and Vision insurance Safe & clean work environment Stable employment

In order to ensure a safe working environment a pre employment drug screen and background check IS required. If you are interested in joining the JELO-WEN Window Division/Grinnell production team, apply online at https://jeld-wen.atsondemand.com or in person between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Monday through Friday at our Grinnell location on at 911 Industrial Avenue

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Customer Care Representative Customer Support Center Grinnell, IA

JELD-WEN, a leading manufacturer of windows and doors is hiring for our Customer Care Center in Grinnell, Iowa.

As a member of our Customer Care team you will work directly with our customers via the telephone and internet to provide after-sales service and support to ensure the timely resolution of customer issues. Successful candidates will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Qualifications: • High School Diploma or Equivalent required. Associate’s Degree preferred.

• Minimum of 2 years customer service experience.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook) • Ability to speak pleasantly and maintain calm demeanor at all times • Highly organized while multi-tasking • Possess objective analytical problem solving skills JELD-WEN is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. To ensure the safety and health of our employees, JELD-WEN maintains a drug-free work environment.

Please forward resume with cover letter to: bmintle@jeldwen. com or apply in person at 909 Pinder Ave, Grinnell, Iowa.

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Windows & Doors is expanding and looking to add a Full-Time Team Member.

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Please stop by in person to fill out an application. no phone calls please.

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Newton Health Care Center is currently looking for a DIRECTOR OF NURSING to oversee the nursing department. We are looking for someone who can manage a culture of change to enhance the lives of people who reside in our 65 bed facility that is dual certified with ICF & SNF clients.

Chosen individual must be a Registered Nurse, with good management skills. We are looking for someone who is consistent and fair with staff, families and clients. Attention to detail and ability to follow through. This individual must have good assessment skills to provide care to clients.

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PROGRESS INDUSTRIES has an immediate opening for a Payroll/Finance Specialist in our Newton office.

Duties include processing bi-weekly payroll, quarterly and yearly reports, W-2’s and various other functions in the finance department. Prefer degree in accounting or business field and at least one year experience in accounting. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. A company paid physical and drug screen is required. Candidates should fill out an application on-line at www.progressindustries.org EOE

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We are currently accepting applications for employees who enjoy interacting and caring for seniors in a Christian based environment

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Marketing Director/Business office team member

The person must have a good understanding of what Senior Care is and how providing quality customer service could impact the quality of life of our tenants and residents for years to come.

Garden Gate Landscaping is looking for responsible people to be in leadership roles. Requirements would be; a valid drivers license and the ability to obtain a cdl or already possess one, equipment experience such as skid loader etc. landscaping knowledge and experience would be nice but not a necessity, must be able to do physical work as well.

Please send a resume to: Newton Village HR Department 110 N. 5th Ave. W. Newton, IA 50208 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status *Drug Free Workplace

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NOW HIRING Our Spring Schedule is filling up!

The Pro-Line Building Company has job openings for a Crew Foreman, and Building Crew Members who are looking for a long-term career opportunity.

Construction experience is preferred but not required, wages will be based on experience.

Full time benefits include: Medical, Dental, 401K, Vacation, and paid holidays.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with the integrity and drive to be part of an active team constructing quality building projects. Our recent growth has necessitated the need for additional personnel. We are hiring for full time building crew members for year around work.

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The pagan spring and fertility rites of classical antiquity are at the root of the Catholic holiday Fat Tuesday, a time for feasting on what might be given up for Lent. If you don’t live where Mardi Gras means beads, beer and bands, the alignment of the moon and Venus in fiery Aries encourages your own version of celebration.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 28). You’ll make changes in the structure of your days to generate a greater sense of flow through this work of art called life. Your favorite people to be around this year are the ones who not only accept who you are but also help

you become the fullest version of yourself. You’ll attract even more of this type. Financially, there’s a boom in March. Libra and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 3, 33, 38 and 50.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

People are paths, not points.

Knowing a person at one time of life is different than knowing that person at another. Your path will join with someone else’s, and you’ll take the next stretch together.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

The work that used to be hard will get easy. For fleeting but profound moments you’ll lose yourself in it, your senses alert

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and alive in a feeling of oneness with all things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Do not accept that the way things are is the way things have to be. First of all, to accept such a thing would be a slight to that amazing imagination of yours. And secondly, you have more heart than that.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You are valid in what you need. If the person you seek it from cannot provide it, that’s nobody’s fault, just a mismatch. The passing of blame confuses things and stalls the search for a better match.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). From belladonna to foxglove, many poisonous plants are the source of lifesaving medicines. So it is in your current circumstance.

In the right context, a low dose of the source of toxicity will actually make you better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

No matter how well you plan or how many resources you have to work with, life will still offer challenges. You’ll handle them better when you’re well-rested and fed. Set yourself up for success: Get more sleep.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

There are emotions you have a low tolerance for feeling. These get locked up in certain areas of your body.

They become like an armor of tightness, tension and pain. To release it is to free yourself to creativity and fun.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

The key to riches is extremely

simple these days; make more and bigger deposits than withdrawals. When there are people around you who are doing the same thing it will be much easier.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You usually look ahead, push forward and march on without looking back. But right now you might feel rather stuck until you can sort through and organize the baggage of the past to make it light enough for travel.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Many things can be true.

The cynical view may be true, but that doesn’t make it better than any other view. There’s a nastiness in cynicism that makes it destructive to the very things worth cherishing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

If you read much but believe little of it, you’ll find yourself in the sweet spot of being reasonably informed, mightily empowered and perhaps even wise.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Start the social planning straightaway. To hold out for the wittiest people in the world so that you can have the best dinner party since the dawn of time is to set yourself up for a frozen dinner for one.

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