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all goal if it is to get everybody in that building in one location at some point in time whether in a year or two years,” Sparks said. “If it is, then putting money back into that building is not the answer because it is not going to get any bigger no matter what we do to it. For now the step is to get them out of there and somewhere decent.”

Brock agreed the board is ready to look at new options for the department including leasing property to house it. The board has been in contact with Kim Didier, executive director of DMACC Business Resources and project manager of the Maytag Campus about the possibility of the department finding a home within the campus. Didier said she is more than happy to work with the county, requesting information including what space is needed, what it will be used for,

The Jasper County Department of Veterans Affairs officially has a new director, following the Board of Supervisors’ approval on Tuesday.

Kurt Jackson now leads the veterans office.

Jackson is new to the director’s seat, but he has almost three years of experience working in the department. He started as a volunteer, converting paper records to digital. Eventually, Jackson worked his way up to a 20-hour per week position with veterans affairs.

Jackson When former director Chris Chartier decided to leave the position for personal reasons, he asked Jackson to take over the role. The move seemed natural for Jackson.

“I love this job,” Jackson said. “It’s the only job in 40 years I have ever enjoyed from the minute I start to the minute I leave. There’s a sense of accomplishment. I’m actually helping my fellow veterans.”

As veterans affairs director, Jackson provides a myriad of services to Jasper County veterans.

He helps veterans identify federal benefits, see if they’re eligible and assists with the application process. It’s a job that requires a lot of paperwork.

“I’m paperwork-oriented,” he said. “Even in the service, I was moving paper. I served as a radioman. My whole objective was taking radio messages, distributing them where they needed to go and filing them.”

Deciphering the eligibility of veterans benefits is not exactly straightforward. Each veteran must be assessed individually, Jackson said.

There are health benefits, disability benefits, pension benefits and housing benefits.

“Each one of those four different areas has different eligibility requirements, so it’s hard to say who is and who isn’t (eligible) in one fell swoop,” he said.

Jackson does not anticipate any major changes under his direction. His goal is to reach out to more Jasper County veterans.

There are about 3,000 veterans living in the county, but only about 1,200 are identified in Jackson’s system.

In an effort to connect with more people who have served, Jackson is organizing events.

He recently gave a seminar to Korean War veterans about the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. After receiving positive feedback, he put together a tour bus that will tour the retirement home on March 15.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News The Jasper County Health Department is currently located in the basement of the Jasper County Annex Building. Due to growth and the need for adequate space, the Jasper County Board of Supervisors is starting the process to find the department a new home better suited for its work.

Supervisors begin search for new county health facility

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Discussions continue about the future of the Jasper County Annex building including the idea of constructing a new building for the county. The Jasper County Health Department, which is housed in the annex building, garnered the most attention from the Jasper County Board of Supervisors during talks on Tuesday.

“I’ve given this a couple of weeks thought,” Supervisor Joe Brock said. “We have a situation with the health department that I think needs to be addressed. The board of health is questioning whether they can run a sufficient program out of the basement. They are very concerned about it and have been for some time.”

Since its inception a year ago, the Jasper County Health Department has been housed in the base-

ment of the annex building. As the department started to develop, space and amenity issues began to arise including proper restrooms and easy access for those needing services.

The basement is an area of concern in the annex building with issues arising including flooding, leaking windows and mold. The board recently requested the services of architecture engineering consulting firm Shive-Hattery of West Des Moines to look through the building and submit an estimate cost for the repair work. Following the review, Shive-Hattery estimated a low cost of $650,000 to begin work addressing the building’s ailments.

County maintenance director Adam Sparks told the board that even if all issues are fixed in the building, there is no room to expand at the current location.

“We have to figure out the over-

City of Newton, HIRTA County’s human services providers host partner for public speaker from senior services organization transportation survey PACE to assist Jasper County residents

Newton Daily News The City of Newton and HIRTA are currently working on conducting a transportation survey studying the need for a fixed route transportation system in Newton.

The city is collecting information from both businesses and citizens.

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By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News Jasper County Human Services providers learned about Immanuel Pathways PACE, A Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, at its regular meeting Wednesday morning and how the organization is pushing to further its visibility in Jasper County.

Immanuel Pathways PACE is a Medicare and Medicaid funded program centered on the belief that it is better for the well-being of people meeting nursing

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through the cracks and need help,” Graham said. “We also need more local contracted providers in Jasper County so individuals don’t have to travel as much for specialty services.”

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facility level of care to be served in their homes and communities when possible.

Gina Graham, of Immanuel Pathways, said the Christ-centered organization provides services in nine central Iowa counties including Jasper County, for individuals 55 and older.

“Jasper County has a lot of seniors who are falling

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American Heart Month demo and sampling 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 14 Newton Hy-Vee Club Room

Dietitian Jenny Thompson, RD, LD, CDE, will prepare a variety of great-tasting, healthy recipes during this class. Recipes and samples will be provided. Cost to attend is $8. Please call 7927030 or stop by customer service to register.

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Newton Wellness Talks: National Nutrition Month — Put Your Best Fork Forward

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The Newton Wellness Coalition is a not for profit established by a diverse group of Newton community members who desire to promote healthy living in the City of Newton. The purpose of this coalition is to support Section Six (Health) of the 2012 Newton Comprehensive Plan through connecting Newton’s greater population with physical, nutritional and social/emotional wellness offerings that are already occurring within Newton’s borders.

The 2017 National Nutrition Month theme is “Put Your Best Fork Forward.” You may have heard of put your best foot forward, but what does put your best fork forward mean? One bite at a time, one forkful at a time, one snack/meal at a time, one step at a time. All these small changes add up to forward progress toward a healthier lifestyle.

How much versus what we eat. Is one more important than the other? Not necessarily; both are equally important. You want the majority of your calories to be nutrient dense, meaning rich in nutrients for the number of calories involved. For example, 500 calories from candy (low nutrient density) is quite different than 500 calories

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Pressure on GOP to revamp health law grows WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Monday that “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.” Yet the opposite has long been painfully obvious for top congressional Republicans, who face mounting pressure to scrap the law even as problems grow longer and knottier.

With the GOP-controlled Congress starting its

third month of work on one of its marquee priorities, unresolved difficulties include how their substitute would handle Medicaid, whether millions of voters might lose coverage, how their proposed tax credits would work and how to pay for the costly exercise.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office made things complicated recently by giving House

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Republicans an informal analysis that their emerging plan would be more expensive than they hoped and cover fewer people than former President Barack Obama’s statute. The analysis was described by lobbyists speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations with congressional aides.

In a fresh blow, a leading House conservative said

late Monday that he was opposing a preliminary version of GOP legislation that emerged last week.

Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., objected that the draft would not immediately end the expansion of Medicaid under Obama’s health care overhaul and would create new tax credits to be paid to people, even if they owed little or no federal taxes.

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Keith Thorpe is taking over Jackson’s previous spot as part-time help for the department. The pair get along well, Jackson said.

Jackson is leaving behind a full-time position at Love’s Travel Stop in Newton to become veterans affairs director. He has lived in Jasper County for 25 years. Both of his daughters went through the Newton public school system.

“I love Newton,” Jackson said. “Newton is a fantastic place to grow up, and I think my children have done well here. I couldn’t have picked a better place to raise a family.”

and must be able to live safely with the services of the PACE organization at the time of enrollment.

PACE providers are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Providers can follow the participant across all care settings, including the home, assisted living, hospital and nursing home.

“Along with home care, we provide physical therapists, occupational therapists, prescription assistance, and we provide dietitians and social workers,” Graham said.

Graham said on average PACE participants spend 75 percent less number of days in the hospital when admitted and have better coordinated access to much needed health care and services.

“PACE treats the whole person, not just

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“We would have to look at what is the optimal location within the facility. I can commit to you that we will get back to you very quickly on what those dollars would be,” Didier said.

The board is also looking to address the other agencies housed in the annex building beginning with whether they will continue to operate from there or a new location.

“Jasper County has been in business for more than 150 years and I imagine we will be here for another 150 and I think we need to explore if we want to build a new building. We wouldn’t have any maintenance for years to come. I think it would be wise to explore the costs with that option, too,” Brock said. “I also have reservations about abandoning a building in downtown Newton, but we will look at our options and see what supports what.”

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com

Saturday is next Nature Tots program Newton Daily News Children ages 3-5 are invited to bring their favorite adult and join a refuge naturalist to read stories, explore outside, make nature crafts and more from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

The program is free and open to the public.

Pre-registration is requested. The topic for Saturday’s lesson will be “Animal Babies.” Nature Tots programs are educational programs that are especially designed for young learners. Lessons focus on engaging children’s senses using hands-on and interactive activities.

To register or for more information, please call 515-994-3400 or email Doreen_vanryswyk@fws. gov.

Kayla Langmaid/Daily News Gina Graham from PACE, Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, gives a presentation to the Jasper County Human Services providers at its regular meeting Wednesday about how residents 55 and older can benefit in the county.

medical conditions,” Graham said. “We helped a woman who was suffering from COPD, and she was in need of an air conditioner, and we provided her with one.”

Graham said there aren’t seniors currently in Jasper County who are enrolled in PACE but

she hopes to gain interest from people who are 55 and older.

“Education is key,” Graham said. “We want to make sure people know that we are an option.”

PACE offers a Medicare and Medicaid funded packaged program

rather than traditional fee-for-service.

To apply for enrollment for PACE, contact Immanuel Pathways of Central Iowa at 515-2705000.

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

Hy-Vee joins Feeding America to support The Great American Milk Drive Newton Daily News WEST DES MOINES — Hy-Vee, Inc. announced Tuesday its commitment to delivering much-needed milk to local food banks in its eight-state region by partnering with Feeding America for The Great American Milk Drive.

Created as a partnership between Feeding America, MilkPEP and the National Dairy Council, the national campaign unites and enables the nation’s food banks, processors, retailers and consumers to ensure milk and its essential nutrients, including high-quality protein, are provided to families who need it most.

Between March 1 and March 14, every Hy-Vee store will offer customers the option to donate the monetary equivalent of either a half gallon or gallon of Hy-Vee

brand 1 percent milk when they checkout. The donation amount will vary based on milk prices at each individual store. At the end of the campaign, all donations will be used to purchase physical gallons of milk from processors and then

the milk will be distributed to local food banks.

There are more than 5 million food insecure people in Hy-Vee’s eight-state region, and milk is one of the most requested — yet least available — items in food banks across the nation. Food bank clients receiveless than one gallon of milk per person, per year. Hy-Vee aims to help change that with this year’s companywide fundraiser.

“In the past, several of our markets have participated in The Great American Milk Drive and donated more than 120,000 gallons — that’s more than 10 percent of the national total raised among supermarket retailers to date,” said Kevin Sherlock, Hy-Vee’s senior vice president of merchandising/ business development. “We are incredibly proud of that impact, and are excited about how much more we can achieve this year with all 244 Hy-Vee stores participating.”

Each Hy-Vee store is associated with one or more milk processor, and each processor has been paired with Feeding America food banks in local communities across HyVee’s territory. Sponsors for this year’s campaign include Anderson Erickson, Dean Foods, Hiland Dairy Foods, Kellogg’s, Kemps, KraftHeinz and Mondelez.

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In the Neighborhood Pam Rodgers

ell, the biggest night in movies has come and gone, and it wasn’t without its problems. The show was actually running fairly well, until the final award.

Justin Timberlake’s performance of “Can’t Stop the Feeling” kicked off the show in the best way possible. It had everyone on their feet and dancing. The Best Picture announcement at the end of the night had everyone’s jaws on the floor, trying to understand how the wrong movie was announced.

For those who don’t know, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway originally announced “La La Land” as the winner of the best picture award. As it turns out, the accountant in charge of the envelopes accidentally gave them the one for best actress, which was won by Emma Stone in

“La La Land.” The real winner best picture was “Moonlight.”

I thought the “La La Land” producer, Jordan Horowitz, handled the incident very well. He and other producers had given their acceptance speech when the mistake was revealed. He announced the mistake and called the real winners to stage and showing the winner card to the audience to assure them it was not a joke or fake.

In what was likely the most embarrassing experience of his life, Horowitz handled it graciously saying “I’m going to be really thrilled to hand this to my friends from ‘Moonlight,’” and hugged writer and director of “Moonlight” Barry Jenkins when he came on stage.

I never thought there could be a worse debacle than Steve Harvey announcing

the wrong Miss Universe, but I was wrong.

I haven’t had the chance to see “Moonlight” yet, but I have heard it tells a good story and is very deserving of the award.

Having seen “La La Land,” I was at first happy and then disappointed that it didn’t take home the top prize.

This weekend, I was able to take in another Academy Award nominated movie that may not be very well known. It’s called “Lion” and stars Dev Patel as an Indian boy who was lost from his family at the age of 5 and was eventually adopted by an Australian family. The best part about the movie was that it was based on a true story.

The main character, Saroo Brierley, was happy with his adoptive family, and at the age of 25 was studying hotel management at college. But he began to wonder about his Indian family and started to obsess about finding the place where he was born.

He used technology and the few scraps of memories he had from his childhood to try to piece together enough information to find his family, which he hadn’t seen in

years.

Patel gave a fantastic performance in the movie. You believed you were watching the real man as he poured over fuzzy Google Earth images, hoping some landmark would trigger the needed memory to accomplish his goal. He was nominated, although he didn’t win, for his work in the film.

Nicole Kidman was also nominated for her work on “Lion.” She played Saroo’s adoptive mother, Sue Brierley. I have always loved her acting. Kidman — no stranger to the Oscar attention — has been nominated four times and won the gold statue once. She didn’t win for her performance in “Lion,” but the nomination was well deserved.

I was so happy to have seen “Lion.” I hadn’t heard of it until it received its award nominations. The more I read, the more I wanted to see it. If you have the chance, check out this film, but have a box of tissues handy when you do.

Contact Pam Rodgers at prodgers@newtondailynews.com

Empty Nest Curt Swarm

Iowa River Maple Temperatures were peaking in the high 60s on a Saturday this mid-February, not your typical maple-syrup-making weather, but Sam Wilson, of Wapello, was hard at it. He had two propane cookers roaring when I pulled into his driveway. A small clutch of neighbors and friends were gathered, asking questions and trying samples of Sam’s famous Iowa River Maple.

Nestled on the Iowa River, Wapello, in Louisa County, is not your typical maple-syrup-type of village. Fishing and farming are the more usual pursuits along this Highway 61 route. Vermont and the New England states are what comes to mind when you think of maple syrup. Sam just shakes his head at this type of thinking. “If you have a maple tree, you can make maple syrup,” he tells the group of taste testers. He points to the one large tree in his back yard. It has three taps, with buckets hanging from the taps. “This tree is a sugar maple. But any maple tree will work — silver maples, Norway maples, even box elders.”

You can see wheels turning in the heads of the onlookers. They are all thinking of the maple trees they have. They take off their jackets and hats to catch some of the sunshine that is blessing Sam’s maple-syrup operation. No need for a bonfire and hot chocolate on this day.

“It’s really too warm,” Sam continues. “But you take what you can get. I usually start on Super Bowl Sunday, setting the taps and getting ready. A temperature swing of about 29 to 40 degrees is an ideal freeze-thaw for pushing the sap up.”

Sam only has one tree. But from this tree, he will get 40 gallons of sap, which will boil down to one gallon of maple syrup — a 40:1 ratio. It takes about 10 hours of cooking. Sam has one large turkey cooker boiling hard, and one smaller cooker, which is a pre-heater. When the buckets on the tree get somewhat full, he empties them into his “Water Buffalo,” a huge military “Water Distribution Trailer” — the kind you see on television in Iraq for hauling water. Another of Sam Wilson’s hobbies is that he’s a military-vehicle enthusiast. He also owns a six-bysix deuce-and-a-half. In fact, Sam had just hosted a meeting of the Quad City’s Military Vehicle Preservation Association earlier that morning — another reason for the gathering of people for his maple-syrup cookdown.

From the “Water Buffalo” (a barrel would work just fine), the sap goes into the pre-heater for warming. Once warm, the sap then goes into the larger cooker for hard boiling. The use of a pre-heater reduces cooking time considerably. Sam has a hydrometer for gauging when the syrup is ready, but he can pretty much tell by color and texture. When the syrup starts getting brown and thick, it’s close to being done. He doesn’t add anything, no sugar, or brown sugar, nothing. It’s pure maple syrup.

On a warm day, like the Saturday Sam was cooking, he can’t let the sap sit in the buckets too long because it will start to ferment. I tasted some of the sap coming directly from the tree. I thought it would be bitter, like pine-tree “gum.” But it tasted like a mild solution of sugar water. Some people drink it like this for health reasons, but it has to be kept refrigerated.

Sam started making maple syrup in 2009. He had been to Vermont a couple of times and witnessed maple syrup being made. Once he got the taste of the real thing, nothing else would do. He thought, “This looks easy. I can do this. It just takes time and patience.”

Sam let me have a little jar of his Iowa River Maple. It has a distinct maple flavor, a little smokey, but mellow, like the Iowa River that flows lazily by Wapello. I may have to have pancakes or French toast for breakfast. Or maybe waffles, blueberry waffles.

Contact Curt Swarm in Mt. Pleasant at 319-217-0526 or curtswarm@yahoo.com

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Protestors don’t speak for all

The recent raucous town hall meetings for Iowa’s Congressional representatives are a showcase for heckling, but they, the protesters, don’t speak for mainstream Americans. According

Upset with local taxes The Feb. 23 Daily News had the budget estimate for Jasper County. It stated, “The board of Supervisors intends to levy general basic property tax rates which exceed statutory maximums,” and the budget requires a “general basic property tax rate that exceeds the maximum rate

to reports, the protests are being trained by the Des Moinesbased Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. Iowa CCI, which advocates to stop certain businesses from opening across Iowa, is so extreme it’s been condemned by both state Republicans and Democrats. It has

a track record of encouraging law-breaking and even protesting at people’s homes.

The country is already divided. It would be nice if protesters focused on disagreeing — and not being disagreeable.

as established by the general assembly,” The major reason is “a reduced or unusually low growth rate in the property tax base for the county.”

What’s going on? Too many tax rebates and abatements by local and county government?

Too much spending?

If there is little or no growth in the tax base, apparently all this so called economic development and spending has been a waste of

time and taxpayer money. Yet we always have to pay for more.

This is getting ridiculous. How many tax increases do we need? I think a lot of people around here have some explaining to do.

Newton’s $17.14 tax levy tops the Des Moines metro area. Jasper’s new levy is more than Polk County. Now that’s something to brag about.

Rudy Daniels Sioux City​

Carole Doane Newton

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Obituaries Johanna Slothouber Feb. 16, 2017 Johanna Slothouber, 98, of Newton, formerly of Boyden, passed

Dorothea M. ProchaskaHackathorn March 1, 2017 Dorothea M. Prochaska-Hackathorn, 94, of Prairie City, passed a w a y Wednesd a y , March 1, 2017, at Mitchel l Village Care Center. A

Patricia L. Hybl Feb. 21, 2017 Patricia “Pat” Hybl, 88, of Newton, passed from this life Tuesday e vening, Feb. 21, 2017, at Newton Health Care.

Pat was born May 27, 1928, near Colfax, the daughter of Donald and Goldie Blanche (Parker) Thatcher. She was a graduate of the Newton Senior High.

In April of 1946, Pat

away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at Newton Village Health Center in Newton. Her funeral service was Tuesday, Feb. 28 at First Reformed Church in Boyden with Rev. David Poppen officiating.

Burial was in the Sheri-

dan Township Cemetery in Boyden.

Visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Boyden.

Memorials may be directed to the First Reformed Church in Boy-

den.

Arrangements are under the care of the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Boyden.

Online condolences may be sent to www. vanderploegfunerals. com

funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 3 at the Prairie City Church of the Brethren. Burial will follow at Waveland Cemetery in Prairie City.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday. A general memorial fund has been established and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

The daughter of William Robert and Clara (Cordt) Thomas, Dorothea was born Feb. 25, 1923, in Garwin. On June 1, 1946, she was

united in marriage to Joe Prochaska in Tray, Kan. To this union two daughters were born, Avonell and Jolene. Joe passed away in 1987. She later was married to Clifford Hackathorn. Dorthea was a member of the Prairie City Church of the Brethren, the Lady’s Club and Country Western Bands.

Those left to honor her memory include her daughter, Avonell Prochaska; step children, Gary (Linda) Hackathorn, Darrell (Pam)

Hackathorn, Lori (Regi) Blumuyerer and Sharon (Dan) Wilson; a granddaughter, Jennifer Cattell; a sister, Margaret Ingledue; and a sisterin-law, Cleo Thomas.

Preceding Dorothea in death were her parents; both husbands, Joe and Clifford; a daughter, Jolene Kay Cattell; a granddaughter, Jennifer Jolene Thomas Ayers; sisters, Velma Neideigh and Marjorie Osgood; and brothers, Bud Thomas, Art Thomas and Neil Thomas.

was united in marriage with Robert James Hybl in Colfax. To this union three sons were born, Bob, Chuck and Tom. She was employed at Newton Manufacturing Company, at an area bank, at Newton Senior High and last for the State of Iowa at the Newton Correctional Facility. Pat was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her. She enjoyed all crafts, volunteering at Skiff Medical Center, Colfax American Legion and her son Bob’s school.

Pat was a member of the Newton Congregational

United Church of Christ and the Tri-T’s.

Pat is survived by her sons, Bob Hybl of West Des Moines, Chuck and his wife Pam Hybl of Wichita, Kan., and Tom and his wife Cheryl Hybl of Clayton, Ga.; her six grandsons; and nine great-grandchildren; and her friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert J. Hybl; a brother, Robert Thatcher; and her sisters, Marilyn Wilson and Jane Clymer.

A time of remembrance and celebration of life will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 4 at the

Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with a visitation an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Pat’s family wants to thank those at Newton Village, Newton Health Care, Dr. Chan, Skiff Hospital and her old 12th Street neighbors, for their care and being part of Pat’s life.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be left to the Newton Congregational United Church of Christ in Pat’s name or a charity of your choosing.

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

Baxter Athletic Boosters hosting carnival The Baxter Athletic Boosters will host a community carnival from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Baxter School to raise funds to purchase Bolt uniforms for next year. Both gyms will be full of activities for everyone in the community to enjoy. Some of the

games include: inflatables, photo booth, bingo, poodle noodle joust, MS/HS escape challenge, just dance and trivia. A special treat will Toby Twist, a professional clown and animal balloon artist.

Bolts clothing available to

purchase plus the on-line store where additional clothing items can be purchased.

Enjoy a taco feast, root beer floats, cotton candy, ice cream sundaes, hot dogs, corn dogs, nachos and popcorn. There will also be a silent pie and cake auction

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• Penny Bingo will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at Jasper County Senior Citizens Center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton.

• NHS presents “Beauty & The Beast” at 7 p.m.

Friday at Newton Senior High School, 800 E. Fourth St. S. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

• Kellogg Lions Pancake Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday at Cabin in the Park in Kellogg.

Menu includes pancakes, sausage, scrabbled eggs and drinks. All you can eat for a free will donation. Proceeds go to the Kellogg Fire Department.

• Mayor’s Coffee will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Prairie City Library. Prairie City Chad D. Alleger hosts monthly coffee. Rep. Wes Breckenridge, D-Newton, will also be in attendance. All residents are welcome to attend.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

• Peer Support for those living with mental illness will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Optimae Life Services, 1730 First Ave. E. in Newton.

• NHS presents “Beauty & The Beast” at 7 p.m.

Saturday at Newton Senior High School, 800 E. Fourth St. S. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Krystle L. Valentine, 33, homeless, and Michael C. Pearson, 44, homeless, were charged with fifth-degree theft at 11:50 a.m. Feb. 24 after police were called to Hy-Vee in reference to two shoplifters.

Police talked with store employees who said they saw a male and a female, who entered the store together, take items and then leave the store without paying for them.

Pearson was seen taking beef jerky and leaving. Valentine was seen taking various food items. Valentine and Pearson were located at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 2105 S. Eighth Ave. E. and arrested on warrants for the theft charges from Hy-Vee. Valentine also was arrested

on a Jasper County warrant for failure to appear on a contempt charge. They were taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Jonathan L. Kendall, 31, of Newton, was charged with interference with official acts at 8:44 p.m. Tuesday when police stopped a vehicle that didn’t have running lights.

The officer recognized the passenger as Kendall. Officers ran a warrant check on Kendall and an active warrant showed. Kendall told police he was not Jonathan, but Jacob, his brother. Officers said they knew he wasn’t Jacob. When officers went to place Kendall under arrest, he attempted to run away on foot. Officers took Kendall to the ground and placed him in handcuffs.

Kendall apologized and said he ran because he knew he’d be going to prison on his warrant.

Kendall has two Jasper County warrants for failure to appear for sentencing on multiple charges, including possession of a firearm by a felon, child endangerment and several counts of controlled substance violation. Kendall was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Michael R. Pruitt, 49, of Newton, and Kimberly M. Pruitt, 51, of Baxter, were charged with violation of no contact, protective order at 9 p.m. Feb. 25 after police were dispatched to 505 E. 20th St. S. in reference to a violation of a no contact order. Police arrived and spoke with the reporting party who said Michael and

Kimberly were in a bedroom upstairs together and there was a no contact order between Michael, the defendant, and Kimberly, the protected party. Police were escorted to the room and saw them together.

Michael and Kimberly told police they were aware of the protective order and Kimberly attempted to cancel it. They told police they disregarded the protective order to see each other. Michael and Kimberly were arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office • Joanne L. Bailey, 34, of Pella, was charged with operating while under the influence, two counts of assault on persons in certain occu-

pations and interference with official acts at 12:48 a.m. Sunday after law enforcement was called in reference to a reckless driver going very slow and all over the roadway on Highway S74 South in Newton. Bailey pulled into a driveway and parked. Police spoke to Bailey and her vehicle smelled of alcohol. Bailey told police she was at Fore Seasons, drank two beers and she said she pulled over because she had to urinate. She became combative and attempted to kick law enforcement. Bailey was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail where she continued to be combative with the jailers and wouldn’t follow directions, Bailey reportedly bit an officer’s finger at the jail.

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Teen’s parents learn too late about alcohol at friends’ homes DEAR ABBY: I have seen letters in your column from parents who want to ensure their children’s and teenagers’ safety when visiting their friends’ homes. A question parents need to ask the hosting parents is what their drug and alcohol policy is.

We wrongly assumed (and trusted) that our daughter’s friends’ parents did not facilitate access to alcohol or drugs to minors. We realized — too late — that from the time she was 15, our daughter had access to unmonitored alcohol and was sometimes encouraged to consume it in these homes.

Many parents think it’s OK if teens drink alcohol under supervision, as long as the parents are there and they have possession of the car keys. They wrongly rationalize that the teens are going to do it anyway, so why not under supervision?

What these good-time parents don’t consider is that a teen who may have a genetic predisposition to addiction may have just gotten a switch turned on in his or her developing brain. You can’t look at people and know if they are prone to addiction. In our case, our daughter’s addiction became a long, difficult struggle, which led to the untimely death of our smart and talented daughter at age 24. — GRIEVING MOM IN RENO DEAR GRIEVING MOM: I am sorry for the tragic loss of your daughter. In most states, providing alcohol to minors is against the law, not only for public safety, but also for the reason you stated.

Years ago, I spoke with a gentleman who was active with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), when he repeated something he’d heard at an AA meeting. He said the subject being discussed at the meeting was what it felt like having that “very first drink.” One of the members stood up and said, “It was like someone switched a light on in my head, and I said to myself, ‘So that’s what it’s like to feel normal!’”

This is why it is imperative that families with a history of addiction make

their children aware of it and clearly understand why it’s important they avoid addictive substances even if their friends are indulging.

DEAR ABBY: My husband is obsessed with his personal electronic devices and insists on using one most of the time. He gets angry if I ask him to stop even for a short time. But the worst part is, he routinely takes his tablet into the bathroom with him for extended periods. And no, he does not sanitize the tablet afterward — or ever, for that matter.

Abby, he reads your column and I’m hoping you might comment on this unsafe and repulsive habit. Please help, because he won’t listen to me. — GROSSED OUT IN NEW MEXICO DEAR GROSSED OUT: Because your husband gets angry when you ask him to put his electronics down, it appears he may have an obsession. Not only is what he’s doing rude, but it isn’t healthy for your marriage because communication is important between spouses. When he takes his tablet into the bathroom “for a long time,” could he be viewing or texting things he wants to keep from you?

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4 Man accused of sex assaults

1 Lawmakers OK bill to extend

on teen girls pleads guilty

medical marijuana program

DES MOINES — A House committee has approved a bill that would extend Iowa’s existing medical marijuana program.

The House Public Safety Committee voted Tuesday with bipartisan support for the extension. It’s now available for debate in the House. The bill would remove a scheduled sunset this year for Iowa to allow the use of cannabis oil for certain epilepsy patients.

The bill would also add language to streamline any future federal designation of certain drug medications related to cannabis oil.

2 Man takes plea deal in chase crash death case

DES MOINES — An April sentencing hearing is scheduled for a Des Moines man charged with the crash death of another man during a police chase.

Online court records say 35-year-old Darnell Browder pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while intoxicated and causing serious injury while driving intoxicated. Prosecutors dropped other charges in exchange for Browder’s pleas.

DAVENPORT — A man accused of attacking two teenagers and sexually assaulting one of them in Davenport has pleaded guilty. Court records show 34-year-old John Benavidez Jr. is scheduled to be sentenced April 5. He pleaded guilty Friday to felony sexual abuse and misdemeanor assault with intent to commit sexual abuse.

Police say Benavidez followed a 14-yearold girl for a short period of time on May 27, 2012, before grabbing her and trying to drag her into some bushes.

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3 Jury to resume deliberations in murder trial

CEDAR RAPIDS — A jury will resume deliberations Thursday in a Cedar Rapids murder trial. Kendu Petties is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, accused of shooting to death 22-year-old Quintrell Perkins and 20-year-old Sierrah Simmons on April 2, 2014. Police say the two were inside the Cedar Rapids home of Perkins’ father when Petties opened fire from the outside. Petties has denied shooting them, saying he wasn’t even in Cedar Rapids that day.

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Rwandan man involved in 1994 genocide faces prison CEDAR RAPIDS — A federal judge is expected to sentence a Rwandan man Thursday for lying to gain citizenship in the U.S. after helping carry out deadly attacks during his country’s 1994 genocide.

A judge ruled last month that Gervais Ngombwa was a leader of an extremist Hutu political party during the genocide, in which more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed.

—The Associated Press

Unions: Workers’ comp bill limits job injury claims DES MOINES (AP) — Dozens of public workers gathered Wednesday at the Iowa Capitol in opposition to a bill that would reduce compensation for getting injured on the job, just weeks after legislators voted to severely limit their collecting bargaining rights.

The proposed legislation, which was introduced Monday, cuts off worker benefits at 67, minimizes late fees for employers and reduces benefits for injuries tied to a pre-existing condition, among other provisions that critics say will overhaul the current system to burden em-

ployees and favor businesses.

The bill cleared House and Senate commerce subcommittees Wednesday, with full committee consideration expected Thursday. The legislation will need approval from a committee before the end of the week to survive a legislative deadline for policy bills.

Morgan Miller, a spokeswoman for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61, said the workers’ compensation bill discriminates against older people, decreases employer liability for injuries and reduces employer incentives to pay

claims on time. If passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor, the bill would take effect immediately.

“It removes protections that our workers have on the job right now,” Miller said.

“In general, the bill tips the scales in favor of employers and away from hardworking Iowans and those who are very vulnerable because they have suffered workplace injuries.”

John Stineman, executive director for the Iowa Chamber Alliance, defended businesses in favor of the legislation. He said many companies support the Iowa’s Workers’ Compen-

sation Act but object to rising benefit costs and legal efforts that target employers.

“The reality is that we have seen great increases and it needs to be addressed,” he said. “It’s not so much that this legislation is a radical departure from what today’s law is. It’s more that the interpretation and application of today’s statute is a radical departure from what its original intent was.”

Jason Neifert, a workers compensation lawyer with the Iowa Association for Justice, warned that medical costs for injured workers would simply be transferred from business-

Republicans reverse course on reduced early voting DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa’s top election official threw his support Wednesday behind GOP changes to his voter identification bill, after Republicans reversed course on plans to reduce early voting and polling hours in the state.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate initially declined to comment on whether he backed an amendment in the House that was briefly attached to his voter ID bill. It proposed reducing the number of early voting days in primary and general elections from 40 days to 29 days. It also would have cut polling hours for those elections from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Iowa currently has one of the lonPate gest early voting periods in the country, and Pate had not planned to change that distinction with his original version of the bill.

Pate released a statement Wednesday noting the proposed reductions had been dropped and added, “the bill in its current form has my full support.”

The changes to early voting and polling hours had been introduced by Marion Republican Rep. Ken Rizer, chairman for the House State Government Committee. The amendment was publicized Monday and formally dropped a day later.

Rizer said he had stronger support for other proposed changes without the provisions on early voting and polling hours. His remaining changes include a plan to eliminate the option of voting straight party with a single mark on a ballot.

Pate’s bill would require people to show one of several forms of acceptable identification at election polls.

They include an Iowa driver’s license, a state ID, a U.S. passport or a military-related ID. The bill does not mandate a photo component, since people without a driver’s license are expected to receive a free state-is-

“It is simply wrong for the state of Iowa to diminish that right.”

— Connie Ryan Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund

sued ID card.

Rizor’s amendments mean different versions of the secretary of state’s bill are currently moving through both legislative chambers. Davenport Republican Sen. Roby Smith is chairman of the Senate State Government Committee, which is also reviewing the legislation. Smith indicated there may be additional amendments. He expected the bill to advance out of full committee on Thursday.

“It will not come up on the floor for a number of days,” he said about the plans after that.

A public hearing on the bill has been scheduled for Monday night.

A Senate subcommittee meeting Wednesday featured public feedback that mirrored discussion earlier this week when House lawmakers reviewed the legislation. Connie Ryan, who spoke on behalf of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund, said the bill as a whole still has many provisions that would make it harder to vote for the elderly and marginalized groups.

“It is simply wrong for the state of Iowa to diminish that right,” she said.

Some attendees also expressed support for the bill, which Pate has said is aimed at improving technologies used in Iowa’s election system. He has also said it’s aimed at maintaining Iowa’s election integrity, though there is little evidence of fraudulent voting in the state.

Republicans OK separate 20-week abortion ban amid deadline DES MOINES (AP) — Republican lawmakers have approved a second bill that would ban abortion in Iowa after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

A GOP-led subcommittee of the House Human Resources Committee signed off on the legislation Wednesday. It’s similar to legislation approved one day earlier in a Senate subcom-

mittee.

Separately, a so-called personhood bill was approved Monday in a Republican-led subcommittee in the Senate. It would outlaw abortion by declaring life begins at conception.

Both proposals would likely face legal challenges, especially the life-at-conception bill, which would violate longtime

U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

Both measures require approval in full committees this week to survive a legislative deadline for policy bills.

It’s unclear if enough Republican lawmakers, who hold majorities in both chambers, support either measure for them to be approved amid likely Democratic opposition.

es to taxpayers if the measure becomes law.

“These are not tweaks.

These are not little fixes,” he said. “This is a major overhaul of our workers’ compensation system.”

Thomas Jochum, from the Central Iowa Building Construction Trades Council, criticized lawmakers for rushing to introduce the bill without asking workers groups for input on its impact.

“If we’re going to work together to solve problems, then you have to bring everybody to the table,” Jochum said. “You missed an opportunity here.”

After backlash, UI restores scholarships that were cut IOWA CITY (AP) — After facing lawsuits and days of criticism from students and parents, the University of Iowa on Wednesday backed off a plan to eliminate scholarships promised to thousands of current and incoming students.

UI President Bruce Harreld announced that he had reinstated the Iowa Heritage Award and four other smaller scholarship programs previously promised to current students and those who start next fall.

He had informed 3,071 students last week that he was eliminating their awards, citing “devastating” funding cuts approved by lawmakers and Gov. Terry Branstad to help balance the state budget. But the decision had been met with criticism from lawmakers, who accused the university of playing politics, and from parents, alumni and students.

The mid-year cuts roiling Iowa come as state funding for public higher education continues to be tight across the country. Most states reported modest increases during the current budget year but 10 had funding cuts, according to an annual survey released last month.

The Heritage scholarships, created in 2014 to recruit more students to Iowa, promised an automatic $1,500 annual tuition discount to the children and grandchildren of alumni for four years of undergraduate studies. Many students said they came to Iowa instead of other schools due to the awards, which only required they keep a 2.0 grade point average.

Harreld said he heard concerns from many students and parents who feared financial hardships if the scholarships were eliminated, even though they were not need-based. He said continuing them won’t be easy while absorbing a $9.2 million funding cut and that he would work with state leaders “to establish predictable tuition revenue increases and state support moving forward.”

Students had filed two proposed class-action lawsuits claiming that the university’s cuts violated their constitutional rights and amounted to a breach of contract. They reacted to the news with delight.

“I really appreciate the university’s quick turnaround in reinstating the scholarships,” said sophomore Jenna Pokorny, a student who sued Tuesday and had been slated to lose $6,000 in awards over her final two years as an undergraduate. “I’m relieved that I don’t have to have this financial burden placed upon me and relieved that other students will not have to deal with the fallout of having thousands of dollars of scholarships taken away from them.”

Jon Muller, the parent of another student who sued, said the public outcry “helped the President’s office realize it had made a terrible mistake.”

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NHS’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday NHS Center for Performance

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5 to 8 p.m. Saturday Baxter School

The Newton High School Drama club will present its production of “Beauty and the Beast” at 800 E. Fourth St. S. The production begins at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. both nights.

Adult tickets are $5 at the door, kids tickets are $3, and student activity passes are accepted for admission to the production. Reserved seating tickets can be purchased at the link below. Reserved tickets are $10 regardless of age.

Baxter athletic boosters is hosting the event to raise funds to purchase Bolt uniforms for next year.

Some of the games include inflatables, cake walk, photo booth, face painting, Bingo, poodle noodle joust, MS/HS escape challenge, just dance, several toss games, trivia game show, bags game, shooting and throwing games.

Wild Game Feed

Karaoke Night

5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday First Reformed Church in Prairie City

8:30 p.m. Friday Newton American Legion Karaoke Night at the Newton American Legion, 1101 W. Fourth St. S. Karaoke begins at 8:30 p.m. and ends at midnight. Bring your singing voice and a sense of humor.

Community Carnival

Pancake Breakfast

7 a.m. Saturday Cabin in the Park in Kellogg

The First Reformed Church in Prairie City will host its annual Wild Game Feed. The tasty wild game on the menu includes deer, wild turkey, fish, squirrel, rabbit, turtle and pheasant. Hot dogs will also be available. The meat will be served with baked potatoes and desserts. All table service will be provided. The community is welcome to attend this night of food and fellowship.

Kellogg Lions hosts its monthly breakfast. Menu includes pancakes, sausage, scrabbled eggs and drinks.

All you can eat for a free will donation. Proceeds go to the Kellogg Fire Department.

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Hawks ready for lucky 13 at state

Lynnville-Sully boys play GladbrookReinbeck in 1A state opener

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

SULLY — When Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks step on the Wells Fargo Arena basketball court Monday, it will be the 13th appearance in Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament action for the program.

The number 13 doesn’t bode unluckily for the 201617 Hawks, according to them.

They will go into the opening round of the 2017 Iowa Class 1A Boys’ State Basketball Tournament with a bit of a chip on their shoulders.

“We weren’t surprised with the pairing. We had looked at all the teams and we thought we’d get them,” senior Tyler Van Zante said following Wednesday’s announcement of the 1A state tournament pairings. ‘Sure, we have a little chip on our shoulder going after revenge, but we’re up to the challenge to play them.

We’re approaching it as just another game.”

Lynnville-Sully’s opening-round opponent at 10:30 a.m. Monday is Gladbrook-Reinbeck, the team which defeated the Hawks a year ago in a 1A substate final.

The Rebels (24-2) finished ranked No. 4 in the final 1A poll and the Hawks (24-1) were ranked No. 5. In the 1A state tournament, the Rebels are seeded No. 4 and the Hawks are seeded No. 5. Their game is the first game of the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Top-seeded North Linn (25-0) plays No. 8 Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (18-7) at 12:15 p.m. The winner plays the winner of the Lynnville-Sully vs. Gladbrook-Reinbeck game in Thursday’s semifinals.

On Monday, third-seeded St. Mary’s, Remsen (24-0) plays sixth-seeded New London (21-3) at 2 p.m. followed

by No. 2 seeded Grand View Christian (24-1) taking on No. 7 seeded West Hancock (196). Monday’s winning teams play in Thursday’s semifinals.

The 1A consolation final is at 10 a.m. Friday. The Class 1A championship game is slated for 6:05 p.m. Friday.

“We’ll prepare for Gladbrook-Reinbeck, but its a lot about ourselves. If we go do what we’ve been doing over the

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s boys are headed to the 2017 Iowa Class 1A State Basketball Tournament on Monday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Members of the Hawk team are, left to right, kneeling, Gage Vander Leest, Kemper Lukehart, Drake Ehresman and Grant Wehrle; standing, Rylan James, Ryan Hofer, Tyler Van Zante, Jesse Van Wyk, John Trettin, Tanner Foster, Brevin Hansen, and Tyson Vander Linden. Not pictured: Corey McCoy.

course of this tournament run, we’ll give ourselves opportunities to have a strong run at state,” Lynnville-Sully head coach Nick Harthoorn said.

Harthoorn is in his 10th season as head coach for the Hawks. The veteran coach has two state appearances under his belt, coaching Lynnville-Sully at the 1A state tournament in 2010 and 2011. The Hawks finished fourth in 2010.

“Every team is different and each has its strengths.

This team of players find ways to win ballgames. This season we’ve won by big margins and we’ve won some close games,” Harthoorn said. “We’ve been playing good basketball and have been real unselfish over the tournament trail.”

Harthoorn said the Hawks feature balanced scoring and playing tough defense. He said Gladbrook-Reinbeck has three of its five starters back from last year, but he knows if his players keep doing the fundamental things which got them to the state tournament, the Hawks can compete at the state level.

One of those starters back for the Rebels is 6-foot-1 inch senior Joe Smoldt, who leads the entire state in scoring as he averages 30.5 points per game. He leads the Rebels in assists (130) and steals (74) along with hitting 98-of-196

Baxter finalizes eight-player football schedule The Baxter Bolts football team will play three home games in 2017. Head coach Rob Luther and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter Athletic Director Lori Fricke finalized an eight-game schedule recently.

The Bolts will begin the season with a Week 0 scrimmage at Colo-NESCO. They open the regular season with back-to-back road games against West Central and Remsen St. Marys on Aug. 25 and Sept. 1.

The brand-new eight-player program will play in front of their home fans on Sept. 8 against English Valleys.

That leads the Bolts into an open week on Sept. 15. They return to action at Lone Tree on Sept. 22 and at Midland on Sept. 29.

The final two home games of the season come in back-to-back weeks.

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3-pointers.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck has senior Matt Roeding who leads the team in rebounding with 153. Junior Caden Kickbush averages 11.9 points a game and shoots from 3-point range. Senior Tyler Pierce averages 10.2 points per game and has 139 rebounds. Junior Walker Thede is the other starter for the Rebels.

Van Zante and seniors Ryan Hofer and John Trettin lead the Hawks into the state tournament. Van Zante is a starter with Hofer and Trettin coming off the bench.

“Going into the season, I really wasn’t expecting to go to state so this is pretty special,” Hofer said. “We’re not going to put extra pressure on ourselves. As far as the number 13? I hope it’s lucky for us as a team.”

Hofer said the Hawks have had success this season because the players challenge each other every day in practice to get better. He said each player has different talents and abilities.

“We don’t give up. We don’t reach a level we’re content with,” Hofer said. “We always want to get better.”

Trettin, who scored eight points for Lynnville-Sully in last year’s 49-41 loss to Gladbrook-Reinbeck in a substate final, said the main kid —

This & That Troy Hyde on Oct. 6 and hosts Springville for Senior Night on Oct. 13.

The final game of the season is Oct. 20 at Easton Valley.

There was a change made to Baxter’s original plans for its first eight-player schedule.

The Bolts and Collins-Maxwell Spartans had agreed to play in Week 2, but the Collins-Maxwell Board of Education recently voted to not play that game in 2017.

“I’m disappointed from a couple of perspectives,” Luther said. “To know some of our players at C-M won’t have the chance to play another game and another home game is disappointing.

It’s also disappointing that we now have to travel 206 miles to play a road game when we could have traveled 15 to Maxwell.”

Collins-Maxwell Board of Education President Marcus Fricke ex-

Smoldt — was back for his team.

“We get another shot at him. This is a good group of guys to go to state with. We have a lot of guys who can score the ball and we all step up defensively. We work together,” Trettin said.

Lynnville-Sully has four players who average double-digit scoring paced by junior Jesse Van Wyk at 12.5 points a game. Juniors Tanner Foster and Brevin Hansen, who both transferred from Grinnell, have averaged 11.5 and 11.2 points per game this season. Sophomore Rylan James, who plays inside for the Hawks, averages 10.7 points per game.

Van Zante is the other starter, averaging 8.8 points a game and is second in assists with 87. Van Wyk is the team’s leading rebounder with 162 and leads with 97 assists.

James has pulled down 130 rebounds and Hansen has 79 assists.

“We share the ball. We’re not worried who gets the stats.

We focus on whatever we have to do as a team to get the ‘W’,” Van Wyk said. “Winning last Saturday to get to go to state is something I’ve looked forward to as I grew up. I want to play at Wells Fargo Arena with my teammates, This is an awesome experience for us.”

Hansen and Foster said

plained the reason for not wanting to play Baxter next season at the school’s most recent board meeting.

“I think both districts have dealt with a lot of negativity around the athletic break-up, and it continues to be somewhat of an emotionally charged issue,” Marcus Fricke said. “I think from our perspective, from my perspective, I wanted to be looking at a 2017 CMB Raiders football season ... and that didn’t happen ... but I don’t feel like playing Baxter next year is going to be a positive experience.”

Luther understands that playing Collins-Maxwell in athletics will be emotional the first few years, but football is the only sport affected by the board’s decision.

“I don’t understand why they can play us in every other sport but not football,” Luther said. “It will be hard on everyone, but we have to move on.”

Both Baxter and Collins-Maxwell will play athletically in the Iowa Star Conference next season. That means the schools will play against each other in volleyball and run against each other in cross country in the fall.

they’ve made the adjustments to their new team this season.

They found their roles and both have brought outside shooting threats to the team.

Hansen said he had played a lot of summer basketball with Van Wyk. “We’re at our best when we’re playing well defensively, and working for the best shot each time on offense,” Hansen said.

“I like the environment here at Lynnville-Sully. Being a taller guy, I’ve been able to help with rebounding and play strong interior defense,” Foster said.

James said winning the substate title last Saturday and earning a trip to state is a dream come true. He said he is following in the steps of two older sisters, who played for Lynnville-Sully girls’ basketball teams at state tournaments.

“Our versatility as a team is a driving force for us. We have a good inside-outside game,” James said. “We’re excited about this opportunity. We’re going into it to win, but also to have fun together as a team.”

Lynnville-Sully’s first trip to the 1A state tournament was in 1986 when it took fourth.

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Luther wanted to play two games against the Spartans next season, one at home and one on the road, to complete a nine-game schedule. If that didn’t happen, Baxter was willing to play the single game in Maxwell.

CMB softball coach Troy Houge was recently hired as Collins-Maxwell’s athletic director starting in the fall. He was not at the meeting that C-M’s board members voted against playing Baxter in football next season, but he also feels like playing against each other will be too hard.

“It’s going to be tough on the kids,” Houge said. “Football is the biggest sport of the year and it brings the most attention as far as media goes.”

Baxter and Collins-Maxwell have disagreed on a few things over the past few years, which ultimately led to a long-time athletic sharing agreement coming to an end.

This latest disagreement with football just appears to be another item the two schools couldn’t come to an agreement on.

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Iowa State testing senior QB Joel Lanning at linebacker AMES (AP) — Iowa State senior quarterback Joel Lanning worked his entire career in hopes of helping the Cyclones reach a bowl game in 2017.

Lanning might end up doing so on the other side of the ball.

In a surprise move, Lanning took snaps at linebacker during the first practice of the spring Tuesday.

Lanning is still primarily listed as a quarterback. But the emergence of Jacob Park — and Lanning’s combination of size, speed and athleticism — has left second-year coach Matt Campbell and his staff working to find ways to get Lanning on the field.

Lanning made nine starts at quarterback in 2016 for the Cyclones (3-9, 2-7 Big 12).

“He’s one of the best athletes we have,” Campbell said. “He can do so many things for us. I think Joel is probably going to get more reps than he ever has in his life here in the next year, to be honest with you. I think you’ll see us be really creative with Joel.”

Lanning, who is 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, first emerged as Iowa State’s starting quarterback in 2015 under former coach Paul Rhoads. Lanning finished with 10 touchdown passes and four rushing touchdowns and en-

tered 2016 as the perhaps the only certainty Campbell had when he took over the program.

But Lanning struggled with his accuracy early last season, Lanning so the coaching staff developed packages for both he and Park, a transfer from Georgia. As the season wore on, Park emerged as a more complete passer while showing enough elusiveness to make big plays with his feet.

Lanning still played, most notably breaking the school record with five rushing touchdowns in a late-season 66-10 blowout of Texas Tech. But it was clear that Park was the program’s future.

Rather than take his chances elsewhere as a graduate transfer with starting experience, Lanning stuck with the Cyclones.

The Cyclones, fully aware of Lanning’s skill set, stuck with him.

Campbell first broached the subject of working out at linebacker at the end of 2016, and Lanning was open to the possibility. Campbell even said Tuesday that Lanning already looks the part of an NFL prospect at

linebacker — and that’s an area where the Cyclones could use the help.

“His physicality and his ability to run sideline to sideline is maybe as good as anyone we’ve got on our team. So we’re certainly going to explore all options,” Campbell said.

The best-case scenario for the Cyclones will be for redshirt freshman Zeb Noland, who missed last season after hurting his knee in fall camp, to show enough this spring that they can move Lanning around without wondering who’ll step in as the backup quarterback should Park get hurt.

Iowa State also looks prepared to put all its faith in Park.

Park, who’ll be a junior, didn’t really join the Cyclones until last fall. Still, he completed 59 percent of his passes and averaged 264 yards in his last five games.

“Literally he went into football games and played on sheer talent alone,” Campbell said. “Now did he work hard to learn the offense and some of those things? Yes. But the discipline that it takes, and the habits that it takes, and the ability to be the CEO of the offense, he had none of that. So it tells you what type of talent Jacob has.”

Cyclone seniors win in final game at Hilton Coliseum AMES (AP) — In their last night at Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State’s four senior starters gave the Cyclones one last home win that came down to the buzzer.

Matt Thomas scored 25 points and No. 24 Iowa State held off a furious challenge from Oklahoma State on Tuesday night, winning 86-83 to close out its home schedule with its sixth straight win.

Fellow senior Monte Morris added 12 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for the Cyclones (20-9, 12-5 Big 12), who clinched their sixth consecutive 20-win season and swept the Cowboys for the fourth straight year.

“We never make it easy on you guys. We always make it close,” Thomas joked while addressing the crowd after the game.

Thomas wasn’t wrong, given that 13 of Iowa State’s league games have been decided by 10 points or less.

Oklahoma State’s Jawun Evans had a lot to do with the Cyclones’ latest cliffhanger.

Evans scored 29 points and Leyton Hammonds had 19 to lead Oklahoma State (20-10, 9-8), which lost for just the second time in 12 games.

Morris forced a turnover under his own basket with 7.7 seconds left and Oklahoma State looking for a game-tying

3-pointer — and Thomas hit an easy layup off Morris’ inbounds pass.

Evans then hit a 3-pointer, but Donovan Jackson hit a free throw and EvMorris ans couldn’t get a desperation heave off before the buzzer.

Evans was fouled from 3-point range with 13.8 seconds to go and the Cowboys down four.

Evans hit all three from the line, but Naz Mitrou-Long answered with two free throws to make it 83-80 5 seconds later.

“It (ticks) me off, to be quite honest,” Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood said. “We should have won the game. I’m not into moral victories. They’re really good. That’s a given. I think we’re really good. I think, we get in the NCAA Tournament, we can beat anybody — just as they can.”

Iowa State seniors Deonte Burton and Mitrou-Long had 20 points and 17 points, respectively.

The Cyclones once again overcame a huge disparity on the boards, this time 40-27, by shooting 15-of-31 from 3-point range with just seven turnovers.

Big Picture Oklahoma State: The Cowboys will be a fascinating case study for the NCAA Tournament committee despite the loss.

Beating top-ranked Kansas on Saturday would help convince the committee that the Cowboys’ closing stretch was much more of an indicator of future success than their rough start to league play.

Iowa State: Tuesday was about honoring one of the best senior classes the Cyclones have ever had. Morris, Mitrou-Long, Thomas and Burton did more than just build a bridge between the Fred Hoiberg and Steve Prohm eras. Those four players kept Iowa State relevant nationally. Iowa State will have to rebuild in 2017-18. But with four top-100 recruits eligible as freshmen next season, the Cyclones have to be optimistic about their future.

“It hasn’t been easy. We’ve gone through a lot of adversity, and you guys have stayed the course,” Prohm said about his seniors.

Poll Implications A win at West Virginia on Friday could push Iowa State into the Top 20 — and, more importantly, give it yet another marquee road win.

Chiefs release Charles; Kirk Cousins gets exclusive franchise tag

By Barry Wilner AP Pro Football Writer The free agent marketplace gained two big names at running back, lost the prime quarterback potentially available, and saw two top defenders removed from the grab bag.

Nine days before the free-for-all begins, Adrian Peterson was told his $18 million option would not be picked up by the Vikings, and Jamaal Charles was released by the Chiefs on Tu e s d a y.

To g e t h e r , they have rushed for more than 19,000 yards and scored 165 touchdowns.

Yet, at ages 32 (Peterson) and 30 (Charles) when the 2017 season begins, they are at that career juncture when long-term deals for the position are rare.

Peterson has Hall of Fame credentials and Charles might have had them had he not been so injury prone, but neither is likely to get a lengthy contract.

Certainly there will be some interest, particularly in Peterson, who came back from a knee injury to rush for 2,097 yards and win league MVP honors in 2012.

He could be the player who puts a contender over the top, though he comes off another injury-ravaged season in which he played in three games.

The time was right for the Redskins to keep Kirk Cousins, giving him an exclusive franchise tag. They have until July 15 to work out a lengthy contract, but meanwhile he will be

due to make somewhere near $24 million in 2017 — a pretty hefty number for a player with no postseason victories.

On the defensive side, the Jets informed Darrelle Revis they are releasing him. That ends a rocky second tenure with the team that was marked by a slip in play because of injuries and age. Revis, 31, was scheduled to make $15 million, including a $2 million roster bonus, next season — but that would have been a lofty salary for an aging player who admittedly had a subpar year.

C harles’ te am m ate, All-Pro safety Eric Berry, said he wouldn’t play for K a n s a s City if he was tagged for a second straight year. That was avoided when the Chiefs finalized a $78 million, six-year deal with Berry.

Berry was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma three years ago, went through several rounds of brutal chemotherapy, then was deemed cancer-free the following summer. He’s been sensational since returning.

Arizona’s Tyrann Mathieu had set the benchmark for the position after signing a $62.5 million, five-year deal with $40 million guaranteed. Berry also is getting $40 million guaranteed.

Pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul has shown the Giants he’s recovered from a serious hand injury sustained in a fireworks accident in 2015. The team placed a non-exclusive franchise tag on the two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Tuesday.

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February 14, 2017 Tuesday, February 14, 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.

Kelsey Ford asked the Board to approve a driveway variance located at 555 W 68th St S. Newton Iowa. The County Engineer recommended against the variance.

Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to disallow the driveway variance located at 555 W 68th St S Newton, Iowa, made

by Chris and Kelsey Ford.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, CUPPLES Treasurer Doug Bishop asked the Supervisors to approve abatements for junked mobile home taxes located in Monroe and Colfax.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to approve the following abatements for junked mobile home taxes: Monroe Mobile Home Park VIN LOT BASE TAX 26971 27 $186 4248 25 $ 50 LK4009 18 $222 2170 5 $466 N038275 28 $814 06L24947 36 $1,332 62236 17 $1,350 02561278H 10 $1,950 TOTAL $6,370 Colfax Mobile Home Park VIN LOT BASE TAX 3424072381 21 $360 KAFL1A701450236 5 $296 45599 27 $624 49340X 11 $740 46424 6 $1,036 TOTAL $3,056 YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to approve a 2.75% salary increase for the Auditor, County Attorney, Recorder, Sheriff and Treasurer.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to approve a 1.99% salary increase for the County Supervisors.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve Resolution 17-08 establishing the following salaries for the County Elected Officials for FY2017-2018: Auditor$........................72,504.51 2.75% County Attorney........$115,555.73 2.75% Recorder...................$ 72,504.51 2.75% Sheriff.......................$106,964.81 2.75% Supervisors..............$ 42,019.88 1.99% Treasurer..................$ 72,504.51 2.75% YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK A copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

A discussion was held about the condition of the County Annex Building. It was stated that the engineering firm Shive - Hattery had estimated that it would take $650,000 to repair the building.

Some of the issues with the building include the foundation, HVAC problems, window wells and stairways. The Supervisors are going to look into either repairing the Annex Building or relocating to another facility.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to approve the Supervisors minutes for 02/07/2017.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK There were no Board appointments.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to adjourn the Tuesday, February 14, 2017 meeting of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.

YEA: CUPPLES, CARPENTER, BROCK Dennis K. Parrott, Auditor Joe Brock, Chairman March 2 NOTICE OF BOND SALE Time and Place of Sale: Sealed bids or electronic bids for the sale of General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2017, of the Newton Community School District, in the County of Jasper, State of Iowa (the "Issuer"), will be received at the office of the Superintendent of the District until 10:00 A.M. on March 13, 2017. The bids will be publicly opened at that time and evaluated by the Superintendent, Board Secretary and Financial Advisor and referred for action at the meeting of the Board of Directors.

Sale and Award: The sale and award of the bonds will be held at the Board meeting scheduled at 6:30 P.M. on the same date.

The Bonds. The bonds to be offered are the following: GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BONDS, SERIES 2017, in the principal amount of not to exceed $10,000,000 to be dated April 12, 2017 (the "Bonds"). *The Issuer may increase or decrease each maturity, but the total amount to be issued will not exceed $10,000,000.

Manner of Bidding: Open bids will not be received. No bid will be received after the time specified above for receiving bids. Bids will be received by any of the following methods: Sealed Bidding: Sealed bids or electronic proposals may be submitted and will be received at the office of the Superintendent, Newton Community School District, Newton, Iowa.

Electronic Bidding: Electronic bids via PARITY® will be received at the office of the Superintendent, Newton Community School District, Newton, Iowa. The bids must be submitted through PARITY®.

Electronic Facsimile Bidding: Electronic facsimile bids will be received at the office of the Superintendent, Newton Community School District, Newton, Iowa, (641) 7929159.

Electronic facsimile bids will be sealed and treated as sealed bids.

Official Statement: The Issuer has issued an Official Statement of information pertaining to the Bonds to be offered, including a statement of the Terms of Offering and an Official Bid Form, which is incorporated by reference as a part of this notice.

The Official Statement may be obtained by request addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Directors, Newton Community School District, 1302 1st Avenue West, Newton, Iowa 50208, (641) 792-5809; or Susanne Gerlach, PFM Financial Advisors LLC, 801 Grand Avenue, Suite 3300, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, (515) 724-

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION PURSUANT TO THE RENTAL AGREEMENT AND IOWA CODE SECTION 578A Jason and Lynn Demaray Storage, Unit 13 Unit 13 rented by Tammy Farver 114 W. Marion St., Monroe, IA 50170 You are hereby notified that a public auction on site at 114 W. Marion St., Monroe, IA 50170, Unit 13, will take place on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. on the following personal property: Couch, wood rocking horse, mattress, microwave, movies, headboard, high chair, barnboard shelves, totes, and miscellaneous closed boxes containing unidentified personal property.

Cash or money order at time of auction. No reserve, as is, where is. Purchaser will have 24 hours to remove items from the unit.

Second Publication date: March 9, 2017 March 2 & 9 NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION PURSUANT TO THE RENTAL AGREEMENT AND IOWA CODE SECTION 578A Jason and Lynn Demaray Storage, Unit 38 Unit 38 rented by Dawn Morecock 114 W. Marion St., Monroe, IA 50170 You are hereby notified that a public auction on site at 114 W. Marion St., Monroe, IA 50170, Unit 13, will take place on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. on the following personal property: Oak hutch, desk, golf clubs, floor creeper, couch, cooler, shop light, stereo, shelving unit, model train, and miscellaneous closed boxes containing unidentified personal property.

Cash or money order at time of auction. No reserve, as is, where is. Purchaser will have 24 hours to remove items from the unit.

Second Publication date: March 9, 2017 March 2 and 9

PERSONAL

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets Sunday, Wednesday and Friday 7:00 PM in Basement of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church LOST & FOUND

LOST: CELL PHONE in Baxter area. At Kountry Korner or on West side of Baxter. If found, please call 719-564-9391 SERVICE DIRECTORY HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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EMPLOYMENT

HANDYMAN WE are looking for a Handyman with general repair and maintenance experience. Must have your own transportation and tools.

Call EZ Keep at 641-792-3443 NOW HIRING: PT Delivery Driver, Cook, and Servers. Must be 18 with a valid drivers license.

Apply in person at Giovanni's Pizza Ask for Curtis 2020 1st Ave. E. Newton.

PART TIME IN HOME Health for elderly, private pay. CNA Preferred but not necessary.

If interested please call Sara 641-204-9255

RENT SPECIALS! 2 BR available $540.00-($675.00 with Heated Garage) on most units Get a 2 BR for 1 BR Price! *Sign 13 month lease 1st month free on select units Next to Hy-Vee!

WALNUT CREEK/ REGENCY APTS. 510 E. 17th St S.

WANT TO Rent 2 Bedroom house, prefer country, $550.-$650., full or finished basement. 641203-1973 or 515-2059001.

WANTED ELECTRONICS working or not. Stereo, amplifiers, radios, speakers, guitar or amp.

Any age or condition is ok, phone 515-238-3343.

WANTED: FARM toy tractors, trucks, implements, farm related advertising items and Lego's. 641-526-3050 or 641-521-1448.

WANTED: SOMEONE to cut or grind 3 tree stumps 2 ft. 792-4541.

WILL HAUL AWAY RIDLAWNMOWERS, ING push lawnmowers, garden tractors, & snowblowers or garden tillers. 792-2416.

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1997 FORD Conversion van, low miles, very well cared for, tow pkg, tow brakes, new brakes, leather interior, tv/dvd, very comfortable ride $4200.

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Stove, refrigerator and water furnished. Laundry Facilities. References and deposit.

641-792-3449.

3 BEDROOM house in Monroe. Garage, garden space, full basement, some appliances.

No Smokers, No Pets. 641259-3093.

2011 FORD Ranger, 24k miles, extended cab, 2WD. Call for more information.

641-792-0860 2012 MONTANA 4 season 5th wheel RV, new tires, generator, 3 slides, fireplace, micro/convection oven. Always shedded.

New condition. No pets $35,000.

New nearly $80,000. 641-521-7197

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792

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2011 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 4WD, ext. cab, flex fuel, victory red with ebony interior, very clean, 55,345 original miles, lots of extras $22,000. 641275-5058

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HORNING'S PAINTING: Interior & exterior painting Drywall Repair & Texturing Free Estimates 641-791-9662

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SONY AM-FM Stereo receiver, audio/video control system $60. 641792-6351.

THERAPEUTIC ADJUSTABLE bed, single with remote control, head, feet & height is adjustable, like new. 641-792-1165.

TWIN TRUNDLE bed, 2 beds, excellent condition. $150. 641-521-8450.

WESLO TREADMILL Accusmart, fitness monitor, very good condition. $95.

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$84 for a 1” Space, each additional 1/2” is $5 more!

$60 for a 1” space, each additional 1/2” is $5 more!

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Mow, haul brush, junk to dump, trim trees, clean gutters.

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bids must be submitted through PARITY®.

Electronic Facsimile Bidding: Electronic facsimile bids will be received at the office of the Superintendent, Newton Community School District, Newton, Iowa, (641) 7929159.

Electronic facsimile bids will be sealed and treated as sealed bids.

Official Statement: The Issuer has issued an Official Statement of information pertaining to the Bonds to be offered, including a statement of the Terms of Offering and an Official Bid Form, which is incorporated by reference as a part of this notice.

The Official Statement may be obtained by request addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Directors, Newton Community School District, 1302 1st Avenue West, Newton, Iowa 50208, (641) 792-5809; or Susanne Gerlach, PFM Financial Advisors LLC, 801 Grand Avenue, Suite 3300, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, (515) 7245735.

Terms of Offering: All bids must be in conformity with and the sale must be in accordance with the Terms of Offering as set forth in the Official Statement.

Legal Opinion: Bonds will be sold subject to the opinion of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Attorneys of Des Moines, Iowa, as to the legality and their opinion will be furnished together with the printed bonds without cost to the purchaser and all bids will be so conditioned. Except to the extent necessary to issue their opinion as to the legality of the Bonds, the attorneys will not examine or review or express any opinion with respect to the accuracy or completeness of documents, materials or statements made or furnished in connection with the sale, issuance or marketing of the Bonds.

Rights Reserved: The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive any irregularities as deemed to be in the best interests of the public.

By order of the Board of Directors of the Newton Community School District in the County of Jasper, State of Iowa.

Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Newton Community School District March 2

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

2014 SHASTA Flyte 3150K Travel trailer comes w/ 3 bedroom bunkhouse in the rear w/ spacious storage, one slide includes bunk style table and jackknife couch (sleeps 2-3), queen size bed up front w/ storage cabinets and extra storage underneath, electric awning and tow-jack, outdoor kitchen w/ second refrigerator and propane grill. Asking $18,500 or OBO. 563-249-6886.

2015 HONDA XR650L Dirt Bike, good condition, 2800 miles, $5,500 call 641-5210923 2015 SOFTAIL Slim Harley Davidson, 1700 miles, many extras on bike, great condition, need to sell quickly $16,000 641-5216756 DAEWOO-DD802L DOZER $20,000. 641-792-4332

NOW LEASING Forestview Apartments & Gateway Apartments • All Electric • Private outside storage • Pet friendly • Washer/dryer hookups • Secure entry • Garages available.

Call for Availability 641-792-6939

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Apartments Available Studios starting at $450

1 Bedrooms starting at $500 2 Bedrooms starting at $550

6 months lease Move in allowances available EZ Keep 641-792-3443

2002 GRAY, extended cab Chevy Silverado. Fully loaded with towing package, leather, heated seats, automatic seats, mirrors, etc. 207k miles and some very minor dents/scratches. Engine runs perfect.

Recently fully detailed and new battery. $7,000 OBO. Contact Cody if interested at 515-681-1373

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FOR SALE

1950'S VINTAGE Vanity Suitcase $25. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1:64 Collectible Cars $12 each. Vintage "Camp Snoopy" Glasses (from 1950's/1960's) $35 for set. Coleman lunch box cooler $6. Jacksonville Jaguars Headrest covers $15. 515-313-7803.

ELECTRIC ORGAN, Baldwin, model 56R, with bench, walnut, original owner, excellent condition, $135.00,OBO, 641-7921848 HANDSOME COFFEE table, black with gold trim, one shelf. 44”x26”x19”.

Very good condition. $85.

641-792-1078.

LIKE NEW, King cobra golf set: right handed, 3 thru 9 irons plus #7 utility irons Driver iron sand wedge and pitching wedge woods: driver 10.5 degree offset model SS350, #3 wood 14 degree #5 wood 18 degree Odysey putter with cover woods also have covers, deluxe bag golf umbrella, balls and tees. All this for $375.00 cash no checks. Call Ed at (641)275-1011 NFL ITEMS, glasses (collectable), dresser, ceramic girl's basketball doll. B.O. 641-791-9241 or 641-831-0011.

EXTREMELY CLEAN LOW MILEAGE TRUCK! Whit 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD 33,000 miles, 2WD Extended cab. 6 ft box, V-8, tonneau cover, running boards, REMOTE START, 5th wheel hitch, back up camera, bed liner, AC, cruise, etc. $17,000 obo 641-792-9813

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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

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.

Consider joining a great team as we continue our mission of commitment to compassion, excellence and innovation!

We offer a competitive wage and complete benefit package.

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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A knowledge of Quickbooks & Excel would be a plus.

We are looking for action-oriented team players to support at our polyurethane manufacturing plant in Newton, IA

The Opportunity

CNC Machinist and Production These hands-on individuals must be a team-player, proactive, have a focus towards quality, and the desire to continue to learn.

Qualifications

Benefits Include: PTO, Holidays, IRA Match, Gain Sharing Program, & Flexible Hours.

Email resume to pdp@pdpiowa.com

Individuals who are motivated by results, have a strong customer focus and like variety, are encouraged to apply. We need individuals who are dedicated, motivated, flexible, and eager to work.

Thombert, Inc. is proud to offer a competitive wage and benefit package. Please send resumes or applications to HR@thombert.com.

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.

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

Willing to train the right Candidate.

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

219 1st Ave E., Newton

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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Spahn & Rose Lumber in Newton is looking for a

Full-time truck driver with a Class B CDL. Duties include: pulling loads, placing lumber in bins, helping customers, and deliveries.

APPLY IN PERSON AT Spahn & Rose Lumber 330 E 17th St S • Newton, IA 50208

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Deputy Sheriff Entry-Level Position Testing 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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The Newton Clinic is now

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Point of Care Representative Duties include: Receptionist, patient billing, accounts receivable, daily balancing and provider schedule master.

Previous medical experience is desired but not required.

Garden Gate Landscaping is looking for responsible

The Newton Clinic offers a generous benefit package that includes $500 semi-annual cash bonuses, paid sick time, paid vacation, holidays, etc.

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.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest with resume to: mark@newtonclinic.com

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

FT-Maintenance PT Dietary Aide 4-7pm and every other weekend PT CNA 2-10pm every other weekend Consider joining a great team as we continue our mission of commitment to compassion, excellence and innovation! We offer a competitive wage and complete benefit package.

Please fax or email resume to 641-791-5358 or james@gardengate-ltd.com or call 641-791-9062 with questions.

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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 We offer the following benefits to our full time employees • • • • • • • • •

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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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.

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