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More than 3 inches of snow to diminish Weather to reach 50s by weekend Newton Daily News

Justin Jagler/Daily News Certified public accountant of Hunt and Associates, Mike Stanley, presents the NCSD Board with the 2016 audit at Monday night’s meeting.

School board approves $10 million bond sale

By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News The Newton Community School District Board of Education was busy reviewing and approving numbers and figures at Monday’s meeting.

A presentation of fiscal year 2016’s audit was provided by certified public accountant Mike Stanley of Hunt and Associates.

Stanley does not foresee any problems popping up for the district.

“I would say that as long as you keep a steady course, you’re going to keep the district in a good, healthy financial condition,” Stanley said.

Newton did a fine job of turning its nutrition fund around in 2016, considering the deficit of the previous year, Stanley said.

Regarding the activities fund, the accountant did note one area that needs to be addressed. There were funds collected by the wrestling and basketball programs in December and January that were not turned in or deposited until April. It is in the district’s best interest to turn those funds in as soon as possible, he said.

Also at Monday’s meeting were Jen Smith and Susanne Gerlach of Public Financial Management to go over the bids on a bond of $10 million for the new Berg Middle School. There were six bids for the project, and the winning bidder was Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Smith said.

The board approved the bond sale.

The Denver, Colo.-based Citigroup provided a true interest rate of 2.8 percent over the 20-

year bond, which is a tremendous rate, Gerlach said. This bond sale is the second of four phases of borrowing for the Berg project.

Citigroup also purchased the first bond for the district last fall.

Superintendent Bob Callaghan said the district appreciates the time and effort put in by Smith and Gerlach.

“The support we’ve gotten from Susanne and Jen over the last four months has been phenomenal,” Callaghan said. “We speak frequently, and they’re great ladies to work with.”

During the superintendent’s report, the district’s maintenance, technology and transportation supervisors delivered reports. Maintenance Supervisor Jack Suttek said there are roofing BOND | 3A

Central Iowa saw more than 3 inches of snow over the weekend along with chilly temperatures, which are predicted to move out by the end of the week.

Following a winter weather advisory for Jasper County, roads were completely covered Monday morning, causing a slower commute. The winter weather advisory ended at 1 p.m. Monday.

High pressure will bring a brisk wind chill, with the coldest morn-

ing likely Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Let the melting begin

by Thursday as highs rise into the lower 50s.

Warmer temperatures are forecast through the weekend with Sunday likely to be in the 50s to lower 60s across much of the state.

The northern part of the state received the most snowfall with Waterloo seeing 10 inches and 8 inches in Hampton.

Last Monday, temperatures reached 70 degrees just before severe thunderstorms and tornadoes hit parts of Central Iowa, which damaged property. The first day of spring is March 20.

Beverage server training course offered March 22

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A Beverage Server Training course is being offered to all Jasper County liquor license holders.

The course is sponsored by the Employee and Family Resources and the Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office and will take place from 10 a.m. to noon March 22 at the Jasper County Emergency Operation Center, 1030 W. Second St. S. The training brings license holders together to get updates on Iowa alcohol law and details the best practices and regulations that affect

alcohol sales. It also works to provide sellers and servers of alcohol the opportunity to network with other establishments.

“Our goal is to get 10 individuals from different establishments to come to the training,” said Katie Bee, Certified Prevention Specialist at EFT. “I encourage anyone in any capacity who ever sells or serves alcohol would be a perfect fit for the training.”

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City taking a second look at Executive Rental Housing Program

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Six months into the Executive Rental Housing Grant program, the city is taking a second look at the perimeters guiding the granting process.

Director of Planning and Zoning Erin Chambers brought the discussion to city council in hopes of finding answers on how to move forward in the program.

“The program is intended to create executive housing units.

We have had one application round and on applications received, which received funding in the amount of $10,000 and will result in two rehabilitated, nice quality units in the upper level of our downtown,” Chambers said. “While that is great success, as a group, fellow economic development leaders and I, we thought maybe that isn’t hitting the mark, and we wanted to have a conversation.”

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Newton Director of Planning and Zoning Erin Chambers, left, discusses the current Executive Rental Housing Program with councilwoman Lin Chapé along with the rest of the city council at its recent meeting. The city is looking to make changes to the program to better suit local employers' needs.

The current program, approved last October, started the first round of granting in December with applications due in mid-January. The target

of the program is to develop 40 executive level rental units with the city offering incentives in the amount of $5,000 per unit, with a minimum

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1:1 match required. A total of $100,000 is set aside for the program.

After conversations with local businesses, Chambers felt it

may be necessary to take a step back and consider other pathways toward creating a housing product in the community that fulfill the identified needs for short term rental scenarios.

One suggestion Chambers brought before council is utilizing the Maytag Park Caretaker’s House as executive rental housing. Another idea is to contact local hotels to see what is offered currently and what the city could do to improve accommodations, if desired.

While council was favorable to those ideas, especially working with the hotels, it cautioned getting too deeply involved in the process.

“What role do employers take in this? I think they are the ones that need to have a part in this and really meet their needs and what would be beneficial to them,” councilwoman Evelyn George said.

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Wind energy facing projected growth

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Submitted Photo Iowa currently leads the United States by generating more than 36 percent of its electricity from wind energy. The wind industry will continue to grow between now and 2020, according to a new report from Navigant Consulting.

Iowa among national leaders, report says

By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News Wind energy’s job creation and economic impact will continue to rise according to a new report by Navigant Consulting.

The report, which was produced for the American Wind Energy Association, analyzed wind industry employment and investment over the next few years. Navigant projects total United States wind employment will reach 248,000 jobs by 2020, which is a growth of more than 50,000.

The report also found that the industry’s economic impact will grow by more than $4 billion over the next three years. Much of this growth will be due to the extension of the Production Tax Credit, according to Navigant.

According to the consulting company’s data, Iowa will rank No. 3 in the nation for wind employment from 2017-2020, behind only Texas and Colorado. Navigant projects more than 17,000 wind jobs in Iowa by 2020.

Currently, Iowa leads the country

by generating more than 36 percent of its electricity from wind energy, according to the Iowa Wind Energy Association. Iowa’s commitment to renewable energy goes back to 1983, when it became the first state to adopt a renewable portfolio standard by enacting the Alternative Energy Production Law. Newton has felt the direct impact of the wind industry. TPI Composites and Trinity Structural Towers both contribute to the state’s booming wind economy. Both companies also helped fill a much needed employment void in the aftermath of Maytag’s departure from the city.

Navigant’s Bruce Hamilton, who directed the report for AWEA, said wind is currently the most competitive source of renewable energy. The industry’s future is bullish in the long-term, he said.

“In the last 5-10 years, costs have come down by two-thirds,” Hamilton said. “Turbines are getting smarter.”

Rural Iowa is especially impacted by wind’s expansion. Farmers and ranchers, who own most of the land being used for wind energy, see

benefits economically. Additionally, wind turbines may benefit crops by affecting air temperature and carbon dioxide concentrations, according to an Iowa State University study released in December.

“Growing wind energy revitalizes America’s rural areas and Rust Belt manufacturing centers,” said Tom Kiernan, CEO of AWEA. “With over 100,000 jobs today, the industry is just getting started.”

In 2015, the PTC was simultaneously extended and scheduled to be phased out. By 2019, wind energy will be the only major source of energy without a dedicated federal incentive, according to AWEA. The PTC’s aim is to keep wind energy attractive for investors who finance new wind farms by providing tax incentives. It was originally authored by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and became law in 1992. Hamilton said the looming loss of the PTC will be one of the industry’s most immediate challenges in the coming years.

Contact Justin Jagler at 641-792-3121 ext . 6532 or jjagler@newtondailynews.com

Trade, mergers and farm legislation are issues to watch as Congress hits its stride this spring, according to governmental relations experts representing two of the nation’s most influential farm lobbying organizations.

Speaking last week at Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Mary Kay Thatcher, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation and Zach Clark, government relations representative for the National Farmers Union, expressed alarm about trade given the importance of foreign markets to U.S. agriculture products.

“We are very concerned about the rhetoric coming out of the administration, we don’t want a trade war,” Clark said. “There needs to be nuance in this discussion so we hope it will come and come quickly.”

Thatcher echoed the sentiment and cited the AFBF’s displeasure over withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which research conducted by the organization estimated would have provided a $4.4 billion boost per year for the ag economy.

The AFBF previously estimated the 12-country free trade agreement — supported by the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) — would have increased cash receipts for soybeans by nearly $530 million after full implementation or $73.5 million in Iowa. An expected increase in meat exports, especially pork, would have indirectly helped soy farmers too.

Taxation issues highlighted the organizations’ differences, particularly the estate tax.

“We are in favor of a reformed estate tax,” Clark said. “There is anecdotal evidence that this is a problem for farmers, I would expect that most of that is pre-2001.

Outright repeal, we are opposed to.”

Thatcher disagreed, saying there is nothing “anecdotal about the money farmers are spending on getting the right Certified Public Accountants and counsel involved in farm succession planning.”

Thatcher and Clark also had contrasting views on the pending mergers of three of agriculture’s biggest crop input companies.

Mergers of Bayer AG and Monsanto, Syngenta and China National Chemical Corp. and DuPont Pioneer and Dow Chemical Co. are in the works.

“We are opposed to those mergers and have always been opposed to mergers because it drives down competition for producers,” Clark said. “We have done white papers against all three mergers.”

Funds available for conservation research and demonstration projects DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced the State Soil Conservation Committee Research and Demonstration Fund has assistance available for research, education or demonstration projects focused on reducing nonpoint pollution. Funds are available to collaborative teams of scientists, farmers, institutions, soil and water conservation districts and educators.

Applications must be submitted to the State Soil Con-

servation Committee by May 19. A July 1 start date for selected projects is anticipated.

“Projects should be focused on sustaining and improving the environmental quality of our soil and water.

We all recognize that we still have a lot to learn about protecting and improving our soils and water, and these funds are targeted towards projects that will improve their sustainability,” Northey said.

Successful projects should be focused on sustaining

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and improving environmental quality or the natural resource base on which agriculture depends. Applications should also explain how the projects would enhance the quality of life for farmers, rural communities, and society as a whole.

Expected outcomes for the project and how they will assist in working toward these objectives, how project outcomes will be evaluated, and the impact of projects should all be clearly explained in the application.

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“We are looking for projects that help us continue towards our mission of better soil conservation and water quality protection,” said Dale Farnham, Chairperson of the State Soil Conservation Committee.

Funding level for the grant program is established by the State Soil Conservation Committee and it is anticipated that $150,000 will be available this year. Individual grants cannot exceed $50,000 total over a three year period.

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Local & State News Designated O’Driver: NPD asks drivers to be safe for the holiday Newton Daily News The Newton Police Department is urging partiers this St. Patrick’s Day to find a safe ride home if you plan on drinking.

Before you decide to go out and drink, line up a designated sober driver, utilize GTSB’s & AAA’s Tow to Go Program or find another alternative ride home.

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the deadliest holidays in America. Last year, there were no fatalities in Iowa over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, but there were 458 crashes resulting in 756 injuries, of which 16 were serious. A majority of the serious crashes on St. Patrick’s Day happen between midnight and 6 a.m.

No matter if you choose to drink or be the designated driver — remember that wearing your seat belt will provide the most protection in the event you don’t have the “luck of the Irish” and are involved in a crash.

Together, we can make this St. Patrick’s Day holiday a safe one and again have no fatalities.

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Bond Continued from Page 1A projects at Woodrow Wilson and Emerson Hough scheduled for the summer. Also during the summer, the high school will undergo a heating and cooling project and touch ups to the parking lot.

Board President Tra-

vis Padget asked Suttek about how the new Berg Middle School will impact the maintenance budget. Suttek said to expect big number changes.

“As we’ve all known since day one — 50 percent of our time is spent in (Berg),” Suttek said. “That’s a rough estimate. I foresee a lot of maintenance money go-

Housing Continued from Page 1A Newton Development Corporation Executive Director Frank Liebl said some of the employers he speaks to regularly would be interested in subsidizing executive rental properties, if they were available.

“One employer said they have about 11 employers that they bring in for 13 week stints and then they are gone, but we have nothing like that. There is a need,” Liebl said.

He did warn that not having anything available to local employers could end up hurting the city in the long run.

“If we don’t have anything, they are sending the executives to Altoona and Ankeny, and as a result,

ing down because that building nickels and dimes us.”

Technology Supervisor Dan Sloan said the high school will upgrade its iPads this year. The current tablets are four years old and are starting to fail, Sloan said.

Some of the older iPads will be saved as reserve units.

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they are falling in love with those communities and then when it time to buy a home, they aren’t coming here,” Liebl said.

Other topics Chambers mentioned included making the granting more flexible, such as being project oriented instead of a $5,000 max grant and if the term executive rental is the correct verbiage to use for the program.

“In our meeting last week, we heard that executive rental doesn’t really fit what they would define their need as because their employees aren’t necessarily executives but very professional and needing a place to stay,” Chambers said.

Council suggested the terms extended stay or short-term stay and the possibility of using more than one term depending on who will

orda gave the update for the district’s transportation department.

He said the buses will be moved to the south side of Berg next year to better accommodate the student population of more than 500 in the busy afternoons.

Contact Justin Jagler at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jjagler@newtondailynews.com

be using the services.

“I like the idea of us utilizing our caretaker’s house that has been empty and putting money into that, making it available for our companies. First of all, it gets the house utilizes and second I like the idea of pursuing the hotels and see what they have to offer,” mayor Mike Hansen said. “I agree that it is the employers that need to be active in this but if there is some incentive money that we could help with the cost of furnishing it to bring it up to the standard on a one time deal, then I think that is where it stops.”

Future discussions on the program are planned as additional research and work is done.

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

Newton student named to All-Iowa Academic Team

File Photo A Beverage Server Training course is on tap from 10 a.m. to noon March 22 at the Jasper County Emergency Operation Center, 1030 W. Second St. S. There is no charge to attend the program.

Training Continued from Page 1A rights and responsibilities if a customer presents an invalid ID, how best to handle customers who have had too much to drink, how to avoid over-serving patrons and the best practices for using amusement devices.

Beverage Server Training also serves as a platform for providers to share successes, barriers and concerns related to working in the industry.

Participants will receive completion certificates, which may help establishments reduce their costs of dram shop and liability insurance.

There is no charge to attend the program. For more information or to register email emarble@ efr.org or call 515-471-2327. Registration is requested by Friday.

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

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Submitted Photo Eighteen Des Moines Area Community College students named to the 2017 All-Iowa Academic Team were honored at a recent recognition banquet held in Des Moines. Connor Scheffler, of Newton, was among those honored.

The DMACC team, receiving congratulations from DMACC President Rob Denson (back row, left), includes, from left, front row: Alexius Ridenour of Jefferson, Scheffler of Newton, Michael Berg of Marshalltown and Robert Kitchen of Story City; middle row: Ashlee Osier of Bondurant, Molly Hebert of Urbandale, Kelsey Hill of Urbandale, Sydney Robertson of Shellsburg, Daykota Shelton of Des Moines, Mariana Pacheco of Ledyard and Alana Platte of Fairbank; back row: Denson, Jared Neal of West Des Moines, Reed Hoeness of Des Moines, Madison Martin of Madrid, Elizabeth Rohret of Boone, Taha Gesalla of Des Moines and Cassie Harrington of Des Moines.

A total of 63 students from all 15 of Iowa‘s Community Colleges were named to the All-Iowa Academic Team. DMACC student Cheikh Diallo of Ames was named to the All-Iowa Academic Team but was not at the award ceremony.

St. Ambrose University students on fall dean’s list Newton natives, Colton Hansen and Amber Karsten were named to the St. Ambrose University dean’s list for the fall 2016 term.

Those who were honored had to be full-time students and achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

Founded in 1882 by the Diocese of Davenport, St. Ambrose is a private, coeducational, comprehensive university with a firm grounding

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ast weekend, to beat some of the winter blues and cure our cabin fever, my family took a little staycation. We didn’t go far, about 30 miles west to Adventureland Inn, but it was a much needed time away with my kiddos and husband.

Ever since the girls went back to school, I started to get the question “when will we go swimming again?”

During the past summer, the girls really found themselves as swimmers.

At the beginning of the year, they still wanted to wear their life jackets and just danced around in the water.

After I don’t know how many hours in the water and a weeks worth of swimming lessons, they were different girls. They would plunge under the water, actually swim around the pool and never asked to wear an assistance while in the water, except for goggles.

Keeping me on my toes Jamee A. Pierson Last year, my husband’s company sent us to a resort in southern Iowa for its holiday party. Since then, the girls had the idea that sometime during the winter we would venture to a hotel with a pool, or even better, an indoor water park. They also greatly enjoyed the water park in the hotel we stayed at in Omaha, mentioning frequently how fun it was and it would be great to go back.

Quite a few years ago, once again for my husband’s work, we stayed at the Adventureland Inn. While there, I found out there had a small indoor water park, complete with a couple of slides and two pools for swimming.

After checking prices, I decided it would be a good time to take the

plunge (literally and figuratively.) We ventured to Des Moines to run a few errands before we could check into the hotel. The girls knew they were going to get a surprise but didn’t know what it was. Their guesses included McDonald’s and a toy store.

When we arrived they were excited to pull into Adventureland and then even more excited when they realized we were staying at a hotel, complete with a pool. In our errands earlier in the day, I picked them each up new swimsuits, in part because they are growing like crazy, and presented them before we got ready and headed to the pool.

It was pure euphoria for my two little fishes. They hopped right in and swam around like summer was only a week ago. For the first half of our swimming night, my husband and I joined the girls in the pool. It is always extra fun when mom and dad swim with you.

We got a little surprise at the perfect time which kicked us out of the pool to go eat dinner. Eating both pizza and McDonald’s, the girls were in heaven.

When dinner was done, we headed back down to swim for about two more hours. They never got tired of jumping and splashing, and I have to say it was great seeing them so happy.

As bedtime started to roll around, we had to play a little game of hide and seek before they would exit the pool, but after so much swimming, it was a little easier to coax them out.

Our staycation ended with a viewing of the new “Lego Batman Movie” before heading home to our nice and slightly more comfortable beds.

The girls had a great time, and I can’t wait to see their reaction to our actual vacation this year, water parks in the Wisconsin Dells.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at jpierson@newtondailynews.com

Living and Dion Marc Dion

A bowl of stew I had a bowl of stew for dinner tonight. It was the old-fashioned kind of stew. Meat. Potatoes. Carrots.

Onions. Mushrooms. My wife made it in the crockpot.

My mother never used mushrooms in her stew.

She did, however, throw in a handful of frozen green peas at the end of the cooking.

“Makes it more colorful,” she would say.

My Scots-Irish grandmother made it with neither mushrooms nor peas, and she used a much cheaper stew meat than my mother bought or than my wife buys today.

My French grandmother didn’t use mushrooms or peas, but she’d use beef heart and lung as the meat if they were available and cheaper than stew beef.

I know how to make stew like that, though no one taught me. I just kind of absorbed how to make stew, sucked it in with the meat juices.

Back in the ‘70s, when I was a kid, I couldn’t understood the flap over women working. The women in my family always worked. Both my grandmothers worked in cotton mills. The women in the mills sucked tuberculosis into their lungs and died young.

My mother worked in a bank. My wife is a reporter.

My French grandmother was illiterate. My ScotsIrish grandmother finished grade school. My mother got one year of teachers college. My wife has a four-year degree.

My French grandmother was a socialist. She lived in America for 67 years and never learned to speak English. Four of her boys served in World War II, two of them in combat.

My mother was sexually harassed on a job she had, back in the ‘50s. She drove one of her spiked heels into his instep.

“He screamed,” she said when she told me. “Like a little kid.”

My French grandmother once hit a mill boss with a metal dipper because she went to get a drink and found dead cockroaches floating in the water. She was fired on the spot. She ended up on a blacklist of intractable women, but she could always get a job.

“You just gave a different name at the next job,” he said to me in French. “We were all the same to them.”

She told me that, when she worked under a false name, some of the other women in the mill might know her real name, but not one of them ever ratted her out to a boss.

Yes. The women in my family always worked, mostly for men, most often for less than the other men in the building. The newspaper where my wife and I work is union, and we receive the same amount of pay because we both do the same work.

My wife’s name is Deborah. Her work nickname is “Lady MacDeath” because she has covered so many murders. She sometimes wears wardrobe items involving sequins, and enjoys looking at pictures of cats on the internet.

All four of these women made stew for me, something I wear like a medal. Four women. Four pairs of hands slicing potatoes. Four kinds of perfume, two languages, heart and lung and beef and good, rich broth.

All of them worked, all of them strove and argued and just plain talked back.

What did I do to celebrate Women’s Day? I ate a bowl of stew made by four strong women, each of them adding an ingredient over more than 100 years.

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Constitutional rights debated Long hours of debate consumed a large portion of our time at the Capitol during week 9. Voter ID bill HF 516 and Gun bill HF 517 took up the majority of our debate.

HF 516 would, among other provisions, require citizens without a photo ID to show a specific voter ID card at the polls issued by the Secretary of State. It’s been a point of pride for years that the state of Iowa has a well-earned reputation for high voting process integrity. Only Vermont ranks higher on a national list of states. This reputation has been made possible by excellent county auditors and highly responsible voters who are committed to participating in the voting process. It’s one reason why Iowa continues to have the honor of hosting the first Presidential caucus every four or eight years. Democrats wonder why, then, have Republicans decided to make such a push for a new system to “assure voter integrity” at the polls. HF 516 changes requirements about what kind of identification citizens need to present to poll workers before they vote. While it might make intuitive sense that it’s natural and easy that a person needs to provide a driver’s license or other specific voter ID card (which HF 516 calls for) to vote, it is actually discriminatory. Many Iowans, on Election Day, would not be able to locate and present a separate voter ID card.

Identification to register to vote is important, and auditors make sure that citizens who want to exercise the constitutional right show proper ID at the time they register. Identification is thoroughly established at the time of registration. While most people reading this newsletter have ID’s that they could easily show at the polls, there are many thousands of Iowans who

State View Rep. Wes Breckenridge do not. These groups would include the elderly who have never or no longer drive, the disabled and lower income Iowans. Also college students, many of whom come to Iowa from out of state, are able to register to vote with their Iowa county auditor with proper documentation. But requiring a student or an elderly person or a disabled person to have a voter card issued by the Secretary of State puts a distinct barrier in the way of voting on Election Day. When people face obstacles to voting, even though those citizens have already been properly vetted, voter participation rates fall. The State of Iowa should not be putting hindrances in the way of civic participation.

Another concern is the implementation of this Voter ID program and the lack of resources allocated to educate the public and train our poll workers. If it is the desire to make this change there should be resources and time to educate the public. I voiced these concerns as well as others and asked we pause and take into consideration our auditors’ recommendations so we may work together to become number one in the nation in voter integrity.

Other states who have enacted voter ID requirements have ended up spending millions of dollars to defending constitutional lawsuits brought by voting rights groups.

With the major de-appropriations that occurred recently we don’t have the funding to implement and litigate this Voter ID program. This bill is touted as Modernization of Voter Integrity. But let us not rush this modernization, as we saw with the rushed Modernization of

Medicaid. We have seen what happens when legislation is not well thought out and was rushed to implementation.

The voter suppression bill (HF 516) passed the House and will be sent to the Senate chambers.

The Gun bill that was proposed and passed out of the House Chambers broadens the self-defense component of current law in chapter 704 of the Iowa Code as well as reduces the number of background checks conducted along with other changes. In conversations with Jasper County Attorney Mike Jacobsen, he voiced concerns with broadening the scope of chapter 704 of Iowa Code, as this bill does.

I echo his concerns with broadening the scope and would say we currently have the right to protect ourselves with reasonable force.

During the debate, Representative Wolfe submitted an amendment that would clarify chapter 704 and the rights we have; unfortunately it failed passage. As a police officer and supporter of the 2nd Amendment, I believe in responsible gun ownership and want Iowans to be safe. I submitted two amendments that would have addressed safety through training and background checks. Unfortunately, neither of these amendments passed which would have made us safer. With the passage of this bill from the House Chambers it now goes to the Senate Chambers for debate.

Watch for these bills coming up for debate next week: HF 295 concerns pre-emption of local ordinances on minimum wage, products and civil rights; and HF 518, which makes broad changes to Iowa’s workers’ compensation laws. The bill reduces employers’ liability to provide benefits to workers injured on the job, and tilts the claims procedures in favor of employers.

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

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Births Jack Patrick Keller and Quinn Knight Keller

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Feb. 11, 2017

March 13, 2017

Cameron and Nicole Keller, of West Des Moines, announce the birth of their twin sons, Jack Patrick and Quinn Knight, born Feb. 11, 2017, at Unity Point in Des Moines. The babies weighed 5 pounds, 9 ounces

Allan J. Cupples, 66, died Monday, March 13, 2017, at his home in Newton.

Funeral services for Allan are pending, and the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, have been entrusted with the arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.pencefh.com.

Olivia Alice Seaman Feb. 4, 2017 Benjamin and Jessica Seaman, of Newton, announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Alice Seaman, born Feb. 4, 2017, at Skiff

Jasper County Take Away Hunger sets next meal packing event

and 5 pounds, 5 ounces, respectively. Also welcoming them home is big sister, Rowan, 3.

Grandparents are Dr. Patrick Edwards and Catherine Fouts, of Lambs Grove, and Marlin and Jolinda Keller, of Newton.

Great-grandparents are L.G. “Jerry” and Margaret Fouts, of Omaha, Neb., Rosalie Keller, of Newton and Caroline Knight, of Newton.

Medical Center in Newton. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches in length.

Also welcoming her home is a sister, Alaina Seaman, 18 months.

Grandparents are Daniel Ingle, of Douds, Shelly Fox, of Newton, Scott Seaman, of

Des Moines and Cindy Sowder, of Des Moines.

Great-grandparents are James and Shirley Fox, of Newton, Larry and Illa Ingle, of Newton, Karen and Terry Clark, of Des Moines and Bill and Sharron Seaman, of Des Moines.

Colfax resident visits with Apollo astronaut

The Jasper County Take Away Hunger will package food to be sent to parts of the world to feed families where there is a shortage of food March 25 at Lynnville Friends Church in Lynnville.

All are welcome, such as churches, service clubs, businesses, scout troops and individuals who would be willing to come to help with the packaging event. Deadline for registering of a team or individual who is willing to work with others is March 18.

Contact Bill Bennett at jasper.co.tah@gmail. com to register or to receive more information about the event

Submitted Photo Greg Huff, of Colfax, gets an autograph and an opportunity to visit with Apollo 15 Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer Al Worden following Worden’s interview with Des Moines Area Community College West Campus Provost Tony Paustian at the “Celebrate! Innovation” annual event on the West Campus. Other ciWeek speakers included Apollo 16 astronaut Ken Mattingly, beatbox world champion Kaila Mullady, New York Times best-selling author and “zombie expert” Max Brooks, world-renowned rock climber Kevin Jorgeson, former University of Iowa Wrestling Coach and Gold Medalist Dan Gable and 17-time Academy Award nominated sound engineer Greg Russell.

Kindergarten Round Up at PCM

Registration open for free Mental Health First Aid Training

PCM Community School district will be hosting Kindergarten Round-Up April 28.

If your child is five years old by Sept. 15, 2017, he/she is eligible to attend. If you have a child that does not currently attend the PCM district, call the appropriate office to get your child registered.

Monroe Elementary can be reached at 641259-2314.

To contact Prairie City Elementary call 515-994-2377.

Newton Daily News Free Mental Health First Aid Training will be offered in Newton from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 4 and April 6 at Newton DMACC, room 210B, 600 N. Second. Ave. W. in Newton.

Anyone can be a Mental Health First Aider. The training will teach you how to support an individual who is experiencing

a mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is found; signs and symptoms of the most common and most severe mental health conditions; the impact of mental health issues on individuals, families and communities; a five step action plan to help an individual showing signs of a mental health issue or who is in crisis; and local resources and

where to find help.

This training is presented by Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Jessica Virzi, and Jennifer Kramer, Licensed Master Social Worker, from Capstone Behavioral Healthcare. The training is offered in two four-hour sessions. Space is limited.

Register to at virzij@ capstonebh.com or 641-792-4012 ext. 420.

Participants must register by March 31.

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

Dinner will be in the basement of the church.

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

• NCT presents “Pvt. Wars” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Newton Community Theatre, 1701 S. Eighth Ave. E. Open to the public, freewill donation.

Members of the Newton Community Theatre are preparing this production for entry in the Iowa Community Theatre Festival March 17.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

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

• Newton Rural Benefited Fire District will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Newton Fire Department, 410 S. Second Ave. W. Public meeting.

• Kindergarten Roundup will begin at 8 a.m.

Wednesday at Newton Christian School, 1710 N. 11th Ave. E. Children who will be 5 years of age

by Sept. 15 are eligible for kindergarten. Contact the school office at 641-791-1924 or ncs@newtonchristianschool.com to register for roundup

by March 13.

• Sen. Joni Ernst Representatives office hours will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jasper County Courthouse Basement Conference Room, 101 First St. N. in Newton. Representatives from Ernst’s office will be available in counties throughout the state to assist Iowans with problems or questions. Sen. Ernst will not be at the traveling office hours.

• Free Community Meal will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton. Those interested may enter the church through the glass/ elevator doors on the Second Avenue East side or through the single glass door off the north parking lot. The meals are open to the public and everyone is welcome.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Jason S. Woody, 40, of Newton, was charged with domestic abuse assault, first offense, at 7:23 p.m. Wednesday after police were called to 616 E. Seventh St. N. in reference to a domestic assault. Police arrived and met with the victim and witnesses who told police Woody and the victim had an argument in the house over Woody wearing shoes in the house.

Woody allegedly became aggressive and raised his fists.

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The victim hit Woody, and Woody hit the victim back.

The victim didn’t have any visible injuries. Woody said he hit the victim because he was hit first. Woody was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• James F. Duncan, 43, of Marengo, was charged with operating while under the influence, third offense, driving with license suspended and open container after police were called at 7:40 p.m. on Interstate 80 East in reference to

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a reckless driver. Duncan was passing the 157 mile marker in a silver Grand Prix. An officer waited at the 164 exit and saw a vehicle matching the description swerving between lanes and traveling at a high rate of speed. Police pulled Duncan over at the 168 exit. Duncan’s license had been suspended for non-payment. Duncan told police he had been drinking and had two open containers in the vehicle. Duncan refused all sobriety tests. Duncan was ar-

rested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Justin L. Williams, 25, of Austin, Texas, was charged with operating while under the influence at 10 p.m. Saturday after police responded to a call of a reckless driver traveling east in the 400 block of First Avenue West. Williams appeared to have blood shot, watery eyes. Williams refused a breath test. Williams was released and issued a citation to appear in court.

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Daughter’s efforts are never good enough for her family DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15-year-old girl, and I’m struggling with abuse. I’m mentally and physically abused by my family constantly, yet they make me out to be the abusive one. I could do amazing on a test, and they yell at me for something that happened on the last one. They’re always pushing me so hard to do better that it’s making me do worse.

How can I make my family see that I’m not them, and I can do good if they just give me the chance to learn from my mistakes? — STRUGGLING IN WISCONSIN DEAR STRUGGLING: Parents always want their children to perform to their level of capacity. Because you say you are being abused physically and emotionally for your inability to live up to your family’s expectations, discuss what’s going on with a counselor at your school. It’s possible there needs to be an intervention by someone they will listen to. Please don’t wait to do it.

DEAR ABBY: My husband of three years has visits with his son every Tuesday and Thursday evening. My mother-in-law picks up her grandson, takes him to her home and makes dinner for the three of them. I work 10hour days Monday through Friday and am not able to attend these dinners.

My question is, isn’t it proper etiquette that my mother-in-law should send a plate of food home for me with my husband? She never has, and I think this is rude and inconsiderate of her. What is your opinion? — HUNGRY IN EL PASO DEAR HUNGRY: Although brief, your letter speaks volumes about your relationship with your mother-inlaw, which appears could be better. No rule of etiquette dictates that she is obligated to send a plate of her food home with her son for you. Perhaps if your relationship with her was warmer, or your husband was thoughtful enough to suggest it, she would. However, since you asked, my opinion is that

rather than complain, you should pick up some take-out on your way home from work.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 22-year-old college student on the verge of graduating this May. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for more than five years, and I am extremely close with his family, especially his sister “Claudia” and her three children (ages 6, 3 and 6 months).

My parents are throwing me a graduation party at their home, and they don’t want any guests under the age of 10. How do I tell Claudia — a dear friend — that her children won’t be invited without upsetting her? (I have small cousins who won’t be attending either.)

It truly is nothing personal, but I know she will probably take it personally. I don’t want to cause drama, but I do want to honor my parents’ wishes that no small children be present. How do I tell her? Help! — SOON-TOBE GRADUATE DEAR SOON-TO-BE GRADUATE: You are not hosting the party; your parents are. As the hosts, it is their privilege to decide whom to invite — or not. When Claudia is invited, your parents should explain that they prefer children under the age of 10 not be present, and soften it if necessary by explaining there are small nieces and nephews who will not be attending as well.

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Man accused of drug theft from pharmacy COUNCIL BLUFFS — A Nebraska man has been accused of stealing prescription painkillers while working for a pharmacy in Council Bluffs. Justin Gardner, of Omaha, is charged with two counts of possession and one of theft. Online records said Monday that Gardner remained in Pottawattamie County custody. A police report says Gardner told a manager at the Walgreens store and then detectives that he stole the pills and sold them. Gardner’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday.

2 Woman pleads not guilty to school booster club theft

MANLY — A trial has been scheduled for a woman accused of stealing more than $9,300 from a northern Iowa high school athletics booster club when she was treasurer. Court records say 37-year-old Autumn Dillavou has pleaded not guilty to a theft charge. Authorities say she took the money from the Central Springs High School Athletic Booster Club in Manly from May through December 2016.

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SIOUX CITY — The Sioux City school board is urging Congress to support immigrant students.

The board voted Monday for a resolution that urged members of the U.S. House and Senate to adopt the Bridge Act. The measure would continue protections granted to young people under the program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which is aimed at helping young people who arrived in this country as children.

Proposed chicken farm raises concerns MASON CITY — Residents and officials are uneasy about a proposed farm slated to house 98,000 chickens that will likely be approved with little oversight from Cerro Gordo County. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reviewing a manure management plan for the proposed Wharam Creek Poultry facility. The farm would be just 2,000 birds shy of requiring regulation for large animal feeding confinements in Iowa. Instead, it faces less strict regulations and less county input.

5 One person hospitalized after apartment blaze

CHARLES CITY — Authorities say one person was hospitalized after a fire damaged an apartment building in Charles City. The Charles City Fire Department says firetrucks were dispatched around 12:10 a.m. Monday. Firefighters reported seeing flames on the first floor as they arrived. They reported control of the fire within 15 minutes. One tenant was taken to Floyd County Medical Center for treatment.

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King criticized for racially charged comments WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and some Republicans on Monday criticized a veteran GOP congressman for saying America can’t restore “our civilization with somebody else’s babies” and warning of a liberal effort to destroy Western civilization through immigration.

On Twitter Sunday, Rep. Steve King of Iowa paid tribute to a Dutch politician who opposes immigration and has spoken against Islam. It came as the Dutch prepare for an election.

King, who has served in the House since 2003, said Geert Wilders “understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”

In an interview Monday on CNN, King said he stood by his remarks. King said, “I meant exactly what I said,” and noted that he delivers the same message to countries in Europe.

“We need to get our birth rates up or Europe will be entirely transformed within a half a century or a little more,” King said.

AP Photo In this file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa speaks in Des Moines. King in a tweet Sunday paid tribute to Geert Wilders, a veteran member of the Dutch Parliament who founded the Party of Freedom.

A spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called on GOP leadership to condemn King’s statements, saying they must decide whether “white supremacy is welcome in the GOP ranks.”

“Republican Congressman Steve King’s vile racism has no place in decent society, much less in the U.S. Congress,” said spokesman Drew Hammill.

“But once again, disgusting hatred has been met with deaf-

ening silence from Speaker (Paul) Ryan.”

AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for Ryan, subsequently responded that Ryan took issue with King’s comments.

“The speaker clearly disagrees and believes America’s long history of inclusiveness is one of its great strengths,” Strong said.

When asked whether he is promoting a kind of white nationalism, King said the debate isn’t about advancing a partic-

ular race but rather advancing American culture and Western civilization.

“This is an effort on the left, I think, to break down the American civilization, the American culture and turn it into something entirely different. I’m a champion for Western civilization,” he said.

In defending his remarks, King told CNN said there’s been too much focus on race and wants to see Americans “bonded together.”

“If you go down the road a few generations or maybe centuries with the intermarriage, I’d like to see an America that (is) so homogenous that we look a lot the same from that perspective. I think there’s far too much focus on race, especially in the last eight years. I want to see that put behind us,” King said.

Jeff Kaufmann, chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, took issue with King’s comments.

“First of all, I do not agree with Congressman King’s statement,” Kaufmann said in a press release. “We are a nation of immigrants, and diversity is the strength of any nation and

Tribes ask judge to stop Dakota Access pipeline oil from flowing BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two Native American tribes who are suing to stop the Dakota Access pipeline have asked a judge to head off the imminent flow of oil while they appeal his decision allowing the pipeline’s construction to be completed.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg last week rejected the request of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to stop construction of the final segment of the pipeline under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota from which the tribes get their water.

The pipeline’s developer, Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, expects to have the work done and the pipeline filled with oil as early as this week.

The tribes maintain that an oil pipeline under the lake they consider sacred violates their right to practice their religion, which relies on clean water. In his decision last week, Boasberg said the tribes didn’t raise the religion argument in a timely fashion and he questioned its merits.

Cheyenne River attorney Nicole Ducheneaux on Friday appealed the ruling to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She also asked Boasberg to “prevent the flow of oil through the Dakota Access pipeline” until the appeal is resolved.

“Should construction continue during the appeals process, the last opportunity for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to defend its tribal members’ free exercise of religion will be lost,” Ducheneaux wrote.

Boasberg on Monday gave ETP and the Army Corps of Engineers until Tuesday to file their responses to the request.

any community.”

Most members of the House were still back in their home districts Monday, muting reaction from King’s colleagues.

But a couple of Florida Republicans took to Twitter to voice displeasure at his remarks.

“Get a clue, @SteveKingIA. Diversity is our strength. All looking alike is such a waste.

A travesty. I wanna be me. All others are taken,” said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who was born to Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s regime in the 1960s, asked King via Twitter: “What exactly do you mean? Do I qualify as “somebody else’s baby?” #concernedGOPcolleague” Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a civil rights leader in the 1960s, said the United States is a melting pot of cultures, traditions, appearance and languages.

“Rep. King’s statement is bigoted and racist. It suggests there is one cultural tradition and one appearance that all of humanity should conform to,” Lewis said. “These ideas have given rise to some of the worst atrocities in human history, and they must be condemned.”

Another ‘Hamilton’ tour to crisscross America next year NEW YORK (AP) — Can’t get to see “Hamilton?” Take heart — another national tour is kicking off early next year.

Producer Jeffrey Seller said Monday a second tour of the megahit musical will start in Seattle for six weeks in February 2018. It then goes to Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Costa Mesa, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Des Moines; Cleveland, Ohio; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The new company follows the first national tour, which began in San Francisco last week, as well as the Chicago production, which began in September 2016, and the London staging, which debuts in November.

“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multiple award-winning take on the nation’s first U.S. treasury secretary, has a varied score and has been cheered for reclaiming the nation’s founding story with a multicultural cast.

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Submitted Photo by Katya Chilingiri Julian Gargiulo is a dynamic classical pianist who performs the compositions of renowned masters with extraordinary passion and precision. He will perform as part of the Jasper County Concert Association’s next musical performance. It begins at 7 p.m.

Friday at NHS’ Center for Performance.

Piano Conversations with Julian Gargiulo set for Friday Newton Daily News Julian Lawrence Gargiulo is a dynamic classical pianist who performs the compositions of renowned masters with extraordinary passion and precision, and fills the concert hall with his personal brand of charm, humor and charisma.

Gargiulo brings his charm and humor as well as his great virtuosity here to Newton at 7 p.m. March 17 to perform at Newton High School Center for Performance as part of the Jasper County Concert

Association.

Gargiulo has performed throughout the world, always receiving both public and critical acclaim. His TV and radio appearances include major stations in many countries.

Born and educated in Italy, Gargiulo has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship. He has studied at conservatories in Italy and Russia as well as the US where he has earned degrees from Peabody Conservatory and the University of Maryland.

He is the founder and artistic director of the Water Island Music Festival

in the Virgin Islands. Julian currently resides in New York City.

His program is varied and encompasses some familiar classical pieces like the De Falla Fire Dance, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumble Bee and Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude as well as several of his own interesting pieces.

Gargiulo also provides a keyboard video so members of his audience can see his hands do their spectacular work.

For further information, contact Nina Robson at 641-792-3401.

DES MOINES — A total of 59 Iowa cities and community organizations are receiving grants totaling $212,500 through MidAmerican Energy’s “Trees Please!” energy efficiency program.

The program provides grants to communities to fund tree planting projects in public areas such as parks and city-owned properties. Since 1998, MidAmerican Energy has awarded more than $3.8 million in funding.

“We’re proud to give back to communities through the ‘Trees Please!’ program,” said Tina Yoder, director, energy efficiency for MidAmerican Energy. “Trees provide many benefits, including energy efficiency. Trees serve as natural windbreaks in the winter and provide shade to homes and businesses in the summer.”

Yoder said planting the right tree in the right place can lead to energy savings. According to USDA Forest Service research, strategically placed mature trees can cut annual air conditioning demands up to 56 percent and heating costs up to 3 percent.

Cities and community organizations submit applications to MidAmerican Energy to be considered for “Trees Please!” grants of $1,000 or more.

Grant recipients are selected based on the individual merits of the project, the benefit to the community, and the ability to obtain matching funds.

Checks will be delivered to winning communities beginning this month.

For more information about “Trees Please!” call 800-434-4017 or visit MidAmerican Energy’s Plant Trees, Save Energy web page.

Search for Mrs. Iowa International 2017 begins Newton Daily News Applications are now being accepted for the title of Mrs. Iowa International 2017, an official preliminary to the Mrs. International Pageant which will be held at The Culture Center in Charleston, W.V. The dates are Aug. 7-13.

The woman selected as Mrs. Iowa International 2017 will become an ambassador from Iowa and will receive an official title, crown and sash.

Competitions will include: • Private one-on-one interview, with each contestant selecting a platform, which she will speak about throughout her reign 50 percent • Fitness Wear (in lieu of swimsuit competition) 25 percent • Evening Gown husbands escorting their wives on stage 25 percent Married women between the ages of 21-56 living or working in Iowa interested should call Mary Richardson national executive director at: 540-989-5992 or email Marv@mrsintemational.com

MAT athletes find success at Iowa Falls meet 11 — Sara Huffman, second place: age 13-14-Lyris Kapayou, first place.

Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Ella Marting, first place; Emma Marting, second place; Lexi Farrell, fourth place: age 15-16 Madison Kremer-Awes, third place: age 17 — Chelsea Trotter, first place.

Newton Daily News The MAT Tumbling and Trampoline Team traveled to Iowa Falls to compete in a USTA Trampoline and Tumbling competition.

MAT took more than 40 team members to this meet, and they had a great showing.

Athletes were challenged with different pass combinations and progressions, and they each stepped up and accepted the challenge.

For more information on upcoming events or classes at MAT Tumbling and Trampoline, check out its website at www.mattumblers.com. The following are results from the Iowa Falls competition.

Tumbling results Sub Beginner Girls: age 5 — Tariah Grant, third place Beginner Girls: age 5 — Landrey Harris, sixth place: age 6 — Avery Osgood, second place, Evalyn Clark third place; Jalyn Ridout, fifth place: Brooke Ward, fifth place;

Submitted Photo Janiyah Jackson, (center) of Newton, earned first place in the Novice Girls age 9 division of the tumbling competition.

Camia Ward, sixth place: age 8 — Journey McCartt, first place; Annessa Morrison, second place: age 9 – Katherine Stanish, fourth place.

Advanced Beginner Girls: age 7 — Vera Sharpe, fifth place: age 8 — Lauren Oneal, third place: age 9 — Kiance Roberts — Keahna, second place: age 11 — Miranda Cheville, first place; Kaisa Stanley, second place: age 12 — Moriah Groth, third place: age 13 — Jordyn Cremeans,

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Sub Novice Girls: age 9 — Amelia Ranson, first place; Allison Ward, second place; Paige Ward, second place; Mia Gianetto, first place: age 10 — Mariah Wood, first place: age 12 — Zaida Farrell, second place.

Sub Novice Boys: age 7-8 — Tate Buck, first place.

Novice Girls: age 9 — Janiyah Jackson, first place.

Intermediate Girls: age 9 — Macy Lampe, first place: age

Double Mini Results Beginner Girls: age 5 — Landrey Harris, third place: age 6 — Jalyn Ridout, fourth place: age 7 — Vera Sharpe, first place: age 8 — Anessa Morrison, second place: Janiyah Jackson, second place; Elyse Ranson, fourth place: age 9 — Paige Ward, first place; Kiance Roberts — Keahna, third place.

Beginner Boys: age 7-8 — Tate Buck, first place.

Novice Girls: age 9 — Amelia Ranson, first place: age 11 — Kaisa Stanley, first place: age 12 — Tatum Rechtfertig, second place: age 15 & up — Madison Kremer Awes, first place.

Novice Boys: age 7-8 — Joseph Rechtfertig, first place.

Intermediate Girls: age 9 — Macy Lampe, first place.

Advanced Girls: age 11-12 — Sara Huffman, fourth place: age 17 & over — Chelsea Trotter, first place.

Trampoline Results Beginner Boys: age 7-8 — Tate Buck, first place.

Beginner Girls: age 5 — Landrey Harris, third place: age 6 — Jalyn Ridout, first place: age 7 — Vera Sharpe, first place: age 8 — Anessa Morrison, fifth place; Elyse Ranson, second place: age 9 — Kiance Roberts-Keahna, second place; Janiyah Jackson, third place; Paige Ward, first place age 11 — Maddi Grossnickle, fourth place.

Novice Girls: age 9 — Amelia Ranson, first place: age 12 — Tatum Rechtfertig, first place.

Novice Boys: age 7 — Joseph Rechtfertig, first place.

Intermediate Girls: age 9 — Macy Lampe, first place.

Advanced Girls: age 17 & over — Chelsea Trotter, second place.

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Sturtz, Gholson earn INA 4A state honors

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Leading Newton High’s boys to the program’s first state basketball tournament appearance in 25 years, junior guard Garrett Sturtz and senior guard Connor Gholson received recognition for their roles for the Cardinals.

Sturtz was named to the Iowa Newspaper Association’s 2017 All-State Class 4A first team and Gholson was selected to the All-4A state second team. The INA boys’ all-state teams, which were selected Saturday, were released Tuesday.

Sturtz, a 6-foot-3 inch point guard, earned a spot on the 4A first team as a utility player. The INA selects three back court players, three front line players and two utility players for first team, second team and third team in each classification.

Gholson, another 6-3 guard for Newton, was slotted as a back-court player on the 4A third team. Gholson earned INA 3A second-team honors as a junior.

The two guards were the 1-2 scoring and rebounding punch for the Cardinals, who

recorded the program’s best season, 19-6, since the 1964 state championship team’s 23-3 run. They guided Newton to its ninth state tournament appearance in the school’s history and the first one since 1992.

In the 4A state tournament opener, Newton came up short in an upset bid of top-seeded and eventual 2017 champion Iowa City West. The Cardinals lost by six points, 57-51, which was the closest margin of victory the Trojans had in the state tournament.

Sturtz scored 20 points, had five rebounds, three assists, two steals and blocked three shots in the state tournament game. Gholson ended up with a game-high 24 points, which included three 3-pointers, and had five rebounds.

Sturtz led the Cardinals in six of eight statistical categories in the 2016-17 season.

Sturtz was Newton’s leading field goal shooter, hitting 49 percent overall, 167-of-340, which put him sixth in Class 4A in field goals made.

At the free-throw line, Sturtz shot 87 percent, 134of-154, which was tops for Newton and fifth in Class 4A for free throws made. He led

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the Cardinals with 71 assists, which was 25th in 4A, in steals with 48, which was 18th in 4A, and in rebounds with 158, which was 17th. His 122 defensive rebounds ranked him 13th among 4A players.

Sturtz blocked a teamhigh 27 shots, which put him in a four-way tie for 16th in Class 4A. Sturtz was Newton’s second-leading scorer with 495 points this season, which ranked sixth in 4A. He averaged 19.8 points a game.

He was Newton’s third-best 3-pointer shooter, hitting 27of-72 for 37.5 percent.

Sturtz climbed to the No. 4 spot on the NHS career scoring list with 982 points.

Sturtz’s 495 points is fourth in season scoring. Sturtz moved to the No. 1 spot on most free throws made in a career, 297of-350.

Gholson became only the third Newton player to score more than 1,000 points in his career. He is atop the NHS boys’ career scoring list with 1,395 points. Gholson’s 513 points put him third in best season scoring.

Gholson’s proficiency in shooting from beyond the 3-point arc put him atop the Class 4A 3-point field goals made list for the 2016-17 season. He drained 79 of 204 3-point field goal attempts for the season for 38.7 percent.

Gholson is second in 3-point field goals made in a career with 229 on the NHS list. He became No. 1 in most 3-point field goals made in a season at 79.

Gholson led Newton in scoring with 513 points, which was third-best in 3A as he averaged 20.5 points a game. He went 188-of-423 from the field overall for 44 percent. Gholson was third in 4A in field goals made.

Gholson was second on the team in free throw shooting at 83 percent, 92-of-111, which put him 13th on the free throws made list in 4A. He grabbed 127 rebounds, which was second for the team.

Gholson’s 104 defensive re-

bounds was 22nd best in 4A. He finished third on the Cardinals’ team in steals with 21.

Gholson is second in 3-point field goals made in a career with 229 on the NHS list. He became No. 1 in most 3-point field goals made in a season at 79.

INA Class 4A All-State Boys’ Basketball Team First Team Joe Wieskamp, Jr., Muscatine Van Rees, Jr., Sioux City East Douglas Wilson, Sr. Des Moines Hoover A.J. Green, Jr., Cedar Falls Tyreke Locure, So., Des Moines North Devontae Lane, Sr. Iowa City West Connor McCaffery, Sr., Iowa City West Garrett Sturtz, Jr., Newton Second Team Jacob Rau, Sr., Waukee Noah Carter, So., Dubuque Senior Patrick McCaffery, So., Iowa City West Sam Ingoli, Jr., Dowling Catholic Ray Miller, Sr., Davenport Central Kyle Lang, Sr., Mason City Drew Maschoff, Sr., Ankeny Bailey Basala, Sr., North Scott Third Team Quinton Curry, Sr., Valley Joe Evans, Jr., Ames Jal Bijiek, Sr., Des Moines North Max Smith-Drahos, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie Aidan Vanderloo, So., Sioux City East Connor Gholson, Sr., Newton Connor Kasperbauer, Sr., Ankeny Centennial Chad Moran, Sr., Council Bluffs Lewis Central

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Cardinal girls compete in ISU High School Classic

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Tessa Keeton ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay in Monday’s meet at Iowa State University in Ames.

AMES — Newton High’s Haley Revell unleashed a throw of 37 feet, 1 inch to claim fifth in the shot put at Monday’s 24th Iowa State Girls High School Classic indoor track meet. It was her best throw of the three-meet indoor season.

Morgann Eide ran 13th in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.229 seconds at the ISU Lied Recreation Athletic Center in Ames. Hannah Boecker was 72nd in 11.661 seconds in the field of 96 competitors.

Newton’s 4x400-meter relay team of Rachel Berkland, Tessa Keeton, Lakin Jenkins and Abbie Barr posted a 15th-place time of 4 minutes, 29.21 seconds. It was the final event of the meet.

“This was another great meet for the team as we wrap up our indoor season,” Newton coach Rachelle Tipton said. “We have loved seeing the competetive

Two area 1A players earn all-state honors

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — With so many seniors graduating from most of the teams at the top of the South Iowa Cedar League this offseason, Lynnville-Sully junior Jesse Van Wyk and Colfax-Mingo junior Jarod Nichols are expected to put their teams in the conference title conversation next season.

They’ll take with them into their senior campaigns an all-state honor after the Iowa Newspaper Association selected its all-state boys basketball teams Saturday.

After leading his team to the state tournament, Van Wyk was named to the INA Class 1A all-state first team as a utility player.

Nichols averaged a double-double and ranked tied for third in 1A in rebounds per game at 13.2. That was good enough to earn third-team frontcourt recognition.

The INA voted three backcourt

players, three frontcourt players and two utility players to each of the three teams. The meeting took place near Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday morning and the teams were released Tuesday.

Van Wyk will be Van Wyk one of four returning starters next season for Lynnville-Sully. This past season, he led the Hawks in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

Van Wyk was one of four Hawks to score in double-figures at 12.5 points per game.

He also grabbed 6.7 Nichols boards, 3.77 assists and 2.12 steals per game while blocking 27 shots.

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drive the athletes have and this meet was no different. Many girls saw time drops and height increases.”

Tipton said Revell was excited to be throwing a distance she ended last season. Tipton said the 4x400 was the exclamation mark on the meet.

“Each member of the 4x400 relay team ran a great leg. It is going to be fun watching this relay continue to improve,” Tipton said.

Miranda Ervin placed 26th with a throw of 30-7 in the shot put field of 70 throwers. Boecker and Barr each cleared the high jump bar at 4-8, finishing in a tie for 28th among 60 competitors.

Jenkins turned in a leap of 1210 to place 44th in the long jump.

Kenna Winther finished 54th in the field of 72 jumpers with a distance of 12-3 1/4.

On the track, Sydney Hook placed 79th in the 60-meter dash in 9.30 seconds and Audrey Lucas was 88th in 9.49 seconds.

Molly Coy and Gerima Blair went 50th and 51st, respectively, in the 1,500-meter run in 6:07.56 and 6:08.41.

“The 1,500 was a new event for Molly and Gerima. They were willing to see their potential in the race and gave it a try. For never running it before they ran a smart race and made moves at the right time,” Tipton said.

The Cardinals’ 4x800-meter relay team of Jenna Smith, Michella Cope, Rosemary Abrams and Brittney McConnell was 43rd in 13:06.73 seconds.

The 800-meter sprint medley relay foursome of Randi Walters, Teddie Brunsmann, Liz McVey and Karley Leiker took 46th in 2:17.11.

Newton’s girls open their outdoor track season March 30 at Boone. Tipton and Rachel Tomas are co-head coaches this season.

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Three instate women’s teams headed to NCAA Tournament Iowa falls short, will host WNIT game Three of the four NCAA Division I women’s basketball programs in the state of Iowa headed to the NCAA tournament. The fourth will host a first-round game in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament.

The Drake Bulldogs won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Sunday and already knew they were headed to the Big Dance.

Iowa State and Northern Iowa were both given at-large berths, while Iowa was one of the first few teams not selected to the tournament but will host a WNIT team game on Thursday. The Hawkeyes went 2-1 against the instate schools, beating Iowa State by 12 and Northern Iowa by 49.

Iowa State (18-12) made a late charge to earn an at-large spot into the field. The ninth-seeded Cyclones will play No. 8 Syracuse at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday on ESPN2. The winner will likely play top-ranked, top-seeded and defending national champion Connecticut, which has won more than 100 straight games. Both games will take place in Storrs, Connecticut.

Drake (28-4) defeated Northern Iowa (24-8) this season and has won 22 straight games but both the Bulldogs and Panthers were given 10 seeds.

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By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News AMES — Three area schools — Prairie City-Monroe, Collins-Maxwell/Baxter and Colfax-Mingo, joined Newton at the Iowa State Girls High School Classic on Monday evening at the Lied Athletic Recreation Facility.

The top finisher among PCM, CMB and Colfax-Mingo was CMB junior Sailor Hinegardner.

Hinegardner placed seventh out of 96 participants in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.04 seconds. Also competing in the event was PCM sophomore Megan Cowman (26th) and senior Tatum Nearmyer (48th).

Hinegardner had the second best individual finish, too. She also was ninth out of 72 jumpers in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 2 3/4 inches. PCM senior Jayci Vos was 12th with a leap of 14-11 1/4, while CMB senior Megan Ritter was 14th with a jump of 14-9 1/2.

PCM sophomore Payton Schut highlighted four area runners in the 800. Schut finished 13th out of 82 runners with a time of 2 minutes, 36.72 seconds. CMB senior Heather Jessen placed 32nd in 2:47.30, PCM freshman Hailey Schutte was 38th in 2:42.28 and CMB freshman Holly Jessen placed 49th in 2:55.84.

Another big event for area runners was the 1,500. Leading the way was CMB sophomore Lauren Ratliff, who placed 14th out of 73 runners with a career-best time of 5:25.58.

Colfax-Mingo senior Dakota Hostetter was 29th in 5:41.83, PCM sophomore Kirsten Ives was 30th in 5:42.23, PCM freshman Sayde White was 41st in 5:52.41 and Colfax-Mingo sophomore was 48th in 6:03.39.

The next best individual finish came from PCM sophomore Maddie Samson in the shot put. She placed 15th out of 69 throwers with a toss of 33-7.

Colfax-Mingo junior Rhiannon Haley was 22nd with

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The Drake-Kansas State game tips off at 3 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2. The winner likely faces Stanford on Monday.

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Continued from Page 1B The 6-foot-3 junior shot 54.4 percent from the floor, and nailed 74 percent of his free throws.

In the toughest games of the season, Van Wyk was at his best.

In the substate final against Martensdale-St. Marys (187), Van Wyk recorded his third double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds. He finished the year with his fourth double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the state tournament game against Gladbrook-Reinbeck (26-3), which went on to finish second in 1A. Van Wyk’s two best scoring games of the season both came against SICL foe Keota (17-6). He had 26 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the first meeting and then had 21 points and grabbed five boards in the second meeting.

In one of the meetings against SICL runner-up Montezuma (18-6), Van Wyk scored 15 points, grabbed seven boards and dished out four assists.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter sophomore Lauren Ratliff turned in a career-best performance in the 1,500-meter run at the Iowa State Girls High School Classic in Ames on Monday. Ratliff placed 14th out of 73 runners with a career-best time of 5 minutes, 25.58 seconds.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe sophomore Kirsten Ives helped the Mustangs 14th in the 4x800 relay at the Iowa State Girls High School Classic in Ames on Monday. Ives also placed 30th in the 1,500-meter run.

a toss of 31-6 3/4, CMB sophomore Kaylin Van Ryswyk finished 25th with a throw of 30-8 and PCM sophomore Paige Wood was 30th with a toss of 30-6 1/2.

Vos was 16th out of 104 runners in the 60 dash. She crossed the line in 8.52 seconds.

PCM sophomore Ashley Miller placed 54th in 8.93, CMB junior Brianda Bane finished 60th in 8.96 and Ritter was 65th in 9.01.

CMB sophomore Brenna Thomson put together a career-best time in the 1,500.

She was 18th out of 51 runners with a career-best time of 11:57.32.

Colfax-Mingo sophomore Ries Wilson finished 28th out of 60 jumpers in the high jump. Wilson’s best leap was 4-8.

The best relay performance on the day came from PCM in the 4x400. The Mustang foursome of Vos, Sierra Foster, Nearmyer and Schut placed

10th out of 44 teams with a time of 4:21.71.

In the 4x800 relay, PCM was 14th out of 44 teams, while CMB was 16th and Colfax-Mingo finished 23rd.

PCM’s foursome of Ives, Schut, sophomore Sloan Hjortshoj and Schutte finished in 11:02.86, while CMB’s team of Ratliff, freshman Mikayla Houge, Heather Jessen and Holly Jessen crossed the finish line in 11:07.39.

PCM’s sprint medley team was 16th out of 48 teams, while CMB placed 29th.

PCM’s foursome of Foster, Miller, Nearmyer and Vos finished in 2:01.08, while CMB’s team of Hinegardner, Bane and sophomores Josie Wierson and Gracie Cheville ended up with a time of 2:07.45.

The high school boys hit the track at Iowa State on Tuesday. ​Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo junior Rhiannon Haley finished 22nd out of 69 throwers in the shot put at the Iowa State Girls High School Classic in Ames on Monday. Haley’s best tossed covered 31 feet, 6 3/4 inches.

Northern Iowa heads to Starkville, Mississippi, to face seventh-seeded DePaul at 11 a.m. Friday on ESPN2.

That victor likely plays second-seeded Mississippi State.

Iowa (17-13) lost five of its final eight games to play its way out of the NCAA Tournament.

The Hawkeyes host Mis-

souri State (17-14) in the WNIT on Thursday. The winner faces either South Dakota or North Dakota in the second round.

Iowa State qualified for its 10th NCAA tourney in the last 11 seasons. Syracuse is led by Alexis Peterson, who is averaging 23.3 points and 7.1 points per game.

Five Bulldogs average in double-figures, led by senior Lizzy Wendell’s 21.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

This is Drake’s 11th tournament appearance but only its first since 2007. Kansas State is led by Kindred Wesemann (14 points per game) and Breanna Lewis (13.7 points, 8.3 rebounds per game).

The Panthers will play in their third NCAA tournament and the first since going backto-back in 2010 and 2011.

DePaul (26-7) qualified for its 15th straight NCAA tournament. Five Blue Demons average in double-figures, led by Brooke Schulte’s 16.4 points and six rebounds per game.

schools this season. Against East Marshall, which finished 17-6 and made a substate final, Van Wyk scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and had four boards.

He had 14-6-6 against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and 13-9-6 against Collins-Maxwell/Baxter.

Nichols was the only returning starter from a Tigerhawk team that won 13 games last season. He will be one of five returning starters to take the floor next season.

The 6-4 junior averaged 17.6 points per game and had 15 double-doubles in 19 games played.

He missed four games due to injury or illness.

The four games he did not record a double-double in came in the opener when he went down in the second quarter with an injury, the first two games he returned from injury and a fourth game against eventual 1A state champion Grand View Christian.

He shot 47.4 percent from the floor, made 66 percent of his free throws and finished with 36 assists, 13 steals and 19 blocks.

Nichols put in 20 or more points eight times this season, scored 26 points twice and

poured in 27 points in a win over BGM. Nichols played two games against SICL champ and state qualifier Lynnville-Sully and had 12 points and nine rebounds and 12 points and 11 rebounds in those contests.

He had 11 points and 10 rebounds against SICL runner-up Montezuma.

In a win over Tri-County, Nichols finished with 26 points and 21 rebounds. He set a school record with 23 rebounds and added 17 points in a win over Sigourney.

The Hawks and Tigerhawks should both be very competitive next season.

Montezuma and North Mahaska loses all five starters, BGM graduates five of its top six, Keota loses its top three scorers to graduation and Belle Plaine will have to replace three of its top five.

All of these teams finished in the top seven of the SICL this past season.

This year’s Mr. Iowa Basketball went to a 1A player, too. Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior Joe Smoldt won the honor after leading the Rebels to a third straight state tournament.

The Rebels were second this season, fourth a year ago

and state champions in 201415.

Smoldt ranked second in the entire state at 29.8 points per game and added 145 assists and 77 steals.

Smoldt, who will attend Division II Upper Iowa next season, is the seventh all-time leading scorer in the state of Iowa.

Several other players from conferences involving area teams also earned all-state honors.

In 1A, Montezuma’s Dakota Strong was a second-team backcourt selection.

In 2A, South Hamilton’s Colin Hill was a first-team frontcourt player, while Marco Balderas earned thirdteam utility honors. Pella Christian’s Levi Jungling was a first-team guard and David Kacmarynski was picked to the third-team frontcourt.

In 3A, Pella’s Ryan Van Wyk was a first-team frontcourt selection, while Norwalk’s Luke Vaske was a first-team backcourt selection. Grinnell’s Cade McKnight (frontcourt) and Sam Allen (utility) were second-team selections as well Greene County’s Trey Tucker (backcourt).

Dallas Center-Grimes senior Trevor Grove was a third-

team frontcourt selection.

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INA Class 1A All-State First Team Frontcourt Nicholas Ruden, jr., Remsen-St. Marys Riley Van Wyhe, sr., Cenral Lyon Brady Gavin, jr., Martensdale-St. Marys Backcourt Joe Smoldt, sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jake Hilmer, so., North Linn Grant DeMeulenaere, jr., Grand View Christian Utility Jovonte Squiers, sr., Lone Tree Jesse Van Wyk, jr., Lynnville-Sully Second Team Frontcourt Seth Weiland, sr., West Hancock Nathan Karsjens, sr., AGWSR Seth Moeller, sr., Prince of Peace Backcourt Christian Kyles, sr., Siouxland Christian Mason Porter, so., New London Dakota Strong, sr., Montezuma Utility Kaleb Anderson, sr., Lenox Zach Martinek, so., West Fork Third Team Frontcourt Colby Seuntjens, jr., MVAO Jarod Nichols, jr., Colfax-Mingo Niko Gosnell, sr., Lone Tree Backcourt Paul Rundquist, so., Wapsie Valley Ryan Miller, jr., North Linn Dylan Eckels, sr., West Hancock Utility Brett Kelting, sr., Calamus-Wheatland Stephen Glenn, sr., Grand View Christian

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CITY OF LAMBS GROVE COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 2, 2017 Public hearing was called to order by Mayor Patrick Edwards at 7:00 p.m. Roll call: Tom Clark, Cindy Humke, Steve Thomassen and Cathi Fouts present. Absent: Kent DeGoey Guests: Eric Smith, Chris & Kira Norman and Chad Gebhart There were no written or oral objections to the proposed fiscal year 2018 budget.

Fouts moved and was seconded

by Humke to adjourn the public hearing at 7:01 p.m.

Motion carried 4-0.

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Patrick Edwards at 7:02 p.m. Roll call: Tom Clark, Cindy Humke, Steve Thomassen and Cathi Fouts present. Absent: Kent DeGoey.

Thomassen moved and was seconded by Clark to approve the agenda. Motion carried 4-0.

Guests: Eric Smith, Chris & Kira Norman and Chad Gebhart New Business: a. Clark presented a report from DeGoey who was absent from the meeting regarding the status of the sewer project.

Central Iowa Water Association (CIWA) has agreed to volunteer resources to help Karl Peters finish the project. The project foreman will contact Peters.

Edwards met with the city attorney to discuss the legal options of the city. However, Steve Klocke had spoken with Peters and Peters stated that he would start the project again next week and finish the project by the end of April. The City will contact Wildung on a regular basis to help push the project and she plans to attend the April meeting. b. Fouts moved and was seconded by Clark to pass resolution 2017-01 approving the fiscal year 2018 budget. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

Consent Agenda: Humke moved and was seconded by Fouts to approve all the items on the consent agenda including the minutes from the February 2, 2017 meeting, list of bills, and reconciliation report for February. Motion carried 4-0.

JCARL Participation Fee...............$81.25 News Printing Company Publications.....................$207.43 Dodd's Sanitation Contract..........$670.00 Christina Machin Salary..............................$392.64 Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa, Nuzum Legal Services.................$192.50 Tom Clark Supplies Reimbursement. .$63.07 IPERS Retirement.........................$86.67 Snyder & Associates Sewer...........................$1,869.38 Alliant Energy Utilities...............................$18.02 Alliant Energy Utilities.............................$356.08 Total March Bills...........$3,937.04 General Fund..................$911.31 Charges for Fee...........$2,838.17 Local Option Sales Tax................ .....................................$1,015.34 Emergency........................$19.11 Capital Projects...................$0.00 Road Use Fund............$1,782.10 Debt Service....................$203.30 Total February Revenue............... .....................................$6,769.33 General Fund...............$1,944.38 Charges for Fee..................$0.00 Road Use Fund............$2,427.99 Capital Projects...................$0.00 Debt Service........................$0.00 Total February Expense............... .....................................$4,372.37 Staff and commissions reports Mayor: Edwards reported that he had distributed a copy of the newsletter to everyone in the City.

Some of the items discussed in the newsletter were the new ordinances, trees, pets, etc.

Streets: Thomassen reported that he had received a call from Denco regarding repairing cracks in the streets, curbs, etc. He will follow up with them to get an estimate.

Sewers: No report Parks: Edwards inquired about planting additional trees at the little park. Humke will research what kind of trees would be the best to plant in this area.

Tree Steward: Fouts reported that the newsletter contained a section on trees and that property owners are responsible for removing dead trees on their property. With spring coming, it

ORDINANCE NO. 2017-001 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAMBS GROVE, IOWA, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE RIGHT OF ENTRY BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa: SECTION 1.

SECTION MODIFIED. Section 1.12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: 1.12 RIGHT OF ENTRY. The Nuisance Abatement Official, or the Nuisance Abatement Official's designee, shall have the right to enter upon any property at any reasonable time for the purpose of carrying out the Nuisance Abatement Official's duties in the enforcement of abatement violations. In the event that the owner of the property located within the city refuses to permit entry to the Nuisance Abatement Official or the Nuisance Abatement Official's designee, the Nuisance Abatement Official may seek an entry warrant from the District Court. Any entry warrant issued shall command such owner or occupant to permit entry to the Nuisance Abatement Official or the Nuisance Abatement Official's designee.

SECTION 2.

SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 3.

WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval, and publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Council of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa, the 2nd day of March 2017.

Mayor Patrick Edwards City Clerk Christina Machin March 14 ORDINANCE NO. 2017-002 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAMBS GROVE, IOWA, BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION PERTAINING TO UNLAWFUL PARKING BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa: SECTION 1.

NEW SUBSECTION. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa, is amended by adding a new subsection to 52.03 Unlawful Parking and Storage, which is hereby adopted to read as follows: 4. Parking of any motor vehicle for more than 48 hours on a non all-weather surface is prohibited.

SECTION 2.

SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 3.

WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval, and publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Council of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa, the 2nd day of March 2017.

Mayor Patrick Edwards City Clerk Christina Machin March 14 TRUST NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE TRUST: William J. Bergman Revocable Trust To all persons regarding William J. Bergman, deceased, who died on or about January 28, 2017.

You are hereby notified that James William Bergman and Tami Lee Murphy are the Cotrustees of the William J. Bergman Revocable Trust dated on April 16, 2011 and the First Amendment to William J. Bergman Revocable Trust dated January 27, 2015. Any action to contest the validity of the trust must be brought in the District Court of Jasper County, Iowa, within the later to occur of four (4) months from the date of second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice to all heirs of the decedent settlor and the spouse of the decedent settlor whose identities are reasonably ascertainable. Any suit not filed within this period shall be forever barred.

Notice is further given that any person or entity possessing a claim against the trust must mail proof of the claim to the trustee at the address listed below via certified mail, return receipt requested, by the later to occur of four (4) months from the second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice if required or the claim shall be forever barred unless paid or otherwise satisfied.

Dated on February 2, 2017.

WILLIAM J. BERGMAN REVOCABLE TRUST James William Bergman and Tami Lee Murphy, Co-Trustees c/o PO Box 474,

publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice to all heirs of the decedent settlor and the spouse of the decedent settlor whose identities are reasonably ascertainable. Any suit not filed within this period shall be forever barred.

Notice is further given that any person or entity possessing a claim against the trust must mail proof of the claim to the trustee at the address listed below via certified mail, return receipt requested, by the later to occur of four (4) months from the second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice if required or the claim shall be forever barred unless paid or otherwise satisfied.

Dated on February 2, 2017.

WILLIAM J. BERGMAN REVOCABLE TRUST James William Bergman and Tami Lee Murphy, Co-Trustees c/o PO Box 474, Baxter, IA 50028 Mark A. Otto, #AT0005939, Attorney for Trustee OTTO LAW OFFICE, PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 mark@ottolawyers.com Date of second publication: March 14,2017 March 7 &14

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LEAKY ROOF, Missing Shingles???

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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. DVD's $3/each. 515313-7803.

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IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS RAY MOORE, Deceased CASE NO. ESPR037010 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Francis Ray Moore, Deceased, who died on or about February 5, 2017: You are hereby notified that on February 28, 2017, the last will and testament of Francis Ray Moore, deceased, bearing date of May 15, 2007,* was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Jeremy D. Sumpter was appointed executor of the estate.

Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated February 27, 2017.

Date of second publication: 14th day of March, 2017 Executor of the Estate Jeremy D. Sumpter 682 Hideaway Ave Newton, IA 50208 Address Kathryn E. Walker, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0008220 Walker, Billingsley & Bair, 208 N 2nd Ave W, Newton, IA 50208 Address Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) March 7 & 14

Debt Service........................$0.00 Total February Expense............... .....................................$4,372.37 Staff and commissions reports Mayor: Edwards reported that he had distributed a copy of the newsletter to everyone in the City.

Some of the items discussed in the newsletter were the new ordinances, trees, pets, etc.

Streets: Thomassen reported that he had received a call from Denco regarding repairing cracks in the streets, curbs, etc. He will follow up with them to get an estimate.

Sewers: No report Parks: Edwards inquired about planting additional trees at the little park. Humke will research what kind of trees would be the best to plant in this area.

Tree Steward: Fouts reported that the newsletter contained a section on trees and that property owners are responsible for removing dead trees on their property. With spring coming, it will be easier to identify problem trees.

Storm Sewers: No report City Clerk: No report Old Business: a. Fouts moved and was seconded by Humke to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2017-001. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

Fouts moved and was seconded

by Thomassen to waive the 2nd and 3rd readings. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. b. Fouts moved and was seconded by Humke to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2017-002. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

Fouts moved and was seconded

by Clark to waive the 2nd and 3rd readings. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

Fouts moved and was seconded

by Humke to adjourn the meeting at 7:41 p.m. Motion carried 4-0.

Next City Council meeting to be held April 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Christina Machin, City Clerk Mayor Patrick Edwards City Clerk Christina Machin March 14

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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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Need a warm and fuzzy Pet? Find your new

Jasper County Sherrif’s Office Part-Time Female Jailer The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for part-time female jailers. Starting pay is $18.10 per hour with no benefits. Scheduled hours and shift may vary.

Applications and job description are available at the Jasper County Human Resources office at 115 N 2nd Ave E in Newton, at the Sheriff’s Office at 2300 Law Center Drive or at www.co.jasper.ia.us (under the Jobs tab) Application deadline March 24, 2017 Background checks and drug testing required EOE

pet in the classifieds.

Spahn & Rose Lumber in Newton is looking for a

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

Duties include: pulling loads, placing lumber in bins, helping customers, and deliveries.

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

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

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QHC Mitchellville, LLC is recruiting full-time CNA’s, LPN’s, and RN’s for all shifts.

QHC Mitchellville, LLC is committed to "Making a difference in every life we touch and always striving for excellence in Care and Integrity." *All applicants must pass a pre-employment drug test and physical.

If you are looking for an exciting career that allows you to enhance the lives of others and be part of a winning team, we invite you to apply for one of our open positions and discover what sets QHC Mitchellville, LLC apart from the rest.

Please contact Cyndi Gentz, Administrator, or call (515) 967-3726 or apply in person at: 114 Carter Street SW, Mitchellville, lA 50169.

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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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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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Mercury just came through a poetic cycle of the soul and is feeling reborn in Aries. As the messenger planet skips along the early degrees of the ram’s realm, our focus goes youthful, flitting from one shiny thing to the next. Human attention may be in short supply. Those who can give it well have something precious and in high demand.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 14). There’s sunshine in your mind this year, and the cheerfulness you feel will touch lives in ways known and unknown to you. Get out of a competition in the early part of this solar return. Compete only with yourself. You’ll accept an

honor in May. Contracts favor you in July and October. You’ll cash out in 2018. Gemini and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 10, 33, 28 and 45.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You’ve a success story to share. Be discerning, though.

Certain friends will be too jealous to be genuinely happy for you. It’s obviously less than ideal, but the friendship will be stronger when you’re sensitive to such quirks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You crave the joy that comes from letting go of control. The way to get exciting results is to set boundaries and then en-

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courage your crew to go wild within those boundaries.

Observation takes energy. It’s harder work than it seems.

trust your instincts was acting out of self-interest at the time.

and over delivering), you’ll wind up a hero.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You’re thinking deeper and wider. Don’t be surprised if the people around you do not see the same options that you see.

You’ll either show them the way or preserve a special route for yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Would happiness prevail if not for the current problem? No. The current problem itself is integral to happiness. You’ll derive great satisfaction and pride from solving it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). From Shakespeare to Disney, the dramatists agree that evil plans are most harmful to the one planning them. All you have to do is mind your own business and the drama will take care of itself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If you downplay your accomplishments, you’ll insinuate doubt in an otherwise neutral mind. If you praise yourself, it will only annoy. For today, you’ll win socially by not discussing yourself at all.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). While it’s cynical to think that people are being nice in hopes of future favors returned, it’s not altogether wrong today, either. Luckily, the land of politics is one in which you’re well versed.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22).

This is not a zero-sum game.

Your success will not come at the expense of anyone else.

The cost will be paid by you and you alone. The rewards will go to you, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re not lost. You’re just paying attention in a new way, which can be disorienting. Close observation can make the familiar seem unfamiliar. Take breaks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

While it would be foolish to aim to make mistakes, it’s equally silly to avoid and fear them. The wise do not aim to live without folly. There will be much to learn in a tidy little mess.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Trust your instincts. They are creative, accurate, attractive, compelling and healthy. Whoever told you that you couldn’t

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Managing expectations will be a very important part of your day. If you can master this (mainly by under promising

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Things to know about NCAA men’s tournament: More upsets, rematch?

By Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press There are 67 games to be played over the next three weeks to determine the next national champion, a magical time known as the NCAA Tournament.

So what’s in store in 2017? Is there any way to top the madness of last year’s tournament filled with double-digit upsets and an incredible ending?

Kris Jenkins’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave Villanova its first championship since 1985 after North Carolina tied the game on Marcus Paige’s double-clutch 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left.

Anyone up for a rematch in the April 3 title game in Phoenix? It’s possible with the defending national champion Wildcats and North Carolina, a five-time champ, are No. 1 seeds on opposite sides of this year’s bracket.

Here are a few things to watch with the NCAA Tournament about to get underway: — Still No. 1s: Kansas (28-4) and North Carolina (27-7) kept their expected No. 1 seeds after losses in their conference tournaments.

The Jayhawks, who won their 13th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title, lost their only Big 12 Tournament game 85-82 to TCU in Kansas City, where they could play again in the Sweet 16 if they win a couple of NCAA Tournament games. ACC regular-season champion North Carolina fell to Duke 93-83 in the league tournament semifinals.

Defending national champion Villanova (31-3), the overall No. 1 seed, swept the Big East regular-season and conference titles, as did Gonzaga (321) in the West Coast Conference.

— Double Down: A record 10 double-digit seeds won first-round games in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Four of those winners are back in the field this year, three of them double-digit seeds again.

Gonzaga, which made it to the Sweet 16 as a No. 11 seed last year, is a No. 1 this time.

Middle Tennessee State pulled off the biggest shocker as a No. 15 seed last year with a 90-81 win over Michigan State, which went into that tournament as trendy pick to win a national title. The Blue Raiders are now a No. 12 seed against Minnesota.

Virginia Commonwealth is a No. 10 seed again, this time against Saint Mary’s after winning its opener over Oregon State last March.

Wichita State is a No. 10 seed, and listed as an early favorite this year against Dayton. The Shockers were a No. 11 seed last year when they upset Arizona .

— On The Wrong Side: Baylor, a No. 3 seed again this season and play-

ing New Mexico State, has lost to double-digit seeds in its opener in the last two NCAA Tournaments.

The Big 12 Bears lost to 12th-seeded Yale last year after 14th-seed Georgia State pulled off a first-round upset in 2015 on R.J. Hunter’s 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left.

— Regular Attenders: Tom Izzo is in his 20th straight NCAA Tournament as M i c h i gan State’s coach. Bill Self is making his 19th consecutive appearance — 14th with Big 12 champion Kansas (half of the Jay h aw k s’ record 28 consecutive NCAA app e ar anc e s) after trips with Tulsa and Illinois.

There’s no chance of Izzo and Self both getting to the Sweet 16. The Spartans and Jayhawks, both with a national title under their coaches, could meet in a second-round game Sunday in the Midwest Regional at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

— Coaching Bloodlines: Northwestern plays its first-ever NCAA Tournament game against Vanderbilt, whose 15 losses are the most ever by an at-large team. Both coaches in the West Region’s 8-9 matchup are the

42-year-old sons of former coaches.

The Wildcats are in their fourth season with coach Chris Collins, the son of former NBA coach Doug Collins.

Bryce Drew, the son of former Valparaiso coach Homer Drew and younger brother of Baylor coach Scott Drew, is in his first season at Vanderbilt (19-15). Bryce Drew, who like his father coached Valpo to multiple NCAA appearances, is also known for his buzzer-beating 3-pointer as the Crusaders upset fourth-seeded Ole Miss in their 1998 NCAA opener on way to the Sweet 16.

— Father-Son: This is the first time a father and son are head coaches of different teams in the same NCAA Tournament.

Minnesota is in for the first time since 2013 , the year before Richard Pitino became the Golden Gophers coach. Like his father Rick at Louisville, Richard Pitino has led his team to 24 wins so far this season.

The only way they play each other is if Minnesota and Louisville both make the championship game.

— Princeton Memories: The last time Princeton won an NCAA Tournament game, Mitch Henderson was a guard who scored 19 points against UNLV in a first-round game in 1998.

That was two years after he was also part of an opening-round win over defending champion UCLA in coach Pete Carril’s last season with the Tigers.

Henderson is now Princeton’s coach, and the Ivy League champions are in their first NCAA since 2011, as a 12th seed that will play Notre Dame.

UConn, Irish, South Carolina, Baylor top seeds in women’s NCAAs NEW YORK (AP) — UConn’s drive for five will begin at home.

Winners of 107 straight games, coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies won’t have to leave the state of Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament until the Final Four as they try for an unprecedented fifth consecutive national championship.

The top seed will open at home on Saturday against Albany and if they advance to the Bridgeport Regional would have a short drive there.

While the Huskies won’t have to leave the state until potentially heading to Dallas for the national semifinals, the other No. 1 seeds aren’t as lucky.

South Carolina is the top seed in Stockton, California.

The Gamecocks are headed out of the Eastern time zone

for the third time in four seasons. The Gamecocks’ lone trip to the Final Four came when they played a regional in Greensboro in 2015.

Baylor is the No. 1 in the Oklahoma City Regional and Notre Dame is the top choice in Lexington, Kentucky.

All four hope to get to Dallas for the Final Four on Friday, March 31. The NCAA switched the national semifinals back to a Friday-Sunday format this season for the first time since 2002. The Huskies would matchup with Baylor while South Carolina and Notre Dame would play if all four teams advance that far.

The Lady Bears are hoping to make the short drive from Waco to Dallas.

That scenario may be unlikely. Last year, the Huskies were the only top team to make

the Final Four as Washington, Syracuse and Oregon State all pulled off upsets to advance.

UConn, which has won a record 11 national championships, is the prohibitive favorite to win again. Unlike the past few years where it almost seemed a foregone conclusion that UConn would win the title, the Huskies weren’t the favorite coming into the season with big losses to graduation.

Geno Auriemma challenged his young team with a difficult schedule that saw the Huskies play most of the other top teams in the country, including Notre Dame, South Carolina and Baylor.

Still, they did show some vulnerability with a single digit win over Maryland — the No. 3 seed in their region. UConn also only beat Tulane by three points in February, giv-

ing other teams hope that the Huskies are beatable.

Maryland coach Brenda Frese wasn’t thrilled at the low seed. The Terrapins were fourth in the final AP poll on Monday.

“We understand its tournament time. I’m most surprised that being a team ranked top four in the country, (we) earn a three seed,” Frese said.

“Thirty wins, win your conference regular season and conference tournament at this point it doesn’t matter. Put your head down and given the bracket you have, it’s the next opportunity.”

Duke is the No. 2 seed in the region after missing the NCAAs last year for the first time since 1994.

For the second consecutive season the NCAA is having the top four teams in

each region host the opening two rounds. No. 2 Stanford couldn’t host because of a conflict in its facility so the Cardinal will head to seventh-seeded Kansas State.

Tennessee isn’t one of those 16 teams, but the Lady Vols will be making their 36th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They’ve been in the field ever year.

The Lady Vols who have shown they can beat nearly anyone in the field but also can lose to many teams too.

They open up against Dayton in Louisville. The Cardinals are the four seed in the Oklahoma City Regional.

Elon and Texas Southern are the lone teams playing in their first NCAAs. The SEC has eight teams in the field while the ACC and Pac-12 each have seven.

Royals catcher Perez set for test on knee injured in WBC

File Photo Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals’ all-star cathcer, suffered a knee injury while playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez is set for another test on his left knee after getting injured in a collision with Royals backup catcher Drew Butera in the World Baseball Classic.

Perez is returning to the Royals’ spring training camp on Monday and will have an MRI on Tuesday. The fourtime All-Star and 2015 World Series MVP was hurt Saturday in Mexico while playing for Venezuela and is out of the tournament.

“The doctors told me that I will be out for a couple of weeks,” Perez said Sunday before Venezuela*s game against Mexico in Guadalajara. “There*s no structural damage. ... Thank God this is not going to keep me away for months. I will be ready for opening day.”

Royals general manager Dayton Moore said he’s still not at ease with Perez’s injury.

“Not until he gets back playing,” Moore said Sunday.

“He has had an MRI. It’s a little inconclusive, but it’s encouraging.”

The original diagnosis was inflammation but no structural damage.

“He’s going to be OK, we think,” Royals manager Ned Yost said Sunday.

Yost said catching coach Pedro Grifol and Royals head trainer Nick Kenney spent most of the night talking to Perez and the Venezuela training staff.

“He feels much better,” Yost said. “He felt better last night.”

Butera was playing for Italy and trying to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Butera seemed to try to hold up and limit contact, but stumbled into Perez and was tagged out. Perez struggled to put weight on the leg as he was helped off the field.

“I talked to him (Butera).

He is a tremendous person and one of my best friends in the club,” Perez said. “He told me that he was sorry and he

was crying. I felt bad for him, but that*s the nature of this tournament. When you are playing for your flag you want to do the best to win. In the play he wanted to avoid the collision but it was so fast that he couldn’t do it. Sometimes things like that happen.”

Perez had homered in the ninth inning. The four-time Gold Glove winner played in at least 138 games in each of the last four seasons.

Yost acknowledged Butera did nothing wrong on the play Perez hit .247 with 22 homers and 64 RBIs last year.

Butera hit .285 with four home runs in 123 at-bats.

Cam Gallagher, a 24-yearold prospect who was a 2011 second-round pick, and veteran Brayan Pena are the top two healthy catchers in camp.

Pena was limited to nine games last season with St. Louis because of injuries.

Yost said despite Perez’s injury, he is still in favor of the WBC for the “globalization” of the game.