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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Iowa Honey Queen Carly Vannoy speaks to a large group on Saturday at the Jacob Krumm Arboretum about her experiences with honey bees including the different kinds of honey bees, how to be a beekeeper and efforts being made to save the bees.

Iowa Honey Queen shares the buzz about bees

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News More than two dozen people were on hand to learn about honey bees and the many products they help produce from Iowa Honey Queen Carly Rae Vannoy on Saturday at the Jacob Krumm Arboretum.

An event hosted by Project AWAKE, Vannoy shared why bees are important, how to care for bees and the future of bees throughout the world.

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nerd Vannoy, the daughter of Scott and Carole, has been beekeeping for three years. She enjoys doing hive inspections with her parents, reading beekeepings books and giving presentations about honey bees.

Vannoy started her presentation by describing the honey bee itself and the many unique traits it possesses.

“The honey bee has a lot of distinctive traits,” Vannoy said. “Right off the bat is the number of wings, there are two wings on each

side with a little clasp in between them and the honey bees can use that in flight to make the four wings into two. If you have ever heard of making a “bee line” when the bee is trying to go one place as fast as they can, that is when they use the clasp.”

She explained there are three types of honey bees, the worker, the drone and the queen. Each type has specific duties in the colony such as worker bees who are all female and are responsible for feeding

the larvae, tending to the queen, cleaning the hive, collecting food, guarding the colony and building honeycomb.

Drones are male bees whose sole purpose is to mate with the queen. The queen herself is the mom of all of the bees and has the ability to lay about 1,500 eggs a day during the spring and summer.

“Queens are fed very special food, royal jelly.

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To continue work at the Newton Sanitary Landfill, a new small dozer was approved for purchase by Newton City Council. A John Deere Crawler Dozer Model 700K was approved for $173,584 from Murphy Tractor of Des Moines.

“The Newton Sanitary Landfill has a need for a small dozer Wellick to place dirt over the waste, clean ditches, and grade material on a daily basis,” interim city administrator Jarrod Wellik said. “The existing Komatsu dozer is 13 years old and will need some major components replaced in the near future.”

The decision to replace the 2004 Komatsu dozer was made during a discussion at the Landfill 28E budget workshop in January. Currently, there is $250,000 budgeted for a new dozer in the 2017-2018 landfill capital equipment budget.

Bids for the dozer were gathered using the Iowa Department of Transportation State Bidding process. The cost of the crawler dozer will be paid for utilizing available funds form the landfill fund.

The city plans to put the existing Komatsu dozer on the Public Surplus online auction site with a reserve value of $20,000. The city will sell the existing dozer to the highest online bid, or if the reserve value is not met in the auction, it will sell the dozer to Murphy Tractor for $20,000.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext.

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Colfax Main Street Wine and Canvas is sold out event

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Art and wine lovers alike came out in numbers to the inaugural Wine and Canvas event on Saturday in Colfax.

Sponsored by Colfax Main Street, the sold out event featured the Des Moines-based Wine & Canvas whose instructors guided the class on a canvas piece featuring spring and summer flowers.

Scheduled for Saturday afternoon, aspiring painters and non-artists, young and old from all over central Iowa, enjoyed a relaxing time sipping pinot or a cold brew.

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News A sold out crowd work to create their canvas masterpieces during the Wine and Canvas event on Saturday in Colfax sponsored by Colfax Main Street.

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Annette Leraaen carefully administers each brush stroke to create her floral canvas at the Wine and Canvas event on Saturday sponsored by Colfax Main Street.

“I’ve done it before, and I thought it was fun,” organizer Linda Sufficool said. “We didn’t think anyone had

done it before in Colfax, and we thought it would be a neat idea and a good way to meet new friends and create your

own piece of art.”

The casual event had easels and canvases set up classroom-style with work spaces in a row on long tables. The instructor was at the front of the room with an over-sized

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DMACC Foundation to Award $10,000 for Iowa Business Applications are being accepted for the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Foundation $10,000 Entrepreneurship Competition. The competition is open to current DMACC students or DMACC alumni (completed twelve credit hours or more) who are operating a business in Iowa. The deadline to submit an application is May 18th, 2017.

This is the fourth year of the DMACC Foundation $10,000 Entrepreneurship Competition. Previous winners include 2016: Dylan Book of Big Deal Car Care in Adel and Kelsi Ziemann of Kelsi Ziemann Artistry in Des Moines; 2015: Titan Immel of Upper Edge Ag LLC in Stanley and 2014: John Ziebell of JPZ Products in Hubbard.

The winner of the DMACC Foundation $10,000 Entrepreneurship Competition will be announced at the DMACC Small Business Awards Dinner Sept. 14.

The award is made possible by a generous gift to the DMACC Foundation by an anonymous donor.

Kayla Langmaid/Daily News Anytime Fitness, currently located at 1718 First Avenue East, will make the move to a new building with double the space this fall.

Anytime Fitness, Kinetic Edge to share new building New building to open in fall

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News Two local businesses related to health and fitness will soon share a suite on First Avenue East. Anytime Fitness and Kinetic Edge, a physical therapy clinic, will be moving into a new building that is not yet built.

The building will be constructed in the available space between the building which currently houses Hallmark and Hammer Medical Supply and the Napa Auto Parts building.

Store Manager of Anytime Fitness Lynzey Shrum said the building will offer double the space than what the workout facility offers now. Anytime Fitness is currently located at 1718 First Avenue East.

Shrum said she hasn’t been given a definite timeline but

she was told the building would be finished in the fall.

“We haven’t seen any floor plans and we were told it will be finished in the fall,” Shrum said. “The building will allow us to have more workout equipment and we would be able to do group classes inside.”

Shrum said in the past they have had to hold boot camps and larger group classes outside in the summer. The new space will allow Trainer and Health Coach Brittany Arrendell to instruct group classes inside.

On the other side of the building, patients will find Kinetic Edge which currently sits on 321 E. Third St. N. across from Skiff Medical Center.

Matt Scotton, co-owner and physical therapist at Kinetic Edge in Newton, said the clinic is not in great view for passerby’s. Scotton said the benefits of the new building will also be better parking and better visibility.

“A lot of people don’t know where we are currently located,” Scotton said. “One of our

goals is to have a better location and no stairs — we are happy to have a place built for us.”

Scotton said Kinetic Edge is unique because a lot of therapy clinics are owned by big health care systems.

“We are locally owned and we can really adapt well and quickly to our clients needs without having all the rules and regulations that big health care requires,” Scotton said.

The clinic’s hours, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., will remain the same as well as the services provided.

Scotton said Kinetic Edge and its employees are looking forward to sharing a building with Anytime Fitness.

“I think Anytime Fitness is a good company to share a building with,” Scotton said. “We want to attract people that want to be more active, and that’s why people come to physical therapy.”

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

Integrated Treatment Services, LLC receives Best of Newton Award Integrated Treatment Services, LLC has been selected for the 2017 Best of Newton Award in the Behavioral Health category by the Newton Award Program.

Each year, the Newton Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Newton area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2017 Newton Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Newton Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Newton Award Program The Newton Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Newton area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Newton Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

Dubuque’s Sugar Ray’s BBQ to close by fall DUBUQUE (AP) — For more than two decades, tri-state residents have turned to Sugar Ray’s BBQ when they craved a taste of authentic barbecue.

But with the Dubuque eatery poised to close later this year, Sugar Ray’s loyal customers soon will have to look elsewhere to get their fix.

Co-owners Ray and Cynthia Sanders said they officially will shutter the restaurant this fall. They hope to find someone to purchase the business.

In addition to enjoying their retirement, Ray and Cynthia plan to compete in more barbecue competitions, pitting their creations against other culinary experts throughout the Midwest.

“That is my next chapter,” Ray said.

The end of Sugar Ray’s current chapter actually began last summer, when the restaurant stopped accepting carry-out orders and dine-in customers.

The restaurant remains in the catering business, taking orders of $100 or more. The business also will appear at Taste of Dubuque and Summerfest this summer — with the possibility of adding a few other festivals to the list — before officially hanging things up.

Still, even without regular hours, there has been plenty of interest from customers unwilling to come to grips with the prospect of Sugar Ray’s departure, Cynthia said.

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“We still get calls every day for orders,” she said. “We are still getting people knocking on the door all the time.”

According to Cynthia, Ray’s passion for being in the kitchen was the driving force behind the restaurant’s success.

“Ray loves to cook,” Cynthia said.

“That is the bottom line.”

Ray learned the art of cooking from his grandmother and continued to hone his skills while attending the University of Dubuque, frequently serving up Sunday meals to his classmates.

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Ray and Cynthia opened Sugar Ray’s BBQ, offering dine-in services for the first time. In 2003, they moved to University Avenue, where they have remained ever since. They also operated a second location at Kennedy Mall from 2009 to 2011.

Ray and Cynthia said they relied heavily on their “regulars.” However, in the last few years of running the business, they started to notice a following from out-of-town customers.

Ray credits the website Yelp for helping spread the positive word about his business.

Thank You

The family of Tony Schutty wishes to express our gratitude and appreciation for all the acts of kindness and sympathy shown to us regarding the recent passing of our husband, father, grandfather, brother, and veteran.

We want to express special appreciation to Doug Bishop, The American Legion, Wallace Funeral Home, and the Mayor of Newton for their kind words, caring assistance, and special acknowledgements and proclamations.

We were humbled and proud.

Tony’s spirit and love lives on in each of us.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

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only the queen bee gets royal jelly, but all bees get royal jelly. The difference with the queen is she only gets royal jelly,” Vannoy said. “In fact, she is fed so much that there is usually some left over. It is the difference between a worker and a queen. Royal jelly works to basically turn on genes in the queen bee as she is developing.”

Vannoy explained the process the bees go through in order to produce honey, including extracting nectar from flowers, creating the honey in the hive and capping it off to reduce moisture. She also spoke about the work of beekeepers to produce honey for the greater public to enjoy.

“In the summer, we have two boxes where the bees can raise their brood and make their food,” Vannoy said.

“When the boxes are full with “their space” with the babies and honey supply, bee keepers will add their own space through a super box.”

The super box is used to collect honey for the keepers and also keeps the honey bees busy as their boxes fill up. To ex-

• Read with Orion will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Monday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W. The library will have a certified therapy dog in the children’s department to listen to children read. This friendly golden retriever is certified with Therapy Dogs International, and loves children. Volunteer Cynthia Healy and her dog will be at the puzzle table area in the library to give your child a chance to practice reading aloud. Call youth services librarian, Phyllis Peter at 641-792-4108 with questions.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Newton Golden “K” Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the activity room at Newton Village, 110 N. Fifth Ave. W. in Newton.

• Congressman Dave Loebsack’s District Representative Bri Dennison will host open office hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery, 114 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

• Toddler Storytime will meet at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W. Storytime for children ages 18-36 months with a caregiver, siblings welcome. Storytime includes stories, music and a craft.

• 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.

• Racial Justice Working Group of Jasper County will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Congregational United Church of Christ, 308 E. Second St. N. in Newton. The focus of this meeting will be to discuss the possibility of working with NewtonFest in order to get the word out about who we are and what we are doing and to consider other ways to connect with the community and get more people involved, perhaps through an educational bookclub or movie series. All those interested in promoting racial harmony and justice in Jasper County are encouraged to join together as we continue to engage in this important work.

Contact Rev. Jessica Petersen at 641-792-3773 with questions.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

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

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

Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Iowa Honey Queen Carly Vannoy shared her experience beekeeping through a book she created of her first year, which she handed around for the group to see during her presentation on Saturday.

tract the honey, keepers take the super boxes to a “honey nest” cut the cappings off and load them into an extractor. The extractor spins the honey out of the honey comb in a very efficient way.

“The reason we extract the honey is partially because it gets us the liquid product as efficiently as possible but is also allows us to give the honeycomb back to the bees,” Vannoy said. “It all goes back to the idea of efficiency because for bees it takes about eight pounds of honey to make pound of bees wax, it is really nice to be able to give them back the hon-

Canvas Continued from Page 1A With the popularity of the event Colfax Main Street President Cindy Van Dusseldorp said she is looking to future dates to

ey comb.”

To conclude her presentation, Vannoy spoke about the importance of saving the bees and other pollinators in our environment.

“Honey bees are an indicator species that, if they are dying, then something might be going wrong,” Vannoy said.

While the initial effects of honey bees dying out may not be immediately felt, Vannoy said there are many products, such as coffee and almonds, that would see an impact to production without the honey bee around to help.

“It’s the fun stuff and

bring more of the community in to do their own work of art.

“We might try to do it for the senior citizens, and it was suggested someone would like to do one around Christmas time for a holiday themed canvas,” Van Dusseldorp said. “We are also

we want to be able to enjoy a diverse, rich, colorful diet,” Vannoy said.

To help with the effort to save the honey bee, Vannoy stressed the importance of diverse habitats for the bees. Whether it is a large garden full of a variety of plants and flowers or just a couple of potted flowers, any new and different habitats are helpful for the bees.

For more information about honey bees, contact the Iowa Honey Producers at www.iowahoneyproducers.org.

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

looking at having an event for children. We will see what the interest level is try to do it again.

It is a fun event.”

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

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Start the Press Abigail Pelzer

ditor’s Note: This column originally published March 14, 2016.

Across the globe in a seemingly far different culture from our own, 16 no-selfie zones have been established in the city of Mambai.

India is home to the greatest number of selfie-inflicted deaths — 19 of the 49 deaths that have been reported of people who died while taking photos of themselves.

Linked to perhaps the billion-plus population and the fastest growing smartphone market, young tourists and students are killing themselves for an epic photo.

Selfie was added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2014, the same year the hit song (But first) “Let me take a #selfie” hit the radio. It seems only natural that a couple of years later the death rate would spike from this self-indulgent activity — really?

I love taking photos, and I always have. Far before digital cameras were a mainstay, I shot photos on a Kodak film camera and waited the standard two days to get them developed to discover the results. I always took a lot of photos of my family and my pets. My brother nicknamed me Ansel Adams, occasionally throwing a derogatory term somewhere amid the moniker.

It seems I likely gained the affinity for photography from my grandmother. She labored over her giant family photo book that sat as a monument in her living room,

highlighting the lives of her children and grandchildren. Likewise, during visits with my aunt at my grandmother’s house, she would produce stacks of still photos that showcased her adventures since the last time we were together.

As far as selfies go, I get it. I really do.

I pose for them, I send them, I post them very occasionally. I even own a selfie stick — mainly because we’re a family of five and selfies of large families are difficult.

However, I can’t imagine risking my life for one.

I can understand wanting evidence of an amazing experience. This goes back to my grandmother and aunt who devoted much time to making sure such evidence was readily on hand. But more importantly, I value the rare times our phones are put away and we’re engaging in life as it unfolds. Rather than snapping a photo of a brilliant lakeside sunset and immediately sharing it with the masses, those times we just breathe it in and observe.

Or other times when you just store that memory the old fashioned way — mentally.

I am a girl who likes options, though, and I do like viewing and participating in current trends. As far as mediums go, I don’t mind the app Snapchat at all. Our kids aren’t trying to gain acceptance or recognition for these one- to 10-second images. They are being goofy kids with outstretched tongues, crossed eyes and bed head. Fortunately these images far outweigh the filtered, perfection-seeking Instagram posts.

When I asked a few teenage girls how many selfies they take in one day, the answer was “too many to count.” I think that’s probably common, and probably OK for now as long as they aren’t perched on top of a mountain or overlooking a dam.

As cities in India continue to identify high-risk areas to be declared no-selfie zones, plans are in the works for an awareness campaign to keep people safe.

Hopefully those awareness campaigns will also celebrate life without screens and living in the moment.

Contact Abigail Pelzer at apelzer@newtondailynews.com

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Kindest Cuts “Devastating!” shouts Chuck Schumer. Even Republicans are unhappy. Big spending “conservative” congressman Hal Rogers calls President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts “draconian, careless and counterproductive.”

But Trump’s cuts are good! Why do politicians always assume that government spending helps people? It always has unintended consequences.

Foreign aid is attached to idealistic notions like ending global poverty and making friends abroad.

Politicians also thought that by rewarding countries that behave well, America could steer the whole world toward responsible practices like holding elections and allowing companies (especially U.S. companies) to operate without interference. The young nation of Israel could be propped up with money for its military defense and infrastructure projects.

But today, the U.S. sends money to friends and foes alike, and it’s hard to know what those countries do with it. Israel gets billions of dollars — but we give even more money to Israel’s enemies.

Money we give to impoverished nations seldom reaches the poor people we want to help. The funds routinely go to the kleptocrat governments that made those countries such horrible places to live in the first place. Our gifts prop up authoritarians, making it easier for them to avoid free market reforms.

We’re just as dumb about spending at home.

The Department of Education doesn’t teach any kids. It imposes standards on local schools that make it harder for them to experiment. It hires bureaucrats who do endless studies — instead of letting competition show us what teaching methods get the best results.

The Department of Education also promotes government-subsidized student loans that trick students into thinking that no matter which school they pick, no matter their major, they will graduate with useful, marketable skills. Many go deeply into debt just when they should be getting a start in life.

The Department of Agriculture tips American elections. Presidential candidates promise farm subsidies to try to win the early Iowa primary. Politicians say the subsidies will rescue struggling small farms, but they rarely do. Most of the money goes to big, well-connected agribusiness. They shouldn’t get subsidies any more than other businesses should.

The so-called war on poverty has now cost almost $22 trillion, about three times what we’ve spent on all America’s wars. Yet poverty endures, even as markets and technology should have eliminated most of it.

Before the war on poverty began, Americans were steadily lifting themselves out of poverty. The well-intended handouts increased dependence and stopped that natural progress. They perpetuated poverty.

Obviously, some federal programs do help people. When you spend trillions of dollars, some of it will be put to good use.

But that doesn’t mean the Economic Development Administration, “Essential” Air Service, Community Services block grants or even Meals on Wheels deserve a penny more of your taxes.

“There is no magic money tree in Washington,” the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards reminds us. At DownsizingGovernment.org, he lists many more programs that ought to be cut. Even when programs do good things, he says correctly, “It is more efficient for the states to fund their own activities — school and antipoverty programs — because doing so eliminates the expensive federal middleman.”

Having our money back means being able to pay for things we choose as individuals — including helping out the poor more effectively than the government.

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Help your kids be ready for college Parents often ask me where the “hot jobs” are going to be by the time their kids finish college.

The projections have stayed fairly consistent for several years.

According to the Iowa College Aid Commission’s most recent report (2016) on the condition of higher education in Iowa, nearly 70 percent of all jobs in the state will require training or education beyond high school. The best paying and fastest growing jobs in Iowa continue to be in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Over 90 percent of STEM jobs will require education beyond high school, and more than 60 percent will require a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Parents helping their students make good career decisions should be aware that STEM jobs in business and financial operations, computer and mathematical disciplines, and healthcare will see an annual growth that exceeds 60,000 openings.

More important than simply knowing what professions

How to contact your elected officials

Newton Community School Board Travis Padget, board president 511 N. Ninth Ave. E. Newton, Iowa 50208 641-792-1684 travispadget@gmail.com Robyn Friedman, vice president 1500 S. 12th Ave. W. Newton, Iowa 50208 641-787-0911 robynpt5@gmail.com

Another View Chris Duree promise to have openings for good-paying jobs is what parents can and should be doing to make sure their kids are ready for college after graduating from high school. In 2015, 67 percent of Iowa’s seniors took the ACT exam. Of that 67 percent, only 33 percent met all four of the core college benchmarks (English, math, reading and science) traditionally used to gauge whether or not a graduating high school senior is “college-ready.” In fact, 20 percent of the 2015 cohort did not meet any of the benchmarks. Disturbing?

The Iowa assessments are required for all Iowa students in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11.

Iowa assessments scores in math and reading are mapped to the ACT college readiness benchmarks. Annually meeting these scores serves as an indicator as

Josh Cantu 1103 N. Fourth Ave. W. Newton, Iowa 50208 641-840-1091 josh.cantu.ncsd.schoolboard@ gmail.com Sheri Benson 1209 W. 16th St. S. #205 Newton, Iowa 50208 641-417-0227 slb04362@gmail.com

to whether or not students are on target to be successful in college. According to data shared in the Iowa College Aid Commission’s report, only 2 of 5 Iowa students are currently on track to be successful.

It’s true that these are only a couple of indicators used to predict success in college. However, to brush off the data as irrelevant can be a costly mistake.

If parents want to make a difference, they should pay attention to the ACT recommendations and advise their kids take four rigorous years of coursework in each of the core subject areas. Will that advice be popular? Probably not! Will it increase the likelihood that your child is ready for college? Probably so!

Chris Duree is Chancellor of Iowa Valley Community College District, which operates Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Marshalltown Community College, Iowa Valley Grinnell and Iowa Valley Continuing Education.

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Obituaries Wilma G. Anderson March 23, 2017 Wilma Anderson of Kellogg, passed from this life Thursday afternoon, March 23, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center of Newton.

Wilma Grace Anderson, 95, was born Feb. 20, 1922, near Newton, the daughter of

Nancy Lindstrom March 22, 2017 Nancy (Nichols) Lindstrom, 81, of Newton, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A funeral service was at 11 a.m. Monday, March 27 at the Wallace Family

Terry Lee Mann March 23, 2017 Terry Lee Mann, 59, of Newton, died Thursd a y , March 23, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

Deborah Sue Osborn March 23, 2017 Deborah Sue “Deb” Osborn, 63, of Kellogg, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 29 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home

Arlene M. Rinehart March 25, 2017 Arlene M. Rinehart, 88, of Monroe, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Accura West Healthcare in Ne wton.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 at the Monroe Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Silent City

August “Gus” and Elise Evelyn (Stevens) Grunhaupt. She graduated from the Newton Senior High School, Class of 1939. Wilma was employed by JC Penny’s, retiring after 30 years of services in 1990, as the receiving clerk. Wilma was a loving mother and grandmother, and will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.

She enjoyed her family and her neighbors, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Newton and the Richland Grange.

Wilma is survived by

her son, Dale Anderson of Kellogg; her daughter and son-in-law, Evelyn and Ron Rowley of Ft. Worth, Texas; her grandson, Ronnie Rowley; and great-grandson; August; and her many good neighbors and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Walter Grunhaupt.

A time of remembrance and celebration of life will be at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, March 29 at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with a visitation an hour pri-

or to the service. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy and in lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the Newton First United Methodist Church, Kellogg Fire Department or a charity of your choosing. The family invites you to join with them for a time of fellowship and coffee time in the Pence Tribute Center at the funeral home, following the committal services.

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

Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials in Nancy’s name may be left at the funeral home.

If mailing, please add, “Attn: Lindstrom Family” to the envelope.

Nancy, the daughter of Stacy and Frances (Stewart) Nichols, Jr., was born Feb. 18, 1936, in Marshalltown. She graduated from Garden Grove High School in 1954. Nancy was united in marriage with Richard Lindstrom Aug. 31, 1968, in Des Moines. She worked as a field educator for the Maytag Compa-

ny in Newton, retiring in 1994. Nancy was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church, where she was active in the choir, bell ringing and had served as the wedding coordinator. She also volunteered for various organizations in the Newton area.

Nancy enjoyed crafting and sports — especially baseball — and was an avid New York Yankees fan and she also liked the Chicago Cubs.

Those left to honor Nancy’s memory include her children,

Brenda (Edward) Smith of Urbandale, Jim (Deb) Lindstrom of Hartford and Mark (Cindy) Lindstrom of Newton; her grandchildren, Chad Greenwood, Josh Lindstrom, Lindsey Greenwood, Carol Anne (Jake) Snowden and Adam (Brittany) Smith; her great-grandchild, Boone Snowden; and her siblings, Stanley (Mary) Nichols, Neil (Norma) Nichols, Lyle (Jan) Nichols and Janet Nichols. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Richard.

Wednesday, March 29 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials in Terry’s name maybe left at the funeral home.

Terry, the son of Grant E. and Ruby Imogene (Sharp) Mann, was born Jan. 22, 1958, in Paducah, Ky. He grew up in a military family and lived in many places growing up. Terry was united in marriage with Donna Eilander in May of 1977, in Baxter.

They made their home mainly between Arizona and Iowa, while in Iowa they lived many years in both Eldora and Newton. Terry worked in the HVAC business for more than 30 years. He had a great entrepreneurship mind and enjoyed brainstorming business ideas. He had also liked to tinker on cars and around the house. Most of all he loved spending time with friends and

family.

Terry is survived by his wife, Donna of Newton; two daughters, Sandra Mann of Johnston and Maranda Mann (Patrick Steven) of Urbandale; his two grandchildren, Adrian and Tatum; and siblings, Mike (Wanda) Mann of Arizona, Cindy Mann of Oregon and Pat Mann. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Rick Mann.

and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 at the funeral home. Memorials to the Kellogg Fire Department, Kellogg Christian Church or Jasper County 4-H may be left at the funeral home.

Deb, the daughter of Darrell and Nellie (Quick) Wertz, was born Feb. 15, 1954, in Newton. She lived in Kellogg as a young girl before the family moved to Prairie City, where Deb graduated from high school in 1972, and was active in 4-H. Deb was united in mar-

riage with Keith Osborn July 13, 1974, at the First United Methodist Church in Newton. They lived in Minnesota for a couple of years before moving back to Kellogg.

Deb had a love for children and did in-home day care in Kellogg, for many years. She later worked in materials management at Skiff Medical Center. Deb was a 4-H leader and a member of the Kellogg Christian Church. She enjoyed camping, crafting and genealogy.

Deb is survived by her daughters, Liza Osborn of Kellogg, Melissa

Osborn of Mount Vernon and Carissa Osborn of Oskaloosa; granddaughter, Camryn Howard; her parents, Darrell and Nellie Wertz of Kellogg; siblings, Doug (Jackie) Wertz of Riverton, Julie (Greg) Stokke of Ankeny and Steve (Kellie) Wertz of Kellogg; brothers-in-law, Larry (Sherry) Osborn of Altoona and Gary (Linda) Osborn of Newton; sister-in-law, Kathy (Dwight) Baldwin of Kellogg; and her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Keith in 1993.

Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m.

Tuesday, March 28 at the church. Memorials may be directed to Monroe Presbyterian Church or The Monroe American Legion Auxiliary and condolences maybe left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

The daughter of William and Marie (Schnathorst) Eilert, Arlene was born March 30, 1928, in Jasper County. She graduated from Newton High School in 1946. On April 30, 1949, she was united in marriage to Clinton Rinehart in Newton. To this union three sons

were born, Tim, Monte and Gary. She lived in Red Rock until 1962, when they moved to the farm south of Monroe.

In 1999, she moved into Monroe. Arlene sold Avon for many years. She was also a member of the Monroe Presbyterian Church and the Monroe American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed her family and friends, traveling, shopping and playing cards. Arlene was a loving wife, mother and homemaker.

Those left to honor her memory include two sons, Tim (Bev) Rinehart and Mon-

te (Janet) Rinehart, both of Monroe; seven grandchildren, Zachary (Brittany) Rinehart, Chad (Jenny) Rinehart, Danielle Rinehart (Scott DePrenger), Mason (Tami) Wallace, James (Jodi) Wallace, Sydney (Chris) Siedlecki and Spencer (Jessica) Rinehart; 10 great-grandchildren; a brother, Wayne Eilertand; many nieces and nephews. Preceding Arlene in death were her parents; husband in 1991; son, Gary in 2005; a sister, Margaret Thompson; and three brothers, Don, Roy and Larry.

Marjorie Stuart Daasch March 25, 2017 Marjorie Stuart Daasch, 90, of Cleveland, Tenn.,

formerly of Newton, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at a Cleveland health care facility.

Survivors and funeral arrangements will be announced by Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory.

Vera M. Venenga March 25, 2017 Vera Marie, of Newton, passed from this life Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center of Newton.

Ve r a Marie Ve n e n ga, 98, was born Feb. 5, 1919, near Crookston, Minn., the daughter of Jessie I. and Emma (Cooan) Harrington.

Having lived in Fargo, Minn., and Mason City, she graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy in Dubuque, and studied piano, voice and performed in operettas, concerts and short school skits.

She met Harvey Venenga in 1942, and they were married six weeks later, Oct. 3, 1942, in Grundy Center. They lived near Beaman and Marshalltown, and Vera was employed by the Credit Bureau of Marshalltown, Bruin Manufacturing, for Dr. Keyser in Newton, for the Credit Bureau of Jasper County and at the Newton Clinic. She was active in Cub Scouts both in Marshalltown and Newton, and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, helped with Share School, children’s

Marcella Elizabeth Karsten March 23, 2017 Marcella Elizabeth Karsten, the daughter of Michael P. and Matilda M. (Link) L e d d y, was born Nov. 25, 1922, in Wa t e r town, S.D. She graduated from Watertown High School with the class of 1941. During World War II, Marcella worked for the Boeing Company in Washington state. Marcella got married, had her family, then spent the rest of her life loving and caring for them.

After her children were grown, Marcella went to school to become a CNA and joined the staff at the Jasper County Care Facility in Newton. She worked there until it was closed.

Marcella was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, shopping and she loved to care for her children and grandchildren and spend time with them at her lake house at Lake Okoboji.

Marcella was a member of Sacred Heart Catho-

liturgy and was a past school volunteer. Vera was a loving person, and enjoyed and loved to sing, visit and pray with friends, loved her flowers, collecting milk glass, reading, her hats and making dolls.

Vera is survived by her son and daughters-in-law, Duane and Connie Venenga of Winterset and Sue Wadle of Des Moines; her daughter, Patty Engman of Arizona; her granddaughters, Toni Hamman and Dana Venenga-Harper; her six great-grandchildren; loving nieces and nephews; and many good neighbors and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harvey in 1999; a son, Larry Venenga in 2006; her granddaughter, Chelle Cowen; and two brothers, Jerry and Kenneth Harrington.

A time of remembrance and celebration of life with her family and a Catholic Memorial Vigil, will be scheduled at a later date. The Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, have been entrusted with the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Collins Cemetery, next to her husband. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the family or a charity of your choosing.

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

lic Church in Newton.

Marcella died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Park Centre in Newton.

She was 94 years old.

Marcella was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Christopher Karsten; a granddaughter, Nicole Karsten; a great-granddaughter, Lyndsey Swihart; a great-grandson, Kyle Lewis; and her siblings, Michael, Jr. “Bun” Leddy and Jerome Leddy.

Those left to honor Marcella’s memory include her eight children, Karen (Larry) Light of Moline, Ill., Gary (Diane) Karsten of Newton, Lyle (Cindy) Karsten of Newton, John Karsten of Newton, Tom Karsten of Newton, Mark Karsten of Newton, Sharon Karsten of Newton and Jeff (LeAnn) Karsten of Newton; her 18 grandchildren; her 29 great-grandchildren; her sister, Mary Johnson of South Dakota; and her many nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass was at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 27 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newton. Memorials may be designated in Marcella’s name to Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Pence-Reese Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.

Connie G. Pherigo March 25, 2017 Connie G. Pherigo, 87, of Newton, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Accura Healthcare of Newton West in Newton.

Connie’s funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday, April 1 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 31 at the funeral home.

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DEAR ABBY: I am a stay-athome mom with three children.

Recently, another mom asked me to care for her 3-year-old daughter while she went to work. She offered to pay me, but I declined, given her circumstances, because I consider her a friend, even though I have known her for only a short time.

My fiance is now mad at me for not charging her. How can I make him see that it is not a problem for me since I am stuck at home anyway? It’s not like I am losing money by doing her a favor. — STUCK AT HOME IN COLORADO DEAR STUCK: That it’s not a problem for you isn’t the point.

It’s a problem for your fiance. He may not want the family’s hardearned money going toward feeding someone else’s child. But ultimately, the decision about whether to do this favor for your friend should be yours, and not his.

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I recently moved, taking jobs that are closer to our son and daughter-in-law. They have no children but want to start a family, and we are praying for our first grandchild.

When they take business trips (which is often), I take care of their cats and dogs. A few days ago, while I was in their bedroom (where the cats are kept), I saw an anatomically correct sex toy that had been left on the bed stand. I’m no prude, but should I say something to my son? We have an excellent relationship. I’m concerned that he may need some fatherly advice if they are having conception problems. What do you think? — CONCERNED IN

WASHINGTON DEAR CONCERNED: In the interest of family harmony, keep your advice to yourself unless you are asked. If they are having “conception problems,” rest assured they will find their way to a fertility expert without your assistance.

DEAR ABBY: My 24-year-old son got married in August 2016.

His wife is very nice and we get along fine. He’s my youngest child and we are very close.

My issue is, she refuses to put their wedding picture in the newspaper. She said it’s not necessary, and the people most important know they are already married. I want to keep it as a remembrance just like my daughter had hers in years ago. My son is agreeing with her. Please help. — NEWSPAPER WEDDING PHOTO DEAR NEWSPAPER: It’s seven months too late for your son and daughter-in-law’s wedding picture to appear in the paper. At this point it’s “old news.” It would be better to reconcile your disappointment at not having the memento, because he and his wife are unified on this and the battle is already lost.

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WATERLOO — Black Hawk County officials are struggling to decide how to pay for the replacement of a bridge crossing the Cedar River without raising property taxes or limiting funding for other road projects. The 55-year-old bridge has been deemed structurally deficient and needs to be rebuilt at an estimated cost of $6.5 million to $7.3 million, The Courier reported. The county Board of Supervisors is considering paying for the project with existing road funds, which would severely reduce other road resurfacing and bridge projects over the next five years.

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CEDAR FALLS — Iowa’s largest community solar power project is celebrating its successful operations in Cedar Falls. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the solar array has the capacity to generate about 1.5 megawatts of electricity, and 1,250 utility customers helped pay for its construction by paying a one-time fee of several hundred dollars. Cedar Falls Utilities spokeswoman Betty Zeman says the solar garden generates less than 1 percent of the utility’s energy, but it’s enough to supply about 265 Cedar Falls homes on average.

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Underwood city workers getting new home

SIOUX CITY — A Sioux City police officer is recovering after his patrol vehicle was broadsided by a pickup truck. The Sioux City Journal reports that the crash happened around 2 a.m. Friday when Sgt. Terry Ivener was traveling northbound on a city street and was hit by an eastbound pickup. Police believe the 29-yearold woman driving the pickup had been drinking and say charges are pending. Investigators say the woman ran through a yield sign and hit the patrol SUV.

UNDERWOOD — City workers are moving into a new home in Underwood.

The new location offers more space to workers and more access for the eastern Pottawattamie County community of about 900 residents. City clerk/administrator Jill Willard says the new building has been vacant for several years after efforts to attract startup businesses didn’t pan out.

Willard says the city owns the building.

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DES MOINES — A judge says Gov. Terry Branstad doesn’t have to testify under oath in a lawsuit filed by a fired Division of Criminal Investigation agent who blames Branstad for destroying his career. Judge William Kelly, a Branstad appointee, rejected Larry Hedlund’s request to depose Branstad in Hedlund’s wrongful termination lawsuit. Kelly ruled Friday in favor of the Iowa attorney general’s office.

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2 abuse cases, 2 very different responses by Iowa lawmakers DES MOINES (AP) — The death of a 16-year-old Iowa girl has led to finger-pointing at the Legislature, and it’s an indication of how much has changed in the 17 years since the death of another child prompted a bipartisan inquiry and passage of legislation to protect children from abuse.

Five months after the death of Natalie Finn, Republican lawmakers have been split over whether to investigate her treatment. The governor has criticized a senator who spoke out about the case and Democrats have accused GOP leaders of being reluctant to take up the matter because of possible questions about reduced state staffing.

The response was different after the January 2000 death of Shelby Duis, a 2-year-old from Spirit Lake. Her killing prompted then-Gov. Tom Vilsack to speak at a public hearing in the northwest Iowa city and discuss the case on national television. The matter dominated that year’s legislative session, resulting in legislation that today allows lawmakers to review confidential child abuse records.

It eventually led to a tougher child endangerment law and a commitment from Vilsack to spend millions more combating abuse.

Sen. David Johnson, an independent who served in the House in 2000, said at that time, both parties worked to understand why Shelby died

despite warnings to the Department of Human Services.

Johnson recalled former Senate President Mary Kramer, a Republican, encouraged bipartisan cooperation.

“Do you see that here today? No, you don’t,” he said.

“You don’t see that with Natalie Finn.”

Following Shelby’s death, police charged her mother and live-in boyfriend. Her mother was convicted and the boyfriend was acquitted.

In the Finn case, the West Des Moines teenager died last October from what a medical examiner called denial of critical care. Prosecutors say the girl was starved and tortured by her parents, who have pleaded not guilty to charges related to her death.

Although school administrators reported suspected abuse to officials, she wasn’t removed from her home.

Sen. Matt McCoy, a Des Moines Democrat, has been seeking Senate oversight committee hearings about the matter, and he’s criticized the panel’s Republican chairman for not organizing meetings.

That lawmaker, Sen. Michael Breitbach, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

McCoy and other Democrats organized informal hearings, and DHS officials attended at least one. But DHS Director Charles Palmer recently declined to send agency staffers to a follow-up

“They don’t want us talking about it because it points out the real flaws in their philosophy.”

— Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo

meeting. Gov. Terry Branstad has claimed McCoy is politicizing the girl’s death.

On Thursday, Republican Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, who chairs the House oversight committee, announced he’d hold hearings to examine child welfare services following Natalie’s death, but he also criticized McCoy, saying he had shared confidential information.

McCoy denied that and accused Branstad and DHS of trying to avoid questions about the agency’s role in keeping track of Natalie, who had been cared for through Iowa’s foster care and adoption program.

Johnson, the independent from Ocheyedan, said a non-partisan response to Natalie’s death has been especially hard to achieve during a legislative session in which Democrats have been angered over Republican moves on a number of bills.

The budget also plays a role in the discussion, said Sen. Bill Dotzler, a Waterloo Democrat who was in the House in 2000. He noted Branstad has

prioritized reducing the size of government since returning to office in 2011.

Dotzler argued that ensuring children are safe would require DHS to hire more workers, a move that could be difficult as the state deals with budget shortfalls and Republicans look for ways to reduce taxes.

“They don’t want us talking about it because it points out the real flaws in their philosophy,” he said.

Branstad spokesman Ben Hammes didn’t comment on the budget but emphasized the governor believes legislative action should wait amid a criminal investigation.

“The last thing we ought to do is have the politicians screw this up and not cause justice to be done for this tragic incident,” Branstad said this month.

After Kaufmann’s announcement, Hammes said in an email the administration “would support an effort by legislators to learn more information about the overall adoption, child welfare and foster care systems at the De-

partment of Human Services.”

DHS spokeswoman Amy McCoy said the agency has met with some lawmakers for confidential briefings about the case, and she said the House committee investigation will allow DHS to let the public know about its processes, though the state will be prohibited by law from discussing Natalie’s case.

She also said reductions in DHS staffing have not affected social workers. She noted the department took “personnel action” after Natalie’s death, and there is an ongoing investigation into the case by the independent ombudsman’s office. Ombudsman Kristie Hirschman said Thursday she couldn’t provide a timetable on a pending report because her office was still collecting information.

The ombudsman’s office also investigated Shelby’s death and released a report in December 2000. Legislation that changed Iowa’s child endangerment law passed in 2001.

Liz Cox, executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, said the correct legislative response is probably somewhere in the middle of seeking immediate action and carefully reviewing what went wrong. She noted the issue is complicated.

“If this is truly a systemic issue, it’s going to take more than one legislative action to address the problem,” she said.

Iowa residents with disabilities face Medicaid cuts neck down. Medicaid pays about $10.50 per hour for aides to help him live in his house instead of in a nursing home, The Des Moines Register reported. Their duties include cooking for him, dressing him, cleaning his house, running errands, giving him his medicine and emptying his urine bag. A national Medicaid management company, UnitedHealthcare, is trying to trim those services, Campbell told the official from the state’s LongTerm Care Ombudsman’s office.

“What I was getting equaled out to like five hours a day, every day,”

he told the woman. “And they want to cut it back to a little over two hours a day. That’s the decision they’ve made, and I’m appealing it.”

Campbell, 44, knows others are also facing such cuts from the three private companies Iowa hired last year to manage the state’s $4 billion Medicaid system. He’s one of nearly 7,400 Iowans with disabilities who use Medicaid’s Consumer Directed Attendant Care program, or CDAC, which pays members of the community to provide everyday assistance that lets recipients continue living in their homes instead of nursing

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homes. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman’s Office recently reported that reduced hours in the CDAC program are one of the top complaints the agency is hearing about the privatized Medicaid system.

Criswell stood silently next to the wheelchair, holding the phone up, as Campbell spent several minutes explaining his plight to the ombudsman’s staff member.

The official told him she would look into it. Campbell thanked her. Criswell put down the phone and resumed feeding her client.

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“Are we on schedule for how long you’re supposed to take to feed me lunch?” he asked.

“No,” she replied with a smile. “You need to eat faster.”

Campbell was paralyzed in a high school wrestling accident that broke his neck in 1988. In earlier decades, such an injury likely would have forced him to spend the rest of his life in a nursing home or state institution.

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He gets around his house or down the streets of Fontanelle by maneuvering his motorized wheelchair with sips or puffs into a tube. He types on a computer or dials his phone with a pointer he holds in his mouth. He almost never goes to the hospital, and he’s strong and independent enough to serve on the Nodaway Valley School Board.

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Iowa medical student completes paramedic rotation SIOUX CITY (AP) — Huda Jarmakani’s heart began to race when she heard the rig she had been assigned to was being paged out to a patient in cardiac arrest.

She swiftly boarded the ambulance, which sped away that afternoon with its lights flashing and sirens blaring.

The incident marked the first time the Des Moines University student would participate in an active “code,” the Sioux City Journal reported.

On the scene in a tight nursing home hallway, Jarmakani described a “chaotic, but organized” environment as she went to work.

Her nerves began to ease as she pushed epinephrine, collected a medical history and took over “bagging” — manual ventilation.

The patient’s pulse returned while being wheeled out of the building.

Jarmakani, 31, who is in her fourth year of medical school, wanted to soak up the entire experience of being a paramedic. She spent nearly 200 hours with Siouxland Paramedics, Inc., which serves Sioux City and North Sioux City.

Commanding officer Liz Ford said medical students have logged a couple hours with Siouxland Paramedics and they’re shadowing paramedics as they respond to emergencies, but she said Jarmakani is the first to do a monthlong rotation with the ambulance service.

Throughout the rotation,

which began Jan. 31, Jarmakani worked closely with Siouxland Paramedics field training officer Sarah Harris responding to basic transfer calls, car crashes and everything in between. She took vitals, started IVs and intubated a patient.

“It’s something that’s really never been done,” Harris said.

“Med students don’t do rotations with EMS.” Jarmakani said the rotation took her out of her comfort zone.

She worked with Harris in the cold and snow and in patients’ homes surrounded by stressed loved ones.

“It’s been an absolutely amazing experience,” she said. “In this field and in this position, you’re the one telling everyone else what to do. You transfer from being a medical student into the physician who’s taking care of the patient.”

Jarmakani, a graduate of Hinton High School, decided to pursue a medical career while attending Briar Cliff University. Her father, Marwan, is an interventional radiologist at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s and her mother, Wajiha, is a former nurse.

Working as a waiver specialist at Opportunities Unlimited in college had the biggest influence on Jarmakani’s career path. It was there that she learned basic life support, how to administer medications and how to properly lift and transport patients.

“When I started working with

AP Photo Sarah Harris, paramedic and field training officer, watches as Huda Jarmakani, a Hinton native and 4th year student at Des Moines University medical school, inspects a supply bag in an ambulance at the start of their shift at Siouxland Paramedics, in Sioux City. Jarmakani is the first medical student to do a full month training rotation with Siouxland Paramedics.

kids and taking care of them is when I knew I definitely wanted to be in medicine,” she said. “I would go hang out with my kid and work on whatever we needed to that day. It was just nice to see them progress and meet their goals that we set for them.”

Besides being able to help people, Jarmakani said she liked the different career paths that medicine afforded her. She could do research in a laboratory, see patients in a clinic or work in a fast-paced setting, such as an emergency

room.

“It was really for me figuring out which path I belonged to,” she said. “That continuity you have with your patient is what attracts me most to medicine — being right there experiencing everything they’re going through.”

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“This gets her used to what emergency care is and what will have happened prior to (the patient arriving at the hospital) and how to maintain that,” Ford said.

After each call, Harris sat down with Jarmakani to reflect on what happened. She created special patient forms to help her think about how she would respond in the field as a paramedic and what medications and tests she would order as a physician after the patient arrived at the hospital.

“She can put that together and take that back to her professors so they can see that she didn’t just sit.

She got put through the paces,” Ford said.

Jarmakani wasn’t the only one learning during the rotation, Harris said. Jarmakani taught her a different way to palpate abdomens and how to assess lower leg fractures.

“Some of the questions and her thought process to diagnose have actually opened my eyes to another way to look at things,” she said.

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81-year-old organ repairman lives out dream in Iowa BUFFALO (AP) — Perhaps the most striking thing about organ repair isn’t the sight of lead alloy pipes reaching for the ceiling, nor the sheer number of antique switches, connections and keys involved in the puzzle — but the craftsmanship of a builder’s hand when it works in concert with the keen sense of a musician’s ear to find that grand sound.

That, as it seems, is what caught the interest of Rod Levsen Sr., who made organ repair his livelihood in 1954. “I’ve always been rather mechanically inclined,� said Levsen.

The 81-year-old founded the Levsen Organ Company.

He also worked a night job as a groundskeeper at First Presbyterian Church in Davenport decades ago while attending Davenport High School. “When I was at First Presbyterian Church, they had

a nice, big, old pipe organ up there, a rather large one.

When I finished working in the evening, I had all the keys.

So I went up and I’d sit down and play the big organ and think, ‘Oh boy, this is for me.’�

Years of studying piano as a boy combined with his experiences at the church found Levsen tuning pianos to save money for college after he graduated from high school.

His mechanical interest and fascination with electronics lead him to do well with the work and “college never came.�

After a decade as a sales and service representative for the Highland, Illinois-based Wick’s Organ Company, Levsen branched out, building the company’s plant in Buffalo, Iowa, in 1980. And he began building his own Levsen-brand organs. “One of the things that I’ve always sort of had in the back

of my mind — I wanted to be able to create a service business that would help other people and churches,� Levsen said, “to have a reliable, well known business that I could leave for my family. So, two of my sons work in our business and my grandson Chris is in the business now, and who knows where it goes from there.�

Levsen spends much of his time in the office now, but the other two generations go where the work is. “We have 215 churches that we tune and service for — they’re all over the country,�

Levsen said.

The market for church organs certainly isn’t what it once was for the company. “We’ve taken a beating because of the economic thing, and churches are having their problems,� Levsen said.

With churches closing doors because of low atten-

dance, an abundance of used organs depressed the market for new organ orders that made the Levsen business thrive in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Business has changed, but it has not gone away. And even sales of used organs between churches create a role for Levsen to play. “A sizeable organ takes a couple three or four days to take it apart then you have to move it to where its new place is, and then you also have to redesign it, usually, to fit in a new place — and we do that,�

Levsen said.

One such job is at the Muscatine Art Center, the former mansion of Laura Musser and husband Edwin McColm. The mansion was built as a wedding gift from Laura’s father, Peter Musser, a lumber baron.

As a singer, pianist and organist, Laura Musser studied music at Grant Seminary in

Chicago and under Giovanni Sbriglia, an Italian opera singer in Paris, France. She was known to perform for parties and other gatherings and on local radio in Muscatine.

Inspired by Musser’s love for music, a music room and Estey organ, built by Estey Organ Company of Battleboro, Vermont, was added to the mansion in 1921.

In 1933, McColm met an untimely death. Musser remarried in 1938 and moved to Kansas City, Missouri, with second husband, William T. Atkins.

Despite the move, she maintained ownership of the home, and would stop in whenever she was in Muscatine until her death in 1964 at the age of 87.

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Potential abounds for NHS boys’ track team

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s boys competed in four events at the 2016 Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships in the Class 3A division.

All those athletes return for the 2017 Cardinal boys’ track season as Newton steps back up into 4A competition.

The Cardinals’ 1,600-meter distance medley relay team, which won the 2016 Little Hawkeye Conference championship and was district champion, is intact. Senior Brennen Dodd and juniors Clayton Baltisberger, Jack Callaghan and Matthew Karsten posted a season’s best time of 3 minutes, 41.53 seconds in taking 12th at the state meet.

Also at the state meet a year ago were senior Connor Gholson in the long jump and junior Jace Lukefahr in the discus, finishing 10th and 18th, respectively in their events. Dodd qualified in the 400 and ended up 16th.

“The biggest event for us is the distance medley with everyone back, but we also have Connor running events this season not just jumping. It allows us to pick and choose what we want to do with that relay,” Newton second-year head coach Tanner Clute said. “We’re also looking forward to see what we can do in the new event — the 800 sprint medley relay. We have the athletes to put together a good one, we think.”

Clute has Trent Powers as an assistant coach and Jeff Richardson will coach the throwers this season. Numbers are up for the NHS boys’ team, so much Clute said they had to order more uniforms.

“It’s a great problem to have,” Clute said. “Like the football team we also lost Trenton Brady. It’s been hard for some of the throwers not having him there. He was just a great kid.”

Brady, who would have been a senior, died in an auto accident last June.

Clute said the main problem early is the athletes are not in track shape.

He said Callaghan and senior Noah Sander — the team’s top distance runners — are in pretty good shape and Dodd ran some good times during the indoor season.

Senior Spencer Elbert, juniors Dylan Main, Blake Robson and Chad Nolin and sophomore Adam Hunter

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s distance medley quartet of Jack Callaghan, Clayton Baltisberger, Matthew Karsten and Brennen Dodd knows what its going to take to place at a state track meet after taking 12th at the 2016 state meet in Class 3A. These four and the rest of the Newton High boys’ track team head into the 2017 season stepping back up into 4A competition.

were members of the Newton cross country team in the fall. They all return to provide depth in the middle distance and distance races and relays.

Joining Lukefahr in the discus and shot put rings are senior Caden Manning, junior Landon Hansen and sophomore Jaise Guling. Hansen is the top shot putter, taking fourth at the LHC meet. There are a couple younger throwers working to give Newton more depth in the rings.

“Jace Lukefahr is working hard and seems to be on track for another great year. Landon will be just fine. As soon as he realizes how good he really is, everything will come together for him,” Clute said. “Jaise Gulling is one of the hardest workers I’ve been around. I expect really great things from him.”

In the jumping events, Gholson is strong in the long jump and senior Keith Steinbach is the team’s top high jumper, finishing fourth in the recent Little Hawkeye Conference indoor meet.

“Connor will be such a great asset for us this year. He can do so many different things for our team. Right now, he will compete in the long jump and run 100 and 200,” Clute said. “Matthew is our top returning sprinter. He is also

doing soccer this year, so that will be interesting to see how that works out.

If his body is able to handle two sports that’s great.”

Senior Skyler Tool and juniors Josh Miravalles and Jaron Roush are in the sprint event mix along with relays.

Clute said the Cardinals could put together some really good relays, which is what is so great about having depth.

Roush won the 2017 LHC indoor 60-meter hurdles title a couple of weeks ago and anchored the shuttle hurdle relay team to a fourth place.

He was the lone hurdler for Newton in 2016 and there was no shuttle hurdle relay.

“With the freshman hurdlers coming in, we will be able to put together a pretty good shuttle team. Jaron is excited about that,” Clute said.

Those hurdlers are Dylan Farver, Cody Satterfield and William Cheng.

Sophomore Thomas Cox and freshman Jeremiah Johnson are a couple more sprinters expected to contribute to the varsity this season.

“It’s hard to know what we really have as far as young sprinters. We have only had one meet where we could get everyone in. I am looking forward to seeing these guys in an outdoor set-

Newton High School 2017 Boys’ Track Schedule April 4 — South Tama Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 8 — Oskaloosa Invitational, 9:30 a.m.

April 13 — Des Moines Lincoln Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 17 — Norwalk Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 20 — Newton Cardinal Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 27-29 — Drake Relays May 2 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Grinnell, 4 p.m.

May 4 — Newton Cardinal Relays, 4:30 p.m.

May 11 — Class 4A state qualifier, TBA May 18-20 — Iowa state track meet Home meets in bold

ting and getting some times on them,” Clute said.

Others on the roster are sophomores Mason Lee, Ben Peterson, Landon Criswell and Josh Miller and freshmen Camden Winther, Dalton Altemeier, Logan Cummins and Tucker Cupples.

Newton’s boys open the 2017 season April 4 at South Tama.

Newton has two annual home track meets, both are co-ed — the Cardinal Invitational on April 20 and the Cardinal Relays on May 4.

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Youth spearheads NHS girls’ track team in 2017

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Retool and move forward is part of high school sports.

Newton High’s girls lost a large contingent of scoring athletes to graduation from last year’s track team. The good news is the Cardinal girls had an even larger contingent of younger athletes a year ago and those athletes return to keep the Cardinal track team moving forward in 2017.

Newton has 21 returning athletes led by four seniors. Youth continues to fuel one of the largest Cardinal girls’ track teams in recent years. Newton is back up in Class 4A competition after competing at the 3A level last year.

Guiding the team of 47 athletes are co-head coaches Rachel Tomas and Rachelle Tipton. The Cardinals competed in three indoor track meets including the 2017 Little Hawkeye Conference Indoor Championships.

“What we have seen this indoor season is we have girls with a competitive drive,” Tipton said. “They push when challenged and find a kick at the finish. We have girls willing to step into Newton High School 2017 Girls’ Track Schedule March 30 — Boone Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 4 — South Tama Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 8 — Oskaloosa Invitational, 9:30 a.m.

April 22 — Ames Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 13 — Indianola Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 20 — Newton Cardinal Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

April 24 — Dowling Catholic Invitational, 4 p.m.

April 25 — Grinnell Invitational, 5 p.m.

April 27-29 — Drake Relays May 2 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Grinnell, 4 p.m.

May 4 — Newton Cardinal Relays, 4:30 p.m.

May 8 — Pella Invitational, 5 p.m.

May 11 — Class 4A state qualifier, TBA May 18-20 — Iowa state track meet Home meets in bold

new events. We also have the potential to score in every field event.”

The coaches said the team has a fair amount of newcomers (14 freshmen), but the team has a great group of returners to help lead the way.

Newton’s four seniors are Morgan Allen, Michaella Cope, Sydney Hook and Kenna Winther. Allen and Winther are sprinters. Cope and Hook run the distance and middle distance races. They also will help in relays.

Winther is one of those who should score in field events — the long jump — for the Cardinals this season. Newton has five state qualifiers on the roster led by junior thrower Haley Revell, who also is the defending Little Hawkeye Conference outdoor shot put champion. Revell finished second at the 3A district meet and ended up 19th in the 3A state meet competition.

Juniors Liz McVey, Morgann Eide and Audrey Lucas and sophomore Abbie Barr qualified for the state meet on relays. McVey was on the sixth-place sprint medley relay a year ago with three seniors and the same foursome ran in the 4x100 relay race.

Eide, Lucas and Barr return as members of the shuttle hurdle relay team. Eide and McVey ran on the shuttle relay team in 4A state competition in 2015. Newton’s sprint medley relay team was third in the LHC meet.

“We look to keep improving throughout the season and be at our best at the end,” Tomas said. “With this big squad we need to look to score in every event. We compete in a tough conference. Our goal every year is to be one of the top teams. We have to come out ready to roll and compete.”

Newton’s girls finished fifth as a team at the LHC meet a year ago.

Other returners for the Cardinals are juniors Ali Bestell, Hannah Boeck-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Haley Revell is the defending Little Hawkeye Conference outdoor shot put champion. She capped off her sophomore season with a trip to the state track meet. The Cardinals prepare to competes at the Class 4A level again after a year in 3A.

and sophomores Caelyn Briley, Teddie Brunsmann and Lakin Jenkins. Sophomore Rachel Rhoads is out, but is sidelined with a knee injury.

Revell is joined in the throwing events by Bestell and Ervin. Barr and Boecker are the team’s top high jumpers. Hook also is a long jumper with Winther.

Eide leads the Cardinals in the 100-meter hurdles and Lucas is their top 400 hurdler. Jenkins and Keeton are back from Newton’s third-place 4x800 relay at the LHC meet. Brunsmann, Edie, McVey, Lucas, Risius, Stier, Walters and Jenkins are returners in sprints and relays.

Tipton and Tomas are finding the right fits for each event for the Cardinals.

They are looking to work in newcomers Rachel Berkland, Original Tesfay and Karley Leiker — all juniors — sophomore Gerima Blair and freshmen Andrea Brown, Molly Coy, Jenna Smith and Alivia Whitten.

Filling out the rest of the roster are sophomores Olivia Barnes, Alivia Hoffman, Cheyenne Levesque, Brittany McConnell, Panpriya Pandumrong and Rachelle Romo and freshmen Rosemary Abrams, Priscilla Amador, Mackenzie Baker, Lilly Busch, Courtney Dawson, Kameron Johnston, Carlee Kearse, Rheagan Oldfield, Dorian Robbins and Madi Walker.

Newton’s girls get the outdoor track season underway Thursday at the Boone Invitational. Newton has two annual home track meets, both are co-ed — the Cardinal Invitational on April 20 and the Cardinal Relays on May 4.

er, Miranda Ervin, Tessa Keeton, Randi Walters, Jailyn Bucklin, Bethany Risius, Serenity Stier and Bailey Wall;

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Tuesday Track Lynnville-Sully boys at BCLUW, 4:15 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully girls at Belle Plaine, 4:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo boys at Nevada, 4:30 p.m.

PCM boys at East Marshall, 4:15 p.m.

PCM girls at Chariton, 4 p.m.

Thursday Track Newton girls at Boone, 4:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully boys at Belle Plaine, 4:30 p.m.

Soccer Southeast Polk at Newton boys, 7 p.m.

Pella Christian at PCM boys, 7 p.m.

Tennis Newton girls at Des Moines East, 4 p.m.

Des Moines East at Newton boys, 4:15 p.m.

Golf Pella at Lynnville-Sully girls, 4:15 p.m.

Friday Golf Newton boys at Norwalk, 9 a.m.

Saturday Soccer CMB, PCM, Benton, Ottumwa at Newton boys tournament, 10 a.m.

Hawkeye women end year with loss at WNIT Newton Daily News IOWA CITY — Whether you call it an off-day shooting by the University of Iowa or credit a spirited defensive effort by Washington State, the result was a season-ending 74-66 loss for the Hawkeyes in the WNIT on Sunday in front of 5,146 fans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa ends its season at 20-14, while Washington State — winner of six of its last seven games — is 16-19 and advances to a WNIT semifinal against Georgia Tech.

Sophomore Megan Gustafson led Iowa with 19 points and 15 rebounds, her 18th double-double of the season. Senior Ally Disterhoft was 11-of14 from the free throw line and finished with 16 points. Freshman Kathleen Doyle added 11 points, five rebounds, and two steals with a career-high eight assists.

The Hawkeyes started quickly, leading 20-13 eight minutes into the game. There were five lead changes in the second quarter, but when Caila Hailey made a layup with 1:09 left before halftime, Washington State went on top 31-29.

The Cougars stayed in front the rest of the game.

The Cougars held a slight edge on the boards, 45-42, with 17 offensive rebounds.

They also led in second-chance points (167) and points in the paint (34-32).

Iowa was 18-of-29 from the free throw line and 4-of-23 from 3-point range.

The Hawkeyes missed their final 14 3-point attempts and all 13 in the second half.

Iowa finished a season with at least 20 victories for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons.

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Mustangs looks to take the next step this spring

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

The six Prairie City-Monroe spring sports programs all have one thing in common — they all want their programs to take the next step this year.

With numbers on the rise throughout each program, the Mustangs are hoping to be competitive on the track, on the links and on the pitch in 2017.

Boys Track When Collin Harrison took over the boys track program two years ago, numbers were small and the talent on the roster was, for the most part, young and inexperienced.

Last year, the Mustangs showed improvement, but in 2017 Harrison expects his PCM team to make an even bigger jump.

“We better take the next step,” Harrison said. “We should be in the top half of every meet.”

For Harrison, the improvement from two years ago to now is simple.

“It’s basically talent maturity,” Harrison said. “We still have a ton of sophomores, but the guys who have been standouts for us the past few years are now older, stronger and more mature. They are just not young anymore.”

Leading the way for the Mustangs will be seniors Noah Clark, Chris Ellens, Luke Greiner, and Leevi Telfer, juniors Noah Henkenius and Noah Anderson, and sophomores Preston Van Wyk, Brayton Van Dyke, Jarron Trausch, Cole Dustin, Nick Buswell and Nick Dredge. Harrison said the team has added nine freshmen to the roster, too.

“We should be better this year,” Harrison said. “I think we should be very competitive in more events than in previous seasons.”

Clark was the only state qualifier last year for the Mustangs. He finished 13th in the discus, but Harrison says Clark already is ahead of where he was last season.

Clark and Telfer will lead the throwers this season.

Greiner will run 100s and 200s on the track and score lots of points in long jump, too.

Ellens made a significant jump in cross country from his junior to senior seasons. Harrison expects a similar jump on the oval.

Ellens won the Heart of Iowa Conference title in the fall.

“He should take the next step,” Harrison said. “He should definitely be one of the

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junior Jackson Thomas and sophomore Reed Worth.

“I think this team can win the conference tournament, but I am more concerned with sectionals and districts,” VanderLinden said. “We want to win sectionals again.”

There’s a total of 20 golfers this season but about half are freshmen who have never played the game before.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Luke Greiner returns as the Mustang boys track team’s top long jumper in 2017. Greiner also will be used to fill several relays and sprinting events.

top distance runners in the area.”

Harrison will have more depth in 2017, too.

Anderson, Henkenius, Van Wyk and Van Dyke will fill spots in the lineup in anything from a 100 to 400.

Trausch and Dredge will fill holes on relays and provide the Mustangs will a deep group of hurdlers.

Trausch will handle the 400 hurdles and be one of four competing in the shuttle hurdle relay, along with Dustin, Buswell and Dredge.

Dustin is off to a good start in the high hurdles as he finished in the top 30 at Iowa State earlier this month.

Trausch, Dustin, Buswell and Dredge were junior high state champions in the shuttle hurdle relay in eighth grade.

Boys Golf PCM boys golf coach Dale VanderLinden has been coaching the sport for 17 years either as an assistant or head coach.

During that span, he has never been to the state tournament.

With a number of varsity golfers back from last year’s sectional title team, VanderLinden hopes to change that in 2017.

Five of the six golfers from last year’s varsity lineup are back. So are two other golfers who played in at least four varsity tournaments.

That gives VanderLinden

plenty of reasons to be optimistic about his team.

“The ultimate goal is to get to state,” said VanderLinden, who begins his third year as head coach. “It is a realistic goal, but the boys have to have their heads in the game.”

Four Mustangs will battle for the top spot in the lineup — senior Ryan Hill, juniors Noah Lanphier and Dayton Boell and sophomore Andrew Van Ryswyk.

Boell won the sectional championship last year with his best 18-hole score (76) of the season.

Van Ryswyk’s 86.50 is the top returning 18-hole average on the roster, while Hill averaged about one stroke higher.

Boell and Lanphier both averaged a 43 in their two ninehole rounds, which ranked tops on the team.

VanderLinden expects 2017 to be similar. Any one of the top four golfers could be in the No. 1 spot.

“There is a possibility that we could have a different No. 1 at every meet,” Vander Linden said. “They will have to play for varsity spots every day.”

Those challenge rounds don’t only apply to the top four golfers. It applies to anyone who wants to play on the varsity roster, according to VanderLinden.

Other golfers expected to factor into the varsity lineup include senior Ethan Thomas,

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Jayci Vos returns to the Mustang girls track team after finishing third in the 400-meter hurdles at the state meet last year. Vos begins the new season as a favorite to win the 2A 400 hurdles title.

Girls Soccer Senior Abby Waddell set a new school record with 17 goals last season. In 2017, PCM girls soccer coach Bill Sowder wants to see that production continue. Sowder also wants Waddell to make sure the right player is taking the shots.

“Because of what she did last year, Abby is going to be marked by every team we play,” Sowder said. “She is going to have to find open teammates when she is not open.

We don’t want her passing up open shots, but we don’t want her to worry about how many goals she has either.”

Waddell is one seven returning Mustangs who started at least nine matches last year.

The eighth player to do that, Camryn Wignall, is out for the season due to an ACL injury.

Wignall scored four goals and had three assists last year.

Joining Waddell as key returners on the offensive end are seniors Dakota Hostetter and Bella George and sophomore Sara Dudley.

Sowder will use the versatility of seniors Jaiden Rodgers and Taylor Shepley as well as sophomore Cailtyn Walters to his advantage. That Mustang trio will play as forwards, midfielders and defenders throughout the year.

This year’s roster features 30 players, about 10 of which are freshmen.

Sowder has been impressed with his team after one week of practice.

“I expect to be better than last year,” Sowder said.

“We need to show more dedication. If we do that, it’ll make us better as a team. I think we can turn the corner this year.”

Sowder said Hostetter will take over the playmaking role vacated by the graduated McKinzie Tjaden. Tjaden had five goals and seven assists last year.

Hostetter put in four goals and had one assist playing on the outside a year ago.

“Dakota has looked really good so far in the week we’ve had to practice,” said Sowder, who begins his fourth year as head coach. “I think she do well in that role.”

Sowder said the biggest improvement needed to upgrade on last year’s 7-13 record is on the defensive end of the field.

Playing the defensive roles will be junior Abby Jones and freshmen Kimberly Gallaher and Shelby Voeller.

Returning at goalkeeper is junior McKeely Tjaden.

“We are changing some things up defensively,” Sowder said.

“Hopefully we’ll be better back there this season.

We should not be getting 10-goaled anymore.”

McKeely Tjaden stopped 285 shots last year, which ranked second in Class 2A. MUSTANGS | 10B

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PCM graduates guide SWCC to national title

By Ryan Kronberg Creston News DANVILLE, Ill. — Players, coaches, family, friends, Spartan Nation and the city of Creston will forever remember March 25, 2017.

It was the night this most special team in any sport in school history put together 40 minutes of basketball that will live in minds and hearts of all involved at Southwestern Community College.

The night the Spartans became champions.

Southwestern Community College captured its first national championship in any sport in school history with a 77-53 demolition of Louisburg College, North Carolina, in the NJCAA Division II national championship men’s basketball game at the Mary Miller Center on the campus of Danville Area Community College in Danville, Illinois.

The Spartans finished the season with a school-record 36 wins against one loss, which came on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at Kirkwood on Feb. 11.

“Fifteen young men came together, gave it their all, made it happen,” said sophomore Jordan Johnson, who was one of three Spartans on the all-tournament team. “It means everything.”

On the road to Danville, the Spartans won their first-ever outright Iowa Conference Championship.

They won their second regional championship in school history, downing defending national champion Kirkwood 98-90 in Creston.

Over the course of five days, the Spartans faced tremendous tests.

They had to overcome a cold offensive stretch and a six-point second half deficit to defeat Pima in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinal, the Spar-

Ryan Kronberg/Creston News Former Prairie City-Monroe standout Todd Lorensen cuts the final piece of the net after Southwestern Community College won the NJCAA Division II national championship in Danville, Illinois, on Saturday.

Lorensen, a 2003 PCM graduate, is the SWCC head coach. One of his assistant coaches is 2010 PCM graduate Rand Hazelton.

tan defense carried an offense that sputtered at times, leading to an eight-point win over Richard Bland.

Saturday, the Spartans put together wonderful efforts on both ends of the court.

Those combined efforts produced the most beautiful night in the athletic history of Southwestern and added another legendary chapter to the rich championship athletic portfolio Creston High School has accumulated over the years.

The vision NJCAA Division II national coach of the year Todd Lorensen instilled in his team of selfless play offensively and tenacious defense led to championship moments.

“We’ve got a bunch of guys that were committed to the right things,” said Lorensen, a 2003 graduate of Prairie City-Monroe High School.

This team’s willingness to buy into the goals and aspirations Lorensen and assistant

Final Four is set at NCAA Tournament KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — With swagger and verve and downright prolific shooting, Oregon rolled to a 74-60 victory over the Jayhawks on Saturday night, earning the Ducks their first trip to the national semifinals in nearly 80 years.

Tyler Dorsey hit six 3-pointers and poured in 27 points, Dillon Brooks added 17 and Jordan Bell finished with 11 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks in a virtuoso performance for the Ducks (33-5).

Now, they’ll face the North Carolina in the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona. It will be their first trip since 1939, when the Tall Firs won it all.

Player of the year candidate Frank Mason III had 21 points in his final game for the Jayhawks (31-5).

North Carolina 75, Kentucky 73 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Luke Maye hit a jumper with 0.3 seconds left and top-seeded North Carolina held off Kentucky 75-73 to earn the Tar Heels’ second straight trip to the Final Four, winning a showdown of college basketball’s elite in the South Regional.

The national semifinal will be the 20th for North Carolina, where the Tar Heels (31-7) will play Oregon on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona.

Maye finished with a career-high 17 points off the bench for North Carolina.

Justin Jackson scored 19 points.

Kentucky (32-6) will miss out on the Final Four for the second straight year.

South Carolina 77, Florida 70 NEW YORK (AP) — Sindarius Thornwell scored 26 points and South Carolina earned its first trip to the Final Four with a 7770 victory over Florida on Sunday.

The seventh-seeded Gamecocks (26-10) used their trademark swarming defense and some solid free throw shooting to beat their fellow Southeastern Conference Gators (27-9) in the East Regional final at Madison Square Garden.

South Carolina will face Gonzaga in the Final Four on Saturday at Glendale, Arizona.

Gonzaga 83, Xavier 59 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Few outside of Spokane believed the program Mark Few helped build from scratch belonged in the national powerhouse conversation.

Overrated no more, Gonzaga is finally headed to the Final Four.

The Zags (36-1) took the pressure of history head on with a performance worthy of their No. 1 seed, rolling to a dominating 83-59 win over Xavier in the West Region final on Saturday that should silence those critics.

Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points while orchestrating Gonzaga’s efficient offense.

Johnathan Williams added 19 points.

coaches Rand Hazelton and Scott Davis had is not as common as one might think.

“In this day and age, it’s hard to find guys that are going to be unselfish and give up of themselves for the betterment of the group,” Lorensen said. “We certainly have that.”

Hazelton is a 2010 graduate of PCM High School.

While the Spartan offense has been noted for their balance and versatility throughout this run, it was the other end of the court that stepped up when needed the most.

The Spartans picked up crucial stop after stop in the second half to seize control.

Southwestern had stops on four straight possessions. The Spartans turned them all into points.

“It’s just so much fun. You can see the frustration on the other teams,” Lorensen said.

“They’re not used to struggling that much offensively when we’re keeping them out

of the paint. We consistently contest every shot. Consistently we make it hard on them to get to the basket.”

The strong defensive effort allowed Southwestern to win by an average of an unheard of 15.75 points per game this week.

Southwestern’s stingy defense dominated the final 10 minutes, frustrating a high-powered Louisburg offense that averages 92 points per game.

The Spartans held Louisburg to easily its season-low offensive output. Louisburg’s previous low-offensive game was 71 points on two occasions in mid-January.

“It comes from day one in practice when we talk about being able to get stops when we really need them,” Lorensen said. “The deal is we’ll let you run around do what you want on offense for the most part if you guard your tails off.

“They certainly did this last night and tonight.”

Southwestern started taking control for good near the halfway point of the second half. Tied at 35-all, the Spartans edged ahead 41-37.

A Hurricanes free throw trimmed the lead to 41-38 with 11 minutes left.

Southwestern dominated from there.

A 15-6 surge, capped by two Johnson free throws, pushed the lead to 56-44 with 6:41 to go.

Louisburg trimmed the lead to nine, 59-50, a few minutes later.

The Spartans finished the game on an 18-4 run to ice the most important win in school history.

Southwestern made 18-of21 free throws to seal it in the second half.

One by one, the victorious players climbed the ladder.

They each cut down a snippet of the net, showcased it to family, friends and Spartan Nation.

Trainer Kelsi Hines took her turn, followed by Hazelton and Davis, each cutting down a piece of history.

Finally, Lorensen walked up those steps. He placed the scissors on the twine, cutting down the remaining part of the net.

The final piece was cut down, and he grabbed it.

With a big fist pump, a smile as wide as any ocean and a twirl of jubilation, he raised the nets high in triumph.

The moment this team, coaches, staff, Spartan Nation experienced will last far beyond a Saturday night in Danville, Illinois.

“They’re going to go down in history forever and ever,” Lorensen said. “Twenty-five, 30, 40 years from now, people are going to be talking about the 2017 national championship team and how great of a group they were.”

Second to none: Larson holds off Kyle Larson hangs Logano to win on at Fontana Xfinity Series race FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — A blistering first at Fontana in qualifying. A surprising first in the Xfinity Series race.

And a steady, tenacious first when it really mattered Sunday.

Kyle Larson was second to nobody in his home state.

Larson persevered through four late restarts to win at Fontana, adding his second career victory to his overall Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series points lead.

“Lots of fun to be Kyle Larson right now,” Larson said with a grin. “Our race cars are really fast in Xfinity and Cup, so it’s a blast to show up to the race track every week.”

Larson finished second in each of the last three races, but the Sacramento-area native’s Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet was the class of the field at Auto Club Speedway all weekend long.

He claimed the second pole of his career Friday, and he also won the Xfinity race Saturday in a result that surprised him much more than his Cup triumph. The 24-year-old prodigy became just the fourth driver to sweep a race weekend at Fontana.

Fontana’s bumpy two-mile track particularly suits Larson’s skills, and he was unshakable during the late drama and jockeying typical to the five-wide asphalt one hour east of Los Angeles.

After surging up from fourth to first with four new tires before the final caution, he made one last outstanding restart and cruised through two overtime laps to win.

Brad Keselowski was second, and Clint Bowyer came in third for his best finish since June 2015 and his first top-five finish in 52 races.

Martin Truex Jr. was fourth after challenging Larson aggressively, and Joey Logano roared up to fifth.

Johnson, Keselowski and Phoenix winner Ryan Newman all sustained minor damage early on, but Larson was fast from the start.

Larson won the first stage of 60 laps, earning his first stage victory of the season, but lost his lead during a slow stop after getting too close to the wall on pit road.

Truex won the second stage, but Larson slipped past him to reclaim the lead on the first lap of the final stage.

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Larson hopes his NASCAR Xfinity race victory will catapult him to a weekend sweep at Fontana.

The way this season is going for the overall Cup series points leader, it’s tough to argue against it.

Larson held off Joey Logano on the final lap to win another Xfinity race dominated by Cup drivers Saturday.

Larson thrived out of a late restart with smart moves and a clever lane choice on Fontana’s five-wide asphalt. The native Californian won the Xfinity race at Fontana for the second time in his Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet.

“It was a lot of fun with Joey there late,” Larson said. “I hope it gives us some good momentum. We’ll start from the pole and hopefully be here again (Sunday).”

Kyle Busch finished third. Erik Jones was fourth, and rookie William Byron came in fifth.

Larson earned his sixth career Xfinity victory when he kept Logano behind him off a late restart, winning by just more than a car length.

Larson also is on the pole for Sunday’s race.

He has finished second in three consecutive Cup races, propelling him into the overall lead without a victory.

Cup regulars Larson, Busch and Logano dominated on a cloudy day at Fontana. Busch led after each of the first two stages, but he brushed the wall in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with 28 laps to go.

Larson overcame a speeding penalty on pit road that sent him to the back of the field midway through the race.

Logano twice rallied back from far behind and led five times for 70 laps.

He got an early speeding penalty on pit road.

His car later fell off the jack during a long pit stop, but he passed 20 cars in less than two laps to get right back in it.

Despite the technical glitches, Logano had a blast.

“I vote for two races at Auto Club Speedway, I’ll be the first to say that,” Logano said. “What an awesome race track. It’s so much fun. You can run anywhere you want. The racing is great.

There is tire falloff. There are bumps. There’s everything here. It’s the perfect race track.”

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-000225 CASE # EQCV119975 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION vs DEFENDANT: ANGELA MARIE LANGLEY AKA ANGELA M. BROWN AKA ANGELA BROWN, JASEN LANGLEY, NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART INC. AND STATE OF IOWA, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT 15 IN OUT LOT 18 IN THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK “C”, AT PAGE 44 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE VACATED ALLEY (APPROXIMATELY 34' X 8.25') ABUTTING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST 34 FEET OF THE LOT 15 OF THE SUBDIVISION OF OUT LOT 18, ORIGINAL TOWN, CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA Property Address 111 S 4TH AVE E, NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 05/09/2017 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $89,785.73 Costs $2,360.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $3,984.76 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney BENJAMIN W. HOPKINS 1350 NW 138TH ST. STE#100 CLIVE, IA 50325 (515)222-9400 Date 02/08/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF March 20 & 27 THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARNOLD L. STIER, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR 036800 NOTICE OF HEARING To: the children of Lyle Stier, deceased, whose first names are Eileen, Irene, and Angie.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the abovecaptioned District Court a Petition to Sell and Report of Sale concerning the following described real property: Lot 11 in Block 3, Original Town Plat of Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa (locally known as 10 N Elm Street, Colfax), at private sale for the price of $25,000.00 without appraisal. For further particulars see the copy of the Petition on file.

YOU ARE FURTHER HEREBY NOTIFIED that a hearing on said matter will be held in the Courtroom of the Jasper County Courthouse in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, on the 14th day of April 2017 at 9:30 A.M., and that you may appear at said time and show cause, if any you may have, why said property should not be sold, or you may otherwise post bond to prevent said sale in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa.

Dated at Newton, Iowa, this 23rd day of March 2017.

BRUCE NUZUM, ICIS PIN No: AT0005885 CALDWELL, BRIERLY, CHALUPA & NUZUM, PLLC 211 First Avenue West, Newton, Iowa 50208 Telephone: 641-792-3614 Fax: 641-792-2410 Attorneys for the Administrators Date of 2nd publication: April 3, 2017 March 27 & April 3 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-000217 CASE # EQCV120233 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., vs DEFENDANT: CANDICE S. CLEMENS, JARROD HESSE, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, STATE OF IOWA, AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION,; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK “W”, AURORA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, BEING IN AND FORMING A PART OF THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK D, PAGE 201 IN THE OFFICE OF THE JASPER COUNTY RECORDER. RECORD PLAT NO. 5 OF SAID SUBDIVISION Property Address 503 E 27TH ST S, NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 05/09/2017 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $99,989.43

LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK “W”, AURORA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, BEING IN AND FORMING A PART OF THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK D, PAGE 201 IN THE OFFICE OF THE JASPER COUNTY RECORDER. RECORD PLAT NO. 5 OF SAID SUBDIVISION Property Address 503 E 27TH ST S, NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 05/09/2017 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $99,989.43 Costs $2,135.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $1,482.50 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney C. ANTHONY CRNIC 925 E 4TH ST WATERLOO, IA 50703 (319)234-2530 Date 02/08/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF March 20 & 27 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-000239 CASE # EQCV120058 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, vs DEFENDANT: GEORGE H WILKENING; SPOUSE OF GEORGE H. WILKENING, IF ANY; and PARTIES IN POSSESSION; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 3 OF THE AMENDED PLAT OF WOODROW'S SUBDIVISION OF LOT 71 WEST NEWTON, OF THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA. THE NORTH 82 FEET OF LOT 1, BLOCK 3, AS SHOWN BY THE AMENDED PLAT OF WOODROW'S SUB-DIVISION OF LOT 71 IN WEST NEWTON, AN ADDITION TO AND NOW FORMING A PART OF THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA. THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE EAST-WEST ALLEYWAY 8.25 FEET WIDE BY 66 FEET LONG ABUTTING THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF LOT 2, BLOCK 3 OF THE AMENDED PLAT OF WOODROW'S SUBDIVISION, CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA. Property Address 709 S 2ND AVE W, NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 05/16/2017 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $88,900.47 Costs $235.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $1,262.80 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney DONALD J. PAVELKA JR. 2002 DOUGLAS ST OMAHA, NE 68102 (402)898-7000 Date 02/10/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF March 27 & April 3 CITY OF KELLOGG MARCH 13, 2017 Kellogg City Council opened the meeting reciting “The Pledge Allegiance” Kellogg City Council met in regular session on March 13, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. with Mayor Frymoyer presiding.

Council member present: Aldrich Campbell, Avery, and Hinshaw.

Absent: Wertz.

Motion by Aldrich and seconded

by Campbell to accept the minutes as mailed and the financial statement as prepared.

Passed unanimously.

Judy Parsons Jones addressed the council asking for money for fertilizer, weed spray, landscaping paper, and plants.

Motion by Aldrich and seconded

by Henshaw to allow $700 for park expenses for the summer of 2017. Ayes 3 Nays 1. She also reported that 11 families have adopted a flower bed.

Council member Avery has made 2 calls and left 2 messages concerning the Park and A-Line.

Aldrich is advising the Council to have pictures taken of seven properties which are the worst.

After the pictures are taken the City Attorney send notice to the Homeowner.

After the Homeowner is served they will have 30 days to clean up their property. Aldrich suggested after the first seven the remainder ten will be addressed.

Manager from Ridgeview Apartments was present addressing the garbage problem.

The dumpsters at the apartments are broken and garbage is spilling over. He has contacted Dodd's to replace the dumpster but they don't own them.

Ridgeview is asking the City to buy the dumpster, but the code states that everyone is responsible for their own container. Mayor Frymoyer and one council member will speak with Dodd's.

Mayor Frymoyer addressed repurposing the old Library building. The Fire Department would like to use it for a work out area. They have been given a bowflex, bike, and treadmill.

Due to the books not being moved out, it was moved by Aldrich and seconded by Campbell to table it for now.

Passed unanimously.

Kailer Stevenson will contact his Uncle about buying the books left in the Library.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to enter into a contract with Skiff for the medications for the Ambulance.

This would allow the EMS access to the meds when they need them instead of having a stock on hand. Passed unanimously.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to accept the bid of $20 per light pole for 3 polls from Craig Schwartz.

Passed unanimously.

Resolution 2017-2 was introduced by Avery and seconded by Aldrich to accept the 2017-2018 annual budget as prepared. Roll call vote: Ayes: Aldrich, Campbell, Avery and Hinshaw.

Maintenance reported that the AAU ball league have contacted the City to practice at the Kellogg ball diamond two to three night a

Aldrich and seconded by Campbell to table it for now.

Passed unanimously.

Kailer Stevenson will contact his Uncle about buying the books left in the Library.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to enter into a contract with Skiff for the medications for the Ambulance.

This would allow the EMS access to the meds when they need them instead of having a stock on hand. Passed unanimously.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to accept the bid of $20 per light pole for 3 polls from Craig Schwartz.

Passed unanimously.

Resolution 2017-2 was introduced by Avery and seconded by Aldrich to accept the 2017-2018 annual budget as prepared. Roll call vote: Ayes: Aldrich, Campbell, Avery and Hinshaw.

Maintenance reported that the AAU ball league have contacted the City to practice at the Kellogg ball diamond two to three night a week. The coaches will prepare the diamond for practice with their equipment.

They are requesting the city purchase 16T of lime which is approximately $280 plus trucking.

James Freese also requested to use the ball diamond for practice and possible games for the Little League. The two leagues will have to work out the schedules.

The concession stand and light can be used with a cost of $10 per hour. Motion by Campbell and seconded by Aldrich to allow the two leagues to use the ball diamond per the discussion of the Council.

Passed unanimously.

Rhonda Guy addressed the council concerning her employment with the City. She has been helping Calvin study for the sewer exam. He needs a score of 70 to pass the test for the sewer licenses.

He next testing date is March 20th. After he passes his sewer test she will be working with him for one additional month. This will give her time to train him on his computer reports.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Campbell to approve Calvin to attend the 2017 Iowa Water environmental workshop on April 17th. Passed unanimously.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Hinshaw to issue Chris Sears a building permit for a garage at 402 Water St. Passed unanimously.

DNR is requesting a selfinspection for the Park by July 31, 2017.

Two bid for the Porta Potty need to requested for the Park from April thru October.

Construction of the Bridge on Coon Creek will start in July of 2017.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Aldrich to present the bills.

Passed unanimously.

February Payroll.............5,430.00 February FICA (City Share)....... ..........................................415.40 February IPERS (City Share) ... ..........................................484.90 Airgas North Central..........101.30 Alliant Energy.................2,776.46 American Banker Ins......1,334.00 Black Hills Energy.............543.05 Dodd's Trash & Recycle.1,860.16 Eagle Engraving Inc............11.25 First Choice Acct...............200.00 Hawkins Inc.......................306.06 Heartland Coop...................15.75 Interstate Power Systems............ .......................................2,657.37 Iowa One Call......................36.30 Jasper Co Animal Rescue......... ..........................................139.76 John Deere Financial........110.62 Kellogg Post Office............151.00 Keystone Lab....................125.80 Mercy Medical Center.......173.06 Municipal Emergency Service . ............................................43.14 Napa Auto Parts..................26.47 News Printing Co...............181.96 Newton Fire Dept............. 491.16 Partner Communications...341.31 Fleet Services...................314.02 Bank of America..................57.78 Racon Corporation..............76.00 Rhonda Guy...................1,269.00 Smith Quality Rental.......1,112.00 The Door Doctor.............1,335.00 U S Cellular.......................171.23 Iowa Community Assurance......... .....................................15,529.12 Receipts:....................$28,882.27 Disbursements:..........$40,440.15 Motion by Avery and seconded

by Hinshaw to accept the bills.

Passed unanimously.

Campbell and Motion by seconded by Aldrich for council to go into closed session.

Passed unanimously. by Hinshaw and Motion seconded by Avery to come out of closed session.

Passed unanimously.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to adjourn.

Passed unanimously.

Shirley Shippers Clerk Mark Frymoyer Mayor March 27 City of Newton Disbursements 3-21-17 Vendor Amount Description Acushnet Company......$4,262.39 Merchandise Alliant Energy/IPL.......$37,650.20 Utility American Fence Company........... ........................................$157.50 Supplies American Legal Publishing Corporation........................$70.95 Service Armstrong, Craig...............$11.77 Reimb Ashing, Steve....................$25.00 Reimb AT & T Mobility..................$66.27 Service Barney's Wrecker & Crane........... ........................................$205.00 Service Black Hills Energy...........$277.50 Utility Bolton & Menk Inc......$17,789.50 Service Bound Tree Medical LLC.............. .....................................$1,593.85 Supplies Brick Gentry P.C...........$7,310.00 Service Browning, Mike..................$25.00 Reimb Bruske Products................$81.97 Supplies Caldwell Brierly Chalupa Nuzum PLLC......$22.00 Service Callaway Golf...............$2,458.14 Merchandise Card Services...............$4,023.97 Supplies/Training CDW Government Inc.....$84.36 Merchandise Chabot, Mary L................$108.29 Reimb Chief Supply....................$348.31 Supplies Cintas................................$58.85 Supplies Coen, Joe..........................$47.94 Supplies Computer Pro..................$169.99 Supplies Contract Specialty LC.....$437.50 Supplies DC Sports........................$209.00 Supplies DePenning & Associates.$165.53 Service Digital Ally.........................$95.00 Supplies Dodd Trash Hauling & Recycling.....$1,094.05 Service Evident Inc......................$114.50 Supplies Fastenal............................$21.57 Supplies Forbes Office Solutions...$385.92 Supplies Fox Engineering...........$5,520.00 Service G&K Services..................$372.63 Service Genevieve Michele LLC. .$100.00 Service Hach Co.......................$1,516.95 Supplies Hamilton Glass..................$69.00 Service Hammer Medical Supply...$40.00 Supplies Hawkins

Service Contract Specialty LC.....$437.50 SPECIAL EXECUTION Supplies O'Reilly Auto Parts............$44.47 PLAINTIFF: JPMORGAN DC Sports........................$209.00 Supplies MORTGAGE ACQUISITION Supplies Per Mar Security Services............

CORP DePenning & Associates.$165.53 ........................................$287.07 vs Service Service DEFENDANT: TIMOTHY S. PING.............................$1,573.19 Digital Ally.........................$95.00 PATTON; PARTIES IN Supplies Merchandise POSSESSION; UNKNOWN Dodd Trash Police One.com...............$225.00 SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF TIMOTHY Hauling & Recycling.....$1,094.05 Training S. PATTON,; IN REM Service Premier Office Equipment............

As a result of the judgment ren........................................$132.83 Evident Inc......................$114.50 dered in the above referenced Service Supplies court case, an execution was isFastenal............................$21.57 Progress Industries....$10,000.00 sued by the court to the Sheriff of Supplies Grant this county. The execution orForbes Office Solutions...$385.92 Quick Supply Company...$375.00 dered the sale of defendant(s) Supplies Supplies Real Estate Property to satisfy Quill Corporation.............$140.41 Fox Engineering...........$5,520.00 the judgment. The property to be Supplies Service sold is: G&K Services..................$372.63 Register-Media.............$1,250.00 LOT SIX OF THE SUBDIVISION Service Service OF LOT SEVENTY-TWO AND Genevieve Michele LLC. .$100.00 Roger McDonald...............$80.00 LOT FOUR OF THE SUBDIVIService Service SION OF LOT SEVENTY-THREE Rogers, Danielle................$71.16 Hach Co.......................$1,516.95 WEST NEWTON, IN THE CITY Reimb Supplies OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNHamilton Glass..................$69.00 Salyers, Cheryl..................$16.05 TY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN Service Reimb PLAT BOOK C, AT PAGE 61 IN Hammer Medical Supply...$40.00 Schabilion, Joel.................$25.00 THE OFFICE OF THE Supplies Reimb RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, Secretary of State..............$30.00 Hawkins COMMONLY KNOWN AS 422 Service Water Treatment..........$1,482.00 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE WEST, Supplies Skiff Medical Center........$858.94 NEWTON, IA 50208 (THE HD Supply Service “PROPERTY”).

Waterworks LTD..........$1,014.78 Smith Quality Rental........$102.22 Property Address Supplies Supplies 422 S 4TH AVE W, Spahn & Rose Lumber Co...........

HLW Engineering Group..............

NEWTON, IOWA ........................................$348.59 .....................................$5,000.00 The described property will be ofService Supplies fered for sale at public auction for Hornung's........................$490.71 Springer Professional cash only as follows: Merchandise Home Services..................$38.00 Sale Date 05/09/2017 IAWEA.............................$250.00 Service Sale Time 10:00 AM Station House Gifts.........$320.50 Training Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY Supplies Image Trend Inc...........$1,524.00 SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW Service Sullivan Auto Body.......$1,155.37 CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA IMWCA............................$558.91 Service This sale not subject to redempInsurance Theisen's.........................$238.77 tion.

Ingraldi, Joe.....................$900.00 Supplies Property exemption: Certain Theisen's Grinnell............$134.99 Reimb money or property may be exSupplies Iowa Department empt. Contact your attorney of Transportation.............$711.04 True Value Hardware......$193.58 promptly to review specific proviSupplies Supplies sions of the law and file appropriIowa Fire Chiefs Association........

Two Rivers Cooperative............... ate notice, if applicable. ..........................................$75.00 .....................................$6,230.57 Judgment Amount $90,559.51 Fuel Membership Costs $2,335.00 ULINE..............................$732.71 Iowa League of Cities........$30.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Service Supplies Interest $4,201.31 Iowa One Call..................$147.60 Ultramax Ammunition......$105.60 Sheriff's Fees Pending Service Supplies Attorney Iowa Prison Industries. .$3,405.05 United States Cellular......$760.91 EMILY BARTEKOSKE Utility Supplies 1401 50TH ST-SUITE 100 Unity Point Health............$337.50 Iowa State WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266 University Registration......$50.00 Service (515)223-7325 Training Van Maanen Electric Inc..............

Date 02/08/2017 ISOSWO Conference......$225.00 .....................................$3,317.00 JOHN R. HALFERTY Training Service JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF Van Meter Inc....................$36.29 March 20 & 27 Jacobs Electric Motor......$111.56 Supplies Supplies Jasper Van Wall Equipment........$139.52 Construction Services.....$104.88 Supplies Supplies Volk, Ryan.........................$25.00 PERSONAL Jasper County Recorder. . .$66.00 Reimb Warnick & Service NARCOTICS Reeves Mechanical....$18,043.66 Jasper County Sheriff........$22.35 ANONYMOUS Service Service Jochems, Chad.................$25.00 Water Department......$10,196.01 Meets Sunday, Reimb Utility Wednesday and Friday Johnson Aviation...............$48.14 Watts Family 7:00 PM in Basement of Monuments Inc................$500.00 Reimb St. Stephen's Episcopal Service Key Cooperative...........$6,733.85 Fuel Windstream..................$2,735.51 Church Keystone Labs................$910.20 Utility Service Witmer Public SERVICE DIRECTORY Kinetic Edge Safety Group...................$185.99 Merchandise Physical Therapy.............$280.00 Zep Mfg Co......................$686.54 Service Knight, Carolyn................$228.54 Supplies HOME IMPROVEMENTS Refund Zimco Supply Company. . $664.61 Knoll, Mike.........................$25.00 Supplies Reimb TOTAL:....................$189,672.52 LEAKY ROOF, Lauterbach Buick GMC...$736.80 Pre-Authorized Payments Missing Shingles???

Service Shaver, Saundra..........$2,750.00 Flat roof repair & coating.

Liberty Process Reimb Chimney repair Equipment Inc..............$5,571.17 Kunkel, Dan..................$2,200.00 & removal.

Supplies Reimb Lyman, Rick....................$177.04 Soffit & fascia repair Alliant Energy...............$1,080.91 Service Utility & cover.

Machin, Ed...................$1,200.00 Windstream.....................$385.43 General Repairs Service Utility Magnum Automotive....$1,730.29 ACH Payments from Great INSULATION Supplies Southern Bank Attic & side walls.

Mahaska Bottling Co.......$319.40 Advantage Administrators............

Concessions ........................................$110.00 Marsden Insurance Attic fans & ventilation Bldg Maintenance.........$2,070.00 Payroll 2-28-17.........$350,261.95 Service Payroll Leaf Proof Gutter Covers, Martin Marietta Materials..............

Payroll 3-15-17.........$344,897.48 .....................................$1,500.18 Gutter cleaning.

Payroll Supplies State Of Iowa................$3,747.99 Call 641-792-6375 Maxim Advertising.............$30.00 Sales Tax Supplies March 27 McCall Monument...........$280.00 LAWN CARE Supplies NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S Mediacom........................$205.90 LEVY AND SALE Service Jasper County Sheriff Office Mercy College of 2300 Law Center Drive Health Sciences................$45.00 Newton, IA 50208 Training 641-792-5912 NAPA Auto Parts.............$487.17 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT Supplies FOR JASPER COUNTY News Printing Company...............

STATE OF IOWA .....................................$1,461.00 JASPER COUNTY SS Publications CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) Newton 17-000224 Correctional Facility.........$110.00 CASE # EQCV120130 Service SPECIAL EXECUTION O'Reilly Auto Parts............$44.47 PLAINTIFF: JPMORGAN Supplies MORTGAGE ACQUISITION Per Mar Security Services............

CORP ........................................$287.07 vs Service DEFENDANT: TIMOTHY S. PING.............................$1,573.19 PATTON; PARTIES IN Merchandise POSSESSION; UNKNOWN Police One.com...............$225.00 SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF TIMOTHY Training S. PATTON,; IN REM Premier Office Equipment............

As a result of the judgment ren........................................$132.83 dered in the above referenced Service court case, an execution was isProgress Industries....$10,000.00 sued by the court to the Sheriff of Grant this county. The execution orQuick Supply Company...$375.00 dered the sale of defendant(s) Supplies Real Estate Property to satisfy Quill Corporation.............$140.41 the judgment. The property to be Supplies sold is: Register-Media.............$1,250.00 LOT SIX OF THE SUBDIVISION Service OF LOT SEVENTY-TWO AND Roger McDonald...............$80.00 LOT FOUR OF THE SUBDIVIService SION OF LOT SEVENTY-THREE Rogers, Danielle................$71.16 WEST NEWTON, IN THE CITY Reimb OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNSalyers, Cheryl..................$16.05 TY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN Reimb Department of Management - Form S-PB-6 PLAT BOOK C, AT PAGE 61 IN Schabilion, Joel.................$25.00 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE OFFICE OF THE Reimb PROPOSED NEWTON SCHOOL BUDGET SUMMARY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, Secretary of State..............$30.00 FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 COMMONLY KNOWN AS 422 Service SOUTH 4TH AVENUE WEST, Skiff Medical Center........$858.94 NEWTON, IA 50208Date (THE Location of Public Hearing: of Hearing: Time of Hearing: Service “PROPERTY”).

EJH Beard Administration Center Smith Quality Rental........$102.22 Property Address 1302 - 1st Avenue West 04/10/17 6:45 PM Supplies 422 S 4TH AVE W, Newton, Iowa Spahn & Rose Lumber Co...........

NEWTON, IOWA The Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2017/18 school budget at ........................................$348.59 The described property will be ofhearing, any resident or taxpayer may present objections Suppliesthe above-noted location and time. At the fered for sale at public auction for Springerto,Professional or arguments in favor of, any part ofcash the proposed budget.

This notice represents a summary of only as follows: Home Services..................$38.00 the supporting detail of revenues and expenditures on 05/09/2017 file with the district secretary. A copy Sale Date Service of the details will be furnished upon request Sale Time 10:00 AM Station House Gifts.........$320.50 Avg %16Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY Supplies 18 SHERIFF'S Budget OFFICE LAW2017 2018 2300Re-est.

Actual 2016 Sullivan Auto Body.......$1,155.37 CENTER NEWTON, IA 1 DRIVE, 11,211,156 11,023,174 10,838,012 1.7% Service Taxes Levied on Property This sale Utility Replacement Excise Tax 2 not subject 273,575to redemp282,257 151,977 34.2% Theisen's.........................$238.77 tion.

3 1,133,774 800,121 483,041 53.2% SuppliesIncome Surtaxes Property exemption: Certain Received 0 0 204,436 Theisen'sTuition\Transportation Grinnell............$134.99 money 4or property may be exSuppliesEarnings on Investments 7,953 empt. 5Contact 28,150 your attorney 7,186 True Value Hardware......$193.58 Nutrition Program Sales 580,000 580,000 557,031 promptly6 to review specific proviSuppliesStudent Activities and Sales 560,000 560,000 526,078 sions of 7the law and file appropriTwo Rivers 8 if applicable.

555,000 555,000 367,555 OtherCooperative...............

Revenues from Local Sources ate notice, .....................................$6,230.57 9 Amount $90,559.51 1,000 1,000 565 Revenue from Intermediary Sources Judgment Fuel Costs $2,335.00 State Foundation Aid 10 20,502,341 18,066,809 18,519,516 ULINE..............................$732.71 Accrued Costs PLUS Instructional Support State Aid 11 115,120 0 0 Supplies Interest12$4,201.31 State Sources 2,667,781 4,898,695 2,932,382 UltramaxOther Ammunition......$105.60 Sheriff's13Fees Pending 296,194 222,070 296,004 SuppliesCommercial & Industrial State Replacement Attorney Title 1 Grants 14 605,000 643,814 552,735 United States Cellular......$760.91 EMILY BARTEKOSKE Utility IDEA & Other Federal Sources 15 1,655,900100 1,617,097 1,439,014 1401 50TH ST-SUITE Unity Point TotalHealth............$337.50 Revenues 40,184,991IA 50266 39,257,223 36,876,299 WEST 16 DES MOINES, Service General Long-Term Debt Proceeds (515)223-7325 17 6,900,000 19,350,000 0 Van Maanen Electric Inc..............

Transfers In 18 0 0 0 Date 02/08/2017 .....................................$3,317.00 Proceeds of Fixed Asset Dispositions JOHN R. 19 HALFERTY 0 0 0 Service JASPER SHERIFF 58,607,223 Total Revenues & Other Sources 20 COUNTY 47,084,991 36,876,299 Van Meter Inc....................$36.29 March 20 & 27 21 26,032,240 7,588,396 9,123,136 SuppliesBeginning Fund Balance Resources 22 73,117,231 66,195,619 45,999,435 Van WallTotal Equipment........$139.52 Supplies *Instruction 23 21,146,000 20,797,824 20,980,271 0.4% Volk, Ryan.........................$25.00 24 1,213,500 1,199,208 1,205,896 Reimb Student Support Services Warnick Instructional & Staff Support Services 25 2,586,100 2,645,075 1,656,785 Reeves Mechanical....$18,043.66 General Administration 26 553,000 604,841 627,276 Service School/Building Administration 27 2,495,200 2,463,372 2,310,931 Water Department......$10,196.01 Business & Central Administration 28 339,200 395,660 332,180 Utility Plant Operation and Maintenance 29 3,205,100 3,248,371 3,037,422 Watts Family Student Transportation 30 1,056,100 1,187,760 1,061,958 Monuments Inc................$500.00 31 0 0 0 Service This row is intentionally left blank *Total Support Services (lines 24-31) 31A 11,448,200 11,744,287 10,232,448 5.8% Windstream..................$2,735.51 32 1,605,000 1,635,000 1,574,329 1.0% Utility *Noninstructional Programs Facilities Acquisition and Construction 33 18,615,600 2,680,000 3,073,811 Witmer Public Safety Group...................$185.99 Debt Service 34 2,113,419 2,067,848 1,360,711 Merchandise AEA Support - Direct to AEA 35 1,335,860 1,190,282 1,189,469 Zep Mfg *Total Co......................$686.54 Other Expenditures (lines 33-35) 35A 22,064,879 5,938,130 5,623,991 98.1% SuppliesTotal Expenditures 36 56,264,079 40,115,241 38,411,039 Zimco Supply Company . . $664.61 Transfers Out 37 0 48,138 0 Supplies Total Expenditures & Other Uses 38 56,264,079 40,163,379 38,411,039 TOTAL:....................$189,672.52 39 16,853,152 26,032,240 7,588,396 Ending Fund Balance Pre-Authorized Payments Requirements 40 73,117,231 66,195,619 45,999,435 Shaver, Total Saundra..........$2,750.00 Reimb Proposed Property Tax Rate (per $1,000 taxable 15.74336 Kunkel, valuation) Dan..................$2,200.00 Reimb Alliant Energy...............$1,080.91 Utility Windstream.....................$385.43 Utility ACH Payments from Great Southern Bank Advantage Administrators............ ........................................$110.00

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AUTOMOTIVE

CERAMIC GIRLS basketball doll. $5. 641791-9241 or 641-8310011.

MUST BRING truck to purchase on March 29-30.

Pictures available. Call 858-761-1171. White sectional sofa $150; black sleep sofa $50; sofa w/ottoman $40; white dresser w/2 small desks $25; twin bunk beds $40; TV/stereo cab $80; file cab $10; kitchen solid wood table and chairs $150; microwave $10; card table w/chairs $50; Noritake China, mid-century wheat pattern complete 16-place settings $180.

SIZE 12 Nike Sprint white track shoes, 1/4” removable cleats included, like new $25., Size 11 Puma TFX, red track shoes, 1/4” removable cleats included, like new $25. 641-7927969.

THERAPEUTIC ADJUSTABLE bed, single with remote control, head, feet & height is adjustable, like new, 6 mo. old. 641792-1165.

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

38 – Mobile Homes

FOR SALE – by owner 14x70 Mobile Home on private lot. In town, fenced yard, carport, shed, half basement, newer fridge, washer & dryer, all appliances stay. $15,000.00 641-840-1482

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

1985 MALLARD 28' Travel Trailer, wheel bearings packed, brakes checked, new tires, awning, tv antenna, spare tire & rack.

Very clean. $3800. 515674-3747

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

New condition. No pets $35,000.

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

500 GALLON fuel barrel with 110v. Pump. 641-7923238.

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

641-840-0153

2015 HONDA XR650L Dirt Bike, good condition, 2800 miles, $5,500 call 641-5210923

ADJUSTABLE BED, full size, excellent condition, memory form mattress.

Asking $500. this is half price. 792-6863.

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

641-792-0860

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. Candy machine w/tri-head (vintage) $115. 515-313-7803.

2008 YAMAHA golf cart, gas, with windshield, 2 ball washers, full enclosure, storage cover 2 locked glove boxes dash, serviced every spring, also golf balls no blemishes $1. a dozen.

792-7058.

NOW

HIRING Nelson Manor is a 36 bed privately owned and operated skilled long term care facility with a good survey history.

RN/LPN -

6a-2p or 2p-10p (possible 12 hour shifts)

Housekeeping/Laundry - 6:30a-3p Apply in person at: 1500 1st Ave E Newton IA 50208 | 641-792-1443

Apply online or send resume to:

110 N. 5th Ave W., Newton, IA 50208

rdaniels@elimcare.org

www.elimcare.org

Elim Care is an EEO/AA Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status *Drug Free Workplace

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NOW HIRING!! IMMEDIATE OPENING!!

Full Time Area Director STATUS: Exempt LOCATIONS: Knoxville SALARY: DOE SUMMARY OF POSITION: Responsible for monitoring services to each Individual by coordinating development of an Individual’s program plan that constitutes an integrated program geared toward the accomplishment of specified goals. Will coordinate and implement all services and programs in an established geographical location. Communicate and supervise staff effectively. Responsible for setting goals/objectives for clients and ensure their rights are upheld. Maintain licensure/ certification compliance. Must be able to work a flexible schedule; evenings, week-ends, and fill in hours as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor’s degree in a related field with at least two (2) years experience working with people with disabilities or an Associate’s degree in a related field with at least four (4) years experience working with people with disabilities’ supervisory experience required.

•Knowledge of rules and regulations relating to HCBS, DIA, and CARF functions.

Send resume and cover letter to alennie@tenco.org

99 TOWN Car, good tires, heated seats, runs good. $3700. 641-275-9146 or 641-840-0805.

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

2015 SOFTAIL Slim Harley Davidson, 1700 miles, many extras on bike, great condition, need to sell quickly $16,000 641-5216756

NOW

HIRING Nelson Manor is a 36 bed privately owned and operated skilled long term care facility with a good survey history.

• Job Requirements • RN • Hardworking • Compassionate • Team Leader To organize and oversee all nursing operations of the facility, with attention • Knowledge of state and federal regulations to Quality Standards and Policies.

We are currently looking for a

DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Send Resumes to Gena

gffranklin2010@hotmail.com • 641-792-1443 Or 1500 1st Ave E Newton IA 50208

JOB OPENING

FT Cook 10a-7p

Newton Village Health Care Center

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

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

2004 HOLIDAY Rambler Vacationer Motorhome. Ex. condition. 46,300 miles. 36' long w/ 2 slide-outs. New tires and shocks. Queen bed. Large shower. Toilet separate. Vintage Oak woodwork. Lg refrigerator and freezer.

2011 CHEVROLET SilverConvection/microwave ado 1500 4WD, ext. cab, oven. Solid surface counflex fuel, victory red with tertops. 2 color TV's w/reebony interior, very clean, motes. Patio awning. Onan 55,345 original miles, lots generator. Hydraulic levelof extras $22,000. 641- ing jacks. Driver's side 275-5058 door. Rear vision system.

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ER $20,000. 641-792-4332 641-521-7146 REAL ESTATE

CNA– Part time every other weekend 2p-10p 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.

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

Front tires brand new, good dependable car. $2,500 firm. 641-840-0153

REAL ESTATE

Cook - 2p-7:30p We are currently accepting applications for employees who enjoy interacting and caring for seniors in a Christian based environment

AUTOMOTIVE

ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATE:

Receptionist/Support Assistant, Part-Time Progress Industries has an opening for a Part-Time Receptionist. Mon - Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Job duties include directing calls, greeting visitors, and performing clerical duties for several departments. Staring pay is $12 per hour. Benefits include: paid time off and participation in 403(b). Company paid physical and drug screen required. Apply on line at progressindustries.org. EOE SM-NE8143508-0327

Maintenance Technician Jeld-Wen Door Division/Grinnell is now accepting applications for a self-motivated individual for a Maintenance Technician position on day shift, 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Must be willing to work overtime when required including Saturday.

Responsibilities include but not limited to: • Performing preventative Maintenance • Repairing Machinery • Troubleshooting Machinery • Small fabrication projects • Light grounds work • Small tool repair • Participate in group projects Requirements includes: • High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Two year technical degree preferred.

• Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, general building wiring, electric motors, lubrication, PLCs, control systems, paint systems, TPM and lean manufacturing is preferred.

• Working at elevation is sometimes required.

The Lynnville-Sully Community School District seeks an elementary one-on-one special education associate.

The associate will assist a special education teacher with an elementary student. Paraeducator certification preferred, but not required.

HOURS: 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM. HOURLY WAGE: $9.45 PER HOUR. APPLICATION DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED. START DATE: IMMEDIATELY. Send a letter of interest and completed application to Shane Ehresman, Superintendent, Lynnville-Sully Community School District, PO Box 210, Sully, Iowa 50251.

Application may be found on the school district web site: www.lshawks.org Electronic materials may be directed to: ehresman@lshawks.com

PRODUCTION

JELD-WEN Door Division/Grinnell is now accepting applications for 1st and 3rd shift production positions.

JELD-WEN is a market leader looking for hard working, flexible, team-oriented associates.

We offer the following benefits to our full-time associates.

• Competitive wages pay rates between $12.65 to $18.45 per hour • Insurance Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) • 401k Retirement Plan with company match up to 4% • 3rd shift premium pay • Associate discounts • JELD-WEN is a market leader In order to ensure a safe working environment, a pre-employment drug screen is required. If you are interested in joining the JELD-WEN Door Division/Grinnell production team, please apply in person between 7:30a.m.-3:30 p.m.

(South side of the street)

If Interested please apply in person between

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

(South side of the street) 820 Industrial Ave

or send resumes to rmalfese@jeldwen.com.

SM-NE8143524-0407

JELD-WEN Door Division/Grinnell 820 Industrial Avenue • Grinnell, Iowa 50112 EOE

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Spahn & Rose Lumber in Newton is looking for a

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

APPLY IN PERSON AT SM-NE8143532-0331

Spahn & Rose Lumber 330 E 17th St S • Newton, IA 50208

CLASSIFIEDS

In Print and Online Every Day • 641-792-3121

NOW HIRING

AUTOMOTIVE

RN or LPN

Career Opportunity

CNA

The Dental Practice is ready to add to our amazing team.

We are in search of a Business Assistant

Part-time 12-hour shifts 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

Full-time and Part-time All Shifts We invite you to contact us at: Newton Health Care Center 200 S 8th Ave E Newton, Iowa 50208

We are seeking applicants with a positive attitude, results oriented and who work for the greater good.

SM-NE8143512-0330

To learn more please call 1-800-603-2308

641-792-7440 www.imgcares.com E.O.E. & Drug Testing

RATE CHANGE – PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

SM-NE8143528-0407

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

NOW HIRING

These rate changes are for the Tyson Fresh Meats location in Perry, Iowa.

RN or LPN

PRODUCTION POSITION RATES Start at $15.25 per hour Earn up to $18.75 per hour

Full-time & Part-time 12-hour shifts

As a member of our team, you may be eligible for the following benefits:

MAINTENANCE POSITION RATES Start at $19.00 per hour Earn up to $23.50 per hour

CMA or CNA

• Pay based on years of experience • Sign On Bonus • PTO available after 90 days of employment • 2 Uniforms provided per year full time and part time staff • Health Insurance for full time staff- Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance

Full-time and Part-time Days & Evenings

BENEFITS – TYSON FRESH MEATS IN PERRY Competitive wages Stock Purchase Plan 401(k) with company match Comprehensive insurance for you and your family (medical, dental, and vision) $1.00 shift premium for B shift

We invite you to contact us at:

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.

CONTACT Tyson Fresh Meats in Perry Eloisa Baumgartner 13500 I Court Perry, IA 50220 515-465-9759

Newton Health Care Center 200 S 8th Ave E Newton, Iowa 50208

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.

641-792-7440 www.imgcares.com

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

www.tyson.com Tyson Foods is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

E.O.E. & Drug Testing

SM-NE8143530-0407

SM-NE8143473-0327

is looking for

You!

We are part of the Mittera Group and currently have Full-Time positions in our Newton facility for: • STACKER • PRINTING PRESS OPERATOR • FORK TRUCK OPERATOR • PRINTING PRESS TRAINEE • MAINTENANCE

You’ll work alongside some genuinely talented people at Rock Communications. We work hard and work smart, allowing our people to grow themselves professionally while maintaining healthy work-life balances.

Rock Communications offers competitive pay and benefits.

Printing experience is preferred, but we will train the right candidate.

Customer Service Representative The Newton Daily News has

an exciting part-time opportunity for a talented and energetic person to join our Advertising Department.

If you enjoy multi-tasking and a constant change of pace on a daily basis, this could be

YOUR OPPORTUNITY!

on Wednesday, March 29th

DUTIES INCLUDE: proofing ads to our business customers, delivering The ideal candidate must exceptional customer service to possess a positive attitude, our walk-in customers, backing up friendly presence, basic current advertising staff processes computer & typing skills, and general office filing. strong telephone skills, be an excellent communicator, be You must possess and maintain a valid drivers license and proof of insurance. able to work in a fast paced Pre-employment background check and drug environment under deadlines screen are required. & possess a solid work ethic.

The Mittera Group is committed to providing a tobacco free workplace, pre-employment drug screen, background check and payroll direct deposit is required. EOE

Please send resume to:

If this is the right opportunity for you, apply directly at: mittera.applicantstack.com/x/openings/ your application will be reviewed as quickly as possible.

STOP BY AND SEE US AT THE

Job/Career Fair

fr from 4:30 – 6:30 pm on the N Newton to DMACC Ca Campus, Ro Room 210

SM-NE8143467-0329

Dan Goetz, Publisher 200 1st Ave E, P.O. Box 967, Newton, IA 50208 or email to: dgoetz@newtondailynews.com EOE • Skilled Iowa Employer

Astrograph

A prompt person might make the same entrance as a late person, only there’s no one to watch. So if you feel that you’re late to life in some way, don’t slink through the door. Hold your head up high and present yourself so that your audience can enjoy your arrival. The Aries new moon loves a grand entrance. Be proud; be strong; begin.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 27). Because you are open to new experiences, you’ll be a different person by your next birthday. Romance and friendship will accompany you closely in the months to come. In June, you’ll want independence and adventure.

You’ll win and lose money,

and in the process, you’ll figure out how to win more often.

Taurus and Gemini adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 7, 9, 30, 21 and 4.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). To air things out is a very literal thing for you today. What’s unwanted can be carried away by the wind. Today you’ll change the energy of a relationship by conversing in the open air of the outdoors.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

It’s rare that a person intrigues and relaxes you at the same time, and you might be fascinated to know that you have the same effect, which makes for a rather irresistible attraction.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You can’t control how many times people acknowledge and accept you, but you certainly can control how many times you smile and acknowledge other people. That will tip the balance.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). This problem that keeps coming up is not so much big or unsurmountable as it is persistent. Like a gnat, it can be handled with an accurate swat -- in this case, with the application of a specific tactic.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Sometimes it seems you need to speak your thoughts to know what you are thinking. This is one of those days. It will help you to be around that friend who actually listens, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The absurd trivialities of life will annoy you if you let them. One way to avoid the harassment is to find something much bigger and so immersive that your perspective disallows petty provocations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

What was once a vast and wondrous experience is now reduced to a segment of information in your mind. You condensed it to “good” or “bad” so it would fit neatly. Now it’s time to unpack that bag and see what’s really in there.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Exploration happens best by accident. Way leads to way as you wander, trusting that something of enduring value is out there for you to find.

There’s no map, only a faith-

ful sense that you’re getting closer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It will be a small gesture that gets you through the obstacle and into the place you want to be. As philanthropist W. Clement Stone suggested, “big doors swing on little hinges.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You won’t have to look long for beauty. The ordinary, everyday landscape will reward you and every other traveler looking up. Unfortunately, many will be too mesmerized by their glowing screens to raise their heads.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll only be able to see what’s available to you through unwanting eyes. As soon as

you want something from the situation, your vision becomes limited.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

When you come to the impasse (and you will in some minor way at least three times today), turn and walk in the direction of fresh air. The bright idea you need will be riding a zephyr. Let it hit you in the face.

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Drake finds its man in Furman’s Medved

By Luke Meredith The Associated Press Drake announced Sunday that it has hired Furman’s Niko Medved as its new coach.

Medved, the 2017 Southern Conference coach of the year, spent the past four seasons with the Paladins — where he led them to the 2017 Southern Conference regular season title.

Medved, 43, spent six sea-

sons as an assistant coach at Colorado State under current Nebraska coach Tim Miles.

Before joining Colorado State, Medved spent a year as an assistant at Minnesota under Dan Monson after seven seasons as an assistant at Furman.

Medved also was the Gophers’ interim coach in 2006.

Medved began his career at Minnesota in 1992 and was the associate head coach at Macal-

ester College from 1997-99.

“Niko Medved brings proven ability as a head coach to build a successful and sustainable men’s basketball program to Drake,” Drake University president Marty Martin said. “He is a highly effective recruiter, great at player development, and an excellent coach on both sides of the ball.”

Drake interim coach Jeff Rutter also was a finalist for

the job. The Bulldogs played well under Rutter but couldn’t sustain their momentum down the stretch.

“Drake University’s tremendous reputation partnered with its strong leadership and the thriving Des Moines community makes this a special place,” Medved said. I was born and raised in the Midwest and have so many strong roots in this part of the country. “

Mustangs

2017 PCM Golf Schedule April 4 — E-B-F, boys, 4 p.m.

April 4 — E-B-F, girls, 4 p.m.

April 7 — Pella, boys, 1 p.m.

April 10 — Bondurant-Farrar, boys, 2 p.m.

April 10 — Pleasantville, girls, 4 p.m.

April 13 — Des Moines Christian, 1 p.m.

April 15 — Knoxville, boys, 9 a.m.

April 17 — West Marshall, boys, 2 p.m.

April 17 — Bondurant-Farrar, girls, 2 p.m.

April 18 — West Marshall, girls, 2 p.m.

April 20 — Oskaloosa, girls, TBD April 24 — PCM Invite, boys, 1 p.m.

April 27 — PCM Invite, girls, 1 p.m.

April 27 — Moravia, boys, noon May 2 — HOIC, Tournament Club of Iowa, Polk City, boys, 9 a.m.

May 3 — HOIC, Cedar Pointe, Boone, girls, 9 a.m.

May 5 — Newton, girls, 3:30 p.m.

May 5 — Gilbert, boys, 4 p.m.

May 6 — Knoxville, girls, 9 a.m.

May 6 — Colfax-Mingo, boys, 9 a.m.

May 11 — Chariton, girls, 1 p.m.

May 12 — Sectionals, boys, Pleasantville, 10 a.m.

May 12 — Colfax-Mingo, girls, TBD May 15 — Regionals First Round, girls, TBA May 15 — Pella Christian, boys, 2 p.m.

May 19 — Districts, boys, Lake Panorama, 10 a.m.

May 22 — Regionals Final Round, girls, TBA Home meets in bold Home meets at Gateway Recreation Golf Course

Continued from Page 2B “We still want to improve on what she has already given us,” Sowder said. “She’s got great hands. We are working on her quickness.”

Girls Track The PCM girls track and field team lost plenty of talented athletes to graduation last season.

But with even more returners back for another run in 2017, the Mustangs should be in the mix for a HOIC championship.

For now, head coach Bridget Martin is looking past the Mustangs’ season opener at Chariton on Tuesday.

“We have some high expectations, but we plan to take it one meet at a time,” Martin said. “It’s always a goal to make a run at the conference and district titles, but we need to take care of business now in order to be in that position.”

Martin brings back senior standouts Jayci Vos, Rachel Stafford and Tatum Nearmyer, junior Ashley Miller and sophomores Kirsten Ives, Megan Cowman, Paytan Schut and Maddie Samson.

A 12-person freshmen class also gives Martin some options and some depth to put together a championship style team.

“We have had a great start to the season so far,” Martin said. “I have been impressed with the positive environment the girls have created.”

Vos is back after placing third in the 400-meter hurdles last year. She also was on the state-qualifying distance medley, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams.

Vos is back healthy after sustaining an injury in cross country that hampered her basketball season this winter.

Martin said, right now, the injuries have not been an issue.

“Like everything else, we are taking it one meet at a time and focusing on setting that foundation for future successes,” Martin said.

Relays is a big part of what Martin has built the last few seasons.

That should continue this season as three of the four runners from the sprint medley and 4x400 relay teams that qualified for state are back.

Two of the four state runners in the 4x800, distance medley and 4x200 relay also return.

“It’s always fun to take relays to the state meet,” Martin said. “We hope to be competitive in those relays again this year. I feel like our team has some depth, which will hopefully allow us to continue to be strong in the relays.”

The senior class is only five deep. But three of them — Vos, Nearmyer and Stafford — are looking for their fourth consecutive trip to the state meet.

Those three seniors were all part of last year’s state-qualifying 4x400 relay that placed 14th overall, while Vos and Stafford each ran on the qualifying distance medley relay team that placed 10th.

Vos and Miller return to the 4x200 (8th) team, while Stafford, Miller and sophomore Morgan Uhlenhopp all ran on

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Madeline Mitchell returns to the Mustang girls golf team after clinching a spot in last year’s regional final round. Mitchell was joined in the final round by senior teammate Breanna Maher.

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the state meet sprint medley relay team which placed 23rd.

The 4x800 relay team that finished 24th at state welcomes back Ives and Schut.

Stafford also ran in the open 800 at state and placed 17th.

“We have a tremendous group of seniors,” Martin said. “I couldn’t ask for better leaders. The sophomore class is another large class and will be instrumental in our success. The junior class is a much smaller class, but they are just as important to the success. Each grade level has a nice balance of specialty areas allowing us to have all different levels of expertise in each area.”

The large sophomore class includes Schut, Cowman, Ives and Uhlenhopp, who all ran on PCM’s cross country squad with Stafford and Vos. Samson is expected to lead the throwers, too.

Boys Soccer With seven players back who started at least eight matches last year and 15 returning letter winners, the PCM boys soccer team is raising its expectations.

The Mustangs welcome back leading scorer, Colfax-Mingo junior Misha Seebeck and junior Chase Sanders as well as seniors Chase Kuecker, Zac VanWaardhuizen, Zac Read, Jacob Phillips and Leevi Telfer.

PCM won four matches last year but still finished third in the five-team HOIC standings.

Third-year coach Darrin Telfer feels like 2017 can be even better.

“We are finally getting kids who have played a lot of soccer,” Telfer said. “We have soc-

cer players up and down the roster. We will be deeper than we have been in the past, too. We have a lot of experience back.”

Joining the L. Telfer large number of returners is a 12-member freshmen class that Coach Telfer feels can make an immediate impact on the program.

“Some of those freshmen will battle for varsity playing time,” Coach Telfer said. “This is the first real class that started in the youth program and stayed out through middle school.”

Seebeck headlines the offense. He led the Mustangs with seven goals and one assist last year.

He’ll be joined by Sanders, Kuecker, Read, senior Graham Davis and sophomore Nick Dredge. Sanders put in two goals, while Kuecker, VanWaardhuizen, Dredge and Davis all scored a goal apiece. “(Seebeck) can play anywhere on the field,” Coach Telfer said. “He is our leader on the field and understands the game. We’ll have some kids around him this year. Misha will have some help.”

Defensively, Leevi Telfer and Phillips return as the anchors.

VanWaardhuizen will either play defender or goalkeeper, and sophomore Cody Wallace will be counted on in the backfield, too. Junior Drew Johnson is a versatile piece that Coach Telfer can play anywhere.

There is a three-way battle going on at goalie in preseason practices.

That battle is between VanWaardhuizen, junior Jacob Ponder and sophomore Blake Read.

“There is competition throughout the lineup this year,” Coach Telfer said.

Girls Golf Senior Breanna Maher has accomplished just about everything on the golf course.

She hopes to collect the one thing that has eluded her in her first three Mustang seasons. Her teammates will do what they can to help her, too.

“Breanna would like to get to the state tournament as an individual, but she also wants to make it as a team in her final year, too,” PCM girls golf coach Val Edwards said. “The team wants Breanna to make it. She has been so close.”

Maher and junior Madeline Mitchell both played in the final round of regionals last year. Both fell short of a state berth.

Having two regional finalists and a pair of two-time letter winners back on the roster gives the Mustangs as good a chance to reach the state tournament as they’ve had in recent years.

Maher leads the way again.

She’s been the Mustangs’ top golfer for the past two seasons. She’s got school records, several meet medalist wins and has been one of the top golfers in the HOIC throughout her career.

Maher’s nine-hole average of 46 was third-best in the HOIC and her 18-hole average of 90.78 ranked second.

“I like that this team has set the bar high,” Edwards said.

“It gives them something to shoot for. They are not hiding it. They want to play at the state tournament.”

Mitchell joined the PCM program last year after moving in from out of state.

Her nine-hole average of 53 ranked 12th in the HOIC and her 18-hole average ranked sixth.

The Mustangs played with just four golfers during Maher’s freshman season.

The number improved to five the following year and PCM had 10 golfers last year.

In 2017, the total continues to rise as the Mustangs start the season with a 13-member team.

Juniors Ellie Steenhoek and Sabrina Reed are back after playing in the varsity lineup the last two years.

Sophomores Lexi Reed, Mackenzie Bussan, Allison Wood and Megan VanHaaften

2017 PCM Track Schedule March 28 — Chariton, girls, 4 p.m.

March 28 — East Marshall, boys, 4:15 p.m.

March 31 — Roland-Story, boys, 5 p.m.

April 4 — PCM, coed, 4:30 p.m.

April 6 — E-B-F, girls, 4:30 p.m.

April 7 — CMB, boys, 4:30 p.m.

April 10 — Norwalk, girls, 4:30 p.m.

April 11 — Pella Christian, boys, 4:45 p.m.

April 13 — Guthrie Center, girls, 5 p.m.

April 14 — A-D-M, boys, 4:30 p.m.

April 17 — Gilbert, girls, 4:30 p.m.

April 18 — BGM, boys, 4:30 p.m.

April 20 — South Tama, girls, 5 p.m.

April 20 — South Hamilton, boys, 5 p.m.

April 24 — PCM Invite, girls, 4:30 p.m.

April 25 — E-B-F, boys, 4:30 p.m.

April 27 — PCM invite, boys, 4:30 p.m.

April 27 — Pella, girls, 5 p.m.

May 2 — HOIC, coed, Baxter, 4:30 p.m.

May 4 — Newton, coed, 4:30 p.m.

May 8 — Pella, coed, 5 p.m.

May 11 — State Qualifier, TBA Home meets in bold 2017 PCM Soccer Schedule May 30 — Pella Christian, boys, 7 p.m.

April 1 — Newton tourney, boys, 10 a.m.

April 3 — Centerville, girls/boys, 5 p.m.

April 4 — DM Hoover, girls/boys, 5 p.m.

April 6 — Chariton, boys, 7 p.m.

April 7 — Knoxville, girls, 7 p.m.

April 10 — Ankeny Christian Academy, boys, 5 p.m.

April 11 — Nevada, girls, 7 p.m.

April 11 — Gilbert, boys, 5:30 p.m.

April 13 — Nevada, boys, 5:30 p.m.

April 15 — Newton tourney, girls, 10 a.m.

April 17 — Grinnell, girls, 7 p.m.

April 18 — DM Christian, girls, 5:30 p.m.

April 20 — Chariton, boys, 7 p.m.

April 20 — CMB, girls, 5:30 p.m.

April 21 — CMB, boys, 5:30 p.m.

April 25 — Chariton, girls, 7 p.m.

April 28 — Grinnell, boys, 7 p.m.

April 28 — CMB, girls, 5:30 p.m.

May 1 — Gilbert, girls, 5:30 p.m.

May 8 — Albia, boys, 7 p.m.

May 8 — Ballard, girls, 7 p.m.

May 11 — Newton, boys, 7 p.m.

May 13 — SE Polk tourney, girls, 9 a.m.

May 17 — W. Central Valley, boys, 7 p.m.

May 19 — North Polk, boys, 5:30 p.m.

May 19 — North Polk, girls, 5:30 p.m.

Home matches in bold

also return.

Sophomore Delaney Clarke joins the program after being part of the track and field team in 2016.

Freshmen twins Alexis and Brooke Dross are two more newcomers.

“There’s improvement from last year already,” Edwards said. “This group is willing to learn.”

Aside from plenty of returners, the Mustangs also will benefit from volunteer coach Mike Kardin, who is the former head boys golf coach at Ottumwa.

Contact Troy Hyde at 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 or thyde@newtondailynews.com