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By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Homes built in the Fountain Hills subdivision will now be eligible for the city’s $10,000 cash house incentive program. City council approved the measure after Venture Homes, the developer in the subdivision, agreed to change the purchase price of the lots from $1 to $10,000 upon closing on the home. Venture Homes has been in an agreement with the city to purchase lots in the area for $1 since 2014.

Fountain Hills homes eligible for home incentive

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

To lessen confusion for home buyers, city council approved homes in Fountain Hills to participate in the city’s $10,000 cash house incentive program. Due to an agreement between the city and Venture Homes, the houses in the subdivision previously didn’t qualify for the program.

“The city had acquired the lots in Fountain Hills through a tax sale certificate process and accordingly offered them to builders at a cost of just $1 each. This deal was in place prior to the city offering $10,000 to new home buyers,” interim city administrator Jarrod Wellik said.

When the program was established, the Fountain Hills properties were specifically excluded from the incentive, due to the

price break the homes were already getting on the land price.

The exclusion, however, has led to confusion and issues from a marketing standpoint and has hindered Venture Homes’ efforts to sell the homes it has built, Wellik said.

To remedy the problem, Venture homes proposed to change the purchase price of the lots from $1 to $10,000, upon closing on the home, letting the home buyers become eligible for the $10,000 cash incentive.

The change will have no financial impact on the city but would streamline the marketing efforts for both the city and Venture Homes.

“I can understand where there is confusion from buyers, so as long as they are covering the cost, it will end up with everyone being happy,” councilwoman Ev-

elyn George said.

Mayor Mike Hansen agreed with George saying he wants to lessen any confusion for home buyers.

“We don’t want to have that confusion with such a great program. We want to make it available to everybody who is eligible and continue to run out of lots,” Hansen said.

Venture Homes initially purchased lots in Fountain Hill Estate subdivision to build new, upscale speculative homes in 2014 on a three year deal. The city renewed the agreement with the company for a one-year term through Dec. 31. To date, Venture Homes has constructed four homes in Fountain Hills.

The Newton Community School District Board of Education approved the 20172 0 1 8 school year calendar Monday n i g ht after a lengthy Callaghan discussion.

T h e school year will begin for students on Aug. 24 and is set to end on May 30.

Most of the board voted in favor of the calendar, but there was discussion over the slight decrease in teacher-student contact hours compared to the 2016-2017 calendar.

Before discussion took off, Superintendent Bob Callaghan said there were reasons to approve the calendar

sooner rather than later. Namely, other school districts Newton works with need to know what the NCSD calendar will be for next year.

Although teacher time spent with students will decrease by about 10 hours total over the course of the year in 2017-2018, teachers will have more time to work with each other through professional learning communities (PLCs).

Within the 175 student contact days in the new calendar, 1,121.5 hours will be dedicated to instruction for students in 2017-2018.

Teachers will have 196 contract days next school year. They will meet on the last Monday of most months.

With the new calendar, teachers have eight days for professional development and three additional work days.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News School board members Donna Cook, left, and Ann Leonard meet at Monday’s regular meeting. The board approved the 2017-2018 school calendar.

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

Lawmakers approve City officials to address minimum wage freeze; parking concerns some will see pay cuts

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

By Barbara Rodriguez The Associated Press DES MOINES — The Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would prohibit local governments from raising minimum hourly wages above the state level, effectively cutting some existing worker wages — an unusual result compared to other so-called pre-emption laws around the country.

The Senate voted 29-21 along party lines in favor of the measure, which passed this month in the House. The bill now heads to GOP Gov. Terry Branstad, who has indicated he supports it.

The legislation would ban cities and counties from adopting or enforcing ordinances that raise the minimum hourly wage above the state and federal level of $7.25.

It’s been a top priority for Republicans this session amid a growing number of Iowa counties increas-

ing their wages.

More than 20 states have laws that pre-empt local governments from raising wages, according to the advocacy group National Employment Law Project. But Iowa’s reversal of pay raises makes it unusual. Kentucky appears to be the only other state to retroactively decrease minimum wages, according to NELP and the National League of Cities.

The legislation in Kentucky involved two cities. Iowa’s bill would override wage increases approved recently in Polk, Johnson, Linn and Wapello counties that will top out at different rates, from $10.10 to $10.75 an hour. Lee County is considering an increase.

Polk County, the most populated in the state, was scheduled to have its first wage increase on Saturday. The three other counties had already started their scheduled raises.

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The Traffic Safety Committee has been busy working to address parking concerns throughout the city. In the latest round, the committee proposed changes to four areas citizens have expressed concerns about.

Currently, parking is restricted on both sides of North Third Avenue West from West Third Street North to a point 65 feet west.

The street and city rightof-way in the 300 block of North Third Avenue West was abandoned several years ago. The committee recommends removing the parking restriction.

“The city received safety concerns from citizens regarding street parking along North Third Avenue West.

These complaints are a result of vehicles being parked on both sides of streets that are too narrow to allow this

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parking capacity and still allow vehicles free and safe passage,” interim city administrator Jarrod Wellik said.

“A primary concern is that emergency vehicles may not be able to travel through this

area on emergency calls and there is a heightened risk of motor vehicle and pedestrian accidents as a result of the current parking design.”

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News To address pedestrian safety concerns, the city is looking to restrict parking on both sides of West Fourth Street North from North Seventh Avenue West to the northern city limits.

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Growing number of farmers using cover crops for quality soil, water

By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News There’s no way around it — we all need safe water. Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that water quality has been a hot button issue in Iowa.

Agricultural practices play a vital role in maintaining quality water for Iowans. In collaboration with Iowa State University and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship developed a Nutrient Reduction Strategy.

The NRS was first released for public comment in 2012, and the Agriculture Department said it was a new beginning in the state’s efforts to assess and reduce nutrient loading to Iowa waters. The main goal of the NRS is to scale back the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the state’s waterways.

Nitrogen and phosphorus are natural parts of aquatic ecosystems, but according to the Environmental Protection Agency, when too much nitrogen and phosphorus enter the environment, the nutrients pollute the air and water.

High levels of the nutrients cause algae to grow faster than

ecosystems can handle, causing fish to die and producing toxins that make people ill.

One component of the strategy is to implement more cover crops, and Iowa farmers have responded. According to Iowa Learning Farms, less than 10,000 acres of cover crops graced the state’s farmland in 2009. Iowa Learning Farms’ 2016 Field Day Evaluation Report revealed the number has grown to more than 623,000 acres.

From a farmer’s perspective, the use of cover crops can also be a strategy to maintain quality soil. Common cover crops, such as rye and wheat, reduce soil erosion, limit nitrogen leaching, suppress weeds and increase soil organic matter, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Although the use of cover crops in Iowa has increased in recent years, the vast majority of farming acres do not incorporate the strategy. The Environmental Working Group teamed up with Practical Farmers of Iowa to produce a report based on satellite data to look at cover crops from 2015 to 2016. The report, which was released earlier this month, found only 2.6

Justin Jagler/Daily News The South Skunk River flows just south of Newton through Jasper County farmland. More Iowa farmers are taking steps to improve both soil and water quality by using cover crops, which are part of the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy.

percent of corn and soybean acres in Iowa were utilizing cover crops.

Jasper County Cover Crop Field Day is scheduled for Thursday at the Farm of Gordon Wassenaar just south of

Prairie City. Registration will start at 11:30 a.m. NRCS soil health specialist Doug Peterson will talk about how to improve soil health. Bert Strayer of La Crosse Seed will discuss different cover crop species

and the goals they support.

There will also be a cover crop plot tour at the event.

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New guide helps farmland Field day will explore cover crops — Prac- features events at locations ers, and wants to extend owners with succession ticalLEIGHTON Farmers of Iowa and across Iowa exploring cov- the same opportunity. “I

CLIVE — Peoples Company has just released a new guide full of tips from farmland owners and other experts about how to tackle farmland succession. The guide — “Your Farmland and the Future: Setting Goals, Taking Action” — was authored by Teresa Opheim, senior fellow with Practical Farmers of Iowa and editor of the book “The Future of Family Farms: Practical Farmers’ Legacy Letter Project” (University of Iowa Press 2016).

To request a copy of the guide, contact Greg Van Den Berghe, greg@practicalfarmers.org or 515232-5661.

Fifty-five percent of Iowa farmland is owned by someone age 65 or older, according to Iowa State University.

“Using conservative estimates, nearly 50 percent of Iowa farmland could transfer in some form or fashion over the next 20 years,” said Steve Bruere, president of Peoples Company, in the guide.

Many Iowa farmland owners offer advice in the guide, including Rick and Jane Juchems of Plainfield, who communicate often with their son and daughter about their legacy plans. “Our children need to know what is going on,” Jane says. “We are trying to get everything on the table so that no one’s expectations are inaccurate.”

Bob and Linda Lynch of Gilmore City share their strategies, such as life insurance and gifting of land, designed to ensure that their son Jay will be able to stay on the land and continue as the fifth generation of Lynches to farm.

Susan and Rob Fleming of Carlisle and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, share how they have used their farmland for income, for conservation and to provide land for beginning farmers.

Other farmland owners share their advice, including: • Write a Farm Legacy Letter to document where your farm has been and your hopes for its future • Join with other farmland owners to talk to and learn from each other • Start early in the legacy planning for your farmland • Put together a good team to help you with the transition — the process is often too complicated to go it alone Chris Soules of the show “The Bachelor” is the most famous farmer included in the guide. Chris will be one of the heirs to the family farm and stresses the importance of communicating “with all parties involved ... There are a lot of groups and resources people can use to help mediate the entire process.”

Attorney Gordon Fischer is a contributor to the guide and discusses the documents that should be part of most estate plans (estate planning questionnaire, last will and testament, power of attorney for healthcare, power of attorney for finances, disposition of personal property, and disposition of personal remains).

Other contributors are the consulting and accounting firm K-Coe Isom, the Beginning Farmer Center at Iowa State University and Home State Bank.

farmer Ward Van Dyke — in partnership with Mahaska County Soil and Water Conservation District and Muchakinock Creek Watershed Project — will host a cover crop field dayfrom noon to 3 p.m. April 6, at three locations in the Leighton area.

Ward raises primarily corn and soybeans on about 2,000 acres, practicing notill and reduced tillage and incorporating cover crops.

The event — “Cover Crops for Corn and Soybeans” — is free to attend and will start with lunch at noon, supplied by Ward, at the Leighton town hall (306 Otley St., Leighton).

RSVP for the meal to Alisha Bower, alisha@practicalfarmers.org or 515-2325661, by April 3.

The event is part of Practical Farmers’ 2017 spring cover crop “caravan” field day series, which

er crop issues in grazing and row crop systems.

After lunch, guests will caravan together to the second stop — one of Ward’s fields, located at 1233 205th St. Guests will get to see a cereal rye cover crop that Ward planted last fall in a fertilizer application and incorporated with vertical tillage; and Ward will share his experience with different ways of planting cover crops, and how cover crops have affected water quality, soil loss, and phosphorus and potassium loads on his farm.

Steve Berger, who farms near Wellman, will also speak at this stop about how to scout cover crop fields to assess the health and success of the stand, and attendees will get to participate in a scouting activity.

Ward says he has learned by attending field days hosted by other farm-

Jasper County Cover Crop Field Day Thursday A Soil Health & Cover Crop Field Day will be held on Thursday at the Farm of Gordon Wassenaar just south of Prairie City. Registration will start at 11:30 a.m. with a lunch catered by Magg’s Family Catering at noon. NRCS Soil Health Specialist Doug Peterson will talk about the fundamentals of soil health and how you can improve Soil Health on your

farm. Bert Strayer of La Crosse Seed will discuss different Cover Crop Species and the Goals they support, followed by a look in a soil pit and a cover crop plot tour.

This field day is being sponsored by Jasper County Corn Growers, Key Coop, Jasper County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Jasper County NRCS.

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From there, the group will caravan to the third stop — a field operated by farmer Arvin Vander Wilt, located between Leighton and Pella (1938 Bayard Ave., about 4.5 miles from Ward’s field). Arvin is a partner with Mahaska Soil and Water Conservation District and has an oat-rye cover crop mix planted on his crop fields that attendees will get to view. Jason Steele, area resource soil scientist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will use a rainfall simulator to show how soil cover and roots in the ground affect soil properties.

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Local & State News Calendar Continued from Page 1A Board member Ann Leonard said she is feeling good about the new calendar.

“Nine and a half hours of contact time lost, to me, that’s fine to lose that because of what we’re gaining by having that time set aside for the staff,” Leonard said.

Board member Donna Cook, who was the lone vote against the calendar, asked how the district will measure the success of addi-

tional time dedicated to PLCs. Cook questioned if the calendar will help NCSD meet the goal of 85 percent of students reaching Common Core State Standards.

Although she had reservations about the calendar, Cook said it was a better option than the other proposed calendars. She also noted that there are mixed needs at different educational levels, and one answer may not be best for everybody.

Board member Andy Elbert said the decisions made in tweak-

Parking

Continued from Page 1A The committee recommends restriction parking on the south side of North Third Avenue West between West Eighth Street North and West Ninth Street North, which is a 16-foot wide gravel street. It is also recommended to continue allowing parking on the north side.

Six surveys were distributed to adjacent property owners. Two were returned and both were in favor of the recommended changes.

Additional safety concerns were voiced by citizens about parking on Crescent Drive between East 13th Street North and East 14th Street North. The street is 25 feed wide, which the committee finds is not wide enough to safely accommodate parking on both sides.

The committee recommends re-

Wage Continued from Page 1A Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement used data from the Iowa Policy Project to estimate that 100,000 workers in Iowa would be affected by the legislation.

Emily Schott, a community organizer for Iowa CCI, likened the measure for workers to having “the rug completely pulled out from under them,” especially those who were within days of a pay increase.

“It’s a big business measure,” she said. “It’s something that actively makes

www.newtondailynews.com | Tuesday | March 28, 2017 | 3A ing the calendar were made by all parties involved. There were a lot of teachers involved in the compromises, and it was not a top-down decision, he said.

“We’re not going to, obviously, have a onesize-fits-all calendar,” Elbert said.

Vice president of the board, Robyn Friedman, said she was impressed with the united teacher and administration force behind the concept of the PLCs and their potential positive impact. The board needs to trust that PLCs

stricting parking on the north side of Crescent Drive. Eleven surveys were send to nearby property owners with three returned. Two of the residents agreed with the recommendations while one opposed an changes.

A concern about pedestrian safety brought the area of West Fourth Street North from North Seventh Avenue West to the northern city limits before the committee. Due to the width of the road at 20 feet and the heavy truck traffic, there is a concern about parking on both sides of the street if an emergency vehicle would need to move through along with pedestrian accidents as a result of the parking design.

The committee recommends restricting parking on both sides of the street. Thirty two surveys were sent to the adjacent property owners with 11 returned to the city. Ten

Iowans poorer and does not represent working people at all.”

R e publicans Feenstra contend the legislation will ensure Iowa avoids a patchwork of rules regarding its minimum wage that could hurt businesses. The Iowa Association of Business and Industry, a key lobbying group, supports the measure.

Republican Sen. Randy Feenstra spoke ahead

are important for culture within the district and within each school building, Friedman said.

Also included in the new calendar are parent-teacher conferences in late October and early dismissal dates in late March. Winter break will be Dec. 22 through Jan. 2, and spring break is set for March 23-30.

There are also a couple days off intended for use as snow-day makeups.

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residents agreed with the recommendation while one opposed any changes.

The final area covers the 800 through 1300 block of East 14th Street South. The area is considered a minor collector street with areas at 25 feet and 31 feet wide.

The committee reviewed the area and recommends restricting parking on the west side of the street. Thirty one surveys describing the changes were sent to area property owners. Of those, 20 were returned with 12 agreeing with the changes and eight opposing the restriction.

City council approved the first reading of the ordinance with two additional readings scheduled before it is adopted and changes are made.

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

of the vote. He said the bill would create uniformity.

“This is not a minimum wage bill,” he added.

“Businesses can hire people at hourly rates higher than the minimum wage, and in many cases do.”

Critics have shot down the point about uniformity, saying businesses deal with different wages across county and state lines.

“When arguments are made that these minimum wage increases are terrible on the economy and they bankrupt businesses, I just don’t think that there’s any evidence of that whatsoever,” said Tom Hockensmith, a Polk

County supervisor who helped pass the ordinance to increase wages.

It’s been nearly a decade since Iowa last increased its minimum wage, and it’s unclear when the state may see another bump. Republican leaders in the House have indicated it’s not a priority this session.

Branstad, who’s preparing to step down soon to become U.S. ambassador to China, has said he would support a “modest” minimum wage increase, noting most neighboring states have done so.

“I want to keep us competitive,” he said last month.

City of Newton audit report released Newton Daily News Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co. P.C. CPAs have released an audit report on the City of Newton.

The auditors reported that the City’s receipts for its governmental funds totaled $18,274,289 for the year ended June 30, 2016. The receipts included $7,025,573 in property tax, $472,447 in other city taxes, $1,373,521 in local option sales tax,

$2,508,520 in tax increment financing collections, $3,630,008 from intergovernmental sources, $133,030 from use of money and property, $341,597 from licenses and permits, $1,817,922 from charges for services, $25,461 from special assessments, $62,327 from sale of assets, and $883,883 in miscellaneous revenues.

The City’s receipts for its proprietary funds totaled $4,868,567 of which

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$4,611,928 was from charges for services.

Disbursements for its governmental funds totaled $22,912,408, and included $6,573,415 for public safety, $3,331,047 for public works, $2,103,157 for culture and recreation, $1,974,731 in community and economic development, $1,214,456 in general government, $4,681,791 for capital projects, and $3,033,811 for debt service. Disbursements of

the City’s proprietary funds totaled $4,355,308, which was attributable to its business type activities.

This report contains recommendations to the City Council and other City officials. The City has responded that corrective action is being taken for each item.

A copy of the audit report is available for review in the office of the Auditor of State and the City Administrator’s office.

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ISU student from Newton will present research at Iowa’s State Capitol ​AMES — Iowa State University student Jacob Hill, of Newton, will be among 25 ISU undergraduates who present their research to legislators and others during the ninth annual “Research in the Capitol” on Tuesday.

Hill, who majors in environmental science and biology, will present “Nitrogen Composition of Cup Plant Changes with Growth Stage and Differs from Neighboring Species in Response to Varying Plant Community Diversity.”

The presentations will be in the Hill rotunda of the State Capitol building in Des Moines. The event highlights the importance of research to the undergraduate learning experience.

Granny Basketball, Newton leaders raising money for Newton YMCA Newton YMCA will host its annual fundraiser event, Granny Basketball at 7 p.m. Friday at Berg Middle School. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The Granny team will play local community celebrities and leaders to raise money for a great cause. The Newton YMCA is a charitable nonprofit organization here to serve and strengthen the community.

The event is free to attend, but organizer ask for a freewill donation to raise money for the YMCA. There will also be an auction that includes homemade pies and much more. A youth free throw shooting contest will also be a part of the festivities.

For more information contact the Newton YMCA.

Deadline for Liheap application is in April April is the final month to apply for the 20162017 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (Liheap).

The program is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Iowa Department of Human Rights/DCAA, and has been established to help qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs.

The Impact Community Action Partnership agency, 115 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton, will be taking applications until April 28. Applicants will need to furnish some form of identification, a copy of their most recent heating and electric bill, telephone bill, and proof of all household members’ gross income for the past three months or the past calendar year.

The assistance is based on household income, household size, type of fuel and other factors.

This program is not designed to pay a household’s total energy costs. The program will provide supplemental assistance based on several factors.

This is a one-time payment to your energy provider.

CEMETERY MOWING

The City of Monroe is accepting mowing bids for Silent City Cemetery and Memorial Park for the 2017/2018 fiscal year beginning April 15, 2017. Specifications of the contract may be obtained at the Monroe City Hall, 206 W Sherman Street. All bids must be received at City Hall by 4:00 p.m. on April 6th.

Contracts will be awarded on April 10, 2017.

References and proof of insurance will be required. Call City Hall at 641-259-3490 for more information. The City reserves the right to refuse any and all bids.

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Proud mama

here are many times while raising a child you become a proud parent. At first, it is when they sleep through the night or say their first words, when they start to clap or take their first steps.

As they begin to grow and start school, proud moments shift to getting good grades or being selected to participate in extra-curricular activities.

The latter is the subject of my column this week.

My oldest daughter has always excelled at academics, at least in her three years in pre-school and kindergarten. I have never worried about her when it comes to grades or keeping up in class, even though she is one of the youngest. There are many reasons to be proud already.

A few weeks ago, a paper was sent

Keeping me on my toes Jamee A. Pierson home with my daughter from school explaining her selection to an art show.

While extremely proud and excited, I was a bit perplexed. Neither my husband or myself are very artistically inclined. I excel at stick figures while my husband’s are a little more bubbly, but neither would be selected to be shown anywhere in public.

I decided to ask her art teacher about her selection and what all it entailed. She said several pieces were sent in for consideration and my daughter was selected as one of about 200 pieces to be on display for Youth Art Month. Her painting, a water color titled “Happy Town,” was picked out of pieces from across the state. I couldn’t have been more proud.

While she has always liked to color

and paint, like most kids, I was very impressed with the thought she put into the piece with the background of the sky and the details in the houses and scenery.

To celebrate, she was invited to a ceremony to view all of the art and be recognized for the selection. While I’m not sure she completely understood what was going on or the significance of her selection, she was excited to find her painting and show it off to her family.

As parents, and her grandparents who came along, we were beaming.

When she went up to receive her certificate I think everyone in the room could see the pride radiating off of me.

I know there will be many more times in the future where I will be a proud parent for both of my girls, and I’m sure a few times where things won’t be so great. If I’ve learned one thing while raising my kids, it’s to enjoy the little things along with the big things in each stage of their lives. They are all

pretty awesome.

While on the subject of pride, I have to give a shout out to my longtime friend Todd Lorensen and the Southwestern Spartans of Creston. On Saturday, Todd, who coaches the men’s basketball team, won the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship.

I had been following his season through Facebook as the team continued to excel, losing only one game in the regular season. As they made their way to the national tournament, I streamed their games online to cheer on the team, even when the site crashed because of too many users.

I have watched him play basketball from the time we were in elementary school, through heartbreaking loses at the state tournament and while he was in college. It is a different sense of pride but I could not have been happier or more excited for my friend to reach an amazing goal.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at jpierson@newtondailynews.com

Living and Dion Marc Dion

Coat and tie required I’m a newspaper columnist. I write this column, but I’m also the columnist for The Herald News, a midsized daily in Massachusetts. I write two columns a week for The Herald News, sometimes three, and I’ve been doing that work for 25 years.

I work in a 130-year-old brick building, on the second floor, in a brutally lit, sparsely furnished newsroom where I am 20 years older than nearly everyone.

And I like to dress up for work, even though most of the other men don’t. It’s a vanity that harms me, since really nice clothes cost more than I can afford.

In addition, the desire for a $300 pair of shoes sometimes causes me to volunteer for overtime shifts.

Today one of our photographers, a guy about my age, took a long look at me and said I’m a “dandy.” I did not object.

I was wearing a pair of Ted Baker ankle boots with a black leather foot and a gray tweed upper. My socks were gray with tiny white dots. I was wearing a pair of gray dress pants from venerable men’s clothier Brooks Brothers. My $92 dress shirt, also from Brooks Brothers, was light blue with a white collar.

I was wearing a dark blue tie with very subtle white polka dots and a gray wool vest with four pockets and notched lapels. I carry an antique gold pocket watch, and the fob dangling from it was a 1914 British penny. When I arrived in the office, I was also wearing a gray tweed sport coat and a light gray, vintage fedora hat, tilted just a little over one eye.

To say it much more quickly, I either looked like a 1920s newspaperman, or I looked like a full-of-himself fool. I tend toward the first because I lie to myself as much as anyone.

I own a lot of tweed jackets, most of them imported from Britain. I’ve probably got a dozen high-quality dress shirts in my rotation at any given time; I have six fedora hats, and maybe 40 ties. I own two overcoats. One of them is a trench coat. The other is a 1950s vintage heavy brown tweed.

Right now, I’m considering a couple of dress shirts from British shirt maker T.M. Lewin. If I keep a close eye on their website, they’ll eventually have a sale, and I’ll get one for maybe $65, plus the cost of shipping it from London.

There is a school of thought which says that a real reporter should look “rumpled,” which is to say he should wear clothes that are cheap and wrinkled, his tie should be loose at all times and he should roll up his sleeves to work. I don’t even unbutton my vest to work.

When I first started in the newspaper business, some 35 years ago, if you wore a tie to work, and you weren’t management, one of the other reporters would approach you.

“Why you dressed up?” he’d say. “Nothing bad I hope.”

What he meant was he hoped you weren’t wearing a tie because you were going to your uncle’s funeral on your lunch hour.

There were only two acceptable responses to this question.

“Yeah, my Uncle Frank,” was the first, and the second was, “I’m covering a trial.”

When I was in college, I used to see pictures of famous New York City columnist Jimmy Breslin, who died last weekend.

His thick Irish hair would need cutting, and his big belly would be sticking out. He’d be wearing khakis and a wrinkled shirt with a button-down collar, and his tie would be loose, and he’d have on a blue blazer that you just knew was going white at the elbows due to its great age. He looked like he was coming back from his Uncle Frank’s funeral.

I dress better than Jimmy Breslin. I have to because I never wrote anything that could beat him.

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AMENDMENT

Fireworks at the Capitol (literally) It was another busy week at the Capitol as we approach the second funnel date (March 31).

The fireworks bill passed out of the Senate, as well as a bill regarding texting and driving. The House saw bills about school home rule and CAFO’s, among other issues.

Fireworks: This bill could be coming to the House for debate soon. SF 489 passed out of the Senate with a 34-14 vote after hours of heated debate. SF 489 requires the fire marshal adopt rules to require that licensed retailers and community groups offer only consumer fireworks for sale in accordance with specified industry standards. The bill also requires that those selling fireworks must be licensed and maintain commercial general liability insurance with specified coverage amounts. A purchaser of fireworks must be 18 years of age. This bill also allows for communities to opt out of allowing the use of fireworks, though cities and towns would be required to allow their sale. This bill raises concern with safety issues as well as sales out of what I refer to as pop up tents, which some think would give Iowa towns an unappealing, substandard image to visitors. I would like to hear from constituents on this issue.

Texting and driving This bill passed out of the Senate with a 43-6 vote. This is an act relating to the use of electronic communication devices to write, send or view electronic messages while driving as a primary offense, and making penalties applicable.

State View Rep. Wes Breckenridge This bill prohibits the writing, sending or viewing an electronic message while driving. While this is a step in the right direction and I applaud my colleagues for attempting to make our roads safer, I would like to see us look at the hands free legislation that has been proposed. This bill does not include the dialing of a phone number to make a call.

This makes it challenging for law enforcement to determine if the person is communicating through electronic messaging or dialing a number. One would be a primary offense which allows officers conduct the traffic stop and the other is not. We want to ensure the safety on our roadways and would ask citizens to pull over and stop when they utilize their phone.

School home rule: HF 573 was passed in the House this week. Proponents of the bill hope that it will give school districts more flexibility to make decisions about running their local schools. This would give parents a chance to find a district that fits their needs. Opponents contend that if all schools can create different rules and requirements, it would create confusion. Currently, under “Dillon’s Rule,” Iowa school districts may act in ways expressly permitted by the state of Iowa.

This bill would change that rule

to do the opposite: it would allow districts to do anything that ISN’T expressly prohibited by the state. For instance, Iowa law now restricts certain fees. Under the new proposed law, schools would have the flexibility to create fees for parking, graduation costs, insurance for technology or other fees. Schools might create quite different graduation requirements from neighboring schools. One legislator warned it might create “mass confusion” for parents. The bill passed on a vote of 61-38, with most Republicans voting in favor and most Democrats opposed. The bill now goes to the Senate.

‘Nuisance’ lawsuits and CAFO’s: The Iowa House approved a bill that puts a limit on some damages associated with what some would describe as “nuisance” livestock lawsuits.

The restriction on lawsuits would not apply to CAFO operators who violated rules habitually in the past or ones that have violated environmental regulations. But several legislators spoke in debate about their constituents who’ve suffered significant land value loss and health problems, and that they need the ability to ask for redress.

Sen. Chaz Allen and I will be joining Mayor Alleger for his Coffee with the Mayor at 8 a.m.

Saturday at the Prairie City Library. Please plan on joining us for coffee and conversation.

Contact Rep. Wes Breckenridge at 64-521-6714 or wes.breckenridge@legis.iowa.gov

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

Connie’s fun e r a l service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, April 1 at the

Robert D. Waddle March 24, 2017 Robert Dean Waddle died on Friday, March 24, 2017, at Accura Healthcare of Newton We s t , w here he had resided since October of 2015.

A graveside service will

Lisa Jane Scott March 23, 2017 Lisa Jane Scott, 45, of Newton, died Thursday, March 23, 2 0 1 7 , at her home. A visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m.

Wednesd a y , March 29 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials

Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton.

The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, March 31 at the funeral home.

Burial will be at the Newton Union Cemetery in Newton.

Memorials to Hospice of the Midwest may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Pherigo Family on the envelope.

Those left to honor Connie’s memory are

his sons, John Pherigo of Colfax, Gayln (Barbara) Pherigo of Newton and Calvin (Sherryl) Pherigo of Newton; five grandchildren, Sonja R. Pherigo of Phoenix, Ariz., Callie L. (Mark) Swank of Newton, Lana R. (Adam) Nickell of Pleasant Hill, Chelsie L. Pherigo of Osceola and Dustin E. (Jen) Pherigo of Newton; five step grandchildren, Michelle (Reg) Plate of Houston, Texas, Ronald Kane of Newton, Dave (Darla) Parker of Shannon City, Lisa (Doug) Mer-

ritt of Creston and Brian Parker of Winterset; 12 great-grandchildren, five step great-grandchildren; his sister, Peggy Dodd of Newton; his two sisters-in-law, Mary Pherigo of Newton and Rose Pherigo of Kellogg; nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Clara on March 16, 2017; daughter-inlaw, Delores Pherigo; brothers, Bob Pherigo and Hugh Pherigo; and brother-in-law, Lloyd Dodd.

be held at 1 p.m., Friday, March 31, at the Silent City Cemetery in Monroe.

Dean was born on a farm near Monroe on July 25, 1938 and attended Union Valley Country School through the 7th grade. He then went to school in Monroe and graduated in the class of 1956. This past August, Dean attended his 60th class reunion. During high school, Dean worked as a meat cutter at Rich’s U-Save Grocery in Monroe. Following

graduation, in addition to farming, he became a certified welder and worked at various factories before retiring from Midwest Manufacturing in Kellogg. In February of 1961, Dean enlisted in the Army National Guard and was honorably discharged in January of 1965.

Dean enjoyed coon hunting, fishing, mushroom hunting, mowing yard, and removing snow. He was known around as an excellent “southpaw” fast pitch

pitcher. He also liked raising exotic pheasants.

Dean married and later was divorced to Charlotte Gregory. He is survived by their two children, Martin “Marty” Robert Waddle of Killduff and Carmela Sue Waddle of Billings, Montana. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Robert and Merle Givena (Clevenger) Waddle and five siblings, Doyle Cecil, Wanda Pearl Walker, Velda Irene Munson, Dwight Floyd and Zella Mae Ricka-

to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League or in Lisa’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Lisa, the daughter of Gary and Jane Ruth (Riherd) Clingman, was born Jan. 27, 1972, in Oskaloosa. She grew up in Knoxville, and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1990. She then received her LPN from DMACC. Most recently she worked as an LPN at Nelson Manor in Newton. Lisa loved spending time with her

kids and her pets. She also had an interest in aliens and outer space.

Lisa is survived by her children, Troy Scott of Marshfield, Mass., and Rachel Scott of Newton; father, Gary (Jane) Clingman of Chariton; mother, Janie (Randy) Utterback of Newton; and her siblings, Chris (Kathy) Clingman of Knoxville and Lori (Sean) Krumboltz of Fairfield. She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents.

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

Dinner will be in the basement of the church.

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

• 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.

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William Bell, Jr. March 27, 2017 William Bell, Jr., 52, formerly of Marshalltown, died Monday morning, March 27, 2017, at his home in Newton.

Graveside services for William are pending, and the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, have been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Obituaries Caroline Mae Faidley March 24, 2017 Caroline Mae Dykstra Faidley of Prairie City, also known as Fuzzy and Aunt ie, passed a w a y F r i d a y, March 24, 2017, at Park Centre in Ne wton.

Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m.

Friday, March 31 with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Coburn Funeral Home, 201 S. Marshall St., Prairie City. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 1 at Prairie City Christian Church, 207 W. Fifth St.

with burial following at Waveland Cemetery.

Caroline was born July 14, 1924, to Gerrit and Margaret DeHaan Dykstra on their farm near Pella. She graduated from Prairie City High School in 1941, and married Wayne “Wink” Faidley Sept. 12, 1946. The couple was married 53 years and made their home on a farm outside of Prairie City. They enjoyed helping others, hosting friends, square dancing, listening to bluegrass music and traveling.

In 1975, Caroline became activity coordinator of Clearview Manor. For more than 11 years, families of residents appreciated her professionalism and the dignity she gave each

resident.

For 70 years, Caroline was an active member of the Prairie City Christian Church.

She also participated in Prairie City Historical Guild, Jasper County Historical Society, Golden Rule Club of Bear Grove, Clearview Manor Guild and was a county election official.

Caroline’s passions were flower gardening and expressing herself through poetry. One of her proudest moments came just last year, when her poem about her old red barn was published as a children’s book, “Hayropes and Hinges.”

A tragic loss was the death of her daughter at birth; she overcame this by nurturing others.

Caroline is survived by nine Faidley nieces and nephews and their families; the Wagaman families including two goddaughters, Darci and Taylor; and first cousin, Lucille Groenendyk of Pella.

Caroline was preceded in death by her infant daughter; husband; nephews, Robert and Derek Faidley; and dear friends, Laurel Mae, Wayne and Jim Wagaman.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Prairie City Christian Church and Prairie City Rescue Assoc. Inc. The family would like to thank her friends, Park Centre staff, caregiver Kristy, the nurses, and doctors who allowed her to enjoy a rich life.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Katie E. Rodewald, 32, of Newton, was charged with forgery for an incident at 12:20 p.m. Feb. 16 when police were called to Taco John’s in reference to a forged check. The assistant manager told police a female presented a check in the amount of $47.85 and stated her name was Lily. The assistant manager became suspicious because she recognized the female as being Katie Rodewald. Rodewald had written the check under the name of two deceased people. Rodewald is also accused of forging checks at Goodwill and O’Reilly’s. Rodewald was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Mom visiting dad in Mexico should leave baby at home DEAR ABBY: My 21-year-old daughter has a 6-month-old child.

The father is a 36-year-old man who was recently deported to Mexico. He continues to contact her and wants her to travel to Mexico to visit him.

I am terrified of all the things that could happen to her if she goes.

I don’t trust him. I keep thinking, will he try to keep the baby? Will he try to keep them both or entice her to do something illegal? (He had an earlier felony conviction.) Am I overreacting? How can I get her to recognize that these types of things happen all the time? — MOTHER IN ILLINOIS DEAR MOTHER: The most important thing you can do right now is calm down. Your daughter is an adult, and you need to treat her like one. You are within your rights to express your concern, but if she wants to go, you cannot stop her.

If I were her mother, I’d approach it this way: Offer to take care of your grandchild while she visits the baby’s daddy. That way she can get a look at how he’s living and what he is doing.

Suggest she take lots of photos with her. But unless she is absolutely sure that the environment is safe for her child, the little one should stay north of the border.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend’s friend “Keira” moved back here to help take care of his mom. He has known her for more than 10 years.

They didn’t have an intimate relationship; it was more of a friendship than anything. He’s very loving toward me and treats me like gold. The problem I’ve been having is, he doesn’t understand how some things bother me.

For instance, when the three of us went to dinner, they were sharing food by feeding each other. I’m sure people probably thought they were a couple. When I asked him why he

didn’t put some food on a plate and give it to her, he didn’t have an answer. Also, they watch TV in bed together. He thinks these are normal “friend things” to do.

I’m not a jealous person, but I have my limits. We don’t live close, so we see each other only a few times a week. Keira doesn’t pay anything to live there. He said she has nowhere to go, and it was his agreement with her that if she came home with him she would always have a place to stay.

I like her, but sometimes feel like I’m dating both of them. He’s clueless. They are dependent on each other. She fixes things around the house, and he lets her borrow his car for work. Am I just being petty? — THIRD WHEEL IN THE EAST DEAR THIRD WHEEL: Forgive me if this seems negative, but your boyfriend’s primary relationship seems to be with the girl who is living with him 24/7 and watching television in his bed rather than with you.

Step back and look at it rationally: Keira’s living with him, taking care of the house and his mother, spending time in his bed, hand-feeding him, and the few times a week you see him, she’s coming along. He may treat you like gold, but it looks more like fool’s gold to me.

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upward, survey shows

DES MOINES — A new survey suggests that farmland values in Iowa have inched upward in the past six months. A report from the Iowa Realtors Land Institute Chapter No. 2 says the farmland values climbed nearly 1 percent from September to March, hitting $6,545 an acre. The increase was the first since September 2013. The report says, however, that farmland values are still 2.8 percent lower for the past 12 months. The institute’s surveys suggest that the average value of Iowa’s farmland has dropped about 25 percent since March 2013.

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Two people killed in southern Iowa collision OTTUMWA — Authorities say a semitrailer driver and a teenage boy in a pickup truck have been killed in a southern Iowa collision. The collision occurred just after 8:15 a.m. Monday about 5 miles east of Ottumwa. The Iowa State Patrol says the eastbound pickup didn’t halt at a stop sign and was struck by a northbound semitrailer at a rural intersection. The semitrailer then struck a tree.

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HARLAN — Remains of an Iowa soldier who died in the Korean War are being returned for burial in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday that the remains of Army Sgt. Donald Noehren, of Harlan will be buried April 3. The agency says the 23-year-old Noehren was captured in November 1950 while fighting Chinese units in North Korea. His status was changed from missing in action to deceased the next year.

House panel OKs bill to toughen texting and driving DES MOINES— A House panel has approved a bill that would toughen Iowa’s regulations for texting and driving.

A subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee unanimously agreed Monday to support the legislation.

It’s now eligible for a full committee vote.

The bill would allow a law enforcement officer to pull over a driver specifically for texting. It’s a secondary offense under current law, meaning an officer must have another reason to initiate a traffic stop.

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Iowa teacher charged with student sex exploitation BUSSEY — A southern Iowa teacher has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Alan Stewart, 61, of Oskaloosa, is charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee. The Marion County Sheriff ’s Office says Stewart had sexual contact with a student during 2015. Stewart is listed as an industrial arts and physical education teacher at the Twin Cedars Community School District high school in Bussey.

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Judge blocks Iowa governor’s deposition in firing of agent DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad praised a judge Monday for ruling that he does not have to face deposition in a lawsuit filed by a fired state agent who accuses the governor of defamation.

Former Division of Criminal Investigation agent Larry Hedlund had asked a judge to require Branstad to take questions under oath for two to three hours.

But District Judge William Kelly rejected the request Friday, hours before the videotaped deposition was scheduled to occur.

The judge said Hedlund’s lawyers could get the information through less burdensome measures such as written questions for the governor, who is preparing to become U.S. ambassador to China and overseeing a fast-moving legislative session.

Branstad told reporters Monday that state lawyers felt the deposition “would be really a waste of my time.”

“The whole case against me is that I gave an honest answer at a press conference,” he said.

Hedlund’s wrongful termination lawsuit alleges the governor defamed him during a 2013 press conference by saying Hedlund was fired for the “morale and safety and well-being of the department,” and that the termination was “fair and just.” Hedlund argues he was fired for reporting misconduct, including an incident in which a state trooper driving Branstad was clocked going 84 mph in a 65-mph zone but wasn’t cited.

Hedlund was removed from duty after complaining to superiors — who are also named as defendants — that Branstad’s security detail had a practice of speeding with impunity.

Hedlund, an award-winning criminal investigator who handled many high-profile cases, alleges the governor’s suggestion that he was a safety problem destroyed his career. He’s now a detective in Fort Dodge. The state has said Hedlund was fired for insubordination.

At the 2013 press conference, the governor denounced the former agent’s allegations as “false accusations of retaliation” and called on Hedlund’s lawyer to make public a confidential 500-page investigation, saying the public should know “the truth.”

Hedlund’s lawyers wanted to ask Branstad in a deposition about the basis for those comments. The Iowa attorney general’s office, which is representing the governor, argued a deposition would “significantly interfere” with Branstad’s duties.

Kelly — appointed by Branstad in 2015 — ruled that high-ranking government officials generally cannot be deposed for actions taken during their official duties. He found that Hedlund “failed to show exceptional circumstances” that would call for an exception.

Iowa Senate OKs estimated $1.8M reduction to injured workers DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Senate has approved a bill to overhaul how workers are compensated for on-the-job injuries, sending the measure to Gov. Terry Branstad.

The legislation, which passed Monday night with only Republican support, reduces benefits for employees injured at work in

Iowa. It decreases some coverage for shoulder injuries and permanent injuries impacting the whole body.

The bill is expected to decrease payouts from the state Workers’ Compensation Fund by about $1.8 million annually beginning in the 2018 budget year. A new retraining program is expected

to increase some state costs.

Senate Democrats have accused Republicans of cutting costs at the expense of injured workers, while Republicans say the changes are necessary to reduce unnecessary lawsuits.

If signed into law by Branstad, the changes would go into effect July 1.

Democrats force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Monday forced a one-week delay in a committee vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, who remains on track for confirmation with solid Republican backing.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, announced that, as expected, Democrats have requested a postponement. The committee vote on Judge Neil Gorsuch now will be held April 3.

As the committee readies to vote, four additional Democrats said they are likely to vote against the Denver-based appeals court judge. Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono said they will vote against Gorsuch, and Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy tweeted that he still was undecided but inclined to oppose him. Leahy is a senior member of the Judiciary panel and a former chairman.

Gorsuch “has an extreme record on everything from corporate accountability and workers’ rights to women’s health, and I fear that as a Supreme Court justice he will guarantee that the highest court in the land continues to favor powerful interests over the rights of average Americans,” Franken said in a statement.

That means at least 18 Democrats and independents, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

of New York, have announced their opposition to the Denver-based appeals court judge, arguing that Gorsuch has ruled too often against workers and in favor of corporaGrassley tions.

The Democrats who have announced their opposition have also said they will try to block the nominee, meaning Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will have to hold a procedural vote requiring 60 votes to move forward. The Senate GOP has a 52-48 majority, meaning McConnell will need support from at least eight Democrats or independents.

It was unclear whether he would be able to get the 60 votes.

If he doesn’t, McConnell seems ready to change Senate rules and confirm him with a simple majority.

Republicans had hoped that they’d see some support from the 10 Democrats running for re-election in states won by Trump in the presidential election, but four of those senators — Nelson, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin — have already said they will oppose the nominee.

Leahy, however, signaled that he may be willing to break from Schumer and vote with Republicans on the procedural vote, while also signaling in a separate tweet he’d vote against Gorsuch in the final, up or down vote.

“I am never inclined to filibuster a SCOTUS nom,” Leahy tweeted. “But I need to see how Judge Gorsuch answers my written Qs, under oath, before deciding.”

Several Democrats have expressed frustration with the lack of answers Gorsuch gave during two lengthy days of questioning at his confirmation hearing last week, criticizing him for declining to give his personal views on most issues, including abortion, campaign finance and others they asked him about. They also expressed concerns that he wouldn’t be an independent voice from Trump, who nominated him in January.

“Judicial philosophy is important, and he just wouldn’t go there,” Hirono said in an interview shortly after she announced her opposition.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary panel, also noted at the brief committee meeting Monday the “depth of feeling” among Democrats after Republicans blocked former President Barack Obama’s nominee for the same seat, Merrick Garland.

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Wes Finch Auto Plaza awards $1,000 donation to Central Iowa Christian School Newton Daily News GRINNELL — Wes Finch Auto Plaza has kicked off this year’s donation contest with a $1,000 donation to the Central Iowa Christian School. Voting took place Feb. 1-28, and the winner was announced on March 1.

Central Iowa Christian School did a fantastic job engaging their Facebook followers, and it all came down to a furious comeback in the final week of the contest in which they beat out top contenders — Grinnell Fire Department and the Grinnell Debate Team.

The Central Iowa Christian School is an elementary and mid-

dle school located in Grinnell that offers Christ-centered education to students in Central Iowa. The school is designed to prepare students for positive and active lives in the world, and develop their individual abilities, talents, understandings and interests.

The Wes Finch Auto Plaza donation contest has continued for more than three years resulting in $10,000 in donations to local, worthwhile nonprofits and charitable entities. The contest happens every three to four months and is a month long competition with approximately 15-17 local organizations participating.

During this competition, 17 community-focused organizations participated. Supporters were encouraged to “like” the image on the Wes Finch Auto Plaza Facebook page that represented the organization they wanted to win the donation. At the end of the voting period, the organization with the most votes or “likes” received the $1,000 donation.

Wes Finch Auto Plaza plans on hosting another round of the donation contest in June.

C om mu n it y - fo c us e d organizations interested in participating should email wesfinchautoplaza@gmail.com with their contact information.

Submitted Photo Central Iowa Christian School won Wes Finch Auto Plaza this year’s first donation contest with voting taking place in February on the company’s Facebook page. The school received a $1,000 donation.

Newton students to perform in Irish comedydrama at Northwestern

Ending date announced for three Iowa Lottery scratch games

ORANGE CITY — Lucas Sander, a student at Northwestern College in Orange City, is performing in the college’s production of “Dancing at Lughnasa,” a comedy-drama set in 1930s Ireland at 7:30 p.m. March 31 and April 1, 6 and 7 and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. April 8.

Written by Brian Friel, “Dancing at Lughnasa” is a memory play, narrated by Michael as he remembers a summer when he was seven years old and living with his unwed mother and four unmarried aunts. The sisters enjoy listening to Irish folk music on their radio and dream of dancing at Lughnasa, a Celtic harvest festival.

Poor and with few prospects, the sisters’ burdens are compounded by two events that summer: Michael’s father returns, and the sisters’ Catholic missionary brother has come home from Uganda, where he seems to have lost his faith and maybe his grasp on reality.

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Sander is a freshman and is majoring in writing/rhetoric at Northwestern College.

He is playing the part of Gerry in the play. Sander is the son of Michael and Rebecca Sander of Newton.

Director Robert Hubbard, theatre professor at Northwestern, says the play has a particularly Irish theme of laughter through tears.

The characters, he says, lead difficult and disappointing lives, but they are quick to laugh and “surrender to unexpected moments of beauty and joy.” When their faulty radio begins playing music seemingly of its own accord, the sisters dance with abandon. “The scene is an almost holy, worshipful moment,” says Hubbard.

After originally premiering in Dublin, “Dancing at Lughnasa” was performed on Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 1991. It was made into a movie in 1998, starring Meryl Streep as the oldest sister, Kate.

scratch games: “Winners Circle,” “Lucky Numbers” and “Merry Match-up.” Players have until the close of business on July 3 to claim prizes in them.

Players may visit an Iowa Lottery retailer or one of the lottery’s offices in Clive, Cedar

Rapids, Council Bluffs, Mason City and Storm Lake to claim scratch-game prizes.

The lottery replaces ending games with new games throughout the year. A complete list of all current games can be found on the lottery website at www.ialottery.com.

U.S. Cellular on Severe Weather Awareness Week How do you check the daily weather forecast? The internet, newspaper, radio, social media and television are great resources. Don’t forget about that device in your pocket or purse — a smartphone.

A recent U.S. Cellular survey indicated that 93 percent of smartphone owners use their device to check the weather forecast once a month or more.

In honor of Severe Weather Awareness Week March 27-31 in Iowa and Nebraska, U.S. Cellular offers the following tips to help you track turbulent weather: • Access Social Media — Social media sites, such as Face-

book and Twitter, have become a preferred way to quickly get and share information. During severe weather, they can help provide real-time updates and keep you in contact with loved ones.

• Ample Accessories — An extra battery is ideal if you need to use your phone during a storm and can’t charge it. It’s also a good idea to carry a car charger, in case you lose power and are unable to charge a mobile device indoors.

• Check Weather, News Apps — The Weather Channel and AccuWeather have reliable and popular apps that provide weather updates anywhere. Local media outlets also have apps

to ensure you will have the latest news at your fingertips.

• Prepare — You can share severe weather preparedness tips on social media using the hashtag #SevereWeatherPrep.

Ready.gov encourages families to develop and practice an emergency plan. Residents should make a family emergency plan and be informed about emergency alerts.

• Text to Stay in Touch — Texting can be helpful during severe weather. If phone service is impacted because of a storm or high call volume, text messages could still go through because they require less network bandwidth than calls.

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Newton Public Library gets internet infrastructure upgrade Newton Daily News Internet access has improved greatly at the Newton Public Library thanks to a much needed upgrade to the cabling supporting the network.

With a $2,500 grant awarded to the library by the Jasper Community Foundation last spring, 14 public workstations and three staff stations have had wireless access replaced with industry standard Cat6 ethernet cabling.

Although various components of the library network have been upgraded and multiplied since its original installation in 1998, the combination of too many wireless stations and original cabling had not served the Jasper County Community well in recent years.

The Jasper Community Foundation’s grant award recognized the library’s need to stabilize the network and increase Internet speeds to meet the public’s demand for Internet use at the library.

The library accepted Van Maanen Electric’s bid to install the cabling, and the project was completed during the fall. Testing Internet speeds before and after the project has shown that upload speeds are more than three times faster, and download speeds are almost eight times faster than what was possible before. Staff members have seen many fewer

New commercial, recreational turtle harvest seasons, catch limits announced smooth softshell and one painted turtle each day.

Commercial turtle harvesters can possess 20 common snapping turtles, five spiny softshell or smooth softshell turtles and five painted turtles.

Turtle eggs cannot be taken from wild nests.

Turtles cannot be harvested from traps set before midnight on July 15. Turtle harvesters cannot sort, cull, highgrade or replace any turtle in their possession.

A weather-resistant gear tag with name, address and license number of the licensee must be attached above the waterline to each turtle trap set by a commercial turtle harvester.

All turtle traps must be set with the top of the trap visible above the waterline and must be checked and emptied of catch at least one every 72 hours. When a turtle trap is checked, turtles can be taken into possession, up to the daily catch limit, or released immediately.

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Submitted Photo Workers from Van Maanen Electric work to install new internet cables at the Newton Public Library.

drop offs, interruptions of service and user complaints since the cabling was completed.

The library’s nine internet stations see an average use of 1,095 sessions per month, and the checkout stations log an average of 10,743 checkout transactions monthly. Freeing these stations from use of the wireless access

points has made more room for the public’s use of the library’s WiFi for their own personal devices.

All internet traffic at the library makes use of DMACC’s internet service, a partnership established through a grant in 1998 to provide free Internet access to the Jasper County community.

New commercial and recreational turtle harvest seasons and daily catch limits began March 22.

A harvest season and catch limits will help protect Iowa’s harvestable turtle breeding populations and the survival of these sensitive species.

The harvest season for spiny softshell, smooth softshell and painted turtles is open now until May 14. It will be closed after that date and reopen again on July 16.

The commercial common snapping turtle season is open now until May 14. It will be closed after that date and reopen again on July 16.

The recreational common snapping turtle season is open all year.

Daily catch limits for commercial and recreational harvest of common snapping turtles is four. Commercial and recreational turtle harvesters can catch one spiny softshell or one

Diamond Vogel Paint, Keep Iowa Beautiful announced grant awards Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Diamond Vogel Paint and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2017 Paint Iowa Beautiful program.

The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects through-

out Iowa. The program is administered through Keep Iowa Beautiful with the paint provided by the Diamond Vogel Paint Company.

“Gov. Branstad is signing a proclamation this week designating April as Keep Iowa Beautiful month and we are pleased to do our part by

awarding paint to 91 community projects in Iowa,” said Doug Vogel, Vice-President, Trade Marketing, of the Iowa based company. “The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel Paint to assist and work with the many local volunteers that help build stronger Iowa com-

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Gerald Schnepf, executive director of Keep Iowa Beautiful said, “The Paint Iowa Beautiful program helps us increase our assistance to neighborhoods, communities, historic projects and other public service organizations in improving the attractive-

ness and beauty of our home areas. These projects definitely improve the beauty of Iowa, its countryside and its communities.”

In the 14 year partnership with KIB, Diamond Vogel has awarded more than 8,922 gallons of paint for 676 community projects in Iowa.

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Newton club sweeps top three spots at sporting clays shoot

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News NEVADA — Newton Trap Team members went first, second and third in their season-opening competition Sunday. The Cardinals competed in a sporting clays shoot hosted by Nevada.

Logan Zaabel edged out teammate Dawson Cobler for first place with a score of 60.

Zaabel Cobler had a 59 which was followed by Newton’s

Brian Bleakney with a 53. All three boys are seniors.

Newton had seven shooters competing in the 20-shooter field with Waterloo Christian and Nevada.

“It wasn’t a very easy course and we are not usually very strong in sporting clays, so I was really impressed with the scores we had,” Newton head coach Paul Klein said. “This was a great way to start our season.”

Newton competes in a trap shoot April 8 at Marshalltown.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

Newton girls have right golf recipe for success in 2017

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Using a solid program foundation, Newton High’s girls have a mix of returners and newcomers to push forward into the 2017 golf season. The Cardinal girls’ golf program has built a tradition of developing consistent golfers to score well as a team.

Scott Enyart enters his 16th

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Lizzy Coyle is the top returning golfer for the Cardinal girls as they head into the 2017 golf season.

year as NHS girls’ golf head coach with Alison Grier as his assistant coach. Enyart said he expects this year’s team of eight players to continue on the path paved by Newton’s strong tradition.

“We embrace our tradition Yes, our dynamic is different because of graduation, but we really like who we are this season,” Enyart said. “When you have a lot of room to improve across the board and you have girls who are motivated to improve, it is a recipe for success.”

Newton has three returning varsity players in senior Lizzy Coyle and juniors Taylor Dydell and Alayna Reynolds. Coyle had a nine-hole average of 57 and an 18-hole average of 109 last year.

Dydell came with a nine-hole average of 60.67 and 18-hole average of 110 at the end of last year.

Reynolds put together a nine-hole average of 60 and an 18-hole average of 111.86.

Also back are two junior varsity golfers in second-year senior Erin Van Sickle and junior Tory Church. The Cardinals have three newcomers in freshman Jordon Pritchard and sophomores AriealLum and Danielle Ambers.

“Our three returning letter winners have a solid year of varsity experience as they contributed last year. Now, they are the main contributors and they are ready to take that on,” Enyart said. “They have a lot to pass on to the other girls as they know what it takes to compete at the varsity level.”

Enyart said Coyle made strides on the golf course last year after a strong bowling season. He said she continues to improve her short game. Coyle has consistent swings off the tee, but needs to work on accuracy in placing the ball, Enyart said.

Dydell has the capability for strong drives off tee, but the accuracy of the drives is a point of GIRLS GOLF | 8B

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Austin Reynolds watches his tee shot during a round of golf last spring.

Reynolds is the Cardinals’ top competitor returning for the 2017 spring season along with three other seniors and a junior with varsity experience.

Cardinal boys’ golf goes after another LHC title

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Swinging for their second straight Little Hawkeye Conference golf tournament title are Newton High’s Cardinal boys. The Cardinals find themselves in an unique situation heading into the 2017 spring golf season — there will be no postseason for the Newton boys.

Newton played Class

3A golf a year ago in the spring, won a share of the LHC dual meet title and won the conference tournament. The Cardinals qualified two players to the Class 3A state golf tournament.

Then Newton was pushed back up into the Class 4A division, which meant the Cardinal boys played fall golf in 2016-17.

A decision was made to play a split schedule — a

very short regular season and the postseason in the fall and a 10-play dates in the spring.

“Keeping the spring season gives our kids a chance to earn all-conference accolades and our team a chance to be conference dual and/or tournament champs,” Newton head coach Pat Riley said.

“If we were strictly fall BOYS GOLF | 8B

Strong core returns for Cardinal tennis girls

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s girls are set to build off a winning 2016 tennis season. The Cardinal girls’ tennis team has five returning varsity players to help lead it in 2017.

Seventh-year head coach Erick Zehr and new assistant coach Tracy Wulfekuhle have a large squad of 36 players to work with this season.

Wulfekuhle played high school tennis at Western Dubuque and finished eight in doubles at state for the Bobcats. This is her first coaching position.

“We have a strong core of varsity players, but we have lots of questions to answer and big shoes to fill. We are very young — we have 25 new players, majority of which are freshmen,” Zehr said. “Someone will step in and play singles in the varsity lineup that didn’t play varsity last year.”

Newton’s top players back as seniors Megan Pressgrove and Katherine Thorpe and juniors Bethany Baumgartner, Natalie GIRLS TENNIS | 8B

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Senior Megan Pressgrove leads the Newton High girls’ tennis team into the 2017 season.

Eight home matches await NHS boys in 2017 Numbers nine and eight are ones to remember for the Newton High boys’ tennis team in 2017.

The Cardinals have nine returning athletes including five who played varsity tennis a year ago. The Cardinal boys have eight home Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News meets this season.

Senior Seamus Vandemore is one of nine returning athletes for the Newton High boys’ tennis “I’m very excited team in 2017. The Cardinal boys have eight home matches.

about our team this year. I have a lot of motivated returners to lead the new players this season,” Newton second-year head coach John Bieber said.

Newton went 2-7 in dual tennis meet action last year and was 1-3 in Little Hawkeye Conference dual meets.

The Cardinals finished

fourth in the 2016 Little Hawkeye Conference tournament.

Seniors Seamus Vandemore and Reid Miller, both voted as this year’s team captains, played in last year’s LHC tournament for the Cardinals. Nick Ver Steeg BOYS TENNIS | 8B

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SPORTS CALENDAR 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.

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CMB opens outdoor season with six wins

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News JEFFERSON — The first outdoor meets of the season always come with a little bit of rust. Handoffs are usually a bit off, times aren’t as fast and distances in the field events are rarely personal bests.

C ollins-Maxwell/Baxter had a little bit of that Monday night at the Greene County Co-ed Earlybird Invitational. The Raiders also won six events, finished second in six other events and placed third in eight events.

There were no team scores kept, but the Raiders would have been near the top in both the girls’ and boys’ divisions.

The Raider girls won four events, while the boys grabbed gold medals in two events.

The girls got wins from juniors Brianda Bane and Sailor Hinegardner in the 400- and 100-meter hurdles, respectively. Bane and Hinegardner also teamed up with juniors Mary Schabilion and Gracie Cheville to win the shuttle hurdle relay.

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The final win for the CMB girls came in the 4x200 relay.

The two wins on the boys side came in the distance medley, while sophomore Will Clapper had a personal-best throw in winning the shot put.

Hinegardner finished her 100 hurdles in 16.96 seconds, while Bane finished her 400 hurdles in 1 minute, 14.43 seconds. The shuttle relay team crossed the finish line in 1:15.12. The 4x200 relay included freshmen Emily Nation and Trinity Stover and sophomores Shasta Moody and Josie Wierson and that foursome finished in 1:59.67.

Clapper won the boys shot put with a personal-record

throw of 52 feet, 0 inches. The distance medley relay team of senior Jason Hillgren and Blake Coughenour and juniors Braydon Aker and Carter Fricke finished in 3:55.50.

The boys and girls each claimed three second-place finishes.

Senior Brady Kemp was the runner-up to Clapper in the shot put (49-5) and also took second in the discus with a throw of 130-9. The other second-place finish came in the 4x800 relay where sophomore Ian Thomson, freshman Logan Berg and seniors Evan Bianchi and Jack Cheville finished in 9:22.57.

The girls’ 4x800 relay also finished second. The foursome of sophomore Lauren Ratliff, junior Ashlee Johnson, freshman Mikayla Houge and sophomore Brenna Thomson stopped the clock in 11:15.02.

Ratliff also was second in the 1,500 with a time of 5:28.68. Senior Heather Jessen claimed the final runner-up finish in the 3,000 as she finished in 12:05.75.

ISU gives Prohm, Fennelly extensions AMES (AP) — Iowa State has given coach Steve Prohm a contract extension and a raise.

The Cyclones announced Friday that Prohm’s deal will now run through 2022 with an annual compensation of $2 million.

Prohm was set to make $1.6 million next season and top out at $1.75 million in 2021 under his previous deal.

Iowa State also extended women’s coach Bill Fennelly through 2022, though the terms of his deal remain unchanged.

Prohm, who stepped in for Fred Hoiberg when Hoiberg left for the Chicago Bulls in 2015, has gone 4723 in two seasons with the Cyclones.

Iowa State went 24-11 in 2016-17, winning the Big 12 tournament for the third time in four years.

The fifth-seeded Cyclones

File Photo Iowa State men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm speaks to reporters at his introductory press conference back in 2015. Prohm received a contract extension and a raise from the school, the university announced Friday.

lost to Purdue in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last weekend.

“Coach Prohm has led our program to a Big 12 championship and back-to-

back NCAA Tournament appearances while also representing our institution and athletics department in a first-class manner, both on and off the court,” athletic director Jamie Pollard said.

“His values and approach to coaching are a perfect fit for our institution and fan base.”

The extension should help Prohm assure recruits he will be under contract until their eligibility runs out.

Prohm is facing a rebuilding job after losing four seniors starters, though he has four highly-touted freshmen coming in next season as well as four open scholarships to give out.

Prohm, who came to Iowa State after four seasons at Murray State, has a career winning percentage of .744.

That ranks seventh nationally among active Division I coaches with at least five years of experience.

New Vikings RB Murray has ankle surgery EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

(AP) — New Minnesota Vikings running back Latavius Murray had successful ankle surgery Wednesday.

Murray left the Raiders as a free agent and signed last week with Minnesota, getting $15 million over three years, with $8.55 million guaranteed.

The Vikings said in a statement they were “aware of the required surgery prior to signing Murray. He is expected to fully recover and be available for training camp.”

The surgery was performed

by Dr. Bob Anderson in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Murray was a 1,000Murray yard rusher for Oakland in 2015, and he ran for 788 yards in 14 games last season, scoring 12 touchdowns.

But he was bothered by ankle problems during 2016, too.

Vikings finalize contract extension with WR Thielen EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

(AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their contract extension with wide receiver Adam Thielen, the former undrafted practice squad player who led the team with 967 yards receiving last season.

The three-year deal that keeps Thielen under team control through 2020 is worth as much as $27 million with $11 million guaranteed.

Thielen signed it on Tues-

day after agreeing to terms last week. He was a restricted free agent who received a qualifying offer for the 2017 season for about $2.75 million.

The 26-year-old wide receiver made the team in 2013 out of a rookie minicamp. He played at Minnesota State, the NCAA Division II university in Mankato where the Vikings hold training camp.

Thielen had a breakout season in 2016 with 69 catches and five touchdowns.

The lone third-place finish for the girls came in the 4x400 relay. The foursome of Gracie Cheville, freshman Abby Husak, Nation and sophomore Piper Larson hit the finish line in 4:43.89.

The Raider boys’ 4x400 and 4x200 relay teams were third.

In the 4x400, the team of Fricke, Bianchi, Coughenour and Jack Cheville finished in 3:42.82, while the 4x200 relay team of Kemp, Aker, Coughenour and senior John Newton finished in 1:41.23.

Five CMB boys came home with third-place finishes. Jack Cheville finished his 800 in 2:12.63, Fricke’s best mark in the long jump was 18-7 and Clapper’s top throw in the discus covered 125-7. In the high jump, freshman Brett Livesay and sophomore Ben Huff both cleared 5-4 to tie for third.

The CMB girls compete on April 4 at Gilbert, while the boys host a meet on April 7.

Contact Troy Hyde at 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 or thyde@newtondailynews.com

Bears’ Hall, Packers’ Dorleant arrested in Cedar Falls CEDAR FALLS (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre Hall and Green Bay Packers cornerback Makinton Dorleant were arrested outside a bar in Cedar Falls.

Hall was cited for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and interference with official Hall acts. Dorleant was cited for interference.

Police say officers responded to a report of a fight outside the bar Sharkey’s Funhouse on Saturday night.

According to a police affidavit, Hall Dorleant did not respond to police instructions and spit in the officers’ faces. Police say an officer used a Taser on Hall’s legs in order to get him into the squad car.

Dorleant was detained after authorities say he approached officers “in a threatening manner” following Hall’s arrest.

A Packers spokesman says the team is aware of the situation and “gathering more information.” The Bears have not responded to an email looking for comment.

Both men played college football in Cedar Falls at Northern Iowa.

Medved introduced as Drake’s new coach DES MOINES (AP) — Niko Medved is taking over a Drake program that has proven to be a coaching graveyard for plenty of his predecessors.

Medved’s first challenge is convincing the Bulldogs he’s the right person for the job.

Medved, who grew up in nearby Minneapolis, was introduced Monday as Drake’s latest coach. He replaces interim coach Jeff Rutter, the guy many of his new players hoped would be awarded the job permanently.

“I believe this is the perfect fit for me,” said Medved, who also thanked Rutter during his opening remarks.

“I’m here to win, and I’m here to build a program that all of you can be proud of.”

On Sunday, just hours before Drake announced Medved’s hiring, star guard Reed Timmer retweeted Rice’s announcement that it had promoted

associate coach Scott Pera and wrote “Awesome moment for these guys, hoping for the same for us!” Timmer also tagged Bulldogs athletic director Sandy Hatfield-Clubb and Drake president Marty Martin for the Medved post.

But while Rutter was a finalist, Medved— the 2017 Southern Conference coach of the year at Furman — won the job. He is tasked with making Drake consistently competitive in the Missouri Valley.

Medved knows he’ll have to earn the trust of the current Bulldogs first.

“Sometimes change is hard. But I know one thing. Change can be a good thing,” Medved said. “Change can be a really good thing moving forward.”

Medved, 43, spent the past four seasons as the head coach at Furman.

Medved also spent six seasons 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.

He gets the reins of a program with just one NCAA Tournament appearance in the past 46 years. Former

coach Ray Giacoletti quit just eight games into his third season in late 2016, ceding to Rutter.

Rutter and the Bulldogs got off to a relatively fast start, winning five games out of nine in one stretch. But Drake collapsed down the stretch, finishing 7-24.

Rutter and Giacoletti followed Mark Phelps, who was let go after five seasons.

The last coach to win big at Drake was Keno Davis — who left after leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament and the Valley title in his only season as the head coach.

“The guy has a proven track record.

I’m just really excited to see what he’s about and start working with him,” forward Casey Schlatter said of Medved. “We have no other option than to give him a chance. He deserves a chance.”

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NASCAR off to a fast start, but ratings still sink

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bad news first: The overnight television ratings for NASCAR’s race in California were down.

The ratings were down for Phoenix, Las Vegas and Atlanta, too.

Basically, nothing NASCAR does can stop this slide, it seems.

So what’s the good news?

Well, NASCAR really couldn’t have asked for a better start to its season.

Five drivers won the first five races.

The lead changed in the waning laps each time. Kyle Busch got into a fight on pit road that left him with a bloody gash on his forehead — generating all sorts of mainstream attention — and nobody was punished. Similarly, Austin Dillon avoided any penalty when he wrecked Cole Custer in retaliation.

Danica Patrick, for one, argued NASCAR did the right thing by withholding heavy-handed punishments.

“It makes for good TV,” she said, “and we handle it on the track ourselves.”

Professional partier — oh, and NFL star — Rob Gronkowski was the main attraction at the season-opening Daytona 500, and celebrities came out in full force to watch NASCAR on Sunday in Fontana, California.

Among the many in attendance were Jada Pinkett Smith, Kaitlin Olson, Dean Cain, Terry Crews, Fred Sav-

NASCAR Photo Erik Jones, driver of the No. 77 Toyota Service Centers Toyota, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday in Fontana, California.

age, Scott Eastwood and Justin Hartley, “Kevin/The Manny” from NBC’s hit “This is Us,” who apparently caught NASCAR fever and attended various events over the last few months.

For all the hand-wringing over the ratings slump, NASCAR appears to be headed in the right direction.

Heck, even Clint Bowyer, one of the largest personalities in the series, is emerging from his lengthy slump. He finished third Sunday and wrote on Twitter: “first time in a long time I grabbed the bottle of Jack in the plane for the right reason.” Trust us, a happy Bowyer is good for everyone in NASCAR. There’s parity among the manufacturers — Chevro-

let, Ford and Toyota all have wins this season — and the younger drivers have found themselves in the mix every week. Kyle Larson, victorious Sunday, in theory could have five wins already this season.

He ran out of gas while leading the Daytona 500, notched three consecutive runner-up finishes, then finally finished first at Fontana after several nail-biting restarts.

But the bad news always comes on Monday, when the TV numbers are released.

The ratings become the main focus of the sport: Naysayers fixate on decline; excuse-makers trot out all manner of explanations.

How about this? NASCAR, no matter how many story lines or rule changes or ce-

lebrities lining the grid, is an underwhelming overall product. Even with its new stage format, events are too long in this day and age of instant gratification — even the NFL recently announced ways it is going to try to shorten games — and the racing itself often isn’t all that exciting until the end.

Another issue is that viewers are essentially being asked to tune in to watch colorful cars go in circles for 500 miles.

When the cars themselves become the “stars,” it’s a lot harder to become emotionally invested in the product.

It doesn’t help that Jeff Gordon, the sport’s biggest star for more than two decades, is now in the TV booth and Tony Stewart, the man of the

people, is also retired.

The people left who need to be embraced are stuffed into cockpits, wearing helmets, and aren’t heard from until the end of the event.

Their personalities are hidden, too. It’s so different from, say, the NCAA Tournament, which once a year makes celebrities out of basketball players few have heard of.

Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski has a beard of Bunyanesque proportions that earned its own Twitter account and made him famous over the last two weeks.

North Carolina forward Luke Maye hit the shot of his life — the game-winner Sunday over Kentucky to send the Tar Heels to the Final Four — then received a standing ovation when he showed up for his 8 a.m. class back in Chapel Hill on Monday.

Most other sports provide an opportunity for fans to feel the tension, see and hear the emotion, experience the highs and lows of the participants in real time.

NASCAR hasn’t found a way to capture that, barring, of course, an angry Busch stomping down pit road at Las Vegas to take a swing at Joey Logano.

That’s as big a problem for NASCAR as the length of its races, its over-saturated 11-month schedule and the constant corporate-speak of its drivers. Figure out a way to show us more — take off the sunglasses, be engaging, give us energy and passion — and then maybe people will start watching again.

NFL owners approve Raiders’ move from Oakland to Las Vegas PHOENIX (AP) — Invoking his father Al’s name, and copying what the Hall of Fame owner did with the Raiders, Mark Davis is moving the franchise out of Oakland.

NFL owners approved the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday. Miami was the lone dissenter.

“My father used to say the greatness of the Raiders is in the future,” Davis said. “This gives us the ability to achieve that.”

The vote was a foregone conclusion after the league and Raiders were not satisfied with Oakland’s proposals for a new stadium, and Las Vegas stepped up with $750 million in public money. Bank of America also is giving Davis a $650 million loan, further helping to persuade owners to allow the third team relocation in just more than a year.

The Rams moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016, and in January the Chargers relocated from San Diego to LA.

“You know our goal is to have 32 stable franchises for each team and the league,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “We work very hard and never want to see the relocation of a franchise. We worked tirelessly over the last nine months or so on a solution.

We needed to provide certainties and stability for the Raiders and the league.”

The Raiders, whose relocation fee of approximately $350 million is less than the $650 million the Rams and Chargers paid, likely will play two or three more years in the Bay Area before their $1.7 billion stadium near the Las Vegas Strip is ready.

“I wouldn’t use the term lame duck,” Davis insisted.

“We’re still the Raiders and we represent Raider Nation.

“There will be disappointed fans and it’s important for me to talk to them to explain why and how.”

Las Vegas, long taboo to the NFL because of its legalized gambling, also is getting an NHL team this fall, the

Golden Knights.

“Today will forever change the landscape of Las Vegas and UNLV football,” said Steve Sisolak, chairman of the Clark County Commission and a former member of a panel appointed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to study the stadium tax funding plan. “I couldn’t be more excited for the fans and residents of Clark County as we move forward with the Raiders and the Rebels.”

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and a group trying to keep the team in Oakland, made a last-ditch presentation to the NFL last week. But that letter was “filled with uncertainty,” according to Goodell.

Monday, she asked owners to delay the vote, wanting to give her city a chance to negotiate with a small group of owners to complete a stadium deal at the Coliseum site.

“Never that we know of has the NFL voted to displace a team from its established market when there is a fully financed option before them with all the issues addressed,”

Schaaf said in a statement. “I’d be remiss if I didn’t do everything in my power to make the case for Oakland up until the very end.”

Schaaf said the city presented a $1.3 billion plan for a stadium that would be ready by 2021. She said the existing Coliseum would be demolished by 2024, with the Oakland Athletics baseball team either moving to a new stadium at the Coliseum site or somewhere else in the city.

But the presence of the A’s in that sports complex was particularly troubling to the NFL, Goodell said.

“We understand the Raiders’ need for a new stadium,” A’s President Dave Kaval said.

“Oakland is an incredible sports town and we would be sorry to see them leave. We commend the city’s and county’s efforts to keep the Raiders in Oakland. The mayor and her team have worked incredibly hard to save the franchise.

“We are focused on, and excited about, our efforts to build a new ballpark in Oak-

land and look forward to announcing a location this year.”

The Raiders’ move became more certain this month when Bank of America offered the loan. That replaced the same amount the Raiders lost when the league balked at having casino owner Sheldon Adelson involved and he was dropped from the team’s plans.

Davis on Monday thanked Adelson for his “vision and leadership,” saying the entire deal might not have happened without him.

Leaving the Bay Area is not something new with the Raiders , who played in Los Angeles from 1982-94 before heading back to Oakland. Davis was passed over last year in an attempt to move to a stadium in the LA area that would have been jointly financed with the Chargers. Instead, the owners approved the Rams’ relocation and gave the Chargers an option to join them, which they exercised this winter.

Now, it’s off to the desert for the Raiders. Well, in a few years.

Now champs, stacked Chicago Cubs aim for World Series repeat CHICAGO (AP) — Somewhere along the line, at some point on the way to a historic World Series title, Kris Bryant and the Chicago Cubs figured out how much they enjoyed winning together at the big league level.

They tasted the champagne, and decided they wanted to do it again.

“Getting a lot of questions about how do you not be complacent,” Bryant said, “and that’s why, because it was so much fun that you want to go through it again, and that’s the only answer I’ll ever be able to give, because both individually and as a team, that success is something that you strive for and you want every year you play this game.

“We had a short offseason, but that doesn’t mean anything to us because what we got to experience was something that not many people

get a chance to and it’s very addictive, that winning.”

No major league team has won consecutive World Series since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 19982000, but the Cubs begin the year in an enviable position after winning it all in November for the first time since 1908.

Bryant, the reigning NL MVP, leads one of the majors’ most potent lineups. The rotation includes 19-game winner Jon Lester, former Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta and ERA king Kyle Hendricks, coming off a breakout year.

With Javier Baez and some of their top prospects in the minors, they are well-equipped to adjust should they lose a position player to injury.

While manager Joe Maddon talked about staying uncomfortable this spring, it sounded as if his players still

had the same hunger they had last year.

“We want to be the best in the game. I think that we are the best in the game as of right now, just looking at the clubhouse,” shortstop Addison Russell said. “But that’s just my opinion. We’re going to have to get out there and see who’s standing last, and I think where we’re headed, the type of game plan that we have coming up toward this year, I think that we’re taking the right steps.”

Here are a few more things to watch this season: About That Rotation The Cubs had five pitchers make at least 29 starts last year. But Lester, Arrieta and John Lackey are on the wrong side of 30 and Jason Hammel signed with Kansas City during free agency, making their pitch-

ing depth a possible issue.

Brett Anderson takes over Hammel’s spot in the rotation, but he was hampered by injuries last year. Look for Mike Montgomery to get the occasional start to lessen the load on the rest of the rotation, and Rob Zastryzny or Eddie Butler could get a shot if another starting pitcher is needed.

About That Lineup Kyle Schwarber gets the first crack at replacing Dexter Fowler on top of Chicago’s lineup. Fowler signed with St. Louis over the winter, and Schwarber is healthy again after missing most of last season with a major left knee injury.

With Schwarber, Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, the Cubs begin with three imposing power hitters. The 23-year-old Russell had 21 homers and 95 RBIs last season, and Ben Zobrist went deep 18 times in his

first year with Chicago.

Worth Watching Albert Almora Jr., the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft, and Jon Jay take over for Fowler in center. If they falter, Maddon could play Jason Heyward in center, Zobrist in right and Baez at second.

Closing Argument The Cubs strengthened their bullpen by trading for Wade Davis and signing Koji Uehara in the offseason. In Montgomery, Davis and Uehara, they have the pitchers who got the final out of three of the last four World Series.

Davis was acquired in a deal with Kansas City for outfielder Jorge Soler in December.

The right-hander went 19-4 with 47 saves and 1.18 ERA over his final three seasons with the Royals.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

What seems like a formless mess may very well be just that now, next week and next month. But it will not always be this way. Trust that things yet unknown are shaping slowly into the structures of your future.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Of course you can be creative all alone and you often have a peaceful experience creating

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You’ve been emphasizing output over input, and that’s fine for a while as long as you realize that when the inspiration dries up, you’ll need to go replenish it. But why wait?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

They may look at you appraisingly, figuring out what value you might add to their lives.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

In regards to finance, you’ll benefit from erring on the side

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Someone is going to get the best deal, the highest quality and in the most abundant quantity available -- why not you? Nothing is guaranteed, but ask anyway. Those who don’t ask, don’t get.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A certain amount of political play is to be expected.

And yet, if it seems that the intrigues and falsehoods surround you on all sides, it’s a sign that you are in a toxic game. Get out. No prize is worth this.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Discovering why what you offer is different and necessary is the usual burden and challenge of business. Being the total original that you are, you will find this neither burdensome nor challenging today.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Oddly, there are some people in the world who find it extremely difficult to be happy for other people. They are the opposite of you, with powers of empathy so strong that you feel every human victory almost as if it were your own.

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www.newtondailynews.com | Tuesday | March 28, 2017

UConn, South Carolina, Miss State, Stanford in Final Four BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies have been on an unprecedented Final Four run, making it there 10 straight years.

This trip might have been the least expected of them.

With a trio of All-Americans lost to graduation, Auriemma had questions about his inexperienced group of Huskies. They answered every single one of them.

“They’ve owned the whole month of March, they weren’t just along for the ride,” Auriemma said. “It’s theirs and that’s a huge step. That’s a big step, to go from riding in the backseat on a trip you’re going to, to all of a sudden, you’re in charge of driving the bus, you’re responsible for getting us there.”

Next up for the Huskies, who have won 111 consecutive games, is Mississippi State on Friday night in Dallas. Stanford will face South Carolina in the other national semifinal, giving the Southeastern Conference two teams in the Final Four for the first time since 2008.

That was the last season the conference won a championship. The Bull-

Girls tennis Continued from Page 1B

Camp and Kinzie Loree. Zehr said returning junior varsity players Harlie Durr, Rylie Bakalar and Alexis Hoffman — all juniors — could make an impact at the varsity level this season.

Pressgrove and Thorpe are the team captains for 2017. Newton went 8-3 in tennis dual action and was 3-2 in Little Hawkeye Conference dual play.

The Cardinals finished tied for third at the LHC tournament in which Pressgrove, Thorpe and Baumgartner competed in.

Pressgrove qualified for the Class 1A state tennis tournament as a member of a Cardinals’ double team with then senior Kate Wyre. They were the seventh and eighth players from Newton to qualify for a state tennis tournament and the third doubles team.

In 2013, Jennifer Ventling and Holly VanderPol went to the 2A tournament in doubles.

Boys golf Continued from Page 1B golf, our kids would not be able to earn conference honors. If we played spring golf, they would not be allowed to compete at the state level. The split season allows for both.”

So, the Cardinals played at the Class 4A district golf tournament in October, but came up shy of qualifying anyone to the state 4A tournament.

Riley, who is in his 13th year coaching the Cardinals, have five varsity golfer back on the team for the spring season. They include seniors Austin Reynolds and Trey Vanderlaan, who earned LHC honors finishing in the top 12 at the conference tournament in 2016 and were the two golfers qualifying for the Class 3A state tournament a year ago.

Senior Paul Maharry and junior Shaiden Simmons were on the LHC

Girls golf Continued from Page 1B focus this season, Enyart said. He said Dydell is pretty good around and on the greens.

As for Reynolds, Enyart said she has a well-round game and a certain mindset when she’s playing. He said Reynolds has a routine she is committed to as she plays which works for her.

“Erin and Tory have come in with a higher confidence level this season.

I expect Jordon to contribute this season even as a freshman, because of her golfing background,” Enyart said.

Working on the short game — putting and chipping — is something all eight golfers are doing. Enyart said once the team develops those skills work will begin on ball striking.

“I’m excited about watching this group grow and improve. They have the motivation. We have the potential of having a successful season with our three returners helping to pull up the others as the season progresses,” Enyart said.

Newton finished second in the

dogs are playing in their first Final Four after beating Baylor in the Oklahoma City Regional.

The Huskies routed Mississippi State by 60 points last season in the Sweet 16, but Auriemma was impressed with what he saw in the Bulldogs win over Baylor.

“That’s not the same Mississippi State team we played last year here,” the Hall of Fame coach said. “That’s a whole different team. A lot of the same players, but that’s a whole different team.”

While the Bulldogs lack Final Four experience, they are led by a talented group of upperclassmen.

“For our seniors, they believed in a vision when it wasn’t real easy to believe. I’m really happy for them,” said Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer.

“I know how hard they’ve worked. I know the blood, sweat and tears, the commitment they’ve put into this.”

The Cardinal and coach Tara VanDerveer return to the national semifinals after a two-year hiatus.

They too were perennial participants, making it there in six of seven seasons from 2008-2014.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be back, and we’re ready to play,” Stanford senior Karlie Samuelson said.

If Stanford and UConn can win on Friday, it would create a matchup of the Samuelson sisters, with Katie Lou playing for the Huskies.

“I can’t imagine anyone has ever done this before on separate teams,” Katie Lou Samuelson said. “I think it was just meant to be that we would go to different places, so this would happen.”

South Carolina rebounded after a disappointing exit from the NCAA Tournament last season to reach the Final Four for the second time in three years. The Gamecocks lost a

“Megan returns, following a very successful campaign last year, and is hoping to become the first two-time state qualifier from Newton. She returns as one of the top players in the conference, and her main goal for this season is to make it back to state,” Zehr said. “One of the big questions for this season will be the decision between trying to qualify in single or doubles for Megan, and if doubles, who her partner will be.”

In the LHC meet, Pressgrove played No. 1 singles and was third, Thorpe played No. 2 singles and was fourth Baumgartner was part of the No. 2 doubles team for Newton, which finished fourth.

Zehr said there are several new players on the team showing promise and could see some varsity action. The Cardinals lost half of its varsity lineup to graduation so there will be people playing in new situations this season.

Newton has five seniors on the squad and 10 juniors. There are six sophomores on the roster and 15 freshmen.

“We have lots of potential. The big question will be how we perform in the face of all these new challenges,” Zehr said.

“In the past I have been able to look ahead to the upcoming season and predict how it will play out fairly closely, and this season is the complete opposite. It is cliche, but apt — the story for this team is blank, and will be written as we go. It will be an unpredictable and exciting season, to be sure.”

Others on the 2017 roster are seniors Kaitlyn Barnes, Hayley Sinclair and Ryanne Rausch; juniors Briahna Teague, Katie Suttek, Kallista Rogers and Madison Bleeker; sophomores Sommer Markham, Haley Rinehart, Rilee Slycord, Emily Valtman, Anna VanDam and Sophie Winton; and freshmen Kaylle Cross, Bayleigh Hughson, Ashley Loehr, Kaiah McNeeley, Jaysea Miller, Kasandra Neal, Jaci Nida, Kaitlyn Noel, Cristal Perez, Elizabeth Raper, Lily Rausch, Bailey Sparks, Sadie Steinbach, Karysa Young and Malarie Zach.

tournament championship team. Senior Sam Supino played varsity and junior varsity last year.

“We have a good core of experienced players back this year. Austin and Trey will lead the charge. Paul has developed into one of our best players and will be a key component in our overall success,” Riley said.

“Sam and Shaiden both played varsity for us last season will need to step up and be big contributors to or four scores.”

Riley said even if all those five players become the team’s top players, the Cardinals need another man to complete the top six. Junior Nate Vanzee and sophomores Colin McAnally and Devon Young played strong junior varsity seasons last spring.

Others expected to via for varsity play this season are juniors Evan Walker and Michael Hodnett and freshmen Damon Reynolds and Nate Keith.

Little Hawkeye Conference tournament a year ago. The Cardinals were 4-1 in LHC dual play and they finished fourth in the Class 4A regional tournament.

The Cardinal girls are two weeks out from the start of their 2017 season. They open at the Urbandale Invitational on April 10 then host Oskaloosa and Pella in LHC play on April 11 at Westwood Golf Course.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com Newton High School Girls’ Golf 2017 Schedule April 10 — Urbandale Invitational, 2 p.m.

April 11 — Oskaloosa, Pella, 4:15 p.m.

April 17 — Valley Invitational, 10 a.m.

April 18 — Indianola, Grinnell, 4:15 p.m.

April 25 — Dallas Center-Grimes, Knoxville, 4:15 p.m.

April 27 — Marshalltown Invitational, 10 a.m.

May 1 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Indianola, 9 a.m.

May 5 — Newton Cardinal Invitational, 3:30 p.m.

May 8 — Norwalk, 4:15 p.m.

May 11 — Southeast Polk Invitational, 9 a.m.

May 13 — South Tama Invitational, 9 a.m.

May 22 — Class 4A regional, TBA Home meets in bold

Newton High School Boys’ Golf 2017 Schedule March 31 — Norwalk Invitational, 9 a.m.

April 3 — Oskaloosa, Norwalk, 4:15 p.m.

April 11 — Dallas Center-Grimes, Grinnell, 4:15 p.m.

April 13 — Boone, 4:15 p.m.

April 15 — Knoxville Invitational, 9 a.m.

April 21 — Pella Christian, Pella, 4:15 p.m.

April 25 — Oskaloosa Invitational, 2 p.m.

May 1 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, DCG, 9 a.m.

May 6 — Colfax-Mingo Invitational, 9 a.m.

May 11 — Newton Cardinal Invitational, 1 p.m.

Home meets in bold

“Evan, Devon, and Colin are guys who gained valuable experience last season and are looking to fill that spot.

I think we have a fair shot to compete for not only the conference dual title but also the tournament title,” Riley said.

Riley said the biggest concern heading into the season is the lack of depth. There are 12 players the roster compared to 19 or 20 a year ago.

“We just won’t have as much room

Boys tennis Continued from Page 1B is another senior varsity returner along with sophomores Collin Hemann and Brady Eberline.

“We’re going to keep building on our work last year to develop everyone’s game,” Bieber said. “I was very impressed with the first week of practice with the effort the team is putting in.

If we keep up this energy and fight we will have a good season.”

Newton has senior Nathan Warren and juniors Grant Hamond, Devon Van Brogen and Noah Peterson back on the tennis courts. It has five new players in senior Alex Miller, sophomores Kyle Hansen, Jacob Warren and Grant Freeze and freshman Logan Henning.

Vandemore played No. 1 doubles in the LHC tournament a year ago and it finished fourth. Reid Miller competed as the No. 2 singles player for Newton in the conference tournament, taking fifth.

Bieber is working to find which players work well as a doubles team.

Hemann and Eberline played as a doubles team last year as freshmen and had

heartbreaking game to Notre Dame in 2015, falling by one point to the Irish.

After surviving a second-round scare against Arizona State, the Gamecocks reached the Final Four with victories over Quinnipiac and Florida State. Dawn Staley’s team has had to re-invent itself after losing senior center Alaina Coates to an ankle injury in the SEC Tournament.

The Gamecocks joined their men’s program in the Final Four, becoming the 13th school to have both teams reach the national semifinals in the same season. Only UConn has won both titles in the same season, last doing it in 2014.

“We’d also like to congratulate our men’s basketball team, because we’re coming to join you,” Staley said after beating Florida State.

The Gamecocks will fly straight to Dallas from Stockton, California, because the NCAA decided this year to move the Final Four back to a Friday-Sunday format for the first time since 2002 to try bolster attendance.

There were only a handful of tickets left for the championship game as of Monday night.

Newton High School Girls’ Tennis 2017 Schedule March 30 — Des Moines East, 4 p.m.

April 6 — Boone, 4:15 p.m.

April 7 — Marshalltown, 4 p.m.

April 11 — Grinnell, 4:15 p.m.

April 18 — Pella, 4:15 p.m.

April 20 — Norwalk, 4:15 p.m.

April 25 — Pella Christian, 4:15 p.m.

April 27 — Indianola, 4:15 p.m.

May 1 — Saydel triangular, 4:15 p.m.

May 4 — Oskaloosa, 4:15 p.m.

May 6 — Waverly-Shell Rock Invitational, 10 a.m.

May 8 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Grinnell, 10 a.m.

Home meets in bold

Newton opens the season Thursday at Des Moines East. The Cardinals host three LHC duals this season — Grinnell on April 11, Pella on April 18 and Pella Christian on April 25.

Newton moves back up to 2A for postseason play this season after one year at 1A. Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

for error this spring as last spring. Still I feel like, if we play our best we can win both duals and tournaments. It should be a fun season and I am looking forward to it,” Riley said.

Riley said the Little Hawkeye Conference looks to be competitive with Grinnell, Oskaloosa and Norwalk battling Newton for the top spots. He said Dallas Center-Grimes and Pella Christian are much improved and Pella is trying to rebuild.

Riley’s assistant coach for the spring season is Jason Carter.

Newton opens spring competition Friday at the Norwalk Invitational. It hosts one LHC double dual with Pella Christian and Pella on April 21 and its annual Cardinal Invitational on May 11. Both home meets are at Westwood Golf Course.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

some success.

The Cardinals open the season Thursday at home against Des Moines East in non-conference play. They have three home meets to begin the season, all non-conference.

Newton opens LHC play at Grinnell on April 11. It hosts Norwalk on April 20 then had four home meets to conclude dual action in late April and early May. Newton competes in Class 2A playoffs, but did not have anyone advance last year.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com Newton High School Boys’ Tennis 2017 Schedule March 30 — Des Moines, 4:15 p.m.

April 6 — Boone, 4:15 p.m.

April 7 — Marshalltown, 4 p.m.

April 11 — Grinnell, 4:15 p.m.

April 18 — Pella, 4:15 p.m.

April 20 — Norwalk, 4:15 p.m.

April 24 — Des Moines North, 4:15 p.m.

April 27 — Indianola, 4:15 p.m.

April 28 — South Tama, 4:15 p.m.

May 1 — Saydel, 4:15 p.m.

May 4 — Oskaloosa, 4:15 p.m.

May 8 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Norwalk, 10 a.m.

Home meets in bold