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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News To continue the momentum brought on by the Housing Initiative, the city is looking to expand further north at Fairmeadows North and develop an additional 23 lots for construction.

Housing Initiative continues to aid housing market The City of Newton has a problem, and staff couldn’t be happier. Through work on the Housing Initiative, the city has successfully jumpstarted the housing market in Newton and is now in need of additional lots on which to build.

“There are still lots available in town but we are getting a dwindling supply of those,” city director of finance and development Bryan Friedman said. “That is a great problem to be having, in terms of it being a sign of our success with our housing initiative for the past few years.”

To address the shortage, a prime target for expanding the number of lots in the city is the Fairmeadows North subdivision.

With all lots in the first phase of Fairmeadows completed and sold, the second phase could add an additional 23 lots and continue the same pattern of development.

“It doesn’t take a city planner to envision where the next roads go,” Friedman said. “As we look at that whole area and envision that road rework being complet-

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ed for North Seventh Avenue East and North Seventh Place East and East 26th Street North all continuing.”

Friedman continued with the development opFriedman portunities that lay beyond the scheduled phase.

“The city had projected a sample master plan for the land north so you can envision lots for more than 100 more families capitalizing on the location near the school, near nice neighborhoods and near 80 acre park,” Friedman said. “It is a great opportunity for the community to continue to develop the subdivisions in that area.”

The biggest hurdle for the expansion is a lack in funding available. While the Housing Initiative provided $3.6 million for dozens of projects through the D&D program, public infrastructure and housing incentives, after all obligations are met, there will only be about $86,000 left for future projects.

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ows North, engineers have estimated road projects and pertinent infrastructure to cost $1 million.

“You take that over 23 lots and it is about $40,000 per lot. That’s not out of line for what other lots are going for, many thousands of dollars more than that in the metro area,” Friedman said. “It is still $1 million to spend.”

In order to accelerate the project as much as possible, city staff has developed a three parallel path plan to bring the subdivision to fruition. The first path is the subdivision approval process.

To move forward, the lot layout much be viewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission and city council and approved.

“It seems pretty obvious but there are details of how that actually plays out,” Friedman said.

“It’s subject to approval is in process now.”

The second path is seeking a development partner. A big goal of the Housing Initiative, Friedman said, was to spur the private market and partner with it to get the home industry moving forward in Newton.

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The Jasper County Commission of Veterans Affairs uses grant funds from the state of Iowa every year to benefit veterans locally and invest in the county.

The commission started with $10,000 about a year ago. At the start of Wednesday afternoon’s meeting inside the County Annex Building, there was about $2,000 remaining in the fund. That money must be returned to the state if it’s not spent, and the commission has until the end of June to spend it.

The commissioners and Veterans Affairs Director Kurt Jackson approved most of the remaining grant fund dollars to benefit the Colfax Memorial Day celebration and to go toward a picnic table at the Jasper County Fair grounds.

The contribution to the American Le-

gion-sponsored Memorial Day celebration in Colfax shows the county veterans affairs office is not only dedicated to Newton but to the other communities in Jasper County as well, Jackson said.

About $540 is left before next year’s grant money comes in. State funding for 2017-2018 will drop down to $9,650 following recently passed legislation, Jackson said. It is slotted to be cut down further to $4,500 the following year, but that number is not yet set in stone.

Also on Wednesday, Commissioner Marta Ford brought up the issue of poor conditions at the Newton Union Cemetery, which is run by the city. The poor upkeep, particularly of the veterans’ section, was brought to Ford’s attention by a couple of widows who were visiting their husbands’ graves.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News From left, Marta Ford, Susan Springer and Keith Thorpe discuss the use of grant fund dollars at the Jasper County Commission of Veterans Affairs meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Annual senior NCSD Board discusses meal charging policy fair to return to Newton YMCA

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By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News The Newton YMCA is set to hold the 24th Annual National Senior Health and Fitness Fair this month to bring awareness to resources available for seniors and to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Several agencies, from Newton and surrounding areas, will collaborate to celebrate National Senior Health & Fitness Day from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

May 31.

Residents will join with an estimated 100,000 seniors across the country expected to help promote active, healthy lifestyles through physical fitness,

good nutrition and preventive care.

YMCA Associate Executive Director Rhonda Robson said the fair usually brings in 20 to 25 organizations. The free event is sponsored by local businesses and organizations to bring awareness to healthy aging.

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The Newton Community School District Board of Education was particularly busy Monday because its previous meeting was canceled and board members went about a month between gatherings.

The board dug into a lengthy discussion on developing a meal charging policy for dealing with past-due lunch accounts. The federal government is requiring that school districts implement a formal policy by July 1.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the purpose of the memorandum is to “address the need for school food author-

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Today is Thursday, May 11, the 131st day of 2017. There are 234 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 11, 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded during a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

On this date: In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.

In 1937, “SPAM” was registered as a trademark by Hormel Foods, producer of the canned meat product.

In 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.

In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the “Pentagon Papers” case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.

In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36.

In 1985, 56 people died when a flash fire swept a jam-packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England.

In 1987, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore transplanted the heart and lungs of an auto accident victim into a cystic fibrosis patient who gave up his own healthy heart to another recipient. (Clinton House, the nation’s first living heart donor, died 14 months later.)

In 1996, an Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.

In 1997, IBM’s “Deep Blue” computer demolished an overwhelmed Garry Kasparov, winning the six-game chess rematch between man and machine in New York.

Ten years ago: Speaking aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Persian Gulf, Vice President Dick Cheney warned Iran the U.S. and its allies would keep it from restricting sea traffic as well as from developing nuclear weapons. North and South Korea adopted a military agreement, enabling the first train crossing of their border in more than half a century.

(The first freight trains began running between the two Koreas in Dec. 2007, but the border was closed by North Korea almost a year later.)

Five years ago: A Chicago jury convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law, William Balfour, of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. (Balfour was sentenced to life in prison.)

One year ago: A white former South Carolina police officer already facing a state murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott was indicted on federal charges including depriving the victim of his civil rights. A SpaceX capsule returned to Earth with precious science samples from NASA’s one-year space station resident, Scott Kelly, who had returned to Earth the previous March. CBS News veteran Morley Safer, a “60 Minutes” correspondent for all but two of the newsmagazine’s 48-year history, announced his retirement (Safer died eight days later at age 84).

Today’s Birthdays Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is 84. Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly is 67. Actress Frances Fisher is 65. Country musician Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 62. Actress Martha Quinn is 58. Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 54. Actor Tim Blake Nelson is 53. Actor Jeffrey Donovan is 49. Country musician Keith West (Heartland) is 49. Actor Nicky Katt is 47.

Actor Coby Bell is 42. Actor-singer Jonathan Jackson is 35. Rapper Ace Hood is 29.

Latin singer Prince Royce is 28.

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That’s Odd Teen’s plea for free Wendy’s nuggets sets retweet record RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Twitter plea from a Nevada teen for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s is now the most retweeted post of all time.

Carter Wilkerson asked the fast food chain on Twitter last month how many retweets it would take for him to get free nuggets for a year. Wendy’s replied, “18 million.”

Wilkerson’s screenshot of the exchange has moved past Ellen DeGeneres’ viral tweet from the 2014 Oscars on Tuesday with more than 3.4 million retweets. Twitter confirmed the record to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. GOP CONCERNS ON TRUMP AND COMEY POSE THREAT TO THEIR AGENDA Several Republican senators question the timing of the firing of the FBI director, but most are dismissing Democratic calls for a special counsel.

2. SENATE PANEL SUBPOENAS FLYNN DOCUMENTS IN RUSSIA INVESTIGATION Sens. Richard Burr and Mark Warner say the panel acted after Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, declined to cooperate with an April 28 request to turn over the documents.

3. SAUDIS PAID US VETERANS WHO CAMPAIGNED AGAINST 9/11 LAWSUIT LAW The veterans’ lobbying effort began within a month after Congress voted for the law, which

allows Sept. 11 victims’ families to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. court.

4. WHY CHINA’S ‘NEW SILK ROAD’ PROJECT STIRS WORRIES Governments from Washington to Moscow to New Delhi worry that Beijing is trying to build its own political influence and erode theirs.

5. WHEN VETERAN HOMELESSNESS MIGHT END New Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says the goal is achievable, but will take years longer than his predecessor predicted.

6. EIGHT ARCTIC NATIONS MEET IN ALASKA AMID DRILLING WORRIES U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are among those attending the gathering in Fairbanks.

7. ONE KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN ANOTHER DAY OF CLASHES IN VENEZUELA National guardsmen

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launch tear gas and a group of armed pro-government militiamen harass protesters as they try to march to the Supreme Court to demand elections.

8. WHO WAS BOOED WHILE GIVING A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plows through her speech at Bethune-Cookman, a historically black university, through shouts of “liar!” and “just go” by graduating students.

9. STALLED GROWTH FOR SNAPCHAT IN THE SHADOW OF FACEBOOK Parent company Snap Inc.’s revenue fell below Wall Street’s expectations in its first quarterly earnings since its initial public offering of stock.

10. WHAT ROBOCARS MUST LEARN BEFORE HITTING ROAD We l l - b e h a v e d , self-driving cars must learn how to share the road with human drivers who routinely speed and break other traffic rules.

Wife of ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman dies in car crash WOODBURY, Conn.

(AP) — The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman died in a traffic crash in Connecticut, the sports network’s president confirmed Wednesday.

Katherine Ann Berman, 67, a teacher, was one of two victims in the two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Woodbury, state police said. The other victim was identified by police as Edward Bertulis, 87, of Waterbury.

“This is a devastating tragedy and difficult to comprehend,” ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement. “Chris is beloved by all his ESPN colleagues and for good reason: He has a huge heart and has given so much to so many over the years.

We know how much his family means to him and all we can do at a moment like this is give him the love and support he will

AP Photo Katherine Ann Berman, wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman died in the traffic accident Tuesday in Woodbury, Conn. She was 67.

surely need at this hour.”

The Bermans have been married more than 33 years and have two adult children, Meredith and Doug. Chris Berman and his children released a statement Wednesday night.

“We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and sympathy from so many folks we know, and so many others we look forward to knowing,” the statement said. “Kathy Berman had a huge heart, and this would have warmed hers beyond belief. It certainly warmed ours. All of us need to keep the family of Edward Bertulis in our thoughts and prayers as well.

According to the police account of the crash, both vehicles were traveling in the same direction on a two-lane road when Kathy Berman’s car struck the rear of Bertulis’ SUV, and both veered off the road.

Berman’s Lexus went down an embankment and overturned in a small body of water. Chris Berman was listed as the car’s owner.

Bertulis’ Ford Escape struck a utility pole and

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Berman, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Bertulis, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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According to a profile of the family that appeared in the Hartford Courant in 1993, Chris Berman met the former Kathy Alexinski in 1983.

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Local & State News Fairmeadows Continued from Page 1A It was envisioned when created the city would participate in about half of the infrastructure costs for a couple of the subdivisions, having an arrangement through grants or other reimbursement costs after the work was completed.

“We do want to continue to seek the interest of the private developers and that is underway through city staff and our development partners, Newton Housing Development Corporation and Newton Development Corporation,” Friedman said.

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The third path involves funding the project. An option brought before council is to bond for the additional money to get the project moving as quick as possible.

“That would likely involve some public hearings if they city would decided to bond for more money to jump start the subdivision,” Friedman said.

“Knowing as lots would sell or as we would find that private partners some of those costs would be returned to us.”

The city’s other housing project, Cardinal Ridge, will also have lots coming online with infrastructure work currently underway, bringing funds back to the city as they sell.

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“But in order to accelerate it there is a thought that instead of waiting in for those lot sales at Cardinal Ridge to come back in and then be applied to Fairmeadows North, we accelerate that by counting on those funds but going forward sooner than just waiting for those,” Friedman said.

With the three parallel paths moving forward, Friedman believes the project should be approved to move forward in June or July. Road construction plans are already formulated and could be bid out in July and awarded in August with late fall construction possible for the subdivision.

“I think we have some

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Weeds and grass are not being kept up with according to Ford, who went out to the cemetery herself to see the conditions. Although it’s the city’s responsibility to manage the cemetery’s appearance, the veterans affairs commissioners agreed that they have a moral responsibility to raise the issue and make the city aware.

Jackson agreed to bring up the cemetery issue at the next city council meeting.

Newton’s current policy, which is informal, is to send a letter to households after their lunch account balances become negative $20. An automated email is sent out when only $10 remain on an account. When the past due amount gets over $100, Croson said, the district will call the parents to make sure they’re aware.

Croson said the district is having trouble collecting from approximately 50 accounts that have negative balances more than $200.

Newton students with such accounts are still being fed.

Director of Business Services Gayle Isaac said policies are differ-

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ent and wide-ranging all over Iowa.

“There are some districts that are very harsh on their policy — $10, $20 charge — the children are cut off,” Isaac said. “They are not served a meal.”

Newton’s school board, which was short three members who were absent Monday, seemed to agree the kids should continue to get food regardless of their account balances.

Insufficient nutrition will impact academic performance, said Board Vice President Robyn Friedman.

The board is looking at trying to stay close to its current policy, while also fitting within the federal guidelines. The district must also decide on whether or not it wants to start giving out alternate meals to

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“Some of the things we need to think about when we take this action is how are we going to notify the kids before they come down for lunch, and how are we going to give them an alternate meal that’s not identifying them,” Croson said.

Most of the families that owe money for school meals qualify for free and reduced lunch.

In some cases however, they neglect to fill out their paperwork, despite reminders from the district. Eventually they qualify, Croson said, but not until after they rack up a debt.

The district is working hard with those families using donated funds to help out, Croson said.

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board certified the class of 2017 for both Newton High School and WEST Academy. In addition, public hearings for a budget amendment and the new Berg Middle School were set for May 22 at 6:40 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., respectively.

The board also approved the non-renewal of the Gateway to College program with DMACC. The intention of the program was to help young people who dropped out of high school return to education and gain a high school diploma while also earning college credit. The program looked good on paper, said NHS Principal Bill Peters, but the results were not great.

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“We have seen the developers that have started building and they are continuing to build and my concern would be holding off any longer on these projects, both Cardinal Ridge and Fairmeadows, that we are going to halt some of that excitement and some of the momentum that we have going.”

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have written about my parents and grandparents a few times in this column. I am fortunate enough to have been raised by a close-knit family who has spent a good deal of time together in every stage of my life.

It is that time spent together that has shaped me into the person I am today.

It is usually around this time in May when I reflect upon the female role models I’ve had in my life: my mother, maternal grandma, Bev, and paternal grandma, Helen.

My mom is my hero. I have said this countless times. I’m still trying to be like her “when I grow up.” Phyllis Rodgers is synonymous with the term hardworking. I wrote a lengthy column about her strength a couple years ago, and let me tell you, nothing has changed in two years. It still baffles me all the things she

In the Neighborhood Pam Rodgers can get accomplished in a single day, and still be ready to get up the next day and do it all over again. Idleness is not in her nature — she knows no other way.

I relish in every moment I get to spend at Grandma Bev’s. She is such a great story-teller. Her memory is fantastic. She talks about things that go on last week and things that happened 50 years ago.

I admire her so much. She has been on her own for nearly 30 years. I know her heart still hurts at times from losing Grandpa, but when you see her with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her heart is full. She enjoys all the times we can get together as a family, or just when a few stop by for a visit. Anyone of us would do anything for her, and it takes a special kind of woman to have been through what she

has and still have the joy for life she does.

The one woman I wish could still share my life’s accomplishments with would be Grandma Helen. As many memories as I have from Grandma Bev’s house, I have plenty more from time spent at Grandpa and Grandma Rodgers’ house in Garwin. They were our babysitters growing up. She fed us, played with us and washed us up when we got dirty playing outside. She shared our smiles when we found a new adventure to tell and kissed boo-boos when we scraped our hands and knees.

She was never rich, but she was rich with love and affection for her family. We always had everything we needed when we were with Grandma Helen.

She would have been 103 in April. It would have been amazing if she had lived this long; however, I know she probably wouldn’t have lived to see today. That doesn’t stop me from wishing we would have had a few more years with her.

Nevertheless, God had other plans and ended her suffering before Alzheimer’s

took her mind completely. It’s been 17 years without her, and I still wish I could have her at my wedding next year. Even though she is not here physically, her faith was so resolute, there isn’t a doubt in my mind she has been with me every step of the way and will continue to be with me in spirit.

Wedding planning sort of brings the future to mind; and if all goes to plan, I hope to have a daughter to pass along all I have learned from these three ladies. I only hope I can teach her to have strength like Phyllis, have heart like Bev and have faith like Helen.

Women like this shouldn’t be celebrated just on one Sunday in May. They should be celebrated every second of every day. God bless mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, stepmothers and all women everywhere who show every little girl just how special women are in this world. You are truly the guiding light of our future.

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Sid’s Hen Field Farm On the way to Sid’s farm near Leon, Ginnie and I saw lots of turkeys, deer and one coyote. Sid calls’m “yotes.” South Central Iowa is mostly rolling hills and timber, ideal for pasture and cattle, hay and hunting.

Which is why Sid bought this pristine little farm. He calls it “Hen Field Farm” because of the abundance of hen turkeys.

Sid Vander Ploeg (pronounced “Vander Plew”) is an old high school buddy from Monroe. I ran across him on Facebook, his typos and misspellings requiring extra deciphering. (He says he has fat fingers.) After graduation Sid spent most of his life in Ankeny, but did a lot of hunting in Southern Iowa, like he did as a kid. This spring he bought a 60 acre farm outside of Leon, replete with a two-story farm house, two ponds, two creeks (Vander Ploeg slough), a pole barn, and lots of hay. When I heard his plan was to turn the farm into a hunting and wildlife preserve, I knew I had to pay him a visit.

I picked a rainy Sunday because I knew Sid would not be turkey hunting or planting food plots. Holed up in his farm house, over coffee, Sid explained the purchase. He almost died three years ago from complications of heart, respiratory and circulation problems. He spent three months in the hospital and 11 days on a respirator. On the 12th day, they took him off the respirator. He continued to breathe on his own.

Almost dying changes a person’s perspective. What legacy did he want to leave his twin grandsons? What could he do for God, nature and future generations?

He talked it over with his wife, Diane. His plans were to buy some land in southern Iowa, build a pole barn with living quarters, and start with that. It would be a weekend retreat and hunting lodge, something to do with his grandsons. But then he drove by this little farmstead that was for sale and things fell into place.

Now the work begins. Sid’s plans are to convert the hay ground into soybeans for one year, to fixate nitrogen. Then, with advice from the DNR, he will sow hay, native grass and food plots. This will preserve the ground and provide wildlife habitat. Hopefully, an arrangement can be struck with a farmer to exchange hay for planting the native grass and food plots so he won’t have to buy equipment.

Sid sips his coffee and looks out the window at rolling hills dotted with timber. “Isn’t that a beautiful sight,” he says. Ginnie and I agree.

Because of disability Sid hunts with a crossbow. He spends hours in a heated and insulated blind, often with his two grandkids. To pass the time, he takes pictures from the windows of his blind, and puts them on Facebook. When he wonders why turkeys aren’t flocking around, I tell him that they can hear him punching the keys on his smartphone. He keeps pecking away anyway, like the birds he can’t see.

It’s been a cold, wet spring. Many of the turkey nests have been abandoned, which means the hens are renesting — good news for Sid. He drives his four-wheeler to the blind before sunrise. He can see a rural cemetery nearby. He wonders if ghosts come out and shoo the “turks” away. Sid vows to move the blind. But then a white-tail buck wanders within spitting distance, looking bewildered in its denuded head. Sid reconsiders the positioning of the blind. Maybe it’s in a pretty good spot after all.

But will that buck be this close during deer season?

Sid doubts it.

In the distance, Sid hears a gobble echoing across the valley. He puts down his smartphone and chirps coyly on his turkey call. Maybe he can entice the tom to visit his hen decoys. Sid has placed one jake decoy with three hens to make the tom jealous. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

Sid Vander Ploeg, living the dream.

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

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Religion: the good and the bad Sorry, but I was just thinking.

Something to ponder: No one can really say how many different religions there have been through the ages, we can only estimate there have been around 4,200.

One thing I do know is every religion has had are some bad folks and some good folks doing some mighty good things and some very terrible things.

French writer Voltaire said; “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”

Charles Dickens wrote to the Rev. Frederick Layton in 1847, in answer to a query regarding his religious beliefs; “As I really do not know what orthodoxy may

Keep Newton beautiful Dear Newton dog and cat owners, I’m a dog owner, too, and I’m writing to all of you who think when you take your animal for a walk and they “poop” in someone else’s yard and you don’t clean it up it’s OK, well it’s not. There’s an ordinances on the City of Newton, Iowa Code of Ordinances no. 90.09 DEFECATION: It shall be prohibited for any person to

be, or what it may be supposed to — a point not exactly settled, I believe, as yet, in the learned or unlearned world — I am not in a condition to say whether I deserve my lax reputation in that wise...”

Dickens wasn’t and still isn’t, alone in his opinion. No single definition has yet been satisfactorily stated on the subject of the varied sets of traditions, practices, ideas and faiths that could constitute a simple definition of religion. There rarely been unanimity about the nature of the subject among scholars, partly because the subject itself has been so involved in controversy throughout its history.

My source of information comes mostly from a book called “World Religions” by Robert Pollock, along with

“Power of Myth” by Joseph Campbell. Many books have been written about religions and discussions and arguments have taken place everywhere and some folks use violence to express.

Politics and religions have brought many to the point of violence. It seems to me that if a religion or political view is not one centered and focused on doing good for all of the peoples of the world, it may not be a good one to follow, or is it the individual who sets his own agenda and belief with in any religion or the political world?

Personally, my main objective these days is: I try not to hurt anyone through words or actions. This works for me.

permit of allow an animal owned by that person or under that person’s custody or control to defecate upon public property, park property, park property, public right-of-way or the PROPERTY OF OTHERS. (2011 Code, 13.0309.0) Penalty, see $90.99.

The next ORDINANCE is Cleanup 90.07. It states: It shall be the duty of every person owning or having the custody or control of an animal to clean up, remove and dispose of the feces deposited by such animal upon public property, park property, public

right-of-way or the PROPERTY OF ANOTHER. Failure to do so shall constitute a municipal infraction. (2011 Code 13.039.3) (ord.2280, passed 1-4-2017) Penalty, see $90.99. Home owners all of you have cameras take a picture and then go to the police station. The city can always use money. And to you dog and cat owners, the bags are cheaper than the fine you’re going to pay if that picture is turned in. Please do your part and keep Newton beautiful.

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Obituaries Larry Filson May 5, 2017 Larry Filson, 72, of Kenosha, Wis., passed away Friday, May 5, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

He was born Jan. 5, 1945, in Moody County, S.D. He was the son of Ralph and Ruth (Mettler) Filson. He was educated in the schools in Newton. Larry married Rita Seymour Aug. 21, 1972,

in Seattle, Wash. Larry enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1962, and retired after 23 years of service in 1985. He was employed as a manager at CSC/ Westco in Carol Stream, Ill. Larry enjoyed fishing, working on cars, coin collecting, gambling and especially spending time with his children and his grandchildren.

Larry is survived by his four children, Clinton (Sandra) Fox, Judy Fox, Larry Michael Fil-

son and Barbara Filson; 12 grandchildren, Adrianna, James F., Jamey, Matthew, Ronald, James W., Katherine, Cody, Kenneth, Larry, Nathaniel and Lalita; six great-grandchildren, Ilyanna, Ilias, Ilina, Izalia, Nadia and Meloniyan.

He is further survived by three brothers, Robert (Pam) Filson, Roger (Betty) Filson and Jim (Tamie) Filson; three sisters, Darlene (Richard) Machin, Linda (Wayne)

Christy and Carol (Terry) VeVerka. He also is survived by man’s best friend, Daisy. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Rita; and his parents.

A visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m.

Monday, May 15 with a memorial service at 2 p.m. at Kenosha Funeral Services & Crematory, 8226 Sheridan Road, Kenosha, WI 53143, 262652-1943, kenosha-funeral-services.com.

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Marvin Douglas Dickerson, 63, of Newton, died Monday, May 8, 2017, at his home. No services are scheduled at this time. The Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangement.

Larry D. Van Wyngarden died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center.

Funeral services for Larry are pending and Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Online condolences may be left for the family at Pence-Reese Funeral Home pencefh.com.

Space available in upcoming hunter education classes Hunter Education Classroom courses are offered by knowledgeable and certified volunteer instructors and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers. Classroom courses are typically 12-15 hours in length and are held over two to three sessions (days). In order to receive certification, a student must attend all sessions and pass the final exam.

Iowa law requires that anyone born after Jan. 1, 1972 must be certified in hunter education be-

fore they are eligible to purchase an Iowa hunting license.

Upcoming classes: • May 13, Blue Grass, Oak Hills Gun Club • May 18, Marshalltown, Izaak Walton League • June 5, Elkader, Osborne Nature Center • June 22, Knoxville, Marion County Sportsman Club • July 24, Homestead, Amana Sportsmans Club • July 25, West Chester, West Chester Heritage Building

Peregrine falcons building on nesting successes

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DES MOINES — Peregrine falcons have increased their presence in Iowa, with peregrine partners and volunteers now reporting 20 peregrine falcon territories in the state.

One of Iowa’s newest nest sites or eyries, is at the Dubuque County Courthouse. This falcon pair can be observed via web cam provided by the Dubuque County Conservation Board atmystar106.com/ dubuque-peregrine-falcon-camera/. Dubuque also has a wild nesting pair at a rock quarry at Eagle Point Park.

In Des Moines, visitors to the Iowa State Capitol can view falcons on the east side of the building.

Elsewhere, this is the 25th year for falcons at US Bank in Cedar

Rapids. There is a pair along Des Moines River at Chillicothe Alliant Energy plant near Ottumwa.

Remaining falcon pairs are all located along Mississippi River at Agees Bluff and Alliant Energy Bluff in Lansing, Leo’s Bluff in Waukon Junction, the MacGregor Elevator, Clayton Pattison Mines, Bellevue, Clinton, Davenport, Muscatine, Louisa and Burlington.

It is hoped a pair at Keokuk will successfully nest this year.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources has benefited from all the good stewardship with Raptor Resource Project staff, which has a camera at a wild site in southern Minnesota at explore.org/ live-cams/player/peregrine-falcon-cam.

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Free Family Fishing Derby returns Jasper Conservation Connection and the Jasper County Conservation Board will be partnering together to host the 10th Annual Hook, Line & Sinker family fishing derby at 9 a.m. June 3 at Mariposa County Park.

The fishing derby will be free for all ages. This will be a last chance to fish the lake at Mariposa for a while before it is drained and the large lake restoration project starts this fall. The fish are biting, and it is a great time to visit Mariposa.

This year’s derby will include educational presentations about fish ID, lure making, cleaning and cooking fish and basic line set up, as well as a fun session where participants will make aluminum foil boats. After a provided lunch, participants will have the afternoon to go fishing and door prizes will be given out. The first 100 kids to register will receive a free shirt.

To register, please visit the Jasper County Conservation website at jaspercountyconservation.com to print off a registration form. Forms must be returned by May 26 to the conservation office to ensure participants are served a meal the day of the derby. If you have any questions, call the conservation office at 641792-9780 or stop by the Jasper County Armory/Annex Building at 1030 W. Second St. S. in Newton.

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• 4 One Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday at Iowa Bar None Cowboy Church in Newton.

• Meal & Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, 889 Highway F36 W. in Newton.

• Bake Sale Fundraiser will begin at 10 a.m.

Friday at Skiff Medical Center, 204 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton. Bun in the Oven will be hosting a bake sale fundraiser during Skiff Week. It will be by the Radiology Corridor.

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

• Thunder Nites Bike Night will begin at 6 p.m. Friday on Courthouse Square in Newton.

Thunder Nites takes place the second Friday of the month through September. Each Friday will feature a different live artist.

• Prairie City and Monroe Community Blood Drive will meet at 7:45 a.m. Saturday at Monroe United Methodist Church, 407 N. Monroe.

Schedule a blood donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800-287-4903.

• Fast & The Furriest Annual Walk/Run will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Newton Arboretum, 3000 N. Fourth Ave. E. Calling all dogs and their people, join the Friends of Newton Parks for the annual Fast & The Furriest Walk/Run. Post race activities begin at 9:15 a.m. Cost is $30. Fee includes T-shirt, along with goody bags and prizes for two and four-legged friends. Proceeds support Friends of Newton Parks.

• Central Iowa Rendezvous will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Ashton Wildwood Park, seven miles west of Baxter on Highway F-17 and 1/4 mile south on West 122nd Street North. See early 1800s lifestyles of the mountain men on the frontier at this free public event. Catch craftsmen and artists at work demonstrating skills including blacksmithing, basket weaving, srimshaw, leather working and more. Many craftsmen offer their handmade items for sale or trade.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Jordan M. Sexton, 27, of Newton, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while license under suspension and failure to provide proof of financial liability at 5:45 p.m.

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intersection of East Eighth Street South and South Eighth Avenue East. Police asked Sexton for his driver’s license and while he was taking it out of the glove box, police noticed a brown colored pipe with residue. Sexton told police the pipe was his. Sexton was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Parents refuse to confront reason their son is bullied

DEAR ABBY: We have some great friends we have known for five years. Our families enjoy time together, and although the friendship started through our kids, I now get together with the other mom outside of kid-related activities. Her son, “Michael,” and my daughter (ages 12) are best friends in middle school, and I truly care for him, as well as his family.

I have assumed for a long time that Michael is gay. Since late last year, he’s been having a lot of trouble with a certain group of boys who call him gay — among other names — and bully him.

His mom knows he is different, but his dad is deep in denial, doing his best to force his son to associate with this group of kids because they are “jocks” and popular. Michael hangs out with and is most comfortable with girls. It has always been this way, in spite of his parents’ attempts to find him a boy group to fit into.

The bullying is escalating and, while his dad remains in denial, his mom is telling Michael to ignore it and not draw attention to himself for fear it may get worse. She thinks “he tends to bring these things on himself by hanging out with girls and liking the things he likes.”

I’m scared for the boy. He is the always-smiling, happy-go-lucky kid on the outside, but there’s no way he can be feeling that way on the inside being on the receiving end of this kind of abuse every day. I have encouraged his mom to talk to school authorities, but she refuses. We have never spoken directly about the possibility that Michael may be gay because I can feel the fear and denial in what she isn’t saying. What can I do? — HIS B.F.F.’S MOM DEAR MOM: It is tragic that Michael’s parents can’t accept their son for who he is, rather than who they would like him to be. That’s why it is abso-

lutely vital that you befriend that boy to the best of your ability.

Contact PFLAG (pflag.org) and request information about how to support a young person who is more than likely LGBT. Let the boy know you love him just the way he is and that being different isn’t wrong. If you do, it could mean the difference between life and death — and that’s no exaggeration.

DEAR ABBY: I am engaged to a wonderful, loving, respectful man I have known for seven months. But when he drinks too much, he starts saying I should meet someone else because he’s not good enough for me. It’s like he’s trying to drive me away.

Do you think this is how he really feels? He says if I want to leave, he’ll understand, because I deserve someone better. What should I do? — ENGAGED IN NORTH CAROLINA DEAR ENGAGED: Talk to your fiance about this when he’s SOBER. Realize that your wonderful, loving, respectful gentleman may have a drinking problem, so be prepared in advance by visiting an Al-Anon group.

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HAVERHILL — Authorities say a man died after falling from a feed trailer in central Iowa.

Deputies and medics were sent around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to check a report about an unresponsive man on the ground in rural Haverhill. Marshall County Sheriff Steve Hoffman says 66-year-old Larry Van Wyngarden was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hoffman says it appears Van Wyngarden hit his head while falling.

Tornado confirmed in southeast corner of Iowa MOUNT PLEASANT — Officials say a tornado has touched down south of Mount Pleasant in the southeastern corner of Iowa, but no reports of injuries or damage has been made.

Mount Pleasant City Administrator Brent Schleisman says the tornado was confirmed around 3 p.m. Wednesday. It hit as the National Weather Service placed parts of Henry and Des Moines counties under a tornado warning until later Wednesday afternoon.

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Man found guilty of killing mother who vanished in 2000 MARENGO — A jury has convicted an Iowa man of first-degree murder in the 2000 disappearance of his fiancee even though her body has never been found. Jurors returned the verdict Wednesday against Tait Purk in the death of Cora Okonski, a 23-year-old waitress and mother of a young child. Purk will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Purk has told police that Okonski left their Tama home to walk to the store and never returned.

DAVENPORT — A group that feeds the homeless and others in need will reopen its doors Monday after the city of Davenport agreed not to cite it for zoning violations.

An attorney for the pastor and church that operate Timothy’s House of Hope confirmed the development.

Last month, the city had issued a ceaseand-desist order to the nonprofit, saying current zoning regulations prohibit the organization from using its new location to feed the homeless.

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Man wants trial in teen’s slaying moved BURLINGTON — One of the two men accused of killing a Burlington teenager wants his trial moved out of Des Moines County in southeast Iowa.

Lawyers for 23-year-old Jorge Sanders-Galvez say he doesn’t believe he can receive a fair trial in Burlington because of the pretrial publicity. He’s also seeking a trial separate from that of his co-defendant, Jaron Purham.

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Submitted Photo The Newton YMCA will hold the 24th Annual National Senior Health and Fitness Fair this month. More than 20 organizations will come together to promote a healthy lifestyle for seniors.

rus, Newton Children’s Choir.

“Quality and longevity of life are goals we all have, so this event gives our community the opportunity to be more equipped and empowered to accomplish those goals,” Robson said. “The YMCA’s cause is to strengthen the foundations of this community. We are here for everyone —this event lines up perfectly with that cause.”

food and music with an optional walk starting at 7:30 a.m. and at

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

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There’s improvement.”

“The event brings a number of vendors to one location for seniors to ask questions, sample products, develop relationships and learn about resources they need to continue or develop a healthier lifestyle right here in our community,” Robson said.

The fair will include

9 a.m.​entertainment will be provided by The Iowa Youth Cho-

Campus minister faces church discipline for same-sex wedding IOWA CITY (AP) — A campus minister at the University of Iowa is facing church discipline for performing a same-sex wedding.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the Rev. Anna Blaedel is executive director at the Wesley Student Center. She told the newspaper she knew she was jeopardizing her United Methodist Church standing when she officiated at the ceremony April 4 for a fellow clergywoman and her wife. But Blaedel says she also knew “that saying ‘no’ to one of my best friends would cost me my integrity and my soul.”

The center’s board of directors is supporting her.

Historic amusement park in Iowa to get $12M renovation ARNOLDS PARK (AP) — Officials of in a northern Iowa city have announced $12 million in upgrades to a historic amusement park along a local lake.

The project on West Lake Okoboji in Arnolds Park includes construction of a new Roof Garden Ballroom, restoration of the Majestic Pavilion, expansion of the Iowa

Great Lakes Maritime Museum and a lakefront boardwalk.

An anonymous group of donors has already pledged $6 million to the Restore the Park campaign.

Another $2 million has been raised through contributions from the Historic Parks Inc. and The Park Foundation boards, according to Historic

Parks Inc. CEO Charley Whittenburg. He said a committee of current and past board members will spearhead the remaining fundraising.

The new additions and renovations will be completed in three phases. The first phase began last fall, with the Arnolds Park Foundation supplying funds to prepare the property for the upcoming

improvements with updated electric, sewer and fiber optic lines.

The second phase is scheduled to begin this fall with the Maritime Museum’s expansion and the Majestic Pavilion’s renovation, which will include new flooring for the former skating rink and new administration facilities.

The third phase includes

construction of the new Roof Garden.

“In addition, there will be many things upgraded to bring us into the 21st century, and poise us for sustainability for future generations,” Whittenburg said. “The park is the epicenter of our community and remains the heart of Okoboji. It is the iconic crown jewel of Iowa.”

Iowa club takes charge of layout at railroad museum COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — There’s a new engineer at the controls of the model railroad system at RailsWest Railroad Museum.

The sprawling layout behind glass doors on the railroad museum’s upper level has entertained visitors for decades and has been featured in model railroad magazines, according to volunteer Eric Gonzales.

The Carter Lake Model Railroad Youth Club, a nonprofit organization, took over the model train operation from the Greater Omaha Soci-

ety of Model Engineers in December, said club president Theo Hudson, whose late father, Lee, also served as president.

The club assumed the society’s debts and took ownership of its assets — primarily the rolling stock and equipment at the museum, which is located at in Council Bluffs, The Daily Nonpareil reported.

“For me, it is a winwin situation for the club and for the kids,” Hudson said. “It shows the kids coming in that this is what is possible — and we can still update it, too.”

He hopes the opportunity will attract new members to the club.

While the Greater Omaha Society of Model Engineers officially disbanded, many of its members continue to be involved in the operation, Hudson said.

“None of the members, when we took over, were asked to leave,” said John Heidenescher, one of the leaders of the Carter Lake club.

Hudson emphasized that the Carter Lake club would remain first and foremost a youth organization. The group has

about eight active youth members, as well as at least as many supportive adults, and currently meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays at the museum.

Laura Ramirez — whose 15-year-old son, Max, likes working on scenery for the layout — believes the club is a positive activity for youth.

“It not only gives them a chance to be social, they get to learn about engineering,” she said.

The kids learn a little bit about wiring and planning, Ramirez said.

“The social aspect is

important, too, because not only do they get to interact with each other, they get to interact with adults,” she said.

Max, who has been attending meetings since January, would like to create scenes with environments from other parts of the world, such as a desert or jungle, he said.

“It’s nice that they’re open to different things I want to do,” he said.

Said Hudson, “Whatever they’re interested in, we find something for them to do.”

Club leaders also try to

teach members responsibility, Heidenescher said.

If they get in trouble at school or at home, they aren’t allowed to come to the meeting that week.

Matthew Neal, 9, attended his second meeting on April 27 and is hoping to join.

“It’s fun,” he said.

Matthew used a remote control to operate a locomotive pulling one of the trains that night.

“These engines are controlled by a little computer chip inside,” Heidenescher said. “We no longer control the track, we control the engine.”

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Central Iowa Rendezvous

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday Ashton Wildwood Park near Baxter

Come Rendezvous with the Central Iowa Free Skinners. See early 1800’s lifestyles of the mountain men on the frontier at this free public event. Catch craftsmen and artists at work demonstrating skills including blacksmithing, basket weaving, srimshaw, leather working and more. Many craftsmen offer their handmade items for sale or trade.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday Skiff Medical Center in Newton

Treasure Hunt

Bun in the Oven will be hosting a bake sale fundraiser during Skiff Week. The sale will be by the Radiology Corridor. It is a great chance to pick up a treat for mom for Mother’s Day and help give your support. Open to the public.

Thunder Nites

7 p.m. Saturday Westwood Golf Course in Newton

6 p.m. Friday Courthouse Square in Newton Come feel the Thunder from the bikes and the band. Rolling Thunder will perform the Music of AC/DC.

Fast & Furriest Walk/Run

8 a.m. Saturday Newton Arboretum

The Friends of Newton Parks will once again host The Fast & The Furriest 1.5 mile fun run/walk for pooches and their owners. All proceeds will support Friends of Newton Parks to be used to enhance Newton’s many parks, including the Newton Dog Park. Check in and race day registration will be from 7 to 7:55 a.m. the day of the race. Post-race fun will begin at 9:15 a.m. when the furry participants can take part in a variety of contests.

The event, sponsored by Edward Jones offices in Newton, Newton Clinic and Willowbrook — A Wesley Life Adult Day Center, is a unique and a one-of-a-kind fundraiser for the United Way of Jasper County that is new for 2017.

Think “Easter Egg Hunt for adults” with tons of great prizes from cash to tickets, free golf to gift cards and much more.

This is an event for adults 21 and older. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the event. Ticket price includes appetizers, prize drawings and admission to the treasure hunt. A cash bar will be available.

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MVC invites Valparaiso to join the league VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — The Missouri Valley Conference has invited Valparaiso to join the league and replace departing Wichita State.

The league said Tuesday that its nine members had voted unanimously to invite the Crusaders, who currently play in the Horizon League, effective on July 1. The Valley said it would have no further comment pending negotiation of terms. Valparaiso spokeswoman Nicole Niemi said the school would not comment.

The Valley, once among the nation’s top mid-major programs, has been stung in recent years by the loss of two top men’s basketball programs.

Creighton bolted for the Big East and the Shockers, who’ve been upset about the NCAA Tournament seeds of late, are leaving for the American Athletic in time for next season.

The Crusaders’ football program

is not expected to join the Missouri Valley Football Conference, which has sent at least one team to the FCS championship game in each of the past six years. Instead, it will continue to play in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.

The Crusaders spent their first four seasons in Division I as an independent before joining the Mid-Continent Conference in 1982.

They stayed in the renamed Summit League through 2006-07, then jumped to the Horizon.

The men’s basketball program is well known for Bryce Drew’s buzzer-beating shot to upset Mississippi, putting the team in the Sweet 16 of the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

It was the third straight NCAA appearance for a school that received seven tourney bids during a nine-year stretch.

The Crusaders returned to the tournament in 2013 and 2015 as the Horizon tourney champs — with Drew as coach — but have not won an NCAA Tourney game since 1998.

From the moment Homer Drew, Bryce’s father, was named the head coach before the 1988-89 season, one of the Drews was in charge of the program every years through 2015-16.

After the eldest Drew announced his first retirement following the 2001-02 season, his oldest son succeeded him.

Scott Drew stuck around for one

season before taking over at Baylor.

Homer Drew then returned to the sideline in 2003-04 and coached until he was succeeded by his other son in 2011-12.

Bryce Drew led the Crusaders to NCAA appearances in 2013 and 2015 before taking the Vanderbilt job in 2016. His replacement, Matt Lottich, was promoted from assistant coach.

While basketball is the highest profile program in the athletic department, it’s certainly not the only successful team.

The men’s tennis team won the 2016 Horizon League title and the baseball team reached the NCAA’s baseball tourney in 2012 and 2013.

Valparaiso also has appeared in NCAA tournaments in women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball over the past 21 years.

NASCAR suspends Almirola’s crew chief for three races

AP Photo Former Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard was a third round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in April during the NFL Draft. Playing in a pro-style offense at Iowa is one of the things that attracted him to new San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan.

49ers QB C.J. Beathard enters NFL with pro-style background SANTA CLARA, Calif.

(AP) — The numbers C.J. Beathard put up the past two seasons as Iowa quarterback were far from staggering, especially in this age of high-powered spread offenses in college football.

Beathard said at times it was frustrating watching other quarterbacks put up more prolific numbers, but the tute-

lage he received in a pro-style offense under coach Kirk Ferentz and coordinator Greg Davis is what made him attractive to the San Francisco 49ers in the draft last week.

“I think it really benefited me coming from a pro-style offense,” Beathard said last Thursday on the eve of his first practice as a pro. “Being under center and actually call-

Dream comes true for C-M track coaches T

he Colfax-Mingo outdoor track is nothing to write home about.

It has an old-school cinder surface.

That means it’s impossible to host meets because other programs go elsewhere to find all-weather surfaces.

That hasn’t stopped Colfax-Mingo track and field coaches Zach Tomas and Matt Barkalow from dreaming about hosing a meet one day.

The wait is over.

The Tigerhawks will host a track and field meet in 2018. No, it won’t be on the old-school cinder surface behind the high school. Colfax-Mingo will host an indoor track meet at Grinnell College.

“We’ve always had that dream of

ing a play in a huddle. Nowadays, there’s so many colleges where they don’t have to do it.

I just thank Coach Ferentz and Coach Davis for doing that.”

That was a reason why San Francisco traded up to take Beathard in the third round last week with the 104th overall pick. With a roster lacking a long-term answer at quarterback, coach Kyle Shanah-

This & That Troy Hyde doing it,” said Tomas, the girls’ track and co-ed cross country coach and the school’s athletic director. “I started talking to the starter at this year’s SICL meet, and he told me they had some open dates. So we made some calls and got something set up.”

The meet will take place a few days after the South Iowa Cedar League meet every year. The first one will be Thursday, March 22. Tomas has a few teams committed to attending but is still in the process of filling it up. He wants to have a six-team co-ed meet.

“Hosting is an exciting opportunity for our programs,” said Barkalow, who has been the boys’ track coach for more than a decade. “We finally will be able to recognize our senior athletes with a night for them and their parents. Our facility doesn’t allow us

an said Beathard was the one quarterback he wanted in his first draft as a head coach, calling him a natural thrower.

That confidence wasn’t lost on Beathard.

“That means a lot,” he said.

“It means a lot to me that they believe in me and trust me like that.

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to host outdoor meets, but that doesn’t diminish how proud we are of our kids and the successes they’ve had over the years.”

Adding the home indoor meet allowed Tomas to no longer attend the Pekin Indoor meet at Central College.

“That meet always conflicted with speech contests anyway,” Tomas said.

“Doing it this way will get us off that conflict and allow our season to start a little bit later.”

The indoor track meet is not the only new thing Colfax-Mingo will be hosting next calendar school year.

Tomas told me this week that the cross country team will host two meets and the volleyball team will host a four-team tournament in the fall.

The volleyball tournament takes place September 9. That tournament includes Baxter, Saydel and Des Moines Hoover. Colfax-Mingo had to remove a date on their schedule, and Tomas said the team will no longer attend the Twin Cedars tournament.

The cross country program will

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The crew chief for Aric Almirola is the latest to earn a NAS C A R suspension for a failed inspection.

Drew Blickens derAlmirola fer was suspended three races because Almirola’s fourth-place car at Talladega Superspeedway had too much rear skew. He also was fined $65,000 and Almirola was docked 35 points.

It is the same penalty Brad Keselowski’s team earned earlier this year, and Team Penske lost its fight to appeal.

The Almirola penalty drops the Richard Petty Motorsports driver three spots in the Cup standings from 17th to 20th. RPM engineering director Scott McDougall will replace Blickensderfer during the suspension.

Also under suspension is Joey Logano crew chief Todd Gordon because Logano’s winning car at Richmond failed inspection.

host two meets, the first being an earlybird type meet on Thursday, Sept. 7.

The SICL meet is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17.

“The fact that it’s our turn in the rotation to host the SICL meet kind of forced our hand to have the first meet,” Tomas said. “We didn’t want our first meet at the country club to be the conference meet.”

The meet on September 7 includes teams from Baxter, Collins-Maxwell, Lynnville-Sully, Colo-NESCO, Keota, Pleasantville and the Woodward Academy boys.

In high school football news, the Baxter Bolts have added a 10th game, according to the team’s twitter account.

The Bolts open date was scheduled to be Sept. 15, but the team will now travel to East Union. That gives the Bolts three home games and seven road games in its first season as an eight-player program.

Contact Troy Hyde at thyde@newtondailynews.com

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SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday Track Newton boys, girls at 4A state qualifier, Iowa City High School, 4 p.m.

PCM boys, girls at 2A state qualifier, Eddyville, 4 p.m.

CMB boys, girls at 2A state qualifier, Hampton-Dumont, 4 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo boys, girls at 1A state qualifier, Earlham, 4 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully boys, girls at 1A state qualifier, Belle Plaine, 4 p.m.

Tennis Newton boys at 2A district meet, Des Moines Roosevelt, 8:30 a.m.

Golf Newton girls at Southeast Polk Invitational, 9 a.m.

PCM girls at Chariton, 1 p.m.

Soccer Newton boys at PCM, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.

Knoxville at CMB girls, 5:30 p.m.

Friday Soccer ADM at Newton girls, varsity 5:30 p.m., JV 7:15 p.m.

Ankeny Christian at CMB boys, 5:30 p.m.

Golf PCM, CMB girls at Colfax-Mingo meet, 4 p.m.

Boys Sectionals Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at 1A sectional, New Sharon, 10 a.m.

CMB, PCM at 2A sectional, Pleasantville, 10 a.m.

Saturday Tennis Team Regionals Class 1A Region 3 At Huxley Newton vs. Saydel, 9 a.m.

Winner plays at 1 p.m.

Golf Newton girls at South Tama Invitational, 9 a.m.

Soccer Newton boys at Pella, JV 11 a.m., varsity 12:30 p.m.

PCM girls at Southeast Polk tournament, 9 a.m.

Monday Soccer Nodaway Valley at Newton girls, JV 4 p.m., varsity 5:30 p.m.

PCM boys at West Central Valley, 7 p.m.

CMB girls at Grand View Christian, 5 p.m.

CMB boys at Chariton, 5:30 p.m.

Golf Newton girls at Norwalk, 4:15 p.m.

Newton, PCM boys at Pella Christian, 2 p.m.

Girls Regional meets CMB, PCM at 3A Region 2A meet, State Center, 10 a.m.

Colfax-Mingo at 1A Region 3B meet, Marengo, 10 a.m.

Lynnville-Sully at 1A Region 3A meet, Sigourney, 10 a.m.

Tuesday Soccer Perry at Newton girls, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.

PCM boys at Des Moines Christian, 7 p.m.

CMB girls at Chariton, 5:30 p.m.

CMB boys at Ankeny Christian, 5:30 p.m.

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Rockies’ Marquez Tony Gonzalez is joining throws gem in shut Fox’s NFL pregame show out win over Cubs DENVER (AP) — German Marquez’s fastball was dancing.

His curve, almost untouchable.

And after a diving catch by Carlos Gonzalez in the sixth, well, Marquez’s mind couldn’t help but wonder.

“I thought about it,” Marquez said of a no-hitter.

That’s how electric his command was.

Marquez allowed three hits over eight innings and got his first major league hit with a two-run single in the seventh to lead the Colorado Rockies over the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Wednesday.

“For a young man against the world champions to do this, I mean, pretty special game,” said Rockies manager Bud Black, whose team is off to its best 35-game start at 22-13.

Marquez had a no-hit bid going until Kris Bryant’s double leading off the seventh. He walked Kyle Schwarber in the first and retired 16 straight before Bryant’s hit to left.

The 22-year-old Marquez (12) struck out eight by mixing in a mid-90s fastball with an assortment of breaking pitches.

The Cubs acknowledged they didn’t know much about him before.

“You have to give the kid credit — he was on today and we had nothing to show for it,” Bryant said.

With two on and two outs in the seventh, Marquez broke open the game with his liner to left on an 0-2 pitch left up.

The Rockies bench gave him an ovation.

“I didn’t look at that pitch, just swung,” explained Marquez, who had the ball sitting on his shelf at his locker.

Greg Holland threw a perfect ninth for his 14th save in as many chances to help the Rockies take two of three from Chicago.

“That’s how you draw it up: Get (Marquez) through eight, throw it to your closer, game over,” catcher Ryan Hanigan said. “That was a great win for our pitching staff.”

Kyle Hendricks (2-2) gave up three runs — two earned — in 6 1/3 innings.

“Just one of those days for us,” Hendricks said.

Ian Desmond hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fourth that

was set up by an error. After Nolan Arenado’s one-out single, Gonzalez sent a grounder to shortstop Javier Baez, who mishandled it. Mark Reynolds drew a walk, and Desmond lifted a ball to center.

“The game should have been 0-0. We made the one mistake at shortstop and the unlikely single by the pitcher on an 0-2 count,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “Wow.” Marquez was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque on April 25 to fill in with Jon Gray sidelined by an injury. Marquez struggled in his first two starts at Coors Field this season, posting an 11.70 ERA. He found his masterful control Wednesday after a rain delay of 50 minutes at the start. It’s the sixth time a Rockies pitcher has thrown at least six innings of no-hit baseball at Coors Field and first since Jorge De La Rosa on May 16, 2014, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Marquez found himself in a tight spot in the eighth with two on and one out. Black showed faith in him to escape and he did, too, by getting two groundouts to end the threat.

Put Him In, Coach Third base on Tuesday, first base on Wednesday — Jeimer Candelario doesn’t care where he plays. He was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday as the 26th player before the second game of a doubleheader, but was kept around. Instead, pitcher Dylan Floro was sent back to Triple-A Iowa.

Scuffling Cubs The loss drops the Cubs to 17-17 this season. It’s been a crazy past few days for the Cubs, who’ve endured an 18-inning loss to the New York Yankees and then a day-night doubleheader Tuesday after a rainout the day before.

Fowler again helps Cardinals rally to beat Marlins MIAMI (AP) — Dexter Fowler hit a pinch-hit, goahead triple and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a fourrun deficit for the second game in a row, rallying past Miami 7-5 on Wednesday night to complete a trip that by one measure ranked as the franchise’s best ever.

The Cardinals went 6-0 on their swing through Atlanta and Miami. It’s the first time they’ve gone undefeated on a trip of at least six games in their 126-year history, the team said, citing information from Elias.

Lance Lynn gave up four runs in the first inning on homers by Christian Yelich and Justin Bour, but for the

second consecutive game, Fowler came off the bench to give the Cardinals the lead.

His two-run triple in the sixth put them ahead to stay, 5-4.

Fowler drove in the winning run in the ninth inning Tuesday after St. Louis rallied from a 5-1 deficit.

The Cardinals’ six-game winning streak is their lon-

gest since June 2015, and they have won nine consecutive road games. They have recovered from a 3-9 start to climb into the NL Central lead, and they are a season-high five games above .500 (19-14).

Jedd Gyorko had three hits and two RBIs, scored a run and stole a base for St. Louis.

Rookie sensation Magneuris Sierra singled, walked and scored twice.

Miami’s Tom Koehler couldn’t hold the early lead, allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Jarlin Garcia (0-1) gave up two runs in the sixth for the Marlins, who have blown leads of four runs or more to lose three times in the past week.

CARDINAL LANES BOWLING LEAGUES Youth Leagues Wednesday All Stars 3 Strikers 4, Bye 0 Strikers — 1,195: Jessica Johnson 282, Taylor Johnson 412.

Team 5 3, Hod Rod’s 1 Team 5 — 1,142: Kylie Samson 200, Jade Oswalt 303. Hod Rod’s — 1,127: Parker Kennedy 121, Levi Gregory 106.

Shiny Pikachu 3, Strategic Bowlers 1 Shiny Pikachu — 1,268: Chris Levesque 338, Sebastian King 372. Strategic Bowlers — 1,207: Logan Bown 285, Austin Kennedy 343.

Saturday All Stars 3 JML 3, Squeakers 1 JML — 1,813: Jada Yoakum 270, Marissa Daughtrey 292, Lexie Binegar 249. Squeak-

ers — 1,793: Jaelyn Karr 281, Rebekah Weither 316, Bailey Hansen 278.

Striking Girls 3, Strikers 1 Striking Girls — 1,856: Gabbie Humphrey 266, Becca Zeien 300. Strikers —1,850: Lars Taylor 278, Thomas Yoakum 300.

Team 6 3, Just Us Guys 1 Team 6 — 1,800: LuLu Routier 93, Justice Birkenholtz 234. Just Us Guys — 1,782: Ethan Padgett 232, Tyler Padgett 257.

Saturday Cardinal Club 3 Cardinal Lanes 2 2, Cardinal Lanes 3 2 Cardinal Lanes 2 — 1,926: Alex Frymoyer 492, Nate Keith 420, Devon Hobbs 330.

Cardinal Lanes 3 — 1,923: Sarah Malsom 403, Abby Price 518, Bekah Vassau 348.

Cardinal Lanes 6 4, Cardinal Lanes 7 0 Cardinal Lanes 6 — 1,957: Carter Vander-

Schel 505, Seth Briley 381, Eli Ingle 438.

Cardinal Lanes 7 — 1,904: Thomas Hodnett 344, Ben Zeien 276.

Cardinal Lanes 8 4, Bye 0 Cardinal Lanes 8 — 1,890: Alex Wolfe 357, Mariah Wolfe 312, Keely Kirkenholtz 399.

Cardinal Lanes 1 3, Cardinal Lanes 4 1 Cardinal Lanes 1 — 1,880: Joe Malsom 435, Michael Hodnett 453, Sam Supino 402.

Cardinal Lanes 4 — 1,731: Jenna Miller 276, Austin Johansen 432, Reid Miller 462.

Sunday Bumper 3 Cardinal Strikers — Jayden Henning 184, Leah Frymoyer 128.

McCumber Girls — Savhannah McCumber 149, Lily McCumber 195.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Gonzalez is joining Fox’s NFL pregame show.

The record-setting tight end during a 17-year career that ended in 2013 will be a studio analyst on “NFL Kickoff,’ Fox’s hour-long Sunday pregame show. He already has experience in such a role, having worked on CBS’ “NFL Today” from 2014-16.

“Tony is an impressive talent with an infectious personality, and is the perfect addition to our Fox ‘NFL Kickoff ’ show,” said John Entz, pres-

ident of production and executive producer at Fox Sports. “He brings a unique outlook that will really round out the table.”

Gonzalez The program also has featured Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long, former Cowboys and Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson, and host Curt Menefee

Beathard

the 49ers at rookie minicamp last Friday as part of a rookie class that includes first-round defensive stars Solomon Thomas and Shanahan Reuben Foster.

The Niners took Thom third overall after trading down a spot and then traded up from the second round to get Foster 31st overall despite ranking him third on their draft board.

There have been questions about Foster’s health, with some speculation that he will need a second rotator cuff surgery on his injured right shoulder.

Shanahan told the team’s flagship radio station KNBR on Thursday that team doctors felt good about Foster’s health and don’t think he will need another operation.

“I just look at it as, you go with what your doctors say. And then you always think about, ‘All right, what about the worst-case scenario? What if this is true?’ The worst-case scenario is, the shoulder doesn’t heal correctly and you got to do it again,” Shanahan told the station. “When you have to do it again, you got to get another surgery, so it’d be tough to play this year and you’d end up having him the next year.”

Continued from Page 1B “I love what Coach Shanahan does.”

Beathard, the grandson of Super Bowl-winning executive Bobby Beathard, threw for 4,738 yards in two seasons as starter at Iowa.

He had 34 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions during those two seasons, helping lead the Hawkeyes to a 12-0 regular season and Rose Bowl berth in 2015 and an 8-5 record last year.

He showed his toughness by playing through a sports hernia injury for almost all of 2015, a trait he learned watching players like Rodney Harrison and Junior Seau when Bobby Beathard was general manager in San Diego.

“I wanted to be as much like those guys as I could,” he said. “Those guys are as tough as it comes.”

That earned him the respect of his teammate in college — and NFL coaches like Shanahan.

Tight end George Kittle, a teammate at Iowa, said the numbers don’t begin to describe Beathard’s impact.

“He basically willed us to 20 wins in two years,” Kittle said. “That’s pretty impressive. He put the team on his back multiple times in games we might not have been playing well.”

Beathard got his start with

MLB STANDINGS Major League Baseball At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times CDT American League East Division

W L Pct GB New York 21 10 .677 — Baltimore 22 11 .667 — Boston 17 16 .515 5 Tampa Bay 17 19 .472 6½ Toronto 13 21 .382 9½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 18 15 .545 — Minnesota 16 14 .533 ½ Detroit 16 16 .500 1½ Chicago 15 16 .484 2 Kansas City 12 21 .364 6 West Division

W L Pct GB Houston 23 11 .676 — Seattle 17 17 .500 6 Los Angeles 17 19 .472 7 Oakland 16 18 .471 7 Texas 15 20 .429 8½ Wednesday’s Games Seattle 11, Philadelphia 6 Houston 4, Atlanta 2 Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 1 Washington 7, Baltimore 6 Tampa Bay 12, Kansas City 1 Toronto 8, Cleveland 7 Texas 4, San Diego 3 Milwaukee 7, Boston 4 Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, ppd.

Arizona 7, Detroit 1 Thursday’s Games Boston (Rodriguez 1-1) at Milwaukee (Nelson 1-2), 12:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Vargas 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-1), 12:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Bundy 5-1) at Washington (Cole 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 5-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-1), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 0-2) at Toronto (Estrada 1-2), 6:07 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 2-4) at Texas (Perez 1-5), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Tepesch 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 3-1) at L.A. Angels (Ramirez 3-2), 9:07 p.m.

Friday’s Games Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Seattle at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 9:07 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct Washington 22 12 .647 New York 16 17 .485 Philadelphia 13 19 .406 Miami 13 20 .394 Atlanta 11 20 .355 Central Division

W L Pct St. Louis 19 14 .576 Cincinnati 18 15 .545 Milwaukee 18 16 .529 Chicago 17 17 .500 Pittsburgh 14 20 .412 West Division

W L Pct Colorado 22 13 .629 Los Angeles 20 14 .588 Arizona 19 16 .543 San Diego 13 22 .371 San Francisco 12 23 .343

GB — 5½ 8 8½ 9½ GB — 1 1½ 2½ 5½ GB — 1½ 3 9 10

Wednesday’s Games Seattle 11, Philadelphia 6 San Francisco 6, N.Y. Mets 5 Houston 4, Atlanta 2 Colorado 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Washington 7, Baltimore 6 St. Louis 7, Miami 5 Texas 4, San Diego 3 Milwaukee 7, Boston 4 Arizona 7, Detroit 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh 2 Thursday’s Games Boston (Rodriguez 1-1) at Milwaukee (Nelson 1-2), 12:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Bundy 5-1) at Washington (Cole 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 2-4) at Texas (Perez 1-5), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-4) at Colorado (Anderson 2-3), 7:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 1-3) at Arizona (Greinke 3-2), 8:40 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 3-2) at San Francisco (Blach 0-2), 9:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

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April 25, 2017 Tuesday, April 25, 2017 the Jasper County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Brock, Carpenter and Cupples present and accounted for; Chairman Brock presiding.

Human Resource Director, Dennis Simon, asked the Supervisors to consider creating a part-time maintenance technician position and filling it with a new hire.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples, to adopt Resolution 17-25 to create the position of Part-time Maintenance technician.

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

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples to adopt Resolution 17-26, certifying the following appointment to the Auditor for payroll purposes: DEPARTMENT Courthouse Maintenance POSITION Part-time Maintenance Technician EMPLOYEE David Berkenbosch PAY RATE $17.93 RANGE/STEP Hire-In Non-Progressive Union Scale EFFECTIVE DATE 05/17/2017 YEA: BROCK, CUPPLES, CARPENTER A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Cupples, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 17-27 approving Transfer Order #1374 as follows: Number 1374 Amount #1,188,956.47 Funds Transfer From Rural Services Fund Funds Transferred To Secondary Roads Fund This transfer is required in order to receive State Road Use Funds.

Transfer for General Fund: periods 1-9 $113,600.46 Transfer for Rural Services: periods 1-9 $1,075,356.01 YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Cupples, seconded

by Carpenter to approve a Professional Services Agreement between Jasper County and Shive Hattery Architecture and Engineering to complete a limited investigation and develop conceptual options for improvements and repairs to the Jasper County Annex Building.

YEA: CARPENTER, CUPPLES, BROCK Dave Lorenzen with the Iowa Traffic Management Training Center Project will be in Jasper County to look at property for the location of the facilities on May 3, 2017.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples, to approve Board of Supervisors minutes for 4/18/2017.

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

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Cupples, to adjourn the Tuesday, April 25, 2017 meeting of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.

YEA: CUPPLES, BROCK, CARPENTER Dennis K. Parrott, Auditor Joe Brock, Chairman May 11 Newton Community School Board of Education Regular Board Meeting E. J. H. Beard Administration Center East Conference Room April 10, 2017 - 6:30 PM MINUTES Call to Order Travis Padget convened the board to order at 6:30 PM Roll Call Present: Sheri Benson, Josh Cantu, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Ann Leonard, Travis Padget, Bob Callaghan, Gayle Isaac, and Christine Dawson Others Present: Dave Briden (FRK Architects + Engineers), Cristy Croson, Brenda Hodnett, Noah Petersen, Laura Selover, Lucinda Sinclair, Dan Sloan, Bev Thomas, Justin Jagler (Newton Daily News), and Randy Van (KCOB) Communications Cristy Croson, Food Service Supervisor, identified donations of $2,000 from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and $500 from ReMax to help with past due lunch balances.

Callaghan shared that St. Stephen's also donated $2,000 to the Berg Middle School food pantry.

Callaghan announced the current artwork on display at the EJH Beard Administration Center.

Consent Agenda - ACTION #10137 Friedman moved, Leonard seconded to approve the consent agenda. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Human Resources Update Laura Selover presented the Human Resources Update Certified Personnel - ACTION #10138 Mallory Bebout - (Contract) Special Education Teacher (EH) effective beginning of the 2017 2018 school year Amanda Rauch - (Contract) Kindergarten Teacher (AH) effective beginning of the 2017 2018 school year Taylor Reed - (Contract) Kindergarten Teacher (AH) effective beginning of the 2017 2018 school year Tracee VanArkel - (Retirement) Counselor (BMS) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Tom Bartello - (Resignation) Principal (TJ) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Amanda Miller - (Resignation) LMC Teacher (TJ/WW) - effective end of the 2016 - 2107 school year David Baxter - (Resignation) Vocal Teacher (NHS) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Kimberly Powers - (Resignation) - Volleyball Coach (BMS) effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Katie Wallace - (Resignation) Kindergarten Teacher (AH) effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Melissa Randall - (Termination of Contract) - Special Education Teacher (EH) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Cook moved, Leonard seconded

Kindergarten Teacher (AH) effective beginning of the 2017 2018 school year Tracee VanArkel - (Retirement) Counselor (BMS) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Tom Bartello - (Resignation) Principal (TJ) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Amanda Miller - (Resignation) LMC Teacher (TJ/WW) - effective end of the 2016 - 2107 school year David Baxter - (Resignation) Vocal Teacher (NHS) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Kimberly Powers - (Resignation) - Volleyball Coach (BMS) effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Katie Wallace - (Resignation) Kindergarten Teacher (AH) effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Melissa Randall - (Termination of Contract) - Special Education Teacher (EH) - effective end of the 2016 - 2017 school year Cook moved, Leonard seconded to approve the Certified Personnel Human Resources Update. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Classified Personnel - ACTION #10139 Deb VanBrogen - (Retirement) Food Service (WW) - effective May 31, 2017 Jenna Pierce - (Resignation) Assistant Cheer Sponsor effective May 26, 2017 Friedman moved, Cook seconded to approve the Classified Personnel Human Resources Update.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Open Forum - None Public Hearing - Proposed FY 2018 Certified Budget - 6:45 PM No one spoke during the public hearing Superintendent's Report - Bob Callaghan, Superintendent Technology Committee Update Dan Sloan, Technology Supervisor, shared that the technology committee met to discuss the capital budget and what to fund for next year.

Topics included: iPADs, Chromebooks, interactive projectors, interactive rolling carts, and utilizing eRate funding at the elementary schools.

Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services, explained $250,000 in SAVE monies have been allocated in the 10-Year Plan for technology.

The plan is to replace one grade level of devices at the high school, and ¼ of the elementaries each year on a rotating basis.

TrAction Visit - Laura Selover, Director of Human Services, spoke about the upcoming Capturing Kids' Hearts TrAction visits to be held May 3 - 4, 2017.

Additional training is being planned for July 2017.

Update on the 10-Year Facility Plan - Superintendent Callaghan reviewed the 10-Year Facility Plan.

Future projects through 2020 including roofs, maintenance building, HVAC, softball field, high school auditorium sound and lighting, and new middle school.

Freshman Orientation Video Superintendent Callaghan showed a snippet from the freshman orientation video “You Can Get There from Here.”

Board Adopted 2017 - 2018 School Calendar Superintendent Callaghan shared a final version of the 2017 - 2018 School Calendar Learning, Leadership, and Business District Bob Callaghan, Superintendent and Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services Approve Construction Documents and Authorize FRK Architects + Engineers to Receive Bids for the Newton 5 8 Middle School - ACTION #10140 Dave Briden with FRK Architects + Engineers was present to share progress on finalizing documents for the construction of a new 168,300 square foot 5 - 8 middle school. Bids will be accepted May 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM. Awarding of the contracts will be May 22, 2017.

Projection is estimated at $38,264,230. Cook moved, Leonard seconded to approve construction documents and authorize FRK Architects + Engineers to receive bids for the Newton 5 - 8 middle school.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consideration for Increasing Meal Prices for the 2017 - 2018 School Year - ACTION #10141 Cristy Croson, Food Service Supervisor, presented mandatory meal price increases for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

Croson noted that breakfast prices have not been raised in 10 years.

Elbert moved, Cantu seconded, to increase student and adult lunch prices by $0.10 and breakfast prices by $0.05 for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider e-Rate Infrastructure Recommendations - ACTION #10142 Sloan, Technology Dan Supervisor, presented board members with a 2017 e-Rate Category 2 Bid Matrix Summary for vendors Communications Innovators and Sterling Computers.

Friedman moved, Leonard seconded to approve the e-Rate Infrastructure Recommendation as Option #2 (all elementaries) for a total cost of $60,366.60, with FCC reimbursement of $30,183.30 and actual district cost of $30,183.30.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider Adopting the Proposed FY 2018 Certified Budget as Published in the Newton Daily News on March 27, 2017 - ACTION #10143 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services explained to the board the option of approving the proposed FY 2018 certified budget, or making changes. The proposed tax rate is $15.74 (per $1,000 taxable valuation). He noted that this rate covers the Instructional Support Levy, cash reserve levies for Special Education and Open Enrollment, $300,000 in cash reserve, the management levy, voter PPEL, and debt service. Elbert moved, Benson seconded to approve the proposed Newton School Budget Summary for Fiscal Year 2018 with a proposed tax rate (per $1,000 taxable valuation) of $15.74. Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider Total Package Increase of 2% for the Meet and Confer Groups to Include: Secretaries, Head Custodians, Specialists, Supervisors, and Managers - ACTION #10144 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services described the differences in percentages by group.

Friedman moved, Leonard seconded to approve a total package increase of 2% for the Meet and Confer groups to include: Secretaries, Head Custodians, Specialists, Superivsors, and Managers.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider Continuation of the Administrator Contracts with a Total Package Increase of 1.27% Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services noted two total package increase options (1.27% and 2.00%) for administrators.

Cook moved, Friedman approve a seconded to continuation of the administrator contracts with a total package

Confer Groups to Include: Secretaries, Head Custodians, Specialists, Supervisors, and Managers - ACTION #10144 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services described the differences in percentages by group.

Friedman moved, Leonard seconded to approve a total package increase of 2% for the Meet and Confer groups to include: Secretaries, Head Custodians, Specialists, Superivsors, and Managers.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider Continuation of the Administrator Contracts with a Total Package Increase of 1.27% Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services noted two total package increase options (1.27% and 2.00%) for administrators. moved, Friedman Cook approve a seconded to continuation of the administrator contracts with a total package increase of 2%. Ayes: Cook, Elbert, Friedman. Nays: Benson, Cantu, Leonard, and Padget ACTION #10145 Cantu moved, Leonard seconded to approve a continuation of the administrator contracts with a total package increase of 1.27%.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Leonard, Padget. Nays: Cook, Elbert, Friedman - ACTION #10146 Consider Total Package of .0024% for Increase Superintendent and School Business Official - ACTION #10147 Superintendent Bob Callaghan and Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services advised the board that they did not want a salary increase, other than to cover additional health insurance costs. Friedman moved, Leonard seconded to approve a total package increase of .0024% for the Superintendent and School Business Official.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Consider Extension of the Superintendent Contract through 2019 - 2020 - ACTION #10148 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business explained the Services, three-year superintendent's continuing contract and process a one-year of approving Board extension, annually. member Ann Leonard sought clarification on the concept of a Travis three-year contract.

Padget provided information from other school districts who also offer three-year superintendent contracts. Elbert moved, Cantu to extend the seconded superintendent's contract through 2019 - 2020. Ayes: Benson, Catnu, Cook, Elbert, Friedman, Padget Nays: Leonard Denison Culture Survey Update Laura Selover, Director of Human Resources, gave an update on the Denison Culture Survey. have been Focus groups conducted with administration The and central office staff. committee has participation from middle and high school teachers, but is seeking further participation from elementary teachers.

Business Service Report Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services Approval of Bills - ACTION #10149 Leonard moved, Friedman seconded to approve the bills.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Cook, Leonard, Elbert, Friedman, Padget New Business - Old Business Bob Callaghan, Superintendent Future Meeting Dates Board Work Session - 5:30 PM May 8, 2017 - (E.J.H. Beard Administration Center) Regular Board Meeting - 6:30 PM May 8, 2017 - (E.J.H. Beard Administration Center) Adjourn - ACTION #10150 Cook moved, Leonard seconded to unanimously adjourn the meeting at 8:37 PM. Minutes Mailed May 11 NEWTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Paid Bills - April 1-30, 2017 VENDOR DESC AMOUNT A TECH INC S......................................$914.55 ACADEMIC THERAPY PUBLICATIONS S........................................$37.95 ACME TOOLS S......................................$130.92 ACP DIRECT S......................................$110.70 AHLERS & COONEY PC SE................................$5,959.00 ALBIA FFA S...................................$1,878.75 ALLIANT UTILITIES U.................................$41,200.75 AMAZON S...................................$1,618.04 AMERICAN BUSINESS PHONES S......................................$826.00 ANDERSON, JULIE SE.......................................$1.80 ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES SE...................................$390.46 ARBOR SCIENTIFIC S......................................$816.38 ATLANTIC BOTTLING COMPANY S...................................$1,203.66 ATTAINMENT COMPANY INC S......................................$273.00 AWARD EMBLEM S......................................$214.67 B & H PHOTO VIDEO E........................................$54.99 BANKERS TRUST SE...................................$250.00 BARTELLO, THOMAS SE.....................................$40.00 BAUER BUILT INC S......................................$228.00 BEETHOVEN & COMPANY S........................................$10.95 BEHRENS, GARY SE.....................................$95.00 BEST WESTERN HOLIDAY MANOR SE...................................$273.27 BEYOND PLAY LLC S........................................$54.85 BLACK HILLS ENERGY U.................................$20,816.23 BLANK PARK ZOO SE...................................$214.00 BLOOM, CLARISSA SE.....................................$24.00 BOONE HIGH SCHOOL SE...................................$105.00 BROWN, KELILAH SE...................................$147.00 CH MCGUINESS CO INC S/R..................................$719.53 CALLAGHAN, ROBERT SE.....................................$40.00 CAPITAL CITY EQUIPMENT CO E......................................$390.43 CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY CO E......................................$153.03 CAZETT, KARLA SE................................$2,318.80 CENTER FOR EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT LAW S......................................$299.95 CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC S......................................$177.14 CHRISTOFFERSON, RODNEY SE...................................$237.50 CITY OF NEWTON WATERWORKS U...................................$4,657.40 CLAIM AID CONSULTING CORP SE...................................$571.58 CLASSROOM DIRECT S........................................$71.94 CONTINENTAL CLAY CO S......................................$208.34 CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP S......................................$379.94 CRAZY REDHEAD QUILTING LLC S...................................$1,333.00 CREECHER FEATURE INC SE...................................$358.60 CROSON, CRISTY SE.....................................$40.00 CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER CO S........................................$62.50 DAVE'S WHOLESALE

BANKERS TRUST SE...................................$250.00 BARTELLO, THOMAS SE.....................................$40.00 BAUER BUILT INC S......................................$228.00 BEETHOVEN & COMPANY S........................................$10.95 BEHRENS, GARY SE.....................................$95.00 BEST WESTERN HOLIDAY MANOR SE...................................$273.27 BEYOND PLAY LLC S........................................$54.85 BLACK HILLS ENERGY U.................................$20,816.23 BLANK PARK ZOO SE...................................$214.00 BLOOM, CLARISSA SE.....................................$24.00 BOONE HIGH SCHOOL SE...................................$105.00 BROWN, KELILAH SE...................................$147.00 CH MCGUINESS CO INC S/R..................................$719.53 CALLAGHAN, ROBERT SE.....................................$40.00 CAPITAL CITY EQUIPMENT CO E......................................$390.43 CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY CO E......................................$153.03 CAZETT, KARLA SE................................$2,318.80 CENTER FOR EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT LAW S......................................$299.95 CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC S......................................$177.14 CHRISTOFFERSON, RODNEY SE...................................$237.50 CITY OF NEWTON WATERWORKS U...................................$4,657.40 CLAIM AID CONSULTING CORP SE...................................$571.58 CLASSROOM DIRECT S........................................$71.94 CONTINENTAL CLAY CO S......................................$208.34 CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP S......................................$379.94 CRAZY REDHEAD QUILTING LLC S...................................$1,333.00 CREECHER FEATURE INC SE...................................$358.60 CROSON, CRISTY SE.....................................$40.00 CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER CO S........................................$62.50 DAVE'S WHOLESALE FURNITURE S......................................$470.00 DAYTON MEAT PRODUCTS S......................................$387.58 DC SPORTS S......................................$526.00 DECA INC S...................................$1,402.00 DECKER SPORTING GOODS INC S...................................$9,418.70 DELAGE LANDEN E...................................$1,050.00 DEMCO INC S........................................$27.54 DES MOINES AREA COMM COLLEGE T......................................$160.00 DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS SE.....................................$32.00 DHS CASHIER 1ST FLOOR SE................................$7,263.05 DIAMOND VOGEL PAINT CENTER S/R..................................$513.10 DICK BLICK S......................................$485.96 DODD AND SON'S TRASH SERVICE U...................................$1,653.00 DRAKE UNIVERSITY S......................................$300.00 EARTHGRAINS BAKING CO INC S...................................$1,070.08 EBENSBERGER, CHARLES SE.....................................$95.00 ECHO GROUP INC S......................................$456.06 EDWARDS, PATRICK SE...................................$190.00 ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING S........................................$14.95 EZ LEASE INC E...................................$1,546.00 FAREWAY S...................................$1,222.50 FARMER-SHANNON, AMY SE.....................................$40.00 FARNER-BOCKEN CO S...................................$1,362.23 FARVER'S TRUE VALUE S/R..................................$329.68 FASTENAL COMPANY S...................................$1,246.23 FELD, MARK SE.....................................$95.00 FLINN SCIENTIFIC INC S......................................$254.75 FORBES OFFICE SOLUTIONS E...................................$2,157.95 FORESTRY SUPPLIES INC S......................................$214.38 FRK ARCHITECTS SE............................$813,215.42 GARVIS, SCOTT SE.....................................$40.00 GILBERT, JAMES SE.....................................$40.00 GIZA, SEAN SE.....................................$95.00 GOGUARDIAN S.................................$12,376.00 GOODWIN TUCKER GROUP S/R...............................$2,002.39 GORZNEY-COMER, JOLENE SE.....................................$40.00 GRAINGER INC S......................................$118.70 GRAND MESA MUSIC PUBLISHERS S........................................$30.00 GRANDVIEW UNIVERSITY SE...................................$105.00 GRANT, DENISE SE.....................................$23.02 HAAG PIANO SERVICE SE...................................$830.00 HAMILTONS RADIATOR & GLASS INC R........................................$94.00 HAMMER MEDICALY SUPPLY S........................................$26.60 HARRISON TRUCK CENTERS S..........................................$9.81 HEARTLAND AEA S........................................$94.80 HERFF JONES S......................................$314.25 HILAND DAIRY S.................................$23,746.01 HILLYARD-DES MOINES SANITARY SUPPLY S/R....................................$89.32 HOTSY CLEANING SYSTEMS S......................................$412.00 HUMKE, RYAN SE.....................................$40.00 HUNT & ASSOCIATES PC SE..............................$13,000.00 HYVEE INC S...................................$1,510.45 IASB SE.....................................$50.00 IBOSS NETWORK SECURITY SE...................................$500.00 IMAGINE NATION BOOKS LTD S........................................$41.00 INDIANOLA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT SE...................................$100.00 INFOBASE LEARNING S...................................$1,897.35 INSTRUMENTALIST AWARDS LLC S......................................$311.00 INTEGRITY AUDIT SERVICES LLC SE...................................$565.40 INTERSTATE BATTERY OF UPPER IA S/R....................................$17.90 IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SE................................$2,256.75 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC ASSN SE...................................$255.00 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH ASSN SE.....................................$11.00 IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES S........................................$70.00 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY SE...................................$500.00 ISEBA SE..............................$13,517.04 JACOBUS, LARRY SE...................................$100.00 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL S......................................$158.69 JW PEPPER & SON INC S......................................$496.46 KABEL BUSINESS SERVICES SE...................................$300.30 KALKHOFF, DAVID SE.....................................$40.00 KEY COOPERATIVE S...................................$8,452.06 KIRCHHOFF, STANLEY

HARRISON TRUCK CENTERS S..........................................$9.81 HEARTLAND AEA S........................................$94.80 HERFF JONES S......................................$314.25 HILAND DAIRY S.................................$23,746.01 HILLYARD-DES MOINES SANITARY SUPPLY S/R....................................$89.32 HOTSY CLEANING SYSTEMS S......................................$412.00 HUMKE, RYAN SE.....................................$40.00 HUNT & ASSOCIATES PC SE..............................$13,000.00 HYVEE INC S...................................$1,510.45 IASB SE.....................................$50.00 IBOSS NETWORK SECURITY SE...................................$500.00 IMAGINE NATION BOOKS LTD S........................................$41.00 INDIANOLA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT SE...................................$100.00 INFOBASE LEARNING S...................................$1,897.35 INSTRUMENTALIST AWARDS LLC S......................................$311.00 INTEGRITY AUDIT SERVICES LLC SE...................................$565.40 INTERSTATE BATTERY OF UPPER IA S/R....................................$17.90 IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SE................................$2,256.75 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC ASSN SE...................................$255.00 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH ASSN SE.....................................$11.00 IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES S........................................$70.00 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY SE...................................$500.00 ISEBA SE..............................$13,517.04 JACOBUS, LARRY SE...................................$100.00 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL S......................................$158.69 JW PEPPER & SON INC S......................................$496.46 KABEL BUSINESS SERVICES SE...................................$300.30 KALKHOFF, DAVID SE.....................................$40.00 KEY COOPERATIVE S...................................$8,452.06 KIRCHHOFF, STANLEY SE...................................$100.00 KNOXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SE.....................................$70.00 KOON, CAROL SE.......................................$9.55 KOPF, STEVE SE...................................$142.50 LAKESHORE E......................................$287.66 LANGSTRAAT, STEPHANIE SE.....................................$40.00 LARSON, JAKE SE.....................................$95.00 LASER IMPRESSIONS INC S......................................$141.75 LASER RESOURCES E......................................$729.98 LATCHAM, CORI SE.....................................$74.37 LEARNING POST S......................................$114.13 LEE, WILLIAM SE.....................................$95.00 LITERACY EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION S........................................$84.99 MACKIN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES S......................................$297.92 MAHASKA BOTTLING CO S......................................$280.65 MARSHALLTOWN HIGH SCHOOL SE...................................$150.00 MARTIN BROS DIST CO S.................................$41,707.37 MARZANO RESEARCH S........................................$30.00 MATCO TOOLS S........................................$32.95 MAY, PAUL SE.....................................$47.50 MIDWEST BUS PARTS INC S......................................$619.11 MINNESOTA MEMORY S/R..................................$711.87 MOMENTUM MEDIA S......................................$300.00 MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE SE..............................$14,000.00 MORAN, MICHAEL SE.....................................$40.00 MORRISON, ELIZABETH SE...................................$250.00 MUZOREWA, TENDEKAI SE.....................................$95.00 NASCO S......................................$391.66 NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION SE...................................$477.50 NEFF COMPANY S...................................$1,593.36 NELSON, JARED SE.....................................$95.00 NEOPOST USA INC S........................................$97.30 NEWS PRINTING CO SE................................$1,201.00 NEWTON CLINIC SE...................................$115.00 NEWTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT SE................................$7,342.62 NEWTON POLICE DEPT SE.....................................$90.00 NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL SE...................................$190.00 O'BANNON, JOHN SE.....................................$95.00 O'LOUGHLIN, MARY SE...................................$150.00 O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE STORES INC S/R..................................$889.54 OSKALOOSA HIGH SCHOOL SE.....................................$85.00 PALOS SPORTS S......................................$451.37 PAVEY, ERIC SE...................................$100.00 PC & MACEXCHANGE E......................................$218.00 PETERS, WILLIAM SE.....................................$40.00 PLUMBMASTER INC S........................................$75.87 PORTER, JOSH SE.....................................$95.00 PORTO, PETER SE.....................................$95.00 POSTMASTER SE.....................................$92.00 PRESTO-X LLC U......................................$524.36 PROJECT LEAD THE WAY S......................................$921.00 PRUFROCK PRESS S......................................$577.50 PURCELL, AMOS SE.....................................$95.00 QUILL CORP E......................................$361.86 RAHIC, NIHAT SE.....................................$47.50 RAPIDS S......................................$291.81 REALLY GOOD STUFF INC S......................................$141.82 REALLY GREAT READING CO LLC S......................................$249.00 REDING, BRIAN SE.....................................$47.50 REVTRAK INC SE...................................$968.07 RICHTER, TONY SE.....................................$95.00 RIEMAN MUSIC INC S/R...............................$3,222.00 RIO GRANDE BOOK CO S......................................$369.49 ROBERTS, BRIAN SE...................................$250.00 ROORDA, CURTIS SE.....................................$40.00 ROSS, TINA SE.....................................$40.00 RYDER, MATT SE.....................................$95.00 SAI SE...................................$110.00 SAYDEL HIGH SCHOOL SE.....................................$80.00 SCHOLASTIC INC S........................................$60.00 SCHOOL SPECIALITY INC E...................................$4,374.69 SCHRADER, MARCIA SE...................................$129.87 SCHUSTER, TODD SE.....................................$40.00 SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA SE.....................................$22.00 SELOVER, LAURA SE.....................................$40.00 SHARP, LISA SE.....................................$40.00 SHIVERS, ANDREW

E......................................$218.00 PETERS, WILLIAM SE.....................................$40.00 PLUMBMASTER INC S........................................$75.87 PORTER, JOSH SE.....................................$95.00 PORTO, PETER SE.....................................$95.00 POSTMASTER SE.....................................$92.00 PRESTO-X LLC U......................................$524.36 PROJECT LEAD THE WAY S......................................$921.00 PRUFROCK PRESS S......................................$577.50 PURCELL, AMOS SE.....................................$95.00 QUILL CORP E......................................$361.86 RAHIC, NIHAT SE.....................................$47.50 RAPIDS S......................................$291.81 REALLY GOOD STUFF INC S......................................$141.82 REALLY GREAT READING CO LLC S......................................$249.00 REDING, BRIAN SE.....................................$47.50 REVTRAK INC SE...................................$968.07 RICHTER, TONY SE.....................................$95.00 RIEMAN MUSIC INC S/R...............................$3,222.00 RIO GRANDE BOOK CO S......................................$369.49 ROBERTS, BRIAN SE...................................$250.00 ROORDA, CURTIS SE.....................................$40.00 ROSS, TINA SE.....................................$40.00 RYDER, MATT SE.....................................$95.00 SAI SE...................................$110.00 SAYDEL HIGH SCHOOL SE.....................................$80.00 SCHOLASTIC INC S........................................$60.00 SCHOOL SPECIALITY INC E...................................$4,374.69 SCHRADER, MARCIA SE...................................$129.87 SCHUSTER, TODD SE.....................................$40.00 SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA SE.....................................$22.00 SELOVER, LAURA SE.....................................$40.00 SHARP, LISA SE.....................................$40.00 SHIVERS, ANDREW SE.....................................$95.00 SIGN PRO SE................................$1,740.00 SINANOVIC, NASER SE.....................................$47.50 SLOAN, DANIEL SE.....................................$40.00 SOCIAL STUDIES SCHOOL SERVICE S......................................$362.19 SOLUTION TREE S........................................$49.95 SPAHN & ROSE LUMBER S/R..................................$551.12 SPORT SUPPLY GROUP INC S...................................$1,000.00 SPORTDECALS INC S...................................$1,458.91 STAPLES ADVANTAGE S......................................$716.73 STOCKMAN GRASS FARMER S........................................$32.00 STRAUSS SECURITY SOLUTIONS S.................................$14,986.48 STUMPS S......................................$131.99 SUBWAY SE.....................................$32.25 SUNRISE RIVER PRESS S......................................$231.91 SUPPLY WORKS S...................................$5,663.89 TEACHER'S DISCOVERY S......................................$175.27 TEAMBUILDER LLC S......................................$500.00 TECH 4 LEARNING S......................................$480.00 TEKK INTERNATIONAL INC S........................................$45.00 TESDELL, LEE SE.....................................$47.50 TIMECLOCK PLUS E...................................$1,125.00 TROPHY SHOP S......................................$395.40 TSIRULNIKOV, EUGENE SE.....................................$95.00 TURNER, WENDY SE...................................$124.50 TWO RIVERS GROUP INC C.................................$34,427.02 TWO RIVERS TEXTILES & FINISHES LLC S......................................$110.00 UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS LLC SE................................$8,397.00 UNIVERSAL LETTERING CO S......................................$340.00 URBANDALE HIGH SCHOOL SE...................................$320.00 US AUTOFORCE S......................................$496.80 US BANK SE................................$2,993.76 US CELLULAR U......................................$622.60 VANDALEN, LORI SE...................................$110.56 VANDERLAAN, KIMBERLY SE.....................................$51.80 VANMANEN, SARA SE.....................................$29.22 VERNIER SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY S......................................$687.51 VILLAGE CLEANERS INC SE.....................................$71.01 VOYEK, RICH SE.....................................$95.00 WADDELL, TODD SE...................................$142.50 WALMART STORES INC E...................................$2,286.34 WEST MUSIC CO S........................................$82.80 WETERS AUTO REPAIR & LP SE.....................................$46.80 WINDSTREAM IOWA COMMUNICATIONS U...................................$2,718.01 WOOD ROOFING CO SE................................$2,044.24 WOODCOCK, SETH SE.....................................$95.00 WOODMAN CONTROLS CO SE..............................$15,185.00 WORMLEY, CINTHIA SE.....................................$50.29 WYLIE, LARRY SE.....................................$40.00 YMCA SE................................$3,475.00 YOKO, BEN SE...................................$150.00 DISTRICT TOTAL.$1,214,742.90 KEY: C - CONSTRUCTION E = SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT R = REPAIRS S = MISC. SUPPLIES U = UTILITIES SE = MISC. SERVICES T = TUITION S/R = SUPPLIES/REPAIRS May 11

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Newton Community School Board of Education Board Work Session E. J. H. Beard Administration Center West Conference Room April 10, 2017 - 5:30 PM MINUTES Call to Order President Travis Padget convened the board to order at 5:33 PM Roll Call Present: Sheri Benson, Josh Cantu, Andy Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Ann Leonard, Travis Padget, Bob Callaghan, Christine Dawson, Gayle Isaac, Laura Selover, Mike Moran, and Todd Schuster Absent: Donna Cook Consent Agenda - ACTION #10135 moved, Friedman Leonard seconded to approve the consent agenda.

Ayes: Benson, Cantu, Elbert, Friedman, Leonard, Padget Absent: Cook Learning, Leadership, and District Business - Travis Padget, President Topic: Superintendent Evaluation Lineal Yearly Process Travis Padget, Board President, facilitated discussion regarding the organization of the superintendent evaluation process into an annual calendar.

A packet of information including resources from the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) was provided to board members.

Adjourn - ACTION #10136 Leonard moved, Friedman seconded to unanimously adjourn the meeting at 6:12 PM. Minutes Mailed May 11 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL OF NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, May 15, 2017, in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 101 W. 4th St. S., on the following: (1) Amendment to the Site Plan Control & Zoning Ordinances to establish regulations for fireworks sales and fireworks warehousing.

Any individual may file written comments and/or be heard at said hearing.

Additional information can be obtained from the Planning and Zoning Department, 1700 N. 4th Ave. W., Newton, Iowa, (641) 7926622.

May 11 Newton Water Board Meeting Minutes Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 The Newton Waterworks Board of Trustees met in regular session on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Newton City Council Chambers. Present were Chair Maureen Lockwood, Bret Doerring, Brian Buch and L.D. Palmer. Absent: None. Also present was Field Service Director Marty Hoffert.

Chairperson Maureen Lockwood called the meeting to order at 12:05 PM. The January Board minutes were approved by consent.

Bret Doerring moved to approve the January financials as presented.

Brian Buch seconded the motion.

Motion Approved The manager reviewed the nonunion salary ranges with the Board.

They looked at comparables from the 2016 AWWA compensation survey.

The manager recommended a 2% adjustment to all salary schedules.

Bret Doerring moved to adjust the 2017-2018 salary schedules by 2%.

Second: Brian Buch Motion Approved Marty Hoffert presented the Water Treatment and Distribution report. The static well water level for January is 26.1'. Well water levels are still good for this time of year in February. The Board discussed the 13 year water loss chart that was presented. Marty presented the historic total water treated and total sold to Central Iowa Water Association.

The manager presented a chart showing annual average water loss from 2003 to 2016. The chart did show an upward trend the last three years. Water loss for January is 14%.

The manager gave an overview of current economic development conditions in Newton.

The next meeting will be held on Friday, March 17th, 2017 in the City Council chambers.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted L.D. Palmer, Secretary Newton WaterWorks Board of Trustees May 11 NEWTON WATERWORKS PAYABLES LISTING FOR THE 7th Period January 2017 PAYEE AMOUNT AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS..........1,328.65 ALLIANT ENERGY ACCOUNT PAYABLE. .21,260.53 AMERICAN WATERWORKS ASSN.....139.00 BLACK HILLS ENERGY. . .619.80 BLAIR, DANIEL & JACOB...29.99 BONILLA, HARMONY BURKE & HECTO.................3.74 CAPPY'S TIRE & AUTO SERVICE..................19.49 CENTRAL IOWA WATER ASSOCIATION..................961.47 CITY OF NEWTON......18,645.12 CIVIC SYSTEMS LLC....6,256.00 COMPASS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS...................2,282.91 CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP...........467.45 DE LAGE LANDEN...........155.00 DODGE'S WEST END GARAGE..................318.43 DRILLCO...........................378.00 FARVER TRUE VALUE....229.76 FORBES OFFICE EQUIP .339.41 FORBES, CHAD...................6.56 FOX ENGINEERING ASSOC INC.......................642.00 GRALNEK-DUNITZ CO.......13.00 GRAYMONT WESTERN LIME INC...11,712.15 HAWKINS INC...............4,476.78 HYVEE..............................127.80 IOWA ONE CALL................98.30 IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION..................375.00 JOHNSON, NIKKI FINN & COADY...................20.51 KEY COOPERATIVE........194.79 KEYSTONE LABORATORIES INC.......203.00 LANDFAIR, EMMETT.........74.99 METERING & TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION.....................7,616.61 MG LAUNDRY CORP.........91.15 MUNICIPAL SUPPLY INC........... .......................................1,046.20 MURPHY TRACTOR

RESEARCH CORP...........467.45 DE LAGE LANDEN...........155.00 DODGE'S WEST END GARAGE..................318.43 DRILLCO...........................378.00 FARVER TRUE VALUE....229.76 FORBES OFFICE EQUIP .339.41 FORBES, CHAD...................6.56 FOX ENGINEERING ASSOC INC.......................642.00 GRALNEK-DUNITZ CO.......13.00 GRAYMONT WESTERN LIME INC...11,712.15 HAWKINS INC...............4,476.78 HYVEE..............................127.80 IOWA ONE CALL................98.30 IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION..................375.00 JOHNSON, NIKKI FINN & COADY...................20.51 KEY COOPERATIVE........194.79 KEYSTONE LABORATORIES INC.......203.00 LANDFAIR, EMMETT.........74.99 METERING & TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION.....................7,616.61 MG LAUNDRY CORP.........91.15 MUNICIPAL SUPPLY INC........... .......................................1,046.20 MURPHY TRACTOR & EQUIP. CO.INC.............169.38 NAPA AUTO PARTS.........569.34 NEWS PRINTING CO.......167.14 O'REILLY AUTO PARTS...157.06 PETTY CASH......................13.14 POWERPLAN...................872.04 SHOMO-MADSENWOYTHALER INS.............400.00 SPAHN & ROSE LUMBER CO.......................69.79 SQUIRE, BLAKE...................9.86 STAR EQUIPMENT LTD...244.23 STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY....................19.50 STOREY KENWORTHY/ MATT PARROTT...........3,024.27 THEISEN'S........................290.25 TWO RIVERS COOPERATIVE.............1,802.82 US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION...............3,383.13 US CELLULAR..................220.58 US POSTMASTER.........2,400.00 VAN WERT INC.............6,165.28 VISION INDUSTRIAL SALES, INC......................997.00 WARNER PLASTICS & LINERS, INC..................384.00 WESTECH ENGINEERING, INC......1,848.56 WEX BANK.......................937.70 WINDSTREAM..................930.49 WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC...63.75 ZIEGLER INC.................1,877.55 ...................................107,150.45 May 11

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

GARAGE SALE Fri. May 12th 7:30a-5p Sat. May 13th 7:30a-Noon Kids clothes, boys up to 3T, girls clothes up to 4T, girls size 8-10 and boys 10-12, changing tables, toys, Boyd's bears, plus size women's clothing, books, power wheels dune buggy, Baby Trend Single Jogging stroller and misc. household items.

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16 FT Lund Fishing Boat, shorelander trailer, 40hp Johnson motor, Minnkota trolling motor, hummingbird fish locator, live well, bilge pump, good condition. $2800 641-792-7787 1986 FORD F20, 4 wheel drive w/ 7ft Western snowblade. $4500 obo 515-5375665

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

2012 BUICK LaCrosse 51,000 miles, 1 owner, nicely equipped, very nice car, $13,250. 641-7929405 1996 AMERICAN Star, 31ft 5th wheel. Rear kitchen, table and chairs.

Microwave. 1 owner, nonsmoker. One large slide, heated "basement", vented furnace, a/c. New water heater, awning & tires.

Front Electric jacks. Lots of storage. $7500.00. 515994-2982.

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

LIKE NEW, lift chair, dark brown corduroy, very plush $200. 641-521-7879 LOVESEAT ENGLAND beige & brown cost $600., will sell for $175. Like new condition.

Dark brown recliner in very good condition $75. Area rug 6x9 blue, used very little, nice condition $40. 719289-6105 or 719-5649391.

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

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

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

WATER SKIES and tow rope, make offer. Lawn Boy mower, gold series 5.0 HP $100. 641-7927923 or 641-831-9072.

1998 HITCHHIKER “Premier” 5th wheel camper, 35.6ft, 3 slides, new tires, very nice, $15,000 OBO 515-201-8951 or 515-2018792 2011 FORD Ranger, 24k miles, extended cab, 2WD. Call for more information.

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

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

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REMINGTON 12 gauge Wingmaster shot gun, older style $275. Cash.

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WETERS AUTO REPAIR & LP SE.....................................$46.80 WINDSTREAM IOWA COMMUNICATIONS U...................................$2,718.01 WOOD ROOFING CO SE................................$2,044.24 WOODCOCK, SETH SE.....................................$95.00 WOODMAN CONTROLS CO SE..............................$15,185.00 WORMLEY, CINTHIA SE.....................................$50.29 WYLIE, LARRY SE.....................................$40.00 YMCA SE................................$3,475.00 YOKO, BEN SE...................................$150.00 DISTRICT TOTAL.$1,214,742.90 KEY: C - CONSTRUCTION E = SUPPLIES/EQUIPMENT R = REPAIRS S = MISC. SUPPLIES U = UTILITIES SE = MISC. SERVICES T = TUITION S/R = SUPPLIES/REPAIRS May 11

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Graphic Packaging International, Inc. is currently hiring for Production Assistant positions at our Newton facility.

GPI makes and sells the world’s best paper packaging while keeping sustainability as a fundamental principle. We’re operating on 5 continents with over 40 locations, and we lead the pack in paper packaging. We make paperboard (recycled and virgin) in our mills, print advanced graphics on it, and convert it into boxes in our converting plants. Our cartons are then sent out to the world’s companies --- General Mills, Burger King, Anheuser-Busch, Chobani, Heinz, Tyson Foods, and other soft drink and food industry giants.

Operations are expanding at the Newton facility, and we are currently accepting resumes for the following positions: • Production Assistants – 3-11 p.m. and 11 p.m.-7 a.m.

Production Assistants work in all areas of the facility and perform a variety of tasks within production. This may include assisting in machine operations and maintenance, inspecting and packing product, moving materials, maintaining Good Manufacturing Practices to maintain certification standards, and all other duties as assigned.

Previous experience in folding carton industry preferred, but not required.

Requirements for all positions: • High school diploma or GED • Ability to work overtime as needed, including weekends • Commitment to safety and quality • Ability to work independently and with a team • Desire and willingness to learn

Benefits: • Competitive Wages • Medical, Dental, and Vision after 60 days • 401k • 11 Paid Holidays • Clean, comfortable work environment

Resumes can be sent to Human Resources –Abbey.Krampe@graphicpkg.com A post-offer, pre-employment drug test and physical is required.

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Jeld-Wen, Inc. is a market leader in vinyl windows, patio doors, exterior and interior doors, serving the Midwestern market. We currently have opportunities on all shifts. Applicants should be dependable, quality conscious, safety oriented, hard-working, flexible, team-oriented associates.

Immediately Available Full and Part time Cooks Days and Evenings

FT wages start at $15.00/hr on the off-shifts and 14.50 hr. on 1st shift.

Also looking for Part-time summer help!

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BEAUTICIAN Nelson Manor Private Owned Facility Retired Beautician are welcome to apply

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In order to ensure a safe working environment, a pre-employment drug screen and background check is required. If you are interested in joining the Jeld-Wen Window or Doors Division/Grinnell production team, Apply on-line at https://jeld-wen.atsondemand.com or in person between 8:00 AM and 3:30 PM Monday through Friday

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We offer the following benefits to our full-time employees: On the job training for assemblers & machine operators Competitive wages, increasing with experience 2nd and 3rd shift premium pay 401k retirement plan with company match up to 4% 8 paid holidays Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan starting at 120 hr. accrual rate Health, life, dental, and vision insurance Safe & clean work environment Stable employment

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EMPLOYMENT

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

Applications and job description are available at the Jasper County Human Resources office at 115 N 2nd Ave E in Newton, at the Sheriff’s Office at 2300 Law Center Drive or at www.co.jasper.ia.us (under the Jobs tab) Application deadline May 19th, 2017 Background checks and drug testing required EOE

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

Jasper County Community Development Director Jasper County Board of Supervisors is seeking an energetic, collaborative, analytic yet creative thinker to manage the day-to-day operation of the Community Development Department which is responsible for the County’s Zoning Administration Land Use Planning, Building Inspections and Flood Plain Administration functions. The Community Development Director must possess excellent leadership and communication skills, have a strong focus on innovation in government, with the ability to effectively manage change by collaborating with all County departments, and will serve as the lead spokesperson for planning, development, and building activities within the County and will have strong working relationships with the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, and other basic boards, local and regional jurisdictions, community groups, contractors, consultants and the general public. This is a full time position with County benefits package. Salary will be based on the selected individual’s qualifications and experience.

Applicants must posses a bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration or related field along with ICC residential and commercial electrical inspector certifications at the time of application, with the ability to obtain in ICC combination inspectors certification within a reasonable established time frame.

Qualified applicants must complete an application/resume and return it to the Jasper County Human Resources Office prior to the deadline of 4:30 PM on May 19, 2019.

Applicants are available online at www.co.jasper.ia.us or at the Human Resources Office located in the lower level of the County Annex Building at 115 N 2nd Ave E in Newton.

Drug Test & Background Check required.

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CLASS A DRIVERS WANTED Seasonal dump truck drivers needed in the Des Moines area. Must have a clean MVR. Pre-employment drug screen. EOE CALL CHRIS •515-306-1961

RN/LPN 32-40/hr week Nights & Evenings Apply in person and ask for Dayle 1500 1st Ave E Newton IA 50208 | 641-792-1443

Jasper County Elderly Nutrition Floater Position Jasper County Elderly Nutrition is looking for a responsible individual to assist on a permanent part-time basis to help with a variety of duties: Kitchen duties, food prep, dishes, meal delivery and some light clerical work. Selected applicant will average 15 to 20 hours per week. Starting rate of pay is $10.26 per hour with no County benefits.

Applications are available online at www.co.jasper.ia.us at Elderly Nutrition located at 2401 1st Ave E in Newton or at the Human Resources Office located in the lower level of the County Annex Building at 115 N 2nd Ave E in Newton.

Application must be received no later than 4:30 PM on Friday May 19, 2017 to be eligible for the selection process. Drug Test & Background Check required.

is looking for a part-time Lineman.

Duties include groundskeeping, aircraft handling, aircraft refueling, janitorial and customer service.

Average 15-20 hours per week.

Must be flexible for scheduling and have valid driver's license and clean record.

Apply in person at 2901 Rusty Wallace Drive Newton Municipal Airport

EOE

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NEW Starting Rate of West Central Distribution, LLC Grinnell IA A growing distributor for all major agriculture inputs, currently has an opening for a fulltime Warehouse Manager.

Job duties include, managing the day-to-day operations, inventory management, logistics of incoming/outgoing shipments and employee hiring/management. Attention to quality customer service, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, good organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills are required.

Preferred candidate has recent working knowledge within the agriculture industry and warehouse management.

West Central offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package. EEO Interested candidates should apply online at www.westcentraljobs.com Phone inquiries can contact TJ Phillips at 320-231-9622 SM-NE8143837-0525

Astrograph

Great craftsmanship comes from practice, experience, careful attention and acquired skills. Great art comes from pain, truth, calamity, mistakes, more pain... and a rather twisted and personal way of using it. The square between Mars (the planet of action) and Neptune (the planet of inspiration) suggests you should try and turn that pain into something beautiful.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 11). This year is marked by a sense of stability. In relationships and in your projects, stability is the guiding tenet.

Turmoil gets settled; injustice is made right. July through September represents a thriv-

ing time for your family.

August is for adventuring. Be a little selfish, because your happiness will benefit all. The Gemini and Libra adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 13, 19, 1, 44 and 11.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You keep stepping forward, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, but ever forward. As long as you don’t stop, you’ll eventually get there. Persistence will win out.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

If home is where the heart is, yours isn’t so much an actual place these days. Rather, it’s a circle of people you give your love to. Your affection is

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

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abundant, your efforts selfless, your attention addictive.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

What you need to learn now can’t be studied; it must be observed. As you watch those who have the quality you want to attain (quietly, without judgment) you’ll pick it up, as if by osmosis.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You’ve loved and lost, but worse than that, you’ve loved and not had that love returned.

These are the rites of passage that all great lovers experience. Be proud of the scars on your heart. They’ve made you extraordinary.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

When a baby cries in public, any mother within earshot is activated to care and act. This

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Success is pretty simple. Not easy, but simple. Essentially, break the big goals down to small chunks and get to work.

Also, a mentor will significantly help your chances.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You’re a true friend and a stellar partner, which you’ll prove in today’s interactions. If you feel pressured to prove this too often, consider that the relationship may be unbalanced, and think about how you might restore equipoise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

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is how a soul’s cry is to you, except the soul’s cry can’t be heard with your ears. You hear it with your heart, and your heart reaches to respond.

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JELD-WEN Window Division is conducting interviews for all shifts.

Walk-in and scheduled interviews are both available.

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today, perhaps even better than the other kinds of intelligence you were born with. If you’re not giving the perfectly correct answers, you’re giving entertaining ones.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). With creativity you will solve the problems that can’t be solved with money or might. The trick to getting into a creative mindset is in freeing your mind from the perception of boundaries.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The outcome you desire will be achieved through persuasion -- but if your subject feels manipulated, the effect will be lost. Effective persuasion hinges on attraction, which you should build first and foremost.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll plan your day well, although it may seem that there’s a distraction monkey on your shoulder ready to bail on any task that doesn’t promise instant gratification. If you’re to achieve your goal, he must be ignored.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

One small gesture will be the start of something consequential. The initiation move will have the kind of domino effect that people make videos about, the collapsing pieces spiraling in an intricate design.

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