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Justin Jagler/Daily News Law enforcement officers from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and Newton Police Department make their way to the Jasper County Peace Officer Memorial ceremony at the Jasper County Courthouse lawn Thursday evening.

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asper County residents showed their support for local law enforcement and honored fallen officers at the Jasper County Peace Officer Memorial on Thursday evening at the courthouse lawn.

Several dozen members of the public and many law enforcement officers from both the Jasper County Sheriff ’s Department and the Newton Police Department gathered outside for the ceremony. The police departments of Baxter, Colfax, Monroe and Prairie City were also recognized.

Newton Mayor Pro-Tem Lin Chapé delivered the opening remarks and called on citizens to observe National Police Week this week.

Law enforcement officers provide a vital public service, Chapé said, preserving the rights and security of all citizens.

Newton Police Chief Rob

Some important items of business will be before the Newton Community School Board of Education at Monday’s meeting.

The board will consider approval of the new WEST Academy/K-12 Curriculum Director and consider awarding the new Berg Middle School construction project to Hansen Company, Inc. The opening at WEST came after Mike Moran announced his resignation effective after this school. Moran is taking a position in Urbandale.

The NCSD started its

Burdess said it was an honor to have everyone present to remember fallen officers and their legacy. The ceremony was also about honoring the bravery and sacrifice of current officers, he said.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Cunningham receives his Law Enforcement Employee of the Year award from Newton Daily News Publisher Dan Goetz at Thursday’s ceremony.

process to find a replacem e n t last week with a search committee.

Bidding for Callaghan the new middle school opened last Thursday, Superintendent Bob Callaghan said. Hansen Company, Inc.’s bid of $27.25 million beat out two other bids. Rochon Corp. of Iowa offered a base bid of $28.34 million, and Stahl Construction Co. bid $27.65 for the project.

The Newton Community Marketing Board met for its regular monthly meeting to discuss the continued marketing efforts for the city.

Community Marketing Manager Danielle Rogers led the discussion on topics including marketing opportunities at Iowa Speedway, a community guide and a cooperative partnership with Travel Iowa.

Rogers started with an offer from Iowa Speedway to host a booth during race weekends.

Booths are typically placed inside of the speedway along the walkway among Rogers o t h e r ve n d ors and food services.

Board member Ken Barthelman shared his experience of running a booth during the race weekends and suggested efforts could be better spent on other marketing avenues.

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Meet Iowa State extension’s newest horticulture, foods program coordinator ISU Extension Office adds position

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News There is a new face at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office of Jasper County who is ready to assist the community with horticulture and local food questions and concerns.

John Krzton-Presson was hired this month as a Horticulture and Local Foods Program Coordinator and is already making connections with locals. Though, not a native to Iowa, Presson is passionate about supporting local

farmers.

Presson grew up in rural Kentucky where his family did a little bit of vegetable production. Presson attended the University of Kentucky where he studied biology and that was where he started getting involved with horticulture.

“Upon graduating I went to Texas and worked for an independent school district and taught science to fifth graders for four years and that’s where I met my wife,” Presson said. “I knew I wanted to go to school to study vegetable production and there was a couple different schools I was looking at and Iowa State University was one of them.”

Presson said it become clear that Iowa State was the right choice because his wife is from Iowa and the universi-

ty had an opportunity for him right away.

“There I did a project on studying commercial vegetable production as well as cover crops, soil health and food safety and I earned a masters in horticulture and sustainable agriculture and I graduated in early May,” Presson said.

Presson said his position at the extension office was a new and added position and is an overlap between two previous positions.

“I’ve been responding to calls about lawns, garden and tree issues and I do home visits where I answer the question directly or work with a specialist on campus who can answer it,” Presson said.

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Today in History Today is Friday, May 19, the 139th day of 2017. There are 226 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 19, 1927, the silent movie “Wings,” a World War I drama starring Clara Bow, Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Richard Arlen, had its world premiere in San Antonio, Texas, where it had been filmed. (“Wings” would go on to win the first Academy Award for best picture.)

On this date: In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

In 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” died in Dorset, England, six days after being injured in a motorcycle crash.

In 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country’s full support in the fight against Japan.

In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday to You” to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

In 1967, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty banning nuclear and other weapons from outer space as well as celestial bodies such as the moon.

In 1981, five British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army landmine in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

In 1992, in a case that drew much notoriety, Mary Jo Buttafuoco (buh-tuhFYOO’-koh) of Massapequa, New York, was shot and seriously wounded by her husband Joey’s teenage lover, Amy Fisher.

Vice President Dan Quayle sparked controversy by publicly criticizing the CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown” for having its title character, played by Candice Bergen, decide to become a single mother.

In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.

Ten years ago: Group of Eight financial officials wrapped up two days of talks in Germany by calling for more aid, increased debt relief and responsible lending to Africa. Curlin nipped Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense to win the Preakness Stakes.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama and other G-8 leaders held economic talks at Camp David, where they declared that their governments needed to both spark growth and cut debt. Chen Guangcheng (chehn gwahng-chung), a blind Chinese legal activist, was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

One year ago: An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight before crashing into the Mediterranean Sea; the cause has yet to be officially determined, although a bomb is suspected. Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Morley Safer died in New York at age 84. Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom “Mister Ed,” died in Woodland Hills, California, at age 96.

Today’s Birthdays Actress Nancy Kwan is 78. Actor Peter Mayhew is 73. Rock singer-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 72. Concert pianist David Helfgott is 70. Rock singer-musician Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) is 68. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Archie Manning is 68. Singer-actress Grace Jones is 65. Rock musician Phil Rudd (AC-DC) is 63. Actor Steven Ford is 61. Actress Toni Lewis is 57. Gospel singer Israel Houghton is 46. Rock singer Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) is 45. Race car driver Dario Franchitti is 44. TV personality Kim Zolciak Biermann (TV: “Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 39. Country/ rock singer Shooter Jennings is 38. Actor Drew Fuller is 37. Actor-comedian Michael Che (chay) (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 34. Christian rock musician Tim McTague is 34. Rock musician James Richardson (MGMT) is 34. Actor Eric Lloyd is 31. Pop singer Sam Smith is 25.

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That’s Odd Harvard student submits rap album as his senior thesis BOSTON (AP) — While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his.

Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a senior thesis in the English Department, the university said. The album, called “Liminal Minds,” has earned the equivalent of an A-minus grade, good enough to guarantee that Shaw will graduate with honors next week.

Count Shaw among those most surprised by the success.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHO TRUMP COULD NAME AS FBI CHIEF President Donald Trump says he is “very close” to naming a new FBI director, and that former Sen. Joe Lieberman is among his top candidates.

2. HOW THE WORLD IS TRYING TO KEEP TRUMP HAPPY As President Trump heads off on his first foreign trip, a five-stop journey across the Middle East and Europe, a worldwide effort is under way to accommodate America’s homebody-inchief.

3. IRANIANS VOTE IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SINCE NUCLEAR DEAL Hassan Rouhani faces a staunch challenge from a hard-line opponent over his outreach to the West in Iran’s elections .

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NEW YORK (AP) — Between dashing for interviews with coaches and chatting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Holly Rowe was back in her element Thursday night. It was a welcome respite for ESPN’s veteran sideline reporter nearly two years after her initial cancer diagnosis.

ESPN has ensured Rowe a spot on those sidelines for years to come with a contract extension — fortunate timing for Rowe, whose cancer has recently recurred and spread.

Rowe told The Associated Press on Thursday that she is again battling cancer, sharing the news hours after ESPN announced it had extended her deal.

“I don’t think about having cancer when I’m out here,” Rowe told The Associated Press before tipoff of a WNBA game between Minnesota and New York, her first this season.

“Monday, I have a CAT scan and have treatment. I’ll be a cancer patient on Monday. I’m not thinking about it today.”

Rowe was worried she’d

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ASSANGE Sweden dropped its rape investigation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. British police say he will face arrest if he leaves Ecuadorean embassy in London.

5. NORTH KOREA MIGHT, OR MIGHT NOT, BE BEHIND CYBERATTACK Experts are questioning whether North Korea is to blame for the WannaCry ransomware attack, saying it doesn’t fit the pattern of previous hacks blamed on Pyongyang.

6. WHERE FRANCE’S NEW PRESIDENT IS HEADING FOR HIS FIRST OVERSEAS TRIP Emmanuel Macron has chosen the West African nation of Mali for his first official visit outside Europe. France’s largest overseas military operation is in a country where extremist groups pose a growing danger.

7. WHAT THE DEATH OF AILES MEANS FOR FOX NEWS The network Ailes founded faces some

troubling questions under the surface of its success, and what it will face next in a changing media world.

8. HOW MUCH A BASQUIAT PAINTING WAS SOLD FOR “Untitled” by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for a record $110.5 million at auction in New York, to a noted Japanese collector and entrepreneur after a 10-minute bidding war.

9. FAMILY OF SINGER CHRIS CORNELL QUESTIONS HOW HE DIED A medical examiner says the Soundgarden and Audioslave singer died by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, but Cornell’s family attorney refutes “inferences that Chris knowingly and intentionally” killed himself.

10. WHY A RESCUED MONKEY IS KNOWN AS ‘UNCLE FAT’ A morbidly obese wild monkey who gorged himself on junk food and soda left behind by tourists in Thailand has been rescued and placed on a strict diet.

Entertainment Amid cancer recurrence, Holly Rowe gets extension a testament to her strength and resiliency all while courageously battling cancer over the last 16 months,” Fitting said. “She is beloved by her peers, coaches and athletes that she interacts with daily and her creativity and professionalism on everything she touches shines through on our coverage.”

Rowe has remained among the network’s most recognizable faces, and even since getting sick, she’s AP Photo been on-air for some of ESPN announced that it had re-signed Holly Rowe to a multi- its biggest broadcasts. She year contract extension. She was worried she be one of the was there when Morgan people ESPN let go last month.

William hit the shot to end UConn’s winning streak at be among those laid off by financially. This is helping the Final Four. She also inthe network last month. In- me in my recovery. If this terviewed Clemson receiver stead, she’ll remain on the had been taken away, it Hunter Renfow moments sidelines for college foot- would have been really hard after his last-second TD ball, basketball, volleyball, for me.” catch to win the national softball and WNBA games.

Rowe has been with the championship.

She’ll also keep her health network for two decades, “She is a genuine person insurance, which has been a and ESPN ran on Thurs- and has a natural curiosity vital tool in her fight against day a first-person piece about people which leads melanoma. about her experience work- to her being great at her “I was really grateful be- ing through her diagnosis. job,” said ESPN announccause my contract was up ESPN senior coordinating er Rebecca Lobo, who has in April,” she said. “It would producer Lee Fitting said worked with Rowe for years have been so easy for me to the network was lucky to at the women’s Final Four. be one of those people. For have Rowe sticking around. “And she keeps me laughing me to have health insurance “Holly’s energy and year- constantly with her fashion right now will save my life long dedication to ESPN is advice and dancing tips.”

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Local & State News Continued from Page 1A number, Burdess said, is a stark reminder of how dangerous the job is.

Jasper County Sheriff ’s Deputy Jason Cunningham received the award for Law Enforcement Employee of the Year presented by Newton Daily News Publisher Dan Goetz.

Cunningham has earned a reputation as an effective peace officer since taking his post three years ago, Goetz said. The deputy has more than 1,000 traffic stops and 132 self-initiated arrests. “He’s also a communi-

NCSD Continued from Page 1A The board will also consider approval of the softball project construction documents and authorize FRK Architects and Engineers to receive bids for it. FRK also handled the documents of the new Berg complex.

Construction documents for the re-surfacing of the Newton High School parking lot will also be up for approval on Monday. This action item will include authorizing Bishop Engineering to receive bids for the project.

A public hearing will be set for 6:45 p.m. on June 12 in regard to the NHS parking lot renovation if the board approves.

In other business, NCSD

Presson Continued from Page 1A “As a food coordinator, I promote local and regional foods inside Jasper County and surrounding areas and try to make connections with consumers who are interested in getting local food and finding different producers and making those connections.�

Presson said he was impressed by the number of produce farmers

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in Newton and Jasper County. “There are fruit and vegetable farms that have been around for 15 to 20 years and been in business selling fruits and vegetables — that was really inspiring to see that,�

Presson said. “There are people making a living doing it. If they’ve been in business that long, then they must be doing something right.�

Presson said he looks forward to working with all age groups and his

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Marketing Continued from Page 1A “We were out there for a couple of races and there wasn’t much traffic,� Barthelman said. “I didn’t see that it did much, in my opinion.�

How to man a booth was also brought up as a challenge since it is expected by the Speedway to have someone at the booth hours prior to the race starting and during part of the race. Rogers said she would be unavailable to work the booth with other board members chiming in prior commitments making them unavailable.

Ultimately, the board decided against having a booth at the Speedway but does want to look into future marketing possibilities to attract the raceway crowd. The board moved on to the idea of a community guide to address tourism advertising needs

past experiences have prepared him to communicate effectively. “I think I’m really looking forward to being able to help people in the community and I’m looking forward to new challenges every day, even in the last couple days that I’ve been here, every day has been different and I’m really looking forward to that high energy work place,�

Presson said.

Presson said even within the first four days of his position he went on a home visit and collected some tree sam-

along with visitors and residents already in the Newton. The guide would consist of a development guide, residents guide and visitors guide packaged as one document to be viewed and used by multiple audiences.

Rogers said she would talk with the city’s stakeholders including the Newton Development Corporation, Newton Housing Development Corporation, Chamber of Commerce and Newton Main Street to see what documents they have developed and their interest in partnering in contributing to the guide. “I think the city should put one together but if they have some buy in and want to have it too, maybe it is putting together a working group to get content,� Rogers said.

Finally, Rogers presented a cooperative partnership opportunity with Travel Iowa for marketing exposure in statewide publications digital mediums. After reviewing

ples from a resident. The samples will be sent off to a specialist and then he will recommend some practical solutions if there is a problem. “I really want to emphasis that my pay is coming from taxpayer dollars and I am a public servant in a way, and I just don’t want people to hesitate and reach out for anything that is related to horticulture or local foods, that’s what I’m here for,� Presson said.

ISU Regional Extension Director Nathan Crane said residents of Newton and Jasper

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the wide range of offers the board recommended pursuing advertising in Iowa Outdoors and Iowa Sportsman magazines, a Vacation Iowa publication, a remarketing opportunity on traveliowa.com and advertising on the Travel Iowa Facebook page. “What I like about the digital, generally, is those are the people that are seeking that information,� board member Mike Farley said. “If you are on the Facebook page or you like and we have the opportunity to be associated with that we could get people that are looking to do traveling, that is why they are online searching and we could get a little of their attention.�

Rogers said a reservation period for the advertising begins in June but no final decisions have to be made until September.

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County have a pretty strong background in taking an interest in horticulture programs and having those types of needs. “When we went through as an extension council and looked through the needs, that was a programming that came to the top of the list,� Crane said. “It’s a pretty popular thing with the local foods and regional foods and people wanting to grow and market their produce locally.�

Crane said that’s where Presson’s position comes in.

John has a background in working with

youth and adults and a verse group of people, he has a very strong educational background and he is very approachable,�

Crane said.

Presson said he is looking forward to making connections in a small community. “I’m looking forward to seeing how local foods can impact a smaller town. Newton is smaller than some of the towns I’ve worked in,� Presson said.  “I think in a smaller town it will have the chance to make a big impact and be meaningful.�

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will consider a resolution partnering with the City of Newton and the Department of Natural Resources to support a name change of Sewer Creek to Cardinal Creek.

There will also be a discussion on Teacher Leadership Systems featuring Mark Burnett and Ann Nelson.

The board will consider approval of a 2016-2017 budget amendment and of the Central College contract for student teaching for next school year.

During the communications portion of Monday’s meeting, the board will recognize NHS’s Battle of the Books teams, Iowa Reading Corps Awards and state track and field participants.

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Jasper County Chief Deputy Duane Rozendaal and Prairie City Police Chief Joe Bartello also spoke at the ceremony and honored fallen officers.

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overing an official who has Secret Service protection is meant to be intimidating. During my first experience I was 21 and a college reporter with The Daily Iowan.

President George W. Bush was scheduled to speak at a campaign fundraiser at the Iowa State Fairgrounds for Jeff Lamberti, a former Republican Iowa Senate leader who was contesting incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell for his congressional seat. It was on the eve of what would be the 2006 Democratic wave mid-term election. President Bush was quite unpopular at that point in his presidency with the country as a whole, but still brought out the big donors during campaign speeches.

The DI is a campus newspaper, but full of ambitious — and in my case naive — young reporters eager to be noticed in the hotly watched mid-term coverage. So the paper’s editors sent me to Des Moines to report on the president’s visit — metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and all.

Trending Mike Mendenhall The press was kept behind a rope line during the dinner and the president’s subsequent stump speech. As an inexperienced reporter huddling among the elbow-throwing traveling national press pool, I was irritated. I could not get any closer to the Commander-in-Chief to get that sweet wide-angled shot of the president in a sea of handshakes.

So as soon as the speech ended, and the traveling press returned to the white card tables to clack at their keyboards and file a story, I hopped the rope line, went right up to Mr. Bush and started snapping away.

So busy greeting his base supporters, the president didn’t notice a lone kid photographer capturing the moment he shook hands with a man 6-inches taller wearing a big, black cowboy hat. But the Secret Service agent sure did; I have the proof in my front-page picture which included a man with an earpiece giving the

camera some serious side-eye.

Fast forward to 2017 — three more election seasons of reporting experience — I now know the rope line is there for a reason. But that doesn’t mean the government isn’t responsible for providing reasonable access to all public officials.

Community journalists are accustom to a certain level of access with mayors, city council members and other elected officials and don’t give it a second thought.

In West Virginia’s State Capitol May 9, I wonder what Public News Service reporter Dan Hayman thought as he was taken into custody for alleged “willful disruption of state government processes,” according to The Washington Post.

Police and Secret Service took the veteran reporter into custody while he was trying to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Special Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway on cellphone video about the Republican health care bill, which recently passed the House.

Officers claim he was being too aggressive and was warned to back away.

Hayman denies the accusation and was

released later on a $5,000 bond. Hayman is both a local and nationally syndicated reporter in West Virginia, and has crafted pieces for NPR and The New York Times.

He’s no rookie.

If a journalist covers a city council or school board long enough, it’s easy for the officials to see you as a fixture in public meetings just as much as a city clerk, public works director or police chief. We’re all there to fill a role and provide a public service.

Covering the White House or being embedded with a national official might seem like a different league, but it’s a similar premise. If a reporter is part of the White House press core long enough, it’s a strong likelihood they will be on a firstname basis with not only the press secretary, but many times the president himself.

When that access is restricted, it not only comes as a shock to the reporter but is a setback for our democracy. When that reporter is jailed with the support of the official being covered, that is disturbing on a new level.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@myprairiecitynews.com

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Happy legal guardian of unspecified gender day Mother’s Day marks an awkward time of year for those on the hard left.

First, there are those who deny the value of motherhood. Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood tweeted, “Nothing says ‘I love you, Mom!’ like standing up for the right of mothers everywhere to get the care they need.” By this, presumably, she meant abortion care — Planned Parenthood performs hundreds of thousands of abortions every year. But there is one thing that says “I love you, Mom!” more than providing abortion care: babies who aren’t aborted. It turns out that in order for the appellation mother to have any meaning, children must be part of the process.

Then there are those who believe that childbearing and child rearing aren’t central to the female mission, that checking accounts receivable is more socially and individually rewarding. In this category we could put Ivanka Trump, who tweeted about the “wage gap” on Mother’s Day, even though the only true reason for the difference in overall earnings between men and women is attributable to motherhood. It turns out that it may be worth families forgoing mom doing extra work at the office if she can spend more time at home with the kids. There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s worth celebrating.

But the fun — or lack thereof — doesn’t stop there for the radical left. We still haven’t dealt with the cisgender nature of Mother’s Day. How could we suggest that women have anything special to celebrate when men can be women? After all, Dove has run an ad with a transgender woman explaining what motherhood means to her. A columnist for the Toronto Star, Emma Teitel, wrote this week that Mother’s Day should be ditched in favor of Guardian’s Day, since “gendered holidays” are “painful” and “exclusionary” and a “drag for non-binary parents who don’t identify with a single gender.” Teitel says, “A guardian can be a mom, a dad, a non-binary parent, a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, a pet owner, or why the heck not — somebody who takes really good care of his houseplants.”

But we’re still not done. How about gay couples?

What about children with two daddies? One Canadian school has reportedly ditched Mother’s Day and Father’s Day activities because they are not sufficiently inclusive. The administration announced via letter, “In an effort to celebrate diversity, inclusivity and also nurture our students who are part of non-traditional families, we have decided to encourage those celebrations to take place at home.”

So, we’ve already done away with apple pie — far too much sugar for those growing children — and now we’re doing away with motherhood. Do we have any values in common anymore?

Fortunately, most Americans reject this stupidity. Mothers are still mothers, and motherhood still has inherent and beautiful value. My wife is a doctor, which means she does the most important work there is, but she believes that her most important role is as a mother to our two children. She’s right. It’s amazing that our society has become so jaded about the value of motherhood that we’re willing to overthrow it in favor of gender and sexual sensitivity, as well as increasing women’s hours in the workplace.

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Water quality efforts fall further with loss of Leopold Center funding Newton Daily News Editorial

In a time when water quality from farm runoff has been front and center in state politics, it is interesting the state legislature voted to eliminate funding Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, which studies that very topic.

The center was saved by Gov. Terry Branstad, but only in name as all funding will be transferred to the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, also at Iowa State.

The center was created in 1987 as a part of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act, also signed

by Branstad. During its 30 years, the Leopold Center sponsored more than 600 grants involving research, education and demonstration on a wide range of agricultural topics and investigated many of the practices years before becoming a part of Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy, including: buffer strips, bioreactors, prairie strips, cover crops, payments for ecosystems services, integrated pest management, early spring nitrate tests, crop rotations and rotational grazing.

It was named in honor of Burlington native Aldo Leopold, an internationally known conservationist, ecologist and educator.

He saw the need for development of a land ethic, outlined in his 1949 book of essays, “A Sand

County Almanac.”

It also worked with local foods systems, promoting farmers markets, grape production for wineries, food hubs and immigrant garden projects. Thousands of investigators, graduate students, farmers, community members, agency staff and interested Iowans have participated in Leopold Center research and outreach.

With funding no longer provided, the center will move more than 30 new grant projects approved to begin in February and their management to the ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which has also been put in charge of wrapping up the center’s affairs by the end of 2017.

While some of the center’s work will continue on at the new

facilities, focus on important topics revolving around water quality will cease by those who have studied and worked to improve it for decades.

“For 30 years, the Leopold Center has offered hope, new knowledge and significant research findings to Iowa and the nation,” Leopold Center Director Mark Rasmussen said. “While we appreciate that the name and the center will remain, the loss of all state funding severely restricts operations and our ability to serve our many stakeholders.”

With increased worry and costs relating to runoff in Iowa’s water ways growing, is water quality really one of the governor’s priorities, as he says? Defunding an institution focused on that very issue seems a step in the wrong direction.

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Obituaries Joseph Lee Henry May 16, 2017 Joseph “Joe” Lee Henry, 67, of Newton, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017.

A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Satu rd ay, May 20 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

Friday, May 19 at the funeral home. Memorials in Joe’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Joe, the son of Therald and Wilma (Lane) Henry, was born Nov. 22, 1949, in Grinnell. He grew up in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell High School in 1968.

Following graduation, Joe served his country and was later honorably discharged from the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. On June 20, 1970, Joe was united in marriage to Helen Kriegel in Brooklyn. They had made their home in

Newton, for the last 44 years. Joe began work at the Maytag Company in Newton and was selected to be a part of their Skilled Trades Program for four years. Upon completion, he worked in the skilled trades area as a machinist, retiring after 33 years in 2001. While at Maytag he was a member and negotiator for the UAW Local 997. Joe loved football and had played semi-professional football for the Newton Nite Hawks. He also enjoyed playing cards.

Those left to honor Joe’s memory are

his wife, Helen Henry of Newton; son, John (Maggie) Henry of Oskaloosa; daughter, Jamie (Matt) Jackson of Des Moines; grandchildren, Cole and Ellie Henry of Oskaloosa and Cortlynn and Carlie Jackson of Des Moines; his brothers, Jim (Linda) Henry and Dale Henry, both of Mansfield, Texas; sister, Patty (Gary) Van Tomme of Brooklyn; and many, many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Doris Henry Price; brother, Richard Henry; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Henry.

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Sunday, May 21 at the funeral home. Memorials to Hospice of the Midwest or the First Baptist Church may be left at the funeral home.

Keith, the son of Andrew Everett and Martha (Medlin) Hackathorn, was born March 30, 1931, in Unionville, Mo. He grew up in Unionville, and served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. On Dec. 26, 1950, Keith was united in marriage with L. Irene Hill in Pollock, Mo. They made their home in Newton, where

Keith worked as an assembly line foreman at the Maytag Company for more than 40 years, retiring in December of 1989. Keith was a member of the First Baptist Church of Newton, the American Legion Post 111 and the VFW Post 1655. He enjoyed woodworking, restoring tractors and painting cars. He was also a talented drawer.

Keith is survived by his wife, L. Irene Hackathorn of Newton; two sons, Gail (Char) Hackathorn of Newton and Mark (Elizabeth) Hackathorn of Kansas City,

Mo.; grandchildren, Adam Hackathorn, Patrick Hackathorn, Matt Hackathorn and Kathryn Hackathorn; step-grandchildren, Payton Growney, Shannon Growney, Colleen Growney, Lora Hadsall, Shawn Behun and Ryan Hackathorn; and his sister, Opal Morris of Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Otis Hackathorn, Andrew Hackathorn, Clifford Hackathorn, Faundria Ratliff, Genevieve “Jane” Davis; and a step-grandson, Michael Hackathorn.

Keith Jurney Hackathorn May 17, 2017 Keith Jurney Hackathorn, 86, of Newton, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at his home. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m.

Monday, May 22 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

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Iowa Youth Chorus planning summer camp Iowa Youth Chorus is offering a Children’s Choral Camp at the Newton Public Library for children ages 7 to 11.

The camp is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. July 17-20 with supper provided. Instruction will be led by Jane Johnson, director of the Newton children’s choir, BETCHAW & Friends, a division of Iowa Youth Chorus.

A short public performance will be at 7 p.m. July 20. The camp is free, registration is limited to 25.

Supper is provided each evening.

Students will learn healthy, age appropriate singing technique and music theory skills and experience the value of working together.

To register, call the Newton Public Library at 641792-4108.

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

• Monroe Women’s Club Meeting will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at Monroe City Hall, 206 Sherman St. • Kids to the Parks Day is Saturday. The City of Newton is hosting a special scavenger hunt. A list of can be found on Facebook at https://goo. gl/MBu44e.

• 4-Man Team Shambles Tournament will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Westwood Golf Course, 3387 Highway F48 W. in Newton. Registration is $30 per person (plus cart rental. Call Westwood Golf Course at 641-792-3087 to register.

• Richardson Run Memorial 5K will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Berg Middle School, 1900 N. Fifth Ave. E. in Newton. The Richardson Run Memorial 5K is named after Newton Police Officer Lt. Patrick Richardson, who died Sept. 1, 2013, after suffering a heart attack while on his morning run. Register online at getmeregistered.com/ RichardsonMemorial5K • Free Treasures Giveaway will begin at 9 a.m.

Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton. Those interested may enter the church through the glass/elevator doors on the Second Avenue East street side or through the single glass door off the north parking lot.

Items available include household items, clothing, furniture. Everything is free and all are welcome.

• Pedal the Prairie will begin at 9 a.m. at the Neal Smith Widlife Refuge in Prairie City.

• Art in the Park will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Garden Square Park on E. Jefferson St. in Prairie City.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

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

• Prairie City EMS Prairie Pig-Out and Bike Night will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at Garden Square Park on E. Jefferson St. • May Photo Hike will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday at Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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

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Submitted Photo Two thousand fifth graders from more than 80 Iowa school districts took part in the day-long 2017 Iowa Children’s Water Festival held on the Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny Campus. Besides learning about many important issues associated with drinking water and natural resources, the students participated in some fun, hands-on activities, too. Here some fifth graders learn what it feel like to breathe air from a scuba tank.

Prairie Pig Out and Bike Night The Prairie City EMS is partnering with Wilkie’s Garage and Stampede to host its inaugural Prairie Pig Out and Bike Night Saturday, combining a meat smoker challenge with a motorcycle night in Prairie City’s downtown Garden Square. Judging will begin at 5:30

p.m. First, second and third place cash prizes will be awarded.

Wrist bands will available for $10 for those wanting to eat. Kids under the age of 6 are free.

The bike night begins at 5 p.m. with a beer/event garden provided

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Reluctant grandparents veto couple’s plan to start a family DEAR ABBY: I have been married for almost five years, and my husband and I recently decided to try to have a baby. I am really excited about the possibility of being a mom. My problem is, my parents and his parents don’t want to be grandparents.

I will be 30 this year, and they keep telling me I should wait until I’m 40 to have kids. I have endometriosis, and I know if I wait too long it will be even harder to get pregnant.

On top of all the pressure our families are putting me under, I just found out my sister has been married almost a year and hasn’t told anyone. I don’t want to disappoint our families or force something on them they are not ready for. I’m not sure what to do now. I want my husband and me to be happy. Any advice would be appreciated. — STRESSED OUT IN OHIO DEAR STRESSED: I know you want to be a good daughter, but you are allowing your parents (and inlaws) to weigh in on a decision that should be yours and your husband’s alone. Your reason for not wanting to postpone motherhood makes sense.

Understand that not everyone wants to be a grandparent and be glad you’re finding out upfront that the parents will not be baby-sitting.

Many disappointed readers have written me after the fact to express their dismay when they realized it.

Take from this the lesson that you must live your own life.

And, by the way, so should your sister. If there are consequences from her elopement, she should experience them. But under no circumstances should you allow yourself to be dragged into her drama.

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We have been together for 11 years and only during the last couple of years has he started doing something that troubles me. In the afternoon or evening, if I need to go to the store — or anywhere for that matter — he gets upset and gives me the silent treatment and doesn’t want me to go.

I trust him and let him do whatever he wants. I have never given him a reason to not trust me, so why does it make him so angry if I need to run to the store? I feel I deserve the same respect and trust that I show him. How do I make him see how much it hurts me for him to act like this? — FEELING MISTRUSTED IN THE SOUTH DEAR FEELING MISTRUSTED: What you are describing is a red flag that if ignored could ruin your beautiful marriage.

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TRIPOLI — Authorities say a trucker has been killed by one of the thunderstorms that raced across Iowa, leaving power outages and damaged buildings in their wake. The Butler County Sheriff ’s Office says 70-year-old truck driver James Budlong, of Dike, was killed Wednesday when high winds turned his tractor on a side, pinning him. The office also says a farmer was hurt when a building fell on him. Tripoli Police said a tree fell on a van full of children, but nobody was hurt.

WATERLOO — The Waterloo Police Department has destroyed surveillance video of a 2010 incident in which an officer used “unnecessary force” against a juvenile in a department holding cell.

Police Chief Daniel Trelka said Thursday the video involving officer Corbin Payne was likely destroyed in April 2016, six years after Payne was suspended without pay over the incident. He says department policy requires such records be kept for six years.

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WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service has confirmed that two tornadoes caused some eastern Iowa storm damage. The service says the first tornado touched down around 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday in northeastern Jefferson County and lifted about four minutes later near Lake Darling in Washington County.

It was rated EF-1 with winds reaching 110 mph that damaged farm outbuildings and trees. The second struck around 6:35 p.m. in northeast Washington County.

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DES MOINES — A Norwalk man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the heroin overdose death of a West Des Moines woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Travis West, 30, was sentenced Wednesday in Polk County District Court.

A jury found West guilty in March of involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance.

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The accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, about 4 miles west of Preston. The Jackson County Sheriff ’s Office says 78-year-old John Voss was working on a hillside with his tractor when it overturned, pinning him.

Voss was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Planned Parenthood to close four clinics after funding cut

PERRY (AP) — A 16-year-old girl found dead last week in her central Iowa home weighed just 56 pounds and was severely malnourished, investigators said Thursday.

Perry Police Chief Eric Vaughn said at a news conference that Sabrina Ray was found dead inside the residence Friday evening after a 911 call was placed from the home.

Vaughn said the girl’s adoptive parents, Marc Ray, 41, and Misty Ray, 40, weren’t home when the call was placed, but arrived around the same time as the rescue crews.

“The parents were out of state and returned a couple of days later,” Vaughn said. He declined to divulge where they had been, saying investigators have not been able to verify that information.

Both parents were arrested and each charged with child endangerment resulting in death

DES MOINES (AP) — Planned Parenthood on Thursday announced it will close four of its 12 clinics in Iowa, after the new Republican-led Legislature cut its state funding this year.

Local affiliate Planned Parenthood of the Heartland said the closings will hurt access to reproductive health care in Iowa, especially in rural areas. More than 14,600 people visited the impacted clinics — located around the state — in the past three years.

“This is a case of extreme Iowa politicians deciding they know what’s better for a woman’s health than the women actually seeking care, with devastating consequences,” said Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, in a statement.

The clinics set for closing are located in Sioux City in northwest Iowa, Bettendorf in eastern Iowa, and Burlington and Keokuk in the southeast corner of the state. Most facilities are slated to be shut down June 30, though the Bettendorf center will be open for several more months amid staffing logistics.

The closings will reduce the number of Planned Parenthood facilities in Iowa that provide abortions from eight to five. The organization emphasized that services on the chopping block would also include birth control, emergency contracep-

and seven other child endangerment and negligence counts. Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director Mitch Mortvedt said other charges could be filed or current charges upgraded to more serious counts depending on the final autopsy results. The Rays also ran an in-home child care, and police are investigating whether any abuse occurred with those children, officials said.

Authorities had previously revealed that Sabrina Ray was homeschooled and that she and her siblings had been monitored by the Iowa Department of Human Services following complaints about inadequate nutrition and the use of corporal punishment.

The Rays were being held on $1 million bail each and could not be reached for comment.

Each is to be represented by the state Public Defender’s Office, but

online court records did not reveal the name of their attorneys Thursday.

Three other children were removed from the home, including two girls — ages 10 and 12 — who were also adopted and are now under a doctor’s care, Vaughn said. Police would not reveal their medical conditions or why they were being treated by a doctor.

The third child is a boy. Police did not reveal his age, but noted the Rays don’t currently face charges concerning him.

Vaughn said initial autopsy reports showed Sabrina Ray was severely malnourished. He declined to comment on whether the autopsy concluded that malnutrition caused her death, saying he was waiting for the final autopsy results.

Sabrina Ray’s death has drawn comparisons the October starvation

death of 16-year-old Natalie Finn, of West Des Moines. Like Sabrina, Natalie Finn went through the state’s foster care and adoption system. Her parents, Nicole Finn and Joseph Finn II, are charged in her death and the suspected abuse of two of Natalie’s siblings. Both have pleaded not guilty.

On Thursday, some Iowa lawmakers called for legislative oversight of Iowa’s DHS in the wake of Sabrina Ray’s death. At least one, Rep. Abby Finkenauer, called for the immediate resignation of DHS Director Chuck Palmer.

Rep. Bobby Kaufmann and Sen. Mike Breitbach, co-chairmen of the Joint Government Oversight Committee, said in a written release that the girl’s death “confirms the need for legislative oversight into the management of the DHS as it appears that the Finn case was not an isolated incident.”

Tribes fighting pipeline drop appeal But battle continues

Boasberg in early March refused to stop completion of the pipeline based on the claims of Sioux tribes that it threatens water they consider sacred. The Cheyenne River Sioux appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which refused to grant an emergency order stopping oil from flowing while the appeal was decided.

Developer Energy Transfer Partners finished construction on the pipeline and began filling

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian tribes who are still fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in court have dropped an appeal of a federal judge’s decision that allowed final construction to proceed on the project that is just two weeks from operating commercially.

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Earlier this week, Planned Parenthood announced it was closing its only clinic in Wyoming and three of its clinics in New Mexico.

Republican lawmakers in Iowa agreed last legislative session to give up millions of dollars in federal Medicaid money in order to create a state-run family planning program that excludes clinics affiliated with abortion services or referrals.

The new state family planning program will cost the state about $3 million; the previous setup with the federal government allowed Iowa to pay about $300,000 through a 90 percent to 10 percent match.

Iowa faced tough budgeting decisions this year, and the costly new program was approved as a GOP priority despite criticism from Democrats that it would happen during statewide budgeting constraints and drastic agency cuts.

Iowa Republicans have long-sought to defund Planned Parenthood as well as promote legislation restricting abortions. This year, they also approved a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and added a 72-hour waiting period to get an abortion. The waiting period has been temporarily halted amid a legal challenge.

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Holiday Closures The library will be closed on May 29 in observance of Memorial Day and May 30 for staff training. The library will resume normal hours on May 31.

Newton Public Library Rebecca Klein Summer Reading Kick-Off Picnic 4 to 7 p.m. June 1 — Summer Reading starts June 1. Bookworms of all ages are invited to visit the library and register for the library’s Summer Reading program and events. A free hotdog picnic for children will be provided on the lawn, while supplies last. All children who register will receive a plastic

book bag and a summer reading book log to keep track of the books they read. This is the first opportunity to register for youth summer reading events.

Friday Flicks 1 p.m. June 2 — Join us on Friday afternoons for a family-friendly movie in the library meeting room. Bring your own popcorn, beverages are provided. Seating is on the floor, and attendees may bring a pillow if they like. All movies have a G or PG rating.

Library policy is that children age 10 and under must have an adult guardian present in the

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Adult Coloring 6 p.m. June 5 — Relax and unwind with a coloring book. All materials provided, adults only.

Sir Rustalot Storytime 10:30 a.m. June 9 — Join us for a special Newton Fest storytime on the library lawn.

The storytime will be held on the front lawn by Sir Rustalot.

Memoir Writing Workshop 5 p.m. June 7 — Published author, Gail Kittleson, helps budding writers develop tools and themes for writing their memoirs in this interactive workshop.

Feel free to bring your writing questions. This is a great program for writers looking to publish their writing, as well as those who want to preserve their life

Yoga at the Library Monday, June 12 – 6:00pm Certified yoga instructor, Meghan Davis, leads an introductory class for adults. No previous experience necessary.

Attendees may bring a towel or yoga mat, if they wish. Please call 641-792-4108 to register.

Mehmen, Prendergast recognized by Gov. Branstad for academic excellence

Submitted Photos Newton High School seniors Emily Mehmen, left, and Sarah Prendergast, right, were both recognized by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds for outstanding academic achievement at the 15th Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony.

Newton Daily News Emily Mehmen and Sarah Prendergast, both are students at Newton, was recognized by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds for outstanding academic achievement at the 15th Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony April 30 at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.

The statewide program, sponsored by the Iowa Governor’s Office, Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and its title sponsor the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), honored 429 high school seniors from across Iowa.

“Iowa Farm Bureau members know that by investing in our youth and communities, we’re

investing in the future of Iowa,” said IFBF President Craig Hill.

“We have been honored to be a title sponsor of the Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony for the past 15 years to celebrate Iowa’s exceptional high school students. Iowa Farm Bureau is proud to be a leading contributor to educational programs and annual scholarships

for our youth.”

Each high school was invited to select a senior student with the highest academic ranking, based on grade point average for their first seven semesters. Students selected for the award also had the opportunity to recognize their favorite/most influential teacher and will receive a photo plaque of their meeting with Branstad

and Reynolds.

“The principles learned through academic success, like those learned from participation in education-based activities, help develop outstanding leaders and citizens,” said IHSAA Executive Director Alan Beste. “The partnership between the IHSAA and the Iowa Farm Bureau, along with the great cooperation of the

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Worship Together Ashton Chapel Next to Ashton Park, near intersection of Hwy 330 and F17 (8887 W. 122nd St. N., Mingo, IA) Sunday School 9:00am; Worship 10:00am. Pastors: Larry Craig and Mark Eddy Bar None Cowboy Church Building next to Culver’s Newton, David Rex, Pastor, 641-521-4354, 7pm Thursdays. Music featured each week. www.barnonecowboy churchofiowa.com Baxter Evangelical Free Church East Avenue, Mike McClintock, Pastor. Church service every sunday at 10:00am. Children’s church during regular services.

AWANAS every Wednesday night 6:30 – 8:00.

Bethany United Church of Christ 5627 N. 95th Ave. W., Baxter, (1 mi. E. of Baxter on Station St.) Pastor Teressa Clark. Sunday after Labor Day through Memorial Day: 8:45 Junior Choir; 9:00am Adult Class, 9:15am Sunday School; & 10:30am Worship 4th & 5th Tuesday: Chapel Service at Baxter Care Center Wednesday: 6:30pm Choir Practice; Sunday after Memorial Day: 9:30am Worship. 641-227-3402 www.baxterbethanyucc.org Bible Missionary Church 909 N. 6th Ave. E. 641-840-2093 Pastor Lucas. Sunday School 9:45am, Morning Worship 10:45, Evening Service 6:00pm.

Mid-week Service 7:00pm Center Friends Northeast of Newton, Karen Mendenhall, pastor, Dallas Gilreath, pastor, Cheri Doane, assistant pastor; 9:30am Sunday school, 10:30am Worship.

Call 641-792-2473.

Christian Life Church 421 S. 2nd Ave. W., Pastor James Miller; Phone Number: 641-5219294. Coffeetime 9:30am, Worship 10:00am. Lunch Served first Sunday of the month at noon.

Bible Study: Tuesday 10:00am.

Christian Reformed Church Prairie City, Matthew McClure, pastor; 9:30am Worship, 10:45am Sunday school, 6:30pm Worship. E-mail:pcrc@dwx.com Jasper County Church of Christ 1813 1st St. N, 9:30am Bible classes, 10:30am & 1:00pm Worship; Wednesday evening 7:00pm Bible Study.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1405 N. 11th Ave. E., Branch President-Eric Skouson, 316 E. 8th St. S., Newton, IA 50208.

9:30am Sacrament meeting, 10:40am Sunday School & Primary, 11:45am Priesthood, Relief Society & Young Women.

Colfax United Methodist Church S. Locust St. & Division St., 515-674-3782. 10:00am Sunday School, 10:00am Family Worship.

Rev. R.D. Streeter Community of Christ 1805 S. 8th Ave. E., 791-7834, Bill Conklin, pastor; Eddie Franklin/Tom McCoure, co-pastors. Church School Classes 9:30am; Worship Service 10:30am; Wednesday Prayer Service 6:30pm. Last Wednesday of the month-free community supper at 6pm.

Community Heights Alliance Pastor John Patterson, Associate Pastor; Jason Fazel, Youth Pastor; Pastor Beau Church, Pastor of Worship and Visual Arts. Sunday Worship Services 8:15am, 10:30am & 5pm; Sunday School 9:30am; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30pm; Jr. High Youth Group 6:30pm; Sr. High Youth Group Wednesday 7:45pm; CHAC KIDZ 6:30pm; Nursery available for most events.

Handicapped accessible.

2500 S. 13th Ave. E. 792-1620. www.communityheights.org.

Congregational United Church of Christ-Baxter Pastor Melissa Sternhagen 218 S. Main Baxter, Sunday School 9:30am, Regular worship service, 10:30am Congregational United Church Of Christ-Newton 308 E. 2nd St. N., Newton.

Rev. Jessica Petersen, Pastor.

Sunday Worship 10:00am, Nursery provided; Fellowship Time 11:15am.

Accessible to all.

Centering Prayer Wednesdays 5:15 - 5:45pm.

Bible Study Thursdays 5:00pm.

No matter who you are or where you area on life’s journey, you are welcome here! facebook.com/Newton UCC. Cornerstone Bible Fellowship 1000 E. 12th St. S., Newton; Pastor Steve Bundy & Pastor Brian Keeton. Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10:15am, Wednesdays: AWANAS 6:308pm, Youth Group 6:30-8pm, Adult Bible Study 7-8pm. Happy Harvesters 1st Thursday of the month at noon. Men’s Breakfast 1st Saturday of the month at 8am. Ladies Brunch 2nd Saturday of the month at 8:30am.

For more info: www.CBFnewton.com Faith Baptist Prairie City, 9:30am Bible School, 10:30am Worship, 6:00pm Gospel service, 7:00pm Wed., Bible study.

First Assembly of God 1029 E. 19th St. N., Newton, www. newtonassembly.com; Pastor Don Hayes - senior pastor; Pastor Lori Eilers - Children’s Pastor; Pastor James Brown - youth pastor. 9am Sunday School, 10am Worship, 7pm Wed. mid-week service.

First Baptist Church Colfax, Rev. Phil Butler, 674-3752.

Family Fellowship 9:00 am; Sun. School 9:15 am; Morning Worship 10:25 am; Wed.; 9:00 am Fresh Encounter Prayer. During school year: 6:55pm Wed nights AWANA

Grace Church “A Family Of Friends”, 1620 N. 11th Ave E., Newton; Pastor Dan Hayton; Sunday Morning Refreshments 9:30 am, Worship Service with nursery care 10:00 am. The Edge: 5 yr olds to 5th grade & The Kids Community Pre School age, Sunday at 10:00am. Experience God Bible Study Wed. at 7am; Life Student Ministries Wed. 6:45-8pm 641-792-1793 www.gracenewton.com Grinnell Church of Christ 1402 3rd Ave., Grinnell, Iowa 50112, Bible study Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Worship services Sunday 1030 a.m. grinnellcoc@netins.net or www.grinnellcoc.com Haven Vineyard Church 207 1st Ave. E, Newton; Pastor Caz & Jane Cibula; 641-526-3157; 10 am Sunday Service.

Heart of Worship 14283 Hwy F62, Lynnville Pastor Tom Pool, Worship: 9 a.m., Children’s Church: 9:45 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:15 a.m., Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Hickory Grove Chuch Located 3 1/2 miles west of Newburg, IA on Hwy F-17 and 1 mile South. Physical Address: 8464 E. 128th St. N., Kellogg, IA Sunday School: 9:30 am Worship Service: 10:30 am Phone: (641) 780-8621

First Baptist Church (Newton) 620 S. 8th Ave. E., phone: 792-7113.

Web:www.NewtonFirstBaptist.com and on facebook.

Pastor Aaron Loree, Family Education Time 9:00am, Powerkidz infants - 5th grade 9:00 am; Sunday School for teens & adults 9:00am; Worship Service 10:15am. Coffee time 8:45-10:00am. Men’s group meets on the first Sat. of every month at 7:30am.

Iron Sharpens Iron Church 1305 E. 10th St. S. Newton Proverbs 27:17 New International Version (NIV) A iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Sunday Services: 10AM Worship Services 10:30AM Children’s Church 11:30AM Bible Study Speakers: Doug Cupples & Cheryl Palmer. Wednesday Services: 5PM Bible Study, Tyler Dunsbergen.

Kellogg Christian (Disciples of Christ) 321 Bolton St., Kellogg, Rev. Brian Kleinschrodt 10:30 am Worship.

Kellogg United Methodist 417 2nd St., Kellogg, Pastor Tim Morgan, Sunday School 9:30am - for kids, young adults and adults.

Worship 10:30am; nursery available.

Free supper, 1st and 3rd Saturday at 6pm followed by Worship “Lite” at 7pm.

Killduff United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 10:45am, beginning March 5. Communion first Sunday of each month.

Least of Saints Ministry 219 N. 2nd Ave. W. 641-521-0156 5:00-6:00pm Saturday Living Word Fellowship Doug Bradey, Pastor, 321 E. Robinson St., Knoxville 641-828-7119, Wed. Night Service: 6pm prayer, 7pm worship, 6:15pm Fuzion Youth Service; Sun. Morning Service: 8:30 am prayer, 9 am Life Groups, 10 am Worship Service, Nursery and Children’s Ministry available.

First Presbyterian 220 N 2nd Ave E. Newton Rev. Meghan Davis 10:00 am Fellowship, 10:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Fellowship, Nursery Provided. Handicap Accessible. Everyone Welcome!

6:30 & 9am Men’s Group 1st & 3rd Thursday, Gentle Class 11am Tuesday. Yoga Chair Class 3pm Thursday.

Like us on Facebook! 792-2790 www.newton1stpresbyterian.org First United Methodist Church 210 N 2nd Ave E • 792-4648 Rev Gary Marzolf Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 10:15 AM Sunday School 10:15 AM Youth Group 6 PM Handicapped Accessible Nursery Provided 9 AM “First Church on the Air” – KCOB www.newtonfirst.org Foursquare Church 1510 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Dottie Black and Associate Pastor Donne Black, 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship service, 6:30 p.m. Sunday night Sunday School and prayer meetings 10 a.m.

Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m.

Wednesday and 9:15 a.m. Sunday until service time. Haven Kid’s Ministry at 6:50 Wednesdays

New Life Community Church of the Nazarene 605 W 5th St. N., P.O. Box 1021 Rev, Jack Wolgamuth, 515-4021190. Sunday School 9:30 am, Morning Worship 10:30 am, Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm Newton Church of The Way 2306 S. 3rd Ave E., 792-7300 Pastor Steve Heerema. Sunday Morning: 9:00 and 10:45 Ignite, Nursery during both Ignite Services (for newborn through 2 years old). Journey 252 Children’s Ministry 10:30am (for children 3 years through 6th Grade) The Way Café 8:30 to 10:30am, 5:00-7:00pm Prayer of Blessing, Wednesday 6:30 – 8:30pm Route 146 Youth, Everyone Welcome! Other various group studies and classes are offered. Check out our Facebook page, our weekly bulletin on our website, or call/email the office for more information. Email: info@theway146.com Web: www.newtonway.org

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Willy Mafuta 151 60th Ave., Prairie City Sunday 10:30 am Worship Service 10 am Sunday School pcumc@q.com (515) 994-2354

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 314 E. 2nd St. N. Pastor Mark Young.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Worship.

11:15 a.m. Coffee fellowship. www.fccnewton.org 641-792-5850, Nursery provided

First Lutheran Church - ELCA 309 E. 3rd St. N., Newton. Pastor Mark Holmes. Sunday Worship at 9:30 am; Fellowship to follow at 10:45 am. 641-792-3934.

All are welcome! http://www.newtonfirstlutheran.org

Newton Christian Reformed Church 511 S. 5th Ave. E., Aaron Gunsaulus, Pastor, 9:30 am Morning worship, 10:50 am Church school, 1:00 pm Sunday worship.

Our Savior Lutheran Missouri Synod 1900 N. 4th Ave. E., Newton Pastor Joel Picard, Sunday 8:00 am Worship; 9:30 am Bible Study/Sunday School www.oursavlutheran.com (641) 792-1084.

First Baptist 810 S. Commerce, Monroe, Senior Pastor Shank. 9:30 am Sun. School, 10:30 am Worship, 6:00 pm Evening service, 6 p.m. Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 8:15 pm during school year & 8 p.m. during summer.

First Church of Christ Scientist 616 6th Ave., Grinnell, 10:30 am Services.

Newton Baptist Temple (A Fundamental Independent Church) 621 E. 12th St. N., Clayton Pickering, pastor. 10:00 am Sunday School, 11:00 am Worship, Wednesday and Sunday 6:00 pm Worship, Bus transportation available, 6:00 pm Wednesday Bible study.

Pleasantview United Methodist 8454 S. 28th Ave. E., Newton, Pastor Tim Morgan; 9:00 am worship; 10:15 am Sunday School.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA 1409 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Ken Ahntholz, 9:00 am Old Testament Study; 10:30 am Worship, easy access - no steps; Everyone is welcome!

Hope Assembly of God 126 E. Howard St., Colfax 515-674-3700 Sunday school 9 am.

Sunday Worship service 10 am.

Wednesday Bible Study 6pm.

Howard Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Rev. Tom Burns, pastor. 10:30 am Morning worship. Sunday school 9-10am all ages; K-5 Wed after school; Jr. High & High School 7-8pm; Howard and Locust Colfax.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 305 E. Howard St., Colfax, 515674-3711; Decaon Joe Dvorak; 11:00am Sunday Mass, 9:00am Wednesday Communion Service; www.immaculateconceptioncolfax.org Immanuel Baptist (GARB) 1300 N. 4th Ave. E., Ken Van Loon, Pastor, 9:30 am Sunday school, 10:45 am Worship, 6:00 pm Worship, Wed 6:30-8:00 pm Youth, 6:30 pm Wednesday Awana Clubs (during school year), 7:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Fellowship.

Call 792-4470.

Ira United Church Karen Fausch, pastor, 9:00 am Worship, 10:15 am Sunday School.

Lynnville Friends Jamie Bogaard Pastor, 9:00 am Morning Worship, 10:30 am Sunday School, Kids 4 Christ, FOCUS Youth Group and Women’s Bible Study, Wednesday evenings from September-March. www.lynnvillefriends.org Metz Community 3253 W. 62nd St. S., Newton, 791-9568, Pastor David Rex; Sunday School 9:00 am.

10:10 am service.

Mingo United Methodist 202 W. Main, Mingo, Rev. Kurt DeVance, 515-339-8819; Children’s Sunday School - 9:30 am and Adult Sunday School - 9:45 am. Church time is 10:45 am.

Monroe Presbyterian Church 115 So. Main, Monroe, Rev. Ann Johnson, Sonlight Service 8:00 am; 9:00 am church school, 10:00 am Traditional Worship, communion on 1st Sunday of month, 6:00 pm Session Committees 2nd Sunday of month, 7:00 pm Session Meeting 2nd Sunday of month.

Monroe United Methodist 407 N. Monroe St., Monroe, 641259-2822; Pastor Kim Crummer; Jubilee Service 8:15 am; Sunday School 9:00 am; Worship 10:15 am; Office Hours: Mon. - Thurs.

8-Noon; monroeum@iowatelecom.net New Life Baptist Church 124 E. Howard St., Colfax, 515-674-3103, Sunday School 9:45 am, Worship Service 10:45, Evening Service 6 pm, midweek service 7 pm Wednesdays.

Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

Prairie City Church of the Brethren 12015 Hwy S 6G, Corner of S 6G & F70 W, 5 miles south of Prairie City on S6G, 515-9942940; Resumed regular worship schedule. 9:30 am Adult Sunday School classes; 10:45 Worship/ Children’s Church We invite you to come worship with us! Go to prairiecitycob. org for more information or call 515-994-2940.

Bible Explorers: preschool-5th grade will be Call the church office for dates of spring and fall sessions Prairie City First Reformed Church 300 E. 5th St., P. O. Box 178, 515-994-2250, frcprairiecity@ aol.com; 9:30 am Worship, 10:50 am Sunday School. www.reformedchurchprairiecity.com

Prairie City United Methodist Church 706 W. McMurray St. Rev. Dr. Willy Mafuta Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Service Office Hours: 10am-2pm M-F 515-994-2354(515) 994-2354 Rock Creek Hickory Grove Church 3 1/2 miles north of Rock Creek Lake, 9:15 am fellowship, 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 am worship.

Reasnor United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 8:45am, beginning March 5.

Communion first Sunday of each month.

Salvation Army 301 N. 2nd Ave. E., Captains Jeff and Mikey Carter, Sunday - 9:45 am Sunday school, 10:45 am Worship.

Seventh Day Adventist 1409 S. 8th Ave E., Newton Pastor Jerry Duval Saturday Services 3:00 pm; Worship 2:00 pm Sabbath school, Prayer Meeting Tuesday Eve at 7:00 pm Solid Rock Church 115 Main St., Reasnor; Pastor John Hlad 641-842-2440; Sunday Bible study all ages 9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. worship; Wednesday Bible study all ages 7 p.m.

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church 4900 Meredith Dr., (NW 46th Ave.), Des Moines, The Bishop L.W. Faulk, 9:10 am Morning prayer, 9:30 am Holy communion.

St. Luke United Methodist Church 501 E. 19th St. N., Newton Pastor Audrey Young, Sunday Worship at 8:00 am and 10:30 am with fellowship following both. 9:15 am is Sunday School for all ages, including adults.

641-792-5736 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 8290 Hwy F-62 East, Pastor Ken Ahntholz, Sunday Worship and Children’s Ministry 9:00 am; Everyone Welcome! www.standluth.com St. Stephen’s Episcopal 223 E. 4th St. N., Newton, ph.

792-6971. Rev. Merle Smith, Deacon; Rev. Karen Crawford Rector; Sunday 8:00 am Holy Eucharist & 10:00 am Holy Eucharist; Wednesday 5:00 pm Evening Prayer.

Sully Community Church 12559 S 92nd Ave E (just E of grass air strip S edge of town). PO Box 463. 641-5944124. Pastor Jerry Morningstar 9:30 am Sunday school. 10:30 am Worship. 5 pm Women of Grace Bible Study. 6 pm Worship Wednesday Evening Activities: Sept-April: 6:30 pm Awana/ Youth. 7 pm Men’s & Women’s Bible studies. May-August: 7 pm Bible study/prayer meeting www.sullycommunitychurch.com Sully Christian Reformed Pastor Brian Ochsner. 9:30 am Morning worship, 6:00 pm Evening worship, 10:45 am Sunday School. 9:30 am Tues. Coffee Break for women, Nursery and preschool classes provided. 7:15 pm Wed - Gems, Cadets and High School Youth, Prayer for Country - everyone welcome.

8 Bible studies call 594-4440.

Sully First Reformed Church Rev. Wayne Sneller, senior pastor, Diana Scandridge, Youth & Education Director. 9:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Sunday school, 6:00 pm Worship; Thursday Night Family Night 7:00 pm Sept. - March. www.sullyfrc.org United Pentecostal 813 E. 7th St. N., Rev. Robert A. Shaw, pastor, 10:00 am Sunday Worship, 6:00 pm Sunday Worship, Prayer and Bible study Tuesday 6:30, Super & Youth Church Wednesday starts 7:00-8:00.

United Presbyterian 209 N. 2nd Ave. E., Rev. Donald Freeman, 9:15 am Sunday School, 10:30 - 11:30 am worship service (broadcasted live on KCOB radio); 11:30 am Fellowship; Wednesday choir rehearsal 6:00 p.m.; Nursery provided on Sundays.

Westfield Community Church 4164 20th St., Grinnell, Pastor Jann Braaksma, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; Sunday 10:30 a.m. Worship; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Youth Group; www.westfieldwitness.org

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1115 S. 8th Ave. E., Rev. William Reynolds, pastor, Saturday: 5:30 pm Mass, Sunday: 9:00 am Mass.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News Newton’s WEST Academy class of 2017 graduation ceremony filled the auditorium at DMACC Thursday morning. Thirty-one students from WEST received diplomas at the event. Principal Mike Moran gave introductions, and Superintendent Bob Callaghan read the names of the class of 2017. Students Kori Carter and Victoria Cox gave heart-felt speeches. WEST Academy class of 2017 graduates were Mitchell Anderson, Alice Artis, Hannah Brooks, Kavieyka Buckley, Billy Carter, Kori Carter, Breanna Chapin, Karleigh Clark, Victoria Cox, Zac DeBruyn, Jayme Griffin, Christopher Lacy-Krall, Kristina Leach, Derek Luloff, Joshua Mayhew, Zachary McConnell, Melissa Olmstead, Kailee Pettigrew, Hunter Reffett, Haley Ruiz-Pittman, Sierra Sanders, Riley Santry, Jordyn Stephen, Kent Sturgill, Hope Swisher, David Tessner, Jerico Theis, Linda Todd, Kallie Willaby, Zachary Willfond and Kailie Woxell.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News Aurora Heights Elementary hosted a Grad Walk assembly Thursday afternoon. Newton High School class of 2017 graduates from student council told the Aurora Heights students what they wanted to be when they were in elementary school and gave the young students advice. Principal Jim Gilbert and school counselor Catherine Ferguson also talked about what graduation means and shared their advice with the elementary students. After the assembly, Aurora Heights students lined the hallways of the school to give congratulatory high fives to the NHS grads.

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, June 3rd

Downtown Newton Square 5-10 PM with the Food, fun, inspiration & music Shown at the celebration are Francis and Betty Snook (seated) with their children: Marianna, Gene, Sherry, Carmen, Gayla and Jeff, and their spouses.

Thank you to everyone who attended the 90th birthday celebration for Betty Snook (and for the many cards and well wishes). With warmest thanks to Colette Hill of the Sugar Grove Vineyard and Gathering Place for an exceptional venue.

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Newton doubles team qualifies for 1A state

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Audrey Lucas winds up to throw the discus in Class 4A competition on Thursday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in Des Moines. Lucas placed 19th in the event.

Cardinal girls open 2017 state track meet competition

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Junior Audrey Lucas had competed at the state track meet before, but not in a throwing event.

She had been a member of the shuttle hurdle relay team.

It was different on Thursday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships for Lucas, She was not on Drake University Stadium’s

Blue Oval, but in the Class 4A girls’ discus ring.

Lucas’ first throw in state competition landed out of bounds. Her next throw went CARDINALS | 2B

PELLA — On to state for Newton High senior Megan Pressgrove and junior Bethany Baumgartner. The Cardinals’ top two singles players combined to claim second place in the Class 1A Region 8 tennis tournament Thursday.

The Cardinal duo clinched a 1A state tournament berth with a 6-2, 6-0 semifinal win over Oskaloosa’s Macy Scharff and Josie Bunnell. In the regional championship match, Pressgrove and Baumgartner lost 6-3, 6-2 to Pella’s Bronwyn Metcalf and Cecily Johnson.

They opened the day’s action by netting a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Albia’s Molly Spurgin and Kenzie Curran.

Pressgrove and Baumgartner battled against Knox-

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ville’s Alex Griggs and Hannah Short for a 7-5, 6-1 win in the second round.

It will be the second straight trip to the 1A state tournament for Pressgrove.

She qualified in doubles a year ago.

Newton’s girls chalked up opening-round match wins by both doubles teams and both singles players during the regional tournament hosted by Pella Christian in Pella.

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PCM relay earns medal at state track

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Rachel Stafford, left, hugs senior teammate Jayci Vos after securing a medal in the Class 2A 4x800 relay at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium.

DES MOINES — Before running in her fourth state track and field meet Thursday, Prairie City-Monroe senior Jayci Vos gave a social media tribute to a long-time neighbor.

Abi Teeter battles cystic fibrosis every day. May is cystic fibrosis month. Vos and her teammates are running for Abi and the Teeter family.

Vos collected the fourth medal of her high school career Thursday when the Mustangs’ 4x800 relay team finished seventh.

Vos opened with a 2 minute, 23 second split, and her trio of teammates did the rest as Vos, sopho-

mores Paytan Schut and Kirsten and senior Rachel Stafford set a new school record with a time of 9:52.87.

Wearing purple polish on their fingers, the Mustangs brought home a medal for Abi Teeter.

“It’s the purple pointer promise,” Vos said. “I have a little neighbor girl who I have known since they moved to town, which was like when I was 2 or something. Abi is fighting something way tougher than running a race.

She is who we are fighting for this weekend. It is our little village.”

Aside from the seventh-place medal in the 4x800, it was a disappointing day for the Mustangs.

Senior Noah Anderson did qualify for the final of the boys

200-meter dash, but the best finish after the 4x800 relay was Chris Ellens’ 15th-place finish in the 3,200.

Anderson, sophomore Preston Van Wyk and junior Ashley Miller all failed to make the finals of the 100. Van Wyk and Miller also came up short in the 200 prelims.

The shuttle hurdle relay team did not make finals, and senior Noah Clark and sophomore Maddie Samson were 22nd and 23rd, respectively, in the boys and girls shot put.

“Mentally, I thought I was ready to go, but my speed in the ring was not where I needed it to be,” said Clark, whose best throw PCM | 6B

Vander Linden, McCoy medal in 1A 400 meters

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Sophomore Tyson Vander Linden and junior Corey McCoy claimed the first state track meet medals for Lynnville-Sully at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships.

Running in the same heat of the Class 1A boys’ 400-meter dash on Thursday, Vander Linden and McCoy went 1-2 then had to wait to see how their times held up against the final heat of runners.

Vander Linden’s 50.54 seconds earned him the fifth-place medal and McCoy claimed the eighth-place medal in 51.25.

Avery Moore won the 1A 400 meters in 49.19 seconds.

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Seniors give a lot through the year As a community newspaper sports journalist, there is no doubt each and every year it becomes harder and harder to say good-bye to the senior athletes I cover. This year is tough here in Iowa for me, because the Class of 2017 student-athletes are the first crop I covered from freshman year to senior year.

That’s not just at Newton High School, but at Lynnville-Sully, Prairie

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully sophomore Tyson Vander Linden is out in front to win his Class 1A 400-meter dash heat race Thursday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake University Stadium in Des Moines. Vander Linden and teammate junior Corey McCoy earned state medals in the event taking fifth and eighth, respectively.

The Pressbox Jocelyn Sheets City-Monroe, Colfax-Mingo and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter also. My main focus of coverage has been with Newton and Lynnville-Sully the past four years, but I covered winter, spring and summer sports of the other three off and on since the 2013-14 school year.

I’ve watched and marveled at the athletic prowess of these athletes.

What we put stock in is the trying and the desire to be the best they can be every time they compete. We’ve seen it year after year.

We’ve seen it from the Newton

High Class of 2017. We’ve seen more than 10 Newton senior student-athletes sign and commit to extending their athletic careers into the college ranks. This is the largest contingent of Cardinal athletes headed to college sports in my four years at the Newton Daily News.

There have been senior student-athletes representing the other four high school teams we cover, who have followed suit. It’s an exciting time to watch these young women and men follow their dreams of college I also want to give a shout-out to all the high school athletes who did not sign to go on to college in sports. They all worked just as hard to make their teams the best they could be throughout the years they participated.

These student-athletes have been a part of the Cardinal fabric since their freshman year. The Class of 2017 will leave its mark on that fabric and will be remembered through the years. Solid and dependable with a lot of heart — that’s the Newton High Class of 2017.

Now, seniors here’s a big thank you from all of us for the spills and thrills you’ve given us in four years of athletics.

Whatever you do in your future, go for the brass ring and put the effort and desire in the running of the race — may your journeys be smooth but not so smooth that you don’t learn lessons along the way.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at jsheets@newtondailynews.com

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SPORTS CALENDAR Friday Track Newton, PCM, CMB, Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at state track meet, Des Moines Golf Boys’ District Meets Lynnville-Sully boys at Class 1A, Anita, 10 a.m.

PCM boys at Class 2A, Panora, 10 a.m.

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

Newton girls at Boone, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.

North Polk at PCM girls, 5:30 p.m.

PCM boys at North Polk, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday Track Newton, PCM, CMB, Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at state track meet, Des Moines Monday Golf Girls’ Regional Meets Newton at Class 4A Region 3, Cedar Rapids, 10 a.m.

PCM at Class 3A Region 2, Menlo, 10 a.m.

Lynnville-Sully, Colfax-Mingo at Class 1A Region 3, Keota, 10 a.m.

Soccer Knoxville at PCM girls, 5:30 p.m.

Boys’ Substates Class 2A Substate 2 At Newton CMB vs. South Tama, 5 p.m.

CAL vs. Newton, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Substate 7 At Bondurant PCM vs. Ballard, 5 p.m.

Softball Newton at Knoxville, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Nevada at CMB, 7 p.m.

Greene County at PCM girls, 7 p.m.

Baseball Lynnville-Sully at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

Nevada at CMB, 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at PCM boys, 7:30 p.m.

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

Baseball Newton at Marshalltown, JV 5 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.

PCM at South Tama, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Marshalltown at Newton, 9th 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at CMB, 7 p.m.

Wednesday Baseball Boone at Newton, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at HLV, 6 p.m.

Montezuma at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Roland-Story at PCM, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer Boys’ Substates, TBD Softball Montezuma at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

HLV at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

Roland-Story at PCM, 7 p.m.

Thursday Soccer Girls’ Regionals Class 2A Region 4 CMB at Dallas Center-Grimes, 6 p.m.

Baseball Newton at Chariton, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at CMB, 7:30 p.m.

East Marshall at PCM, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Pella at Lynnville-Sully 6 p.m.

Iowa Christian at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Grandview Christian at ColfaxMingo, 5:30 p.m.

Oskaloosa at CMB, 7 p.m.

Doubles Continued from Page 1B Juniors Natalie Camp and Harlie Durr began with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) win over Pella Christian’s Jaden Joy Morgan and Eric Van Soelen.

They lost 6-0, 6-0 to Pella’s Metcalf and Johnson.

In the singles division, sophomore Emily Valtman notched a 6-4, 6-4 win over Lorin Miller of Knoxville.

She dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to eventual singles regional champion, Brooke Jorgensen of Pella.

Senior Katherine Thorpe beat Oskaloosa’s Audrey Chambers, 6-0, 6-1. She lost 6-0, 6-0 to Pella Christian’s Andrea Carballo.

The 2017 Class 1A state tennis tournament is June 1-2 in Iowa City.

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NHS boys net LHC win over Eagles

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

PELLA — Newton High’s Cardinals played the way their coach has wanted to see them play all season on Thursday.

It got the Cardinals a Little Hawkeye Conference win.

The Cardinals scored three second-half goals against host Pella Christian to claim a 3-2 victory. Newton finished LHC action at 3-4.

“Our guys played very well tonight. They were creative in the attacking third,” Newton head coach Zach Jensen said. “I

was impressed by the focus and intensity we played with.

This is what I’ve expected from this team this season.”

Jensen said Newton dominated play in Jensen the first half but trailed 1-0 at the break.

Pella Christian converted a penalty kick into a goal with three minutes left in the half.

Less than three minutes ticked off the second-half

clock when Newton netted the equalizer. Josh Ventling knocked in a penalty kick.

Ventling found William Cheng on a crossing pass with 15:30 left in the game.

Cheng buried the ball in the back of the net for a 2-1 Cardinal lead.

Ventling pushed his team’s advantage to 3-1 at the 7:44 mark. Justin Fischer was credited with the goal assist.

Pella Christian scored with 2:28 left in the game for the final margin.

Reagan Maple had 11 saves in goal for Newton.

“It’s good to see this type of play from the team. We have momentum going into the playoffs,” Jensen said.

Newton concludes the regular season with a 7 p.m. home game Friday against Nevada.

Newton hosts a Class 2A Substate 2 doubleheader on Monday.

C ollins-Maxwell/Baxter plays South Tama at 5 p.m. and Newton plays CAL at 7 p.m. at H.A. Lynn Stadium.

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

Cardinals Continued from Page 1B for a bit of ride — 104 feet, 5 inches. It was her best throw of the competition, but did not advance into the finals. She finished 19 in the field of 24 competitors.

Newton’s girls qualified for state in three events with only one on the track.

The Cardinal girls competed in Thursday morning’s Class 4A shuttle hurdle race. Team of sophomore Abbie Barr, junior Liz McVey, freshman Liv Whitten and junior Morgann Eide turned in a time of 1 minute, 9.19 seconds.

Newton’s time did not move the Cardinals into Saturday’s final. The Cardinal foursome finished 15th overall. McVey, Barr and Eide were the state meet veterans on the relay.

“It’s wasn’t our qualifying time, but we were happy with the way we ran,” McVey said.

“It’s always fun to run here.”

Eide ran the anchor leg of the relay. She said it was tough to catch up as Ankeny had a pretty good run. Ankeny was second at 1:05.71 behind heat winner Waukee at 1:01.83.

“I just tried to keep my head up and get her as best as I could,” Eide said of going after the Ankeny anchor runner.

Barr also ran on the shuttle hurdle relay team with Eide, which qualified a year ago in Class 3A. “This track brings a new energy. It’s a fast track and fun to run on,” Barr said. “It’s great to

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Flying over a hurdle during a Class 4A shuttle hurdle relay heat race is Newton High freshman Liv Whitten on Thursday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Des Moines.

have the opportunity to be at the state.”

Whitten experienced the state track meet for the first time.

“I was very excited and nervous, but had a great time today,” Whitten said.

Junior Hannah Boecker was the alternate runner for the relay. She said it was fun to come watch the team compete and support her teammates. She said the Cardinal girls are like a family.

“We’re proud of the girls and their performances today.

It was a great experience for them,” Newton coach Rachel Tomas said. “We are happy as coaches to return all our state qualifiers for next season.”

Tomas and Rachelle Tipton coached the Cardinal girls’ team this season. On Friday, junior Haley Revell, who qualified a year ago in Class 3A, is back in the shot put ring — this year in Class 4A competition.

Also on Friday, the Newton

boys’ hit the track at Drake Stadium. The foursome of junior Matthew Karsten, seniors Connor Gholson and Brennen Dodd and junior Jack Callaghan compete in the distance medley relay final. Gholson and Karsten are joined by freshman Jeremiah Johnson and junior Jaron Roush for the 4x100 relay preliminaries.

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

Medals Continued from Page 1B Lynnville-Sully’s track teams had just four events on Thursday in the Class 1A competition. Three were races on Drake University Stadium’s Blue Oval.

“It’s an amazing opportunity to run here at state. It’s a dream come true and to claim a state medal is pretty awesome” Vander Linden said after it was all said and done on the track Thursday. “I knew I had to get out quick and go hard the whole way to get in the medals.”

Vander Linden pushed to the lead in the heat and pulled away from the field heading down the front stretch. McCoy made up the stagger and was right behind his teammate. It is McCoy’s second state medal in as many years after taking seventh in the 1A 800 meters last year.

The Hawk girls’ shuttle hurdle relay qualified for the 1A finals on Saturday. The foursome of senior Brenna Lander, freshmen Mallory Loftus and Abby Gruver and junior Camryn Russell posted a time of 1 minute, 10.64 seconds in the preliminary heat. They will run in the final at 11:50 a.m. Saturday.

Later in the day, the Lynnville-Sully boys’ shuttle hurdle relay team of sophomore Gage Vander Leest, junior Carson Dunsbergen and seniors Caden Dunsbergen and Ryan Hofer ran in a 1A preliminary heat. The four Hawks combined for a 1:02.11, which was 10th overall and did not advance them to Saturday’s final.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully sophomore Rylan James powers up to throw in the Class 1A boys’ shot put event on Thursday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in Des Moines.

Sophomore Rylan James threw in his first state meet competition, finished 19th in the boys’ shot put. James’ best throw was 44 feet, 8 inches.

On Friday, Carson Dunsbergen competes in the 1A high jump, Hofer and Vander Leest run in the 110-meter hurdle preliminaries, Vander Linden

competes in the 400-m hurdle final and the Hawk boys’ 4x400 relay team of Vander Leest, McCoy, Carson Dunsbergen and junior Brevin Hansen run in a preliminary race. The finals of the 110 hurdles and the 4x400 are Saturday.

The Lynnville-Sully girls’ 4x200 and 4x100 foursome of

junior Lydia Akergen, senior Makenzy Rozendaal, Russell and Lanser are on the Blue Oval. The 4x200 is a final race and the 4x100 is a preliminary race with finals on Saturday Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | May 19, 2017 | 3B

Raider girls win fourth straight

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo freshman Abbey McConeghey, right, hands the baton to sophomore Colbee Cunningham during the Class 1A girls’ 4x800 relay at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The Tigerhawks finished ninth in the event.

Tigerhawk girls finish one spot off medal in 4x800 relay

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — All three of Dakota Hostetter’s teammates had no doubt.

The Tigerhawk senior took the baton with a handful of runners in front of her.

By the time the race was over, Hostetter was all alone at the finish line.

Hostetter turned in an impressive anchor leg to rally her Tigerhawk teammates to a win in the opening heat of the Class 1A girls 4x800 relay Thursday morning.

Colfax-Mingo nearly came home with a medal but finished ninth with a time of 10 minutes, 22.40 seconds at the annual Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium.

The ninth-place finish by sophomore Ilia Hostetter, freshman Abbey McConeghey, sophomore Colbee Cunningham and Dakota Hostetter is the best in at least the last 15 years at the school.

“All four girls ran PRs today, so there is not much more I can ask for,” Colfax-Mingo coach Zach Tomas said.

“It would have been nice to finish one position higher for that medal, but I am

​Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo sophomore Ilia Hostetter begins the Class 1A 4x800 relay in the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday.

The Tigerhawks placed ninth in the event.

proud of how they ran today.”

The previous best finish was 11th in 2015. That relay also included Dakota Hostetter and her older sister Kennedi.

Thursday, she got to run with her younger sister Ilia.

All four Tigerhawk runners ran person-

al-best split times Thursday. Ilia Hostetter started the relay with a 2:41. She was the most nervous runner coming into the race because most teams put their second-best runner in the lead-off spot.

“Ilia wasn’t happy about where she has to start because of what other teams do,” Tomas said. “Our order doesn’t make sense, but it works for us.”

Ilia Hostetter added “I was afraid I was going to be 100 meters behind everyone but it wasn’t that bad. We know that if we get Dakota and Abbey in good positions they will come through for us.”

McConeghey followed with a 2:29, Cunningham ran a 2:46 and Dakota Hostetter ran a 2:23.5 anchor leg.

“It’s a great experience with a great group of girls,” Cunningham said. “Being in between the two fastest girls on our team is a lot of pressure for me. I just wanted to run a PR and not let the other girls get too far ahead of me.

“I handed (Dakota) the baton, and I really had no doubt that she was going to catch them. She is amazing.”

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URBANDALE — The Collins-Maxwell/Baxter girls’ soccer team won its fourth straight game Thursday when it claimed a 2-1, shootout with Des Moines Christian.

The Raiders and Lions were tied at 1-all after regulation and two overtime sessions.

Junior Tatum Tremain scored her 14th goal of the season in the second half.

In the shootout, CMB got goals from freshmen Cailtyn Bruntz and Maya Phelps, junior Tatum Tremain and senior Emily Coughenour.

“Playing three games in four days took lots of effort, but the girls stayed the course and were determined to pick up the seventh win of the season,” CMB girls soccer coach Gary Cummings said.

“I could not be prouder of the effort they gave.”

CMB goalie Amanda Harrington won the game for the Raiders when she stopped three out of the four attempts from the Lions in the shootout.

Harrington saved 15 shots in the win.

The four straight wins improve the Raiders’ record to 7-6.

Chariton has now lost four straight and is 4-10.

CMB plays Dallas Center-Grimes in the opening round of the regional tournament at 6 p.m. on Thursday in Grimes.

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

CMB athletes have bittersweet day on blue oval

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Five C ollins-Maxwell/Baxter athletes competed at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships on Thursday.

All five Raiders had bittersweet moments.

Sophomore Will Clapper and senior Brady Kemp have had better days inside the shot put ring. Sophomore Sailor Hinegardner knows she could have performed better in the long jump.

And senior Heather Jessen and sophomore Brenna Thomson got one last chance to run together in the 3,000-meter run.

The best finish on the day was Hinegardner’s 16thplace tally. Clapper was 18th in his event and Jessen was two positions in front of Thomson in 19th in the 3,000.

It was the final time all five athletes will don a Raider track and field uniform.

They all just wish they could have performed to their best.

“It wasn’t exactly what I wanted. I didn’t have high expectations coming in, but I did want to make finals. I still have next year though,” Hinegardner said.

Next year, she will be a Baxter Bolt. So will Thomson and Clapper.

Thomson was just happy

to be able to run one last race with her long-time training partner.

“I was super happy to get this last opportunity to run with Heather,” Thomson said. “I wanted to be a part of her last race. We train together and we run together.

This was a great way for us to end our season.”

Jessen won the 3,000 at the Raiders’ state qualifier.

She knew she would get one last race on the blue oval.

The experience was even better when she found out she would be joined one final time by Thomson.

“She’s my running partner. We do everything together and we usually finish really close together,” Jessen said. “I was so happy to find out that she made it. It was a great feeling.”

Hinegardner scratched two of her three preliminary attempts in the long jump.

She finished 16th overall when her only marked jump went 15 feet, 6 1/4 inches.

“I scratched twice mostly because I was so pumped to be here,” Hinegardner said.

Clapper finished 18th in a shot put event that featured three 60-foot throwers for the first time in state track and field meet history.

His first two throws were marked at 45-4 and 46-4 3/4.

“I wish I would have thrown a little better,” Clapper said. “It stinks, too, because my best throw this

year would have been good enough to make finals.”

Kemp placed 20th overall in the shot put. His first throw hit 46-9 and his second throw was a foul. His best toss on the day was 47-1 3/4.

“It was just an off day. It just wasn’t all there. My goal was to make finals, but ending my career at state is not a bad way to go out,” Kemp said.

“It’s a bittersweet taste. I knew I had the ability to get into the finals with some of my throws this year. It all depends on the day. We just didn’t have it today.”

Clapper was a Drake Relays qualifier and a state meet participant for the first time in his young career.

To take the next step, a few things need to be tweaked.

“I actually am going to take some lessons from Chase Madison,” Clapper said. “He was a really good thrower from Newton. He is one of the best to come through our area. Hopefully he’ll get me over the hump.”

Jessen and Thomson both personal-best times in their final race together.

Jessen placed 19th overall with a personal-best time of 11 minutes. 29.50 seconds.

Thomson’s personal-best time of 11:34.68 gave her a 21st place finish.

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

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter senior Heather Jessen, right, runs in the 3,000-meter run with sophomore teammate Brenna Thomson at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Jessen finished 19th and Thomson crossed the finish line in 21st.

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY J. LINDSTROM, DECEASED CASE NO. ESPR037049 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Nancy J. Lindstrom, Deceased, who died on or about March 22, 2017: You are hereby notified that on May 2, 2017, the Last Will and Testament of Nancy J. Lindstrom, deceased, bearing date of January 16, 1975 was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Brenda Smith, Jim Lindstrom and Mark Lindstrom were appointed executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated May 9, 2017 Brenda Smith, Jim Lindstrom & Mark Lindstrom Executors of Estate c/o 4224 68th Street Urbandale, IA 50322 Randal B. Caldwell, ICIS PIN No: AT0001375 Attorney for Executor Firm Name: Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC Address: 211 1st Ave. W. Newton, IA 50208 Date of second publication May 19, 2017 May 12 & 19 ORDINANCE NO. 2299 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF NEWTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE XV, CHAPTERS 155 AND 158, ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND SITE PLAN APPLICABILITY FOR FIREWORKS SALES AND WAREHOUSING USES. The description herein is a summary. Said Ordinance in its entirety may be inspected at the City Clerk's office, 101 West 4th Street South, Newton, Iowa during regular office hours, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa: That the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title XV, Chapter 155 and Title XV, Chapter 158 is amended as shown in “Attachment A.�: 155.04 (A) (6) Temporary Structure or Tent Sales with a total footprint (structure/tent and required additional parking) in excess of 360 square feet that do not impact on-site parking or circulation patterns, and are erected for more than 20 days.... a. Fireworks related businesses: Shall show on their site plan the distances from the fireworks sales or warehousing/storage structure to any residences or fuel sources within 200 feet.

Applicants shall verify distance from the next nearest fireworks related business....

158.003 Definitions: Fireworks: Any composition or devise for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. Toy smoke devises, wire or dipped sparklers, and cap guns are not considered fireworks for the purpose of this chapter.

158.023 C-A: Arterial Commercial. (C) Permitted Uses.

(14) Fireworks sales with storage of fireworks in a space equal to or less than 20% of the sales floor area.

The activity shall be located at least 150 feet from any residential dwelling, 150 feet from any fuel source, and 750 feet away from any other fireworks sales use.

158.027 C-T: Tourism Oriented Commercial District (C) Conditional Uses. (8) Same as above.

158.029 I-L: Light Industrial (C) Permitted Use (26) Same as above (27) Fireworks Warehousing or Storage without on-site sales.

The activity shall be located at least 150 feet from any residential dwelling, 150 feet from any fuel source, and 750 feet away from any other fireworks sales use.

158.030 I-H: Heavy Industrial (C) Permitted Use (7) (8) Same as above.

158.116 Home Occupations. (H) Fireworks related business is not allowed as a home occupation.

158.159 General Regulations. (H) Fireworks related business sign.

No more than one sign per business with a maximum size of 25 square feet...

158.139 Schedule of Parking Requirements. (G) Commercial.

Fireworks Sales, temporary or permanent: 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area occupied by the fireworks business, plus adequate turn around area for on-site circulation.

Passed by the City Council on May 15th, 2017 This Ordinance shall be effective after the final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

Katrina A. Davis CMC, City Clerk May 19 IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD LEE ATWOOD, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR037052 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Richard Lee Atwood, Deceased, who died on or about April 25, 2017: You are hereby notified that on May 9, 2017, the last will and testament of Richard Lee Atwood, deceased, bearing date of April 17, 2017, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Cynthia Lou Cupples was

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD LEE ATWOOD, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR037052 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Richard Lee Atwood, Deceased, who died on or about April 25, 2017: You are hereby notified that on May 9, 2017, the last will and testament of Richard Lee Atwood, deceased, bearing date of April 17, 2017, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Cynthia Lou Cupples was appointed executor of the estate.

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

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

Dated May 9, 2017.

Date of second publication 19th day of May, 2017 Cynthia Lou Cupples Executor of the Estate 201 W. 9th St. N. Newton, IA 50208 Address Caitlin Otto, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0013107 OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address caitlin@ottolawyers.com Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) May 12 & 19 IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY WILLIAMSON, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR037055 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Shirley Williamson, Deceased, who died on or about October 17, 2015: You are hereby notified that on May 15, 2017, the last will and testament of Shirley Williamson, deceased, bearing date of February 8, 1996, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Kathleen A. Wilson was appointed executor of the estate.

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

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

Dated May 16, 2017.

Date of second publication 26th day of May, 2017 Kathleen A. Wilson Executor of the Estate 2710 E. 5th St. S. Newton, IA 50208 Address Mark A. Otto, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0005939 OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address mark@ottolawyers.com Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) May 19 & 26

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UNBELIEVABLE SALE! Fri. May 19th 8a-5p Sat. May 20th 8a-5p Lots of collectibles, old harmonica's, Mickey Mouse, horses, black bears, Boyd's, Beanies, Hallmark metal cars, Lego's old to new, sewing machines old to new includes an antique treadle, all work, antique to newer quilts, quilt racks, Longaberger, lots of VHS movies, Hummel items, antique toys and more. Quilting mats & tools, plus dresser, queen bed & more furniture, dishes & lots of housewares...the list goes on!

705 E. 13th St. N. Northwest

TREASURE FINDERS ESTATE TAG SALE Mary and Jim Balmer Saturday, May 20 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Sunday, May 21 10:00 am - 2:00 pm 1721 N. 23rd Avenue W. Newton, IA Oak dining room table with six chairs, two leaves * oak dining room table with five chairs, two leaves * wood dinette table and two chairs * oak lighted china hutch * oak sideboard * handmade curio cabinet made by Jim * kitchen table with four chairs * Pennsylvania House 5 pc king size bedroom suite * Sleep by Number full size bed * 3 and 4 pc full size bedroom sets * full size bed * 3/4 antique bed * twin beds * dressers * chest of drawers * Flexsteel sofa * La-Z-Boy recliner * area rug * Maynard Reece prints * wall artwork and pictures * end tables * coffee tables * table and floor lamps * ornate vintage easel * antique wood rocker * book cases * small wood desk * grandfather clock * handmade baby cradle * TV armoires * oak and maple wall units * 2 and 4 drawer file cabinets * fireproof security filebox * desk chairs * B-flat clarinet * Yamaha keyboard and bench * Bose portable speaker set * telescope * cameras/tripods and small electronics * luggage * linens and bedding * quilt tops * quilting frame * cabinet sewing machines * Singer bentwood case table top sewing machine * Singer Featherlite sewing machine * costume jewelry * china * Corelle * collectible glassware * carnival glass * Maytag collectibles * cookbooks * kitchenware * small kitchen appliances, including microwave * ice cream freezer * Tupperware * Longaberger baskets * dorm size refrigerator * small chest freezer * canning jars * Rowenta iron * Hoover upright vacuums * Rainbow vacuum * Bissell carpet cleaner * toys * board games * large ceramic chess set * vintage PlaySkool * puzzles * dolls * children's books * plush * Japanese anime books and DVDs * Snowbabies * holiday decorations * golf clubs * Schwinn exercise bike * NordicTrak WalkFit 5000 * home health appliances * Schwinn his and hers bikes * hand garden and shop tools * tool boxes * extension cords * vintage shortwave radio * fishing rods * tackle boxes * trunks and wood crates * milk crates * bow and arrows * gun rack * mounted fish and pheasants * Rigid table saw and stand * Delta table saw * Rockwell router and stand * Ryobi router and table * Craftsman jointer * Rigid oscillating edge belt and spindle sander with stand * Dewalt radial arm saw and stand * Jet band saw * Delta disc sander and stand * routers * belt and hand sanders * circular hand saws * hand drills * Sanborn air compressor and sand blasting attachment * air brush sprayer * shop vacs * Lawnboy push mower * chain saws * Toro leaf blower * gas weed eaters * hedge trimmers * step ladders * 3 pc wicker set * lawn chairs * coolers * Thermos jugs * garden hoses * tomato crates * 3-ft fluorescent light fixtures * wheel barrow * ping pong table * always lots more!

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10 BIKE, in good condition $75., collectors item model of 57� Chevy $200., full size oil painting by LeeBurr $400., Seat Assist $85., Wahl hair clippers $30., post hole diggerr $50., brand new hiking boots size 10 ½ $70., antique pipe wrench $25., 14� tire trim for GM car 45., Super Toro blower/vac $55., round wood dining table & chairs $85. 641-841-0497.

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2 TICKETS to Paul McCartney, Wells Fargo Arena, Friday, July 21, 2017. Section 308, Row H. $320. for the 2 tickets.

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4 DRAWER Filing cabinet, 2 lockable drawers with $20. worth of hanging folders $60 golf balls $1. a dozen and up, no scuffs.

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4 MASTER Guard heat detectors wind ups $50.

Patio/deck foot rest 18�x20� tan $5. Electrolux upright vacuum (new) $100. Cash only. Leave message 641-792-1635.

500 GALLON fuel barrel with 110v pump $350. or OBO, painted white. 641792-3238.

6'' WATT Bowl “Autumn Leaf� pattern with Newton Mfg. Co. specialty advertising – Newton, Iowa on inside of bowl $75., pair occupied Japan figurines $5., brown leather belt size 36 $5., concrete yard elf 10� $8., 19� knome $10., Wagner #8 cast iron skillet $20., sewing basket with oak flip lid $8. 641-2757600.

CANDY MACHINE with keys & 3 dividers takes quarters (everything works) $115. Tiger Barb Fish $5.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1:64 Scale Cars $12/each. 515313-7803 FENTON LIME Green compote with lid “Water Lily� $20., “Paneled Daisy� candy dish $20., 4 Patsy Cline cassettes with Documentary in original box $10., 1940 smiley pig cookie jar $165., matching S&P shakers 5� $40., Longaberger pitcher, blue traditions $15., Hall's tea pot “Red Poppy� $25., Hall's water pitcher “Autumn Leaf� $25. 792-8017.

FIREWOOD FOR sale: split & seasoned hard woods. $55. truckload. $170. cord.

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FOR SALE power tools, small Makito Sender $10., Large Makito Sender $15., Makito disc grinder $25., Ryobi sprayer $30., Craftsman lithum nailer $20., Hitachi drill $20., Thrist Cat saw $50., Craftsman 16 gallon vac $20., Stanley vac $10. 641-745-5089.

TORO 32� zero turn mower, 452cc Kohler engine, 58 hrs, all warranties still effective, purchased new in 2014 $1800. 719-2896105

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.

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

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

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

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

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2011 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 4WD, ext. cab, flex fuel, victory red with ebony interior, very clean, 55,345 original miles, lots of extras $22,000. 641275-5058 1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 2011 FORD Ranger, 24k miles, extended cab, 2WD. Call for more information.

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Venus and Jupiter face off, pulling tension across the heavens. For all of his largess, Jupiter can hardly overpower the love goddess, who is fiercely feminine in her Aries armor.

Anyway, neither will win. The lesson: There are many different kinds of power and just as many ways to wield it. Force is often the least effective use of power.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 19). You are very much your own person this year, and you’ll be shedding old myths and definitions. The next10 weeks will do wonders for your satisfaction at work and also for your social ties. July presents a fun challenge and

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ARIES (March 21-April 19).

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

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CANCER (June 22-July 22).

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You refuse to think of yourself as a

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Embrace the paradise of imperfect circumstances. Right now, exactly as you are, you’re good enough to do what you really want to do, to the best of your ability. Also, you’ll never be more ready. Go! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There are people you you’re not happy around and yet can’t avoid altogether.

When you have to deal with them, involve others. More people will dilute the power of one negative influence.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you contradict someone, or even yourself, the energy of conflict will be ignited. This isn’t necessary! Acknowledge the things you can’t agree on.

The validation may be all

that’s necessary to discharge the bad energy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’ll be given gifts today, although they may be disguised as other things. Your definition of the term “gift” will be thereby expanded. Whether something is a gift or a bane is best determined over time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

You know what fun is to you.

Stick with that today and the smiles keep coming, whereas subscribing to other people’s idea of fun might actually make you feel irritated, uncomfortable or worse.

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PCM: Anderson qualifies for 200 finals Continued from Page 1B

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Carter Lee takes flight against two Pella Christian defenders in front of the goal. Lee’s attempt to head the ball into the net came up short against the visiting Eagles on Thursday. Pella Christian beat Newton, 1-0.

Eagles edge Cardinals

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

For the first 20 minutes of Thursday’s Little Hawkeye Conference soccer match pitting Class 2A 15thranked Newton High’s Cardinal girls against Class 1A 14th-rank Pella Christian’s girls, Newton had the upper hand.

Then the Eagles took over. The game swung on two mistakes by the goalkeepers — the Eagles took advantage and the Cardinals did not.

Pella Christian left Newton’s H.A. Lynn Stadium with a 1-0 win over the Cardinals, snapping a threegame win streak for Newton. Pella Christian scored with 16:45 left in the first half.

Newton senior goalkeeper Ashlee Freese came out too far, couldn’t get to the ball and wasn’t able to scramble back to thwart the Eagle attack.

Pella Christian’s Laura DeZwarte found the net.

The Cardinals trailed 1-0 at half-

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Continued from Page 3B Tomas said both McConeghey and Dakota Hostetter enjoy the thrill of chasing down runners who

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Dakota Hostetter runs in a Class 1A 200-meter dash preliminary during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium on Thursday.

time, but came out of the break looking for the equalizer. Pella Christian’s junior goalkeeper Bekah Horstman got caught in a play with Newton senior Morgan Allen. Horstman went down.

Newton had two or three shots at the goal in a mad scramble in front of the net. The Eagles were able clear the ball out. The Eagles controlled possession of the ball most the second half.

The Cardinals dropped to 10-4 overall and 3-3 in Little Hawkeye Conference play. Newton plays at 7 p.m. Friday at Boone in non-conference action.

Before the game began, Newton High principal Bill Peters and NHS Athletic Director Scott Garvis presented senior Ryanne Rausch with the game ball from Tuesday night and a plaque commemorating her 100 career goals.

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

are in front of them. Neither enjoys being in the lead as much.

“When I am in first, I am paranoid that someone is going to pass me,” McConeghey said.

“If I am behind and chasing them, I know they are the ones who are probably getting paranoid. I have more confidence running from behind.”

Dakota Hostetter has more motivation when she has someone to run after.

“It’s easier to see what’s in front of you and go get it,” Dakota Hostetter said.

“I am used to chasing at this point, but I am glad they are confident in me.”

Earlier in the day, Dakota Hostetter ran in the 200-meter dash prelims, Running in a sprint event on the blue oval for the first time in her historic career, the Tigerhawk senior placed 19th overall with a personal-best time of 27.60 seconds.

The goal for Hostetter, who picked up the event this season after running mostly distance events her first three seasons, was to run a PR and not finish last in her heat.

Both goals were met.

“It’s harder to get into a groove with sprints, but it was a fun experience,” Dakota Hostetter said.

“I have two more races left in my career. I want to really push it hard in those last two.”

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

in the shot put was marked at 45 feet, 7 3/4 inches. “I don’t feel like I was finishing toward the front like I should.”

Of the four runners competing in the 4x800 relay, Vos came in with the most state medals.

Her biggest goal Thursday was making sure her teammates got to come home with one, too.

“We had a few goals,” Vos said. “I wanted to get my teammates a medal in this event, I wanted to medal in an 800 event and we wanted to break the school record. So it was a good day.”

Vos was thrown into the relay with about three weeks to go in the season.

She first joined the group at the Heart of Iowa Conference meet and her teammates quickly discovered she made the foursome better.

“I saw her first 800 in practice, and I was wondering why hasn’t she ran them before,” Stafford said. “She has been a great addition to this group, and she’s had such a great attitude about it.

Most of the time, when you get pulled up to run an 800, they hate their life. But her attitude about it has been so encouraging and so helpful to the rest of us.”

It was the second career state medal for Stafford, who won her first one in the 4x400 relay as a sophomore.

“For me, it’s awesome because I only have one of those medals,” Stafford said. “We had some really good chances to get a few down here this year and to get one in the pocket in the first race is the best feeling.”

Schut had the unenviable task of running the same leg as Mid-Prairie’s Marie Hostetler, the runner-up in the 3,000 earlier in the day and the 2A girls cross country runner-up in the fall.

Schut held her own though, even passing the talented Hostetler on the corner with about 150 meters to go in her leg.

“I honestly thought I was crazy,” Schut said.

“There is no way I should be able to run with this girl, but I thought I would try to pass her.

She passed me back, but it felt really good to run by her.”

Schut and Ives were both a part of PCM’s 2016 4x800 state qualifying team that placed 24th. Schut made sure there wasn’t a repeat performance of that race Thursday.

“To go from what we did last year to this

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Ashley Miller runs in a 200-meter preliminary heat during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium on Thursday.

makes me feel really good,” Schut said. “I will never forget how bad we ran last year. The first thing I told myself today was that’s not going to happen again.”

Ives was disappointed with herself after the race. She wanted a better split, but she still did enough to allow Stafford to maintain medal position.

“I didn’t run my best, but it feels good to medal,” Ives said. “This is my favorite time of the year.

It’s incredible to be a part of this event. I honestly feel like a movie star every time I step into this stadium.”

Ives and Schut now own the middle school record and high school record in the 4x800.

“We are pretty good pair,” Ives said of her and Schut. “We have always ran stuff like this together. Hopefully these records will be up there for a long time.”

Another positive for the Mustangs came from Anderson in the 200. He qualified for Saturday’s final with an eighth-place finish in the prelims with a time of 22.68 seconds.

Van Wyk was 17th in the 200 prelims with a time of 23.11.

“My start was really bad in the 200. My first step was too wide so it made my second step wrong. I just came down on my heel wrong,” Anderson said. “I work on my starts, but they still have to get better. I think that’s the only thing that is stopping me right now.”

Both guys came up short in the 100 prelims.

Van Wyk was 20th in 11.55, and Anderson was

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Noah Clark throws the shot put in the state track and field meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday.

23rd with a time of 11.70.

It took an 11.29 to make finals.

“I love this. It’s a great place to be,” Van Wyk said. “There’s a lot of energy in this stadium. I looked up in the stands and noticed that there are a lot of people here.

It’s fun down here.”

Miller also ran in the 100 and 200 prelims.

She was 17th in the 100 in 13.01 and 18th in the 200 with a time of 26.84.

It took a 12.90 in the 100 and 26.22 in the 200 to make finals.

Ellens finished 15th in the 3,200 with a time of 10:08.05. He tried to maintain a good pace i the race despite the leaders going out much faster than he expected.

“There was no way I could keep up with that start. I just tried to stay back and run my race. I tried not to be concerned with everyone else,” Ellens said. “I would have liked to have been top eight, but I am happy with how I ran. I haven’t been under 10:10 in awhile.”

The shuttle hurdle relay team of sophomore Megan Cowman, freshman Lexi Kuecker, sophomore Morgan Uhlenhopp and Vos placed 17th in the prelims. The foursome ran a time of 1:11.08. They needed a 1:09.50 to advance to Saturday’s final.

Clark, who competed in the discus last year, was 22nd in the boys’ shot put. His first throw was 44-0. His best toss of 45-7 3/4 came on his second attempt. He had a foul on his final try.

Samson competed at the state meet for the first time. She qualified with the 24th best throw but finished 23rd with a toss of 32-1 1/4. Her best throw this season was 3411 3/4.

“I am super excited to be here. My goal the whole year was to get to state. I wanted to come here and PR,” Samson said. “I am upset at how I did because I know I can do better, but I also know that this was my first time and I have two more years to get better.

“I learned what this experience is like so I am hoping to go in both discus and shot put next year.”

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