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unday marked an important milestone for Newton High School’s class of 2017.

Diplomas were handed out at the school’s 142nd annual commencement, and now the young adults enter what is colloquially known as the “real world.”

Nearly 150 students graduated from NHS this year. It was one of the smallest graduating classes from Newton since the 1940s, said Principal Bill Peters, but the class of 2017 is the second highest scholarship recipient group in school history. More than $2.1 million in scholarships were awarded.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News The class of 2017 at Newton High School featured nearly 150 students, which was one of the smallest graduating classes from Newton since the 1940s, according to Principal Bill Peters.

City to host special meeting on fireworks, Hotel Maytag

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By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News PRAIRIE CITY — The aroma of smoked meat filled Prairie City’s downtown Garden Square Saturday afternoon, when the Prairie City EMS hosted its Pig Out and Bike Night.

The fundraiser event benefited the EMS team and proceeds will go toward equipment purchases. The Pig Out smoker contest featured nine teams, including teams from the Altoona and Ankeny area.

“We wanted to do something different from all of our other fundraisers, something that the

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Justin Jagler/Daily News Prairie City EMS volunteer Mandi Bright and her team prepare meat during the Pig Out smoker contest at the Garden Square Saturday afternoon.

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Justin Jagler/Daily News A bicyclist finishes his route for Pedal the Prairie at the Prairie Learning Center on Saturday. Due to weather conditions, only about 80 of the expected 1,000 or so people participated.

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The topic of fireworks use within city limits will likely be wrapped up at a special city council meeting on Wednesday. Also at the meeting, the preferred developer for the Hotel Maytag project will go before the council for preliminary approval.

In response to the Iowa Legislature recently legalizing the sale and use of fireworks in Iowa, the City of Newton is developing code to regulate both areas. At its meeting on May 15, council approved the first reading of an ordinance banning fireworks in a 4-2 vote with council members Craig Trotter and Miranda Kulis dissenting. It also adopted code regulating the sale of fireworks in the city.

To get ahead of the June 1 implementation date set by the state, the council will look to adopt a resolution on the usage of fireworks.

An amendment to the original ordinance is

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PRAIRIE CITY — Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge’s second annual Pedal the Prairie happened to fall on a dreary, wet and chilly day this year. Some cyclists, however, bundled up Saturday and participated.

The 4.5 mile entrance road to the refuge was closed to car traffic during the event, and cyclists winded through the prairie landscape with views of buffalo.

As part of Pedal the Prairie, the Prairie Learning Center hosted live animals, crafts and other activities. The refuge partnered with sev-

eral local agencies, the city of Prairie City and more than 20 volunteers.

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Red Rock Army Corp. of Engineers, Jasper County Conservation, Blank Park Zoo, the Wildlife Care Clinic and more were represented in the Learning Center. Inside, visitors participated in button making, drawing and ring toss.

The Wildlife Care Clinic brought along a rehabilitating great horned owl and a redtailed hawk. The animals were involved in car collisions, and the nonprofit care clinic is giving them a second chance at life.

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Central Iowa Today Today in History

Today is Monday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2017. There are 223 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 22, 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for the final time (Jay Leno took over as host three days later).

On this date: In 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress to explain his decision to veto a bill that would have allowed World War I veterans to cash in bonus certificates before their 1945 due date.

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

In 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)

In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka.

In 1981 “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison.

In 2011, a tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri, with winds up to 250 mph, claiming at least 159 lives and destroying about 8,000 homes and businesses.

Ten years ago: British prosecutors accused former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi of murder in the radioactive poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko (Russia, however, has refused to extradite Lugovoi.)

Five years ago: The Falcon 9, built by billionaire businessman Elon Musk, sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies, marking the first time a commercial spacecraft had been sent to the orbiting outpost.

Wesley A. Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, died in Silver Spring, Maryland, at age 85.

One year ago: President Barack Obama arrived in Vietnam, making him the third sitting president to visit the country since the end of the war. Madonna paid homage to Prince by wearing his signature color and bringing another icon — Stevie Wonder — onstage to sing the classic “Purple Rain” at the Billboard Music Awards.

Today’s Birthdays Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 77. Actress Barbara Parkins is 75. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Tommy John is 74.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is 60. Singer Morrissey is 58. Actress Ann Cusack is 56. Country musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 56. Rock musician Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 50. Actress Brooke Smith is 50. Actor Michael Kelly is 48. Model Naomi Campbell is 47. Actress Anna Belknap is 45. Actor Sean Gunn is 43. Actress A.J. Langer is 43. Actress Ginnifer Goodwin is 39. Rhythm-and-blues Vivian Green is 38. Actress Maggie Q is 38. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno is 35. Actress Camren (cq) Bicondova is 18.

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That’s Odd Appearance of young bear puts kibosh on high school game WELLS RIVER, Vt. (AP) — The appearance of a bear cub — a real one, not a mascot — forced the cancellation of a pair of high school baseball and softball games in Vermont.

Blue Mountain Union High School and Oxbow High School gave up Friday after a curious black bear cub refused to be shooed away, and then wandered into a dugout.

Oxbow baseball coach Shawn French told the Valley News it was a historic first that sent players and fans scurrying indoors.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WITH HOPES FOR PEACE UNCERTAIN, TRUMP LANDS IN ISRAEL The Republican makes his first visit to the flashpoint region with few concrete ideas of solving a problem that has vexed U.S. presidents for decades.

2. LAWMAKERS VOW AIRING OF COMEY FIRING REASONS Congressional action into the FBI director’s dismissal comes amid a deepening investigation into Russia’s interference with the U.S. election.

3. NORTH KOREA SAYS READY TO DEPLOY, MASS-PRODUCE NEW MISSILE Pyongyang says its new medium-range rocket is capable of

reaching Japan and major U.S. military bases.

4. AP: FORD SHAKEUP AT TOP The automaker is replacing CEO Mark Fields amid questions about its current performance and future strategy.

5. GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS CONFRONTING SCHOOL SEX ASSAULT Elementary and secondary schools adapt intervention approaches typically used to handle potential school shooters, AP finds.

6. HOW THOSE AFFECTED FEEL ABOUT NAFTA AP interviews workers on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border to better understand a relationship that generates $500 billon in bilateral trade each year.

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SELECTION STARTS Lawyers in the entertainer’s sex assault case hope to find a dozen jurors and six alternates in Pittsburgh willing to be sequestered nearly 300 miles from home.

8. WHICH FELINE MIGHT BE NEXT URBAN PEST Joining the likes of foxes, coyotes and even mountain lions in rare cases, hungry bobcats are making a home in small towns and suburbs.

9. WHO WON BIG AT BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Rapper Drake gets a lucky 13 wins at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas beating Adele’s previous record.

10. LEBRON PROVES MORTAL The Cavs star had the worst playoff game of his career, scoring just 11 points and committing six turnovers in a stunning loss Game 3 to Boston.

Entertainment Drake dominates, Cher reflects at Billboard Music Awards Drake was a high roller in Las Vegas, beating Adele’s record for most wins at the Billboard Music Awards. Cher and Celine Dion each reflected on their own iconic careers and amazing songs on Sunday night’s awards show, while a moment of silence was held for rocker Chris Cornell, who died Thursday in Detroit.

Miley Cyrus delivered an emotional, but low-key performance and Vanessa Hudgens shined as cohost.

These are the top moments from the awards show.

DRAKE’S LUCKY 13 The rapper broke Adele’s record with 13 wins for the night as well as an eye-catching performance in the middle of famous Fountains of Bellagio. With the streams of water and fireworks timed

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accept her Icon Award, she wasn’t afraid to do a little bragging. The singer and actress noted that she had been lucky to have a dream career for more than five decades, and at the age of 71, she said she can still hold a plank for five minutes.

She certainly showed off that athletic bod in a revealing outfit with pasties and a blonde wig as she performed her ‘90s dance hit “Believe,” then AP Photo changed into a teased Drake won 13 awards, including Top Artist, at the Billboard up curly black mane and Music Awards on Sunday. leather jacket for her perto his song, “Gyalches- ing Nicki Minaj, co-host formance of “If I Could ter,” the Canadian rapper Ludacris and Lil Wayne. Turn Back Time.” danced around a platform The Chainsmokers, who She noted she was told in the water. tied Drake with 22 nomi- early on that she never He already had 10 nations, won four awards, was the most beautiful awards by the time the while other top winners, or the most talented, but show began, but made Beyonce and twenty one she was special and added sure to give a shout out pilots, both won five each, that “luck has so much to during his acceptance but did not attend. do with my success with speeches to his friends ICONIC CHER a little bit of something in the audience includWhen Cher got up to thrown in.”

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Local & State News Graduation Continued from Page 1A The ceremony, which was originally planned for Maytag Park, commenced in the high school gym due to weather. The gym was filled with hundreds of cheering friends and family members.

Commencement speaker Emily Mehman, who was one of seven class valedictorians, delivered a speech called “Moments to Remember.”

“We would not be where we are today without our families, our friends and our teachers,” Mehman said.

“Thank you for pushing us to succeed while also helping us through the bad times and keeping in check during the good times.”

The varsity concert choir performed two songs at the event, and

the NHS combined bands provided the processional and recessional music.

Members of the NCSD School Board and Superintendent Bob Callaghan were also present. Callaghan introduced class president Emily Miller, who gave a speech titled “New Tomorrows.”

Miller, who was another valedictorian, spoke about the class motto: “Each of us has different talents, different dreams, different destinations, but we all have the power to make a new tomorrow.”

Among other things, the class of 2017 will be remembered as the class that took Newton boys basketball to the state tournament for the first time since 1992, Miller said.

The basketball team’s success was a collective effort. Teachers, coaches, managers and com-

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Sixty-five students were named to the honor roll with grade point average 3.0 or above. Class valedictorians were Courtney Jacobsen, Emily Mehman, Emily Miller, Sarah Prendergast, Taylor Shipley, Katherine Thorpe and Joshua Ventling.

After diplomas were handed to each member of the class of 2017, Katherine Thorpe read a poem by C.W. Longenecker called “The Victor.”

Principal Peters, who is a 1983 graduate of NHS, commended the 2017 graduates for their kindness. He said the United States could learn a lesson from Newton students, who staged a peaceful walkout of the school earlier this year. NHS

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town hasn’t seen yet,” said Prairie City EMS driver and secretary Mandi Bright.

The EMS team has several meat smoking enthusiasts, so the idea came to fruition naturally.

“It all came together fast,” Bright said. “This is our first year, we’re learning a lot.”

Unfortunately, Saturday’s weather did not cooperate. It was chilly and wet, but the sun did peak out a little later in the day. Bright said the turnout was pretty good considering the weather and that it’s graduation weekend.

The small crowd that showed up for the event purchased wristbands and everyone was able to taste each of the smoked meats. Three judges from the EMS team ranked the appearance, texture and taste of the meats.

The top three teams picked up cash prizes that came from the Pig Out registration fees. Wristband sales went to the EMS team.

EMTs helped set up the event, Bright said. The Prairie City EMS also partnered with Wilkie’s Garage and Stampede for Saturday’s activities. A Sally Ann Homemade Ice Cream truck was present, but it wasn’t an ideal day outside for an icy treat.

The Bike Night portion of the event did not benefit from the weather, either. Eventually some bikes did show up, though. Music came from large outdoor speakers, and the people who showed up enjoyed their time.

There was also a bags tournament out front of Stampede and Main Street was closed to car traffic.

expected to be introduced to the council to allow the consumer use of fireworks between 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 4 and between 9 a.m. on Dec. 31 and 12:30 a.m. on the immediate next day.

In order to have the code

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Justin Jagler/Daily News Class President Emily Miller delivers her speech entitled “New Tomorrows.” Miller was one of seven valedictorians for the class of 2017 at NHS.

students didn’t stoop to name-calling and acts of violence like many others did, Peters said.

Peters talked about school groups such as Empower Tanzania and other ways students help such as Red Pride Service Day. Combined with the

adopted prior to the beginning of June, the council will need to waive the second and third considerations of the newly amended ordinance. Once approved, the code will be enforced in the city.

Also at the meeting, the council will be presented with its first look at the development group selected to rehabilitate the former Ho-

junior class at NHS, Newton seniors earned more than 2,500 college credits.

“Literally thousands and thousands of dollars were saved because these kids took the initiative to take those classes,” Peters said.

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tel Maytag. Following several months of searching, city staff selected the Hatch Development Group, LLC of Des Moines to lead the project.

Hatch Development Group has submitted a proposal to rehabilitate the historic building into upgraded apartments and commercial spaces along with the rehabilitation of the former ball-

cent of the class of 2017 will attend college or post-secondary training. Some will head straight to the workforce. Four will serve in the military.

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room area.

The city proposes to designate Hatch as the preferred developer, meaning that the city would not negotiate with other developers until Aug. 7, while working with Hatch to arrive at an acceptable agreement.

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

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Justin Jagler/Daily News Sora, a rehabilitating red-tailed hawk looks around the Prairie Learning Center on Saturday. The hawk was with the Wildlife Care Clinic, which has been rehabilitating Iowa wildlife since 1984.

Pedal Continued from Page 1A Outside, the cycling part of the event suffered from low turnout due to the weather.

About 80 people participated. For comparison, more than 800 people pedaled last year.

Nancy Corona, who is Visitor Services Manager at Neal Smith, said the refuge will continue

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to host the event annually if it can.

“It’s to encourage people to come out and enjoy biking,” Corona said. “It goes right through the reconstructed prairie, so you see the prairie during the first spring bloom.

We’re just trying to encourage people to get out here and use it, come out and learn about the trails and our programs.”

Pedal the Prairie is about reaching out to different avenues of people, Corona said.

Although turnout was much smaller than anticipated, the refuge was able to engage some people with its mission to spread the word that it’s fun to come out to Neal Smith.

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From Monday through June 4 state and local law enforcement agencies across the nation, as well as Iowa, will be stepping up seat belt enforcement.

Memorial Day weekend kicks off the busy summer season with many more families on the roads. Iowa’s seat belt usage rate of 94 percent is one of the highest in the nation but the remaining six percent of vehicle occupants account for approximately half of all traffic fatalities. Seat belts are the single most effective way to survive a crash.

The Department of Public Safety and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau would like to bust some seat belt myths (2015 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration): Pickup trucks will not protect you in a crash if you are not wearing a seat belt. Sixty percent of pickup truck occupants who were killed were not buckled. That compares to 42 percent of passenger car occupants.

Where you sit in the vehicle does not matter. Forty-seven percent of all front-seat passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes were not wearing seat belts, but 57 percent of those killed in back seats were unrestrained.

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Love beyond the land

In the Neighborhood Pam Rodgers

Editor’s Note: This column originally published April 9, 2015. arly in the morning, he rises with knees creaking as he stands from his bed. He prepares for the long day ahead, donning his worn pair of coveralls and beat-up Pioneer cap, which covers the few white hairs that remain on his head.

After a quick cup of instant coffee and a bowl oatmeal, he makes his way out to the garage, or “The Shop,” as he calls it. He loads his tools, buckets and boxes in his truck bed and hops into the cab, still light on his feet after 80-plus years. Driving slowly so things don’t shift around, he travels the short distance to his destination.

The world is just coming awake around him, and he takes a moment

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to gaze at the stretch of land where he will be spending his day. Not wanting to waste the cool morning, he gets to work to create his masterpiece. Days of prep work already completed, he continues where he left off from the previous evening. With tender loving care, he prepares each section of soil for what’s to come.

The results will not be immediate, but he will watch over his work. One day, months from this moment, his garden will thrive and yield satisfying and tasty results.

My grandfather loved to garden.

Since I can remember, he and my grandmother spent hours upon hours of work tending expansive gardens from the first moments of spring until the end of fall.

The farm life mentality never left them,

even after moving to town. It was a great way for them to enjoy their golden years.

In my youth, I would help in anyway I could. It was an excuse to get dirty without getting into trouble with mom, what kid wouldn’t love that opportunity?

Even after grandma passed, grandpa continued in his gardening ways and even expanded. He found a nice, empty lot in the north part of Garwin and had an agreement with the owners about using the space for his garden. He planted tomatoes, onions, radishes, peas, sweet corn, potatoes, pumpkins, watermelons and everything in between. Every spare minute was spent tending his garden, of course, always taking a break during the warmer hours of the day for his afternoon nap.

He had his own special way to do everything to get the soil just right for planting, which was fantastic and frustrating because you can never duplicate it. He took pride in being able to plant tomato plants in the double digits and rows and rows of sweet corn. When the

raccoons would try to steal some of his golden-eared crop, he put up an electric fence to ward them off; and he even slept a few nights by his garden to protect what was his.

We lost him almost nine years ago; and every year, around this time, I think of him and imagine that he’s out in his garden somewhere, getting everything ready for another impressive crop. No matter how many vegetables I eat, they will never compare to the ones from his garden.

In his last year with us, he was able to get one last garden started before he joined grandma in heaven. As a family, we were able to finish what he started.

I’m sure we didn’t do everything exactly as he did, but we tried our best. We continue to plant tomatoes each year, but we keep it to just a few plants. It’s a great way to honor his memory and think about all the times spent helping grandpa in the garden.

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Eye on America John Stossel

Cruel and stupid President Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, ordered federal prosecutors to seek maximum penalties for drug-related crimes.

This is both cruel and stupid.

It’s cruel because Session’s 5,000 prosecutors must now push for long jail sentences even for people who pose no violent threat and for some who are utterly innocent.

It’s stupid because it will cost America a fortune but won’t make us safer.

The U.S. already locks up more people than any other country. We have 4 percent of the world’s population but more than 20 percent of the world’s prisoners.

This happened partly because of bad reporting by people like me. Decades ago, my colleagues and I made people more terrified of crime than they need to be, by covering all the grisly details of local crimes.

“If it bleeds, it leads” became the mantra in newsrooms.

Our scary reporting, combined with a doubling in the crime rate from about 1960 to 1990, led politicians to say, “We must do something!”

Politicians reacted to the media hype by passing three-strikes laws and intensifying the war on drugs.

Three-strikes laws worked, if “worked” means locking people up for longer periods. But taking away judges’ ability to use their own judgment is cruel to some defendants.

It’s also not clear that the longer sentences made us safer. Crime dropped just as much in states that liberalized sentencing rules as states that did not.

Intensifying the drug war definitely did not work.

America locked drug sellers up, but drug use remained the same. Fat black-market profits enticed new groups of sellers to enter the business.

Now, almost no one claims that getting stoned is a good thing. Drugs, like alcohol, should be kept away from children. I admire President Trump’s self-restraint. He says he’s never used drugs, cigarettes or alcohol partly because his brother, Fred, drank himself to death. Drugs, cigarettes and alcohol do a lot of damage.

But they don’t do it to everyone. Lots of American adults manage drug or alcohol use while still raising families and going to work.

Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama used drugs when they were young, but then, when they became presidents, they hypocritically supported the drug war. They locked up other Americans who had less power than they had.

That didn’t stop drug sales. The drug war just drove the trade into the hands of nastier criminal gangs. Violence between those gangs is a much bigger problem than the drug use itself.

As Neill Franklin, a former Baltimore police officer and drug warrior, puts it, “Drugs are problematic. But the policies to prohibit their use are 10 times more problematic.”

During Prohibition, gangs like Al Capone’s shot each other over alcohol. It wasn’t because alcohol suddenly made people more violent during those years. It was simply because a popular product was made illegal. The murder rate dropped by half when Prohibition ended.

Trump says he’s worried about violence in black neighborhoods and violence committed by drug gangs along the U.S.’s southern border.

The hidden bombshell in the Comey-Trump story

How can you tell an authoritarian when you see one? We know the 20th century hallmarks — brown shirts, street rallies, and the like. But there’s an autocratic attitude, some historians suggest, that can easily be traced across the centuries.

To put it simply, New York University professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat told Democracy Now recently, “authoritarians believe that institutions should serve them, and not the other way around.”

Just ask Jim Comey — who, as recently as October, might’ve been Donald Trump’s favorite person.

Less than two weeks before the November vote, the now-former FBI director announced that he was reopening an investigation into one of Trump’s favorite subjects: Hillary Clinton’s emails.

For that, Trump praised Comey’s “guts,” while Clinton now blames Comey’s announcement for costing her the election.

Trump seemed happy to accept that help. But in a twist, Comey also found the guts to investigate whether Trump accepted help from the Russians, too. For that, he was fired this month. “This Russia thing” was “a made-up story,” Trump complained by way of explanation.

Khalil Bendib/ OtherWords. org All that’s explosive enough.

Even more so was a subsequent revelation: That Trump had called on Comey to “let go” of an in-

Another View Peter Certo vestigation into Michael Flynn, Trump’s national security adviser who’d been ousted for lying about his own contacts with the Russians.

That little bombshell is now headline news all over. But buried in the New York Times story about that memo was another, less noticed bomblet: “Alone in the Oval Office,” the paper reported, Trump said “Comey should consider putting reporters in prison for publishing classified information.”

That’s right: In addition to asking Comey to stop investigating his friend Flynn, the president called on the FBI director to arrest journalists who published things Trump found unflattering.

Perhaps including stories like this one.

Was this an impulsive request?

Not likely. In fact, the administration appears to have been laying the groundwork for this for some time.

Take WikiLeaks. Trump once said he “loved” the group for publishing leaked Clinton campaign emails. But then it earned the White House’s enmity by also publishing details about CIA hacking.

Trump’s CIA director has since described WikiLeaks as “a hostile foreign intelligence service” and warned that “America’s First Amendment freedoms” will not “shield them from justice.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions is now trying to bring a case against the group’s founder, Julian Assange.

While leaking classified information may be a crime, publishing it most certainly isn’t — that’s been protected by the Supreme Court since the early 1970s. In this respect, any charges brought against WikiLeaks could equally be brought against virtually every newspaper and TV station in the country.

Which, by all appearances, is the idea. When CNN asked if the WikiLeaks case could lead to charges against other outlets, Sessions didn’t bother to deny it.

Of course, this is all under the auspices of a candidate who called journalists “lying, disgusting people” and even wondered aloud about whether he’d kill them as president. (He ultimately said no, but seemed reluctant.) And it’s the same White House that wants to sue journalists whose reporting it disputes.

But consider that Michael S. Schmidt, the Times reporter who broke the Comey memo story, happens to be the very same person who reported on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

Has anyone benefited more from that reporting than Trump?

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Obituaries Sandra A. Damman May 18, 2017 Sandra A. “Sandy” Damman, 68, of Altoona, died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Newton. A Requiem

Laurene Davis May 19, 2017 Laurene Davis, 89, of Ames, died May 19, 2017, at Park Centre in Ne w t o n .

A gathering of friends and family will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

Tu e s d ay, May 23 at Grandon Funeral and

Shawn E. Ridenour May 11, 2017 Shawn E. Ridenour, the son of Lynn Thomas and Rebecca Rose (Kilker) Ridenour, was born Aug. 8, 1968, in Des Moines. He attended Newton schools and Marshalltown Community College.

Shawn had worked as a truck driver for Troen Trucking. He enjoyed working on electronics and in past years he enjoyed golfing, hunt-

Rosa Carpio Santos May 12, 2017 Rosa Carpio Santos, 65, of Oskaloosa, formerly of Newton and Olongapo City, Phillipines, died F r i d a y, May 12, 2017, in an

M a s s will be at 11 a.m. Satu r d a y, May 27 at the Wa l lace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. The family will greet friends

from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27 at the funeral home. Memorials to the Susan G. Komen Foundation can be left at the funeral home.

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

Sandy is survived by her husband, Gary of Altoona; three chil-

dren, Bill (Lisa) Damman of Indianola, Eric (Jennifer) Damman of Otsego, Minn., and Jessica (Jason) Rickers of Des Moines; and her eight grandchildren, Olivia, Emma, Rachel, James, Spencer, Kaitlynn, Samantha and Jacob. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way in Ames, with a 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 24 service at Ascension Lutheran Church, 2400 Bloomington Road in Ames, Iowa 50010. A burial will follow at Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Laurene was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Ames, the daughter of Burnis and Hilda Myers. She graduated from Luther High School in 1945. In 1945, she married Ronald Max Taylor, who preceded her in death in

1963. She then married Kenneth Davis Oct. 4, 1968, in Ames. He preceded her in death in 2013. Laurene worked at Iowa State University in the University Student Health Services, retiring in 1993. She was also a member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Ames and American Business Women.

Laurene is survived by her children, Linda (Jerry) LoRang of Newton, Randy (Linda) Taylor of Minnesota

City, Minn., and Keith (Cheryl) Taylor of Urbandale; stepchildren, Garry Davis of Elk City, Okla., and Rodney Davis of La Vista, Neb.; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husbands.

Memorial may be directed to Ascension Lutheran Church in Ames.

Online condolences may be directed to grandonfunerlandcremationcare. com.

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Shawn died Thursday, May 11, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. He was 48 years old. Shawn was preceded in death by his grandparents.

Those left to honor Shawn’s memory include his sons, Justin Tysseling and Chaz Ridenour; his daughter, Alexius Ridenour; his three grandchildren, Damian, Levi and Carter; his mother, Rebecca Porter; his step-father, Eugene Porter; his father and step-mother, Lynn and

automobile accident in Poweshiek County.

Rosa’s funeral mass will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, May 24 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 305 E. Howard St. in Colfax. The family will greet friends from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Wednesday, May 24 at the church.

Memorials to the family (please make checks payable to Mercy Meador or to Ben

Cheryl Ridenour; his sisters, Shannon Pierson and Amber Porter; his half-sister, Faith Fletcher; a niece, Alexandria DuFour; and nephews, Ryan Pierson and Kainan DuFour.

A funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m.

Monday, May 22 at the Pence-Reese Funeral home in Newton.

The family will greet friends from 12:30 p.m. until service time Monday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be designated in Shawn’s name to assist with funeral expenses.

Carpio) may be left at the church the day of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attention: Santos Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish Rosa’s memory are her sons, Richard Santos, Joy (Geraldine) Santos, Victor (Vanny) Santos and Albert Santos, all of

Congregate Meals Tuesday Beef and cheddar sandwich, potatoes, Harvard beets, mandarin oranges, oatmeal raisin cookie and skim milk Wednesday Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, plums, pudding and skim milk For reservations or information about congregate and home-delivered meals, call 641-792-7102 or 866-9427102 toll-free.

Alice Shuler May 20, 2017 Alice “Tootie” Shuler, 77, of Kellogg, died May 20, 2017, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.

A funeral service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 25 at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, with burial in Prairie View Cemetery in Gilman.

Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday evening.

Olongapo City, Philippines; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; her siblings, Ben (Kristina) Carpio of Oskaloosa, Mercy (Richard) Meador of Newton, Fely Jaduko of the Philippines and Federico (Ruby) Carpio, Jr. of Australia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Apolinario Santos; brother, Agripino Cundangan; and sister, Demetria Esparas.

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• Read with Orion will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W. The library will have a certified therapy dog in the children’s department to listen to children read. Volunteer Cynthia Healy and her dog will be at the puzzle table area in the library to give your child a chance to practice reading aloud. No appointment necessary, just stop by and take your turn reading aloud for a few minutes.

• Jasper County Republican Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at American Legion, 1101 W. Fourth St. S. in Newton. Please note the time change. A pizza supper will be first with the meeting will to follow at 7 p.m. Guests will be Rep. Greg Heartsill and Sen. Amy Sinclair. They will speak, in depth, about the 2017 legislative session and what we can look to in 2018. All interested Republican enthusiasts are welcome.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Kiwanis will meet at 6 a.m. Tuesday at Monroe City Hall, 206 Sherman St. • Senior 2-Person Best Shot will begin at 9 a.m.

Tuesday at Westwood Golf Course, 3387 Highway F48 W. in Newton. The Senior 2-Person Best Shot - Bucket Cup is open to anyone 50 years or older.

Cost is $20 each. Call Westwood Golf Club at 641792-3087 to register your team and/or 4-some.

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

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

• Classic Car Show will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Arby’s in Newton.

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

Dinner will be in the basement of the church.

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

• Ladies Golf Clinic will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Westwood Golf Course, 3387 Highway F48 W. in Newton. The Ladies Golf Clinic, led by PGA Pro Brad Sponseller, takes place Tuesday evenings in May. These clinics are meant for any level of golfing. The cost is $5 per night. Sign up by calling 641-792-3087 or stopping at the Pro Shop at Westwood Golf Course.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

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

• Iowa Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Newton. Local law officers will run from Casey’s East to the entrance of the West Wood Golf Course.

They will stop for a break and a drink at the courthouse lawn and will chat and take photos with any Progress Industries clients then continue the run.

There will be a squad leading the runners and a squad tailing the runners.

• Tech time at the Library will gegin at 2 p.m.

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DEAR ABBY: My fiance, “David,” and I are getting married soon.

We have been living together and engaged for a year, and together eight years. It takes him forever to get things done around the house or buy things we need. I have tried lists and constant reminders.

David recently lost his job and is interviewing to find another one. He loves sports, so he plays softball with his friend in a league, which takes up an entire day of the weekend. When he comes home, he wants to watch sports on TV. The house is old (it was my grandfather’s), and there’s always something that needs doing or fixing.

When I ask him to help, he pushes it to the next day or says he’ll get to it eventually. I told him he needs to grow up and start shouldering responsibilities. This is causing our relationship to suffer. I have been wanting to see a marriage counselor, but David refuses.

We’re about to get married and I’m afraid I’m walking into a trap and the rest of my life will be one in which he has all the fun and I do all the housework. Help! — SEES THE WRITING ON THE WALL DEAR SEES: I’ll try. Before entering into a marriage, couples should have premarital counseling.

Clearly, you and David haven’t done that. Please understand that at this point in your relationship, he should still be on his best behavior. This may be the way he handles — or more accurately — AVOIDS responsibility.

I recommend you put the wedding on hold a little longer and talk with a counselor. If he’s unwilling to go, please do not let it hold you back.

You will find it to be supportive, enlightening and valuable.

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 11 years and I have a running argu-

ment. I say a man should walk curbside. My husband insists that in the military, the higher-ranking officer always walks on the right. He says he “honors” me by doing so. I am grateful to have such a loving, caring spouse, but I’m not comfortable with this. Your insight would be appreciated. — CALIFORNIA PEDESTRIAN DEAR PEDESTRIAN: You were taught traditional rules of good manners. One of them is that when men and women walk on the street together, the man should stay toward the curb.

Back in the day, the rule was instituted because people used to empty chamber pots from second-story windows and the refuse was less likely to hit the person closer to the house. In the horse-and-buggy days, the pedestrian closer to the street was more likely to get splashed in rainy weather. (The same can happen when cars pass through puddles today.)

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DES MOINES — Des Moines police are investigating after a man was found dead in a church parking lot early Sunday.

The dead man was found in the parking lot of Zion Lutheran Church around 2:30 a.m. with a 27-year-old man who was wounded in a shooting. Police say that at least two other people injured by gunfire in the city overnight, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many different shootings occurred. The man who died was identified as 19-year-old Ruot Gach, of Carroll.

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WATERLOO — Authorities say a man suspected of shooting at a Waterloo officer has been apprehended after a foot chase.

Police say Officer Tyler Brownell was dispatched to check a report of gunshots around 11:20 p.m. Sunday. Police say that as Brownell approached a man about two blocks from where the gunshots were reported, the man suddenly fired at Brownell but missed. Police say Brownell didn’t return the fire and say the man was soon chased down and taken into custody.

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MASON CITY — Men from Texas and Alabama have been sentenced for posing as Internal Revenue Service agents and bilking a northern Iowa woman.

Fourty-one-year-old Eduardo Cruz, of Grapevine, Texas, last week was sentenced to four days in jail. A $625 fine was suspended, and he was ordered to pay nearly $5,000 in restitution. He’d pleaded guilty to theft. Co-defendant Coty Phillips, of Eufaula, Ala., last month was sentenced to 85 days in jail and ordered to pay $69 in restitution.

2 Former greyhound track falls into disrepair in Waterloo

WATERLOO — The eyesore that used to be the Waterloo Greyhound Park has fallen into disrepair while two groups with a claim on it battle in court.

City officials have stopped issuing citations for broken windows, overgrown weeds and graffiti until the legal dispute between the National Cattle Congress and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa is settled.

5 Iowa Supreme Court orders new trial in sex abuse case

DES MOINES — As expected, the Iowa Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced last year to up to 10 years for sexually abusing a teenage boy.

Friday’s decision by the Iowa Supreme Court came after state prosecutors last month took the rare step of asking it to reverse 61-year-old Doug Lindaman’s conviction.

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Branstad veto puzzles groups seeking money for repairs DES MOINES (AP) — Some advocates for programs that help low-income people are expressing puzzlement over Gov. Terry Branstad’s decision to veto spending from an infrastructure fund, saying he preferred the money go directly to individuals.

When he used his lineitem veto authority earlier this month to cut $1.8 million in spending approved by the Iowa Legislature, Branstad wrote that he would prefer state funds “be directed to the low-income individuals the agencies serve and not to the agencies’ facilities.”

However, the proposed spending came from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, which by state law can only be used for building renovation, major repairs, utilities and site development, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.

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This fund is not set up for individua ls,” said Sen. Rick Bertrand, the Republican chairman of the subcommittee that Branstad oversees the infrastructure fund. “You can’t have it both ways. I understand in a tight budget year that decisions are made, but I was disappointed.

I think these funds would help more people in need in all corners of the state.”

The money was intended for repairs to 17 buildings overseen by the Iowa Community Action Association.

The organization serves nearly 300,000 low-income Iowans across all 99 counties with programs aimed at providing early childhood education, home energy assistance and family

Former Iowa Lt. Gov. Joy Corning dies at age 84 DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad says one of his former Lt. Governors, Joy Corning, has died at the age of 84.

Corning served two terms as lieutenant governor under Branstad beginning in 1990. She had lived with a liver condition for 21 years, but she told the Des Moines Register recently that her health had been failing.

Branstad says he was saddened to hear about Corning’s death. He re-

members her as a dedicated mother and excellent role model who fought for quality education.

Corning had the opportunity to say goodbye to her three daughters and nine grandchildren and write her own obituary before her death.

The Register says Corning didn’t even mention her role as lieutenant governor in the obituary she wrote. Her daughters added it at the end.

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Officials said they didn’t understand Branstad’s reasoning in vetoing the money, which now remains unspent in the Rebuild Iowa fund.

“I found the governor’s rationale a little hard to understand since it is the infrastructure fund, and you would think it would only be used for infrastructure,” said Jean Logan, the director for Community Action Agency of Siouxland, which serves 16,000 people in Woodbury County.

And Sharon Ford, director for Burlington-based Community Action of Southeast Iowa, noted, “the title of this whole thing is infrastructure, so our understanding was that it was for infrastructure and not for services.”

When asked why the governor suggested spending infrastructure money on programs or how that would be allowed, Branstad spokesman Ben

Hammes provided a response that largely repeated the veto statement. Hammes declined to answer further questions.

Officials with the Iowa Community Action Association said some of their buildings are in desperate need of repairs. Projects that had been planned included addressing flood damage, collapsing roofs and asbestos growth.

“We can do a better job serving Iowans if we have better facilities,” said Lana Shope, the association’s executive director. “We needed it in order to improve our services to individuals and families trying to improve their lives.”

Ford said her agency planned to use the funding for a new building that would provide privacy to clients applying for low-income assistance and a more adequate environment for early childhood education programs, which are partially operated out of a mobile unit.

The agency serves more than 14,000 people in Henry, Des Moines, Louisa and Lee counties.

“There’s not enough room there for all of our children,” Ford said. “We really, really needed those funds.”

Logan said the Woodbury County building is damaged beyond repair with crumbling walls and a basement that is now closed due to mold growth.

In seeking money from lawmakers, Shope said she shared a seven-page summary of infrastructure requests with each lawmaker on the budget subcommittee and asked agency staff to reach out to the governor via his website about building needs.

Although the effort seemed to initially pay off, Branstad’s veto left them feeling disappointed and unsure how to deal with their building problems.

Iowa college planning $50M in campus improvements DAVENPORT (AP) — A Davenport college is unveiling plans for more than $50 million in campus improvements that includes student housing, building upgrades and athletic fields.

Palmer College of Chiropractic unveiled preliminary plans at a community meeting Thursday. The college hopes to make the improvements over the next 10 years, but part of the plan is already being implemented with the construction of a $14 million athletic facility, said Aaron Christopher, the

college’s vice chancellor.

Most of the improvements aim to modernize the campus in an effort to retain and recruit more students, he said.

“We hear from students now that their experience is the most important factor. It’s vital we provide that quality campus experience to maintain enrollment,” he said.

The college has been working with city staff since fall to create a long-term plan for the campus, he said.

“The city wanted to know what our overall plan was ...

not just (plans for) one building at a time,” Christopher said.

The proposal would require several city streets to be vacated. Some of the plans include development on properties — including residential homes and commercials buildings — that the college doesn’t own yet, Christopher said.

The plan is expected to go to city council in July. Christopher said he hopes the plan will be finalized by September and work on some of the projects could begin in the next six months.

Iowa man carves wooden crosses for people facing hardships than 1,000 Bennett has made during the past several years.

His “old, rugged crosses” are little gifts he gives friends and strangers facing tragedy and sorrow.

From scrap wood he carves gifts to “give away happiness” to anyone needing it.

“The kind of stories I hear,” Bennett said, “they’re beautiful.

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Eventually, he started making batches of about 50 at a time.

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Rock-and-roll to fishing: Quarry Springs Park will offer family fun for month of June

By Anthony Victor Reyes Jasper County Tribune COLFAX — With the warm sun and hot temperatures returning to Jasper County, it is a perfect time of year to stop

by Quarry Springs Park and enjoy the cool water.

From its fishing derby to its outdoor music concert, the Colfax Parks and Recreation Auxiliary Board is making it easy to find an excuse to come to Quarry Springs in June and enjoy a day of fresh air.

Children up to 18 years old have a chance to win fabulous prizes, from toys to gift cards, at Colfax Parks and Recreation Auxiliary Board’s second annual fishing derby June 3 at Quarry Springs. The event will allow participants to catch fish on the west lake from 9 to 11 a.m.

“We had a little (more than) 80 kids register last year and come. We are hoping for a little growth.

We are hoping for (more than) 100 this year,” marketing and promotions chair Patrick Utz said.

“Kids love the outdoors.

They don’t like to be cooped up inside. Fishing allows them to get some exercise and go outside.

Let them run around a little bit. Let them be curious. Just by giving them a worm, they are intrigued by it.”

The board member said this year’s derby will feature three age divisions.

“I think if you are 12 or older, it is all about luck with fishing,” he said.

“You are probably going to be in the same boat as all of them.”

Although parents and adults are not allowed to participate in the competition, they are encouraged to fish, as the derby coincides with Iowa’s Free Fishing Weekend. This weekend allows anyone to fish without a license.

“Hopefully people will come out, see that there is good fishing and explore the park more next time they come,” Utz said. “We have a diverse ecosystem at the park and new things if people haven’t been there since last year.”

According to Utz, officials will be on location to take measurements

of large fish during the event. Registration for the fishing derby begins at 8:30 a.m.

The marketing and promotions chair said there will be a free-will donation lunch following the derby.

“We are going to grill some hot dogs and HyVee will be donating some chips, water and cookies,” he said. “You can enjoy some lunch. It’s family time.”

The following weekend, the quarry will get a little more electrical as the board kicks off its second annual “Rock the Quarry Concert” June 10 at the park.

The dance, which will be emceed by KBOE onair personality, Steve “The Round Guy” Pilchen, will gather four bands to play music across a variety of generations and genres.

“We wanted a variety.

Last year, we only had two bands,” Utz said.

“What we found is bands are really excited to play at places, especially being outdoors... They get to really rock it and play outdoors, so they are really excited to play.”

File Photo Patrons enjoy live music at last year’s Rock the Quarry concert. This year’s event will kick off June 10, featuring four bands.

Rich Webster Band, Dogfathers, Lux and Nate Butler and the Geezers will headline the concert.

“Personally, I’m most excited about Rich Webester Band. They have played at the Iowa State Fair. They have some unique instruments — they have a saxophone and a guy who is pretty good on the keyboard,” Utz said. “They play 80s and 90s music. I grew up in the 80s and 90s.”

Utz said the concert will bring in several food options for the event.

Georgioz pizza, Cocina Hernandez Mexican restaurant and the Thirsty Turtle bar will serve food and drinks at the dance.

The Music Booster Club will also offer several concession stand treats at the concert.

“It is an event. You go to a Friday night football game, my kids love eating popcorn during the football game,” he said. “Having peanuts and candy is a special treat.”

There will also be a 50/50 raffle fundraiser at the event to help raise money for future projects at the park.

General admission is $10 in advance, and $15 at the gate. Tickets for children in kindergarten through 12th grade cost $5, “Great bands are in central Iowa and we

can get them here,” Utz said. “You can see great bands at a $10 admission charge.”

Colfax Park and Auxiliary Board is in need of volunteers to help with the park. Anyone who wishes to volunteer can attend its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the basement of the Colfax United Methodist Church the second Wednesday of every month.

For more information on the park, visit colfaxnorthpark.com, call 515-478-6272 or find Quarry Springs Park on Facebook.

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Modern, collaborative furniture will highlight remodeled media center

By Mike Mendenhall Prairie City News The PCM Community School District Board of Education approved several payouts Monday for the district-wide renovation project, but one had a particular modern flair.

The board approved 7-0 the purchase of new furniture for the PCM Middle School Media Center. The layout for the center’s new digs was the idea of middle school principal Blake Kielman.

The furniture reflects new methods of collaborative corporate learning with a mixture of high-top tables and chairs, verb tables with access to power ports for computer charging, and Flock Modular cloth seating with footstools for small group learning. New book shelving was also included.

The cost for the new furniture is $23,353, not including shipping, and will be put in placed after media center reconstruction is complete. District superintendent Brad Jermeland said PCM administrators worked together to reduce the price from the initial estimates of roughly $36,000.

Board member Nicole Stafford said she supports the furniture style and concept of framing the media to feel like a “corporate learning opportunity.”

But current rules in the center call for a no talking zone, quite study area. She asked Jermeland to discuss changing the media center culture with Kielman if the purchase was approved.

“I like the idea, I just want to make sure we don’t spend all this money to set this environment up and then we squash what were putting all this funding toward,” Stafford said. “Because if we’re not desiring to do that then we need to set it up to look very different.”

Construction Jermeland also gave an overall update on construction.

Workers have started removal of Monroe Elementary’s boiler.

Staff in Prairie City are preparing to clear out classrooms for primary construction on the PCM Middle School/Prairie City Elementary Campus this summer.

Four mobile storage PODs have arrived on site to store classroom materials. Project Management firm DCI Group reports window replacement is underway at PCE, and all forms are in place at the middle school auditorium for the tiered seating.

Footings on the south side of the “Link” building have been poured, and work continues on the new building’s foundation, which will connect the

Mike Mendenhall/Prairie City News Construction crews continue site work Tuesday at the PCM Middle School/Prairie City Elementary School campus in Prairie City.

two schools with an enclosed breezeway and have more classroom space when completed next year.

The board also approved a $54,500 roof repair Monday at PCM High School. Damage over the wrestling room was caused by high winds during a severe weather event earlier this year. The district did file an insurance claim for the damage, and district business manager Tami Thomas said the cost of the repairs — minus a $500 deductible — will be reimbursed by the district’s insurance company.

The work was awarded to Academy Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. of Des Moines.

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Food service sharing The board voted 7-0 to continue its food service sharing agreement with Colfax-Mingo Community Schools for the 2017-18 school year.

The agreement states each district will pay half of food service director Kerri Rolling’s compensation package. The districts have shared a food service director since SY 2013-14 New curriculum The board approved two new sets of curricula for the district; kindergarten through fifth grade social studies material from publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the Spanish I-III curriculum “Autentico” from Pearson Publishing.

Both sets of material were approved 7-0 by the board. The eight-year Spanish text was purchased for $17,215 and the six-year social studies curriculum was approved at a cost of $30,191.

Jermeland said both curriculum satisfied Iowa Department of Education guidelines and came with textbook and online components. The curricula were examined and selected by PCM’s Spanish and k-5 teachers before a recommendation was made to the board.

During a district-wide review of the k-5 social studies material, Jermeland said it quickly became evident Monroe and Prairie City Elementary students are using different programs. The purchase will bring updated materials and continuity to both schools’ social studies programs.

Board member Greg Ingle asked about the political tone of the social studies material, voicing his personal concern about some textbook authors’ “liberal interpretations of history.”

Jermeland, board members Brenda Downey and Stafford said they reviewed the materials and found it to be a traditional k-5 curriculum, including history of the United States’ beginning to the American Civil War for fifth graders, U.S. states, regions and capitals for fourth graders.

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National Honor Society member wins national scholarship Newton Daily News Emily Miller, a senior and member of the National Honor Society at Newton Senior High School, has been named one of 400 national semifinalists in the National Honor Society Scholarship program.

Miller was chosen from more than 9,000 applicants and will receive a $2,325 scholarship.

High school seniors who are members in good standing of an active National Honor Society chapter are able to apply for an NHS Scholarship. Finalists are selected on the basis of their leadership skills; participation in

service organizations, clubs and other student groups at school and in the community; and their academic record.

As a semifinalist, Miller is recognized as one of Miller the top 300 NHS members in the nation this school year.

While at Newton Senior High School, Miller has been active in student leadership serving as Class President, Vice President of Student Council, President of National Honor Society, section-

al leader of the marching band, team captain of the girls swim team, is a varsity letter winner in swimming and band, is a member of the Teens against Human Trafficking group and is a Peer Helper. Miller maintains a 4.0 grade point average and is valedictorian of her class. Miller is also involved in several service organizations and projects. She’s a 10-year member of 4-H and was the 2016 Jasper County Fair Queen. This fall Miller plans to attend the University of Iowa as a direct admit student in the College of Business.

She is the daughter of Rick and Kim Miller, of Newton.

Newton DMACC to offer early childhood education certificate New program to start in the fall The Des Moines Area Community College Newton Campus will be offering an Early Childhood Education program in the fall semester. The Early Childhood Education certificate prepares students for an entry-level position in a child care program.

The new program will help fill a need in the Newton area. Several Newton area employers have recently contacted the Newton Development Corporation saying that some of their employees cannot find child care.

“I’m pleased DMACC Newton Campus is offering an Early Childhood Education Program this fall.

As our employers continue to hire and grow we are finding there is a need for more child care, especially for those parents that work second and third shifts. We continue

to work with our employers, and current day-care providers to find solutions,” said Frank Liebl, Executive Director of the Newton Development Corporation.

“Newton’s child care and early childhood education needs have grown significantly over the past five years,” said DMACC Newton Campus Provost Dr. Joe DeHart.

“This demand for care has resulted in the need for more trained care providers. DMACC is providing this program to help those choosing a career in early childhood education receive a quality, local and cost effective education.”

The Newton Campus Early Childhood Education program will provide: • Hands-on experience with children • Focus on children from birth to eight years old • Practice positive guidance • Design play-based curriculum to support learning • Create quality environments

for children • Building family and community relationships DMACC Early Childhood Education Program Chair Katie Champlin is directing the program.

“Students will be able to earn the Early Childhood Education certificate in just one semester, by taking classes four afternoons per week plus an on-site lab,” said Champlin. “This program also meets the requirements for clock hours of formal child care education required for the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.”

An information session on the new DMACC Newton Campus program will be held at 9 a.m. June 15 at the Newton Campus.

For more information, contact Academic Advisor Jody Stiles at jlstiles1@dmacc.edu or call 641791-1722. For information on all of DMACC’s Early Childhood Education programs, go towww. dmacc.edu/programs/earlychildhood.

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Newton Community Schools offers free summer meals Newton Community Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program.

Meals will be provided to all children (age 1-18) without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals

will be provided, at a first come, first serve basis.

Free summer meals will be served from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Monday through Friday June 5 to July 28, with the exception of July 4, at Thomas Jefferson Cafeteria, Emerson Hough Cafeteria, Newton High School Cafeteria and Berg Middle School Cafeteria.

Local students honored at Graceland University LAMONI — The honor roll lists for Graceland University’s 2017 spring term have been announced. Lauren Clark, of Newton, has been named to the president’s list, and Jacob Waddle, of Monroe, has been named to the honors list.

Graceland University students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average are named to the president’s list. Graceland University students with a grade point average between 3.65 and 3.99 are named to the honors list.

Newton man graduates from Evangelical Seminary MYERSTOWN, Pa. — John Bazal, of Newton, graduated from Evangelical Seminary in Myerstown, Pa., on May 12.

He earned a Master of Divinity degree. He is the pastor of Neighborhood Bible Church in Hampton, Iowa, and a chaplain in the Iowa Army National Guard.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Hand-off mayhem — Newton High senior Brennen Dodd, middle, reaches out to hand off the baton to junior Jack Callaghan, left, squeezed between to competing relay teams in the Class 4A 1,600-meter distance medley relay race on Friday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in Des Moines.

Newton wraps up track season at state

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Newton High seniors Brennen Dodd and Connor Gholson concluded their high school track season at the 2017 Iowa

High School Track and Field Championships. The two ran in relays for the Cardinal boys on Friday at Drake University stadium in Des Moines.

Newton’s athletes did not collect any state medals in

2017. The girls qualified in three events — two were on Thursday and one on Friday — and all will return for the Cardinals next year.

Junior Haley Revell competed in her second straight

state meet. She finished 20th in Friday’s Class 4A shot put event on a throw of 34 feet, 3 1/2 inches. The athletes had to wait for officials to dry out the throwing ring before early morning competition.

Revell was in the Class 3A event a year ago.

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PCM track claims three more state medals

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Prairie City-Monroe senior Jayci Vos needed some redemption.

After the 400-meter hurdles did not go as planned on Friday, Vos had to recover both emotionally and physically to help her trio of teammates qualify for the finals of the 4x400 relay.

Vos bounced back with an impressive lead-off leg in the 4x400 preliminaries on Friday, and then the foursome put together a record-setting performance Saturday and finished in the runner-up position.

It was one of two medals the PCM girls collected in the final two days of the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium.

“I had a lot of emotions going

in because it was my last track event ever, so I just told myself that it was going to be the race of my life,” Vos said after placing second in the 4x400 relay. “This is the last time I get to step on this track. That one felt good.”

PCM junior Noah Anderson grabbed the boys only medal at state when he finished fourth in the 200 on Saturday.

Vos had an up and down weekend but capped her track career by joining sophomore Paytan Schut, freshman Sierra Foster and senior Rachel Stafford in setting a new school record in the 4x400 relay. The foursome finished second overall with a time of 4 minutes, 4.19 seconds.

The previous record of 4:04.32 was set back in 2004.

A day earlier Vos was in position to win the 400 hurdles, but she clipped the final hurdle and

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Jayci Vos, right, points to teammate Sierra Foster after the Mustangs earned a runner-up finish in the Class 2A girls’ 4x400 relay at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Vos and Paytan Schut, left, couldn’t hold back emotions after completing their season with another state medal.

fell to the ground. She ended up 17th overall with a time of 1:10.28.

It was not the ending the senior, who came into the race as one of the title favorites, wanted but she didn’t let that disappointment ruin the rest of her weekend.

“I could have just coasted over that hurdle and accepted second or third place,” Vos said. “I decided to go for it and get as low as possible so I could get over it quicker. Unfortunately, I got too low and hit the hurdle.”

Vos couldn’t take credit for being able to bounce back and help her teammates qualify for the 4x400 final.

“I am not going to lie, it had nothing to do with me. It had everything to do with my supporters, my teammates and my coach,” Vos said. “Oh my coach, I love that woman so much. She means the world to me. I also had three other people counting on me to do well. It’s not all about me.”

Vos got the Mustangs off to a good start in the 4x400 final. She handed the baton to Schut, who ran a 59.6-second 400 split to get the Mustangs near the front.

Foster kept the Mustangs in contention and then Stafford ran a 60.80-second anchor split.

Stafford fell back to third with about 150 meters to go, but rallied with a late push to get her team back into the runner-up position.

“She passed me, and I was thinking that it wasn’t real,” Stafford said. “I cannot get passed on my leg. I just had to get my feet going.

“You have to go in with the mindset that you are going to cross the line first. Jayci always tells me that. That is what I thought about going around the final curve. To me, getting us back into second was my race.

That was me crossing first.”

Schut, Foster and Stafford started the weekend with an eighth-place medal in the distance medley relay.

The opening 200 leg on that relay was ran by junior Ashley Miller.

The foursome finished eighth with a season-best time of 4:18.99, which was close to a new school record.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Disappointment shows on Lynnville-Sully sophomore Tyson Vander Linden’s face at the finish line. He was after a 1A state championship in the 400-meter hurdles and finished second in Friday’s state finals.

Hawk athletes earn seven Class 1A state track event medals

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Raw emotion is what comes out at a state high school track meet. It runs the gamut of the euphoria of winning a state championship or placing in the medals to the heartbreak of not placing at all — and all that is in between.

Lynnville-Sully’s athletes had a run of those

emotions during the three-day 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships.

The all-class track meet was held at Drake University stadium in Des Moines.

The Hawk athletes walked out of the stadium with the blue oval with seven state medals.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s shuttle hurdle relay team of, left to right, Camryn Russell, Abby Gruver, Brenna Lanser and Mallory Loftus celebrate after winning the Class 1A sixth-place meal at Saturday’s state track meet in Des Moines.

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SPORTS CALENDAR 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 Indianola 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.

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.

Greene County at CMB, 7 p.m.

HLV at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

Roland-Story at PCM, 7 p.m.

L-S’s Jansen comes up short at 1A golf district

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High seniors Justin Fischer (19), Josh Ventling (10) and Joe Stammeyer (2) talk over a free kick opportunity during a home game. The Cardinals defeated visiting Nevada, 5-0, on Friday to conclude the regular season. Newton opens Class 2A substate play at home Monday.

Cardinals win on Senior Night

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Recording their second win in as many nights, Newton High’s Cardinal boys warmed up themselves and their fans on a very chilly May night.

The Cardinals shut out visiting Nevada, 5-0, on Senior Night Friday.

“We’re starting to click at the right time. We’re heading into substate action at home on Monday,” Newton head coach Zach Jensen said. “We finish the regular season on back-to-back wins with two complete games by our team.”

Newton started all seven

seniors against Nevada. Three seniors scored goals, two seniors were credited with assists and one was the goalkeeper with five saves.

Reagan Maple’s five saves against Nevada pushed his regular-season total to 94 saves. It was the fifth shutout of the season for the Cardinals. Seniors Jordan Norvell and Joe Stammeyer have been big factors in the defensive play.

Justin Fischer netted the first goal of the game off a pass from fellow senior Tyler Stanton. Josh Ventling nailed a penalty kick at the 7:14 mark to put Newton up 2-0, which was the halftime lead.

With Newton in front 4-0, Logan Hesidorffer put one in the net with nine minutes remaining in the game. The two other goals came off the foot of junior Zach Combs with 20:08 and 14:26 on the second-half clock.

“We controlled the entire game, and most of the play was on our attacking half of the field,” Jensen said. “We were able to rotate everyone into the game. We got solid play all the way around, which is what we want to see going into the postseason.”

Newton (11-6) hosts a firstround doubleheader on Monday in Class 2A Substate 2 soccer action. The first game at H.A. Lynn

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PCM’s Boell advances to state golf tournament

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News PANORA — The Prairie City-Monroe boys’ golf team came up two strokes short of its goal of reaching the state golf tournament as a team, but junior Dayton Boell advanced to the highest level after leading the Mustangs on Friday afternoon.

Boell shot an 83 and was the top scoring golfer not on a qualifying team at the Class 2A district tournament at the par 72 Lake Panorama National Golf Course.

The top two scores from golfers not on qualifying teams advanced to state as individuals. Albia’s Trent Garver and Underwood’s Connor Fink both shot an 84 to also advance to state.

PCM’s team carded a 358 on the day and finished fourth. Host Panorama won the meet with a 331, which allowed a third team to advance to state. Clarinda held off Shenandoah for second place with a 355, but Shenandoah advanced to state with a 356.

Albia (369) was 11 shots back of PCM in fifth, and the rest of the field included Des Moines Christian (370) and Underwood (389).

Boell shot a 41 on the front nine and a 42 on the back nine to finish with an 83.

PCM senior Ryan Hill was three shots away from advancing as he finished with an 87, firing a 43 on the front nine and a 44 on the back nine.

The other four Mustangs all had counting scores. Junior Noah Lanphier carded a 92, and juniors Reed Worth, Elijah Sperfslage and Jackson Thomas all fired 96s.

Kolby Shackelford and Will Babcock of Panorama were the top two scorers with a 77 and 78, respectively. George Appleseth of Panorama and Ryan Ruzek and Steve Martin of Shenandoah all shot an 81.

Boell competes in the Class 2A state golf tournament at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge. The first round kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

The second round begins at 8 a.m.

Saturday.

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News ANITA — Lynnville-Sully junior Holden Jansen’s golf season came to an end Friday in the Iowa Class 1A district tournament at Jansen Crestwood Hills Golf Course in Anita.

Jansen shot a 46 on the front nine then struggled a bit on the back nine for a 53.

His 18-hole total of 99 placed him 55th overall out of 65 golfers at the district tournament.

Colton Lenz of Coon Rapids was the district meet medalist with a 74.

Lenz led Coon Rapids to a team qualification for the state meet. The other team qualifying from the district was North Mahaska. The two non-team individual qualifiers were Lucas Hemphill of Wayne with a 77 and Lamoni’s Jordan Lester with a 78.

The Class 1A state tournament field is not complete. The district tournament at Mason City was postponed until Monday because of storm damage to the golf course.

The 1A state tournament is Friday and Saturday at Marshalltown.

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Stadium has Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter playing South Tama at 5 p.m. followed by Newton taking on CAL at 7 p.m.

The winners advance to semifinal games on Wednesday. The winner of the CMB and South Tama game plays at 6:30 p.m. at Iowa Falls-Alden The winner of the Newton and CAL game plays a 5 p.m. game at Hudson.

Semifinal game winners play for the Substate 2 championship at noon on Saturday at Iowa Falls-Alden.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Dayton Boell shot an 83 at the Class 2A district meet at Lake Panorama National Golf Course on Friday. That score was good enough to advance to the state golf tournament, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

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

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C-M’s Hostetter finalizes impressive career with four-second PR in 1,500

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter junior Sailor Hinegardner finished 17th in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time Friday during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

CMB’s Hinegardner, Ratliff put a cap on Raider track and field

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — The last two Collins-Maxwell/Baxter track and field athletes ran on the blue oval for the final time as Raiders this weekend.

Sophomore Lauren Ratliff wanted her final experience in the black and silver to be better, but she learned a lot in her first appearance at Drake Stadium.

Junior Sailor Hinegardner was 17th in the 100-meter hurdles on Friday, and Ratliff placed 20th in the 800-meter run on Friday at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships on the Jim Duncan Track.

“I didn’t run as well as I wanted to. My goal coming in was a 2:24,” Ratliff said. “My legs felt heavy right away. I tried to stay with the girls I ran with at districts, but they just took off. It was a learning experience for me. A lot of us have already started talking about goals we have for when we get to Class 1A next year.”

It was a bittersweet weekend for the Raiders in general.

Hinegardner admitted after her long jump performance Thursday that the entire situation has been emotional on a lot of people. Ratliff echoed that statement after her 800 race Saturday.

“Coach Meinerts has been my only coach for a long time.

He’s been my coach since seventh grade,” Ratliff said. “Unfortunately, he won’t be my coach after this year. This meet is our last one as Raiders so we wanted to give it our all. I am disappointed because I don’t think I ran my best today.”

Ratliff turned in a time of 2 minutes, 30.72 seconds in

the first of two sections. That put her 20th overall. Her goal of 2:24 would have won her a medal. Mid-Prairie junior Anna Hostetler, who won the 3,000 on Thursday, claimed the 800 title in 2:14.75.

“Lauren might get the state award for most improved 800 runner,” CMB coach Jerry Meinerts said. “Last year, her best time in the 800 was 2:48.

This year, her season-best time was a 2:26.99, which sets a program record that will never be broken.

“I have done a few things to help Lauren, but 99 percent of the improvement is Lauren.

She changed her mindset and really started believing she was able to run faster. I wish she could have run faster at the state meet, but some days you have it and some days you don’t. She still had an amazing season and will forever be in the history books.”

Hinegardner competed in her second event of the weekend on Friday. She did not advance to the long jump finals Thursday and was not a topeight qualifier in the hurdles Friday.

She ended her season with a 17th place finish with a time of 16.46 seconds. She was fifth in the third and final heat.

Hinegardner ran a 16.96 and placed 18th at the state meet last year.

“Sailor ran her season- and career-best time at the state meet,” Meinerts said. “We spent the week after districts working on some form drills and trying to keep her arms in a little more and she looked pretty good during that race.”

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DES MOINES — Freshman Abbey McConeghey and senior Dakota Hostetter came into the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships with the 11th and 13th best times in the Class 1A 1,500-meter run, respectively.

Both runners had career-best performances in the event at state, but the rest of the field also got better Saturday at Drake Stadium.

Hostetter ran up front most of the way before fading in the final 200 meters but still ran a personal-best time of 5 minutes, 5.79 seconds.

She finished 14th overall.

McConeghey’s personal-best time was clocked at 5:11 and she finished 20th.

“I was trying. They were going too fast,” Hostetter said. “I am happy that I got a PR in my last race. I would like to have finished a little higher, but it’s OK. I ran out of gas on the final stretch. I couldn’t hold them off.”

Hostetter was surprised so many runners finished under five minutes.

The winning time was 4:54.36 by East Mills sophomore Janette Schraft, who won her second consecutive 1,500 title. Seven other

runners came in with a time better than five minutes. All eight competitors went home with medals.

“I am very proud of both of my two girls as they each had a career personal-best time,” Colfax-Mingo girls coach Zach Tomas said. “We had season bests in every race and improved our time and/or seeing as well.”

Hostetter and McConeghey also ran on the Tigerhawk distance medley relay team on Friday. The team of sophomores Jordan Atwood and Colbee Cunningham, Hostetter and McConeghey finished 15th with a season-best time of 4:32.14.

The Tigerhawk girls were in the distance medley for the fourth straight season.

Hostetter was on all four teams, but the other trio was making their first trips to the blue oval.

Hostetter turned in a 60.43-second time on the 400 leg and McConeghey turned in a 2:34 anchor leg.

Cunningham ran on the Tigerhawks’ 4x800 state team Thursday and then hit the track for a second time in the medley Friday. She took the baton from Atwood, who competed on the Jim Duncan Track for the first time in her career.

“It feels good. I was glad

I was able to help keep this event going at state,” Atwood said. “I am just thankful my 200 time was fast enough to help. It was intense. The competition is fast.”

Junior Reegan Van Dyke competed in the high jump on Friday. His season ended in disappointing fashion.

Van Dyke missed all three of his attempts at the opening height of 5 feet, 10 inches.

“I know Reegan was disappointed but three misses today doesn’t change how proud we all are of him,” Colfax-Mingo boys coach Matt Barkalow said. “He had a tremendous season and was our team’s leading point scorer. I am confident Reegan’s 2017 state experience will help him challenge for a high jump medal on the ‘blue oval’ as a senior.”

Hostetter exits the Tigerhawk program as a four-time state qualifier in the distance medley, three-time state qualifier in the 1,500 and a two-time state qualifier in the 4x800 relay.

“I will really miss my coaches and teammates, but I am just really relieved that it’s over,” Hostetter said. “It’s been a good run.”

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Dakota Hostetter (9) runs in the 1,500-meter run Saturday during the Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Hostetter turned in a personal-best time of 5 minutes, 5.79 seconds.

Iowa to pay $6.5M to settle landmark sports bias lawsuits

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter sophomore Lauren Ratliff finished 20th in the 800-meter run Saturday during the Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

IOWA CITY (AP) — The University of Iowa will pay $6.5 million to settle discrimination lawsuits filed by former athletic administrator Jane Meyer and her partner, former women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum, according to settlements their attorneys called historic Friday.

Iowa will pay $2.33 million to Meyer and $1.49 million to Griesbaum to cover lost wages and emotional distress damages. The school also will pay $2.68 million to Newkirk Zwagerman, the Des Moines law firm that represented both women. In exchange, Meyer and Griesbaum will drop their lawsuits and requests for reinstatement.

The deals end litigation that has prompted criticism of Athletic Director Gary Barta’s management. Meyer had served as Iowa’s senior

associate athletic director for 13 years, while Griesbaum had led the largely successful field hockey program for 14 seasons.

Polk County jurors earlier this month found that Iowa illegally discriminated against Meyer based on her gender and sexual orientation, retaliated against her for speaking out and paid her less than deputy athletic director Gene Taylor, awarding $1.45 million in damages.

Meyer’s attorney, Jill Zwagerman, said the settlement “plants a stake in the ground for equality and opportunity in women’s athletics.”

“This settlement speaks volumes not just here in Iowa but to countless women in collegiate athletics,” she said.

Meyer’s damages were expected to grow during post-trial motions but the settlement avoids further liti-

gation on those issues. Meyer also will drop a separate federal lawsuit.

The settlement avoids a June trial in the lawsuit brought by Griesbaum, whose 2014 firing by Barta was at the heart of both cases. That trial promised to be damaging as Griesbaum’s lawyers were planning to argue that Barta was quicker to fire gay, female coaches than their male counterparts, a charge he has denied.

Griesbaum’s attorney, Tom Newkirk, said that Iowa “should not be vilified as an educational institution for the actions of one or two people.” He said the school appears to be making corrections under President Bruce Harreld, who approved the settlements and has announced plans to hire an outside firm to review its employment practices.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Haley Revell competes in the Class 4A girls’ shot put on Friday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in Des. Moines.

with Dodd and juniors Matthew Karsten and Jack Callaghan in the 4A 1,600-meter distance medley relay race. The Cardinals finished 13th in 3 minutes, 39.17 seconds.

Later in Friday’s raw weather conditions — wet, windy and cold — the Cardinal boys competed in the 4A 4x100 relay preliminary races. Newton’s foursome of freshman Jeremiah Johnson, junior Jaron Roush, Gholson and Karsten posted a time of 43.91 seconds, which was 17th. The fastest eight times advance to the finals.

“We ran well considering the conditions. Our 4x100 was the best time of the season,” Gholson said. “It was a bit chilly and more rainy than I wanted it to be, but it was a lot of fun competing at the state meet. It was a good experience and end my high school athletic career here.”

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Connor Gholson, right, hands the baton off to senior Brennen Dodd during the Class 4A boys’ distance medley relay race on Friday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in Des Moines. The Cardinals finished 13th in the race.

Hawks Continued from Page 1B numerous personal-best times under two days of raw Iowa weather with rain, cold and wind.

Lynnville-Sully’s girls captured a sixth-place medal in Saturday’s 1A shuttle hurdle final. Lynnville-Sully’s boys gathered in four medals individual and two relay medals and finished 11th as a team.

Sophomore Tyson Vander Linden went into his second state track meet with a possible four medals. He collected four 2017 state track meet medals in 1A competition — two individual and two relay events.

In Friday’s 400-meter hurdle final heats, Vander Linden had the second-fastest seeding time. He was side-byside with Saint Ansgar senior Cole Willert in the final heat.

Vander Linden ran a Lynnville-Sully school-record and personal-best time of 54.31 seconds.

Vander Linden was the 1A state runner-up in the 400 hurdles as Willert claimed the state title with a 53.61-second run. Vander Linden’s emotions at the finish line rolled out after coming up short of his goal of a state championship. Vander Linden finished 11th in the same event as a freshman.

“My start was good but the final part of the race was horrible,” Vander Linden said. “I didn’t finish the way I needed to. I need to work on my form to be better next year. I’ve always liked hurdles and have always competed in the hurdle races in my career.”

Vander Linden said placing second at state was a great achievement. He said he is ready to work to get back for a third-year in a row next year.

It was his second state medal. On Thursday, he and teammate Corey McCoy, a junior, collected fifth and eighth-place medals in the 1A 400-meter dash in personal-best times. The other two state medals for Vander Linden and for McCoy came in relay races on Saturday.

Sophomore Gage Vander Leest and senior Ryan Hofer ran in Friday’s 110-meter high hurdle preliminaries. Hofer, who had qualified for state in the event for a second year, ran the race in 15.53 seconds but did not qualify for Saturday’s finals.

“I don’t know what got into me,” Vander Leest said of his personal-best time of 15.48 seconds in the qualifying heats to advance to the finals.

His time put him the eighth spot in the finals while Hofer’s time was ninth.

“I did not come into this meet thinking of getting a medal whatsoever, but I ran really well in the prelims. I felt good on Friday with a nice back wind. I was clean over the hurdles, low over the hur-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s freshman Mallory Loftus attempts to clear the high jump bar in Class 1A state meet competition on Friday.

dles and fast over the hurdles,” Vander Leest said.

Saturday’s weather conditions were different for the 110-meter hurdle finalists. It was wet, cold and windy at Drake Stadium. Vander Leest ran the final in 15.86 seconds for the eighth-place medal.

“There was a head wind and I was high over the first two hurdles,” Vander Leest said. “But it feels amazing to get a state medal.”

The Lynnville-Sully boys and girls went 4-for-4 in Saturday’s competition. They came away with four medals.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys opened the final day of competition with a school-record time of 1 minute, 35.61 seconds to collect the third-place medal in the 800-meter sprint medley relay. This was the inaugural season for the event for Iowa high school boys.

Junior Sage Zylstra ran the opening 100-meter leg followed by another 100 meters by sophomore Nate Stock, a 200-meter leg by Vander Linden and a 400 anchor leg

by McCoy. Zylstra said his opening leg was alright, “but I could’ve been a lot faster.

We’re all coming back next year, so we’ll get that one next year.”

“Next year’s going to be fast,” McCoy said following the race. “I’m pretty pumped about the medal and what next year is going to be for us. My anchor leg was long, tiring and a letdown because I thought I was going to beat the BGM runner.”

Stock said the foursome had put a lot of work in on the new sprint relay event this season. He said he was proud being a part of the team and getting a state medal.

“In conditions like this, it was tough. We’ve been a team which prevails through it and it showed today,” Stock said.

“It’s exciting to think we return with the same group next year and we’ll be faster.”

Vander Linden said it was

fun racing with the other three this season. He said he can’t wait to come back to state next year.

Next up was Lynnville-Sully’s girls in the shuttle hurdle relay final. The team of senior Brenna Lanser, freshmen Mallory Loftus and Abby Gruver and junior Camryn Russell knew they had a medal, but were out to claim the highest they could.

“Coming in we knew we were getting a medal, but for me it meant a lot since it’s my senior year,” Lanser, who led off the relay, said. “In the block it was really wet and slick today. I’m glad I was able to run for my teammates and do what they needed me to do. There’s no better way to go out than with a state medal.”

Lanser led the Hawk girls to a school-record time of 1:10.13 in the finals. They claimed sixth place, but had to wait through a second heat of

finals. It was the fourth state track medal for Lanser.

“I got out pretty good and up over the first hurdles well,” Russell said of her anchor leg.

“I struggled with one hurdle then shook it off and kept going. We were pretty excited watching the final heat. I was glad we all got through clean.

We heard one team was disqualified. We weren’t expecting sixth, but that’s what we got.”

Loftus and Gruver competed in their first state meet.

Loftus said she felt she had to push herself against the good competition.

“I ran well myself and our team stuck in there against quality teams,” Loftus said.

“I think we all ran pretty well. I really tried to go after the one girl and almost caught her,” Gruver said. “It’s amazing to get a medal at state as a freshman.”

Gruver competed in Fri-

day’s 1A 400-meter hurdle finals, finishing 12th in 1:09.91. Seven competitors in the event ran in the span of 1:09.19 to 1:09.95.

“My dad did hurdles and I really like them too,” Gruver said. “They are really fun to run.”

Loftus was in the 1A girls’ high jump on Friday. She was unable to clear the starting height of 4 feet, 8 inches.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys wrapped up the 2017 track season in the final event of the state meet Saturday — the 4x400 relay. The team of McCoy, Vander Leest, junior Carson Dunsbergen and Vander Linden posted a seventh-place time of 3:32.31.

They ran 3:29.65 in Friday’s preliminaries.

“It wasn’t our best by far.

We ran better in the preliminaries,” Dunsbergen said. “It was a good experience to run against better teams. We haven’t had a lot of competition in this race all year so coming here for the competition was very good for us. This is my first state medal. I’m proud of it and love running on this team. Next year, here we come.”

Dunsbergen competed in the 1A boys’ high jump on Friday. He did not clear the 5-10 starting height nor did Colfax-Mingo’s junior Reegan Van Dyke.

Lynnville-Sully’s girls ran in the 4x200-meter relay finals and the 4x100 relay preliminary races on Friday. The same foursome — Lanser, senior Makenzy Rozendaal, Russell and junior Lyda Akergen — did both.

The Hawk girls placed 17th in the 4x200 in 1:52.10. They had the 15th-fastest time in he 4x100 in 53.27 seconds.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s Sage Zylstra, left, hands off to Nate Stock in the Class 1A 800-meter sprint medley relay race Saturday at the state track meet in Des Moines. The Hawks ran a school record time to finish third.

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North Polk sweeps PCM soccer in HOIC play

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News The Prairie City-Monroe soccer teams were defeated by North Polk on Friday.

The Mustang boys lost 4-0 on the road, while the PCM girls were losing at home during Heart of Iowa Conference action.

In the boys game, Alec Boletta scored three goals for

the Comets. Colin Swygman added a goal and an assist

and Christopher Martinez stopped the only shot put on goal by the Mustangs (4-9 overall, 0-4 in the HOIC).

North Polk improved to 4-10 overall and 3-1 in the HOIC. The Class 1A No. 2 North Polk girls dominated PCM 11-1 in Monroe.

Joy Smith scored six times and now has 28 goals on the season. Emily Larson tallied

a pair of goals, and Courtney Bonewitz chipped in a goal and three assists.

Smith’s 28 goals are tied for sixth in the state, and Bonewitz now has 20 assists, which ranks fourth in the state.

Annalee Workman scored PCM’s only goal. The game ended in the 55th minute.

PCM is now 0-13 overall and 0-3 in the HOIC. The PCM boys begin post-

season play against Ballard (10-5) at 5 p.m. Monday in Bondurant.

The PCM girls host Knoxville at 7 p.m. Monday in Monroe. The Mustangs begin postseason play against Pella Christian (11-4) at 6 p.m. on May 30 in Pella.

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Continued from Page 1B “It feels amazing just to be able to be a part of this experience,” said Foster, who was running on the blue oval for the first time. “I have been watching for a long time, and I really wanted to live this moment as a freshman.”

Miller is now a twotime state qualifier. After a subpar freshman year, Miller is still sort of in awe that she was able to make it to state.

“Considering I never thought I would get to state after my freshman year, this feels great,” Miller said. “The state experience this year was 10 times better than last year for me. I am in four events. I have awesome teammates.

“I fell short of my goals last year so I never stopped training after the season ended. I am always thinking about track. It’s the only sport I do so I look forward to the next season right when the current season ends.”

Anderson had the best finish for the PCM boys. After qualifying eighth for the 200 finals on Thursday, Anderson improved his position by four places and brought home a fourth-place medal. He turned in a career-best time of 22.60 seconds.

“I felt a lot better out of the blocks today. I kept my head down all the way around this time. I dug deep in that one,” Anderson said. “This feels amazing. Two of the guys ahead of me are seniors, and I finished higher than I was seeded. Plus, I know my starts can still get better.”

AHSTW junior Gage Clay won the 200 in 21.69. He was followed

by Madrid’s Michael Santi (22.02), the 100 and 110 high hurdles champion, and Albia senior Jacob Clouse (22.22).

“This season was a lot more fun for a lot of the guys,” Anderson said.

“We had nine guys here this year. That’s amazing from where this program was a few years ago.”

The Mustang boys were a few spots off a medal in the 4x200 relay.

The foursome of sophomores Wes Cummings, Brayton Van Dyke and Preston Van Wyk and Anderson finished 10th in 1:33.68.

“It was a nice, fun experience to share with the guys,” Van Dyke said.

“We had a lot of people in the stands supporting us. We are only sophomores and juniors. We just tried to run as hard as we could.”

Cummings ran with a noticeable incision up by his left shoulder that he got after surgery from an injury suffered during wrestling season.

The fact that he was able to run on the blue oval a few months later was surprising to even Cum-

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe freshman Sierra Foster, right, hands the baton to senior Rachel Stafford in the Class 2A girls’ 4x400 relay at Drake Stadium on Saturday during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships. The Mustangs improved their fifth-place qualifying time with a runner-up finish in the final event of the weekend.

mings himself.

“I didn’t think I would be able to run at all after getting hurt,” said Cummings about the injury to his inferior capsule. “I definitely didn’t think I would be running in the 4x200. I usually do 400s and 800s, but he put me in the 4x200 once and we set a PR as a team. He just kept me in there after that.”

The final event of the weekend for the PCM girls was the sprint medley relay on Saturday morning. The Mustang foursome of senior Tatum Nearmyer, Foster, Miller and Stafford placed 16th overall with a time of 1:54.95.

“This year’s state meet was a whirlwind of emotions,” PCM coach Bridget Martin said. “There were definite highs and lows, but in the end, we couldn’t be more proud of the girls. We walked away medaling in three events and breaking two Troy Hyde/Daily News school records. The girls City-Monroe junior Noah Anderson, left, competes in the 200-meter dash on the blue oval at the Iowa High worked so hard to get Prairie School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium on Saturday. Anderson qualified eighth for the finals this point in the season, on Thursday and then finished fourth in the finals. so it was a lot of fun to watch them shine on the blue oval.”

Like Cummings, Vos and Anderson also suffered injuries in other activities before track season started.

Vos’ injury was much worse. The leg injury she suffered could have been handled three ways. Amputation of the leg was ruled out early on, but at least one doctor advised Vos to have a surgery that wouldn’t allow her to ever play sports again.

“I am just so thankful to be here,” said Vos, who will play softball at DMACC after her playing days at PCM are over.

The PCM boys had two other events Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, sophomore Cole Dustin placed 22nd in the 110 high hurdles with a time of 15.90.

Senior Chris Ellens ran in the 3,200 on Thursday and then completed the double when he took part in the 1,600 on Saturday. He finished 21st in the event with a time of 4:40.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe sophomore Wes Cummings, left, hands the baton to sophomore teammate Brayton Van Dyke at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium on Friday. The Mustangs placed 10th in the event.

TRUST NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE DRUERY McMILLAN REVOCABLE TRUST To all persons regarding Druery McMillan, deceased, who died on or about April 4, 2017. You are hereby notified that Matthias McMillan is the trustee of the Druery McMillan Revocable Trust dated June 14, 2004. Any action to contest the validity of the trust must be brought in the District Court of Jasper County, Iowa, within the later to occur of four (4) months from the date of second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice to all heirs of the decedent settlor and the spouse of the decedent settlor whose identities are reasonably ascertainable. Any suit not filed within this period shall be forever barred.

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

Dated May 11, 2017 Druery McMillan Revocable Trust Matthias McMillan 2103 4th St. SW Altoona, IA 50009 Randal B. Caldwell, #AT0001375 Attorney for Trustee Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC, 211 1st Ave. W. Newton, IA 50208 Date of second publication: May 22, 2017.

May 15 & 22 CITY OF KELLOGG MAY 8, 2017 Kellogg City Council opened the meeting reciting “The Pledge Allegiance” Kellogg City Council met in regular session on May 8, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. with Mayor Frymoyer presiding.

Council members present: Campbell, Wertz, Avery, and Hinshaw.

Mayor Frymoyer read a letter of resignation from Brenda Aldrich.

Motion by Avery and seconded by Wertz to accept the resignation.

Passed unanimously.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to accept the appointment of Hillary Foster by Mayor Frymoyer.

Passed unanimously.

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

Passed unanimously.

Brad Shutts from Jasper Co. Sheriff's Office gave the Council a presentation of the new Fiveyear Communications Plan to be implemented by the Jasper County Fire Departments by December 31, 2020. The new system will be using Racom 800 MHz narrow band radios. Each Harris Radio is approximately $4400 with a 3-year warranty.

Total cost for the trucks and 15 hand held radios will be $84,847.10 to be paid in three installments. One before the end of this fiscal, 2nd installment on July 1, 2017 and the third in fiscal 2018-2019. Council will discuss at the June meeting.

Kellogg American Legion auxiliary was present to declare May as Poppy Day with a proclamation signed by Mayor Frymoyer. Mayor Frymoyer was present a complimentary Poppy.

Kellogg Garden Club ladies were present to declare June 4th thru 10th as Garden Club week.

Mayor Frymoyer signed the proclamation with a picture taken of the club members and Mayor.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Wertz to assist the Garden Club with seventy bags of mulch and pay for ½ of the dirt to fill in by the wall. Passed unanimously.

The gals from the Garden Club thanked the council for their support of the flower beds at the triangle. The Club has donated 52 hours of labor weeding and cleaning up the beds this spring.

Karen Groves requested for her water valve to be lowered in her lawn.

Mayor Frymoyer suggested she talk to Calvin.

Randy De Rues asked what the progress of the Park is? Why the Fire hydrants are not being flushed, what has been done with the books at the Library, and if Kellogg will be allowing Fire Works in town or opt out?

Kirk McCurry was present at the meeting inquiring about using the City bush dump while he is cleaning up a property at Oakland Acres. The bush dump is for the citizens of Kellogg to use not the general public. Kirk then offered bartering in trade.

He offered to trim trees or use his lift service in turn for using the brush dump. Motion by Avery and seconded by Campbell to allow him to use the brush dump in turn for services Calvin can utilize. Passed unanimously.

Dodd's, feel they too busy for a door to door cleanup day but have volunteered to place 6 dumpsters around town as dump sites. When a dumpster is full they will pick it up and replace it with another for a two-week period. Council will discuss.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Wertz to renew R & J's Bar & Grill Regular and Sunday Liquor Licenses. Passed unanimously.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Foster to renew Kellogg Country Store Liquor and Beer License. Passed unanimously.

Motion by Hinshaw and seconded by Avery to renew the contract with Drake Library for $1030.48. Passed unanimously.

It was suggested to contact Skunk River Sanitation and Anderson Sanitation for bids on the garbage pickup.

Midwest Sanitation & Recycling were present at the Council meeting with a proposal for a Residential Package for trash and recycling curbside service.

On the first proposal Midwest would furnish two 95 gallon totes for trash and recycling.

The second bid would be use your own containers for trash and provide an 18-gallon recycling bin for residents to utilize for weekly recycling.

Council will have a special meeting on May 24th at 8:00 p.m. to accept other quotes.

Maintenance reported he has gotten two bids for the pump at the Reuel Ave lift station.

Gordman would fix the pump for $10,000. Electric pump would install a new submergible pump replacing everything but the pit and piping for $42,000. Second bid would need and engineer to sign off.

Maintenance requested to have someone spray the weeds at the park. He needs to get bids.

Rhonda has signed off of the

City of Newton Disbursements 5-16-17 Vendor Amount Description Acushnet Company......$2,894.83 Merchandise Alexander, Stephanie........$14.00 Refund Alliant Energy/IPL.......$45,795.34 Utility Ambassador Steel........$1,490.00 Supplies American Library Association........................$83.90 Supplies American Planning Association......................$544.00 Membership AT & T Mobility..................$65.35 Service ATC Group Services LLC............. .....................................$6,231.00 Service Audio Editions.................$257.83 Books Baker & Taylor..............$4,173.99 Books Baker & Taylor Entertainment....................$21.45 DVD Baker, Lorelea S..................$8.80 Refund Barcode Depot.............$1,126.55 Equipment Barnes, Collin..................$274.48 Reimb Barney's Wrecker & Crane........... ..........................................$70.00 Service Bituminous Materials & Supply.......$1,540.39 Supplies Black Hills Energy...........$318.85 Utility Blackstone Audio Inc.......$146.68 Books Blommer's Construction Inc.........$13,642.00 Service BlueTarp Financial Inc..$1,763.16 Supplies Brick Gentry P.C...........$9,154.56 Service Brooker Corporation..........$87.41 Service Brookwood Inc.................$457.50 Reimb Caldwell Brierly Chalupa Nuzum PLLC....$506.00 Service Callaway Golf..................$300.10 Merchandise Capitol II Theatre.............$375.00 Service Card Services...............$7,517.88 Supplies Cardinal PDC..................$243.00 Service Carl's Window Service......$90.00 Service Carolina Software............$958.62 Service Carpenter Uniform...........$294.89 Supplies CCP Industries................$227.03 Supplies CDW Government Inc................ .....................................$3,495.35 Supplies Cengage Learning.............$91.76 Books Center Point Large Print....$47.39 Books Central Iowa Televising................ .....................................$3,000.00 Service Centre for Arts and Artists....................$3,000.00 Service Cintas................................$94.37 Supplies Cochran, Scott.................$116.66 Service Colfax Auto Parts Corp....$103.82 Supplies Computer Resource Specialists....................$8,000.00 Service Control Installations of IA............. ........................................$525.00 Service Cox, Janet.........................$24.61 Supplies Cullen, Matt.....................$116.66 Service Dallinger, Carolyn.........$1,000.00 Training Davis Equipment Corp......$45.78 Supplies Demco Inc.......................$339.14 Supplies Dept of Inspections & Appeals..........................$67.50 License Des Moines Astronomical Society.......$125.00 Service Des Moines Register.......$468.04 Subscription Domino's Pizza..................$62.14 Supplies Ducharme-Jones, David..$400.00 Service Electric Pump..................$919.07 Supplies Electrical Eng & Equipment.......... ..........................................$66.62 Supplies Elliott Equipment Co........$199.51 Supplies Enos, James...................$116.66

Cox, Janet.........................$24.61 Supplies Cullen, Matt.....................$116.66 Service Dallinger, Carolyn.........$1,000.00 Training Davis Equipment Corp......$45.78 Supplies Demco Inc.......................$339.14 Supplies Dept of Inspections & Appeals..........................$67.50 License Des Moines Astronomical Society.......$125.00 Service Des Moines Register.......$468.04 Subscription Domino's Pizza..................$62.14 Supplies Ducharme-Jones, David..$400.00 Service Electric Pump..................$919.07 Supplies Electrical Eng & Equipment.......... ..........................................$66.62 Supplies Elliott Equipment Co........$199.51 Supplies Enos, James...................$116.66 Service Fareway.............................$13.81 Supplies Fastenal............................$61.08 Supplies Financial Forms & Supplies............$246.33 Supplies Fire Extinguisher Sales. . .$415.00 Service Forbes Office Solutions...$999.13 Supplies Fort Dodge Transmission Inc..........$1,008.00 Supplies Forterra............................$696.80 Supplies Fortres Grand Corp.........$143.97 Service Foth Infrastructure & Environment.................$667.50 Service Four Points Golf Cars......$192.00 Service Fox Engineering...........$7,185.00 Service G and L Clothing.............$289.72 Supplies G&K Services..................$298.32 Service Gall's LLC........................$120.29 Supplies Gary Ryther Garage Doors.......... ..........................................$75.00 Service Geiger..............................$145.30 Supplies Genevieve Michele LLC. .$369.00 Service Golden Rule Creations....$252.23 Supplies Grainger Inc.....................$253.60 Supplies Gralnek-Dunitz..................$84.00 Service Hahn Ready Mix..............$846.18 Supplies Hammer Medical Supply...$93.45 Supplies Hawkins Water Treatment.....................$1,482.00 Supplies Heisdorffer, Rex..................$9.00 Reimb HLW Engineering Group.............. .....................................$2,500.00 Service Hometown Press...............$64.50 Service Hy-Vee Inc.......................$264.63 Supplies Iowa Department of Transportation..........$3,683.52 Supplies Iowa One Call..................$414.00 Service Jasper Construction Services.....$167.16 Supplies Jasper County Treasurer.$776.00 Service Jasper County Tribune......$25.00 Subscription Jerry Keenan Concrete................ ...................................$15,043.73 Service Jim's Johns......................$300.00 Service Johnson Aviation..........$1,120.08 Reimb Key Cooperative...........$7,294.70 Fuel Keystone Labs................$988.00 Supplies Kinetic Edge Physical Therapy.............$400.00 Service Kittleson, Gayle...............$250.66 Service Klein, Rebecca..................$52.43 Reimb Lauterbach Buick GMC.....$37.14 Supplies Lindstrom, Nicole..............$20.00 Training Luetters, Kevin................$495.00 Service Lyman, Rick.................$1,676.47 Service Magnum Automotive.......$710.37 Service Mahaska Bottling Co....$1,015.10 Concessions Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop.$50.00 Supplies Manatts - D.M.............$11,936.83 Supplies Marlow White -Military.......$35.75 Supplies Marsden Bldg Maintenance.................$4,322.63 Service Martin Marietta Materials.............. .....................................$1,103.63 Supplies Maxim Advertising...........$100.00 Supplies MCM Electronics.............$142.26 Supplies Mid-American Research Chemical......................$1,509.00 Supplies Mid-Iowa Assoc of Local Gov....................$350.00 Service Midwest Alarm.................$189.90 Service Minitex.............................$465.00 Supplies MTI Distributing Inc.........$152.29 Supplies Municipal Supply Inc.......$897.00 Supplies Murphy Tractor & Equipment....................$340.11 Supplies NAPA Auto Parts.............$104.51 Supplies News Printing Company............... .....................................$7,717.93 Service Newton Correctional Facility......... ..........................................$95.00 Service Newton Police Association........... ........................................$150.00 Supplies OCLC Inc......................$5,000.00 Technology Office Depot......................$53.96 Supplies O'Keefe Elevator Co Inc..$194.82 Service O'Reilly Auto Parts............$20.14 Supplies Partsmaster.....................$236.01 Supplies Petty Cash - Parks..........$136.33 Reimb PING................................$240.10 Merchandise Pitney Bowes..................$315.00 Postage Premier Office Equipment............ ........................................$178.48 Service Professional Golfers Association......................$535.75 Dues Project AWAKE...............$400.00 Rent Quick Lane Tire & Auto...$271.67 Service Quick Supply Company................ .....................................$2,057.75 Supplies Quill Corporation.............$202.56 Supplies Randy's Lawn Care.........$933.34 Service Recorded Books................$96.27 Books Regent Book Co................$15.93 Books Roger McDonald.............$400.00 Service Rolling Thunder...............$475.00 Service Schuler,Jon.......................$20.01 Service Scott Van Keppel.........$2,240.38 Supplies Showcases......................$110.70 Supplies Sign Pro............................$25.00 Service SirsiDynix........................$890.00

Professional Golfers Association......................$535.75 Dues Project AWAKE...............$400.00 Rent Quick Lane Tire & Auto...$271.67 Service Quick Supply Company................ .....................................$2,057.75 Supplies Quill Corporation.............$202.56 Supplies Randy's Lawn Care.........$933.34 Service Recorded Books................$96.27 Books Regent Book Co................$15.93 Books Roger McDonald.............$400.00 Service Rolling Thunder...............$475.00 Service Schuler,Jon.......................$20.01 Service Scott Van Keppel.........$2,240.38 Supplies Showcases......................$110.70 Supplies Sign Pro............................$25.00 Service SirsiDynix........................$890.00 Equipment Smith Quality Rental........$215.91 Service Spahn & Rose Lumber Co........... ........................................$534.53 Supplies Springer Professional Home Services..................$83.00 Service Sterling Computers.......$6,907.00 Equipment Strauss Lock Company...$135.00 Service The Cutting Edge.........$1,710.00 Service The Paper Corporation....$911.58 Supplies Theisen's......................$1,379.85 Supplies Tour edge........................$827.88 Merchandise Truck Equipment.............$261.78 Supplies True Value Hardware......$961.26 Supplies Two Rivers Cooperative............... .....................................$8,831.34 Fuel Unique Management Services.......$50.00 Service USABlueBook.................$425.64 Service Utility Equipment Co.....$1,278.75 Supplies Van Wall Equipment..........$24.98 Supplies Veri-tank............................$95.00 Service Warnick & Reeves Mechanical.........$487.50 Service Water Department......$10,222.62 Utility Watts Family Monuments Inc................$800.00 Service Windstream..................$3,070.54 Utility Windstream Xeta.............$535.00 Service Zimco Supply Company. .$460.00 Supplies Zoll..................................$828.75 Supplies TOTAL:....................$262,093.82 Pre-Authorized Payments Ackley Holdings, LLC......$100.00 Demolition Black Hills Energy........$2,349.36 Utility Doll Distributing............$1,244.20 Concessions Grasty, Greg.................$1,650.00 Reimb Iowa Beverage................$665.10 Concessions Kunkel, Joanne............$2,425.00 Grant ACH Payments from Great Southern Bank State Of Iowa................$2,800.00 Sales Tax Wellmark BC/BS.......$153,653.06 Insurance Delta Dental................$10,164.05 Insurance Lincoln National Life.....$3,821.89 Insurance Bank Iowa...................$14,955.35 Insurance Great Southern Bank.......$903.40 Fees Advantage Administrators............ ........................................$110.00 Insurance May 22 PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing will be held at The Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority (CIRHA) office on July 11, 2017 at 6:00 pm. The PHA Annual Plan will be discussed. Relevant documents will be available for review at CIRHA's office located at 1201 SE Gateway Dr., Grimes, IA. Office hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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Chimney repair & removal.

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the garbage pickup.

Midwest Sanitation & Recycling were present at the Council meeting with a proposal for a Residential Package for trash and recycling curbside service.

On the first proposal Midwest would furnish two 95 gallon totes for trash and recycling.

The second bid would be use your own containers for trash and provide an 18-gallon recycling bin for residents to utilize for weekly recycling.

Council will have a special meeting on May 24th at 8:00 p.m. to accept other quotes.

Maintenance reported he has gotten two bids for the pump at the Reuel Ave lift station.

Gordman would fix the pump for $10,000. Electric pump would install a new submergible pump replacing everything but the pit and piping for $42,000. Second bid would need and engineer to sign off.

Maintenance requested to have someone spray the weeds at the park. He needs to get bids.

Rhonda has signed off of the Water and Sewer as Calvin has received his Licenses.

Council congratulate Calvin for receiving your licenses.

A letter needs to be sent to the owner of the Nissan that is blocking Second St. Mayor Frymoyer read a letter of resignation from Judy Parsons Jones from the Park duties.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Campbell to accept her resignation.

Passed unanimously.

Motion by Avery and seconded

by Wertz to present the bills.

Passed unanimously.

April Payroll....................5,893.46 April (FICA City Share)......450.85 April (IPERS City Share)...526.29 Alliant Energy.................2,875.52 Black Hills Energy.............288.97 Bound Tree Medical..........403.30 Art Cooper...........................75.00 Danko................................150.00 Dennis Machin..................279.00 Dodd's Trash Hauling.....1,982.76 Farver True Value...............31.96 Fleet Services...................620.10 First Choice Acct...............200.00 Hawkins Inc.......................587.77 Hickenbottom Inc..............333.08 Imagetek Inc......................300.00 Iowa Interstate Railroad....151.59 Iowa One Call......................22.30 Jasper Co AOL....................64.76 John Deer Financial..........555.03 Kellogg Garden Club.........142.31 Kellogg Lawn & Snow...........4.50 Kellogg Post Office............117.00 Kellogg Township Fire Dept.. . ............................................75.49 Keystone Lab......................46.00 Martin Marietta..................485.52 Napa Auto Parts..................31.72 News Printing Co.................83.14 Office of Auditor..............1,200.00 Partner Communications...341.45 Rhonda Guy...................1,269.00 Scott Nikkel Trucking........391.18 Smith Quality Rental.........350.00 Todd's Tire..........................47.15 U S A Blue Book...............348.61 Jamie Vest..........................77.49 Receipts:....................$70,425.20 Disbursements:..........$23,083.38 Motion by Avery and seconded

by Hinshaw to accept the bills as presented. Passed unanimously.

Motion by Campbell and seconded by Wertz to adjourn.

Passed unanimously.

Shirley Schippers Clerk Mary Frymoyer Mayor May 22

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1998 HITCHHIKER “Premier” 5th wheel camper, 35.6ft, 3 slides, new tires, very nice, $15,000 OBO 515-201-8951 or 515-2018792

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CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC IS SEEKING PART-TIME HELP.

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

Drop off resumes at 119 1st Ave W, Newton

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

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• Currently seeking full time bulk feed delivery driver, and other truck driving positions.

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• All positions require pre-employment drug screen, clean MVR report and background check.

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In Pella at 109 South Street or via email at nsteinbach@tworiverscoop.net

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

Also looking for Part-time summer help!

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Applications must be filled out at: Jeld-Wen Window Division/Grinnell 911 Industrial Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 or Jeld-Wen Door Division/Grinnell 820 Industrial Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 We are an equal opportunity employer.

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

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

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

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Astrograph

The Aries moon reminds us that at any age, parts of us are young and in need of teaching.

Your best teachers are irritants.

This may seem so untrue to you that you are, even as you read this, dismissing the idea entirely, longing for a better teacher. But the things that make for an aggravating experience are loaded with the potential to grow you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 22). Life’s interruptions will be your biggest blessings this year, especially if you cultivate calm and resolve to find creative solutions. Keep your awareness keen through the next six weeks. You’ll get signs that point you to money

and red flags that wave you away from troublemakers. July and September are extremely romantic. Capricorn and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 49, 33, 39 and 16.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

As desperate as it feels, you’d much rather hang around a person who tries too hard than you would one who doesn’t try enough. The trier will eventually relax into a productive groove, whereas the slacker will atrophy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

It would be easy to assume people are shallow today, because you are seeing only the surface behaviors of others

PT Evening CNA FT Overnight CNA PT Care Attendant-Days FT Cook FT Dietary Aide FT Overnight Care Attendant

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who are struggling, as you are, to keep up a social discourse appropriate to the situation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

The act of wanting will suddenly set up an invisible and very active energy field around you. Ask yourself, “Does this field seem to be repelling or attracting the object of my desire?”

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

“Fun” is not a universal concept. If you accept someone else’s definition automatically, you’re in for a rather tedious day. It’s not selfish to ask, “What’s in it for me?” In fact, everyone will be better off when you explore this.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). One way to make the minutes seem to go on forever is to engage in

conversation with self-centered people who care nothing of your interest level in the topic or of the entertainment level of the delivery.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You’ll be hit by a very rare form of nostalgia, one that centers on a poignant longing for the here and now. This is how you’ll know you’re just where you should be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Chances are you will not have the luxury of a coach or a cheering squad today, but take heart. The results you get, whatever they may be, will teach you better than any coach could. And good results will encourage you onward.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The great thing about

The Vernon Company, a national leader in the promotional products industry, is seeking an experienced Customer Service Manager. A key function of the position is to manage and retain a customer support team dedicated to building long-term value in customer partnerships.

This role requires an individual that is process oriented, disciplined, analytical and passionate about serving customers and building and leading a team that reflects that same desire to serve. This position is primarily responsible for managing a department; maintaining services and operational standards; plan and allocate resources to effectively staff and accomplish the work to meet departmental productivity and quality goals.

The Vernon Company offers a competitive compensation/benefit package, including health, vision, life, 401(k), PTO and holidays.

For consideration, send cover letter, resume and salary history to:

The Vernon Company

Attn: HR/Customer Service Mgr. One Promotion Place Newton, IA 50208 Fax: 641-792-2838 E-mail: hr@vernoncompany.com

Deadline is Monday, June 5, 2017.

Pre-employment drug screen and background check required.

EOE/M/F/D/V Please see our full ad on www.monster.com SM-NE8143888-0526

your many responsibilities is that they don’t all need to be handled at once. Pace yourself.

Also, when you’re around extremely capable people, you’ll feel more capable -- or maybe even super.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People care about you more than you know and love you more than you want to know. To be so adored is a responsibility you don’t take lightly or handle easily. But take it -- and handle it -- you will.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There will be temptations galore today! You’ll definitely use up your wells of selfcontrol if you stay in a place where you can see them all. A supportive environment will be your key to staying on track.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You can progress from point A to point B without hard work.

Make no assumptions going in. You’ll most likely be able to progress through communication and the application of what you already know.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

What’s well within the rules may be nonetheless morally wrong. And the thing that breaks the rules may very well be the rightest and best thing you could do.

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Sports

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State Appearances 2017

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo freshman Abbey McConeghey, left, takes the baton from sophomore Ilia Hostetter in the 4x800 relay at Drake Stadium on Thursday. The Tigerhawks were ninth in the event.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Chris Ellens, left, runs in the Class 2A boys’ 3,200-meter run at Drake Stadium during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships on Thursday.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully senior Brenna Lanser runs the opening leg of the shuttle hurdle relay in the Class 1A finals on Saturday at the 2017 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in Des Moines.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter sophomore Will Clapper tosses the shot put during the Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium on Thursday.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo junior Reegan Van Dyke reacts to missing opening height in the Class 1A boys’ high jump at Drake Stadium on Friday.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter sophomore Brenna Thomson, left, and senior Heather Jessen react to seeing their personal-best times on the scoreboard after the Class 2A girls’ 3,000-meter run Thursday at Drake Stadium.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Matthew Karsten takes off on the gun for the Class 4A boys; distance medley relay race on Friday at the state track meet in Des Moines.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully sophomore Gage Vander Leest heads over a hurdle during the Class 1A state finals of the 110-meter high hurdles on Saturday in Des Moines.