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Anthony Victor Reyes/Daily News Racer Ty Majeski signs the shirt of 3-month-old Nathan Ford Saturday at Iowa Speedway. Majesty made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the American Ethanol E15 250 Presented by Enogen.

Fans pass love for racing to next generation at Iowa Speedway’s opening races

By Anthony Victor Reyes Newton Daily News

With every major sport, there are always super fans. Racing is no different.

Some paint their faces. Others wear flamboyant get-ups. One fan from Des Moines shows her love for the sport in another way — by turning her husband’s hair into a true work of art.

“We’ve been out here since 2006, when (Iowa Speedway) opened. I’ve got pins from 2007 and

inaugural 2006,” Cory Byrd said. “I love racing since I played with my little sizzler cars (when I was little).”

Saturday, NASCAR fans complimented, high-fived and took selfies with Cory as he showed off his new mohawk, specifically designed for the American Ethanol E15 250 Presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway. Cory’s wife, Linda styled her husband’s hair into a SPEEDWAY | 8A

Anthony Victor Reyes/Daily News Super fan Cory Byrd gets his caricature drawn Saturday at Iowa Speedway prior to the evening race festivities. Byrd’s wife has styled his hair to match every major race they have attended since 2009.

Have you ever sweat a rainbow? Well, if you were at this year’s Color Spash N Dash at Newton High School Saturday morning, you know exactly what that is all about.

“I like getting colored,” 5-year-old participant, Kate Arkema said. “The run made me feel tired.”

As if it was straight out of a Skittles commercial, 86 5K participants left the school on East Fourth Street South a little fatigued, a little sore and covered in splashes

of color. Attendees said the event was worth the mess because they were able to help a good cause while doing something healthy and fun.

“Anytime there is a fundraiser for a school function at any school, we like to help. Budgets get tight. Anything you are able to help those students, the athletes, the cheerleaders, the arts,” Kate’s father and participant, Darin said.

“It was fun ... To be out, do some walking, do some running and being healthy is great.”

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Anthony Victor Reyes/Daily News Color Splash N Dash participants are powdered with blue Saturday at the second color station at Maytag Park Saturday. The run was held to benefit the Newton High School cheerleading squad.

Newton Rocks ‘It is like a big family’ Residents celebrate Program coming town pride at annual Mingo Days to arboretum,

By Anthony Victor Reyes Newton Daily News city parks MINGO — From the Citizens gaining an appreciation for Newton Parks, increased communication time for parents and childrens and joy. Those are three reasons Project AWAKE Board Member Jamie Sawin gave the Newton Parks Board to start the Newton Rocks Program.

“We have a lovely facility out on the east end of town and one of our goals is to get more people to use it,” Sawin said. “We saw this piece on the news one morning where a group from Northeast Ohio was painting rocks, hiding them with a sticker on the back saying, ‘if you find this rock, post your picture on Facebook and re-hide the rock.’ It seemed like a simple thing but they now have 161,892 people who are involved in that project.”

Mingo Men’s Club racing rubber ducks down stream near Indian Creek to water battles with the fire department, many children in Mingo left the town’s annual celebration with some paint on their faces, a belly full of street tacos and a big smile on their faces.

Last weekend, the town of more than 300 people hosted its annual Mingo Days. From a variety of kid-friendly activities to games geared to adults, this year’s Mardi Gras-themed festivities had something for everyone to enjoy.

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Central Iowa Today Today in History

Today is Monday, June 26, the 177th day of 2017. There are 188 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 26, 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War I landed in St. Nazaire.

On this date: In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a second term of office by delegates to the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia.

In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized the U.S. Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean War. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower joined Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech expressing solidarity with the city’s residents, declaring: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

In 1977, 42 people were killed when a fire sent toxic smoke pouring through the Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee.

Elvis Presley performed his last concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

In 1987, Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announced his retirement, leaving a vacancy that was filled by Anthony M. Kennedy.

In 1997, the first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”

by J.K. Rowling, was published in the United Kingdom (it was later released in the United States under the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”).

Ten years ago: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, appearing on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” got into a verbal fracas with Elizabeth Edwards, who called into the program to ask Coulter to stop making personal attacks on her husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Paris Hilton left the Los Angeles County jail after a three-week stay for a probation violation.

Five years ago: Sen. Orrin Hatch won the GOP primary in Utah, handily turning back a challenge from tea party-backed Dan Liljenquist. In Oklahoma, five-term Rep. John Sullivan fell to a tea party-supported candidate, Jim Bridenstine, who went on to win election to Congress.

One year ago: Fourteen people suffered stab wounds, cuts and bruises when fighting erupted outside the California state Capitol in Sacramento between more than 300 counter-protesters and about 30 members of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a white nationalist group.

Today’s Birthdays Actor Clive Francis is 71. Rhythm-andblues singer Brenda Holloway is 71. Actor Michael Paul Chan is 67. Actor Robert Davi is 66. Singer-musician Mick Jones is 62. Actor Gedde Watanabe is 62. Singer Terri Nunn (Berlin) is 58. U.S. Bicycling Hall of Famer Greg LeMond is 56. Rock musician Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) is 48. Actor Sean Hayes is 47. Actor Chris O’Donnell is 47. Actor Nick Offerman is 47. Retired MLB All-Star Derek Jeter is 43. Country singer Gretchen Wilson is 43.

Rock musician Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon) is 38. Pop-rock singer-musician Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) is 38. Actor-musician Jason Schwartzman is 37.

Actress Aubrey Plaza is 33. Actress-singer Ariana Grande is 24.

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That’s Odd Albuquerque TV truck stolen while crew worked on crime story ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — While a television news crew was gathering footage for a story about crime in the Albuquerque downtown area, a thief drove off in the station’s SUV. The Albuquerque Journal reported the story Friday about the KOB-TV truck.

KOB News Director Michelle Donaldson says the vehicle was recovered within a half hour without police assistance by following the GPS tracking device that was on board.

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHERE GOP HEALTH CARE BILL MAY COME UP SHORT Trump seems to have a realistic chance of repealing “Obamacare,” but he’s nowhere close to fulfilling his promises of affordable health care for all.

2. WHAT’S ON HIGH COURT DOCKET The Supreme Court is poised to act on the Trump administration’s travel ban and a separation of church and state dispute involving a Missouri church playground.

3. WHY TAKATA FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION The Japanese air bag maker says it’s the only way to ensure it could carry on supplying replacements for faulty air bag inflators linked to the deaths of at least 16 people.

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Martin Shkreli, best known for becoming a pariah after his drug company raised a medication 5,000 percent, continues preening and trolling on social media.

4. ‘HOMOSEXUAL DEMONS’ CASE COMES TO LIGHT AP finds that authorities delayed their investigation and told Matthew Fenner his only option was to pursue misdemeanor charges against North Carolina church members he says assaulted him in the sanctuary.

8. REPLICA USED TO PINPOINT CALIFORNIA DAM REPAIRS Engineers in Utah are doing tests on a 100-foot long model that is 1/50th the size of the Oroville Dam spillway that connects to the country’s tallest dam.

5. COAL ON RISE IN CHINA, INDIA AFTER MAJOR 2016 DROP Whether the comeback proves fleeting has significant implications for long-term climate emission reduction targets.

9. WHO SHINED AT BET AWARDS Remy Ma ends rival Nicki Minaj’s seven-year winning streak, a show highlighted by ‘90s R&B and groups popular in that decade, as well as five wins for Beyonce.

6. DOZENS MISSING AFTER TOURIST BOAT SINKS IN COLOMBIA Packed with about 160 passengers for the holiday weekend, the El Almirante ferry capsizes on a reservoir near Medellin, leaving at least six people dead, officials say.

10. WESTBROOK TO LEARN IF HISTORIC SEASON WAS MVP ONE The Oklahoma City Thunder star became the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1961-62 to average a triple-double for a season and won his second scoring title.

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Entertainment Son of a famous drummer, Van Halen makes own name in track SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — His favorite song is “Hot for Teacher.” His go-to selection on karaoke nights happens to be “Panama .”

And whenever steeplechaser Aric Van Halen tells someone his name, he waits for the inevitable question: Are you related to THE Van Halens?

Why, yes he is.

His father is drummer Alex Van Halen, the co-founder of the Hall of Fame band. Aric happened to find his rhythm on the track and certainly brings a rock star look with a sleeve of tattoos on his left arm.

“He’s proud that I found something I’m good at and I love to do,” said Aric, who didn’t advance out of the first round of the steeplechase Friday

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AP Photo Aric Van Halen jumps into the water during a heat of the first round of the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Track and Field Championships, Friday, in Sacramento, Calif.

Van Halen is the son of rock-n-roll drummer Alex Van Halen.

night at the U.S. track and field championships. “It didn’t matter what it was.

Making it to the Olympic trials last year was a huge accomplishment for me

and for him to say, ‘My son went to the Olympic trials.’”

Aric tried to follow a similar musical path as his father. He learned the vio-

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It wasn’t for him.

“I was more of a sports guy,” said the 27-year-old who grew up in Los Angeles. “I needed to be a little more active. My attention span was never there.”

At first, baseball was his passion. He was a middle infielder until track entered the picture. He ran the fitness mile as a seventh grader and finished in a blistering time of 5 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Local & State News Dash Continued from Page 1A At the event, which benefitted the Newton High School cheerleaders, the 5K participants ran, walked, skipped and danced through five color stations placed at the school and Maytag Park. At each station, the runners were cheered on by volunteers and Cardinal cheerleaders, while being splashed with orange, green, blue and purple powder. The participants said this made the run seem a little easier, and a lot more fun.

“They would throw a cup and might hit you in the back, the arm or in the face,” Darin’s 8-year-old son, Evan said.

“Maybe blue was my favorite (color to be splashed with).”

Adam Hunter, 16, was the first person to cross the finish line with a time of 17:59. He was followed by 17-year-old,

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Chad Nolin and Tony Morrison, respectively. The 17-yearold clocked in at 19:25 and Morrison finished with a time of 21:20.

Megan Van Zante, 14, was the first female to finish the 5K as the seventh person to cross the finish line. She finished with a time of 23:24.

The group organizers said the fun run was not officially a timed race, as waves of runners were released at different times.

According to the event organizer, Kristin Beiner, Saturday’s run raised about $3,500 after expenses. She said this money will help pay for their two-day cheerleading camp, new uniforms and other expenses the NHS squad may encounter throughout the year.

“Cheerleaders are always there for the other sports, when they need someone to cheer them on. I think it was

Anthony Victor Reyes/Daily News Runners are doused with leftover color powder Saturday following the Color Splash N Dash at Newton High School.

super important for the community to come out and show their support that they showed (Saturday),” Beiner said. “The cheerleaders did all their own work getting the sponsors.

They tried to get runners. All the marketing, they kind of did that all on their own.”

After the race, the participants were treated to water and snacks. With a DJ on scene, the

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News A sample of the rocks to be used in the Newton Rocks Program show painted rocks that are colorful and fun with uplifting pictures and messages to be shared with citizens of Newton.

property, keeping rocks out of the grass so lawn mowers don’t hit them and keeping the messages on the rocks appropriate,” Miller said.

The format for sharing the rocks that are discovered was also explained by Miller. She said they will create, under the umbrella of the arboretum Facebook page, a Facebook group people can join with the rules, how they can create their own rock and how to post pictures of the rocks.

The number of rocks that will be placed to start the project has not yet been determined. Also, the start date for Newton Rocks is still up in the air, but Project

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Overall, the purpose behind the program is to have fun with family while getting fresh air in the Newton Parks, seeing Newton’s beauty and getting some exercise.

“It not only involves recreation but creativity and that is really great,” park board member Amanda Price.

For more information about the project and how to become involved, contact Project AWAKE on the group’s Facebook page.

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

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“Just seeing everyone having such a good time and being together is the most rewarding part of Mingo Days,” Mingo Planning Days Committee member Theresa Maher said.

In typical fashion, this year’s town celebration in Mingo brought back several festivities Mingo Days have been known for throughout the years — the street dance at Greencastle Tavern, the car and tractor show, the friendly softball game with Baxter, the cakewalk and the 5K. By upholding these traditions, several longtime residents and newcomers alike were shown why Mingo is special — the tight community.

“It is like a big family. All the kids play together and have a blast,” Mingo Fire Department EMT and three-year resident Nichole Warrick said. “My favorite part of Mingo Days is the closeness of the community. Everybody is friendly.”

Despite the planning committee continuing these traditions in this year’s Mingo Days, the organizers said by adding a few new things, from moving the parade to Friday evening to the Colfax Mexican restaurant, Cocina Hernandez’s food truck serving tasty treats throughout the three-day celebration, the group was able to get people excited about Mingo Days this year, and inspire hometown pride into the younger generation.

“We all have little ones. We

want to make it fun for them and get them interested when they get older,” Warrick said. “We want to make them proud of their town.

Sometimes they don’t get to see everybody around all the time.

When you have these celebrations, everybody gets together and hangs out.”

From Mingo natives who moved away to residents who just moved into town, this celebration allowed the community to get together and celebrate the town they love over good food, a few beers and countless fun activities.

“You don’t want your town to die for any reason,” Maher said.

“This is one celebration that kind of brings everybody back into town, and have pride in what their community is and what is going on in it.”

According to Maher, the annual Mingo Days festivities present a perfect opportunity to allow several residents to reconnect with people they have not seen in a while.

Residents said no matter how much time has passed, the celebration guarantees a good time.

“We had a gal come back (my husband) Ryan and I knew when we were still dating and hadn’t seen her since — 28 years ago. She was back for the weekend,” she said.

“That is what it is all about — getting the community together just to have a good time. Everybody can relax and have fun.”

For more information about this year’s town celebration, find Mingo Days on Facebook.

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The program involves members of Project AWAKE and Newton citizens painting rocks and placing them throughout the Newton Arboretum. When the rocks are found by those walking in the park, they can take them, enjoy them, then re-hide the rock in a different Newton Park. Rocks created by Project AWAKE will have a label on them with instructions including to take a picture with the rock, share the picture on our Facebook page and then re-hide it.

In the Northeast Ohio ground, Sawin said she sees about 10 to 12 new pictures posted on Facebook daily of citizens participating. Of the rocks hidden, some have words on them, some just have pictures, some are done with really good art, some not so good but are probably done by budding artists Sawin said.

“There are some really funny, funny rocks out there.

That is part of the mission random acts of kindness or brightening someones day,” Sawin said.

Safety issues were addressed at the meeting by Sawin and Project AWAKE Board President Svetlana Miller.

“We focused on main safety issues, respecting

cheerleaders and runners who still had some energy to spare were seen dancing in front of the school and having “color fights” with the leftover color powder, which is made with a combination of cornstarch, baking soda and FD&C dyes.

Beiner said due to the high turnout of the squad’s first color run, the group plans to turn this event into an annual fundraiser.

“Based on the amount that we saw today and the word of mouth getting out, I think we could probably double the number we had (Saturday) next year,” she said. “This was a great step for us.”

For more information about the event, email colorsplashdash@gmail.com or find Newton HS Cheerleader Color Splash N Dash on Facebook.

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Editor’s note: This column originally published June 23, 2016. ne part water, one part hot sauce and one part house cleaner. This is the home cure-all for a “Threat-Level Midnight” wasp invasion — at least according to the wisdom of Naturallivingideas.com’s “6 natural ways to get rid of wasps.”

It does work, but I hope no one has to use this method except as a last resort. It’s been a bit of a dream for Betsy and me to have a lush apartment balcony garden, creating a living oasis on our fourth-floor patio as a summertime retreat.

We’ve made progress. We have a clematis crawling up the railing,

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a hanging basket full of annuals, a black metal stand filling up with lemon balm, Italian parsley and other herbs, a thriving palm tree and a cactus. We also have the decor — a small patio set, rainbow colored outdoor rug, a wind chime and a little birdhouse.

Betsy is the crafty type. She painted the small, pine wood birdhouse in multi-colored pastel in an attempt to find feng shui with our beach oasis theme. But birds, we unfortunately found, do not always like to live four stories up.

While reading our books and drinking iced tea on a Thursday evening, Betsy and I witnessed a single, curious wasp land on the birdhouse door and walk right in. Now,

the house might have been vacant but you don’t just waltz right in to a home without an invitation. I don’t care if you have a stinger, it’s bad form.

Our yellow and black-winged friend flew away, and we looked at each other without words. Our gut feeling said he’d be back for a house party with all of his friends. Betsy, being the eternal outdoor optimist, thought it was premature to move the birdhouse inside with the hope a little bird would come to nest before the wasp crasher returned.

Two days later, about 20 wasps were flying in and out of their newly claimed colony. It was much more flashy than the hole in which they had been living, inside the balcony canopy of the apartment next door.

So we went to our trusty friend Google to find a good way to evict the hoard. We found Natural Living Ideas and tried a few of their tricks.

Betsy filled a clear plastic sandwich

bag with water, put a penny inside and tied it shut — fastening it to the black rack where the birdhouse sits. This is supposed to look like a threatening spiderweb to wasps ...

Failed. She also crumpled a brown paper bag and tied it to the other side of the rack with white twine.

This is supposed to impersonate a rival wasp colony’s hive and scare the flying stingers away from enemy turf ... nothing.

So, finally, with her wartime headband, Betsy filled the spray bottle with the hot sauce, house cleaner mixture and proceeded to the birdhouse hole. A few quick sprays and the wasps fled. They returned a few times and hovered, but never got closer than a foot from the front door. Victory was ours, but the birdhouse now smells like the inside of a burrito. My guess is we won’t be welcoming birds any time soon.

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Eye on America John Stossel

‘Stingy’ Jeff Bezos Thursday, right before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced he’d acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, he tweeted a “request for ideas” for “philanthropy strategy.” If you have suggestions re “helping people in the here and now... reply to this tweet.”

Here’s my reply: Don’t do it, Jeff!

I understand why you asked.

Giving well isn’t easy. Charities often squander donations.

Cancer Fund of America gave less than 5 percent of donations to charity. When I confronted its owner, James Reynolds, he blithely said, “True, if they give it to the telemarketer, they get 85-90 percent.”

Charity-rating services try to separate good charities from bad, but they get conned, too. Measuring “charitable work” is hard. How should the CEO’s firstclass hotel expenses be classified?

Some charities perpetuate dependency — rewarding passivity rather than effort.

Some perpetuate poverty — destroying local businesses by forcing them to compete with “free.”

Still, Jeff Bezos, you have $80 freakin’ billion. Isn’t it your moral duty to give more?

No. I know, you’ve been called “stingy.” A Slate article sneered that lemonade stands donate more.

Like much of what is in Slate, that wasn’t true. You’ve given millions to various causes, including our alma mater. (Dumb — Princeton doesn’t need the money.)

Still, you give less than .1 percent of your wealth.

Stingy as that sounds, I say that’s good — because you are not a normal person.

I give to charity. But I’m just a reporter. I don’t create wealth like you do.

You employ more than 300,000 people. Amazon saves everyone time and money. You created that from nothing.

I bet soon you will find ways to improve food distribution, and your Blue Origin rockets will make space travel practical. Already, you are more efficient than NASA. There’s no doubt that you are a wealth creator.

So was Ted Turner. Nineteen years ago, the billionaire told me it was “appalling” how cheap rich people are. “I saw ‘A Christmas Carol’,” said Turner. “I assumed everybody with a lot of money gave it away, because they didn’t want to be Scrooge! ... We should shame rich people into giving.”

Shortly afterward, he announced that he would donate $1 billion to the U.N. The press cheered.

But wait, the U.N. is famous for waste! It spends millions on bureaucracy, coddling dictators, sucking up to celebrity ambassadors, etc. I assume the U.N. squandered much of Turner’s gift.

But Turner the entrepreneur created Turner Broadcasting, CNN and more. Today his companies employ thousands of people.

So I asked him, “Since the U.N. wastes money, while you have unique business skills, don’t you and, say, Bill Gates, do more for the world by growing your companies?”

Turner didn’t buy it. “What are you beating on me about? This is why people don’t like newsmen ... I’m walking off the set.”

And he did.

Today, Bill Gates spends his time giving money away. He’s conscientious about it. He experiments, funding what works — dropping what doesn’t. He uses his business skills to save lives. Good for him.

But Gates was unusually skilled at bringing people better software. Had he continued at Microsoft, I bet he would have done even more for the world.

After the movie “The Social Network” portrayed Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as selfish, Zuckerberg gave $100 million to Newark’s schools.

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Q & A : Free Speech 101 Q: Why did you conduct a hearing to examine free speech on college campuses?

A: On July 4, Americans will celebrate 241 years of independence. We will celebrate our nation’s sovereignty and cherished individual freedoms that have been passed down from one generation to the next. As Americans, we are endowed with unalienable rights of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” As citizens, we are challengedto protect and defend the sacred blessings of freedom enshrined in our nation’s founding charters. During tumultuous periods of war and social upheaval, these founding principles have served as an unbending arc to keep America united,from the nation’s Civil War and civil rights movement to the Vietnam War and 21st century terrorism.

Through it all, the U.S. Constitution enshrines the protection of freedom, liberty and justice for all.

The five freedoms of the First Amendment are arguably the most well-known among Americans of all ages and walks of life: freedom of religion; freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom to assemble peaceably; and, freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances. Upholding this legacy and heritage of freedom for posterity depends on the next generation to stand up for and champion the free flow of ideas. Indeed, a consequential dissent written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes one year after World War I heralds the “marketplace of ideas” that has influenced the protections of the First Amendment for decades. Opendialogue and diversity of thought are vital hallmarks of self-government.

Throughout my public service representing Iowa in the United States Senate, I prioritize constituent dialogue by holding meet-

The Scoop U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley ings with Iowans in every county, every year. That’s why I view efforts to thwart free speech on college campuses as a red flag to self-government. The censorship of ideas on college campuses has a chilling effect on a student’s ability to digest, analyze and question opposing opinions.

Banning speakers from campus to prevent certain messages from being heard does a disservice to the studentbody. It assaults the First Amendment.

Institutions of higher learning should not be in the business of shielding students from opposing views. It poisons the well of democracy and erodes constitutional protections that generations of men and women in uniform have sacrificed life and limb to protect.

Q: What is your takeaway from the Judiciary Committee hearing?

A: We heard from seven witnesses who shared their views about the state of free speech on college campuses. The good news is not all college campuses are censoring free speech or restricting who comes to speak to the student body. However, two college students reported on “free speech zones” and other measures that they say results in intolerance and even fosters violence towards opposing viewpoints.

In my opening statement, I referred to Northwestern University’s president who supports “safe spaces” for students to avoid uncomfortable debates. Carving out “free speech zones” and “safe spaces” creates a disconnect on college campuses that unplugs

young adults from reality. Colleges need to help open their eyes to the world, not muddy the lens through which they see it. Restricting the free flow of ideas at an institution of learning flunks common sense. It fosters a conformist culture that will shrink mindful learning and stunt schools of thought. Expanding tolerance for differing viewpoints comes from exposure to dialogue, not censorship. College administrators who testified raised concerns about limited resources for maintaining campus security and student safety amid recent incidents of violent protests.

Certainly, campus safety is critical to families who send their kids off to college and a critical responsibility of a college administration.

However, using it as a scapegoat to undercut the First Amendment is a flawed argument. It’s very troubling that some college administrators are discriminating against speakers based on their points of view and political ideology. America does not subscribe to one single political orthodoxy. And while it’s no secret that prevailing political orthodoxy among many universities leans to the liberal end of the political spectrum, it’s unacceptable to prevent students from exploring the free flow of ideas and nurturing their ability to compromise and negotiate differences of opinion with civility and respect.

Polarization and gridlock in Washington won’t ever improve if the next generation is indoctrinated to shut down free speech and shut out opposing views. Even liberal university administrators agree that conservative views are often unwelcome on campus. A provost from Stanford University has said, “There is growing intolerance at universities ... a political one-sidedness that is the antithesis of what universities should stand for.”

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Obituaries Arlene Johnson June 22, 2017 Arlene Hoffert Johnson, 94, of Grinnell, died Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Mayflower Health C a r e Center in Grinnell.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, June 27 at the Grinnell United Methodist Church. Organist will be Juli Bey. Casket bearers will be Chad Agnew, Jack Johnson, Kaden Moore, Marty Hoffert, Jamie Hoffert and Jeff Rose. Honorary bearers will Kameron Moore, Will Agnew,

Russell L. Blumeyer June 20, 2017 Russell L. “Russ” Blumeyer, 93, of Newton, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 until the time

Matthew Agnew and Joseph Rothschild. Interment will be in the Lakeview Section of Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.

Friends may call beginning at 2 p.m. Monday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell and the family will be present at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Memorials may be directed to the Arlene Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund to benefit a female athletic scholarship and sent in care of the Smith Funeral Home, P.O. Box 368, Grinnell, IA 50112.

Arlene was born March 4, 1923, in rural Jasper County, to Arthur and Kathryn Hummel Hoffert. She graduated from Bussey High

of service at the funeral home.

Burial will be at the Ne w t o n Union Cemetery in Newton.

Memorials to Alzheimer’s Association may be left at the funeral home.

Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home please add, Attn: Blumeyer Family on the envelope.

School with the Class of 1941.

On June 26, 1942, she was united in marriage to Merton Johnson in Kirksville, Mo. The couple lived in Grinnell, where she worked in food service of the Grinnell-Newburg School District until her retirement in the late 90s.

Arlene was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Lady Elks and the NARFE. She enjoyed golfing, bowling, knitting and traveling throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.

Survivors include her children, Nancy (Dan) Agnew of Grinnell, Cathy (Ed) Womer of Duncannon, Pa., and Art (Sue) Johnson of

Grinnell; five grandchildren, Chad Agnew of Oak Park, Ill., Heather (Dennis) Agnew-Moore of Grinnell, Alana (Jim) Van Zandingham of Martinsburg, W.V., Jennifer (Nathan) Rothschild of Gainesville, Fla., and Jack (Brandy Rinck) Johnson of Seattle, Wash.; five great grandchildren, Kaden, Kameron, Will, Matthew and Joseph; one sister, Sandra (Rich) Elliott of Grinnell; and her adopted grandson, Adam Kinnear.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1977; two sisters, Genevieve Doane and Helen Owens; three brothers, Carl, Jim and Rollin Hoffert; and great-grandson, Kaleb Moore.

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Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 at Coburn Funeral Home in Monroe. Condolences may be left for the family at coburnfuneralhomes. com.

June 22, 2017 Raymond Dwayne Pitt, 61, of Monroe, lost his battle with cancer Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

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DEAR ABBY: My mother has been a hospice volunteer for six months. I think that’s great. The problem is, all she ever talks about anymore is the families and patients she helps. I’m tired of coming home from school or work and hearing about her latest patient’s family drama or the details about how they died.

My grandmother, who also lives with us, is burned out from it, too.

I have changed the subject or asked her politely several times not to continue telling me these stories, to no avail. I have also mentioned that it is a violation of HIPAA laws, but her answer is, “Not if I don’t tell you their names, and you don’t repeat these stories.”

My boyfriend doesn’t like to come over anymore because he thinks her stories are morbid. I even overheard Mom telling these stories to the yard man recently. Moving out is not an option, or I would already be gone.

Help! — TIRED OF MORBID STORIES DEAR TIRED: Your mother is doing extremely stressful work. It’s possible she needs to vent to relieve it. However, for her to repeatedly dump on you (and the gardener?!) is wrong.

That said, there’s no law you have to listen, so if she persists, get up and leave the room. I agree that what she’s doing is a violation of HIPAA, which could cost her her position, so suggest that if she needs to “destress,” she should go jogging or buy a treadmill and do it that way, or keep a journal.

DEAR ABBY: I’m in my mid20s. I’ve done a lot in my life that I’m proud of. But one nagging issue I have is that I have never been in a relationship or even been kissed.

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Developer of Sioux City building files for bankruptcy SIOUX CITY — A California-based developer of a 12-story historic art deco building in downtown Sioux City has filed for bankruptcy protection, indefinitely delaying an effort by an eastern Iowa bank to foreclose on it.

Mako One Corp., of Carlsbad, Calif., has notified the court that it’s filing a Chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of California. In its petition, Mako One lists nearly $1 million in unsecured creditors. Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust filed for foreclosure on the Badgerow Building in April.

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TAMA — Authorities have recovered the body of a man from the Iowa River, just south of Tama.

First responders were called to the site around 4:35 p.m. Sunday. They soon found a body that later was identified as that of Rodney Keraghan.

An autopsy has been ordered. Authorities suspect he drowned.

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa leaders have announced a plan to set aside nearly $5 million next year for faculty pay raises. The announcement comes as university officials figure out how to absorb a second year of cuts in state funding and are preparing for tuition increases. The Iowa Board of Regents earlier this month approved tuition hikes at all three of Iowa’s public universities. UI President Bruce Harreld has called for programs that would help raise the average of full-time, tenure-track faculty to 95 percent of the median of the university’s peer group.

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Neighborhood plagued by flooding changed into park WATERLOO — A new shelter and trail in Waterloo are among the final pieces of a transformation of a flood-raved neighborhood into a riverfront recreation area.

A $200,000 grant from Iowa’s Resource Enhancement and Protection program will fund the new shelter, parking lot and trail in Waterloo’s Sherwood Park Recreation Area.

“The whole idea is to take land that really can’t be used for anything else and make it into a useful water- and trailbased recreation area,” said Waterloo Leisure Services Director Paul Huting.

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Woman, 3 children hurt in Iowa SUV-train collision FORT DODGE — Authorities say a woman and three children have been injured in a collision with a train in north-central Iowa. The crash occurred a little before 3:30 p.m. Saturday, southeast of Fort Dodge. An Iowa state trooper says the southbound sport utility vehicle driver didn’t see the eastbound train at the crossing, which is marked by signs but doesn’t have electronic signals or crossing gates.

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Nebraska firework sellers scramble for new business in Iowa LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska fireworks retailers are scrambling to set up shop in Iowa because it lifted its ban last month and are brushing aside concerns that the new policy could hurt sales at their existing shops along the border.

Retailers said they’re excited to expand into the new market after former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad signed a law last month to legalize bottle rockets, Roman candles and other consumer fireworks.

Iowa banned fireworks in the 1930s in response to fires that

caused widespread damage.

Iowans have traditionally bought fireworks in neighboring states that allow them — primarily in Missouri, which offers year-round sales, but also in the Omaha area and South Sioux City, Neb., which lets retailers sell them for several days around July 4.

Unlike Missouri’s shops in small, isolated border towns that rely on Iowa customers, though, Nebraska retailers say they’re already located in cities large enough to support their businesses. Many are part of regional chains that set

up tents in multiple states.

“We’re pretty excited about the opportunities in Iowa,” said Vince Bellino, manager at the Papillion-based Bellino Fireworks. “It’s a growth market for us. It’s going to affect some of our Nebraska business, but not much.”

Bellino said 10 to 15 percent of his Omaha-area business comes from Iowa, but the company now plans to open temporary stands in Council Bluffs, Sioux City and Clarinda near Iowa’s western border.

Dan Williams, owner of Wild Willy’s Fireworks in

Springfield, Nebraska, opened five new stands in western and central Iowa and expects to erect more in the future.

Williams said he and others in the industry had to hurry because the law passed just a month before sales were allowed to begin. Iowa retailers can now sell consumer fireworks out of temporary structures from June 13 through July 8 each year, which is a much bigger window than Nebraska’s.

“The potential there is huge,” Williams said.

Kirk Myers, owner of the

Crete, Nebraska-based Kracklin’ Kirks Fireworks, said Iowa’s decision to allow fireworks should help the whole industry in the region.

Myers said he believes many potential Iowa customers were reluctant to buy even out-of-state fireworks because they didn’t want to violate the state’s ban.

“I’m not seeing a lot of negatives,” said Myers, who owns stores throughout central and eastern Nebraska. “The overall pie is going to get considerably bigger for everyone now that it’s legal.”

Iowan makes Star Wars Millennium Falcon with matchsticks GLADBROOK (AP) — “Some people refer to me as an artist, but I consider myself a woodworker.”

Patrick Acton may have one of the most tedious artistic hobbies on record. Since 1977, he has created intricate wooden models made entirely from matchsticks. His creative endeavors caught the attention of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in 1993.

Since that time, he has created 25 models for the Ripley’s franchise, which has 100 attractions on five continents. Acton’s latest piece, which was commissioned by Ripley’s, is his second-largest model to date: the “Star Wars” Millennium Falcon.

His representation of the iconic spacecraft measures 15 feet long by 10 feet wide, and was made with 910,000 matchsticks.

The matchsticks alone weigh 450 pounds, not including the craft’s mov-

able parts. Crafting the Millennium Falcon took 2,500 hours.

“I wanted to do a ‘Star Wars’ piece, and they said to do the most iconic one — the Millennium Falcon,” Acton said.

The model’s interactive features include a rotating communications disk, retractable loading ramp and landing gear, fiber optic lighting in the cockpit, and it plays the “Star Wars” theme song upon the push of a button.

“They’re more and more into interactive exhibits at their museums,” Acton explained.

He began work on the Millennium Falcon — his 71st piece — in April 2016. Before any matchsticks are glued together, Acton draws up blueprints. For this piece, he worked from photographs of the movie prop and from a toy model. He spent over a year on the project, putting the finish-

ing touches on the piece this month. The model is currently on display now through July 25 at Matchstick Marvels at the Gladbrook Museum. After that date, it will be disassembled in 50 pieces and shipped to Ripley’s Orlando warehouse, where it will be reassembled for future display. The model was made to rest on its custom-made stand, or be suspended from the air.

Acton’s distinctive hobby begs the question: why matchsticks?

“I was always a woodworker as a kid; always building and fixing furniture,” he said.

He also cites a news story he saw as a child about a man who made a model farmstead out of matchsticks, and Acton was immediately intrigued by the concept.

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T-R Photo Patrick Acton of Gladbrook has gained international fame with his Matchstick Marvels.

His latest creation, commissioned by Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, is of the Millennium Falcon from “Stars Wars.” It measures 15 feet long by 10 feet wide, and was made with 910,000 matchsticks. The matchsticks alone weigh 450 pounds, not including the craft’s movable parts. It will be viewable now through July 25 at the Matchstick Marvels display at the Gladbrook Museum.

of matchsticks: a country church.

“It was a really cheap hobby, building with matchsticks and glue,” he said. “I would buy the matchsticks at the grocery store and cut off the sulfur tips.”

Today, Acton purchases in bulk special matchsticks made without the sulfur tips.

Working in his homebased studio, he constructs his models in a series of calculated steps.

“In the summer

months, I plan and draw the design. In the late summer, I glue sheets of matchsticks together and cut different components.

In the winter, I build the basic structure, and in the spring, I do the detail work,” he said.

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Speedway Continued from Page 1A mohawk, painted a checkered flag on the spikes and printed the Iowa Speedway logo on the side of his head.

The Newton Club members said Cory has been displaying these unique hairstyles at every major race at the track since 2009. They said this started on a whim to do something fun and different. After receiving a positive response from fellow racing fans, the couple decided to try to do it every year since.

“I was actually going to retire. I wasn’t going to do this year. But (Friday), we came out here and somebody said, ‘Please.’ So we rushed (Saturday) morning to get his haircut, and I got it up,” Linda said. “If I get one person to smile,

then I have done my job.”

The couple said, although they love the competition, the cars and the drivers, what brings them back to the track every race is the Iowa Speedway community.

“People from Kansas and stuff, they go to other big tracks. They said, ‘This track is so nice and friendly,’” Cory said. “It is Iowa nice (out here).

It is the most fast fun you could have.”

This weekend, racing fans of all ages were treated to several fun activities at the Iowa Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series M&Ms 200 presented by Casey’s General Store and the NASCAR Xfinity Series American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen. From the pork fries eating contest to close interactions with the

www.newtondailynews.com | Monday | June 26, 2017 NASCAR racers at the Fan Walk, Iowa Speedway president Jimmy Small said the fans transformed the track’s season opening weekend into an unforgettable experience.

“The evening after races, after the day is over, especially after the last day of racing of the weekend, we as a staff are out here in the campgrounds. We camp with the fans all week long,” he said. “Definitely my favorite part is having a lot of fun with my staff, but also together with the fans. It is really cool just hanging out with them and showing them it is more than a job ...

We are fans ourselves.”

For this weekend’s races, several fans came to the track to camp and watch the fast-pace racing, while creating memories with their families. The young race fans were treated to an Anthony Victor Reyes/Daily News Several kids test their pit crew skills Friday at the Crash Course 2.0’s new tire changing station at Iowa Speedway prior to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series M&Ms 200 presented by Casey’s General Store.

array of race-related activities, from testing their tire-changing skills at the Crash Course to meeting the racers at the Kids Q&A and autograph sessions.

The attending families said, through these activities, they are able to share their love for the sport to the next generation of racing fans.

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“NASCAR has always been a family-first, family-friendly sport. At the racetrack, we really try to make it as accommodating as possible to the next generation of fans,” he said. “They are out there with their fans because this place is really special to these drivers.

It is one of their favorite tracks to race at and for the teams and drivers that have been coming out here since 2007, this place has been generating the biggest crowds they have ever seen... A lot of it is thanks to the wonderful fans we have here in Iowa.”

According to the families at the track, these little gestures, in addition to the exhilarating races always has them leaving the speedway smiling and excited to come back for more.

“It is so cool because you get something wrote on (by the drivers),” 11-year-old Hannah Ford, who received autographs from several racers at the Fan Walk, said.

“It’ll give you memories when you are older.”

Due to the proximity to Memorial Day and Independence Day, the racing festivities paid tribute to the members of the armed forces by having a display of vintage military vehicles on the concourse. Saturday, the NASCAR Salutes events were held before the race, swearing in new members of the United States Air Force in front of the racing fans.

The next major races at Iowa Speedway will be ARCA Racing Series Iowa 150 and the Verizon Indycar Series Iowa Corn 300. The races’ green flag is scheduled to be waved 8 p.m. July 8 and 3:50 p.m. July 9, respectively. Campgrounds open July 6.

“We just love it down here. It is a fun place to come. People here are friendly,” Linda Byrd said. “(Racing) is something we can enjoy together.”

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Byron breaks through, wins first Xfinity race

Former NASCAR Next teenager triumphs in American Ethanol E15 250

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR Xfinity Series driver William Byron celebrates in the Casey’s General Stores Victory Lane on Saturday after winning the American Ethanol E15 250 at Iowa Speedway. It was Byron’s first win in the series but his third win at the track in the past three years.

Iowa Speedway has been good to William Byron over the past three seasons. Byron always seems to run well at Newton’s7/8 mile track.

For the third time in his career, Byron drove into the Casey’s General Stores Victory Lane at Iowa Speedway, this time winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series American Ethanol E15 250 Presented by Enogen.

Byron won a NASCAR K&N Series race at Iowa in 2015 and was the winner of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event in 2016.

It was Bryon’s first win of the season. The rest of the top five included Ryan Sieg, Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain and Dakoda Armstrong.

Byron missed out on his first win by mere inches at Michigan last weekend, finishing second to Denny Hamlin by .012 of a second. Saturday, he put it all together and finished it off with no Monster Energy Cup Series drivers in the field.

“It was exciting to be that close to a win last weekend,” Byron said. “That gave us a lot of momentum this week.

Our short-track program has been really good. We executed it well tonight.”

Des Moines native Michael Annett was sixth and Cedar Rapids native Joey Gase finished 18th.

The Xfinity Series points title contenders ran up front all night, but it was the underdogs who grabbed topfive finishes after Byron.

Byron made up 15 points in the team standings and now sits 57 points back in third. But Sieg is now 13th, Reddick sits in 20th, Chastain is 18th and Armstrong moved into 11th.

For one night, the underdogs shined.

“Looking at the rundown there,

there’s a lot of guys who do a lot with a little at the top,” Reddick said. “The car was fast. We got close on the last restart. We were one adjustment away from being where we wanted to be.”

Byron is the second driver in the Xfinity Series to win his first career race at Iowa Speedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the first back in 2011.

The 19-year-old Byron led 78 laps, taking the lead for good with 20 laps remaining in the 250-lap race.

Byron was able to take the lead for the remainder of the race thanks to a caution on Lap 218 that took out then-leader and polesitter Christopher Bell, as he made contact with No. 48 Brennan Poole.

Byron said after the race that his crew told him he was good on fuel the rest of the way after his final pit stop, but the difference was only a few laps.

“We played it perfect,” Byron said.

“We had a really good car. We made some adjustments and got some new tires and that’s when we were able to show how good the car was.”

Bell sustained enough damage to his No. 20 Toyota to knock him back to 14th by the time the green flag fell again, and he never recovered. He finished 16th, despite leading a race-high 152 laps.

Another caution late in the race allowed the underdogs to make their way to the front.

“The caution helped us out,” Sieg said. “I couldn’t believe I was running second. It was crazy. It was fun racing with (Reddick) at the end. We had a pretty good battle there.

“I did all I could do to win. It was still crazy to come in second.”

Reddick admitted that him and his team got help from the late caution.

Sometimes luck is on your side.

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Nemechek captures NCWTS M&M’s 200

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Not knowing how many races he would compete in during the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, John Hunter Nemechek and NEMCO Motorsports let his track performance send a message to potential sponsors.

Nemechek made it two-fortwo the past weeks driving in the NCWTS. The 20-year-old came to Iowa Speedway on the heels of winning in Illinois. It

was deja vu at Friday night’s NCWTS M&M’s 200 presented by Casey’s General Stores.

For the second straight race, Nemechek made a laterace pass to grab the lead and pulled away from the field to win. It was his second win of the season driving the No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado, which is owned by his father Joe Nemechek, a former NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.

“It feels really good,” Nemechek said about winning

his second NCWTS race in as many weeks. “It’s unbelievable, for sure. We knew we we’re going to have a good truck this weekend running here. We led laps last year here at Iowa, qualified for the pole, but didn’t finish it out like we wanted.”

He said they came back to Iowa for some redemption for a lost opportunity a year ago.

The No. 8 truck had sponsorship from Fire Alarm Services for seven races in 2017. After Nemechek’s win at Gateway Motorsports Park

at Madison, Ill., Fire Alarm Services agreed to add three races, which included Iowa, to its deal.

“It’s definitely special. All year we felt really good about this whole stretch of Gateway, Iowa, and Kentucky. Hopefully, we can go to Kentucky and make it three in a row,” Nemechek said. “Thank you to all my guys. They’re so determined and dedicated. They work as many hours as needed and this is fun getting to Victory Lane.”

Nemechek learned of the traditions at Iowa Speedway’s Victory Lane Friday night.

The Casey’s General Store pizza delivered to the winner, photos with the fans in the stands and of course, the gas pump trophy.

Nemechek said they came in Friday’s race with a strategy for Iowa Speedway. In-race adjustments helped him continue to move up on the track throughout the race.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News John Hunter Nemechek drives the No. 8 Fire Alarm Services Inc./Romco Equipment Co. Chevrolet truck to a win Friday night at Iowa Speedway. Winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series M&M’s 200 at Iowa gave Nemechek back-to-back victories in the series. He took the lead on a restart with six laps to go and pulled away.

NHS baseball falls to Pella Newton rocks Lady Dutch

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — A rocky start by Newton High’s Cardinal baseball team put it in a five-run hole it couldn’t dig out of Friday against host Pella’s Little Dutch.

The Dutch held on for a 6-4 win over the Cardinals in Little Hawkeye Conference action.

Five of Pella’s nine hits for the game came in the first inning when the Dutch scored five runs. Taylor Greiner took over for Newton starting pitcher Trey Vanderlaan in the first inning.

Vanderlaan was charged with three

runs on two hits and one walk. Greiner worked six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks. He hit one batter and struck out two. Newton had one defensive error.

“Taylor came in on short notice for us and pitched well. Really, the only run he gave up was in the sixth,” Newton head coach Dustin Brisel said.

“Our guys are staying positive and working hard even though we’re not winning as many games as we’d like.

They know we’re continuing to get better as a team.”

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By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — Eighteen hits helped Newton High’s Cardinals to pile up 12 runs on Friday night on their way to a Little Hawkeye Conference win over host Pella. The Cardinal softball team won 12-1 to improve to 9-7 in LHC play.

The offensive onslaught was highlighted by sophomore Emily Valtman’s 13th home run — a solo shot — and sophomore Rilee Slycord’s two-run home run. Both home runs came in a six-run seventh inning.

Valtman put Newton up 7-1 with one gone in the seventh. She is now tied atop the Class 4A home run list for the season. Slycord hit her third homer of the season three batters later.

Sophomore Anna Coyle went the distance in the circle for Newton. She limited the Lady Dutch to four hits, walked one and struck out seven.

Newton committed four errors defensively.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Monday Softball Norwalk at Newton, JV 4:30 p.m., varsity DH 6 p.m.

Montezuma at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

BGM at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

CMB at North Polk, 7 p.m.

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

Baseball Norwalk at Newton, varsity DH 5:30 p.m.

BGM at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

North Polk at CMB, 5:15 p.m.

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

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

CMB at Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.

Knoxville at PCM, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball Colfax-Mingo at BGM, 6 p.m.

Pella at PCM, 7:30 p.m.

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

North Mahaska at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at HLV, 6 p.m.

Softball Pella Christian at Newton, JV 5:30 p.m, varsity 7:15 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at North Mahaska, 6 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at HLV, 6 p.m.

CMB at South Hamilton, 7 p.m.

PCM at Nevada, 7 p.m.

Thursday Baseball Colfax-Mingo at Moravia, 7:30 p.m.

CMB at Saydel, 5:15 p.m.

Softball Colfax-Mingo at Moravia, varsity DH 5:30 p.m.

Friday Baseball Newton at Indianola, varsity DH 5:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Melcher-Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Woodward-Granger at CMB, 5:15 p.m.

North Polk at PCM, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.

PCM at North Polk, 7 p.m.

Saturday Baseball Newton at Des Moines North, JV noon, varsity 2 p.m.

Softball Lynnville-Sully at Carlisle tournament, 9 a.m.

Photo by Beth Caple Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s softball team won the Collins Days Tournament for the third straight season Saturday after wins over Colo-NESCO and Montezuma. The Class 2A No. 3 Raiders have won six straight games and are 23-5 on the season.

Third-ranked Raiders win Collins Days Tournament

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

COLLINS — The Class 2A No. 3 Collins-Maxwell/Baxter softball team won its home tournament title for the third straight season Saturday after downing Colo-NESCO and Montezuma.

With CAL leaving the tournament, it was moved to a round robin format, and the Raiders opened with a 13-2, five-inning win over the Royals and then downed Montezuma 4-1 in the third and final game of the day.

The two wins pushed CMB to 23-5 on the season. The Raiders are four wins away from tying the school record of 27 they set last year during their run to the state tourney.

The Raiders, who have won six straight games, scored seven runs in the first inning against the Royals and never looked back. They finished off the win with a five-run fourth inning.

Senior Abbey Kahler (9-5) threw the first two innings and got the win after allowing no earned runs on one hit with five strikeouts.

Kahler now has 118 strikeouts and 16 walks with an earned run average of 2.13.

Sophomore Sydney Schmidt tossed two innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits with one strikeout and one walk.

Sophomore Mikayla Markley tossed her first inning of the season, allowing no runs on three hits.

No. 11 Tigerhawks sweep four at Marshalltown

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MARSHALLTOWN — The Class 1A No. 11 Colfax-Mingo softball team scored 44 runs in its four games at the Marshalltown Bobcat Classic on Friday and Saturday.

Powered by the bats of junior Rhiannon Haley and senior Amy Russell, the Tigerhawks defeated Class 3A Bondurant-Farrar and 5A Marshalltown on Friday and downed 4A Marion and 2A No. 12 Lisbon on Saturday.

Haley and Russell combined for 18 hits, five home runs, 24 RBIs and 14 runs scored in the four wins as the Tigerhawks improved to 21-8 on the season.

Colfax-Mingo opened the tournament Friday with an 11-7 victory over Bondurant-Farrar and then finished the day with a 6-0 win over host Marshalltown. The Tigerhawks started Saturday with a 14-5 triumph over Marion and then rallied to down Lisbon, 13-12, in 10 innings in the tournament’s finale.

The Tigerhawks, who have won five in a row, scored four runs in the first inning against the Lady Jays (7-21) and put away the win with a three-run fourth and four-run fifth.

The two teams combined for 25 hits in the six innings.

Haley finished three hits, including a home run, three runs and four RBIs, and Russell collected three hits, three RBIs and two runs.

Senior Alivia Haley had two hits and three runs, sophomore Mackensie Brown went 2-for-4, sophomore Colbee Cunningham had two

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RBIs and junior Ries Wilson walked twice.

Russell (13-3) earned the win in the circle, allowed five earned runs on 11 hits with four strikeouts and four walks.

The four hitters in the Tigerhawk lineup had 11 of the team’s 14 hits against Marshalltown (8-21). Colfax-Mingo led 1-0 after two and then scored twice in the third and two in the sixth.

Russell finished with three hits, including a home run, and two RBIs. Alivia Haley and Wilson each had three hits and two runs, Rhiannon Haley added two hits and Brown drove in a pair of runs.

Cunningham (8-5) surrendered three hits in the circle.

She earned the win after walking two and striking out one.

The Tigerhawks led 4-3 after two innings against Marion. They pulled away with a seven-run third and a threerun fourth to end the game after five innings.

The middle of Colfax-Mingo’s lineup had eight of the 11 hits against Marion (9-21).

Russell finished with two hits, two runs and five RBIs and Rhiannon Haley added two hits, two runs and four RBIs. Both players hit home runs.

Cunningham, Brown and eighth-grader Madison Gilkison all had two hits, too.

Gilkison, Wilson and Alivia all scored two runs.

Russell earned the win in the circle. She allowed three earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts and five walks in five innings.

Colfax-Mingo and Lisbon combined for 32 hits in the 10 innings during the tournament’s final game.

The biggest hit of the game came from Rhiannon Haley in the bottom of the 10th.

Lisbon (26-6) grabbed a lead after a three-run top of the 10th, but the junior slugger ended the game with a walkoff three-run blast to win it.

Rhiannon Haley finished with two hits, two runs and four RBIs, Wilson had two hits and scored two runs and sophomore Delaney Underwood had two hits and two RBIs. Cunningham and Alivia Haley collected two hits and Brown walked twice and scored three runs.

Cunningham grabbed the win in the circle against Lisbon. She allowed eight earned runs on 18 hits with three strikeouts and three walks.

Rhiannon Haley now has nine home runs and 45 RBIs on the season, which both rank second in 1A. Russell’s eight home runs ranks tied for fourth and her 41 RBIs sits fifth. Russell is batting a teambest .505, and Rhiannon Haley is hitting .443.

Colfax-Mingo hosts Montezuma at 6 p.m. Monday.

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Five Raiders have two hits apiece.

Senior Mikayla Eslinger had two hits, two runs and an RBI, junior Katie Camp finished with two hits, one run, one walk and one stolen base and sophomore Hannah Caple collected two hits and walked once.

Freshman Mikayla Houge recorded two hits, scored two runs and had one RBI and freshman Abby Husak totaled two hits, two RBIs and a run scored.

Senior Heather Jessen had one hit, one run and two RBIs and freshman Jillian Holst scored twice as a courtesy runner.

Against Montezuma, CMB scored two runs in the first and led 3-0 after three innings.

Both teams scored one run in the fourth.

Houge earned the win in the circle after allowing no earned runs on two hits with 14 strikeouts and two walks.

Houge is now 13-0 on the season with 127 strikeouts and 11 walks. Her earned run average is 1.11.

Kahler had two hits and two RBIs at the plate, and senior Megan Ritter had two hits and scored twice.

The Raiders play North Polk at 7 p.m. Monday in Alleman.

With a 13-1 record, CMB can win the Heart of Iowa Conference title outright with a victory.

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

Mustangs lose twice to ranked foes in Pella

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News PELLA — The Prairie City-Monroe softball team suffered losses to two ranked teams at the Pella Christian tournament on Saturday.

The Mustangs lost 13-1 to Class 4A No. 5 Ballard and suffered a 9-2 defeat at the hands of 3A No. 4 Humboldt.

PCM (13-11) fell behind 11-0 after two innings against Ballard, which has won nine straight games to get to 27-4 on the season.

Humboldt (23-4) led PCM 4-0 after two innings and went up 9-0 after six innings.

The Mustangs scored both of their runs in the seventh inning.

Statistics for both of PCM’s games were unavailable at press time.

PCM hosts South Hamilton at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Monroe. The Mustangs host 4A Knoxville on Tuesday.

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

Raiders reward QB Derek Carr with record $125 million deal ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Derek Carr and general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted the two sides could reach a long-term contract agreement to keep the quarterback with the Raiders before Carr’s self-imposed training camp deadline.

Carr was open about how much he wanted to spend his entire career with the organization and after a decade searching for a franchise quarterback the Raiders weren’t about to let a player they drafted and developed leave just as he was becoming a star.

So the two sides were able to agree on a five-year, $125 million extension that makes Carr the NFL’s richest player, at least temporarily, and won’t hinder the team’s ability to give its other young stars like AP Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack, receiver Amari Cooper and guard Gabe Jackson new contracts before they hit free agency.

“I think that both sides wanted it to get done,” Carr said Friday. “It was two family members just figuring out how to get along, and we did.

We figured out a way to do it so that we have the opportunity to sign the other guys that I think are important to this organization. That was really important to me, not just to take every single dime that we could.”

Carr will still get plenty. The $25 million per year in new money is the richest contract ever in the NFL, beating out the $24.8 million a year Andrew Luck got from Indianapolis. That could be surpassed with Detroit’s Matthew Stafford and Washington’s Kirk Cousins in line for new deals soon.

But Carr is not worried about that and the Raiders are pleased to have the face of their franchise under contract through 2022 as they prepare to move to Las Vegas in 2020.

www.newtondailynews.com | Monday | June 26, 2017 | 3B Sports Hawk softball wraps up action-loaded week at tournament

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s Haley James makes a throw from second base in an earlier home game this season. The Hawk softball team played six games last week.

Wrapping up a six-game week in Saturday’s Marshalltown Invitational, Lynnville-Sully’s softball team fell to Class 2A 12th-ranked Lisbon, 2-0. The Hawks went 1-1 in the softball tournament play at Marshalltown.

Lynnville-Sully defeated Des Moines Roosvelt 9-7 in its opening game in the event on Saturday. The Hawks are 15-9 overall.

The Hawks came off a 2-0 win at home in Sully against North Mahaska Friday night.

They scored single runs in the first and second innings. Mallory Loftus scattered six hits over seven innings and struck out five North Mahaska batters as the winning pitcher.

Korinne Jansen connected for two singles and drove in a

run for Lynnville-Sully. Brenna Lanser singled and had the other RBI. Haley James, McKinley Conver and Janelle Rozendaal each had a base hit.

That win pushed the Hawks to 10-4 in South Iowa Cedar League play and kept them tied with Colfax-Mingo for third place in the conference. Belle Plaine is 10-3 in second and Sigourney leads the SICL at 11-3.

Lynnville-Sully had lost to 4A Grinnell, 6-1 on Thursday night.

On Saturday, Lynnville-Sully rallied late to beat Des Moines Roosevelt. The teams were tied 6-all after five innings. Roosevelt scored four runs in the fifth to knot it up.

The next scoring surge by both teams came in the seventh frame. Lynnville-Sully tallied three and held Roosevelt to one run.

Loftus was the winning

pitcher, allowing 10 hits, walking two batters and striking out two. She also went 3-for-4 at the plate with three base hits and two RBIs. Lanser had a single and a double.

Janelle Rozendaal and McKinley Conover had two singles apiece. Shiloh Cunningham and Jansen each hit a double while Carson Fisk and Kaleah Ehresman had a single apiece.

Against Lisbon, the two teams went four innings without any score. Lisbon pushed two runs across in the fifth inning and that 2-0 lead held up.

Lisbon’s Skylar Sader held Lynnville-Sully to one hit — a double by Fisk. Caitlin Alberts worked 4 2/3 innings as Lynnville-Sully’s starter and allowed two runs on six hits and three walks. Loftus threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings and gave up one hit and walked

two batters.

In Grinnell on Thursday, the Hawks got behind early and couldn’t come back from a 5-0 deficit against the Tigers. The Tigers scored three runs in the first and two in the fourth inning.

Lynnville-Sully pushed across a run in the top of the fifth. Grinnell got it back in the sixth on its way to a 6-1 win of the non-conference game.

Loftus, Alberts and Fisk pitched for the Hawks. They allowed nine hits and issued four walks.

The Hawks had four hits — all singles by Lanser, Conover, Cunningham and Ehresman.

Lynnville-Sully hosts BGM in a 6 p.m. SICL game Monday in Sully.

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Hawks roll over Warhawks

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully catcher Caden Dunsbergen sets to throw to second base.

The Hawks defeated visiting North Mahaska, 10-3, on Friday night in South Iowa Cedar League play at Sully.

SULLY — Chalking up their fifth win in a row, Lynnville-Sully’s baseball Hawks broke open a 1-all game at home Friday night. They beat visiting North Mahaska, 10-3, in South Iowa Cedar League play.

“It was a good way to end the week with a big win over North Mahaska,” Lynnville-Sully head coach Bob Scandridge said. “We are looking forward to the challenges in front of us this next week with the last two conference games. We are playing loose and confident at the right time of the year.”

The win over the Warhawks kept the Hawks tied for the SICL top spot with Colfax-Mingo at 12-2 in conference action.

Lynnville-Sully takes on third-place BGM (10-3) at 6 p.m. Monday at home in Sully.

Lynnville-Sully (13-5) concludes its SICL schedule on Wednesday on the road.

The Hawks play at 6 p.m. against HLV, which is sitting fourth at 9-5, in Victor.

The Hawks struck first on Friday against North Mahaska with a run in the first inning, but North Mahaska tied with a run in the top of the third inning.

Lynnville-Sully plated four runs in its half of the third to take the lead for good.

Lynnville-Sully tacked on three runs in the fifth. Each team scored twice in the sixth inning.

Elijah Collins started on the mound for the Hawks and got the victory. He went 5 2/3 innings, giving up three

runs on seven hits and three walks. He struck out six.

Josh Dunsbergen pitched one inning and Tyler Van Zante worked one-third of an inning. Van Zante walked two batters.

“Elijah pitched a good ball game by limiting walks and throwing strikes,” Scandridge said. “We have been getting key hits when we need them, and that was true tonight as well.”

Caden Dunsbergen led the Hawk offense with two base hits. Rylan James doubled.

Hitting a single each were Carson Dunsbergen, Elijah Collins, Van Zante, Bray Noun Harder, Corbin James an Isaac Collins.

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to score the final run.

Maher was 4-for-4 with three singles and a double. Ryan and Valtman each were 3-for-4. Ryan had two doubles and single and Valtman had two singles and her home run.

Lucas hit a single and a double and Davis had two base hits.

Hitting a single each were Karley Leiker, Kennedy Leiker and Durr.

Newton is 9-7 in LHC play and 15-13 overall. The Cardinals host Norwalk for a conference doubleheader starting at 6 p.m. Monday at Newton’s Berg Middle School field.

Continued from Page 1B pitch to open the game. With one gone, Valtman, Taylor Ryan and Peyton Maher each connected for a base hit. Slycord was hit by pitch and Audrey Lucas singled in a run.

Pella scored its run in the fourth inning. Newton used singles by Bailey Davis and Valtman and a two-run double by Ryan to extend its lead to 6-1 in the fifth frame.

After Valtman homered in the seventh, Ryan and Maher had back-to-back doubles followed by Slycord’s shot over the fence. Lucas doubled to keep the line going then Kennedy Leiker and Harlie Durr each had a single

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Cole Cazett takes a rip during a home game this season. He had a single for the Cardinals in Friday’s 6-4 loss at Pella.

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Continued from Page 1B Newton was able to score single runs in the second and third innings. A fielder’s choice

by Logan Wolfe led to the first inning run. Jaron Roush doubled then Trevor Ergenbright’s ground-out drove in the run.

In the third frame, Greiner walked followed by a single by Ty Arguello.

Ryan Barr’s sacrifice bunt moved the runners up. Greiner scored on an error on a ball hit by Wolfe. Arguello was tagged out trying to score on

the play.

Newton stranded 12 base runners.

“We had ample opportunities to score and potentially win the game,” Brisel said. “We’re hitting the ball better. We’re getting the right guys in the lineup. Our pitchers are throwing strikes and making improvements.”

Down 6-2, the Cardinals had four straight base hits by Greiner, Arguello, Barr and Cazett scoring two runs in the top of the seventh.

They had the bases loaded with a run and a no outs, but the next three batters were retired.

The Cardinals (5-21) take a 3-12 LHC mark into Monday’s home varsity doubleheader with Norwalk. The opener starts at 5:30 p.m. at Eversman Field.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the Class 4A substate groupings on Friday.

Newton is in the 4A Substate 2 grouping with Ankeny Centennial, Fort Dodge, Indianola, Marshalltown and Mason City.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News On the ball is Newton’s Emily Valtman as she gets under the ball to make a catch in an earlier game this season. The Cardinal softball team won at Pella, 12-1, on Friday.

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Kevin Harvick wins at Sonoma for first victory of season SONONA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Harvick led a 1-2-3 podium sweep for Ford while proving that veteran experience still counts for something in NASCAR. Harvick returned to victory lane for the first time this season Harvick with a dominating run Sunday on the road course at Sonoma Raceway. The former NASCAR champion came to Sonoma winless in 20 races since Kansas last fall and has been overshadowed in this season of NASCAR’s young new superstars.

But at a track where experience and ability can separate the field, it was Harvick and a bunch of veterans who led the way. It was the first win

on the winding wine country road course in 17 tries for the Bakersfield, California, driver.

Sonoma was one of just four active tracks where Harvick had never before scored a Cup victory. He did, however, win the K&N Series race at Sonoma on Saturday and it may have given him some inside knowledge.

“It kept me from sitting around and trying to find something to do Saturday,” Harvick said. “I think that was the biggest thing. I’m sitting around and there’s guys out here making laps and learning things, and I think that’s the most important thing is to never take for granted that you have to try to expand your knowledge and keep an open mind to making things better.

“To finally check this one off the list .... being so close to home and having raced here so much, this was one that was on the top of the list.”

Harvick was on cruise control and conserving fuel in the race that ended under caution after Kasey Kahne had a hard accident on the final lap. Either way, Harvick had a cozy 9-second lead over Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Clint Bowyer before the caution.

Bowyer, now the driver for the entry Tony Stewart used for his final NASCAR victory last year at the track, was second and Brad Keselowski third as Ford cars went 1-2-3.

For Harvick, it was the first victory since Stewart-Haas Racing switched to Ford this season. Harvick had spent 16 years in a Chevrolet.

It was Ford’s seventh victory of the season. Ford won eight Cup races last season, and seven came exclusively from Team Penske drivers.

This year, the manufacturer has wins from Penske, Roush-Fenway Racing, The

Wood Brothers and SHR. “I had mixed emotions about how the year was going to go just because of the fact that we had a lot on our plate to switch over,” Harvick said.

“It’s just a big undertaking, and one day I think when we get done with this year, I think everybody will actually learn all the details of all the things that it took to get to this particular point.”

Martin Truex Jr. led 25 laps but suffered an engine failure and finished 37th. Truex won the first stage of the race, his series-leading 11th stage victory. Jimmie Johnson won the second stage, his first stage victory of the season, but finished 13th overall.

Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray started on the pole for Chip Ganassi Racing and hoped to give the owner a sweep of Sunday after Scott Dixon won the IndyCar race at Road America in Wiscon-

sin. But Larson, the points leader, was never a factor and finished 26th. McMurray was 10th.

Most of the top 10 was comprised of veterans. Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were fourth and fifth in Toyota, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. was sixth and the highest-finishing Chevrolet. Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch was seventh.

Kahne’s Crash: Kahne was in a hard accident on the final lap of the race and had harsh words for Kevin O’Connell, who was making his Cup debut.

“No. 15 went low down the front stretch and then just, I was going to his outside and he just turned right and just hit me, put me straight in the wall,” Kahne said. “No clue what he was thinking. You obviously don’t know what he’s doing either.”

Colfax-Mingo rallies past CMB at home

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News Led by Kyle Benjamin (18) and Sam Hornish Jr. (22), drivers from the NASCAR Xfinity Series make their way around Turn 1 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday. Both Benjamin and Hornish Jr. started up front but had tough finishes.

Benjamin started second but finished 31st, and Hornish Jr. started third but a wreck sent him to the garage after just 78 laps. He finished 37th.

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Continued from Page 1B “We really got blessed getting the caution when we did. We got lucky. We restarted great on the top all night long,” Reddick said.

“It was a lot of fun racing with (Sieg). I tried to get second there at the end. I tried to race him clean and did my best to make sure we finished second and third.”

Byron also had some good fortune after having some bad luck last week.

“I feel like it comes around in racing,” Byron said. “Last week we were so close. I have had some back luck, but I have had some good luck, too. I think we got one back tonight.

“To get second last week hurt, but it gave us some momentum.

I hit my stride last year when summer hit. This year, we have a second and now a first so hopefully we can build on that. This win sets us up well for the rest of the year.”

Bell, in his second Xfinity Series start of his career, also led all 60 opening laps to win Stage 1.

Brendan Gaughan and his No. 62 Chevrolet was one of nine cars that did not pit after a caution came on Lap 112, and he held on for a two-lap shootout after the green fell on Lap 118 to snag the Stage 2 victory.

Defending race champion Sam Hornish Jr.’s day ended on Lap 78 when Bell made contact and turned Hornish’s No. 22, spinning it into the outside wall.

It was 37-year-old Hornish’s first race since September 2016.

“This is one of my favorite places to come to,” said Hornish, who finished 37th. “I run real Troy Hyde/Daily News Des Moines native Michael Annett (5) drives two-wide with David Starr during the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ American Ethanol E15 250 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday.

Annett started 20th but finished sixth.

COLFAX — The Colfax-Mingo baseball team rallied past county rival Collins-Maxwell/Baxter Friday during a home non-conference game.

The Tigerhawks trailed 3-1 after four innings but scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to claim a 4-3 victory.

Both teams had five hits. No one had more than one hit.

The win by the Tigerhawks (13-3) was their second straight. CMB (316) has lost four straight games and 10 of its last 11.

Colfax-Mingo freshman Trinity Schroeder Schroeder and senior Jimmy Camp each doubled and scored a run.

Schroeder also recorded two RBIs. Freshman Trystin Ross tripled and had an RBI and junior Jarod Nichols had one hit, one run and one walk. Juniors Jonathan Jacobs and Misha Seebeck both walked twice, and Jacobs scored a run.

Sophomore Zarek Hill earned the win after allowing three runs — two earned runs — on three hits with one walk and one strikeout in five innings.

Ross earned a two-out save, allowing no runs on two hits with two walks.

CMB freshman Carter Nelsen threw 78 pitches in six innings. He took the loss after allowing four earned runs on five hits with five walks.

Seniors Brady Ross and Brady Kemp both had one hit, one run and one walk, senior Creighton Caple had one hit, one run and one RBI and junior Bryce Bacon doubled, walked and stole a base.

CMB hosts North Polk at 5:15 p.m. Monday in Collins. Colfax-Mingo plays BGM at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Colfax.

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PCM’s late rally falls short against Gilbert

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Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Ryan Sieg signs a hat in the media center after placing second in the American Ethanol E15 250 on Saturday at Iowa Speedway.

good here. To get taken out that early. I’m frustrated.”

The 250-lap race featured nine cautions and six different leaders. There were 11 different lead

changes.

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PRAIRIE CITY — The Prairie City-Monroe baseball team scored four runs in the fifth inning to close the gap against Gilbert during a Heart of Iowa Conference home contest Friday.

The Tigers came back with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings, and the Mustangs couldn’t get much closer during a 7-5 loss. PCM closed the gap to two runs with a run in the seventh.

Gilbert (19-4 overall, 10-4 in the HOIC) scored two runs in the second and third innings and led 4-0 after four innings. The Tigers led 5-0 after a run in th fifth, but PCM (14-7, 8-5) scored four in the fifth to close within 5-4.

The Mustangs finished with seven hits in the game. Senior Braden Phifer and sophomore Reed Worth both had two hits. Phifer finished with a run and three RBIs and Worth tallied one run and one RBI. Sophomore Preston Van Wyk had one hit, one run, one walk and two stolen bases in the loss. Sophomore Olin Meinders walked twice and scored two runs.

Freshman Derek Brown (3-1) suffered his first loss of the season after allowed four earned runs on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

Junior Noah Henkenius, Phifer and sophomore Brayton Van Dyke all pitched in relief.

PCM hosts South Hamilton at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Prairie City.

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Dixon wins IndyCar race at Road America, on to Iowa ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Scott Dixon won the IndyCar race at Road America on Sunday to spoil the Team Penske party on the rural road course.

Dixon edged Josef Newgarden by 0.57 seconds to claim his first victory at Road America. It also gave the Chip Ganassi Racing veteran his first win since Watkins Glen in September.

Dixon’s 41st career victory moved him within one of tying Michael Andretti for third on the all-time list.

Ganassi has a chance for a weekend sweep. Kyle Larson, the NASCAR points leader, started on the pole at Sonoma in a Ganassi car.

In IndyCar’s second year back at the 14-turn course after a nine-year hiatus, Dixon’s No. 9 Honda had an average speed of 123.431 mph. He held off Newgarden and the three other Penske drivers who started up front.

Newgarden’s teammate Helio Castroneves, the pole sitter, finished third. They were followed by Simon Pagenaud and Will Power.

The Chevrolet-powered Penske team was the talk of the track all weekend after dominating through practice and qualifying.

Dixon took the victory lap, finishing off a day that started with fuel pressure issues during warmups.

“Yeah we didn’t even know if it was going to run,” Dixon said. “On the

warmup lap, we were just trying to see if the car was going to run.”

He was thankful for the work of his crew, which he said had to replace the fuel cell, among other last-minute fixes.

The hard work paid off after a late caution. Dixon held off Newgarden on the restart with eight laps to go in the 55-lap race.

“Toward the end I thought it was a straight up battle, I thought it was going to be tough,” Dixon said. “I knew once it kind of plateaued after five or four laps, we were going to be OK.” Until that point, Newgarden thought he might have had an edge with Dixon on tires.

“Just an ill-timed caution,” Newgarden said.

Dixon looked more pumped than usual, lifting a fist in the air during a victory lap.

There was much to celebrate this week for the team, which was marking the 25th anniversary of president Mike Hull joining Ganassi. He also serves as Dixon’s strategist.

Hull interrupted a post-race interview with Dixon just long enough to give the driver a celebratory hug.

The series returns to an oval after a break for the July Fourth holiday, with a stop at Iowa on July 9. Newgarden is the defending champion at the nearly mile-long track.

IndyCar Photo Scott Dixon wins in a close finish with Josef Newgarden in the Verizon IndyCar Series race at Road America on Sunday in Wisconsin. The IndyCar Series next race will be at Iowa Speedway in Newton on July 9.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News The green flag waves and the 2017 racing season gets underway at Iowa Speedway on Friday night. It was the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series M&M’s 200 with pole winner Noah Gragson (18), Christopher Bell (4) and series points leader Johnny Sauther (21) leading the field across the starting line/

Trucks Continued from Page 1B “We just worked on it all night. The truck was not the greatest at the start and the track kept changing. I was giving feedback to Dad and Gere, but I didn’t know if I was giving what they needed,” Nemechek said. “They just kept making the small adjustments.

Somehow it all worked out.”

Then under a caution when Thorsport teammates Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger made contact with 15 laps to go, the NEMCO team made a critical call. Nemechek went to pit road and took four new tires during that final caution.

“That was the only call to make,” Nemechek’s crew chief, Gere Kennon, said about the decision to take four tires.

“It was the thing to do. It just suited our style this week.”

Planned and executed for the younger Nemechek. On a restart with six laps remaining in the race, he was able to pass truck series points leader and reigning champion Johnny Sauter, who finished second in his No. 21 Chevrolet, for the win.

Sauter gambled and stayed

out when the caution came out on the Crafton-Enfinger incident.

“In hindsight, we should have put tires on but we didn’t,” Sauter said after the race. “I think our night was a second-place finish regardless whether it went green or not.

Chase (Briscoe) just took me to school earlier in the night, but once he passed me I found some grip up top following the line he was running.”

Brandon Jones ran third followed by Grant Enfinger and Christopher Bell. Bell led a race-high 99 laps after taking the lead away from pole winner series rookie Noah Gragson on Lap 17. Sauter led 72 of the 200 laps. Chase Briscoe was the race leader for seven laps.

Gragson, who became the youngest NCWTS pole winner at Iowa Speedway, jumped out to the lead on the green flag and stayed there until Bell got past him. Nemechek had been the youngest truck series pole winner at Iowa.

The 18-year-old Gragson finished sixth. Briscoe was seventh. Rounding out the top 10 were Austin Cindric, Jesse Little and Justin Haley.

“Restarting fourth there and pushing Johnny into Turn

1, I was kind of in the catbird seat,” Nemechek said.

Joe Nemechek, whose No. 87 car went three laps and experienced mechanical problems, was able to help his son’s team make those adjustments during the race. He said the win was a big statement of the values and work ethic of NEMCO’s small crew.

“John Hunter was fast in practices and we just kept adjusting and working on it.

The track changed from when the sun was up until it went down, We chased that until the end,” Joe Nemechek said.

“It’s cool to be able to help this young man live his dreams in racing. Gere and I are two old guys taking a young guy and helping him live that dream.”

The Nemechek’s said having the sponsorship of Fire Alarm Services was important. They are in contact with others to provide sponsorship for more races.

“I’m just so grateful to Fire Alarm Services for believing in us,” John Henry Nemechek said.

Sauter retained a 42-point lead over Bell in the NCWTS driver points standings. He came to Iowa Speedway with a new truck from GMS Racing.

“It was the best truck I’ve

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News NCWTS driver Tyler Young sits in his No. 20 truck during qualifying runs on Friday before the race at Iowa Speedway.

had here at Iowa. It has a lot of promise. This is the direction we’re headed in and I feel good about it,” Sauter said.

Bell won the Stage 1 of the race (60 laps) and Sauter won Stage 2 (60 laps). It was Nemechek winning the final stage (80 laps) and taking the checkered flag for the M&M’s 200 over the Iowa Speedway earn of corn finish line Friday night.

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World Truck Series heads to Kentucky Speedway for the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 on July 6.

Next for Iowa Speedway is the July 8-9 weekend with ARCA Racing Series and three levels of IndyCar racing, featuring the Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300.

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILL CITY COUNCIL VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT The City of Lambs Grove, Jasper County, Iowa, had a vacancy on the City Council as of May 24, 2017, due to the resignation of Council Member Tom Clark.

Pursuant to Section 372.13, (2), (a) of the Code of Iowa, notice is hereby given that the City Council of Lambs Grove, Jasper County, Iowa, intends to fill this vacancy by appointment during their next regular city council meeting that will be held at Thomas Jefferson School at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, 2017.

However, the electors of the City of Lambs Grove have the right to file a petition requiring that the vacancy be filled by a special election.

If electors wish to require a special election, a valid petition requesting a special election must be filed with the city clerk within fourteen days after publication of this notice or within fourteen days after the appointment is made. If no such petition is filed, the appointment shall be for the period until the next pending election as defined in Section 69.12 of the Code of Iowa.

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

Judgment Amount $38,306.55 Costs $2,940.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $809.86 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney DAVID R. ELKIN 315 E 5TH ST STE 5 DES MOINES, IA 50309 (515)244-3188 Date 05/30/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF June 26 & July 3

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-000923 CASE # EQCV119585 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE9 vs DEFENDANT: MARTY W. BRUNSMANN; CHARITY D. BRUNSMANN; STATE OF IOWA – CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY UNIT; BROOKER CORPORATION; ASSOCIATED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, P.C.; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOTS FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN IN JEFFERSON HEIGHTS ADDITION IN THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK “D” AT PAGE 240 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 411 WEST 15TH STREET NORTH, NEWTON, IA 50208 (THE “PROPERTY”).

Property Address 411 W 15TH ST N, NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 08/01/2017 Sale Time 11:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $170,364.51 Costs $2,685.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $41,052.84 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney EMILY BARTEKOSKE 1401 50TH ST-SUITE 100 WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266 (515)223-7325 Date 05/26/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF June 19 &26

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THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EARL L. JOHNSON, Deceased.

PROBATE NO. ESPR 037071 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Earl L. Johnson, Deceased, who died on or about April 29, 2017: You are hereby notified that on June 22, 2017, the last will and testament of Earl L. Johnson, deceased, bearing date of February 27, 1995, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Ronald F. Hotger and Constance Keig were appointed executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated June 22, 2017.

Ronald F. Hotger 10415 E. 36th St. N., Laurel, IA 50141 Constance Keig 13471 Fowler Ave., Omaha, NE 68164 Executors of Estate BRUCE NUZUM, ICIS PIN No: AT0005885 Attorney for Executors CALDWELL, BRIERLY, CHALUPA & NUZUM, PLLC 211 First Avenue West, Newton, Iowa 50208 Date of second publication: July 3, 2017 June 26 and July 3

10' 52” WEST 177.89 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 81 DEGREES 10' 23” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 105.59 FEET; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 46' 49” WEST A DISTANCE OF 108.08 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF PARCEL “A” IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION, SAID POINT BEING 17 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER AND TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS. Property Address 1477 E 76TH ST N, KELLOGG, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 08/01/2017 Sale Time 11:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $72,997.73 Costs $2,390.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $6,506.03 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney CHRIS IRK 33 W MONROE ST STE 1140 CHICAGO, IL 60603 (855)891-6777 Date 05/31/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF June 19 & 26

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CLASSIFIEDS

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

For Sale: 2014 Cedar Creek 5th wheel 36 ckts - premier loaded with options, pictures available upon request, retail 100K+ asking $49,900.00.

Like new condition, No pets and No smoking.

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

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

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FISHING/SKING BOAT, Lund 1775 Pro V-S E, 115 HP Evenrude 9.9 4 stroke, trolling motor, fish locator, trailer, tarp. Come take a look. Asking $9,500. 641792-7923.

DAEWOO-DD802L DOZER $20,000. 641-792-4332 EMPLOYMENT

Parks Operations Superintendent City of Newton, Iowa The City of Newton is looking for a leader with great communication skills to oversee the Parks Division.

Under the direction of the Public Works Director, supervises the administration, operation and maintenance of the Parks Division.

Requires an Associate’s Degree in Recreation Management, Turfgrass Management, Commercial Horticulture, Forestry or related field; or up to and including two years of college or post-secondary education in related field; or equivalent work experience knowledge. Bachelor’s degree in one of these, or related field, preferred. Knowledge of, or experience in, grant writing, inter-governmental relations, budgeting, principles of supervision and management.

Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 5, 2017.

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

Join Our Cheesemaking Team

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

Multiple Positions Available, Competitive Pay & Benefits We are looking for process-oriented, reliable individuals to join our cheesemaking production team. Full-time, part-time and student positions available.

QHC Mitchellville, LLC is committed to "Making a difference in every life we touch and always striving for excellence in Care and Integrity." *All applicants must pass a pre-employment drug test and physical.

Applications are available at:

If you are looking for an exciting career that allows you to enhance the lives of others and be part of a winning team, we invite you to apply for one of our open positions and discover what sets QHC Mitchellville, LLC apart from the rest.

Maytag Dairy Farms 2282 E. 8th St. N., Newton 641-792-1133 info@maytagdairyfarms.com

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

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QHC Mitchellville, LLC is recruiting Cook, Dietary Aide, Laundry/Housekeeping These positions could be PT to FT hours available.

QHC Mitchellville, LLC is committed to "Making a difference in every life we touch and always striving for excellence in Care and Integrity."

Routes Available

*All applicants must pass a pre-employment drug test and physical.

Please contact Cyndi Gentz, Administrator, or call (515) 967-3726 or apply in person at: EMPLOYMENT

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.

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

Application and complete job description are available on the City of Newton website: www.newtongov.org.

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

In order to ensure a safe working environment, a pre-employment drug screen and background check is required. If you are interested in joining the Jeld-Wen Window or Doors Division/Grinnell production team,

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Astrograph

If you boiled your tone down to its essence -- the primal drumbeat and the tribal chant of it -- what’s the feeling there?

Moods come and go, but most people have a rather consistent set point their outlook hovers around, and it’s a good thing to know about yourself. A Mars and Neptune trine will bring some self-awareness and harmony on the subject.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 26). The next 10 weeks will build up your confidence.

September is your chance at a prize you’ve wanted since you were a child. New trends begin in November. You’ll improve according to whom you have around you. The help you gave

long ago will boomerang back in the form of excellent luck at the close of 2017. Libra and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 50, 33, 2 and 28.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Try to see the neutrality in things this week. Nothing is worse or better than it is, except when you choose to think of it that way. Your thoughts will make it so.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You’re not always looking for a robust learning experience.

You just want to know how to make it work. You’ll appreciate those who can get to the point

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and show you how to fix it without too much backstory.

come involved in, even where and how you live.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

It feels like you started this journey ages ago, but you’re not in the final stretch yet.

You’re not even halfway there!

Be consistent with your efforts and march on.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

The teacher will not recruit a class; instead the students will seek a teacher. For this reason, don’t wait around for the opportunity to learn. Decide what you want to know, and go find someone who knows it already.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You wanted to know, but you were afraid to ask. Your chance comes today. You can speak candidly and others will not be offended, because your question holds within it the innocence of a child.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A school of thought is like a brick-and-mortar school in that the one you attend will change everything -- the people you know, the activities you be-

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To remain true to your core won’t be a rigid stance but a flexible one. Great strength sways with the wind and weather like the ancient trees do, reaching roots ever downward as they grow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

The challenge calls for a vision into the far-off future. If you can’t get a good idea of what’s to come, you can at least have faith that it’s something good.

It’s important that you don’t sell your future for a quick fix today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t worry about the money so much. Creativity will take over where the money leaves off. In this and other ways the ends will find their own magical way of meeting.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). To create is to feel vitality flowing through you, to be animated by the force of life. The nature of the material world is to have an ending, but the nature of creation is to live on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

To ask “What’s in it for me?” isn’t selfish today; it’s practical. And if you don’t negotiate it, who will? It would be irre-

sponsible to depend on others to be your No. 1 advocate when you’re perfectly suited for the job.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Even though people yearn for excitement, they also crave predictability. There’s a balance to be struck here, and you’ll succeed in bringing a little of both to a relationship.

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Sports

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Race weekend No. 1

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Iowa Speedway race fans had an opportunity to take photos with the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 M&M’s Toyota, which is driven by Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. The car was in the Casey’s General Stores Victory Lane all day Friday leading up to the start of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series M&M’s 200 at the Newton track.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Celebrating next to his new trophy is John Hunter Nemechek and his crew chief Gere Kennon along with the rest of Nemechek’s team after winning Friday’s NCWTS M&M’s 200 at Iowa Speedway.

Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Tyler Reddick talks with the media after placing third in the American Ethanol E15 250 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Daniel Hemric’s No. 21 Chevrolet gets serviced by his pit crew during the American Ethanol E15 250 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday. Hemric finished 21st.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Cedar Rapids native Joey Gase’s No. 52 Chevrolet clips Dexter Bean’s No. 90 Chevrolet as the two NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers cruise around the 7/8-mile track at Iowa Speedway on Saturday. Gase finished 18th overall and Bean’s accident forced him to the garage and a 33rd-place finish.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Kyle Benjamin heads down pit road after damaging his No. 18 Toyota during the American Ethanol E15 250 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday.

Benjamin started on the front row but finished 31st after the accident.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News NASCAR driver Brandon Jones stops to sign autographs before heading to his truck for Friday’s NCWTS race at Iowa Speedway.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Following the final practice on Friday, crews for NASCAR Xfinity cars make adjustments in the garage area. The Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway was Saturday night.