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Baxter woman killed in crash near Bondurant

By Mike Mendenhall Newton Daily News BONDURANT — The Polk County Sheriff ’s Office released the identity of a victim killed in a Wednesday morning crash near Bondurant as 56-year-old JuilAnn Saak, of Baxter.

The crash occurred around 8 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 65 at NE 62nd Ave. Deputies said both vehicles were driving

southbound on Highway 65 when a truck rear-ended Saak’s fourdoor sedan. The impact pushed the car through the intersection. Both vehicles came to rest in the highway median.

The driver of the truck, 43-year-old Jason Albrecht, of Hazelton, was cited for failure to maintain control.

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HIRTA ridership up, programs growing

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A popular and highly used program available in Jasper County, The Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) continues to increase numbers and services throughout the county.

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors voted to increase the programs funding by $1,215 to $34,000 for the next fiscal year to help continue the growth and opportunities afforded to those who benefit from HIRTA. “HIRTA continues to provide reliable transit service in Jasper County, as well as increase services,” HIRTA Executive Director Julia Castillo said. “In Fiscal Year 2016, ridership was at an all-time high with us providing more than 58,000 rides within the community.”

Castillo said the ser-

vices have also traveled 151,000 miles in the past year and clocked 14,000 hours of services.

“It is a ton more than when we originally started this process years ago,” Castillo said.

During its time in Jasper County, HIRTA has provided low cost rides, at $4 a go, to citizens of all ages and backgrounds to a wide variety of destinations.

It has increased night and weekend services in Newton, even going as far as hiring another driver to meet the demand of weekend ridership.

Additional services include medical shuttles to Des Moines three days per week, collaborating with Iowa Speedway to provide race day shuttles, a program that is continuing to grow in its third year and starting the Job Seeker program.

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Strong public schools depend on effective leadership The Iowa Association of School Boards and Newton Community School District urges Iowans passionate about education to consider running for election to their local school boards. Public schools need strong leadership and governance to ensure a bright future for all children and communities across the state.

Nominations for open seats can be filed between July 10 and Aug. 3 at 5 p.m. School board elections will take place Sept. 12.

Strong leadership in each school district is critical to moving education forward in

our state. School board members play significant roles in their communities — they must have leadership, vision and dedication. These locally elected public officials are charged with accountability for student learning, determining educational goals, setting policy, overseeing school finances and more. Seven at-large Board of Education directors govern the education of over 2,900 students and are responsible for a budget that exceeds $40 Million.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News To continue improvements throughout the city, including constructing streets, installing public emergency sirens and moving forward with several programs that have been successful in Newton, city council approves multiple loan agreements totaling more than $3.6 million.

More than $3.6M in loan agreements aiding city improvements

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News More than $3.6 million in loan agreements were approved to continue city improvements and essential work of the city.

A series of public hearings were held for the Essential Purpose Loan Agreement, Urban Renewal Loan Agreement, General Purpose Loan Agreement and Hotel Maytag Loan Agreement before city council approved the resolution for the funding.

“The action will have a dramatic positive effect on the community,” city administrator Matt Muckler said. “Many roads

will be significantly upgraded, key equipment will be updated and innovative projects will be undertaken. The bonding represents a large investment by the community that will produce visible results for all citizens.”

The Essential Purpose Loan Agreement is the largest of the four loans at a total not to exceed $2.3 million. Funds from this loan will be used to pay the costs of constructing streets, water systems, storm water draining, sanitary sewer systems and sidewalk improvements, installing public emergency sirens, acquiring public works equipment and vehicles and acquiring vehicles

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By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News Discovering Newton’s history has been made easier through an online archive launched by the Newton Public Library last month. Historical photographs and files are now accessible to anyone with internet access.

The year-long project was made possible by the Newton Public Library. Public Services Librarian Rebecca Klein took an interest in launching the archive database because of the research opportunity she knew it would bring to the community.

Klein said the photographs and documents are a compilation of what is already in the

library, the City of Newton and maybe what is in your neighbor’s attic.

“The most fantastic thing about this archive is that it is all local to

Newton and local to Jasper County,” Klein said.

“Another great thing about this local archive is these are the materials that often times you can’t go online and find.”

For instance, Klein said people may not know there were a number of theaters and op-

era houses in Newton in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“We have photographs of the singers and in particular a famous opera singer who moved to Europe,” Klein said.

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Broken down, approximately $1 million will go to fund the Fairmeadows North infrastructure, approximately $500,000 will go to refund the Dangerous and Dilapidated Program and another $500,000 will be used for the Housing Incentive Program with the remainder of the funds

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Central Iowa Today Today in History

Today is Friday, July 7, the 188th day of 2017. There are 177 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 7, 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne), David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the federal government.

On this date: In 1846, U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.

In 1919, the first Transcontinental Motor Convoy, in which a U.S. Army convoy of motorized vehicles crossed the United States, departed Washington, D.C. (The trip ended in San Francisco on Sept. 6, 1919.)

In 1946, Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized as the first American saint by Pope Pius XII. Jimmy Carter, 21, married Rosalynn (ROH’-zuhlihn) Smith, 18, in Plains, Georgia.

In 1948, six female U.S. Navy reservists became the first women to be sworn in to the regular Navy.

In 1954, Elvis Presley made his radio debut as Memphis, Tennessee, station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.”

In 1976, President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford hosted a White House dinner for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

The United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1987, Lt. Col. Oliver North began his long-awaited public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had “never carried out a single act, not one,” without authorization.

In 1990, the first “Three Tenors” concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome’s Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the World Cup championship.

Ten years ago: A truck bomb devastated the public market in Armili, Iraq, killing at least 115 people. Venus Williams claimed her fourth Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Marion Bartoli.

Five years ago: Serena Williams beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win a fifth Wimbledon singles championship; about five hours later, she and sister Venus were back on Centre Court to beat Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-5, 6-4 in the doubles final; it was the Williamses’ fifth Wimbledon doubles title together.

One year ago: Micah Johnson, a black Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, opened fire on Dallas police, killing five officers in an act of vengeance for the fatal police shootings of black men; the attack ended with Johnson being blown up by a bomb delivered by a police robot.

Today’s Birthdays Musician-conductor Doc Severinsen is 90. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough is 84. Rock star Ringo Starr is 77. Rock musician Jim Rodford is 76. Comedian Bill Oddie is 76. Singer-musician Warren Entner (The Grass Roots) is 74.

Actor Joe Spano is 71. Pop singer David Hodo (The Village People) is 70. Country singer Linda Williams is 70. Actress Shelley Duvall is 68. Actress Roz Ryan is 66. Actor Billy Campbell is 58. Actor Robert Taylor is 57. Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan is 51. Actress Amy Carlson is 49. Actress Jorja Fox is 49. Actress Cree Summer is 48. Actress Robin Weigert is 48. Actress Berenice Bejo is 41. Olympic silver and bronze medal figure skater Michelle Kwan is 37.

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That’s Odd Bedbugs found in S. Carolina fire station again CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The bedbugs are back at a South Carolina fire station one month after an outbreak at four stations.

The Charleston Fire Department said in a news release Wednesday that bedbugs have been found at one of the stations that had problems earlier this year. Firefighters are being moved to another station about 3 miles away.

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1. SUMMIT HIGHLIGHT UNFOLDING ON SIDELINES After weeks of buildup, Trump will hold his first meeting with Putin during a gathering of heads of state in Germany, with an expectant world watching how Russian meddling in the U.S. election and the war in Syria, among other issues, are handled.

2. CURTAIN RISES ON GATHERING OF GLOBAL LEADERS The Group of 20 summit opens in Hamburg amid ongoing protests, with terrorism, global trade and climate change on the agenda.

3. MCCONNELL REPORTS MOVEMENT ON HEALTH OVERHAUL The Senate majority leader says he plans

to produce a fresh bill in about a week to scuttle and replace much of Obama’s health care law.

4. WHERE ‘TERRORIST’ IS IN EYE OF BEHOLDER A diplomatic standoff between Qatar and other Arab nations that accuse it of sponsoring terrorism raises questions about who is considered a “terrorist” in the Middle East.

5. NY GOVERNOR PREDICTING ‘SUMMER OF HELL’ A massive two-month repair project is about to begin at Penn Station, the nation’s busiest train depot, temporarily worsening the daily commuting struggle in and around New York.

6. EX-GITMO INMATE GETS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PAYOUT The award by the Canadian government to Omar Khadr, who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, follows a court ruling

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7. PASSAGE OF TIME FAILS TO HEAL RIFT The 1967 Newark riots stemmed from tensions between police and America’s black community that persist 50 years later.

8. WHAT ECONOMISTS ARE FORECASTING As the U.S. government issues its June jobs report, analysts predict that the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3 percent.

9. FRESH TURMOIL AT FOX A Fox Business Network host is suspended after a contributor reportedly accused him of sexual harassment.

10. WHO’S READY TO LACE ‘EM UP The time has come for Lonzo Ball to put on a Lakers jersey and make his summer league debut. And with Ball comes the professional debut of his sneaker.

Entertainment Music giant Jimmy Iovine in ‘Defiant’ alliance with Dr. Dre NEW YORK (AP) — “The Defiant Ones,” a new HBO docuseries about two giants in the entertainment world, takes its title from a 1958 film classic about two prison escapees, one black and one white, who are shackled together as they make a break for freedom.

Airing Sunday through Wednesday at 9 p.m. EDT, the docuseries tracks the lives of Dr. Dre, whose upbringing in Compton, California, inspired him to become a pioneer of gangsta rap, and Jimmy Iovine, a working-class kid from Brooklyn, New York, who made his bones as a record producer working with John Lennon, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen.

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Archives Continued from Page 1A In addition, Klein said the archive includes general Newton locations and events, such as, annual celebrations and events.

There is also a catalog of pictures of Maytag equipment, which has been of interest to many locals.

“You can get online from home and it’s free and accessible to anyone with an internet connection,” Klein said. “The

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News HIRTA Executive Director Julia Castillo tells the Jasper County Board of Supervisors about the additions to the program in the past year and where they hope to go in the future.

due to the great support given from the county and city.

“One thing we started this year is our HIRTA Now program, that

is same day services so you don’t have to call 24 hours in advance, you can call in that very day and make a request,” Castillos said. “We are

feedback has been really good. I think what I hear the most from people is, ‘this is stuff I didn’t know existed.’ People will say they find stuff they wouldn’t normally go looking for.”

Klein hopes the archives will continue to expand as community members become interested in the project.

“My hope is that I can get some community involvement in collecting items to put into the archive,” Klein said. “I am

actively seeking out photos, documents and things people are willing to share. We do have a couple people who have asked to contribute collections, which is really exciting.”

Diving into a city’s history and collecting files is something Klein is very familiar with and she has compiled archives for different cities for the last nine years.

“I worked in the archives in Cody, Wyo., and did a local archives program and that’s where it all started, and then in Rapid City, S.D.,” Klein said. “These local history projects have been really successful in very many places.”

Klein said the documents are integrated with social media, so people can share things or comment on the items with additional information they may have.

Klein said she is hoping to start digitizing the Newton Senior High School yearbooks that date back to 1910.

Submitted Photos Pictured is the 1957 Centennial Parade on Newton’s town square. The photograph is now a part of the Newton Public Library’s online archive database.

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The archive is updated with new items monthly, if not weekly, according to Klein.

“I think it’s important for every community to preserve unique history,” Klein said. “The stories that happened here haven’t happened anywhere else. Those stories are meaningful to people who live here and grew up here.”To access the online archive, go to the Newton Public Library website and click the “Research” tab, and then click the “Newton Public Library Digital Archive” link.

“Something like this I think hopefully will be a community project in the end where people throughout the community will be able to contribute, and the end product of that is so much larger and so much better than what anyone could do on their own,” Klein said.

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going to various capital expenditures approved in the fiscal year 2018 annual budget.

Additional capital expenditures include: • City building improvements: $173,000 • Golf Course Rough Mower: $58,000 • Police Vehicle Lights and Equipment: $53,000 • ADA Improvements: $50,000 • Outdoor Warning Sirens: $45,000 • Public Works Pickup Trucks: $34,000 • Police Vehicle (SUV) with 10+ year life: $28,000 • Community Sidewalk Improvements: $25,000 • Fire Turnout Gear: $15,000 • Public Works Mower Snow Blade: $10,000 • Fire SCBA Bottles: $9,000 Funds from the Urban Renewal Loan Agreement, totaling $550,000, will be used in North Central Urban Renewal area. Benefactors will include the Newton Public Library and improvements to the building and its interior and the DMACC Newton Campus to continue improvements to the facilities and ongoing work to refurbish the former Maytag facility for future use.

The General Purpose Loan Agreement totals $325,000 and will be used to pay the costs of construction improvements to the municipal office complex/public safety offices and other municipal buildings, purchasing a mower for the Westwood Golf Course and bringing public buildings, grounds and infrastructure into compliance with ADA requirements.

The portion allotted for the Hotel Maytag restoration project is not to exceed $500,000. It will be used for various costs associated with the upkeep of the building and a partnership with a development group to restore the historic structure.

Even with the addition of the loans, the city’s current debt service levy will not increase.

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“We partnered with a Goodwill Career Connection Center for a Job Seeker program where we would provide rides to their new job for the first 30 days for free,” Castillo said. “We understand that when you first get a job you kind of need money coming in before you can put it back into your car or public transportation.”

The organization is also active in the community through the creation of the Transportation Advisory Group with members IMPACT, Jasper County Veteran Affairs, Optimae, RSVP and the city of Newton and partnering with events such as Shop with a Cop, the Fourth of July Parade and Thanks with Franks.

Castillo said Jasper County is also often used as a pilot area for new programs and services

hoping to grow that.”

Another new service HIRTA is looking to develop is a shuttle service for the city of Newton. It will be a fixed route service provided for citizens in some of the city’s top traffic areas.

“The city of Newton has wanted that, the residents have wanted it and we think Newton is big enough to mandate it, so that will just be one more service to the city,” Castillo said.

Above all, HIRTA is looking to continue providing safe, reliable rides in Jasper County to those who need them.

“We greatly appreciate the support the county has provided us over the years, allowing us to meet the transit needs of those in Jasper County and we look forward to another successful year,” Castillo said.

By Diane Krieger Spivak Trying to sell your home?

There’s an app for that.

Actually, there are a number of apps that can help your smartphone help you sell your home even faster.

The Houzz app, also free, allows you to remodel your home virtually, to help you decide which remodels will get you the most return on your investment when you sell. To help you grab potential buyers’ attention, its more than 10 million photos show you what your kitchen or bath would look like with a remodel or a fresh new color in other rooms that can help make your sale.

Houzz can help you, as the seller, see how appealing your home can look before you put it on the market. The app is a one-stop shop, so to speak, that provides the latest trends and ideas.

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The MagicPlan app takes a photo as you walk through your home, mapping out each room and creating a floor plan for you, according to real estate experts Inman. This allows potential buyers to envision the way they would like your — and potentially their — house to look.

Try the Redfin app, suggests personal finance tech company SmartAsset. With a database of more than 70 million properties, this free app updates listing data every 15 minutes so if you decide to make any changes to your offering, such as adding or changing new photos, they’re recorded pronto.

Another app — 360 Panorama — can come in handy if you want your listing to stand out with panoramic photos to increase buyer foot traffic. You can buy it on iTunes.

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o my girl child, Avery, recently had reconstructive foot surgery. Because she and her fiancé have three rambunctious fur-babies in their house, she opted to spend the first week of her recovery with her dad, me and our three fur-girls, where things are just a tad calmer.

We did a considerable amount of TV viewing over the weekend since she was basically couch-ridden, and for the most part it was Chip and Joanna Gainnes’ home renovation show “Fixer Upper” (we’re huge fans), and a new one for me, “Say Yes to the Dress.”

We sat in front of the TV absorbing every little design idea we ooo’d and awww’d over as the “Fixer Upper” couple from Waco, Texas did what they do best — take an old house and turn it in to a breath-takingly stunning home. They removed walls, installed hardwood floors, ripped out (what I would often

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So Anyway Dana King consider perfectly acceptable) kitchen cabinets and countertops and painted brick exteriors. There’s nothing Chip and Jo do we find objectionable when it comes to their design style.

That show always inspires me. Unfortunately, my budget doesn’t have near enough digits to do all the things I’d like to do to my home. But I’m pacified settling for smaller projects in our farmhouse ... a coat of color on the walls, new flooring, some wall-hangings or window treatments, new accent pillows, lamps ... you know, things actually within my means. This is where we spend our time, and I can easily justify every dime I spend.

However, I quickly discovered I do not have the same sentiment when it comes to wedding dresses.

I have one daughter and she is much more like me than I ever realized. I won’t

call her frugal, but she must have actually been listening when she was younger and wanted a $300 pair of shoes or $800 prom dress. I can (unfortunately) still hear myself saying it now, “... do you have any idea how many hours I have to work to pay for that!”

Although she’s been engaged to be married for several years, she doesn’t have a wedding date set. She has no grand illusions of a destination wedding to a private isle on the British Virgin Islands or Bora Bora in French Polynesia.

When the time comes, she has actually mentioned something as simple as immediate family and a justice of the peace.

Then there’s the reception. She has casually checked out a few venues including a vineyard or two, but the price tag associated with them? We may very well be looking at a backyard barbecue with family and friends.

When Avery and her Mick (they say a girl looks to marry someone like their father and apparently Avery took that to mean the first name as well) were first engaged, I asked her about a wedding dress. She really didn’t express much interest and after watching those brides

choosing their gowns on “Say Yes to the Dress” that cost more than my first home... well... I admit I’m grateful my daughter isn’t the ‘foo-foo’ girly-type girl and more a grounded-type of gal.

She, just like her mother, would rather do some landscaping around her yard or build a new deck on the back of her house.

There is certainly nothing wrong with choosing to go with a lavish wedding, extravagant reception and dazzling gown, but as the mother of the bride, I’m going to admit, it doesn’t matter to me one bit if Avery chooses to exchange her vows in a simple ceremony with a reception consisting of walking tacos and jello jigglers. And whether she chooses a traditional wedding gown or a simple dress while carrying a bouquet straight from our flower bed, she will be stunning and my Mick, her brothers and I will all cry.

But my tears, I can almost guarantee, will be ones of pure joy and not from the fact that my checking account was drained on a four-hour celebration.

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Festival sighting You have heard of Bigfoot sightings. You know the search continues for the Loch Ness monster. Thousands flock to Tasmania every year seeking out the thought-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tiger. A lucky few have witnessed unicorn sightings, alien sightings, fairy sightings — but this weekend, I witnessed the rarest creature of all in the unlikeliest of environments: Me, with my kids, at a music festival.

Parents of young ones can often become more reclusive than the Abominable Snowman. It’s not that we don’t want to venture out into the great wide world; it’s just that we know it comes with ... variables.

Does the diaper bag have enough extra diapers, extra snacks, extra clothes? Is one Costco-sized bottle of aspirin enough for Mommy? Have we prepared for a heat wave, a blizzard, a tsunami and a drought? How many pairs of shoes do they need? What if they step in gum? What if they catch fire? What if we wind up being invited by Elton John to a fancy dinner party at which he sits at the piano and asks our kids to dance along in an impromptu tap dance recital? Can you add taps to sneakers?

Yet despite the risk of temper tantrums and sunburn and frostbite, sometimes an event sounds too good to miss. An all-weekend event, this music festival boasted three outdoor stages playing from noon to night, when the multiple music venues downtown would open their doors and bars for the headlining bands. Typically, festivals cater to 20-somethings who don’t have to nurture anything more precious than their flower crowns, yet this one considered the baby-making music-lovers. There were bounce houses and arts and crafts tables and ice cream trucks, and most importantly, there was a slice of heaven in the form of a giant sandbox. Fifty feet from the main stage, parents were able to sit at tables, sip on summer ale and eat pizza while their littles played safely by their feet in the sand. And all I could think was, this is the charmed life. This is how it should be.

Imagine if parents weren’t at war with the rest of the world and instead were catered to.

Don’t want to drag your kids into the bank? Neither do I! But what if you could sit in a rolling lounge chair while waiting in line rather than stand? What if the half-century-old gumdrops in the quarter candy machine were replaced with magical toys that dissolve in water so you never have to see them again?

And when it’s your turn for a transaction, a bank teller could wheel you to the window and offer you a mai tai as a thank-you for your customer loyalty.

Now is that so hard?

Feel as if you can’t participate in bar trivia night and your brain is losing power from the lack of stimulation? Not anymore! (I mean no more missing trivia night. I can’t help the losing brainpower part.

That just comes from having kids and sleep deprivation.) Now every trivia night will come with a corner for a ball pit and lifeguard baby sitters. Bonus: If there’s a question about “Sesame Street,” you can run over and ask your kids!

Hate taking your children shoe shopping? That’ll change now that all shoe shops have bounce houses.

While the kids’ shoes are off, you can compare sizes and make sure the shop has the styles your kids want and the right sizes. By the time they’ve bounced themselves out, they will be so fatigued that trying on shoes will be a breeze. Also, the shoestrings will be made of licorice, because why not?

Unrealistic, you say? I disagree. What’s unrealistic is the expectation that parents participate in the community with the same vigor when accommodations aren’t made for the newest members of the society.

Half the bathrooms I go in still don’t have changing tables. Too often, I become a self-made hermit, but tackling that music festival alone with my kids made me feel alive again — part of a community again.

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Getting education back on track Fifteen years after the government intervened in education to get it back on track, Iowa’s education system continues to show it does not understand what No Child left Behind, and the updated 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act, really mean, thus violating Supreme Court decisions regarding equality in education.

Each time educators falsely presume a student is to blame for poor results — as was the practice for more than 60 years — that false presumption prevents a more indepth analysis of the curriculum content and teaching methods in use that created low student proficiencies. Iowa educators may be using concept-based curriculum for the competency-based education they are supposed to be offering, but the methods in use are still based on memorization rather than

effectively teaching concepts to the learning styles.

In addition to this problem, students who fell behind in developing proficiencies before the transition to concept-based curriculum, remain behind because teachers falsely presume them to be disabled rather than needing effective remediation. Of course, for effective remediation, teachers must be able to effectively teach concepts to the learning styles, and that is not happening in far too many Iowa schools.

These two major problems combine to cause Iowa proficiency rankings on NAEP to be falling with regard to the increasing number of states that are figuring this out.

While Iowa educators insist NAEP scores remain stagnant, what they are failing to disclose to the public is the fact that the rankings are dropping — because scores of other states are improving as teachers learn to effectively teach concepts to the learning styles (which puts

them in a better position to effectively remediate), so their scores are rising toward national grade level standards. Iowa does not even use national grade level standards because to do so would reveal their “dirty little secret” to the public.

Language in both NCLB and ESSA includes accountability, and states are accountable for the results they produce. For 60 years, Iowa continually lowered standards and only counted high scores to artificially look good rather than actually being good (with no accountability), but they mistakenly believe they had a good system, so they are only trying to tweak it.

What other states are figuring out is they must abandon the system of memorization that falsely blamed students, and embrace a new system (today termed competency-based education). Iowa’s education needs effective remediation, but is not receiving it.

Sue Atkinson Baxter

Show respect when lighting fireworks OK people, I like fireworks just like everyone else, but when you are parked in a parking lot and people are lighting them off around you and you’re not sure where they are going to land, please show some respect. We also need to show others respect and NOT light them off in a cemetery. Come on people ... where is your sense of judgment at? Those are other peoples loved ones in there, and I am sure they would not want you lighting off fireworks!

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Obituaries Karen Johnson July 5, 2017 Karen Johnson, 77, of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 8 at the Monroe Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 6 to

Myrna J. Osten-Young July 5, 2017 Myrna Jean Osten-Young, 69, of Newton, died Wednesday, July 5, 2 0 1 7 , at Skiff Medical C e n t e r.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Monday, July 10 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home

JuliAnn Saak July 5, 2017 JuliAnn “Juli” Saak, 56, of Baxter, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in a tragic accident.

A visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.

S u n d a y, July 9 at B e t h a ny United Church of Christ in Baxter. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 10 at Bethany United Church of Christ with Reverend Teressa Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery in rural Baxter.

Juli was born March

8 p.m. Friday, July 7 at the Monroe Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be directed to the Monroe Presbyterian Church or the Monroe American Legion. Condolences may be left for the family at coburnfuneralhomes.com.

The daughter of Jennings Reuben and Olive (Schakel) Palmquist, Karen was born Aug. 26, 1939, in Des Moines.

Karen worked at several area nursing homes as an activities director.

She was united in marriage to Ronald Dale

Kingery in 1956. After his passing, she met and was married to Delmar Johnson in 2004. Karen was a member of the Monroe Presbyterian Church, served as past president of the Monroe American Legion Auxiliary and was a former member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. She enjoyed doing crafts, coffee time with the girls and camping, especially at the State Fair.

Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Delmar; her children, Debra

Nichols, Blake (Tamyie) Kingery, Cheryl (Eric) Giers; step-children, Delmar (Linda) Johnson, Jr., Ronald Dean (Becky) Johnson, Marla Jo (Marla Rigby) Johnson and Bradley L. Johnson and Lori Ann (Bob) Pease; 23 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Greta (Don) Van Heimert. Preceding her in death were her parents; her first husband, Ronald in 2003; a son, Randy Kingery; a sister, Evelyn; and a brother, Roger.

and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 9 at the funeral home. Memorials to Myrna’s family may be left at the funeral home.

Myrna, the daughter of Herman and Alice (Thompson) Lanz, was born May 14, 1948, in Des Moines. She attended Newton Community Schools and lived most of her life in the Newton area. Myrna worked for 33 years at Skiff Medical Center, in radiology for 12 years and environmental services for 21

years, retiring in 2009.

After many years of being together, Myrna was united in marriage with Robert “Bob” Young June 12, 2010. She was involved in the Newton Community Theatre and served as an auxiliary police officer for five years. Myrna enjoyed reading, camping, horses and antiquing.

She and Bob also liked donating stuffed animals to the hospital for children.

Myrna is survived by her husband, Bob Young of Newton; daughter,

Allyson Needham of Newton; son, Jason Osten of Aurora, Colo.; granddaughter, Ashley Needham of Colfax; father and mother-in-law, Sandy and Freda Young of Newton; sistersin-law, Renee (Craig) Hadsall of Newton and Carole Frick of Altoona; brothers-in-law, Richard (Brenda) Young of Newton and Randy Young of Newton; and her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister and brother.

1, 1961, to Maurice and Ruth (Heckman) Miller in Cedar Rapids. Her family relocated to Baxter when she was 15 and she graduated from Baxter High School in 1979.

Following high school she went to DMACC and DMU and became licensed as a registered nurse. She married Harold Rouse and they had a son, Aaron. The couple later divorced. Juli married the love of her life, Wayne Saak, at Bethany United Church of Christ in Baxter June 4, 1988.

They had a daughter Jennifer. Together they raised their family on the farm outside of Baxter. Juli assisted Wayne in owning and operating Gardener Millwork in Newton. She also worked for Broadlawns

Medical Center, Capstone and for the last 15 years worked as an RN with Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Juli was a member of Bethany United Church of Christ where she served on the consistory, Jasper County Agriculture Society, Jasper County Sheep Producers, Mid-Iowa Antique Power Club and card club. She was very social and loved spending time with family and friends.

She also enjoyed flowers, church activities, cooking, baking, helping people and her pets.

Those left to cherish her loving memory are her husband, Wayne Saak of Baxter; children, Aaron (Katie Linn) Rouse of Des Moines and Jennifer

(Julian) State of West Des Moines; mother, Ruth Miller of Baxter; mother-in-law, Doris Saak of Baxter; sister, Cyndi Miller of Des Moines; aunt, Doris Gerry of Oregon, Wis.; special friends, Mike and Rhonda Guy and Reed and Teresa Hiemstra; many cousins, nieces, nephews and close friends.

Juli was preceded in death by her father, Maurice Miller; and father-in-law, Virgil Saak.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Bethany United Church of Christ or the Jasper County Fair Board.

Fredregill Family Funeral Home in Baxter has been entrusted with the care of Juli and her family.

the store without paying and then running into the Newton Public Library. Police located Kaisand in the 200 block of North Third Avenue West. Police placed Kaisand under arrest for theft. Kaisand told police that in his back pack there was a pipe used to smoke marijuana. Police

also found a plastic and metal tube with residue inside the backpack.

Kaisand was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Kristin E. Mitchell, 45, of Newton, was charged with domestic abuse assault at 7:50 p.m.

June 28 after police were called to a residence on

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

• The Garden Thyme Club will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Deep Rock Station Gardens in Sully. Visitors and new members are welcome.

Contact the city clerk at 641-594-3493 for information.

• Jasper County Take Away Hunger program will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 501 E. 19th St. N. in Newton.

For more information or to register to help, contact Bill Bennett at jaspercountytakeawayhunger@gmail.com.

• The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Grinnell Chapter will meet at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Centre for Arts and Artists, 501 W. Third St. N. in Newton. The program will focus on Raising Monarch Butterflies by Jane Cruchelow. Meeting starts a 9:30 a.m. with coffee time from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Anyone interested in joining the Grinnell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution may attend a meeting. For more information about the society and membership call Darlene Lieb at 641-521-8846.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

• Sensory Friendly Movie will begin at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the Capitol II Theatre in Newton. The featured movie will be “Despicable Me 3.” Individuals with special needs and their families are invited to the Capitol II Theater’s Sensory Friendly Movie. Tickets are $5 per person.

The Capitol II Theatre is located at 116 First St. in Newton.

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

• ARCA Racing 150 will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday at Iowa Speedway, 3333 Rusty Wallace Drive in Newton.

• Tinnermeier Family Reunion will meet at noon Sunday at Stoney Point Barn, Reasnor, Iowa, 3241 Ranch Ave. in Reasnor. Potluck at 1 pm. Bring Outdoor games if you’d like.

• Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday at Iowa Speedway, 3333 Rusty Wallace Drive in Newton.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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

• Forever Young will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Monroe City Hall, 206 Sherman St.

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June 28 after police were called to Fareway in reference to shoplifting.

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East Seven and a half Street North. Mitchell was in a verbal argument with the victim and is accused of slapping him on the face, which caused a red mark. The victim told police Mitchell had bitten him on his arms.

Mitchell was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Ray,” and I have been together for 10 years and, like most couples, we have had our ups and downs. Ray is a professional musician, so a lot of my time is spent supporting this, either by promoting his endeavors or accepting the fact that I will always come second to his first love — the blues.

A couple of gigs ago, Ray played at an outdoor festival. So there I sat, in the rain, in the dark, watching the show. Three men approached where I was sitting and stood in a circle around me watching the show. Attendance was sparse due to the weather, so it seemed strange they stood so close to me. It made me uneasy, but I have been in similar situations since being with Ray, so I didn’t think much about it.

At home later that night, while I was unwinding and listening to Ray complain about his fingers, I mentioned the three men. He said he had witnessed it and thought it was a little odd, too. This led me to ask, hypothetically, what he would do if he were on stage and I was being attacked in front of him.

He said he would put his guitar in its stand, go to the microphone and ask for assistance for me. He wouldn’t throw the guitar down and rush to my aid!

I couldn’t believe his response. I feel completely alone and unloved.

I don’t know what to think or what to do. Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

— FACE IN THE CROWD DEAR FACE: You are neither alone nor unloved, and I seriously doubt your husband’s response to your hypothetical question was

an indication that he doesn’t love you. It’s possible that he was afraid he would not be able to adequately protect you, and that Security could deal with the three men more effectively than he could. Bear in mind that if the real thing were to happen, he might react very differently.

Because you are fearful, plan ahead. Carry pepper spray when you attend his performances.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter graduated more than two years ago. I offered to help her with her thank-you notes, but I dropped the ball and never got them completed and sent out. I feel terrible and guilty.

Would it be wrong to send out letters to everyone and explain what happened? Or how else can I resolve this mess and put my conscience to rest? — PROUD MAMA IN OHIO DEAR PROUD MAMA: The task of writing thank-you letters was your daughter’s responsibility from the start. She should send them out right away, with her apologies. Better late than never.

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Man accused of destroying property at Iowa City building IOWA CITY — An eastern Iowa man has been accused of destroying property at a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics building.

Fifty-year-old Robert A. Dostal of Hiawatha has been charged with second-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal mischief. University of Iowa police say in complaints that Dostal entered a secured area at the Pomerantz Family Pavilion Wednesday night and caused about $400 in damage to the building. He is accused of being aggressive.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS — A trial date has been set for a man accused of killing a sheriff ’s deputy in Iowa. Wesley Correa-Carmenaty is scheduled to go to trial in Council Bluffs on Aug. 15. Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber tells the newspaper that the 24-year-old Correa-Carmenaty has not waived his right to a speedy trial and has not requested the trial be moved to Sioux City.

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DES MOINES — The Iowa Court of Appeals says a group of residents at a Des Moines public housing apartment building may proceed with their bed bug lawsuit as a class-action case. The court on Thursday upheld the class certification sought by 55 tenants of Royal View Manor.

They’re suing Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency for failing to properly remedy a bed bug problem they say persisted between 2010 and 2015.

As many as 600 residents and former residents could be part of the class.

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MUSCATINE — Muscatine city officials say a UV disinfection treatment system that is the final step to treating the city’s wastewater has been repaired.

Earlier this week, the system broke down, leading the Muscatine Water Pollution Control Plant to discharge treated wastewater — without the disinfection process — into the Mississippi River.

By law, that required officials to issue a public notice for people to avoid full-body contact or ingesting water downstream from the plant.

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Iowa man killed when his bicycle hits animal, crashes SOLON — A Lake Mills man has died from injuries he received in a bicycle crash last week in rural Johnson County.

Seventy-year-old Franklin Dahn was riding his bicycle around 1:30 p.m. June 30 down a hill when he hit an animal and crashed. The Johnson County Sheriff ’s Office says Dahn was flown to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He died Wednesday from his injuries.

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Speedway to implement ingress and egress plan this weekend Law enforcement and Iowa Speedway officials are preparing for the 2017 ARCA Racing Series and Verizon IndyCar Series weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton and are asking race fans to do the same.

Four races over the course of two days will take place this weekend. Attendance numbers will vary for each race, but organizers anticipate 17,000 – 40,000 fans will attend each race day.

The Newton Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Transportation, Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office and Iowa Speedway Officials are working in conjunction with a private traffic control company to erect signs and cones that will clearly mark travel routes for fans attending the races. Officers will be working intersections along the route to ensure traffic moves in a safe and efficient manner.

Motorists traveling to and from Iowa Speedway are reminded to expect slow traffic

and possible delays, obey all traffic laws, pay attention to flashing lights and signs and always follow officers’ directions. Motorists should avoid stopping on the traveled portion to ask questions unless it is an emergency. The key to safe and efficient traffic flow with minimal delays will be a cooperative effort between the motoring public, law enforcement and speedway staff.

Designated Travel Routes All Race Traffic on Interstate 80: Take Interstate 80 to Exit 168. Take exit 168 to Iowa Speedway Drive and turn south. Continue south on Iowa Speedway Drive and staff will direct you to the appropriate parking lot. Traffic will not be allowed to turn onto Rusty Wallace Drive from this interchange. Rusty Wallace Drive has been designated as an emergency route and will only be utilized for emergencies and to relieve traffic congestion.

Navy upholds ejection of midshipman who reported sex assault IOWA CITY (AP) — Navy leaders have backed off a commander’s claim that an Iowa State University midshipman fabricated a sexual assault but ruled the victim will nonetheless be expelled for drinking underage before the molestation occurred.

In a recent letter to U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, a Navy leader said the July 2016 assault was “unfortunate and appalling” but irrelevant to the 20-year-old’s decision to drink alcohol the night a man allegedly touched his genitals with a beer bottle. Unwanted touching is considered sexual assault under military rules.

S.C. Evans, commander of the Naval Service Training Command, wrote that the midshipman was warned to avoid underage drinking following an earlier infraction. Evans said the midshipman also initially lied about facial injuries he suffered after the assailant hit him with the bottle, and that multiple reviews by Navy officials confirmed he “received due process and that he should be disenrolled.”

The midshipman, who recently completed his junior year, has been ordered to pay back $55,000

in benefits he received during his 2 ½ years in the scholarship program.

Navy spokeswoman Lt. Marycate Walsh confirmed the expulsion Thursday but declined comment on the shifting rationale, citing privacy concerns. The midshipman’s attorney and Fischer’s office didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Evans’ letter came in response to criticism raised by Fischer about the Navy’s treatment of the student, who is from Omaha. The letter backs off the Navy ROTC commanding officer’s allegation that the student fabricated the molestation to gain sympathy and explain away his role in getting in a fight after drinking.

Evans wrote that the military took “every required action” once the midshipman reported the assault — but the letter doesn’t mention the program’s allegation that it was fabricated.

The midshipman testified at a disciplinary hearing that a 19-yearold acquaintance repeatedly rubbed his genitals and inner legs with a beer bottle against his wishes during a bonfire near his family’s lake house in Nebraska.

Use the same route when exiting Iowa Speedway.

Please note, Highway T12N will be completely shut down between Highway 14 and Highway 6, and Highway 224 will be completely shut down between Highway 6 and Interstate-80 Interchange 173.

Head south on Highway 14 towards Newton until you reach Interstate-80. If I-80 traffic is light, head east via Entrance Ramp 164 and take the next (Exit 168). Take exit 168 to Iowa Speedway Drive and turn south. Continue south on Iowa Speedway Drive, and follow the directions above.

Newton Club Members and Suite Owners: Take Interstate 80 to Exit 168 or Exit 164. If arriving from the west, you are encouraged to utilize Exit 164. Exit south onto U.S. 14. Continue traveling south on U.S. 14 approximately 3.6 miles. Turn east on South 60th Avenue. Continue east 2¼ miles and turn north on County Road S-74. Continue north 3.6 miles. Turn east on Rusty

Wallace Drive; signs and staff will direct you to parking from there.

Use the same route when exiting Iowa Speedway.

With a traffic increase of this magnitude, some delays are possible near the Speedway.

Highways most likely to be affected are Interstate 80 near Newton at the 164 and 168 mile-markers and U.S. 14 south of Newton.

Officials expect traffic to be heaviest approximately two hours before and after each race. East- and west-bound exit ramps at the 168 interchange will be closed after the race.

Also, southbound traffic on Iowa Speedway Drive at S. 13th Avenue E will be closed after the race to allow for safe and efficient egress.

Fans are encouraged to arrive at Iowa Speedway before 6:30 p.m. CT for the ARCA Racing Series Fans With Benefits 150 on Saturday, July 8, to avoid heavier traffic. Fans attending the Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 on Sunday, July 9, are encouraged to arrive at

ARCA/INDYCAR Schedule Saturday — ARCA Racing Series Fans With Benefits 150 • Parking Lots Open — 9:30 p.m.

• Spectator Gates Open — 1 p.m.

• Green Flag — 8 p.m.

Sunday — Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 • Parking Lots Open — 9 a.m.

• Spectator Gates Open — Noon • Green Flag — 4:45 p.m.

Iowa Speedway before 3:00 p.m.

CT to avoid traffic delays.

Law enforcement and Iowa Speedway Officials are sensitive to the needs of local businesses and residents. To avoid congested roadways and possible delays, Jasper County residents are encouraged to use alternate routes during peak traffic periods. Once egress begins, traffic will not be permitted to enter from County Road S-74 or Interstate 80 Exit 168.

Iowa minorities given new tool to challenge all-white juries DES MOINES (AP) — Black defendants on trial in Iowa have a better chance of challenging all-white juries after the Iowa Supreme Court concluded judges must broaden their analysis when considering whether jury pools include enough minority members to guarantee a fair trial.

As part of its decision, the court took the rare step of reversing its own ruling from a case 25 years ago. The ruling came in an appeal by Kelvin Plain Sr., a black Waterloo man convicted by an all-white jury of harassing a neighbor in 2015.

The court threw out the method previously used to gauge the racial composition of a jury and said judges should consider multiple methods that offer a more balanced review.

“A test without teeth leaves the right to an impartial jury for some minority populations without protection,” Justice Daryl Hecht wrote for the court in a ruling released June 30. He went on to write: “Having just one person of color on an otherwise all-white jury can reduce disparate rates of convictions between black and white defendants.”

Plain’s attorney Gary Dickey said the ruling is a significant victory.

“Now minority populations in Iowa have an avenue to challenge jury pools that are not reflective of their communities,” he said.

While the court affirmed Plain’s conviction, it returned his case to district court and or-

“Now minority populations in Iowa have an avenue to challenge jury pools that are not reflective of their communities.”

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dered the judge to consider, using the court’s new directive to use multiple tests, whether the racial composition of his jury pool violated his constitutional right to an impartial jury. If it did, Plain will get a new trial.

Plain, 49, was charged with harassment after a dispute with a neighbor. Out of 56 potential jurors at his trial, only one was black; that man wasn’t seated on his jury. Although African-Americans represent 8.9 percent of the population of Black Hawk County, the one black prospective juror represented just 1.8 percent of potential jurors. The trial judge denied Plain’s request for a new jury.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court said a 1992 decision was wrong to order judges to use an absolute disparity test as the only measure of jury pool minority balance. That test takes the percentage of blacks in the population and subtracts it from the percentage represented in the jury pool. Justices acknowledged that since their 1992 case, the U.S. Supreme Court and others have concluded that method is not an accurate indication of minority balance in locations where minorities represent less

than 10 percent of the overall population. Since minorities make up no more than 10 percent of any Iowa county, blacks virtually had no legal challenge to all-white jury pools.

“If you showed up and you had zero African-Americans in the jury pool, there was no recourse,” Dickey said. “It was a loser of an issue to the point that attorneys were no longer making the argument because you felt like you had no shot of winning.”

The high court’s new instruction to judges is that they must use several widely accepted assessment models to determine jury balance.

Plain’s appeal also challenged the trial judge’s refusal to read a jury instruction that said jurors “must not consider the defendant’s race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sex” in reaching a verdict. The Supreme Court refused to reverse the conviction on that basis. Iowa allows judges to issue such an instruction but doesn’t require it.

The justices, however, strongly urged judges to begin using such instructions to battle the notion that white juries are often guided by unconscious stereotypes toward minorities.

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

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

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

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

Call 641-792-2473.

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

Bible Study: Tuesday 10:00am.

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

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

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

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

Rev. R.D. Streeter Community of Christ 1805 S. 8th Ave. E., 791-7834, James Eddie Franklin, pastor; Church School Classes 9:30am; Worship Service 10:30am; Last Thursday of the month free community supper 6-7 pm. First Thursday of the month sharing service 6-7 pm.

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

Handicapped accessible.

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

June 5-9; 9am-11:45am: Mighty Fortress VBS for K-6th grade students.

Congregational United Church of Christ-Baxter Pastor Melissa Sternhagen 218 S. Main Baxter, Sunday School 9:30am, No Sunday School for the summer. www.baxterucc.com Check us out on Facebook, Congregational United Church Of Christ-Newton 308 E. 2nd St. N., Newton.

Rev. Jessica Petersen, Pastor.

Sunday Worship 10:00am, Nursery provided;

Fellowship Time 11:15am.

Accessible to all.

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

Bible Study Thursdays 5:00pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Life Community Church of the Nazarene 605 W. 8th St. N., Newton Rev. Jack Droste, Pastor 641-792-4323 Sunday School: 9:30 am, Morning Worship: 10:30 am, Sunday Evening Service: 7pm, Wednesday Evening Service: 7pm “Sharing God’s Love with other because we care.”

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

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

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

Worship 10:30am; nursery available.

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

Killduff United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 8:45am. Communion first Sunday of each month.

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

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

Web:www.NewtonFirstBaptist.com and on facebook.

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

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

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

All are welcome! http://www.newtonfirstlutheran.org First Presbyterian 220 N 2nd Ave E. Newton Rev. Meghan Davis 10:00 am Fellowship, 10:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Fellowship, Nursery Provided. Handicap Accessible. Everyone Welcome!

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

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

Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m.

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

New Life Community Church of the Nazarene 605 W 5th St. N., P.O. Box 1021 Rev, Jack Wolgamuth, 515-4021190. Sunday School 9:30 am, Morning Worship 10:30 am, Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm Newton Church of The Way 2306 S. 3rd Ave E., 792-7300 Pastor Steve Heerema. Sunday Morning: 9:00 and 10:45 Ignite, Nursery during both Ignite Services (for newborn through 2 years old). Journey 252 Children’s Ministry 10:30am (for children 3 years through 6th Grade) The Way Café 8:30 to 10:30am, 5:00-7:00pm Prayer of Blessing, Wednesday 6:30 – 8:30pm Route 146 Youth, Everyone Welcome! Other various group studies and classes are offered. Check out our Facebook page, our weekly bulletin on our website, or call/email the office for more information. Email: info@theway146.com Web: www.newtonway.org Our Savior Lutheran Missouri Synod 1900 N. 4th Ave. E., Newton Pastor Joel Picard, Sunday 8:00 am Worship; 9:30 am Bible Study/Sunday School www.oursavlutheran.com (641) 792-1084.

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

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

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Worship.

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

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

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

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

Sunday Worship service 10 am.

Wednesday Bible Study 6pm.

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

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

Call 792-4470.

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

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

10:10 am service.

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

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

Monroe United Methodist 407 N. Monroe St., Monroe, 641259-2822; Pastor Kim Crummer; Summer Service Times: Adult Sunday School 8:30a.m.; Coffee Time 9:15a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m. Office Hours: Mon. - Thurs.

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

Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Willy Mafuta 151 60th Ave., Prairie City Sunday 10:30 am Worship Service 10 am Sunday School pcumc@q.com (515) 994-2354 Pleasantview United Methodist 8454 S. 28th Ave. E., Newton, Pastor Tim Morgan; 9:00 am worship; 10:15 am Sunday School.

Prairie City Church of the Brethren 12015 Hwy S 6G, Corner of S 6G & F70 W, 5 miles south of Prairie City on S6G, 515994-2940; Worship at 9:30.

Children’s Church and Nursery provided during worship. Sunday school will resume in the fall. No Bible Explorers for the summer. We invite you to come worship with us! Go to prairiecitycob.org for more information or call 515-994-2940.

Prairie City First Reformed Church 300 E. 5th St., P. O. Box 178, 515-994-2250, frcprairiecity@ aol.com; 9:30 am Worship, 10:50 am Sunday School. www.reformedchurchprairiecity.com

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

Reasnor United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 10:45am. Communion first Sunday of each month.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | July 7, 2017 | 9A Local & State News Teens to make Care Bags 4 Kids Monday at the library Care Bags 4 Kids 1 p.m. Monday —Teens are invited to join us in the library meeting room as we prepare bags for children in foster care. The Care Bags Foundation is an organization started by Newton native, Annie Wignall Foskett, which collects supplies for children in need. Donation request lists are available at the library and donated items may be dropped off at the front desk anytime in June or July. Build a better world by helping us with this great cause. For more information, call youth services librarian, Phyllis Peter at 641-792-4108.

Rock the Library with JJ Express 6 p.m. Monday — Local favorite, JJ Express, is performing at our July summer concert. This event will take place outdoors on the library lawn, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather or

Newton Public Library Rebecca Klein excessive heat, the program will be moved indoors to the library meeting room. Lawn chairs and picnics are encouraged. All ages welcome. This event is made possible by the Newton Public Library Foundation.

Yoga at the Library 6 p.m. Monday — Certified yoga instructor, Meghan Davis, leads an introductory yoga class for adults. No prior experience necessary. Attendees may bring a yoga mat or towel, if they wish. This class is dependent upon the weather and will be canceled in the event of rain or excessive heat.

Registration is required, call 641-792-4108 to reserve your spot.

Newton History at Your Fingertips The Newton Public Library is introducing a new online archive of Jasper County history. The archive contains hundreds of historic books, photographs, and documents; all available through the library website. To view the archive, go to the library website, www.newton.lib.ia.us and click on the Research tab at the top of the page. New materials are added every month. If you are interested in sharing photographs with the library or have questions, please contact Becca Klein, Public Services Librarian, at 641-792-4108.

Friday Flicks 1 p.m. July 14 — Join us on Friday afternoons for a family-friendly movie in the library meeting room. Bring your own popcorn, beverages are provided. Seating is on the floor, and attendees may

bring a pillow if they like. All movies have a G or PG rating.

Library policy is that children age 10 and under must have an adult guardian present in the building. The movie for July 14 is “Tangled,” 100 minutes.

Iowa Youth Chorus Choir Camp 5 to 7:30 p.m. July 17 -20 — Iowa Youth Chorus is offering a children’s choral camp at the Newton Public Library July 17 through July 20. Instruction will be provided by Jane Johnson, director of the Newton Children’s Choir. The camp will meet every evening and supper will be provided. A short public performance will be held at the conclusion of the camp on July 20 at 7 p.m.

The camp is for children ages 7 to 11 and registration is required to attend. Please call the library at 641-7924108 to register.

Blank Park Zoo Animal Show and Tell 10:30 a.m., July 24 —Join an educator from the Blank Park Zoo to learn about the amazing ways animals build.

From underground burrows to nests high in the trees, we’ll talk about the different dwellings animals can create. Children will also get to meet several small zoo animals. This event will take place on the library lawn, weather permitting.

Stargaze at the Library 8 p.m. July 24 — Join us after-hours as the Des Moines Astronomical Society leads a night sky viewing. Learn how to spot constellations and planets while viewing the night sky through a high powered telescope. This presentation will also discuss the upcoming total solar eclipse.

Children are welcome to attend with an adult. Call 641792-4108 to register.

Lake Red Rock Programs for July 7-8 Upcoming activities planned July 7-9 at Lake Red Rock include: Friday beginning at 9 p.m. Nature’s Fireworks: Fireflies at Wallashuck Campground Ooh. Aah. The brilliant flashes of fireflies brighten the warm summer nights and offer a wonderful display. Take a walk in search of “nature’s “fireworks” and learn a bit about the insects that create the show.

Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. Let’s Go Paddling at North Overlook Beach

Enjoy the chance to experience both canoeing and kayaking in the same day. Give one or both types of watercraft a try and see how much fun paddling can be.

You must be at least 10 years old to use kayaks.

Life jackets will be provided. Programs may be canceled if inclement weather and wind conditions.

Saturday 8 at 1 p.m.

Archaeology at Iowaville: Ioway Tribe at the Visitor Center In 2010, archeological excavations occurred at a large village site and

home of the famous Ioway leader, Mahaska (White Cloud). The village lies along the bank of the Des Moines River, a rich environment where tribal members harvested a wide variety of natural resources, including coal, clay, bear, elk, swan, hazelnuts, and plums, to name only a few items found at the site. With a peak population of about 1,000, the village would have housed more people than St. Louis in 1800.

Today, archaeological work reveals significant traces of the site remain at a spot now used as a

farm field. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Cindy Peterson will provide a brief history of the site and discuss archaeological finds there.

Saturday at 2 p.m. Meet Bobber the Water Safety Dog at North Overlook Beach Bobber is a fun loving pup that likes to meet new people and help them learn how to be safe around the water.

Come meet him and pick up some great safety tips.

Saturday at 3 p.m. Call of the Wild at the Playscape

Do you have to yell to get your voice to be heard at home? Imagine how hard it is for animals to communicate across a forest, prairie or lake. Using primitive musical instruments, try your luck sharing messages” with other participants and see how far

your “calls” carry over the Playscape.

Programs are free of charge. Outdoor activities may be canceled if raining. For more information, contact Lake Red Rock at 641828-7522 or email lakeredrock@usace.army. mil.

Grinnell launches campaign to renovate veterans building GRINNELL — The Grinnell Veterans Memorial Commission is celebrating the Independence Day holiday with the announcement of a $1.8 million fundraising campaign to renovate the Veterans Memorial Building.

The project seeks to visually match local prairie style architecture and create an anchor structure in Grinnell’s Central Park. The keystone feature of the renovated building will be the new Prairie Star Residency.

The campaign will seek funds necessary to restore the Veterans Memorial Building, which is more than 60 years old. The residency will be a program of the Veterans Memorial Commission who will contract with an entity to serve as operations manager. The residency will create opportunities for artists, academicians, curators and others to gather for a specific

period of time to work together in a space away from their usual environment and obligations.

The residency program will maintain a special focus on veterans within an artist program and uniquely position Grinnell nationally as the only multi-artist residency program within a veterans memorial.

The Veterans Memorial Building will include six apartments, working art shops in the lower level, five private studios, and a lounge area on the main floor to accommodate the residency.

The building will also include a balcony overlooking the newly renovated Central Park and significant public spaces for use by local veterans.

“This concept is unique, creating a national artist-in-residence project that includes veterans while bringing to Grinnell many creative people from across the country,” said

Leo Lease, Veterans Memorial Commission chair.

The group leading the private fundraising campaign connected to the use of the building for the Prairie Star Residency is diverse and includes local members Craig Cooper, George Drake, Randy Hotchkins, Tom Lacina, and Cynthia Sherman. The committee also includes veteran and former Congressman Leonard Boswell, and Grinnell College alum and former Des Moines Social Club executive director Pete DeKock. Bill Menner of the The Bill Menner Group, former Iowa state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, and Nicole Behrens, Executive Director of the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, will provide fundraising guidance. Mary Adamek, PhD, director of the Music Therapy

program at the University of Iowa, will assist the committee with programming development around arts therapies as part of the Prairie Star Residency.

The committee will work to identify donors state-wide in order to raise $1.8 million of the $2.2 million project cost.

At the same time, there will be a local effort to build awareness of an upcoming Grinnell property tax levy vote in November 2017, which will provide local funding for 20 years for the “restoration, maintenance and operation” of the Veteran’s Building. The levy is expected to provide approximately $112,000 per year for 20 years for operational costs of the building.

“The levy is essential to this project and will form the backbone of the ongoing operations,” said Tom Lacina, local

Grinnell arts promoter who envisioned the project. “It also should encourage state-wide funding by showing the depth of commitment of the citizens of Grinnell to carrying the weight of the ongoing financial requirements.”

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‘This has to be a strike’ Two JC United teams win state championships

By Mike Mendenhall Prairie City News This is part 1 in a two-part series featuring PCM-area JC United’s two state championship softball teams. The 11U and 12U teams both collected championship rings June 11 and 18, respectively.

Pitcher Riley DeVore knew one more out would win it. It was the state championship game June 11 for the PCM-area JC United 12U team in the USSSA league. They had battled back from a 6-2 deficit to take the game into extra innings against the team from Bussey.

JC United now had a 7-6 lead, and Riley was determined to make sure this was the last at bat.

“I remember throwing the last pitch in the championship game, thinking this has to be a strike,” she said. “The girl up to bat hit the ball to our second baseman.

She made the throw to first base and made the out. At that moment, we all knew we were state champions.”

DeVore said the title ring shows just how hard JC United’s 12U has worked the last several years beginning in that first 2-10 record fall ball season. This was her dad Ervan DeVore’s last season coaching USSSA softball, and she said it made the final play all the more meaningful.

The day was special for the entire team, including JC United player Ashlyn Alleger.

“Being a champion to me means you have to want it. You need to work hard, have fun, be a good teammate and most of all listen to your coaches,” she said.

The PCM-area JC United teams were founded several years ago by coach Danel Drake and several parents who wanted their girls to play at a more competitive level. Fast

Submitted Photo PCM-area USSSA 12U softball team JC United takes a group shot after clinching the state championship June 11 against at team from Bussey. Pictured: (front row) Kiera Nelson, Skylar Burns, Kyla Stout, Ashlyn Alleger and Danica Linn. (Middle row) Cate Humpal, Lily Ladehoff, Riley DeVore, RaeAnn Duinink and JayLynn Donahoo. (Back row) coaches Justin Humpal, Leslie Duinink and Ervan DeVore.

forward to 2017, JC United now has four teams ranging in age from 8 to 12 years old.

Drake’s 11U team also won the state title in June.

They’re traveling tournament teams. The 12U group has five girls from Prairie City, three from Monroe and two from Colfax.

Submitted Photo The girls of the JC United 12U softball team circle up before a game during the state championship tournament weekend. The PCM-area USSSA league team won the Iowa state championship on June 11. The JC United 11U team also took the state title on June 18.

Ervan DeVore’s girls aged out of the 11U bracket in 2015, and decided to form a 12U team. The jump was not easy, the coach said.

Between those two age groups the ball size bumps from 11 to 12 inches and the pitching circle moves back five feet. Add on more rules and the girls had a tough first season ahead. In their 2017 championship run, JC United 12U went 17-6. But DeVore said their first time out in fall of 2015 was exactly the reverse.

“We got slaughtered.

I remember girls hanging their heads. We were getting beat up a lot, but (coaches) kept saying just trust us, trust us.

When you guys are the old 12-year-olds, if you trust us, we can win a state title,” DeVore said.

The biggest challenge with USSSA, Ervan said, is the girls aging out of the league. Next year, if the team wants to stay together, they’ll have to form a 14U to compete.

The coach sees USSSA ball as competitive, and the demands on players are higher than that of little league.

“It’s a big commitment. Little league, you sign up and you play.

You sign up, pay $25 to $30 registration and you play ball. A travel team, in both the financial and time commitment, it could be $300 to $400 per weekend for the team,” he said. “We split that amongst the families, but it’s a lot higher quality of play.”

Ervan said all 10 girls contributed to JC United’s success, and they had a little fun along the way.

“I had a fun relationship with the girls,” he said. “(They) always picked on my choice of words. They know what I mean when I say ‘It’s a lot funner winning than losing, but no matter what keep your head up.’”

This year the JC United 12U team played competitive ball and

were on a three-game win streak entering championship week.

They won six games in the final tournament alone to take the state title. They’ve played games in Perry, Oskaloosa, Dallas Center and throughout central Iowa, but one thing short stop Kyla Stout knows is throughout their travels, troubles and triumphs, JC United never gave up.

“I always try to encourage my teammates to be the best they can be and to never give up.

Running less than 110 percent is how you get thrown out,” Stout said.

“When we were in the championship game, everyone was nervous. We were down by a lot in the first couple of innings, but we kept our heads held high and came back to win it. My team never gave up and that’s how we became state champs.”

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Cardinals claim playoff win in final Berg game

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Moving on — Newton’s Karley Leiker rounds third base headed for home in a four-run fifth inning in Thursday’s Class 4A Region 8 playoff game at Newton’s Berg Middle School field. The Cardinals defeated visiting Knoxville, 11-1 in six innings, to move on to the regional semifinals on Saturday.

Pounding out 17 hits, Newton High’s Cardinals said goodbye to the Berg Middle School softball field in style.

The Cardinals brought down the curtain on the longtime home of Cardinal softball with an 11-1 run-rule victory over Knoxville on Thursday.

Newton has two seniors on its 2017 roster — Lizzy Coyle and Bailey Davis. Coyle didn’t get to play in the game but watched from the home dugout for the final time.

“It’s a little sad, but we’re looking forward to the new field for the program,” Coyle said.

“I’m glad our last game here was a huge win for us,” Davis said. “I’m excited for the girls next year with a new field.

It’s bittersweet — our coach played on this field, too.”

Newton head coach Kristina McNew is a former Cardinal player who is in her third season at the helm of the Cardinal softball program.

“It’s emotional for me. I played here. This was my stomping grounds. To see us get a first-round playoff victory tonight for the final game is a great way to close the era here,” McNew said. “I like that we’re getting a new field. It’s nice our program is getting something it needs.”

The Cardinals win over Knoxville came in the firstround of Class 4A Region 8 tournament play. With the victory, Newton advances to

the semifinals. The Cardinals play at 7 p.m. Saturday at 4A No. 2 Winterset (30-7).

“We know we have a challenge on Saturday We’ll go into that game like we did this game — play Winterset, as we did Knoxville, like any other opponent. We’ll prepare the same way. We know anyone can get beat on any day.”

Newton and Knoxville met in the season opener with the Cardinals winning 10-3. The Panthers (12-16) closed out their season the same way they started it with a loss to Newton.

The Cardinals built slowly with single runs in each of the first three innings. They added two in the fourth then had a four-run fifth inning. Newton was up 9-1 as Knoxville produced a run in the top of the fifth.

Lakin Jenkins reached on a Panther error with one gone in the bottom of the sixth inning. Karley Leiker singled then Emily Valtman delivered the final blow — a two run triple — to give Newton a 10run margin.

Leiker and Valtman each went 4-for-5 in the game.

Leiker had four base hits while Valtman had a single, two doubles and a triple. She drove in three runs. Jenkins and Rilee Slycord each had two singles.

Davis and Kennedy Leiker had a double apiece. Hitting a single each were Peyton Maher, Taylor Ryan and Harlie Durr.

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IndyCar’s drivers feel the need for speed Iowa Speedway is a fun, fast track for Carpenter, Newgarden, others

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Josef Newgarden will be back on the Iowa Speedway track this weekend to try to win back-to-back Iowa Corn 300 championships. The car he won the 2016 Iowa Corn 300 and its owner return to Iowa Speedway.

Things are the same, but different. Newgarden is driving for Team Penske in 2017.

Ed Carpenter brings his two Ed Carpenter Racing cars back for Sunday’s 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 which is at 4:45 p.m.

The former ECR teammates do agree on several things going into this year’s race on the 7/8-mile track. Competition, passion for the sport and of course, the speed of racing are factors for both drivers being in the sport, and they know

Iowa Speedway allows the Indy cars to go fast throughout the entire race.

“It is unique. For myself and most of the drivers, we enjoy the short tracks and Iowa is the shortest track we drive on each year for IndyCar,” Carpenter said. “It’s a track which presents a lot of challenges and is extremely fast.”

For the Iowa race defending champion Newgarden, the Iowa Speedway is about race management and handling the challenges the “Fastest Short Track on the Planet” presents IndyCar Photo Ed Carpenter, left, and Josef Newgarden, right, visit during a break at an earlier Verizon IndyCar Series to IndyCar drivers.

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wo different styles of racing will be on display this weekend at Iowa Speedway. And it’s going to be hot out there gang — hot racing on the track and hot weather.

First, on Saturday will be the ARCA Racing Series, which is a stock car series. Many of the drivers in NASCAR have seen racing days in the ARCA series. It’s a good racing series for young talented drivers to begin their careers and hone their skills with dreams of working their way up the ladder.

Second, on Sunday will be the IndyCar Series. Actually, there are three levels of the open-wheel racing packed into one day at the Speedway. The lowest level in the Mazda Road to Indy is the Cooper Tires USF2000 series. The Indy Lights is the third rung of the ladder system heading to the Verizon IndyCar Series.

The Indy cars will be on the track

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race this season. Newgarden drove an Ed Carpenter Racing car to victory in the 2016 Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway, In 2017, Newgarden drives for Team Penske. Carpenter is still driving for his team. Both drivers are out to win Sunday’s 2017 Iowa Corn 300.

The Pressbox Jocelyn Sheets for practices and the IndyCar Series qualification for the 2017 Iowa Corn 300 on Saturday. The three Indy car races will be Sunday afternoon. There’s plenty of racing all weekend at the Speedway.

This is the 11th Iowa Corn 300 for the Verizon IndyCar Series in the 11 years Iowa Speedway has been up and running. One big draw for this non-motorsports fan is these are the stars of the IndyCar Series racing here at Newton.

I knew more Indy car driver’s names growing up than NASCAR. Mainly because of the Indy 500. I didn’t watch that many races period, and still don’t.

A week ago, I told you about my interest in the America’s Cup yachting competition. I guess you can call me a sampler of sports. There are several sports I love — football and wrestling

(not WWE) — and several others I enjoy watching swimming, horse racing, horse eventing competitions, baseball.

Then there are those sports I just sample every once in awhile. I’ve had to pay a little attention to NASCAR racing and Indy car racing more since I been in Newton. I’ll watch a little professional golf, hockey and tennis. I used to watch the Tour de France, but that sport more than any other turned me off by the drug scandals and corruption involved.

I say baseball, but I really mean Kansas City Royals’ baseball. I don’t watch much of any other team play.

And right now, the Royals are as hot as our summer weather is right now.

Going into their final three-game series before the All-Star break next week, the Royals have climbed back into contention — a half game out of first place in the American League Central. The Royals have one of the top starting pitchers — Jason Vargas — in all of baseball. Vargas has 12 wins, which is the most in the American League and second overall.

Mike Moustakas is tied for second

in home runs with 25 for all of MLB. You got a love Salvy — Salvador Perez behind the plate and the whole cast.

I’ll take in a little college basketball if Kansas State is playing. I used to watch more NBA back in the 1970s and 1980s but the players now don’t interest me at all.

The horse eventing competitions are rare on television any more. You might see some during a Summer Olympics year. My interest in that sport came from attending a night of the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo., each year growing up. We’d go as a family one night of the horse show and enjoy the grace and beauty of the horses.

Of course, most of my time is spent watching and covering high school sports. I enjoy watching the youngsters develop through the years no matter what sport it is. We got softball playoffs underway this week and the baseball postseason starts next week.

There’s plenty of sports to sample from in the area.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Friday Baseball Newton at Saydel, JV 5:15 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Softball Regionals Class 3A Region 7 PCM at Solon, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Region 7 Des Moines Christian at CMB, 7 p.m.

Class 1A Region 3 Montezuma at Lynnville-Sully, 7 p.m.

Class 1A Region 8 Grand View Christian at Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.

Saturday Baseball Districts Class 2A District 14 At Story City CMB vs. Ogden, 5 p.m.

Softball Regionals Class 4A Region 8 Newton at Winterset, 7 p.m.

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

Softball Regionals, TBD Tuesday Baseball Newton at South Tama, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Districts Class 1A District 11 At Colfax Lynnville-Sully vs.

Melcher-Dallas, 5 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo vs. Montezuma, 7 p.m.

Class 2A District 14 At Van Meter PCM vs. Roland-Story/ Woodward Academy winner, 5 p.m.

CMB/Ogden winner vs. Van Meter, 7 p.m.

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CMB ends regular season with loss to Hawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News JEWELL — The Coll i ns - Ma x we l l / B a x te r baseball team ended its regular season with a 4-0 loss to South Hamilton on Thursday.

T h e Hawks Maxwell plated two runs in the first and two in the fourth. Four different pitchers — CJ Hewitt, Zeke Balderas, Cole Berg and DJ Klonglan — combined to allow four hits against the Raiders.

Senior Tucker Maxwell (0-4) started on the mound and allowed all four runs in taking the loss. Seniors Brady Kemp and Creighton Caple each threw an inning of relief. The Raider trio allowed six hits.

The win by the Hawks (8-18 overall, 3-13 in the HOIC) gives them a season split.

The Raiders (4-20, 2-14) defeated South Hamilton 3-2 earlier this season.

CMB, which has lost eight of its last nine games, opens Class 2A District 14 play against Ogden at 5 p.m. Saturday in Story City.

The Raiders have eliminated Ogden from postseason play the last two seasons.

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PCM loses to Nevada in regular season finale

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News NEVADA — The Prairie City-Monroe baseball team ran into an all-state caliber pitcher Thursday during its regular season finale against Nevada.

Tyler Shafer struck out 13 batters and walked none for the Cubs, and Nevada downed the Mustangs, 4-1, at home during Heart of Iowa Conference play.

Nevada had only four hits in the game, but freshman Derek Brown and junior Brady Fagen walked eight Cubs in the loss.

“Derek threw a very good

game,” PCM coach Jeff Lindsay said.

“Even the walks he had were scattered.

He walked the lead-off guy in the fifth and then we comClark mitted an error to allow that runner to score.”

Brown gave up just the run in the fifth. PCM tied the game in the sixth, but Nevada (13-9 overall, 8-8 in the HOIC) plated three runs in the sixth off Fagen to earn a season split against the Mustangs.

Brown allowed one earned run on one hit with five walks, five strikeouts and one hit by pitch in 4 1/3 innings pitched.

Fagen (0-1) took the loss after surrendering three earned runs on three hits with three walks and two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings pitched.

The Mustangs (18-9, 9-7) had six hits at the plate.

Senior Noah Clark had two hits and an RBI, and senior Ethan Thomas had two hits. Sophomores Brayton Van Dyke and Preston Van Wyk each had one hit, and sophomore Reed Worth walked and scored PCM’s lone run in the sixth.

“Considering the pitcher we faced, we did a nice job for the most part,” Lindsay said. “(Shafer) is a good pitcher. He throws it hard and has good command. He mixed in a good, hard slider, too.”

Shafer improved to 6-2 on the season. He now has 85 strikeouts in 62 2/3 innings pitched. Shafer threw 94 pitches over seven innings.

PCM opens Class 2A District 14 play at 5 p.m. Tuesday against either Roland-Story or Woodward Academy.

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

Stenhouse surging for rebuilt Roush Fenway Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When Ricky Stenhouse Jr. first made the switch from sprint cars to stock cars, he wrecked an awful lot of Jack Roush’s inventory.

It got so bad that Roush had to sit Stenhouse down in an attempt to rein him in a little bit.

The patience Roush showed Stenhouse while rebuilding his organization — once among the top in NASCAR — paid off Saturday night when Stenhouse won for the second time this season. His victory at Daytona International Speedway was his second in two months.

He had gone 155 Cup races before getting to victory lane.

Roush wasn’t at Daytona to celebrate with Stenhouse , though. He took the holiday weekend off and was on vacation with his granddaughter.

“We believe we’re on the right track, and you always want more, but we’re pretty excited about the direction we’re headed, and that’s a testament to Jack Roush and what he’s set up,” Roush Fenway Racing president Steve Newmark said. “Jack is on vacation taking his granddaughter out to see Mount Rushmore, and it’s something we’ve encouraged him to do because what Jack has done over the last year is really empowered a group of individuals to try to run the company on a day-to-day basis.

“This is probably Jack’s proudest moment because this was a race that he wasn’t at, and we were still able to implement everything that he’s taught us and go out there and get him in victory lane.”

There’s no denying that Stenhouse, who turns 30 in October, has been an integral part of Roush’s turnaround.

He’s in his fifth full season and wasn’t promoted to the Cup level until 2013 after he’d won consecutive Xfinity Series championships.

The promotion was rocky for a while, in part because

NASCAR Photo Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford, celebrates winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 59th Annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Florida.

of Stenhouse’s natural drive to push too hard, and in part because Roush was on a rapid road toward mediocrity. The team had gone from five Cup cars in its heyday and a monster lineup that included Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch to just a two-car team this year.

As the Roush group continued to rebuild, Stenhouse figured out his strengths. One of them, second-place finisher Clint Bowyer said, is clearly racing on restrictor plate tracks. Stenhouse’s first victory was in May at Talladega.

“He does a good job of blocking. He’s learned a lot.

He’s become a good plate racer,” Bowyer said. “I remember when he came in, he was a little bit chaotic, but he’s not now.

He’s got it figured out, and he’s won two of them.”

Stenhouse laughed at Bowyer’s use of the word “chaotic” and chalked it up to coming through the ranks racing

sprint cars. But actually having a car that can contend has been a significant part of the growing process.

“I think us dirt guys, we drive the car really hard,” Stenhouse said. “I think a lot of the times as a race car driver you try to take the car and put it on your back. It’s tough to do in the Cup Series. Everything has got to align right, and I think when I came into the Cup Series, I almost thought we were going to win our first race at Kansas that year and get our first win out of the way.

“Then really kind of struggled after that. I feel like just trying too hard and making mistakes and us not necessarily having the cars where we want them and everybody was just trying to do more than we were capable of for a long time.”

Now that the rebuild has turned an obvious corner — two wins this season from Stenhouse, a spot in NA-

SCAR’s playoffs, improvement from Roush teammate Trevor Bayne and behind-the-scenes personnel moves that are now in Year 3 — it’s up to Stenhouse to continue delivering on the track.

He knows there’s still a lot of work to do toward building a consistent Ford entry for the 10-race playoffs this fall.

With both wins on plate tracks, he still needs to prove he can win across the spectrum of tracks. But through 17 races so far this season, Stenhouse already has a career-high seven top-10s.

“I feel like our next accomplishments that we can do on the racetrack are probably short-track wins,” he said.

“We’re still working on our mile-and-a-half program. We don’t feel like we’re capable of winning on a mile-and-a-half.

We feel like we can run top 10 and get top-10 finishes, but we’re not ready to go out and win those races yet.”

Bell overcomes spin to win NASCAR Truck race at Kentucky SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Christopher Bell overcame an early spin to take the lead by the midpoint and held off Brandon Jones to win the rain-delayed Camping World Series NASCAR Truck race early Friday at Kentucky Speedway.

All-day showers pushed back the start by more than three hours before Bell endured several issues, including the spin while being squeezed in a three-wide run and being involved in a multitruck incident caused by Ben Rhodes’ spin on Lap 41.

Bell’s No. 4 Toyota, owned

by NASCAR Cup regular Kyle

Busch, was soon back in front 40 laps later and spent much of the 225-mile race holding off a slew of pursuers for his third victory this season and fifth of his career.

Bell, who started second, led a race-high 54 laps and held off Jones’ Chevrolet by 0.187 seconds.

Justin Haley was third in a Chevy, with Austin Cindric fourth in a Ford and Noah Gragson fifth in a Toyota.

Busch was sixth, while series points leader Johnny Sauter finished ninth after NASCAR Photo starting first on owner points Christopher Bell, driver of the No. 4 Toyota, celebrates in victory lane afwhen rain washed out quali- ter winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Buckle Up In Your fying.

Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway on Thursday in Sparta, Kentucky.

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Moustakas, Turner elected to All-Star teams

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NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner and Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas have been elected to the All-Star Game in online voting for the final initial roster spots.

Cubs third baseman

Kris Bryant was second in the NL vote, leaving Cubs reliever Wade Davis as the sole representative of the World Series champions at Tuesday’s game in Miami. Davis did not join the Cubs until the offseason, after Chicago’s first World Series title

since 1908.

The last World Series champion with one AllStar was in 2007, when Albert Pujols was the only player from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Turner received a record 20.8 million votes, topping Freddie Freeman’s 19.7 million in

Cards slip past Marlins ST. LOUIS (AP) — Luke Voit is living his childhood dream with his hometown St. Louis Cardinals.

And the Cardinals are reaping the benefits.

The rookie first baseman hit his second home run and drove in three runs to help the Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Thursday.

“What a great day for Luke,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “ ...

This kid continues to take great at-bats in big situations and it’s hard not to have him in the lineup when he’s swinging like he is.”

Voit, who also doubled, started for the fourth consecutive day at first base.

He has seven RBIs during the month of July, tied for the team lead with outfielder Tommy Pham, and is hitting .333 through his first 11 games in the majors.

“I’m just trying to do my job and try to drive in runs, especially hitting in those key situations,” Voit said.

“He’s been a game-changer so far,” said Jedd Gyorko, who also had two hits.

The Cardinals, who had lost two straight, earned a four-game series split after winning the previous two series against the Diamondbacks and Nationals.

The Cardinals’ eight hits backed an-

other good outing from Michael Wacha (6-3), who allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out nine and walked two.

Marcell Ozuna had three hits and three RBIs for the Marlins. Dee Gordon had two hits, scored three runs and stole two bases.

Miami starter Tom Koehler (1-4) allowed three runs and four hits over five innings. He struck out seven and walked three. The two hits by Voit were costly.

The Marlins took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Ozuna’s two-out RBI single.

Voit tied it with a solo homer in the second inning. It traveled an estimated 446 feet and landed in the Big Mac Land section of the second deck, the first Cardinal to hit a home run there this season.

Ozuna made it 2-1 with a broken-bat RBI single to right in the third.

Voit had a two-out, two-run double off the right field wall in the third to put the Cardinals ahead 3-2.

Randal Grichuk hit a solo home run, his eighth, in the sixth to make it 4-2.

Ozuna added another RBI single in the seventh.

Cardinals closer Seung Hwan Oh capped off a strong performance by the St. Louis bullpen. He allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, but locked down his 17th save in 20 chances.

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Kvitova

that month and hasn’t played since — she is pregnant and taking at least the rest of this year off — so Brengle is, for the moment, the last woman to defeat the 23-time Grand Slam champion.

“That’s my thing,” Brengle said, holding up a fist and laughing. “I’m going to hold on to that one forever.”

Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, had been favored by some British bookmakers to lift the trophy at fortnight’s end, despite competing in only her third tournament of her comeback. She was attacked by a knife-wielding intruder at her home in the Czech Republic in December and needed surgery on her left hand, the one she uses to hold a racket.

Still without full strength in that hand — clenching it for a celebratory fist pump remains difficult — Kvitova returned at the French Open in May, losing in the second round there. But then she won a grass-court title at Birmingham in June.

“I feel just really empty right now. I know my body; it’s not great. But mentally I’m really glad that it’s over.

I mean, it was kind of a fairy tale, but on the other hand, it was very tough,” she said. “I just need to look forward and look to the future.”

Kvitova said she felt ill Wednesday, and she was visit-

olds and Miami first baseman Justin Bour.

Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts was second in the AL vote, followed by the Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius, Texas shortstop Elvis Andrus and Tampa Bay first baseman Logan Morrison.

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Brewers cruise past Cubs in Schwarber’s return to majors CHICAGO (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers weren’t happy when the Chicago Cubs decided to postpone a game in May on what turned out to be a totally dry afternoon — especially since the decision cost them a day off.

The Brewers also weren’t pleased the makeup game was scheduled for a 1:20 p.m. CDT start on Thursday after they played a night game in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

They took out their frustrations on the field.

Ryan Braun homered to ignite a seven-run third inning and the Brewers beat the Cubs 11-2 for their fourth straight victory.

Braun went 1-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs before being lifted following the sixth because of the lopsided score. Domingo Santana had four hits and two RBIs and Jesus Aguilar added three hits and an RBI. Milwaukee starter Zach Davies (10-4) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings for the win.

“I think as a team we tried to put it on them early and it kind of showed right out of the gate,” Davies said.

“Off days are precious,” Braun said. “You never want to give those

Two-time Wimbledon champ Kvitova stunned by American Brengle LONDON (AP) — Madison Brengle knew, of course, that her opponent, Petra Kvitova, was a two-time Wimbledon champion and a popular pick to win the title again this year.

Brengle also was aware, of course, that she herself never had won so much as one main-draw match at the All England Club until this week.

This, instead, is all the 27-year-old from Dover, Delaware, was focused on as she began playing Kvitova on Wednesday evening on Court No. 2: Please just let me win a game. The 95th-ranked Brengle did just that — and much, much more, stunning the 11th-seeded Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

The reason for Brengle’s preoccupation with taking merely a single game? In her Wimbledon debut in 2015, she lost to Venus Williams 6-0, 6-0.

“So, like, that’s always in my head when I’m out here,” Brengle said, pointing a finger at her right temple. “It’s like, ‘Oh, my goodness, don’t do that ever again!’ That was really tough for me.”

Turned out, she didn’t need to stress about a shutout for too long: Brengle broke the strong-serving Kvitova to take the very first game.

“As long as I got on the board to start, then I could relax,” Brengle said with a smile, “because, trust me, an ‘O-and-O’ stays with you.”

Now she’ll have this victory to cherish, along with another one from this year that also holds some significance: Brengle beat Serena Williams at a tuneup tournament at Auckland, New Zealand, back on Jan. 4. Williams went on to win the Australian Open later

2013, the commissioner’s office said Thursday. Moustakas, who also won the final spot vote in 2015, received 15.6 million ballots.

Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon was third, followed by Colorado first baseman Mark Reyn-

ed by a trainer in the third set.

The temperature soared toward 85 degrees (near 30 Celsius) after being in the low 70s (20s Celsius) the prior two days.

“When the match (got) longer and longer, I felt a little bit sick and tired. So I couldn’t really move. I was so slow,” she said. “I felt like, I don’t know, like an animal. But a very slow animal.”

Brengle took advantage by playing plenty of slices and changing speeds and angles.

She was out-hit by a wide margin in the second set, but her steadier play in the third was enough. In the first and last sets combined, Kvitova made 45 unforced errors to 11 for Brengle.

Kvitova was one of a half-dozen seeded women to lose on Day 3, a group that also included No. 15 Elina Vesnina (beaten by new mom Victoria Azarenka, a former No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion), No. 17 Madison Keys, No. 18 Anastasija Sevastova, No. 22 Barbora Strycova and No. 25 Carla Suarez Navarro.

The action was much more straightforward in the men’s draw, with straight-set victories by defending champion Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal, who has won the last 26 Grand Slam sets he has played.

For Keys, the 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-1 exit in the second round against 86th-ranked Camila Giorgi of Italy was the American’s earliest in five appearances at the All England Club.

“The whole time, I was just kind of waiting for her level to drop and it never really did,” said Keys, who recently had a second surgery on her left wrist to remove scar tissue from the original procedure.

away. If you’re going to play on an off day, it’s nice to get a win.”

Willson Contreras homered for the Cubs, who have not won consecutive games since a three-game winning streak June 18-20.

Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in his return following a two-week stint in the minor leagues.

Cubs starter Mike Montgomery (1-6) gave up seven runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings.

After Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI hits by Santana and Hernan Perez, Braun’s tworun homer with one out in the third made it 4-0.

Montgomery was yanked after giving up singles to the next three batters and left trailing 5-0.

Jack Leathersich came on and walked the first three batters he faced — the last two forcing in runs.

A sacrifice fly by Jonathan Villar made it 8-0 and Santana capped the rally with an RBI double to make it 9-0.

After Kris Bryant drove in a run on a groundout in the bottom of the third, Contreras’ solo shot in the fourth made it 9-2.

MLB STANDINGS Major League Baseball The Associated Press All Times CDT American League East Division

W L Pct GB Boston 49 37 .570 — New York 44 39 .530 3½ Tampa Bay 45 42 .517 4½ Baltimore 40 45 .471 8½ Toronto 40 45 .471 8½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 45 39 .536 — Kansas City 44 40 .524 1 Minnesota 44 41 .518 1½ Detroit 38 46 .452 7 Chicago 37 47 .440 8 West Division

W L Pct GB Houston 58 28 .674 — Los Angeles 44 45 .494 15½ Texas 41 44 .482 16½ Seattle 41 46 .476 17½ Oakland 38 48 .429 20 Wednesday’s Games Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 Chicago Cubs 7, Tampa Bay 3 Oakland 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Milwaukee 4, Baltimore 0 San Diego 6, Cleveland 2 San Francisco 5, Detroit 4 Houston 10, Atlanta 4 Texas 8, Boston 2 L.A. Angels 2, Minnesota 1 Kansas City 9, Seattle 6, 10 innings Thursday’s Games Detroit 6, San Francisco 2 Toronto 7, Houston 4 Cleveland 11, San Diego 2 Tampa Bay 4, Boston 1 Minnesota 6, Baltimore 4 Oakland 7, Seattle 4 Friday’s Games Milwaukee (Guerra 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 6-4), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (Morton 5-3) at Toronto (Sanchez 0-1), 6:07 p.m.

Boston (Pomeranz 8-4) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 5-3), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Zimmermann 5-6) at Cleveland (Carrasco 9-3), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Nolasco 4-9) at Texas (Hamels 3-0), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 5-7) at Minnesota (Jorge 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Holland 5-8) at Colorado (Marquez 5-4), 7:40 p.m.

Kansas City (Hammel 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 6-4), 9:10 p.m.

Oakland (Manaea 7-4) at Seattle (Paxton 6-3), 9:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Houston at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 6:15 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, 6:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 50 35 .588 — Atlanta 41 43 .488 8½ New York 38 45 .458 11½ Miami 38 46 .452 12 Philadelphia 28 56 .333 22 Central Division

W L Pct GB Milwaukee 48 40 .545 — Chicago 42 43 .494 4½ St. Louis 41 44 .482 5½ Pittsburgh 40 46 .465 7 Cincinnati 37 48 .435 9½ West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 58 29 .667 — Arizona 52 34 .605 5½ Colorado 50 38 .568 8½ San Diego 36 49 .424 21 San Francisco 34 53 .391 24 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Washington, ppd.

Chicago Cubs 7, Tampa Bay 3 Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 4, Baltimore 0 San Diego 6, Cleveland 2 San Francisco 5, Detroit 4 Houston 10, Atlanta 4 Miami 9, St. Louis 6 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 1, Arizona 0 Thursday’s Games Detroit 6, San Francisco 2 St. Louis 4, Miami 3 Milwaukee 11, Chicago Cubs 2 Cincinnati 6, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 11, San Diego 2 Atlanta 5, Washington 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, Arizona 4 Friday’s Games Pittsburgh (Williams 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Butler 4-3), 1:20 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 5-8) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 2-4), 5:35 p.m.

Atlanta (Dickey 6-5) at Washington (Scherzer 10-5), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Guerra 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 6-4), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 6-7), 7:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Holland 5-8) at Colorado (Marquez 5-4), 7:40 p.m.

Cincinnati (Adleman 5-5) at Arizona (Greinke 10-4), 8:40 p.m.

Kansas City (Hammel 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 6-4), 9:10 p.m.

Miami (Straily 6-4) at San Francisco (Moore 3-8), 9:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 3:05 p.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, 6:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 6:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Miami at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.

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IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BRENDA S. THORN, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR037077 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Brenda S. Thorn, Deceased, who died on or about June 14, 2017: You are hereby notified that on June 30, 2017, the last will and testament of Brenda S. Thorn, deceased, bearing date of May 26, 2006, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Jeffrey A. Lender was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated July 5, 2017.

Date of second publication 14th day of July, 2017 Jeffrey A. Lender Executor of the Estate 10428 E. 140th St. N. Grinnell, IA 50112 Address Adam D. Otto, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0009064 OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address adam@ottolawyers.com Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) July 7 &14

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As the moon swells toward tomorrow’s full status, heroes and muses abound. There’s a reason you’re attracted to someone’s work or way of operating in the world. Copy it. Don’t worry; you won’t lose yourself or become someone else. Counterintuitively, you will create a unique and strongly original identity through imitation.

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But you realize that in order to move and shake things, you

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You’re creative. You don’t need to have the best things in order to make the best of things. Also, many who already have the best can’t see it. You’ll help them see it. So, you’ll make them a little jealous, too. It can’t be helped.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

You’ll become so immersed in these adventures that you’ll find there is no longer room

for the anxiety and fear you once felt. You’ll channel your energy into exciting new endeavors.

curity clearance or running for office today. You’re allowed to be as mysterious as you want to be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You enjoy getting quality attention, and you know how to hold and play with that, too.

You also cherish your private time. Today you’ll prefer to recharge in solitude.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Liking yourself may not be enough today. You’ve plenty of reasons to be madly, deeply in love. Anyway, what would you do differently in that case?

How would you advocate for yourself?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There’s no time to waste in anger. Forgive quickly; forget easily. There is so much fun and play to be had! Tonight sees you laughing until your cheeks hurt.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | July 7, 2017

Cardinal baseball team edges out Scarlets Newton learns its 4A substate opponent

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Newton High’s Cardinals turned the tables on their season-long pattern and their hosts the Des Moines East Scarlets on Thursday.

The Scarlets (21-17) pushed out to a 4-1 lead after three innings in the non-conference game. It’s a pattern the Cardinals have followed a lot this season, falling behind and not able to rally back.

Newton did rally late with three runs in the sixth to forge a 4-4 tie, The Cardinals produced the go-ahead run the top of the seventh, shut down the Scarlets with two on in the bottom of the inning and won 5-4.

“This was a team victory.

Logan Wolfe and Ben Leal threw well on the mound for us and we played solid defense behind them,” Newton head coach Dustin Brisel said. “We had quality at-bats and the guys ran the bases well, taking an extra base when East bobbled the ball.”

Both teams scored a run in the first inning.

Newton’s run was produced when Jaron Roush singled to lead off the game and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt

by Tyler Stanton. Brennen Dodd singled, but on the play he scrambled for second base

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton catcher Ryan Barr has a foul ball in his sights during a home game on Wednesday. The Cardinals won on the road Thursday.

on the throw-in. Roush scored on the throw.

East broke the 1-1 tie on a three-run home run by Calob Dicks in the third inning.

“East has a shorter field.

The kid got a hold of a pitch and drove it over the right field fence,” Brisel said. “After that, we made the plays to keep the game within reach.”

It was Roush starting things off again for the Cardinals in the sixth inning, but he was out on a fielder’s choice by Stanton. Dodd kept the line

moving with a base hit and Trey Vanderlaan drew a walk to load the bases.

Trevor Ergenbright’s ground-out drove in a run.

Dodd stole home for another run which was followed by an RBI single from Ryan Barr.

Vanderlaan scored the tying run on a Scarlet error.

All knotted at 4-all going into the seventh inning, Newton continued to hit the ball. Blayden Rhone singled and Keith Steinbach went in to run for Rhone. Roush put

Newton High’s baseball team learned it will face Class 4A fifth-ranked Ankeny Centennial in the first round of the 2017 Class 4A Substate 2 tournament. The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced the Class 4A and 3A postseason pairings on Thursday afternoon.

The Cardinals play at 7 p.m. on July 14 against Ankeny Centennial at Northview Middle School in Ankeny.

Seventh-ranked Indianola, a fellow Little Hawkeye Conference team with Newdown a sacrifice bunt then Stanton doubled in at the goahead run.

Logan Wolfe started on the hill for Newton, going five innings. He gave up four runs on four hits and five walks.

He struck out four. Ben Leal picked up the win in relief, pitching two innings of scoreless baseball. He allowed one hit and walked two.

Des Moines East had two

Cardinals Continued from Page 1B “We were hitting the ball a lot better tonight. Anna’s pitching was pretty good also,” Lizzy Coyle said after watching her team win the game with her younger sister, Anna, going the distance in the circle.

Anna Coyle said she was comfortable in the circle all night, even when Knoxville had base runners. She said her off-speed, rise ball and screwball pitches were effective for her against the Panthers.

Anna Coyle scattered six hits across six innings of work. She issued one walk and chalked up eight strikeouts.

She worked out of jams in several innings including the fifth when Knoxville had one

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Emily Valtman powers out a triple to drive in the final two runs in Thursday’s 4A playoff win, 11-1 over visiting Knoxville.

run in and two base runners with no outs. Newton retired the next three batters.

In the sixth inning, the Panthers had back-to-back singles with one gone. Coyle got two pop-ups to get the Cardinals out of the inning.

“This was a great all-round victory for the girls tonight,” McNew said. “Everyone

played well.”

Newton scored in the first inning when Jenkins singled, Valtman doubled and Maher had an RBI groundout.

In the second inning, Slycord singled with one gone, Durr drew a walk and Kennedy Leiker had a fielder’s choice.

Jenkins drove in the run with a base hit.

Maher walked to leadoff the third inning for the Cardinals, but was out on fielder’s choice by Ryan. Slycord and Durr had back-to-back base hits to produce the run.

In the fourth frame, Karley Leiker singled followed by a double by Valtman. Karley Leiker scored on a base hit

by Maher and Valtman came

ton, hosts Fort Dodge in the first round. The other firstround game on July 14 had Marshalltown playing at Mason City.

The highest seeded team remaining after the first round will receive a bye in the semifinals, and the two remaining schools will play each other in the substate semifinal on July 17. The substate final is July 19.

The 4A substate champions advance to the 2017 state baseball tournament, July 21, 22, 24-29, at Principal Park in Des Moines.

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runners on with no outs in the bottom of the seventh. A sacrifice bunt accounted for the first out then Leal recorded his only strikeout and he coaxed a grounder for the final out.

Newton (8-25) plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Class 3A No. 4 Saydel.

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across when Ryan reached on an error.

After the Panthers scored a run in the top of the fifth, Newton rolled up four runs on the scoreboard in its half of the inning. It started with a double by Kennedy Leiker.

Karley Leiker had an infield single follow by consecutive RBI singles from Valtman, Maher and Ryan. Davis drove in the fourth run with a double.

Newton put the game on ice in the sixth inning to advance in the playoffs and say goodbye to Berg Middle School softball field. A new softball field is planned for 2018 near Newton’s football stadium.

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IndyCar Continued from Page 1B “We always enjoy racing at Iowa. It is one of the most physically demanding tracks we race on and we love it. The track has a lot of character with its bumps, especially the big one between Turns 1 and 2,” Newgarden said. “We’re turning laps at a fast pace, which is always a great show for the fans.”

Carpenter finished seventh at the 2016 race in Iowa. The Newgarden win was dominating as he led 282 of the 300 laps and it gave ECR its seventh victory in its five-year history.

Newgarden had taken second at Iowa the previous two years.

Carpenter brings the same two cars — his No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet and the No. 21 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet — back to Iowa this weekend.

Driving the No. 21 this season is JR Hildebrand, who is 16th in the driver points standings.

Carpenter, who only drives the oval tracks for the ECR team, is 22nd.

“We’re looking to repeat as the winning team this season,” Carpenter said. “As a team, we’ve worked well together.

Our performance so far has been pretty strong. JR made the podium in Phoenix. We’re looking forward to being in contention this weekend at Iowa.”

Hildebrand’s podium visit was a third-place at Phoenix

Ed Carpenter is back driving the No. 20 for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 Sunday at Iowa Speedway.

Raceway in late April, which was the first short oval race of the season. The other member of the ECR team is Spencer Pigot, who drives the No. 20 car in the street and roadcourse races.

“I am really looking forward to getting back to Iowa Speedway where we expect to have a strong weekend,” Hildebrand, who hasn’t competed at Iowa since 2012, said. “I’ve always enjoyed it there and feel like I have a pretty good handle on it, so I’m very ready to get on track and get to work with the Fuzzy’s Vodka 21 car guys.”

Carpenter said Iowa has a great race fan base. He has driven in all but two of the 11 Verzion IndyCar Series races at Iowa Speedway. The two ECR drivers did participate in a team test at Iowa last week.

Carpenter, who’s hometown is Indianapolis, is currently the only owner/driver in the In-

dyCar Series. He pointed out most of the teams are owned by former drivers.

“When I am driving in a race, that is all I’m focused on. So, this weekend I’m just a driver, which is great because Iowa is such a fun place to run at,” Carpenter said.

Newgarden, as with his former racing teammate, has a passion for the sport. He said he gravitated to anything fast with an engine and wheels on it from an early age. He grew up in Tennessee, but went to Indy cars instead of stock cars.

“I love all facets of the Indy car racing industry and being involved with the ins and outs,” Newgarden said. “I enjoy developing skill sets aside from just driving the car. I’m in the garage watching and learning about the cars from the ground up.”

Newgarden is the newcomer of Team Penske in 2017 and

he won the third race of the IndyCar Series this season.

He won at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama in April driving the No. 2 Team Penske car.

He made the move to Team Penske in the offseason. He joined Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud, who is the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series champion. Newgarden finished fourth in the 2016 standings.

All four Penske drivers will be competing at Iowa this weekend and are in the hunt for this season’s title.

“It has been good this season. Each team operates differently and I’ve been trying to get used to that,” Newgarden said of his new team. “The cars have differences and understanding those are part of it and adapting my driving style to make sure the car works well.”

Newgarden said racing at Iowa this season will be dif-

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ferent because of those factors for him. He is looking forward to making the adjustments this weekend and working to be a two-time Iowa Corn 300 champion.

Also running at Iowa Speedway this weekend on Sunday will be two of three feeder series to the Verizon IndyCar Series. The USF2000 Championship Series and the Indy Lights Series are the entry level and final level of the Mazada Road to Indy ladder system.

At 1:05 p.m. Sunday, the 75-lap Cooper Tires USF200 Championship Series race opens the full day of Indy car racing at Iowa Speedway. The Indy Lights Series cars have a 100-lap race starting at 2 p.m. followed by the Iowa Corn 300 at 4:45 p.m.

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