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From robots to BMX: Speedway inspires youth with STEM-themed weekend

Anthony Victor Reyes/Daily News Perfection on Wheels BMX team members show off their gravity defying stunts Friday at Iowa Speedway. The group performed several shows throughout the weekend festivities.

By Anthony Victor Reyes Newton Daily News Several young race fans entered the Iowa Speedway gates Saturday itching for more fast-pace action.

Decked out in NASCAR gear, a radio headset and an Iowa Speedway flag, the young race-enthusiasts were amped up after witnessing an epic race Friday, as 17-year-old NASCAR Next driver, Todd Gilliland dominated his competition by leading all but the first two laps of the 150-lap race at

the Casey’s General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College at Iowa Speedway.

The kids were inspired by the racers. They wondered what it was like to be behind the wheel. They were interested in learning more.

“I just like watching the races because they are cool to watch,” 8-yearold Dino Dzafic said Saturday. “I like how fast it is.”

Luckily for the young race lovers, Iowa Speedway gave them the opportunity to learn more by wrapping up their 2017 racing season by combin-

Newton native joins NPD

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A Newton native is now patrolling the streets with the police department. Officer Brandon Blom has been on the force since mid-May and is excited to be on the job in his hometown.

“I have learned a lot more about Newton that I didn’t know, which is surprising since I have lived here my whole life,” Blom said. “It is crazy how much you see different things when you are working, especially the night life in Newton.”

The 2012 Newton High School graduate said he’s always wanted to work in law enforcement but BLOM | 3A

ing STEM with good-ole racing.

“It is not something you would expect, NASCAR and technology mixed together. But in reality, it all goes so well together,” Dino’s uncle, Nihad Dzafic said. “These cars they are driving our next gen, just like everything else that is coming up.”

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18-year-old burglary suspect escapes custody, rearrested Newton Daily News An 18-year-old Newton man is facing charges of attempted burglary and escape from custody following a Tuesday morning incident.

Police were called to a residence at 6:30 a.m. on West Second Street North in response to a burglary to a vehicle.

A witness told police there were two suspects, one wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and brown jeans and the other wearing a gray hooded Reeves sweatshirt and blue jeans.

According to the witness, one suspect walked to the neighbor’s house and attempted to enter their vehicle, while the other stayed on the street. The witness yelled at the suspects and they ran off before entering the vehicle, according to police.

Police made contact with two individuals who matched the witness’s description in the 1400 block of West Fourth Street North. Reeves was identified as one of the individuals and a juvenile was identified as the other suspect, according to a police report.

Reeves and the juvenile suspect were arrested that morning but escaped from the squad car, according to a police report.

Reeves allegedly distracted the officer as the other suspect reached through the bars on the window and opened the door from the outside.

The suspects fled and were not located. Reeves was arrested at 7:55 p.m. Thursday on warrants for burglary and escape. Reeves was additionally charged for having 1.5 grams of marijuana.

Reeves was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

Miller inducted into autoharp HoF

By David Dolmage Newton Daily News After his mother passed away Steve Miller was at a loss. He knew what an impact her life had made on his own, and he wanted to find a way to let the world know how important she’d been.

Dora Miller was enshrined in the autoharp Hall of Fame this year, thanks to efforts of her son, who wanted to preserve the work his mother had done.

The autoharp, a musical instrument that is part of

the chorded zither family, found fame in hands of country music stars like Maybelle and Janette Carter. An anniversary gift from her husband, ordered from the pages of the Sears catalog, would change Dora Miller’s life.

Miller taught herself to play the autoharp, and it wasn’t long before she felt the urge to connect with other musicians.

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David Dolmage/Daily News The chair where Dora Miller would sit and play the autoharp still has one of her songbooks sitting on the arm of the chair.

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Today is Monday, July 31, the 212th day of 2017. There are 153 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 31, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army.

On this date: In 1556, St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, died in Rome.

In 1875, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, died in Carter County, Tennessee, at age 66.

In 1930, the radio character “The Shadow” made his debut as narrator of the “Detective Story Hour” on CBS Radio.

In 1942, Oxfam International had its beginnings as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief was founded in England.

In 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations designed to detect Soviet bombers approaching North America, went into operation.

In 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 reached the moon, transmitting pictures back to Earth before impacting the lunar surface.

In 1989, a pro-Iranian group in Lebanon released a grisly videotape showing the body of American hostage William R. Higgins, a Marine lieutenant-colonel, dangling from a rope.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow.

In 1992, the former Soviet republic of Georgia was admitted to the United Nations as its 179th member. Thai Airways Flight 311, an Airbus A310, crashed while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal; all 113 people aboard died.

Ten years ago: The Army censured retired three-star Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger for a “perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership” after the 2004 friendly-fire death in Afghanistan of Army Ranger Pat Tillman.

Five years ago: Three Indian electric grids collapsed in a cascade, cutting power to 620 million people in the world’s biggest blackout. Wrapping up an overseas trip, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said in Warsaw that Poland’s economy was a model of small government and free enterprise that other nations should emulate.

One year ago: Pope Francis told young people who had flocked by the hundreds of thousands to a Catholic jamboree near Krakow, Poland, that they needed to “believe in a new humanity” stronger than evil, and cautioned against concluding that one religion is more violent than others.

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That’s Odd US marshals: ‘Fugitive of week’ found tanning in backyard CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. marshals say they found a New Hampshire “fugitive of the week” tanning in a family member’s backyard in Massachusetts and arrested her.

The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force featured 35-yearold Amy Beth Tremblay in local media in New Hampshire on July 12. An arrest warrant had been issued for her in March on bail violations following a drug conspiracy charge.

The task force said Wednesday that tipsters reported seeing Tremblay sunning herself in a yard in Haverhill, Massachusetts. They showed up and arrested her.

Tremblay was jailed in Boscawen, New Hampshire. She was scheduled to appear in federal court in Concord on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately known if she had a lawyer.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

of parole after Supreme Court rulings set out the possibility of freedom for these inmates, many now in their 50s, 60s and 70s.

1. WHY THE U.S. MUST CUT DIPLOMATIC STAFF IN RUSSIA Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States needs to cut its embassy and consulate staff by 755 under new sanctions from Moscow.

4. TRANSGENDER SOLDIER FEARS LIFE SETBACK AFTER TRUMP’S TWEET A transgender soldier finds courage to shed secret, now fears setback to life, career from presidential tweet.

2. GOVERNMENT VOTE DISPUTED IN VENEZUELA Venezuelan electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialist party with virtually unlimited powers — a turnout more than double that estimated by outsiders and by opponents who derided the announcement.

3. AP INVESTIGATION FINDS A PATCHWORK OF JUSTICE FOR JUVENILE LIFERS In an exclusive 50-state investigation, The AP examines how officials are weighing the cases of former teen offenders sent to prison for life with no chance

5. WHAT TRUMP IS LOOKING FOR FROM HIS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF The president is hoping that retired Gen. John Kelly can bring some order to a chaotic White house.

6. WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP TO DECIDE SOON ON ENDING HEALTH PAYMENTS The White House is insisting that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law, signaling that President Donald Trump stands ready to end required payments to insurers this week to let “Obamacare implode” and force congressional action.

7. PYONGYANG PRETTIES UP ITS ‘PYRAMID’ While North Korea’s second launch of

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an intercontinental ballistic missile dominated headlines late last week, Pyongyang quietly unveiled renovations around the capital’s biggest landmark: a futuristic, pyramid-shaped 105-story hotel, the world’s tallest unoccupied building.

8. STUDY SAYS FILMS EXCLUDE WOMEN, HISPANICS Women, Hispanics and the disabled are among the most underrepresented groups in popular Hollywood films according to a revelatory study examining the ongoing epidemic of inequality on screen and off 9. WHERE INMATES ARE ON THE RUN Authorities in Alabama say a manhunt is underway after 12 inmates escaped from a jail, including two who were incarcerated on charges of attempted murder.

10. WHO WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME “Pudge” Rodriguez couldn’t hide the glee or the tears, and neither could Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell on the culmination of their baseball journey, as they’re inducted into the sport’s Hall of Fame.

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Actress France Nuyen is 78. Actress Susan Flannery is 78. Singer Gary Lewis is 72. Actor Lane Davies is 67. International Tennis Hall of Famer Evonne Goolagong Cawley is 66. Actor Barry Van Dyke is 66. Actor Alan Autry is 65. Jazz composer-musician Michael Wolff is 65. Actor James Read is 64. Actor Michael Biehn is 61. Entrepreneur Mark Cuban is 59. Actor Wesley Snipes is 55. Musician Fatboy Slim is 54. Author J.K. Rowling is 52. Actor Dean Cain is 51. Actor Ben Chaplin is 48.

Actor Loren Dean is 48. Actress Eve Best is 46. Actor Robert Telfer is 40. Country singer-musician Zac Brown is 39. Actor-producer-writer B.J. Novak is 38. Actor Eric Lively is 36. Country singer Blaire Stroud (3 of Hearts) is 34. Singer Shannon Curfman is 32. Actor Reese Hartwig is 19.

Actor Rico Rodriguez is 19.

O.J. Simpson won’t be invited to USC practices, functions LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson won’t be invited to watch practice or take part in any official functions at his alma mater this fall following his release from prison.

The Los Angeles Times reports Southern California head coach Clay Helton told reporters at Pac12 media days Thursday the school has decided against welcoming back the former Heisman Trophy winner. But Helton adds that he would be

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Simpson is set to be paroled in October after spending nine years in a Nevada prison on a robbery conviction.

Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of the killings of his ex-wife and her friend, but later found liable for their deaths in a civil suit.

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Local & State News BMX Continued from Page 1A the Iowa State Society of Automotive Engineers and the Science Center of Iowa to the gravity defying stunts performed by the members of the Perfection on Wheels BMX team, the attendees had plenty of opportunities to see how the science, technology, engineering and math topics they cover in school connect with the exhilarating, fast-paced action played out on the race track.

“Engineers are mechanics. You have to work on the car for it to go fast, and be at its highest performance.

You also have to build (ro) bots to make sure the cars are at their highest performance and can compete well,” 17-year-old FIRST Robotics Competition Team ASAP member, Brenda Benitez said. “If you are a kid, you should get in on this.”

FIRST Robotics Competition Team ASAP and FIRST Tech Challenge Team T.H.O.R. had a few of their robots on display for Saturday’s STEM-themed festivities.

The group showed off a variety of hand-built machines that

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were able to do tasks from weaving through obstacles to tossing a ball up in the air.

“FIRST teaches us pretty valuable skills, like engineering, javascript, building things and communication ... Kids come to the speedway to see things move. We actually let them drive the things that move,” 14-year-old T.H.O.R. member, Christopher Johnson said. “Only a few of us knew how to program when we started the team.

Now all of us can program something,” According to the mentors, by the speedway allowing STEM groups to interact with the young NASCAR lovers to close out the race season, several kids will be given the opportunity to explore and see the fun side of STEM. They said the hope is to inspire the next generation of engineers, coders, programmers and drivers.

“I actually started doing (FRC) when I was in high school,” ASAP mentor, Robin Willck said. “This is what actually got me into engineering. I now work for John Deere as an engineer. It is an experience on a whole ‘nother level. You learn so much.”

To help encourage kids to interact with the STEM

displays, mascots from the Iowa Wild’s lion, Crash to Newton High School cardinal interacted with several of the displays. Cubbie Bear of the Iowa Cubs and the Chevy Guy pitted T.H.O.R.’s robots against each other, and TC and TK panthers of University of Northern Iowa showed off their ball launching skills with ASAP’s machine, named Percy – all in the name of fun.

“It is a good learning experience for (my nephew) in the fact that he can come here, and see how it all works,” Nihad Dzafic said.

“It is one of those experiences that you can’t always have. You can live in LA and you would have to drive a long distance to experience something like this (at the Iowa Speedway).”

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News 2012 Newton High School graduate Brandon Blom is the newest member of the Newton Police Department, joining the force in May.

Blom Continued from Page 1A wasn’t sure in which aspect of the field his future career would lay. To prepare for his future, Blom attended Simpson College in Indianola, receiving two degrees in criminal justice and sociology.

“I wanted to get into some form of law enforcement but I wasn’t exactly sure how I wanted to do it or where I wanted to go,” Blom said. “I heard a lot about the people working here in Newton and that they were good people to work for. Then I kind of became friends with them and go to know them.”

Blom will head to the Iowa Police Academy in September to gain valuable skills that will be used while serving in Newton. Along with knowledge he will gain from instructors at the academy, Blom is looking forward to doing some driving and

was behind the scenes.”

Mattfeld recalled how Miller was a one man band that kept the group together, organizing the meetings, bring in nationally known autoharp musicians to give concerts, and David Dolmage/Daily News taking every Steve Miller holds a picture of his mother, Dora Miller, and her autoharp. opportunity to move the club glue that held the club though she lived in Cealong. together, bringing to- dar Rapids, she drove to “She was legally blind, gether local musicians, Newton to take part in but she did so much Continued from Page 1A luring nationally known the group’s events. To more than people who autoharp players to the Mattfeld, Dora Miller can see,” Mattfeld said.

Miller said. state, and never failing was a pioneer in every “She just had a lot of deBy 1989 she’d formed to back up local musi- sense. termination.” the Happy Hearts Auto- cians.

“She was the driving Being legally blind harp club, the first auJeanette Mattfeld force behind it,” Mattfeld didn’t slow Dora Miller toharp club in the state was one of the found- said. “She really had a down at all. Before her of Iowa. For the rest of ing members of Hap- passion for it, and most husband’s death, the reher life Miller was the py Hearts, and even of the work that she did tired Maytag employee

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took her to concerts, recitals, and music festivals across the country.

When her husband got sick, Dora brought the autoharp into the hospital, and played it for him every day.

Dora Miller’s determination is something that her son inherited as well. After her death 2012 Steve Miller wanted to find a way to honor his mother, and make sure that she’d been recognized for the work that she’d done. After picking up an issue of Autoharp Quarterly, one of his mother’s magazines, he found an application for the Autoharp Hall of Fame.

“I just figured that she needed to be honored for all of her work,” Steve Miller said.

Before her death Steve Miller had asked

his mother about the Hall of Fame, but she’d always refused to fill out the application, telling her son that she was “just a housewife from Iowa”. As he was writing a biography about her to hand out at a family reunion he just felt like he couldn’t ignore the impact that she’d had on his life, and the lives of so many others any longer. He found the application, filled it out, and sent it in.

“She’d tell you that wasn’t as deserving, but I hope that she if was able to see that biography, and see what she’s accomplished, she’d realize that she deserves this for all of her hard work,” Steve Miller said.

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Once his training is complete and he is back in Newton, Blom said he is interested in learning and participating on the tactical team.

“Officer Blom has been a good addition to the police department. We like to see our recruits invest in themselves and be a part of the community,” Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess said. “Brandon’s criminal justice degree and past involvement with the local baseball program were a great reflection of that. It is rewarding to hire young local professionals and keep them in the community.

We are excited to see Brandon grow into his new position and make a positive difference within the community.”

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Trending Mike Mendenhall

I saw a teaser trailer last week for “Rocko’s Modern Life.” For those of you not up to speed on your 1990s pop culture references, the aforementioned television show is a Nickelodeon cartoon (Nicktoon) about a neurotic wallaby who manages a comic book store, owns his own home and is friends with a male cow named Heifer and a turtle named Filbert, who is an over-the-top caricature of Woody Allen.

Are you exhausted yet? Me too! My generation is obsessed with trailers and even more obsessed with nos-

talgia. I loved “Rocko’s Modern Life” when I was 8 years old. Like many Nicktoons, it had not-so-subtle adult humor that I didn’t understand at the time. Filbert would read the comics and nervously say “you turn the page, you wash your hands,” like a hypochondriac with ADHD — but was silly enough a child would giggle at his over-the-top gags.

But the reboot of this little cartoon show is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to revisiting pop culture from my childhood. Hollywood and television networks have revived Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, continued the Star Wars saga and made five Transformers movies — the latter were critically panned but made

hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. Summer hits of the 90s on the streaming radio service Pandora remind us of that decade’s promise of staying young forever. The studios are taking advantage of and profiting from this nostalgia craze, but for their audience it’s about remembrance.

I’ll admit it — and if you read my column you already know — I love the resurgence of these archetypes from my childhood. Stories from the likes of Marvel, D.C. and Lucasfilm are the classic tales of good versus evil. They can deal with complex issues such as discrimination, the paroles of war and family dynamics. But these movies and shows do it with a clear cut distinction between right and wrong.

In a time where those lines are blurred by shifting societal values — sometimes intentionally by those in positions of authority — it makes these nostalgic images even more powerful.

Millennials — particularly American millennials — long for images from their childhood, not because they want to be kids again, but they remind us of a safer time. It was a time when the twin towers still stood; the threat of the Soviet Union had collapsed but the specter of Vladimir Putin had yet to surface. When Nicktoons were in their prime, the Great Recession was still two decades away and we were entering into a period of great economic prosperity and relative peace.

Today’s 20 and 30-somethings are not refusing to grow up or decline responsibility, they’re reaching for an era when happiness was more abundant for most. They hope by bringing just a bit of that 90s nostalgia into the present, happiness and cooperation might come with it.

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$2 million bathroom Did you see the $2 million dollar bathroom? That’s what New York City government spent to build a “comfort station” in a park.

I went to look at it.

There were no gold-plated fixtures. It’s just a little building with four toilets and four sinks.

I asked park users, “What do you think that new bathroom cost?”

A few said $70,000. One said $100,000.

One said, “I could build it for $10,000.”

They were shocked when I told them what the city spent.

No park bathroom needs to cost $2 million. An entire six-bedroom house nearby was for sale for $539,000.

Everything costs more when government builds it.

“Government always pays above-average prices for below-average work,” says my friend who makes a living privatizing government activities.

— Obamacare’s website was supposed to cost $464 million. It cost $834 million and still crashed.

— Washington, D.C.’s Visitor Center rose in cost from $265 million to $621 million.

— The Veterans Affairs medical center being built near Denver was projected to cost $590 million. Now they estimate $1.7 billion.

Government spends more because every decision is tied up in endless rules. Rigid specs. Affirmative action. Minority outreach. Wheelchair access. “The process is designed to prevent any human from using judgment, or adapting to unforeseen circumstances,” says Philip Howard of the government reform group Common Good, adding, “The idea of a commercial relationship, based on norms of reasonableness and reciprocity, is anathema.”

But New York City’s bureaucrats are unapologetic about their $2 million toilet. The Parks Department even put out a statement saying, “Our current estimate to build a new comfort station with minimal site work is $3 million.” “$3 million?!” I said to New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, incredulously.

“New York City is the most expensive place to build,” he replied. As a result, “$2 million was a good deal.”

I pointed out that entire homes sell for less. He said, “We built these comfort stations to last. ... (L) ook at the material we use compared to that of a home. These are very, very durable materials.”

They have to be, he says, because the bathroom gets so much use. “We’re going to expect thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of visitors. ... So we have to build it to last.”

Yet not far away, Bryant Park has a bathroom that gets much more use. That bathroom cost just $300,000.

Why the difference?

Bryant Park is privately managed.

New York politicians also order contractors to pay “prevailing” wages. That usually means union wages, and that adds 13-25 percent to all bills.

When I asked Commissioner Silver about that, he said, “This is a city that does believe strongly in labor.”

New York Democrats act as if “labor” means union labor. It’s an insult to laborers. Most don’t belong to unions. Unions, however, fund Democrats’ campaigns.

Since government spends other people’s money, they don’t care that much about cost and they certainly don’t care much about speed. Many Parks Department projects are years behind schedule.

Commissioner Silver says he’s made improvements. “We’ve now saved five months out of what used to be four years.”

“That’s still terrible!” I said.

“We believe strongly in engaging the public,” he replied. “We have a process that includes design, procurement and construction.”

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A: Civil asset forfeiture laws empower the government to seize property linked to prohibited behavior and criminal enterprise.In the earliest days of our republic, Congress first enacted forfeiture laws as a tool to target and enforce customs violations on the high seas and later expandedthem to enforce Prohibition laws. Congress has enacted updates over the years to strengthen the ability of law enforcement to detect, thwart, investigate and prosecute organized crime, from drug cartels to human trafficking rings and terrorist networks.

Seizing ill-gotten financial assets enables law enforcement to put the brakes on criminal profits that underwrite crime and violence in society. Drying up this funding stream helps save lives and protect public safety. In recent years, however, legitimate constitutional concerns call into question the misuse of forfeiture programs across the country.

Changes to the program now allow law enforcement agencies and the IRS to keep proceeds from seized assets. This arguably has created a perverse incentive, expanding the program’s intent from a tool to seize criminal assets to stop crime to a tool that generates resources to flow into forfeiture funds.

Previously, seized assets were deposited into the general treasury. Now law enforcement agencies may be enticed to seize private property, cash and vehicles to supplement their own resources. When used effectively and appropriately, asset seizure and forfeiture laws can recoup criminal profits that deter criminal activity and

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As with most any government program, asset forfeiture’s reach into the daily lives of Americans is susceptible to mission creep.

In the previous decade, forfeitures by the Department of Justice have reached $28 billion.

Oversight is essential to keep intact the integrity of seizure and forfeiture laws.

When used without fidelity to due process,these laws may undermine the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.

Putting the burden of proof on law-abiding citizens to demonstrate that their seized assets have no link to criminal activity puts at risk constitutional protections for freedom, liberty and personal property.

Q: Are you concerned about the Justice Department’s restoring a provision known as equitable sharing of seized assets between the federal government and state and local law enforcement?

A: Congressional oversight serves a crucial role in our system of checks and balances. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which has legislative and oversight jurisdiction of the Justice Department and the federal courts, I will continue scrutiny of this program to prevent misconduct and abuse. The government’s responsibilities to protect public safety and national sovereignty must square with the fundamental constitutional rights of American citizens.

Over the years, the reach of civil asset forfeiture grew considerably under the equitable sharing program, which allows local and state agencies to partner with the federal government to seize assets whenever the conduct giving rise to the seizure violates federal law, even if state law might otherwise limit civil asset forfeiture. A successful forfeiture allowed the local agency to keep up to 80 percent of seized assets. As such, the program became very important to the budgets and bottom lines of local law enforcement across the country.

Because of this, many legislators share legitimate concerns about this program and wish to ensure the practices and policies of this program do not distort the intent of this law enforcement tool.

It is intended to help flush out criminal activity and make victims whole, not flesh out law enforcement budgets. That’s why I will remain vigilant to protect due process rights and work to ensure that the seizure and forfeiture of property are conducted within constitutional boundaries. Law enforcement officers, from FBI agents to local police officers, report to work every day to protect and serve the public. They put themselves in harm’s way to protect law-abiding citizens.

They need the proper tools to fight money laundering, drug trafficking and criminal violence in society. However, seizing illicit profits and assets of criminal enterprises ought to be implemented to dismantle illicit funding streams and to protect public safety, not to replenish budgets at the expense of momand-pop shops and law-abiding citizens.

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Obituaries Mary Evelyn Edgerton July 26, 2017 Mary Evelyn (Bodenstein) Edgerton was born July 29, 1924, in Campbell, Mo., to Herman Martin and Edna (Menk) Bodenstein. She passed away July 26, 2017, at Accura Health

Jean E. Townsend July 28, 2017 Jean Elizabeth Barber Townsend passed peacefully from this life Friday, July 28, 2017, at her home in Newton. Jean’s funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 1 at the Penc-Reese Fun e r a l H o m e in Newton, with a visitation and coffee time an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Dell Park Cemetery in Natick, Maine at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to Mercy Hospice, IPTV, Newton Public

Care in Baxter.

She married Buford L. Edgerton Dec. 15, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Four daughters were born to them, Marilyn (Bob) Matthews of Mingo, Carolyn (Fred) Link of Maxwell, Mary Kay Merl of Kansas City and Natalie Elvins of Fort Pierce, Fla. She and her husband were longtime residents of Mingo,

retiring to Bull Shoals Lake in Ocie, Mo. In June 2017, she moved to Accura Health Care in Baxter.

She was preceded in death by her husband; and a brother-in-law.

She leaves a sister; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Her celebration of life memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday,

Aug. 2 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1900 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton. Visitation will be hour prior to the service.

A graveside service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to Our Savior Lutheran.

Funeral arrangements were provided by Johnson Funeral Service in Monroe.

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Jean Elizabeth Townsend, 97, was born Sept. 19, 1919, in Natick, Maine, eldest of eight children. The daughter of Henry Albert and Ruth Isabel (Dunbar) Barber, she was a graduate of the Natick High School, Class of 1937.

She went on to receive an associate degree as a medical secretary in Boston. She later worked as both a medical assistant and medical secretary for physicians in the Natick area.

In 1942, Jean was united in marriage to Terrance Gordon Townsend in Natick.

She and Terry moved to Newton in 1989, to be near their son, Terry Jr. and Charlotte Townsend. She was an active member of the Newton Congregation-

al United Church of Christ, where she participated in circle, Bible study and the deaconate.

Jean made communion bread for many years, helped with funeral luncheons and community meals. RSVP Volunteer work took her to the mayor’s office, United Way, the YMCA and blood mobile, only to name a few. Jean’s hobbies included needlework, needlepoint and knitting numerous baby booties and outfits, as well as making counted cross stitch wedding samplers. She also enjoyed baking and making preserves. Jean was the queen of Scrabble in her family, and was hard to beat in Words with Friends. She was an avid reader and especially appreciated time with her granddaughters and great-grandchildren.

Jean is survived by her son, Terry (Charlotte) Townsend of Newton; daughters, Ruth Townsend of Anchorage, Alaska and Susan Townsend of Newton; her three granddaughters, Lisa Townsend, Laura (Steve) Wilson and Heather (Tom) Luft; four great-grandchildren, Madison and Fred Hays and Abbie and Ethan Luft; a brother, Ken Barber of Natick; numerous nieces and nephews; and many good neighbors and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, Terry; her son, Bill; two sisters, Janet Bouret and Ruth Condon; and four brothers, Hank, Bill, Dick and Donald Barber.

Online condolences may be left for the family at pencefh.com.

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Monday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton. • Ikettes will meet at 6 a.m. Tuesday at Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, 889 Highway F36 W. in Newton. • Newton Golden “Kâ€? Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the activity room at Newton Village, 110 N. Fifth Ave. W. in Newton. • Congressman Dave Loebsack’s District Representative Bri Dennison will host open office hoursat 10 a.m. Tuesday at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery, 114 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton. • Kids Express will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Central Park in Sully. • Classic Car Show will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Arby’s in Newton, weather permitting. • Dinners on Tuesday, a free meal, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Christian Life Church, 421 S. Second Ave W. in Newton. Everyone welcome.

Dinner will be in the basement of the church. • Discover Hope, a faith based addiction support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 219 N. Second Ave. W., in Newton. • Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton. • Jasper County Human Service Providers will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Salvation Army in Newton. Leann Andre, Sue Gienger and Brenda O’Halloran will be giving an overview of the services provided by Child Care Resource & Referral. • Kids Express will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Central Park in Sully. • Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton. • Hector Anchondo will perform at 6 p.m.

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July 17, 2017 Tiffany and Jordan Durell of Newton, announce the birth of their daughter, Marriah Fayelynn Durell, born July 17, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. She weighed 7 pounds, 1.8 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Marriah joins siblings Evan, 4 and Mason, 3.

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July 18, 2017 Brynn and Joel McCalester of Newton, announce the birth of their son, Zeke Christopher McCalester, born July 18, 2017, in Newton. The baby weighted 8 pounds, 4.8 ounces and was 21 inches.

Applications for Theisen’s More for Your Community Grants due Aug. 15 Theisen’s Home Farm Auto is proud to announce the launch of the 2017 Theisen’s More for Your Community Grants program.

Supported by Theisen’s charitable fund and through a partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, grants will be made available in all Theisen’s store communities. This year, more than $250,000 in total grants will be distributed to the region served by Theisen’s, with each store having at least $5,000 avail-

able. The maximum request per project application is $5,000. Applications are currently available atdbqfoundation.org/theisens and directions to access the application are also available at each store. The deadline to apply is Aug. 15.

The More for Your Community Program will make direct grants to agencies to jumpstart and/or sustain projects that most effectively and directly serve the basic needs of families and children, which include food, shelter, education,

safety and health. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits, government-sponsored, or school-sponsored organizations and directly serving children and families within a 60-mile radius of a Theisen’s store.

Theisen’s Home Farm Auto has donated nearly $1.5 million through the More For Your Community Grant program since its inception, and supports many other community events and organizations directly.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Richard M. Bear, 25, of Des Moines, was charged with public intoxication at 3:26 a.m. July 26 after police were called to the 1100 block of East Eighth Street North for a male yelling

in the street and having something metal and shiny in his hand. Bear told police something about aliens and the metal, and he wanted the officer to take it.

Bear smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech. Bear told the of-

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Bear was arrested. While on the way to the jail, Bear became aggressive. Bear refused a chemical test at the Jasper County Jail.

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Vigilant moms can’t shy away from asking about gun safety DEAR ABBY: I am a Yale-trained pediatric nurse with a post-master’s as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I respectfully ask that you retract your answer to “First-Time Mom in New Jersey” (June 21). I’m concerned your response will encourage other mothers to buy into the incorrect assumption that it’s “impolite” to ask questions that ensure their child’s safety.

You should have encouraged and empowered “First-Time Mom” to politely ask about the presence of weapons in the other parents’ homes, and if so, how they are stored. It’s important information for her to have.

If she has every playdate at her house and refuses to go to another home because she’s afraid to ask about gun safety, eventually the other mothers will pick up on the fact that she doesn’t trust their child-rearing capabilities, but won’t know why. If these potential friends don’t have unsecured firearms, or if they do and they are properly and safely stored, your advice will prevent healthy, honest friendships from developing, which will socially isolate her.

How will she ever ensure a break for herself by allowing and encouraging her child to socialize at another trusted mother’s home she knows to be safe? Your advice will only isolate “First-Time Mom” further and put her and her toddler at great risk. — COLLEEN M. SULLIVAN, RN, MSN, CPNP DEAR COLLEEN: Of course you are right. The woman’s question wasn’t about etiquette. It was about child safety. A large number of readers besides you agreed my perspective was off. I have heard all of you loud and clear, and I apologize.

I SHOULD have advised: “You are responsible for your child’s welfare.

Part of assuring her safety involves asking whether weapons are on the premises and, if so, what safety precautions have been taken. (The same is true for prescription drugs, swimming pools, caustic chemicals and foods to which your child is allergic.) You should also ask if the children will be under parental supervision at all times. If anyone feels concern for your child’s safety is presumptuous, do not allow your child

to play there. Suggest instead that the children play at your house.”

Read on for more perspectives: DEAR ABBY: I am a pediatrician and a mother. Your advice to “FirstTime Mom” about gun safety runs counter to the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as numerous gun violence protection groups.

Research shows that guns are present in one in three homes, and that one in three of those guns is kept loaded and unlocked, posing a risk to children.

This is why I routinely recommend that parents inquire about the presence of guns and storage methods at the homes their children visit. I also urge them to discuss with their CHILD the importance of never touching a gun and immediately notifying an adult if they come across a gun or are shown one by another child. — JESSICA MOWRY, M.D. DEAR ABBY: Probably the toughest call a cop has is a shooting where one child gets ahold of a loaded, unsecured gun and accidentally kills his sibling in child’s play. As an adjunct professor in criminal justice, I ask my students how many of them know someone who was involved in a gun suicide, homicide, assault, accident or other crime. Typically, one-third of the hands go up.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS — Officials say the former Sears store in the Mall of the Bluffs will become the new home of the Council Bluffs Post Office.

Maintenance concerns at the current post office building are prompting the move.

The former Sears building site will offer the same services, including three retail windows, nearly 900 post office boxes and several parcel lockers. Carriers also will work from the new location.

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IOWA CITY (AP) — A state trooper who was granted an early retirement after an on-duty shooting in 2013, continues to collect disability benefits while working as a security guard for Des Moines Public Schools.

Tim Sieleman has received a $42,000-annual pension since the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s retirement system in 2014 found him “totally and permanently incapacitated for duty” due to mental stress.

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The Catlett Residence Hall officially opened Friday. The 12-floor, 1,049-bed residence hall is named after world renowned sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a university graduate who was one of the nation’s first students to earn a masters of fine arts degree.

Iowa aggressively curtails lengthy juvenile prison sentences DES MOINES — Iowa corrections officials say all but three of Iowa’s 46 juveniles sentenced to life in prison without parole have been given new sentences with a chance for freedom. The Associated Press in a story published Monday found after a 50-state review of juvenile life cases that in many states the chance at resentencing has been inconsistent and sometimes elusive.

Iowa began resentencing juvenile lifers in 2012 after the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that mandatory life without parole for offenders under 18 is unconstitutional and should be rare.

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WATERLOO — Authorities say two people have been injured in a fire at their home in Waterloo.

The fire broke out around 7:10 a.m. Saturday in the kitchen and spread into the walls and roof.

Authorities say the two people escaped with minor cuts and burns, but neither were taken to a hospital.

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Iowa student spends summer training horse for adoption CEDAR FALLS (AP) — You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but Lisbon native Morganne Reinboldt hopes to prove horses are a different story.

She had less than six months — with seven weeks remaining — to take 15-year-old male pinto horse Radin from unwanted and untrained to being a serious candidate for adoption.

There have been some bumps along the way. Literally, when Radin tried to join Reinboldt in exiting the straight-loading trailer through an escape door. And figuratively, when she struggled to get him to lope or to even accept getting sprayed with fly repellent.

But Radin has made amazing progress since he was acquired by the Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation in April.

The nonprofit has challenged nine trainers to groom neglected horses for adoption.

“There are a lot of horses out there that this is a problem for; they don’t have a purpose in their life, and maybe they’re not treated right,” Reinboldt said.

Reinboldt, a 20-year-old University of Northern Iowa student majoring in religious studies, wanted to spend the summer working with horses. She has loved equines since riding her first pony at 6 years old, but sold her horse before entering college.

When she came across the Minnesota nonprofit, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Reinboldt thought it was a great way to volunteer.

“We’ve found that an untrained horse is an unwanted horse,” said Drew Fitzpatrick, founder and director of the Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation.

“We’re trying to give trainers a leg up to make a job of it, to support themselves by being horse trainers. The more trainers that are out there, the more horses that get trained, the less horses I’m going to find in humane cases.”

Reinboldt picked up Radin in early April after securing free boarding thanks to rural Cedar

DES MOINES (AP) — Attorneys for a former Iowa Senate Republican caucus aide awarded $2.2 million in a sexual harassment lawsuit this month have filed a motion seeking an independent investigation into the caucus office’s workplace culture.

Attorneys for Kirsten Anderson filed the motion Thursday.

It accuses GOP party leaders of doing nothing to curb an ongoing toxic environment at the statehouse.

If a judge approves the motion, the caucus would be ordered to hire an independent consultant to complete an investigation and write a report. Republican Senate leaders would also be required to hire a consultant to develop new policies and training designed to stop sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

The motion also asks for the appointment of a five-member panel of human resources and employment law experts to oversee the Senate Republicans and their staff to ensure compliance with any of the judge’s orders.

Under the request, a judge would continue this supervision of the caucus for five years.

A spokesman for the caucus did not

Matthew Putney/The Courier via AP In a July 19 photo, horse trainer Morganne Reinboldt saddles Radin, a 15-year-old Pinto rescue horse at a hobby farm in Cedar Falls. The nonprofit has challenged nine trainers to groom neglected horses for adoption.

Falls family Nate and Lisa Wetzel, who asked only that Reinboldt help train their girls on the family’s horses. Reinboldt also worked to secure riding locations so Radin doesn’t get bored circling the same arena regularly.

Radin was nearly too old to be considered for the program. He was donated with two other horses by a family who never trained the animals after getting them for children who quickly lost interest.

It has been difficult for Reinboldt, a barrel racer, to get used to a more mature horse, but she has grown to appreciate him. She said he’d be a great fit for a younger or older rider who wants an easy-going mount.

“I think he understands that this is something big for him, and I understand that, so it’ll be really hard (to give him up) ... I think I’m one of the first or few people who have ever given him this much attention, so that’s hard to watch that go to somebody else.”

She hopes whoever adopts Radin will reach out to her before his training is over so he can have a transition period to ensure a good fit.

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them. He really thrives off of that deep connection, so I had to work on building that before I could really go from there,” Reinboldt said.

Reinboldt will continue to train Radin until Sept. 16, when he will go to the Leatherdale Equine Center at the University of Minnesota. There they will join nine other pairs competing in the challenge.

The trainers will demonstrate their skills and the feats they’ve accomplished and be eligible for cash prizes. More importantly, there will be a silent auction where pre-approved bidders can bid on the horses and adopt them.

Fitzpatrick said the foundation pre-approves bidders so the horses go to good homes. That also allows adopters to interact with trainers and horses and decide what’s right for them.

The trainers have little incentive to mislead potential owners since they don’t get any money from the auctioned horses.

“I like him a lot, and I would like to keep him, so it’s even more important that he gets something really good,” Reinboldt said. “And if I can get to know them a little bit too . it’ll make it that much easier.”

return a call from the newspaper seeking comment.

In her trial earlier this month, jurors sided with Anderson, 39, who was fired in 2012 as the caucus communications director hours after handing in a memo detailing rampant sexual harassment in the caucus office.

Anderson testified that sex, race and sexual orientation were regular topics of conversations and jokes in the office and that one man in the office regularly referred to women using an obscenity.

Jurors also heard testimony from others accusing a former Republican state senator of making comments about female lobbyists’ and staffers’ bodies.

Following the verdict, Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix, R-Shell Rock, issued a statement saying any issues that arose during the trial “will be investigated and addressed immediately.”

But Anderson’s attorneys point to Dix’s comments in the same statement expressing disappointment with the verdict and again asserting that Anderson “was terminated only for her poor work product and absolutely no other reason.”

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Statement victory at Iowa Speedway Two-race driver Ryan Preece wins Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Actions speak louder than words.

Ryan Preece announced in December 2016 he was walking away from a second full-time season as a NASCAR Xfinity Series driver. Preece had an offer from JD Motorsports for that ride.

Preece had something else in mind for his ride. On Saturday he made a statement on the Iowa Speedway track, winning the Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250 in a thrilling overtime green-white-checkered run holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Benjamin.

“I wasn’t happy at the end of last year,” Preece said following Saturday’s win. “I knew what I needed to do to get attention in this sport. These two races were the shot and I’ll never regret it.”

Preece raced with JD Motorsports in the Xfinity Series in 2016, finishing 17th in points. The 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion returned to the Modified Tour before learning of the Joe Gibbs Racing team opportunity.

He put all his funding into the gamble of two races with JGR in 2017.

“To be honest with you, I believed in myself enough to do it. It was hard to walk away from that offer. It is very risky.

I had multiple people in the business tell me that it was a little (riskier) than they would do,” Preece said.

When he was told of a possible opportunity with Joe Gibbs Racing, he made a telephone call to Steve Desouza, execuJocelyn Sheets/Daily News tive vice president and general manager Ryan Preece made his gamble on himself pay off with his first career victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday. Preece of Xfinity Series development for JGR. celebrates winning the 2017 Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250 in Iowa Speedway’s Victory Lane driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 car. He made a two-race deal with JGR, taking a runner-up spot to Kyle Busch a couple of weeks ago in New Hampshire then claiming victory at Iowa.

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Gilliland the Great: 17-year-old dominates Casey’s 150

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News Todd Gilliland didn’t waste time getting into the lead during the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West Challenge race at Iowa Speedway on Friday night.

Gilliland, a NASCAR Next driver, started fourth but went into the lead three laps into the race and never trailed again during a dominant win in the Casey’s General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College.

The 17-year-old had to weave through lap traffic during the final 50 laps of the race and was nearly passed by 16-year-old Harrison Burton on a restart with eight laps to go, but Gilliland overcame all challenges in winning his seventh K&N race this season.

“Everyone on the team worked hard and they gave me a great car tonight,” Gilliland said. “This was a big win for our team. It helps us keep our lead in the West Series

Troy Hyde/Daily News Todd Gilliland, right, passed pole sitter Derek Kraus, left, on the third lap Friday and remained in the lead for the final 148 laps during a dominant victory in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series Casey’s General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College at Iowa Speedway.

and gets us closer to Harrison Burton in the East standings.”

Friday’s K&N Series race is the only event on the cir-

cuit that features drivers from both the West and East. Gilliland is full-time on both circuits. He has four wins against

West drivers and two wins against drivers in the East.

He defeated everyone at Iowa for the second straight

season. And it’s the fourth straight win for a K&N Pro Series driver who controlled the No. 16 Napa Auto Parts Toyota owned by Bill McAnally Racing.

Brandon McReynolds won the previous two before Gilliland went back-to-back in 2016 and 2017.

“I think that’s huge for Bill,” Gilliland said. “He’s got trophies heading into the main entry to his shop so it’s obviously a really special place for Bill McAnally Racing right now. It also shows that the West is really tough. It shows how even both series are, too.”

Last year, Gilliland won handily in his Iowa Speedway debut, taking home a race win for the fourth time in the 2016 season on his way to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Championship.

NASCAR Next driver Chase Purdy finished second to Gilliland for the second straight race.

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Nine softball girls claim IGCA all-state honors

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News Area softball teams were highly successful in 2017.

Colfax-Mingo played in its first state tournament in 16 years, Collins-Maxwell/Baxter won its second straight conference title and Prairie City-Monroe and Lynnville-Sully were both in the conference championship conversation for much of the season.

The success for all four teams was noticed around the state as the Iowa Girls Coaches Association placed nine

area athletes on its annual all-state teams.

C o l f a x - M i n g o’s Amy Russell and Ries Wilson in Class 1A, PCM’s Jayci Vos in 3A and CMB’s Russell M i k a y l a Houge and Abbey Kahler in 2A were all first-team selections in their respective classes.

Colfax-Mingo’s Rhiannon Haley and PCM’s Kayla Jennings also earned sec-

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ond-team honors, while Lynnville-Sully’s Brenna Lanser was a third-team selection in Class 1A and CMB’s Mikayla Eslinger earned honorable mention honors in 2A. Colfax-Mingo finished 26-

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13 this season.

The Tigerhawks tied for third with Lynnville-Sully in the South Iowa Cedar League but won the division crown over the Hawks by way of head-to-head competition.

They went on to place sixth in 1A last week at the state tournament.

Russell impacted the Tigerhawks’ state-tournament season both at the plate and in the circle.

At the plate, Russell led 1A with 17 home runs and 66 RBIs. She also ranked fourth with a .535 batting average and ranked tied for fourth with 16 doubles.

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Newgarden takes IndyCar race in Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio — ­ Josef Newgarden became the second driver to win back-to-back Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2017, dominating Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.

The Team Penske driver led 73 of the 90 laps on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, taking the checkered flag 5.1556 seconds ahead of teammate Will Power.

It follows Newgarden’s win July 16 in the Honda Indy Toronto and pushes the 26-year-old Tennessean into the unofficial championship lead after 13 of 17 races.

Driving the No. 2 PPG Automotive Refinish Team Penske Chevrolet, Newgarden started second and made a daring pass of pole sitter Power for the race

lead on Lap 13.

He was never headed again in collecting his third win of the season and sixth of his six-year Verizon IndyCar Series career.

Local favorite Graham Rahal finished third in the No. 15 Steak ‘n Shake Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Rahal was the other driver to win consecutive races this season, sweeping both ends of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear doubleheader weekend.

Newgarden moved into the unofficial points lead for the first time this season.

He holds a seven-point advantage over teammate Helio Castroneves, who finished seventh, and is eight markers ahead of

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, who entered the race with the points lead but surrendered it with his ninth-place finish.

The race ran caution-free until Dale Coyne Racing rookie Ed Jones spun into the grass in Turn 9 on Lap 67, bringing out the yellow flag after Newgarden had built a 10-second advantage.

Using the lapped car of Esteban Gutierrez on the Lap 71 restart, Newgarden quickly sped away and wasn’t challenged.

The next race on the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule is the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway on Aug. 20.

The 500-mile race airs live at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN IndyCar Photo and the Advance Auto Parts Josef Newgarden celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Sunday’s Honda INDYCAR Radio Network. Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at Lexington, Ohio

Kyle Busch snaps winless season with Monster Cup victory at Pocono LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch watched the number of laps he’s led this season tick, tick, tick as it crossed 1,000, and he only really cared about the lap he hadn’t led: the last one.

“We’ve had speed. We’ve been right there,” Busch said.

“We’ve been able to do what we should be doing and that’s running up front.”

For all that time up front, Busch also had the longest losing streak of his career, a rare recession over his time building a resume even NASCAR Hall of Famers would envy, with the 2015 Cup championship, 176 wins over three series and an elite ride for Joe Gibbs Racing.

He can add two more feats to the list — 13 straight years with a Cup win and his first checkered flag at Pocono.

Busch used a bump-andrun on Kevin Harvick to take the lead with 16 laps left and held on to snap a 36-race losing streak and win the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday.

“I never thought this day would happen,” Busch said.

Busch won from the pole and gave Toyota its 100th Cup win since its 2007 debut. Busch had Toyota’s first Cup win in March 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Busch had never gone a full season without winning a race.

Charlotte Motor Speedway is now the only track where he’s failed to win a Cup points race.

“I wasn’t sure which one was going to be last,” he said.

Busch had seven top-five

NASCAR Photo Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota, breaks through to win his first win Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday. He took the checkered flag of the Overton’s 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.

finishes this season and was runner-up to Austin Dillon in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. All the near misses have gnawed at Busch, who won the All-Star race — at Charlotte.

But the exhibition race doesn’t count in the season standings and Busch was in a victory slump that dated to the 2016 Brickyard 400.

He was racing for the lead last weekend in the Brickyard 400 when he wrecked with Martin Truex Jr., which led to a pit road altercation between members of both teams.

He also won his 176th career NASCAR race over the Cup (39), Xfinity (89) and Truck (48) series.

“We’ve all been fighting all year long and just wasn’t sure why,” Busch said. “This is something I’ve been waiting

for for a long, long time. It’s been a frustrating year but an awesome day today.”

Harvick finished second, followed by Truex, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski.

Harvick, who hasn’t won in 34 career races at Pocono, said he had nothing for Busch down the stretch.

“There was no battle. He was way faster than we were,” Harvick said.

Crew chief Adam Stevens made the right calls a week after his confrontation on pit road with members of Truex’s team. JGR suspended two of Truex’s tire changers because of the profane outburst at the Brickyard. JGR provides the pit crew for Furniture Row Racing as part of a technical alliance, giving them the authority to suspend members of

All-State Continued from Page 1B scored 45 runs from the Tigerhawks’ No. 3 spot in the lineup. Russell drew 18 walks and had a .966 fielding percentage.

In the circle, Russell shared time with sophomore Colbee Cunningham but still finished 17-5 with an earned run average of 3.02. She struck out 159 batters in 141 1/3 innings pitched.

Wilson got better as the season progressed. She wound up with a batting average of .417, ranked tied for sixth in 1A with 53 runs scored and ranked tied for seventh with 15 doubles. Wilson homered four times, drove in 20 runs, walked 11 times and stole 18 bases as the team’s lead-off hitter.

Wilson’s fielding percentage in center field was .951.

CMB finished 26-6 and

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Haley

won the Heart of Iowa Conference title for the second year in a row. The Raiders spent every week of their final season together in the 2A rankings and were ranked No. 1 to start and end the regular season.

Houge was the only pitcher in 2A with more than 10 starts to go undefeated in the circle. She finished 15-0 with an ERA of 0.97, which ranked third in 2A. Houge also struck out 148 batters in 94 innings.

Houge was the Raiders’ top hitter, too, finishing with an

Lanser

Eslinger

average of .421. She finished with two home runs, 27 RBIs, 13 walks and 11 doubles from the No. 3 spot in the lineup.

Her fielding percentage was .918.

Kahler, who will play for Wartburg College next season, was instrumental in helping the Raiders finish with another HOIC title. She ended the season with a .337 batting average, three home runs, 15 walks and 32 RBIs from the clean-up position. Kahler’s fielding percentage was .940.

In the circle, the CMB senior finished 10-6 with an

the FRR team.

Busch earned a spot in NASCAR’s playoffs, a significant victory that left just three open spots with five races left before the 16-driver field is set. JGR had been winless overall until Hamlin won two weeks ago at New Hampshire.

Other items of note at Pocono: Loose Nut NASCAR found a loose lug nut on the 18 and Stevens could be fined $10,000. He does not face a suspension.

The Big One An eight-car wreck on the first lap knocked Aric Almirola and Matt DiBenedetto out of the race. Matt Kenseth got loose and spun to trigger the accident.

ERA of 2.06. She struck out 137 batters in 97 1/3 innings pitched.

PCM finished 17-13 overall, but the Mustangs finished tied for second in the HOIC and played one of the toughest schedules in 3A. Vos, who will join teammate Jennings at DMACC next season, led the Mustangs at the plate with a batting average of .472. She scored 39 runs, stole 18 bases and had 18 RBIs from the lead-off position. Her on base percentage was .521 and her fielding percentage was .933.

Jennings was the second-best hitter for the Mustangs with an average of .416.

She scored 15 runs and hit two home runs with 22 RBIs in the No. 3 spot in the lineup. Her fielding percentage was .987.

Jennings was the team’s No. 1 pitcher, too. She was 13-9 with an ERA of 1.87. She struck out 139 batters in 142 1/3 innings pitched.

Target will leave NASCAR at the end of this season after 16 years with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Target had served as the primary sponsor for Cup driver Kyle Larson since his debut in 2013.

The 24-year-old Larson has emerged as one of the brightest young stars in NASCAR and has two wins and nine top-10 finishes this season.

His success wasn’t enough to keep Target interested in racing.

The Minneapolis-based retail giant left Ganassi and IndyCar at the end of last season following a 27-year run.

Target says it will focus it sports sponsorship on soccer.

“As we looked to evolve our sports marketing program, soccer provided Target with a unique opportunity to reach our guests in new places, and at all levels of the sport,” Target said in a statement.

Larson might not have a major problem landing a primary sponsor for 2018 and beyond.

“Kyle Larson is a once-in-a-generation talent,” Ganassi said.

Haley had another stellar season at the plate for the Tigerhawks.

The junior hit .422 and tied for third in 1A with 10 home runs from the clean-up position. Her 55 RBIs also tied for third in 1A, and she scored 38 runs, hit 13 doubles and walked 14 times. Her fielding percentage was .986.

Lanser collected four home runs and had 27 RBIs for Lynnville-Sully, which finished 18-12 on the season. She batted .363, scored 25 runs, cranked out 10 doubles and stole 15 bases. Lanser’s fielding percentage was .928.

Eslinger provided the Raiders with some pop in the No. 5 spot in the lineup. She led the Raiders with five home runs and finished with 25 RBIs, 23 runs, 13 walks and a .326 batting average.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Coming down the backstretch at Iowa Speedway are Ben Kennedy (2), Brian Scott (3), Tyler Reddick (42) and William Byron (9) in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250. It was the final race of the season at Iowa Speedway.

Xfinity: Part-time drivers highlight Iowa Speedway’s 2017 race season finale Continued from Page 1B “Steve told me what it was going to take to get it done. I worked hard on my end to get in the car and secure sponsorship. I’m fortunate to have local companies who believe in me and what I’m trying to accomplish,” the 26-year-old driver from Berlin, Conn. said.

What he accomplished with his resources in the tworace deal with JGR was the statement he wanted to make, he said. The former NASCAR Next driver did not waste his opportunity.

Preece was runner-up to Kyle Busch — a NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series driver — in the Xfinity race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 15 and won Saturday’s race at Iowa.

“I have to thank Joe Gibbs Racing for believing in me and giving me this opportunity to get the job done here,” Preece said. “Also, to my teammates as we worked together all weekend, shared notes and that’s why our cars were strong all weekend.”

Preece and JGR teammate Kyle Benjamin started on the front row in Iowa Speedway’s final race of the 2017. Preece had to hold off Benjamin in three restarts in the final 10 laps, forcing the race to go to Lap 254 to decide.

The other JGR driver Matt Tifft finished 19th as Preece earned his first career Xfinity win.

“That last restart was getting difficult as tire spin was becoming a big thing. I race short tracks and the high line is the fast line. I knew in two laps its was going to be tough for him (Benjamin) to get me,”Preece said.

Preece’s crew chief Chris Gabehart said he takes special pride in kids like Preece and Benjamin. He said he takes his job to another level with the younger drivers.

“These kids are trying to make it and they only get a couple of shots. I’m proud of my race team for the No. 20. We’re not going to be the weak link for these kids,” Gabehart said.

“It’s great to see it work out.”

Another non-Xfinity Series regular ran third in the U.S. Cellular 250 Saturday as Brian Scott drove for Richard Childress Racing. Brennan Poole

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Kyle Benjamin, right, and Brian Scott, left, are all smiles after finishing runner-up and third, respectively, in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway.

finished fourth and Cole Custer was fifth.

“I’d give up a lot of things to be in his (Preece) position,” Benjamin said after the race.

“We were so close (to the win) and it hurts, but I’m happy to finish second because we really needed that. I was very nervous on that final restart. I wanted to make it happen right there.”

Benjamin said his JGR No. 18 was better in the long runs of the race, but at the end it came down to a couple of short runs. He said he fired off well in the final two-lap restart.

“I was on his bumper thinking I might get him loose in the corner. Ryan held it and got the win,” Benjamin said.

For Scott, his first race following him announcing his NASCAR retirement at the end of 2016 was a relaxing one.

“I had no pressure and nothing to lose. I wasn’t racing for points or the playoffs, just getting the win for my team,” Scott said. “It was fun and a great opportunity. I hadn’t worked with this group of guys from Richard Childress Racing, so it was a great run.”

Scott came out of retirement to drive for his former team, Richard Childress Racing. He drove the RCR No. 3 to third at Iowa. He will be back in the No. 3 at the Xfinity Series race on Sept. 23 at Kentucky Speedway.

“The last restart was exciting. I was hoping he (Benjamin) would race No. 20 into the corner and I could sneak by them for the win,” Scott said. “We had a real bad vibration at the end. I was just

A fly-over before the final race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday.

holding on to the finish.”

Xfinity Series points leader Elliott Sadler ran 12th and remains atop the driver-points ranks. The JR Motorsports trio of Sadler, William Byron and Justin Allgaier are still 1-2-3 in points. Byron, who won at Iowa in June, finished ninth and Allgaier was 20th.

Preece won Stage 1 and the Final Stage and Allgaier was the Stage 2 winner. Preece led 141 laps and Allgaier led 106 laps.

The three native Iowans driving in the Xfinity race Saturday Brett Moffitt was 11th, Joey Gase was 24th and Annett, who is now 11th in the drivers’ points, finished 33rd.

So where does Preece go from Iowa?

“Monday morning, 8 a.m. back to work, I can tell you that,” Preece said. “I’ve got a lot of work to do; we have a Whelen Modified Tour race on Friday. The work doesn’t end here,

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it keeps going. I don’t want to be forgotten. I want people to see me winning races and not stop believing.”

Saturday’s race wrapped up the 2017 racing season at Iowa Speedway. The Xfinity Series heads to Watkins Glen International in New York for a road-course race on Aug. 5.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Fans waiting in the stands of Victory Lane let the U.S. Cellular 250 souviener flags fly to signal the final restart of Saturday’s race as Ryan Preece holds off Kyle Benjamin in overtime to win the race on the 254th lap at Iowa Speedway.

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Casey’s: Gilliland leads 148 laps of NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West race Continued from Page 1B They went 1-2 at Loudon, New Hampshire, on July 15.

Burton, another NASCAR Next driver, was fourth that night and finished fourth again Friday at Iowa.

“Hopefully one of these days someone can get by the No. 16 car,” Purdy said. “I know I want to. I have been close so many times. But he’s just on a roll right now. Everybody was chasing him.”

Chris Eggleston, who came into the weekend second in the West standings behind Gilliland, was third. Chase Cabre rounded out the top five.

“We always seem to have bad luck here,” Eggleston said.

“The guys made some adjustments after the halfway point.

We weren’t a third-place car for most of the last half, but the cautions and restarts really helped us. The team doesn’t give up. I am really proud of them for sticking with it.”

Michael Self, Ben Kennedy, Will Rodgers, Ronnie Bassett and Jesse Little completed the top 10.

Gilliland was fast all day.

He had the best lap in the first practice session, and was second-fastest in the second run. He started fourth after qualifying, but took the lead from pole-sitter and BMR teammate Derek Kraus on the third lap and never lost it, other than for a brief moment to Kennedy late in the race.

Kennedy got around Gilliland with 34 laps left, but Gilliland was able to get the lead back before the start-finish line.

Gilliland then survived two caution flags, pulling away on the final restart.

“Those late-race restarts are always nerve-wracking,” Gilliland said.

Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR K&N Pro Series East driver Chase Purdy finished second in the Casey’s General Stores 150 at Iowa Speedway on Friday. Purdy started 11th.

Kennedy, who appeared to have the best chance to beat Gilliland, had mechanical issues after a red flag was thrown with 10 laps left to set the lineup during the final caution field. He couldn’t get the car refired, and once he got going was moved to the end of the lead-lap cars for not maintaining pace.

Kennedy was driving for Kevin Manion Motorsports, who made its NASCAR K&N Pro Series debut.

Kraus faded after the early start and finished 11th.

With his win, Gilliland now holds an 18-point lead over Eggleston in the K&N Pro Series West standings and trails Burton by only six points in the K&N Pro Series East.

“He was obviously the class of the field,” Eggleston said of Gilliland, another teammate at Bill McAnally Racing.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman acknowledges a few racing fans during a walk down pit road at Iowa Speedway during the K&N Pro Series East-West combination race. Merriman is the owner of Patriot Motorsports Group and driver Jesse Iwuji, who finished 31st on Friday.

Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR Next driver Harrison Burton signs an autograph for a fan prior to Friday’s K&N Pro Series East-West combination race at Iowa Speedway. Burton entered the weekend leading the points race in the East. After a fourth-place finish, he now leads Todd Gilliland by six points.

Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR K&N Pro Series driver Todd Gilliland won his seventh race on the circuit this season after leading 148 of the 150 laps of the Casey’s General Stores 150 presented

by Vatterott College at Iowa Speedway.

Troy Hyde/Daily News NASCAR K&N Pro Series drivers Ben Kennedy (1) and Collin Cabre drive around Turn 1 at Iowa Speedway on Friday. Kennedy finished seventh after starting the Casey’s General Stores 150 in the fifth position and Cabre was 14th after starting sixth.

Rhodes closed: Vikings sign star CB to contract extension MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Xavier Rhodes arrived at Florida State as a skilled offensive player, a running back and wide receiver from the football-rich Miami area.

He was quickly switched to cornerback, and he didn’t like it.

“At that moment, I thought I wasn’t going to be here,” Rhodes said. “It was a blessing

that it happened. I was upset at first, but now I see the coaches saw something in me at corner. I trusted them. I believed. Now I’m here.”

Rhodes signed a five-year contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday , keeping him under the team’s control through the 2022 season and making him one of the highest-paid cornerbacks

in the league. According to NFL Media, the deal is worth a maximum of $70 million with $41 million in guaranteed money.

Rhodes is making a little more than $8 million this season, his fifth in the league.

“I was speechless,” Rhodes said after practice. “It was a lifelong dream for me. As a kid, watching guys sign big

deals, you always wanted that to be you.”

Rhodes was picked for his first Pro Bowl in 2016, tallying a career-high five interceptions while regularly assigned to cover the opponent’s best wide receiver and frustrating them often .

“In my opinion, as far as covering guys all the way, man to man, following them ev-

erywhere, I don’t think there’s anyone better,” safety Harrison Smith said.

A first-round draft choice in 2013, the 25th overall selection, Rhodes has flourished under the tutelage of coach Mike Zimmer, long lauded for his work with defensive backs. Zimmer made Rhodes’ development a priority when he was hired in 2014, though

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THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS MULBROOK, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR 037085 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Francis Mulbrook, Deceased, who died on or about July 11, 2017: You are hereby notified that on July 19, 2017, the last will and testament of Francis Mulbrook, deceased, bearing date of October 19, 2016, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Debra K. Jacobs 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 date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated July 19, 2017.

Debra K. Jacobs 709 East 12th Street South, Newton, Iowa 50208 Executor of estate Hilary J. Montalvo, ICIS PIN No: AT0009928 Attorney for Executor CALDWELL, BRIERLY, CHALUPA & NUZUM, PLLC 211 First Avenue West, Newton, Iowa 50208 Date of second publication: July 31, 2017 July 24 & 31 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 17, 2017, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in regular session at 6:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Pro Tem George presided.

Present Council Members: Biondi, George, Trotter, Mullan, Kulis.

Absent: Vacant.

Mayor Pro Tem George asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

During citizen participation, Bob

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-001048 CASE # EQCV120169 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vs DEFENDANT:CAROLYN V. LUCKEY, CO-EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES C. LUCKEY, DECEASED, CAROLYN V. LUCKEY, LINDA ANN LUCKEY, JAMES M. WHITE, CO-EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES C. LUCKEY, DECEASED AND STATE OF IOWA, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOTS SEVEN AND EIGHT BLOCK THREE BEVAN'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF KELLOGG, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AND SOUTH HALF OF THE ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST THROUGH BLOCK THREE IN BEVAN'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF KELLOGG, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA LYING BETWEEN LOTS ONE AND TWO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAID ALLEY AND LOTS SEVEN AND EIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAID ALLEY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT EIGHT IN BLOCK THREE, BEVAN'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF KELLOGG, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, RUN THENCE NORTH EIGHT AND ONE QUARTER FEET, THENCE WEST ONE HUNDRED THIRTYTWO FEET, THENCE SOUTH EIGHT AND ONE QUARTER FEET, THENCE EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING AND THE SOUTH HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE ALLEY LYING BETWEEN LOTS 2, 3, 6 AND 7 OF BLOCK 3 IN BEVAN'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF KELLOGG, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, RESERVING TO THE CITY ALL EASEMENTS OF RECORD OR IN USE FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES Property Address 703 1st St, Kellogg, Iowa The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 09/12/2017 Sale Time 11:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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Judgment Amount $33,810.51 Costs $2,410.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $1,251.56 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney BENJAMIN W. HOPKINS 1350 NW 138TH ST. #100 CLIVE, IA 50325 (515)222-9400 Date 06/30/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF July 31 & Aug. 7

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 17, 2017, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in regular session at 6:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Pro Tem George presided.

Present Council Members: Biondi, George, Trotter, Mullan, Kulis.

Absent: Vacant.

Mayor Pro Tem George asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

During citizen participation, Bob O'Brien, 2501 Rusty Wallace Dr., updated council on the progress of SSMID and their plans to partner with Main Street.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by Trotter to approve consent agenda items 3-10.

3. July 17, 2017 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes 4. Approve Liquor License renewal Class E Liquor, Class B Wine, Class C Permit (Carryout Beer), and Sunday Sales for WalMart Supercenter #748, 300 Iowa Speedway Dr.; Class C Beer Permit and Sunday Sales for Petro Stop, 404 S 11th Ave W. 5. Resolution Fixing the Amounts to be assessed against individual private property for the abatement of nuisance violations (Schedule 17-8).

Resolution 2017-157 adopted.

6. Resolution Levying assessments for costs of nuisance abatement and providing for the payment thereof (Schedule 17-7).

Resolution 2017-158 adopted.

7. Resolution accepting completion of one unisex precast concrete vault restroom at Agnes Patterson Park. Resolution 2017159 adopted.

8. Resolution Authorizing Equipment Transfers and Expenditure Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.

Resolution 2017-160 adopted.

9. Resolution authorizing Alliant Energy to install two street lights in the 2200-2300 blocks of W 15st St S for the Public Works Department. Resolution 2017161 adopted.

10. Approval of Bills AYES: Five.

NAYS: None.

Consent agenda items approved.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Biondi, to approve the third Consideration of an ordinance amending Title III, Chapter 31, Section 31.014 Of The Newton Code Of Ordinances, “Residency Requirements”.

AYES: Five NAYS: None. Third consideration of the ordinance passed. Moved

by Kulis, seconded by Biondi to adopt the Ordinance. AYES: Five NAYS: None. Ordinance 2309 adopted.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Trotter, to approve the third Consideration of an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to handicapped parking in the downtown. AYES: Five NAYS: None. Third consideration of the ordinance passed. Moved by Biondi, seconded by Mullan to adopt the Ordinance. AYES: Five NAYS: None. Ordinance 2310 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Kulis, to approve the second Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to street parking in the 800 -1800 blocks of E 19th St N. AYES: Five NAYS: None. Second consideration of the ordinance passed.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Biondi to approve a Resolution directing publication of notice of intent to fill the At Large vacancy by appointment.

AYES: Five, NAYS: None. Resolution 2017162 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan to approve a Resolution approving the purchase of a GPS system for the Newton Sanitary Landfill Dozer.

AYES: Five, NAYS: None. Resolution 2017163 adopted.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by Mullan to approve a Resolution awarding contract for the 2017 DMACC Parking Improvements Project.

AYES: Five, NAYS: None.

Resolution 2017-153 adopted.

During new business, Police Chief Burdess updated council on the city crime. 2016 saw the lowest crime rate in modern history or the last 30 years. Over the last 2 year there has been a 22% drop in the crime rate.

Mayor Pro Tem George announced that Mayor Hansen is pulling together information on fireworks for future forums.

During old business Michael Maloney, Sr. Vice President of D.A. Davidson & Co. updated council on the bonding process.

Five formal bids were received.

Great Southern Bank was the winner on both of the bids. On the Series A Note the interest rate will be 3.1%. On the tax exempt portion, the rate is just over 2.1%. Both financings have a maturity date of June 2028.

There will be no net impact on the tax rate.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan to adjourn the meeting at 6:31 P.M. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis, CMC City Clerk August 31

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Farewell Rhonda!

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ACU Board of Directors Advantage Credit Union’s 79th Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, April 22nd. Thank you to all the members who attended this year’s meeting or voted online.

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Area athletes enjoy Shrine Bowl experience

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News CEDAR FALLS — In a game that ends a week in which thousands of dollars were raised to help kids at Shriner hospitals around the country, the end result seems to be minuscule.

The 30-13 final score in the 45th annual Iowa Shrine All-Star Football Classic was not what Newton’s Caden Manning, Prairie City-Monroe’s Luke Greiner or Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Blake Coughenour were hoping for, but the Jasper County trio had a fun week with a bunch of football players who became friends.

“I had no clue about what the Shriner’s even did before this week. It’s such a cool thing what they do for these kids,” said Manning, who played on the offensive line in the second and fourth quarters for the South squad.

“It was a great honor to be a part of this. I made a lot of new friends.”

Greiner played wide receiver for the South squad. He was supposed to play in the second and fourth quarters but wound up playing in the third, too, because of an injury.

Greiner caught his first pass from Norwalk quarterback Brady Bransfield late in the second quarter. It went for 11 yards and a first down. He hauled in a short pass on the very next play but didn’t get out of bounds to stop the clock.

Bransfield’s final pass of the first half was a deep throw to Greiner into double coverage, and it was picked off in the end zone.

The North led 23-0 at halftime thanks to two touchdown catches by North Offensive MVP Kody Case of South Central Calhoun. He caught one of those touchdowns from Humboldt quarterback Drew Thomas and the other from Waterloo West quarterback Devon Moore, an Iowa State incoming freshman.

The North also got a short touchdown run from Cherokee offensive lineman Ben Lingenfelter. Ben Palmer kicked a field goal to put the North up 23-0.

The South got on the board in the second half when Bransfield scored on a short TD run.

The North answered with another touchdown pass from Thomas. This time, he found Lake Mills’ Slade Sifuentes on a short out pass to the sideline but Sifuentes turned it upfield and

Troy Hyde/Daily News Newton senior Caden Manning, right, finds a block downfield for the South all-stars in the 45th annual Iowa Shrine All-Star Football Classic at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Friday. Manning played on the offensive line in the second and fourth quarters, but the South all-stars lost to the North for the second straight year.

sprinted past the defense for a 60-yard TD. The South closed the gap to 30-13 when Creston’s Chase Schiltz scored on a 3-yard touchdown run.

Greiner finished with four catches in the game, but he was overthrown on several pass plays downfield. The North defensive line was in the backfield all night.

“I wasn’t too worried about who had the ball. I had a good time,” Greiner said. “It is what it is. It was a fun experience.”

Greiner and Manning’s favorite experience during the week was playing with the Shriner kids on the football turf in the UNI-Dome. Coughenour, who admitted to being a bit of an anti-social person, enjoyed the bonding moments playing video games with the rest of the players in the dorms.

“At first, it was hard to get to know people. I am an anti-social person,” Coughenour said. “But by the end of the week, we all got pretty close. We just didn’t click very well in the game.”

For Coughenour, it was the last time he or any one else who played for CMB would get to don the Raider colors.

“It felt pretty surreal to know that nobody will ever represent those three letters and towns in a sport ever again,” Coughenour said. “I hope I did my best to make everyone in all three communities proud of me.”

Coughenour, who play linebacker for the South squad in the first and third quarters, plans to attend South Dakota in the fall. He won’t play football right away as he gets acclimated to the college life. He didn’t rule out playing for the Coyotes down the road though.

Greiner said he got to know Coughenour and Pella Christian quarterback David Kacmarynski really well.

He also enjoyed his time spent with Kacmarynski’s father, Richard, who is the Eagles head coach and one of the South squad’s assistant coaches.

Unfortunately, David Kacmarynski played only a few snaps in the second quarter after suffering an injury to his shoulder.

“It was pretty fun. It was awesome

all around,” Greiner said. “It was fun to play football with different guys from all over the state. We always kept one thing in mind — this game is for the Shriner kids, the score didn’t really matter.”

Like Coughenour, Manning was a late addition to the Iowa Shrine Bowl roster. He took advantage of his opportunity on the field by wearing the Cardinals’ “TB” decal one last time.

“He really means a lot to me,” Manning said of his late friend Trenton Brady. “I just really feel like he’s with me when I have that sticker on. It was great to be able to do that again. “(The North guys) were a pretty tough group. Our major flaw was we just didn’t finish drives on both sides of the ball. But we improved from one half to the other.”

Kody Case won the offensive MVP for the North, while Dike-New Hartford’s Ben Latusek won the defensive MVP. Bransfield was the South’s offensive MVP, while Williamsburg’s Derek Greiner took home the defensive MVP award for the South.

The win by the North was its second straight in the series. The South leads the all-time series 23-22-1.

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

Troy Hyde/Daily News Newton senior Caden Manning played on the offensive line for the South all-stars during the Iowa Shrine All-Star Football Classic in Cedar Falls on Friday. The North defeated the South for the second straight year.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter senior Blake Coughenour played linebacker in the first and third quarters during the 45th annual Iowa Shrine All-Star Football Classic in Cedar Falls on Friday. Coughenour’s South squad lost to the North, 30-13.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe’s Luke Greiner caught four passes for the South squad in the Iowa Shrine All-Star Football Classic at the UNI-Dome on Friday. The North defeated the South, 30-13.