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David Dolmage/Daily News Newton Community School District board member Josh Cantu listens during a briefing on progress at the Berg Middle School complex during a tour of the site organized for board members Monday night.

Construction progress on schedule at Berg Middle School Progress is well underway at the new Berg Middle School and Monday members of the Newton Community School District board were on hand to tour the site. The project, built with a $26.9 million general obligation bond, which was approved last fall, will replace the

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previous building, which NCSD administrators determined was too costly to remodel.

During Monday night’s regular board meeting, board members had a chance to look at the interior finishes for the new school. The school is divided into four distinct learning communities, each with its own unique color scheme. The district has yet to determine final

furniture, fixtures and equipment for the site, but NCSD superintendent Bob Callaghan said he’d like to see each classroom outfitted with interactive projectors at the new building. Currently, the district has 40 of these projectors, with 10 located in each of the four elementary schools, but Callaghan would like to see their use extend beyond that.

“That’s my plan right now,” Callaghan said.

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Following an investigation by the Newton Police Department, a Kellogg woman who was a self-proclaimed caretaker for a dependent adult is being accused of withdrawing $2,000 from the victim’s bank account.

Sandra L. Younger, 57, is charged with dependent adult abuse — exploitation over $100. The investigation began in April when Younger’s son, Travis W. Howerton, 33, allegedly forged five checks in Younger one week in January totaling $3,700.

Younger did nothing to address the forgery after she was made aware of the incident, according to a police report.

Also in January, Younger allegedly personally withdrew $2,000 in cash from the victim’s account.

In February, Younger brought the victim to the bank where an employee witnessed Younger threatening to leave the victim at the bank and not help them anymore if they removed her from the bank account.

Younger was arrested Oct. 11 and taken to the Jasper County Jail. She was released on a $7,500 surety bond.

Howerton has not been charged in the incident at this time, according to police. He has been serving time at the Anamosa Penitentiary for second-degree criminal mischief with a tentative discharge date of Dec. 9, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections website.

Contact Kayla Singletary at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or ksingletary@newtondailynews.com

Enrollment jumps at NCSD Shoppers get ready with 110 new students this year for Ladies Night

By David Dolmage Newton Daily New

After a decade of losing ground, enrollment is on the rise again in the Newton Community School district. During Monday night’s board meeting NCSD superintendent Bob Callaghan presented the state certified enrollment numbers to the board, which show an increase of 112.7 students for the 2017-18 school year, up from last year’s enrollment of 2,806.

The enrollment numbers include all students who are served by the district, and the fractional percentage represents students who receive services from the district. For exam-

ple, students who are homeschooled but also participate in sports at NCSD are funded by the state at a level of .1, which is used to determine the amount of funding the district receives from the state. The district will receive $6,664 for each student listed on its certified enrollment, a critical component of the district’s budget for the following school year.

The actual enrollment represents an increase of 110 students, a substantial increase. That increase would represent a third consecutive year of slow, yet steady gains after a decade of shrinking enrollment within the district.

3.352 students were on the rolls at NCSD in 2001, but

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of 2,956 students during the 2015-2016 school year and 2,965 students in 20162017. For the first time since the 2013-14 school

Grab your best gals and get ready for a night of shopping at the eighth annual Ladies Night Out. Opening and 4:30 p.m. and running until 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, the event will be back at Fore Seasons, 6232 County Highway S 74 S., for the second year.

Sponsored by the Newton Daily News, the evening showcases a variety of local businesses and carve out a few hours for the ladies to enjoy fabulous shopping, fashion and fun.

“We’re looking forward to our annual Ladies Night Out this Thursday,” event coordinator Pam DeBruyn said. “Last year, Fore Seasons was a new venue for us and we had a lot of excited vendors and some very good feedback from customers. I hope to see you there.”

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David Dolmage/Daily News Newton Community School District board president Travis Padget and Superintendent Bob Callaghan listen to discussion about upgrading to new “Megatron” server during the board’s meeting Monday night.

those numbers started to fall in the early 2000s dropping all the way to 2,954 students during the 201415 school year. Enrollment numbers rose slightly in the following years, with a total

Candidate Q&A: Hansen for Newton mayor This is one of nine candidate profiles to be featured before the upcoming Nov. 7 city election in Newton. Incumbent Mayor Mike Hansen is running for re-election.

Name: Michael L. Hansen Employment: Labor relations representative Hometown: Newton Years of Newton residency: 57 years Running For: Mayor, City of Newton What do you feel is the

most important issue Newton will be facing during your term as mayor?

There are several important issues Hansen facing Newton in the next two to four years. Due to the limited space allocated for candidate responses, I

will address them in a broader, more general manner. We must continue to grow our residential, commercial and industrial tax base. We must continue to attract business startup ventures and support existing businesses/employers with their expansion plans, which will bring additional employment opportunities.

We must continue to work with our economic development team, community partners, business leaders and vol-

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achievements over the past few years. We have been successful in expanding job opportunities (more than 2,100 with several companies still hiring today), business investment and attracting new start-up companies in Newton. We have changed the look of our neighborhoods by utilizing the city’s Dangerous and Dilapidated building program, enhancing Newton’s HANSEN | 3A

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unteers, as well as our county and state legislators to achieve our community development goals. Relationship building and networking have and will produce results. We must continue to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars.

What do you think has been the biggest achievement for the City of Newton in the last four years and what do you think has been the greatest struggle?

There have been significant

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Central Iowa Today Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2017. There are 68 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared in Detroit, “I shall go to Korea” as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.)

On this date: In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co. In 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.

In 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who’d broken Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Conn., at age 53.

In 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first baseball team based outside the U.S. to win the World Series as they defeated the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, in Game 6.

Ten years ago: Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc. Five years ago: Less than two weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama set out on a 40-hour campaign marathon through battleground states; Republican Mitt Romney looked to the Midwest for a breakthrough in a close race shadowed by a weak economy. The San Francisco Giants took the first game of the World Series, 8-3, over the Detroit Tigers, as Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game.

One year ago: Campaigning in battleground Florida, a defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren pounded Trump, accusing him of disrespecting women and denigrating U.S. troops assisting Iraqis in their push to retake the city of Mosul.

Today’s Birthdays Actor F. Murray Abraham is 78. Movie director-screenwriter David S. Ward is 72.

Actor Kevin Kline is 70. Country musician Billy Thomas is 64. Actor B.D. Wong is 57.

Actor Zahn McClarnon is 51. Singer Michael Trent is 40. Rock musician Ben Gillies is 38. Singer-actress Monica Arnold is 37. Actress-comedian Casey Wilson is 37.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Adrienne Bailon (3lw) is 34. Actor Tim Pocock is 32. R&B singer-rapper-actor Drake is 31. Actress Shenae Grimes is 28. Actress Eliza Taylor is 28. Actor Ashton Sanders is 22. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kyla Ross is 21. Actor Hudson Yang is 14.

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That’s Odd KFC Twitter follows 11 Herbs and Spices, intrigues internet LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Twitter user has earned kudos online for discovering a subtle message on KFC’s account.

The KFC account follows just 11 users; five of them are former members of the Spice Girls and the other six are men named Herb, including Green Bay Packers cornerback Herb Waters and music legend Herb Alpert. It adds up to 11 herbs and spices, part of the famous secret recipe KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders touted for his fried chicken.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT U.S. OFFICIALS ARE PREPPING TILLERSON FOR AP learns they are preparing a recommendation for the secretary of state to declare that “ethnic cleansing” is occurring against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims.

2. MORE THAN JUST LUNCH Trump will dine with GOP senators on Capitol Hill this afternoon as congressional Republicans turn their focus to overhauling the tax code.

3. GHOSTS OF VIETNAM STIRRING AS TRUMP’S ASIA TRIP LOOMS Sen. John McCain, a former POW after his plane was shot down in Vietnam, put an unwelcome spotlight on the president’s five draft deferments to avoid military service.

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STATUS TO MOST POWERFUL LEADER IN DECADES By inserting his name and dogma into the party’s constitution, it tightens his grip over the country while pursuing a muscular foreign policy and military expansion.

5. WOMEN ON TRIAL VISIT SCENE OF ATTACK ON KIM JONG NAM The judge and legal teams for both sides tour the inside of Kuala Lumpur’s airport to give the court a better perspective of events as they unfolded.

6. WASHINGTONIANS UP IN ARMS ABOUT ONLY-IN-DC PHENOMENON A string of former embassies and diplomatic buildings whose governments have essentially abandoned them raise the ire of residents and politicians.

7. WHY TRUMP’S COMMENTS CONCERN BERGDAHL JUDGE A military judge is weighing the public per-

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ception of military justice after the president’s criticism of the Army sergeant convicted of deserting his comrades in Afghanistan in 2009.

8. WATCHDOG: CLIMATE CHANGE COSTING AMERICAN TAXPAYERS BILLIONS Those costs expected to rise as devastating storms, floods, wildfires and droughts become more frequent, a Government Accountability Office report finds.

9. SAUDIS HOST MAJOR INVESTMENT CONFERENCE The gathering comes amid low oil prices, pressures from a growing population, fledgling reforms and regional unrest.

10. WELCOME TO THE REAL LATE SHOW With so many trips to the pitching mound for discussions, the average time of a nine-inning baseball game is 3 hours, 32 minutes during the postseason — up 18 minutes since 2015.

Entertainment A scary box office weekend for everyone but Tyler Perry LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a spooky weekend at the box office for nearly everyone but Tyler Perry.

Perry’s comedy sequel “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” scared up a healthy $21.7 million in its first weekend in theaters, but the waters were rough for other new openers in-

cluding the disaster epic “Geostorm,” the firefighter drama “Only the Brave” and the crime thriller “The Snowman.”

Made for a reported $25 million, Perry’s film drew a mostly older and female audience, who gave it an A- CinemaScore. “Boo 2!” did a little less business

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than the first film, which opened to $28.5 million just last year.

“Given that it’s a sequel, its performance is at the higher end of our expectations,” said David Spitz, who heads up domestic distribution for Lionsgate.

The studio expects the film to hold well into next weekend due to increased interest because of Halloween, but it will also face some competition with the horror pic “Jigsaw.”

But a slight drop for a sequel hardly compares to the catastrophe of “Geostorm,” a long-delayed $120 million disaster epic starring Gerard Butler that only managed to open to $13.3 million from North American theaters.

A co-production between Skydance Media and Warner Bros.

Pictures, “Geostorm” marks the directorial debut of “Independence Day” producer Dean Devlin. The film was shot back in late 2014 and lousy test screenings resulted in $15 million of reshoots, pushing back the release over a year

and a half.

But the reshoots didn’t seem to help the final product, which has been widely panned by critics and shunned overall by audiences. Those who did turn out gave it a B- CinemaScore.

Another possibly too-timely film, “Only the Brave,” about the Granite Mountain Hotshots who took on the June 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, also failed to attract sufficient audiences this weekend. The Sony film starring Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Connelly opened in fifth place with $6 million.

At $38 million, the production budget was more reasonable than “Geostorm,” however.

But despite good reviews, it opened behind two holdovers — the horror pic “Happy Death Day” which landed in third place with $9.4 million and “Blade Runner 2049” which took in $7.2 million in its third weekend in theaters.

Universal and Working Title’s “The Snowman,” starring Michael Fassbender and based on the Jo Nesbo book, also failed to make a splash. The critically derided pic debuted in eighth place with $3.4 million from 1,812 theaters.

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AP Photo Tyler Perry as Madea in “Tyler Perry’s Boo! 2 A Madea Halloween.”

Local & State News Enrollment Continued from Page 1A year enrollment has risen above the 3,000 mark.

“We believe that we have great opportunities for the kids here,” Callaghan said. “The district has been a good partner with the city and community leaders, when we went out for a bond we had a 76 percent majority, there’s excitement about the school in the community.”

As part of the district’s enrollment verification process, NCSD also released data on need-based services offered throughout the district. A growing percentage — 55.72 percent — of the students enrolled at NCSD this year will receive free or reduced-price lunches, an increase over last year’s 55.01 percent. At Emerson Hough, where 73.54 percent of students are eligible, the highest percentage of all schools, the district is participating in a state-sponsored program to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student.

On Monday the board also approved the purchase of a new “Megatron” server, a much-needed upgrade,

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Continued from Page 1A curb appeal. The downtown recognition as a National Historic Place, the Newton Main Street designation and improvement plans, Hotel Maytag renovation and restoration, the housing initiative program and maintaining our community hospital are all examples of the community working together for a better Newton. One of our greatest challenges was getting developers/contractors to start building

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according to Erik Davis, technology manager for the NCSD. Several bids for the project were submitted, with Lightedge, based in Des Moines, coming in as the low bidder at $63,183.01.

Increases in technology, including issuing iPads and Chromebooks to students have put a strain on the network, and this upgrade will speed things up across the district Davis said.

“All of our servers are 6-years-old or older,” Davis said. “When you get to that point you’re nearing the end of their useful lifecycle, we’ve used them to that extent and then some.”

The new server will be the first time the servers have been upgraded in the five years that Davis has been with the district. It will allow the district to use “virtual desktops,” which will extend the timeline for replacement equipment in computer labs from three to five years up to five to seven years.

Davis said he plans to order the server this week, and he hopes to have it up and running during the Christmas break.

“I’m very excited,” Davis said.

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new homes in Newton, it took much longer than expected. Nevertheless, we now have several new housing starts underway and conversation continues with several potential retail and hospitality investors. I’m confident the announcement of new business investment and new employment opportunities for Newton will continue.

What role do you think the city can and should play in economic development? What more/less should the city be doing for economic development?

File Photo Ladies Night Out, sponsored by the Newton Daily News, is set for 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Fore Seasons, 6232 County Highway S 74 S. Businesses including Pampered Chef, Party Lite, Stacy’s Sweetstuff and LulaRoe along with many more will be on hand for a fun shopping evening.

Ladies Continued from Page 1A More than 15 vendors will be on hand with a variety of merchandise. Tables are also still available for any vendor interesting in joining in on the fun.

With no admission to the event, shoppers can

The public/private partnership investment model has been a very successful tool for Newton in attracting new investment and assisting with existing business expansion. The model requires the greater majority of investment to come from the private party with the city providing the minority funding primarily through TIF, tax credits and state/federal grants. With this model, general fund property tax dollars are not used for investment from the city.

We should continue using this model to achieve

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our community development goals as directed by the citizens of Newton in the comprehensive plan, “Newton’s Future.”

Housing has been a major focus for the city in recent years. How do you see the efforts continuing and what ideas do you have for future growth?

Housing starts are critical to the continued growth in our local economy as well as our population growth. All you need to do to understand the impact of housing is to look at the growth in the communities to our west. More housing leads to more retail, more business investment, more jobs and more students in our school system. The

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Do you think there is an area in Newton the city should be focusing on that has not received attention?

Though as a city we are pleased with the progress to date, we will never be “done” working to enhance all areas of Newton. As we continue to listen and gather input from the citizens of Newton, we will respond to the needs, preferences and desires that are shared. If someone has a concern they feel we may have overlooked, please contact me or any city official — we have a strong history of listening.

Why do you want to be mayor and why should voters choose you to represent Newton?

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ing the citizens of Newton as your mayor. I have had the good fortune of leading and working with talented members of our city council and staff, our community partners and business leaders, citizen volunteers and various community organizations. Together, we continue to move Newton forward with positive change in community growth and enhancement of our quality of life, all while being good stewards of your tax dollars.

I’ve been here to help lead this great community through one of the toughest times in our history. All signs point to us being well into a period of recovery and growth. I have lost none of my desire nor passion to continue to lead Newton as we move into this new phase of expansion after years of challenge. I have no doubt that the future is bright for the City of Newton. I hope to have the chance to help shape that future. I ask for your continued support and your vote on Nov. 7.

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Keeping me on my toes Jamee A. Pierson

n the midst of a busy fall full of extra activities, craft show season and home Iowa Hawkeye football games about every other weekend, for two days my family did nothing. We didn’t go anywhere, have any special activities planned or, for the most part, change out of our comfy pajama clothes.

We need a weekend like this every once in a while. After a busy summer filled with trips and camps, preparing to go back to school and then making it through the first couple of months, we needed a break.

The kiddos are pretty resilient.

They go with the flow whether it is coming to work with me, heading to my parents for a few hours, having a “daddy day” or doing a day trip filled with fun activities including the science center, zoo, movie theater, jump park or Chuck E. Cheese.

During the week, we have after school activities at least three days a week with more added for special events. I know I get tired running around and the coming and going and our schedule is about half as crazy as some parents I know. With the

girls barely in school, I am trying not to overload their waking hours, but I know it will only get busier as they get older.

My husband’s schedule is pretty standard with a few later nights thrown in here and there for work projects. Along with my regular work schedule, which is pretty flexible to include some nights and weekends, I have been preparing and attending craft shows both in central Iowa and Council Bluffs. A lot of late nights have gone in to getting everything done and the work has definitely paid off, but I do get a little tired after a while.

With the next couple of months just as busy as the past few, it was nice to take a break and just hang out at home.

We slept in, as much as the girls would

allow, stayed in our jammies, ate tasty food, played on the computer, built forts, had some quality time with the new kittens and just took it easy. Arguments were at a minimum and everybody had some alone time along with family time including our dog and two newest family members, Moe and Carl.

It is not often, especially in the fall, we get a chance to relax. Soon we will celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas with so many events and activities to attend that the month of January will feel like a vacation.

I love to be busy and tend to not do well with long periods of down time, but it was nice, just for a while, to have the schedule clear and enjoy some time off.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at jpierson@newtondailynews.com

Living and Dion Marc Dion

Are my socks gay?

I was sitting on the edge of the bed this morning, on my wife’s flowered bedspread, happily pulling on a new pair of socks.

It’s fall in New England, and the temperature’s been kind of snappy in the mornings. I’d been waiting for this day.

A few months ago, I bought a pair of brown socks online, brown with red and gold leaves printed on the fabric. They’re over-the-calf socks. Colorful socks are a thing in men’s fashion right now, and I was an early adopter.

I’ve got argyle socks, polka-dot socks, plaid socks, striped socks and black socks printed with pieces of bacon. I even own a pair of Snoop Dogg socks with “Gin” printed on the toe of one sock and “Juice” printed on the toe of the other sock, a tribute to his old-school hit.

It’s a fun hobby. I get to standout just a little; my usual drabness is brightened; I can spend time looking for socks online; and my wife always has something to buy me for Christmas.

No down side, right?

You wouldn’t think so, would you?

Ah, but I’m a man.

So, I pull the socks up over my calves and I look down at them for a minute, and I’m happy.

And then I think, “Do these look gay?

“I mean, they’re knee socks, like girls wear, and the pattern makes me look like I’m in the Brownies or something.

“Are the other guys gonna think I look gay?”

And there it is, the thought all men have so fast, we can’t stop ourselves from having it. It takes less time to have the thought than it does to write down that you had the thought.

It’s 2017. I’m 60 years old. It’s a lot more OK to be gay now than it was when I was a kid.

I wasn’t a bullied kid. No one ever beat me up because I “acted like a girl.” I can box. I can shoot.

And I can ride a horse. I had a father in my house.

I’m not trying to live anything down.

But there, faster than you can write it, was the thought that torments every man in his most quiet moment.

“Does this look gay?”

You’re not worried that you ARE gay; you’re worried that you LOOK gay, at least to other men.

I didn’t ask my wife if the socks looked gay. Nobody but a fool would ask his wife that question.

Just asking it, and seeing her eyes roll, would drain at least a juice glass full of testosterone out of my body.

But still, the question. After 60 years, and a number of rounds in a boxing ring, and a wife, and the careful cultivation of a masculine manner, still the question.

Young guys seem less bothered by the question, and guys who didn’t grow up working class or poor, where the outward signs of masculinity still mean a lot. Me? I’m old, and I grew up working class. I’m gonna be like this forever.

I wore the socks because the question doesn’t last that long when you’re older and more sure of yourself. If I were younger, I might have heard the question and never worn the socks Manhood is rough because we make it rough.

And you ladies, wives, girlfriends, friends, do not ask the man in your life if he ever hears the question in his head.

He’ll say he never does.

You know why?

Because he doesn’t want to sound gay.

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An independent thinker’s guide to the tax debate

For 40 years, tax cutters in Congress have told us, “we have a tax cut for you.” And each time, they count on us to suspend all judgment.

In exchange, we’ve gotten staggering inequality, collapsing public infrastructure, a fraying safety net, and exploding deficits.

Meanwhile, a small segment of the richest one tenth of 1 percent have become fabulously wealthy at the expense of everyone else.

Ready for more?

Now, Trump and congressional Republicans have rolled out a tax plan that the independent Tax Policy Center estimates will give 80 percent of the benefits to the richest 1 percent of taxpayers.

The good news is the majority aren’t falling for it this time around. Recent polls indicate that over 62 percent of the public oppose additional tax cuts for the wealthy and 65 percent are against additional tax cuts to large corporations.

Here’s the independent thinker’s guide to the tax debate for people who aspire to be guided by facts, not magical thinking. When you hear congressional leaders utter these claims, take a closer look. corporations-not-people-taxes-tax-break-corporate “Corporate tax cuts create jobs.”

You’ll hear that the U.S. has the “highest corporate taxes in the world.” While the legal rate is 35 percent, the effective rate — the percentage of income actually paid — is closer to 15 percent, thanks to loopholes and other deductions.

Another View Chuck Collins The Wall Street corporations pulling out their big lobbying guns have a lot of experience with lowering their tax bills this way, but they don’t use the extra cash to create jobs.

The evidence, as my Institute for Policy Studies colleague Sarah Anderson found, is that they more often buy back their stock, give their CEOs a massive bonus, pay their shareholders a dividend, and lay off workers.

“Bringing back offshore profits will create jobs.”

Enormously profitable corporations like Apple, Pfizer and General Electric have an estimated $2.64 trillion in taxable income stashed offshore. Republicans like to say that if we give them a tax amnesty, they’ll bring this money home and create jobs.

Any parent understands the folly of rewarding bad behavior.

Yet that’s what we’re being asked to do.

When Congress passed a “repatriation tax holiday” in 2004, these same companies gave raises to their CEOs, raised dividends, bought back their stock, and — you guessed it — laid off workers.

The biggest 15 corporations that got the amnesty brought back $150 billion while cutting their U.S. workforces by 21,000 between 2004 and 2007.

For decades now, those big corporations have made mid-

dle class taxpayers and small businesses pick up the slack for funding care for veterans, public infrastructure, cyber security and hurricane mop-ups. Let’s not give them another tax break for their trouble.

“Tax cuts pay for themselves.”

Members of Congress who consider themselves hard-nosed deficit hawks when it comes to helping hurricane victims or increasing college aid for middle class families are quick to suspend basic principles of math when it comes to tax cuts for the rich.

The long discredited theory of “trickledown economics” — the idea that tax cuts for the 1 percent will create sufficient economic growth to pay for themselves — is rising up like zombies at Halloween. As the economist Ha Joon Chang observed, “Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rich as what they are — a simple upward redistribution of income.”

“Abolishing the estate tax will help ordinary people.”

This is the biggest whopper of them all. The estate tax is only paid by families with wealth starting at $11 million and individuals with $5.5 million and up. There is no credible economic argument that this will have any positive impact on the economy, but it would be a huge boon for billionaire families like the Trumps.

This tax cut plan is an unprecedented money grab. Whether the heist happens, is entirely up to the rest of us.

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Obituaries David R. Jensen Oct. 20, 2017 David R. Jensen, 77, of rural Newton died on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 at the Newton Health Care Center in Newton.

David’s memorial service will be 10:30 a.m.,

Edith Lorene Barr Oct. 22, 2017 Edith Lorene Barr, 88, of Newton, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at Nelson Ma n o r.

A funeral service will be at 1 p.m.

F r i d a y, Oct. 27 at the Kellogg United Methodist Church in Kellogg. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 at the church in Kellogg. Memorials to the

Russell L. Southern Oct. 20, 2017 Russell L. Southern, 92, of Newton, went to be with his Lord Friday, Oct. 20, 2017.

Russell’s celebrat ion of life memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the First Christian Church, 314 E. Second St. N. in Newton.

Burial will be at the

F r i d a y, Oct. 27 at the funeral home.

The family will g r e e t friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26 at the funeral home.

Memorials to the American Cancer Society or to

the Jasper County Historical Museum may be left at the funeral home.

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

Those left to honor David’s memory are his wife, Margaret of Newton; children, JoAnne (Mike) Holcomb of Rock

Island, Illinois and Mike Jensen of Newton; his brothers-in-law, Craig (Jan) Johnstone of Grinnell and Mark Johnstone of Lacona; his sister-inlaw, Janice Hendricks of Pella; several nieces, nephews and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Henry H. Jensen.

Kellogg United Methodist Church may be left at the church during the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

Lorene, the daughter of Rayand Edith (Chedester) Foster, was born Jan. 18, 1929, in Grinnell. She graduated from Newburg High School.

Lorene was united in marriage with Floyd A. Barr on June 5, 1949 at the Kellogg United Methodist Church. Lorene and Floyd made their home in rural Kellogg where Lorene was a homemaker. She was a member of the Kellogg United Meth-

odist Church, Rushville Women and the Amboy Grange. Lorene enjoyed playing cards and painting Santas with Pauline.

She was also a great cook; her family especially enjoyed her homemade noodles, tuna fish pie, fried chicken and pies.

Lorene is survived by her children, Pauline (Steve) Hesson of Newton, Colleen Lundberg of Waterloo, Carroll (Barb) Barr of Newton, Sam (Denise) Barr of Cedar Falls and Dale (Jody) Barr of Kellogg; grandchildren, Aaron Hesson, Jennifer (Rob) Heffernen, Stephanie

Lundberg, Chad Barr, Heather Bucklin, Benjamin (Nikki) Barr, Bob Long, Bethany Barr, Michael Barr, Anna Barr, Abbie Barr, Ryan Barr and Jessica (Mike) Rother; great-grandchildren, Kalob, Carly, Jacob, Andrew, Adrianna, Grant, Brandon, Courtney, Leah, Lexi, Carson, Lehvi, Tyler, Alex, Emma, Paige, Audrey, Zella and Ruby; her sister, Wanda Burkett of Grinnell; and her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd; granddaughter, Sarah Hesson; and a brother, Gerald Foster.

Newton Union Cemetery in Newton, with military honors.

Following the celebration of life service and the burial the family will greet friends back at the church with a lunch.

Memorials to the First Christian Church may be left at the church on the morning of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Southern Family on the envelope.

Those left to honor Russell’s memory are his wife, JoAnn of Newton; children, Denny (Jodie) Southern of Palm Har-

bor, Fla., and Donna Cook of Newton; step children, Debbie Pherigo of Texas, Mark (Judy) Stevens of Newton, Pam Davidson of Newton and Mike Stevens of Newton; his six grandchildren, W. Miles (Molly) Southern, Michael Lee (Katie) Southern, Andrew Russell (Mary) Southern, Christopher Thomas (Elizabeth) Cook, Katherine Lynne (Darrel) Meling and Kevin Lee (Kristi) Cook; his five step-grandchildren, Amy (Rick) Drake, Matt Davidson, Grant Davidson, Jake Stevens and John Stevens; nine great-grandchildren,

Harvey, Olive, Wyatt, Madison, Thomas, Maynard, Cadance, Emerson and Eleanor; four step-great-grandchildren, Breanna, Nicholas, Logan and Jordan; his siblings, Richard (Darlene) Southern of Centerville, Beatrice French of Moravia, Jim (Betty) Southern of Newton and Roy Southern of Rock Island, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife of 44 years, Colleen; son-in-law, Ernie Cook, Jr.; step-grandson, Aaron Henning; brother, Robert Southern; and two sisters, Edith Singley and Bette Jean Cary.

Capitol II Theatre hosts Halloween food pantry and JCARL drive The Capitol II Theatre in Newton is hosting its annual Halloween food pantry and animal rescue league drive.

The theatre will host a free showing of “The Ring” at 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The movie may be free, but the theatre asks movie goers to bring a donation for the Newton Salvation Army and the Jasper County Animal Rescue League.

Items suggested for The Salvation Army include macaroni and cheese, pasta/pasta sauce, tuna or canned chicken, cereal or instant oatmeal and peanut

butter. Items that are outdated or dented are not accepted.

Items suggested for JCARL include cat and dog food, cat litter, rawhides, paper towels, bleach, air freshers, dog and cat toys, 13 and 42 gallon trash bags.

Monetary donation will also be accepted.

This year the movie will be shown in both theaters — kids without parents will be in one theater and adults in the other.

For more information, contact Dawn Bleeker at manager@ capitol2.com or 641-275-1356.

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

• 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, Marion and Poweshiek (JMP) Early Childhood Iowa Board will meet at 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday at Skiff Medical Center in the South Board Room, 204 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton.

Agenda includes reviewing the audit report, discussing the mid-cycle program and defining impact of local ECI area boards.

• 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.

• A Community Meal will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in the basement, in Newton. Everyone welcome.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Mosquito and Public Health Pest Management CIC will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at ISU Extension, Jasper County, 550 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton. Contact Tammy Welcher at 641792-6433 or welcher@iastate.edu. Registration is $35.

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Congregate Meals Wednesday Rigatoni and meat sauce, garden vegetables, pineapple chunks, berry crisp, garlic bread and skim milk Thursday Chicken tetrazzini, broccoli, plums, cake with strawberries and skim milk For reservations or information about congregate and home-delivered meals, call 641-792-7102 or 866-9427102 toll-free.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Charles L. Loudermilk, 49, of Newton, was charged with assault on persons in certain occupations, eluding and driving while license under suspension at 2:03 a.m. Sept.

15 after police stopped a Pontiac Grand Prix on West Fourth Street North for speeding. The driver was later identified as Loudermilk. He led police on a 13 minute pursuit where he reached speeds of 75 to 80 mph. Loudermilk used his vehicle as a weapon to ram the front driver’s side of a deputy’s patrol vehicle in an attempt to elude

officers. Loudermilk was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Ricky L. Wages, 57, of Kellogg, was charged with operating while under the influence at 6:35 p.m. after police saw a motorcycle crash in the 1200 block of First Avenue East. Police smelled a strong smell of alcohol coming from Wages. Wages told police he had seven drinks prior to the accident. Wages was taken to the police department and refused a breath test. He was released and issued a citation to appear in court.

• Joshua W. Schippers, 38, of Newton, was

charged with violation of no contact order at 7:19 a.m. Oct. 21 after police were called to 226 E. 12th St. N. in reference to a domestic fight. Police met with the reporting party who said Schippers and the victim had an argument and Schippers had fled before police arrived.

When the officer returned to his vehicle, Schippers was standing next to the front door of the residence and he told police he had been hiding in the basement. The victim was inside the residence. Schippers was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Teen rebelling through apathy is challenge for dad to reach DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced and remarried man with two teenage daughters. My ex-wife has custody of my girls one state away. I see them as often as time and the courts allow — two months during the summer, a week during winter break, rotating Thanksgivings, etc.

Both of my daughters are failing miserably in school, but I am most concerned about my younger daughter.

She is 13 and is rebelling badly. I recently spoke with the principal at her school and was told she puts forth zero effort. She arrives at school unclean, and fellow students have complained about the way she smells.

She blames her actions on my absence. This devastates me. I have always tried my best to make her understand that she was not any part of the reason her mother and I divorced. I try to call her often.

My biggest problem is I’m not good at casual conversation and idle chitchat. Generally when we talk, we end up sitting in silence until one of us says, “Well, I gotta go.” My question is, how do I get better at talking to my baby girl so I can let her know how important she is to me? — “GOTTA GO” IN FLORIDA DEAR GOTTA GO: Living one state away, you can’t force your child to shower and make sure she is clean and dressed in fresh clothes before she goes to school — but her mother can and should. Shame on her for allowing it, because the girl will become a social pariah, if it hasn’t happened already. If her poor grades and hygiene are caused by depression, she should be seeing a counselor.

Those phone calls might become easier if you take a few minutes and make a list of topics you think she’s interested in, as well as questions to draw her out, before picking up the phone.

Ask her what she THINKS about something or how she FEELS about

things rather than yes or no questions.

Tell her you are thinking about her and that you love her every time you call, because that’s really the most important message you are trying to convey, and the one she needs the most to hear.

DEAR ABBY: I am a first-time uncle of a 4-month-old nephew. My brother and sister-in-law are extremely close with my wife and me. We see them three or four times a week, and we are very fond of our nephew. I love being an uncle, and my wife loves being an aunt.

My sister-in-law grew up calling all her parents’ friends “Aunt Sally,” “Aunt Jenna” and so on. Naturally, she plans to have my nephew call her friends “aunt” and “uncle” as well. I feel that being an aunt or uncle is much more than just a title. We are family; we are blood. I’m a bit put off when I hear my sister-in-law say, “Here’s Uncle John,” when they see “John” only a couple of times a year. He’s not an uncle to my nephew! Should I be offended, or is it just a title like saying “Mr.”? — REAL UNCLE IN MARYLAND DEAR REAL UNCLE: Simmer down. Your SIL is using the term as an honorary title. As you stated, she does this because it’s the way she was raised.

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CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa Department of Transportation officials are convinced that blue and white emergency lights on snow plows are effective at reducing crashes, and they’re going to seek a change in state law to permanently allow the lights. The department started a test project in 2015 to see if switching to blue and white lights would increase visibility and reduce crashes. The agency found there were 29 crashes from October 2013 to April 2015 that involved vehicles rear-ending or side-swiping plows.

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Central Iowa man accused of stabbing father STATE CENTER — A central Iowa man has been accused of trying to kill his father.

Marshall County Court records say Brian Wengert is charged with attempted murder, obstruction of emergency communications, domestic assault with a weapon and possession of methamphetamine. Authorities say the 44-year-old Wengert was arrested after a brief struggle Saturday evening at the home he shared with his parent in State Center.

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3 Iowa college creates campus wetland to filter farm runoff

WEST BURLINGTON — A community college in southeast Iowa has created a wetland on its campus to filter runoff from college-owned farmland and provide a learning tool for students and farmers. The wetland on Southeastern Community College’s West Burlington campus will typically be between 1.5 to 2 acres. It could be as large as 9 acres during heavy rain, said Sabrina Pidgeon, an agriculture instructor at the college. The wetland is located on the school’s agriculture field primarily used for corn and soybeans.

Trial in Iowa City slaying moved to Scott County IOWA CITY — The trial of a man accused of killing an Iowa City taxi driver has been moved to Scott County.

A judge agreed with defense attorneys that pretrial publicity harmed Curtis Jones’ chances for an unbiased jury in Johnson County. The 41-year-old has pleaded not guilty to robbery and first-degree murder.

He’s accused of killing 46-year-old Ricky Lillie, whose body was found June 28 in his cab. Jones’ trial in Davenport is scheduled to begin April 9.

5 Two hospitalized after fire fills basement with smoke

DUBUQUE — Authorities say two people were sent to a hospital after a fire filled a Dubuque basement with smoke. Firetrucks were dispatched to the home a little before 12:05 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say three people there were evacuated, along with three pets. The two people hospitalized had reported minor smoke inhalation. The residents had been working on the building furnace an hour before the fire broke out.

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Iowa withdraws stopgap insurance proposal DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa officials withdrew a proposal Monday that sought to pull out of the Affordable Care Act and redirect federal money toward lowering premiums for younger participants under a separate program.

If the Trump administration had approved Iowa’s waiver request, it would have been the first to create a staterun alternative to the health exchanges required under the law championed by President Barack Obama.

Insurance premiums in the state marketplaces are based largely on income, but

Iowa’s proposal would have made age a factor as well. Officials argued that would make the policies more attractive Reynolds for younger, healthier residents, although some older residents may have been hit with even higher costs.

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen said he learned from U.S. Department of Treasury officials last week that it would be sever-

al weeks before they could provide estimates about how much money the state would receive from the federal government to run its program.

It decided to withdraw because open enrollment for next year begins in nine days and there wasn’t enough time, Ommen said.

Because of high costs, only one company chose to offer coverage next year in the Iowa exchange — Minnesota-based Medica — but that was only if it could increase rates by 58 percent for existing customers. Individuals buying insurance from other companies will see even

higher rate increases. Those insured by Aetna, for example, will see rates double, Ommen said.

In Iowa about 72,000 individuals including farmers, small business owners and retirees buy their insurance on the individual market.

Most others get their insurance through their work or have policies grandfathered in when the Affordable Care Act was created.

Ommen said he expects between 18,000 and 22,000 people to drop insurance under the planned rate increases in Iowa.

“We believe Iowa’s stop-

gap measure was better than Obamacare. It lowered premiums keeping healthy individuals in the market,” he said.

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Trump supporter, denied the federal government was going to deny Iowa’s application. She repeatedly expressed her dislike of the health care law, which she blames for destroying the insurance market in Iowa and said Congress needs to fix it.

Reynolds said she will visit Washington Tuesday and meet with Vice President Mike Pence and others to further discuss solutions.

Regents pick ISU ag dean as next university president AMES (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents on Monday chose the dean of Iowa S t a t e Un i v e rsity’s agriculture college as the s c h o o l’s n e x t president.

T h e Wintersteen board appointed Wendy Wintersteen as Iowa State’s 16th president, filling a position left vacant when Steven Leath took a job as president of Auburn University. She will be the first female president since Iowa State’s founding in 1858.

The 61-year-old Wintersteen has been dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences since 2006. During this time, the regents noted in a news release that she had helped raise more than $247 million from donors and that undergraduate enrollment in the agriculture college had grown by 90 percent.

“My goal is that we will make Iowa State University the best land grant university in the nation,” Wintersteen said during a brief announcement ceremony on the Ames campus.

Following that ambitious goal, Wintersteen said she looked forward to meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Legislature to “communicate the important successes that

occur every day and the value of Iowa State University to our communities and developing increased economic activity in this state.”

Last session, the Legislature reduced yearover-year state funding to Iowa State, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa by about $30 million. The universities plan to increase tuition to offset the funding cut.

Wintersteen’s contract is for five years, and she’ll be paid $525,000 in her first year, $550,000 in her second year and $590,000 in year three. She’ll also receive a package of deferred compensation that will increase from $125,000 in year one to $200,000 in the third year.

Leath had an annual salary of $525,000 and a compensation package, which he forfeited by voluntarily resigning. Leath served 5½ years as president and oversaw a surge in enrollment to more than 36,000 and fundraising success, but also controversies about his use of university planes and the purchase of land with help from a former regent president’s company.

Wintersteen was chosen from 64 applicants and four finalists.

Wintersteen has spent much of her career at ISU, starting in 1979 and leaving only briefly in 1989 and 1990 to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.

A thick layer of fog rolls over the Mississippi River toward Dubuque on Monday.

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Former FBI director in Iowa: It’s for family, not politics DES MOINES (AP) — Scorned by President Donald Trump, former FBI director James Comey turned up in, of all places, Iowa this past weekend.

Cue the speculation.

One of Trump’s best-known adversaries was seen dining at 801 Chophouse in Des Moines, the must-stop steakhouse for the political elite eyeing the state’s quadrennial presidential caucuses.

Comey, who was fired by the president in May, also posed for a photo along a rural, farm road with a neatly groomed field and shining stainless steel grain bins as his backdrop, as countless White House aspirants have done before him.

However, Comey was not, it appears, taking the fledgling

steps of those who would seek the office Trump now holds. He was visiting his inlaws.

D a m o n Murphy, general manager Comey of 801 Chophouse, said Comey was visiting with his wife Patrice, an Iowa native, whose father was celebrating his 90th birthday. Murphy said Comey and party “quietly enjoyed their meal.”

Twitter had fun as Comey used the pseudonym handle Reinhold Niebuhr, the name of the late American theologian and political critic, to post photos.

One showed him gazing across a rural landscape under a cloudswept autumn sky.

The pseudonym was confirmed as Comey by Brookings Institution legal analyst Benjamin Wittes.

The tweets also included shots of a silhouetted Comey in a cornfield facing an orange sunset and a flock of white birds identified as “migrating white pelicans in Iowa.”

“Goodbye Iowa. On the road home,” said the caption of one picture of Comey actually standing on a road. In introducing the Twitter account, he added, “Gotta get back to writing. Will try to tweet in useful ways,” a comment sure to be interpreted as a jab at his prolifically tweeting former boss.

Local & State News LIHEAP applications available now to help pay winter heating bills

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As winter approaches, MidAmerican Energy Company is reminding customers that applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are being accepted now in Iowa for the elderly and disabled. All other qualified individuals can begin applying Nov. 1.

LIHEAP is a federally funded energy assistance program designed to help low-income families who are having trouble paying their heating bills. Last year, approximately 36,000 households in Iowa received benefits from LIHEAP. The average payment was $440 per household.

“Winters in the Midwest are always unpredictable, and wondering if you can keep up with your energy bills doesn’t help,” said Kathryn Kunert, vice president of economic connections and integration for MidAmerican Energy. “If any customers worry about challenges paying their bills this winter, we encourage them to apply for LIHEAP or get in touch with us to learn about our payment options. We

want to make sure every customer who has questions about their energy bills and costs going into winter contacts us to get the answers and help they need.”

LIHEAP funds are received in the form of a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Community action agencies in Iowa review applications and administer the funds. Grants are determined based on household income, household size, type of primary heating fuel, type of housing and other factors to ensure households with the greatest need receive the highest level of assistance. To be eligible, the total household income for an applicant in Iowa must be at or below 175 percent of the 2017 federal poverty guidelines. For

example, a single-person household can qualify with an annual gross income of $21,105 and a family of four can qualify with an annual gross income of $43,050.

Customers are encouraged to sign up early for LIHEAP to ensure they receive the assistance they need. LIHEAP application forms are available at any community action agency. For more information visit humanrights.iowa. gov/dcaa/liheap.

What if you don’t qualify for LIHEAP? MidAmerican Energy customers who are not eligible for LIHEAP but are having difficulties managing their energy bills should call MidAmerican Energy at 888-427-5632 to discuss the company’s many payment and billing options, including Budget Billing. Budget Billing spreads your annual energy costs out evenly throughout the year, so you pay the same amount each month. While Budget Billing is not a discount program and does not lower rates, it does offer the convenience of a consistent, predictable bill.

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Good News Newton Newton Development Corporation • Oct. 31 Trick or Treats: 4 to 6 p.m. Main Street Downtown, 5 to 7 p.m. Skiff or Treat and 6 to 8 p.m.

City of Newton Trick or Treating.

• As work on the middle school progresses many Newton teachers are taking advantage of learning opportunities in their backyard, such as reading blueprints and figuring out square footage.

• Vote on Nov. 7 for mayor and city council positions. Did you know the City of Newton has had a mayor-council form of government since 1982.

• Newton’s Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) on Oct. 4 saw 116 Industrial Tech students to six of our area manufacturer’s-TPI, Trinity, Product Development Partners, Patriot Converting, Rock Communications and Thomberts. Plus tours of Maytag DMACC Campus and Plant 2.

• Relocation of Motorcycle Man to a new area on the Newton DMACC campus. The welding instructor and students will be creating a new piece of art for the entrance spot.

• A feasibility study has been completed by RDG on the land around and adjacent to the Iowa Speedway at exit 168. Meetings have been held with the Iowa Speedway and land owners in that area to get their input and share the information gathered by RDG. • Newton School District preliminary enrollment numbers has seen an increase into the triple digits.

• There are two prospects looking for space at Plant 2. Each prospect is looking at approximately 100,000 square feet each.

• Atlas Hydraulics was purchased by the Gates Corporation, plans are to increase production at the Newton facility.

• Check out the Newton video on http://www.newtondevelopmentcorporation.com/

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Iowa DNR launches ‘Let’s Go Hunting’ campaign The Iowa DNR is launching a new campaign this week called “Let’s Go Hunting” to encourage more people to either try hunting, to get back into hunting, or for passionate hunters to share their favorite pastime with a beginner.

According to Dale Garner, division administrator of the DNR’s Conservation and Recreation Division, the number one reason someone tries hunting for the first time is because they received an invitation from an experienced hunter; often a parent, family member or adult mentor.

“Many people think of passing on hunting traditions to kids, and that’s definitely important,” Garner said.

“But we are encouraging hunters to also consider inviting an adult friend, co-workers or spouse, really anyone who has an interest in the outdoors, in discovering a new organic meat source, or even just spending quality time with friends and family.”

The multi-channel campaign includes the development of new videos that showcase “why” people hunt, along with a web page and a social media photo contest, among other campaign components. The campaign will also promote hunter education, the Apprentice License, and hunting-related links and applications, including the DNR’s online license sales site.

Campaign partners include Izaak Walton League, the National Turkey Federation, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, Raised Hunting, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International-Iowa Chapter and Whitetails Unlimited.

The campaign kicked off on October 16 and will run through mid-December.

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Construction Continued from Page 1A manager for the Hansen Company, who is handling the construction duties at the middle school, led Monday night’s tour. Welker said while crews have worked through some rain issues, they are on track so far and consistently hitting milestones.

“We’ve had a couple of rain events, but it looks worse than it is,” Welker said.

Working around the weather is the biggest concern crews at the middle school face, Welker said.

A long run of dry weather, coupled with no snow will help crews meet their deadlines and stay on target. Despite a rainy fall, Callaghan said he’s optimistic about the construction schedule.

“We’re still beating all of our milestones, but the winter is a factor,” Callaghan said.

In order to stay on schedule, the construction crew recently added a second drilling rig to speed up progress at the site. Crews are installing 320 rods 205 feet deep to run the building’s state-of-the-art geothermal heating and cooling system. Right now 80 of the rods have been placed, but administrators are confident that the addition of a second drilling rig will speed up the process.

“With so much rain they’re a little bit behind,” Callaghan said.

Concrete work on the upper level is nearly complete, and crews plan to begin pouring the floors on the lower level this week, weather permitting, Welker said. Exterior framing will start this week on the building as well, with a focus on getting the building sealed up before winter weather hits. Once framing starts, Welker estimated it will

Courtesy of FRK Architects + Engineers This artist’s rendering shows what a potential student classroom will look like in the new Berg Middle School.

Courtesy of FRK Architects + Engineers This artist’s rendering shows the new media center concept for the new Berg Middle School.

take three weeks to get the building enclosed to allow crews to start working on the interior. NCSD board president Travis Padget said he was excited to see the building taking shape during the tour.

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Baxter netters advance past GMG

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News GARWIN — The Baxter volleyball team spent a little bit longer in the locker room after its match with Green Mountain-Garwin on Monday night.

They had a reason to celebrate.

The Bolts advanced past the second round of the postseason for the first time since 2009 following a four-set win over GMG. Baxter also is guaranteed a non-losing season, too, as it downed the Wolverines 25-15, 25-11, 24-26, 25-16 on the road during Class 1A Region 3 quarterfinal action.

“It feels amazing. I have never made it past first round since I have been in high school so it’s great,” senior Jordynn Wesselink said. “We are starting a new tradition at Baxter and this is a great way to start it.”

Strong efforts at the net by senior Jordynn Wesselink and sophomore Amber Weltha helped overcome an early injury to senior Mary Schabilion.

Sophomore Sadie Meyer also played well in her place.

Wesselink finished with 20 kills, eight digs and four aces and Weltha tallied 16 kills and five blocks. Both got the Bolts (14-13) out quick in the opening set.

Wesselink had a pair of kills

in the first five points, and Weltha made it 6-1 with her first kill of the match.

GMG got within 9-5 a little bit later, but Baxter pulled away and grabbed a 1-0 lead in the match after senior Lexi Ewing served up her second ace of the set.

The second set was even until Baxter ended it on a huge run. GMG was tied with the Bolts five different times before Baxter scored seven straight to go up 125. The last two points on that run were back-to-back kills by Wesselink.

“She’s really stepped up in the last few matches and into the playoffs. She doesn’t want the season to end,” Baxter coach Scott Ranck said. “She has some of that senior urgency. She makes sure she puts it away almost every time she gets the chance.”

The Bolts used another 8-0 run push the advantage to 21-8. That run started and ended with Wesselink kills, but Meyer also served up three aces.

“Sadie Meyer’s serve was big for us in set two,” Ranck said. “Mary might have been able to play, but Sadie was doing fine so I stayed with her. We had some girls step up tonight in Mary’s absence. It was a good team effort.”

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Baxter senior Sailor Hinegardner reacts to a point in the fourth set against GMG during the Bolts’ four-set win over the Wolverines on Monday night. Hinegardner had eight digs in the win.

Forsyth, Callaghan are Newton’s 2017 Wendy’s Heisman award winners Four other area athletes recognized Newton Daily News Seniors Anna Forsyth and Jack Callaghan have been selected as the 2017 Wendy’s High School Heisman award winners for Newton High School.

“These students are known by their teachers and friends for their commitment to excellence. We are excited and honored that a program like Wendy’s High School Heisman is also recognizing their hard work,” Newton High principal Bill Peters said.

Forsyth competes for the Cardinal girls’ basketball team and soccer team. Callaghan runs on the NHS boys’ cross country and track teams.

Wendy’s Heisman school winners receive a certificate and a Wendy’s High School Heisman Patch. State finalists will receive a bronze med-

Submitted Photos Newton High seniors Anna Forsyth, left, and Jack Callaghan, right, were awarded 2017 Wendy’s High School Heisman Awards for their school. Jasper County had six school winners this year and two state finalists.

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Kayla Sopher was Prairie City-Monroe’s school winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman award.

Iowa’s state 2017 Wendy’s High School Heisman award winners are Makenzie Cunard of Logan-Magnolia Jr.-Sr. High School and Benjamin McClain of Clay Central-Everly Junior Senior High School.

Since 1994, Wendy’s High School Heisman has honored more than 600,000 of the nation’s most esteemed high school seniors who share Wendy’s values of giving back to their communities, treating people with respect, continuing education and excelling on the athletic field.

The Wendy’s High School Heisman is a joint program between Wendy’s and the Heisman Trophy Trust, host and custodians of the Heisman Memorial Trophy.

Hot World Series on deck: Altuve, Astros vs Kershaw, Dodgers

By Ben Walker The Associated Press Big-time aces Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander.

Playoff boppers Jose Altuve and Justin Turner.

A pair of 100-win teams for the first time in nearly a half-century. Hollywood Walk of Fame vs. Texans who wear the star. A little extra Magic, plus Nolan back in the fast lane.

This is one hot World Series — the Houston Astros, fresh off a Game 7 victory over the Yankees, taking on the narrowly favored Los Angeles Dodgers, well rested after a postseason romp.

Could be real steamy, too.

It’s supposed to be almost 100 degrees at Dodger Stadium for the opener Tuesday night, maybe the hottest tempera-

ture ever at a World Series game.

“Now we chase the ultimate prize,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “There’s two teams standing. It’s a race to four wins now. At the start there’s a race to 11, we’ve got seven of them down.”

At least the familiar October chill that makes players and fans shiver shouldn’t be

an issue outdoors in sunbaked California or under the retractable roof at Minute Maid Park.

Not that young stars Cody Bellinger and Carlos Correa would mind, nor would old pros Carlos Beltran and Chase Utley, nor top starters Dallas Keuchel and Yu Darvish.

Because a chance to win a ring doesn’t come very often

— these teams that have already played more than 700 games against each other over the years already know that.

The Astros have never won the crown. They’re playing for a whole region, with the Houston Strong patches on their uniforms representing an area hit hard by Hurricane Harvey.

“There’s a lot of people that are really hurting right now in this city,” said Verlander, the ALCS MVP. “And it gives the city something to rally around and gives people something to cheer for that otherwise may not have a lot to be hopeful for.”

The Dodgers haven’t been in the World Series since 1988, when Kirk Gibson’s bat, Orel Hershiser’s arm and Tommy Lasorda’s moves outdid Oakland for the crown.

Now with Lakers great Magic Johnson as a part-owner, this LA team that led the majors with 104 wins is hoping to bring back the glory days that began in Brooklyn.

“I just want to win a World Series,” Kershaw said after the Dodgers dethroned the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series. “I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there. So, I’m definitely not taking this one for granted.”

Said mercurial outfielder Yasiel Puig: “The trophy’s coming soon.”

The Astros, the major leagues’ highest-scoring team this year, have never even won a World Series game. They only time they made it this far was 2005, when a club that SERIES | 2B

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SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday Volleyball Regionals Class 1A Region 3 Semifinals Baxter at Janesville, 7 p.m.

Friday Football Playoffs Class 2A Williamsburg at PCM, 7 p.m.

Class A New London at Lynnville-Sully, 7 p.m.

Saturday Girls Swimming NCMP at Regional, Johnston, noon Cross Country State meet At Fort Dodge PCM, Class 2A girls, 1 p.m.

Baxter, Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully Class, 1A girls, 2 p.m.

Baxter, Class 1A boys, 2:30 p.m.

Series Continued from Page 1B included Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte got swept by the White Sox. In fact, a World Series prize is the one piece of hardware missing from the trophy case from the Lone Star State. Texas teams have won the Super Bowl and championships in the NBA, NHL, college football and men’s and women’s basketball, but never in baseball.

Under the leadership of executive Nolan Ryan, the Texas Rangers came within one strike in 2011 before losing to St. Louis. The Ryan Express, who once pitched a no-hitter for Houston against the Dodgers, is currently an Astros exec.

The Astros posted 101 wins this year — not since Baltimore (108) and Cincinnati (102) in 1970 has the World Series matched teams who reached triple-digits.

These teams last met in 2015, when the Astros swept a three-game series at home.

Overall, the Dodgers are 388-323 vs. the Astros. Houston debuted as the Colt .45s as a National League expansion team in 1962, beat the Dodgers in a one-game playoff for the NL West championship in 1980 and eventually moved to the AL in 2013.

That first year in the AL, the young Astros got pounded and lost 111 times. But with smart drafts and player development, Houston emerged as a power.

Hinch’s club capped its rise by beating Boston in the AL Division Series, then stopping the Yankees 4-0 Saturday night in Game 7 of the ALCS. The Dodgers, with a major league-high $226 million payroll, won their fifth straight NL West title this year, then 7-1 in the playoffs against the Diamondbacks and Cubs under manager Dave Roberts.

The result? Their first pennant since 1988 — the year Kershaw was born.

2017 World Series Glance

By The Associated Press All Games Televised by Fox (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Houston vs. L.A. Dodgers Tuesday, Oct. 24: Houston (Keuchel 14-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 184), 7:09 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 25: Houston (Verlander 15-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 12-8), 7:09 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 27: L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 7:09 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 28: L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 7:09 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 29: L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 7:16 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 31: Houston at L.A. Dodgers, 7:09 p.m. x-Wednesday, Nov. 1: Houston at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

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Upstart Iowa State enters key stretch in contention in Big 12

By Eric Olson The Associated Press It’s getting real in Ames.

Iowa State (5-2, 3-1) is off to its best start in 15 years and on Sunday entered The Associated Press poll for the first time since 2005, at No. 25. And this week the Cyclones play fourthranked TCU on homecoming for — get this — a share of first place in the Big 12.

Typically the Cyclones are playing out the string by late October. A 31-13 win at Texas Tech on Saturday offered more evidence that this isn’t the same team that had not won more than three games in a season since 2012 and had finished ninth or 10th in the 10-team Big 12 in four of the six years since the conference ended its division alignment.

Cyclones fans can dare to dream of their team playing Dec. 2 in the Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. But first Iowa State must navigate a schedule that, after TCU, has it playing at West Virginia and hosting Oklahoma State (both are 3-1 in the conference). The Cyclones finish with road games against Baylor and Kansas State.

“Obviously, this is the most wins I’ve had in a season,” senior receiver Allen Lazard said. “We have to go out there and focus on the next game.

Can’t look at the bigger picture too much. We have to focus on our goal right now. If we focus on the task at hand, the rest will take care of itself.”

Iowa State’s long-awaited resurgence has occurred under second-year coach Matt Campbell, who went 3-9 in 2016 and started 2-2 this season after close home losses to Iowa and Texas.

Now the Cyclones have won three straight conference games for the first time since 2011, starting with that magical afternoon in Norman on Oct. 7. Iowa State beat then-No. 3 Oklahoma 38-31, a victory that ended a longest-in-the-nation 20-game losing streak against ranked opponents and was its first against the Sooners since 1990.

AP Photo Iowa State’s Braxton Lewis (33) tackles Texas Tech’s Demarcus Felton (27) during last Saturday’s Big 12 Conference football game at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Iowa State won on the road, 31-13, over Texas Tech to go 3-1 in conference play and 5-2 overall.

Lazard, who grew up 45 miles from Ames in Urbandale and whose father played for the Cyclones in the early 1990s, said it dawned on him in the second half against Oklahoma that there was something different about this ISU team.

“We realized this is the No. 3 team in the nation. They’ve had all this history. Definitely way more talented than us,” Lazard said. “If we just stick together, play 11 as 1, we can play with any team in the country.”

Iowa State has survived a quarterback change necessitated when starter Jacob Park took a leave from the team to address what Campbell called “personal medical concerns.”

Senior walk-on Kyle Kempt started his first game against Oklahoma and has completed 70 percent of his passes (53 of 76) for 659 yards, with seven touchdowns against one interception.

Kempt has a host of playmakers around him in running back David Montgomery and receivers Lazard, Trever Ryen, Hakeem Butler and Marchie Murdock. Montgomery has rushed for 92 yards a game,

NHS freshmen lose final football game

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News INDIANOLA — Newton High’s freshmen were locked in a 21-21 game against host Indianola Friday night, which was the halftime score. The Cardinals were shutout in the second half, losing their final game of the season 34-21.

Trailing 7-0 after the first quarter, Dakota Adams Adams dashed 71 yards for Newton and Josh Meyer kicked the tying extra point. A fumble recovery by Newton’s Lane Arrowood set up the Cardinals’ next score.

Cade Cupples connected with Meyer for a touchdown pass.

Newton led 13-7 then fell behind 14-13.

The Cardinals regained the lead on a 63-yard TD pass from Cupples to Gavin Trostel. Gavin Urias had the 2-point conversion run.

On the ensuing kickoff, Indianola tied the game on a 100-yard return for a touchdown. Indianola broke the tie in third quarter on its way to a victory.

No other individual statistics for Newton were available.

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and each of the four receivers has more than 300 yards in receptions.

ISU and SMU are the only two teams in the nation that haven’t lost a fumble, and at 35 points a game the Cyclones are on pace to have their highest-scoring offense since 1976.

The defense has been one of the best in the Big 12 and carried the day against Texas Tech, holding the nation’s No. 4 scoring offense to season lows of 13 points, 207 yards passing and 336 total yards.

Marcel Spears ran back an interception 61 yards for a touchdown, and the Cyclones finished with 16 points off Tech turnovers. They lead the conference in turnover margin and are the least penalized team in the Big 12.

Joel Lanning averages 11 tackles a game and with Spears and Willie Harvey gives ISU one of the top linebacker units in the league, linemen J.D. Waggoner and JaQuan Bailey are a handful up front, and safety Kamari Cotton-Moya anchors as solid secondary.

With five games left, the Cyclones need one more win to

become bowl eligible for the first time since 2012. There are much bigger goals out there, though.

“That will be something at the end of the season we can look back at and say, Did we reach our full potential?”

Campbell said. “If you really want to be a good football team, all you can worry about is what you do. As soon as you start buying into everything else that everybody wants to say nice about you, bad things happen.”

Nice things are being said, to be sure. But the tangible results on the field have been more than enough to make the Cyclones feel good about themselves heading into the TCU game.

“Pretty confident. I mean, there’s no reason not to be,” Lanning said after Saturday’s game in Lubbock, Texas.

“We’ve got to move on from this. We can celebrate today.

Tomorrow we’ve got to come back to work, fix some mistakes. Next week’s a big week for us. It’s not going to be easy.

Every week is a tough week in the Big 12.”

Bolts Continued from Page 1B with consecutive kills. A Wesselink ace made the 2-0 advantage official.

“The first two sets, we came out very strong,” Wesselink said. ‘”Our hitters were on point and the passing was phenomenal. Those were two really good sets for us.”

The Bolts led 7-0 in each of the final two sets but only one of those ended in victory.

Meyer served up two more aces and Weltha had back-to-back kills to begin the third set.

The Wolverines (8-17) chipped away at their deficit though.

They eventually closed to within one on four different occasions, but Baxter maintained an advantage with a 4-0 run that put it up 19-14. The lead was short-lived as GMG tied the set at 20-all and then snuck in a 26-24 victory to avoid the sweep.

“I think we took it easy. We were laid back and weren’t aggressive,” said Baxter junior setter Sydney Schmidt, who finished with 35 assists and four kills. “We were tipping too much.”

Three kills by Wesselink and two kills and a block by Weltha gave the visitors another 7-0 lead in the fourth set. This time, Baxter maintained its lead throughout and cruised to an easy win.

The closest GMG got was 14-12 on an ace

by Eve Gallentine. The Bolts countered with a 6-0 run to get within five points of victory.

The two teams then traded points the rest of the way, but Baxter won by nine.

“We set things up well with good passes, and the hitters did their thing. It was a good team effort,” Schmidt said. “That one felt really good. It was a big deal for us and we are excited for Janesville.”

Next up for the Bolts is top-ranked Janesville, which enters the regional semifinals at 32-7 but has not lost to a 1A school all season. The defending champions have dropped just one set to a 1A program — No. 7 Tripoli — this year.

After Wesselink and Weltha, four other

Troy Hyde/Daily News Baxter sophomore Amber Weltha finished with 16 kills and three blocks in the four-set win over GMG on Monday night.

Bolts had at least three kills. Freshman Hallee Rainsbarger and Schmidt tallied four each, while Meyer and sophomore Bekka Watt each had three.

Senior Sailor Hinegardner tallied 18 digs, Meyer finished with seven digs and five aces and Ewing collected eight digs.

The Bolts were 88-of-96 in serving and tallied 11 aces. Meyer was 24-of-27, and Schmidt finished 13-of-13.

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

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NOTICE OF REGULAR CITY ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 2017 TO BE HELD FOR THE CITY OF LAMBS GROVE AND FORM OF BALLOT NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT AND TO BORROW MONEY THEREUNDER IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $980,000 (GENERAL OBLIGATION) The City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa (the “City”), will meet on November 6, 2017, at the City Hall Council Chambers, Newton, Iowa, at 6:00 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of instituting proceedings and taking action on a proposal to enter into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and to borrow money thereunder in a principal amount not to exceed $980,000 for the purpose of paying the costs, to that extent, of undertaking urban renewal projects in the North Central Urban Renewal Area consisting of (1) making HVAC improvements to the Municipal Library; (2) funding improvements to the DMACC Newton campus facilities; and (3) funding grants to promote the development of second story housing in the downtown area.

The Loan Agreement is proposed to be entered into pursuant to authority contained in Section 384.24A and Section 384.24(3) (q) of the Code of Iowa and will constitute a general obligation of the City.

At any time before the date fixed for taking action to enter into the Loan Agreement, a petition may be filed with the City Clerk of the City asking that the question of entering into the Loan Agreement be submitted to the registered voters of the City, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. If no such petition is filed, at the aforementioned time and place, oral or written objections may be filed or made to the proposal to enter into the Loan Agreement.

After receiving objections, the City may determine to enter into the Loan Agreement, in which case, the decision will be final unless appealed to the District Court within fifteen (15) days thereafter.

By order of the City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa.

Katrina Davis City Clerk October 24 NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT AND TO BORROW MONEY THEREUNDER IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,180,000 (GENERAL OBLIGATION) The City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa (the “City”), will meet on November 6, 2017, at the City Hall Council Chambers, Newton, Iowa, at 6:00 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of instituting proceedings and taking action on a proposal to enter into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and to borrow money thereunder in a principal amount not to exceed $1,180,000 for the purpose of paying the costs, to that extent, of undertaking an urban renewal project in the North Central Urban Renewal Area consisting of providing grant and/or loan support to the Hotel Maytag redevelopment project.

The Loan Agreement is proposed to be entered into pursuant to authority contained in Section 384.24A and Section 384.24(3) (q) of the Code of Iowa and will constitute a general obligation of the City.

At any time before the date fixed for taking action to enter into the Loan Agreement, a petition may be filed with the City Clerk of the City asking that the question of entering into the Loan Agreement be submitted to the registered voters of the City, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. If no such petition is filed, at the aforementioned time and place, oral or written objections may be filed or made to the proposal to enter into the Loan Agreement.

After receiving objections, the City may determine to enter into the Loan Agreement, in which case, the decision will be final unless appealed to the District Court within fifteen (15) days thereafter.

By order of the City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa.

Katrina Davis City Clerk October 24 NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT AND TO BORROW MONEY THEREUNDER IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $360,000 (GENERAL OBLIGATION) The City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa (the “City”), will meet on November 6, 2017, at the City Hall Council Chambers, Newton, Iowa, at 6:00 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of instituting proceedings and taking action on a proposal to enter into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and to borrow money thereunder in a principal amount not to exceed $360,000 for the purpose of paying the costs, to that extent, of constructing street improvements.

The Loan Agreement is proposed to be entered into pursuant to authority contained in Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa and will constitute a general obligation of the City.

At that time and place, oral or written objections may be filed or made to the proposal to enter into the Loan Agreement.

After receiving objections, the City may determine to enter into the Loan Agreement, in which case, the decision will be final unless appealed to the District Court within fifteen (15) days thereafter.

By order of the City Council of the City of Newton, Iowa.

Katrina Davis City Clerk October 24

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Public notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of the City of Lambs Grove, Jasper County, Iowa that the regular city election will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 for the purpose of electing 1 (one) mayor and 5 (five) Council Members.

Public notice is further given to inform Lambs Grove voters that the polling location for this election will be the Jasper County Church of Christ (the Former Union Hall) located at 1813 1st St. N., Newton, Iowa.

The polls for said election will be open from 12 Noon to 8:00 p.m.

Public testing of the voting equipment to be used in this election will begin Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 1:00 pm and will continue until completed, at the Jasper County Election Equipment Building, 113 W. 2nd St. S., Newton, IA 50208.

THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 27, 2017 IN THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE OR BY MAIL IF POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 23, 2017. DEADLINE FOR REGISTERED VOTERS TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL IS NOVEMBER 3, 2017. IF VOTERS ARE UNABLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE ON OR BEFORE THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE, IOWA LAW PERMITS SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION. VOTERS MAY REGISTER AT THEIR POLLING LOCATION WITH CURRENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF RESIDENCE ON ELECTION DAY. Dennis K. Parrott Jasper County Auditor and

Southwest

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FREE TO a good home. 3 kittens, 13 weeks old, very tame and played with by small children, 2 gray and 1 tabby, 1 is fluffy. Local Newton (319)270-3084.

MISCELLANEOUS

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No pets. No smoking. $650/month plus deposit.

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Matching winged back chairs * loveseat * Victorian settee * round high top table set * marble topped Eastlake dresser * corner cabinet * wood dinette table * cane chairs * immigrant trunks * floor Columbia Grafanola with 78rpm records * vintage bassinette * large New England bookcase * Isabel Bloom figures * paper weights * 12' X 20' wool area rug * brass coat tree * table lamps * floor lamps * oil lamps * armoire * wood desk * computer desk * bookcases * side tables * piano stool * mirrors * artwork, including California artist large wall painting * wicker baskets * small electronics * Magnavox reel to reel * Magnavox flat screen TV * JVC turn table * Panasonic VCR * wood TV trays * Kundo anniversary clock * small kitchen appliances * kitchenware * cookbooks * granite canner * canning jars * linens * glassware * silverplate service pieces * Johnson Brothers “Old Britain Castles” china * Christmas dinnerware * crockery * vintage wedding dress * doll house wire and wood furniture * rubber stamps * board games * toy box * vintage books * Christmas décor including feather trees, flocked tree, pre-light tree * golf balls * metal 5 drawer legal size file cabinet * Hoover Wind Tunnel self propelled upright vac * Hoover steam vac cleaner * folding chairs * round card tables * milk can * milk crates * step ladders * vintage camp cook stove * Black and Decker circular saw * shop vacs * hand tools * lawn and garden tools * new in box electric Weed Eater trimmer * Weber gas and charcoal grills * fans * shelving * hose reel cabinet * John Deere electric start snow blower * large wheel barrow * gas cans * women's Schwinn bike * lawn chairs * park bench * always lots more!

Please bring your own help to move furniture. Entry numbers handed out at 7:15 am.

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The Newton Daily News recommends that you investigate every phase of investment opportunities. We suggest you consult your own attorney or ask for a free pamphlet and advice from the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. Hoover Building, Des Moines, IA 50319. 515-281-5926.

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NOTICE OF REGULAR CITY ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 2017 TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF KELLOGG AND FORM OF BALLOT Public notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of the City of Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa that the regular city election will be held on Tuesday November 7, 2017 for the purpose of electing 1 (one) Mayor and 3 (three) City Council Members.

Polling location for this election will be the Kellogg City Hall, 417 Front St., Kellogg.

The polls for said election will be open from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.

Public testing of the voting equipment to be used in this election will begin Tuesday, October 27, 2017 at 1:00 pm and will continue until completed, at the Jasper County Election Equipment Building, 113 W. 2nd St. S., Newton, IA 50208.

At said election, the ballot to be used will be in substantially the following form:

BUSINESS LAPTOP rolling luggage $35. ($80 new).

White Wicker Clothes Hamper $15. Xbox 360 Game - The Bourne Conspiracy $12.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1:64 scale Cars $12/each. 515-3137803 DOUBLE SIZE bed, bookcase headboard with footboard and metal frame supports. Painted off white. $25.00. 641-275-0615.

GOLF CLUBS: Wilson Ultra prestige tour #1-#3-#5 woods, Dyna Power oversize irons #3-#9 w/PW and LW, Wilson blade style putter, bag-balls-tee's, all in good condition.

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JET DC – 1100 A portable dust collector. $450. or OBO. 641-275-5410.

LONGABERGER 15� wide black wrought iron utility shelf $15., assorted glass bells $3. each, natural wicker stand – 27: tall x 12�

W x 12�D $15., assorted shapes salts – 4 @ $3, black cat S&P shakers – nodders $10., 2 Halloween bears $5., Fenton blue Hobnail basket $15., red Hobnail rose bowl with fluted top $15., assorted cook books 15-20 $10.

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OLD FARM equipment and metal, for scrap. 641-5210573.

OLDER MODEL Maytag gas clothes dryer $30. 641275-5411.

PFALTZGRAFF 3 qt. Canister with lid, 2 ½ qt. Canister (no lid) 2 @ $10., butter dish with lid $5., Heirloom pattern- assorted costume jewelry – some rhinestone $5. & $10., 8� purple grape & oak leaf – fluted edges $45., 5� Wagner skillet $10., 69� black & gold Hall tree with round marble like base $15., 14� x 11� Lone Wolf picture $25. 7928017.

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THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 27, 2017 OR BY MAIL IF POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 23, 2017. DEADLINE FOR REGISTERED VOTERS TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL IS NOVEMBER 3, 2017. IF VOTERS ARE UNABLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE ON OR BEFORE THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE, IOWA LAW PERMITS SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION. VOTERS MAY REGISTER AT THEIR POLLING LOCATION WITH CURRENT IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF RESIDENCE ON ELECTION DAY. Dennis K. Parrott Jasper County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections

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De Jong Mfg. offers competitive pay and excellent benefits; including medical, dental and life insurance, bonus, vacation and holiday pay, and a Profit Sharing Plan.

Apply in person, or mail your resume to: De Jong Mfg., Inc. 1030 Hwy. 146 PO Box 515 New Sharon, IA 50207-0515 641-637-4455 E-mail: jobs@dejongmfg.com (Pre-employment drug screen required)

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TOYOTA, 1986 xtracab, long bed deluxe, 4 cylinder, 5 speed, bed liner, topper, engine & drive train good, body rusted, 160k miles, $1500. 515-9942758 UTILITY H&H trailer 5ft x 10ft, new in 2008, new tires, has spare, jack & lug wrench, drop gate, single axle $1500. Bruce 641521-5141

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5X8 ENCLOSED Trailer, new hitch & jack $700.

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De Jong Mfg. Inc., a highly automated metal fabricator, is experiencing continued growth.

This opportunity provides immediate job openings for the following full-time CNC positions:

314 JOHN Deere 48� deck $650. 792-4249.

Jasper County Public Health is seeking a qualiďŹ ed individual to ďŹ ll the position of PRN Aide to assist with a variety of personal and domestic home care services on a limited basis. Hours and schedule will vary. Starting rate is $15.28/hour.

Applications and a job description can be found at www.co.jasper.ia.us or picked up at the Human Resources OfďŹ ce located in the lower level at 115 N. 2nd Ave. E. in Newton.

Applications must be received no later than 4:30 PM on Friday Oct. 27, 2017 Drug Test & Background Check required

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1962 FORD Galaxy 500XL, white, 2 door, hardtop, new front bucket seats and carpet. $6300. 641521-8965

1998 CHEVY Silverado pick-up 4x4, 220,000 miles, 1 owner, new tires and brakes, $4,000 obo.

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

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

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1992 CHEVY K1500 with Meyer 7'6 plow with wings. $3800 641-521-1189.

1993 GMC 1500 w/ Western Ultra Pro 7'6 plow, $4500. 641-521-1189

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 1997 GMC white, reg. Cab, ¾ Ton 4x4, 134K set up for 5th wheel, rust under doors $3,000. or OBO. 515-6694966.

2002 GRAY, extended cab Chevy Silverado. Fully loaded with towing package, leather, heated seats, automatic seats, mirrors, etc. 207k miles and some very minor dents/scratches. Engine runs perfect.

Recently fully detailed and new battery. $7,000 OBO. Contact Cody if interested at 515-681-1373

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

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The Newton Daily News has an exciting full time opportunity for a District Manager in the circulation department.

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If you would like to EARN EXTRA MONEY, get EXERCISE and MEET NEW PEOPLE, delivering the Jasper County Advertiser may be a great opportunity for you.

DUTIES INCLUDE: recruitment, selection and training of contracted carriers to provide prompt delivery service and sales growth.

You must possess and maintain a valid drivers license, proof of insurance, reliable transportation and acceptable motor vehicle record.

Pre-employment drug screen, physical agility test and background check required.

Baxter Route 833 E. 7 1/2 St. N. E. 9th St. N. E. 13th St. N. Prairie City Route 839 N. West St. N. Madison St. N. Monroe St. N. Main St. N. Marshall St. W. North St. W. 6th St. W. 5th St. W. Jefferson St. Washington St.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY! The successful candidate will be self-

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To find out more about these routes, visit the Newton Daily News circulation office at 214 1st Ave. E. and speak with one of our delivery specialists between the hours of 8:30am and 5:30pm.

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How isn’t important. It’s easier just to accept that life happens on many levels, inside, above, below and beyond our consciousness.

Mercury’s magic triangulated angle to Neptune is a porthole to another dimension -- the dimension of intuition. Ask and know.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 24). You do want something that’s hard to get. Few have it. The path will be difficult.

You’ll have to recommit over and over. So what? You have the grit! You can make it if you keep going. Your polished

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You’ll be paid well, but you have to ask for it first. People believe in you and root for you. Cancer and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 15, 1, 4, 9 and 13.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Innovation is not everyone’s first inclination. A lot of people would rather try small improvements first. It will benefit you to stay openminded about all possible paths, conventional and unconventional alike.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve a good plan, but life will throw a wrench in it anyway. Consider that a

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Your usual effervescence may be temporarily muted by a few borrowed troubles. No worries.

All you have to do is return those troubles like a library book, and don’t check them out again.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Advertising is a part of life. You’re selling you. You compose the “ad” in the way you dress, talk and position yourself: It’s all part of your pitch. Have fun with this today.

You’re both the creative team and the product.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Many will vie for your attention.

Some genuinely need you.

Even so, cater to your own needs first. This will put you in the position to deliver the best you can.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You change environments just by being in them. Complete strangers will notice your influence. Your presence is, in a sense, a responsibility, because wherever you go, you want it to be better because you were there.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

With all the changes going on in your part of the sky, you may be uncharacteristically sensitive. So protect yourself.

Put up a layer of emotional padding, or, at the very least, emotional sunscreen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

When you can make someone

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You don’t have to point out everything that’s false -- not to them, not to yourself, either. As your sign mate Mark Twain said, “Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have good intentions and no plan. That’s fine for today. It’s one of those rare times when your purpose is your plan. You’re here to improve things, and that’s exactly what you’ll do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

It’s fun to be the new person in the group, and you’ll make an impression by being there, even if you never go back and become part of it. Your presence will add a certain vigor to the proceedings.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). As ethereal as you are, you’re still pretty grounded, in the sense that you cannot imagine believing in your own superiority to the other people of the world. Unfortunately, you’ll have to tolerate those who really do think they’re better.

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