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At a glance 70.7 acres in northeast Newton 155 new housing lots Proximity to Berg Middle School Access to Hike and Bike trail Near Agnes Patterson Park

40th anniversary prompts dedication

By Kayla Singletary Newton Daily News

Kayla Singletary/Daily News Pictured is the 70.7 acres in northeast Newton that could spur 155 new housing lots. The lots would be located on North 11th East along the bike trail.

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NHDC acquisition could spur 155 new housing lots in Newton

By Kayla Singletary Newton Daily News The Newton Housing Development Corporation has reached an agreement to purchase more than 70 acres of land in northeast Newton for future subdivision development with the potential to create 155 new housing lots.

“Looking at the 2017 building permits and the planned new housing starts for 2018, I believe that all existing lots in Newton will be built out by the end of 2020,” Bruce Showalter, director of NHDC said. “Newton is in the beginning of a housing boom and we need to start planning new subdivisions now so we have buildable lots well into the future.”

Owned by Helen Barton Trust, the financial details of the land acquisition were not immediately released.

Housing development in Newton has increased rapidly in the last several years. So far in 2017, the City of Newton has issued building permits for 23 total single-family housing units, double the amount built in 2016. Since the creation of the Newton Single Family Home Construction Incentives, there have been 32 qualifying homes within city limits.

“The 23-lot subdivision that we are currently working on, Fairmeadows North Plat 8, is very popular,” Jennifer Cook, president of the NHDC Board of Directors said. “We are very excited to come

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to an agreement to purchase the new land adjacent to our current subdivision.”

The agreement will allow NHDC to purchase the land and approach the City of Newton to help build infrastructure in phases over the next 10 years utilizing economic development grants.

This is similar to the process the NHDC took with the development of Fairmeadows North Plat 8. NHDC will pay the City of Newton back with funds generated from lot sales and taxes from the urban renewal area that is being created in this area.

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PRAIRIE CITY — When drivers cross the bridge on Highway 117 in Prairie City they will now be reminded of a dedicated police officer, family member and friend. On the 40th anniversary of officer Donald (Rusty) Hewitt’s death, two street signs were unveiled in honor of the former Prairie City officer.

The bridge that crosses over Highway 163 was filled with loved

ones Sunday afternoon as well as a group of locals who put the dedication into action. James Breckenridge, Hewitt’s nephew, said he thought of the idea because he wanted to honor his uncle whom he’s never met.

Breckenridge reached out to Prairie City Police Chief Joe Bartello to figure out how to dedicate the bridge.

“I said I think that sounds like a great idea, and when he asked if we could get it done before Dec. 3, I kind of laughed — it can be a long process,” Bartello said. “We got ahold of the Iowa Department of Transportation and it was amazing the amount of support that I got.”

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Kayla Singletary/Daily News Family and friends come together for a bridge dedication for fallen officer Donald (Rusty) Hewitt Sunday afternoon.

The Prairie City police officer died 40 years ago during a high-speed chase.

Snowball drop returns to Colfax Country Christmas Hundreds attend festivities in downtown Colfax

By Kayla Singletary Newton Daily News

Kayla Singletary/Daily News Children gather for the snowball drop during Colfax Country Christmas Saturday night.

As the “snowballs” drop children and adults both had a chance to collect them.

COLFAX — A Christmas event centered around tradition brought back one of its most beloved events this year. The return of the Snowball Drop drew hundreds to Colfax Country Christmas Saturday.

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Certain numbers coordinated with certain prizes, according to Colfax Main Street Board Member and Promotions Committee Chairperson Justin Niceswanger.

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Today is Monday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2017. There are 27 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On Dec. 4, 1942, during World War II, U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time with a raid on Naples.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration, which had been created to provide jobs during the Depression.

On this date: In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson left Washington on a trip to France to attend the Versailles Peace Conference.

In 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins gathered for the first and only time for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis.

In 1965, the United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard on a two-week mission. (While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15 on a oneday mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.)

In 1996, the Mars Pathfinder lifted off from Cape Canaveral and began speeding toward the red planet on a 310 million-mile odyssey. (It arrived on Mars in July 1997.)

Ten years ago: Defending his credibility, President George W. Bush said Iran was dangerous and needed to be squeezed by international pressure despite a U.S. intelligence finding that Tehran had halted its nuclear weapons program four years earlier, contradicting earlier U.S. assessments.

Five years ago: Two Australian radio disc jockeys impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles made a prank call to a London hospital and succeeded in getting a nurse to tell them the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge, who was being treated for acute morning sickness; another nurse who had put the call through would be found dead three days later in an apparent suicide.

One year ago: A North Carolina man armed with a rifle fired several shots inside Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizzeria, as he attempted to investigate an online conspiracy theory that prominent Democrats were harboring child sex slaves at the restaurant; no one was hurt, and the man surrendered to police. (He was later sentenced to four years in prison.)

Today’s Birthdays Actor Jeff Bridges is 68. Rock musician Gary Rossington is 66. Actress Marisa Tomei is 53. Actor-comedian Fred Armisen is 51. Rapper Jay-Z is 48. Actor Kevin Sussman is 47. Actress-model Tyra Banks is 44.

Country singer Lila McCann is 36. Actress Lindsay Felton is 33. Actor Orlando Brown is 30. Actress Scarlett Estevez is 10.

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10 Things to Know For Today Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TRUMP TWEETS TAKE AIM AT TARGETS OLD AND NEW The president criticizes the FBI and raises questions about Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling and possible ties to his campaign.

2. HOW A TEEN COPED IN IRAQI CITY RULED BY FANATICS Ferah, a 14-yearold girl in then Islamic State-occupied Mosul, gained a wide following for her writings of the day-to-day struggle to survive under IS and created a new world in her bedroom.

3. US, SOUTH KOREA LAUNCH MASSIVE AIR FORCE EXERCISE The war games come a week after North Korea test-fired its most powerful missile ever,

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That’s Odd Anonymous driver sends police $1,000 30 years after crash SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn.

(AP) — A person who apparently sped off after hitting a parked car in a Minneapolis suburb more than 30 years ago anonymously sent $1,000 to local police this month and asked them to pass it on to the car’s owner, if possible.

The sender also sent a letter to the South St. Paul police department asking for forgiveness, The Pioneer Press reported.

an ICBM that may be able to target the eastern seaboard of the U.S. 4. KIM. NUCLEAR. WAR. Nothing sums up the message embedded in North Korea’s propaganda better than those three words, which its official news service has used more than any others since July 1, AP finds.

5. HOW CVS MAY LOOK IN FUTURE Shoppers may find more clinics and more health services in its nearly 10,000 stores after the drugstore giant’s proposed $69 billion purchase of the health insurer Aetna.

6. ‘TAKE ALL THEIR EXCUSES AWAY’ At Chicago’s Saint Anthony Hospital, a new hospital-based team works on behalf of heroin users and matches them with addiction treatment in the community.

7. ‘OF COURSE HE SAID IT’ Billy Bush says it was

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indeed Trump’s voice captured on a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape talking about fame enabling him to grope and try to have sex with women.

8. OFFICE HOLIDAY PARTIES FACING NEW SCRUTINY After a series of high-profile cases of sexual misconduct in the workplace, a survey shows fewer companies will serve alcohol this year than last year.

9. WHAT UN IS VOICING ALARM ABOUT The HIV epidemic is silently spreading in Egypt, with an annual growth rate of up to 40 percent and funds to deal with the crisis running out by next year, the world body says.

10. SEAHAWKS STAY IN PLAYOFF HUNT Russell Wilson throws three touchdown passes and Seattle beats Philadelphia 24-10, snapping the Eagles’ nine-game winning streak.

Entertainment Billy Bush says Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is real NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bush said it was indeed Donald Trump’s voice captured on a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape talking about fame enabling him to grope and try to have sex with women.

“Of course he said it,” the former “Access Hollywood” and “Today” show personality said in an oped published Sunday in

The New York Times.

The video shows Trump, who was the star of “The Apprentice,” riding on an “Access Hollywood” bus with then-host Bush.

At one point, Trump describes trying to have sex with a married woman. He also brags about women letting him kiss and grab them because he is famous.

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let you do it,” Trump says. “You can do anything.”

“Along with Donald Trump and me, there were seven other guys present on the bus at the time, and every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass standup act. He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real. We now know better,” Bush said in the op-ed.

The recording of the lewd conversation between Bush and Trump emerged during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump later said he never did any of the actions described on the tape, and dismissed his words as locker room talk.

In the waning days of the presidential election, more than a dozen women came forward to say that Trump had sexually assaulted or harassed them over the years. He denied it.

But Bush said he believes the women, and

he felt the need to write the piece following reports that Trump had privately suggested that the “Access Hollywood” tape was not authentic.

“I can only imagine how it has reopened the wounds of the women who came forward with their stories about him, and did not receive enough attention,” Bush said. “This country is currently trying to reconcile itself to years of power abuse and sexual misconduct. Its leader is wantonly poking the bear.”

Bush, who had recently been hired as co-host of the “Today” show, lost his job following the release of the tape. He said he has since gone through a lot of soul searching.

“None of us were guilty of knowingly enabling our future president,” he said. “But all of us were guilty of sacrificing a bit of ourselves in the name of success.”

Local & State News Housing Continued from Page 1A Middle School and Fairmeadows North, including the current Fairmeadows North Plat 8 subdivision, has been of interest to the NHDC for years.

“For more than 25 years we have identified this property as the next logical housing development in our area, but for many reasons, it was not a feasible option,” said Bev Price,

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who served on the NHDC board since its inception.

“With its proximity to our newest public school, Interstate 80, shopping and local parks, we feel this property will enhance the already developing subdivision in Fairmeadows North.”

The City of Newton has already paved North 11th Avenue East. Newton Waterworks has installed larger water mains, and with the recent completion of Fairmeadows North Plat 8, electric and

gas utilities are easily accessible. The area also features easy access to the Hike and Bike Trail and is located near Agnes Patterson Memorial Park.

A concept master plan was created several years ago and shows the possibility of dozens of new lots with green spaces, connecting trails and streets.

“The concept plan shows what the area could look in the future and how it continues to move forward the goal to provide housing, as called out in

the City of Newton’s Comprehensive plan,” Showalter said.

Frank Liebl Newton Development Corporation Executive Director said as Newton’s employee base grows, housing can be a critical factor.

“Jobs can drive housing and housing can drive jobs,” Liebl said. “As this develops, the community will continue growing and this could really benefit families and businesses — one thing leads to another.”

Bridge Continued from Page 1A forms to Bartello and he took it to the city council and it passed unanimously. He said the next step was taking it to the Jasper County Board of Supervisors, which also approved it unanimously in October.

“So then it became how quickly can we do this and what do we need to do to get the sign ordered and get its approval?” Bartello said.

When the information was sent off to the state for approval, Bartello pushed to receive the sign by Dec. 3.

No one expected the process would be done so quickly.

“I was already thinking ahead to maybe police week in spring and in May, so I was absolutely thrilled to find out it could happen on the actual anniversary day,” Breckenridge said. “The amount of support I would’ve never thought ... I was expecting maybe half of the people, it’s amazing.”

Hewitt was killed on Dec. 3, 1977 when he was working a high-speed chase that began in Oskaloosa and ended around two miles east of Prairie City. Hewitt attempted to position his patrol vehicle in front of the suspect’s vehicle to slow it down when his car was struck by another driver. Hewitt and his passenger were killed.

“He lived doing what he loved to do, and he died doing what he loved to do,” Breckenridge said.

Hewitt’s brother, Steve, said Rusty was always concerned about other people’s welfare, and he was also a paramedic.

Kayla Singeltary/Daily News Prairie City Police Chief Joe Bartello explains the process of getting the sign approved for fallen officer Donald (Rusty) Hewitt during Sunday’s bridge dedication.

“His goal in life was to be a police officer and work his way on up the ladder,” Steve said. “He was so dedicated.”

Steve said he hopes when the community passes by the sign dedicated to his brother that they will be really thankful for what law enforcement and responders do.

“This is so great, the work that was done by Bartello, James (Breckenridge) and (Wes) Breckenridge ... there’s no way to describe it,” Steve said. “Most people around here probably don’t realize because it’s been 40 years ago and it’s a whole different generation here, but they will see the sign and it will mean a lot.”

Rep. Wes Breckenridge, D-Newton, said the dedication meant a lot to him and his family.

“James Breckenridge is my cousin,” Wes Breckenridge said. “I’m really going to give all the credit to James and Chief (Joe) Bartello, they are really the ones behind this.”

He said he helped in every way he could to get the ball rolling.

“Bartello reached out to me when they were going to the council and board of supervisors for approval ... I made some phone calls to some individuals to say ‘hey what can we do to make this happen,’” Wes Breckenridge said. “After being a police officer here in Prairie City, it hits close to home, this is where I started my career here in Prairie City.”

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espite my better judgment, last week I accompanied my son to his annual visit to the eye doctor. My fear of optometry has been well documented in a previous column, so just as a reminder, I have a silly phobia.

I started wearing glasses in the second grade and my vision worsened over time triggering a feeling of failure each time I’d visit the eye doctor. Several years ago I let doctors slice into my cornea with a laser so I could avoid this whole eye doctor fiasco and have 20/20 vision. Life changer.

However, my role as a primary caretaker means I have to haul my kids to things I don’t like — such as subzero soccer games, four-hour dance recitals and annual exams. By the way, we’re big fans of our eye doctor, I just

think the whole exam thing is somewhat torturous, even if I’m not the one in the hot seat. The bright lights, the reading of random letters, the “1 or 2?” and “2 or 1?” There is just so much pressure.

So at the beginning of the appointment, I’m reminded my son was kinda borderline for needing glasses last year, so I’m already on high alert and anxiety. From my vantage point, he passed with flying colors, although I was only half paying attention, trying to focus on my breathing and playing it cool.

Then came “the recommendation” — my son would benefit from glasses because his eyes are working too hard to see things clearly. My heart sunk.

My failed vision had finally caught up

with my offspring and now he’s looking at a lifetime of doom. But I knew I couldn’t let my true feelings be shown because I don’t want to create a situation in which he might show up on Dr. Phil someday.

“Yay! Eyeglasses, buddy! That’s super exciting,” I said with a strong fake mom smile all while thinking of the expense of glasses and the likelihood of him losing them and/or finding a way to destroy them on a regular basis.

The feeling was reminiscent of when the little rugrat had to get a retainer in the first grade. That high-dollar piece of plastic stole many hours of contentment. To this day, each time I drive by Thomas Jefferson Elementary, I say a silent prayer for the janitor who dug through the lunchroom garbage to retrieve his retainer on one dreadful day.

Now when it came to sharing the glasses news with my husband and parents I was immediately put off by their responses. My husband wanted

to know how strong the glasses recommendation was (eye roll) and my parents said it was “too bad” he had to get glasses.

Just wait a minute right there.

What’s wrong with getting glasses as a kid, aside from the occasional four eyes comment? I am clearly a testament to what corrective vision can mean to a happy and successful life, am I not?

Rather than drag the baggage of my own eyeball drama into my kid’s world, I decided to take the high road of encouragement. After all it is a gift to be able to discover this minor vision flaw and have the means to correct it. It’s also an opportunity for me to more regularly practice not acting like a complete freak show when we go to the eye care center. Who knows, I may even get the opportunity to bond with the janitor at Berg Middle School.

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Eye on America John Stossel

The evil rich As Republicans struggle to agree on a tax plan, Democrats and much of the media label each attempt at reform a “gift” to rich people.

In one sense, they are right. Any tax cut disproportionately favors rich people since the rich pay much more tax.

But the media and Democrats (is there a difference?) are wrong because they routinely portray rich people as parasites who take from other people.

Flying Dog Brewery owner Jim Caruso objects to that kind of thinking. He took over a bankrupt brewery and made it successful by inventing new craft beers. I won’t buy his beers — with varieties like blood orange ale — but enough people like them that Caruso has become relatively rich.

He’s the kind of person Sen. Bernie Sanders rails about. “The top 1 percent,” complains Sanders, “earned 85 percent of all new income.”

That sounds unfair. But Caruso doesn’t see it that way.

“My goal in life is to be the best part of your day,” he told me. “You will have unequal outcomes (but) we all benefit from that.”

He’s right. Caruso provided consumers new choices and created more than 100 jobs.

But for my YouTube video this week, I pushed back: “The top fraction of earners has half the assets in this country. This ticks people off. They view it as evil.”

“Think about it this way,” responded Caruso. “Apple was the first company to be worth $800 billion dollars. I was curious, how much was (Apple founder) Steve Jobs worth in 2011 when he passed away? ...

Ten billion dollars! I did some quick calculations...”

His calculations revealed that because about 2 billion Apple devices were sold, Jobs collected about $5 for each device.

Isn’t your cellphone worth much more to you than $5? Mine is. It must be, since I just paid $800 for a new one. I got a machine worth hundreds of dollars to me, but the inventor got only $5.

“Steve might have been underpaid,” said Caruso.

“The feeling tends to be that somebody like Steve Jobs took something away from everybody else ... (but) what did Jobs take? ... (H)e had this idea: Wouldn’t it be great to have a thousand songs in your pocket? (He created) one of the most massively important tools for productivity and communication in life!”

Generally, Jobs got a pass when the media attacked rich people, maybe because reporters liked Apple’s products. But other rich Americans are routinely labeled “parasites.” Sanders suggests that if some people have billions, the rest of us must have billions less.

But that’s not true, Caruso points out. “It’s that zero-sum game mentality: that somehow people who create stuff are taking it from other people. That’s simply inaccurate. It’s not a zero-sum game. They’re creating stuff that didn’t exist before.”

He’s right. It’s not as if there’s one pie and when rich people take a big piece, less is left for the rest of us. Billionaires like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, the Koch brothers, etc. got rich only by baking thousands of new pies.

Entrepreneurs create things; they don’t take from others.

Well, they do take if they conspire with government to get special deals — subsidies, bailouts, regulations that protect them from competition. But without government force, businesspeople get rich only by selling us things we willingly purchase.

We get to decide if we’d be better off with the products that creators offer to sell. Producers get to decide whether they can make enough money from those sales to make their efforts worth their while.

This mutually beneficial exchange is the heart of a market economy.

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Iowa educators need remediation With Iowa rankings on national NAEP assessments dropping; with Iowa’s best educators unable to write competent concept-based curriculum; with Iowa using low standards to artificially appear better (such as increased graduation rates); with Iowa educators unable to write concept-based assessments (thus having to purchase them from states doing better); and Iowa educators manipulating data to try to get some positive media coverage, here are three steps educators must take.

Understand, and admit to the public (as a form of confession) what went wrong with education. Concept-based education, in place for thousands of years (Plato even wrote about it), was intentionally dropped by the U.S. after 1900 because of a false belief eugenics was a valid science, and all the immigrants flocking

to the country (as well as other demographic groups) lacked abilities, so education focus became teaching “proper American thinking.”

This not only embedded discrimination in teacher training programs, but it led directly to the complete adoption of the system of memorization after the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court decision to integrate schools. States controlled from the state level down changed immediately, but Iowa’s system of local control allowed schools to change over time.

Anyone attending public school from about 1960 on had a system of memorization. Teacher training programs only taught methods for memorization, no concepts, and no adjustments for the various learning styles. Demographic groups that could see no reason to memorize data (because much of it had no bearing on their lives) did not do well, but the embedded discrimination did not expect them to, so

no assessment was made for the processes of this system.

As students with learning styles incompatible with memorization also fell behind, new rationalizations for this arose (calling these victims “disabled”), thus avoiding responsibility for the results of a dysfunctional system, so proper assessments of the process were never done, and standards were lowered every few years. Calls for change were ignored, so over fifty years later the government intervened. Acknowledge to the public (and to themselves) they are victims of this dysfunctional system (if they attended public school), and they are also victims of the dysfunctional teacher training programs that continue to use the wrong materials and theories. Teachers are in need of remediation before they can effectively teach. Agree to help remediate those adults who want to improve their skills now for today’s world.

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Obituaries J​ ohn C. Mellinger Nov. 25, 2017 John C. Mellinger, resident of Park Center in Newton, passed peacefully in his sleep Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, at the age of 88.

John was born Sept. 30, 1929, in Omaha, Neb., the adopted son of Frank and Hazel Mellinger. He attended Omaha Central High School and Iowa State University, where he earned a BS in mechanical engineering. Shortly prior to graduation from ISU, he married the love of his life, Mary Ellan Hird. The young couple then left the Midwest for the West Coast, settling just outside of Los Angles, where John was

Patricia Ann Finley Nov. 26, 2017 Patricia Ann Finley, 88, of Newton, died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

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

Monday, Dec. 4 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the Shriners Hospitals for

Charles William Naisbitt Dec. 2, 2017 Charles William Naisbitt, born April 21, 1948, passed away Saturday Dec. 2, 2017.

He was the son of Bill and Bonnie Naisbitt; husband of Bonita

employed with North American Aviation as a design engineer. With the coming of their first child (Marta) and the desire to be close to family, the couple relocated back to the Midwest, landing in Newton, where John began a 39-year career with the Maytag Company. Originally a design engineer, John advanced to VP and director of research and development for the company, a position from which he retired in 1991.

While his professional life brought satisfaction, true contentment came from his efforts to support the community and children of Newton.

Countless hours were volunteered to various organizations and causes including the following: Dollars for Scholars, the Newton Community YMCA, the Newton Community Center, the YMCA Camp of Boone, the Newton Library,

Newton Community Schools, the Newton Community Theater, the United Way, Newton Little League, the Center for Arts and Artists, The Chamber of Commerce, Skiff Memorial Hospital and many other organizations. John formerly was an active member at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Newton, and the First United Methodist Church where he taught various youth and Sunday school classes.

John was a president of the Citizens Committee for Schools, co-chairman of Maytag Consolidated Fund (now the United Way), president of the Noon Rotary Club of Newton, president and chairman of the Newton Little League, board member of the Newton Chamber of Commerce, board member of Newton Community Theater, president of Dollars for Scholars, chairman of

the Endowment Committee for the Y Community Center and president of the Newton United Way. One of John’s proudest accomplishments was becoming an ex-smoker and then leading smoking cessation classes at the YMCA, where he was able to help hundreds of others to “kick the habit.”

John was an avid sportsman, excelling at fast pitch softball (he had a mean fastball as a young man!), pingpong, golf (ah, if he only had a short game!), tennis and volleyball (The Ageless 8!). He loved and supported the Iowa State Cyclones and Newton Cardinal sports teams.

In retirement, John, along with Mary Ellan, continued to raise funds for Dollars for Scholars.

They organized and supported the Newton Dollars for Scholars “Tour of Homes.” John drew

Children — Twin Cities may be left at the funeral home.

Patricia, the daughter of Verne and Ferne (Meuret) Caven, was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Sioux City, and went to Glenwood Schools through the seventh grade. When her mother remarried, Pat became part of a military family.

She attended school in San Francisco and Texas and finally graduated from Randolph High School in Randolph.

After high school, Pat attended a business college in Omaha, Neb., and became a secretary.

Her first job was with Henry Fields, a nursery

company in Shenandoah, for two years. She was working for National Life in Des Moines when she met John Finley, an engineering major at Iowa State University. They were united in marriage Sept. 1, 1950, in Lakewood, Ohio.

John took a job in Cleveland, Ohio, and then later moved to Mount Clemens, Mich., to work for Philco. The couple had two children, Kathleen and Jack. After the Philco plant closed, they moved to Newton, with their children, where Pat became a stay at home mom. Pat was active in the Jaycee Jills Club. She enjoyed bridge, theatre,

reading, bingo, exercise class and traveling.

Pat also loved getting together and spending time with her family.

Those left to honor Pat’s memory are her children, Kathy (Dick) Tomlin of Des Moines and Jack (Terri) Finley of Des Moines; granddaughter, Megan Tomlin (Eric Biase) of Des Moines; and her great-grandchildren, Avery Hogan, Ezra Biase, Eliza Biase and Dylan Biase. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ferne and Fred Harmon and Verne and Bethel Caven; and her husband, John Finley in 1989.

Naisbitt; father of Carrie Conley and Nikki Twog o o d ; step “father” to Kar na and Darin Hamilton; “Best grandpa” to Ashley

Rasler, Justin Simms, Trevor Hamilton, Tyler and Cody Hamilton, Tyler Conley and Kayla Twogood.

Chuck worked at and retired from Monroe Tables in Colfax. He was active in the Colfax Saddle Club and loved horses, Percherons and draft mules.

Chuck is survived by sister Carlotta Richtsmmeier; mother Bonnie Naisbitt; children and grandchildren; and Chuck’s wife of 33 years, Bonita S. Naisbitt.

A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6 at Grace Church in Newton.

hundreds of pen and ink drawings of homes and businesses generating thousands of dollars in donations to the Dollar for Scholars scholarship fund. John and Mary Ellan continued to be active in their chosen volunteer organizations, while also reading to elementary school children at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, which he enjoyed immensely. The couple also enjoyed family, friends, picking flowers for his bride, golf, tennis, bike riding, gardening, traveling the world, snorkeling in the Virgin Islands, grandkids and the “Pot Luck Group,” as well as completing many more pen and ink drawings.

John and Mary Ellan reluctantly left their home of 45 years just west of Newton several years ago and relocated to Park Center where he resided until his passing. John loved Iowa, many times he made

Henry J. Terlouw Dec. 2, 2017 Henry J. “Hank” Terlouw, 92, of Grinn e l l , and formerly of Sully, died Saturd a y , Dec. 2, 2017, at St. Francis Manor in

the statement, “Iowa may not have oceans or mountains, but it has its own special beauty.”

John is survived by his bride of 66 years, Mary Ellan of Newton; his son, David (Kim) of Johnston; his granddaughters, Molly and Elizabeth Mellinger, Alexandra and Gillian Frackelton and Melanie Mellinger; and grandson Kyle Mellinger. He was proceeded in death by his parents; his son, Todd; his son, Mark; and his daughter, Marta.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton, in Johns honor. A reception will immediately follow the service.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Newton Dollars for Scholars program.(Newton Dollars for Scholars, Attn: Gary Kirchhoff, P.O. Box 1492, Newton, Iowa 50208.

Grinnell. A funeral service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the Lynnville Friends Church.

Burial will be in the Sully Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday evening.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Henry J. Terlouw Memorial Fund.

Michael John Aalbers Nov. 30, 2017 Michael (Mike) John Aalbers, 59, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the First Reformed Church in Prairie City. Burial will follow at Vandalia Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 at Grace Alive Church in Prairie City. Condolences may be left for the family at coburnfuneralhomes.com.

Barbara J. Hichey Dec. 3, 2017 Barbara J. Hichey, 67, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Accura Healthcare of Newton West.

Funeral services for Barbara are pending and Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton has been entrusted with the arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at Pence-Reese Funeral Home pencefh.com.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Michael T. Crowe, 24, of Newton, was charged with fourth-degree theft at 3:52 p.m. after police were called to Love’s Travel Shop in reference to an employee theft. Crowe, an employee, was loading points onto a rewards card he obtained and

he wasn’t supposed to have. The card was taking points off of receipts that had been discarded by customers. He loaded 23,047 points on the card between Feb. 18 and Feb. 21. He used the points to purchase items in the store.

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Crowe was released and issued a citation to appear in court.

• Tychika B. Walker, 29, and Michael E. Anderson, 30, both of Grinnell, were charged with contempt, violation of no contact order at 8:15 p.m. Nov. 28.

Anderson was charged with operating while

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and taken to the Jasper County Jail. While Anderson was transported to jail, the officer smelled alcohol and his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Anderson failed

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Only child feels pressure of his parents’ expectations DEAR ABBY: I’m 17 and so is my boyfriend. He is an only child, and all throughout his life, his parents have put a lot of pressure on him. Recently, they’ve been talking about him getting into an honors program in a college.

Abby, his parents act like if he doesn’t get in, they won’t be proud of him.

He always feels like he’s disappointing them because they never give him any words of encouragement or let him know he’s on the right track.

It seems to me that he just wants to know that they’re proud of him.

It’s hard for me to constantly try to support him through this because he needs his parents’ approval, and I can’t give that to him. Is there any way I can help him? He refuses to talk it out with his parents, but I just want them to be on the same page. Can I help without getting too involved with their family dynamics? — THERE FOR HIM IN DALLAS DEAR THERE FOR HIM: Much as you would like to help your boyfriend, if you approach his parents about the way they are raising their son, it won’t help the situation. The odds are great that it will cause them to resent you. However, if your boyfriend would discuss this with a counselor at school or a teacher he trusts, that person — an educator who is a contemporary of your boyfriend’s parents — might suggest that their son needs positive reinforcement to reach his full potential.

DEAR ABBY: I was married for many years to my ex-wife. I met another woman, wound up divorced, and I am now with this other woman.

The problem is, my ex is disabled.

Somebody stays with her during the week and cooks for her and such. Sundays are different, and I usually bring food to her, which takes about an hour.

My new lady friend is having a fit about this to the point that we may break up over it. Am I wrong for help-

ing my ex, who has very little family and no children? — GOOD DEED PUNISHED IN MISSISSIPPI DEAR GOOD DEED: You are a kind and caring individual. That your new lady friend cannot recognize this for what it is, an act of compassion, and realize that you would do the same for her if she needed it, is sad. You are not wrong for helping your ex, since there is no one else who seems willing.

If this woman is so threatened that she can’t cut you some slack one hour a week, perhaps breaking up would be best for both of you.

DEAR ABBY: I am biting my tongue all the way through at work.

One co-worker regularly brings her breakfast to eat. The other, even worse, comes in with wet hair and uses a curling iron at her computer station — in shared space! Am I too old-fashioned?

— BITING MY TONGUE DEAR BITING: Many people bring their breakfast to work. Unless there is a rule against it, I see nothing wrong with it.

As to your other co-worker, I agree what she’s doing is inappropriate.

She’d probably do a better job if she groomed herself in the restroom or at home before work. Is your supervisor or boss aware she’s doing it? If not, the person should be informed. If so, then MYOB.

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4-year-old child dies in dog collar accident DES MOINES — Police say a 4-year-old Des Moines child has died in an accident involving a dog collar.

Police say a 911 call placed around 2:45 p.m. Friday reported an unresponsive child. Arriving officers performed CPR on the child, who was taken to an area hospital and later pronounced dead.

Police Sgt. Ryan Doty said Saturday the death appears to have been an accident. He declined to detail how the child died, but confirmed the death involved a dog collar.

Body identified as that of missing man CHARLES CITY — Iowa authorities say a body found in rural northeastern Iowa has been identified as that of a missing man. This Iowa Department of Public Safety says an autopsy completed Saturday positively identified the body as that of 28-year-old Michael Johns, who was last seen alive between Green and Charles City early on Oct. 25. His body was found Friday near a rural intersection about 10 miles south of Charles City.

Shooting at apartment complex injures 2 CEDAR RAPIDS — Police say a man and woman were injured during a shooting in Cedar Rapids. Public safety spokesman Greg Buelow says the woman suffered a serious gunshot wound and the man suffered a traumatic injury in the shooting Saturday night at an apartment complex. Buelow says officers were responding to several calls of a possible active shooter at the scene. An investigation indicated the two injured people apparently knew each other and no one else was in danger.

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Iowa patrol ID 2 killed, 1 injured in train-SUV crash NORA SPRINGS — Authorities have identified two people killed when their sport utility vehicle collided with a train in northeastern Iowa.

An Iowa State Patrol crash report in saying 66-year-old James Blazier and 66-year-old Dixie Blazier, both of Harvard, Illinois, died in the Friday crash.

A third occupant of the SUV, 55-year-old Glenda Mundis, also of Harvard, Ill., was flown to a Mason City hospital. Investigators say the crash happened around noon Friday.

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MASON CITY — Authorities say one person has died in a Mason City house fire.

The blaze started around noon Friday.

A neighbor reported that flames had engulfed the rear of the home.

The victim’s name hasn’t been released.

Officials say the fire started at a multiplug surge protector.

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Questions remain on misconduct response at Iowa Legislature A jury awarded Anderson $2.2 million after a trial this year. The state settled for $1.75 million.

Dix said at a Nov. 14 press conference no new incidents of alleged misconduct were reported in the subsequent internal investigation.

“What I’ve been told is that there’s nothing new that has come in terms of any new complaints from that investigation,” Dix said.

But the three-page report notes an alleged incident during the 2017 legislative session involving a state senator making a sexually suggestive comment on the chamber floor. Additional information was redacted.

Caleb Hunter, a spokesman for Senate Republicans, declined to comment.

ADVISER’S ROLE Senate Republicans announced on Nov. 21 that Mary Kramer, a former GOP state senator with lengthy human resources experience, would voluntarily advise the caucus to improve workplace culture.

Kramer’s work is focused on one area of the state Capitol, but it’s possible it could address others. She said Fri-

day the statehouse has multiple layers of employee organization that includes elected officials, lobbyists and the news media, and it’s important to acknowledge that complexity. She said while she’s in the early stages of work, she intends to make recommendations before the start of the legislative session Jan. 8.

“I think this is a moment in history where there’s an opportunity to really, really make a difference and to make some changes,” she said.

The plan of action after Kramer’s recommendations is unclear. Dix said in statement that next steps are pending amid Kramer’s work.

FORMER STAFFER Questions remain about the exit of a former staffer for Senate Republicans who was accused during the Anderson trial of discussing with co-workers sex in an inappropriate manner.

Jim Friedrich, an analyst, resigned in September but no additional information has been shared publicly.

Dix repeatedly declined during the Nov. 14 press conference to provide more information about Friedrich.

NPD office getting paint makeover

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News After 27 years, the Newton Police Department is getting a makeover.

City council approved the interior of the building to be repainted with JDA Construction of Marshalltown receiving the low bid at $14,000.

“Construction on the Police Department office was completed in 1990,” city administrator Matt Muckler said. “Since that time, the wallpaper and paint has begun to show their age and are in need of replacement and updates.”

Plans, specifications and bid documents for the job included wallpaper removal, texturing and new paid in the office and hallways at the NPD. Based on work done last year at the city hall administrative offices, the cost estimate for the project was $15,000.

The beige paint and silver wallpaper will be replaced with gray hues, Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess said. A future project of carpet replacement

may also be completed following the paint job.

Along the low bid from JDA, which came in $1,000 under the estimated cost, two bids were received for the project including Lake Painting & Papering, LLC of New Sharon coming in at $18,645 and Vander Pol Home Solutions, LLC of Newton at $18,800.

The project is scheduled to be completed on or before April 1 and will be paid for using funds from the Capital Fund.

“The building, beyond its normal everyday maintenance, the walls and flooring are original to the building, 27 years old. With that, things getting a little bit worn and not a professional looking,” Burdess said. “We’re just looking to update and professionalize the building and make it a nice looking facility for our officers and guests to come and visit and enjoy their workspace a little bit better.”

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Senate GOP officials did not respond to a request by The Associated Press for documentation related to Friedrich’s resignation. They declined to answer questions about his exit.

A cellphone number for Friedrich is not accepting voicemails. No public number is listed for him.

The Iowa Legislature passed legislation this year requiring state agencies to release information when employees are fired, demoted or resign to avoid termination.

The law doesn’t apply to the Legislature, which writes its own rules.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER In early November, a top aide for Dix confirmed GOP leaders in the Senate and House planned to create a human resources director position to handle complaints of harassment and other misconduct at the Legislature. Dix then said on Nov. 14 he would drop those plans because staff expressed concern about the position’s accountability.

House Speaker Linda Upmeyer said on the same day her staff still planned to hire

an HR manager.

Dix reversed course again with the Nov. 21 Kramer news. A press release said his office would work with the House to hire the human resources manager.

Colin Tadlock, a spokesman for House Republicans, said the chambers have been in contact, but the HR director will be hired as a House employee who reports to the chief clerk. The position could become a joint employee in the future.

INDEPENDENT REVIEW A week before Kramer’s appointment, Dix told reporters his office would hire outside counsel or an organization to review workplace culture. He said the hiring would involve a bidding process. Dix added it was possible the outside counsel could do an investigation similar to what was done through an internal office review, but he said it would be up to the hired group.

Since Kramer’s appointment was announced, the Senate GOP office has declined to comment on whether these plans have been dropped.

Hunter declined on Friday to comment.

Des Moines family business to close after 122 years DES MOINES (AP) — The shelves at H.B. Leiserowitz Co., one of Des Moines’ longest running businesses, are slowly emptying.

A decade ago, those shelves in the nondescript brick building at 13th and Walnut streets were packed with boxes and boxes of Snickers, Tootsie Rolls and Frito Lays. Forty years before that there were cigarettes, stereos, baseball cards and toasters — “anything to make a buck,” said longtime employee Glenn Lewis.

“The amount of stuff we used to sell was unbelievable,” he said.

Today, only photography equipment and supplies remain, some pieces old enough to remind employees of when business was booming.

But that was another time.

With slowing sales and the death of its patriarch over the summer, the 122-year-old company is packing up and saying goodbye to its remaining customers, the Des Moines Register reported.

Its final day is Dec. 3.

H.B. Leiserowitz was started by Al Leiserowitz’s father in 1895 at Fourth Street and Court Avenue in downtown Des Moines. It moved to a narrow building on Keosauqua Way before settling into the cavernous warehouse at 213 13th St. in 1977.

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ly-owned business, said Rick Leiserowitz, his nephew and a 32-year employee of the store.

“He was a fixture here,” Leiserowitz said.

“He just loved to be here, he loved to talk to everybody and this was his life.”

The elder Leiserowitz’s office is filled with customers’ photographs, newspaper clippings and awards.

There’s a photo of the 2011 honor flight he took as a World War II veteran and a copy of the original H.B. Leiserowitz catalog with photographs of everything once sold in the store.

Added recently is a framed portrait of Al Leiserowitz that was used in his obituary.

He died on July 8 at 96 years old.

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DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa Senate Republicans have announced a series of actions in recent weeks to respond to allegations of workplace sexual misconduct within the caucus. But questions remain, including on the details of an in-house investigation into allegations, the scope of work to be done by a former state senator and the nature of an ex-staffer’s departure.

NEW ALLEGATIONS IN REPORT Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix’s staff released a report last month summarizing an internal investigation into alleged misconduct within the caucus between the end of 2012 and mid-2017.

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Christmas Continued from Page 1A two drops one for ages 10 and below and then 11 and above.”

More than 100 attendees turned out to the snowball drop at 4 p.m. followed by Santa’s arrival in a horse-drawn carriage. People then dispersed to explore various Christmas-themed festivities.

“It’s looking really good — a nice turn out for the snowball drop, and carriage rides are always popular, so I think this is going to be a hoppin’ place for the rest of the night,” Niceswanger said.

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Endless activities were going on for the rest of the evening including a potato bar at the Colfax Senior Citizens Center, Letters to Santa, meeting Santa, a scavenger hunt and checking out local businesses.

“Letters to Santa is where kids can write to him and ask for all sorts of toys and whatever else they have on their minds along with business open houses,” Niceswanger said. “It’s pretty traditional this year, we are doing the scavenger hunt again where people have to get clues from different places and then they can drop that off with Main Street for a chance to win some Colfax

bucks in a drawing.”

As the evening got darker, street lights along with candles lit the way for the carriage ride route. On the other side of town at Amanda Utz Photography, a line of people waiting to talk to Santa stretched down the block.

Niceswanger said the event is really centered around Santa.

“I think it all goes back to Santa, and I have two young kids and my oldest is really excited about seeing Santa again and talking with him, so that’s always great for the little ones,” Niceswanger said. “The carriage rides are also really special too, I would say I have two

favorites, that would be Santa’s arrival and also the carriage rides.”

Santa wouldn’t be Santa without his helpers. Tammy Wickett, the assistant cheerleading coach at Colfax-Mino Junior High, said 10 cheerleaders were given the job to be “little elves” for the night.

The students handed out candy canes, sang Christmas carols and offered friendly smiles during Colfax’s Country Christmas.

“They are really representing our school tonight,” Wickett said. “I have gotten positive feedback in the past and we hope to continue doing this ev-

ery year.”

Colfax Main Street began planning the Christmas event following Mineral Springs Days in August.

“It took a lot of preparation, and we have a lot of great volunteers on the promotions committee, but we are always looking for more too,” Niceswanger said. “There is a little break after tonight and then we will be talking again about what are we doing in the summertime, so it always cycles into the next thing.”

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Newton’s Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes

Groups of people trickled in and out of homes Saturday afternoon during the annual Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes event.

Photos by Kayla Singletary/Daily News Homeowner Vicki Wade directs people into her living room during the Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes Saturday. Shawn and Vicki Wade’s four-level home is located at 909 S. Fifth Ave. W. The Wermager family poses for a photo in front of their fire place during the Tour of Homes event Saturday. The half-log home is located at 944-5 Meadowbrook Ave.

Locals tour the Jasper County Historical Museum Saturday afternoon for the museum’s Christmas Open House. The museum was one of the stops on the Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes event.

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Cardinal Saturday

Cockerton is 120-pound champ at Cardinal Classic

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Blake Cockerton, right, goes for a takedown against Mount Vernon’s Jack Steicher, left, in a second-round match of the 120-pound division at Saturday’s Cardinal Classic.

Cockerton won 5-4 on his way to going 4-0 and winning the division title.

Following two close matches, Newton High junior Blake Cockerton put the finishing touches on his 120-pound division championship in Saturday’s Newton High Cardinal Classic. Cockerton won the title on a 14-3 major decision over Knoxville’s Gabe Gordon.

Cockerton was one of four Cardinal wrestlers to earn medals at their annual home wrestling tournament, finishing in the top three of their weight class. Senior Ross Hull and junior Jaise Gulling claimed second-place medals at 126 and 195, respectively.

Sophomore Canaan Terpstra placed third at 132 pounds.

The Cardinals finished third CLASSIC | 5B

Benac leads NHS boys to Cardinal Invite title Newton girls finish second

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Bowling at home for the first time this season, Newton High’s bowling teams owned the alley ways at Cardinal Lanes Saturday.

Junior Cutter Benac rolled a top individual score of 435 to lead the Cardinal boys capturing the boys’ championship of the first NHS Cardinal Invitational bowling tournament. The Cardinal girls finished second in their division.

The Cardinal teams hosted Waukee, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Pella Christian and the Isaac Newton Christian boys.

Newton’s boys finished with a team score of 2,644 pins for the title. Waukee had a strong Baker Games series to make a run at Newton, but settled for second Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News with 2,619 pins.

Cutter Benac was the top bowler not just for Newton High’s boys but for the boys’ division of SaturBOWLING | 8B

day’s NHS Cardinal Invitational bowling tournament at Cardinal Lanes. He rolled a winning 435 series in leading the Newton boys to a championship. Newton’s girls finished second in their division.

NCMP boys claim second at Cardinal Invitational

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News NCMP boys’ swim coach Sarah Patterson knew she would get a tough test from Indianola at the team’s home invitational on Saturday.

The Cardinals had already beaten the Indians in a dual earlier this season. And her squad had a pretty tough

week of training.

Indianola got some revenge on NCMP with a win at the Cardinal Invitational, but Patterson knows the hard work will eventually pay off.

“I am really proud of our guys. We trained really hard this week. We did bleacher push ups and sprints in the pool on Thursday,” Patterson said. “We had our eyes set on

winning. I told the guys that it’s always good to set goals, but if you don’t reach them it can be a learning experience.

We definitely have some things to work on but overall I am happy right now.”

Caleb Gaylor had the only individual wins on the day, and the senior also helped the Cardinals win the 200 medley relay, but the Indians

Troy Hyde/Daily News NCMP swimmer Clay Meyer competes in the 100-meter butterfly at the Newton YMCA pool on Saturday during the Cardinal Invitational. Meyer was ninth in the event but also helped the Cardinals finish sixth in both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. NCMP finished second as a team.

defeated NCMP in the team race.

Indianola won the meet for the second straight season with 332 points. NCMP was next with 282 followed

by Decorah (218), Grinnell-BGM (197), Oskaloosa (153) and Vinton-Shellsburg (104).

Gaylor was the individual winner in both the 50-meter freestyle and the 100 butterfly. He touched the wall in the 50 in 25.26 seconds and won the 100 butterfly in 1 minute, 2.76 seconds.

“I feel really good about the season,” Gaylor said. “I am already hitting the times I didn’t think I would hit yet.

I am ranked really well in the state right now, so I feel good.”

Gaylor’s best time in the 50 freestyle ranks fifth in the state and his top butterfly time is 13th.

The other win on the day came in the 200 medley relay. The foursome of Jacob Knoll, Carter Briggs, Gaylor and Mason Lee finished in 1:59.37. That group came into the meet with 18th best time in the state.

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Sturtz’s 44 points lift NHS boys to victory

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News INDIANOLA — Garrett Sturtz is recognized as one of the best basketball players in the state of Iowa. Newton High’s senior point guard showed why on Friday night in the Cardinals’ Little Hawkeye Conference opener at Indianola.

Sturtz scored 44 points in liftSturtz ing the Cardinals to a 71-67 win on the road against the Indianola Indians Sturtz set a new single-game scoring record for Newton — a mark that was set in 1966 by Steve Dimon with 42 points against Boone.

“We’re excited to win our first conference game of the year,” Newton head coach Bill Liley said. “Garrett was special tonight.

We are a very young team with a steep learning curve that was bailed out by its all-state leader.”

Sturtz not only led the Cardinals in scoring but pulled down double digits in rebounds, 10. He delivered five assists — tops in the game — and had one steal.

“My main goal for myself this season is to be a better leader, someone they can look up to and be there to help each one out,” Sturtz said in a preseason interview. “I’ll get them involved in the game. We’ll surprise some people.

I know we’ll be competitive.”

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PCM boys overwhelm rival Saydel

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MONROE — Prairie City-Monroe head boys’ basketball coach Fred Lorensen has seen a lot in his 35-plus years of coaching.

He ran into something he hadn’t seen Friday night. A game where one team was simply overmatched.

Luckily for Lorensen, the overmatched team was Saydel, and the Mustangs opened the season with a dominating 74-7 win.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Jackson Thomas pulls down one of his six rebounds against Saydel on Friday night. Thomas finished with nine points and the Mustangs rolled to a 74-7 victory in the season opener.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Monday Basketball Pella Christian at PCM, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

PCM at Newton 7th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 8th girls at PCM, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling Newton 7th/8th at Indianola, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday Boys Swimming NCMP at Des Moines East, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball Colfax-Mingo at Lynnville-Sully, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

PCM at Roland-Story, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Baxter at Meskwaki, girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.

Boone at Newton 8th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 7th girls at Boone, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling PCM at Bondurant-Farrar quadrangular, 5:30 p.m.

Newton 7th/8th at Pella, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday Basketball Marshalltown at Newton girls, JV 4:45 p.m., varsity 6:15 p.m., 9th 7:30 p.m.

Marshalltown at Newton boys, JV 4:45 p.m., 9th 6:15 p.m., varsity 7:30p.m.

Oskaloosa at Newton 8th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 7th girls at Oskaloosa, 4:30 p.m.

Boys Swimming NCMP at Boone, 5:30 p.m.

Wrestling Colfax-Mingo at South Hamilton, 6 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Collins-Maxwell, 6:30 p.m.

Nevada, North Polk at PCM, 6 p.m.

Friday Basketball Dallas Center-Grimes at Newton girls, JV 4:45 p.m., varsity 6:15 p.m., 9th 7:30 p.m.

Dallas Center-Grimes at Newton boys, JV 4:45 p.m., 9th 6:15 p.m., varsity 7:30p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at BGM, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

HLV at Lynnville-Sully, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

PCM at Greene County, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Baxter at Collins-Maxwell, girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.

Wrestling Newton 8th/7th at South Tama, 4:15 p.m.

Saturday Bowling Knoxville at Newton girls, boys, 9 a.m.

Wrestling Newton varsity at Waverly-Shell Rock Invitational, 9:30 a.m.

Newton JV at Southeast Polk JV Invitational, 9 a.m.

Lynnville-Sully, Baxter at Saydel Invitational, 9 a.m.

PCM at Ankeny Centennial Invitational, 10 a.m.

Boys Swimming NCMP at Marshalltown Invitational, noon

ISU earns Liberty Bowl bid, Iowa to Pinstripe The Associated Press Iowa State’s brutal loss to Kansas State to end the regular season dimmed the program’s bowl prospects.

But after five years of staying home in December, the Cyclones are thrilled to go anywhere — including Memphis.

That’s where Iowa State (7-5, 5-4 Big 12) will be on Dec. 30 when it faces the Memphis Tigers (10-2, 7-1 AAC) in the Liberty Bowl.

The appearance will snap a string of five seasons without a postseason appearance and give the Cyclones a shot at just the fourth bowl win in school history.

The rival Hawkeyes (7-5), who beat Iowa State 44-41 in overtime in September, will face Boston College (7-5) in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27.

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Mustang grapplers fare well against tough field at DCG

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

GRIMES — The Prairie City-Monroe wrestling team once again got a great first look at its team this season when the Mustangs took part in the annual DCG Mustang Invitational.

Six wrestlers finished in the top three and the Mustangs crowned two champions on the day during a fourth-place finish Saturday.

Junior Lucas Roland and freshman Landon Fenton both won individual titles to lead the way as Class 2A No. 9 PCM scored 162 points in fourth.

Class 3A Ankeny Centennial won the tournament with 214.5 points. Webster City, ranked fifth in 2A, was second with 199 and 1A Interstate-35 finished third with 181.5 points. Completing the top five was Creston/Orient-Macksburg with 120 points.

The next five included host DCG (115), ADM of Adel (113), Urbandale (89), Des Moines East (80.5) and Carlisle (60.5). Carroll (55), Oskaloosa (47), West Marshall (47), Greene County (41) and Nevada (41) completed the field.

The Mustangs placed fourth despite having open weights at both 195 and 220. PCM also had four wrestlers win one match of less.

Roland, who is ranked second at 170, was dominant in his first action of the season.

The 2016-17 fifth-place finisher at 160 pounds last year won all three of his matches by fall, the longest only lasting 2 minutes, 29 seconds.

Roland is now 82-8 in his career.

Fenton, wrestling in his first

Troy Banning/Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal Prairie City-Monroe freshman Colby Tool, top, battles Ethan Elliott of Interstate 35 during the DCG Mustang Invitational on Saturday. Tool rallied for the win by fall in the third period. He went 3-1 and finished third at 145 pounds in his first varsity tournament.

varsity tournament, also went 3-0 on the day. He won his match 16-8 and then pinned his two opponents to win the title at 106. His first-round major decision came against top-seed Ethan Carter of Ankeny Centennial.

Junior Wes Cummings and sophomore Payton Drake both finished second at 160 and 113, respectively. Junior Jarron Trausch (182) and freshman Colby Tool (145) finished third.

Cummings, who is ranked third in 2A at 160, won his first two matches by falls in 20 and 32 seconds. He won his semifinal match 8-1 but lost 6-1 in the finals to 3A No. 2 Zan Mulder of DCG. Cummings is now 72-8 in his career.

Drake also was impressive in his first three matches before losing to a ranked foe in the title match. He started his run at 113 with three straight pins and then lost 3-1 in the championship bout to 2A No. 2 Andrew Flora of ADM. Trausch, who began the season ranked seventh at 182, won his first two matches by fall and then lost by fall against Colin Honderd of 3A Centennial. He bounced back with a win by fall for third place.

Tool, a freshman and multiple time AAU champion, began his day at 145 with back-to-back pins. He lost his semifinal match 17-2 against Des Moines East’s Deville Dentis, who is ranked third in 3A at 138 pounds.

Tool rebounded with a 3-1 SV-1 victory in his third-place match.

Juniors Chase Shirk and Cody Wallace both finished sixth at 132 and 138, respectively. Shirk went 3-2 with three wins by fall. He lost twice by decision. Wallace was 3-2 with two wins by fall and another by injury default. He also lost twice by decision.

PCM wrestles in a quadrangular at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Bondurant. The Mustangs will wrestle host Bondurant-Farrar, Sigourney-Keota and Pleasantville in their first duals of the season.

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Short-handed Tigerhawks finish fourth at W-G

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News WOODWARD — The Colfax-Mingo wrestling team only brought half of its starting lineup to the Dennis Field Invitational hosted by Woodward-Granger on Saturday.

Still, the Tigerhawks won 23 of their 31 matches on the day and finished three points out of third place.

Senior Colton Lourens was the only champion on the day, but seniors Chance Rice and Nick Barnes, junior Cauy Fitch and sophomore Cyden Fitch all finished as runner-ups.

Sophomore Trystin Ross and junior Damir Gumerov also placed third in their weight classes.

“It was a good day overall,” Colfax-Mingo coach Erin Hume said. “We won way more than we lost, and our effort was great. We were short-handed so that meant everyone had to wrestle their best. I am very proud of our team.”

Lourens won all three of his matches by pin and improved to 8-1 on the season at 285. All three pins came in the first period.

Rice finished his day 4-1 at 170 pounds. His first loss of the season came against Southeast Warren’s T.J. Dierking, who is ranked fifth at 170.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo sophomore Cyden Fitch, top, battles a wrestler from Iowa Valley earlier this season. The Tigerhawks sent seven grapplers to the Dennis Field Invitational in Woodward on Saturday, and the team came home with a fourth-place team finish. Fitch was second overall at 132.

Rice, who is ranked fifth at 160, lost 7-3. Three of his four wins were by fall and the other was by injury default. Rice is now 10-1 on the season.

Cyden Fitch is now 8-2 on the season after finishing 4-1 at 132 on Saturday. He won three decisions and took an injury

default. His only loss on the day was by fall.

Cauy Fitch and Barnes all finished 3-1 on the day.

Cauy Fitch, who is ranked 10th at 120, wrestled up and lost his first match of the year at 126.

His other three matches re-

sulted in a win by fall, a 20-8 major decision and a 7-5 decision.

Cauy Fitch, who expects to wrestle the bulk of his season at 113, is now 9-1 on the season.

Barnes’ three wins at 195 were all by fall. His loss also was by fall. Barnes is now 7-3 on the season.

Gumerov (9-2) was 3-2 on the day. He won his first two matches by fall then lost twice by fall before winning the third-place match at 182 by fall.

Ross also finished 3-2 at 152. His three wins all came by fall. Ross improved to 7-4 on the season.

Host Woodward-Granger won the tournament with 199.5 points. Martensdale-St. Marys was next with 179 and West Des Moines Valley’s JV finished three points ahead of Colfax-Mingo in third.

Southeast Warren was fifth with 95 points and Dallas Center-Grimes’ JV finished sixth with 71.

The Tigerhawks wrestle former Heart of Iowa Conference rivals South Hamilton, Saydel and Roland-Story at 6 p.m.

Thursday in Jewell.

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Baxter wrestling loses five in opening duals

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Beougher

BONDURANT — The Baxter wrestling program got off to a rocky start Saturday during the Ken Estling Blue Jay Duals hosted

by Bondurant-Farrar.

The Bolts lost all five duals they participated in.

Baxter lost 81-0 to Bondurant-Farrar, 66-6 to Boone, 53-0 to Saydel, 55-6 to Des Moines Lincoln and 36-18 to Collins-Maxwell. The losses gave them a sixthplace finish.

Baxter’s lineup features a lot of open weights.

They gave up nine forfeits to Bondurant-Farrar and

the closest loss was a 13-6 defeat by Austin Good at 145.

Shane Beougher won by forfeit for Baxter at 182 against Boone. Brad Matthews won by forfeit against Des Moines Lincoln at 195 pounds.

The Bolts took three forfeits against their for-

mer athletic partner Collins-Maxwell. Beougher took one at 182, Micah Kearns was given one at 220 and Good earned a forfeit win at 152.

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Hawk boys win, girls lose in SICL play

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News NEW SHARON — For the second time in a week’s span, Lynnville-Sully’s Class 1A 13th-ranked girls faced another 1A ranked opponent. The Hawk girls could not overcome a slow start, losing 5243 to the fourth-ranked North Mahaska Warhawks Friday in South Iowa Cedar League play.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys moved to 2-0 in SICL West action with a convincing 61-36 victory over North Mahaska on Friday.

“The guys played hard all night. We needed to do a better job communicating on defense early in the game,” Lynnville-Sully head coach Nick

Harthoorn said. “The boys did a good job of taking care of the basketball and were able to create 18 turnovers defensively. If we can continue to value the basketball and take good shots, good things will happen for this group.”

The Hawks (2-0) had just seven turnovers against the Warhawks. They shot 42 percent, 22-of-52, from the field and hit 14-of-25 free throw attempts.

Lynnville-Sully pushed out to an 18-10 lead after one quarter of play. The Hawks outscored the Warhawks 18-6 in the second period. Taking a 3616 lead into the third quarter, Lynnville-Sully held North Mahaska at bay the rest of the way.

Tanner Foster fired in 14 points and had five rebounds for

Foster

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a balanced scoring attack for the Hawks. Jesse Van Wyk added 11 points and grabbed five rebounds.

Thomas Wilkin scored 10 points for the Warhawks. Ben Sherburne added nine points.

Lynnville-Sully girls’ basketball head coach Jerry Hulsing said the Hawks didn’t play tough enough in the first five minutes of Friday’s road game.

The Warhawks were up 29-21 at halftime and held off the Hawks in the second half.

Lynnville-Sully is 2-2 overall and fell to 0-2 in South Iowa Cedar League West play.

North Mahaska is 4-0 overall and 2-0 in conference.

“We played better the rest of the game but our defense was still not good as we gave up too many easy baskets,” Hulsing said. “Our communication needs to improve on the defensive end for us to play better. The difference tonight was out lack of free throw shooting, we missed and they made theirs.”

The Warhawks went 19-of26 at the line while the Hawks were 9-of-23.

Carson Fisk paced Lynn-

Lynnville-Sully splits non-conference games on the road at East Marshall

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News LE GRAND — A quick turnaround for the Lynnville-Sully basketball teams had reverse fortunes for the Hawk squads from Friday night.

On Saturday, the Class 1A 13th-ranked Lynnville-Sully girls bounced back from a tough conference loss the night before with a 51-40 win over host East Marshall. The Hawk girls improved to 3-2 overall as the Mustang girls dropped to 1-2.

In the boys’ game, the East Marshall Mustangs avenged a couple of close losses to Lynnville-Sully the past two years to hand the Hawks their first loss of the season, 58-36. Lynnville-Sully is 2-1 and East Marshall improved to 2-0.

“I thought the girls came out with better energy on the defensive end. We played better team defense and did a better job of communicating,” Lynnville-Sully girls’ head coach Jerry Hulsing said. “We made positive steps in reaching our defensive goals.”

Lynnville-Sully had 15 steals and held the Mustang girls to 31 percent shooting, 14-of-44, from the field.

The Hawk girls shot 40 percent, 18-of-45, from the field. A big factor was at the free-throw line as the Hawks sank 13-of-23 charity tosses and the Mustangs went 8-of-13.

The Hawk girls battled back from an 11-6 first-quarter deficit to lead 24-18 at halftime. They outscored East Marshall 16-12 in

Vos

Van Wyk

the third period and 11-10 in the final eight minutes.

“We had better ball movement, allowing us to be able to attack the rim for some easy shots. I thought we rebounded the ball well,” Hulsing said.

Mariah Vos paced the Hawk girls with 11 points, five rebounds and three steals. Carson Fisk had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Lynnville-Sully had 31 rebounds and turned the ball over 17 times.

Shiloh Cunningham dropped in eight points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists and made four steals. Jataya Meyer had eight points and three steals.

Krystal Van Dyke, a 6-foot tall freshman, scored six points, had five rebounds and blocked three shots for Lynnville-Sully. Mallory Loftus had five points and Christine Nikkel added three points.

East Marshall was led by Olivia Terrones with 11 points and six rebounds. Madison Farrington and Emily Terrones each scored seven points.

The Hawk boys were limited to two points in the second

quarter by the Mustangs’ defense. Lynnville-Sully trailed 3113 at halftime. East Marshall was up 58-34 at the end of the third quarter.

“We struggled to get things going offensively. We turned the ball over too much,” Lynnville-Sully boys’ head coach Nick Harthoorn said. “Our effort on defense wasn’t bad, but we need to do the little things that will help make us more successful.”

Lynnville-Sully shot a cool 35 percent, 12-of-34, from the field, going 2-of-10 from 3-point range. The Hawk boys were 10of-12 at the free-throw line. They committed 17 turnovers.

East Marshall only turned the ball over nine times. The Mustangs shot 52 percent, 24-of-46, from the field, and netted seven 3-pointers. They were 3-of-8 at the line.

Jesse Van Wyk and Tanner Foster each scored 12 points.

Van Wyk pulled down eight rebounds, dished out three assists and made two steals. Foster had five rebounds.

Also scoring for Lynnville-Sully were Brevin Hansen with six points, Tyson Vander Linden with three points, Kemper Lukehart had two points and Gage Vander Leest had one point.

Zane Johnson fired in 18 points and made four steals for Mustangs. Zaine Leedom had 14 points.

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Ranked Bravettes cruise past Colfax-Mingo

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — The Class 1A No. 9 Montezuma girls’ basketball team buried 10 3-pointers and led 45-10 at halftime. Montezuma then outscored the Tigerhawks 25-8 in the third quarter and went on to win 78-32 during South Iowa Cedar League action on Friday night.

Colfax-Mingo senior McKeely Tjaden led the Tigerhawks with 12 points and seven rebounds.

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Senior Ries Wilson had five points and five rebounds. Junior Jordan Atwood also grabbed five boards. Nine different Ti-

gerhawks scored but only two scored more than three points.

Montezuma, which improved to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in the SICL, got 24 points from Riley Gatton, 14 points and seven rebounds from Elise Boulton and 10 points and six rebounds from Shateah Wetering.

The Tigerhawks play 1A No. 13 Lynnville-Sully at 6 p.m.

Tuesday in Sully.

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ville-Sully with 20 points, 11 rebounds and three steals.

Mariah Vos added 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

North Mahaska had three players score in double figures — Cheyenne Shaw, 17 points; Kassidi Steel, 13 points; and Emma Tymel, 10 points.

The Lynnville-Sully teams played non-conference games Saturday against East Marshall in Le Grand.

On Tuesday, the Hawk squads host Colfax-Mingo’s Tigerhawk teams in SICL play with the girls’ game at 6 p.m. followed by the boys’ contest at 7:30 p.m. in Sully.

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Victory Continued from Page 1B Sturtz, who had 16 points at halftime, moved into the No. 3 spot on the Newton career scoring list. He was nine points behind Curt Greeley (1,020) going into the game. Sturtz has 1,055 career points and is 21 points behind No. 2 Tyler Wood (1,076).

It was a slow first quarter. Sturtz used a spin move in the lane for a basket to give the Cardinals a 9-7 lead.

It was 9-9 at the buzzer. The second quarter was back-and-forth but Newton trailed 28-25 at halftime.

Indianola held its lead until senior Grant Garvis drained a 3-pointer with 4:13 left in the third quarter to forge a 37-37 tie. It set off a nine-point run with junior Aaron Bartels nailing a three followed by a threepoint play by Sturtz.

The Cardinals led 43-37 and never trailed again. The Indians didn’t go away. Matt Deike had a three-point play to make it 43-42. Bartels answered with back-toback treys. Newton was up 51-42 heading into the fourth quarter.

Newton led 56-46 near the midway mark of the final eight minutes. Indianola kept challenging. Sturtz, who was 20-of-25 at the freethrow line in the game, salted things away for the Cardinals at the line down the stretch.

Sturtz had a threepoint play with 1:12 left on a rebound of his own shot. Jack Orwig responded with a threepoint play for Indianola to make it 64-61 at the 1:05 mark. Junior Kyle Long and Sturtz sank three straight free throws to push Newton’s lead to 67-62.

Orwig had another three-point play with 13 seconds left to make it a two-point game, 6765. Sturtz tossed in four consecutive free throws

to give Newton the final margin.

Bartels had nine points. Garvis finished with eight points, six rebounds and one steal.

Long had seven points and two steals.

Newton shot 45 percent, 21-of-47, from the field. The Cardinals were 7-of-22 from 3-point range. They went 22-of29 at the free-throw line.

“We’re fortunate to get another road win over a good team while overcoming adversity,” Liley said.

Indianola (1-1, 0-1 LHC) was led by Evan Gauger, who hit three 3-pointers, with 19 points and Orwig with 18 points. Gavin Smith added 14 points. The Indians were 23-of-43, 57.5 percent, from the field and sank 14-of-21 free throw attempts.

Newton is 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in Little Hawkeye Conference action.

Newton has back-toback home games on Thursday in non-conference against Marshalltown and on Friday Dallas Center-Grimes comes for a LHC contest. Both games tip off at 7:30 p.m.

“The people of Newton need to make sure they catch Garrett’s remaining games as they may not see another player like Garrett for awhile in a Cardinal uniform,” Liley said.

Newton’s junior varsity lost 57-44 to Indianola. Logan Schilling netted six 3-pointers as he scored 23 points for Newton and Antonio Usry added 13 points

Newton 9-16-26-20—71 Indianola 9-19-14-25—67 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 12-203-44, Satterfield 0-0-1-0, Davis 0-0-4-0, Long 0/2-1-0-7, Garvis 1/2-0-4-8, Bartels 0/3-0-5-9, Coley 1-1-3-3. TOTALS: 14/7-22-20-71.

Indianola (FG/3-pt); Gauger 4/3-25-19, Vesey 1-3-5-8, Held 0/1-0-33, Berkey 0-0-1-0, Scott 1-0-3-2, Orwig 5/1-5-4-18, Deike 1-1-3-3, Smith 4/1-3-1-14. TOTALS: 16/714-26-67.

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Shooting woes plague Tigerhawks in loss to Montezuma

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — Jarod Nichols recorded his second straight double-double, but the Colfax-Mingo boys’ basketball team turned it over 17 times and struggled from the floor during a 48-40 loss in South Iowa Cedar League action on Friday night.

Colfax-Mingo made 13of-40 from the floor and were just 2-of-15 from long range as Montezuma knocked off

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the Tigerhawks 48-40.

Nichols finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds but no other Tigerhawk scored in

double figures.

S e n i o r Reegan Van Dyke had five points and 14 rebounds and senior Jonathan Jacobs added seven points and Jacobs four assists.

C o l fax-Mingo, which fell to 1-1 overall and 1-1 in the SICL, couldn’t overcome a slow start. The Tigerhawks trailed

9-4 after one quarter and were down 17-13 at halftime. Both teams got it going in the second half but Montezuma outscored Colfax-Mingo 31-27.

The Braves (1-1, 1-1) hit eight 3-pointers in the win.

Eight different Montezuma players scored but no one had more than 10.

Trey Shearer led the way with 10 points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals.

The Braves made 16 shots from the floor, but eight of

them were from long range.

Montezuma won the game despite shooting only 8-of-19 from the foul line.

The Tigerhawks continued to play without starting point guard Brady Berkey, who injured his hand during football season.

The Tigerhawks play Lynnville-Sully at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Sully.

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Mustang girls pull away in fourth to top Saydel

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MONROE — Part of the gameplan for the Prairie City-Monroe girls’ basketball team in the fourth quarter of its game against Saydel was to attack the two Eagle players who had four fouls.

One of those players was Katie Schmidt, who scored a game-high 21 points through the first three quarters of the game.

Trailing by seven, Schmidt drove the ball to the bucket early in the fourth quarter, but a collision with PCM junior Sloan Hjortshoj resulted in an offensive foul and a fifth personal for the game.

Schmidt went to the bench for good with 6:37 to go in the game, and PCM took advantage with a big fourth quarter during a 56-42 win during Heart of Iowa Conference play on Friday night.

“It was big. We talked about that. We wanted to attack the two girls with four fouls,” PCM coach Jeff Lindsay said.

“It turned out to be the other end of the court. Sloan did a nice job stepping in and taking the charge. We did a nice job of rotating there. It was a big moment in the game.”

PCM turned a seven-point lead into a 14-point win with a 13-5 advantage in the fourth.

Sophomore Regan Freland was held in check for most of the game, but her 10 points in the final period put the finishing touches on the Mustangs’ first conference win of the season.

Freland finished with a game-high 17 points, but freshman Lilli Baird added a career-high 16 points and the Mustangs used a big second quarter to gain a double-digit lead at halftime.

“I thought we shored things up defensively after the first quarter,” Lindsay said. “Once we got everyone on the same page, things got shut down real quick.”

Baird, making her first career start, had the hot hand early. She kept the Mustangs in the game while Freland was

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Morgan Uhlenhopp (40) dribbles the ball up the floor as Saydel’s Daleaney Shinn reaches in during the Mustangs’ 56-42 win on Friday night. Uhlenhopp scored six points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the win.

working her way through a defense geared toward shutting her down.

A Baird 3-pointer tied the game at 6-all, and her jumper made it 10-8 with 2:52 to play in the quarter. PCM never trailed again, and Baird scored five more points in the frame to give her team an 1816 lead after 8 minutes.

“I personally think she is just getting more comfortable,” Lindsay said. “She is not afraid to shoot it. She has a good shot selection, too.

As she gets a little more into playing at this level and at this speed, her 3-pointer won’t be the only part of her game.”

Baird opened the second quarter with another trey, and junior Morgan Uhlenhopp scored on back-to-back possessions to push PCM’s lead to seven.

Junior Camryn Wignall then buried two triples to extend the advantage to 11, and the Mustangs led by 12 at halftime. Wignall finished with nine points, four assists

PCM Continued from Page 1B PCM led 23-0 after one quarter, scored the game’s first 33 points and got the season off on the right foot. But it wasn’t what Lorensen expected coming in.

“It was really strange. We saw them play Monday night and they did some really good stuff,” Lorensen said. “They hit 11 3-pointers in that game.

I was really concerned about them.”

The Eagles didn’t make 11 3-pointers on Friday. They only made two field goals in the game.

Twelve different Mustangs scored at least two points and 16 grabbed at least one rebound. And the defense was swarming and finishing off the possessions with strong rebounds.

“We were good defensively.

Saydel had a hard time getting good shots up and when they did they missed them,” Lorensen said. “We rebounded it well, too. We knew we’d have the size advantage, and the guys did a good job attacking the glass.”

The Mustang starters put in the first 13 points. All five players scored at least one point and the spurt ended with a 3-point play by junior Andrew Van Ryswyk. Van Ryswyk scored five points and grabbed nine boards in the game.

Lorensen shifted in a fresh new five at that point. Sophomore Jason Stafford made an immediate impact with backto-back 3-pointers. And then senior Dayton Boell scored consecutive buckets to make

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Dayton Boell goes in for two points against Saydel on Friday night. Boell scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds off the Mustang bench, and the home team took down the Eagles 74-7 in its season opener.

it 23-0 after one.

The starters came back into the game at the start of the second quarter and got right back to work. Van Ryswyk scored on a putback and then seniors Jackson Thomas and

Elijah Sperfslage connected from downtown to put the Mustangs up 31-0.

Saydel’s first point of the game came on a free throw by Zach Bobenhouse with 3:56 to play until halftime.

and two steals in the win.

“Camryn hit some big 3-pointers for us,” Lindsay said.

Freland had only four points at halftime but buried a 3-point on the first possession of the second half.

Schmidt answered with a trey of her own, and Saydel rallied to get to within six after three quarters.

The Eagles hit three 3-pointers in the quarter and stayed close because of second-chance opportunities.

Sperfslage ended the starters’ stretch of minutes with a reverse layup to put the Mustangs up 35-1. Sperfslage led the way for PCM with 13 points, four rebounds, four steals and four assists.

The five reserves returned to the game, and the drop off was minimal. Junior Isaac Telfer scored four straight points and then sophomore Derek Brown sunk two 3-pointers to make it 47-1.

Boell added two more buckets before halftime as the Mustangs led 49-5 at the break.

Boell scored 12 points and grabbed four boards off the bench. Brown hit three triples and scored nine points and grabbed three rebounds.

“We had a really good inside-out game, and we did a nice job of penetrating to the basket,” Lorensen said. “We made the extra pass several times. And our post guys were more physical inside than they have been. We’ll need to see more of that.”

The entire second half had a continuous clock as the Mustangs led by more than 35 points. PCM outscored Saydel 12-2 in the third, highlighted by 3-point buckets from Sperfslage and Thomas.

Thomas finished with nine points and six rebounds, and the Mustangs led 61-7 after three quarters.

Boell began the fourth with a drive to the bucket and then Brown splashed in his third 3-pointer of the game. Telfer’s bucket ended the night for the regulars as PCM led 68-7.

Telfer finished with six points and seven rebounds off the bench.

“There wasn’t a drop off with those first 10 guys,” Lo-

Saydel out-rebounded the Mustangs 41-37, and PCM turned it over 14 times.

“We have got to have a desire to want to rebound. We need to put ourselves in better positions,” Lindsay said.

“We are still in this mode where we have to fastbreak all the time. We aren’t that kind of team. That is not what this team is about. We will run when we can, but we don’t have the type of ability right now to be able to just get out and run the open floor constantly.”

PCM turned the close game into a double-digit win by scoring 11 of the first 14 points of the fourth quarter.

After Schmidt fouled out, Freland put in nine consecutive points to go up 54-40. The Eagles wouldn’t get any closer.

Freland finished with 17 points, five rebounds, five steals, three assists and two steals.

Schmidt led all scorers with 21 points. She was the only Saydel player in double figures.

While rebounding was an issue for the Mustangs as a team, Uhlenhopp did grab 11 boards and added four assists and two steals. Hjortshoj added six points, six rebounds and three steals.

PCM improved to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the HOIC. Saydel fell to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in conference play.

The Mustangs host Pella Christian (2-1) at 6 p.m. Monday in Monroe.

Saydel 16-5-16-5 — 42 PCM 18-15-10-13 — 56 Saydel (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP) — Jayda Tolentino 1-0-1-2, Hannah Bowman 2/1-2-4-7, Destiny Butters 2-0-1-4, Alexis Carney 1-0-3-2, Daleaney Shinn 0-0-1-0, Alle Thompson 2/2-0-0-6, Katie Schmidt 6/3-6-5-21, Emily Lowe 0-0-4-0. Totals 14/6-8-19-42.

PCM (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP) — Camryn Wignall 3/3-0-3-9, Sloan Hjortshoj 3-0-4-6, Lilli Baird 6/4-0-1-16, Megan Cowman 0-0-10, Sierra Foster 0-0-1-0, Regan Freland 6/1-4-3-17, Kate McCarthy 0-0-2-0, Morgan Uhlenhopp 2-2-1-6, Emma George 1-0-1-2. Totals 20/8-8-17-56.

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rensen said. “We’ll see how it goes with those guys moving forward.”

Lorensen emptied his bench, and junior Jordon DeVries and sophomore Dane Owens each scored buckets inside and sophomore Seth Greiner nailed a pair of free throws.

Saydel was led by Bobenhouse’s four points. The Eagles drop to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in HOIC play.

PCM will take its 1-0 record into Monday’s game with Pella Christian. Tip off is set for around 7:30 p.m. in Monroe.

According to Lorensen, the Mustangs will find out a lot more about themselves after playing the Eagles.

“We don’t do a great job communicating on defense.

We are supposed to switch on screens and we need to get better at that,” Lorensen said.

“This game was so hard to tell much. We’ll get a better understanding of where we are after Monday.”

Saydel 0-5-2-0 — 7 PCM 23-26-12-13 — 74 Saydel (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP) — Luke Vitiritto 0-0-1-0, Colton Myers 0-1-1-1, Cash Lee 1-0-2-2, Devin Walker 0-0-2-0, Zach Bobenhouse 1/1-1-1-4, Jackson Jarrell 0-0-3-0, Andrew Malone 0-0-1-0, Nick Garrison 0-0-1-0. Totals 2/1-2-12-7.

PCM (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP) — Elijah Sperfslage 5/2-1-3-13, Seth Greiner 0-20-2, Sage Burns 0-0-1-0, Jason Stafford 2/2-0-1-6, Reed Worth 1-0-0-2, Dayton Boell 5-2-2-12, Preston Van Wyk 0-0-2-0, Nick Dredge 0-0-2-0, Jackson Thomas 3/2-1-0-9, Noah Lanphier 2-2-1-6, Andrew Van Ryswyk 2-1-2-5, Derek Brown 3/3-02-9, Isaac Telfer 2-2-2-6, Jordon DeVries 1-0-0-2, Dane Owens 1-0-0-2. Totals 27/9-11-16-74.

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Hawks’ Dunsbergen wins 138-pound title at Montezuma

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News MONTEZUMA — Josh Dunsbergen is on a mission for the 2017-18 wrestling season. He had a taste of the Class 1A state wrestling tournament as a freshman, but has not been back in two years.

Dunsbergen is on a strong start for his senior season for Lynnville-Sully. He stayed undefeated (7-0) by winning the 138-pound division championship at Saturday’s Montezuma Invitational.

He defeated two Class 3A wrestlers — Johnathan Bloch of Waukee JV 12-1 and John Fetty of Pella by a pin — in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. In the championship match, Dunsbergen piled up a 9-2 decision over Tyler Strasser of North Mahaska.

Lynnville-Sully with only six

wrestlers on its roster this season scored 47 points as one of five 1A teams in the 10-team tou r name nt .

Waukee JV won the team title with 205 points followed Dunsbergen

by Pella with 170 and Marshalltown, also 3A, was third with 156 points.

Class 2A East Marshall finished fourth with 152 points.

In the pack of 1A teams, Pleasantville was fifth with 122 points followed by Lone Tree with 76 points, North Mahaska with 75, Montezuma with 68 points and Lynnville-Sully with 47 points. Chariton, a Class 2A team, had 44 points.

Senior Cayden Johnson (3-3) placed fourth at 160. He was pinned buy Waukee’s Zach

Wlaberg in the quarterfinals.

Johnson had a bye in the first round of consolation action then pinned Andrew Burkland of Pella in 57 seconds.

Johnson met Gavin Mills of Chariton in the third-place match. He was pinned by Mills in 1:21.

At 113 pounds, junior Ben Van Wyk lost the third-place match by a 23-8 technical fall at the 5:36 mark to Carter Smith of Waukee. Van Wyk (5-2) had a bye then lost his first match of the season by a fall to Pella’s Ryan Hancock in the semifinals. He beat Pella’s Daniel Mora 8-6 in the consolation semifinals.

Freshman Lane Mathis was sixth at 170 pounds for Lynnville-Sully. After a quarterfinal loss by a fall, Mathis recorded his first high school match win. He pinned Tanner Nance of Charition in 2:49. He was

pinned in the consolation semifinals then in the fifthplace match.

Freshmen C.J. Snethen (42) and Kodie Waggoner (0-5) lost their first two matches of the tournament in their respective weight classes, 120 and 126.

The Hawks prepare this week for the Saydel tournament on Saturday. Matches begin at 9 a.m. in Saydel.

2017 Montezuma Invitational Results 113 - Ben Van Wyk (5-2), 4th Quarterfinal - Van Wyk received a bye Semifinal - Ryan Hancock (Pella) pinned Van Wyk (Fall 1:42) Cons. Semi - Van Wyk won by 8-6 dec. over Daniel Mora (Pella) 3rd Place Match - Carter Smith (Waukee JV) won by 23-8 tech fall over Van Wyk (TF-1.5 5:36) 120 - CJ Snethen (4-2) Quarterfinal - Ryan Van Donselaar (Pella) pinned Snethen (Fall 1:24) Cons. Round 1 - Aiden Tallant (Waukee JV) pinned Snethen (Fall 4:35) 126 - Kodie Waggoner (0-5) Quarterfinal - Jacob Templeman (North Ma-

haska) pinned Waggoner (Fall 1:10) Cons. Round 1 - Trae Hall (Chariton) pinned Waggoner Fall 1:21) 138 - Josh Dunsbergen (7-0), 1st Quarterfinal - Dunsbergen won by 12-1 maj dec. over Johnathan Bloch (Waukee JV) Semifinal - Dunsbergen pinned John Fetty (Pella) (Fall 1:06) 1st Place Match - Dunsbergen won by 9-2 dec. over Tyler Strasser (North Mahaska) 160 - Cayden Johnson (3-3), 4th Quarterfinal - Zach Walberg (Waukee JV) pinned Johnson (Fall 3:38) Cons. Round 1 - Johnson received a bye Cons. Semi - Johnson pinned Andrew Burkland (Pella) (Fall 0:57) 3rd Place Match - Gavin Mills (Chariton) pinned Johnson (Fall 1:21) 170 - Lane Mathis (1-7), 6th Quarterfinal - Trevor Imm (Waukee JV) pinned Mathis (Fall 1:06) Cons. Round 1 - Mathis pinned Tanner Nance (Chariton) (Fall 2:49) Cons. Semi - Connor Murty (East Marshall) pinned Mathis (Fall 1:23) 5th Place Match - Max Hinners (Pleasantville) pinned Mathis (Fall 1:42)

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Classic Continued from Page 1B as a team with 130.5 points.

Johnston, which is ranked No. 6 in Class 3A, won the team title with 248.5 points followed by 3A ninth-ranked Iowa City High with 233.5 points.

“Our kids like to compete and they wrestled hard all day,” Newton head coach Andy Swedenhjelm said. “We know this is the first week of our process here with a lot of things to improve on and work to do. We placed third behind two top 10 teams, so I’m pretty happy how it turned out today.”

Indianola, which narrowly beat Newton in a dual on Thursday, was fourth with 118 points. Mount Vernon was fifth with 110 points followed

by Knoxville with 65 points and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson with 61 points.

“It feels good to be a champion today,” Cockerton said.

“There’s a lot of season yet to go. I have plenty of work to do in trying to reach the state tournament. I learned I need to be fast on my feet, keep moving and take shots.”

Cockerton began the day with a pin of Michael Santoro of Iowa City High with just six seconds left in the match. He worked for a 5-4 decision over Mount Vernon’s Jack Streicher and won 6-2 over Johnston’s Thomas Edwards.

“I just went out there and pushed myself in every match,” Cockerton said.

Gulling set up a rematch with Indianola’s Reece Bowlin in the championship match at 195 pounds. Gulling, ranked No. 10, and Bowlin, ranked No. 5, wrestled on Thursday in a dual at Newton with Bowlin winning 6-3.

Gulling worked his way to Saturday’s 195-pound title bout with four straight pins.

He pinned Indianola’s Shane Crawford, Newton’s Lazarus Frisch-Johnson, Knoxville’s Nyan Baker and Johnston’s Javian Rolley.

In the championship

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High teammates Canaan Terpstra, back, and Joseph Carolus, front, wrestled in the third-place match of the 132-pound division at Saturday’s Newton Cardinal Classic. Terpstra pinned Carolus at the 5:35 mark to claim third.

match, Gulling and Bowling worked to a 1-1 tie after the regulation three periods.

Bowling won 3-1 on a takedown in overtime.

“I need to get wrist control and be better on my feet.

I know I have work to do in setting up my shots better,” Gulling said after the championship match. “I know I can beat him, and I have two more shots at it for sure at conference and districts.”

Gulling said his main goal on the mat is to out work his opponents. He said except for Bowlin, he did that on Saturday, scoring a lot of points before pinning his opponents.

Hull lost his first match of the season in the second round of action Saturday in the 126-pound division. He had pinned teammate Bobby Yarges in 50 seconds to begin the day then dropped a 12-4 major decision to Johnston’s James Edwards.

“I learned if I make a mistake, don’t give up on myself

and keep wrestling,” Hull said.

“I just put it behind me and continued to wrestle hard the rest of the day.”

Working to get second in the round-robin format of his weight class, Hull pinned his next three opponents. It took 3 minutes, 11 seconds to put Iowa City High’s Khurt Bacho on his back in round three.

Hull was on the mat less than a minute in each of his next matches, pinning Mount Vernon’s Connor Bilden in 45 seconds and Thomas Jefferson’s Aiden Keller in 35 seconds.

“Blake did a great job against a couple of tough kids. Jaise took the Bowlin kid to overtime before losing and Ross looked good all day, especially on his feet,” Swedenhjelm said. “Gage Linahon at 220 was in a super stacked bracket and wrestled well. I’m proud of all of our guys today.”

Terpstra went 3-2 on the day for third at 132 pounds.

He pinned Indinaola’s Brock

Elbert to open action then was pinned by 3A seventh-ranked Lance Borman of Iowa City High in 1:17. In round three, Terpstra made quick work of Johnston’s Peter Erickson, pinning him in 31 seconds.

In the championship semifinals, Terpstra took on Johnston’s Zach Price, who is ranked No. 2 in 138 pounds, and was pinned in the second period. He pinned his Newton teammate Joseph Carolus in 5:35 in the third-place match.

Newton had junior varsity wrestlers fill in some spaces in weight classes left by a team dropping out of the tournament. Those wrestlers did not score team points for the Cardinals, wrestling unattached.

Gage Linahon, a sophomore, was 2-3 for fifth place in the 220 bracket. He had wins over Mount Vernon’s Cody Connelly and Knoxville’s Chase Bellon. His final match of the day was a loss by a fall to second-ranked Jacob Dykes of Iowa City High.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton senior Blayden Rhone, left, and Iowa City High’s Brandon Lalla, right, squared off twice in the 182-pound bracket in Saturday’s Cardinal Classic. The second time was for third place. Lalla won both matches, which came down to the final whistle.

Freshman Anthony Bestell was fourth at 106, losing all three matches. His first match was against fifth-ranked Ethan Wood-Finley of Iowa City High.

“I learned I have to work to get better. I think I work the best when I’m in the top position, which means I have to get better working out of the bottom and on my feet,” Bestell said, who had been 2-0 in varsity matches before the tournament. “I like the pressure on me and it was fun to have everyone cheering for me in our home meet Thursday.”

Carolus, a junior, was fourth at 132 and sophomore Zane Kohlmeyer went 2-3 for fourth at 145 pounds. Senior Blayden Rhone lost two close matches to Iowa City High’s Brandon Lalla to finish fourth at 182 pounds. Rhone had two wins by pins. Junior Thomas Cox was eighth at 182.

Frisch-Johnson, a junior, was fourth at 195 pounds.

In the 170-pound division, sophomore Destin Schroder and freshman Owen Sanger were sixth and seventh. Yarges, a junior, was sixth at 126 pounds, and sophomore Balke Iske placed sixth at 138.

Junior Ike Bebout and sophomore Caydin Harper won two matches each as they went sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 285-pound division. Bebout recorded back-to-back pins over Indinaola’s Logan Edwards and Knoxville’s Milo Johnston for his first wins of the season.

Harper pinned Knoxville’s Johnston twice in Saturday’s action.

Newton wrestlers have the week to prepare for this coming Saturday’s Waverly-Shell Rock Invitational. Matches begin at 9:30 a.m.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-003353 CASE # EQCV120498 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND vs DEFENDANT: CURT R. BRASS AND DOROTHY Y. BRASS, HUSBAND AND WIFE; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND; AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT 13 IN BITTERSWEET ESTATES IN SECTIONS 31 AND 32, TOWNSHIP 80 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS SHOWN BY PLAT BOOK F PAGE 251 (NOW SHOWN IN PLAT CABINET A, PAGE 95) IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Property Address 3148 S 12TH AVE W, NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/09/2018 Sale Time 11:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $204,401.81 Costs $0.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $3,420.13 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney DONALD J. PAVELKA JR. 2002 DOUGLAS ST OMAHA, NE 68102 (402)898-7000 Date 10/31/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF November 27 & December 4 Appointments by the Jasper County Board of Supervisors Every year the Jasper County Board of Supervisors appoint numerous county residents to various boards, commissions, committees and councils. The Supervisors are always looking for qualified and interested people to serve. The Board welcomes all people without regard to age, sex, ethnicity or place of residence in the county to apply for an appointment.

Below you will find a listing of the boards, commissions, committees and councils to which the Supervisors make appointments.

If you are interested in serving please contact one of the County Supervisors, the County Auditor's Office or go to the Jasper County Website (www.co.jasper.ia.us) for an application. All applications will be kept on file and when a vacancy occurs the Supervisors will consider your application.

The Board of Supervisors makes every effort to comply with Iowa Code Section 69.16A providing for gender balance on local boards, commissions, committees and councils.

Aging Resources of Central Iowa Animal Control and Welfare Board Animal Rescue League & Humane Society Assessor's Conference & Board of Review Cemetery Commission Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance Central Iowa Tourism Civil Service Commission Compensation Board Compensation Commission Conservation Board Des Moines Recreational River & Greenbelt Advisory Council DHS – Decategorization Board Emergency Management Commission Enhanced E911 Service Board Enterprise Zone Commission Fifth Judicial District Fire Districts Grinnell Airport Zoning Commission IMPACT Community Action Plan Health Board Heartland RC&D Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Authority Jasper County Economic Development Corporation Library Board Magistrate Appointing Commission Mid Iowa Development Veteran's Affairs Commission Zoning Board of Adjustment Zoning Commission Members December 4 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-003279 CASE # EQCV120612 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA vs DEFENDANT: JOSHUA J. VAN BAALE, AMY M. VAN BAALE, INSTANT CASH ADVANCE, AND VERMEER CORP; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT FOUR AND THE EAST SIX FEET OF LOT THREE, BLOCK THIRTY-EIGHT. ORIGINAL TOWN OF MONROE, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA Property Address 202 S FILMORE ST, MONROE, IA The described property will be of-

CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 17-003279 CASE # EQCV120612 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA vs DEFENDANT: JOSHUA J. VAN BAALE, AMY M. VAN BAALE, INSTANT CASH ADVANCE, AND VERMEER CORP; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT FOUR AND THE EAST SIX FEET OF LOT THREE, BLOCK THIRTY-EIGHT. ORIGINAL TOWN OF MONROE, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA Property Address 202 S FILMORE ST, MONROE, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/09/2018 Sale Time 11:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $128,603.81 Costs $2,585.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $1,593.30 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney C. ANTHONY CRNIC 925 E 4TH ST WATERLOO, IA 50703 (319)234-2530 Date 10/23/2017 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF November 27 & December 4 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 20, 2017, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in regular session at 6:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Hansen presided.

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

Mayor Hansen swore in Council Member George to the At-Large seat as votes were confirmed from the election, leaving the Ward 2 seat vacant.

Mayor Hansen asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Dawn Bleeker, 801 East 18th Street North, presented on updating the Animal Ordinance in regards to allowing additional miniature pigs and lifting the weight restriction.

There was no citizen participation.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by Mullan to approve consent agenda items 5-18.

5. November 6, 2017 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes 6. Approve Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017 7. Approval of Annual Urban Renewal Report 8. Resolution authorizing urban renewal area activities to be certified and decertified as TIF indebtedness. Resolution 2017272 adopted.

9. Resolution appointing Garfield Berndt III to the Newton Planning and Zoning Commission for an unexpired term ending December 31, 2018 Resolution 2017-273 adopted.

10. Resolution Claiming Less than the Maximum Allowable Revenue from the East-Mart and Plant Two Tax Increment Finance Districts for Fiscal Year 20182019.

Resolution 2017-274 adopted.

11.

Resolution Fixing the Amounts to be assessed against individual private property for the abatement of nuisance violations (Schedule No. 17-12). Resolution 2017-275 adopted.

12. Resolution Approving a Property Tax Rebate for Des Moines Area Community College, for the Former Maytag Campus Property Located Within the North Central Economic Development Area. Resolution 2017-276 adopted.

13. Resolution authorizing the submission of a pre-application for federal airport improvement program funding and certifying eligibility requirements.

Resolution 2017-277 adopted.

14. Resolution approving a revised lease agreement for the Community Hangar at the Newton Municipal Airport.

Resolution 2017-278 adopted.

15.

Resolution accepting completion of the 2016 Lincoln Street Paving Project. Resolution 2017-279 adopted.

16.

Resolution approving agreement with the property owner of 108 N 2nd Ave E for non-standard improvements in the city right-of-way. Resolution 2017-280 adopted.

17. Resolution approving the release and termination of a driveway easement located at 623 South 3rd Avenue East in favor of 619 South 3rd Avenue East.

Resolution 2017-281 adopted.

18. Approval of Bills AYES: Four.

NAYS: None.

Consent agenda items approved.

Mayor Hansen stated that this is the time and place for a public hearing on a Resolution Approving 2017-2018 Budget Amendments.

There were no written comments.

Moved by George, seconded by Trotter to close the public hearing. AYES: Four. NAYS: None. The public hearing was closed. Moved by Kulis, seconded by Mullan, to adopt the resolution. AYES: Four. NAYS: None. Resolution 2017-282 adopted.

Mayor Hansen stated that this is the time and place for a public hearing on a Resolution taking additional action on proposal to enter into a General Obligation Loan Agreement. There were no written comments.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by George to close the public hearing. AYES: Four. NAYS: None. The public hearing was closed. Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan, to adopt the resolution. AYES: Four. NAYS: None. Resolution 2017-283 adopted.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by Trotter, to approve the second consideration of an Ordinance Providing for the Division of Taxes Levied on Taxable Property in the Fairmeadows North Housing Urban Renewal Area, Pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa. AYES: Four. NAYS: None. Second consideration was passed.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan, to approve the first consideration of an Ordinance of amending the Code Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to street parking on E 2nd St S in the 500-600.

AYES: Four.

NAYS: None. First consideration was passed.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by George to approve the first consideration of an Ordinance of amending the Code Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to street parking on W 10th St S in the 200-400 blocks. AYES: Four.

NAYS: None. First consideration of the ordinance was passed.

Area, Pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa. AYES: Four. NAYS: None. Second consideration was passed.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan, to approve the first consideration of an Ordinance of amending the Code Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to street parking on E 2nd St S in the 500-600.

AYES: Four.

NAYS: None. First consideration was passed.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by George to approve the first consideration of an Ordinance of amending the Code Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to street parking on W 10th St S in the 200-400 blocks. AYES: Four.

NAYS: None. First consideration of the ordinance was passed.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Trotter to approve a Resolution directing publication of notice of intent to fill the Ward 2 vacancy by appointment. AYES: Four, NAYS: None. Resolution 2017284 adopted.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by Trotter to approve a Resolution Authorizing and approving a Loan Agreement, providing for the sale and issuance of Taxable General Obligation Corporate Purpose 2017C, and Notes, Series providing for the levy of taxes to Four. pay the same. AYES: NAYS: None. Resolution 2017285 adopted.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by George to approve a Resolution awarding contract for the 2017 City of Newton Police Department Interior Paint Project.

AYES: Four. NAYS: None.

Resolution 2017-286 adopted.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by George to approve a Resolution approving an agreement with Black Hills Energy for the installation of natural gas facilities in the Fairmeadows North Plat Eight subdivision. AYES: Four.

NAYS: None. Resolution 2017287 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan to approve a Resolution approving two agreements with along with Alliant Energy, payment of upfront costs, for the installation of electric facilities in the and streetlights Fairmeadows North Plat Eight AYES: Four. subdivision.

NAYS: None. Resolution 2017288 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Kulis to approve a Resolution Amending the City of Newton Public Works Fees Schedule to Include the Newton Municipal Airport Annual Fees for Aeronautical Activities.

AYES: Four. NAYS: None. Resolution 2017-289 adopted.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by Mullan to approve a Resolution approving the Newton Municipal Airport - Earl Johnson Field Rules and Regulations - Chapter 1: Minimum Standards.

AYES: Four. NAYS: None. Resolution 2017-290 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by George to approve a Resolution approving the construction of a temporary gravel parking lot at 1801 North 19th Avenue East.

AYES: Four. NAYS: None.

Resolution 2017-291 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan to approve a Resolution Authorizing Sale of Additional Property Located in Fountain Hills Estates, First Addition, in Newton. AYES: Four. NAYS: None.

Resolution 2017-292 adopted.

There was no new business.

There was no old business.

Moved by Kulis, seconded by George to go into closed session at 6:36 p.m. to Discuss the Purchase of Particular Real Estate Only Where Premature Disclosure Could be Reasonably Expected to Increase the Price the Governmental Body Would Have to Pay For That Property Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 21.5(1)(j), Code of Iowa 2017.

Upon returning to Open Session with all Council still present it was moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan to adjourn the meeting at 7:13 PM. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis, CMC City Clerk December 4 IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT D. BRIESE, Deceased CASE NO. ESPR037150 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Robert D. Briese, Deceased, who died on or about June 20, 2017: You are hereby notified that on November 28, 2017, the last will and testament of Robert D. Briese, deceased, bearing date of May 25, 2007,* was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Lisa Briese was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated November 22, 2017.

Date of second publication: 11th day of December, 2017 Lisa Briese Executor of the Estate P.O. Box 7621 Urbandale, IA 50323 Address Kathryn E. Walker, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0008220 Walker, Billingsley & Bair, 208 N 2nd Ave W, Newton, IA 50208 Address Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) December 4 & 11 IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERNON M. VANDEN HOEK, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR037154 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Vernon M. Vanden Hoek, Deceased, who died on or about October 29, 2017: You are hereby notified that on November 30, 2017, the last will and testament of Vernon M. Vanden Hoek, deceased, bearing date of June 9, 2014, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Egbertine Vanden Hoek was appointed executor of the estate.

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERNON M. VANDEN HOEK, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR037154 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Vernon M. Vanden Hoek, Deceased, who died on or about October 29, 2017: You are hereby notified that on November 30, 2017, the last will and testament of Vernon M. Vanden Hoek, deceased, bearing date of June 9, 2014, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Egbertine Vanden Hoek was appointed executor of the estate.

Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated November 30, 2017.

Date of second publication 11th day of December, 2017 Egbertine Vanden Hoek Executor of the Estate 6702 E. 124th St. S. Lynnville, IA 50153 Address Mark A. Otto, Attorney for the Executor ICIS PIN No: AT0005939 OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address mark@ottolawyers.com Probate Code Section 304 *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) December 4 & 11

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www.newtondailynews.com | Monday | Dec. 4, 2017

Cardinal girls lose to 5A No. 12 Indians

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News INDIANOLA — Shots didn’t fall for Newton High’s Cardinal girls for most of the first half of Friday’s Little Hawkeye Conference opening basketball game. It spelled trouble as the Cardinals faced Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Indianola Indians, and shots were falling for them.

The Indians held an 18-0 lead through the end of the first quarter en route to a 52-26 win in front of their home crowd. The Cardinals were limited to 33 shots from the field, hitting just 10 for 30 percent. They went 3-of-16 from 3-point range.

“We played pretty fearful in Walters the first quarter,” Newton head coach Brandon Sharp said. “I thought the next three quarters the girls played more relaxed.”

Newton trailed Indianola 3610 at halftime and by the end of the third quarter it was 52-15. The fourth quarter was played under a running clock.

Newton’s first points came on a basket by junior Peyton Maher with 7:28 on the second-quarter clock. At the midway mark of the second quarter it was 27-2.

Newton got a basket from senior Anna Forsyth with 2:40 left in the first half. Senior Randi Walters knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 32-10.

“When we switched to our point defense, Indianola had a hard time getting the shots they wanted. We rebounded it well too,” Sharp said. “That was the silver lining of the night — our point defense.”

The Cardinals were led by Walters with 11 points and seven rebounds.

Senior Taylor Ryan who had a 3-pointer, added seven points.

Forsyth had six of the team’s 31 rebounds and senior Addy Blom had six rebounds.

Newton junior Abbie Barr and senior Marcelina Marvelli each

had two assists. Junior Emily Valtman had two steals.

Newton turned the ball over 19 times — 12 came in the first half.

The Cardinals were 3-of-6 at the free-throw line.

Newton had no answer for Indianola’s 6-foot tall senior Grace Berg who had 27 points. Maggie McGraw added 11 points. The Indians sank 12-of-16 free throw attempts and hit six 3-pointers.

The Cardinals (1-3) return home for two straight games at the end of the week. They will try to turn things around in a non-conference game against a one-win Marshalltown team at 6:15 p.m. Thursday.

“We are excited about getting back after it. We will finally have our full varsity squad for games now,” Sharp said. “We’re really excited about being at full strength for the first time all season.”

Newton will take a 0-1 LHC mark into Friday’s home conference game against Dallas Center-Grimes. That game tips off at 6:15 p.m.

Newton’s freshman girls lost 56-18 to Indianola on Friday.

Malarie Zach had six points and Victoria Reynolds had five points.

Kynnedei Terpstra had five rebounds and Courtney Dawson made two steals.

The NHS freshmen lost 53-9 to host Montezuma on Thursday.

“It was a rough one last night. We were out-matched in almost every aspect but I’ll give the girls credit, not once did they hang their heads and pout,” Newton freshman coach Andy Kuker said of Thursday’s game. “They fought and scrapped until the final buzzer.”

Tess Brunsmann scored five points, Dawson and Grace Brown each had two points. Terpstra pulled down five rebounds.

Newton 0-10-5-11—26 Indianola 18-181-16-0—52 Newton (FG/3-pt): Barr 1-0-0-2, Forsyth 1-1-33, Walters 2/2-1-4-11, Marvelli 0-0-3-0, Rhoads 0-0-1-0, Ryan 2/1-0-1-7, Valtman 0-1-0-1, Maher 1-0-4-2, Baker 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 7/3-3-17-26.

Indianola (FG/3-pt): Clatt 1/1-0-1-5, McGraw 1/3-0-2-11, Sorensen 0-1-0-1, Kuehl 0-1-0-1, Lathrum 1/1-2-1-17, Forbes 0-0-2-0, Balke 0-03-0, Berg 8/1-8-3-27. TOTALS: 11/6-12-13-52

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

Bowling Continued from Page 1B Newton senior Austin Johansen racked up a 391 series to place second individually. Waukee’s Jack Henry was third at 363.

Waukee was led to the girls’ championship by Lauren Daley with a 374 series and Maddie Peterson with a 320, which was third individually. Newton junior Taylor Johnson was second individual with a 361 series as she paced the Cardinal girls to second place overall.

The Waukee girls’ final score was 2,338 with Newton in second with 2,227.

Oskaloosa was third at 1.924 followed by Knoxville at 1,803 and Pella Christian in fifth at 1,728.

“It was exciting to hear the cheering from the fans at our first Cardinal Bowling Invitational today,” Newton head coach Christie Hughes said. “We are very proud of how the boys and girls’ teams represented themselves today.”

Benac rolled the top game of the day to open the tournament with a 253. His second game was a 182.

Johansen posted the second highest game of the day at 232 to open his individual series finishing with a 159 second game.

Senior Shaiden Simmons had as 359 series on games of 160 and 199.

Reece Thurmond, another senior, bowled a 335 (182153) and sophomore Alex Frymoyer had a 305 (156149) for the Cardinals. Senior Michael Hodnett had a 291 series on games of 153-138.

The Newton boys led Waukee by 140 pins heading into the Baker Games series. Newton had an 819 (180-134-140-165-200) to stay in front of Waukee, which had a Baker Games score of 939.

Knoxville was third in the boy’s competition with a 2,419 score. Oskaloosa took fourth at 2,050 fol-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton junior Alicia Miller sends the ball down the lane. She helped the Cardinal girls secure second place at Saturday’s Newton Cardinal Invitational.

lowed by Pella Christian at 1,921 and Isaac Newton Christian at 1,290.

Our boys’ team fought hard to bring home first place when only a few pins separated first and second place at any given point in the tournament,” Hughes said. “Our girls had a strong second-place finish behind Waukee.”

Johnson had an opening game of 191 to start the Cardinal girls off on the right path. She rolled a 170 in her second game.

Freshman Abby Price bowled a 303 (167-136) and junior Alicia Miller had a 280 (139-141).

Junior Keely Birkenholtz put up a 276 series on games of 113 and 159.

Senior Kaytlynn Hughes had a 227 (82-145). Freshman Jenna Miller had a 196 (106-90).

Only 73 pins separated the Cardinal girls from Waukee after the individual games were in the book. Waukee maintained

its lead with a 822 Baker Games series to Newton’s 784 (155-169-172-149139).

“I’m happy that Knoxville, Waukee, Oskaloosa, Pella Christian and Isaac Newton Christian Academy were able to join us for our first big event. A lot of work went into making this event successful and I had some wonderful volunteers helping keep everything running smoothly,” Hughes said.

“We are looking forward to hosting the Cardinal Bowling Invitational again next year.”

Newton will be practicing all week to host Knoxville at 9 a.m. Saturday at Cardinal Lanes.

“Knoxville is always good competition and we look forward to bowling with them again for a regular home meet,” Hughes said.

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

NCMP Continued from Page 1B Gaylor now has three wins in both the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly on the season.

“Caleb has a really good chance to get to state individually, but It’s really exciting to see that that relay has a good chance for state right now, too,” Patterson said of the medley relay.

“We are stacking up really well. And it’s always great when you can take a relay to state and not just individuals.”

The fourth event for Gaylor produced a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. He anchored the event and was joined by Jaden Dydell, Lee and Briggs and the foursome finished in 1:49.88.

Briggs and Adam Hunter each scored second-place finishes in an individual event. Both also claimed a third.

Briggs’ runner-up finish came in the 100 breaststroke and he was third in the 200 IM. His breaststroke time was 1:14:19 and he touched the wall in the IM in 2:37.50.

The Cardinals were 2-3 in the breaststroke as Dydell was third in 1:18.81.

Hunter won his heat in the 400 freestyle but settled for second overall with a time of 4:45.66. He was third in the 200 freestyle as he finished in 2:14.19.

“I just tried to hold back a little bit to try to wear them out a little bit,” said Hunter in regards to the 400 freestyle.

“I was trying to pace myself for a good run at the end.

Hunter has swam in the 400 freestyle in the first three meets and claimed one win and two runner-ups so far.

“I feel like I am doing great compared to last year,” Hunter said. “My times are much better than last year at this point. I can’t wait to see how it all ends.”

Troy Hyde/Daily News NCMP swimmer Jaden Dydell competes in the pool at the Cardinal Invitational at the Newton YMCA on Saturday. Dydell took third in the 100-meter breaststroke and also helped the Cardinals to a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay.

While Hunter was beaten by a swimmer from the first heat on Saturday, she was happy to see her senior swimmer win his heat after getting touched out earlier in the week.

“That 400 freestyle was a breakthrough for him even though he finished second,” Patterson said. “He has got guts to the bottom of his toes. I would coach that kid all day long.”

The Cardinals claimed two other third-place finishes on the day. Jacob Nedder was third in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:01.72 and Deklan Lewis placed third in the 100 backstroke in 1:11.74.

Nedder also placed fifth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:12.47.

Knoll, Lee and Henry Jensen were all sixth in an individual race. Knoll took sixth in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:03.91, Lee placed sixth in the 50 freestyle in 28.72 and Jensen finished sixth in the 400 freestyle with a time of 5:11.79.

The Cardinals scored two top-six finishes in the 200 freestyle relay. The second foursome of Knoll, Clay Meyer, Grant Hammond and Hunter were sixth with a time of 1:57.76. The 400 freestyle relay of Hunter, Knoll, Meyer and Nedder also placed sixth in

4:15.66.

“We beat them in the dual earlier this year so I knew they’d be coming out hard to get us today,” Patterson said of Indianola. “They were just a little bit stronger. They are very strong in their freestyle and great job to them, they made the improvements to beat us today.”

The Cardinals compete against Des Moines East at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Des Moines.

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