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Newton teen Highway 117 near Colfax shut charged with down in Wednesday house fire sex abuse Newton Daily News A 17-year-old Newton student is charged with third-degree sexual abuse after a police investigation determined he sexually abused a 13-year-old victim.

Joshua A. Hummel-Gulling is accused of inappropriately touching the victim, an eighth-grade student, in November 2016 when she was staying overnight at a friend’s house. Hummel-Gulling had been invited over to watch a movie and when the other friend fell asleep the alleged sexual abuse Hummel-Gulling occurred.

A Newton Police Department report states Hummel-Gulling admitted to a sex abuse act but said he stopped “because he had a gut feeling it was bad.”

Hummel-Gulling posted a $2,500 bond on Dec. 26. Third-degree sexual abuse is a Class C felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

City council addresses quality of life for animals

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The Newton City Council has taken the next steps to improve the quality of life for animals by passing an amendment, which will among several items, defines the standard of care for domestic animals on Monday.

Approved on the third reading, the ordinance amendment was created in partnership with the Newton Police Department and Jasper County Animal Rescue League to continue the city’s efforts of the past two years to ensure a high level of control and quality of life for animals in Newton.

The amendments touch on three categories of the ordinance — standard of care, animals in motor vehicles and vicious and problematic dogs.

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Mike Mendenhall/Daily News Fire and rescue crews from multiple Jasper County agencies battle a blaze Wednesday morning at 605 Highway 117 S. near Colfax. The highway was still closed in both directions as of 10 a.m. Wednesday.

By Mike Mendenhall Newton Daily News COLFAX — A house fire south of Colfax forced crews to shut down north and southbound traffic on Highway 117 South Wednesday morning between Colfax and Prairie City.

Crews from multiple fire departments and law enforcement agencies responded to the blaze at 605 Highway 117 S. According to Jasper County Sheriff Chief Deputy Duane

Rozendaal, no one was home when the fire began around 9:06 a.m.

Rozendaal said it was initially reported as a fire in an attached garage, but due to the high winds Wednesday it quickly spread to the house and a nearby RV trailer. The homeowner arrived on scene at 9:45 a.m.

A medical helicopter was dispatched to the scene, but investigators canceled the air ambulance when it was discovered the home was vacant.

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Federal and state funds were approved for use to complete a road reconstruction project in western Jasper County. The Jasper County Board of Supervisors gave the go ahead to a federal aid agreement on Tuesday to repave a portion of Highway F36, resulting in an estimated $2.7 million com-

ing to the county in funding.

The 5.5 mile stretch of pavement, also known as the Ike’s road, is located west of Newton.

Following a recent rating of county road conditions, F36 was found to be one of the worst.

“It has been getting in really bad shape lately,” Jasper County Engineer Russ Stutt said. “It is breaking up and we’ve been doing excessive patching in areas.”

Last confirmed sighting north of Newton

By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News

Submitted Photo Jack Gdeshka is a Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd mix. He is white with black spots and weighs about 55 pounds. He was last seen on Highway 14 north of Newton. If you have information regarding his whereabouts, you can call 605-202-0101.

of Jack was in mid-December near Highway 14, just north of Newton.

Social media played a crucial role in bringing awareness to the lost dog.

“I wrote something on Face-

book, and my original post was shared over 4,500 times,” Chicoine said.

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Work, including a 7-inch deep concrete overlay, and eligible activities such as construction, engineering, inspection and right-ofway acquisitions will be completed following a bidding process conducted by the Iowa Department of Transportation. Stutt said the DOT will lead the project, which is slated to be completed in 2017.

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County officials sworn into office

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A packed room was on hand to welcome new Jasper County Supervisor Doug Cupples and congratulate incumbents auditor Dennis Parrott and sheriff John Halferty on Tuesday.

The three elected ofCupples ficials were sworn in at the supervisors’ board meeting along with naming the board chair and setting official meeting times.

“I am really excited — you can ask my family,” Cupples said. “I’m very excited to work with the people here. I have heard so many good things.”

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those who came to the meeting and gave the majority of the credit for the work done in the auditor’s office to his staff.

“My success is because of my staff,” Parrott said.

“That is the reason that the auditor’s office has success.

We’re looking forward to a good four years with a lot of things to do and great people to work with.”

Halferty said a few words following his swearing in ceremony.

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County to move ahead with $2.7M road project

Search for missing rescued war dog continues

Jack Gdeshka is a dog with an extraordinary story. He was born on a foreign operating base in Afghanistan and raised

by Canadian and American soldiers.

Jathan Chicoine was one of the soldiers who patrolled with Jack overseas. When Chicoine returned to rural Iowa, northeast of Ames near the Skunk River Greenbelt, he rescued Jack and took the war dog home with him.

Jack went missing on Dec. 5. Since his disappearance, he traveled at least 40-plus miles.

The last confirmed sighting

Colfax Fire Department was the first emergency personnel on scene.

Prairie City police and fire, Baxter Police and fire Newton Fire Department, Iowa State Patrol, Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office and Alliant Energy all assisted at the scene.

No one was injured in the fire, but the Prairie City police chief was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

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Religion

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Church of The Way continues construction

In Brief

Speaker coming to St. Luke UMC

Tentative completion date set for Easter

The Newton community has the opportunity to hear from someone who delivers Days for Girls kits, some of which are created at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Nora Tobin from Self-Help International will speak about her experiences at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services on Sunday at St. Luke.

Days for Girls is geared toward helping girls in countries including Ghana and Nicaragua stay in school every day of the month and avoid pregnancy until they have completed their education and are financially and developmentally ready to care for a child.

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News With the arrival of the new year and colder temperatures, the Church of The Way has made substantial progress with the new 700seat worship center project since it began last spring.

The Way broke ground on a new $2.5 million, 700-seat worship center on May 1, 2016 to better serve the more than 600 people who attend the church and guests. The building will consist of a new worship center along with rooms for a nursery and additional classrooms.

The construction all began when the church’s staff house and a condemned house were both torn down where the building now sits for the purpose of construction.

One of the main changes that has already occurred is a 154-space parking lot that now sits on the existing lot used by the church. This will be especially beneficial as people had to walk several blocks to church.

The two-story 15,000 square feet worship center will house the sanctuary, restrooms on the first floor, an elevator, a nursery and toddler room, offices on the second floor and a shower on the second floor.

The new building now stands and is heated. It is connected to the old building where classrooms will still be used.

Inside the new building there is still a lot of work to be done. The wall studs are ready for insulation and drywall, and the stairs that reach the second floor are unfinished.

John Guthrie, a member of the facilities team, said there is still a lot of

The Way ARK event Jan. 14 The Newton Church of the Way is holding an ARK event from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 14 at the church, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. Items available include diapers and wipes, body wash, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, lotion and chapstick.

For more information about the event, contact the church at 641-792-7300.

Kayla Langmaid/Daily News John Guthrie, a member of the facilities team, points to different offices and rooms that are under construction at the Church of The Way’s new 700-seat worship center. The construction of the church’s new addition began in May 2016.

work to be done, but he knows the construction will only better serve current members.

“The children and parents will come in that door, and they will sign in their kids right here,” Guthrie said. “The children will be directed upstairs and then the parents can go to the service which is right here,” Guthrie said while pointing out certain rooms in the new building.

Guthrie said there are around 200 children who are attend church on Sundays.

“They are the future of our church,” he said.

Mike Sereg, associate pastor, said the future plan is to eventually have a daycare inside of the building.

“As we have grown, we needed more room for our youth and children,” Sereg said. “We hope we can reach out with hope and that people can find a place that they feel they are cared for.”

Sereg said the construction work has been done by many local sub contractors.

“We know the struggles Newton has had economically, and we wanted to use our resources locally,” he said. “We have a tentative completion date for the spring, we are hoping Easter, but that isn’t set in stone.”

Community meal is Wednesday The next community meal is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. Those interested may enter the church through the glass/elevator doors on the Second Avenue East side or through the single glass door off the north parking lot. The meals are open to the public and everyone is welcome.

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6513 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

Trailblazing Hasidic woman judge Freier: ‘It’s the American dream’ NEW YORK (AP) — In some ways, Rachel Freier has a background that might be expected in a new civil court judge. She is a real estate lawyer who volunteers in family court and in her community, where she even serves as a paramedic.

But Freier starts work Tuesday as something quite unexpected. She’s believed to be the first woman from Judaism’s ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community to be elected as a judge in the United States.

A proud product of a world with strict customs concerning gender roles and modesty, the new Brooklyn civil court judge started college as a married, 30-year-old mother of three children and had three more before graduating. A pathbreaker who embraces tradition, she has sometimes had to explain

herself to both outsiders and fellow believers.

“My commitment to the public and my commitment to my religion and my community — the two can go hand in hand,” she says.

At a swearing-in ceremony last month, she both vowed to uphold the Constitution and pledged to illuminate the Hasidic world for her new colleagues.

“This is a dream,” she told the gathering. “It’s the American dream.”

There’s no official tally of American judges’ religions, but experts aren’t aware of any Hasidic woman before Freier winning a judicial post. It is extremely rare even in Israel for Hasidic or other ultra-Orthodox women to hold any elected position.

Freier, a political newcomer whose uncle is a for-

mer judge, won a three-way Democratic primary and the general election in a swath of Brooklyn that includes the heavily Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood.

Her election is “a step for the ultra-Orthodox community at large,” showing it’s open to women making progress on the political ladder, said Yossi Gestetner, a longtime Hasidic political activist and public relations consultant who co-managed Freier’s campaign.

Hasids and other ultra-Orthodox groups together make up only 6 percent of America’s estimated 5.3 million adult Jews, according to a 2013 Pew Research Center study.

Dating to 18th-century Eastern Europe, Hasidism combines stringent adherence to Jewish law and a joyful belief in mysticism. Fol-

lowers often speak Yiddish, wear traditional dress including beards and sidelocks for men and wigs for married women, and separate men and women in contexts ranging from buses to classrooms.

“The very idea that an ultra-Orthodox woman could be a judge” is notable, said Samuel Heilman, a City University of New York sociology professor who studies Orthodox Judaism. Under the strictest interpretations of Jewish law, women can’t be judges or largely even witnesses in the rabbinical courts that weigh various disputes in Orthodox communities. (Freier notes that her new post is separate from those tribunals.)

Freier, 51, nicknamed Ruchie, started working as a legal secretary after high school. College wasn’t customary for Hasidic women,

though it has since become more common.

But when her husband, David, got a college degree, she aspired to one of her own. After graduating from a women-only, Orthodox Jewish-friendly program at private Touro College, she went on to Brooklyn Law School, finishing in 2005.

Some other Hasidic Jews questioned what she was doing. But they came to realize “I was completely devoted to our religion and our tradition, and this was something I wanted to do regardless,” she says.

“I didn’t want to ever be considered someone who was turning away from my community,” but rather to work within its structure, she said.

That has sometimes required finding creative ways to resolve issues.

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Animals

with proper immunizations and preventive health care including parasite control.

Continued from Page 1A Standard of Care “(Previously), the city did not detail the standard of care animals, excluding livestock, should have within the city limits,” interim city administrator Jarrod Wellik said. “The lack of an ordinance makes it problematic for the JCARL and NPD to enforce issues as it relates to proper housing, food, water, sanitation and medical care.”

The additions to the standard of care includes: • Providing adequate food, shelter and water for an animal. No person keeping an animal is to abandon any such animal.

• Provide adequate food, at intervals appropriate for the species, a quantity of wholesome food ingredients, suitable for the physical condition and age of the animal, served in a clean receptacle or container, sufficient to maintain an adequate level of nutrition for such animal.

• Provide reasonable access to a supply of clean, fresh, potable water, provided in a sanitary manner. If potable water is not accessible to the animal at all times, it is to be provided daily,

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess answers questions about amendments to the ordinance concerning animals on Monday. The amendments deal with three areas dealing with animals — standard of care, animals in motor vehicles and vicious and problematic dogs.

for such duration and of sufficient quantity as appropriate for the species.

• Provide adequate shelter for such animal when it is kept outdoors, tangle-free, which means a structurally sound, weather-proof, properly ventilated shelter, which provides access to shade from direct sunlight and regress from exposure to weather conditions. The shelter should be appropriate for the particular species and breed.

• Provide adequate shelter for such animal when it is kept indoors, which means a properly

War Dog Continued from Page 1A Jasper County Animal Rescue League and a dog search team. This was refreshing news for Chicoine.

“That was probably the best thing in terms of saying, ‘OK. He is alive, and he does seem to be moving,’” Chicoine said.

Sightings of Jack have been popping up over the last few weeks, but it’s a challenge to sort through how credible the leads are. Ideally, Chicoine would like someone to take a photo of Jack to confirm his location.

“Once we get a visual confirmation, there are so many people willing to volunteer, that we can just focus our energy on a certain area,” Chicoine said.

Chicoine is not worried about Jack finding food, water and shelter. His main concerns are Jack running into

hunting traps and other human-related threats.

“Jack’s a remarkably resourceful dog,” Chicoine said. “He’s smart, and he’s survived. He grew up in a combat zone and figured out how to find food.”

From the moment Jack went missing, Chicoine knew he was going to do everything he could to find him.

The dog’s owner said he is hyper-vigilant all the time.

When he is driving, he scans the roadsides, keeping an eye out for Jack.

What started as a simple Facebook post transformed into a community of people engaged in helping to find Jack. “Bring Jack Gdeshka Home” has more than 2,000 followers, and each update receives hundreds of shares.

Chicoine said his posts are being seen by more than 80,000 people.

Stephanie Fenton, of Newton, was one of the people who found Jack’s story on

County Continued from Page 1A “My faith in God and my family are first and they get me through this difficult job at times but I am also very blessed,” Halferty said. “We have a great team and we’ve made some great progress in last eight to 10 years, all of the elected officials, and they county is very fortunate to have the team they have and I am just blessed to be a part of it.”

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ventilated and illuminated facility, sufficiently regulated by heating or cooling to protect the animal from extremes of temperature, and to provide for its health and comfort. It should be appropriate for the particular species and breed.

• Provide adequate sanitation that includes periodic cleaning or sanitizing of housing facilities and any area where the animal is confined or restrained, to remove excreta and other waste materials and dirt, so as to minimize vermin infestation, odors and disease hazards.

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• Provide adequate space, which means primary enclosures and housing facilities be constructed and maintained so as to provide sufficient space to allow each animal to make normal postural and social adjustments with adequate freedom of movement to maintain physical condition.

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Facebook.

“I started following it, and I couldn’t stop looking at it every day,” Fenton said. “It just broke my heart. I just wanted to do something.”

Fenton reached out to Chicoine and offered to purchase an ad to be placed in the Jasper County Advertiser. While Fenton said social media is “huge if it reaches the right people,” she also thought the ad might reach people in rural areas who are not connected to Facebook.

Chicoine is grateful for the kindness and compassion people have shown in communities across central Iowa.

“The Newton community has been super supportive,” he said. “It’s been awesome.”

Through Facebook, people are providing support and suggestions to aid in finding Jack. Several people gave recommendations for dog search teams, and community members donated to a crowd-funding campaign to

Denny Carpenter to fill the vice chair position. A resolution was also passed establishing the official meeting time of the board at 9:30 a.m. the first four Tuesdays in a month.

The Newton Daily News, Jasper County Tribune and Hometown Press were also approved as official newspapers for the board.

A reception was held following the meeting to congratulate the newly sworn in officials.

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

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Chicoine said many people connect with dogs in a really profound way. He stressed the importance of his relationship with Jack. The dog’s transition to life in rural Iowa went incredibly well. Before he went missing, Jack spent much of his time on a farm running around with other dogs.

“In some ways, it doesn’t surprise me that he’s got this much attention,” Chicoine said. “I think you have to be a special dog to find your way out of the situation he was in and end up here in the rural Midwest.”

Because of Jack’s patterns in Afghanistan, Chicoine has a hard time believing the dog is actually lost. Jack was one of two dogs that would go on patrol with the troops twice a day.

“He would go out and do his rounds, and every once in a while, he would stay out at an outpost,” Chicoine said.

Roads Continued from Page 1A “We’re hoping it will be early this summer but the bidding process still needs to be completed,” Stutt said.

The estimated $2.7 million price tag will be paid for using federal aid through the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program and state

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

Contact Justin Jagler at 641-792-3121 ext 6532 or jjagler@newtondailynews.com

farm and market funds in a 80 percent to 20 percent ratio. The STP federal funds are available for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, restoration and operational or safety improvement projects on federal-aid highways, bridges on any public road and several other types of projects.

“All of it comes out

of state and federal funding, nothing runs through the county’s budget,” assistant to the engineer Pam Olson said.

In other business: • Carol Kramer was reappointed as a member of the Jasper County Conservation Board.

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

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Vicious and Problematic Dogs Since the last version of the vicious and problematic dog ordinance was enacted in fall of 2014, 12 dogs have been declared problematic and six dogs have been deemed vicious. There has also been two vicious animals hearings, both occurring in 2016.

Burdess said the new ordinance has been very helpful but suggested changes to better suit the needs of the city and animal owners after two years in the new system.

Those changes adopted include raising the number of times a dog is at-large to four within 12 months before it is declared problematic, an increase from two times at-large previously.

Burdess also recommended removing himself or a police designee from the Animal Review Committee. The three-member board would then consist of a member of the public, an animal professional and a city employee, removing any appearance of favoritism or a biased from the committee.

“Four days later, he would come back.”

However, prior to his December disappearance, Jack was never gone for such a long period of time. Ultimately, Chicoine said, it is Jack’s journey. He made the decision to take off.

Chicoine said Jack might be following the Skunk River and appearing near roadsides from time to time to scavenge for food. It’s difficult to track Jack’s movement because of how quickly the dog can cover ground.

“Visibility is key because we want to keep people engaged,” he said. “The more people that are aware of Jack’s story, the more people that might cross paths with Jack.

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Animals in Motor Vehicles When presenting to city council during the first reading of the ordinance, Police Chief Rob Burdess spoke about the issue of animals left in vehicles during extreme conditions.

“We do a get a few calls on this every year,” Burdess said. “We do have some that are in a gray area where you can see the animal is labored but is not dying, so this really takes care of the gray area.”

With the new amendment, animal owners would be prohibited from leaving their pets within a vehicle during extreme heat or cold without proper ventilation or other protections from the elements.

The ordinance would give the police department, fire department or JCARL the right to forcibly enter a vehicle and remove the animal if it was deemed the life or safety of the animal was in jeopardy as a result of being left within the vehicle. Neither the city or JCARL would be liable for any damage caused by the removal of the animal and veterinary care or impound fees would

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Can you imagine?

Candidly Unfiltered Kayla Langmaid

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an you imagine not having toothpaste or laundry detergent? Can you imagine feeling like you have to steal in order to have basic hygiene items? It has become evident to me that a vast number of residents in my hometown must feel this way.

While flipping through police reports every day at work it is not uncommon for me to see at least four people accused of shoplifting. This doesn’t seem like a big deal — every town or big city has this issue no matter the location, except maybe I expect more from my hometown.

I’m not talking about the underage kid who tries to sneak alcohol from the liquor store or even the ones who try to slip candy into their pockets, I’m talking about the grown adults who apparently don’t have enough money to buy food for

themselves or for their families.

So, let’s talk about the approximate number of accused shoplifters who are in the blotter per week. It obviously fluctuates. In the last few weeks, at least 10 people have been charged with theft at local grocery stores. I feel as if living in a town with many resources available, people shouldn’t have to starve or behave as if they are on the “Hunger Games.”

Some different items that have been reported stolen are packages of meat, deodorant, Orajel toothpaste and a clean linen air freshener. Though I have never known what it’s like to not be able to purchase essential hygiene items, various items and most importantly, food, I still empathize with these individuals who must not know there is help available.

Another alarming occurrence I have

noticed in these reports is the fact that store employees are beginning to follow these individuals to their residences after they commit the alleged crime. During one occurrence, a grocery store employee followed the alleged shoplifter home and began to physically fight with the assailant, which did not end well for either person. The incident landed both individuals in jail.

Maybe grocery store owners are beginning to get fed up, understandably. If I continued to see people steal from my store it would be hard to not be angry, however, what if store owners were able to propose a solution to give shoplifters information on where they can receive local assistance to get food or other items.

I wonder if repeat offenders would continue to commit the crime?

Perhaps one of the saddest things I’ve read is an offender admitting to a crime because the individual told police they would rather go back to prison where it is warm and where there is food. Maybe this is why so many turn to crime time

after time? They know if they are arrested then they will be given a roof over their head, a bed, free medical attention and they can count on daily meals. That reminds me, prisoners seem to get better treatment than poor elderly folks who don’t receive daily care, free medical attention or proper meals.

I would like to think if the community members were made more aware of resources to receive hygiene items, food and clothing, then there would be less thieves. The fact that Newton has a number of drug users and people seeking help can’t be ignored.

Maybe instead of making your New Year’s resolution to cut out carbs from your diet, what if the community collaborated to see to it that no one goes hungry or cold in our town and that resources are made known.

It would be even better if the gracious giving the holidays tend to bring continues all year round.

Contact Kayla Langmaid at klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

American Conservative Ben Shapiro

Obama tries to define away reality, but reality wins President Obama recently gave his last press conference as commander in chief. Undeterred by his would-be successor’s devastating loss to Donald Trump in the presidential election, unswayed

by Republicans’ complete domination of Congress, state legislatures and governor mansions, he maintained his cool and collected self-aggrandizement.

Why not? According to Obama, Obama has been a major success.

Perhaps the most hilarious moment of delusion came when he talked about terrorism. “Over the past eight years, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed an attack on our homeland that was directed from overseas,” Obama stated. He then continued, saying no attack has been executed “in a rainstorm with the attacker driving a tractor with one hand, drinking a Miller High Life with the other and wearing a clown nose.”

To be fair, Obama didn’t add those final qualifiers. But he might as well have. In order to define away the problem of terrorism that has grown dramatically worldwide on his watch, he simply spoke of terrorism as a problem of organized groups within defined territories. That’s not how modern terrorism works. Terrorist groups can recruit without formal structures and can operate as independent cells within various countries.

Just three days after Obama’s statements, an alleged jihadi plowed a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin; the same day, a Turkish terrorist murdered the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

These latest attacks aren’t outliers. In the past several years, we’ve seen terrorist attacks in Turkey, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada and Australia.

This sort of terrorism isn’t relegated to foreign countries, of course. Here is an incomplete list of radical Islam-related terror attacks and attempts on American soil under Obama: shootings of American military recruiters in Little Rock, Arkansas; the massacre at Fort Hood; the Boston Marathon bombing; an attempted bombing of the airport in Wichita, Kansas; hatchet attacks on New York City police officers; attempted shootings at the “Draw Muhammad” event in Garland, Texas; the attacks on military recruiters in Chattanooga, Tennessee; the massacre at the San Bernardino Inland Regional Center; the Orlando nightclub shooting; the New York and New Jersey bombings; and the Ohio State University car attack.

Obama still thinks he can cover his abysmal record with closely drawn definitions of terrorism.

It’s the equivalent of President Bill Clinton saying he’s been faithful to his wife except for certain areas, like sex. It’s technically true so far as it goes, but it doesn’t go very far.

Americans know that, and they reacted to Obama’s consistent lying-by-omission by electing Trump, a man who needs little evidence to jump to conclusions. Obama is so careful to avoid spotting fact patterns that he simply omits inconvenient data points. Trump is so eager to spot fact patterns that he simply includes convenient non-data points. But Americans would rather have Trump’s jump-to-conclusions mentality than Obama’s avoid-conclusions-at-all-cost mentality — Trump’s mentality may lead to mistakes, but those mistakes are less likely to cost Western lives.

So Obama can hawk his faux sophistication on terrorism as much as he wants. If Democrats want to ensure that Republicans continue to win elections, they ought to follow his lead.

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Reading assessments not improving Iowa educators cannot explain why reading assessments are not improving (as more states pass us by). The assessments are written outside of Iowa because Iowa educators are unable to design assessments that probe for how well students grasp concepts and apply them, due to their 60-year total focus on shallow memorization of factoids as a pseudo education. After several email exchanges with Deborah Reed (Director of the Reading Research Center) and some at the Department of Education, I can tell them why the summer reading program failed to improve proficiencies and why Iowa schools are failing to get proficiencies up on the NAEP exams (as eleven states did better on the 2015 testing).

When we “aging baby boomers” were in elementary school, we used the dictionary for phonics lessons because inside the front cover were all of the phonics rules that covered every word in the dictionary — so there were no exceptions to the rules that had to be memorized. As we worked our way up through the elementary grades, we did a variety of activities that eventually covered all five of the reading concepts for elementary, thus providing reinforcement of the concepts continually. I have compared the Iowa Core with the Common Core, and the outcomes desired by each were being achieved prior to the “big changeover” to a system of memorization about 60 years ago, but Iowa educators are using memorization.

With the exception of the states presently out-educating Iowa, the phonics system being used by most schools lacks rules to cover all letters and combination of letters, making memorization the

fallback used by teachers. These individuals have no educational experiences that would lead them to even question whether or not there is a better phonics program out there — which there is.

The other big mistake being made — that continues to put U.S. 15-year-olds behind seventeen other countries on the 2015 international PISA exams in reading — is interpretation of “sight words.” Today’s poorly educated and poorly trained teachers perceive “sight words” as memorization. What we did with this, prior to the “big change” sixty years ago, was do increased exercises in the application of the concepts until we recognized quickly what a proper response was without having to give it much thought. This is the skill today’s assessments are looking for, but today’s educators think memorization is faster than actually learning how to apply the concepts quickly.

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Obituaries Edward Morgan Dec. 28, 2016 Edward (Ed) Morgan, the eighth child of John and Abbie Morgan, was born Aug. 1, 1935, in Plymo u t h , Pe n n .

Death came to Ed at his home in Park Centre, 500 First St. N. Apt. 117 in Newton Dec. 28, 2016, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis.

After graduating from Plymouth High School in 1953, Ed chose the medical field as his life occupation. Ultimately, Ed entered the field of anesthesia, earning his degree as a certified registered nurse anesthetist from Mayo Clinic School of Anesthesia in Rochester, Minn. He

Glen L. Jones Jan. 1, 2017 Glen L. Jones, 77, of Newton, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2017, at his home.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6 at the Wa l l a c e Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service and again after the ser-

David J. Miller Jan. 1, 2017 David J. Miller, 76, of Newton, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center in Ne w ton .

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 2 p.m. until the time of service and again after the service with a coffee time Thursday. Memorials in

also earned a B.A. degree. While training at the Mayo Clinic, Ed met and married Ardis Senjem from Rock Dell, Minn. They celebrated their 59th anniversary Dec. 16. They became the proud parents of Cheryl (Wes) Ver Woert, Diane (Mark) Distler and Jeff (Michele) Morgan.

After graduation from Mayo Clinic, a year was spent in Kentucky, followed by a 10 year stay in Binghamton, N.Y. The family eventually moved to Newton in 1971, to spend the next 35 years as head of the department of anesthesia at Skiff Memorial Hospital. He truly loved his work and the people he worked with all those years.

Ed had a profound love for Jesus. He also loved being with family, making yearly trips back to Pennsylvania, Arizona and Illinois. He tru-

ly enjoyed Norwegian Christmas with Ardis’ family in Minnesota.

He also enjoyed tennis, jogging, cars, the Iowa Hawkeyes and his Coffee Club friends. These men were great support during his illness.

Ed was very compassionate to those in need, including a mission trip to Haiti and being able to provide 15 cleft palate surgeries for Smile Train.

Those left to honor his memory are his loving wife, Ardis; his children, Cheryl and Wes Ver Woert, Diane and Mark Distler and Jeff and Michele Morgan; his grandchildren Nicole (Scott) Kooiman, Nathan (fiancé Nicole) Ver Woert, Edward (Lindsey) Distler, William Distler, John Morgan and Stephanie Morgan; great-grandchildren, Jacob Kooiman and Regan Kooiman; and

many other extended family members and friends.

He was proceeded in death by infant twin sons; his parents; his four brothers, John, Stewart, James and Robert; and three sisters, Sarah Strauser, Lois Owens and Dorothy Jesso.

A memorial service will be Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 at Community Heights Alliance Church, 2500 S. 13th Ave. E. in Newton, with a visitation time with the family at 10 a.m. followed by a celebration of Ed’s life at 11 a.m. and a time of fellowship and refreshments following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Community Heights Alliance Church Benevolent Fund, Wesley Life Hospice, Park Centre Samaritan Fund, Courthouse Christmas Lighting fund or the charity of your choice in Ed’s Name. Blessed be the memory of Ed Morgan.

vice with a lunch at the funeral home. Memorials to Mercy Hospice or in Glen’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Glen, the son of Ralph and Pearl (Ritz) Jones, was born May 9, 1939, in Davis County. He graduated from Moulton High School. Glen later moved to Newton, to begin his 30 year career at the Maytag Company, retiring in 1999.

Glen was united in marriage with Twila J. Blumer April 6, 1985, in Blakesburg. They made their home in Newton.

Glen was a member of

the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League and the Community Heights Alliance Church. He enjoyed fishing, camping, crocheting and woodworking. Glen also liked to paint and took classes with his daughter, Theresa.

For more than 20 years, Glen also worked on Ford tractors. He liked to say that he was the “Biggest Ford Tractor Dealer in Jasper County.”

Glen is survived by his wife, Twila Jones of Newton; daughter, Theresa Lemons (Russ

Vander Weerdt) of Lynnville; son, Timothy (Dee) Jones of Newton; his step-children, Jeffrey (Barb) Brittain of Blakesburg, Julie ( Jim) Preston of Carlisle and Jolynda Huff (Greg Turner) of Oskaloosa; brother, Edward (Karin) Jones of Weslaco, Texas; sister, Fern (Gerald) Mitchell of Blakesburg; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and his many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother; a sister; and several nieces and nephews.

David’s name may be left at the funeral home.

David, the son of Bert and Viva Mae (Rhoades) Vardo, was born Jan. 14, 1940, in Des Moines.

He grew up in Des Moines, lived in Newton for a short time and then moved to Colfax, where he graduated from Colfax High School in 1959. David was united in marriage with Janice Tinnermeier May 27, 1972, in Des Moines.

David worked in the factory at Armstrong Tire and Rubber for 29 years and then at the Maytag Company for 10 years, retiring in 2001. He also owned a garden tilling company and tilled many

gardens in the area. David was a member of the Elks Lodge, Hawkeye Classic Thunderbird Club and the UAW Local 997. He was an avid fisherman and took many trips to Canada to go fishing. He also enjoyed cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes and trips to Hawaii. David loved gardening and being out on his land which many called “Miller Park” or “Grandpa David’s Forest.” David also liked to spend time tinkering on antique clocks and classic cars.

Those left to honor David’s memory are his wife, Janice of Newton; children and step-chil-

dren, Teri Miller (Randy Wingert) of Fort Dodge, Michelle (Kent) Deal of Colfax, Gary (Audra) Doak of Nevada, Mo., Randy Doak of Cape Cod, Mass., and Johnna (Alan) Moore of Bettendorf; his grandchildren, Andrea Wingert, Elizabeth Dague, Siouxzee Moore, Alex Doak, Olivia Doak, Michael Deal, Nicholas Deal and Evan Moore; his great-grandchild, Ashton Hanson; and a brother, Lloyd ( Janice) Miller of Johnston. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Clifford Miller and Russell Miller; and two grandsons, Ethan Moore and Joshua Doak.

David W. Braley, 58, of Kellogg, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 at the funeral home.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• A Free Community Meal will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Those interested may enter the church through the glass/elevator doors on the Second Avenue East side or through the single glass door off the north parking lot. The meals are open to the public and everyone is welcome.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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

• A barn dance will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at Sugar Grove Gathering Place, 6602 Ginger Ave. in Newton.

• Kellogg Lions Club Pancake Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Cabin in Kellogg Park. All you can eat pancakes, sausage and scrambled eggs, coffee, milk and juice. Freewill donation with monies going toward CIC helmet fund and Lions Leader dog.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

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

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• GrowingOn 2017 will meet at 9:30 a.m.

Monday at DMACC, 600 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton. Steve Johnson, ISU Extension Farm Management Specialist, will be presenting “Solutions for Success 2.0.” Participants must register by contacting Farm Credit Services of Iowa at 800-728-4278.

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Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office • Justin B. Kay, 27, and Destiny A. Blazek, 21, both of Cedar Falls, were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of controlled substance at 3:02 p.m. Dec. 25 after a deputy pulled Kay over for having a suspended license on Interstate 80 east. Kay told police he knew he didn’t have a license. Kay also admitted to having marijuana in the vehicle and to smoking it.

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and other paraphernalia. Kay and Blazek were arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Churie M. Congdon, 28, of Reasnor, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at 4:03 a.m. Dec. 26 after a deputy joined a vehicle pursuit in the 13100 block of Highway F70 West. Congdon was the passenger in the fleeing vehicle and had a black backpack with a syringe, which she stated she used two days previously with methamphetamine.

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• Chad L. Page, 30, of Kellogg, was charged with possession of controlled substance at 7:04 p.m. Dec. 28 after he was driving with a brake and tail light out in the 200 block of Blair Street. Page didn’t have a license. A deputy found a burnt cigarette that smelled of marijuana. Page told the deputy he had smoked marijuana in the vehicle. He told the deputy there was a pipe in a bag in a lunch pale. Page was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Man feels abandoned as girl transitions to new relationship DEAR ABBY: I am a straight man who met and fell in love with a transgender girl I’ll call Eve. We dated for almost three years, and they were the happiest of my life. In all that time, we never once had an argument. She said I had given her the strength to come out to her family and begin her transition.

I was planning to ask her to marry me.

Without any indication that anything was wrong, she dumped me one day and weeks later began dating her friend, another trans girl. I wanted to walk away and take time to heal, but Eve maintained that I was important to her and we could remain friends.

For the next few months we tried, but her new girlfriend treated me like I was a threat. While I was emotionally hurting, she seemed to take intense pleasure in showing me how happy they were together. It eventually lead to friction, and now my ex thinks I caused it because I was jealous, so she cut off all contact with me.

I stood by her when she absolutely needed my support, but when the time came to give a little back, I was abandoned. I’m worried I will never trust anyone again, and I don’t know how to get “myself ” back. Can you help?

— ABANDONED IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR ABANDONED: It might help if you consider that there are more than physical changes when making the kind of transition Eve was undergoing, and she may have felt that her trans friend was better able to relate to what she was experiencing than you were. It was cowardly of her to just dump you rather than tell you she had doubts about your relationship, and it was selfish of her to pressure you to hang around as “just a friend” afterward. It also wasn’t realistic.

What you are feeling is normal.

However, it might help you to move forward if you keep in mind that all women are not the same, that building trust takes time, and give yourself time to heal before trying to replace Eve. DEAR ABBY: I am a 23-year-old woman who recently got out of a six-

year abusive relationship. While I was in the relationship, no one knew what was going on. When I finally left him, I started dating a man of a different race. People are now saying I moved too fast because we got together a month after I moved out. But we had been close friends for more than a year before things started to kick off.

The issue is, my family disapproves of our relationship because of his race and because they believe he didn’t give me enough time to figure out what I wanted. I feel like I already knew what I wanted. I had been emotionally done with my first relationship for a good six months. My family refuses to meet him, nor do they want to hear anything about our relationship. My family and I had always been close — until now.

I am happy with my new boyfriend (even my grandma sees a difference). I just wish I knew how to get my family to understand and agree to meet him.

What can I do? — READY FOR THIS IN OHIO DEAR READY: If you are open to a suggestion, because you were in an abusive relationship for so long, talk with a licensed psychotherapist about it. You were unhappy for a long time, and it’s possible that the difference your grandmother is seeing is partly fueled by adrenaline.

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Two wintertime ailments ramping up in Iowa DES MOINES — Iowa officials are reporting outbreaks of two wintertime viruses, norovirus and the flu.

Experts say flu and norovirus are often mistaken for each other even though their symptoms differ. Flu viruses tend to cause coughing, sneezing, body aches and fevers.

Noroviruses tend to cause vomiting and diarrhea. The Iowa Public Health Department also says a second confirmed flu victim has been reported — an elderly man with underlying health conditions in central Iowa.

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Victim of fatal fall at state park identified as Ames man BOONE — A man who died after a fall at a central Iowa state park has been identified as an Ames resident.

The state Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday identified the fall victim as 63-year-old Danny Dean Carlile.

Carlile was among about 100 people who joined for a New Year’s Day hike Sunday morning at Ledges State Park, south of Boone.

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River search resuming for missing men MONTROSE — Authorities say they’re resuming the search Wednesday for two men missing since their boat capsized in frigid Mississippi River water south of Montrose. A witness called 911 about 1:50 p.m. Tuesday to report seeing a boat sink with two men aboard. Montrose Police Chief Jordan Maag says the men launched the boat earlier at the Montrose River Park.

The search was suspended Tuesday evening because of the dangerous, icy river conditions and darkness.

Iowa traffic deaths jumped in 2016 AMES — Authorities say traffic deaths jumped to at least 400 last year in Iowa.

The Iowa Transportation Department says the figure is nearly 27 percent higher than the 316 traffic deaths recorded in 2015. It’s also the highest figure since the 411 in 2008. The department says the 2016 month with the most deaths was October, with 40. The total of 400 could rise because the department has not added any fatal crashes that might have happened on Saturday, the last day of 2016.

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DAVENPORT — A Massachusetts-based company says it hopes to build a manufacturing and distribution center in Davenport that eventually will employ 500 people. Davenport Mayor Frank Klipsch announced Tuesday that plastic-container company Sterilite wants to build a $73 million facility on 160 acres of land. It would be the largest building in Davenport.

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Breckenridge, Allen, Bishop to attend PC coffee Saturday PRAIRIE CITY — State Rep.-elect Wes Breckenridge (D-Newton), Sen. Chaz Allen (D-Newton) and Jasper County Treasurer Doug Bishop (D-Baxter) will join Mayor Chad Alleger for Coffee with the Mayor in Prairie City at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Constituents are encouraged to join them for coffee and conversation prior to the start of the 2017 legislative session to voice their questions, issues and concerns. The coffee will take place at the Prairie City Public Library at 100 E. Fifth St.

Branstad: It ‘makes sense’ for Iowa to consider voter ID DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad says it “makes sense” for Iowa to consider legislation that would require voters to show identification when casting an election ballot.

The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday that such a requirement would ensure voters are valid and aren’t voting in more than one state.

State officials do not track voter fraud statewide, but cases of fraudulent voting are exceedingly rare in Iowa.

Branstad says the state Secretary of State’s Office is working with members of the Iowa Legislature to introduce Branstad legislation that could make changes to Iowa’s voting system, though details are still being sorted out. Branstad says the goal is voter integrity, though it’s still unclear if voter identification will be included in any proposed legislation.

Goodwill aims to cut waste through Give Back Box project

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inging in the new year means taking down the Christmas tree and doing away with unnecessary clutter and boxes that may have accumulated from the holidays.

A new project sponsored by Goodwill of Central Iowa and Amazon — the Give Back Box — hopes to aid in that effort.

Many Amazon users can relate to the abundance of boxes. That is why the recycling project advocates for cutting down waste and helping others in the process. Anyone can donate items around their home and utilize an empty Amazon box.

After packing the box with clothing or household items, donors can print off a free label from the website, givebackbox.com, and ship the box to a local Goodwill. The shipping is paid for.

The project hasn’t reaped as many dona-

tions as Goodwill had hoped but Carol Warren, vice present of Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa, said the idea has gotten wind lately.

“This is third year we have tried this,” Warren said. “We weren’t getting great results until we got the word out.”

Warren said once the idea got some more publicity, there were at least 34 boxes sent to the headquarters building in Johnston.

“Newton is one of our stores that we reach in our 22 counties,” Warren said. “I think it’s been really positive just seeing people load these boxes, and they can ship them instead of having to load them up in their cars.”

Warren said if people in rural areas become aware then the donations might begin to increase.

The Amazon boxes are sent to the nearest Goodwill shop participating in the program. Goodwill then sells the donations to support job training

Submitted Photo Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa and Amazon are conducting the Give Back Box project. The project allows individuals to ship donated items inside of Amazon boxes, free of charge. Goodwill then sells the donations to support job training and other services.

and other services.

Warren said some people might not know the other benefits that are involved when donating to Goodwill.

“We provide job training to people to generate revenue,” she said.

“When people are mak-

ing donations that is benefiting that cause.”

Avoid shipping liquids, fragile, hazardous, volatile items or any ammunition in the boxes.

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6513 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

Video shows suspect in pain after Iowa trooper’s gun strike IOWA CITY (AP) — An Iowa trooper jammed the barrel of his loaded rifle into the shoulder of a surrendering suspect at the end of a chase, police video shows, leaving the man with an injury and pain that he says lasted for weeks.

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Arre, 28, admits he was high on drugs when he fled from an officer trying to stop him for speeding in northwest Iowa near LeMars in June 2015. After driving through farm fields, he eventually

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crashed in a ditch as several patrol cars pursued him.

Squad car video shows officers using flashlights to search for Arre for three minutes before one spots him on the ground in tall grass and tells him to put his hands up. Iowa State Patrol officer Jeremy Probasco approaches Arre, telling him not to move and twice directing him to put his hands “in the small of your back.” Probasco stuck the barrel of his rifle into Arre’s

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Policing experts say the rifle strike appears to be excessive, noting that officers are discouraged from hitting suspects with their guns due to the potential that they could discharge.

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He added: “It’s kind of risky to be poking somebody with a rifle. What if the thing goes off? That’s crazy.”

Arre said that after crashing, he crawled out of the car and lay down with his hands up in the grass to surrender.

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Jasper County Conservation announces photo contest winners Newton Daily News The Jasper County Conservation hosted a Facebook Photo Contest for this year’s conservation photo contest.

The work of local amateur photographers were posted on the JCC’s Facebook page where voting took place by liking a photo from each of the three categories. Contestants could submit one photo for each category including landscapes, animals and seasons. During the 12 days of voting 769 votes were cast.

Erin Patterson was the overall winner for each of the three categories in the adult division. Kadance Ahn won the youth division with her photo of an aster plant at Jacob Krumm Nature Pre-

Submitted Photo Above is the photo taken by Kadance Ahn who won the youth division. The photos shows an aster plant at Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve in Jasper County.

Submitted Photo Erin Patterson was voted the overall winner in this year’s Jasper County Conservation Photo Contest.

serve. Eight photos that were entered into the contest were chosen to be printed on conservation greeting cards,

Tammy Mortensen — Animals “Lost Owl.”

which can be purchased at the conservation office. A pack of 16 cards can be purchased for $15 or three packs for

$40. The Jasper County Conservation Office is located at 1030 W. Second St. S. next to Maytag Park.

Lillie Ray — Seasons.

Submitted Photos Cody McKinney photo Rock Creek Spillway and these eight snapshots were chosen to be printed on conservation greeting cards.

Erin Patterson — Landscape.

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Cardinal boys net LHC win over Tigers

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Trey Vanderlaan drained two 3-pointers in a 10-point opening flurry by Newton High’s Cardinals Tuesday against visiting Grinnell’s Tigers. Vanderlaan would hit four more treys in the Little Hawkeye Conference contest won by the Cardinals, 78-51.

Newton led 10-0 with 5:17 left in the first quarter as Garrett Sturtz and Connor Gholson each had a field goal. Grinnell called a timeout at that point.

The Tigers went inside to their 6-foot-9 post player senior Cade McKnight for a basket.

Game on for the rest of the way between the two LHC rivals. Newton never trailed. Grinnell cut the margin to six points twice in the first quarter but never got any closer.

“We love playing here in our gym. We haven’t been home for awhile, and we have the greatest student section. Those kids have been there at our away games as well as home games,” Newton head coach Bill Liley said.

“We play well here and we shoot well here. Our kids came out with a lot of determination tonight.

They executed our game plan.”

The Cardinals battled some foul trouble as Josh Ventling and Morgan Maher went to the Newton bench early in the game.

Maher was trying to guard McKnight inside. Liley said with Newton leading, the foul trouble was timely.

“We wanted to get freshman Quintrail Coley and junior Grayson Graham an opportunity to play in the game. Tonight, the two had extended minutes and gave us great minutes of play.”

Liley said.

It was 10-4 when Vanderlaan hit his third 3-pointer for Newton followed by a three by Grinnell’s Jake Hull. Gholson tipped an offensive rebound to himself and hit his first trey of the night.

In the final minute of the first quarter, Gholson and Sturtz sank four free throws to put Newton up 22-7.

Newton cashed in on 18-of-20 foul shots in the game. Sturtz, who led all

scorers with 28 points, was perfect at the line — 12-of-12 — and pulled down 11 rebounds.

In the second quarter, the Tigers switched to a zone defense and the Cardinals’ scoring slowed down. Newton did shoot 45 percent from the field in the first half to Grinnell’s 30 percent.

“They did switch defenses, but mainly we wanted to play a little slower pace and take care of the ball with the youngster in there. This was Quintrail’s first varsity game. We had the lead and could dictate the tempo we were comfortable with,” Liley said.

Midway through the second period, Newton was up 25-13. The Cardinals finished the first half on a 9-5 run for a 34-18 lead at the break.

The Cardinals set the tone quickly in the third quarter with a 3-pointer from Gholson and a trey from Vanderlaan for a 4020 lead at the 6:14 mark.

Newton had a 21-16 scoring edge in the third quarter.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Trey Vanderlaan nails one of his six 3-pointers against Grinnell in Tuesday’s home game. The Cardinals defeated the visiting Tigers, 78-51, in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

Fifth-ranked Grinnell decks Newton girls in LHC action

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s Cardinal girls had not played at home since Nov. 19. They finally stepped back on their home basketball court Tuesday against Class 4A fifth-ranked Grinnell, a game which was postponed from Dec. 16.

“Looking at the final score it might not appear it, but this was our best game of the season,” Newton head coach Brandon Sharp said after the Cardinals’ 85-53 loss to the Tigers. “We shot the ball well tonight. We competed well for 32 minutes, which is not something we’ve done this season.”

Sharp said his team shot well, but the Tigers seemed like they couldn’t miss all night. In the first half, the teams combined for 18 3-pointers.

Newton’s Courtney Jacobsen opened the shootout from

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Ryanne Rausch (4) sprints with the ball between two Grinnell defenders in the second half of Tuesday’s home game against the Tigers in Little Hawkeye Conference play. Grinnell won 85-53.

beyond the arc at the 7:33 mark of the first quarter. It was matched by a trey from

Grinnell’s Madeline Wilkins.

The teams hit 10 3-pointers in the open eight minutes.

Turnovers and a less-thanstellar defensive performance put the Cardinals behind the

eight ball against Grinnell.

The Tigers’ full-court pressure created a bit of chaos for the Cardinals.

“Grinnell used a 2-2-1 press for the first time tonight.

We had practices for their two other presses. The passing angles were shorter for us, and we had trouble adjusting in the first half. We had 13 of our 20 or so turnovers in the first half,” Sharp said.

Marcelina Marvelli connected from long range to make it 17-10 with 4:05 on the clock. Newton got two more treys from Randi Walters in the first quarter, but it was a 3-pointer by Wilkins at the buzzer to stretch Grinnell’s lead to 31-20.

The Tigers reeled off 12 unanswered points in the first three minutes of the second quarter. Newton faced a 57-35 deficit at halftime.

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Alabama-Clemson 2: New characters, plot lines GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — As with any sequel, Alabama-Clemson II will have some new characters and fresh plot lines.

The top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 3 Tigers will meet in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 9 in the College Football Playoff national championship game. Last year they played a wild 45-40 game won by ‘Bama. It gave Nick Saban a fourth national title with the Tide and fifth overall.

The rematch is a chance for Saban and Alabama to add to an already unprecedented run of four national championships in seven years. For Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, it is another opportunity to beat his beloved alma mater and snap a title drought for the Tigers that stretches back more than three decades.

Deshaun Watson is back. The Clemson quarterback was so good last season against the Tide that Saban was comparing him to Cam Newton.

O.J. Howard returns for Alabama, the tight end who had a career game in last year’s final. Both teams once again feature fearsome defensive lines, even though some of the stars have changed.

But there’s plenty new this time around: Alabama’s Jalen Hurts is a victory away from becoming the first true

freshman quarterback to lead a team to a national championship since Jamelle Holieway did it with Oklahoma in 1985. Last season, Jake Coker was the Tide’s quarterback, a more conventional drop-back passer who threw for 335 yards on 16 completions, including five for 208 to Howard.

With Hurts, the Tide has become far more reliant the quarterback running game. Hurts is still a work in progress in the passing game. He went 7-for-14 for 57 yards in Alabama’s 24-7 victory against Washington in the Peach Bowl on Saturday. He did run 19 times for 50 yards and on the season he is up to 891 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Hurts is a more talented player than Coker, but if Alabama needs to trade scores with Clemson again, can the 18-year-old make the plays in the passing game that Coker did last year?

Then again, Hurts’ mobility will come in handy against a Clemson pass rush that ranks right up there with Alabama’s.

Welcome to the national title game, Mike Williams.

Clemson’s top wide receiver is 6-foot-3, 225 pounds and a few months away from becoming an NFL millionaire. He missed just about all of last season while recovering from a neck injury and returned this year to become Watson’s favorite target.

Alabama has NFL-caliber talent everywhere, of course, but Williams is a matchup nightmare even for good corners such as Marlon Humphrey and Anthony Averett. Williams had six catches for 96 yards against Ohio State in a 31-0 victory Saturday night.

He has 90 receptions for 1,267 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season.

The Tigers also will add Deon Cain to its receiving corps this time around.

As a freshman last year, he was suspended for the championship game.

He has been a big-play guy for Watson with nine touchdowns and a 19.4-yard average on 32 catches.

The newest defensive line terror for Clemson also is the biggest. Freshman Dexter Lawrence checks in at 6-5 and 340 pounds and he has played like an All-American this season. He did not record a tackle against Ohio State but

the Buckeyes seemed to shy away from even running in the middle of Clemson’s defense because of Lawrence and second-team All-America Carlos Watkins.

At least partially responsible for moving Lawrence will be 319-pound center Bradley Bozeman, who stepped in for first-round pick Ryan Kelly this season to lead Alabama’s offensive line.

The Tide has not lost much at center with Bozeman, but Clemson’s line and Lawrence in particular, will be his toughest test.

That huge tailback wearing a single-digit jersey number for Alabama probably reminds you of Derrick Henry.

The Heisman Trophy winner who ran for 158 yards and three touchdowns on 36 carries against Clemson last season is gone, but Bo Scarbrough, listed at 6-2 and a questionable 228 pounds, does a pretty good Henry impersonation.

The Tide unleashed Scarbrough on Washington for 19 carries and 180 yards. Technically, he is Alabama’s third option in the backfield. Damien Harris leads the team with 1,013 yards rushing and a 7.2 average per carry and freshman Josh Jacobs has 551 yards and 6.6 average. None of them carried the ball last season against Clemson.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday Bowling Newton at Clarke, 3:45 p.m.

Wrestling Newton at Oskaloosa, 6:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Colfax-Mingo quadrangular, 6 p.m.

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

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

Newton 9th girls at Pella, 6 p.m.

Newton 9th boys at Pella, 6 p.m.

Newton JV boys at Pella, 7:30 p.m.

Friday Basketball Pella at Newton, JV girls 4:45 p.m., varsity girls 6:15 p.m., varsity boys 7:30 p.m.

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

North Polk at PCM, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Grinnell at 8th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Grinnell at 8th boys, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Wrestling Newton 7th/8th at North Polk, TBD Saturday Boys Swimming NCMP at Waterloo West Invitational, 11 a.m.

Wrestling Newton at Ottumwa Invitational, 9 a.m.

Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at PCM Invitational, 9 a.m.

CMB at BCLUW Invite, 9:30 a.m.

Bowling Newton at Pella Christian, 1 p.m.

Basketball Newton girls at Knoxville, JV 2 p.m., varsity 3:30 p.m., 9th 5 p.m.

Newton boys at Knoxville, JV 2 p.m. 9th 3:30 p.m., varsity 5 p.m.

CMB at Colo-NESCO, girls 3:30 p.m., boys 5 p.m.

Monday Basketball Newton boys at Norwalk, 9th 6 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m.

Newton 9th girls at Norwalk, 6:30 p.m.

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Tigerhawk boys rout Iowa Valley

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

MARENGO — Colfax-Mingo junior Jarod Nichols scored 26 points for the third straight game, and the Tigerhawk boys basketball team routed Iowa Valley 61-33 during South Iowa Cedar League play Tuesday night.

Nichols recorded his third straight double-double, finishing with 26 points, 12 rebounds, three steals, three assists and three blocks.

It was the third straight win for Colfax-Mingo, which improved to 5-4 overall and 5-3 in SICL play.

During that stretch, Nichols has tallied 78 points and 50 rebounds.

The Tigerhawks led Iowa Valley (2-5. 2-5) 30-1 after one quarter and then grabbed a 44-9 at the break.

Junior Reegan Van Dyke scored nine points, grabbed nine rebounds, collected three steals and blocked three shots, while freshman Brady Berkey added eight points, four rebounds and three steals.

Sophomore Zarek Hill tallied five steals and four assists, while junior Jonathan Jacobs dished out five assists.

Colfax-Mingo hosts Sigourney for a varsity SICL doubleheader at 6 p.m. Friday.

GIRLS Iowa Valley 58, Colfax-Mingo 50 Senior Amy Russell and sophomore Payton Rhone scored 13 points apiece, but the Tigerhawk girls struggled in the second quarter of a fourth straight SICL loss.

The Tigerhawks and Iowa Valley were tied at 11-all after one quarter, but the Tigers outscored Colfax-Mingo 18-7 in the second frame. The hosts held on despite Colfax-Mingo (2-8, 2-6) winning

Villanova is No. 1 for fifth week, Baylor moves up to second The Associated Press Villanova’s impressive win at No. 10 Creighton kept the Wildcats at No. 1 for a fifth straight week, while Baylor made the jump from fourth to second.

The only new member of The Associated Press Top 25 is Virginia Tech, which beat Duke 89-75. The Hokies (12-1) jump in at No. 21, their first ranking since the opening week of the 2010-11 season.

Villanova (14-0) received 59 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday to easily outdistance the Bears (13-0), who got the other six votes for No. 1.

Kansas held third while UCLA, which lost to Oregon, fell from second to fourth. Gonzaga and Kentucky both moved up two spots to fifth and sixth. Gonzaga (14-0), Villanova and Baylor are the lone unbeaten teams in Division I. West Virginia jumped from 11th to seventh while Duke and Louisville both dropped three spots to eighth and ninth, and Creighton held on at No. 10.

Virginia, which lost to Florida State after beating Louisville, moved up from 12th to No. 11 and was followed by Florida State, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Oregon, Xavier, Arizona, Butler, Saint Mary’s and Purdue. The last ranked teams were Virginia Tech, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Florida, while Southern Cal and Indiana tied for 25th.

Villanova’s run at No. 1 is the longest since Kentucky was on top of the poll for the entire 2014-15 season.

No. 13 Wisconsin grinds out win at No. 25 Indiana BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Ethan Happ scored 19 points and Bronson Koenig added 17 on Tuesday night to lead No. 13 Wisconsin past No. 25 Indiana 75-68.

The Badgers (13-2, 2-0 Big Ten) have won nine straight.

De’Ron Davis, Juwan Morgan and Robert Johnson each finished with 12 points to lead the Hoosiers (10-5, 0-2). Indiana has lost three in a row overall, consecutive games on their home court and 16 of the last 18 in this series.

Zak Showalter finished with 14 points and Nigel Hayes had 10 for the Badgers. James Blackmon Jr. had 10 points for the Hoosiers.

PCM girls cruise past South Hamilton

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

the second half, 32-29.

Russell added five points and three steals to her team-high point total, while senior Dakota Hostetter scored seven points and grabbed five boards. Junior Ries Wilson tallied eight points.

Colfax-Mingo buried seven 3-pointers in the game, led by four from Rhone. Russell knocked in a pair of treys.

Cherrise Ward tallied 19 points to lead Iowa Valley (4-5, 3-5), while Sidney Spencer added 14 points for the winners.

JEWELL — The Prairie City-Monroe girls basketball team got back on the winning track Tuesday, returning from the holiday break with a 58-18 win over South Hamilton during Heart of Iowa Conference play.

The Mustangs led 17-6 after one quarter and pushed their advantage to 38-10 at halftime.

PCM won the second half 20-8, including 7-0 in the fourth.

Freshman Regan Freland led PCM (7-2 overall, 6-1 in the HOIC) with 15 points, while senior Kayla Jennings scored 13.

Senior Katie Vande Wall put in nine, senior Kaylee Townsend chipped in eight, senior Rachel Stafford scored six and senior Lexi Timmins collected five points.

Sophomore Morgan Uhlenhopp also scored her first two points of the season.

PCM hosts North Polk in a HOIC varsity doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m. Friday in Monroe.

South Hamilton dropped to 0-8 overall and 0-7 in the HOIC after the loss.

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

BOYS No. 9 South Hamilton 65, PCM 58 Mustang junior Jack-

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo freshman Brady Berkey puts in two points in a game earlier this season. The Tigerhawks defeated Iowa Valley, 61-33, in Marengo on Tuesday night.

s o n T h om a s matched Tr u m a n S t a t e recruit C o l lin Hill point for point in Freland the first t h r e e quarters of PCM’s HOIC battle with the undefeated Hawks on Tuesday.

Thomas scored 24 points in the game, but none of them came in the fourth quarter.

Hill poured in 30 in the game, and 10 of those came in the fourth when South Hamilton rallied for the win.

The 2A No. 9 Hawks (7-0, 6-0) outscored PCM 18-8 in the fourth quarter to stay unbeaten. PCM led 33-28 at halftime.

Thomas scored 11 in the first quarter to give PCM an early lead.

The Mustangs (4-3, 4-2) led by three entering the fourth quarter.

Junior Elijah Sperfslage scored nine points and dished out four assists, senior Mark Bruxvoort scored nine points and sophomore Andrew Van Ryswyk added eight points and grabbed six boards.

Sophomore Reed Worth dished out five assists.

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

Gophers fire coach Tracy Claeys MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota fired coach Tracy Claeys Tuesday, just more than two weeks after the football program became embroiled in a standoff with the administration over the suspension of 10 players in connection with allegations of sexual assault, the school announced.

Athletic director Mark Coyle said he made the decision to “address challenges in recruiting, ticket sales and the culture of the program. We need strong leadership to take Gopher football to the next level and address these challenges.”

The Golden Gophers went 9-4 this season and beat Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. But that was overshadowed by a threatened boycott of the bowl by the entire team a week before the game. The players ultimately decided against a boycott.

Claeys publicly supported his players in lobbying for fairness in the sexual assault investigation. A tweet he sent out in support of their movement drew wide criticism from victims’ rights groups and faculty on campus.

Claeys later said he chose his words poorly and planned to donate $50,000 to raise awareness for sexual assault victims.

The 48-year-old Claeys went 11-8 in a year and a half leading the Gophers.

He became a head coach for the first time when he took over midway through 2015 after Jerry Kill was forced to retire because of health issues.

“Moving forward, we need a leader who sets high expectations athletically, academically, and

AP Photo Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys watches from the sideline during the second quarter of a college football game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Minnesota fired coach Claeys on Tuesday. The move comes two weeks after the football program became embroiled in a standoff with the administration over the suspension of 10 players in connection with allegations of sexual assault.

socially,” Coyle said.

Claeys was the first Gophers coach to win his first two bowl games, and he teamed with defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel to stock a stout defense with NFL-caliber players. But the program was rocked in December when the university announced that 10 players would be suspended for the Holiday Bowl after a school-led investigation into allegations by a woman who said she was pressured into sex with multiple players.

Two days after the suspensions, the entire team held a news conference to announce that more than 100 players planned to boycott all team activities until their 10 teammates were reinstated.

“Have never been more proud of our kids.

I respect their rights (and) support their effort to make a better world.”

Claeys tweeted shortly after the news conference.

That stance seemed to clash with the administration, particularly Coyle and President Eric Kaler, who were determined to respond quickly and decisively to allegations that had upset the community.

The AD had given Claeys a vote of confidence at the end of the regular season before the issue resurfaced in December.

Coyle said Tuesday the tweet “was not helpful. I accept that Coach Claeys intended it to support the boycotting players. Understandably others did not see it that way.”

Claeys would later say that he was not being dismissive of the allegations or sexual assault in general, but rather supporting his players’ push for due process in the

school’s Title IX investigation.

Additionally damaging to Claeys was that a 17-year-old recruit also was alleged to have had sex with the woman that night. All of the players accused told investigators that the sex was consensual, and Hennepin County authorities twice chose not to file charges because they said they had insufficient evidence.

But the university’s investigation by the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action office has a lower threshold for proof than the criminal justice system, and the report leaked to television station KSTP said that school investigators found the woman’s account of the night to be more credible than the accounts given by the players. The EOAA recommended expulsion for Carlton Djam, Dior Johnson, Tamarion Johnson, Ray Buford and KiAnte Hardin, one-year suspensions for Seth Green, Mark Williams, Antoine Winfield Jr. and Kobe McCrary, and probation for Antonio Shenault.

All 10 players are expected to get hearings in January to appeal those recommendations.

The team rescinded its boycott after 1.5 days, returned to practice and then upset the Cougars in the Holiday Bowl, with Coyle and Kaler watching from the sideline.

Candidates immediately expected to be considered for the opening including Western Michigan’s P.J. Fleck, former LSU and Oklahoma State coach Les Miles and Boise State’s Bryan Harsin, who was hired by Coyle when he worked there.

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Lynnville-Sully teams notch road wins in SICL

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News THORNBURG — Lynnville-Sully’s girls and boys began 2017 the way they ended the 2016 portion of the basketball season. The ranked Hawk basketball teams won on the road Tuesday night in South Iowa Cedar League play.

The Class 1A No. 9 Hawk boys chalked up a 68-39 win over host Tri-County following the 1A 15th-ranked Hawk girls rolled to a 49-25 win against the Trojan girls. Lynnville-Sully’s girls remain undefeated at 10-0 overall and 8-0 in SICL play. Lynnville-Sully’s boys are 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the SICL. “We were able to create 16 steals and 23 turnovers which led to some easy baskets for us,” Hawk boys’ head coach Nick Harthoorn said. “We didn’t shoot the ball real well,

but I thought we got good shots. If we continue to move and share the basketball, good things will happen for us offensively.”

The Hawk boys jumped out to a 20-6 lead by the end of the first quarter and were in charge of a 37-13 halftime margin. They had 16 assists in the game. They shot 43 percent, 29-of-68, from the field and downed 9-of-15 free throw attempts.

Jesse Van Wyk had a strong overall game, leading the Hawks with 16 points and 13 rebounds. He also had four assists, four steals and three blocked shots. Tanner Foster and Rylan James each had 12 points. Foster grabbed seven rebounds.

Brevin Hansen dropped in 10 points and made four steals. Tyler Van Zante handed out seven assists, made four steals and scored eight

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points. Tyson Vander Linden and John Trettin each had four points and Corey McCoy scored two points.

Tri-County shot 30 percent, 15-of-50, from the field and went 5-of-11 at the freethrow line. Jacob Bombei was the lone Trojan to score in double digits with 17 points.

Defense continues to fuel the Lynnville-Sully girls’ success as the Hawks forced 26 turnovers by Tri-County Tuesday. Another big factor in the game and for the Hawks

this season is steady performances at the free-throw line.

The Hawks cashed in on 17of-20 foul shots to the Trojans’ 5-of-9.

Brenna Lanser sank 10of-11 free throw attempts on her way to a game-high 20 points for Lynnville-Sully. She also had 10 rebounds and five steals. Camryn Russell added 10 points.

“We were a little slow starting tonight,” Lynnville-Sully girls’ head coach Jerry Hulsing said. “Our defense was the difference. I thought we played pretty well forcing TC into long possessions.”

Lynnville-Sully was up 7-6 at the end of the first quarter then outscored Tri-County, 16-8, in the second period.

The Hawks led 29-14 heading into the fourth stanza.

Carson Fisk scored seven points and Jataya Meyer had six points. Jelissa Rozendaal

dished out three assists, grabbed six rebounds and scored two points. Shiloh Cunningham and Mariah Vos each had two points.

“The girls did a good job of talking and being ready to help keep them out of their offense.

Our offense got going in the second quarter when we passed the ball quicker and then we were able to get it inside for an easy look,” Hulsing said.

Tri-County got nine points and six rebounds from Katlyn Little.

The Lynnville-Sully teams step out of conference play Thursday as they travel to Baxter to play the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter Raider teams. The variety girls’ game is at 6 p.m. followed by the varsity boys at 7:30 p.m.

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

NFL playoffs are set as Rodgers, Pack soar; Cousins, Skins out LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — There they were on a late November afternoon, seemingly headed in opposite directions: Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers were 4-6 and losers of four games in a row; Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins were 6-3-1 and winners of six of eight.

Right after the Packers were beaten by the Redskins by 18 points in Week 11, Rodgers insisted, bereft of much supporting evidence, “I’m very optimistic.”

Turned out he knew what he was talking about.

And Cousins declared, “It’s great to be playing the way we’re playing.”

Turned out it didn’t last.

Since then? The Packers (10-6) reeled off six consecutive victories, with Rodgers throwing 15 touchdown passes and zero interceptions, capped by a 31-24 win at the Detroit Lions on Sunday night to win the NFC North.

The Redskins (8-7-1) lost four of their last six games, capped by an inexplicably listless 19-10 defeat against the visiting, nothing-at-stake-for-them New York Giants to blow a playoff berth.

“We just have to find a way to get it done. That’s what good teams do,” Washington defensive end Chris Baker said in a quiet locker room. “We just weren’t good enough this year.”

With so much at stake, the Redskins were flat as can be against the Gi-

Boys Continued from Page 1B “With Connor hitting from the left and Trey on the right, they had to chase us the rest of the way,” Liley said.

Graham’s baseline drive to the basket ended the third quarter to push Newton’s advantage to 55-34. The Cardinals continued to push their tempo and never allowed the Tigers a run in the final eight minutes.

Newton went 10-for-10 at the foul line in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals held a 32-20 rebounding edge over the Tigers in the game.

Vanderlaan finished with 22 points, six rebounds, four assists and

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Standing his ground inside the lane is Newton’s Morgan Maher, left, as Grinnell’s Jake Hull pulls up to shoot in Tuesday’s game.

ants, who already were locked into the NFC’s No. 5 seed. Washington looked like the team with nothing to play for, trailing 10-0 at halftime. After tying it at 10-all, then falling behind 1310, the Redskins let their last real chance slip away when Cousins was intercepted by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie for the second time.

“I’m going to go into this offseason with a hunger that has always been there,” Cousins vowed after throwing two picks against New York, “but certainly, when the season ends this way, it will be there and it will be strong.”

The playoffs begin next weekend without the Redskins: — Saturday: Raiders at Texans, Lions at Seahawks.

— Sunday: Dolphins at Steelers, Giants at Packers.

Awaiting the winners of those games will be the top seeds: No. 1 Patriots and No. 2 Chiefs in the AFC, No.

two steals. Gholson added 19 points.

Coley grabbed six rebounds. Ventling and Graham each had three assists.

Sam Allen paced the Tigers with 22 points, and McKnight had 14 points.

The Tigers were 13-of-20 at the freethrow line.

The Little Hawkeye Conference has four ranked teams — three in Class 3A and one in Class 2A. “I can’t imagine too many other conferences in the state stacked up like this one is,” Liley said. “There are no nights off as these teams are good and well coached. We have to be ready to play every night.”

Newton improved to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play. Class 3A second-ranked Pella (6-1, 2-1) comes to the friendly confines of the NHS gym for a 7:30 p.m. LHC game on Friday. It is Pack the Gym night.

The Cardinals play at Knoxville Saturday in a non-conference game.

Newton’s junior varsity lost a 54-45 decision to Grinnell in overtime Tuesday. It was 43-all at the end of regulation.

Kyle Long scored 17 points for Newton while Aaron Bartels and 10 points and seven rebounds. McKenna Davis had seven rebounds and Grant Garvis had six rebounds and two assists.

The Newton freshmen claimed a 57-34 win. Antonio Usry and Williams Cheng each tossed in 11 points for the Cardinals.

Grinnell 7-11-16-17—51 Newton 22-12-21-23—78 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 6/1-12-3-28, Graham 2-2-1-6, Gholson 4/3-2-1-19, Vanderlaan 1/6-2-122, Ventling 0-0-5-0, Maher 0/1-0-5-3, Coley 0-0-4-0.

TOTALS: 13/11-18-20-78.

Grinnell (FG/3-pt): Roudabush 0/1-2-4-5, Scherf 0/1-0-1-3, Mitchell 0-0-3-0, Allen 8-6-0-22, Popp 0-0-1-0, Hull 0/2-1-2-7, McKnight 5-4-1-14. TOTALS: 13/4-13-12-51.

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

1 Cowboys and No. 2 Falcons in the NFC. In case you missed it, here are the other top topics after the NFL season’s last regular-season Sunday: MVP? Rodgers could wind up as the MVP, as could Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott or Falcons QB Matt Ryan.

But given that the main story line heading into the season involved Tom Brady’s four-game “Deflategate” suspension, it somehow would be fitting for him to wind up with the honor. He finished off the best TD-INT rate for a season in NFL history — 28-2 — as the Patriots (14-2) beat Miami 35-14 . Plus, Brady tied Peyton Manning’s career record of 51 games with three or more touchdown passes and zero interceptions.

See Ya More coaches on the way out: Chip Kelly (San Francisco) and Mike McCoy (San Diego) were fired, while

Gary Kubiak resigned because of health concerns one year after leading Denver to a Super Bowl championship. Adds those openings to earlier exits of Jeff Fisher in Los Angeles, Gus Bradley in Jacksonville, and Rex Ryan in Buffalo.

Romo Returns Playing in the regular season for the first time in more than a year, Tony Romo threw a TD pass in limited duty in place of the man who replaced him as Dallas’ QB, Dak Prescott. The Cowboys lost 27-13 to the Eagles in a completely meaningless game, while Romo got a brief chance to show he could help in the postseason if needed.

QB Trouble Could be quite a quarterback matchup when Oakland plays at Houston in the playoffs. That’s because the Raiders, already without Derek Carr because of a broken leg, saw backup Matt McGloin hurt his shoulder injury in Sunday’s 24-6 loss at the Broncos, leaving rookie Connor Cook — he of zero NFL starts — under center. And the Texans, who recently benched expensive free agent Brock Osweiler for Tom Savage, aren’t sure which will play next week. Savage started Houston’s 24-17 loss at Tennessee, left to be evaluated for a concussion after a QB sneak, returned after being cleared, then was held out again in the second half.

Girls Continued from Page 1B “It was a fun first half offensively, but defensively it drove me crazy,” Sharp said. “Grinnell is a very versatile team, and we didn’t defend well.

We did make some adjustments at halftime to help the girls fight through the pressure.”

Grinnell had a 9-0 run on two 3-pointers and a traditional 3-point play to push its lead to 70-39 with 4:35 left in the third quarter. Down 81-45 going into the fourth quarter.

Marvelli had drilled back-to-back threes for Newton.

“I’m extremely proud of the way the girls played tonight. We have to get better against pressure and take care of the basketball. We also have to communicate and execute better defensively,” Sharp said.

Marvelli led Newton with 12 points on four 3-pointers. Ryanne Rausch, who was in foul trouble in the first half, finished with 11 points.

Ellie Horn collected nine of the team’s 29 rebounds while Taylor Shipley and Ali Bestell each had five rebounds.

Grinnell had five players score in double figures led by post player Sierra Durr with 25 points. Wilkins hit five 3-pointers on her way to 18 points.

Kameron Moore added 14 points followed by Emily Hulsing with 11 and Kyra Hungerford with 10 points.

Newton fell to 3-5 overall and 1-3 in LHC play. The conference has five teams ranked with three in Class 4A, Class 5A top-ranked Indianola and one ranked in 2A. The Cardinals play against ranked opponents in eight of their last 13 games this season.

Newton hosts Class 4A top-ranked Pella (7-0, 3-0) in a 6 p.m. LHC game Friday. It is Pack the Gym night for

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Marcelina Marvelli shoots from outside the 3-point line in Tuesday’s home game. She hit four 3-pointers.

Newton. The Cardinals play at Knoxville Saturday in non-conference action.

Grinnell won the junior varsity game 39-25. Newton was led by Emily Valtman with nine points and Lakin Jenkins with six points.

In the freshman game, Grinnell beat Newton 51-17. Kameron Nehring scored nine points, grabbed seven rebounds and made two steals for the Cardinals.

Grinnell 31-26-24-4—85 Newton 20-15-10-8—53 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 2/1-4-3-11, Forsyth 0-02-0, Walters 0/3-0-0-9, Marvelli 0/4-0-2-12, Shipley 0-1-2-1, Jacobsen 1/1-0-1-5, Horn 4-0-0-8, Bestell 2/1-0-2-7. TOTALS: 9/10-5-12-53.

Grinnell (FG/3-pt): Harris 0-2-1-2, Jackson 0/1-0-23, Wilkins 1/5-1-0-18, Doty 0-0-1-0, Moore 5-4-2-14, Hulsing 1/3-0-1-11, Durr 8/1-6-2-25, Hungerford 2/2-0-2-10, Juni 0-0-1-0, Cooper 0-0-1-0, Kies 1-00-2. TOTALS: 18/10-12-13-85.

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

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 4). Your path of compassion will lead you to care for needy individuals who turn out to give you exactly what you didn’t know you needed and so much more. A reunion is in store. April begins a kind of treasure hunt. It’s something else that makes your heart happy in March, but the extra money doesn’t hurt, either.

Scorpio and Cancer adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 4, 20, 18, 3 and 22.

Mercury backs into Sagittarius with a warning against egotism. Some don’t realize that confidence is different from arrogance. Confident people are certain about who

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FT/PT Cook ($500 Sign on Bonus) | FT Dietary Aide PT Care Attendant | PT CNA –Evenings Temporary: FT RN/LPN then part-time as needed for Overnight / 2-10pm (Premium Wage Scale) Consider joining a great team as we continue our mission of commitment to compassion, excellence and innovation! We offer a competitive wage and complete benefit package.

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As a Certified Nursing Aide in our facility, you may be eligible for the following benefits: • Pay based on years of C.N.A. experience • Sign On Bonus • PTO available after 90 days of employment • 2 Uniforms provided per year full time and part time staff • Health Insurance for full time staff- Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance

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they are and what they can do.

They also respect that others have different expertise, and they approach with humble curiosity. Arrogant people are dismissive of others in general.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Face and process your emotions in a controlled, safe environment -- home alone, writing in a diary or hitting the pillow or the punching bag.

This will prevent your feelings from coming out in uncontrollable ways.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You feel nervous around certain people. Maybe it’s not as cute as it is in the movies.

Maybe your body is really trying to tell you something

JELD-WEN Window Division in Grinnell has current opportunities, primarily on the off-shifts, including seasonal temporary winter employment if desired. Our need to stock windows for the spring requires a full staff and whether FT or seasonal employment fits your needs, you are encouraged to apply in person at 911 Industrial Avenue in Grinnell. Seasonal wages start at $13.50/hr. for the off-shifts and FT wages are $15.00/hr. JELDWEN is a market leader in vinyl windows and patio doors serving the Midwestern market.

We offer the following benefits to our full-time employees: • On the job training • Competitive wages, increasing with experience • 2nd and 3rd Shift premium pay • 401K Retirement Plan with company match • 8 paid holidays • Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan • Health, life, dental, and vision insurance • Safe & clean environment • Stable employment In order to ensure a safe working environment, a pre-employment drug screen is required. If you are interested in joining the JELD-WEN Window Division/Grinnell production team, apply in person between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday at our Grinnell location at 911 Industrial Avenue.

JOB OPEN HOUSE New starting rate of $15.00/hr.

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JELD-WEN Window Division is conducting interviews for 2nd and 3rd shifts.

Walk-in and scheduled interviews are both available.

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about the dynamics of the relationship. Maybe your body is saying, “Run!” GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

When there’s no clear path, you either make one or turn around and go home. Much will depend on how important it is to you and yours that you reach the destination you had in mind.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Your worth isn’t tied to another person, no matter who -- no matter how powerful -- that person might be. Seize the opportunity to assert your independence, if only to prove to yourself that you’re whole on your own.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The performer in you comes with a thicker skin than most -- part of the package deal. Because

of this, you don’t realize how delicate some people’s feelings really are -- something to be extremely aware of today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Of course you want fun; who doesn’t? But letting yourself have it whenever you want it is a recipe for weakness. Like a good parent, gently remind your inner child of the rewards for sticking to the job at hand until it’s done.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To have a vendetta in your heart can be a very motivating and positive force if used correctly.

The “I’ll show you” energy is powerful. Just note: No one ever “showed you” by making bad, self-destructive choices.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

It’s not always the case, but today things will work when they’re right and they won’t work when they’re not right.

Therefore, don’t spend a lot of energy on trying to make something work when it’s just not clicking in. Move along.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re in a mood to ignore what you need to do, but the fact that you need to do it doesn’t go away. Remember why. Remind yourself of the end goal. Want harder, and the motivation will come.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The silliness and absurdities of life don’t get past you.

Making someone laugh will be your specialty today, and it will

make you happy to know you spread gales of joy across the heart of another.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

True, there’s much you have to fix and more you have to do, but don’t focus there if you can help it. Focus instead on growing what’s already going exceptionally well.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

You’ve been known to lose track of what makes you happy. When something makes you smile and laugh, make a note. It will help remind you to make more of these moments happen. Plus, when you look back, you’ll relive the joy.

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