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Small plane flips over at Newton airport, no injuries occurred

By Alex Olp Newton Daily News

BREAKING NEWS

Newton Emergency Services responded to a 911 call after reports of a small plane that flipped over at Newton Municipal Airport Saturday morning. No injuries were reported.

The pilot, Michael Bates, of Nevada, was the only occupant on board the Cessna 172. The 911

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call came at approximately 9:51 a.m. Saturday morning from an onlooker.

According to a news release by the Newton Police Department, the plane landed normally, but Bates lost control of the plane and veered off the left side of the runway. The wreck

occurred after the pilot hit a snow embankment, causing the plane to flip.

The door of the jet appeared to be jammed following the crash, initially preventing the pilot from getting out. However, Bates had already exited the small plane before emergency vehicles arrived.

Contact Alex Olp at aolp@newtondailynews.com

Alex Olp/Newton Daily News Newton Municipal Airport is the site of a Saturday morning airplane wreck that resulted in a small plane flipping over, but no injuries were reported.

Local boon for wind industry

Unemployment trending down throughout county

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Fred Belger of TPI Composites, Inc. inspects a finished blade that is nearly ready to be transported off-site. TPI recently announced Newton plant employees will have wage-rule changes and core-competency training that will help the company and the wind-power industry remain competitive.

TPI employees to get wage increases

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News Being competitive is not only something TPI Composites, Inc. hangs its hat on; it’s second nature to some of its Newton employees as well.

TPI’s Corey Allison illustrated some of the more lighthearted side of that competitiveness when recently introducing himself and fellow crane operator Fred Berger.

“I’m Corey, and that’s Fred,” he said. “Fred is the

second-best crane operator around here.”

This type of playful conversation is combined with what TPI hopes is an improving, technically sound skill set within its workforce. The company recently announced several increases in compensation and augmented training that will help keep the plant, TPI and the wind turbine blade industry moving forward with stability for the years ahead.

Effective Jan. 4, TPI will go from a standard $12-per-hour starting hourly wage to a range of $12 to $19 per hour, depending on manufacturing experience. There are also incentive plans and several core-competency teamwork training elements that will be introduced in January and September of 2016.

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Huckabee visits Newton Alex Olp/Daily News Margaret Jorris shakes the hand of presidential candidate Mike Huckabee during a public forum at American Legion Post 111 Saturday afternoon.

More than 30 people listened to the former Arkansas governor answer questions about his tax plan, gun laws in America and foreign policy.

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As the city continues to work toward bringing new jobs to Newton, the unemployment rate has dropped in Jasper County every year since 2010.

With no specific data available from Umsted Newton, city management analyst Natalie Umsted said it is still a positive trend for the city.

“Changes in unemployment impact personal income and are consequently a measure of and an influence on, the community’s ability to support its business sector,” Umsted said.

Since 2010, the unemployment rate has gone down every year in Jasper County and for the first time since 2001, the county unemployment rate dipped below the state of Iowa rate in 2015. It has been trending upward beginning in 2008 as the area felt the effects of the recession.

To continue the positive trend, economic development continues to be a high priority area for the city.

“Moving forward, the city should continue to work to build the workforce of Newton into a skilled educated community ready to face the problems of tomorrow,” Umsted said.

Several steps have been made to further the goals of the city including the opening of the Goodwill Career Connection Center in 2014. The center is a free resource for area residents who seek help in writing resumes, practicing for interviews, effectively job-hunting and other job related skills.

Also, the Newton Public Library is a “Learning Express Library” with programs for resume-writing, certification test preparation, SAT, ACT, GED test preparation and other workplace skill building

tools.

Along with a falling unemployment rate, Newton has a high level of workforce inflow and outflow, which means many people are commuting into the city from other communities.

“Workforce inflow and outflow is the measurement of people who commute into Newton to work and people who commute out to another city to work,” Umsted said.

Because Newton is located in close proximity to Des Moines, there is a natural migration to and from the state capitol. As identified in the city’s comprehensive plan, it is a goal to attract those who work in Newton but still commute to live here and help develop a growing population.

“Based on this goal, it is positive to see a growing percentage of the workforce choosing to live in Newton and work elsewhere, and a declining percentage of those employed in Newton who chose to live elsewhere,” Umsted said.

As of 2013, about 60 percent of those who work in Newton do not live in Newton. That number has dropped from 70 percent in 2008 and again in 2010, but has seen a slight increase in 2011.

The percentage of people who are living in Newton and commuting to work out of the community continues to decline, with a high of approximately 63 percent in 2010 to a continuing decline reaching just under 55 percent in 2013.

As a part of Newton’s No. 1 goal of growing the population, by using initiatives currently in place such as growing housing opportunities, the city hopes to attract those who work here to live here as well.

“Completing some of the city’s current initiatives that work to increase Newton’s livability will hopefully encourage some of these commuters to become residents,” Umsted said.

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Financial Markets Dow Jones Industrials — High: 17,110.88 Low: 17,027.23 Close: 17,084.49 Change: +33.74 Standard&Poors 500 Index: 2014.89 +1.46 NYSE Index: 10,361.27 +0.23 Nasdaq Composite Index: 4830.47 +19.68 NYSE MKT Composite: 2317.18 +8.96 Russell 2000 Index: 1165.35 +2.11 Wilshire 5000 TotalMkt: 21,157.55 +24.21 NYSE consolidated volume: 3,595,678,010 Total number of issues traded: 3,204

Submitted Photo Newton Park Administrative Superintendent Nathan Unsworth, third from left, recently completed a Certified Public Manager Course and is now the only Certified Public Manager in the Newton city government.

Unsworth now a certified public manager

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News To further his education and gain valuable knowledge in public administration, Newton Parks Administrative Superintendent Nathan Unsworth recently completed a Certified Public Manager Course through Drake University.

Following the completion of the course, Unsworth is now recognized as a Certified Public Manager, the only such employee in the Newton city government.

“I was looking for something that would give me a great overview of public administration. I was leaning toward a master’s degree in public administration, so I thought this would be a great way to see if that would be a good fit for me,” Unsworth said. “I also felt like the course would provide me with new ideas to bring back to the City of Newton.”

The course, which lasted 18 months, covered topics including human resources, eco-

nomic development and urban planning, creative management, public sector budgeting and project management.

As a certified public manager, Unsworth can say he has completed a nationally recognized program and has a clear understanding of government, public administration and public policy.

During the class, Unsworth said they talked a lot about innovation and creativity, which are not usually discussed public administration.

“Most people do not think about those two things when it comes to government, but you do not have to look too far to see a great example. Des Moines certainly would not be what it is today without innovation and creativity. Des Moines took a big picture approach to reshaping the image of the city, and now it is one of the best small cities in the country,” Unsworth said.

“I think we can accomplish a similar transformation in Newton. When you look at the plans

for downtown, what our D&D program has accomplished, and plans we have our park system, I think we are going be an example of what innovation can achieve in a small community.”

As a part of the course, Unsworth was required to complete a group project. His group’s project was called “Reviving a Passive Democracy: Engaging Iowans in Governance,” and explored the public’s participation in politics.

“We explored what prevented people from becoming more engaged in local and state government, highlighted innovative approaches that encouraged public participation, and showcased what greater public participation can achieve,” Unsworth said.

Unsworth is continuing his education, seeking his master’s degree in administration with a focus on organization leadership from the University of South Dakota.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-7923121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondaily-

Survey gives continuing signs of Midwest economic doldrums OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Figures have dropped for a fifth straight month in a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states, providing continuing evidence of a regional economic slowdown.

A report issued Monday says the overall Mid-American Business Conditions Index dropped to 39.6 in December from 40.7 in November, 41.9 in October, 47.7 in September and 49.6 in August.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss

oversees the survey, and he again blames manufacturing losses linked to the strong dollar and economic weakness among trading partners.

The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth. A score below that suggests decline.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

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Newton Chamber of Commerce to host several January events The Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce has several upcoming events planned.

— 10:15 a.m., Saturday, Sensory Friendly Movie showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will be at the Capitol II Theatre, 116 First St. N. in Newton. Cost is $5.

— Noon to 1 p.m., Jan. 13, “Marketing Strategies for Your Business” workshop will be at the Newton Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 113 First Ave. W. The Jasper County Employers Council of Iowa will host the event with Iowa Workforce Development Communications Director Courtney Greene.

Greene will discuss strategic communications, improved company culture with strategic internal communications and identifying an audience. Cost is free. Guests are invited to bring their own lunch to the workshop. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP at info@experiencenewton.com.

— 7 a.m., Jan. 14, Newton Chamber Breakfast will be held at McCann Center, 1115 South 8th Ave. East. The breakfast gathering is made possible by sponsors Konek P.C. and Black Hills Energy.

Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP at info@experiencenewton.com.

— 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 28, The Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting to be held at Newton DMACC Conference Center, 600 N. Second Ave. W in Newton. Social hour will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP at info@experiencenewton.com.

Global stocks sink after China index dives 7 percent NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening 2016 on a grim note, dropping sharply after a plunge in China and declines in Europe.

The Dow Jones industrial average sank 347 points, or 2 percent, to 17,078 as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time Monday.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 37 points, or 1.8 percent, to 2,006. The Nasdaq composite gave up 112 points, or 2.2 percent, to 4,895.

Overseas markets fell even more. China’s main index plunged nearly 7 percent, triggering an emergency trading suspension. The drop was caused by weak Chinese manufacturing data and escalating tensions in the Middle East.

European indexes fell between 2 and 3 percent.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.23 percent.

Local & State News TPI Continued from Page 1A TPI’s Cleo Boyd said the company — already the largest employer in the greater Jasper County area — hopes to further elevate its presence within the industry.

“Training and compensation help develop better employees and help improve peoples’ lives,” Boyd said.

“Anything TPI can do to improve employee commitment and engagement helps the whole industry.”

The wind turbine blade industry is not as diverse as, say, aerospace or agricultural manufacturing, in terms of engineers or builders jumping from firm to firm. Unless a worker comes from another blade manufacturer, new employees at TPI generally have

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no direct experience in assembly of turbine blades.

Boyd said there is specific blade-assembly training that takes place within TPI. Boyd said it takes about six months for employees to become proficient in a process.

It’s experience with similar materials or processes that is the most valuable.

“It’s a tight labor market,” Boyd said. “We want to be able to attract and retain a high-quality work force.”

Training will focus heavily on teamwork. TPI doesn’t have a traditional assembly line; it does have workstations that require a great deal of communication and people working in unison in order to maintain a safe, efficient environment that prevents damage to product or equipment.

Boyd said there are also improvements either in progress

Cross country ski, snowshoe events scheduled in Newton Newton Daily News The public is invited to cross-country ski and snowshoe this winter at Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve in eastern Jasper County.

The clinics, led by Jasper County Conservation staff, will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays on Jan. 9, 23 and Feb. 6 and 13. Both beginners who wish to learn how to ski or snowshoe and the more advanced who wish to sharpen their skills on the trails are encouraged to attend.

A limited number of snowshoes, skis and boots in all sizes will be available for a $10 equipment fee, or participants can bring their own equipment.

The clinics will only be held if there is enough snow cover on the ground.

Please call Jasper County Conservation at 641-792-9780 or check our Facebook page online for updates.

Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve can be reached by driving north off of Exit 179 (Lynnville exit) from Interstate 80. The preserve entrance is reached by going another mile east on the gravel road Jacob Avenue. A warming shelter is available at the preserve.

or in the planning stages related to improvements in employee break room areas, rewards and recognition and the landscaping outside the plant.

The plant, which opened in 2007, draws workers from approximately a 30-mile radius. There are TPI facilities in Arizona, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as two plants in China and one each in Juarez, Mexico and Turkey.

Engineers from Turkey and other nations have come to the U.S. to work at the Newton facility, Boyd said.

“We look forward to building long-lasting relationships, with teamwork at the core,” Boyd said. “We want this to be part of a true success story.”

Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@newtondailynews.com

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Scott Illingworth talks with a co-worker in front of a finished blade at TPI Composites, Inc. in Newton. The company has announced a series of compensation increases that will allow the wind-turbine blade manufacturer to draw in new employees with manufacturing experience.

Outstanding debt obligations increase a modest 1.06 percent Newton Daily News DES MOINES — State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald reports that outstanding debt obligations for state and local governments in Iowa totaled $15.2 billion as of June 30, 2015.

Overall, this represents an increase of 1.06 percent over last year, the state’s lowest annual increase over the last eighteen years. All political subdivisions, instrumentalities and agencies of the state are required to disclose outstanding longterm obligations, including bonds, notes, capital leases and loans, annually to the state treasurer. “While debt continues to rise, it is increasing at a slower rate than previous years,” Fitzgerald explained. “Those entities that did increase

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their debt significantly, namely schools and counties, are taking advantage of very low interest rates by building and renovating infrastructure.”

Education-related debt comprises about 40 percent of the total debt (public schools 24 percent, Board of Regents 12 percent and community colleges 4 percent).

Debt issued by schools increased 3.8 percent and the Board of Regents 3.1 percent, while community colleges decreased their debt by 6.3 percent in the last year. A majority of the $3.59 billion in debt incurred by schools resulted from revenue bonds for construction or renovation projects.

Iowa counties report over $911 million in debt, a 6.03 percent increase over last year, while cities

experienced a 1.9 percent increase with $5.4 billion in current debt.

The State of Iowa decreased its total debt to $889.7 million, a 3.7 percent difference from 2014, while state authorities experienced a 5.23 percent decrease, with $1.9 billion in debt.

“Iowa continues to see only moderate increases in outstanding debt obligations. We make this information available to all Iowans by county so they can see the total debt and changes over the years in their own communities,” Fitzgerald said. Visit the state treasurer’s office at IowaTreasurer.gov and click ‘Outstanding Obligation Report’ under the ‘For Governments’ tab to view the report and additional information by a specific reporting entity.

Please recycle your old newspapers.

The incorrect name ran under Amy Sinclair’s photo in the Thursday edition of the Newton Daily News.

City offers free Christmas tree removal The City of Newton will have real “cut” Christmas trees collected at the curb on the resident’s regular garbage collection day during the week of Jan. 4.

Residents are asked to remove tree stands, nails, lights and metal fasteners. If you use a plastic bag to cover the tree while it is being removed from the residence, remove and properly dispose of the plastic bag before placing the tree at the curb. For any questions concerning Christmas tree pickup, call Newton Public Works at 641-792-6622.

There will be no charge for Christmas trees taken directly to Newton Sanitary Landfill during the week.

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By Abigail Pelzer Editor

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As I was growing up there were many things I could count on, and chief among them was cheering on the Iowa Hawkeye football team. Because of the era in which I was raised, there were a few idols, including the great coach Hayden Fry, a guy named Chuck Long and an elite bowl — The Granddaddy of Them All, the Rose Bowl. It must have been in 1986 when I placed this trip to Pasadena, Calif. on my bucket list.

My husband of the same generation has similar nostalgia and as the undefeated season for the Iowa Hawkeyes raged on, we started smelling roses and making plans. By the time Selection Sunday rolled around we had our package picked out and the making of childhood dreams began to come true.

There were about as many horror stories about traveling to southern California as there were Hawkeye fans, however it was an easy flight out west for us and we were grateful. The celebration of the season began on those flights from Des Moines and Minneapolis, packed with fans donning black and gold. That color scheme would remain consistent during our time in California, as was the common greeting, “Go

Hawks!”

Our first evening took us to downtown LA where thousands of Iowa fans packed the LA Convention Center for the Hawkeye Huddle, a pep rally. The Hawkeye faithful impressed with outrageous outfits, loud cheers and a line for beer that was likely 250 people long.

The next morning I awoke early to explore the Rosemont Pavilion and other float barns for the Tournament of Roses. The behind the scenes look at the Rose Parade was amazing. In particular, I was impressed (as were the judges) with PBS’s “Downton Abbey” float, which I was able to view close up. The actress who plays Lady Cora rode on the float during the parade, which was also cool. Exploring another viewing area meant enduring a long line, but then viewing several entries from above. The aroma was intense and the sights were beautiful. The entire parade is orchestrated by thousands of volunteers and their work is breathtaking.

The remainder of New Year’s Eve was spent near the Santa Monica Pier where we had lunch with my sister who lives in southern California and took a spin on the Pacific Wheel, a solar-powered Ferris wheel that takes you

130 feet above the Pacific Ocean.

We also ventured to the designated Santa Monica Iowa bar, Barney’s Beanery, which had waits up to three hours. We spotted some friends from Texas who invited us to their table and spent some time among the hundreds of Iowa fans who were bidding farewell to 2015.

Attending the Tournament of Roses parade will forever remain one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I was nearly moved to tears by the beauty. My favorite float was by Disneyland, which basically made you feel like you’d made the trip to Anaheim.

Next up was tailgating at Kinnick West, as we called it.

Live music, food and drink and the best fans in college football made the lead up to the big game a complete blast.

As we walked to the stadium we stopped behind the Big Ten Network’s interview with Iowa alum and Hollywood actor Tom Arnold, who was left nearly voiceless after days of entertaining Hawkeye fans.

I had goosebumps as I walked into the Rose Bowl Stadium. It’s a beautiful venue and the black and gold turnout was impressive, as we knew it would be by then.

I’ll keep my comments about

the game brief. Heisman Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey is the best college football player I’ve ever seen. Tom Arnold provided some comic relief during a halftime interview played on the Jumbotron by explaining, “we have them right where we want them.” I did boo the Standford band, and I’ll never regret it.

As fair-weather Iowa fans exited the game before it was over, we stayed on and cheered.

I was proud to be among the many who gave our Hawkeyes a warm send off as they gathered into their swarm and prepared to exit the stadium following the blowout game.

For those at home who described the game as “pathetic and embarrassing” and pointed out they were glad they didn’t spend the time or money, I hope you understand what you missed. We didn’t go to the Rose Bowl just to come away with a W. We went to cheer on the Hawkeyes and celebrate an amazing season and enjoy the camaraderie of the Hawkeye loyal in southern California.

It’s great to be a Hawkeye. On Iowa.

Contact Abigail Pelzer at 641-792-3121 ext. 6530 or apelzer@newtondailynews.com

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Thanks to Salvation Army majors Barry Hurto Newton I simply cannot let the holiday season pass without commending a very special family whose efforts make the Christmas holidays special for so many, not only by sharing their talents and efforts in coordinating the annual bell-ringing project, but also by donating many hours in personally ringing at the various kettle stations in Newton throughout the Advent season. I am speaking, of course, about Captains Jeff and Mikey Carter of the Salvation Army and their teenage son.

Although we have had many

Eliminates sales tax on water L.D. Palmer Newton As the general manager of the Newton Water Utility, I wanted to highlight one of the legislative priorities for the water industry — eliminating the sales tax on water. Every customer of a public water supply pays sales tax on water each time they turn on the tap in their home or business.

We believe this is an unfair and regressive tax and the Legislature should move to eliminate it. Wa-

outstanding leaders heading the work of the Army over the decades, I can’t personally recall any of them who have rung as well as collect the kettles from the volunteers during the month of December. As if they don’t have enough to do.

I remember one especially brisk afternoon where their son was ringing bells outside the Walmart grocery store entrance, and when I thanked him for helping, he tried to play down the act of ringing in such less-than-ideal weather. I was moved by the modesty displayed at his age, because it really is a big deal.

Another time I was fortunate to be able to hear Jeff playing his tuba in the entryway to Hy-Vee.

It was cheerful and spirit-lifting to share in that experience as well.

Please join with me in expressing your gratitude to this fine family, who contribute so much to our community, not only by word, but by example. We are blessed to have them in Newton. And, by the way, if you haven’t ever rung bells before, make yourself a note to volunteer for at least an hour next Christmas. It’s a wonderful opportunity for families, seniors, couples, single folks, teens, anyone at all, with a gentle reminder of just how fortunate we are throughout the year. And I promise you, it will make your celebration of the season of our savior’s birth even more meaningful.

ter is the only essential service that all Iowans need to survive that is taxed. We don’t tax gas and electric services, medicine or food, but we tax water. Buy bottled water at your local convenience store or grocery store and you will not pay the tax. But turn on the tap at home and you are taxed.

Iowa is one of only 12 states that still taxes water. It’s time for Iowa to join with the majority of the states and eliminate this regressive tax. Our customers annually pay about $35,000 in sales tax on the water they use.

This will provide a tax break for all Iowans and businesses.

Please join with me in urging our legislators to take action to remove the sales tax on water.

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Terrorism!

Crime!

Deadly storms! Hillary Clinton!

We reporters focus on bad news, but at y e a r ’s e n d , let’s remember w h a t w e n t right.

2 0 1 5 was a By John Stossel better time to be alive than most any prior point in history.

The rich got richer.

Some people think that’s a problem, but why? Do rich people sit on their piles of money and cackle about how rich they are? Do they build giant houses that damage the environment? Well, they sometimes do.

But mostly they invest, hoping to get richer still. Those investments create jobs and better products and make most everyone else richer.

Even if the rich leave money in banks, banks lend it to people who put it to productive use.

Sure, income inequality has grown — but so what? The rich don’t get richer at the expense of the poor. Poor people’s income grew 48 percent over the past 35 years.

Bernie Sanders says that “the middle class is disappearing!” But that’s mainly because many middle-class people moved into the upper class. Middle class incomes grew 40 percent over the past 30 years.

This year we heard more horror stories about bad schools and students who don’t learn.

But take heart: Seven more states passed education choice legislation.

That means more students can opt out of bad schools and pick better ones, and over the long haul competing schools

will have to get better at what they do. That will lead to a brighter future for all students — and for society, which will benefit from their improved skills.

In 2015, two more states and Washington, D.C., legalized marijuana. Authorities are always reluctant to give up control, but gradually the end of the expensive, destructive and futile drug war will come.

Meanwhile, real crime — violence and thefts — continue to fall. We cover horrible mass shootings and spikes in crime in cities like Baltimore and St. Louis, but overall, crime is down — over the past 20 years, down by about half.

Unfortunately, terrorism has increased — mainly because of ISIS in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Nevertheless, there are far fewer deaths from war and terror than there were 30 years ago, and in America, the odds of you or your family being killed by a terrorist are infinitesimal compared to disease, accidents and a thousand more-ordinary threats.

Marriage is good for civilization. This year the Supreme Court declared that gay people may get married. Government shouldn’t be in the marriage business at all, since marriage is a contract between individuals, but if it’s going to wade into that issue, it’s better to have one clear rule instead of ugly ongoing fights about it.

Ending the political squabble means we can all go back to minding our own business and worrying about our own marriages.

In 2015, women in Saudi Arabia got to vote.

More countries elected leaders, rather than inheriting them.

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Obituaries Roger Fifer Dec. 29, 2015 Roger Fifer was born, June 26, 1953, in Newton, to Norman Duane and Betty Louise (Smith) Fifer. He graduated from the Newton Se-

Carolyn A. Mahl Jan. 1, 2016 Carolyn A. Mahl, 77, of Newton, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at Skiff Medical C e n t e r.

A service will be at a later date with burial at Union Chapel

nior High School with the class of 1971. Roger married Deborah Lynn (Bear) Gilgen Dec. 24, 1980, in Des Moines.

They have one son, Joshua.

In 2003, Roger retired from the maintenance department of the Maytag Company.

Roger enjoyed model aircraft and was active in the Newton Sky Kings Modeling Club

where he was a flight instructor.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Those left to honor Roger’s memory include his wife, Debbie; his son, Joshua; his mother, Betty Fifer Skaggs; his grandchildren, Austin Fifer and Madelyn Fifer and their mother, Ashlee McDonald.

Roger died Tuesday,

Dec. 29, 2015, at the Iowa River Hospice House in Marshalltown. A graveside service will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4 at the Newton Union Cemetery. A celebration of life gathering will be at a later date.

Memorials may be designated in Roger’s name and may be left at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home.

Cemetery in rural Ira. Memorials in Carolyn’s name may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

Carolyn, the daughter of John and Genevieve (Maus) Beaumier, was born Jan. 20, 1938, in Oconto, Wis. She graduated from high school in Green Bay, Wis. In 1978, Carolyn was united in marriage with Gary Mahl

in Newton. She was a CNA and longtime home healthcare aide for Skiff Medical Center. Carolyn enjoyed being outdoors — camping and fishing. She always put everyone in her life first, before herself.

Those left to honor Carolyn’s memory are her husband, Gary Mahl of Newton; children, Allen (Lois) Mahl

of Urbandale, Linda ( John) Braaksma of Wellington, Kan., and Gwen Rotschafer (Tori) of Atlanta, Ga.; her eight grandchildren, Tiffanie, Echo, Heather, Jonathon, Ben, Laura, Alyssa and Jonathon; and many great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and two children, Gail Baker and Brian Stout.

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• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Newton Golden K Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Newton Village for social time, coffee and a program. Anyone interested in the program or learning more about Golden K Kiwanis is welcome to come as a guest. For more information contact the Rev. Thomas Lloyd at 641-792-3612.

• Congressman Dave Loebsack’s District Representative Bri Dennison will host open office hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery, 114 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Newton Children’s Choir, BETCHAW & Friends open auditions will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Berg School in Newton. Auditions for children from third through sixth grade. For further information contact Jane Johnson at 641-792-0042.

• Discover Hope, a faith based addiction support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 219 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

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

• 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.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon and 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Newton Children’s Choir, BETCHAW & Friends open auditions will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday at Berg School in Newton. Auditions for children from third through sixth grade. For further information contact Jane Johnson at 641-792-0042.

NFPA urges timely disposal of Christmas trees and safe removal of lights Newton Daily News With the holiday now behind us, O Christmas tree, how saggy are your branches? The gifts have been removed from under the pine, the tree is swiftly losing its coat of green, and the needles are piling up on the floor, which means it’s time to remove the tree from your home.

“Christmas trees are very flammable,” said Lorraine Carli, the National Fire Protection Association’s vice president of Outreach and Advocacy said. “Trees dry out the longer they remain in the home, and can be consumed by fire in a matter of seconds.”

All trees can burn, though dry ones can be engulfed by flames significantly more quickly.

NFPA statistics indicate that nearly 40 percent of home fires that begin with Christmas trees occur in January. Although these fires are not common, they are much more likely to be serious when they do occur. On average, one of every 31 reported home

structure Christmas tree fires resulted in a death. Compare that to an average of one death per 144 total reported home structure fires.

Christmas trees are decorations, and people may want to continue the festive spirit and leave up their ever-drying pines long after the last of the gifts have been opened. It’s good to remember, however, that the longer the tree remains in the home, the greater the fire risk becomes.

“We hope that by educating people about the extreme fire hazards, people will be prompted to remove their trees in a timely manner, giving their families the gift of fire safety as the season winds down,” said Carli.

If available, NFPA recommends using the local community’s recycling program for tree disposal. Trees should not be put in the garage or left outside.

NFPA also offers tips on removing lighting and decorations from trees to ensure they are tak-

en down safely this year and in the right condition for Christmas 2016: Use the gripping area on the plug when unplugging electrical decorations. Never pull the cord to unplug any device from an electrical outlet, as this can harm the wire and insulation of the cord, increasing the risk for shock or electrical fire.

As you pack up light strings, inspect each line for damage, throwing out any sets that have loose connections, broken sockets or cracked or bare wires.

Wrap each set of lights and put them in individual plastic bags, or wrap them around a piece of cardboard.

Store electrical decorations in a dry place away from children and pets where they will not be damaged by water or dampness.

For additional resources and information for a fire-safe winter season, visit “Put a Freeze on Winter Fires,” NFPA’s campaign with the United States Fire Administration.

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Police Blotter Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office • Travis C. Swihard, 41, of Prairie City, is charged with violation of no contact/protective order after authorities were called at 11:16 p.m.

Dec. 21 to 4439 S. 49th Ave. W. Officers were called about Swihard in a field where a house used to be. The land

owner said he did not want him there. Swihard was intoxicated and was told to call someone to get him. He called a person with whom he has a no contact order in place. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Rosa M. Malone, 21, of Monroe, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after au-

thorities pulled her over at 2:53 a.m. Dec. 22 in the 500 block of East 11th Street South. Officers pulled over the vehicle and found Malone had two warrants for probation violation. After placing her under arrest she was searched and a syringe was found in her purse. She admitted to using metham-

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• John J. Noga, 22, of Newton, is charged with driving while barred after authorities pulled him over at 11:05 p.m.

Thursday in the 3800 block of North 19th Avenue West. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Husband who’s aiding ex-lover appears to be helping himself DEAR ABBY: My husband went to Florida three months ago to care for an ailing former lover. He told me she will be leaving him a sizable inheritance and he needs to protect her from “vultures.” I admit I am suspicious of his motives. I think there may be more going on than what he’s telling me, but he has been painting a pretty picture of how rosy our future will be with her gift.

He has now suggested that we get a temporary divorce so he can marry her in order to get her entire estate! He claims it will be nothing more than a business arrangement. His suggestion left me flabbergasted. Even though our marriage has been rocky at times, I have never seen this side of him. I don’t know whether to believe him and be simply disappointed at his callous behavior, or not believe him and conclude that he really wants a divorce so he can marry her. Any thoughts? — HEARTSICK IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR HEARTSICK: Your husband appears to still be carrying a torch for his old flame. Are you sure she is really sick? If it’s the truth, then the “vulture” I see on the horizon may be him.

I hope you appreciate how extremely manipulative your husband appears to be. Because of it, and since he has spoken the “D” word, consult a lawyer to ensure that your interests will be protected regardless of his motives. I’m saying that in case the woman turns out to be healthier than both of you.

DEAR ABBY: How do you help someone who doesn’t want to be helped? My adult son, “Greg,” who lives with me, is slowly drinking himself to death. He was laid off two years ago, and I know he is depressed and has given up on life.

It has reached the point where he is showing signs of cirrhosis, but he refuses to do anything about it. The last time he saw a doctor was three years ago. The doctor said Greg’s liver functions were not normal and he needed to stop drinking. I’ve tried to make my son listen to reason, to no avail.

My sister tells me if I don’t get Greg

some help, I could be charged with adult neglect. But I don’t know how to fix this. The outcome is increasingly bleak. What can I do? — MOM WITH A PROBLEM DEAR MOM: If the inability to convince a substance-addicted adult relative to get help were against the law, there wouldn’t be enough prisons to hold all the “offenders.”

As much as you love your son, you can’t “fix” his alcohol addiction. You should, however, find the nearest AlAnon group and attend some meetings. And while you are at it, bring your sister with you because she has a lot to learn. Chief among the lessons is that someone else’s drinking is not another person’s fault or responsibility to control. I am sorry for your pain, because I’m sure it is considerable.

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DES MOINES — The next Powerball winner will have a chance to claim one of the game’s 10 biggest prizes this week when the jackpot grows to roughly $400 million.

Lottery officials say no one claimed Saturday’s $334 million prize, although someone from Pennsylvania won $2 million and three players from California, Connecticut and South Carolina won $1 million in the game. When the jackpot reaches $400 million, it might exceed the size of the sixth-largest prize in Powerball history.

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NASHUA — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a 56-year-old man who was found dead in the northeast Iowa town of Nashua.

The man was found dead with a gunshot wound on Saturday afternoon.

Authorities have identified the person who fired the gun, but are still investigating the circumstances of the shooting. No charges had been filed by Sunday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating.

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15-year-old boy charged in shooting of Des Moines teen DES MOINES — A teenage boy has been charged in connection to a Des Moines shooting of another teenager.

A 15-year-old taken into custody in the shooting has been referred to juvenile courts on the charge of reckless use of a firearm. The shooting occurred inside a house around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The victim, also 15 years old, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest.

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MASON CITY — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has joined the investigation of an inmate death in a northern Iowa jail.

The Iowa Public Safety Department says Cerro Gordo County jailers found the unresponsive inmate around 3:30 p.m.

Saturday. They began lifesaving efforts and were soon joined by medics called to the jail. They were unable to revive the man.

An autopsy has been scheduled.

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Man died in snowmobile accident, authorities say LE GRAND — An autopsy has been ordered on the body of a man who died after a snowmobile accident in central Iowa.

Authorities say the body of 25-year-old Travis VanDeWalle, of rural Le Grand, was found around 6:30 p.m. Friday in a field northeast of Le Grand. Relatives had been looking for VanDeWalle because he hadn’t returned home.

—The Associated Press

People to watch in the monthlong sprint to Iowa’s caucuses The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Beginning in February, voters will finally get the chance to pare down an unwieldy field of Republican presidential candidates and a smaller group of Democratic hopefuls, led by Hillary Clinton.

But it’s not just the candidates who matter in the early contests. They have aides and stand-ins, and a collection of others without bold-faced names but who are difference-makers in the 2016 contests.

A look at a few worth watching in the four-week sprint to the Iowa caucuses, set for Feb. 1.

TRUMP’S VOTERS New York billionaire Donald Trump has attracted thousands of people to his rallies and drawn millions of viewers to the Republican debates, where he has stung rivals with one-liners and baffled the professional political class with his staying power.

But telling a pollster you’re for Trump is one thing.

Showing up to caucus for him is something else. Winning in Iowa demands an extensive organization spanning dozens of rural communities. Trump loves talking about his lead

in polls, but a loss in Iowa could affect that support.

If Trump falters against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has built an advantage in Iowa, will those won over in 2015 by Trump’s celebrity and unvarnished approach back him in New Hampshire? Will they shift to someone else? Pass up voting all together?

CHUCK LAUDNER AND PETE D’ALLESANDRO Getting those Trump voters to caucus night is the job of Laudner, who has been guiding Trump’s Iowa organization. A former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and a confidante of Iowa Rep. Steve King, one of the state’s leading conservatives, he steered Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum to a surprise victory in the caucuses in 2012.

D’Allesandro is a veteran Democratic strategist who is directing Bernie Sanders’ Iowa team, hoping to upset front-runner Clinton.

D’Allesandro, a former campaign aide to ex-Iowa Gov. Chet Culver, has worked for Sanders for months, trying to harness the Vermont senator’s strength in college towns and liberal enclaves into a caucus victory.

BILL CLINTON The former president plans to hold his first solo campaign events in New Hampshire on Monday, returning to the state that nurtured his first White House race in 1992.

He’s long been the party’s goto surrogate and will be again as he tries to help his wife become the first woman elected to the White House.

Trump is trying to spark a conflict with Bill Clinton, having spent the end of 2015 rehashing Clinton’s affair with a White House intern and his impeachment past.

“And she wants to accuse me of things,” Trump said last week of Hillary Clinton. “And the husband’s one of the great abusers of the world.”

SHELDON ADELSON The Republicans’ biggest donor of the 2012 cycle has yet to make up his mind about 2016, his political adviser said in December. Adelson appears in no hurry to put his money behind a candidate.

But the casino magnate, along with other uncommitted donors, could play a major factor in the race by delivering millions of dollars to a super political action committee in support of a candidate; most of that money would end up paying for television spots.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) spent much of this week in Iowa, campaigning on behalf of Bernie Sanders. Ellison made an appearance and brief remarks at Sanders’ recently opened Newton campaign office at 201 First Avenue West, on the southwest corner of the courthouse square. To the right of Ellison is Ryan Reed, of Colfax, was one of about 50 Sanders supporters present at the event.

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One thing that might be giving Adelson pause? The candidate who has spent the least on TV is Trump, while the candidate with the best-funded super PAC is Jeb Bush. The former Florida governor is mired in single digits in preference polls, despite his Right to Rise group having spent tens of millions on ads to back his campaign.

TREY GOWDY The South Carolina congressman is supporting Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. But Gowdy also has a role in the Democratic race.

Gowdy is a tea party validator for Rubio in South Carolina, which follows Iowa and New Hampshire on the Republican calendar and could be a place of reckoning for Rubio if he doesn’t win in Iowa or New Hampshire. Rubio’s campaign manager, Terry Sullivan, is a South Carolina native and Gowdy expects to be at the top of the senator’s organization in the state.

Gowdy also is chairman of the House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Clinton testified before the panel in October, and while she ap-

pears to have moved past the issue, it’s one the GOP has no plans to drop in 2016.

MATT PAUL AND MICHAEL HALLE Hillary Clinton has made Iowa a focal point as she tries to avoid a repeat of her surprising 2008 loss in the state.

Paul and Halle are at the forefront of that effort.

Paul, Clinton’s Iowa director, is a longtime aide to former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, now President Barack Obama’s agriculture secretary, and has maintained ties throughout the state Democratic party. Those connections helped Clinton land early endorsements of several prominent Iowa Democrats, including retired Sen. Tom Harkin and two statewide officeholders who backed Obama in 2008: Attorney General Tom Miller and state Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald.

Halle is Clinton’s caucus director and a veteran of Obama’s first Iowa caucus campaign and campaigns in Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia. He has worked closely with Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager, and both helped elect Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2013.

Two Iowa school districts to stop sharing superintendent MASON CITY (AP) — Two Iowa school districts have decided to stop sharing a superintendent next year, but the Clear Lake and Mason City districts will maintain close ties in other areas.

Clear Lake’s board recently decided it wanted to hire a full-time superintendent, so it could have a leader focused on the district.

Mason City had been sharing 40 percent of Superintendent Anita Micich’s time with the Clear Lake district since 2010.

Micich had said previously that she enjoyed working for both districts and wanted the arrangement to continue. She will be working for the Mason City district alone going forward.

Clear Lake officials estimate that the district saved more than $800,000 through the sharing because of state incentives and saved salary costs.

Mason City officials estimate that they saved about $1.04 million through the arrangement over the years. The two districts have previously shared specialized teachers and supervisors for transportation and facilities.

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Research shows it may help fight against depression and promote a sense of well-being.

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Health care repeal vote to open a political year in Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been like a long-delayed New Year’s resolution for Republicans. But 2016 will finally be the year when they put legislation on President Barack Obama’s desk repealing his health care law.

The bill undoing the president’s prized overhaul will be the first order of business when the House reconvenes this coming week, marking a sharply partisan start on Capitol Hill to a congressional year in which legislating may take a back seat to politics.

There are few areas of po-

tential compromise between Obama and the GOP majority in the House and Senate in this election year, but plenty of opportunities for political haymaking during the presidential campaign season.

Obama will veto the health law repeal bill, which also would cut money for Planned Parenthood. The measure already has passed the Senate under special rules protecting it from Democratic obstruction. But that’s the point for Republicans, who intend to schedule a veto override vote for Jan. 22, when anti-abor-

tion activists hold their annual march in Washington to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in 1973 that legalized abortion.

Despite dozens of past votes to repeal the health law in full or in part, Republicans never before have succeeded in sending a full repeal bill to the White House. They insist that doing so will fulfill promises to their constituents while highlighting the clear choice facing voters in the November presidential election.

Every Republican candidate has pledged to undo the

health law. The Democrats running for president would keep it in place.

“You’re going to see us put a bill on the president’s desk going after Obamacare and Planned Parenthood so we’ll finally get a bill on his desk to veto,” House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told conservative talk host Bill Bennett over the holidays.

“Then you’re going to see the House Republican Conference, working with our senators, coming out with a bold agenda that we’re going to lay out for the country, to

say how we would do things very differently,” Ryan said.

In the Senate, which reconvenes Jan. 11, a week later than the House, early action will include a vote on a proposal by Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who is running for president, for an “audit” of the Federal Reserve. Democrats are likely to block it. But, like the health repeal bill in the House, the vote will answer conservative demands in an election year.

Also expected early in the Senate’s year is legislation dealing with Syrian refugees,

States plan renewed debate on LGBT rights, religious freedom

AP Photo In this Nov. 15, 2015 file photo, former President Bill Clinton listens to his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speak in Ames. The White House hopefuls have been slogging through Iowa, New Hampshire and airports in between for months. Beginning in February, voters will finally get the chance to pare down an unwieldy field of Republicans and a smaller group of Democrats dominated by Hillary Clinton.

Bill Clinton to stump for his wife, bringing old controversy KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Bill Clinton is back on the presidential campaign trail — and so is his baggage.

For months, the former president has largely stayed out of the 2016 race, mentioned mostly in passing by Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

On Monday, he heads out for his first solo campaign events, with stops planned in New Hampshire — a key primary state that gave much-needed momentum to his struggling 1992 presidential bid.

He’ll do so after days of attacks over his impeachment and decades-old sex scandals from Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

So far, Bill Clinton has remained mum about Trump’s slams — following the lead of his wife’s campaign, which believes their candidate comes across as more presidential by rising above what they see as the Republican’s crass political tactics.

But the attacks seem to have struck a nerve.

At a campaign event in New Hampshire on Sunday, Katherine Prudhomme O’Brien heckled Clinton about her husband’s sexual history, accusing her of enabling him to mistreat women.

“You are very rude and I’m not going to ever call on you,” Clinton snapped at O’Brien, after repeated shouted interruptions by the New Hampshire state senator.

The former president, too, has been known to become heated when he feels his wife is under attack, as he did during the 2008 primary with remarks about then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama that angered black voters in South Carolina.

“I love my husband and, you know, he does get upset when I am attacked,” said Clinton, in an interview with NBC’s “Meet The Press” last year. “I totally get that.”

Just days after Clinton called her husband her “secret weapon” at a campaign event last month, Trump began aiming his fire at Bill Clinton, accusing the former president of mistreating women and his wife of enabling the abuse.

“If Hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women’s card on me, she is wrong,” Trump tweeted last week.

His accusations reverberated across the campaign trail, giving fodder to conservatives who want

to use the issue in the 2016 campaign.

“You see what’s happened recently and it hasn’t been a very pretty picture for her or for Bill,” said Trump, in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” ‘’Because I’m the only one who’s willing to talk about his problems.”

Clinton supporters believe the attacks will backfire, particularly in the general election. Hillary Clinton had some of her highest approval ratings in the wake of disclosures about her husband’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

The former president’s public events in New Hampshire come as he moves into a more public role in his wife’s effort. After months of having her husband focus on private fundraisers, Clinton said in a December debate that she would turn to Bill Clinton for advice should she win the White House, particularly on economic issues.

Their schedules on Monday showed the degree to which the ubiquitous political couple will be able to blanket the early primary states in the next two months as Democrats also hold contests in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With samesex marriage now legal nationwide, lawmakers in numerous states are preparing for a new round of battles in 2016 over whether to grant discrimination protections to LGBT people or religious exemptions to nonprofits and businesses that object to gay marriage.

The tussle over civil rights and religious freedoms is one of several hot-button issues that could drive states in opposite policy directions, as lawmakers seek to appeal to voters during a year in which more than 5,800 state legislative seats will be up for election.

Republicans hold majorities in two-thirds of the states’ legislative chambers, meaning they get to set the agenda. Those priorities could include attempts to exempt businesses from providing wedding-related services to gay couples, expand gun rights and further restrictions on abortions.

Democrats, meanwhile, will likely be pushing in the opposite direction.

“What we’ve got is division,” said William Pound, executive director of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

He predicts there will be a “significant number of bills” seeking to advance either religious rights or the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

“You’ve got the Democratic states reacting very differently, a lot of the time, than the Republican states to these issues,” Pound said.

Those potentially divisive debates will be playing out as legislators also struggle with some traditionally difficult financial issues, such as budget shortfalls and calls to boost funding for public schools and infrastructure. Education issues are expected to be at the forefront in more than a third of the states, according to an analysis by Associated Press statehouse reporters around the country.

At least 10 states might consider new revenue for transportation in 2016, building on a trend in which at least half the states already have acted in the past several years.

States that rely heavily on the energy industry for tax income, such as Alaska, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wyoming, are taking big budget hits due to falling oil, natural gas and coal revenue. But tax cuts could be on the agenda in more than a half-dozen other states, including Arizona, Florida and Maine.

States’ general revenues are expected to grow by about 2.5 percent in 2016, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. As they prepare their next budgets, “states are still going to be very pinched” to meet rising costs for K-12 schools, Medicaid and core services, said David Adkins, executive director and chief executive of The Council of State Governments.

Added to the mix will be several emerging issues, such as how to quell a rise in opiate addictions and overdoses, and whether to extend regulations to online fantasy sports and to individuals renting rides or lodging through the “sharing economy.”

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Cardinal girls end losing skid with win over Panthers

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Coming off a threegame losing streak and the holiday break, Newton High’s Cardinal girls provided credence to their head coaches’ assessment in a convincing 60-37 win over Knoxville Saturday.

NHS head basketball coach Brandon Sharp said his team was OK following losing three straight games to ranked teams to close out 2015. The Cardinals had top-ranked Ballard down by 10 points with four minutes left in the third quarter only to lose 57-48.

“We had the confidence going into the break. We proved to ourselves we could play with any team in the state,” senior post player Jessica Reynolds said. “We worked hard on getting points with our transition game, especialJocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Hannah Rhoads takes the ball right to the basket for two ly against Knoxville, and points against Knoxville Saturday. The Cardinal girls beat visiting Knoxville, 60- we executed some new set 37, in a non-conference game. plays.”

The Cardinals opened the game against former Little Hawkeye Conference rival Knoxville with an 8-0 run on two 3-pointers by seniors Hannah Rhoads and Sydney Jenkins. Senior Alex Hutchinson had a basket in between.

Junior Taylor Shipley’s two baskets pushed Newton to a 12-4 advantage with 3:05 left in the first quarter. The Cardinals reeled off six unanswered points, including a steal for a layup by senior Taylor Moon, to end the period, leading 18-6.

“I knew we’d be OK after those three losses. I was curious how long it would take to get back to our rhythm after the break,” Sharp said. “Our girls picked up right where they left off.”

Newton’s lead was 2512 at the midway mark of the second quarter. Moon drilled a trey 30 seconds later. Up 28-17, the Cardinals went on a 6-2 run to end the first half on a

basket by Pressgrove and back-to-back buckets by Hutchinson.

The Cardinals posted a 34-19 halftime advantage.

The Panthers outscored the Cardinals 8-4 to close the gap to 38-27 with 3:19 left in the third quarter. A putback by Reynolds and a 3-pointer by Jenkins kept the Panthers from making a big run.

Leading 43-31 going into the final eight minutes, Newton secured the win with a 17-6 scoring edge over Knoxville to end the game.

“We play well together,” Reynolds said. “We share the ball which allows us to be successful as a team.”

Newton shot 47 percent, 25-of-53, from the field, which included going 8-of-15 from the 3-point line. The Cardinals had a balanced scoring attack led by Rhoads’ 12 points.

Rhoads and Jenkins each drained three 3-pointers.

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Cardinal boys notch fourth win in a row, beat Panthers

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Free throws kept visiting Knoxville’s Panthers in Saturday’s game against Newton High’s Cardinal boys.

The Cardinals used free throws to seal their fourth win in a row, 71-60.

Taking on the former Little Hawkeye Conference rival, the Cardinals had to battle through foul troubles at home to open the second part of the 201516 basketball season. Knoxville trailed Newton 32-27 at halftime and 17 of those points came from free throws.

“Knoxville did a great job of playing the fired-up underdog today. They put us in tough situations with their offense. It was a good learning game for us,” Newton head coach Bill Liley said after the win. “Ia f we’re as good as we want to be as a coaching staff, we’ll take this game to teach the kids to handle the situations better.”

After a 5-5 tie, Newton rattled off nine straight points on three baskets by senior Joseph Banfield and a 3-pointer from junior Connor Gholson. The Cardinals led 17-9 at the end of the first quarter and never relinquished their advantage.

The Panthers came close several times, but Newton always had an answer even with starters on the bench in foul trouble. It was 17-12 when Trey Vanderlaan, who came off the

Cardinal bench, hit one of Newton’s nine 3-pointers.

Drew Stout was falling down on the end line and made a pass to Banfield under the basket. Banfield scored and then returned the favor. Banfield rebounded his own missed free throw and made a pass out to Stout, who drilled a 3-pointer.

Newton had its largest lead, 25-14, at the 4:39 mark of the second quarter. Morgan Maher sank a free throw with 49.5 seconds left in the first half to put the Cardinals up 32-23. The Panthers scored four points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Patrick Crawford to make it a five-point game at the break, 32-27.

Knoxville had two field goals and two 3-pointers in the first half while going 17-of-23 from the free-throw line. The Panthers finished the game shooting 30 percent, 13-of-43, from the field. They cashed in on 29-of-36 free throw attempts.

“Our foul trouble was actually a fortunate thing for us. I got a chance to play some guys who hadn’t played extended minutes this season and have them play some meaningful minutes,” Liley said. “It was good for the team, helping us develop depth which we need.”

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Blocked at the point of attack is a shot by Knoxville’s Chase Larson by Newton High senior Joseph Banfield (20) in Saturday’s game. Newton defeated visiting Knoxville, 71-60.

McCaffrey powers Stanford past Iowa in Rose Bowl game PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The first time Christian McCaffrey touched the ball in the 102nd Rose Bowl, he took it 75 yards for a spectacular touchdown. A few hundred yards later, Stanford’s sophomore star had smashed the oldest bowl game’s record for all-purpose yards while leading the Cardinal to a blowout win over Iowa.

Sure, McCaffrey didn’t win the Heisman Trophy, and Stanford barely missed out on the College Football Playoff.

McCaffrey and the mighty Cardinal are still headed into the new year with the Pac-12 champions’ most coveted postseason trophy — and the brightest of futures.

McCaffrey caught a touchdown pass on the opening snap and returned a punt 66 yards for another score while racking up

368 all-purpose yards, propelling No. 5 Stanford to a 45-16 victory over the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes on Friday.

Three-time Rose Bowl starter Kevin Hogan passed for 223 yards and three touchdowns in his final game for the Cardinal (12-2) as this unlikely Bay Area football powerhouse won the Granddaddy of Them All for the second time in three trips over the past four years.

“It’s so fun when a team can come together,” McCaffrey said.

“We’ve got a bunch of fighters on this team that will never give up.

Just love playing with these guys.”

McCaffrey was sublime in his Rose Bowl debut, breaking the all-purpose yards record set by Wisconsin’s Jared Abbrederis in 2012. McCaffrey finished second ROSE BOWL | 2B

AP Photo Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey scores on the first offensive play of Friday’s Rose Bowl against Iowa in Pasadena, Calif. McCaffrey set Rose Bowl records as he led the Cardinal to a 45-16 win over the Hawkeyes on New Year’s Day.

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Stiff defense helps Iowa rally past No. 14 Purdue

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wrestling Newton, Ames, Dallas Center-Grimes at Urbandale, 5 p.m.

Thursday Bowling Clarke at Newton, 3 p.m.

Wrestling Oskaloosa at Newton, JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 6:30 p.m.

Nevada, Roland-Story at CMB, 6 p.m.

PCM, Greene County at South Hamilton, 6 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully, HLV at Sigourney, 6 p.m.

Basketball Newton 9th girls at Oskaloosa, 6 p.m.

Newton 9th, JV boys at Oskaloosa, 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

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

Norwalk at Newton 8th boys, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 7th boys at Norwalk, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Saydel at CMB, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Pella at Newton 8th grade boys, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Newton 7th grade boys at Pella, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday Wrestling Newton at Ottumwa Invitational, 9 a.m.

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

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

Swimming Newton boys at Waterloo West Invitational, 11 a.m.

Bowling Newton at Norwalk, noon Basketball Lynnville-Sully at East Marshall, girls 5 p.m., boys 6:30 p.m.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Jakeb Fenton went 5-0 with five pins at the Solon Dual Tournament on Saturday. Fenton is now 13-10 on the season.

Mustangs win two, lose three at Solon tourney

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News SOLON — Prairie City-Monroe freshman Wes Cummings had been a bit under the radar during the first half of the wrestling season despite an undefeated record.

However, after another perfect day Saturday and a win over a ranked opponent, there is no more hiding for Cummings.

He’s not going to sneak up on anyone after a 5-0 record pushed him to 14-0 on the season. He had three wins by fall and another by technical fall, but his 9-4 victory over Class 2A No. 8 Graeson Dall was his most impressive.

Joining Cummings at 5-0 on the day were junior Jakeb Fenton and freshman Jarron Trausch as the Mustangs went 2-3 at the Solon Dual Tournament. Junior Xavier Miller and freshman Lucas Roland also went 4-1 on the day for PCM. The Mustangs defeated Muscatine 60-24 and claimed a 40-30 win over Davenport Central. The losses came against Interstate 35 (57-24), Solon (57-21) and Keokuk (50-24).

The Mustangs (5-13) opened the tournament with a loss to I-35. Fenton, Miller, Cummings and Trausch all won by fall. Fenton had five pins on the day, while Trausch recorded four pins.

The Roadrunners have four ranked wrestlers in 1A. One of

those ranked wrestlers gave Roland his only loss of the day. Austin Pontier, ranked No. 4 at 138, defeated Roland by major decision.

Against Muscatine, PCM had eight pins and two forfeits. The Mustang pins came from Fenton (13-10), Roland (18-2), Miller (19-4), Cummings, Trausch (173), James Maggard, Nathan Trausch and Brycen Rogers. Chace Palm (12-6) and Drew Johnson won by forfeit.

The Mustangs recorded three pins in the win over Davenport Central. Those came from Fenton, Maggard and Jarron Trausch. Palm won by forfeit, Rogers and Roland both won by major decision, Cummings won by technical fall and Miller earned a win by decision.

Fenton, Roland and Jarron Trausch won their matches by fall against Solon, and the other win was Cummings’ decision over Dall at 152.

Dall was a state qualifier last season.

The five wins by PCM against Keokuk came from Fenton (fall), Cummings (fall), Roland (technical fall), Miller (major decision) and Jarron Trausch (decision).

PCM wrestles South Hamilton and Greene County at 6 p.m.

Thursday in a Heart of Iowa Conference double dual in Jewell.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Iowa’s defense spent the first half chasing No. 14 Purdue on the perimeter.

When that didn’t work, coach Fran McCaffrey turned up the pressure and watched the Boilermakers fall apart Saturday night.

The Hawkeyes allowed only eight second-half baskets, forced 10 turnovers and rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit to rally for a 70-63 upset and Purdue’s first home loss of the season.

The Hawkeyes (11-3, 2-0 Big Ten) executed the plan perfectly and managed to pull off an impressive double by sweeping two Top 15 teams this week, They beat No. 1 Michigan

Hield helps third-ranked Sooners edge Cyclones NORMAN, Okla.

(AP) — Iowa State was agonizingly close to its first road victory over a Top five team in nearly five years.

With the Cyclones down by two, Monte Morris missed an open 3-pointer with 5.8 seconds remaining, and No. 3 Oklahoma held on to beat No. 11 Iowa State 87-83 on Saturday.

Georges Niang scored 29 points, and Deonte Burton had 14 of his 19 points in the second half for Iowa State (11-2) in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

Buddy Hield scored 22 points, Ryan Spangler had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Isaiah Cousins scored all 15 of his points in the second half for the Sooners (120).

Oklahoma, the nation’s top 3-point shoot-

Rose Bowl Continued from Page 1B behind Alabama’s Derrick Henry in the Heisman voting, but the speedy running back turned in one of the most dynamic performances in the Rose Bowl’s lengthy history.

“I think he was the best player in America before this game, so I think it’s just the icing on the cake,” Stanford coach David Shaw said.

“I do think it’s a shame that a lot of people didn’t get to see him during the course of the year.

Apparently the games were too late.”

The world was wide awake to see McCaffrey in Pasadena — and he scored 11 seconds in. Hogan’s throw to McCaffrey was the second-longest touchdown pass in Rose Bowl history and the longest play given up all season by the stingy Iowa defense.

“I wouldn’t say I was in shock, (but) it was like, ‘Dang, already?’”

Stanford left tackle Kyle Murphy said. “I knew they haven’t seen a player of his caliber all year, someone with speed like that. With all the Heisman stuff, he felt really snubbed. He’s not going to say anything about it, but all of us, we know. He’s the best player in the country. It lit a

AP Photo Iowa running back Akrum Wadley (25) scores against Stanford on a 31-yard pass play from C.J. Beathard late in the second half of Friday’s Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif. The Hawkeyes trailed Stanford 35-0 at halftime and lost 45-16.

fire under him, although he’s already the hardest-working man and most motivated man.”

McCaffrey finished with 172 yards rushing, 105 yards receiving and 91 on kick returns, putting an appropriate cap on the season in which he set the NCAA record for all-purpose yards.

He also became the first player ever to rack up more than 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in a Rose Bowl — and he even became the single-season rush-

ing leader in Stanford history with 2,109 yards on the ground.

Stanford and Iowa finished in the final two spots outside the College Football Playoff field, but the Cardinal showed they belong among the best with their 12th win in their final 13 games.

With a powerful offensive line and a sturdy defense, they also ruined the first Rose Bowl in 25 years for the Hawkeyes (12-2), who followed up their remarkable 12-0

regular season with two postseason losses.

C.J. Beathard passed for 239 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the Hawkeyes, whose thousands of fans proudly filled the venerable stadium with old gold and black. The faithful had painfully little to cheer after Iowa fell behind on the first snap, putting a daylong damper on Kirk Ferentz’s first Rose Bowl after 17 years as a head coach.

“Just like this game won’t define this team,

State on Tuesday and now have four straight wins.

Jarrod Uthoff led the way Saturday with 25 points. Peter Jok had 11 points and nine rebounds.

But the Hawkeyes won this game purely because their stifling defense, which forced Purdue (13-2, 1-1) to lose its composure.

It was a complete reversal from the first half when Purdue made 7-of-14 3-pointers and built a 37-20 halftime lead.

But in the second half, Purdue’s shooters went cold and Iowa’s usual suspects warmed up with some easy baskets. Iowa was 18-of-28 from the field over the final 20 compared with 7-of-30 in the first half.

one play doesn’t define a game,” Ferentz said. “We had ample opportunity after that to play, but they played a tremendous game in all phases.”

The Cardinal had the highest-scoring first quarter and first half in the Rose Bowl’s lengthy history. After McCaffrey’s opening touchdown, Hogan rushed for an 8-yard score and Quenton Meeks returned an interception 66 yards for another touchdown in the first 11 minutes.

ing team, made only 3-of-16 treys in the first half, but was 8-of-13 in the second.

Hield missed four of his first five shots as Iowa State took an 18-9 lead. The Cyclones pushed their advantage to 26-15 behind 11 early points by Niang.

Oklahoma’s Dinjiyl Walker provided a spark with seven points in a two-minute span to cut Iowa State’s advantage to 28-22. Iowa State held on to lead 41-37 at halftime.

A 3-pointer by Jordan Woodard cut Iowa State’s lead to a point in the early minutes of the second half. The Sooners finally tied the score on a pair of free throws

by Khadeem Lattin with less than six minutes to play, and the Sooners finally took the lead on a 3-pointer by Cousins.

Iowa had never trailed by more than seven points at any point in its magical season, which included the first 12-0 start in school history before a narrow loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten title game. But the rout was really on after McCaffrey made his 63-yard touchdown return in the opening minute of the second, juking Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell on the way.

“He’s a guy that can move around you, make quick cuts,” Jewell said.

“He has the breakaway speed, and he’s a great running back overall.”

Stanford even got creative — or cruel, depending on your perspective.

Hogan appeared to fake a fumbled handoff to McCaffrey in the second quarter before popping up and throwing to an untouched Michael Rector for a 31-yard score, making it 35-0 at halftime.

The play has a name: Hawkeye.

Iowa avoided a shutout on Marshall Koehn’s 39-yard field goal in the third quarter, prompting huge cheers and a confetti shower from the Hawkeyes’ band.

Beathard threw touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, when the Hawkeyes trailed by 29 points. Matt VandeBerg caught a 36-yarder, and Akrum Wadley scored on a 31-yarder with 2:46 remaining.

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Cardinals claim second at EBF Rocket Duals

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News EDDYVILLE — After dropping their first dual to Class 1A fourth-ranked Southeast Warren, Newton High’s Cardinals claimed three straight dual wins to claim Pool 2 of Saturday’s Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Rocket Duals Tournament. The Cardinals faced Camanche, a Class 2A team with three ranked wrestlers on it, for the EBF Rocket Duals title.

Newton built a 30-6 lead with wins on the mat by freshman Josh Miller at 170 and senior Jordan Henning at 285 by pins and forfeit wins at 195, 220 and 106. Freshman Jaise Gulling lost by a fall at 182 to Camanche’s Kolby Snodgrass.

Camanche won the next seven matches — six by falls — to gain a 48-30 lead. In the final match of the dual, Newton senior Harley Walker put a winning note on the Cardinals’ day, defeating Camanche’s Jimmy Zhang 8-4 in the 160-pound match.

Camanche won Pool 1 with four straight dual wins and captured the Rocket Duals title with a 48-33 win over Newton. The Cardinals went 3-2 for second place.

Mount Pleasant was third followed by Waukee JV, Des Moines East, EBF, Highland, Moravia, Southeast Warren and North Mahaska.

“Overall, it was an OK day.

I was proud of how our young kids stepped up and competed,” Newton head coach Andy Swedenhjelm said.

“We did some things well, but still looked a little rusty from the holiday break.

Hopefully we can keep going, improve our fight in some certain areas and build up some momentum for a good second half of the season.”

Freshman Josh Miller wrestled up at 170 for the day and went 5-0 with five pins.

Fellow freshmen Blake Cockerton went 4-2 on the day at 106 and Jaise Gulling wrestled at 182 with a 2-3 record.

“Josh did great as a fresh-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Cole Peters executes a takedown in a match earlier this season. Peters wrestled two matches Saturday before getting injured at the EBF Rocket Duals Tournament at Eddyville.

man at this competition and Blake and Jaise wrestled well,” Swedenhjelm said.

Seniors Duncan Lee, Walker and Henning had strong days on the mat. Lee, who is ranked No. 8 in Class 3A at 195, went 5-0 with three wins in the 195-pound division and two victories at 220. Walker was 4-1 wrestling at 160 with his one loss by pin to 1A fourth-ranked T.J. Dierking of Southeast Warren.

Junior Tristin Langmaid went 3-2 on the day at 152 for the Cardinals. Sophomore Ross Hull competed at 120 with a 2-3 record as two losses were to ranked wrestlers.

Seniors Cole Peters and Henning were back on the mat for

the first time since Newton’s season opener.

Peters notched his first win of his senior season with a 4-2 decision over Colby Page of Southeast Warren at 132 pounds. He used two first-period takedowns to go up 4-1 and only gave up another point for the match.

After the loss to Southeast Warren to open pool action, Newton faced Des Moines East. The Cardinals had a 3730 lead when junior Aren Sorensen was pinned by East’s Cass Yates at 126 to make it a one-point dual.

The dual came down to the 132-pound match between Peters and Matthew Jordan. Peters trailed Jordan

5-2 when Jordan used a lift while both wrestlers were on their feet.

“Cole was slammed to the mat by the East kid and was injured. Cole couldn’t continue because of the illegal slam so won by disqualification of the East kid,” Swedenhjelm said.

Newton received six team points for the match win and then a team point was deducted from the Des Moines East score because of a penalty on the East coach. Swedenhjelm said he was with Peters and did not see what happened with the East coach.

Newton won 43-35 over Des Moines East. The Cardinals had another close dual against Waukee JV next. They trailed 27-23 when junior Jon Lawton and senior Parker Schuster got back-to-back pins at 132 and 138. The Cardinals beat Waukee JV, 35-33, and finished pool action with a 49-20 win over Moravia.

Newton won the pool with the head-to-head tiebreaker with Waukee JV. The Cardinals were without seniors Hunter Versteegh at 113 and Bryce Tish, who normally wrestles at 152.

“Hunter and Bryce are a little nicked up up, but should be ready to go Tuesday,” Swedenhjelm said.

Newton improved to 6-4 in dual action for the season.

The Cardinals have three duals this week, wrestling against Ames and host Urbandale Tuesday.

On Thursday, Newton has its lone home dual of the rest of the season against Oskaloosa in Little Hawkeye Conference action. It is Senior Night for the Cardinals, who go into it with a 1-1 conference mark.

Championship Dual Camanche 48, Newton 33 170: Josh Miller (N) over Jack Damgaard (C) (Fall 1:52) 182: Kolby Snodgrass (C) over Jaise Gulling (N) (Fall 2:24) 195: Duncan Lee (N) over (C) (For.) 220: Jacob Smith (N) over (C) (For.) 285: Jordan Henning (N) over Jared Ernst (C) (Fall 2:25) 106: Blake Cockerton (N) over (C) (For.) 113: Dalton Weber (C) over (N) (For.) 120: Eric Campie (C) over Ross Hull (N) (Fall 5:54) 126: Nate Thoms (C) over Aren Sorensen (N) (Fall 0:43) 132: Brice Everson (C) over Jon Lawton (N) (Fall 0:55) 138: Baylor Crigger (C) over Parker Schuster (N) (Fall 0:24) 145: Noah Everson (C) over Norbert Riyazimana (N) (Fall 1:57) 152: Andrew Edens (C) over

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Taking the ball inside between Knoxville defenders is Newton High senior Jessica Reynolds. Reynolds and the Cardinals decked the visiting Panthers, 60-37, Saturday.

Girls

Continued from Page 1B Jenkins and junior Megan Pressgrove finished with nine points each. Reynolds had eight points and six rebounds.

Hutchinson pulled down five rebounds, and Rhoads had four rebounds.

Sharp was concerned with foul trouble the Cardinals found themselves in during the game. He said defensively it appeared the Cardinals had taken a step back, putting the Panthers on the free-throw line 18 times.

“I’ll have to look at the game video to judge if we fouled that many times,” Sharp said.

“Overall, we put in a couple of set plays over break, and the girls executed tremendously tonight. This was a great team win with everyone contributing.”

Knoxville went 4-of-18 from the line. The Panthers shot 43 percent, 13-of-30, from the

field — seven of which were 3-pointers. Ricki Hall led the Panthers with 12 points.

It was a sweep for the Newton girls against Knoxville. The Cardinal junior varsity won 55-32. In the freshman game, Newton won 39-19 with Peyton Maher scoring 11 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out six assists. Rachel Rhoads had 10 points.

Newton (6-3) takes a 1-1 mark into Tuesday’s Little Hawkeye Conference game at Grinnell.

Knoxville 9-10-12-6—37 Newton 18-6-9-17—60 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 1-0-3-2, Jenkins 0/3-0-0-9, Moon 1-1-1-3, Jordan 0-0-10, Hutchinson 3-0-2-6, Reynolds 4-0-3-8, Shipley 2-0-1-4, Jacobsen 1/1-0-1-5, Horn 1-0-2-2, Pressgrove 3/1-0-1-9, Rhoads 1/31-4-12. TOTALS: 17/8-2-19-60, Knoxville (FG/3-pt): Olson 0/1-0-0-3, Nichols 1/1-3-2-5, Richardson 0/1-0-1-3, Chambers 1/2-0-0-8, Wallace 1/1-1-1-6, Hall 3/1-0-012, Findley 0-0-1-0, Swan 0-0-3-0. TOTALS: 6/7-4-8-37.

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Senior Jwan Roush, who spent a lot of time on the bench in the first half with two fouls, spearheaded an 11-4 run to open the third quarter. Roush, sophomore Garrett Sturtz and Gholson each had a basket on drives to the rim in the run.

Foul trouble reared up again late in the third quarter as Roush and Gholson each landed on Newton’s bench with four fouls. Knoxville’s Blake McClung hit a 3-pointer and Chase Larson, who was 11-of-11 at the line, sank two free throws to make it 50-46 heading into the fourth quarter.

A basket by Justin Little pulled the Panthers to within two, 50-48. Sturtz stepped in for the Cardinals with back-to-back baskets in transition. Four free throws later the Panthers were back to within two points with five minutes to play in the game.

Sturtz netted a trey followed by a step-back 3-pointer by Gholson. Banfield drew a fourth foul on Knoxville’s Larson, which Panther head coach Jeff Larson made his displeasure known to the officials. It resulted in a technical foul on Coach Larson.

Banfield missed on the front of a one-and-one, but Sturtz sank both technical free throws. Newton had possession of the ball and Gholson drained his fourth 3-pointer for the game to boost the Cardinal lead to 65-52.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Garrett Sturtz scores in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s home game against Knoxville. Sturtz led all scorers in the game with 18 points as Newton won its fourth game in a row, beating the Panthers, 71-60.

Newton’s Roush, Sturtz and Gholson downed free throws in the final two minutes to secure the win. Newton went 16-of-30 at the free-throw line.

“Learning what’s going to work in our system and what their roles are is part of the process. I’m proud of these

Tristin Langmaid (N) (Fall 0:22) 160: Harley Walker (N) over Jimmy Zhang (C) (Dec 8-4) Pool Duals Southeast Warren 45, Newton 30 132: Cole Peters (N) over Colby Page (SEW) (Dec 4-2) 138: Tanner Flesher (SEW) over Parker Schuster (N) (Fall 2:40) 145: Josh Sundberg (SEW) over Norbert Riyazimana (N) (Fall 2:39) 152: Dalton Lovell (SEW) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Fall 3:12) 160: Tj Dierking (SEW) over Harley Walker (N) (Fall 1:45) 170: Josh Miller (N) over Brock Kyner (SEW) (Fall 1:26) 182: Alex Hommer (SEW) over Jaise Gulling (N) (Dec 6-2) 195: Duncan Lee (N) over (SEW) (For.) 220: Jordan Henning (N) over Elijah Williams (SEW) (Dec 7-3) 285: Alex Miller (N) over (SEW) (For.) 106: Blake Cockerton (N) over (SEW) (For.) 113: Blake Bauer (SEW) over (N) (For.) 120: Brady Kyner (SEW) over Ross Hull (N) (Fall 2:45) 126: Brandon Davenport (SEW) over Aren Sorensen (N) (Fall 2:54) Newton 43, Des Moines East 35 138: Deville Dentis (DME) over Parker Schuster (N) (Fall 0:00) 145: Matthew Scott (DME) over Norbert Riyazimana (N) (Fall 1:29) 152: Tristin Langmaid (N) over Thomas Shehan (DME) (Fall 0:52) 160: Harley Walker (N) over Justin Hall (DME) (Fall 1:55) 170: Josh Miller (N) over Tanner Tillotson (DME) (Fall 0:53) 182: Jaise Gulling (N) over Case Tillotson (DME) (Dec 10-8) 195: William Lillo (N) over (DME) (For.) 220: Duncan Lee (N) over Dallas Knoop (DME) (TF 17-2 1:10) 285: Christian Lewis (DME) over Jordan Henning (N) (Fall 0:56) 106: David Huck (DME) over Blake Cockerton (N) (Fall 1:20) 113: Desean Giboo (DME) over (N) (For.) 120: Ross Hull (N) over Joseph Roberts (DME) (TF 16-0 0:36) 126: Cass Yates (DME) over Aren Sorensen (N) (Fall 1:28) 132: Cole Peters (N) over Matthew Jordan (DME) (DQ) (DME Coach -1.00) Newton 35, Waukee JV 33 152: Adam Stilson (W) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Dec 2-1) 160: Harley Walker (N) over Damian Wallace (W) (Fall 1:49) 170: Josh Miller (N) over Zach Plagman (W) (Fall 1:27) 182: Brandon Tessau (W) over Jaise Gulling (N) (Dec 7-4) 195: Duncan Lee (N) over Stephen Downer (W) (TF 17-1 1:46) 220: Jordan Henning (N) over Ryan Allen (W) (Fall 1:04) 285: Tamer Delati (W) over Alex Miller (N) (Dec 5-2) 106: Nick Miller (W) over Blake Cockerton (N) (Dec 9-4) 113: Drew Plowman (W) over (N) (For.) 120: Kyle Biscoglia (W) over Ross Hull (N) (Dec 16-9) 126: Mason Seifried (W) over Aren Sorensen (N) (Fall 1:12) 132: Jon Lawton (N) over Tate Girard (W) (Fall 1:16) 138: Parker Schuster (N) over Justin Spyksma (W) (Fall 1:00) 145: Brock Parker (W) over Norbert Riyazimana (N) (Fall 1:47) Newton 49, Moravia 20 160: Harley Walker (N) over (M) (For.) 170: Josh Miller (N) over Cole Ballanger (M) (Fall 0:58) 182: Jaise Gulling (N) over (M) (For.) 195: William Lillo (N) over (M) (For.) 220: Duncan Lee (N) over Quinton Castell (M) (MD 102) 285: Jacob Smith (N) over (M) (For.) 106: Blake Cockerton (N) over Allen Parlier (M) (Fall 2:42) 113: Double Forfeit 120: Ross Hull (N) over Casey Clark (M) (Fall 1:06) 126: Nicholas Martin (M) over Aren Sorensen (N) (Fall 0:54) 132: Briar Cochran (M) over Jon Lawton (N) (Fall 2:31) 138: Logan Mitchell (M) over Parker Schuster (N) (Dec 9-4) 145: Dallas Price (M) over Norbert Riyazimana (N) (TF 15-0 2:40) 152: Tristin Langmaid (N) over Jacob Martin (M) (Dec 6-3)

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guys. They played hard again today. The situations we played through today allowed me to get their full attention,” Liley said. “We’re excited about the tough stretch of the schedule we’re going to enter this week.”

The Cardinals shot 56 percent, 23-of-41, from the field. Sturtz paced the Cardinals with 18 points. Gholson had 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. Banfield scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and had two blocked shots.

Roush ended up with 11 points and two steals. Stout made three assists.

Larson led the Panthers with 12 points and McClung added 12 points. Trent Davis scored 11 points.

Newton (5-2) takes a 1-1 conference mark into Tuesday Little Hawkeye Conference game at Grinnell.

Newton won the junior varsity game, 55-48, paced by Josh Gulling and Grayson Graham with 16 points apiece. Knoxville pulled out a 41-37 win over Newton’s freshmen. Aaron Bartels had 18 points for the Cardinals.

Knoxville 9-18-19-14—60 Newton 17-15-18-21—71 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 4/1-7-2-18, Stout 0/1-0-4-3, Roush 4-3-4-11, Bennett 0/1-1-3-4, Banfield 5-2-4-12, Gholson 1/4-2-4-16, Vanderlaan 0/1-0-0-3, Ventling 0/1-0-3-3, Maher 0-1-0-1. TOTALS: 14/9-16-24-71.

Knoxville (FG/3-pt): Liston 0-1-2-1, McClung 1/1-7-3-12, Davis 4-3-4-11, Crawford 0/1-5-3-8, Larson 1-11-5-13, Little 1/2-0-0-8, Moats 1-0-4-2, McNeill 0/1-24-5. TOTALS: 8/5-29-25-60.

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

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You are further notified that the above case has been filed in a county that utilizes electronic filing. Unless, within 20 days after service of this original notice upon you, you serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter file a motion or answer, in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, at the courthouse in Newton, Iowa, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. Please see Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16 for information on electronic filing and Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16, division VI regarding the protection of personal information in court filings.

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THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES WAYNE SMITH, Deceased Probate No. ESPR036792 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Charles Wayne Smith, Deceased, who died on or about December 10, 2015: You are hereby notified that on December 21, 2015, the last will and testament of Charles Wayne Smith, deceased, bearing date of October 31, 2012, * was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Douglas Smith was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose are reasonably identities ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated 12-21-2015 Date of second publication 4th day of January, 2016 Douglas Smith Executor of the Estate 812 N. 6th Ave. E. Newton, IA 50208 Address Probate Code Section 304 Mark A. Otto, ICIS PIN No: AT0005939 Attorney for the Executor OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address mark@ottolawyers.com *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) December 28 & January 4

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 15-003047 CASE # EQCV118877 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”) A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vs DEFENDANT: ERIK DOUGLAS HANSON AND SARA B. HANSON, IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lot “C” of Evan's Subdivision in the City of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, as shown by plat book “C”, at page 30 in the Office of the recorder of said County.

Property Address 815 S 5TH AVE W, NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 02/02/2016 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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Judgment Amount $123,152.72 Costs $1,785.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $11,383.51 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney BENJAMIN W. HOPKINS 1350 NW 138TH ST. STE#100 CLIVE, IA 50325 (515)222-9400 Date 12/15/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF January 4 & 11 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY CITY OF MONROE, IOWA Petitioner, and Concerning INA GROUP, LLC; JASPER COUNTY, IOWA; S & L INVESTMENT-1; and UNKNOWN PARTIES Respondents.

EQUITY NO. EQCV119725 ORIGINAL NOTICE DATE PETITION FILED: December 15, 2015 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT(S): You are notified that a petition has been filed in the office of the clerk of this court naming you as a respondent in this action, which petition prays the Court to find that the property located at 406 W. South Street, Monroe, Iowa and legally described as: The West Half of the East 130 Feet of the West 198.8 feet of the North 120 feet of Block 77, Original Town, now City, of Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa has been abandoned within the meaning of Iowa Code Section 657A.10A and grant the City title to the property free and clear of all claims, liens, taxes, special assessments or encumbrances.

The name and address of the attorney for the petitioner is Gilbert R. Caldwell III, Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC, 211 1st Avenue West, Newton, IA The attorney's phone 50208. number is (641) 792-4160; facsimile number: (641) 7922410.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 15-003052 CASE # EQCV119525 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs DEFENDANT: TYLER J. CONLEY; BRIELLE L. CONLEY; PARTIES IN POSSESSION; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: THE SOUTH HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF LOT SIX SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION TWELVE, TOWNSHIP SEVENTY-NINE NORTH, RANGE TWENTY-ONE WEST OF THE FIFTH P.M., JASPER COUNTY, IOWA. Property Address 617 S GOODRICH STREET, COLFAX, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 02/02/2016 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You’re cool. You’re warm.

You’re hot. You’ll do the whole range today based on the people you’re around and the emotional temperature you feel will be most effective for dealing.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You shouldn’t make the game so hard for yourself on a daily basis, or life will slowly grate at your joy. Why not give yourself multiple ways to win, smile and love? Set yourself up for something good.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re committed to helping the lives

of others and this is what will make your own life great. Take it in stride. You can’t help everyone at once, but you will make a difference.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You’ve an expectation for the day. It doesn’t have to be perfect; it just has to include the one you love to see. Your connection with water signs (Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces) will be especially strong.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

When you share about your travels, they may be intrigued but they won’t understand completely if they weren’t there. That’s what makes your relationship with your travel companion so special.

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Email resume: mnhr@mclaneco.com or Call Hollie at 507-664-3038 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

It’s hard not to judge your friends when you’re witness to ill-advised behavior. It’s even harder not to judge when you’re the one messing up. But judgments won’t help anyone now. Pointing toward a better way might, though.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You know how you admire the one with a talent you don’t possess? Well, someone feels the same way about you.

The funny part is that you don’t even realize you have this talent because it’s so much a part of who you are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Halfway pleased isn’t really your style. It’s worse than not being pleased at all,

because it ties up more of your time and attention. That’s why you aim to please beyond expectation and experience the same.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

When words aren’t enough -- and you will run out of them today -- your heart will go forward and your actions will fill in the blanks perfectly. Trust yourself. They do.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

It’s still debatable whether the distraction is helping or hurting. On the one hand it lightens the pressure you were putting on yourself. Or does it only spread it to a different spot?

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