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Fundraising — at only 8 years of age Dungan makes donation to animal rescue league

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Kate Malott/Daily News Greg Romberg shovels out his sidewalk in southwest Newton on Tuesday morning. Many residential and business owners shoveled 6 inches of snow late Monday night and Tuesday.

Newton digs out after first snowfall of the year

By Kate Malott Newton Daily News Newton students returned back to school for the start of a new term Tuesday but only after a 2-hour delay due to 6 inches of snowfall that quickly piled up Monday evening.

Other school delays and closings included Baxter and Colfax-Mingo closing for Tuesday; all other area schools had 2-hour delays.

Once the snow stopped falling, bitter cold set in. A wind chill advisory is in effect until noon Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Patchy blowing snow can be expect throughout Tuesday with a high near 7 degrees and wind chill value at -15. Tuesday night the low is expected to be near -12 and a wind chill value to -35.

The forecast for Wednesday isn’t much different, sunny and cold with a high near -4 and another cold night with a predicted wind chill near -30.

Thursday will warm up a little with a high near 17 but expect wind gusts as high as 34 mph.

Fans With Benefits While the weather impeded many activities Monday night, Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small took the opportunity to connect with local fans.

Using Twitter and the Speedway’s “Fans with Benefits” marketing campaign, Small put out an offer to shovel a fan’s driveway if they ordered season tick-

The Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society have long benefited from the generosity of area residents.

However, not all generous residents are only 8 years old.

Ella Dungan, lives in Altoona with her mother and stepfather, but has strong ties to Newton.

Dungan and her father’s girlfriend, Katie Casper, showed up at the Rescue League last week with more than $100 in cash and many other supplies for the shelter. Dungan

made and sold bracelets, and all of the money she made went toward either the donation or the supplies.

“It feels really good to help the animals,” Dungan said. “Some of the bracelets I made took about 15 minutes. Most of them took five or 10 minutes.”

The Rescue League posted a photo of Dungan with supplies she donated, and the photo soon received hundreds of “likes.” Casper pointed out the bracelets were all sold in the Jasper County area, and there was no announced price — people could donate as much or as little as they desired.

“We have a great community,” Casper said. “Ella sold about BRACELETS | 3A

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Most fans thought Small was joking, but he eventually connected with Connor Fraker and his parents Terry and Cathy, of Lynnville. The family ended up just having Small shovel the front walkway.

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Submitted Photo Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small shoveled the front walkway of racing fans Terry, Cathy and Connor Fraker, of Lynnville, as part of his “Fans with Benefits” campaign.

Submitted Photo Ella Dungan, left, shows the generosity of those whose contributed to Dungan’s fundraising efforts for the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society.

Dungan, 8, made and sold bracelets, and showed up at the shelter with various animal supplies and a cash donation of more than $100.

Mode Huis closes its doors Owner died short time later

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News After 11 years in Newton, Mode Huis women’s clothing store closed its doors, and only a short time later, owner Mary Brillhart passed away, leaving a big hole in the downtown district that will be hard to fill.

Brillhart worked in the business for 40 years, previously in Pella, before moving her store to Newton 11 years ago.

For the last 29 years, her daughter Julie worked along side her, both in

the Pella store and in Newton. The store provided unique, high quality clothing, purses and jewelry.

Customers came from as far as Kansas City to purchase her specialty clothing that could not be found in popular retail stores.

With personal service and a wide range of brands to choose from, Brillhart’s Mode Huis was a special piece of Newton that customers will be sure to miss.

Brillhart also loaned her clothing to fashion shows that were held

in the area. Mode Huis participated in shows at Wesley Park Centre, the First Presbyterian Church and Shay’s Tea Room before it closed, to name a few. It was a great opportunity for the community to see what was new for the seasons at the shop.

“The Newton Chamber and the Newton community and our region are sorrowful for not only losing a business but the even greater tragedy — the loss of a fine business person. We send out sympathy to her family and we’re going to miss her and miss the business,” said Newton Chamber of Com-

merce Executive Director Craig Light. “They were highly regarded

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In Brief NFU honors three Iowans with advocate award

File Photo Iowa Cattlemen’s Association will host two free forums in January about reviewing catalogs, healthy calves and other critical cattle industry information.

Cattlemen’s association to host January forums Expansion of herd is main emphasis

Newton Daily News In its efforts to encourage Iowa producers to expand their herds to help increase beef production, the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association is holding two “cow-calf forums” in mid-January.

While the association is interested in seeing a herd expansion in Iowa, there’s also interest in weighing all the costs — both financial and cattle health — to their plans, according to ICA CEO Matt Deppe. These cowcalf forums should help producers focus on the important questions to consider, he said.

The forums will be Jan. 14 at Honey Creek Resort in Moravia and on Jan. 15 at the Iowa

WASHINGTON — National Farmers Union recently announced its recipients of the Golden Triangle Award, the organization’s highest legislative honor. The annual award is presented to members of Congress who have demonstrated leadership and support policies that benefit America’s family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and rural communities.

“Recipients of the Golden Triangle Award have been strong advocates for family farmers and ranchers, and support similar principles and policies as Farmers Union,” said NFU President Roger Johnson. “We are pleased to honor those who have proven to be true allies of our organization and our members across the country.”

This year’s Golden Triangle recipients were selected for their leadership on a variety of issues, including votes on the farm bill and related amendments. The awards will be presented at a reception during NFU’s Annual Legislative Fly-In this September.

The Golden Triangle Award is based on NFU’s symbol – a triangle with “legislation” and “cooperation” forming the sides and “education” the base.

The Golden Triangle Awards have been presented to legislators since 1988.

Rep. Bruce Braley, Iowa; Sen. Charles Grassley, Iowa; and Rep. Dave Loebsack, Iowa were three of the 40 2014 Golden Triangle Award recipients.

ISU hosts local food systems workshop Friday

AMES — Agriculture dominates Iowa’s rural landscape, and now leaders in three Iowa cities are learning how to foster a different kind of agriculture in their urban landscapes.

The Agricultural Urbanism Toolkit Annual Event workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at Design On Main, 203 Main Street in Ames. Stakeholders from Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Cresco will discuss a process they’ve followed over the past year to identify activities that could grow the local food sector in their own communities.

The workshop is free, open to the public and hosted by the Iowa State University Community Design Lab and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

The workshop introduces the Agricultural Urbanism Toolkit, a process to set common goals related to the local food system, and to create or connect existing activities such as school gardens, urban farms, food hubs, mobile markets and farmers markets, to accomplish those goals.

Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Cresco were the first three pilot communities in Iowa to complete this process as part of a Leopold Center research grant.

The application process for being involved in the project will be discussed at the workshop. of $ 9.53. range of $9.54.

A light breakfast and lunch will be served and In Iowa, the north central reCorn basis to state average registration is requested. gion sold Yellow Corn at a range price for the CBOT MAR conThe full agenda and a link to registration is of $3.59 to $3.72 with an average tract is -.31. Soybean basis to available on the Leopold Center website at www. of $3.68 and Yellow Soybeans at state average price for the CBOT leopold.iastate.edu/agricultural-urbanism-toola range of $9.47 to $9.58 with an MAR contract is -.55. kit. average of $9.54.

This report was prepared by Travel scholarships of up to $50 per vehicle In the south central region, the Marketing Bureau, Iowa also are available for workshop attendees. Funds Yellow Corn sold at a range of Department of Agriculture and are provided by the Iowa Sustainable Agriculture $3.54 to $3.66 with an average Land Stewardship. An audio Research and Education program administered by of $3.58 and YellowCI2-IA-66110-NEWT0-MARS0-NONE-NONE.pdf, Soybeans at version is available at 800-383- CI2, Our Iowaspecialists State University Extension and Outreach. only sell..., IA, 6.6110 x4.5, PDF, a range of $9.52 to GZBBCJIQNU, $9.58 with a E3755.

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County Extension Office in Williamsburg. Both forums will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

There is no cost, but producers are asked to call reservations into the ICA offices so the noon meals can be planned for appropriately. That number is 515296-2266.

Leslie Miller, a loan officer at Iowa State Savings Bank in Knoxville, will speak both days about balancing input costs against returns. While calf and feeder-cattle prices have recently been at all-time highs, so have the prices for heifers, cows and other breeding stock.

Kellie Carolan, the seed stock manager for ICA, will also speak both days, helping producers

better understand what critical information to look for when reviewing catalogs for seedstock sales.

Veterinarians will also speak both days to talk about bio-security measures to keep scours and other calf diseases from cutting gains short. Dr. Matt Garver of the Animal Health Center in Albia is speaking at Moravia, while Dr. Brian Hudepohl of Williamsburg’s Veterinary Medical Center will speak at the Williamsburg meeting.

ICA will also be holding feedlot forums and pasture walks around the state later this year in order to provide each segment of the cattle industry information on critical topics to them.

Iowa Elevator Grain Prices The Iowa Department of Agriculture released Market News Interior Iowa Daily Grain Prices closing cash grain bids offered to producers as of 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Dollars per bushel, delivered to Interior Iowa Country Elevators.

US 2 Yellow Corn Prices were mostly 1 cent lower for a state average of $3.65. US 1 Yellow Soybean Prices were generally 16 to 17 cents lower for a state average

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Bridge to Reading picture book awards at the Newton Public Library Newton Daily News Stop by the Newton Public Library to check out one of the “Bridge To Reading” picture book nominated books.

Classrooms and daycares are encourage to read the book and vote on their favorite, ballots are available at the library. For questions, contact Youth Services Librarian Phyllis Peter at 641-792-4108.

Following is more information about the “Bridge to Reading” Picture Book Award: The Youth Services subdivision of the Iowa Library Association announces the top ten nominees for the “Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award.” This award will be bestowed on a recently published picture book based on overall quality and good “read aloud” characteristics.

The award’s purpose is to promote early literacy for area children through the introduction of quality picture books into child care, preschool, kindergarten, and family reading times.

Ten books were nominated for the award by early education leaders.

Young children will be directly involved with the selection process.

Early education providers and families will read the books aloud to chil-

dren and then vote for their favorite book. Ballots will be available at many childcare sites, schools, and public libraries or online at www.bridgetoreading.com between February 1 and April 30. The Bridge to Reading website will offer downloadable activity sheets, book plates, and spine labels to complement reading times. More information can be found at www.bridgetoreading. com. The book with the most votes and winner of the annual Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award will be announced in May 2015.

This year the top ten nominees are: • “Digger Dog” by William Bee • “Row Row Row Your Boat” by Jane Cabrera • “Don’t Push the Button!” by Bill Cotter • “Little Nelly’s Big Book” by Pippa Goodhart • “Your Are Not Small” by Anna Kang • “Bedtime at the Nut House” by Eric Litwin • “Windblown” by Edouard Manceau • “Say Hello Like This!” by Mary Murphy • “I’m My Own Dog” by David Stein • “Baby Bear Counts One” by Ashley Wolff

US Bank supports Centre for Arts & Artists

Submitted Photo Pictured is Rick Hartz, market president of U.S. Bank presenting a U.S. Bancorp Foundation Grant of $3,000 to Linda Klepinger and Dan Skokan for the Centre for Arts & Artists and the Iowa Sculpture Festival. Also pictured are bank employees: Brad Sammons, Jenny Edwards, Carol Trease, Kim Browning and Michelle Lambert. Representing the Centre & the Festival are Herman Deaton, Terri Ayers, Margaret Caldwell and Natalie Umstead.

Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse hosts new culinary class Newton Daily News

Submitted Photo Ella Dungan shows how she made bracelets that she sold as part of charity effort. Dungan, 8, made and sold bracelets, and showed up at the shelter with various animal supplies and a cash donation of more than $100.

Bracelets Continued from Page 1A 40 bracelets. Even one of the pharmacists from Walgreens contributed.”

Ella’s mother, Kayla DunganVanderploeg of Altoona, said her daughter is especially shy, and a fundraiser that involved meeting and talking with new people was a positive experience.

“This really helped her break out of her shell,” Dungan-Vanderploeg said. “Once she understood how it could work, the whole fundraiser was a real confidence builder for her.”

While Dungan lives in Altoona, she stays with her father,

Chase Plumb, and Casper on weekends in the Newton area.

That’s where she began working on the fundraiser.

While most of the bracelets were completed by around Thanksgiving, Dungan didn’t start trying to sell the bracelets until about one month ago. “I was really nervous — especially at first,” Dungan said. Casper said she did initiate some conversations in trying to get donations, but Ella did a great deal of the talking.

After all, the expert on bracelets would be the bracelet maker herself, who has been crafting the same type of bracelets for about three years. “Katie helped me a lot,” Dungan said. “But I helped everyone pick out the

bracelet they wanted.”

Dungan-Vanderploeg said her daughter isn’t new to being on the “supply” side of charity endeavors. Helping shop for toys to donate to charity is one of the ways she’s encouraged Dungan to think of others.

Dungan said she’s grateful to Casper and all those who helped her make a donation to the shelter. She also wants Jasper County residents to think of the Rescue League when giving old goods away.

“Thank you to everyone who helped,” Dungan said. “Please donate things to the shelter, like old blankets and towels.”

Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse will host a culinary class, Secrets of a Johnny’s Chef, the second Tuesday of each month starting at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 13.

Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, Chef Daniel Frank will reveal concise, easy to master techniques in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

January’s class will demonstrate Italian Wedding Soup, Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Risotto and Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce.

The culinary class is $45 per participant and includes: two glasses of wine, generous samples of each course, recipe cards, class fee, tax and gratuity (or two martinis for $50). Tickets make a great gift idea. Space is limited; for more information or to sign up, please call Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse in Altoona at 515-9579600 The class will be held every month in 2015 at the Johnny’s located at 550 Bass Pro Drive NW, Altoona.

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Keeping Me on My Toes

Mini me’s

By Jamee A. Pierson Staff Writer

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All children are different and my two girls are no exception.

Although they are only a little more than 15 months apart in age, sometimes it seems that they were born to different families.

My oldest is pretty close to a mini me. I see a lot of myself in the things she does and says.

She is particular, does not like her feelings hurt and is very kindhearted.

A more comical feature she has is her lack of a sense of humor. She does not like to be called anything but her name.

Silly, goofy or any other descriptive word just won’t do.

Only a couple nicknames get

by, mainly because she has been hearing them since she was born. Otherwise we are quickly told she is to be called by her birth name — first, middle and last — and that is it.

It is always entertaining to get a look from her like — what are you an idiot? — when we try to joke around about something that clearly isn’t what we say it is.

She also has a memory to rival my own. If I tell her we are going somewhere or doing something, she may not hound me about it like most kids, but that day the topic will come up and questions will start. A funny story involving my dad and her was when he said she was full of hooey. Of

course, she said she wasn’t but he was. Any time we say that grandpa is silly, grumpy or anything else, she retorts that, no, he is full of hooey, end of story.

My youngest, on the other hand, got her temperament from my husband. She is a very go with the flow, laugh at dumb jokes, not take things too seriously type of girl. It is really refreshing to see and I hope it rubs off on her sister a bit.

A quality I love in her is her love to cuddle. She gives great, meaningful hugs and will surprise me with a kiss on the cheek. If we are sitting on the couch, she is never sitting next to me, but using me as a chair,

which most of the time, I don’t mind at all.

Like my husband, who was the second child as well, she loves to watch her big sister and learn from everything she does. It cracks me up with their monkey see, monkey do routine, and occasionally she mimics something so closely I will think it was her sister.

I can’t wait to see how they keep growing and changing and the influence they have on each other as they get older.

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

Living and Dion

Eske Ou Pale Kreyol

Letter to the Editor

Education models should include regular assessments, quality teachers Sue Atkinson Baxter If you have not been reading the national and international reports on education, it would be understandable to have a misperception about what is happening. The U.S. made a bad decision to abandon the model of education successfully used for thousands of years to develop critical thinking and problemsolving skills, has paid a heavy price, and is now attempting to get back on track.

The bad, pseudo-education, model of memorization relied on dumbing down the assessment tests every three to four years when at least 50 percent of the students were unable to pass them (thus lowering standards and inflating results). Most oth-

er states have now adopted the grade-level 65th NPR as the student proficiency standard, and 38 of them have teacher training programs working toward this standard, but Iowa remains at the 41st NPR standard and fails to achieve even this in student proficiencies.

Results seen by the public are based on this low standard of inflated test results. A simple analogy would be to take a score of 10 and divide it by .41 (which equals 24), and then divide this same 10 by .65 (which is 15).

Equivalent grade levels shown on the Iowa Assessments are also inflated by almost two years as a result of using the lower standard of 41st NPR. The bad model of memorization also relied on the scapegoating of students and not counting low test scores (further inflating the results so schools looked better) rather than performing a regular impartial assessment of the process being used. No

Child Left Behind put a stop to not counting some test scores as part of their intervention to get back on track. When educators today scapegoat students as an excuse for failing to get proficiencies back up to grade level, they are documenting their poor training as part of the bad model rather than the proven successful model used by the rest of the world for thousands of years.

According to international reports from the O.E.C.D., other countries have almost no proficiency gaps among demographic groups because they focus on regular assessments of the process and only hire teachers with the skills to effectively teach at grade level. Their cost of education is about $9,000 per student while Iowa spends about $12,000 per student (55 percent of Iowa’s budget). The successful model costs less, is provably more efficient, and provably more effective, with almost no achievement gaps in proficiencies.

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When I was a kid, my family was filled with French-Canadian immigrants who spoke only French or a mix of French a n d English. All those people h a v e d i e d . By Marc Dion French, which I don’t read well, got pushed to the back of my brain. In the ‘90s, there was a brief vogue for Cajun music and I often translated lyrics for my friends, as kind of a trick. Other than swearing, prayer and talking to one or two people over 70, I don’t use my French much anymore.

Or I didn’t.

In the last 10 years or so, we’ve seen a boomlet of immigration from Haiti, where they speak not only French but a dialect of French called Haitian Creole.

And one day in the market, I found myself clumsily translating for a Haitian woman who could not make herself clear to the checkout person. The paper where I work had a Haitian janitor for a while and we spoke French to each other.

One day, another employee remarked, casually, that the janitor was a black man and I said, “I don’t think of him as black.”

“What do you think of him as?” my bemused colleague asked.

“French,” I said.

I found out that some Haitians speak only Creole while some speak Creole and standard French. Bear in mind that my growled, ungrammatical FrenchCanadian dialect is not

at all “standard French.”

A high school French teacher in Missouri once informed me that I did not, in fact, speak “French.” My father told me the teacher spoke French “like she learned it from a book,” which he meant as an insult.

The other day I realized that I hadn’t spoken French to a white person in several months.

Which is, I suppose, America.

We grind against each other, babbling in a hundred tongues, cast in dozens of shades, competing for jobs and for the culture of the nation.

But, here and there, on the frontier, there is the Pakistani store owner who learns to count change in Spanish or the cop who learns a dozen stiff but necessary phrases in Khmer.

My grandmother, who lived in America for 60 years, spoke only French, having lived in French tribal neighborhoods all her American life. She used to tell me that she preferred shopping in the small stores owned by Jews because, “The Jews learn how to say some things in French. They know colors, the sizes, prices. You don’t have to go there and point at what you want like a baby.”

I thought of my grandmother when I stepped forward in the grocery store and asked that Haitian woman, in French, if she needed some help. She was one who taught me that “Eske ou pale kreyol,” is Haitian Creole for “Do you speak Creole?”

I don’t intend to forget that phrase in Creole, and I’m going to learn more. My white grandmother would have wanted me to.

Marc Munroe Dion is a nationally syndicated columnist.

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Obituaries Alice Garlock Jan. 2, 2015 Alice Garlock, a nearly lifetime resident of the Newton area entered The Church Tr i u m p h a n t Jan. 2, 2015, in Madison Heights, Mich., at the age of 105. She had been living with and near her daughter for the past 10 years in Oak Park, Mich.

Alice was born in Malaka Township,

Mary Brillhart Jan. 4, 2015 Mary Jane (Armstrong) Brillhart, 81, of Pella, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2014.

M a r y, owner of Mode Huis in Ne w ton, was the wife of Lyle F. Brillhart; the mother of

northeast of Newton, Aug. 15, 1909, to Oscar Edwin and Minnie (Riffenberg) Korff.

She also lived in Sherman and Mound Prairie Townships before moving to Newton in 1949. After graduating from Newton High School in 1927, she taught in Jasper County rural schools for 10 years. Her employment in Newton, was at the Iowa State Telephone Co., Winpower Mfg. Co., and McLaughlinJohnson Jewelers, later Johnson Jewelers and Herteen Jewelers, from which she retired in

1981. Through the years Alice was a member of Palo Alto Grange, Home Economics Club, Business and Professional Women, Newton Woman’s Club, Clio Club and various groups in her church, First Lutheran Church. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, traveling, and being with her family.

She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Kay (Russell) Ayers, of Oak Park, Mich.; grandson, Mark Edgren (Laura) Ayers; great-grandson, Rune; and greatgranddaughter, Malea, of Kailua, Hawaii; and

step-family, Dorothy (Morden) McFadden of Cedar Falls, and Kathi and Kerry McFadden.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband Vergil Garlock; former husband Ernest Edgren; and stepgrandson, Brian McFadden.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Fri., Jan. 9 at First Lutheran Church, preceded by visitation at 10 a.m., with interment in Newton Union Cemetery. Memorials may be designated to First Lutheran Church, Jasper County Historical Society or Project AWAKE.

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Jeff Brillhart of Philadelphia, Pa., Julie Brillhart of Pella, Joel ( Jane) Brillhart of Portland, Ore., the late Jamie (Denise) Brillhart of Pella; and grandmother to five grandchildren. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 8 at First Reformed Church in Pella. Visitation will begin Wednesday afternoon at the church with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Discover Hope 517 will meet at 6 p.m.

Tuesday at Newton Church of The Way, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. in Newton. Discover Hope 517 is offered for any adults (18+) who have struggled with addiction and are ready to make changes in their life. This ministry meets each Tuesday in The Way Cafe.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton for lunch and a program titled “Annual White Elephant Auction.” Anyone interested in the program, or in learning more about Kiwanis, is welcome to be a guest for lunch. For information, or to make a reservation for lunch, call Margie Criswell at 641521-9482. Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

• Alcoholics Anonymous beginners support group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Prairie City Masonic Lodge.

• Jasper County Community Watch will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the YMCA in Newton.

• Jasper County Democratic Central Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Wesley Park Centre Garden Room in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

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Original acrylic paintings by Newton Senior High School teacher Laura Lengeling are on display at the Newton Public Library during the month of January.

The display is sponsored by the Arts Connection, Inc. and is free for public viewing.

Thursday Midday Pick 3: 7 3 9 Pick 4: 7 3 4 0 All or Nothing Game: 3 5 6 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 23 24 Submitted Photo Community Bank in Newton announced its annual holiday bike drawing. Winner Blake Baker is pictured with his sister Corrie, brother Bryce and mom Kris.

OWLS exploring Jasper County parks Jasper County Conservation Board will host an Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors program Jan. 14 at the Jasper County Community Armory/Annex, 1030 W. Second St. S.

in Newton. The public is invited to come for 10 a.m. coffee and a program about our Jasper County parks.

Learn about great places to explore and activities that you can

do right here in Jasper County all year long.

This program is free and open to the public.

The OWLS program is a conservation program that encourages seniors to stay

active and learn new things about the natural world.

For more information, contact the Jasper County Conservation Office, at 641-7929780.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Erin M. Simpson, 27, of Monroe, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled her over in the 500 block of South 13th Avenue East at 6:18 p.m. Dec. 24.

She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Vanessa L. Trotter, 22, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled her over in the 1000 block of East 12th Street South at 9:40 p.m. Dec. 25.

She was cited and release to

appear.

• Tony J. Farver, 54, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled him over at 1024 E. 12th St. N. at 10:29 a.m.

Dec. 26. He was cited and released to appear.

• Trevor B. Gearhart, 22, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled him over for reckless driving in the 100 block of West 15th Street North at 3:51 p.m. Dec. 27. He was cited and released to appear.

• Kaitlin M. Keeling, 20,

of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after she was pulled over in the 2800 block of North 11th Avenue East at 11:17 p.m. Dec. 27. She was cited and released to appear.

• Lonnell D. Conley, 42 of Newton, is charged with diving while license suspended after authorities pulled him over in the 1100 block of North 19th Avenue East at 6:29 a.m. Dec. 29. He was cited and released to appear.

• Frank E. Cannon, 34, of Newton, was arrested on a Buchanan County, Mo., warrant after authorities

were called to First Street South and South Third Avenue East at 12:20 a.m. Dec. 27. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail to wait for extradition to Missouri.

• A 17-year-old juvenile is charged with minor using tobacco after she was pulled over in the 400 block of North Third Avenue East at 10:06 p.m. Dec. 26. Officers observed a pack of cigarettes in the car after she was pulled over for an inoperable brake light. She was cited and released to appear.

• Charles S. Vaughn, 50, of Newton, was arrested on

a Jasper County Warrant for failure to appear and is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and interference with official acts after authorities found Vaughn at 812 N. Eighth Ave. E. at 1 a.m. Dec. 27. Officers saw Vaughn and knew he had a warrant. They exited their vehicle and yelled for him.

When he noticed them, he began running away. Eventually the officers caught up to him and placed him under arrest. While searching him they found a meth pipe in his coat. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Moody new husband shows warning signs of an abuser DEAR ABBY: I was single for four years and recently remarried. I didn’t intend to marry again, but then I met “Bob.” He was so kind and attentive that I was attracted. He proposed to me every day, several times a day, and eight months later I married him.

Bob moved here from out of state and hasn’t been able to find work. It has been challenging. My daughter lives with us and is in college.

Bob’s mood swings have been drastic lately. He doesn’t want me to talk to anyone else, do anything without him (hang with my friends, my daughter, etc.). I have a great job and work parttime in the evenings to make ends meet.

I try to stay calm, but he yells, uses profanity and is highly manipulative.

I am at a loss. I would like to help him, but his depression is tearing us apart. I also believe he is addicted to marijuana. He has threatened suicide, but I don’t know if he would actually go through with it.

Abby, I have worked very hard to get where I am. I know I need to take care of myself and my daughter, but I don’t want to just throw this away, either. Help! — TORN IN TWO IN TEXAS DEAR TORN IN TWO: Without more information, it’s hard to tell whether your husband’s depression makes him act the way he does, or whether you have been seduced by an abuser.

Among the warning signs of an abuser are: — Pushes for quick involvement; — Isolation: tries to isolate you from friends or family members; — Makes others responsible for his/ her feelings: The abuser says, “YOU make me angry” instead of “I am angry,” or, “You’re hurting me by not doing what I tell you”; — Hypersensitivity: is easily insulted, claiming hurt feelings when he or

she is really mad. Rants about the injustice of things that are just a part of life; — Verbal abuse: constantly criticizes or says blatantly cruel things — degrades, curses, calls you ugly names.

May also involve sleep deprivation, waking you with relentless verbal abuse; — Sudden mood swings: switches from sweet to violent within minutes.

This is only a partial list — there are 15 in all, which is too long for this column. However, they can be precursors to serious physical violence.

Urge your husband to get counseling for his depression and insecurity. If he refuses, then be smart and contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or online at thehotline. org for help in safely separating from him before your husband’s behavior escalates.

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Police charge man in Marshalltown shooting MARSHALLTOWN — Police have arrested and charged a 31-year-old Marshalltown man with attempted murder after finding a woman suffering a gunshot wound to the chest in a motel.

The Marshalltown Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a shooting early Sunday and found the woman. She was taken to a Marshalltown hospital and then later to a Des Moines hospital. Her name and condition aren’t being released at this time.

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SIOUX CITY — Authorities say a 43-year-old Sioux City man has been killed after falling partway out of his pickup. The accident occurred about 1 a.m. Saturday. The Iowa State Patrol says Davon Kieler was driving alone when he fell out of the driver’s side door and lost control of the truck. The patrol says the door crushed Kieler when his truck sideswiped a parked vehicle.

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GLENWOOD — A former Glenwood teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student and of giving alcohol to a minor has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge as part of a plea deal. Russell Crouch, 39, was arrested and charged in May with sexual exploitation by a school employee and supplying alcohol to a minor. Crouch was given deferred judgment, meaning if he successfully completes a year of probation, the charge of misdemeanor aggravated assault will be removed from his record.

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HAMPTON — A Hampton man who’s been married for nearly 70 years has lost his wedding ring.

Alvin Andersen says he thinks he lost it when taking off his gloves in Mason City a couple of weeks ago while at Wal-Mart, Hy-Vee or KFC. Andersen says he’s worn it faithfully since marrying his wife, Maurine, on Sept. 2, 1945, in Clarion. He says the ring has more sentimental value than monetary worth. He says his wife wants him to buy a replacement if the old one doesn’t turn up.

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Hoover Presidential library raises admission WEST BRANCH — The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is raising the cost of admission for the first time in nearly a decade.

The library has increased ticket prices for adults between the ages of 16 and 61 from $6 to $10. The price for senior citizens increased from $3 to $5. Admission for children between the ages of 6 and 15 is now $3, when it used to be free.

—The Associated Press

A year before 2016, Iowa attracts presidential long-shots The Associated Press ALTOONA — Soft laughter rippled through the audience in an Iowa church meeting room when a woman punctuated her question to the keynote speaker, Bernie Sanders, with, “when you’re president.”

The reaction was a gentle acknowledgment that the Vermont senator, whose selfdescribed socialist positions appeal to the hardest-core liberals, is a long shot for the Oval Office.

Yet while Democrats and Republicans are waiting for Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jeb Bush and other major prospects to formally kick off the 2016 race in the state with

the first presidential caucuses, other lesser known or more unlikely aspirants are already active in Iowa, letting everyone know they’re available.

They’re following a longestablished ritual, based on the notion that even far-fetched dreams can come true in a place where friendly people will come out to hear candidates and the media is ever alert for political tremors.

Along with Sanders, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley among Democrats, and neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a Republican, are among the non-short-listers making contacts in the state, giving speeches and road-testing their messages.

Judge retires months after testifying about pressure The Associated Press IOWA CITY — An administrative law judge says he’s retiring early, months after testifying about a hostile work environment in Iowa Workforce Development.

Marlon Mormann, of the unemployment appeals bureau, retired Monday. He’s worked at the agency since 1990.

The 58-year-old says he’s disappointed after enduring “the worst year of my career” but that it was time to leave an uncomfortable situation.

Mormann testified to a legislative panel in August, saying judges faced pressure and excessive caseloads under Director Teresa Wahlert. He says the exhaustion affected rulings.

Mormann objected to Wahlert’s decision to eliminate a chief judge position who managed the bureau and assume that responsibility herself. Mormann says being supervised by a non-lawyer and political appointee raised ethical issues.

Agency spokeswoman Kerry Koonce confirmed Mormann’s retirement but disputed that judges are overworked.

Most don’t actually say they’re running. They’re just saying hello.

“I don’t know if it’s an advantage as much as it is laying down a marker, starting to bend the arc of the conversation,” said Sue Dvorsky, former Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman.

And this being campaignsteeped Iowa, most seem to draw an audience.

On a two-day mid-December trip, Sanders, who is among the Senate’s most liberal members, made a series of stops in which he touted expanding government regulation of banking, universal government-funded health care and a $15-per-hour minimum wage. Sanders is one of only

two senators who don’t identify as Democrat or Republican, though he caucuses and votes with Senate Democrats.

Sanders, hunched over a hotel ballroom podium with his tussled shock of white hair, declared that it’s time to break up the nation’s big banks.

“If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today, he would say, and we should say, if these guys are too big to fail, they are too big to exist,” Sanders said.

Sanders’ populist pitch bears some resemblance to that of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the rising star of the Democratic left.

But she has said she won’t run for president, leaving room for Sanders to hope.

Ron Rosenblatt, a finan-

cial services company owner, cheered Sanders along with about 150 invited Democrats in the Altoona hotel ballroom.

“I like his ability to generate enthusiasm,” he said, but at 73, “he’s at an age that would make it difficult.”

O’Malley, known for defending gay marriage and repealing the death penalty, visited Iowa four times last year and contributed more than $45,000 to Iowa candidates and party organizations, which made him friends in convenient places. Governors often make good presidential candidates, and O’Malley, 51, would be one of the few in the Democratic field, fitting somewhere to Clinton’s left on the political spectrum.

Iowa Democrats say economic bills will be among priorities The Associated Press DES MOINES — Iowa’s Democratic lawmakers plan to focus on ways to help Iowa businesses and workers in 2015, though the state’s top Senate Democrat said Monday that increasing Iowa’s minimum wage will be a challenge in the divided Legislature.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, said that two priorities for Democrats will be strengthening the preference given to Iowa companies in the awarding of state contracts and ensuring that employers are not stealing wages from Iowa workers.

“Those are two areas that I think make sense, that would strengthen the middle class and grow Iowa’s economy,” Gronstal

said.

Similar bills have failed in previous years, but Gronstal expressed optimism that lawmakers can find common ground in the Legislature, where Democrats control the Senate and Republicans hold a majority in the House.

Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, of Hiawatha, said Republicans are open to proposals on these topics, though he noted there are already some contracting rules in place. He said GOP lawmakers will continue to prioritize a balanced budget, as well as looking at cutting income taxes this year.

Gronstal said Democrats continue to support raising the state minimum wage, currently set at $7.25 an hour. But he said it will be difficult to make that

change with the divided legislative control.

“Many of us think it’s time to do that, but we recognize the political reality,” Gronstal said.

As of January 1, minimum wage increases had gone into effect in 20 states and the District of Columbia — due to automatic increases in some states and the result of legislation or ballot initiatives in others. A total of 29 states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages above the federally mandated $7.25 an hour, including Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Democrats also plan to again seek to expand publicly funded 4-year-old preschool and provide more job training opportunities.

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Baby snatched by gunman found dead The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Detectives trying to determine who abducted a 3-week-old infant after shooting her parents and uncle at a Southern California home have few clues and are asking for the public’s help, officials said Monday.

The baby, a 10-pound girl named Eliza Delacruz, was found dead Sunday in a trash bin in Imperial Beach, about 120 miles south of Long Beach, where her relatives were shot the day before.

Her body was discovered by a transient just a few miles from the Mexican border, raising the possibility that the assailant crossed or hoped to cross into Mexico.

Long Beach detectives believe the family was targeted for some reason but do not yet know the motive, police spokeswoman Marlene Arrona said. They would say only that they are looking for a male suspect who is either black or Hispanic.

The Long Beach residence showed no sign of forced entry, and nothing was taken, homicide Lt. Lloyd Cox told the Long Beach Press-Telegram on Sunday.

“We believe that this is not a random act,” Cox said. “We are going through the backgrounds of all the individuals who live here, but it appears to be very personal.”

Homicide detectives referred calls Monday to Arrona. Authorities in San Diego County referred inquiries to Long Beach police.

The baby’s father was released from the hospital Sunday. Her mother and uncle remain hospitalized and were listed in critical condition late Sunday. Their names have not been released.

Police on Monday defended their decision not to issue an Amber Alert for the child because they had no description of the suspect’s vehicle.

“One of the criteria for that is having a license plate number. We don’t even have that,” Arrona said.

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Jury selection starts in Boston Marathon case The Associated Press BOSTON — Some of the prospective jurors who could decide Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s fate got their first look Monday at the young man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, and they seemed transfixed by the sight of the shaggy-haired 21-year-old.

Tsarnaev, for his part, rose to his feet and nodded, slightly and awkwardly, as he was introduced to the first group of about 200 citizens.

So began what could be weeks of jury selection in the nation’s most closely watched terror trial since the Oklahoma City bombing two decades ago.

Security was tight, with dozens of police officers stationed inside and outside the federal courthouse along with bomb-sniffing dogs.

The potential jurors seemed riveted by Tsarnaev and by U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr.’s explanation of the gravity of what they will be asked to do

if they are picked: They must decide not only whether the former college student is guilty or innocent, but also what his punishment will be if he is convicted — life in prison or execution.

The judge told the potential jurors not to think of the trial as “an annoying burden,” but as a needed service and an “important duty of citizenship.”

Tsarnaev is accused of planning and carrying out the twin pressure-cooker bombings that killed three people

and wounded more than 260 near the finish line of the race on April 15, 2013.

O’Toole briefly outlined the 30 charges against Tsarnaev, which include using a weapon of mass destruction. He is also accused of killing an MIT police officer as he and his brother, now dead, made their getaway.

Tsarnaev, flanked by his attorneys, sat at a table at the front of the room. Wearing a dark sweater and khaki pants, he looked down much

of the time and picked at his beard.

He nodded to the first group of potential jurors in the morning.

When he stood for a second group of 200 in the afternoon, he looked down at the floor.

Over three days, a pool of about 1,200 prospective jurors will be summoned to court.

Twelve jurors and six alternates will ultimately be selected. The judge said testimony in the trial will begin on Jan. 26 and last three to four months.

Gay marriage ban ends as couples wed throughout Florida The Associated Press

AP Photo President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, Dec. 19.

Big threat for Obama’s climate efforts from GOP-run Congress The Associated Press WA S H I N G T O N — President Barack Obama’s determined efforts to combat global warming face their biggest trial yet as Republicans take full control of Congress this week. The GOP vows to move fast and forcefully to roll back his environmental rules and force his hand on energy development.

The GOP’s first order of business: the Keystone XL pipeline. The Republican-led House has repeatedly passed legislation to approve the pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Canada deep into the United States. The bills died in the Senate when Democrats were in control, but that will change Wednesday when a Republicanled Senate committee holds a Keystone hearing.

“The president is go-

ing to see the Keystone XL pipeline on his desk and it’s going to be a bellwether decision by the president whether to go with jobs and the economy,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Sunday.

Success for Republicans on the climate front would jeopardize a key component of Obama’s legacy. And the ramifications would likely ricochet far beyond the United States.

Later this year, nations are supposed to sign a major global climate treaty in Paris. Aggressive action by the U.S. under Obama has upped the pressure on other governments to get serious about climate change, too. But if Obama can’t make good on his commitments at home, it’s unclear whether poorer nations will still feel compelled to act.

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And Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, says the Republicans aren’t likely to overturn his veto. That would require a number of Democrats to vote against the president.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at the stroke of midnight Monday, and court clerks in some counties wasted no time, issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples in the early morning hours.

But they were beaten to the punch by a Miami judge who found no need to wait until the statewide ban expired. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel presided over Florida’s first legally recognized same-sex marriages Monday afternoon.

Still, most counties held off on official ceremonies until early Tuesday, when U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle’s ruling that Florida’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional took effect in all 67 counties.

“It’s been a long time coming. We’re just so excited and so happy,” said Osceola County Commissioner Cheryl Grieb moments after she married Patti Daugherty, her partner of 22 years, at a courthouse in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando. In matching white pants and white embroidered shirts, the couple stood under a canopy of lace and ribbons as County Clerk of Court Armando Ramirez officiated and U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., served as a witness. Supporters counted down to midnight, with a clock ticking away at the front of the room.

Florida — the third-most populous state, with 19.9 million people — becomes the 36th state where gay marriage is legal. Seventy percent of Americans now live in states where same-sex couples can legally wed.

In several of the Deep South states surrounding Florida, gay marriage bans remain in place. That puts Florida — a state much changed since the 1970s, when former beauty pageant queen and orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant started her national campaign against gay rights in the 1970s — in place to potentially serve as a mecca for gay couples who could travel there for weddings.

But while the end of the ban was met with cheers or even shrugs from Florida’s more liberal enclaves, political and cultural divisions remained in the battleground state, especially farther north, where more conservative Floridians live.

In Jacksonville, Duval County Court Clerk Ronnie Fussell shut down the courthouse chapel, saying no marriage ceremonies — gay or straight — would be allowed there. At least two other counties in northeast Florida did the same.

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Olaseni has career-high 18 as Iowa downs Nebraska IOWA CITY AP) — Iowa center Gabe Olaseni has emerged as one of the Big Ten’s top big men off the bench.

The Hawkeyes might not be able to afford to keep bringing him off the pine much longer.

Aaron White had 23 points, Olaseni scored a career-high 18 and Iowa beat Nebraska 70-59 on Monday for its first 2-0 start in the Big Ten in 12 years.

Jarrod Uthoff had 15 for the Hawkeyes (11-4, 2-0), who prevailed thanks largely to a 31-13 edge on made free throws.

Twelve of those came from Olaseni, who added five rebounds, three crucial field goals and plenty of energy in just 22

minutes.

“We were determined to go inside and get to the free throw line.

He’s just playing with such confidenc e,” Iowa coach Olaseni Fran McCaffery said.

Nebraska’s Shavon Shields led all scorers with 25 points.

But the Cornhuskers (86, 0-2) had just two points in the final 2:43, and Iowa held Cornhuskers star Terran Petteway — who fought through a shin bruise suffered early in the first half — to just 11 points.

Iowa holds the rare distinction of two road wins over

ranked opponents after winning at Ohio State last week.

The Huskers made the Hawkeyes work to earn their best league start since 2002-03.

Shields helped Nebraska take a one-point lead midway through the second half.

Iowa rallied with an 11-3 run — capped with a rare White 3-pointer — to move back in front 61-54 with 4:39 left.

The Hawkeyes were the aggressors early on, which allowed them to maintain a slim lead despite yet another stretch of cold shooting from the perimeter. Iowa got to the line 19 times in the first half and converted 15 times for a 35-28 lead.

Iowa’s offense grew stagnant to start the second half though. Nebraska’s did not,

and the Huskers pulled ahead 51-50 with 8:09 left.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Uthoff and Anthony Clemmons gave Iowa the lead back, and the Hawkeyes never gave it up.

“We were also getting stops, so it’s a combination of both. We weren’t trading baskets. We got a little bit of separation,” McCaffery said.

Nebraska finished with just five assists against 10 turnovers, and it committed 24 fouls.

“Play hard without fouling. That’s what we’re trained to do,” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said. ‘I was just disappointed that we weren’t able to play better defense.”

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fans that braved the weather to attend the game, as a snow storm ravaged Iowa Monday night and left the arena half-empty. Those who made it watched a team that could be on the verge of rejoining the Top 25. Iowa received 63 points in Monday’s poll, which was second among teams who didn’t get ranked.

White set a new school record with his 517th made free throw late in the first half. He broke the mark set by Iowa great Roy Marble from 198689. But that shooting form has rarely translated from 20 feet out. White is just 24 percent on 3s this season, which made his crucial 3-pointer so promising for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa hosts Michigan State on Thursday.

Longtime ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott dies at 49

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s girls were to have played at Ballard Monday night but the inclement weather postponed all activities Monday night. Newton’s Michaela Jacobsen (40) and the rest of the Cardinals will play at Ballard Jan. 24. The Newton wrestling team’s double dual with Urbandale and host Ames on Monday was rescheduled for Jan. 13. Lynnville-Sully’s basketball games against Iowa Valley at Marengo Monday were postponed.

Stuart Scott was in his element, working a “Monday Night Football” game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation.

Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery and Scott Scott was diagnosed with cancer. But he made a point of continuing to live his life — at work and outside of it.

“You beat cancer by how you live,” he would later say.

“So live. Live. Fight like hell.”

That fight ended Sunday when Scott, the longtime “SportsCenter” anchor and ESPN personality known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, died at age 49.

Scott remained dedicated to his craft even as he suffered through chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.

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Iowa’s Ferentz not worried about ‘temperature’ around program Kirk Ferentz has done a lot for the Iowa football program. He has finished in the top 10 of the national polls four times, won two Big Ten titles and guided the Hawkeyes to two Orange Bowl appearances.

But, after another bowl game loss and a disappointing 7-6 year in 2014, the Iowa fans are starting to turn.

And they likely won’t go back the other di- By Troy Hyde rection unless Iowa Newton Daily Athletic Gary Barta News makes a change in Sports Writer leadership.

According to former University of Iowa Sports Information Director Phil Haddy, there has never been a worse turnout of Iowa fans for a bowl game in the Ferentz era.

Haddy went as far to say that he thought the turnout was also worse than any bowl game Hayden Fry coached in. And Haddy has attended every bowl game since then.

The real question of how hot Ferentz’s seat is will come in the offseason when fans decide if they want to

renew their season tickets.

I personally know two friends who have had four season tickets for the past 10 years and both of them have said openly to me that 2014 will likely be their last for a while.

None of that bothers Ferentz though. He has bigger issues to dedicate his time to.

“We had a coach to the west of us (Nebraska’s Bo Pelini) that won a lot of football games that got fired,” Ferentz said after the 45-28 loss to Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Bowl. “If you’re in this profession, that’s part of the deal. If I’m going to sit around listening to the temperature, reading the temperature on the outside, more what I need to do is take the energy that I can put towards the job and put it on our improvement. That’s typically what we’ve tried to do for 16 years.”

Ferentz will have to put some of his energy toward finding out who his quarterback is, if both Jake Rudock and C.J. Beathard return to Iowa City.

He also needs to figure out why a defense that prides itself on playing physical football suddenly has issues with tackling.

The punting game is bad. The recruiting has taken a dip. And Iowa

hasn’t won a bowl game since it defeated Missouri back in 2010. In fact, the Hawkeyes are just 26-25 overall since that game.

“I don’t believe it’s going to go down the drain. That’s what I believe and how I live. It’s how I look at the world,” Ferentz said.

Barta admitted earlier this season that 7-5 seasons are not acceptable at Iowa. He later said that Ferentz would return in 2015. But after Tennessee took Iowa to the woodshed in Friday’s bowl game, Barta also admitted the angst around the program is greater than at any time since he arrived in 2006.

Has the end come for Ferentz? If so, what’s next? Where does Iowa go from here? If not, how many more 7-5 seasons can the program take before the fans completely say goodbye to attending games on Saturdays.

Letting go of Ferentz won’t be easy.

He has a $13.3 million buyout that is part of the 10-year contract Barta helped him sign. That contract includes a longevity bonus of $525,000 that comes up due on Jan. 31.

“I made the decision [on the deal] based on results, based on marketplace, and based on my comfort that

Kirk would continue to lead us toward expectations,” Barta told the Cedar Rapids Gazette. “And some years we do, and some years we don’t, and I understand there’s angst right now. But at the end of the day I’m still going to make the decision whether or not Kirk’s ability to lead the program back is strong or not regardless of the contract.”

It’s hard to think things could get much worse with the fans. And I don’t know what Ferentz can do at this point to turn them back to his favor.

But as long as the football program continues to bring in some of the largest dollars in the nation, Iowa President Sally Mason and Barta may look the other way, despite the results on the field.

Can declining ticket sales be enough alone to pull the trigger? We may all soon find out.

Either way, it looks like the University of Iowa football program will have an interesting offseason.

Buckle up. The path to spring practice could get a little bumpy.

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

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Lynnville-Sully at English Valleys, girls 6 p.m., boys 6 p.m.

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

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

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

Thursday Wrestling Newton at Osklaoosa, 5:30 p.m.

CMB at PCM, 6:30 p.m.

Roland-Story, Saydel, Panorama at Colfax-Mingo, 5:30 p.m.

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

Basketball Oskaloosa at Newton, 9th boys, 6 p.m., JV 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.

Bowling Newton at Clarke, 4 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Saturday Bowling Norwalk at Newton, 9 a.m.

Boys’ Swimming Newton at Waterloo West Invitational, 10 a.m.

Wrestling Newton at Ottumwa, 10 a.m.

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

CMB at BCLUW tournament, 8 a.m.

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Trio of aces poised to lead Hall of Fame class of 2015 NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz appear to be shoo-ins for election to the Hall of Fame in what is shaping up as the baseball writers’ biggest class of inductees in 60 years.

When the Hall of Fame reveals the results Tuesday at 2 p.m. on the MLB Network, holdover Craig Biggio and perhaps Mike Piazza could join those three first-ballot pitchers who were utterly dominant in a hitters’ era of artificially bulging statistics.

Here are some things to know about the balloting, conducted again in a period when who’s elected is as intriguing as whose names were not checked by Baseball Writers’ Association of America voters: THE THREE ACES

Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz stand out among the 17 newcomers to the ballot.

The reed-thin, scraggly-haired Johnson is a five-time Cy Young Award winner — four in a row from 19992002 — with 303 wins and 4,875 strikeouts.

The Big Unit came up big in the postseason, too, sharing MVP honors in the 2001 World Series with Arizona Diamondbacks teammate Curt Schilling.

Martinez’s antics off the field were nearly as

Johnson

enthralling as an everelusive changeup that helped him to three Cy Youngs — two AL, one NL — and a 2.93 ERA in 18 years. He helped bring the Boston Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years.

Smoltz was a steady presence on the Atlanta Braves’ staff for 20 seasons — including 14 straight division titles from 19912005 — winning the 1996 NL Cy Young. A career starter, Smoltz smoothly moved into the closer role for three full seasons and earned 154 saves. He should join former teammates Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, last year’s inductees along with Frank Thomas.

The induction ceremony in Cooperstown will take place July 26.

BALLOT LOGJAM

Not since 1955, when Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons

Martinez

and Dazzy Vance all gained entrance into the Hall, have four players received the necessary 75 percent of the vote from the BBWAA. Five were elected at the same time on just one occasion, and that was the initial Hall class of 1936.

With the ballot jammed by big names from the Steroids Era, the BBWAA has recommended to the Hall’s board of directors that it increase the number of players each voter can select from 10 to 12. That change could come as soon as 2016.

THE PED FACTOR

Suspected and admitted users of performance-enhancing drugs have been on the ballot since Mark McGwire was a firsttimer in 2007. But the real debate over PEDs and players’ credentials heated up when otherwise certain locks Barry Bonds and Roger Cle-

Smoltz

mens became eligible three years ago. Both glamour stars severely tarnished by steroid use accusations received about 35 percent of the vote last year, a slight dip from their first ballots.

Piazza, who received 62.2 percent in his second year on the ballot, and Jeff Bagwell (54.3 percent) are two players who have fallen under suspicion of use but were never caught up in any investigation.

Will one more year on the ballot help them get closer to the threshold?

Perhaps an enhanced ballot of up to 12 votes per writer next year will give them the nudge they need if they fail this year.

CLOSING IN

Biggio, the Houston Astros second baseman-outfielder with 3,060 hits, fell two votes shy of election last year.

Piazza, who has more homers than any other

catcher in big league history, went up about 5 percent from the previous year. According to research by Baseball Think Factory, Biggio was up to 82.9 percent of the vote on 158 public ballots sourced by the website — that’s about 27.7 percent of the vote, based on last year’s totals. Piazza was at 76.6 percent late Monday afternoon.

Several others on the ballot of 34 candidates are hoping to get a better look. Tim Raines (46.1 percent last year), hit .294 with a .385 onbase percentage in a 23year career for six teams.

The prototypical leadoff hitter scored 1,571 runs and stole 808 bases. Career designated hitter Edgar Martinez received 35.9 percent, Curt Schilling got 29.2 and Mike Mussina 20.3 percent in 2014.

These players get only 10 years on the BBWAA ballot, recently reduced from 15 years maximum.

NEXT YEAR

Next year’s ballot should open up some after the election of this year’s expected jumbo class and the amended voting rules.

There is one sure thing in the 2016 group: Ken Griffey, Jr. He will be joined by Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner and Jim Edmonds as the chief newcomers.

Two US ski team prospects die in avalanche in Austria

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ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement that Scott was “a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure” and that his “energetic and unwavering devotion to his family and to his work while fighting the battle of his life left us in awe, and he leaves a void that can never be replaced.”

Fans and players at games around the United States on Sunday stopped to observe moments of silence, including at the Bengals-Colts NFL playoff game in Indianapolis, Lions-Cowboys in Arlington, Texas; the Mavericks-Cavaliers NBA game in Cleveland and at several college basketball games.

Some of the world’s most famous athletes expressed their grief online. LeBron James wrote on Instagram: “Thank you so much for being u and giving us inner city kids someone we could relate to that wasn’t a player but was close enough to them.”

“Stuart wasn’t covering heroes & champions, it was the other way around,” Tiger Woods said on Twitter.

In July, Scott accepted the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPYs. During his speech, he told his teenage daughters: “Taelor and Sydni, I love you guys more than I will ever be able to express.

You two are my heartbeat. I am standing on this stage here tonight because of you.”

Scott is also survived by his parents, O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott; siblings Stephen Scott, Synthia Kearney and Susan Scott; his daughters Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15; and girlfriend Kristin Spodobalski.

Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps.

The team said Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident near the Rettenbach glacier in the mountains over Soelden, the venue for the annual seasonopening World Cup races.

Berlack, from Franconia, New Hampshire, and Astle, from Sandy, Utah, were part of a group of six skiers who were descending from the 3,056-meter Gaislachkogel when they left the prepared slope and apparently set off the avalanche. The other four skied out of the slide and escaped unhurt.

Officials in the Tyrolean region said an avalanche alert had been declared for the area after days of heavy snowfall and mild temperatures.

“Ronnie and Bryce were both outstanding ski racers who were passionate about their sport — both on the race course and skiing the mountain,” U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Tiger Shaw said.

“Our hearts go out to the Berlack and Astle families, as well as to their extended sport family.

Both of them loved what they did and conveyed that to those around them.”

The tragedy has left the U.S. Ski Team “in shock,” Alpine director Patrick Riml told The Associated Press in Croatia, Zagreb, where the American slalom team was preparing for a World Cup race on Tuesday.

Head coach Sascha Rearick left Zagreb shortly after being informed and traveled back to Austria to be with the socalled development team Berlack and Astle were part of.

Riml said the athletes were free to decide whether they still wanted to compete in Tuesday’s night race, adding the team planned to wear mourning bands.

“We are all very close,” said Riml, an Austrian who was born and grew up in Soelden. “We train a lot in Park City. We’ll see how they handle the whole thing and how they react.”

Riml added “it’s a shock for everybody. Two great boys, great athletes, good skiers.

They were fun to have around.

We are all in shock, still. It’s very tragic.”

Berlack and Astle were part of a group of 10 skiers on the development team who gained experience in the Europa Cup and were preparing to race on the top-level World Cup. “They all have the potential (to be on the World Cup),” Riml said. “These two boys were among the other eight boys who are our future. We believed in these guys, that’s why we selected them.”

Berlack was a member of the Franconia Ski Club who recently trained at Vermont’s Burke Mountain Academy. He had earned a spot on the development team in 2013 and finished 11th in downhill and 17th in super-G at the National championships that year in Squaw Valley.

Berlack grew up in Franconia, the small town in the White Mountains that also produced U.S., world and Olympic champion Bode Miller. Rich Smith, program director at the Franconia Ski Club, said he had known Berlack since he was 7.

“There’s not enough words to say what a great guy Ronnie Berlack was and always will be,” Smith said.

In a statement, Burke Moun-

tain Academy said it was devastated by Berlack’s death. His father, Steve Berlack, is a coach at the academy. His mother, Cindy, is also a ski coach.

“Only last week Ronnie was here at BMA training with us,” the school said. “Ronnie was someone we all loved and deeply respected. He had a huge spirit. There is no one who better represents our core values than Ronnie. Our hearts go out to his parents Steve and Cindy, and his sister Carolyn.”

At the Dec. 5 World Cup downhill in Beaver Creek, Berlack was one of the five forerunners, who test a course before the actual race starts.

Berlack was also set to be a forerunner during the world championships on the same course next month, U.S ski team spokeswoman Megan Harrod told the AP. Astle was invited to train with the development team this season after strong early season results, including two top-10 results at NorAm Cup races last month in Canada.

“He was hoping ... to be in the next Olympics, that was his goal,” his mother Laura Astle said, “and he was pretty much on his way.”

Developers, including Rams owner, plan Los Angeles stadium INGLEWOOD, Calif.

(AP) — A development group that includes a company controlled by the owner of the St. Louis Rams announced plans Monday to build an 80,000seat stadium in the Los Angeles suburbs that could become home for an NFL team.

The proposal that envisions a stadium rising on the site of a former horse track again raised the hopes of fans that Los Angeles could end its two-decade drought without an NFL team. It becomes the latest in a string of stadium proposals in the Los Angeles area since the 1994 exit of the Rams and Raiders from Southern California.

The proposal stands out, however, because of the involvement of St. Louis Rams

owner Stan Kroenke. His company, The Kroenke Group, has entered a joint venture with Stockbridge Capital Group, which had been developing a 238-acre tract of homes, parks and office space at the former Hollywood Park track in Inglewood, on the edge of Los Angeles.

Kroenke’s company owns an adjacent 60 acres, which would be merged into the overall development. The expanded project would include a stadium, a separate 6,000-seat performance venue and parking.

“This is a perfect location for a venue like this,” said Christopher Meany, a senior executive for the joint venture, Hollywood Park Land Co., alluding to its proximity to major freeways, the Los Angeles

International Airport and The Forum, the former home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers. “I don’t know of a place that compares to this.”

A rendering of the project depicts a stadium, shielded by a gently sloping dome, surrounded by palm trees and fountains.

Meany was cautious not to characterize the stadium as an NFL venue, emphasizing that any decision on moving a team is “entirely in the hands of the NFL.” He repeatedly referred to the stadium as “multipurpose,” also capable of hosting soccer games.

The shell of the old racetrack would need to be leveled, and stadium construction is not expected to begin before late this year, with a comple-

tion date pegged for 2018.

However, its development would hinge on approval by local voters, Meany said.

The proposal was first reported Monday by the Los Angeles Times.

The plan adds pressure on the city of St. Louis to either strike a deal for a new stadium for the Rams, or watch the team return to Southern California, where it played from 1946 to 1994. The team is unhappy in the Edward Jones Dome, which is outdated by NFL standards.

St. Louis is expected to offer the team a new proposal by the end of the month.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said in a statement that “St. Louis is an NFL city and I am committed to keeping it that way.”

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Public Notices THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Darlene G. Brosig, Deceased Probate No. ESPR036601 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Darlene G. Brosig, Deceased, who died on or about August 19, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 30th day of December, 2014, the last will and testament of Darlene G. Brosig, deceased, bearing date of the 31st day of January, 1992,* was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Lisa Brosig and Myrna Guthrie 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 date of the second the 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 whose identities are will reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

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

Dated this 31st day of December, 2014.

Date of second publication: 13th day of January, 2015 Probate Code Section 304 Hilary Mastio, ICIS PIN No: AT0009928 Attorney for the Co-Executors Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC 211 First Avenue West, Newton, IA 50208 Address Lisa Brosig and Myrna Guthrie Co-Executors of the Estate 2102 N. Mulligan, Chicago, Illinois 60639 and 110 N. 5th Ave. W. #104, Newton, IA 50208 Address *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) January 6 & 13

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Jimmie D. Wilson, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR036613 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Jimmie D. Wilson, Deceased, who died on or about November 5, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 23rd day of December, 2014, the last will and testament of Jimmie D. Wilson, deceased, bearing date of the 14th day of January, 2013, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Marilyn J. Wilson 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 date of the second the 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 whose identities are will ascertainable, or reasonably 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 this 23rd day of December, 2014.

Marilyn J. Wilson, Executor of estate 11108 W. 116th St. N. Collins, IA 50055 Randal B. Caldwell, ICIS PIN No: AT0001375 Attorney for executor Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC 211 1st Ave W, Newton, IA 50208 Date of second publication 6th day of January, 2015 Probate Code Section 304 December 30 & January 6

PUBLIC NOTICE OF STORM WATER DISCHARGE The Iowa Department of Transportation plans to submit a Notice of Intent to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be covered under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit No.2 "Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Activity for Construction Activities."

The storm water discharge will be highway construction from activity located in Jasper County on IA Highway 224. The project is a parking lot and building construction at westbound I-80 Jasper Rest Area.

The Public Lands Survey location is Township 80N, Range 17W, Section (s) 36.

Storm water will be discharged from 1 point sources and will be discharged to the following streams: unnamed ditch and waterway to Sugar Creek.

Comments may be submitted to the Storm Water Discharge IOWA Coordinator, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Environmental Protection Division, 502 East 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 503190034. The public may review the Notice of Intent from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the above address after it has been received by the Department.

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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 602 1/2 N Mechanic Street, Monroe, Iowa and legally described as: Lot "D" and Lot "B" in Block 50, in the Town of Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa; also described as: "Part of Lots 5 & 6, Block 50, Monroe, Iowa, described as follows: Commence 132 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 4, Block 50, Monroe, Iowa, run thence West 180 feet, North 438 feet, East 80 feet, South 120 feet, East 100 feet, South 318 feet to the place of beginning, also commence at the Northeast corner of Lot 3, Block 50, Monroe, Iowa, run West 183 1/2 feet, North 268 feet, East 183 1/2 feet, South 268 feet to the place of beginning. 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, or encumbrances.

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641-792-4000.

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Please call Bruce Bjorn, Administrator 641-2273602 with questions or to request an application.

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Cats with approval and pet deposit. Very quiet building, ready to move into. (641) 792-8182 FOR SALE

1996 COCA-COLA pitcher, 4 cups, 3 plates & 4 glasses $20., collector plates 1986 “Moses & The Ten commandments”, 1988 “The Lord's My Shepherd”, 1991 “The Doves”, 1990 “Natures Harmony”, 1990 “Cardinals in Winter”, 1991 'The Swans”, Norman Rockwell, 1979 “Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter”, “The Cobbles”, “Tender Loving Care”, all in boxes with certificate of authenticity $10. each. 792-8017.

COLLECTIBLE FRANKONA Prairie Green, 58 pcs., 47 dinnerware and 11 misc. platter, 3 serving bowls etc.

Kovel value $800. asking $250. or OBO. 641-7922595.

EVO Smooth Treadmill with digital monitor, will fold away, like new $400. 641792-2349 or 641-2751122.

FARM FRESH Eggs $2. doz.,Brown & white duck eggs $2. for 6. Great for Baking. Saturday delivery in Newton. 515-661-3774.

FROZEN QUILT, 63x63, pink $225. 641-521-4749.

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HALLMARK JINGLE Snowmen $50. Not used.

McDonald's 101 Dalmatian Christmas dogs, in case, never used. 641-521-4300.

MANUAL WHEEL Chair, new only used 3 times.

641-521-3927.

NU WAVE convection oven, as seen on TV., sells for over $100 plus dollars, used twice, asking $60.

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2000 DODGE Ram ½ Ton, extended cab, 4x4 pick-up. $990. 641-521-2632.

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Brown Marcrest divided dish $5., Hamilton Beach electric knife in box $8., 1999 Cherished TeddieCherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow, Live today- $8., pre-school Lego's in original container $8. 641-2757600.

SNOW THROWER MTD, 2 stage, 5 hp, 22” cut, self propelled, 5 Fwd, 2R $275. or cash & trade. 641-5215141.

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

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TWO AXION 10 inch LCD tv/monitor/dvd players.

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641-521-9875.

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350 Engine Automatic. $4580.00 OBO 641-242-0361 1998 CADILLAC DeVille D'Elegance White Diamond, Cabriolet top with Power sunroof, Heated leather, loaded.

Just turned 80K miles.

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641-275-0246 or 641-792-2988

BLACK 1982 Ford F150 Pickup, 67,000 miles on the motor, newer transmission, newer paint job, looks and runs great. Standard cab with a full size bed. If you are looking for a great old truck, this is it; first $2,000 will drive it home.

Phone 641-792-3612.

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