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Sanders to visit Newton on Saturday

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Newton Daily News Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is scheduled to make a campaign stop in Ne w t o n on Saturday.

Sanders will make a dozen Sanders appearances in central Iowa over the weekend, including a “coffee with seniors” event at the Jasper County Community Center at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The community center is located at 2401 First Ave. E. The event is open to the public, and will focus on seniors’ issues.

The event is one of three stops planned Saturday for the U.S. Senator from Vermont.

Sanders is slated to travel to four Iowa cities Friday. Sunday and Monday are heavily booked as well.

Sanders has only made one other public appearance in Jasper County since he began his run for the White House. He spoke and took questions at a town hall meeting at Newton High School in September.

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As budget season gets into full swing, organization funding took center stage at the Newton City Council meeting Monday. The Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, Newton YMCA, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and United Way of Jasper County and their representatives presented requests to the council for the upcoming fiscal year.

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaks during Tuesday’s Associated Press legislative seminar, flanked by former governor and current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, right, and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. Branstad used the 45-minute news conference mainly to outline a new proposal that would divert some penny-tax receipts to water quality project funding.

Legislative leaders spar over school funding Pre-session seminar included Vilsack, new Branstad proposal

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Tuesday’s Associated Press legislative seminar provided a stage for many of Iowa’s top lawmakers to speak on some pressing issues. However, only one issue caused a legislator to raise his voice at the state capitol.

Sen. Michael Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs), the Senate’s majority leader, made several points about school funding, talking about how much money is really available in the overall state budget, and what percentage can and should and go to K-12 education.

The seminar, a news conference featuring Gronstal and three other legislative party leaders, preceded a more high-profile hour where Gov. Terry Branstad and former governor and current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack outlined a new proposal that would divert some penny-tax receipts to water quality project

funding.

Gronstal took some of the toughest questions of the first hour, especially regarding school funding. At the end of the lengthy 2015 sessions, the split-majority legislature handed Branstad, the Republican governor, a school-funding bill for a 1.25 percent increase in aid and a one-time $55.7 million appropriation.

The governor vetoed the one-time money.

“If I didn’t think we were on the same page, the Senate wouldn’t have passed the bill,” Gronstal said. “But I don’t think I’ve been on the same page with the LEGISLATURE | 3A

HIRTA Public transit provider HIRTA provides transportation services to Newton as well as the greater Jasper County area. In the past year, the program started longer operating hours along with its daytime weekday hours, providing service until 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Newton area organizations brought their budget requests to the Newton City Council for the upcoming fiscal year. Among those who presented was HIRTA, who requested $22,000, an increase of $2,000 for its growing program

Sloan to help guide district through tech obstacles Mason City native hired to run technology for schools

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News As Dan Sloan first stared learning about the Newton Community School District, he picked up on some important characteristics that aren’t logged in any statistics.

He learned the district, in his impression, is a rather cohesive team of educators, despite its size.

“People generally tend to work together here,” Sloan said. “They are on the same track.

It’s a ‘good’ size district. The city of Newton seems to be slowly growing and is stable.”

Sloan was hired away from his position as the North Polk School District’s director of information technology in September to head Newton’s technology department. He replaced the well-respect-

ed Chris Bieghler, who resigned in August to take a job with the state Department of Education.

The Mason City native, Navy veteran and Drake University alum is in charge of security, the fiber-optic network and school reporting for the district, though there are many other staff members who interact with Sloan in those three capacities.

He has plenty of praise not only for Newton’s system and the way technology is used in the district, but also for Bieghler and the things he and others have accomplished with hardware and software on campus.

“Chris ran a pretty tight ship, from what I can see,” Sloan said.

“I see myself here for a while. There is a new type of challenge here every day, and it’s never

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Dan Sloan diagrams the fiber-optic cable system of the Newton Community School District. Sloan was hired in October to replace Chris Bieghler as technology supervisor for the district.

dull. It’s a great place to grow.”

Sloan said technology directors and supervisors in Iowa also tend to wear other hats, and not necessarily the same ones. He said he believes about half of the technology supervisors

within the Heartland Area Education Agency teach at least part-time.

While not a credentialed K-12 teacher himself, Sloan is an adjunct professor at Drake, teaching computer-skills fundamentals. He is relatively

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new to the K-12 realm, having been Drake’s systems administrator from 2004 to 2014 before taking the North Polk job.

His commute from Nevada to Newton is about 40 miles, or slightly more than his

drive to North Polk. His wife, Jenny, is a teacher/ librarian in the Marshalltown Community School District, where his son Isaac is attending community college, and his daughter Rachel attends Drake. The Sloans’ two younger children attend Nevada schools.

There are many challenges for technology in the months and years ahead, including the district’s 1-to-1 initiative, which provides access to a tablet-type device to all Newton students beginning at the mid-elementary level, to fiber-optic cabling to adding indoor security-camera coverage at Newton High School. Sloan said there is a “dark fiber” network running along the railroad tracks through Newton, which the district might be able to utilize.

The technology staff consists of Sloan, network manager Clay

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In Brief The Way to host Breaking Free women’s study The Way will host an 11-week “Breaking Free: The Journey, The Stories by Beth Moore” women’s study from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays beginning Jan. 14 at The Way Café, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. in Newton.

Breaking Free leads participants through a study of scriptures to discover the transforming power of freedom in Christianity. Themes for this study come from Isaiah, a book about the captivity of God’s children, the faithfulness of God, and the road to freedom.

Books may be purchased online or by ordering from Choices Christian Book Store in Newton at 641-792-6033. Approximate cost is $20.

All women are welcome.

Register online at newtonway.org/breaking-free.

Submitted Photo A free screening of “War Room: Prayer is a Powerful Weapon” is being held at Community Heights Alliance Church, 2500 S. 13th Ave. E. at 6:30 p.m. Friday as a finale to their week of prayer, an annual event held at the start of every new year.

Community Heights to host ‘War Room’ screening Friday

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Community Heights Alliance Church is planning a screening of “War Room: Prayer is a Powerful Weapon” at 6:30 p.m.

Friday. The screening will take place at the church, 2500 S. 13th Ave. E., and is free to attend.

“It is a part of our week of prayer,” office manager Kathi Panknen said.

War Room, originally released in August, is a compelling drama with a dash of humor and heart that explores how the power of prayer can affect marriages, parenting, careers, friendships along with every other part of our lives.

It follows a couple, Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, who seem to have the good life, great jobs, a wonderful daughter and their dream house. But under the surface, they are actually having dif-

ficulties in their marriage. Tony touts his professional successes and flirts with temptation, while Elizabeth harbors bitterness that only increases.

A turning point in the film comes when the couple meets a new client of Elizabeth’s, Miss Clara, who challenges her to establish a prayer “war room” and make a battle plan of prayer for her family. As she begins work to fight for her family, Tony must decide if he will make amends.

The film was directed by Alex Kendrick and co-written and produced by Stephen Kendrick, both writers and directors of the popular “Fireproof ” and “Courageous” movies.

The movie caps off the church’s “Get Into the Battle” week of prayer that launched for the new year. The church sets aside a week at the beginning of the new year to pray, both at

home in the morning and afternoon and at the nightly meetings at the church.

The week of prayer began Sunday with a welcome message and continued through the week until its conclusion on Friday. Throughout the week, topics discussed include confession and passion, our identity, our past and hurts, fortify our families and kingdom of prayers: our world, country, state, county and town.

“We do it every year as a church. Anybody is welcome to come,” Panknen said.

The program runs through Friday and has nightly meetings at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact the church at 641792-1620.

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

St. Luke to host Human Relations Day guest speaker St. Luke United Methodist Church will host guest speaker Dennis Smith during its 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services Jan. 17 at the church, 501 E. 19th St. N. in Newton.

Smith will speak on Human Relations Day, which is designed for congregational members to increase knowledge about national and international affairs such as poverty, homelessness, human trafficking, immigration and environmental justice.

Human Relations Day encourages members to be empowered through their faith to take action to change the world.

Sacred Heart reminds students of scholarship Sacred Heart reminds its high school students of the St. Ambrose University Scholarship St. Ambrose, in Davenport, is expanding Catholic scholarships, which may be awarded to students who are active members of parishes, who graduate from a Catholic high school and/or who intend to be involved in campus ministry during their time at St. Ambrose.

An online scholarship application is available at www.sau.edu/Catholicscholarships. Deadline is Jan. 15. Admittance to the university is required for eligibility.

For more information, call 563-333-6300.

AP-NORC Poll: Christian-Muslim split on religious freedom WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans place a higher priority on preserving the religious freedom of Christians than for other faith groups, ranking Muslims as the least deserving of the protections, according to a new survey.

Solid majorities said it was extremely or very important for the U.S. to uphold religious freedom in general. However, the percentages varied dramatically when respondents were asked about specific faith traditions, according to a poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Eighty-two percent said religious liberty protections were important for Christians, compared with 61 percent who said the same for Muslims.

About seven in 10 said preserving Jews’ religious freedom was import-

ant, while 67 percent said so of Mormons. People who identified with no religion were ranked about even with Muslims in needing support to live out their beliefs.

Charles Haynes, director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, said the findings reflect deep divisions among Americans about the very definition of religious liberty, which has taken on newly politicized meanings in a time of debate over gay marriage and the threat from Islamic extremists.

“Religious freedom is now in the eye of the beholder,” Haynes said.

“People in different traditions, with different ideological commitments, define religious freedom differently.”

The poll was conducted Dec. 10 through Dec. 13, after Islamic extremist attacks in Paris and San Ber-

nardino, California, and during intensifying anti-Muslim rhetoric by Donald Trump and other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. The furor has led to a spike in vandalism of mosques and harassment of U.S. Muslims over the last month.

In the survey, 88 percent of Republicans said it was important to protect the religious liberty of Christians, while only 60 percent said so for Muslims. Democrats also ranked religious freedom for Muslims as a lower priority. Eighty-three percent of Democrats said the protections were important for Christians, while only 67 percent said so for Muslims.

A Pew Research Center survey last year found an increasing share of Americans believe Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence among its followers. Several

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Helen Decker, 65, a West Texas Christian who reads the Bible regularly, believes strongly that religious freedom should be provided to people of all faiths or no faith, including for her grandson whom she said is an atheist. But she said Muslims can only earn the same religious liberty protections “under certain circumstances — that they can show that they are not a radical Muslim.”

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Local & State News Requests Continued from Page 1A “Last year, we provided more than 50,000 rides in the city of Newton, which is fantastic,” operations manager Brooke Ramsey said. “It was about 13,000 hours of service that was provided and more than 137,000 miles were driven just in the Newton city limits.”

HIRTA is asking for $22,000 from the city, a $2,000 increase from the past four years. The additional funds were requested to help with growth as well as higher operating expenses and to help maintain the level of service that it has become known for at affordable rates.

YMCA As a staple of Newton, the YMCA impacts the city in many different ways, CEO Frank Buckley said. One very apparent need it fills is with childcare and providing a safe

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and social environment for youth.

Currently, the Y has more than 110 children in daily care, making it the largest childcare provider in the city. Along with those in daily care, the number of school-aged children that go to the Y before and after school has increased. The facility strives to provide an affordable, safe and nurturing care facility but has been under a financial strain with the increasing number of families that need financial assistance.

“For years membership dues and program fees represented about 80 percent of the needed income. Today membership dues represent approximately 30 percent, program fees 35 percent and outside sources 35 percent. City funding falls in this important outside source,” Buckley said.

The YMCA is requesting $25,000 in funding from the city for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Last year the organization received $18,000 and is citing

the sluggish economy and families with financial pressures as the reason for the increase.

RSVP Since its inception in 1973, RSVP has been a strong contributor to the community through volunteer work of those age 55 and older, director Denice Fischer said. The program, which has 93 active volunteers, provided approximately 5,352 hours of service through its HEART Literacy Reading Assistance Program, Tax Assistance Program and the Jasper County Ride Transportation Program.

“Last year we served 572 clients (through the tax assistance program) and completed 1,029 returns. Every year that seems to be an increase,” Fischer said. “Our HEART Program, where volunteers go into the schools and read to the students, received a Friend of Education award this fall from the Newton Community Education Association. Our vol-

Legislature Continued from Page 1A governor for 34 years (since Branstad was first elected governor).”

Based on revenue estimates, Gronstal and the incoming Speaker of the House, Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake), seem to be as far apart on school funding as many had expected.

Upmeyer said the Republicans’ proposed 2 percent increase would be about $153 million in state supplemental aid; Gronstal said there is about $7 billion available, and his party’s proposed 4 percent school-funding increase would be an increase of about $280 million.

Branstad, during the second hour, mentioned a 2.45 percent school-funding formula, but didn’t elaborate.

Upmeyer acknowledged

Sloan Continued from Page 1A Swihart, technology support managers Ryan Humke and Erik Davis and administrative assistant Crystal Rausch.

Sloan said the staff ’s re-

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Iowa House Minority Leader Mark Smith (D-Marshalltown), right, speaks during the first half of Tuesday’s Associated Press legislative seminar at the state capitol. The news conference was highlighted by Sen. Micheal Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs), left, the Senate majority leader, sparring with the minority leader, Sen. Bill Dix over school funding versus work-skills training and job creation.

it makes no point in sending a package to the Senate that wouldn’t be approved, so much discussion will be required.

Upmeyer said she’s optimistic a school-funding bill for 201617 and 2017-18 can be sent to the governor’s desk quick-

sponsibilities go far beyond restoring outages and completing fixes and repairs; creating solutions and finding more efficient and less expensive ways to meet tech needs are priorities as well.

“For example, there is a lot to be explored with

ly; Gronstal acknowledged it might take more time to hammer out the details.

Branstad’s new proposal, which would extend a 2008 penny-tax school infrastructure law’s sunset date from 2029 to 2049. The first $10 million in

projectors and ‘smart’ boards,” Sloan said.

Sloan has seen teamwork in action on the grandest scale, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. He hopes to join his staff in becoming less specialized and more

unteers were very excited about that award.”

The program is asking for funding in the amount of $12,500, the same as last year.

Fischer said the funds would help with the decrease in refunds the program will receive from Skiff Medical Center for mileage reimbursement in the Ride Share program following its merger with Mercy.

United Way of Jasper County For the first time, the United Way of Jasper County requested funding from the city. The nonprofit agency, which began 82 years ago as the Newton Community Chest, plans to use the money to ensure funding is available to organizations serving Newton and Jasper County residents.

“Our community is changing and with those changes we are seeing a rise in needs and we are seeing a decrease in those who are able to give at the levels we have seen in the past,” executive director Jessica one-cent tax receipts from each year would go to schools for building projects, while anything beyond the $10 million would go toward water-quality projects.

In addition to having Vilsack and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds on hand to promote the idea, there were several agricultural industry representatives and school officials standing behind the trio.

Sioux City Community School District Superintendent Dr. Paul Gausman said the plan does indeed cap what the schools can accrue in a given year, but it increases the opportunity to extend its capacity and take advantage of 2010s-era construction costs, rather than having to wait.

“Right now, we can’t build anything,” Gausman said.

Several other topics came up during the first hour. House

all-around knowledgeable about district technology in all buildings.

“I really want us to be more cross-trained,” Sloan said.

Lowe said.

Lowe said currently the United Way is at 68.5 percent of the campaign goal totaling $330,000, a little behind from last year. For the next fiscal year, the organization is requesting $10,000 from the city to help it toward its goal.

When asked why the city should support the United Way, Lowe said that rather than funding agencies directly, the organization conducts an extensive grant application process and provides oversight for the use of the allocated dollars.

“The money that we raise in Jasper County stays in Jasper County,” Lowe said. “Last year we allocated $251,000 to 19 agencies, which was an increase from the previous year.”

All requests will be reviewed by the city council before any action is taken.

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

Minority Leader Mark Smith (D-Marshalltown), in addition to addressing the Medicaid transition, discussed the lack of mental health facilities in the state, and the need to move toward more community services.

“We cannot go forward without adequately addressing mental health and substance abuse treatment,” Smith said.

“To say two of our state’s four mental hospitals were closed last year because of not being up to modern standards is like saying the ends justify the means. It’s unconscionable.”

Meanwhile, Upmeyer addressed medical cannabis.

“Some physicians aren’t sure they’d enroll in a program, because their licenses are through the federal government,” Upmeyer said. “We need the FDA to speak to cannabis being medicine before we can do much else.”

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A kiss from a Rose on the gray

By Jason. W. Brooks Staff Writer

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Friday’s game certainly didn’t go the way Iowa Hawkeye fans wanted it to go, but many agree making it to the Rose Bowl is one mark of a highly successful season.

The Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football game are unique American experiences, even amid the unique worlds of college football and large parades. Between an event that begins early in the morning in one of the world’s largest cities to a ballgame in a stadium nestled in the hills of the San Gabriel Mountains, the Rose Bowl has lasted more than 100 years because of its truly special combinations of characteristics.

The Hawkeyes and their band, players, University of Iowa faculty and students and fans should be proud to be a part of such an event, even though the 45-16 loss to Stanford will sting. I was fortunate to be a part of a small group of co-workers who convinced me to go to the Jan. 1, 1996 parade and game, and it was one of the

most distinct few days of my life.

From volunteering to help apply rose petals to a float in one of the construction pavilions to running into various representatives of both schools around the Pasadena area, the days leading up to the Rose Parade and game bring in people from all over the country.

There were even enough foreign tourists, capturing the spectacle of the event, to make it a truly international gig.

The 1995 season was the bigdeal year for the Northwestern Wildcats, who broke a string of more than two decades of losing seasons to win the Big Ten title.

There are a lot of similarities to the No. 3-ranked Wildcats’ unheralded 1995 team and the 2015 Hawkeyes; both were expected to be improved, but hardly anyone besides the players and coaches would have predicted a national-title contender.

Northwestern’s opponent in the Jan. 1, 1996 Rose Bowl was Southern California. Though the

17th-ranked Trojans were the underdogs, they were playing in one of their 33 Rose Bowls, and Brad Otton would throw two touchdown passes to win game MVP (and No. 1 1996 NFL draft pick) Keyshawn Johnson to lead USC to one of its 24 Rose Bowl victories, 41-32.

The game itself was somewhat of an afterthought to us. We had nosebleed seats and no strong connection to either school or college football at that time, and were almost too tired to enjoy a competitive game among more than 90,000 fans.

That’s mostly because we stayed up most of the night along the parade route, staking out our spot to have the parade go right in front of us. Part of the parade route is Sierra Madre Boulevard — a divided main street with a grassy median — and we parked a few miles away and hiked to the grassy area before nightfall on New Year’s Eve. There was plenty of time to kill.

Seeing Dick Clark on a neighboring parade-goers’ portable TV, was one of the overnight highlights, but we didn’t sleep much.

The parade soon got under way. Somewhere, there are some photos of us dancing with the USC band, which stopped on our section of Sierra Madre to play “Louie Louie” and dance with the crowd.

The real highlight was having the parade’s grand marshal pass a few feetbin front of us. In a classic, carriage-style convertible was a small frog, puppeted from underneath his seat, waving his fore-flipper.

“Hi, guys,” Kermit said. “How’s it going?”

That was the closest I’ve ever been to royalty. The 2015 Hawkeyes didn’t get a win or meet Kermit the Frog, but they had an excellent year and made their home state proud.

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

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Letters to the Editor

Support NPD’s efforts for K9 unit Christine Pauley Newton A new year has begun which makes me realize how fortunate we are to live in the time and place we do. Yes, I get tired of political propaganda, but I’m glad that people can run for public office and that many do a good job. One thing I am especially excited about is getting Smokey, a K9 unit up and running.

I’m proud that our city coun-

Holistic approach needed for mental health

Norma Borchert Newton One only has to read our local paper to see that we have a mental health problem in our community, and that law enforcement needs help since they are usually the first to respond to an incident.

It was around the year of 1960, when a 9-year-old boy

cil has chosen to make this possible. I’m proud that Chief Rob Burdess as well as others instigated it. I’m proud of all those who support it. I look forward to all the good this one decision will allow. I’m proud that various officers are willing to be a part of this endeavor.

Like anything, the cost isn’t cheap. The city council has taken the step to make this happen.

Funding has been provided for needed items, but there are costs that will need ongoing funding from the citizens, such as advanced training. I hope that you

will feel as my husband and I do that it is well worth the effort.

When I was 15 years old (many years ago) a presentation was given by an officer about what his dog would do. The officer shared many practical items for personal safety that I remember to this day. In truth because of the K9 unit, the outstanding officer, the quality presentation — I have used those tips for more than 50 years and they have helped keep me safe. We feel privileged to be part of this project through our small contribution.

home from school found his mother sitting in the attic petrified in fear “that the communists were coming” he ran from the house to the neighbor telling her “that woman in my house is not my mom” her treatment began with the doctor first alienating the family by convincing her that her mother was the one who caused her illness, followed by 20 “shock” treatments and drugs, which I suspect confined her in schizophrenic episodes for the rest of her days with law en-

forcement and mom picking up the pieces.

People say if they would stay on their “meds” everything would be OK. Yes, constipated to the hilt and behavior controlled but not healed because the whole body was not treated as such doctors like Perlmutter, Blaylock, Amen, and Phil McGraw and his team who treat the body as a whole, when Pharma and Nutra work together, they have proven to do wonders in all illnesses.

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The tyrant cries.

While announcing his new slate of gun control measures d e signed to pave the way for a national gun r e g - By Ben Shapiro istration regime, President Obama welled up in a press conference on Tuesday. He’d spent nearly half an hour berating Republicans, American voters and the National Rifle Association for their supposed intransigence in failing to embrace his executive actions. Finally, he reached up to his eyes, rubbed at them, and as tears wet his cheeks, he stated, “Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad. ... We need voters who want safer gun laws, and who are disappointed in leaders who stand in their way, to remember come election time.”

The American people, you see, have to change. They have to change because they are uncaring. And we know they are uncaring because the most powerful man on the planet weeps when he thinks of the little children.

But you don’t, do you?

We’ve now reached the apex of the Feelings Age. It no longer matter what good policy looks like. It no longer matters what the Constitution says. All that matters is that our politicians care about people like us. During the 2012 election, Mitt Romney won a wide variety of exit polls regarding policy, from leadership skill to values. But he lost the election because Obama clocked him 81 percent to 18 percent on the crucial issue of “cares about people like me.”

And now Obama has come to collect.

But he can’t do

it without the tears.

That’s because the tears grant him the patina of vulnerability. No one fears the dictator who shows his human side.

We view those who violate our rights as nefarious members of an evil cabal, lurking in the night while cackling. We don’t view them as highly attuned, sensitive people — after all, the logic goes, if they were that sensitive, they’d stop before violating the rights of others.

Which is why crying is such an effective tactic for those who would violate your rights.

Crying on behalf of victims puts you on the side of the angels, and your opponents on the side of the demons.

And we don’t tend to care what happens to demons. We’re too busy rooting for the angels.

That’s why President Obama followed up his lachrymose performance with a call to action against all of his enemies. It’s why he talked at length about shredding the Second Amendment in favor of “other rights,” as though my right to own a gun endangers your right to pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. It’s why the media immediately leapt to cover Obama’s waterworks instead of his policies — because the story is Obama’s emotional heroism and essential decency, not his absolute failure to find any real solution to gun violence.

So look for more Obama emotional blackmail. And look for more stories about Obama’s emotional journey from the compliant press, which prints narratives about empathetic heroes — even if those heroes are busy violating other people’s rights at every turn.

Ben Shapiro, 31, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, a radio host on KTTH 770 Seattle and KRLA 870 Los Angeles, editor-in-chief of TruthRevolt.org.

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Obituaries Ira Nichols, Jr. Jan. 2, 2016 Ira Nichols, Jr., 79, of Rhodes, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at his home. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8 at the Wa l l a c e Family Funeral Home & Crematory, 1115 E.

Keith A. Westercamp Jan. 3, 2016 Keith A. Westercamp, 83, of Kellogg, died on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at

19th St. N. in Newton.

The family will greet friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8 at the funeral home. A private family burial will be at the Restland Cemetery in Baxter at a later date. Memorials in Ira’s name may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please put Attn: Nichols Family on the envelope.

Those left to hon-

or Ira’s memory are his five daughters, Barb Hofmann (Steve Overly) of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Marsha (Ron) Rech of Loveland, Colo., Bonnie (Darrell) Sparks of Inverness, Fla., Heather Ridenour (Rusty Umbarger) of Baxter and Erin ( Justin) Good of Baxter; nine grandchildren, Melany Hofmann, Ted Hofmann, Maree (Tim) Johnston, Kevin (Sherry) Beyer, Jr., Fay ( Justin) Larkin, Sa-

die ( Jerico) McIntyre, Chaz Ridenour, Austin Good and Hope Good; six great-grandchildren; his brother, Bob (Carroll) Nichols of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; many nieces and nephews; and his good friend, Marcia Nichols of Baxter.

He was preceded in death by his parents; twin brother, Ivan and brother, Tom; and sister, Beverly Buckmaster.

the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory, 1115 E. 19th St. N. in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8 at the funeral home. A private family burial will be at Our Silent City Cemetery in Kellogg at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials in Keith’s name and they may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. Memorials may also be mailed to

the funeral home, please put Attn: Westercamp Family on the envelope.

Those left to honor Keith’s memory are his daughter’s Pamela (Terry) Hinshaw of Kellogg and Sonja (Christopher) Messick of Newton; four grandchildren, Melanie (Tim) Sweeney of Patchogue, N.Y., Justin (Veronica) Brown of Kellogg, Danielle Messick of Newton and Alice Hinshaw of Ithaca, N.Y.; five great-grand-

children, Justin, Jaelin, Jeremy, Bryce and Quentin; his siblings, Kenneth Westercamp of Frankenmuth, Mich., Joy Anderson of Newton, Kathleen Oliver of Ankeny, Robert, Tim and Jeff Westercamp of Cedar Rapids, Dixie Peterson of Newton and Pat Westercamp of Mt. Vernon.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Judy; and twin sons in infancy.

Helen V. White Jan. 2, 2016 Helen White, 89, formerly of Newton, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

A time of remembrances will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with a visitation one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

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• 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.

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

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

• Garden Thyme Club will meet at 8:30 a.m.

Saturday at Deep Rock Station Gardens in Sully. The club meets the second Saturday each month. Visitors and new members are always welcome. You need not be an “expert” — we are just a group of individuals that enjoy flowers and gardening. Meetings are normally held at the Deep Rock Station Gardens or at the Coffee Cup Cafe during the winter months. For more information contact the city clerk at 641594-3493.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

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Thursday Pork chop with brown gravy, whipped potatoes, spinach, raspberry gelatin, fresh banana and skim milk

Submitted Photo The Newton Public Library hosted a retirement reception for retiring library director Sue Padilla Monday. Attending were representatives from the state library. Pictured, from left, is Nancy Medema, programming services director at the State Library; Michael Scott, head state librarian; Maryann Mori, library consultant for the Central Library District; and retiring Newton Public Library Director Sue Padilla.

Friday Chicken and rice casserole, broccoli, Italian vegetables, fruit cocktail cake, fresh apple and skim milk For reservations or information about congregate and home-delivered meals, call 641-792-7102 or 866-9427102 toll-free.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Collin L. Kappel, 27, of Grinnell, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drug, possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities pulled over the vehicle he was traveling in at 6:03 a.m.

Thursday in the 700 block of East Seventh Street North.

Officers approached the vehicle which had two additional occupants. Kappel was in the passenger seat and after telling the officers multiple wrong names, one of the oc-

cupants said she knew him as Collin. After a search, officers identified Kappel who had a warrant for parole violation.

While searching the vehicle, officers found small zip lock style baggies and three different pills of two varieties. They also found a bag with small amounts of possible marijuana and a methamphetamine pipe along with a 0.4 gram bag of meth. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Jennifer L. Cornelison, 39, of Newton, is charged with possession controlled substance and driving while

license under suspension after authorities pulled her over at 8:55 a.m. Monday on East 28th Street North. Officers found a partial marijuana joint while searching her. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office • Nia L. Baird, 37, of Ames, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities were called at 9:29 p.m. Dec. 30 to 312 E. Buchannan St. in Baxter. Officers were called about a suspicious vehicle and found Baird.

When searching the vehicle

officers found two used glass smoking pipes in the passenger seat with burnt residue in them. She admitted to being a methamphetamine user. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Dale L. Linsey, 47, of Tama, is charged with possession of controlled substance after authorities pulled him over at 11:25 p.m. Thursday in the 2300 block of Highway 117 North in Colfax. While searching the vehicle officers found a small bag with a leafy substance that smelled of marijuana. She was taken to

the Jasper County Jail.

• Ronald E. Hewitt, 67, of Baxter, is charged with operating while under the influence after authorities were called at 1:40 a.m. Friday to the 7700 block of North 95th Avenue West. Officers were called about a vehicle that had lost control and went into a ditch and found Hewitt. When asked to exit the vehicle, he had difficulty maintaining his balance and admitted to drinking a couple of beers. He had a BAC of .201. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Woman still angry at family for ignoring childhood trauma DEAR ABBY: At the age of 15 I was raped by my first boyfriend. It’s how I lost my virginity. Shortly afterward, I became severely depressed and bulimic. I blocked my trauma until 11 years later, when I had a flashback. I sought out a therapist and have been seeing him for the past six months.

I feel so much resentment and anger toward my family for not having helped me through this difficult time.

They didn’t know about the rape, but they knew about my eating disorder, and I’m sure they must have noticed my depressed mood. They simply looked the other way, and I was offered no help whatsoever.

I am angry with my mother especially, because she has always been detached and critical of me. I’m afraid to tell her what happened for fear of being blamed. She has now been diagnosed with cancer, and I’m afraid she’ll die before I get the courage to tell her. What can I do? — ANGRY IN CALIFORNIA DEAR ANGRY: It might be helpful to look more carefully at the reasons why you are angry with your family. It’s unfair to blame them for not recognizing something they were never told.

It is not uncommon for teenagers to withdraw to some extent in order to establish their own identities, apart from their parents. Your parents may have thought that was what you were doing.

As to your eating disorder, I remember a time in the not-too-distant past when little was known about anorexia and bulimia. It wasn’t until after the death of recording artist Karen Carpenter that media attention focused on how serious and life-threatening an eating disorder could be.

This is not to excuse your mother for her inability to be the parent you needed while growing up. It’s important that you work with your therapist on how to talk to her about all of your feelings. It shouldn’t be done in an accusatory manner, and you should have no fear of being blamed for your rape.

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who, I am sure, will be shocked by your revelation.

DEAR ABBY: I have known “Julia” for a long time. She was my best friend in high school and my maid of honor when I got married. She and her husband have an open relationship and invite other women into their bedroom.

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How do I ask this man to stop without losing Julia’s friendship again? I see them every day now, and I’d hate for there to be bitterness between us. — NOT INTERESTED THAT WAY DEAR NOT INTERESTED: Tell Jerry that his comments are making you uncomfortable and to cut it out. Point out that while you and your husband are not judgmental about their lifestyle, you are not interested in being more than good platonic friends. Then repeat it to Julia, so she hears it straight from you. If, after that, your refusal to participate in their bedroom antics causes “bitterness,” then so be it.

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Former Mitchellville mayor faces rape charges in Kansas ​MITCHELLVILLE — A former Iowa mayor who resigned after accusations of inappropriate conduct with children now faces rape charges in Kansas City, Kan. Jeremy Filbert faces two counts of rape with a victim younger than 14 years old and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy with a victim younger than 14 years old. Court records show he was arrested in October. Filbert was accused of inappropriate conduct with children in June 2014 before he resigned as the mayor of Mitchellville last April.

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Marshalltown man invites public to ‘Shirley party’ MARSHALLTOWN — A Marshalltown man is celebrating the memory of his wife and seeking to have a little fun by holding a “Shirley party” at the city’s senior citizens center. Laverne “Ray” Pille, 82, decided to hold the party Thursday in honor of his wife, Shirley Ann Stecher Pille. She died Feb. 9, 2014, at age 77. Pille says his wife used to occasionally attend theme-parties where only women named Shirley were invited. With that in mind, he decided to hold his own party at the Marshalltown Senior Citizens Center.

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DUBUQUE — Dubuque City Council members have voted to reject a proposed tax hike on residential and commercial property owners. The recommended hikes were contained in the city’s budget guidelines, which had been rejected in Monday’s 4-3 vote.

City staffers initially recommended a 2.25 percent property tax increase for the average Dubuque homeowner and an 11.7 percent hike for commercial properties. City Manager Mike Van Milligen said the increases were to address rising health care costs.

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SIOUX CITY — A former Sioux City high school band director has pleaded not guilty in a student sex case. Court records say 34-year-old Lucas Sursely, of Sioux City, filed a written plea Tuesday to one count of sexual exploitation by a school employee. He resigned from North High School on Dec. 11. Authorities say Sursely texted a 15-year-old female student in one of his classes about having sex with her.

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Accidental shotgun blast killed Iowa farmer DUNDEE — Authorities say an eastern Iowa farmer has been killed by an accidental shotgun blast. The Delaware County Sheriff ’s Office says the man died instantly Monday afternoon at his farm about 2.5 miles east of Dundee. The Sheriff ’s Office says the farmer had just used the shotgun to kill an aggressive bull.

The man was climbing a gate out of his barnyard when the shotgun went off.

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12-year-old girl still missing; investigation continues

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A 12-year-old girl who was reported missing in Newton two weeks ago and the suspects who may have her remain at-large.

Charlene Rachelle Brown is thought to have been picked up by her biological mother, Misty R. Shaver, and her boyfriend, Kevin J. Carlton, on Dec. 24. Warrants were issued by the Newton Police

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Department on Dec. 29 in an effort to locate the trio.

Shaver is wanted on a ma-

terial witness warrant while Carlton is being sought for child stealing.

All three are possibly traveling together in an unknown vehicle Carlton and are believed to still be in the state, Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess said.

Shaver has a protective

order in Tama County that states she is not to have contact with Brown. Brown was reported as a runaway while visiting relatives in Newton for the holidays.

Brown and her siblings had been living in foster care in Boone County after being removed from the custody of Shaver while living in Tama County. While visiting Newton, police said she sneaked out of the home and left a note apologizing for leaving.

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After talking with the family, officers believe she was picked up by her mother and Carlton. Officers believe she is traveling of her own freewill, and they do not believe Shaver to be dangerous.

If you have any information, contact the Newton Police Department at 641-7921547.

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Ames man arrested after chase

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News An Ames man was arrested and faces several charges after allegedly having stolen license plates on a van and leading police on a chase.

Ricky D. Hartman, 51, of Ames was arrested Dec. 30 and charged with fifth-degree theft, driving while barred, driving while license under suspension and eluding. He is being held at Jasper County Jail on a $6,700 bond, along with a detainer for at least one other jurisdiction.

Reports state Hartman was having trouble getting a 2005 Chevy Astro van out of a ditch along Iowa Hartman Highway 117 at about 6:18 p.m. on Dec. 30 when he was spotted by a Baxter police officer.

Despite being told to pull onto a side road and speak with the officer after getting his vehicle free from the ditch, he accelerated and left the scene.

The Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office eventually took over the low-speed pursuit.

Hartman eventually pulled the vehicle over near the rural intersection of West 132nd Street North and North 19th Avenue West, southeast of Valeria and northwest of Colfax.

Hartman told police he had missed a court date earlier in the day — related to a previous case of eluding — and knew he would be “in trouble,” so he attempted to elude police after getting out of the ditch.

Not only did Hartman turn out to be barred from driving for a previous eluding conviction, but the license plates didn’t match the VIN of the van he was driving.

The plates were from a similar 2005 Chevy Astro Van registered to Hickory Park, an Ames restaurant.

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By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News GRINNELL — It would be easy to point to an offensive outburst in the second quarter — 24 points — and say it was the offense which propelled Newton High’s boys to a 64-45 win over host Grinnell Tuesday.

“It’s our defense,” Newton head coach Bill Liley said was the key to the Cardinals fifth straight win.

“We’re defending people at a very high level right now. We really pride ourselves on our defensive play. In a good league such as the Little Hawkeye, you need to play well defensively. We’re striving for our defense to set us apart from other teams.”

Newton held Grinnell to seven points in that second quarter following a 13-13 first quarter by the teams in the Little Hawkeye Conference contest. It was defense which allowed the Cardinals to survive a scoring slump in the third period.

A couple of 3-pointers by Luke Roudabush cut Newton’s lead to 52-40 with 5:17 remaining in the game. Ethan Mitchell downed two free throws to make it a 10-point game. The Cardinals got a jumper from Garrett Sturtz to spark a 10-0 run to pull away

down the stretch.

Sturtz had a game-high 23 points for Newton — nine came in the second quarter. Newton opened the second period on a 9-0 run started on a three-point play

by Connor Gholson. Sturtz and Joseph Banfield had back-to-back field goals. A follow shot by Sturtz pushed the Cardinal lead to 22-13 by the 5:36 mark.

Grinnell’s Dain Harris sank both ends of a one-and-one to interrupt the Newton run. The Cardinals held the Tigers without a field goal until their lead was 27-15. Cade McKnight got loose inside for a basket for Grinnell, which was answered by a 3-pointer from Drew Stout, a free throw by Gholson and a basket by Banfield.

Grinnell’s only other field goal in the second quarter was by Matt Thompson with just less than two minutes on the clock, and the Tigers trailed 33-19. Newton held a 37-20 halftime advantage.

Neither team got on a scoring roll in the third quarter. Grinnell had a 10-9 edge, but Newton still had a 16-point lead, 46-30, with one quarter to play.

Morgan Maher and Sturtz opened the fourth period with baskets for the Cardinals.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior guard Jwan Roush (12) leads a fastbreak against a Knoxville defender in Saturday’s home game. Tuesday, Newton rolled to a convincing 64-45 win over host Grinnell in Little Hawkeye Conference play for its fifth straight victory.

Newton girls’ rally falls short at Grinnell

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Sydney Jenkins (10) drives the baseline against Knoxville at home Saturday. Newton played at Grinnell Tuesday, losing 67-54 to Grinnell in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

GRINNELL — Digging out of a 21-6 hole, Newton High’s Cardinal girls whittled host Grinnell’s lead to three points, 53-50, early in the fourth quarter Tuesday. It was 58-54 on a basket by Ryanne Rausch with less than three minutes to play in the game.

Newton got no closer as turnovers plagued the Cardinals down the stretch. Grinnell’s Tigers finished the game on an 8-0 run for a 67-54 win over Newton in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

“It was a tough start. We let Grinnell dictate the first 16 minutes of the game,” Cardinal head coach Brandon Sharp said. “We let them knock us around and didn’t respond to the pressure they applied.”

Newton trailed 21-6 early in the second quarter when Sydney Jenkins and Hannah Rhoads hit back-to-back 3-pointers. Jenkins added two free throws and Jessica Reynolds scored inside to make it 23-16 midway through the period.

The Tigers finished the first half on a 9-2 surge to lead the Cardinals, 3218 at halftime.

“We came out in the second half and played a very good half of basketball,” Sharp said. “We dug ourselves out of a pretty big hole, and then we had a missed layup and two straight turnovers. Grinnell converted those into points to push back up to a 10-point lead.”

Newton outscored Grinnell 24-16 in the third quarter. Trailing 45-33, the Cardinals got two free throws from Rausch to spark a 9-2 run of their own. Rhoads converted on a three-point play followed by baskets from Alex Hutchinson. Newton was down 48-42 going into the fourth quarter.

Courtney Jacobsen and Rhoads drained treys to pull the Cardinals to within three points, 53-50. A three-point play by Sienna Durr pushed it back to a six-point Tiger advantage. With three minutes left to play in the game, Newton was down by four, 58-54.

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Tigerhawks keep momentum in triumph over Iowa Valley

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — The biggest news in Colfax-Mingo’s blowout win over Iowa Valley on Tuesday night was the return of senior Jared Myers to the Tigerhawk lineup.

Myers made his season debut after recovering from an ankle injury and scored seven points off the bench.

The Tigerhawks didn’t need much more as they cruised to an easy 67-23 win during South Iowa Cedar League play.

The Tigers didn’t reach double-digit points until the second half as the continuous clock was in motion for the final two quarters.

Colfax-Mingo led 21-3 after one quarter and

pushed the lead to 45-9 at the break.

“Regardless of who we are playing, we want to execute what we do offensively and defensively and with intensity,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “That’s our goal. We did a pretty decent job of that in the first half.”

The Tigerhawks (6-3 overall, 5-3 in SICL play) used a half-court trap to force Iowa Valley (1-8, 1-8) into several turnovers.

The home team was quicker, taller and more skilled all over the court as six players scored at least seven points in the win.

The victory pushed the Tigerhawks’ win streak to three games.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Colin Lourens puts in two of his 11 points during the Tigerhawks’ 67-23 win over Iowa Valley in Colfax on Tuesday night. Lourens also had six boards.

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SPORTS CALENDAR 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 Osklaoosa, 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.

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.

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By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — Colfax-Mingo girls basketball coach Michelle Grant has had a roster in motion most of the season.

While a few players continue to miss action due to injury, Grant will push forward with the youth that makes up most of her current team.

Unfortunately for the Tigerhawks, another bad quarter doomed the end result Tuesday as Iowa Valley pulled away from a nine-point halftime lead with a 19-4 advantage in the third during a 57-32 victory in South Iowa Cedar League action.

The Tigerhawks hung around for awhile but 30 turnovers were too much to overcome.

Colfax-Mingo led 11-9 on a Payton Rhone jumper late in the first quarter, but the visitors scored the final six points of the frame and then used another 7-0 spurt to create a nine-point advantage midway through the second. Iowa Valley held that margin heading into halftime.

“I was impressed with the first half,” Grant said. “We did some goofy things that we sometimes do, but down nine to what I think is the best team in the conference wasn’t a bad spot to be in. We did some really good things in the first quarter.”

Rhone scored seven points in the first half and finished with a team-high 11 in the loss.

Iowa Valley’s Marissa Ward came into the game averaging

17 points per game. She did not score her first points until the final minute of the first quarter, but she made her presence felt the rest of the way.

She put in six points in the second and then helped the Tigers pull away for good in the third with eight more points.

Iowa Valley scored the first 14 points of the third and led 48-24 after three quarters.

“We didn’t get the stops we needed to get,” Grant said of her team’s third-quarter performance. “Ward was tough to slow down. It wasn’t just one thing though.”

Senior Jessica Albright and junior Brianna Cooper continued to sit out for the Tigerhawks.

Albright tore her ACL during a loss to Lynnville-Sully in December, but Grant and Albright said the senior point guard will try to play through the injury with a knee brace.

Cooper is still working her way back from a concussion but has been cleared to go through the protocol. Grant said she’ll miss at least another week.

That leaves the Tigerhawks with three players who played significant minutes last year.

Grant did add a player over the holiday break as Amy Russell has joined the squad. She scored two points in her season debut Tuesday.

“I was impressed with Amy’s first game. She helps us on defense a lot,” Grant said.

“She just has to get back into Troy Hyde/Daily News basketball shape.”

Colfax-Mingo freshman Mackensie Brown attempts a shot in the lane C-M | 3B

against Iowa Valley in Colfax on Tuesday night. The Tigerhawks lost 57-32.

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Gilman’s big fourth quarter powers PCM boys past Nevada

Continued from Page 1B They have outscored opponents 222-95 during that stretch.

Colfax-Mingo broke a 2-all tie by scoring 19 straight points in the first quarter. Michael Deal started the second quarter with a 3-point play. He led the Tigerhawks with 12 points off the bench.

A 12-0 run in the second quarter pushed the Tigerhawks’ lead to 43-7 and a pair of free throws

by Colin Lourens put the finishing touches on a 45-9 halftime lead. Lourens had 11 points and six rebounds in the victory.

The running clock in the second half kept the scoring down.

Borts did not like how his team started the period, calling a quick timeout to get them back on track.

“We had two lay in opportunities that we didn’t take advantage of. We threw an alley-oop on one of those,” Borts said. “I don’t mind them trying to dunk the ball or trying an alley-oop if there’s not a defender in the way. There were defenders in the area, and we don’t have guys that can jump that high. There is no reason to do that. We just need to take the points and do what we do and do it well.”

There was a combined 13 points in the third quarter, but Deal scored nine of his 12 in the fourth as Colfax-Mingo outscored Iowa Valley 15-8 in the final eight minutes.

The final quarter included a 3-pointer by senior Kyle Breen and a layup by sophomore Misha Seebeck.

“We have to have those kids at practice working hard. It’s fun to see those kids get an opportunity and take advantage of it,” Borts said. “Michael was in there a little longer tonight because his brother rolled his ankle. Michael was the beneficiary of us getting the ball inside in the fourth quarter, and it was good to see him finish those off.

“The top guys didn’t score as many as they probably would have liked to tonight, but it’s nice to share the win and get all the guys all the floor.”

Jarod Nichols chipped in nine points, eight rebounds, four blocks and four steals for the Tigerhawks, while Jacob Lietz added nine points, six assists and three steals. Blake Summy and

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News NEVADA — Senior Logan Gilman rallied the Prairie City-Monroe boys basketball team in the fourth quarter Tuesday.

Gilman scored 18 of his 23 points in the final frame and the Mustangs rallied for a 61-51 victory on the road during Heart of Iowa Conference play.

PCM led 12-9 after one quarter and held a 24-19 lead at the break. Nevada outscored the Mustangs 15-7 in the third to claim a three-point lead after three quarters, but Gilman wouldn’t allow PCM to lose.

The Mustangs outscored the Gilman Cubs 30-17 in the final quarter.

Gilman and Austin Brown both buried four 3-pointers in the win. PCM buried 11 treys on the night.

Brown put in a career-high 18 points, while Mark Bruxvoort added 10 for the Mustangs, who improved to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

The Cubs (4-4. 3-4) held Cole Gidel to eight points. Tyler Shafer had 11 to lead the way, while Luke Merfeld chipped in 10.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Michael Deal, top, gets fouled by Iowa Valley’s Esteban Flores during the Tigerhawks’ 67-23 win Tuesday night. Deal led the home team with 12 points.

Myers both scored seven.

Myers scored his first bucket of the season on a putback late in the first quarter. He drilled a 3-pointer in the second frame and then completed his scoring with a basket inside just before halftime.

“We got his feet wet a little bit tonight. He got some decent minutes. We’re hoping that he is 100 percent ready to go now,” Borts said. “He needs to get into game shape yet, but he will go hard as long as he is on the floor. It was nice to see him knock the 3-point ball down. We hope he can stretch the floor for us, but he is strong enough to do some things inside, too.”

Iowa Valley’s Gavin Collingwood came into the game averaging 14 points per game but was

held to just three. Jake Jordan led the way with eight.

The Tigerhawks return to action at 7:30 p.m. Friday when they travel to Sigourney to face the Savages in SICL play.

Iowa Valley 3-6-6-8—23 Colfax-Mingo 21-24-7-15—67 Iowa Valley (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): Collingwood 1-1-4-3, Russ 0-0-4-0, Jordan 3/2-0-0-8, Roberts 1-0-1-2, Becker 2-0-0-4, Fleming 1-1-0-3, Jordan 0-0-2-0, Flores 0-0-1-0, Wieck 0-0-1-0, Ritter 1/1-0-0-3, Luncsford 0-0-1-0. Totals: 9/3-2-14-23.

Colfax-Mingo (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): Jacobs 1/10-2-3, Seebeck 1-0-0-2, Myers 3/1-0-2-7, Simpson 0-0-1-0, Summy 2-3-0-7, Lewis 0-0-1-0, Lietz 4-1-1-9, Borts 1/1-0-1-3, Breen 1/1-1-0-4, Nichols 4-1-1-9, Lourens 4-3-2-11, M. Deal 4-43-12. Totals: 25/4-13-14-67.

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GIRLS Nevada 57, PCM 17 Class 3A No. 1 Nevada won its fifth straight game by keeping the Mustangs scoreless in the first 12 minutes of play.

The Cubs led 14-0 after one and had a 31-3 lead at halftime.

Jayci Vos scored five points, grabbed five rebounds and had two steals, while Katie Vande Wall scored four points and four boards for PCM (6-4, 5-2). Kayla Jennings put in four points and collected three rebounds and Kaylee Townsend corralled four boards.

“They are long and fast, and their half-court trap gave us some problems,” PCM coach Jeff Lindsay said.

“That led to lots of turnovers. We’ll go back to work, but we need to make sure this game doesn’t carry over into our next game.”

Kati Cassabaum led Nevada (8-1, 7-0) with 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals, while Lexi Koudelka scored 12 points and grabbed seven boards.

Abby Stephenson put in 10 points, pulled down four boards, delivered four assists and had five steals.

PCM hosts Gilbert in a HOIC doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m. Friday.

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Sports No. 19 Iowa holds off rival Nebraska IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa’s first performance as a Top 25 team wasn’t nearly as pretty as the ones that landed it in the rankings.

The Hawkeyes won anyway — and now they have more than a week to prepare for a rematch with Michigan State, which they knocked out of the No. 1 ranking.

Jarrod Uthoff had 25 points, eight rebounds and four blocks as No. 19 Iowa held off Nebraska 77-66 on Tuesday night for its fifth straight win.

Mike Gesell had 22 points and 10 assists for his first career double-double with the surging Hawkeyes (123, 3-0 Big Ten).

They have victories in nine consecutive league games dating to last season.

Gesell “needed to be great because (starting guard Anthony Clemmons) clearly wasn’t himself,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said of Clemmons, who was held scoreless while struggling through a hip pointer. “It took a lot for us to get this win, and it was all experience.”

Iowa survived a sluggish start to the second half with a late 9-0 run, capped by a long 3-pointer by Uthoff, to go ahead 63-48 with 7:15 left.

Tai Webster scored a season-high 22 points and Shavon Shields had 13 for Nebraska (8-8, 0-3). The Cornhuskers shot 59 percent in the second half but still lost their third straight.

“The competition is good. But I want to see us now, and I want to see us at the end of the year,” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said.

The Hawkeyes surged into the Top 25 on Monday after beating two ranked teams, including then-No. 1 Michigan State, in the same week for the first time since 1987.

The pressure defense Iowa used to rally from a 19-point deficit to win at Purdue on Saturday came in handy again versus Nebraska.

The Huskers could hardly miss in their first few possessions, storming ahead 10-0. The Hawkeyes responded by defending the full 94 feet, and within a few minutes they were in front 19-17.

“Once we got into it we stayed into it because we got them a little sideways,” McCaffery said of the press. “When we got the lead, we didn’t panic.”

The Hawkeyes didn’t have a ton of trouble the rest of the way, though the Huskers didn’t make it easy on them. Iowa hit eight of 10 baskets during a 12-0 run late in the first half — while holding Nebraska to 4-of-24 shooting at one point — to go up 31-22.

Nebraska briefly got within eight points midway through the second half. But Uthoff ’s 3 and a one-handed jumper from Gesell put Iowa ahead by 16 points with just over 4 minutes left.

Tip-Ins Nebraska: The Huskers went scoreless over the final 7:35 of the first half. ... Jack McVeigh, who matched a career high with 16 points in his last game, scored five points on 2-of-9 shooting.

Iowa: Uthoff entered play ranked fourth nationally with 3.3 blocks per game. ...The Hawkeyes went 24 of 32 from the free throw line. ... Reserve Dom Uhl had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Star Power Gesell has notched career highs in nearly every statistical category this season, and his versatility keyed the Hawkeyes on Tuesday. He had 22 points on 5-of-7 shooting and was 11 of 13 from the line. He had four rebounds.

Courtside Miles, as is his custom, tweeted at halftime that “When we get a open look we have to knock it down. We also have to get into the lane on offense and contain Uthoff on defense.”

The Huskers did much better on offense after halftime, but Uthoff hit a bunch of key shots in the second half.

C-M Continued from Page 2B Dakota Hostetter had seven points in the loss for the Tigerhawks, who dropped to 2-8 overall and 2-6 in the SICL. Ries Wilson grabbed 10 rebounds, while McKeely Tjaden had five points and four boards.

Ward finished with 18 points to lead Iowa Valley (8-3, 8-2), while Sarah Kavanh added 15.

Colfax-Mingo returns to action at 6 p.m.

Friday when it heads to Sigourney to face the Savages in SICL play.

Iowa Valley 15-14-19-9—57 Colfax-Mingo 11-9-4-8—32 Iowa Valley (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP); McMann 1/1-0-0-3, C. Ward 2-0-14, Sims 0-0-2-0, Smith 1-1-1-3, Healey 3-0-2-6, M. Ward 8-2-1-18, Kavanh 6/3-0-2-15, Rathsen 0-0-1-0, Gunzenhauser 4-0-2-8, Slaymaker 0-0-1-0. Totals: 25/4-3-13-57.

Colfax-Mingo (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Haley 0-0-1-0, Russell 1-0-2-2, Tjaden 1-3-1-5, Wilson 1-0-3-2, Hostetter 2-3-1-7, Brown 1-0-3-2, Rhone 5/1-0-2-11, Colville 1-1-0-3. Totals: 12/1-7-13-32.

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After Rose Bowl loss, Iowa has plenty of wins to remember DES MOINES (AP) — It will be hard to forget how the season ended for the Iowa Hawkeyes, but they’ll always remember their sensational start that nearly put them in the College Football Playoff.

Iowa’s surprising 12-0 run before losses in the Big Ten title game and the Rose Bowl surely can be a rallying point for next season. And the losses — one on a late touchdown, the other a blowout loss in its first Rose Bowl in 25 years — can turn out to help build an even stronger team.

“Very proud of the way the guys have done things, and that really goes back 12 months,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said after Friday’s 45-16 loss to Stanford. “So this game hurts. We’ll learn from it. We’ll move on.

We’ll improve.”

The Hawkeyes also will get a boost on defense as Iowa junior cornerback Desmond King announced on his Instagram account Tuesday that he will return for his senior season.

King was the Thorpe Award winner given to

the nation’s top defensive back. He also was a unani m o u s consensus first team all-AmerKing ican.

Iowa was picked to finish in the middle of the Big Ten West, then rolled off 12 wins in a row to move into the league’s title game against Michigan State. The Spartans won the game 16-13 on a touchdown with 27 seconds to go.

Iowa also was derided nationally for much of the season in part because its success was so unexpected, plus neither Ohio State nor Michigan was on the schedule.

Next season, the Hawkeyes likely will be the favorite in the Big Ten West. They’ll bring back a host of starters, including quarterback C.J. Beathard and the majority of their defense. And their schedule should provide the opportunity for another strong start.

Replacements must

be found for several key players, though.

S enior center Austin Blythe and guard Beathard Jordan Wa l s h will depart after helping the Hawkeyes control most of their games with a punishing rushing attack. Running back Jordan Canzeri will be gone after running for 984 yards and 12 touchdowns despite nagging injuries.

Wide receiver Tevaun Smith had 563 yards on 32 catches, including an 85-yard touchdown reception in the Big Ten title game.

Safety Jordan Lomax and end Nate Meier will be the biggest losses on defense.

End Drew Ott has petitioned for a medical redshirt, and if the Hawkeyes get him back next season it’ll be a huge boost.

Beathard proved Ferentz’s decision to name him the starter over Jake Rudock was a wise one.

He threw for 2,809 yards and 17 touchdowns with just five interceptions.

He and Matt VandeBerg, who caught 65 passes in 2015, should form one of the league’s top duos next season.

Iowa also will bring back running backs LeShun Daniels, Akrum Wadley and Derrick Mitchell, along with a number of experienced linemen.

The Hawkeyes should be formidable on defense even if Ott doesn’t return.

Tackle Jaleel Johnson blossomed into a star in 2015, as did middle linebacker Josey Jewell.

Freshman end Parker Hesse more than held his own after Ott was lost for the season, and he could develop into a force by next fall.

Iowa will be dogged by questions about whether its loss to Stanford exposed the Hawkeyes as a team that benefited from a soft schedule to rise above where they belonged.

But that’s still much better than last fall, when many wondered if Iowa had seen its best days under Ferentz

Iowa State football tabs Toledo’s Jon Heacock as leader of defense AMES (AP) — Iowa State has hired former Toledo defensive coordinator Jon Heacock to run the Cyclones defense.

First-year coach Matt Campbell announced Tuesday that Heacock, a former head coach at Youngstown State and an assistant of Campbell’s with the Rockets, will be Iowa State’s defensive coordinator and safeties coach next season.

Heacock was Indiana’s defensive coordinator from 1997-99 and assumed the top job with Youngstown State in 2001. Heacock was with

Youngstown until 2009.

He later spent two years running the defense at Kent State.

The Rockets topped the Mid-American Conference at just 20.8 points allowed last season under Heacock’s leadership. Toledo also led the league in rushing defense at 114 yards per game.

Heacock served as

Campbell’s assistant head coach the past two seasons, helping Toledo win 19 games and reach a pair of bowl games. He also spent six seasons as the defensive coordinator at Youngstown State under future Ohio State coach Jim Tressel.

“It’s simple to sum up what Jon will bring to our defense; experience and passion,” Campbell said.

“If you see what he did in building Kent State’s defense and what he did at Toledo, you know the quality of a defensive coordinator we are getting.

He’s also got experience

as a head football coach and he is a guy that will bring a great pedigree.”

Heacock and Tom Manning, Iowa State new offensive coordinator, were among the Rockets staffers Campbell has brought to Ames.

Iowa State was eighth in the Big 12 with 32.7 points allowed per games last season, and it gave up at least 45 points four times.

That was part of the reason the Cyclones fired coach Paul Rhoads after seven seasons and brought in Campbell in December.

Bonds, Clemens likely to get boost in Hall of Fame NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and other tainted stars of the Steroids Era appear likely to get a boost in Hall of Fame balloting but not enough to enter Cooperstown this year.

Ken Griffey Jr. seems assured of election on the first try Wednesday, possibly with a record vote of close to 100 percent. Mike Piazza, Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines also were strong candidates to gain the 75 percent needed for baseball’s highest honor.

Following the elimination of about 100 retired baseball writers from the electorate, Bonds and Clemens were on track for a 5-10 percentage point increase. After drawing about 37 percent of the ballots last year, they were in the 48 percent range this year according to www.bbhoftracker.com , which tabulated public votes adding to more than one-third of the total.

Last July, the Hall’s board of directors cut eligible voters from approximately 575 to roughly 475 by purging writers who had not been covering the game for a decade.

Previously, the electorate included people who had been active members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for 10 consecutive years at any point.

“We have a somewhat different electorate,” John Thorn, Major League Baseball’s official historian, said Tuesday. “I think possi-

bly the current electorate was not content to keep kicking the PED crowd down into a hole and leaving the Hall of Fame with a crater in its plaque room.”

Marc Maturo, a reporter covering New York baseball for Gannett in the 1970s and ‘80s, was among those who lost voting rights.

He said he would have voted for Bonds, Clemens, Griffey and Raines.

“The whole process I think was done too quickly, wasn’t given enough thought,” he said.

Now a writer for the weekly Rockland County Times, Maturo pointed out players who received one or two votes in recent years, such as Armando Benitez, Aaron Boone, Bret Boone, Darin Erstad, Kenny Rogers, J.T. Snow and B.J. Surhoff.

“They call these courtesy votes or friendship votes,” he said, “That should eliminate you. They’re not Hall of Famers by anyone’s imagination. But people vote for them.

To me, that’s wrong.”

A 13-time All-Star who is sixth with 630 homers, Griffey was a lock to be inducted at Cooperstown on July 24.

The former Cincinnati and Seattle star appeared on all 166 ballots counted by bbhoftracker and could challenge the record of 98.84 percent set by Tom Seaver when he was picked by 425 of 430

voters in 1992.

Piazza was at about 87 percent in his fourth appearance after falling short by 28 votes last year, when Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio became the first quartet elected by the BBWAA in one year since 1955.

Bagwell was third at 80 percent in his sixth appearance, followed by Raines at 78 percent in his ninth.

Last year, the actual percentage was about 5 percent under the pre-announcement figure.

Bonds, the only seven-time MVP, and Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, are both making their fourth appearance and are eligible for up to six more years.

Reliever Trevor Hoffman, on the ballot for the first time, was at 62 percent on the vote-tracker and seemed likely to fall short.

Mark McGwire, one of the first big stars to admit using steroids, was at 13 percent in his final ballot appearance — nearly half his peak of 23.6 percent in 2008. Alan Trammell, also on for the last time, was at 47 percent. Sammy Sosa was at 8 percent in his fourth attempt.

Following the board’s decision not to accept the BBWAA’s recommendation that voters be allowed to select up to 12 candidates rather than 10, next year’s ballot could force more tough decisions.

Manny Ramirez, Ivan Rodriguez, Vladimir Guerrero and Magglio Ordonez are eligible for the first time.

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Yesterday Mercury turned retrograde and tomorrow Jupiter will follow suit, making today the meat in the middle of the retrograde sandwich. A spirited Sagittarius moon will promise plenty of substance in this day, more savory than sweet. A lunar square of Neptune adds some dreamy spices. Problems are opportunities to use your imagination.

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Cardinal wrestlers drop non-conference duals

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Jordan Henning gets leverage against an opponent in a match at home earlier in the season. Henning went 0-2 in Tuesday’s double dual at Urbandale.

URBANDALE — Racking up his 23rd and 24th wins of the season, Newton High senior wrestler Duncan Lee has opened the new year with a 7-0 mark with two wins in the Cardinals’ double dual Tuesday against Ames and host Urbandale.

Lee pinned Ames’ William VanVoorhis in 27 seconds and posted a 14-4 major decision over Urbandale’s Michael Nemmers. Lee is 24-2 as the eighth-ranked wrestler in Class 3A at 195 pounds.

Newton dropped both duals, losing 38-31 to Urbandale and 46-32 to Ames. The Cardinals are 6-6 in dual action.

Freshman Blake Cockerton, senior Hunter Versteegh and junior Alex Miller each claimed two victories on the mat for the Cardinals. Newton had four wrestlers go 1-1 on the night.

At 106, Cockerton came out with a 12-10 decision against Urbandale’s Nash Thomas and pinned Ames’ Rodney Washington in 1 minute, 23 seconds. Verstee-

gh put together a 21-5 technical fall over Noah Barker of Ames ending the 113-pound match in the second period.

He pinned Urbandale’s Owen Towers in 4:47.

In the 285-pound matches, Miller won by a fall in 45 seconds over Urbandale’s Chima Nwaturuocha and came from behind with five points in the third period for a 5-1 decision over Ames’ Matthew Fowles.

Junior Tanner Petro lost by fall to Class 3A top-ranked Marcus Coleman of Ames at 170 pounds. Petro pinned Urbandale’s Ado Dogic in 4:36.

The other victories for Newton in Tuesday’s duals were

by Parker Schuster at 138 and Tristin Langmaid at 152 against Ames on pins, and Norbert Riyazimana earned six team points with a forfeit win against Urbandale at 145 pounds.

Newton hosts its final home dual of the season Thursday when Oskaloosa comes to NHS in Little Hawkeye Conference action.

It is Senior Night for the Cardinals, who go into it with a 1-1 conference mark.

Matches begin with junior varsity at 5:30 p.m. followed

by varsity at 6:30 p.m.

Ames 46, Newton 32 126: Huberto Alvarado (A) over Joseph Carolus (N) (MD 16-5) 132: Ben Rodgers (A) over Jon Lawton (N) (Fall 1:10) 138: Parker Schuster (N) over Daimon Cloutier (A) (Fall 1:04) 145: Jackson Sullivan (A) over Norbert Riyazimana (N) (Fall 0:38) 152: Tristin Langmaid (N) over Justus Robeson (A) (Fall 5:49) 160: Brycen Carney (A) over Harley Walker (N) (Fall 0:50) 170: Marcus Coleman (A) over Tanner Petro (N) (Fall 0:52) 182: Andrew Frantzen (A) over Jaise Gulling (N) (DQ) 195: Duncan Lee (N) over William VanVoorhis (A) (Fall 0:27) 220: Jacob Rains (A) over Jordan Henning (N) (Fall 5:52) 285: Alex Miller (N) over Matthew Fowles (A) (Dec 5-1) 106: Blake Cockerton (N) over Rodney Washington (A) (Fall 1:23) 113: Hunter Versteegh (N) over Noah Barker (A) (TF 21-5 3:05) 120: Giovanni Alvarez (A) over Ross Hull (N) (Fall 1:52) Urbandale 38, Newton 31 106: Blake Cockerton (N) over Nash Thomas (U) (Dec 12-10) 113: Hunter Versteegh (N) over Owen Towers (U) (Fall 4:47) 120: Luke Stuart (U) over Ross Hull (N) (TF 16-1 0:00) 126: Adam Banwell (U) over Joseph Carolus (N) (Fall 5:20) 132: Jackson Smith (U) over Jon Lawton (N) (Fall 1:14) 138: Hayden Friedrichsen (U) over Parker Schuster (N) (Fall 1:36) 145: Norbert Riyazimana (N) over (U) (For.) 152: Zac Duncalf (U) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Dec 5-3) 170: Tanner Petro (N) over Ado Dogic (U) (Fall 4:36) 182: Cody Pearson (U) over Jaise Gulling (N) (Fall 1:33) 195: Duncan Lee (N) over Michael Nemmers (U) (MD 14-4) 220: Alex Newberg (U) over Jordan Henning (N) (Fall 0:45) 285: Alex Miller (N) over Chima Nwaturuocha (U) (Fall 0:45)

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

Lynnville-Sully squads sweep SICL doubleheader

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s basketball teams picked up where they ended the 2015 portion of the season — winning South Iowa Cedar League games.

In their first action off the holiday break, the Class 1A 12th-ranked Lynnville-Sully girls remained undefeated with a 50-32 win over visiting Tri-County Tuesday. The Hawk boys won their fourth game in a row with a 66-27 romp over Tri-County.

The Hawk girls had a pesky Tri-County Trojan girls’ team in the first half. Lynnville-Sully led 18-10 after one quarter, but the Trojans didn’t go away. The Hawks were up 28-20 at halftime.

Lynnville-Sully, which moved to 10-0 in SICL play, rolled on a 16-5 run in the third quarter to keep the Tro-

jan girls at bay.

“We were not very sharp on defense tonight. We didn’t rotate quickly enough or talk, so we were not ready to help then we would be out of position to box out and rebound,” Lynnville-Sully girls’ head coach Jerry Hulsing said.

“We need to shake off the rust from break and get back to playing our style of defense.

Offensively, we didn’t move the ball quickly enough to be able to get the ball into the gaps of the zone for some good looks.”

Marissa Vos had a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds for Lynnville-Sully. Brenna Lanser added 12 points while Camryn Russell had nine. Haley James scored four points followed by Kasiah Ehresman and Makenzy Rozendaal each had three points. Carson Fisk scored one point.

Lynnville-Sully’s girls shot a cold 28 percent, 18-of-68,

Vos

Ehresman

from the field and went 8-of 20 on free throws. Ehresman dished out eight assists and Rozendaal had five of the team’s 19 steals.

Tri-County was led by Michaela Lundy with nine points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocked shots. The Trojan girls were 13-of-37 from the field and 4-of-9 at the freethrow line. They turned the ball over 32 times and had just nine offensive rebounds.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys pushed their SICL mark to 7-1 by getting out to a 20-9

first-quarter lead. They put the game out of reach of the Trojans with a 24-0 run in the second period.

“Our second quarter was the key tonight. We played great defense and that carried over to the offensive end,” Lynnville-Sully boys’ head coach Nick Harthoorn said.

“It was neat to see that all 11 of our guys scored tonight.”

Lynnville-Sully led 44-9 at halftime and outscored Tri-County 22-18 in the second half.

The Hawks shot 54 percent, 26-of-48, from the field while limiting the Trojans to 24 percent, 10-of-41. At the line, Lynnville-Sully was 9-of-14 and Tri-County went 5-of-12.

Sage Ehresman downed all three of the 3-pointers he shot, leading the Hawks with 13 points. Tyler Van Zante tossed in 11 points. Rylan James and Kyle Van Dyke each scored 10 points. John

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The Cardinals kept the Tigers from making a run, outscoring Grinnell, 1815, in the period.

Gholson scored 15 points for the Cardinals, who shot 47 percent — 22of-47 — from the field. Newton went 17-of-23 at the free-throw line. Sturtz and Gholson combined for 12-of-13 on foul shots. Newton held a 33-18 rebounding edge on Grinnell.

“We had a great crowd on the road and our kids drew energy from our fans,” Liley said.

Grinnell, which is 5-3 overall and 1-3 in LHC play, shot 40 percent, 14-of-35, from the field and was 15-of-25 at the line. McKnight led the Tigers with 17 points.

“We want to keep this going as a team. Oskaloosa comes in Friday and it is a well-coached team,” Liley said.

“They play tough and execute pretty well on the court. We’re looking to have a big home crowd for a Friday night conference game.”

Newton (6-2) has a 2-1 Little Hawkeye Conference mark and hosts Oskaloosa, a team winless (0-3) in conference action and 3-4 overall, Friday.

In the junior varsity game Monday, Grinnell won 41-37. Grayson Graham had 20 points and two steals, and Josh Gulling scored nine points for Newton.

Keith Steinbach and Grant Garvis each had three assists. Reagan Maple made two steals and De’Andre Roush had five rebounds.

The Tigers claimed their third LHC win by closing things out with nine unanswered points.

Grinnell improved to 8-2 overall and 3-1 in conference. Newton is 6-4 overall and 1-2 in LHC play.

“I’m proud of how the girls dug themselves out of the big hole. We just have a small hump — three or four possessions — we need to get over,” Sharp said. “Tonight, we struggled guarding the ball and protecting the paint, so that will be a big thing to get better at.”

Rhoads finished with 18 points to pace the Cardinals. Hutchinson fired in 11, and Jenkins had 10 points. Newton shot 35 percent, 20-of-57, from the field and went 9-of-16 from the free-throw line.

Grinnell cashed in on 18-of-30 free throw attempts. The Tigers were 10-of-11 from the line in the first half. They connected on 23of-52 from the field for 44 percent.

Kameron Moore led the Tigers with 20 points followed by Sienna Durr with 16 points. Malia Durr added 11 points.

Newton hosts Oskaloosa (0-6, 0-3 LHC) Friday. Tipoff is at 6:15 p.m. at NHS. Grinnell defeated Newton’s junior varsity 43-26 after the teams played to a 16-all halftime score.

Taylor Ryan scored 14 points for Newton.

Newton 13-24-9-18—64 Grinnell 13-7-10-15—45 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 7/1-6-1-23, Stout 0/1-0-0-3, Roush 2-2-4-6, Bennett 0-0-2-0, Banfield 2-1-2-5, Gholson 3/1-6-1-15, Vanderlaan 1-0-0-2, Ventling 1-1-3-2,

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Connor Gholson (22) shoots over a defender in Newton’s Saturday home game. Gholson helped lead the Cardinals over host Grinnell Tuesday.

Maher 3-1-4-7. TOTALS: 17/3-17-17-64.

Grinnell (FG/3-pt): Hansen 0-0-2-0, Roudabush 0/2-03-6, Harris 0-3-4-3, Thompson 2-0-2-4, Allen 3-2-2-8, Leedom 0-0-1-0, McKnight 6-5-4-17, Weaver 0-0-1-0, Mitchell 1-5-0-7. TOTALS: 12/2-15-19-45.

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Newton 6-12-24-12—54 Grinnell 19-13-16-19—67 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 3-2-2-8, Jenkins 2/13-2-10, Moon 0-0-4-0, Hutchinson 4/1-0-4-11, Reynolds 2-0-4-4, Shipley 0-0-2-0, Jacobsen

Trettin added six, and Canyon Kuhlmann had five.

Jesse Van Wyk tossed in four points for Lynnville-Sully. Scoring two points each were Elijah Collins, Quentin Thompson and Ryan Hofer.

Corey McCoy had one point.

Van Dyke pulled down eight of his team’s 29 rebounds. Van Zante handed out four assists and Van Wyk had three assists.

Making two steals each were Ehresman, Kuhlmann, Collins and Trettin.

Tri-County got nine points from Luke Bombei.

Lynnville-Sully’s girls (110) and boys (8-1) step out of conference play for the next two doubleheaders. The Hawk teams host Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter Thursday in Sully and then take on East Marshall’s squads Saturday at Le Grand.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton senior Alex Hutchinson (22) puts up a shot in Saturday’s home game. Hutchinson scored 11 points in Newton’s loss at Grinnell Tuesday.

0/1-0-1-3, Pressgrove 0-0-2-0, Rhoads 4/2-4-418. TOTALS: 15/5-9-25-54.

Grinnell (FG/3-pt): Harris 2-2-3-6, Jackson 1/10-1-5, Deppe 0-2-1-2, Moore 7/1-3-2-20, Kriegel 0-0-1-0, S. Durr 5-6-3-16, Hungerford 1/1-2-3-7, M. Durr 4-3-3-11. TOTALS: 20/3-18-17-67.

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