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Citizens voice concern for former Seed Store

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A concern over the use of the former Seed Store building was brought to the Newton City Council at its Monday meeting.

Melinda Burgess spoke to the council about the concern she and fellow citizens have about the building being torn down, if that is necessary and if it is torn down, what is planned for the area.

“Some of the concerns are going to be the structure of the building not being ready to fall down on anybody, it has to do with some of the development that is going towards that direction. What the public is wanting is some

detail of what the intentions are for it,” Burgess said. “There’s many people saying that is a goodlooking building with lot of appeal to it.”

A Facebook page has been created named “Save the Newton Seed Store.”

It has 345 “likes” and many suggestions on what to do with the building.

Ideas such as a restaurant, microbrewery or bed-andbreakfast were on the page along with the question of why the building isn’t being restored and reused.

The council heard the concern, but could take no formal action during the citizen participation portion of the meeting.

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Newton Community School District board member Robyn Friedman speaks as Newton High School representative Drake Rhone listens during Monday’s board meeting. The board voted to begin the process of pursuing a complete rebuild of the Berg Complex, which will involve taking a bond issue to voters.

Berg Complex rebuild to go before public as bond issue

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Emerson Hough must be used to house students, board says

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Melinda Burgess brought concerns about the future of the formed Seed Store building to the city council Monday.

“That’s a big step for us,” said Newton Community School District board president Sheri Benson — with a huge sigh — after a motion to utilize the Emerson Hough building as an educational facility, passed at Monday’s meeting.

“Sort of,” said board member Andy Elbert. “Yes,” echoed Benson.

That exchange epitomized where the board is at in the process of discussing possible reconfiguration of the district’s elementary grades and figuring out how to best use its facilities.

The most significant move at the meeting was the passage of a motion to begin the process of a complete rebuild of the Berg Complex. While a design, with community input, will still need to be completed before a multi-mil-

lion dollar bond proposal can even be brought to the public, the move is still the biggest in grade-level configuration the board has taken in about five years.

No date was immediately clear for a public vote on a bond issue.

Board secretary Gayle Isaac said aiming for a September vote on a bond issue for Berg would be “very, very aggressive.”

The next available date would be in February 2016.

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House collapse leads to gas leak, nothing more

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News When a performing-arts act “brings the house down,” it means things went really well.

However, a recent mishap on East Seventh Street North didn’t go well at all — and could have been much worse. Contractor employees, while working on a foundation replacement project on Jan. 2 in the basement a small, older house, had two walls start to cave in on them at the same time.

The back two corners slipped and fell into the basement, leaving the back half of the house sagging. No one was injured in the collapse.

A gas leak occurred, triggering a response from the Newton Fire Department. The leak was quickly located and repaired, and there was no fire.

Newton Fire Chief Jarrod Wellik said he was one of the responders at the scene, and he saw Jeff Seals, whose construction firm was performing the COLLAPSE | 3A

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News The Jasper County Board of Supervisors heard from county programs at its budget workshop Monday.

County Supervisors begin work on budget

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News This house, located in the 700 block of East Seventh Street North in Newton, was where half the house collapsed Jan. 2 during a foundation replacement. No one was injured.

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors heard the first round of budget requests at its budget workshop Monday. All those who spoke to the board gave recommendations for the budget, with the board making a final decision after reviewing all requests.

Laurie Jackson with Geographic Information Systems starting the workshop maintaining a similar budget as the

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to eliminate or reduce that mileage reimbursement for our program,” Denice Fischer, RSVP representative said.

The supervisors were favorable of the program but wanted to get all of the numbers from the county in before making a final decision.

The supervisors also heard from Veterans Affairs representative Chris Chariter about the increase in veterans and his request to hire another BUDGET | 3A

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previous year, with the exception of a $37,000 decrease because of a project that is no longer applicable. Retired Senior Volunteer Program requested additional funding in the amount of $5,000 for $7,500 total to make up for decreased funding from Skiff Medical Center for its transportation program.

“We’re losing some funding from Skiff Medical Center. We were notified back in October that they were going

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In Brief Farm business workshop set for Jan. 22

AP Photo In this photo from Jan. 6, steam blows over fermentation tanks at the Green Plains ethanol plant in Shenandoah.

Roughly 100 trucks a day filled with corn flow into the ethanol plant in southwest Iowa even as crude oil prices continue to collapse. Oil prices may have dipped below $50 a barrel for the first time since April 2009, but ethanol plants across the nation continue to operate at a brisk pace in order to satisfy a domestic and export demand that hasn’t weakened.

Oil could drive down ethanol profits, but industry shielded The Associated Press SHENANDOAH — Roughly 100 grain trucks a day filled with corn continued to flow into the Green Plains ethanol plant in southwest Iowa this week — even as crude oil prices continued to collapse.

Oil prices may have dipped below $50 a barrel for the first time since April 2009, but ethanol plants across the nation continue to operate at a brisk pace in order to satisfy a domestic and export demand that hasn’t weakened.

The cheap oil will likely cut into ethanol profits because refiners will want to pay less for the corn-based fuel additive, but the industry is somewhat shielded by a federal biofuel mandate and the need to boost octane in gasoline. Plus, ethanol producers could thrive beyond the current strong demand if exports or gasoline consumption grow more than expected.

Ethanol accounts for about 10 percent of U.S. gasoline, and remains cheaper than anything else refiners could use to deliver the octane varieties drivers expect at the pump such as premium gasoline.

“I think we have a permanent place in the fuel supply,” said Todd Becker, CEO of Omaha, Nebraska-based Green Plains.

But the federal biofuels standard, which plays an important role in the ethanol market, could

change sometime this year. The Environmental Protection Agency has suggested it might relax some of the targets that Congress has set, such as lowering the 2014 cornbased ethanol standard from 14.4 billion gallons to 13 billion gallons.

Yet, industry experts think it’s unlikely the standard will be reduced significantly from current levels.

Even with the unknowns, ethanol producers can count on domestic demand of about 13.5 billion gallons as long as gasoline consumption remains around 135 billion gallons a year, University of Illinois agricultural economist Scott Irwin said. That could grow if consumers — spurred by low gas prices — decide to drive more or invest in larger vehicles, but Irwin noted that generally only happens once consumers believe the cheaper gas prices are permanent.

Another factor is the export demand, with other countries buying about 400 million to 500 million gallons annually to meet their own renewable fuel requirements, Irwin said.

“What’s at stake if ethanol stays relatively expensive is ethanol exports,” Irwin said.

Historically, ethanol’s price has rarely exceeded the price of the petroleum blend that refiners use to make gasoline, but recently ethanol has been selling for nearly 1.4 times the price of the blend stock.

Ethanol plants also find profit-

ability through selling a byproduct called distillers grain that’s used as a livestock feed — a market that could grow, as China recently relaxed restrictions on importing the feed.

The oil price slide has been relatively abrupt, as a barrel sold for $107 as recently as last June. If the cheap oil prices prompt oil producers to scale back their operations in the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana, it might become easier and cheaper for ethanol producers to deliver their product, Becker said.

As it stands, much of the oil from that region is shipped in railroad tank cars, making it more expensive for ethanol companies to lease tank cars.

“There are a lot of pieces in the equation, and I don’t think the story is written yet,” said Becker, who runs the fourth-largest ethanol producer in the U.S. But even if the ethanol industry sees smaller profits in 2015, it is in a better position to withstand a lean period than it was during the severe drought of 2012 or the Great Recession. Ethanol producers have consolidated, reduced debt and improved their operations, and several of the biggest ethanol producers have other business interests, such as agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland and refiners Valero Energy and Flint Hills Resources.

Soybean conference Feb. 19 in Ames Iowa farmers, agronomists and others interested in using the results of crop production and environmental research to improve their competitiveness and profitability can attend a Feb. 19 conference in Ames.

The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) Research Conference runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Iowa State University’s Scheman Building in Ames.

Registration is open at www.isafarmnet.com. The cost is prior to Feb. 5 is $50 for trial participants and $100 for non-participants. Af-

ter Feb. 5, $100 for trial participants and $125 for non-participants.

Nearly 40 breakout sessions and a variety of experts will be a part of this year’s event, formerly known as the “On-Farm Network Conference.” The conference will include representatives of ISA’s On-Farm Network, Environmental Programs and Services (EPS) and Analytics teams, academia and industry.

Topics to be addressed include crop, nutrient and pest management, the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, soil and water qual-

ity, sustainability, cover crops and technology. There will be several farmer-led panel discussions and researcher-led presentations. Certified crop advisors will be eligible to receive credit for sessions attended.

An attendee dinner and forum will precede the conference on Feb. 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Gateway Hotel and Conference center in Ames. The cost of the dinner is $20 for all attendees.

For additional event information or to register, visit www.isafarmnet.com or call 515-334-1033.

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The Jasper County Farm Bureau and the Jasper County Iowa State University Extension Office are presenting a free succession planning workshop on Jan. 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the Newton Des Moines Area Community College campus.

Light refreshments will be provided.

The workshop is for farmers who are just starting out, looking to strengthen their operations or want to ensure a smooth passage to the next generation. It’s open to all ages and ex-

perience levels.

The Farm Bureau’s Nathan Katzer and Jared Schmidt of Farm Financial Strategies will help examine the current operations. Discussion will include strategies to grow business and secure farm assets for future generations, and will address real-life examples and assumptions that often aren’t shared prior to transition.

Contact the Jasper County Farm Bureau office to register by Jan. 20 at 641-792-6253 or send email to Jasper.

County@ifbf.org.

Early sign-ups for NRCS assistance priority Iowa producers and landowners who sign up for voluntary conservation planning assistance by Feb. 2 will receive priority service, according to state conservationist Jay Mar of Des Moines.

At the Jasper County Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Field Office, farmers can begin Conservation Planning for fall 2015 cover crops and conservation practices.

The NRCS will use the Conservation Planning Process, including a Resource Assessment, to develop a science based Conservation Plan to address priority resource concerns while minimizing risk. This is a free service provided by experts to help far ers help their land by improving water quality and soil health while minimizing soil erosion.

“Developing a conservation plan is the first step towards realizing the economic and stewardship benefits of managing the natural resources on your farm,” said Mar. “The extent of the plan is guided by the producer’s individual goals and objectives. Our role is to assist farmers learn more about their land’s potential, and how conservation management and stewardship practices can improve their sustainable bottom line. Conservation plans are tailored to each individual situation. It truly is your farm and your plan.”

Producers can call or visit their local NRCS office to participate in the sign-up.

Staff will provide producers with a Producer Information Workbook and a Crop Management Inventory Worksheet.

These documents allow the NRCS to gather the information needed to complete a full resource

assessment that addresses both the producer’s goals and NRCS objectives.

The NRCS planner will then schedule a time with the producer to review the documentation and make a field visit.

Producers can request technical assistance at anytime. However, the sign-up deadline is set to emphasize the importance of conservation planning.

“Our vision is to help landowners accelerate good conservation management through quality conservation planning,” said Mar. “This sign-up is an excellent way to begin working relationships between conservation planners and Iowa producers.”

The conservation planning process often helps producers and planners discover a different, more effective solution to previously identified problems.

The Conservation Planning Process is the starting point for conservation programs and financial assistance eligibility.

The planning process and resource assessment leads producers to make the best informed decisions regarding their land and operation. Only then are producers eligible to enter into a Conservation Program Contract for financial assistance.

The completed individualized conservation plan guides future land management decisions and helps streamline conservation practice implementation. However, as goals change, so can conservation plans.

For more information about NRCS conservation planning assistance please go to www.ia.nrcs. usda.gov, visit the Jasper County NRCS field office or call us at 641-792-4116 ext. 3.

Local News School Continued from Page 1A of the Berg Complex, and about $17.8 million to renovate it thoroughly. He began by asking if the 180,000-square foot starting point was still what the board wanted, and while that question was never completely answered, the board agreed there are many options and possible features to be discussed with the public in the months ahead.

“A renovation is not going to put windows in interior classrooms, or change the brick and mortar to hold the heat or air conditioning in a better way,” board member Nat Clark said.

There was little discussion about the renovation option, aside from how tough it would be to solve the building’s larger problems with its electrical, plumbing and cooling and heating systems.

Board member Travis Padgett made the motion to pursue the Berg new build plan, after limited discussion, with a second from fellow board member Robyn Friedman.

“Are we sure we’re ready to do this?” board member Bill Perrenoud said before the motion could be brought to a vote.

“How many voters have children in our schools?” Perrenoud asked. At least two board members replied, saying that is not an issue.

Council Continued from Page 1A The council held a public hearing and approved the first consideration to amend the code of ordinances establishing a “Downtown Square Area” and restricting the conversion of first floor storefronts into residential use. The change was suggested by Iowa Main Street officials in order to prevent the erosion of commercial/ business vibrancy in the downtown and potential aesthetic concerns.

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A lengthy discussion, during which Perrenoud cautioned the board about how tough it might be to suggest a $30 million bond to the public. Benson eventually called for a vote, and Perrenoud, after a pause and a deep sigh, said “aye,” amid the unanimous passage of the Berg new build motion.

The board voted in 2011 to close Emerson Hough as an elementary school, after the building had been home to students for 84 years. In October, NCSD purchased the former Hy-Vee building on West First Avenue, paving the way for administration and other non-classroom programs to move there, possibly as early as next summer.

The Emerson Hough redesignation as an educational facility means that once the board declares the purpose of the building to the state, it must be used for students, Callaghan said. In other words, the district offices, or other faculty or non-classroom programs, could not be the only residents. Classes must be held there.

While the district’s preschool and Basics & Beyond are now at Emerson Hough, two of the three reconfiguration options mentioned Monday by Callaghan involve Emerson Hough as a regular elementary school. The first plan is to make zero facility changes (which is unlikely, with the Hy-Vee building available); the second involves

ond floor or non-storefront residential use.

An ice skating rink from the Friends of the Newton Parks was approved by the council to be installed at Aurora Park this winter.

The lined rink, which is portable, is approximately 50 feet by 90 feet and will be maintained by park staff and volunteers throughout the season.

Three new properties were purchased through the D&D Program totaling $53,000.

The property at 900 S. Fifth Ave. E. has been vacant and a source of nuisance complaints during the year.

Budget Continued from Page 1A employee to the department. The Veterans Board still has to meet on the subject, and the supervisors wanted to wait on its decision and final numbers for assigning any money.

Larry Ryan, from planning and zoning, had no substantial changes to his budget but reported the previous year the county received $62,784 in permit revenue.

Changes to the domestic violence coverage in Jasper County were covered by Nancy Robertson, of the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She also requested $2,000 for its yearly budget. Now

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News The Newton Community School District board approved a motion at Monday’s meeting to begin the process of funding and constructing an all new building for the Berg Complex. A public vote on the bond likely won’t happen until February 2016.

“neighborhood” K-4 schools, and the third involves two K-2 schools and two grade 3-4 schools. No votes or motions were made on reconfiguring.

“It’s not possible to get to the ideal 18-20 class size in all options,” Callaghan said. “We have to decide how important that is.”

“To me, it seems it would be easier to remove the option that’s the least palatable to us,” Clark said.

Padgett said he was “leaning” toward option No. 3.

Both he and Friedman said they were not at a point of committing to one plan, and

It was purchased for $9,000.

A property at 1404 E. Sixth St. S. was purchased for $7,000. It is vacant and has been a frequent destination for squatters trespassing.

The last property, 314 E. Fourth St. N., was purchased for $37,000, which is a substantial amount in comparison to past purchases for the program. It was explained the purchased property, which has significant issues, is on a block that has had other demolitions. Its removal will create a large footprint that could be redeveloped.

regional, 12 counties are covered by the service, with Newton’s office, located at the United Way. Robertson explained the service has worked toward more prevention programs rather than only reactive services.

She also said whatever money the program receives from the county will stay in Jasper County. In past years, no money has been given, but $2,500 has been approved.

The Home Health Care, Environmental Health and Board of Health programs presented a budget that is very similar to past years, but did explain that it was working to become more efficient to save more money. Dennis Simon, of Human Resources, did not have exact numbers, but believed the budget would hold equal to past years, with

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wanted more feedback from teachers and others.

Both of the reconfiguration proposals involve putting grades 5-6 at Berg Elementary and keeping Berg Middle School a 7-8 facility. Callaghan said in the past a full rebuild could happen on the property with minimal disruption to the current campus buildings, and without relocating any students.

“Since the reconfiguration of a few years ago, I don’t think we can say anything has gotten better because it’s been reconfigured,” Clark said.

No one signed up to speak on any of the issues at Mon-

In other business: • The intersection of South Fifth Avenue East and First Street South was approved for a 4-way stop intersection to correct sight viewing safety issues.

• Parking was approved on the east side of the 200 block of West Fifth Street South.

• Two new SUVs were approved for purchase for the Newton Police Department totaling $64,384.

• The city’s Action Plan Goals and Objectives were adopted.

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the biggest increase coming from a 2.5 percent wage increase estimate.

He also requested the board lower the labor relations budget by $1,000 from past years experience. In terms of safety spending, he requested an increase of $800 to help with training beyond CPR and First Aid. County Recorder Denise Allan concluded the workshop with the recorders office budget, which maintained a similar request as last year.

The board will hear from additional programs at its regular Tuesday meeting before making any decisions on the annual budget.

day’s meeting. There were only about nine people in attendance, besides the board.

The next board meeting will be held Jan. 24 at Berg Elementary. In other action Monday: • The board approved a motion by Padgett to create two 2015-16 calendars — one with an Aug. 19 start date, and an “alternate” calendar that starts school the week of Sept. 1. Callaghan said the district is applying for a waiver to the state’s Sept. 1 start-date law. The state department of education announced in December that waivers will no longer be routinely honored, and Callaghan mentioned the Sept. 1 law as one of several education items to watch during this year’s state legislative session.

• The board approved policy 504.11, the district’s wellness policy. The policy was approved by a 6-1 vote, with Perrenoud voting no after a discussion about the amount of recess and amount of physical activity time each student must receive.

• Callaghan announced four NCSD students — junior Brittany Gander, sophomore Hannah Yeager and freshman Jordan Gander, along with seventh-grader Cameron Davis — participated in the Orange Bowl halftime show on New Year’s Day in Miami, Fla. Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@newtondailynews.com

Collapse Continued from Page 1A foundation work at the house.

He didn’t know if Seals was actively working on the site himself when the slip happened, and Seals couldn’t be reached for comment by the Daily News.

Wellik said shutting off the gas was really the only thing anyone could do at the time.

“A gas meter was broken, and that’s what triggered the leak,” he said.“It was then shut off at a valve.”

Wellik said when workers lifted the weight of the house off of the foundation, at least one wall started to cave in.

“It looked like two might have started to come down at the same time,” he said. “And then, the jacks along the back side just went straight down.

It could have been worse.”

Wellik said the call was fairly unique for his department, although gas-leak calls, as a category, are fairly common. He said he doesn’t recall responding to a wall collapse that did any great bodily harm during his time as chief, but any veteran firefighter has probably seen what a collapsing wall can do during a fire.

“This was a lucky situation,” Wellik said regarding the house collapse. “It could have gone a different way.”

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

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Keeping Me on My Toes

Weathering the flu storm

By Jamee A. Pierson Staff Writer

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Sleep is very important to me, I have already mentioned it in a column a couple of months ago. It is fresh in my mind again after having two kids get the flu and all that comes along with it.

A week ago, my youngest came walking into my bedroom early in the morning, which isn’t abnormal. When I went to put her into bed with me I felt a hot tamale and knew I was in trouble.

She acted completely normal, running around and playing, which at least looked better than a run-down kid.

After a day or so of a fever and a worried mom, we made a trip to the doctor for a hefty

cough she developed. The fever had started to subside but an ear infection and upper respiratory infection decided to take its place. It wasn’t completely unexpected but not exciting to hear. The silver lining was she was happy and energetic through everything you wouldn’t know she was sick.

We had a few late nights and I saw hours I typically assign to sleep, but we made it through. Thankfully, she has been a trooper and took her medicine without much of a fight. That was a welcome change from gagging and throwing up during past illnesses.

My oldest seemed to make

it through untouched until exactly one week later. I saw some tired eyes, felt her head and knew we were 2-for-2.

She acted much the same as her sister, but did request a nap, which is very rare.

For about a year, she has slept through the night with very few exceptions. That brings me back to how important sleep is in my life.

After falling asleep at about 8:30 that evening, I thought it would be an uneventful night.

I was wrong. Starting at about 11:30, I was called in for assistance about every half hour until morning. Whether it was for more juice, having to go potty or she sweat through

her pajamas, I was at her side.

I kept thinking she had to just fall asleep, and maybe I could get a couple hours in a row, but it didn’t happen. Her sister decided to chime in just to make sure I didn’t get too comfortable.

Come morning, I had to wake up and go to work while the kiddos stay home and hang out, catching up on their sleep.

I know it’s not the norm and caffeine will help me power through, but I hoped the next night I wouldn’t see any hours past midnight.

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

Living and Dion

We don’t want to work for you anymore

Letter to the Editor

Congress: No accountability

John J. Bury Media, Pa. It is not about what political party a member Congress belongs to, it is about accountability for government to do what is right. The Blue Water Navy Agent Orange Act has failed.

House Bill HR-543 was stalled in the VA committee even though there were 258 co-sponsors in support of the Bill enough for a House vote. More Vietnam vets will die, many cannot pay medical expenses some are forced to

take second mortgages on their homes or sell their homes.

Does Congress care? Most do not. However we vets do have a few caring friends in Congress, they are a minority. There are those in Congress so full of greed to fill their own pockets for the next election rather than provide proper VA benefits to our veterans who come home sick and broken.

This is especially true of the Vietnam War veterans. With the 2014th Congress in session will our Vietnam veterans be once more denied what they have earned? The dol-

lars needed for VA benefits is a trifle amount compared to the hundreds of billions we give away. Perhaps our Congress should serve on the front lines in war let them know how it feels to dodge bullets and be sprayed with herbicides.

In time of war the enemy does not care about race, creed, or political party. Our Congress discriminates against those who served our Country, there is no accountability. To our Members of Congress, in ten more years there will be no Vietnam vets left living for you to contend with, what a shameful legacy.

In what will soon be the bane of the writers’ (and the readers’) existence, The New York Times h a s p u b lished a study about t h e growi n g number of By Marc Dion working-age men who are not working and who are not looking all that hard for a job.

You want to know the truth of it? The jobs suck — and by that I mean the jobs you can get if you’re a male with a high school diploma.

Steel Mill? Pffft!

Gone. Lifelong whitecollar employment with a pension and health insurance you can afford?

Frfffft! Vanished.

Part-time, no benefits. is out there. You can get that. Two hundred and fifty bucks a week, take home, when you’re working full-time, which you won’t be.

Live with a girl on welfare. Grab a little landscaping work under the table. Sell a little dope. Got anything wrong with you? Ever been in the military?

Try for disability, the OTHER lottery. Get an EBT card. Get heating assistance. Hell, the free medical care you get from the state when you’re poor is worth more than most jobs you can get.

People like me, jackasses who already HAVE a job, we’re gonna comment that New York Times article until it’s gasping for breath.

It’s just another stick to beat men with, this notion that because we’re trying not to work 20 hours a week for $10 an hour, we’re bums.

Here’s a jagged little

bit of reality. Poor and lower working-class people work to get money, not to make the statistics look better or because we’re embarrassed by where we were on the last pie chart we saw.

The jobs stink.

The wages stink worse. You don’t get a pension. You get a 401(k) to which you can’t contribute because the wages stink. You’re lucky if any job you can get lasts more than three years because the unproductive traitors who run Wall Street don’t want to OWN companies, they want to SELL companies and they sell yours and, pretty soon, you and Luis in accounting and Darnell on the loading dock all have to go home.

But, hey, if you’ve decided that disability, drug dealing or just “getting by” on any assistance program you can milk is better than a crap job at crap wages, you’re a phenomenon and can be talked about on television “news” programs by people who don’t spend much time in the dollar store where you buy the thinnest of toilet paper.

You know what? Increasing numbers of American men are looking at what kind of slavery is available as work and they’re deciding to trust to luck.

Yeah. We don’t want to work for you anymore — not at these rates. Not when the bosses are allowed to talk to you like you were a dog and the Republican Party tells you to get poorer, to lick, to squirm, to wriggle on the floor and, above all, to be “grateful you have a job.”

The jobs stink, is what it is, and we don’t want to work for you anymore. You blame us?

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Obituaries Lynn A. Hutchins Jan. 9, 2015 Lynn A. “Hutch” Hutchins, 70, of Warrensburg, Mo., died F r i d a y, Jan. 9, 2015, at his home.

H e was born March 22, 1944, in Longmont, Colo., the son of Gilbert Clar-

ence and Virginia Mae (Kuehling) Hutchins.

On Dec. 18, 1982, he was united in marriage to Diana Baxter in New Sharon. Hutch was a 1962 graduate of Longmont High School.

He worked for United Telephone — Sprint for more than 30 years and retired as supervisor for the Central District. Hutch was an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing and hunting, especially for mushrooms.

He loved smoking meat and reading. Hutch was

Matthew Wayne Steenhoek Jan. 10, 2015 Matthew Wayne Steenhoek,

a member of the Warrensburg Elks Club #673, the National Rifle Association and a past member of the California, Mo., Lion’s Club.

Hutch is survived by his wife Diana of Warrensburg, Mo.; one son Keith Hutchins and companion Judi Molloy of Rosehill, Calif.; one daughter Kari Roozeboom and husband Jim of Pella; two sisters, Helaine Nuttall and Kate Giles, both of Louisville, Colo.; and two grandchildren Drew

30, of Monroe, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, in Coralville. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at the Monroe United Methodist Church with burial following

and Logan Roozeboom, both of Pella. He was preceded in death by his parents.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the Warrensburg Elks Lodge #673 with Pastor Jerry Basye officiating and visitation services beginning at 10 a.m.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Crossroads Hospice or Warrensburg Elks Lodge #673 and both can be left in care of the funeral home.

at Silent City Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the church. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

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Darlene Meeks, 75, of Colfax, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at her home. A graveside service will be later this spring. A notice will be published at that time.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

Joseph Purvis, 36, of Newton, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. A service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton.

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Report cards issued Second term report cards were issued to Newton Senior High School students Monday.

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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.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday 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 “Goodwill Connection Center” by Miranda Kulis. 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 641-521-9482. Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

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

• Newton Class of 1961 will meet at noon Wednesday at Giovanni’s in Newton. All class members and guests are welcome to attend.

• Approval Addiction will meet at 1 p.m.

Wednesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

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Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Jasper County Community Watch will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the YMCA, 1701 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Marshall D. Row, 21, was arrested on a Mitchellville warrant for theft after authorities were called to 330 E. 13th St. N. at 8:40 a.m. Thursday.

He was taken to Colfax and turned over to the Mitchellville Police Department.

• Tianna D. Wolfe, 21, of Newton, is charged with failure to maintain control after authorities were called to North 11th Avenue East and East 14th Street North at 6:59 p.m. Wednesday. A vehicle was parked on the wrong side of the road and had its hazard lights on when Wolfe hit it. Wolfe had approximately $1,500 in damage while the other vehicle had approxi-

mately $1,000. She was cited and released to appear.

• Jason A. Kinney-Dickey, 28, of Newton, is charged with domestic abuse assault and driving while license suspended after authorities were called to Walmart at 4:46 p.m.

Thursday. Officers spoke with the victim who alleged Kinney-Dickey strangled her and hit her in the mouth. KinneyDickey admitted to doing both acts as well as driving to Walmart on a suspended license. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Justina L. Wiltsie-Pender, 25, of Newton, is charged with domestic abuse assault after authorities were called to 1111-4 N. 11th Ave. E.

at 3:30 a.m. Friday. Officers spoke with the victim who alleged Wiltsie-Pender had gotten upset due to pain from a cut and he would not respond to her. She then threw a glass of water on the victim and yelled at him. She also started hitting him and the victim had swelling and redness by his eyes. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Kendra J. Boger, 22, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled her over in the 200 block of South Eighth Avenue East at 4:03 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Victor M. Paz Velasquez, 43, of Marshalltown, is

charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled him over at the intersection of First Avenue West and Highway 14 at 5:18 a.m. Saturday. He was cited and released to appear.

• Kayla H. Cockerton, 20, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled her over in the 1000 block of South Fifth Avenue East at 7:50 p.m. Friday. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Saw H. Htite, 31, of Des Moines, is charged with failure to maintain control after authorities were called to Casey’s at 5:45 p.m. Saturday.

Royce Sparks was driving on South 12th Avenue West

when Htite pulled out of the parking lot and hit Sparks’ vehicle. Sparks had approximately $1,000 in damage while Htite has approximately $300 in damage. He was cited and released to appear.

• Mandy L. Madoll, 34, of Newton, is charged with moving vehicle backward on highway after authorities were called to 428 S. Third Ave. E. at 6:55 p.m. Wednesday. Madoll was backing out of a driveway when she hit a legally parked car owned by Alexis Steward. Steward had approximately $500 in damage while Madoll had approximately $200 in damage.

She was cited and released to appear.

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Search low-cost options for professional counseling DEAR ABBY: In many advice columns it is often suggested to “seek professional help,” such as a psychologist or psychiatrist. This is a practical solution, but most often quite expensive, to the point of being prohibitive.

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(2) If you live in a town with a college, find out if it has a graduate school. If so, does the graduate school have a psychology program and a clinic that charges on a sliding financial scale? If there is no clinic, ask if someone on the staff of the psychology department sees people privately and what’s the person’s phone number. Then contact that person.

(3) People can get referrals from mental health organizations. The largest credentialed ones are the American Psychological Association, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the National Association of Social Workers. These are legitimate organizations and have professional standards.

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Work expected to resume at damaged plant SERGEANT BLUFF — Production is expected to resume in a few days at a northwest Iowa fertilizer plant that was damaged by a fire and subsequent explosion.

The fire began around 6 p.m. Saturday at the Nulex plant in the Port Neal industrial area south of Sioux City. No injuries have been reported.

Nulex spokesman Jason Glover said the fire was in a storage building and not in the main production facility.

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72-year-old beaten by man who broke into home COUNCIL BLUFFS — A 72-yearold man has been beaten by a man who broke into his home in western Iowa.

Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker says the man entered a house in the rural Honey Creek community north of Council Bluffs around 9 p.m. on Sunday. Danker says the man wore a black ski mask, black jacket and hood and used a weapon of some sort to beat Robert Bogar.

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DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad says a teacher licensing program aimed at helping veterans and their families is working. Branstad said at a Monday news conference that the military exchange license program has helped veterans and their spouses secure technical and provisional licenses that will keep them working in the state. The program allows participants to teach in the state for several years without having to immediately take additional college coursework.

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DES MOINES — An administrator at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., will become the next president at Drake University in Des Moines.

Drake announced Monday that Earl F. Martin, Gonzaga’s executive vice president, would become the 13th president at Drake in July.

Martin will succeed David Maxwell, who will retire after 16 years at the university. At Gonzaga, Martin has provided administrative and operational oversight since 2010.

WATERLOO — A Waterloo teen has been arrested after allegedly stealing a rifle from a northeastern Iowa patrol car over the weekend. Authorities say the 15-year-old boy is charged with smashing the window of a patrol car parked across the street from the Waterloo police station Saturday afternoon and taking an AR-15 rifle from the vehicle.

Police tracked the teen down and recovered the rifle within hours of the robbery.

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Final 2014 crop report shows record corn and soybean harvest The Associated Press DES MOINES — Farmers set new corn and soybean records last year, harvesting the largest crops ever as a cool summer allowed the plants to mature under mostly favorable conditions.

The abundance has kept commodity prices low, however, meaning many farmers will struggle to make a profit this year, especially if they’re paying high rent for land.

Farmers harvested a record 14.2 billion bushels of corn, 3 percent more than the 2013 crop, which set the previous record. The average bushel-per-acre yield was 171, significantly better than the 158 bushels per acre in 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in its final tally of the 2014 crop year released Monday. The record crop came even though farmers harvested about 5 percent fewer acres than in 2013. Record yields were estimated in 21 states, including Illinois

File photo Farmers harvested a record 14.2 billion bushels of corn, 3 percent more than the 2013 crop, which set the previous record.

and Nebraska.

Soybean production also set a record at 3.97 billion bushels, up 18 percent from 2013.

Farmers harvested a record 83.1 million acres in 2014.

But when farmers

produce record crops, the abundance pushes prices lower. That means as many as a third of corn and soybean acres may be unprofitable this year, according to an analysis

by FarmLink, a Kansas City, Missouri, company

that provides data for farmers.

It’s the farmers who have aggressively added rental land in recent years, locking in higher rents in hopes prices would remain high, who may struggle to make a

profit, said Chad Hart, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University.

“Those who own their land outright are probably still profitable today and those who have enjoyed stable long-term lower cash rental agree-

ments are still probably profitable,” Hart said.

Corn prices hit a record high of $8 per bushel during a drought in the summer of 2012 and prices pushed farmers to increase corn acres to take advantage. But a good crop last year and another record this year have driven prices below $4.

The price on corn for March delivery bottomed at $3.30 a bushel in early October and was trading just above $4 on Monday.

Land owners spent about $3 a bushel on average planting, growing and harvesting corn, but those renting land likely had costs above $4 per bushel, said Todd Hultman, a grain market analyst at DTN, an Omahabased agricultural market data provider.

Corn farmers experienced six strong years before prices began dropping last year, so it’s likely most have cash reserves and significant working capital to get through an unprofitable year, Hultman said.

Branstad to offer 2015 plans in Condition of State speech DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad will lay out his 2015 budget plans in his Condition of the State address.

Branstad is scheduled to address the Iowa General Assembly on Tuesday morning. He is ex-

pected to renew support for expanding broadband Internet and cracking down on bullying, as well as offering a pledge to secure more funding for Iowa’s bridges and roads, many of which are considered deteriorating or deficient.

Branstad said Monday that this would be a tight budget, noting that the state is still paying for a property tax cut and other commitments. But Branstad said enough money was available for a fair and sustainable budget.

New director appointed for Iowa City VA Health Care System IOWA CITY (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a new director for the Iowa City VA Health Care System.

The department said in a statement that Judith Johnson-Mekota will be the system’s new director effective February 8. She has served

more than 20 years in health care leadership positions, most recently as director of the VA Central Iowa Health Care System.

The Iowa City VA Health Care System provides health care to more than 40,000 veterans and covers 32 counties in eastern Iowa and 16 counties

in western Illinois. It has an annual operating budget of about $182 million and has more than 1,000 employees.

Johnson-Mekota holds a master’s degree in nursing administration from the University of Iowa and an undergraduate degree in nursing from Coe College.

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the water out of the area more efficiently than in the past while also filtering the water through natural vegetation.

The project is estimated to cost around $245,000, which will be paid by the city. The funds will be coming from a State Revolving Fund loan the city had previously taken out for its new wastewater treatment plant.

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Lawmakers gavel in for 2015 legislative session The Associated Press DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers who convened Monday for the 2015 legislative session agree the state has little money for new programs.

Legislators in the Republic an-major it y House and Democraticcontrolled Senate gaveled in at the Capitol in Des Moines.

Gov. Terry Branstad has cautioned that Iowa has limited money for new initiatives, in part because it is still paying for a property tax cut and education spending that was approved two years ago.

The Republican governor said he will unveil a “tight budget” during his Condition of the State address on Tuesday.

“I want to remind the legislature that we

AP Photo Iowa Speaker of the House Kraig Paulsen pounds the gavel during the opening day of the Iowa Legislature, Monday at the Statehouse in Des Moines.

can’t go back into those bad old days of making unsustainable promises and then having massive across-the-board cuts like we had in 2009, or underfunding school aid or only partially fund-

ing things like indigent defense,” Branstad said Monday.

Legislative leaders offered different budget priorities Monday, though both sides agreed that resources were lim-

Allen: 2015 session should help Iowa’s middle class Newton Daily News The 2015 session of the Iowa Legislature began on Monday, and S t a t e S e n .

Chaz Allen (DNewton) said his top priority is helping improve the inAllen comes of working and middle class families by focusing on education and job training.

“The recovery from the Great Recession is uneven,” Allen said. “For Iowa’s communities and businesses to fully recover, we need Iowa’s middle class to grow and expand.”

Allen pointed out

a number of measures that would make Iowa families more financially secure: expanding workforce training programs at community colleges, fighting wage theft to make sure workers are paid for their work, continuing the tuition freeze at Iowa’s state universities and giving Iowa companies the first crack at state contracts.

“The current makeup of Iowa’s state government means ideas need support from both Republicans and Democrats to become law,” Allen said. “That’s why I’ll focus on proposals with broad public support. I think we can all agree we need more good jobs, great schools, affordable child care, health care, and housing and to be able to retire with dignity.”

Allen said one area of disagreement during the 2015 session could be state support for local students.

“Great local schools help our communities attract new businesses and new residents. When it comes to support for our local schools, we need to return to the pro-education approach that built our state.” Allen said.

“I count on the people from the district to help me do my job by sharing their thoughts and concerns with me. You can contact me directly at my cell number, 641521-6297, or my official email address: chaz.allen@legis.iowa.gov,” Allen said. “If you would like to receive my weekly email newsletter, please let me know or sign up at www.senate.iowa.gov/ senator/Allen.

MidAmerican completes 3 more wind farms in energy project DES MOINES (AP) — MidAmerican Energy Company has completed work on three additional wind farms as part of an ongoing sustainable energy project.

The Iowa-based energy company announced Monday that the completion of these wind farms means four of the five farms that comprise the

so-called Wind VIII project are now finished.

The development project is the largest of its kind in Iowa history.

The new wind farms are located in Webster County, Madison County and Wellsburg County.

They account for nearly half of the project’s estimated 1,050 megawatts of wind generation ca-

pacity.

Adam Wright, MidAmerican’s vice president of wind generation and development, says the turbines will help MidAmerican produce enough energy to meet the electricity needs of about half its customers.

The project is slated for completion by the end of this year.

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“I think we need to look at cuts,” said House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, who talked about reducing the size of government in his open-

ing statement. “Let’s go through and review the programs and see if there are some we can eliminate.”

Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, urged the governor to increase school funding. He said he knows the budget is tight, but that lawmakers should prioritize.

“We do not dispute that next year’s budget will be a challenge,” Gronstal said. “I would like us to make a decision about what we think is important.

Then we will evaluate the rest of the budget and what we can afford.”

A key issue on the table this year is how to raise funds for bridges and roads, many of which are deteriorating or deficient. Branstad

has said he wants to find a compromise to deal with roads funding and legislative leaders have expressed interest, but no one has committed to a course.

One option is raising the state fuel tax, which is 22 cents per gallon of gasoline, including fees, and hasn’t gone up since 1989. In 2011, a commission appointed by Branstad recommended an increase of 8 to 10 cents a gallon to support road funding. Another option is other state or local taxes and fees.

Two other priorities outlined by the governor are cracking down on bullying and expanding broadband Internet access.

The session is scheduled to end May 1, though lawmakers could finish before or after that date.

Kelley: Work together to build a strong middle class Newton Daily News DES MOINES — The 2015 Iowa Legislature opened Monday and State R e p .

D a n K e l ley (DN e w ton) was officially sworn into ofKelley fice to the Iowa House of Representatives.

“The people of Jasper County gave me a tremendous honor by re-electing me as their state representative in November. Today, I took the oath of office for the third time, and I am eager to listen, work hard and serve

our communities and Iowa during the new legislative session, both in Des Moines and at home,” Kelley said.

Some of the priorities outlined by Kelley this year include: expanding job training opportunities; raising the minimum wage; expanding early childhood education; improving access to broadband; and encouraging more production and use of renewable energy.

“We can begin the new year and new session with the principle we know well: that our challenges have solutions when people work together and trust each other. If we do that, then the challenges really do become opportunities for our citizens,” Kelley said.

The 2015 Legislature runs 110 days and is scheduled to adjourn on May 1.

“The people of Jasper County are strong, optimistic and ready for the future. These are the values that make us who we are. I am grateful to the citizens for giving me the chance to serve in the Iowa House of Representatives, and I am ready to get back to the capitol on behalf of Jasper County and Iowa,” Kelley said.

“I encourage anyone with questions or suggestions to contact me at the Statehouse. While I will be attending a host of public events at home on weekends, I can be reached anytime by email at Dan.Kelley@legis.iowa.gov or by phone at 641-5219260,” Kelley said.

Gov. Branstad to speak at conservative event in Des Moines DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will appear at a conservative summit in Iowa this month.

Organizers of the Iowa Freedom

Summit said Monday that Branstad and Reynolds will participate. The Jan. 24 event in Des Moines is being sponsored by Citizens United and Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa.

Other confirmed guests for the summit include Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

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Buckeyes dismantle Ducks for national title Ohio State wins first college football playoff title with 42-20 win over Oregon ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ohio State was done when Braxton Miller got hurt in August.

Ohio State was done when

it lost at home to Virginia Tech in September.

Ohio State was done when J.T. Barrett got hurt in November.

A funny thing happened: Every time the Buckeyes looked done, they kept getting better. And in the new era of college football, that

was enough to earn a chance to win a championship.

They took advantage of an opportunity they never would have had in the BCS, shrug-

AP Photo Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott (15) runs for a nine-yard touchdown during the second half of Monday’s NCAA college football playoff championship game against Oregon in Arlington, Texas. Elliott’s teammate Corey Smith (84) signals success as he runs over two Oregon defenders.

Elliott rushed for 246 yards and four touchdowns powering Ohio State to the first national title in college football’s playoff era, running over Oregon 42-20.

ging off questions about if they belonged among the college football’s final four. Cardale Jones, Ezekiel Elliott and the Buckeyes won the first College Football Playoff national championship, upsetting Marcus Mariota and Oregon 42-20 on Monday night.

Behind their bullish backup quarterback Jones and the relentless running of Elliott, the Buckeyes (14-1) completed a remarkable in-season turnaround with a dominating performance against the Ducks (13-2).

“Late August, around camp, everybody counted us out when our Heisman Trophy quarterback went down, and then when the first college football playoff rankings came out we was like No. 16 or 17,” Jones said. “Long story short, we weren’t supposed to here.”

Ohio State began the first major college football playoff as the fourth and final seed, and was an underdog against both top-seeded Alabama and second-seeded Oregon. Plenty of people thought TCU or Baylor should have had the Buckeyes spot.

No question about it now: Ohio State is the truest champion big-time football has ever crowned, showered by golden confetti as its band played the school’s unofficial anthem, “Hang on Sloopy,” after the clock hit 0:00.

“This will go down as one of the great stories in college football history,” coach Urban Meyer said.

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This & That

Cross Country distance change for Iowa girls was inevitable It was bound to happen.

More than 40 other states had already made the move. I just wonder what took Iowa so long to get on board?

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union made the decision last week to expand the By Troy Hyde distance that Newton Daily News high school Sports Writer female cross country athletes run to 3.1 miles.

Iowa was one of only eight states that had not changed the distance and continued to run 2.5 miles. No big deal.

But there are advantages to furthering the distance.

Fans won’t have to ask as many questions at the meet.

With one course, they won’t have to worry about where the boys run and where the girls run. They will now both run the same course. They will both run the same distance.

Workers won’t have to work as hard. They won’t have to worry about two different courses either.

But the real winners are the

runners themselves.

I realize some won’t like the idea of running further.

But it will put the studentathletes in even better shape.

It will bring athletics closer to gender equality. And it will prepare the runners better for college.

In college, the women run 3.1 and the men go 4 miles.

So, will the Iowa High School Athletic Association expand the miles for the boys? And will the state decide to further the distances of junior high runners?

Those are questions that will be answered eventually.

I reached out to some area

coaches and they seem to be OK with the change.

Collins-Maxwell/Baxter coach Jerry Meinerts said he didn’t care that the girls ran shorter distances. But he understands the change and doesn’t think the extra 0.6 miles will be that big of a deal.

“I wasn’t expecting it to come this soon, but I thought it was in the plans down the road,” Meinerts said. “The girls will have to learn different courses and different loops, but I don’t think running another 1/2 mile will be that big of a difference. I was fine with the girls running the

shorter distance but the 5K distance will be better for girls who have aspirations to run in college.”

The biggest question for girls cross country itself now is, will the change to 3.1 miles hurt participation numbers?

My honest opinion is that it will at first, but may pick back up a few years down the road.

I spoke with one specific area cross country runner during a wrestling meet on Saturday and she told me that she wasn’t going out next season.

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Rowray to be honored on NHS Legacy Night

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s 2015 Legacy Night will honor the late NHS football coach David “Rowe” Rowray. Rowray taught and coached at Newton Senior High School from 1970 to 2003, when he retired.

Rowray, who died March 20, 2014, coached on the Cardinal football staff. On Jan. 30, Rowray’s coaching and teaching at NHS will be recognized during halftime of the varsity boys’ basketball game between Newton and Dallas Center-Grimes.

NHS Activities Director Scott Garvis said Rowray’s daughters, Alyson Morrison of Urbandale and Jennifer Lasagna of Dallas, Texas, will be in attendance on Legacy Night.

Also recognizing longtime NHS basketball coach Buzz Levick and the Cardinal back-toback state championship teams of 1963-64 and 1964-65, the school district added a new decal on the NHS basketball floor.

Submitted photo Newton High applied this new signage to the NHS basketball floor in recognition of former NHS basketball coach Buzz Levick and the Cardinals’ back-to-back state championship teams. It is part of the 2015 Legacy Night on Jan. 30 when Newton will honor the late David Rowray, who coached football for the Cardinals.

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

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

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

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

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

Wrestling Newton, Urbandale at Ames, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday Boys’ Swimming Newton, Mason City at Dowling Catholic, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Newton 8th boys at Winterset, 4:15 p.m.

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

Wrestling Newton, Des Moines Lincoln at Ottumwa, 5:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo, PCM at Gilbert, 6 p.m.

CMB, South Hamilton at RolandStory, 6 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at BGM quadrangular, 6 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Bowling Newton girls, boys at Knoxville, 4 p.m.

The Buckeyes overcame two injured Heisman contenders and one awful 35-21 loss to Virginia Tech to win their first national title since the 2002 BCS championship. In the BCS format, the early slip to the Hokies could have pretty much eliminated the Buckeyes for the championship race.

Before the BCS’s 16-year stint, it was up to The Associated Press and coaches’ polls to sort out which team was best, with a little help from the bowls. The Buckeyes have three of those championships, too.

Now they can add college football’s newest championship trophy to the display cases at Woody Hayes Athletic Center back in Columbus.

Meyer now has three titles, adding this one for his home state team to the two he won for Florida. He matches Alabama’s Nick Saban as the only coaches to win national championship at two schools. It’s taken just three seasons for Meyer to put the Buckeyes — and the Big Ten — back on top, with a team that looks built to last.

Elliott, a sophomore, was the offensive MVP and ran for 246 yards and four touchdowns on a career-high 36 carries. In the last three games — the Big Ten championship against Wisconsin, the Sugar Bowl semifinal against Alabama and the final against Oregon — Elliott had 696 yards rushing.

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Ohio State is No. 1; TCU finishes third in final AP Top 25 The Associated Press Ohio State is No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll and TCU finished third, in front of two teams that made the playoff ahead of the Horned Frogs.

The Buckeyes finished on top of the AP Top 25 for the fifth time in program history, matching Miami and Southern California for fourth most behind Alabama (nine), Notre Dame (eight) and Oklahoma (seven).

Ohio State beat Or-

egon 42-20 on Monday night in the first College Football Playoff national championship game and got all 59 first-place votes in the media poll.

The Ducks finished second in the rankings, matching their best finish.

The Horned Frogs, who were left out of the playoff but beat Mississippi 42-3 in the Peach Bowl, were ranked ahead of No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Florida State.

The Tide and Seminoles lost playoff semifinals.

Michigan State tied Florida State for fifth.

AP TOP 25 MEN

AP TOP 25 WOMEN

The Top Twenty Five The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (63) 15-0 1,623 1 2. Virginia (2) 15-0 1,561 3 3. Gonzaga 16-1 1,446 6 4. Duke 14-1 1,432 2 5. Villanova 15-1 1,264 5 6. Louisville 14-2 1,264 5 7. Wisconsin 15-2 1,200 4 8. Utah 13-2 1,185 9 9. Kansas 13-2 1,100 12 10. Arizona 14-2 1,037 7 11. Iowa State 12-2 922 17 12. Notre Dame 15-2 903 13 13. Wichita State 14-2 832 15 14. Maryland 15-2 801 11 15. North Carolina 12-4 719 18 16. West Virginia 14-2 627 14 17. VCU 13-3 578 20 18. Oklahoma 11-4 485 16 19. Arkansas 13-2 431 23 20. Texas 12-4 345 10 21. Seton Hall 13-3 298 19 22. Baylor 12-3 298 21 23. Northern Iowa 14-2 212 — 24. Oklahoma State 12-3 132 — 25. Wyoming 15-2 71 — Others receiving votes: Ohio St. 70, Michigan St. 67, Dayton 55, Providence 17, Indiana 15, LSU 12, St. John’s 10, Alabama 7, Georgetown 7, NC State 6, Green Bay 3, Syracuse 3, Butler 2, Oregon 2, San Diego St. 2, TCU 2, Colorado St. 1, Davidson 1, Hofstra 1, Old Dominion 1, SMU 1.

The Women’s Top Twenty Five The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (28) 16-0 868 1 2. UConn (7) 14-1 846 2 3. Baylor 14-1 777 5 4. Louisville 15-1 728 6 4. Texas 13-1 728 3 6. Tennessee 14-2 722 7 7. Notre Dame 15-2 678 4 8. Maryland 13-2 583 12 9. Oregon State 14-1 579 11 10. Kentucky 14-3 545 10 11. Texas A&M 15-3 515 9 12. North Carolina 15-2 488 8 13. Stanford 12-4 453 15 14. Arizona State 15-1 399 18 15. Mississippi State 18-1 341 14 16. Duke 11-5 332 13 17. Nebraska 12-3 275 19 18. Georgia 15-2 271 20 19. Princeton 17-0 178 22 20. Florida State 15-2 168 — 21. Oklahoma State 11-3 162 16 22. Iowa 12-3 139 17 23. Minnesota 14-2 114 23 24. Rutgers 12-4 98 24 25. Syracuse 11-5 91 21 Others receiving votes: W. Kentucky 78, Chattanooga 49, Miami 41, Washington 24, South Florida 21, Iowa St. 19, Northwestern 18, Green Bay 14, Long Beach St. 7, St. John’s 7, Seton Hall 6, California 5, DePaul 4, George Washington 2, Ohio St. 2.

www.newtondailynews.com | Tuesday | Jan. 13, 2015 “With all the stuff we went through to get here, it’s just crazy,” Elliott said.

“It doesn’t feel real.”

Jones, who took over in the MichiMariota gan game for the injured Barrett (who had taken over at the start of the season for the injured Miller), passed for 242 yards and a touchdown and ran for score in his third career start.

The 250-pound third-year sophomore proved he could keep up with Mariota — at least on this night.

Mariota passed for 333 yards and two touchdowns, but the Ducks’ warp-speed spread offense missed too many red-zone opportunities and couldn’t unleash its running game against linebacker Darron Lee and an Ohio State front seven stacked with future NFL draft picks.

“We fought through a lot of stuff,” Mariota said. “We ended up short tonight, but that shouldn’t take away from what we were able to do this year.”

Even with the benefit of four Ohio State turnovers, the Ducks were held to their lowest point total of the season, four touchdowns below their average coming in. They went 2 for 12 on third downs, with two killed dropped passes in the first half.

“Their front seven is unbelievable,” Oregon receiver Byron Marshall said. “I think we

Hyde Continued from Page 1B She has other reasons for deciding not to run but did express her disapproval with the state’s decision.

I think that will be a popular opinion with current high school students, unfortunately.

Younger runners will come into high school already knowing the distance has changed so the numbers should get better as more runners adapt to different training methods and strategies.

“I see positives and negatives,” Colfax-Mingo coach Zach Tomas said. “It will be nice to set up just one course. I think this makes it easier overall for coaches that coach both girls and boys.

You can do the same workouts for both teams.

“This was bound to happen.

The coaches association put a vote out last year. I figured it was something that was in the works eventually.”

Newton cross country coach Rachelle Tipton was unaware of the push for a new distance, but she is perfectly fine with the change.

“I believe it is a good move,” Tipton said. “The majority of states race the 3.1 mile distance and we are now in line with them. Most runners will have run a 5k road race, so the distance is not foreign. I know the Newton girls are capable of making the move up, and I look forward to next season.”

NFL season is winding down My favorite NFL team — the San Francisco 49ers — were not involved in the postseason this year after making three straight trips to the NFC tile game.

That didn’t keep me away from the television to see which teams would keep their season alive. But my least-favorite teams in the entire league were

missed some opportunities, and they played a great game.”

Oregon has done just about everything as it has blossomed into a national power over the last two decades, but it will likely continue the search for its first national championship without Mariota. Barring a major surprise, the junior is likely to turn pro — though he wouldn’t talk about his upcoming draft decision after the game.

Elliott scored the game’s last three touchdowns, finishing off the rout with a 1-yarder with 28 seconds left.

While Elliott slipped and darted through the Ducks, Jones pushed them around and shook them off.

When Jones surged and spun his way into the end zone with 4:49 left in the second quarter it was 21-7 Ohio State and the “O! H! I! O!” chant made the dome in North Texas sound like the horseshoe in Columbus. The Ducks were facing their largest deficit of the season.

If there was any concern that fans wouldn’t travel to the championship game in the new postseason system, the packed house at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, awash in Buckeyes’ scarlet and Ducks’ yellow, put that to rest. The crowd of 85,689 was as charged as any BCS national championship game.

But by the time Elliott went in from 2 yards out with 9:44 left in the fourth to make it 35-20 it was clear this night had turned into a Buckeyes Bash. the only teams still not eliminated from NFC contention heading into Sunday.

I had to force myself to root for the Carolina Panthers because there was no way I could hope for success when it comes to the Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys.

The Packers-Cowboys game was fun. I wanted both teams to lose.

And once again, a call on the field stole the show and took away what was a great weekend of NFL games.

I understand the rule. You know, the “must complete the process of the catch rule.”

But it’s a dumb rule. And if the right call was made because that’s what the rule says, then the rule needs to be changed.

Dez Bryant caught the ball.

I don’t know how anyone could see that differently.

Again, I am not biased. I had no reason to want the Cowboys to win — but I think they got jobbed. Just like the Detroit Lions got hosed against the Cowboys the week before.

Last year, I saw an official make a horrendous call against my Niners in a regular season game against the Saints and that call cost San Francisco the game and homefield advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

The Niners had to go to Seattle because of the call and very few teams win in Seattle. And all we got from the league after the game was the official made the wrong call and that the player who was flagged wouldn’t be fined for his hit on Drew Brees.

That’s gratifying. The call was wrong, you admitted it, but the result stays the same. Perfect.

I don’t want to make this about me. The Niners aren’t the only team that has to deal with the horrific officiating that has been seen that past few years.

And why does the NFL form “all-star” officiating crews for

Newton JV boys, freshman squads lose to Pella

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — Newton High’s younger basketball players had a rough road trip Monday night.

The Cardinal boys’ junior varsity and freshman teams and the Cardinal girls’ freshmen lost games to host Pella.

Pella beat the Newton freshman girls, 49-20, after leading the Cardinals 30-5 at halftime.

Ali Bestell paced Newton with eight points and eight rebounds.

Marcelina Marvelli scored five points and had a steal. Taylor Ryan added three points. Addy Blom and Anna Forsyth each had two points and one steal.

Newton’s freshman boys lost 50-28 to Pella. Grayson Graham topped the Newton scoring list with 11 points.

In the junior varsity boys’ contest, Pella was ahead of Newton 32-24 at halftime and maintained control in the second half for a 7353 win. Morgan Maher led Newton with 19 points and two assists.

Josh Ventling tossed in 13 points and pulled down seven rebounds.

Trey Vanderlaan scored nine points and had two assists for Newton. Brennen Dodd had eight points. Reagan Maple and Justin Fischer each had two points. Josh Gulling handled five rebounds.

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the playoffs? The crews we see on playoff weekends are not the same crews we see during the regular season. They mix and match based on their performance during the year.

I am not opposed to rewarding someone for a job well done, but there is a sort of cohesion and comfort that comes with officiating.

It would be much better for the league, the players and the fans if the NFL would grade the officials based on their entire crew and not just as individuals. That way we have a better chance of not seeing the referees decide important games.

As for the remaining teams in the playoffs. Give me Seattle over Green Bay and New England over Indianapolis. That is my prediction. Not what I want to see.

I would love to see Andrew Luck in the big game. And I despise the Seahawks more than any other team right now, so as much as I dislike the Packers, I would still rather see them in the Super Bowl. And the main reason is because the roster is littered with Iowa Hawkeyes.

But if my prediction becomes reality, Tom Brady vs. the Legion of Boom in the Super Bowl is not too shabby either.

Correction The Colfax-Mingo girls cross country team advanced to the state meet this past fall despite not even fielding an entire squad four years ago.

But it wasn’t the first time a Colfax-Mingo cross country team advanced to state, as I stated in an article in last Thursday’s Newton Daily News.

The community has seen many state cross country appearances and even a few state championships.

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Head Coach John Fox and Broncos part ways ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — John Elway is looking for a new coach after agreeing to part ways with John Fox following Denver’s latest playoff meltdown.

Fox won the AFC West all four of his years in Denver, but each of those seasons ended in ugly fashion in the playoffs, culminating with Sunday’s 24-13 upset by Indianapolis.

Fox might already have something in the works with another franchise — he didn’t shoot down a pregame report Sunday night that he could be available if the Broncos lost.

Neither Fox nor Elway would say what was discussed Monday when they met other than it was time to split up.

“It became clear that it was best for both the Denver Bron-

cos and Coach Fox to move on and make this change,” Elway said in a statement.

So, Fox is out after going 4922 in Denver, including the playoffs, following a 78-74 record in nine years with the Carolina Panthers, counting the postseason.

Fox gathered his players at noon Monday but didn’t talk about his own future.

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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 December 18, 2014 - 6:30 p.m.

Board Work Session Board of Education Emerson Hough - Conference Room 125 President Sheri Benson convened the board to order at 6:30 p.m.

Present: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark (6:40 PM), Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, Bill Perrenoud, Bob Callaghan, Gayle Isaac, and Christine Dawson.

Others Present: Scott Bauer, Josh Cantu, Jolene Comer, Carol Farver, Jim Gilbert, Barb Hackworth, Fran Henderson, Hoffmeier, Karen Bruce Hoffmeier, Carol Koon, Paula Lureman, Michelle Modlin, Cody Muhs, Sarah Muhs, Jen Norvell, Lee Reynolds, Tina Ross, Amelia Schoeneman, Todd Schuster, Sandy Scotton, Laura Selover, Lisa Sharp, and Jonna Sweeney.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA - ACTION # 9481 Donna Cook moved, Robyn Friedman seconded, to approve the consent agenda.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, and Bill Perrenoud Abstain: Travis Padget Absent: Nat Clark Utilization of Emerson Hough Facility - Sheri Benson, President (Discussion Item) Superintendent Bob Callaghan explained that key and crucial to reconfiguration is to increase the number of classrooms, which will allow for class size reduction and reaching/meeting student achievement goals through instruction.

More varied classrooms are needed, which would require the use of the Emerson Hough facility. From there, we can determine how to best use facilities. Consideration has been given to recommendations from the SIAC Committee, administration, teacher and parent surveys, and teacher and community forums.

Sheri Benson noted that the has received a board recommendation from the SIAC Committee to repurpose Emerson Hough into an elementary education learning center.

Potential Building Reconfiguration Options - Sheri Benson, President (Discussion Item) An additional optional for building reconfiguration was presented, based upon responses from the teacher and community forums.

The option presented was two K2 buildings (TJ would also house PreK), two 3-4 buildings, with the Berg Complex housing two separate configurations (5-6 and 7-8).

Berg Complex Building Concerns - Sheri Benson, President (Discussion Item) The board was presented with projected approximate costs for renovating the existing Berg Complex and building a new Berg Complex facility. Cost estimate for the renovation is $17,828,400.

Cost estimate for construction of a 160,000 square foot facility is $30,629,000. The board asked district administration to provide funding source options.

ADJOURN - ACTION # 9482 Nat Clark moved, Bill Perrenoud seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 8:25 PM. Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud Minutes Mailed.

January 13 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY CITY OF MONROE, IOWA EQUITY NO. EQCV119226 Petitioner, ORIGINAL NOTICE vs.

STEWARD L. ROSS; SPOUSE OF STEWARD L. ROSS, IF ANY and UNKNOWN PARTIES DATE PETITION FILED: 12/17/2014 Respondents.

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY CITY OF MONROE, IOWA EQUITY NO. EQCV119226 Petitioner, ORIGINAL NOTICE vs.

STEWARD L. ROSS; SPOUSE OF STEWARD L. ROSS, IF ANY and UNKNOWN PARTIES DATE PETITION FILED: 12/17/2014 Respondents.

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.

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

You must serve a motion or answer on or before February 9, 2015, and within a reasonable time thereafter, file your motion or answer with the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, at the courthouse in Newton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

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

If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immediately call your district ADA coordinator at (515) 286-3394. (If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942) IMPORTANT: YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS January 6, 13 and 20

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ELECTRONICS

WANTED OLD stereo components, speaker, etc., guitar or amp, Sony Walkman, military radio, any condition is ok. Please know model number for parts or repairs. 515-2383343.

WANTED: FARM toy tractors, trucks, implements, farm related advertising items and Lego's. 641-5263050 or 641-521-1448.

PAINTING

HORNING'S PAINTING: Interior & exterior painting Drywall Repair & Texturing Free Estimates 641-791-9662

WANTED: FARM toy tractors, trucks, implements, farm related advertising items and Lego's. 641-5263050 or 641-521-1448.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

INVESTORS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

LEAKY ROOF, Missing Shingles???

Flat roof repair & coating.

Chimney repair & removal.

Soffit & fascia repair & cover.

General Repairs

INSULATION

Attic & side walls.

Attic fans & ventilation Leaf Proof Gutter Covers,

The Newton Daily News recommends that you investigate every phase of investment opportunities. We suggest you consult your own attorney or ask for a free pamphlet and advice from the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. Hoover Building, Des Moines, IA 50319. 515-281-5926.

• Plumbers & Helpers • New Construction & Service

LOST & FOUND

LITTLE WHITE Kitty w/ black and gray spots.

Prominent marking on the nose. Answers to Doobie.

Lost in the Vicinity of 525 N 9th Ave E. Call 641-8313009 or 792-3811

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2 BEDROOM house, small second bedroom, unfinished basement, large backyard, refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer.

641-792-4000.

Service Directory!!

One Low Monthly Rate Advertised for a month in the Newton Daily News, Jasper County Advertiser and online! $60 for a 1” space, each additional 1/2” is $5 more!

ATLAS HYDRAULICS is looking to hire a Second Shift Supervisor.

Hours 2:00 PM–10:00 PM. Paid vacation/sick, matching 401K, health and dental ins. Compensation commensurate with qualifications. Submit resume in person at 1801 N. 19th Ave. E. in Newton.

FULL-TIME DRIVER for grain. Home nights. Competitive wages. Class A CDL required.

515-238-2220 HIRING MECHANICS, OTR Trucks Drivers, and Shop Supervisor in Des Moines, IA. Pay based on experience and position.

Experience required.

Excellent Benefits include: Health, Dental, Vision, life insurance, 401K, paid vacation, paid personal days, and paid holidays. If interested, please apply online at www.alanritchey.com or contact us at 940-726-3276.

EOE M/W/Vet/Disability

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets Sunday, Wednesday and Friday 7:00 PM in Basement of St. Stephan's Episcopal Church

WILL HAUL away running or non-running riding mowers, push mowers, snow blowers and garden tillers, and garden tractors. Call 792-2416

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EMPLOYMENT

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Route 764

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE

CLEAN 1 bedroom apartment with appliances, heat & water furnished, walking distance to square, laundry facilities, newly remodeled.

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

BROWN MICRO fiber couch, has 2 recliners, one on each side, like new.

641-527-2554 or 641-8912660.

CAMPBELL Havsfeld air compressor 4.5 hp, 13 gallon direct drive $100.

Trademans 10” bench table saw on stand $100/ 515-971-6507.

DALE EARNHARDT Jr. 1:64 Collectible Cars $12 each. Hot Wheels Cars & Round-up Ranch play sets $50 (for all). Fish tank decoration (large) $25. 515313-7803.

FIREWOOD: SPLIT & good burning wood, oak, elm mix. Also, can provide hickory or wild cherry upon request.

Will sell hickory/cherry by bundle for meat smokers. $80. for heaping truckload delivered and can help stack.

Pheasants Forever hand painted saw blade $35. Ice auger $10. 641-792-4664.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE pitcher $15., 50+ pieces costume jewelry $25. quart bag Barbie clothes & accessories $10., 2000 Longaberger “Darning” basket with cloth liner $15., 6” Jewel Tea Bowl “Autumn Leaf” $10. pink & white Hull Pottery vase- bow knot $50., 4 new in box, scenic mugs

by Hadley, farm scenes & tractors $3. each or 4 @ $10. 641-275-7600.

FOR SALE

16” PORCELAIN Doll “Christinia” on stand $10., assorted music boxes $3. each, 3 Maytag trucks1917 model “T”, 1948 Ford semi, 1966 Dodge service van $40. each or 3 @ $100., red ruby cruet $5., red ruby bell $10., 1996 Coca Cola pitcher, 4 cups, 3 plates & 4 glasses $15., collector plates in box with certificate, 1986 “ Moses & Ten Commandments”, 1988 “Lord's My Shepherd” $10. each. 792-8017.

2 SOURCE green heat infrared zone heating systems, have boxes, instructions and remotes, bought in 2013 and used couple of times. Will sell together for $100. or separate for $60. each or OBO. Model #SGH2TWM 4IQ, nonsmoker. 641-521-9875.

BEAUTIFUL SOLID oak China cupboard, 2 piece with light inside, bottom half is solid doors. 51”wide, 76” tall, and 14” deep, like new. $200 or OBO. Also, set of China, 8 place settings and a few extra pieces. White with blue flowers. Make an offer.

515-674-3390.

GLASS TOP dinette set with 4 red chairs, almost new $200. 35 mm old Japanese camera with micro lense $50. Assorted Christmas decorations, OBO. Several books over 100 years old OBO. Bakers rack, iron with 4 glass shelves $40. Assorted music CD's $3. each. 417546-1657.

MAYTAG OVER the range microwave, great condition, many features, white with owners manual $100. Whirlpool built in dishwasher, 2 years old, stainless tub, ex.

Condition, white with owners manual $175. 641275-0615.

MOSSBERG 410 pump, never been shot. $225.

Winchester model 1200, 12 gage shotgun $200.

641-521-2441.

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

3 CEMETERY plots in Union Cemetery in Newton. Deed 1901. 435-5905815.

ANTIQUE MAYTAG Wringer washer meat grinder attachment $380. or OBO. 320-262-6874.

PART-TIME PHARMACY TECH/CLERK

Variable hours & duties Certification preferable Apply in person only 400 1st Ave. W.

Newton

SMALL WOODEN Table with two chairs $40. cash.

641-831-3112.

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

1994 K1500 CHEVY 4X4 Newer tires, less than 2,000 miles on them, new hubs, ball joints, A/C compressor battery, distributor intake, coil. 119,000 miles.

Purple w/waldoc stripe kit.

350 Engine Automatic. $4580.00 OBO 641-242-0361

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 SNOW WAY V Plow- one ton truck mounting, new cutting blade. $3,000. 641792-4332 SONY 32" wide tube TV. Don't need anymore since we got a new one. Works great. You haul. $10. 641787-0903.

TASTE OF Homes magazines .15¢ each. A box of about 35 cross stitch magazines asking $2. whole box. 792-7186.

1998 CADILLAC DeVille D'Elegance White Diamond, Cabriolet top with Power sunroof, Heated leather, loaded.

Just turned 80K miles.

Sharp looking! $6490.

641-275-0246 or 641-792-2988 1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

TWO AXION 10 inch LCD TV/monitor/DVD players.

Have all accessories included. Perfect for kids entertainment in car, call for more details. $200. for pair or $80. each OBO, nonsmoke. 641-521-9875.

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.

Please leave a message.

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

The Maytag Dairy Farms local producer of Maytag Blue Cheese is accepting applications for positions in Packaging/Production Daytime shift, limited weekends, excellent company benefits.

Applications are available at: The Maytag Dairy Farms 2282 E 8th St N, Newton (641) 792-1133

Approx. $21 /mo

Approx. $3440/mo

N. 5th Ave W. N. 4th Ave E. N. 3rd Ave E. N. 2nd Ave E. E. 20th St N. E. 21st St N.

E. 23rd St N. E. 24th St N. E. 25th St N. N. 2nd Ave E. N. 4th Ave E. N. 5th Ave E. N. 6th Ave E. N. 7th Ave E. N. 7th Ave PL E.

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Buick motor, v6, 4 BL carb.

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641-521-6980.

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200 1st. Ave. E. Newton

CHEVY 01 Impala runs good, looks good. Everything works. $2000. 641521-2441

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It may feel like the first part of the day and the last part of the day aren’t even in the same story as the moon shifts from Libra to Scorpio. Relationships take interesting turns.

Mars newly finding a path in Pisces will load up the emotions. Go carefully with people -- they appear stronger on the outside than they feel on the inside.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 13). Enterprising and courageous, you will do what you set out to do.

Therefore, it’s important to mentally try on different outcomes to sense which would be the most advantageous fit. March will bring colorful personalities to your world. June shows a shift in your professional goals. You will lead the pack in September. Pisces and Aries people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 22, 17 and 45.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You don’t usually consciously decide how you want people to treat you, until they happen to mistreat you. Then you understand clearly where the

boundary is, and you work to reinforce that boundary for the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll be a great showman today with a production that is truly magnificent. You don’t even want credit. The artful aspect of it is that you dazzle them and make them feel as though they had a major part in it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Stress is among the most harmful of outside forces. Do what you can to make it easy on yourself.

Reduce the tension. There are simple ways to dial down the pressure. Start by asking for help.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The way you become a powerful force in the world is very simple: Be yourself. Honor your joy. Get to know what makes you happy and keep doing that.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re a leader, and you like to follow, too -- it’s how you learned effective leadership in the first place.

This conundrum will show

up in your life, and there will be moments when you’re torn about whether to lead or fall in line.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your social graces will be in top form today, and it’s a good thing -- this is what the world needs.

You’ll make it easy for people to get to know who you are and what you’re about, and you’ll share yourself in many ways.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). In order to speak well on a topic, you have to first understand it thoroughly.

That’s why you’ll do so much research and listening today. You’d rather not have to correct yourself later.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Your dietary needs are changing with the physical demands of your life.

With each meal you eat, ask yourself how you could make it better for yourself.

Probably the answer is in fresh vegetables.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

There are life stressors that you can’t do anything but

laugh about. The key is to determine quickly which are the ones that you can’t do anything about and consciously decide not to take them on.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

If you think your family is complicated and weird, just ask the person next to you to tell you a story about his family. There isn’t a person on the planet who doesn’t have weirdness in the family.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s something you want to put off, but the very fact that you feel that way about it means you probably shouldn’t. Handle the hard stuff early in the day just to get it over with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are highly influential and may be able to convince an entire crowd of people to do something.

This is, of course, most efficiently accomplished with social media.

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