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Newton man sentenced to 10 years for burglaries Newton Daily News A Newton man charged in a string of local burglaries has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Scott A. Johnson, 26, was arrested in late July for burglaries at the Moose Lodge, Bucklin Auto Parts and Fore Seasons. In mid-December, he was charged for burglaries at the Izaak Walton League, Bucklin Auto Glass and Jack Bucklin Auto Parts.

Law enforcement officials recovered various stolen property during the execution of search

warrants at a storage shed and two v e h i cles and also recovered burglars tools.

Johnson J oh n son, who pleaded guilty to five counts of third-degree burglary, was sentenced Wednesday. In addition to the 10-year prison term, he is ordered to pay more than $1,000 in restitution to Fore Seasons and more than $2,500 to the Moose Lodge.

Public Health Administrator to be hired next week

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The new Jasper County Public Health Administrator is expected to be selected within a week, according to Jasper County Board of Health Chair Margot Voshell. The new position was created following the county’s plans to take over public health services from Skiff Medical Center starting Feb. 1.

“We had reached out for an administrator to manage public health, and I must say, the candidates that we had

were so impressive with credentials that were above expectations,” Voshell said. “Any one of them will make a fantastic administrator.”

Currently, the board along with human resources director Dennis Simon are narrowing down the finalist and plan to select a candidate by the beginning of next week, with an announcement to follow.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News From the left, Veterans Affairs Commission members Marty Ford, Susan Springer, Jerome Gunderson, Jerry Nelson and Jasper County Veterans Affairs Director Chris Chartier discuss an upcoming retreat during Wednesday’s meeting. The 15-veteran retreat is set for May 20-22 at the Christian Conference Center south of Newton.

Vets retreat set for May 20-22 Veterans will be able to apply for upcoming event at Christian Center

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News After months of planning, a unique veterans event has come together.

At Wednesday’s monthly Jasper County Veterans Affairs Commission meeting, a contract was reviewed for a special retreat set for the weekend of May 20-22 at the Newton Christian Conference Center. About 15 Jasper County veterans will be selected to attend the “Warrior in the Woods” retreat that will involve various therapeutic activities, administered by the Military Resilience Project out of New York, along with an on-site service project to help offset the cost of the facility.

There will be no cost to the veterans who attend.

Jasper County Veterans Affairs Director Chris Chartier said after the contract is reviewed and signed, outreach to local American Legion posts and other organizations will take place.

Veterans will submit an application to the project, indicating some likes, dislikes and important background information that would affect a veterans’ retreat.

Activities listed included several physical empowerment exercises, such as swimming, boating and a service project. Commission member Jerry Nelson said the empowerment side appealed to him, but some of the other activities, such as meditation, journaling, qigong (similar to yoga), art and “ice breakers,” did not, and he wondered aloud how many other veterans would welcome those exercises.

“The entire focus is to get these vets socializing with each other,” said Chartier. “Nothing is solid in the schedule, and it’s going to grow between now and then. A lot will depend on other activities that we can set up for them. The application covers a lot of this.”

Warriors in the Woods is a retreat typically held in the Adirondack Mountains in New

York; the three-person Military Resilience Project team will be coming to the Midwest for the first time when it visits Jasper County.

The cost for the program to Jasper County Veterans Affairs will be $7,200, with $5,000 paid to the Resilience Project and $2,200 for the facility. The costs, described by Chartier as discounted rates, include food, use of cabins and other conference center buildings and the use of vans for moving around the property during the retreat.

Chartier said a significant contribution from an organization in Kellogg came at an excellent time. He said some of the businesses he dealt with in attempting to find firms that will support hiring veterans as part of the Home Base Iowa program are hoping to have at least one veteran employee attend the retreat.

The director said he is still trying to secure commitments from at least 10 percent of county businesses in an attempt to get Jasper qualified as a Home Base Iowa community. There are 23 VETERANS | 3A

Boulder park on deck for Aurora Park

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The Newton Park Board is moving forward with plans for a boulder park at Aurora Park in an effort to attract older middle school and high school students.

The park would consist of large manufactured rocks that are designed for climbing and traversing.

To fund the project, a resolution to approve a grant application for the Prairie Meadows Community Betterment Grant will go before the city council Monday. The grant would provide $100,000. The total project is expected

Submitted Photo The Teton Boulder Park in Jackson Hole, Wyo. is an example of what the Newton Park Board is hoping to put in place at Aurora Park to attract older middle school and high school students. Funding for the park is on the agenda for the Newton City Council Monday.

to cost $195,000 with additional funds coming

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the process of upgrading the camera production equipment to provide a better experience for both those operating it and the citizens. It is hoped with the new system, the video quality within the council chambers and on Mediacom and the website will greatly improve.

Iowa Audio Visual was approved to do the work at $27,670 with $24,500 coming from the 2014-2015 general fund ending balance and $3,170 for budgeted general funds in administration.

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

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agenda is the approval of a new video broadcasting system for city hall.

This is the third phase of the audio/visual broadcast system upgrade for city hall that has been in the works since 2013.

In 2011, it was determined that the audio/visual system in place was old, unreliable and not working correctly. Due to expense and technical complexity, city staff determined the upgrade should be completed in stages.

During fiscal year 2013-2014 the video broadcast equipment was replaced, and the following year the audio equipment was updated.

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | Jan. 15, 2016 The Newton Daily News recently visited Aurora Heights Elementary School and asked students:

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Touch and Go Newton-area native Leland Smith takes on the challenges of blindness at ISU

When Leland Smith took his first bus trip across downtown Des Moines, he successfully navigated to the store he had been assigned to find.

However, the blind Iowa State University student and Newton-area native never went inside.

“I figured getting there was good enough,” Smith said of the assignment, which was given to him as part of an Iowa Department for the Blind program. “But when I got back, I was asked for details about the kind of store I was sent to. So they sent me back on the second day, and the bus driver forgot to let me off in the right spot, so on the third day, I just walked there.”

That’s the kind of problem solving Smith has had to learn as a college student, capable of moving about on his own on campus or around a large city.

He’s had to learn some critical coping mechanisms as a blind student at Iowa State University — and he’s gained a sense of empowerment and confidence along the way.

“I used to find myself saying ‘That’s something I can’t do’ in situations where I now ask ‘How can I do this?’”

Smith said. “And I’ve learned to ask for help when I need it.”

Smith, the son of Tanya and Tony Smith, had some eyesight as a child, but severe macular degeneration developed during his late elementary-school years.

Smith went to see Dr. Edwin M. Stone, a University of Iowa ophthalmologist with a long list of credentials that includes director of the Carver

Family Center for Macular Degeneration. While his condition was diagnosed and monitored, there was nothing that could be done to slow his gradual loss of focus, and by his eighthgrade year, he mostly had only periphery vision and blurry images in front of him.

Smith is able to read large-print text with his remaining peripheral vision, but audio is what he relies upon for important information.

“I can see there’s a person in front of me, but I can’t focus on them and tell who they are,” he said. “I can tell there are pictures hung on a wall, but not what kind.”

Smith was able to complete 4-H projects, and he’s grateful to paraprofessionals Tara Allen and Julie McConnell and many others who helped him while he was a student at Newton High School, where he graduated in 2014. He said he’s amazed he accomplished certain tasks, but looking back, he wishes he would have made progress on completing course work more efficiently.

“It was taking me way longer to complete assignments than it would for my peers,” Smith said.

Smith is one of 39 blind or visually impaired Iowa State University students. It’s tough for them to network with each other, he said, aside from hanging out in places where blind students seek services.

Smith used the latter half of 2014 to participate in an Iowa Department for the Blind program in Des Moines before starting at Iowa State in the spring of this year. He said that was a huge benefit to him in getting prepared for

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Calendar What’s happening for the week of Jan. 18-22 Monday: 5:15 to 6:30 p.m., youth wrestling at Newton High School; 5:30 p.m., Pacesetter practice at Newton High School; 6 p.m., ninth grade girls and boys basketball against Pella at Newton High School; 6 to 9 p.m. drama auditions at Newton High School; 6:30 p.m., school board meeting at Emerson Hough; 7 to 9 p.m., AAU basketball at Berg Middle School; 7:30 p.m., junior varsity basketball against Pella at Newton High School. Tuesday: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., basketball at Aurora Heights Elementary; 6 to 9 p.m. drama auditions at Newton High School; 6:15 p.m., girls varsity basketball game against Pella at Pella High School; 7 to 9 p.m., AAU basketball at Berg Middle School; 7:30 p.m., boys varsity basketball against Pella at Pella High School. Wednesday: 5:15 to 6:30 p.m., youth wrestling at Newton High School; 6 to 9 p.m. drama auditions at Newton High School; 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., boys soccer open gym at Berg Middle School; 6:30 p.m., After Prom parent meeting at Newton High School; 7 p.m., Athletic Booster Club meeting at Newton High School. Thursday: 3:30 p.m., All Star band rehearsal at Berg Middle School; 4:30 p.m., eighth grade girls basketball game against Pella at Berg Middle School; 4:30 p.m. middle school wrestling meeting against Grinnell and Oskaloosa at Berg Middle School; 6 p.m., ninth grade girls and boys basketball against Norwalk at Newton High School; 6 to 9 p.m. drama auditions at Newton High School; 6 to 8 p.m., softball open gym at Aurora Heights Elementary; 6 to 9 p.m., Speech Community Night at Newton High School; 7 to 9 p.m., AAU basketball at Berg Middle School; 7:30 p.m., junior varsity boys basketball against Norwalk at Newton High School. Friday: 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., boys soccer open gym at Berg Middle School; 7 to 9 p.m., AAU basketball at Berg Middle School. Saturday: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Pacesetter Competition at Newton High School; 9 a.m., varsity girls and boys bowling meeting against Bondurant-Farrar at Cardinal Lanes; 12:30 p.m., varsity boys swimming invitation at Fort Dodge.

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a more urban life at a large university, as his family lived out in the country and he didn’t spend much time in any towns even as large as Newton.

“In one exercise, we went to a specific building at the state fair with our canes and side shields,” Smith said.

“Then, I was told, ‘OK, Leland, lead us back.’ I said I wouldn’t do it, and I was told ‘OK, we’re going to just stand here until you’re ready, or we might leave you here.’ So I reluctantly led the group.”

Smith said he’s grateful for the people at the Iowa Department for the Blind program who encouraged him to push himself, and to learn to walk with the help of a cane. He’s also grateful his family pushed him in 4-H, where he was able to show sheep and cattle in a way he didn’t think was possible, and to the Newton Lions Club for its financial support in various ways.

The Iowa State sophomore is majoring in bioinformatics and computational biology for his bachelor’s degree. He’s somewhat uncertain about postgraduate work, but getting to learn about blind attorneys and a blind chemists have opened up his mind to dozens of career options.

Smith said the cane is a helpful way to let others know he’s a blind person, rather than having to explain. It’s also easier to describe himself as blind rather than visually impaired.

“People know what the cane is for,” Smith said. “And they basically know what it means to be blind, so I just say that I’m blind.”

There have been a number of ways Smith has utilized the help of his peers at Iowa State. Not only can they answer his questions as he navigates Ames or the ISU campus (“Excuse me — Is this Gilman Hall?”) but recreation has expanded for him as well. One friend even helped him learn to ride a skateboard on campus.

“The moment when someone says ‘Oh, wait, you can’t, you’re blind’ is actually one of the greatest kind of moments,” Smith said. “That means that for that time, they forgot I was blind, and I was just another regular person.”

Smith said his condition is due to a recessive gene; his parents are both carriers of the gene, but don’t suffer from it. Some of Tony’s and Tanya’s ancestors had vision issues, but it’s not clear if Leland has inherited his condition from anyone in particular.

He’s been told by the Carver Center, where he has seen Dr. Stone and Dr. Marc Wilkinson that he might be able to have his vision improve as technology and science make leaps and bounds in the years ahead. He seems just as interested in discovering his capabilities as he is learning about his condition.

“There have been so many things that I didn’t used to believe I could do,” Smith said. “Sometimes, it’s touch and go, but it’s important to be creative.”

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Leland Smith is pictured recently at Bridgehouse Coffee in Newton. The Jasper County native begins his third semester at Iowa State University this month.

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Photos by Jason W. Brooks/Daily News This was the first week of the spring semester for students in Newton and many other Iowa communities. Students in Jodi Morgan-Peters’ Newton High School biomedical science class will spend the semester working on a fictional death case. The case began by collecting evidence Wednesday at a mock scene in the NHS front atrium.

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nity. These are important components of applying for the designation, but Chartier must also round up the business support and complete a written incentive package enticing veterans to relocate to Jasper County after completing active duty.

Wednesday’s meeting was attended by all five members of the commission, including Jerry Nelson and Jerome Gunderson, who were recently appointed to replace members who had

Continued from Page 1A counties or cities that have earned a Home Base Iowa designation, and Chartier and others have been working on adding Jasper to the list.

His department recently received a county board of supervisors resolution supporting the designation and purchased highway signs that will show Jasper is a veteran friendly commu-

resigned.

The board’s next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 10 in the Jasper County Annex Building.

In other matters handled Wednesday, the commission: • Discussed the importance of a strong Jasper County showing at the state capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 20.

That’s the day in this year’s session designated to recognize veterans for their service. Chartier said about 30 people rep-

From the left, Mason Richtsmeier, Mackenzie Johnson and Bailey Wall examine the scene as Jesse Sinclair examines the dummy body.

resented the county at last year’s state capitol veterans day.

• Went into closed session to review two applications for assistance.

• Discussed requirements for volunteers at the county Veterans Affairs office. Volunteers must complete a form and go through a brief background check; call 641792-7993 if interested.

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

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Saturated buffers are one of the newest practices promoted for water quality. A saturated buffer is a riparian buffer (areas of perennial grasses, shrubs or trees planted along the edge of waterways) where tile drainage water is redirected to flow through the buffer.

In conventional tile drainage systems, underground tile pipes transport extra water from cropland and deposit it into a nearby ditch

or stream. When using a saturated buffer, part of the tile drainage water is diverted into lateral drainage tile installed along the buffer. When the diverted water is released into the vegetated buffer, the buffer captures sediment, phosphorus, nitrates, and pesticides while also providing wildlife habitat.

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture began researching a saturated buffer site along Bear Creek in central Iowa. After four years of research at the site, the data showed a substantial amount of subsurface drain flow could be diverted in the buffer and substantially reduce nitrate delivery to the stream.

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Health Continued from Page 1A the candidates had, initiatives they would like to take on, grants they can get, the public speaking that we are looking forward to and all of us being under one umbrella. We were just excited,” Voshell said.

The transition of public health to the county began with Skiff Medical Center deciding to no longer provide the service following the merger with Mercy. In a letter to the board in November, Skiff explained that they recognize the importance for the community, to have access to community-based health care services such as home health, hospice and public health, but starting at the end of December, Skiff Home Care and Hospice would be managed by CHI Health at Homes through Mercy and would not long be able to provide public health services.

Following the announcement, the county opened up the service to any interested outside agency, with no positive responses. At a special December meeting, the board voted to move the services within the county and established the need for an administrator to oversee the program.

The transition of public health from Skiff to the county has already started, with inventories of equipment and staff training underway. Following the hiring of the administrator, the service will start to look at how it would like to run in collaboration with services already provided by the county.

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

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By Pam Rodgers Associate Editor

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These famous words might have been used by newspaper boys around the turn of the 20th century. Those “NEWSIES” came to life in front of a packed house opening night Tuesday at the Des Moines Civic Center. It was a fun, exciting show that brought the newspaper days of yesteryear alive on stage.

First and foremost, I have to mention the dancing. In the “NEWSIES,” the dancing takes center stage on almost all of the musical numbers and even continued while the sets were being changed in the background. The newsboys did the majority of the dancing, showing off their skills in many different forms from contemporary and jazz to tap and ballet. They also mixed in acrobatic jumps, flips and cartwheels that were a real crowd pleaser, earning extra applause and cheers.

Leading the way was Joey Barriero as Jack Kelley, the poor street kid. He eventually becomes the leader of the newsies who take on

the big wigs at The World. The whole story rides on his performance, and he commanded the stage from his first scene to his last.

For those familiar with the 1992 Disney movie, the stage version has a few differences.

The order of the story varies and more songs were added for characters who didn’t sing in the film. There are small changes to the plot, but the essence of the story remains the same.

A few characters in the movie are not present in the stage version. One of the biggest character changes is that of Bill Pullman’s character, Bryan Denton, the veteran reporter from The Sun who helps tell the newsies story. His character is replaced by Katherine Plumer — a young female reporter trying to get off the society page beat by helping the newsies in their strike. Katherine’s storyline is historically accurate for the time period. In the United States, women journalists were confined to the society pages, and there were very few women who

were able break that stereotype; however, a handful did. Most notable was Nellie Bly who is considered a pioneer in the field of investigative journalism. As a female journalist, it’s nice to see this role in the newsies changed to a woman in an otherwise male dominated cast.

Katherine, who is played by Morgan Keene, is also the love interest for Jack. I didn’t remember a love story being in the movie. I haven’t seen the film since my high school days so I clearly didn’t remember the film as well as I thought I did. Upon further research, there is a love interest in the film, but it is not nearly as prominent as the stage show.

It was a nice addition to plot.

Keene has a wonderful voice and showed her dancing skills alongside the boys.

The “NEWSIES” sets were very innovative. They had three movable scaffold structures with three tiers in each that allowed them to have several levels at the front or back of the stage.

They could move as one unit or be pulled individually to create a different look for the scene. Each “cube” had its own curtain, so it could turn the whole thing into a video screen or just part of it.

With it open, it was a great way to feature all of the newsboys without them all crowded on the stage at once. It provided depth to the backdrop that helped transport the audience to 1899 New York City.

One of the things that has always stuck with me about this story is the message. It revolves around fighting for your rights and not being afraid to stand up to those in power. It’s a true American tale where people can fight for what they deserve. The theme song for the show tells everyone to “Seize the Day” — a lesson we should all take to heart.

The “NEWSIES” is at the Civic Center through Sunday.

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Locals realizing the reality of human trafficking

By Lynn Keller Newton Says No To Human Trafficking Citizens of Newton and Jasper County have become more aware of the reality of human trafficking thanks to a local group called “Newton Says ‘No’ to Human Trafficking.”

Since the fall of 2014, community leaders, members of law enforcement, educators, teens, health care workers and other volunteers have been working together to raise awareness about this form of modern-day slavery.

This crime occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud, or coercion to control another person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or soliciting labor or services against his/her will. Human trafficking is not a crime that happens “somewhere else” in the world. No part of the country is immune, and it is happening in our own state.

Just last year there were 30 reported cases of human trafficking in Iowa. Jasper County’s proximity to Interstate 80 and Interstate 35 creates a particular problem. Because traffickers and their victims are highly mobile, they often travel along these roads to major trafficking hubs in Chicago, Omaha, Minneapolis and Kansas City. We should be aware of the possibility that we may have already seen victims of trafficking in our community without knowing they were victims. Our awareness of this crime could free someone from a life of entrapment, violence and a total lack of freedom.

The facts are staggering. One in three runaway children is lured into prostitution within 48 hours of running away. An estimated 244,000 American children are at risk of child sexual exploitation. The average age of entry into prostitution is 12-14. No one wakes up one morning and decides to become a prostitute.

Unfortunately, traffickers most often target emotionally at-risk and vulnerable youth — both boys and girls — sometimes as young as age 11, befriend them, and promise a glamorous life.

When they get them in their clutches, there is a grooming period where they work to gain their confidence. The next step is forcing the victims into a life of prostitution. This process of recruitment, seduction, isolation, coercion and violence is no match for the vulnerability of children.

Trafficking is the second-largest criminal industry in the world and generates $32 billion a year.

In the last eight years, more than 21,000 total cases of human trafficking have been reported to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline.

So how do we know if someone is victim of human trafficking? The most common sign is

“the absence of normal” in any given situation. Is the person not allowed to speak for himself/ herself? Do there seem to be few personal possessions? Are there signs of fear or anxiety? Does the person seem not to be in control of what’s going on? If you see something, do something. Note as many details as possible. First, call 911. Secondly, place a call to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or send a text to BeFree (233733). Don’t attempt to intervene. Our local police would rather answer a call and find nothing wrong than risk the possibility of a victim of trafficking go undetected.

While only in existence since the fall of 2014, “Newton Says ‘No’ to Human Trafficking” has held monthly meetings, given several informational workshops and presentations to local organizations and churches, and served as a liaison to engage a speaker for the high school health classes. The group has been fortunate to work with Michael Ferjak, director of the Human Trafficking Enforcement and Prosecution Initiative with the Iowa Office of the Attorney General. His expertise and guidance have been invaluable in helping us work to spread awareness of the unthinkable crime of human trafficking.

If you would like to get involved with “Newton Says ‘No’ to Human Trafficking,” please contact us at newtonsaysno@ gmail.com. For more information you can also ‘like’ our Facebook page.

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I’m not sure exactly when I became so wise, but I’m a master when it comes to dispensing advice ... not the answers, just advice. My By Dana King words of wisdom are quite sound, generally objective and at times, brutally honest.

I’ve counseled many a family and friend, and to date, none have ended up on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list or over the side of a bridge.

I must have one of those faces that says, “tell me your troubles.”

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Obituaries Esther L. Stevens Jan. 13, 2016 Esther L. Stevens, 85, of Newton, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2 0 1 6 , at Skiff Medical C e n t e r.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 18 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Cre-

matory. Memorials to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church may be left at the church the morning of the service or at the funeral home.

Esther, the daughter of Esper and Helen (Bracy) Tiedemann, was born Sept. 6, 1930, in Poweshiek County.

She started school in Malcom, and then as a young girl moved to Grinnell, where she was in the class of 1947.

Esther was united in marriage with George Stevens Dec. 31, 1945, in Waterloo. They made their home in Grinnell and Melbourne, before moving to Newton, in 1955. Esther was a

homemaker, raising the couple’s two daughters, Susanne and Kristine.

She also co-owned Henry’s Drive-In in Newton. Esther was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and the Moose Lodge. She loved getting together with people to have coffee or go out for supper.

Once a month she would meet with a group of her classmates in Grinnell, and every Thursday, a group of seven people, including Esther and George, would go out for supper in Newton.

Esther enjoyed being social and was loved by many. She was also a very talented quilt mak-

er, making many quilts for family and friends.

Those left to honor Esther’s memory are her husband of 70 years, George Stevens of Newton; two daughters, Susanne (Gary) Berkland of Belmond and Kristine (Rick) Burch of Shawnee, Kan.; Kariin (Mike) Pepin, Mara Berkland (Dave Dyson) and Daniel Burch; and two great-grandchildren, Klaudia and Isak Pepin and Sadie DeMaioribus. She was preceded in death by her parents; twin daughters, Jean and Jane who died at birth on Dec. 9, 1954; and a half sister, Jo Ann Hargraves-Lewis.

Iowa high school seniors sought for National Youth Science Camp honors DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds have announced two Iowa high school seniors have the opportunity to receive full scholarships to attend the National Youth Science Camp this summer in West Virginia.

The students will exchange ideas with scientists and other professionals from the academic and corporate

Prairie City ice rink grand opening Saturday The Prairie City Parks Board has announced the grand opening of the new public ice skating rink, at 1 p.m. Saturday,.

Admission to the rink is free. Skaters should provide their own ice skates.

The $4,800 rink has been in development since October and was fully funded by a Wellmark Community Foundation Grant.

worlds during the nearly month-long experience.

The camp includes lectures and hands-on research projects presented by scientists from across the nation; overnight camping trips into the Monongahela National Forest; and a visit to Washington, D.C. The selected delegates must not only demonstrate academic achievement in science,

but also show potential for thoughtful scientific leadership.

The NYSC experience is offered at no cost to scholarship recipients. Contributions to the National Youth Science Foundation allow delegates to participate in this educational experience. Educational and recreational programming, as well as meals, lodging, and round-trip air passage

on scheduled airlines are provided.

Delegates arrive in Charleston, W.V., on June 15, and depart on Sunday, July 10, 2016.

The NYSC is held near Bartow in the eastern mountains of West Virginia, within the Monongahela National Forest.

Application forms are available on the NYSC website at apply. nysc.org.

Club Notes Chapter K-EN T.T.T. Chapter K-EN T.T.T. hosted a meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 at Park Centre. Nine members and one guest attended. A dessert was served by co-hosts Carolyn Hobbs and Shirley Nuzum.

Vice President Rose Evans called the meeting to order. Roll was taken, minutes read and the treasurer’s report was given. Jane Repp will be auditing the books for the group.

Rose Evens reported the group had received a thank you note from the St. Nick’s club for our cash donation. She also helped give out books during the day that the families picked up the gifts. She reported that it is an uplifting and emotional event.

Carolyn reported that she still

has a few cheese balls if someone needs one.

In new business, contact information on a member was changed in the yearbook. The group voted to purchase one copy of the revised national yearbook and bylaws for the chapter. All previous copies are to be removed. Kay Parsons will follow up on that detail.

The meeting adjourned.

Members shared a favorite family recipe, showing the needed ingredients. Those food items were then taken to the food pantry at the Salvation Army.

The next meeting will be in March at the home of Shirley Nuzum.

Members are asked to bring an item for a silent auction that evening.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Jody N. Collins, 43, of Newton, was arrested on a Jasper County warrant after authorities were called at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday to 500 N. Second Ave. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Ryan D. Trostel, 27, of Newton, is charged with operating while under the influence after authorities pulled him over at 1:02 a.m. Dec. 27 in the 200 block of South Second Avenue East. Officers

observed bloodshot, watery eyes and could detect the smell of alcohol. He admitted to having two beers that night and had a BAC of .041. He also admitted to smoking marijuana earlier that day. He was cited and released to appear.

• A 15-year-old juvenile is charged with assault causing bodily injury or mental illness after authorities were called at 11:12 p.m. Saturday to the 300 block of East Fifth Street South. Officers

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• A 15-year-old juvenile is charged with disorderly conduct after authorities were called

at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday to the Newton High School. Officers were called about a physical altercation in the hallway at the school. The juvenile was cited and released to appear.

• A 15-year-old juvenile is charged with disorderly conduct after authorities were called at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday to the Newton High School. Officers were called about a physical altercation in the hallway at the school. The juvenile was cited and released to appear.

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• Legislative Coffee will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Club Room at Hy-Vee, 1501 First Ave. E in Newton. The League of Women Voters is hosting the first Legislative Coffee of the Iowa State Legislature session, all of the elected officials representing Jasper County, Sen. Chaz Allen, Rep. Dan Kelley, Sen. Amy Sinclair and Rep. Greg Heartsill plan to attend.

• ARK of The Way will host a distribution at 9 a.m. Saturday at The Way, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. in Newton. Free diapers, wipes and winter clothes for children sizes 0-14 will be available.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

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

• Monroe Legislative Forum will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Monroe City Hall, 206 W. Sherman St. District 14 State Sen. Amy Sinclair and District 28 State Rep. Greg Heartsill will be holding a legislative forum. They will be discussing the 2016 Iowa legislative session and field questions from constituents. Everyone is invited to attend.

• Jasper County Senior Citizens Center will host its monthly potluck and blue grass jam session at noon Saturday at the center, 702. E. Third St. S. in Newton. All blue grass music fans are invited.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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

• Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at 219 N. Second Ave. W., in Newton.

• NAMI of Jasper County meeting will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Skiff Medical Center south board room, 204 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton.

Wes Breckenridge is scheduled to speak at this meeting.

• Newton Golden K Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Newton Village for social time, coffee and a program. Anyone interested in the program or learning more about Golden K Kiwanis is welcome to come as a guest. For more information contact Rev. Thomas Lloyd at 641792-3612.

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

• Chapter HS of PEO will meet at 12:45 p.m.

Tuesday at Park Centre, 500 First St. N. in Newton. “Celebrate! Relax and Relate” Game Day social.

• Jasper County 911 Service Board will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office, 2300 Law Center Drive in Newton.

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

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Unexpected thanksgiving guest took self-guided tour of home DEAR ABBY: I lived with my mother, who passed away recently. I invited my cousins over to the house for Thanksgiving. One of them invited a cousin-in-law I had never met.

When I woke from a nap, the cousin-in-law was here and asked me about our walk-in bathtub, which means that while I was asleep on my mother’s bed, she had entered my mother’s bedroom and private bathroom. I was flabbergasted.

She also asked to keep a program I showed her from Mom’s service. I wanted to refuse (I still haven’t sent programs to out-of-state friends and relatives and am unsure how many I may need), but I let her keep it.

Should I say something to let her know how inappropriate it was for her to give herself a tour of my home before she even met me? — INVADED IN CALIFORNIA DEAR INVADED: No, but you should absolutely say something to the cousin who invited a stranger to your Thanksgiving dinner without permission, and compounded it by leaving that person unsupervised while you slept. While you may not be able to teach either of them better manners, at least you will have made clear that you won’t tolerate that kind of rudeness in the future.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 31-year-old nail biter and have been one for as long as I can remember. As an adult, I’m now attacking my cuticles to the point that they bleed.

If I feel a hangnail, I have to push it down or rip it out. It may be stress-related, but sometimes I don’t even realize I’m doing it.

I have stopped biting my nails twice, but that’s because I used to get manicures weekly. I can’t afford them anymore. The stuff that “tastes bad” doesn’t taste so bad it stops me.

I’d like to be able to show off my future wedding band. A co-worker said she thinks I have some sort of OCD. Could she be right? I know I need help. Do you have any sugges-

tions on how I can help myself? — DIANA IN SAN DIEGO DEAR DIANA: I do have one that may be helpful. Keep an emery board and cuticle scissors nearby at all times — including in your purse, at your desk and where you watch television. That way, if you break a nail or get a hangnail, you can smooth it out immediately and you won’t feel so compelled to chew. Try it. Others have told me it fixed their problem.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 25-year-old virgin and have never been in a relationship. I would like to wait to have sex until I’m married. Do you think I’ll regret it, since it doesn’t look like I’ll be married before I’m 30?

Do you have any thoughts on when to tell a man I’m dating that I’m still a virgin? Should it be on the second or third date, when we become exclusive, or after that? And if I ever get exclusive, how would I tell that person I’ve been single all of my life without sounding like I’m weird?

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Archeologists to survey 1850s ‘party house’ BOUTON — A more than $12,000 grant will soon allow archeologists to research a 1850s party house in rural Dallas County.

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs recently gave the Dallas County Conservation Board the grant for the project on the Dayton House’s 11-acre plot in Bouton. The building was originally a stopover for stagecoach riders, but turned into a place for dancing, drinking and horse racing.

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Medics were sent to the day care around 2 p.m. Wednesday. They were unable to resuscitate the baby, and she was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

Authorities identified the infant as Lily McKeever. State and county agencies have joined Shenandoah officers in their investigation.

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CLIVE — Iowa Lottery officials say an Onawa man has claimed his $2 million Powerball prize.

Bryon Stewart validated his ticket at lottery headquarters in Clive Thursday afternoon. The ticket was sold at a Casey’s convenience store in the western Iowa city of Onawa. It matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball to win a $1 million prize in Wednesday’s drawing. Stewart also added the Power Play to the purchase, which multiplied the prize to $2 million.

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Iowa City manager leaves post for same role in Kansas IOWA CITY — The Iowa City manager is leaving his position to take on a similar role in Lawrence, Kansas.

The Lawrence City Commission has named Tom Markus its new city manager.

The decision was announced in a news release Thursday. The commission will formally approve the employment agreement during a vote on Jan. 19, and Markus is expected to begin his new role in late March.

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North Park among key topics discussed by Colfax council

By Alex Olp Jasper County Tribune COLFAX — Several items were voted on regarding the use of Colfax’s North Park during Monday’s city council meeting as mayor Dave Mast and the new council were seated.

Also passed Monday was the lease agreement for Precision Pipeline if the Iowa Utilities Board approves the construction of the Bakken Oil Pipeline Project.

If the IUB approves the use of eminent domain for the Pipeline Project, Precision Pipeline would use 20 acres of North Park’s island for office and staging space of around 300 employees.

The lease would be $8,000 per month, and it could run a couple months beyond one year.

According to Park & Recreation Auxiliary Board President Doug Garrett, all of those funds will go toward future development of the park.

North Park will continue to rent 71 acres of tillable farmland on the north

side of the property to Beck’s Hybrid as the council renewed the lease for $250 per acre. Beck’s Hybrid would only need to utilize 30 to 40 acres of the 71 and the remaining acres they have offered to the Colfax-Mingo School District FFA program and the local 4H group for their future projects.

“We’re very excited about this prospect of incorporating an education component into the park program,” Garrett said. “It’s something we’ve always wanted and this would be a great starting point.”

Following the council’s approval Monday, Beck’s Hybrid also will pay a rent of $800 per month on a one-year lease to store equipment in the west pole building of North Park until their building opens.

City attorney resigns The council appointed an interim city attorney at Monday’s regular meeting after its previous attorney, Ken Walker of Walker, Billingsley and Bair, resigned.

The council approved the hire of

Vermont Gov. Shumlin speaks with Clinton supporters

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, right, stopped by the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters in Newton Thursday to speak with volunteers and answer questions as the campaign moves into the final weeks before the caucuses.

Billy J. Mallory as the interim city attorney. Walker’s partner, John Billingsley, will continue to prosecute criminal cases for Colfax.

“I’m pretty much retiring and cutting parts of my practice,” Walker said in a phone interview Monday. “It was kind of an easy break to make since they’re hiring a city clerk. I told Kathy (Mathews) I’d stay as long as she was there. I’m available to do anything for (the city) until they get someone hired.”

Walker’s resignation came the same day Kathy Mathews resigned as the city clerk Dec. 31.

Hometown Pride Program Hometown Pride Community Coach Jeff Davidson updated the council on the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Proposals the committee has been discussing.

The initiative is located on the University of Iowa Extension and Outreach, as Colfax and the six other Jasper County Hometown Pride communities are aiming to build a relationship with UI similar to the one Colfax has with

Iowa State University.

“The University of Iowa has some certain departments that they really specialize in that could be beneficial to us certainly if there’s a desire on Colfax’s part to pursue community planning initiatives. They have a school of community planning there,” Davidson said.

“And in regards to the flood issues that you’ve had in the community, they have one of the renowned flood institutes there.”

If accepted into the program, Davidson also said one of the things Colfax could also take advantage of is having UI take a look at the town’s real estate market.

All seven Hometown Pride communities in Jasper County are submitting the application to UI. The number of communities in the state submitting applications is unknown, but UI will select two Iowa communities to work with.

Mike Mendenhall contributed to this report.

Contact Alex Olp at aolp@jaspercountytribune.com

Trump-Cruz rivalry intensifies in rollicking GOP debate N O R T H CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The rivalry between the Republican Party’s two leading candidates for president intensified in Thursday’s debate, which featured the most rollicking action to date.

Yet rising tensions between billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz left little space for any of the other candidates to make an impression.

With less than three weeks until Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, the renewed focus on the

two candidates leading most preference polls suggests the overall shape of the 2016 contest may be solidifying — much to the dismay of Republican officials who fear neither Trump nor Cruz is electable in a general election.

Trump and Cruz starred in Thursday’s primetime event. And Trump, in particular, may have had his finest debate performance.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had strong moments, but didn’t have the breakout needed to begin

coalescing mainstream Republicans behind their candidacies.

Just one debate remains before Iowa’s Feb. 1 caucuses. But the likelihood of a major shakeup in the race becomes less and less as days pass.

Cruz and Trump went toe-to-toe several times, including Trump’s questioning of whether Cruz, born in Canada to a U.S. citizen, is eligible to serve as president.

Yet no exchange encapsulated the night better than their clash over “New York values.”

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Big windfall for PCM Foundation scholarships Estate of Norma Skinner gifts $1 million

By Jacki Grier Special to Newton Daily News It was 1994 when the Prairie City-Monroe Fo u n d a t i o n / E n d ow ment was formed, not long after the merger of the Prairie City and Monroe school districts.

It was the idea of PCM school board member Harold Van Wyk. The goal was to provide financial assistance and enhancement for the school and its students, and it was patterned after two very successful nonprofit foundations — Pella Christian and BGM. “A friend of mine, Pete Verhey, was on the Pella Christian Foundation board at the time.

He told me, ‘during the first 15-20 years very little happens in terms of financial gifts, but then look out,’” Van Wyk said.

Verhey was right. The PCM Foundation provides the opportunity for people to make tax deductible contributions through memorial gifts, scholarships and other donations in recognition and support of the school district, and that is certainly what has happened.

Now, just more than 20 years after its formation, the PCM Foundation has been given a gift of scholarship money totaling more than $1 million from the estate of Norma Skinner, who died Dec. 15, 2014, in Mitchellville, at the age of 89. The question is,

just who was Norma Skinner, and what was her connection to the PCM School District?

One of three daughters of Otley/Pella natives Peter and Maggie Van Peursem, Norma was born on her parents’ farm, across the road from the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with a Percy address. Elizabeth was the oldest, followed by Margaret and Norma, who was born April 3, 1925. All three girls attended Pleasant Hill School through eighth grade with only Elizabeth attending one year of high school in Percy.

“Girls often didn’t go to high school; they just worked on the farm.

Transportation to and from school was an issue back in those days,” her sister Margaret Myers said.

The family attended the Pleasant Hill Church. When the Van Peursems moved to town in 1948, it was to a two story house on the corner of East South Street in Prairie City.

Chuck Skinner For a time in the early 40s, Norma worked in Des Moines, and it was during that time she met Charles Skinner. Chuck was the youngest son of Charles and Clara (Borts) Skinner who lived east of the Brethren Church. Chuck graduated from Prairie City High School in 1941, and served in the Navy during World War II. Norma and Chuck

w e r e married June 14, 1 9 4 5 , a n d w h i l e Chuck was serving his country Skinner Norma c a m e back to Prairie City to live and worked at Sandy’s Studio there.

Once out of the service, Chuck first worked as a hired man for both Doc Sheeler and Hollis Hansen.

Nephew Melvin Ingram of Prairie City, is the son of Norma’s oldest sister Elizabeth and her husband Gail.

“Dutch Lemko liked Chuck a lot. When he bought a farm just north and east of Mitchellville he had Chuck farm it,” Ingram said.

Farming was Chuck’s life. After that he and Norma lived between Mitchellville and Altoona. He later bought a farm west of Mingo, and lived there until he got out of farming.

Chuck had a farm sale, and the couple moved in 1991 to Mitchellville.

They built a house on an acreage. Unfortunately, not long after they moved to Mitchellville, Chuck was diagnosed with leukemia and died only months after they moved into the house.

Norma and Chuck had no children.

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Mitchellville. Although she retired twice (the second time she worked only a couple of days a week), Norma worked there for 50 years as a bookkeeper and teller, among other jobs.

Prairie City friend and co-worker Karen Steenhoek worked with her at the bank for 30 years.

“It was easy to connect with Norma. She knew her customers, and everyone knew her.

I remember when posting checks became a computer job, and Norma was eager to learn; even though she was older she wasn’t afraid to ask for help. She was dependable and a hard worker. Chuck and Norma were a nice couple. I knew Norma’s dad, too, and her sister Margaret.

Chuck graduated with my dad Reuben Steenhoek,” Steenhoek said.

Confirming Karen’s comments about Norma is an old newspaper clipping Ingram had. It reads, “Overheard about Norma Skinner, teller at Farmers’ Savings Bank in Mitchellville: ‘She reminds me of the All-American teller ... she is always pleasant, smiling and friendly ... she would be a good person for a TV bank commercial.’”

Norma was active in Mitchellville. She served on committees for Thomas Mitchell Days (now Progress Days) and Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6

enjoyed senior citizens’ get-togethers, always planning trips through the bank to places like Mackinaw Island and Nashville. She liked to travel and loved Arizona.

She was particular about her yard. She liked to mow and, like her sisters, loved her flowers.

“Both she and Chuck were hard workers and conservative. They had everything they wanted and so had done a lot of investing, especially in annuities. Just think of the number of people her estate is going to touch, how many kids,” Ingram said.

Her estate provided for churches in Mingo and Mitchellville, the library in Mitchellville, and the community center in Mitchellville, but the largest part of her estate went to PCM seniors for many years to come by providing them with scholarships.

Home was Prairie City “Prairie City was always home to Norma.

Her roots were here. She went to the doctor and dentist here,” Ingram said.

She had many ties to Percy, too, especially the Percy Fair. Just before she died, Melvin and his wife Golda took her to the Percy Fair. In addition to husband Chuck, Norma’s four nephews, Max and Melvin Ingram and Jim and John Myers,

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were all Prairie City graduates as were the Ingram’s two daughters, Karla and Kim, and John and Diana Myers’ daughter Mistti.

No one other than her lawyer knew about this windfall of scholarship money for PCM students.

“I believe the decision to leave so much of her estate to the PCM Foundation was mainly her decision. She loved Prairie City. She subscribed to the Prairie City paper and when her sister Elizabeth was alive the two of them talked two or three times a week. Norma always wanted to know what was going on here. She liked kids and always made sure she talked to the kids at family get-togethers.

She wanted to help kids,” Golda Ingram said.

To honor benefactor Norma, the PCM Foundation has invited family members to be on hand for the symbolic check transfer at their fifth annual “A Night of Trivia” Saturday night at Fore Seasons Golf Practice Center north of Reasnor.

The family has asked that the scholarships be called the “Chuck and Norma Skinner Scholarships” and that a brief article about their lives accompany the certificates.

“We are happy to honor their requests. Thank you, Norma and Chuck, for what you’ve done for PCM kids,” foundation president Kathy Macy said.

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Cardinal freshman girls, junior varsity boys beat Norwalk; freshman boys lose Why not us The Pressbox

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Newton High’s freshman girls used a 12-2 second quarter to get away from visiting Norwalk by halftime, leading 18-2. The Cardinal girls saw a big lead dissipate late, but claimed a 29-24 win

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Hitting from the outside is Newton’s Cole Webster (22) in the first half of Thursday’s freshman boys’ game against visiting Norwalk. Norwalk defeated Newton’s freshman boys, 55-27.

Thursday.

At the same time the girls were winning, Newton’s freshman boys’ basketball team dropped a 55-27 decision to the Warriors in the NHS lower gymnasium. The Cardinal boys trailed 19-2 after one quarter, went on a 10-0 run and then Norwalk rolled to a 30-12 halftime lead.

To wrap up a night of basketball at Newton High, the Cardinal boys’ junior varsity got out early and never trailed the visitors from Norwalk. Newton posted a 53-43 win over the Warrior junior varsity in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

The Cardinal freshman girls and Norwalk were deadlocked at 6-all at the end of the first quarter. Newton would outscore Norwalk 16-3 over the next two quarters. As the Warrior girls fired in 15 points in the fourth period, the Cardinals kept the lead with a seven-point production.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Locking down the corner defensively are Newton’s Keith Steinbach (12) and Nathan Van Zee against Norwalk’s Blake Johnson (10).

The Newton junior varsity Cardinals netted a 53-43 win over the visiting Warriors.

Peyton Maher tossed in 13 points and had two blocked shots in the game for Newton. Emily Valtman added

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High freshman Brittney McConnell (20) drives toward the basket between to Norwalk defenders. The Cardinal freshman girls won 29-24 Thursday at home against Norwalk.

five points and made three steals. Newton shot 25 percent, 13-of-51, from the field and went 2-of-5 at the freethrow line.

Rachel Rhoads pulled down seven of the team’s 35 rebounds and Abbie Barr had five rebounds. Rhoads and Maddi Thayer each scored four points, and Barr had three points.

Anna Coyle was credited with four steals. Rhoads had four assists.

Newton’s freshman boys struggled to get a shot to go in during the first quarter.

They made a run early in the second period, but couldn’t catch up to Norwalk. After the 10-point surge by the cardinals, the Warriors gave NEWTON | 3B

PCM tops CMB in HOIC wrestling double dual

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Prairie City-Monroe wrestling coach Cory Waddell left Saydel High School wanting more Thursday night.

Collins-Maxwell/Baxter coach Mike Leslie had a similar thought after the Heart of Iowa Conference double dual.

Both the Mustangs and Raiders had their ups and downs. PCM started the night with a narrow 33-32 loss to Saydel but bounced back to beat CMB 48-32.

“We are not a team that can go without anyone,” said Waddell, whose Mustangs were missing Lucas Roland and Nathan Trausch due to minor injuries. “We are not deep enough of a team to be without our big hammers.”

The Raiders’ final match of the night was a 57-18 defeat at the hands of the host Eagles. Afterwards, Leslie talked about how his squad is still not doing the little things that make a wrestling team successful.

“It’s the simple mistakes that we are still making that is frustrating,” Leslie said.

“They either have to fix the simple mistakes or they’ll see the same results. Sooner or later the light bulb has got to turn on.”

There were seven forfeits combined in the CMB-PCM dual. The Mustangs collected the win in large part due to four pins from Chance Palm (120), Brycen Rogers (126), Xavier Miller (145) and Wes Cummings (152).

PCM (6-14 overall, 4-4 in HOIC) was 4-3 in contested matches against CMB. The

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Evan Bianchi, left, battles Prairie City-Monroe’s James Maggard during Heart of Iowa Conference wrestling action at Saydel High School on Thursday. Bianchi won the match by a 13-4 major decision, but PCM won the dual 48-32.

Raiders (3-13, 3-5) got wins on the mat from Lincoln Brown (138), Evan Bianchi (160) and Logan Mitchell (182).

The Mustangs jumped out to a 30-0 lead and led 42-4 with four matches to go.

Mitchell’s pin against Dalton Schlangen started a stretch of four straight wins for CMB. Charles Robertson (195), Dylan Williams (220) and

Archer McFadden (285) all won by forfeit.

Robertson and Williams were the only Raider wrestlers to go 2-0 on the night.

Both were given two forfeits.

Robertson is now 21-1, Bianchi sits at 15-6 and McFadden is 17-6.

PCM began its night with a loss to Saydel. The difference in the match came at 170 pounds where Mustang

freshman Jarron Trausch (24-4) was upset by Trevor Sprague, a wrestler Trausch pinned in the PCM Invitational this past weekend.

“He tried a move and got caught,” Waddell said of Trausch. “He’s a high flyer.

He goes after the big move and got caught. He’ll learn from it. He’ll be all right.”

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One week has past since the “bombshell” news hit Newton High’s football faithful — the Newton Cardinals will play Class 4A football again for at least the next two years.

We’ve had time to mull it over, gripe about it, grit our teeth over it and say woe are we.

By Jocelyn Now, stop it Sheets all.

Newton Daily It’s time to News say “Why not Sports Editor us? Why not Newton?”

“There are two choices. You can let this get to you. Or we all can look internally, stay together and fight.”

Alex Smith, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, said this during the five-game losing skid the team had, going 1-5. The Chiefs players, coaching staff and organization stayed together and fought to the tune of 11 wins in a row. The 11th win was a NFL wildcard playoff victory last week.

I don’t know what will happen Saturday when the Chiefs go to Foxborough, Mass., to challenge New England, but I’m not betting against them.

I heard a radio interview with one of the Chiefs this week.

Ron Parker said they just stuck together, worked hard and did their jobs.

Yes, Newton is the smallest of the 48 Class 4A football schools according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Yes, it doesn’t seem fair, but it’s just like life, sometimes it isn’t fair. Yes, the Cardinals struggled through a tough 1-8 season last fall in Class 3A action. Yes, there’s no changing it for the next two seasons.

So, now it is time for commitment by Newton High’s young men to do what is necessary in the weight room to get stronger and bigger — muscle wise. It is time for the NHS coaching staff to recommit themselves to providing the players from freshmen to seniors with the best offense and defense to fit the personnel Newton has to out on the football field. Be the best you can each day as a player and as a coach.

Attitude is a big ingredient to success in athletics and in life. If the Newton players and coaches have positive attitudes, then parents and the community has to have positive attitudes. Don’t be nay-sayers.

There is a strong football tradition at Newton High. I know that. You respect and honor the tradition and those who went before you in a program. You move forward together taking on the challenges you have to face now.

Use the tradition to inspire current athletes. Don’t use it to tear them down — they’ll never be what they used to be here at Newton — counterproductive.

Respect what the current Newton High football players and coaches are doing. Let’s see what they can do. Let’s cheer them on.

No more “woe are we.” It is “Why not us, Newton?”

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

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

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

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

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

Wrestling Newton at Bettendorf Invitational, 3 p.m.

Saturday Wrestling Newton at Bettendorf Invitational, 10 a.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Wayne tournament, 9 a.m.

PCM at Adel-DeSoto-Minburn tournament, 10 a.m.

Bowling Bondurant-Farrar at Newton, 9 a.m.

Basketball Newton 9th girls at Bondurant-Farrar, 9:30 a.m.

Pella at PCM, girls 1 p.m., boys 2:30 p.m.

Boys Swimming Newton at Fort Dodge Invitational, 12:30 p.m.

Monday Basketball Newton 9th girls tournament, 5 p.m.

Wrestling Newton, Grinnell at South Tama, 6 p.m.

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C-M grapplers recover from slow start, finish 2-1 in quadrangular

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — In a roller coaster night, the Colfax-Mingo wrestling team got off to a rocky start during double dual action here Thursday.

The Tigerhawks lost their opening dual against North Mahaska but bounced back to finish the night on a high note as they went 2-1 against three South Iowa Cedar League foes.

Colfax-Mingo lost 31-28 to North Mahaska, defeated English Valleys 39-30 and then ended the night with a 40-33 victory over Tri-County/Montezuma.

“We had some guys let matches get away during the first dual, but they out-wrestled us and beat us on the mat,” Colfax-Mingo coach Erin Hume said. “The guys picked their heads up and finished the night strong. It proves how much our young guys are battling and improving each day.”

The Tigerhawks jumped out to a 22-0 lead against North Mahaska, but the Warhawks won six of the final seven matches to win by three.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Garrett Chapman, top, improved his season record to 17-10 after claiming three wins during Thursday’s double dual in Colfax.

Backed by pins from Ben Mead, Garrett Chapman and Adam Teed, the Tigerhawks jumped out to a 30-6 lead against English Valleys.

The visitors rallied to get within 33-30, but a win by decision from Will Dunsbergen and a forfeit win by Colton Lourens wrapped up the team win for the Tigerhawks.

The Tigerhawks got off to a fast start in the finale, too.

TCM closed the gap to 28-24, but pins by Marshall Maple and Skyler Aikin clinched the win for Colfax-Mingo.

Aikin gave up an early lead in his match at 170 but rallied with a third-period fall.

“He battled all night, stayed tough and kept himself in the match,” Hume said. “That win sealed the dual for us.”

Teed and Chapman went 3-0 on the night. Cauy Furgison, Ty Carlson, Ben Mead, Dunsbergen and Lourens all went 2-1.

The Tigerhawks wrestle at 6 p.m. Tuesday at North Polk.

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No. 16 Iowa routs No. 4 Spartans, sweeps series EAST LANSING, Mich.

(AP) — Iowa proved it could beat, dominate in fact, Michigan State even with Denzel Valentine on the court.

Peter Jok scored 19 of his 23 points in the first half to help the 16th-ranked Hawkeyes build a huge lead that helped them rout the fourth-ranked Spartans 76-59 on Thursday night.

“Pete has that ability to get going,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “We found him early and we kept going to him.”

Iowa (13-3, 4-0 Big Ten) humbled the Spartans for the second time in two weeks and defeated them on the road for the first time since 1993, ending an 18-game losing streak.

“To beat one of the best teams in the Big Ten on their home court is big,” Jarrod

Uthoff said. “It doesn’t matter what happened 23 years ago.”

Valentine had a relatively lackluster game with 14 points, five assists and four rebounds. He played in his second straight game since returning from a four-game absence while recovering from knee surgery.

Valentine watched from the bench on Dec. 29 when the Hawkeyes beat the then-top ranked Spartans 83-70.

McCaffery insisted it didn’t make much of a difference to have Valentine on the court.

With or without Valentine, the Hawkeyes have shot better and hustled more than Michigan State.

“They made shots and they got every loose ball,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo lamented. “It hurts me to admit it, but they did it twice. We’re going

to have to regroup.”

Michigan State (16-2, 3-2) was down by 22 points at halftime, its largest deficit at home since at least the 1996-97 season and its biggest anywhere in the regular season since trailing at Michigan by 23 points at halftime in 1997, according to STATS. Jok made three of his team’s nine 3-pointers in the first half and Anthony Clemmons connected on two shots beyond the arc, where he was making less than 30 percent of his attempts.

McCaffery wasn’t sure how his team would perform because it hadn’t played since Jan. 5.

Uthoff finished with 15 points after scoring his first points midway through the first half and grabbed 10 rebounds. Clemmons scored 13

points and reserve Dom Uhl had 10 for the Hawkeyes.

Clemmons, playing near his hometown, had eight points in the first half to help the Hawkeyes run their offense well even though point guard Mike Gesell played just two minutes before halftime because he had two fouls.

“His ability to play point guard for (16) minutes with Gesell out was amazing,” McCaffery said. “I almost didn’t take him out.”

Matt Costello had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Spartans, who failed to make much of a run in the second half.

The Hawkeyes have won six straight this season since losing at Iowa State and 10 conference games in a row, dating to last year, for the first time since the 1969-70 season.

Wrestling Continued from Page 1B Cummings and Schlangen both won their matches by fall.

Cummings pinned Devon Van Houten a few days after defeating him 5-2 in the championship match of the PCM tournament.

“That was a good statement match. He was better on his feet tonight,” Waddell said.

The absence of Roland (242) and Nathan Trausch played a factor in the dual.

Roland pinned Oscar Ruiz in their first meeting Saturday, but Ruiz got his team six points Thursday after his pin of Cody Wallace.

There was a double forfeit at 195, but Nathan Trausch could have weighed in and took a forfeit if he wasn’t injured.

Either of those wins would have given the Mustangs another dual win.

Cummings, who is ranked No. 8 at 152, got two wins by fall to improve his record to 20-1. Miller won twice to move to 26-4 on the season.

Rogers, Chace Palm (15-8) and Jakeb Fenton (20-11) were 2-0, too.

Fenton and Chace Palm each took two forfeits at 106 and 113, respectively.

Saydel (7-13, 5-3) completed its Senior Night with an easy win over CMB. The Raiders won just one contested match and that came from Caleb Fullerton, who rallied from an early deficit to pin Bryce Camp at 126.

The Eagles had six pins

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe’s Brycen Rogers, left, battles Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Caleb Fullerton during Heart of Iowa Conference dual action Thursday at Saydel High School. Rogers went 2-0 on the night, while the Mustangs finished 1-1 as a team. CMB went 0-2.

in the dual and were handed three forfeits.

“We have to work harder, and if we don’t, those are the results we are going to get every time,” Leslie said.

“There were plenty of matches that could have went the other way if we wrestled a little smarter. We were in control of some of them but got caught. If we weren’t wrestling sloppy, that wouldn’t happen.”

PCM wrestles in the ADM Invitational on Saturday.

CMB heads to Iowa Falls on Tuesday for a double dual against Iowa Falls-Alden and Roland-Story.

Saydel 33, PCM 32 106: Jakeb Fenton (PCM) over (S) (For.) 113: Chace Palm (PCM) over (S) (For.) 120: Klayton

Keller (S) over Chance Palm (PCM) (Fall 4:33) 126: Brycen Rogers (PCM) over Bryce Camp (S) (Dec 8-2) 132: Cory Harden (S) over Drew Johnson (PCM) (MD 22-8) 138: Oscar Ruiz (S) over Cody Wallace (PCM) (TF 18-2 4:57) 145: Xavier Miller (PCM) over Nick Fagen (S) (TF 19-0 6:00) 152: Wes Cummings (PCM) over Devon Van Houten (S) (Fall 1:44) 160: Dylan Coffin (S) over James Maggard (PCM) (Fall 0:47) 170: Trevor Sprague (S) over Jarron Trausch (PCM) (Fall 3:53) 182: Dalton Schlangen (PCM) over Dominick Kirkpatrick (S) (Fall 2:15) 285: Hunter Jesse (S) over (PCM) (For.) PCM 48, CMB 32 106: Jakeb Fenton (PCM) over (CMB) (For.) 113: Chace Palm (PCM) over (CMB) (For.) 120: Chance Palm (PCM) over Tate Ewing (CMB) (Fall 1:04) 126: Brycen Rogers (PCM) over Caleb Fullerton (CMB) (Fall 1:07) 132: Drew Johnson (PCM) over (CMB) (For.) 138: Lincoln Brown (CMB) over Cody Wallace (PCM) (MD 8-0) 145: Xavier Miller (PCM) over Ethan Cozad (CMB) (Fall 3:27) 152: Wes Cummings (PCM) over Austin Good (CMB) (Fall 0:25) 160: Evan Bianchi (CMB) over James Maggard (PCM) (MD 13-4) 170: Jarron Trausch (PCM)

over (CMB) (For.) 182: Logan Mitchell (CMB) over Dalton Schlangen (PCM) (Fall 0:47) 195: Charles Roberston (CMB) over (PCM) (For.) 220: Dylan Williams (CMB) over (PCM) (For.) 285: Archer McFadden (CMB) over (PCM) (For.) Saydel 57, CMB 18 106: Nico Garcia (S) over (CMB) (For.) 120: Klayton Keller (S) over Tate Ewing (CMB) (Fall 1:51) 126: Caleb Fullerton (CMB) over Bryce Camp (S) (Fall 3:59) 132: Cory Harden (S) over (CMB) (For.) 138: Oscar Ruiz (S) over Lincoln Brown (CMB) (Fall 1:47) 145: Nick Fagen (S) over Ethan Cozad (CMB) (Fall 3:16) 152: Devon Van Houten (S) over Austin Good (CMB) (Fall 1:39) 160: Dylan Coffin (S) over Evan Bianchi (CMB) (Fall 1:15) 170: Dominick Kirkpatrick (S) over (CMB) (For.) 182: Trevor Sprague (S) over Logan Mitchell (CMB) (Fall 5:20) 195: Charles Roberston (CMB) over (S) (For.) 220: Dylan Williams (CMB) over (S) (For.) 285: Hunter Jesse (S) over Archer McFadden (CMB) (Dec 4-2)

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NCAA votes to allow Big 12 to hold football title game SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Big 12 Conference got what it wanted and showed the smallest power conference in major college football still has some muscle.

A rule change approved Wednesday at the NCAA annual convention will allow the Big 12 to hold a championship game as early as next season if it wants to.

The change scraps the requirement that leagues have 12 members and play in two divisions in order to hold a title game. The new rule lets a smaller league — one with 12 teams in its name but only 10 on the playing field, for example — to play a title game pitting its top two teams, provided it plays a round-robin regular season schedule as the Big 12 does now.

The vote by the NCAA Division I Council passed 7-2. The Southeastern Conference and the American Athletic Conference voted against it. The Pac-12 didn’t vote but later said it supported the change.

The Big 12 is the only major conference that doesn’t play a football title game.

League Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said he doesn’t know if the change will guarantee the league plays one, but it was determined to have the right to do so.

The decision to play a championship game rests with Big 12 member schools, whose next meetings are in early February, Bowlsby said.

If approved this year, a title game could be played as early as next season, but 2017 would be more likely.

“I could not forecast how the school athletic directors, presidents and chancellors will vote,” Bowlsby said. “(But) we accommodated for it in our schedule as early as next (season).”

Although the Big Ten initially wanted to keep divisions as a requirement, it ultimately accepted the Big 12’s position.

“Instead of complete deregulation there was a consensus we should have some parameters ... without the need to go expand conferences and go through some of the past experiences we’ve seen,” Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips said.

How the Big 12 would decide who plays the game would still have to be determined.

Bowlsby said the new rule only requires the “top two” teams.

Selling the idea to each Big 12 school may not be a slam dunk.

Football coaches may not like the guaranteed rematch of a regular-season game.

For example, this past season, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, the top two teams at the end of the regular season, could have played in a title game just a week or two after the Sooners beat the Cowboys in the Bedlam rivalry showdown.

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Lynnville-Sully wrestlers capture two dual wins against SICL foes

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News BROOKLYN — Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks knew the final two matches in their wrestling dual with Iowa Valley would give Tigers 12 points. The Hawks led 33-24 with three matches remaining.

Shannon D u n s b e r g e n ’s 285-pound match against Iowa Valley’s Gabe Hartman was the lynchpin for the Hawks.

They needed a win to at least forge a tie. The senior didn’t dis- Dunsbergen appoint.

Dunsbergen and Hartman gave the two teams’ fans their money’s worth. They went into the third period scoreless. Dunsbergen was on the bottom and scored an escape. Dunsbergen’s win gave Lynnville-Sully three team points to make it 36-24.

Iowa Valley scored 12 points with forfeit wins at 106 and 113 tie the dual at 36-all. Lynnville-Sully won the tiebreaker to claim a 37-36 dual victory over

the Tigers.

Winning four of the five contest matches against host BGM and getting six forfeit victories, the Hawks defeated the Bears, 58-12. Iowa Valley beat BGM, 51-12, in the double dual of South Iowa Cedar League teams.

Shannon Dunsbergen went 2-0 on the night, pinning BGM’s Kyle Kilmer in 1 minute, 14 seconds. Josh Dunsbergen at 120 pounds, Bryson Barnett at 145 and Max Knapp were 2-0, but each recorded a win by forfeit.

Ty Breeden pinned Iowa Valley’s Drew Slaymaker in 3:27 at 132 pounds, and he won by forfeit at 126 pounds against BGM. In the 182-pound division, the Hawks’ Jack Hardin went to the third period against Class 1A sixth-ranked Colton Massengale of BGM. Massengale got the win by a fall.

Lynnville-Sully’s Sage Zylstra took 35 seconds to pin BGM’s Dalton Alexander at 138. Zylstra succumbed to a fall himself against Class 1A second-ranked Jacob Krakow of Iowa Valley.

Cayden Johnson had a win by a fall over BGM’s Tylor Kane and lost by a fall to Iowa Valley’s Dylan Healey in 152-pound

matches.

Lynnville-Sully improved to 7-3 in dual action. The Hawks compete in a tournament Saturday at Wayne.

Lynnville-Sully 37, Iowa Valley 26 120: Josh Dunsbergen (LS) over Gavin Patterson (IV) (Dec 7-2) 132: Ty Breeden (LS) over Drew Slaymaker (IV) (Fall 3:27) 138: Jacob Krakow (IV) over Sage Zylstra (LS) (Fall 1:09) 145: Bryson Barnett (LS) over (IV) (For.) 152: Dylan Healey (IV) over Cayden Johnson (LS) (Fall 0:45) 160: Garet Sims (IV) over Kyle Kramer (LS) (Fall 0:50) 170: Max Knapp (LS) over Jayson Krakow (IV) (Fall 1:29) 182: Jack Hardin (LS) over (IV) (For.) 195: Caleb Barnett (LS) over (IV) (For.) 220: Josh Roggentien (IV) over Aaron Van Der Krol (LS) (Fall 1:11) 285: Shannon Dunsbergen (LS) over Gabe Hartman (IV) (UTB 2-0) 106: Nicholas Hocamp (IV) over (LS) (For.) 113: Austin McFall (IV) over (LS) (For.) (LS Criteria i 37.00) (LS Criteria i -36.00) Lynnville-Sully 58, BGM 12 120: Josh Dunsbergen (LS) over (BGM) (For.) 126: Ty Breeden (LS) over (BGM) (For.) 132: Carson Dunsbergen (LS) over (BGM) (For.) 138: Sage Zylstra (LS) over Dalton Alexander (BGM) (Fall 0:35) 145: Bryson Barnett (LS) over Kendall Bunn (BGM) (MD 14-6) 152: Cayden Johnson (LS) over Tylor Kane (BGM) (Fall 5:31) 160: Kyle Kramer (LS) over (BGM) (For.) 170: Max Knapp (LS) over (BGM) (For.) 182: Colton Massengale (BGM) over Jack Hardin (LS) (Fall 5:15) 195: David McCammant (BGM) over (LS) (For.) 220: Aaron Van Der Krol (LS) over (BGM) (For.) 285: Shannon Dunsbergen (LS) over Kyle Kilmer (BGM) (Fall 1:14)

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49ers hire Chip Kelly as new head coach SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Chip Kelly is the offensive-minded, experienced head coach the San Francisco 49ers have long sought, and now he needs to win — right away.

The 49ers hired the former Eagles coach on Thursday, finding the leader CEO Jed York is counting on to turn things around for his once-proud franchise.

Kelly Kelly faces the daunting challenge of transforming the Niners into an immediate contender again.

“We are thrilled to announce Chip Kelly as the new head coach of the San Francisco 49ers,” York said in a statement.

“Chip has a proven track record at both the college and NFL levels that speaks for itself. We believe strongly that he is the right man to get this team back to competing for championships. I look forward to watching Trent (Baalke) and Chip work closely to build a team that will make us all proud.”

Kelly, who had personnel control with the Eagles and frustrated some of his players, won’t be introduced in a news conference until next week at Levi’s Stadium based on scheduling conflicts and Kelly working to immediately build his staff.

“As one of the most historic franchises in the National Football League, I realize the high standards and expectations that this position demands and I embrace the challenges ahead,” Kelly said in a statement.

“My immediate focus is to build the best coaching staff possible, one that will maximize the abilities of each of our players and put us in the best position to win football games.”

Kelly replaces fired coach Jim Tomsula, promoted from his defensive line duties last January to succeed Jim Harbaugh before going 5-11 — a move Baalke has said earlier this month wound up to be the wrong one, in hindsight.

With his 26 years of coaching experience, Kelly emerged as the favorite among several candidates, including former Raiders, Broncos and Redskins coach Mike Shanahan, ex-Giants coach Tom Coughlin and former Raiders coach Hue Jackson, who was hired Wednesday to coach the Cleveland Browns.

The 52-year-old Kelly was fired

by Philadelphia after Week 16 with one game left in his third season as coach. The former University of Oregon coach was 6-9 in 2015 following two 10-6 seasons, prompting Eagles CEO Jeffrey Lurie to make a change.

The 49ers jumped right into the mix last week to talk to him.

“Chip possesses all the qualities we were looking for in our next head coach,” Baalke said. “He has demonstrated the ability to be innovative everywhere he has coached and has had great success throughout his career.

“Chip’s passion for the game and vision for the future of this team clearly stood out to us during the search process. He is an extremely driven individual that I look forward to working with.”

Kelly becomes just the second coach the franchise has ever hired with previous regular NFL head coaching experience along with Dennis Erickson ahead of the 2003 season — excluding Tomsula’s single game as interim coach to end the 2010 season after Mike Singletary was fired.

Hiring the offensive-minded Kelly could give the 49ers a reason to keep quarterback Colin Kaepernick to work his way back into the dominant, dynamic quarterback he was a few years back with his legs and strong arm.

There has been thought that Kaepernick could be the kind of mobile quarterback Kelly likes running his fast-paced offense and a good fit.

“Guess I might have to start running right now to get in shape,” wide receiver Torrey Smith posted on Twitter shortly after the announcement.

San Francisco has missed the playoffs the past two seasons, going 8-8 in 2014 in now-Michigan coach Harbaugh’s final season before what the team called a “mutual decision” to part ways with one year remaining on his contract.

The 49ers reached three straight NFC title games and a Super Bowl under Harbaugh, losing by three points to his older brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens in the championship after the 2012 season to miss the franchise’s sixth Lombardi Trophy.

Deciding on the quarterback will be a major decision for Kelly in the coming months.

Former first-round pick Blaine Gabbert took over in November for the benched Kaepernick, who has since undergone shoulder and thumb surgeries.

Kaepernick’s $11.9 million salary for 2016 becomes fully guaranteed for injury come April 1, and there had been belief the team might try to trade him or release him.

Baalke interviewed Coughlin on Monday on the East Coast and Jackson on Sunday in Cincinnati. Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter also interviewed, last Thursday in Tampa, Florida.

Newton: Younger Cardinals turn in solid performances Continued from Page 1B up just six more points by the end of the third quarter, leading 45-18.

Cole Webster led the Cardinal freshman boys with 11 points. Scoring four points each were Thomas Cox and Jacob Murphy. Adding two points apiece were Taylor Greiner, Luke Maharry, Matthew Moran and Aaron Bartels.

Hitting eight 3-pointers as a team, the Newton boys’ junior varsity was pretty effective at the free-throw line against Norwalk Thursday night. The Cardinals were 15-of-18 at the line while the Warriors went 2-of-6 on foul shots.

Newton was up 7-4 after the first quarter and owned a 21-17 halftime lead. The Cardinals held a 15-11 scoring edge in the third quarter and outscored the Warriors 1715 down the stretch.

Trey Vanderlaan and Grayson Graham each fired in 17 points for the Cardinals. Graham had

four steals and Vanderlaan made three steals.

Vanderlaan also had five rebounds and three assists.

Josh Gulling scored 12 points and Grant Garvis had three. De’Andre Roush tossed in four points and pulled down six rebounds.

The Cardinal freshman girls play at Bondurant-Farrar Saturday and host their own tournament Monday. The tournament games start at 5 p.m. with Newton playing Roland-Story in the NHS upper gym and Knoxville taking on North Polk in the lower gym. Newton plays North Polk at 6:30 p.m. in the upper gym and Knoxville faces Roland-Story in the lower gym.

Newton’s freshman and junior varsity boys’ teams play at home Tuesday against Bondurant-Farrar.

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New York Giants hire Ben McAdoo to replace Coughlin EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ben McAdoo needed two seasons to fix the New York Giants offense.

His job now is to get the franchise back on track.

The Giants confirmed on Thursday that the 38-yearold McAdoo has been hired to replace Tom Coughlin, who stepped down a little more than a week ago after 12 seasons.

McAdoo McAdoo faces a big challenge. After winning their second Super Bowl under Coughlin, the Giants have missed the playoffs the past four seasons. They have posted losing records the past three seasons, going 6-10 the past two.

“We were all impressed with his energy, his enthusiasm, his vision and his desire,” Giants president and co-owner John Mara said.

“Ben has been preparing for this opportunity since he started coaching, and he has earned his stripes every step of the way. Some have suggested he may not be ready, and as I said last week, we want a coach who feels like he has something to prove.”

McAdoo, who has been the Giants offensive coordinator the past two seasons, will be introduced at a news conference on Friday morning.

“I have been preparing for this moment my entire professional life, and without the guidance and support of many people, I would not be here right now,” McAdoo said.

McAdoo’s offense has been one of the few bright spots for the team the past two years.

Under his leadership, Eli Manning threw 65 touchdowns and 28 interceptions.

The Giants’ 420 points this past season was the fifth-highest total in franchise history, and their 5,952 net yards was the third-highest total.

They set franchise records for pass attempts (623), completions (392), and their 36 touchdown passes were the second-highest total in Giants’ history.

“I’m excited for the Giants organization and for the team. I think Coach McAdoo is a great coach, a great teacher, and will be a great leader of this team,” said Manning, who voiced his support for McAdoo after the season.

“I’m excited to continue to work with him and grow within this offense, and get this organization back

where it needs to be.”

McAdoo interviewed with Mara and general manager Jerry Reese a week ago Tuesday. They met again Wednesday, when he also spoke with team chairman Steve Tisch and treasurer Jonathan Tisch.

Mara and Reese interviewed five other candidates before choosing McAdoo, the NFL’s second-youngest coach. The Dolphins’ Adam Gase is 37.

“When I spoke to Ben with my brother Jon, we were both impressed with his understanding of what it means to lead, his thoughts on how to build and establish a sense of team and how to motivate the individual and the group,” Steve Tisch said.

McAdoo joined the NFL in 2004 as an offensive quality control assistant with the New Orleans Saints, spent a year with the 49ers the following year and then joined the Green Bay Packers for the next eight seasons, working with the tight ends and the final two years as Aaron Rodgers’ quarterback coach.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy remembers meeting McAdoo at an NFL combine in Indianapolis when McAdoo was a lower-level coach.

“I was the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints and he had called me on the phone, was seeking an opportunity just to talk football,” McCarthy said.

“We talked on the phone that evening and then the next day at lunch, when I was coming back from the workouts at the combine, Ben was sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for me. He drove all night just for an opportunity to sit down and talk football.”

The Giants hired McAdoo in 2014 to replace Kevin Gilbride. His version of the West Coast offense — and the addition of Odell Beckham Jr. — has helped revive the offense.

McAdoo, who has shown a willingness to gamble on offense in his two seasons with the Giants, also impressed the Philadelphia Eagles when he interviewed for their coaching vacancy.

It’s not clear whether defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who also interviewed for the head coaching job, will return. However, there have been indications that he’ll be back.

There are also reports that former Dolphins coach Joe Philbin, who worked with McAdoo in Green Bay, will be hired in some capacity.

Linebacker coach Jim Herrmann has left the Giants to take a job with the Colts.

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Retirement.......................$158.42 United States Treasury Employment Taxes..........$926.16 Snyder & Associates, Inc. Professional Services......$187.03 Warnick, Inc. Jet Storm Sewer..............$250.00 Jasper Construction Services, Inc. Guardrail Replacement................ .....................................$1,800.00 Machin Lawn Works Snow Removal.............$2,050.00 Alliant Energy Utilities...............................$19.31 Total January Bills........$8,890.96 General Fund...............$1,706.01 Charges for Fee...........$2,551.14 Local Option Sales Tax...$914.60 Emergency........................$42.96 Road Use Fund............$1,647.13 Debt Service....................$448.99 Total Dec Revenue.......$7,310.83 General Fund...............$2,249.58 Charges for Fee...........$1,108.08 Road Use Fund............$2,417.82 Debt Service.................$2,460.00 Total Dec Expenses.....$8,235.48 Staff and commissions reports Mayor: Mayor Edwards reported that he attended the Jasper County Emergency Management meeting and they will be meeting again at the end of the month to approve the budget. Edwards also met with Bob Callaghan, Newton Superintendent, the transportation manager, and other officials at Thomas Jefferson to discuss traffic concerns during school hours. The school is aware of the situation and giving considerable thought to the issue.

Streets: Clark reported that he contacted Alliant Energy to replace a street light at Highview and Tonka Trail.

Sewers: No additional report Parks: No report Tree Steward: Fouts reported that she did not have any reports as tree steward but would attend the next Library Board meeting to represent Lambs Grove.

Storm Sewers: Clark asked the city clerk to add Warnick, Inc. as a preferred vendor in the City's Emergency Plan.

City Clerk: Machin reported that she had met with a representative from IPERS for a compliance review.

Old Business: None Clark moved and was seconded

by DeGoey to adjourn at 8:29 p.m. Motion carried 4-0.

Next City Council meeting to be held February 4, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Christina Machin, City Clerk Mayor Patrick Edwards City Clerk Christina Machin January 15

PUBLIC NOTICES

Colfax-Mingo Community School District Board of Directors Regular Board Meeting Monday, January 18, 2016 6:00 pm Jr/Sr High Media Center Tentative Agenda Review of Payables: Tomlonovic, Poulter, Gean 1. Call regular meeting to order and determination of quorum 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Recognition of Guests 4. Administration Reports 5. Superintendent's Report 6. Board Member Reports 7. Consent Agenda: 07.1 Approval of Board Minutes 07.2 Approval of Accounts Payable 07.3 Approval of Financials 8. Action Items: 08.1 Personnel 08.2 Consider Date Change for February Board Meeting 08.3 Consider Phone System Bids 08.4 Consider Gay and Straight Alliance School Sponsored Club Application.

9. Discussion Items 09.1 SICL Conference - Update 09.2.February Finance Workshop 09.3 Board Work Session - Goal Setting 10. Adjournment January 15

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KAREN M. OWEN, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR 036675 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Karen M. Owen, Deceased, who died on or about April 12, 2015: You are hereby notified that on April 29, 2015, the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate.

Notice is hereby 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 four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 29th day of April, 2015.

Amber Griggs 513 E. 21st Street S. Newton IA 50208 Scott A. Hall (AT0009988) Carney & Appleby, PLC 303 Locust Street, Suite 400 Des Moines IA 50309 Attorney for Administrator January 8 & 15 CITY OF LAMBS GROVE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 7, 2016 Public hearing was called to order by Mayor Patrick Edwards at 7:00 p.m. Roll call: Tom Clark, Kent DeGoey, Steve Thomassen, and Cathi Fouts present. Absent: Cindy Humke. DeGoey moved and was seconded by Clark to approve the agenda. Motion carried 4-0.

Guests: Tamara Wilson There were no written or oral objections to the proposed Ordinance No. 2016-001.

Fouts moved and was seconded

by DeGoey to adjourn the public hearing at 7:01 p.m. Motion carried 4-0.

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Patrick Edwards at 7:01 p.m. Roll call: Tom Clark, Kent DeGoey, Steve Thomassen, and Cathi Fouts present. Absent: Cindy Humke. Clark moved and was seconded by DeGoey to approve the agenda. Motion carried 4-0.

Guests: Tamara Wilson New Business: a. Thomassen moved and was seconded by Clark to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2016-001. Motion carried 4-0.

DeGoey moved and was seconded by Thomassen to waive the 2nd and 3rd readings. Motion carried 4-0. b. Tamara Wilson spoke to the Council regarding multiple sewer back-ups in her basement. DeGoey will follow up with the City's project engineer for the sewer lining project, Snyder & Associates, as well as Wilson's plumber to better understand the home's plumbing and why the back-ups are occurring. c. Fouts moved and was seconded by DeGoey to approve the Attorney Employment Agreement with Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC. Motion carried 40. d. Thomassen presented a bid to the Council received from Jasper Construction Services, Inc. to repair Pioneer Drive and install new storm intakes. The total was approximately $71,000.

The Council discussed the need to repair Pioneer as well as other streets in the future and the source of funding for these repairs. The city clerk will research to see what other small cities use for funding these types of projects. e. The Council passed a resolution to obtain a business credit card with a credit limit of $1,500. f. The city clerk asked the Council to begin thinking about budget planning for fiscal year 2017.

She will prepare a rough draft for review at the next meeting.

Consent Agenda: DeGoey moved and was seconded by Fouts to approve all of the items on the consent agenda including the minutes from the December 3, 2015 meeting, bills, and reconciliation report for December. Motion carried 4-0.

JCARL Participation Fee...............$20.03 News Printing Company Publications.......................$76.90 Dodd's Sanitation Contract..........$670.00 Jasper County Treasurer Election........................$2,340.47 Christina Machin Salary..............................$392.64 IPERS Retirement.......................$158.42 United States Treasury Employment Taxes..........$926.16 Snyder & Associates, Inc. Professional Services......$187.03 Warnick, Inc. Jet Storm Sewer..............$250.00 Jasper Construction Services, Inc. Guardrail Replacement................ .....................................$1,800.00 Machin Lawn Works Snow Removal.............$2,050.00 Alliant Energy Utilities...............................$19.31 Total January Bills........$8,890.96 General Fund...............$1,706.01 Charges for Fee...........$2,551.14 Local Option Sales Tax...$914.60 Emergency........................$42.96 Road Use Fund............$1,647.13 Debt Service....................$448.99 Total Dec Revenue.......$7,310.83 General Fund...............$2,249.58 Charges for Fee...........$1,108.08 Road Use Fund............$2,417.82

MODIFICATION OR CHANGE OF EXISTING PROVISION ORDINANCE NO. 2016-001 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAMBS GROVE, IOWA, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa: SECTION 1. SECTION MODIFIED. Section 96.03 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: 96.03 PLUMBER REQUIRED. All installations of building sewers and connections to the public sewer shall be made by a Statelicensed plumber found on the Jasper County Environmental Health Licensed Septic Contractor List.

SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 3. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval, and publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Council the 7th day of January, 2016.

Mayor Patrick Edwards City Clerk Christina Machin January 15 Randal B. Caldwell, Attorney THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA VAN GENDEREN, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR036797 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the of SYLVIA VAN Estate GENDEREN, Deceased, who died on or about December 16, 2015: You are hereby notified that on January 6, 2016, the last will and testament of Sylvia Van Genderen, deceased, bearing date of September 13, 2013, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Warren Terpstra was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are 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 date of 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 January 6, 2016.

Warren Terpstra Executor of estate 106 5th St Sully, IA 50251 Randal B. Caldwell, ICIS PIN No: AT0001375 Attorney for executor Firm Name: Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC Address: 211 1st Ave W Newton, Ia. 50208 Date of second publication January 15 , 2016 Probate Code Section 304 January 8 & 15

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FOR SALE

SCHWINN TREADMILL model #804.1, excellent condition, incline +-, speed +-, start-stop, safety key, width 25”, length 5' 5”.

Rubber mat included. $150. 792-8249.

SNOW THROWERS single stage, 2 stage self Pro., some with electric start.

641-521-5141.

SNOW BLOWER machine, 8 hrp/26” electric start, big looking tires $350.

781-0617.

yard cut, new 641-

SECTIONAL SOFA with sleeper sofa - blue velour older but in excellent condition & very clean.

Best offer of $250. Teal wood veneer coffee table with matching end table $50. Misc garden tools including spading fork, ax, hoe, sprinklers, etc.

Chimney cleaning tool.

Some misc such as vases, cookie jars, etc. Call to see & make offer. 641-8310878.

SET OF 7 Danberry Mint “champion Thoroughbreds” collector plates. 641-2750674.

AUTOMOTIVE

1956 PREMIER Lincoln 4 door car. Body and interior excellent, motor runs, auto transmission, air, stored, been garaged for 25 years.

Can be seen in Newton.

Call 715-891-1500 or 970290-9135. $4,950. or best offer!

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

Central College has an opening for a full-time, benefits eligible

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

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

Recently fully detailed and new battery. $7,000 OBO. Contact Cody if interested at 515-681-1373

2011 FORD Ranger, 24k miles, extended cab, 2WD. Call for more information.

641-792-0860 98 BUICK Regal LS, 3800 series, 2 mortor gray with 170,000, tires over half tread $1200. 641-2593113.

DAEWOO-DD802L DOZER $20,000. 641-792-4332 1984 PRAIRIE Schooner 5th wheel camping trailer, 32 feet, good tires, needs work, used once. $1,200.

792-4334.

Please visit our website for a full listing of responsibilities and required qualifications.

www.central.edu/jobseekers/

Questions? contact: Pady Bandstra 641-628-7681

Central College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

AUTOMOTIVE

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792

1996 CHEVY 4x4 work truck, v6, auto, drives and runs good. Lots of service receipts $1250. or OBO. 641-990-2032.

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

PRICE REDUCED $6,800 2014 ARCTIC Cat ATV XL550. Only 71 miles. Includes 3k lb winch, rare tungsten metallic color. Always stored indoors. Cost $11,200 new. 641-9909369 1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

2005 CHEVY Silverado, extended cab, 4 door, 86 thousand miles, runs & drives perfect $7,250.00.

(515) 729-8024.

EMPLOYMENT

This position performs maintenance and repairs to boilers, chillers, HVAC and refrigeration systems. Uses Building Automation System for trouble-shooting and operation of HVAC and electrical equipment.

Also maintains, repairs and installs food service equipment and completes routine plumbing/electrical service and installation as needed.

AUTOMOTIVE

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

Part-Time Jailer (Any Gender) TRUCK DRIVERS-OTR/CLASS A CDL Ashley Distribution Services in Des Moines, IA seeks:

•LTL TRUCK DRIVERS (Multiple stop loads to retail stores) Annual avg earning potential $84,000 •TRUCKLOAD DRIVERS (No Touch) Earning potential avg. $66,000 year

•Home Weekly •Paid Vacation •Full Benefit Package• Paid Holidays

Class A CDL & at least 1 year current OTR exp.

Clean MVR/PSP Reports. Call 1-800-837-2241

email: jobs@ashleydistributionservices.com or www.ashleydistributionservices.com to apply under jobs

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for part-time jailer (any gender).

The starting pay is $17.66 per hour with no benefits.

Scheduled hours may vary weekly.

Applications and job description are available at the County’s Human Resources office at 115 N 2nd Ave. E. in Newton, Sheriff’s Office at 2300 Law Center Drive or at www.co.jasper.ia.us Application deadline January 22, 2016 EOE

CNC Programmer/mold maker I Join a team that makes a difference in the lives of seniors. Provide in-home help for seniors in the Newton area.

Part-time day, evening and weekend hours available.

Retirees are encouraged to apply.

641.792.1800 Newton Health Care Center is looking for a caring, energetic, and compassionate individual to become a member of our team.

MDS Coordinator Full-time

Duties include, but not limited to: • CNC PROGRAMMING • CNC MACHINE/PART SETUP • MANUAL MACHINING • MOLD POLISHING Good mechanical aptitude, ability to read drawings/ instructions, knowledge of machining processes, proper use of precision equipment, ability to work with other team members.

Benefits Include: PTO, Holidays, IRA Match, Gain Sharing Program, & Flexible Hours.

Email resume to pdp@pdpiowa.com

Positions Available Premium Pay

• MDS Coordinator

• RN/LPN

E.O.E

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 15). One declaration having to do with who you are (or want to be) will make all of the difference in where you arrive this year. Small improvements will have outsized effects on your love life in February. In March, the trust and rapport

you generate in your relationships will lead to professional advancement and financial gain.

Leo and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 35, 41, 19 and 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

While it may be easier to get angry than it is to work out a solution, there is little to be gained from losing control.

Remove yourself from the situation to think it through. A walk around the block will produce brilliance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Part of the “homework” you need to do will involve getting a second (and third and fourth

Questions? contact: Pady Bandstra 641-628-7681

Apply Today! www.central.edu/jobseekers/ Central College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

RN, LPN, CNA’s

Newton Health Care Center

At Newton Health Care Center we appreciate our staff.

Please consider sharing your talents with us.

We offer:

• Dietary Aide

RN & LPN - 12 hour shifts – 3 days a week

Grinnell Health Care Center

C N A - 2nd and 3rd shifts needed

We are committed to provide quality care to our residents.

We show compassion to all our residents.

We strive for the best customers service and team work.

www.Imgcares.com

Shifts are from 4-12:30 P.M., Monday - Friday

• Excellent Pay Scale • Health, Dental, & Vision Benefits • Tuition Assistance Program

• Activity Director

200 S. 8th Ave. E. Newton (641) 792-7440

This position is part of a small team that is responsible for cleaning various academic, residential and administrative support facilities.

Dependability, strong work ethic and the ability to thrive in a fast past environment are desired. Benefits include: Health/Dental/Life Insurance, paid time off, tuition reduction, access to some college events/facilities and more.

• CNA

This individual needs to be a RN with experience preferred.

PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON OR ONLINE

Central College has an opening for a full-time, benefits eligible

415 6th Ave W., Grinnell, IA 641-236-6511 Fax: 641-236-3714 Resumes may be emailed to

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Before you go counting that admired someone among the glorious, consider where the person came from and how he or she got to the current position. You’re glorious in your own way, too, you know.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

If you have to give up a little money and some of your time to make a partner happy, it will be worth it. What’s even harder may be the part where you have to compromise on a preference.

You’re up to this!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). At times there is simply nothing left to do but give an ultimatum.

These times are few and far between and, however dramatic today’s circumstances may seem, this is not one of them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Dish out compliments -- to your friends, to strangers, your boss, your loved ones, etc. Everyone could use your brand of egoinflation. Even people you think would be above flattery will eat yours up.

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What used to seem romantic may now get on your nerves; such is the bane of familiarity.

The answer is to go off in separate directions for a while and gather new influences so you’ll

We invite you to contact us at: 200 S. 8th Ave. E., Newton

(641) 792-7440

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

When you can’t change the way things are, you may still be able to change how you experience the way things are. Detachment is the key. This will be made much easier by today’s delicious distraction.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Those moments when you first wake up and right before you fall asleep are potent. Don’t waste this power concentrating on responsibilities and worries.

Use it to project your love and envision your happy future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have enormous respect and gratitude for the one who

will overlook your flaws, excuse your mistakes and generally try to see and bring out the best in you at every juncture.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Though you may have been completely convicted in a certain belief yesterday, this is a new day with fresh evidence, different challenges and a unique set of circumstances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

It’s time for you to assume leadership. If you followed the protocol it would only cause hesitation, doubt and confusion. Instead, swoop in and start handling things. Act, delegate, decide.

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Worship Together Ashton Chapel Next to Ashton Park, near intersection of Hwy 330 and F17 (8887 W. 122nd St. N., Mingo, IA) Sunday School 9:00am; Worship 10:00am. Pastors: Larry Craig and Mark Eddy Bar None Cowboy Church Building next to Culver’s Newton, David Rex, Pastor, 641-521-4354, 7pm Thursdays. Music featured each week. www.barnonecowboy churchofiowa.com Baxter Evangelical Free Church East Avenue, Eugene Bucklin, Pastor. Church service every sunday at 10:00am. Children’s church during regular services.

AWANAS every Wednesday night 6:30 – 8:00.

Bethany United Church of Christ 5627 N. 95th Ave. W., Baxter, (1 mi. E. of Baxter on Station St.) Pastor Wanda Seydel. Sunday after Labor Day through Memorial Day: 8:45 Junior Choir; 9:00am Adult Class, 9:15am Sunday School; & 10:30am Worship 4th & 5th Tuesday: Chapel Service at Baxter Care Center Wednesday: 6:30pm Choir Practice; Sunday after Memorial Day: 9:30am Worship.

Bible Missionary Church 909 N. 6th Ave. E. 641-840-2093 Pastor Lucas. Sunday School 9:45am, Morning Worship 10:45, Evening Service 6:00pm.

Mid-week Service 7:00pm Center Friends Northeast of Newton, Karen Mendenhall, pastor, Dallas Gilreath, pastor, Cheri Doane, assistant pastor; 9:30am Sunday school, 10:30am Worship.

Call 641-792-2473.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 314 E. 2nd St. N. – Pastor Mark Young. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Faith Village & Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship, 11:15 a.m. coffee fellowship. Wednesday: 5:45 p.m. Family Unity Night supper, 6:15 p.m. Classes. Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Choir Practice www.fccnewton.org 641-792-5850, Nursery provided.

Christian Life Church 421 S. 2nd Ave. W., Pastor James Miller; Phone Number: 641521-9294. Coffeetime 9:30am, Worship 10:00am. Lunch Served last Sunday of the month at noon.

Bible Study: Tuesday 10:00am.

Christian Reformed Church Prairie City, Matthew McClure, pastor; 9:30am Worship, 10:45am Sunday school, 6:30pm Worship. E-mail:pcrc@dwx.com Jasper County Church of Christ 1100 N. 3rd Ave. E., 9:30am Bible classes, 10:30am & 1:30pm Worship; Thursday evening 7:00pm Bible Study.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1405 N. 11th Ave. E., Branch President-Gregory O. Rivers, 316 E. 8th St. S., Newton, IA 50208.

9:30am Sacrament meeting, 10:40am Sunday School & Primary, 11:45am Priesthood, Relief Society & Young Women.

Colfax United Methodist Church S. Locust St. & Division St., 515-674-3782. 10:00am Sunday School, 10:00am Family Worship.

Rev. R.D. Streeter Community of Christ 1805 S. 8th Ave. E., 791-7834, Bill Conklin, pastor, Church School Classes 9:30am; Worship Service 10:30am; Wednesday Prayer Service 6:30pm.

Community Heights Alliance Pastor Cory Stout, Senior Pastor; Pastor John Patterson, Associate Pastor; Jason Fazel, Youth Pastor; Pastor Beau Church, Pastor of Worship and Visual Arts. Sunday Worship Services 8:15am, 10:30am & 5pm; Sunday School 9:30am; Sr. High Youth Group Wednesday 7:45pm; Wednesday Prayer Meetings noon & 6:30pm; Jr. High Youth Group 6:30pm; Awana 6:30pm; Nursery available for most events.

Handicapped accessible.

2500 S. 13th Ave. E. 792-1620. www.communityheights.org.

Congregational United Church of Christ-Baxter Check us out on Facebook 218 S. Main Baxter, Sunday School 9:30am, Regular worship service, 10:30am

Congregational United Church Of Christ-Newton 308 E. 2nd St. N., Newton. Rev. Jessica Petersen, Pastor: Sunday Worship 10:00am, Nursery provided; Fellowship Time 11:15am.

Accessible to all. Bible Study Thursdays 5:00pm. Christian Education together with First United Methodist Church (held there) for children of all ages Wed. 5:30pm (age 2-8th grade).

No matter who you are or where you area on life’s journey, you are welcome here! facebook.com/Newton UCC. Cornerstone Bible Fellowship 1000 E. 12th St. S., Newton; Pastor Steve Bundy & Pastor Brian Keeton. Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10:15am, Wednesdays: AWANAS 6:308pm, Youth Group 6:30-8pm, Adult Bible Study 7-8pm. Happy Harvesters 1st Thursday of the month at noon. Men’s Breakfast 1st Saturday of the month at 8am. Ladies Brunch 2nd Saturday of the month at 8:30am.

For more info: www.CBFnewton.com Faith Baptist Prairie City, 9:30am Bible School, 10:30am Worship, 6:00pm Gospel service, 7:00pm Wed., Bible study.

First Assembly of God 1029 E. 19th St. N., Newton, www. newtonassembly.com; Pastor Don Hayes - senior pastor; Pastor Lori Eilers - Children’s Pastor; Pastor James Brown - youth pastor. 9am Sunday School, 10am Worship, 7pm Wed. mid-week service.

Foursquare Church 1510 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Dottie Black and Associate Pastor Donne Black, 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship service, 6:30 p.m. Sunday night Sunday School and prayer meetings 10 a.m.

Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m.

Wednesday and 9:15 a.m. Sunday until service time. Haven Kid’s Ministry at 6:50 Wednesdays Grace Church “A Family Of Friends”, 1620 N. 11th Ave E., Newton; Pastor Dan Hayton; Sunday Morning Refreshments 9:30 am, Worship Service with nursery care 10:00 am. The Edge: 5 yr olds to 5th grade & The Kids Community Pre School age, Sunday at 10:00am. Experience God Bible Study Wed. at 7am; Life Student Ministries Wed. 6:45-8pm 641-792-1793 www.gracenewton.com Grinnell Church of Christ 1402 3rd Ave., Grinnell, Iowa 50112, Bible study Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Worship services Sunday 1030 a.m. grinnellcoc@netins.net or www.grinnellcoc.com Haven Vineyard Church 207 1st Ave. E, Newton; Pastor Caz & Jane Cibula; 641-526-3157; 10 am Sunday Service.

Iron Sharpens Iron Church 1305 E. 10th St. S. Newton Proverbs 27:17 New International Version (NIV) A iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Sunday Services: 10AM Worship Services 10:30AM Children’s Church 11:30AM Bible Study Speakers: Doug Cupples & Cheryl Palmer. Wednesday Services: 5PM Bible Study, Tyler Dunsbergen.

Kellogg Christian (Disciples of Christ) 321 Bolton St., Kellogg, Rev. Brian Kleinschrodt 10:30 am Worship.

Kellogg United Methodist 417 2nd St., Kellogg, Pastor Tim Morgan, Sunday School 9:30am - for kids, young adults and adults.

Worship 10:30am; nursery available.

Free supper, 1st and 3rd Saturday at 6pm followed by Worship “Lite” at 7pm.

Killduff United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 8:45am Communion first Sunday of each month.

Least of Saints Ministry 219 N. 2nd Ave. W. 641-521-0156 5:00-6:00pm Saturday

First Baptist Church Colfax, Rev. Phil Butler, pastor.

Randy Shideler, Youth paster.

674-3752. Family Fellowship 9:00 am; Sun. School 9:15 am; Morning Worship 10:25 am; PM Connections Service 6:00 pm. Wed.; 9:00 am Fresh Encounter Prayer. During school year: 6:55pm Wed nights AWANA

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 314 E. 2nd St. N. – Pastor Mark Young. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Faith Village & Adult Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship, 11:15 a.m. coffee fellowship. Wednesday: 5:45 p.m. Family Unity Night supper, 6:15 p.m. Classes Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Choir Practice www.fccnewton.org 641-792-5850, Nursery provided.

First Church of Christ Scientist 616 6th Ave., Grinnell, 10:30 am Services.

First Lutheran Church - ELCA 309 E. 3rd St. N., Newton. Pastor Zachary Bey. Sunday Worship at 9:30 am; Fellowship to follow at 10:45 am; High School Youth Group every other Wednesday evening.

641-792-3934. All are welcome! http://www.newtonfirstlutheran.org First Presbyterian 220 N 2nd Ave E. Newton Rev. Meghan Davis 9:00 am Adult Sunday School, 10:00 am Fellowship, 10:30 am Worship, 11:30 am Fellowship, Nursery Provided. Handicap Accessible. Everyone Welcome!

9:30am Wednesday Women’s Bible Study, 6:30 & 9am Men’s Group 1st & 3rd Thursday, Yoga Flow Class 6:15pm Mondays, 10am Saturday - yoga - Gentle Class 11am Tuesday Yoga Chair Class 3pm Thursday.

Like us on Facebook! 792-2790 www.newton1stpresbyterian.org First United Methodist Church 210 N 2nd Ave E • 792-4648 Rev Gary Marzolf Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 10:15 AM Sunday School 10:15 AM Youth Group 6 PM Handicapped Accessible Nursery Provided 9 AM “First Church on the Air” – KCOB www.newtonfirst.org

Newton Christian Reformed Church 511 S. 5th Ave. E., Aaron Gunsaulus, Pastor, 9:30 am Morning worship, 10:50 am Church school, 1:00 pm Sunday worship.

New Life Community Church of the Nazarene 605 W. 8th St. N., P.O. Box 1021, Rev. Lauris Meek, Sunday School 9:30 am, Morning Worship 10:30 am, Sunday Evening 6:00 pm, Wed. Children’s Night & TNT (Teen) 7:00 pm, Junior quizzing 7:00 pm, Thurs. Youth 7:00 pm , Thurs. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm, Fellowship Hall. Nursery for all services.

Parsonage 792-6171 or Church 792-5363.

Newton Church of The Way 2306 S. 3rd Ave E., 792-7300 Pastor Steve Heerema. Sunday Morning: 7:45 Classic; 9:00 and 10:30 Ignite, Nursery during both Ignite Services (for newborn through 2 years old). Journey 252 Children’s Ministry 10:30am (for children 3 years through 6th Grade) The Way Café 8:30 to 10:30am, 5:00-7:00pm Prayer of Blessing, Wednesday 6:30 – 8:30pm Route 146 Youth, Saturday Nite Ignite 7:00-8:00pm Everyone Welcome! Other various group studies and classes are offered. Check out our Facebook page, our weekly bulletin on our website, or call/email the office for more information. Email: info@theway146.com Web: www.newtonway.org Our Savior Lutheran Missouri Synod 1900 N. 4th Ave. E., Rev. John M. Moore, Pastor, Sunday Worship 9:00 am; Adult Bible Study Sundays 10:30 am; Sunday School Kingdom Quest 10:30 am; High School Youth Group Sunday 10:30 am & Wednesdays 7:00 pm; www.oursavlutheran. com (641( 792-1084.

First Baptist Church (Newton) 620 S. 8th Ave. E., phone: 792-7113.

Web:www.NewtonFirstBaptist.com and on facebook.

Pastor Aaron Loree, Family Education Time 9:00am, Powerkidz infants - 5th grade 9:00 am; Sunday School for teens & adults 9:00am; Worship Service 10:15am. Coffee time 8:45-10:00am. Men’s group meets on the first Sat. of every month at 7:30am.

First Baptist 810 S. Commerce, Monroe, Senior Pastor Shank. 9:30 am Sun. School, 10:30 am Worship, 6:00 pm Evening service, 6 p.m. Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 8:15 pm during school year & 8 p.m. during summer.

Newton Baptist Temple (A Fundamental Independent Church) 621 E. 12th St. N., Clayton Pickering, pastor. 10:00 am Sunday School, 11:00 am Worship, Wednesday and Sunday 6:00 pm Worship, Bus transportation available, 6:00 pm Wednesday Bible study.

Heart of Worship 14283 Hwy F62, Lynnville Pastor Tom Pool, Worship: 9 a.m., Children’s Church: 9:45 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:15 a.m., Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA 1409 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Ken Ahntholz, 9:00 am Sunday School; 10:15 am Worship, easy access - no steps; 5:30 pm Saturday service - Everyone is welcome!

Hope Assembly of God 126 W. State St., Colfax, Sunday school 10 am, Worship service 11 am, Sunday Evening Prayer Service 6:30 pm. 641-674-3700.

Howard Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Rev. Tom Burns, pastor. 10:30 am Morning worship. Sunday school 9-10am all ages; K-5 Wed after school; Jr. High & High School 7-8pm; Howard and Locust Colfax.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 305 E. Howard St., Colfax, 515674-3711; Decaon Joe Dvorak; 11:00am Sunday Mass, 9:00am Wednesday Communion Service; www.immaculateconceptioncolfax.org Immanuel Baptist (GARB) 1300 N. 4th Ave. E., Ken Van Loon, Pastor, 9:30 am Sunday school, 10:45 am Worship, 6:00 pm Worship, Wed 6:30-8:00 pm Youth, 6:30 pm Wednesday Awana Clubs (during school year), 7:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Fellowship.

Call 792-4470.

Ira United Church Karen Fausch, pastor, 9:00 am Worship, 10:15 am Sunday School.

Living Word Fellowship Doug Bradey, Pastor, 321 E. Robinson St., Knoxville 641-828-7119, Wed. Night Service: 6pm prayer, 7pm worship, 6:15pm Fuzion Youth Service; Sun. Morning Service: 8:30 am prayer, 9 am Life Groups, 10 am Worship Service, Nursery and Children’s Ministry available.

Lynnville Friends Jamie Bogaard Pastor, 9:00 am Morning Worship, 10:30 am Sunday School, 6:30 pm Bible Study Hour.

Metz Community 3253 W. 62nd St. S., Newton, 791-9568, Pastor David Rex; Sunday School 9:00 am.

10:10 am service.

Mingo United Methodist 202 W. Main, Mingo, Rev. Kurt DeVance, 515-339-8819; Children’s Sunday School - 9:30 am and Adult Sunday School - 9:45 am. Church time is 10:45 am.

Monroe Presbyterian Church 115 So. Main, Monroe, Rev. Ann Johnson, Sonlight Service 8:00 am; 9:00 am church school, 10:00 am Traditional Worship, communion on 1st Sunday of month, 6:00 pm Session Committees 2nd Sunday of month, 7:00 pm Session Meeting 2nd Sunday of month.

Monroe United Methodist 407 N. Monroe St., Monroe, 641259-2822; Pastor Kim Crummer; Jubilee Service 8:15 am; Sunday School 9:00 am; Worship 10:15 am; Office Hours: Mon. Thurs. 8-Noon; monroeum@iowatelecom.net New Life Baptist Church 124 E. Howard St., Colfax, 515-674-3103, Sunday School 9:45 am, Worship Service 10:45, Evening Service 6 pm, midweek service 7 pm Wednesdays.

Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church 151 60th Ave, Prairie City Rev. Medea Saunders Sunday 9:00 a.m. Worship Service;10:00 a.m. Sunday School pcumc@q.com 515-994-2354 Pleasantview United Methodist 8454 S. 28th Ave. E., Newton, Pastor Tim Morgan; 9:00 am worship; 10:15 am Sunday School.

Prairie City Church of the Brethren 12015 Hwy S 6G, Corner of S 6G & F70 W, 5 miles south of Prairie City on S6G, 515-9942940; Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 8:15-11:15 am; Pastor Timothy Peter; Adult Sunday School classes to 9:30am, followed

by Worship/Children’s Church at 10:45am. Nursery provided.

Prairie City First Reformed Church 300 E. 5th St., P. O. Box 178, 515-994-2250, frcprairiecity@ aol.com; 9:30 am Worship, 10:50 am Sunday School.

Prairie City United Methodist Church 706 W. McMurray, Prairie City Rev. Medea Saunders Sunday 9:30 a.m. Fellowship Coffee; 9:45 a.m. Power Praise;10:00 a.m. Worship Office hours 8:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. M-TH pcumc@q.com 515-994-2354 Rock Creek Hickory Grove Church 3 1/2 miles north of Rock Creek Lake, 9:15 am fellowship, 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 am worship.

Reasnor United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 10:45am. Communion first Sunday of each month.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1115 S. 8th Ave. E., Rev. William Reynolds, pastor, Saturday: 4:00 pm Mass, Sunday: 9:00 am Mass.

Salvation Army 301 N. 2nd Ave. E., Captains Jeff and Mikey Carter, Sunday - 9:45 am Sunday school, 10:45 am Worship.

Seventh Day Adventist 1409 S. 8th Ave E., Newton Pastor Jerry Duval Saturday Services 3:00 pm; Worship 2:00 pm Sabbath school, Prayer Meeting Tuesday Eve at 7:00 pm Solid Rock Church 115 Main St., Reasnor; Pastor John Hlad 641-842-2440; Sunday Bible study all ages 9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. worship; Wednesday Bible study all ages 7 p.m.

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church 4900 Meredith Dr., (NW 46th Ave.), Des Moines, The Bishop L.W. Faulk, 9:10 am Morning prayer, 9:30 am Holy communion.

St. Luke United Methodist Church 501 E. 19th St. N., Newton Pastor Audrey Young, Sunday Worship at 8:00 am and 10:30 am with fellowship following both. 9:15 am is Sunday School for all ages, including adults.

641-792-5736 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 5 mi. west of Sully, Pastor Nancy J. Pick, Worship 9:30 am; Adult Forum 10:15 am; Women of the ELCA meet 1:30 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month; Church Council meets 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 pm.; Contact Parish office 641-798-4651.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal 223 E. 4th St. N., Newton, ph.

792-6971. Rev. Merle Smith, Deacon; Rev. Karen Crawford Supply Priest; Sunday 8:00 am Holy Eucharist & 10:00 am Holy Eucharist; Wednesday 5:00 pm Evening Prayer.

Sully Community Church Pastor Jerry Morningstar, 9:30 am Sunday school, 10:30 am Worship, 5:00 pm Quiz team practice; 6:00 pm Worship, Thursday night adults, youth 7:00 pm.

Sully Christian Reformed Pastor Brian Ochsner. 9:30 am Morning worship, 6:00 pm Evening worship, 10:45 am Sunday School. 9:30 am Tues. Coffee Break for women, Nursery and preschool classes provided. 7:15 pm Wed - Gems, Cadets and High School Youth, Prayer for Country - everyone welcome.

8 Bible studies call 594-4440.

Sully First Reformed Church Rev. Wayne Sneller, senior pastor, Diana Scandridge, Youth & Education Director. 9:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Sunday school, 6:00 pm Worship; Thursday Night Family Night 7:00 pm Sept. - March. www.sullyfrc.org United Pentecostal 813 E. 7th St. N., Rev. Robert A. Shaw, pastor, 10:00 am Sunday Worship, 6:00 pm Sunday Worship, Prayer and Bible study Tuesday 6:30, Super & Youth Church Wednesday starts 7:00-8:00.

United Presbyterian 209 N. 2nd Ave. E., Rev. Donald Freeman, 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 - 11:30 am worship service (broadcasted live on KCOB radio); 11:30 am Fellowship; Wednesday choir rehearsal 6:00 p.m.; Nursery provided on Sundays.

Westfield Community Church 4164 20th St., Grinnell, Pastor Jann Braaksma, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; Sunday 10:30 a.m. Worship; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Youth Group; www.westfieldwitness.org

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | Jan. 15, 2016

Newton’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball players are joined by Pella players in honoring cancer survivors before Thursday’s game at Berg Middle School.

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Fighting the good fight

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Emma Dunsbergen claims a defensive rebound against Pella in the first quarter of the eighth-grade A-team contest Thursday at Berg Middle The Newton team had four honorary captains, from left, Jody Pickerall representing her late husband Terry, LeRoy Rinehart, Berg Middle School administrator Steph Langstraat and Sarah Coy. School.

Middle school wrestlers on the mat

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Ethan Ninjire of Newton glances at his coach while the official Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News shows the angle of his opponent’s shoulders. Ninjire competed in Bringing his Osakloosa opponent back to the mat is Newton’s Dakota Adams during a match at Thursday’s Thursday’s home middle school double dual for the Cardinals at wrestling double dual hosted by Newton at Berg Middle School.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Anthony Bestell sits out from the bottom position against a Grinnell opponent during Thursday’s middle school wrestling at Berg Middle School.