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It’s 80s night for the Newton Wellness Coalition kick off event

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The Newton Wellness Coalition picked an 80s theme for its kickoff event, set to happen at the Newton varsity basketball games Friday. The group will once again have Newton residents working out during both of the games on treadmills and ellipticals located in the work out space above the gym.

“We’re looking at an 80s theme for the kids, dressing up like Richard Simmons, headbands and that good stuff,” Tom Vanderlann, coalition member said. “Big hair, headband, short shorts, tank tops or something along those lines.”

During the girls’ halftime, members of the

coalition will invite volunteers to go out on the court and run through a warm up routine. Jumping jacks, cross-overs and seal claps are among the exercises to be performed to help promote wellness in the community and get people out of their seats.

In between the girls and boys games, coalition members will head back to the court to prep the stands for in-game actions during the boys game. Potential in-game activities will take place when a three-point basket is made, free-throw shots and if a player gets fouled, in hopes of getting the crowd up out of their seats and moving during the game.

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File Photo Traffic files in and out of the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School parking lot on the first day of the 2014-15 school year last August. Evidence-based need is how last week’s letter from the Department of Education describes the difficult means of obtaining a waiver to start school before the week of Sept. 1.

DOE releases tough criteria for Sept. 1 waivers Districts must scientifically prove hardship from late start

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Submitted Photo Volunteer exercisers work hard to burn calories at the 2014 edition of the Newton Wellness kick off event. This years event has a 80s theme will take place during the varsity basketball games Friday.

In mid-December, the Iowa Department of Education released a statement that made it clear starting school before the week of Sept. 1 will be tough.

Last week, the department released criteria it will use to determine which districts, if any, will be granted waivers to start school earlier than the week of Sept. 1, per a state law.

The DOE, which regularly granted all but a handful of waivers each year, released evidencebased criteria each school must meet in order to be considered for a 2015-16 Sept. 1 waiver. The deadline for waiver applications is March 15.

The Newton Community School District voted at its Jan.

12 regular meeting to pursue a waiver. Colfax-Mingo and Lynville-Sully seem uncertain.

Newton began school on Aug. 19 in 2014.

NCSD Superintendent Bob Callaghan said in December that students who are dually enrolled in both high school and college classes will be one of the groups who are impacted the most.

Callaghan pointed out Friday that the DOE has determined that dual enrollment conflicts would not qualify as “significant negative educational impact.”

A letter from DOE director Brad A. Buck was sent Dec.12 to school administrators and other educators across the state, announcing the department is honoring Gov. Terry E. Branstad’s request for the DOE to no longer automatically grant waivers.

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Branstad said in his letter that the state fair is one of the activities that cause students to miss school in August.

The 2015 Iowa State Fair is set for Aug. 13-23. A few Iowa State Legislator counter-moves are in the works, including a bill that would move the statewide start date to Aug. 15.

Jasper County’s public school districts are of varying sizes, and might end up approaching the waiver differently, if at all. Here are some of the items the DOE says it might consider: requiring from districts: • Evidence that students would be adversely affected by a Sept. 1 start “as demonstrated by valid and reliable measures of local academic achievement and/or learning environment.”

• The percentage of the student body that would be negatively affected by starting Sept. 1 and the depth of the impact, and

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Mike Mendenhall/Daily News Runners take off following the starting gun at Saturday’s Skiff Medical Center Pink Nose/Blue Toes 5K run/walk.

Skiff Foundation Event’s Manager Leisa Zylstra said 63 athletes took part in the fourth annual winter morning jaunt through Newton. Without last year’s sleet and snow covering the course, more than $1,000 was raised during preregistration and a final tally including day-of registrants is expected early this week. All proceeds from the event go toward equipment and technology purchases at Skiff.

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Once again the Newton Development Corporation (NDC), Des Moines Area Community College ( D M ACC - Ne w t o n Campus) and the Jasper Community Foundation are collaborating to host Get To Know Newton...L eadership class Feb. 19 through April 16. The class will meet for eight sessions on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Room 264 at the Newton DMACC Campus.

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make it a better place to work and live. You will interact with local leaders who will share their experience and insights through informal Q & A sessions. You’ll also participate in interactive leadership exercises, including the Real Colors Personality Profile that focuses on communication and work styles.

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Sheets elected to petroleum marketers board Newton Daily News URBANDALE — Lynn Sheets, of Sully, petroleum development manager at Key Cooperative has joined the Board of Directors of the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa.

Sheets was nominated and elected by his peers and installed during PMCI’s Board

meeting held Jan. 13. The association’s board of directors serves as a voice for the thousands of petroleum and convenience retailing businesses across Iowa. They meet frequently to discuss current industry trends and issues affecting their members and to advocate legislatively on behalf of the industry.

Sheets started in the pe-

troleum industry in 1974 in Texas and advanced to assistant manager at several businesses before his move to Iowa.

He has been with Key Cooperative since 2000. Lynn has displayed his industry leadership by serving on many boards such as PMCI’s board from 2003-10; PEFI; and he is a founding member

of the Iowa Propane Education and Research Council board. PMCI previously awarded him the prestigious Bucket Box Award for commitment to community and industry.

“I believe the PMCI association is a tremendous asset to its members, providing equal representation for all members large and small. To-

gether we can accomplish much more than any one company can accomplish individually. I believe political activism is an important obligation,” Sheets said.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Keystone Laboratories, which was founded in 1990, is celebrating 25 years of serving testing needs in 38 states.

Keystone Laboratories celebrates 25 years

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Keystone Laboratories celebrated its 25 anniversary with a party featuring the Double G Big Band at DMACC Saturday. The company, which was founded in January of 1990, celebrated serving its clients’ testing needs and how the company has grown and changed over the past 25 years.

Keystone was founded by Jeff and Jody King along with Bruce Ouverson. They started in a rented space behind the former Shirt Shop on West Third Street South. They did it all on their own with no TIF or grant money, no low interest loan or tax abatement money and no employee training credits.

“I was working at Maytag and found there was a need for a testing company,” Jeff King said.

The first work the company did was analyses in support of the Leaking Underground Stor-

age Tank program. The company grew quickly with sample volumes of 17 in January to more than 1,000 by June of 1990.

Later that year, Keystone renovated and moved to the former Dewarco building and expanded services to become a full service environmental laboratory. As it expanded, it hired staff and purchased major pieces of analytical instrumentation to help with the growth and fulfilling the clients needs. By 1994, sales had topped $1 million.

In 1995, Keystone purchased and renovated the Farm Credit Services building, which is where it is currently located. The company began acquiring and consolidating additional testing facilities in the Midwest including the Northeast Iowa Water Lab in Waterloo, General Testing Lab in Kansas City, KDPS Labs in Lawrence, Kan. and MVTL Labs in Nevada.

Currently, after consolida-

tions, Keystone has three locations in Newton, Waterloo and Kansas City with a staff of 45.

It serves more than 2,000 clients in 28 states including Alaska.

In 2013, 77,551 samples were analyzed and 214,158 individual analyses were performed in the areas of drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, soil and solid/ hazardous waste. Testing sites are post construction, King said, testing for potential leaks or containment.

Keystone serves municipalities, state and federal agencies, industrial companies and environmental engineering firms. It provides a comprehensive range of testing services with expertise in areas of organics, inorganics, microbiology, sample preparation, sample receiving and story and field services.

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

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Submitted Photo The management and staff from Keystone Laboratories gathered to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the company with a party Saturday.

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First Newton National Bank President Gary Kahn announced Stephanie Critchfield has been elected to the Board of Directors of First Newton National Bank at its Jan. 9 board meeting.

Critchfield works at The Vernon Company as the Western Region Manager. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and has served as chair of the Membership Services Action Group for Promotional Products Association Industry, past president of the Thomas Jefferson School Parent Teacher Association, and is involved with other numerous organizations in central Iowa. She and her husband, Marshall, have two daughters and live in Newton.

The Board looks forward to the new perspective and fresh set of ideas Critchfield brings to the table.

First Newton National is excited to add another local director to its hometown bank. The addition of Critchfield to the Board of Directors ensures the bank will be locally owned and operated for years to come.

US stocks slide; UPS slump on earnings NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market moved lower Friday, snapping four days of gains, as U.S. companies turned in mixed results for the fourth quarter.

Shares of tissue and diaper maker KimberlyClark dropped after the company’s earnings fell short of expectations. UPS slid after it cut its earnings outlook.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slipped seven points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,055 as of 3:20 p.m.

Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 92 points, or 0.6 percent, to 17,721. The Nasdaq composite bucked the trend. It rose seven points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,758.

Corporations are reporting fourth-quarter results. While oil earnings are expected to weigh on results, companies in the S&P 500 index are still expected to increase profits by 4.1 percent, according to data from S&P Capital IQ. That’s slower than the 4.9 percent increase in the same period a year earlier.

UPS said it was hurt by the huge cost of guaranteeing punctual deliveries over the holidays. That forced the shipping company to cut its outlook for the year. UPS hired more workers and boosted capacity at its facilities during the busy holiday season to avoid a repeat of 2013, when shippers struggled with a deluge of orders. The stock slumped $10.90, or 9.5 percent, to $103.34.

U.S. stocks should give investors returns of 8 to 9 percent this year, says Paul Christopher, Head of International Strategy, Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Stocks will likely benefit from rising consumer confidence, as a drop in gasoline price leaves people with more money.

In government bond trading, prices rose. The yield on the 10-year government bond fell to 1.83 percent from 1.86 on Thursday.

The dollar continued to strengthen against most major currencies. Against the euro, the dollar traded at $1.1265 from $1.356. The euro is trading at its lowest against the dollar in more than a decade.

The U.S. currency slipped slightly against the Japanese yen, dropping to 117.81 yen from 118.56 yen the previous day.

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Vernon donates to Jasper County United Way

Waivers Continued from Page 1A what districts would need to do as a remedy.

• Scientifically based and peer-reviewed research supporting the claim.

• Whether the district has sought alternatives to seeking a waiver; What days/hours options have been reviewed?

Among the items that won’t be considered by the DOE are anecdotal evidence, competition schedules (which will be adjusted to meet a Sept. 1 start date), professional development days, snow days and post-secondary enrollment, such as DMACC. For the 2014-15 school year, all five county school districts were among the 336 Iowa districts that were granted waivers to start classes before Sept. 1.

Colfax-Mingo started classes on Aug. 14.

Baxter Community Schools started school on Aug. 18 and Lynnville-Sully and Prairie CityMonroe began on Aug. 20.

The DOE letter points out that students are allowed to enroll in community college classes even if high-school classes haven’t begun.

The 2015-16 Des Moines Area Community College Newton Campus fall semester is set to run from Aug. 20 to Dec. 10, and the spring semester runs Jan. 11 to May 5, 2016.

Schools are required to schedule either 1,080 hours of instruction or 180 days. Lynnville-Sully’s online calendar includes 174 scheduled “student contact” days, but must still equal 1,080 hours. The Baxter calendar has 179 days of student classroom time, with 1,110 total hours of instruction.

Newton Christian School has 75 students from kindergarten through the eighth grade.

Dean of Students Mary Patterson said the school bases its calendar on the Newton public school’s calendar.

“We have always sought the waiver based on past experience that students seem to perform better when the weather is warm in August, because everything is fresh and new,” she said.

“Trying to keep kids on track and learning in June is when they’ve switched their brains to summer mode.”

Lynnville-Sully Superintendent Shane Ehresman said the state has made it clear: proving the case will be difficult.

“Lynnville-Sully officials will collectively review the criteria and determine whether or not we have a chance for approval,” Ehresman said.

“After my preliminary analysis of the criteria, the bar appears extremely high.”

Colfax-Mingo Superintendent Marty Lucas said Friday his district would have an uphill battle — if it chooses to put together an application for the March 15 deadline.

“We are still considering whether to apply for a waiver,” Lucas said Friday. “It will be difficult for any school to receive a waiver based on the criteria received this week.”

Submitted Photo Vernon Company President Chris Vernon (right) presents a check for more than $24,000 to United Way of Jasper County. UWJC Executive Director Jessica Lowe accepted the check, which includes the Vernon Company’s employee donation and company match to the United Way. “Vernon Company has been a long-time support of United Way and with their help nonprofits will be able to change thousands of lives with access to health care, food, shelter and other vital services,” said Lowe, adding Vernon Company’s employee campaign was the largest in Jasper County.”

The United Way campaign is at 65.2 percent of its $363,000 goal. The funds raised stay local will be allocated to more than 30 programs throughout Jasper County. To make a tax-deductible donation send a check to United Way of Jasper County, PO Box 844, Newton, IA 50208

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

Wellness Continued from Page 1A The announcer will give bits of information throughout the night about the NWC along with mileage benchmarks for those exercising through out the games. A potential friendly competition could arise between

Blues Under the Blue Roof at the Newton Public Library Newton Daily News The library will be jumping with blues music when Newton Public Library partners with the South Skunk Blues Society to present Blues Under the Blue Roof every Monday in February at 6:30 p.m.

On Feb. 2, Freight Train Frank Strong and John Lee-Egan will be playing in the library meeting room.

“Freight Train” Frank Strong is a guitarist, vocalist, and harmonica player who has been performing for more than 30 years. Frank performs blues, folk, country and Americana music. Frank has performed in all kinds

those tracking mileage during the girls game versus those working out while the boys play.

This is the second year for the coalition to have a kick-off event during a Newton basketball game. Last year the event featured 30 “local celebrities” including Superintendent Bob Callaghan, burning more than 10,000

calories by the end of the games.

The group is still looking for volunteers to exercise on either a treadmill or elliptical during either game. For more information about how to sign up visit the group’s Facebook page.

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

of venues including schools colleges coffee houses and music festivals. John Lee-Egan is a bass guitarist who has been playing for more than 35 years. He has performed a variety of musical genres including rock and roll, railroad/old time, bluegrass and blues music.

He is currently playing bass in four bands.

Feb. 9 will bring Matt Woods to the library at 6:30 p.m. Matt Woods is both a native of Iowa, and a longstanding purveyor of its diverse blues scene. As a seasoned performer of many local, regional and national clubs and venues, Matt has developed a distinct style while staying true to his love of traditional American roots music.

Feb. 16 brings the music of Joe and Vicki Price to the library.

Heralded as “This is low-down, stompin’,

moonshinin’, hollerin’, backcreek blues with mangrove grit and blind faith, the sort of simple . . . class blues that grabs you by the seat of the pants and sets up a hominy hipshake” by the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange.

Feb. 23 brings back Rob Lumbard to the Newton Public Library. Rob last played under the Blue Roof in February of 2013.

All programs are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Newton Public Library. Blues Under the Blue Roof is sponsored by the Newton Public Library Foundation, Arts Connection and the South Skunk Blues Society. If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance call 641-792-4108 in advance.

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​ erg Middle B School to host assembly Berg Middle School will be celebrating its first semester’s academic success on Jan. 30.

The assembly will begin at 1:35 p.m., and will last for approximately 90 minutes. There have been other assemblies in the past, but the name of this particular academic assembly is “BMS in the Spotlight.” The assembly will be full of excitement as students cheer, chant, stomp and clap as they celebrate and compete in games that involve both teachers and students.

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Oh yeah ... look who’s jumping on the fitness bandwagon — this gal!

So let’s be honest. My efforts are minimal, but they’re making me feel so good! As it turns out, simply walking and sometimes delving into jogging is a great way to shake of some stress and feel human this time of year.

Plus — gadgets! Yes! I love gadgets — and since I’m trying to be healthy, I got one of those Fitbits that works as a pedometer, and also keeps track of stuff like your heart rate and sleep quality. (Actually, I got it just today, so I don’t know anything about it other than it’s going to

make one of my friends jealous.)

Let me backup. This is basically all Mike Mendenhall’s fault. Awhile ago he wrote a column about the Health app on the iPhone and generally about how he wants to be a little more active. It wasn’t a New Year’s resolution, it was a simple plan to try harder to be healthy.

Sounded good to me.

So when I looked at my Health app, I uncovered some horrifying evidence of my sedentary life. At the same time I also felt I was being jipped for the many steps I do take without my phone. While I’m fairly addicted to my phone, it’s not always on me. I walk all over the

newsroom and it’s unaccounted for. What about the steps I take as I work around our house?

Zilch. Hence, I need a Fitbit.

For whatever reason the visual of seeing that you’re well below the 10,000 recommended steps a day made me want to change. Also, I’d renewed our membership at the YMCA in October, but didn’t actually step foot in the joint until a couple of weeks ago. A recent birthday also helped provide some motivation.

Me — I’m a track girl. That’s pretty much all I like to do. I’m not a super big fan of sweating, so walking around the track is mostly my forte.

This week will present quite the challenge. The YMCA will be remodeling the track — hooray! But I’m going to have to figure out how to work the equipment.

You know those YouTube videos of people falling off exercise equipment? There may be more after next week. But if I can figure out how to use my Fitbit, I can surely figure out how to operate a treadmill.

However if you see me planted on the floor, please give me a hand.

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

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Restate of the union

State View

Investing in schools keeps Iowans competitive Iowa schools are crucial to a world-class education that prepares students for good jobs and strengthens our middle class.

Business leaders say Iowa’s shortage of skilled workers hurts their ability to grow and operate competitively.

That means our state’s con- By Sen. Chaz tinued success Allen depends on support for Iowa students and schools at all levels.

Other states have figured out that high-wage, high-skill economies are built on a foundation of great local schools, and they’ve committed to supporting those schools. While other states are investing more in student achievement, Iowa is failing to commit enough dollars to ensure each student’s success. On average, we invest $1,612 less per student than the national average. We are currently 35th in the nation.

The Legislature needs to increase its commitment to great

schools, higher student achievement and increased teacher quality. Local parents, teachers and school administrators say our schools increasingly are forced to choose between providing a good education or just the bare minimum.

The problem has emerged as support for our local schools has become an increasingly partisan issue, and it could get worse. Gov. Branstad and the Iowa House have released their proposals for school funding for the next two years. Their proposals provide little support to help our schools keep up with inflation, let alone compete with other states.

A new survey of Iowa school superintendents reports the governor’s budget would send our schools in the wrong direction, resulting in fired teachers, overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and fewer choices for Iowa students. In fact, all survey respondents said they oppose the governor’s plan to provide less than 1 percent in additional state aid to schools for the 2015-16 school year.

When asked what the impact would be on their students, 75 percent said they would in-

crease class sizes, 74 percent said they would fire teachers, 71 percent said they would delay buying new classroom materials, and 70 percent said they would reduce course offerings.

School superintendents believe the Branstad budget would limit the opportunities of tens of thousands of Iowa students. Iowa is competing with the world for high-skill, high-wage jobs. That means great local schools have never been more important to our families and our state’s economic future.

State Sen. Chaz Allen, representing much of Jasper and eastern Polk counties. To contact Allen during the week, call the Senate Switchboard at 515281-3371. Otherwise, he can be reached at 641-521-6297.

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President Obama sure is consistent. His State of the Union address sounded like his other speeches: What I’ve done is great!

America is in a much better position.

We ’ v e created a manu f a c - By John Stossel turing sector that’s adding jobs.

More oil is produced at home. I cut deficits in half!

Give me a break. The deficit is lower now not because of any prudence on Obama’s part but merely because the $800 billion stimulus spending blowout didn’t continue.

All the president does is increase spending: free community college, free Obamaphones, free birth control, etc. Yes, our annual deficit is lower, but it’s still $488 billion! Our $18 trillion national debt increases by $3 million every minute!

Yes, more oil is produced at home, but that’s in spite of the administration. Oil production is down on public land.

Yes, the manufacturing sector added jobs, but that’s mostly because of cheaper natural gas created by fracking, which Obama’s cronies opposed. Also, America is finally recovering from recession. Obama’s policies probably slowed that recovery.

Does the President delude himself when he takes credit for oil production, lower deficits, etc.? Or does he mislead on purpose? I don’t know.

More recently he bragged, “I created the lowest unemployment rate in years.” He created it? He must know it’s “low” only compared to the 10 percent reached during the recession — and because millions have simply given up looking for work. This recovery is the slowest in 70 years.

If Obama gave the State of the Union address I’d like to hear, he’d say this: I heard you, voters, in November when you took control of the Senate away from my party.

I get it. I overreached. I was arrogant. I imposed Obamacare on a nation

that was deeply divided about it. I ruled through executive orders instead of legislation. I threw money at “green” nonsense. I’ll give up the payments to the “green energy” industry if the Republicans stop coddling defense contractors.

I’ve been in government for years now.

I know how badly it works. The last thing I should try to do is make it bigger. In fact, with Republicans now in control of Congress, it’s time I worked with them to shrink government. If we shrink it, we might even dig our way out of the debt hole we’re in.

Heck, if we just slow the growth of government to 2 percent a year, we’d be in better shape.

But I didn’t even try to accomplish that. I pretended taxing the rich would solve our financial problems. But there aren’t enough rich people to tax. I got drunk on the idea of promising voters “free” stuff such as low down-payment mortgages and guaranteed paid family leave. I told them that all good things come from government. That’s nonsense.

We should put an end to all bailouts. Businesses that screw up should accept the consequences, just like ordinary people who spend recklessly.

Main Street should never again be forced to rescue Wall Street.

Instead of expanding government control of health care, we should phase it out. That includes Medicare. I know Medicare is popular, but it is unsustainable. Let current retirees receive their benefits as promised, but younger people should pay for their own health care.

People criticize the economic distortion created by welfare, but Medicare and Social Security are almost as bad.

Both redistribute money away from the young and struggling toward those of us who have had decades to invest and save up.

To make these challenges a little easier to deal with, let’s make America richer by abolishing most regulations.

They strangle opportunity.

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Obituaries Richard L. Phipps Jan. 24, 2015 Richard LeRoy Phipps, 70, of Rock Creek, died after a lengthy illness at his home on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.

The family will g r e e t friends from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28

Kathryn I. Kingery Jan. 22, 2015 Kathryn Irene Kingery, 90, of Newton, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Nelson Manor in Ne w ton.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home

Melburn Clymer Jan. 23, 2015 Melburn Louis “Melby” Clymer, 83, of Newton, died peacefully Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at Park Centre in Ne w ton.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie

Roger K. Smith Jan. 21, 2015 Roger K. Smith, 79, of Baxter, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at Mary Greely Medical Center in Ames. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m., Tuesday,

at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton.

Following the visitation there will be a graveside service at Rock Creek Cemetery. Memorials to PALS or Grinnell Hospice may be left at the funeral home.

Richard was born on April 19, 1944, in Grinnell to Glenn and Naomi (Bleakney) Phipps.

He attended Grinnell schools. Richard started his work history working at One Minute in Kellogg, later going to the Maytag Company

in Newton, retiring in 1992. Following his retirement, Richard kept busy working construction and then retiring a second time from Priority Plastics in Grinnell.

Richard enjoyed the outdoors and was happiest while hunting or just wandering around the farm enjoying nature. He liked fishing and picnicking with the family. Richard had a huge heart and loved family time.

Richard married Lucille “Jody” Phipps on Feb. 11, 1971, and

to this marriage a son, Shane LeRoy, was born.

Rich leaves on this earth his wife, Jody; son, Shane (Nancy) Phipps; grandchildren, Katie (Travis) Bilberry, Megan Harmeson and Ross Jacob Harmeson; a great-grandson, Jase Bilberry; two brothers, Jack (Doris) Phipps and John (Marcy) Phipps; and his nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, RuthAnn Grandstaff; and two brothers, Bill Phipps and Jim Phipps.

and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service Thursday.

Memorials to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church may be left at the funeral home.

Irene, the daughter of Henry W. and Mary Olive (Hughes) Hildebrand, was born Oct. 12, 1924, in Newton. She graduated from Newton High School in the class of 1942. Irene was united in marriage with J. Walter “Walt” Kingery on July 16, 1943, in San Francisco, Calif. They

made their home in Newton. Irene worked at the Maytag Company during the war and then at the Newton Clinic.

In addition to being a homemaker, she also worked at the Vernon Company and later at the Maytag Dairy Farm.

Irene enjoyed collecting, traveling, and shopping.

She was a loving and devoted wife, mom, grandma, sister and friend.

Irene is survived by her son, Dave (Pam) Kingery of Newton; three grandchildren, Jake Stoecker, Eric (Clar-

issa) Stoecker and Brian (Kelly) Stoecker; her four great-grandchildren, Zoe, Merrick, Elinor and Aisley; three sisters-inlaw, Mabel Hobbs, Myrtle Schwarz and Sandy Kingery; brother-in-law, Clifford “Buzz” (Carol) Kingery; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walt in 2008; two brothers, Dr. William Hildebrand and James Hildebrand; and four sisters, Lucille Hildebrand, Louise Hewitt, Imogene Restola and Joann Armstrong.

City, with burial following at Waveland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Melby Clymer Memorial Fund and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

The son of William and Ada (Stravers) Clymer, Melby was born on July 14, 1931, in Prairie City. He graduated from Newton High School

in 1949. Melby proudly served in the United States Navy and was a Korean War Veteran.

On June 30, 1951, he was united in marriage to Jayne Ann Thatcher, who he was deeply devoted to. Melby was a retired farmer and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, especially his grandchildren.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife of 63 years, Jayne; two sons, Mark (Deb) Clymer and John (Beth)

Clymer; a sister, Norma Lee Ali; and a very special niece, Kim (Norb) Manwarren and her family. Also surviving are his eight grandchildren, Darin, Tennille, Justin (Beth), Tiffannie (Tim), Jake (Natalie), Brian, Jason (Laura) and Nick (Kelly); and 11 great grandchildren, Clay, Carter, Lydia, Rachel, Josiah, Justice, Mercy, Luke, Kinser, McKynna and Isaac.

Melby was preceded in death by his parents.

Jan. 27 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials in Roger’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Roger, the son of Floyd and Clara (Shading) Smith, was born Aug. 6, 1936, in Malcom.

He lived most of his life in Jasper County. Roger was united in marriage with Carol Marie Farr on July 26, 1970, in Baxter.

He was a self-employed roofer for more than 40 years. Roger enjoyed fishing, camping, riding his tractor, watching looney tunes and listening to country music.

Roger is survived by his wife, Carol, of Baxter; daughters, Lacie Smith (Antonio Banderas) of Marshalltown, and Tracie Smith ( Josh McFarland) of Marshalltown; his seven grandchil-

dren, Little Tony, Destiny, Yessenia, Ireland, Jacoby, Michael and Katie; sister, Ruth Van Dyke of Cedar Rapids; two sisters-in-law, Alice Farr and Joanne Smith; brother-in-law, Harry (Patty) Farr; and good friends, Bryan Dickey and Brenda Matters. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Casey; and a brother, Richard Smith.

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Paul Doran, 86, of Newton, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at Newton Healthcare. Services are pending at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

Thomas E. Robinson, 64, of Pella, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Des Moines.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 at

Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. A committal service will precede the service Tuesday afternoon.

Visitation will begin Monday afternoon at the church where family will be present from 4 to 7 p.m.

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• Jasper County Republican Central Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Moo’s BBQ on the west side of the square in Newton.

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Tuesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Newton Rotary Club will meet at noon Tuesday at the DMACC Newton Campus upstairs banquet room. The program will be presented by Tyler Clement on the Iowa Speedway operations. Anyone interested in attending and learning more about the Newton Rotary Club is welcome. For more information or to make reservations for lunch call Craig Armstrong at 641521-5455 or Brendan Lamont at 641-792-5252.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

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

• Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton for lunch and a program titled “What’s New at the Library” by Nicole Lindstrom. Anyone interested in the program or in learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to be a guest for lunch. For more information, or to make a reservation for lunch, call Margie Criswell at 641-521-9482. Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

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

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• TOPS Iowa 254 will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton.

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Shoeless dad wants slippers inside his daughters’ homes DEAR ABBY: We have a couple of daughters who have told us we must take off our shoes if we visit them (and our beautiful grandchildren). Although I’m not sure of their reasons for this, I do know for sure that we have never tracked any kind of dirt into their house when we visited. In fact, our shoes are always clean.

I have very sensitive feet. I cannot even walk outside barefoot. On top of that, my feet get cold if they aren’t covered. I have always worn house slippers at home if I didn’t have shoes on.

In a discussion with my wife, I suggested that their request was both inconsiderate and disrespectful. I also said they should provide alternatives to shoes for visitors if they expect guests to remove their shoes. What is the proper etiquette in a situation like this? — COLD FEET IN IOWA DEAR COLD FEET: A person does not have to track “dirt” into a house to carry germs on the soles of one’s shoes. If guests have walked on a sidewalk or driveway where someone has walked a dog or spat, then I can see why a parent might want shoes removed if children play on the floor.

Good manners in a case like this would be to cheerfully cooperate with your hosts and, if slippers are not provided, to bring a pair over that you can leave for the next time you visit.

It’s a small price to pay for spending time with your beautiful grandchildren.

DEAR ABBY: We have a 27-yearold nephew who lives at home with his parents. He is a good guy, but he doesn’t drive. He has no physical or mental impairments that we are aware of, and all of his numerous family members have offered to teach him. But his nonchalant attitude toward learning has made everyone give up.

We live in a big city with poor public transportation, and his job is far from home. Catching the bus to work is unsafe and takes hours, and daily cab fare isn’t cost effective. We know his parents aren’t happy transporting him back and forth, and we think they need to push him toward more independence. His social life is limited to family events, and dating is out of the question.

We worry about what will happen as his parents are getting older, and none of us plan on assuming the responsibility of transporting him. Any suggestions?

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COLLEGE SPRINGS — Authorities say two family dogs that fatally mauled a 7-year-old College Springs boy have been euthanized. Malaki Mildward, a first-grader, died shortly after the attack Thursday afternoon. Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer tells the Omaha World-Herald (http://bit. ly/1ydCixr ) that the dogs were 6-monthold puppies — a 25-pound female and a 35-pound male. Palmer says the dogs were mixed-breeds with some bulldog heritage and had shown no signs of aggression.

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Police seeking driver after crash, house fire COUNCIL BLUFFS — Police are still looking for a man involved in a crash that caused a Council Bluffs house fire. A man was driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado pickup just after 2 a.m. Friday when he crashed into the home’s porch. Witnesses told police the driver fled on foot. No injuries were reported. Council Bluffs police say the truck caught fire after the wreck and was engulfed in flames by the time officers arrived.

Bald eagles return to Iowa again as they migrate The Associated Press IOWA CITY — Iowa bird watchers will be able to spot bald eagles this winter as the animals visit in search of warmer weather.

Thousands of bald eagles cross Iowa each winter as they migrate south. Wildlife experts say any location that offers open water where the eagles can hunt is likely to offer a good chance to see them.

The area around Iowa City and Coralville is a prime location for seeing bald eagles because of the Iowa River, the Coralville Reservoir and the Burlington Street dam. An eagle watching event will also be held at North Central Junior High in North Liberty on Feb. 7.

“There are a lot of people who love nothing more than to see a bald eagle fly above them,” said Joe Wilkinson, spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The bald eagle was near extinction in the 1960s due to habitat destruction, illegal shooting and food source contamination, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Conservation efforts have helped the bald eagle population rebound nationwide over the past several decades.

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DAVENPORT — Davenport is looking to buy back the historic Adler Theatre from a nonprofit group.

The city council will discuss the repurchase of the art deco-style theater at a meeting Saturday. The city sold the 1931 theater to the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in 2007 so the property would be eligible for tax credits that helped finance a $14 million renovation. Alderman Gene Meeker says the plan was always for the city to eventually buy back the Adler.

Trial to begin for woman accused of fatally stabbing FORT DODGE — A trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a 24-year-old woman accused of stabbing to death her brother in Fort Dodge. Vanita Daniels has pleaded not guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter. She’s accused of stabbing 19-year-old Marcquis Collier on May 9. Officers who were sent the scene that morning say they found Collier in a front yard, suffering from a chest wound.

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Broadband committee helping Branstad still sorting issues The Associated Press DES MOINES — As Gov. Terry Branstad prepares to introduce legislation aimed at expanding broadband Internet in Iowa, members of a committee tasked with giving him key recommendations for a bill say it’s a complex issue that they’re still sorting out.

Members of a broadband committee within the governor’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Advisory Council said they’re still deciding what the state’s overall goal should be with expanding high-speed Internet, also known as broadband. There are several factors to consider, including whether to focus on Iowa’sroughly

20,000 households with no broadband or increasing current broadband speeds in already-connected communities.

Part of the challenge is the shifting national definition on what constitutes high-speed Internet, said John Carver, superintendent of the Howard-W inneshiek Community School District in northeast Iowa and co-chair of the committee.

“We’re in the infancy of all this stuff,” he said.

The committee, which is scheduled to meet in early February to finalize its draft, doesn’t have a budget recommendation, said Carver.

That concerns committee member Dave Duncan, also CEO of Iowa Communica-

tions Alliance. He noted neighboring states like Nebraska and Minnesota have more defined broadband budgets and time tables. In Nebraska, state officials released a plan last year designed to bring faster broadband to more areas by 2020; a Minnesota law signed last year sets aside $20 million for broadband expansion.

“I’m hopeful that our broadband committee will come together with a recommendation of a goal something like what some of those other states are doing,” he said.

Carver said group members have different ideas.

“There will be a consensus on what goes forward, but I don’t know if it’ll be 100 percent sup-

ported by everybody,” he said.

Committee members say they will recommend a robust fiber-optic network — a system of cables best placed underground — because it’s the best option for a broadband infrastructure with room for higher speeds, said Sen. Steven Sodders, a Democrat from State Center who is also on the committee. He introduced legislation Friday aimed at general expansion plans for the state’s fiber-optic network.

Sodders’ bill is separate from Branstad’s work. He said his bill is aimed at getting the conversation going, but he expects to amend it once the governor’s bill is introduced.

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Possible GOP candidates pitch ideas at conservative forum The Associated Press DES MOINES — The robust Christian right in earlyvoting Iowa plays an outsize role in helping determine the Republican presidential nominee, a political reality not lost on the parade of would-be 2016 candidates trying to draw attention at a Saturday gathering of social conservatives.

Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, former Govs. Rick Perry of Texas and Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and many others turned the Iowa Freedom Forum into the unofficial launch of the next campaign for the Iowa caucuses.

More than 1,000 religious conservatives met at a refurbished theater to hear them pitch their policies and their values.

Christie may have had the most to gain — or lose — from appearing at the forum. Considered a moderate in some GOP circles and a party establishment choice in others, the New Jersey governor tried to connect with grass-roots conservative activists by assuring them that trust is more important than total agreement.

“If you want a candidate who

agrees with you 100 percent of the time, I’ll give you a suggestion: Go home and look in the mirror. You are the only person you agree with 100 percent of the time,” he said. “You’ll always know who I am, you’ll always know what I believe and you’ll always know where I stand.”

To back up his conservative credentials, Christie proclaimed his opposition to gay marriage and abortion rights. He also rejected the idea that Republicans could be competitive in traditionally Democratic states by abandoning opposition to abortion rights. “And I’m living proof,” he said.

In his remarks, Cruz cited the Bible as he challenged caucus participants to back only presidential candidates with a proven conservative track record. “You know what,” he said, “talk is cheap. The word tells us you shall know them by their fruits ... Look every candidate in the eye and say ‘Don’t talk, show me.’”

While he criticized President Barack Obama’s foreign policy and other actions, Huckabee warned about the dangers of intraparty fighting. “We don’t need to spend the next two years beating each other up in the conservative tent. We need to tell America

Judge gives life to ‘dangerous’ man in dual robberies The Associated Press SIOUX CITY — A federal judge sentenced a convicted felon to life in prison for two robberies in Iowa, calling him one of the most dangerous people he’s ever seen.

U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett made the comment at 23-year-old Jamal Dean’s sentencing on Friday, according to the Sioux City Journal (http://bit.ly/1Jwy3nl ).

Authorities say the Sioux City man has a criminal record stretching back to age 7, and he’s been incarcerated seven times.

Many of his crimes involved guns. Bennett said the violence from someone so young is something he’s never seen out of the 4,000 defendants he has sentenced in more than 20 years.

“You are one of the

most dangerous people and threats to society that I’ve ever seen,” Bennett said. “I’m a huge believer in mercy. I’m a believer in second chances, third chances. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d use the discretion given to me by the United States Supreme Court that I’m about to.”

Dean’s attorney, Stuart Dornan, of Omaha, said he would appeal the sentence and declined to comment further.

Dean was found guilty in August of conspiracy, weapons, car-jacking and robbery charges. The charges were tied to separate robberies of drug dealers in April 2013.

That same jury found his brother, Levon Dean Jr., 25, also of Sioux City, guilty of conspiracy, firearm and robbery charges for the same robberies.

Protesters heckle Perry and Christie on immigration issues The Associated Press DES MOINES — Protesters have heckled Republican presidential prospects Rick Perry and Chris Christie over immigration policies during a conservative political forum in Iowa.

The former governor of Texas was interrupted during his speech to the Iowa Freedom Forum by six people chanting, “If you become president, will you deport our families?” what’s right with this country,” he said.

Perry also pointed to the end of the Obama administration: “I got a feeling that after six years of disappointment, of mediocrity and decline, a slow course correction is not what voters are going to be looking for in 2016.”

Walker promoted his administration’s enactment of voter identification, concealed carry handgun and abortion restriction legislation — all red-meat issues to the conservative audience. For many Republicans, he is best known for beating back a

many people don’t think we care about them. We have to show them not just by saying we do, but by having policies and a message where they can see it and feel it in us,” Santorum said as he called for lower taxes, less regulation and stronger family values.

The forum’s sponsor, Rep. Steve King of Iowa, opened the event by asking the crowd, “Do you believe that the next president of the United States is going to be speaking to you today?”

The audience erupted in applause and King responded, “As do I.”

The Associated Press NEW YORK — Officials cautioned Northeast residents to not be misled by a relatively smooth Monday morning commute, and pressed their cautions to prepare for a “crippling and potentially historic” storm that could bury communities from northern New Jersey to southern Maine in up to 2 feet of snow starting later in the day.

They warned that getting home could be difficult and asked residents to avoid any unnecessary travel.

The National Weather Service said the nor’easter would bring heavy snow, powerful winds and widespread coastal flooding through Tuesday. A blizzard warning was issued for a 250-mile stretch of the Northeast, including New

York and Boston.

The morning commute was delayed Monday for drivers on a section of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A tractortrailer jack knifed, and a truck hauling beer crashed into the median. No injuries were reported.

Some schools were planning to close early or not open at all Monday in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

Government officials began to activate emergency centers on Sunday as professional sports teams, schools and utilities hastily revised their schedules and made preparations.

“This could be a storm the likes of which we have never seen before,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference in a Manhattan

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In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker warned residents to prepare for roads that are “very hard, if not impossible, to navigate,” power outages and possibly even a lack of public transportation.

Boston is expected to get 18 to 24 inches of snow, with up to 2 feet or more west of the city, and Philadelphia could see up to a foot, the weather service said.

The Washington area expected only a couple of inches, with steadily increasing amounts as the storm heads north.

“We do anticipate very heavy snowfall totals,” said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the weather service in College Park, Maryland.

“In addition to heavy snow, with blizzard warnings, there’s a big threat of high, damaging winds, and that will be increasing Monday into Tuesday. A lot of blowing, drifting and such.”

President Barack Obama, who is traveling in India, has been briefed on the storm, spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday.

White House officials also have been in touch with officials from states “up and down the Eastern seaboard” that are in the storm’s path, Earnest said.

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Perry opposes offering legal status to people in the U.S. illegally. He praised the U.S. as a place “to be able to stand up and tell our government what we want them to do.”

Another protester began the same chant during Christie’s speech. The governor asked the audience, “Don’t they know I’m from New Jersey?”

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Alex Bare gets his focus during warm ups for the final home dual bowling meet of the season. Bare helped the Cardinal boys defeat visitng Pella Christian Saturday at Cardinal Lanes. Newton’s girls also won Saturday against Pella Christian.

Newton rolls over Pella Christian on Senior Day

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s Cardinal bowlers dominated Pella Christian’s Eagles on Senior Day Saturday. Four of the five seniors on the NHS bowling teams led the Cardinals to the dual wins in their

final home meet of the season at Cardinal Lanes.

Before action began Saturday morning, Newton recognized seniors Melanie Stice, Erica Bailey, Alex Bare and Payton Cox. Courtney Tabor wasn’t present Saturday because of commitment to a NHS school band event.

“We did well as a team today,” said Stice, who bowled a clean game — all strikes and spares — for a 214 in the opening game of the competition. “It was nice today. It wasn’t a lot of sadness like I pictured there’d be as the final home meet as a senior. This was my first meet coming

back from an injury.”

It was Bailey leading the Cardinal girls with a 360 series to a win of 623 pins over Pella Christian. Newton’s girls posted a 2,408-1,785 victory. Bailey put up games of 179 and 181, Stice had the only 200 game for the girls on her way to a 358 series.

“It was fun,” Bailey said of her final home meet as a senior.

“It’s been a good season so far for me as an individual and for us as a team. I think we’re going to be good as we head into our final regular season meets, the conference and substate.”

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Cardinals fall to Eagles Cardinal girls’ two-game

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — Newton High’s Cardinal boys are

looking for a formula of getting out in front or staying even with a team early in basketball games. Too many times

this season the Cardinals have had to dig their way out of a first-half or a third-quarter hole.

It happened again Friday against Pella Christian’s Eagles in Little Hawkeye Conference play. Playing in front of a homecoming crowd, the Eagles stayed out in front of the visiting Cardinals most of contest and turned away each rally Newton put together.

Pella Christian posted a 62-59 win over Newton. It was a close contest, but the Cardinals opened the game falling behind 5-0.

Tyler Wood delivered the first of three 3-pointers to complete a 6-0 run

by Newton and a 3-pointer from Drew Stout pushed the Cardinal lead to 9-7. Pella Christian was up 12-9 at the end of Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News the first quarter.

Newton’s Connor Gholson (22) shoots from beyond the three-point arc over Pella Christian’s Mitch Fopma (32) during a game at Newton in December. Newton lost at Pella Christian Friday.

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weekend road trip rough

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

HUXLEY — Facing Iowa Class 4A fourthranked Ballard Saturday, Newton High’s Cardinal girls came up short.

The Cardinals dropped a 57-25 decision to the Bombers on the road.

Saturday’s non-conference loss came on the heels of a heartbreaking road loss, 4137 in overtime, to Pella Christian Friday in Little Hawkeye Conference play. The Cardinals fall to 2-13 overall and they are 2-5 in the conference.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Michaela Jacobsen, Newton senior, puts the ball up and over the defense of Pella Christian’s Hannah Beltman (40) in a game at Newton in December. Newton dropped an overtime decision at Pella Christian Friday then lost to Class 4A fourth-ranked Ballard on Saturday.

Mustangs crown two champions at HOIAC tournament PCM finishes 5th, CMB 6th, C-M 10th in team race

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News GILBERT – There was a stretch back in December when Ron Marshall was unsure if he wanted to finish out his final season as a PCM wrestler.

He walked away from the squad just before the holiday break, in fact.

And about five weeks later, he stepped onto the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference Tournament podium as a champion.

Marshall breezed through the 170-pound bracket at the HOI-

AC tourney with three first-period pins. And the championship has definitely been the high point of an interesting season for the Mustang senior.

Marshall was joined by classmate Tristan Clark at the top of the podium. Clark won his first conference title at 126 pounds and Xavier Miller was runner-up in his first competition at 132 pounds.

That helped PCM claim fifth as a team.

Collins-Maxwell/Baxter sent three to the finals and another pair of Raiders wer third, helping CMB to sixth. Colfax-Mingo brought over six wrestlers and scored 33 points to take 10th in the 10-team field.

“We got fifth and that’s where we belong.

I am not going to make excuses,” PCM coach Cory Waddell said. “It was not a great day. We always think about what else we could have done to score more points.”

Host Gilbert won the team title with 181 points. That was 16.5 points in front of runner-up Roland-Story (164.5) and Saydel was third with 158 points.

Greene County (152) was fourth and PCM (134.5) was a distant fifth. CMB’s 108 points was easily ahead of North Polk (74), South Hamilton (61), Nevada (53) and the Tigerhawks.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Ron Marshall, center, won the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference 170-pound wrestling title in Gilbert on Saturday. Marshall recorded three firstperiod pins on the day.

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Gilman’s 22 leads PCM over improved Tigerhawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MONROE — Junior Logan Gilman collected a double-double for the third straight game, finishing with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Mustangs won their 10th straight game in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

The Mustangs led 37-25 at the break but held off a late Colfax-Mingo rally during a 64-55 win Friday.

Trey Lindsay and Ricky Reeve also scored 12 and 11, respectively, as the Mustangs have won 11 of their last 12 after starting the season 1-2.

PCM won by 41 against the Tigerhawks in the first meeting earlier this season in Colfax. The Mustangs had a much more difficult time Friday.

PCM’s largest lead of the game was 3419 in the second quarter. The Tigerhawks got as close as five points in the second half and trailed by only six with 1:09 to play in the game.

“We have to give a lot of credit to Colfax-Mingo,” PCM coach Fred Lorensen said. “They played well and played hard.

They made a lot of shots and have gotten a lot better since the first time we saw them. I would like to think we can play better than that, but you have to give them credit for that.”

Colfax-Mingo (0-13, 0-12) trailed by five after one until PCM used an 8-0 run to push its advantage to 12 midway through the second. Gilman scored six of the eight during that stretch.

“He was being assertive and made some big shots for us,” Lorensen said of Gilman. “That’s good for us when he does that. He gets a lot of attention and gets double-teamed every night, but he still took it hard to the hole.”

The Tigerhawks got the deficit to single digits until Lindsay buried a trey at the horn.

Colfax-Mingo hasn’t won a game this season, but the Tigerhawks refused to quit. Colin Lourens scored eight of his team-high 18 points during a stretch in the third quarter that trimmed the Mustangs’ lead to 43-38.

“He did a nice job tonight,” said Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts in regard to Lourens. “He gets after it on the boards, especially the offensive boards. He took advantage of his opportunities and finished more plays tonight.”

PCM (12-3, 11-1) finished the third with four straight points and then got five of the first seven of the fourth to go back up by 12.

The Tigerhawks cut the lead to six after Blake Summy converted a bucket and got fouled with 1:09 to go, but that was the closest they came to the Mustangs.

“I am happy with their effort every night,” Borts said. “They bring it from an energy level standpoint. It’s just a little of this and a little of that that is lacking at times.

“They are good kids, and I enjoy coaching them. Our fortunes will turn around at some point.”

Lindsay and Luke Greiner each hit a pair of free throws in the final 50 seconds to close out the win for the Mustangs.

Lourens grabbed eight boards for the near double-double and Colfax-Mingo freshman Jarod Nichols scored 12 and corralled five boards.

Jacob Lietz also scored 11 and had four assists in the loss and Jared Myers finished with nine points and six rebounds.

Lindsay dished out four assists and had six steals to go along with his 12 points for PCM. Tyler Townsend ended up with seven points and six boards and Greiner tallied five points, five rebounds and four assists.

The win keeps PCM at the top of the HOIAC standings at 11-1. Gilbert also is 11-1, but its lone loss was a 53-52 home

SPORTS CALENDAR Monday Basketball Knoxville at Newton 7th girls, 4:30 p.m.

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

Tuesday Basketball Lynnville-Sully at Belle Plaine, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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Thursday Wrestling Dallas Center-Grimes, Knoxville at Newton, 5:30 p.m.

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Roland-Story, Iowa Falls-Alden at CMB, 6 p.m.

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

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Friday Basketball Dallas Center-Grimes at Newton, girls 6:15 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Late rally falls short as ISU loses to Texas Tech

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Trey Lindsay scores two points in transition in front of Colfax-Mingo’s Jacob Lietz on Friday in Monroe. Lindsay finished with 12 points in the win and Lietz scored 11 in the loss.

defeat at the hands of the Mustangs back on Jan. 9.

But even though his team is sitting in first place in the conference standings, Lorensen still knows the Mustangs must fix the troubles they have with their halfcourt offense.

PCM got an early lead against ColfaxMingo because Lindsay and Reeve got their hands in passing lanes and created points in transition. But Gilman was the only Mustang who made shots consistently in the halfcourt Friday.

“We struggle in the halfcourt sometimes, there is no question about that,” Lorensen said. “I am not sure why we do, and that is something that we are going to have to keep getting better at before the tournament.

“Obviously, we have good athletes and can run the floor well, so it’s beneficial to us to get out in transition and get those easy buckets.”

On the flip side, Borts was happy that his Tigerhawks found a way to rally despite an early double-digit deficit.

“The ball just didn’t seem to bounce our way,” Borts said. “We just struggled

Elks Hoop Shoot districts

Submitted photo Caleb Mattes of Newton, far right, placed second in the 8-9-year-old division of the Elks Hoop Shoot district competition Jan. 17 at Oskaloosa. Taking first was Bryce Bolio of Des Moines. Mia Boulton, far left, was the district girls’ champion in the age group and Anna Van Kooten of Des Moines was second. The were six age group champions and those individual advance to the state finals Feb. 21 at William Penn University in Oskaloosa.

with placement of players, looking at who we were passing it to and not being able to look it off. We were late on getting the ball to the right spot and other times we just didn’t make a good decision.

“We did some good things, too. We kept plugging away at the deficit and made it a game.”

PCM hosts Collins-Maxwell/Baxter on Tuesday and North Polk on Friday.

Colfax-Mingo hosts Roland-Story on Tuesday and then travels to Saydel on Friday.

All four games are a part of girl-boy doubleheaders and will tip off around 7:30 p.m.

C-M 13-12-13-17—55 PCM 18-19-10-17—64 C-M (FG/3pt) — Myers 3/1-2-2-9, Summy 1-1-2-3, Lietz 4/1-2-5-11, Lourens 7/1-3-4-18, Nichols 5-2-2-12, Buehrer 0-0-1-0, Deal 1-0-0-2. TOTALS 21/3-10-16-55.

PCM (FG/3pt) — Greiner 1-3-2-5, Reeve 5-1-3-11, Lindsay 4/2-2-4-12, Gilman 11-0-1-22, Pendroy 1-2-1-4, Townsend 3-1-3-7, Keuning 1/1-0-1-3. TOTALS 26/3-9-15-64.

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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg tried unsuccessfully to find some energy from his bench Saturday.

He got some down the stretch but not enough to bring a win to his No. 9 Cyclones, who fell 78-73 to Texas Tech.

Hoiberg lauded the Red Raiders’ play and grit that brought them their first Big 12 win.

“They came out, they punched us, they kicked us, they did everything possible to get off to a good start and we didn’t,” Hoiberg said.

“They came out with a better mentality in this game than we did.”

Devaugntah Williams scored a careerhigh 22 points and Toddrick Gotcher added 17 to lead Texas Tech (119, 1-6).

Gotcher made five of Texas Tech’s 11 3-pointers, tying the team’s high for the season.

Monte Morris scored 20 points and Matt Thomas added 12 for the Cyclones (14-4, 4-2). Jameel McKay also had a career-high 10 boards.

Hawkeyes lose White, fall to Purdue WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Rapheal Davis had just enough going his way to be a nuisance for No. 25 Iowa, but he isn’t looking for the credit.

Davis scored 16 of his 24 points in the first half to lead the Purdue Boilermakers to a 67-63 victory over the Hawkeyes on Saturday.

“I made some baskets,” Davis said. “But without Basil (Smotherman) playing the game he did, I don’t think we win.”

Smotherman and A.J. Hammons each scored 13 points for the Boil-

ermakers (12-8, 4-3 Big Ten), who have won two of three.

Smotherman made a couple of free throws with less than a minute to play to help keep the Boilers ahead. He also finished with six rebounds.

Mike Gesell scored 18 points and Gabriel Olaseni finished with nine points and 16 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (13-7, 4-3).

Davis made the goahead 3-pointer to give Purdue a 65-63 lead with less than a minute remaining and the Boilermakers held on the

rest of the way.

Gesell scored to give the Hawkeyes a 63-62 lead at the 1:18 mark before Purdue took the lead for good.

The Hawkeyes played much of the game without Aaron White, who left the game with a right shoulder injury in the first half.

“I was in a lot of pain,” he said. “I tried to go back in, thinking that if I got back loose it would loosen up and I could help the team. But I reached for the ball and had a popping feeling and pain down my neck, but I’ll be alright.”

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PCM cruises past Tigerhawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

MONROE — The Class 3A No. 15 PCM girls’ basketball team raced out to a 22-0 lead after one quarter and then outscored ColfaxMingo 19-2 in the third for an easy win in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play Friday.

Then, after the game, the Mustangs found out that Class 3A No. 4 Nevada was upset by Saydel in overtime.

That kept the Mustangs alive for the HOIAC title as both PCM and Nevada are now 11-2 in league play.

Katie VandeWall scored 10 of her teamhigh 14 points during the 22-point first quarter and the Mustangs also got nine points, five rebounds, five steals and four assists from Courtney VanHouweling.

PCM coach Bret Grier had an idea of how the game would go but wanted his team to do a better job on the boards after struggling to rebound against Nevada on Thursday night.

“We needed to improve in one area tonight — rebounding,” Grier said. “ColfaxMingo got after us again on the boards in the first half. We have to take rebounding personally and we have to improve.

It has to be a personal mindset that we have to put a body on somebody.

“We did a much better job in the second half, boxed out better and grabbed the board with more aggression.”

The only drama that remained after halftime was whether or not Rachel Freland, the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference’s leading scorer, would surpass 1,000 career points.

Freland came into the game needing eight points to hit the mark but will have to wait until the Mustangs host Collins-Maxwell/Baxter on Tuesday.

The PCM senior had two points at halftime, triggered the 35-point continuous clock with a layup in the third and

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Richard Blom, top, finished fourth overall in his 145-pound weight class at the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference wrestling tournament in Gilbert on Saturday.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Rachel Freland, center, scores two of her seven points in the third quarter during a 53-19 home win over Colfax-Mingo on Friday.

then finalized her scoring with a deep 3-pointer late in the third.

Freland finished with seven points in all but missed most of the fourth quarter.

She was given one last chance in the final minute to score the bucket needed to eclipse 1,000.

“She didn’t really feel comfortable going back in the game, and I probably shouldn’t have put her back in, but her mom isn’t going to be able to be at our game Tuesday so I wanted to see if she could get it tonight,” Grier said. “It was uncomfortable for her. She doesn’t like all the attention.”

VandeWall made all seven of her shots from the floor and also had five rebounds. Freland and Kayla Jennings both had four steals. Freland also had three assists and Rachel Gulling grabbed four boards in the win.

Ivy Moore finished

with six points, Sara Lahart had five and Dakota Hostetter had 11 rebounds for the Tigerhawks (0-15, 0-13).

But turnovers once again plagued Michelle Grant’s Tigerhawks.

“It’s turnovers that kill us,” Grant said. “We had way too many. We let one turnover fluster us too much.”

PCM hosts CMB on Tuesday, while ColfaxMingo is home against Roland-Story.

Both games start at 6 p.m.

C-M 1-4-2-12—19 PCM 22-9-19-3—53 C-M (FG/3pt) — Haley 0-0-4-0, Moore 3-0-4-6, Lahart 1-0-3-1-5, Hostetter 1-2-1-4, Tjaden 2-0-0-4.

TOTALS 7-5-10-19.

PCM (FG/3pt) — Gulling 1/1-2-15, VanHouweling 4-1-1-9, Freland 3/1-0-1-7, VandeWall 7-0-2-14, Jennings 2-0-1-4, Vos 3-0-2-6, Stafford 1-1-0-3, Timmins 1-0-0-2, Rodgers 0-1-2-1, VanDyke 1-0-12, Townsend 0-0-1-0, Broderson 0-0-1-0. TOTALS 23/2-5-12-53.

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CMB boys rally past Comets

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News BAXTER — The Collins-Maxwell/Baxter boys’ basketball team did not take the lead until late in the third quarter but still found a way to win at home over North Polk on Friday night.

CMB got 14 points from Brady Stover, 13 points, seven rebounds and three steals from Bryce Kemp and Joey Nissen also put in 12 points to push CMB past the Comets, 56-50.

It was the third win in the past four games for CMB, which is now 6-8 overall after starting 0-5.

The Raiders also are 5-7 in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

Seth Baalke finished with seven points, eight rebounds and eight assists for CMB, which shot 38 percent from the floor and hit only 15-of28 from the foul line.

The biggest difference in the game was CMB’s ability to hit outside shots.

The Raiders were 7-of-14 from 3-point

range, while North Polk made only 2-of-18.

CMB trailed 11-4 midway through the first and played from behind the rest of the first half. The Raiders were down 15-8 after one and 26-23 at halftime.

But the Raiders rallied in the second half.

Stover’s 3-pointer with 3:35 to go in the third tied the score at 32-all and then Kemp’s three-point play gave the Raiders their first lead at 35-34.

North Polk (5-8, 4-7) regained the lead heading into the fourth quarter, but a trey by Nissen helped CMB regain the lead, this time for good.

Nissen buried another trey with 5:10 to go to put the Raiders up six.

North Polk got back within two, but CMB held off its visitors after Baalke and Stover each hit a pair of freebies in the final 26 seconds.

GIRLS North Polk 47, CMB 46, OT The CMB girls lost another close game after making just 16 of their 43 shots from the floor

and only 8-of-16 from the foul line.

Lexi Breon finished with 19 points, six rebounds and six assists, but North Polk won its second straight game and improved to 5-7 in conference play.

CMB (2-14, 2-11) got 11 points and seven rebounds from Bridget Hurley and 10 points and eight boards from Brianda Bane in the loss. Carter Larson pulled down nine rebounds, too.

The Raiders have lost seven of their 14 games by three points or less.

The Comets (7-8, 5-7) led 15-12 after one quarter, but the Raiders went into the locker room tied at halftime.

North Polk outscored CMB 9-8 in the third, but the Raiders forced overtime with a 9-8 margin in the fourth.

Both CMB squads travel to PCM on Tuesday and to South Hamilton on Friday. The girl-boy doubleheaders kick off at 6 p.m.

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Logan Mitchell (195), Charles Robertson (220) and Archer McFadden (285) all advanced to the finals but came up short and Blake Coughenour (182) and Jake Hennick (126) both ended up third to put CMB in the top spot of the bottom half of the standings.

“I think all in all it went pretty well,” CMB coach Mike Leslie said.

“I think there were a few matches in there that could have went the other way if things fell our way, but it was a pretty good day for us.”

Marshall was not available for the Mustangs from Dec. 13 until the team returned to competition on Jan. 3. Since then, he hasn’t quite reached the top of the bracket, finishing second at the PCM Invite and second at the ADM Invite.

That changed Saturday as Marshall (26-4) had no trouble with the rest of the competition and bested Saydel freshman Trevor Sprague for the third time this season.

“It feels pretty good. I have been working hard all season and I have been cut short at most of the tourneys,” Marshall said. “I got myself more prepared for this one and got it done.”

Clark came in as the top seed at 126 but had the toughest finals opponent of any other area wrestler when he raced Roland-Story’s Parker Witthuhn in the title bout. Clark (37-2) is ranked fifth, Witthuhn (29-3) is sixth and each match this season ended in a 3-2 win for the Mustang senior, including Saturday’s victory.

He grabbed the lead early but needed an escape with 35 seconds to go to lock up his first HOIAC title.

He was second at 126 last season.

“Every time I face him, it’s always a battle on our feet,” Clark said. “It’s tough to score. Our main points are escapes and lucky takedowns. My points were kind of lucky. I didn’t think the reversal was going to happen. I was getting ready to bail and all of the sudden I had two.”

Miller has struggled to make weight at 120 pounds all season so a switch to 132 appears to be permanent moving forward. The sophomore improved to 31-3 on the year after a 2-1 day. He lost to Greene County Abe Yoder, 13-4. Yoder (30-4) is ranked No. 10 in 2A. Other place winners for PCM included Skyler Koder (160) and Trent Malone (285) taking third and Jaret Maggard (182) and Jakeb Fenton (106) each placing fourth.

The Mustangs also were missing 195-pounder Clayton Welch (illness) and 220-pounder Leevi Telfer, who was attending a speech competition.

The best championship match of

the day came at 285 where McFadden and Gilbert’s Eli Harris needed overtime to settle things.

McFadden (21-6) led 2-1 after one but it was all even, after a lengthy table review, at 7-all heading into the third period. McFadden got what he thought was the winning escape with 1:24 to go, but the official called the Raider sophomore for two stallings in the final 20 seconds.

The final one came with 6 seconds left and Harris wound up the winner after a takedown in the first Sudden Victory period.

“I didn’t come in here with the thinking that I would win that match, but I came here with the confidence that I did have a chance to win that match,” McFadden said.

“He’s a great wrestler, and it didn’t end like I wanted it to, but it was a good day overall.”

Mitchell (19-5) rallied with a takedown in the final seconds to beat Saydel’s Jesse Hunter, 3-2, in the semifinals but then lost to Roland-Story’s Tanner Stille, 2-0, in the title match.

Robertson (19-5) won his first two matches by fall and major decision but lost 3-1 to Gilbert’s Kelly Pierce in the championship. The win was the 100th of Pierce’s career.

Another bright spot for CMB was Coughenour’s win over Maggard at 182. The sophomore went 3-1 on the day and took third, joining Hennick (19-8), who also went 3-1 with two pins at 126.

Ethan Cozard (138) and Evan Bianchi (145) also claimed fifth at their weights.

Colfax-Mingo’s best finisher was Richard Blom, who wrestled up a weight in taking fourth at 145.

Blom (23-9) and Will Dunsbergen (fifth a 152) both went 1-2 on the day. Ty Carlson was 2-2 and took fifth at 113.

Tigerhawk freshman Colton Laurens, the team’s regular starter at 145, was not available due to illness.

“Five of the six we brought were in the top six so we are not going to complain about that based on where we are at right now,” Colfax-Mingo coach Bryan Poulter said. “The effort was good, but we could have been more aggressive in the first period of most of our matches.”

PCM’s final competition before sectionals will be Thursday at home against two HOIAC foes — Colfax-Mingo and Greene County. Action starts at 6 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo and CMB both wrestle in the Tigerhawks’ dual tourney at 10 a.m. Saturday, and the Raiders also host Iowa Falls-Alden and Roland-Story in Maxwell at 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter sophomore Archer McFadden celebrates his win over Prairie City-Monroe’s Trent Malone on Saturday during a 285-pound semifinal match at the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference wrestling tourney. McFadden finished second overall.

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Venus will wave goodbye to Aquarius tomorrow, changing the heart’s focus from what the world needs to what each individual heart needs for happiness.

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Bowling Continued from Page 1B A few lanes down from the Newton girls, the Newton boys were piling a large-margin win of their own against Pella Christian. The Cardinal boys led the Eagles 1,806-1,232 following the individual games on their way to a 2,556-1,845 victory.

Bare and Cox paced the NHS boys. Each rolled a 200 game in the individual games.

Bare tallied a 398 series with games of 206 and 192 while Cox bowled games of 173 and 205 for a 378 series.

“It was bittersweet today,” Cox said. “The bad part is leaving the team at the end of the season, but I’ll be going on to bigger and better things. I’ve enlisted in the Navy.

“We bowled pretty well today and stuck together even when we struggled a bit in the Baker games.”

Bare is a four-year member of the bowling team and Cox have bowled three years for Newton.

“Today could have been better, but I bowled OK,” Bare said.

“As a team, we need to focus more during a meet. My best memories are bowling well in regionals and going to state as a team last year. I’m looking forward to repeating that this year as a senior.”

Nick VerSteeg was the third highest bowler for the Newton boys Saturday with a 375 (167208). Shaiden Simmons posted a 348 (189-159) and Reid Miller had a 307 (166-141). Shea Carre bowled a 302 (164-138).

Boys Continued from Page 1B A putback by Joseph Banfield made it 12-11 to start the second period and Connor Gholson scored to give Newton a one-point lead. The teams played a backand-forth contest, but the Eagles took a 21-17 lead into halftime.

Pella Christian extended its lead on a 13-6 run in the third quarter to lead 34-23 at the midway mark. Banfield completed two threepoint plays for the Cardinals to make it 38-29 at the 2:39 mark.

Newton faced a 4234 deficit heading into the fourth quarter.

Jake Bennett and Tyler Wood drained backto-back 3-pointers to propel Newton to within two, 44-42. A basket

by Garrett Sturtz tied the game at 44-all and Banfield put the Cardinals up 46-44.

The Eagles regained the lead at 50-46. Gholson hit a three and had a three-point play to knot the score at 52-52 with a little more than two minutes remaining in the game. Pella Christian outscored Newton 6-1 to lead 59-53.

Wood knocked down a trey, and it was countered by a free throw from the Eagles to make it a four-point game, 6056, with 12 seconds left.

Wood’s third 3-pointer of the night came with 2.5 seconds on the clock.

Levi Jungling sank both free throws for the Eagles with one second on the block to seal the win.

Newton hit nine 3-pointers in the game.

Gholson finished with 16 points, hitting three threes. Banfield scored

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News From the left, Seniors Erica Bailey, Melanie Stice, Alex Bare and Payton Cox were honored before Saturday’s final home bowling meet for the Newton High bowling teams at Cardinal Lanes. Courtney Tabor, another senior, was not present because of a high school band commitment.

The boys’ Baker games scores were 181-150-123-128-168 for a 750.

For the Newton girls, Madison Humphrey also had a clean game to open the competition with her 191 and finished with a second-high score of 359.

Mariah Gonzales had a 358 (147-166) and Kaytie Hughes finished with a 223 (118-105).

Alyssa White rolled a 218 (93125). The girls’ Baker games scores were 156-181-192-124143 for a 795 total.

“Coming into today’s dual, we knew we had the advantage of bowling at home,” Humphrey said. “Our goal was to have a 2,500 pin total and we came close to it (2,408). That’s great because we’re close to what we want as we get closer to substate.”

Bailey, Stice and Tabor are

12 points. Wood scored 10 points.

David Kacmarynski score 20 points for Pella Christian. Jungling had 17 points and Mitch Fopma scored 10 points.

The Eagles were 11-of16 from the free-throw line while the Cardinals were 6-of-9.

Newton (6-7) has lost four straight in Little Hawkeye Conference play for a 1-6 record.

The Cardinals were still without senior guard Nick Easley, sidelined with a foot injury.

Newton is idle Tuesday. The Cardinals host Class 3A sixth-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes (10-3) in LHC action for NHS Legacy Night Friday.

On Thursday at Newton, Newton’s freshmen lost 43-40 to Pella Christian. Grayson Graham scored 17 points. DeAndre Roush and Nathan Van Zee had four points each. Dalton Pauley scored three points and Rhandyn Oldfield had two points.

“The boys keep climbing the mountain just can’t get to the top,” said Nick Steinbach, Newton freshman head coach. “We just need to go back to work at practice and continue to work at getting better.”

The Newton junior varsity also played Thursday at home. No report was received on the game.

Newton 9-8-17-25—59 Pella Christian 12-9-21-20—62 Newton (FG/3-pt): Shores 2-0-3-4, Stout 1/1-0-2-5, Wood 0/3-1-0-10, Bennett 0/2-0-0-6, Banfield 5-2-212, Gholson 3/3-1-4-16, Travis 1-22-4, Maher 0-0-2-0, Sturtz 1-0-2-2.

TOTALS: 13/9-6-17-59.

Pella Christian (FG/3-pt): Jungling 2/3-4-2-17, Vermeer 1/1-1-0-6, Holwerda 1/1-2-2-7, Posthuma 1-0-2-2, Fopma 4-2-4-10, Kacmarynski 9-2-3-20, Van Kooten 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 18/5-11-15-62.

NFL stars play in Pro Bowl GLENDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — J.J. Watt danced, Jimmy Graham dunked, Odell Beckham Jr. dazzled. The Pro Bowl in the desert was all about

having a good time.

Team Irvin defeated 32-28 Watt’s Team Carter, but the score doesn’t matter in the NFL’s All-Star game.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Melanie Stice, Newton senior, bowls in warm up at Saturday’s home dual meet against Pella Christian.

four-year bowlers for the girls’ team.

“The boys and girls both finished above their team season averages,” said Brett Jacobs,

Newton head coach. “I still would like to see both teams bowl at least 100 pins higher from where they were today. I would like to see the boys shoot-

ing 2,700-2,800 and the girls shooting around 2,500-2,600. I feel that is where we should be at to be able to compete at the substate and state meets.”

Newton has two more regular season meets — Saturday at Oskaloosa and Feb. 7 at Norwalk — and the Little Hawkeye Conference meet at Oskaloosa on Feb. 13.

The Newton teams have been assigned to the Class 2A District 1 state qualifier tournament along with Des Moines Hoover, Des Moines North and Norwalk on Feb. 17. The 2A District 1 tournament along with the Class 3A District 1 tournament are hosted by Ankeny at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines.

Newton’s junior varsity were successful in the final home meet Saturday. The girls were unopposed and had a 1,940. Newton’s boys beat Pella Christian, 2,295-1,584.

Junior varsity girls’ scores: Ali Cox, 283 (162-121), Kirsten Young, 271 (126-145), Hayley Sinclair, 252 (127-125), Lizzy Coyle, 229 (99-130), Kayla Sopher, 211 (107-104). Baker games scores: 170-145-122-97130—684.

Junior varsity boys’ scores: Reece Thurmond, 361 (210-151), Sam Supino 317 (159-158), Michael Hodnett, 304 (129-175), Austin Johansen, 292 (149-143), Tayler Hernandez, 275 (165110), Zion Dickey, 270 (149121). Baker games scores: 151139-169-151-136 — 746.

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

Hawks squads dominate Bear teams

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News BROOKLYN — Third-quarter production was important to Lynnville-Sully’s boys and girls in South Iowa Cedar League contests against host BGM Friday.

The Lynnville-Sully boys (10-4) led 19-9 at halftime then put the game on ice with a 17-1 run in the third quarter.

The Hawks downed the Bears 41-25.

“The guys came focused and ready to play from the start,” said Nick Harthoorn, Lynnville-Sully boys’ head coach. “Our defensive effort and execution was excellent. We did some nice things offensively. I thought we did a good job of taking care of basketball and took quality shots.”

Sage Ehresman

paced the Hawks with 11 points, six rebounds and two steals. Kyle Van Dyke tossed in 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made three steals.

Jesse Van Wyk and Ben Trettin each tossed in six points. Tyler Van Zante and Caleb James had three points each and Baker Zegers scored two points. Van Zante and James dished out two assists apiece.

The Hawk boys shot 41 percent, 16-of-39, from the field. They hit 4-of-8 free throw attempts.

BGM’s Tanner Jansen scored 10 points.

Ly n n v i l l e - S u l l y ’s girls remained undefeated at 16-0, but they had to fend off a scrappy BGM girls’ team Friday. The Class 1A sixth-ranked Hawks led 17-15 at halftime

Girls Continued from Page 1B from there, outscoring Newton 22-6 in the second period for a 28-10 halftime lead.

“We had great effort from the girls. The score didn’t quite show it, but we made them work for their points,” said Brandon Sharp, Newton head coach.

“They are just that good.”

In the second half, Ballard had a 15-8 scoring edge in the third quarter and finished with a 14-7 run in the final eight minutes. The Bombers improved to 14-1.

Hannah Rhoads led the Cardinals with nine points. Courtney Jacobsen came off the bench for five points and Sydney Jenkins had four points. Newton was 5-of-10 at the free-throw line.

Ballard got 10 points from Shelby Drummond. Gabie Doud added nine. Seven other Bomber players scored from two to seven points in the contest.

The Bombers went 9-of-16 at the line.

The Newton junior varsity won 37-30 led by Ellie Horn with seven points and Jessie Smith with six points. The Cardinals were up 14-9 at halftime.

and used an 11-4 scoring edge in the third quarter to get a little breathing room from the Bears.

The Hawk girls recorded a 43-37 win over the Bears. Shooting well at the freethrow line was a factor as the Hawks hit 21-of24 attempts to BGM’s 3-of-9.

“I thought the girls really battled tonight against a scrappy BGM team. We did a better job of taking care of the ball in the second half, which allowed us to get our offense going,” said Jerry Hulsing, Lynnville-Sully girls’ head coach. “Our defense was pretty good tonight, not giving BGM any open looks.”

Brenna Lanser led the Lynnville-Sully girls with 15 points.

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In the freshman game, Newton lost 44-28 after trailing 18-8 at the break. Addy Blom fired in 13 points to lead Newton.

At Pella, the Cardinals and Pella Christian’s Eagles went into Friday’s Little Hawkeye Conference showdown tied in conference action at 2-4. The Cardinals were looking to sweep the Eagles in LHC play.

Newton wiped out a 10-point deficit on a 13-0 run spanning the late third quarter into the fourth quarter. The Cardinals were up 30-27, but the Eagles rallied to score at the end of regulation to forge a 35-35 tie. Pella Christian outscored Newton 6-2 in the overtime to win 41-37.

“We played really good defense for the majority of the night,” said Brandon Sharp, Newton head coach.

Offensively, the Cardinals did not have a player reach double digit scoring, but it was balanced. Jessica Reynolds led the Cards with eight points followed

by Michaela Jacobsen with seven, Ryann Rausch and Alex Hutchinson with six apiece and Jenkins with five points.

Pella Christian led 19-14 at halftime and 27-25 at the end of three periods.

The Eagles (8-6, 3-4) got 12 points from Cailey Terpstra,

and Lysandra James each had 10 points. Kasiah Ehresman added six points and Marissa Vos had two points.

Lanser and Jelissa Rozendaal each pulled down seven rebounds.

Rasmusson handed out three assists and made three steals.

Kayleen Beck fired in 17 points for BGM. Jelissa Kriegel had 10 points.

Ly n n v i l l e - S u l l y ’s junior varsity girls improved to 11-2 with a 36-21 over BGM. Makenzy Rozendaal scored nine points and McKinley Conover had six points to lead the Hawks.

Ly n n v i l l e - S u l l y ’s teams are at Belle Plaine Tuesday.

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nine points from Tessa Howerzyl and eight from Autumn Vos on homecoming night.

Newton is idle Tuesday and host Class 4A 13th-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes (10-5, 5-2) for Legacy Night Friday in conference play.

Newton’s junior varsity beat Pella Christian 45-24 led by Courtney Jacobsen’s 11 points and Megan Pressgrove with eight points.

Friday’s game Newton 5-9-11-10-2—37 Pella Christian 6-13-8-8-6—41 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 3-0-1-6, Jenkins 2-1-2-5, Hutchinson 2-2-2-6, Reynolds 3-2-58, C. Jacobsen 1-0-0-2, M. Jacobsen 3-1-1-7, Rhoads 0/1-0-2-3. TOTALS: 14/1-6-13-37.

Pella Christian (FG/3-pt): Anderson 1-0-0-2, Howerzyl 2/1-2-1-9, Terpstra 2-8-3-12, Mitrisin 1-0-3-2, A. Vos 4-0-4-8, N. Vos 1-0-1-2, Beltman 3-0-4-6. TOTALS: 14/1-10-16-41.

Saturday’s game Newton 4-6-8-7—25 Ballard 6-22-15-14—57 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 1-0-0-2, Jenkins 1-2-0-4, Leonard 0-2-0-2, Moon 0-1-2-1, Hutchinson 0-0-2-0, Reynolds 0-0-3-0, C. Jacobsen 1/1-0-0-5, Horn 0-0-2-0, M. Jacobsen 1-0-3-2, Rhoads 3/1-0-0-9. TOTALS: 7/2-5-1225.

Ballard (FG/3-pt): Moody 2-0-1-4, Doud 3-3-29, Larson 1/1-0-3-5, Sanders 0/2-0-2-6, Knittel 3-1-2-7, Smith 1-0-0-2, Ossian 1/1-2-0-7, Bartleson 3-0-3-6, Drummond 4-2-1-10, Mallon 0-1-0-1. TOTALS: 18/4-9-14-57.

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