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By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News No decisions were made at Tuesday’s Newton Community School District board reconfiguration and public-finance work session at the Emerson Hough.

However, the board crunched a ton of data and took notes at the 2-hour, 54-minute meeting, and seemed to cover a great deal of information on both topics. In fact, the reconfiguration talk seemed to steer closer to a deliberate decision than it has in months.

With about 20 people in attendance, the board listened to a presentation

about financing a rebuild of the Berg School Complex, given by Jenny Blankenship and Jen Ballard of the Des Moines firm Public Finance Management.

The board asked questions, and there were plenty of answers — along with many numbers to crunch. The board collected information from PFM about how to proceed with a planned general obligation bond process in the months ahead to rebuild the Berg Complex.

The public finance portion of the meeting took less than one hour. The reconfiguration discussion, involving only the board, took about two hours. The work session was open to the public, although there was no public forum scheduled.

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WATERLOO — Jasper County Attorney and First Assistant Attorney, Mike Jacobsen and Scott Nicholson, began opening arguments at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on Wednesday in the double firstdegree murder trial of former Newton resident Theresa “Terri” Supino.

The 54-year-old is accused of the March 3, 1983 killings of her estranged husband, 20-year-old Steven Fisher, and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Melisa Gregory at the former Copper Dollar

Ranch northwest of Newton.

Jury selection concluded Tuesday afternoon following a 1.5 day process. Opening statements will continue through Wednesday and should give clues to the case prosecutors hope to frame against Supino.

Media was not allowed in the courtroom for jury selection due to the sensitivity of the case. But as the 12-member panel — plus two alternates — filed out of the courtroom Tuesday, the group consisted of 10 women and four men. The alternates will sit through the trial, their identities kept secret until the case is submitted to the jury for delib-

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eration. The alternates could replace a juror due to illness or unforeseen emergency.

It was originally unclear if a jury would be seated by the end of Tuesday’s proceedings, as the process was delayed earlier in the week due to weather related issues.

Stick with the Newton Daily News for up-to-theminute coverage from the trial in Waterloo. Readers can follow developments online, @NewtonDNews on Twitter, on Facebook and in print.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@newtondailynews.com

Video camera system project in the works for police department

working to accommodate its needs.

Bassman believes that the farmers market will benefit from the increased visibility of the courthouse square,

A public hearing was closed to review the Newton Police Department’s plan to file an application for Federal Assistance for a video camera system project. The application would be filed with the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Grant Program.

“We’re hoping to put some security cameras at the police department, new locks, with electronic fobs, just to secure the police department and the ladies up front at the front office and in the back of our parking lot,” Police Chief Jeff Hoebelheinrich said.

Currently, the department is using a video camera system in its interview rooms that was originally an in-car video system. In an effort to save city tax dollars, the system was cobbled together by employees to update its old VHS system.

A necessity for the department is to upgrade the security for the front lobby, back door and parking lot areas. Currently, keys and locks are used but the electronic keys would bring many benefits both to officers and the department.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Andrew Bassman executive director of Newton Main Street was approved to move the farmers market back to downtown at the Jasper County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

tain the majority, if not all ,of those vendors.

Also, it was requested to block off the parking spaces on the north half of the west side of the square and the west half of the north side of the square (approximately

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After talking to the local businesses, only one had a potential conflict ensuring delivery driver can get in and out, and Bassman is

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Farmers Market approved to move downtown The farmers market was approved to move back to downtown by the Jasper County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Andrew Bassman, executive director of Newton Main Street, presented the request to the board and explained the benefits it would bring to downtown.

“I talked to all of the business owners on the north and west sides of the square. There is one (store) at the end that the owners are not there, so I haven’t talked to them yet. But everyone is on board,” Bassman said.

The farmers market would use the north and west side of the courthouse square lawn from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays from June 2 to Sept 29.

Last year, the market had 11 full-time and six part-time vendors and Bassman hopes to re-

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Mike Mendenhall/Daily News Theresa “Terri” Supino enters the courtroom at the Black Hawk County Courthouse prior to opening statements Wednesday morning.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Jenny Blankenship, left, and Jen Ballard of the Des Moines firm Public Finance Management made a presentation at Tuesday’s Newton Community School District board reconfiguration and public-finance work session in the Emerson Hough conference room. The public finance discussion was needed to discuss an upcoming bond issue to rebuild the Berg School Complex.

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UCC hosts program on the Underground Railroad Congregational United Church of Christ will host a program on The Underground Railroad at Wittemberg presented by Larry Hurto and Douglas Jones at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church, 308 E. Second St. N. in Newton, across the street east of Fareway.

This event is free and open to the public.

Primetime Fellowship hosts monthly meeting Feb. 16 Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News PCM Food Pantry Administrator Pat Pendroy gives a presentation to a local Girl Scout group about the work that the food pantry does.

PCM Food Pantry continues to grow with community support

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The work at the PCM Food Pantry has been nothing short of miraculous according to Director Pastor Ann Johnson from the Monroe Presbyterian Church. The pantry decided to say thank you with a lunch Jan. 25 for the volunteers and donators, with 95 people gathering to celebrate the work.

“When you start to worry about how low the shelves are getting, you get something big, a big delivery from somebody.

There have been times that we have worried about it but people always come through,” said Pat Pendroy, administrator at the food pantry.

The food pantry was originally the Monroe Reasnor Food Pantry and was in existence for more than 20 years. It was initially used as an emergency food source and provided food boxes for families during the Easter and Christmas holidays.

In 2006, it was felt that there was a greater need for a larger pantry, and people were finding themselves more food insecure.

That began the change which was completed in 2011 with a name change to the PCM Food Pantry and distribution to anyone within the bounds of the school district. Previously, Prairie City did not have its own food pantry.

In 2012, the pantry became a partner agency of the Food Bank of Iowa. It now has access to a wide variety of food at a very low cost purchasing 25,000 pounds in 2014. Also, after jumping locations for several years, the pantry found a home at the Monroe Presbyterian Church, 115 S. Main St., in 2006 and in 2011 began regular

hours from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursdays.

“We converted a room that has been a lot of different things through the years. We put the shelves that we had in there from the previous food pantries and began to stock the shelves,” Pastor Johnson said. “Until we started with the open hours, we didn’t start see the numbers go up.”

Along with the Food Bank, the pantry receives donations from a variety of places from businesses and organizations to kids selling items in trade for food.

“We had two girls that made friendship bracelets and then went door to door and traded the friendship bracelets for food,” Pendroy said.

The girls brought more than 75 items to donate to the pantry after deciding to collect instead of sell their bracelets. Pastor Johnson has also seen the generosity of children, with a fiveyear-old thinking of others before himself.

“This sweet little boy came in once with his piggy bank money, then he came back again and he had a garage sale with his stuff and made more than $100,” Pastor Johnson said.

During the growing months, the Methodist Church in Prairie City has a Seeds of Hope garden that provides fresh produce to the pantry and the Church of the Brethren also has a garden that gives produce donations.

“We had about three tables full of produce all summer long, it was just really good,” Pendroy said.

The list of local organizations and groups that donates seems endless.The elementary

schools have collected during the holidays, the communities were involved in a mayors challenge to raise the most pounds of food and homemade baked goods showed up weekly around the holidays. Thanks to food drives during the Thanksgiving holiday, the pantry was able to cancel the order from the Food Bank and save the money for another time.

As of Nov. 1, 2014, there are 102 active clients of the pantry. Thirty-seven new families have joined in that time while 42 families no longer use the services and the use is evenly split between Monroe and Prairie City. The demographics of users is 47 with one or two in the household, 23 with three or four and 32 that have more than four in the household.

Along with the donation of food, volunteers to run the pantry and carry the food are always needed and appreciated.

“We are always looking for volunteers with strong backs to carry the food inside and downstairs,” Pendroy said. “We frequently rely on high school kids, the football boys in the fall, to help carry.”

The PCM Food Pantry has done nothing but grow since expanding services several years ago and hopes to continue its work helping to feed those in need in the community. If you would like to donate you can contact the pantry at 641-2592657 or on its facebook page.

“Facebook has been great.

We put out something that we need and we end up getting tons of it,” Pendroy said.

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

Primetime Fellowship will meeting at 6 p.m.

Feb. 16 in gathering room of Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. The February meeting is not a potluck. There will be soup and deserts.

Guests are asked to bring their own sandwiches.

The program will feature Audrey Rex and the Grace Church Praise Team.

St. Luke hosts fundraiser supper, service Feb. 18 St. Luke United Methodist Church is hosting an Ash Wednesday Pancake Supper from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 at the church, 200 First Ave. E. in Newton.

All proceeds will go toward the St. Luke Kids Against Hunger meal packing team.

The mission of Kids Against Hunger is to significantly reduce the number of hungry children in the United States are other parts of the world. 25 cents provides a meal pouch which serves six and is delivered to 60 countries.

Ash Wednesday service will be at 6:30 p.m.

Sacred Heart hosts Mardi Gras event Feb. 14 Sacred Heart Catholic Church will host a Mardi Gras event from 5 to 10 p.m. Feb. 14 at the church.

The event will include hors d’oeuvres, dinner and entertainment by the High Society Big Band. Tickets are now on sale. Call Sacred Heart at 641-7922050, or available for purchase after mass.

Proceeds to benefit the Vacation Bible School and the Sacred Heart Youth Group.

The Way to host 9-week women’s Bible study Newton Church of The Way will host a 9-week Children of the Day women’s Bible study from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. This study will take place every Thursday for the next nine weeks.

Vickie Heerema will act as group facilitator.

For those interested in joining, a sign up sheet is at the information desk at the church or online at newtonway.org.

Books can be ordered online or at Choices Christian Book Store downtown Newton.

Free pizza supper at Kellogg United Methodist Church Kellogg United Methodist Church, will host a free pizza supper at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The entire community is invited to enjoy pizza, salad, and beverages in fellowship hall. Kellogg United Methodist Church is located at 417 Second St. in Kellogg next to the water tower.

Pope approves martyrdom for slain Salvadoran Romero VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis decreed Tuesday that slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed in 1980 out of hatred for his Catholic faith, approving a martyrdom declaration that sets the stage for his beatification.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, approved the decree honoring one of the heroes of Latin American

Christians at a meeting with the head of the Vatican’s saint-making office.

Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, was gunned down by rightwing death squads March 24, 1980 while celebrating Mass in a hospital chapel. A human rights campaigner, Romero had spoken out against repression by the Salvadoran army at the beginning of the country’s 1980-

1992 civil war between the rightwing government and leftist rebels.

His assassination presaged a conflict that killed nearly 75,000 people.

Romero’s sainthood cause had been held up by the Vatican for years, primarily due to opposition from conservative Latin American churchmen who feared his perceived association with liberation theol-

ogy would embolden those who supported the movement that holds that Jesus’ teachings require followers to fight for social and economic justice.

Under then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had launched a crackdown on liberation theology, fearing what were seen as its Marxist excesses.

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Local News Berg Continued from Page 1A “Instead of having a bunch of scenarios, we decided to go with that concept for tonight’s meeting,” Blankenship said. “We are going to assume the new build, over a renovation. If the numbers work on a new build, obviously, a (less expensive) renovation is going to work.”

The most bonds the district can have outstanding is $66 million, Blankenship said. She said the bond information she drew up for Tuesday’s session was based on a bond of $27.8 million dollars.

Superintendent Bob Callaghan has already informed the district that a thorough renovation of Berg — which would not resolve a number of design limitations — would cost more than $15 million, and a new build will cost more than $25 million.

The bond discussion also included mention of a number of mechanisms, tax rates, existing bonds, overall bond debt and state funding sources. There will undoubtedly be more discussion in upcoming board meetings about the Berg bond issue.

The reconfiguration talk was the latest in several months’ worth of dialogue, which has included forums, surveys and a purchase of property. Tuesday’s discussion began with board president Sheri Benson going around the table, getting a take on important elements of the discussion from each board

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“Our challenge is to lift the conversation back up out of the details,” Benson said in her introductory remarks. “We need to be able to narrow our thoughts more.”

Donna Cook, who Benson referred to as the longest-tenured board member, said there is one main question that still sticks in her mind. “What do we need to move forward?,” Cook said. “I’m concerned that if we do things the way we always have, we’re not really preparing our kids for the future.”

Andy Elbert reminded the board that the closure of Emerson Hough as an elementary school five years ago, along with a major re-allotment of grades K-6, was mainly for financial reasons. The district’s spending habits have improved, he says, and a number of other major changes have happened in the district and in Newton.

“I don’t think the reconfiguration discussions are ‘apples to apples,’” Elbert said. “Now, we’re talking about if we can make things better.”

Several board members touched on teacher collaboration issues, and which reconfiguration option, if any, would help meet goals in that area. No one gave a flat endorsement of any particular plan, but many spoke to the pros and cons of both the four-elementary, K-4 plan and a two kindergartenthrough-second-grade, two third-fourth school proposal.

Board member Bill Perrenoud said an alignment that included four K-4 campuses

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Newton Community School District board member Nat Clark speaks during Tuesday’s reconfiguration work session. No votes were taken at the session.

might allow families with more than one child to avoid having to be at so many campuses.

“I’m a traditionalist,” Perrenoud said. “I just think that a K-4 building will help cultivate (the idea) of family. Families do things together.”

Nat Clark used many superlatives to describe the strength and talent of Newton faculty district-wide, and expressed confidence in quality education happening under any configuration. Travis Padget said classroom size and teacher collaboration possibilities were the most important elements to him, and he said he’s not sure about which grade pairings would help those elements the most.

Board member Robyn

Friedman announced she was playing “devil’s advocate” several times in the dialogue, and asked pointed questions of several board members. She said, at one point, that she’s heard things she likes about each proposal, but nothing convincing her that the district absolutely must abandon its current alignment.

Friedman said the board’s issues about how to configure grade levels are not ones she takes lightly.

“I really lost some sleep over this (reconfiguration idea),” she said.

Benson ended the discussion by trying to gauge a consensus for at least the grades 5-8 concept for the Berg complex.

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Continued from Page 1A with the average daily traffic count along First Avenue West through downtown at nearly 10,000 vehicles per day

Bassman said. He also said that he believes the downtown and downtown businesses will benefit from the market on the square, bringing more people downtown, promoting downtown as a gathering place and increasing exposure

Coaches vs Cancer

Newton Senior High School & American Cancer Society present

“United We Stand, United We FIGHT” night!

Friday, February 6

during the NHS boys and girls varsity basketball games against Oskaloosa High School.

Fundraising events: 3-Point Attack against Cancer Dedication Wall Free will Donation Miracle Minute

NHS encourages the Newton community to invite friends and family to the event. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society

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replacing the system with a new model.

Preliminary costs for the system, based on submitted estimates for various vendors, fell between $19,000 and $26,000. Prices vary depending on the system and options purchased. The grant would pay for one third of the cost for the new system at the facility, not exceeding $25,000. In competing for the $25,000 grant, the department will only be going against other state applicants. The $50,000 grant involves entries from other states.

Continued from Page 1A “(The electronic keys) will give officers the ability to be hands free and we will be able to document who is coming in and out of the doors,” Hoebelheinrich said.

Police Department staff looked into various grant opportunities and found that the USDA grant could be used to pay for in the upgrades, improving the general security around the building. One security system that is looking to be replaced, at the back door of the building, is 24 years old. Repairs to the current aged system would be just as costly as

Submitted Photo Newton High School DECA recently competed at the DECA District Competition in Des Moines. DECA is a club that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Front row, from left: Brandon Miller, Blake Anderson, Justin Simms, Chase Urias, Wes Streeter, Malik Davis and Payton Thomas. Back row: Evan Walker, Brad Portner, Carson Cazett, Elise Axtell, Taylor Moon, Allison Ergenbright, Emily Fitzgerald, Molly Davros, Resa Baltisberger, Hailey Coy, Anna Barr, Cole Cazett and Luke Winchell.

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“I’m not as segregated in my thoughts about how to group pre-K and K-4 as I am about getting a buy-in from a lot of people about a building so many people will use,” she said.

“I would listen to any other plan with Berg, if there were supporting arguments.”

No one has proposed any concept in the last five board meetings related to a Berg proposal that didn’t involve grades 5-8.

The next regular board meeting will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 in the Emerson Hough building’s conference room.

to downtown businesses.

“I think it is a far better location to have it then where they have had it in the past — more accessible to everyone,” Supervisor Denny Carpenter said.

In other business:

• The board approved the continued support of allowing office space free of rent for the Red Rock Area Community Action Program.

• The Secondary Roads 5 Year Program Meeting is set for Feb. 24 at p.m. The pub-

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Some words simply don’t feel ‘manly’ to say

By Jason. W. Brooks Staff Writer

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All the talk about “deflategate” over the past couple of weeks has left me feeling deflated.

While I don’t have any fourth-grade-caliber jokes to make about either inflation or deflation, I did have a small realization. Men rarely use the term “deflated” to describe how they feel — it’s a term relegated to classic literature or an exaggerated premise.

It reminded me there are a whole lot of other terms men don’t use — perhaps because there are words and phrases that simply don’t sound manly enough to say out loud in a serious context.

There is no real scientific basis for the items chosen for this column. On the other hand, it would be difficult for anyone to make a masculine case for the terms listed below.

Let’s start with deflation. No man likes to think any individual has gotten the better of him, and taken away all his enthusiasm for something.

It’s one thing to take the fun out of an event, to embarrass or

somehow defeat a man, or to make a decision that makes a man angry or sad. But to be deflated by another human being?

Well, that simply isn’t something most men would admit to, let alone say it aloud.

Men usually learn to squirm, blame, holler, stare down, throw things or even pout before they’ll admit someone deflated them.

Even the man who keeps a poker face, showing no reaction, is still finding a way around being deflated.

Coaches in athletics readily use the phrase “took the wind out of our sails” to describe losing momentum, but not many men would describe a one-onone interaction that way. Adapt or overcome — that doesn’t mean a man needs to be aggressive; it simply means he holds his ground, and adjusts to his surroundings.

Speaking of wind and sails, you don’t really hear men say another guy has “burst his bubble” or “hurt his feelings.” I suppose grown-ups need to have “thick skin” — a term I hear quite of-

ten. Another term that doesn’t sound manly is anything with the “uber” prefix. “Mega-” is a much more masculine describer.

Some terms might have made a man sound like he had a grand vocabulary in the past, but much of a language becomes dated, at some point. It might have made sense to go along “willy-nilly” years ago, but there are more astute ways of describing such meandering these days.

It’s really tough to say “byebye” and sound stoic at the same time. “Veggies” might be acceptable if speaking to small children. Generally, however, it seems all the hard work of Iowa farmers should produce things that don’t have a cute little “-ies” on the end.

Some terms are unmanly not because they are feminine, but because of the quantity of men who have overused the phrases before. “As if;” “at the end of the day;” “it is what it is;” “Ciao, baby” (unless you’re in Italy); “Yell-o (as a phone or office greeting) and “anyhoo” are all done. Those are highly overused.

It’s also not manly to be dishonest, so starting sentences with “to be honest,” “to tell you the truth” and “I’m not gonna lie” imply this is a groundbreaking moment of credibility for you.

It’s also not manly to spell words or names wrong, or to use made-up words, such as “irregardless,” “expresso coffee,” “would of ” (as opposed to “would have”) “commentate,” “orientate,” “firstly,” “supposably,” and “heighth.”

Speaking of spelling names correctly, this is one issue I have struggled with since joining the Daily News staff. It’s not a gender issue, but a critical one, and an area in which I strive for continuous improvement.

It’s tough to learn thousands of names in a new town — but the “manly” approach is to keep chipping away, and not minimize the problem, or worse — to just sit there, feeling deflated.

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

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Test scores show lack of training Sue Atkinson Baxter Iowa Assessment tests for the 2014-2015 school year are still being taken and analyzed, but results from the 2013-2014 school year have been recalibrated to the grade-level 65th NPR by the Iowa Department of Education (upon request), and I am furnishing them here so the public can question attempts by schools to tout inflated results using the lower standard of 41st NPR once this school year’s testing has been completed.

Reading results will be the focus for this time, because the National Council on Teacher Quality 2014 report finds Iowa’s teacher prep programs lacking in training to effectively teach “the science of reading” (as they term it): “Iowa does not require teacher candidates to pass an assessment that measures knowledge of scientifically based reading instruc-

History made in Newton

Scott Pline Newton A historic thing happened here in Newton a few weeks ago and no one seemed to notice. In a news story about the Newton Schools, Jason Brooks actually quoted a School Board Member stating ”Woodrow Wilson would have to be replaced in the coming years” and the world didn’t end as we know it.

tion prior to certification or at any point thereafter.

Iowa also does not require that teacher preparation programs for elementary teacher candidates address the science of reading. The state has neither coursework requirements nor standards related to this critical area.” A draft of changes to Iowa teacher prep is on the Iowa DOE website with no mention of tying training to grade-level 65th NPR. Iowa has already dumbed down the national Common Core by adding memorization (such as sight words to reading for kindergarten), and Iowa schools have taken it upon themselves to add more memorization (for sight words at increasingly higher grade levels), further dumbing down the standards and taking those schools farther away from the grade-level standard of 65th NPR in spite of purchasing reading programs that do not use sight words.

Student proficiency results for Jasper County schools 2013-14, keyed to grade-level 65th NPR

follow. Fourth-grade: Baxter 43.5, Colfax/Mingo 46.8, Lynnville/Sully 51.7, Newton 44.3, PCM 52.5. Eighth-grade: Baxter 43.8, Colfax/Mingo 50.0, Lynnville/Sully 65.6, Newton 56.5, PCM 52.5. Eleventh-grade: Baxter 37.0, Colfax/Mingo 45.0, Lynnville/Sully 51.5, Newton 37.6, PCM 37.8.

Proficiencies based on concepts matter because they represent the skill levels of graduates as they move on to the job market, trade/ tech training, or college – followed by the job market. Many higherlevel jobs are going unfilled because applicants lack the required critical-thinking and problemsolving skills, due to the use of memorization rather than effective teaching of concepts. This impacts business expansion as well as location.

States and countries that can graduate more students at grade level with critical-thinking and problem-solving skills demonstrate their ability to get results, and this offers more opportunities.

It is good to be having dialogue and make plans to replace Berg Elementary and Middle School. It would be even better for the School Board to present a comprehensive plan to the taxpayers about how, when and how much it’s going to cost to replace the ever aging infrastructure of the entire School District, of which Berg is not the oldest building being used. Without that information an informed decision on any single bond issue can’t be made.

I see the need for replacement, I consider it my obligation to support the schools as they have supported my children, and will do so gladly for my grandchildren. I said the same in my last letter.

However, until I see a comprehensive plan being discussed and timeline for improvements across the district. I will vote NO! And I will encourage others to do the same on any bond issue presented to the taxpayers of the Newton Community School District.

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Over the past month, I have been trying to keep up the pace with my New Year’s resolut i o n of doing one thing a day t h a t I find interesting.

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By Katiedid is that Langrock I’ve already runout of ideas.

You can only experience Taco Bell’s fourthmeal so many times until you have to admit there is nothing interesting or healthy about it. Even that one time I got locked in the Taco Bell with the employees as they were closing proved to be uninteresting, as the manager refused to engage in small talk. Or offer complimentary churros.

So last week, void of a single creative or interesting thought, I did what any rational person would do: I told my husband it was all his fault and that he had to find our fun activity for the evening.

He returned with an ad for free pizza.

Is there a microchip inserted into men at birth that alerts them to pizza at any and all times? Sometimes I think we are all undergoing a secret science experiment, in which male babies are taken into a sensory enhancement room where nothing but the scent of mozzarella and tomato is pumped in. And maybe some oxygen.

Don’t get me wrong; I love a good pie. All pie, really, but pizza is definitely in my top two.

Top three. Top 10. Anyway, I like pizza. And because I have endlessly declared this month that come hail or high water, I am ready for adventure, even a cheesy one, I said yes.

That was before I realized the free pizza was downtown. Ugh. Is there no discounted de-

liciousness in suburbia?

We strapped our toddler into the car seat, pulled onto the highway and screeched to a halt.

I foolishly figured we’d lose the traffic eventually. Clearly, the lack of fumes from never going out anymore has destroyed my brain cells.

As the drive dragged on for over an hour, it was evident that this parade of music-blaring vehicles was headed into the city. They must have heard about the free pizza, too.

It’s a weird sensation when faced with the realization that you’ve been locked in parenthood prison for so long that you’ve forgotten that there will be traffic going into the city on a Friday night. Oh, yeah, it’s Friday. People, like, do stuff. Like, they go out. How odd.

Ninety minutes after leaving our house, we were waiting in a long line looping outside the huge, new, posh-looking downtown pizza joint. The place looked swanky on the inside and smelled delicious from the outside, but it was another 50-minute wait until we could experience it for ourselves.

As we waited in line while my son played with his toy bus on the city sidewalk, one thing was perfectly clear: The city had changed. We were in an area that had just a few years ago been barren. Now it was booming with activity. Men and women dressed up for an expensive night out. Hipsters, punks, folks in their early 20s and recent retirees all walked the streets of this now-bustling metropolis. How had so much changed since I worked here a few years ago? How had so much changed in the two years since I had my child and stopped coming to the city, you know, ever? Suddenly, this was the place to be, and I was glad to be in it — toddler picking at gum on the city sidewalk and all.

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Otto Vos, 97, of Pella, passed away Tuesday morning, Feb. 3, 2015 at the Cottages in Pella.

Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at Peoria Christian Church in Peoria. Committal services will precede the service on Friday at Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.

Visitation will begin Thursday afternoon at Third Reformed Church in Pella where the family will be present Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Tyler and Crystal Rausch, of Newton, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Beckham Mic Rausch, born Jan. 19, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

Beckham is joined by brother Karter, 11, and sister Olivia, 7.

Grandparents are Ron and Patty Manatt of Malcom and Tom and Pam Rausch of Newton.

Great Grandparents are Laurma Manatt of Malcom, Judy Tharp of Williamsburg, and June Rausch of Charles City.

Kelley welcomes veterans

Procedures report released for City of Lambs Grove Newton Daily News Auditor of State Mary Mosiman released an agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Lambs Grove, Iowa for the period Aug. 1, 2013 through July 31, 2014.

The agreed-upon procedures engagement was performed pursuant to Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.

Mosiman recommended the city review its control procedures to obtain the maximum internal control possible.

The city should also comply with the official depository requirements of Chapter 12C.2 of the Code of Iowa and the electronic check retention requirements of Chapter 554D.114 of the Code of Iowa.

A copy of the agreed-upon procedures report is available for review in the City Clerk’s Office, in the Office of Auditor of State and on the Auditor of State’s website at auditor.iowa.gov/ reports/1422-0465EP0P.pdf

Submitted Photo The Iowa Legislature celebrated “Veterans Day on the Hill” Jan. 21. Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton) welcomed Jasper County Vietnam Veterans, Randy Wagner, Bud Picket, Tom McKinney, Richard Wobst and Gary Van Baale to the State house. Kelley introduced the Jasper County Vietnam Veterans on the Iowa House Floor and they were given a standing ovation by the assembly.

McConeghey receives award Air Force Guard Master Sgt. Aaron A. McConeghey was recognized as the 132nd Fighter Wing Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for 2014. McConeghey received the award during the annual awards ceremony for the 132nd Fighter Wing, Des Moines Iowa Air National Guard in November. He was selected from a pool of highly qualified senior NCOs, each representing their squadron.

Selection was based on the individual’s exemplary duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, teamwork, significant self-improvement, personal achievements, notable accomplishments, and community service and support.

McConeghey is currently serving as a Public Health noncommissioned officer in charge of Public Health with the 132nd Fighter Wing, Des Moines Iowa Air National Guard. He has served in the military for 20 years, and has worked at the 132nd FW on a full-time basis since 2001.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

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

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

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

• The Kellogg Lions Club will host a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday at the Cabin in Holmdahl Park at Kellogg. The all you can eat menu will include pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs, juices, milk or coffee. Benefitting from the free will donations over the grocery expense will be the Kellogg Fire Station and EMTs. • Peer Support for Those Living with Mental Illness will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Optimae Life Services, 1730 First Ave. E. in Newton.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Beauty for Ashes Women’s Study will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Boundaries Women’s Study will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Celebrate Recovery will meet at 5 p.m.

Monday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

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Antique Spectacular this weekend at the state fairgrounds DES MOINES — Vintage and antique collectors won’t want to miss the spring Antique Spectacular show, Feb. 6-8 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds — Knapp Animal Learning Center, East 33rd Street and East University Avenue in Des Moines. It is brimful with a wonderful selection of fine antiques

and vintage collectibles for sale.

Featured will be select antique dealers with unique merchandise from around the world. Hunters of vintage will have an opportunity, all weekend, to shop the wide range of quality antiques and collectables.

With the Antique Spectacular, there

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Powerball jackpot climbs to $317 million after lull The Associated Press DES MOINES — It’s been a while, but there’s a giant Powerball jackpot that’s expected to have a prize of $317 million by Wednesday night’s drawing.

The total is a return to form for Powerball, which has been known, along with Mega Millions, for record-breaking jackpots in recent years. But there’s been something of a drought, with nearly a year passing since the Powerball

total climbed above $300 million.

Here’s a look at the latest jackpot, what’s behind the lull and what it means to state lotteries.

Changes to the Game The $317 million prize would be the 11th largest Powerball jackpot ever and the 22nd largest in U.S. history when including Mega Millions — the other national lottery game. The pot has been rolling since early December.

Since 2012, officials have

sought to increase revenue by tinkering with Powerball and Mega Millions, primarily changing some ticket prices and lowering the odds of winning jackpots.

Thanks to those moves, jackpot sizes have repeatedly climbed to record levels. More than half of the top 10 U.S. jackpots have been reached in the past couple of years, including a $590.5 million Powerball jackpot in May 2013 and a $648 million Mega Millions jackpot in December 2013.

Jackpot Drought Before the latest prize, Powerball’s last major jackpot was in February 2014 when it was $425 million. There was a $326 million jackpot won for Mega Millions in November, that game’s first major jackpot since March 2014, when it reached $414 million.

Lottery officials said there’s no particular reason for the lull. Terry Rich, president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries and CEO of the

Iowa Lottery, said lottery jackpots are inherently random.

The game is expected to have slow periods based on projection models, he added.

Ticket Sales Fewer giant jackpots can mean smaller ticket sales because casual players are not jumping in as often. In this case, ticket sales for Powerball and Mega Millions slightly declined during the first six months of the fiscal year that began in July, according to data.

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Separated husband feels ambushed by stealth photo DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been separated for a year. I have been seeing another woman in a city nearby, and my wife is aware of it.

I took my lady friend out for dinner recently while visiting her in her town. A couple from home who know my wife and me were also eating at this restaurant. I greeted them as we walked by their table.

The next day, my wife approached me and showed me a picture of me and my date that had been taken by this couple without my knowledge. I was furious about the invasion of privacy. My wife claims I am just angry because I got “caught.” If I were worried about getting caught, I wouldn’t have been in a public restaurant in a city frequented by people who know me.

What are your thoughts on people who secretly take photos like this?

Do they really think they are doing their civic duty? — VIOLATED IN IOWA DEAR VIOLATED: You have a right to your privacy. If you and your wife have been separated for a year, then with whom you socialize is your own business. The same applies to your wife.

I fail to see what kind of “civic duty” this couple was performing by taking a picture of you and your date.

Frankly, I think it was in poor taste and served no good purpose.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 30 and have felt pretty happy with my life. I enjoy my job, my social life, staying fit and extensive stays abroad. I thought I was going along OK, even though there is still room for improvement.

My biggest (or most obvious) shortcoming, however, is that I’m not attractive in any way, and guys have never been attracted to me, so any chance at a future with someone is not an option. I thought I was learn-

ing to accept it, but it’s harder than I thought — especially because of reactions from other people.

Now that I’m older, people look at me with pity or treat me strangely. I don’t know how to handle the constant questioning about whether I have found someone yet. It is not going to happen. Is there something wrong with me? I’m starting to feel like a total loser and complete failure.

— LOSER IN LOVE DEAR LOSER IN LOVE: If you are asked whether you have “found someone yet,” tell the person the truth, that Chris Pine hasn’t found YOU yet.

There are worse things than singlehood. You have so many positive things going for you in your life, it’s time you recognized it. The person who deserves pity isn’t someone who is single; it’s someone who is trapped in a marriage to a husband she doesn’t love or who treats her badly.

Your problem isn’t that you are a “loser”; it’s that you have low selfesteem. You could benefit from talking to a counselor about this, because everyone has something to offer, including you, and for others to appreciate your finer qualities, you need to stop being so hard on yourself.

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Cedar Falls police arrest 6 teens in series of Kohl’s thefts CEDAR FALLS — Cedar Falls police have arrested six teens in connection to a series of December thefts at an area department store. Lt. Tim Smith says the six teens were arrested Tuesday thought to be involved in the theft of more than $22,000 in merchandise over a two-week period at Kohl’s. Smith says a 17-year-old store cashier scanned merchandise for her friends and voided the transactions, allowing them to leave the store with the items and their voided receipts.

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Pickup crashes into school bus, 1 taken to hospital MONONA — Authorities in a northeast Iowa county say 53 students were onboard a school bus when it was struck by another vehicle. KCRG-TV reports only one student on the bus was taken to a hospital for further examination in the Tuesday morning accident. Clayton County authorities the pickup leaving a parking lot pulled in front of the bus traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 18.

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DUBUQUE — The Dubuque City Council has voted to retain its ban on pets in most city parks, saying residents largely support the restriction.

City council members voted 5-2 Monday against an ordinance amendment that would have allowed licensed dogs and cats in all city parks except for three.

Owners would have had to be responsible for keeping their pets on leashes and cleaning up after them.

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SHELBY — A dispute over control of firefighter fundraising proceeds has ended, so some volunteer firefighters who’d been dismissed have been reinstated by the City Council in the western Iowa town of Shelby.

The fire chief has rescinded his resignation and also has returned to duty, according to The Daily Nonpareil. The city had dismissed 11 firefighters on Jan. 26 because they wouldn’t abide by a City Council decision that the department’s $40,000 in fundraising money had to be under council control.

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ACT alerts Iowa students that exam answers were lost DES MOINES — Nearly 200 students who took the ACT college entrance exam at Johnston High School in December have been informed they won’t receive their results. The ACT organization sent an email Monday night to 195 students notifying them their answer sheets never arrived at headquarters in Iowa City for scoring. As a result, ACT says score reports cannot be issued for the Dec. 13 national testing date.

—The Associated Press

Outstanding students Newton Pacesetters receive

multiple awards at state, regional competitions

Submitted Photos Two groups of Berg Middle School students were recently honored for their achievements.

Above: Berg Middle School 8th Grade Caring Student of the Month Award winners for the month of November 2014. In front, from left, are Skye Gregory, Molly Snow and Tyra Lambertus. In back are Akasha Neufarth, Ariel Lum, Rachel Mulican, Alivia Hoffman, Maddy Thayer, Madeline Allen, Luke Maharry, Brayden Logue and Alex Burkett.

Not pictured are Danielle Ambers and Cutter Benak.

Below: Berg Middle School Student Citizenship Award winners for the month of November 2014. In front, from left, are Chloe Butler, Karime Corona and overall BMS winner Abbie Barr. In the second row are Richelle Roush, Olivia Whistler, Adam Hunter, Bailey Van Sickle and Nic Tremel. In back are Hanna Clark, Reece Caves, Keiana Spearing and Dune Carter. Not pictured is Camden Beach.

Submitted Photo Front row, from left: Serena Halferty, Tapanga Birkenholtz, Hailey Coy, Brenna Schwenker, Kayla Conner; second row: Madison Mann, Olivia Bebout, Macey Caves, Hadley Braaksma; back row: Bethany Baumgartner, Josi Swihart, Jensen Pauley and Gracie Rorabaugh.

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Police: Iowa girls’ killer likely familiar with remote area EVANSDALE — Investigators asked the public Tuesday to call in tips about anyone familiar with an isolated wildlife area where two Iowa girls’ bodies were found in 2012.

Evansdale Police Chief Kent Smock said he had “no doubt” that whoever killed 10-year-old Lyric Cook and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins was familiar with the Seven Bridges Wildlife Area in rural northeastern Iowa. He said residents should turn over information about any acquaintances known to frequent the “extremely remote” area, which is well-known locally.

“We are asking that everyone think about anyone they know who is familiar with Seven Bridges. At some point in their life, they may have hunted there. They may have fished there,” he said at a news conference carried on live television. “They may have gone there to party.”

Hunters stumbled on the bodies of the girls, who were cousins, in the park in December 2012. They

had gone missing five months earlier while riding their bikes in Evansdale, about 22 miles away.

The abduction and slayings have attracted an enormous amount of attention from local, state and federal investigators. But 2½ years after the girls disappeared, Smock said investigators have not established any suspects, persons of interest or motive.

It’s still unclear, he said, whether one or more people were involved in the kidnapping and slayings.

“There have been a multitude of people who have risen to the top who we watch, who we investigate,” he said. “Do we have a person who we definitely are targeting? At this time, no we don’t.”

His plea for help from the city council chambers in Evansdale, a city of 4,700, came after investigators traveled to Virginia last week to discuss the case with experts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the FBI and other agencies.

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raphy award in pom and jazz, technique award in pom, jazz and kick, and high point in Pom. “I am so proud of this team and how far we have come this year” said Coach Paige Meredith, “Our competition season was a success and I could not have asked for more from these girls.”

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Lawmakers back effort to preserve Iowa farmland DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are getting behind an effort to preserve farmland in the state.

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, a Democrat from Iowa City, and Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton, said Tuesday they would serve on an advisory board to the

new Sustainable Iowa Land Trust. The organization seeks to preserve land in Iowa for farming and to make it more affordable for beginning farmers.

The legislators said the effort would benefit Iowa. They are not planning any immediate legislation, but will

start discussions about what the state could do to help.

Suzan Erem is president of the Iowa Land Trust. She said the group will try to help reclassify land to preserve it for farming and will seek to acquire parcels that could be leased to farmers.

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The Newton Pacesetters competed at the Iowa State Dance/Drill Team Competition on Dec. 6 at Wells Fargo Arena and Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. The ISDTA Dance Championships involved over 5,000 participants representing more than 275 high school dance teams and color guards which is the largest competition in the nation.

The Pacesetters competed in three categories

this year: Jazz, Kick and Pom. The team received division I ratings in Class XII Pom, Class IV Jazz and Class III Kick and also received 3rd place overall in Kick.

On Jan. 25 the Pacesetters traveled to SE Polk High School to compete in the MA Regional Competition.

The Pacesetters competed in three categories: small school jazz, small school pom and small school kick. The team received Super Sweepstakes, choreog-

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Berg Bash Hundreds of Berg Middle School students packed into one of the school’s gymnasiums Friday for a BMS academic assembly. In addition to a grand entrance by both the seventh and eighth grades and performances by the band and dance club, trophies were awarded to each class for reaching academic goals.

A trophy was also awarded to the eighthgraders for narrowly winning a judged contest to determine class spirit throughout the assembly.

The “Pride Cup” judges were Hy-Vee manager Todd Foxx, former Berg employee Noreen Hills, former BMS teachers Diana Swihart and Courtney Van Wyk, Berg Elementary administrator Mike Moran and Daily News reporter Jason W. Brooks.

Photos by Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Eighth-graders, dressed as lions, dance as part of the grade’s grand entrance to the assembly.

Connor Moon, left, and Thomas Cox compete in the three-legged race.

Kaylee Cross prepares to be “launched” as a human cannonball.

Brenna Reffett shows off her Guns & Roses shirt at the assembly.

One of the many faculty dressed in costume Friday was social studies teacher Gary Larsson, who was Curious George’s “Man in the Yellow Hat.”

“Ringmaster” Scott Bauer, the BMS principal, tames the lion, played by assistant principal George Panosh.

‘Snapshot Iowa’ youth photography contest announced Newton Daily News The Iowa Architectural Foundation is pleased to announce the fifth annual “Snapshot Iowa,” a photography contest for seventh to 12th graders. This program is proudly sponsored by the

Architecture in the Schools Committee of the Iowa Architectural Foundation, and is open to all Iowa students in these grades.

This year’s theme is “Places to Remember.” Students are asked to photograph a place that is important to them-

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and 10th–12th grade. The contest is sponsored by the Iowa Architectural Foundation and Holmes Murphy and Associates. Additional prizes provided by Casey’s General Stores.

All entries should be black and white, 8” x 10” in size, un-

mounted, and printed on photo paper. From the vernacular to the spectacular, historic to modern, feel free to get creative. Manipulation of photographs is discouraged.

Entries must be received by March 6. Winners will be announced in April.

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GRINNELL — This one is going to sting for awhile.

Newton High’s Cardinals were up by six points with a little more than three minutes left in Little Hawkeye Conference game. They would only score three more points, losing 66-59 to host Grinnell’s Tigers Tuesday.

It was a game in which Newton’s boys saw leading scorer Tyler Wood move to within five points of second place on the NHS career scoring list and fellow senior guard Nick Easley return to the lineup. Easley has been sidelined for the past five games with a foot injury.

Easley did not start for the Cardinals, but scored the first basket for the team with 2:39 left in the first quarter. Newton was fighting back from a 9-0 start

by Grinnell. A 3-pointer by Connor Gholson, a threepoint play by Wood and a free throw by Devin Shores got the Cardinals right back in the game.

Newton trailed 11-9 heading into the second quarter. Unfortunately, the Tigers’ Sam Allen got hot from outside, hitting four of his five 3-pointers in the second period. Allen had four-point play to give Grinnell a 24-14 lead.

Easley knocked down 3-of-4 free throws to bring the Cardinals to within six points, 26-20, at the twominute mark. Grinnell pushed back out to a 33-25 lead by halftime.

The Cardinals came out of the break on a mission.

Jordan Travis had a threepoint play to make it 43-38.

Wood drained back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Cardinals a 47-45 lead with a minute remaining in the third quarter.

Newton was up by one, 47-46, at the start of the

GRINNELL — Sydney Jenkins’ jump shot in the lane with 24 seconds remaining in the game would prove to be the game-winner for Newton High’s Cardinals.

But the 43-41 Little Hawkeye Conference win over host Grinnell’s Tigers Tuesday was a full team effort. The Cardinals had the Tigers on the ropes early with a runout of 6-0 to start the game.

They led 10-3 at the end of the first quarter. The Cardinals didn’t back down after Grinnell’s 5-foot-11 inch post player Sienna Durr led the Tigers on an 18-6 run for a 21-16 lead at halftime.

Grinnell stayed in front through three quarters, 29-25.

The Cardinals scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to lead 31-29. Newton held a 41-36 lead with 1:33 left in the contest.

The Tigers got five straight points from senior Deja Jackson, who was back in the Grinnell lineup for the first time in several games. Jackson sank two free throws then hit her only basket of the night — a 3-pointer — to tie the game at 41-all.

Jenkins got open in the lane to put the Cardinals in front.

Grinnell missed a shot with six seconds on the clock and the ball went out of bounds to Newton.

The Tigers had one final shot with a defensive rebound off a missed Newton free throw attempt with 3.3 seconds left.

Newton senior Michaela Jacobson, who had 11 points in the game, intercepted the long inbounds pass to seal the victory for the Cardinals.

“We have been working on playing ‘game point’ mentality basketball on offense and defense. Tonight was everything coming together,” said Brandon Sharp, Newton head coach.

“We had great team defense.

All the close games we have lost prepared us for tonight.”

Hannah Rhoads knocked down two 3-pointers on her way to a team-high 12 points.

Ryanne Rausch scored eight

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Tyler Wood (12) breaks down the court with the basketball against Grinnel in the teams’ earlier meeting this season at Newton. The Tigers pulled out a win at home against Newton Tuesday.

fourth quarter. A steal and layup by Garrett Sturtz gave the Cardinals a 53-50 lead followed by a 3-pointer from Wood. Grinnell’s Allen countered with a trey to touch off a 13-3 run by the Tigers in the final three minutes.

Newton’s final three points came on a 3-pointer

by Gholson with 19 seconds left in the game. Grinnell’s Luke Honold was 5-of-6 at the free-throw line down the stretch to seal the win for the Tigers.

The Cardinals netted 10-of-23 3-pointers on the night. They shot 48 percent, 21-of-44, overall from the field. They were 7-of-12 from the line.

Grinnell shot 58 percent, 23-of-40, from the field, hitting six 3-pointers. The Tigers sank 14-of-20 free throw attempts.

Wood connected for six 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 21 points for Newton. Those 21 points pushed the senior guard’s career scoring total to 971

points. He is five points behind Justin George, 976, on the NHS scoring list. Curt Greeley is the all-time NHS career scorer with 1,020 points.

Easley had 11 points in his first game back and Gholson scored 10 points.

Travis and Sturtz had five points apiece and Drew Stout scored four points.

Jake Bennett had two points and Shores ended with one point.

Grinnell was led by Denton York with 19 points.

Allen and Cade McKnight each had 18 points.

Newton fell to 6-9 overall and 1-8 in Little Hawkeye Conference play. The Cardinals step out of conference play Thursday, going to Chariton.

Newton is home Friday for Senior Night and Coaches vs. Cancer in a Little Hawkeye Conference contest against Oskaloosa.

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

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Hannah Rhoads shoots from outside against Grinnell in the teams’ first meeting this season at Newton. On Tuesday, Newton defeated Grinnell in Grinnell.

points. Jenkins and Alex Hutchinson each had four points. Jessica Reynolds and Ellie Horn had two points apiece.

Durr finished with 15 points for the Tigers, and 10 of those came in the second quarter.

Madeline Wilkins added 10 points for Grinnell.

The Cardinals travel to Chariton Thursday in nonleague action.

Grinnell won the junior varsity game Tuesday, 45-38. Taylor Shipley and Courtney Jacobsen each had nine points for Newton.

Lynnville-Sully girls, boys notch big road wins over Sigourney

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SIGOURNEY — Cashing in at the freethrow line were the Lynnville-Sully basketball teams Tuesday night on

the road in South Iowa Cedar League contests.

The Class 1A sixthranked Lynnville-Sully girls sank 22-of-31 charities on their way to a 57-41 win over host Sigourney. Lynnville-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Ben Trettin of Lynnville-Sully flies past a Sigourney defender to the basket in an earlier game this season in Sully.

Sully’s girls stayed undefeated at 19-0 overall and 18-0 in SICL play.

In the second game of the conference doubleheader, the Hawk boys went 18-of-26 at the freethrow line in their 52-43 win over the Savage boys.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys are 21-5 overall and 11-5 in conference action.

Lynnville-Sully’s girls trailed by two points, 1513, to the Savages at the end of the first quarter.

The Hawks turned the tables quickly to lead 2723 at halftime. They outscored Sigourney’s girls 30-18 in the second half.

“I thought in the second half we did a better job on the defensive end not letting Sigourney get open looks and we rebounded better,” said Jerry Hulsing, Lynnville-Sully head coach. “Our offense was sharper where we cut down on our turnovers and got some easy looks, plus I thought we got out and ran the floor well.”

Lysandra James had a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds for Lynnville-Sully.

Brenna Lanser also had 17 points, plus grabbed nine rebounds, had two blocked shots and dished out three assists.

Madison Rasmusson fired in 14 points and

made three steals for the Hawk girls. Marissa Vos scored eight points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Kasiah Ehresman handed out nine assists, made three steals and scored one point.

L y n n v i l l e - S u l l y ’s girls shot 30 percent, 16-of-54, from the field and had 51 rebounds.

Sigourney went 15-of52, 29 percent, from the field and hit 10-of-17 free throw attempts.

Sierra Davis scored 15 points for Sigourney and had four steals. Jordan Carter had 10 points Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s Kasiah Ehresman (22) guards Sigourand seven rebounds.

In the boys’ game, the ney’s Autumn Barthelman (21) in a game played earlier Hawks and Savages were this season in Sully. locked in a close contest. 36 percent, 16-of-45, points. Sigourney shot Sigourney was up 16-15 from the field. They had 41 percent, 19-of-46, after one quarter and led four players score in the from the field and went 28-25 at halftime. game — all in double 4-of-4 at the line.

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Lynnville-Sully’s juwiped out a 36-32 defiBen Trettin led the nior varsity girls concit with a 20-7 scoring way with 17 points and cluded their season with surge in the final eight had two steals. Kyle Van a 31-16 win over Sigourminutes of play.

Dyke worked the inside ney Tuesday. McKinley “It was a big road game for 13 points and 14 Conover scored 12 points victory for the Hawks. rebounds. Sage Ehresman while Mariah Vos had We didn’t shoot the chipped in with 12 points. eight rebounds and Halball real well, but found Jesse Van Wyk had 10 ey James made six steals. other ways to get the job points and nine rebounds. The Hawk girls’ junior done,” said Nick HartIt was only the third varsity finished at 14-2. hoorn, Lynnville-Sully loss of the season for the L y n n v i l l e - S u l l y ’s boys’ head coach. “We Sigourney boys (13-3). teams host Iowa Valley played excellent defense Blaine Gretter paced the Friday for Senior Night. in the second half and Savages with 16 points were able to make a run followed by Matus SteContact Jocelyn Sheets at in the fourth quarter.” vko with 11 points and 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or The Hawk boys shot Colby Kerkove with 10 jsheets@newtondailynews.com

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

Newton boys at Oskaloosa, 9th 6:30 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Saturday Boys Swimming Newton at district meet, Summitt Middle School, Johnston, 12:30 p.m.

Bowling Newton at Norwalk, Noon Wrestling Sectional Tournaments Lynnville-Sully. Colfax-Mingo, CMB at Class 1A Sectional 7, Brooklyn, Noon PCM at Class 2A Sectional 7, Centerville, Noon

Mustangs split two with redhot Saydel

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — The Prairie City-Monroe boys’ basketball team recovered from a sluggish start and kept its Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference title hopes alive Tuesday, rallying back from a halftime deficit to beat Saydel, 57-43, on the road.

Logan Gilman and Trey Lindsay each scored 15 points to lead the Mustangs, who are now 14-4 overall and 13-2 in the HOIAC. Saydel, which came into the game riding a three-game win streak, couldn’t hold onto a 17-9 first-quarter lead or a 26-22 halftime edge.

PCM grabbed the lead for good with a 21-10 surplus in the third quarter and then finished off the Eagles (8-9, 7-8) with a 14-7 advantage in the fourth.

Gilman also grabbed five boards in the win, while Lindsay tallied four rebounds and two steals. Luke Greiner scored 11 and Ricky Reeve had nine as the Mustangs won their fifth game in six tries.

GIRLS Saydel 66, PCM 60 Class 3A No. 15 Saydel put a dent in PCM”s chances at winning a HOIAC girls title Tuesday.

The Eagles and Mustangs are now tied for second in the conference after Saydel finished off a perfect season at home.

The Mustangs (136, 13-3) got 16 points from Rachel Freland, 12 from Kayla Jennings and 10 from Courtney VanHouweling, but it wasn’t enough as Gabrielle Richard scored 18 and Katelyn McEachron buried 3-of-4 free throws in the final 30 seconds to cap the win.

Cassie Chubb also scored 15 points for Saydel, which won their fourth straight game.

Both PCM teams travel to Nevada on Friday. The girl-boy doubleheader tips off at 6 p.m.

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

www.newtondailynews.com | Wednesday | Feb. 4, 2015

CMB boys pull away from pesky Tigerhawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News BAXTER — Collins-Maxwell/Baxter boys basketball coach Scott Brummel hasn’t played man-to-man defense very often this season. It just doesn’t fit his personnel.

But when the game was too close for comfort and Brummel needed a spark, the manto-man defense was there to light the fire.

And a 25-8 advantage in the fourth quarter allowed the Raiders to pull away from a pesky Colfax-Mingo squad and record a 57-37 win in a game that was much closer than the score indicates.

The Tigerhawks trailed by just three after three quarters and a Jacob Lietz layup early in the fourth quarter kept the visitors within striking distance. CMB, though, used an 11-5 run to pull away for good.

“It’s one of those matchups where both teams play zone so it can be kind of slow,” Brummel said. “That’s one of the reasons why we decided to play man in the fourth. We don’t play a lot of it, but I thought that bumped the tempo up just enough that we got enough separation.

“It’s kind of one of those nights where you just get your lunch pail and put in your time. I am not pleased by any means, but we made enough plays to get a win.”

The win was CMB’s fifth in the past seven games and it came on a night when the team recognized its eight seniors before the game.

Two of those seniors — Bryce Kemp and Seth Balke — each scored in double figures to lead the way for CMB, which is now 8-9 overall and 7-8 in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

And Kemp was anxious to get back on the court after the Raiders let a late lead slip away from them against South Hamilton on Friday night.

“It left a bad taste in our mouth. We shouldn’t have lost that game, and I wanted to get back on the court tonight and help us redeem ourselves from that one,” said Kemp, who finished with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Kemp helped get the Raiders off to a solid start. He

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter senior Patrick Girard (40) gets fouled by Colfax-Mingo freshman Jarod Nichols (41) during second-half action in Baxter on Tuesday night. The Raiders broke open a close game with a 25-8 advantage in the fourth quarter and defeated the Tigerhawks 57-37 on Senior Night.

scored seven points in the opening frame and CMB led 18-8 after one.

But Colfax-Mingo remained in the game thanks to solid play by Colin Lourens and Lietz. Lietz scored four of the Tigerhawks’ first six points of the second frame and a Lourens bucket inside trimmed the deficit to four before Kemp pushed it back to six at halftime.

Lourens and Lietz continued to make sure Colfax-Mingo (0-16, 0-15) stayed in the game. The junior duo scored back-to-back buckets to begin the third to trim the Raider lead to 22-20.

CMB scored the next seven points though, including a dunk from Kemp on which

he was fouled and he sank the free throw.

However, Lourens went right back to work, scoring five more points and keeping the margin within reach.

The fourth quarter belonged to the Raiders though.

After an 11-5 run pushed the CMB lead to nine, Joey Nissen buried his only bucket of the game from long range to finish off the Tigerhawks.

“Halfway through the fourth quarter we have a shot to win the game and then it ends up a 20-point margin,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “We just make a lot of mistakes on both ends of the court at the end of the game. We gave up a lot of easy opportunities. I can’t tell

you what it is, we have a lot of these kind of games. We just can’t finish.”

Brummel thought switching to a man-to-man defense was the key in his team finally being able to shake away from a Tigerhawk squad who is hungry to claim their first win.

“It allowed us to get after it a little bit and kind of create a tempo that is more suitable for our team,” Brummel said.

“Our execution on offense was also much better in the fourth.”

Brummel was able to dig into his bench late in the game.

And the ones still playing on the court when the buzzer sounded were five of the Raiders’ eight seniors.

“The best part about this group of seniors is that they look out for each other,” Brummel said. “They reminded me late in the game to make sure I got all of the seniors in.”

Balke complimented Kemp’s double-double with 10 points, five assists, three steals and eight rebounds. Kemp also had five assists and three steals and Brady Stover collected nine points. Two other seniors — Tommy Galloway and Patrick Girard — added eight and seven points, respectively.

Lourens led the Tigerhawks with 16 points and 10 boards, while Lietz added six points, five rebounds and five assists.

Notebook CMB’s eight seniors include Kemp, Balke, Girard, Galloway, Nissen, Kyle Cather, Mark Deutsch and Colin Thomson. Deutsch brought the crowd to their feet in the final seconds when buried a 3-pointer to put the Raiders up 20. … CMB travels to Roland-Story on Friday, while Colfax-Mingo heads to Saydel. Both games are scheduled to tip off at 7:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo 8-8-13-8—37 CMB 18-4-10-25—57 Colfax-Mingo (FG/3pt) — Myers 2-14-5, Summy 1-0-0-2, Lietz 4-0-3-8, Lourens 7-2-4-16, Nichols 2-0-5-4, Deal 1-0-0-2. TOTALS 17-3-18-37.

CMB (FG/3pt) — Galloway 2-4-5-8, Balke 2-6-4-10, Kemp 7/1-1-2-16, Stover 4-1-0-9, Girard 3-0-1-0-7, Cather 0-1-0-1, Deutsch 1/1-0-0-3, Nissen 1/1-0-2-3, Thomson 0-01-0, Gunderson 0-0-2-0. TOTALS 20/31415-57.

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

Fast start propels CMB girls past Colfax-Mingo

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News BAXTER — Over the past two games, the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter girls’ basketball team has made 15 of its 30 attempts from 3-point range.

And that success has led the Raiders to back-to-back wins.

Six of those 15 shots from long range came against Colfax-Mingo on Tuesday as the Raiders jumped out to an early lead and then put the game away with four long balls in the second quarter during a 52-25 victory over the Tigerhawks on Senior Night.

Bridget Hurley set the pace for the Raiders, finishing with three 3-pointers and 13 points as three players hit doubledigits for second game in a row.

“The 3-point shots are big, but we can’t fall in love with it,” Zabel said. “We still need to go inside-out. We got some nice things in the post tonight, but I would like to see us to get them involved earlier in the game.”

The Raiders scored the first six points of the game and led 10-3 after one quarter.

In the second period, Hurley and Brianda Bane both hit a pair of treys to help give CMB a 28-11 edge at the break.

“We have to have at least three players in double figures for us to have a chance to win,” said CMB senior Lexi Breon, who finished with 11 points and four steals. “Tonight,

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’sMackenzie Schmitz, left, scored four points and had three assists on her Senior Night against Colfax-Mingo in Baxter on Tuesday. A quick start helped the Raiders claim a 52-25 win in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

Bridget stepped up as a leader. It was a rough night for a little bit, but we finally found a rhythm and got things going.”

Breon, who was recognized with Mackenzie Schmitz for Senior Night after the game, hit a 3-pointer late in the third and that gave the Raiders a 39-17 lead heading into the final 8 minutes. Hurley quickly made it 42-17 when she began the fourth with a trey and the 25-point lead allowed Zabel to give his starters some much needed rest.

Zabel took out most of his starters during a long stretch in the third and then put them on the bench for good later in the fourth.

“Experience is definitely important. We played two freshmen tonight and got some sophomores into the game,” Zabel said. “It also allows me to rest the starters, which we need right now.”

Bane finished with 10 points, four rebounds and five assists, and Hurley pulled down a team-high six rebounds and collected four steals in the win.

The Raiders (4-15 overall, 4-12 in the HOIAC) now has its second two-game win streak of the season. All four wins have come against Colfax-Mingo and South Hamilton.

For the Tigerhawks (0-18,

0-16), the trouble continues to be with turnovers at the offensive end of the floor. But CMB also dominated the boards, too.

“It’s unfortunate that we didn’t have practice last night,” Colfax-Mingo coach Michelle Grant said. “There were some things that we didn’t do well Friday night that we would have worked on last night.

That would have helped us.

“Offensively, we did a nice job of getting good looks. The shots just didn’t fall. It just didn’t go our way tonight.”

McKeely Tjaden and Dakota Hostetter both had six points to lead the Tigerhawks.

Reagan Nichol and Alivia Haley added four each.

Notebook Colfax-Mingo assistant coach Jacob Crouse is a 2005 graduate of Collins-Maxwell High School. … Both squads hit the road Friday. CMB heads to Roland-Story to face the Norsemen, while ColfaxMingo travels to Gilbert.

C-M 3-8-6-8—25 CMB 10-18-11-13—52 C-M (FG/3pt) — Haley 1-2-2-4, Moore 1-0-3-2, Tjaden 2-2-3-6, Lahart 1-01-1, Hostetter 2-2-2-6, Nichol 2-0-14, Colville 1-0-1-2. TOTALS 9-7-12-25.

CMB (FG/3pt) — Schmitz 2-0-3-4, Hurley 4/3-2-1-13, Larson 4-0-2-8, Bane 4/2-01-10, Breon 5/1-0-0-11, Ziesman 0-1-0-1, Baldwin 0-1-1-1, Ritter 1-0-1-2, Eslinger 1-0-1-2. TOTALS 21/6-4-10-52.

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

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Public Notices BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2015, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in special session at 6:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Hansen presided.

Present Council Members: Price, George, Chape', Absent: Otto, Trotter, Mullan.

None Mayor Hansen asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mayor Hansen stated this was the time and the place for a public hearing on a Resolution approving the report of expenses incurred by the City of Newton for the demolition of the dangerous building located at 721 East 7th Street North and confirming the assessment of the charges to be recorded on the assessment roll for the property. There had been no written comments.

Kevin Gooding, 709 E 7th St. N. asked about purchasing. Moved by George, seconded by Otto, to close the public hearing. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Public Hearing was closed. Moved by Trotter, seconded by Chape', to approve the Resolution. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 15015 adopted.

Mayor Hansen stated this was the time and the place for a public hearing on a Resolution approving the report of expenses incurred by the City of Newton for the demolition of the dangerous building located at 602 West 2nd Street South and confirming the assessment of the charges to be recorded on the assessment roll for the property. There had been no written comments. Moved by Chape', seconded by Mullan, to close the public hearing. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Public Hearing was closed. Moved by Chape', seconded by Trotter, to approve the Resolution. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 15016 adopted.

Mayor Hansen stated this was the time and the place for a public hearing on a Resolution approving the report of expenses incurred by the City of Newton for the demolition of the dangerous building located at 200 East 8th Street North and confirming the assessment of the charges to be recorded on the assessment roll for the property. There had been no written comments. Moved by George, seconded by Otto, to close the public hearing. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Public Hearing was closed. Moved by Mullan, seconded by George, to approve the Resolution. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 15017 adopted.

Mayor Hansen stated this was the time and the place for a public hearing on a Resolution approving the report of expenses incurred by the City of Newton for the demolition of the dangerous building located at 1219 South 4th Avenue East and confirming the assessment of the charges to be recorded on the assessment roll for the property. There had been no written comments.

Moved by Chape', seconded by Otto, to close the public hearing.

AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Public Hearing was closed. Moved by Trotter, seconded by George, to approve the Resolution. AYES: Six. NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 15-018 adopted.

Robert Knabel, City Administrator presented a PowerPoint for the upcoming FY 15-16 budget. The commercial tax rollback was discussed and city staffing.

Knabel highlighted the major expenditures, budget by category, and the roll back numbers. He reviewed the fund surplus/deficit and the tax levy information. Knabel spoke on the Community Investment Plan, the Comprehensive Plan, and the Action Plan.

Council City discussion ensued.

Council was provided with a list of projects substantial planned for the 2015-2016 fiscal year..Moved by Trotter, seconded

by Mullan, to adjourn the meeting at 8:29 P.M. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis CMC, City Clerk February 4

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Applicant should be organized, responsible, possess basic computer skills, have outstanding communications skills and be capable of multi-tasking.

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OLD MILITARY items: German, Japanese, and American, and old Advertising signs.

641-4856591.

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

WANTED: RIDING lawn mowers, push lawn mowers & snowblowers or anything with a motor. 641275-5475.

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2 NEW 36” prehung entry doors, 1 left hand & 1 right hand, prefinished, white, new price $300. each, sell price $200. each or $350. for both. 792-0485.

BEAUTIFUL NAVY blue chiffon dress, never worn, sleeveless, floor length, figure flattering, detailed ruching, can be altered easily. Size 20. 641-4178779.

DALE EARNHARDT Jr. 1:64 Collectible Cars $12 each. Hot Wheels Cars & Round-up Ranch play sets $50 (for all). I pod Shuffle 1GB $40. 515-313-7803.

DAVENPORT 87”, off white, floral, no pets, no kids, no smoke, excellent condition. $275. 792-2227.

EARLY 1900'S “Wilson” antique oak kitchen cabinet, 79”H x 45”W x 25”D. Cash. $500. 792-7997.

GE CHEST freezer, used 4 months. 5 cu. ft. $75. 641275-5209.

POWER LIFT CHAIR, blue, non-smoker, like new $750. or OBO. Queen size hide-a-bed sofa, no cross bar, sleeps great! $350. or OBO. Lynnville. 956-4471686.

SHOP SMITH Planer, 2 scroll saws, 1 ban saw.

792-5819.

TWO AXION 10” LCD TV/monitor/DVD players, Not a flip style, accessories includes, mount in car or use as a home TV, call for more details, $150. for pair or $70. each or OBO. Nonsmoke. Can send pictures to email only.

641-521-9875.

VINTAGE SARAH Coventry jewelry, lots of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings & matching sets. Call or text 641-417-8779.

WHIRLPOOL WASHER 8 cycle, 2 speed motor. Model 8200. Excellent condition. $120.00. Still in use.

Matching Whirlpool dryer, excellent condition. 5 cycle, 3 temp setting. Model 5600. Electric. $120. or OBO. 641-521-6680

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

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

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

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

Phone 641-792-3612.

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2001 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Quad Cab Dually pickup- 4 wheel drive. 5.9L Cummins Diesel with trailer tow package, airride bags, gooseneck ball and electric brake controller. Fully loaded, very well maintained and garaged, complete with a sno way 9' V-Plow with a new cutting blade.

One Owner- non smoking unit 135,000 miles. $20,000.00. 641-792-4332

DAEWOO-DD802L DOZER $20,000. 641-792-4332

EMPLOYMENT

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Now accepting RN/LPN applications.

We are a Skilled Nursing Facility known for the excellent care we provide.

We are looking for one quality nurse to complete our healthcare team....Could this be you?

Apply in person or send resume to: nelsonmanor@hotmail.com 1500 1st Ave E • Newton, IA 50208

Now Accepting Applications As we are expanding with new residents…we are currently hiring RN/LPN 3rd shift, full-time for the Care Center.

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Thombert, Inc. is the leading North American manufacturer of polyurethane wheels and tires for electric lift trucks.

Qualifications To provide a multi skilled role in the Maintenance Department responsible for the operational and general condition of equipment, buildings, and grounds. Individuals must have two years experience or a diploma from a trade school or military training school etc. Individuals must have the ability to install and service mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, plumbing, and electronic equipment and be able to fabricate.

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Astrograph Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015

You may find some rather odd remnants in the after party of the Leo full moon, souvenirs that will be lucky for you in the future if you use them to recall the creative, playful mood of yesterday. The moon is still in Leo, so follow the urgings of your heart, which is speaking to you in more assertive language than usual.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 4). The theme is bravery and honesty. The truth will blow open a closed door. An exclusive club will let you in, a defensive person will let down the guard and a hard bargain will go soft. You’ll meet someone special in March. Beautiful scenery in June could lead to a move. A breakthrough comes in August. Aries and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 14, 39, 2, 1 and 19.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Children are magical.

It may take some time for the magic to emerge -- after all, they do need special care -- but if you’re lucky

enough to know a child, it will be worth the trouble.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Soon after you master a skill, you will tire of it.

That’s why it’s important to have something new on the horizon to look forward to. You’ll get ideas on the commute, in the shower or while preparing food.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Anything you do to increase your powers of self-control will have longterm benefits. If you can control yourself, you will have greater influence over others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Why waste your time on pursuits that most people can do? There are benefits to specialization.

Pursue the things you are naturally best at. Evening will bring a moneymaking opportunity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve been going nonstop. You need a period of rest to recharge and get inspired again. If you can’t make it happen today, at

least you can plan and prepare for a time in the near future.

to minimize the sense of loss that accompanies such endings.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). All progress will start with acceptance. Acknowledge the reality and accept everything about it. Once you do, you will be able to begin working with what you’ve been dealt.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It turns out that “happily ever after” is created one happy moment at a time. The special thing that happens this week is that you recognize contentment when you experience it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

When you feel afraid, you don’t need to run away to find relief. Just wait and let the relief come to you.

It will, and much more quickly than you think.

You’re stronger than you know.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). The opportunity available to you is great only in proportion to your ability to make use of it.

For now, focus on educating yourself so that when the truly prime opportunity arises, you’ll know exactly what to do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). The day calls for kindness and compassion from you to you. Make yourself comfortable. If you can’t figure out how to do it, experiment with possibilities until you find what works.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The completion of an important project is near. It’s important to have something in the works for when this is finished

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). How you get there may be just as important as what you do when you arrive, except that no one other than you saw that part. You have to feel good about your methods, but at the same time, you don’t have to broadcast them.

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