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By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Dennis Magee/Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Theresa “Terri” Supino consults with legal counsel Monday prior to testimony at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo. Supino is charged in the 1983 double murder of 17-year-old Melisa Gregory and 20-year-old Steven Fisher at the Copper Dollar Ranch northwest of Newton.

State aims to convince jurors of Supino’s motive in CDR killings Witness cite Fisher, Supino ‘prior bad acts’

By Mike Mendenhall Newton Daily News WATERLOO — County prosecutors continued a hard push Monday to establish Theresa “Terri” Supino’s motive to kill her estranged husband, 20-yearold Steven Fisher, and his girlfriend, 17-year-old, at the Copper Dollar Ranch 32 years ago.

Witnesses at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo testified to multiple verbal and physical altercations between Fisher and Supino which the state hopes will convince jurors the defendant had the anger and will to kill the victims.

The state did not shy away from painting Fisher’s actions in both relationships as questionable at best. Sandra Cupples is a Gregory family friend who

looked at Melisa like a “little sister.” She testified Monday to witnessing a fight between Gregory and Supino outside a Newton bar in 1982. She said Fisher arrived at the bar with his then-wife Supino and persisted in “encouraging” or antagonizing a fight between the defendant and Gregory. Cupples said Fisher fought onlookers back with a crowbar allowing the fight between the women to continue.

“You could tell that Stevie was egging Terri on to start a fight with Melisa, and you could tell she didn’t want to.” Cupples said. “From past experience she had been on the worst end of the fights and basically Stevie was make (Terri) start the fight.”

The defense referenced the brutality of the fight, with codefense counsel Jill Eimermann asking Cupples if Gregory in

fact “beat the hell out of ” Supino during the 1982 fight. The defense was presumably alluding to Gregory’s ability to defend herself against the defendant.

State’s witness Shelly Audas testified that she remembers watching Supino say to a Ouija Board while the two were neighbors in the early 90s “son of a [expletive] if I can’t have him, nobody will.” This comment referenced earlier testimony by Supino co-worker Brenda Eilander who heard a similar statement from the defendant prior to the murders.

Audas also knew with both victims well prior to their 1983 deaths, and testified they appeared “very close” while in public together. The defense reference a “gathering” the witness attended two days before the SUPINO | 3A

After more than one year of discussing reconfiguration, the Newton Community School District board is still at somewhat of an impasse.

A proposal to devote the Berg elementary/middle school complex to grades 5-8 would have given the board room to discuss more reconfiguration options. However, the motion was defeated by a 4-3 vote at Monday’s regular board meeting, leaving the board with limited flexibility if it wants to utilize all of its facilities in 2016-17.

Board member Andy Elbert, who made the motion, voted in favor of making Berg grades 5-8, as did fellow board member Nat Clark and board president Sheri Benson. Board members Bill Perrenoud, Donna Cook, Travis Padget and Robyn Friedman voted against the motion.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Kristina M. Martinez Moreno speaks at Monday’s Newton Community School District board meeting. There were about 45 people at the meeting, and the board voted 4-3 against a proposal that would have converted the Berg School Complex to a grades 5-8 facility.

Workplace Wellness Fairy Godmothers make dreams come true

By Kate Malott Workshop planned Newton Daily News for March 6 Each year, the

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

The Newton Wellness Coalition is hosting a Workplace Wellness Workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 at the DMACC Newton Campus, 600 N. Second Ave. W. Local employers and employees are invited to come and learn about wellness programs in the workplace and how to further wellness efforts.

“Anything from manufacturing, to corporate, to small business owners, large business owners there’s really a place for wellness in every work site,” Lori Griffin, NWC member said.

The NWC is promoting wellness programs as a proven way to reduce health care costs and ab-

senteeism. The event is designed to assist work sites with implementing sucLong cessful wellness programs and provide resources, tools and specific ideas to introduce or expand wellness in the workplace.

The event will start with a networking hour for employers to talk and find out what wellness programs are in place and what is working.

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Newton Community School District hosts a father-daughter dance at the high school called the Princess and Papa’s Ball for girls 4 years old to sixth grade. What should be a wonderful and fun time for many parents and students in the community could also be a stressful and challenging time for others.

Four years ago, Sarah Carry noticed a need for assistance for the ball. Carry found fellow mothers in the community to help her in the cause. The mothers organized, collected and named themselves The Fairy Godmothers.

Each year the number of participants grows and

Kate Malott/Daily News The Fairy Godmothers host a bake sale Jan. 31 at the Newton YMCA. Pictured in the front row are Sam Jutting and Sarah Carry. In the back row are Angie Mowbray, Kaetlin McPartlin, Sabrina Smead and Mary McPartlin.

this year the group hopes to provide for around 80 area students.

The Fairy Godmothers will host its annual Princess Workshop, a day of pampering, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 21 at the American

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In Brief ISU Extension to host reconfiguration opportunities in February Jasper County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host three recertification opportunities at its office, 550 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

Commercial Ag Weed Recertification will be held from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesday and Feb. 16. Confinement Manure Recertificaiton will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Seed Treatment Recertification will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18.

Registration for each event is required. Registration for each event is $35.

For more information, call Tammy Welcher at 641-792-6433, or email welcher@iastate.edu

Bleakney named to FSA county committee

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News The Jasper County Farm Bureau was one of the most recent organizations to make donations to the East Jasper County Christian Food Pantry. There were both monetary and labor donations made. From left to right: Kelly Van Wyk, JCFB board member Lauren Van Wyk, Janet Faircloth, and JCFB board member Herb Scott, right, were on hand on Jan. 31 to make a donation.

Farm Bureau makes labor, monetary donation to eastern Jasper pantry

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News Private companies make donations to charities all the time.

However, it isn’t every week that one local nonprofit agency gets to help another one. That’s what happened when the Jasper County Farm Bureau was able to make a monetary and labor donation to the East Jasper County Christian Food Pantry.

Farm Bureau Board of Directors members Herb Scott and Lauren Van Wyk made a presentation late last month to the pantry. Along with a check for an undisclosed amount, bureau members also volunteered at the pantry.

“They were kind of new to me,” Scott said. “You’d think that being in Kellogg, I’d have known about them sooner. I hear they’re quite successful.

I’m told Newton even goes to them for food supplies once in a while.”

The pantry, located in Kellogg, serves eastern Jasper County households. Its area is east of a line corresponding to Highway T-12, including Kel-

Mike Bleakney, of Newton, has been elected to his second term on the Farm Service Agency Jasper County Committee. Bleakney will represent producers from Local Administrative Area #1, which includes Malaka, Mariposa, Hickory Grove, Newton, Kellogg and Rock Creek Townships.

FSA said it appreciates all of the voters for taking the time to complete the election ballot. The county committee system works only because of local participation.

The committee members held their organizational meeting on Jan. 15 and voted Bryce Engbers to serve as chairman, Howard Bond will serve as vice chairman, and Bleakney will serve as the regular member of the committee.

In addition to the election of officers, it was determined that the Jasper County Committee will meet on the third Thursday of every month at 9 a.m.

Meeting times are subject to change, and if you plan to attend a meeting, please call to confirm the meeting date and time.

If interested in additional information on county committees, such as fact sheets and/or brochures, they can be found on the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/ elections or at a local USDA Service Center.

Iowa Pork conferences to offer health, audit and traceability

logg, Lynnville, Sully, GalesAbout 31 percent of foodburg, Newburg and surround- bank users in Iowa are younger ing areas. than age 18, while 11 percent Van Wyk said the pantry are seniors, according to Feedwas chosen as the beneficary ing America’s 2014 “Hunger of Farm Bureau donations in a in America” food bank survey, recent decision by the women’s released in September. The surcommittee. vey also found that 65 percent CLIVE — Iowa pork producers are invited to The pantry benefits from a of food-bank client households learn more about disease preparedness and tracevariety of generous organiza- had to choose between paying ability, development and implementation of comtions and donors, including the for food and paying for medimon industry audits, and swine health research Kellogg Junior Fire Program, cine or medical bills in the past at the 2015 Iowa Pork Regional Conferences this which filled a fire truck with 12 months. month. donations for a recent delivery About 66 percent of cliAttendees also will learn how to prepare for an at the facility. Scott said he’s ent households had a member audit and get swine program updates from Iowa glad the Farm Bureau was a who worked for pay in the last State University Extension swine specialists. part of the effort.

12 months. But in 49 percent The Iowa Pork Industry Center, Iowa Pork Pro“That’s definitely the kind of client households, the most ducers Association and Iowa State University Exof work that we strive toward,” employed person in the housetension and Outreach cosponsor this annual series Scott said. hold was without a job in the at different sites around the state.

The Farm Bureau’s Trish last year, according to the surConferences will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 Hafkey supplied some impor- vey. p.m. Feb. 23 to 26 and follow the same schedule at tant hunger statistics, many of The Eastern Jasper Counthe following four locations: Feb. 23, Sheldon, NW which help drive the bureau ty food bank can be reached Iowa Community College, Bldg. A, Room 116/119; and others to help those who through its Facebook page.

Feb. 24, Carroll, Carroll County Extension office; have issues getting enough food Iowa residents who don’t live Feb. 25, Nashua, The Borlaug Learning Center; and in their homes. near Kellogg can still find a Feb. 26, Iowa City, Johnson County Extension ofApproximately 389,000 Io- local food pantry on the Iowa fice. wans are struggling with food Food Bank Association’s webThere is no cost for those who register and pork insecurity, or about 12.7 per- site, www.iowafba.org. operation employers, managers and staff are encent of the state’s population, couraged to attend. Walk-in registration is $5 per according to Feeding America, person, payable at the door.

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Local News Supino Continued from Page 1A murders where Fisher was alleging distributing drugs and possessed cocaine.

The witness told attorneys without jurors present, she had no first-hand knowledge of Fisher’s drug activities or who told her the information.

“When you spoke with the officers, you indicated that at that gathering Steven Fisher was supplying drugs and that he had lots of cocaine,” Eimermann said. “Do you recall saying that?”

“I said that I had heard that at the party,” Audas said. “I never saw it. I never used it. I heard about it.”

“So your testimony today is that you did not tell law enforcement in your prior interview that you had seen Steven Fisher two nights before (his murder) supplying drugs and having lots of cocaine?” Eimermann said.

“I didn’t see him supply it, no,” Audas said.

Iowa 5th District Court Judge Terry Rickers ruled the testimony was based on hearsay and would not be admissible for jurors’ consideration. But Judge Rick-

ers did reference his pretrial motion stating evidence supporting an alleged drug-related hit on the victims would be admissible if the defense could provide prior proof to the court.

He also indicated the court did not specify as to the type of drugs allowed for discussion during the trial — whether marijuana or cocaine is mentioned.

This was not the defense’s first attempt to raise question Monday of drug activity at the former CDR. After state’s witness Pam DeBruyn — former wife of CDR employee Jeff Illingworth — recalled an event where Supino allegedly threatened Fisher and Gregory from outside DeBruyn and Illingworths’ apartment in 1982, the defense attempted to question DeBruyn about nowdeceased Illingworth’s involvement in Hal Snedeker’s alleged drug running from the CDR. The court sustained the state’s objection to the line of questioning, but Judge Rickers did allow DeBruyn to answer the defense when asked regarding her family’s safety in the two weeks following the CDR murders. The witness said her family stayed with

Godmothers Continued from Page 1A The Fairy Godmothers provide more than dresses, shoes, makeup, manicures and hair for young girls in the community — they provide a whole experience which includes a day of pampering to make young girls in need feel special.

When a young student arrives, she is paired up with a high school or middle school volunteer to take her around to various stations to prepare for the ball.

There’s a dress station where the student can choose what dress she would like to wear. There’s a hair station where volunteers are there to fix the students’ hair however

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Dennis Magee/Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Shelly Audas, former neighbor of defendant Theresa “Terri” Supino testifies about a cryptic statement the defendant made to a Ouija Board in the 1990s allegedly referencing the 1983 murders of her estranged husband Steven Fisher and his girlfriend Melisa Gregory.

Hal and Linda Snedeker for protection during that time.

Following the noon recess, the state called Supino’s former softball teammate Julie McPherren who allegedly witnessed to an incident in 1979 — while Fisher and Supino were dating — in which the defendant chased Fisher with a car, forcing him to climb a softball diamond backstop to avoid getting hit.

The state attempted to draw parallels between this incident and a separate event referenced in testi-

they would choose. There’s also a makeup, manicure and shoe station.

“We definitely wouldn’t be able to do it without volunteers, donations from the community and people’s time,” Smead said.

With an increasing pressure to fit a societal image of beauty, being a young girl, especially one who doesn’t have many new clothes, can be hard and demeaning. The Godmothers want to promote empowerment, to teach girls that no matter what they look like, who they are or where they come from that they deserve to shine.

“You see a little girl come in, shy, and by the end they feel so good about themselves. It really brings out their inner beauty. It’s

Wellness

Continued from Page 1A “best in class” businesses are doing in their workplaces to promote wellness. An example Griffin gave was a walking program at DMACC where employees walk the building to maintain wellness, even during the winter months.

“Part of it will be an opportunity to network so after the conference employers can have a network of support and resources in our town to bounce ideas off of,” Griffin said.

Lunch, provided by Park Centre,

mony Friday from former CDR co-owner Linda Snedeker who claims to have been an eye witness to another fight between the defendant and Fisher involving a car in February 1983. She testified that Supino pulled Fisher down a gravel driveway with his arm rolled up in the car’s window. Multiple witnesses have testified to seeing the victim in a cast or sling following the alleged incident — including DeBruyn — although the timeline from each witness has varied between Feb.

really powerful,” said Godmother Angie Mowbray.

The Godmothers remembered one of their regular girls who had been with them since the beginning, Ashlee Selders.

Last year, Selders wanted a blue dress and so the ladies went out and found her a blue dress. She loved it and it made her feel wonderful, her mother Nedra Carr said.

Selders passed away in December and was buried in that blue dress she adored just a year ago. She was in fifth grade.

“It meant so much to her, and to me. They really made a difference in her life,” Carr said. Carr donates to The Fairy Godmothers every year and says she plans on continuing.

will follow with a presentation by keynote speaker Heidi Long, director of health and well-being for WesleyLife.

Long will speak about ideas employers can take away from the conference back to their workplaces, along with ideas that could be implemented immediately. She will also speak about ways to get employees engaged and excited about wellness.

Griffin added that wellness is not only about exercise but includes ideas for employees’ diets as well.

“I think that one of Heidi’s key points is that wellness isn’t just about exercise. That it is really about a holistic approach to well being,” Griffin

1983 and fall of 1982.

McPherren testified first without jurors present. The defense objected to the witness’s testimony claiming county prosecutors were attempting to paint the defendant’s character negatively. The defense also stated a 1979 event prior to Fisher and Supino’s marriage was too far out from the murders and should not be used to establish motive.

Ultimately, jurors heard McPherren’s account, as Judge Rickers ruled in favor of the state deciding the incident did align with his pretrial motion of these “prior bad acts” to establish “animus” between the defendant and the victim.

Former Jasper County Attorney John Billingsley took the stand and provided details of an unsolicited 1987 interview request from Supino. The witness said the defendant was interested in the autopsy report. It wasn’t uncommon, Billingsley said, for Supino to ask to meet with investigators and the county attorney’s office on anniversaries of the murders.

Billingsley said he used crime scene photos as “props” during the interview, hoping to illicit a re-

“These woman are role models. They showed Ashlee responsibility like how to give to the community and that it’s good to give to others,” said Carr. “I want to thank them for the wonderful job they do and for pampering my Ashlee, making her feel like a little princess.”

The Godmothers said Selders positive attitude and spirit will leave a lasting impression with the group. They will do something special this year to honor her.

Jewelry, dresses, shoes, hair accessories and makeup are just some of the items that can be donated to The Fairy Godmothers.

New to the program is the addition of purchased dance tickets and a dinner for the girls and their

said.

The NWC hopes employers will leave with a strong network to consult with after the event to further workplace wellness. Ideas to keep in touch, whether through a Facebook page or emailing are welcome.

To learn more or sign up for the event, contact Jenny Thompson at Skiff Hospital (641-791-4303 or jthompson@skiffmed.com) or Lori Griffin at Park Centre (641-791-4550 or lgriffin@wesleylife.org). The deadline for registration is Feb. 27.

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

sponse, confession or piece of information from Supino to further the case. The former county attorney testified that Supino appeared more interested in a photo of a tire track taken at the scene in 1983 and only skimmed the autopsy report. Supino met with Billingsley and then-deputy sheriff Mike Balmer for nearly six hours.

The defense questioned why Billingsley did not file charges in the case before he left the county attorney’s office in 1988. He said without a statute of limitations, he felt more investigation was in order.

“In a case of this nature there is no time limit of filing charges,” Billingsley said. “I just felt like there was more to know, more to be learned, so I felt that additional research and study was necessary.”

Due to an unexpected death within a juror’s family, the court ruled to extend adjournment through Tuesday. Proceedings and witness testimony will resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Black Hawk County Courthouse.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@newtondailynews. com

date, so food and monetary donations are helpful as well.

To sign-up a student for the workshop, email newtonfailygodmothers@gmail.com, call Sabrina Smead at 641-521-8928 or Sarah Carry at 641-275-5613, or visit The Fairy Godmothers Facebook page. Each students’ name, age, dress size, shoe size, and telephone number are needed.

To donate money for the organization, girls dresses, or other accessories, drop items off at the United Way of Jasper County or the Newton Daily News. To schedule a pickup of donation items, call Smead at 641-5218928.

Princess and Papa’s Ball is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Newton High School.

Correction The Pancake Supper and Ash Wednesday Worship will be at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 501 E. 19th St. N. The incorrect address was printed in Wednesday’s edition of the Newton Daily News.

Blood drive to be in Newton A Newton Community Blood Drive will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at DMACC Newton Conference Center, 600 N. Second Ave. W. For more information about blood donation or to schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 800-287-4903 or visit www.lifeservebloodcenter.org.

We would like to extend a deep and heartfelt ‘thank you’ for the loving care provided by all the staff at Skiff Medical Center and particularly at Park Centre where Helen lived for 23 years.

From the extremely knowledgeable and loving Skilled Nursing staff to the physical and occupational therapists, maintenance, housekeeping and kitchen staff, chef and servers alike. As her family, we witnessed the level of sensitivity, love and care each of these people bring to their jobs every day. They touched our mother’s life as well as our own. We are humbled by their commitment and eternally and deeply grateful to each and every one of them.

In addition, we would like to thank the two EMT paramedics who came to assist us. They are true professionals with enormously kind hearts.

We thank them for their knowledge, patience and sensitivity at a very difficult time.

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Keeping Me on My Toes

Fun with my snow bunnies

By Jamee A. Pierson Staff Writer

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I am hoping, without much faith, that the past snow fall is the last of the year. As beautiful as a white, sparkling, snow covered town can be, I am more than ready for the temperature to rise and say goodbye to the mess. We did get in some play time in the snow, while it was here, much to the girls’ pleasure.

As the snow was falling last week, my husband and I each took the girls out to play in the fresh snow. It was still pretty cold out, and my oldest decided to head in after about five minutes. My youngest, on the other hand, had to be carried in kicking and screaming.

She had no cares about the cold or that her hands were getting soaked. The allure of going down the play set slide and landing in a pile of snow was far greater than any chills she was getting. We tried to make a snowman but the snow wasn’t quite ready for building

yet. Because of the wind, our fence was covered in snow and she thought it was really fun to push it and watch all of the snow fall off.

I think both girls’ favorite activity, by far, is having a snowball fight. They both giggle through threats of hurling the snowball at us before they toss it and it splashes on our legs. It is always a delight when their dad makes a big snowball and throws it hard against a tree to make it explode and rain over them.

Getting out of the car and into the house is always a process when there is snow on the ground. Since the temps have been too low to play outside for a long period of time, the walk between the garage and the house becomes much longer, walking up and down the driveway to stomp through the snow. On more than one occasion, I have had to rescue one of the girls who got her boot

stuck in the snow and walked right out of it. That is about the only time the snow isn’t any fun anymore, and they are willing to go inside without a fight.

This past weekend my parents had my entire family over for a Valentine’s Day gathering.

We ate great food, made valentines to decorate the house and celebrated my nephew getting engaged — congrats Dylan and Jennifer! We also took advantage of the decent weather and headed outside to go sledding. My parents live next to a golf course that is full of small and large hills for sledding, depending on how far you wanted to walk. Right next to their house are a couple of small hills, perfect for the little kids.

We got all decked out in our winter gear and headed out, ready to fly down the hills and build a snowman. The snowman was easy enough to accomplish but the snow was so

wet and heavy we only made it down the hill if we were being pulled by the string connected to the sled. The kids thought it was great as they sat on the sled. The adults on the other hand were getting a workout pulling the sled through the thick, heavy snow up and down the hills.

We rounded out our snow play building a “cave” in the huge pile of snow at the end of my parents’ driveway. With the help of my brother, sister and nieces, a cozy little hole was dug out that could fit two of the kids. After an expected struggle, we brought the soaked girls inside to dry off and warm up. Luckily, candy hearts and cupcakes were handed out to take their mind off of their earlier snow adventures.

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

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Rules: How the political class silences the voice of everyday Iowans One of the housekeeping items at the beginning of every new General Assembly, is the adoption of rules.

Each standing committee in both chambers adopt rules as their first item of business.

The House and Senate respectively adopt rules that govBy Greg erns how busiHeartsill ness is conducted Iowa and how the code Representative of ethics will be observed. Then, there are also joint rules that establish how the two chambers will work together.

Typically, there is very little, if any, controversy or debate when considering the rules that govern the legislature. But it would seem that we are living in a time when even something as simple as rules are politicized.

Take for instance the rules recently adopted by the Senate chamber (SR 1). Prior to 2011, if a bill was languishing in a given committee because the committee chair opted to block that legislation, a simple majority of 26 senators could band together

and vote to bring the bill to the floor of the Senate.

This procedure was rarely used, but it afforded that simple majority of senators an opportunity to override the wishes of just one senator. In 2011, those rules were changed by the current Senate leadership so that a single senator, either a committee chair or the majority leader, could block legislation from coming to the floor. In an extreme example, even if all the other 49 senators wished to advance a bill to the senate floor, a single senator strategically positioned could obstruct that advancement.

In an attempt to revert back to the pre-2011 Senate rules, Senate Republicans offered an amendment to SR 1. Despite pleas to restore open and honest debate in the Iowa Senate, the amendment was rejected on a straight party line vote.

Why should I, a member of the House of Representatives, care so much about the rules governing the chamber across the rotunda? Good question.

During the previous General Assembly, House Republicans worked with House Democrats to garner strong bipartisan support on several key pieces of legislation important to Iowans.

There were dozens of bills that passed the House with more than 75 out of 100 votes (some with more than 90 votes) only to collect dust at the bottom of some drawer in the Senate.

No subcommittee hearing. No debate. No vote. Nothing.

Unless the culture of the Senate leadership has drastically changed, I do not have much hope for similar pieces of legislation going forward in the current General Assembly.

As someone who strives to work hard for my constituents and earnestly reaches across party lines to build bipartisan consensus on legislation for the betterment of our state, this is disheartening and discouraging when you know that just one person in the Senate can bring it all to a screeching halt.

Regardless of your political affiliation, the people of Iowa should be outraged and demand more than these childish, bullying tactics from Senate leadership. These rules are a disservice to representative government and are being used to silence your voice. Iowans deserve better from their elected officials!

Representative Greg Heartsill (R-Columbia) represents Iowa House District 28

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Because I’m on vacation from my newspaper reporter job this week, I ’ v e b e e n eating breakfast at my favorite diner every morni n g . By Marc Dion Eggs.

P a n cakes. Hash browns. Bacon. Ham. Steak. Toast.

Coffee. Not all at once, of course.

And because my father liked diner breakfasts, I’ve been thinking of him. Though he’s been dead for 27 years, he is much with me.

He was a child of the Great Depression.

A non-nostalgic World War II combat vet, a bartender and, later, a midlevel manager for a huge corporation where he strove mightily at a job he didn’t like.

And he gave me advice, strange quirky advice I could really use.

After breakfast this morning, I drove around town a while, puffing a pipe and repeating some of Pop’s advice. For all I know, he “borrowed” some of the advice from other sources, but I heard them from him.

Here’s a list.

“They call a guy ‘the underdog’ because he’s probably going to lose.”

“When I was tending bar, a bookie he used to come in. He drove a new Cadillac every year. The guys who bet with him drove used Fords. That tell you anything?”

“If you let your wife buy your clothes, you’re gonna like look a guy whose wife buys his clothes.”

“If you’re in a Chinese restaurant and the place looks kinda iffy, order the shrimp. Nothing looks like a shrimp except a shrimp.”

“Keep an eye on those guys who smile all the time but never laugh.”

“No man drinks anything with more than

two ingredients. And ice counts.”

“You know how I got to be a sergeant in the Army? Because there are so many idiots in the Army that if you got anything going for you at all, you get a rank.”

“Never carry a pen in the pocket of your sport coat. Put in your shirt pocket. If the pen leaks, it’s cheaper to replace a shirt than a jacket.”

“If you owe a guy $50, don’t try giving him $10 a week for five weeks.

Who wants money that way?”

“Never tip a bartender with change. It’s cheap.”

“Want to know if a guy has money? Look at his shoes.”

“There’s no place so poor that it doesn’t have one rich person.

Somebody’s always got more.”

“I never belonged to a union in my life, but I never crossed a picket line, either.”

“Any man who hits a woman might as well be a woman.”

“You can talk your way out of fights because people who want to fight are stupid. They get confused when you start talking.”

“Women don’t care what you do, as long as you do it at home.”

“I understand a guy who gets divorced and never gets married again. He just didn’t like being married. I don’t understand a guy who gets divorced and marries somebody else.

What’s the point?”

“I don’t like baseball.

Somebody says to me, ‘That pitcher can throw a ball 90 miles an hour,’ I say to him, ‘Can he do it while somebody’s punching him in the face?’”

And always, “Be a brave little boy. Don’t cry.”

Marc Munroe Dion is a nationally syndicated columnist. Dion’s book of Pulitzer Prize-nominated columns, “Between Wealth and Welfare: A Liberal Curmudgeon in America,” is available for Nook and Kindle.

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Obituaries Jane Harlan Feb. 3, 2015 J a n e Harlan, 67, was born Oct. 8, 1947, to Ellis and Julia Harlan in

Jasper County KAH event March 7 On March 7, the Jasper County Kids Against Hunger will package food to be sent to feed families in parts of the world where there is a shortage of food.

In the past years the Jasper County KAH has packaged more than 250,000 meals.

Food was sent to countries such as Nicaragua, Haiti, Honduras and also here in Iowa.

The host for the March 7 packaging will be the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1409 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton.

Gather a team of 12 people and collect $360 in donations. All are welcome, such as churches, service clubs, businesses, Scout troops, students and individuals who are willing to help with the packaging.

Deadline for registering of a team or a single individual who is willing to work with others is March 2.

Contact Bill Bennett at jasper.co.kah@gmail. com to register or to receive more information about the event.

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Newton. She died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Arlington, Va. Jane graduated from Newton High School in 1965, where she received many awards as a baton twirler. She then graduated from Drake University and De Paul Law School.

Her career as an at-

torney spanned multiple states, but had the constant theme of helping those who couldn’t help themselves. She had many passions in her life – animals, planting trees, music (she played the flute, oboe and organ), politics and her family, especially her four grandchildren.

Jane is survived by her mother, Julia Harlan; siblings, John Harlan and Mary Harlan; her children Sam Hanna, Laura Bergen and Magda Rolfes; her grandchildren, Lily, Clara, Ada and Reese.

She was preceded in death by her father Ellis Harlan.

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Submitted Photo Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton), recently welcomed to the State Capitol Newton Community School District officials, Bob Callaghan, superintendent of Newton Community School District and Sheri Benson, Newton School Board President

Ninth grade orientation Feb. 17 Orientation for eighth grade students entering ninth grade for the 2015-16 school year is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Center for Performance at the Newton High School. Emphasis will be placed on

the selection of classes, introduction into extra-curricular opportunities and making a smooth transition.

All eighth grade students and their parents are encourages to attend.

Congregate Meals Wednesday Lasagna, mixed vegetables, applesauce, orange, garlic bread and skim milk Thursday Smothered pork chop, cheesy

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

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

• Approval Addiction women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• CAA Youth Sculpture Project will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Centre for Arts & Artists in Newton, to help design and create a sculpture for the CAA grounds. There are no fees to attend. Enter on the west side of the CAA building. For more information, email Karen at king50208@hotmail.com or call Linda at 641521-3554. These meetings will continue on Wednesday evenings.

• A Hiring Event will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Goodwill Career Connections Center, in Newton. Call 641-791-0424 to register.

• Human Resources Lunch & Learn will meet at noon Wednesday at Goodwill Career Connections Center, Room 241, 600 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• LinkedIn program will begin at noon Thursday at Goodwill Career Connections Center in Newton.

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

• Total Forgiveness women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Wine Down will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at Van Wijk Winery, 802 Fourth St. in Sully.

Members enjoy wine and gather to create an informal social club to network and meet new friends. Singles meet others who share similar interests.

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

• Battlefield of the Mind women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at Hephzibah House in

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Grave was stopped at an intersection and began backing up his vehicle for a turning semi-truck when his vehicle hit the front of John Vandenberg’s vehicle, who was stopped behind him. Grave had approximately $2,000 in damage and Vandenberg had approximately $700 in damage. He was cited and released to appear.

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• Leisa D. Thomas, 48, of Newton, is charged with driving while license under suspension after authorities pulled her over in the 400 block of First Avenue East at 1:38 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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• Nathan J. Savage, 26, of Newton, is charged with operating while under the influence, careless driving, failure to obey a stop sign and eluding after authorities pulled him over at the intersection of South Fourth Avenue East and South Fifth Avenue East at 10:29 p.m. Friday. Officers saw a vehicle fishtailing and spinning its tires at multiple intersections and after failing to stop at a stop sign, officers attempted to pull it over.

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• A 16-year-old juvenile is charged with following too close after authorities were called to the 1200 block of First Avenue East at 5:10 p.m. Thursday.

Sue Padilla and the juvenile were traveling east on First Avenue when the juvenile was unable to stop due to slippery roads and the vehicle rear-ended Padilla’s vehicle. Padilla had approximately $100 in damage and the juvenile had approximately $500. She was cited and released to appear.

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• Rudy A. Davis, 29, of Newton, is charged with driving while barred after authorities pulled him over in the 200 block of East Fourth Street South at 8 p.m. Wednesday. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Student wants to uphold high standards while living abroad DEAR ABBY: I’m a high school student who has the amazing opportunity to travel to Spain for a school year as a foreign exchange student. I know I am very lucky to have this opportunity to travel, but I am scared about the people there.

I am a Mormon, so I will have to uphold my standards alone in a non-Mormon environment. I have never been away from home for this long, and that’s hard enough as it is. I guess I just need some advice on how to be strong when I’m there. – ALONE IN SPAIN DEAR ALONE: I agree that you are being given an amazing opportunity to grow and learn. If you haven’t spoken about this with your adviser, please do so.

I assume you will be living with a host family. When you get there, consider discussing your concerns with the parents. I am sure you will be encouraged to stick to your standards and beliefs, and be respected for doing so if you remember to also respect others who may not think exactly the way you do.

DEAR ABBY: My niece had a baby a year after graduating from high school and is now raising her daughter as a single mom. After the first year, I told her that if there was anything she needed to let me know, but that I would rather contribute to a college fund for her daughter than send her toys for gift-giving holidays.

My niece was thrilled, so I set up a college savings account for her daughter and contribute to it monthly in lieu of birthday and Christmas gifts for them.

However, when those gift-giving occasions come, I worry they may feel slighted when presents arrive from me for others. My niece and I never mentioned it to other family members.

Would it be appropriate for me to send some kind of reminder occasionally so they know the account is there and growing? – CONTRIBUTING TO HER FUTURE

DEAR CONTRIBUTING: Yes, it’s appropriate. You should also send your niece a summary at the end of each year so she can see the progress. In addition, you might consider sending the child an inexpensive small gift or card so she’ll have something to open.

DEAR ABBY: In response to the letter from “David in Kentucky” (Nov. 2), the 50-year-old single man who was unsure what to do with his late mother’s engagement ring, I disagree with your answer. Yes, gems are meant to be enjoyed, and the ring is doing no one any good in a drawer, but he should NOT sell it.

I think David should have a man’s ring made for himself with it, so he can have a memento of what his dad gave his mom to treasure many years ago. I wear my mom’s and grandmother’s rings every day on my right hand, and remember them often with joy. – DEVOTED FAN IN FLORIDA DEAR DEVOTED FAN: Your suggestion was the No. 1 comment I received from readers. Some said if David was eventually to meet the woman he wanted to marry, the stone could be removed again and reset into a lady’s ring.

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DES MOINES — Authorities say smoke inhalation likely killed a Sioux City man who was found dead inside a burning car near a Des Moines church.

Firefighters had been sent to the parking of the Abundant Life Church on East Sheridan Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday.

They discovered the body of 51-year-old Patrick Murphy II after opening the driver’s side door. Medical examiner Gregory Schmunk says Murphy was barely burned. The autopsy didn’t reveal any evidence of trauma.

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Former inmate accused of robbing bank WATERLOO — A man who’d left prison less than two months ago has been accused of robbing a bank in downtown Waterloo. Arthur Sanders, 56, faces a robbery charge. Jail records said Sanders remained in custody on Monday. Court records don’t list the name of his lawyer. Police say Sanders robbed Bank Iowa on East Fourth Street around 9:10 a.m. Friday and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

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Ethanol levels low in river following derailment DUBUQUE — Results from several monitoring stations along the Mississippi River show much of the ethanol that leaked into the water after several train cars derailed has dissolved, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Monday. DNR spokesman Kevin Baskins said the highest levels of ethanol have been detected nearest the site where 14 cars containing the fuel went off the tracks Wednesday in a steep, remote area north of Dubuque.

Berg Continued from Page 1A “What else do you need?” asked Elbert, who was clearly unhappy during the meeting, held at the Emerson Hough conference room. Friedman, Padget and Cook all called for more input from those who would be affected, as did several of the nine citizens who signed up and spoke during the public forum.

There were 45 names on the public sign-in sheet, on the heels of several regular board meetings that had sparse attendance.

“If we could just see some sort of data sheet, with sideby-side proposals, that would make it a lot more clear to us,” said Dana Simbro during her turn at the podium.

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Special Education teacher Carrie Garrett also spoke, saying the co-teaching method was not completely welcome at first, but many teachers now consider it extremely helpful. She and others encouraged the board to postpone deciding on the grade levels of the complex.

“We understand that Berg needs a lot of work, but we don’t understand why that should also impact the configuration of the classes,” Jason Benson said during his threeminute stint during the public forum. “What we have right

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Woodrow Wilson Elementary School special education teacher Carrie Garrett speaks at Monday’s Newton Community School District board meeting. There were about 45 people at the meeting, and the board voted 4-3 against a proposal that would have converted the Berg School Complex to a grades 5-8 facility.

now is working. With the data we have right now, it seems like this is the best structure for us.”

Kristina M. Ramirez Moreno encouraged the board to take the needs of English-asa-second-language students into consideration as it mulls the Berg Complex and reconfiguration.

Newton Superintendent Bob Callaghan offered more than once during the meeting to make up a data sheet for the community to review, but Elbert said he feels the com-

Christie returns to campaign trail in Iowa after UK trip The Associated Press WEST DES MOINES — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got a warm welcome from Iowa Republicans Monday in his first campaign appearance since returning from a rocky trade trip to the United Kingdom.

Christie appeared at an event sponsored by a county GOP organization held in suburban Des Moines.

Seeking to win over voters in the kickoff caucus state, Christie cited his record as a conservative governor in a Democratic state, noting his efforts to cut taxes and reduce spending.

“Even in a state like mine, one of the ten most liberal in the country, leadership matters,” Christie said to the more than 50 people gathered in a hotel ballroom.

Christie, who also met privately with Republican Gov. Terry Branstad Monday, has not formally declared any plans to run for president in 2016, but recently moved closer with the formation of Leadership Matters for America, a political action committee.

The event was Christie’s first campaign appearance since he returned from a shaky trip to the United Kingdom last week. The journey was designed to burnish his foreign policy credentials, but Christie largely avoided talking publicly about world affairs and drew criticism for comments he made offering support for parents who chose not to vaccinate their children.

Asked about a measles outbreak in California, Christie initially said that he had vaccinated his children, but that “parents need to have some measure of choice.” His office later released a statement saying Christie believes that, “with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated.

BURLINGTON — A southeast Iowa couple who were sent cow manure in the mail have sued the woman who acknowledges that she paid to have the poop sent.

Mary Eipert and Steven Rowland want a judge to order Kimberly Capdevila and her husband, Carlos, to stop their dog from barking all day and night. The lawsuit filed Monday seeks compensatory and monetary damages for the barking and for what the lawsuit says is harassment by the Capdevilas.

The two couples are neighbors.

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“We put almost everything on our website, and we’ve had surveys and forums,” Elbert said, looking toward Callaghan. “I don’t feel paying you $162,000 per year to make data sheets is a good use of taxpayer money, at this point.”

Perrenoud said the board needs to do a better job of getting a clear message out to the public.

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U. of Iowa President discusses merger with AIB DES MOINES — It will be an ongoing process for the University of Iowa to take over operations at a Des Moines business college by the summer of 2016, president Sally Mason told a legislative committee Monday. AIB College of Business, a school founded in 1921 that later became a nonprofit, will be gifted to the University of Iowa instead of the school merging with the university as originally announced last month.

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into two problems,” Perrenoud said. “We’re getting the Berg bond issue and re-build wrapped together, and the two are related, but people are getting confused. Plus, we’re not getting the word out about different reconfiguration possibilities anyway.”

The Berg Complex, completed in 1963, has been modified several times, and has physical-plant problems of nearly every type. The board voted at its Jan. 12 meeting to begin the process needed for a public bond issue for a complete re-build of the Berg Complex.

However, the defeat of the grades 5-8 proposal means the board is set to take a potentially $30 million plan to the public with no clear plan about what grade levels will use the building.

The complex is currently grades 7-8 on the Berg Middle School side, and kindergarten through third grade in Berg Elementary. Each half has its own cafeteria and share two gymnasiums. A new and similar configuration could be constructed on the campus while the old buildings are still being used.

Reconfiguration was also on the agenda as a discussion item, but since a lengthy debate accompanied the Berg vote, the board mutually agreed to have no discussion on that topic at the meeting. The next board meeting is set for Feb. 23 at

Aurora Heights Elementary School.

In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Food Service Supervisor Cristy Croson and Director of Business Services Gayle Isaac spoke regarding possibly using an outside collection agency for the $55,000 in past-due district food service accounts.

The board and Croson agreed to discuss options at the March 9 meeting.

• A a new tobacco-free environment policy was presented for its first reading. Nicotine patches and gums were mentioned as possible complicating factors.

• The board unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with the Des Moines Area Community College Newton Campus regarding the “Gateway to College” program. The dual-enrollment program would be presented to certain Newton students who have exhausted other alternative graduation plans, and are behind in credits or grade for their age.

• Student representative Colby Larson mentioned weekend successes by the speech, basketball and swim teams, including the district coaching staff of the year honors to Newton-Pella swim coach Dave Hook and Sarah Peterson.

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

Bush ebook shows former Florida governor email connections The Associated Press DES MOINES — Republican Jeb Bush released a trove of emails from his time as Florida’s governor on Tuesday, along with the first chapter of an e-book that chronicles an obsession with his Blackberry.

The release from Bush’s political action committee comes as he is spending more time in public ahead of what appears to be an all-butcertain run for president in 2016.

Bush, the son and brother of former Republican presidents, spent January vigorously raising money, and is this month delivering a series of speeches aimed

at laying out the themes of his prospective campaign.

In the book chapter, Bush writes that he was seldom without his Blackberry while serving as governor from 1999 to 2007, spending roughly 30 hours per week reading and returning email to staff and Florida residents.

Bush casts himself as being readily accessible, to the point that he freely gave his personal email address to constituents. “As much as I could I emailed back,” he writes, describing the experience as “quite humbling” at times, but “always eye opening, and (it) certainly kept me on my toes.”

Bush’s e-book is a

reminder that he hasn’t held elected office in several years. The emails show that he was fighting to improve the state’s website, for example, at a time when many of his constituents didn’t have access to the Internet.

Democrats have already started to try to cast Bush as an out-oftouch businessman, and Bush’s book presents a narrow collection of the emails that portrays him as an engaged and compassionate conservative.

He highlights examples in which he paid particular attention to child welfare, education spending and veterans, while focusing on conservative economic priorities such as cutting the number of state

employees and cutting taxes.

He also casts himself as someone willing to stand up to the more extreme elements in his party.

He offers one email exchange explaining his decision to block the efforts of a political activist, Ward Connerly, who pushed to end affirmative action in states to address what some called “reverse racism.”

“I will do my part as governor to fight against it,” Bush wrote of Connerly’s efforts, later adding that while he opposes racial quotas, he found Connerly’s initiative divisive and said it would make it harder for him to pursue other priorities.

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By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s Cardinals will play Ankeny in the first round of the 2015 Class 4A Substate 7 basketball tournament.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced the substate pairings Monday.

The Cardinals play Ankeny in the first game of a substate doubleheader hosted by Southeast Polk on Feb. 22.

Newton’s game tips off at 6:30 p.m. followed by Southeast Polk taking on Des Moines Lincoln at 8 p.m.

The winner of the Newton vs. Ankeny game plays Class 4A

third-ranked and undefeated Des Moines Hoover, which hosts the game, at 7 p.m. Feb. 27.

On the other side of the bracket, Class 4A sixth-ranked Ankeny Centennial awaits the winner of the Southeast Polk vs. Des Moines Lincoln game. That game is at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Ankeny Centennial.

Southeast Polk will host the substate championship game at 7 p.m. on March 3 unless it is playing in the title contest then the championship game will be at Ankeny Centennial.

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By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Winning their fourth game in a row, Lynnville-Sully’s boys moved into a tie for third place in the South Iowa Cedar League. The Hawks posted a 63-52 win on their home court Monday against Keota’s Eagles.

“It was a tight ball game throughout. We were able to make a push late in the third quarter and early in the fourth to create a little bit of a gap,” said Nick Harthoorn, Lynnville-Sully head coach.

At the end of a hotly-contest first quarter, the Hawks were up 17-15.

The Hawks and Eagles matched point-for-point in second period, each tallying 11 points. LynnvilleSully held on for a 28-26 lead at the break.

Lynnville-Sully outscored Keota 17-13 in the third quarter to lead 45-39. The Hawks maintained their advantage with an 18-13 run in the

vator who left a lasting influence on the sport, as well as someone known for his stand on civil rights driven by the belief that it was the right thing to do.

Smith died “peacefully” Saturday at age 83 at his Chapel Hill home, his family said in a statement released by the school Sunday. He was with his wife and five children.

Roy Williams, the current Tar Heels coach and Smith’s assistant for 10 years, said his mentor was the “greatest there ever was on the court but far, far better off the court with people.”

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Legendary basketball coach Dean Smith dies CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Dean Smith was more than simply a basketball coach.

Yes, the retired Hall of Famer left North Carolina as the winningest coach in men’s history after capturing two naSmith tional titles along with the 1976 Olympic gold medal and coaching some of the sport’s biggest names, Michael Jordan among them.

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final eight minutes.

Kyle Van Dyke did the damage on the inside, hitting 10-of-17 shots. Van Dyke had a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Ben Trettin finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Sage Ehresman added 11 points.

Jesse Van Wyk pulled down six rebounds and made two steals. Jake Brand handed out four assists.

Nate Sieren drained three of his team’s eight 3-pointers. Sieren finished with 15 points for the Eagles while Nate Owen added 11 points and Isaiah Hahn had 10 points.

With two games remaining in the regular season — both conference tilts —the Hawks are 13-5 in the SICL. That ties them with Sigourney behind conference leader Belle Plaine (17-1) and Montezuma (16-2).

Lynnville-Sully (14-5) hosts English Valleys Tuesday and wraps up the regular season at North Mahaska Friday.

Freshman teams, boys’ JV lose

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s junior varsity boys came out on the short end of a 59-40 decision at home Monday agaisnt Pella. The NHS freshman boys and girls also dropped decisions to Pella.

The Cardinal boys’ junior varsity trailed the Little Dutch 31-19 at halftime. Josh Ventling scored 13 points for Newton.

Morgan Maher scored nine points followed by Josh Gulling with eight and Trey Vanderlaan with six points. Grayson Graham and Justin Fisher each had two points.

In the boys’ freshman game, Pella gained a 23-12 halftime lead on its way to a 64-45 win over Newton. Graham scored 11 points and Dalton Pauley scored 10 points.

Grant Garvis and Jaron Roush each added seven points for the Cardinal freshmen. Jerome Harris had five points. Scoring two points each were D’Andre Roush and Nathan Van Zee. Zach Combs scored one point.

Newton’s freshman girls were down by four points, 24-20, at halftime to Pella’s Lady Dutch.

The Cardinals lost 48-35.

“I’m very proud of the effort of the girls tonight,” said Eric Vander Velden, Newton girls’ freshman coach. “We played a great team and we fought with them the majority of the game.”

Ali Bestell and Randi Walters each scored nine points for Newton. Addy Blom and Marcelina Marvelli had five points apiece.

Taylor Ryan chipped in with four points and Anna Forsyth had three points.

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Rankings, eye poking dominates social media The two most talked about local sports subjects on Monday involved Iowa’s Adam Woodbury and another eyepoking incident and the fact that the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team By Troy Hyde is ranked Newton Daily News ahead of Iowa State Sports Writer in the latest national rankings poll.

Does it matter who is ranked ahead of who at this point in the season?

Northern Iowa has a great team. We think Iowa State is a great team. Although, they look like a very mediocre team on the road at this point in the season, evident by the beating the Cyclones took against Oklahoma on Big Monday.

I wish the state could get to see Iowa State and Northern Iowa play each other. But that’s not going to happen.

The Panthers are redhot right now. They have won 11 in a row and are worthy of their ranking.

But Iowa State, at times, shows it also is worthy of a top 15 ranking. Throw out Monday night’s loss and the loss at Texas Tech and RANKINGS | 2B

NHS Coaches vs. Cancer 2015

Pink and blue were the colors of the night Friday as Newton High’s basketball coaching staffs, players and fans supported the 2015 Coaches vs. Cancer games. Newton boys’ head coach Nick Wilkins claps as his coaching staff and bench players celebrate a NHS player scoring a basket and getting fouled.

The Cardinal teams swept a doubleheader against Oskaloosa Friday night.

Sarah Coy walks out with her two daughters at halftime of Friday’s boys varsity game. Coy is battling breast cancer and had her final week of chemo therapy Friday. Coy was one of three honorees on Friday night’s Coaches vs. Cancer at Newton High.

Sharaeah Sharp (right) walks out with her husband Brandon, who is the NHS girls’ basketball head coach, and their three children. She is a survior of thyroid cancer and was an honoree at Friday’s NHS Coaches vs. Cancer games.

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NHS girls’ head coach Brandon Sharp relays a play into the Cardinal basketball players during the girls’ varsity game Friday. The NHS basketball teams raised funds for Coaches vs. Cancer for every 3-pointer they hit in the past two home basketball doubleheaders. The Cardinal teams combined to hit 28 3-pointers in those four games.

Atlas Rea, 6-year-old Newton kindergarten student, speaks to the crowd about his battle with cancer, while his mother, Chrissy, sits on the court with him Friday night. Rea was the honorary captain for the NHS boys’ basketball team.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pleasantville at Colfax-Mingo boys, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

CMB boys at Woodward-Granger, JV 6 p.m. varsity 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling Newton JV at Boone, 5:30 p.m.

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

Lynnville-Sully boys at North Mahaska, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Gilbert at CMB boys, JV, 9th 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

Bowling Newton at Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Oskaloosa, 4 p.m.

Saturday Boys’ Swimming Newton at state meet, Marshalltown, 8 a.m.

Wrestling Newton at Class 3A District 1 tournament, Ankeny Centennial, Noon Lynnville-Sully, Colfax-Mingo, CMB at Class 1A District 4, Pleasantville PCM at Class 2A District 4, Fairfield Basketball Girls’ Regionals Class 2A Region 7 Colfax-Mingo vs. BCLUW at Conrad, 7 p.m.

CMB at Pella Christian, 7 p.m.

Class 3A Region 6 Centerville at PCM, 7 p.m.

Sooners use big 2nd half to pull away from ISU NORMAN, Okla.

(AP) — TaShawn Thomas had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 17 Oklahoma defeated No. 14 Iowa State 94-83 on Monday night to move into sole possession of second place in the Big 12.

Isaiah Cousins scored 19 points, Buddy Hield scored 17 and Ryan Spangler added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Sooners (177, 8-4 Big 12), who won their fifth straight.

Oklahoma shot 51 percent from the field, had just seven turnovers and scored a season-best point total.

Dustin Hogue scored a season-high 19 points, Jameel McKay scored 16 and Naz Long and Bryce Dejean-Jones added 14 for the Cyclones (176, 7-4), who had won three of four. Georges Niang, who entered as Iowa State’s leading scorer at 15.2 points per game, finished with seven on 3-of-9 shooting.

The Cyclones surrendered their highest point total of the season.

Smith Continued from Page 1B “I’d like to say on behalf of all our players and coaches, past and present, that Dean Smith was the perfect picture of what a college basketball coach should have been,” Williams said in a statement. “We love him and we will miss him.”

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EBF’s Jensen too much for Tigerhawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — The ColfaxMingo boys’ basketball team threw three different defenses at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont’s Jevin Jensen on Monday night.

But nothing slowed him down.

Jensen buried three early 3-pointers, scored 13 of the Rockets’ 18 first-quarter points and finished with 34 in all as EBF cruised to a 68-53 non-conference road win.

Jensen connected on four treys but also got to the basket with ease. Everything he was throwing up went in except free throws as he finished just 6-of-13 from the line.

“He’s a good player and we knew that. We let him be comfortable with shooting right off the bat and we knew better than that,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “We had gone over it, but whatever defense we played, we didn’t keep him under control. We didn’t get the job done in the zone, man-to-man or the box and one.”

Colin Lourens and Jarod Nichols both had double-doubles for the home team, but the Tigerhawks once again struggled to make shots on the offensive end.

They were 2-of-13 in the first quarter and most of the misses were inside the lane.

Things didn’t get much better as the game progressed.

“I am sure the kids are frustrated. I know the coaches are

frustrated,” Borts said. “We had a stretch in the second half where we played better and got it to 10, but we let it go right back to 15. We never put together a solid run of stops and scores.”

Lourens finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds, and Nichols had 12 and 11 boards.

Jared Myers also put in 10 and Blake Summy scored nine.

But Jensen was too much to handle on the other end.

He hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 8-0 right out of the gate and his third triple of the quarter gave the Rockets (4-17) an 18-6 lead after one.

A 3-pointer by Myers midway through the second made it 18-13, but a pair of triples

by Jordan Hawk gave the visitors a 33-21 at the break.

Colfax-Mingo (0-18) never got closer than 10 in the second half.

Monday’s game was the first of four games this week for the Tigerhawks. They travel to North Polk on Tuesday, and host Pleasantville and Nevada on Thursday and Friday.

EBF 18-15-20-15—68 C-M 6-15-13-19—53 EBF (FG/3pt) — Jensen 8/4-6-4-34, P. Walker 3-5-2-11, Latham 0-2-0-2, Hawk 0/2-0-06, McCrea 0-0-1-0, Davis 0-2-0-2, Scott 2-34-7, Fowler 2-0-2-4, Heinle 0-0-1-0, Lorenz 1-0-1-2, 0-0-3-0. TOTALS 16/6-18-16-68.

C-M (FG/3pt) — Myers 2/2-0-5-10, Summy 4-1-3-9, Lietz 1/1-1-4-6, Buehrer 1-2-4-4, Lourens 6-0-3-12, Nichols 5-2-4-12. TOTALS 19/3-6-24-53.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo junior Blake Summy (14) takes the ball up strong against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont’s Jaden Scott (35) during the Tigerhawks’ 68-53 loss to the Rockets on Monday. Summy finished with nine points in all. Colfax-Mingo returns to the court Tuesday when it travels to North Polk for a Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference game.

The Tigerhawks also play at home against Pleasantville and Nevada on Thursday and Friday.

Rocket girls spoil Colfax-Mingo Senior Night

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo’s Sara Lahart (20) scores two of her 10 points against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Monday during a non-conference game in Colfax. Lahart was one of two seniors honored at halftime of the boys’ game.

lose memory.

Smith was unable to travel in November 2013 to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to Smith as much for his work off the court as on it.

In a statement Sunday, Jordan said Smith was “more than a coach — he was a mentor, my teacher, my second father.

“Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it.”

Smith’s only los-

ing season was his first, and he left the game in October 1997 having surpassed Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp as the winningest coach in Division I men’s history with 879 wins in 36 seasons — a record now held by Duke Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski.

In addition to wife Linnea, Smith is survived by daughters Sandy, Sharon, Kristen and Kelly; son Scott; seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Funeral plans were not announced.

COLFAX — It’s not too often that Colfax-Mingo girls’ basketball coach Michelle Grant looks at the scoreboard after the first quarter and sees double-digits in the Tigerhawks column.

Coming into the game, in fact, Colfax-Mingo was averaging a little more than 20 points per game.

The Tigerhawks put in 10 in the opening quarter of Monday’s non-conference game against EddyvilleBlakesburg-Fremont but had trouble sustaining it during a 54-24 defeat in the regular season finale.

Sara Lahart scored 10 points on her Senior Night, but long scoring droughts on the offensive end continue to plague the Tigerhawks (0-20).

“We did a nice job in the first quarter. We got four or five shots blocked but it didn’t fluster us,” Grant said. “We would usually let that bother us and we would be afraid to shoot.”

Grant said her squad is doing a better job with turnovers in the past couple of games.

The next step is figuring out how to score more points.

Dakota Hostetter also scored six and Ivy Moore added five on her Senior Night.

Colfax-Mingo trailed 17-10 after one quarter but fell behind 33-15 at halftime. They

Rankings Continued from Page 1B the Cyclones have been pretty good this year. I don’t think they are as good as last year’s squad, but they are talented enough to reach the Elite 8 if the matchups.

Cyclone fans, don’t get caught up in the rankings. They don’t mean much right now anyway.

Iowa had to answer more questions about Adam Woodbury’s third eye poking incident than they did about the last two games, which resulted in big wins that could turn things back in the right direction.

Iowa proved itself not to be worthy of playing through distractions last year. Will this eye-poking in-

managed just nine points in the second half.

But even in a 30-point hole, many of the players were jumping in the passing lanes on defense and diving for loose balls on both ends of the floor.

“I can’t ask for more effort from these girls,” Grant said.

“The score doesn’t affect how hard they play. That stuff is contagious.”

Karlie Taylor had 16 points to lead the Rockets (13-8) and Rachel Maloy chipped in 12.

Moore and Lahart were recognized at halftime of the boys’ game for their contributions on the basketball team.

“They are not just seniors, they have great leadership and communication skills,” Grant said. “There are only a certain amount of kids that I would ask to babysit my own kids, and I would let those two watch them. Because they are good kids.”

The Tigerhawks open Class 2A postseason play 7 p.m. Saturday at BCLUW. EBF 17-16-13-8—54 C-M 10-5-3-6—24 EBF (FG/3pt) — Taylor 5/2-0-2-16, Baugher 4-0-2-8, Shafer 0-0-2-0, Flaig 1-0-1-2, Maloy 5-2-1-12, Pilcher 2-0-3-4, Richmond 1-2-0-4, Moore 0-0-1-0, Wilz 3-0-0-6, VerSteegh 0-0-1-0. TOTALS 18/2-4-11-54.

C-M (FG-3pt) — Haley 0-0-4-0, Moore 2-15-5, Lahart 5-0-3-10, Hostetter 2-2-1-6, Tjaden 0-3-2-3. TOTALS 9-6-11-24.

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cident be a distraction or will the Hawkeyes move on just fine?

We won’t know until Thursday when Iowa hosts Minnesota.

I like how Fran McCaffery 100 percent supports Woodbury. I think that approach will pay off in the end.

But as a media member, I am disappointed in how he is handling questions from the press.

Even if he doesn’t like a question about Woodbury, telling a reporter to ask an intelligent question was wrong.

Hopefully, McCaffery finds a way to make this go away soon.

There are much better topics the media should be focusing on around the state.

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of the action including (but not limited to) title costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as well as a request that said sums be declared a lien upon the following described premises from January 6, 2003, located in Jasper county, Iowa: A tract of land designated as Parcel B located in the SW 1/4 of Section 19, Township 81 North, Range 20 West, Jasper County, Iowa, described as commencing at the SW corner of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, thence N 89°12'52" E, 1116.94 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence N 00°47'08" W, 555.47 feet; thence, N 89°12'52" E, 392.74 feet; thence, S 00°40'00" E, 555.47 feet; thence S 89° 12'52" W, 391.59 feet more or less to the Point of Beginning and containing 5.00 acres and including 0.30 acres of public road easement, commonly known as 9804 West 85th Avenue, Mingo, IA 50168 (the “Property”) The petition further prays that the mortgage on the above described real estate be foreclosed, that a special execution issue for the sale of as much of the mortgaged premises as is necessary to satisfy the judgment and for other relief as the Court deems just and equitable.

For further details, please review the petition on file in the clerk's office. The Plaintiffs attorney is Emily Bartekoske, of South & Associates, P.C.; whose address is 1245 Jordan Creek Parkway, Suite 120, West Des Moines, IA 50266.

NOTICE THE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTED FORECLOSURE WITHOUT REDEMPTION. THIS MEANS THAT THE SALE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY WILL OCCUR PROMPTLY AFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENT UNLESS YOU FILE WITH THE COURT A WRITTEN DEMAND TO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOU FILE A WRITTEN DEMAND, THE SALE WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL TWELVE MONTHS (OR SIX MONTHS IF THE PETITION INCLUDES A WAIVER OF JUDGMENT) DEFICIENCY THE ENTRY OF FROM JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS YOUR RESIDENCE AND IS A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR UNTIL TWO MONTHS FROM ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR IS YOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHT OF REDEMPTION AFTER THE SALE. THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE BE ENTITLED TO WILL IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY. YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THE SALE. You must serve a motion or answer on or before 10th day of March, 2015, and within a reasonable time thereafter file your motion or answer with the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, at the county courthouse in Newton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in a court action because of a disability, immediately call your District ADA Coordinator at 515-286-3394. If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942.

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Public Notices IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT OF JASPER COUNTY Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, solely in its capacity as Trustee for Provident Bank Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-1 Plaintiff, vs.

Alicia A. Schwerdtfeger; Parties in Possession; Unknown spouse, if any, of Alicia A. Schwerdtfeger, et al.

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EQUITY NO: EQCV119209 ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION You are notified that a petition has been filed in the office of this court naming you as a defendant in this action. The petition was filed on December 4, 2014, and prays for foreclosure of Plaintiffs mortgage in favor of the Plaintiff on the property described in this notice and judgment for the unpaid principal amount of $36,883.69, with 7% per annum interest thereon from June 1, 2010, together with late charges, advances and the costs of the action including (but not limited to) title costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as well as a request that said sums be declared a lien upon the following described premises from March 10, 2000, located in Jasper county, Iowa: Lot Number Twelve (12) in Block "N" Aurora Heights Subdivision being in and forming a part of the City of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, commonly known as 2503 South 8th Avenue East, Newton, IA 50208 (the “Property”) The petition further prays that the mortgage on the above described real estate be foreclosed, that a special execution issue for the sale of as much of the mortgaged premises as is necessary to satisfy the judgment and for other relief as the Court deems just and For further details, equitable. please review the petition on file in the clerk's office. The Plaintiffs attorney is Megan Stumph, of South & Associates, P.C.; whose address is 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66211.

NOTICE THE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTED FORECLOSURE WITHOUT REDEMPTION. THIS MEANS THAT THE SALE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY WILL OCCUR PROMPTLY AFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENT UNLESS YOU FILE WITH THE COURT A WRITTEN DEMAND TO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOU FILE A WRITTEN DEMAND, THE SALE WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL TWELVE MONTHS (OR SIX MONTHS IF THE PETITION INCLUDES A WAIVER OF DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT) FROM THE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS YOUR RESIDENCE AND IS A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR UNTIL TWO MONTHS FROM ENTRY OF IF THE JUDGMENT MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR IS YOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHT OF REDEMPTION AFTER THE SALE. THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE WILL BE ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY. YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THE SALE. You must serve a motion or answer on or before 10th day of March, 2015, and within a reasonable time thereafter file your motion or answer with the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, at the county courthouse in Newton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in a court action of a disability, because immediately call your District ADA Coordinator at 515-2863394. If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800735-2942.

By: __________ CLERK OF THE ABOVE COURT Jasper County Courthouse 101 N. 1st Street, #104 Newton, IA 50208 IMPORTANT: YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS. February 3, 10 & 17 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT OF JASPER COUNTY CitiMortgage, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

Vearl LeRoy Thompson a/k/a Verle Thompson; Unknown heirs, devisees, creditors, or other claimants with an interest in the property of Cyndy Thompson, deceased; Beneficial Financial 1 Inc., successor by merger to Beneficial Iowa, Inc.; Unknown spouse, if any, of Vearl Leroy Thompson; Parties in Possession, et al.

Defendants.

EQUITY NO: EQCV119217 ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION You are notified that a petition has been filed in the office of this court naming you as a defendant in this action. The petition was filed on December 10, 2014, and prays for foreclosure of Plaintiffs mortgage in favor of the Plaintiff on the property described in this notice and judgment for the unpaid principal amount of $132,384.79, with 6.625% per annum interest thereon from March 1, 2014, together with late charges, advances and the costs of the action including (but not limited to) title costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as well as a request that said sums be declared a lien upon the following described premises from January 6, 2003, located in Jasper county, Iowa: A tract of land designated as Parcel B located in the SW 1/4 of Section 19, Township 81 North, Range 20 West, Jasper County, Iowa, described as commencing at the SW corner of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, thence N 89°12'52" E, 1116.94 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence N 00°47'08" W, 555.47 feet; thence, N 89°12'52" E, 392.74 feet; thence, S 00°40'00" E, 555.47 feet; thence S 89° 12'52" W, 391.59 feet more or less to the Point of Beginning and containing 5.00 acres and including 0.30 acres of public road easement, commonly known as 9804 West 85th Avenue, Mingo, IA 50168 (the “Property”) The petition further prays that the

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Route 91 28 Papers

Route 110 31 Papers

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BAXTER HEALTHCARE CENTER, a skilled nursing facility, currently has an opening for a PART-TIME EVENING COOK. Call Bruce Bjorn, Administrator 641/227-3602 or email baxter_adm@ahahealthcare.com with questions and to request an application.

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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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.

MARCREST BROWN divided dish $5., 50+ pieces costume jewelry $20., 2000 Longaberger darning basket with cloth liner $15., 6” jewel tea bowl “Autumn Leaf” $10., Hull “Bow Knot 5” pink & white vase $55., new scenic mugs, in boxes, by Hadley, farm scenes & tractors $3. each or 4 @ $10. 641-275-7600.

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

2012 JAYCO Jay Flight Swift, like new, A/C, stereo, bathroom with shower, sleeps 4, 16'. $8,000 or OBO. 641-7920770.

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

4 MAYTAG trucks in boxes – 1917 model T, 1948 Ford semi, 1966 Dodge service van, fire truck $45. each or 4 @ 150. Doll size metal stand “Christina” $10., assorted music boxes $5. & $10., 8” round saw blade clock – farm scene $10., cook books $1. each or 7 @ $5., S-10 tail lights $35.

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HAY FOR Sale- small, square, alfalfa bales, excellent quality. 7917627.

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

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All applications must be received by 2/20/15 Drug Test & Background Check required Jasper County Human Resources 115 N 2nd Ave E, Newton, IA 50208 Equal Opportunity Employer

Store Manager Position Available If you have strong leadership skills, are customer oriented and want to become part of a progressive company that offers many opportunities then apply today at:

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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.

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Jasper County Elderly Nutrition is looking for a few responsible individuals to assist on a substitute basis with washing dishes and various kitchen duties. Starting rate is $9.77 For a complete job posting or application go to

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.

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

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Astrograph Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015

Hang on through the traffic, the machine that won’t start, the computer that won’t do the one thing you’re asking it to do. These trials of your patience are about to cease with tomorrow’s Mercury direct. So what have you learned through this? Possibly it was heartening to find out you don’t need as much as you thought you did to get a job done.

own defense. Speak up. Be loud. Affirm that you’re the master of your fate.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 10). Your best is more than good enough. This is your year to get on your own side, celebrate your uniqueness and work with your talents. Your personal life gets easier in March when petty differences no longer seem important.

April brings a deep connection. June will sound off the wedding bells. Capricorn and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 13, 33, 39 and 50.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s not who you know, but how well you know them that matters now. Let your sharp social instinct guide you toward deepening the relationships that will enrich you the most -- a Libra will be high on the list.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are those who will discount your contribution. This is a test. To pass, you must disagree with them and come to your

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Can you put up with a nagging neighbor or a family member who constantly needs money?

Well, you’ll certainly give it a shot. While you’re at it, try to tolerate your friend’s partner with a smile if you can muster it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). What could have been?

The prospects are interesting to ponder if you have the right attitude. Keep that optimism. You chose the way you chose for a good reason, even if you’ve forgotten it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

This might be an awkward transition period; however,

you can trust that soon all involved will settle into a mutually agreeable role.

More specifically, they get used to you being the leader. Don’t apologize.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your joie de vivre is appreciated by those with similar gusto. This could be the start of a beautiful, fruitful and lucrative partnership. Follow through.

Do whatever you said you would, even if what you said was a social nicety.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

You have fans, and then you have super-fans. In fact, you are everything to someone. Nurturing is easy for you when you remember that you don’t need to do anything. Just be loving.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

New job, business deal, hot date -- whatever the occasion, it behooves you to Google yourself, recheck your Facebook page with new eyes and/or generally sweep social media for the impression you make.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Though you’re mostly

nurturing, selfless and accommodating, your inner star wants to shine. The situation calls for you to perform, protect what’s yours and fight for what you want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Work will bring disputes. The banter is exactly what’s needed to improve your project or product. Having to cater to a variety of needs will make you stronger, smarter and wealthier.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). You don’t want to dish it out; nor do you want to get served. And yet you may still find yourself in the middle of the argument.

Back away slowly.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Make no mistake -you’re a powerful force in this world. What you want during this time will reveal your character. You’ll learn something about yourself and also be shown a direction to grow in.

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