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By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News The last time the building with blue roof in downtown Newton had a new boss, the digital age had started to change the way we read.

When Nicole Lindstrom took over last month as the director of the Newton Public Library, there are now many ways to experience reading. However, books are still the primary component, and Lindstrom is responsible for overseeing all that goes on under the blue roof from books to digital technology.

Lindstrom took over for Sue Padilla, who retired in early January after about 15 years at the helm and is still learning the many tasks and roles of the director. These

Fifth day of meetings announced for Feb. 19 DES MOINES — The Iowa Utilities Board concluded four-scheduled days of deliberations Thursday without reaching a decision on the fate of the proposed Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, which would run diagonally through 18 Iowa counties.

Board chairperson Geri Huser made it clear from the opening gavel Thursday that a decision would not be announced, and scheduled a fifth day of deliberations at 1 p.m. Feb. 19 in the IUB hearing room in Des Moines.

The board also reserved March 9 and 10 for further deliberations if time was needed.

The board directed staff chief operations officers Cecil Wright and general counsel David Lynch to prepare a draft order weighing the pros and cons of the $3.7 billion, 1,134-mile pipeline on both sides of the issue. IUB spokesperson Don Tormey said the board will review the draft order, and may or may not reach a decision Feb. 19. Tormey said the board is under no timeline to rule on the project, according to Iowa code.

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The board member said Dakota Access’ existing contracts with shippers and plan to refine the product in the Midwest — prior to federal lawmakers lifting the ban in January on U.S. crude oil exports — shows the pipeline company believes there is domestic demand for the Bakken crude.

Huser and board member Libby Jacobs both agreed global climate change was an overarching concern but do not see it as a large factor in the permitting decision of this particular pipeline.

“I believe this is a critical issue, but we have to follow the law,” Huser said. “The law says you weigh this against the other items that are before us. As long as you’re willing to admit (climate change) is a critical concern and we put that in any order that comes out, I think we’re on the same page Mr. Wagner.”

The conversation on the requested use of eminent domain

by Dakota Access to order landowners of 296 parcels on the route to allow the pipeline to go through was held until the Feb. 19 session. The IUB did discuss the disputes of many individual

Following recent fluctuations in the cost to dispose recyclables, the city council will look to amend the disposal and collection agreement with Dodd’s Trash Hauling and Recycling, Inc. at Monday’s meeting.

The proposed amendment would require garbage collection to occur between 5 a.m. and 4 p.m. with recycling following between 9 p.m. and noon the following day. Currently, garbage is collected between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m., with recycling collected

between 12:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

With the change, Dodd’s can reduce costs by collecting recyclables earlier in the evening which helps with staffing and allows them to utilize the same trucks.

However, the rates for Dodd’s to process recyclables is growing. The additional cost to the city is estimated to be $12,000 to $14,000 per year, which results in a 20 cent per month increase per residence. Even with that increase, Newton would still maintain the lowest COUNCIL | 3A

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tasks include guiding the library through a challenging era of ever-changing technology and morphing view of the role of reading in society.

“I love doing outreach,” Lindstrom said.

“I love showing people the power of reading and all the awesome things that a library can be.”

Like many facility directors, Lindstrom needs to be part supervisor, part computer software “expert,” part community member and visionary of how the library should look in the future.

From showing older patrons how to find items in an Internet search to filling in at the circulation desk, Lindstrom’s first month on the job showed here she LINDSTROM | 8A

Jasper County Vets Affairs commission hears Home Base Iowa update Contract signed for May retreat to be held south of Newton

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News John Billingsley leads Wednesday’s Jasper County Veterans Affairs Commission meeting. Among other items, the five commissioners heard an update from county veterans affairs director Chris Chartier about efforts to help Jasper County earn a Home Base Iowa designation to attract recently discharged veterans to a community.

Several items were discussed at Wednesday’s Jasper County Veterans Affairs Commission meeting, including progress toward a designation that has been pursued for almost a year.

Jasper County has been inching toward earning a Home Base Iowa des-

ignation designed to attract recently discharged veterans to a community.

At Wednesday’s meeting, county Veterans Affairs Director Chris Chartier brought the five commissioners up to speed on the progress in putting together a detailed, unique economic incentive package designed to draw veterans into Jasper County on both the residence and employment fronts.

Chartier said the backing of local business leaders is the main next step in VETERANS | 3A

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Nicole Lindstrom took over in early January as the director of the Newton Public Library. She said she loves outreach and showing area residents the many functions of a local library.

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Mike Mendenhall/Daily News The Iowa Utilities Board reenters open session Thursday following two-hours of closed discussion Wednesday on the fate of the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline. The regulatory board did not reach a decision after four days of deliberations in the controversial pipeline project, slated to impact 18 Iowa counties. IUB will reconvene at 1 p.m.

Feb. 19 for further discussion.

Dakota Access’ parent company — has been pushing the pipeline’s development for the last 1.5 years. It would stretch from North Dakota to a hub Patoka, Ill. and gulf coast refineries and carry 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day through Iowa. The 343.43-mile underground Iowa segment would include 33.73 miles in Jasper County from Mingo through Reasnor.

The board did, however, speak in more detail Thursday on the issues which will ultimately weigh into its decision whether to accept or deny Dakota Access, LLC’s permit after returning from a two hour closed session Wednesday.

When discussing the need for additional domestic and global oil supply, board member Nick Wagner said market demand, not the construction of a single pipeline, would determine production in the Bakken region of North Dakota and would not weigh heavily on his decision.

“If there’s a squeeze on getting the refined products that are needed we’ll have to import them, which is much more costly and uses more energy then if it’s available domestically,” Wagner said.

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | Feb. 12, 2016 The Newton Daily News recently visited Basics and Beyond and asked students:

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Sexting can be considered a felony, officers warn Nude images of minors is a crime

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News It’s time-consuming to try to hunt down where illicit photos or video images originate, Newton Schools Resource Officer Brian Foster said. It’s also illegal to possess, send or post nude images of minors.

More importantly, according to Foster, sending or posting photographs or video of students is wrong, and causes a great number of problems on a school campus or in a community. That’s why Foster and Iowa State Patrol Trooper Doug Cutts are always enhancing their efforts to let students know about the dangers of taking and transmitting nude images of students.

It is a felony in Iowa to possess, send or post nude images or depictions of minors.

“Some people think it’s kind of funny — until it happens,” Foster said. “Then, we see how one photo or video starts with one student, and then it’s on to a whole class or group of kids, then onto the Internet on a larger scale, and it’s often very difficult to track down where the image came from initially.”

Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess said many of these types of crimes go unreported, and in many cases, a report is about an image that has since been hidden or erased in a way that isn’t easily accessible to police.

Foster said while law enforcement has the authority to access cell phone records and website and app logs from providers and manufacturers, the main focus is

Metro Creative Connection Newton Police Department and Iowa State Patrol officers advise students not to send inappropriate photos via electronic devices.

to educate students in a way that discourages the creation of nude images in the first place.

“We point out that one split-second decision to take and send a photo could be something a person has to explain forever,” Foster said.

“Once an image is recorded on a device, it might be impossible to completely delete it. Five or 10 years from now or more, a potential employer searches for your name or face online, and there’s something incriminating for them to find.”

Cutts does extensive classroom training related to a wide variety of topics, ranging from the effects of alcohol to watching out for predators. He has a full presentation on sexting that includes descriptions of a number of high-profile cases, both from within Iowa and nationwide.

He said in extreme cases, the emotional distress from the distribution of nude images and the ensuing reactions can be severe. Cutts regularly tells the story of a girl who committed suicide after trying to deal with such issues.

“The top excuse we hear from kids about sending these images is always the same,” Cutts said. “It’s either, ‘This image was only sent to this one person, and she or he would never forward or post it. But breakups in school can be really nasty and emotional, and it’s too easy to get back at someone by using sensitive material in a mean way.”

Cutts also said some students mistakenly believe that the “dirt” they either know or possess will discourage others from distributing digital media, but this often is not how things unfold. He said

the only way to ensure such content is never sent anywhere is to not create it.

Foster said the computer and mobile application Snapchat is particularly challenging for law enforcement because its main function is to allow images to be quickly erased automatically.

“We get involved when someone says they saw something, but then we look at all the devices that we think are involved and find nothing,” Foster said. “That doesn’t mean someone else didn’t save a screenshot or copy a Snapchat conversation in some other way.”

Foster said the safest way to interact in the digital age is to assume nothing can be permanently deleted and to act responsibly and with others in mind. He also said that between his Newton Police Department email address, the Newton SRO Facebook

“We point out that one split-second decision to take and send a photo could be something a person has to explain forever.”

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page and everyday contact with teachers and administrators, there are plenty of ways for students and others to make known any information they have about nude images of students.

“Those who know images are being distributed and don’t report it are doing the same damage as those who sent out the images,” Foster said.

Foster will soon be completing his three-year cycle as SRO and will be replaced

by Julie Britton early in the 2016-17 school year. He encourages students to be honest and forthright with all law enforcement and he encourages parents to know what is on students’ devices.

Parents are nearly always the ones paying for phones and other devices, he said.

“Know if your children are talking to someone from outside the area, or is significantly older,” Foster said.

“And know what kind of photos or video chat is going between your child and others. Look at what’s on the phones.”

Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@ newtondailynews.com

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At a Glance: Home Base Iowa

Continued from Page 1A earning the designation from a state agency. He must get at least 10 percent of county businesses to commit to hiring veterans.

“We’re still waiting on signatures from several area businesses,” Chartier said. “Trinity (Structural Towers) just signed on, which is a huge asset for us. Once we get TPI (Composites) Inc., that will be enough to move forward, that company being so big. There is verbiage to work on in a few places, but (roadside) signs have already been paid for and have arrived, and are being stored locally.”

Since former Home Base Iowa Director Kathy Anderson came to Newton to describe the designation last April, 18 Iowa communities have earned the HBI distinction. A city can put together an incentive package and qualify on its own, but Jasper’s efforts so far have all been to earn the designation as a county.

“The good thing about the program is it’s not just a state platform that can just whittled away sometime,” Chartier said. “It’s an ever-growing competition between communities who can change and modify incentives beyond the program.”

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Here are the basic built-in, state-implemented components: • A military pension tax exemption for veterans who relocate to HBI communities.

• A hiring preference program that includes transferring a professional license into Iowa.

• Automatic in-state tuition rates at all Iowa colleges and universities for relocating veterans, spouses and dependents.

• Participation in a statewide online jobs database specifically aimed at skill sets attained in the military.

A community’s incentive package is expected to go above and beyond the basic requirements of earning a Home Base Iowa designation, which are: • Getting 10 percent of area busiIowa Act (SF 2352), the partnership offers home-purchasing, employ ment-placement and educational opportunities and aid that is designed to get former military to move to certain communities.

In other business at Wednesday’s meeting, commission chair John Billingsley signed a contract with the Military Resilience Project. The New York City nonprofit will send personnel out to Iowa on a May weekend for a special retreat at the Christian Conference Center, located south of

nesses to commit to hire a specified number of veterans by 2018, whether it is one or 100 or any number.

Home Base Iowa won’t publish that total, but 10 percent of all private area businesses must sign on as part of the program.

• Submitting an incentive plan that goes above and beyond the statewide program and any regular government veterans benefits.

• Communities must agree to prominently display the Home Base Iowa Community designation. One $60 roadside metal sign must be displayed on a prominently entry point to the community.

• The community obtains written backing in seeking the designation from the appropriate local governing body — in the case of counties, the board of supervisors. Jasper County has already completed this step.

Newton, and will select about 15 Jasper County veterans to participate.

Chartier led a discussion about how the retreat will be funded.

Veterans who are chosen for the retreat will not be charged.

Chartier announced plans to travel to a homeless veterans facility in Bremer County to see what it’s like before sending Jasper County veterans to the facility.

There was also discussion about training newly hired part-time Veterans Affairs employee Charlotte Ross and how she

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Council Continued from Page 1A garbage and recycling cost of comparable Iowa cities.

A former D&D property is also up for sale at the Monday meeting. The sale of the property, 326 E. 11th St. N., will have a public hearing before being accepted for purchase.

Originally bought for $4,000, an additional $7,500 was spent to complete demolition work on the lot. According to the Jasper County Assessor, the lot is 50 feet by 134 feet and is not considered to be a prime candidate for redevelopment because of its narrow width.

Following the sale, all funds received will be returned to the D&D program for use on additional acquisitions and/or demolitions. It would also return the property to the tax base and eliminate the city’s maintenance responsibilities and costs associated with it.

Also on the agenda, the council plans to return to the topic of the South Second Avenue Street improvements project, which it tabled at the Feb. 2 meeting.

Following parking concerns from Terry Sallis, owner of Integrated Treatment Services, the council requested city staff to work on another option for the reconstruction plan.

Updated plans and specifications have been prepared and are ready to be presented to the council and then placed out for bid. The project will include pavement scarification and asphalt resurfacing, reconstruction on the north and south curb/gutter, storm sewer upgrades and lighting and pedestrian curb ramp improvement at intersections. The engineer’s estimated cost of construction totals $1.5 million.

Wrapping up the action items, the council will look to approve an agreement concerning the relocation of Avalanche Composites, a fiberglass product manufacturer currently in Newton.

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Empty Nest

Mock chicken legs

By Curt Swarm Guest Columnist

www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | Feb. 12, 2016

I can barely remember my mother making mock chicken legs. She also called them poor man’s chicken. We loved them, and scarfed mock chicken legs down like half-starved thieves. It was an old family recipe handed down from her mother, and her mother’s mother. The recipe no doubt came over on the boat from wherever, through Ellis Island, to the dinner tables of tradition-starved America.

Mock chicken legs, we also called them mock mocks, are made from pork steak cut into thin strips, rolled in cracker crumbs, then formed into cubes (a leg), and held together with a toothpick.

They are then fried like chicken.

You can even make gravy. It was a Depression Era food, a way of replacing more expensive and less available chicken with pork, like monk fish for lobster. In Iowa, there has always been an abundance of pork.

I had forgotten all about mock chicken legs. I don’t know why.

All of my cooking skills today are derived from watching my mother cook, i.e., gravy, fried chicken, chili. Maybe it was because we started raising chickens of our own, and why make mock chicken legs (they’re a lot of work) when you can have the real thing?

So, when my second cousin, Pammie Salter, from Agency, called and said, “You wanna come over for mock chicken legs?” I asked, “What are those?” There was a moment of silence. She asked if I was having a senior moment. But, as she explained what mock chicken legs are, the memory of what looks and tastes like chicken, slowly came back, like grease oozing out of a pork chop.

So, I jumped at the chance. If nothing else, it would be another exercise in the sampling of Americana novelty food. After all, I had recently drug Ginnie kicking and screaming to Bruce’s Bar in Severance, Colo. (where the geese fly, and the bulls cry) for Rocky Mountain Oysters. So why not

mock chicken legs?

By the way, it makes sense that a town called “Severance” would have a bar that served Rocky Mountain Oysters. Sever: get it? Ginnie did sample a Rocky Mountain Oyster, and liked it.

When Ginnie and I walked into Pammie’s house, the aroma took me back to my youth: mock chicken legs for Sunday dinner, rabbit hunting in the afternoon, and “The Ed Sullivan Show” with stove-top popcorn Sunday night.

The mock chicken legs were just like I remembered, crispy, tasty and filling; like gold pouring through my body.

Here’s the recipe for Mock Chicken Legs: (Pammie didn’t have to kill me.) Flatten and cut pork steak into 2 inch strips. Trim the fat, or leave it on for flavor.

Beat eggs and add a little milk.

Crush up a couple of hand fulls of saltine crackers. Dip the pork steak in the egg, then the cracker crumbs. Roll up and secure with a toothpick. If you want to

go the extra mile, add a wooden dowel and form a fake chicken leg. Brown on all sides in oil until very brown. Braise by adding water, and cover. Simmer until tender, one to two hours, adding water as needed (three to four times).

Pammie and I half-seriously discussed setting up a stand at the state fair and selling mock chicken legs. After all, fried-anything-on-a-stick goes over pretty well for Iowans, or wannabe Iowans.

Mock chicken legs are also known as “city chicken.” Whatever you call them, mock chicken legs are a novelty, and throwback to days when people made do with the little they had — which we need more of.

Pammie sent a baker’s dozen home with us, along with her like-candy baked beans, smashed potatoes and coleslaw — a ready-to-go Pammie dinner without leaving the farm.

Call or text Curt Swarm in Mt. Pleasant at 319-2170526 or email him at curtswarm@yahoo.com

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Letter to the Editor

Modern times call for modern wages

Tiffiny Lane Des Moines It’s a simple solution to a simple problem. When something becomes outdated, you upgrade.

That’s why 14 states recognized lagging wages that weren’t keeping up with inflation and raised their workers’ wages at the beginning of this year. Sadly, Iowa was not one of those states. Instead, some of Iowa’s hardest working, but lowest paid laborers are left waiting for an upgrade and a living wage that will help provide for their families’ basic needs.

For the past seven years, Iowans have been earning the bare minimum wage allowed by the federal government: $7.25 an hour. Iowa politicians often boast about the state’s low unemployment rate. But, there’s nothing to brag about low-paying jobs that

offer workers zero chance of upward mobility. Iowa’s workforce deserves better than the bare minimum, and a living wage is the only way to lift people out of poverty and ensure a thriving state economy.

Stagnant wages perpetuate the cycle of poverty and offer little hope of social mobility to our state’s lower classes. Wages stagnated at $7.25/hr. are outdated in today’s economy no matter where you live. Current wages haven’t kept up with the costs of childcare, car maintenance, utilities and other life necessities. Many low-wage workers are actively seeking better jobs and opportunities, but social mobility becomes nearly impossible when current wages aren’t enough to keep the phone turned on or power their electricity.

There are too many Iowans who work 40 hours or more a week and are still drowning in a sea of debt. People living from

paycheck to paycheck are incapable of saving money for next month let alone their children’s future or their retirement. Many are reluctantly forced to rely on government assistance programs.

They don’t want a handout, and for many, it’s a shot to their pride.

But there’s little alternative when current wages aren’t enough to feed and clothe their children.

In 2016, Iowa can help combat the endless cycle of poverty by adopting a “living wage”. A living wage is not the bare minimum. It’s an adequate wage adjusted for inflation and the current costs of goods and services.

Low-wage workers aren’t trying to break the backs of small businesses or thrust them into bankruptcy. They’re trying to save their families. They’re seeking hope, a brighter future and an opportunity to better themselves.

14 other states are giving their workers a raise this year, and it’s in all Iowans’ best interests to

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I am a little embarrassed to admit it, but I have an addiction. I’m g u i l t y.

I go on binges. I have fallen victim to …

Netflix.

I t started out as an oc- By Dana King casional movie, using my son’s account.

Living in the country, we don’t have unlimited access to the Internet like city dwellers, so I was very cautious with my viewing habits.

Apparently someone somewhere decided those of us living in rural areas aren’t entitled to the same access to the world via that magical blue cable connected to our computers as citizens within the confines of an invisible city boundary.

So anyway…

I received a call from girl-child. Netflix offers a 30-day free trial and her 30 days were up. Being a bit stingy with her money, instead of paying the $7.99 monthly fee to continue her subscription, she wanted me to sign up for the service for the free month’s trial, so she could continue watching the streaming programs using my account. OK, no problem.

That’s when things went south. After all, if I had a free month, I should benefit from it.

Right? So I found different movies and shows to watch and monitored my Internet usage closely.

Eventually I saw the $7.99 charged to my bank account. Well, shoot, I didn’t get it canceled in time, but whatever. I’ll just continue to watch a few movies for the next month to get my money’s worth and THEN cancel. No biggy.

But that’s how it got me. I had been well within my allotted Fair Access Policy agreement, meaning I was using my share of Internet time properly according to my service

provider. So, that meant I could watch even more programming from my computer.

Then it happened, and I can’t even tell you how I stumbled across it. I found a Spanish program on Netflix called “Grand Hotel.”

What makes it even crazier, I don’t speak Spanish.

Fortunately for me, it’s subtitled.

I think the picture on the Netflix menu probably caught my eye, since it put me in mind of “Downton Abbey.”

The photo showed the elegantly coiffed owners of the Grand Hotel in 1905, with the servants standing sullen and sober behind them.

Let me tell you, those Spanish folks know how to write. I was hooked.

And boy did my Internet usage spike. I was pushing my limits and I knew it. However, our Internet service provider ‘gives’ us bonus time on the Internet … from 3 to 8 a.m. Bwaahahaha! And so it began, my shameful middleof-the-night ritual. I’m on Season 3 — the final season — ready to watch episode 64 of 66 of those delicious onehour installments.

Yesterday, when I got home from work, I checked on the remaining availability of my Internet usage. NOOOOO! I’d reached my download threshold! I broke out in a cold sweat. My pulse started racing.

My mouth was suddenly dry. I’M OUT OF GIGABYTES! I’ve been forced to see the error of my ways. Time to take a deep breath, get back to my Kindle and read.

But wait, I just noticed the calendar. My Internet resets Saturday.

I’ll be heading back to the “Grand Hotel” this weekend!

Ummm … hold on a second … did I say episode 64 of 66?

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Obituaries James A. Jenkins Feb. 6, 2016 James A. Jenkins, 80, passed away at home in Nebraska surrounded by his family Feb. 6, 2016.

Born in Ne w ton, he is the son of Daniel B. and

Ernie T. Cook Feb. 10, 2016 Ernie T. Cook, Jr., 59, of Newton, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at his home.

A funeral service will be at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the First Christian Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb.

Aura (Fleming) Jenkins. He retired from Leach Camper Sales.

Previously, James drove a Lincoln city bus, was in the food service industry 20 years and was a 25 year member of Moose Lodge. He enjoyed fishing, cards, bingo, western books, hunting morel mushrooms and a good laugh.

James is survived by his wife Annette (Rogge); brothers, Bill and Dean, both of Newton;

sister-in-law Judy Jenkins, of Newton; sons, Jimmy (Kathy) of Arkansas and Richard Phipps of Iowa; daughter, Terri (Dan) Sheil of Texas; stepsons, John (Connie) Mahaney and Alex (Kathy) Strickland, all of Lincoln; stepdaughters, Connie Thompson of Wyoming, Christina Neely of Arizona, and Diana Miller and Cynthia Lorenzen, both of Lincoln; 24 grandchildren;

20 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; second wife, Barbara (DeHaai/Mahaney; brother Dan; sisters, Elma Rodgers and Lucille Wolfe; and stepson, Jimmy Mahaney.

Following cremation, a service will be at 11 a.m. Feb. 20 at First Evangelical Free, 3280 S. 84th in Lincoln. Memorials may be directed to family.

15 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials in Ernie’s name may be left at the funeral home or the church the morning of the service.

Ernie, the son of Ernie and Eleanor (Bertram) Cook, Sr., was born May 30, 1956 in St. Joseph, Mo. He married Donna Southern April 2, 1983, at the First Christian Church in Newton. They made their home in St. Joseph, before moving to Newton. Ernie graduated from Associated Builders and Contractors Trade

School in Marshalltown.

He worked as a master plumber, owning his own company Cook Plumbing from 1996 until his retirement in 2015, when his son, Christopher, took over the ownership.

After he retired from fulltime work, he worked part-time at Farver True Value in Newton. Ernie enjoyed helping others, which was why he liked being a plumber. He also enjoyed hunting and spending time with his family.

Those left to survive Ernie are his wife,

Donna Cook of Newton; children, Christopher (Elizabeth) Cook of Colfax, Katie (Darrel) Meling of Newton, and Kevin (Kristi) Cook of Newton; grandchildren, Cadance, Maynard and Emerson; his siblings, Raymond (Vicki) Cook and Pam Shalline, both of St. Joseph, Mo.; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Russell and JoAnn Southern of Newton. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Allen Cook and Stillman “Tinker” Cook.

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The Newton Community School District will have school on Monday. This day is designated on the school calendar as a make up day to account for the Feb. 2 snow day.

Students will not have class on Feb. 29, a designated professional development day for teachers.

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• Berg Middle School Drama will host two productions of “Comic Book Artist” at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday at Newton Senior High School.

Twenty-seven students are participating from the middle school. The show will bring the incredibly popular comicbook genre to life with this hilarious action-packed superhero saga. Admission is free.

• Masonic Breakfast will begin at 6 a.m. Saturday at Preston Masonic Lodge, 407 W. Second St. in Prairie City.

• Newton High School After Prom Committee will host a pop can drive from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Saturday at the high school, 800 E. Fourth St. S. in Newton. Donations go to After Prom activities.

• Garden Thyme Club will meet at 8:30 a.m.

Saturday at Deep Rock Station Gardens in Sully.

Visitors and new members are always welcome.

Contact the Sully City Clerk at 641-594-3493 for more information.

• Teen Challenge of the Midlands will host its car auction at 10 a.m. at its facility, in Colfax. Overflow auction parking and shuttle service will be available from Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

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

• Iowa Marble Club Show will begin at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Prairie City Community Building, 508 S. State St. in Prairie City. Mini marble show and marble ID day. Admission is free and a lunch will be provided. For more information visit www.

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• Jasper County Conservation will host its cross-country ski and snowshoe clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve in eastern Jasper County. Both beginners who wish to learn how to ski or snowshoe and the more advanced who wish to sharpen their skills on the trails are encouraged to attend. Snowshoes, skis and boots in all sizes will be available for a $10 equipment fee, or participants can bring their own equipment.

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

• Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Park Centre Garden Room in Newton. For more information, contact Eloise Prater at 641-792-1018.

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

• NAMI of Jasper County will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Skiff Medical Center, 204 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton. Discussion will include Mental Health First Aid classes and there will be time to talk about any personal matters.

Enter the south entrance at Skiff and the meeting is in the south board room.

• Newton Golden K Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Newton Village for social time, coffee and a program. Anyone interested in the program or learning more about Golden K Kiwanis is welcome to come as a guest. For more information contact the Rev. Thomas Lloyd at 641-792-3612.

• Congressman Dave Loebsack’s District Representative Bri Dennison will host open office hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery, 114 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

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

• The Newton Rotary Club will meet at noon Tuesday at the DMACC Newton Campus upstairs banquet room. The program will be presented by Bob Callaghan, giving a update on the Newton School District. Anyone interested the Newton Rotary Club is welcome. For more information or to make reservations for lunch please call Miranda Kulis at 641-417-9174 or Andrew Davis at 330-322-5111.

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Parenting at ex’s house is an issue for new wife

DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced father who has recently remarried. I have parenting time with my children one weeknight and every other weekend.

My children have told me that during the week they prefer doing their homework at their mother’s home. They say that by the time I pick them up, prepare dinner and they start their homework, it’s already time to return to their mother’s. They are at ages where homework assignments can take several hours.

My ex is OK with me spending time with them at her home. She uses the time to run errands and do other things she may not have time for during the week. When there’s no school, I bring the kids to our house.

All weekend parenting time takes place at my home.

The problem is, my present wife can’t stand that I spend time with my children at my ex’s home. She doesn’t understand why I won’t bring them here. I feel there’s ample opportunity on the weekends for my kids to be at our house and for her to build a relationship with them. Academics are crucial at this point in their lives.

So — do I disrupt their homework to accommodate my wife? Or should I continue the arrangement that my kids, my former wife and I have established? — PARENTING TIME IN NEBRASKA DEAR PARENTING TIME: It appears you have married a woman who is insecure. Your children’s reasons for wanting to stay at their mother’s during the week seem valid. You didn’t mention how long you and wife No. 2 have been married, but if it’s a brand-new marriage, point out that during school breaks and summer vacation she will have the midweek time to bond with your children that she’s craving.

DEAR ABBY: My employer host-

ed a professional development workshop on workplace etiquette and conduct related to gender and personal identity. The facilitator told us to make sure we always use the gender pronoun preferred by the person we are talking to or about. But she didn’t give any guidance about how to know what those pronouns are if it’s not clear from someone’s outward appearance. Additionally, I have learned I’m not very good at guessing.

Is there a polite way to ask someone if they prefer to be called he or she? What about people who don’t use either? It seems like there’s a lot of opportunity to offend someone.

I’d hate to upset anyone by using the wrong pronoun, but I also don’t want to admit to the person that I can’t tell if he or she is a man or woman. It’s like walking in a minefield. — WHAT’S RIGHT? DEAR WHAT’S RIGHT: This is such new territory, it may take a while for the general public to adjust.

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CORALVILLE — The Department of Corrections said a man convicted last month of two murders in southern Iowa has killed himself in prison. The agency says staffers at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville found 37-year-old Jerry Ray Dillinger hanging from a bed sheet in his room late Wednesday. He later died in an Iowa City hospital. Dillinger was convicted of killing his former sister-in-law, Loretta Dillinger, and Michael Robinson, who was in a relationship with a Dillinger family member.

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Court records say 38-year-old Heather Bloemendaal, of Rock Valley, was sentenced Tuesday to four years of probation.

She also was given a suspended 10-year prison sentence and was told to make restitution to Stone Soup Cafe.

SIOUX CITY — A U.S. magistrate from Sioux City has been approved to serve as a judge on one of Iowa’s federal courts.

Sen. Chuck Grassley announced Thursday that the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Leonard Strand, of Sioux City, to serve as a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Iowa.

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Iowa Senate OKs bill to dismantle Medicaid privatization DES MOINES (AP) — Plans to switch Iowa’s $4.2 billion Medicaid program into private management would be on indefinite hold under legislation passed Thursday in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but the bill is not expected to advance in the GOP-run House.

The chamber voted 29-19 for the bill, which would terminate the state’s contracts with three private companies hired to take over the program.

The one-page bill would essentially direct the Iowa Department of Human Services to give 30 days’ written notice to terminate the contracts and pursue “other initiatives to realign the health care delivery system.”

Senate President Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque, said the new system that is scheduled to take effect March 1 has been confusing. She said the three private companies have

given conflicting information to Medicaid recipients, their families and the health care providers around the state that offer services to those recipients.

Jochum expressed her own frustrations with ensuring continuing coverage for her adult daughter, a Medicaid recipient with disabilities.

“We are not bringing this before this body for any reason other than it isn’t ready,” she said. “It isn’t the right plan.”

House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, R-Clear Lake, said after the vote she did not plan to bring up the bill in the Republican-majority House, predicting Gov. Terry Branstad would veto it.

The governor, a vocal supporter of the switch, has said it would provide better care and contain growing costs.

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Still, three Republican senators voted for the bill. Others like Sen. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, said the switch to private companies is included in the state’s current and future budget projections, and to back track now would be more expensive.

The nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency estimates the Senate bill will increase the state’s costs by about $27 million in the current fiscal year and $111 million in the fiscal year that starts in July.

“To go back ... would eliminate the progress that’s already been made,” Schultz said.

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DHS, which currently oversees Medicaid, estimated last year that the privatization switch would save the state more than $50 million in the first six months of 2016.

That figure is up in the air after federal officials delayed the switch from Jan. 1 to March 1 amid concerns about Iowa’s readiness for privatization.

If the managed care switch does proceed, Senate Democrats have introduced a bill this session that would establish some state monitoring of the program to ensure the transition is working, among other bills related to the new Medicaid implementation. It’s unclear if the measures will pass. Senate Democrats also recently sent a letter to President Barack Obama and other federal officials asking them to end the privatization move.

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Continued from Page 1A parcel owners on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the Feb. 19 debate could center around specific conditions put on Dakota Access to protect landowners in the event of a permit approval.

Mingo resident Kathy Holdefer has been a leading voice in the opposition to the pipeline in Jasper County and in Iowa.

Her home was once on the proposed pipeline route before it was shifted by Dakota Access, but still sits just a few hundred yards from where it would lay.

At the deliberations Thursday Holdefer said she is still holding hope the IUB will deny the pipeline permit.

“I’m not surprised they’re taking a long time, in fact, I’m encouraged,” Holdefer said.

I think they’re doing a more thorough deliberation than I

Lindstrom Continued from Page 1A has to switch gears quickly to meet the needs of the library and Newton-area readers.

After earning her bachelor’s degree at St. Ambrose University in the Davenport, Lindstrom earned a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

She became the public services librarian in Newton in January 2013, helping engage the public in a variety of topics and programs.

“That role really helped me learn about Newton, and what sorts of interests there are,” Lindstrom said. “It also gave me a chance to show the public what we offer besides books.”

Library staff was in the process of interviewing applicants this week for the person who will become the public services librarian, replacing Lindstrom at that spot.

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expected. I think some of the tiny details are getting glossed over, but the fact that they went through parcel by parcel, and the fact that they’re really talking about where is the board’s role in the process — what facts should be weighed — that’s really encouraging, too.”

But in another statement Thursday, the Mingo landowner was critical of Dakota Access’ position throughout the 1.5 year process.

“I continue to be proud of how far we have come in resisting this attack on Iowa landowner rights as well as on our soil and water,” Holdefer said.

“I think Dakota Access thought it would bulldoze us through this process, similar to how they want to bulldoze our land. We will continue to fight this until we drive this out-of-state, private company out of Iowa.”

But not all resisters are as optimistic as Holdefer. In a

Lindstrom will continue to help market the library to the community, and she plans to help fill in at the circulation desk so she remains in touch with the public and any ongoing concerns of topics on peoples’ minds.

Lindstrom helped arrange current-event collections in her public services role, and that practice will be ongoing. Upon the recent deaths of musician David Bowie and actor Alan Rickman, she made sure to locate all of NPL’s works featuring each man with the idea a patron might want to peruse them.

“We try to stay current on events, and present both sides of the issues of the day,” Lindstrom said. “For example, if we’re going to feature a display on changing marijuana laws, we’ll have books or other materials both for and against the changes.”

Her daily routine — a term loosely used, as

unions have been a quiet presence at the deliberations all week. Ryan Hollinrake, of Indianola, is the training coordinator for Local Operators 234.

He said Thursday that he’s confident the board will pass the project, and union workers have been upgrading skilled training for journeymen and recruiting and training new apprentices to prepare manpower for the pipeline, if approved.

“The utility board has a large issue in front of them to decide, but, ultimately, I think they’ll realize the Dakota Access pipeline will benefit Iowa long-term,” Hollinrake said. “A project of this scale you always hear a lot of rumors. We haven’t bought into any of those. We’re just been gearing up, training our people and trying to gain more man power.”

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all sorts of “fix-it” projects come up — usually involves being the first full-time employee to arrive at the library.

She sets up the cash drawer for the front desk, checks email and has the closest thing to “quiet time” in the pre-opening hours. After that, meetings and other tasks take her on a whirlwind that often lasts well into the evening hours.

The years ahead offer special challenges in the financial and technological realms for libraries, which are expected to offer both traditional and an ever-expanding array of digital-based services within the constraints of strained government budgets.

“Libraries will always be about books, first and foremost,” Lindstrom said. “One question we constantly ask is ‘What does the community want?’ Some people want to download music (using an app called Fregal), and others like the social aspects, such ment Base odel Rem

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as book clubs.”

Lindstrom said strong support from the City of Newton, the Newton Public Library Foundation and the Friends of the Friends of the Newton Public Library are critical.

Padilla, who took over as director in 2001, said she has confidence Lindstrom will overcome both the everyday and the strategy components of the position.

“Nicole is going to do very well,” Padilla said.

“For libraries, readers are the community. The library’s services should reflect who those readers are. Nicole understands that.”

Here’s what Lindstrom has to say about a few of her many goals for the NPL in the years ahead: • Apply for more and more grants. “There is a lot of money out there for libraries, and some of these are obtained by simply filling out a form.”

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logical upgrades needed in a library the size of NPL is not only daunting, but requires updating almost constantly: “There might be some hardware or programs that turn out to be more popular than others.”

• Digitizing hard-copy archives: “We have a great deal of items from the Newton Daily News archives, along with items from the Maytag Library, that help tell the history of the area.”

• Audiobooks: “This was a really obviously trend when people had CDs or cassettes in their hands, but digital books and podcasts are still really popular, especially with younger readers.”

• Speaking of younger readers, what do they read? “I don’t really like the term ‘young adult’ as a reader category. But it is important to keep an eye on what each age group is reading, and what platforms they’re using.”

• Facilitate some rearranging of shelving

and furniture within the library, along with other physical improvements.

For example, Lindstrom said, the building has its original carpet from when it opened in 1992.

• Even more community involvement, from concerts to classes and social activities: “I had no idea adult coloring would bring out 45 people, and 15 on the night of the Iowa Caucuses, when it was super cold.

This involvement needs to continue to grow.”

• Stabilizing the team at NPL: “We’ve hired about four pages within the past year. We want to establish a strong staff, and keep it together for the long term. I’ve also been asked what I’ll change about how things are run here; I don’t see any really big changes happening and I don’t want any of the staff to feel like there is perpetual change to all of their daily duties.”

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By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Focus. Fun. Work.

All five Newton Cardinal boys used those words in describing this week heading into Saturday’s 2016 Iowa High School Boys’ State Swimming Championships.

Newton qualified in six events at last Saturday’s district swim meet in Johnston. The Cardinals are ready to compete in the state meet at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA. “Our main goal for Saturday is try to improve our times. As long as we improve our times, we’ve had a successful meet,” Newton head coach Dave Hook said.

“I’m very pleased with our seedings going into the state meet. Our relays will be in the second heats right in the middle, which is a perfect place to be for a relay.”

State meet competition begins at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA swimming pool. Admission for all spectators is $10. The parade of teams is at 12:10 p.m.

Saturday’s IHSAA state swim meet will be video streamed live on the Internet through the NFHS Network.

Go to NFHSNetwork.com for more information.

Seniors Isaak Webb and Aaron King lead the Cardinal contingent as the two will compete in their third straight state meet for Newton.

Sophomore Lucas Warner is going for a second consecutive year while junior Logan Heisdorffer and sophomore Jacob Knoll are competing in their first state meet.

Webb, King and Warner are from Pella Community High School. Webb and King have been swimming for Newton’s boys the past three years. Warner is in his second season on the combined swim team.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Ready to represent Newton Cardinal Swimming at Saturday’s 2016 Iowa High School Boys’ State Swimming Championships are, from left, sophomore Lucas Warner, senior Isaak Webb, sophomore Jacob Knoll, senior Aaron King and junior Logan Heisdorffer. The five swimmers have prepared this week for Saturday’s state competition in Marshalltown.

“We’re having fun this week, but working hard during our sets in practice,” Webb said. “This year the team — not just the guys going to state, but the whole team — had a different focus. It’s been a great year for us all.”

Webb won a district championship in the 100-yard breaststroke for the second

year in a row. He finished second in the 100 butterfly. King and Warner went fifth and sixth in the district 50 freestyle and qualified for state.

King was sixth in the butterfly and advanced to state while Warner was sixth in the 100 freestyle and moved on.

Newton qualified in two relay races. The Cardinals’

200 medley team and the 200 freestyle relay took third at district. Heisdorffer combined with Webb, King and Warner for a season’s best time in the medley relay.

Knoll joined King, Warner and Webb for a season’s best time in the freestyle relay.

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Iowa Speedway,Iowa Corn cultivate multi-year partnership Newton Daily News It will be the Iowa Corn 300 through 2018 for the Verizon IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway.

Iowa Speedway and Iowa Corn announced Friday morning a multi-year sponsorship renewal by Iowa Corn as title sponsor of the IndyCar Series race at the Speedway. Iowa Corn is in

its 10th year of partnership at the Newton race track.

The renewed agreement continues the second longest entitlement sponsorship in IndyCar racing. The 2016

Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 is July 10. Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires and the Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires also will be in action July 10.

“The state of Iowa continues to lead this country in the production of corn and cornbased ethanol, and we are honored to celebrate and promote these industries at Iowa

Speedway,” Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small said.

“This has become a lauded Iowan tradition enjoyed by millions across the globe. We are incredibly proud to authentically demonstrate the performance of ethanol in the world’s fastest race cars here at the Fastest Short Track on the Planet.”

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C-M girls can’t finish off North Tama in playoff opener

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News TRAER — The Colfax-Mingo girls basketball team held a lead after three of the four quarters of action Thursday night during the opening round of the Class 1A Region 3 tournament against North Tama.

Unfortunately, for the Tigerhawks, the one quarter they didn’t have the advantage was the fourth as the Redhawks scored the game’s final seven points and rallied for a 31-28 home victory.

The Tigerhawks held a two-point lead with two minutes to go in the game but turned it over on back-to-back possessions.

That proved to be the momentum swing in the game as North Tama

converted both miscues into buckets at the other end and outscored Colfax-Mingo 7-2 in the final quarter.

“Two turnovers in a row. That’s the story of our season,” Colfax-Mingo coach Michelle Grant said. “If we turn the ball over four less times a game, if it’s the right four, we may have won a few more games that we lost.”

Sophomore Ries Wilson scored the Tigerhawks’ first seven points but did not score again after battling through foul trouble the rest of the night.

Wilson picked up two in the first quarter, had three at halftime and missed most of the third quarter when she was whistled for a questionable foul two minutes into the second half.

Wilson was called for

three of Colfax-Mingo’s five first-half fouls.

North Tama was whistled for five fouls in the entire game.

“I significantly disagree with the officiating tonight. I am not happy with that at all,” Grant said. “I hate saying anything about the officials, that’s not me.

You can’t control that, and we need to control what we can control, but I was not impressed with the crew.

“The fourth foul on Ries was a huge call.

She stood straight up and moved her wrists a little bit. I guess it was enough to blow the whistle.”

The officiating didn’t lose the game for Colfax-Mingo, but some inHyde/Daily News dividual decisions didn’t Colfax-Mingo junior Amy Russell,Troyleft, drives to help matters. the basket against North Tama in the Class 1A ReTIGERHAWKS | 2B

gion 3 opener Thursday in Traer. Russell scored six points in the Tigerhawks’ 31-28 loss.

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Senior Nights leading to postseason Senior Nights have been rolling by us as high school winter sports wrap up. All that means is the postseason is here.

Friday night is a big night for Newton High’s basketball teams. First, it is Senior Night for the Cardinal girls as Friday is their final By Jocelyn Sheets regular-season game at home. Newton Daily News Secondly, it is Coaches vs. Sports Editor Cancer Night No. 2 for NHS. Newton High has partnered with the American Cancer Society and Coaches vs. Cancer for #Cure. The first night was Tuesday to raise funds to fight cancer, provide services and programs for cancer patients and caregivers and fund cancer research.

Newton has the 3-Point Attack against Cancer in place. For every 3-point field goal made by the Cardinal girls and boys’ varsity teams there has been money pledged. On Tuesday, the Cardinal varsity teams combined for 15 3-pointers against Pella.

Friday night, the same 3-Point Attack is on for the varsities to hit long-range shots against Norwalk.

There is a Dedication Wall filled with paper hearts honoring loved ones or dear friends associated with cancer. During halftime of the boys’ varsity game, recognition will be made to all loved ones and close friends of the basketball players, coaches, cheerleaders and Pacesetter fighting or lost to cancer.

Then comes the “miracle minute.” Buckets will be passed in the stands for donations to the American Cancer Society — checks will be accepted.

Newton High’s boys have one more regular-season home game, Monday against Winterset. That will be the Cardinal boys’ Senior Night.

Friday and Monday will not be the last time the Newton High basketball teams play at home. They both host firstround playoff games.

Newton’s girls host Bondurant-Farrar to open Class 4A Region 7 tournament action.

The game will be a 7 p.m. tipoff on Wednesday.

Newton’s boys are the No. 1 seed in Class 3A District 12, which means Newton hosts a first-round doubleheader on Feb. 22. The Cardinals (11-7) play South Tama at 8 p.m. The first game is Grinnell against Oskaloosa.

Postseason is underway for area high school wrestling teams. Newton takes a full team to Saturday’s Class 3A District 5 tournament at Dallas Center-Grimes.

Prairie City-Monroe has seven wrestlers and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter has one wrestler in Saturday’s Class 2A District 6 tournament at Knoxville. Lynnville-Sully and Colfax-Mingo each have a wrestler in the Class 1A District 5 tournament at Pleasantville.

Newton’s Cardinal boys swim team qualified in six events for the state swim meet.

Newton’s bowling teams have had a long practice period to tune up for Saturday’s Little Hawkeye Conference meet.

The Cardinal bowlers go to a Class 2A district tournament Tuesday in West Des Moines.

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

(Senior Night), varsity boys 7:30 p.m. (Coaches vs. Cancer night) PCM boys at Greene County, 7:30 p.m.

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

SICL Boys Crossover Games Keota at Lynnville-Sully, 7:30 p.m.

Sigourney at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Wrestling Class 3A District 5 Newton at Dallas Center-Grimes, noon Class 2A District 6 PCM, CMB at Knoxville, noon Class 1A District 5 Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at Pleasantville, noon Boys Swimming Newton at state meet, Marshalltown, 12:30 p.m.

Bowling Newton at LHC meet, Norwalk, noon Basketball Girls Regional Class 3A Region 7 CMB at Nevada, 7 p.m.

Clarke at PCM, 7 p.m.

Monday Basketball Winterset at Newton boys, 9th 4:45 p.m., JV 6:15 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. (Senior Night) Boys Districts Class 2A District 13 At Madrid CMB vs. Woodward Academy, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday Bowling Newton at 2A district meet, West Des Moines, noon Basketball Girls Regional Class 1A Region 3 GMG at Lynnville-Sully, 7 p.m.

Shooting woes plague PCM in loss to Gilbert

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News GILBERT — The Prairie City-Monroe boys basketball team struggled to make shots Tuesday night during a Heart of Iowa Conference game with firstplace Gilbert.

As a result, the Mustangs are no longer in the running for a share of the HOIC championship.

PCM made 18-of54 from the floor and couldn’t overcome a 20-7 deficit in the second quarter during a 5846 road loss to the Tigers on Tuesday night.

The win wrapped up the HOIC title for Gilbert, which improved to 12-3 in conference play.

At 10-5, PCM can tie for second with a win at Greene County on Friday. The Mustangs will tie North Polk for third in the league with a loss and a Comet win at Roland-Story.

Senior Logan Gilman had a tough shooting night. PCM’s leading scorer came into the game averaging more than 20 points per game but was held to 11 on 3-of-16 shooting. He had four rebounds and four assists.

Junior Luke Greiner led the way for PCM with 18 points, 11 rebounds and four steals.

Freshman Andrew Van Ryswyk scored a career-high 10 points.

Gilbert improved to 14-4 on the year. PCM dropped to 13-7.

The Mustangs play Greene County in the regular season finale at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Jefferson.

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Stover’s career night leads Raiders to easy win

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News WOODWARD — A career night from senior Brady Stover helped the Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter boys’ basketball team snap a 10-game losing streak Thursday night.

Stover poured in 33 points and had three steals as the Raiders sent Woodward-Granger to its 11th straight loss with a 64-46 road victory.

The Raiders led by five at the break but cruised to the easy win after outscoring the

Hawks 24-9 in the third quarter.

Stover was 14-of-25 from the floor. His previous career high was 24 points. Junior Hunter Stover McWhirter had 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists in the win, while freshman Will Clapper added 11 points and eight rebounds.

The Raiders (3-17) came

into the game averaging 47 points per contest.

They led 49-29 after three quarters.

Woodward-Granger (2-18) lost its 11th straight game in large part because it made just 15-of-44 from the floor.

Both teams made three 3-pointers and 13 free throws.

Nick Squires had 19 points and 12 rebounds, while Grant Krichel put in 10 points for the Hawks.

The win gives CMB a little bit of momentum heading into the regular season finale at

Tigerhawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo sophomore McKeely Tjaden, right, pulls up for a jumper against North Tama in Thursday’s Class 1A Region 3 playoff game in Traer. Tjaden scored eight points in the Tigerhawks’ 31-28 loss.

ton or Ries to roll out,” Grant said. “Payton is the shooter we want to look for.”

It was the fourth straight win for North Tama, and the Redhawks have won seven of their last eight games. They’ll face Gladbrook-Reinbeck at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Belle Plaine.

The Rebels knocked off host Belle Plaine, 48-43, on Thursday.

Tjaden scored a team-high eight points and grabbed five rebounds for the Tigerhawks, while Wilson added seven points and nine boards.

Hostetter scored five points and pulled down seven rebounds, and Brown also corralled five boards. Russell scored six points.

Howard scored 10 points and had seven steals, while Wrage dished out eight assists for the Redhawks, who survived a poor shooting night from the floor.

“The homecourt advantage wasn’t present for us tonight,” North Tama coach Phil Moss said. “We got the shots we wanted, they just weren’t falling for us.”

While the shots weren’t falling, North Tama did have

long, deliberate offensive possessions, and that helped the Redhawks dominate on the glass in the first half. It also created some driving lanes to the basket for Howard and Schafer.

“It affected our rebounding. We weren’t in a good position to rebound the ball,” Grant said. “If we were, we couldn’t hold them back because we were tired from playing defense so long.”

Moss added, “We wanted to move the ball against their 2-3 zone to get them out of position. They over-commit a little bit so the ball movement also created some driving lanes. We were able to make their zone move.”

Colfax-Mingo 9-8-9-2—28 North Tama 8-5-11-7—31 C-M (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Russell 3-0-36, Tjaden 4-0-1-8, Wilson 2/1-0-4-7, Hostetter 2-1-1-5, Brown 1-0-4-2. Totals: 13/1-1-12-28.

North Tama (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): McKinley 1 0-0 2, Wrage 1/1-0-3-3, Howard 4-20-10, Schafer 6-0-0-12, Hillman 2-0-0-4.

Totals: 14/1-2-5-31.

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Iowa can’t overcome early deficit at Indiana BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery needed his team to be better Thursday night.

His players shot the ball all right.

They outscored the Hoosiers inside and they rallied from a 16-point deficit to take a four-point lead midway through the second half.

They just weren’t good enough.

Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell scored 14 points to beat Iowa’s defensive pressure, found open teammates and finished the game by making four straight free throws to help the Hoo-

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Tigerhawk boys regain some momentum after win over Pleasantville

Continued from Page 1B Aside from the calls against Wilson, Grant said she tried to call timeout on two different possessions, but the officials let 5 seconds run off the clock before stopping play both times.

Colfax-Mingo led 9-8 after one quarter. A McKeely Tjaden drive and bucket shifted the advantage back to the Tigerhawks after North Tama took the lead on backto-back hoops by Madison Howard.

Dakota Hostetter scored inside to push the Tigerhawks lead to three early in the second, but the Redhawks (148) went back in front with an Abbie Schafer jumper and an Alyssa Wrage trey.

Mackensie Brown made a layup and got fouled to tie it, Tjaden scored inside to put her team back up a deuce, and Amy Russell’s jumper sent the Tigerhawks into halftime with a 17-13 lead.

The largest lead of the game for either team came early in the third when Hostetter made 1-of-2 free throws to push the advantage to five.

Seven straight from North Tama — five in a row from Howard — shifted momentum back over to the hosts, but each team traded buckets to get to 24-all, and then Tjaden’s jumper, after tying it with a putback, gave the Tigerhawks a two-point lead heading into the final quarter.

Russell converted a bucket on the baseline following a Hostetter offensive rebound on Colfax-Mingo’s first possession of the fourth quarter, but the Tigerhawks never scored again.

Shelby McKinley got a steal at the top of the key and raced to the other end of the floor for an uncontested layup to tie it at 28-all, and then another turnover led to a Schafer basket on an inbounds pass. The basket by McKinley earned her only two points of the game, while Schafer had a game-high 12 points and seven rebounds.

Howard made 1-of-2 free throws with 17 seconds to play to put the Redhawks up three, and Payton Rhone’s attempt at a game-tying 3-pointer was off line.

The final possession came out of a timeout, and Grant said the right person took the final shot.

“We were looking for Pay-

Gilbert. That game tips off at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The Raiders open Class 2A District 13 play against Woodward Academy (5-16) at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Madrid.

Woodward Academy has lost 11 of its last 13 games.

One of the two wins was an 80-63 victory over Woodward-Granger back on Jan. 19.

Those two teams split their two meetings this season.

siers hold on for an 85-78 upset victory.

Jarrod Uthoff led the Hawkeyes (19-5, 10-2 Big Ten) with 24 points, Mike Gesell had 17 points and Adam Woodbury finished with 13 points and tied a career high with 15 rebounds.

Peter Jok left for several minutes with what appeared to be a lower left leg injury before returning.

McCaffery also liked the way his team methodically trimmed the first-half deficit to 45-38 at the half and started the second half on a 9-0 run to take their first lead

since the opening minutes.

With Ferrell running the show, the Hawkeyes couldn’t keep that lead long.

Indiana (20-5, 10-2) needed a 14-2 run to erase a four-point deficit, seize control and move into a share of the conference lead with the Hawkeyes and No. 2 Maryland.

Ferrell had plenty of help.

Four other Indiana players reached double figures including Troy Williams, who had 13 points and seven rebounds.

Robert Johnson, who had 13 points and four rebounds.

PLEASANTVILLE — Pleasantville ripped out the hearts of the Colfax-Mingo boys basketball team last season when the Trojans completed a fourth-quarter comeback by hitting a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in Colfax.

Thursday Lourens night, the Tigerhawks once again built a lead against the Trojans.

This time, Colfax-Mingo didn’t let off the gas and rolled to a 6853 road victory.

Colin Lourens followed up a 30-point effort in Monday’s loss to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont with a 23-point, 12-rebound performance against Pleasantville (14-7).

Jarod Nichols added 19 points and nine rebounds in the win as the Tigerhawks ended a modest two-game losing streak and put a halt in Pleasantville’s threegame win streak.

“This was a really good win for our guys against a fine Pleasantville team,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “We had a great effort defensively and really got on the offensive glass with 18 offensive rebounds.”

Pleasantville, which will be the top seed in the Class 2A District 12 tournament this year, came into the game averaging 65 points per contest.

Colfax-Mingo led by six at halftime but outscored the host Trojans 38-29 in the second half.

Jacob Lietz gave the Tigerhawks three players in double-figures with 13 points. He also grabbed six rebounds and had three assists, while Jared Myers had nine points and seven rebounds.

Lourens added three steals to go with his double-double. Sean Borts had a team-high four assists, while Blake Summy delivered three. “(Lietz) had a well-rounded game, (Myers) had a couple putbacks that really helped and (Summy) gave tremendous effort on defense to hold (Brady) Elder to 11 points under his average,” Borts said. “(Nichols) and (Lourens) had big offensive efforts and did a great job on the glass.

“I am really happy for our guys tonight. It was a great effort.”

Elder and Zeb Adreon each scored 12 points to lead Pleasantville, who came into the game winners of six of its last eight games.

Colfax-Mingo (12-8) looks to keep momentum in its South Iowa Cedar League cross-over game against Sigourney at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Colfax.

The Tigerhawks defeated the Savages by 23 in the earlier meeting back on Jan. 8.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Leaping into state competition are Newton Cardinal Swim team members, from left, Isaak Webb, Lucas Warner, Aaron King, Jacob Knoll and Logan Heisdorffer. The five swimmers had a little fun this week during practice heading into Saturday’s state swim meet in Marshalltown.

Swim Continued from Page 1B “I’m really excited about state this season. For one thing I’m a senior, but more important this is the first time I’ve qualified in individual events,” King said. “I was so close in qualifying individually last year.”

Webb has the top time in the breaststroke coming out of the district meets at 57.80 seconds. He is seeded No. 1 in the event with No. 2 Paul Hummell of Cedar Rapids Jefferson coming in with a 58.03 time. In the 100 butterfly, Webb sits at No. 3 with a 51.09 and King is 22nd at 54.37 seconds.

Last year, Webb finished second at the state in the butterfly race and 13th in the breaststroke. Webb has the team records in both events. He said after the district meet he had been working hard in dropping time in the breaststroke because it is the event he would like to swim at the college level.

“This state meet is exciting for me,

but also stressful. Last year, I could look to ‘next year’ to drop times and improve. Next year is now for me as I work toward the times I need for college,” Webb said.

“The butterfly is the fun event for me. It’s good I get it out of the way early in the day. With it I can get a feel for the pool and see what my body is doing.”

Webb said in the relays, he is out to do his best on his legs of each to help the team.

“I’m going in to have fun and swim my best on Saturday,” Webb said.

Newton’s 200 medley goes in with the 10th fastest time, 1 minute, 39.58 seconds, and the freestyle relay is seeded at No. 13 at 1:29.19. A year ago, Newton’s freestyle relay earned sixthplace medals with Warner, Webb and King on it. The three also were on the medley relay, which finished eighth.

King said the relay swimmers were working on turns and exchanges this week to help drop time.

“The goal for all of us is swimming

fast,” King said. “I’ve got personal time goals for my two individual races. I’d like to go after the school record in the 50 (21.37), but that will be pushing it.

I’m looking for a 53 in my 100 fly race.”

For Heisdorffer and Knoll, the state meet will be a new experience for them. Heisdorffer anchors the medley with a 50 freestyle leg. Knoll swims the third leg of the 200 freestyle relay.

“I want to break the time I had at district on my leg of the medley,” Heisdorffer said. “I’m excited to have this opportunity to compete at state.

I’m looking to have a better start off the blocks and just be happy with myself at the end of the race.”

“I thought I swam really well at district. I didn’t drop as much time as I wanted to, but I did drop time,” Knoll said. “My goal is to swim my best time and help out the relay as much as I can. Our practices have been tough, but really good this week.”

Warner, who placed 22nd in the 100 freestyle at state a year ago, goes into this year’s state with the 19th

fastest time at 49.18 seconds. King is seeded 21st in the 50 freestyle at 22.22 seconds and Warner is 23rd at 22.30.

“When I saw I got sixth in both the 50 and 100, I thought ‘dang it, I won’t make it to state,’ but we had a fast district, and I’m going,” Warner said. “I’d like to get in the mid 21s in the 50 and in the 48s in the 100. I’m working on my turns and my starts. The mindset is just finish hard.

“As for the relays, it is about just beating the guy next to you.”

Hook and assistant coach Sarah Patterson have been guiding the Cardinals through workouts this week.

“We’ve had good practices this week. The guys are having fun with it.

Their focus is good. We’re working on doing the little things they’ve worked on all season to be better swimmers — good turns, good streamlines, good starts,” Hook said.

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

Newton freshman girls win season Speedway: Iowa Corn to remain title finale; JV and freshman boys lose sponsor of Iowa Corn 300 through 2018

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News NORWALK — In their final basketball game of the season, Newton High’s freshman girls prevailed 3226 against host Norwalk Thursday night.

Newton’s freshman boys and junior varsity boys lost their games against Norwalk. The freshman boys lost 6546, and the junior varsity boys’ team dropped a 41-34 decision. The boys teams have two more games on their schedule.

After a very slow first half in which Norwalk led 7-5 at the break, Newton’s freshman girls picked up their offensive pace. The Cardinals gained the lead on a 16-10 run in the third quarter. They led 21-17 going into the fourth quarter and outscored Norwalk’s Warriors, 119, to win.

The Cardinal girls shot just 18 percent, 11-of-60, from the field. They were 7-of14 from the free-throw line. Newton controlled 32 rebounds, made 27 steals and turned the ball over 21 times.

Peyton Maher led the girls with 11 points, eight rebounds and six steals. Abbi Barr added 11 points and swiped the ball four times.

Lakin Jenkins tossed in six points and had six steals.

Scoring two points each for the Newton girls were Emily Valtman and Rachel Rhoads. Valtman pulled down seven abounds and made six steals.

Rhoads had five re-

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Teddie Brunsmann (24) guards a Norwalk player in a home game earlier this season. On Thursday, the Newton freshman girls defeated host Norwalk, 32-26.

bounds.

In the freeman boys’ game, Norwalk posted a 40-10 halftime lead and Newton couldn’t bounce back.

Aaron Bartels fired in 14 points for Newton followed by Ryan Barr and Cole Webster with eight points apiece.

Thomas Cox and Jacob Murphy had four points each and Collin Hemann added three points. Taylor Greiner and Luke Maharry each scored two points.

Newton’s junior varsity boys led Norwalk, 24-22, at halftime and still had a 32-31 lead going into the final quarter. The Cardinals were held to two points

down the stretch, losing 41-34.

Grayson Graham scored 12 points and dished out three assists for the Cardinals. Josh Gulling tossed in eight points. Grant Garvis tallied seven points and grabbed five rebounds.

Justin Fischer scored three points and made two steals. Tyler Stanton and Nate Van Zee had two points apiece.

Newton’s junior varsity and freshman boys play Monday at home against Winterset. The teams travel Thursday to Carlisle.

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

“We consider this renewed commitment as an investment in our state, and we are excited to provide Iowa Corn, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and the Iowa Corn Growers Association with the opportunity to deliver their message to an international audience,” Small said. “The state of Iowa is the largest producer of both corn and ethanol in America, and the Iowa Corn 300 is an invaluable opportunity to demonstrate the power and reliability of the renewable fuel.”

Iowa Speedway serves as a platform to support the Renewable Fuel Standard and promote the benefits of renewable fuels grown in America. IndyCar weekend at Iowa Speedway is a culmination of the nearly 40 years of hard work and dedication necessary to build the corn-based ethanol market and raises awareness about Iowa farmers’ ability to produce corn for their key trades — livestock, ethanol production and exports.

“The Iowa Corn 300 reaches a global audience with an expanding viewership,” Iowa Corn Promotion Board President and West Liberty farmer Mark Heckman said. “What’s really cool is its ethanol powering those E85 Indy cars. The program exposes a broad audience to the state

of Iowa, agriculture and corn farming while demonstrating the many benefits of ethanol including its power and performance. We had another phenomenal year in 2015, and we look forward to many more to come.”

The Iowa Corn Promotion Board, works to develop and defend markets, fund research, and provide education about corn and corn products. The Iowa Corn Growers Association is an 8,000-member strong grassroots-driven organization, headquartered in Johnston, serving members across the state, and lobbying on agricultural issues on behalf of its farmer members to create opportunities for long-term Iowa corn.

Iowa Speedway 2016 season, weekend and individual event tickets are on sale now. Current season ticket holders have the opportunity to renew their existing tickets until Feb. 24.

Payment plans are available and offer great flexibility to fans who want to spread out their payments.

The 2016 schedule of events at Iowa Speedway is as follows: June 18 – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series June 19 – NASCAR Xfinity Series July 9 – ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards July 10 – Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tires July 10 – Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires July 10 – Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 July 29 – NASCAR K&N Pro Series East / West July 30 – NASCAR Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Ryan Hunter-Reay accepts the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Iowa Corn 300 trophy from members of the Iowa Corn representatives at Iowa Speedway.

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notice and fixing a date for receiving same, and for a public hearing on plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of costs for the 2016 S. 2nd Ave Street Improvements Project.

Terry Sallis, Integrated Treatment Services, spoke in concern of the parking moving to parallel parking and eliminating spots.

Eugene Porter, 314 S 2nd Ave E. asked if the plan involved widening the street. Keith Laube, Public Works Director, indicated the plan would change the parking to 15 spaces from 22, correct the drainage issues, and allow for a uniform width. Moved

by Trotter, seconded by Chapé, to table the action in order to review the plan if the face in parking were left as is. AYES: Six. NAYS: None.

Resolution Tabled.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Kulis to Introduce a Resolution the Downtown approving Streetscape Master Plan. AYES: Six. NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2016 - 024 adopted.

Moved by George, seconded by Trotter to Introduce a Resolution revising the Management Analyst position to that of Senior Analyst.

AYES: Six. NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2016 - 025 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Chapé to Introduce a Resolution Endorsing a Shared 2016 Economic Development Strategy for Newton. AYES: Six. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2016 - 026 adopted.

Moved by George, seconded by Kulis to Introduce a Resolution Approving an Agreement for Redevelopment with Private Farrell Properties, Inc., in the Southwest Newton Urban AYES: Six. Renewal Area.

NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2016 - 027 adopted.

Laube, Public Works Director, discussed the increase in cost that Dodds is now incurring for the collection of recyclables that the recycle center was not charging initially. The recycle fee is much lower than Landfill tipping fees so it is still a cost savings as opposed to not recycling. Dodds has instituted cost saving efforts to assist in collection by using the same trucks and to accommodate would like to begin earlier. Laube received Council consensus to bring a resolution changing the start time for recycle collection to 9:00 P.M. and amending that the City pay the recycle fee just as they cover the tipping fees.

Bryan Friedman, Director of Finance, provided Council with Budget information regarding staffing. He indicated that the City received updated information on assessed value from the County which will increase the revenues by $13,000 - $14,000.

There was consensus to hold a Budget Workshop on Monday February 8th at 6:00 P.M. in order to finalize the numbers.

During new business Natalie Umsted, Senior Analyst, informed that the 2016 Attitude Survey is now online and available for citizen's participation.

There was no old business.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Trotter to move into closed session in order to discuss the purchase of particular real estate only where premature disclosure could be reasonably expected to the increase the price governmental body would have to pay for that property pursuant to the provisions of Section 21.5(1) (j), Code of Iowa 2016. AYES: Six, NAYS: None.

Motion carried. Mayor Hansen asked for a five minute recess in order to clear the Chambers.

Upon return to open session at 7:42 P.M., it was moved by Trotter, seconded by Chapé, to adjourn the meeting at 7:43 P.M. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis CMC, City Clerk February 12

PUBLIC NOTICES

DOCUMENT 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Board of Education of the Newton Community School District, will receive sealed bids for Emerson Hough Elementary School Remodel, consisting of remodeling an existing one and two-story building of masonry and totaling approximately steel 3,100 square feet.

Lump-sum bids will be received General Construction for including Mechanical and Electrical Construction.

Construction may begin immediately following execution of Agreement, and Owner receipt and approval of required bonds and insurance. The Owner that Project to be requires Substantially Complete on of before the 29th day of July, 2016.

The Board of Education will receive Bids before 2:00 PM on the 3rd day of March, 2016 in the Newton Community School District Board Room, 700 N. 4th Ave., Newton, Iowa 50208. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud after specified immediately closing time. All interested parties are invited to attend.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00 AM on the 23rd day of 2016 at Emerson February, Hough Elementary School, 700 N. 4th Ave, Newton, Iowa 50208.

Bidding Documents may be examined online at www.beelineandblue.com and at: Davenport IA: McGraw Hill.

Digital plan room.

Des Moines IA: Master Builders of Iowa. Digital plan room.

Dubuque IA: Dubuque Builders Exchange, 197 Main Street.

Fort Dodge IA: Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce, 1406 Central Avenue.

Mason City IA: North Iowa Builders Exchange, 25 West State Street.

Norcross, GA: Reed Construction Data. Digital plan room.

Rochester MN: Builders Exchange of Rochester, 108 Elton Hills Lane NW. Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from Beeline + Blue, 2507 Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312, 515-2441611 upon receipt of a refundable deposit, by cash or check in the amount of $100, or receipt of Master Builders Plans Request Card, for one set.

Any Bidder, upon returning the documents in good condition within 10 days of the public opening of bids, shall be returned the deposit in full.

Bidders will be required to provide security deposit in the form of a Bid Bond, cashiers or certified check, or certified share draft of a sum not less than 5 percent of the Base Price/Sum. Further consideration of the Bids received and award of contract or other action may be made by the Board of Education of the Newton Community School District upon proposals received in accordance law and plans and with specifications at its meeting to be held at 6:30 PM on the 14th day of March, 2016 in the Newton Community School District Board Room, 700 N 4th Ave. E, Newton, Iowa 50208.

Bids will be required to be submitted under a condition of irrevocably for a period of 30 days after submission.

Bidders shall give preference to the use of Iowa domestic labor, products and provisions and produced or grown within the State of Iowa.

The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids and waive informalities in Bidding.

By order of the Board of Education Newton Community School District Newton, Iowa By: Sheri Benson, Board President Attest: Gayle Isaac, Board Secretary/Business Manager February 12 & 19 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 2, 2016, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in regular 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: Chapé, Biondi, George, Trotter, Mullan, Kulis.

Absent: None.

Mayor Hansen asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

There was no citizen participation.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Biondi, to approve consent agenda items 3-10.

3. January 18, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes.

4. January 25, 2016 Budget Workshop Meeting Minutes.

5. Resolution Fixing the Amounts to be assessed against individual private property for the abatement of nuisance violations (Schedule 16-1). Resolution No. 2016 - 019 adopted.

6. Resolution setting a public hearing and inviting proposals for the sale of property at 326 East 11th Street North in Newton.

Resolution No. 2016 - 020 adopted.

7.

Resolution accepting completion of the 2015 Warning Replacement Project.

Siren Resolution No. 2016 - 021 adopted.

8.

Resolution accepting completion of the 2015 PCC Patching Project. Resolution No. 2016 - 022 adopted.

9. Resolution consenting to a sublease of the Trinity Structural Storage Facility to Towers General Electric International, Inc. Resolution No. 2016 - 023 adopted.

10. Approval of Bills AYES: Six. NAYS: None.

Consent agenda items approved.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan to Introduce a Resolution ordering bids, approving plans, specifications and form of contract and notice to bidders, and ordering Clerk to publish notice and fixing a date for receiving same, and for a public hearing on plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of costs for the 2016 S. 2nd Ave Street Improvements Project.

Terry Sallis, Integrated Treatment Services, spoke in concern of the moving to parallel parking parking and eliminating spots.

Eugene Porter, 314 S 2nd Ave E. asked if the plan involved widening the street. Keith Laube, Public Works Director, indicated the plan would change the parking to 15 spaces from 22, correct the drainage issues, and allow for a uniform width. Moved

by Trotter, seconded by Chapé, to table the action in order to review the plan if the face in parking were left as is. AYES: Six. NAYS: None.

Resolution Tabled.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Kulis to Introduce a Resolution

CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MINUTES FEBRUARY 8, 2016, 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 Michael L. Hansen presided.

Present Council Members: Chapé, Biondi, Trotter, Mullan, Kulis. Absent: George.

Mayor Hansen asked everyone present to join him in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Council discussion ensued regarding the funding of outside agencies. There was consensus to fund NDC at $75,000; Newton Main Street at $25,000; HIRTA at $20,000; Newton YMCA at $18,000; NHDC at $17,500; RSVP at $12,500; and Hometown Pride at $9,874.

During discussions on the funding of CVB it was determined that the funding would be set at $110,000 initially and upon of the shared completion marketing analysis Council would have the opportunity to amend the amount based on the outcome of that study.

Council agreed that although they would like to provide funding to other organizations as well, the tight budget year hinders that decision.

During the February 15th regular meeting Council will set the public hearing for budget February 29th.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan, to adjourn the meeting at 6:27 p.m. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis, City Clerk February 12

PERSONAL

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In 1898, Howard Snyder, a rural Austin, Minnesota farm boy accepted an offer from Frederick L. Maytag to start working at the Parsons Band Cutter & Self Feeder Company in Newton, Iowa. This marked the start of Snyder’s inventive career of nearly thirty years culminating in a series of innovations that propelled the Maytag name to the forefront as an iconic brand among washing machine manufacturers. Dr. Tom Hoover, a Newton Iowa historian, has written a book entitled How We Made The Gyrafoam: The Story of Two Midwestern Farm Boys Who Changed Washday Mondays Forever, which is now available. The book follows the life of Howard Snyder, raised near Rose Creek, Minnesota, and reveals the role Frederick L. Maytag, a farm boy from Laurel, Iowa, played as his benefactor and friend. Together these two outstanding men led The Maytag Company to the top of the washing machine world in 1926.

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Thought comes before action, every action. Even in the case where you didn’t know what the thought was, you can bet that it traveled through the neurons and with intent. Under the impulsive Aries moon, chances are you may not figure it out right away. But don’t forget about it, either. Ask for wisdom and greater awareness will be granted.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 12). The pain of the past has been a gift. The healing, growth and astounding insight you’ve gained is a direct consequence of this. All the same, you’ll be glad to be on the other side of it, something

you can safely celebrate these days. March brings a financial bonus and June shows you on an unbelievable adventure.

Scorpio and Pisces adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 5, 30, 44, 22 and 11.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Happiness is operating with the full use of your powers. Of course, you don’t really know what that means until you are issued the challenge of taking on more than you think you are capable of.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It all comes back to the question of what is within your power and what isn’t.

It’s important that you do not count what was in your power yesterday. Focus on today.

What could you change today if you felt so inclined?

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

When your body needs a workout, you move yourself around the block. When your brain needs a workout, you read.

Today it’s your heart that needs the exercise. You’ll strengthen it by loving under difficult circumstances.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

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or stop by 214 1st Ave. E., Newton LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The instinct to duck and hide is a healthy one to some extent; however, it simply won’t be enough to save you from the responsibilities of tomorrow.

Your best bet is to face the music, or possibly to renegotiate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Some people think they have a right to judge the things you do. Those people are deluded.

The only way they have power over you is if you give it to them. Don’t give it to them.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

The directive is to “work like a dog,” even though a lot of the “dogs” you know sleep about 80 percent of the day and all of the night. Hopefully the confusing message will be

invitation enough to entice you to get more sleep.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Whatever you can do to avoid worry, stress and tension today will be something positive for your health, even if that activity wouldn’t classically be, say, recommended by a doctor.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll get back much more than you give. This isn’t what you were going for, and in fact it may not please you much, even as it causes you to give more and more.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Take the pressure off.

Lower the stakes. Change the way you’re thinking about the challenge. It is when you’re

not overly concerned with failing or succeeding that you will do your very best.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may think that people aren’t being helpful to you, but that’s where you’re wrong.

They are actually much more helpful in their un-helpfulness than they ever could be by giving you the assistance you asked for.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

The teacher will show you an example and then step back in full belief that you will rise to the occasion. You will; you know. Maybe not the first time, or the second, but eventually.

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

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

Bethany United Church of Christ 5627 N. 95th Ave. W., Baxter, (1 mi. E. of Baxter on Station St.) Pastor Teresa Clark. Sunday after Labor Day through Memorial Day: 8:45 Junior Choir; 9:00am Adult Class, 9:15am Sunday School; & 10:30am Worship 4th & 5th Tuesday: Chapel Service at Baxter Care Center Wednesday: 6:30pm Choir Practice; Sunday after Memorial Day: 9:30am Worship. 641-227-3402 www.baxterbethanyucc.org Bible Missionary Church 909 N. 6th Ave. E. 641-840-2093 Pastor Lucas. Sunday School 9:45am, Morning Worship 10:45, Evening Service 6:00pm.

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

Call 641-792-2473.

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

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

Bible Study: Tuesday 10:00am.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handicapped accessible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Worship 10:30am; nursery available.

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

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

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

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

Randy Shideler, Youth paster.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parsonage 792-6171 or Church 792-5363.

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

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

Web:www.NewtonFirstBaptist.com and on facebook.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Call 792-4470.

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

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

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

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

10:10 am service.

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

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

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

Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Bible studies call 594-4440.

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

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

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

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