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Friday, February 21, 2014 OBITUARIES Lois Lingenfelter, 80 Helen M. Nuese, 91 Mildred P. Sample, 91
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Brock accepts federal plea deal, faces eight years in prison By Bob Eschliman Daily News Editor A Newton man has accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors and admitted Wednesday to knowingly possessing child pornography he had produced in his home. James Brock, 72, pleaded guilty to one charge of possession of child pornography
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in a change-of-plea proceding at the United States Courthouse in Des Moines. As part of his agreement with prosecutors, the other three charges he faced have been dropped. U.S. District Judge John Jarvey accepted the plea and set a sentencing hearing for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, at which time Brock is expected to be sentenced to eight years
in federal prison — another condition of the plea deal. After Wednesday’s proceding, Brock was taken into custody. As part of the plea deal, Brock admitted to the court that he knowingly possessed one or more computer files containing one or more visual depictions of child pornography, and that he knew they were visual depictions of
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a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. He also admitted the depictions of child pornography had been mailed, shipped or transported using a means of interstate commerce. He further admitted to the court that he knowingly possessed VHS tapes containing BROCK See Page 5A
City of Newton hires Armstrong as development specialist
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Ty Rushing/Daily News City crews scrambled Thursday afternoon in the midst of a freezing rain downpour to use the city’s sewer jet cleaner to clear a storm sewer that had become plugged by ice. The plugged sewer caused water to collect at the intersection of First Avenue and West Second Street, threatening nearby businesses. Newton got three of Iowa’s four seasons in a single day with thunderstorms producing rain and hail, followed by sleet and then heavy snow and strong winds.
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World War II was in the rearview, but tensions remained and the draft was still on when Sandy Young graduated from Mystic High School in 1946. He had been obligated to register for the draft for the first time in ’45, one year prior to his graduation, but he was a still a safe ways down the list when the draft ended just after his graduation. Sandy registered twice more: once in ’48 when the Berlin Blockade was on, and then again in August of ’50 just a few short months past the beginning of the Korean War. The third time was the charm for Sandy, and almost immediately he was called up to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. He left his fiancé, Freda Swarts, behind and went to answer the call of duty without hesitation like so many before him. While at Leonard Wood, Sandy became
Calendar debate expected to come to resolution at Monday’s school board meeting By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer
to give Sandy a feeling of home and shared experience, and the two would stick close through their initial deployment to Korea before being separated into different companies. Several months went by all too fast for Sandy. His basic and advanced training at Camp Pickett concluded and soon
There have been public forums, it’s been discussed for a little more than a month, and on Monday, the Newton Community School Board of Education will make its decision in the 180 days vs. 1,080 instructional hours debate. The board is expected to lean toward the 1,080 side of the debate. During the Jan. 27 meeting, Superintendent Bob Callaghan informed the board that both the district’s administrative team and the School Improvement Advisory Committee had unanimously selected the 1,080-hour method for the 2014-15 school calendar versus the 180-day method the district currently uses. At 6:45 p.m., there will be a public hearing on the matter and later in the meeting, the board will take a vote. One of the biggest prompts for the switch has been the weather. Under the 180-day method, schools have to hold class for more
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close friends with Darrell Tibben who was a fellow Iowa recruit. Being with Tibben helped
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ARMSTRONG See Page 5A
St. Stephen’s sandwich fundraiser is back
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The newest face at Newton City Hall is certainly one of the most recognizable in the community. Thursday, City Administrator Bob Knabel announced former Iowa Speedway Communications Director Craig Armstrong was hired as the city’s first development specialist. In his new role, Armstrong will report to Director of Finance and Development Bryan Friedman. He will be tasked with assisting with the development of the city’s retail business and expansion of the residential real estate market. He also will promote Newton through the community’s new “Get To Know Newton” branding campaign. His first day on the job will be Thursday, Feb. 27.
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Churches oftentimes hold fundraisers, usually to generate money for youth mission trips, to help missionaries in Third World countries, and other feel-good causes. Next Friday, a fundraiser at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton will taste good, too. Twice a year, the congregation produces Marshall Field sandwiches, billed as “an open-faced pile o’ goodness, a stack of flavors, a tower of fresh tasty delight” as a general fundraiser for the church. To be precise, though, a Marshall
Field sandwich is: • a piece of lightly buttered Beefsteak rye bread; • a bread-sized leaf of iceberg lettuce; • a not-too-thin slice of ham; • another piece of rye bread; • a layer of cooked chicken, torn into small pieces; • a slice of fresh tomato; • a spoonful of cooked, crumbled bacon; • a spoonful of finely chopped hard-boiled egg; • all drenched in a generous SANDWICHES See Page 2A
Submitted Photo Between now and 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, orders are being taken by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church for Marshall Field sandwiches. The popular sandwiches are being sold as a general fundraiser for the church.