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‘Twilight’ impersonator expected to change plea in child porn case

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Alleged “Twilight” impersonator David A. LaVera is expected to change his plea on federal child pornography charges during a hearing set for Thursday.

The hearing comes four days before 33-year-old LaVera was set to stand trial on charges brought forth by a

federal grand jury including knowingly producing child pornography, or sexual exploitation of a minor, as well as knowingly possessLaVera ing child pornography. He originally pleaded not guilty

to both counts.

Court documents released in August said LaVera used his smartphone to video a 12-year-old victim taking a shower and a 13-year-old victim using the bathroom at a Newton home. According to court documents, LaVera later uploaded that video onto his laptop computer for viewing.

The 33-year-old California

man was initially charged locally in June 2014 after he allegedly used his celebrity status to entice a 14-year-old girl to a park in Baxter after having sexually explicit conversations with the teen on Facebook.

While at the park, LaVera is accused of touching the teen inappropriately and then luring her into his vehicle. He allegedly drove her around Baxter until concerned family

and friends, who had reported a kidnapping, were able to stop the vehicle and get the girl out of the car.

When stopped by police, LaVera was found with a sword longer than 8 inches hidden in the driver’s side door jam, which was within the defendant’s reach. LaVera also had four double-edged LAVERA | 3A

NHS presents ‘Hello, Dolly’ on Friday, Saturday Spring production set for 6:30 p.m. both evenings

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Newton Community School District board member Robyn Friedman, right, talks with Berg Elementary School Principal Jolene Comer during Tuesday night’s public forum about possible reconfiguration. The board hosted two forums and covered a wide variety of issues.

Forums focused on many issues, including special education Number of specialists at each elementary school was major discussion item

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

There were many, many topics covered during the two public forums about possible Newton Community School District reconfiguration.

One subject that received a great deal of focus was specialist involvement, and how many special education, Title I and Level 2 and 3 behavioral-disorder special-education teachers can be on campus. The amount of co-teaching that can take place was also an item discussed more than once.

The forums revealed how many questions the public still has not had a chance to ask, such as whether reconstruction of the Berg Complex is related to configuration, as well as how many

decisions and choices the NCSD board and Superintendent Bob Callaghan must explain to area parents, teachers, taxpayers and voters.

The format for both forums involved a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation by Callaghan, followed by a breakup into about nine table groups. Those groups helped formulate questions for note cards, and school board members helped weed out duplicates and common themes.

The tables at the forums, held in one of the Newton DMACC campus’s second-floor conference halls, were all equipped with brochures, showing three different configuration options for kindergarten through the sixth grade, along with a single packet of statistics, survey results and district

student enrollment data.

The forum that was held on Thursday, Feb. 26, lasted more than two and a half hours, and many of the teachers, parents and others in attendance returned for Tuesday’s forum.

There is no specific board vote planned on reconfiguration as of press time Thursday, but board president Sheri Benson said the topic will likely be on an agenda this month or in April. The board, which has yet to set a 2015-16 calendar or discuss the annual budget at a regular board meeting, is set to meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Emerson Hough building’s conference room.

In Tuesday’s forum, Callaghan tried to emphasize that the brochure’s specialist teacher numbers at each campus, for each of the three configurations detailed, are not carved in stone.

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This weekend, some Newton High School students will take on a daunting task — and not simply because the female lead in their play has been played by some talented people.

The NHS drama department’s spring production, “Hello, Dolly!,” is set to run Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the high school’s Cen-

ter for Performance.

Not only will Courtney Tabor take on the challenging lead role of Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, played by Barbara Streisand and others, but the entire NHS cast and crew will be taking on a production that calls for a lot of energy — and a lot of singing.

The play is the story of the lead character’s efforts to marry a wellknown “half-a-millionaire” in late-19thcentury New York City.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Emily Shores “gallops” during auditions for “Hello, Dolly!” in December. The Newton High School spring production is set to run Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the NHS center for performance.

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Heart disease — the leading cause of death

By Billie Rhamy Pella Regional Health Center PELLA — This spring is a good time to review your risk for heart disease, as well as the risk to those you love.

Staying on top of diet and exercise is the easiest way to prevent heart disease. A healthy diet consists mainly of lean meats (skinless chicken breast, fish), fresh fruits and vegetables, foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol and foods high

in fiber. Sodium intake should also be limited as much as possible.

Regular exercise, such as walking, jogging, lifting weights, bicycling or yard work also plays a large role in your cardiovascular health.

Pella Regional Health Center offers many tests and screenings for the early detection of heart disease, as well as many treatment options for those who suffer from cardiovascular problems.

One test, called cardiac stress testing, is when a continuous EKG along with heart rate and blood pressure are recorded at rest and after exercise. Images obtained by Medical Imaging can be added to this test for additional information.

A Holter monitor or an event monitor can be used to detect heart rhythm abnormalities.

These are small, wearable devices that record your heart rhythm.

These tests require an order from a doc-

tor and are covered by most insurance companies with certain reported symptoms.

Consult your doctor about your personal risks for heart disease and follow recommendations regarding testing, lifestyle changes, therapy and medication.

Staff in Cardiac Services at Pella Regional Health Center recommends yearly physicals with your primary care provider as an important part of your total health picture.

Fitness Courses Newton YMCA

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Classes are free for members, or $9 for a nonmember adult day pass.

Firm Express Tuesdays and Thursdays — 5:15 to 5:45 p.m.

Hand weights, tubing, medicine balls, steps and more will help you increase strength, tone up, improve metabo­lism, and flexibility. Instructors will pay close attention to correct form and technique. This class is for all skill levels.

Silver Sneakers Tuesday and Thursday — 8:15 to 9 a.m.

Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement, and activity for daily living skills. Hand held weights, elastic tubing with handles and a ball are offered for resistance and a chair is used for seated and/or standing support. This class is for beginner to Intermediate skill levels.

Water Aerobics Monday through Friday — 9 to 10 a.m.

Tuesdays and Fridays — 6 to 7 a.m.

Water exercises are considered the safest form of exercise because the body is supported by the water and the water resistance provides maximum benefits without pain or sore, stiff muscles. The class is designed for everyone, regardless of fitness level.

Yoga Tuesdays and Thursdays — 7 to 8 a.m.

Experience the mind/body connection through a series of postures, creating a continuous flow, accompanied by deep breathing. Yoga focuses on internal strength, postural integration and radiant health. This class is for all skill levels.

Zumba Kids Mondays — 4:15 to 5 p.m.

A kid-friendly class that gets kids moving. Kids will shake, wiggle, and have a blast in this Zumba themed class geared toward children ages 4-12.

PiYo Strength Mondays and Wednesdays — 6:10 to 6:55 p.m.

PiYo is a creative and unique athletic blend of Pilates, Yoga, and more. The moves fit perfectly together to form chore­ ography that is both fun and challenging. This class is for all skill levels.

Newton Church of The Way File Photos Parents can help protect their childrens teeth by limiting sugar in beverages, teaching adequating cleaning techniques and using fluoride. Regular dentist check ups should begin after your child’s first birthday.

Caring for your child’s teeth Jasper County Dental Society New parents, you may not realize the importance of caring for your infant’s teeth. You should know serious tooth decay may develop by a child’s first birthday.

Even though the child’s primary teeth will eventually be replaced with permanent ones, the primary teeth are critical for proper chewing, speaking and appearance.

Baby bottle tooth decay is a condition that destroys the primary teeth of an infant or young child. It develops when a baby frequently receives a bottle of milk, formula, fruit juice or sweetened liquids to serve as a pacifier. It may result when the child is allowed to fall asleep with a bottle during naps or at bedtime. Prolonged demand breastfeeding may also cause this condition.

Although the teeth most likely to be damaged are the upper front teeth, others may be affected.

Tooth decay is caused by germs which are present in a thin film of plaque that constantly forms on the teeth. The bacteria use

sugar as an energy source. In the process, the bacteria produce acids that attack tooth enamel. Frequent, lengthy exposure to sugary liquids can result in attacking the child’s teeth. After many such attacks, tooth decay occurs.

All types of sugars, including those found in bottle and breast milk, formula, fruit juices, and sweetened liquids can cause plaque bacteria to produce decay causing acids. How often a child receives a bottle containing these liquids and for how long a time the child’s teeth are exposed to decay-causing acid are two important factors.

Parents can help protect their baby’s teeth by doing the following: • After each feeding, wipe the child’s teeth and gums with a clean, damp washcloth or gauze pad to remove plaque. Begin brushing your child’s teeth as soon as the first tooth erupts (around six months). Continue cleaning and massaging gums in all other areas that remain toothless.

• Never allow your child to

fall asleep with a bottle of milk, formula, fruit juice or sweetened liquids.

• If your child needs a comforter between regular feedings, at night, or during naps, fill a nursing bottle with cool water or give the child a clean pacifier recommended by your dentist or pediatrician. Never give a child a pacifier dipped in any sweet liquid.

• Avoid filling a nursing bottle with liquids such as sugar water, sweetened gelatin or soft drinks.

• Make sure your child gets the fluoride needed for decayresistant teeth. Ask your dentist about recommended methods for obtaining the proper amount of fluoride.

• Schedule regular checkups beginning by the child’s first birthday.

For more information or to have concerns or questions answered, please contact your local dentist or pediatrician.

The Jasper County Dental Society invites you to visit the American Dental Association on the internet at www.ada.org.

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Begin & Begin Basics 6 to 7 p.m., March 16 Hy-Vee Club Room, $50-$290 Begin is a 10-week healthy lifestyle and weight management program run by two registered dietitians. Cost to participate in the Being program, including three one-on-one sessions and seven group sessions, is $290. Cost to participate in the Begin Basics program, including all seven group sessions is $50. For more information, contact Emily Ring or Jenny Thompson at ering@hy-vee.com or jlthompson@ hy-vee.com.

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Newton Daily News Time is running out for landowners in Iowa’s 46 best pheasant counties to secure funding to restore pheasant habitat in Iowa’s core pheasant range.

The Iowa Pheasant Recovery — State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) program is for Iowa landowners who want to restore top notch pheasant habitats to their property. It is a new USDA continuous CRP practice designed to restore native grasslands and wetlands where they will be the most beneficial for ring-necked pheasants.

Iowa received 50,000 acres split between the 46 primary pheasant counties (37,500) and the 31 secondary pheasant counties (12,500). The 31 secondary counties enrolled all 12,500 acres before the 2014 pheasant season opened. An estimated 18,000 acres remain in the 46 primary pheasant counties.

“We are getting a lot of pressure from landowners in the secondary counties to release these acres so they can make offers to enroll,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

“Landowners in primary pheasant counties who are interested in this program shouldn’t wait to contact us because acres may be shifted to the secondary counties,” Bogenschutz said.

Primary pheasant counties are Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jasper, Johnson, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lyon, Mahaska, Marshall, Muscatine, Obrien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Poweshiek, Sac, Sioux, Story, Union, Wapello, Washington, Webster, Winnebago and Wright.

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Zach Theis takes a bow during auditions for “Hello, Dolly!” in December. The Newton High School spring production is set to run Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the NHS center for performance.

Dolly Continued from Page 1A and in the midst of a parade, and finally, to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the Harmonia Gardens. There are plenty of happy songs in the production.

The 1969 film version of the play won the Academy Award for best score.

Tabor has the task of singing the “Dolly” part, played in the film by Streisand — one of only 17 people to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award.

However, there are many other tough roles to fill in the play.

Chris Thorpe plays Horace Vandergleder — the object of Dolly’s affections. NHS students Bailee Shipley, Jonah Keeton, Amie Williams, Lucas Sander and Reese Rosenquist also have roles mentioned high on the cast list.

Leah Hunter, Grace Kingery, Eileen Gerken, Connor McAdoo, Zach Theis, Jarom Williams, Sara Cook, Megan Shores, Christian Laube, Joseph Malsom, Reid Miller and Kate Wyre also play roles. Some student-thespians have more than one in the play.

There are more than a dozen waiters and waitresses, played by Theis, McAdoo, Cook, Miller, Chet Adams, Whitney Brecken-

Forums Continued from Page 1A However, some parents and teachers wanted to discuss exactly those issues — including describing for the public the limitations of the district’s current specialeducation arrangement.

Sarah Muhs, the parent of a special-education elementary student, was one of many who spoke during at least one of the forums against reconfiguration.

“As a parent who has a child in a fantastically cotaught classroom, taught by fantastic teachers, we want to keep something that’s working,” Muhs said. “Teachers cannot be in two places at same time. We are talking about moving backward.”

No index-card questions or follow-up questions at either forum advocated for a large-scale reconfiguration, and no one who has signed up to speak at any of the board’s recent meetings

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Newton Community School District Board President Sheri Benson reads a question during Tuesday night’s public forum about possible reconfiguration. Benson tried to keep both of the recent forums moving quickly, but it still took nearly three hours to get to all of the reconfiguration topics covered in Tuesday’s forum.

has encouraged gradelevel changes in the district’s schools.

The brochure mentions a possible increase from the current district roster of 20 special-education teachers to 22 under “Option 2” and 23 under “Option 3.”

There would be 16 co-teachers available under Option 2 and 14 un-

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der Option 3; and those two options would allow for six and nine Level 2 or 3 behavioral-disorder special-ed teachers, respectively. The number of core teachers is nearly the same in all three plans (76, 78, 74), and the number of Title I teachers is seven for all three plans.

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portation regulates a number of issues, not only because the school day starts and ends with busing in mind, but also because staff are often involved in helping students board or change buses. Option 2 eliminates the elementary busing relay “hubs” that are currently in place at the Hough building and at Newton High School.

“We are largely driven by bus schedules,” Callaghan said.

Some of the questions asked in the groups or on index cards were regarding why reconfiguration is being discussed at all, and why returning to Kthrough-6 elementary schools isn’t being discussed as an option.

Callaghan acknowledged at both forums that class sizes — especially the optimum class size of 18 in the lower grades — are the driving force behind reconfiguration discussions. He also said the K-6 option would be tough to configure and reduce class and school sizes, as not

all of the district’s elementaries have the same number of classrooms.

One teacher mentioned some type of magnet school (or portion of a campus) to help draw in more students and their families to Newton.

Callaghan didn’t answer that question directly at the time, saying he and the board pursue all avenues of academic excellence, but he did say later that the Hough building might end up being used for magnet purposes if no reconfiguration takes place.

One of the questions asked at Tuesday night’s forum regarded natural attrition: “If our district is slowly getting smaller, won’t we naturally have smaller and smaller class sizes?”

Callaghan said yes, initially, class sizes for small grade groups,

such as this year’s kindergarten class, will be smaller, but not necessarily every year. He also said a shrinking city and shrinking school district are bad, because state funding is based on enrollment.

“If we continue to lose enrollment, we will continue to lose funding,” Callaghan said.

“Eighty to 81 percent of our budget is people.

If we lose 100 students, that’s $636,000 (depending on funding formulas for a particular school year). At some point, we will have diminishing returns. We will lose people, and none of us want that. We feel this is the best school district in the state, and we want to succeed and grow.”

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There are also many townspeople and dancers in the play. Some of these roles are played by Natalie Camp, Emma Carter, Sara Cook, Amanda Laube, Christian Laube, Lienne Pak, Elizabeth Peters, Alayna Reynolds, Shana Robinson and Cheyenne Schaeffer.

The props crew for the production includes the Newton Community Theatre, Emily Bollhoefer, Brianna Fuller, Carolyn Thurmond, Maddie Gooding-Hunt, Evelyn Berrybill, Adrienne Bergman, Melanie Stice, Joe Williams, and Bailee Shipley.

The orchestra for the production is directed by Jim Beerends. The orchestra features musicians McKenna Heisdorffer on flute, Deb Stoulil and Emily Van Arkel on clarinet and Alto saxophone, Katherine Thorpe on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Evelyn Berryhill on clarinet, bass clarinet and baritone sax, Bret Lee, Maddy Berstler and Tyler Dafflitto on trumpets, Adam Van Arkel and Grant Nook on trombones, Emily Law and Paul Maharry on percussion, Jim Dunn on bass and Diane Fuller on piano.

daggers in the vehicle’s center console within his reach.

LaVera also appeared at local schools and performed stunts at Aurora Heights Elementary School and Berg Middle School, posing as Kiowa Gordon, an actor in the “Twilight” movie series.

He was later present at Maytag Pool for an endof-the-year celebration for Berg eighth-grade students.

Those visits led the Newton Community School District to evaluate its visitor policy and to implement a more stringent policy to ensure student safety.

While initially charged with enticement of a minor, carrying weapons and failure to have a valid driver’s license, local authorities introduced six additional charges last August. Four of those charges were dropped by the state after federal charges were filed.

LaVera is scheduled to face four state charges including third-degree sexual abuse, enticement of a minor, attempting to entice a minor and carrying weapons. A trial date has been scheduled for April 15 in the Jasper County Courthouse.

Thursday’s hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. at the U.S. District Courthouse in Des Moines.

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By Mike Mendenhall Staff Writer

www.newtondailynews.com | Thursday | March 5, 2015

“I have been and always shall be your friend.” These were the words of Captain Spock as he consoled Admiral James T. Kirk while dying of radiation poising in the most critically acclaimed movie in the “Star Trek” film series “The Wrath of Khan.”

Spock made the “logical” choice to sacrifice himself fixing the ship’s engine by hand, justifying the selfless act through the Vulcan proverb “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.”

On screen and in film, actor Leonard Nimoy portrayed Spock as a half-Vulcan, halfhuman personality constantly pulled between the morality of two worlds. The character could have been a lifeless caricature of the cliché Sci-Fi alien, but Nimoy gave Spock depth — visually and subtly showing the character’s internal struggle to

control his emotions. Off screen, Nimoy showed this gravitas in his actual personality.

As a fan of “Star Trek” this was a sad week, as Nimoy lost his years-long battle with COPD. The actor quit smoking more than 30 years ago, but his habitual use finally came back in the end. He spoke openly about his addition to tobacco and lent his “Star Trek” fame to support the efforts of the American Cancer Society. He also used his celebrity to bring light to other issues.

He was an avid supporter of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, supporting the dignity of minorities and the LGBTQ communities. Nimoy worked closely with actor George Takei — “Star Trek’s” Hikaru Sulu — who came out as gay in the early 2000s.

Nimoy’s support for human

rights will come as no surprise to most Trek fans. The original series — which aired on CBS from 1966-69 — was groundbreaking when it came to ideas of race and equality. The show aired the first onscreen kiss of an interracial couple, and Nimoy’s character was always the voice of reason when dealing with misunderstood “Alien” life — an obvious analogous to clashes between world cultures.

He also fought for fellow actor Nichelle Nichols to get pay equal to that of her male counterparts.

“Star Trek” first aired nearly two decades before my birth, so my first memory of Spock came later in Nimoy’s career. He was guest starring on an episode of “Star Trek — The Next Generation” opposite Mr. Data — an emotionless android who often looked to Ambassador Spock as

a mentor of sorts. By this point, Nimoy had come to embrace his pop culture roll as Spock — a position he felt for many years typecast him as an actor. I later learned the evolution Nimoy took with his character, watching the original “Star Trek” episodes where Spock shows more emotion rather than his iconic reserved intrigue.

The week of his death, Nimoy sent out a final Tweet which gave one man’s opinion of what life is — a culmination of memories that make up the human condition. “Life is like a garden,” Nimoy wrote. “Perfect moments can be had but not preserved, except in memory.”

Nimoy may be gone but to dwell on death, that’s just not logical.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@newtondailynews.com

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— Robert Browning

Letter to the Editor

Memorization an addiction for educators Sue Atkinson Baxter The last week of February, two members of the Iowa State Board of Education, Charlie Edwards and Mary Ellen Miller, wrote an op-ed for the Des Moines Register explaining the reason behind a coming new state assessment test.

Their explanation for the need was outdated Iowa Assessment tests remaining reliant on memorization rather than applied concepts, a problem I have been discussing for some time now.

In a private email exchange with Iowa Education Director Brad Buck the same week, he also acknowledged to me that Iowa education must change from the memorization it has been using.

Memorization is an addiction for educators because they have been accustomed to getting the

content of the Iowa Assessments so they would know what information to have students memorize in order to appear to be good. Memorization fails to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary for the real world and competition from all those educated in systems based on applied concepts rather than memorization.

The NAEP assessments show Iowa 4th-graders to still be at the same level of proficiency as they were in 1992, and the reason is the addiction of Iowa educators to memorization.

Even when Iowa educators say they support the Common Core (which is based on concepts), they continue to use memorization in elementary, rationalizing it in a number of ways.

When No Child Left Behind intervened in 2001, memorization-addicted Iowa educators screamed loudly, and became the last state to grudgingly say they would make the change to concepts. They

were addicts in denial, insisting they had no problem, and then pointing fingers everywhere else (as Iowa educators do when they blame students, parents, and funding) to avoid accountability. The next stage of this is acknowledging there might be a problem. The third stage would be the purchase of new reading programs that follow the Common Core of no memorization, but then Iowa schools are adding memorization at the elementary level, indicating they have not really embraced the change. Addicts do this when they finally admit that “maybe” they need to make a change, but the necessary amount of effort to actually make the change is not made.

Iowa’s official state proficiency standard remains at the 41st NPR rather than the grade level 65th NPR, an indication too few Iowa educators are ready for the true commitment, and they are behaving as enablers to avoid committing to change.

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Fifty-Seven year-old Randy Anderson of Ottumwa didn’t remember leaving the house for his daily run on that warm Fr i d ay afternoon of January 23, By Curt Swarm 2 0 1 5 . Guest Columnist He began to come to, four days later in the Critical Care Unit of Mercy hospital in Des Moines. His family and friends filled him in on what happened.

He had left the house in the early afternoon for an out-and-back, threemile run. He was on his way back, getting close to home on Court Avenue in Ottumwa. He collapsed on the sidewalk with a massive heart attack. An unidentified woman in a car saw him go down. She stopped, leaving her car askew on the side of the busy street.

Recognizing the signs of a heart attack, she started CPR. A retired Ottumwa police officer, Mike McDonough, seeing the car in the street with its door open, stopped to help. The lady hollered at him to call 911. He did and, seeing that CPR was in progress, retrieved a CPR mask from his car and began to assist the lady. McDonough thought he knew the victim, but wasn’t sure. Anderson began gasping for air, and fogging the back side of the CPR mask.

The ambulance arrived.

Anderson’s heart was out of rhythm. They used the paddles to shock him, loaded him into the ambulance, and were off to the hospital.

The unidentified lady got in her car and left. Because Anderson had no ID, he went in as John Doe. Randy Anderson’s wife, Suzie, is the executive director of Hospice in Ottumwa. The Hospice headquarters is adjacent to

the Ottumwa hospital and ER She saw the ambulance come and go, but suspected nothing.

People were beginning to recognize Randy, and Suzie was contacted. She rushed to the emergency room. However, Randy was still being worked on, so they wouldn’t let her see him. She had to identify her husband by his running shoes.

To make a long story short, Randy was air lifted to Des Moines where he received bypass surgery.

Two arteries were completely blocked, and another was 85 percent blocked — which is strange, because Randy is the picture of health, the last person you would ever suspect of heart problems. He’s a runner, is not over weight, has low blood pressure and low cholesterol. However, he does have a family history of heart problems. He’d seen a cardiologist in the past, but was not given the stress test because of lack of symptoms.

Randy is home now and undergoing cardiac rehab.

He walks 10,000 steps a day, about five miles. He turned 58 on Feb. 24, and his three kids were back for the big birthday party and celebration of life.

Ironically, the call to 911 went in at 3:06 p.m. on that fateful day. When Randy got home from the hospital, they noticed that their heirloom grandfather clock had stopped at 3:06. They have not reset it.

They still don’t know who the lady is that saved his life. They are hoping this newspaper article will reach her so that they can personally thank her. She may have been an angel.

Anyone who knows Randy and Suzie Anderson know that they are a very loving couple. Suzie gave Randy an ipad to help him through rehabilitation. On the back of it, she had engraved the words of Robert Browning, “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.”

By the way, Randy was never a big fan of Hallmark movies because they always carry the same story line, beginning with happiness, morphing into trouble, then returning to happiness. However, he has to admit, his story is a Hallmark story.

Randy Anderson can be contacted by email at randy_golf@hotmail.com.

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Obituaries Dwight Pierce March 3, 2015 Dwight Pierce, 64, died March 3, 2015, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.

He was born to Alice and Melvin Pierce Sr. in Des Moines Aug. 23, 1950.

Dwight grew up in Colfax. He married Georgia Holdefer on June 27, 1969, and they

were blessed with four sons. Dwight worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation for more than 20 years.

He enjoyed being outdoors and tinkering around the garage in his spare time. Dwight had a passion for working on cars, and found joy in attending car shows and drag races. Above all, he valued his family and the time spent with them at his grandchildren’s sporting events, activities and games. He also cherished the family’s annual trip to the Henry Doorly Zoo in

death by his parents; and brothers, Marvin and Kenneth Pierce.

A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at Howard Street Christian Church, 101 N. Locust Street in Colfax, with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. A private family burial will be at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family in loving memory of Dwight.

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Art on display at public library A selection of artworks created by students from Berg Elementary, Thomas Jefferson, Aurora Heights and Woodrow Wilson are on display at the Newton Public Library during March.

March is celebrated as Youth Art Month.

The display is sponsored by the Arts Connection, Inc. and is free for public viewing.

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Dwight is survived by his wife, Georgia; sons, Chris Pierce, Jason (Alesa) Pierce, Danny Pierce and Brandon (Desirae) Pierce; seven grandchildren, Dylan, Judd, Olivia, Dakota, Samantha, Lucy and Hailey; his siblings, Melvin (Karen) Pierce Jr., Don (Linda) Pierce, Larry (Marjorie) Pierce, Greg (Tonia) Pierce, Skylar Pierce, Larry (Brenda) Botts, Lisa Sams and Bob (Margaret) Cooper; as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.

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Submitted Photo Rep. Dan Kelley welcomed ABATE members from Jasper County, including Dennis Simon, Tammie Deeter, James Robinson, Jim Fimml and Gene Braaksman to the Statehouse recently. ABATE is an Iowa organization that makes sure motorcycles are seen and heard.

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• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Total Forgiveness women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. S. in Newton.

• A town meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday at Jasper County Community Center, 2401 First Ave. E. in Newton. Discussion of a legislative bill that would, among other things, require oversight of USDA dog-breeding facilities be shared with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

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

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

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

• Knights of Columbus Annual Lenten Fish Fry will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at McCann Center in Newton. Fried and baked fish are available along with green beans, baked potato and dinner roll with the trimmings. The Monsignor T.J. McCann Council of the Knights of Columbus serve fish meals each Friday during Lent.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

• Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hunter Mansion, 223 W. Fourth St. S. in Newton. There is no charge. Book information coming soon. Call 641-792-2970 or visit www.huntermansion.com for information.

• Central Iowa Ostomy Support Group will meet at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W., in Room A. Anyone with an ostomy, support people and medical personnel are welcome to attend this casual meeting A nurse that specializes in cancer treatments, will be the speaker. Contact Lori at 641-791-1283 for more information.

Memorial Day weekend campsites going quickly Newton Daily News Camping options for the Memorial Day weekend in a state park are quickly shrinking.

Campers wanting to spend the holiday weekend at Backbone, Black Hawk, Brushy Creek, Elinor Bedell, Emerson Bay, George Wyth, Lake Ahquabi, Ledges, Lewis and Clark, Pleasant Creek,

Prairie Rose, Rock Creek, Viking Lake, Walnut Woods and Waubonsie state parks should plan to arrive a few days early for one of the walk up sites with electricity — all the reservation sites have been taken.

Other parks are close to hanging up the no reservations sign.

Bellevue, Dolliver, Green Valley, Gull

Point, Lake Anita, Lake Macbride, Lake of Three Fires, Maquoketa Caves, McIntosh Woods, Palisades, Springbrook, Stone, Union Grove, Volga River, Waubonsie and Wilson Island state parks have only a site or two remaining.

Lake Keomah State Park is closed to allow the roads to be replaced. Nine Ea-

gles State Park modern campground is closed while a new shower and restroom facility is installed.

Most parks will have nonelectric sites available for the Memorial Day Weekend.

Information on Iowa’s state parks is available online at www.iowadnr.gov including links to the reservations page.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Charles S. Vaughn, 50, of Newton, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and was arrested on two warrants for possession of drug paraphernalia and interference with official acts after authorities were called to the 500 block of East Seventh Street North at 5:41 p.m. Tuesday. Officers saw Vaughn walking and knew he had a warrant. While arresting Vaughn, officers found a small blue pouch with a glass pipe used to smoke meth.

They also found small baggies with a white residue inside them. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Jacob A. Secory, 39, of Newton, is charged with possession of controlled substance and fifth-degree criminal mischief after authorities were called to 904 N. Sixth Ave. E. #3 at 8:39 p.m. Sunday. Officers were called about an unwanted guest tossing items. Officers found Secory who the victim alleged had tossed candles on the floor breaking them.

While being searched, officers found a prescription pill bottle with pills that were not his prescription. Secory said the pills didn’t belong to him, and he got them from a friend. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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• Zachary T. Argo, 20, of Newton, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities pulled him over at 1501 First Ave. E. at 11:44 p.m. Friday. Officers pulled the vehicle over for driving without headlights when they smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana. Argo said that he had a pipe in his pocket but no marijuana. He was cited and released to appear.

• Heather D. Oswalt, 39, of Monroe, is charged with driving while license suspended after she was pulled over on South Eighth Avenue East at 6:33 a.m. Tuesday. She was taken to the

Jasper County Jail.

• Aaron M. Jones, 24, of Newton, was arrested on a warrant for probation violation after authorities were called to 613 S. Second Ave. W. at 3:40 a.m. Wednesday.

He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Michael D. Phillips, 18, of Newton, was arrested on a Marion County warrant for probation violation after authorities were called to 604 S. 13th Ave. W. at 12:15 a.m.

Tuesday. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Mackenzie M. Bleeker, 21, of Newton, is charged with unsafe entry onto sidewalk or roadway after au-

thorities were called to 726 First Ave. E. at 10:40 a.m.

Monday. Nicole Kinney was traveling on First Avenue eastbound when Bleeker’s vehicle, who was leaving a parking lot, was hit by Kinney’s vehicle on the passenger side. Bleeker said she looked both ways but did not see the vehicle. Kinney’s vehicle had approximately $3,000 in damage and Bleeker’s vehicle had approximately $5,000 in damage. A passenger in Bleeker’s vehicle was transported to Skiff Medical Center after complaining of head pain.

She was cited and released to appear.

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Cereal and hot coffee are all early-rising houseguest needs DEAR ABBY: A family member, “Bill,” likes to come visit in the afternoons and, because he’s not comfortable driving in the dark, he always plans to stay overnight. When he does, he wakes up very early, often before 6 a.m.

Bill tries to be as quiet as possible, but we know when he is up. Our dog hears someone moving around and thinks it’s time to go out and eat. My husband or I will get up to take care of our dog, but at that point, it seems rude to go back to bed. My husband likes to go back to sleep, but I feel I should get up and entertain our guest. Is it bad manners to go back to sleep even though it is still very early? — TO SLEEP, OR NOT TO SLEEP DEAR T.S. or N.T.S.: If you need your sleep, go back to bed. The right amount of sleep is important, and not getting it can ruin one’s entire day.

If you’re concerned about Bill not having a good breakfast, before going to bed, put the coffeemaker on “automatic” and show him where the cereal is kept. That’s not being a bad hostess, and I’m sure Bill will be just fine.

DEAR ABBY: My letter is in response to “A Mom in Connecticut” (Dec. 27), who feels she is being “fitted in” because her daughter calls her only while driving in her car.

My daughter calls me almost every morning on her way to work. She calls me her “commute buddy.” It gives us 10 to 15 minutes to catch up, vent about “stuff ” on both ends of the phone, or just chat. I can tell when she arrives at work or very nearly, and we always end with “Love you.”

I love our conversations and the fact that although she has an extremely busy schedule she finds the time to chat with me. She uses her hands-free phone, so I don’t worry

too much about her being distracted. — SHEILA IN PRESCOTT, ARIZ. DEAR SHEILA: You may not be worried about your daughter using a hands-free phone, but others have a different view. Read on: DEAR ABBY: Drivers on cellphones — even hands-free — are four times more likely to crash and hurt themselves or someone else within five minutes of making a call.

Texters are 23 times more likely to crash. More than 3,000 people are killed this way each year and 300,000 to 500,000 are injured. The daughter should not be using a phone at all while driving.

How do I know the statistics? My son was killed by a driver on a cellphone. — GARY IN KENOSHA, WIS. DEAR GARY: Please accept my condolences for the tragic loss of your son. You are generous to have written. Too often people take the privilege of driving for granted, forgetting that if they don’t concentrate fully on driving, they place themselves and those around them in danger. I see this happen often, and I’m afraid that unless the consequences are draconian, it will continue.

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Surgeons remove pipe that had impaled Iowa woman CEDAR RAPIDS — A 27-year-old woman is recovering at a hospital in Iowa City after surgeons removed a piece of pipe that impaled her during a traffic accident. Authorities say the crash occurred a little before 12:10 a.m.

Wednesday in Cedar Rapids as Kelsey Cummings was driving west on Zika Avenue. Police say Cummings’ car crossed the center line and struck a gate. A 2-inch-wide piece of gate pipe rammed through the grill, radiator and firewall of her car and then pierced Cummings’ pelvis, emerging in the back seat.

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Man’s death unrelated to scuffle with Davenport police DAVENPORT — Scott County authorities say a medical examiner has ruled a 26-year-old man’s death wasn’t related to a scuffle he had with Davenport police two weeks earlier.

Johnson County medical examiner found Victor Jose Sarabia Gomez of Davenport died of an aneurysm. His family had asked for an autopsy to ensure officers didn’t play a role in his death.

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WEBSTER CITY — The man accused of sexually abusing and killing his former girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter told an FBI agent that he was sexually attracted to the girl, the agent testified Wednesday.

Jennifer Sullivan and several other officials involved in the investigation into the girl’s death took the stand in the trial of Casey Frederiksen, 35, who is charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault. Prosecutors allege Frederiksen sexually abused Evelyn Miller and stabbed her to death while babysitting her in 2005. He was arrested in 2012.

Floyd County Chief Deputy Jeff Crooks said he’ll never forget what

he saw when Evelyn’s body was found in the Cedar River a few days after she was reported missing. He said the girl was clothed and that her body appeared water-worn. Jurors then viewed photos from the scene.

During cross examination, Crooks testified there was no DNA evidence or weapon connecting Frederiksen to her death.

Jack Seward, a former special agent with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, said he interviewed Frederiksen twice before Evelyn’s body was discovered. During the first interview, he said Frederiksen acted “as someone who was concerned.” Seward said it was during the second interview that Frederik-

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DES MOINES — A judge has dismissed charges filed against a former Des Moines school district employee accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-yearold student. Judge Carla Schemmel said in her dismissal order Monday that 33-year-old Dena Konrad was not a school employee as defined by state statute. Konrad had been charged with two felony counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Authorities have said Konrad had the relationship with a male student over the summer.

sen began to avoid questions.

Sullivan next took the stand, and she testified about an interview with Frederiksen while he was in prison in 2007 in Pekin, Illinois, after a conviction the year before for possession or receipt of child pornography. She said Frederiksen told her that he was aroused by images of men sexually abusing girls between the ages of 5 and 7 and that Evelyn fell into that category.

He also admitted to watching child pornography around the girl, Sullivan said.

Still, Sullivan said Frederiksen never admitted to killing Evelyn. She said he blamed another man who was one of the last people to see Evelyn alive.

Counties hire engineers to oversee proposed pipeline FORT DODGE — At least three Iowa counties have hired engineers to oversee the installation of a proposed underground oil pipeline, pending its approval.

Webster County on Tuesday approved the hire of an engineer to survey the pipeline’s construction if approved by the Iowa Board of Utilities. Dakota Access, LLC, a unit of Energy Transfer Partners, applied in January for the structure that would cut through 18 Iowa counties. Calhoun and Sac counties have also secured engineering services.

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MASON CITY — Officials say a 26-year-old Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to his role in a north Iowa drug conspiracy. A U.S. attorney’s office announced Wednesday that Ryan Michael Schroeder of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. He was accused of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of meth from January 2012 to December 2014.

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Iowa Senate panel OKs bill on minors using guns The Associated Press DES MOINES — Legislation that would lower the age at which children in Iowa could use guns with a parent’s supervision received preliminary approval from a Senate panel Wednesday, though the bill’s sponsor said he’s still trying to round up enough support to advance it.

A three-member judiciary subcommittee approved the bill unanimously. It now heads to a full committee for consideration, though it needs to advance by Friday to beat a procedural deadline in the Legislature.

Current law allows a

minor who is at least 14 years old to use a pistol or revolver under direct supervision of a parent or guardian. Sen. Steven Sodders, D-State Center, the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation would drop that age to 7 years old under an amendment he introduced. He said it’s intended to allow parents to properly teach their children how to use weapons.

At least one father told the panel the bill could be beneficial.

“The problem with the current law is I as a parent am a felon if I try and teach my kids about gun safety,” said Nathan Gibson, of Johnston.

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By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Tyler Wood is a multisport athlete. He has excelled in all three sports — football, basketball and baseball — in his four years at Newton High School.

As Newton High’s career passing leader, Wood signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play football for William Penn University in Oskaloosa.

“It was a tough decision,” Wood said following the signing. “Ever since the Pella game, I’ve really missed football. I know there were a lot of things I could have done better and can do better in the future. I wanted another opportunity to play football.”

William Penn’s Statesmen went 7-4 overall in 2014 and was ranked 19th in the NAIA postseason top-25 poll. Three of their four losses were to the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 ranked teams. William Penn was 3-2 in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League.

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Wood was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Cardinals. He earned Class 3A district honors three straight years, including Class 3A District 6 first-team honors as a senior.

“We trust Coach (Ed) Ergenbright in what he says, in that Tyler is a great leader,” William Penn head football coach Todd Hafner said.

“He is a great football player. We know we’re getting someone who is going to compete on a daily basis and bring a great knowledge of the game to our football program.”

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior Tyler Wood signs a national letter of intent to play football for William Penn University in Oskaloosa. On hand for the signing Wednesday were his parents Mike Wood, seated left, and Monica Pritchard, seated right, and standing, from left, Newton High head football coach Ed Ergenbright, sister Michaela Wood, step-father Scott Pritchard, and William Penn head football coach Todd Hafner.

Hafner has been at the helm of the Statesmen football program for 12 full years.

Newton High head football coach Ed Ergenbright had Wood leading the Cardinal offense the past three seasons.

Wood ended his NHS career with four career passing records for the Cardinals. He has the most career touchdown passes, 30, most yards passing in a career, 3,496, most pass attempts in a career, 461, and most pass completions in a career, 350. Wood also owns the most touchdown passes thrown in a season, 13, and most touchdown passes thrown in a game, four, set in 2013.

“I have a competitive attitude. I don’t like to lose and I’m never going to give up,” Wood said of what he believes

he can take with him into the WP program. “I want to win.”

As a senior, Wood led Class 3A District 6 in passing yards with 1,132 on 74 completions out of 138 attempts. He tied for second in touchdown passes with nine and he threw four interceptions.

Wood was sixth in the district in rushing with 754 yards on 166 carries, which is a 4.5-yard per carry average.

He scored 10 touchdowns running the football. He was Newton’s leading rusher for the season. Wood finished third in total offense, combining rushing and passing yards, and was seventh in scoring with 66 points.

“We know he has a great work ethic,” Hafner said.

“We’re looking at Tyler as a quarterback. The thing about

Tyler is he is such a good athlete. If for some reason it doesn’t work out at quarterback — and we don’t have any reason to think it wouldn’t — you can always play someone like him in the secondary.

You’re going to get his best effort no matter where he plays for you.”

Wood also played defensive back for the Cardinals racking up 33 unassisted tackles and 20 assisted tackles, which was fourth on the team. He recovered a team-high three fumbles and he made three interceptions.

It was a new district for Newton in 2014. The Cardinals were in the fray for the Class 3A District 6 championship right to the end. They finished tied for second with Bondurant-Farrar and Giln-

bert with 4-2 district records.

Newton was the No. 4 seed into the playoffs from the district. Ballard was the district champion at 5-1.

Newton ended the season in the second round of the 3A playoffs, losing to top-ranked Pella. Newton and Gilbert (8-3) made it to the second round while Ballard (7-3) and Bondurant-Farrar (6-4) lost in the first round of the playoffs.

It was the first time in the playoffs for Newton since 2012. The Cardinals finished 7-4.

Wood was a dual-threat quarterback for Newton. He said he wanted to go to college for football to see how he compares to others.

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Baseball tries to speed up game this spring GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — With large, glowing red numbers, the timer on the center-field wall at Goodyear Ballpark ticked down Tuesday, counting off seconds and ushering in change.

Baseball, the timeless game of endless summers, went on the clock.

Major League Baseball introduced its new pace of play initiatives during five exhibition games in Arizona and Florida. As expected, there were a few minor glitches as players, managers, umpires and fans adjusted to the “rules” designed to make games shorter, more appealing to TV viewers and perhaps lure the next generation of fans to a sport fighting for attention.

On this opening day, baseball had a slightly different look.

“I’ve never worked a game in the history of baseball that has a countdown clock,” said umpire Dan Iassogna, who kept an eye on second base as the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays played in Dunedin, Florida.

“That was a little different.”

Under the pace of play provisions, hitters are required to keep one foot in the batter’s box after taking a pitch.

Not everyone seemed to get the memo.

New York Yankees leadoff hitter Jacoby Ellsbury took the first pitch of the game — and this spring, in fact — from Philadelphia’s David Buchanan and immediately stepped outside the white-chalked line, maintaining his routine.

These days, that’s a no-no — not a no-hitter. But Vic Carapazza, the plate umpire for the exhibition in Clearwater, Florida, gave no signal to Ellsbury that he was guilty of breaking one of the new rules.

MLB is using the spring training schedule and regular-season games in April to break everyone in. But starting May 1, offenders will face disci-

MLB Photo Play ball! Quickly! Major League Baseball has put the game on the clock starting with spring training games under the new pace of play rules.

pline — most likely fines.

Along with keeping batters close to the plate, pitchers are required to have their warmup tosses completed before the clock — set at 2:25 for regionally televised games and 2:45 for national broadcasts — is down to 30 seconds and the batter must be ready by the time the clock reaches 5 seconds.

After Cincinnati drubbed Cleveland 10-0 in a fairly tidy 2 hours, 50 minutes, Indians manager Terry Francona said he believes the changes will be smooth and players and umpires will work together to tweak any problems. There will be issues and controversy, but that’s baseball.

“I don’t think it’s going to be that big of a deal. I really don’t,” Francona said. “It’s going to be that day and it’s hot and everyone’s a little on edge, that’s when you’re going to see some-

thing. But that’s what you see during the games anyway.”

Two clocks were installed at all ballparks throughout the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues, and for the most part the time pieces went unnoticed.

Players hustled on and off the field between innings, most of them seemingly unaware that they were being timed.

“I tried not to pay attention to it,” said San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner, last year’s World Series MVP. “It’s going to be that way during the season. I didn’t pay attention. I can usually be ready.”

In a few instances, hitters caught themselves about to drift outside the dirt near home plate and made sure they kept at least a cleat on the edge of the box.

“I reminded a lot of guys today,

‘Oh, you can’t do that. You do that and we’re going to write you up for that.

You can’t do that’,” said umpire James Hoye, who called balls and strikes for the Pirates and Blue Jays. “They’d laugh and say, ‘Oh, sorry.’”

By the way, it took 3 hours, 17 minutes for Pittsburgh to beat Toronto 8-7. The average MLB gametime in the regular season last year was 3:02.

Ellsbury was given the benefit of the doubt for his misstep. He won’t be as lucky in the months ahead. On Day One, crew chief Tom Hallion and his colleagues weren’t enforcing anything.

“He’s already got enough on his mind, the first pitch of spring training, and now he’s got to remember to stay in the box,” said Hallion, who was at first for the opener. “It’s a work in progress. It’s the first game and we’ll go from here. It’s going to take some work. It’s a change for everybody. It’s not going to get fixed on the first day.”

Fans, too, had to adjust.

As he took his seat a few rows behind Cleveland’s dugout, Glen Pawlak of Concord, Ohio, immediately noticed the clock situated in center field, just to the right of one of the giant palm trees standing guard in Goodyear at the spring home shared by the Reds and Indians.

Pawlak, happy to be away from the Ohio winter and visiting Arizona with his wife, Jan, and son, Brenden, was eager to see how baseball might change.

“It’s interesting,” he said. “It’s a new adaptation to the game. TV viewers these days have a very short attention span. I think football and some of the other sports with replay and so forth have a distinct advantage to be able to fill in some of that space in between.

The changes are subtle, and it’s new so it’s definitely something for everyone to talk about.”

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Wood Continued from Page 1B “The passing records are great. My teammates are a big part of those records and all I was able to accomplish in football,” Wood said.

“As a sophomore, the older guys brought me in and treated me like family. My junior year I began to be more of a leader. I want to thank my offensive linemen for blocking for me and all those who caught the passes over the years.”

Wood said he believes his mental toughness is an asset as a quarterback. He said being able to use his legs to move and get out of trouble has helped him.

Wood said he plans to major in education at William Penn. He is the son of Monica and Scott Pritchard and Mike Wood.

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

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brett Moffitt opened the year with exactly one race on his 2015 schedule, the Sprint Cup race at Atlanta as the replacement driver for Brian Vickers.

He made the most of his opportunity, finishing eighth Moffitt last Sunday in a head-turning performance. Now the Michael Waltrip Racing development driver has parlayed the run into more seat time.

Moffitt, an Iowa native, on Wednesday got a three-race deal to drive the No. 34 for Front Row Motorsports starting this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He’s also slotted to drive the next two weeks at Phoenix and Fontana, California.

“After last weekend, I’m obviously eager to get back into a car and keep racing,” Moffitt said.

“I’m grateful to Bob Jenkins and his team for giving me the

chance to do that. I’ll do my best to get some good finishes for them. I’m also thankful that Michael Waltrip Racing is allowing me to pursue this opportunity.”

Front Row’s seat opened when David Ragan was picked up by Joe Gibbs Racing to be the injury replacement for Kyle Busch for the foreseeable future.

Joe Nemechek replaced Ragan, but Front Row worked out a deal with MWR and Toyota to get the 22-year-old Moffitt in the car the next three weeks.

Front Row is a Ford team, and Moffitt a Toyota Racing Development test driver, but both sides have been accommodating since Busch was injured two weeks ago.

“We know Brett doesn’t have a ton of Sprint Cup experience, but he’s got a lot of hours behind the wheel in testing time, and he was certainly impressive Sunday in Atlanta,” Front Row owner Jenkins said.

“For only his eighth start, he showed a lot of poise, patience and maturity that you don’t often see in drivers that age.”

Moffitt ran seven Cup races

last year with a best finish of 22nd at Dover in his debut.

Driving for Vickers, who sat out the first two races of the year following offseason heart surgery, put Moffitt in his best equipment to date and he delivered.

“I had this one opportunity to prove myself and I think we more than exceeded the expectations,” he said this week. “It’s gotten the ball rolling on some opportunities.”

MWR, which wants Moffitt to get as much seat time as possible, was pleased a deal with Front Row could be worked out.

“There has been heightened interest for Brett Moffitt’s services after his performance last weekend in Atlanta,” co-owner Rob Kauffman said. “While he is committed to MWR, we are happy for him to gain valuable experience.”

IMS-SUNOCO Sunoco has reached an agreement to continue as the official fuel of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series.

Sunoco’s relationship with IndyCar dates to 1968 in Riv-

erside, California, when Mark Donohue drove the No. 12 Sunoco Eagle for Penske Racing.

That same team of Penske, Donohue and Sunoco won its first Indianapolis 500 four years later.

ALL-STAR SCHEDULE The All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series, recently purchased by threetime NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, on Wednesday announced a 54-race season schedule.

The schedule spans six states and will stage 29 of its events in Ohio and 14 in Pennsylvania.

Stewart completed his purchase of All Star Series right before its February opening of five non-points events.

Races counting toward the season-ending championship begin in late March at Atomic Speedway in Waverly, Ohio.

“The schedule we put together for the 2015 All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is filled with great venues on a timeline that works well for our participants,” Stewart said.

New OF Heyward brings needed presence to Cardinals JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Jason Heyward can provide both a veteran presence and youth to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Going into the Cardinals’ first Grapefruit League game, manager Mike Matheny had Heyward already made up his mind on what Heyward brings to the team.

“I see him as a veteran player,” Matheny said. “He’s accomplished quite a bit in a short amount of time. He’s still a young guy but I see him with leadership qualities.”

Heyward came to St. Louis along with Jordan Walden

in an offseason trade that sent Shelby Miller and minor leaguer Tyrell Jenkins to Atlanta, bringing power and speed to a Cardinals’ lineup that lacked both last season.

Heyward stole 20 bases for Atlanta in 2014, that total would have tied him with Kolten Wong for Cardinals’ team high. Heyward’s 27 homers in 2012 were six more than any Cardinal hit in 2014.

Heyward, who is eligible for free agency following this season, averaged 20 home runs and 15 stolen bases with the Braves during his first five seasons — and the Gold Glove he received last season was the second of his career.

Those are the stats of a veteran player, but Heyward is still uncomfortable classifying himself that way.

“I guess I have been here for some time,” Heyward said.

“I guess I have had some experiences that someone else would like to hear about.”

Matheny said Heyward’s reputation in the clubhouse cemented the Cardinals’ desire to acquire the left-handed-hitting right fielder.

Similar to many veterans, Heyward arrived a couple of weeks early to Cardinals camp. The transition from one organization accustomed to winning to another has been smooth.

“This clubhouse is an easy clubhouse to fit into,” Matheny said. “Actions speak louder than words to this group. Everyone holds themselves accountable for what we want to get done every day.

We know at the end of the

year where we want to be.”

Younger players such as outfielder Randal Grichuk have found Heyward to be approachable and engaging.

Veterans such as left fielder Matt Holiday are looking forward to seeing what he can do when games begin.

Matheny already has an idea on what Heyward brings.

“He’s got a presence, there’s no question about it,” Matheny said. “He’s been a guy in a short amount of time that’s made a big splash.”

Matheny gave Heyward, and all of the Cardinals except the pitchers who needed to throw a bullpen, the day off on Wednesday.

When Grapefruit League games begin on Thursday for the Cardinals, one of Matheny’s more interesting tasks

will be determining where Heyward’s speed and power best fit in the batting order.

Heyward frequently hit leadoff for the Braves, which may have affected his power numbers. Matt Carpenter seems to hold a firm grasp on the Cardinals’ leadoff role.

Heyward could hit in any of the five spots that follow.

Matheny wouldn’t reveal where he planned to try Heyward first, but does plan to move him around this spring.

“Whatever I’m asked to do, wherever I’m going to be asked to hit, that’s just going to be whatever I settle into,” Heyward said. “Consistency in that spot, in those situations, is what’s going to bring the best out of someone.

That’s all I’m looking forward to.”

CARDINAL LANES BOWLING March 4 Women’s Wednesday Morning Coffee Newton Daily News 2, Steppin Out Dance 2 Newton Daily News — 2,246: Connie Lakin 345, Angie Keith 383, Louise Vink 411, Connie DeGreef 528. Steppin Out Dance — 2,232: Betty Karr 434, Doloras Ballard 357, Rene Herwehe 355, Trudy Delk 435.

Half Nuts 3, Penny’s Peeps 1 Half Nuts — 2,172: Mady McKim 408, Karen Vangenderen 375, Erika Frahm 382, Julie Ruple 347. Penny’s Peeps — 2,128: Charlotte Ross 482, Mary Gates 326, Sheryl Ferguson 321, Sue Hunter 255.

JTE Trucking 3, MoJo Cycling 1 JTE Trucking — 2,249: Melody Hofer 420, Erin Good 426, Doris Byal 347, Lorna Hofer 282. MoJo Cycling — 2,164: Cathy Peters 414, Gerry Graham 378, Pat Ward 310, Brenda Morris 456.

Deere Daisies 2, Backus Plumbing 2 Deere Daisies — 2,151: Penny Rasmusson 367, Lucy Ponsetto 376, Billie Montgomery 392, Diana Agan 383.

Backus Plumbing — 2,113: Betty Whitson 365, Darlene Koppin 386, Bonnie Right Logue 332, Marilyn Backus 364.

March 3 Sportsman League Lane Blazers 3, Ross Masonry 1 Lane Blazers — 2,872: Ron Jones 497, Terry Keenan 509, Larry Anderson 601, David Anderson 651, Mike Jones 614. Ross Masonry — 2,671: Terry Cooper 532, Tammy Aalberts 482, Josh Frank 518, Dale James 575, Butch Townsend 423.

Brooklyn Ballers 2, Gas House Gang 2 Brooklyn Ballers — 2,711: Stan Grimm 464, Craig Keith 607, Jason Munson 556, Dustin Kingery 590, Joel Grimm 494. Gas House Gang — 2,705: Rick Pittman 607, Jack Trotter 456, Tom Spidle 666, Terry Pickerell 432, Jason Trotter 526.

Sullivans 2, Budget Repair 2 Sullivans — 2,866: George Selden 457, Patrick Brown 589, Brett Jacobs 568, Jason Mikkelson 633, Jeff Van Blair 613. Budget Repair — 2,857: Shon Cupples 543, Paul Twaddle 508, Nathan Gifford 593, Earl Albertson 552, Billy Cox 400.

March 1 Sunday Nite Mixed Kool Kidz 3, T’s In Motion 1 Kool Kidz — 2,615: Scott VerSteeg 507, Dave Henderson 374, Regina VerSteeg 441, Barry Mullenburg 531. T-s In Motion — 2,608: Dale James 572, Tonna Karr 390, Terry Cooper 482, Mickey Karr 597.

BMF’s 4, Unopposed 0 BMF’s — 2,504: Allen Buzzard 423, Jeannie Schultz 390, Wes Wright 425, Richard White 459.

Bowling Stones 3, Book Trader 1 Bowling Stones — 2,872: Gina McGinley 501, Nicholas McGinley 574, Joey Hughes 554, Adam Hackathorn 595.

Book Trader — 2,627: Jill McMahon 320, Jim McMahon 347, Cheryl Hansen 450, Nikki Oartweig 433.

Kill-Kill-Kill 3, Pin Heads 1 Kill-Kill-Kill — 2,641: Kelly Lester 409, Bonnie Geerlings 552, Mike Geerlings 593, Butch Lester 514. Pin Heads — 2,582: Gene Koder 467, Pam Joseph 368, Larry Lappe

342, Penny Lappe 475.

Optimae Team 3, Pick Up Artists 1 Optimae Team — 2,640: Jan Albertson 412, Neil Weyrauch 304, Raejean White 379, Edwin Lawrence 405. Pick Up Artists — 2,608: Tammy Decook 408, Jeremy Clingerman 370, Tonya Williamson 406, Doni Kim 431.

Tassel Ridge Winery 4, Cardinal Cab 0 Tassel Ridge Winery — 2,782: Sincearae Doran 400, John Jansen 561, Jeramie Dorgan 397, Dennis Young 614. Cardinal Cab — 2,583: Crystal Peters 435, Robert Miller 508, Cathy Peters 470, Earl Albertson 531.

KFC-Taco Bell 3, Shaggy Turf 1 KFC-Taco Bell — 2,761: Christie Hughes 510, Teri Burkett 442, Robert Hughes 474, Bethannie Hughes 534. Shaggy Turf — 2,727: Jennifer Beck 431, Trisha Beck 319, Roy Spangenburg 512, Jake Kmiec 484.

Gutter Punks 3, Shomo-Madsen-Wythale 1 Gutter Punks — 2,652: Trudy Delk 413, Merek Budinich 429, Tony Budinich 473, Kory Delk 530. Shomo-MadsenWythale — 2,598: Tammy Aalbers 547, Kenna Willey 410, Amber Tabor 435, Troy Tabor 441.

Cy Hawks 4, Unopposed 0 Cy Hawks — 2,014: Brad Rozendaal 542, Todd Rozendaal 452, Matt Julius 420.

Rascal Saints 3, Team 2 1 Rascals Saints — 2,496: Evan Koons 309, Shelly Koons 342, Janel Koon 459, Granville Smith 453. Team 2 — 2,474: Kathy Mathews 328, Michael Retman 430.

Feb. 27 Sole Survivor Off Constantly 2, Woop Spare It Is 2 Off Constanly — 2,601: Kevin Ross 426, Jimmy Barnard 342, Kyle Rojohn 472, Mark Ross 629. Woop Spare It Is — 2,652: Mike Smith 398, Missy Smith 407, Alicia Weithers 461, Shawn Weithers 447.

Merkins 4, Unopposed 0 Merkins — 2,424: Stephanie McCumber 384, Darla Cooper 375, Kim Belloma 415, Terry Cooper 506.

Me Her Him It 3, Hawkeyes 1 Me Her Him It — 2,747: Barb Shepard 358, James Annis 568, Nathan Sudbrock 651, Tyler Annis 615. Hawkeyes — 2,391: Tammy Aalbers 487, Jim Conley 415, Tony Alter 524, Steve Belloma 559.

Abide 2, I-80 Subway 2 Abide — 2,536: Donna Maki 354, Abbe Pelzer 336, Larry Pelzer 362, Jeff Maki 434. I-80 Subway — 2,484: Tricia Jenkins 495, Lisa Ross 458, Kyle Hill 548, Dan Jenkins 610.

Youth Leagues Feb. 21 Cardinal Club Cox’s Squad 3, The Originals 1 Cox’s Squad — 2,673: Reid Miller 558, Payton Cox 550, Madison Humphrey 503. The Originals — 2,665: Cheyenne Nida 261, Abby Ambroson 338, Melanie Stice 530, Courtney Tabor 495.

Clean Sweep 4, Going On Strike 0 Clean Sweep — 2,806: Tyra Lambertus 508, Damir Gomerov 424, Cutter Benac 481, Chayton Lambertus 450.

Going On Strike — 2,547: Michael Hodnett 345, Sam Supino 477, Jerico Theis 453, Joe Malson 493.

Lane Brains 3, That’s How We Roll 1 Lane Brains — 2,585: Alexandria Cox 385, Erica Bailey 483, Alex Bare 622. That’s How We Roll — 2,532: Nathan Keith 404, Alex Frymoyer 454.

Unicorns 3, DaBosses 1 Unicorns — 2,668: Mitchell Anderson 326, Ryley Roney 372, Shea Carre 498, Jordan Pritchard 386. DaBosses —2,578: Austin Johansen 491, Nic Winchell 417, Shaiden Simmons 536.

Feb. 26 Splitters Pheasants Forever 2, Hewitt Service Center 2 Pheasants Forever — 2,387: Jason Mikkelson 575, Barbara J. Majerus 541, Lonnie Majerus 637, Michael Sims 634. Hewitt Service Center — 2,354: Mike Geerlings 580, Amber Tabor 559, Erin Blank 504, Bev Van Blair 468.

Cardinal Lanes 3, Wauters 76 1 Cardinal Lanes — 2,403: Larry Anderson 478, Dustin Kingery 589, David Andeerson 739, Jeff Van Blair 597.

Wauters 76 — 2,362: Keith Kirchner 461, Bev Kirchner 407, Mike Smith 526, Janielle Wauters 365.

Cardinal Trophies 4, Rialto 0 Cardinal Trophies — 2,084: Stacy Kriegel 427, Sheila Swarts 381, Bonnie Geerlings 549, Machelle Quick 490.

Rialto — 1,865: Paul Twaddle 476, MaKayla Tabor 409, Brett Auffert 485, Gene Mikkelson 495.

Feb. 25 This Bud’s For You

Go Hawkeyes Real Housewives 3, Cardinal Lanes 1 Real Housewives — 3,194 — Amy Yoder 351, Lisa Gomez 365, Kelly Putz 384, Mary Baxter 448, Elizabeth Rozendaal 590. Cardinal Lanes — 3,148: Shawna Clark 446, Dawna Ringgenberg 409, Vacancy 360, Bev Van Blair 452, Barbara J. Majerus 539.

Newton Home Oil 3, Warrick Motors 1 Newton Home Oil — 3,128: Jen Clausen 484, Ryanne Jansen 339, Tina Wade 357, Jean Daniels 487, Pam Moore 546. Warrick Motors — 3,028: Lynn Schiebel 301, Tanya Myers 375, Elexa Morrow 495, Barb Gray 437, Janet Hartz 451.

Feb. 23 Cardinal Monday Strikers Skittles 3, Mario Twins 1 Skittles — 1,300: Mykenzie Herbig 291, Abby Price 385. Mario Twins — 1,187: Lance Banwell 203, Kinnick Pritchard 279.

Golden Bowlers 4, M&M’s 0 Golden Bowlers —1,311: Dawson Herbig 291, Logan Bown 282. M&M’s — 1,262: Breyton Schmenker 364, Lincoln Ergenbright 358.

Feb. 23 Cardinal Monday Rollers Striking Sisters — Kylie Samson 108, Peyton Pline 90.

Super Bowler — Gage Vaderschel 100.

New Guys — Levi Gregory 84, Carson Slusser 134.

Spongebob —Rylan Herbig 111, Kaden Bullard 133.

Feb. 28 Bowling Buddies Super Girl: Brianna Bradley 173. First Grade Rules: Becca Zeien 139, Ethan Padgett 140.

Super Bowler: Austin Kennedy 106. Bowl Strikes: Thomas Yoakum 182, Jada Yoakum 87.

Cardinal All Stars Hot Shots 4, Striking Cousins 0 Hot Shots— 1,919: Amaryn Oswalt 273, Stephanie Bradley 345, Jenna Miller 230. Striking Cousins — 1,821: Danny Lewis 300, Taylynn Sliger 191, Lane Sliger 232.

Strikers 3, Dragon Power 1 Strikers — 1,933: Dalton Anderson 390, Devin Beintema 316. Dragon Power — 1,796: Owen Muhs 278, Genessa Slings 193, Tyler Padgett 248.

Bowling Sisters 3, MVP’s 1 Bowling Sisters — 1,918: Bailey Hansen 213, Lexie Binegar 255, Beka Weithers 160. MVP’s — 1,825: Rebekah Vasseau 349, Sarah Malson 375.

Girl Power 3, Lane Runners 1 Girl Power — 1,842: Marissa Daughtrey 235, Cassandra Albertson 266. The Lane Runners — 1,840: Evan Benac 337, Riley Lester 406, Gage Gomez 315.

Cardinal Club Going On Strike 4, Unicorns 0 Going On Strike — 2,794: Michael Hodnett 542, Sam Supino 469, Jerico Theis 384, Joe Malson 526. Unicorns — 2,451: Mitchell Anderson 253, Ryley Roney 299, Shea Carre 515, Jordan Pritchard 301.

Cox’s Squad 4, Lane Brains 0 Cox’s Squad — 2,637: Reid Miller 533, Payton Cox 529, Madison Humphrey 516. Lane Brains — 2,546: Alexandria Cox 416, Erica Bailey 516, Alex Bare 525.

The Originals 4, DaBosses 0 The Originals — 2,590: Cheyenne Nida 281, Abby Ambroson 339, Melanie Stice 521, Courtney Tabor 420.

DaBosses —2,464: Austin Johansen 443, Nic Winchell 453, Shaiden Simmons 440.

Clean Sweep 3, That’s How We Roll 1 Clean Sweep — 2,733: Tyra Lambertus 459, Damir Gomerov 443, Cutter Benac 450, Chayton Lambertus 442. That’s How We Roll —2,575: Nathan Keith 436, Alex Frymoyer 468.

March 2 Cardinal Monday Strikers Golden Bowlers 3, Mario Twins 1 Golden Bowlers — 1,267: Dawson Herbig 290, Logan Bown 245. Mario Twins —1,205: Lance Banwell 235, Kinnick Pritchard 268.

Skittles 4, M&M’s 0 Skittles — 1,376: Mykenzie Herbig 310, Abby Price 445. M&Ms — 1,208: Breyton Schwenker 291, Lincoln Ergenbright 380.

Cardinal Monday Rollers New Guys — Levi Gregory 124, Carson Slusser 114.

Striking Sisters — Kylie Samson 168, Peyton Pline 98.

Spongebob — Rylan Herbig 89, Kaden Bullard 132.

Super Bowler — Gage Vanderschel 149.

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used, and to do all other things necessary and proper in providing natural gas service to the inhabitants of Grantor and in carrying on such business.

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CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF GRANTEE'S FACILITIES Any pavements, sidewalks or curbing taken up and any and all excavations made shall be done in such a manner as to cause only such inconvenience to the inhabitants of Grantor and the general public as is reasonably necessary, and repairs and replacements shall be made promptly by Grantee, leaving such properties in as good as condition as existed immediately prior to excavation.

Grantee agrees that for the term of this franchise, it will use its best efforts to maintain its facilities and equipment in a condition sufficient to meet the energy future current and requirements of Grantor, its inhabitants and industries. While maintaining its facilities and equipment, Grantee shall obtain permits as required by ordinance and will fix its excavations within a commercially reasonable time period, except that in emergency situations Grantee shall take such immediate unilateral actions as it determines are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; in which case, Grantee shall notify Grantor as soon as reasonably possible.

Within a reasonable time thereafter, Grantee shall request and Grantor shall issue any permits or authorizations required

by Grantor for the actions conducted by Grantee during the emergency situation.

Grantor will give Grantee reasonable notice of plans for street improvements where or resurfacing of a paving permanent nature is involved that affects Grantee's facilities. The notice shall contain the nature and character of the improvements, the rights-of-way upon which the improvements are to be made, the extent of the improvements, and the time when the Grantor will start the work, and, if more than one rightof-way is involved, the order in which the work is to proceed. The notice shall be given to the Grantee as soon as practical in advance of the actual commencement of the work, considering seasonable working conditions, to permit the Grantee to make any additions, alterations, or repairs to its facilities.

EXTENSION OF GRANTEE'S FACILITIES Upon receipt and acceptance of a valid application for service, Grantee shall, subject to its own economic feasibility criteria as approved by the Iowa Utilities Board make reasonable its distribution extensions of facilities to serve customers located within the current or corporate limits of future Grantor.

RELOCATION OF GRANTEE'S FACILITIES If Grantor elects to change the grade of or otherwise alter any street, alley, avenue, bridge, public right-of-way or public place for a public purpose, unless otherwise reimbursed by federal, state or local legislative act or governmental agency, Grantee, upon reasonable notice from remove and Grantor, shall relocate its facilities or equipment situated in the public rights-ofway, at the cost and expense of Grantee, if such removal is necessary to prevent interference with Grantor's facilities.

If Grantor orders or requests Grantee to relocate its facilities or equipment for the primary benefit of a commercial or private project, or as a result of the initial request of a commercial or private developer or other non-

If Grantor elects to change the grade of or otherwise alter any street, alley, avenue, bridge, public right-of-way or public place for a public purpose, unless otherwise reimbursed by federal, state or local legislative act or governmental agency, Grantee, upon reasonable notice from Grantor, shall remove and relocate its facilities or equipment situated in the public rights-ofway, at the cost and expense of Grantee, if such removal is necessary to prevent interference with Grantor's facilities.

If Grantor orders or requests Grantee to relocate its facilities or equipment for the primary benefit of a commercial or private project, or as a result of the initial request of a commercial or private developer or other nonpublic entity, and such removal is necessary to prevent interference with such project, then Grantee shall receive payment for the cost of such relocation as a precondition to relocating its facilities or equipment.

Grantor shall consider in reasonable alternatives works designing its public its projects and exercising authority under this section so as not to arbitrarily cause Grantee unreasonable additional expense. If alternative public right-of-way space if available, Grantor shall also provide a reasonable alternative location for Grantee's facilities. Grantor shall give Grantee written notice of an order or request to vacate a public right-of-way; provided, however, that its receipt of such notice shall not deprive Grantee of its right to operate and maintain its existing facilities in such public right-of way until it (a) if applicable, receives the reasonable cost of relocating the same and (b) obtains a reasonable public right-of-way, dedicated utility easement, or alternative private easement location for such facilities.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION that Grantor acknowledges certain information it might request from Grantee pursuant to this Ordinance may be of a proprietary and confidential nature, and that such requests may be subject to the Homeland Security Act or other confidentiality protections under state or federal law. If Grantee requests that any information provided by Grantee to Grantor be kept confidential due to its proprietary or commercial value, Grantor and its employees, agents and representatives shall maintain the confidentiality of such information, to the extent allowed by law. If Grantor is requested or required by legal or administrative process to disclose any such proprietary or confidential information, Grantor shall promptly notify Grantee of such request or requirement so that Grantee may seek an appropriate protective order or other relief.

FORCE MAJEURE It shall not be a breach or default under this Ordinance if either party fails to perform its obligations hereunder due to force majeure. Force majeure shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) physical events such as acts of God, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, freezing, storms, floods, washouts, explosions, breakage or accident or necessity of repairs to or machinery, equipment distribution or transmission lines; 2) acts of others such as strikes, riots, work-force stoppages, sabotage, insurrections or wars; 3) governmental actions such as necessity for compliance with any court order, law, statute, ordinance, executive order, or regulation promulgated by a governmental authority having jurisdiction; and (4) any other causes, whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise not reasonably within the control of the affected party to prevent or overcome. Each party shall make reasonable efforts to avoid force majeure and to resolve such event as promptly as reasonably possible once it occurs in order to resume performance of its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that this provision shall not obligate a party to settle any labor strike.

HOLD HARMLESS Grantee, during the term of this Ordinance, agrees to save harmless Grantor from and against all claims, demands, losses and expenses arising directly out of the negligence of or its employees Grantee, constructing, agents, in operating, and maintaining its distribution and transmission facilities or equipment; provided, however, that Grantee need not save Grantor harmless from claims, demands, losses and expenses arising out of the of Grantor, its negligence employees or agents.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS All rights, privileges and authority granted to Grantee hereunder shall inure to the benefit of Grantee's lessees, successors and assigns, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions herein contained, and all obligations imposed upon Grantee hereunder shall be binding upon Grantee's lessees, successors and assigns.

NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES This Ordinance constitutes a franchise agreement between the Grantor and Grantee.

No provision of this Ordinance shall inure to the benefit of any third person, including the public at large, so as to constitute any such person as a third party beneficiary of the agreement or of any one or more of the terms hereof, or otherwise give rise to any cause of action for any person not a party hereto.

SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence or section of this Ordinance is deemed invalid by any judicial, regulatory or legislative body having proper jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

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Public Notices THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HARRY A. BRODRICK, Deceased Probate No. ESPR036650 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Harry A. Brodrick, Deceased, who died on or about January 2nd, 2015: You are hereby notified that on the 24th day of February, 2015, the last will and testament of Harry A. Brodrick, deceased, bearing date of the 13th day of May, 1977,* was admitted to probate in the above named court and there will be no present administration of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Dated this 24th day of February, 2015.

Lynnette C. Brodrick Proponent *Designated Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) Adam D. Otto, ICIS PIN No: AT0009064 Attorney for estate OTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC 123 W 2nd St N, PO Box 1356 Newton, IA 50208 Address adam@ottolawyers.com Date of second publication 5th day of March, 2015 Probate Code Section 305 February 26 & March 5 February 17, 2015 Tuesday, February 17, 2015 the Jasper County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Stevenson and Brock present and accounted for; Stevenson Vice-Chairman presiding.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Stevenson to approve the Recorder's Monthly Report of Fees Collected for the period beginning January 1, 2015 and ending January 31, 2015.

YEA: BROCK, STEVENSON Motion by Brock, seconded by Stevenson to set a public hearing for the FY 2015/16 County budget for 9:30a.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in the Supervisors Room of the Jasper County Courthouse.

YEA: STEVENSON, BROCK Motion by Stevenson, seconded

by Brock to adopt Resolutions 15-8 and 15-9 approving Transfer Orders #1339 and #1340 as follows: Transfer # 1339 1340 Amount $103,695.61 $1,093,405.06 Funds transferred from General Basic 0011-Rural Services Funds transferred to 0020 Secondary Roads Fund 0020 Secondary Roads Fund These transfers are required in order to receive State Road Use Funds.

YEA: BROCK, STEVENSON A complete copy of these Resolutions are on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Stevenson to approve Board of Supervisors minutes for February 3, 2015.

YEA: STEVENSON, BROCK There were no Board appointments.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Stevenson to adjourn the Tuesday, February 17, 2015 meeting of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.

YEA: STEVENSON, BROCK Dennis Parrott, Auditor Denny Stevenson, Vice-Chairman March 5 Ordinance No. 572 An Ordinance granting Black Hills/Iowa Gas Utility Company, LLC d/b/a Black Hills Energy, a Delaware corporation, its lessees, successors and assigns, a natural gas franchise and the authority to construct, operate, maintain, and extend a natural gas distribution plant and system, and granting the right to use the streets, alleys, and other public places within the present or future corporate limits of the City of Baxter, Iowa Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Baxter, Iowa, as follows: FRANCIDSE GRANTED The City of Baxter, Iowa (hereinafter referred to as "Grantor"), hereby grants a nonexclusive franchise to Black Hills/Iowa Gas Utility Company, LLC d/b/a Black Hills Energy, a liability Delaware limited corporation (hereinafter called "Grantee"), its lessees, successors and assigns. Grantee is hereby granted the right, privilege, franchise, permission and authority to lay, construct, install, maintain, operate and extend in, along, over, above or across the present and future streets, alleys, avenues, bridges, public rights-of-way and public easements as are now within the present or future limits of said Grantor, a natural gas distribution and all facilities system necessary for the purpose of natural gas or supplying gas and other processed operations connected therewith or incident thereto for all purposes to the inhabitants of said Grantor and consumers in the vicinity thereof, and for the distribution of natural gas from or through said Grantor to points beyond the limits thereof. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, all mains, services, pipes, poles, communication devices, conduits and all other apparatus and appliances necessary or convenient for transporting, distributing and supplying natural gas for all purposes for which it may be used, and to do all other things and proper in necessary providing natural gas service to the inhabitants of Grantor and in carrying on such business.

TERM The rights and privileges granted hereunder shall remain in effect for a period of twenty five (25) years from the effective date of this Ordinance.

FRANCHISE FEES OR TAXES Grantor may, during the term of this franchise, in its discretion, in with and as compliance authorized by state law, after public hearing and upon a majority vote of a majority of the members of the Grantor's City Council then present, pass an ordinance imposing a franchise fee on Grantee's customers located within Grantor's corporate

NONWAIVER Any waiver of any obligation or default under this Ordinance shall not be construed as a waiver of any future defaults, whether of like or different character.

REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES This Ordinance, when accepted

by Grantee as provided below, shall constitute the entire agreement between the Grantor and the Grantee relating to the franchise granted by Grantor hereunder, and the same shall supersede all prior ordinances relating thereto, and any terms and conditions of such prior ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. __ of the City of Baxter, Iowa, is hereby repealed as ofthe effective date hereof.

AND EFFECT INTERPRETATION OF ORDINANCE The captions that precede each section of this Ordinance are for convenience and/or reference only and shall not be taken into consideration in the interpretation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance.

EFFECTIVE DATE AND ACCEPTANCE This Ordinance shall become effective and be a binding contract between the Grantor and Grantee upon its final passage and approval by Grantor, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and upon Grantee's acceptance by written instrument, within sixty (60) days of passage by the city

COUNTY NAME: Jasper

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AMENDMENT OF CURRENT COUNTY BUDGET

CO NO: 50

The County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the current County budget as follows: Meeting Date: 03-17-2015

Meeting Time: 9:30am

Meeting Location: Jasper Coounty Board of Supervisors Room

At the public hearing any resident or taxpayer may present objections to, or arguments in favor of, the proposed amendment. An approved budget amendment is required in order to permit increases in any class of expenditures as last certified or last amended.

County Telephone No.: 641-792-7016

For Fiscal Year Ending:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Total Budget as Certified or Last Amended 12,979,550 7,400 722,484 12,249,666 2,000 115,000 2,427,963 6,953,850 72,500 970,864 162,845 548,369 23,503,057

14 15 16 17

5,394,417 15,000 28,912,474

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

5,908,203 1,914,295 1,669,429 1,498,601 7,112,780 1,253,682 3,142,599 30,500 1,959,180 3,044,568 27,533,837

29 30 31

5,394,417

Iowa Department of Management

Form 653 A-R Sheet 1 of 2 (Publish) (revised 05/01/14)

REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES Taxes Levied on Property Less: Uncollected Delinquent Taxes - Levy Year Less: Credits to Taxpayers Net Current Property Taxes Delinquent Property Tax Revenue Penalties, Interest & Costs on Taxes Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues Intergovernmental Licenses & Permits Charges for Service Use of Money & Property Miscellaneous NONWAIVER Any waiverSubtotal of any Revenues obligation or Other Financing Sources: default under this Ordinance shall General Long-Term Debt of Proceeds not be construed as a waiver Transfers In of any futureOperating defaults, whether like or different character.

Proceeds of Fixed Asset Sales REPEAL CONFLICTING Total Revenues & Other Sources ORDINANCES EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USES This Ordinance, when accepted Operating:

by Grantee as provided below, Public Safety & Legal Services shall constitute the entire Health Social Services agreement Physical between the& Grantor Mental Health, ID &to DDthe and the Grantee relating franchise County granted

by Grantor Environment & Education hereunder, Roads and &the same shall Transportation supersede Government all prior Services ordinances to Residents relating thereto, and any terms Administration and conditions of such prior ordinances Nonprogram or parts of Current ordinances Service are hereby in conflictDebt herewith ProjectsNo. __ of repealed. Capital Ordinance the City of Baxter, Iowa, is hereby Subtotal Expenditures repealed Other as ofthe effective Financing Uses: date hereof.

Operating Transfers Out EFFECT Refunded Debt/Payments AND to Escrow INTERPRETATION OF Total Expenditures & Other Uses ORDINANCE Excess of Revenues & Other Sources The captions that precede each Expenditures section of over this (under) Ordinance are for & Other Uses Beginning Fund reference Balance - July 1, convenience and/or only and shall not(Decrease) be taken into Increase in Reserves (GAAP Budgeting) consideration in Balance the interpretation Fund - Nonspendable of any of the of this Fundprovisions Balance - Restricted Ordinance. Fund Balance - Committed DATE AND EFFECTIVE Fund Balance - Assigned ACCEPTANCE Fund Balance Unassigned This Ordinance shall become effective Total and Ending be Fund a Balance binding- June 30,

contract Explanation between of the Grantor changes: and Grantee upon its final passage and approval by Grantor, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and upon Grantee's acceptance by written instrument, within sixty (60) days of passage by the city council, and filing with the Clerk of the City of Baxter, Iowa. The Clerk of the City of Baxter, Iowa shall sign and affix the community seal to acknowledge receipt of such acceptance, and return one copy to Grantee. If Grantee does not, within sixty (60) days following passage of this Ordinance, either express in writing its objections to any terms or provisions contained therein, or reject this Ordinance in its Grantee shall be entirety, deemed to have accepted this Ordinance and all of its terms and conditions. Passed and approved by the city council of the City of Baxter, Iowa, this __ day of ___________ ,20 ___ _ [Mayor or other Authorized Official] Attest: Clerk of City of Baxter, Iowa March 5

PERSONAL

32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

6/30/2015

Proposed Current Amendment

Total Budget After Current Amendment

0

12,979,550 7,400 722,484 12,249,666 2,000 115,000 2,427,963 6,953,850 72,500 970,864 162,845 548,369 23,503,057

0

0 5,394,417 15,000 28,912,474

0

57,384 175,065 1,672,713 (30,629) 60,000 2,590 51,386 (2,936) (500) (880,000) 1,105,073

5,965,587 2,089,360 3,342,142 1,467,972 7,172,780 1,256,272 3,193,985 27,564 1,958,680 2,164,568 28,638,910

32,928,254

1,105,073

5,394,417 0 34,033,327

(4,015,780) 11,116,241

(1,105,073) 2,538,288

7,100,461 7,100,461

1,433,215 1,433,215

(5,120,853) 13,654,529 0 0 0 0 0 8,533,676 8,533,676

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EMPLOYMENT

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

641-4856591.

RIDING LAWNMOWERS, push lawnmowers & snowblowers or anything with a motor. 641-275-5475 WANTED KOHLER motor for a John Deere rider 110 or complete rider with good motor. 641-275-5475.

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

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

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Approx.

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Newton 66

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PART-TIME SHELVER at Newton Public Library.

15 hours per week.

Application deadline March 18. Go to http://www.newtongov.orgwww.newtongov.org for details.

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Route 110 31 Papers

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8 NEW, oak pre-hung doors $35. each or $250. for all. Call for door sizes.

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ANTIQUE VANITY with mirror $150. Antique roll top desk with chair $150.

Tiffany hanging lights, has tulips as the design $50. firm. 641-840-2380 DALE EARNHARDT Jr 1:64 Collectible Cars $12 ea. I-Pod Shuffle 1GB $35.

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

FOR SALE: contents of garages #6, 12, and 15.

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641-275-7800.

MOTORCYCLE TIRKNOBBY – Off Road 110/90-19 62M Bridgestone Motocross. $20 641521-7506 OAK LIBRARY table, original finish. $150. Firm. 641275-0674.

PROFESSIONAL TROMBONE for sale: Nirschl H880 w/Thayer Valve Rose Brass 8.5” Bell Nirschl 5G mouth piece. Like new condition. $999.00 firm.

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VINTAGE SARAH Coventry jewelry. Lots of earrings, necklaces, bracelets & rings. All reasonable offers accepted. Call or text 641-417-8779.

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

Purple w/waldoc stripe kit.

350 Engine Automatic. $4580.00 OBO 641-242-0361

WINCHESTER MODEL 1917, .30-06 hi-power rifle, 5 + 1 shot, bolt action, aprox. 90% condition $800. cash. 641-792-0367.

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792

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1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

A higher-minded perspective allows us to observe the battle between the selfish bipeds and the rest.

We think we’re better, but our use of plastic bags and water bottles doesn’t just hurt the other creatures of the world. If we create extinction, we go on the list, too. This message was brought to you by the full moon in Virgo, the sign of cleanliness.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 5). You’ll find what you’re looking for this year, so you may as well look for something miraculous.

Demanding goals will keep you highly motivated. A big sale will close this month.

Moves are featured in June.

You’ll learn a new skill in July, and it will augment your income. November and December bring romantic adventure. Libra and Virgo people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 4, 40, 3, 21 and 18.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ve already been down this road. Do you remember the moves that got you through it before?

When you stumbled, you

made it part of the dance.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If it makes you want to run away and hide, that’s an excellent sign that you should run toward it and wave your arms so as to be seen as the bigger-than-life force you really are.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Love will inspire you to go to extremes, bringing out the very best and the very worst you are capable of, depending on the hour.

Also, romantic hopefuls will vie for your attention.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Your guiding planet, Mercury, is pulling out of a fiery trine with lucky Jupiter, helping you communicate your heart’s desire. If you keep your words soft and sweet, you won’t mind if you have to eat them later.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s a time to try things out. You’ll find yourself in unfamiliar territory, so you may as well take social risks. Nobody here knows you anyway! You might as well be who you want to be.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

You like your new friends to be relentlessly positive, but you rely on your old friends to be slightly less so because a snarky comment here and there proves their humanity. Otherwise, you wouldn’t trust them with your innermost thoughts.

and you’ll find your way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). If you want people to tell you the truth (and you probably do today), you’ll have to lower the obstacles that prevent them from honest talk. Let them know that you sincerely want to improve and that you need their input.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The first step to making yourself irreplaceable is to realize that no one is irreplaceable. Secondly, do the job to the best of your ability, and then go the extra mile so that someone else can have a wonderful experience.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Just because something’s coming out today doesn’t make it good. You’ll look into what’s popular for the sake of staying current, though you may not find it all that valid.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You super-intelligence can be both a blessing and a curse. If you understand everything before it’s explained to you, then you’ll miss out on the opportunity to learn. Ask questions, even if you think you already know the answers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Mistakes are cause for celebration, not humiliation.

If you’re making mistakes, it means you’re trying.

Don’t let the mess-ups stress you out. Go back and try again. Keep your humor,

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Fix it, or let it go.

Don’t vacillate in between.

Worry is passive, miserable and unproductive. Train yourself not to worry because nothing will improve from that kind of attention.

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