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Council puts face to name with Venture Homes
Ty Rushing/Daily News The Terry Quiett Band performed twice in Newton last year, including the Bowlful of Blues festival. Tonight, they will host a CD release party at Newton American Legion Post 111, at 1101 W. Fourth St. S. “Taking Sides” is the name of the latest release, and tickets are $5 for general admission and $4 for members of the South Skunk Blues Society or the Legion.
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By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer During the 21st Annual Bowlful of Blues Festival last August, Terry Quiett said he would love to perform in Newton again, and tonight, he is fulfilling that promise. Beginning at 6 p.m. today at the Newton American Legion Post 111, the Terry Quiett band will be hosting a CD release party for the band’s latest effort “Taking Sides.” Admission is $5 for the general public and $4 for members of the Legion or South Skunk Blues Society. Terry himself said this album is “an interesting album.” The band wound up with more of a throwback vibe with this album, which essentially has two sides like old vinyl records. Side A is more a rootsy and raw blues-rock hybrid sound, while Side B gives off a soul and R&B vibe. “It really worked out well and was interesting how it kind of naturally evolved just out of
the songs and it’s kind of a unique thing how the record is split into two halves,” Terry said. “A lot of people were asking us, ‘Is it on vinyl?’ And I wish we could. We really wanted to put it out on vinyl; it’s the perfect kind of vinyl record since it has the Side A and Side B feel.” “Taking Sides” contains 13 tracks and the band will have it, along with Terry Quiett Band merchandise, for sale. The album won’t be available commercially for another few weeks. While most musicians strive to make sure no two shows are the same, Terry said Newtontians can definitely expect a different performance from the group than the two they gave last August— they led the official Bowlful of Blues after party jam session at the VFW — and both performances were very well-received. “They’ll here a bunch of new tracks, a bunch of the new stuff,” Terry said. “It’s the same three piece, we got Nathan Johnson play-
ing upright electric bass guitar and we have Rodney Baker playing drums and me and him have been playing together for a long time.” Terry said last year’s performances were a few of the earliest shows he and Rodney had played with Nathan, who joined the band earlier that summer. “He’s really settled in and he’s added a lot to the sound. It’s been a cool element having that upright bass sound. It’s big and it’s a little round and has this big warm burst sound to it and it’s a cool addition,” Terry said. Terry said they will be playing a lot of fan favorites as well at tonight’s show. “It’ll be a good time, a really good time,” he said. He also spoke very fondly of Maytag Park and the Maytag Bowl, which plays host to the Bowlful of Festival every year. BAND See Page 5A
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Matthew Nosco/Daily News Jack Streeter celebrated Thursday’s warm weather by beating the rush to Westwood Municipal Golf Course’s opening day. Taking the first stroke on the course at noon, Streeter enjoyed the first day of spring.
Coast Guard showed local pastor ‘The Way’
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Terry Quiett Band back in Newton tonight
“I just wanted to put a face with the name,” Meredith Conway of Venture Homes of West Des Moines said. The Newton City Council was able to put a face with the name Venture Homes before amending a resolution authorizing the sale of property located in Fountain Hills Estates. Venture Homes of West Des Moines proposal to start construction of two high-quality single-family homes this spring. The agreements between the city and Venture Homes is Venture would have the exclusive right to acquire any additional lots in Fountain Hills for a $1 a piece for new home construction through the end of 2016. “I was able to meet Bryan Friedman last fall,” Conway said. “We spent a good half a day going around doing a visual inspection on the type of house we build. I think he was very impressed with what he saw, which meant for us to continue to proceed with the idea of coming to Newton to build new construction.” Venture Homes plans to build two houses in Fountain Hills. The square footage of the homes will range from 1,400 to 1,700 square feet. The price range of the homes will be between $200,000 to $250,000. The two homes will each have a three-car garage. “I just met Craig Armstrong this evening,” Conway said. “We plan on taking advantage of Craig’s knowledge of Newton. We have gone around town to get an idea of the real estate companies to work with, which is a big part on selling the properties.”
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By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer These days, pastor Steve Heerema leads between 450 to 500 souls to God during his services at Newton Church of The Way on Sundays. But a little more than two decades ago, he was leading citizens to shore as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. Steve joined the Coast Guard as a way to help strengthen his resume and his original plan was to go into law enforcement. He said a lot of law enforcement personnel told him that having military service would be ideal if he wanted to make it higher up in the field. He joined the guard because one of its primary duties is law enforcement. “I joined the guard in 1991 right before the Gulf War,” Steve said. “I spent the whole Gulf War in boot camp. When I went in, in February of ‘91, is right
when it began, and by the time I graduated, in April of ‘91, it was over.” Like most people at the time, Steve said he and the other future guardsman at camp thought the war was going to turn into a major conflict. “We were in camp, thinking, ‘This is going to be significant,’ and then it was over,” he said with a laugh. Being in the guard provided Steve many opportunities he would have never been afforded simply because Iowa is a landlocked state. While he was stationed in Seattle, he talked about seeing marine wildlife,
providing maintenance to buoys in the Puget Sound and being able to discover various areas of the western U.S. coast. He also enjoyed the stability of the Coast Guard itself provided. “The Coast Guard is the only military service whose mission never changes. Whether the United States is at war, or not at war, the mission in the Coast Guard is always the same,” Steve said. “In other services, your mission might change based on the circumstance and in the Coast Guard, you are protecting the shores from invasion, you are doing law enforcement, you are doing everything — whether at peace or war.” Steve wound up spending almost seven years in the guard. He said the guard helped him in a multitude of ways and soon it became more than just something to help strengthen his resume, it became a guiding force.
Ty Rushing/Daily News Years after serving the U.S. Coast Guard, Steve Heerema said he received his calling and is currently the lead pastor at Newton Church of the Way, 2300 S. Third Ave. E.
“When I joined the military … I didn’t have a lot of focus in life and I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” Steve said. “I went to college to play football, I got injured and then my football career ended. After that, I didn’t known what I wanted to do once football was over. “What the Coast Guard did was it taught me discipline and gave me time to figure out what I wanted to do,” he continued. “Obviously
there is a lot of benefits to being in the service, it’s about teamwork and all these different things.” Some of the things he said he learned in the guard were leadership skills, how to commit to and honor an ideal and how to save people, all of which would work in his favor when he answered the call to become a pastor in the early 2000s. HEEREMA See Page 5A