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Jasper County awarded $280K to fix Chichaqua Valley Trail

By Mike Mendenhall Jasper County Tribune Jasper County Conservation confirmed Thursday the department has been approved for $280,000 in project funding from the Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance to make repairs to the Chichaqua Valley Trail.

A letter provided by Conservation Director Keri Van Zante states the project was approved for the Federal Fiscal Year 2015-18 Transportation

Improvement program.

The Federal Highway Administration must authorize the project before the TAP funds will be made available.

According to county conservation, the trail has experienced significant damage from extreme weather over the past several years. The trail cracked open in the summer of 2012. Damages on the trial extend for 3.7 miles from the east end of Ira to the Indian Creek Bridge near CHICHAQUA | 3A Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Carmen Keith, foreground, and Kim Balmer work in the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center Wednesday afternoon. National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week honors the difficult work done by emergency dispatchers across the U.S.

Emergency dispatchers honored during week of April 12-18

County first responders grateful for helpful voices

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Mike Mendenhall/Jasper County Tribune The Chichaqua Valley Trail in Ira sits quiet in the early morning hours Friday. Jasper County Conservation announced Thursday a 3.7-mile stretch of the path has received federal grant funding to repair damaged caused by extreme weather in 2012.

“Go ahead with your traffic.”

That’s one of the many things a Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office dispatcher might say to a first responder by radio. It’s one of what seems like one million things a dispatcher must say during a shift, trying to coordinate the ongoing movements of dozens of

Changes proposed to city employee residency requirements

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A first consideration for a change is the current residency requirements for city employees will be heard at the Newton City Council meeting Monday.

The Employee Relations Committee met and approved eliminating the residency requirements for all city employees, with the exception of the city administrator and department directors. It also rec-

ommends requiring that employees not in compliance with the proposed ordinance would be able to maintain their exemption as long as they remain fulltime employees of the city.

A proposed relocation of the community garden from 114 N. Second Ave. E. to 518 W. Third St. N. and 206 N. Fifth Ave. W. will also go before the council for approval. The approval of a contract with Jasper County Conservation for the 2015-2017

growing seasons is in the resolution.

With the planned redevelopment of Maytag Hotel, Jasper County Conservation is seeking a new location for its raised beds.

With the move, the organization hopes to continue highlighting the need for encouraging sustainable and healthy approaches to food production and the need for a community garden within the city.

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county law enforcement, fire and medical personnel — all while taking in the county’s 911 calls.

Established by a Congressional resolution in the mid-1990s, the second full week of April is dedicated to the nation’s women and men who serve in emergency dispatch roles. National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week is devoted to showing appreciation for those whose faces are not

out among the public, but whose ears and voices are critical in getting help to those who need it.

“Dispatchers are like the quarterbacks of emergency response, in terms of directing people,” said Lt. Brad Shutts, who oversees Jasper County’s dispatch center as part of his duties. “They can see combinations of things DISPATCHERS | 3A

Attempted murder trial postponed

By Abigail Pelzer Newton Daily News A jury trial for a Newton man charged with attempted murder has been rescheduled.

Nigel W. Graves, 33, was charged in connection with a Dec. 3 stabbing in which police say a Newton man was found with multiple lacerations. Lisa L. McConnell, 32, who police also charged with attempted murder, pleaded to willful injury last month.

Graves’ trial, which was sched-

uled for April 29, was postponed to June 3.

According to Newton Police, officers were called to 126 E. Fifth St. S. at about 7 p.m. where officers Graves found a victim suffering from stab wounds. He was transported to Skiff Medical Center for his GRAVES | 3A

Newton Talks series starts Sunday

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News A change to the current residency requirements eliminating any requirements with the exception of the city administrator and department directors will be proposed to the Newton City Council at its regular Monday meeting.

The mission of the Newton Wellness Coalition encompasses advocacy, awareness and action.

To honor that mission, the group is hosting a series called Newton Talks, a gathering for ordinary people who live in the community to share their extraordinary journey to healthy living. The first talk is set to take place from

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www.newtondailynews.com | Friday | April 17, 2015 The Newton Daily News recently visited Berg Middle School and asked students:

Teen Talk Describe a class project you’re working on.

“I was on a team that made a ‘Rube Goldberg’ machine for a science project.

We got to go to Iowa State University.”

Ty Arguello

“For science, we had to make up a Marvel Comics character with super powers. We ended up with an elastic Hulk.”

Lazarus FrischJohnson

“There was a project to assemble a Lego sculpture then take it apart and give another team instructions for how to assemble it.”

“Seventh- and eighth-graders both wrote poems for a contest, and we’ll find out the winners at an assembly.”

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School Calendar What’s Cooking for the week of April 20 - April 24 Newton Schools Breakfast Menu Monday: Cereal, toast, applesauce, 100% juice and milk. Tuesday: Cinni sticks, grapes, 100% juice and milk. Wednesday: Biscuits and gravy, tropical fruit mix, 100% juice and milk. Thursday: Cherry or apple frudel, Mandarin oranges, 100% juice and milk. Friday: Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, melon and strawberries, 100% juice and milk.

Newton Schools Lunch Menu Monday: Shrimp poppers, macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables and tropical fruit mix. Tuesday: Spaghetti, broccoli salad, peaches, cottage cheese and garlic bread. Wednesday: Stuffed cheese pizza, mixed romaine salad, steamed corn, apple and orange slices. Thursday: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, medley vegetables, banana and a homemade roll. Friday: Beef and bean nachos with lettuce, olives and salsa, refried beans, Mandarin oranges and a raspberry churro.

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News These Berg Middle School eighth-graders and 83 of their classmates made patterns for diapers recently as part of the “Many Hands for Haiti” program. From the left are Tucker Cupples, Hannah Edwards and Haley Budak.

Middle schoolers learn about poverty in other countries ‘Many Hands for Haiti’ program used in BMS community relationships lesson

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News Technology has made the world seem smaller to many of us.

Some Berg Middle School students recently were shown how people in another part of our small globe have completely different needs from people in Iowa.

“Many Hands for Haiti” is a missionary and support program that brings clothing and other supplies to families in Haiti, where 60 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.

Berg Middle School eighth-grade teacher Shannon Clark heard about the Haiti benefit program, and decided to have her students make diapers for children, to be sent over to Haiti after a supply-donation drive ends May 18.

“For some students, community service means picking up trash around town,” Clark said. “This effort helped them learn the entire planet can be their community, and there are needs in some places that are nothing like the needs most of us see here in Iowa.”

Last week, Clark brought in Tim Brand, the founder of Many Hands for Haiti, to talk about the program and the needs of the

Caribbean nation. The event was timed with the start of Clark’s Language Arts class’s Community Relationships Unit, and Clark suggested students bring in old T-Shirts to make diapers to be donated as part of Brand’s “Bundled Bottoms” sub-program.

Clark said the students responded well to the activity. “I have 86 students, and each created at least one (diaper),” she said. “This really seemed to spark their creativity.”

Clark said Brand will be sending the cut out patterns to Haiti in May, where local women will attach Velcro and sew them together.

This provides an added benefit for Haiti, Cook said, as it creates jobs for the women sewing the diapers together. Haiti is an island nation located 750 miles southeast of the Florida coast.

Its poverty is well-documented, and a 2010 earthquake and recent hurricanes haven’t helped matters.

Cook said a team of eighthgrade students will also be collecting school supplies through May 18 for the Many Hands for Haiti program. Hannah Edwards, one of the Berg eighth-graders who helped make diapers for the

program, said she learned diapers are one of many items a struggling nation might not have in its villages, and it might be a safety issue.

“Even a simple thing like that could save someone’s life,” Edwards said. “When we help others, we see how each one of us makes a difference.”

Tucker Cupples said he brought in Iowa State Cyclones gear to be used for the pattern.

“Haiti needs help,” he said.

“Everyone needs help — some people need help with the simplest things.”

Haley Budak said her parents “adopted” a child in a foreign country years ago, in terms of sending annual financial support, so Budak was already familiar with conditions in other countries and the outreach done.

Budak said learning about issues in other countries has helped her remember there are needs closer to home as well.

“Haiti has a lot of needs,” she said. “But we can have the same attitude of help toward people right here in Newton, too.”

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

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Newton Daily News The Parent & Educator Connection at Heartland AEA will host a free event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the Newton Public Library to address special-education students and their transitions into adult life.

“Let’s Talk Transition” will be an open-house-style evening where parents and teens — served by special education — can visit with providers of adult disability services. Agencies or providers that will be represented include Goodwill, Capstone, Lutheran Services in Iowa, Optimae, Progress Industries and Vocational Rehabilitation.

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What’s Happening for the week of April 20 - April 24 Newton Community School District Monday: 8 to 11 a.m., spring pictures at Berg Elementary; 3:30 p.m., All Star Band rehearsal at Newton High School; 5:30 p.m., AAU baseball at Berg Middle School; 5:30 p.m., Boy Scouts at Woodrow Wilson; 6:30 p.m., Boy Scouts at Aurora Heights. Tuesday: 5:30 p.m., junior varsity girls golf meet against West Des Moines Valley at Westwood Golf Course; 4:15 p.m., varsity girls golf meet at Westwood Golf Course; 4:15 p.m., junior varsity boys tennis against Oskaloosa at Maytag Park; 4:15 p.m., varsity boys tennis against Oskaloosa at Aurora Heights; 4:30 p.m., ninth grade boys soccer game against DCG at H.A. Lynn Stadium; 5:30 p.m., junior varsity boys soccer game against DCG at H.A. Lynn Stadium; 5:30 p.m., spring break trip informational parent meeting at Berg Middle School; 7 p.m., All Star Band concert at Newton High School; 7 p.m., varsity boys soccer game against DCG at H.A. Lynn Stadium. Wednesday: 5 p.m., school improvement advisory committee meeting at Emerson Hough; 6 to 9 p.m., After Prom entertainment meeting at Newton High School; 6:30 p.m., special school board meeting at Emerson Hough. Thursday: TBD, girls and boys track and field at Drake Relays in Des Moines; 4 p.m., After Prom entertainment parent meeting; 4:15 p.m., varsity girls golf meet at Westwood Golf Course; 4:30 to 8 p.m., parent teacher conferences at Newton High School; 5:30 p.m., AAU baseball at Berg Middle School; 5:30 p.m., junior varsity girls soccer game against Marshalltown at H.A. Lynn Stadium; 5:30 p.m., Boy Scouts at Woodrow Wilson; 7 p.m., varsity girls soccer game against Marshalltown at H.A. Lynn Stadium. Friday: TBD, girls and boys track and field at Drake Relays in Des Moines; 4 p.m., After Prom entertainment meeting; 6:30 p.m., United Way of Jasper County and Newton YMCA Granny Basketball game at Berg Middle School. Saturday: TBD, girls and boys track and field at Drake Relays in Des Moines; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., middle school band trip to Adventureland in Altoona; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., third-to sixth-grade softball camp at Berg Middle School; 8:45 p.m., JuniorSenior Prom at Newton High School; 11:45 p.m., After Prom at Newton High

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Local News Dispatchers Continued from Page 1A officers can’t see from a vehicle — even one with a computer screen — and are talking to RPs (reporting parties) via 911, so they’re a real lifeline for us.”

The nine Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office dispatchers service all of the emergency response in the county, which includes the sheriff, the police departments of Newton, Colfax, Baxter and Monroe; the Iowa State Patrol, Skiff Medical Center and all of Jasper County Emergency Management and all of the county’s fire departments and area ground or air ambulances.

There are three main workstations in the sheriff ’s office dispatch center, with enough full-size computer monitors to fill a warehouse. Shutts said

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those monitors are used to display everything from maps to federal suspect information, so dispatchers’ eyes and ears are busy the entire shift.

Shutts said the most senior dispatcher at the center is Kim Balmer, wife of former sheriff Mike Balmer, and she’s been on staff for more than 28 years. The newest dispatcher has been with the sheriff ’s office for about a year and a half, he said.

“We’ve had a few that didn’t pan out, but, mostly, when we get a new dispatcher, they don’t leave,” Shutts said.

The second-newest dispatcher is Carmen Keith, and she’s been at the center for about six and a half years.

“Being able to help people is probably the most satisfying part of the job,” Keith said.

Keith said organizational skills and being able to multitask are important elements

of the job, which requires a week-long stint at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in Johnston, along with other more-compressed training.

Maintaining current first aid and CPR certification is essential, as dispatchers routinely handle health-emergency calls. Newton Police Lt. Wes Breckenridge said it’s obvious the county dispatchers are thinking about public safety.

“The Newton Police Department would like to thank the dispatchers at the Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office for their unyielding dedication to the citizens, police and fire/ EMS crews in the county,” Breckenridge said. “We at the police department feel fortunate to have such dedicated dispatchers that keep us and the citizens safe.”

Shutts said de-briefing is utilized after a complex incident to see what could be

done better. He also said it’s important for field officers to praise and highlight things that are done well by dispatch.

Keith said one dispatcher frustration is not knowing what’s happening out on the streets; modern technology, and even superb staffing ratios, only provide dispatchers with part of the picture of what’s happening at an incident. Shutts said dispatchers try to avoid long silences on the radio lines by asking for a status.

“When something serious is happening, seconds can seem like hours,” Shutts said.

Keith said that aside from National Weather Service storm warnings, there are very few ways to predict when dispatchers will hit a busy stretch.

Not even holidays are predictable, in terms of volume of 911 calls — although Shutts said there tend to be more

child-custody disputes on holiday weekends and when school is out for the summer.

Keith said the three eighthour shifts of each day can all be completely different, and the amount or type of calls for the 36,000 residents of Jasper County can change in just a few minutes. While the dispatchers certainly want first responders and the public to avoid harm, Keith knows there will be times when many serious calls come in at once, and that’s when dispatchers need to be at the top of their game.

“I think one trait most dispatchers share is we are handson types,” Keith said. “We like it when it’s busy. That sort of adrenaline-rush time is where we thrive.”

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

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The council will also consider accepting the title to the property located at 1113 First St. N. The property is a fire-damaged home owned by Bayview Financial/Leon Reeves and has met the criteria as an abandoned building. On April 7, the court awarded the title of the property through a default judgment to the City of Newton.

Knabel If accepted and at the end of a 30 day appeal period, the outstanding property taxes will be the responsibility of the city at the cost $596. There will also be an additional $2,400 in legal fees, abstract work and recording costs.

City Administrator Bob Knabel will also be discussing the Bond Issue during the meeting.

at the Sunday talk. Janet Clark, a kitchen staff member at the Newton High School, used a diagnosis of cancer to transform her food and exercise choices, Benson said. The second speaker, Tammy Heyveld, grew up very active, roller skating, playing sports and working out. In 1988 she was involved in an accident that ended in both legs being amputated in 2012. Even through her new challenge, Heyveld has tried to be as active as she could and is currently relearning how to job/run and hopes to some day run a 5k.

Susan Anderson has had a long history of fibromyalgia and chronic pain as well as some mental illness, NWC member Robyn Friedman said. She has overcome all of these things with the use of exercise and determination to be patient and stick to her exercise plan. A goal she set when she first started her exercise program was to complete a 5k (walking) and eventually she accomplished this goal many times over.

“Hers is an inspiring story that many can learn from,” Friedman said.

The event is free and anyone is invited to attend.

Sponsorship for the event is provided by First Newton National Bank, Park Centre and Newton Village. The second talk will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. May 20, also at the Arboretum.

“One never knows whose ears are listing for just such a voice and then will make a decision to begin, begin again or keep going in their own story,” Benson said.

Mingo. Van Zante estimates the full cost for the new asphalt surface at $422,933.

“Drought, followed by high rainfall, has created a 3.7-mile section of trail that cracked deep into the (trail) base producing dangerous riding conditions for trail users,” Van Zante said. “The trail was pulverized in 2013 for safety reasons, and is now in need of a new asphalt surface to restore it to its previous condition.”

The pulverization and seal coat on the damaged surface was a $65,000 project completed in the spring of 2013. Van Zante worries until the repairs are made, many riders will bypass the damaged stretch in favor of a route on Highway 117. With heavy traffic, the county conservation office official said this could be dangerous alternative.

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Graves and McConnell were arrested shortly after the incident — one had the knife on their person and the other admitted they were both at the victim’s residence and an altercation occurred. McConnell and Graves were both initially charged with attempted murder, a Class B felony and willful injury. The Jasper County Attorney’s Office later filed a first-degree robbery charge, a Class B felony, on both suspects, for allegedly conspiring to commit a robbery against the victim.

Graves is expected in court for a pretrial conference on May 18.

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“This could lead to riders enduring dangerous road conditions and ultimately end in injuries,” she said. “The economic impact of this is being felt

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This project is not only important, but is feeling a sense of urgency as the new sections of trail are completed.”

Thursday’s announcement comes nearly one week before a scheduled Chichaqua Valley Trail Grand Opening Celebration event, April 25. Organized by Polk County Conservation, the public bike ride officially marks the completion of more than eight miles of trail connecting the Gay Lea Wilson Trail through Berwick and Bondurant. The event begins at 7 a.m. in Berwick with a noon stop at the Greencastle Tavern in Mingo, a snack station from 11 a.m to 5 p.m. at the Ira Community Center and live music from 2 to 6 p.m. at Cadillac Jack’s in Baxter.

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Flying the ‘friendly’ skies

By Pam Rodgers Associate Editor

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Recently, I was giving advice on standard operating procedures when traveling by airplane. The person in question had never flown and was asking a few questions. I rattled off general security checkpoint “do’s” and “don’ts” and even called up the airline’s web page to scroll through what you are allowed to carry-on to the plane.

Then it hit me, when did I become an expert on air travel? OK, expert is a strong word; however, I am to the point where I can give a decent run down of what to expect. It wasn’t that long ago that I was in the same situation.

In 2008, I traveled by plane for the first time when my family went to California. My brother and dad had been on a plane before, so they knew what to expect and shared that with me. Plus, I had a well-traveled college roommate who offered tons of advice before arriving at the airport.

I can’t remember if I was scared to fly. It’s all a bit of blur, really. I think I was mostly excited because I had wanted to travel by plane for a very long time.

My first flight began in Kansas City. Even with all the advice, I had no idea what I was doing.

Dad dropped us at the gate before parking the van. We got our boarding passes and headed to the security checkpoint. Luckily, we all made it through without incident. We found our terminal and patiently waited for our boarding call.

Once aboard, I found takeoff to be exhilarating. I had seen so many planes take off I knew what to expect. The speed, combined with the moment when I realized we were no longer on the ground, was such a rush. We had a brief layover in Arizona before arriving in sunny San Diego on time — well, close, anyway. Landing in San Diego was a beautiful sight.

I’ll never forget seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time as we made our descent.

The vacation was fantastic. We made a lot of great memories, and I was sad when we headed back to the airport.

My first flying experience went perfectly, so I should have guessed the return trip would be

different. While we were waiting for our plane to arrive in San Diego, the terminal shook, and the glass rattled, making a loud noise.

A visit to California wouldn’t be complete without an earthquake, right? The quake originated in Los Angeles, so we didn’t get the full effect, but that was enough for me. The day went downhill from there.

Our plane was coming from Atlanta, and there were bad storms in that area (that was the airline’s story anyway) so it was late. It made us miss our connecting flight in Arizona. The only other flight from Arizona to Kansas City wasn’t until 7:30 p.m. Mountain Time. So, when we finally arrived in Arizona just after 2 p.m., we had a few hours to kill. This was pre-smartphone days for me, so my sister and I decided to wander the terminal. We picked up a few silly souvenirs along the way.

Finally back in Kansas City, all I wanted to do was be home.

We made our way to baggage claim, and waited for our bags to arrive on the carousel. They

never came. Then an announcement came over the loud speaker “Mark Rodgers and family, please report to the lost luggage office.”

OK, I’m not exactly sure of the words, but it was something close to that. We found the office, convinced our luggage was lost. As it turns out, our luggage was the only thing that managed to arrive in Missouri on time. We are still not sure how that happened.

My dad had taken a shuttle to long term parking, so he missed the whole luggage ordeal. He finally pulled up to the pick-up point, having had trouble navigating back to the terminal. Bags in tow, we piled into the van and started back to Iowa well after midnight. We finally arrived at home in the early morning hours.

Thank you, Dad, for letting us all sleep except you.

I’ve been on a plane almost every year since, but I’ll never forget the air travel sampler of both good and bad possibilities we got all in one trip.

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The Uprising

Companies belied by campaign donations

State View

Washington-style gridlock at statehouse It frustrates me that kids’ educations are, once again, being used as political bargaining chips.

There is still no breakthrough to resolve the school-funding-crisis.

It’s Wa s h i n g ton-style gridlock, and it has no place in Iowa.

Majority party leaders are still insisting on no By Dan Kelley Iowa more than 1.25 percent in school Representative aid next year. I’ve supported compromise offers, made in good faith, from 6 percent to 4 percent to a 2.625 percent increase in state aid while house majority leaders haven’t moved at all and still insist on 1.25 percent.

While the house majority party claims the state can’t afford more than that, it just isn’t true.

Here are the facts, while there’s

always room to reduce spending and make improvements to the budget, the state is not in debt and our budget is balanced with money in the bank. According to the non-partisan Legislative Services Agency, we can provide a reasonable increase in state supplemental aid for schools, keep our state savings accounts full at more than $700 million, end the year with a surplus, and follow our balanced budget law.

School districts across Iowa were forced to start issuing pink slips to teachers and hundreds of Iowa kids and parents rallied at the State Capitol again this week to support a 4 percent increase in allowable growth for K-12 public schools. One school district in Warren County said this week they will be issuing pink slips to 100 teachers because of the uncertainty in state funding. Other school districts are being forced to increase class size and raise property taxes.

It’s time to end the uncertainty for our students and schools.

Our kids deserve better.

As you will recall, the governor signed a bill nearly two months ago to hike the gas tax.

An additional 10 cents has been added to the 26 cents per gallon you already paid in gas tax.

I opposed this tax hike and voted no. The increased pay at the pump will take $3.7 million out of Jasper County pockets, while we will only get about 30 percent of that back for Jasper County. The gas tax was rammed through the legislative process amid promises this money was going to be used for absolutely critical, urgent repairs to rural roads and bridges. I was skeptical. I feared this money would be spent on new construction in urban areas rather than rural infrastructure. I was also fearful dollars would be misappropriated by some local city councils and boards of supervisors.

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Last week, corporate America appeared to take a rare stand on principle.

After Indiana Gov. M i k e Pence (R) signed a law permitting discrimination on the basis of sexual By David Sirota orientation, various companies expressed outrage and tried to position themselves as bold defenders of social justice.

There was just one little problem: Many of the same companies have been donating to the public officials who have long opposed the effort to outlaw such discrimination. That campaign cash has flowed to those politicians as they have very publicly led the fight against LGBT rights.

Pence provides a perfect example. During his congressional career, he led the GOP’s fight against a federal proposal to extend civil rights protections to LGBT people, arguing that they are not “entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities.” He also supported a ban on same-sex marriage, voted against the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and argued that legislation to prevent companies from discriminating against gay and lesbian employees would “wage war on the free exercise of religion in the workplace.”

In light of that record, his move as governor to sign Indiana’s so-called “religious freedom” bill permitting discrimination is not surprising. It is instead the culmination of his larger crusade waged over an entire career — one financed by many of the same companies now claiming they are outraged by the governor’s actions.

Take, for instance, Angie’s List. The company’s top executive, William Oesterle, was one of nine CEOs who signed an open letter to Pence de-

manding he revise the “religious freedom” legislation so that it does not allow discrimination. Oesterle also threatened to cancel plans for a $40 million expansion in Indianapolis if Indiana legislators did not change the law. “It’s very disappointing to us that it passed and was signed by the governor,” Oesterle said in an interview with The Washington Post.

Yet, Pence’s record didn’t stop Oesterle from giving $150,000 to his 2012 gubernatorial campaign.

Similarly, Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s CEO signed the letter bashing Pence’s bill, and a company spokesperson declared that “discriminatory legislation is bad for Indiana and for business.” But the company’s political action committee has given Pence’s congressional campaigns $50,200 and his gubernatorial campaign another $21,500. The latter contributions came after Eli Lilly publicly urged lawmakers to pass ENDA over the opposition of Pence and other Republicans.

In all, six of the nine corporate executives who signed the letter criticizing Pence’s legislation represent companies whose CEOs or political action committees donated to Pence while he was campaigning against LGBT rights.

Heather Cronk, co-director of the pro-equality group GetEQUAL, says the disconnect between the companies’ rhetoric and their campaign contributions is an illustrative example of hypocrisy.

“One of the key missing pieces in the conversation around Indiana’s (law) over the past two weeks has been the role of companies now slamming the bill in putting Gov. Pence in office to begin with,” she told International Business Times. “While it has been heartening to see companies defending fairness as a value,” Cronk said, the companies are “having their cake and eating it, too.”

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Obituaries Joe (Ray) Delk April 14, 2015 Joe (Ray) Delk died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Heritage Manor in Newton. Due to his wishes, there will be no funeral service. Private family services will be at a later date.

Ray was born to Bill and Minnie Delk July 8, 1933, in Indiana. He served two years in the Army from 1951-1953. Ray married Bessie Gilbert in 1958. He worked at Mid-

Joel H. Ward April 15, 2015 Joel H. Ward, died Wednesday morning, April 15, 2015, at his home in Ne w ton.

PenceR e e s e Funer al Home in Newton has been entrusted with the arrangements.

A funeral service for Joel will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 21 at the Foursquare Church in Newton. A visitation with the family will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at the fu-

Beverly “Bev” G. Cross April 16, 2015 Beverly

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west-Smith & Jones as the boiler attendant for several years in Kellogg, and retired from there in 1997.

Ray is survived by two daughters, Pat (Dean) Schutte and Jane (Dan) Shine; three grandchildren, Sherry (Marty) Griggs, Dan (Tonya) Schutte and Danielle Shine (Chad); 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Also, a special cousin Jr. Sharp of Malcom.

Ray was proceeded in death by his parents and grandson David Schutte.

Mary Ellen Juett April 14, 2015 Mary Ellen Juett, 70, of Newton, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Services are pending at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton.

neral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to Joel’s family, in his name. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Joel Henry Ward, 41, the son of Alfred H. and Mary Pat (Rinehart) Ward, was born Aug. 27, 1973, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. He was a graduate of the Newton Senior High, Class of 1991.

On May 22, 1993, Joel was united in marriage with Angel Renee Schultz. He and Angel later divorced, but remained close friends.

As a child, he attended the Foursquare Church in Newton. He enjoyed

collecting Star Wars artifacts, acting and singing in several local musicals. As an adult, he spent time on his computer with his Facebook friends and making videos for YouTube. Joel was very creative and was an artist. He had a kind and generous helping heart. He was employed by Giovanni’s, Sizzling Sams, Dominos, Golden Corral and helped his brothers in construction.

Joel was preceded in death by his Grandma Delia Blessing and Grandma Elsie Green.

Those left to honor Joel’s memory include his parents, Al and Pat Ward; his broth-

ers, Dan Ward (Mary Miller), Dave (Mindy) Ward, Darin (Leigh) Ward and John (Tammy) Ward; his nieces and nephews, Heather, Amanda and Nicole, Ciara, Maddison, Jarid, Brett and Tanner; his aunts and uncles, Shirley and Frank Lupfer, Linda McNew, Floyd McNew, Velma Robbins, Zelma and Dan Gibson, Barbara and Dan Green, Judy and Willie Ward and Suzanne and Arnold Ward; his beloved cat, Bill Clinton; many cousins; and many friends.

Online condolences may be left at www. pencefh.com.

Cross, 84, of Baxter, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 20

at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Baxter. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, April 21 at the church. Burial in Union

Chapel Cemetery will follow. Fredregill Family Funeral Home in Baxter has been entrusted with the care of Bev and her family.

Harlow named finalist for National American Miss Iowa Faith Harlow, 14, daughter of Steve Harlow of Newton, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Iowa Pageant to be May 2-3 at the Ramada Convention Center in Waterloo. The National American Miss pageants are for girls ages 4-18 and have five different age divisions.

Harlow will be participating in the Junior Teen age division, along with other young ladies across the state of Iowa.

Harlow’s activities include band, yearbook committee, photojournalism and Newton Cardinal sporting events. She also enjoys listening to music, volunteering in the community and spending time with family and friends.

Harlow’s sponsors include Mace Family Dentistry, eclips, Aleya, Lonnie Porter State Farm, Hamilton’s Glass, Newton Eye Clinic, InMotion and many others from the community.

Those interested in learning more about the youth program may visit www.namiss.com.

NHS to host state solo, ensemble festival Saturday Newton Senior High School will host the Iowa High School Music Association Class 4A and 1A State Solo and Ensemble Festival from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the high school, 800 E.

Fourth St. S. The event will take place in numerous rooms at the school including the gyms, auditorium, band room, career center and cafeteria.

tion to the national camping project fund.

The camp committee reported that our campers will attend the YMCA camp from July 26Aug. 1. Three girls have been chosen and are being prepared to attend.

The program committee reported that the May meeting will be held in the Garden Room at Park Center with a catered dinner from Hy-Vee. McKee and Kay Parsons reported on their trip to state convention April 10-11 in Burlington. The state organization decided

• JCARL Adoption Event will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Family Video, in Newton.

• Chapter HS of PEO will meet at 5:30 p.m.

Friday at McCann Center in Newton. The chapter meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. prior to the dinner at 6:30 p.m.

• Art & Vino — Painting with Acrylics on Canvas will meet at 9 p.m. Friday at Van Wijk Winery, 802 Fourth St. in Sully. For more information contact info@vanwijkwinery.com.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

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

• Monthly Blue Grass Music and Jam Session and Potluck will meet at noon Saturday at Jasper County Senior Citizens Center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton. Open to the public. Come, bring a dish to share and enjoy.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Beauty for Ashes will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

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

• Boundaries women’s study will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Celebrate Recovery women’s study will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Potluck for Primetimes 55 Plus will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Gathering Room at Community Heights Alliance in Newton. Michael Davidson will provide music with his guitar, mandolin and banjo. Bring a dish to share and invite a friend.

The Rev. John Patterson will present devotions and prayer.

• NAMI of Jasper County will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Skiff Medical Center’s south board room, 204 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton to discuss Family to Family training and possible training for other NAMI programs.

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Congregate Meals Monday Smothered pork chop, whipped potatoes, lima beans, apricots, pears and skim milk

Club Notes Chapter K-EN TTT Eleven members of Chapter K-EN T.T.T. met April 14 in the home of Jane Johnson with Shirley Nuzum serving as co-hostess.

The evening began with a program

by Pam and Andy Stone on their recent trip to India.

Dessert and tea was served.

The meeting was called to order by President Val McKee. Roll was taken and minutes read.

The treasurer’s report was given.

The group had recently made their annual contribu-

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to continue with an annual convention, but all the business will be conducted on Saturday to accommodate working members. They attended the camp workshop, purchased items for our campers at the market and enjoyed the Friday night banquet.

Members are encouraged to bring cash donations to the May meeting if they wish to participate in this year’s “step it up” effort.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Julie A. Swalwell, 54, of Baxter, is charged with third-degree theft after authorities were called to the Dollar General at 12:20 p.m. Feb. 16. Officers spoke with an employee who said a woman had dropped her billfold in the store with $700 in it. Another woman, Swalwell, was identified through video picking up the billfold and leaving with it. A store employee said Swalwell frequented the store and got her name the next time she came in. Officers then checked through the IDOT and identified her. She came into the police department April 15 and was cited and released to appear.

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Friend’s food criticism is hard for couple to swallow

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have a friend, “Jonah,” whom we love dearly, but he has no filter. He’s college-educated, has a white-collar job and is over 50. The problem is, anytime we invite him for dinner or take food items to his house, he makes horrible remarks about my wife’s cooking, particularly when it’s a holiday party based on my wife’s Slavic heritage.

My wife is a really good cook. No one else makes fun of these foods, many of which are common in the U.S., but Jonah makes negative comments every time. I have told him that it’s rude, and so has my wife.

We would hate not inviting him to future parties with our usual crowd, but it gets me upset when he does this. My wife has actually prepared an alternative meal for him so he won’t have to eat the “heritage-style” food. He even makes snide comments when I bring foods popular in other parts of the U.S. Abby, do we continue inviting him or not? It is straining our friendship.

— IN A FOOD FIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DEAR IN A FOOD FIGHT: Because Jonah has indicated that he doesn’t like the food at your parties, stop inviting him. And because he doesn’t appreciate the effort when you bring regional food to his home, stop doing that, too. If he asks why he wasn’t included, feel free to give him an “unfiltered” answer. If you visit him, bring a generic house gift, such as nuts, a box of candy, a bottle of wine. If he doesn’t accept it graciously, stop doing that, too.

With a “friend” like Jonah, it would be better to socialize at a restaurant that serves food he does like, or at an activity that doesn’t revolve around food. I am amazed that you have tolerated his behavior this long.

DEAR ABBY: My wife has gained a little weight and has become self-conscious about how she looks. I have told her she’s still beautiful. We haven’t been intimate in three months and I think it’s because she’s afraid I won’t like how different she looks without clothes.

I don’t know how to tell her that my love for her isn’t based on her physical

beauty. It’s based on who she is as a person. THAT’S what is beautiful to me.

Do you have any feedback for me? — LOVING HER IN LOUISIANA DEAR LOVING HER: Before jumping to conclusions about why you and your wife haven’t been intimate, I think you should ask her directly. It may have nothing to do with her weight — and it could be something she should discuss with her gynecologist.

Of course, it never hurts to tell a woman that she’s beautiful because of who she is in your eyes and that she always will be. It’s a song we women never tire of hearing — and the chorus is always welcome music.

DEAR ABBY: My husband helps with the kids and with the housework.

But he never remembers holidays and special occasions. We have been married 15 years.

I have talked to him about how hurtful this is, but it never helps. I want him to think about me and put some effort into getting me something. My friends say, “How can you complain?

He helps you do housework!” What do you think? — WIFE OF AN IMPERFECT HUSBAND DEAR WIFE: If the problem is that your husband doesn’t know what to buy for you, offer some suggestions.

If he simply can’t remember the date — and some spouses don’t — start “reminding” him a week in advance. If he still doesn’t “pop,” then appreciate the fact that you have a husband who tries every day to show you he loves you by making your life easier. Many women are not so lucky.

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Iowa man must pay $350 restitution for arson MASON CITY — A 58-year-old man convicted of setting fire to a house across a street from his home in Mason City has been ordered to pay $350 in restitution.

On Thursday, Roger Kuck was told to pay the money to Terry Turnure for damage to security cameras and memory cards.

The case stemmed from a fire set Oct. 30, 2013. Kuck already has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, suspended, five years of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS — Google Inc. wants to expand its Council Bluffs data center spending an additional $1 billion and doubling the size of its staff to 70.

The California company is asking the state for an additional $19.8 million in tax refunds bringing its total tax incentives to more than $36 million. The company received nearly $17 million in tax incentives to build the first phase of its data center in exchange for a promise to employ 35 people. Google’s total investment in Iowa will come to around $2 billion.

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SIOUX CITY — Sioux City wants to keep operating five traffic cameras while appealing a state order to remove them.

The city filed Thursday for a judge’s order to protect the cameras’ operation, and a hearing on the request is scheduled on Tuesday. Assistant City Attorney Justin Vondrak said in the filing that city officials think the cameras improve safety on Interstate 29 and other locations.

Google seeks $1 billion expansion of Council Bluffs

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MARION — The former operators of a closed elder group home in Marion have been convicted on three charges, including neglect.

Online court records say that 67-yearold Peggy Berns and 71-year-old Donald Berns on Wednesday also were convicted of conspiracy to commit a forcible felony and of possession of a controlled substance. Their sentence hearing is scheduled for June 5 in Linn County District Court.

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GARNER — The DNA of a former Iowa lawmaker was found on the quilt and bed sheets of his wife, but not on her clothing, a state lab worker testified Thursday.

The prosecution rested Thursday in the case of Henry Rayhons, who is accused of sexually abusing his wife, Donna Lou Rayhons, who suffered from dementia.

—The Associated Press

USDA veterinarian: Bird flu outbreak could be ‘devastating’ The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The nation’s poultry industry may have to live with a deadly bird flu strain for several years, which would be “devastating,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief veterinary officer said Thursday.

Tuesday the USDA announced the first case of the strain in Iowa, at a large turkey farm in Buena Vista County.

Dr. John Clifford also said that while new cases should drop to close to zero once the weather warms up and kills off the virus, there’s “very likely” to be a resurgence this fall when the wild waterfowl that are natural carriers of avian influenza fly south for the winter.

Clifford spoke on a visit to Minnesota, the state hit hardest by outbreaks that have led to the death of over 2.5 million turkeys and chickens in the Midwest

since early March. He said the fact that the highly pathogenic H5N2 virus has already appeared as far east as southern Ontario means there’s an uncomfortable risk of it spreading to the East Coast where much of the U.S. broiler chicken industry is based.

“If it sticks around and continues it’s going to be very devastating to our poultry industry and our international markets, trade markets, as well as the loss

domestically,” Clifford said in an interview with The Associated Press. “That’s why we have to really use this time appropriately to do all that we can to determine how best we can address and prevent introductions in the future.”

Authorities have confirmed H5N2 outbreaks at nearly 40 commercial poultry farms in the Midwest, including 26 in Minnesota. All were turkey operations except for one chicken

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Several businesses are offering special discounts for customers who come into their store and fill out a postcard. Postcards are located at the following businesses and can be filled out at the point of purchase: • Beckman Gallery, 10% off entire purchase (excluding custom framing) • Book Trader/Tan America, offering 25% off one item (excludes tanning packages) • Bridal Sweet, 20% off all items • Bridgehouse Coffee, 5% off of drinks when you fill out a postcard • Bun in the Oven, one free bakery case item of $1 value or less • Choices, offering 10% off one regular, non-sale price item • Dairy Queen, 50 cents off Blizzard or Orange Julius • Farmer’s Wife, offering 20% off one item per customer • Forbes Office Solutions, offering 50% off any 1 item from the “bargain cave” or 25% off a custom print job • Jan’s Yarn Barn, 25% off of one yarn item per customer • Mattingly Music and Books, offering 10% off one item per customer • The Medicine Shoppe, offering $5 off one item (excluding medicine) • Midtown Café, one free drink of your choice • Mojo Cycling, 10% off bikes when you fill out a postcard, 20% off accessories • Moo’s BBQ, $1 off any purchase • Mr. Dan’s Sandwich Shop, offering 20% off discount on entire purchase • One Man’s Junk, spend $20, get 10% off purchase • Ooh La La Boutique, 25% off jewelry (excluding C&C Floral Watches) • PJ’s Deli, offering a free soda • Relics, $5 off for every $50 worth of furniture and other select items • Silverado Jewelry, offering $1 off when you spend $10 or more • Stacey’s Sweetstuff, $1 off total purchase

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Money Smart Week at the Newton Library The week of April 19-April 25 is Money Smart Week and in celebration the Newton Public Library will be participating in DASH for the Stash. The statewide winner of this contest will be awarded $1,000 to open or add to a retirement investment account. To play, participants go to the library to find four posters.

They read each poster, access the quiz question and choose an answer.

The easiest way to play DASH for the Stash is to use a smart phone or mobile device to scan each poster’s QR code, but you can also use a computer. Posters will be on display at the library.

Check out our Money Smart Week display while visiting the library to play the contest.

Authors Wanted The Newton Public Library is hosting a Newton Alumni Author Event from 4-6 p.m. on June 12 in the library meeting room. We are looking for published authors who have graduated from Newton to visit with the public, answer questions about writing books, the publishing process, bring copies of their books to sell and autograph their books. Join us on Alumni Weekend to celebrate what graduates have

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By Nicole collecLindstrom t i o n Newton Public w h i c h Library Public h o u s e s Services Librarian b o o k s about Iowa or written by Iowa authors. If interested, contact Nicole Lindstrom at 641-792-4108 or nlindstrom@newton. lib.ia.us. We invite the public and alumnus to attend We are Hiring Check out our website www.newton.lib. ia.us or stop into the library for more details and how to apply.

Postcards at the Library The library is the central location to drop off your completed Get To Know Newton postcards. Shop on the square this weekend and receive discounts from stores when you fill out a card at checkout. Stop in to fill them out or drop them off by April 21. We have a goal to reach 10,000, help us make it. All postcards will be mailed to Iowans encouraging them

to get to know Newton.

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Board & Card Game Night Join us in the library meeting room on April 27 for board games and cards. This program is open to all ages, children must be accompanied by an adult. Socialize with other board and card game palyers. Snacks will be provided.

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Seeking Musicians, Authors and Crafters The library is looking for Newton residents who have a musical talent, have published a book or can speak on writing a book, or who have a special skill in crafts to present programs for the Adult Summer Reading Program this summer. If interested, please contact Nicole Lindstrom at 641-792-4108 or nlindstrom@newton.lib.ia.us.

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Iowa Legislature OKs bill to expunge dismissed charges DES MOINES (AP) — People would be able to get their criminal records expunged of cases in which they were acquitted or the charges were dismissed if the governor signs off on a bill that the Iowa Senate approved Thursday.

The Senate voted 42-0 for the bill, two days after the House approved it in a 96-0 vote. It now heads to Gov. Terry Branstad for review.

Current law allows such information to remain on a person’s records indefinitely.

Supporters say the bill would help people applying for a job or renting a home, since those actions often require a background check.

“When you go home to your districts, if you talk about this bill, I think you’re going to be surprised about how many people come forward and thank you for voting it, thank you for making their lives a little better on a daily basis,” Rep. Mary Lynn Wolfe, D-Clinton, said before the vote Tuesday.

The Iowa Newspaper Association registered against the bill.

Executive Director Chris Mudge said the group doesn’t support practices that essentially “erase history.”

The Senate already had approved the bill in March but had to vote again after the House made changes, including adding a 180-day waiting period for the records to be expunged.

That change came after at least one group expressed concern about oversight in how the records would be expunged.

But there was no vocal opposition to the bill Thursday.

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Harris, Kemp stage a top show in 110 hurdles Newton boys tie for fourth at Cardinal Invitational

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Deonne Harris and Bryce Kemp were a marquis matchup in the 110-meter high hurdles at Thursday’s Cardinal Invitational track meet at Newton’s H.A. Lynn Stadium Newton’s Harris and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Kemp are seniors, who knew they had already qualified for the 2015 Drake Relays next week in Des Moines. They are two of the top high hurdle competitors in the state.

The two did not disappoint anyone at Newton’s meet. They were all even coming through the first few hurdles, but Harris started to pull away a bit — not by much. Harris gained the lead and cruised to victory in 14.65 seconds. Kemp was second in 15.06 and CMB’s Joey Nissen finished sixth in 16.97.

“He’s really good. Last year here at the Cardinal Relays, he got me off the start and beat me,” Harris said of his race with Kemp. “My biggest focus was to get a strong start and stay strong down the lane. It’s a good feeling to win in front of the home crowd.”

Harris has not been beaten this season in the 110 hurdles.

“The season has been going real well, and I’ve been working forever. I was hoping to have a season like this,” Harris said. “But anyone can beat me on any given day, so I have to be ready to race each time.”

Harris and Kemp faced each other earlier in the meet in the 4x110 shuttle

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Deonne Harris pulls away from Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Bryce Kemp in a showdown of two of the best hurdlers in the state at Thursday’s NHS Cardinal Invitational. Both athletes will be competing in next week’s Drake Relays in Des Moines.

hurdle race. Kemp got his gold medal in that race, anchoring the Raider team to a 59.92-second win, which is sixth best in Class 2A. The Raider team of Kemp, Kyle Cather, Brad Ritter and Nissen came up just shy of qualifying for the Drake Relays as the cut-off time was 59.74 seconds.

Newton’s shuttle hurdle team of Harris, Jake Bennett, Jaron Roush and Matthew Karsten finished second in 1 minutes, 2.67 seconds. Harris later ran the 400 hurdles, finishing second in 59.02 seconds.

Boone racked up 145 points to win the boys’ title at the Cardinal Invita-

tional. Oskaloosa was second at 106 and Marshalltown took third with 104 points. Newton and Grinnell tied for fourth with 82 points. each. Perry scored 80 points and CMB had 76 points.

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NHS girls take fourth at Cardinal Invitational Golds go to Kalkhoff, distance medley relay

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News In a spin — Newton High’s Sarah Kalkhoff has gone to a spinning shot put technique this season and she’s reaching new distances. Kalkhoff won the shot put and the discus events at Thursday’s NHS Cardinal Invitational track meet at H.A. Lynn Stadium. She has qualified in both events for next week’s Drake Relays.

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Being selfish in sports is what I want, but know it is not what’s good Family and sports have been connected for me most of my life. Wrestling was the main sport in the Sheets family and our extended family.

My parents coached wrestling, softball and baseball over the years as my three brothers, my sister and I grew up. My brothers competed in football, basketball and track along with wrestling in the 1970s. My sister competed in volleyball in the 1980s. By Jocelyn Me? I spent a month on Sheets the first-year high school Newton News volleyball team, competed Daily in high school track and Sports Editor

played summer softball.

In most families, there are those children who are really athletic and we so enjoy watching them compete.

A couple of weeks ago I made a quick weekend trip back to Kansas. Sitting in a Kansas City restaurant, I visited with my nephew Stephen.

“I really enjoyed watching you wrestle,” I said to him.

He spent two years playing junior college football. Now, he is just a student at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo. But I do miss him competing. I loved to see him work hard and do well in athletics.

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Newton High’s girls faced a packed field in Thursday’s 2015 Cardinal Invitational. There were 14 schools competing in the girls’ division.

Head track coach Rachel Tomas said the Cardinal girls always run better at home.

“The weather is great today and we have a lot of strong competition to go up against,” Tomas said just after the meet began. “We’re competing at home, which energizes the girls.”

Senior Sarah Kalkhoff also throws well at home. She was Newton’s only individual champion at its home meet at H.A. Lynn Stadium.

Kalkhoff began the day, throwing an inch short-

er than her best — 39 feet, 4 inches — to capture the gold medal in the shot put.

The defending Class 4A state discus champion didn’t have her best day in the discus ring, throwing 129-6. But it will do. Kalkhoff won the discus gold.

“We’ve had four meets in six days, and along with weightlifting, we haven’t had a lot of time to practice and really get better,” Kalkhoff said.

“I was throwing on really tired legs today. I’m happy with how I threw today.”

Newton finished fourth as a team with 58 points and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter, which brought a few athletes to go after better marks, GIRLS | 4B

Newton defeats Pella Christian in close LHC girls’ tennis dual

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — Newton High’s Katherine Thorpe and Elizabeth Myers were locked in an intense doubles match against Pella Christian’s Sophie Vander Molen and Maria Bandstra. It came down to this doubles match to decide Thursday’s Little Hawkeye Conference tennis dual.

Through six singles matches, the Cardinals and host Eagles were tied 3-3. Four of the five doubles matches were finished and each team had won two of those. Newton and Pella Christian were locked in a close competition, 5-5, with one match re-

maining on the courts.

Thorpe and Myers had dropped the first set, 6-2, to Vander Molen and Bandstra.

They rallied to win the second set 6-1. The match went to a third-set tiebreaker. That was even close.

Newton’s duo came up with a 10-8 win to claim the match.

With that win, Newton defeated Pella Christian, 6-5, in the LHC dual. Most matches were close throughout the competition.

The Cardinals got singles wins at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 Thursday. McKenna Heisdorffer claimed a 6-3, 6-1, 1 (10) victory TENNIS | 3B

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SPORTS CALENDAR Friday Soccer Boone at Newton boys, JV 5:30 p.m., Varsity 7 p.m.

PCM at Centerville, girls 5:30 p.m., boys 7 p.m.

High School Track PCM boys at Adel DeSoto Minburn, 4:30 p.m.

Trap Shooting Newton at Pella Rugby At Ankeny Newton vs. Des Moines Hoover, 7:40 p.m.

Newton vs. Valley, 9 p.m.

Saturday Soccer Newton Girls Invitational Newton vs. PCM, 10 a.m.

Perry vs. Des Moines Lincoln, 11:30 a.m.

Consolation game, 1 p.m.

Championship game, 2:30 p.m.

Newton JV boys at Perry tournament, 9 a.m.

Tennis Newton boys at Marshalltown Invitational, 9 a.m.

Golf Colfax-Mingo boys at Knoxville, 8 a.m.

Monday High School Track Newton girls at Dowling Catholic, 4 p.m.

Newton boys at Norwalk, 4:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo boys at Van Meter, 5 p.m.

CMB girls at Gilbert, 4:30 p.m.

Tennis Newton girls at Grinnell, 4:15 p.m.

Golf Newton girls at Wes Des Moines Valley, 10 a.m.

PCM, Colfax-Mingo boys at West Marshall, 2 p.m.

CMB,PCM girls at Bondurant-Farrar, 4 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully boys at Sigourney, 4:15 p.m.

Soccer Newton girls at Dallas Center-Grimes, 9th 4:45 p.m., JV, 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.

PCM girls at Grinnell, 5 p.m.

Middle School Track Newton 7th, 8th girls at Saydel, 4:30 p.m.

Maggard shoots 44 for Tigerhawks at Pleasantville Newton Daily News PLEASANTVILLE — In the season opener Thursday, Colfax-Mingo senior Olivia Maggard claimed runner-up honors at the Pleasantville Golf Course.

Maggard shot a 44, while her teammate Shaye Weber finished with a 100.

With just two golfers, the Tigerhawks did not have enough for a team score.

Colfax-Mingo is off until April 30. That’s when the Tigerhawks travels to the PCM Invitational. Action kicks off at 1 p.m.

Early hole dooms PCM boys at home Newton Daily News MONROE — The Prairie City-Monroe boys’ soccer team couldn’t recover from an early hole Thursday night.

Nevada led 2-0 at halftime and held on for the 3-1 win over the Mustangs. Tony Merrill scored on a penalty kick in the second half for PCM. The Mustangs fell to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in Heart of Iowa Conference play after the loss. Nevada lost its first six matches of the year but has since won two straight.

The Mustangs travel to Centerville today.

Varsity action begins at 7 p.m.

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Colfax-Mingo girls take ‘big step forward’

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News OGDEN — Colfax-Mingo sophomore Dakota Hostetter qualified as an individual in the state cross country meet this past fall.

Thursday, she showed off her versatility in winning the 400-meter dash and placing third in the 1,500-meter run.

In all, the Tigerhawks finished second three times and crossed in third another three times on their way to a fourthplace finish at the Ogden Girls Relays.

Three larger schools finished ahead of Colfax-Mingo in the team standings. Gilbert ran away with the team title with 165 points.

Madrid was next at 122, while Ballard (94), Colfax-Mingo (79) and WoodTroy Hyde/Daily News ward-Granger (62) rounded Colfax-Mingo freshman Ries Wilson, left, finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in Ogden on Thursday out the top five. The other two night. She also ran on the Tigerhawks’ fourth-place distance medley relay team. schools were Martensdale-St. Marys with 46 points and host Coming in two spots after feet, 5 inches in the shot put sell, Tjaden and Brianna CooOgden finished with 19 points. Hostetter in the 1,500 was for third and Ries Wilson was per hit the sprint medley relay “It was a great night for the Ivy Moore and she crossed in fourth in th 400 hurdles in in 2:06.65. team as a whole with girls step- 6:01.71. Moore took second 1:16.04.

Pease, Woods, Morping up to try some new dis- in the 3,000 in 12:39.53 and Five relay teams placed gan McKinney and Craig were fourth in the 4x800 in tances,” Colfax-Mingo coach Kennedi Hostetter was third fourth.

Zach Tomas said. “We took a in 13:03.25.

Kennedi Hostetter was a 11:58.76 and the distance big step forward tonight and The other two runner-up part of three of those. She medley team of Reagan NichI know we are headed in the finishes came from Bailey opened the 4x200, 4x400 and ol, Russell, Wilson and Moore were fourth in 5:01.22. right direction as we enter the Pease in the 800 and Aranda the sprint medley relays.

Colfax-Mingo runs at final month of the season. I look Woods in the long jump.

Brianna Copper, McKinzie forward to seeing what they can Pease nearly won the 800 Tjaden and Woods teamed Montezuma at 4:30 p.m. Tuesdo to close out the season.” as her time of 2:47.38 was just with Kennedi Hostetter in the day and also heads to Baxter Hostetter’s winning time 0.16 seconds behind Gilbert’s 4x200 and that group finished for CMB’s girls-only meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. in the 400 was 1 minute, 3.81 Justine Rosburg. Woods hit 15 in 1:57.01. seconds. Her 1,500 time was a feet in the long jump for the Hostetter, Woods, Cassie Contact Troy Hyde at personal-best 5:21.01. first time this season and that Craig and Pease crossed in 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 The Tigerhawks doubled up was good to collect the silver.

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Tigerhawk boys move up in district standings

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Competing against schools much larger, the Colfax-Mingo boys track and field team was more concerned about running personal-best times and moving up in its Class 1A district standings than it was about a strong team finish.

And with the return of two of their best runners, the Tigerhawks climbed to second in the district standings in the 4x200 and 4x400 relays at the Saydel Invitational and are now fourth in the 4x800 relay.

Jacob Lietz and Gabe Simpson returned from a Spanish Club trip to provide a boost in all three relays.

Lietz and Simpson teamed with Blake Summy and Jared Myers to finish fourth in the 4x400 with a time of 3 minutes, 39.42 seconds. That same group was seventh in the 4x200 with a time of 1:37.37.

Colin Lourens had the best

individual finish of the night.

The junior was sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 2.75 inches.

The most controversial event of the night was the 4x800 relay. It appeared that two runners to each side of Lietz knocked the baton out of the junior’s hands just a few seconds into the race, but the starter didn’t see it that way.

Running several seconds behind the rest of the pack because of the drop, the Tigerhawks still recorded a season-best time by 22 seconds.

Lietz, Cameron Warner, Summy and Simpson hit the line in 9:27.94. That time is good enough for fourth in their district.

The Tigerhawks return to action at 5 p.m. Monday in Van Meter. They run at Martensdale-St. Marys at 5 p.m.

Thursday.

Contact Troy Hyde at 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 or thyde@newtondailynews.com

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo junior Jacob Lietz anchored the 4x400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish Thursday at the Saydel Invitational. He also anchored the 4x200 relay team to seventh and both events are now ranked in the top four of their Class 1A district.

Mustangs win six events, take second at Guthrie Center

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News GUTHRIE CENTER — A sickness earlier this year put a brief damper on Prairie City-Monroe sophomore Jayci Vos’ chances at qualifying for the Drake Relays in the 400-meter low hurdles.

But once she returned to the track, Vos tried to make up for lost time.

Her final chance was Thursday, but Vos came up short despite posting a season-best time of 1 minute, 7.54 seconds.

The cut-off for the Drake Relays was 1:05.38.

That time was, however, one of six wins for the PCM girls’ track team at the Guthrie Center Tigerette Invitational.

The six wins, along with three runner-up finishes and three third-place tallies, helped the Mustangs to a second-place finish in the team standings.

PCM scored 110 points and trailed only Panorama, which had 128. West Central Valley (87), Des Moines

Christian (77) and Earlham (66) rounded out the top five in the 14-team field.

“We had another night full of season and personal bests Vos this evening,” PCM coach Bridget Martin said. “We were able to capitalize on the perfect weather conditions as well as the great competition the meet had for us.”

Vos’ 400 hurdles time is currently 14th in the state and third in Class 2A. Aside from winning the 400 hurdles, Vos helped the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams to a gold medal.

The 4x100 included Vos, Emily Hugen, Ashley Van Gorp and Mackenzie Clarke and that foursome crossed in 52.30 seconds, which was fast enough to qualify for next week’s Drake Relays.

It is tied for the seventh best time in 2A. That same group won the

4x200 in 1:51. That is the fifth best time in 2A. The other wins for PCM came from Rachel Stafford in the 800, Rachel Peter in the 3,000 and Grace Telfer in the shot put.

Peter won the 3,000 by 18 seconds and her season-best time of 11:19.38 is ranked 10th in 2A. Stafford crossed the line in a personal-best 2:27.86 in the 800 and that time ranks 11th in 2A. Telfer’s personal-best throw of 37 feet, 6 inches in the shot put is sitting 11th in 2A as well.

Telfer won the event by nearly three feet.

Stafford out-kicked Des Moines Christian’s Ashley Stevens to win the 800 by 0.02 seconds.

Peter and Telfer also grabbed runner-up finishes.

Peter was second in the 1,500 with a season-best time of 5:08.81. She lost to Des Moines Christian’s Sydney Clark by 0.03 seconds. Peter’s time is still currently sixth best in 2A.

Telfer was second in the discus with a personal-best throw of 105-0.

“We like where things are headed, and we continue to keep our focus on one meet at a time with the ultimate goals set on the big meets in May,” Martin said.

The other second-place finish came in the sprint medley relay. Ashley Miller, Hugen, Clarke and Stafford finished in 1:59.45.

The 4x400 and distance medley relays were third, along with Clarke in the 100.

Clarke crossed the line in 13.47 seconds.

The 4x400 team of Vos, Stafford, Tatum Schnug and Van Gorp finished in 4:25.15 and the distance medley’s foursome of Miller, Hugen, Morgan Novak and Amaya Hartson hit the line in 4:51.98.

The Mustangs run at Montezuma at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Contact Troy Hyde at 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 or thyde@newtondailynews.com

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Lynnville-Sully teams compete well at home meet

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s Hawk track teams had strong showings in front of the home crowd Thursday in the Lynnville-Sully Coed Invitational. It was the first meet held on the school’s new all-weather track surface.

The Hawk girls rolled up 193 points on their way to a team championship. Pella Christian was second in the field of seven teams with 126 points.

There were eight teams in the boys’ division. Lynnville-Sully’s boys scored 103 points, which was good for second place behind Montezuma’s 139 points.

Brenna Lanser edged out Pella Christian’s Sarah Meyer to win the 200-meter dash.

Lanser’s winning time was 27.09 seconds with Meyer crossing the finish line at 27.48 seconds. Lynnville-Sully’s Makenzy Rozendaal was fifth in 29.5.

Lanser placed second in the 100 meters in 13.08 and Makenzy Rozendaal was fifth in 13.85 seconds.

The Hawks’ Madison Rasmusson and Cori Rice finished first and second in the

Tennis Continued from Page 1B over Pella Christian’s Andrea De Bruin at No. 1 singles.

Kate Wyre delivered a 6-2, 7-6 (1) win for Newton at No. 4 against Abbie Vander Molen. In the No. 5 singles match, Marisa Modlin won 6-3, 6-3 against Tristen Meinders.

Pella Christian’s Rachel Tvedt beat Newton’s Megan Pressgrove, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. The Eagles’ Andrea Carballo rallied past Newton’s Sierra Griffith, 4-6, 6-0, 8(0) for the win at No. 3 singles.

Thorpe dropped a 7-5, 6-2 decision to Pella Christian’s Holly Milby at No. 6 singles.

Newton’s Wyre combined with Madison Humphrey

800 meters. Rasmusson won in 2 minutes, 36.11 seconds and Rice posted a 2:39.53.

Rasmusson lost a close finish in the 400 meters to Pella Christian’s Christa Veenstra — 1:02.47 to 1:02.64. Haley Breeden was ninth in the race at 1:16 for Lynnville-Sully.

Elizabeth Van Manen and Shelby Davis gave Lynnville-Sully a 1-2 finish in the discus — 113 feet, 11 inches and 106-7. Davis took third in the shot put at 33-6 with teammate Jelissa Rozendaal in fourth at 30-4.

Van Manen was narrowly beaten by Sigorney’s Leah Carter in the 400 hurdles, 1:15.69 and 1:15.94, respectively. Shelby Foster gave the Hawks’ a third-place in 1:20.83. Mariah Vos took second in the 100-meter high hurdles in 17.71 seconds with teammate Hailey Scandridge in fourth at 19.43.

Marissa Vos ran second and Rice third in the 1,500 meters in 5:54.49 and 5:58.93, respectively. Marissa Vos and Haley James did the same in the 3,000 meters in 12:41.47 and 14:19.16, respectively.

Scandridge finished second in the long jump with leap of 13-5. Olivia Ritter was sixth

to notch a 6-4, 6-3 win over Meinders and Milby in the No. 3 doubles slot. Jordyn Soule and Brenda Becerra came from behind to defeat Pella Christian’s Annie Matherly and Rayla Wilson, 2-6, 6-3 10-3 at No. 5 doubles.

Pella Christian got a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles by De Bruin and Tvedt against Heisdorffer and Pressgrove.

The Eagles’ Abbie Vander Molen and Carballa defeated Newton’s Griffith and Modlin, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2 doubles.

Newton is 2-0 in duals this season and 1-0 in conference dual action. The Cardinals travel to Grinnell Monday for an LHC dual.

In junior varsity doubles matches Thursday: Newton’s Morgan Modlin and Haley Walton beat Jinjin and Williams 6-3; New-

at 11-11.50 and Kristine Jaennette was 10th at 11-5.25.

The Hawk girls had six second-place finishes in the relay races and one thirdplace finish.

The 4x200 team of Makenzy Rozendaal, Lanser, Tierney Needham and Camryn Russell was second in 1:56.80. Alexis Hardenbrook, Ritter, Foster and James turned in a 4:52.96 clocking for second in the 4x400.

The foursome of Ritter, Haley Breeden, Hardenbrook and Jaennette was second in the 4x800 in 12:43.55. The shuttle hurdle relay team of Scandridge, Mariah Vos, Jataya Meyer and Foster was second in 1:18.81.

Russell, Meyer, Kasiah Ehresman and Rice finished second in the 1,600 distance medley relay in 4:44.83. Ehresman, Lanser, Mariah Vos and Rasmusson ran second in the 4x100 in 53.42 seconds.

Lynnville-Sully’s 800 sprint medley relay team of Makenzy Rozendaal, Needham, Meyer and Ehresman took third in 2:024.3 For the Hawk boys, there were five gold-medal performances on the night.

In field events, Noah Engle won the discus with a throw

ton’s Arianna Jamieson and Natalie Camp won 7-5 over Bush and De Bruin; Newton’s Bethany Baumgartner and Maddie Gooding-Hunt beat Van Sant and Krizan 6-1.

Pella Christian’s Van Der Pol and Meinders beat Jamieson and Camp 7-5; Pella Christian’s Van Kooten and Van Soelen beat Baumgartner and Gooding-Hunt 6-1; Pella Christian’s Willaims and De Bruin beat Stacie Sanger and Isabella Leach 6-4; Pella Christian’s Rezaie and Huang defeated GiGi Chen and Rylie Bakalar 6-2; Pella Christian’s Van Woerkern and Tang beat Hayley Sinclair and Echo Downs 6-0.

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

Newton junior varsity girls’ golf team wins

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News JOHNSTON — Newton High’s junior varsity girls’ golf team defeated host Johnston by 10 strokes on the Par-3 course at Jester Park Thursday.

Freshman Taylor Dydell fired a 39 to lead the Cardinals in the nine-hole event. Jessie Smith carded a 41 while Hannah Scotton and Alyssa Bartels each had

a 45.

Amber Sorenson shot a 47 and Lizzy Coyle had a 49.

The Cardinal junior varsity is three for three in meets this season, winning competitions against West Des Moines Valley on Monday and Grinnell on Tuesday.

“The girls are having a great season and are enjoying their time on the different golf courses,” said Alison Grier, NHS assis-

tant coach. “They are improving with every meet and are starting to challenge for varsity spots.”

Newton played against Valley at Willow Creek, posting a 215 team score on Monday. Coyle had a 52 followed by Scotton at 53, Dydell at 54 and Bartels at 56.

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

Raider soccer loses 3-0

Troy Hyde/Daily News Tabitha Halferty (13) kicks the ball downfield for the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter girls’ soccer team against North Polk on Tuesday. The Raiders trailed Ballard 1-0 at halftime before giving up two goals in the final 14 minutes Thursday during a 3-0 defeat. CMB is now 0-3 on the year.

of 133-6 with Blake Wehrle in seventh at 104-7 and Jesse Van Wyk in 16th at 84-5. Sage Ehresman won the shot put with a toss of 47-7 as Noah Zylstra placed sixth at 37-0.50 and Wehrle was seventh at 36-7.5.

Ehresman won on the track, taking the 100 meters in 11.19 seconds with teammate Corey McCoy in sixth at 12.07. Ehresman, Engle, McCoy and Ross Van Wyk combined for the gold medal in the 4x200 relay in 1:36.1.

The Hawks’ shuttle hurdle relay team of Carson Dunsbergen, Ryan Hofer, Colten Arment and Engle finished first in 1:05.66. Arment took third in the 110-meter high hurdles in 17.10 seconds, and Hofer was ninth in 18.30. Carson Dunsbergen placed fourth in the 400 hurdles in 1:01.34 and Hofer was 11th in 1:11.29.

Ross Van Wyk ran second in the 200 meters in 23.98 seconds and Sage Zylstra was 12th in 26.16. Luke Jones turned in a fifth-place finish in the 800 at 2:28.76 and Connor Fraker was ninth in 2:36.55. Jones placed 11th in the 400 in 59.29 and Cayden Johnson was 12th in 1:02.56.

Canyon Kuhlmann scored

Pressbox Continued from Page 1B It was a selfish thing for me to say. Stephen just smiled and said thank you.

I loved watching my brothers and sister compete. I took joy in being able to capture the feats of my nephew Zac, my niece Shantel and Stephen in photographs.

Stephen competed for a high school I covered in my previous job. I didn’t miss many of his activities throughout his youth. I was even able to see him play in a few of his college football games.

All three have moved on from athletics.

team points with a thirdplace finish in the 3,200 meters in 10:42.97. Cody Gibbs was seventh in 11:54.49.

David Bastuck placed fifth in the high jump at 5-4.5 and Carson Dunsbergen was sixth at 5-4.25. Johnson placed 12th in the long jump at 1611.75 with Karl Recknagel in 16th at 14-11 and Drake Ehresman in 17th at 14-8.75.

The Hawks’ distance medley relay team of Ross Van Wyk, McCoy, Bastuck and Kuhlmann took second in 4:01.11. The 4x100 relay team of Ross Van Wyk, Noah Zylstra, Engle and Sage Ehresman ran second in 46.02 seconds.

Bastuck, Kuhlmann, Carson Dunsbergen and McCoy combined for fourth in the 4x400 in 3:44.32. Jones, Sage Zylstra, Elijah Collins and Recknagel turned in a fifthplace finish in the 4x800 in 10:00.46.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys compete at Brooklyn Tuesday in a meet hosted by BGM. The girls go to Brooklyn on Friday for a BGM meet.

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

As a family, we have to allow the youngsters to go at their pace and play their game. Let them enjoy their athletic career without pressuring them.

Encouragement is great.

So many times over the years of covering sports at many different levels, I would cringe hearing parents and others yelling at not cheering, for youngsters.

Fans get carried away. So do I, as a fan.

Enjoy watching and encourage your youngsters to do their best. They’ll enjoy it more and so will you.

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

MLB STANDINGS Major League Baseball At A Glance All Times CDT

By The Associated Press American League East Division

W L Pct GB Boston 6 3 .667 — Tampa Bay 6 4 .600 ½ Baltimore 5 4 .556 1 Toronto 5 5 .500 1½ New York 3 6 .333 3 Central Division

W L Pct GB Detroit 8 1 .889 — Kansas City 7 2 .778 1 Chicago 3 5 .375 4½ Cleveland 3 5 .375 4½ Minnesota 3 6 .333 5 West Division

W L Pct GB Oakland 5 5 .500 — Houston 4 5 .444 ½ Los Angeles 4 5 .444 ½ Texas 4 6 .400 1 Seattle 3 6 .333 1½ Thursday’s Games Minnesota 8, Kansas City 5 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2 Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 0-1) at Detroit (Price 1-0), 12:08 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at Toronto (Hutchison 1-0), 6:07 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 1-0) at Boston (J.Kelly 1-0), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Karns 1-1), 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 0-1) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-2) at Houston (R.Hernandez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 1-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Gallardo 1-1) at Seattle (Happ 0-0), 9:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Atlanta at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 12:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB New York 7 3 .700 — Atlanta 6 3 .667 ½ Washington 4 6 .400 3 Miami 3 7 .300 4 Philadelphia 3 7 .300 4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 5 3 .625 — St. Louis 5 3 .625 — Cincinnati 5 4 .556 ½ Pittsburgh 3 6 .333 2½ Milwaukee 2 7 .222 3½ West Division

W L Pct GB Colorado 7 2 .778 — Los Angeles 6 3 .667 1 San Diego 6 4 .600 1½ Arizona 5 5 .500 2½ San Francisco 3 8 .273 5 Thursday’s Games St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 0 Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 5 Arizona 7, San Francisco 6 (12) Friday’s Games San Diego (Shields 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 1-0), 1:20 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Locke 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 0-0) at Washington (Scherzer 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at Toronto (Hutchison 1-0), 6:07 p.m.

Miami (Phelps 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 2-0), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1) at St. Louis (Wacha 1-0), 7:15 p.m.

Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

Arizona (Collmenter 0-2) at San Francisco (Peavy 0-1), 9:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 12:35 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.

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Boys Continued from Page 1B Several other CMB competitors were in events at Newton in a last-chance effort hit Drake Relays’ qualifying mark.

Kemp won Thursday’s long jump at 20 feet, 3 inches and teammate Brady Stover was second with a leap of 19-3.75.

They came up short of getting into the Drake Relays’ field.

CMB’s Patrick Girard will compete at the Drake Relays in the shot put, but he knew that coming into Thursday’s meet. Girard claimed first place in the Cardinal Invitational with a throw of 52-7 followed by teammate Clayton Weltha at 44-6.

Weltha, who was competing in his first track meet of the season, was working to reach the Drake Relays in the discus.

He finished second Thursday with a throw of 139-9, which was below the qualifying mark.

Girard placed sixth in the discus at 115-10.

Hunter Gunderson of CMB earned second place in the high jump, clearing the bar at 5-10.

Newton’s Mason Bowes and Jace Lukefahr finished third and fourth in the discus event with throws of 119-2 and 118-0, respectively. Alex Miller took 10th at 101-9.

Bowes placed fourth in the shot put at 41-9 and Landon Hansen was fifth with a toss of 40-5. Miller was eighth at 39-8 and Lukefahr took 10th at 38-1.

Christian Laube broke the 5-minute barrier in the 1,600-meter run for Newton.

Laube ran third in 4:52.05.

He placed sixth in the 800 in 2:13.69 and Mikey Bradley was eighth in 2:17.33. Dylan Main was ninth in the 1,600 in 5:31.50.

Newton’s 4x400-meter relay team of Bennett, Harrison McCarey, Karsten and Jaron Roush posted a thirdplace time of 3:46.91. Laube anchored the 4x800 relay to fourth place, combining with Bradley, De’Andre Roush and Zach Theis for a time of 9:28.60.

Jack Callaghan, McCarey, Karsten and Harris ran fourth in the 4x100 relay race in

Girls Continued from Page 1B scored 14 points for 13th. Pella ran away, amassing 174 points for the team championship.

Cedar Rapids Prairie was a distant second at 96.5 points followed by Boone with 75.50 for third. Adel-Desoto-Minburn was fifth with 56 points followed by Indianola with 55, Oskaloosa with 46, Grinnell with 41, Marshalltown with 31, Norwalk with 30, Knoxville with 27 and Albia with 24. Bondurant-Farrarr had 13 points.

Kalkhoff knew going into Thursday’s track meet she was sitting in good positions in both events to qualify for next week’s Drake Relays in Des Moines. Newton teammate Grace Coen is qualified in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 races at the Drake Relays.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Double duty — Newton’s Jace Lukefahr begins his spin in the discus ring in Thursday’s competition at the NHS Cardinal Invational and right behind him in the shot put ring is Newton’s Ali Bestell getting prepared to throw.

45.67 seconds. Josh Miravalies led off the Cardinal 4x200 relay, which finished sixth.

He combined with Carson Cazett, Clayton Baltisberger and Jaron Roush for a time of 1:42.33.

Newton’s sprint medley relay team of Baltisberger, Cazett, Blake Robson and Main took sixth in 4:43.58.

Mairavalies finished sixth in the 200 meters in 24.95 seconds while Baltisberger was 11th in 25.33 and Jaron Roush was 14th in 26.51.

Miravalies ran 14th in the 100 in 12.95 seconds and Skyler Tool was 16th in 14.89.

Callaghan was ninth in the 400 meters in 1:00.36. Tool placed 15th in 1:06.04 and Collin Jacobsen placed 16th in 1:10. In the 800, De’Andre Roush was 13th in 2:25.26 followed by Theis in 16th at 2:37.81, Brian Brimson in 17th at 2:50.37 and Robson

in 18th at 2:55.84.

Theis was 14th in the 1,600 at 5:48.52. Robson took 16th, just ahead of Brimson, at 6:05.30 and 6:05.31, respectively.

Others competing in the shot put for Newton were: 19.

Riley Nine, 31-5.5, 20. Benny Cheng, 30-10, 21. Lucas Montgomery, 30-0, 24. Reed Shepard, 25-0. Others competing in the discus were: 13.

Hanson, 98-2, 19. Montgomery, 84-9, 21. Shepard, 73-0, 22. Cheng, 72-2, 24. Nine, 66-2.

Newton’s boys are at Norwalk Monday then comes the Drake Relays Thursday through Saturday for those qualified.

CMB’s boys travel to Ballard Tuesday.

“Grace is set for Drake Relays. We’re using her in a couple of relays. Our 4x100 is already in the Drake Relays’ field. We going out to see if we can lower time in the 4x400 and 4x200 tonight also,” Tomas said.

Coen, a junior, anchored the Cardinals’ 1,600-meter distance medley relay to a winning time of 4 minutes, 21.27 seconds. Kenna Winther led the race off with Jordan Banfield and Hailey Coy ran the middle legs. That time moved Newton to fifth overall in the state and fourth in Class 4A. Sydney Jenkins, Liz McVey, Alex Hutchinson and Leela Spencer combined to run a season’s-best 1:49.31, placing fourth Thursday in the 4x200. Drake Relays takes the top 24 4x200 relay times.

Newton is 32nd.

Jenkins, Coen, Coy and

Alexis Stout ran the 4x400 relay in 4:09.91, which was a season’s best for the Cardinals, for fourth place. It just wasn’t quite quick enough, landing Newton in the 27th spot in the state and the Drake Relays take the top 24 times.

CMB’s Maddy Poage, Toni Spencer, Mackenzie Schmitz and Bridget Hurley posted a second-place finish in the 800 sprint medley relay, going for a possible entry to the Drake Relays. Their time was 1:54.46, which put them at No. 37. The top 24 are invited to the Drake Relays.

The Raider girls scored points in the shot put. Payge Jurgens finished sixth with a throw of 35-11. In the long jump, Toni Spencer was eighth at 15-1.25 and CMB teammate Sailor Hinegardner was ninth at 14-9.75. Poage tied with Newton’s Hannah Boecker for 13th in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4-4.

Newton’s Stout finished second in the 400 hurdles in 1:12.54 and Kaelee Knoll was 12th in 1:24.46. Morgann Eide ran eighth in the 100 high hurdles in 17.42. Fran Lucas took 17th in 18:05 seconds followed by Taylor Shipley at in 18th at 18:30 and Audrey Lucas in 22nd at 18.56.

Stout, Eide, McVey and Fran Lucas combined for fourth in the shuttle hurdle race in 1:10.08. Newton’s other relay team of Audrey Lucas, Shipley, Brenna Schwenker finished ninth in 1:15.82.

Newton’s Spencer ran fifth in the 200-meter dash in 27.63 seconds and Hutchinson was seventh in 28.71. Winther

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News CMB’s Payge Jurgens puts the shot at Thursday’s Newton Cardinal Invitational.

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

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News CMB’s Clayton Weltha competes in Thursday’s discus event in the NHS Cardinal Invitational.

placed 14th in 29.69, Serenity Stier was 21st in 31.03, Bethany Risius was 32nd in 33.94 and Shannah Ergenbright was 34th in 35.77.

In the 100 meters, Steir was 27th in 15.80, Hannah Yeager was 30th in 15.65, Brooke Wolf was 32nd in 15.9 and Ergenbright took 37th in 16.6. Sydney Hook placed 11th in 400 meters while Destiny Lautenback was 18th in 1:19.73 and Risius was 19th in 1:22.46.

CMB’s foursome of Poage, Toni Spencer, Hurley and Mackenzie Schmitz finished seventh in the 4x100 relay race in 53.55 seconds. Newton’s team of Eide, McVey, Winther and Jordan Banfield was 10th in 54.57 and Newton’s team of Stier, Young, Wolf and Hannah Boecker was 13th in 59.59.

Newton’s 4x800 relay team of Tessa Keeton, Knoll, Megan Van Dalen and Autumn Hunt was seventh in 11:29.58.

The 800 sprint medley relay team of Banfield, Fran Lucas, Audrey Lucas and Hook was 11th in 2:09.10.

Keeton was 10th in the 1,500 in 5:38.77 and Annie Hunt ran 15:46.90 for 15th in the 3,000 meters. Others in the 1,500 for Newton: 18.

Van Dalen, 6:02.63, 25. Kayla Botterbrodt, 6:30.16. Hunt was 21st in 800 in 3:01.29 and Sarah Prendergast was 26th in 3:14.19.

Winther finished 13th in the long jump at 13-11.75 and Prendergast was 16th with a leap of 11-8.75.

Others in the discus for Newton: 14. Haley Revell, 92-11, 23.

Ali Bestell, 78-5, 27. Bailey Wall, 70-6, 31. Miranda Ervin, 63-6,

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Autumn Hunt takes off in the 800-meter run in Thursday’s Newton Cardinal Invitational.

34. Jaylin Bucklin, 56-8. Others in the shot put for Newton: 16. (tie) Bestell and Revell, 29-10.5, 21. Wall, 28-5, 24. Ervin, 27-5.5, 33. Bucklin, 25.0.

Newton’s girls compete at Dowling Catholic Monday.

The CMB girls travel to Gilbert Monday.

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

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

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

Bethany United Church of Christ 5627 N. 95th Ave. W., Baxter, (1 mi. E. of Baxter on Station St.) Pastor Wanda Seydel. Sunday after Labor Day through Memorial Day: 8:45 Junior Choir; 9:00am Adult Class, 9:15am Sunday School; & 10:30am Worship 4th & 5th Tuesday: Chapel Service at Baxter Care Center Wednesday: 6:30pm Choir Practice; Sunday after Memorial Day: 9:30am Worship.

Bible Missionary Church 909 N. 6th Ave. E. 641-840-2093 Pastor Lucas. Sunday School 9:45am, Morning Worship 10:45, Evening Service 6:00pm.

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

Call 641-792-2473.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Prairie City, 9:00am Sunday school, 10:00am Worship.

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

Bible Study: Tuesday 10:00am.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handicapped accessible.

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

Congregational United Church of Christ-Baxter 218 S. Main Baxter, Nate Klug, pastor, Sunday School 9:30am, Regular worship service, 10:30am

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

Accessible to all. Bible Study Wednesdays 10:00am. Christian Education for children of all ages Wed. 6:00pm(infant-8th grade).

1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month 7:00pm - Adult Christian Education. No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here! facebook.com/NewtonUCC Cornerstone Bible Fellowship 1000 E. 12th St. S., Newton; Pastor Steve Bundy, Associate Pastor Brian Keeton. Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10:15am, 6:00pm youth group on Sunday, 7pm Wed Bible study, Faith Baptist Prairie City, 9:30am Bible School, 10:30am Worship, 6:00pm Gospel service, 7:00pm Wed., Bible study.

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

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

Randy Shideler, Youth paster. 6743752. Family Fellowship 9:00 am; Sun. School 9:15 am; Morning Worship 10:25 am; PM Connections Service 6:00 pm. Wed.; 9:00 am Fresh Encounter Prayer.

During school year: 6:55pm Wed nights AWANA

Foursquare Church 1510 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Dottie Black and Associate Pastor Dustin Black, 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship service, 6:30 p.m. Sunday night Sunday School and prayer meetings 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m. Wednesday and 9:15 a.m.

Sunday until service time.

Grace Church “A Family Of Friends”, 1620 N. 11th Ave E., Newton; Pastor Dan Hayton; Sunday Morning Refreshments 9:30 am, Worship Service with nursery care 10:00 am. The Edge: 5 yr olds to 5th grade & The Kids Community Pre School age, Sunday at 10:00am. Experience God Bible Study Wed. at 7am; Life Student Ministries Wed. 6:45-8pm 641-792-1793 www.gracenewton.com

Grinnell Church of Christ 1402 3rd Ave., Grinnell, Iowa 50112, Bible study Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Worship services Sunday 1030 a.m. grinnellcoc@netins.net or www.grinnellcoc.com Haven Vineyard Church 207 1st Ave. E, Newton; Pastor Caz & Jane Cibula; 641-526-3157; 10 am Sunday Service.

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

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

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

Worship 10:30am; nursery available.

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

Killduff United Methodist Rev. Randall McNeer, Worship 10:45am Communion first Sunday of each month.

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

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

Web:www.NewtonFirstBaptist.com and on facebook.

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

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

First Lutheran Church - ELCA 309 E. 3rd St. N., Newton. Pastor Zachary Bey. Sunday Worship at 9:30 am; Fellowship to follow at 10:45 am; High School Youth Group every other Wednesday evening. 641-792-3934.

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

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

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

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

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

Parsonage 792-6171 or Church 792-5363.

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

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

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 314 E. 2nd St. N. Pastor Mark Young.

Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Worship.

11:30 a.m. coffee fellowship.

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

F.U.N. Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. www.fccnewton.org 641-792-5850, Nursery provided

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

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

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

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA 1409 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Ken Ahntholz, 9:00 am Sunday School; 10:15 am Worship, easy access - no steps.

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

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

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

Call 792-4470.

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

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

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

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

10:10 am service.

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

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

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

Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church 151 60th Ave, Prairie City Rev. Medea Saunders Sunday 9:00 a.m. Worship Service;10:00 a.m. Sunday School pcumc@q.com 515-994-2354

Pleasantview United Methodist 8454 S. 28th Ave. E., Newton, Pastor Tim Morgan; 9:00 am worship; 10:15 am Sunday School.

Reasnor United Methodist Rev. Randall McNeer, Worship 8:45am. Communion first Sunday of each month.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1115 S. 8th Ave. E., Rev. William Reynolds, pastor, Saturday: 5:30 pm Mass, Sunday: 9:00 am Mass.

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

Seventh Day Adventist 1409 S. 8th Ave E., Newton Pastor Joshua Plhocky Saturday Services 9:00 am; Worship 11 am Sabbath school, Prayer Meeting Thursday Eve at 7:00 pm Solid Rock Church 115 Main St., Reasnor; Pastor John Hlad 641-842-2440; Sunday Bible study all ages 9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. worship; Wednesday Bible study all ages 7 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Bible studies call 594-4440.

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

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

Sully First Reformed Church Rev. Wayne Sneller, senior pastor, Diana Scandridge, Youth & Education Director. 9:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Sunday school, 6:00 pm Worship; Thursday Night Family Night 7:00 pm Sept. - March. www.sullyfrc.org

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

United Pentecostal 813 E. 7th St. N., Rev. Robert A. Shaw, pastor, 10:00 am Sunday Worship, 6:00 pm Sunday Worship, Prayer and Bible study Tuesday 6:30, Super & Youth Church Wednesday starts 7:00-8:00.

Prairie City United Methodist Church 706 W. McMurray, Prairie City Rev. Medea Saunders Sunday 9:30 a.m. Fellowship Coffee; 9:45 a.m. Power Praise;10:00 a.m. Worship Office hours 8:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. M-TH pcumc@q.com 515-994-2354

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

Rock Creek Hickory Grove Church 3 1/2 miles north of Rock Creek Lake, 9:15 am fellowship, 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 am worship.

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

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Downtown Design Guidelines and Streetscape Master Planning Project. Ken Smith, 1013 South 6th Avenue West, and downtown property owner, indicated that the downtown awnings should stay and be grandfathered into the plan. Erin Chambers, Director of Planning & Zoning, indicated that the Historic Preservation Commission and the Main Street Committee are working together to ensure a common goal. AYES: Five. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2015 - 082 adopted.

Hoebelheinrich Police Chief presented information regarding the Crime Free Multi housing initiative. The first year will be focused on rentals with 20 or more units, the second year on rentals with 8 - 19 units, and 1 - 7 unit rentals the third year. The training will be mandatory for all landlords.

The program is beneficial to landlords, other tenants, and the community.

Bob Knabel, City Administrator, informed Council that there would be a discussion during the April 20th Council Meeting regarding bonding and the project details.

Knabel presented a proposal for discussion regarding the Housing Initiative. Staff proposed an agreement with the Newton Housing Development Corporation and the City to build 5 homes in order to induce for builders in confidence Newton. Otto stated that many home buyers in the area are looking for new construction.

Jennifer Cook, NHDC President, indicated that they would need to hire to gain the expertise. Craig Light, Chamber of Commerce Director, stated that Grinnell and Pella are having the same housing issues as Newton; by building, Newton would have a competitive advantage. Craig Development Armstrong, Specialist, spoke regarding the importance of selling the two homes in Fountain Hills in order to illustrate the demand for new builds.

There was no new business.

There was no old business.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Otto, to adjourn the meeting at 7:43 P.M. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis CMC, City Clerk April 17

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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 06, 2015, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in regular session at 6:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Hansen presided.

Present Council Members: Price, George, Otto, Trotter, Mullan. Absent: Chape' Mayor Hansen asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

There was no citizen participation.

Mayor Hansen proclaimed April 12 - 18, 2015, as National Library Week and the month of April 2015 as Keep Iowa Beautiful Month.

Fire Chief Wellik presented on Emergency Weather Awareness and informed Council on the efforts that staff has been making to ensure that the City is prepared.

Moved by Otto, seconded by Trotter, to approve consent agenda items 5-17.

5. March 16, 2015 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes 6. Approve Class B Native Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit, Sunday Sales for Casey's General Store #2341, 3104 First Ave East; Class C Beer Permit, Sunday Sales for West End, 1325 First Avenue West.

7. Resolution appointing William Yeager, Sr. to serve on the Newton Building Trades Board for a term ending December 31, 2017 Resolution No. 2015-067 adopted.

8. Resolution appointing Amanda Price to serve as primary representative and Development Specialist Craig Armstrong as alternate representative to the Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority for a three year term ending December 31, 2017.

No. 2015-068 Resolution adopted.

9. Resolution fixing the amounts to be assessed against individual private property for the abatement of nuisance violations (15-3). Resolution No. 2015-069 adopted.

10. Resolution modifying list of reimbursement approved amounts for prohibited sanitary sewer discharge removal work included in the 2015 Out-ofDistrict Residential Improvements - Bid Package No. 1. Resolution No. 2015-070 adopted.

11. Resolution accepting the completion of the Snow Removal Equipment Acquisition Project for the Newton Municipal Airport.

Resolution No. 2015-071 adopted.

12.

Resolution approving Licensing Telecommunications Agreement with Unite Private Networks. Resolution No. 2015072 adopted.

13. Resolution ordering bids, approving plans, specifications and form of contract and notice to bidders, and ordering clerk to publish notice and fixing a date for receiving same, and for a hearing on plans, public specifications, form of contract and estimate of costs for the Water Pollution Control Plant Modifications Project.. Resolution No. 2015-073 adopted.

14. Resolution to enter into a Plan and Contingency Transportation Agreement with Pella Community Ambulance.

No. 2015-074 Resolution adopted.

15. Resolution Approving a Property Tax Rebate for Boulders Inn Newton, LLC, for the Boulders Inn and Suites Hotel on Property Located Within the Speedway- Prairie Fire Economic Development Area. Resolution No. 2015-075 adopted.

16. Resolution Approving a Property Tax Rebate for Newton Lodge and Suites, LLC, for the AmericInn Hotel on Property Located Within the SpeedwayPrairie Fire Economic Development Area. Resolution No. 2015-076 adopted.

17. Approval of Bills AYES: Five.

NAYS: None.

Consent agenda items approved.

Moved by Price, seconded by Otto, to approve the first consideration on an Ordinance amending the City of Newton Code of Ordinances, Title 2, Chapter 13, Outside Parking and Storage of Trailers, Watercraft, and Motorhomes.

George indicated that she would consider specifying limestone. Otto stated she would consider setting a number limit and an agricultural exemption in the future. AYES: Five. NAYS: None. The first consideration of the above ordinance was approved.

Moved by George, seconded by Price, to approve the first consideration on an Ordinance the Code of Amending Ordinances, City Of Newton, Iowa, 2011, Title 2, Chapter 13, Article 3, “Animal Protection and Control” Regarding Dogs At Large. AYES: Five. NAYS: None.

The first consideration of the above ordinance was approved.

Moved by George, seconded by Otto to Introduce a Resolution of the number adjusting authorized positions for the part time and volunteer programs of the Fire Department. AYES: Five.

NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2015 - 077 adopted.

Moved by Price, seconded by Trotter to Introduce a Resolution authorizing an agreement for for professional services preliminary engineering for the Lincoln Street Improvements Project. AYES: Five. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2015 - 078 adopted.

Moved by George, seconded by Mullan to Introduce a Resolution approving the purchase of a landfill trash compactor for the Newton Sanitary Landfill. AYES: Five. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2015 - 079 adopted.

Moved by Price, seconded by Otto to Introduce a Resolution authorizing the Newton Park Board to use GoFundMe.com as a fund raising tool for the Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration.

AYES: Five. NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2015 - 080 adopted.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by George to Introduce a Resolution a Contract with Approving Interstate Power and Light Company for the Alliant Energy Hometown Rewards Program.

AYES: Five. NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2015 - 081 adopted.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Otto to Introduce a Resolution selecting Bolton & Menk, Inc. to serve as the consultant for the Downtown Design Guidelines and Streetscape Master Planning Project. Ken Smith, 1013 South 6th Avenue West, and downtown property owner, indicated that the downtown awnings should stay and be grandfathered into the plan. Erin Chambers, Director of Planning & Zoning, indicated that the Historic Preservation Commission and the Main Street Committee are working together to ensure a common goal. AYES: Five. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2015 - 082 adopted.

Hoebelheinrich Police Chief presented information regarding the Crime Free Multi housing initiative. The first year will be focused on rentals with 20 or

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2 HANKOOK tires, P215/60R16 94t, very good tread $30. each. 641259-3093.

ALUM. CLAD camper door with lock, 3 concrete planters, 4 gal. Buckets of carpet adhesive, 11 pair of roller skates, Crofton bread machine- 12 settings with timer, Merc. 13 spline prop. & Johson/Evinrude 14 spline prop hydraulic hoses, pumps, motors, valves, carburetor for Oliver tractor pt # TSX-811 (NIB). 641-793-2955.

1205 W. 19th St S.

• +/- 1,614 SF retail • Affordable lease

910 N. 19th Ave. E.

• For Sale • +/- 29,900 SF

1217 1st Ave. E.

Lease or buy • Motivated Seller • Excellent Location

BIRKENHOLZ REALTY

Call Dick Boggess, Broker Associate 641-521-3378 for more information.

It’s

time!

The weather’s warming, the sun’s shining and it’s the perfect time to gather up all those items taking up space in your garage, attic and basement, and sell them for cash at your garage sale.

Run your money-making garage sale ad in the Newton Daily News Classifieds and take advantage of these great deals! $15.00 - 1 or 2 days in the Newton Daily News $21.00 - 3 days in the Newton Daily News $20.00 - 1 time in the Jasper County Advertiser $30.50 - 1 or 2 days in the Newton Daily News and 1 time in the Jasper County Advertiser $35.00 - 3 days in the Newton Daily News and 1 time in the Jasper County Advertiser Deadline for garage sale ads are at Noon Friday.

All ads are pre-paid. We accept cash, check, Visa or Mastercard.

Two Garage Sale signs absolutely FREE!

Don’t forget! A number of our rural readers receive the Newton Daily News & Jasper County Advertiser the day after publication.

Plan ahead and run your ad a day early to allow these readers to see your ad in time to shop your sale.

A dvertiser Jasper County

200 First Avenue East . Newton . 641-792-3121 ext. 6542 Office Hours: 8-5 Monday - Friday . email: advertising@newtondailynews.com

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE

31 STAMPING blocks- assorted sizes $15., Red Wing candle holder $10., Fire King white cream & sugar $5., humming bird music box $10., belt buckles- Maytag 80th Anniversary, 1907-1987 “Dad” $5. each, John Deere tractorsassorted sizes $5. to $15., Fostoria cream & sugar with tray “Century” pattern $15. 641-275-7600.

INDUSTRIAL TILE Saw. Felker TileMaster. Model #PN-1H72.

1 # horsepower, 120 or 230 Volt.

Allaccessories included. $300.00 OBO. Window Air Conditioner220 Volt. $50.00 OBO. 641-521-1171 KODAK DIGITAL Camera w/4GB Memory Card $75.

John Deere 2-Stage Snow Blower (Smaller) $150 obo.

Dale Earnhardt Jr 1:64 Collectible Cars $12/each.

515-313-7803.

MTD SIDEWALK edger, like new, 148cc B&S engine $135. or OBO. Steel Mesh garden utility wagon, new $75. or OBO. 641792-7460.

SCROLL SAW- Shop smith, charcoal grill, and exercise bike. 641-7925819.

WAGNER AIRLESS paint sprayer, model 9170, used only once $350. 641-2593093.

DALE EARNHARDT Jr 1:64 Collectible Cars $12/each. I-pod Shuffle 1GB $35. John Deere 2 stage snow blower (smaller) $150. or OBO. Couch (tan/light brown) $65. 515-313-7803.

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

AUTOMOTIVE

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

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

3- BEDROOM and 2- bath. Duplex. No Pets. $620/month.

515-249-7050 Storage Unit 12x30x12 $110 a month 515-249-7050

1997 CENTURY Mobile Home for sale.

2 bed, 2 bath. All appliances stay. Move in condition. Located in Deer Run Estates, Colfax.

515-333-8330

EMPLOYMENT

AUTOMOTIVE

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

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

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

2001 LAREDO 32ft 5wheel. One slide,awning.

Very good condition. 641792-7458 asking $10,000.

2007 Buick Lacerne. Gold, heated leather seats, 47,000 miles. $11,400. 641-7927458

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

TRUCK DRIVERS-OTR/CLASS A CDL Ashley Distribution Services in Des Moines, IA seeks: •LTL TRUCK DRIVERS (Multiple stop loads to retail stores) Annual avg earning potential $84,000 •Home Weekly •Paid Vacation •Full Benefit Package• Paid Holidays

Class A CDL & at least 1 year current OTR exp.

Clean MVR/PSP Reports. Call 1-800-837-2241 or www.ashleydistributionservices.com

Help Wanted Looking for a career change?

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

OTR Drivers Iowa Based Carrier currently has Solo/ Team Positions available. Competitive pay based on experience. Scheduled Hometime, Kenworth T-660. Midwest and West Coast Traffic Lanes. Consistent miles and NO EAST COAST. Call 800-645-3748.

Two Rivers Cooperative offers a competitive wage with benefits, friendly work environment and opportunities for advancement. *Currently seeking full time Propane Sales, Service and Delivery position *Successful candidates must have or be able to obtain a valid Class A CDL with HAZ MAT endorsement *All positions require pre-employment drug screen, clean MVR report and background check Please apply at

JELD-WEN is hiring Production Employees!

In Monroe at 301 E. Mills St. or via email at sbensink@tworiverscoop.net

JELD-WEN, Inc. Window Division is now accepting applications for full-time 2nd and 3rd shift positions.

These are direct hire positions working for an innovative and forward thinking company. Applicants should be dependable, quality conscious and safety oriented. Our skilled workforce uses state of the art equipment to produce high quality JELD-WEN vinyl windows, patio doors, exterior, interior and pre-hang doors to serve the Midwestern, Southern, and Western markets.

• • • • • • • • • • • •

New Employee Orientation and Training Competitive Wages 401(K) Retirement Plan Service Bonus Vacation Pay 9 Paid Holidays Health Insurance Dental Insurance Life Insurance Safe & Clean Environment Stable Employment Pre-Employment Drug Test is Required

If you are interested in joining JELD-WEN Door Systems Grinnell apply in person between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, South side of street.

911 Industrial Avenue, Grinnell Iowa 50112 IW-9000469299

EOE

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• C-M Bus Barn - 1000 North Walnut, Colfax • C-M Elementary School - 20 West Broadway, Colfax • C-M Middle School - 307 W. Mohawk Dr, Mingo • C-M High School - 204 N. League Rd, Colfax

Please provide references.

Service provider is encouraged to visit the sites.

Please contact Superintendent Marty Lucas at (515) 674-3646 to schedule a tour of the properties.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Return bids via mail or email to Superintendent Marty Lucas on or before 10:00 a.m Thursday, April 23, 2015 mlucas@colfaxmingo.org Ph: 515-674-3646 Fx: 515-674-3285

Would you like to join a successful, unique, progressive, world-class company? JELD-WEN Door Systems-Grinnell is now accepting applications for 3rd shift maintenance & production positions.

We offer the following benefits to our full time employees:

Window Division

The Colfax-Mingo Community School District is seeking bids from a company to provide services for weed control, fertilizer application, mowing and weed-eating, and general landscape maintenance for the following school locations:

Now Hiring

• • • • •

In order to ensure a safe working environment, a pre-employment drug screen is required. If you are interested in joining the JELD-WEN Window Division, apply in person at:

204 NORTH LEAGUE ROAD COLFAX, IA 50054 WEED/FEED/MOW/TRIM

1st & 3rd Shifts Production 3rd Shift Maintenance

We offer the following benefits to our full-time employees: On the job training Competitive wages Overtime premium pay Insurance Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) 401(k)

COLFAX-MINGO COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

JELD-WEN Door Systems-Grinnell 820 Industrial Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 Equal Opportunity Employer

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