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Supervisors sound off on legislator’s remarks Kelley’s tax fuel comments under fire

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Remarks made by Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton) came under attack Tuesday by one g ov e r n ing body that will oversee money from the recent gas tax increase.

Kelley T h e Jasper County Board of Supervisors said Kelley’s recent column, which published in the Newton Daily News on Friday was out of line, particularly the comment that he was “fearful dollars would be misappropriated by some local city councils and boards of supervisors.”

The law, which went into effect in March, raised Iowa’s fuel tax by 10 cents to finance infrastructure work.

“I know that our engineering department will spend this money wisely.

It will be spend on roads and bridges that need maintenance and things done on them,” said Supervisor Denny Carpenter. “We’ve got plenty of bridges that need work and they don’t have enough money that we can do them all.”

Carpenter said he is not sure how much additional money will be coming in and mentioned the Iowa Department of Transportation plans for Highway 20.

The Iowa Department of Transportation said it plans to spend a record $700 million on state and interstate highway projects this year and about $200 million will come from the increase.

“It is yet to be seen how much we will benefit from this increase at our level,” Carpenter said.

Kelley’s column was written after the eastern Iowa city of Clinton announced its intention to use additional fuel tax revenue to hire staff instead of spending it on road and bridge work.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad even criticized Clinton officials during his weekly press conference.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News The Newton City Council allocated $1 million to go toward acquisitions and demolitions of commercial buildings on First Avenue and the interchange corridors to be added to the bond issue currently being proposed.

Council OK’s $1M for First Avenue, corridor revitalization Commercial property acquisition, demolition planned

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The City of Newton will take a more aggressive approach to revitalizing First Avenue and other corridors following an acquisition and demolition measure approved on Monday.

City Administrator Bob Knabel addressed the council about adding these projects to the upcoming bond issue, which was ultimately approved by the council, to move forward with acquisition and demolition measures for the areas.

“We’ve done a great job on the efforts on the residential side, but we also have along First Avenue — and other places around the community — commercial buildings that we’re suggesting also need to be addressed in the same manner as we have the residential,” Knabel said.

Knabel proposed adding $1 million for First Avenue improvements including $500,000 for acquisition and demolition, $250,000 for entrance way improvements and $250,000 for redevelopment incentives. A similar plan was given for the interchange corridors

with $500,000 toward acquisition and demolition, $250,000 for infrastructure and $250,000 for hotel and restaurant incentives.

“I’m challenging council to say here is a beginning — $250,000 is not going to complete the First Avenue needs but is it a beginning and I suggest that until we are going to put some commitment to that we are going to continue to see what we are seeing right now, which is a slow process to get First Avenue where you want it to be,” Knabel said.

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Local legislators fight to get their bills passed as session wanes

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

File Photo Newton High School students take care of the landscaping close to Highway 14 and Interstate 80 on Red Pride Service Day in 2012. Students, staff and volunteers will participate in the annual event May 6 throughout Newton.

DES MOINES — While education funding is still center-stage as the Iowa Legislature debates, some local lawmakers have been able to make some headway recently with bills they have sponsored themselves.

Sen. Amy Sinclair (R-Allerton) didn’t have any bills remain eligible past the second funnel date of April 3.

However, Rep. Greg Heartsill (R-Columbia) and Sen. Chaz Allen (D-Newton) combine to have a few bills remaining, which might become law as the 110-day

session winds down. Daily expenses for legislators are only paid through May 1.

Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton) did not have any bills make it past the second-funnel threshhold, but he is involved in a number of other legislative functions, which will be discussed in Thursday’s Newton Daily News.

HF 515 is a bill that will allow school districts that apply tax levies to finance the costs of mediation and arbitration, including legal fees, through levies.

That bill, authored by Heartsill and 10 other representatives, sailed through

the House by a 96-0 vote and the Senate by a 48-0 tally, and was signed into law by Gov. Terry Branstad on Friday.

“Prior to the enactment of this legislation, those costs —when they exist — were paid for out of the district’s general fund,” Heartsill said.

Heartsill sponsors a bill that has been passed by both the full House and the full Senate. HF 447 requires wireless providers to provide call location data if requested by law enforcement for public safety purposes.

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Students, volunteers prepare for Red Pride Service Day Projects to begin at 1 p.m. May 6

By Kate Malott Newton Daily News Each year, as many notice, Newton High School students take an afternoon to participate in a variety of service projects that

better the community.

Newton High School, Berg Middle School and community volunteers will host the sixth annual Red Pride Service Day beginning at 1 p.m. May 6 throughout Newton.

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AP Photo Gov. Terry Branstad was surrounded by children when he signed SF 227 into law on April 10, moving the earliest school start date to the week of Aug. 23. County legislators have faced an uphill road this session in getting their sponsored legislation passed.

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In Brief St. Luke UMC to host A.D. series sermons St. Luke United Methodist Church will have a special A.D. sermon series from 8 to 10:30 a.m.

Sundays now until June 21 at the church, 501 E. 19th St. N. in Newton.

The 12-week sermon series will correlate with the television mini-series A.D. which premiered Easter Sunday.

Sermons include video clips from A.D. and will dig deeper into the stories from the first 10 chapters of the book of Acts and how they apply to life and faith today.

For more information, visit stlukenewton.com or call 641-792-5736

Sundays at Four concert series to return May 10 Submitted Photo Headin’ Home, pictured above, will perform at First Baptist Church Sunday in Colfax. The band is a four-piece vocal quartet that sings Southern gospel music.

Headin’ Home extends Colfax FBC message through music Group working on sixth independent studio album

By Mike Mendenhall Jasper County Tribune COLFAX — A trailer imprinted with two H’s flanking a cross sat parked outside the Colfax First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, hitched to a full-sized van complete with window curtains and topper.

The church’s house band — the four-piece vocal quartet Headin’ Home — was preparing for a trip to Eddyville for an evening performance at Faith Community Church. This was a short field trip for Headin’ Home Quartet members Jim Seiberling, J.D. Smith, Bill Tharp and Gene Steenhoek. In the group’s 14 years, it has toured as far as Mexico, Mo., playing nearly 50 shows per year.

Sunday, the group truly will be heading home, singing in a three-group concert at the Colfax FBC with the Living Water and Sharon Bethel Quartets.

The group’s two remaining original members — Jim Seiberling and J.D. Smith — said the three quartets play three concerts together per year, rotating through their respective churches. The 6 p.m. April 26 show will have no admission, but a freewill offering will be taken to help support the quartets’ music ministries. To Smith and the other three members of Headin’ Home, summer touring with these and other gospel groups creates a strong bond.

“You get to know people and make friends, and the same groups make the same trek every year,” Smith said. “We spend a lot of time with the same group of people all summer. It’s family.”

The group’s geniuses came in 2001, as Seiberling noticed the fading presence of traditional hymns in church which were being replaced in favor of more contemporary Christian Rockstyle music. The founding members including Smith, Seiberling, Leland Hall and Monty Beals,

all felt they could further Colfax FBC ministry through song.

“My thought at the time was to sing four-part, southern gospel style here at the church once in a while. We had no vision beyond the church doors,” Seiberling said.

It was an invitation to perform in the Colfax Howard Street Christian Church’s Lenten Sunday Service talent show in 2003, that changed the scope of Headin’ Home. The group was asked to do a three-song set.

“We didn’t know many songs at that point,” Smith said.

“We knew three,” Seiberling laughed.

As soon as they left the Howard Street stage, Headin’ Home was invited back for the 2004 Lenten concert series but for a full 1.5 hour set.

“We had to learn a lot more songs. We had a year to prepare, but people kept calling,” Smith said.

Although they’ve learned to execute tight, four-part harmonies, the men of Headin’ Home cannot actually read music. For the last six years, the quartet has gained musical assistance from Newton-based Community Heights Alliance Church pianist Nancy Toppenberg. She helps the foursome hear and practice their harmonies.

Expanding from the hymnals, Headin’ Home also performs arrangements of more contemporary Christian tunes, but always sticks to the vocal harmony, southern gospel feel. The members of Headin’ Home said they take inspiration from wellknown Christian acts like The Cathedrals and Legacy Five.

“Sometimes it’s a style that kind of fits in with what we do,” Tharp said. “If we’ve got too much hip movement we think ‘well, that’s nice but we can’t dance, we’re Baptist.’”

“If it hits your hips before it hits your heart then it’s a sin,” Seiberling said as the group

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When they’re not on tour, the members of Headin’ Home are preparing to record their sixth independent album. The quartet teams up with a producer/ arranger from Shelby, N.C., who has worked with popular southern gospel group The Spears Family and has produced music for Billy Graham Crusades.

Seiberling and Smith send the producer a track list and the producer provides all the instrumentals in a backtrack. But Headin’ Home and their Shelby collaborator have never actually met, communicating only by email and a rare phone call.

Headin’ Home’s most recent album is titled “We’re Climbing up the Mountain.” All CD sales go back into Colfax FBC and to fund the groups travel and recording expenses. This includes their most costly endeavor — studio time. Seiberling said they are currently on the hunt for a studio to produce their sixth CD. Their last album was recorded in a basement studio in the small town of Otley.

The framed album placards and thrill of performance is not what drives the members of Heading Home. It’s the ministry.

“There are people who attend our concerts that don’t normally go to church, so sometimes you throw a little humor in there.

Sometimes you just have to harass the old guy here just for the fun of it,” Smith said pointing at Seiberling. “People enjoy that, and if that opens their heart and lets the message in for the day, then it’s worth it.”

“We’re singing the gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s what we’re trying to get across,” Tharp said.

“We’re not there to entertain.

Sometimes we throw a line or two in there to get a laugh, but that’s not our purpose.”

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@jaspercountytribune.com

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First Presbyterian Church of Newton continues its Sundays at Four concert series on Sunday beginning at 4 p.m. May 10, featuring its annual Collaboration Concert.

Concerts showcase the talents of the First Presbyterian Chancel Choir, directed by Virginia Bennett; Newton High School Varsity Chorale, directed by Norm Grimm; and Central College Chamber Singers, directed by Mark Babcock.

In addition to selections by each ensemble, the choirs will join forces to sing Gwyneth Walker’s “Crossing;” Haydn’s “Agnus Dei;” and the rousing “Soon Ah Will Be Done.” Accompaniment will be provided by Sandy Smit and Marlys Grimm.

A freewill offering will be collected for the event, and refreshments will be served afterward in fellowship hall at First Presbyterian Church, 220 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Sacred Heart to host Faith Formation picnic Sacred Heart Catholic Church will host its annual Faith Formation year-end picnic beginning at 5:15 p.m. April 29 at McCann Center, 1115 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton.

All K-12 Faith Formation families are invited to attend the event will include hot dogs and hamburgers grilled by the Knights of Columbus.

The Way to host Thursday night Alpha classes Newton Church of The Way will host Alpha from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday nights beginning April 16 until June 16 at the church, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. in Newton.

To register, visit newtonway.org.

For more information, call 641-792-7300 or email info@theway146.com.

Hope Assembly of God to host evangelists this weekend Evangelists Bill and Beth Juoni, of Fresh Fire Ministries from Whitewater, Wis., will be ministering at the Colfax Hope Assembly of God Saturday and Sunday at the church, 126 E. Howard St. After 20 years of serving as a senior pastor, the Juonis have traveled across America and overseas preaching the gospel and ministering in music. Lives have been touched and changed by Christ wherever they have ministered.

The public is invited to attend these services.

Seminar is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

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Local News Supervisors Continued from Page 1A Kelley said the City of Clinton put a $225,000 of its funds coming from the gas tax into hiring three city employees and, in his view, that is a misappropriation of those funds.

“The Iowa Department of Transportation has released their priorities for the first $33 million in gas tax and $4.5 million is designated to purchase land for new roads,” Kelley said. “My hope is that the gas tax funds go to their intended purpose which is to fix rural roads and bridges. I was doubtful that some board of supervisors and cities would follow these directives and that was one of the reasons that I voted against the gas tax.”

Supervisor Dennis Stevenson was personally offended

by the comments Kelley made, he said, and challenged him to come to a meeting and talk about what his views are.

“We are willing to listen which quite frankly ... I don’t think he is,” Stevenson said.

“I’m going to speak for me, I’m not speaking for the board. I think he is absolutely wrong.

Personally, I think Rep. Kelley ought to worry about what he was elected to do and let us worry about what we were elected to do.”

Stevenson said the county engineer spends a lot of time trying to decide where to best spend the money and that he feels he does a very good job of it.

Supervisor Joe Brock said he is excited to see the extra revenue come in and there are plenty of projects in the county that the additional money could go toward.

“As far as a track record, the

Revitalization Continued from Page 1A Council Member Evelyn George brought up efforts that are currently underway with Newton Main Street and how putting money toward First Avenue may be redundant to work that is currently underway. Newton Main Street has a goal of economic development within the context of historic preservation in the downtown district.

“I think we need to have a better sense of what businesses we are going to have at the entrance way,” George said. “Nothing makes a community look better than active,

Legislature Continued from Page 1A The bill cleared the House by a 93-2 vote on March 11, and cleared the Senate last week with a unanimous 50-0 vote.

It has not been sent to Branstad’s desk yet, as the Senate added a late amendment, and the House bill’s floor manager had not addressed the amendment as of Wednesday morning.

HF 447’s main passage reads: “A wireless communications service provider shall provide call location information concerning a device ... if a law enforcement agency or officer or a public safety answering point determines the in-

www.newtondailynews.com | Wednesday | April 22, 2015 | 3A board of supervisors and engineer have done 40 bridges up to this point,” Jasper County Auditor Dennis Parrott said.

“The commitment is really there by the board of supervisors and engineer, so I guess I would question where Dan is getting his facts and figures on their lack of commitment to the infrastructure in the county.”

Kelley said he has a responsibility to watch how the funds coming in from Iowa taxpayers at the gas pump are spent through the entire state. He also said he has the responsibility of monitoring how those funds are spent in Jasper County, Newton and the communities he represents.

“I encourage constituents to contact me with their thoughts on how the gas tax funds can be best spend and most effectively used,” Kelley said.

“Jasper County will pay $3.6

successful businesses. I would really focus on the interchange corridor and Main Street.”

The commercial acquisition and demolition proposal was popular among the council, but Council Member Noreen Otto thought the incentive pieces may be premature to the project.

“It may be an issue to revisit in a couple years when we have demoed some of the property and Main Street starts to show some changes,” Otto said. “I don’t know if we want to roll it all out there at once.”

Knabel agreed that the redevelopment incentives in both projects are the most speculative with the most unknowns. Council acknowl-

formation is needed in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm.”

A Senate amendment, also filed last week, eliminates a clause in a bill that would have required that same location information to be supplied by “re-sellers” of wireless devices.

“This bill provides law enforcement with a much needed tool — when seconds count — in attempting to locate persons that have been abducted ,and whose life is likely in jeopardy,” Heartsill said.

HF 397 is a Labor Committee bill and a successor to Heartsill’s HF 88. It defines occasional work for purposes

million out of our own pockets towards the gas tax and we only get about 30 percent of that back for Jasper County. It is important that I, as a legislator, monitor this closely.”

The board holds a five year planning meeting to discuss infrastructure needs along with the budget meetings every year. Jasper County Treasurer Doug Bishop said that in the five years Kelley has been an elected official, he has never once attended one of those meetings.

“That would be 10 opportunities to come and express thoughts or concerns that have been passed on by Rep. Kelley, that as a constituent and an elected representative maybe he need to take a step up and if he has those concerns address them at that point, when given the opportunity,” Bishop said.

Kelley said he is “happy to speak with any of them at any

edged demolition of commercial properties can be much more costly than those on the residential side with additional environmental factors that could come in to play.

The council approved allotting $500,000 for acquisition and demolition for both First Avenue and the interchange corridors to be used on commercial properties.

“That is building on a project that we have already seen is a success. It is a natural extension of what we are doing now, where the others may come as a second wave a year or more from now,” Otto said.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com

of the state child labor law, and it was passed by the House by a 55-41 vote on March 12.The bill has been amended twice by the Senate and cleared a committee there, but hasn’t been voted upon by the full Senate yet.

Heartsill said he had three other bills clear the hurdle of the second funnel, but none have had any action taken in the past couple of weeks.

Allen, the only rookie legislator from Jasper County this year, had a role in two bills that Gov. Branstad has signed into law this spring.

SF 155 requires dump trucks and construction vehicles to have a white light to illuminate the rear license plate. That

Ribbon Cutting Fountain Hills Estates The Newton Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for Fountain Hills Estates Subdivision to celebrate their grand opening.

bill got 97-0 approval in the House and was approved 48-1 in the Senate, with Branstad signing into law Friday.

One piece of legislation authored by Allen, SF 87, amends the duties of county treasurers, especially regarding the collection of fines.

The measure cleared the Senate unanimously, 49-0. However, the House has not acted on the bill since it was passed by a three-person subcommittee in March.

Allen said SF 87 “probably won’t go anywhere this year.”

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

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time.”

Bishop, a Democrat, and Kelley have sparred several times throughout this legislative session — initially because Bishop was upset about a no vote Kelley made on the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund. Kelley said he voted against the bill because it didn’t provide enough funding for Iowa veterans.

In other business: • Ryan Van Manen was approved for hire as a secondary roads skilled laborer starting Wednesday at a pay rage of $20.76 per hour.

• The board approved the placing of the Vietnam Service Ribbon memorial wreath on the fence on the south side of the courthouse lawn during the Christmas season.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com

Red Pride

Continued from Page 1A wasn’t academic, and let teachers interact with students and get students to interact with other students and adults,” RPSD organizer Alison Grier said. “It was also a time with the community was pretty depressed with the loss of Maytag, and so it was a way to pick up the community as well and kind of beautify things and make it a better place.”

New this year is the addition of the participation of Berg Middle School students who will be working in the Berg vicinity on service day.

Every student and volunteer receives a Red Pride T-shirt for functionality and as a momento of their united experience. These shirts, along with project materials such as paint, mulch, flowers and cleaning materials are provided through the help of local businesses.

The support and donations that are contributed to the efforts are vital to the service day existence.

“Without the help of local merchants it would be pretty hard to make it happen,” RPSD organizer Omar Gonzalez said.

Organizers choose one mural project for high school students to paint each year, and this year, organizers partnered with fellow service organization St. Nick’s Christmas Club. Students will work with St. Nick’s to paint a designed mural and label the side of a St. Nick’s transportation truck.

Students and staff will participate in a variety of service projects in and around Newton. Some projects include: dog walking at Animal Rescue League; flower beds downtown and around various businesses; a food packaging event; the recycling of computers and home appliances; paint dugouts at Eversman Field; clean, plant trees and paint poles at Maytag Park; and clean, brush and help maintain area roads, bike trails, the Children’s Forest, both interstate exits and in the Iowa Speedway vicinity.

For those interested in donating to service fees, ordering a Get to Know Newton Red Pride Service Day T-shirt, or information on how to volunteer, visit the Red Pride Service Day Facebook page or call Cheryl Salyers at 641-792-2787.

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Babbling Brooks

Celebrity news is unnecessary, but necessary

By Jason. W. Brooks Staff Writer

www.newtondailynews.com | Wednesday | April 22, 2015

When a video of Brit McHenry recently circulated the globe, and appeared to make the ESPN reporter sound mean and insulting to a tow-lot employee, a lot of people suddenly knew McHenry’s name.

While the 28-year-old probably would have rather become world famous for something positive, the exposure will undoubtedly help her career. We’re obsessed with well-known people involved in any extraordinary things, and, in some cases, we’re OK with super-attractive or super-famous celebrities doing ordinary things.

Most of us could easily go forever without seeking out Hollywood gossip or federal government scandals, but if we stumble across news about an actor, singer or billionaire, it seems tough to put it down. From public outbursts caught on video to embarrassing award-show moments, our society gobbles up all sorts of celebrity news — usually about human

failings or the arrogance of being well-known.

Some stories generate more sympathy for one or more of the parties involved in an exchange or altercation, but plenty of mainstream-reported entertainment news is either spun or distributed strictly to gain notoriety for a media outlet. I try not to be guilty of this, as a community newspaper reporter.

I don’t find it to be newsworthy that a well-known person simply made an appearance in Jasper County; what happened and what they said and did while here is the story. McHenry pulled out the unfortunate don’t-you-know-who-Iam line, followed by a threat to sue.

This never looks good, no matter the circumstances or the dialogue or baiting took place earlier, as the celebrity is expected to treat everyone decently.

It’s not that the rich and famous shouldn’t ever get upset or frustrated — money and fame

doesn’t solve everything, and having your car towed is a hassle no matter what you do for a living.

However, some folks don’t have whole extra sets of problems in life that McHenry has never experienced personally, and national figures aren’t known for empathetically seeing the world through the eyes of the less fortunate.

The celebrities who seem to be able to not only rise above judgment, but also help tell the story of the so-called working class, are those who seem to gain the widest respect. Robin Williams’ death brought tears to my eyes, and had the same impact on millions. We feel we knew what he was about, and many could relate to his personal struggles.

Jon Bon Jovi announced last week that he’s opening a second “JBJ Soul Kitchen” community restaurant in New Jersey — a sort of soup kitchen that offers healthy food, and only requests patrons to pay what they can afford. He’ll also

include a one-stop facility to help people get food stamps, health care and culinary-related job training, and we expect this from him and other “A” list celebrities.

We should expect the same high level of thinking from Aaron Hernandez, Suge Knight and Mike Tyson, but their starting points as adults were all complicated. It doesn’t excuse their transgressions, but it’s also not surprising that they eventually fell hard.

Some feel holding government officials and other well-known people to a high standard of conduct and non-judgmental living is too steep, and that being super-nice isn’t any easier for the elite. I feel that asking McHenry and the rest of the best-known faces and voices in the world to simply be decent and fair with people is the same way we ask of ourselves and our neighbors.

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

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Elections do matter Margaret Jorris Newton Elections do matter. In 1933, there was an election in Germany that eventually affected our whole world. The vote was more than 17 million for the Socialist Party — Adolph Hitler.

The other 20 plus million votes were divided between three to five different political parties. If the German populace had only known what the next 10 to 15 years would bring.

Program aimed at farm safety for kids Ally Schultes Coon Rapids Agriculture is the nation’s most dangerous and pivotal industry. Nearly 700 kids have died on farms in the United States between the years of 1995 and 2000. In 2006 alone, more than 3,500 children were injured on the farm. Don’t get me wrong, the farm is a great place to raise a family, but it can also be a dangerous one.

In 1945, the Allies found more than 300 “camps” in Germany and occupied adjoining nations, where mankind’s inhumanity to mankind was rampant. Yes, we have been told that more than 6 million people, half of them of the Jewish race, died in those camps, but how can the human mind wrap itself around a number like that? Each number represents a human being, who was tortured, starved or “cared for” in a barbaric manner. One camp director wanted at least 600 Jews killed daily.

The reality of these figures and this brutality is so remote from our civilized mind that it needs to be seen to be believed. After the Liberation, many people from all over the world, including thousands of German people, were required to see this desecration.

“See this, you who were in charge of the world; YOU allowed this to happen!” There is a video, “Memory of the Camps” available for us to see today.

Unless we learn ... history repeats itself. America: Learn — beginning with elections.

As a Farm Safety For Just Kid’s outreach coordinator, I travel the state teaching farm safety to youth and their families. Farm Credit Services of America has partnered with Farm Safety For Just Kids to educate youth in the state of Iowa about potential hazards on the farm.

An Iowa farm wife founded Farm Safety For Just Kids more than 25 years ago after her 11-year-old son was killed in gravity flow grain wagon accident. Today the organization has over 120 chapters across the U.S.

and Canada as well as nine outreach coordinators like myself.

Thanks to Farm Credit Services of America, I am able to do these demonstrations absolutely free. My only job is to spread the farm safety message in the hopes of keeping kids safe on the farm.

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Headless bodies lie in the sand. Above those corpses stand the black-clad minions of ISIS, outlined against t h e coastline of Libya. This is the second v i d e o By Ben Shapiro in three months depicting Islamic terrorists cutting the heads off of Christian captives.

Bodies float in the Mediterranean Sea, face down. Twelve Christian bodies, thrown from a rubber boat by 15 Muslims.

Their launch point: Libya.

Approximately 700 more bodies float face down in the Mediterranean, victims of a smuggling operation gone wrong when their rickety craft sunk as it made its way to Italy. Its source location: Libya.

Four American bodies in Benghazi, Libya.

These are the wages of Hillary Clinton’s war.

In June 2006, as then-Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., prepared a run for president, she stated that President George W. Bush had “rushed to war” in Iraq. A few months later, Hillary spoke of her opposition to Bush’s surge in Iraq, stating that it was a “losing strategy.” Iraq, a war for which Hillary voted, had been conducted on the back of flawed intelligence estimates and without a clear plan.

Five years later, Secretary of State Clinton rushed to war, allegedly manufacturing evidence to do so, and with no plan whatsoever for victory. According to The Washington Times, Clinton “was the moving force inside the Obama administration to encourage US military intervention to unseat [dictator Moammar Gadhafi] in Libya.” Clinton claimed that if the West did not intervene in Libya, Gadhafi would pursue a genocide against his enemies; in March 2011, she imagined a scenario in which “Benghazi had been overrun, a city of 700,000 people, and tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered,

hundreds of thousands had fled. ...” That genocide never materialized, nor did the best intelligence estimates support that argument.

Not only that: Hillary also ignored all available evidence suggesting that the Libyan opposition was honeycombed with terrorists. She ignored Admiral James Stavridis, NATO Supreme Commander for Europe, who admitted “flickers in the intelligence of potential al Qaeda, Hezbollah.” Al-Qaida backed the Libyan uprising. There was a reason that neither Hillary nor President Obama risked going to Congress for approval of the Libyan adventure: they would have been rejected.

Nonetheless, in October 2011, Hillary arrived in Tripoli to declare victory, stating that she was “proud to stand here on the soil of a free Libya.” When Gadhafi was sodomized with a knife and killed two days later, she laughed uproariously on camera: “We came, we saw, he died!”

Gadhafi wasn’t the only person who died. Hillary’s war ended with terrorist chaos in Libya: a full-scale terror takeover of regions of the country including Benghazi, the exile of the legitimate government, a massive refugee crisis growing day-by-day amidst the upheaval. That refugee crisis has grown significantly worse since Hillary’s war. As Vox. com, a leftist outlet, points out, 1,600 migrants “have drowned in the Mediterranean this year.” Why? Again, according to Vox. com, when Moammar Gadhafi “ruled Libya, his government had an agreement with Italy to try to intercept and turn back ships leaving for Europe. ... And in the utter chaos that’s engulfed Libya over the past few years, there’s no government entity really capable of patrolling the Mediterranean.”

Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy has promoted chaos around the world.

Nowhere is that better illustrated than in her signal foreign policy legacy, the collapsed state of Libya.

Ben Shapiro, 31, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, a radio host on KTTH 770 Seattle.

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Obituaries Lois M. Decker April 13, 2015 Lois Mae Decker, 89, died M o n day after noon, April 13, 2 0 1 5 , at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton has been entrusted with the arrangements.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be left to Lois’ family.

Lois M. Decker, was born March 13, 1926, in Ida Grove, to parents Lowell and Hattie (Steensen) Johnson.

Florence ‘Flo’ Garland April 20, 2015 Florence “Flo” (Dobbs) Garland, 74, of Monroe, died Monday, April 20, 2015, at her home. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday, April 25 at the Monroe United Methodist Church with burial following at Silent City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11

When the family moved to Kellogg, Lois attended church and graduated from the Kellogg High School. Lois met the love of her life, Noel Decker and they were married in Newton, Dec. 4, 1948. Lois lived in Newton and Lambs Grove until her death.

Lois worked for the Maytag Company until starting a family and later worked seasonally at the Maytag Dairy Farm for several years. She was a past member of Newton First Assembly of God Church. After Noel retired from Maytag they enjoyed traveling on long and short trips, enjoying nature and to collect antiques.

Lois enjoyed making her home a special place by gardening, decorating and displaying her many collectibles. She devoted herself to caring for Noel through health challenges prior to his death in 2008. Lois will be remembered for hosting wonderful holiday meals for her family, her quick wit, humor and for passing along lessons from a long life.

Lois is survived by her children, Jan (Tom) Verdoorn from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ron (Allison) Decker of Winsted, Conn. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Mike, Matt and Jake Verdoom and Paige Decker; her

five great-grandchildren, Sophia, Jackson, Calla, Annika and Sam; her sister-in-law Betty Jess of Des Moines; and many friends. Lois was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Noel.

A graveside service for Lois will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 25 at Newton Union Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Don Hayes, Newton First Assembly of God Church. A time of fellowship and lunch with the family at the Pence Tribute Center, will follow the graveside service.

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

a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Jasper County of the Monroe United Methodist Church and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com Flo was born Aug. 3, 1940, to Charles and Luella Dobbs. Flo was born in Oregon but grew up and graduated from Ackley High School in 1958. Later that year Flo came to the Monroe area where she met Jim Garland. Jim and Flo were married Dec. 18, 1958, in Mt. Pleasant.

To this union two children were born, Christy

and Marty. Flo worked in the payroll department at Maytag for 30 years until her retirement in 1996.

Flo was a devoted wife, mom, grandmother and friend. She loved to sew, quilt and go to her TOPS group. She was also a member of the Red Hat Society and enjoyed a good game of golf. Flo would show up at her grandkids’ activities with giant cookies for the kids and parents to enjoy. You would also see her always with a pad and pencil at every game to take stats and neither the umpire nor scorekeeper would

dare question her record keeping.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son Marty; and her sister Jo Justice. Those left to honor her memory include husband Jim Garland of 56 years; daughter Christy (Barry) Zerley; grandchildren Brianna and Ethan Zerley; sisters Carole Rons, Karen Anderson Terri Jordan, Charlene Lewis and Dawn Aalbers; brothers, Chuck Dobbs and Donnie Dobbs; her many nieces and nephews; her sister-in-law Julie (Carroll) Brodersen; plus her many friends.

Skiff Gala fundraiser raises nearly $50K Newton Daily News Skiff Medical Center now has $47,675 for the purchase of vital surgical equipment, thanks to the significant success of the third annual Skiff Gala fundraiser on April 11 at DMACC. The event was a joint effort between the Skiff Foundation and the Skiff Auxiliary. More than 260 people from the hospital and community were in attendance to enjoy socialization, a sit-down catered dinner and professional entertainment from comedy hypnotist Dan Lornitis. Funds were brought in through business sponsorships, ticket sales, a live auction, silent auction and a dessert auction.

Leisa Zylstra, foundation and events manager, helped oversee the event along with Skiff Gala committee members Connie Annis, Pam Comer, Patty Dykstra, Ashli Formaro, Ashley Foster, Terri Hayden, Bruce Hoffmeier, Marilyn Jessen, Jeff King, Adam Otto and Jane Repp. David Goos served as Master of Ceremonies and auctioneer.

• CAA Youth Sculpture Project will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Centre for Arts & Artists, 501 W. Third St. N. in Newton, to help design and create a sculpture for the CAA grounds.

For more information, email Karen King at king50208@hotmail.com or call Linda Klepingerat 641-521-3554.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Cellphones for Soldiers will begin at 8 a.m.

Thursday at DMACC Newton Campus, 600 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton. Drop your old cellphone off at the front desk of the Newton Campus until April 28. If you are unable to do so, call 641-791-3622 and someone will come and pick up the phone.

• Preschool Story Time will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W. for preschoolers ages 3 to 5, siblings are welcome. Questions, call Youth Services Librarian Phyllis Peter at 641-792-4108.

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

• A babysitting class will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday at Jasper County Extension Office in Newton. Youth attending must be in fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth grade. Call the Jasper County Extension Office at 641-792-6433 for more details.

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

• Bad Art will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W. Art supplies will be available for teen and adult patrons to create with art with. Patrons are invited to bring along current art projects they are working on or just create with our supplies. No registration needed.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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

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

• Battlefield of the Mind women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Classic Movie Night will meet at 6:30 p.m.

Friday at Van Wijk Winery, in Sully. Join Van Wijk Winery in viewing classic movies paired with wine • Second Annual Granny Basketball Extravaganza will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Berg Middle School, in Newton. The Granny Mustangs that features all women ages 50 and older from Jasper County will be going toe to toe with the Newton YMCA/United Way of Jasper County Glo-

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Submitted Photo Among those populating the tables of Skiff Gala diamond sponsor Newton Clinic were, from left, Adam Bantell and Dr. Stephanie Bantell; Dr. Mureema Solberg; Skiff Public Relations and Marketing Director Stephanie Alexander and Dr. Zack Alexander; and Collette Hill and Dr. Steve Hill.

“This a huge event to orchestrate, but it’s so much fun,” Zylstra said. “It’s really rewarding to see the community enjoy themselves while supporting such a great cause. The generosity of our community is amazing.”

Those funds raised from the three sets of auctions, along with

the money from ticket sales and sponsorships, will go toward upgrading the Skiff endoscopy suite, where physicians perform scopes that catch precancerous polyps before they turn life-threatening.

To learn more about Skiff, call 641-787-5433 or visit www. skiffmed.com.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Martin Leon Morales, 33, of Melbourne, is charged with driving while barred and operating while under the influence after authorities pulled him over in the 1700 block of Highway 14 North at 2:50 a.m.

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He refused to get off his cell phone and smelled strongly of alcohol. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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nicotine after authorities were called to First Street South at 7:40 p.m. Saturday. She was cited and released to appear.

• Brian J. Clymer, 22, of Colfax, is charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were called to Walmart at 9:16 p.m.

Sunday. Officers spoke

with the loss prevention specialist who said a man walked in and then out with several bedding items without paying. He took two pillows, sheets and a mattress topper valued at $172.14. Officers recognized Clymer from a photo. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Girl who lost her virginity must learn to protect herself DEAR ABBY: I’m a 17-yearold girl. Last weekend I lost my virginity in the back seat of a stranger’s car. I feel guilty about it and I haven’t told anyone. I’m not sure if he has.

I need some advice on whether I should be making a big deal out of it, or just ignore it and move on. — ANXIOUS IN OHIO DEAR ANXIOUS: Please don’t ignore it. You treated your first time like it was something casual, and that is sad. It IS a “big deal,” not only because of what it indicates about your level of self-esteem, but also because you don’t know whether you have been exposed to an STD. Did the boy use a condom?

Mature girls know to protect themselves when engaging in sexual activity. It is important that you be checked by a gynecologist for STDs and learn about effective birth control. If you don’t have a doctor you can confide in, Planned Parenthood can help you.

DEAR ABBY: I find myself in an interesting situation that I never thought could happen. I’m a 43-year-old gay male who had an extremely difficult time coming out when I was 19. My parents weren’t initially supportive, but things did get better down the line.

I have had zero luck at any longterm gay relationships, but as I get older, my sex drive has diminished, and I think I’d be happy with a female companion — if sex wasn’t a factor. What should I do? — INTERESTING CONDITION IN TEXAS DEAR CONDITION: Gay men marrying straight women is not an unheard-of phenomenon, and neither are marriages in which sex is not a part of the picture. It

could work out well if you find someone with common interests and a high level of compatibility — as long as the lady clearly understands that you are gay and doesn’t harbor the fantasy that she can “change” you.

DEAR ABBY: My friends often come to me for advice. It could be anything — relationship, family, self-harm or bullying. It’s usually something I don’t know how to deal with and don’t have experience with. I try to say words of encouragement like, “It’ll be OK. Ignore it. Think on the bright side. Don’t be so hard on yourself.”

I know these are things they have heard before and will ignore, but I don’t know what else to say or do. These people are more outgoing than I am, so I guess it makes them targets. Abby, what can I do?

— D. IN KANSAS DEAR D.: It’s all right to be encouraging, but when someone asks for advice you know you’re not qualified to give, you should be upfront, admit it, and suggest the person talk to an adult. This is particularly important when the problem concerns things like selfharm or bullying, which may need an intervention.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS — A 52-year-old man has been accused of threatening to shoot a co-worker at a western Iowa jerky plant. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff ’s Office says David Roth was arrested Monday on one count of first-degree harassment and drug charges. Online court records don’t list an attorney for Roth who could be contacted about the case. The sheriff ’s office says Roth threatened the co-worker at the Jack Link’s Meat Snacks plant in Underwood.

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CLEAR LAKE — The Clear Lake City Council has voted to not take action in regards to a location for a proposed veterans memorial after considering a neutral task force report. The council was split 4-4 on Monday between two locations. Task force facilitator Dave Parks says the council may have to consider other city-owned sites, private properties and other locations for the memorial. The task force worked for almost seven months gathering feedback from residents as it moved a mock version of the monument to various locations.

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HULL — Two Iowans were injured after their van collided with the rear of a manure spreader just north of Hull.

The Sioux County Sheriff ’s Office says 85-year-old Alvin Sohl, of Rock Rapids, was westbound Monday night on 290th Street when he approached a tractor from behind. Sohl was unable to stop before striking a manure spreader being pulled by the tractor. Sohl and his passenger, 82-year-old Arlene Sohl, were hurt in the crash.

DAVENPORT — A Davenport man has pleaded guilty to charges he broke into a woman’s apartment, held her at gunpoint, forced her to withdraw cash from an ATM and sexually abused her three times in September. The trial of 20-year-old Gary Marshall came to an abrupt end Tuesday after he entered his plea deal to second-degree sexual abuse, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery.

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Hearing set for Iowan accused of shaking baby CHARLES CITY — A plea change hearing has been scheduled for a northern Iowa woman who’s pleaded not guilty to endangering her infant son.

Stephanie Fatland, 23, was charged in August with three felony counts of child endangerment. She was scheduled to go to trial next month in Floyd County District Court in Charles City. The plea change hearing is set for May 18.

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Branstad’s tax returns show 2014 income of $191,311 DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad has released tax returns showing that he earned $191,311 in 2014 and paid just over $20,000 in federal taxes for the year.

Branstad Branstad on Tuesday continued an annual practice of providing tax details to reporters. The information released showed he and his wife paid just over $32,000 in federal taxes, but are getting a refund of nearly $11,000.

Most of Branstad’s 2014 income came from his salary as governor. He also received a state pension from his earlier service as governor, lieutenant governor and legislator.

Branstad’s chief of staff, Matt Hinch, and his accountant, Jamie Ward, made more than 60 pages of state and federal returns available to reporters for review in the governor’s office.

House OKs bill aimed at expanding broadband The Associated Press DES MOINES — Service providers planning to expand high-speed Internet in Iowa through infrastructure work will be able to seek a 10-year property tax exemption under a broadband bill passed Tuesday by the House, though some lawmakers say the legislation still needs work.

The House voted 89-5 in support of the bill, which was introduced by Gov. Terry Branstad’s office. It would create a property tax relief program to help service providers with the cost of adding infra-

structure for broadband, also known as high-speed Internet.

Rep. Peter Cownie, R-West Des Moines, led the bill on the floor and called it a good step in expanding broadband.

“Simply put, the Internet is a way of life for Iowans, and for Iowa to reach its full potential, we need better connectivity to it,” he said.

Rep. Jo Oldson, D-Des Moines, said she would support the bill Tuesday but wanted to see some changes as it advances in the Senate.

She suggested tightening the language over what merits an exemption. “So that we tru-

ly are focused on making sure that we are providing incentives to get broadband out to areas that have no broadband whatsoever,” she said.

A grant program, which originally had $5 million in state money, was defunded earlier in the session over concerns about its sustainability. Federal and private dollars would fund the program instead, though there is no current money attached to it.

The bill now heads to the Senate, where Branstad’s bill was swapped earlier in the session for a similar measure proposed by Sen. Steven Sodders,

D-State Center. Sodders has repeatedly indicated a willingness to work with Cownie to advance a broadband bill this session. A retroactive date to the property relief tax program was removed in an amendment Tuesday; Sodders supported such a change.

Branstad made broadband a priority in his Condition of the State address in January.

The governor released a statement applauding the House vote.

A broadband bill failed last session over concern about tax incentives. This year’s bill is more limited.

Jeb Bush prepares to give traditional campaign a makeover The Associated Press DES MOINES — The traditional presidential campaign may be getting a dramatic makeover in Jeb Bush’s bid for the White House as he prepares to turn some of a campaign’s central functions over to a separate political organiBush zation that can raise unlimited amounts of money.

The concept, in development for months as the former Florida governor has raised tens of millions of dollars for his Right to Rise super PAC, would endow that organization not just

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It would still pay for advertising, conduct polling and collect voter data.

Bush’s plans were described to The Associated Press by two Republicans and several Bush donors familiar with the plan, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the former Florida governor has not yet announced his candidacy and they were not authorized to discuss details on the record.

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For Clinton campaign, all in the family — not so much Bill

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The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s granddaughter, Charlotte, is a symbol of the future. Clinton’s late parents offer lessons about hard work and resiliency. Her own daughter, Chelsea, gives voters a window into her mother’s life long before she was one of the world’s most famous women.

In campaign kickoff events in Iowa and New Hampshire, Clinton shared stories with voters about the lesser-known members of her family: her father’s work running a small textile business in Chicago, her mother’s hardscrabble upbringing and what the future may hold for baby Charlotte’s generation. Taken together, the biographical sketches animate her pitch to middle-class families.

“When I think about my dad, it was a lot easier in those days to have an idea, to get what you needed and to go to work,” Clinton said at a Keene, New Hampshire, furniture factory this week, describing obstacles for small businesses. In Iowa, she remembered her father, Hugh Rodham Sr., as a “waste-not-want-not kind of guy” whose fabric drapery business provided for her family.

The Clintons’ political history will play a big part in her new campaign, but the early emphasis has been elsewhere. The most famous man in her life, former President Bill Clinton, only comes up in passing. In New Hampshire, where her husband remains popular, Hillary

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Clinton said she called him to offer travel updates while in Iowa, and smiled when a community college instructor recalled the bullish economy during her husband’s two terms.

“I remember!” she said.

Bill Clinton has avoided discussing the campaign so far, saying at Georgetown University on Tuesday, “For obvious reasons, I don’t intend to talk much about electoral politics,” though he was a vigorous and at times problematic presence in his wife’s 2008 campaign.

Aides say the ex-president will stay behind the scenes initially and that Hillary Clinton’s focus on her parents and grandchild allow her to fill in other aspects of her biography. Invoking Bill Clinton, who has high approval ratings, also can bring up positives from his administration, such as a strong

economy, but at the risk of revisiting the Monica Lewinsky scandal and subsequent impeachment drama.

Hillary Clinton has held small gatherings as part of a soft campaign launch aiming to re-introduce her to voters.

For the woman everyone knows, the idea is to show a side of Clinton often obscured during her first presidential bid, when she ran on a mantle of experience and Margaret Thatcher-style tough leadership.

“It’s just so fundamentally who she is,” said former speechwriter Lissa Muscatine.

The approach pushes back against months of scrutiny over Clinton’s six-figure speaking fees, use of private jets and foreign donations to her family’s foundation, a theme Republicans intend to promote.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a vaccine to counter a deadly strain of bird flu, as losses to poultry producers mount.

A pure “seed strain” would target the H5N2 virus — which has already cost Midwest turkey and chicken producers more than 6.7 million birds since early March — as well as some other highly pathogenic viruses in the H5 family that have been detected in other parts of North America. If the USDA decides the vaccine is necessary to stop avian influenza, it will provide that seed strain to drug manufacturers.

The process, though, is fraught with questions about which birds would get the vaccine, how it might affect exports and whether it would be effective against the rapidly spreading strain.

WHY PRODUCERS WANT A VACCINE USDA officials have said the H5N2 virus could be a problem for the poultry industry for several years. The virus had already killed or led authorities to order the culling of nearly 2.3 million turkeys before it was confirmed Monday at an Iowa egg-laying operation with 3.8 million hens. And on Tuesday, four more turkey farms with more than 425,000 birds were added to the list.

The virus could reappear this fall when the wild waterfowl that are believed to carry it fly south for the winter. Another concern is that it could spread to big poultry-producing states in the East.

While government agencies and producers would much rather see tight biosecurity and other current strategies succeed, they want to have another tool available, said Dr. T.J. Myers, an associate deputy administrator for veterinary services with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

WHERE THE VACCINE STANDS The USDA’s Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Georgia, is developing the seed strain, which is essentially a pure virus sample that could be the foundation for producing an effective vaccine. The center’s director, Dr. David Swayne, said it has already gone through a couple of rounds of lab testing, and that animal experiments will begin in early May to determine whether it’s an effective strain to use. If those tests are successful and the USDA decides to put a vaccine into production, it would turn to the private sector for production.

WHAT IT WOULD COST? Dr. John Clifford, the USDA’s chief veterinary officer, said it’s not clear how much a vaccine would add to the cost of producing birds, but doesn’t expect it would be much. It might be used mainly on the more expensive birds, such as those used for breeding, he said.

For turkey producers, the price of the vaccine could be minor compared to the cost of losing entire flocks, according to Steve Olson, executive director of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association and the Chicken and Egg Association of Minnesota.

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Foremost on the family tree is Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham, who died in 2011. Clinton tells audiences her mother was abandoned as a girl and forced to live with strict grandparents, who forbade her from activities like eating at the kitchen table or playing in the yard. Her mother taught her about never quitting and kindness, Clinton says, an influence that led her to become an advocate for women and children.

Charlotte, born in September, is a frequent topic. “I have this new granddaughter and I want her to have every opportunity, but I want every child in our country to have every opportunity,” Clinton said.

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Cardinals fall in shootout to No. 13 Mustangs

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Duncan Lee booted in the equalizing goal for Newton High’s Cardinals against the 13th-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes’ Mustangs Tuesday. The Cardinals finished regulation — 80 minutes of play — tied at 1-1 at Newton’s H.A. Lynn Stadium.

Two overtime periods later, the 1-all tie stood. It came down to a shootout on penalty kicks to decide the Little Hawkeye Conference game.

For the second time this season, the Cardinals came up on the short end of a shootout.

The Mustangs knocked in four penalty kicks to the Cardinals’ two, winning the game 2-1.

“We fought hard and took the game to a shootout. It’s a tough loss,” said Sackda Viravong, Newton head coach.

“The kids worked very hard against DCG, but we just came up short.”

The Cardinals showed they weren’t far behind the ranked Mustangs. Both teams had opportunities to score in the first half. Dallas Center-Grimes’ Eric Ratcliff hit the ball solid up the middle of the scoring box, and it got past Newton goalkeeper Grant Davidson.

Ratcliff ’s goal came at the 3:35 mark of the first half.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Being physical and battling for the ball are Newton High’s Dalton Nevels (6) and Dallas Center-Grimes’ Alex Thompson (12) in Tuesday night’s Little Hawkeye Conference game at Newton’s H.A. Lynn Stadium.

The visiting 13th-ranked Mustangs won, 2-1, using a 4-2 advantage in a shootout.

Dallas Center-Grimes carried a 1-0 lead into the break.

“Grant kept us in the game for 80 minutes during regulation. Brock Southern, Jordan Norvell and Dalton Nevels played an outstanding game again on defense,” Viravong

Sixth-ranked Fillies edge 13th-ranked Cardinals

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News GRIMES — Newton High’s Cardinal girls and Dallas Center-Grimes Fillies gave soccer fans their money’s worth Monday night. It was a showdown of Class 2A ranked teams in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

The No. 6 Fillies handed the 13th-ranked Cardinals their second heartbreaker of the season.

DCG edged Newton, 2-1, which was the same score Grinnell beat Newton by in the season opener.

Monday’s loss broke a sixgame winning streak by the Cardinals. They are 6-2 overall and 0-2 in LHC play.

The teams played to a scoreless tie by halftime. A senior-laden Fillies’ team scored twice in the second half on goals by seniors CARDINALS | 4B

said. “I thought we might pull this game out in overtime, but we were too tired at the end.”

The Mustangs made 14 shots on goal. Davidson was credited with 11 saves on the night, which boosted his season’s saves total to 72 in seven

games. Viravong said Chase Dykstra played a lot of minutes on defense coming off the bench and did a great job.

“Duncan’s goal was pure instinct. He was in the right place to score the goal. Sometimes you have to stick your

foot out at the right moment,” Viravong said.

It was the first goal of the season for Lee. The Cardinals put 12 shots on goal. Newton had four corner kicks and DCG had five.

DCG goalkeeper Colin Quass had seven saves.

“I told the kids after the game, in a PK shootout, even the players in the world — in an event like the World Cup — miss the kick and fail to score,” Viravong said. “This will not be the last time we’ll face the PK shootout. We’ll continue to work on this and other aspects of our game.

“Everyone in the game played well for us. I was very happy with the effort our kids gave tonight.”

Newton is 4-3 overall and 0-2 in LHC play. DCG is 3-4 and 1-2 in conference action.

The Cardinals go to Grinnell April 28 for a LHC contest.

Newton’s junior varsity lost 2-0 to DCG while the freshman game ended in a scoreless tie.

The Cardinal JV goes to Perry Saturday for a tournament which was rained out a week ago. The Newton freshmen will host a tournament Monday.

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Newton boys lose home LHC tennis dual

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Joe Stammeyer was a part of both victories Newton High’s boys notched in Little Hawkeye Conference tennis play at home Tuesday.

Stammeyer defeated Oskaloosa’s Jimmy Brown, 6-4, 6-2, in No. 2 singles. He paired up with John Trettin for the first time this season as the Cardinals’ No. 1 doubles team.

Stammeyer and Trettin won a tiebreaker to defeat Brown and Brandon Denhartog 6-4, 4-6, 10-8. Trettin lost to Denhartog, 6-2, 6-4, in the No. 1 singles match.

“John and Joe had not played together in competition before and adapted great. They started off strong, hit a rough patch, but were able to recover,” said Nick Hoskins, Newton head coach. “Anytime we play a third-set tiebreaker it is usually a toss up because the points happen so fast. They really took advantage of their

opponents mistakes to pull out the win.”

Oskaloosa took the conference dual, 9-2. Newton had several players in different roles Tuesday — Parker Schuster played his first singles match of this tennis career and Noah Peterson made his varsity debut in the No. 5 doubles team.

“Joe was on his game tonight. He struggled in the middle of his singles match, but was able to find a way to pull it together, which is exactly what I have been looking for,” Hoskins said.

“When a player can self correct his mistakes, you know he is learning from his past experiences.”

Newton’s Jared Griffin dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to Tommy Johnston at No. 3 singles. Newton’s Reid Miller and Seamus Vandemore lost 6-2, 6-3 in their No. 4 and No. 5 singles matches, respectively, to Samuel BOYS | 4B

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Parker Schuster returns a shot during a singles match against Oskaloosa Tuesday. Newton hosted a Little Hawkeye Conference dual and lost to Oskaloosa.

Ousted PCM coach addresses PCM board, community

By Mike Mendenhall and Troy Hyde Newton Daily News When Bret Grier was informed by Prairie City-Monroe Community Schools Athletic Director Greg Bonnett last week that he was being removed from his position as the high school’s head girls’ basketball coach and “involuntarily transferred” to an assistant coaching role on the boys’ team, he publicly addressed his opinion in a post on the PCM Girls Basketball Facebook page.

The former coach claims he was actually fired after district administrators allegedly received unconfirmed complaints about Grier’s performance from parents. He once again

addressed his departure in front of the district school board during its Monday night meeting to a standing-room-only crowd in the PCM Middle School library.

Grier guided the Mustangs’ program for the past four seasons. He told the Newton Daily News last week in an email that he was released from his position April 14. The former coach shut down the PCM girls basketball Facebook page the following day.

Grier told the room of more than 50 supporters and observers he would not be returning to coach either PCM boys of girls basketball in the 2015-16 season.

He argued the Mustangs 16-8 overall record and 14-4 showing in the Heart of Iowa Conference last season showed

the program was moving in a successful direction under his leadership.

Grier addressed Bonnett directly. The former coach detailed the personal history he and Bonnett share, telling a highly personal story about the athletic director’s assistance after a violent seizure Grier experienced during college.

“While the information I placed publicly on Facebook was true to our meeting that night, I’m here to say in public I hold no grudges against you,” Grier said. “I realize you were put in a tough situation between upset parents — whom I had not ever heard from — and following possible advice from other administrators.”

Former students commented on the situ-

ation Monday. Joe Gilson, a 2010 PCM graduate, spoke for himself and on behalf his sister Abby Gilson, a former PCM basketball player.

He expressed his sister’s admiration for Grier, but conveyed his concern in the high turnover rate of PCM head coaches.

“What is lacking in

this discussion is the negative impact this has on the students who attend PCM. As a school COACH | 2B

Mike Mendenhall/Daily News Former PCM Head Girls’ Basketball Coach Bret Grier address the crowd gathered Monday at the district’s regular board meeting. Grier was removed as head basketball coach last week for circumstance that are still unexplained by the district.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday High School Track Drake Relays Colfax-Mingo girls at CMB, 4:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo boys at Martensdale-St. Marys, 5 p.m.

PCM girls at South Tama, 5 p.m.

Soccer Marshalltown at Newton girls, 9th 4:30 p.m., JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.

Webster City at CMB girls, 5:30 p.m.

PCM boys at Chariton, 7 p.m.

Golf PCM girls at Oskaloosa, 2 p.m.

Middle School Track Newton 7th, 8th boys at Knoxville, 4:30 p.m.

Trap Shooting Newton at Knoxville, 4 p.m.

Friday High School Track Drake Relays CMB boys, girls at South Hardin, 4:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully girls at BGM, 4:30 p.m.

Golf Lynnville-Sully boys at Iowa Valley, 4 p.m.

Rugby At Southeast Warren Newton vs. Ankeny Centennial, 7:20 p.m.

Newton vs. Carlisle, 9 p.m.

Saturday Track Drake Relays Sunday Trap Shooting Newton at Waukee

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Juniors leads Tigerhawks to seventh-place finish

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News VAN METER — Jacob Lietz is one of several juniors who have led the Colfax-Mingo boys’ track and field team this season.

On Monday, it was more of the same as Lietz won the 400-meter dash, took third in the 200 and athletes in the junior class recorded six top-five finishes on a very windy night at the Van Meter Bulldog Invitational.

The Tigerhawks were seventh overall in the team standings with 46 points as they edged Colo-NESCO by two.

“I was really pleased with the mental toughness the boys showed tonight,” Colfax-Mingo coach Matt Barkalow said.

“With winds gusting between 20-30 miles per hour and temperatures feeling like the high 30s, our guys pushed through and competed well.”

Woodward Academy was the team champion with 93 points. It had one more point than both Van Meter and Panorama and Pleasantville (73) was fourth and Des Moines Christian (70) was fifth.

Nodaway Valley (68) finished one position ahead of

Colfax-Mingo and the Tigerhawks were better than the Royals (44), Martensdale-St. Marys (27), Adair-Casey (27), West Central Valley (14) and Iowa Christian Academy (11).

Lietz won the 400 with a time of 53.45 seconds and his bronze-medal performance in the 200 was clocked at 24.32 seconds.

Lietz also helped the distance medley relay team to a second-place finish. He was joined on that team by juniors Blake Summy, Colin Lourens and Gabe Simpson and they finished in 3:54.62.

The 4x200 relay was third in a time of 1:39.30. That foursome included Summy, Lourens, junior Jared Myers and Simpson.

The 4x400 team of Summy, Simpson, Myers and Lietz were fifth in 3:43.28.

The other top-five tally came from Lourens in the long jump. He was fifth with a personal-best leap of 19 feet, 2.75 inches.

The Tigerhawks return to action at 5 p.m. Thursday at Martensdale-St. Marys.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo junior Blake Summy, right, hands the baton to Tigerhawk junior Gabe Simpson at the Saydel Invitational on Thursday. Summy and Simpson teamed up to help the Tigerhawks finish second in the distance medley and third in the 4x200-meter relay at the Van Meter Bulldog Invitational on Monday.

Reds’ Price apologizes for bad words, sticks by sentiment during rant MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cincinnati manager Bryan Price is sorry for using foul language in a pregame tirade. Everything in between the bad words remains fair game.

The Reds skipper stood firm on his stance that media shouldn’t report developments he thinks would put his team at a competitive disadvantage.

“I think probably before we get started it’s appropriate that I acknowledge the events of yesterday before the game,” Price told reporters before Tuesday night’s game at Milwaukee.

“I used a lot of bad language that I feel bad for in the aftermath.

And I apologize for that.

The content between the profanity is exactly how I felt, and I won’t apologize for that under any circumstances,” he added. “What I said was exactly how I felt.

So what was your question?”

Price apologized twice in the manager’s office, once in front of TV cameras and again when the cameras were off. He looked reporters

in the eyes during his apologies.

Price’s blowup was out of character. The second-year manager is known for being gracious and respectful with reporters, and rarely swears in their presence.

The daily pregame meeting got a lot more heated before Monday’s 6-1 win against the Brewers.

Price was particularly upset over a Cincinnati Enquirer report that catcher Devin Mesoraco wasn’t available to play during a game in St. Louis because of injury.

The Reds confirmed on Monday that Mesoraco was in Cincinnati getting tested for a sore hip.

Price also was upset the Enquirer reporter tweeted that catcher Tucker Barnhart was on his flight to St. Louis for the series Friday, an indication he was being called up from the minors.

“It’s nobody’s (expletive) business,” Price said.

The Enquirer counted 77 uses of a common vulgarity during Price’s 5-minute, 34-second diatribe.

Coach Continued from Page 1B district, we are letting our kids down by not providing quality long-term mentors,” Gilson said “...Until the people in this school district get an adequate explanation to the dismissal of Bret Grier, until this report is given to the community, this issue will not go away, and people sitting around this room right now will not let this issue go away.”

PCM 2013 graduate Kaitlyn Wilkie said she was discouraged by the negativity of the discussion online. She empathized with the board and PCM administration’s decision to let Grier go.

“The reason I was finding myself so frustrated was because a majority of these comments were inappropriate and they were coming from people who had no first-hand knowledge of the situation,” Wilk-

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo junior McKinzie Tjaden (4) scored two goals to help the Prairie City-Monroe girls’ soccer team defeat Des Moines Christian, 5-0, on Tuesday at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines.

PCM dominant against Lions on the pitch

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Prairie City-Monroe girls’ soccer coach Bill Sowder said Monday that his Mustangs looked liked a completely different team against Des Moines Christian.

And jumping out to an early lead gave that squad a big boost.

McKinzie Tjaden and Jessica Albright each scored a pair of goals and Abby Waddell added

ie said. “Sitting in the stands watching basketball games is a lot different than being a player on the bench, on the court or in the huddle, or even in the locker room at practices.”

In an interview following his Facebook post, Grier put the blame for his dismissal not just on Bonnett but on PCM Superintendent Jane Babcock, disagreeing with the way she handled the situation.

“Although I met with and spoke to athletic director Greg Bonnett, and he is the person who advised me that I was being involuntarily transferred, I have no doubt the directive to release me of my head coaching duties came from Superintendent Jane Babcock,” Grier said.

“This is the way Jane communicates with people. If a parent or parents complain about a situation, she will have someone take care of it right away. It’s a sad commentary on how things work

another as the Mustangs cruised to the 5-0 win over the Lions (3-3) at Cownie Soccer Complex.

“The girls are starting to do what we tell them to do and Waddell they looked like a different team tonight,” Sowder said. “They were talking a lot and they are

in situations like this.”

Babcock spoke briefly April 15 via phone interview about the situation and Grier’s social media post. She denied Grier’s claim that he was fired by Bonnett following his private meeting with the former coach.

“There have been no staff terminations processed in the PCM Community School District at this time, and the article appearing on the girls’ basketball Facebook page is inaccurate,” Babcock said on behalf of the school district.

Babcock indicated PCM leadership will have no further comments regarding Grier’s departure. Bonnett also declined to comment. There was no discussion on the topic Monday by either Babcock, Bonnett or the board, which is standard for an issue raised during the public comments portion of a school board meeting.

Grier is a graduate of PCM High School. His father Joel

starting to get it.”

The Mustangs (3-8) led 3-0 at halftime and never looked back. McKeely Tjaden was credited with the shutout in goal for PCM, which lost 10-0 to Class 2A No. 9 Grinnell on Monday.

PCM has a week off from competition. The Mustangs host Ballard at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Grier has been a coach in the district for more than 35 years and Bret Grier played for current boys basketball coach Fred Lorensen.

Grier said the district’s transfer offer was to an assistant coaching position with Lorensen and his father Joel on the boys basketball team, but he turned it down.

In his four years at the helm, Grier was 59-33 overall and 49-20 inside the HOIAC. PCM was 15-8 two years ago, 15-7 three seasons ago and 13-10 in Grier’s first year.

The team was never worse than fifth in the league, and the Mustangs finished third twice and tied for second this past season.

Grier guided the Mustangs to the regional finals this past year. They lost to then-undefeated No. 1 Mediapolis, whose team consisted of two all-state post players and an all-state guard.

“Parents have crazy unreal-

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istic expectations and desires for their kids and the sports they play, and administrators are put into tough situations like this because people are just plain off-base nuts about sports,” Grier said.

“But if we — teachers, coaches, administrators and school board members — do not advise parents of these unrealistic expectations then we are not doing our part as a school district.”

Before returning home to coach at PCM, Grier coached at Grand View University and Central College.

Grier said he had his side of the situation made public via Facebook because he wanted the public to know the entire story.

“I didn’t involuntarily step down, I didn’t resign on my own and I didn’t try to become the boys assistant,” Grier said. “I was fired.”

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Sports PCM girls win six golds, place fifth

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MONTEZUMA — When the Prairie City-Monroe girls track team finally competes with a full roster, there is no telling how strong the Mustangs can be.

For now, head coach Bridget Martin will continue to work with what she has.

And Tuesday, that short-handed group still won six races and finished in the top three in 13 during a cold and windy night at the Lew Lundy Relays.

Those six wins helped the Mustangs take third place in the Class A team standings. Pekin won the meet with 171, Class 3A South Tama County was second with 169 and PCM finished with 119 in third. North Mahaska was fourth with 58, Colfax-Mingo was fifth with 35 and North Tama was sixth with 33.

“Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate with us tonight, but that is track and field for you in the state of Iowa,” Martin said. “We talk to the girls often about making the best out of all weather circumstances because some of our big meets could be in less than ideal weather conditions.

“Due to some sore muscles, we did not have a full team tonight, but we still achieved our goal of placing in the top three and came away with some great performances.”

Rachel Peter, Grace Telfer and Jayci Vos all won individual events and three relays claimed gold medals.

Peter won the 3,000-meter run in 11 minutes, 27.68 seconds and she was second in the 800 with a time of 2:37.95.

Telfer won the discus with a personal-best throw of 112 feet, 3 inches. And Vos was victorious in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:12.11.

The 4x200, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay all won. The 4x200 included Vos, Emily Hugen, Tatum Schnug and Ashley Miller and they crossed in 1:46.02.

The sprint medley foursome was Miller, Hugen, Ashley Van Gorp and Rachel Stafford and they broke the tape in 2:01.26.

The distance medley team of Vos, Hugen, Van Gorp and Peter hit the line in 4:41.47.

One relay was second overall. The 4x400 team of Vos, Van Gorp, Schnug and Morgan Novak stopped the clock at 4:28.81.

The other two relays were third. The 4x100 team of Miller, Schnug, Mackenzie Messick and Taylor Burns hit the line in 59.33 seconds, while the 4x800 team of Stafford, Baylee Smith, Amaya Hartson and Peter finished in 10:56.89.

Van Gorp, Smith and Stafford each grabbed individual third-place finishes. Van Gorp ran a personal-best 27.55 seconds in the 200 and Stafford stopped the clock at 1:05.80 in the 400.

Smith was third in the 1,500 with a personal-best time of 5:35.34.

Colfax-Mingo, which also was short-handed due to a soccer match being scheduled on the same night, had three fourth-place finishes.

Individually, Ivy Moore was fourth in the 3,000 with a time of 12:24.

Bailey Pease was fifth in the 800 in 2:53.68 and Ries Wilson was fifth in the 400 hurdles as she hit the line in 1:18.29.

The 4x100, 4x200, 4x800 and sprint medley relay teams were all fourth.

The 4x100 included Chelsey Lourens, Brooke Nicholson, Reagan Nichol and Marlene Morlang and that group hit the line in 1 minute.

The 4x200 team of Kennedi Hostetter, Brianna Cooper, Wilson and Erin Earles and they finished in 2:00.81.

The 4x800 included Pease, Hostetter, Morgan McKinney and Cassie Craig and they were finished in 11:50.82.

The sprint medley team featured Hostetter, Nichol, Cooper and Craig and they ended the race in 2:10.38.

“It would have been easy to use all of this as an excuse along with some very chilly temperatures,” Colfax-Mingo coach Zach Tomas said. “However, the girls went out and competed and did an excellent job. We had some girls really step up tonight and show our overall depth. I had to make very few changes and that really shows the toughness of this team.”

Both PCM and Colfax-Mingo return to action Thursday night.

The Mustangs are at South Tama County at 5 p.m. and the Tigerhawks compete at Collins-Maxwell/Baxter at 4:30 p.m.

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Raider boys exact revenge on Madrid

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News HUXLEY — Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter senior Mark Deutsch spent the past two weeks battling through illness. He never missed a practice and ran every race CMB boys track and field coach Neil Seales asked him to run.

That’s why Seales took great admiration in watching his top distance runner dominate all three distance races Tuesday at the Ballard Invitational.

Deutsch won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs and those victories led the Raiders to the team title and helped CMB avenge an early-season loss to Madrid.

CMB finished with 162 points, besting the Tigers by nine and finishing 100 points clear of third-place Earlham. Woodward Academy was fourth with 59 points, Roland-Story scored 47 in fifth, BCLUW was sixth with 45 and South Hamilton finished seventh with 29 points.

“This one was rewarding to everyone because we didn’t compete very well when we lost to Madrid the first time this season,” Seales said. “We competed really hard tonight.”

Deutsch won the 800 in 2 minutes, 6.39 seconds. He and Colin Thomson went 1-2 in the 3,200 and 1-3 in the in the 1,600. Deutsch’s winning time in the two mile was 10:57 and he won the mile in 4:56.

“This one felt good because he was sick for about two weeks,” Seales said. “He didn’t miss a practice during that time. For him to win all three of those races is tough. He’s starting to bloom and I think his time will continue to drop. He showed what courage is all about tonight.”

Besides Deutsch, other wins came from Patrick Girard in the shot put and Clayton Weltha in the discus.

Girard won the shot with a throw of 52 feet even and Weltha was third with a toss of 46-9. Weltha was first in the discus with a throw 144-9 and Girard was third at 116-2.

Hunter Gunderson finished second in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet and Bryce Kemp was second in the long jump with a leap of 19-7.5.

Kemp also finished second in the 110-meter high hurdles and was third in the 100. He anchored the shuttle hurdle relay team to a silver

Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter senior Mark Deutsch swept the distance events in Ballard on Tuesday, winning the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. The Raiders also avenged an early-season loss to Madrid with a team title.

medal as Brady Stover, Joey Nissen and Brad Ritter completed the foursome and they crossed in 1:02.22.

Gunderson grabbed another second-place finish in the 400 as he and Blake Coughenour went 2-3 with times of 55.9 and 56.08 seconds, respectively.

The final runner-up performance came from Stover, who collected a silver medal in the 400 hurdles. He crossed the line in 59.86 seconds.

Another third-place finish came in the 4x200 where Dalton Birchmi-

er, Brad Ritter, Jon Engle and Stover crossed in 1:38.85.

Thomson’s third-place finish in the 1,600 was clocked at 5:14 and his runner-up 3,200 time was 11:01.

CMB did not have the services of senior Kyle Cather, who missed the meet because of an illness.

The Raiders return to action at 4:30 p.m. Friday at South Hardin.

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Koder, Reeve lead Mustang boys to fifth

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News BROOKLYN — Competing without one of their top point scorers, the Prairie City-Monroe boys track team still managed a fifth-place finish in the large-school division standings at the cold and windy BGM Invitational on Tuesday.

Leading the way for PCM was Skyler Koder, who had the team’s lone win. Koder matched a career-best jump of 6 feet, 2 inches to win the high jump and also placed secKoder ond in the 110-meter high hurdles in a personal-best 16.4 seconds.

Koder also anchored the shuttle hurdle relay to a silver medal. That foursome, which also included Ricky Reeve, Luke Pendroy and Austin Sneller, crossed in 1 minute, 4.8 seconds.

Running into a strong head wind, Reeve placed second in the long jump with a best leap of 17-7.

Logan Gilman was third in the discus was a throw of 114-7 and the 4x100 team of Noah Anderson, Reeve, Tyler Dredge and Davis Herndon placed third with a time of 47.1.

PCM did not have the full services of senior Maverick McAtee.

McAtee was home sick from school on Monday and tried to give it a go for the Mustangs on Tuesday, but was sent home after struggling through his first distance race.

Bondurant-Farrar won the large school division team race. Lynnville-Sully was the small-school champion.

PCM does not compete again until it heads to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont for a 5 p.m. meet on Tuesday. The Mustangs also have a home meet on April 30.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Ricky Reeve leaped to a second-place finish in the long jump Tuesday at the BGM Invitational in Brooklyn. The Mustangs were fifth as a team.

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

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Newton girls notch three match victories at Osky

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News OSKALOOSA — McKenna Heisdorffer and Megan Pressgrove had to work a bit of overtime to earn a victory Tuesday as Newton High’s No. 1 doubles team.

The Cardinal duo overcame a first-set loss, won two straight tiebreakers to defeat Oskaloosa’s Jamie Stewart and Mary Yarkosky. Heisdorffer and Pressgrove racked up a 1-6, 7-6 (4), 15-13 win.

“McKenna played great today. She was so clutch for us, winning two third-set tiebreakers,” said Erick Zehr, Newton head coach. “There were lots of close matches again.”

It was one of just three victories the Cardinals put up against host Oskaloosa in the Little Hawkeye Conference tennis dual. The Indians won the meet, 8-3.

The teams battled wind, cold and spitting rain, same as Newton did Monday playing at Grinnell.

“Osky plays a certain style of tennis, where they “chip and charge” and wind like this really benefits teams that play that way,” Zehr said.

“Again, our girls struggled to play in the conditions, and it wasn’t until late in the doubles matches that we finally started to look comfortable and like we could impact the match. The rest of the day Osky was in control.”

Heisdorffer set the tone for winning with a come-frombehind 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 win over Stewart in the No. 1 singles contest. Kate Wyre posted a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory against Emileigh Klucas at No. 5 singles.

Zehr said Wyre played well in her matches, handling the wind.

Wyre and Madison Humphrey were Newton’s No. 3 doubles team, losing 7-5, 6-3 to Klucas and Claire Carmichael.

Oskaloosa’s Bethany Rowley beat Sierra Griffith 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles. Pressgrove lost 6-2, 7-5 to Oskaloosa’s Asli Bayram at No. 3 singles.

Yarkosky defeated Newton’s Marissa Modlin 7-5, 6-2 at No. 4 singles and in the No. 6 singles match, Oskaloosa’s Macy Scharff beat Katherine

Thorpe 6-0, 6-3.

In the No. 2 doubles match, Rowley and Bayram beat Newton’s Griffith and Modlin 6-0, 4-6, 10-3.

Macy Millege and Brooke Caves defeated Newton’s Thorpe and Melanie Stice, 6-2, 7-5 at No. 4 doubles.

Scharff and Saydee Smith defeated Newton’s Elizabeth Myers and Brenda Becerra 2-6, 7-5, 10-8.

Newton’s junior varsity posted five wins in 12 matches.

Kinzie Loree and Natalie Camp beat Kain and Bunnell, 4-3; Lorree and Camp lost 4-3 to Chapman and West; Jordyn Soule and Bethany Baumgartner won 5-2 over Lanphie and McKay and lost 4-3 to Iverson and Chapman;

Ali Bestell and Rylie Bakalar won 4-3 over Havlickova and Gatton and lost 5-2 to Briggs and Doll.

Maddie Gooding-Hunt and Stacie Sanger beat Mullen and Seibert 4-3 and lost 5-2 to Jones and Glasgow; Isabella Leach and GiGi Chen defeated Orndoff and Green 4-3 and lost 7-0 to Watters and Menninga; Hayley Sinclair and Morgan Modlin lost 6-1 to Miller and Iverson; Haley Walton and Enco Downs lost 5-2 to Schual and VanDen Ber. Newton is at Norwalk Monday in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

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

Hawk boys win Bear Trax Relays Class B title

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News BROOKLYN — Lynnville-Sully’s boys rolled up 152 points to claim the Class B team championship in Tuesday’s BGM Bear Trax Relays. Belle Plaine was second with 108 points in a field of seven teams.

The Hawks won seven events, including a school-record breaking performance in the shot put

by Sage Ehresman, who won both throwing events.

Canyon Kuhlmann claimed golds in the 800 meters and the 3,000 meters.

“Despite the very strong wind down the back stretch, we were able to run some quality times, break a school record, and improve on personal bests,” said Mike Parkinson, Lynnville-Sully head coach. “I thought our performance was a step in the right direction and winning this track meet will help us as a team to show something for our hard work and executing at a high level.”

Sage Ehresman won the shot put with a Hawk-record throw of 48 feet, 2 inches. Blake Wehrle placed

fourth in the event at 37-4. Sage Ehresman and Noah Engle went 1-2 in the discus at 127-10 and 126-0.

Kuhlmann won the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 16.81 seconds with Connor Fraker finishing 11th in 2;41.48. Kuhlmann posted a winning time of 11:11.70 in the 3,000 and Cody Gibbs came in third at 12:36.50. Gibbs ran fifth in the 1,600 in 5:58.74 with Kemper Lukehart placing eighth in 6:17.24.

Corey McCoy finished first in the 400-meter dash in 55.90 seconds with David Bastuck crossing the line in 56.86 for third place.

Sage Ehresman was second in the 100 meters in 11.32 second and Trevor Squires took ninth in 13.04. Ross Van Wyk placed fourth in the 200 meters in 24.07. McCoy took seventh in 25.02.

The Hawks’ shuttle hurdle relay team of Carson Dunsbergen, Ryan Hofer, Colten Arment and Engle claimed first in 1:07.43. Arment took fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles in 17.93 seconds and Hofer was sixth at 19.25. Carson Dunsbergen placed third in the 400 hurdles in 1:05.50 and Jesse Van Wyk placed sixth in 1:17.88.

Lynnville-Sully’s foursome of Arment, Karl Recknagel, Sage Zylstra and Luke Jones won the distance medley relay race in 4:30.18. Sage Ehresman, Engle, Noah Zylstra and Ross Van Wyk combined for a second-place time of 46.40 seconds in the 4x100 relay race.

Jones, Recknagel, Cayden Johnson and Elijah Collins ran the 4x800 relay race in 10:20.60 for third place. Bastuck, Kuhlmann, Carson Dunsbergern and McCoy combined for a 3:48.32 time, taking third in the 4x400.

The 4x200 relay team of Sage Zylstra, Engle, Noah Zystra and Ross Van Wyk took fourth in 1:43.02.

Carson Dunsbergen and Bastuck tied for fourth in the high jump, clearing the bar at 5-2. Johnson placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 16-5 and Drake Ehresman was eighth at 13-1.

Lynnville-Sully goes to the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont meet Tuesday.

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

Field events push Hawk girls to meet championship

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News MONTEZUMA — Lynnville-Sully’s girls captured first and second in both throwing events in the Class B division of Montezuma’s Lew Lundy Relays Tuesday. That put them on the path to winning the Class B championship.

The Hawk girls piled up 175 points for the team title with host Montezuma in second at 125 points. There were seven teams competing in the Class B division.

“Tonight’s meet wasn’t just a competition against the other teams in our class, but also against the elements as strong winds and cooler temperatures were again a factor,” said Darin Arkema, Lynnville-Sully head coach.

“Just like at the Eddyville meet, it was going to come down to our mindset and preparation for our events.

The experience and success the girls had at Eddyville I believed helped them for tonight and any other bad weather meets the rest of the season.”

Lizzy Van Manen continues to collect gold medals in the discus. She won Tuesday with a throw of 103 feet, 7 inches with teammate Lysandra James in second at 76-11.

Shelby Davis is having a strong season in the shot put ring, winning with a toss of 34-7.25. Jelissa Rozendaal was second at 28-10.

In the long jump, Hailey Scandridge placed sixth at 14-0.5 and Olivia Ritter was seventh at 11-9.5.

The only title on the track for the Hawks came in the 4x800-meter relay.

Cori Rice, Madison Rasmusson, Mariah Vos and Kasiah Ehresman combined for a winning time of 11 minutes, 1.74 seconds.

Rasmusson took second in the 200 meters in 29.15 seconds and Skyler

Young was sixth in 32.68. Rasmusson placed second in the 400, running 1:05.10, and Kristine Jaennette placed fifth in 1:19.73.

Ehresman finished third in the 800 in 2:57.18 with Rebecca Morningstar in sixth at 3:26.48. Brenna Lanser ran third in the 100 meters in 13.34 seconds and Makenzy Rozendaal was fourth in 13.65.

Marissa Vos claimed second in the 3,000 and 1,500 races. She turned in a 12:27.27 in the 3,000 with Haley James in third at 13:33.91. In the 1,500, Marissa Vos had a time of 5:54.78 and Haley Breeden took fifth in 6:43.30.

Young, Camryn Russell, Makenzy Rozendaal and Lanser combined for second in the 4x200 relay 1.59.30. The 4x100 relay team of Amalie Bortue, Jataya Meyer, Makenzy Rozendaal and Lanser was third in 56.26.

Taking third in the 4x400 was the

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Brooke Jacobsen and Allison O’Brien.

Down 2-0, the Cardinals kept charging and finally broke onto the scoreboard. Sophomore Kaytlin Ahn used a pass from junior Victoria Jordan to net Newton’s goal with 15 minutes remaining in the game.

“It was an aggressive game.

There were some questionable calls, but our girls played really, really well,” said Abby Lamont, Newton head coach. “The girls rose to true occasion. Although we didn’t come out with the win, we learned we can play with the top teams in the state.”

Newton’s sophomore Ashlee Freese was credited with 13 saves in the game.

“Ashlee played an amazing game and had some great saves,” Lamont said. “The played the best game I’ve seen her play. She’s improving every time on the field.

“Our defense once again was a tight knit unit and held DCG off for more than 60 minutes. Our communication was on point and helped us get some great shots on goal.”

Ginaven and Griffen Wondrelich.

Schuster, who was playing singles because James Trettin was ill, lost the No. 6 singles match, 6-0, 6-0, to Gerrit Vanmannen.

“Parker was a last minute addition to our singles lineup. He is eager to learn, not shying away from the opportunity to jump right in to a situation he hasn’t tried yet,” Hoskins said.

Oskaloosa’s No. 2 dou-

Newton had eight shots on goal against the Fillies.

The Cardinals had three corner-kick opportunities.

Lamont said seeing teams such as Dallas Center-Grimes helps improve Newton’s level of play.

Dallas Center-Grimes is 4-1 overall and 2-0 in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

Newton’s junior varsity lost 2-0 to DCG. The Newton freshmen won 3-2 on two goals by Jordan Banfield and one goal by Katie Suttek.

Newton hosts Marshalltown in a non-conference action Thursday at H.A. Lynn Stadium. The freshman game is set for 4:30 p.m. followed by the junior varsity game at 5:30 p.m. and the varsity game at 7 p.m.

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

team of Alexis Hardenbrook, Haley James, Ritter and Van Manen in 4:59.53. The distance medley relay team of Madison Johnson, Tierney Neeeham, Van Manen and Rice placed third in 5:04.55.

Scandridge, Meyer, Shelby Foster and Russell turned in a second-place time of 1:21.85 in the shuttle hurdle relay race. Scandridge placed fourth in the 100-meter high hurdles in 19.86 seconds and Foster was eighth in 21.19.

The Hawks’ sprint medley relay of Josephine Pederson, Needham, Ehresman and Rice placed fourth in 2:08.98.

Lynnville-Sully travels to Brooklyn Friday to compete in a meet hosted by BGM.

bles team of Ginaven and Wondrelich beat Griffin and Va n d e more, 6-0, 6-4. Miller and Schuster lost 6-1, 6-0 to Hoskins Johnston and Andy Ruiz at No. 3 doubles.

Vanmannen and Cody Tuttle rallied past Newton’s Jonah Keeton and Michael McKinney for a 6-4, 5-7, 10-8 win at No. 4 doubles. Newton’s Nick Geerlings and Peterson

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lot 6-1, 6-2 to Jacob Kime and Dylan Tuttle at No. 5 doubles.

“Jonah and Michael played well tonight. The first two sets were close, and seeing them play a third set was a victory in my eyes,” Hoskins said.

“They worked well together. Unfortunately, they made one too many mistakes in the tiebreaker.”

Newton is at home again Monday when Norwalk comes in for a conference dual.

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

NHS junior varsity golfers win on home course

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s junior varsity girl golfers were up for the challenge of Tuesday’s windy and cold conditions. The Cardinals got back on the winning track, defeating visiting Wes Des Moines Valley’s junior varsity in a dual meet.

Newton’s golfers post-

ed a 224 team score playing the nine-hole event on their home course, Westwood Golf Course. Valley shot a 268.

Jessie Smith led the way for the Cardinals as the meet medalist with a 50. Alyssa Bartels shot a 57 and Hannah Scotton carded a 58 for Newton.

Lizzy Coyle and Taylor Dydell each finished with a 59.

Amber Sorenson shot a 62.

“The weather made it a challenging day of golf. The girls continue to improve and gain confidence,” said Alison Grier, NHS assistant coach. “Each meet different girls have stepped up to contribute, which speaks to the balance of our team.

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

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You are hereby notified that Sally Jo Anderson is the trustee of the John D. Tipton and Joanne L. Tipton Trust Agreement, dated the 3rd day of September, 1992.

Any action to contest the validity of the trust must be brought in the District Court of Jasper County, Iowa, within the later to occur of four (4) months from the date of second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice to all heirs of the decedent settlor and the spouse of the decedent settlor whose identities are reasonably ascertainable. Any suit not filed within this period shall be forever barred.

Notice is further given that any person or entity possessing a claim against the trust must mail proof of the claim to the trustee at the address listed below via certified mail, return receipt requested, by the later to occur of four (4) months from the second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice if required or the claim shall be forever barred unless paid or otherwise satisfied.

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

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

NOW HIRING

REAL ESTATE

All Locations

Newton, Sully, Colfax

4 POLISHED aluminum Mag wheels, 18”, will fit nissan Titan or Armada.

Sharp! For all 4 $275. 641840-1149.

ADULT SIZE trike, Miami Sun., used 2 summers, RV mirror, speedometer / odometer/ clock, rear basket, bike cable lock. $300.

641-791-9095.

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

Tiffany hanging lights, has tulips as the design $50. firm. 641-840-2380

Apply online www.caseys.com or in stores.

FARM FRESH Eggs $2. doz.,Brown & white duck eggs $2. for 6. Great for Baking. Saturday delivery in Newton. 515-661-3774.

Warehouse Production/Material Handler/Forklift Operator

HOOVER CARPET cleaner, used twice $65.

792-6536.

HOT POINT gas range $100. Leave message.

792-2492.

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

Spartan Staffing, a TrueBlue Company, is now hiring for Warehouse Production, Material Handler, and Forklift Operator positions in the Newton area.

6 months related exp and HSD/GED preferred. Must be able to lift 70 lbs. 1st shift avail; $11:00 per hour.

Must be available to work overtime.

Apply now at www.spartanstaffing.com, submit resume to 7385-br@spartanstaffing.com, or call 515-254-9026.

INTERNATIONAL 60 stalk shredder for parts. 641792-6580, 641-521-3441.

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

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

Now Hiring

JOHNSON 30 HP outboard motor, tiller control, includes gas tank and line, always in garage. $600. or OBO. Cash. 641-5216684.

LARGE COLLECTION of paperback Danielle Steel books. $2.50 per book or OBO. 641-275-9130.

1st & 3rd Shifts Production 3rd Shift Maintenance 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: • • • • • • • • • • • •

LENNOX FURNACE, works perfect, would be excellent for garage $100.

With central air $150. 7921347 NICE OLDER Johnson 9.5 HP boat motor, with brand new plastic gas tank, motor is too heavy for old guy to lift. $450. 792-2166.

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

STEEL PIPE, cable, rod, and post. Roller skates, alum. Clad camper door, weathered barn boards, new prop. For Merc. Outboard. 641-793-2955.

Astrograph

Happy Earth Day! Mercury in Taurus forms an auspicious trine with Pluto in fellow earth sign Capricorn and then later hooks up with Mars in Taurus, too, emphasizing the themes of the day. Taking care of Mother Earth requires thought and effort, but it will be well worth the trouble. Plant a tree or make an ecological resolution you can keep.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 22). There’s a sense that you and your group are in it together, and you’ll learn to rely on each other to do what none of you could do alone. In May, you’ll use new tools to get what you want. The learning

process will be the most fun, and you’ll make friends, too.

You’ll ink a deal in July. September brings travel. Pisces and Aquarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 29, 14, 38 and 17.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You’ll be called on to lead.

Take your time with decisions.

Find just the right words to instruct. If you have to criticize and redirect people, think carefully about how to execute this.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You’ll be asked to sit on a committee, join a board or be part of a group. Maybe this

EMPLOYMENT

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.

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

will take up some of your weekend, and it may even be quite boring, but it will be much better than the alternative: being left out.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Confrontation doesn’t bother you as much as it does some, and you can use this talent to your advantage. You don’t mind playing “bad cop” to someone’s “good cop” if it keeps the peace in the end.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You strive to acquire exceptional skills beyond what is required of you professionally.

Cultivating an exciting hobby will serve to make you stand out in many different arenas.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Love will soften your heart for the whole world, not just for the person you happen to love.

Your patience will increase, and your compassion will double on itself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A mistake of the past still makes you cringe in the present.

That’s because you haven’t let it go yet. Do try. A quick mental process may be all that’s needed, but a letting go ritual would be even better.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Whatever the physical and material borders that currently hold you back may be, you can and will transcend external limitations to define your own scope of possibility.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

You are smart enough, good enough and talented enough to do exactly what you want to do. If you work hard and keep believing, you will get there.

Today will bring a glimmer of hope.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). You give your whole heart to another person, and yet what this person experiences isn’t the grand music of your love. It’s the sweet, lighthearted tune of daily practicalities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). These days you’ve been taking on either big projects or massive ones. Regardless of the scale, everything happens with a series of small

action steps.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are empathetic and open, perhaps too much so for your own good. Place an imaginary bubble around yourself for deflection and protection against other people’s projections.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

You completely accept your love for the person he or she is, and there is no higher way to honor your relationship today. Your relationships will make you truly happy.

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