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Zach Johnson/Daily News 2013 Iowa Speedway winner Trevor Bayne was one of five NASCAR drivers to participate in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Test at Iowa Speedway on Tuesday. This year, as Bayne returns for the Nationwide race for Wide-Opening Weekend, the pressure will be on, as it’s his wife’s birthday.

All the drivers commented Tuesday that the track seems good to go. See more in today’s sports section.

Supervisors grant approval for T22 repaving near Kellogg

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Ty Rushing/Daily News Wallace Schermerhorn and Paul Brown, local veterans and officers of Newton American Legion Post 111, have been placing flags on veterans graves all over Newton recently for Memorial Day. This is something Schermerhorn has done annually. The vets are hoping Saturday’s flag sale at Hy-Vee can help them keep this going.

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“Without memories, there is no honor.”

Strong words from Paul Brown, chosen to help decorate veterans’ graves in Newton with miniature American flags.

Brown, a Vietnam War veteran and a ranking member of Newton American Legion Post 111, was at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Newton on Monday, along with his fellow veterans and Legion members Wallace Schermerhorn and Dick Couch.

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The trio were placing the flags as a way of honoring their fellow veterans. This was Brown and Couch’s first year helping place the flags, and this is something Schermerhorn began doing around six or seven years ago.

“It’s rewarding. We’re paying back the men and women here in these graves. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have the freedoms we have today,” Schermerhorn said.

Every year, for Memorial Day, Schermerhorn said he has been placing around 1,600

flags at four cemeteries in Newton — Sacred Heart, Palo Alto, Newton Union and Memorial Park — and considers it an honor and history lesson.

“I grew up in town. I see names on here that I remember as a child, you know 65, 66 years ago,” Schermerhorn, who is 71, said. “We’ve walked among these men. A lot of these men, in these graves, have been in Honor Guard (or) American Legion members — friends of ours.”

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By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors approved a $2.5 million road resurfacing project Tuesday for County Highway T22/ Image Avenue near Kellogg.

Jasper County Engineer Russ Stutt confirmed the project wouldn’t be paid for using local tax dollars but will be funded by county farm-to-market funds from the Iowa Department of Transportation. The project is expected to begin sometime this summer.

Stutt also received approval for a number of other items for the Secondary Roads Department during the meeting.

Des Moines-based Housby Mack was selected to provide the county with a new tandem straight truck at a cost of $82,703.92.

A tandem is a heavy to medium duty truck capable of hauling up to 15 tons. To make better use of the new truck, the county also approved the purchase of a new dump truck body from Manchester-based Henderson Truck Equipment for $51,440.

At Stutt’s suggestion, the board accepted a bid from Independent Salt, based out of Kanapolis, Kan., to supply the county’s rock salt for the 2014-15 winter season. Delivery begins in September 2014 and ends in May 2015. Independent was also the county’s salt provider for the current winter season.

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The basketball game of the year is set for Friday at Berg Middle School.

Granny Basketball Extravaganza, which is sponsored by Riggs Printing and State Farm — Lonnie Portner Agency, will tip off at 7 p.m. Friday.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The Granny Mustangs that features all women ages 50 and older from

Jasper County will be going toe to toe with the Newton YMCA Globetrotters for a charity basketball game.

The game will be played using rules from 1920s women’s basketball that include shooting underhanded, technical fouls awarded for showing too much skin, and 6-on-6 play.

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Ty Rushing/Daily News As severe weather season approaches, more Iowans are taking precautionary measures. Mel Allen, a former Iowa State Trooper, and his wife, Carmen, are having a tornado shelter installed in there home in southeastern Newton. Mel estimated during his time as a trooper, he saw between 14 and 17 tornadoes in person, and he has been very cautious of them ever since. Ground Zero Storm Shelters of Perry, Okla., installed the shelter for the Allens’ in about five hours on Monday afternoon.

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Confirmation celebration at Sacred Heart

Submitted Photo Bishop Martin Amos was at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Saturday, April 26, at the 5:30 p.m. mass to confer the sacrament of confirmation on 11 candidates from the Newton parish and nine from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax. The candidates prepared throughout the year by attending weekly faith formation sessions at their respective churches and additional confirmation family sessions with their parents. In October, the candidates from both parishes attended an overnight retreat. Pictured (from left) are Father William Reynolds, Karley Leiker, Kennedy Leiker, Carter Lee, Megan Wood, Janna Balek, Alynn Eichmeyer, Laura Townsend, Kaytie Hughes, Morgan McKinney, Rachel Geyer and Bishop Martin Amos. Back row: Deacon Dan Goetz, Matthew Montgomery, Matthew Peterson, Matthew Karsten, Lucy Lilianthal, Ries Wilson, Zach Yoakum, Calvin Schlosser, Nick Barnes, David Lopez-Sanders and Deacon Joe Dvorak. Not pictured: Whitney Cumberland.

Jasper County Fairbooks now available

Jasper County Fair dates are set for July 18-24 in Colfax. This year’s theme is “Country Pride — County Wide.”

The fair board encourages any and all in the county to be a part of the fun and excitement. Fairbooks are now available for pick up at local banks, businesses, city halls, community centers and libraries. The bright purple cover with County Cowboy “Jasper” provides all the information needed to be a part of the 2014 Jasper County Fair, from 4-H and FFA youth to the open classes, special events, activities and competitions.

More information is available at www.jaspercofair.com. Click on the fairbook tab to get started.

Nature Tots at Neal Smith NWR set for Saturday

Flags to fly at half-staff Friday in observance of Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony Special to the Daily News DES MOINES — Gov. Terry E. Branstad has ordered all flags on the Capitol Complex to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in observance of the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony, which is to be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Oran Pape State Office Building of the Iowa Department of Public

Safety.

Flags at the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial, located at the Oran Pape State Office Building, will be flown at half-staff the week of May 12-16 in honor of National Peace Officer Week.

The governor’s directive applies to all U.S. and state flags on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays on the Capitol Complex. In-

dividuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.

The following memorial ceremony is open to the public and all are invited to attend to pay their respects to Iowa police officers killed in the line of duty.

Newton Municipal Band gearing up for Concerts In The Park this summer

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge will hold a Nature Tots program from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions.

Along with a refuge naturalist who will read stories, they will go outside, make nature crafts, and more. The program is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to register to ensure that Neal Smith NWR has enough materials and personnel to provide the best learning experience for all participants.

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The Newton Municipal Band is currently recruiting members for its 2014 series of Concerts in the Park.

High school students and adults from throughout Jasper County are invited to play. The first rehearsal date is set for 1 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, in the Newton Black Logo Senior High School

band room. All instruments are welcome and needed, from piccolos and tubas to bass drums.

The band will be continuing a long history of summer concerts, with a wide variety of music to be presented at each concert. All concerts will be at the Fred Maytag Bowl in Maytag Park.

The first concert,

scheduled for Thursday, June 5, will feature Newton’s youngest musicians, fifth- and sixth-grade band students of Deb Stoulil.

Remaining concert dates are June 12, June 26 and July 10. Start time for all concerts is 7 p.m.

The public is invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets, or use the ample seating provid-

ed at the bowl.

Dan Stecker will return as director. Stecker is currently director of bands at Pleasantville High School. The master of ceremonies will be Fred Chabot.

If you are interested in playing in the band, contact Pam Andrews at (641) 792-9583, or attend the first rehearsal at the high school on May 22.

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Judy R. Kepple May 4, 2014 Judy R. Kepple, 70, of Newton died on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at her home.

No services will be held at this time. The Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

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Food pantry receives donation from Lions

For Thursday Ceramics 8:30 to 11:30 at the Jasper County Senior Citizens Center TOPS Iowa 254 Newton 6 p.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church Alcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

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Thursday Oven fried chicken, whipped potatoes/ gravy, brussels sprouts, fresh orange, whole wheat bread, 1 ⁄2 banana and skim milk Friday Hamburger chili, carrots, green beans, applesauce gelatin, whole wheat bread, chilled pineapple chunks and skim milk Submitted Photo The Newton Lions Club presented the Salvation Army Food Pantry with a check for $1,000 with proceeds from a recent pancake breakfast with food donated by Hy-Vee and a silent auction. Pictured (front, from left) are Jon Holland, Hy-Vee manager of store operations; Major Mikey Carter; Carla Robeson; Jeanine Luetters; (back) Terri Ayers; Major Jeff Carter; Eloise Froah and Ray Hults.

Tulip Time Jeff Holschuh/Daily News Left: The Way Worship Band was the last band to perform for Tulip Time before the traditional lighted Tulip Parade. Below: Tulip Time celebrates the Dutch Heritage of the Pella. During Tulip Time, it’s a tradition for citizens to dress in traditional Dutch clothes and perform dances on the town square.

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A Conversation About Care

On The Z-Train

It’s unlike anything I could have imagined

By Zach Johnson Daily News Staff Writer The Monday edition of the Des Moines Register had a huge headline including the word “Convert.” It was a story of how the Des Moines Social Club transformed the life of Executive Director Zachary Mannheimer. The full story was amazing, but the lead defined the story and set the scenario of Mannheimer having the opportunity to sit down with the guy he was in 2007.

Mannheimer said the person he would be looking at in that conversation would not just hate him but hate everything he stands for. In the same sense, Mannheimer in 2007 would be looking at

By Zach Johnson a person that would Staff Writer be launching the Des Moines Social Club this Saturday night. Mannheimer’s journey was filled with struggles and success, which has made him the man he is today.

Mannheimer’s journey is filled with fundraising efforts to many top executives in Des Moines and throughout Iowa. The journey was great, but most interesting was the way he described how his basic knowledge of fundraising came from his work as a waiter.

Mannheimer’s attention to detail with the creation of the Des Moines Social Club is one of the qualities that has given me an upmost respect for Mannheimer and many other young professionals like him. It’s that attention to detail that has made the nonprofit business bigger than anyone could have dreamed.

Mannheimer’s success and attention to detail has defined his image. This image isn’t just a Des Moines thing, but is also seen in many business owners in Newton.

The list of local business owners with this success and attention to detail is long and distinguished. For the sake of space, I am going to use two examples: Capitol II Theatre and Iowa Speedway.

In my 20 years of living in Newton, many businesses have came and gone. It’s just how the span of time works in a small town. The Capitol II Theatre is a business that was a major part of my childhood because it was one of the few choices we had for entertainment. It’s amazing to compare the Capitol II 10 to 15 years ago with the Capitol II of today. It’s a business that is more than a movie theater because it’s what the people have made it.

The Iowa Speedway was simply a blueprint during my senior year of high school.

It was an idea that was about to come to life. The idea that Iowa Speedway today is owned by NASCAR and is getting set to launch one of the biggest weekends of the summer wasn’t something anyone could have dreamed of because it seemed to good to be true.

Since starting at the Newton Daily News, it has been great to see what that simple blueprint has evolved into. As the test laps kick off the fan-focused events heading into Wide-Opening Weekend on May 17 and 18, it will show the sport of NASCAR, now even more than ever, will always be for the fans.

The list of differences between Capitol II and Iowa Speedway on a business level is long and distinguished, but through it all a similarity appears, showing that, through the test of time, both businesses have become something more than any Newton citizen could have imagined.

The History of Skiff (Part X) The last article on the history of Skiff Medical Center delved into the events of 2009 and 2010 that brought about the implement of health-care reform.

Though there are many, many details in the legislation and the subsequent rules developed by the government to implement it, following are the five basic ways hospitals are already changing, and are expected to change in the next several years: 1. More people will have insurance plans in the future, but those plans will tend to have very high deductibles Steve Long or will be CEO government Skiff Medical Center plans that pay hospitals the least.

2. Payments to health-care providers, including hospitals, will be decreasingly tied to the volume of services provided and increasingly tied to the value of the care provided. Value is defined as quality of care provided in the hospital, as well as outcomes after discharge, patient satisfaction with their hospital care and decreased cost of care (collectively called the “Triple Aim” by Medicare).

3. Though payment for value will be an increasing reality, the ultimate goal is a payment system for health care that is focused on preventing illness (before it happens) rather than curing illness (after it happens) by tying payments for hospitals and other health-care organizations primarily to the health of the population of patients served, and secondarily to the value of the care provided to those patients.

4. Health care will be increasingly provided in primary care physicians’ offices and in patients’ homes, with case managers and navigators connecting the patients with the resources available to keep them healthy and prevent disease. Only the sickest and most complicated patients will be admitted to the hospital or seen in a specialist’s office.

5. Information from doctors’ offices, hospitals, long-term care providers, pharmacies, etc., will be integrated, and mobile devices in our homes will help to provide a seamless view of our health status. Predictive analytics will utilize this integrated information to identify those of us with health risks and interventions will be devised to help prevent major medical events from occurring in our lives.

These changes are already happening in health care nationally, and even right here in central Iowa, with the formation of large integrated networks of care including the University of Iowa

Health Alliance and Unity Point Health. These large networks include hospitals, physicians, longterm care facilities, and other health-care providers who are engaged in sharing information systems and data, and are becoming clinically integrated through referral relationships. Additionally, many members of these organizations have integrated themselves operationally. Interestingly, 70 percent of hospitals in Iowa that are the size of Skiff Medical Center or larger have already integrated into official health system partnerships and more are in the process of doing so. To say that things are changing in major ways in the health-care field would be an understatement.

Our own hospital has been impacted in significant ways by the implementation of healthcare reform during the past few years. For example, health-care reform accelerated the process of moving Medicare payments from merely being reimbursement for providing care (payment for services provided), to having a portion of that reimbursement placed at risk based on quality and patient satisfaction scores associated with services provided at Skiff. Essentially, Medicare reduced reimbursement to all hospitals nationally and placed the equivalent amount into a central fund which is used to reward (or penalize) hospitals based on their clinical performance. Essentially, if a hospital is above average, they get back more than Medicare took away. If they are average, they get back exactly what Medicare took away. If they are below average, they do not get as much back as Medicare took away, thus being paid less for delivering that particular service than in the past. Fortunately, quality scores at Skiff are good, and are getting better, so we have been rewarded by this program.

In addition, health-care reform extended a program already in place in other states called the Rural Community Hospital (RCH) Demonstration program.

This program was originally focused on the lowest 10 states in America in terms of population (Alaska, Montana, the Dakotas, etc.). Hospitals in those states that were too large to qualify as a critical access hospital (CAH), had less than 50 beds, and were truly rural, qualified for a payment system that provided reimbursement based on the cost of inpatient care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. This program was extended to the next 10 lowest states in terms of population via the health-care reform law, and Iowa hospitals were eligible for inclusion. Since only 25 hospitals would be allowed to enter the program, it was with a bit of apprehension that we submitted our application. We were thrilled to be notified several months later that we had been selected.

To maximize the benefit of this program, we fundamentally revised our operations to focus on inpatient and skilled nursing care.

This required major changes in our hospital, but the result has been dramatically increased payment for inpatient services. Unfortunately, this program is temporary and is set to expire in June of 2016, thus we are working hard with our legislators to introduce legislation that would extend it another five years at the least, or make it permanent at best.

The health-care reform law also has provided access to insurance coverage for many residents of Jasper County. The expansion of the Medicaid program allowed some patients with no insurance to have coverage for the first time. Since Skiff labored to become certified to work directly with the Medicaid program to help patients enroll in coverage, we have new tools at our disposal to minimize the number of patients who are left with no insurance and a large hospital bill to pay. In addition, some patients who were once covered under a state program that allowed them to only seek care from the University of Iowa, or Broadlawns county hospital in Des Moines, now have their own insurance via the health-care marketplace and are allowed to use our hospital.

On balance, health-care reform has been positive for Skiff, but it has only stemmed the decreases in payment from other government programs. While the RCH demonstration program has been a boon to Skiff, it does not apply to patients who obtain their coverage from Medicare Advantage plans. Fully onequarter of all Medicare patients at Skiff are now covered by those plans. In addition, Medicare has changed their payment policies such that many patients who are “admitted” and stay overnight in the hospital for their care are actually classified as outpatients by Medicare and are also excluded from the RCH demonstration program. On any given day, 1520 percent of the patients staying overnight at Skiff are classified as outpatients.

In an effort to trim its expenditures, Medicare has taken many cost-cutting steps. For example, they have imposed limits on the amount of outpatient physical therapy a Medicare beneficiary can use during the course of a year, and have also attempted to allow several “extender” programs that provide additional reimbursement to rural hospitals to end. These include one program that provided extra inpatient payments for hospitals (including Skiff ) considered to be “Medicare Dependent,” and another program that provides additional inpatient payments for low-volume hospitals (like SKIFF See Page 7A

Letter to the Editor The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

First amendment protects from government, not employer To the Newton Daily News and readers: Many readers may have heard of a recent incident involving editor Bob Eschliman. The story has already been covered by The Des Moines Register and Channel 13 News, but there are still some aspects of the issues that bother me.

I have heard some arguments that Mr. Eschliman should not be punished because he was “just exercising his First Amendment Rights.” Unfortunately, people who voice this opinion forget that the First Amendment protects one from being punished by the government for free speech, but it does not protect one from other civilians or employers. Mr. Eschliman was well in his rights to voice his opinion and hate speech, but he is not above dealing with the consequences of that hate speech.

And yes, what Mr. Eschliman’s said was hate speech. If his same rhetoric had been used to de-

scribe an ethnic group I find it hard to believe as many people would be defending his actions. Comparing LGBTQ activists to the Gestapo is not only insensitive to the millions of Jewish people (and other ethnic groups) that were murdered during the Holocaust, but also insensitive to the thousands of LGBTQ people that were murdered in the same tragic event. Comparing LGBTQ activists, who want only to be given equal rights with heterosexual citizens, to the Gestapo ignores the history of the Holocaust and insults all those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis. Mr. Eschliman’s comments were homophobic, and he should be held accountable for his hate speech.

Hate speech is never acceptable and by defending Mr. Eschliman’s actions, you are defending hate speech against your fellow citizens. I applaud NDN for firing Mr. Eschliman. Thank you for not tolerating hate speech!

Jazmine Bjelland Newton

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Flags Continued from Page 1A “We’ve buried a lot of these guys,” Brown added.

Schermerhorn estimated that the American Legion Honor Guard attends around 50 funerals a year and that over the last 60 years, the organization has buried a number of the men whose graves they plant flags on.

When they plant the flags, they take the time to read each persons gravestone to find out more about them, estimate when they served and if they knew the person, recall a vivid memory of that person Schermerhorn said.

“I remember Joe Rung over

there,” Brown said pointing towards a grave south of his position. “That guy was about this tall,” he said, indicating Rung was short, “a skinny little thing, but that man’s voice was taller than that flag pole over there. We always had him (read) the names of the vets that died the year before (during ceremonies).”

Another example Schermerhorn gave, as a history lesson, was the grave of former Legion member Joe Huggins, who he estimated was buried at Sacred Heart around five years ago.

“He was a quiet, big broadshouldered fellow and never said much,” Schmerhorn said.

“He would smile, love to play poker and have a drink. We

Supervisors Continued from Page 1A (Independent),” Stutt said.

He also commented that even during the salt shortages, the company met the county’s need. The new contract has the county paying $73.63 per ton, which was based upon a minimum order of 1,500 tons.

As a safety measure, the board approved Stutt’s final request to set a temporary speed limit of 35 mph during construction from South 48th Avenue East to Kennel Avenue in the Richland Township of Jasper County.

Stutt said the speed limit would return to normal once construction finished.

In other business, Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty and Jasper

Granny Continued from Page 1A While the Granny Mustangs are a team of women who travel and compete around the state, the YMCA Globetrotters are made up of area business men and women for one night only.

“The game will be entertaining and very interesting,” said Jessica Lowe, YMCA membership and marketing

buried him, and I just walked by (his grave) today and saw he was awarded the Bronze Star in World War II.” “He never said anything about it,” Brown chimed in.

“He was just this quiet and unassuming gentleman — and he was a gentleman — and I’ve noticed this about a lot of those (WWII) and Korea veterans especially. They don’t tell you about their exploits,” Schermerhorn continued.

To support this annual event, the Legion is hosting its annual flag sale this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hy-Vee, located at 1501 First Ave. E. in Newton. Schermerhorn said all of the flags are competitively priced, American made, very durable and

County Elderly Nutrition Director Kelli Van Manen each received approval for separate food service agreements for their respective departments.

The board approved a one-year contract renewal with CBM Managed Services, of Sioux Falls, S.D., to provide food services for the Jasper County Jail. Halferty said he had put the contract out to bid and that CBM must have gotten wind of it and offered the county a better deal.

The cost of the contract is dependent on the number of inmates at the jail. Halferty said they average around 35 inmates at the jail and under the terms of the contract, the county would pay $2.79 per meal, which is 45 cents lower than what it paid last year.

Halferty estimated this could save the

director. “We have a group of willing players for the Globetrotters who haven’t played a minute of basketball taking on an established team. It will be interesting to see who will come out victorious.”

The Globetrotters roster includes: Tom Vanderlaan, Frank Buckley and Andy Karr, all representing the Newton YMCA; Jimmy Small, president of Iowa Speedway; Chantelle Lundberg, funeral director at Wallace Family

The Newton Athletic Booster Club is hosting a fundraising opportunity from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, during to Newton Cardinal Relays at H.A. Lynn Stadium. Participants are invited to test drive a new Dodge and then complete a brief survey.

For each participant, Dodge will donate $20 to the Newton Athletic Booster Club. The whole process, from start to finish, will take approximately 10 minutes.

Drivers must be 18 years old or older and have a valid driver’s license.

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range from grave marker size to very large flags.

All flag purchases are considered a donation and are taxdeductible.

Saturday, May 17, Schermerhorn has enlisted the help of local boy and cub scout troops and a number of others to help plant flags at Newton Union, which is the largest cemetery they cover.

“Anybody that wants to help, is more than welcome to show up. But it’s not a party, it’s a solemn occasion,” Schermerhorn said.

Besides the grave marker flags, they will also use around 200 flags to line the main entrance of Newton Union on Saturday May 24. He indicated they could also use more volun-

county around a $1,000 a month.

Van Manen’s request for a two-year contract extension for her department and Aging Resources of Central Iowa was approved. ARCI is an agency dedicated to supporting citizens over the age of 60 by procuring funds from various sources and disbursing them to partner agencies.

Under the contract, Elderly Nutrition will receive $112,000, each year, for the next two fiscal years. Van Manen said her office will also receive $39,000 for the next two years from the United States Department of Agriculture.

In other business: • Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Darrell Sarmento asked the board if they could nominate someone to serve on

Funeral Home; Chad Klein, optometrist at Eye Care Center of Newton; Bob Callaghan, superintendent of Newton Community School District; Ty Rushing, senior staff writer at Newton Daily News; Geri Doyle, realtor at Doyle & DeVoe Realty; Chaz Allen, director of Jasper County Economic Development; Nathan Unsworth, director of City of Newton Parks Department; and Pam DeBruyn, representing the Newton Elks Lodge

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teers for that entire project.

Freewill donations will be accepted and may be mailed to American Legion Post 111, Attn: Flag Fund, 1101 W. Fourth St. S., Newton, IA 50208. Contact Schermerhorn at (515) 423-2275 for more information.

“You know what? (The flags) are not just there for the veteran that’s there — it’s for the families as well,” Schermerhorn said. “When they see that flag there, they know that somebody has shown respect.

It doesn’t matter who, just that somebody showed respect.”

Senior staff writer Ty Rushing may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 426, or at trushing@newtondailynews.com.

Newton’s Main Street board to represent the county’s interests in downtown Newton. He also announced that in a few days, the would name the Main Street Director.

Sarmento also received permission to use the Jasper County Court House Lawn for Newton’s annual Fourth of July Parade and community event that follow the parade.

• Jasper County Human Resources Director Dennis Simon received approval for a resolution creating a parttime position for the Jasper County Planning and Zoning Board.

• Donna Akins was appointed to the Jasper County Library Board.

Senior staff writer Ty Rushing may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 426, or at trushing@newtondailynews.com.

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During halftime the Newton YMCA will be auctioning off donated pies made by the Granny Mustangs players and members of the Newton YMCA Board of Directors.

Newton’s own Mark Allen, WHO Radio 1040 AM sports announcer, will be providing play by play action during the game and auction.

Admission is $3 per person with all funds from tickets and the pie auction going

to the newly formed Newton YMCA College Scholarship which will be awarded for the first time later in May. “It is going to be a great night where people give their time to help the YMCA establish a scholarship program open to all Jasper County students graduating high school in 2015,” Lowe said. “This will be a lot of fun and definitely this isn’t something we have seen before in Newton.”

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

‘Twerking̓ isn’t dangerous, just the latest dance fad DEAR ABBY: I’m the happily married mother of two teenage boys. The other day I overheard my older son (age 17) talking with a friend about “twerking.” I have never heard of it and now I’m worried. Is twerking a drug term? Is it similar to “tripping,” “getting high” or “catfishing”?

My 17-year-old is supposed to go to Princeton next year on a sports scholarship, and I’m afraid “twerking” will derail him from his charted path.

Thank you for any advice you may have.

— TROUBLED MOM IN CONNECTICUT DEAR MOM: Don’t panic. “Tripping” and “getting high,” as you already know, refer to altered states of consciousness as the result of using drugs. “Catfishing” is something else. It’s pretending to be someone you aren’t, creating a false identity on social media, usually to pursue a deceptive online romance.

The “twerking” your son was referring to is a dance move recently made famous by Miley Cyrus — in which the dancer (usually female) gyrates in a provocative, semi-squatting position that involves thrusting hip movements.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are not big fans of his best friend’s wife.

“Aracely” is extremely ill-mannered. She never says thank you, didn’t even write thank-you notes for their wedding and baby showers, and when we’re at a restaurant will loudly announce that the food was “disgusting.”

Aracely claims our baby “cries too much.” She arrived at my son’s second birthday party with a hangover and so much more. She claims she doesn’t observe our “Southern ways” because she comes from South America and has been in the United States for only eight years.

We keep our interactions with her limited, but do not cut her off completely because my husband values his friendship with her husband. I told my husband I’m considering giving her an

etiquette book, but he said it would be rude. I disagree. I think it would nullify Aracely’s argument that she doesn’t understand our “Southern” manners.

Do you agree that it would be rude? — MANNERED SOUTHERN GAL DEAR SOUTHERN GAL: Sorry, but I do agree, because the gift would be given with malicious intent, and I’m pretty sure that while Aracely lacks polish, she isn’t stupid.

Her problem isn’t that she doesn’t understand good manners because she’s from South America. I have met individuals from South America who are educated, cultured and whose manners are refined. Obviously, Aracely does not come from this kind of background.

ONLY if you could pull it off without sounding catty, the next time she hauls out the excuse for her deplorable manners, you might “offer” to buy her an etiquette book “so she can learn the ways of her adopted country” — but don’t expect her to take you up on it.

DEAR ABBY: Would it be appropriate to send my future mother-in-law a Mother’s Day card? I feel it would be a nice gesture to help start the relationship between us. — NICK IN OMAHA DEAR NICK: I concur. In fact, I suspect it will melt her heart to know you feel that way about her, even before you marry her daughter.

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Questions raised over one-time spending bill

Skiff Continued from Page 4A Skiff ). Congress has been successful at offering one-year extensions for a few of these two programs, because they have both expired at the end of each of the last two years, only to be reborn a few months later through legislation. Congress has not been successful with all the programs, though, as one that provided additional payments for outpatient services expired two years ago and was not renewed, and a program that provided payment for pathologist services to rural hospitals was also allowed to end. It is difficult making long-term plans when major sources of revenue end each year, only to be resurrected a few months later!

Health-care reform is not the only government program that has affected Skiff during the last few years, though. Another was born out the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, also known as the “stimulus” program. You may recall that the intent of this program was to deliver nearly $1 trillion in spending from the government to stimulate the economic recovery.

Of this, more than $20 billion was set aside for hospitals and other health-care providers to invest in electronic health records. In order to be eligible for these funds, hospitals were required to reach goals to achieve “meaningful use” of these electronic systems.

“I think next year, whatever it looks like as far as the makeup of the Legislature, we should work to try to do a better job of budgeting.”

— Rep. Kirsten Running-Marquardt, D-Cedar Rapids

When the bill came up, Rep. Kirsten Running-Marquardt, D-Cedar Rapids, chastised legislative leaders for “dumping a little bit of extra” items into a spending bill at the end of the session that they couldn’t fit into budget bills.

“I think next year, whatever it looks like as far as the makeup of the Legislature, we should work to try to do a better job of budgeting,” she said.

“We’re at the last day, it’s the last minute.”

In the end, she joined in a unanimous vote to approve the bill.

Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday at his first news conference since the end of the legislative session that he was concerned about the bill.

“My concern is to protect the commitments we made last year to property tax relief and reimbursing cities and counties and to the school children and teachers of Iowa with the phase-

Because Skiff had invested heavily in electronic patient records in the early 2000s, the additional funding from meeting these meaningful use goals was essentially repayment of investments which had already been made. This gave the hospital the ability to invest these additional funds in other areas.

The combination of meaningful use funds, along with additional revenue from the RCH demonstration program and a strategic partnership with the Philips Corporation, allowed for the development of the Philips Imaging Center at Skiff. This center provides state-of-the-art imaging technology in the areas of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography Scanning (CT scanner), and digital radiology (X-ray). The result was a world-class imaging department which is virtually unrivaled in the Midwest.

Other positive changes to Skiff and the local health-care community have included the ongoing recruitment of physicians and the development of new outpatient clinic alternatives with NewCare Health Services, the development of a state-of-the-art medical laboratory in a portion of the old Maytag headquarters which will serve Skiff and several other hospitals in Iowa, and extensive investments in equipment and facility updates which have been supported by the generosity of our community via gifts

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in of our education reforms,” he said.

“I want to make sure the resources are there to pay for that so we will be carefully scrutinizing the spending especially in this one-time spending bill.”

The bill allocates $50,000 to restore the grave of Samuel Merrill, Iowa’s seventh governor who served from 1868 to 1872. His mausoleum at Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines is in disrepair, with raccoons living inside, said Sen. Dennis Black, a Newton Democrat who has pushed for the repairs.

Another $90,000 is set aside to preserve the Iowa Civil War muster rolls, lists of officers from Iowa in military units.

Other spending for the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs includes $300,000 for funding an oral history of civil rights and $3.8 million for renovation at the State Historical Building.

to the Skiff Auxiliary and the Skiff Foundation. The extraordinary team of physicians and hospital staff has worked hard to ensure ever-improving quality and were recognized with an “A” patient safety score by the Leapfrog group this spring and one of our extraordinary nurses, Veronica Mangrich, was noted as one of the top 100 nurses in the state of Iowa for 2014.

All the changes at Skiff during the past few years have not been as notable or enjoyable as these. Although we have been handed a lifeline from a few new government and private programs, there are others which have had a very limiting impact as well.

The sequester of late 2011, which was meant to be so terrible that it was thought congress would never allow it to become law, actually did become law and has removed 2 percent of Medicare reimbursement for all hospitals for two years now. With another 11 years to go, the cumulative reduction of more than 25 percent of payments from hospitals is devastating. This is coupled with payment reductions from private insurance companies as they seek to adapt to new requirements under health-care reform.

These companies are bundling their payments for different procedures together; thus paying us one fee for two procedures where in the past we were paid for each separately. They have implemented new payment mechanisms

The bill allocates $100,000 for the Midwest United States-Japan Conference planned to be held in Des Moines in September. The group includes business leaders from nine Midwest states and Japan.

Other projects funded include $1.2 million for the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa and $3 million for the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of Northern Iowa.

The bill spends $18.6 million for construction costs at the bioscience facility at Iowa State University, $8 million for construction at the Dental Science Building at the University of Iowa, and $1.9 million for the renovation of UNI’s Bartlett Hall.

The state court system gets $1.7 million for an electronic document management system.

Lawmakers approved $5 million for the Resource Enhancement and Protection program, which offers grants to expand city parks, fund historic preservation projects, and pay for a variety of soil and water conservation programs. This money combined with funding from other state sources raises the total to $25 million, the most ever budgeted for the program in a single year since its inception 25 years ago.

for outpatient services such that only one company relates their payments to the amount we charge. For all the rest, we are paid based on what the insurance company is willing to pay, not based on our costs of providing the care, or on the amount we bill. This is why the “discount” or “adjustment” line on the explanation of benefits forms from your insurance company is getting larger and larger.

The impact of decreasing payments from government insurance plans (Medicare and Medicaid), decreasing payments from private insurance companies, and the imposition of the sequester is expected to result in a net reduction in payments to hospitals of 30-50 percent during the next 10 years. Like hospitals everywhere, we have responded to this expectation and are continually decreasing our costs through a number of measures. Some of these include not replacing retiring staff, reducing benefit plans for our employees, delaying or foregoing salary increases, using less expensive supplies, postponing major infrastructure replacement projects, and relying more and more on gifts from the community to fund improvements. We have made painful decisions in regards to closing some services and significantly changing other services, while still attempting to invest in areas that can help support us financially in the future.

The past three years have

been a time of highs and lows, much of it associated with changes in government programs. It has been a mixed bag of excitement associated with investments in new technology and services, as well as sadness when difficult decisions affecting our hospital and community needed to be made. In reality, though, it has been a microcosm of the history of Skiff ’s 90-plus years.

Since 1917, the only thing constant at Skiff has been change. Who would have thought that the small house leased from Caleb Lamb and operated with a budget of $350 per month would someday become the third largest organization in Jasper County, employing more than 350 people with a community impact of more than $30 million per year!

What began as the Newton Hospital Association, and then later became Mary Francis Skiff Memorial Hospital, then Skiff Memorial Hospital, and finally Skiff Medical Center in 1984 is still here today. Though the name, and many, many other things, may have changed during the years, one thing has remained — our commitment to being in Newton and providing absolutely the best care close to home!

Speaking of names, perhaps you heard that it might be changing again. It is, but it isn’t! Read the final installment in just a few weeks of this 11-part series on the “history of Skiff ” to learn more!

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DES MOINES (AP) — A bill approved just before 4 a.m. last week as the Iowa House struggled to adjourn is packed with nearly $80 million in government spending, ranging from money to repair a former governor’s mausoleum to funding for a conference focused on relations with Japan.

The bill’s total spending is nearly $140 million, but $60 million goes to pay off money borrowed to fund the Vision Iowa program, which offers grants for recreational, cultural, and entertainment attractions around the state.

Paying off that debt was held up by legislative leaders as a proud accomplishment. However that debt payoff was linked in a single bill to several spending measures debated only in the final hours of the legislative session.

The bill was called up by Democratic Senate leaders in committee, moved to the Senate floor, amended and passed by the Senate 26-22 with no Republican votes all within hours last Wednesday. The bill then moved to the House at about 9 p.m. Thursday and put to a vote hours later after several delays, making it one of several measures approved by weary lawmakers.

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Catholics Returning Home series begins

Newton Christian School hosting annual hog roast, auction Friday

Sacred Heart Parish will conduct an ongoing series called Catholics Returning Home at 7 p.m. Thursday in the McCann Center.

The sessions will run for six consecutive Thursdays. Sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the church. There will be informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church is located at 1115 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton.

For more details, call Dan Goetz at (641) 521-9929 or (641) 792-2050.

UCC hosts film viewing and discussion The Newton Congregational United Church of Christ will host a film viewing and discussion of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” at 7:15 p.m. today at the church. The film is a thought-provoking look at the central moral challenge of the 21st century: the oppression of women and girls worldwide.

The film was inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s groundbreaking book of the same name. The film contains mature content, and viewer discretion is advised.

This viewing and discussion is the first part of a two part series. Part 2 will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4.

This event is free, open to the public and located at the church, 308 E. Second St. N. in Newton.

For more information contact Rev. Jessica Petersen at (641) 792-3773.

Zach Johnson/Daily News The Newton Christian School will host its annual hog roast and auction fundraiser on Friday, at Community Heights Worship Center, located at 2500 S. 13th Ave. E. in Newton. Food will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., with the open auction following. The money made from the auction will got toward the 2014-15 Newton Christian School opeating budget.Auction items include donated items from local businesses, vacation packages, event tickets and theme baskets. For more information, call NCS at (641) 792-1924.

Greenhouses help Amish increase production KALONA, Iowa (AP) — From his whitewashed farmhouse in southern Johnson County, James Bontrager can look across the fields and see, in the distance, the homestead where he grew up.

One of nearly 200 Amish families in the Kalona area, Bontrager’s 80-acre farm no doubt looks much the same as his father’s, and that of his father’s father. Acres upon acres of row crops, cattle in the pastures, chickens in the coops, laundry on clotheslines, and a horse and buggy on the road — to visit an Amish farm today is, in many ways, to step into the 1800s.

But Bontrager’s farm also includes some sights that would have been unfamiliar even a generation ago. Namely, a cluster of steamy greenhouses just a stone’s throw from his home, each packed floor to ceiling with plants and produce.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Bontrager is one of 15 or so Amish farmers who have formed a new cooperative to sell goods in bulk, and who are preparing

to construct a new sales building this spring to host twice-weekly auctions. The cooperative, called Twin County Produce Auction, held its first sale Friday morning outside Central Discount Grocery Store, an Amish-run business that’s serving as a temporary site for the auctions until the new facility is built.

Bontrager says that many in the Amish community are tending greenhouses on their farms these days. Just this spring he’s seen a number of families construct hoophouses for greenery and vegetables for the first time.

“As land prices rise so rapidly, we have to diversify more and get more out of a small acreage,” said Bontrager. He was dressed in a traditional round-brimmed hat, denim jacket and pants, and a pair of rubber workboots as he walked through his greenhouses.

Bontrager has four separate greenhouses on his farm, each crowded with baskets hanging from ceiling poles, tables overflowing with garden plants and long patches of soil where the

year’s first tomato plants and kohlrabi are taking root. Out in his fields, he’s set aside two or three acres to plant produce this year.

The greenhouses are heated by LP space heaters and wood-fired furnaces; outside, a windmill is used to pump well water to the home and outbuildings.

Bontrager and other Amish growers in past years have sold their goods at an auction down the road in Frytown, the tiny unincorporated village in southwest Johnson County. But he said an increased demand in fresh produce, along with a growing number of sellers within their community, spurred the need for an auction facility of their own.

The cooperative plans to construct its building just behind Stringtown Grocery, the Amish country store at 2208 540th St., just off Highway 1 between Iowa City and Kalona. The farmers have submitted their building plans with Johnson County for review, and they can break ground if and when they’re approved.

First UMC hosts free clothing giveaway There will be a free giveaway from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the First United Methodist Church in Newton. The giveaway will include clothing, shoes of all sizes, books, toys, furniture and household goods.

The First United Methodist Church is located at 210 N. Second Ave. E. The event will take place in the north parking lot and inside the church in the event of rain.

For those with questions, call (641) 7924648.

Prairie City church hosts California male choir The California Baptist University Male Chorale will be in concert at 7 p.m. Friday at the Prairie City Christian Reformed Church, located at 608 E. Sixth St. in Prairie City.

The 60 men choir, directed by Steven Dahlen, shares an arrangement of contemporary praise and gospel music with classic hymns, spirituals, patriotic and folks songs.

The ensemble includes a brass and percussion section.

Following the concert, auditions also will be held for CBU scholarship opportunities for all high school juniors and seniors and junior college students interested in pursuing music.

A coffee time will be held in the fellowship hall following the musical performance.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Brad Keselowski drives the No. 22 Team Penske Ford in Tuesday’s Nationwide Series testing at the Speedway. Keselowski is the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, and two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series winner at Iowa Speedway,

Track with character Iowa Speedway gives Nationwide Series drivers, officials a good test run

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor NEWTON — Character. Drivers and NASCAR officials talk of tracks with character and Iowa Speedway has one of those surfaces.

Tuesday, NASCAR Nationwide Series teams were on the Speedway track from morning to early evening testing the surface. There were multiple runs by drivers throughout the seven-hour testing period, gathering information for Iowa Speedway’s “Wide-Opening Weekend”, May 1718, featuring the Nationwide Series Get to Know Newton 250.

“As Iowans know, we experienced an unusually cold winter this year,” said Jimmy Small, Iowa Speedway track president. “Some areas on the race track underwent repair and as a result we worked with NASCAR to conduct this one-day test – what we like to call our own version of spring training – to be sure the track is ready and teams are prepared so we can put on an exciting show for our fans during ‘Wide-Opening Weekend.’”

NASCAR Nationwide Series Managing Director Wayne Auton said all the teams were allowed to come out Tuesday, bring one car and as many drivers as they wanted. Nationwide teams were allowed to vote

on two races to have an “Day Early” and Iowa Speedway was the biggest vote getter. Nationwide teams will be back for “Day Early” testing run on Friday, May 16.

“Today is more about the race track.

When Jimmy told us about spots on the race track needing attention, we wanted to come here and test the repairs,” Auton said. “Normally, when we come here for a race, we have to do some track maintenance during the week.”

Auton said Tuesday’s testing had two purposes: to make sure the repairs could withstand the pressure of the cars and it was a confirmation test of the Goodyear tires recommended for the teams to run on at Iowa Speedway.

“So far we’ve been very pleased with what we’ve seen today. The track has responded well in the morning session. We’re suppose to have warmer temperatures this afternoon, which will give us a good indication on temperature changes on the track,” Auton said.

Following the morning session, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne, Brian Scott and Brad Keselowski spoke about the testing and the Iowa track.

“The biggest thing for coming here was to see the new patches, to see the race track and to see how it aged over the winter. It’s gonna [sic] be great,”

said Bayne, driver of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing AdvoCare Ford Fusion. “We drove around here this morning; the track seems really good as usual. It is still bumpy but that makes for great racing and multiple lines so we’re excited to get back here to Iowa.”

Bayne is looking for his second straight Nationwide Series win at Iowa. He won last June’s Nationwide Series race at the Speedway.

Keselowski, who will not be driving in the Get to Know Newton 250 but won the Nationwide Series race here last August, said he was driving the No. 22 Team Penske Ford Mustang Tuesday to gather information for teammate Ryan Blaney, who had another commitment.

“I like this facility a lot for a number of reasons. It has a great balance between what the drivers like and the fans like. The drivers like it because you can run and not spin out for no reason and they like the smaller tracks but not too small,” Keselowski said.

“I think a lot of people enjoy tracks with character and I associate Iowa as one of those tracks,” Scott said. He drives the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro.

Nationwide rookie and current series leader Chase Elliott, driver of the JR Motorsports No. 9 Chevrolet Camero was out testing too on Tuesday. Elliott said the track “is the same Iowa Speedway track and I’m looking forward to racing here in less than two weeks.”

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Members of Sam Hornish Jr.’s Nationwide team works with data gathered from Tuesday’s track testing at Iowa Speedway.

Cards outlast Grinnell

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor

Zach Johnson/Daily News Not here — Newton goalkeeper Griffin Engel (00) punches away a header goal attempt by a Grinnell player in Tuesday’s Little Hawkeye Conference game at H.A. Lynn Stadium. Newton defeated visiting Grinnell, 6-4.

Cardinals tame Tigers

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor GRINNELL — Senior Amber Karsten took the pass from Ryanne Rausch in a scoreless game, and found the net for Newton’s Cardinals. It was the only goal of Tuesday’s Little Hawkeye Conference game between the Cardinals and host Grinnell Tigers.

“This was a big win for us,” said Newton head coach Cathy Reiter. “The girls did awesome tonight. They came out full of fire from the beginning and showed how much they wanted it.”

The Cardinals and Tigers played a scoreless first half. With 11 minutes remaining in the 80-minute game, Karsten scored to give the Cardinals the 1-0 win.

“Emily (Forsyth) had a huge game for us with

five big saves and some huge saves off corner kicks,” Reiter said of the Cardinals’ senior goalkeeper. “Our defense from our midfielders and from our back line was really strong tonight. Michaela Jacobsen and Emily have been huge leaders for us all year back there with their communication and experience.”

Reiter said Karsten, Rausch and Anna Barr had a few breakaway chances for shots on goal during the game, but were denied by the Tiger defense. She said Newton’s offense and midfielders were able to expose Grinnell’s defense on through balls.

Newton, which is ranked No. 12 in Class 2A, improved to 8-1 overall and 2-1 in Little Hawkeye Conference play. The Cardinals continue play on the road Monday at Marshalltown.

NEWTON — Offense was on display at H.A. Lynn Stadium Tuesday night. Newton’s Cardinal boys and visiting Grinnell’s Tigers combined for 10 goals.

The Cardinals prevailed, 6-4, in the Little Hawkeye Conference contest. They led 5-1 at halftime.

Josh Ventling and Nathan Moorman each scored twice for Newton. Chandler Sturtz found the net once and Mike McCormick’s goal finished the scoring for Newton.

McCormick was credited with three assists on the night.

Ventling had one assist.

For the Tigers, Luke Honold recorded a hat trick — three goals.

Kenny Clark scored the other one for Grinnell.

Newton’s goalkeeper, Griffin Engel, made four saves.

The Cardinals moved to 5-4 on the season and 3-1 in LHC action.

They travel to Monroe Thursday for a nonconference game against Prairie City-Monroe’s Mustangs.

Newton competes in a tournament at Nevada Saturday.

Newton girls dominate conference and non-conference foes alike

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor PELLA — Domination may not be a strong enough word for the work Newton’s girls have put in on the tennis courts the past two days. The Cardinals have won 34 out of 34 matches against four teams.

It all started with a 12-match run at home in a varsity triangular Monday. Newton defeated North Polk and Saydel in nonconference action.

Then Tuesday, the Cardinals stepped back into Little Hawkeye Conference play against Pella Christian’s Eagles and Pella Community High School’s Lady Dutch. They swept 22 conference matches, playing in two different places in Pella.

With the sweep of LHC matches Tuesday, the Cardinal girls are set to win their second straight Little Hawkeye Conference regular-season title.

Newton head coach Erick Zehr pointed out for the Cardinals, who are 5-0 in conference, it

would be the first time in school history for the girls tennis team to win back-to-back conference championships.

“The worst we can finish is 5-1 following our final meet vs. Knoxville on Thursday. Even if we were to lose to Knoxville, we would still hold the tiebreaker over any other school with one loss, since Knoxville has already lost more than once,” Zehr said. “In other words, regardless of the outcome of Thursday’s meet, we will end the season as regular season conference champions.”

In the LHC doubleheader, the Cardinals began at Pella Christian. Newton’s singles players all won in straight sets and no singles player lost more than four total games in the two-set matches.

Maria Valbuena beat Andrea De Bruin, 6-2, 6-1, in No. 1 singles while Newton’s Jennifer Ventling and Holly Vander Pol won their No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches by identical, 6-1, 6-3 score. They beat Claire Van Weelden and Addison Van

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Kayla Corso serves in a No. 6 singles match at home recently. The NHS girls are on a roll on the courts.

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Cardinals power past PC, Pella Hawk girls’ 4x400 is SICL champ Tennis: Continued from Page 1B tiebreaker would continue in the same

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor MARENGO — Capturing a South Iowa Cedar League championship on the track was the Lynnville-Sully girls’ 4x400-meter relay team. The Hawk foursome of Lizzy Van Manen, Tara Vos, Kasiah Ehresman and Madison Rasumsson combined for the gold medal in 4 minutes, 21.05 seconds.

That was the lone SICL track champion for the Hawks Tuesday at the conference meet hosted by Iowa Valley. Lynnville-Sully piled up 108 points to finish third in the team standings. North Mahaska won the team championship with 145 points and B-G-M was second at 123 points in the 11-team field.

“It was an awesome job by all the young ladies on our team. I’m proud of the efforts they gave and how well they represented Lynnville-Sully,” said Darin Arkema, Hawk girls’ head coach.

Lynnville-Sully landed seconds and third along the way in the track meet. Rasmusson placed second in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.13 and ran third in the 200-meter dash in 27.72 seconds. Ehresman was third in the 100-meter dash in 13.76 seconds.

Ehresman, Vos and Rasmusson combined with Cori Rice to place second in the 4x800-meter relay race in 10:26.45. Rice finished fourth in the 800-meter

run in 2:42.89 with Vos in fifth at 2:43.42.

Alexa Vander Leest earned silver medals in the 1,500 meters, 5:23.24, and in the 3,000 meters, 11:39.93. Rice was fifth in the 1,500-meter race in 5:37.99 and Line Ascanius placed eighth in the 3,000-meter race in 13:42.89.

The Hawks’ distance medley relay team of Brenna Lanser, Haley James, Rice and Vos turned in a third-place time of 4:52.90. Van Manen, Lanser, James and Ehresman posted a third-place finish in the 4x200-meter relay race with a time of 1:56.12.

Van Manen captured the silver medal in the discus with a throw of 104 feet, 7 inches and Shelby Davis was seventh at 80’6”. Davis placed fourth in the shot put at 32’5”, Olivia Ritter took seventh in the long jump for the Hawks with a leap of 13’ 1/2”.

Van Manen ran sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:15.13. The Lynnville-Sully shuttle hurdle relay team of Kristy Sevcik, Emma Schnell, Shelby Foster and Kaley Exline was seventh in 1:26.80.

Makenzy Rozendaal, Lanser, James and Davis combined for fifth place in the 4x100-meter relay race in 57.13 seconds. In the sprint medley relay race, Rozendaal, Lanser, James and Alexis Hardenbrook finished seventh in 2:10.74.

Lynnville-Sully competes in Newton’s Cardinal Relays Thursday.

amazing fashion,” Zehr said.

In the other doubles matches, Ventling and Vander Pol won 10-2 against Sami Wassenaar and Bri Buzick at No. 1 and Valbuena and Heisdorffer defeated Molly Kalkwarf and Alli Dingeman, 103, at No. 2. The Corso sisters picked up a 10-6 win over Lauren Kriegel and Anna Jaarsma in the No. 3 doubles match.

Valbuena cruised to a 10-1 win in No. 1 singles for Newton over Wassenaar.

Ventling beat Kalkwarf, 10-2, in No. 2 singles. Vander Pol posted a 10-6 win over Buzick in No. 3 singles.

Monica Corso beat Kriegel, 10-8, at No. 4 singles. Heisdorrfer defeated Dingeman, 10-6, at No. 5 singles, and Kayla Corso posted a 10-3 win oveer Jaarsma at No. 6 singles.

Newton winds up the regular season at home Thursday against Knoxville.

Matches begin at 4:15 p.m. at Aurora Heights Park. On Monday, the Cardinals go to Grinnell for the Little Hawkeye Conference tournament.

The week’s journey began at home Monday in a non-conference triangular with North Polk and Saydel. Here are the Newton results from that meet:

Newton’s No. 4 singles player, Monica Corso, beat the Eagles’ Rachel Tveldt, 6-1, 6-0. McKenna Heisdorffer recorded a 6-4, 6-0 win over Andrea Carballo at No. 5 singles and Kayla Corso completed the sweep for Newton with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Abbie Vander Molen.

Against the Eagles in doubles competition, Ventling and Vander Pol won by forfeit at No. 1. Valbuena and Heisdorffer beat De Bruin and Tvedt, 3-6, 6-2, 1 (8) at No. 2. M. Corso and K. Corso rolled up a 6-3, 6-0 win over Carballo and VanMaanen in No. 3 doubles.

Marisa Modlin and Sierra Griffith held off Vander Molen and Milby for a Newton win in No. 4 doubles, 6-3, 1-6, 1 (10). Newton’s Halie Owens and Megan Pressgrove posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Matherly and Van Gorp.

Action moved to Pella Community High School’s courts. Zehr said Pella was finishing a dual with Boone when the Cardinals arrived. The format changed for the Cardinal-Lady Dutch matches, as they moved to a 10-game pro set instead of full matches in interest of time, he said.

Starting things off for the Cardinals were the No. 4 and No. 5 doubles teams, winning. Modlin and Griffith earned a 10-8 victory over Williams and Wilborn. Owens and Pressgrove battled to claimed an 11-10 win in a back-andforth tiebreaker (16-14).

“This was the match of the night.

Halie and Megan found themselves going back and forth with their opponents, neither team ever leading by more than a game, and eventually going into a tiebreaker at 10-10 in the set. The 7-point

Monday’s Triangular No. 1 singles: Maria Valbuena def. Mallory Aves, North Polk, 10-1; def. Sydney Samples, Saydel, 10-3 No. 2 singles: Holly Vander Pol def. Emily Merkle, North Polk, 10-2; def. Mackenzie Miller, Saydel, 10-2 No. 3 singles: Marisa Modlin def. Vivi Schaeublin, North Polk, 10-6; def. Michaela Bobenhouse, Saydel, 10-8.

No. 1 doubles: Monica Corso and Kayla Corso def. Casey Brown and Mackenzie Carter, Saydel, 10-8; def. Carly Madson and Madison Nelson, North Polk, 10-4.

No. 2 doubles: Halie Owens and Megan Pressgrove def.

Melanie Gustafson and Leah Silver, Saydel, 10-9 (4); def.

McClane Gill and Brianne Schultz, North Polk, 10-5.

No. 3 doubles: Sam Cooling and Brenda Becerra def. Randa Patrick and Kendal Walker, Saydel, 10-2; def. Shelby Berksland and Rebekah Long, North Polk, 10-7.

Mustang girls win North Polk Invite; PCM boys struggle

By Mike Mendenhall Daily News Staff Writer ALLEMAN — Setting personal best times and two new school records was not all the Prairie City-Monroe girls track team did at the North Polk coed invetational Tuesday night; it also took home the top spot.

The Mustang girls scored 139 team points, besting seven other teams including Heart of Iowa conference rivals Gilbert and Saydel.

PCM’s Jacyi Vos set a new record in the 400-meter hurdles, taking first place in the event in 66.91 seconds.

A former school record in the 4x100meter relay was also surpassed at North Polk. The team of Vos, Kenzie Clarke, Emily Hugen and Lexi Kain placed first in 51.44 seconds.

Head coach Bridget Martin said competing at North Polk will give the Mustang girls a sense of familiarity with the complex when they return

next week to compete in the HOIAC tournament.

“We are very happy we were able to win the meet,” Martin said. “It was a high caliber meet full of very successful programs, and we came out on top.”

Martin went on to say that field events continue to be the Mustangs’ strong suit, but she was pleased with individual runners’ performances Tuesday.

PCM had eight first place finishes at North Polk including junior varsity wins, four second place and four third place spots.

Kain took the 200-meter dash in 26.92 seconds. In the 4x400-meter relay, the team of Vos, Ashley Van Gorp, Katie Vande Wall and Rachel Stafford finished first in 4:18.38. The Mustangs also took the 800-meter sprint relay. The team of Clarke, Hugen, Kain and Stafford crossed the finish line in 1:55.22.

Raider boys shine at home track meet

By Ben Schuff Daily News Sports Writer

Coughenour crossed the finish line first in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.39 seconds. Shortly behind him was teammate Brady Stover in third place at 1:01.20.

CMB athletes combined for six second-place finishes.

Zach Huffaker earned one of those, finishing behind Kemp in the 100-meter dash (11.13).

Huffaker also finished behind Kemp in the long jump with a third-place mark of 19’9 1/4”.

Coughenour took second in the 400-meter dash in 51.45 seconds. Hunter Gunderson cleared the bar at 6 feet for second in the high jump. Patrick Girard placed second in the shot put at 49’7”. The CMB 4x400 meter relay team also finished second in 3:36.58.

The Raiders also received good showings in the 3,200-meter run from Mark Deutsch (third place, 11:00.95) and Colin Thomson (fourth place, 11:23.19) as well as from Clayton Weltha in the discus (fourth place, 126’ 51/2”).

Littell, Stover, Joey Nissen and Austin Moorman placed third in the 110-meter shuttle hurdle relay race in 1:04.36, one second behind second-place Bondurant-Farrar.

BAXTER — Bryce Kemp was as busy as he was successful Monday night at the CMB Invite.

Kemp won three of the four events in which he competed, taking top honors in the 100-meter dash (11.21 seconds), 200-meter dash (22.82) and the 110-meter hurdles (14.44). He placed second in the long jump (20 feet, 8 1/4inches).

The CMB junior was one of nine Raider athletes claiming first place at the team’s home meet.

Zach Samson joined Kemp in winning multiple events.

Samson, a senior and reigning state champion in the shot put, won both the discus and shot put by convincing margins.

Samson’s longest shot put throw traveled 54’10”, and his winning discus throw sailed 141’8 1/2”.

The Raiders claimed two more top finishes in relay events.

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In the distance medley, Vos, Kain, Van Gorp and Stafford took first place in 4:28.32. The junior varsity 4x100meter relay team of Rachel Gulling, Kayla Jennings, Tatum Schnug and Abbi Gilson placed first in 55.86 seconds.

In the 100-meter dash, Clarke finished second in 13.13 seconds, and Vande Wall took the second place spot in the 400-meter dash in 1:04.64.

Mustang Rachel Peter placed third in two events Tuesday. Peter finished the 1,500-meter run in 5:23.75 and the 3,000-meter run in 12:08.64.

The Mustang 4x200-meter relay team of Gulling, Van Gorp, Hugen and Clarke took second in 1:50.94.

Gulling placed third in the varsity 100-meter hurdles in 17.69 seconds.

In field events, Van Gorp won the long jump with a leap of 16 feet 3.25 inches, and Mustang Rachel Freland took third in the event jumping 15’ 4 1/4”. In the shot put, Gilson finished

fourth with a throw of 35’ 1 1/2”. Also in the shot put, Grace Telfer took sixth in 33’ 6 3/4”.

Gilson took second in the discus, with a throw of 114’ 00”.

ON THE FLIPSIDE of the leader board, the PCM boys also competed at North Polk Tuesday and had a hard day. The Mustang boys scored only 18.75 team points, finishing at the bottom of the eight-team pack.

Highlights for PCM include a third place finish in the 4x110-meter shuttle hurdle relay where the team of Ricky Reeve, Austin Sneller, Chase Kuecker and Skyler Koder crossed the line in 1:06.41.

Koder also took third in the high jump with a leap of 5’ 8”.

PCM boys and girls track teams will be back in action Thursday when they compete in a coed invitational in Newton. The event is at HA Lynn Stadium at 4:30 p.m.

Lady Raiders win home track meet

By Ben Schuff Daily News Sports Writer BAXTER — Sitting in second place heading into the final two events of its home meet, Collins-Maxwell Baxter’s girls track team knew it needed some top-notch performances to close out the night and finish in first.

The Lady Raiders’ relay teams delivered those much needed performances.

CMB’s 4x100-meter relay team and 4x400-meter relay team placed first and second in their respecitive events, earning the Lady Raiders enough points to claim the team title at the Lady Raider Relays.

CMB finished with 144 points, just ahead of Colfax-Mingo’s 138 points.

The foursome of Maddy Poage, Toni Spencer, Bridget Hurley and Mackenzie Schmitz scored 10 points for CMB by winning the 4x100 in 53.01 seconds. Then in the next event, the 4x400, Megan Ritter, Aly Holsinger, Kathleen Baldwin and Abbie Haupert crossed the finish line in 4:39.71 to place second.

“This was truly a team win tonight for our girls,” CMB head coach Jerry Meinerts wrote in an email.

Spencer, Hurley and Haupert also won three individual events. Spencer claimed the long jump title with a mark of 14-9 3/4. She won the event on her final jump, which was barely was enough for first and topped second place by 1/2 inch.

Hurley won the 400-meters with more room to spare than Spencer did in the long jump. Hurley posted a time of 1:05.78 and had a roughly 15-meter lead as she ran through the final 100 meters of the race.

“I felt like I had a shot at winning it, but I didn’t know what the lead was when I was running it,” Hurley said following her victory. “I don’t notice the other girls when I’m running. I just try to focus. Un-

less they’re in front of me, I can’t really tell where they are on the track.”

CMB scored 50 points in the field events, including 10 when Haupert threw the discus 115-11 1/2, a career-best mark that earned her first place in the event.

Payge Jurgens won the shot put with a throw of 35-10, a distance two inches shy of her career-best mark.

“Our field events helped us win this meet tonight as well,” Meinerts said.

The Lady Raiders also received some much needed points from Heather Jessen, Chasity Moody and Chantel Maxwell in the distance events. Jessen finished second in the 3,000 meters (13:19) and fifth in the 1,500 meters (6:05). Moody placed fouth in the 3,000 (14:29) and Maxwel sixth in the 1,500 (6:28).

“We just needed to score some points in that race (1,500) and they stepped up and did that for us,” Meinerts said.

“It was a great team win for us tonight.

Our unofficial motto for the night was ‘do it for the seniors.’ ... it was nice to win this home meet for them. They’ve done a great job for us all four years and it was nice to see their faces light up after they announced the scores and they got to enjoy one nice easy victory lap on their home track.”

Other Lady Raider results from Monday’s meet: 100 — 3, Mackenzie Schmitz, 12.84. 4, Toni Spencer, 12.85.

200 — 3, Spencer, 27.67.

400 — 4, Aly Holsinger, 1:15.32.

400 Hurldes — 6, Chasity Moody, 1:28.

Discus — 5, Nichole Davies, 83-1.

Shot put — 3, Davies, 29-11 3/4.

High jump — 3, Maddy Poage, 4-8. 5, Bridget Hurley, 4-4.

Long jump — 4, Megan Ritter, 13-4.

4x800 relay — 4, CMB (Maxwell, Patience Engle, Veronica Condon, Stephanie Twohey), 11:57.65.

Shuttle Hurdle relay — 3, CMB (Sydney Ziesman, Taylor Ross, Elizabeth Jones, Moody), 1:23.66.

Distance Medley — 3, CMB (Ritter, Jones, Kathleen Baldwin, Chantel Maxwell), 5:04.09.

Sprint Medley — 3, CMB (Poage, Ritter, Bekah Pearson, Hurley), 2:03.43.

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Central Iowa Residential Services Inc. (CIRSI) is recruiting for the following positions in Grinnell:

Full-time Overnight Staff - training individuals with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. The work schedule runs 11pm to 9am seven days in a two week rotation. One shift in the rotation is day hours. Overnight shifts include sleep-time. Pay starts at $8.50 per hour (experience working with individuals in wheelchairs pays more) and benefits that includes (Health, Dental and Life Insurance).

Part-time Caseworker- training individuals with intellectual disabilities in a residential or community setting. The work schedule typically runs Monday thru Friday, evening hours and some weekend work may be required. Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities is preferred. Pay starts at $10.00 per hour (experience pays more) and benefits that includes (Health, Dental and Life Insurance). This position could be combined with some additional Direct Care hours to make it a full-time position.

Own transportation (good driving record) and GED/H.S. diploma required and must be produced.

A $200.00 sign on bonus is available for all full-time positions after they have successfully worked for 30 days.

Application can be made at: CIRSI 821 Fifth Avenue Suite 205 Grinnell IA 50112 Or CIRSI 704 Industrial Avenue Suite 100 Grinnell, IA 50112 AA/EOE

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855-219-5996 FOREMEN TO lead utility field crews. Outdoor physical work, many positions, paid training, $20/hr. plus weekly performance bonuses after promotion, living allowance when traveling, company truck and benefits. Must have strong leadership skills, good driving history, and able to travel in Iowa and nearby States. Email resume to Recruiter6@osmose.com or apply online at www.Os moseUtilities.com.

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Fantastic Earnings! National Certifications. Veteran Benefits Eligible! 1-866362-6497 HIRING FULL Time Drivers to haul the US Mail out of Des Moines, IA with a $500 SIGN ON BONUS! Pay is $19.24/hr plus $4.98 HWP. Yearly average is $52,000-$58,000 plus benefits. Excellent Benefits include: Health, Dental, Vision, life insurance, 401K, paid vacation, paid personal days, and paid holidays. If interested, please apply online at www.alanritchey.com EOE M/W/Vet/Disability HIRING REGIONAL Class CDL-A Drivers. New Pay Package. Home regularly, and $1500 Sign-On Bonus!

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LARSEN COOPERATIVE, NEW London Wisconsin is seeking a qualified General Manager. This is a CHS Country Operations cooperative with multiple grain location?s , full service agronomy, retail and bulk energy operation, feed manufacturing and retail stores with sales of $200 million with twelve locations. Grain, agronomy, energy, feed, retail as well as financial and personal management experience is preferred. Email: larry. fuller@chsinc.com or fax (888-653-5527) resume to: Larry Fuller, 5213 Shoal Drive, Bismarck ND 58503.

LOCAL & OTR Company, Class A CDL, Health Insurance, Dental/Vision, Pd Vacation & Company matched 401K. Safety/Performance Incentives. Call Monson and Sons @ 1800-463-4097 ext 109 or ext 110. EOE. OTR DRIVERS: Rands Trucking located in Grinnell, IA is currently accepting applications for OTR Driving positions, Rands offers a competitive pay and benefits package, Rands requires 1 year verifiable OTR experience and a clean MVR. To learn more about employment opportunities at Rands Trucking call Mike or Andrea at 1-800-268-3933 or visit us at www.Rands trucking.com email us at jobs@randstrucking.com PINE GROVE NURSERY Looking for help with landscaping. Please call for details. 515-770-8459

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1975 MASSEY Ferguson 14 H.P (Kohler) Lawn Tractor Mower with hydraulic lift. New paint, tires, seat, lights, starter, hydrostatic trans, 2 spd. Diff. $925. 641-792-7506.

2 CORN-HOLE Boards (not painted) $25, Black medium-Large Half Helmet for motorcycle $25, Electric Weed-Eater $5. Monroe.

Cash Only. 641-259-2916.

2 DELL Laptops, D630, windows, Vista, intel centrino duo proc., 2 GB ram 2007 models, WIFI. $100 each. 641-831-9571.

2012 – 22 in. Toro Recycler lawn mower. FSP all attachments $225. 641792-3557.

ATV TIRES Carlisle Trail Wolf, 2 5x10-12, still new. $140. 641-521-0195.

AVIATION INTEREST“Flight Journal- Aviation Adventure – past, present, future” from 2000 to current .10¢ each or quantity pricing. Joyce Meyer cassette tapes from her earlier ministry $1. per dozen.

Joyce Meyer monthly mags from earlier years .

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BIONAIRE ROOM air Cleaner with remote, used only 2 months. $20. 641792-2977.

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DALE EARNHARDT Jr. 1:64 Collectible Cars $15 each. Portable Massage table, black, only used twice $135. Hot Wheels Cars (Late 70's – Early 80's) $150. 515-313-7803.

DROP LEAF Wooden Table and 4 chairs. 7925819.

FIREWOOD: CAMPING, back yard pits, wood stoves, ect. Hickory, Oak, Elm, and Walnut, split or can get whole pieces. Can deliver full load or partial load. Ready to burn. 641792-4664.

GE PROFILE black Stove $75 or OBO. Wood Burning Stove with glass door $100 or OBO. Front Bumper for '94 Ford $25.

641-521-2189.

LADIES SCHWINN LeTour bicycle, like new with new tires $50. Monroe. 641259-2916.

LARGE SQUARE HAY bales, grass $50. 641521-2450.

NEW BRAKE for 8N Ford Tractor. $15. 641-7929683.

NEW STYLE High-top dark wood Dining Table & 4 chairs. $250 or OBO. 641-891-0473.

PAIR OF HEAVY BRASS table Lamps, $30 pair.

792-6359.

SNOW THROWER, yard machine, 30 inch cut, 9 hp, 6 FWD, 2 Rev speed electric start, bought last year. $500. 641-521-5141.

WORKING CURTIS Mathias Antique TV, with Rolltop, a beautiful piece of furniture $25. Monroe. Cash Only. 641-259-2916.

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

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

SNOW WAY V Plow- one ton truck mounting, new cutting blade. $3,000. 641792-4332 SONY 55” Wide Screen Projection TV, HDMI connection, excellent picture, works great, power button might need cleaned. $150.

Before 5 please. 641-7927712.

STEEL PIPE, cable, rod, angle & channel iron. Trailer house frame 78”w x 34 feet long. Old car parts.

Hydralic pumps, motors, hoses, valves. Rebuilt Hydrastat rear-end for Torowheel Horse #416 - #520 641-793-2955.

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'99 FORD Super Duty Diesel Pick-up 7.3.

130,000 actual miles, A1 condition, selling due to health. 641-831-3821.

1968 BLUE Ford Mustang Convertible. 60,000 miles, 289 Automatic. 641-7924481 or 641-521-7813

1976 Cutlass Supreme 350 OLDS Auto.

Fresh rebuild on motortrans. 65,000 miles on car, Charcoal grey with red interior. Call 515-729-3073 or 641-521-1588. $3,800.00 1996 DAMON Daybreak motor home. 30 ft, sleeps 6, microwave, stove, refrigerator, furnace, AC, generator- all works, Tires in very good condition, very nice motor home. Asking $8,900.00.

641-792-7123 or 641-5214811

2007 CHEVY COBALT, RED, 121,2112 MILES. IN GREAT SHAPE. PERFECT FOR ANYONE WANTING A FABULOUS RUNNING CAR WITH UNBEATABLE GAS MILEAGE. WE ARE ONLY SELLING BECAUSE OUR FAMILY IS GROWING AND WE UPGRADED TO A LARGER VEHICLE. ASKING $4,000 OBO. CALL (409) 789-3825 POLAR CRAFT boat. 16 ft, closed bow, 45hp, Mariner outboard, good condition, $1,675.00. Includes trailer and fish finder. Upgrading to larger boat. 641-8402727

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

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

2008 SUNSET Creek by Sunny Brook, 27' travel trailer, 12' slide out, walk in shower, regular size bed, sofa, and table make into a bed. 2 platform rockers and TV included, electric front jack, good condition, $12,000. Call 641-7924935 DAEWOO-DD802L DOZER $20,000. 641-792-4332

TWO Taurus SHO's. 1993 Ford Taurus SHO: 81200+ one owner miles. Manual 5 speed overdrive transmission. All options except sunroof. Ultra red crimson color. Very clean, good to excellent condition. Included owners manual, Ford repair manual, Chiltion repair manual, purchase papers, repair records, original floor mats, and 1993 magazine articles. Vehicle is ready to drive anywhere.

1995 SHO: Parts car with lots of good parts. Bad engine and automatic transmission. Good Body, glass, wheels, and more. Asking $3995 for both cars. 641791-2220.

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2009 HONDA ACCORD EXL 4 DOOR, MYSTIC GREEN, FULLY LOADED. 71,000 MILES, HEATED LEATHER SEATS, DUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL, HEATED MIRRORS, 6 DISC CHANGER, SUNROOF. BRAND NEW TIRES AND BATTERY INSTALLED FEBRUARY 2014.

ASKING $13,500 OR OBO. KBB VALUES AT $14,881.

NEED TO UPGRADE TO A LARGE VEHICLE. PLEASE CALL: 641-417-0140 OR 641521-8152.

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FOR SALE: 2BR, 2bath older mobile home. Good condition, will sell reasonably. Located in Deer Run Estates, Colfax. 563-3570487 or 515-210-2835

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Day-to-day events take on a new spirit of levity as Mercury skips into the realm of the twins, which happens to be the realm he rules. Mercury feels like a king in Gemini and therefore entitled to make whimsical demands and unreasonable proclamations, many of which turn out to be surprisingly doable.

may seem, it still detracts from everything you do.

reason for it. Doors will open for the good listener.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Unless you are a therapist or a customer service agent, avoid letting people air their grievances and problems to you. There’s no time to waste now as you busy yourself with building a better future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). People will make offers to you all day long. Some you’ll accept; some you won’t. It’s not personal. You’re just responding to what interests you. You’ll make an offer, too, and if it is a good fit, it will be accepted.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 7). Your personal life will ride a happy groove, and you’ll then focus on business.

Excellent influences come along this month, and you’ll absorb them and pay it forward, too.

Bright ideas turn into June projects. Developing the potential of others is your forte in August. The best financial months are May, July and September.

Gemini and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 22, 38 and 42.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ve modeled yourself after someone you admire, and now you’ll see the first signs of success. Now that the likeness is being achieved, the next step is to share in the kind of results your model enjoys.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll meet a few new people and should take an easy, laid-back approach. It would be a mistake to focus too much on getting a result from each interaction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Get resolution, even if you know that the problem is all in your head.

It’s important to get a handle on mental friction, because however minor it

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

The situation at work will be new, unpredictable and potentially tricky.

Whether you’ve done it before is irrelevant.

Believe in yourself, and you’ll do fine or even better than fine.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). Listen to what people give you in conversation.

Perhaps what they mention isn’t deliberate, but there is still an underlying

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You will be more aware of your choices in how to respond to others. By not answering every request and not picking up the phone every time it rings, you will take control of a relationship.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Being disciplined in one aspect of your life proves that it is possible for you to be disciplined in the other areas.

Address a weakness, and take a step toward turning it around.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). There is quite a lot of busywork to handle, but don’t let the surfacelevel stuff take up your whole day. Take the time to get into what really matters to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Naturally, you can’t blame people for their wealth and attractiveness, but that doesn’t make it any less irritating when you are in direct competition. Trust that there are those equally irritated by your many remarkable assets.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’d rather not have to tell your story. You’d rather gather all of the information you need and more by listening to others. But you have to tell at least a little, or they won’t open up!

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