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C-M superintendent resigns after second OWI Board to discuss interim leader June 30

By Mike Mendenhall Jasper Country Tribune COLFAX —The Colfax-Mingo Board of Education accepted the resignation

of district superintendent Marty Lucas during a special meeting Monday, following a Thursday m o r n i n g drunk driving arrest in Grundy Cen-

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Lucas, 61, of Charles City, was arrested and charged with OWI, second offense, during an 8:52 a.m. traffic stop by a Grundy County Sheriff ’s deputy.

C-M school board president Skylar Rawlins spoke on behalf of the board Monday following a closed session discussion. He said he rec-

ommended the board accept Lucas’ resignation effective June 30. The motion passed in a 6-0 vote with only board member, B.J. Russell, absent.

Lucas will be put on paid administrative leave until that date. The administrator will also be paid for his remaining vacation earned in the amount of $5,597.13. The superintendent was not pres-

ent for the closed session or vote, and Lucas did not return a phone call Monday for comment.

In his statement, Rawlins and the board thanked Lucas for his service to the district and the Colfax and Mingo communities.

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Huckabee, Jindal to make Newton stops

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Submitted Photos From left to right: Nathan Unsworth, Collin Jacobsen and Joan Stein will tell their individual stories about health and wellness at the third edition of Newton Talks presented by the Newton Wellness Coalition from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Newton Arboretum.

Weight loss, chronic disorders highlight third Newton Talks event

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The third edition of Newton Talks presented by the Newton Wellness Coalition will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Newton Arboretum. Three unique individuals will tell their stories and answer questions regarding topics from losing a significant amount of weight to living with a chronic disorder.

Collin Jacobsen Born three month premature along with his twin sister, Collin Jacobsen only weighed 1 pound 15 ounces. Soon after, doctors discovered he had bleeding in his

brain, which he said led to cerebral palsy. He said that the bleeding occurred in the right side of his brain which controls the left side of his body.

Jacobsen went through a lot of physical therapy to help develop his motor skills but is still not coordinated with his left hand.

He said that he was always encouraged by his parents to do anything he wanted and growing up he played baseball, basketball, participated in gymnastic and played football, which became the sport he put most focus on.

After years of desire and determination, his work paid off. He wanted to be able to play his se-

4-year-old girl seriously injured while playing with lighter

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A 4-year-old Newton girl was seriously burned Monday while playing with a lighter.

Newton police and fire responded to a call at 11:25 a.m. to an apartment at 904 N. Sixth Ave. E. The victim, whose name was not released, was transported to Iowa City with second-degree burns on 20-25 percent of her body.

Initial information from the investigation showed the incident was “a tragic accident involving a child playing with a lighter,” the Newton Police Department said in a news release. The case remains under investigation.

nior year of high school, and after spending three years on the scout team, in his final year, Jacobsen started his first football game. He went on to play during the season and became an asset and a leader to the team. He said that he would eventually like to go to law school and maybe even coach football someday.

Nathan Unsworth After deciding to take a few extra classes his senior year of high school, therefore getting his P.E. requirement waived, Nathan Unsworth began gaining weight. He continued to gain weight while in NEWTON TALKS | 3A

Newton school board shoots down motion to hire consultant

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News One of the motions made by a Newton Community School District board of education member on Monday night led to an uncommon result.

Board member Andy Elbert made a motion to hire Robert Schwarz Planning and Associates, LLC, at a cost of at least $13,800.

However, after lengthy discussion and unanswered questions about the need for the firm’s services and whethJason W. Brooks/Daily News er there would be duplicate Newton Community School District board of education President Sheri Benson, left, and SuSCHOOL BOARD | 3A

perintendent Bob Callaghan listen during Monday’s meeting. The board will hold a purchasing hearing at its July 13 meeting regarding Google Chromebooks and related technology.

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The beginning of what could be a long line of presidential candidate visits to Jasper County will start as early as this week.

Jasper County Republican Party Chairman Marshall Critchfield confirmed Monday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is scheduled to make a campaign stop Friday in Newton. He’s scheduled to appear at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Moo’s BBQ, 103 W. Second St. N. Knowing Jindal might have gubernatorial duties that could preHuckabee empt the Louisiana governor’s appearances at any time, Critchfield said Jindal is “as 100 percent confirmed as a sitting governor can be.”

Critchfield also detailed an upcoming appearance in Newton by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

The Republican candidate for president is scheduled to appear at 7:30 a.m. July 18 at the Midtown Cafe, 120 First St. N. Huckabee is also listed as a speaker for the Family Leadership Summit, set to be held at Stephens Auditorium in Ames the same day.

Huckabee relinquished his Fox News cable TV show in January to prepare for the campaign. He has made several appearances in Iowa recently. Huckabee began as a Baptist minister, and later became the 44th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1996 to 2007.

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Farmland leasing meeting coming to Newton

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Kevin Van Manen speaks to visitors at his farm on June 10. Van Manen and family hosted a visit that was part of a professional-development project, produced by the Iowa Agricultural Literacy Foundation and the Jasper and Marshall county Farm Bureau locations.

Teachers learn key ag facts from Van Manen, others Event produced by Ag Literacy Foundation, Farm Bureau

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News KELLOGG — Kevin Van Manen has received a lot of strange questions from non-farmers through the years.

A while ago, a parent of a child whose group was touring the Van Manen family farm near Kellogg asked why the steers on site weren’t milked. Van Manen had to patiently explain, more than once, that steers are male and don’t produce milk.

Van Manen and his wife, Julie, didn’t have to make any such explanations on June 10, when a group of teachers from Jasper, Marshall and surrounding counties took a tour of the farm. The professional-development project was produced by the Iowa Agricultural Literacy Foundation and the Jasper and Marshall county Farm Bureau locations, and allowed teachers to earn continuing-education credit.

The two-day workshop involved indoor agriculture-related lessons at Des Moines Area Community College’s Newton Campus on June 10 and in Marshalltown on June 11, and included presentations by the Van Manens about their farm as well

as a stop at the Heartland Coop’s Kellogg location.

“When people think of corn, they think of corn on the cob, or sweet corn,” Julie Van Manen explained during one part of the tour. “But many Iowa farms actually grow a lot of field corn, which is used for feed.”

The group of about 20 teachers began the day at DMACC, and after a quick get-to-know-eachother activity and a few overview details, boarded a Hawkeye Stages bus to head out to the Van Manen farm. During the bus ride from Newton, the foundation’s education program manager, Cindy Hall, went over some key facts not known to many of the teachers.

Marshall County has 882 farms, while Jasper County has 1,098, according to 2012 USDA data. The average size for a Jasper County farm is about 340 acres, and the industry provides about 17,000 jobs in the county.

Julie and Kevin Van Manen host school children and groups of adults on their farm on a regular basis, so they were prepared and well-versed in how to present to non-farmers. From a basket that holds exactly one bushel of shelled corn (about 56 pounds)

to descriptions of their steer, calf and hog enclosures and corn acreage, the couple covered a great deal of topics.

The tour included many descriptions of stationary and field equipment. Most of the teachers were surprised to learn that a new John Deere tractor, similar to one used by the Van Manens, could cost as much as nearly $300,000.

The cattle portion of the tour covered the basics of how the annual cycle of cattle happens, the calving process, how the soft “hoop” cover of a calf enclosure had to be replaced after being destroyed by straight-line winds about four years ago, and keeping the youngest calves warm in the winter.

Kevin Van Manen said the last two winters have been so brutal, he’s been putting coats on the youngest calves more and more.

He anticipates for the winter of 2015-16 that he’ll have coats on nearly all of them.

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting farmland leasing meetings across 11 different site in central Iowa during late July and August. Meeting sites including Newton and are coordinated by county ISU Extension and Outreach offices.

Topics covered include: current cash rental rates, land values and landowner surveys, cash rental rate case study, determining a fair cash rent, strategies for writing and terminating a farm lease, ISU Extension web-based and other resources.

Meetings will last approximately three hours long and will be facilitated by ISU Extension and Outreach farm and agriculture business management specialist Steve Johnson.

Registration is required at least two days before the meeting and a $20 per individual or $30 per couple fee is payable at the door. Registrants will also receive a 100-page booklet containing farmland leasing information.

For more information, contact the Jasper County extension office at 641-792-6433.

Iowa 4-H conference to begin June 30 in Ames Iowa 4-H Youth Conference 2015 Animal Science Round-Up and CSI: Crops will be from June 30 to July 2 at Iowa State University in Ames. Registration cost is $200.

Every June, nearly 1,000 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for three days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet and community service activities.

For more information, call Iowa State University County Youth Coordinator Stacey Wilson at 641-792-6433.

Monthly egg report reveals depth of state impact of bird flu DES MOINES (AP) — A monthly report on egg production and chicken flocks reveals the depth of the impact of bird flu on the nation’s egg producers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in a report released Monday that May national table egg production fell 6½ percent from last year to 6.86 billion eggs. Laying hen numbers fell 8 percent to 329 million as of June 1.

Iowa, the nation’s egg leader, saw egg production fall 28 percent from year ago and 21 percent in a month as bird flu swept through flocks.

The state produced 1 billion eggs in May, the lowest monthly number since February 2005.

More than 31 million Iowa birds have died since mid-April. Egg layers on hand in May totaled 44.2 million, down 26 percent from a year ago.

Wet weather limits ability, ag secretary says DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey commented Monday on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service.

The wet weather continues to limit the ability of farmers to get in the field, be it finish planting, spray weeds, side dress fertilizer or make hay,” Northey said. “Generally crops

remain in good condition, but do need some dry weather and warm temperatures to help them continue to mature.”

Wet conditions continued to slow field activities throughout much of Iowa during the week ending June 21. Statewide there were 3.5 days suitable for fieldwork.

Wet fields in southwest and south central Iowa continued to prevent farmers from finish-

ing planting. North central and south central Iowa rated the highest in subsoil moisture levels at 99 percent rated adequate to surplus.

Eighty-three percent of the corn crop was rated good to excellent. Soybean planting reached 95 percent complete, 19 days behind 2014, and 4 days behind the 5-year average. d south central Iowa have been able to plant less than 80

percent of their expected soybean acreage due to continued saturated soil conditions. Soybean emergence reached 90 percent, slightly behind normal. Soybean condition rated 80 percent good to excellent this week.

Oats headed reached 75 percent this week, 3 days ahead of last year, and slightly ahead of the average. Oat condition increased to 83 percent good to

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The first cutting of alfalfa hay reached 77 percent complete this week. The second cutting of alfalfa has begun in many areas. Hay conditions rated 76 percent good to excellent.

Pasture condition rated 82 percent good to excellent. Livestock conditions were described as good. Muddy cattle lots are still reported throughout Iowa.

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college and while he did exercise on occasion, he had added at least 20 pounds by the time he graduated.

Unsworth moved to Newton and joined the YMCA to try to meet people but it was not until 2009 that he decided he needed to make change.

He said in the class he was taking he was not only the youngest but the slowest person. So he made a goal of running a race and after completing the race found he was 10 pounds lighter than when he began his journey.

Later, he found himself watching an episode of “The Biggest Loser” and saw the contestants had to do a marathon. Thinking to himself “I bet I could do a marathon,” he decided to sign up for the Chicago Marathon. Nine months later he finished the race 40 pounds lighter. He also set a goal of finishing 10 marathons before turning 30, which he accomplished last fall.

Joan Stein Joan Stein said she got into exercise by accident. After going to her physical, her doctor wanted to put her on cholesterol medication, but she refused because of what it could do to her liver. That incident did not motivate her to exercise but after her son needed to get PE hours for a credit, the family decided to get a membership to the YMCA and started in a step class.

Stein was in the class two mornings a week and loved the atmosphere. From there she said she became a gym rat. She took any and every class she could find and found that after almost four years she was 70 pounds and 70 cholesterol points down.

After some encouragement from a couple of instructors, Stein became certified in Zumba and taught as an occasional sub. She found that she really liked working with kids so she was certified in Zumba kids and began teaching her own kids class a couple of times a week. From there he added firm express and Pilates classes to her resume and is currently certified in step, Zumba step, piyo and is working towards her body pump certification.

work done, the motion was defeated, 7-0.

Even Elbert, who made the motion, and board member Robyn Friedman, who had seconded the motion, decided to vote against it. A motion is required on action items before discussion can begin.

While the price tag was not much different from similar consulting and association contracts the board has approved over the past several months, it was the first time in recent memory the board had shot down a proposal to call a potential contractor before the board.

The Schwarz firm submitted a proposal to the board to help compile and assemble a large variety of enrollment data, using city, county, economic, census, housing and school numbers, in order to help the district redraw boundaries for its 2016-17 elementary reconfiguration into four K-4 schools.

“We could just call the Newton Development Corporation and get some of that data,” Friedman said.

Superintendent Bob Callaghan said Newton Schools hired the Schwarz firm before, but still has a small credit, as Schwarz hadn’t been utilized to provide all the consulting services and/or hours called for in the previous contract.

Callaghan offered to bring Robert Schwarz before the board, and he said he believes Schwarz would be “amenable” to attending an upcoming board meeting to answer questions.

“I’m not sure who else has the expertise to pull all this data together,” Callaghan said. “And I’m not certain if any of us has the time that would be required, nor

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Lucas Continued from Page 1A considered termination, Rawlins said, “we felt accepting (Lucas’) resignation was the best decision for the district.”According to an initial criminal complaint from the Grundy County Courthouse, Lucas was observed by a witness and a sheriff ’s deputy swerving between lanes while traveling northbound on County Road T29 toward Highway 175.

The officer reported Lucas failed field sobriety testing and was found to have a blood alcohol content of .224 by a data master test at the Grundy County Jail.

Lucas had recently announced his retirement from C-M, scheduled for the end of the 2015-16 school year. The board hired the Omaha-based search firm McPherson & Jacobson, LLC in April to begin the process of replacing Lucas.

Directly following Monday’s closed session, the board met with McPherson & Jacobson consultant Dave Stoakes who will look for

do I feel the accuracy would be there. This is what he (Schwarz) does for a living.”

Schwarz’s website, rsp-associates.com, lists Waukee, Johnston and Ankeny as recent clients. The district’s boundaries, which largely follow a few main Newton streets, have been in place since the last NCSD reconfiguration in 2010.

The board is set to meet July 13 at Emerson Hough.

In other action Monday: • Callaghan and Associate Director of Secondary Services Tina Ross discussed the implementation of a summer professional development course called “Leadership Blueprint Training.” That training was held this week at a district cost of $6,000 for 10 individuals, and is the leadership half of the “Capturing Kids’ Hearts” training that about 55 Newton teachers are set to attend this week. Both Callaghan and Ross described the two days of the Blueprint class as self-revealing and very intense.

• Set a purchasing hearing date of July 13 — at the board’s next regular meeting — for some classroom technology items. Monday’s discussion on Google Chromebook tablet computers centered on the fourth through the eighth grades. Callaghan mentioned that studies show breakage, lost hardware and inappropriate use are reduced by having students keep the tablets at school all the time.

• Heard a report from Friedman about a booth that was set up at the recent Newton Fest celebration, where a Newton Schools brochure and promotional school items were given away. Board President Sheri Benson praised the work of Friedman, the Publicity Subcommittee and the volunteers who helped with the project, but cautioned that the School Improvement Advisory Committee

possible interim superinten- cas’ OWI charge.

The Mason City Globe dent candidates to fill Lucas’ spot as the board continues Gazette also reported in what’s expected to be a year- 2008, that Lucas had a prilong search for a permanent or alcohol-related charge replacement. Stoakes said he in 1999 while he was the has already been in contact top administrator for the with two recently retired Charles City Community superintendents who are School District. Lucas was interested in stepping in on not penalized by the school a part-time basis to guide for the 1999 OWI, the C-M through the transition. newspaper reported.

Lucas was hired as C-M The board will meet with Stoakes June 30 to discuss superintendent in 2011. His interim selection and com- contract was renewed March 18, 2014, at an annual topensation.

Thursday’s arrest is not tal compensation package the first time drinking has worth $158,503.30 during disrupted Lucas’ profes- the 2014-15 school year. The sional career. According to contract showed a scheduled online court records, Lucas bump to $168,003 for the pleaded guilt to an OWI current school year.

The administrator has led charge in August 2008 in Benton County for a Feb. the district through difficult 28, 2008, auto accident financial decisions during his while he was superintendent tenure, including the closing of Bettendorf Community of the C-M Middle School Schools. facility in Mingo. Lucas also Bettendorf Communica- led a failed bid to hire a prition Director Celeste Mill- vate custodial service for the er said Monday that Lucas school district, has overseen resigned as superintendent implementation of C-M’s from the eastern Iowa 1-to-1 student computer school district in a “mutual program and began steps in agreement” with the school April for a facilities upgrade. board July 23, 2008. The negotiations with Bettendorf Contact Mike Mendenhall at leaders coincided with Lu- mmendenhall@jaspercountytribune.com

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shouldn’t autonomously create similar projects in the future.

“The SIAC simply doesn’t have that authority,” Benson said in the discussion, with board vice president Bill Perrenoud disagreeing, regarding a small no-cost project such as the Newton Fest effort.

• Heard an update from Callaghan about the press-box construction project at H.A. Lynn Field. Callaghan said while the project is about a week behind, construction has begun ahead of time on the pilings for the new visitors side press box, and plans for support beams for the rebuilt home press box could be changed from 2-by-4 beams to 2-by-6 beams. A planning meeting between Callaghan and contractors is set for Wednesday.

• Heard a personnel report from Callaghan that included the hiring of John Bieber as a Newton High School science teacher, Brian Conway as a reassigned school administration manager for Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and Amy Rau as an instructional coach at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.

Callaghan announced that guidance counselor Jourdan Van Wyk will move from Berg Middle School to Newton High School, and the vacancy at the middle school won’t be filled, as BMS is only about 25 students above a 400-to-1 recommended staffing ratio.

• Held a planned closed-session summative evaluation session for Callaghan. If the board decides to offer the superintendent a third contract (he was hired in the summer of 2013), terms will be disclosed at an upcoming meeting.

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By Jamee A. Pierson Staff Writer

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Potty training: Two words that I would really like to be out of my vocabulary. I feel like it is the first time I haven’t had control over what is happening with my child, and the child has had to decide if and when to do something on their own.

If you have never experienced, let me tell you, it’s frustrating.

I talked a little bit last weekend about one situation where my youngest thought our couch was an appropriate bathroom.

Between my two children, I have more than enough stories to go around about trying to get the kids out of diapers.

I think nearly every parent rejoices when buying the last pack of diapers, even if they are a little sad to see a child growing from a baby into a lit-

tle person. I’m hoping now the diapers in our house will be for overnight purposes only.

My oldest seemed to be fairly easy to train. I bought two portable toilets that were in the shape of a frog, one for our house and one for my parents house where they went while I was at work. She loved the praise that she got for going on the potty, and after an intense weekend of heading to the potty about every 30 minutes, she was doing pretty well.

One of her favorite things to do, which my younger daughter also thinks in great, was to potty outside. A more typical exercise for little boys (from what I hear) my daughters both think that squatting outside and “watering” the grass is the best.

My younger daughter has been a little more difficult. We started about three months earlier with her than with my oldest in preparation for preschool next year. I thought starting in June would give a good amount of time before school starts in September.

At first, all that happened was the addition of laundry and a lack of extra pants in their dresser. We tried to put her on the potty every half hour or so, but she mostly just looked at us, and about five minutes later, there was a puddle in the floor.

One very frustrating time, she was standing right next to the potty when she went.

A couple of weeks in, we found out that she would rather sit on the big potty and was

much more likely to go when sitting like a big girl. We began to have a lot more luck not having accidents, and after the incident on the couch, potty training took a much appreciated turn in the dry direction.

Now she is actively telling us when she has to go potty and has even gone a few time on her own. We took a trip to Des Moines and she stayed dry the entire time even told us while we were driving that she needed to potty.

I’m in no rush for my girls to grow up, but this is one milestone that I am glad to see come and go.

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Newton Municipal Band appreciates support Ron Ehresman Newton

Last Thursday evening in the Maytag Bowl the Newton Municipal Band had its second concert of the season. We want to make a special thank-you to

Coming home to Newton John Hoover New York, NY Thank you to stay-at-home Newton alumni. This weekend is a bit quieter than last because the Newton Fest and the annual reunion migration have come and gone. “Coming home” for those of us who were raised in Newton, Iowa and graduat-

Domino’s Pizza owners Scott and Julie Creech. They were there with pizza and beverages for sale in their trailer. They donated a very generous number of pizzas for all the band members to enjoy afterward, in which we have about 50 adults and students involved.

I’m sure that this far exceeded what they made being present at the concert! This is a local business that has

been very community minded not only with the Municipal Band in the past, but many other community organizations. We would encourage you to thank and patronize this long time local business.

The Municipal Band will have concerts the next two Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Maytag Bowl and would encourage you to attend.

ed from Newton High School is made sweeter, if not flat-out possible, every five years by those who “stayed home.”

Our classmates who work hard to plan and do the hard work to execute at reunion time are almost without exception those who have stayed and worked in and around Newton for their entire adult lives. In our Class of 1970 events last weekend, Chris Wickett, Bruce Curtis, Bev White, Barry Hurto, Lynette Talbot,

Claudia Madison, Priscilla Hull (using the names they graduated with) worked long and hard and I am sure have not been thanked nearly enough, which is what I want to do here. (My apologies to those I neglected to mention.)

The connection between Newton and those with a history but no address there anymore is made richer for what these and all class representatives and alumni/reunion committee members make possible.

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Just last week I was writing about rap music. I listen to rap music not just because some of it is g o o d writing, but also because, in the u r b a n By Marc Dion c o r ner of America where I live, a writer should listen to rap music. It’s the soundtrack to deception, conception, happiness, felonies, work and the club.

And don’t we all want to sound black?

“Yo, bro,” says the offwork insurance agent to his buddy as they meet in a bar where they’ve gone to watch black guys play ball on the big screen. “’Sup?” his buddy responds.

“Madison is such a ho,” texts 16-year-old Destiny to her friend Amber.

Hellz yeah. We black.

All of us.

Throwback Jordan jerseys on white boys so light they’re nearly transparent. Rap booming thunderously from the stereo system in a Michigan country boy’s pick-up truck.

Hell, who WOULDN’T want to be black? You get the dance moves, the slang, the curvy woman’s body and, hey, they throw in the hair for free.

You don’t want to be one of the numerous African-Americans in prison, though. That’s keepin’ it too real. Ditto to swapping places with some out of boxed macaroni and cheese, livin’ in the Chicago projects, 19-year-old African-American baby mama. And believe me, you don’t want to be the African-American janitor in our office. What’s

that guy make, anyway?

And do not volunteer to be the grieving African-American mother burying a child killed by the police. No slavery, either. If you had a time machine, would you go back to 1830 and be black?

What you want to do is act black and live white. Hip in the better ‘burbs. Rappin’ in a private office, yo. The attitude without the “routine traffic stop.”

The slang without the scars. The dance moves without the orange jumpsuit.

Style is everything.

Substance belongs to someone else, someone you never see.

You want to be one of those funny TV black people, makin’ jokes about collard greens and big booties. You want to be one of those fun-video rappers, some guy who has made it out of the ghetto to a rich land of bubble-butts and endless champagne.

You wanna have Snoop Dogg’s marijuana drawl and his way with the honeys. You do not want store detectives following you through the K-Mart.

Larry Holmes, the former heavyweight boxing champion, once made a huge mistake while talking to a reporter.

“I was black once — when I was poor,” Holmes said.

Everyone knew what he meant and everyone pretended they didn’t know what he meant and everyone became “outraged” and couple sports writers got an easy column out of the truth said accidentally.

But what can I say?

Haters gon’ hate.

Marc Munroe Dion is a nationally syndicated columnist. Dion’s latest book, “Marc Dion: Volume I” is a collection of his best columns from 2014 and is available on Nook and Kindle.

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Records Carolyn Jane Enlow June 19, 2015 Carolyn Jane Enlow, 70, formerly of Newton, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at home in Dallas C e n t e r.

In accordance with her wishes, she will be cremated and no for-

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Carolyn was born Dec. 24, 1944, in Kansas City, Mo., to parents Francis and Kathleen Enlow. She worked at Maytag in Newton, and retired in 2003, after 30 years of service. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and especially loved her Scottie dogs and pugs.

She will be lovingly remembered by her children, Thomas Reynolds of Dallas

Center, Ruth Reynolds of Des Moines, and Robert Reynolds of Newton; grandchildren, Justin Britt of Des Moines, and Christina Britt of Colfax; great-grandson, Dallas Britt of Des Moines; brother, Chuck Enlow of Dallas Center; sister, Mary Cowman; and life-long friends Sally and Dale Beukema of Bondurant.

Online condolences are welcomed at IlesCares.com.

David Fink June 12, 2015 David Fink, 59, of Newton, died Friday, June 12, 2015, at Heritage Manor in Newton.

A celebration of David’s life will be at 2 p.m., Friday, June 26 at the Salvation Army in Newton.

Arrangements are being handled by the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton.

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A celebration of life for Izetta F. Moore, 92, of Newton, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27 at the United Presbyterian Church in Newton. The Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

KAH to host packaging event July 11 The Jasper County Kids Against Hunger will package food to be sent to feed families in parts of the world where there is a shortage of food July 11 at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 501 E. 19th St. N. in Newton.

Gather a team of 12 people and collect $360 in donations. All are welcome, such as churches, service clubs, businesses, scout troops, students and individuals who are willing to help with the packaging.

Deadline for registering of a team or a single individual who is willing to work with others is July 3. Contact Bill Bennett at jasper. co.kah@gmail.com to register or to receive more information about the event.

Submitted Photo Isabella Bautista, 10, of Newton, poses with her new Fender acoustic/electric guitar her mother, Stephanie, recently won. The guitar was raffled off for the celebration of the Mattingly family owning Mattingly Music and Gifts for 50 years.

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• The Future of Work 2015 - 2020 will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Newton Development Corporation, 600 N. Second Ave. W., Suite P in Newton. The seminar will be presented by Lin Chapé of Chapé Consults, LLC. • Kids Camp “Rough Waves? Jesus Saves!” Summer Camp will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Newton Church of The Way, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. The camp is for children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. Register online at newtonway.org.

• 12 Women of the Bible women’s study will meet at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton for lunch and a program titled “Christian Conference Center” by Amber Elliott. Anyone interested in the program or in learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to be a guest for lunch. For information or to make a reservation for lunch, call Margie Criswell at 641-521-9482. Visit www. newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

• Overcoming Emotions that Destroy will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Culver’s Cruise Night will begin at 5 p.m.

Wednesday at Culver’s in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• 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.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Marisa A. Bushong, 22, of Ames, was arrested on a Story County warrant after authorities were called to Sned’s Raceway Cafe at 5:20 p.m. June 19. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Johnny D. Hickman, 42, of Des Moines, is charged with unau-

thorized use of credit card under $1,000 after authorities were called to 400 N. Second Ave. E. at midnight May 24.

Officers spoke with the victim who alleged there were multiple charges on his debit card he did not authorize. He said that Hickman knew his debt card information and possibly stole it when they were stay-

ing together. Hickman admitted to using the card and spent a total of $171.63. He was cited.

• A 15-year-old juvenile is charged with unlawful possession of prescription drug after authorities were called to 1304 E. Sixth St. S. at 6:53 p.m. Friday.

Officers spoke with the juvenile who said she bought prescription

pills for $90. In total she bought 19 pills of different sizes. She was cited and released to appear.

• A 15-year-old juvenile is charged with prohibited act - prescription drug violation after authorities were called to 1304 E. Sixth St. S. at 6:53 p.m. Friday. Officers spoke with a juvenile who said that she bought prescription

pills from the 15-yearold but was unable to pay for them when the 15-year-old came to her house to collect the money. The other juvenile had a text conversation between the two about the drug transaction. She was cited and released to appear.

• Che J. Connett, 40, of Indianola, is charged with public intoxica-

tion after authorities were called to the Iowa Speedway at 11 p.m. Friday. Officers were called about a fight during a concert. Officers saw Connett running after another man and found that he smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes. He had a BAC of .144. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Daughter seeks explanation for mom’s new relationship DEAR ABBY: My mom turned 60 last month, and I hosted a party at her house for friends and family. As things were winding down, I took a break from cleaning up to look over the birthday cards from well-wishers that were displayed on a living room table.

Among them was a big, gorgeous card from “Cassie,” a woman around my mother’s age, who I always thought was nothing more than an acquaintance.

As I read the message she had written inside, my jaw dropped. While not pornographic, her message made clear that she and Mom have an intimate physical relationship that has been going on for a while.

I have not discussed the card with Mom, but I suspect she knows I saw it. Lately, I have canceled our weekly lunches together. I don’t have anything against gays; I believe they are entitled to a love life just like the rest of us. But in this case, I can’t help but feel betrayed. Mom was married to Dad for 32 years, bore him three children and seemed happy. Was this all a lie?

My biggest concern is, if this relationship becomes permanent, how do I explain it to my children — or worse, my brothers, whose views are conservative and some might say bigoted. I can’t help but wonder if Mom left the card out so she could open a can of worms in my lap. How should I approach this?

Please help! — DUMBFOUNDED DAUGHTER DEAR DAUGHTER: Some people are bisexual, which means they can be attracted to people of both genders.

Your mother may have had a very happy marriage, and then she met Cassie.

If she is no longer with your father, it is not a “betrayal” of anyone.

Call your mother and arrange to get together. Tell her you saw the card. She may not have told you about her relationship with Cassie because she was

afraid you would react as you have. IF they become a couple and your children ask questions (keep in mind, they may not ask), tell them the truth. As to making any announcements to your bigoted brothers, leave that up to your mother and resist the urge to be the town crier.

DEAR ABBY: I’m only 18. I know I have a lot to learn in life, but I need help. I’m madly in love with a guy who is “bipolar” about our relationship. One day he loves me and the next he doesn’t.

Today he said he needed some time alone because we’ve been together 24/7. I got all mad and started to go crazy. He’s not breaking up with me. I know he needs space, but I can’t bring myself to let him have it. I don’t want to lose him. Please help me figure out a way to stay with him. — GOT A GOOD ONE IN MISSOURI DEAR GOT A GOOD ONE: If you want to keep your boyfriend, let him have his freedom. I know it sounds contradictory, but the harder you try to hang onto him, the more he will want to get away.

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Ash tree killer detected in Poweshiek County GRINNELL — Officials say an invasive insect that kills ash trees has been confirmed in Poweshiek County, bringing the total to 25.

A news release from the Iowa Agriculture Department said Monday that a larva sample of an emerald ash borer was taken from a tree in Grinnell on June 16.

The ash borer was discovered in Jasper County in March 2014. The larva of an emerald ash borer cuts off an ash tree’s flow of nutrients when deposited below the bark.

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ANKENY — A former Ankeny kindergarten teacher has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after authorities say she was intoxicated at a school Valentine’s Day party.

Jennifer Lynn Rich, 40, pleaded guilty June 12. Authorities say a parent who was helping with a party at East Elementary School reported seeing Rich with a beer can in her classroom.

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Man who jumped into Des Moines River rescued DES MOINES — A man who leaped off a pedestrian bridge into the Des Moines River has been rescued.

Authorities were called just before 4 p.m. Monday and told that the man had jumped from the bridge south of Court Avenue in downtown Des Moines.

Fire Capt. Steve Brown says police officers threw a rope to the man, and then a rescue team used a boat to save him from drowning. Brown says the man was suicidal when he jumped, but he began swimming once he was in the water.

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AMES — Authorities have released the names of two men who died after falling about three stories at a construction site in Ames.

Ames Police on Monday say Javier Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene Friday afternoon. A second man, Alfredo Jarez, died after he was transported to a local hospital.

Police say the men fell from scaffolding at the construction site of a new six-story apartment complex.

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ALBIA — The National Weather Service is sending a survey team to check damage and confirm a suspected tornado that ripped into a grocery store and nearby homes in southern Iowa An estimated 40 to 50 Hy-Vee store employees and customers in Albia took shelter in the store cooler when the storm struck Monday evening, shattering store windows and sending glass flying into a nearby neighborhood.

—The Associated Press

Iowa man gets prison sentence on LSD charges 21 years later CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — A former Deadhead from Iowa who spent 21 years as a fugitive has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on LSD distribution charges.

Former Cedar Rapids musician and tie-dye shop owner Matthew West received the sentence Monday from U.S. District Judge Linda Reade.

West surrendered to authorities in December seemingly out of the blue. He’d been wanted by the FBI since missing a 1994 court hearing.

A jury convicted West, then 27, in 1992 of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute LSD. Additional drug and money laundering charges were pending against West when he fled before sentencing in the original case.

West hasn’t answered questions about his time as a fugitive. He was known for selling shirts at Grateful Dead concerts in the 1980s and 1990s.

Second trial begins in conservative’s bias case against U. Iowa IOWA CITY (AP) — After years of arguing that liberal Iowa law professors illegally derailed her career, a conservative lawyer will get a second chance to prove her claim to a jury.

Selection of jurors began Monday in federal court in Davenport in a lawsuit filed by anti-abortion activist Teresa Manning, who contends that the University of Iowa College of Law refused to hire her for teaching jobs because of her beliefs and associations.

Jurors will decide whether Manning, who recently changed her last name from Wagner, faced discrimination and if so, how much she deserves in damages. Opening statements are expected Tuesday.

The long-running lawsuit has been closely watched in higher education. Manning has reached a deal with a publisher to write a book about her experience, and has said the retrial provides a “historic moment” for social conservatives to expose what they claim is political discrimination against them in higher education.

“All the talk about diversity is a lie,” Manning said in a recent speech to the Family Research Council.

“We cannot have those in our law schools teaching the First Amendment, violating it.”

Branstad signs broadband bill into law The Associated Press PERRY — Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday signed a broadband expansion bill into law, the culmination of a top legislative priority for his administration that also faced some criticism from lawmakers over a grant program’s effectiveness without state funding.

Branstad signed the bill at Van Wall Equipment, a supplier in Perry.

The law creates a property tax relief program for service providers who add infrastructure for high-speed

Internet, also known as broadb a n d .

Service providers say the process for Branstad adding broadband is often costly.

Branstad says better Internet access helps businesses and schools in the state.

The law includes a grant program that was promoted as another resource for service providers to offset costs.

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The law also designates more broadband expansion responsibilities to the office of Robert von Wolffradt, the state’s chief information officer. He stood near Branstad as the governor signed the bill into law.

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The bill eventually advanced through the legislative session without the money, and language was added to focus on federal and private funding.

That move also drew criticism, with lawmakers questioning whether the grant program would be effective without state money.

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Van Manen Continued from Page 2A back together. The waste, like many animal droppings on a farm, becomes natural fertilizer.

A short snack break included beef sticks made with meat from the farm’s own herd. Then, it was off to the corn fields, where the couple’s two children, Jacob and Emily, have taken over in the last four or five years, as owners of J & E’s Delicious Sweet Corn.

Jacob Van Manen, who recently graduated from Central College, explained most sweet corn stalks typically produce one ear of corn He explained what can be learned about a plant’s condition from looking at its leaves and tassels, and he pointed out the different levels of development each section of the field was at, with each one about one week apart from one on either side.

The group had a brief look inside the hog enclosure, built in 2006.

Kevin Van Manen has a yellow “boot line” in the center foyer, where special footwear must be worn to keep

contamination out.

The Hawkeye Stages bus then headed to Kellogg, where the bus was put on the scale, with and without passengers, to illustrate how truckfuls of product are weighed. Several of the teachers smiled as they hoped they didn’t contribute much to the 2,000-pound total of people that turned out to be on board.

The group then returned to DMACC for lunch and for more agriculture education. In addition to being captivated by the amount of technology used on most modern American farms, the teachers also learned how much human work is involved — and how some tasks aren’t nearly as complicated.

Kevin Van Manen surprised some of the teachers with a simple description of how the youngest calves are fed.

“We just feed them with a quart jar and a five-gallon bucket, three times a day,” he said.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Barr is back. Newton High senior Michael Barr missed several games because of a shoulder injury, but got back in the swing of things last week as the Cardinals’ designated hitter. The Cardinals played at Pella Monday night in Little Hawkeye Conference action and in a rain-shortened game lost 2-1.

Cardinals lose LHC showdown to Pella, weather

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — It was a game between two of the three teams tied atop the Little Hawkeye Conference baseball standings. It was a onerun contest, and appeared to go right to the wire.

Unfortunately, the weather stepped in Monday night.

Newton High’s Cardinals

trailed host Pella, 2-1, but had retired the first Little Dutch batter of the sixth inning. The teams went to a 30-minute rain delay. When they came back, the field was not playable and the game was called.

Newton, Pella and Oskaloosa were locked in a three-way tie in the LHC standings at 6-2 going into Monday’s games. With the 2-1 rain-shortened game

victory over Newton, Pella grabbed a 7-2 mark in the conference to Newton’s 6-3.

The Cardinals (11-6) play a varsity doubleheader Wednesday at Dallas Center-Grimes in conference action. They host Des Moines North at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in non-conference action at Newton’s Woodland Park.

Newton is home again Friday as Grinnell comes to

Eversman Field. The Little Hawkeye Conference varsity game is at 7:30 p.m.

Pella scored single runs in the third and fourth innings to take a 2-0 lead. Newton produced its run in the fifth.

Connor Gholson singled to open the fifth for the Cardinals.

With two gone, Jordan Travis delivered an RBI base hit.

The Cardinals had six hits in the game led by Ty-

ler Wood’s two singles. Drew Stout and Duncan Lee each had a single.

Travis held the Little Dutch to four hits in a losing effort on the mound. He walked two and struck out two batters.

Grant Judkins was the winning pitcher for Pella.

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Softball regional pairings are released

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Grant Davidson

Newton’s Davidson earns LHC soccer honors

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Grant Davidson received All-Little Hawkeye Conference second-team honors as Newton High’s goalkeeper in 2015.

The senior’s name was inadvertenly absent from the NHS list announced on June 12. Four other NHS players received honors — Garrett Sturtz, Josh Ventling, Brock Southern and Dalton Nevels

Davidson had 137 saves in 18 starts as goalie for the Cardinals. That was 12th in Class 2A. He allowed 29 goals.

His save percentage was 82.5, which was second to Dallas Center-Grimes’ Ethan Dunn’s 87.3 perecent. Ben Boston of Oskaloosa had 152 saves to lead the conference.

Davidson has been selected to play in the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association’s 2015 EastWest All-Star Cup Saturday. In cooperation with the Des Moines Menace

Premier Development League Soccer team and the Women’s Premier Soccer League team, the two all-star games will be played before the Menace home games.

The girls’ game is at 2:30 p.m. followed by the boys’ game. The games are played at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines.

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Newton High’s Cardinals, Prairie City-Monroe’s Mustangs and Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks open postseason softball play at home.

Colfax-Mingo’s Tigerhawks and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Raiders are on the road.

The five area high school softball teams learned their postseason assignments and pairings late Monday when the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional brackets.

Newton is in Class 4A Region 7 along with sixth-ranked Winterset and seventh-ranked Norwalk, Ballard, Grinnell and Des Moines Hoover. The Cardinals host Des Moines Hoover at 7 p.m. July 9 while Grinnell goes to Huxley to play Ballard the same night.

Winning the opener would put the Cardinals at Norwalk, a team they lost 3-1 to earlier this season in Little Hawkeye Conference play, for a semifinal tilt. Norwalk finished fourth at the 4A state tournament in 2014.

The winner of the Ballard and Grinnell game plays at Winterset.

The two semifinal games are at 7 p.m. on July 11. The 4A Region 7 championship game is at 7 p.m.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Tuesday Baseball English Valleys at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Melcher-Dallas, 4 p.m.

PCM at North Polk, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Oskaloosa at Newton, 9th 4:30 p.m., JV, 6 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m.

English Valleys at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Colo-NESCO at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.

North Polk at PCM, 7:30 p.m.

CMB at Gilbert, varsity doubleheader, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Baseball Newton at Dallas Center-Grimes, 2 varsity games, 5:30 p.m.

DCG at Newton 9th, 11 a.m.

Keota at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Roland-Story at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.

PCM at CMB, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Newton at Dallas Center-Grimes, JV 6 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m.

Keota at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

Roland-Story at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.

PCM at CMB, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Baseball Newton at Des Moines North, JV 3:30 p.m., Varsity 5:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Saydel, 7:30 p.m.

CMB at Ballard, 7:30 p.m.

Softball Newton at Pella, 9th 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m.

Saydel at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.

Ballard at CMB, 7:30 p.m.

Friday Softball Grinnell at Newton, JV 6 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Tri-County, 6 p.m.

CMB at South Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Marshalltown tournament Baseball Grinnell at Newton, JV 5:30 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Tri-County, 6 p.m.

CMB at South Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.

PCM at East Marshall, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Softball Newton, PCM at Pella Christian tournament, 9 a.m.

Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at Marshalltown tournament CMB tournament, 9 a.m.

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Hawks power to 20th win; PCM defeats Colfax-Mingo

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s Class 1A seventh-ranked Hawks notched their 20th win of the season Monday at home. The Hawk softball team moved to 12-0 in South Iowa Cedar League play on an 8-3 victory against visiting Iowa Valley.

Madison Rasmusson, who has more than 100 career pitching wins — a milestone she reached earlier this season — worked six innings for the win. She allowed one run on four hits and struck out five.

Maria Rasmusson pitched the seventh inning, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk.

Lynnville-Sully scored four runs in the first and four runs in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead. Iowa Valley tallied a run in the fifth and two in the seventh.

Haley James led the 10-hit offensive attack for the Hawks with a 3-for-4 performance on three singles. Madison Rasmusson connected for a single and a triple, driving in two runs.

Hitting a single each were Kasiah Ehresman, Riley Rock-

well, Lizzy Van Manen, Lysandra James and Maria Rasmusson.

PCM 11, Colfax-Mingo 7 MONROE — In a rival game between Heart of Iowa Conference neighbors Prairie City-Monroe and Colfax-Mingo Monday, host PCM beat Colfax-Mingo 11-7.

The Tigerhawks dug out of a 5-0 hole with five runs in the top of the fourth, but the PCM Mustangs climbed back in the lead, scoring three in their half of the inning. PCM jumped to the lead on a fiverun third inning.

After retaking the lead, the Mustangs held the Tigerhawks to single runs in the s i x t h and seventh innings. PCM took advantage of two C-M errors in the sixth to plate three more runs.

“We looked good hitting in the fourth inning, but didn’t perform like that in other innings,” said Bryan Poulter, Tigerhawk head coach. “Ries Wilson had a great home run and night at the plate overall.

Rhiannon Haley hit the ball hard all night.”

Wilson planted a Rachel Freland pitch over the right

field fence for a two-run home run to spark the Tigerhawks’ five-run fourth. She also had a single in the game. Rhiannon Haley and Erin Earles each had a double in the game, while Colbee Cunningham and Delaney Underwood hit a single apiece.

The Mustangs cranked out 11 hits, all but one were singles, against three C-M pitchers.

Kayla Jennings went 3-for-3 with three base hits, including a two-run single in the third inning. Jennings drove in four runs for PCM. Molly Vignovich and Jayci Vos each had two singles in the game. Abby Waddell tripled while Katie VandeWall, Courtney Bridges and Camryn Wignall each had a single. Vos and Waddell had two RBIs apiece.

Freland went the distance in the circle for the Mustangs, claiming the win. She gave up seven hits, issued four walks and struck out six Tigerhawk batters.

Amy Russell started in the circle for Colfax-Mingo, but worked just three innings.

Russell was charged with five runs on five hits and one walk and had one strikeout. Wilson

pitched two innings, allowing six runs on five hits and two walks. Cunningham had one inning of work and gave up one hit.

PCM improved to 15-8 overall and 8-4 in HOIC play. The Mustangs play Collins-Maxwell/Baxter Wednesday at Collins in HOIC action.

Colfax-Mingo dropped to 4-16 overall and 3-8 in conference play. The Tigerhawks host Colo-NESCO Tuesday in non-conference action in Colfax.

North Polk 7, CMB 6 ALLEMAN — North Polk’s Comets edged out their vistors, the Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter Raiders, 7-6, in a Heart of Iowa Conference softball game Monday. There were no details on the game available at press time.

CMB fell to 6-4 in HOIC play and 9-12 overall. The Raiders play a varsity doubleheader at Gilbert Tuesday, then hosts PCM Wednesday, all in HOIC play. The CMBPCM game is at 7:30 p.m. in Collins.

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

CMB, Lynnville-Sully fall in their conference action

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News COLLINS — Much like the storms across the state Monday evening, North Polk’s Comets made some thunder in the first inning of a 14-1 win over host Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter.

The Comets hit three home runs in a six-run first inning.

Luke Leonald and Blake Braver cranked out back-to-back solo shots, then later in the frame Ryan Polich unleashed a two-run home run.

CMB wasn’t able to dig out of a 10-0 deficit after two innings in the Heart of Iowa Conference game. The Comets led 11-0 before the Raiders got on the scoreboard in the

bottom of the third inning.

CMB avoided a shutout when it strung together three of its five hits to produce a run.

With one gone, Brady Stover, Hunter McWhirter and Seth Balke connected for base hits.

Balke drove in Stover for the score.

McWhirter and Balke each had two singles in the contest.

Stover hit one base hit.

Creighton Caple started the game on the mound. He worked one inning and was charged with six runs on five hits and one walk, plus he had one strikeout.

Bryce Bacon pitched 2 1/3 innings for the Raiders, allowing eight runs on 11 hits and three walks and striking out one. Travis Lindemoen threw

Iowa Valley 11, Lynnville-Sully 2 SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s offense is struggling. The Hawk baseball team has three hits in its last two South Iowa Cedar League games, and those came Monday in a home loss to Iowa Valley.

The Tigers used an eighthit attack to notch an 11-2 win over the Hawks in Sully. Iowa Valley’s Austin Carney issued two walks to the Hawks, but struck out nine batters.

It was a 1-1 game after the first inning. Iowa Valley began piling up runs — three in the second, one in the third, two in the fifth and four in the seventh. Lynnville-Sully scored a run in the sixth.

The Hawks are 8-6 overall and 7-5 in SICL action. They host English Valleys in conference play Tuesday and Keota on Wednesday.

Lynnville-Sully was shutout, 10-0 Friday at Sigourney.

The Hawks were denied a hit in the game. Peyton Crawford threw the no-hitter for Sigourney, striking out 15 Lynnville-Sully batters.

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Regional Continued from Page 1B at Monroe. Also in the Mustangs’ side of the regional bracket are Bondurant-Farrar and Albia. The winners of those two games play in a semifinal July 10 at Bondurant.

Class 3A second-ranked Solon, which was the runner-up in Class 4A’s state tournament in 2014, and ninth-ranked Mid-Prairie are in the other half of the bracket. Solon hosts Williamsburg and Mid-Prairie hosts Central Lee on July 8. The two winners play in a semifinal game July 10 in Solon.

The 3A Region 5 championship game’s time and place as not been determined yet.

In the Class 2A Region 6 bracket, there are three of the top 10 ranked teams — No. 2 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, No. 10 Wapello and No. 11 Iowa City Regina. EBF was the 2014 Class 2A state runner-up.

CMB’s Raiders play its opening game of Region 6 action at 7 p.m. July 8 against West Marshall in State Center. The winner advances to the semifinals at Eddyville on July 10.

There are two play-in games in the bracket.

Pekin takes on Danville July 6 and the winner challenges EBF at Eddyville at 7 p.m. July 8.

If CMB wins its opener, it will play the winner of EBF game against Pekin or Danville.

West Branch hosts Lisbon in the other play-in game July 6 with the winner advancing to play at Wapello July 8. In the other quarterfinal, Columbus plays at Iowa City Region July 8. The quarterfinal winners meet July 10 at Iowa City Regina.

The 2A Region 6 title game is at 7 p.m. July 13 at Washington.

There are 14 teams in the Class 1A Region 6 bracket. Lynnville-Sully is ranked seventh in 1A right now while Wayne is 12th and Martensdale-St. Marys is 15th and they are all in the regional. The Hawks and Wayne received first-round byes.

In the top part of the bracket, Lynnville-Sully awaits the winner of Montezuma and Melcher-Dallas game, which is July 6.

The winner travels to Sully for a 7 p.m. quarterfinal contest July 8 against the Hawks. Lynnville-Sully, which placed fifth at the 2014 1A state tournament, hosts a semifinal game July 10.

Also on July 6, Colfax-Mingo goes to Mar-

1 2/3 innings, giving up one hit and striking out one batter.

The Raiders are 5-7 in HOIC play and 5-10 overall.

They host HOIC rival Prairie City-Monroe for a 7:30 p.m. game Wednesday in Collins.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Snagging the ball on a backhanded catch is Newton High’s first baseman Taylor Ryan. The Cardinals and other area softball teams have snagged regional tournament pairings.

tensdale to take on Martendsdale-St. Marys at 7 p.m. Martensdale-St. Marys placed fourth in the 1A state tournament a year ago.

The winner of that game plays the winner of Grandview Christian and Pleasantville July 8 in Martensdale.

Wayne, which placed sixth at the state last year, hosts a quarterfinal game July 8 against the winner of the Mount Ayr and Diagonal game, which is July 6. The semifinal game is July 10 at Corydon.

There will be a doubleheader July 6 in Milo of opening-round games — Murray versus Morman Trail at 5:30 p.m. and Southeast Warren versus East Union at 7:15 p.m. The winners meet in a quarterfinal July 8 at Milo.

The 1A Region 6 championship game is at 7 p.m. July 13 in Pleasantville.

Regional champions advance to the Iowa High School State Softball Tournaments July 20-24 in Fort Dodge.

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

Major League Baseball At A Glance All Times CDT

By The Associated Press East Division

W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 40 32 .556 — New York 38 32 .543 1 Toronto 38 34 .528 2 Baltimore 36 33 .522 2½ Boston 31 40 .437 8½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Kansas City 40 27 .597 — Minnesota 38 32 .543 3½ Detroit 36 34 .514 5½ Cleveland 32 37 .464 9 Chicago 30 39 .435 11 West Division

W L Pct GB Houston 41 31 .569 — Texas 37 33 .529 3 Los Angeles 36 35 .507 4½ Seattle 32 39 .451 8½ Oakland 31 41 .431 10 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8 Detroit 8, Cleveland 5 Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5 Minnesota 13, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Angels 4, Houston 3 Kansas City 4, Seattle 1 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-7), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 5-3) at Boston (J.Kelly 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Price 6-2) at Cleveland (Salazar 6-2), 6:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Archer 8-4), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Chavez 3-6) at Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-1), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 4-4) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-3), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 7-3) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 5-5), 9:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 5-4) at Seattle (Montgomery 1-2), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Detroit (Verlander 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 8-6), 11:10 a.m.

Toronto (Estrada 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Karns 4-3), 11:10 a.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 5-4), 12:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 5-6), 12:10 p.m.

Houston (McCullers 3-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-5), 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 2-5) at Boston (Buchholz 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 3-4) at Texas (W.Rodri-

guez 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (D.Duffy 2-3) at Seattle (Elias 4-4), 9:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 37 33 .529 — New York 36 35 .507 1½ Atlanta 35 35 .500 2 Miami 30 41 .423 7½ Philadelphia 25 47 .347 13 Central Division

W L Pct GB St. Louis 45 24 .652 — Pittsburgh 39 30 .565 6 Chicago 38 30 .559 6½ Cincinnati 32 36 .471 12½ Milwaukee 25 46 .352 21 West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 39 32 .549 — San Francisco 38 33 .535 1 Arizona 34 35 .493 4 San Diego 34 38 .472 5½ Colorado 30 39 .435 8 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8 Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (A.Wood 4-4) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Jos.Smith 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Locke 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-7), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Martinez 7-3) at Miami (Urena 1-3), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-2), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-7) at Milwaukee (Fiers 3-7), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ch.Anderson 3-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 2-9), 7:40 p.m.

San Diego (Despaigne 3-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-4), 9:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 5-4), 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta (S.Miller 5-3) at Washington (Fister 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 4-4) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 11-2), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 2-3) at Miami (Latos 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 4-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-5) at Milwaukee (Nelson 3-8), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Webster 1-1) at Colorado (Hale 2-2), 7:40 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 4-5) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-5), 9:15 p.m.

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Wins are so much better to witness than losses Sports writers at community newspapers such as myself working for the Newton Daily News, Prairie City News and Jasper County Tribune would much rather be in position to cover winning teams.

I don’t attend games cheering for one of my three teams to win, but it’s a much better story when they do triumph.

Watching games of teams who consistently lose is no fun, but I have been trained over my years in the business to not be a “fan” when I am By Troy Hyde working. It’s a unbiased busi- Newton Daily ness and I try to conduct myNews self that way.

Sports Writer But a big part of me walked away from Colfax-Mingo’s baseball game against Colo-NESCO on Thursday with a smile on my face.

I know what the team has been through.

They entered the game as the only summer sports team in our coverage area with a zero in the win column.

The Tigerhawks don’t have any seniors.

And they have very few juniors.

The entire program will welcome the change to the South Iowa Cedar League next season.

No other team in the Heart of Iowa Conference is in Class 1A. So Seth Milledge and his squad are rarely playing on a level playing field.

And with four players currently still sidelined with academic issues, the deck has been stacked against the Tigerhawks in several games this season.

Colfax-Mingo’s hand Thursday came up with four aces though.

The Tigerhawks used a strong pitching effort from Jonathan Jacobs and got some timely two-out hits to pull off their first win.

Winning at all levels is hard. Figuring out how to win as a youngster playing at the varsity level is harder.

The Tigerhawks’ roster is littered mostly with eighth-graders, freshmen and sophomores so the future could be bright.

For now, Milledge may have coach through some bumps and bruises along the way.

But being able to watch Thursday’s game and report a win was gratifying for even me.

The only way to make it feel like what those kids work for every day is worth it is to experience a little bit of success.

Another weekend of racing at Iowa Speedway is in the books.

I got to experience my first pace car ride on Friday. Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Joe Nemechek was doing the driving.

His son, John Hunter Nemechek, is an 18-year-old working his way up the NASCAR chain. He participated in the truck series race Friday and spent a few hours talking with some young kids in Des Moines on Thursday.

Race car drivers really are good dudes.

They are very easy to work with and seem to be down-to-Earth, normal guys who just love doing what they do.

It’s hard to believe that the softball and baseball seasons are about half over.

Announcements for softball regional pairings came out Monday and district assignments for Class 1A and 2A baseball were released late last week.

In a few weeks, we’ll be attending playoff games. Seems like the season just started.

By the time you read this, I will be almost through a short vacation with my wife’s family. We went to Branson this year.

That wouldn’t be my first choice when picking a destination, but I can have fun just about anywhere.

If you didn’t see me at games Saturday or Monday, that’s why.

Don’t worry, I will be back at it Wednesday night.

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

US women beat Columbia in World Cup soccer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Now that Alex Morgan has a goal, she doesn’t want to look back on the opportunities she’s missed.

She wants to look forward to the goals to come.

“I don’t remember the last goal I’ve had with this team,” said Morgan, who had been hampered by a bone bruise in her left knee going into the tournament. “And that’s not a good sign. I don’t want to look back and see when the last one was because now I’ve scored, and it’s a fresh start moving forward.”

Morgan scored her first goal of the Women’s World Cup and the United States advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 victory over Colombia on Monday night.

Her previous U.S. goal came March 6 in the Algarve Cup. Abby Wambach’s penalty kick early in the second half went wide after Colombia goalkeeper Catalina Perez — a backup herself — was ejected for a foul on Morgan. Stefany Castano, who replaced Perez in goal, got a hand on Morgan’s shot five minutes later, but couldn’t stop the goal to put the United States up 1-0.

“It didn’t have much power on it as I wanted, but it

went in and that’s all that matters,” she said about her right-footed goal.

Usually she’s lefty: “It comes in handy when it needs to,” she smiled.

Carli Lloyd also scored for the second-ranked Americans, who will face No. 16 China on Friday in Ottawa.

The United States is seeking its third World Cup title, but first since 1999.

The Americans have not allowed a goal in 333 minutes.

Colombia has never won soccer’s premier tournament, but the No. 28 Las Cafeteras pulled off one of the biggest upsets in any World Cup in the group stage when they defeated third-ranked France 2-0.

Morgan and Wambach started up top for the United States, which used the same starting lineup as it did in the group-stage finale against Nigeria — a first since Jill Ellis became coach.

It was Morgan’s second straight start after working her way back from a bone bruise in her left knee.

Morgan came in as a sub in the first two matches of the tournament.

Morgan missed all three send-off matches because of the injury.

PCM baseball holds off Colfax-Mingo on Senior Night

By Alex Olp Newton Daily News PRAIRIE CITY – Colfax-Mingo’s baseball team attempted to spoil Prairie City-Monroe’s Senior Night Monday, but fell short 6-3.

PCM seniors were honored prior to the game, including Tyler Townsend who started on the mound in the conference matchup.

He struggled to find the strike zone early by walking two and tossing a wild pitch.

The ball never left the infield for the Tigerhawks in the first inning, but runs managed to cross the plate, giving them a 2-0 advantage.

Freshman Jonathan Jacobs pitched well on the mound for Colfax-Mingo, but he found himself in trouble in the third inning. A one-out triple by senior Trey Lindsay put PCM in business and two batters later senior Jerod DeVries drove his teammate in to put the Mustangs on the board.

Things began unraveling for Colfax-Mingo when a line drive hit by PCM’s Clay Cooper went under the glove of right fielder Gabe Simpson and carried to the wall. Five runs scored in the third, giving PCM a comfortable 3-run lead.

Following the big inning, the Tigerhawks tried to answer with two -out magic of their own and loaded the bases. However, clutch pitching

by Townsend got PCM out of

Alex Olp/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe’s defense turns a double play after catching a bunt during the first inning of Monday’s game against Colfax-Mingo. On its Senior Night, PCM defeated the Tigerhawks 6-3.

the jam.

The Tigerhawks worked PCM’s pitching all night, but outs on the base paths and failure to come up with the big hit hurt them in Monday’s rivalry match in Prairie City.

PCM’s final run of the game came in the fourth when Cooper delivered an RBI single. Colfax-Mingo tacked on one more run in the seventh before the Mustangs closed

out the senior night victory.

Jacobs took the loss for Colfax-Mingo, but Tigerhawk pitching was plagued by four errors in the game.

Townsend earned the win on the mound, and senior Chase Kuening closed the final three innings to earn the save.

Lindsay, Cooper and Noah Clark delivered two hits each.

Cooper was perfect at the plate reaching base all four

Alex Olp/Daily News Colfax Mingo’s Jonathan Jacobs escapes a pickle in the first inning of the game against Prairie City-Monroe Monday.

times and driving in two runs.

Keuning also delivered two RBIs and Ethan Thomas and Clark each had one.

After being rained out Saturday, PCM entered Monday’s contest with a goal to get back on track and end a two-game skid.

“We were in a little bit of a slide so we were looking to build some confidence,” PCM coach Shawn Hudnut said.

“We got some kids who are capable of doing some good things on the diamond and we just happened to put it all together at certain times this year, so this was important for us to get back and build some confidence.”

Despite falling behind early, the Mustangs stayed patient at the plate and exploded for 5 runs in the third inning.

“We had good swings at times, hit some good balls and had some clutch hits,” Hudnut said. “We still have some things to work on, but we definitely saw some good things tonight that we needed to see.”

As for Colfax-Mingo,

which lost to PCM 11-0 three weeks ago, solid pitching kept it a competitive game from beginning to end.

“Any time we have Jonathan on the mound, we feel pretty confident he’s going to go out and pitch a good game for us, and he did exactly that,” Tigerhawk coach Seth Milledge said.

The Tigerhawks led early in the match, but closing games has been difficult this season for a Colfax-Mingo team that doesn’t have a senior on its roster. Despite miscues on the field, Milledge said he sees improvement and likes how the team is progressing.

“It is what it is. We’re going to make those young mistakes, but we just have to keep plucking away and do the simple things better all the time,” Milledge said.

The next game on the schedule for PCM is Tuesday at North Polk. Colfax-Mingo will also play Tuesday at Melcher-Dallas.

Contact Alex Olp at aolp@newtondailynews.com