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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Friends and colleagues gathered Monday to wish Dave McClurg (left) a happy retirement after 29 years at Progress Industries. As vice president of operations, he worked in many different areas and touched many lives along the way. “He’s done such a wonderful job of managing just so many facets of Progress Industries the last couple years, in charge of all of operations, and has really done just a great job,” President Dan D. Skokan said during his speech.

Trial set for Newton man charged with sex abuse

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By Abigail Pelzer Daily News Editor

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A jury trial has been set for a Newton man accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.

Drew M. Orndorff, 21, is charged with third-degree sexual abuse, a Class C felony, for allegedly performing sex acts on the teenager against her will.

Orndorff rejected a plea deal on MonOrndorff day in which the state would have recommended probation if Orndorff would plead guilty to third-degree sex abuse as a non-forcible felony. Orndorff declined the offer and will face the charge as a forcible felony, said Jasper County Attor-

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Orndorff was arrested Oct. 15 following an investigation by the Newton Police Department. The victim, who lived at the same residence as Orndorff during the alleged abuse, told police she was sexually abused from May 2011 through February 2013.

Witnesses said Orndorff was obsessed with the victim and was seen leaving her bedroom on at least two occasions after she had gone to bed, according to court documents.

Text messages and a written letter indicate Orndorff believed he was in a “love” relationship with the victim, according to court documents.

The trial is scheduled for Oct. 8. If convicted, Orndorff faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Editor Abigail Pelzer may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 6530, or at apelzer@newtondailynews.com.

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Skiff Medical Center has joined the Newton Daily News and radio station KCOB in Newton to fund a unique “Get to Know Newton” promotion involving NASCAR rising star Jesse Little and his K&N Pro Series race team at the Iowa Speedway on Friday.

The now-familiar “Get to Know Newton” logo will be emblazoned across the hood and rear quarter panels of Little’s potent Chevrolet during the track’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East/West “Autolite Iridium XP 150” race, slated to start at 8 p.m. this Friday night, garnering valuable exposure to thousands of race fans at the track as well as a national television audience.

Skiff ’s cash investment will fund the “Get to Know Newton” sponsorship of Team Little Racing, while the medical center’s marketing department will receive the full amount in advertising credit, half from Newton Daily News and half from KCOB. “We are so grateful for our partners who have helped to enhance and expand our community’s branding campaign,” said Natalie Umsted, management analyst for the City of Newton. “Skiff Medical Center, Newton Daily News and KCOB all stepped up to make this unique sponsorship possible, and we can’t thank them enough for making civic duty a priority. Through their collective generosity, potentially millions of people will have an opportunity to ‘Get to Know Newton’ this week.”

Little, 17 years old and one of only 12 young

drivers named to the prestigious NASCAR Next program, recently won the K&N Pro Series East race at the one-mile New Hampshire International Speedway and has set his sights on Pizza Ranch Victory Lane at the ultrafast 7⁄8-mile Iowa Speedway.

“We’re excited to be part of this campaign where race fans and those watching on television can learn more about this great central Iowa city,” Little said. “We’ve been running well this season and expect another top-notch performance at Iowa Speedway this weekend. With a solid run will come additional opportunities for our team to showcase the ‘Get to know Newton’ campaign, and the work Skiff Medical Center does in the community ... this partnership is very helpful in our efforts to promote Newton and the upcoming race weekend.”

While the public may not have made any input, several members of the Newton Community School District Board of Education raised questions about purchasing a new school bus.

At Monday’s board meeting, NCSD Transportation Supervisor Curt Roorda explained to the board why he felt purchasing a new $82,458 bus would more beneficial to students who attend Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Jefferson elementary schools.

“Last year, we had a total of six Suburbans — by the end of the year we had seven Suburbans — transporting students with special needs in-andout throughout the district,” Roorda said. “I looked at the routes and did some mapping. I decided to consolidate three of the routes, possibly four of the routes, to one bus.”

Students who receive Individualized Education Plans or IEPs, will be the primary passengers on the 48-seat bus, which the board approved the purchase of but not without first raising some concerns.

“I’m thinking about the population that it is intended for, and that is special needs kids,” board member Donna Cook said.

Cook questioned whether taking students, who normally ride in Suburbans, and placing on them on a more standard bus would raise those students stimulation level.

“Moving a child from a Suburban, where you maybe have four kids or six kids, to a situation where you have 48 or 32 (passengers) even, I’m concerned about the impact that would have on that child,” Cook said.

Roorda said he can only envision 15 to 20 students being placed on the new bus. He also said he doesn’t believe the district will provide an additional adult passengers for the bus as an extra precaution for those students, which was another issue for Cook.

“By increasing the numbers, I think there is probably some increased potential for behavior issues just from stimulation,” Cook said.

Cook, and fellow board members Nat Clark and Robyn Friedman, also asked Roorda if he could make sure that parents are notified about this upcoming change in transportation.

The new bus will come from Hoglund Bus Company of Marshalltown, and board member Travis Padget questioned why Roorda recommended that bus as it was the highest of the three bids.

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Ty Rushing/Daily News Newton Community School District Transportation Supervisor Curt Roorda spent a portion of Monday’s school board meeting explaining why he felt the district needed another school bus. The new bus will cost $82,458 and serve non-wheelchair bound students with special needs.

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Kiwanis to host Fifth Wednesday Fun

The Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton, for lunch and a program.

This week’s program is Fifth Wednesday Fun. Club members will share from a list of suggested topics. 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 Bob Lane at (641) 831-3152.

Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans supports NHS Fabric Closet

NCSD registration set for Monday, Tuesday The Newton Community School District student registration will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. Registration for students prekindergarten to 8th grade will be in the lower gym at Newton Senior High School and in the high school cafeteria for 9th through 12th grade students.

For more information, visit www.newtoncsd.org.

NKK Point Races set for Saturday

The Newton Kart Clubs will host the NKK Points Races on Saturday at the track, located at 2801 E. Fifth St. S. in Newton.

Gates open at 2 p.m. and hot laps are at 4 p.m.

For more information or for changes, visit www.newtonkartklub.com.

Nature Tots program at NSNWR Saturday Children ages 3 to 5 are invited to bring their favorite adult from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Saturday and join a refuge naturalist for stories, the outdoors, making nature crafts and more at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.

The program is free and open to the public. During Saturday’s lesson, participants will learn about prairie colors. Nature Tots programs are educational programs that are especially designed for young learners. Lessons focus on engaging children’s senses and use hands-on and interactive activities.

To register or if you have questions, please contact Megan Wandag at (515) 994-3400 or megan _wandag@fws.gov.

The next Nature Tots program will be on Sept. 13.

Submitted Photo The Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial For Lutherans, a fraternal society, recently supported the Newton Senior High School Fabric Closet through Thrivent’s Care Abounds in Communities program. Bev Thomas, family and consumer science teacher and Fabric Closet coordinator, is pictured accepting a $150 gift card from Thrivent chapter officer Bob Bringolf. The funds will be used to purchase sewing supplies for use by NHS students.

Expert testifies in Wisconsin baby kidnapping case MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An FBI expert testified Monday in the trial of a Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her newborn nephew in Wisconsin and abandoning him in freezing temperatures, saying visits to websites about fake pregnancy bellies were found on computers seized from the woman’s home.

Kristen Smith, 31, of Aurora, Colo., faces one count of kidnapping in federal court. She could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted by a jury in Madison, Wis. FBI forensic computer examiner Kelly Kolecheck testified that other websites visited by a user on Smith’s computer offered advice on how to get a birth certificate for a newborn and how to breastfeed an adopted baby, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.

Prosecutors argue that Smith kidnapped days-old Kayden Powell from the Town of Beloit home where his parents were staying in February. The baby was later found alive in a tote behind a gas station in Iowa.

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Monday, Smith’s defense attorney, Matthew Noel, said the father of the newborn told Smith she could take Kayden back to Colorado with her because the boy’s parents would be following him to Colorado in a few days to start a new life together.

Noel said that Bruce Powell, the father, asked Smith not to wake the baby’s mother, Brianna Marshall, as she took the baby early on Feb. 6, because Marshall was recovering from a painful cesarean section.

In her testimony Monday, Marshall said she and Powell had agreed to Smith’s offer to move to Colorado, according to the newspaper. She testified that they packed many of Marshall’s belongings into Smith’s car and Smith was to take them to Colorado and then return to pick up Marshall, Powell and Kayden.

Marshall also said Monday that she at first suspected that her half brother had something to do with the boy’s disappearance because he didn’t like Powell and was trying to prevent Marshall and Powell from moving.

Marshall testified that she

called Smith after discovering that Kayden had vanished and that Smith sounded shocked and told her to call 911.

In her opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Pfluger said Beloit police quickly put out the word about the missing boy. Contacted on the road in West Branch, police told Smith they want to talk to her, so she put the boy in a plastic tote and left him behind a gas station in the sub-zero weather, intending to retrieve him later, Pfluger said.

Police found that Smith had an active warrant from Texas and arrested her. She denied knowing where Kayden was for 30 hours. The West Branch police chief eventually found the tote and Kayden inside.

FBI agent Jennifer Jostes testified that after Smith’s arrest she and other agents searched Smith’s home in Aurora and found an application for a birth certificate for a Kaysin Michael Smith that was signed by Smith but not dated.

Smith’s trial is scheduled to last through the week.

Lonely Londoners looking to open up to strangers LONDON (AP) — It’s a typical urban routine: Sit on the subway, headphones in, fiddling with the smartphone to avoid eye contact with fellow passengers.

Now a new campaign called “Talk to me” wants to break that habit and change London’s image as one of the loneliest places in Britain.

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boo,” said David Blackwell, one of the project’s coordinators. “It’s something we’re inordinately afraid of. Can you imagine how different a city would be if you could just open up to other people with no expectation that a stranger must want something from you?”

Blackwell and other volunteers are handing out badges with the message “Talk to me, I’ll talk to you.” It’s an invitation to strike up a conversation with the wearer, anywhere — whether it’s on the commute or waiting in line for coffee.

The crowd-funded project is motivated in part by a recent Sheffield University survey indicating that 30 percent of people in the British capital feel isolated and uninvolved in their community, with an impact on their emotional and physical wellbeing.

Those who are tongue-tied can use Talk to me flashcards as icebreakers: Suggested topics of conversation range from “What do you think defines a Londoner?” to “Should you feel guilty when you spend lots of money on yourself?”

In August the charity is organizing the first official “Talk to Me Day”

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with flash mobs, social events and a picnic designed to break the silence and get Londoners chatting.

So far the initiative has attracted 8,000 pounds ($13,600 dollars) in funding through the online fundraising platform Kickstarter.

Organizers say they have already been contacted by people in Paris, Berlin, Seoul and some U.S. cities who would like to start similar projects.

“The only problem we’ve had so far is that once people start talking, it can be difficult to get them to stop,” Akhurst said.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Stefanie, D. Cluphf, 38, of Newton was charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were called to Walmart at 3:35 p.m. July 22. She was charged for allegedly concealing multiple items in her purse as well as filling up a shopping cart with $105.19 worth of items before leaving the store. When confronted in the parking lot, she left the scene and was stopped a short time later by officers. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Jorge A. Flores-Estrada, 26, of Mingo was arrested after authorities pulled over his vehicle in the lot of McDonald’s at 10:42 p.m. July 24. He was wanted on a Jasper County warrant for failure to appear in court on a trespass charge. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Geraldine M. Graham, 80, of Newton was cited with failure to yield from a stop sign after authorities were called to the intersection of East 12th Street South and South Eighth Avenue East at 12:20 p.m. July 22. Graham was traveling east when she entered the intersection and collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Nancy Zach, 68, of Newton. Zach’s vehicle sustained an estimated $1,000 damage and Graham’s an estimated $2,500.

• Romone R. Jackson, 31, of Newton was charged with driving while license suspended after authorities stopped his vehicle at 2:03 a.m. July 25 in the 800 block of West Sixth Street South for the registered owner being under suspension. He was found to be under suspension and also cited for no insurance. He was released to appear in court.

• Janan R. Kimberlin, 45, of Newton was charged with driving while license suspended after authorities stopped her at 10:03 p.m. July 22 in the 700 block of South Eighth Avenue East for an equipment violation. She was charged for driving with a suspended license, given a warning for having an inoperable tail light and released to appear in court.

• Amber M. Miller, 26, of Newton was charged with forgery and fifth-degree theft and Logan E. Harlow, 24, address unknown, was charged with aiding and abetting after authorities spoke to a victim about a stolen checkbook on a closed bank account. The victim stated the checkbook had been stolen some time after Nov. 10, 2013, while she was on vacation. Multiple checks totaling more than $600 were used at several local businesses. Miller and Harlow were identified by a witness using one of the checks. They were arrested July 18 and transported to the Jasper County Jail.

Harlow also was wanted on two Jasper County warrants for probation violation.

• Ashley J. Mortensen, 27, of Newton was charged with driving while license suspended after authorities stopped her vehicle in the 2900 block of North Fourth Avenue East for speeding at 3:38

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p.m. July 24. She was found to be under suspension, warned for speeding and released to appear in court.

• Dixie D. Morton, 50, of Newton was cited with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to maintain control after authorities were called to the intersection of North Third Avenue East and East 12th Street North at 5:28 p.m. July 21. Morton was driving south when she yielded and hit a parked vehicle owned

by Nicholas Klingensmith, 47, of Newton. Morton’s vehicle sustained an estimated $400 damage and Klingensmith’s an estimated $450 damage.

• Camron K. Olson, 32, of Collins was charged with harassment after authorities were called at 1:04 p.m. July 24 to 903 N. Fourth Ave. W. regarding threats made to a victim. Olson was charged for allegedly threatening to kill the victim and his family over a money dispute. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Adnan M. Osman, 26, of Lindenhurst was cited with failure to maintain control after authorities were called to the 165 mile marker on Interstate 80 eastbound 6:37 p.m. July 23. Osman was driving on Interstate 80 eastbound when he went off the road and into the ditch with one passenger. Impairment tests were taken but no results found. His vehicle sustained an estimated $5,000 damage.

• Natalie M. Ratcliff, 23, of Newton was cited with failure to maintain control after authorities were called to the East Fourth Street South at 11:37 a.m. July 21. Ratcliff was traveling south when she struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Marva Doerring, 73, of Newton. Doerring’s vehicle sustained an estimated $300 damage and Ratcliff ’s an estimated $1,000 damage.

• Arturo A. Rico, 20, of Newton was charged with domestic assault after authorities were called to 1501 N. 11th Ave. E. Apt. #9D for a physical domestic assault at 3:18 p.m. July 6.

He left the scene upon the authorities arrival, but the victim has visible red marks and swelling. He was located at 8:30 p.m. July 22, charged and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• April M. Steine, 23, of Newton was charged with driving while license suspended after authorities stopped her at 9:10 p.m. July 22 in the 200 block of First Avenue West for an equipment violation. She was given a warning for having an inoperable headlight, charged for driving with a suspended license and released to appear in court.

• A 15-year-old Newton male was charged with fourth-degree theft after authorities were dispatched at 1:44 p.m.

July 17 to a residence in the 700 block of First Avenue East in reference to a stolen bike. The victim and reporting party stated a group of juveniles were in the area about the time the bike was stolen. On July 18, the reporting party told officers the 15-year-old’s mother had

located the bike at her residence. The teenager was referred to juvenile court services.

• A 16-year-old Newton female was charged with public intoxication after authorities observed four young subjects walking at 4:30 a.m. July 19 in the 200 block of North Eighth Avenue East and stopped to investigate. Two males ran through the woods, and two females also ran but were caught. One teen appeared to be intoxicated, a breath test showed her BAC was .135. She was referred to juvenile court services.

• A 15-year-old Newton male was charged with fifth-degree criminal mischief after authorities were dispatched at 7:22 p.m. July 23 to a residence in the 500 block of East 27th Street South in reference to siblings fighting and criminal mischief. The teen was charged for allegedly picking up a bicycle during a disagreement over a cell phone and smashing the bike into the front passenger-side window of a vehicle, causing an estimated $175 damage. He was referred to juvenile court services.

Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office • Luke A. Farland, 29, of Kellogg was charged with operating while intoxicated after authorities stopped him for a traffic violation at 2:58 a.m. July 20 at South 22nd Avenue East and Iowa Speedway Drive. He appeared to be intoxicated, and a breath test showed his BAC was .112. He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Theresa L. Rankin, 50, of Monroe was charged with operating while intoxicated after authorities stopped her for a traffic violation at 1:18 a.m. July 19 at American and South Commerce streets in Monroe. She appeared to be intoxicated, failed sobriety tests and a breath test showed her BAC was .181.

Rankin was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Cody A. Sanders, 26, and Vanessa L. Trotter, 22, both of Newton, each were charged with conspiracy, a Class D felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities responded to an incident at 11:22 p.m. July 19 at 4683 Legion St. #170. Three individuals fled the scene on foot, and authorities apprehended Sanders and Trotter a short distance away from the residence. They admitted to being at the residence with three others to take a laptop and clothing. Authorities also charged them for allegedly being in possession of a methamphetamine pipe, and both were transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Kevin R. Sherlock, 48, of Newton was charged with operating while intoxicated, second offense, after authorities stopped him for a traffic violation at 2:38 a.m. July 18 in the 13000 block of Highway 6 East. He appeared to be intoxicated, and a breath test showed his BAC to be .102. He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

Alcoholics Anonymous Noon at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Winner’s Circle (Women’s Support Group) 6 to 7 p.m. at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. Principles for Life (Single Moms’ Group) 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Community Heights Alliance Church. Kids program available.

(641) 791-5355 Narcotics Anonymous 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Jasper County Community Watch 7 p.m. at YMCA Alcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. at Prairie City Masonic Lodge

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Abuse suspect dead; two marshals, New York policeman hurt NEW YORK (AP) — A California man who skipped town after being accused of molesting a boy was killed and three law enforcement officers trying to arrest him were wounded in a daytime shootout inside a small smoke shop in one of New York’s most bustling neighborhoods, officials said Monday.

The man, Charles Richard Mozdir, was recently featured on a CNN show about fugitives. He was wanted in a San Diego case and was charged with lewd acts upon a child younger than 14, a criminal complaint said.

The shootout between Mozdir and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force happened just after 1 p.m. in Greenwich Village not far from New York University in a highly

trafficked tourist area bounded by jazz clubs, restaurants, a subway station and a basketball court.

Mozdir’s handgun was recovered at the scene, and 20 extra rounds of ammunition were found in his pocket, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

A police detective first entered the narrow smoke shop and identified Mozdir, who apparently was alone, Police Commissioner Bratton said, before leaving and returning with the U.S. marshals.

The detective was shot at least twice, in the stomach below his protective vest and in the right chest, which could have been deadly were it not stopped by the vest, Bratton said at a hospital.

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“They do what law enforcement personnel do every day,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “They have to put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us.”

Mozdir’s case had recently been featured on CNN’s “The Hunt with John Walsh.” Mozdir was accused of abusing the boy while babysitting him, and authorities later found evidence of child pornography and bestiality on his cellphone and computers, according to the show’s website, quoting federal authorities.

Authorities had searched for him in Coronado, Georgia, California and Mexico, the show said.

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Why are campus administrators making so much money?

By Lawrence S. Wittner Americans committed to better living for bosses can take heart at the fact that college and university administrators — unlike their faculty (increasingly reduced to rootless and benefitless adjuncts) and students (saddled with ever more debt)are thriving.

In 2011, the last year for which figures are available, 42 private college and university presidents received more than a million dollars each for their work. Robert Zimmer (University of Chicago) was the best-paid, at $3,358,723. At public colleges and universities, nine top administrators garnered more than $1 million each in 2012-2013, with the best-paid, E. Gordon Gee (Ohio State University), receiving $6,057,615.

Since then, it’s likely that the number of millionaire campus presidents has increased, for their numbers have been growing rapidly. Indeed, in 2012-2013, the number of public university presidents receiving at least $1 million for their services more than doubled over the previous year.

In addition to their formal compensation, college and university presidents receive some very lavish perks. These include not only free luxury cars and country club memberships, but free elite university housing. James Milliken, the chancellor of the City University of New York, attended by some of the nation’s most impoverished students, lives rentfree in an $18,000 a month luxury apartment on Manhattan’s posh Upper East Side. From 2000 to 2007, when Gordon Gee was chancellor at Vanderbilt University, he benefited from a $6 million renovation of the university mansion in which he and his wife resided.

According to a New York Times article, after Gee moved on to his multi-million dollar job at Ohio State, he was known for “the lavish lifestyle his job supports, including a rentfree mansion with an elevator, a pool and a tennis court and flights on private jets.”

The soaring incomes of campus administrators are paralleled by their soaring numbers. Between 1993 and 2009, their numbers reportedly increased by 60 percent, to 230,000, ten times the rate of growth of the faculty. According to a February 2014 report by the American Institutes for Research, between 1987 and 2012 the number of administrators at private universities doubled, while their numbers in central university system offices rose by a factor of 34.

A look at one university system is instructive. Between 1975 and 2008, the total number of administrators at California State University rose 221 percent (from 3,800 to 12,183), compared to an increase in full-time faculty of less than four percent (from 11,614 to 12,019). CSU thereby achieved the distinction (since then, rapidly fading) of having more administrators than full-time faculty members.

In Canada, where the situation is much the same, faculty members recently teamed up in groups of four to apply for an advertised position as president of the University of Alberta. They explained that, “by job-sharing this position, we would be able to do a better job than any one person could do and the salary is certainly ample enough to meet the needs of all four of us.” A leader of their collective action told a reporter that it was designed to highlight “the disparity between the recent growth of university administration both in terms of numbers of administrators and in terms of their salaries and their rhetoric of austerity, which has resulted in program cuts, loss of tenure-track jobs, increasing numbers of poorly-paid, insecure sessionals [adjuncts], and skyrocketing tuition.”

Not surprisingly, the soaring income and numbers of administrators have led to their consuming an increasing share of the campus budget, thereby reducing the percentage spent on teaching and research.

Their rapidly-rising income reflects, in part, the fact that the boards of trustees of most higher educational institutions are dominated by businessmen, who, naturally, are accustomed to the outlandish incomes and perks of the corporate world. Thus, for example, the board of trustees of New York University had no hesitation in giving university president John Sexton a $1 million loan to help build his lavish vacation home on Fire Island, despite the fact that he was already receiving $1.5 million per year from ADMINISTRATORS See Page 5A

Keeping Me On My Toes

Burning the midnight oil When I was pregnant, I always thought that around 8 o’clock every night I would go lay my baby down in her crib and she would go to sleep. She would hopefully sleep through most of the night and wake up around 8 a.m. happy and ready for the day.

I now know I was living in a fantasy world.

My oldest daughter is most definitely a night owl.

From the time she was born, she didn’t want or need very By Jamee A. Pierson Staff Writer much sleep.

I had always heard about how much babies sleep and how I would be able to catch up on my sleep then. That time just never happened for me.

My baby would take short cat naps and be re-energized and ready to go.

As she has gotten older, and by older I mean 3, we have gotten rid of the nap all together. If she happens to catch some shut eye during the day, I know I will

be up until the wee hours of the morning. We have tried to maintain a semi-regular schedule of a 9 p.m. bedtime. I know to a lot of people that would seem late for a 3-year-old, but for now it is working for us. There are usually still a few visits for juice or a snack or the covers being pulled up, but we are making progress.

She also has the ability to sleep in like a teenager. Nine, ten o’clock wake ups are pretty common, but not great for a mommy and daddy who have to get up hours earlier for work. Also, those time never seem to hold true on the weekends, when we seem to be out of bed by 8 p.m. at the latest. I’m hoping that once she starts preschool in the fall the early morning start time gets her into a more regular schedule.

My youngest started off the opposite of her sister. She took nice, long, frequent naps when she was a baby and it was nothing for her to be asleep by 8 p.m. every night. On the other hand, she was an early riser. 6:30-7 a.m. was her start time in the morning and she was always ready to go.

I knew of people who had children that played in their crib for

a while before they needed out in the morning. My youngest was not one of those children.

My husband and I are not completely without blame. The “cry-it-out method” was not for us and we love to cuddle with our little girls. Having them fall asleep in our arms is one of the great things about being a parent.

As I’m sure you are figuring out, we had quite the sleep schedule. Usually I would take the night shift with our oldest and my husband would take the morning shift with our youngest and we just tried hard to get some sleep in the middle. As the girls have gotten older my youngest has morphed into more of a night owl, which at least coincides with her sister. Starting in a few weeks they will be getting up in the morning to go to a new babysitter and then start school a couple days a week. I’m crossing my fingers that brings some earlier nights, even if it means earlier mornings.

Staff writer Jamee A. Pierson may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext.

6534, or at jpierson@newtondailynews. com.

Letters to the Editor

Iowa’s schools must improve teacher training To the editor, When we, as individuals, are evaluated for things, such as a job, a criteria list rates each component. Similarly, businesses are evaluated using a criteria list rating each item. It would be unusual for an individual or a business to meet 100 percent of each item, so ratings are weighted averages of the strengths and weaknesses.

Similarly, the National Council on Teacher Quality makes an annual assessment of the 2600 teacher training programs around the country.

This year, national rankings are used so comparisons can be made. In a weighted average, Iowa’s five top-ranked teacher training programs for the elementary level are: Iowa State University (37), University of Iowa (44), Luther College (125), Briar Cliff University (242) and Simpson College (345). Absolutely none of these institutions meets all five criteria for teacher training in early reading. Luther comes closest, training in four of the five. Three of Iowa’s teacher training programs meet all five of the early reading criteria in their training but fail in other areas, keeping them out of Iowa’s top five: Grand View University, Iowa Wesleyan College and University of Dubuque.

The five criteria being evaluated are: fluency, vocabulary, comprehension strategies, phonemic

Thanks to participants, volunteers at fair To the editor, On behalf of the Jasper County Fair Board I would like to con-

Newton Daily News Dan Goetz Publisher

Abigail Pelzer Editor

Jeff Holschuh Ad Director

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Kelly Vest Prod./Circulation

Brenda Lamb Business Mgr.

awareness and phonics.

Schools purchasing an expensive reading program in the hope of improving student proficiency scores on the assessment tests (routinely dumbed down every 3-4 years when 50 percent of the students fail to score high enough) complete only one step of a multi-step approach. These programs come with a training session that fails to compare with the multiple college course credits necessary to train teachers to effectively teach the five areas of these concept-based programs.

NAEP scores show Iowa on the border of OK at the elementary level of proficiency but failing to make improvement at higher levels. The reason is the lack of solid foundation at the elementary level, necessary on which to build expanded concept applications at higher levels. Both concept-based curriculum and teacher training in all five areas to effectively teach reading concepts must be implemented in the schools. Iowa remains struggling to meet the pathetic 41st NPR (when grade level is the 65th NPR) because too many schools have failed to grasp the necessity of improved teacher training, thus creating the situation for the continued practice of dumbing down the assessment tests in order to appear to be making progress.

School boards must insist school management immediately remedy this gap in teacher training.

Sue Atkinson Baxter

gratulate all of the competitors and participants of the 2014 Jasper County Fair.

Your enthusiasm for the fair makes our job rewarding. We would also like to thank our many volunteers for their countless

hours and dedication to helping us bring this fair to the residents of Jasper County. We hope to see you all again next year.

Mike Guy Jasper County Fair Board President

Give Us Your Views Letters to the Newton Daily News will be edited for libel, grammar and length and should not exceed 400 words. We reserve the right to shorten letters and reject those deemed libelous, in poor taste or of a personal nature. Include your full name, address and a daytime phone number for verification. Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the Newton Daily News as an institution. Signed columns as well as letters to the editor and editorial cartoons represent the personal opinion of the writer or artist.

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Poker Run raises $5,000 for mammograms for women

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School Continued from Page 1A Roorda said the model had compatible parts with a number of the district’s other buses, and that he felt the proximity to Marshalltown was beneficial in case something went wrong.

This purchase will increase the district’s bus count to 34. The new bus won’t arrive until October or November, and it will be paid for using Physical Plant and Equipment Levy funds.

In other business, NCSD Associate DiGilbert rector of Elementary Education Services Jim Gilbert presented the district’s very preliminary Annual Yearly Progress results. He said the Iowa Department of Education has been backed up and hasn’t released full results to districts. Gilbert said he would be ready to give the final results at the end of September.

Senior staff writer Ty Rushing may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 6532, or at trushing@newtondailynews.com.

Submitted Photo The Ride 4 Time Poker Run raised approximately $5,000 for women to receive free mammograms at Skiff Medical Center in Newton and the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Pictured (from left) are Renae Mabie, Ride 4 Time Committee; Sue Garrels, member of the foundation board and co-president of the MMSC Auxiliary, Marshalltown hospital; Sharon Mabie, Ride 4 Time Committee; Kari Tiffany, breast cancer survivor; Jill Stewart, daughter of Peney Stewart, and Larry Stewart, and husband of Peney Stewart, with mammograms to Save Lives Project, Newton hospital; and Kelly Kiamas, Ride 4 Time Committee.

Getting healthy at the Iowa State Fair? Yes, it’s possible Healthiest State Initiative provides fitness classes, tool to find healthier food options

importance of well-being and provide opportunities to make health-minded choices,” said Liz Cox, operations director for the Healthiest State Initiative.

Food is one of the most popuNewton Daily News lar attractions at the Iowa State Fair, hosting nearly 200 food DES MOINES — Walk- stands and more than 60 items ing between vendors eating fried on a stick. There are healthier food on a stick may be the most options that can easily be found popular activity at the Iowa State thanks to the Healthy Fare Food Fair, so this year, the Healthiest Finder app at http://data.desState Initiative is offering fairgo- moinesregister.com/foodfinder/. ers free fitness classes and a tool In support of the Healthito find healthier food alternatives. est State Initiative, the app was New this year, the Healthiest developed by the Des Moines State Initiative’s Fitness on the Register and ISU Extension and Hill offers a range of 30-min- Outreach. It helps fairgoers find ute fitness classes — from boot vendor menus and nutrition incamp workouts to tai chi, yoga formation, search for healthy food and Zumba — on Expo Hill every and events, and even calculate day at 9:30 a.m. beginning Aug. 8. physical activity needed to burn Fairgoers can show up for classes calories consumed at the fair. with no sign-up necessary. Visit “We don’t expect people to iowastatefair.org/daily-events/ forego all the great food for which daily-schedule/ for more informa- the fair is known,” Cox said. “We tion and the daily class schedule. aim to educate people about the “The Iowa State Fair is a great importance of food choices — at time to remind Iowans about the home, at school, at work and even

at the fair – and hope they consider the healthier options.”

Fairgoers can also stop by the Healthiest State Initiative booth at the Varied Industries Building to participate in a scavenger hunt, play the Hy-Vee NuVal Spin to Win game for prizes and register for the Healthiest State Initiative 1K Walk on Oct. 8.

Nearly 900,000 Iowans have participated in the Healthiest State Initiative’s walks over the past three years. This year, many organized Healthiest State walks will be held at noon on Oct. 8, but walks are encouraged throughout the day. A kilometer is about 7.5 city blocks, a 12-minute stroll for the average walker. For more information, visit iowahealthieststate.com.

The Healthiest State Initiative is a privately led, public effort that engages Iowans and their communities throughout the state. It involves individuals, families, businesses, faith-based organizations, not-for-profits and the public sector in a broadbased, community-focused effort.

Deer Days program set for Aug. 18 at Izaak Walton League Jasper County Conservation is hosting Deer Days at the Izaak Walton League Aug. 18.

The public is invited to bring a child from ages 11-16 to learn all there

is to know about deer and shoot some 22 rifles. The events will run from 9 a.m. to noon.

Hunters Safety must have been completed in order to participate. To

take part in the activities, you must register by filling out a form found on JCCB’s website at www.jaspercountyconservation.com.

All registration forms

must be returned to the Jasper County Conservation’s office prior to each event. Limited spots are available. For more information, call (641) 792-9780.

Administrators Continued from Page 4A that university. When the loan became a source of public controversy, the board chair responded indignantly: “This is a guy who could readily make $25 million a year” in the private sector!

In addition, as boards of trustees are often less concerned about education than about money, they are dazzled by administrators who rake in large financial contributions.

Against the backdrop of drastically-reduced public funding for universities, attracting donations from the wealthy and their corporations plus, of course, raising tuition and reducing faculty salaries is considered particularly desirable behavior in a modern university administrator. Thus, as a Wall Street Journal article noted, the nation’s top-paid administrator in 2013, Gordon Gee, was “a prolific fundraiser,” who oversaw an Ohio State fundraising campaign that, by the middle of that year, had “raised more than $1.5 billion.” The priorities were also clear when it came to NYU’s John Sexton. Although the faculty voted no confidence in him for his autocratic actions, the chair of the board of trustees retorted: “Since he became president we’ve raised, I think, $4.7 billion in contributions.” He added: “We’re convinced there is no one who could be more effective than John, and I speak on behalf of a totally unanimous board.”

The extraordinary growth in the number of administrators can be explained partially by the fact that bureaucrats tend to multiply.

Thus, a top administrator, such as the campus president, likes to have subordinate administrators doing his or her work. In turn, the subordinates like to have additional administrators working for them.

Another reason for administrative bloat is that, although the number of faculty is strictly regulated by the administration, there is no one regulating the number of administrators except the college or university president.

And the president is unlikely to get rid of administrators except when he or she wants to appoint new ones.

Thus, whatever the plight of faculty and students, these are boom times for campus administrators.

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DENNIS THE MENACE

BABY BLUES

PEANUTS

THE BORN LOSER

FAMILY CIRCUS

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Son’s clumsiness may have a physical cause DEAR ABBY: In short, my son is a klutz — to the point that it affects his self-confidence. He’s different from everyone else in the family.

Is being a klutz genetic? Is it permanent? He’s not doing well academically, either. How can I help him? — PARENT WHO CARES DEAR PARENT: One way to help your son would be to stop other family members from making fun of him and labeling him as a klutz.

When people laugh and ridicule others, it makes them only more selfconscious and more clumsy.

Another way to help would be to have him examined by an ophthalmologist and a neurologist. His problem may be poor depth perception or a neurological or balance issue. And while you’re at it, consider having him evaluated for a learning disability, which may be the cause of his academic difficulties.

DEAR ABBY: I have a pet peeve.

I hate it when people ask to “try my meal” or to have a taste, especially when I haven’t had one myself. When I say no, my boyfriend calls me selfish. If we’re with friends, I feel obligated to say yes to avoid appearing rude.

I seldom trade bites with my boyfriend because I don’t eat meat and he usually orders something I don’t want. Some nights we cook our own separate meals, and he still asks to try mine (even though he’s a better cook than I am).

Abby, how can I say no without looking or feeling selfish and rude?

I just want to enjoy my entire meal without hearing, “Can I have a bite?”

— PET PEEVE IN PORTLAND

DEAR PET PEEVE: Many people regard sharing food to be an act of intimacy. Because it makes you uncomfortable, all you have to do is say, “I’d prefer not to.” If these folks are friends, they must know how you feel about this by now. And as for your boyfriend, I can’t help but wonder why he would persist in doing something that he knows annoys you unless he’s doing it to tease you.

DEAR ABBY: Are night owls born or raised to stay up late? Can a night owl successfully become a morning lark? — TIRED NIGHT OWL IN OTTAWA DEAR TIRED NIGHT OWL: Night owls are usually born that way, but the pattern can be changed. If it creates problems for you, you may have a condition called “delayed sleep phase disorder.” The most effective way to find out if this is your problem would be to consult a sleep (disorder) specialist. Therapies are available, and a specialist can help you determine which one would be the best for you.

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Newton

Daily News Final race weekend is here

U.S. Cellular 250 Autolite Iridum XP150 Race Weekend Schedule Thursday, July 31 Noon Campgrounds open 5:30 p.m.

Horsepower Hour Live Newton Club Free to Public Friday, Aug. 1 10 a.m.

Parking lots open 10:30 a.m.

Spectator gates open 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

NASCAR K&N Series practice 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

NASCAR K&N Series final practice 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

K&N Series Autograph Session 3:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.

NASCAR Nationwide Series practice 5 p.m.

K&N Series qualifying 6 p.m.-7:20 p.m.

Nationwide Series final practice 7:30 p.m.

K&N Series Autolite Iridum XP 150 Driver Introductions 8 p.m.

NASCAR K&N Series Autolite Iridum XP 150 Saturday, Aug. 2 10 a.m.

Parking Lots Open Noon Spectator Gates Open 2:15 p.m.-3 p.m.

NASCAR Nationwide Series Autograph Session 3:40 p.m.

Nationwide Series qualifying 6:30 p.m.

NASCAR Nationwide Series U.S. Cellular 250 Driver Introductions 7 p.m.

NASCAR Nationwide Series U.S. Cellular 250

Driver profiles for the K&N Series and Nationwide Series races will appear later this week in the Newton Daily News.

Newton’s Jenkins, area athletes earn all-district softball, baseball honors

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor Eleven area athletes received the first of several postseason honors expected to be announced this week and next week in softball and baseball.

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association and the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released their All-District softball and baseball teams.

Newton’s Sydney Jenkins was named to the IGCA Class 4A All-Southeast District team for the second year in a row.

The sophomore catcher led the Cardinals in most offensive categories in their 9-23 season.

She also had a .979 fielding percentage with only two errors working behind the plate.

Jenkins threw out seven runners attempting to steal bases this season.

Jenkins compiled a .481 batting average and a .759 slugging percentage. She connected for 38 singles, 10 doubles and three triples, leading Newton in all three. Jenkins hit two home runs, drove in 25 runs and scored 26 runs. She was 21-for21 on stolen base attempts.

Colfax-Mingo freshman pitcher Amy Russell and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter senior first baseman Abbie Haupert were named to the IGCA Class 2A Central District softball team.

Russell went 13-9 in the pitching circle for the Tigerhawks, who went 17-14 in the 2014 season. She had a 1.21 earned run average in 144 2/3 innings pitched. She allowed 124 hits, walked 26, hit 10 batters and recorded 141 strikeouts.

Russell also led Colfax-Mingo offensively with a .424 batting average and a .761 slugging average. She powered out five home runs, doubled 16 times and had 39 singles. Russell scored 21 runs and drove in 24 runs.

Haupert had a .964 fielding average at first base for the CMB Raiders. She committed eight errors. Haupert led the team with a .374 batting average. She scored 19 runs and had

ters. Rasmusson hit at a .500 clip with four home runs, eight triples and six doubles. She was 46-of-48 in stolen base attempts.

Davis pounded out six home runs. Davis has driven in 48 runs and scored 42, hitting at .412. She was 28-for-28 on stolen base attempts.

Ehresman, who hits second behind Rasmusson, had a teamleading .594 batting average and led the team with 59 stolen bases in 62 attempts.

CMB’s Brady Stover and PCM’s Zach Uhlenhopp and Austin Brown were named to the IHSBCA Class 2A Central District second team.

Stover, a sophomore pitcher, threw two no-hitters — one a loss and one a win — for CMB. Stover went 4-3 for the Raiders, who were 8-14 for the season.

He finished with a 2.21 ERA, allowing 27 hits in 50 2/3 innings of work. Stover walked Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton catcher Sydney Jenkins lands on Class 4A All-Southeast Dis- 32, hit six batters and struck out 95. He also had one save. trict softball team for the second year in a row.

Stover was second on the 19 RBIs. She hit 37 singles, Mustangs. team with a .329 batting avnine doubles and two triples for In Class 1A, Lynnville-Sully erage. He had 24 singles, five the Raiders, who were 15-15. had four players landed on the doubles and two triples. Stover Driving in three of the All-South Central District soft- drove in six runs and scored 20 team’s four runs in the Class ball team. Senior catcher Becca runs. He was 4-for-5 on stolen 3A regional final was fitting Vos, junior pitcher Madison base attempts. for Prairie City-Monroe’s se- Rasmusson, junior shortstop Uhlenhopp, a senior, earned nior catcher Abigail Gilson. Shelby Davis and sophomore second-team honors as a utilThe Mustangs lost 6-4 to West designated hitter Kasiah Ehres- ity player. He played right field Burlingt/Nortre Dame in the man. for most of the season for the regional championship game on The Hawks were 34-1 during Mustangs, but also caught and July 14. the regular season and playoffs. pitched a couple of games. The Gilson, who was the Mus- The individual statistics given Mustangs were 11-15 overall. tangs’ offensive leader for the here do not include the team’s Uhlenhopp hit a .360 clip 2014 season, earned Class 3A three games in the 2014 Class with 27 singles, one double.

Southeast All-District honors. 1A state softball tournament.

He scored 15 runs and drove in She drove in 41 runs during the Vos was the team’s fourth nine. He was 9-for-11 on stolen 22-8 campaign that came up leading hitter with a .385 bat- base attempts. Uhlenhopp had a one win shy of a state tourna- ting average. She had 40 singles, fielding average of . 968. He was ment berth.

14 doubles, which led the team, 2-0 pitching.

Gilson topped the team list and one triple. She led was secBrown was a sophomore in most of the offensive catego- ond in RBIs with 45. Vos had a pitcher for the Mustangs with ries. She hit at a .396 clip and fielding percentage of .981 with a 6-4 record. He had a 1.98 had a .667 slugging percentage. only four errors while working earned run average over 56 2/3 Gilson hammered out a team- behind the plate all 35 games. innings pitched. Brown allowed leading five home runs. She also She threw out five runners on 46 hits, walked 23, hit four bathad 39 singles, eight doubles eight stolen base attempts. ters and struck out 67 batters. and two triples this season. GilRasmusson was 34-1 with At the plate, Brown was a son scored 28 runs. She was 10- a 0.79 ERA over 196 innings .257 hitter with 19 singles, three for-10 on stolen base attempts. pitched. She notched 174 doubles and one home run. He Behind the plate, Gilson had a strikeouts while issuing only had 13 RBIs and scored eight .970 fielding percentage for the 27 walks and hitting two bat- runs.

Washington County Pork Producers to sponsor pole day at Iowa Speedway Pork Be Inspired Award to be given to top qualifier Newton Daily News NEWTON – Washington County Pork Producers has been named as the official sponsor of the Pork Be Inspired Award, given to the fastest driver in NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying, for the U.S. Cellular 250 presented by New Holland on Saturday.

“It is terrific to partner with Washington County Pork Producers, another proud member of the Iowa community,” said Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small. “‘Pork Be Inspired’ is a great fit for the award given to the driver who rises to the occasion and runs the quickest qualifying lap here at the Fastest Short Track On The Planet.”

NASCAR’s new qualifying format in 2014 has added excitement to the weekend as drivers and teams compete against each other and the clock to post the fastest time. The new format is concise, competitive and compelling as drivers race to advance to the next round.

“We are very excited to sponsor the Pork Be Inspired Award for the fastest qualifier,” said Heather Hora, Washington County Pork Producers

Board member. “Partnering with Iowa Speedway affords us the opportunity to not only connect with our valued consumers but also with Pork Producers from around the Midwest.”

As part of the Pork Be Inspired Award, the fastest qualifier will receive $500 in pork products. The Pork Be Inspired Award was made possible through a partnership between Washington County Pork Producers, Cargill, Tyson, Iowa Pork Producers Association and Tama County.

Fans at Iowa Speedway will experience two rounds of qualifying on Saturday as drivers vie for the Pork Be Inspired Award. In the first session, all the drivers will be on the track in a 30-minute segment to earn the right to advance.

After a 10-minute break, the fastest 12 drivers in the first round will then move to a 10-minute second round, which will determine the pole sitter.

The other cars will be placed on the starting grid based upon their best single qualifying lap during either the first or second sessions.

NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying begins at 3:40 p.m. followed by the U.S. Cellular 250 presented by New Holland at 7 p.m.. Fans planning to attend the race are encouraged to arrive before 5:30 p.m. to avoid congestion.

Keselowski returning to Iowa Speedway for Nationwide race

By Ben Schuff Daily News Sports Writer Saturday night’s U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway will feature the race’s defending champion on the track.

The speedway announced Monday that Brad Keselowski will be in the field for the final NASCAR Nationwide race this season in Newton.

Keselowski won the 2010 Nationwide Series championship and the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup points title. He’s currently third in the Sprint Cup standings and has won two Nationwide races in six runs this season.

“Having a driver of Brad’s talent in the race will make the fulltime NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers elevate their game,” said Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small in a release. “Iowa Speedway definitely suits his driving style and he really likes this place.”

Keselowksi, who’s won two of the four races he’s competed in at Iowa Speedway, won the inaugural Nationwide race in Newton in 2009.

The 30-year-old Keselowski will drive the No. 22 Ford for Penske Racing Saturday in Newton and then fly to Pennsylvania for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Pocono.

NCAA settles head-injury suit CHICAGO (AP) — The NCAA agreed Tuesday to settle a class-action head-injury lawsuit by creating a $70 million fund to diagnose thousands of current and former college athletes to determine if they suffered brain trauma playing football, hockey, soccer and other

contact sports.

College sports’ governing body also agreed to implement a single return-to-play policy spelling out how all teams must treat players who received head blows, according to a Tuesday filing in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

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Resale Expense..............$184.09 Kaplan Early Learning, Grant Expense..................$88.32 KCOB AM/FM, Marketing Expense.......$2,221.00 Killduff Hotshots, Program Fee Expense......$50.00 Knight, Amanda M., Wages & Travel...............$675.65 Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Resale Expense..............$933.60 Lakeshore Learning, Grant Expense................$710.15 Lego Education, Program Fee Expense...................$955.94 Lucky L's, Non Fee Proj Act Expense...............$25.00 Mahaska County ISU Extension, Non Fee Proj Act Expense..........$3,025.00 Maid Rite, Grant Expense.$14.98 Marilyn Samson, Grant Expense..................$12.50 Marisue Hartung, Non Fee Proj Act Expense. .$9.67 Malisa Rader, Grant Expense................$489.60 Meals from the Heartland, Program Fee Expense .$2,504.40 Menards, Equipment Expense..........................$145.22 MG Laundry Corp, Grant Expense................$124.55 Micelle Leonard, Scholarship Expense......$510.00 Michael's, Program Fee Expense.....................$32.77 Michener, Tanya L., Wages & Travel..........$14,214.93 Mid Town Café, Grant Expense..................$29.69 Monroe Mirror, Inc., Advertising Expense.......$284.78 NAEYC, Program Fee Expense...................$135.00 National 4-H CouncilSupply Service, Program Fee Expense....$816.10 Nature Explorer, Program Fee Expense....$600.00 Neopost USA Inc, Equipment Expense........$205.81 News Printing Company, Advertising Expense....$1,701.06 Newton Chamber Of Commerce, Meeting Expense............$120.00 Newton Daily News, Membership, Dues Expense........$127.80 Newton Development Corporation, Non Fee Proj Act Expense..........$1,650.00 Newton YMCA, Non Fee Proj Act Expense......$262.00 Oriental Trading, Grant Expense................$229.06 Pam Bettger, Grant Expense................$240.32 PaperMart, Grant Expense........... ..........................................$25.22 Parman, Allyson R., Wages & Travel............$3,031.27 Paula Buck, Grant Expense................$329.92 Pella Water Conditioning Inc, Supplies Expense...........$571.85 Pizza Hut, Non Fee Proj Act Expense...............$80.38 Pizza Ranch, Non Fee Proj Act Expense......$357.96 Polk County ISU Extension, Grant Expense................$417.00 Poweshiek County ISU Extension, Non Fee Proj Act Expense. . ........................................$250.00 Prairie City News, Membership, Dues Expense........ ..........................................$25.50 Promo Managers, Grant Expense................$953.40 Sam's Club, Non Fee Proj Act Expense.............$118.77 Scholastic, Supplies Expense........$1,272.20 Sherman Sunbeams, Program Fee Expense....$150.00 Sherri Sciarrotta, Grant Expense................$200.00 Shugar's, Non Fee Proj Act Expense.................$9.35 Sign Pro, Facility Expense.......................$1,944.00 Smith Poultry & Game Bird Supply, Program Fee Expense........... ........................................$203.06 Stansbury, Teresa R., Wages & Travel............$2,485.50 Steve Spangler Science, Non Fee Proj Act Expense........... ........................................$175.95 Strawberry Patch, Resale Expense................$60.00 Survey Monkey, Grant Expense................$200.00 The Trophy Shop, Program Fee Expense....$469.10 Theisen's, Program Fee Expense...................$101.79 Treasurer State of Iowa, State Tax Withholding. .$7,948.00 US Bank, Fees Expense...$97.24 U.S. Postal Service, Postage........................$2,195.44 Uncle Bucks Fishbowl, Program Fee Expense......$26.49 United States Treasury, Federal Tax Withholding.............. ...................................$45,037.98 United Way of Jasper County, Other Current Liabilities.........................$150.00 Variety Specialties, Resale Expense...........$5,190.85 Vistaprint.com, Grant Expense..................$45.91 Volunteer Software, Grant Expense................$300.00 Wal-Mart, Meeting Supplies.......................$2,631.15 Warnick & Reeves Mechanical, Facility Expense.......................$1,575.00 Warrick, Kara, Wages & Travel..........$21,700.36 Welcher, Tammy A., Wages & Travel..........$27,492.90 Wilson, Stacey L., Wages & Travel..........$28,983.38 TelecommunicaWindstream, tions Expense...............$3,143.22 World Changers, Non Fee Proj Act Expense........$25.00 YMCA Child Care Center, Program Fee Expense......$15.00 Total Disbursements.................. .................................$368,317.58 Net Balance: June 30, 2014..........$311,053.36 Agency Fund - Financial Report July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 Balance: July 1, 2013......$827.75 Total Receipts............$21,363.01 Total Disbursements. .$21,242.16 Balance: June 30, 2014...$948.60 July 29

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lassifieds C Public Notices Jasper County ISU Extension (050) Published Report Agricultural Extension Education Operating Fund July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 Balance: July 1, 2013................. .................................$292,574.81 Receipts: Grant Revenue.........$125,793.35 Interest Revenue..........$1,563.55 Other Tax Revenue....$13,413.30 Program Fee Revenue................. ...................................$29,624.23 Property Tax Revenue................. .................................$212,012.45 Resale Revenue...........$4,389.25 Total Receipts..........$386,796.13 Total Balance And Receipts..........$679,370.94 Disbursements: Act Iowa Commission, Program Fee Expense......$75.00 Advantage Credit Union, Bank Charges, Fees & Interest Expense.................$5.00 A Team Apparel, Resale Expense..............$348.00 Amazon, Program Fee Expense...................$232.45 American Income Life Insurance, Insurance, Bond Expense............ ........................................$597.90 Ann Cutts, Program Fee Expense...................$510.00 Apple On Line Store, Grant Expense................$834.27 Arabia Steamboat, Program Fee Expense.. .$-200.84 Area Education Agency, Grant Expense..................$50.00 Art A La Carte, Non Fee Proj Act Expense.............$900.00 Atlas Pen & Pencil, Grant Expense..................$35.07 Bass Pro Shop, Non Fee Proj Act Expense............................$85.66 Bianchi Boys Pizza, Program Fee Expense............................$35.00 Branderhorst, Breanna, Wages & Travel...........................$2,134.83 Bun In The Oven, Grant Expense..................$24.00 Camp, Carol L., Wages & Travel..........$23,958.12 Casey's, Supplies Expense.......... ..........................................$84.47 Cheree Alexander, Marketing Expense...........$75.00 Cheryl Wiggins, Non Fee Proj Act Expense............................$80.00 Christian Conference Center, Program Fee Expense....$215.00 CIMA Companies, Inc., Grant Expense................$456.25 City of Newton, Grant Expense..................$30.00 Colorful Images, Grant Expense..................$38.75 Community Achievers 4-H Club, Non Fee Proj Act Expense........... ..........................................$25.00 Copy Systems, Supplies Expense...........$168.50 Cozad Dry Cleaners, Supplies Expense.............$26.75 Current USA, Grant Expense..................$49.79 Dallas County ISU Extension, Non Fee Proj Act Expense........... ..........................................$30.00 Dean Blum, Grant Expense................$503.96 Deb Brassfield, Grant Expense..................$32.50 Delta Sports Products, Non Fee Proj Act Expense.............$238.62 Deluxe Business Checks & Solutions, Supplies Expense...........$298.29 Des Moines Area Community College, Facility Expense.........$16,414.75 Dimensions Foundation, Grant Expense................$600.00 Discount School Supply, Grant Expense..................$92.91 Dollar General, Program Fee Expense.......................$8.96 Dollar Tree, Grant Expense.......... ..........................................$28.89 Dominos Pizza, Grant Expense................$306.67 Elise Spronk, Grant Expense................$237.52 Elissa Opfer, Program Fee Expense....$500.00 Engineering is Elementary, Non Fee Proj Act Expense........$35.00 Fareway, Meeting Expenses...........$648.33 First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions, Background Checks Expense..........$1,015.46 First Reformed Church, Program Fee Expense......$80.00 Fischer, Denice M., Wages & Travel..........$32,085.70 Forbes Office Solutions, Supplies Expense........$4,677.75 Greater Area Newton Chamber of Commerce, Membership, Dues Expense.................$195.00 Hamilton County Extension, Grant Expense................$290.40 Handtrucks2go, Grant Expense................$199.99 Hometown Press, Advertising Expense.......$182.50 HP Home Store, Grant Expense................$305.26 Hy-Vee, Grant Expense............... .....................................$2,401.40 IACEC, Membership........$100.00 IARSVPD, Grant Expense............ ........................................$150.00 Iowa Children's Museum, Program Fee Expense......$25.00 Iowa Division Of Criminal Investigation, Background Checks Expense.............$120.00 Iowa DNR, Grant Expense........... ........................................$740.64 Iowa Public Employee Retirement System, Benefits Expense.......$32,239.33 Iowa State University, Program Fee Expense................. ...................................$31,259.24 Iowa Workforce Development, Unemployment Withholding.....................$309.69 IVESCO, Resale Expense........... ........................................$230.51 Jasper County Flex Plan, Benefits Expense.......$15,475.44 Jasper County Showmen, Non Fee Proj Act Expense........... ..........................................$25.00 Jasper County Tribune, Membership, Dues Expense........ ..........................................$22.00 Jenny Thompson, Grant Expense................$712.37 Jodi DeVries, Program Fee Expense...................$500.00 John Carl, Grant Expense.$60.00 Jo Stone, Grant Expense............. ........................................$745.40 JWS Wiley Printing, Resale Expense..............$184.09 Kaplan Early Learning, Grant Expense..................$88.32 KCOB AM/FM, Marketing Expense.......$2,221.00 Killduff Hotshots, Program Fee Expense......$50.00 Knight, Amanda M., Wages & Travel...............$675.65 Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Resale Expense..............$933.60 Lakeshore Learning, Grant Expense................$710.15 Lego Education, Program Fee Expense...................$955.94 Lucky L's, Non Fee Proj Act Expense...............$25.00 Mahaska County ISU Extension, Non Fee Proj Act Expense..........$3,025.00 Maid Rite, Grant Expense.$14.98 Marilyn Samson, Grant Expense..................$12.50 Marisue Hartung, Non Fee Proj Act Expense. .$9.67 Malisa Rader, Grant Expense................$489.60

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMPREHENVISE PLAN FOR THE NEWTON SANITARY LANDFILL OF JASPER COUNTY You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on the Comprehensive Plan Update VII for the Newton Sanitary Landfill of Jasper County on the 29th day of August 2014 at 2:00 o'clock p.m. at the City of Newton City Hall, Council Chambers, 101 W 4th St S, Newton, Iowa. All members of the public are invited to attend and be informed of the Comprehensive Plan Update Process and may make statements concerning the matter of the Comprehensive Plan. In addition, comments may be submitted in writing at that time, or before and said comments shall be made a part of the public record concerning this hearing. A copy of the previous Comprehensive Plan Update VI (2009) may be reviewed at the offices of the Newton City Clerk at 101 W. 4th Street S., Newton, Iowa.

CITY OF NEWTON SANITARY LANDFILL By: Katrina Davis, City Clerk PO Box 399 Newton, Iowa 50208 641-792-2787 July 29 THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Patricia J. Peery, Deceased Probate No. ESPR036540 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Patricia J. Peery, Deceased, who died on or about June 10, 2014: You are hereby notified that on

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Patricia J. Peery, Deceased Probate No. ESPR036540 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Patricia J. Peery, Deceased, who died on or about June 10, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 18th day of July, 2014, the last will and testament of Patricia J. Peery, deceased, bearing date of the 11th day of March, 1986,* was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Christopher Peery was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 18th day of July, 2014.

Date of second publication: 29th day of July, 2014 Probate Code Section 304 Bruce Nuzum, ICIS PIN No: AT0005885 Attorney for the Executor Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa, & Nuzum, PLLC 211 First Avenue W, Newton, IA 50208 Address Christopher Peery Executor of the Estate 3900 N 4th Avenue E, Newton, IA 50208 Address *Designate Codicil(s) if any, with date(s) July 22 & 29 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WARREN COUNTY IN THE INTEREST OF M.D.M. EQUITY NO. DRCV034962 ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO MODIFY DECREE AND FINAL SUPPORT ORDER AND EMERGENCY PLACEMENT OF CHILD Upon the Petition of JACOB ANTHONY ERVIN, Petitioner, and Concerning ROSA MARIE MALONE, Respondent.

TO THE RESPONDENT, ROSA MARIE MALONE: You are notified that an application has been filed in the office of the clerk of this court naming you as the respondent in this action, which application prays for a modification of the Decree and Child Support Order previously entered in this matter. The name and address of the attorney for the petitioner is Ronald E. Langford of LANGFORD LAW OFFICE, 309 Court Avenue, Suite 213, Des Moines, IA 50309. The attorney's phone number is 515975-8226, and facsimile number is 877-371-1975.

You are further notified that the above case has been filed in a county that utilizes electronic filing. Unless, you file a motion or answer by the 8th day of August, 2014, or within a reasonable time thereafter in the Iowa District Court for Warren County, at the courthouse in Indianola, Iowa, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the application.

Please see Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16 for information on electronic filing and Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16, division VI regarding the protection of personal information in court filings.

If you need assistance to participate in court due to a disability, call the disability coordinator at (515) 286-3394. Persons who are hearing or speech impaired may call Relay Iowa TTY (1-800-7352942). Disability coordinators cannot provide legal advice.

IMPORTANT: YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS July 22 & 29 and August 5

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Average $8-12/hr.

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A TURTLE for a pet. Land turtle or just a turtle. 641521-8500.

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FREE TO a good home: female, spayed, declawed cat. Sweet-natured, would make a great companion for elderly person. 423277-6796.

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Neutered and declawed.

Has shots. Very loving and sweet! Going into assisted living and cannot take cat with me. Free to good home. 641-792-4214.

KITTENS. FREE to good home. 641-792-0453.

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WANT TO Buy farm toys, pedal tractors and old toy trucks. 521-4715.

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FOR RENT: COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE IN NEWTON. 1422 1st Ave. E. 641-521-7972

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1 TICKET for NASCAR race at Iowa Speedway on Aug. 1st and 2nd. Newton club with parking pass. Excellent seat. $75 for both days & reserved parking.

641-792-3339 or 641-8314668.

10 CU ft. dump cart – garden. Never used. 641-8401037 14 FT ALUMINUM Fishing boat and trailer, Johnson 6 HP gas motor, bow mount foot controlled trolling motor, hand controlled trolling motor, depth and fish finder, swivel seats, hand crank bow mount anchor. $1,500.

641-792-0378.

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1940'S WIZARD Boat Motor. 3 HP runs good. $60.

641-521-3070.

2 SINGLE beds with frames. $50 and $40.

Brand new rival drip coffee maker. $15.

Bramha, rugged leather boots. New in box. $65. 641-787-0208.

FOR Sale: Beautiful oak rolled top desk. Full size 54” wide, 48” tall, 28” deep with matching chair. Priced to sell 641-521-7627 HIGH BACK booster seat.

Good condition. $10. Small portable gas grill that uses small propane cylinders. $5 641-791-7623.

HIGH BACK recliner chair. $150. Nice recliner. Fabric with pattern. Mostly tannish golden. No pets. No smokers. 641-792-7940 or 641521-6536.

HOT WHEELS/MATCHBOX/ etc cars (late 70'searly 80's) and play sets $115 for all. Blue mason jars (7-qrts, 2-pts) $90.

Sheer curtains (white) 4panels (60”W x 84”L) $20 for all. 515-313-7803 JEWELRY CASE $95.

Very nice. All wood.

22X16x44. No smokers.

641-792-7940 or 641-5216536.

JOHN DEERE NF Gas Tractor, 7366 hrs. 18.4 x 34 tires. Excellent. $4750.

Exmark zero turn Turf Ranger. 20 HP, 60” mower $550. 641-840-0799.

LARGE SOLID oak entertainment center with many shelves in different sizes.

9' long, 6' tall and 19” deep. $200. Haier 8,000 BTU portable air conditioner new in box. Used once. $200. 641-792-4441.

LOVE SEAT/SOFA BED, in excellent condition,with flexsteel springs, no children, no pets, pastel green, make an offer. Kimbal Broadway Electric Organ, in excellent condition, make an offer. ALL MUST GO. 792-4214.

MAYTAG – Ford pumper fire truck $45. 12+ VHS Disney movies $10.

Chevrolet tail lights S-10, black coated $40. Maytag store trucks 1966 Dodge service van blue and white $45 each or 2 @ $80. 2001 Precious Moments music box- 2 globes in one. Winter scene, plays skaters waltz $15. New in box.

641-792-8017.

NEW HOME sewing machine with case. Has instruction manual. $55.00 Straight stitch, Zig Zag, Button Hole, Stretch, Blind Hem. 641-792-5506.

230 TAN Holland paving bricks. $60. 641-787-0004.

ONE MONGOOSE bike and one Schwinn bike. $25 each. 641-521-2450.

4.5 FT Lighthouse lamp. $45. 20' extension ladder. $60 OBO. 641-275-5410.

PERFORMAX 9” band saw. Like new. Great for hobby. $50. 515-674-3803.

48” ROUND Oak Table with black pedestal top and 24” leaf oak finish. No scratches, refinished in 2012. Excellent condition. $100. 641-521-8807.

POST hole digger. Used once. Like new. Paid $34, will sell for $15. 641-7923339 or 641-831-4668.

AIR RIFLE new $150. Selling for $75. 641-521-8277.

ARTIFICIAL TREES $75.

2 trees, different ones available. About 6-7 feet tall. Very nice. No smokers. 641-792-7940 or 641521-6536.

AUDIO UNLIMITED indoor-outdoor wireless speaker system. $75.00.

641-787-0004 BRAND NEW Lawn Boy side discharge (bag and discharge chute) the bag has never been used. $40 OBO. 641-521-5658.

BRIDGE CRANE (9'W x 40'L) w/CM cyclone chain hoist. ½ ton capacity. $1500 OBO. 641-5217859.

CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES, 6 weeks old $50. Three mules. 641-821-0012.

DP BRAND Master Step stepper. Manual included $75. 641-787-0004.

DRESSER $65. Vintage Cartoon Glasses $65. Blue Mason Jars $115. 515313-7803.

ENGLANDER WOOD stove. Great for the garage. $200. 641-5213070.

GOLF BALLS .10 each with scuffs. All other balls with no scuffs $2 up to $10 dozen. 641-792-7058.

HAY FOR sale $65 for a round bale. Can deliver for extra charge. Call Robert at 515-991-5902.

ROUND WOOD dining table.$75. Sport tex kitty pirate ship cat toy. $20. Leebuur seascape full size oil painting. $450. 641-7870208.

SNOW WAY V Plow- one ton truck mounting, new cutting blade. $3,000. 641792-4332 STORAGE TOTES 32 gal – 3 18 gallon (one has no lid) 4 @ $15. 10” old crock bowl $15. Pflatzgraff 2 qrt casserole w/lid. Yorktown pattern. $15. Carved ivory look elephant tusk w/3 elephants – 12” long. $10. Little tikes dump truck.

Levers to make cab open and box to dump $8. White hen on nest $5. Lefton cup and saucer. Nippon cup and sauces. $5 set. 641275-7600.

SUPER TORO blower/vac works good. $50. Old style 13 inch TV works good. $20. Foldable camping cot.

Never used. $25. 641-7870208.

TABLE LAMPS (Brass) $75. 2 solid brass table lamps. 641-792-7940 or 641-521-6536.

USED BURGUNGY carpet. $295. Nice, expensive, and still useful burgundy Frieze carpet. No pets and no smokers. About 19 x 22. 792-7940 or 641-5216536.

FOR SALE

WALTHER CROSMAN BB co2 pistol. Comes with a full box of co2 cartridges. $65. 641-275-0290.

WASHER & Dryer, white $200 for both. 641-5210874.

WEDDING DRESS $1000.

Formal Dress (Purple) $65.

641-521-7860.

WHIRLPOOL WASHER and crossley dryer. $125 works great. 100 gallon fish tank w/ rock shrub, w/wooden stand and pumps. $125. Wood chipper $700 OBO. Solid oak TV stand. $50. 641-5213656.

WINE COOLEZ. Holds over 20 bottles. $75. 641521-9986.

WORKSHOP CUPBOARD unit, 2 base, 2 top cupboards, work surface with high intensity light. $45. 2 single cupboard units. $6 each. 641-275-5411.

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AUTOMOTIVE

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

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

1999 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer. New engine, lots of new parts. Needs some work. AS IS. Still looks good. $3000 OBO. 641-521-6214 after 4 pm.

1999 HARLEY Davidson Electra Glide with Voyager Trike Kit. 1450 cc engine with 31,000 miles. Very clean, excellent condition $10,500. Call 641-5283009.

2004 CHEVY S10 crew cab V6 w trailer hitch. Bed cover, good tires. $8999.

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

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

HONDA RECOW- 250 cc, 4 wheeler- as new $1,250, or OBO. 792-6316.

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AMERICAN Cruiser Class B Van, RE2000, 5.9 L. 360/gas engine, one owner, sleeps 2, air conditioner, furnace, 4 KW Onan Generator less than 30 hours, less than 44,000 miles, dual awnings, back door entry, always garaged when not in use, fully self contained. Asking $24,900 --- Well maintained and ready to go. Due to health conditions we are no longer able to camp. With regrets we are closing an important chapter in our lives. Call 1-641-521-7998 to be seen or for more information.

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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

2011 Sprinter 276 RLS camper. Excellent condition, super clean, sleeps 6, Enclosed underbelly, power awning, jacks and hitchjack, Large slideout, upgrades. 792-7863 or 5210935

2013 Forest River 21ss Hybrid travel trailer. Sleeps 8, electric slide-out, light weight for easy towing, $18,500 ($1,000 below retail) Serious buyers only.

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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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Astrograph Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Under the performanceoriented Leo sun, there are those who like to seem busy, look successful and act happy. Then the Virgo moon comes along to see through the ruse and suggest that the best way to appear busy, successful and happy is to actually be those things.

Today and tomorrow will be the most productive days of the week.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 29). One good decision in the next three weeks will bring more love into your world.

Then in August, you’ll do humble work for the sake of gaining experience, and you’ll wind up making extra money in September and October.

Your tenacity will close a deal at the end of the year, and this sets you up for a successful 2015. Taurus and Aries people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 31, 22, 38, 18 and 40.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

You need someone to act in a way that they are not.

How will you get them to do it? Tactics must be employed. If you’re game, then try three by

lunchtime. Where there’s a will there’s a way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). To avoid getting lost in the details, look at the overall scope of life. What will matter in a year? Five years? And is it the same thing that matters right now?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What you say and what you mean may be two different things, but that’s natural. It’s actually stranger, and probably ruder as well, to say exactly what you mean.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You may not be attuned to what others are sensing from you, but you know what you’re getting from them. Your sixth sense will be strongly focused on the outside world, and you’ll pick out the helpful influences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The journey from front door to mailbox may be lovely, but your sights are set on much more exotic travels.

First, you’ll go there in your research, then in mind and finally in body.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19).

There are those around you who do the same thing time and again.

You prefer to shake it up, try new things and risk failure at least three times a day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Money won’t solve the problem even if the problem happens to be financial. Think bigger.

Go to the origin. How did this come about? There’s an idea that will do what money cannot.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You wonder whether an attractive solution is too good to be true, but you can safely reserve skepticism for another day. Sometimes things look good because they are good.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No one likes to see a mismatched game. If one team is so superior to the other that there is no contest, it’s not fun for the players on either team, and the spectators suffer, too. Consider carefully which games are worth playing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). When you fight with yourself, be fair! Your intimate knowledge of what would hurt the most is potentially hazardous.

There’s a way to quell your lower instincts without being too mean.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Ask yourself: What is my motivation again?

Flying without a motor isn’t flying at all; it’s gliding, and it will only take you as far as the wind and gravity allow.

But with the right engine (motivation), you can go anywhere.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The omens would suggest that “love is the answer,” and it’s hard to argue with that one. Ask yourself what the situation would look like if you brought 10 percent more love to it. Twenty percent? A hundred percent?

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Agriculture Briefs

Iowa corn, soybean crop in excellent condition

Submitted Photo This photograph was taken by FarmHer creator Marjorie Guyler-Alaniz of a women named Inga at St. Isidore’s Mead in Osseo, Wisc.

‘FarmHer’ chronicles women in agriculture

By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer A lot of people dream of leaving their everyday 9-5 job to pursue something they’re more passionate about. Very few actually go through with it, but one Urbandale woman did just that last year when she launched FarmHer. FarmHer is a website dedicated to capturing the everyday lives of women involved in the agriculture industry and it was created by Marjorie Guyler-Alaniz, who goes by Marji.

Marji had been selling crop insurance for 11 years, and was ready for a change of scenery. She had studied graphic design, photography and journalism at Iowa State University and really wasn’t putting those skills to much use in the insurance field.

While attending a friend’s Super Bowl party last February, she said that like most people, she was blown away by the now iconic “So God made a farmer” truck ad for Dodge Ram Trucks. The ad has 17 million views on YouTube and an estimated 108 million people watched Super Bowl XLVII in the U.S. alone.

“I thought it was beautiful, just like everybody else did. Then, about a month later, I read an article talking about the lack of women shown in the commercial,” Marji said.

The commercial is two minutes and two seconds long and she said she only recalled seeing one woman in the commercial doing actual farm work. Seeing this inaccurate portrayal of women in the industry inspired her.

“Honestly, I worked in agriculture for 11 years and in the beginning, I worked in the marketing side,” she said. “It struck me that I had never really seen much for images of women in agriculture. Growing up in Iowa, and in the country, you know that women are there and they are involved on pretty much every family farm.”

Marji said this thought kept crossing over her mind: “Why don’t we see the woman as part of the farm community as well?” After dwelling on it for a bit, an answer to her problem soon came to her.

“I literally woke up the next night, in the middle of the night, woke my husband up and I was like, ‘Hey, I know what I’m going to do. I’m going to start photographing women in agriculture,’” Marji recalled.

Just like that FarmHer was born.

By April 2013, Marji had her first farm visit scheduled, which she admits was a daunting task. At the time, there was no website, she had no verified credentials, nor any photos to show farmers that this was indeed a real concept.

She believes the uniqueness of this project is why so many of those initial women agreed to take part in helping getting FarmHer off the ground.

“It has been crazy and it seems to have struck a nerve out there to fulfill a need … I don’t know, really, anybody doing something like I’m doing. I think women that are involved in farms and ranches have said, ‘Hey, yeah, we like this. We like that it shows what we do and that we are there helping on a day-to-day basis,’” Marji said.

They not only like the images, they like the name: FarmHer, she said.

Marji started this project by visiting farms mostly in Iowa. This soon spread to other portions of the Midwest and U.S. “I’ve been to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and randomly to Florida,” she said.

Her website went live last July, and coupled with positive press coverage and word of mouth, she said she has expanded her reach considerably.

“The emails started rolling in from all over the county. Canada, Mexico, South Africa you name it.

In Europe and so many invitations

saying, ‘Hey, come visit my farm’ or ‘Come visit these women that I know in the area,’” Marji said.

She said she is keeping a list of all the places and hopes to visit them someday to shoot when she has the adequate resources to do so. For now, she is focusing on growing the FarmHer brand. The website sells FarmHer and RanchHer T-Shirts, something she implemented by popular request.

Initially, she gave the T-shirts to her subjects as a keepsake from her visit, but others soon started asking if she could make those available publicly.

Another project she is working on for the upcoming year, is adding a social media component to the website. Marji said with that a lot of the female farmers she’s been in contact requested this as way to network, socialize and empathize with other women in the industry.

Marji has also been invited to speak with different women agricultural groups, including holding a panel at this year’s Iowa Women in Agriculture conference.

She said she created this website just to show people that women are farmers and ranches too, but Marji said she’s most proud of another unexpected result from her website.

“I’ve gotten a good amount (of emails), surprisingly enough, of women saying, ‘Oh my gosh. I have these days where I think what am I doing? I’m the only person out there trying to do this on my own … I feel so isolated and like it’s an uphill battle,’” she said.

“Then they see these pictures of other women doing the exact same thing they’re doing and they’ll say, ‘It gives me hope,’ and ‘It renews me.’

It makes me feel excited and realize that I’m doing it for a greater good.”

You can view more of her work at www.FarmHer.com.

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DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey commented Monday on the weekly Iowa crop progress and condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service.

“Crop conditions remain very good with 78 percent of the corn crop and 74 percent of soybeans remaining in good to excellent condition with maturity at or ahead of the fiveyear average. The moderate temperatures forecast for this week will also help reduce stress on livestock,” Northey said.

The weekly report is also available on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s website at www.IowaAgriculture.gov or on USDA’s site at www.nass.usda. gov/ia.

Harvest advanced 20 percentage points or more in Iowa for alfalfa hay and oats for grain during the week ending July 27, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork.

Declining from last week, topsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 12 percent short, 81 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus.

Eighty-five percent of the corn acreage was at or beyond the silking stage, just over 2 weeks ahead of the previous year and almost 1 week ahead of the five-year average.

Corn in the dough stage reached 14 percent, 7 points ahead of normal. Seventy-eight percent of the corn crop was reported in good to excellent condition.

Soybean progress advanced to 82 percent blooming or beyond, 10 days ahead of last year and just ahead of average. Forty-one percent of the soybean crop was setting pods, well ahead of last year’s 12 percent.

Seventy-four percent of the soybean crop was rated in good to excellent condition, unchanged from last week.

With 94 percent of the oat acreage having turned color, oat harvest for grain was 44 percent complete, 1 percentage point ahead of last year but 15 percentage points behind normal. Seventy-four percent of the oat acreage was reported in good to excellent condition.

The second cutting of alfalfa hay was 74 percent complete, 2 percentage points ahead of the previous year but 5 points behind the five-year average. Some farmers started cutting their third crop of alfalfa hay during the week.

Sixty-eight percent of all hay was rated in good to excellent condition.

Pasture condition decreased to 71 percent good to excellent. Stress on livestock was reported as minimal.

Farmland Leasing Meeting Aug. 5 Iowa State University Extension will host a Farmland Leasing Meeting from 7 to 10 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Newton DMACC Campus.

Topics include current cash rental rates; land values and landowner surveys; The New Farm Program: ARC vs. PLC enrollment decisions; strategies for writing and terminating a farm lease; Workshops are three hours and include a 100-page leasing arrangement book for each attendee. Registration is require at least two days prior to the meeting but there is a $5 late fee for those who chose to register the day of the event.

Cost for registration is $20 per person or $30 per couple.

For more information and to register, call the Iowa State Extension Office in Newton at (641) 792-6433.

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