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One hospitalized in head-on crash

OBITUARIES Barbara J. (Flege) Ingraham, 73

By Jamee A. Pierson Daily News Staff Writer A Newton man was airlifted from the scene of a head-on crash east of Newton Tuesday morning.

A car driven by Craig Newman, 26, was westbound when it crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound cement truck at about 11:15 a.m. near the intersection of East 76th Street North and Highway 6.

Mechanical extrication was used to remove Newman from his vehicle. Newman was responsive while fire and

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ambulance crews worked and he was taken by air ambulance to a Des Moines hospital for his injuries.

The driver of the cement truck, Richard Irish, 34 of Gilman, was uninjured.

Jasper County Chief Deputy Duane Rozendaal was on the scene along with Newton and Kellogg fire and ambulance crews.

The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.

Contact Staff Writer Jamee A. Pierson at (641) 792-3121 ext.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Fire crews from Newton and Kellogg work to free Craig Newman from the vehicle he was driving after a head-on crash on Highway 6 Tuesday.

Mom charged after daughter, 12, found pregnant

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Ty Rushing/Daily News Maintaining the original Jasper County Veterans Memorial has become an annual task for the Jasper County Vietnam Vets. On Tuesday, David Schnathorst, left, and Bud Pickett, right, were joined by Randy Wagner for the four hour cleaning process.

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Vietnam vets doing their part to keep old memorial clean

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By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer While the recent spotlight has been on the new Jasper County Veterans Memorial Complex situated on the Jasper County Courthouse’s east lawn, the original memorial on the south lawn hasn’t been forgotten.

On Tuesday morning, three members of the Jasper County Vietnam Vets began the annual four hour process of cleaning and polishing the bronze cast statue that depicts one soldier holding a wounded comrade and yelling for help.

Bud Pickett said it’s the third year the cleaning has taken place. The JCVV’s took up the cause of maintaining the statue after Linda Klepinger — director of the Centre for Arts &

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Artists and wife of the sculptor, Nick, brought up the idea.

“The first year we had a little bit of trouble.

We had too many people working on it and got too much wax on it.

Last year, we had to go through and start cleaning it off and we worked with Nick Klepinger on it,” Pickett said.

Learning from their early mistake, the group now only has a handful of volunteers at a time work on the statue. Fellow veterans Randy Wagner and David Schnathorst joined Pickett for this year’s cleaning, typically done in August or September.

“It’s going to look a lot shinier than it did before,” Wagner said.

“Any complaints and we are going to quit,” Schnathorst added.

“Any complaints,

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Submitted Photo Newton Parks and Grounds hosted a dog pool party Tuesday evening at Maytag Pool to end the swimming season.

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they can have it next time,” Wagner quipped back.

To help pass the time, the group will joke and reminisce.

Pickett and Schnathorst have known each other since the eighth-grade and just went to their 50th class reunion this summer. Wagner likes to tease the duo about their age and about them being drafted versus volunteering like he chose to.

All jokes aside, the group knows the importance of their job and how significant this monument is to the men and women who served, and their families.

“Proud to serve, just like the old military days,” Wagner said.

A Newton mother is charged with child endangerment after it was discovered her 12-year-old daughter became preganant as the result of alleged sexual abuse.

Tina M. Durant, 37, was charged Friday following an investigation in which police determined the victim was sleeping in the same bed as Jacob White, 24 of Newton, and was suspected of engaging in sexual behavior between Durant April and May. During a doctor’s visit the victim was heard telling Durant “I tried to tell you several times,” according to a police report.

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The Animal Task Force presented a draft of the Animal Control Ordinance to the city council Monday. Classification of dogs was among the key points discussed.

The discussion initially began with the topic of pitbulls and whether they should they be classified differently than other breeds of dogs. The council decided that they did not want to classify certain breeds, but they did want a solution of how to deal the with the behavior of the dog.

Among classifications, dangerous ani-

mals covers a variety of animals, not dogs.

Lisa Gibbons, an Animal Task Force representative, explained that they wanted to start with a classification of problematic dogs and not initially potentially vicious.

A problematic dog would be a dog at large that has not caused serious harm; a dog that has bitten is not considered problematic.

“If we come out of the gates saying your dog is vicious, which is brutal, ferocious, savage, malicious with intent, you know, dogs are family members and I’m afraid it is going to shut people down,” Gibbons said.

“You are still getting every single part of holding them responsible, that’s not changing.”

If a problematic dog has two strikes against them they become classified a vicious dog and must be spayed or neutered.

If that dog goes without incident for one year, the vicious classification can be dismissed, but the dog will remain spayed or neutered.

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Ice, Ice Baby

County Republicans to meet Monday Jasper County Republicans will meet for their second block party at 7 p.m. on Monday at the northwest corner of the square in Newton.

Lions Club tip night at Pizza Ranch The Newton Lions Club will get proceeds from tip night from 5 to 8 p.m. Wedesnday at Pizza Ranch, 1500 W. 18th St. S. The community is encouraged to come out and help support the Lions Club.

Swimming not advised at North Overlook Beach Recent bacterial sampling at the North Overlook Beach at Lake Red Rock has shown elevated bacterial counts.

Sampling at the beaches is performed weekly by the Corps of Engineers through a contract with Iowa State University.

Due to the high readings, the beach will be posted with “Swimming Not Recommended” signs until further testing indicates low bacteria counts.

The beaches are tested for E-Coli bacteria.

Most forms of these bacteria are harmless, but they indicate contamination that could lead to illness such as flu-like symptoms.

While this week’s test results showed high bacterial population at the North Overlook Beach, the main body of the lake and Whitebreast Beach had low bacterial counts.

Ty Rushing/Daily News The ice bucket challenge has reached the political level, at least here in Jasper County. Nancy Parrott, Jasper County Recorder, took on the cold challenge Tuesday morning and in turn, challenged every male elected official in the county — including Iowa Sen. Dennis Black and Iowa Rep. Dan Kelley — to follow suit.

“I am taking the ALS plunge to help make us all more aware of this progressive neurodegenerative disease,” Parrott said. Parrott’s deputies Linda Hammer, Laura Van Der Hart, Denise Allan and Patti Van Zee had the honor of dousing their boss. ALS is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and the ALS Association the challenge as Pantone 355 M created Pantone Reflex Blue M a way to raise awareness and funds to battle it.

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Obituaries

Barbara Ingraham Aug. 19, 2014 Barbara J. (Flege) Ingraham, 73, of Newton passed on Tuesday, Aug. 19, after a lengthy battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.

The family will greet friends from 1:30 p.m., until the time of service.

Memorials to the cancer center at Skiff Medical Center may be left at the funeral home.

Barbara was born and

attended school in Waverly, until the age of 10, when her family moved to Newton, where she finished her education.

She was employed at Skiff Medical Center, Hammer Medical Supply and Wal-Mart, where she retired on July

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She is survived by her four sons, Dennis R. ( Joanna) Breckenridge of Newton, Randall J. Breckenridge of Newton, Ryan S. (Robin) Breckenridge of Wykoff, Minnesota, and Bruce Ingraham of Ponca City, Okla.; two daughters, Debra S. Scott of Newton and Joan R. Breckenridge of Des Moines; her 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dennis Ingraham; granddaughter, Tera Breckenridge; and a sister, Carol Dietrick.

UCC hosts retirement celebration The Baxter Congregational United Church of Christ will host a retirement celebration for Pastor Rollie Watters and wife Jeanette from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the church, located on Main Street in Baxter.

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A short program and thanks will occur at 3 p.m.

The Watters will be retiring to their home in Lake City after serving the Baxter congregation for more than 15 years.

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Newton Police Department • A 14-year-old juvenile is charged with third-degree burglary after authorities were called to 1610 N. Fourth Ave. W. at 9:20 a.m. Friday. The juvenile entered a home without the occupant knowing and was found to have taken money and make-up from the victim’s purse. The victim verified that no one else had taken the money since it was placed there but the juvenile denied taking it. The juvenile was cited and released to appear.

• A 15-year-old juvenile is charged with unlawful possession of prescription drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of controlled substance after authorities found the juvenile was found at the 400 block of S. 11th Ave. W. at 12:51 p.m. Friday. After identified, the officers searched the juvenile and found unidentified pills, meth and a meth pipe.

The juvenile had an order for immediate detention and was taken into custody.

• A 16-year-old juvenile is charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were called to Wal-Mart at 12:46 p.m.

Aug. 11. Officers were told the juvenile attempted to take a charger and leave without paying for it. The juvenile was cited and released to appear.

• Amy L. Atwood, 24, of Newton, is charged with operating while intoxicated after authorities pulled over the vehicle at 1000 W. Fourth St. S. at 6:22 p.m. Thursday. Officers noticed a vehicle make a sweeping left turn, almost striking a parked vehicle then pulling up over the curb and stopping over the sidewalk.

Officers asked Atwood to exit the vehicle and while walking to the police car she lost her balance. She failed the field sobriety tests and had a BAC of .165. She was cited and released to appear.

• Micheal A. Ballard, 35, of Newton, is charged with public intoxication, second offense after authorities were called to 524 N. Third Ave. E. at 9:07 p.m. Aug. 3. The Newton Police and Ambulance were called to the scene of a man lying on the ground.

He admitted to drinking six beers and while walking with his girlfriend, fell and broke his ankle. After arriving at Skiff Medical Center, he was found to have a BAC of .252. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Ty’s Take

The bigger issue behind the Michael Brown situation Nothing creates unity quite like tragedy, and make no mistake about it — the execution of Michael Brown is a tragedy.

The senseless death of an 18-year-old black man at the hands of an officer of the law in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson has sparked national outrage, turned the city into a war zone and turned a complicated matter into something as simple as white vs. black, which is one of the oldest and most recurring fights in our nation.

I hate that’s what this issue has boiled down to. There is clearly more at play here, and yes, the officer who killed Michael was white, yet there have been some unnecessary responses, including some radical blacks online calling for a purge of white people.

This is seriously disturbing.

Both black men like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and white men like Robert F. Kennedy were killed for wantBy Ty Rushing ing to make America Daily News Senior a place where men Staff Writer and women — no matter their race, creed or color — could have the same opportunities and look at each others as equals.

What does it say about us as a people when we can ignore their martyrdom and say something as revolting as, “let’s kill all of them”?

How does this idiotic and unrealistic plan become executed? Does every black person in America arm themselves and go on a shooting spree of anyone who doesn’t look like them?

I’m disgusted at the mere notion that someone could think this was not only a feasible plan, but one that should be enacted.

What does taking more lives do to bring Michael back or honor his memory?

Honestly, we as a people need to take a look in the mirror on this matter and ask ourselves the hard questions like: Why is it OK for thousands of black men to murder each other every year and the second someone outside the race does it there’s open dialog about committing genocide?

New Orleans and Washington D.C. are two predominantly black cities and they go back and forth all the time as “The Murder Capital” of the U.S., and yet this is something that rappers from those areas brag about in their lyrics.

Locally, Kansas City, Mo. is known as “Killa City” and Chicago is known as “Chi-Raq” because of the massive amounts of black-onblack gun violence in those cities. In 2011, 75 percent of the 433 murder victims in Chicago were black and most of deaths occurred from shootings according to the Chicago Police Department.

Kansas City is far above the U.S. average for murder and violent crimes and every year since 2005 the city has had more than 100 murders, which is a large number when you consider the entire two state metro area population is less than 2.5 million people.

Just like with Chicago, most of the murderers were black and so were the victims.

How come figures like this exist and we as a people don’t react until we get a situation like Michael’s or Trayvon Martin’s?

The peaceful protests and chants have been a wonderful thing — a Godsend really, on the other hand why counter this with rioting and looting? You can’t get angry at an officer for committing an extremely violent act and then turn around and burn down a Quick Trip as justification.

I understand the concept of an eye for an eye, however, when you cause senseless destruction you perpetuate the negative stereotypes mainstream media has of young black folks and this seemingly defeats the purpose of the peaceful protests.

I love the teachings of both Dr. King and Malcolm X — both his radical beginnings and peaceful nature toward the end — and I think we as a people should examine messages from our past to ensure that we are taking heed and securing a better future for ourselves.

With all of this being said, I want to close it out with a message from Malcolm X that I hope doesn’t fall on deaf ears: “A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.”

Contact Senior Staff Writer Ty Rushing at (641) 792-3121 Ext. 6532 or trushing@newtondailynews.com

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September school start date good for students My hat’s off to the opponents of September school start dates for creativity when offering explanations for starting school in early August. As a 37 year veteran teacher I can honestly say when the school year begins does not impact academic success but does negatively impact finances — which in turn reduces learning opportunities for our students.

The first claim is that earlyAugust school start dates are required to end the first semester before the winter break. The week before the winter break is one of the most hectic of the school year.

Student energy is high, focus and concentration is low. This is when it’s best to test our students? Why not let the kids enjoy all the season has to offer and come back to school refreshed and ready to review, study and then take the test?

Additionally, school districts have flexibility in scheduling instructional time, so if scheduling semester exams before the winter break is important to the local community, schools can still do it — without bringing students back to school in early August.

The second claim is we start school in early August so we can end the school year by Memorial

Day because students just can’t focus after that. Maybe if they hadn’t started school in early-August they wouldn’t have problems learning after Memorial Day. Again, thanks to the flexibility schools now have in scheduling required instructional time, Iowa schools could begin the school year in September and end by Memorial Day. This would free up quality time for valuable summer remediation programs for our frustrated and struggling students while still giving them time to wind down and re-energize before school started again.

The last argument is clearly a scare tactic. The claim: early August school start dates are academically beneficial because they give our children more time to prepare for state standardized tests, national college entrance exams and Advanced Placement tests. If this logic held true Iowa should be leading the pack. But we are not. For the past decade, the majority of the schools leading the pack begin school in lateAugust or after Labor Day. Students in these states take national exams at the same time as Iowa students, yet outperform us consistently.

Update on Frank Gilson Press box repair To the editor, I would like to explain to you Cardinal fans and former football players where we are on the Frank Gilson Press Box repair.

We were able to raise more than $4,000 and we had done quite a little repair inside the press box, then we were asked to hold up and not do anything more, there may be more money available to do more.

In just more than two weeks we were told that

Superintendent Bob Callaghan and the school board will approve replacing the press box next year.

We will use all the electrical fixtures , the steel doors and all the pain for the inside and all the new padded stack chairs in the new press box. All of this is stored at the high school.

We have $2,000 left and we are going to give $1,000 to the athletic department and $1,000 to the school board to help pay for the press box.

I want to thank everyone that donated for making this possible. Cardinal fans are the greatest.

Archie Ergenbright Newton

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It’s time to stop taking the easy way out and spend the time and the money to figure out what our students really need. The key to education is to motivate and encourage students. Accomplishment leads to desire to stay in school.

Let’s stop grasping at straws by trying calendar trends and adopt economically responsible school calendars that will ensure tax payer money is spent on education — not scheduling. August is the most expensive time to cool our schools. We cannot continue to allow taxpayer dollars to blow out the window in higher cooling costs when we have students sitting in classrooms throughout the state frustrated and struggling with no tutors available during the day to help them. This is not right and as Iowans we need to stand up and demand traditional calendars and personalized learning for our children.

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person responsible for the dog before a larger issue arises. A dog can still go straight to vicious if they break an additional law.

Among others topics within the ordinance discussed were having a leash law, where all dog would have to be on a leash outside of their property and discussing who should be held responsible for the dog. There has been a large number of people respond that they are just “taking care” of another’s dog when that dog gets in trouble, so the task force would like to address owners and caregivers, the people responsible for the dog at the time.

Contact Staff Writer Jamee A. Pierson at (641) 7923121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com.

Durant Continued from Page 1A dressed the matter with Durant, but she refused to take any action, according to a police report. After a witness explicitatly told Durant that she had seen the victim engaging in sexual behavior, Durant still failed to protect the victim by notifiying law enforcement, DHS or taking any action herself, according to the police report.

White was charged July 17 with thirddegree sexual abuse, according to police records. In White’s arrest report it says the victim’s parents reported the alleged abuse after reading her Faceboook conversations with White.

Durant was cited and released. Her initial court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 9.

White is not in custody, but has a no contact order with the victim. A court appearance has not been scheduled for his case.

Contact Staff Writer Jamee A. Pierson at (641) 7923121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com.

Submitted photo Brodie Sanders from Pizza Ranch delivered a variety of school supplies to the Newton Community School District today and presented them to Laura Selover, associate director of Human Resources. Items included folders, notebook paper, pens, pencils, erasers, markers, crayons, colored pencils, scissors, protractors, glue and tissues. The donations were gathered at Pizza Ranch as an effort to help make an impact on Newton school students, and they will be distributed among schools.

Iowa State University battles housing shortage AMES (AP) — Iowa State University was forced to turn away more than 200 applications for oncampus living due to a housing shortage.

Nearly 12,500 students signed up to live on campus this fall.

University officials are now planning to build a 700-bed residence hall to address the record number of hous-

ing applications.

On-campus housing is guaranteed to freshmen and transfer students. Pete Englin, director of the department of residence, said returning students who missed the threemonth window to renew housing contracts were denied.

More than 400 students will temporarily live in makeshift

dorm rooms set up in the common spaces of residence halls. Englin said those students will likely be relocated by the second semester, when there should be open space in the residence halls.

The university also leased space in several apartment buildings to house over 1,000 students.

“Whether you’re a

freshman or a senior, those living in residence halls have higher GPAs, they have builtin friends who share a common experience,” Englin said.

Englin said it’s up to the Board of Regents to approve the proposed 700-bed residence hall. It’s expected to cost around $50 million.

Officials said an in-

crease in enrollment is responsible for the housing dilemma.

About 33,250 students enrolled at Iowa State University last year.

The University of Northern Iowa has the opposite problem. Officials said the enrollment is down so there’s housing aplenty.

Residence halls at the University of Iowa are expected to

be at capacity this fall.

Some students will be assigned to temporary rooms like those at Iowa State University.

The University of Iowa is in the process of building one new residence hall and plans to discuss the addition of another on-campus housing option. More than 31,000 students attended the school in Iowa City last year.

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Husband who relives his past should focus on his present DEAR ABBY: I’m married to the love of my life. I can’t imagine loving a man more than I love “Wayne,” and I know he feels the same about me. The problem is, he’s always telling stories about things he has done, including past relationships, in graphic detail.

I have heard all of them repeatedly, and I’m sick of them. When I tell him this he says, “Fine! I won’t talk to you anymore.” Wayne never talks about OUR past, present or future. How can I get him to stop reliving “the good ol’ days” and start focusing on our life together? — CURRENT EVENT IN KENTUCKY DEAR CURRENT EVENT: Wayne may react defensively when you say you’re “sick” of his stories because he feels you are criticizing him.

Perhaps if you told him that hearing him dwell on past relationships is hurtful, he might be willing to enlarge his repertoire.

If that doesn’t help, it’s possible your husband feels his best years are behind him. Past conquests and adventures can be more fun to dwell on than the new lawnmower, the plumbing that needs replacement, which friends are sick and the most recent one who died.

Things might improve if you work together to create activities that will spice up your lives and give him some new material. Try it. It might benefit you both.

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Bob” for 12 years. He doesn’t work and doesn’t take care of our children because he says it’s “not his responsibility.” I have supported him all this time, yet nothing is good enough.

He has cheated on me several times.

During his third affair, he had two kids with the other woman. He doesn’t understand why I don’t trust him and why I insist on seeing his cellphone.

The last time I was able to get ahold of it, he broke down the bathroom door

trying to get it back.

He threatens to move out, and if he does, that will be “the last I hear from him.” I would be relieved if he went. I have so much anger toward him. I love him, but at this point love doesn’t have anything to do with it.

I have asked him several times to leave, but he just keeps saying he’ll be leaving on his own terms. I can’t continue like this anymore. He brings out the worst in me and I hate it. What do I do? — HAD IT IN PHOENIX DEAR HAD IT: That you have tolerated this behavior for 12 years boggles my mind. Because this philandering freeloader has resided with you for so long, you may have to go through formal eviction proceedings to get rid of him. You have given him a free ride, and you may need the services of a lawyer to pry him out of there.

If you do, consider it money well spent.

DEAR ABBY: If a spouse keeps photos of a college sweetheart after 50 years, what does it mean? Does it mean he is still carrying a torch for that person and doesn’t want to forget her? — SUSPICIOUS IN HOUSTON DEAR SUSPICIOUS: I doubt it, but if you want to be sure, the person you should ask is your husband. After 50 years, the “torch” may be too heavy to carry -- or completely out.

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22 Iowa jails refusing immigration detainers DES MOINES (AP) — Officials at 22 Iowa county jails have stopped accepting requests from federal immigration authorities to hold people in jail without a court order, the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa said Monday.

It has been common practice for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to ask county sheriffs to hold individuals brought in for traffic violations or other state or local infractions if the individual is suspected of not having proper immigration documents.

Many local authorities have complied with the ICE detention requests even though no charges were filed against

Blotter Continued from Page 3A • Max C. Cox, 44, of Newton is charged with driving while license barred after authorities pulled over a vehicle in the 200 Block of S. Third Ave. E. at 11:27 p.m. Sunday. Officers noticed an inoperable plate light and when asked for documentation Cox produced an identification card. Officers ran his driver’s license which came back as barred for habitual offender. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Randi L. Hamilton, 32, of Newton, is charged with two counts of forgery and possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities were called to Check N Go at 2:37 p.m. Friday.

Hamilton was attempting to cash two checks in the

the individuals and no court order was signed by a judge.

“They have resulted in the illegal imprisonment of countless individuals — including U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and Latinos in particular — often without any charges pending, sometimes for days or weeks after they should have been released from custody,” said Erica Johnson, the ACLU of Iowa’s immigrants’ rights and racial justice advocate.

Research from Syracuse University indicates that nearly 3,000 people were held on ICE detainers in Iowa in during 2012 and 2013 and that 63 percent of those individuals had no criminal history. Most were held in 74

amounts of $165 and $170 from an account that did not belong to her without the knowledge of the account owner. She was arrested on a warrant for failure to attend and was found with a spoon, four syringes and baggie with a white residue that she admitted were for her meth use. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Melissa E. Jones, 18, of Newton, is charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were called to Wal-Mart at 12:18 a.m. Monday. The officers found that an accomplice had placed alcohol in his pants. Together with Jones, they paid for toilet paper but not the alcohol.

The loss prevention employee stopped the pair but the accomplice took off running through the parking lot, while Jones stayed on the scene. The

Jasper County holds ICE detainees for 48 hours Newton Daily News The Jasper County Jail does not refuse individuals who are brought in for not having proper immigration documentation, said Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty.

Halferty said local authorities will, however, only

hold them for a maximum of just under 48 hours if no court order is sent from a federal judge.

In the past six to eight months, Halferty said the Jasper County Jail has only held one individual on a federal detainer and that individual was held on additional charges.

county jails while a few others were held by cities or at state prison facilities. Polk County led the state with 488 immigration detainees and Linn County had 206 individuals

held.

The ACLU of Iowa recently sent letters to sheriffs in Iowa’s 99 counties telling them that they are not required to honor ICE retainers without

estimated cost was less than $100. She was cited and released to appear.

• Brandon S. Morris, 26, of Reasnor, is charged with operating while intoxicated second offense after authorities pulled over a vehicle at 100 W. Second St. N. at 1:59 a.m.

Saturday. Officers were originally called to the Scoreboard Bar after there was a report of three men attempting to start a fight.

The officers witnessed a vehicle with an inoperable third brake light. Contact was made with the driver, Morris, who had blood running from a cut above his left eye was found to have a strong smell of alcohol and was slurring his words. He failed two of the three field sobriety tests and had a BAC of .207. He was cited and released to appear.

• Kirby M. Taylor, 26,

of Des Moines, is charged with operating while intoxicated after authorities pulled over the vehicle on Interstate 80 mile marker 164 at 12:02 a.m. Friday.

Officers had been informed of a reckless driver on Interstate 80 traveling eastbound. They were unable to locate the vehicle before it passed through city limits. The officers were informed that the vehicle was again traveling on Interstate 80, swerving all over the road as well as going as slow as 30 miles per hour. After apprehending Taylor, he was found to have a strong odor of alcohol and admitted he was intoxicated.

He refused all sobriety maneuvers. After being transported to the Newton Police Department, he submitted to a breath test which came back at .152. He was taken to the

a warrant and they could be held liable if sued for violating the U.S. Constitution.

The 3rd U.S Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in March that ICE cannot force local authorities to hold people without a warrant.

A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, in an April ruling citing the circuit court’s decision said Clackamas County, which held a woman for ICE can be sued for violating her constitutional rights because it could have declined to keep her in jail.

As a result of such court rulings county officials around the country are increasingly declining to hold people on ICE detainers without a judge’s order.

Jasper County Jail.

Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office • Barbara M. Antle, 66, of Newton, is charged with possessing contraband after authorities were called to the Newton Correctional Facility at 4:22 p.m. Sunday. Antle arrived with her accomplice and while the accomplice entered the prison, Antle was observed sitting inside her vehicle.

While in her vehicle, she was caught on security camera throwing contraband onto prison grounds.

It was later located and identified as two types of pills and meth. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Brett W. Janes, 35, of Collins, is charged with possession of firearm by a felon after authorities were called to 14206 N.

95th Ave. W. in Collins at 10:08 a.m. Thursday.

Janes and his father were involved in a domestic dispute after which his father fled for his safety.

Janes stated he would use the shotgun he possessed if anyone was called to the residence. His father requested a no contact order. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Tyler J. Kelchen, 22, of Newton, is charged with operating while intoxicated first offense after authorities pulled over a vehicle at the 6200 Block of Highway F48 West at 2:28 a.m. Saturday. After being stopped for a traffic violation, Kelchen was found to have blood shot and watery eyes as well as a strong smell of alcohol. He admitted to consuming two beers and had a BAC of .097. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Religion Briefs

Community hosts free meals at McCann The Salvation Army and area churches are uniting to host a community meal from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at McCann Center.

The home cooked meal will be beneficial to those trying to save money on food and also for those wanting an opportunity to socialize with others.

McCann Center is located at 1115 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton. The meal is open to anyone.

St. Luke UMC hosts blood drive Saturday

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Pastor Scott Greene, Anita Bayles and Michael Craig present a check for more than $650 to Diane McIntosh and Jennifer Mehlert of the Sing Me to Heaven Foundation.

Least of Saints Ministry donates to the Sing Me to Heaven Foundation

By Jamee A. Pierson Daily News Staff Writer Last Thursday, the Least of Saints Ministry donated more than $650 to the Sing Me to Heaven Foundation of La Porte City, Iowa. The foundation raises money for families for funeral and burial expenses for Iowa children.

“We had a garage bake sale for a week,” said Anita Bayles,of Least of Saints. Bayles, along with Linda Greene, Pastor Scott Greene’s wife, were the main organizers of the event that took place at Least of Saints Ministry, 2900 First Ave. E. “Everything was donated,” Bay-

les said. Pastor Greene said he was amazed by the money that could be raised from just a garage bake sale.

The ministry also had a prison inmate donate to the cause through their organization on two separate occasions.

Diane McIntosh and Jennifer Mehlert of Sing Me to Heaven accepted the donation from the Greenes, Bayles and her grandson Michael Craig on behalf of the entire ministry.

“I like the fact that 85 percent of what (Sing Me to Heaven) does (goes to the families),” Scott Greene said. Greene has run into a lot of charities that have a much

smaller donation percentage, so he was happy to see so much go to the families.

In its third year, Sing Me To Heaven would like to give more to the families, but it does have expenses. No one in the foundation takes a salary and it tries to keep what expenses it does have to a minimum.

If you would like to donate to Sing Me to Heaven visit its website at www.singmetoheaven.com.

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

Ribbon Cutting

The Newton Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting to celebrate a change in location.

Pictured are Connie Wright, Program Director and Optimae Staff, along with chamber ambassadors and community leaders.

The business is located at 1730 1st Ave. E., Newton Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm

641-787-9133

St. Luke United Methodist Church is partnering with LifeServe Blood Center to host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Main Hall of the church, located at 501 E. 19th N. in Newton.

To be eligible to donate, donors must be at least 16 years of age (16 and 17 year old first time blood donors must have a signed parental/guardian consent form). Donors must weigh at least 120 pounds and be in general good health. An ID pre-printed with the donor name is required at registration. Donors are encouraged to eat a good meal and drink plenty of water before donating blood.

Appointments are requested. To make an appointment, call the church at (641) 7925736.

IBC hosts AWANA registration night The Immanuel Baptist Church will host a registration night for all returning and new Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed club members from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 17 at the church, located at 1300 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton.

AWANA is an international youth club built around the Bible and learning through games and activities with other youth.

Registration will serve for introductions and as an opportunity for parents, club members and AWANA staff to get to know one another. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call the church at (641) 792-4470.

Local Sports

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014

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‘The most fun time of my life’

By Ben Schuff Daily News Sports Writer The year was 1973. Doug Swanson was 20, long-haired and wanted a place to play baseball. In order to ensure himself a future on diamonds scattered across central Iowa, he seized an opportunity to take over the Kellogg Cardinals, a collection of ball players a few miles down the road from his hometown of Newton and a team that had won a state championship 18 years prior.

The following summer, Swanson, affectionately called ‘Swanny’ by his peers, moved the team to Newton.

During the next 27 years, Swanson changed the way baseball was viewed and experienced by handfuls of college, minor league and even a few future major league players.

Whether the town team was semi pro, summer league or an incredibly skilled beer-league bunch, fun times and great baseball defined the Newton A’s.

Tom Sharp: I wish I could take you back and along for the ride just so you could see what it was like.

Scott Kickbush: It was 10, 12 years of some of the most fun summers I’ve ever had.

Doug Swanson: I could talk for five or six hours about this. One hundred hours probably.

Denny Barton: For me personally, and I think I can speak for (former players) Nelly (Larry Nelson), Jake (Lowell Jacobsen) and Worm ( Jerry Sears), it was the most fun time of my life.

Lowell Jacobsen: I was supposed to play for them in 1973.

The team was over in Kellogg and I didn’t know much about them. A guy I played high school ball with was playing for them and he called wanting to know if I wanted to play. Well, I had a summer job that took up a lot of my time. I decided I wanted to make money, which it wasn’t good money but it was more money than I’d ever made before.

Had I known then what I knew later, I definitely would’ve played.

It was a lot of fun playing for the A’s.

Ed Johnson: My first memory of the Newton A’s is we played them, I was on a different team, and I think they just kicked our fannies and they were really good. I thought, I want to play for them. They were just really good. I thought, boy, it’d sure be fun to play for a team like that.

Swanson: I’m a big Cardinals fan and we (Newton High School) were already the Cardinals. That was when the A’s were in their heydays, ’72, ’73, ’74, when they won three World Series in a row. I kind of liked the way they did things and they had long hair and stuff, mustaches. As a matter of fact, as a side note, they used to call me Catfish because we played Williamsburg one time, and I had the fu manchu, we had the A’s uniforms.

We go to the bar after the game and some old man sitting there says, ‘Hey, you’re Catfish Hunter.’

I said, ‘Yeah, yeah I am.’ He said, ‘What are you doing in town?’ I A’S See Page 2B

Cubs win in shortened game CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Rizzo slammed a two-run homer, Tsuyoshi Wada pitched five strong innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat San Francisco, 2-0, in a game that was halted after 4 1/2 innings because of unplayable field conditions following rain at Wrigley Field.

After a brief but heavy downpour, the game was delayed 4 hours, 34 minutes before it was called off at 1:16 a.m. Fewer than 1,000 fans remained.

When the rain and the wind intensified in the middle of the fifth inning, home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt stopped play. The grounds crew couldn’t get the manual tarp fully in place, leaving large portions of the infield exposed to rain for more than 10 minutes.

Rookie Javier Baez walked with one out against Ryan Vogelsong (7-9) in the first inning before Rizzo homered over the right-field bleachers for his 29th shot of the season.

Wada (3-1) scattered six hits and walked none.

Royals handle Rockies DENVER (AP) — Omar Infante had three doubles and drove in four runs to help streaking Kansas City knock off Colorado, 7-4.

James Shields pitched six solid innings to get the win for the Royals, who have won 21 of 26.

Rookie Tyler Matzek (2-9) came into Tuesday with a 9.60 ERA in August, ran into trouble in the seventh.

Matzek got the first two outs before allowing a pinch-hit single to Josh Willingham and walking Nori Aoki.

Adam Ottavino came on and gave up consecutive doubles to Infante and Salvador Perez to give the Royals a 4-2 lead.

The Royals scored three more runs in the eighth off Colorado’s bullpen.

Infante had a two-run double with the bases loaded.

Shields (12-6) allowed two runs on nine hits and struck out six. Greg Holland threw one pitch to record his 39th save in 40 chances.

Diving in Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Diving events are back in for NCMP Aquagirls for the 2014 high school swim season. The swim team held its annual Red and Black intrasquad scrimmage Tuesday evening at Maytag Pool.

The swimmers competed in swimming races and the three divers (at right) — Anna Barr, Chelsea Trotter and Morgann Eide — showed off their dives. The Aquagirls head indoors at the Newton YMCA for the season. NCMP has one home meet this season, without diving events, then host the conference meet with diving events taking place at Grinnell. NCMP opens the 2014 season on Auc. 26 at Linn-Mar.

The Days of the A’s Part one of a three-part oral history on the Newton A’s

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Submitted photo Darin Tisdale walks up to the ball park in Watkins for a Newton A’s game played in the 1990s. Tisdale was one of the few high school players who played for the A’s.

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014

Submitted photo Joe Blake bats for the Newton A’s in a game against Arlington, Neb., in Westphalia, Iowa in 2000. Blake was one of the A’s key players during the team’s final decade of existence.

A’s: Newton baseball team played for 27 summers from mid ‘70s through 2000 Continued from Page 1B

time we didn’t win was if one of our pitchers couldn’t show up and somesaid ‘Well, we’re on our way up to play body else had to pitch. If we had our the Twins. We just thought we’d stop team together, we pretty much won and play your town team on the way just about all the time. up there.’ ‘Oh, OK, have a beer.’ So Darin Tisdale: Growing up as a kid, anyway, that’s why we became the A’s. I’d always gone out there, so I knew The team was originally comprised of them. My dad and I used to go out to mainly local talent, area college players the games and watch, sit in the dugout looking for playing time in the summer. and talk to Swanny while the games As years passed and word spread, the A’s were going on … Whoever they were became an all-star collection of central playing, they seemed to dominate.

Iowa baseball players.

When you’re a little kid, you always Swanson: It started out, the year I like to watch guys hit home runs and I had the team in Kellogg, it was mostly just remember watching those guys hit Newton kids and then in ’74, a buddy ball after ball out of the ball park onto of mine, Denny Barton, who is the the road (beyond) Eversman Field, Urbandale high school coach, he had which are pretty long shots, so that played at Simpson for a year and then was impressive as a little kid. Some went to Drake. of the pitchers, they were really good.

Barton: I was playing at Drake and They threw hard and it was strike out Swanny knew me and was interested after strike out. in two or three of the Drake players Brian O’Connor: They were huge. who were really good players: Mike It was like pitching against the Oak(Zelenovich), Dave Roberson, Roger land A’s. I’m serious … They had quite Busse, guys that were just around for an impressionable lineup. the summer.

Jeff Judkins: I had played in Des Swanson: When we moved to Moines, in that league for a couple Newton, it was Drake’s last year of years and baseball. So Bart had called — that’s we’d actuhow things have changed, phone-wise. ally played He called me collect and he was in against the Denton, Texas and I didn’t know that. A’s a couple The phone call was, like, nine and a of differhalf bucks, which in 1974 was a hell of ent occaa lot of money. sions …

Barton: I had forgotten that phone Generally, call … Drake had dropped their pro- we took a gram, so we knew that we were done. pounding.

We go to the Missouri Valley tourna- The teams ment. We drove cars down there to I played Tulsa. I had a girlfriend who lived in on, we alTexas, I think it was El Paso. I asked ways, and Spike when this is over, do you mind I played I’m flying to Texas? He said, fine, a g a i n s t thanks, good luck, because this is over. them a couThat’s when I called him. Like I said, ple differI was a player and I said, Swanny, I’m ent times, down here and we’re done and he said, but we genalright, you want to play for us? That’d erally had be great. Can I get (Roger) Busse, it handed (Dave) Roberson and (Mike) Zele- to us. Einovich? I said, yeah, I’ll talk to them. ther the So I was the player to be named later. pitchers we Swanson: So we got a bunch of guys were facfrom Drake that were really good. ing or the They were second in the conference lineup of that year to Tulsa, so we were pretty hitters that successful.

Swanny put Barton: Then Swanny and I were on the field together for 20 to 25 years. In es- — there weren’t too many close games sence, Nelly, myself, Jerry Sears, who I can remember playing against them. has passed away, Swanny, we would be Rick Heller: I played Legion ball kind of the original (group). Then as in Ottumwa when I was growing up the years went on, Lowell Jacobson, and so the first experience I had with when he got released from the Mets… the Newton A’s was our Legion coach Jacobsen: I started in 1975, right would have them come down and we after I got released from the Mets would play them before our state tour… A friend of mine, a former team- nament so we could face some better, mate, Paul Mills, that I played with at quality competition heading into the Grand View, he was playing in New- tournament … They always had a lot ton. He gave me a call and said, I’ve of good players and that was my first got a ball club that you could play for memory is that they had some really if you want. I wanted to keep playing, good players. That’s obviously why so I said, yeah, I’ll play. our coach wanted us to face them so The A’s roster continued to develop we could get ready to go. and evolve in the late 70s and into the O’Connor: I’ll just tell you this, I 80s. Tom Sharp, a Newton native and had a tough time against them. I just all-American player at Grand View, remember one time pitching against joined the A’s as a college player in 1982 them and honestly, I felt like I was and helped open the door for more tal- facing a team that was one of the betent from the school in the future. Simi- ter college lineups that I would face. lar connections sprouted at other area I pitched in the College World Series colleges, such as Simpson in Indianola. in ’91 and pitched against some great Friends recruited friends, uncles sug- ball clubs throughout my college cagested nephews, brothers brought broth- reer and I felt like I was facing one of ers – seemingly all supplying supreme the more legitimate lineups that I had baseball talent. In some instances, entire faced in my pitching time. baseball families, like the Blakes and the Barton: Some years we were more Mahoneys, donned the A’s uniform. competitive than others, depending As the talent improved, so did the A’s on who Swanny could find. Then at a record. certain point in time … he got a hold Swanson: In 28 years, our record of the Blake family. All the Blakes is 652 and 255, so that’s about 400 played for us, every one of them. games over .500.

There were four boys, three of the Troy Plummer: It was ridiculous. four played professionally and Joey We won almost all the time. The only should have. (Heck), Casey (Blake)

played a couple games when he was at Wichita. Then Scott Kickbush, he was a former pro and so that era came on board – (Ryan) Cooley, Rosey (Todd Rose) – and then Swanny got really, really good.

In six seasons from 1987 to 1992, the A’s went 159-30. The team benefitted from adding players like Kickbush, who was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1986, but had his pro career cut short due to a rotator cuff injury. Kickbush’s arrival in 1989 demonstrated how big of a draw Newton had become.

Kickbush: When I got released from the Braves, I had arm surgery and Ed Johnson said, hey, when you get done with your rehab and stuff, you ought to come play for us. I was kind of ticked off and bitter at the time and I didn’t really want to so Ed said, look, just come over and hang out. So I rode over with Ed, hung out in the dugout with Swanny and was like, as soon as I’m healed up, Swanny. I mean, he’s just that type of person. He’s just an amazing, amazing man.

The biggest reason I didn’t want to play was they had this Des Moines league and I saw the teams from the Des Moines league that played, some of the players they had (and) I just didn’t want to play that type of baseball.

When I went over and saw Newton play and Swanny and all those guys, they were up here, they were good. So I’m like, alright, I’ll play this.

At certain times, we had college allAmericans playing for us, we had four or five guys who played minor league ball, guys throwing for us that played professionally.

You had to be pretty good to crack the lineup. There were a lot of guys that wanted to play for us, but talent-wise couldn’t.

Tim Mahoney: If you grew up in central Iowa and were looking for a summer town team, you wanted to play for the Newton A’s … because of the level of talent that was there. You started to see who ran through there.

Heller: I would agree with that.

That was back before the Northwoods league. There were really few collegiate leagues out there. You had the Jayhawk League and then the Cape and the main ones, but there weren’t many places or options for the college player to play. Not only did he (Swanson) have his share of good college players, but he had a lot of guys that had played at a high level in college and even some former pro guys who would come back, so the mix of talent was pretty awesome.

Kickbush was one of 33 Newton A’s that signed a professional contract to play baseball. Four players — Casey Blake, Mike Mahoney, Darrell Einertson and Kory Dehaan — made it to the majors.

Cooley: The thing that I remember most is how much experience and success everybody had that played for the A’s. If you didn’t, you didn’t play. You maybe played a game and that was it.

It wasn’t like Swanny didn’t want you

to come back or told you not to come back. You figured it out. I mean, you’re a three-hole hitter for a Division I or II school and then you come down to us and you’re going, holy cow, I’m hitting eighth and I probably shouldn’t be hitting in this lineup.

Mahoney: There was never a lack of advice, and good advice mind you, as it related to playing baseball.

Tisdale: I thought it was pretty interesting to play with some guys who made it to the Major Leagues. Like Casey Blake and Mike Mahoney, I can remember those guys being around, they were just out of college and hadn’t made it to the Bigs yet, and just to know what they looked like before they got to that level, that was interesting to see up close. At the time, you’re thinking, yeah, he’s a good player, and the next thing you know he’s on TV playing.

Success became a problem for the A’s in the mid-90s. After routinely playing more than 30 games a season in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the A’s managed only 19 games in 1995. Opponents were hard to come by, and as Kickbush described it, “It got to the point where teams in central Iowa wouldn’t play us anymore because we just kicked the (crap) out of them...”

To counter their problem, the club joined the Iowa Valley League. Despite continued success on the field — the A’s were league champions in 1997 and state champions in 1998 — the travel involved with weekly trips to eastern Iowa, along with age, played roles in the end of the A’s. The team’s final season was 2000.

Ben Blake: Honestly, I think the end of the team was due to its location.

Joe Blake: I think with us not finding a lot of games around Newton and having to travel every weekend — we didn’t have to travel every weekend but having to travel every other weekend — it started to just get hard. It was a long day, you know?

Cooley: I know Kickbush was saying this was it for him and, like I said, he was kind of like the captain during my years ... It was a lot of work to be average. Too much work to be average.

You couldn’t just show up and play anymore, and I didn’t have the time or desire to keep working out so that I could be average.

Kickbush: We’d all talked about and kind of told him (Swanson) this was going to be our last year and after this year, we were done. That’s kind of when he agreed that when you guys are done, I’m done. He’d kind of always had said that. Between Ben and Joe and myself, some of the core guys that were left, when we told him, hey, this is our last year, Doug decided he was done, too.

Tisdale: Those guys had got to play together since they were young through their early-to-mid 30s, so I was hoping the team would stick together, but now that I look back I’m kind of their age now, I can understand how it ended and the timing that it did.

Cooley: All of them at least grew out of the Newton A’s stage, because it is a stage you go through. It was a fun stage, but sometimes you’ve got to move on.

Kickbush: I look at pictures I have, I have a bunch of them hanging in my house, I guess every time I look at them, I look at them and I see youth and I see fun and I see back when we really didn’t have any cares in life. We were just all hanging out together as a bunch of young guys having fun and doing what we really love to do. That’s how I see it to this day.

Contact Staff Writer Ben Schuff at (641) 792-3121 ext. 6536 or at bschuff@newtondailynews.com.

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needs of a small Command Center and felt the West Malaka Board and Fire/Rescue Departments should have been involved with the overall planning. Upon completion of discussion, it was agreed a meeting would be set to include all parties to discuss further action on the project.

Resolution #17-14; Resolution to Approve the Iowa Department of Transportation Official State Financial Report for City Streets and Parking for 2013/14 - DeJong moved to approve. Wormley seconded. Roll call vote: Ayes; DeJong, Wormley, Lisk, Hesson, Kunkel. Nays; None. Absent; None. Resolution #17-14 adopted.

Resolution #18-14; A Resolution to Authorize the Transfer of $2,500 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds from the City Checking Account to Time Certificate #100059, Which Includes Current Perpetual Care Funds Previously Deposited - DeJong moved to approve. Hesson seconded. Roll call vote: Ayes; Kunkel, Hesson, Lisk, Wormley, DeJong. Nays; None. Absent; None. Resolution #18-14 adopted.

Discussion Rental Inspections and Contract Sale Property - The Clerk advised she had contacted the City Attorney in regards to writing an amendment to the the current City Ordinance for property inspections to include contract sale properties along with rental properties as approved previously by the Council. She noted the City Attorney recommended the Council rethink their decision to include contract sales with rental properties where inspections were required. He responded that contract sales recorded with the County should be considered as purchased property and be held in the same context as other “owner occupied” dwellings thus excluding them from required annual property inspections. Upon completion of discussion the Council agreed to follow the City Attorney's direction and forego amending the current ordinance as previously approved.

Approval of Professional Service Agreement with MSA Professional Services for Implementation of a Development Standards Review - Wormley moved to approve the Service Agreement.

Lisk seconded . Motion carried, all ayes.

Caboose Committee Report Lisk advised the committee has not met yet. A meeting will be set for later in the week if possible.

Consent Agenda - DeJong moved to approve the consent agenda and to accept Hesson's handwritten bill for concrete purchased for his sidewalk application. Wormley seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

Bills Payable - DeJong moved to approve. Hesson seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

Mayor's Report - None.

Wormley moved to adjourn. Hesson seconded. Motion carried, all ayes. Meeting adjourned at 7:33 p.m.

Mayor Stephen C. Smith Attest: Peg Kimberley, City Clerk August 20

sion. DeGoey reported that it was the section of creek where a break in the sewer pipe had occurred.

When the contractor fixed the pipe, he brought in a lot of rock. This changed the flow of the creek and is now eroding the opposite side of the bank. DeGoey will contact the contractor to see if some rock can be pulled back to straighten the flow out some. c. The Council along with Superintendent Callaghan discussed the traffic flow around Thomas Jefferson at the end of the school day.

Everyone's number one concern is the safety of the kids.

The items discussed that will be implemented this school year are: (1) Right turn only coming out of the drop-off in front of the school (Thomas Jefferson Road), (2) Utilizing the bus lane for parent pick-up after the buses leave (north side of Thomas Jefferson School), and (3) Enforcement of no parking on Thomas Jefferson Road. d. The city clerk will follow up with Iowa Codification to see which legislative changes affect the Code of Ordinances.

Consent Agenda: DeGoey moved and was seconded by Humke to approve all of the items on the consent agenda including the minutes from the July 3, 2014 meeting, bills, and reconciliation report for July. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

JCARL Participation Fee...............$20.03 News Printing Company Publications.......................$58.87 Dodd's Sanitation Contract..........$670.00 Christina Machin Salary..............................$392.64 Iowa One Call Locates................................$6.30 Speck USA Street Cleaning.............$1,900.00 IPERS Retirement.........................$67.62 Snyder & Associates Professional Services......$414.96 Alliant Energy Utilities...............................$18.73 Alliant Energy Utilities.............................$379.84 Total August Bills.........$3,928.99 General Fund..................$231.70 Charges for Fee...........$2,713.31 Local Option Sales Tax...$845.42 Emergency..........................$0.00 Road Use Fund............$1,177.75 Capital Projects...................$0.00 Debt Service........................$0.00 Total July Revenue.......$4,968.18 General Fund...............$1,908.71 Road Use Fund...............$395.99 Charges for Fee...........$1,702.33 Capital Projects...................$0.00 Debt Service........................$0.00 Total July Expenses.....$4,007.03 Staff and commissions reports Mayor: Perrenoud reported that Jim Sparks had communicated that a Presidential Declaration was done as a result of severe storms that occurred in Iowa this summer. Perrenoud stated that there was nothing that the City could act on.

Streets: Parsons reported that he would be painting crosswalks before school began.

Sewers: Klocke provided a written report stating that SAK tried to line the last main and ran into an issue. Karl Peters fixed the issue. Karl Peters will also begin work around August 15th on the remaining sewer line.

Parks: No report Tree Steward: Thomassen would like to remind residents to trim bushes and limbs where necessary.

Storm Sewers: No report City Clerk: No report Financial: No report Old Business: There was none.

Thomassen moved and was seconded by Parsons to adjourn at 8:12 p.m. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

Next City Council meeting to be held September 4, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Christina Machin, City Clerk Mayor Bill Perrenoud City Clerk Christina Machin August 20

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lassifieds C Public Notices The regular meeting of the Baxter City Council was called to order on Monday, August 11, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall by Mayor Stephen C. Smith. Council members present were Bryan DeJong, Larry Hesson, Dan Kunkel, Justin Lisk and Matt Wormley.

Mayor Smith made an amendment to the Agenda to include the Baxter Garden Club and Health Insurance for Police Officer, Rick Nichols. Hesson moved to approve the amended Agenda.

Kunkel seconded. Motion carried, all ayes. Wormley moved to approve Minutes of the July regular and special meetings. Hesson seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

Street Closing Request/Cadillac Jack's - Request to Close a Portion of W. State Street from Main Street to the Rear Bank Parking Lot Exit, September 6th from 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. for BBQ Cook -Off - Wormley moved to approve. Kunkel seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

American Legion/Discussion Handicap Parking Sign at Veteran's Memorial - Larry Schmidt was in attendance on behalf of the Legion to request the existing handicap parking sign at the Memorial be moved to allow for new concrete. The Council agreed to remove the existing sign to allow for the necessary concrete work but tabled discussion on a new location for the parking space for further consideration. Schmidt noted a decision would need to be made on the electrical availability to the monument in the near future. The matter will be discussed at the upcoming Caboose Committee meeting to be set for later in the week.

Mary Jo West/Zoning-Community Building - Not in attendance.

Police Report - Chief Steve Wright reported. Items discussed: 1. Wright introduced newly hired Police Officer, Rick Nichols.

Nichols was offered the position after an interview with Chief Wright and Mayor Smith. He is on a 90 day probationary period with tentative plans to attend the Police Academy in January. The Council was presented a copy of Nichol's health insurance card for approval. Once approved he becomes eligible for monthly stipend payments towards his personal insurance plan. Council approved.

2.

Call out numbers reviewed.

Will be working on stop sign violators again this month.

BEDC Report - President Ryan Bucklin reported. Items discussed: 1. WFH Phase III - Still waiting on update from CGA regarding legal action against TK Concrete and their bonding company. The Board is prepared to take further action against all parties involved if necessary to complete this process.

2.

Bruce McGuire and Jamie Milligan have resigned their positions on the Board.

Currently in need of new members.

BEDC/TIF Bills Payable - None.

Maintenance Report - Public Works Director Shawn Fuller reported. Items discussed: 1. FEMA closeout process continues.

2. State pump being housed in Baxter is currently in Ankeny being repaired after being damaged while in use at other communities this past summer. Homeland Security will pay the repair bill.

3. Clinic building back door is in need of repair along with some electrical work. VanMaanen Electric has been contacted for electrical repairs. Still looking for a contractor to fix the door. Will need to be done prior to the Clinic opening.

4. Additional hours for seasonal help was discussed. A committee was set to review the matter for further consideration. DeJong and Wormley will sit on the committee.

Water/Wastewater Report - P.W. Director Shawn Fuller reported.

Items discussed: 1. JETCO working on new SCADA system.

2. All required samplings completed for the summer.

3.

Monthly water/wastewater flow averages reviewed.

Baxter Garden Club - Not in attendance.

Approval of 2014 Cemetery Perpetual Care Report - DeJong moved to approve. Hesson seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

Approval of 2013/14 Summary of Investments - Wormley moved to approve. DeJong seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

Approval of 2013/14 Outstanding Obligation Report - Hesson moved to approve. Wormley seconded. Motion carried, all ayes.

Resolution #16-14A; Resolution Approving Amended 2014/15 28E Agreement with West Malaka Benefited Fire District for Fire & Emergency Response Services - The Clerk noted Resolution 1614A replaces previously approved Resolution #16-14 due to increased figures requested by West Malaka Benefited Fire District and approved by the Council at a special meeting held July 30th. DeJong moved to approve.

Hesson seconded. Roll call vote: Ayes: Kunkel, Hesson, Lisk, Wormley, DeJong. Nays; None.

Absent; None. Resolution #1614A adopted.

Mayor Smith recognized Carol Bunse/West Malaka Benefited Fire District. Bunse was in attendance to voice concerns over the previously approved plans for development of an Incident Command Center within the Council Chambers of City Hall. Bunse advised that in reviewing the equipment and project costs the plan appeared to be extensive for the needs of a small Command Center and felt the West Malaka Board and Fire/Rescue Departments should have been involved with the overall planning. Upon completion of discussion, it was agreed a meeting would be set to include all parties to discuss further action on the project.

Resolution #17-14; Resolution to Approve the Iowa Department of Transportation Official State Financial Report for City Streets and Parking for 2013/14 - DeJong moved to approve. Wormley seconded. Roll call vote: Ayes; DeJong, Wormley, Lisk, Hesson, Kunkel. Nays; None. Absent; None. Resolution #17-14 adopted.

Resolution #18-14; A Resolution to Authorize the Transfer of $2,500 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds from the City Checking Account to Time Certificate #100059, Which Includes Current Perpetual Care Funds Previously Deposited - DeJong moved to approve. Hesson seconded. Roll call vote: Ayes; Kunkel, Hesson, Lisk, Wormley, DeJong. Nays; None. Absent; None. Resolution

Adam D. Otto, Attorney THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY Bank Iowa, Plaintiff(s), vs.

Douglas Sorenson, Unknown Spouse of Douglas A. Sorenson, Heather A. Sorenson, Hanson Directory Service, Inc. and Parties in Possession Defendant(s).

EQUITY No. EQCV118996 ORIGINAL NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT- Heather A. Sorenson: You are notified that a petition has been filed in the office of the clerk of this court naming you as a defendant in this action, which petition prays (l) for foreclosure of a mortgage to Bank Iowa dated April 8, 2004 and filed April 12, 2004, on the real estate located at 502 E. 19th St. S., Newton, IA 50208. The name and address of the attorney for the plaintiff(s) is Adam D. Otto, Otto Law Office, PLLC, 123 W. 2nd St. N., PO Box 1356, Newton, IA 50208. The attorney's phone number is 641-792-7000; facsimile number: 641-792-7001.

You must serve a motion or answer on or before the( 2) 16th day of September, 2014, and within a reasonable time thereafter, file your motion or answer with the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, at the courthouse in Newton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

You are further notified that the above case has been filed in a county that utilizes electronic filing. Unless, within 20 days after service of this original notice upon you , you serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter file a motion or answer, in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, at the courthouse in Newton, Iowa, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. 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 require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immediately call your district ADA coordinator at (515) 286-3394. (If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1800-735-2942) (SEAL) CLERK OF COURT Jasper County Courthouse Newton, Iowa 50208 August 13,20 & 27 CITY OF LAMBS GROVE COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 7, 2014 Meeting was called to order by Mayor Bill Perrenoud at 7:00 p.m.

Roll call: Kevin Parsons, Cindy Humke, Kent DeGoey, and Steve Thomassen present.

Absent: Tom Clark. Parsons moved and was seconded by DeGoey to approve the agenda. Upon roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.

Guests: Bob Callaghan New Business: a. Council discussed issue with curb intake on Oakwood and different styles of grates. They will follow up with Tom Clark who was absent from the meeting to discuss the next steps. b. DeGoey went and looked at the section of creek that was brought to the Council's attention at the last meeting regarding erosion. DeGoey reported that it was the section of creek where a break in the sewer pipe had occurred.

When the contractor fixed the pipe, he brought in a lot of rock. This changed the flow of the creek and is now eroding the opposite side of the bank. DeGoey will contact the contractor to see if some rock can be pulled back to straighten the flow out some. c. The Council along with Superintendent Callaghan discussed the traffic flow around Thomas Jefferson at the end of the school day.

Everyone's number one concern is the safety of the kids.

The items discussed that will be implemented this school year are: (1) Right turn only coming out of the drop-off in front of the school (Thomas Jefferson Road), (2) Utilizing the bus lane for parent pick-up after the buses leave (north side of Thomas Jefferson School), and (3) Enforcement of no parking on Thomas Jefferson Road. d. The city clerk will follow up with Iowa Codification to see which legislative changes affect

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OTR DRIVERS: Rands Trucking located in Grinnell, IA is currently accepting applications for OTR Driving positions, Rand offers a competitive pay and benefits package, Clean MVR, 1 year experience preferred. To learn more about employment opportunities at Rands Trucking call Mike or Andrea at 1800-268-3933 or visit us at Randstrucking.com email us at jobs@randstrucking.com PART-TIME HELP wanted 20-25 hours.

Afternoon hours apply in person MG Laundry 1220 S 5th Ave E “PARTNERS IN Excellence” OTR Drivers APU Equipped Pre-Pass EZpass passenger policy.

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FARM TOY TRACTORS, trucks, implements, farm related advertising pieces and any Lego's. 641-5263050.

OLD MILITARY items: German, Japanese, and American, and old Advertising signs.

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SKILLED HANDYMAN to do a variety of projects including painting, drywall repair, small carpentry and maintenance projects, hanging doors, changing locks, and minor plumbing repairs for rental properties. Must be responsive and reliable. References required. 641-792-7605.

WANT TO buy a Red Hat Royal 400 sign for my collection and can pay up to $10,000.00 for a nice one.

Call 406-471-8184 WANT TO Buy farm toys, pedal tractors and old toy trucks. 521-4715.

WANTED: PIGEONS, preferably white. 515-6743633.

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FIRESTONE TIRE FR710 215/65R16 98T M&S. Like new. 641-521-3699.

SELLING MY Collections of tractors, truck, cars, airplanes, Radio Flyer lunch boxes, Hallmark kiddie cars. 515-250-1204 or 515577-9957.

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

1 & 2 bdrm units in Newton & Monroe!

Priced $450-$600 $200 Security Deposits Pet Friendly (some restrictions) W/D Hookups Central Air Dishwasher Private covered Patio or Balcony with storage Laundry Facility onsite

FOR SALE Cement Landscape blocks: 11” wide 4” hi. $0.50 each.

Wood Clamps: 6” thru 48” $5.00 each. Hoover Rug Shampooer: $50.00 Leaf Blower: $25.00 Free Day lilies & free railroad ties.

(641)259-2673 FOR SALE: Butcher rabbits. Ready soon. 641-2592887 or 641-521-9126.

FRANKOMA POTTERY – Prairie Green, service for 8 plus many, many extras.

Serving pieces. Call for listing. $250 or OBO. 641792-2595.

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GO CART, 4 stroke engine, reverse gear, key starter, headlights, turn signals and parking break, brand new condition. $800.

641-417-9361.

1 GALLON Western Jug $15., laminating machine with 30 sheets $20., 3 piece dog sets, 50's era $4 set, sponge ware, 7” pitcher, 9” bowl, Roseville, Ohio on bottom, $15 each, vintage flour sifter 50's era $10, 15 ladies hankies, some plain, some floral, 15 @ $8, 50's metal bread box, 9” T x 14” W x 10” D $15. 641-275-7600.

GRACE EZ3 Quilting frame, new in box. 515577-9957.

JOHN DEERE STX38 riding lawn mower, in good condition. 641-792-7085.

LAWN BOY side discharge bagger, Not the mower, brand new and the shoot. $30 or OBO. 641521-5658.

1 TON truck frame with hitch. 641-840-1037.

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.

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LEATHER CORVETTE jacket $140 or OBO. Denim Corvette jackets, mans & womans. 641-275-5410.

LIKE NEW, med. dark oak china cub board, 2 pieces, 47 x 76 ½ x 15. $200 or OBO. Complete set of china, 8 for $8. Make an offer.

515-674-3390.

1957 NORTHLAND ½ pint milk bottle $10., 3 storage totes, 1 40 gallon with wheels, 1 clear 12 gallon, 1 18 gallon,$18, 1930's – 40's metal doll stroller $25, 5 music boxes: merry-goround,boy with dog, gazebo, boy beside tree with dog, angel $25, watt ware #15, 3 leaf apple with Maytag Dairy Farms Ad- $125.

792-8017.

MANY PAIRS of men's dress pants w- 38/30 & 36/30 $5. per pair. Men's golf cardigan sweater size med. $3. each. 641-7923252.

NEW 8 x8 Storage Shed on treated skids, 40 yr. primed siding, 25 year shingles, 48” door. Delivery available $999.00. 641521-7197.

BAR HEIGHT Kitchen table with 6 chairs, natural wood top with black legs, like new. $350. Bostitch Roofing nailer, used very little. $150. 641-792-1165.

PRECORE, MODEL 721E Stepper exercise machine, like new. Kettler Swing exercise bike, nice. In Newton. 608-289-5770.

BUDWEISER FOLD-UP table & chair $65. 515-3137803.

PULL TYPE 2 row John Deere corn picker. 641840-1037.

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SNOW WAY V Plow- one ton truck mounting, new cutting blade. $3,000. 641792-4332 TORO SNOWBLOWER and Stihl weed eater. 641521-0874.

UNDERWATER CAMERA for fishing, with 2 brand new batteries. $100. 641792-5216.

WEDDING DRESS $1,000.

Formal Dress (Purple) $65.

WHIRLPOOL MAYTAG, 2 years old. $200. Sears gas dryer, 4 years old. $200.

792-5898.

WOMAN'S LEATHER motorcycle jacket, new. $65.

Woman's Harley shirts, mediums. 641-275-5411.

WWE TICKETS for September 1 (2) sec. 4.

Amana elect dryer, used 3x $100. 2 Nokia Lumina 900 phones, excellent condition. Sewing machine in cabinet, works $50. Call after 4. 641-840-0092.

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

Recently fully detailed and new battery. $7,000 OBO. Contact Cody if interested at 515-681-1373 2004 CHEVY crew cab, good tires, bed covers, trailer hitch. $8999. 5212277.

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

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HOUSE FOR SALE 3-4 Bedrooms, 1.5 baths.

Completely remodeled.

New windows, 1200 sq. ft.

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Ready to move in. 515991-9978 AUTOMOTIVE

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 1997 FORD F250 pickup truck, 8 cyl., automatic, 4 WD, super cab, multi CD, tow brake, bed liner, new battery, good tires. 97,600 miles. $7,300. 641-7929244.

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

2007 Rockwood Premier fold down camper. In excellent condition, non smokers, air condition, thermostatted heater, 3 burner stove, hot-cold water 2.5 cu. ft. refrigerator, power lift 5” heated coil mattresses, outside grill, awning, power converter and tip out dinette, king & queen beds, will sleep 8. $6500. 641-792-8186.

2012 HARLEY Davidson Switchback for sale. Detachable windshield and saddle bags make this motorcycle two bikes in one, a street cruiser and a touring bike. Very low miles, lots of chrome, and extras make the price $16,500, a great buy. 641-521-7627

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.

641-521-8518.

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EXTREMELY CLEAN LOW MILEAGE TRUCK! White 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD 21,000 miles, 2WD Extended cab, 6' Box, 6.0 liter V-8, A/T. Comes with Tonneau cover, running boards, keyless entry, power door locks, AM/FM/CD radio, trailer hitch, 5th wheel hitch, towing package, backup camera, air conditioning, cruise control, ABS, tilt wheel, airbags, bed liner, brand new battery. This truck is like new! Call (515) 3135118 $22,995

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Astrograph Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The moon checks back in to her home base in Cancer and starts getting cozy.

There’s a sense of relief in the air, like we no longer need to pretend. All of the uncomfortable clothes come off, metaphorically speaking, and we feel free to exist in a more natural form. Let down your guard and just be.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 20). You’re lighter and brighter. What used to bother you no longer will.

Next month brings new people and much love into your life. You’ll take a family victory personally in October — indeed, you are largely to credit for the win. The best financial months are November and April. You’ll break free of self-imposed limits in December. Aries and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 4, 11, 18 and 28.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

If you are living life fully, you’re going to make mistakes. So maybe you should feel good about them. If you’re ashamed, look into the situation and figure out what you need

to forgive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). You have high standards, but are they broad, as well? Open your mind.

There are many ways to reach a desired outcome.

Gemini and Sagittarius will be your allies on the matter.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your social set is slowly shifting. The good friends you’ve made will remain your loyal crew, but you’ll also enjoy what comes with learning about someone new.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Life on Mars is not so hospitable. As long as you’re on Earth, don’t hurry past the pleasure.

You deserve to savor it. Even if you didn’t deserve it, it still would be a tribute to the universe to appreciate it in all its plentiful glory.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Napoleon Bonaparte said that we should never interrupt our own enemy when he is making a mistake. Today, through pursed lips, you’ll

witness the other side doing what they should not.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). In every poker game, there comes a point when even the one with the best cards feels the need to get up and go home. Anyone can cut their losses. You show grace by knowing when to cut your gains.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The one who makes you promises is not the same one who will keep them. The promise-keeper is understated and shy.

Look for that person, and sense the deep wells of integrity within.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Cynicism is evil, or maybe it’s worse than evil. Guard against it.

There’s no reason to become jaded now. You still can be a part of a triumph.

Don’t stop dreaming, or you’ll freeze up inside.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Should you stray from the path? Of course!

But only when your whole body and soul make it nearly impossible not to

do so. The path resonates with you for a reason.

Don’t leave it until you’re compelled to.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll get pleasure from defying reason, passing notes in the classroom of reality and refusing to be a slave to logic. As a result, your experiences may verge on the bizarre, but they will be a whole lot of fun, too.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Learning can be uncomfortable and often is. Irritating circumstances and people teach us about tolerance. Frustration is the start of ambition.

Seeing the positive side of negative emotions will help you bear them.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The ideal and the real find a meeting place.

You’ll create exactly what you wanted on some level. When you want something else, you’ll create that, too. It’s good to be you!

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