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Colfax man sentenced to 5 years for handgun incident By Mike Mendenhall Jasper County Tribune A Colfax man who pulled a handgun on a police officer during an arrest in December 2014 has been sentenced to five years in prison following a hearing in Jasper County District Court Monday. Matthew S. Holett, 24, will serve two years for carrying weapons, two years for assault on a police officers and six

months each for two counts of possession of marijuana. Judge Paul R. Huscher did rule Holett’s sentence can later be reHolett duced by half of the maximum sentence for good conduct, work and correction program credits. The defendant

may also be eligible for parole. Dash cam footage obtained by the Jasper County Tribune in January shows Holett pulled a .22 caliber pistol from his waistband during a struggle at 12:36 a.m. on Dec. 13, 2014 in the 10 block of East Howard Street in downtown Colfax. In the footage, Holett appears to try to point the weapon at the officer around his back and between his legs while being detained. Holett began yell-

ing at police after he arrived on scene during the arrest of another man seen in the video urinating on the side of a building. The verbal exchange prompted the confrontation. The weapon Holett is carrying in the dash cam video is a Phoenix Arms .22 cal. automatic pistol, reported as stolen by the Knoxville Police Department in October 2014. Police reports indicate law enforcement used a Taser to

subdue Holett as he attempted to discard the weapon between the wall of his first-floor apartment and a refrigerator. No firearms were discharged and no one was seriously injured during the incident. Holett pleaded guilty to the charges during a July 27 hearing in Jasper County District Court. Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@jaspercountytribune.com

Newton Schools Second-Story Tour to to submit TLC showcase downtown potential grant proposal By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Community members will have a chance to see what is available upstairs on the downtown square at the Second-Story Tour fundraiser sponsored by Newton Main Street. Starting at 10 a.m. and running until noon on Oct. 10, the tour will showcase finished and unfinished upper stories at six commercial buildings in the Main Street District. “Upper-story housing provides income for building owners, a customer base for businesses, adds vitality downtown and puts to use existing infrastructure, which is fiscally responsible,” Newton Main Street Organization Committee Submitted Photo Chair and board member The rooftop outdoor living space above Kitchen Concepts, 110 N. Second Ave. W. Bruce Showalter said. will be part of the Second-Story Tour Oct. 10 in Newton. The goal of the tour is to

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News After a 16-month, 10-meeting process of writing and rewriting, a Newton Community School District group of educators and volunteers has finally completed one of the district’s most complex grant proposal processes of the past several years. Thursday, Deb Rose, a teacher and instructional coach and the chair of the Teacher Leadership & Compensation Grant steering committee, will submit a proposal for

about $920,000 in grant money. The grant, an annual appropriation of an Iowa Department of Education program that’s in its third year, splits up $50 million among the schools that apply for the 2016-17 school year grant, helping supplementally fund salaries of teachers and leadership positions. The DE accepted 39 schools into the TLC program for the 201415 school year. “The day is almost here,” Rose said — with relief in her voice — at GRANT | 3A

promote upper-floor residential development in the district and provide a glimpse of the unique second floors in the historic buildings.

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Second-Story Tour 102 N. Second Ave. E. — Forbes Office Solutions

The Italianate-style Ramer Block building was built in 1896 for John P. Ramer and at different points through the years featured up to four distinct storefront with entrances on North Second avenue East and First Street. The second floor has housed a variety of offices, with layers, insurance and real estate/abstract businesses as the most common tenants but city directories show commercial tenants upstairs after 1996. Fores Office Solutions’ business and executive offices, as well as the building owner’s apartment, now occupy the upstairs.

110 N. Second Ave. W. — Kitchen Concepts

After a fire damaged several commercial buildings at the east end of the block, the building now holding Kitchen Concepts was constructed ca. 1919. Historical uses

of the upper floors are not entirely certain, although evidence shows an apartment about the storefront from the 1930s to the 1960s. In 2012, owners of Kitchen Concepts Marilyn and Randy Terlouw decided to downsize and turned the upstairs into a loft apartment. The apartment includes new electrical, plumbing, trim and doors, bamboo flooring and a rooftop outdoor living space among other amenities.

118 N. Second Ave. W. — Beckman Gallery

The Griebeling building was built ca. 1875 in the middle of six adjoined two-story brick buildings. Past upper-floor uses have included residential, manufacturer, a beauty shop and most recently, a photography studio.

200 N. Second Ave. W. — Koenen Chiropractic

Built ca. 1900, the C.M. Hinsdale building is one of the few Late Victorian ear buildings that was not refaced during Newton’s modernization effort of the 1950s. Over the years, the upper floors has house varies

offices, including realtors, dentists and insurance. It currently has one finished apartment and another unit that is in the redevelopment process.

111 W. Second St. N. — Bridgehouse Coffee

The Power Rexall Drug Store building was constructed in 1875 for Caleb Lamb, one of Newton’s early citizens. The second floor has several professionals including layers barbers and the Eyerly Printing Company prior to 1929. From the 1920s through the 1950s Beard School of Music and Fine Arts operated on the second floor. Since then, the area has been divided into several apartments.

105-111 W. Second St. S. — Stan Clement

The Pangborn Building was build ca. 1918. Second floor tenants have included the Highway Commission, insurance, an abstract/loan business, The American Legion, N-U Club and a law firm. Currently, it is vacant with the owner evaluating its future use.

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Deb Rose makes a presentation at Monday’s Board Leadership Workshop prior to the meeting about the TLC grant application, which will be submitted to the Iowa Department of Education on Thursday. The $920,000 grant proposal will help fund a number of leadership roles within the Newton Community School District.

STEM council head addresses issues in NDC forum By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Dr. Sarah Derry, the South Central Iowa STEM Regional Manager, spoke and answered questions at Tuesday’s STEM meeting with Newton educational and business-community leaders at the Newton Development Corporation.

Unless you’re a student, you probably don’t focus on physics for an hour, history for an hour and fine arts for an hour in a normal day. That type of compartmentalizing is one of the many decades-old patterns that needs to be broken within our educational system, Dr. Jeffrey Weld said Tuesday at a meeting held in the

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lives from topic to topic like that, so why teach that way? There needs to be a sea change.” Dr. Sarah Derry, the South Central Iowa STEM regional manager, also spoke and answered questions at Tuesday’s STEM meeting alongside Weld. Newton educational and business-community leaders were in attendance, including STEM | 3A

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Newton Development Corporation’s conference room. Weld, a University of Northern Iowa biology professor, is the executive director of the Governor’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Advisory Council, and he and an associate met with Newton-area leaders to discuss the future of STEM in Jasper County. “The days of the eight-layer cake are ending,” Weld said. “Nobody

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