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New pediatrician joins Skiff Medical Center

By Jamee A. Pierson Daily News Staff Writer

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Volunteers work to construct a ramp at Camden Brown’s home Saturday. Brown was born with a rare club foot condition and a dislocated hip that has caused him to be in a cast or leg braces most of his life. This marks the third time since he was born that Brown has been wheelchair bound.

Volunteers answer the call for wheelchair bound child

By Jamee A. Pierson Daily News Staff Writer Volunteers answered the call from Kid Assist of Newton to help build a wheelchair ramp at the entrance of a wheelchair bound child’s home Saturday.

Starting first thing in the morning, several local volunteers built a ramp, including railings, for Camden Brown and his family to use in the coming months.

“Kid Assist didn’t have the ramps, this time we didn’t have one available, so I just shared a post and people responded,” said

Melissa Hammer-Strand, president of Kid Assist.

Kid Assist is a nonprofit equipment loan program serving children, youth, and adults with disabilities in Jasper County.

Brown, who already had surgery on his right hip and foot and is currently in a cast, has an additional surgery planned for the middle of November on his left foot that will put him into a body cast until the beginning of January. He was born with a rare club foot condition as well as a dislocated hip that has caused him to spend most of his life in either a cast or with leg

braces. This is the third time since we was born that he has been in a wheelchair.

Kid Assist, which was founded in 1997, is a free service for children and adults with disabilities in Jasper County. For children, it is especially beneficial because they often outgrow their equipment quickly. The equipment can often be very expensive and through Kid Assist, families can trade in used or outgrown items for ones that will better suit their needs.

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

Skiff Medical Center has a new doctor who is filling a much needed p o s i tion. Dr. Jennifer Paisley is the new and only pediatrician at Skiff and is also an internal Paisley medicine doctor.

“I really, really liked it (pediatrics) when I did my rotations at Blank Children’s Hospital when I was a student and there was an opportunity to do a combined residency with internal medicine and pediatrics,” Paisley said.

“I’m really interested in things like diabetes, thyroid disease and particularly pediatric obesity, that kind of adult diseases are coming down into childhood.”

Originally from Grinnell, Paisley went to the University of Iowa for undergraduate and medical school. When looking at the next step in her education, she found an opportunity to combine the areas she was interested in.

“I really decided I wanted to do a combined

residency, so I went down to Kansas City for their combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency,” Paisley said.

As she was finishing her schooling in Kansas City, she had an idea of where she wanted to go.

“When it came time to look and figure out what we wanted to do, we knew we wanted to come back home and there was an opportunity to let me be in my home town and work close to home,” Paisley said. “It was a nice opportunity close to home, and let us be closer to my parents and my family so that our 2-year-old could get to know her grandparents a little bit better.”

Paisley will have her outpatient practice at NewCare Health Services in Newton but will be available for consultation or general inpatient care at Skiff. With pediatrics, the age range is generally newborn to age 21 but her internal medicine practice ranges from birth to death. The only thing she said she does not do is deliver babies.

When her residency is complete, Paisley will be board certified in both pediatric and internal medicine. A little different than PAISLEY See Page 3A

Supervisors have packed agenda Tuesday

By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer After a few slow weeks, business has picked back up for the Jasper County Board of Supervisors, and the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting reflects that.

Angie Arthur, a member of the Central Iowa Workforce Development Board, will provide the board with an update on Jasper County’s progress in becoming a Skilled Iowa Community. In August, Jasper County and the City of Newton were only 80 people away from earning the designation,

according to Iowa Workforce Development.

The purpose of Skilled Iowa is to solve the lack of middle skill workers available in the workforce. One way of combating this is offering up the free National Career Readiness Assessment test. The test would then give a certification of bronze, silver, gold and platinum which can show potential employers a person’s qualifications for a position.

As of August, there were nine Skilled Communities in Iowa. If Newton and Jasper County earn the designation,

the city and county would become two of the largest Skilled Communities in the state.

In other business: • Dennis Simon, Jasper County Human Resources director, will present a part-time jailer hiring resolution. He will also present the board with various insurance plans for county employees and elected officials.

• Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty will present a resolution to the board for his office to have an equitable sharing agreement with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Treasury.

• Russ Stutt, county engineer, is asking the board to consider a contract with Polk County for construction on a culvert near the Beaver Township in Polk County and the Washington Township in Jasper County. Terms of the contract indicate the cost won’t exceed $43,690.80, and the cost would be split between the counties.

Stutt’s other request is for a snow removal contact with the state. Under terms of the deal, the state will reimburse the county for performing snow removal at Rock Creek State

Park from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.

• The Young Professionals of Jasper County will ask the board for permission to hold a chili cook-off on the courthouse lawn. If approved, the event would take place on Nov. 28.

• The board will vote on whether or not to approve the Jasper County Recorder’s Office monthly report. According to the report, the office collected $16,454.81 in September.

Contact Senior Staff Writer Ty Rushing at (641) 792-3121 ext.

6532 or at trushing@newtondaily-

Business is booming at Family Video

Cardinals drop district game to BlueJays

“Business is great. Business is strong.

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Newton High’s Cardinals need to finish. Four times the Cardinals moved deep into BondurantFarrar territory and came away with no points. | 1B

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Rivera now offers Wellmark insurance at Birch Corp Financial Crystal L. Rivera of the Birch Corp Financial in Newton recently completed the five hour agent certification class and is now an authorized independent agent for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa.

Crystal L. Rivera can now offer individual and family major medical coverage, Medicare supplements and group insurance to large and small businesses.

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa is now offering a variety of plans with rich benefits and competitive premiums. The Birch Corp Financial is proud to offer yet another service to the members of this community.

For more information about the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa health plans, call Crystal Rivera (641) 275-9185.

Davis earns certified Iowa municipal clerk designation City Clerk of Newton Katrina Davis has earned the designation of Iowa Certified Municipal Clerk, which is awarded by the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association.

IMFOA grants the Certification for Municipal Professionals designation only to those municipal officers who complete demanding education requirements and who have a record of significant contributions to their local government, their community and state.

The Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association in conjunction with the Iowa State University Office of State and Local Government Programs and in partnership with the Iowa League of Cities sponsors the Iowa Municipal Officials Certification Program.

Munson joins Grinnell Mutual staff Miranda Munson, of Newton, recently joined Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company as a publications specialist in the BIS division. Munson holds a bachelor’s degree in english literature from Central College, as well as a master’s degree in english literature from Iowa State University.

Munson is engaged to Jordan Vos, of Sully. She also teaches at Des Moines Area Community College Newton campus.

Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company provides reinsurance for farm mutual insurance companies and property and casualty insurance products through more than 1,600 independent agents in 12 Midwestern states. Grinnell Mutual is the 120th largest property-casualty insurance company in the United States.

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Since opening in 2000, Family Video has held strong in the video rental business, becoming the largest video chain in America.

Business is booming at Family Video

By Jamee A. Pierson Daily News Staff Writer “Business is great, business is strong, Newton has been really good to us,” Jerry Morris, manager at Family Video said. In a time when most video stores are closing or have been closed, Family Video is weathering the storm and coming out on top.

“We keep growing, the company as a whole is doing extremely well. We’re over 800 stores in 21 states. We are the largest video chain in America now,” Morris said. “When we opened this store, we were the 12th largest chain. Now we’re number one, basically the last man standing.”

Family Video is growing into other businesses as well. Its family of companies include Stay Fit 24, Legacy Commercial Property, iTV3 as well as Marco’s Pizza, which is opening 200 locations in the next two years. In the first phase, the pizza chain is mainly going to bigger cities with 20 in Iowa.

“We’re hoping maybe in the next phase we’ll get one plopped in next door,” Morris said.

Opening in 2000, Family Video has undergone big changes since renting its first video.

“When I started it was all video tape and now it is all DVD

and Blu-Ray. When I started there was a lot, Blockbuster was around, Movie Gallery was around,” Morris said. “(The videos) are long gone. It was a process over couple of years to transition. I remember when my entire DVD collection fit on one shelf. We sold them all basically.

The last couple hundred or so we boxed up and shipped back to corporate.”

Morris said his DVD to BluRay ratio is about 3:1 but the Blu-Ray is becoming more and more popular. Video games are also a big part of the store, generating about 25 percent of the business.

One surprising change is the price to rent a movie.

“Actually the prices have gone down. When I first started, when Titanic came out on video tape, we were renting that for $3.79 per night. Today’s new releases are $2.79 per night, so they’ve actually gone down a dollar in the last 20 years,” Morris said.

Morris attributes some of the success of the company to practices that were put into place while the video renting business was booming.

“Family Video is known for their free kids movies. That is something they started up a long, long time ago. We were the first

ones in the industry to do it. Basically, I have over 500 titles in the free kids movie section, they are just free for the taking, no other rentals required, no strings attached,” Morris said.

Morris said more than anything, he enjoys how the store is a gathering place for people. On any given night, people will come in, see someone they know and talk, which is becoming more rare. The store also works with the community to promote local groups and activities.

“We host Jasper County Animal Rescue League. They set up a table right inside the door.

They bring a couple of kitties and a couple of puppies that are ready for adoption. They tell me that they have the best luck of any of the business they do that in here. In fact, they made me a count board and we’ve had nine cats and six dogs that we have adopted straight out of the store,” Morris said. Family Video has also had both the Boy Scouts in selling popcorn and the Girl Scouts selling cookies.

“It’s a pretty simple business.

We’re here to provide people some entertainment at a nice price,” Morris said.

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

What’s next after wild week for stocks?

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market needs to see a therapist. Temperamental, flighty, prone to mood swings, the market took investors on a wild ride this week. From one day to the next, even within a few hours, stocks swung from despair to optimism, deep losses to big gains.

The Dow Jones average plummeted 460 points at one point Wednesday, but pared most of those losses by the end of the trading day. On Friday, it surged 263 points. The difference between the Dow’s high and the low was the largest in nearly three years.

Investors seemed buffeted: Plunging oil prices, signs of a slowdown in Europe and fear of

Ebola on the downside; strong corporate earnings and reassuring jobs market figures on the upside.

“We’ve entered a high-volatility market, and it’s here to stay,” said Bill Strazzullo, chief market strategist of Bell Curve Trading.

Benchmark U.S. crude closed at the $82.75 a barrel on Friday, one its lowest prices in years. The drop has hammered energy companies this month. Chevron and Exxon Mobil, have fallen 6 percent and 3 percent, respectively.

Ultimately, the drop in oil could be good for stocks, though.

That’s because a fall in prices means drivers will end up paying much less to fill up their tanks, leaving them more money to spend on other things, like travel,

clothes and dinners out.

Gas at the pump has already fallen to less than $3 a gallon in some parts of the country, noted USAA Investment Assistant Vice President John Jares. He wrote that the drop in gas could prove a “boon to retailers” in the holiday shopping season, one reason USAA mutual funds were buying stocks this week.

One of the triggers for the sickening 460 point drop in the Dow on Wednesday was a report showing retail sales declined 0.3 percent in September from the previous month. Purchases of autos, gasoline, furniture and clothing all slowed.

“The economy remains stuck on the same shallow growth tra-

jectory that has been in place for the past several years,” economist Steven Ricchiuto of Mizuho Securities wrote to clients shortly after the numbers came out Wednesday.

It’s important to put the bad news in context. The U.S. economy is in the best shape in years. Employers are hiring at the strongest pace in 15 years and most economists expect the U.S. to grow a healthy 3 percent this year and next.

In the end, the state of the global economy and the U.S. consumer biggest driver of stocks is earnings.

The blowout profits reported

by General Electric and Textron on Friday, which helped propel

the Standard and Poor’s 500 index up 1.3 percent.

The other good news is that companies in the S&P 500 seem reasonably valued based on average earnings forecasts by financial analysts. The index is trading at 15.1 times its expected earnings per share over the next 12 months, according to S&P Capital IQ, a research firm. That is slightly lower — meaning cheaper — than the average of 16.4 since 2001.

But financial analysts are a notoriously over-optimistic bunch.

For all of next year, they expect earnings to rise 11.5 percent, more than double the expected growth rate in the quarter just ended.

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Paisley Continued from Page 1A a family practice doctor, as a pediatrician, Paisley is more focused on children.

“Our training, we do a lot more intensive training in just general behavior and development of children. I have an interest in some of the more complex children.

Children with things like cerebral palsy or profound learning or developmental delays that often times may have more needs, that I am used to, that you just don’t necessarily see in as much in a typical family practice residency,” Paisley said. “I’m much more trained in kind of knowing what’s normal and not normal.”

Just beginning her career, Paisley is getting her feet wet in her practice, but she did say that sometime in the future she would consider getting trained in endocrinology.

“I’d like to be able to stay in the same spot, we hate moving, and we are close to home and my parents,” Paisley said.

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

Correction In the Oct. 17 edition of the Newton Daily News, the article “Candidates agree on goals, disagree on path in League forum” incorrectly listed the house district. State Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton) and his Republican challenger Patrick Payton (R-Newton) are vying for Iowa House District 29.

Booster club to host trivia night Newton Daily News The Newton Athletic Booster Club will host a Trivia Night at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Sugar Grove Winery, 6602 Ginger Ave. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m.

The trivia theme is Americana. Cost is $100 per table with up to eight players at a table. Attendees can bring their own snacks and nonalcoholic beverages. Beer and wine will be available for purchase.

A prize will be given at the end of the evening for the best decorated table/players.

Register by emailing birdsonthebat4@yahoo.com.

NPD distributing free Trick-or-Treat Bags Newton Daily News The Newton Police Department is distributing free Safety Pup trick-or-treat bags from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 30 at the police department, 101 W. Fourth St. S. These bright colored bags will be distributed along with a pamphlet containing safety tips for a fun and safe Halloween. Beggar’s night is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30.

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Travelin’ Traffic Ace XVIII winners announced Newton Daily News The Newton Police Department awarded 140 Travelin’ Traffic Ace XVIII mugs to drivers displaying safe and courteous driving skills such as driving the speed limit and wearing seat belts.

The Travelin’ Traffic Ace XVIII mugs were refillable with free fountain soda from several Newton businesses throughout the campaign. The Newton Police Department would like

to thank Hy-Vee Gas, Kum & Go both the First Ave. E. and S. Eighth Ave. E. locations, Newton 66 and Godfather’s, PJ’s Deli, Subway both the First Ave. E. and S. 12th Ave. W. locations, Taco John’s and West End Sinclair for being soda vendors.

At the end of the four mug distributions, a winner was drawn from each of the four mug distributions and one grand prize winner from all of the mug winners. Winners included:

Danny Keasling, Elizabeth Verheul, Andy Patel, Tanna Reynolds and Linda Harrelson.

As drawing winners, they received a prize package of donated prizes from various Newton businesses. The Newton Police Department would like to thank Capital II Theatre, Valle Drive In, Culver’s, Family Video, Giovanni’s, Godfather’s Pizza, KFC/Taco Bell, Perkins, Pizza Hut, Pizza Ranch, Subway and Taco Johns for the prize donations.

Fair Trade Week planned by The Work of Our Hands, Central College Newton Daily News PELLA —Oct. 21-24 is Fair Trade Week in Pella, with events planned Tuesday through Thursday to highlight fair trade and social sustainability in a globalized economy. Central College and local nonprofit The Work of Our Hands will host Anak Norm, of Cambodia, a guest speaker

who manages a large fair-trade organization in Cambodia.

One of the main events will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 22, when a panel of speakers will discuss fair trade and social sustainability in Maytag Student Center’s van Emmerik Studio. On the panel, Norm will be joined by international fairtrade professional Kerry Evans, professor

of political science Jim Zaffiro and The Work of Our Hands manager Cheryl Newendorp.

On Oct. 23, a fourcourse Cambodian dinner and wine pairing will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Graham Conference Center, where Norm will also present on fair trade issues. Guests must RSVP to Central Dining Services at 641628-5201. The cost is

$30 per adult, $25 for Central students over age 21 with a meal plan, and $10 for students under 21 with a meal plan.

In the Maytag Student Center Atrium, The Work of Our Hands will also run a booth from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21–24, where students and guests can buy crafts made by artisans in developing countries.

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Newspapers still not dying

By Abigail Pelzer Daily News Editor

Have you heard that newspapers are dying?

Me too. Almost every time I mention my career to people — strangers, friends and family. It can be a bit awkward.

While there have certainly been challenges for the newspaper industry, the death of newspapers rumor is unfounded, especially for the community papers I have worked for. Yes, a handful of large metropolitan newspapers have gone out of business, and others are really struggling.

For the most part, community newspapers are doing just fine, thank you very much.

This is one of the inevitable topics that comes up when you attend a newspaper conference, which is where I spent a few days last week.

More than 60 newspaper professionals from across the country attended the Institute of Newspaper Technology at the University of Tennessee, bringing with us a desire to learn more

about our trade and enjoy some camaraderie in the process.

Now, I find traveling by airplane just about as desirable as scrubbing toilets, so I wasn’t exactly pumped about a trip to Knoxville, Tenn. However, the reputation of the institute won me over, and as it turns out Knoxville is a pretty great city, y’all.

The three-day newspaper institute has been highly successful in bringing together leading experts in the industry and professionals looking for quality training the past 18 years.

A lot of the classes wouldn’t excite most people — tips and tricks for using publishing software, overviews of different apps and technology and best practices for newspaper design. Contrastly, it’s a dream come true for any newspaper professional, especially one who has been out of college for a while.

Of course while this group of professionals gathered for class, our immanent death loomed —

Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 mostly as a joke — but certainly came up as a topic. I don’t think it was inappropriate that once we were all together we would take a quick check of our pulse.

I think we were all relieved, and not at all surprised when the director of the institute, who does intense research on the topic, said we’re in good shape. Publishers are reporting a good year and most are optimistic about the future.

The funny thing about the rumor is that, if you take a look, the newspaper business has always been in trouble — various new technologies would lead to our demise. There was radio, television and then there was the Internet. I don’t imagine it’s any coincidence that these three entities are often pushing the newspapers are dying rumor, while at the same time ripping off our content.

To me, community newspapers will always be relevant, though we may not stay exactly

the same. I don’t know what companies haven’t changed with technology.

Sometimes, I come across folks who tell me they don’t read the newspaper and seem particularly proud of it. To me, it’s kind of like bragging about being uniformed and unengaged in your community. I just can’t even fathom it.

I believe community is pretty darn important — from our local governments to our sports and every single person in between. And what we get to do every day is gather up all of that information, tell your stories, and present it to you in the best way we know how.

There simply isn’t another product with that kind of value.

Hanging out with other newspaper professionals gets me excited about what we do. Besides, it’s almost always exciting to reaffirm that you’re not dying.

Contact Editor Abigail Pelzer at (641) 792-3121 Ext. 6530 or apelzer@newtondailynews.com.

Eye on America

Crumbling constitution

Letters to the Editor

Kelley is a strong voice at statehouse Jerry Jones Newton Working in corrections is difficult and dangerous work. This has been especially true in recent years as the state’s correctional facilities have been dramatically understaffed. Under staffing imperils the safety of inmates, staff and the public.

Payton will help control spending Dale Maki Newton Follow the money. It’s a simple idea, but one that is often lost on our elected officials. The fact is, if we’re going to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, we need legislators who will be on the ball when it comes to prop-

It is sometimes difficult to get many elected officials to acknowledge this important public safety issue. However, that is not the case with State Rep. Dan Kelley. He has always listened carefully to the concerns of corrections staff. He always wants to hear the truth of what it is really like working as an employee in the state’s correctional facilities, especially the one here in Newton.

In the legislature, Rep. Kelley

has been a consistently strong voice on behalf of corrections staff that are working to keep you safe. He has fought for more funding and done much to increase awareness of the under staffing issue among his colleagues in the legislature.

Rep. Kelley is a legislator who listens to his constituents and works hard on their behalf.

I urge my fellow voters in Iowa House District 29 to join me in supporting Dan Kelley.

erly handling the revenues that come in from the people in the form of taxes.

Any first year economics student can tell you that you can’t spend more than you take in. But that’s exactly what government often does. Then our taxes are raised to accommodate out-ofcontrol spending. This cycle is both unsustainable and immoral.

That’s why I’m voting for Patrick Payton for Iowa House.

Patrick is someone that I trust

with my tax dollars. I trust him to allocate tax revenues wisely, I trust him to help control government spending, and I trust him not to impose new taxes on “We the People.”

At a time when this common sense approach to economics often seems lacking in our government, Patrick Payton would be a breath of fresh air. Please join me in sending Patrick to the statehouse. Your wallet will thank you!

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Does the Constitution still matter?

When it was written, Ben Franklin said the Founders gave us a republic, “if you can keep it.” Few people thought the republic would last another

By John 227 years, Stossel but it has.

The Constitution’s limits on government power helped create the most free and prosperous country on earth.

But now, some Americans, right and left, give up on the Constitution whenever it gets in the way of policies they like.

Some on the right defend anti-obscenity laws or want more mingling of church and state, while those on the left want endless economic regulation.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) asked President Obama’s Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, “If I wanted to sponsor a bill and it said, Americans, you have to eat three vegetables and three fruits every day, does that violate the Commerce Clause?” Amazingly, Kagan wouldn’t say, “Yes, of course!”

She dodged the question.

Once on the Court, Kagan was part of the 5-4 majority who concluded the government can force us to buy something much more expensive than fruit and veggies: Obamacare can force us to buy health insurance.

Progressives have no problems with that. On my TV show, Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress.com said government making you buy vegetables isn’t so strange: “I don’t know how to tell you this, but government already makes you buy things like broccoli. What do you think food stamps are? What do you think school lunches are? The government has the power to tax you and buy things with it.”

Even creepier than wanting government to have so much power is the way progressives shift their arguments to get policy outcomes they want.

In 2009, Obama said that while Obamacare imposes a penalty on anyone who doesn’t buy health insurance, “Nobody considers that a tax.”

The next year, when it appeared the Supreme Court would allow a tax but not a penalty, the New York Times reported, “Administration, Changing Stance, Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax.” How effective is the Constitution if the Supreme Court itself is willing to help the President and Congress weasel their way around the constraints on federal power that the document was intended to impose?

Millhiser said that Congress has broad power to regulate commerce, to control things like hiring and firing, but can’t pass laws against rape and murder.

I’m glad Millhiser recognizes some limits, although he seems to suggest that the feds can do whatever they want except pass laws that might actually protect people.

Tim Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundation came on my show to rebut Millhiser, saying the Founders didn’t expect government to control everything that goes on in the economic realm any more than they expected it to control speech.

“The Constitution is a promise about how government power is going to be used. It’s a promise written by people who had experienced life under tyrannical government,” says Sandefur.

“The lesson they learned from that and from their knowledge of previous tyrannies was that the most important issue is to wall off government power from our private lives and to make sure that nobody — not elected officials, not a king, not a dictator — gets to dictate how we live our lives.”

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Obituaries Cecile I. Kinion Oct. 17, 2014 Cecile I. Kinion, 89, of Monroe, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at Knoxville Area Community Hospital. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the Monroe United Method-

Dorothy J. Castonguay Oct. 18, 2014 Dorothy Jean Castonguay, 88, passed away Saturday evening,

Jackie L. Butler

ist Church with burial following at Silent City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 20 at Coburn Funeral Home in Monroe. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

Oct. 18, 2014, at Park Centre Health Care in Newton.

A funeral mass for Dorothy will be 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 24 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newton. Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton has been en-

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• Celebrate Recovery for Women led by Nina Robson will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N in Newton.

• NAMI of Jasper County will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Skiff Medical Center south board room, 204 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton.

Jody Eaton, Central Point of Coordination for Jasper County, and Jasper County Supervisor Joe Brock will talk at this meeting about the regionalization of the mental health system in Iowa.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Monday at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• The Newton High School Music Department will present its Fall Festival of Music at 7 p.m. Monday at the Center for Performance in Newton. Prior to the concert, the Newton Music Boosters will hold a chili supper fundraiser beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.

• Newton Golden K Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hy-Vee Meeting Room, with a program by LTC Retired by Marty Eichnor Ford. Anyone interested learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to be a guest. For more information, call Lt. Gov. Rev. Thomas Lloyd at (641) 792-3612.

• One Month to Live women’s study will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Newton Rotary will meet at noon Tuesday at DMACC Newton Campus upstairs banquet room in Newton. The program will be presented

by State Trooper Doug Cutts. Anyone interested in attending and learning more about the Newton Rotary Club is welcome. For more information or to make reservations for lunch, call Craig Armstrong at (641) 521-5455 or Brendan Lamont at (641) 792-5252.

• Chapter HS PEO will meet at 12:45 p.m.

Tuesday at Home of Karen Hoffmeier in Newton. The meeting will feature Bob Callaghan the superintendent of the Newton Community Schools.

• Women’s Bible Study will meet at 1 p.m.

Tuesday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• A Career and College Planning Night for high school sophomores, juniors and their parents will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at DMACC Newton Campus, Room 210A. The event is free and open to the public.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Newton Noon Kiwanis to meet will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N., for lunch and a program titled “Stories From Russia” by Gary Parsons. Anyone interested in the program or in learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to be a guest for lunch. For information or to make a reservation for lunch call Margie Criswell at (641) 521-9482. Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners support group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Principles for Life, a single moms’ group, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. Kids program available.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Prairie City Masonic Lodge in Prairie City.

• Jasper County Community Watch will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at YMCA in Newton.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

Jackie “Jack” L. Butler, 66, of Baxter, died unexpectedly at home Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. A funeral service is pending at Fredregill Family Funeral Home in Baxter. trusted with the arrangements. A visitation with the family will be held at the church one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.

Online condolences may be left at www.pencefh.com.

Kids Against Hunger packaging event Newton Daily News Jasper County Kids Against Hunger will be packaging food to feed families in parts of the world because of a shortage of food Nov. 8. The host for the packaging event will be the Lynnville Friends

Church in Lynnville.

In the past years the Jasper County KAH has packaged more than 250,000 meals.

The food has been sent to countries such as Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti and also here in Iowa.

Gather a team of 12

people and collect $360 in donations. Then come to help package the food to feed the hungry people.

All are welcome, such as churches, service clubs, businesses, scout troops, students and individuals who are willing to help with

the packaging event.

Deadline for registering of a team or a single individual who is willing to work with others is Nov. 3.

To register or for more information, contact Bill Bennett at jasper.co.kah@gmail. com.

Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Andrew J. Blumer, 21, of Kellogg, is charged with driving while license suspended after being stopped in the 400 block of East 17th Street North at 1:04 a.m. Friday. Officers pulled him over for speeding. He was given a warning for speeding, cited and released to appear.

• Jacob H. Elgersma, 30, of Sanborn, is charged with operating while under the influence after authorities pulled him over in the 2000 block of First Avenue East at 1:32 a.m. Thursday. Officers observed him pulling out of WalMart, making a very wide turn and crossing the center line several times. After pulling him over, of-

ficers smelled alcohol on him and noted bloodshot, watery eyes and large pupils. Elgersma admitted to drinking earlier in the night. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Terry J. McDaniel, 50, of Newton, is charged with domestic abuse assault after authorities were called to 200 S. 15th Ave. W. at 11:23 p.m. Oct. 10. Officers spoke with the victim who said that McDaniel grabbed her by the neck, choked her and slammed her head into a wall. She had a red mark on her neck. McDaniel admitted to shoving her against the wall but denied choking her. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Laura K. Hinshaw, 32, of New-

ton, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities were called to 601 S. Third Ave. E. #3 at 4:49 p.m. Thursday. Officers spoke with Hinshaw who said that she did not take any medication. When proving it was in the trash, officers found a bong in the trash can. She admitted that she used it to smoke meth. She was cited and released to appear.

• Duke I. Carter, 49, of Melrose, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled him over on the I-80 onramp at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday. He was pulled over for speeding and found to have a suspended license.

He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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DEAR ABBY: Halloween is around the corner, and my 7-year-old daughter has decided to be a cowgirl. She wants the boots, the hat and the gun.

Is it appropriate to let her have a holster and an obviously toy gun to accessorize her costume for trick-or-treating?

She would not be taking that part of her costume to school on Halloween. I live in a part of the country where guns are an important part of our culture, but I am unsure how to proceed. — CONFUSED ABOUT HALLOWEEN IN MONTANA DEAR CONFUSED: Guns may be an important part of the culture where you live, but how do YOU feel about them? If it’s all right with you, and the weapon your child carries is obviously a toy, then there should be no problem as you take her from house to house collecting her goodies. But there is nothing wrong with a 7-year-old cowgirl not having a gun and holster as part of her costume. If you need verification, have her check out the character Jessie in the movie “Toy Story 2.”

P.S. Having her not take a toy gun to school is wise because many schools have strict policies about weapons — including toy weapons — being brought on campus.

DEAR ABBY: A female acquaintance recently asked me to submit a reference letter for her in order to help her in a custody battle with her ex-husband.

She had problems with drugs and alcohol in the past, but has been sober for more than a year now. She wants the recommendation letter to reflect how much she has changed for the better.

I didn’t know her a year ago and didn’t witness the change. Also, from what little I have seen, her parenting skills are questionable at best. How do I proceed? Ignoring her request isn’t an option because she has asked multiple times. — ACQUAINTANCE IN GEORGIA

DEAR ACQUAINTANCE: Tell your acquaintance a version of what you have told me, that you’re not comfortable writing the letter because you have known her only a relatively short time and haven’t witnessed how far she has come. It’s honest. (Do not mention that you think her parenting skills are lacking if you would like to maintain the relationship.)

DEAR ABBY: I often shop at a convenience store on the corner for various things. It is run by two men I see fairly often, but rarely talk to. I would like to thank them for being available nearly every hour of the week, yearround. How can I appropriately show my thanks?

I think supporting their business might be the best way, but I’m not sure what else to do other than simply continue buying from them. Do you have any advice? — APPRECIATIVE IN ALBANY, N.Y. DEAR APPRECIATIVE: I believe that if people have something nice to say, they shouldn’t keep it inside. Tell the men their efforts are appreciated.

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TAMA — A long-idle beef processing plant is getting ready to reopen in Tama later this month.

Iowa Premium Beef officials recently took reporters on a tour of the plant that had been closed since 2004.

The plant has undergone a $48.6 million renovation to prepare to process about 1,100 cattle a day. If the business is successful serving food service, retail and international customers, production could double eventually.

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Iowa’s Wartburg College launches $75M campaign WAVERLY — Wartburg College in northeast Iowa has announced a $75 million fundraising effort — and it’s already raised nearly three-quarters of that.

For two years, the college has been quietly raising money for its “Transforming Tomorrow” capital campaign. Donors have already contributed nearly $54 million. The campaign has three areas of focus: increase the size and pool of student scholarships, pump up programs and fund capital improvements.

DES MOINES — Des Moines police say an arrest has been made in the hitand-run death of a 55-year-old man.

Reports of a person in the road in eastern Des Moines led officers early Saturday to the discovery of the body of Kenneth Leroy Wallace, of Des Moines. Police say it was clear Wallace had been hit by a vehicle, and officers found a license plate believed to be from a truck that hit him.

No new trial for Iowa man convicted of murder FORT DODGE — A Fort Dodge man convicted in August of first-degree murder will not be getting a new trial.

Webster County District Judge Kurt Wilke on Friday denied 28-year-old Derrick McElroy’s motion for a new trial.

A jury found McElroy guilty in the May 2011 shooting death of 19-year-old Brandyn Preston at a party. Preston, who was left paralyzed from the neck down, later died from his injuries. McElroy’s attorney, Charles Kenville, asked for a new trial.

5 Council Bluffs seeks payment of late garbage bills

COUNCIL BLUFFS — A city official says about 20 percent of Council Bluffs households are late paying their garbage bills.

Because so many residents are behind on their garbage bills, the city on Friday started putting liens on their property.

The move will require them to pay their bills when they next pay their property taxes.

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Sen. Warren campaigns for Braley in Senate race The Associated Press DES MOINES — Sen. Elizabeth Warren focused on stumping for Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley during a campaign stop in Iowa Sunday, but some liberal activists in the state that will hold the first presidential caucus of 2016 made it clear they want her to consider a run for the White House.

The Massachusetts senator, a popular campaign surrogate with a message that focuses on economic inequality, campaigned for Braley in Iowa City and Des Moines. Her vigorous speech drew huge applause from several hundred supporters gathered at the Hotel Fort Des Moines Sunday afternoon.

“The Republicans have made clear their basic vision of how to build a country, how to build a future. Their vision is that government should work for those at the top, for those who have money, for those who have power, for those who can hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers,” Warren said. “Our vision, Bruce Braley’s vision, my vision, is that we make government work for the people.”

Braley, 56, a four-term congressman from Waterloo, is locked in a tight race against Republican Joni Ernst, 44, a state senator and lieutenant colonel in the Iowa National Guard. The seat is viewed as crucial as Republicans seek to gain six seats

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and achieve a Senate majority.

Warren encouraged supporters to volunteer in the final days, recalling that Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken won his seat by 312 votes after a tight race in 2008.

“This race will be close and what this race could come down to is how many doors you knocked on, how many phone calls you made, how many times you stood in parking lots and handed out flyers,” Warren said.

“Face to face, eye to eye, talking to people about the differences.”

Jahan Wilcox, a spokesman for the Republican Party of Iowa, said in an email statement that Warren voiced support for reducing agricultural subsidies during a 2012 Massachusetts Senate debate and as a senatorelect. Her support for Braley raised questions about whether Rep. Braley also holds those views, he said.

This trip marked the first Iowa visit in 2014 for Warren.

Though Warren has said she is not interested in running for

president in 2016, that hasn’t stopped supporters from speculating about her plans. Many in the crowd sported T-shirts or stickers that said “Elizabeth Warren for President” or “Run Liz Run.” They said they liked Warren as an alternative to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has not announced any plans, but is viewed as the Democratic frontrunner for 2016.

“Hillary’s got a lot of experience behind her, but this lady is exciting,” said Renne Ellingson, 67, of Des Moines.

Erica Sagrans, campaign manager for Ready for Warren, said the political organization — which is not affiliated with the senator — was signing up volunteers in Iowa City and Des Moines on Sunday.

But others offered support for Clinton, should she choose to run.

“I’d rather she didn’t compete with Hillary,” said Susan Deiker, 68, from Clive. “I’ve been working for Hillary for a long time.

She’s had far more experience.”

High profile surrogates are flooding the state over the next two weeks in the Iowa Senate race. Michelle Obama will stump for Braley Tuesday.

Ernst’s campaign says she will appear with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over the next two weeks.

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The Des Moines Register obtained a new report that identifies several deficiencies in the stun gun policies.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and the University of Iowa College of Law Clinic conducted the study after questions were raised about stun gun use in lawsuits and news stories.

Last year, two men died in Iowa after being stunned by officers during separate confrontations.

And in Muscatine County, a 58-year-old mentally disabled woman was shocked four times with a stun gun during an eight-minute period as jailers tried to force her to change her jumpsuit.

Records showed that the jailer using the stun gun had failed to attend required training for three years.

Both the ACLU and the head of the Iowa State Sheriffs’ association agree that requiring standardized training and policies on the use of stun guns would better protect citizens and officers.

“This is about protecting the public from excessive force, but good policies also protect officers and protect public dollars,” said Rita Bettis, the legal director of the ACLU of Iowa. “There are not compelling reasons to avoid adopting clear and effective Taser policies across the state.”

State lawmakers considered requiring stun gun training and policies on their use but failed to pass a law.

Nathan Miller, assistant director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and co-author of the study, said he was surprised by the amount of variation in the policies. Some counties didn’t have one and only a few prohibited shocking pregnant women, the elderly, children or people who are already restrained.

“I expected some variation, but to really go in and find significant variation across almost every single policy issue that we isolated, I was taken aback,” Miller said.

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‘Fury’ blasts ‘Gone Girl’ from top of box office The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The bloody World War II drama “Fury” blew past “Gone Girl” at theaters this weekend.

“Gone Girl” was tops at the box office for two weeks before Brad Pitt and his rag-tag group of tank mates in “Fury” blasted the film to second place. Sony’s “Fury” captured $23.5 million in ticket sales during its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Fox’s “Gone Girl” followed with $17.8 million.

The week’s top two films are R-rated adult dramas, followed by two PG family films.

“The fall movie season is all about mak-

ing the transition from PG-13 world of summer to the R-rated, edgier world of the fall and awards season,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak.

The animated Fox feature “The Book of Life” opened in third place with $17 million, followed by Disney’s “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” with $12 million.

“We’re now in full adult movie-going season and we’ll see a lot more adult-skewing fare,” said Fox distribution chief Chris Aronson, who added that the colorful “Book of Life” suits any audience.

Another new film rounds out the top five:

Relativity’s Nicholas Sparks romance “The Best of Me,” starring Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden, debuted with $10.2 million.

“Birdman,” the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu drama starring Michael Keaton, opened in just four theaters and boasted a per-screen average of $103, 750. It opens in additional locations next week.

Overall box office is up almost 25 percent from the same weekend last year, Dergarabedian said, and the strong fall showing at cinemas is making up for a year-to-date box-office deficit that dropped from 6 percent to 4 percent in the last month.

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CDC to revise Ebola protocol, Pentagon preps team The Associated Press ATLANTA — Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear “with no skin showing,” a top federal health official said Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the U.S., if needed.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis-

eases, said those caring for an Ebola patient in Dallas were vulnerable because some of their skin was exposed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working on revisions to safety protocols. Earlier ones, he said, were based on a World Health Organization model in which care was given in more remote places, often outdoors, and without intensive training for health workers.

“So there were parts

about that protocol that left vulnerability, parts of the skin that were open,” Fauci said.

The CDC guidance was expected as early as Saturday, but its release has been pushed back while it continues to go through review by experts and government officials.

Health officials had previously allowed hospitals some flexibility to use available covering when dealing with suspected Ebola patients.

On the road to find the world’s funniest person The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It was last summer and Israeli-Palestinian tensions were at the highest they’d been in some time when Jamie Masada hit on a formula for world peace: Forget about guns and bombs, and just tell jokes to each other.

The onetime standup comic is, after all, the owner of the venerable Hollywood nightclub The Laugh Factory, so the idea wasn’t unfamiliar. Still, it’s one thing to get a liquoredup audience laughing at lines like, “Take my mother-in-law — please.”

It’s another to bring people from across the world who dislike each other together — and hope they will laugh at each other. And yet, that’s what he’s trying to do with what he calls the first Funniest Person in the World competition.

Masada has scoured comedy festivals from Afghanistan to South Korea and Egypt to Israel for candidates and had online voters winnow the list to 10 semifinalists who would perform at the Laugh Factory and before a worldwide Internet au-

dience on Oct. 20.

After online voters n a r row the list to five, the Masada finalists will travel to the Laugh Factory’s sister club in Las Vegas. There, following another competition and vote, the winner will be crowned on Oct. 24, United Nations Day. “It might sound stupid,” Masada says. “But some people, they sit down, they break bread together, they never hurt each other. Some people, they sit down, they laugh together, they never hurt each other.”

He says he has already seen the approach work — at least on a small scale.

During the latest Palestinian-Israeli tensions, Masada, an Iranian-born Jew, got the idea of defusing them for at least one night by hosting a comedy exhibition featuring locally popular Jewish comedians sharing the stage with their Muslim counterparts.

The idea was that

both sides would get together and learn a little something about each other. Instead, both sides gathered on opposite ends of the club and engaged in an unnerving stare down that prompted Masada to start the show early.

Sunda Croonquist, a black, Orthodox Jew who lives in Beverly Hills, opened things by pointing out to the audience that white people frequently mistake her for Puerto Rican: “I tell them there are two groups of people who know that I’m black.

“Other black people and the Beverly Hills Police Department,” she said.

Soon jokes were flying about wearing a keffiyeh, an Arab headdress, to an airport and watching people cower in fear. Or of mischievous Muslims who crank up Persian music on the car stereo because they have found it frightens white drivers even more than hiphop.

And, suddenly, both sides were laughing.

“At the end of the night they were hugging each other,” Croonquist marveled, and Masada was off in search of the world’s funniest person.

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Newton High’s Cardinals need to finish. Four times — three in the first half and one on the first possession of the second half — the Cardinals moved deep into Bondurant-Farrar territory and came away with no points in Friday’s Class 3A District 6 clash with BlueJays.

Not taking advantage of those scoring opportunities proved to be costly. Newton fell behind the BlueJays 24-8 by halftime and 32-8 with five minutes left in the third quarter.

The Cardinals made a run at the the BlueJays late, but Bondurant-Farrar senior running back Grant Peterson sealed the win with his fifth touchdown run, 37 yards with 3:27 left in the game. BondurantFarrarr left Newton’s H.A. Lynn Stadium with a 4630 win.

“Stalling out early in the game was big. When we got down there, maybe my play calling wasn’t what I thought it was — I mean when I called the play, I thought it would go. Those are plays that have gone for us before,” said Ed Ergenbright, Newton head coach.

Newton fell to 3-2 in Class 3A District 6 play.

With the results of other district games Friday night, the Cardinals are in a threeway tie with Gilbert and Grinnell for the final two playoff spots in the district.

Bondurant-Farrar is 4-2 and Ballard is 4-1.

Ballard plays at Grinnell Friday and a win by the Bombers would help the Cardinals. Newton travels to Nevada (2-6, 0-5) Friday to conclude the regular season.

“There’s a lot left for these seniors to play for, so we have to go to Nevada next week and put together a good effort. These guys will do that I have no doubt. We need to continue to improve, get into the playoffs and stay together for a few more weeks,” Ergenbright said.

Peterson, who leads Class 3A in rushing, opened the game with a 56-yard touchdown run and tacked on

the two-point conversion.

Newton answered with its own four-play drive capped with a 41-yard dash to the end zone by senior Deonne Harris. Newton went for the two-point conversion and got it with a pass from senior quarterback Tyler Wood to senior Tristan Peters.

On a fourth-and-four, the Cardinal defense stopped Peterson short to gain possession of the football at Newton’s 21-yard line with 1:30 left in the first quarter. Newton’s offense began a march down the field.

Wood connected with senior tight end Jordan Travis over the middle on a third-down play to keep the drive alive. Newton had the ball at the BlueJay 19.

Peters picked up five yards on first down then Harris got four. Joseph Banfield was caught for a yard loss, putting the Cardinals in a fourth-and two situation.

Easley appeared to be on his way to gaining the first down yardage but stepped out of bounds inches short at the 10. Bondurant-Farrar used two big pass plays from quarterback Dylon Storey to Tucker Ksiazek and Payton Duit to reach Newton’s 38-yard line.

Peterson took over from there. He scored from five yards out and ran in the two-point conversion to put the Jays up 16-8 at the 5:12 mark.

Peters provided a big runback on the ensuing kickoff to set up the Cardinals at the BlueJay 48-yard line. Wood and senior running back J.T. Thongvanh gained 11 yards then Harris and Banfield picked up eight yards on three runs.

A pass from Wood to Thongvanh came up short on fourth down.

Four plays later, Storey connected with Jarrid Clark for a 55-yard touchdown pass. Peterson ran in the two-point conversion for a 24-8 lead.

Newton had to punt the ball — it was the lone punt of the game. BondurantFarrar was at the 50-yard line but Storey’s pass was intercepted by Newton’s Peters with 1:06 on the clock.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior tight end Jordan Travis (84) makes a leaping catch in front of Bondurant-Farrar’s Jarrid Clark (20) late in the third quarter to set up a Cardinal touchdown. The Cardinals fell behind visiting BondurantFarrar Friday night, 32-8, then made a run at the BlueJays late coming up short, 46-30.

Lineman’s interception highlights CMB’s district championship

By Ben Schuff Daily News Sports Writer MAXWELL – The unlikeliest pair of hands sparked what is becoming the likeliest of outcomes for Collins-Maxwell/Baxter.

Defensive lineman Patrick Girard’s first career interception started the defining sequence in CMB’s 28-7 win over North Polk Friday night.

The sequence, all of two plays, showed why CMB could be a dangerous team come playoff time.

The Raiders won yet again and improved to 8-0, clinching the Class 2A District 7 championship in the process.

“It feels great,” Girard said.

“That was something that maybe there wasn’t as big of a chance of in the offseason, but we’ve started Ben Schuff/Daily News At left, Collins-Maxwell/Baxter junior Brad Ritter (left) celebrates with teammate Clayton Weltha after catching a touchdown pass in the second quarter against North Polk Friday night in Maxwell. CMB won, 28-7, clinching the Class 2A District 7 championship.

something and it looks good.”

Leading 7-0 in the second quarter, Girard found himself between North Polk quarterback Blake Brauer and his intended receiver on a screen play over the middle of the field. The 6-foot-3inch, 315-pound Girard trapped a low pass against his thigh and then rumbled down field for about 15 yards to the CMB 40.

One play and 15 seconds later, senior wideout Bryce Kemp weaved his way through nearly every player on the field for a 60yard touchdown reception. Kemp caught the ball near the left hash, cut back across the field behind a bevy of blockers near the line of scrimmage and then made multiple Comets miss as his route took him up the right sideline toward the end zone.

The Raiders led 14-0 and never looked back.

“We’re a very threatening team,” senior defensive back Nick Littell said. “We can go stop them on defense and then go 90 yards to score. We’re a force to be reckoned with I think.”

CMB coaches charged Littell with the biggest defensive assignment of any Raider against North Polk. He found out Monday morning at school he’d be covering Comet Matthew Cox all game, a receiver who entered Week 8 with the third-most receiving yards (931) in the state.

Littell did his part as Cox hauled in five catches for a seasonlow 66 yards, 30 of which came on one play early in the fourth quarter with CMB up, 28-0.

Cox had caught 19 balls for 570 yards in his last three games prior to seeing Littell.

“He’s a good athlete, you can’t take that away from him,” Littell said. “It was a good competition.

I haven’t had that for a while. It was fun. It was fun playing him.”

Fun because the results came out in Littell and the Raiders’ favor. CMB disrupted a North Polk offense that came in averaging 35 points per game the last three weeks. The seven points scored were CMB See Page 2B

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Monday Football Newton JV at BondurantFarrar, 6 p.m.

Volleyball Pella at Newton 8th, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 7th at Pella, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday Volleyball Norwalk at Newton, 9th/JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7:15 p.m.

Regional Playoffs Class 1A Region 7 HLV at Lynnville-Sully, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Region 5 Colfax-Mingo at West Marshall, 7 p.m.

CMB at Madrid, 7 p.m.

Thursday Cross Country Newton at 4A regional, Marshalltown, 4 p.m.

PCM, CMB at 2A regional, Pella, 4 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo, Lynnville-Sully at 1A regional, Ottumwa, 4 p.m.

Friday Football Newton 9th at Nevada, 4:45 p.m.

Newton at Nevada, 7:30 p.m.

GMG at Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.

Centerville at CMB, 7:30 p.m.

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

Lynnville-Sully at Belle Plaine, 7 p.m.

Saturday Girls’ Swimming North Central Swim Conference meet at NCMP, Newton YMCA, 1:30 p.m.

NCSC meet (diving) at Grinnell, 10 a.m.

CMB Continued from Page 1B North Polk’s fewest since posting six in the opening game of the season.

CMB held North Polk to only 64 yards of offense in the first half, sacked Brauer four times and forced him into a season-low 31-percent completion percentage (1032) by game’s end.

“That’s a pretty good offense in North Polk, the Cox kid is phenomenal, and we made them look pretty average and they’ve done a nice job moving the ball,” CMB head coach Rob Luther said. “Our defense showed up tonight. If we can get that effort, we’re going to be in good shape as we head forward.”

CMB intercepted Brauer three times.

Brady Stover had two and now has eight on the season.

Neither seemed to energize the Raiders as much as Girard’s, who found a cast of teammates to celebrate with as the defense exited the field.

“That doesn’t happen for a lineman.

That’s a pretty awesome moment for me,” Girard said. “I just wish I could’ve scored it.”

Added Littell: “For a big boy, he’s got pretty good hands. He’s got better hands than I do.”

CMB’s offense wasn’t as efficient as its head coach would’ve liked, but did more than enough to win.

Quarterback Hunter McWhirter accounted for all four touchdowns, throwing two and running two.

He completed 10 of 22 passes for 179 yards.

“We had big plays tonight ... that got us where we needed to be,” Luther said. “I think the big-play potential gives us a pretty scary opportunity offensively.”

Monday, Oct. 20, 2014

Blue Demons down Mustangs

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor MONROE — Prairie City-Monroe’s Mustangs and Albia’s Blue Demons went into Friday’s Class 2A District 7 football game with a lot riding on the outcome.

The Mustangs, Blue Demons and North Polk Comets began the night tied at 3-1 in district play, battling for second through fourth playoff spots out of the district.

Things did not go well for the Mustangs on Senior Night. PCM turned the ball over five times in the first half and the 10th-ranked Blue Demons capital-

ized on those miscues.

Albia powered to a 34-6 halftime lead on its way to a 48-14 win.

Noah Clark caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from Logan Gilman early in the second quarter, pulling the Mustangs within 21-6. That was as close as PCM would get.

Logan Litrell rushed in from one yard out in the third quarter for PCM’s other touchdown.

Albia was led by Carter Isley with 216 yards on 27 carries and one touchdown. Matt Baker scored two touchdowns for the Blue Demons, while Kieran

PCM volleyball ends regular season

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor FAIRFIELD — Prairie City-Monroe’s Mustangs finished on a winning note at Saturday’s volleyball tournament hosted by Fairfield.

After losing two matches, the Mustangs posted a 1725, 25-20, 15-12 win over Centerville.

Courtney VanHouweling delivered 10 kills in the match and Kayla Jennings had 16 set assists and four kills. Jayci Vos

had six kills.

Davis County got past PCM 20-25, 25-19, 15-10 to open the tournament.

Fairfield beat PCM 25-19, 25-19.

PCM finished the regular season at 9-24. It has most than a week to prepare for its openinground match in Class 3A Region 6 tournament play. The Mustangs go to North Polk on Oct. 27.

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Judge and Luke Sarver had one touchdown run each.

The Mustangs are 3-2 in district play and 4-4 overall. They are in the playoffs, but to secure the third seed spot out of District 7, the Mustangs go on the road Friday to North Polk. North Polk lost to Collins-Maxwell/Baxter, 28-7, and is at 3-2 and 4-4.

Ronnie Marshall had 138 yards on 27 carries for PCM. No other statistics for the Mustangs were made available.

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Tigerhawks go 1-3 in tournament

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor WOODWARD — Colfax-Mingo’s Tigerhawks concluded their regular-season volleyball run Saturday at WoodardGranger’s tournament. The Tigerhawks posted a 1-3 mark in the round-robin event.

Colfax-Mingo rang up a 21-19, 23-21 win over West Central Valley of Stuart. The Tigerhawks were 35-for-43 from the service line in the match.

Olivia Maggard led the team serving 11-for-13 with three aces.

Ries Wilson put down six kills in the winning effort and had a block at

the net. Amy Russell also had six kills in the match while Megan Earles was credited with 12 set assists. Earles came up with seven digs and Sara Lahart had six digs.

The Tigerhawks dropped a three-set match to Panorama. Panorama rallied to beat ColfaxMingo 10-25, 25-16, 1512. Colfax-Mingo lost 21-15, 21-4 to Woodward-Granger and lost 21-17, 21-17 to South Hardin.

Colfax-Mingo finished at 5-23 in the regular season. The Tigershawks open Class 2A Region 5 playoffs Tuesday at West Marshall. The match is at 7 p.m. in State Center.

At the WoodardGranger tournament, Wilson finished with 22 kills and 21 digs for the Tigerhawks. Russell had 13 kills and 36 digs. Earles put up 29 set assists in the four matches and had 29 digs. Maggard had seven assists and 10 digs.

Lahart finished with 34 digs, while Alivia Haley had eight digs and Dakota Hostetter had seven digs. Wilson had two solo blocks and one block assist. Russell made three block assists. Alison Teed had seven kills and Hostetter had six kills.

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Ehresman’s record-breaking game leads Hawks to victory

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor SULLY — Junior Sage Ehresman broke Lynnville-Sully’s single-game rushing record with his 257-yard performance Friday night in the Hawks’ 5634 win over North Mahaska.

Ehresman had 26 carries in the contest, scored four rushing touchdowns and scored on a kickoff return.

“This was a wild game,” said Mike Parkinson, LynnvilleSully head coach. “It was backand-forth until about eight minutes left in the third quarter. We had a 22-21 lead at halftime, but North Mahaska had taken a 34-30 lead in the third. We went on a scoring spree from there.”

Lynnville-Sully has gone 3-1 in its last four games after an 0-4 start to the season. It goes to Belle Plaine next Friday.

Ehresman scored on the first play of the game, a 67-yard touchdown run, with Ross Van

Sage Ehresman

Wyk scoring the two-point conversion. Ehresman had scoring runs of seven yards and 56 yards in the second quarter and a two-point conversion run.

North Mahaska scored with

8:29 left in the third quarter.

“Cole Nickell provided a lot of pressure on the extra-point attempt and they missed it.

That was important at the time in keeping the point differential where we wanted it,” Parkinson said.

Kobe Fisk scored on a oneyard quarterback keeper for the Hawks and Ehresman got the two-point conversion. Back came the Warhawks, scoring on a long pass to open the fourth quarter.

On the ensuing kickoff, Ehresman returned it 77 yards for the touchdown for the Hawks.

Lynnville-Sully’s defense took over and did not give up any more points.

Ehresman and Noah Zylstra each had 4-yard touchdown runs with Noah Engle kicking back-to-back extra points. Zylstra, who had 66 yards on nine carries, finished the scoring with a 26-yard run to the end zone with 2:42 left in the game.

“Baker Zeger played well on offense and special teams for

Bears shut out Tigerhawks

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor BROOKLYN — ColfaxMingo’s Tigerhawks were no match for their hosts Friday night. The BGM Bears rolled past the Tigerhawks, 37-0 in Class A District 7 action.

It was the first time this season the Tigerhawks failed to score in a game. They are 3-3 in district play and 5-3 overall.

Colfax-Mingo need to win at home against GMG (0-8) to clinch the No. 4 seed from the district in the playoffs. Lynnville-Sully is 3-3 in district play, but the Tigerhawks hold the head-to-head tiebreaker because they beat the Hawks earlier this season.

Junior quarterback Jared Myers carried the football 16 times for 58 yards and passed for 103 yards. Myers was 7-of-23 passing but the Bears intercepted three Myers’ passes on the night.

The Tigerhawks fumbled the ball away three times.

Colfax-Mingo’s defense could

not stop Bears running back Colton Massengale, who rushed for 259 yards on 20 carries and scored three touchdowns. Tanner Jensen only completed 3-of13 passes for the Bears but they were touchdown passes to Jayce Knight.

For the Tigerhawks, Blake Summy caught four passes for 30 yards. Jimmy Abell had one reception for 26 yards and Lane Dunblazer had one catch for 40 yards.

Defensively, Alan Wheeler racked up 13 solo tackles and seven assisted tackles for the Tigerhawks. Myers had eight solo stops and seven assisted tackles.

Brady DeJoode made six unassisted tackles and one assisted tackle. Jimmy Camp came up with five solo stops and three assisted tackles.

Abell and Summy each had a pass interception. Clayton Brown recovered a fumble for Colfax-Mingo. Summy punted five times for 186 yards.

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us. He caught a line-drive punt that only went 15 yards. I don’t know how he saw it coming, but he did and returned it 36 yards,” Parkinson said. “Noah Zylstra and Kyle Van Dyke were our leaders on defense.

Kyle was all over the field.”

Zylstra made 13 solo tackles and three assisted tackles for Lynnville-Sully’s defense and Van Dyke had eight tackles and a fumble recovery. Ehresman recorded 11 solo tackles.

Blake Wehrle, another senior, had a strong presence on the offensive line and made two solo tackles and three assisted tackles on defense. Senior Caleb James had three solo stops.

“This was a team win and we needed it. I give credit to our players for sticking together and I give credit to my coaching staff. Our seniors have stepped up and led this team.

Our kids just keep believing in themselves,” Parkinson said.

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Rumors of gun violence force football game forfeit DES MOINES (AP) — Des Moines school officials say East High School has been forced to forfeit its football game against Ames because of internet rumors about possible gun violence.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association gave East the option to forfeit the Friday night game, travel to Ames to play or postpone it until daylight Saturday and play at the East stadium.

School Superintendent

Tom Ahart says the reasons cited by the association and Ames school officials are baseless and the decision is an insult to students and the Des Moines Community.

East school officials arranged for more police officers at school Friday in response to rumors of a gunfight but nothing unusual happened during school.

An athletic association spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a message.

Manning sets new NFL record DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning broke Brett Favre’s NFL record for touchdown passes with No. 509, and didn’t stop there.

Manning threw four TD passes in Denver’s 42-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, two to Demaryius Thomas, one to Wes Welker, and another to Emmanuel Sanders.

That gives him 510.The record-breaker was an 8-yarder to Thomas with 3:09 left in the first half.

Favre sent along his congratulations via a scoreboard video he taped from his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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Newton freshmen lose four matches

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Jace Lukefar (36) tries to pull away from a Bondurant-Farrar defender in the freshman game Friday at H.A. Lynn Stadium. Bondurant-Farrar defeated the NHS freshmen 49-30.

BlueJays outlast Cardinal freshmen

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor Newton High’s freshmen just couldn’t keep pace with Bondurant-Farrar in a high-scoring football game Friday night. The gap came in the middle two quarters and the BlueJays used a 21-0 run to gain the advantage for the 49-30 win.

“It was a fast paced and exciting freshman football game. We executed very well on offense gaining over 300 total yards,” said Trent Powers, Newton freshman coach. ”We could not stop them on defense. We had boys in the right positions a lot of the times, but we did not make the tackle.”

The teams were deadlocked, 14-

14, after one quarter. BondurantFarrar scored two touchdowns in the second period and one in the third while holding Newton scoreless.

Newton scored two touchdowns and two two-point conversions in the fourth period, but the BlueJays had another 14-point period.

“Our effort was outstanding and we never stopped fighting to stay in the game. They were a really good football team and found a way to get a couple defensive stops,” Powers said.

Carson Cazett had a 1-yard touchdown run and a 21-yard touchdown reception for Newton.

He rushed for 171 yards on 15 carries and had a two-point conversion run.

Jace Lukefahr scored a touch-

down from one yard out and rushed four 11 yards on four carries. Josh Miravelles had 70 yards on 11 carries and a two-point conversion run.

Jaron Rush hauled in a 7-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Sturtz, who was 3-of-7 passing for 57 yards. Ryan Constant caught a two-point conversion pass and had a 29-yard reception.

Miravalles and Zach Combs led the Newton defense with five tackles each. Constant made four tackles. Grant Garvis had two tackles and a fumble recovery.

Newton (6-2) ends its season Friday at Nevada.

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DES MOINES — Newton High’s freshmen had a rough day at the Des Moines Lincoln volleyball tournament Saturday. They dropped four matches in straight sets.

“We just couldn’t find our grove. We struggled with serves, on defense and at the net,” said Jennifer Mouchka, NHS freshman coach. “There were a few times the girls fought back and played some good volleyball, but once the other team would score a couple points it seemed like they just gave up.”

West Des Moines Valley beat Newton

21-9, 21-12 and Lincoln defeat Newton 21-11, 21-10. The Cardinals lost 21-15, 21-8 to Des Moines Roosevelt in pool play, then lost 25-14, 25-7 in bracket play.

“Our girls have great potential and they’ve shown that the past few weeks.

We need to learn from our mistakes, put the tournament behind us and come out Tuesday ready to play and finish our season off on a positive note,” Mouchka said.

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Martin wins Shriners Open LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ben Martin made a 45foot eagle putt on the 16th hole that sent him to his first PGA Tour victory Sunday in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Martin was one shot behind Kevin Streelman when his eagle put him back in the lead. He closed with a birdie for a 3-under 68 and a two-shot victory at the TPC Summerlin.

Moments after Martin made his eagle putt, Streelman missed a 5-foot birdie putt that would have tied him for the lead. Streelman still made five birdies over his last seven holes for a 65.

Martin finished at 20-under 264. The victory sends him back to the Masters.

Russell Knox was third at 16 under after a 70.

Keselowski keeps title hopes alive at Talladega

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Coming off a tumultuous week and backed into a must-win situation, Brad Keselowski pulled off one of his biggest victories.

Keselowski drove a perfect final two laps in overtime Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, where he had to win to advance into the third round of NASCAR’s championship race.

Anything but a victory would have ended his title chances, which took a huge hit last week with a poor finish at Charlotte and a post-race meltdown that earned him a $50,000 fine.

“I know there’s probably some people out there that aren’t really happy I won,” Keselowski said. “I can understand that. But I’m a man like anyone else and not real proud of last week.

But I’m real proud of today.”

The 2012 champion sparred on the track at Charlotte with Denny Hamlin, intentionally hit Matt Kenseth on pit road and ran into the back of Tony Stewart. He was then accused of recklessly driving through a dark and crowded garage. Hamlin had to be restrained from going after him, and Kenseth jumped him from behind in a scrap that was quickly broken up.

His professionalism under attack throughout the garage and his season slipping away, Keselowski managed to come to Talladega focused on the difficult task at hand. He was in a three-way race to Victory Lane with six-time and defending champion Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., all three needing to win to stave off elimination.

It was Keselowski who grabbed the checkered flag.

“I’ll take the 50 grand and the win

NASCAR Photo/Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Redd’s Wicked Apple Ale Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.

this week, wouldn’t you?” said Keselowski team owner Roger Penske, who strongly defended his controversial driver. “These guys are jealous of the job he’s done this year. He’s won six races.

He’s made poles. He’s been up front.

Nobody likes to see a guy win like that.

“I want him to get mad. I don’t want him to take it. We talked about it (last week). I said, ‘Brad, put it in the rearview mirror.’”

Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick, the winners of the first two races in the second round, also advanced to the third three-race round along with Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Hamlin and Kenseth. The field will be cut to four after the ninth race. Points are reset after each round and the title will be decided by fin-

Two passes doom Iowa State in loss to Texas AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Iowa State had just tied the game on E.J. Bibbs’ second touchdown catch and was fully ready for Texas to settle in for overtime.

Then another long season just got a little bit longer, all in a span of 25 seconds.

Instead of playing for overtime, the Longhorns connected on two long sideline passes to set up Nick Rose’s 21-yard field goal with 3 seconds left that sent Texas to a wild 48-45 victory Saturday night.

“One-on-one battles, that’s what it came down to,” Iowa State linebacker Jevohn Miller said. “Two big pass

plays. We had guys near the man, but you just gotta win your one-on-one battles.”

Cyclones defensive back Nigel Tribune was beaten by Longhorns receiver John Harris on a pass that set up Texas at the Iowa State 4 with 7 seconds to play. The catch had to hold up under review, and once it did, Texas sent out Rose for the game-winner rather than run another play.

Tyrone Swoopes passed for 321 yards and also ran for 95 yards and a touchdown for Texas (3-4, 2-2 Big 12). Sam Richardson passed for 345 yards and three touchdowns for Iowa State (2-5, 0-4).

ishing order in the Nov. 16 finale at Homestead.

After the race, NASCAR said Newman’s car failed inspection because it was too low on both sides of the back of his Chevrolet. Penalties will likely be issued Tuesday, but that infraction is typically docked 15 points. Newman holds a 27-point lead over Kasey Kahne, who was eliminated Sunday.

The much-anticipated championship battle between Team Penske and Hendrick Motorsports took a major hit. Penske got both Keselowski and Logano into the third round, but Hendrick had three of its four drivers eliminated Sunday. Only Gordon advanced.

“Great teams, great drivers, great friends. I hate to see them not in there,” Gordon said about John-

son, Earnhardt and Kahne. “I really thought the chances of two of them getting in were very good, and certainly one of them. I thought two of us would be in there, and I thought there’s a decent chance three could be there.”

Hendrick and Penske drivers combined for 17 wins in the first 26 races, and have dueled all season as the top two organizations in NASCAR. But Talladega, one of only two tracks in NASCAR that requires horsepower-sapping restrictor plates and most of the field runs in one giant pack, is a crapshoot. One slip can trigger a massive accident, and a drivers’ fate often comes down to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

That’s what happened to Kyle Busch, who entered the race ranked second in the 12-driver field but was the fourth driver eliminated from the Chase because he was caught in an early accident. He was hit from behind, had to go to the garage for repairs and finished 40th on Sunday.

“We are destroyed. We are absolutely killed,” said Busch, who appeared to be hit by Austin Dillon. “I got wrecked from behind. We are done.”

The drivers in danger of elimination paced the early parts of the race.

Keselowski had to drop to the back of the field at the start for an unapproved change to his Ford, but he picked his way through traffic and made it to the front of the field to lead.

Only Keselowski was where he needed to be at the end.

Kenseth, Clint Bowyer, Landon Cassill, and Newman completed the top five. Danica Patrick led 26 laps late in the race before fading to 19th.

Iowa does little right in loss to Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz didn’t have much positive to say about an uncharacteristically subpar performance by his football team.

“The things that we’re known for doing when we play well, I can’t think of one of those things that we did today,” Ferentz said Saturday after the Hawkeyes blew an early 14-point lead in a 38-31 defeat.

Iowa (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) gave up 212 yards rushing, offered very little protection to quarterback Jake Rudock and was penalized seven times for 65 yards.

Oh, there was also the matter of three costly turnovers, one of them an in-

terception that provided the Terrapins (5-2, 2-1) with a pivotal fourth-quarter touchdown.

“We have a reputation of being a team that blocks cleanly, and we didn’t do that today,” Ferentz said. “We tend to defend the run pretty well and tackle well. We didn’t do that today. By my count, five major penalties. You do those kinds of things and expect to overcome them, it puts a lot of pressure on you.”

Rudock went 32 for 56 for 317 yards and two touchdowns, and Mark Weisman ran for 78 yards and two touchdowns.

But the defense couldn’t stop the Terrapins, who totaled 418 yards .

REVENUE, ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN OR UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AND ALL OF THEIR HEIRS, SPOUSES, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES AND ALL OF THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT SIXTY-THREE OF WEST NEWTON, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA. Street Address 420 1ST AVE. W., NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 11/18/2014 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $219,337.47 Costs $1,585.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 6.875% OF $167,295.46 FROM 08/01/2014 Attorney SAYER, BRIAN (319) 234-2530 Date 10/14/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY October 20 & 27

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Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud.

IASB Delegate Assembly ACTION # 9430 Superintendent Bob Callaghan confirmed that he, along with Sheri Benson, Donna Cook and Robyn Friedman will take part in an IASB Convention Session as presenters. Also there is a need for a delegate at the delegate assembly, as Bill Perrenoud is unable to attend.

Nat Clark moved, Travis Padget seconded, to nominate Sheri Benson to serve as the delegate.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud.

Approval of Bills (Action Item) ACTION # 9431 Donna Cook moved, Nat Clark seconded, to approve the bills.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud Business Services Update Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services, noted that a check in the amount of $26,849.00 was received from EMC Insurance for returns on insurance premiums, and has been deposited into the management fund.

Mr. Isaac reported that he, along with Debbie Swank and Erik Davis, attended a four-day training with Johnson Controls regarding access door training.

Formative Superintendent Evaluation Superintendent Bob Callaghan shared progress on his goals as Superintendent, and as related to District and Board Goals.

A. Upcoming Events i. Audit - a financial audit will take place October 20 - 24, 2014 ii.

69th Annual IASB Convention - November 19 - 20, 2014 - Participants include: Sheri Benson, Donna Cook, Robyn Friedman, and Superintendent Bob Callaghan.

B. Future Meeting Dates i. Board Work Session - will be held October 21, 2014 at 7:00 PM (Emerson Hough Conference Room 125), to include discussion on the Berg Complex and properties. ii. Regular Board Meeting - next meeting will be held October 27, 2014 at 6:30 PM (Berg Middle School).

ADJOURN - ACTION # 9432 Donna Cook moved, Andy Elbert seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 8:13 PM. Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud Minutes Mailed October 20

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Public Notices Classifieds NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS DOCKET NO. (SALE NO.) 14-3549(1) COURT NO. EQCV118787 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: RESIDENTIAL CREDIT SOLUTIONS, INC., vs DEFENDANT: BEELER, DANNY L.; - IN REM DEFENDANT: SPOUSE OF DANNY L. BEELER; U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION N.D., AND MICHELLE MARIE TEMPLETON - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOTS THIRTY-EIGHT AND FORTY-THREE IN LISTER'S ACRES, IN THE CITY OF NEWJASPER COUNTY, TON, IOWA,AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK D, AT PAGE 7 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY Street Address 1502 E. 6TH ST. S., NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 11/18/2014 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $73,393.61 Costs $285.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 6.25% OF $66,710.32 FROM 04/12/2014 Attorney SAYER, BRIAN (319) 234-2530 Date 10/14/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY October 20 & 27 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS DOCKET NO. (SALE NO.) 14-3462(1) COURT NO. EQCV118700 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., vs DEFENDANT: GARR-HALDEMAN, SANDRA - IN REM DEFENDANT: STEVEN JAY HALDEMAN - IN REM DEFENDANT: AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lot Eight in Block “N” Aurora Heights subdivision being in and forming a part of the City of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa as appears in Plat Book “D” Page 201 in the office of the Recorder of said County Street Address 2405 S. 8TH AVE. E., NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 11/18/2014 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

Property exemption: Certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file appropriate notice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount $46,556.51 Costs $1,226.40 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 4.125% OF $43,034.51 FROM 01/30/2014 Attorney ERICKSON, DAVID M. (515) 288-2500 Date 10/14/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY October 20 & 27 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS DOCKET NO. (SALE NO.) 14-3466(1) COURT NO. EQCV118861 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BANK OF AMERICA ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-8, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-8, vs DEFENDANT: ESTATE OF JASON WYNTON DARLAND, SKIFF MEDICAL CENTER, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN OR UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AND ALL OF THEIR HEIRS, SPOUSES, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES AND ALL OF THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT SIXTY-THREE OF WEST NEWTON, AN ADDITION TO CITY OF NEWTON, THE JASPER COUNTY, IOWA. Street Address 420 1ST AVE. W., NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 11/18/2014 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CEN-

October 13, 2014 - 6:30 p.m.

Regular Board Meeting Board of Education Emerson Hough - Conference Room 125 President Sheri Benson convened the board to order at 6:30 p.m.

Present: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark (6:33 PM), Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, Bill Perrenoud, Bob Callaghan, Gayle Isaac, and Christine Dawson.

Others Present: Barb Hackworth, Fran Henderson, Abigail Jolivette, Curt Roorda, Ty Rushing (Newton Daily News), Randy Van (KCOB), and Jarom Williams.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA - ACTION # 9425 Donna Cook moved, Robyn Friedman seconded, to approve the consent agenda.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud Absent: Nat Clark Human Resources Update ACTION # 9426 Superintendent Bob Callaghan shared the Human Resources Update.

A. Certified Personnel Contracts 2014/2015 school year Krista McNew - Coach (Softball) B. Classified Personnel Agreement Lisa Kampman - ParaProfessional (Emerson Hough PreSchool) effective 09/24/14 Nicole Russell - ParaProfessional (Berg Elementary) - effective 10/03/14 Brian Kays - Substitute Bus Driver - 2014/2015 school year Fredrick Wierschke - Substitute Bus Driver - 2014/2015 school year Classified Personnel Resignation Tanner Clute - ParaProfessional (Thomas Jefferson) - effective October 14, 2014 Amy Malek - Food Service (Aurora Heights) - effective October 9, 2014 Bill Perrenoud moved, Andrew Elbert seconded, to approve the Human Resources Update.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud Absent: Nat Clark Open Forum No one requested to speak during the Open Forum.

Student Representative Reports Abigail Jolivette and Jarom shared information Williams about recent activities at NHS. Superintendent Callaghan's Report: A. Campus Communication Update - Various committee, and community campus, activities were reported on from September 22 - October 12, 2014.

B. Ukrainian Delegation Visit Superintendent Bob Callaghan reported on the district's part in hosting five delegates from the Ukraine through OPEN (Organization Promoting Everlasting Neighbors).

Consideration of Transportation Department Garage Door Bids - ACTION # 9427 Curt Roorda, Transportation Supervisor, presented bids to remove and dispose of six garage doors and install new ones.

Gary Ryther was the recommended bid at $14,940.00.

Nat Clark moved, Bill Perrenoud seconded to approve the bid.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud.

Transportation Approval Request for Prairie City Monroe - ACTION # 9428 Superintendent Bob Callaghan presented a transportation request from Prairie City to cross Newton Monroe School District Community boundaries in order to provide an efficient, direct route for transporting PCM student(s).

Travis Padget moved, Andrew Elbert seconded to approve the request.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud.

Early Retirement Consideration - ACTION # 9429 Gayle Isaac, Director of Business explained having Services, offered early retirement as a budgetary tool, and the recommendation is to not offer the Voluntary Early Retirement Program (Policy Code No. 410.1) for another year. Andrew Elbert moved, Nat Clark seconded to the administration's approve recommendation.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud.

IASB Delegate Assembly ACTION # 9430 Superintendent Bob Callaghan confirmed that he, along with Sheri Benson, Donna Cook and Robyn Friedman will take part in an IASB Convention Session as presenters. Also there is a need for a delegate at the delegate assembly, as Bill Perrenoud is Nat Clark unable to attend. moved, Travis Padget seconded, to nominate Sheri Benson to serve as the delegate.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud.

Approval of Bills (Action Item) ACTION # 9431 Donna Cook moved, Nat Clark seconded, to approve the bills.

Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark, Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert, Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget, and Bill Perrenoud Business Services Update Gayle Isaac, Director of Business Services, noted that a check in the amount of $26,849.00 was

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When presented with “before” and “after” pictures, do you often like the less polished “before” better? Think of today as the “before” picture. Maybe there is a lot you’d like to change about your world, but there’s an awful lot of good in the way things are now, too. The grounded Virgo moon encourages appreciation and gratitude.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 20). The huge project you take on will inspire you to rise to the occasion. You’ll reassemble your team of supporters and add to the numbers in November.

You’ll make a grand entrance in December. February brings a political change. In this new climate, you can claim leadership over an area dear to your heart.

Aquarius and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 14, 33, 28 and 19.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When the things you do to make yourself feel better wind up making you feel worse instead,

it’s a sign that it’s time to find more suitable ways to unwind and enjoy life.

help another person find prosperity and thusly improve the world.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Gather up some positive thoughts to help you get through the hectic morning. Then, after lunch, something wonderful will happen as a direct result of your stellar attitude.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s something on your mind and heart, and you’ll do well to quietly send it upward, asking for spiritual help.

The prayers you say will change and empower you to do more than you thought you could.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Luxury and comfort cannot bring you happiness, which is why it is pointless to pursue them today. What will bring you happiness is something to get interested in and excited about.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It’s like the world is a small school today.

Word will get around quickly, so it’s important to behave in a manner you would want to be well known for.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You are generous, and you have good ideas that those you want to help would be wise to follow. You will

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll win the challenge that’s thrown your way this morning. It’s as though the job was custom-made to cater to your strengths and develop an area of weakness at the same time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re too hard on yourself, expecting maximum productivity without giving yourself a break. What about excitement and fun?

They’re not going to sneak up on you. You have to actively make them a priority.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s an idea in the works, not yet fully formed — this will be

the answer that helps you improve your life.

For now, just stay openminded, curious and willing to make adjustments.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Playing games will sharpen your mind and skills, as well as bond you to your fellow players. Share the games you love with the people you love, and life suddenly turns sunny and sweet.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Much will be offered to you, and yet you’re wise to be extremely discerning. Try not to accept anything that might drag you down. If it doesn’t have real and lasting value, you don’t need it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). If you’re getting it wrong several times in a row, chalk it up to experience. Give yourself a break, and then try again. If you don’t give up, you’ll eventually improve.

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Cardinals falter in Johnston Invitational

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor JOHNSTON — Always looking for the positives from her team’s play, Newton High head coach Laura Rowen was disappointed in the Cardinals’ performance at Saturday’s Johnston Invitational volleyball tournament.

Newton went 0-4 in its final tournament of the season. The Cardinals lost 21-14, 21-14 to Roland-Story, 21-6, 21-5 to Urbandale and lost 2115, 21-8 to West Des Moines Valley in pool play. Moving into the consolation bracket, the Cardinals dropped a 25-8, 25-9 decision to Waukee.

Newton has just one senior on the team. The Cardinals are playing with one player with extensive varsity experience, so Rowen knew the 2014 Cardinals would be a work in progress.

“We need to show up to play. Winning games won’t come without effort,” Rowen said.

Newton is 7-27 overall. It has one match left in regular-season play.

The Cardinals host Norwalk (14-15) in Little Hawkeye Conference play Tuesday for Senior Night.

The Cardinals are setting sites on claiming their first conference win.

They go into the LHC match at 0-5 against Norwalk, which is 3-2 in conference play.

In tournament play Saturday, the Cardinals only had a total of 21 kills at the net in four matches. Newton had eight kills as a team against Roland-Story. Ryanne Rausch and Emily Fitzgerald put down three each in that match. Megan Pressgrove was credited with six set assists.

Serving the volleyball is not a problem for the Cardianls, they were 69-for-75 from the service line in their four tournament matches. They were 26-for-26 with four service aces against Roland-Story and 21-of-25 with six aces against Valley.

Protecting the serve has been a problem for Newton throughout the season. Serve-receive is another area of concern as opposing teams put together scoring runs off the serve against Newton.

For the tournament, Pressgove had 11 digs to lead the Cardinals followed

by Taylor Shipley with eight. Courtney Jacobsen, Fran Lucas and Rausch each had seven digs and Sydney Hemann made one dig. At the service line, Pressgrove had four aces while Lucas, Jacobsen and Rausch each had two and Morgan Allen served up one ace.

Leading the net attack were Rausch and Fitzgerald with five kills each.

Pressgrove had four kills followed by Hemann with three kills. Allen had

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High head volleyball coach Laura Rowen makes a point during a home match earlier this season. The Cardinals went 0-4 in the Johnston Invitational on Saturday. They conclude the regular season Tuesday at home.

two kills. Allen and Hemann each had an assisted block. Allison Ergenbright and Shipley each had one kill.

Pressgrove was credited with 10 set assists for the four match. Shipley had

three assists while Hemann had two and Allen and one set assist.

Contact Sports Editor Jocelyn Sheets at (641) 792-3121 Ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com.

Cardinals Continued from Page 1B The Cardinals had one more shot at scoring before halftime. Wood found Easley for a long catch putting the Cardinals at the BlueJay 9-yard line.

They didn’t get any closer and Easley attempted a 28-yard field goal, but it was wide right with 14 seconds left.

Newton opened the second half with the football, starting a drive at its own 40. The Cardinals pushed their way down the field, but once again were turned away on a fourthdown-and one play at the BlueJay 25.

Peterson, who most of the night lined up in the wildcat formation taking a direct snap, busted a 66-yard touchdown run off on a fourth-andone play. The BlueJays led 32-8 at the 5:15 mark of the third quarter.

The Cardinals finally broke through again. A penalty against the Jays gave the Cardinals a first down then Travis made a leaping grab of a Wood pass at the Bondurant-Farrar 6-yard line.

Banfield capped the 66-yard drive with a six-yard touchdown run. Wood tossed a two-point conversion pass to Easley.

Newton had Bondurant-Farrar, which never hesitated to go on fourth down, in a fourth-and-four at the BlueJay 40-yard line. Peterson’s hard count drew the Cardinals off sides for a five-yard penalty. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Peterson went 47 yards for a touchdown, but the Cardinals stopped him on a twopoint conversion run.

Peters returned the ensuing kickoff into BlueJay territory. A 15-yard penalty set the Cardinals back to the 50. Two penalties against BondurantFarrar helped the Cardinal effort on the drive, but it was a 17-yard scramble by Wood on fourth down that put the Cardinals at the 3-yard line.

Wood went right up the middle for the touchdown and Peters had the two-point conversion run with 7:17 left.

Trailing 38-22, Easley and the Cardinals successfully executed an onside kick with Wood recovering the football at the 50-yard line. Wood’s scambling ability paid off again. He eluded the BlueJay defenders and lofted the pass down the field where Easley out jumped a BlueJay for the catch at the Bondurant-Farrar 26-yard line.

Thongvanh picked up five yards but Wood was sacked on the next play.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton sophomore linebacker Peyton Patterson (33) grabs the waist of Bondurant-Farrar’s Grant Peterson (15) to bring him down for a short gain early in Friday’s Class 3A District 6 game at Newton’s H.A. Lynn Stadium. It was one of the few times Newton stopped Peterson, who rushed for 323 yards and scored five touchdowns in a 46-30 win over Newton.

Wood ran for 11 yards then got the necessary yardage on a fourth down play to the BlueJay 12. Wood ran for another 11 yards then scored from one yard out with 3:48 on the game clock.

Harris busted across the goal line for the two-point conversion to make it 38-30.

Newton attempted another onside kick but Storey was there to handle the high bounce for the BlueJays at the Newton 49-yard line. Three plays later, Peterson scored for the final margin.

Peterson rolled up 323 yards on 29 carries. Ergenbright said the Cardinal defense had trouble with one particular play, which Bondurant-Farrar ran all game. He said Newton wasn’t getting to the point of attack on time with its second level players.

“He (Peterson) is an outstanding player and is all that they say he was,” Ergenbright said. “Bondurant-Farrar went for two points each time and that was smart by its coach. Peterson can get them three or four yards

whenever they need it, that is a good move. Teams have had a hard time stopping that play.”

Wood led the Cardinal offense with 169 yards on 23 carries. He also was 12-of-25 passing for 130 yards.

Easley made five catches for 78 yards.

Junior defensive back Bryce Tish had six solo tackles and three assisted tackles for the Newton defense. Michael Barr, a senior linebacker, and defensive backs Dalton Nevels, a junior, and Reese Rosenquist, a sophomore, each had three solo stops and one assisted tackles.

Contact Sports Editor Jocelyn Sheets at (641) 792-3121 Ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com.

Bondurant-Farrar 8-16-8-14—46 Newton 8-0-8-14—30 B-F — Peterson 56 yd run (Peterson run) Newton — Harris 41 yd run (Peters pass from Wood) B-F — Peterson 5 yd run (Peterson run) B-F — Clark 55 yd pass from Storey (Peterson run) B-F — Peterson 66 yd run (Peterson run) Newton — Banfield 6 yd run (Easley pass from Wood) B-F — Peterson 47 yd run (run failed)

Newton — Wood 3 yd run (run failed) Newton — Wood 1 yd run (Harris run) B-F — Peterson 37 yd run (Peterson run) Newton Bondurant-Farrar 22 First Downs 15 50-296 Rushes-yds 36-357 130 Passing yds 104 426 Total Offense 461 12-25-0 Passing 3-7-1 0-0 Fumbles/lost 0-0 6-40 Penalties/yds 8-63 1-28 Punts/Avg. 0-0 Individual Leaders Rushing: Newton-Wood 23-169, Harris 5-55, Banfield 8-32, Peters 5-18, Thongvanh 6-17, Easley 3-5.

Bondurant-Farrar-Peterson 29-323, Clark 3-29, Story 3-6, Vermie 1 (-1).

Passing: Newton-Wood 12-25-130-0. BondurantFarrar-Story 3-7-104-1.

Receiving: Newton-Easley 5-78, Travis 4-41, Peters 1-9, Thongvanh 2-2. Bondurant-Farrar-Clark 1-55, Duit 1-34, Ksiazek 1-15.

Punting: Newton-Easley 1-28. Bondurant-Farrar-none.

Newton Defense Tackles (solo/assisted): Tish 6/3; Barr 3/1; Nevels 3/1; Rosenquist 3/1; Travis 2/3; Wood 2/4: Bennett 1/0; Harris 1/0; Jacobsen 1/1: Lee 1/1; Patterson 1/2; Peters 1/0; Smith 0/1; Stanton 1/0; Thongvanh 1/2.

Quarterback sacks: none Fumbles (forced/recovered): none Interceptions: Peters 1.

Royals tap Shields as World Series Game 1 starter against the Giants KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The moment Alex Gordon knew the Kansas City Royals were serious about winning can be traced to a cold December day when his wife heard they had traded for James Shields.

The franchise had long suffered through a forgettable cast of starting pitchers, from Jay Witasick to Darrell May to Runelvys Hernandez. Hot prospects flamed out.

Free agents fizzled. And every year, the Royals languished near the AL Central cellar.

But things changed in December 2012. General manager Dayton Moore thought enough pieces had been asShields sembled and all that was missing was the right starting pitcher — someone who could be the staff ace and change a clubhouse culture accustomed to losing.

Moore called up the Rays and made the deal.

“That’s when I knew,” Gordon said, “that we were going for it.”

Two years later, a trade that was panned by many has helped the Royals reach the World Series for the first time

since 1985. Shields, who will start Game 1 at home Tuesday night against San Francisco, has been everything Moore had hoped he would be.

“Those opportunities to acquire a top rotation starter and an impact pitcher like Wade Davis, they’re not presented year-in and year-out,” Moore said. “We were fortunate the timing of it was such that it was staring us in the face and put us in a position to compete in 2014.”

It was a gamble. The Royals

sent baseball’s top minor league talent, Wil Myers, and a bevy of other promising prospects to the Rays.

Shields went 13-9 with a 3.15 ERA last year, helping the Royals to their best record in more than 20 years. And over the course of the season, Davis established himself as one of the most dominant late-inning relievers in the game.

This year, Shields finished the regular season 14-8 with a 3.21 ERA.