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Vets, active duty will be admitted free to concert By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Attorney Bruce Nuzum discusses points of a 28E agreement between the Newton Community School District and the City of Newton at Monday night’s board of education meeting. In addition to renewing its agreement with the city, the board approved several other measures, but decided to table a motion to hire a marketing firm for the upcoming Berg Complex bond election.

NCSD board could push bond election back to September 2016

Anyone who’s been to a weekend veterans event has probably heard some music playing in the background at some point. At a Nov. 14 veterans event in Marshalltown, the music will be front and center. Veterans and active military members will be given free admission to “Rock 4 Vets” — a concert series that to honor veterans. There will be four shows at different Iowa locations the week of Veterans Day, and one of the concerts will be at Veterans

Memorial Coliseum in Marshalltown. Harvest Band and Richie Lee & the Fabulous 50s will be the acts playing at the Marshalltown event, which is slated for 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets for all others are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Dennis Farland, of Newton, is helping the Iowa Rock & Roll Music Association, which has produced Rock 4 Vets for the past 11 years, organize the event and get tickets sold. Proceeds will go to local veterans organizations. VETERANS | 3A

Board discusses timelines for Berg vote, reconfiguration By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News While the Newton Community School District Board of Education is not exactly being advised to slam the brakes on its bond election process and reconfiguration, the advice seems to be to proceed through the first few laps of the race cautiously. The board agreed Monday to table a motion on hiring BasicLeigh Communications, based partly on the projected cost of employing the firm. But the discussion also involved the timing of the bond election, and other items mentioned at Monday’s meeting called into question not only whether to hold the election in February, April or September, but also whether reconfiguration

should take place in 2016-17 or later. At last week’s board work session, Leigh McGivern, the owner of the firm, said she felt a Feb. 2 bond election for the rebuild of the Berg Complex is much more aggressive than choosing the state-permitted April or September dates, considering the board has not even approved schematic drawings. Monday, a couple of board members had praise for McGivern’s approach, while others didn’t, and many expressed concerns about the cost. With a base fee of $100 per hour, a contract, sent to Newton Schools on Monday, has no minimum amount of hours. However, Superintendent Bob Callaghan, who spoke with McGivern, said she estimates need-

ing about 15 hours per week if the election is held in April, but would be able to spread out that time less intensively if the bond vote is held in September (State law allows select Tuesdays in February, April, September and December to be used for school bond elections). Fifteen hours per week, for about six months, or about 28 weeks, equals $42,000. Andy Elbert voiced the strongest objection to hiring McGivern. He said not only are expenses such as materials go above and beyond the $100-perhour charge, but he pointed out BasicLeigh is the only firm the board considered, based on another district’s recommendation. BOND | 3A

Adam Sodders/Marshalltown Times-Republican A color guard presents flags at a Memorial Day event in May at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Marshalltown Veterans and active military members will be given free admission to “Rock 4 Vets” — a concert to honor vets that is set for Nov. 14 at Veterans Coliseum.

Trial date set for Newton, Kan. named victors in sex abuse case Newton vs. Newton challenge By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A trial date has been set for a Newton teen who pleaded not guilty to third-degree sexual abuse. Colin C. Hansen, 19, has a trial date of Feb. 3, 2016 after he Hansen was arrested on June 8 for an incident in which he is accused of forcing a sexual act on a 16-year-old victim. According to the police report, the victim said Hansen messaged her on Facebook to meet at the Homedahl

Park in Kellogg. Upon meeting, she said Hansen grabbed her arm and forced her into his car. Once in the car, Hansen allegedly asked for the victim to perform a sex act on him. She refused and Hansen then grabbed her head and forced her to perform the act, according to the report. When officers spoke with Hansen, he allegedly denied being at the park and said the victim had messaged him on Facebook, and they made plans to meet but he never showed up. A pre-trial conference is set for Jan. 25, 2016. Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Winning three out of the five competitions, Newton, Kan. edged out Newton, Iowa and was victorious in this year’s Newton vs. Newton Challenge. Newton, Kan. was named the winner after it collected more than 9,700 donations for their local animal rescue league during the giving challenge while Newton, Iowa gave just under 700. “Newton, Iowa won the two in-person event challenges, but Newton, Kan. swept social media challenges as well as collected thousands of items for their humane society,” said Natalie Umsted,

Submitted Photo More than 20 bikers came out for the fitness challenge to help Newton, Iowa claim their first of two victories in the 2nd Annual Newton vs. Newton Challenge. Newton, Kan. won the overall competition, winning three out of the five competitions.

Newton, Iowa’s management analyst. “Even though we were not deemed the champions this year, I still see both

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