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Hansen re-elected as Newton mayor Biondi, Kulis, Trotter to serve on city council

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File Photo A Jasper County voter fills out a ballot in this file photo. Less than 3,000 votes were cast county-wide in Tuesday’s city election. In Newton, Mayor Mike Hansen retained his seat while Jeremy Biondi, Craig Trotter and Miranda Kulis were elected to city council. A complete list of election results for Jasper County appears on page 9A.

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Newton Mayor Mike Hansen was successful in his

bid for re-election to his second term. Hansen defeated his opponent Garfield Berndt III by capturing more than 65 percent of the vote.

Hansen collected 779 votes to Berndt’s 401 votes, according to uncertified election results released Tuesday night by the Jasper County

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“I have to thank all of the supporters, those that went to the polls this evening or cast an absentee ballot. Also, those who were gracious enough to allow me to display a sign in their yard,” Hansen said.

“Thanks to my family and friends for all of their support during this election cycle and those who wrote letters of support to the Newton Daily News.”

Hansen has served as Newton’s mayor since 2012 when he was appointed after former mayor Chaz Allen stepped down to take a position at the Jasper County Economic Development Corporation.

Hansen was then elected to the position two years ago.

“I am very pleased to be able to work on behalf of the citizens of this community, our stakeholders and city staff for the betterment of our

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community over the next two years,” Hansen said.

Berndt said he decided to challenge Hansen because he wanted to become more active in local politics.

“I’m not disappointed for this being the first time ever running for anything. I am very proud of the city for the huge turn out for voting that occurred,” Berndt said. “I want to congratulate Mayor Hansen on the victory and hope that he stays true to what he said during the campaign and continue to move the city forward.”

Also elected Tuesday were Craig Trotter, Miranda Kulis and Jeremy Biondi to the Newton City Council.

Trotter was re-elected to his second term serving the third ward. He received 263 votes.

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List of Veterans Day benefits includes food, other perks

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News In addition to formal Veterans Day ceremonies, there are usually many Iowa businesses that offer discounts or free products or services to active duty military or veterans.

Jasper County Veterans Affairs Director Chris Chartier recently sent out information about a variety of businesses that are acknowledging Veterans Day — which is Nov. 11 — in this way.

Most businesses or organizations offering these products or services will re-

quire some form of military ID or other proof of military service. This might include a military ID card, a VA ID card, a current leave and earnings statement, a driver’s license with a special veterans designation, a veterans organization ID card (such as the American Legion, AMVETS or VFW), DD Form 214 or discharge paperwork.

Wearing a uniform in public — if that branch of the service permits it — might suffice as proof of service. In some cases, a photograph of VETERANS | 3A

Charges dismissed against Newton woman in adult abuse case

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News A case has been dismissed against a Newton woman accused of abusing an adult woman in her care.

Jacki L. Owens, 33, was charged with dependent adult abuse after a resident of Newton Health Care Center complained she was abused during the night.

Charges were dismissed due to lack of evidence in the case, according to a motion by assistant county attorney Jonathan Noble.

Owens was working as a CNA at the center last August when police say she

shoved the victim into a bed rail and grabbed her arm and leg. The victim sustained bruises on the evening of Aug. 27 and into Aug. 28.

2014, according to a police report. Newton police charged Owens on March 3.

The victim also complained she was propped up on her side and left in that position, which is painful to her due to a history of fractures. The victim said she did not say anything that night because she was afraid Owens would come back, according to the report.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News New flooring for the dispatch room at the Jasper County Jail was approved by the Jasper County Board of Supervisors at its regular Tuesday meeting. Pictured is Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty.

New flooring approved for jail

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News New tile flooring was approved for the dispatch room at the Jasper County Jail on Tuesday. The Jasper County Board of Supervisors decided to move forward with a bid from The Floor Store in Newton at a price of $4,672.

“The dispatch room was not supposed to have carpet.

One of the issues we’re having is it is one of those rooms that there is always something going on. When you try to clean the room when it is carpet you can’t have the noise because they always have calls coming in 24/7,” maintenance director Adam Sparks said.

Luxury floor tile, the flooring selected, comes in sections four feet long and six inches wide.

The long-lasting flooring will

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makes us a little money, a little revenue for the county. We are doing compliance checks and they pay us $50 per compliance check. It’s good, too, that we do a training program if there is a violation of one of the vendors, we can schedule training for them so that they can get their employees trained on how to properly sell tobacco products.”

Halferty said that the sheriff ’s office started the program in the late 1990s under previous sheriff Mike Balmer.

In other business: • Jerry Nelson was appointed to the Veterans Affairs Commission.

• Herb Scott was appointed to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

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replace the commercial carpeting that was installed in error.

“It’s about as indestructible of a floor as you can get,” Sparks said. “The cleaning is going to be very minimal, it’s something we can go in and sweep instead of having to go in a vacuum. It’s just going to be longer lasting, easier to clean, easier to do everything with that we need to do.”

Also approved was the continued contract with Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division for the I-Pledge program. The I-Pledge program is a partnership between the ABD and local law enforcement to perform compliance checks by local retailers.

“This is the annual tobacco compliance check for the retailers in the county, not just within the city of Newton,” Halferty said. “The benefit to us is it

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Religion

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www.newtondailynews.com | Wednesday | Nov. 4, 2015

US Episcopal Church installs first black leader

By Juliet Linderman Associated Press Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, installed Sunday as the first black leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church, urged Episcopalians to evangelize by crossing divides of race, education and wealth.

Curry used the example of his own mother being given Communion at a white Episcopal parish before desegregation, and how that act persuaded his

father to join the denomination, and eventually become a priest.

“God has not given up on the world and God is not finished with the Episcopal Church yet,” Curry said, during a joyous ceremony in the Washington National Cathedral.

Curry, 62, succeeds Katharine Jefferts Schori, who was the first woman in the job and is ending her nine-year term. He served about 15 years as leader of the Diocese of North Carolina before he was overwhelm-

ingly elected last summer to the top church post. He grew up in Buffalo, New York, and earned degrees from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, and Yale Divinity School.

The New York-based denomination was the church of many Founding Fathers and now has about 1.9 million members. Episcopalians now are struggling with shrinking membership and ongoing tensions with fellow Anglicans around the world over the Episcopal

support for gay marriage. Curry will represent the U.S. church in January, at a meeting of national Anglican leaders addressing the splits in their fellowship.

As the ceremony began Sunday, Curry rapped on the cathedral door with a wooden staff_a custom that symbolizes the ushering of a new leader into its halls, both physical and metaphorical. Jefferts Schori passed her staff to Curry, transferring the responsibility of leadership.

Those assembled in the cathe-

dral erupted in cheers.

“It is an understatement to say we live in a deeply complex and difficult time in the life of the world,” Curry said. “This is a time when again it is an understatement to say there are challenges before the church and communities of faith. This is a time of difficulty and hardship for many. A time of goodness and joy for others. And a time when we must even find ways to save the mother earth, who is the mother of us all.”

In Brief Knights of Columbus to host Thanksgiving Bingo Sacred Heart Catholic Church, along with the Knights of Columbus, will host its annual Thanksgiving Bingo from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 14 at McCann Center, 1115 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton.

Games are $2 per card and 20 games will be played.

Kellogg UMC to host flea market, dinner Saturday

Submitted Photo A check in the amount of $1,031 was recently presented to the Baxter food pantry director Mary Jo West by Craig and Betty Peterson, volunteers with the Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial.

More than $6,000 donated to local food pantries

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News More than $6,000 was raised for local food pantries by the Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial during the month of September. The organization designated September as its fundraising month and through a concert, local donations and matching funds, the organization was once again able to distribute a substatial amount to area pantries.

A concert was held on Sept. 19 at the First Lutheran Church and featuered Highway Home Bluegrass Band and The Newton Children’s Choir, Betchaw & Friends. Many concert goers enjoyed the music and helped the organization raise money for the worthy cause.

As in years past, Thrivent once again matched the first $2,000 raised.

“Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial would like to thank The Highway Home Bluegrass Band and the New-

ton Children’s Choir, Betchaw & Friends, directed by Jane Johnson for the concert performance,” chapter president Craig Peterson said.

The funds collected during the month of fundraising will be distributed to the Newton Salvation Army food pantry, PCM food bank, Baxter food pantry, Colfax-Mingo food pantry and the Eastern Jasper County Christian food pantry in Kellogg.

This is the fourth year the organization has held a concert to raise funds. Last year, the concert was held at the Cowboy Church with Thrivent matching $2,000 of proceeds recieved and dontating a total of $7,385.

“In 2012, the local chapter decided to see if we might maximize the available funding and began having an annual music concert where we would match the funds raised,” Peterson said.

During the first two years, the concerts were held at Sugar Grove Vineyards with the local Thrivent Chapter provid-

ing matching funds. In 2012, the group raised $5,424 and in 2013 surpassed that amount by almost $2,000, donating $7,300.

First Lutheran Church also provided at donation through their “Choices in Mission” program. All donations made during the Sunday services were matched by the program.

Thrivent Financial is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously. As a nonprofit organization, Thrivent Financial brings members together to give back to their communities, congregations and causes they care about through charitable activities, and to participate in educational and social events.

For more information about Thrivent contact Peterson at 641-227-3209 craig@partnercom.net Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com

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Kellogg United Methodist Church will host the Kellogg UMC Flea Market and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church, 417 Second St. in Kellogg.

New and gently used items, baked goods, concessions, silent auction and drawings are planned.

The fundraiser is for roofing costs to the church, garage and parsonage which houses the East Jasper County Food Pantry, 423 Second St. in Kellogg.

For more information, call the church office at 641-526-3184.

The church will also host a free pizza supper at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Pizza, salad and beverages will be served in the fellowship hall. The meal is free.

The Way to host ARK free clothing, haircut event Newton Church of The Way will host another Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) event from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 14 at the church, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. in Newton.

ARK members will donate clothes (size 0-14), pajamas, diapers and baby wipes during this time.

Tapestry of Abundance ministry will also offer haircuts for children during the event. Guests are asked to schedule an appointment by calling the church office at 641-792-7300.

All items and services are free and open to the public.

For those interested in volunteering or donating items, contact Rod or Marla Van Soelen by phone at 641-628-3919 or by email at mrvansoelen@yahoo.com.

First Christian Church to host Thanksgiving dinner First Christian Church will host a Thanksgiving Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the church, 314 E. Second St. N. in Newton.

Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and beverages will be provided with freewill offering. Guests are asked to bring two side dishes to share.

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Newton Health Care Center is having a Can Drive!

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“I’m looking forward to getting back to work. I think we’ve set a lot of things in motion and we’re going to keep carrying them forward. I’m looking forward to the next four years,” Trotter said.

Kulis will fill the at-large seat vacated by Noreen Otto after earning 938 votes. New to Newton last year, Kulis is the coordinator for the Goodwill Career Connection Center.

“I’m very excited and looking forward to serving the community and the citizens of Newton for the next four years,” Kulis said.

Biondi will serve the first ward seat, previously held by Jeff Price. In his first term on the council, Biondi is also the owner of Moo’s BBQ in downtown Newton. He collected 220 votes.

“I’m proud to have support from the people in ward one. I look forward to being the voice of the people in Newton,” Biondi said.

Rachel Barton, a write-in candidate for the atlarge seat who launched her campaign approximately two weeks ago, collected an undetermined portion of votes fore that seat. A total of 149 write-in votes were reported but Barton’s vote total was immediately available.

yourself in uniform might be all that’s required; other restaurants and companies may go strictly by an honor system.

Check with each business or organization personally to get the latest update on their 2015 Veterans Day policy. At restaurants, beverages and gratuity are not typically included.

Here is a partial list of businesses with at least one central Iowa location that will honor veterans with a discount this year. All specials are Nov. 11 only, unless specified: • Applebee’s: Free entrée from a menu that includes seven options.

Military ID or proof of service required.

• Bar Louie: Free meal on Nov. 10 and 11, up to a $12 value.

Available at participating locations. Military ID or proof of service required.

• Bonanza Steakhouse: Free Veterans Day buffet at participating locations.

• Chili’s Restaurant: All military and veterans receive their choice of any lunch combo, or a choice of a dinner meal from a select menu, including any full-size flatbread.

Dine-in from limited menu only; Veterans and active duty military simply show proof of military service.

• Denny’s: Free B u i l d -Yo u r - O w n Grand Slam, from 5 a.m. to noon for all active, inactive, and retired military personnel.

Participating locations only; call ahead.

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

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Continued from Page 1A rough or abusive toward the victim, but admitted she knew she didn’t like to be on her side, according to the report. Owens suggested the bruises may have come from when she was being repositioned or her arm may have got pinched between the bed and bed rail.

The victim has no previous history of complaints about the staff.

The Newton Health Care Center declined to comment on the dismissal.

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

Club News ise Meakins, vice president, JoAnn Haynes, secretary, Pat Patty and treasurer, Eunice McCarthy.

The group made plans to host a Thanksgiving dinner for member families and guests on Nov. 19.

Some of the group will attend the Gala of decorated tables sponsored by the Marshalltown club in November.

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• Newton Great Clips: Paying customers who come in for a service on Veterans Day get a free haircut card to give to a veteran, redeemable Nov. 11 through Dec. 31, 2015.

• Home Plate Diner (two Des Moines locations): Free meal to all veterans with proof of service, such as a veteran’s card or a DD214).

• Hurricane Grill & Wings: Free meal from special menu at participating locations. Proof of service required.

• Newton Hy-Vee: Free breakfast buffet to all veterans and active-duty military members.

• International House of Pancakes: Free stack of red, white and blue buttermilk pancakes crowned with glazed strawberries, blueberry compote and whipped topping from

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The United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Jasper County office in Newton, Iowa, is interested in receiving expressions of interest for approximately 6,200 contiguous rentable square feet of Class A office space together with 32 on-site, paved parking spaces. The rentable space must yield a minimum of 4,700 usable square feet (USF).

The area considered must be within an area bounded by the City Limits of Newton south of N 19th Avenue. Occupancy is required within six (6) months of lease award. The term of the lease will be 10 years.

Send Expression of Interest to: Jerry L. Williamson, Realty Specialist (Contractor)-Management Services Division-Farm Service Agency-United States Department of Agriculture, Patriots Plaza III 355 E Street S.W., Suite 10 227A, Washington, D.C. 20250-5435-Telephone number: 202-772-9007 E-mail: jerry.williamson@wdc.usda.gov

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Park Centre Presents “I’ll Be Me” Please join us on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as we show the critically acclaimed film “I’ll Be Me.” The movie will take you through Glen Campbell’s journey with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Space is limited, call 641.791.5000 to secure your reservation.

Refreshments served before the show.

The expression of interest should include the address and available square footage of the site to be considered and contact information. It must be received by the FSA contact no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time December 1, 2015.

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honor the armed forces. Choose from one of 10 free meals, plus sides and a soft drink, coffee, or tea. Offer good for All veterans – including all active, retired or former U.S. military.

ID Required. Dine-in only. Call ahead to verify times and locations.

• Village Inn: Free breakfast any time of day (choice of buttermilk pancakes, French toast, or a Belgian waffle). Wednesday is also free pie day, and veterans will be able to receive a free slice of pie.

Veterans who visit on Veterans Day will also receive a “Thank You for Your Service Card” valid for 20 percent off their total bill on their next visit. Participating locations only.

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7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at participating restaurants.

• The Olive Garden: Free entrée; proof of service required.

• Outback Steakhouse: Free Bloomin’ Onion and a non-alcoholic beverage. Available to military and veterans with ID, who will also receive 15% off each purchase from Nov. 12 to Dec 31.

• Newton Perkins Restaurant: Free “Magnificent Seven” breakfast, served any time to a veteran or active-duty military during all Nov. 11 business hours.

Proof of service required.

• Red Robin: Free Red’s Tavern Double and bottomless steak fries for all guests with a military ID or proof of service.

• Texas Roadhouse: Veterans Day Meal; Free lunch event to

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Kellogg Garden Club Bobbi Schrader, a member of the Kellogg Garden Club, gave a presentation of identifying bird songs at the October meeting of the club. The group also was challenged to recognize common bird sightings.

Officers for 2016 were elected as follows; president, Lou-

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Perkins Restaurant, shown here, and the Newton Hy-Vee will be among area businesses to have discounts or other offers on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, for veterans and active-duty military.

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Opinion

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Costume ideas from the ‘Dark Side’

By Jason. W. Brooks Staff Writer

www.newtondailynews.com | Wednesday | Nov. 4, 2015

Coming up with an original Halloween costume is tough work.

Thanks to social media and the accompanying hardware, most of us were able to see costumes from around the globe, from our friends and relatives to major celebrities. This year, I saw some costumes that were not only impressive, but also brought back memories of days when researching and finding materials happened much differently.

Not only can someone easily find a way to purchase or rent a unique pre-made costume, or its components, such as Super Mario’s hat, but even the raw materials of the correct color, texture or style are easy to find. That doesn’t take anything away from the ingenuity or smart thinking of 2015 costumes; in fact, I’m happy to see how technology has improved the hunting steps to free up more time for imagination and creativity.

Though I usually don’t feel motivated to dress up for Halloween anymore, I see how it

adds life and character to society for us to expand outside our regular everyday personalities. Sure, it might seem silly and unnecessary to pretend you’re someone else, and spend time and money to do it, but theater and drama go back throughout human history and are an important part of expression and personal development.

Movie and TV characters seemed to drive costume ideas almost as much in 2015 as was the case many decades ago. After the first “Star Wars” movie came out in 1977, every boy I knew seemed to want to be Luke Skywalker for Halloween, and every girl wanted to be Princess Leia. I wanted to go a slightly different route, as did my mom, so I turned to the dark side — helping craft a Darth Vader costume.

I recall the galoshes and black shirt and pants weren’t very Vader-like, and the cape and gloves were nothing fancy. We were dependent on the local thrift stores for supplies. However, Vader masks were readily available.

The crown jewel of the cos-

tume was the helmet. Created from some obsolete bucket-type plastic batting helmet turned backwards, we had to add a few coats of black paint. I don’t think the overall costume garnered any awards or much acclaim, but I distinctly remember compliments on the helmet.

A couple of years later, after the “Empire Strikes Back” spawned the careers of Lando Calrissian and other characters, Mom and I set off to create an ambitious Yoda costume. We had to begin the Halloween process in the late summer, as his full-sphere paper maché head took many layers and some re-designing before the likeness of the creature’s head could be lowered onto mine.

The Newton Police Department probably would have advised against my use of such a blinding mask; the tiny slits permitted only patchy vision to avoid traffic on Halloween night.

However, I stuck with a group and earned compliments, and still wish there were a way to have preserved the paper maché head

as a keepsake.

There were other elaborate costumes in our household; my sister’s Strawberry Shortcake outfit is still memorable. However, we spent so much time thinking of ways to locate and use cheap material, we didn’t seem to have much time to plan or arrange the costumes.

Since celebrities seem to have more of an “adult” side to them in 2015, it’s tougher for children to find role models who they can emulate in both appearance and behavior. One costume that looked truly authentic this year was a child made up as comedian Kat Williams, but, unfortunately, that child looked too young to get away with repeating many of Williams’ jokes.

It’s great to see resourcefulness and technology make a partnership. Hopefully, there will be movie and TV characters worth emulating in the future.

Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@newtondailynews.com

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Cellulosic ethanol a treat for Iowa economy Iowa is widely known for our first-rate hospitality, first-in-thenation presidential caucuses and first-class production of corn, soybeans, pork and eggs. Fewer people may realize that our state also is a rising star in America’s clean energy renaissance.

In fact, Iowa

By Chuck is leading AmerGrassley ica’s strategic U.S. Senator efforts to foster energy independence and secure affordable, reliable and renewable sources of clean energy. Our state is on track to generate nearly 30 percent of its electricity from wind. From supply chain to socket, Iowa wind energy creates good paying jobs and keeps electricity prices low for consumers.

Iowa’s prized farm commodities also are being tapped to diversify and improve America’s domestic, renewable fuel supply chain, including biodiesel and corn-based ethanol. Iowa’s crop yields climb from one harvest to the next thanks to precision farming techniques, responsible soil stewardship and advances in bioseed technology.

Driving growth in America’s energy renaissance can be credited with creating good jobs, revitalizing rural economies, boosting wage growth and farm income, reducing U.S. reliance on for-

eign fossil fuels and generating clean-burning fuels and pollution-free electricity, such as wind, solar and hydropower.

In the last three decades, Iowa’s renewable fuels sector has gained tremendous momentum and growth. Federal tax and energy policies have encouraged the American entrepreneurial spirit, giving farmers, captains of industry and investors the green light to think big, dream big and go big.

In fact, from conception to commercialization, Iowa’s newest ethanol biorefinery is a by-product of Iowa ingenuity, innovation and investment. The brand new, stateof-the-art, next-generation, $225 million cellulosic ethanol production facility is opening for business during the heart of harvest season right in the heart of Iowa.

DuPont expects its fully integrated production facility will convert 370,000 dry tons of corn stover to 30 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol each year. Corn stover is what’s left-over from the harvest. Think cobs, leaves, husks and stalks. We’re talking about adding value to organic crop waste. More than 500 local farmers from a 30-mile radius will supply the biorefinery with their “post-harvest” harvest each year.

Just think. Iowa is ground zero for next generation biofuels. According to DuPont, this biorefinery is the largest cellulosic ethanol facility in the world. It is a world-class model for next-generation, sustainable, clean energy.

And it’s right here in Iowa.

As an outspoken champion for rural America and a renewable energy policy leader in the U.S. Senate, I worked successfully a decade ago to secure passage of the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that planted seeds of opportunity for growth, innovation and stability in the marketplace. The RFS was created to help diversify and propel next-generation biofuels to market, give consumers a competitive choice of fuels at the pump, curb reliance on foreign fossil fuels and protect the environment.

Despite Big Oil’s tricks to spin a web of misguided information and spook renewable fuels growth, investment and development, groundbreaking collaboration continued among scientists and researchers, as well as farmers, job creators and investors in the private sector. The brain trust masterminding the new world-class facility in Story County represents the best and brightest from leaders in agriculture, academia and industry.

In the meantime, I am continuing my clarion call in Congress to shake sense into the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It got stuck in Big Oil’s sticky web. Specifically, I have pressed the EPA to live up to its legal obligations to provide certainty to the biofuels industry and set robust RFS volume requirements that were passed by lawmakers elected by the American people.

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The media hailed Hillary Clinton’s supposed political triumph at a hearing of the House Select Comm i t tee on Bengh a z i c o n cerning By Ben Shapiro the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2012 that ended in the murder of four Americans, including American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens.

Clinton appeared calm and collected, even as she lied repeatedly: She said that she believed a YouTube video still bore some responsibility for the terrorist attack, despite the fact that she told the Egyptian prime minister the day after the attack that the video had nothing to do with the attack; she insisted that political hack Sidney Blumenthal didn’t act as an advisor, even though he routinely emailed with her about policy; she stated that she’d been transparent about her emails, although that nonsense has been rejected by the State Department.

Most of all, Clinton suggested that Stevens had been responsible for his own murder. She said that he “felt comfortable” on the ground, and that he was merely joking when he emailed about whether the Benghazi compound would be closed. “Chris Stevens had ... a really good sense of humor,” Clinton laughed. “And I just see him smiling as he’s typing this.” Stevens’ State Department team in Libya sent requests for additional security 600 times.

They were rejected.

After Clinton finished lying, she went home and hung out with her entire team. She partied. “I had my whole team come over to my house and we sat around eating Indian food and drinking wine and beer,”

Clinton told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “That’s what we did. It was great. ... They did a terrific job, you know, kind of being there behind me and getting me ready, and then, you know, just talk about what we’re going to do next.”

As an apparent afterthought, she added to Maddow, “The point is, what are we going to do both honor and the people that we lost, and try to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Chris Stevens was always an afterthought to Clinton, despite her crocodile tears at the hearing, where she complained, “I would imagine I’ve thought more about what happened than all of you put together. I’ve lost more sleep than all of you put together.” She didn’t give Stevens her private email address, though Blumenthal had it. She couldn’t remember holding a single conversation with Stevens after he was appointed ambassador to Libya.

The night of his death she sent an email with the subject line “Chris Smith,” mixing up his name with that of fellow diplomat Sean Smith.

She spoke to survivors only days later. The night of the attack, she didn’t speak with the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey.

Clinton’s aggressive case for the invasion of Libya led to the overthrow and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi — an event for which Clinton was happy to take credit, laughing, “We came, we saw, he died.” She then completely ignored Libya as it turned into a terrorist hellhole, because that inconvenient fact undercut her narrative of strength and purpose. Her State Department refused to grant additional security requests because doing so would have implicitly recognized the failure of her war.

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Obituaries Marjorie Wessel Nov. 1, 2015 Marjorie N. Wessel, the daughter of Elton and Maude Jesse (Bailey) Jordan, was b o r n Jan. 11, 1925, in Ne w ton.

She was a graduate of the Newton Senior High School with the Class of 1943. On June 20, 1943, Marjorie was united in marriage with E. Lloyd Wessel in

Lancaster, Mo. Marjorie was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She enjoyed cooking, picnicking, quilting and cross stitching. She was active in her church, leading Bible studies, teaching Sunday school and being a part of the Ladies Missionary Society. She was a charter member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Newton, and was a member of the Skiff Hospital Auxiliary.

Marjorie died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center

Helen Frances Robertson A graveside service for Helen Frances “Frannie” Robertson, 84, of Kellogg, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 at Our Silent City Cemetery in Kellogg. The Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

in Newton. She was 90 years old. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; and sisters, June Normandin and Evamae Bishop.

Those left to honor Marjorie’s memory include her husband, E. Lloyd Wessel of Newton; her son, Dr. David (Margie) Wessel of Washington D.C.; her daughters, Lynda Wessel of West Des Moines, and Tari (Malcolm) Rowland of Rockford, Ill.; her seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson; and her brothers, Robert

( Jan) Jordan of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Don (Marcia) Jordan of Oklahoma.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may be designated in Marjorie’s name to Immanuel Baptist Church or Skiff Hospice and may be left at the church or at Pence-Reese Funeral Home.

Kiwanis Students of the Month

Food drive for Salvation Army First Newton National Bank will be collecting non-perishable food items, paper products and cash for the Salvation Army Food Pantry from Friday until Nov. 16 at the main bank downtown and the Plaza branch.

Items needed include tuna, peanut butter, canned soup, ramen noodles, mac and cheese, canned fruit and veggies, tuna helper, boxed potatoes, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce and paper products (toilet paper, paper towels). Also, 14 cents buys a pound of food, so monetary donations are always welcome.

Submitted Photo Newton Noon Kiwanis recently honored the October students of the month from Newton High School. Pictured, from left, are Jeff Pence, president of Newton Noon Kiwanis, Allison Ergenbright and Grant Nook from NHS. The book, “Yoda — A Story of a Cat and his Kittens” by Beth Stern will be donated to a local preschool in their names.

Storyteller performing at Newton library Newton Daily News One’s Company, with actress Pippa White, will be performing “Voices from Ellis Island” at 6 p.m. Monday at Newton Public Library. The show is sponsored by the Library Foundation.

“Voices from Ellis Island” is a dramatization of true experiences of immigrants who passed through America’s “front door to freedom”

in the early part of this century. It is estimated that 40 percent of the current United States population have ancestors who passed through Ellis Island.

One’s Company is a collection of one-woman shows featuring Pippa White. Pippa grew up in San Francisco, appeared regularly on television as a child, trained at the American Conservatory Theatre Acad-

emy, and for five years was seen as a hostess of a daily morning television show on ABC. Moving to the Midwest led to her pursuing an education, starting a family and reestablishing a career with work in theatres, arts in education programs, and finally, not just one, but several one-woman shows drawing on many different sources for a collection of un-

usual and entertaining solo productions. White has a love of dialects and accents which she tries to incorporate into her shows.

This program is free and open to all ages. The program will be held in the Newton Public Library Meeting Room.

For more information, contact Nicole Lindstrom, Public Services Librarian, at 641-7924108.

East Fourth Street South. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Dustin V. Smith, 18, of Newton, was arrested on a Jasper County Sheriff ’s warrant after authorities were called at 10:15 a.m. Monday to the adult probation office. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Christy J. Clark, 29, of Newton, is charged with interference with official acts after authorities were called at 1 p.m. Oct. 27 to 904 E. 12th St. N. Officers were assist-

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon and 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Breaking Free women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Friday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Battlefield of the Mind women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Penny Bingo will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at Jasper County Senior Citizens Center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton.

• Chicken and Noodle Supper and Homemade Pies Fundraiser will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at Pleasant View United Methodist Church, 8454 S. 28th Ave. E in Newton. Carry-outs available. Free will offerings accepted. Handicapped accessible.

• Kellogg Lions Club Pancake Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday at Cabin in the Park in Kellogg. Scrambled eggs and sausages, fruit juices and coffee/milk will also be served with the donation. The East Jasper Christian Food Pantry located in Kellogg will be recipient of the breakfast proceeds over grocery expense.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

Saturday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Peer Support for those living with mental illness will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Optimae Life Services, 1730 First Ave. E. in Newton.

• Reasnor Fire and Rescue Annual Soup Supper will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at Reasnor Fire Station. Annual soup supper fundraiser and open house. Free-will donations encouraged.

Chili, oyster, and potato cheese soup. Desserts and drinks.

• Grief and the Holidays, an afternoon seminar for the bereaved, will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton. Please enter the church through the south doors. No registration is required. For more information, contact Donna Combs at 641-831-0001.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Sunday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Joshua M. Hilsenbeck, 28, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled him over at 1:25 p.m. Monday in the 1100 block of South Fifth Avenue East. He was cited and released to appear.

• Andrea M. Perkins, 36, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after authorities pulled her over at 10:10 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of

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Thank-you for a gift is too often left unsaid

DEAR ABBY: In my opinion, too many young people today are shortchanged when it comes to manners and etiquette. The knowledge of how wonderful it is to receive written acknowledgment of gifting is rapidly fading.

A quick note of appreciation for any kind of thoughtful gesture lifts the giver’s spirit. Receiving recognition for a tangible gift, time spent lending a hand or a shared meal puts a smile on his or her face. These things are not entitlements; they are gifts from the heart.

I urge young parents to teach this courteous gesture to their children.

Abby, I know your letters booklet has a section on thank-yous. Maybe it’s time you mention it again. — SHERRIE IN CHEHALIS, WASH. DEAR SHERRIE: If there is one topic that shows up repeatedly in my mail, it’s thank-you notes — or, rather, the lack of them. It’s such a common aggravation that I receive dozens of complaints in every batch of emails or letters I receive. While letter-writing may always be a chore to some people, there are occasions when the written message is the only proper means of communication.

My Dear Abby Letters Booklet was written to serve as a guide to those who put off writing because they don’t know what to say or how to say it. It contains sample letters for readers to use to show appreciation for a birthday, Christmas, shower or wedding gift.

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FORT DODGE — The Iowa attorney general’s office says the agency that oversees the regional landfill south of Fort Dodge will pay a $135,000 as part of its settlement with the state for environmental violations.

The consent decree filed Tuesday in Webster County District Court also says the North Central Iowa Regional Solid Waste Agency will complete environmental upgrades and open a household hazardous materials collection center.

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Audit details spending by official accused of theft DEFIANCE — The state auditor’s office says it’s identified nearly $11,000 in improper spending by a western Iowa city clerk who’s now charged with theft. The report released Tuesday by the office of State Auditor Mary Mosiman said Kristin Wagner used money from the town of Defiance’s bank account to buy personal items and pay some bills. The report says the disbursements were made from March 2013 through April 2015.

SIOUX CITY — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy has died in a fire at a Sioux City home. Nicholas Torres died of smoke inhalation Friday night. Fire Marshal Mark Aesoph said at a news conference Monday that Torres’ parents were outside on a back porch at their home when the fire broke out. Firefighters arrived and found the structure engulfed in flames, but they could not immediately enter the home due to the intensity and size of the fire.

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ISU researchers discover mystery piglet tremor virus AMES — A team of veterinary researchers at Iowa State University has discovered the cause of a disease that makes baby pigs involuntary shake which has perplexed hog farmers for more than 90 years. Researchers from the university teamed up with scientists from Missouri-based animal health company Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica to use new DNA sequencing techniques to trace the piglet tremors to a virus.

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Democratic effort to stall Medicaid privatization fails The Associated Press DES MOINES — A Democratic effort to delay privatization of Medicaid in Iowa failed to advance during a legislative oversight hearing Tuesday.

Democratic Bolkcom lawmakers on the bipartisan Health Policy Oversight Committee sought to pass a motion asking Gov. Terry Branstad to hold off on implementing the privatization plan by six

months, but Republicans opposed it and the proposal did not move forward.

Branstad’s plan to move Medicaid to private management starting Jan. 1 has drawn scrutiny over the projected cost savings, how contracts have been awarded and how the change would impact patients. Branstad has said the change will provide more streamlined service at a lower cost.

During the hearing, officials from the Department of Human Services told lawmakers that they were working hard to ensure a smooth transition to the new program. But

Democratic lawmakers questioned the speed of the transition and asked why DHS could not say exactly how many health care providers have signed contracts with the new private operators.

“It shows a continued lack of preparedness to move forward with this,” Democratic Sen. Joe Bolkcom of Iowa City said of the lack of information about providers. “We ought to have a list at this point.”

Republican Rep. David Heaton, of Mt. Pleasant, said he was encouraged by the department’s testimony. “I think the services in the end are going to be better,” he said.

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DHS spokeswoman Amy McCoy said the number of providers with contracts is growing and more details will be available soon.

She said the number of providers is just one gauge for how strong the networks are, noting that another concern is how many types of providers have signed on.

Health care providers expressed concern about the transition during the hearing, with many saying they were worried about the speed. Representatives from the four companies hired to help run the program — Amerigroup Corp.,

AmeriHealth Caritas, UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley and WellCare Health Plans — said they were working to sign contracts with hospitals and pledged to provide comprehensive care.

Only Amerigroup gave an estimate on how many providers had been enrolled in their network, saying the number was close to 10,000.

Branstad began the effort to move Medicaid to managed care organizations earlier this year, a shift that will affect most of the 560,000 Iowa residents enrolled

in Medicaid. The program, which provides care to poor children and families, disabled people and some low-income adults, is funded with $4.2 billion in state and federal dollars. The plan is still awaiting federal approval.

Some losing bidders are contesting the selection of those four companies, arguing before an administrative law judge that the process was flawed. The committee did not focus on the contracting process associated with privatization, instead concentrating on the implementation process.

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A DEBATE OVER DEBATES Nov. 10: The next Republican debate, in Milwaukee, is expected to proceed as planned, with Fox News and The Wall Street Journal as sponsors.

Nov. 14: The next Democratic debate, a Saturday night in Iowa.

Dec. 15: Republicans are scheduled to debate in Nevada, though questions hang over the proceedings now that the campaigns are pressing for changes in how the primary series is conducted.

Dec. 19: Another Saturday debate for the Democrats, in New Hampshire.

Jan. 17: The Democratic debaters are up again, this time with the Congressional Black Caucus as one of the sponsors, in South Carolina. Two more Democratic matchups are expected in February and March.

Jan. 31: A big day for money in politics. For the first time since July, super PACs report on how much money they’ve raised and the names of donors. These candidate-aligned groups can raise and spend unlimited money, outside the control of candidates and have become key to success in a presidential race. This date is also when the campaigns next report on their fundraising,

AP Photo In this photo taken Oct. 31, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks in Des Moines. One year before Election Day 2016, Republicans are consumed by uncertainty and infighting while Democrats are coalescing behind Hillary Rodham Clinton. But there’s a long way to go.

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2015 Unofficial Jasper County City Election Results Newton Daily News Ballots cast: 2,858 Voter turnout: 17.93 percent *Bolded items signify elected official; not all write-in winners were immediately available.

Election results are scheduled to be canvassed Tuesday morning.

City of Baxter Mayor: Stephen Smith — 75 Baxter Council: Jason Robinson — 78 Steven Wright — 68 Justin Lisk — 31

City of Colfax Mayor: David Mast —225 Dick Reed — 160 Colfax Council: At-Large Curtis Small — 161 Dennis Williams — 160 Amanda Jo Barth — 42 Ward 1

Bryan Poulter — 90 Ward 3 Wes Snyder — 93

City of Kellogg Mayor: Mark Frymoyer — 72 Kellogg Council: Tenny Hinshaw — 53 Floyd Campbell — 20 Vacancy seats: Travis Inghram — 40 Steve Wertz — 17

City of Lambs Grove Mayor: Patrick Edwards — 14 Lambs Grove Council: Catherine Fouts — 26 Cindy Humke — 24 Thomas Clark — 23 Kent DeGoey — 23 Steve Thomassen — 22

City of Lynnville Mayor: Roy James — 8 Lynnville Council: Mark Newberg — 43 Roger Beason — 36

City of Mingo Mayor: Gary Bartels — 21 Mingo Council: Rhonda Milligan — 20 Stacy Lane — 21

City of Monroe Mayor: Douglas Duinink — 232 Carol Ann Diekema — 130

City of Newton Mayor: Michael Hansen — 779 Garfield Berndt III — 401 Newton Council: At-Large Miranda Kulis — 938 Write-Ins — 149 Ward 1: Jeremy Biondi — 220 Ward 3: Craig Trotter — 263

City of Oakland Acres Mayor: Lennie Smith — 15 Oakland Acres Council: Terry Morrison — 15 Ted Schultz — 13 Undisclosed Write-in — 9

Monroe Council: Jeff Hegwood — 268 Nathaniel Bradbury — 224 Vacancy seat: Jean Goemaat — 290

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Voters oust 2 council members who voted to remove memorial KNOXVILLE (AP) — Voters have ousted two Knoxville council members who voted to remove a veterans memorial from a city park.

Carolyn Formanek won roughly 15.3 percent of Tuesday’s votes and April Verwers won about 14.3 percent. Their opponents won more

than 20 percent each.

The Des Moines Register reports that Formanek and Verwers voted with the council majority on Monday to move the wooden silhouette of a soldier kneeling before a cross out of Young’s Park and onto private property. A new bronze memorial

would be erected instead.

The plan was offered as a way to stave off any lawsuit by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which wants the cross removed.

But the council action prompted calls from supporters of the silhouette to oust incumbents Formanek and Verwers.

AP Photo Flint residents Don and Kathy Ferguson sign up to cast their ballots on election day at Flint Public Library, Tuesday, in Flint, Mich.

Key races and issues in Tuesday’s elections

By David A. Lieb Associated Press In most states, the big elections will come next year. But on Tuesday, voters in a few states elected governors and legislators, some cities selected mayors, and a variety of major issues were being settled at the ballot box.

The elections were expected to be low-turnout affairs, but nonetheless could provide a test of public opinion on such topics as marijuana, gay rights and the emerging “sharing economy,” which includes services that allow individuals to rent out rooms in their homes via the Internet.

A look at some of the offices and issues at stake: GOVERNORS Businessman Matt Bevin becomes only the second Republican in four decades to win the governor’s seat in Kentucky, defeating the Democratic attorney general in a race that acted as something of a referendum on health care and gay marriage.

He will succeed Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who is termed out of office.

Bevin describes himself as a Christian conservative and defended Kim Davis, the county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex cou-

ples.

He opposed the state’s expansion of Medicaid, the government health insurance program for lower-income people, which was made possible by President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Bevin wants to replace it with a health care plan requiring more money from participants.

His Democratic opponent, Jack Conway, supported the Medicaid expansion. As attorney general, Conway also opted not to appeal when a federal judge ordered Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriage, a year before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized it nationwide.

In Tuesday’s only other gubernatorial race, Republican Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant won re-election to a second term after spending $2.7 million in his campaign against Democrat Robert Gray, a truck driver who spent just $3,000.

LEGISLATORS Just three states had general legislative elections Tuesday, although at least 10 others held special elections to fill vacant seats.

The biggest battle was for control of the Virginia Senate, where Republicans held off an attempt

by Democrats to win a majority and maintained their 21-19 edge. A gain of just one seat by Dem-

ocrats could have flipped control because Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam would serve as the tiebreaker.

The Senate races were expected to be among the most expensive in Virginia’s history, with candidates and outside groups spending more than $10 million and running more than 20,000 TV ads.

Republicans were expected to maintain majorities in the Virginia House and in Mississippi’s two chambers, while Democrats held on to their majority in the New Jersey Assembly and actually picked up a seat.

In Michigan, former state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat lost bids to regain their old seats, just months after they left office following revelations they had an extramarital affair and concocted a strange story to make the truth seem less believable.

MAYORS More than 300 cities held mayoral elections, including the nation’s fourth and fifth largest cities of Houston and Philadelphia.

In Houston’s nonpartisan election, seven candidates campaigned to succeed term-limited Mayor Annise Parker, with two moving on to a Dec. 12 runoff. State Rep. Sylvester Turner, the top vote-getter, will face businessman Bill King.

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Clemson, LSU, Ohio State, Alabama top first playoff rankings Undefeated Iowa enter poll at No. 9 NEW YORK (AP) — Clemson, LSU, Ohio State and Alabama are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings of the season.

Notre Dame was fifth and Baylor was sixth on Tuesday night. Michigan State sits in seventh, TCU is eighth, the Iowa Hawkeyes are ninth and Florida rounds out the top 10.

Clemson, LSU and Ohio State are among 11 unbeaten teams in FBS, nearly quadruple the number there was last season when the committee started ranking teams. Alabama and Notre Dame each have one loss.

Memphis was the highest ranked team from a Group of Five conference at No. 13.

Last year the top four teams in the first playoff rankings were

Mississippi State, Florida State, Auburn and Mississippi. Only the Seminoles reached the playoff. Ohio State, the eventual national champion, was 16th in the first rankings.

Takeaways from the first playoff rankings.

Lovin’ Bama The committee really warmed up to the Crimson Tide.

Alabama lost to Mississippi in September and then Florida pounded Ole Miss in Gainesville. But the Tide landed in playoff position, while Florida was 10th and Ole Miss was 18th.

If you think Alabama is positioned to simply win out and get in the playoff, think again.

Ole Miss is still in control of the SEC West race, so Alabama will need the Rebels to lose just to reach the SEC championship game. At 11-1 with no conference championship, Alabama PLAYOFF | 2B

Troy Hyde/Daily News Jordan Lomax, left, and the undefeated Iowa football team entered the College Football Playoff poll at No. 9 on Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes begin the final stretch of their season with an 8-0 record.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Nevada senior Abby Bremer (8) hits the ball past Prairie City-Monroe junior Kaylee Townsend (18) during regional final action in Newton on Thursday. Class 3A No. 4 Nevada won the match in three sets. Also pictured is Tatum Nearmyer, left, and Bailey Brodersen, right.

No. 4 Nevada overwhelms Mustangs

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News Prairie City-Monroe’s volleyball team needed to play a near perfect match to dethrone Class 3A No. 4 Nevada in the Region 3 championship match on Tuesday.

The Mustangs couldn’t afford a slow start against a Cubs team which had already been to back-to-back state tournaments.

Unfortunately for PCM, Nevada made sure the Mustangs’ confidence was rattled early as they jumped out to a 20-1 start in the opening set and cruised to the straight set win at Newton Senior High School.

The Cubs earned the sweep with scores of 25-3, 25-14, 25-11.

It was the 30th win of the season for Nevada, which will play Columbus Catholic in the opening round of its third straight state tournament next week.

“I was very proud of the girls,” PCM coach Krystal Ehn said. “They didn’t give up. They kept fighting until the end, and I couldn’t be prouder of them.”

Nevada coach Will Baumann used a football analogy (downhill running) to describe his team’s effort.

“I was really happy with how well we attacked,” Baumann said. “We didn’t lose the attacking mindset that whole first set. We were downhill running, going for every ball and our defense did a good job, too.

“The defense will be overlooked because we played pretty well offensively, but our defense and serve receive was excellent as well.”

For the Mustangs, it was the first time they reached the regional championship match in 10 years, according to Ehn. MUSTANGS | 2B

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe sophomore Olivia Lippman, right, consoles senior Kendal Earley after the Mustangs lost their regional final in straight sets to Class 3A No. 4 Nevada on Tuesday night in Newton.

Tar Heels are preseason No. 1; Cyclones enter season at No. 7 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina sits alone at the top, both of the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll and on the all-time list of teams with the most preseason No. 1 rankings.

The Tar Heels are determined to be there in April, too.

With nine of its top 10 scorers back, UNC enters the 2015-16 season at No. 1 for a record ninth time in AP preseason poll history, breaking a tie with UCLA. “I do feel like we’re going to be a good basketball team,” coach Roy Williams said in a statement Monday. “I’m excited for our kids, because this is one of the best groups that I’ve ever worked with.

“We made a nice run last year but were disappointed with the way it ended. Hopefully we will use that as fuel to be the best team we can be this year.”

The Tar Heels earned 35 of 65 first-place votes to claim the top spot in Monday’s poll, keeping them ahead of No. 2 Kentucky (10 first-place votes), No. 3 Maryland (14), No. 4 Kansas (5) and reigning champion Duke at No. 5. Sixthranked Virginia received the other first-place vote.

Iowa State, the two-time defending Big 12 tournament champion, is seventh. The Cyclones open a new era under Steve Prohm at home Friday

in an exhibition game against Grand Valley State. They open the season against Colorado Nov. 13 at Sioux Falls, S.D. Oklahoma, Gonzaga and Wichita State round out the top 10.

Iowa was among those teams receiving votes. The Hawkeyes begin their sixth season under head coach Fran McCaffery.

They play their second exhibition game Friday against Augustana (S.D.) at Iowa City.

Iowa opens the regular season at home Nov. 13 against Gardner-Webb.

North Carolina was last ranked preseason No. 1 in the AP poll in 2011-12 and reached the Elite Eight that season. The Tar Heels have twice turned a preseason No. 1 ranking into a national championship, first in 1982 and again in 2009.

This year’s Tar Heels return four double-digit scorers, including preseason ACC co-player of the year Marcus Paige and returning all-ACC forward Brice Johnson.

They enter this season under the shadow of an ongoing NCAA investigation into the school’s long-running academic fraud scandal focused on courses with significant athlete enrollments.

Neither Williams nor his program are specifically cited for a violation among five

NCAA charges, and it’s unclear whether the program or school will face penalties in a case likely to linger into the spring.

The Top Twenty Five The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason 2015-16 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2014-15 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. North Carolina (35) 26-12 1,566 15 2. Kentucky (10) 38-1 1,520 1 3. Maryland (14) 28-7 1,487 12 4. Kansas (5) 27-9 1,410 10 5. Duke 35-4 1,350 4 6. Virginia (1) 30-4 1,347 6 7. Iowa St. 25-9 1,185 9 8. Oklahoma 24-11 1,088 13 9. Gonzaga 35-3 1,047 7 10. Wichita St. 30-5 1,032 14 11. Villanova 33-3 1,013 2 12. Arizona 34-4 917 5 13. Michigan St. 27-12 838 23 14. California 18-15 757 — 15. Indiana 20-14 755 — 16. Utah 26-9 499 19 17. Wisconsin 36-4 433 3 18. Vanderbilt 21-14 393 — 19. Notre Dame 32-6 360 8 20. UConn 20-15 307 — 21. LSU 22-11 268 — 22. Baylor 24-10 265 16 23. Purdue 21-13 236 — 24. Butler 23-11 223 24 25. Michigan 16-16 126 — Others receiving votes: Oregon 116, SMU 112, West Virginia 84, Texas A&M 72, Cincinnati 63, Miami 48, Louisville 46, Georgetown 23, NC State 19, Florida St. 18, Texas 18, Rhode Island 17, Dayton 12, Xavier 12, Providence 10, Iowa 6, BYU 5, Valparaiso 5, Boise St. 4, Old Dominion 3, Oklahoma St. 2, San Diego St. 2, UCLA 2, Cent.

Michigan 1, Iona 1, UC Irvine 1, Yale 1.

File Photo Iowa State senior Jameel McKay was the 2015 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. He can also throw it down for the Cyclones.

Iowa State earned the No. 7 ranking in the AP preseason poll released Monday.

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NEW YORK (AP) — With the World Series over, baseball quickly turned its attention to the opening of the free-agent market.

Pitchers David Price, Johnny Cueto, Jordan Zimmermann, Jeff Samardzija and Scott Kazmir were among 139 players who became free agents Monday. About three dozen more also may go on the market, including Zack Greinke, depending on decisions this week on 2016 options and optout clauses.

Price, Cueto and Kazmir may be especially attractive because teams that sign them won’t lose amateur draft picks.

Each was traded during the season, which means the clubs they landed with can’t make $15.8 million qualifying offers, which attach the draft-pick penalty.

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File Photo Johnny Cueto pitched a complete-game, two-hitter for Kansas City in the World Series against the New York Mets. He was up and down on the mound since July when the Royals acquired him, and Cueto is a free agent.

Chris Davis and Mike Napoli; second basemen Daniel Murphy, Ben Zobrist and Howie Kendrick; and shortstop Ian Desmond.

Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies are starting this season where they left off, atop the poll.

It’s the 11th time that the Huskies are the top choice in The Associated Press preseason poll, which was released Tuesday. UConn went on to win the national championship in seven of those years, including the last two seasons.

Connecticut is one short of the record held by Tennessee.

“I think it’s part of the culture that we have hopefully created here where the expectations are really high,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “Not just the outside world’s expectations, those are our expectations. We want to be viewed, year in and year out, as one of the best teams in the country.”

The Huskies received all 32 first-place votes from the national media panel Tuesday and will be trying for an unprecedented fourth straight national championship this year.

UConn also was the preseason No. 1 in 1995, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘03, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘13 and ‘14. The Huskies open Nov. 16 at No. 6 Ohio State.

South Carolina was second with Notre Dame, Tennessee and Baylor rounding out the first five. The Gamecocks also were No. 2 in the preseason poll last year.

The Women’s Top Twenty Five The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason 2015-16 women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2014-15 final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (32) 38-1 800 1 2. South Carolina 34-3 758 3 3. Notre Dame 36-3 714 2 4. Tennessee 30-6 711 6 5. Baylor 33-4 672 5 6. Ohio St. 24-11 570 23 7. Florida St. 32-5 551 7 8. Louisville 27-7 541 8 9. Maryland 34-3 536 4 10. Oregon St. 27-5 518 10 11. Mississippi St. 27-7 465 12 12. Texas 24-11 459 — 13. Texas A&M 23-10 397 21 14. Duke 23-11 392 16 15. Arizona St. 29-6 347 9 16. Stanford 26-10 338 14 17. Oklahoma 21-12 264 — 18. Kentucky 24-10 241 11 19. Northwestern 23-9 209 22 20. South Florida 27-8 202 25 21. Geo. Washington 29-4 171 19 22. North Carolina 26-9 94 15 23. Syracuse 22-10 74 — 24. Michigan St. 16-15 61 — 25. Chattanooga 29-4 60 17 Others receiving votes: Princeton 58, DePaul 45, Florida Gulf Coast 37, Rutgers 34, Iowa 17, California 14, Dayton 13, Arkansas 8, W. Kentucky 6, Vanderbilt 5, Iowa State 4, UCLA 4, West Virginia 4, Missouri 3, Gonzaga 2, Miami 1.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Looking to squash any notion that the drivers are running amok on the track, NASCAR suspended Matt Kenseth for two races Tuesday for intentionally wrecking Joey Logano in an act of retaliation that dramatically changed the lineup of drivers in the running for the championship.

The penalty levied against Kenseth is fairly unprecedented. Drivers have been suspended before for on-track actions, but typically only for one race and the policy has not been uniform.

NASCAR said it punished Kenseth because he had no chance at winning and intentionally altered the outcome of Sunday’s race. NASCAR also said it factored aspects of safety in penalizing Kenseth as well as “the fact that the new Chase elimination format puts a premium on each and every race. These actions have no place in NASCAR.” NASCAR chairman Brian France earlier indicated a tough penalty was in works because the series can’t allow a driver to think the way to “pay back somebody for something that happened is take matters into their own hands.”

Greinke can opt out of his contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which guarantees him $71 million from 201618. Kansas City outfielder Alex

Gordon could decline a player option and go free.

Decisions on options are due by Thursday and on qualifying offers the following day.

Teams may start negotiating money terms on Saturday.

In moves announced Monday, St. Louis exercised its $11.5 million option on lefthander Jaime Garcia and declined a $9 million mutual option on right-handed reliever Jonathan Broxton, who gets a $2 million buyout.

Washington turned down its $6.5 million option on outfielder Nate McLouth, who gets a $750,000 buyout, and its half of a $7 million mutual option on right-hander Casey Janssen, who receives a $1.5 million buyout.

Cincinnati declined a $4 million mutual option on right-hander Burke Badenhop and a $2.5 million club option on infielder-outfielder Skip Schumaker. Badenhop gets a $1.5 million buyout and Schumaker $500,000.

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But they were no match for Nevada, which went 10-0 this year against teams in the Heart of Iowa Conference.

“They are good. They have ball placements, and they played to our weaknesses,” Ehn said.

“They got a little lucky with a few calls. They are taller than us.

That is in their favor, too. We are still rebuilding.”

The Cubs (30-9) used a strong service run by Amaris Hornbuckle in the first set.

With a 3-1 lead, Hornbuckle served for 17 straight points before Katie VandeWall ended the run with a blast at the net.

Nevada went on to win 25-3 though. Hornbuckle finished with five kills and six aces.

The Mustangs (10-27) were much more competitive in the final two sets, but Nevada turned a 6-4 lead into an 11-4 advantage. Abby Bremer finished off PCM later in the match with a trio of kills that put her team up 20-8.

Nevada led 6-0 in the final set. Ashley Van Gorp got the Mustangs on the board with a kill and an ace, but, led by Kati Cassabaum, the Cubs finished off PCM in straight sets.

Cassabaum had a team-high 13 kills and three of them came in the final six points of the match. Nevada was 60-of-62 in serves with 11 aces.

Ehn took the Mustangs to the regional finals in her first year. She loses Van Gorp, Ken-

is likely to get jumped by teams that do win conference titles, including whichever team wins the SEC. The committee is told to emphasize conference championships, especially when teams have similar resumes.

Waiting on the Big 12 The Big 12 has four teams (Baylor, No. 8 TCU, No. 14 Oklahoma State and No. 15 Oklahoma) in the top 15 and they all play each other in November.

Long said it was difficult to judge the strength of those teams because their big games are still to come. The good news for the Power Five conference that got left out of last season’s final four is all of those teams are in good shape to get in the playoff if they win out.

If you’re looking for this season’s Ohio State, which went from 16th in the first poll to making the playoff, Oklahoma is a good pick.

If the Sooners can sweep TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma State down the stretch, they would have a strong late statement.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Katie VandeWall, middle, tries to hit through two Nevada blockers at the net during the Class 3A Region 3 championship match in Newton on Thursday. The fourth-ranked Cubs won the match in straight sets and advanced to their third straight state tournament.

dal Earley, Peyton Pool and Karina Van Dyke to graduation but returns 11 players who had significant playing time this season.

“This is the first time in 10 years that the program went three rounds deep,” Ehn said.

“They worked really hard. A lot of people didn’t think we’d do anything this year. They didn’t have much confidence in us. Our win record didn’t truly show how good we were this year. We played a lot of 4A and 5A schools in tournaments that we unfortunately lost to.”

Nevada will be the No. 3 seed for the state tournament. The

Cubs match with sixth-seeded Columbus Catholic (20-14) begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Nevada reached the state semifinals last year after losing in round one in 2013.

“We want this year to be the year to get the finals, but we wanted last year to be that year, too,” Baumann said. “You get down to that state tournament and it’s a different animal.

Every game is for real and you don’t get to not play well and continue to play.”

NASCAR gives two-race suspension to Kenseth for wrecking Logano In addition, Danica Patrick was fined $50,000 and docked 25 points for intentionally wrecking David Gilliland earlier in the race.

Joe Gibbs Racing immediately said it would appeal for Kenseth, and teammate Denny Hamlin decried the severity of the penalty.

“Thought it was pretty clear from drivers’ reactions after the race that Joey broke driver code.

Matt made sure it was enforced. #freematt,” Hamlin posted on Twitter.

Kenseth was nine laps down at Martinsville Speedway when he deliberately drove Logano into the wall. The crash was payback for Logano wrecking Kenseth three races ago in an incident that ultimately led to Kenseth’s elimination from NASCAR’s playoffs.

Kenseth fumed about the Kansas Speedway incident for two weeks and exacted his revenge as Logano was dominating at Martinsville. A victory would have earned Logano a spot in the Nov. 22 title-deciding finale, but he is now last in the eight-driver field with two races remaining as he tries to advance.

Logano had won three straight races before Sunday’s on-track showdown with Kenseth.

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W L T Pct PF PA New England 7 0 0 1.000 249 133 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 172 139 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 176 173 Miami 3 4 0 .429 154 173 South

W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 173 203 Houston 3 5 0 .375 174 205 Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 147 207 Tennessee 1 6 0 .143 125 159 North

W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 7 0 0 1.000 198 132 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 .500 168 147 Cleveland 2 6 0 .250 167 216 Baltimore 2 6 0 .250 190 214 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 0 0 1.000 168 112 Oakland 4 3 0 .571 178 173 Kansas City 3 5 0 .375 195 182 San Diego 2 6 0 .250 191 227 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 4 0 .500 215 208 Washington 3 4 0 .429 148 168 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 160 137 Dallas 2 5 0 .286 133 171 South

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2 5 0 .286 140 202 1 7 0 .125 149 245 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153 St. Louis 4 3 0 .571 135 125 Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140 San Francisco 2 6 0 .250 109 207 Oct. 29 Game New England 36, Miami 7 Nov. 1 Games Kansas City 45, Detroit 10 St. Louis 27, San Francisco 6 New Orleans 52, N.Y. Giants 49 Minnesota 23, Chicago 20 Houston 20, Tennessee 6 Tampa Bay 23, Atlanta 20, OT Arizona 34, Cleveland 20 Baltimore 29, San Diego 26 Cincinnati 16, Pittsburgh 10 Oakland 34, N.Y. Jets 20 Seattle 13, Dallas 12 Denver 29, Green Bay 10 Open: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Washington Monday’s Game Carolina 29, Indianapolis 26, OT Thursday’s Game Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Tennessee at New Orleans, noon St. Louis at Minnesota, noon Green Bay at Carolina, noon Washington at New England, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, noon Oakland at Pittsburgh, noon Atlanta at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 3:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle Nov. 9 Chicago at San Diego, 7:30 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notice: The Jasper County Courthouse is putting out for bid a new handicap entrance on the west side of the Jasper County Courthouse. Bid packets can be picked up in the Auditor's office from 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday through Friday. The bids must be turned in by 4:30pm on Monday, November 9. The bids will be opened on Tuesday morning, November 10th around 9:30am at the Board of Supervisors meeting.

November 4 & 5 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 15-13: Assessments for the Expenses of Nuisance Abatement has been filed with the Jasper County Treasurer under the authority of Iowa Code §364.12. The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest within thirty days, and thereafter all unpaid special assessments bear interest at the rate specified by the council. All properties are located within the City of Newton, Iowa.

Schedule 15-13.

Deed/Contract Holder Parcel Number Address Total Amount Assessed Ivan Lester 834229006 310 E. 11th St. N. $100.00 Charles Fox 834202015 516 N. 2nd Ave. E. $125.00 Pamela Mix 833433013 613 W. 5th St. S. $100.00 Rona Skow 826330006 818 E. 16th St. N. $194.47 October 28 and November 4

LOST & FOUND

JEWELRY

FOUND IN alley in downtown Newton, Samsung cellphone. To describe please call Riggs Printing 792-3005.

FOUND: SET of Keys on a porch. Please Call Newton Daily News at 792-5320.

LOST: RED Padlock with some brass keys on ring.

Maybe NW of Newton if found. Please call 641417-9974. Twenty dollar reward and a Thank You. Lost 10-13-15.

BICYCLE

WANTED

RENTALS

RENTALS

WANT TO buy medium size adult desk. Newton area. 515-720-5550.

WANTED: FARM toy tractors, trucks, implements, farm related advertising items and Lego's. 641-5263050 or 641-521-1448.

WANTED: RIDE to Marshalltown starting November 4, $50/week round trip, 1 day a week, Fridays. 641-831-0432.

WOULD THE gentleman who got the collector tins, please call Anna 647-7919526. I have several more tins.

NEWER 2BR MOBILE home. Stove, refrigerator, quiet location. References. $455 mo. 641-792-4388.

1 & 2 & 3 BDRM apartments: heat, water, stove, refrigerator, drapes all included. Off-street parking.

641-792-4000.

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

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CLEANING

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BUTLER TRANSPORT Your Partner in Excellence.

CDL Class A Drivers Needed. Sign on Bonus.

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INVESTORS

ELECTRONICS

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Contact Tony 608-9350915 Ext 16 www.qlf.com (INCN) RN'S UP to $45/hr LPN's up to $37.50/hr CNA's up to $22.50/hr Free gas/weekly pay $2000 Bonus AACO Nursing Agency 1-800-656-4414 Ext. 12 (INCN) PERSONAL

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets Sunday, Wednesday and Friday 7:00 PM in Basement of St. Stephan's Episcopal Church Northwest

HUGE ESTATE SALE Friday, Nov. 6: 9am-4pm Sat., Nov. 7: 8am-2pm Shop tools, hand tools, antiques, 2 upright freezers, furniture, collectibles and much more!

304 W. 11th St. N. Newton

EMPLOYMENT

CAREAGE OF NEWTON

2130 West 18th St. South Newton, IA 50208

641-791-1127 Hiring part-time CNA's All Shifts Starting wage $12.10/hr.

Please apply in Person

HELP WANTED- HEALTH CARE RN's up to $45/hr LPN's up to $37.50/hr CNA's up to $22.50/hr Free gas/weekly pay $2000 Bonus AACO Nursing Agency 1-800-656-4414 Ext. 12 IF YOU USED THE BLOOD THINNER XARELTO and suffered internal bleeding, hemorrhaging, required hospitalization or a loved one died while taking Xarelto between 2011 and the present time, you may be entitled to compensation.

Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800535-5727. (INCN)

The Newton Daily News recommends that you investigate every phase of investment opportunities. We suggest you consult your own attorney or ask for a free pamphlet and advice from the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. Hoover Building, Des Moines, IA 50319. 515-281-5926.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

LEAKY ROOF, Missing Shingles???

Flat roof repair & coating.

Chimney repair & removal.

Soffit & fascia repair & cover.

General Repairs

INSULATION

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Attic fans & ventilation Leaf Proof Gutter Covers,

Gutter cleaning.

Call 641-792-6375 EMPLOYMENT

COMPANY DRIVERS WANTED Oberg Freight Company Good steady freight, excellent home time, consistent regional miles, no touch van frieght Ask about our sign on bonus! Contact: Oberg Freight Company Fort Dodge, IA 515-955-3592 ext. 2 www.obergfreight.com IZAAK WALTON League Club Manager Pick-up applications at Izaak Walton League 889 Hwy F-36 W.,Newton after 1pm.

ATLAS HYDRAULICS IS looking to add Full-Time, 1st and 2nd shift Manufacturing Positions. Starting wage $12.00 plus differential with competitive benefits including 401k and profit sharing. Please apply at 1801 N. 19th Ave E. Newton, Iowa 50208.

WANTED PART-TIME Handyman & Cleaner Contractors Easy Keep Management 105 N. 2nd Ave. Ste. 201 641-792-3443

JELD-WEN is hiring Production Employees!

JELD-WEN, Doors Divisions now JELD-WEN, Inc. Inc. Windows WindowsandDivision is now are accepting accepting applications for full-time 2nd and 3rd shift applications for full-time 2nd shift production positions production positions. These are direct hire positions These are direct hire positions working for an innovative working for an innovative and forward thinking company. and forward thinking company. Applicants should be Applicants should be dependable, quality conscious and dependable, conscious and uses safetly safety oriented.quality Our skilled workforce stateoriented. of the artOur skilled workforce uses state of the art equipment to produce equipment to produce high quality JELD-WEN vinyl high quality JELD-WEN vinyl windows andpre-hang patio doors windows, patio doors, exterior, interior and doorsto serve to servethe theMidwestern, Midwestern,Southern, Southern,and andWestern Westernmarkets. markets.

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We are currently accepting applications for employees who enjoy interacting and caring for seniors in a Christian based environment

with the

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**New Grads Encouraged*** Universal Pediatrics has an immediate need for an RN/LPN to provide skilled nursing cares for a pediatric client in the Newton area.

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Apply online or send resume to: Brenda Colvin, Administrator Newton Village Health Care Center 110 N. 5th Ave W., Newton, IA 50208 E-mail bcolvin@elimcare.org www.elimcare.org Elim Care is an EEO/AA Employer.

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RENTALS

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE

1&2 BR apts in Newton and Grinnell.

2&3 BR apts in Baxter.

Rent based on income Onsite laundry. No pets 877-932-1132 This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer Equal Housing Opportunity. Handicap accessible www.tlpropertiesiowa.com

HEAVY DUTY cloth tarpdrop cloth, 10' 8” x 14' 4”, no holes $10. 792-8249.

SEVERAL CAGES, all sizes and shapes. For every kind of pet, you may have. Many styles of birdcages also. Singer sewing machine, antique peddle type still works, good condition for its age. 641-5218500.

2 BEDROOM Apartment.

Stove, refrigerator and water furnished. Laundry Facilities. References and deposit.

641-792-3449.

HORSE COLLAR $15., 11 vintage dresser scarves, assorted sizes $10., Philco floor model radio, walnut case, works $125., 28” round wicker coffee table $15., 2 card tables, 33x33, garage sale quality $10., 10” vase line glass, open rose bowl $8., 48” metal CD stand $5. 792-8017.

HOLLISTER UROSTOMY supplies 22 boxes of #18402 urostomy pouches, 24 boxes of #14702 flanges, 10 overnight drain bags, 8 boxes of both pouches & flanges in one box $150. 792-0367.

INVADER CROSS Bow, made by Ten Point, 180 # pull, like new $300. Sells new at Bass Pro for $550.

641-792-8098 or 641-5218098.

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE

1 & 2 bdrm units Priced $490-$620 $250 security deposit Pet Friendly (some restrictions) W/D Hookups Central Air Dishwasher Private covered Patio or Balcony with storage Laundry Facility onsite (641)792-6939 EHO

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VARIOUS SIZE alum storm windows. 641-798469 or 641-521-2095.

RAMPAGE MOTORCYCLE lift, this goes in the back of your pick-up so, you can haul a large motorcycle, new $3,200. asking $2,200., used 3 times.

Hollow chisel mortiser with bits, Delta. Tenoning jig, new in box , for both $400.

16” Dremel scroll saw, 2 speed, some blades $100.

Large jet vacuum with hose and fittings $600. or OBO. 641-521-1955.

10 TON electric log splitter $975. 641-259-3306.

REMINGTON 30-06 semi automatic, model #742 Woodmaster with weaver scope, excellent condition. $700. or OBO. 641-2752088

SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment in Colfax. Newly updated. $565 per month.

Onsite laundry. Pets allowed with additional deposit with $25 monthly fee.

For more information, please call 515-205-1415.

CADENCE 450 treadmill, all digital, electric incline. $125. 641-791-7571.

FOR SALE

COSTUME JEWELRY, 35+ pieces, bracelets, necklaces and earrings $20. Child's metal desk type telephone, red, 1950's era $8., metal toy sink & stove, 10” tall x 11” wide x 7” deep $20. set, child folding card table $10., Fisher Price table & 2 chairs 25” x 25” $20., vintage wood doll bed $10., Fenton 2 powder blue dishes $10. each.

641-275-7600.

STAMP COLLECTION, big, very nice, from 18901980. Mans Movato, gold watch, very nice, paid over $900. asking $550. Coin collection, all silver, silver dollars, ½ dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, Indian heads -all mint, Mexican, silver pennies, wheat backs 1909-1958 and vnickels. Marble collection, Peltier, Akro, Vittro, Marble King, Comtemps and a few hade made. Trailer for pulling behind motor cycle.

641-831-3519.

MAYTAG MEMORABILIA trucks, knifes, ring, watch & more. $125. for all. 5 Budweiser beer steins, 3 in box, 1 in tin, 1 out, $25. for all. 641-521-6904.

CLEAN 2BR house in Newton with garage and basement. Appliances furnished. No Pets/Smoking. $600 mo. Plus deposit.

641-521-1041.

LIMITED TIME OFFER $100 Off 1 st Month Rent & 13th Month Free 1 Bedroom Apartments Starting $425 2 Bedroom Apartments Starting at $465 Houses Starting at $500 Easy Keep Management 641-792-3443

SNOW BLOWER Easkine 61”, 2 stage hydraulic driven, fits any skid steer.

641-791-1629.

FARMALL H Tractor, good paint and tin, 12 volt system $850. 641-5213822.

ANTIQUE TREADLE sewing machine $175., small round oak end table $20., school clock, 8 day wind-up $40., wall telephone, like old crank $100., new apple parer $20., cookie jars and tea pots $5-$20 each. 641780-3404.

5 BOX vintage record collection, 33, $10. for all.

641-521-6904.

BELL & Howell 8x40 binoculars with leather case $45., 18' aluminum ladder $75., dorm refrigerator $40., Lennox furnace $200., Lennox pulse furnace with A/C $800., boat trailer, including boat & motor $400., square tub, Maytag wringer washer, electric $40., motorcycle, Honda CB 350, 9,500 miles $700., Living room furniture, 5 pc. Set, wood frame, all cushions very good.641-275-2424.

30” ELECTRIC GE stove, like new $200. 792-0367.

7 OARS, all or one $5. each, 2 double trees $25. each, 1 single tree $10., 3 drop cords $20. for 100 ft.

515-745-4550.

AUTOMOTIVE

1956 PREMIER Lincoln 4 door car. Body and interior excellent, motor runs, auto transmission, air, stored, been garaged for 25 years.

Can be seen in Newton.

Call 715-891-1500 or 970290-9135. $4,950. or best offer!

AUTOMOTIVE

PRICE REDUCED - 2014 ARCTIC Cat ATV XL550.

Only 71 miles. Includes 3k lb winch, rare tungsten metallic color.

Always stored indoors.

Cost $11,200 new.

Asking $7,200. 641-990-9369

2013 HARLEY Davidson Ultra Glide Trike, low miles, many extras. Asking $28,500 OBO. 515-5376796 1984 PRAIRIE Schooner 5th wheel camping trailer, 32 feet, good tires, needs work, used once. $1,200.

792-4334.

1985 BUICK LeSaber $500. or OBO. 792-5924.

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 1999 DODGE Ram 1500, old DOT truck, runs ok, needs work $600. or OBO. 792-6062.

2002 DODGE Stratus ES107,000 miles, power seats, locks, and windows. $4,300. Call 641-751-7050 2011 FORD Ranger, 24k miles, extended cab, 2WD. Call for more information.

641-792-0860 98 DODGE ½ ton pick-up, 73 Thousand miles. 641417-9802.

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

Chemist - WPCP

City of Marshalltown.

Supervises the operations and activities of the Water Pollution Control Plant laboratory and performs laboratory analysis; does related work as required.

Application and information on qualifications at www.ci.marshalltown.ia.us or at City Hall, 24 North Center Street, Marshalltown.

Materials received by Friday, November 20, 2015 at Noon will be given first consideration. Anticipated start date of February 1, 2016.

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Supervisor, Buildings and Grounds Job # 16-A07

Instructor, Culinary Arts Job # 16-F15

Newton Campus/Newton, IA For more information/details go to: https://jobs.dmacc.edu EEO/AA

Due to growth Caleris has immediate

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

Full time evenings

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1983 HONDA VF1100C V65 Magna motorcycle.

116 horsepower. ¼ mile in less than 11 seconds. Water cooled. Shaft drive.

14,400+ one owner miles.

Owner's manual, Honda repair manual, and original magazine articles from 1983. Very good condition and very well maintained.

Ready to cruise. $3200 cash only. 641 521 5809.

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

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

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

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Find your new pet in the classifieds.

C.N.A. & C.M.A. Openings: Part-time or Full-time, Evening or Overnight Shifts Part-time Weekend Receptionist/Concierge - Job Sharing Available Full-time Cook

Astrograph

The path with no obstacles is boring, and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Not that you need to search out the rocky and perilous. That’s not the point. The point is, when life provides those obstacles (as it will with the current Jupiter situation) throw your hands in the air and assume that this is all for the best. The Leo moon will wink at you.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 4). In the same way that a full cup must be carried steadily, your full life must be handled with delicate balance over the next six weeks. Year-end brings a wonderful break.

Responsibilities change. Your

creative process applied to relationships and the most mundane aspects of life will lead to pure gold. Capricorn and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 2, 22, 11 and 16.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Small children become the person they want to be through imitation and assimilation.

You’ll do the same in a more subtle fashion, adopting mannerisms and habits similar to the one you aspire to be like.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Beware: The real aims may be terribly different from the declared aims. If you know

which is which you will be ahead of the game. Indeed, you may win it all in the end.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Exercise will get your vitality up for the tasks of the day, though you should know that strength alone won’t prepare you for what’s ahead. You’ll need mental suppleness and flexibility for these challenges.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

If you think that you can do it alone, try. A short stint will be all it takes for you to realize that this is unwise, if it’s even possible. For better or worse, grand plans will be pulled off by committee today.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

There’s more pressure than

you would like, but mostly you put it on yourself. To make this pressure go away, all you have to do is make a far less demanding agreement.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

There’s a simple reason you’ll get what you’re after today, and that reason is that you feel like you deserve it. You’re worthy. Whether directly or indirectly, you’ve put in the work, and this is your due.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

The world doesn’t seem to be considering your feelings, but as long as you’re considering them, you’ll be fine. Honor your emotions and accept them, even when it’s not how you think you should feel.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Remember when you felt shy around a certain person? Now you’re so free you’ll do just about whatever comes to mind.

This is the reason you’ll laugh so much together.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll assess your current chances of making something happen. Sure, there are things you could change that would better your odds. Still, don’t be too critical of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To better your fortunes, seek opponents and allies that help you to be your best. If you’re having trouble playing nice it might be a sign that you are playing with the wrong mates.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Everyone needs a cheerleader, a kindred soul to root for you regardless of the odds, to cheer for you whether or not you are winning. Cherish the one who keeps you from losing heart.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There is no easy route today. The break only comes after much toil and sweat, which is not the hard part. Putting up with others without rolling your eyes is the hard part.

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