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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 OBITUARIES Martha Dursky, 86 Hazel J. Romick, 84 Jeffrey T. Twesme, 47
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ria, the polls opened at noon. Polls close at 8 p.m. tonight. In Newton, voters may cast their ballots at either the Jasper County Community Center at 2407 First Ave. E. or at the UAW Union Hall at 1813 N. First St., regardless of where they live
in town. Lambs Grove voters must vote at the Union Hall. County Auditor Dennis Parrott, who serves as Commissioner of Elections, previously laid out the process voters will follow when they arrive at a polling location. “When you arrive you will be greeted by
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Daily News File Photo The annual Courthouse Lighting and Lighted Christmas Parade is set for Friday, Nov. 29, the evening after Thanksgiving. This year’s event will be themed “Christmas in Toyland.” Food and festivities begin at 5 p.m. with the lighting of the Jasper County Courthouse Christmas light display. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. Other highlights of the event include the annual Jasper County Young Professionals chili cook-off, a Christmas carol sing-a-long and the Jasper County 4H Festival of Trees and Santa in the courthouse.
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“The best way to invest in Downtown Newton and the Main Street effort is to support and shop at our outstanding local merchants,” Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Darrell Sarmento said. “The Downtown Christmas Open House is a great way to do that.” This year’s Downtown Christmas Open
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House will begin Saturday morning at 10 a.m. when all of the downtown merchants will open their stores, all of which have been decorated for the Christmas season. In addition to special sales, the merchants will offer seasonal goodies until 4 p.m. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Santa will stroll the courthouse square to visit with the children. From noon to 2 p.m., free horse-drawn carriage rides will be
provided, courtesy of Newton Village and Park Centre. The Iowa Speedway pace car will also be on hand to give kids free rides around the square. Sunday, the downtown merchants will open their stores from noon to 4 p.m. Santa will, the horse-drawn carriage rides and the Iowa Speedway pace car will be on the square from 1 to 3 p.m. The Newton Children’s Choir will begin caroling at 2 p.m.
Jasper County, like 57 other counties in Iowa, uses the Precinct Atlas computer program to check in and verify voters. For some, it may create the misperception that a photo ID is required to vote. VOTING See Page 5A
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Monday morning, Jasper County District Court Judge Terry Rickers approved a request for a continuance in the state trial of James Wiley Brock of Newton. Brock, 72, was charged in July with
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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Jeffery L. Bruner, 39, of Joplin confronted his estranged wife in a movie theater parking lot before fatally shooting Newton native and Missouri Southern State University assistant football coach Derek Moore, who went to the movie with her, police said Monday. Bruner is being held without bond in the Jasper County Jail on charges of felony murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Moore, MSSU offensive line coach. No informaMoore tion about the case is listed online, and it wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney. Bruner’s recently estranged wife and Moore were at the movie theater together Friday night, Joplin police Lt. Matt Stewart said, but authorities did not release the extent or nature of their relationship. The woman didn’t have a protection order in place against Bruner. MOORE See Page 5A
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two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and two counts of invasion of privacy. The continuance was granted to allow Brock’s federal child pornography case to be completed before he faces the state charges.
Monday night’s Newton City Council meeting featured a number of important matters, but for a second meeting in a row, the proposed Newton Housing Initiative dominated the discussions and deliberations. The proposal passed in its entirety by a 5-1 vote after more than 40 minutes of discussion and debate. Councilor Dennis Julius was the lone “no” vote. However, the council remained split on some aspects of the proposal.
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precinct election officials,” he said. “You will be asked to fill out a declaration of eligibility statement to get a ballot. You will have the option to have the bar code on the back of your driver’s license scanned to expedite the process. Both processes are used for voter verification.”
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County voters at the polls today Voters head to the polls today in the biennial city elections. In Newton, Baxter, Colfax, Monroe and Prairie City, polls opened at 7 a.m. today. In Kellogg, Lambs Grove, Lynnville, Mingo, Oakland Acres, Reasnor, Sully and Vale-
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If last year’s success was any indication, Newton A Community United, which is a group made up of charitable members of the Elks, is poised to feed and clothe even more Newtonians this holiday season. LeAnn Karsten, a member of NACU, explained why she felt they did so well with last year’s event. “Last year, we decided to do it on Thanksgiving Day,” Karsten said. “We had probably 300 people come in for the first year. We had so many clothes that everybody got coats. Everybody came in and they got to pick out (their clothes). We broke down all of the
clothes by size, everybody got a pre-owned coat and we had people set up with baskets and with (volunteers) helping them.” “We also had all new stuff like new socks, underwear, tooth paste, toothbrushes, hair brushes, combs, a lot of stuff,” she continued. “New gloves, new hats, they got all of that stuff and had a Thanksgiving meal and it was great.” Karsten said NACU was able to put together such an event thanks to a ton of local donors and volunteers, the sale of Tshirts and coozies, and their primary sponsor Barney’s Wrecker and Auto Repair. With 2012 in its rearview mirror, NACU has its sights set on top-
ping that with this year’s event. “We have a lot of clothes right now, but we are still in need of a lot of coats,” Karsten said. “Last year, we did a full traditional Thanksgiving meal. We’re going to do the same this year, but we’re not going to have turkey.” Karsten said the reason turkey was eliminated was the difficulty in trying to prepare multiple turkeys in such a short amount of time. Ham will be served as the main meat entree in place of turkey. While NACU has done well so far in terms of collecting clothing, they are still accepting NACU See Page 5A
Ty Rushing/Daily News Members of Newton A Community United have been preparing for their second annual free meal and coats/ clothing give away in Newton on Thanksgiving Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. Members include (first row) Scott Greene, LeAnn Karsten, (second row) Suzy Cobbs, Brooke Chambers, (third row) Jeff Karsten, Jenny White and (fourth row) Stephanie Annee. Not pictured: Cara Straka and Bill Cobbs.