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Submitted Photo The gravel quarry on Colfax’s northern boarder as seen from above by a drone camera earlier this fall. The 500-acre property could be donated to the City of Colfax as early as April 2015.

500-acre outdoor recreational park planned for Colfax

By Mike Mendenhall Newton Daily News COLFAX — Preliminary stages of a multi-year proposal to transform the 500-acre gravel quarry at 1208 Highway 117 S. near Colfax into an outdoor recreational facility were officially made public Tuesday by the Colfax Auxiliary Park Board.

The announcement came at a special work session of the Colfax City Council, setting the stage for the city to potentially take ownership of the property currently owned by Martin Marietta Materials Inc. Mining operations by the current owner ceased early this year, and the company is in talks with the board to donate the land, just south of Interstate 80 and valued at roughly $1 million, to the city.

If the deal goes through, auxiliary park board president Doug Garrett said the ideal situation

would be a signed 28E agreement between the city and the park board — a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization — in which the city would annex and retain ownership of the property while park operations would be conducted by the nonprofit.

“This project is going to take years, and literally millions of dollars,” Garrett said. “How many, we don’t know. It will depend upon what we really want to undertake. But it could well be that most of us in this room may not be alive when it’s totally complete. But the opportunity is too great not to take advantage of it.”

Of the ideas proposed are hiking/biking trail opportunities, fishing, RV and primitive camping, boating, swimming and potential access to the South Skunk River.

The city would not lose any tax revenue due to the acquisition, and Garrett said the initial

costs to Colfax would be policing the area, temporary public works labor and $300 per year in insurance premiums.

Auxiliary park board officials also mentioned the additional opportunity of 280 acres on the north side of I-80 that is currently leased by Martin Marietta to an independent farmer through 2015. Garrett said the company will likely offer to sell the 250 acres to the farmer, but some of the land is not tillable. The board hopes to reach an agreement with the farmer to use the non-viable wetland as part of the recreational area.

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Most public libraries probably wouldn’t make an announcement about a new style or design of library card. However, the cards that the Newton Public Library will begin issuing Monday aren’t ordinary cards — nor do the cards simply allow area residents to check out books.

The redesigned NPL cards show the “Get To Know Newton” city slogan, and are more colorful than the current white cards. Not only do the cards show icons

of the many multi-media items now available at the library, but also the cards come with a small key tag that can fit on a key chain.

Nicole Lindstrom, NPL’s public services librarian, said one of the purposes of the new colorful cards is to let everyone know how much more is available at the library besides books.

The library has more than 100,000 items to circulate to readers.

Icons on the new cards represent some of those items, such as e-books, e-discussions, online book clubs, puzzles and downloadable free music.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Newton Public Library services librarian Nicole Lindstrom holds one of the new library cards. The redesigned cards will be available Monday.

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By Kate Malott Newton Daily News

At the Newton Park Board meeting Wednesday night, board members were given an annual park review and discussed proposed park fee changes for the upcoming year. The board approved minimal increases to some park fees, however, it hopes to create promotions which will allow members of the community a discounted price.

All board members were in attendance, Adam Vandall, Gayle Kingery, Melanie Humphrey, Amanda Price and Joe Urias, along with administrative park superintendent Nathan Unsworth.

Westwood Golf Course Adult, adult couple, senior and senior couple memberships had increased this year, as well as 30 new young professional memberships and five young professional couple membership, which were new to the 2014 fee rate at Westwood.

Overall, the total income at Westwood was up more than $56,000 than the previous year, however, due to a low beginning balance and expense increase, the ending balance is still down.

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Wellness Coalition by Theisen’s the group said at its Wednesday meeting. The money will be used for future outdoor recreation equipment for Sunset Park.

“Our goal would be to start meeting to look at equipment and pick out equipment that best matches the needs,” said Nathan Unsworth, coalition member.

The group will need to do additional fundraising to purchase any equipment and various ideas were discussed.

The equipment would be available for anyone to use, but more specifically residents at Newton Village and Park Centre, which

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Plans for recreation equipment at Sunset Park were given a boost with a $1,500 grant from Theisen’s to the Newton Wellness Coalition.

is right next to Sunset Park.

The 2015 Wellness Kick Off at Newton High School is set for the Jan. 30 boys and girls basketball game. The kick off will be similar to last year where various citizens exercised on equipment visible in the gym continuously through the games,

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counting up the calories they work off. Also, a group fitness session was held during half time of one of the game. The group also plans to hand out its activity calendar at the event.

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Fitness classes Newton YMCA

1701 S. Eighth Ave. E.

Classes are free for members, or $9 for a nonmember adult day pass.

Aquacise Monday, Wednesday, Friday — 9 to 10 a.m.

Stretching, stamina and strength training are the focus of the class with stretching, aerobic exercise and arms, abdominal and gluteus muscles.

Body Sculpt Monday, Wednesday and Friday — 8 to 8:45 a.m.

A class that blends flexibility moves that builds strength and balance using the participants own body weight.

Firm Express Monday and Wednesday — 5:55 to 6:25 p.m.

Hand weights, tubing, medicine balls, steps and more will help you increase strength, tone up, improve metabo­lism, and flexibility.

File Photo Embracing healthy eating and exercise can help lower your blood sugar and prevent diabetes. Eating the right foods is key to weight loss and blood sugar management as well as consuming less and setting realistic goals.

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Get Control of Your Blood Sugar Nancy Schive, R.D., L.D. Skiff Medical Center Losing weight and embracing healthy eating and exercise habits are key factors in helping you gain control of your blood sugars. Here are some realistic ways to work on weight loss and help control your blood sugars.

Think Small Glucose control can improve with even the slightest decrease in weight. Even losing five to 10 percent of your body weight can help control blood sugar levels.

For instance, if you weigh 200 pounds, that means a weight loss of about 10 to 20 pounds over a six month period of time.

This slight change can improve blood sugar control, lower your HgbA1c and reduce health risks that are associated with diabetes.

Consider the Long-Term When planning how you will achieve weight loss and blood sugar control, make healthy eating an everyday practice that you can continue with for life.

Try not think of it as a “crash” diet — something that you will lose weight quickly on only to

find out that you’ve gained it back twice as fast.

Remember to look at your plan as a set of long-term goals: feeling better, staying healthy, feeling more energetic and improving your quality of life.

Strive for Progress, Not Perfection Be very careful to set realistic, reasonable goals and focus on the direction that is right for you.

Always be sure to forgive yourself if you do have a weak moment. Investigate why you made the choice you made, move on and resolve to change the next time around.

Remember you don’t have be perfect every single day in order to lose weight and control blood sugars.

Simple Weight Loss Tips Choose the right foods. Eat those foods that are naturally low in calories. Follow MyPlate’s guideline and fill half your plate with vegetables and control portion sizes of other food groups.

Increase your fiber intake.

Practice healthy eating habits. Eat small meals more often.

Only eat when you are actually

hungry.

Include breakfast every day.

Read food labels, taking special note of serving size listed. Drink more water each day. Plan your meals ahead of time. Try to include “real” food versus more processed, convenience food items.

Take your lunch to work include healthy snacks such as fresh fruits, vegetables and lowfat yogurt or cottage cheese.

Increase daily physical activity Exercise may help decrease insulin resistance and lower blood sugars. Gradually increase the amount of exercise you do each day — start in small 10 minute increments and increase as you are able. Incorporate “lifestyle” activity — take the stairs, park further away from the door, walk during lunch and other breaks.

Remember this rule of thumb for weight loss: 3,500 calories equals one pound. When you create a 500-calorie deficit daily (food intake and/or physical activity), you then, theoretically, will lose one pound per week.

Small changes in eating habits and physical activity can ultimately improve diabetes control.

Silver Sneakers Tuesday and Thursday — 8:15 to 9 a.m.

Move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement, and activity for daily living skills.

Step Monday, Wednesday — 5:15 to 5:50 p.m.

This class is a moderate to high intensity aerobic workout for participants who want to increase their cardiovascular fitness.

Yoga Tuesdays and Thursdays — 7 to 8 a.m.

Experience the mind/body connection through a series of postures, creating a continuous flow, accompanied by deep breathing, focusing on internal strength, postural integration and health.

Zumba Kids Tuesdays — 4 to 4:45 p.m.

The routine features aerobic/fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms.

First Presbyterian Church 220 N. Second Ave. E.

Classes are free and open to the public.

Yoga — Chair Tuesdays — 3 p.m.

Yoga — Gentle Tuesdays — 11 a.m.

Yoga — Flow Mondays, 6:15 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 a.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.

Newton Church of The Way 2306 S. Third Ave. E.

Classes are free and open to the public.

Chair Workout Tuesdays and Fridays — noon to 12:45 p.m.

Basic Step Aerobics Tuesdays and Thursdays — 8:15 a.m.

Cardio Pump Tuesdays and Thursdays — 8:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Prevent Blindness Iowa caution diabetic eye disease

By Amy O’Brien Prevent Blindness Iowa The number of diabetes and pre-diabetes cases continues to climb. And with that, so does the number of cases of diabetic eye disease. According to a recent study from Prevent Blindness, the estimated number of diabetic retinopathy cases in 2014 is currently more than 8 million and projected to increase to close to 11 million by 2032.

Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in the United

States. Early symptoms may include blurred vision; fluctuation in the clarity of vision; sudden loss of vision, specifically following coughing or sneezing; and seeing floaters or “cobwebs” in the field of vision. Diabetics are 40 percent more likely to develop glaucoma and 60 percent more likely to develop cataracts than those without diabetes.

Early detection and treatment of diabetes can help prevent vision impairment and blindness.

In a recent survey, one in five adults reported knowing someone who has either lost sight

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or is currently losing their eyesight to diabetes. This survey was conducted online within the United States on behalf of Prevent Blindness on Sept. 23 among 1,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older.

“We all know that controlling or preventing diabetes through healthy living is a good idea,” said Jeanne Burmeister, Executive Director of Prevent Blindness Iowa. “People also should be aware that a healthy lifestyle can save your vision.”

Prevent Blindness Iowa has declared November as Diabetic

Eye Disease Awareness Month to help educate the public on diabetes prevention strategies, potential risk factors, treatment options and Medicare coverage policies.

As part of the efforts, Prevent Blindness Iowa warns the public against the “7 DED-ly Sins” of diabetic eye disease (DED) including: Those with diabetes not visiting an eye doctor annually Not maintaining a healthy weight Decreasing physical activity Failing to monitor blood sugar levels Not maintaining a

healthy blood pressure Smoking Not getting a dilated eye exam if you become or plan to become pregnant For more information on diabetic eye disease, call Prevent Blindness Iowa at 515-2444341/800-329-8782, or visit preventblindness.org/diabetes.

Prevent Blindness Iowa is Iowa’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.

For more information on eye health and safety, visit www. preventblindness.org/iowa.

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Parks

Continued from Page 1A operational problem out there which is one reason we have talked about doing the new club house to try and raise revenues that way,” Unsworth said.

Golf green fees will go up between $1 and $3 depending on the type of round but the 18-hole 10 punch pass will go down $8. All membership fees will go up 5 percent in an effort to alleviate the ending balance.

Board members discussed potential opportunities to allow both members and nonmembers discounted golf rates like early sale promotions and membership incentives.

Maytag Pool Attendance was down this year compared to 2013 possibly due to cooler summer temperatures and other aquatic center competition.

Total revenue was down this year by about $12,000 and expenses increased by $10,000 due to water loss by damaged outlet pipes. The ending balance for Maytag Park was negative $37,000.

All Maytag Pool fees will

Colfax Continued from Page 1A board officials have requested the Iowa Department of Natural Resources do depth, aquatic life and vegetation tests on the nearly 250 acres of lake surface.

If the auxiliary park board accepts the property as is, Martin Marietta has expressed initial willingness to donate an additional $200,000 to pay for the reclamation process or to be used by the park board for project starts in the rec-

Kate Malott/Daily News Administrative Park Superintendent Nathan Unsworth delivers mulch at Maytag Park in July. Volunteers such as Unsworth helped with the installation phase of the parks new playground which saved the project money and allowed citizens to get involved.

stay the same except for a $5 increase to the evening pool party fee. Lap swim will occur from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday with late swim hours on Monday and Wednesday nights.

Shelter Rentals Park shelters are highly used throughout Newton with rental options and scheduled availability. Maytag Park West Shelter, Woodland Park Shelter and Sunset Park

Shelter are the three most rented shelters in town, making up 70 percent of the 268 total rentals.

Maytag Park West Shelter and South Shelter, Woodland Park Shelter and Sunset Park Shelter fees will go up $5 for the half day rental fee.

Softball and Baseball Fields Rentals According to the review, the City of Newton Parks and Grounds hosts around 900 participants each year in various softball, baseball and soccer athletic leagues with the most coming from Adult League Softball coordinated by the city.

Field rentals will stay the same except for Adult League Softball which will go up $3 and also have the option of paying $6 more per team to include a city employee ump.

Review Newton Parks and Grounds staff made many improvements to its facilities completed in 2014. Handicap accessible sidewalks and parking were installed at Westwood, Agnes Patterson and the Newton Dog Park. A new fence was installed around the Aurora Park playground, the Parks administration installed new entrance signs and

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the Maytag Park playground renovation was planned and completed. Also at Westwood, cart paths near bridges were installed, clubhouse patio walls were removed with the addition of three new support beams and a new course website was established.

Goals The board reinforced its goals at the meeting including installing restrooms at Aurora Heights, expanding existing bike trails to connect to city parks and throughout central Iowa, improve senior living accessibility to Sunset Park and build a new Westwood clubhouse to host large events.

It was also noted the Friends of Newton Parks volunteer organization will host a pancake breakfast and holiday fundraiser from 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 6 at the Newton Arboretum. Breakfast will be available along with crafts and an appearance by Santa.

The firework update was pushed back and will occur at the next Newton Park Board meeting, 6 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Newton City Hall.

Cards Continued from Page 1A “We’ll start issuing the new cards on Monday to everyone who already has a card,” Lindstrom said.

“Everyone will get their card replaced for free until Jan. 1.”

Library users who post photos of themselves and their new cards on social media can enter to win prizes, such popcorn and candy or library T-shirts and mugs, in a drawing to be held the final week of December. Entrants should tag their photos #knownewton.

Lindstrom said library borrowers have an array of choices that’s expanding nearly constantly.

One of the modern items involves a website called Freegal Music, which allows library card holders to download three songs

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By Mike Mendenhall Staff Writer

www.newtondailynews.com | Thursday | Nov. 20, 2014

Iowa roadways during the colder months can become quickly traitorous. But as the powder melts away every March and cities put away their salt and sand for the spring, oh how we forget the ways of driving in the snowy conditions.

I’ve always been critical of my fellow Iowans’ short-term, winter weather memories.

This weekend as the road become slick, Karma delivered me a fresh batch of comeuppance as I slid into a curb on the Highway 5 entrance ramp off Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines.

Not only should I have real-

ized my tiny Ford Fiesta might as well be a bobsled on compacted snow, but my bald tires should have been replaced before the first dusting. I just thank the snow gods I didn’t cause an accident or total my car.

The alignment of my car was a bit crooked following the impact, but I managed to get off the interstate, turning my wheel 90 degrees to the right to keep my car moving straight. After we pulled into the parking lot of a West Des Moines law firm, I called AAA roadside assistance — an annual Christmas gift from my grandmother, which has

saved me from my old collegeera beater cars on numerous occasions. The representative quoted a 40-minute wait time, which quickly turned into two hours which morphed into three. After four episodes of “The Office” streamed on my phone, my girlfriend Betsy and I were tired of waiting. A stern call to AAA sped up the flat-bed truck’s arrival, and we started our 40-mile tow back to Colfax with a delightful driver named Rick.

As we saw this weekend in Jasper County, snow covered highways can be fatal — especially before the plows have a chance to clear the roads. The

Iowa Department of Transportation recorded 115 crash-related fatalities from November 2013 to March of 2014, and 19 deaths have been recorded on Iowa roads to date this November. Last weekend saw nearly 100 weather-related crashes throughout the state.

Let’s keep this number from rising further as we approach the new year. Let’s drive like the winter-weather pros we are in the Midwest, only travel when necessary and navigate the snow-covered roads slowly and carefully. Stay safe out there.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@newtondailynews.com

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Chief tax-dodging officers Republican and Democratic leaders don’t often see eye to eye on taxes.

But surprisingly, corporate tax reform looks like one area where there might actually be some potential for bipartisan action in Washington. This should be good news, since our corporate tax system is clearly hopelessly broken.

Here’s a stark indicator of just how broken: Last year, 29 of the 100 highest-paid CEOs made more in personal compensation than their companies paid in federal income taxes. That’s according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Effective Government.

Source: Fleecing Uncle Sam, an Institute for Policy Studies and Center for Effective Government report Yes, it’s gotten that easy for large corporations to avoid the Tax Man. This is true even for the country’s wealthiest companies.

Citigroup, Halliburton, Boeing, Ford, Chesapeake Energy, Chevron, Verizon and General Motors all made more than $1 billion in U.S. profits last year, but still paid their CEOs more than they paid Uncle Sam. In fact, most of them got massive tax refunds.

How is this possible?

While big businesses moan about the U.S. corporate tax rate of 35 percent, most of them pay nowhere near that. Between 2008 and 2012, the average large corporation paid an effective rate of less than 20 percent.

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is one of the most common ways large corporations avoid paying their fair share to the IRS. And indeed, the 31 firms who paid their CEOs more than Uncle Sam operate 237 subsidiaries in low- or no-tax zones like the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.

But that’s just one tax-dodging trick. Corporations have lobbied successfully for a plethora of other tax loopholes and subsidies.

Boeing, for example, has figured out how to double dip in the Treasury’s pool.

The aerospace giant hauled in more than $20 billion in federal contracts in 2013. According to Citizens for Tax Justice, taxpayers also picked up the tab for $300 million of Boeing’s research expenses last year through a tax break that Congress is now considering making permanent.

When tax time came, Boeing got $82 million back from the IRS, despite reporting nearly $6 billion in U.S. pre-tax profits.

Meanwhile, Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney made $23.3 million.

Corporate tax dodging is bad for ordinary Americans — and our nation’s long-term economic health.

For example, if Boeing had

paid the statutory corporate tax rate of 35 percent on its $6 billion in profits, it would’ve added an extra $2 billion to the funds available for public services.

That sum could’ve covered the cost of hiring 2,775 teachers for a year.

Shirking taxes may boost the bottom line in the short term, but in the long run it erodes the economic infrastructure businesses need to be competitive.

Unfortunately, the current political rhetoric has little to do with cracking down on corporate tax avoidance.

Republicans are hooked on corporate tax giveaways. And President Barack Obama has suggested he’s ready to reward corporations for stashing money overseas by giving them deeply discounted tax rates on their profits if they’ll just agree to bring them home.

Both of these positions are based on the unfounded claim that smaller corporate tax burdens translate into more good jobs.

In a Hart Research poll of voters on election night, only 22 percent favored taxing corporations less. In the same poll, less than 30 percent wanted Congress to make tax cuts a higher priority than investments in education, health care and job creation.

The American people have their priorities straight. They deserve leaders who do too.

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Just like the movie, “Nebraska,” the road to Lincoln, in this case I-80 in western Iowa, cut through rolling cattle country, terraced c r o p land, a n d fastfading towns.

I was on my way to Lincoln, By Curt Swarm B u d - Guest Columnist dy by my side, to deliver three sculptures I had sold way back at the Old Threshers Reunion on Labor Day weekend.

My old but steady truck creaked and groaned under the weight of the rusty iron, trying to keep up with interstate traffic.

Semi drivers pulled up beside me and tooted their air horns upon inspection of the truck’s contents: rusty farm-junk sculptures made into sea monsters, totem poles, and Picasso-like creatures. Was I Jed Clampett on my way to “Californy,” a carney driver going home for the winter, or an old farmer headed to the scrap yard?

A billboard proudly proclaimed, “Walnut, Iowa, 18 Antique Stores!”

My truck took the exit ramp all by itself. After lunch at an “Aunt Bee Cafe,” a Buddy break, and some antiquing, the truck contained more junk for truckers to inspect. Ha! The landscape in Western Iowa is surreal: windswept prairie dotted with hundreds of gleaming white wind turbines, gigantic blades slowly churning out megawatts, like a scene from Star Wars.

Then I saw it. Topping a hill near mile-marker 80 between Adair and Casey, there is an interstate rest area. What do they have for a rest-stop sculpture?

Yes! The blade from a wind turbine mounted vertically, standing tall and proud, a symbol of wind energy, the land providing, and man’s ingenuity.

Behind the sculpture, on the horizon you can see all these wind turbines pumping away. Talk about local art! Whoever thought this one up should get a hardy clap on the back, an award. Buddy agreed and christened the base of the sculpture. I’ve always

thought Iowa has some of the best interstate rest areas in the country, with great art. They’re like tourist attractions unto themselves.

But this rest stop, with a wind-turbine-blade sculpture, takes first prize, in my estimation.

A quick Google search (isn’t the internet amazing!), tells me that the turbine blade was donated

by Siemens Energy in Ft. Madison, and that Iowa produces 20 percent of its electricity from wind— number one in the nation, and number two in the world. The blade is 148 feet tall (15 stories), weighs 23,098 pounds, and was erected in 2012. The turbine blade as a sculpture was the brainchild of David Dahlquist, of RDG Planning and Designs in Des Moines. I’m so proud of my state. Western Iowa isn’t near as humdrum as it used to be with all these wind turbines pumping away.

Continuing on, I tuned in the Iowa-Minnesota football game. Oops.

Adios Floyd-of-Rosedale.

Later in the afternoon, it was Iowa State-Kansas.

Oops again. At least, the Nebraska Cornhuskers had a bye week, so it would be safe to drive in Lincoln.

I delivered my sculptures, drawing a small crowd of Lincolnites. One old retired Nebraska farmer wearing bib overalls, just shook his head and proclaimed, “That’s junk! I’ve thrown away better stuff ’n at.” He got punched in the belly by his wife, “It’s all in the eyes of the beholder, Hank.” She looked at me, and pointed at the sea monster. “How much you asking for that? You deliver?”

I headed home. Mission accomplished. Fiddling with the radio, I picked up the tail end of the UNI-North Dakota State game. It was NDS that whipped Iowa State in Ames earlier in the season. UNI handily put them down to end NDS’s 33-game winning streak, the longest in FCS history.

UNI had also beaten and undefeated team, Illinois State, the week before.

I pulled in my driveway, Buddy’s nose glued to the crack in the window, smelling home, and just sat for a minute. Ain’t Iowa grand.

Call or text Curt Swarm in Mt. Pleasant at 319-217-0526.

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Obituaries Richard H. Meckley Nov. 15, 2014 Richard H. Meckley, 85, of Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Baxter, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at North Naples Hospital in Naples, Fla. A memorial service will be held in Bo-

Loren L. Moomaw Nov. 18, 2014 Loren L. “Jumbo” Moomaw, 85, of Des Moines, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at Altoona Nursing and Rehab.

A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 21 at the Colfax United Method-

Robert W. Little Nov. 19, 2014 Robert W. Little, 88, formerly of Brooklyn, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Grace United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, with the Rev. John Dodds officiating. Burial will be in the Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 at Kloster Funeral Home in Brooklyn. Memorials may be contrib-

nita Springs Dec. 13, and in the summer of 2015, in Baxter. Cards may be sent to Marlene at, 26118 Colony Road, Bonita Springs, Fla. 34135. Anderson Funeral Homes has been entrusted with the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.

com.

Rich was born in Jasper County, June 10, 1929, to Lynn and Mildred Meckley.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Marlene; four children, Marsha (Bruce) Dee of Naples, Fla., Resa (Tom) Malloy of Rhodes, Greg ( Joni) Meckley of Mel-

bourne, and Kevin (Diana) Meckley of Bonita Springs, Fla.; seven grandchildren, Christine ( Joe) Reyes, Kelly (Meredith) Dee, Jamie (Karen) Malloy, Marty (Erica) Malloy, Andy (Laura) Meckley, Josh (Rachel) Meckley and Cole Meckley; and nine great-grandchildren.

ist Church. The family will greet friends following the service at a luncheon in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mercy Hospice or the Altoona Nursing and Rehab Activity Fund.

Condolences may be left for the family at w w w. c o b u r n f u n e r a l homes.

The son of Melvin Loren and Helen Grace (Zachary) Moomaw, Loren was born on Nov. 8, 1929, in Prairie City. He graduated

from Prairie City High School in 1948. He went to work at Maytag after high school and worked there for almost 40 years, retiring in 1988. On Dec. 28, 1971, he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Dunlap-Harrelson in Las Vegas, Nev. Loren was a member of the Staves Methodist Church in Des Moines.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Mary Ann; children, Bryan (Karen) Moomaw of Newton, Debra (Mike) Wil-

liams of Runnells, Michael (Billie) Moomaw of Newton and a stepdaughter, Sue Van Gorp of Kansas City.

Also surviving are seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Marilyn (Don) Osborn of Prairie City, Joyce Walker of Prairie City and Dale (Barb) Moomaw of Arkansas. Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothersin-law, Lionel Wiggins and Buck Walker; and a step-son, George “Bud” Harrelson.

uted to the BGM Scholarship Fund.

He is survived by his children, Becky Hammer (Richard) of Newton, Brenda Jermier (Dave) of Dallas Center, and Keith Little of Albia; eight grandchildren, Troy Hammer, Travis Hammer and Erin Yeager, all of Newton, Chris Jermier (Cali) of Grimes, Matt Jermier (Katie) of Waukee and Julie Watson (Chris) of Littleton, Colo., D.J. Davis of Pontotoc, Miss., and Lance Little (CeeCee) of Pontotoc, Miss.; 14 great-grandchildren, Elijah, Hannah, Noah, Josi, Greg, Jacob, Bryce, Ellie, Macey, Tyson, Kale, Maden, Jalen and Quentin; and two stepgreat-grandchildren; a sister Ada Buckmaster

of Kansas City, Mo.; sisters-in-law, Marjorie Little of Montezuma, Norma Allen of Newton and Anna Grace Dayton of Brooklyn; and many nieces and nephews.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Miriam; a grandson Trevor Hammer; three brothers, Floyd, Gerald and DeWayne Little; and extended family members, including Larry Dayton, Earl Allen and John Buckmaster.

Robert William Little was born May 16, 1926, in rural Delta, the son of John Russell and Helen Marie Bates Little. He graduated from Tri County High School in Thornburg, and married Miriam L. Dayton on Feb. 14, 1950, at

Grace United Methodist Church in Brooklyn.

Robert farmed in the Malcom and Deep River areas until 1961. He then was employed as custodian at the Monroe and BGM schools. Later he worked with his son Keith in the painting business. In his later years, Robert worked at the Brooklyn Flag Store.

He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Ruritans and Kiwanis, and card clubs.

He enjoyed attending the sporting events of his children and grandchildren. Robert was very devoted to his family and community.

Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

Newton Lions donates to senior center Submitted Photo The Newton Lions Club recently presented a $500 donation to the Jasper County Senior Center. The money represents a percentage of the funds raised in October at a pancake breakfast. Pictured representing the senior center are from left Ron Kollmann, Bev Edge and Margaret Hammer. Representing the Newton Lions Club are Deb Boehmer and Jack Ayres. Anyone interested in learning more about the Lions Club or becoming a member can call club president Jeanine Luetters at 641-521-9750.

• An annual Soup Supper will be at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday at Congregational UCC Church, 308 E. Second St. N. in Newton. The meal of homemade soups and desserts will be followed with entertainment by the bluegrass and gospel group Rickety Road. The public is invited.

• TOPS Iowa 254 will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Piecemakers Quilt Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton. Members should bring their homework assignment for September and any completed baby quilts. The homework assignment was a 4-inch block made from 1.5 inch squares and the disappearing 4-patch block.

Dara Carlock will be presenting a program on the construction of Crumb Quilts. Julie Fisher and Becky Jones will furnish treats and drink.

Contact Margaret A. Jensen at 641-792-7720 with questions.

• Jasper County League of Women Voters will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Wesley Park Centre Garden Room in Newton. The program will be presented by Major Mikey Carter of the Salvation Army. She will discuss current issues facing those living in poverty in Jasper County such as homelessness, hunger, access to medical and dental care, and help us understand what resources are available in our county and what is needed to better address this increasingly important issue. The public is invited to attend.

• TOPS Iowa 927 will meet at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton.

• Beauty for Ashes women’s support will meet at 9 a.m. Friday 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.

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

• Newton Christian School Benefit Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. For reservations call the NCS at 641-792-1924. It will be a night of fun, music and entertainment.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Winter pajama and clothes give away will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Newton Church of The Way, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. There will be winter pajamas and clothes for children sizes 0-14. Anyone in need is welcome. One day event, while supplies last.

• 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.

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Wielard was located in Grinnell at 12:01 a.m. Friday. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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New girlfriend is eager to rid garage of ex-girlfriend’s stuff DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Ron,” and I have been together for more than a year, and we now live together. His garage is full to overflowing with his ex-girlfriend’s belongings. She apparently left him and all her stuff — including her four cats — to marry some guy she met online. She no longer lives in this country.

I’m fine with taking care of the cats; they are innocent and I love them. However, I want her stuff out of the garage.

Ron thinks it’s “the right thing to do” to keep it until she can arrange for it to be moved to her new place.

Abby, it has been a year and a half!

She’s not going to move this stuff. I want to donate it or trash it as appropriate, and I don’t think legally we have any responsibility to tell her or ask her before we do.

What do you think? — WANTS IT GONE IN OKLAHOMA DEAR WANTS IT GONE: It would be neither appropriate nor kind to do anything to Ron’s ex-girlfriend’s belongings without warning. Ron should contact her, inform her that he wants to use his garage for the purpose it is intended, and ask if she wants the items she left to be disposed of or put into storage at her expense. He should allow a reasonable time for her to respond before doing anything, and you should distance yourself from the process.

DEAR ABBY: I have a friend with one annoying habit. Whenever we have a party, she’ll invite friends without asking first, or by saying, “I told them it was OK to come.” It creates a problem because we plan our parties for a certain number of guests, and now there are two, three, sometimes even four more — often on short notice.

I like her friends, but they are not close friends of mine. Sometimes I just would like to have an intimate gathering with four to six people.

At my last gathering she invited not only her friends but also their children. It went from an intimate brunch for six to a party of 12. We even had to set up a second table.

How can I get her to stop, short of not inviting her to any more of our parties?

I feel stuck in a situation that no matter what I do, I’m going to P.O. somebody.

Any suggestions? — PARTY PLANNER IN GEORGIA DEAR PARTY PLANNER: Your “friend” has a lot of nerve and no manners. She appears to be using you to entertain her other friends, which is not only rude, but also extremely presumptuous. She will continue treating you this way until you call a halt by telling her to cut it out because you don’t like it. If she can’t respect your wishes after that, see her only on a one-on-one basis.

DEAR ABBY: I know someone who receives Social Security for her disabled children. She uses that money to feed a slot machine. Those children could have so many opportunities if their money was used appropriately and it’s going down the drain. What can I do about it? It saddens me. — THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS DEAR THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS: It appears the woman is addicted to gambling. What she’s doing may “sadden” you, but as a taxpaying American it infuriates me because her children aren’t getting the assistance that money is meant to provide. So please, pick up the phone, call the Department of Children’s Services and clue them in to what’s happening. I’m betting they’ll be interested.

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Oskaloosa woman found guilty of killing daughter 2

OSKALOOSA — A jury has found an Oskaloosa woman guilty of killing her young daughter earlier this year. Jurors returned the verdict Wednesday afternoon against 21-year-old Alicia Ritenour in Mahaska County District Court. She was convicted of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. Authorities went to Ritenour’s apartment in January following a 911 call. Officers found 18-month-old Ava Ritenour dead. An autopsy showed she died of head trauma.

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2 Family of man shot by police sues city of Waterloo

DES MOINES — The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will wait until a January meeting to consider recommending changing state law to reclassify marijuana so it could be used to treat medical conditions.

The board met Wednesday and decided to table a proposal that members recommend a change to the current law. Currently, marijuana is classified under state law as both a Schedule I drug, meaning it is has no medical use, and as a Schedule II drug, which has medicinal value.

WATERLOO — The family of a Waterloo man shot and killed by police in 2012 is taking the city and officers to court. The wrongful death lawsuit was brought by the estate of Derrick Ambrose Jr. on the two-year anniversary of his death. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said the 22-year-old was seen with a gun outside New World League in Waterloo on Nov. 18, 2012.

Judge orders trial over US Bank’s role in fraud

By RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press IOWA CITY — Jurors will decide whether U.S. Bank mishandled customer funds, enabling the founder of a collapsed Iowa-based brokerage to embezzle $215 million, a judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Linda Reade’s ruling sets up a civil trial that will dive into U.S. Bank’s relationship with disgraced Peregrine Financial Group founder and CEO Russell Wasendorf, Sr. At issue is whether the bank will have to pay millions of dollars in restitution and penalties or will be vindicated of any wrongdoing related to Wasendorf ’s fraud.

Wasendorf, once a prominent businessman in northeastern Iowa, is serving a 50-year prison term after he admitted in 2012 to embezzling $215.5 million from 13,000 customers over a 20-year period. He carried out the fraud by repeatedly falsifying U.S. Bank records to fool

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regulators into believing that Peregrine’s customer account had more money than it did.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued U.S. Bank last year, contending that it failed to follow rules requiring banks to segregate customer accounts. The commission contends that U.S. Bank improperly accepted customer funds as security on loans it made to Wasendorf and knowingly allowed him to transfer customer funds to pay other personal and business expenses.

U.S. Bank has said it wasn’t aware of the fraud, noting that Wasendorf owed it $6 million in a loan when his company went bankrupt.

“We did not know about the Peregrine Ponzi scheme and in fact we were a victim of the same scheme,” spokeswoman Teri Charest said. “We will continue to defend ourselves vigorously.”

The lawsuit seeks restitution for $35.6 million in customer losses, which

was the amount Wasendorf transferred out for other uses, and civil penalties.

Reade rejected both sides’ requests to rule in their favor before a scheduled January trial, saying there were key factual questions that jurors should decide. She said jurors should determine if U.S. Bank had actual knowledge that Wasendorf was “committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary,” or whether the bank acted in bad faith by failing to investigate obvious indications of fraud.

While noting that U.S. Bank and Wasendorf claim the bank’s employees were unaware of his crimes, Reade ruled that reasonable jurors could find otherwise, given the facts of the case.

Wasendorf repeatedly told the bank that two specific employees should handle any questions about Peregrine’s balance and that all bank correspondence should be directed to him, not his subordinates.

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Car hits 9-year-old boy in Council Bluffs COUNCIL BLUFFS — A 9-year-old boy has suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car in Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs Police Department Sgt. Jason Bailey says Joshua McNutt was hit Wednesday morning at an intersection.

Witnesses told police the boy was walking the intersection while a signal instructed him not to cross. Bailey says Joshua was hit at a low speed and had minor injuries to his knees from falling. He was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.

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DAVENPORT — A Davenport man has been arrested after authorities found his mother’s emaciated body in an apartment. Donald W. Bohling, 46, was charged with dependent adult abuse with serious injury. Police say they found Bohling’s mother, 79-year-old Marilyn Bohling, dead inside a Davenport apartment on Sept. 25. After an autopsy, investigators classified her death a homicide.

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Grassley bids farewell to retiring Harkin DES MOINES (AP) — Sen. Chuck Grassley has offered an emotional farewell to longtime colleague Tom Harkin, who is retiring after three decades in the Senate.

Grassley spoke on the Senate floor Wednesday. The Republican Grassley and Democratic Harkin have served from Iowa together since the mid-1980s.

Grassley noted that Wednesday was Harkin’s 75th birthday. He praised Harkin for working on behalf of people with disabilities and for championing causes like education and the environment.

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living in rural America.” He said they always worked together for Iowa.

Republican Joni Ernst won the hotly contested race for Harkin’s vacated Senate seat, meaning Iowa will soon have two Republican senators for the first time in decades.

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Gunman killed after shooting at FSU The Associated Press TA LL A H A S S EE , Fla. — A gunman opened fire early Thursday at a Florida State University library sending hundreds of students who had been up all night studying for exams scrambling for cover in the book aisles and barricading themselves in with desks. Three students were wounded before police killed the gunman in a shootout, authorities said.

Police and FSU officials called the shooting an “isolated incident,” but have not released many AP Photo details, including how Tallahassee police investigate a shooting outside the Strozier library on the Florida State far the suspected gun- University campus in Tallahassee, Fla. Thursday. Officers shot and killed the suspected man made it into Strozier gunman police said.

Library. FSU’s compact campus is located less town Tallahassee and the “This person just for a handgun and then bethan a mile from down- state Capitol. whatever reason produced gan shooting students in

the library,” FSU Police Chief David Perry said.

The attack started soon after midnight when students inside the multistory library heard about half a dozen gunshots.

Students began screaming that someone was shooting at them and flipped over chairs in their race to take cover.

“I ran for my life,” said Allison Kope, a freshman from Cocoa Beach, who was on the library’s first floor. “I ran right out the backdoor. My laptop and everything is still in there.

It was shock. It was just instinct. You don’t think about anything else, you just go.”

Other students hid in the book aisles and some barricaded themselves in

rooms.

Sarah Evans, a senior from Miami, said she was inside the library and heard a male student say he had been shot. When she looked at him, he was on the ground with blood spreading on his pants leg.

Two of the victims were taken to a local hospital. FSU officials said a third student was only grazed by a bullet and was treated at the scene and released.

Tallahassee and Florida State University police confronted the gunman just outside the library that sits in the middle of the campus and ordered him to drop his handgun, but he fired a shot at them and they unleashed a volley of shots.

Obama’s immigration actions have limits The Associated Press WASHINGTON — As broadly as President Barack Obama may push the limits of his authority to shield from deportation millions of immigrants illegally in the United States, the fate of millions more will still be left unresolved.

Obama is preparing to flex his executive powers Thursday, using an 8 p.m. EST address to announce that he is sidestepping Congress and ordering his own federal action on immigration.

The reaction from congressional Republicans has been swift and fierce, heralding the start of what could be one of the most pitched partisan confrontations of

Obama’s presidency.

H i s measures c o u l d make as many as 5 million people Obama eligible for work permits, with the broadest action likely aimed at extending deportation protections to parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, as long as those parents have been in the country for five years.

Other potential winners under Obama’s actions would be young immigrants who entered the country illegally as children but do not now

qualify under a 2012 directive from the president.

With more than 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally, Obama’s actions would still leave millions unprotected even though their chances of getting deported if they have not committed a crime are low.

“What I’m going to be laying out is the things that I can do with my lawful authority as president to make the system better, even as I continue to work with Congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan, comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem,” Obama said in a video posted Wednesday on Facebook.

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Area girls’ basketball teams open season Friday

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Girls get a jump on the boys for high school winter sports.

Area girls’ basketball teams tip off the 2014-15 season Friday.

All five area girls’ teams play games on Friday with games slated on Monday and Tuesday.

Newton’s Cardinals host the 2014 Newton Holiday Tournament Friday and Saturday.

Des Moines Christian plays Carlisle at 5 p.m. followed by Newton taking on BondurantFarrar at 7 p.m. at NHS. Friday night’s winning teams square off for the tournament championship at 5 p.m. Saturday. The losing teams play at 3 p.m. in the consolation game. Following the championship contest, the all-tournament team will be announced and a 3-point shooting contest is scheduled.

Admission to the tournament is $6 for adults and $4 for students.

Also on Friday, Prairie City-Monroe’s girls host Knoxville, CollinsMaxwell/Baxter goes to Woodward-Granger, Colfax-Mingo plays at Martensdale-St. Marys and Lynnville-Sully

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Alex Hutchinson (22) applies defensive pressure on Newton’s Taylor Shiley (30) in a scrimmage Tuesday. The Cardinal girls open the 2014-15 season Friday at home in a four-team tournament.

opens at North Mahaska.

Newton plays its third game in four days on Monday at Perry.

Colfax-Mingo plays at home Tuesday against Nevada. PCM and CMB are at home also with the Mustangs hosting Greene County at Monroe and the Raiders take on Gilbert Newton’s boys open

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the 2014-15 swim season Tuesday. The Cardinals are on the road at Southeast Polk.

After Thanksgiving break, the area boys’ basketball teams, wrestling teams and the boys’ and girls’ bowling teams from Newton join the fray of competition.

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preview for all teams will appear in the Daily News on Nov. 26. Previews will feature basketball and wrestling teams from Newton, Colfax-Mingo, Collins-Maxwell/Baxter, Lynnville-Sully and Prairie City-Monroe.

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Chiefs defensive line still shutting teams down KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kevin Vickerson has been a part of s o m e stellar defensive fronts, whether he was playing next to Albert Haynesworth a n d Vickerson Jevon Kearse in Tennessee or Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil in Denver.

Still, the Kansas City Chiefs are on pace to do something that neither of those defenses did — in fact, something that has never been done in the history of the NFL. They still have not allowed a touchdown on the ground this season.

Sure, opponents have come close. Just last Sunday, Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch was repelled at the 2-yard line, setting up fourth down. Seattle threw a pass incomplete, and Kansas City went on to win a 24-20 nail-biter against the defending Super Bowl champions.

Other teams have come close to scoring on the ground, too. But none

of them succeeded yet.

“It’s all about communication and knowing assignments,” said Vickerson, a veteran defensive tackle signed early this season. “When you know your assignments you can play fast. You’re not over there thinking.

Communication is very important. That’s what we’ve been doing pretty good.”

The previous time a defense refused to allow a touchdown rushing this deep in the season was 2011 when the San Francisco 49ers went the first 14 games without one. That team went on to finish 13-3 behind current Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, losing to the Giants in the NFC title game.

The fewest rushing touchdowns allowed in any season is two, shared by the 1971 Vikings, ‘68 Cowboys and ‘34 Lions. All but the Lions reached the playoffs — Detroit went 10-3 and was second in its division in an era when fewer teams qualified for the postseason. Minnesota and Dallas each won its division, something the Chiefs have their sights set on this year.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Working in the pool is Newton’s Brock Southern during a practice session this week for the Newton High’s swim team. The Newton boys open the 2014-15 swim season Tuesday in a double dual meet with Ankeny and host Southeast Polk in Pleasant Hill.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Payton Patterson and the rest of Newton High’s wrestlers go through a drill during a practice session Tuesday afternoon. The Cardinal wrestling team began practices Monday and will open the 2014-15 season in a dual meet at Knoxville on Dec. 4. Newton hosts its varsity invitational meet on Dec. 6.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday Basketball Woodward-Granger at Newton 8th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Woodward-Granger at Newton 7th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 8th boys at WoodwardGranger, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 7th boys at WoodwardGranger, 4:30 p.m.

Friday Basketball Newton Girls’ Tournament Des Moines Christian vs. Carlisle, 5 p.m.

Newton vs. Bondurant-Farrar, 7 p.m.

Area Games Colfax-Mingo girls at MartensdaleSt. Marys, 6 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully girls at North Mahaska, 6 p.m.

CMB girls at Woodward-Granger, 7:30 p.m.

Knoxville at PCM girls, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Basketball Newton Girls’ Tournament Consolation game, 3 p.m.

Championship game, 5 p.m.

Monday Basketball Newton girls at Perry, 7:30 p.m.

Grinnell at Newton 7th boys, 4:30 p.m.

Newton 8th boys at Grinnell, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday Boys’ Swimming Newton, Ankeny at Southeast Polk, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball Nevada at Colfax-Mingo girls, 6 p.m.

Gilbert at CMB girls, 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at PCM girls, 7:30 p.m.

Newton 8th girls at Grinnell, 4:30 p.m.

Grinnell at Newton 7th girls, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling Southeast Polk, Pella at Newton middle school, 4:30 p.m.

Chiefs Continued from Page 1B They’re tied with Denver at 7-3 heading into Thursday night’s game in Oakland.

“You know, it’s a tribute to the guys for doing what they do,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “I mean, sometimes that’s just how things fall. The guys obviously take a lot of pride in that.”

That was evident in the way they whooped it up heading to the sideline after stopping Lynch and the Seahawks on Sunday. It was as if the entire team has become invested in the way the defense played in the red zone, in Reid’s mind a sure sign of unity within the locker room.

Kansas City has only allowed opponents to score 41.9 percent of the time inside its 20yard line, second only to Jacksonville for the best rate in the NFL. “Everybody has stepped up and played together. Everybody has one goal,” said defensive end Allen Bailey, whose breakout season recently earned him a $25 million contract extension.

The Chiefs have been doing a pretty good job of that, too. Justin Houston has a leagueleading 12 sacks, and would have had another if not for a penalty last week. Defensive tackle Dontari Poe had his career-best fifth. And the Chiefs have 30 as a team, tied for thirdbest in the NFL, and an impressive number given the total number of sacks are down across the league this season.

By stuffing the run, the Chiefs have been able to turn loose against the pass in long-yardage situations, and that has resulted in a leagueleading pass defense.

Throw it all together and the Chiefs are allowing 17.1 points, second-best in the league.

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Iowa focused on stopping Wisconsin’s Gordon IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa thought it had Melvin Gordon in its grasp back when he was in high school.

The Hawkeyes will likely find themselves chasing Gordon all over again on Saturday.

Last weekend, Gordon gave Iowa yet another tantalizing glimpse into what could have been if he had stuck to his verbal commitment and played for coach Kirk Ferentz.

Gordon rushed for an Bowl Subdivision-record 408 yards on just 25 carries — in three quarters, no less — as No. 14 Wisconsin (82, 5-1 Big Ten) routed Nebraska 59-24.

Gordon leads the nation in rushing yards (1,909) and touchdowns

(25) and is on the short list of Heism a n Tr o p h y f r o n t runners heading into this Gordon weeke n d ’s pivotal Big Ten West game at Iowa.

“It’s going to take a really — I don’t want to say perfect because that puts probably an unreal pressure on you — but it’s going to take our best football. We’re going to have to play really well at all 11 positions,” Ferentz about stopping Gordon.

What has to be concerning for Iowa (7-3, 4-2) is that Nebraska’s

run defense had been playing well — right before it ran into Gordon, of course.

Iowa’s rush defense has been up and down since August. The Hawkeyes are very strong up front, with tackles Carl Davis and Louis Trinca-Pasat and end Drew Ott in consideration for All-Big Ten honors. But they’ve been forced to lean on young linebackers behind them, and the results have been predictably spotty.

Iowa looked better stopping the run in last week’s win at Illinois.

Granted, the Fighting Illini were more focused on throwing than running since they finally got quarterback Wes Lunt back. But Io-

wa’s defense wouldn’t let Illinois do either, holding them to just 235 yards — and just 88 on the ground — of a 3014 win.

The key for the Hawkeyes could be to simply keep the ball out of Gordon’s hands as much as possible.

Iowa’s offense finally showed it could control the clock against Illinois. The Hawkeyes held the ball for nearly 36 minutes and gained a season-high 587 yards, and senior running back Mark Weisman cracked 100 yards for the first time in 2014.

But Wisconsin will be the toughest defense the Hawkeyes have faced this season.

“They pose a lot of challenges,” Fe-

rentz said. “They play with great enthusiasm, toughness.

They’re where they should be all the time.”

Iowa did a nice job stopping Gordon in Kinnick Stadium a year ago. Gordon ran for just 62 yards on 17 carries, but James White had 132 on 19 tries as Wisconsin pulled away for a 28-9 win.

If the Hawkeyes can slow the nation’s top running back, they might head into the season finale against the Huskers with a shot at the division title.

“He’s strong, powerful and fast. He has breakaway speed and he’s got moves,” Iowa defensive end Drew Ott said. “He’s the total package.”

Big Ten West race is heading for fantastic finish

By Eric Olson The Associated Press There’s high drama in the Big Ten West.

Four of the seven teams are still alive in the division race with two weeks to go and, by chance, the November schedule set up as a round-robin for the contenders.

“As a league you couldn’t ask for a better position to be in as far as everybody playing everybody that has a chance to win it right now,” Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen said Tuesday. “It’s a great spot to be in for the young men with these games they get to play late in the year. It brings tremendous attention to the Big Ten.” Ohio State (9-1, 6-0) would wrap up the East

on Saturday with a win over Indiana or a Michigan State (8-2, 5-1) loss to Rutgers at home.

Wisconsin (8-2, 5-1) would clinch the West if it wins at Iowa (7-3, 4-2) and Nebraska (82, 4-2) beats visiting Minnesota (73, 4-2).

The division winners meet in the Big Ten championship game Dec. 6 in Indianapolis.

The West race, with so many teams still alive in mid-November, is the closest in the Big Ten since the conference split into divisions in 2011.

Minnesota is the only West team besides Wisconsin that controls its fate. If the Gophers win

out at Nebraska and at Wisconsin, they would own tie-breakers over those teams and Iowa.

“We’re in a situation where we’re playing for something in November, which is good for us as we build our program,” Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said.

T h e Gophers are trying for their first above-.500 conference record since 2003 and their first league championship since 1967.

Kill said he laid out Minnesota’s path to the division title right after last week’s 31-24 loss to Ohio State.

“It’s better to be in control of your own destiny than to have to see somebody else win

Big 12 title still up for grabs

By Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press With three weeks left in the Big 12’s regular season, the league champion is far from being determined.

Title contenders No. 5 TCU, No. 6 Baylor and No. 12 Kansas State all have one league loss.

T h e Bears are h o m e Saturday against struggling Oklahoma State and then play Texas Tech at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium.

Baylor then hosts Kansas State during the first weekend in December when the rest of the power-five leagues will be playing championship games.

“We don’t do anything differently. We understand that we have to play our best,” Baylor coach Art Briles said Monday on the weekly Big 12 coaches teleconference.

“Our guys, they’re fresh mentally and physically, and we’re ready for this three-game push.”

Kansas State plays Thursday night at West Virginia, which already beat Baylor at home by two touchdowns and lost to TCU on a gameending field goal.

The Wildcats also play a home finale against Kansas.

TCU’s next game

is Thanksgiving night at bowl-bound Texas.

The Horned Frogs finally gets a break after playing eight consecutive weeks, going from unranked to a possible spot in the new fourteam playoff.

“I don’t think that really we’ve had a lot of pressure,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said.

“I think it was one of those situations where we’ve kind of been the surprise team.”

The Frogs, in only their third Big 12 season, were fourth in last week’s playoff rankings, three spots ahead of Baylor. But they dropped out of the latest rankings Tuesday night after they narrowly won at bottom feeder Kansas and No. 5 Alabama beat top-ranked Mississippi State.

While highly unlikely, it is still possible for up to six teams to finish 6-3 and tied for the Big 12 title.

Texas would have to beat TCU, which also would have to lose to Iowa State. Then No. 23 Oklahoma and West Virginia would have to win both of their remaining games, with Kansas State and Baylor each losing two of three.

“A couple of weeks ago we were in position

to try to accomplish our goal, which was to win the Big 12,” WVU coach Dana Holgorsen said. “Took a couple of losses here, so I think more than anything our motivation is just get back out there and try to beat Kansas State.”

Texas became bowl eligible by winning at Oklahoma State, giving the Big 12 six bowl teams to match last year’s total. The Cowboys (5-5), who have lost four in a row, are the only team that could make it seven, but would have to win at Baylor or Oklahoma.

First-year Texas coach Charlie Strong wasn’t ready Monday to talk about the possibility of a bowl game matchup against Texas A&M, the Longhorns’ biggest rival before they left for the SEC. Iowa State has three chances left to avoid going winless in the Big 12 for the first time since 2008.

The Cyclones’ best chance could come Saturday at home against Texas Tech (3-7), before games against West Virginia and TCU. Kansas (3-7) is assured its sixth straight losing season but has shown some promising signs under interim coach Clint Bowen, with a win over Iowa State before pushing TCU in a 34-30 loss Saturday.

or lose and so forth,” Kill said. “We’re excited about the opportunity of being in the situation we’re in. At the same time you have to go take advantage of it.”

The Gophers are playing their best right now, but they have the toughest final two games in the league.

“Winning on the road in the Big Ten or anywhere isn’t easy,” Kill said. “That’s what we’ve got to do to put ourselves in a position to win our side.”

Iowa is home for its games against Wisconsin and Nebraska.

The Hawkeyes will have their hands full with national rushing leader Melvin Gordon, who set an FBS singlegame record with 408 yards in the Badgers’ 59-24 win over Nebras-

ka last week.

“I haven’t seen a better one than the one we’re going to see this Saturday,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said of Gordon.

Kill said he expects to play a Bo Pelinicoached Nebraska team that’s looking to atone for a 59-24 loss to the Badgers in Madison.

“We’ve had one of those games this year.

Sometimes things snowball,” Kill said, referring to his team’s 30-7 loss at TCU. “I promise you that his football team, and with his intensity, they’re probably getting after it right now.

You’d much rather play a coach Pelini team that won a game ... because they’re very proud at Lincoln and he’s a great coach.”

Ranked PCM starts at home

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior guard Rachel Gulling is one of three returning starters on the Mustangs’ roster this season. They begin the year ranked No. 12 in Class 3A by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, which released its preseason rankings Wednesday. The Mustangs will open the regular season at 7:30 p.m. Friday against Knoxville in Monroe.

The Mustangs went 15-8 last season.

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4B | NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 14-13: 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 14-13.

Deed/Contract Holder Parcel Number Address Total Amount Assessed Carol Hedges 833208006 118 W. 10th St. N. $175.00 Maureen McRoberts 834252013 207 E. 8th St. S. $100.00 Joshua Berger 835102017 219 E. 13th St. N. $125.00 Kenneth Johnson 834253036 315 E. 8th St. S. $83.33 Kenneth Johnson 834253037 319 E. 8th St. S. $33.33 Kenneth Johnson 834253038 321 E. 8th St. S. $33.34 Scott Leff Roth 401K Trust 833282035 321 W. 5th St S. $150.00 Charles Carkhuff & Brenda Novak 835256006 400 E. 22nd St. S. $100.00 Daniel Dickson & Denise Doucette 834189009 404 E. 4 1/2 St. S. $300.00 Bret & Debbie Rippey 835254029 407 E. 21st St. S. $255.00 Jonathan Heinen 834451012 621 S. 8th Ave. E. $100.00 Charles & Barbara Clapsaddle 834279007 414 E. 8th St. S. $250.00 Nathan Krier 827377009 427 N. 8th Ave. E. $125.00 Duane Carlson 827378011 603 E. 4th St. N. $175.00 Kenneth Johnson 834253005 609 S. 3rd Ave. E. $125.00 Pamela Mix 833433013 613 W. 5th St. S. $150.00 Miller Property Solutions LLC 834189010 410 E. 4 1/2 St. S. $100.00 Levi Rodgers 827408006 719 N. 10th Ave. E. $100.00 Iowa Properties Receiver LLC 827452012 721 E. 7th St. N. $1,033.52 Holly Gutterson 827304019 801 1st St. N. $150.00 Brian Hearl 833438007 811 W. 5th St. S. $265.08 Kenneth Johnson 833208015 902 1st Ave W. $200.00 Scott Leff Roth 401K Trust 834427004 921 S. 5th Ave. E. $200.00 Mike Hawkins 834351029 921 W. 3rd St. S. $384.32 Half Moon Holdings LLC 835102035 1204A 1st Ave. E. $300.00 Gene & Vicki Lund 835153002 1219 S. 4th Ave. E. $175.00 Joel Kaldenberg 835303011 1224 S. 9th Ave. E. $100.00 Allen Cupples Jr. 1303202021 1409 E. 7th St. S. $150.00 Virginia Lester 1303202011 1500 E. 6th St. S. $150.00 Mindy Becker 835276008 2331 1st Ave. E. $100.00 Glen & Beverly Dickerson 835276008 2506 S. 8th Ave. E. $112.50 November 13 & 20

$175.00 Kenneth Johnson 834253005 609 S. 3rd Ave. E. $125.00 Pamela Mix 833433013 613 W. 5th St. S. $150.00 Miller Property Solutions LLC 834189010 410 E. 4 1/2 St. S. $100.00 Levi Rodgers 827408006 719 N. 10th Ave. E. $100.00 Iowa Properties Receiver LLC 827452012 721 E. 7th St. N. $1,033.52 Holly Gutterson 827304019 801 1st St. N. $150.00 Brian Hearl 833438007 811 W. 5th St. S. $265.08 Kenneth Johnson 833208015 902 1st Ave W. $200.00 Scott Leff Roth 401K Trust 834427004 921 S. 5th Ave. E. $200.00 Mike Hawkins 834351029 921 W. 3rd St. S. $384.32 Half Moon Holdings LLC 835102035 1204A 1st Ave. E. $300.00 Gene & Vicki Lund 835153002 1219 S. 4th Ave. E. $175.00 Joel Kaldenberg 835303011 1224 S. 9th Ave. E. $100.00 Allen Cupples Jr. 1303202021 1409 E. 7th St. S. $150.00 Virginia Lester 1303202011 1500 E. 6th St. S. $150.00 Mindy Becker 835276008 2331 1st Ave. E. $100.00 Glen & Beverly Dickerson 835276008 2506 S. 8th Ave. E. $112.50 November 13 & 20 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 14-12: 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 14-12.

Deed/Contract Holder Parcel Number Address Total Amount Assessed Paul Mattingly 834276012 #3 Bungalow Court $100.00 Travis Van Baale 834279014 11 S. Hampton Court $174.44 Kenneth Johnson 834141001 124 E. 4th St. N. $174.20 Scott Leff Roth 401k Trust 834230038 200 E. 8th St. N. $536.53 Tanner Foster 835102007 212 E. 12th St. N. $285.88 Duane Carlson 834281024 315 E. 12th St. S. $150.00 Kenneth Johnson 834132007 323 E. 4th St. N. $100.00 Vernon & Carolyn Schlangen 834133001 403 N. 4th Ave. E. $125.00 Brian Hearl 833438003 509 S. 8th Ave. W. $100.00 Vernon Schlangen 833280006 517 S. 2nd Ave. W. $150.00 Jeffrey & Connie Hautekeete 834304007 602 W. 2nd St. S. $150.00 Brian Hearl 834201011 613 N. 4th Ave. E. $224.14 Aleisha Edwards 833203022 921 N. 4th Ave. W. $125.00 Steven Todd Earl 827326044 926 1st St. N. $75.00 JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp.

826305009 1425 N. 9th Ave. Pl. E. $250.00 November 13 & 20

Parcel Number Address Total Amount Assessed Paul Mattingly 834276012 #3 Bungalow Court $100.00 Travis Van Baale 834279014 11 S. Hampton Court $174.44 Kenneth Johnson 834141001 124 E. 4th St. N. $174.20 Scott Leff Roth 401k Trust 834230038 200 E. 8th St. N. $536.53 Tanner Foster 835102007 212 E. 12th St. N. $285.88 Duane Carlson 834281024 315 E. 12th St. S. $150.00 Kenneth Johnson 834132007 323 E. 4th St. N. $100.00 Vernon & Carolyn Schlangen 834133001 403 N. 4th Ave. E. $125.00 Brian Hearl 833438003 509 S. 8th Ave. W. $100.00 Vernon Schlangen 833280006 517 S. 2nd Ave. W. $150.00 Jeffrey & Connie Hautekeete 834304007 602 W. 2nd St. S. $150.00 Brian Hearl 834201011 613 N. 4th Ave. E. $224.14 Aleisha Edwards 833203022 921 N. 4th Ave. W. $125.00 Steven Todd Earl 827326044 926 1st St. N. $75.00 JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp.

826305009 1425 N. 9th Ave. Pl. E. $250.00 November 13 & 20

project's current budget for expenses incurred in the first quarter of FY15.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to approve request for carryover funds from Aging Resources for Title C-1 in the amount of $1,913.41 and Title C2 in the amount of $12,741.06.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK Kelli Van Manen asked the Board approve an Aging Resources Contract Modification for FY 2015 which makes adjustments for the carryover funds in the amount of $14,654.00 to the appropriate budget line items.

Motion by Stevenson, seconded

by Carpenter to approve the Aging Resources Contract Modification for FY 2015.

YEA: CARPENTER, STEVENSON, BROCK Van Manen also asked the Board approve the Agreement for Provision of Food Services with Skiff Medical Center.

Skiff provides home delivered meals each Saturday and Sunday at a cost of $6.00 each, and on the holidays of Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day at the rate of $5.00 per meal.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to approve the Agreement for Provision of Food Services between Jasper County and Skiff Medical Center.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK Brooke Ramsey of HIRTA Public Transit asked the Board approve $32,785 for operating assistance for FY2015 and $19,986 for capital replacement local match funds to replace one bus, for a total of $52,771. There has been an annual increase in ridership 7,855 rides, they've by established shuttles into Jasper County helping to boost the local economy, increased the number of employees 58% and are looking to hire again and expanded service until 10pm on weekdays in Newton. Funding from Jasper County will allow HIRTA to continue providing transportation at the low rate of $4.00 in county.

Motion by Stevenson, seconded

by Carpenter to approve FY2015 Funding Allocation in the amount $32,785 for operating of assistance, tabling the $19,986 for capital replacement local match funds.

YEA: CARPENTER, STEVENSON, BROCK Colonial Life Representative, Rita Foubert, presented the Board with other products offered by Life: Accident, Colonial Disability, Cancer Assist, Medical Bridge, and Critical Illness.

These products would be offered to county employees at no expense to the County.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded by Stevenson to approve Accident, Disability, Cancer Assist, Medical Bridge, and Critical Illness products offered

by Colonial Life to be paid through payroll deduction at the employees expense.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to approve the Board of Supervisors minutes for October 28, 2014.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK There were no Board appointments.

Jamee Pierson, reporter for the Newton Daily News, was Jamie will be introduced. covering the Board of Supervisors meetings replacing Ty Rushing.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to adjourn the Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting.

Melissa Hartgers, Deputy Auditor.

Joe Brock, Chairman November 20

Public Notices

November 4, 2014 Tuesday, November 4, 2014 the Jasper County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Brock, Stevenson and Carpenter present and accounted for; Chairman Brock presiding.

County Attorney, Mike Jacobsen informed the Board that an Assistant County Attorney is on medical leave and won't be returning. Long term disability will start the end of December, but he feels there is need to fill the position before that time so he'll begin advertising soon.

Elderly Nutrition Director, Kelli Van Manen asked the Board approve a request for carryover funds from Aging Resources for Title C-1 in the amount of $1,913.41 and Title C-2 in the amount of $12,741.06. These funds will be a subsidy for her project's current budget for expenses incurred in the first quarter of FY15.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to approve request for carryover funds from Aging Resources for Title C-1 in the amount of $1,913.41 and Title C2 in the amount of $12,741.06.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK Kelli Van Manen asked the Board approve an Aging Resources Contract Modification for FY 2015 which makes adjustments for the carryover funds in the amount of $14,654.00 to the appropriate budget line items.

Motion by Stevenson, seconded

by Carpenter to approve the Aging Resources Contract Modification for FY 2015.

YEA: CARPENTER, STEVENSON, BROCK Van Manen also asked the Board approve the Agreement for Provision of Food Services with Skiff Medical Center.

Skiff provides home delivered meals each Saturday and Sunday at a cost of $6.00 each, and on the holidays of Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day at the rate of $5.00 per meal.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to approve the Agreement for Provision of Food Services between Jasper County and Skiff Medical Center.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK Brooke Ramsey of HIRTA Public Transit asked the Board approve $32,785 for operating assistance for FY2015 and $19,986 for capital replacement local match funds to replace one bus, for a total of $52,771. There has been an annual increase in ridership by 7,855 rides, they've established shuttles into Jasper County helping to boost the local economy, increased the number of employees 58% and are looking to hire again and expanded service until 10pm on weekdays in Newton. Funding from Jasper County will allow HIRTA to continue providing transportation at the low rate of $4.00 in county.

Motion by Stevenson, seconded

by Carpenter to approve FY2015 Funding Allocation in the amount of $32,785 for operating assistance, tabling the $19,986 for capital replacement local match funds.

YEA: CARPENTER, STEVENSON, BROCK Colonial Life Representative, Rita Foubert, presented the Board with other products offered by Colonial Life: Accident, Disability, Cancer Assist, Medical Bridge, and Critical Illness.

These products would be offered to county employees at no expense to the County.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded by Stevenson to approve Accident, Disability, Cancer Assist, Medical Bridge, and Critical Illness products offered

by Colonial Life to be paid through payroll deduction at the employees expense.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to approve the Board of Supervisors minutes for October 28, 2014.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK There were no Board appointments.

Jamee Pierson, reporter for the Newton Daily News, was introduced.

Jamie will be covering the Board of Supervisors meetings replacing Ty Rushing.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to adjourn the Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting.

Melissa Hartgers, Deputy Auditor.

Joe Brock, Chairman November 20

October 28, 2014.

YEA: STEVENSON, CARPENTER, BROCK There were no Board appointments.

Jamee Pierson, reporter for the Newton Daily News, was introduced.

Jamie will be covering the Board of Supervisors meetings replacing Ty Rushing.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Stevenson to adjourn the Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting.

Melissa Hartgers, Deputy Auditor.

Joe Brock, Chairman November 20

Shelter...............................156.00 Praxair Distribution Inc Supplies............................530.77 Premier Office Equipment Inc Maintenance........................50.46 Racom Corporation Services.........................8,758.64 RC Hydraulics Supplies............................264.32 Reinhart Foodservice Food...............................4,111.63 Riggs Printing & Forms Inc Supplies.........................2,028.00 Russell, Nick Shelter...............................850.00 Ryan, Lawrence W Reimbursement...................35.00 Sadler Power Train Truck Parts Supplies.........................1,027.09 Scarnati, Peter Mileage..............................196.00 Schumacher Elevator Services............................405.13 Seals, Jeff Services............................630.00 Sidwell Company, The Services............................965.00 Simmons, Danielle E Reimbursement...................15.04 Skiff Medical Center Food..................................324.00 Smith's Quality Rental Supplies............................119.80 Smith's Sewer Service Supplies............................670.00 Sparks, Michael Reimbursement...................14.00 Spring Valley Wireless Services.........................1,640.26 Treat America Food....................................37.90 Uniform Den Inc Uniforms.........................1,089.44 United Business Technologies Services............................890.63 UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Services............................936.50 US Cellular Utilities...............................702.16 Vanderhaag's Inc Supplies............................290.42 VanMaanen Electric Inc Services............................459.39 Wendel, Susan Reimbursement...................75.00 Windstream Utilities............................1,097.84 Windstream Iowa Communications Utilities...............................271.92 Winona Heating & Ventilating Services.........................1,705.00 Work Systems Rehab PC Supplies..............................30.00 Grand Total................333,910.63 November 20

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Jasper County Payments 11/4/2014 Ahlers & Cooney PC Services............................469.00 Alliant Energy-IP&L Utilities............................5,628.88 American Home Finding Shelter............................1,212.90 Arnold Motor Supply LLP Supplies.........................2,182.38 Arrow Pest Control Services............................220.00 Arrowood, Teresa Mileage................................67.25 Balmer, Michael John Mileage................................22.40 Bank of Montreal Services.......................18,884.28 Barney's Inc Hauling................................85.00 Black Hills Energy Utilities...............................129.42 Black Hills Energy Utilities...............................150.00 Boyer Petroleum Company Supplies............................641.86 Bruening Rock Products Inc Rock...............................3,539.37 Campbell Supply Co Supplies............................251.24 Candeo Services.........................1,414.35 Capital Sanitary Supply Co Inc Supplies..............................26.16 Capstone Behavioral Healthcare Medical.........................11,866.26 Car Country Auto Wrecking Supplies..............................20.00 CBM Food Service Food...............................3,867.30 CDW Government Inc Equipment......................1,997.13 Central Iowa Fasteners Supplies............................419.01 Central Iowa Housing Assn Shelter...............................200.00 CenturyLink Business Services Utilities...................................2.90 Certified Laboratories Supplies............................372.91 City Directory Inc Supplies............................285.00 City of Baxter Services..............................31.00 City of Mingo Services................................9.50 City of Monroe Utilities.................................15.00 City of Newton-Public Works Sewer................................223.19 Contech Engineered Solutions Supplies.........................3,422.40 Cott Systems Inc Services.........................1,490.00 Courtyard Apartments, The Shelter...............................200.00 Cross-Dillon Tire Inc Supplies.........................3,886.00 De Jong, Tracy Mileage..............................120.40 Deegan, John M Reimbursement.................167.32 Des Moines Diesel Inc Supplies.........................4,153.69 Des Moines Jim Hawk Supplies............................314.52 Des Moines Stamp Mfg Co Services..............................30.70 Farver True Value Supplies............................196.88 Fastenal Company Supplies..............................10.78 Forbes Office Solutions Supplies..............................30.24 Gatr Truck Center Supplies............................339.03 General Fire & Safety Equipment Services.........................1,093.50 Gralnek-Dunitz Company Inc Supplies............................243.24 Greenway of Newton Phase I Shelter...............................200.00 Hawkeye Legal Services Services..............................40.00 Henderson Products Inc Supplies.......................57,278.00 Hoodz of Central Iowa Equipment.........................243.00 Hoover, Mike Mileage................................57.12 Hosting Tree Company Supplies.........................3,150.00 Housby Mack Inc Parts..................................316.52 Hy-Vee Inc Food..................................481.29 IA Lodging WDM TRS, LLC Education..........................366.24 Integrity Cleaning Services............................210.00 IAED Education............................50.00 Iowa County Recorders Assn Equipment.........................100.00 Iowa Dept of Public Safety Services.........................3,194.52 Iowa Dept of Transportation Supplies.........................1,831.28 Jacobs Electric Motor Supplies............................211.12 Jasper Co Emergency Management Taxes...........................44,489.64 Jasper Co Extension Education..........................140.00 Jasper Co Homecare Aides Services.........................1,775.00 John Deere Financial Supplies.........................1,821.29 Kielly, David G Mileage..............................238.00 Lee County Sheriff Services..............................21.00 Lisa T McCarville, CSR, RPR Services..............................84.00 Magnum Automotive Maintenance......................119.29 Mail Services LLC Postage.............................573.81 Manatts Inc Mix..................................6,888.00 Marion County Sheriff Services..............................95.40 Martin Marietta Materials Rock.............................61,417.14 McCall Monument Works Services............................300.00 MG Laundry Corp Laundry.............................128.24 Mick, Bob Mileage................................38.08 MidAmerican Energy Co Utilities.................................35.21 Midwest Office Technology Inc Supplies............................241.52 Midwest Wheel Companies Supplies............................757.59 Mingo Products Inc Services.........................4,464.00 Monroe Mirror Inc Supplies............................458.50 NACCTFO Treasurer Dues....................................75.00 Napa Distribution Center Supplies............................931.84 New Century FS Inc Diesel...........................26,404.06 News Printing Company Subscription......................127.80 Newton Waterworks Utilities...............................176.37 Nicholson, Scott W Reimbursement.................119.99 Northwest Iowa Youth Emergency Services............................437.00 Olson, Pamela J Reimbursement...................31.42 Optimae Life Services Inc Services.........................9,725.40 O'Reilly Automotive Stores Inc Supplies..............................83.04 Pella Nursery Company Supplies.........................2,775.00 Perry Reid Properties Shelter...............................200.00 Polk County Auditor Services..............................15.00 Powerplan Supplies............................684.18 Prairie City Park Apartments Shelter...............................156.00 Praxair Distribution Inc Supplies............................530.77 Premier Office Equipment Inc Maintenance........................50.46 Racom Corporation Services.........................8,758.64 RC Hydraulics Supplies............................264.32 Reinhart Foodservice Food...............................4,111.63 Riggs Printing & Forms Inc Supplies.........................2,028.00 Russell, Nick Shelter...............................850.00 Ryan, Lawrence W

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Classifieds In Print and Online Everyday 641-792-3121 PERSONAL

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

MOVING SALE Friday, November 21: 10-6 Saturday, Nov. 22: 9-1 Queen size bed – head board & frame included, chairs, BBQ, some canning jars, 8000 watt generator, fencing supplies.

4451 N. 99th Ave. E. Newton BICYCLE

CLEANING

PERFECTION CLEANING Residential, Rental, Commercial “Services designed to fit your needs with Satisfaction guaranteed.”

Contact Nancy Hartman for a free consultation 319-231-2540

ULTIMATE CLEANING

BY DARLENE Residential & Commercial.

We also do after party clean-up and windows

641-275-3557 or 847-323-6905 CHILDCARE

IN HOME Child Care Openings.

Hrs: 6am-5:30pm Mon-Fri 3/mo to School agers.

641-792-2303 CONSTRUCTION

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WANTED

FREE

WANT TO Buy farm toys, pedal tractors and old toy trucks. 521-4715.

TORSO EXERCISE machine, burgundy carpet 13'x13.5', real good condition. 641-792-7940.

MEDICAL

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

PAINTING

HORNING'S PAINTING: Interior & exterior painting Drywall Repair & Texturing Free Estimates 641-791-9662 SATELLITE

WANTED: FOUNTAIN pens, Parker, Sheaffer, ect., also, mechanical pencils sets. Paying cash for your old pens. 641-5215192.

WILL HAUL away running or non-running riding mowers, push mowers, snow blowers and garden tillers, and garden tactors. Call 792-2416 MISCELLANEOUS

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Reach thousands of customers weekly!

LEAKY ROOF, Missing Shingles???

For More Information, call (641)792-3121 x 6542.

Flat roof repair & coating.

Chimney repair & removal.

Soffit & fascia repair & cover.

General Repairs

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

SERVICES SELL FAST

INSULATION

INVESTORS

Service Directory!!!

Attic & side walls.

Attic fans & ventilation Leaf Proof Gutter Covers,

Gutter cleaning.

Call 641-792-6375 JEWELRY

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.

PETS

3 CATS, has shots and front claws removed. Inside cats. 641-840-1944.

PEKE-A-TZU PUPPIES for sale, born November 8, very pretty, have partly colored ones & other colors. $200. 641-521-0275.

RENTALS

FALL SPECIAL

2 BR with New Carpet $500-$510/mo.

Sign a 13 month lease and get ½ MONTH FREE (on selected units)

WALNUT CREEK

3 BEDROOM Townhome For Rent $710.00 per month 833 S. 17th Ave W. Newton 515-291-1162

APARTMENTS

RENTALS

510 E. 17th St S. Newton, IA Next to Hy-Vee Call Now for Details

Fall Special

515-291-2846

or Call Will 641-990-7938

1st Month FREE Restrictions Apply

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

641-792-4000.

1 BEDROOM, ground floor apartment. Stove, refrigerator. Easy access with garage option. $350/month. References.

792-4388 HOUSE FOR Rent 3 bedrooms, 2 full bath, 4 car garage in Newton. 855 S. 17th Ave W. $1095.00 per month 641-781-9566

Clean, Modern, Quiet 1 Bedroom Apartment • Free Heat & Laundry 24 Hours • Access Free Wi Fi & Exercise Equipment in Community Room • Limited Access Entry • Off Street Parking Flexible Short Term Lease Available

Bristol Square Apartments

Peck Properties, LLC 315 1st St. S., Newton

792-0910

BROOKFIELD APARTMENTS

1610 W. 7th St. S. • Large, 2 BR, 1 BA or 2 BR, 2 BA • Stove, Refrigerator, Dishwasher & Microwave • Heat Paid • Laundry Each Floor • Limit Access Building • Garage Available • Private Patio/Deck Call 641-787-9100

FOR RENT: Two bedroom, upstairs apt., very nice, washer & dryer hook-ups, includes appliances. 203 1st Ave W. $495 + deposit.

No pets. Call: 641-521-4460 or 521-0957

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WANTED

AN ADULT family would like to borrow “ Pictionary” game, for one day around Christmas time. 641-7927969.

DMACC INTERNATIONAL student, needs to rent a room near the Newton Campus. Please call Shey @ 641-257-1397 if you can help. Call Dr. Becky DeHart as reference. 641275-2471.

NEED SOMEONE to help clean out basement. Some furniture to be removed.

Here in Newton. 641-5217247.

OLD FARM Toy Tractors, trucks, implements, and Advertising items. Also Lego Sets, pieces. 641526-3050 or 641-5211448.

RENTALS

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CUDDLY COUNTRY Kittens, free to good home.

515-661-3774.

FREE KITTENS, 8 weeks old, litter trained, gray tabby female, gray tabby male and long haired white & black female. 792-3622.

Approx $1560/mo W. 12th St S. S. 16th Ave W. S. 15th Ave W. S. 14th Ave W. W. 13th St S.

Route 764

Approx $25/mo W. 9th St S. W. 8th ST S. S. 17th Ave W. S. 15th Ave W.

Route 717

Approx $2180/mo N. 4th Ave W. N. 5th Ave W. N. 7th Ave W. W. 8th St N. Hartwig Way W. 9th St N. W. 10th St N.

Route 721

Approx $1640/mo E. 8th ST S. S. Hampton Ct.

Route 737

Approx $2120/mo N. 3rd Ave E. N. 4th Ave E.

Route 750

Approx $27/mo W. 18th St S. W. 16th St S. W. 17th St S. W. 15th St S. S. 10th Ave W. S. 12th Ave W. Cherry Hills Dr.

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CNA

WE are looking for a CNA to complete the great team we already have.

New Wage Scale.

Apply in person or call Deidra or Amber at Nelson Manor 1500 1st Ave E. - Newton, Iowa - 792-1443 LAWN CARE

We are presently hiring for the following positions: * Telephone Customer Service * Material Handlers • On the Job Training • Temp-to-hire opportunities

Interview with us to find out more!

Stop by to learn about immediate openings.

Apply online to 1stClassStaffing.com or call 641-236-6808 or 515-528-7544 EOE 929 Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa

Now Accepting Applications As we are expanding with new residents… we are currently hiring RN/LPN, CNA, full-time for the Care Center.

AL'S MOWING

is looking for fall clean-up & snow removal jobs for winter.

792-2416

Hanson Directory Service is based out of Newton, IA and has been publishing yellow page directories for over 41 years. We publish 114 directories in 28 states primarily as the sales agent and publishing partner for locally owned small town telephone companies.

TELEPHONE (INSIDE) SALES: Multi Media Account Consultant

Inside sales reps earn a base hourly rate plus commission. Reps will be responsible for calling on existing accounts and new business. Full-time with flex hours in a fun work environment. Travel is not required for this position.

Experience is helpful, but will train the right candidate.

PREMISE (OUTSIDE) SALES: Multi Media Account Consultant

The premise representative will call on new business and new leads in each assigned area establishing advertising campaigns in the yellow pages, online and mobile applications.

This position involves extensive travel, requires a credit card and valid driver’s license.

Consider joining a great team of caregivers as we continue our mission of commitment to compassion, excellence and innovation!

Please apply online, send a resume or stop in for an application. www.elimcare.org email: bcolvin@elimcare.org

We also offer full health benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and short /long term disability. Grow your income as you grow your customer base. You will be assigned an existing customer base yearly to renew their advertising campaigns as well as call on new business. Generous and competitive commission structure.

ASSISTANT TELEPHONE SALES MANAGER

110 N 5th Ave W, Newton

FALL CLEANUP

Mow, haul brush, junk to dump, black dirt,snow removal, trim trees, clean gutters. Rake yards.

Reasonable rates.

641-831-4426

FALL LEAF CLEANUP Featuring Curbside Vacuum Pickup (please call 24 hrs in advance)

JaFar Lawn Service Jim Farland (641) 521-2765

Lynnville-Sully Community School District Job Opening

Assistant High School Speech Coach

Due to a large number of speech participants, the Lynnville-Sully Community School District seeks an assistant hight school speech coach. The coach will assistant during the large group and individual speech season. The position begins December 10, 2014 and ends March 30, 2015.

Coaching stipend: $631. Application deadline: December 2, 2014. Send a letter of interest, resume and completed application to Shane Ehresman, Superintendent, Lynnville-Sully Community School District, PO Box 210, Sully, Iowa 50251. Application may be found on the school district web site: www.lshawks.com Electronic materials may be directed to: ehresman@lshawks.com

This position provides leadership, training, and team building in the Telephone Sales Department. Must be a self-starter with intermediate computer skills and great communication skills.

• Acts as a liaison between telephone companies and sales reps • Runs and monitors reports • Runs the department in the absence of the Telephone Sales Manager • Insures deadlines are being met by the sales team • Assists sales reps in servicing accounts and closes telephone company accounts.

Sales & Management experience preferred.

For These Positions We Offer:

Paid Vacation and Holidays, 401-K Plan w/ Company Match, Medical, Dental/Vision, Life Insurance Email resume to: salesjobs@hansondirectory.com Please indicate which position(s) you are applying for.

Hanson Directory Service, Inc. 1501 N. 15th Ave. E. • Newton, IA 50208

For more information about our company, please visit our website:

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FOR SALE

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE

MASTER STEP Stepper, exercise machine, never used, owners manual included, digital counter and adjustable tension. $60.

641-787-0004.

'99 FORD Super Duty Diesel pick-up, 138,000 actual miles, A1 condition, selling due to health. $10,500.

BLACK 1982 Ford F150 Pickup, 67,000 miles on the motor, newer transmission, newer paint job, looks and runs great. Standard cab with a full size bed. If you are looking for a great old truck, this is it; first $2,000 will drive it home.

Phone 641-792-3612.

Please leave a message.

1 & 2 bdrm units in Newton & Monroe!

Priced $450-$600 $200 Security Deposits Pet Friendly (some restrictions) W/D Hookups Central Air Dishwasher Private covered Patio or Balcony with storage Laundry Facility onsite (641)792-6939 EHO

forestview@perryreid.com

CLEAN 1 bedroom apartment with appliances, heat & water furnished, walking distance to square, laundry facilities, newly remodeled.

Cats with approval and pet deposit. Very quiet building, ready to move into. (641) 792-8182 FOR SALE

1996 COCA-COLA pitcher, 4 cups, 3 plates & 4 glasses $20., collector plates 1986 “Moses & The Ten commandments”, 1988 “The Lord's My Shepherd”, 1991 “The Doves”, 1990 “Natures Harmony”, 1990 “Cardinals in Winter”, 1991 'The Swans”, Norman Rockwell, 1979 “Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter”, “The Cobbles”, “Tender Loving Care”, all in boxes with certificate of authenticity $10. each. 792-8017.

2 GARAGE Doors, 9' x 9' white, cathedral windows, excellent condition. 641831-9273.

4 MAN Portable Ice Shack, with skies & bucket holder, new canvas cover with windows, 6” Auger $350.

Ask for Doug 641-7920787.

4' X 8' Pool Table with balls, racks, cues & cue racks. Also, has ping pong table, tennis top with net & paddles. 641-521-4505.

5 HP Briggs- Stratton snow blower engine, restored like new, 3/4” keyed side shaft $100. Also red jacket antique well pump restored, painted original red $50. 641-792-3097.

5' X 8' Trailer with drive on tail-gate, 3500 # axle 14” wheels & spare tire, sides 1 foot high with 1 1/2” angle iron $600. 792-7058.

ARIENDS 2 stage snow blower, 24” $200. or OBO. Bosch front load washer & electric dryer $175. for both. 641-295-5121.

BUTCHER RABBITS, ready now. 641-521-9126.

CROSS COUNTRY Ski's, poles, boots, women size 8 $75., manual meat slicer $35., humidifier used 1 year $15., steam vaporizer, used 1 year $25., dehydrator $25. 792-8711.

DOG SWEATERS $3. each, small, they fit dogs that are 12” - 13”, like Dachshund, terrier, poodle.

792-7186.

FARM FRESH Eggs $2. doz.,Brown & white duck eggs $2. for 6. Great for Baking. Saturday delivery in Newton. 515-661-3774.

FOR SALE: 2 tickets for Iowa/WI Hawkeye football game next Saturday. Includes reserved parking next to stadium and seat backs. Seats on pressbox side. $75.00 each. 641831-4668 GAS STOVE, LP or natural gas $100. Gas dryer $100.

Apt. size electric stove $100. Awning $200. 641521-5121.

GOOD YEAR Tires, 19560R15, real good tread, make an offer. 641-8311106.

HEAD BRAND downhill skis with tyrolia bindings, Blizzard brand downhill skis with tyrolia bindings, all made in Austria, only used 3 times. 1 pair men's Salomon ski boots, size 9, 1 pair women's Salomon ski boots, size 7, only used 3 times, 1 Barrecrafters SR-55 luggage rack mounted, locking ski rack.

Entire package $575. 641787-0004.

JOHN DEERE Snow blower, model 826, self propelled, electric start, not many hrs., tuned up 8-814, excellent condition. $500.

641-792-6377.

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KIDS SIZE 4 winter boots $5., Sony Multiscan 17” computer monitor $10., brand new Iowa Hawkeye wristlet purse $10., new Iowa Hawkeye bracelet $5., 641-787-0903.

LADDERS: 1- 6 foot wood step ladder $15., 1- 12 foot strait $15. 2 steel ladder jacks $5., garbage can 30 gal. $5., leaf bag holder $5., train table $5., was used for garage sales, treadmill $100. 641-7927767.

PLAY STATION 2 with games $100., Dale Earnhardt Jr 1:64 collectible cars $12. each. Hot Wheels car & play set $75. for all. 515-313-7803.

PUZZLES .50¢ each. DVD movies $1. each. 7926359.

QPV SHOP Vac., wet/dry with built in pump, 18 gal. & 6.0 hp, new $169, never used $125. 641-792-1523 or 641-521-1003.

QUALITY SOFA, flex steal, gold color fabric, like new, rarely used $250.

Blue settee $25. Blue wing back chair $25. Burgundy swivel chair $25. No pets/ no smoke. 641-792-7940.

QUEEN COMFORTER set, 2 shams, bed skirt, reversible, floral & stripes cream, sage & dusty rose roses, newer, excellent condition. Full comforter set, comforter & shams, navy, hunter green, burgundy & taupe, paisley design, excellent condition.

Firestone tire FR710 215/65R16-98T, good tread. Men's Khaki trench coat, size 40 reg. 641-5213699.

ROUND WOOD table with two leaves $50. 641-7925567.

RUBY RED water pitcher, cream & sugar & 2 cruets $20., 10” Longaburger pie plate $10., 1977 Looney Tunes ornament $4., have 9, round pink milk bottles, 1942 plains dairy, 1925 Borden's Chicago, ILL, Peplau's Dairy, New Britain, Conn $15. each or 4 @ $50., Marcrest Brown divided dish $8., 2 new CD's “Sounds of Grinnell, Home For Christmas $3. each.

641-275-7600.

SNOW WAY V Plow- one ton truck mounting, new cutting blade. $3,000. 641792-4332 TWO FUZION Touring tires, p205/65R15, new tires, good condition. $100. both. 641-417-8761.

VERY NICE double drop leaf table, maple, 30 x 30 to 30 x 50, with 2 solid oak chairs. $85. (in Newton) 608-289-5770.

WESLO PURSUIT G-28 stationary bike, like new $75. or OBO. 26” Vigo TV, 2 year old with remote.

Dorm refrigerator, 4 cu., brown, works good. $75 or OBO. 792-7058.

WOOD FOR Sale- firewood split oak, hickory and other hard woods, ready for your fire. $75. delivered pick-up load, in Jasper Co. 641-417-0195.

MAYTAG BUILT in dishwasher, works great! $80.

641-787-9304 or 641-2751343.

07 BUICK LeSabre custom, new battery, tires, 107 thousand miles, no rust $5650 Firm. 641-275-1148.

1950 FERGUSON Tractor with back blade, chain & PTO, 12 volt system, good condition. $2000. or OBO. 641-792-8668.

1994 K1500 CHEVY 4X4 Newer tires, less than 2,000 miles on them, new hubs, ball joints, A/C compressor battery, distributor intake, coil. 119,000 miles.

Purple w/waldoc stripe kit.

350 Engine Automatic. $4580.00 OBO 641-242-0361 1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

BOAT 14' Alumacraft (5 capacity) with duck blind, locater, trolling motor, 8 hp GoDevil longtail motor with stand, 9.9 hp Mercury Outboard motor and fuel tank, all on a Shorelander trailer. $4000. or OBO.

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 EMPLOYMENT

Attention CNAs! Do you want a career in a warm & friendly setting?

Check out

Mitchell Village Care Center All 3 shifts available.

114 Carter Street SW Michellville, IA 50169

Nelson Manor has an opening for an RN or LPN part-time evening shift.

We offer: • Competitive wages • Reasonable work load • Friendly work environment Apply in person at 1500 1st Ave E. or send resume to Deidra or Amber at: nelsonmanordon@outlook.com

Residential Instructors Progress Industries is looking for responsible, outgoing, and open-minded people to provide direct support and teach life skills to adults with disabilities.

Full-time, Part-time and on-call shifts available.

Must be available overnights or evenings and weekends, have strong computer skills, valid IA driver’s license and insured vehicle, be at least 18 years old, have a HS Diploma or equivalent.

Apply in person, 1017 E 7th Street North or on-line www.progressindustries.org.

EOE Contact Jane Johnson 641-791-2888 with questions

515-967-3726

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

NEWTON HEALTH CARE CENTER Is looking for caring, energetic, and compassionate individuals to become a member of our team.

C N A, LPN, & RN Full-time/Part-time New Increased Wage Scale We are committed to provide quality care to all Residents.

We work together as Team Members.

We show compassion to all our Residents.

Please apply in person or online.

Newton Health Care Center 200 S 8th Ave E, Newton, Iowa 50208 Imgcares.com E.O.E.

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E. 23rd St N. E. 24th St N. E. 25th St N. N. 2nd Ave E. N. 4th Ave E. N. 5th Ave E. N. 6th Ave E. N. 7th Ave E. N. 7th Ave PL E.

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2012 HARLEY Davidson Switchback for sale. Detachable windshield and saddle bags make this motorcycle two bikes in one, a street cruiser and a touring bike. Very low miles, lots of chrome, and extras make the price $16,500, a great buy. 641-521-7627 CLASSIC CAR 1977 Chrysler New Yorker, white with light brown interior. Make an offer. 7922017.

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

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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The American Cancer Society declares today the Great American Smokeout.

Venus and Neptune square off to uncover the emotional roots of our actions, which could bring about insights regarding our various habits and coping mechanisms. Tonight the moon shifts into Scorpio, touching our dreams with psychic sight.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 20). You show appreciation every chance you get, and this year brings much to be grateful for. You’ll create magnificent luck by applying intellect and determination to January’s challenges.

A mentor will fast track you in February. In April, your social life bursts with unusual invitations and quirky personalities. Aries and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 14, 9, 30, 28 and 11.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You deserve to receive the level of attention and engagement you give.

When you’re not getting it, walk away instead of wasting your breath. Send a message to the inattentive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Looking back can be useful to a point, but you’re already past that point. Besides, just because you could have done more doesn’t mean you should have done more. Trust that it worked out fine and move on.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). One way to solve the dilemma you are facing is not to face it. What would happen if you turned around and walked in the opposite direction? What would happen if you threw up your hands and said, “I give up”?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

It’s said that if a dog jumps into your lap, it’s because he likes you. If a cat jumps into your lap, it’s because your lap is warmer. Beware feline opportunism.

Go out of your way to let people know you really care.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When they ask you your preferences, it’s not a trick question. You can actually have exactly what you want if you’re bold enough to specify. So suit yourself. It’s the best you can do for everyone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may not approve of another person’s lifestyle, habits and aesthetics, but it’s too much trouble to actively dislike such things. Besides, what a dull world it would be without tasteless people!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll build what’s useful, such as a relationship that helps both people feel happy and strong, or a product people really need — anything to make life better for people you care about.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The truth that hurts isn’t the whole truth.

The whole truth has no sting because it equally represents each person, judging no one and offering everyone a chance at redemption.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22). Your eyes will be open to the beauty that others take for granted. Record this — you’ll want to remember it. The commitment you honor tonight lets others know you’re a person of high moral character.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Machines don’t think; they deduce based on data.

You have the ability to use more than the data available. You can (and hopefully will) bring intuition and emotional insight to the equation, too.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your project may have taken a wrong turn a few blocks back — reevaluate now while it’s still easy to turn around and get back on track. Communication heals. Friends in high places lead you to make business decisions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

When in doubt, don’t share your inside dialogue with anyone. It’s better to work out what’s going on inside you in a diary, get some distance and then come back at the issue with a compassionate heart.

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