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Winter care for pets can be lifesaving

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Santa Claus waves to spectators as the last entry in Friday’s 11th annual Lighted Christmas Parade in Newton.

Hundreds of people endured chilly but clear conditions for the Festival of Trees, chilli cookoff, the annual Jasper County Courthouse holiday lighting ceremony and the parade.

Holiday tradition attracts hundreds

Even with a built in fur coat, winter weather still affects animals just as much as their owners. The Jasper County Rescue League has a few helpful tips for keeping pets safe and happy during the cold winter months.

“We always recommend that any animals be brought inside in the winter time because it is cold and they can get frost bite,” Tinneille Collins, Animal Control Officer said.

She said, any time it is freezing out animals should be inside. If that is not possible, the animal needs to have a shelter with blankets and straw to keep warm and out of the elements.

It is important to check on the animal every few

hours to assure they are doing alright.

If they are outside, the animal should get plenty of food and water. A heated water bowl is recommended because water can freeze in a short amount of time leaving the animal without water. It is also important to keep the bowls clean. Space heaters or heat lamps are not recommended because of a risk of burns or a fire.

Any size pet is vulnerable to the cold weather, whether a new kitten or a 100-pound dog. If the pet has a short coat or seems bothered by the cold, a sweater or coat is recommended as long as it stays dry. A wet coat can make the animal colder than just going without.

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Weather, volunteer cooperation helps courthouse lighting go smoothly

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News A couple of days before the 80th annual Jasper County Courthouse holiday lighting ceremony and the 11th annual lighted Christmas parade, it looked like the weather might make events and procedures difficult.

However, clear conditions and temperatures in the upper 30s prevailed on Friday, making for a breezy, chilly ceremony, but one with no new precipitation. Horsedrawn carriage rides, treats and appearances by Santa Claus greet-

ed hundreds of children and others who attended the festivities.

Phyllis McDonald is the coowner of Plume Hill Carriage Service, which brought in the carriages and horses for the rides, said her husband Keith and her have had to adapt for the weather many times during past years’ ceremonies.

“To get all this deep cold for so long in November is a little odd,” she said. “But we adjust as we go.

For example, we did three teams this year, where we usually only do two.”

The third Plume Hill carriage

Schultz looks ahead to serving as county attorney

By David Pitt The Associated Press DES MOINES — After four tumultuous years adamantly pursuing voter fraud and lobbying for voter identification, Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz is preparing to leave office with no regrets and a determination to prosecute criminals of another kind.

Schultz said he’s excited to return to the practice of law after winning easy victory in the Nov. 4 election for

Madis o n County attorney.

He’ ll take a cut in pay and have a Schultz muc h smaller staff as he prosecutes crimes in the county southwest of Des Moines with less than 16,000 residents, but he said the job will keep

was actually a sleigh with wheels on the bottom, and carried Santa as part of its precious cargo.

The Young Professionals of Jasper County put on a small chili cookoff in front of the courthouse before the lighting commenced.

Chef Dale Miller, of Hy-Vee, won the cookoff, beating out entries from local resident Mark Allen, of Edward Jones, Jeff Price of Great Western Bank, Jeremy Biondi of Moo’s BBQ and the colorfully dressed Trent Staley of Iowa Speedway.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Winter weather can be harmful and dangerous to animals if proper care is not taken during the below freezing temperature months.

Small Business Support Abigail Pelzer/Newton Daily News Anne Christianson, of Newton, visits with artists Jonathan Curiel and Mary Tiso during a local art show Saturday held in conjunction with Small Business Saturday.

Curiel and Tiso displayed blown glass ornaments, jewelry and functional wares at the show housed at the former Pappy’s Antique Mall in downtown Newton.

Left: Georgia Rucker, 4, and Anna Rucker, 6, created some art of their own while supporting the local art show Saturday in downtown Newton. The sisters, from Chicago, were in town visiting family over the holiday.

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Submitted Photo Newton Health Care Center received the top award for Facility of the Year at the Ide Management Group’s annual meeting. Along with the group award, four employees received recognition for their work as well.

Newton Health Care Center named Facility of the Year

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Newton Health Care Center won Facility of the Year at the annual meeting for the Ide Management Group Nov. 7 in Indianapolis. It is the first time the Newton facility won the top award. Along with the facility award, four employees received excellence awards for various contribution.

“All the employees are the reason we won tonight, but these four really standout,” Administrator Ryan Shear said. “They put their heart and soul into caring for our residents.”

Dee Jones, a cook at Newton Health, was named Customer Service Superstar of the Year.

“She was so surprised when they announced her name,” Community Liaison Director

Heidi Pearson said. “From remembering extra cranberry juice for a resident to grilling in the rain to give the residents the cookout they were promised, Dee is always committed to their care.”

Kim Judge, who has worked at Newton Health Care since 2009, was named Life Enrichment Superstar of the Year for her Life Enrichment Director position. Cheryl Quinn, who started in 2013, was named Dietary Manager of the Year. Judy Neal was named Business Office Manager of the Year after four years at Newton Health Care and 23 years of experience working in long-term care. All winners had to be nominated for the award they received. It is the first time any member of the Newton Health Care Center staff has won an award with past nomi-

nations coming up empty.

“None of them knew and we managed to keep it a secret,” Pearson said. “Our employees that won really deserve it. They all do super great work and the residents love them and they are the people that are always there consistently pitching in all of the time.”

Newton Health Care Center and TruRehab, an IMG Health Care Center of Excellence, is a long term care and skilled nursing rehabilitation facility who offer a full spectrum of care including skilled nursing care, short term rehabilitation, respite care and traditional longterm care. It has been a member of the Ide Management Group since 2008.

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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwestern and Plains states has dipped again.

A survey report issued Monday says the overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index fell in November to 51.3 from 51.8 in October. September’s figure was 54.3.

After rising in June to its highest level in more than three years, the overall reading has hovered in a range pointing to much slower growth for the overall regional economy over the next three to six months.

The survey results from supply managers are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Any score above 50 suggests economic growth, while a score below that suggests decline.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

Cyber Monday gears up to get online shoppers hyped NEW YORK (AP) — After a busy holiday weekend in shopping malls, millions of Americans are expected to log on and keep shopping on the day dubbed Cyber Monday.

Retailers have been pushing “cyber” deals all month and will continue to do so this week, dubbed “Cyber Week,” hoping to spur customers to spend. Research firm comScore said late Sunday that e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November and December shopping season totaled $22.7 billion, up 15 percent from last year. Sales jumped 32 percent to $1 billion on Thanksgiving Day and 26 percent on Black Friday to $1.51 billion. The firm expects people to spend about $2.5 billion on Cyber Monday alone.

On Monday, Gap and Banana Republic offered a blanket 40 percent off all purchases.

Amazon, which offers new deals every 10 minutes, offered up to 45 percent off some Samsung TVs and 60 percent off a Canon wireless printer selling for $39.99. Amazon is rolling out deals throughout the day including its Amazon Fire TV video streaming box marked down to $69 from $99, beginning in the afternoon.

Wal-Mart said it has doubled its Cyber Week deals to 500 compared with last year, including up to half off some TVs, tablets and toys with free-shipping offers. Wal-Mart is also rolling out new deals later in the day in its so-called “Evening Edition” round of deals, including a Straight Talk Moto E Android Phone for $9.99, 90 percent off its regular price.

World stocks, oil down on Chinese, US data BEIJING (AP) — World stocks fell on Monday after a gauge of Chinese manufacturing declined and U.S. retail sales fell Thanksgiving weekend.

Oil prices continued to fall, dragging Russia’s ruble to a record low, while Hong Kong shares dived following clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters.

Keeping Score Germany’s DAX shed 0.1 percent to 9,971.40 and France’s CAC 40 dropped 0.2 percent to 4,382.95.

Britain’s F TSE 100 shed 0.8 percent to 6,669.47. Futures pointed to losses on Wall Street. Dow futures fell 0.2 percent and S&P 500 futures dropped 0.3 percent.

China Factories A survey by HSBC Corp. showed Chinese manufacturing activity weakened in November, adding to signs

an economic slowdown is deepening. HSBC said its purchasing managers’ index declined to 50.0 from the previous month’s 50.4 on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show activity contracting. The bank said domestic demand was sluggish and new orders were weak. China’s economic growth slowed to a fiveyear low of 7.3 percent in the latest quarter.

The Quote “The November PMIs confirm that growth in China’s industry remains under downward pressure,” said Louis Kuijs of Royal Bank of Scotland in a report. “The surprisingly meager development of the new export order component in today’s PMI indices suggests that global demand growth also remains subdued.”

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Early discounting, more online shopping and a mixed economy meant fewer people shopped over Thanksgiving weekend, the National Retail Federation said Sunday. Overall, 133.7 million people shopped in stores and online over the four-day weekend, down 5.2 percent from last year, according to a survey of 4,631 people. Total spending for the weekend is expected to fall 11 percent to $50.9 billion from an estimated $57.4 billion last year.

Hong Kong Police charged protesters who tried to march to Hong Kong leader Leung Chunying’s office after organizers said they would step up their campaign for democratic reforms. Pro-democracy activists oppose plans that call for a panel of Beijing-friendly elites to screen candidates for Hong Kong’s first di-

rect election of its leader in 2017. The territory’s finance secretary, John Tsang, expressed concern Monday that the conflict that began in September will “undermine consumer and investor confidence,” holding back an economic recovery.

Asia’s Day Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index plunged 2.6 percent to 23,367.45. China’s Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.1 percent to 2,680.16 while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added 0.8 to 17,590.10. Seoul’s Kospi declined 0.8 percent to 1,965.22. India’s Sensex was down 0.4 percent at 28,579.39. Singapore and Sydney also declined.

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Russia Day The drop in oil prices is hitting markets in Russia particularly hard. The country is a big producer of oil, though not a part of OPEC, and its economy is also hurt

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While exercising your animals, avoid icy areas to avoid falls that could lead to injuries. When the walk is finished, wash down the animals paws, legs and belly to clean off any deicers, antifreeze or other chemicals that are put out during the winter.

“Just like not leaving your dogs in the car (in the summer), same in the winter time. It is still going to get cold. It still applies in the winter time, it is still cold even if they are in the car,” Collins said.

Keep a closer eye on animals that are young, old, ill or thin because they are especially susceptible to the cold environments. If the animal is whining, shivering, seems anxious, slows down or stops moving, seems weak or starts looking for warm places to burrow they are showing signs of hypothermia and need to get to a warm place along with contacting a veterinarian immediately.

Even if you do not have pets, warm cars are a favorite place for stray cats to borrow. When getting in your car, make a loud noise or open and close the door to scare out any unwanted guests.

Staley was the only chili contest participant in full costume.

With the Wonder Bread NASCAR racing suit reminiscent of the movie “Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby” covered by a green elf jacket and hat, Staley was a Will Ferrell-inspired character he called “Ricky Buddy, the NASCAR Elf.” “If you’re not first, you’re a cotton-pickin’ ninny muggins,” Staley said.

The lighting of the courthouse went up with the expected cheers, although many in attendance were inside the warm courthouse at the time — some admiring the Festival of Trees presentation.

The parade followed, with Santa Claus waving to everyone as his entry wrapped up the approximate 10 entries in the short parade.

Iowa State Rep. Dan Kelley, as well as local first responders and businesses all had floats.

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Schultz Continued from Page 1A him close to home and allow him to continue public service.

“I learned a lot as secretary of state and I’m proud of my service here,” he said, sitting at his desk in the ornate office at the Iowa Capitol. “I think just the experience I’ve had will just help me be a better public servant, especially on the local level.”

He leaves the office unable to get voter ID through the Legislature and with a controversial legacy, including lawsuits and harsh criticism that he tried to suppress votes.

Schultz paid $250,000 over two years to investigate voter fraud cases that resulted in election-related charges against 27 people. Critics including the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, which says Schultz spent too much time and money pursuing cases of a small number of voters who didn’t intend to break the law.

The ACLU sued Schultz in 2012 over a rule he passed that would have removed voters from registration rolls if they could not confirm their citizenship. A judge found state law does not authorize the secretary of state to cancel a voter’s registration based on citizenship questions. Schultz has appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court, which hasn’t yet ruled.

“I truly believe that our system is built on having this trust in our elections and that voter ID and making sure that if you’re voting that you’re eligible to vote is an inherent part of that,” he said.

As he campaigned for county attorney, he faced doubters who accused him of not living in the county but staying in a house owned by his mother-in-law.

The truth, he said, is that his wife’s mother wanted to move from Washington to Iowa to be nearer to her daughter and grandchildren. Schultz said he and his wife decided to pool resources with her mother and buy a home big enough for their growing family, which now includes five children ranging in age from 12 to 1. His wife and her mother are listed on the deed.

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News The annual Jasper County Courthouse holiday lighting ceremony allowed the building to draw even more attention to itself than usual.

ing committee member Steve Knight led a singalong of Christmas car-

ols along the north side of the courthouse as the parade wound down.

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

Farm Bill producer meeting dates set Newton Daily News The Jasper County FSA office will be cohosting the following meetings with information on the new 2014 Farm Bill, more specifically the new programs-Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

The first meeting will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Drake Community Library, 930 Park St. in Grinnell, which is co-hosted with Poweshiek County FSA.

The second meeting will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 at City Hall in Monroe, 206 W. Sherman, which is co-hosted with Marion County FSA. During the meeting, producers will be informed of the new farm programs available for 201418, ARC and PLC. These programs have replaced the previous ACRE and DCP programs from the 2008 Farm Bill. ARC/PLC provides revenue and price loss payments to eligible producers for the 2014-18 crop

years.

Owners of farms also have the option to update their farm’s current CC Yields and/or reallocate base acres. There will not be an option to increase the base acres on the farm. The update process will be completed by an owner of the farm; however operators can submit certified yield data to the FSA office. The deadline to update the farm is Feb. 27.

The second step is to elect a farm program for each farm/ covered commodity.

All current producers will make the Election and can take place anytime between now and March 31.

If you fail to make a timely election on the farm, the farm will default into the PLC program starting in year 2015, forfeiting any potential 2014 payments, if triggered.

Enrollment for 2014 and 2015 will run simultaneously starting in mid-April 2015.

Please contact the Jasper County Service Center at 641-7925019 with any additional questions.

Larry & Diana Ambroson Nuts & Pregnancy Mothers-to-be who are not allergic to nuts or peanuts may reduce their baby’s risk of developing those allergies by consuming nuts and peanuts during their pregnancy. A recent study found that the more nuts a woman ate during her pregnancy, or within a year before or after pregnancy, the less likely her child was to develop nut allergies.

The study doesn’t prove a cause-and-effect relationship, just an association. Researchers say the findings seem to support the idea that early allergen exposure increases the likelihood of tolerance and thereby lowers the risk of food allergy.

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I caught a glimpse of his smug little smile before I’d even managed to make my way to the coffeepot Sunday morning.

There he was — 24 nights of pure panic dressed up in a red suit and sitting on the kitchen island with his very own book, “The Elf on the Shelf.”

To be clear, I get it. It’s a tradition. It’s been fun. But the ages of our children span from 9 to 12. At this point we know for sure that two of them have graduated into nonbelievers. Our youngest, who hasn’t muttered a word about disbelief, was responsible for locating the Elf and setting him out to frighten me out of my morning fog.

There he was, proof that our kid still believes in magic.

Quick background on our creepy, little friend — two women from Georgia wrote this book about the Elf on the Shelf, how he essentially

serves as Santa’s spy on the kids during the holidays and then reports back to big guy.

In the process the elf moves to a new location each night, I repeat each night, and sometimes finds “mischief ” along the way. I wildly praise the authors for the one rule, which requires that the kids can’t touch him. The book was paired with a small elf doll, and the rest is trendy Christmas history.

So when I saw him sitting there, I couldn’t help but quickly pronounce his death at my son’s hands. How unfortunate. Maybe he could be revived at a younger child’s home, I suggested.

“I only touched the book,” he said, with serious eyes locked on me. “I didn’t touch him.”

Fine.

It’s not so much about ensuring you have this permanent houseguest during the

sometimes stressful holiday season. It’s the pressure to perform. Somehow the Elf is not about the shelf — at all. He’s about the most clever, hilarious ideas you can think of and subsequently post to your Pintrest, Instagram and Facebook accounts.

And for that I thank you.

It’s been about three years since we came up with an original idea for our elf. Honestly, I am perfectly fine with the Internet doing the thinking for me when it’s 11:45 p.m. and I jolt out of bed to remember, once again, our little friend is in the same spot as the previous night.

If you do burn the midnight oil to ensure your elf is lying on a perfectly solid marshmallow raft and floating in a sink with an umbrella drink, be sure he’s in the main bath.

The last thing you want is the daily scavenger hunt to turn into a tardy at school. Because

if there is one more thing you want to cram into your morning routine I think we would all agree it’s wandering around the house looking for a doll.

I don’t mean to sound completely cynical. I’m only suggesting that before you add this little time suck to be a part of your holiday tradition, you consider the expiration date.

For now, we’ll face the holiday music, bookmark the best ideas and try to remember the good stuff — the kids gathered around as we read the book as a family, the hilarity that often ensues when you’re scrambling around the house with your husband and an elf doll, the delight in their eyes when they discover him each morning and the pure magic of childhood at Christmas.

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Great community made Thanksgiving dinner a success Curtis Herbig Newton I am writing as the owner of Culver’s to thank the Salvation

Public education resists high standards

Sue Atkinson Baxter Intervention is used when a behavior is considered destructive, and it is generally resisted by the object of the intervention. The public education system in this country has, generally, resisted raising standards and getting back on track with curriculum and teacher training, with Iowa being one of the more challenging states.

The National Council on Teacher Quality has been very specific on the changes necessary by state, and international assessments coming from the OECD (writer and administrator of the international PISA exams) corroborate the findings of the NCTQ. The Iowa Department of Education pays attention to these, and has revamped its web site this fall with these in mind.

More than 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote about the science of

Army, United Way and all the great volunteers we had at Culver’s for our free Thanksgiving dinner. I cannot thank you all enough for your welcome assistance during our hectic holiday season. Your willingness to show up on short notice to cook, serve meals, help with the cleanup and

make people smile made a great difference. If you hadn’t been willing to help I am not sure if we could have put this event together for this great community.

We all thank you for your example and trust we didn’t work you too hard. We hope you will be able to help again next year.

education, using reading, math, and science concepts (effectively taught) as the core disciplines to apply to all other disciplines used in education. Major civilizations from that time forward have used this approach.

Just more than 100 years ago, the U.S. chose to take its public education off the connection between reading, math and science concepts applied to other disciplines; then 60 years ago public education began removing concepts, replacing them with memorization. A 1982 report, “A Nation at Risk” warned of the consequences, but this mild intervention failed to change the memorization approach and continued lowering of standards.

Finally, the government staged a major intervention in 2001 with No Child Left Behind, and the object of the intervention exploded with indignation.

Here is the difference.

Mentally engaging in learning and applying concepts is analogous to physically doing daily exercises to build up the

body for other applications.

Effectively teaching concepts is the exercise needed for grade level. Memor iz ation is like watching someone else do the exercises and then relating what exercises they did; the physical development is not present.

I contacted the Iowa Department of Education regarding the use of sight words in school reading programs (which is memorization and not a concept-learning activity); I was informed sight words are not in the Iowa Core beyond kindergarten (the national Common Core does not have them).

Schools that have purchased new reading programs covering​ all five of the “science of reading” concepts have no need for memorized sight words.

Use of sight words dumbs down the potential effects of the new programs by adding memorization activities in place of training for teachers to help them effectively teach all five of the reading concepts.

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This Thanksgiving, I gave thanks for something our forebears gave us: property rights.

Pe o ple associate property rights w i t h greed and selfishness, but they are keys By John Stossel to our prosperity. Things go wrong when resources are held in common.

Before the Pilgrims were able to hold the first Thanksgiving, they nearly starved. Although they had inherited ideas about individualism and property from the English and Dutch trading empires, they tried communism when they arrived in the New World.

They decreed that each family would get an equal share of food, no matter how much work they did.

The results were disastrous. Gov. William Bradford wrote, “Much was stolen both by night and day.” The same plan in Jamestown contributed to starvation, cannibalism and death of half the population.

So Bradford decreed that families should instead farm private plots.

That quickly ended the suffering. Bradford wrote that people now “went willingly into the field.”

Soon, there was so much food that the Pilgrims and Indians could celebrate Thanksgiving.

There’s nothing like competition and selfinterest to bring out the best in people.

While property among the settlers began as an informal system, with “tomahawk rights” to land indicated by shaving off bits of surrounding trees, or “corn rights” indicated by growing corn, soon settlers were keeping track of contracts, filing deeds and, alas, hiring lawyers to sue each other. Property rights don’t end all conflict, but they create a better system for settling disputes than physical combat.

Knowing that your property is really yours makes it easier to plant, grow, invest and prosper.

In Brazil today, rainforests are destroyed because no one really owns them. Loggers take as many trees as they can because they know if they don’t, someone else will. No one had much reason to preserve trees or plant new ones for future harvests; although recently, some private conservation groups bought parcels of the Amazon in order to protect trees.

The oceans are treated as a commons, and they are difficult to privatize.

For years, lack of ownership led to overfishing.

Species will go extinct if they aren’t treated as property. Now a few places award fishing rights to private groups of fishermen. Canada privatized its Pacific fisheries, saving the halibut from near collapse.

When fishermen control fishing rights, they care about preserving fish.

Think about your Thanksgiving turkey.

We eat tons of them, but no one worries that turkeys will go extinct. We know there will be more next year, since people profit from owning and raising them.

As the 19th-century economist Henry George said, “Both humans and hawks eat chickens — but the more hawks, the fewer chickens; while the more humans, the more chickens.”

(Sadly, even Henry George didn’t completely believe in private property. He thought land should be unowned, since latecomers can’t produce more of it. Had he seen how badly the commonly owned rainforest is treated, he might’ve changed his mind.)

Hernando de Soto (the contemporary Peruvian economist, not the Spanish conquistador) writes about the way clearly defined property rights spur growth in the developing world. Places without clear property rights — much of the third world — suffer.

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Obituaries Hazel L. Sochor Nov. 22, 2014 Hazel L. Sochor, the daughter of Wilbur and Hazel J. (Duffy) Bryant, was born March 31, 1922, in Down, Kansas.

She was married to William P. Johnston.

On Nov. 13, 1953. Ha-

Maynard Paul Flake Nov. 28, 2014 Maynard Paul “Buzz” Flake, 85, of Newton, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2014, at his home at Park Centre in Ne w ton.

A cele b r a t i on of Buzz’s life will be from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The celebration will start with a short

zel was united in marriage with Edward C. Sochor. Hazel had lived in Colby, Kansas, New York, Texas, Ankeny and Newton. Hazel had worked as a beautician for many years. She enjoyed working many types of crafts. Hazel was baptized in the Catholic faith.

Hazel died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at Park Centre Health Care in Newton. She was 92 years old. Hazel

was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Sochor; her brother, Clarence Bryant; and a son-in-law.

Those left to honor Hazel’s memory include her daughters, Patsy D. (Charles) Hanson of Newton, and Suzie Boyles of Denver, Colo.; her grandchildren, Penny (Roger) Stevens of Newton, Pamala Squire of Georgetown, Ind., and Jason (Kellie) Jones of Shakopee, Minn.;

her eight great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild.

A memorial service was at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 at the PenceReese Funeral Home in Newton. The family greeted friends from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Memorials may be designated to the Alzheimer’s Association or the American Cancer Society and may be left at the funeral home.

prayer service. Memorials in Buzz’s name to be used for scholarship funds may be left at the funeral home.

Buzz, the son of Maynard and Anna (Rabas) Flake, was born May 31, 1929, in Muscatine.

As a young boy he lived in Muscatine and Iowa City, before moving to Newton, at the age of 10. Buzz graduated from Newton High School in 1947. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War from 1948-1952. Buzz was united in marriage with Marcella Eileen Postma on Feb. 27, 1953, in Newton. He worked as

an HVAC electrician for Skinner Sales and Services and then as an instrument technician at the Maytag Company from 1968, until his retirement in 1992. Buzz was a member of the American Legion Post 111, Emerson Hough Izaak Walton League and a lifetime member of the VFW Post 1655. He loved his family and friends, especially his grandchildren.

He was also an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan.

Buzz is survived by his children, Randall (Keitha) Flake, Joseph Flake, Douglas ( Jennifer) Flake and Susan Flake, all of Newton;

seven grandchildren, Jill (Chad) Hollingsworth, Rob Cannon, Josh Flake, Sara Flake, Jaelynn Flake, Jourdan Flake and Zavier Flake; his four greatgrandchildren, Megan and Ashley Hollingsworth, Trenton Cannon and Micha Flake; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Rosie Berry of Baxter, Jerry Postma of Rhodes, Lucille ( Jim) Sheesley of Mingo, and William (Gloria) Postma of Newton; and his many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Marcella in 2000; and a sister, Pauline Heaberlin.

Enrollment event at library Thursday Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa is offering an enrollment event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W., to provide assistance to individuals enrolling in the health insurance marketplace, which is open through Feb. 15. Professionally trained and licensed health insurance marketplace navigators will serve as in-person resources for Iowans needing assistance with the health insurance marketplace.

Appointments are strongly encouraged, and may be made by calling 515-288-1516. Walk-ins will be accepted; however, due to high demand, walk-ins will likely be rescheduled for a later date.

Navigators estimate the enrollment process to take about 1.5 hours, provided individuals bring all necessary documentation: • Social Security number(s) (or document numbers for legal immigrants) • Birth date(s) • Employer and income information for every member of household needing coverage (pay stubs or W-2 forms — Wage and Tax Statements) • Policy numbers for any current health insurance plans covering household members of your household (if applicable) • Information about any health insurance available from employer(s) (if applicable)

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Mary Pickett Nov. 30, 2014 Mary Pickett, 96, of Newton, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at the Newton Healthcare Center. Services are pending at PenceReese Funeral Home.

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

• The Newton Community School Board of Education will meet for a teachers forum on reconfiguration at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Emerson Hough conference room 125, 700 N. Fourth Ave. E. • Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• One Month to Live women’s study will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Chapter AO P.E.O. will have its Christmas Luncheon at noon Tuesday at Newton Arboretum-Krumm Center.

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

by Frank Buckley on the YMCA. Anyone interested in attending and learning more about the Newton Rotary Club are welcome. For more information, or to make reservations for lunch, call Craig Armstrong at 641-521-5455 or Brendan Lamont at 641-792-5252.

• Chapter HS P.E.O. will meet at 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday at in the home of Judy Swenson in Newton. This will be a Christmas luncheon. Be sure to wear your colorful Christmas sweater and bring a wrapped White Elephant gift.

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

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

• The Newton Community School Board of Education will meet for a community forum about reconfiguration at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Emerson Hough conference room 125, 700 N. Fourth Ave. E. • Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.

Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N., for lunch and a program about the Pregnancy Center by Rita Baker.

Anyone interested in the program or in learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to be a guest for lunch. For more information or to make a reservation for lunch, call Margie Criswell at 641-521-9482. Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.

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

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Joseph K. Mahl, 27, of Newton, is charged with public intoxication and criminal mischief after authorities were called to 508 E. 21st St. S. at 9:10 p.m. Nov. 18. Officers found Mahl outside, stumbling around. He smelled strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot watery eyes and slurred speech.

While outside, Mahl hit a vehicle with a stick, cracking the windshield and causing ap-

proximately $636 in damage.

He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Jeffery A. Cowles, 25, of Watertown, N.Y., is charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were called to Wal-Mart at 12:11 p.m. Nov. 18. Officers found Cowles a short distance from Wal-Mart and located the stolen items in the vehicle that had been hid in a purse. The items totaled $106.70. He was taken to the

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• Darion E. Woodall, 21, of Summit, Miss., is charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were called to Wal-Mart at 12:11 p.m. Nov. 18. Officers found Woodall a short distance from Wal-Mart and located the stolen items in the vehicle that had been hid in her purse. The items totaled $106.70. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Devin D. Miller, 20, of Newton, was arrested on a Jas-

per County warrant after authorities located him at 602 E. Sixth St. S. at 12:10 a.m. Nov. 19. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Daniel C. Bartholomew, 19, of Searsboro, is charged with controlled substance violation after authorities pulled him over in the 800 block of East 19th Street South at 11:13 p.m. Nov. 17. Officers stopped Bartholomew for an inoperable third brake light when

they smelled marijuana coming from the car. Bartholomew had nine bags of marijuana in his pocket. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Brandon D. Robertson, 32, of Newton, was arrested on a Jasper County warrant for failure to appear after authorities pulled over a vehicle he was traveling in at the 1800 block of South Seventh Avenue East at 2:04 p.m. Nov. 20. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Before they leave, my daughter scrubs my bathroom shower and the rest of the room, cleans my refrigerator, oven, kitchen cabinets, my carpets — things that are difficult for me to do. While she’s inside doing that, my son-in-law is outside trimming trees and bushes, doing general yard cleanup in the spring and raking leaves and disposing of them in the fall.

In addition, during the months BEFORE their visit, my daughter is setting aside and freezing small portions of entrees so we will have future dinners from her meals. She also freezes an assortment of different soups in zip-lock bags, laid flat so they will fit well in my freezer. While they’re here, they cook all the meals and do the cleanup. What a wonderful gift!

Even if some families don’t cook, they could make up small meals with deli purchases and freeze them for their parents. Nothing could be appreciated more. Instead of buying a useless gift because “We didn’t know what to get you — you said you didn’t want anything,” these are gifts that keep on giving! — TRULY BLESSED IN MONTANA DEAR TRULY BLESSED: I agree.

And you are fortunate to have such caring family members. Please allow me to offer some additional gift suggestions for seniors: Many individuals on fixed incomes would appreciate a gift basket of goodies such as small cans of tuna, salmon or soup. Include with them crackers, assorted flavors of instant coffee, herbal teas, soup mixes and cookies.

Gift certificates also make welcome gifts: for groceries, haircuts, manicures, dry cleaning, restaurant meals, theater tickets and department stores. And

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Create homemade coupons that can be redeemed for chores such as window washing, painting, replacing air conditioning filters and light bulbs, moving heavy furniture for spring and fall cleaning, and transportation for shopping, doctor’s visits, etc.

Because not all seniors drive, bus passes and coupons for senior transportation or taxis can also give the recipient the gift of freedom.

Sweat pants, athletic socks and walking shoes may motivate the sedentary to become more active — which improves circulation and cognition for people of every age.

Stationery, stamps and some felttipped pens make handy gifts that can be used throughout the year. And so do large-print address books with the information already transferred from the recipients’ records.

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Girl, 5, dies 2 weeks after sledding accident COUNCIL BLUFFS — A 5-yearold Iowa girl has died two weeks after she was hit by a truck while sledding down her grandfather’s driveway.

Council Bluffs Police said Kailey Maloney died Saturday at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She had been treated there since her Nov. 16 injury.

Maloney was sledding down the driveway of her grandfather’s property. She was hit by a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck after she slid into the street.

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2 hospitalized after semis collide in Iowa LE MARS — Authorities say two people were hospitalized after two semitrailers collided in northwest Iowa.

The Plymouth County Sheriff ’s Office says the crash happened Friday afternoon at an intersection between Highway 60 and a county road. Both vehicles ended up in a ditch. Authorities say diesel fuels and oils from both vehicles spilled onto the roadway, located near Le Mars.

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CEDAR RAPIDS — A longtime store in downtown Cedar Rapids has closed after 125 years in business.

Smulekoff ’s Home Store closed its doors at the end of Friday, after shoppers made last-minute purchases and reminisced about the store’s history.

The store had five floors of furniture, and included electronics and other home products. Its 72-year-old owner decided to shut down the store after he had no one to turn it over to.

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DES MOINES — Iowa state Rep. Dwayne Alons, who was battling renal cancer, has died.

Republican leaders in the state House announced Sunday that Alons died late Saturday.

Alons, a Republican from Hull, announced his diagnosis last month, but at that point he planned to continue serving in the state legislature. Alons was a retired farmer and former Iowa Air National Guard brigadier general.

Railroads say delays improving in Great Plains SIOUX CITY — Rail delays have been a problem for farmers throughout much of the Great Plains this year, but they’ve been less of an issue in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.

Grain elevators around Sioux City say their rail shipments of grain this year have been mostly on time, and they’re cautiously optimistic about handling the big 2014 harvest over the next few months.

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Iowa church volunteers help fight child hunger

By Ally Karsyn Sioux City Journal SIOUX CITY — The rustle of plastic-wrapped fruit snacks and the shuffle of cardboard boxes filled a Sunday school room at Grace United Methodist Church.

Clear plastic bags moved down an assembly line. Volunteers filled them with pudding, applesauce, granola bars and instant oatmeal in an effort to fight child hunger at a neighboring school.

“We’ve seen the need in the community,” said Marcia Eriksen, who helps coordinate the packing party each month.

Weekend Food for Spalding Park Elementary started last year as a mission outreach to celebrate the church’s 125th anniversary. The congregation came together to fund the

project, which provided food bags to 265 children once a month.

Through continued support, this school year 250 students at Spalding and 50 at the Native American Child Care Center, housed in the church basement, receive food bags every other Friday.

Each one contains 10 easyto-eat, shelf-stable items including cereal, cheese and crackers, Slim Jims and juice.

The church’s outreach is patterned after the Food Bank of Siouxland’s BackPack Program: Food for Kids, which puts nutritious meals directly into the hands of children at risk of hunger. It was started in 2006 and now serves six Siouxland elementary schools.

Lewis & Clark in South Sioux City, and Hunt, Irving, Liberty, Loess Hills and Unity

in Sioux City all have a high number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals.

More than 2,000 children benefit from the Food Bank program each week.

However, gaps remain due to limited resources. Area churches have stepped up to supplement food supplies.

The Food Bank of Siouxland gave guidance to St. James United Methodist Church when the congregation wanted to start a food assistance program for Whittier Elementary two years ago. Food 4 Kids offers aid to hungry schoolchildren two blocks away from the Morningside church.

Once that ministry was established, the goodwill kept going. Grace began its weekend backpack program with the help of St. James.

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Food insecurity exists in every county across America.

Children are at higher risk, ranging from a low of 6 percent in Bowman County, North Dakota, to a high of 41 percent in Zavala County, Texas, according to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study.

Further findings show millions of food-insecure children live in households with incomes above the eligibility threshold for federal nutrition programs.

This is where Grace steps in.

Volunteers have hit a rhythm. Once a month, they pick up, pack and deliver 600 bags of food. Teachers stagger their release, giving 300 students something to eat two

weekends each month.

“We’d like to increase that number,” said Kathie Guggenmous, who serves on the outreach committee.

“We’d have to find a bigger closet,” Eriksen said.

They buy products in bulk from Sam’s Club, cutting costs down to $2.50 per bag. For the latest packing party, 192 cases of food arrived at the church.

More than 20 volunteers went to work. Within an hour, the room was quiet, completely clear of volunteers and not a Slim Jim in sight. Twenty-four bins were ready to be delivered.

“It’s a God thing,” Eriksen said. “We put the announcement out that this is what we’re doing and the people show up.”

The people show up, the money comes in and the children get to eat again.

expanding the number of walking routes to two instead of one.

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Julie Dancer, a parent who volunteered to lead the program this fall, said her two children were excited to walk to school.

“The best thing was that we were walking instead of driving, myself included,” she said.

The program is part of the Iowa City Community School District’s efforts to increase health-related activities.

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Retail group: Black Friday weekend loses allure NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday fatigue is setting in.

Early discounting, more online shopping and a mixed economy meant fewer people shopped over Thanksgiving weekend, according to a survey of shoppers released Sunday by the National Retail Federation.

Overall, 133.7 million people shopped at stores and online over the four-day holiday weekend, down 5.2 percent from last year, according to a survey of 4,631 people conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics for the trade group.

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weekend is expected to fall 11 percent to $50.9 billion from an estimated $57.4 billion last year. Shoppers, on average, are expected to spend $380.95 over the four days, down 6.4 percent from $407.02 last year. That marked the second year in a row spending was down.

Part of the reason is that Target, Macy’s, Wal-Mart and other major retailers pushed fat holiday discounts as early as Halloween and opened stores even earlier on Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday shopping season, stealing some thunder from Black Friday and the rest of the weekend.

Girl Scouts biting into digital for cookie sales NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out world, the Girl Scouts are going digital to sell you cookies.

For the first time in nearly 100 years, Girl Scouts of the USA will allow its young go-getters to push their wares using a mobile app or personalized websites.

But only if their scout councils and guardians say OK. “Girls have been telling us that they want to go into this space,” said Sarah Angel-Johnson, chief digital cookie executive for the organization covering about 2 million girls. “Online is where entrepreneurship is going.”

And the best news for these digital natives: They can have cookies shipped directly to your doorstep.

More than 1 million scouts, from kindergarten-age Daisies to teens, were expected to opt in as cookie-selling season cranks up this month and the scouting organization gets digital sales underway. But digital sales are intended to enhance, not replace, the paper spreadsheets used to generate an estimated $800 million in cookie sales a year — at anywhere from $3.50 to $5 a box, depending on scout council.

There are important e-lessons here, scout officials said, such as better articulating and tracking goals, learning to handle customers and money in a new way, and more efficiently processing credit card information.

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The preliminary data also raises worries shoppers remain frugal despite improving employment and falling gas prices.

Matt Shay, the trade group’s CEO, told reporters that the effect of the economy is puzzling, but he believes that people benefiting a recovering economy may not feel the need to fight the crowds to get the deepest discount on a TV or toaster.

And those who still feel like they’re still stuck in a recession may not have the money and will stretch out what they spend through Christmas.

“While they’re more optimistic, they’re very cautious,”

Shay told reporters during a conference call. “They’re still looking for the deals. If the deals are not right for them, they’re not going to spend.”

Bottom line: Expect more deep discounting, all season long.

“Every day will be Black Friday. Every minute will be Cyber Monday,” he said.

That could be what it takes to get shoppers to open their wallets for the holiday shopping season, which accounts for 20 percent of the retail industry’s annual sales.

Despite an improving economy, high food prices and stagnant wages are still affecting on shoppers.

And people also are becoming more discerning when they shop. Armed with smartphones and pricecomparison apps, they know what’s a good deal, and what’s not.

Kimani Brown, 39, of Manhattan, was among the Black Friday defectors. After four years of braving the crowds, he called it quits this year.

“I consider myself a smart shopper. And it’s not as alluring as it used to be,” Brown said. “It’s a marketing tool, and I don’t want to be pulled into it.” He said he looked at the sales and wasn’t impressed.

Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Wilson The Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb’s mayor said Sunday.

Wilson, 28, won’t receive any further pay or benefits, and he and the city have cut their ties, Mayor James Knowles told reporters a day after Wilson tendered his resignation, which was effective immediately.

Wilson, who is white, had been on administrative leave since he killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, during an Aug. 9 confrontation.

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Monday not to indict him, sparking days of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and other cities.

Wilson wrote in his resignation letter that his “continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance I cannot allow.”

His lawyer, Neil Bruntrager, told The Associated Press that Wilson decided to step aside after police Chief Tom Jackson told him about the alleged threats on Saturday.

“The information we had was that there would be actions targeting the Ferguson (police) department or buildings in Ferguson related to the police department,” Bruntrager said. He said Wilson, who had worked for

the department for less than three years, and the city were already discussing an exit strategy, acknowledging that Wilson staying on as an officer there would be impossible.

Many have criticized the authorities’ handling of the case, but Knowles said no leadership changes were in the works. Asked if he would resign, Jackson said flatly, “No.” Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Brown’s family, said Wilson’s resignation was not a surprise.

“It was always believed that the police officer would do what was in his best interest, both personally and professionally,” Crump said. “We didn’t believe that he would be able to be effective for the Ferguson community nor the Ferguson Police

Department because of the tragic circumstances that claimed the life of Michael Brown Jr.” Crump said the family is still considering civil litigation such as a wrongful death lawsuit, “but don’t let that get confused with the fact that they really wanted the killer of their child to be held accountable.”

Victoria Rutherford of Ferguson said she believed Wilson should have not only resigned, but been convicted of a crime.

“I’m upset. I have a 16-year-old son. It could’ve been him. I feel that he was absolutely in the wrong,” she said.

Others residents were more sympathetic. Reed Voorhees said he hoped Wilson could find similar work “someplace where he would enjoy life, and move on with his life.”

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Nebraska wide receiver Kenny Bell hauls in a touchdown catch in front of Iowa’s Greg Mabin (13) late in the fourth quarter Friday at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa led 24-7 in the third quarter but ultimately lost 37-34 in overtime.

Iowa loses overtime thriller to Huskers IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa was just under a quarter away from a win that would help ease the sting of a somewhat underwhelming season.

The Hawkeyes blew it, exacerbating the frustration of a year that failed to live up to expectations.

Kenny Bell caught a 9-yard touchdown pass in overtime and Nebraska rallied to beat Iowa 37-34 on Friday, snapping a two-game losing streak.

Iowa finished 7-5 and 4-4 in the Big Ten. But the Hawkeyes had six wins over FBS opponents — and none of them are currently above .500.

They wound up finishing fourth in the Big Ten West, a division many thought it could

win this season.

“We lost five ballgames.

Each one is a different story,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said.

“There’s no way to predict this stuff in August, how it’s going to go.”

Tommy Armstrong Jr. had four TD passes for the Cornhuskers (9-3, 5-3 Big Ten), who trailed by as many as 17 points before storming back in the second half.

Nebraska tied the school record for the largest road comeback.

Jordan Canzeri caught a 5-yard touchdown pass with 1:49 left in regulation to put Iowa ahead 31-28. But Drew Brown’s 20-yard field goal with 8 seconds left forced

overtime.

Armstrong threw TD passes to Taariq Allen and Bell, and De’Mornay PiersonEl’s 80-yard punt return for a touchdown put Nebraska ahead 28-24 with 12:06 left in the fourth.

Jake Rudock had 230 yards and two TD passes for Iowa.

The Hawkeyes closed the regular season with back-to-back home losses to rivals Wisconsin and Nebraska by just five points.

“All I know is we came up short last week, we came up short (Friday), against two teams I think are pretty good teams,” Ferentz said.

But Iowa seemed poised to blow out the Huskers early

in the second half, jumping ahead 24-7.

It reality, the game was just getting interesting.

Nebraska responded behind Armstrong, who brought the Huskers back within 24-21 on a 34-yard TD pass to Allen and a 32-yarder to Bell early in the fourth quarter.

Pierson-El had been stopped by Iowa punter Dillon Kidd on his previous return.

But he blew past Kidd and the rest of the Hawkeyes to give Nebraska the improbable lead with three TDs in less than 5 minutes.

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Overtime win over Iowa not enough; Nebraska fires Pelini LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The number of wins and losses didn’t get Bo Pelini fired. It was the way some of those losses happened.

Pelini was dismissed as Nebraska’s coach Sunday after a sevenyear stint marked by an inability to restore the football team to national prominence and too many embarrassing defeats.

Pelini extended his streak of winning at least nine games ev-

ery year with a 37-34 overtime win at Iowa on Friday, but he never won a conference championship and his teams lost four games in every season he completed. Pelini was 66-27 and led the Cornhuskers to three league title games in the Big 12 and Big Ten. “I didn’t see enough improvement in areas that were important for us to move forward to play championshipcaliber football,” ath-

letic director Shawn Eichorst said at a news conference.

“We just weren’t good enough in the games that mattered against championshipcaliber opponents. It wasn’t a lack of effort by him or his staff or our wonderful players, but I think new leadership was in order.”

Associate head coach Barney Cotton will be the interim head coach for the Cornhuskers’ bowl game.

Ross Thede/Marshalltown Times-Republican Nebraska coach Bo Pelini rallied the Cornhuskers from 17 points down in the second half against Iowa on Friday, but the 37-34 overtime win wasn’t enough to save his job as the university announced Sunday morning that Pelini had been fired.

Cyclones can’t hold early lead in loss to WVU AMES (AP) — Iowa State had everything going its way for first 18 minutes of its home finale.

Then the offense went into a shell, West Virginia put together a couple of quick scoring drives and the Mountaineers rolled to a 3724 victory on Saturday, keeping the Cyclones winless in the Big 12.

Backup quarterback Skyler Howard threw three TD passes and Rushel Shell ran for 146 yards for West Virginia (7-5, 5-4), which rallied after Iowa State (2-9, 0-8) zipped to a 21-7 lead.

Some West Virginia adjustments on defense foiled the Cyclones, who managed only three points the rest of the way.

“They started really dropping people into coverage to take advantage of certain down and distance situations when they knew we had to throw the ball,” Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads said. “We were having trouble picking out combinations and identifying where to get the ball. Nice job by their defense.”

Howard was 21 of 40 for 285 yards in his first career start in place

of Clint Trickett, who missed the game with a concussion. Mario Alford added two TD catches for West Virginia.

The Mountaineers erased their early 14-point deficit by closing the game on a 30-3 run. They went up 3424 with 9:10 left on a 15-yard TD catch by Daikiel Shorts.

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Ross Thede/Marshalltown Times-Republican Iowa State freshman wideout Allen Lazard, right, bobbles but makes a circus catch in front of West Virginia’s Dravon Henry on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. The Cyclones led 21-7 in the first half but lost to the Mountaineers 37-24.

IOWA CITY (AP) — Top-ranked Iowa topped Iowa State in wrestling for the 11th straight time, winning eight of 10 matches in a 28-8 victory before 11,882 fans Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Hawkeyes improved to 4-0, and the No. 15 Cyclones fell to 4-1.

“You can probably ask 11,800 people what they thought and, because they’re so educated, you’d probably get a good answer,” Iowa coach Tom Brands said.

“And I’ll probably give you the same answer. I think it was workmanlike. I think it was a little ho-hum, maybe.”

Iowa won the first five bouts, all by decision, and carried a 15-0 lead at the intermission.

Iowa State finally got on the board when thirdranked Michael Moreno beat Nick Moore 6-3 at 165 pounds.

Kyven Gadson, at 197 pounds, was the only other Iowa State winner.

He pinned Kris Klapprodt in 5:31. A point was deducted from Iowa State’s team total after Gadson’s match for CY-HAWK | 2B

White leads Hawkeyes to win over Longwood IOWA CITY (AP) — Fran McCaffery’s short-term fix to Iowa’s inconsistent offense is better defense.

Aaron White scored 19 points and the Hawke y e s White forced a season-best 20 turnovers as they rolled to a 77-44 win over Longwood on Saturday.

Iowa blocked nine shots and converted 21 points off the turnovers.

“We didn’t shoot well in the first half,” McCaffery said. “We had to be locked in defensively to have the lead. I think our attention to detail has been good.”

Jarrod Uthoff added 11 points and six rebounds for the Hawkeyes (5-2). Gabriel Olaseni had 10 points and five blocks.

Shaquille Johnson had 16 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead the Lancers (25), who dropped their fourth straight game.

Lotanna Nwogbo added eight points and 12 rebounds.

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SPORTS CALENDAR Monday Basketball Pella at Newton 7th boys, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Newton 9th girls at Johnston, 8 p.m.

Tuesday

Basketball Boone at Newton boys, 7:30 p.m.

Newton girls at Winterset, 7:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Tri-County, 6 p.m.

CMB at Nevada, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at Colfax-Mingo, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

South Hamilton at PCM, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Wrestling Newton 7th, 8th at Boone, 4:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at BGM, 6 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Pleasantville, 6 p.m.

Nevada at CMB, 6:30 p.m.

PCM at North Polk, 6 p.m.

Thursday

Boys’ Swimming Oskaloosa, Atlantic at Newton, 5:30 p.m.

Wrestling Newton at Knoxville, 7:30 p.m.

Newton 7th, 8th at Grinnell, 4:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Montezuma, 6 p.m.

PCM at West Central Valley quadrangular, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball Newton 9th/JV boys at Pella Christian, 6 p.m.

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

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

Friday

Basketball Pella Christian at Newton, girls 6:15 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Montezuma at Lynnville-Sully girls, 6 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at South Hamilton, Jewell, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at CMB, Baxter, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

PCM at Roland-Story, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Newton boys, girls at Knoxville, 11 a.m.

Hawkeyes Continued from Page 1B nine free throw attempts.

Iowa made nine 3-pointers, but it took a season-high 30 attempts — an area where the Hawkeyes have struggled the past two seasons.

Josh Oglesby scored all of his nine points on 3-point shots. Freshman Brady Ellingson knocked down a pair of 3s in 7 minutes of action. Starting guards Mike Gesell and Anthony Clemmons combined to miss all five of their 3-point tries. Peter Jok misfired on his four tries.

Still, Iowa won its third game in six days after losses to Texas and Syracuse last week in New York.

“We’re a good team,” White said. “We’ve lost to two good teams, but we’ve picked ourselves up and bounced back like good teams do.”

The Hawkeyes used a 17-2 run late in the first half to turn a twopoint advantage into a 35-18 lead. Iowa hit three 3-pointers during the run, including a pair from Uthoff.

Longwood had four turnovers and shot 1 of 7 during the 7 1/2-minute stretch.

Iowa travels to No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Olaseni will return home to London for his father’s funeral after the North Carolina game.

Olaseni said he’d likely miss a game or two before returning to the team. The senior has had 20 points and nine blocks in two games since learning of his father’s death on Wednesday.

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Overtime: Nebraska rallies past Iowa to claim ninth win of year Continued from Page 1B we hoped. And then you’ve got to get down there and cover, too.

You’ve got to disrupt him, can’t let him get started upfield, which on those two he got a quick start and got going,” Ferentz said.

Rudock answered right back though, finding Canzeri alone in the flat for the touchdown.

Armstrong wasn’t done either, finding Brandon Reilly for a crucial 35yard completion to set up the game-tying kick.

Marshall Koehn hit a 25-yard field goal in overtime, briefly giving Iowa a 34-31 lead.

Bell’s catch was reviewed, but the call on the field was upheld.

Ameer Abdullah had 106 yards rushing and Bell caught two TD passes for Nebraska.

The Hawkeyes dominated the first half, and John Lowdermilk took

Troy Hyde/DailyNews Iowa junior running back Jordan Canzeri fights for extra yards Friday during the Hawkeyes’ battle ith Big Ten Conference rival Nebraska at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa led 24-7 in the third quarter but lost 37-34 in overtime.

an interception back 17 yards for a touchdown.

But they only led 10-7, largely because of four

turnovers.

But Rudock caught Nebraska in a cornerback blitz early in the

third quarter and hit Tevaun Smith, who sprinted 37 yards to paydirt and put the

Hawkeyes up 17-7.

Nebraska punter Sam Foltz then dropped a snap.

He recovered in time to get the punt off, but it ricocheted off lineman Zach Hannon’s back.

Drew Ott happily scooped up the loose ball, giving Iowa a 24-7 point lead with 8:45 left in the third quarter.

But the Hawkeyes couldn’t hold the lead.

Mark Weisman had 82 yards rushing for Iowa.

“I’ve really felt like since 2001, just in broad, sweeping statements, for the most part we’re going to have an opportunity to compete for the championship.

That’s our goal. We’re not going to back down from that,” Ferentz said.

“That would be ridiculous. But I think as we all know, there are twists and turns that go on in any season.”

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Sam Richardson threw for 275 yards and two TDs for Iowa State, which lost its f i f t h straight and has w o n o n l y twice at home in the past two seasons.

Richardson The Cyclones had their chances though.

Iowa State appeared poised to at least tie the game at 27 after

a spectacular catch by freshman Allen Lazard — who juggled the ball about a half-dozen times before corralling it — and a successful fake field goal.

But Richardson floated a pass into the end zone that was picked off by Terrell Chestnut to open the fourth quarter.

“We’ve had a few occasions where we got a momentum swing like that and really have a chance with a defense on their heels to push in and take advantage of it,” Rhoads said. “In the end, they played a certain coverage and dropped into it and we

weren’t able to identify it. That’s the chess game football is and they played that move better.”

Alford then answered Lazard’s catch with a juggling 40-yard reception, setting up the TD grab by Shorts.

Josh Lambert’s 43-yard field goal with 5:35 left put the Mountaineers ahead 37-24.

Iowa State played without standout E.J. Bibbs, who injured his leg in last week’s loss to Texas Tech. Bibbs entered the weekend ranked first among Power 5 tight ends with eight TD receptions.

Rhoads is uncertain

if Bibbs will play in next Saturday’s finale at No. 6 TCU. With that game looming, the Cyclones face the prospect of going without a conference victory for the first time since 2008.

The Cyclones certainly missed him. They managed just a single field goal on 10 possessions after going up 21-7.

Iowa State’s losing streak, coupled with the fact that its students were still on Thanksgiving break, made for a lackluster atmosphere at Jack Trice Stadium.

But the Mountaineers and Cyclones did all they could to entertain

Jennings nets 19 , Iowa rebounds against Gonzaga LAS VEGAS (AP) — Whitney Jennings scored 19 points, Samantha Logic added 16 and No. 17 Iowa turned back repeated charges

by Gonzaga for a 79-67 win at the South Point Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday night.

Melisa Dixon added 13 points, Ally Disterhoft added 12 and Bethany Doolittle had 10 with 12 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (61). Sunny Greinacher paced Gonzaga with 16 points and Shelby Cheslek had 10 and 13 rebounds.

Gonzaga, down 11

with 1:29 left, closed within 70-67 after Emma Stach followed a steal to hit 1-of-2 free throws with 55 seconds to play.

Jennings countered with two free throws 4 seconds later and then found Disterhoft with a full-court pass for a layup after a Bulldog miss for a 74-67 advantage with 38 seconds to go in the game.

Iowa finished 20of-28 from the line, including 16-of-19 in the second half. The Hawkeyes made nine 3’s and forced Gonzaga into 21 turnovers.

Arkansas 77, Iowa 67 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Brooks scored 24 points, Jessica Jackson added 22 and Arkansas pulled away from No. 17 Iowa 77-67 on Friday at the South Pointe Thanksgiving Shootout.

The Razorbacks (5-0) took control by pounding the boards and getting to the free throw line. Arkansas had a 51-24 rebounding advantage and hit 20-of-33 free throws.

Iowa (5-1), which got 23 points from Ally Disterhoft, was just 2-of-6 from the foul

line.

The Hawkeyes averaged more than 90 points in winning their first five games but Arkansas allowed just 44.8.

Jhasmin Bowen added 14 points for Arkansas and had nine rebounds. Melissa Wolff had 9 points and 10 rebounds and Calli Berna had nine assists.

Iowa was up 27-25 at the half but the Razorbacks, who shot 36 percent in the first half, warmed up to 53 percent and also made 10 free throws in the final 66 seconds.

UNI advances in FCS Panthers win, now 7-0 playoffs after easy win for 1st time in 50 years CEDAR FALLS (AP) — David Johnson ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns, and had two receptions for 84 yards and a score, to lead Northern Iowa past Stephen F. Austin 44-10 to advance in the FCS Playoffs on Saturday night.

Northern Iowa (94), which handed Illinois State (10-1) its only loss, will play the Redbirds in the second round Saturday.

Johnson scored on the first play from scrimmage, ripping off a 73-yard run.

Three plays later, Deiondre’ Hall returned an interception 24 yards, giving the Panthers first-and-goal

from the 9. A 30-yard field goal by Michael Schmadeke made it 10-0 just 2 ½ minutes in and the rout was on.

Stephen F. Austin (8-5) ran just 18 offensive plays for 34 yards in the opening quarter with as many three-and-outs and turnovers (two each) as first downs (the second coming on a defensive pass interference).

Schmadeke added field goals of 36 and 34 yards and Johnson tacked on a 1-yard touchdown run and Northern Iowa led 23-0 at the end of the first.

UNI’s road game at Illinois State will kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday.

CEDAR FALLS (AP) — Seth Tuttle scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on Sunday and No r t h e r n I o w a held off Richmond 55-50 to start a season 7-0 for the first time since 1963-64.

Tuttle has reached double-figure scoring in 24 consecutive games.

Junior guard Wes Washpun scored 16 for the Panthers (7-0).

Kendall Anthony led Richmond (2-3) with 12 points and

Trey Davis had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Northern Iowa used a 10-2 run to lead 14-4, but Richmond pulled to within four points, 1410, after a 3 by Terry Allen. The Panthers led 30-15 at halftime.

The Spiders opened the second half with a 13-6 run and pulled to within four on a layup

by Davis with 57 seconds left.

Matt Bohannon hit five free throws in the final 25 seconds to keep the Spiders at bay.

the fans who did show up.

Shell turned a short rush up the middle into a 54-yard TD run, giving the Mountaineers a 7-0 lead just 2:10 into play. But Aaron Wimberly ran for a touchdown and caught a pass for another and Richardson found Ecby along the sideline for a 29-yard touchdown and a 21-7 lead.

“We were clicking as an offense (at that point),” tackle Jake Campos said. “Sam had time to throw, the offensive line was picking them up, the running backs were hitting the seams.”

Cy-Hawk Continued from Page 1B unsportsmanlike conduct.

“Not happy with the way Kyven came off the mat,” Iowa State coach Kevin Jackson said. “Not happy with what he did.

He’s emotional. It’s his last year. I make no excuses for him, but that’s not the kind of behavior we’re going to tolerate.

He’s better than that.”

Iowa’s Thomas Gilman and Cory Clark won the first two bouts.

Gilman, ranked fourth at 125 pounds, beat Kyle Larson 6-1. Clark, ranked fourth at 133 pounds, had an 8-3 decision over Earl Hall.

At 141 pounds, Iowa’s Josh Dziewa beat Dante Rodriguez 9-2. At 149, Iowa’s Michael Kelly beat Luke Goettl 11-6.

Kelly was trailing Goettl 6-5 late in the third period but reversed him straight to his back for five points and the win.

After Moreno beat Moore, Iowa’s Mike Evans and Sammy Brooks won their matches.

Evans beat Tanner Weatherman 7-4 at 174 pounds, and Brooks topped Lelund Weatherspoon 9-1 at 184.

It was the third straight Cy-Hawk victory for Evans. He scored takedowns in the first and second periods and improved to 27-2 all-time at CarverHawkeye Arena.

Iowa’s Bobby Telford closed the dual with a third-period pin at heavyweight.

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Judgment Amount $67,698.75 Costs $1,300.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 1.61% OF $44,742.50 FROM 07/08/2014 Attorney ERICKSON, DAVID M. (515) 288-2500 Date 11/05/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY December 1 & 8

this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lots 3 and 4, Block 9, in Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, except commence at the Northeast corner of said Lot 4, run thence West 80 feet, thence South 38 feet, thence East 80 feet, thence North 38 feet to the place of beginning and except Parcel A located in a part of said Lots 3 and 4 and adjacent vacated alley, as appears in Plat in Book 1125, Page 228, in the Office of the Recorder of said County Street Address 302 N. YORK ST., MONROE, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 01/06/2015 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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Public Notices IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR Jasper COUNTY Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

Donald W. Lewis; Dalena R. Lewis; Bank Iowa (1); and Parties in Possession, Defendants.

EQUITY NO. EQCV119157 ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION To the above-named Defendant: Dalena R. Lewis You are notified there was on October 31, 2014 filed in the Office of the Clerk of the abovenamed Court a Foreclosure Petition, which prays for foreclosure of a mortgage in favor of the Plaintiff on the property described herein and judgment in rem in the amount of $54,818.97 plus interest at the rate of 6.875% per annum from May 1, 2014, such amount equaling $10.33 per day, the costs of the action including title costs of $225.00, and reasonable attorney fees and that said sums be declared a lien upon the following-described premises from May 24, 2002, located in Jasper County, Iowa, to-wit: Lots 1 and 2 in Block 1 in the Original Town now City of Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa that the mortgage on the abovedescribed real estate be that a special foreclosed, execution issue for the sale of as much of the mortgaged premises as is necessary to satisfy the judgment and for other relief as the Court may deem just and equitable. The attorney for the Plaintiff is Robert J. Douglas, whose address is The Davis Brown Tower, 215 10th Street, Suite 1300, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3993, Phone: (515) 2882500, Facsimile: (515) 243-0654.

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Judgment Amount $67,698.75 Costs $1,300.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 1.61% OF $44,742.50 FROM 07/08/2014 Attorney ERICKSON, DAVID M. (515) 288-2500 Date 11/05/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS DOCKET NO. (SALE NO.) 14-4236(1) COURT NO. EQCV118995 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. vs DEFENDANT: FOYE-HUEGEL, STEPHANIE S.; BRIERLY LAW OFFICE - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lot “K” Block 1 in Lamb and Kennedy's Addition to the City of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, as appears in Plat Book “C”, Page 98, in the office of the Recorder of said County Street Address 718 EAST 4TH ST. N., NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 01/06/2015 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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Judgment Amount $61,890.14 Costs $1,585.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 6.25% OF $54,943.16 FROM 10/10/2014 Attorney HOPKINS, BENJAMIN W. (515) 222-9400 Date 11/04/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY December 1 & 8 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS DOCKET NO. (SALE NO.) 14-4226(1) COURT NO. EQCV118581 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs DEFENDANT: TAYLOR, JODI; - IN REM DEFENDANT: PARTIES IN POSSESSION - IN REM DEFENDANT: UNKNOWN SPOUSE (IF ANY) OF JODI TAYLOR; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS OR CLAIMANTS OF OR WITH ANY INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY OF CONNIE S. INNIS; STATE OF IOWA – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; STATE OF IOWA – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: THE SOUTH HALF OF LOTS ONE AND TWO, BLOCK ONE, LYMAN'S ADDITION TO KELJASPER COUNTY, LOGG, IOWA Street Address 419 LYMAN STREET, KELLOGG, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 01/06/2015 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $74,208.76 Costs $1,135.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest 5% OF $68,764.88 FROM 07/01/2014 Attorney HAZEL, BRIAN R. (913) 663-7600 Date 11/04/2014 Sheriff JOHN R. HALFERTY December 1 & 8 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS DOCKET NO. (SALE NO.) 14-4272(1) COURT NO. EQCV118737 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. vs DEFENDANT: WADDELL, CORY; - IN REM DEFENDANT: LISA WADDELL; - IN REM DEFENDANT: PARTIES IN POSSESSION; WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT; H& R ACCOUNTS, INC. - IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lots 3 and 4, Block 9, in Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, except commence at the Northeast corner of said Lot 4, run thence West 80 feet, thence South 38 feet, thence East 80 feet, thence North 38 feet to the place of beginning and except Parcel A located in a part of said Lots 3 and 4 and adjacent vacated alley, as appears in Plat in Book 1125, Page 228, in the Office of the Recorder of said County Street Address 302 N. YORK ST., MONROE, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Date of Sale 01/06/2015 Time of Sale 10:00 AM Place of Sale 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA

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INTERESTED IN buying Jasper County sentinel plate, that features Ashton Chapel. 641-521-4253.

RENTAL HOUSE Wanted, late 40's couple with long employment history at current employers, seek 2 or 3 bedroom home in or near Newton, $700-$800 rent, have recommendation from current landlord of 3 years. Own 3 dogs, 7 to 10 years old. Call and leave message. 641-840-9077.

WANT TO buy area rug at least 8x10. 515-720-5550.

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AIR RIFLE, m-5, Navy Auto, electric. $60., $150. new. 641-521-8450.

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BROTHER PROJECT Runway, limited edition model CE-5000 PWR $150. 641-236-3243.

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

FOR SALE: Hide-a-bed sofa in very nice condition - $100. 3 pc hardwood bedroom set - $250. 2 Maple end tables - $40. 2 Table Lamps - $25. Large screen TV – Make offer.

641-831-4668 HAMILTON BEACH electric knife in box $8., Cherished Teddies in box: 1998 The Spirit of Christmas grows in our hearts, 1999 Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow-Live Today $8.each, Holiday time night light in box $8., 38” round card table, walnut grain top $10., 6 pc. Fire King 2 quart-2-1 quart-9” pie plate 2 lids $20., 14 unclothed Barbie doll $7., preschool lego's $10. 641-275-7600.

LONG BOARD “ATOM” $40., $100. new. 641-5218450.

LOVE SEAT, wingback chair and leather recliner, all in excellent condition.

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MUSCLE AND Fitness Magazines, in top shape, from 2012 & 2013. $3 a piece or $30 for all. 7870208.

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

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

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792-4388 1BR DUPLEX. New Carpet and paint. $425/mo central air. Lawn care provided.

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WALTHER BB Pistol, COZ style,works well, comes with box of COZ Cartridges $65. 641-2750290.

WII GAMES and extra controls. 641-521-7341.

WOMEN'S SOCKS, like new, never worn, size average/ large. White with small red polka dots and red hat lady, very cute. $2.

641-791-2220.

RUST COLORED 7' sofa, Lazy Boy, very good condition. 8X10 floral area rug.

792-2166.

ROUND, WOOD dining room table, top shape. $75.00. 787-0208.

2 SINGLE beds, with frames, one with case headboard. $40 & $50.

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20 PCS. Iron Stone dishes: 5 each plates, cereal bowls, saucers, salad plates, Blue Bonnet pattern $20., kids TV games: Square Pants Bob, high School Musical Designer World, Dream Life $3. each or 4 @ $10. Farm scene mugs, new in box by Hadley, barns & tractors $4. each or 4 @ 10., 42 child's plastic hangers $3., vintage oak fern stand, 36” x 12”, square top $65. 7928017.

NEW LEATHER Brahma Boots, rugged, size 10 ½. $60. 787-0208.

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Positions Available Van Maanen Electric, Inc., one of Iowa’s fastest growing electrical contractors, is looking to expand its workforce in Central Iowa. Positions available include licensed journeymen electricians, electrician apprentices, low voltage apprentices, low voltage specialist, project coordinators, project managers, as well as an electrical estimator. Van Maanen Electric is looking for self-motivated individuals who are able to work well under pressure, pass a drug screen, physical and a background check. For more information on the positions available please contact Dillon Wright, Human Resource Manager, at 641-791-9473, or email him at dwright@vanmaanenelectric.com.

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SNOW WAY V Plow- one ton truck mounting, new cutting blade. $3,000. 641792-4332 SUPERTORO BLOWER / VAC , electric, works good. $ 50. 787-0208

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8 PC. Pot & pan set $25., Nu-Wave cooker $125., both in box, as seen on TV. 521-7341.

40 PIECE crystal glassware, set for holiday and family dinners $40., $40. is ½ of previously advertised price. 792-6879.

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

We offer: • Competitive wages • Reasonable work load • Friendly work environment

30 OLD Pocket Knives, good condition, $5. each.

792-7275.

9” RYOBI band saw, new condition, works well. $95.

792-2166.

1950'S ROTARY phone, black and still has original phone number on it $20.

Cocktail hard cover book, 1001 recipes $20. Approx.

21 square feet of Mohawk laminate flooring, still in the box. Also some matting for underneath the flooring, would be great for small room. $100. 641-792-4664.

Apply in person at 1500 1st Ave E. or send resume to Deidra or Amber at: nelsonmanordon@outlook.com

City of Newton Iowa Equipment Operator

NODIC FLEX Iso lift, like new, $100. 792-4132.

OAK TABLE & chairs. Call in evening. 792-8877.

OLD KITCHEN klatter magazines, 1967, in Newton area. 515-720-5550.

ROCKING CHAIR, square wood table, microwave, jewelry, books, lamps, freezer-chest, patio round table, fish tank, table saw, refrigerator, electric chair lift (stairway), dressers, oak round kitchen table & chairs. Call evening. 7922834.

The City of Newton is accepting applications for the position of Equipment Operator. Performs semi-skilled and skilled work involving concrete construction & the operation of dump trucks, snowplows, loaders, compactors, earth moving equipment & other equipment in City street right-ofways and at the Newton Sanitary Landfill. Requires a high school diploma, GED or equivalent. Requires minimum two years of experience.

Requires possession of a valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with air brakes and is subject to the Department of Transportation drug and alcohol testing program. Starting salary $19.96/hour.

Applications & resumes accepted until 4:30 p.m. December 9, 2014. Available at www.Newtongov.org or at City Hall, 101 West 4th Street South, Newton Iowa 50208.

Applications may be submitted online or mailed to: Katrina Davis, HR Specialist City of Newton.

101 West 4th Street South Newton Iowa 50208.

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Central Iowa Residential Services Inc. (CIRSI) is recruiting for the following positions in Grinnell: Overnight Staff - training individuals with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. The work schedule typically runs 11:00 pm to 9:00 am, seven times in a two week rotation (you can sleep during part of this shift). One shift in the two week rotation is day hours and no sleep time. Pay starts at $9.00 per hour (experience pays more) and benefits that includes (Health, Dental and Life Insurance).

Own transportation (good driving record) and GED/HS diploma required. A $200.00 sign on bonus is available for all full-time positions after successful completion of 30 days of employment.

Applications can be made at: CIRSI 821 5th Avenue, Suite 205 Grinnell, IA 50112 AA/EOE

Grinnell College is currently seeking an energetic, motivated, well-organized and creative individual to be part of our bookstore operation.

Responsibilities: The Bookstore Assistant takes care of the daily operations at the Grinnell College Bookstore, on campus. This includes customer service, inventory management and the training and supervision of the student staff.

Qualifications: Three years of experience demonstrating reliability and pleasant interactions with the public in a professional work environment. Must have excellent organizational, communication, customer service and computer skills. A college degree and experience in training and supervising staff is preferred. Must be able to lift, work on your feet and thrive in a fast paced environment. Must be able to work up to seven weekends a year for scheduled events.

Please submit applications online by visiting our application website at https://jobs. grinnell.edu. Candidates will need to upload a cover letter, resume, and provide email addresses for three references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Additional information can be found at the college’s web site www.grinnell.edu.

Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondiscriminatory educational environment for all College community members. It is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in matters of admission, employment, and housing, and in access to and participation in its education programs, services, and activities.

The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, religion, disability, creed, or any other protected class.

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Purple w/waldoc stripe kit.

350 Engine Automatic. $4580.00 OBO 641-242-0361

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792 1999 ARCTIC Cat 4wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

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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.

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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.

Recently fully detailed and new battery. $7,000 OBO. Contact Cody if interested at 515-681-1373

FOR SALE: 2000 Ford Escort ESC, Silver, 104,000 miles.

Good school or work car. $1,300.00 OBO. 641-831-4668 HONDA 90 3 wheeler, make an offer, 30 160 lawn mower, make an offer.

641-831-4449.

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Mechanically sound, body has some dents with very little rust.

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