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Monroe admin to leave for City of Nevada

Schools continue to work with transgender bathroom issues

City council to reexamine need for position

Religious organization urges schools to resist federal directive

By Mike Mendenhall Newton Daily News MONROE — Matt Mardesen, Monroe city administrator, has been offered a job in the same capacity with the City of Nevada and will formally Mardsen submit his resignation to the Monroe City Council Dec. 12.

Nevada City Council members voted unanimously Monday to approve Mardesen’s hire, and a spokesperson for Nevada City Hall confirmed on Thursday that both parties have signed paperwork agreeing to the hire.

The move is step up for Mardesen. He’ll join Nevada — a town with a population of 6,798 — at salary of $85,000 plus benefits. He leaves Monroe at $55,734.61 according to online city records.

His departure from Monroe follows a contentious effort by Mardesen and three city council members to broker a deal with Dollar General Crop. to MONROE | 3A

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News

website, which read “The Maytag Dairy Farm is closed while we continue work upgrading our facilities,” has been removed.

Ordering of the repackaged products can be done online from the company’s fall web catalog.

Reichert Dairy Air Farms of Knoxville and Frisian Farms of Oskaloosa are the contracted suppliers listed in the dairy’s recently published fall catalog. The dairy was

A letter sent out recently by a religious organization addresses an issue that some feel might already have been addressed politically and by school officials.

At the Nov. 14 Newton Community School District Board of Education meeting, NCSD Superintendent Bob Callaghan read a form letter from The Family Leader, a religious organization that takes a stance on many social and political issues, which takes exception to President Obama’s directives regarding gender and use of facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms.

The letter encourages school board members to “refuse to follow” the Obama administration’s May 13 “Dear Colleague” letter, which directs public schools to implement mixed-gender bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and (when traveling) hotel rooms.

Callaghan said he was reading the letter at a board meeting so that the board and the public would be informed there is an organization directly voicing an opinion on a particular issue. He also said while he can’t go into specifics about how each transgender student’s needs are met, he is pleased with how Newton High School Principal and Berg Middle School Principal Lisa Sharp have addressed these sensitive topics with students.

The Family Leader’s letter was accompanied by signed petition sheets from the corresponding local area, supporting the organization’s opposition to the directive. The copy of the letter sent to Newton schools was attached to petitions from Newton-area residents Dean Lauterbach, Ruth Rusk and Vickie Jackson.

Rusk and Jackson couldn’t be reached for

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Lois Reichert, shown here displaying some of her Reichert Dairy Air Farms products at her rural Knoxville facility, is one of the contracted suppliers that was recently permitted to sell as relabeled Maytag Dairy Farms items through a catalog. Maytag Dairy Farms regular production plant remains shut down. Requests for interviews regarding the 75-year-old company’s future plans have been declined.

Maytag cleared to sell cheese

Newton facility still not authorized to resume production

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News The good news for Maytag Dairy Farms is the company’s fall catalog has been released and the dairy has resumed selling products with its label after a hiatus that’s lasted through most of 2016.

Dustin Vande Hoef of the Iowa Department of Agriculture said the farms are still under a voluntary shutdown. The plant has not produced any of its famous blue cheese since February

due to potential Listeria contamination.

“Our Dairy Products Control Bureau will need to do a full inspection before they can begin producing cheese again,” Vande Hoef said. “Our dairy inspectors have conducted an inspection of their retail facility so they are allowed to re-label and sell cheese produced at other facilities to sell in their retail store.”

A statement that had been on the homepage of the Maytag Dairy Farms

A well-run ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ opens Friday government at Newton Community Theatre priority for city Newton Daily News

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News In order to properly manage the first three purposes in the proposed action plan the city will continue working to lead with effective, efficient governance.

The final purpose in the 2017-2019 action plan is set to manage the city’s financial resources and assets responsibly, align resources to improve services and attract, develop and sustain a diverse workforce committed to quality service for the city.

Lead with effective, efficient governance “The city’s purpose is to protect and prudently manage city resources, to enhance transparency, accountability, integrity, efficiency, effectiveness

and innovation in all operations, to provide responsive customer ser vice, to supUmsted port data-based decision making with timely short term and long-range analysis, and to attract, motivate, and develop a high-quality workforce dedicated to collaborative decision making,” city senior analyst Natalie Umsted said.

To accomplish the goal, the city will work to continue implementing annual initiatives from the Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan. Specifics to CITY | 3A

The Newton Community Theatre will be opening its production of “It’s A Wonderful Life” at 7:30 p.m. Friday under the direction of Sue Beukema and Pam Ratliff.

The story is a the saga of George Bailey (Troy Gould) from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty.

His guardian angel, Clarence (John Dougan) has to descent on Christmas Eve to save George from despair and to show him what the world would have been like had he never been born.

This faithful adaptation has all your favorite characters Mary Hatch (Julie Laube), Uncle Billy (Mike McKenna), Aunt Tilly (Debbie LaShomb), Violet (Anna Layton), and, of course, the villain, Mr. Potter (Conor Fudge).

The cast of 40 members, has past theatre performers that will be joined by lots of new faces.

To complete the production, the cast and crew added in the simple set changes, the lights,

Submitted Photo The Bailey Family will be brought to life by, from left, Olivia Worley, Julie Laube, Rachel Swersie, Reed Klingensmith, Troy Gould and Lance Zaabel in the Newton Community Theatre’s production of “It’s A Wonderful Life.”

The show opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

props and fantastic 1940s costumes. This production not only celebrates the faith of the season, it also celebrates the American philosophy of life: hard work, fair play and the love and support of one’s family and community will be rewarded.

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The Newton Daily News recently visited Emerson Hough Elementary School and asked students:

Kids Talk What’s your favorite Christmas tradition?

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Club helps raise homeless awareness Annual event raised more than $100,000

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News An event that took place this fall allowed a Newton High School civic organization to contribute to a cause that doesn’t get much attention in rural Iowa.

The Newton High School Key Club has been involved with the organization Reggie’s Sleepout for many years, and an Oct. 22 event at Drake Stadium was the latest opportunity for the Key Club to show youth homelessness is an important concern.

Started more than a decade ago in memory of a young man who passed away in 2001 while on the streets, Reggie’s Sleepout holds events designed to raise funds for organizations that combat youth homelessness and to show young people what it’s like to sleep in a cardboard box for a night.

About eight NHS students who are members of the club headed to Drake for the October event. The next major Reggie’s Sleepout event is set to be held March 25 at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames.

Steve Weeks, a Newton High School teacher, coach and Key Club sponsor, said the Key Club, which is part of the service family of Kiwanis International, said youth homelessness is a cause that has been important to NHS students for many years.

Submitted Photo The Newton High School Key Club has been engaged with Reggie’s Sleepout — an annual Des Moines event to raise awareness of child homelessness — for many years, and this year’s event, held in October, was no exception. In front, from the left, are Michaella Cope, Mackenzie Hansen and Jordyn Soule. In back is advisor Steve Weeks, Mitchell Faidley, Daniel Lopez-Sanders, David Lopez-Sanders, Alyssa Carlock and Emigdio Lopez-Sanders.

“The NHS Key Club was engaged with Reggie’s Sleepout since before I started helping with the club back in 2012 — back when Jennie Doke Kerns was the sponsor,” Weeks said. “It was something that the students had always looked forward to and every year when we decide what work we want to do it is always one of the first ones put back on the list.”

Weeks said there is a great deal of shame and/or embar-

rassment surrounding any type of child or youth homelessness.

“Many of those who it affects do not talk about it,” he said. “For many, it is a family financial situation they cannot control and suffer because of it. For others, it affects teens who open up to loved ones that they are not heterosexual and that’s enough to lose their families and home.”

Key Club sits down each

year and discusses which causes to support. An annual local holiday gift toy drive, Christmas in the Gym, is set for Dec. 16 during the NHS basketball doubleheader. The club also holds a money fundraiser in the spring for a rotating group. Last spring’s recipients were Blank Children’s Hospital, Trick-orTreat for UNICEF and many other organizations.

Weeks said the club members show how NHS students

avoid pity, instead focusing on the kind of help they’d hope to receive if they ever found themselves homeless.

“This Key Club is filled with students who are very aware of the world around them,” Weeks said. “They are trying their best to do all the good they can when they can — for whom they can.”

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

State Board of Education begins process of adopting new science assessment Members of the State Board of Education today Nov. 16 to start the formal process of adopting a new state science assessment as recommended by an Iowa task force.

Board members reviewed proposed administrative rules that would put in place a new science assessment and then voted to start the rule-making process required for adoption.

The process, which includes public hearings and reviews by a legislative committee, takes at least 108 days.

Board members were acting on a recommendation from the Assessment Task Force, which was established as part of education reform legislation that Iowa lawmakers passed in 2013. Following the adoption of new state science standards in 2015, the task force studied options for a new science assessment and recommended ACT Aspire earlier this year.

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an assessment that fully reflects Iowa’s new science standards is not yet available. Specifically, the task force recommended ACT Aspire be administered to students in grades 5, 8 and 10 starting in the 2017-18 school year and ending in the 201920 school year. Task force members intend to continue meeting to review long-term options for a state science assessment.

“While new, aligned assessments are being developed, it is critical that

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Local & State News Continued from Page 1A transform a sporadically used green space near the downtown square — the former Madson Field baseball complex — into a DG retail outlet.

The city council failed to reach the needed three-fourths majority in November to rezone the property commercial.

The source of property tax projections Mardesen presented to sway the council and public in favor of the project were publicly disputed, but the issue died with the project.

City Continued from Page 1A the plan includes improving handicapped accessibility to the library service desks at the Newton Public Library.

The city will also work to establish a five-year building and facility maintenance plan and evaluate future uses of the Maytag Park caretakers house. The house, which has been used as the city’s park office in the past as well as a residence, is in need of restoration work and has been identified as the potential new parks department office.

Additional objectives the city will undertake include providing financial analysis and preparing plans for ‘warning trends’ within the city’s financial trends report and reviewing and updating city policies to meet audit recommendations.

Another big initiative the city is working to roll out is improving payment convenience for citizens. In the next three years, plans to accept online payments at the library, for all city services and to begin accepting credit card payments at all city facilities will be implemented city wide.

Also, a new website design is a priority for the city to create an all-encompassing web design that aligns the city and its stakeholders. The project coincides with the objective to partner with local and regional agencies. Over the next two years, the city plans to implement monthly meeting with local economic development agencies to maintain a unified

Mardesen was not available to comment on his new position by presstime on Friday, but the departing administrator also leaves behind a legacy of several accomplishments during his four years in Monroe.

The city has taken over and sold six nuisance/abatement properties during Mardesen’s tenure. He was also heavily involved in the development of a proposed recreational trail which will connect Monroe to Prairie City and, eventually, Mitchellville and the greater central Iowa trail system. Mardesen also helped secure new vision for future development in Newton. Also, work to develop and adopt an annual set of shared strategies with those agencies is also suggested.

To expand Newton’s partnerships beyond city limits, the city plans to visit 12 cities throughout the region to learn about and share best practices and identify four new partnerships between governmental agencies for shared services, collaboration and regional efficiency.

Other areas to be addressed include reviewing the fiber optic access opportunities at the library, using the Lean System to increase and improve operational effectiveness and efficiency and use performance reporting to set goal and improve services.

Finally, the city will continue to attract, develop and sustain a diverse workforce committed to quality service. Strategies such as developing a purposeful approach to succession planning, staff development and performance by designing and implementing an outreach recruitment strategy and developing and implementing an all-inclusive routine new employee orientation.

“I went back and crosschecked my notes from the planning session and I can’t find a thing that is missing,” councilwomen Lin Chapé said. “The bigger question is the challenge of getting it all done but it is tremendously exciting, look at we have just done this year.”

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

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Maytag Continued from Page 1A recently permitted to sell, as relabeled Maytag Dairy Farms products, these suppliers’ items through a catalog.

Maytag Dairy Farms regular production plant remains shut down and requests for interviews regarding the 75-year-old company’s future plans have been declined.

After a pair of February recalls, the company announced it was ceasing all plant production and ship-

ping of all “Maytag Blue” blue cheese wedges, wheels and crumble products, and hasn’t resumed it. Stores across the country, ranging from Hy-Vee Stores and Whole Foods locations to an upscale restaurant in San Diego, were carrying one or more Maytag products at the time.

Hy-Vee’s Newton location removed an elaborate display that was devoted to Maytag products. Hy-Vee personnel said no one from the dairy has contacted the store about any potential orders or product availability.

city administrator for roughly one year before Mardesen’s hire and after the departure of former administrator Sandy Breckenridge.

“We’ll be able to see, after three to six months, if we definitely need to replace him or endure ourselves,” Duinink said. “For major projects our engineering firm will do 90 percent of the paperwork.”

The city council is expected to formally accept Mardesen’s resignation at its Dec. 12 regular meeting.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@newtondailynews.com

The farm got its start when Elmer Henry Maytag, son of Maytag Corporation founder F.L. Maytag, formed a dairy farm in 1919 to produce milk for the family and company.

When F.L. Maytag died in 1937, the inheritance of Fred Maytag II and his brother, Robert Maytag, included a dairy and Holstein dairy cattle. They oversaw the creation of a cheese plant and storage caves on the farm.

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Letter Continued from Page 1A comment. Lauterbach said he signed the petition because he doesn’t want to see the federal government getting involved with local schools to that degree — especially if federal funding is withheld as a consequence for non-compliance.

“I’m supportive of our local administrators handling issues like this here, and not in Washington, D.C.,” Lauterbach said.

Lauterbach added he isn’t sure what relevance the directive will have now that Republican leadership is taking over at both the national and state level.

Peters said in May that transgender student issues are an evolving component of education, with administrators, teachers, students and other districts communicating regularly. He said each student’s

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Students pass through Newton High School halls on their way to class. A recent letter sent to school districts by religious organization The Family Leader urges schools to resist federal mandates regarding gender issues and restrooms.

needs are met on a case-bycase basis.

“Nothing new has come from the state since May,” Peters said. “I assume they (the state Legislature) may tackle

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view Thursday the city council has discussed shifting the administrator duties to city clerk Kim Thomas for three to six months, as the need for a fulltime administrator is evaluated. The topic was debated at a recent council workshop.

The town of 1,830 is in the process of going to a monthly billing cycle on water usage and hiring a water billing clerk to support the effort. Shifting this billing task away from Thomas, Duinink said, will free up time for her to complete duties traditionally performed by an administrator.

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The administrator graduated from Drake University in 2010 with a master’s degree in public administration. Monroe was his first city administrator job, joining city hall in October 2012.

Mardesen will also be taking with him Big Oven Bakeshop, a mobile cookie bakery he started with wife Joni and their three sons. The cookie trailer has become a fixture at Monroe’s Bike Nights and Old Settlers.

Monroe Mayor Doug Duinink said in a phone inter-

this issue at the next session this winter.”

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

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Never say goodbye

In the Neighborhood Pam Rodgers

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nytime you are moving to a new location and starting a new job, it can be nerve-wracking. When I took the job here in Newton, I had a slight advantage because I had worked with the editor, my boss, at my previous job in Marshalltown and knew her very well.

Despite this, I was still nervous yet hopeful I could get along with everyone else here in the newsroom and those I met in my new town.

The first person I met when I was still deciding to take the job was our niche publications editor, Kate Malott.

It was a short interaction and conversation (I’m not sure she even remembers it really), but it was nice to know there was a friendly person in the newsroom.

After I started, Kate showed me where things were located, so I could

jump into this new job feet-first. I got to know Kate more and more through working with her and then hanging out with her after work — going to trivia night, dinners at Sombrero or movies at the Capitol. As a native Newtonian, she was able to show me around so I could find everything I would need.

Over the course of the two years we’ve known each other, she has quickly become one of my best friends. It’s nice to have that person in town you can call to go for a walk to Cardinal Corner and talk about life.

Well, as many may know, Kate has taken a position at the Omaha World-Herald, and I couldn’t be happier for her. It is a great opportunity for her to grow as a journalist and chase her dreams.

While I am excited for her, I know we will be losing an integral part of our

team here at the Newton Daily News.

She does a lot for us out in the community. Everywhere we go, we always run into someone she knows either from growing up here or interviewing them for a story. She has been the best resource when it comes to Newton and its history. Kate does a lot of work for us behind the scenes as well — helping us put together our daily paper and special sections.

We will miss her at the Daily News, but for me I’ll miss her more than that.

She’s the first friend I made in Newton, and it will be weird without her just across town.

I’ll miss the random texts to go to Uncle Nancy’s for coffee or to Midtown or Hy-Vee for lunch. Our trips to Des Moines have always been memorable, but I enjoyed the nights we rented movies just as much.

Kate is the kind of person everyone should know. She has plenty of courage, always up for anything, even carpooling with my family to Hawkeye football games. Anyone who has ridden with my dad to the Hawkeye game

knows it takes plenty of courage when he’s behind the wheel (sorry, Dad!).

She is kind and caring, giving great advice or comfort when you need it most. I’ll never forget this February when I had planned to see my twin sister for our birthday, but a blizzard messed up those plans. She brought me a cupcake and rented a movie to make up for it. She’s always good at making me smile, and I try to return the favor as much as possible.

Omaha is only 2.5 hours away, so even though Kate will no longer be in Newton, we will find time to get together and catch up from time to time.

Plus texting and social media doesn’t stop working just because you cross the Iowa-Nebraska border (or so I’ve heard ... never can be too sure about technology with those Cornhuskers).

There’s an old saying “good friends are like stars, you don’t always see them but you know they’re there.”

Good luck in Omaha my friend! You’ll shine bright at whatever you do.

Contact Pam Rodgers at prodgers@newtondailynews.com

So Anyway Dana King

My new Christmas traditions

Editor’s note: This column originally published Dec. 17, 2015 I’m having trouble coming up with excuses and it’s been on my calendar for about a year, yet it still seems to have sneaked up on me. Christmas.

Here I am, scrambling just a few short days before Christmas to do my shopping. I haven’t done Christmas cards. I haven’t done any baking. In fact, the only cookies in my house are a few soggy Oreos left over from camping season.

What’s gotten into me?

I used to get a jump on my Christmas cards in late November. Along with the cards, I would pen a self-deprecating letter including some of the more notable antics that had occurred within my family throughout the year.

Ummm … not this year.

I would bake Christmas cookies and set up “creation stations” for the kids. We generally ended up with some of the ugliest cookies this side of the North Pole, but the kids loved decorating them.

Yeah. Not this year.

I really dislike shopping. I really, really dislike crowds. Multiply these by, let’s say 11, and you may come close to my feelings about venturing out to purchase Christmas gifts.

I guess I didn’t give it as much thought when I was “assisting” Santa and going elbow to elbow at the toy store with other parents doing the same thing. It was always worth it when you would see the sparkle in their eyes as they bound down the staircase in their adorable little pajamas, to get the first look under the tree Christmas morning.

But when they’re in their 20s? There’s nothing all that cute or adorable about an unshaven 20-year-old or a groggy 24-year-old requesting coffee as they meander sluggishly down the stairs in sweats and T-shirts.

In the past, I would choose a theme for wrapping everyone’s gifts. One year, I purchased rolls of plain, brown Kraft paper and yards of red satin ribbon. I’m telling you, I hated to let anyone open gifts that year because my tree, with all those packages, was adorable!

This year? Well, once I actually purchase the gifts, I’ll most likely just use the hodgepodge of wrapping paper in the basement that’s been leftover from years past.

But I’m not the only one.

Have you noticed being the recipient of less cards than in past years? My theory is so many of us use social media to keep in touch with family and friends now. I’ll use that as an excuse.

I’ve said it before, and I’m sure many empty-nesters would agree — once you no longer have young children in your home, it becomes much easier to let certain traditions slide. Excuse No. 2.

Remember how fun it use to be to put out the cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve? Or how you’d watch the 10 p.m. news with your kids to see where Santa was flying? Heck, we’re usually sound asleep by 8:30 p.m.

On the plus side, I do have my house decorated for the holiday.

Oh well, I guess I should actually be looking at all this from another perspective. Instead of excuses, these will now be known as my new “traditions.”

Contact Dana King at dking@shawmedia.com

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Self-defense for whom?

In every state in the country, the right to self-defense is considered a mitigating factor in criminal prosecutions. If you use violence to defend yourself in an extreme situation, most Americans believe, the law should treat you gently.

But not everyone gets to enjoy this right. Just ask Bresha Meadows, who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly shooting and killing her father. She was just 14.

Advocates say that prosecutors failed to account for Meadows’ home situation. Her father, they argue, was a violent and abusive man who terrorized her family and threatened to kill them. “In the 17 years of our marriage,” her mother wrote in a court complaint, “he has cut me, broke my ribs, fingers, the blood vessels in my hand, my mouth, blackened my eyes.”

She went on to warn: “I am 100 percent sure he will kill me and the children.”

More troublingly, the evidence suggests authorities had failed Bresha and her family at earlier moments of crisis. Bresha herself cried out for help to family members and repeatedly ran away from home to escape her situation. Yet law enforcement never questioned Meadows without the presence of her father and sent her home every time she tried to escape.

Another View Nia Nyamweya Now 15 and detained in Trumbull County, Ohio, Meadows faces charges for aggravated murder. Denied pre-trial release, she’s been locked up away from family, friends, and school for months. In October, she was placed on suicide watch.

Unfortunately, Meadows’ case is not unique.

In fact, 84 percent of girls in juvenile detention have experienced family violence. And the number of girls in juvenile jail is rising, especially for black girls.

Even as a national conversation around mass incarceration and racial profiling gains momentum, black girls like Meadows are often left out. That sends a harmful message that they aren’t valued.

The Meadows case is one of many examples in a larger trend of policies that criminalize girls and leave trauma unaddressed.

These systems fail young girls when they need help the most, and then punish them for the result.

“Countless black women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people face similar matrices of interpersonal violence and state

violence,” the advocacy group Love and Protect explained in a statement. “Many, like Bresha, are criminalized for choosing survival.”

Worse still, the juvenile justice system doesn’t work to rehabilitate anyone. Instead, it’s often damaging and re-traumatizing, especially for people who come from violent homes. Affordable, community-based solutions that prioritize assessing family security needs over sending teens that lash out to prison would be far preferable to incarcerating traumatized children.

Each day Bresha spends in prison is a reflection that the law doesn’t apply to everyone.

“We should be worried about Bresha,” says Mariame Kaba, the founder of Love and Protect.

“With the charges they put on her, it could be 25 years to life.”

Though incarceration rates are rising, violence against black girls isn’t new. Our justice system has been failing them for a long time.

A petition is circulating calling for prosecutors to release Bresha Meadows and drop her charges.

Like all victims of domestic and family violence, she deserves support. Meadows’ release from detention would send a different message: that black girls’ lives are worthy of defense.

Nia Nyamweya is a Next Leader with the Criminalization of Poverty project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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Obituaries David Smead Nov. 29, 2016 David Dewey Smead, 61, of Albia, passed a w a y Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Dave was born Nov. 24, 1955, to Johnnie Mansfield and Betty Elaine (Myers) Smead in Iowa City. He graduated from Albia High School in the class of 1974. In 1990 he mar-

David L. Altemeier Nov. 30, 2016 David L.“Baldy” Altemeier, 79, of Newton, died on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 5, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Cre-

Dennis D. Gulling Nov. 29, 2016 Dennis D. “Guru” Gulling, 64, of Baxter; formerly of Newton died on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 at Accura Healthcare of Baxter in Baxter.

Dennis’ family will Celebrate his Life with a

Notice Rayford “Ray” DeBruyn Nov. 30, 2016 Rayford “Ray” DeBruyn, 74, of Kellogg, died on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

A private family graveside service will be held at Hewitt Cemetery in rural Reasnor.

The Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

ried Debbie Kirk in Albia. They shared 24 years of marriage before her passing on July 11, 2014.

Dave worked at Monroe Plastics before taking a job with Maytag where he worked for 34 years until retiring in 2011. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Albia. Dave enjoyed being outdoors, fishing, hunting, watching trains with his brother John, and taking his dog Annie to the Albia Reservoir to let her run. His real joy in life was spending time with his friends and family, especially his

grandchildren.

Dave is survived by his children, Jenifer (Tommy) Gillespie of Knoxville, Michael (Lindsay) Smead of Albia and Gina (Shawn) Adolphi of Eddyville; five grandchildren, Delanie, Kaden, Colton, Cooper and Kirkland; Dave is also survived by a brother John (Carol) Smead of Albia; two sisters, Peggy Smead of Avery and Betty (Benji) Thompson of Avery; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife Debbie; his parents, Johnnie and Betty; a brother,

George “Ned” Smead and a grandson, Kurtis Champoux.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4 at Tharp Funeral Home in Albia; with Pastor John Van Weelden officiating. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3 at Tharp Funeral Home in Albia, with Dave’s family present from 5 to 8 p.m.

A memorial has been established to the Dave’s family.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.tharpfh.com.

matory. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m., Monday, until the time of service at the funeral home. Memorials to the Iowa Chapter of the Horseman Benevolent and Protective Association may be left at the funeral home.

David, the son of Dale and Marge (Bergman) Altemeier, was born on Aug. 25, 1937 in Newton.

He grew up in Newton until his family moved to Comanche, Texas in 1950. David graduated from Comanche High School in 1956 and then returned to Newton to work at the Maytag

Company. He worked in several areas at Maytag, including dryer, assembly and sheet metal, until joining the receiving department in 1977 where he worked until his retirement in June of 1986. He was also a longtime farmer and owned, trained,and breed thoroughbred horses. David was a member of I-Club, Parents without Partners, Iowa HBPA and a lifetime member of the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. He was an avid Iowa Hawkeye, St. Louis Cardinal, and horse racing fan.

David is survived by his son, Curtis (Susan) Altemeier of Newton; three grandchildren, Nicole (Ben) Miles of Newton, Heather (Joe) Swanson of Newton, and Devon Altemeier of Lathrop, Mo.; two great-grandchildren, Dexter Miles and Jack Swanson; his daughterin-law, Danielle Altemeier Krosk of Lathrop; brother, Mark (Mary) Altemeier of Newton; his special friend, Jan Wolters of Newton; and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents and son, Bill Altemeier.

visitation from 5 to 7 p.m., Tu e s day, Dec. 6 at the Wa l l a c e Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials in Dennis’ name may be left at the funeral

home. Memorials may also be mailed to the Wallace Family Funeral Home, please add, Attn:Gulling Family on the envelope.

Those left to celebrate his life are his daughters, Kim (Rob) Meyer of Baxter and Jen Gulling (fiancé, Chad Andrews) of Newton; granddaughter, Erin Suttek of Baxter and her daughter, Eleanor Warner and

grandson, Ryan Meyer of Baxter; his siblings, Doug (Kathy) Gulling of Newton, Deb (Dennis) Witte of Kellogg, David Gulling of Arizona and Darin (Miguael) Gulling of Newton; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother in infancy and a niece in infancy.

Kinetic Edge donates to Friends of Newton Parks Submitted Photo Representatives from Kinetic Edge presented a check to the Friends of Newton Parks.

The donation was made as part of the “Join the Movement” program. The money will be put toward various park improvement projects. From left, are Friends of Newton Parks President Andy Breuer, Kinetic Edge Clinic Manager/Physical Therapist Matt Scotton and at Kinetic Edge Physical Therapist Lauren Saehler.

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• NCT presents “It’s a Wonderful Life” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Newton Community Theatre.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for youth. For reservations, call the box office at 641-792-1230.

• Kellogg Lions Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m.

Saturday at Cabin at the Park, in Kellogg. Menu includes sausage, eggs, pancakes, coffee and juice. A freewill donation with proceeds going to East Jasper County Food Pantry.

• Newton Parks and Recreation will host a 30Acre Park Work Day from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the park on South 13th Avenue East near Community Heights Alliance Church. Volunteers should plan to meet at the east parking lot. The Park Board has set a goal of developing 30-Acre Park for mountain biking, hiking and other outdoor recreational activities. At this event, volunteers will be cutting brush, picking up trash and completing other small projects.

• Down Home Christmas will be at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Kellogg Historical Museum. For more information, call the Kellogg Museum at 641-526-3430.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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

• Dollars for Scholars Holiday Tour of Homes is from at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The cost is $10 per person. For more information, contact Lee Swenson at 641-792-2786.

• 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.

• Holiday Vendor Fair and Craft Show is from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Newton Elks Lodge, 111 E. Second St. S. in Newton. For more information, call 641-792-4118.

• Colfax Country Christmas will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday in Downtown Colfax. For additional information about Country Christmas visit the Colfax Main Street Facebook page or contact Main Street Program Director Rebecca Evans at 515-674-9071.

• NCT presents “It’s a Wonderful Life” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Newton Community Theatre. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for youth. For reservations, call the box office at 641-792-1230.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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DEAR ABBY: My husband of 23 years, “Gerald,” quit his job to start his own law firm. He told me about it only after he had quit. I have tried to be supportive, but seven months down the line, he has spent all our “rainy day” cash and earned only one paycheck.

We have two teenagers, one who will be going to college in a year.

I took a high-paying job a year ago to help pay down our mortgage and fund our son’s college expenses. Gerald claimed the bonus money he received when he quit his old job belonged to him to fund the new venture.

He’s now saying that seven months is too little time to make any huge decisions, but we are now going to start liquidating our 401(k)s. This is where I draw the line. He needs to get a job. I have worked every year of our marriage and never quit.

I feel like I’m living with a selfish stranger who calls me a “money-hungry stereotypical female” when I ask when he’ll get paid. Is it time for me to take off the rose-colored glasses and file for divorce? — STUCK IN HIS MIDLIFE CRISIS DEAR STUCK: Your husband should have discussed his career change with you before he quit the law firm.

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DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to the letter from “Loving Granddaughter” on July 2, who was asking for ways to prepare for the eventual passing of her grandparents, with whom she is very close.

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We started doing this with my grandfather when he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, before he started losing his memory. After he finally succumbed, going back to his interviews was a great way for our family to remember him in the way that he would have wanted to be remembered.

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Bad dog? Family suspects Sammy of starting house fire LU VERNE — A north Iowa family suspects their dog, Sammy, of starting a fire that destroyed their kitchen.

Mike Nilles, of Lu Verne, said he found 3-foot flames climbing up his kitchen cabinets Nov. 23.

Nilles turned off the stove and alerted his wife, Lynzie. The couple then helped their 2-year-old daughter and four dogs escape. Nilles says he can’t be sure, but he suspects their 7-year-old dog Sammy of jumping onto the gas stove.

Transamerica cutting 120 jobs in Cedar Rapids CEDAR RAPIDS — An insurance company says it will lay off about 120 people at its Cedar Rapids office. Transamerica announced Thursday it would cut the Cedar Rapids jobs as part of moves that also include the closure of offices in Los Angeles, Folsom, California, and West Chester, Ohio, during 2017. A total of 800 jobs will also be eliminated in other locations, including the Cedar Rapids cuts.

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IOWA CITY— Several Iowa City businesses were forced to evacuate after a construction crew struck a gas line.

Fire crews arrived at the scene around 6 p.m. Thursday. The line break was located in an alley next to the Hamburg Inn No. 2, a popular diner near the downtown. Fire trucks, a police squad car and an ambulance blocked roadways around the area.

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Man found with 500K child porn images gets prison time WATERLOO — An Iowa man who was found with roughly 500,000 child pornography images has been sentenced to prison. Forrest Lynn Rindels, 60, of Waterloo was given a five-year prison sentence Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. Rindels will have to participate in sex offender treatment while in prison and will be on seven years of supervised release following prison. —The Associated Press

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The Newton Police Department and the Jasper County Animal Rescue League has found the lack of an ordinance addressing standard of care is problematic as they try to enforce issues related to proper housing, food, water, sanitation and medical care. With the new ordinance language, a level of expected care will be put in place with penalties should they not be followed.

On occasion, animals are left in vehicles when the conditions are not ideal for them to remain in there. The proposed ordinance would prohibit animal owners from leaving the pets in the vehicle during times of extreme heat or cold without proper ventilation or other protections from the heat or cold.

Finally, since the latest change in the vicious and problematic dog ordinance in 2014, officials have found that often a dog could get at large two times rather quickly, which would classify them as problematic. The proposed change would bring the at large number up to four or more times within 12 months.

City council will also look to renew the Single-Family Incentive Program that has been in place for the past three years. The incentive includes a $10,000 payment for buyers for newly built single-family homes, along with incentives for builders, such as a $10,000 payable toward construction loan interest and the waiver of permit fees.

Also in the area of construction, council will look to hire an engineering firm to provide roadway designs for Fairmeadows North plats eight and nine. The city owns the land north of the current Fairmeadows and is looking to begin expanding to build news homes since there all lots in the current development are occupied.

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Newton library to support JCARL, offers special programs JCARL Donation Drive The Newton Public Library is collecting supplies for the Jasper County Animal Rescue League during the month of December. Donated supplies will be accepted through Dec. 20, during library open hours.

Items being collected include: dog and cat food, cat litter, toys, rawhides and collars.

For more information, contact Public Services Librarian, Becca Klein, at 641-792-4108.

Read to a Certified Therapy Dog Every Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. the library will have a certified therapy dog in the Children’s Department to listen to children read.

Newton Public Library Rebecca Klein This friendly golden retriever is certified with Therapy Dogs International and loves children. Volunteer Cynthia Healy and her dog will be at the puzzle table area in the library to give your child a chance to practice reading aloud. No appointment necessary, just stop by and take your turn reading aloud for a few minutes. For more information, call Youth Services Librarian Phyllis Peter at 641-792-4108.

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DIY @ the Library: Moravian Stars 6 p.m. Thursday — Learn about the history of these German paper ornaments and make one of your own. All materials provided. Call 641792-4108 to register.

Art on a Cart: Book-Inspired Ornaments 2 p.m. Dec. 15 — Make a variety of easy, book themed ornaments. This creative, hands on program features a new craft or art project each month and is designed to be inclusive of adults of all abilities. All materials provided.

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DIY @ the Library: Mason Jar Snowglobes 6 p.m. Dec. 12 — Make your own snowglobe. Attendees are encouraged to bring a glass jar, any size. Class size is limited and registration is re-

Flute-iano Holiday Concert 5:30 p.m. Dec. 16 — The flute and piano duo of Glenda Duffus and Kris McKlveen play seasonal holiday favorites. Cookies and cocoa will be served. All ages welcome.

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Truck smashes into Iowa Walmart store killing 3 people PELLA (AP) — A pickup truck smashed through the front doors of an Iowa Walmart store on Thursday, killing three people and scattering merchandise on the floor before it came to a stop at the fresh produce section in what authorities believe was a tragic accident.

A photograph posted by the Des Moines Register showed the pickup resting near a sign that said “Fresh Produce,” with boxes and other debris behind it. Witnesses

said the truck entered through the front doors in the grocery portion of the store and came to a rest after hitting a refrigerated produce display.

“At this time, we don’t have any reason to believe it was intentional,” said Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig, who was at the scene of the crash. Ludwig said officials are investigating all possible scenarios.

The crash in Pella, Iowa, just before 10 a.m. killed three people — all outside the vehicle — and

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Authorities had not released the identities of those involved by late Thursday afternoon as officials worked to inform family members of the casualties. Ludwig said he did not have the medical conditions of those hurt.

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Cardinal bowlers lose to Bobcats in opener

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Not picking up spares in bowling spells problems for high school bowling teams.

Newton High’s girls and boys had trouble on the lanes at home Thursday against Marshalltown’s Bobcats.

“Marshalltown has one of the strongest boys’ teams in the state. Our girls weren’t able to overcome a sizable pin deficit after the individual games,” Newton head coach Seth Banwell said after Newton lost its season-opening dual at Cardinal Lanes.

The Bobcat boys, who return three bowlers from last year’s fourth-place team in the Class 3A state tournament, powered past the Cardinal boys by more than 400 pins. Marshalltown won 2,684-2,220.

In the varsity girls’ match up, Newton fell behind Marshalltown by 89 pins before going into the Baker Games.

The Bobcats pulled out a 2,138-2,052 win over the Cardinal girls.

“The girls kept it close and out bowled Marshalltown in

the Baker round, but it wasn’t quite enough to pull off the win,” Banwell said. “Both of our teams struggled converting our spares today.”

Junior Shaiden Simmons posted the top score for the Newton boys with a 321 on games of 180 and 141. Senior Reid Miller rolled a 311 (150161) and freshman Alex Frymoyer had a 293 (148-145) in his first varsity high school competition.

Reece Thurmond, a junior, finished with a 279 on games of 114 and 165. Sophomore Cutter Benac had a 275 (146129). Senior Sam Supino bowled a 273 (134-139) and did not compete in the Baker Games for Newton.

The Newton boys rolled a Baker round score of 741 on games of 184-162-129-115151. Marshalltown’s Baker round total was 822.

Leading the Cardinal girls was junior Kayla Soper with a 302 with games of 148 and 154. Sophomore Alicia Miller posted a 297 (135-162) and sophomore Taylor Johnson had a 274 (124-150).

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Reece Thurmond follows through on his release of the ball during Thursday’s bowling dual against Marshalltown at Newton’s Cardinal Lanes. It was the season opener for the NHS teams and they lost to the visiting Bobcat squads.

Hawks open strong on the mat

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Rhone pulled out a sudden victory win in overtime against Chayton Reif at 182.

Rhone trailed 1-0 after two periods. He used a reversal to take a 2-1 lead but Reif tied it up with an escape point.

Rhone claimed the win with a takedown and pinned Reif. The win gave Newton six points to bump the team score to 10.

Smith wrestled for the first time this season after winning by forfeit Tuesday at home. At 195, Smith opened the match with a takedown of Reece Bowlin. It was 2-2 after a penalty point and an escape point won by Bowlin.

SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks opened the 2016-17 wrestling season at home Thursday, going 3-1 in dual action. The Hawks claimed wins over South Iowa Cedar League opponents Belle Plain and Montezuma and a victory against Pekin.

The loss was Caden to North Mahas- Dunsbergen ka, another SICL team, 48-12. Lynnville-Sully beat Belle Plaine 48-9 and got past Montezuma, 39-21. The Hawks won three of the five contested matches on the mat against Pekin to win 33-30.

In all the matches in the four duals, only three were wins by decisions. All the others were won by pins or by forfeits, scoring six points each for the teams.

Against Belle Plaine, Lynnville-Sully’s Ty Breeden at 132 pounds and Caden Dunsbergen

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Logan Zibert works for a pin of his opponent from Boone in Tuesday’s home season opener. Zibert recorded two more match victories Thursday as the Cardinals beat Albia and lost to host Indianola in dual action. Newton hosts its annaul Cardinal Classic starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Newton High School.

Newton falls to No. 10 Indianola Cardinals beat Albia

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News INDIANOLA — Newton High’s wrestling team was undefeated in dual action for awhile Thursday night. The Cardinals defeated Albia, 46-28, to go 2-0 in a non-conference dual then faced host Indianola.

Newton hit the mat against Class 3A 10th-ranked Indianola in Little Hawkeye Conference action. The Indians’ four ranked individual wrestlers claimed wins as Indianola dealt Newton a 58-13

Being fearless is the key to success B

eing fearless is an aspect of all of our lives. We all have fears, but there are areas we all just let it fly.

If you look fearless up in a dictionary, you will read “lacking fear.” I have a different definition for the word — willingness to do what you want, putting fear out of your mind and following your passion.

We see it every day in sporting events. A great shooter cannot think about the 10 shots he or she just missed. They keep shooting. An offensive lineman has to be ready to make the block to open a hole for a running back or keep a defender away from the quarterback even if he gave up a tackle-for-loss the play before.

What about a baseball player standing at the plate facing a pitcher, who

setback. Indianola beat Albia, 43-18.

The Cardinals won three matches in their first conference dual of the young season. Seniors Logan Zibert and Brady Smith and junior Blayden Rhone notched decisions over their Indianola opponents.

Newton trailed Indianola 43-0 when Zibert put up an 11-2 major decision over Hunter VanderWaal in the 152-pound match. Zibert built a 6-1 lead with two takedowns and a two-point near fall in the first period then added a point in the second and four more points in the third period.

Indianola won the next two matches.

The Pressbox Jocelyn Sheets has struck him out countless times.

The batter has to be fearless and vice versa for the pitcher.

Being fearless is about confidence in yourself and teammates. It’s about passion. If you are confident in what you do in athletic competition or in life, you will succeed. If you are passionate in your endeavors, you will succeed.

Success is not just about wins and losses. We are a society that puts such emphasis on winning — winning at all costs. Winning is fun, losing is not.

That is a given. Knowing how to work through the adversities in an athletic competition helps provide a foundation of how to find a way to do the same in life situations away from athletics.

As a writer, I face a fear every time I begin a new story. Facing a blank

piece of white paper, or in this day and age, a blank white computer screen is daunting. How do I start this one so it doesn’t read like every other story I’ve written in my lifetime as a sports journalist? How do I tell readers the story so they really know what happened out there? How do I do justice to those who competed — win or lose?

I know my parents faced fears every day raising five children. They had to be fearless when we lost my little brother because they knew they had four other children who needed them to be confident and passionate about life’s promises in the face of death.

There are no givens to any of us.

A question came across my screen in one of those endless Facebook posts we all see — If you could have any job/ career, which would you choose? My response was to be a trumpet player for a big band or orchestra. When I was younger, I thought I was fearless when it came to playing the trumpet.

Music was, and probably still is, my one true passion. I’ve loved trumpet music all my life and never hesitated when asked which instrument I want-

ed to learn to play.

Doubt in my abilities to follow the musical dream held me back. I moved to my next passion— writing, sports writing specifically. I’m doing what I was meant to do, I believe. I’m confident in my abilities, most of the time. I still have to remind myself to be fearless.

I’ve covered countless young people in sports in my 37-year professional career. Not many of them went on to be professional athletes. Some competed at the college level and were successful.

Their true success lies in their productive lives as ordinary people being fearless in their chosen profession and family life.

To all the area youth competing and dreaming of what might be in athletics for them, dream and work hard for your dreams if it is what you are passionate about. Be confident in yourself and don’t allow a bad shot, a missed block or a bad handoff hold you back.

Be fearless.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at jsheets@newtondailynews.com

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SPORTS CALENDAR Friday Basketball Newton girls at Indianola, JV 4:45 p.m., varsity 6:15 p.m., 9th 7:30 p.m.

Newton boys at Indianola, JV 4:45 p.m., 9th 6:15 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

North Mahaska at Lynnville-Sully, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Wrestling Newton Invitational, 10 a.m.

PCM at Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational, 10 a.m.

CMB at Bondurant-Farrar, TBD Colfax-Mingo at Woodward-Granger Invitational, 9 a.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Montezuma Invitational, 10 a.m.

Boys Swimming NCMP Invitational, 10 a.m.

Basketball CMB at Colfax-Mingo, girls 2 p.m., boys 3:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, girls 4 p.m., boys 6 p.m.

Monday Basketball PCM at Pella Christian, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Tuesday Boys Swimming Des Moines East at NCMP, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball Nevada at Newton boys, 9th 4:45 p.m., JV 6:15 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Wrestling Bondurant-Farrar, Pleasantville, Sigourney-Keota at PCM, 6 p.m.

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

Thursday Boys Swimming Boone at NCMP, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball Newton girls at Marshalltown, 9th 4:45 p.m., varsity 6:15 p.m.

Newton boys at Marshalltown, JV 4:45 p.m., 9th 6:15 p.m., varsity 7:30p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at HLV, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Wrestling PCM, Nevada at North Polk, 6 p.m.

CMB at Gilbert quadrangular, 5:30 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo, Roland-Story at Saydel, 6 p.m.

George Mason draws the line against Panthers CEDAR FALLS (AP) — Marquise Moore and Justin Kier each hit a pair of free throws in the final 19 seconds to secure George Mason a 54-50 win over Northern Iowa on Wednesday night.

Spencer Haldeman hit a pair from the line with :30 left to get the Panthers within one, 5049, but Moore answered with two of his own with 19 seconds left. Jordan Ashton got Northern Iowa within two by hitting the first of two free throws, but Kier knocked down two of his own with 5 seconds left to set the final score.

Jaire Grayer led the Patriots (5-3) with 14 points and Otis Livingston II added another 12.

Haldeman led Northern Iowa (3-3) with 16 points off the bench.

The Panthers were just 15-of-58 from the field.

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Tigerhawk grapplers claim two SICL wins

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MARENGO — Junior Colton Lourens, sophomore Cauy Fitch and freshman Zack Barnes went 3-0 on the night, and the Colfax-Mingo wrestling team picked up two big South Iowa Cedar League wins Thursday night during a quadrangular at Iowa Valley High School.

The Tigerhawks lost their opener to Class 3A Pella but rebounded against SICL foes Tri-County and host Iowa Valley.

Pella, which also fields athletes from Pella Christian, defeated Colfax-Mingo 47-22.

The Tigerhawks received 10 forfeits against Tri-County and rolled to a 78-6 victory. In the finale against Iowa Valley, Colfax-Mingo rallied from a 24-6 deficit to win 42-39.

“That one felt good,” Colfax-Mingo coach Erin Hume said of the win over Iowa Valley. “It was a big confidence booster. It was good to end the night with two wins.”

The Tigerhawks are now 4-1 on the season after starting 1-4 last year.

Iowa Valley, which finished second in the SICL tournament last year, jumped out to an early lead, but four straight wins put the Tigerhawks up 30-24.

The Tigers led 39-36 with one match to go, but Colfax-Mingo clinched the win when senior Adam Teed recorded a 54 second pin. Teed went 2-1 on the night and is now 4-1 on the season.

“He is developing the way we thought he would,” Hume said of Teed. “He usually starts slow and gets better as the year goes on. For him to start fast this year is a good sign.”

Barnes went 3-0 at 106 and is now 5-0 on the season. All three of his wins Thursday

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo sophomore Cauy Fitch earned three more victories Thursday in a quadrangular at Iowa Valley High School. Fitch is 5-0 on the season.

were by fall and two of them came in the first minute.

“He works really hard and practices really hard,” Hume said of Barnes. “I am really glad he is part of our team this year. He’s just an athlete, and when you’re that good of an athlete at 106, you’ll win a lot of matches.”

Fitch also is 5-0 on the season. He was 3-0 Thursday with two pins at 120 and a forfeit at 113. In his brief high school career, Fitch is 31-3 overall.

“He’s made some big strides from last year,” Hume said of Fitch. “He’s working hard and opening up his offense more.”

Pella started its dual with Colfax-Mingo with eight straight wins. That gave the Dutch a 37-0 lead.

Lourens put the Tigerhawks on the board with a major decision, and then Barnes, Cyden Fitch and Cauy Fitch picked up consecutive pins to close to within 41-22.

Pella ended the dual with a

fall.

Hume said the Tigerhawks had chances to knock off Pella.

The Dutch lost to Iowa Valley later in the night.

“We just didn’t show up for that dual,” Hume said. “We lost leads in three matches.”

The Tigerhawks went 3-1 in contested matches against Tri-County.

Barnes got a pin at 106, Isaac Clouse won his 182-pound match by fall, and Lourens also pinned his opponent at 220.

Lourens, who wrestled at 182 last year, went 3-0 on the night and is now 4-1 on the season.

“He’ll hold his own all season,” Hume said of Lourens.

“It may take a few matches but he’ll get adjusted to the heavier weight here soon.”

Freshman Trystin Ross started the Tigerhawks’ dual with Iowa Valley with a first-period pin at 145. Iowa Valley won the next four bouts to take a 24-6 lead.

Colfax-Mingo regained the lead when Nick Barnes (195) and Ben Mead (285) each took forfeits and Lourens (220) and Zack Barnes (106) each won by fall.

The Tigerhawks led by three with four matches to go, and Cauy Fitch (120) and Teed (138) clinched the victory with pins.

“The guys rallied, and we were able to finish,” Hume said. “It was good to see.”

Iowa Valley defeated Colfax-Mingo 42-27 last season.

Joining Teed with a 2-1 mark on the night were Ross (145) and Mead. Ross took a forfeit against Tri-County and got a win by fall against Iowa Valley. Mead took two forfeits.

The Tigerhawks finish a busy week with a trip to Woodward-Granger at 9 a.m.

Saturday.

Cincinnati upsets No. 19 Iowa State in overtime

AMES (AP) — Iowa State is playing defense better than it has in years.

The Cyclones’ offense has been uncharacteristically sluggish at times though, putting their school-record streak in the Top 25 in jeopardy.

Jacob Evans III made two free throws with 20 seconds left in overtime and Cincinnati upset No. 19 Iowa State 55-54 on Thursday night, the Cyclones’ second straight loss.

Kyle Washington had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Evans had 11 points for the Bearcats (6-1), who also snapped Iowa State’s 37-game non-conference home winning streak.

Cincinnati outrebounded the smaller Cyclones 46-34. It shot just 3-of-21 from 3-point range and 35.5 percent overall, but its defense stifled Iowa State — which just 11 days ago scored a program-best 130 points.

“To win it when you go 3-for21 from 3, on the road against a great team like that, and they still win the game? It says a lot about the character of our team,” Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said.

Gary Clark and Kevin Johnson also scored 11 points each for the Bearcats.

Monte Morris had 15 points for the Cyclones (5-2) and Matt Thomas scored 13.

Iowa State’s Naz Mitrou-Long, who has hit a number of game-winning 3-pointers in his career, had one rim out at the regulation buzzer. He did not score.

“I thought they really competed. Showed a lot of toughness, a lot of grit,” Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said. “They were going to try to control the tempo. The biggest key is just we weren’t able to get enough good, quality shots on the offensive

AP Photo Iowa State guard Naz Mitrou-Long, center, has his shot blocked by Cincinnati forward Kyle Washington and Cincinnati forward Gary Clark during the first half Thursday in Ames. The Bearcats ended the Cyclones’ 37game non-conference home winning streak with an overtime win.

end. That’s something I’ve got to look at and do better with.”

The Cyclones have dropped their last two by a total of three points after a 5-0 start. But Iowa State had its worst offensive output since 2013 on Thursday, scoring its fewest points in an overtime game in 11 years.

“They were just tougher than us,” said Darrell Bowie, who had 11 points with seven rebounds for Iowa State.

The Big Picture Cincinnati: The Bearcats were active in disrupting Iowa State’s often-lethal transition offense and kept the Cyclones (5of-21 on 3-pointers) from getting good looks beyond the arc.

This win will look really good on their postseason resume.

Iowa State: The Cyclones might have issues with bigger teams like Cincinnati all season.

Iowa State thrives behind a deep and talented backcourt, but the Bearcats were often able to make it a half-court game and disrupt the Cyclones’ ball movement — although the absence of promising freshman forward Solomon Young didn’t help.

Poll Implications Iowa State has been ranked in 60 consecutive polls, thirdbest nationally behind Kansas and Arizona. That could end Monday — though losing on a neutral floor to Gonzaga by two last week and to one to the tough-minded Bearcats certainly doesn’t mean the Cyclones are in trouble quite yet.

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No. 1 Irish top Iowa women in ACC/B1G tourney IOWA CITY (AP) — No. 1 Notre Dame passed its first road test.

When things got close, the Irish turned to their pesky defense and balanced scoring attack to thwart any thoughts of an upset.

Brianna Turner scored 15 points, Arike Ogunbowale added 14 and Notre Dame held off Iowa 73-58 on Wednesday night in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.

Lindsay Allen had 11 points, eight assists and five steals for the Irish (7-0). They had 42 points in the paint and scored 21 points off 23 Hawkeyes turnovers.

Notre Dame led by as many as 14 points in the first half and looked like it could turn the game into a blowout, but Iowa cut it to 50-48 with 2 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter.

The Irish responded with an 11-1 run to pull away.

Ally Disterhoft led Iowa (5-3) with 18 points and Megan Gustafson had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

The Hawkeyes hosted the top-ranked team for the first time since 1999.

Iowa’s 23 turnovers were a season-worse.

Notre Dame forced 15 of those in the first half and then held the Hawkeyes to nine fourth-quarter points.

Sports Bowling Continued from Page 1B Junior Alyssa White rolled a 253 on games of 146 and 107 and junior Kaytie Hughes had a 228 (93-135). Senior Lizzy Coyle finished with a 226 (132-94) and did not compete in the Baker round for Newton.

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In the Baker round, Newton rolled games of 157-114-166-136-125 for a pin total of 698.

Marshalltown’s Baker Game pin count was 695.

“We need to do a better job hitting our targets and making the right adjustments to the lane conditions,” Banwell said. “We’ll learn

from the meet and keep moving forward.”

Newton’s teams have time to do more work in practice before their next competition. The Cardinals host Des Moines North on Dec. 12 at Cardinal Lanes.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Winding up to deliver the ball down the lane is Newton High’s Shaiden Simmons during the team’s warm-up at Thursday’s competition against visiting Marshalltown at Newton’s Cardinal Lanes. Simmons posted the highest score for the Newton boys.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Kayla Sopher begins her approach on the lane during a warm-up toss at Thursday’s season opener against Marshalltown. Sopher had the top score for the Cardinal girls.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Blayden Rhone works for a takedown shot against an opponent in Tuesday’s home season opener.

Rhone, Newton’s 182-pounder, went 1-1 in action Thursday for the Cardinals, winning against Indianola in Little Hawkeye Conference competition and losing against Albia in non-conference action in a double dual at Indianola.

Wrestling Continued from Page 1B Smith recorded another takedown, but Bowlin escaped. Smith added to his 4-3 lead with a reversal in the second period. Bowlin escaped to begin the third period followed by Smith taking him down again. Bowlin tacked up a point with another escape but Smith took him down one more time for a 10-5 victory.

Smith and Zibert improved to 3-0 on the season. Smith powered past Albia’s Terrin Pedilla on a 10-2 major decision Thursday. Zibert pinned Albia’s Bryce McKim at the 4:52 mark of their 6-minute match at 152.

The Indianola dual began with fourth-ranked Eagan Lickiss pinning Newton senior Alex Miller at 285. Newton sophomore Blake Cockerton lost 6-2 to ninthranked Connor Sexton at 113 and Indiaonla’s fourth-ranked Kobey Pritchard pinned freshman Blake Iske in the 120-pound match.

Lance Runyon is ranked No. 2 at 132 in the preseason poll, but he wrestled at 138 Thursday night for Indianola. Runyon beat Newton sophomore Reece Caves by a first-period fall.

The lone Albia wrestler ranked in Class 2A’s preseason poll was Aden Reeves at 120. Reeves pinned Iske in the second period.

Newton won seven of the 11 matches contested on the mat against Albia. Freshman Gage Lina-

hon notched his first varsity win with a pin of Albia’s Calahan Whisler at 220. Miller pinned Albia’s Lane Pierce in the 285-pound match.

Hull took a 6-2 decision over Barrett Bonnet at 126, freshman Noah Cook won by forfeit at 132 as did Cockerton at 113. Junior Tristiin Langmaid beat Albia’s Jacob Fisher, 10-1, at 160 and senior Tanner Petro pinned Albia’s Drake McKim at 170.

Newton’s Hull, Miller, Cockerton, Langmaid, Petro and Rhone are all 2-1 on the season. Cook Iske and Caves are 1-2 while Linahon is 1-1.

Witten is 0-3.

Newton hosts its annual Cardinal Classic tournament at 10 a.m.

Saturday at Newton High School.

Varsity Newton 46, Aliba 28 195: Brady Smith (N) over Terrin Pedilla (A) (MD 102) 220: Gage Linahon (N) over Calahan Whisler (A) (Fall 1:54) 285: Alex Miller (N) over Lane Pierce (A) (Fall 0:48) 106: Michael Thomas (A) (For.) 113: Blake Cockerton (N) (For.) 120: Aden Reeves (A) over Blake Iske (N) (Fall 2:35) 126: Ross Hull (N) over Barrett Bonnett (A) (Dec 6-2) 132: Noah Cook (N) (For.) 138: Dominick Morris (A) over Reece Caves (N) (Fall 2:39) 145: David Morris (A) over Coltin Whitten (N) (MD 102) 152: Logan Zibert (N) over Bryce McKim (A) (Fall 4:52) 160: Tristin Langmaid (N) over Jacob Fisher (A) (MD 10-1) 170: Tanner Petro (N) over Drake McKim (A) (Fall 4:30) 182: Ben Mason (A) over Blayden Rhone (N) (Fall 4:30) (N Unsportsmanlike -1.00) Indianola 58, Newton 13 285: Eagan Lickiss (I) over Alex Miller (N) (Fall 1:14) 106: Gage Twombly (I) (For.) 113: Connor Sexton (I) over Blake Cockerton (N) (Dec 6-2) 120: Kobey Pritchard (I) over Blake Iske (N) (Fall 0:34) 126: Jordan Henry (I) over Ross Hull (N) (MD 9-1) 132: Skyler Edgington (I) over Noah Cook (N) (Fall 0:49) 138: Lance Runyon (I) over Reece Caves (N) (Fall 1:36) 145: Zach Fisher (I) over Coltin Whitten (N) (Fall 3:04) 152: Logan Zibert (N) over Hunter VanderWaal (I) (MD 11-2) 160: Brayden Elbert (I) over Tristin Langmaid (N) (Fall 5:51) 170: Kade Kolarik (I) over Tanner Petro (N) (Dec 5-2) 182: Blayden Rhone (N) over Chayton

Reif (I) (SV-1 Fall)195: Brady Smith (N) over Reece Bowlin (I) (Dec 10-5) 220: Sam Wolff (I) over Gage Linahon (N) (Fall 3:34) Junior Varsity Matches 170: Austin Romberg (Newton) over Blake Schumacher (Indianola) (Fall 1:46) 182: Colt Carpenter (Indianola) over Reed Shepard (Newton) (Fall 5:19) Reed Shepard (Newton) over Ben Teasdale (Indianola) (Fall 3:31) 195: Shane Crawford (Indianola) over Eston Ross (Newton) (Fall 2:59) 220: Spencer Gavin (Indianola) over Isaac Bebout (Newton) (Fall 3:41) 220: Spencer Gavin (Indianola) over Gabe Hoen (Newton) (Fall 3:07) 285: Paul Luallin (Indianola) over Landon Hansen (Newton) (Dec 4-0) 285: Paul Luallin (Indianola) over Max Kliegl (Newton) (Fall 0:17) Others James Howard (Indianola) over Seth Briley (Newton) (Fall 5:44) Seth Briley (Newton) over Alex Herrick (Indianola) (Fall 3:23) Joseph Carolus (Newton) over Jacob Wells (Indianola) (Fall 1:46) Miles Berg (Indianola) over Thomas Cox (Newton) (Fall 4:39) Thomas Cox (Newton) over Zach Endrizal (Indianola) (Fall 0:21) Miles Berg (Indianola) over Damir Gumera (Newton) (Dec 3-2) Damir Gumera (Newton) over Jay Hale (Indianola) (Fall 3:56) Brock Elbert (Indianola) over Carter Hol (Newton) (Fall 3:13) Grant Biddle (Indianola) over Carter Hol (Newton) (Fall 3:05) Jeremiah Johnson (Newton) over Jacob Barretta (Indianola) (Dec 6-3) Jeremiah Johnson (Newton) over Hunter Reed (Indianola) (Dec 7-2) Nick Bonanno (Indianola) over Jon Lawton (Newton) (SV-1 4-2) Jon Lawton (Newton) over Lyndon Boyd (Indianola) (Fall 2:26)

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at 138 pounds claiming wins by falls. In the 195-pound match, the Hawks’ Eyon Moore scored six points for the team when Belle Plaine’s Ethan Allic was disqualified.

Lynnville-Sully had five wins by forfeit against Belle Plaine and won three of five matches on the mat. One of Belle Plains’ victories was by decision. There were four open classes for both teams — 106, 113, 120 and 182.

Carson Dunsbergen posted a 7-2 win over Montezuma’s Cole Zylstra Widmer at 145 pounds, and all the rest of the mat victories by either team were pins. Lynnville-Sully’s Josh Dunsbergen at 126, Caden Dunsbergen at 138, Cayden Johnson at 152 and Sage Zylstra, who did it in 22 seconds, recorded wins by pins.

The Hawks won two matches by forfeit against Montezuma.

Neither team had contestants Johnson at 106, 113 and 120.

Josh Dunsbergen and Johnson won their matches at 126 and 152, respectively, by pins against Pekin. Zylstra had a 5-3 decision over Pekin’s Kaden Baker to wins t 160. There were two forfeit wins and three losses by forfeit for the Hawks in the dual. Both teams were open at 106, 113 and 120.

All eight of the contested matches between the Hawks and North Mahaska were victories by falls. Lynnville-Sully’s two wins were at 160

by Zylstra and 285 by Caleb Barnett. There were four open weight classes in the dual — 106, 120, 138 and 195.

Lynnville-Sully will compete at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Montezuma Invitational tournament at Montezuma.

Lynnville-Sully 48, Belle Plaine 9 126: Dakota Henry (BP) over Josh Dunsbergen (LS) (Dec 10-7) 132: Ty Breeden (LS) over Nathan Clemann (BP) (Fall 1:51) 138: Caden Dunsbergen (LS) over Christian Duncan (BP) (Fall 1:26) 145: Carson Dunsbergen (LS) (For.) 152: Cayden Johnson (LS) (For.) 160: Sage Zylstra (LS) (For.) 170: Bryson Barnett (LS) (For.) 195: Eyon Moore (LS) over Ethan Allie (BP) (DQ) 220: Joey Schwenn (BP) over Aaron Van Der Krol (LS) (Fall 0:29) 285: Caleb Barnett (LS) (For.) Lynnville-Sully 39, Montezuma 24 126: Josh Dunsbergen (LS) over Ben Jorgensen (M) (Fall 1:14) 132: Ty Breeden (LS) (For.) 138: Caden Dunsbergen (LS) over Tyler Meyer (M) (Fall 3:27) 145: Carson Dunsbergen (LS) over Cole Widmer (M) (Dec 7-2) 152: Cayden Johnson (LS) over Kale Latcham (M) (Fall 2:36) 160: Sage Zylstra (LS) over Jaedon Probasco (M) (Fall 0:22) 170: Bryson Barnett (LS) (For.) 182: Chandler Carl (M) (For.) 195: Jon Wedgewood (M) over Eyon Moore (LS) (Fall 1:47) 220: Hunter Foubert (M) over Aaron Van Der Krol (LS) (Fall 1:41) 285: Grant Battreall (M) over Caleb Barnett (LS) (Fall 1:58) Lynnville-Sully 33, Pekin 30 126: Josh Dunsbergen (LS) over Elijah Sieren (P) (Fall 4:20) 132: Zach Hammes (P) over Ty Breeden (LS) (Fall 0:39) 138: Caden Dunsbergen (LS) (For.) 145: Isaiah Wittrock (P) (For.) 152: Cayden Johnson (LS) over Hunter Conger (P) (Fall 4:13) 160: Sage Zylstra (LS) over Kaden Baker (P) (Dec 5-3) 170: Keaton Baayen (P) over Bryson Barnett (LS) (Fall 2:32) 182: Jordan Hixson (P) (For.) 195: Connor Reed (P) (For.) 220: Aaron Van Der Krol (LS) (For.) 285: Caleb Barnett (LS) (For.) North Mahaska 48, Lynnville-Sully 12 113: Joel Davis (NM) (For.) 126: Tyler Strasser (NM) over Josh Dunsbergen (LS) (Fall 1:15) 132: Jarrett Stodghill (NM) over Ty Breeden (LS) (Fall 3:28) 145: Shaun Clark (NM) over Caden Dunsbergen (LS) (Fall 2:39) 152: Griffen Molenburg (NM) over Cayden Johnson (LS) (Fall 1:22) 160: Sage Zylstra (LS) over Dylan Comstock (NM) (Fall 1:17) 170: Luke Groves (NM) over Bryson Barnett (LS) (Fall 4:00) 182: Reece Strasser (NM) (For.) 220: Braden Tyrrel (NM) over Aaron Van Der Krol (LS) (Fall 2:36) 285: Caleb Barnett (LS) over Chance Parrish (NM) (Fall 4:46).

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AP Photo Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) is tackled by Minnesota Vikings free safety Harrison Smith (22) after making a reception during the second half Thursday in Minneapolis.

Cowboys hold on against Vikings for 11th straight win MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dez Bryant caught four passes for 84 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping the Dallas Cowboys win their 11th straight game with a 17-15 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night.

Bryant’s 56-yard catch in the first half set up Ezekiel Elliott’s 1-yard plunge. The receiver caught an 8-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter after a fumbled punt by Minnesota’s Adam Thielen.

Elliott rushed for 86 yards on 20 carries for the Cowboys (11-1). They have the longest single-season winning streak in franchise history.

Sam Bradford threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jerick McKinnon with 25 seconds to play, but the 2-point conversion pass failed. Bradford argued for a penalty after he was hit in the face by a defender, but there was no call for the Vikings (6-6). Minnesota played without coach Mike Zimmer after he had emergency eye

surgery Wednesday night.

Dak Prescott was 12-for-18 for 139 yards passing for Dallas.

Bradford completed 32-of-45 passes for 247 yards, Danielle Hunter had two sacks and Kai Forbath kicked three field goals for Minnesota, which has lost six of the last seven games after a 5-0 start.

Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer was elevated to head coach for the game and it remains unclear how long Zimmer will be out. Minnesota’s third-ranked defense did their fiery leader proud, holding the explosive Cowboys offense to season lows in points, yards (264) and first downs (13).

The Vikings forced two turnovers from a team that had not coughed one up in the previous four games, including a strip sack by Brian Robison that set up Forbath’s 33-yard field goal for a 9-7 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Key Play With Dallas’ offense doing

nothing, Kyle Wilber made the play of the game when he punched the ball out of Thielen’s hand, then pulled the ball away as the two rolled to the turf. Officials initially did not catch the fumble, but a heads-up challenge

by Jason Garrett got the call overturned and Prescott found Bryant on the next play.

Catchless in Minneapolis Cowboys tight end Jason Witten did not catch a pass, snapping a team-record streak of 130 straight games with a reception dating to 2008.

Missed Opportunity On a night when offense was hard to come by, Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph let a bigtime opportunity slip through his fingers in the third quarter.

Bradford squeezed a throw to Rudolph between two defenders, but the big tight end dropped what would have been a goahead 18-yard touchdown.

The Vikings settled for a field goal, cutting the Cowboys’ lead to 7-6.

Cardinals send LHP Jaime Garcia to Braves for three prospects ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves made another move in the dramatic offseason retooling of their rotation Thursday by acquiring left-hander Jaime Garcia from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cardinals got a trio of prospects, including second baseman Garcia Luke Dykstra, the son of former All-Star Lenny Dykstra. The Cardinals also landed right-handers John Gant and Chris Ellis.

Tied for the fewest wins in the NL this past season, the Braves began to reconstruct their 2017 rotation by recently agreeing to one-year deals with veteran right-handers R.A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon.

Garcia’s $12 million option for 2017 was recently exercised by the Cardinals. Like Dickey and Colon, Garcia could be a bridge to young pitching pros-

pects. Julio Teheran returns as a fixture atop the rotation. Among other candidates for the rotation are Mike Foltynewicz, Josh Collmenter and Matt Wisler.

Braves general manager John Coppolella said the team had interest in Garcia long before the offseason deal.

“We had targeted him for a number of years and feel he will be an impactful part of a revamped rotation,” Coppolella told The Associated Press. “It was tough to trade away three kids we really liked, but we want to win and we want to create competition for our young pitchers. I spoke with Jaime, and he’s feeling great and really excited about this opportunity.”

The Braves are moving into new suburban SunTrust Park in 2017.

Garcia has spent his entire injury-interrupted career with the Cardinals, going 62-45 with a 3.57 ERA. He was third in rookie of the year voting in 2010, went 13-7 the following season while helping St. Louis win the World

Series, and threw 171 2/3 innings last season — the second-most of his career.

But the 30-year-old with a history of shoulder trouble also was just 10-13 with a 4.67 ERA last season, and a glut of starting pitchers made him expendable.

The Cardinals are expected to have Lance Lynn back after missing last season to an elbow injury, and Adam Wainwright, Carlos Martinez, Mike Leake and rookie Alex Reyes are expected to solidify the rotation.

The Cardinals also plan to have Michael Wacha start again, and general manager John Mozeliak has indicated former closer Trevor Rosenthal could be stretched out to start.

By trading Garcia and his $12 million option for next season, the Cardinals gain the financial flexibility to chase down an outfielder, their biggest remaining hole. They already shored up their bullpen by signing left-handed reliever Brett Cecil to a four-year, $30.5 million contract.

OF Jay signs $8 million, 1-year deal with Cubs CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs and outfielder Jon Jay have agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract, likely signaling the end of Dexter Fowler’s time with the World Series champions.

Jay batted .291 with two homers and 26 RBIs in 90 games with San Diego last season.

He made his major league debut with St. Louis in 2010 and is a .287 hitter in 847 career games

over seven seasons.

The Cubs have an opening in center after Fowler turned down a $17.2 million qualifying offer two weeks ago.

Fowler also reJay jected a qualifying offer from Chicago last November and then

returned to the Cubs during spring training, but that same scenario seems even less likely this time around.

Jay could platoon in center with righty-hitting Albert Almora Jr., or manager Joe Maddon could move Jason Heyward over from right for Chicago’s first title defense since it won it all in 1908.

The Cubs announced the deal with Jay Tuesday.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since the ruinous fights in the first two decades of free agency.

After days of near round-the-clock talks, negotiators reached a verbal agreement about 3 1/2 hours before the expiration of the current pact. A few hours later they signed a memorandum of understanding, which must be ratified by both sides.

“It’s great. Another five years of uninterrupted baseball,” Oakland’s Stephen Vogt said in a text message.

In announcing the agreement, Major League Baseball and the players’ association said they will make specific terms available when drafting is complete.

“Happy it’s done, and baseball is back on,” Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy said.

As part of the deal, the experiment of having the All-Star Game determine which league gets home-field advantage in the World Series will end after 14 years, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not yet been signed.

Instead, the pennant winner with the better regular-season record will open the Series at home.

Another important change: The minimum time for a stint on the disabled list will be reduced from 15 days to 10.

The luxury tax threshold rises from $189 million to $195 million next year, $197 million in 2018, $206 million in 2019, $209 million in 2020 and $210 million in 2021.

Tax rates increase from 17.5 percent to 20 percent for first offenders, remain at 30 percent for second offenders and rise from 40 percent to 50 percent for third offenders. There is a new surtax of 12 percent for teams $20 million to $40 million above the threshold, 42.5 percent for first offenders more than $40 million above the threshold and 45 percent for subsequent offenders more than $40 million above. And special transition rates will be used for 2017.

Union head Tony Clark, presiding over a negotiation for the first time, said in a statement the deal “will benefit all involved in the game and leaves the game better for those who follow.”

Key changes involve the qualifying offers clubs can make to their former players after they become free agents — the figure was $17.2 million this year. If a player turns down the offer and signs elsewhere, his new team forfeits an amateur draft pick, which usually had been in the first round under the old deal.

Under the new rules, a player can receive a

qualifying offer only once in his career and will have 10 days to consider it instead of seven.

A club signing a player who declined a qualifying offer would lose its third-highest amateur draft pick if it is a revenue-sharing receiver, its second- and fifth-highest picks (plus a loss of $1 million in its international draft pool) if it pays luxury tax for the just-ended season, and its second-highest pick (plus $500,000 in the international draft pool) if it is any other team.

Among other details: —For a team $40 million or more in excess of the luxury tax threshold, its highest selection in the next amateur draft will drop 10 places starting in 2018.

—While management failed to obtain an international draft of amateurs residing outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada, it did get a hard cap on each team’s annual bonus pool for those players starting at $4.75 million for the signing period that begins next July 2. The pool rises to $5.25 million for teams with competitive balance round A draft picks and $5.75 million for clubs with round B selections.

—There is no change to limits on active rosters, which remain at 25 for most of the season and 40 from Sept. 1 on.

—Smokeless tobacco will be banned for all new players, those who currently do not have at least one day of major league service.

—The regular season will expand from 183 days to 187 starting in 2018, creating four more scheduled off days.

There are additional limitations on the start times of night games on getaway days.

—The minimum salary rises from $507,500 to $535,000 next year, $545,000 in 2018 and $555,000 in 2019, with cost-of-living increases the following two years; the minor league minimum for a player appearing on the 40-man roster for at least the second time goes up from $82,700 to $86,500 next year, $88,000 in 2018 and $89,500 in 2019, followed by cost-of-living raises.

—Cubans under 25 will be considered amateurs, up from 23.

—Each team must hire a chef for its players.

—Every player must be provided two bus seats during spring training bus trips.

—As part of the drug agreement, there will be increased testing, players will not be credited with major league service time during suspensions, and biomarker testing for HGH will begin next year.

Negotiators met through most of Tuesday night in an effort to increase momentum in the talks, which began during spring training.

This is the third straight time the sides reached a new agreement before the old contract expired, but a deal was struck eight weeks in advance in 2006 and three weeks ahead of expiration in 2011.

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Production Assistants work in all areas of the facility and perform a variety of tasks within production. This may include assisting in machine operations and maintenance, inspecting and packing product, moving materials, maintaining Good Manufacturing Practices to maintain certification standards, and all other duties as assigned.

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Duties and Responsibilities: • Complete field repairs of tank valves and seals; finds and repairs leaks at customer sites • Installs and services customer and company equipment • Performs all daily functions in a safe manner. May help cover routes when vacant.

• Maintains excellent customer relations by providing courteous, professional and timely service • Drives a service truck with a crane and boom attached to deliver, install, and remove tanks of various sizes at customer locations

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• One to five+ years related experience – High School Diploma or equivalent • Class B or greater CDL (Hazmat and Tanker Endorsement preferred but not required to start) • Certified Employee Training Program (CETP) certificate a plus but not required • Satisfactorily complete DOT physical, drug screen and criminal background check.

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JELD-WEN, Inc. Windows Division is now accepting applications for full-time 1st and 2nd shift production positions. These are direct hire positions working for an innovative and forward thinking company. Applicants should be dependable, quality conscious and safety oriented. Our skilled workforce uses state of the art equipment to produce high quality JELD-WEN vinyl windows and patio doors to serve the Midwestern, Southern and Western markets.

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Due to recent growth Aureon Contact Center has immediate openings for

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 2). Professional adventures are so thrilling that you may put key parts of your life on the back burner while you pursue ambitions in this regard.

Reward the loyal loved ones who support you through this.

You’ll love what comes from it in May. July is your chance to double down and invest in something exciting. Gemini and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 49, 47, 26 and 31.

We’re only mortals, each with the subjective experience of one person to relay. The noises people make at each other are better not to interpret literally

today. The change of Mercury challenges us to listen past the babble and try to hear what people really mean, what they’re asking for and what they need.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You have a big heart. You can’t help but accommodate those who live inside it. If you don’t get to the goal, it’s because your loved one needed you more. You thought that was more important, and you were right.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll work from sun to moon -- no “casual Friday” for you. In your efforts, you’ll prove just how strong you are.

Determination and tenacity are

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As a Certified Nursing Aide in our facility, you may be eligible for the following benefits: • Pay based on years of C.N.A. experience • Sign On Bonus • PTO available after 90 days of employment • 2 Uniforms provided per year full time and part time staff • Health Insurance for full time staff- Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance

QHC Mitchellville, LLC is committed to "Making a difference in every life we touch and always striving for excellence in Care and Integrity." *All applicants must pass a pre-employment drug test and physical.

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so much a part of your makeup that everyone comes to expect it from you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

People have surprised you in good and bad ways, and now you’re not as surprised. In fact, now you can predict some behaviors you wish you couldn’t.

But you can, and you should.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Your space matters. You’re happiest in a thriving space that lives and grows along with you. The maintenance, the updates -- when you approach them with the right attitude, they bring you pleasure and satisfaction.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This is not a day to buy or sell anything in haste. Do your research. Wait to get the best

price. An attitude of nonchalance doesn’t hurt either.

You’re in a good position, but not if you don’t believe it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You’re a citizen of the world, and your exemplary manners will be your passport. Of course there are cultural differences to consider. Intention counts. You don’t have to get it perfect to get it right.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The best people you know have a dark side, and the worst people you know can be kind and wonderful, too. Your capacity for understanding the complexities will help you manage the day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

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A world in emotional order can plunge into unpredictable chaos with the introduction of one exciting dynamic. Such things can be like thrilling carnival attractions. Do not fear: Use your ticket to ride.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Make thoughtful decisions. Stave away the fever of impulsivity. Don’t give in! If you feel yourself acting rashly, consider that you may feel differently when a few hours have passed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Haggling for what you need can be a long, drawn-out, tedious process if the people involved just can’t give it to you. Maybe they don’t have it. Turn elsewhere and hang

on for big, bright, beautiful results.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Quiet observation is called for. Tune into your nearest and dearest. Read the small changes in a loved one’s behavior and draw a conclusion.

Then keep it to yourself for a while. Watch and see to test the truth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

The relationship that doesn’t help you is hurting you because it’s taking up your valuable attention. If you had a void there, you would fill it with more helpful forces.

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Ashton Chapel Next to Ashton Park, near intersection of Hwy 330 and F17 (8887 W. 122nd St. N., Mingo, IA) Sunday School 9:00am; Worship 10:00am. Pastors: Larry Craig and Mark Eddy Bar None Cowboy Church Building next to Culver’s Newton, David Rex, Pastor, 641-521-4354, 7pm Thursdays. Music featured each week. www.barnonecowboy churchofiowa.com Baxter Evangelical Free Church East Avenue, Mike McClintock, Pastor. Church service every sunday at 10:00am. Children’s church during regular services.

AWANAS every Wednesday night 6:30 – 8:00.

Bethany United Church of Christ 5627 N. 95th Ave. W., Baxter, (1 mi. E. of Baxter on Station St.) Pastor Teressa Clark. Sunday after Labor Day through Memorial Day: 8:45 Junior Choir; 9:00am Adult Class, 9:15am Sunday School; & 10:30am Worship 4th & 5th Tuesday: Chapel Service at Baxter Care Center Wednesday: 6:30pm Choir Practice; Sunday after Memorial Day: 9:30am Worship. 641-227-3402 www.baxterbethanyucc.org Bible Missionary Church 909 N. 6th Ave. E. 641-840-2093 Pastor Lucas. Sunday School 9:45am, Morning Worship 10:45, Evening Service 6:00pm.

Mid-week Service 7:00pm Center Friends Northeast of Newton, Karen Mendenhall, pastor, Dallas Gilreath, pastor, Cheri Doane, assistant pastor; 9:30am Sunday school, 10:30am Worship.

Call 641-792-2473.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 314 E. 2nd St. N. – Pastor Mark Young. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Faith Village & Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship, 11:15 a.m. coffee fellowship. Wednesday: 5:45 p.m. Family Unity Night supper, 6:15 p.m. Classes. Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Choir Practice www.fccnewton.org 641-792-5850, Nursery provided.

Christian Life Church 421 S. 2nd Ave. W., Pastor James Miller; Phone Number: 641-5219294. Coffeetime 9:30am, Worship 10:00am. Lunch Served first Sunday of the month at noon.

Bible Study: Tuesday 10:00am.

Christian Reformed Church Prairie City, Matthew McClure, pastor; 9:30am Worship, 10:45am Sunday school, 6:30pm Worship. E-mail:pcrc@dwx.com Jasper County Church of Christ 1813 1st St. N, 9:30am Bible classes, 10:30am & 1:00pm Worship; Wednesday evening 7:00pm Bible Study.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1405 N. 11th Ave. E., Branch President-Eric Skouson, 316 E. 8th St. S., Newton, IA 50208.

9:30am Sacrament meeting, 10:40am Sunday School & Primary, 11:45am Priesthood, Relief Society & Young Women.

Colfax United Methodist Church S. Locust St. & Division St., 515-674-3782. 10:00am Sunday School, 10:00am Family Worship.

Rev. R.D. Streeter Community of Christ 1805 S. 8th Ave. E., 791-7834, Bill Conklin, pastor; Eddie Franklin/Tom McCoure, co-pastors. Church School Classes 9:30am; Worship Service 10:30am; Wednesday Prayer Service 6:30pm. Last Wednesday of the month-free community supper at 6pm.

Community Heights Alliance Pastor John Patterson, Associate Pastor; Jason Fazel, Youth Pastor; Pastor Beau Church, Pastor of Worship and Visual Arts. Sunday Worship Services 8:15am, 10:30am & 5pm; Sunday School 9:30am; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30pm; Jr. High Youth Group 6:30pm; Sr. High Youth Group Wednesday 7:45pm; CHAC KIDZ 6:30pm; Nursery available for most events.

Handicapped accessible.

2500 S. 13th Ave. E. 792-1620. www.communityheights.org.

Congregational United Church of Christ-Baxter Pastor Melissa Sternhagen 218 S. Main Baxter, Sunday School 9:30am, Regular worship service, 10:30am

Congregational United Church Of Christ-Newton 308 E. 2nd St. N., Newton. Rev. Jessica Petersen, Pastor: Sunday Worship 10:00am, Nursery provided; Fellowship Time 11:15am.

Accessible to all. Bible Study Thursdays 5:00pm. Christian Education together with First United Methodist Church (held there) for children of all ages Wed. 5:30pm (age 2-8th grade).

No matter who you are or where you area on life’s journey, you are welcome here! facebook.com/Newton UCC. Cornerstone Bible Fellowship 1000 E. 12th St. S., Newton; Pastor Steve Bundy & Pastor Brian Keeton. Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10:15am, Wednesdays: AWANAS 6:308pm, Youth Group 6:30-8pm, Adult Bible Study 7-8pm. Happy Harvesters 1st Thursday of the month at noon. Men’s Breakfast 1st Saturday of the month at 8am. Ladies Brunch 2nd Saturday of the month at 8:30am.

For more info: www.CBFnewton.com Faith Baptist Prairie City, 9:30am Bible School, 10:30am Worship, 6:00pm Gospel service, 7:00pm Wed., Bible study.

First Assembly of God 1029 E. 19th St. N., Newton, www. newtonassembly.com; Pastor Don Hayes - senior pastor; Pastor Lori Eilers - Children’s Pastor; Pastor James Brown - youth pastor. 9am Sunday School, 10am Worship, 7pm Wed. mid-week service.

9 AM “First Church on the Air” – KCOB www.newtonfirst.org

am Sunday school, 10:45 am Worship, 6:00 pm Worship, Wed 6:30-8:00 pm Youth, 6:30 pm Wednesday Awana Clubs (during school year), 7:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Fellowship.

Call 792-4470.

Foursquare Church 1510 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Dottie Black and Associate Pastor Donne Black, 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship service, 6:30 p.m. Sunday night Sunday School and prayer meetings 10 a.m.

Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p.m.

Wednesday and 9:15 a.m. Sunday until service time. Haven Kid’s Ministry at 6:50 Wednesdays

Ira United Church Karen Fausch, pastor, 9:00 am Worship, 10:15 am Sunday School.

Iron Sharpens Iron Church 1305 E. 10th St. S. Newton Proverbs 27:17 New International Version (NIV) A iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Sunday Services: 10AM Worship Services 10:30AM Children’s Church 11:30AM Bible Study Speakers: Doug Cupples & Cheryl Palmer. Wednesday Services: 5PM Bible Study, Tyler Dunsbergen.

Grace Church “A Family Of Friends”, 1620 N. 11th Ave E., Newton; Pastor Dan Hayton; Sunday Morning Refreshments 9:30 am, Worship Service with nursery care 10:00 am. The Edge: 5 yr olds to 5th grade & The Kids Community Pre School age, Sunday at 10:00am. Experience God Bible Study Wed. at 7am; Life Student Ministries Wed. 6:45-8pm 641-792-1793 www.gracenewton.com

Kellogg Christian (Disciples of Christ) 321 Bolton St., Kellogg, Rev. Brian Kleinschrodt 10:30 am Worship.

Grinnell Church of Christ 1402 3rd Ave., Grinnell, Iowa 50112, Bible study Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Worship services Sunday 1030 a.m. grinnellcoc@netins.net or www.grinnellcoc.com

Kellogg United Methodist 417 2nd St., Kellogg, Pastor Tim Morgan, Sunday School 9:30am - for kids, young adults and adults.

Worship 10:30am; nursery available.

Free supper, 1st and 3rd Saturday at 6pm followed by Worship “Lite” at 7pm.

Haven Vineyard Church 207 1st Ave. E, Newton; Pastor Caz & Jane Cibula; 641-526-3157; 10 am Sunday Service.

First Baptist Church Colfax, Rev. Phil Butler, 674-3752.

Family Fellowship 9:00 am; Sun. School 9:15 am; Morning Worship 10:25 am; Wed.; 9:00 am Fresh Encounter Prayer. During school year: 6:55pm Wed nights AWANA First Baptist Church (Newton) 620 S. 8th Ave. E., phone: 792-7113.

Web:www.NewtonFirstBaptist.com and on facebook.

Pastor Aaron Loree, Family Education Time 9:00am, Powerkidz infants - 5th grade 9:00 am; Sunday School for teens & adults 9:00am; Worship Service 10:15am. Coffee time 8:45-10:00am. Men’s group meets on the first Sat. of every month at 7:30am.

First Baptist 810 S. Commerce, Monroe, Senior Pastor Shank. 9:30 am Sun. School, 10:30 am Worship, 6:00 pm Evening service, 6 p.m. Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 8:15 pm during school year & 8 p.m. during summer.

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 314 E. 2nd St. N. Pastor Mark Young.

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Faith Village & Sunday School. 10:00 a.m. Worship.

11:15 a.m. Coffee fellowship.

Wednesday: 5:45p.m. Family Unity Night supper, 6:15 p.m. Classes Thursday: 6:00 pm Choir Practice www.fccnewton.org 641-792-5850, Nursery provided First Church of Christ Scientist 616 6th Ave., Grinnell, 10:30 am Services.

First Lutheran Church - ELCA 309 E. 3rd St. N., Newton. Pastor Zachary Bey. Sunday Worship at 9:30 am; Fellowship to follow at 10:45 am; Saturday evening service at 5:30 pm. High School Youth Group every other Wednesday evening. 641-7923934. All are welcome! http://www.newtonfirstlutheran.org First Presbyterian 220 N 2nd Ave E. Newton Rev. Meghan Davis 10:00 am Fellowship, 10:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Fellowship, Nursery Provided. Handicap Accessible. Everyone Welcome!

6:30 & 9am Men’s Group 1st & 3rd Thursday, Gentle Class 11am Tuesday. Yoga Chair Class 3pm Thursday.

Like us on Facebook! 792-2790 www.newton1stpresbyterian.org First United Methodist Church 210 N 2nd Ave E • 792-4648 Rev Gary Marzolf Worship 8:45 AM Fellowship 10:15 AM Sunday School 10:15 AM Youth Group 6 PM Handicapped Accessible Nursery Provided

Thurs. 8-Noon; monroeum@iowatelecom.net New Life Baptist Church 124 E. Howard St., Colfax, 515-674-3103, Sunday School 9:45 am, Worship Service 10:45, Evening Service 6 pm, midweek service 7 pm Wednesdays.

Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.

Newton Baptist Temple (A Fundamental Independent Church) 621 E. 12th St. N., Clayton Pickering, pastor. 10:00 am Sunday School, 11:00 am Worship, Wednesday and Sunday 6:00 pm Worship, Bus transportation available, 6:00 pm Wednesday Bible study.

Newton Christian Reformed Church 511 S. 5th Ave. E., Aaron Gunsaulus, Pastor, 9:30 am Morning worship, 10:50 am Church school, 1:00 pm Sunday worship.

New Life Community Church of the Nazarene 605 W 5th St. N., P.O. Box 1021 Rev, Jack Wolgamuth, 515-4021190. Sunday School 9:30 am, Morning Worship 10:30 am, Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm Newton Church of The Way 2306 S. 3rd Ave E., 792-7300 Pastor Steve Heerema. Sunday Morning: 9:00 and 10:30 Ignite, Nursery during both Ignite Services (for newborn through 2 years old). Journey 252 Children’s Ministry 10:30am (for children 3 years through 6th Grade) The Way Café 8:30 to 10:30am, 5:00-7:00pm Prayer of Blessing, Wednesday 6:30 – 8:30pm Route 146 Youth, Saturday Nite Ignite 6:00-8:00pm Everyone Welcome! Other various group studies and classes are offered. Check out our Facebook page, our weekly bulletin on our website, or call/email the office for more information. Email: info@theway146.com Web: www.newtonway.org Our Savior Lutheran Missouri Synod 1900 N. 4th Ave. E., Rev. John M. Moore, Pastor, Sunday Worship 9:00 am; Adult Bible Study Sundays 10:30 am; Sunday School Kingdom Quest 10:30 am; High School Youth Group Sunday 10:30 am & Wednesdays 7:00 pm; www.oursavlutheran. com (641( 792-1084.

Killduff United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 9:45am Communion first Sunday of each month.

Heart of Worship 14283 Hwy F62, Lynnville Pastor Tom Pool, Worship: 9 a.m., Children’s Church: 9:45 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:15 a.m., Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Hickory Grove Chuch Located 3 1/2 miles west of Newburg, IA on Hwy F-17 and 1 mile South.

Physical Address: 8464 E. 128th St. N., Kellogg, IA Sunday School: 9:30 am Worship Service: 10:30 am Phone: (641) 780-8621 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA 1409 S. 8th Ave. E., Pastor Ken Ahntholz, 9:00 am Sunday School; 10:30 am Worship, easy access - no steps; 5:30 pm Saturday service - Everyone is welcome!

Hope Assembly of God 126 E. Howard St., Colfax 515-674-3700 Sunday school 9 am.

Sunday Worship service 10 am.

Wednesday Bible Study 6pm.

Howard Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Rev. Tom Burns, pastor. 10:30 am Morning worship. Sunday school 9-10am all ages; K-5 Wed after school; Jr. High & High School 7-8pm; Howard and Locust Colfax.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 305 E. Howard St., Colfax, 515674-3711; Decaon Joe Dvorak; 11:00am Sunday Mass, 9:00am Wednesday Communion Service; www.immaculateconceptioncolfax.org Immanuel Baptist (GARB) 1300 N. 4th Ave. E., Ken Van Loon, Pastor, 9:30

Least of Saints Ministry 219 N. 2nd Ave. W. 641-521-0156 5:00-6:00pm Saturday Living Word Fellowship Doug Bradey, Pastor, 321 E. Robinson St., Knoxville 641-828-7119, Wed. Night Service: 6pm prayer, 7pm worship, 6:15pm Fuzion Youth Service; Sun. Morning Service: 8:30 am prayer, 9 am Life Groups, 10 am Worship Service, Nursery and Children’s Ministry available.

Lynnville Friends Jamie Bogaard Pastor, 9:00 am Morning Worship, 10:30 am Sunday School, 6:30 pm Bible Study Hour.

Metz Community 3253 W. 62nd St. S., Newton, 791-9568, Pastor David Rex; Sunday School 9:00 am.

10:10 am service.

Mingo United Methodist 202 W. Main, Mingo, Rev. Kurt DeVance, 515-339-8819; Children’s Sunday School - 9:30 am and Adult Sunday School - 9:45 am. Church time is 10:45 am.

Monroe Presbyterian Church 115 So. Main, Monroe, Rev. Ann Johnson, Sonlight Service 8:00 am; 9:00 am church school, 10:00 am Traditional Worship, communion on 1st Sunday of month, 6:00 pm Session Committees 2nd Sunday of month, 7:00 pm Session Meeting 2nd Sunday of month.

Monroe United Methodist 407 N. Monroe St., Monroe, 641259-2822; Pastor Kim Crummer; Jubilee Service 8:15 am; Sunday School 9:00 am; Worship 10:15 am; Office Hours: Mon. -

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Willy Mafuta 151 60th Ave., Prairie City Sunday 10:30 am Worship Service 10 am Sunday School pcumc@q.com (515) 994-2354 Pleasantview United Methodist 8454 S. 28th Ave. E., Newton, Pastor Tim Morgan; 9:00 am worship; 10:15 am Sunday School.

Prairie City Church of the Brethren 12015 Hwy S 6G, Corner of S 6G & F70 W, 5 miles south of Prairie City on S6G, 515-9942940; Resumed regular worship schedule. 9:30 am Adult Sunday School classes; 10:45 Worship/ Children’s Church We invite you to come worship with us! Go to prairiecitycob. org for more information or call 515-994-2940.

Bible Explorers: preschool-5th grade will eb Wednesdays 6-7:30 pm, unitl November 16.

Prairie City First Reformed Church 300 E. 5th St., P. O. Box 178, 515-994-2250, frcprairiecity@ aol.com; 9:30 am Worship, 10:50 am Sunday School.

Prairie City United Methodist Church 706 W. McMurray St. Rev. Dr. Willy Mafuta Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Service Office Hours: 10am-2pm M-F 515-994-2354(515) 994-2354 Rock Creek Hickory Grove Church 3 1/2 miles north of Rock Creek Lake, 9:15 am fellowship, 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 am worship.

Reasnor United Methodist Pastor Curtiss Thompson, Worship 10:45am. Communion first Sunday of each month.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1115 S. 8th Ave. E., Rev. William Reynolds, pastor, Saturday: 4:00 pm Mass, Sunday: 9:00 am Mass.

Salvation Army 301 N. 2nd Ave. E., Captains Jeff and Mikey Carter, Sunday - 9:45 am Sunday school, 10:45 am Worship.

Seventh Day Adventist 1409 S. 8th Ave E., Newton Pastor Jerry Duval Saturday Services 3:00 pm; Worship 2:00 pm Sabbath school, Prayer Meeting Tuesday Eve at 7:00 pm Solid Rock Church 115 Main St., Reasnor; Pastor John Hlad 641-842-2440; Sunday Bible study all ages 9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. worship; Wednesday Bible study all ages 7 p.m.

St. Aidan’s Anglican Church 4900 Meredith Dr., (NW 46th Ave.), Des Moines, The Bishop L.W. Faulk, 9:10 am Morning prayer, 9:30 am Holy communion.

St. Luke United Methodist Church 501 E. 19th St. N., Newton Pastor Audrey Young, Sunday Worship at 8:00 am and 10:30 am with fellowship following both. 9:15 am is Sunday School for all ages, including adults.

641-792-5736 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 5 mi. west of Sully, Pastor Ken Ahntholz, Worship 9:00 am; Contact Parish office 641-798-4651.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal 223 E. 4th St. N., Newton, ph.

792-6971. Rev. Merle Smith, Deacon; Rev. Karen Crawford Rector; Sunday 8:00 am Holy Eucharist & 10:00 am Holy Eucharist; Wednesday 5:00 pm Evening Prayer.

Sully Community Church 12559 S 92nd Ave E (just E of grass air strip S edge of town). PO Box 463. 641-5944124. Pastor Jerry Morningstar 9:30 am Sunday school. 10:30 am Worship. 5 pm Women of Grace Bible Study. 6 pm Worship Wednesday Evening Activities: Sept-April: 6:30 pm Awana/ Youth. 7 pm Men’s & Women’s Bible studies. May-August: 7 pm Bible study/prayer meeting www.sullycommunitychurch.com Sully Christian Reformed Pastor Brian Ochsner. 9:30 am Morning worship, 6:00 pm Evening worship, 10:45 am Sunday School. 9:30 am Tues. Coffee Break for women, Nursery and preschool classes provided. 7:15 pm Wed - Gems, Cadets and High School Youth, Prayer for Country - everyone welcome.

8 Bible studies call 594-4440.

Sully First Reformed Church Rev. Wayne Sneller, senior pastor, Diana Scandridge, Youth & Education Director. 9:30 am Worship, 11:00 am Sunday school, 6:00 pm Worship; Thursday Night Family Night 7:00 pm Sept. - March. www.sullyfrc.org United Pentecostal 813 E. 7th St. N., Rev. Robert A. Shaw, pastor, 10:00 am Sunday Worship, 6:00 pm Sunday Worship, Prayer and Bible study Tuesday 6:30, Super & Youth Church Wednesday starts 7:00-8:00.

United Presbyterian 209 N. 2nd Ave. E., Rev. Donald Freeman, 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 - 11:30 am worship service (broadcasted live on KCOB radio); 11:30 am Fellowship; Wednesday choir rehearsal 6:00 p.m.; Nursery provided on Sundays.

Westfield Community Church 4164 20th St., Grinnell, Pastor Jann Braaksma, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; Sunday 10:30 a.m. Worship; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Youth Group; www.westfieldwitness.org

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