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Local leaders working to battle hunger problem in Newton

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Kate Malott/Daily News Bryce Ohmstede, 3, of Newton, visits with Santa Claus and mom Danielle Messick, right, at the second annual Breakfast with Santa at the Newton Arboretum Saturday morning. The event raised $500 for Newton parks. See more photos on page 9A.

Breakfast with Santa sees large turnout

Event hosted by Friends of Newton Parks

By Kate Malott Newton Daily News There aren’t many opportunities for children to see Santa Claus before Christmas Day, but Friends of Newton Parks and Project AWAKE hosted a Santa event Saturday at the Newton Arboretum.

The second annual Breakfast with Santa raised $500 through donations and the event had an even larger turnout than it did last year.

“Breakfast with Santa was a really fun event,”

Friends of Newton Parks Vice President Jessica Lowe said. “We had a great turnout and many families enjoyed pancakes, crafts and meeting with Santa Claus.

“Through fundraisers like the pancake breakfast we are hoping to continue to make improvements to Newton’s parks. This is the second annual event and last year funds raised went to support the ice rink which will be opening as soon as weather permits.”

Newton resident Danielle Messick read about

the event on the Get to Know Newton website and wanted to attend with 3-year-old son Bryce Ohmstede.

“With his passion for Christmas and Santa, we just had to come out and experience it. It was so positive, so geared toward children. We loved it,” Messick said.

Breakfast was sponsored by Newton Hy-Vee, Midtown Café and Park Centre while members of Project AWAKE and Friends of Newton Parks helped cook and serve.

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Newton, helped serve breakfast during the event and said she enjoys giving back to the community because it helped shape who she is today.

“I think it went extremely well,” Wormley said. “The residents of Newton deserve many amenities and recreational resources that other cities enjoy, and I believe it will benefit not only the residents but the community as a whole.”

Contact Kate Malott at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or kmalott@newtondailynews.com

To combat the ever present hunger issue that only seems to be growing within the community, three local leaders are hoping fill part of the need with a new meal program.

Terry Sallis of Integrated Treatment Services, Dale Maki with the Newton American Legion Post 111 and Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess are working together to create the program, Dinner on Tuesdays, which would serve meals on Tuesday evenings at the Legion, 1101 W. Fourth St. S. “For the last month or so we have been discussing the condition of what is going on in our city. A lot of people don’t have it as good as a lot of other people and there is a huge need for food,” Sallis said.

He said local churches that provide meals during the week typically serve 20 to 80 people and sometimes as many as 100 people.

“That is a lot of people in a community this size,” Sallis said. “We thought it would be a good idea if we could have an additional day during the week where we could provide a meal.”

Burdess, who sees that status of the community on a daily basis through his work at the police department, became involved after Sallis contacted him about the hunger problem.

“Obviously we have identified a need over the years. Through our discussion Terry brought up this idea and I thought it was a good idea and will give my support any way possible,” Burdess said.

After Sallis contacted Maki, the Legion seemed like an ideal place to hold the meals, with a large dining room and kitchen available.

“I couldn’t do it myself and the Legion couldn’t do it themselves and the chief couldn’t do it himself so we are partnering together on this project,” Sallis said.

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Board members take valuable experiences from convention Powerful lessons about board collaboration given

By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News Five members of the Newton Community School District board of education attended the 70th Iowa Association of School Boards Convention, held at the Iowa Events Center Nov. 18-20.

The board members presented some of the highlights of what they learned at the convention at their Nov. 23 regular meeting.

Board member Andy Elbert said he spoke personally to a Georgia superintendent who helped a large district’s high school graduation rate by about 25 percent using charter schools and academies, and who encouraged each board to look deeper to find

ideas that work locally.

Board member Robyn Friedman talked about “strength-based innovative programs.”

She mentioned a teacher-feedback exercise that involved input for allocating resources without increasing a district budget and she also said she respected a concept that involved teachers issued letter grades to boards on the level of innovation in new ideas.

“It was interesting to not only give, but also receive that kind of perspective from teachers,” she said.

Friedman said she enjoyed hearing from Ames school district officials about a new “high-tech network” that the district has joined.

File Photo Members of the Newton Community School District Board of Education and other school officials particpate in an works session held recently. Five members of the board attended the 70th Iowa Association of School Boards Convention, held at the Iowa Events Center Nov. 18-20.

Board member Josh Cantu said one speaker encouraged boards to scale special programs or options based on interest levels in the community, and to be flexible. A charter or magnet program could be as

small as one building or one classroom.

Cantu also said he enjoyed a workshop where board members dealt with the idea that a board isn’t going to be successful 100 percent of the time, and how to

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In Brief Dow slips six points, oil leads decline Monday NEW YORK (AP) — Oil and gas companies are leading an early decline in U.S. stocks as the price of crude takes another tumble.

Consol Energy and Chesapeake Energy each fell 9 percent in early trading Monday.

Chipotle Mexican Grill dropped 6 percent after warning late Friday that an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants sent sales plummeting by as much as 22 percent in recent weeks.

Keurig Green Mountain soared 74 percent after agreeing to be acquired by a private equity firm.

The Dow Jones industrial average gave up 56 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,795.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slipped six points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,085. The Nasdaq composite also lost six points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,136.

Shive-Hattery wins global client satisfaction award Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Taylor Terpstra stands with her mother-in-law and The Farmer’s Wife owner Bonnie Terpstra on Sunday where the business held a fundraiser for Mustang Scholars, the 3-year-old preschool program in Monroe and Prairie City.

The Farmer’s Wife hosts preschool fundraiser

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News It is not often that you find a small business owner willing to give part of their earnings away.

But that’s exactly what Newton business The Farmer’s Wife owner Bonnie Terpstra did on Sunday when she donated a portion of her earning from 1 to 4 p.m. to Mustang Scholars, the 3-yearold preschool program in Monroe and Prairie City.

“I noticed that they were having fundraiser for it, the preschool. I saw that at a jewelry party 20 percent of the sales went to the fundraiser and I thought, ‘hey, I could do that.’ They get the people here, and I can easily do that,” Terpstra said.

Terpstra has a granddaughter currently in the preschool program and brought the idea to her daughter-in-law, Taylor, who participates in the preschool fundraising committee. After speaking

with the committee, a date was set and the fundraiser was on.

“I’ve reached out to my committee members to bring fundraising ideas to our meetings and Taylor shared a terrific one — hosting a time period at The Farmer’s Wife, her motherin-law’s store in Newton. Our committee agreed this would be a great fundraising opportunity. Bonnie, store owner of The Farmer’s Wife, so graciously opened her shop during non-normal hours from 1 to 4 p.m. and agreed to share a portion of her profits from the day,” committee chair Jill Witt said.

Terpstra said business was pretty steady during the day, which isn’t always the case on a Sunday.

“Sundays usually are not good for me because people don’t always realize that I am open, but they want it. We always do open Sundays in December, so when we were planning this, I said do it

then,” Terpstra said.

Of those who came through on Sunday, more than three-quarters were there for the fundraiser, bringing new sales to the shop and additional funds for the preschool. Prior to two recent fundraisers, the Mustang Scholars had raised more than $11,000, eclipsing an original goal of $10,000 and adding to the fund for years to come.

“A couple committee members helped work at the store during these hours and several came to shop and support the Mustang Scholars fundraiser. I saw several familiar faces from the PCM community shopping during this event and this was great to see the support our committee has. Once again — a great fundraiser, a great committee with support from a great community,” Witt said.

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

DES MOINES — Shive-Hattery, a Midwest architecture and engineering firm, won the PSMJ 2015 Premier Award for Client Satisfaction. PSMJ Resources, Inc., a leading authority on effective management of architecture, engineering and construction firms, will recognize Shive-Hattery at its national industry summit today in San Francisco.

“We are honored to win the Premier Award for Client Satisfaction,” said Thomas Bosch, PE, Vice President/Office Director of Shive-Hattery’s West Des Moines office. “Shive-Hattery is committed to not only providing architectural and engineering excellence for each project, but to ensuring we deliver exceptional customer service to each of our clients. This award validates our commitment to ensuring our clients have a positive and rewarding experience from project inception to completion and beyond. We are humbled by our clients’ positive responses and thank them for giving Shive-Hattery the opportunity to find innovative solutions for their needs.”

The PSMJ Premier Award for Client Satisfaction was given to Shive-Hattery for achieving high client satisfaction scores on PSMJ’s independent survey of 100 Shive-Hattery clients. Winners are chosen based on feedback scores from the firm’s clients in the areas of communications, innovation, performance and cost-efficiencies. Since PSMJ established its client-evaluation research tool in 2009, PSMJ has surveyed more than 20,000 clients of firms operating globally in the A/E/C industry and has recognized the top firms with the highest client satisfaction scores.

The national PSMJ A/E/C Industry Summit is being held today and tomorrow at the Parc 55 San Francisco Hotel. Shive-Hattery was selected as one of four firms invited to present at the summit to celebrate Shive-Hattery’s achievement and share the firm’s experiences with conference attendees. Justin Campbell, PE, a Shive-Hattery civil engineer in Cedar Rapids and leader of its Government Sector Team, will be a panelist alongside the industry’s top leaders and most successful firms. The theme for this year’s summit is: “Thrive! How to Capitalize on Today’s Turbo-Charged A/E/C Markets.”

While job growth lifts most of US economy, oil patch suffers WASHINGTON (AP) — The falling oil and gasoline prices that for months have coincided with strong U.S. hiring have helped most Americans.

But they’ve come at a painful cost for workers in the

energy and mining sector: 122,300 lost jobs in the past year.

Even as workers nationwide are earning slightly more than they did a year ago, average wages have tumbled 1.5 percent to $26.72 an hour for

energy production workers.

The November jobs report that the government released Friday illustrates the divide between the broad economy and the ailing fossil fuels industry: Overall, U.S. employers added a robust 211,000

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jobs, and the unemployment rate held steady at a healthy 5 percent. But the energy industry, reeling from falling oil prices and weakening global demand, shed 11,300 jobs.

In just 18 months, oil prices have cratered from $107

a barrel to roughly $40. And gasoline prices have plunged from around $3.70 a gallon to $2.05. Those prices could be poised to fall further, with OPEC deciding Friday to keep production running high.

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With a concrete idea in place, now the work begins to make it a reality. The group started meeting to work out the details and came up with a website to inform community members of the meals and gather donations and volunteers to get the program up and running.

“It’s a good idea, but we have to get people on board, volunteers to do the cooking and the serving,” Maki said.

The group plans on serving dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday, potentially starting by the end of the month or after the first of the year.

It has also started a website, www.dotnewton.com, to post information about the meals

Cook also enjoyed hearing from about the experiences of the Iowa City school board, for which all five members were newly elected within a span of a few years.

Board President Sheri Benson said she enjoyed hearing from all three keynote speakers. She attended a breakout session on teacher bargaining and a session called “So You Want to Pass a Bond.”

That second session emphasized the impact of the superintendent getting out into the community and talking about the importance of the bond, which Newton Superintendent Bob Callaghan has already done on several levels.

Benson mentioned a display about a grades 5-8 Charles City facility that opens in the fall of 2016, and is somewhat similar to what the board is planning for the Berg Complex and its general-obligation bond.

“There were 45 seventh- and eighth-graders there (at the convention),” Benson said.

“They are so excited about what’s happening.”

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Newton Police Chief Rob Burdess; Terry Sallis, director of Integrated Treatment Services; and Dale Maki representing the Newton American Legion Post 111 are working together to bring a Tuesday evening meal to the community to help battle the ongoing hunger issue in town.

and what the program is in need of.

For those interested in donating to the meal you can contact the program

organizers through the website or contact Sallis at 641-275-1119 or at Integrated Treatment Services, 303 S. Second

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

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

Applications being accepted for ‘Fueling Our Future 100’ initiative Newton Daily News

Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Newton Hy-Vee recently donated about $3,000 worth of cat food to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society. On the far left is Newton Hy-Vee store manager Todd Fox. To his left is JCARL director Sarah Siperstein. On the right is Newton Hy-Vee Manager of Store Operations Jon Holland.

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced that funds are now available through the new “Fueling Our Future 100” initiative and interested retailers in Iowa can apply for cost share funding to assist with the purchase and installation of blender pumps and underground storage tank (UST) infrastructure for higher blends of ethanol.

“We continue to see that when consumers have a choice at the

pump they will choose to increase the amount of clean burning, homegrown renewable fuels they use. Through this program we will see a total investment of $10 million to help build the renewable fuels infrastructure in the state,” Northey said.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Dec. 31.

Iowa received a $5 million competitive grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) program to support the ini-

tiative. These funds will be matched by non-federal funds, including $2.5 million from the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFIP). The fueling sites applying for assistance will also be required to provide a minimum of $2.5 million.

More information about the program, a copy of the application and other materials can be found on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s website at www.

IowaAgriculture.gov under “Hot Topics.”

DNR to hold public meeting on permit needed by pipeline project Newton Daily News DES MOINES — The public is invited to provide comments on a permit needed by the Dakota Access Pipeline Project to cross publicly-owned land and water under jurisdiction of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The public meeting is scheduled for from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 16 in the auditorium of the Wallace State Office

Building, 502 E. Ninth St., in Des Moines.

Dakota Access LLC, in coordination with Burns and McDonnel Engineering Co., Inc. has requested authorization to install the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline Project across sovereign (publicly-owned) lands and waters. The proposed crossings are the Big Sioux River and the Nelson Tract of the Big Sioux River Complex

Wildlife Management Area in Lyon County, the Des Moines River in Boone County and the Mississippi River in Lee County. All four of these crossings will be considered in a single permit.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reviewing the permit application and expects to make a decision later this winter.

The public input will be considered in conjunc-

tion with other information collected when acting on the permit application.

The DNR will provide a brief overview of the permit application and permitting process prior to taking comments from the public. Citizens wishing to make comments will be asked to sign-in at the beginning of the meeting.

In addition to providing comment at the

A copy of the permit application can be found at http://bit.ly/1IscvOj. The information pertaining to this permit application can be found on pages 4-5, and pages 100-145. Additional information on the sovereign land permitting process can be found at: http://bit.ly/1NK6gHP

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By Abigail Pelzer Editor

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I’m not a super outwardly emotional person. I don’t melt at the sight of babies and puppies.

I’m not prone to gush over brides or weep at funerals. On the very few occasions I’ve grown frustrated enough at work to be brought to tears, I either willed them away or left the building.

Yet, something is happening as I grow older. I’m quickly becoming a common crier — and it appears I can’t help myself.

Movies are the absolute worst in bringing out the water works.

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I was pleased to learn that my parents and brother and sister-inlaw are all in the same boat. They had watched, separately, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” All of them cried at the end. I divulged that I happened across “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” (possibly one of the best movie titles ever) and bawled several times.

So what gives? This isn’t me.

I’m tough. You have to have se-

riously thick skin to work in the newspaper business, and that’s a quality I possess and embrace.

I’m no softie, or so I figured.

You have no idea what the holiday season is doing to me.

“Home Alone.” Tears. “Elf.” Tears. “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Tears. “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Tears. “White Christmas” — I was a first-time viewer this year, and I nearly had to be swooped up out of my puddle of tears. (It’s really not that sad; it’s a great movie — just very touching.) And seriously, just typing that up I had tears pooling up in my eyes at the recollection.

Even worse, it’s not just movies anymore. I recently attended a friend’s wedding in Georgia.

Because of the added travel we made a long weekend of it, and we got to catch up and spend quite a bit of time together. I’ll be darned if when she walked down the aisle I didn’t lose it. She was just so stunning and so happy. I

couldn’t help myself. I am now one of those women who cries at weddings — try me.

Of course it’s much more natural to cry at the loss of a loved one. I’ve spent much time mourning the loss of my grandmother and mother-in-law, and those times of course bring tears. That’s only natural. But I was surprised by my reaction of the recent passing of a former co-worker’s mother, a woman whom I had never met.

I know it was because I’m so fond of my former copy editor.

He was actually the one who trained me in layout at my previous post — and then he moved to California. When his mother’s health began deteriorating with a diagnosis of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, he moved back and began working at the newspaper again. As a young adult he sacrificed his own desires and dedicated himself to his mother’s care and helping his

family. I’m a sucker for a good love story and this one about a mother-son relationship had me from the start. It was natural for my heart to break for him and let the tears fall.

My son and I recently rewatched “Inside Out,” which is a wonderful Pixar movie about emotions. Because it’s animated I’m tempted to call it a children’s movie, but it has strong lessons for adults. It’s not so much about it’s OK to cry, but that when you need to feel sad, you need to feel sad. All of our emotions have a role to play in this life. Isn’t it great that most of my tearful encounters are ones produced by happiness, tenderness and compassion?

By the way, “Inside Out” makes me bawl like a baby. I think I’m OK with that.

Contact Abigail Pelzer at 641-792-3121 ext. 6530 or apelzer@newtondailynews.com

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Lawmakers must take action on mental health crisis Newton Daily News Editorial When a person is suffering from a mental health crisis and is in a moment that could determine the future for many individuals, that person probably isn’t thinking about whether applicable laws were pushed

by Republicans or

by Democrats.

Likewise, when first responders put their own safety on hold to deal with dangerous mental health situations, they aren’t thinking about whether a certain bill for training or psychiatric facilities got stuck in committee a year or two prior.

Each year, there will be dozens of concerns screaming to the be at the top of the list for the Iowa Legislature’s annual session. This year, one of the topics screaming at legislators the loudest should be quality mental health care.

Between the closure of two inpatient facilities and the Medicaid transition, it seems the state government doesn’t hold mental health to be a priority.

The direct impact of the closure of the hospitals in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant can be de-

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bated forever, but it’s symbolic of a larger issue: mental health is not seen as a state government priority in many places, including Iowa. The closure brought further to light the shortage of inpatient beds in the state, and how Iowa really doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive plan to enhance its number of hospital beds to match growth in population.

Democrats can place blame the governor for these autocratic moves, but even if Republicans were to do the same, the time is now for the legislature to prioritize psychiatric care not only ahead of other programmatic agendas, but also ahead of partisan unity and ahead of worrying about re-election. It might not be the legislature’s fault, but it certainly is a statewide issue that the legislature should address directly.

In last month’s forum on mental illness, hosted by the Newton Daily News and the Newton Police Department, law enforcement, a district court judge and others tasked the legislature with help on two fronts: bringing more overall mental health resources to the state and making sure the existing beds and other resources are fully

utilized to maximize capacity.

There is a dark prognosis for the years ahead. A comprehensive study of survey results and other data by an organization called Mental Health America shows Iowa is first in the nation regarding children with emotional behavioral developmental issues who were consistently insured and second in the nation in percentage of youth who are dependent on drugs, including alcohol.

The 86th Iowa General Assembly has the opportunity to bring about to propose and pass meaningful, comprehensive medical reforms that help raise the number of available mental health beds and psychiatrists.

Jasper County legislators need your input before the Jan. 11 opening day of the session.

Contact Rep. Dan Kelley, Rep. Greg Heartsill, Sen. Chaz Allen or Sen. Amy Sinclair and let them know mental illness is a serious issue that is worthy of more state resources.

People experiencing a serious mental health crisis don’t have time to wait for partisan debates. They need more resources to be made available — and they need them now.

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This week my TV show is on gun control.

I interviewed activist L e a h Barrett, w h o wants stricter gun laws.

I pointed out that a f t e r By John Stossel m o s t states loosened gun laws to let people carry guns, 29 peer-reviewed studies examined the effect. Eighteen found less crime, 10 found no difference and only one found an increase.

“Which studies?”

Barrett snapped. “John Lott’s? His research has been totally discredited.”

“Discredited” is a word the anti-gun activists use a lot. It’s as if they speak from the same playbook.

“Lott is a widely discredited ideologue,” said a spokeswoman for Everytown — a Bloomberg-funded gun control group.

“Completely discredited” is how the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy described Lott’s research.

The left-wing site Salon says Lott “was discredited in the early 2000s.”

Media Matters for America called Lott “discredited” at least 40 times.

So how is Lott “discredited”? Barrett says, “He claims his data was lost on his hard drive.

Well, go re-create it!

He hasn’t been able to!”

But that’s false. Lott’s “More Guns, Less Crime” study has been replicated often, including by the National Research Council and even by some critics.

After a hard-drive crash, Lott did lose data that supported a lesser point: 98 percent of the time, people only need to point a gun at a criminal for him to back down. But Lott did replicate that survey (he got 95 percent, close results for statisti-

cal purposes). That data is posted on his group’s website and available to anyone who wants it.

Barrett continued her smear: Lott “actually impersonated a student ... to say what a great professor he is.”

That’s actually true.

On the Internet, Lott once posed as a student to praise his own course.

Dumb, yes. Deceitful, too. But it doesn’t “discredit” all his research.

I may be biased here.

One of Lott’s kids works for me. But when I look at the facts, I conclude that Lott is right. His critics, instead of arguing facts, smear.

Sometimes it reaches comical levels. Jonah Peretti, founder of BuzzFeed, impersonated Lott on a website he set up called “Ask John Lott.” When people emailed the site, Peretti wrote back pretending to be Lott and saying that he didn’t support certain gun controls.

After legal action, Peretti took down the site and apologized.

But BuzzFeed recently ran an article claiming that Lott pressured a stalking victim into talking to the media about why she wanted a gun. BuzzFeed ignored screen shots Lott sent them of text exchanges showing that the woman said she wanted to talk to the media.

Lott isn’t the only smear victim. Many academics who don’t toe the leftist line get attacked.

Climatologist Judith Curry was popular in academic circles when she assumed that global warming was a big problem. But then she looked deeper into the research and expressed some doubts.

Suddenly Curry was a “climate misinformer” who made “assertions unsupported by evidence” with “an irresponsible level of sloppiness.”

Climate Progress founder Joe Romm wrote that Curry “abandons science.”

Congressmen demanded that her university investigate her funding.

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Obituaries Bernice P. Jones Dec. 5, 2015 Bernice P. Botts Jones, 93, of Newton died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, at her home in Newton.

A fun e r a l service will be at 11 a.m.

Edith Pearl Lee Dec. 3, 2015 Edith Pearl Lee, 100, of Newton, formerly of Given, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at Nelson Manor in Newton.

Edith was born Sept. 24, 1 9 1 5 , in Mahaska County, the daughter of Frank Pierce and Lela Ellen Whitsel Harper. She was baptized at an early age at the Given M.E. Church. She graduated with honors from Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1933.

Sara Schober Dec. 6, 2015 Sara Schober, 60, of Newton, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at her home in Newton.

Services are pending at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton.

City leaf bag collection Leaf bags will be collected for City of Newton residents on their normal garbage collection day through Thursday. Collection of leaf bags will resume March 28.

Leaves should be placed in City of Newton logo leaf bags.

Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the First Christian Church, 314 E. Second St. N. in Newton. The family will greet friends following the services with a lunch at the church. Memorials to the First Christian Church or to the Park Centre Good Samaritan Fund may be left at the church at the time of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home.

Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home please add, Attn:

Jones Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish Bernice’s memory are her son, Tim (Mary) Jones of Cedar Falls; her daughter, Jodi (Cliff ) Havens of Moravia; her daughter-in-law, Marcia (Vern) Hansen of Cedar Falls; six grandchildren, Jeff (Amy) Jones, Kelly (Ben) McAllister, Sara ( Joud) Dib, Jason Jones, Michelle (Bert) Zimmerman and Jenna ( Justin) Gochanour; her

12 great-grandchildren, Leah, Abby, Kate, Sam, Sophia, Michael, John, Jacob, Abby, Miles, Sadie and Marshall; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lowell in 1998; son, Sam in 1988; and her nine brothers and sisters.

The Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton is handling arrangements.

On Aug. 2, 1936, she was united in marriage to Delmer Lee at Lancaster, Mo. Delmer died April 7, 1979. Following their marriage, Edith stayed home to care for her family. She was a member of the Eddyville Christian Church where she had been a Sunday School teacher, youth leader and C.W.F. leader. She was active in 4-H when she was younger and had been a 4-H leader for her childrens’ clubs. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening and canning. Edith had also been a member of the Friendly Neighbors Club in Given. Edith had a deep faith in the Lord. Her faith and family were the center of her life.

Her family includes two children and their spouses, Judith and Charles Richmond of Newton and Thomas and Marcia Lee of Huntsville, Ark.; a son in law, Kenneth Schultz of Montezuma; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and a nephew.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a son and his wife, James and Sheryl Lee; a daughter, Janice Schultz; and a brother, Gene Harper.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Eddyville Christian Church in Eddyville with Reverend

Dennis Durst officiating. The family will greet friends and relatives in the fellowship hall of the church following the funeral ceremony until 1 p.m. A procession will leave the church at 1 p.m. Wednesday and go to Henness Cemetery, southwest of Oskaloosa for a graveside service. The Bates Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Open visitation will begin Tuesday after 11 a.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel and continue until 5:30 p.m.

Edith’s family would like to thank the staff and residents at Nelson Manor for the compassion and kindness they showed their mother over the years.

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• Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at 219 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Newton Golden K Kiwanis will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Newton Village for social time, coffee and a program. Anyone interested in the program or learning more about Golden K Kiwanis is welcome to come as a guest. For more information contact the Rev. Thomas Lloyd at 641-792-3612.

• Congressman Dave Loebsack’s District Representative Bri Dennison will host open office hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery, 114 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

• Toddler Story Times will meet at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W. For ages 18-36 months with a caregiver, siblings are welcome. Please pick up a Story Time Guidelines sheet at the Children’s Department desk. This story time lasts approximately 20 minutes and includes finger plays, songs, stories and a very simple craft.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Newton Rotary Club will meet at noon Tuesday at Newton DMACC Campus upstairs banquet room. The program will be presented by Rod Slings on “Blood on the Leaves.” Anyone interested in attending and learning more about the Newton Rotary Club is welcome. For more information or to make reservations for lunch call Miranda Kulis at 641-417-9174 or Andrew Davis at 330-3225111.

• Jasper County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at USDA Service Center, 709 First Ave. W. in Newton.

• Newton Chamber Member Thank You and Christmas Social will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Centre for Arts & Artists, 501 W. Third St. N. in Newton. The two Social Co-Chairs, Pat Wallace and Margie Criswell, invite Chamber members to join them for this “come and go as you wish” purely social event.

• Discover Hope, a faith-based addiction support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 219 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

NHS presents holiday band concert The Newton High School Instrumental Music Department will present its holiday band concert at 7 p.m. Monday in the Center for Performance. The Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform a wide

variety of holiday pieces including “Celtic Carol,” “Let There be Peace on Earth” and “Tobboggan Ride.”

The bands are under the direction of Jim Beerends and Michelle Banwell.

There is an admission fee.

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Guests are asked to bring a covered dish or drop off a donation in the basket when attending.

Following the potluck will be entertainment, the monthly meeting and Bingo.

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The Newton Christian School will be provide Christmas Music at the Courthouse on Dec. 14, 15 and 16. Each day will have 30 minutes of music beginning at noon. The kindergarten through fourth grade choir and handbells will perform Dec. 14, band students on Dec. 15 and the fifth through eighth grade choir on Dec. 16. All are welcome to attend.

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Terina L. Lewis, 32, of Newton, is charged with operating while under the influence and interference with official acts after authorities were called at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to 600 W. 16th St. S. Officers were called about an assault and spoke with another person at the residence who said Lewis had driven there intoxicated and began causing problems. Lewis had bloodshot,

watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. She had a BAC of .26.

Lewis resisted the officers, who eventually placed her on the ground to get her handcuffed.

An officer received a blood blister on his lip following the altercation with Lewis. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Rodney J. Mitchell, 43, of Newton, is charged with consumption/intoxication in public places after authorities were

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called at 8:23 p.m. Wednesday to the 1100 block of North Fourth Avenue West. Witnesses told officers Mitchell was standing in the middle of the road, forcing people to stop their vehicles. He also reportedly stuck his head in a window and yelled at kids in the vehicle. He had slurred speech, was sweating and was unable to stand without swaying. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Holiday greeting need not prompt a religious claim

DEAR ABBY: Every year around the holidays, well-intentioned strangers wish me and my family “Merry Christmas!” Even though we are Jewish, I have always regarded it to be a kind gesture to spread good cheer. I smile and return the greeting.

My children have asked me why I don’t tell people we’re Jewish and that we don’t celebrate Christmas. I don’t feel I need to educate strangers when they’re just trying to be friendly, but my kids don’t agree. We’ve had several discussions about being friendly and polite, but still they ask if being Jewish is something to keep secret or be embarrassed about.

I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but I do want to give my kids the message that we are proud of who we are. How do you recommend I handle this situation, because it happens a lot? — JILL IN SANTA ROSA, CALIF. DEAR JILL: Explain to your children that you return the greeting to be polite, not because you feel being Jewish is anything to be ashamed of.

The strangers who do this are saying something nice, and you are returning the greeting.

However, the response to people to whom you are closer and with whom there will be a deeper relationship should be different. To them, your children should explain that they are Jewish and that you celebrate Hanukkah rather than Christmas. When you’re with them, if they feel the need to assert their Jewish identity, they should go right ahead and do it.

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend for 16 years. Last year I found out he was married before I met him and still is married to her.

He never told me he was married when I met him — or at all. If he had, we wouldn’t be together.

His wife got ahold of me on Face-

book because she was looking for him.

I was in disbelief. We almost got married in 2007, which would have been bigamy. I have stayed with him for the sake of our kids, but I’m miserable.

I recently reconnected with a male friend from high school. We have been talking, but not romantically.

He knows my situation. The problem is, he said that he had a crush on me back in school and still does.

I have feelings for him, too — more than just friendship. What do I do?

— EMOTIONALLY LOST IN MARYLAND DEAR LOST: I can only imagine the extent to which your trust has been shaken. What you need to do right now is recognize how vulnerable you are feeling. What you shouldn’t do is rebound from one relationship into another.

Because you are no longer happy with your boyfriend, consult an attorney to ensure your children’s father lives up to his financial obligations to them. If you don’t have a job, start looking for one to supplement the child support income.

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MAURICE — Officials in northwest Iowa hope a new airport that’s under construction in Sioux County will boost business.

The $28 million project that has been in the works for more than a decade is expected to be done in 2018.

It will replace airports in in nearby Orange City and Sioux Center that lack room to expand. The runways at the current airports are too short to provide the extra distance needed in wet or snowy weather.

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Officers were called to the store Saturday afternoon after the woman became upset she couldn’t use a coupon for soda.

Police say officers were in the process of arresting the woman for disorderly conduct when her grandson tried to intervene.

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CLARION — The first trial related to allegations of hazing at a northern Iowa high school has been scheduled for February. An 18-year-old accused of hazing freshmen on the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows football team recently pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse charges. His trial is scheduled for Feb. 9. Two other students are also charged in the case. A 17-year-old wants his case transferred to juvenile court, and the lawyer for the 16-year-old said he is considering a similar request.

Two men wounded in deer hunting accidents WINFIELD — Two men have been wounded during separate deer hunting accidents. The Iowa Natural Resources Department said a 47-year-old Winfield man was stuck in the abdomen Sunday afternoon by a deer slug believed to have been fired by another member of his hunting party northeast of Winfield. The department says Walter Freeman was flown to an Iowa City hospital for treatment. Travis Myers, 28, of Dundee, was struck by a deer slug in his right shoulder Sunday morning. Myers was treated at a Manchester hospital and released.

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WATERLOO — A judge has rescheduled a trial hearing for a Waterloo man convicted in a homicide case.

The trial for 24-year-old Perquondis “Mooter” Holmes was rescheduled Friday for a date in January.

Holmes says Facebook photos shown during his trial violated an earlier court ruling that references to gangs would be kept out of the trial.

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Giving Tree up at Skiff

Submitted Photo The Sacred Hearth Catholic Church Prayer Shawl Ministry has decorated a Giving Tree at Skiff Medical Center. The tree has scarves and mittens hanging as decorations which will also be given out to those in need through Feb. 29 of next year.

Sioux County as Republican as it gets ORANGE CITY (AP) — In an area where many surnames begin with Van and bakeries offer Dutch letter pastries, residents of Sioux County overwhelmingly vote Republican.

Sioux County was largely settled by people of Dutch origin more than 100 years ago; Orange City, the county seat, was named for William of Orange, a Dutch prince. Sioux County residents, who pride themselves on thriftiness, church attendance and

well-kept property, consistently cast ballots for GOP candidates for county supervisor, governor and president.

Vote totals approach 90 percent Republican, making it the most Republican county in the state, said Jeff Taylor, a professor at Dordt College in Sioux Center. “(The county) is not only Republican, but super-conservative Republican. ... You can’t get more Republican than Sioux

County,” Taylor said.

That’s why Republican presidential candidates frequently campaign in the county’s two largest cities — Sioux Center and Orange City. When Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was competing down the 2012 stretch against Democratic President Barack Obama, he held a large event at Northwestern College in Orange City to try to seal the deal with voters.

Iowa police learn body camera video storage comes at price CORALVILLE (AP) — It’s been a year since the Coralville Police Department first outfitted its officers with body cameras, and now the department is struggling with how to store the vast amount of video footage.

The Coralville City Council recently authorized more than $18,000 for the police department to upgrade its computer servers and purchase additional digital storage space for its body and dash camera data.

The new hard drives are necessary, Police Chief Barry Bedford said, because the department significantly underestimated how much storage space would be needed to retain video data for the long term.

Coralville’s 33 officers upload an average of about 70 videos per day, Bedford said.

In 2014, when Coralville spent $15,150 in civil asset forfeiture funds for 15 new cameras, it also purchased six terabytes of storage space. But after just six months of officers uploading their recordings at the end of each shift, it became apparent that wasn’t enough. The new purchase would expand the department’s video storage capacity to 60 terabytes, with another 60 used for backup and housed in a separate building.

“We may not know for months or years whether we need it or not,” Bedford said.

Bedford said the department wants to retain all video files for two years, which is the statute of limitations for civil tort action. That’s also the length of time recommended by the Johnson County Attorney’s Office, federal agencies and national organizations, he said.

You’re not ready to move and that’s okay.

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That’s fine if you’re blessed with good health and can continue to maintain your home.

Are you prepared for change though? What if you suddenly need a helping hand, and not just for tomorrow, but for the next few days, couple weeks, months or longer?

For some, you can still live in the same home that’s filled with countless memories by taking advantage of in-home health care or home care services.

While these services vary by name and what they include, at Park Centre in Newton, Iowa, seniors can receive personalized healthcare services at home during times of illness or when their physical abilities have decreased. This could include advanced skilled nursing care or therapy. Registered nurses create an individual plan for you, certified nurse aides provide personal care assistance and licensed therapist provide physical, occupational and speech therapy and more.

could use assistance around the house. Their health may not be deteriorating rapidly, but simple, everyday tasks, such as getting dressed, shaving and bathing have become difficult and leave them frustrated. That’s no way to live and thankfully help is available in the form of home care aides. These certified nursing assistants and home care aides help promote your health and independence.

While assisting you with the aforementioned tasks, they can also help with household tasks like laundry and light housekeeping while also promoting your social wellness by giving you someone to visit with regularly.

There’s no denying that being forced out of your home due to health-related issues would be unfortunate, even though retirement communities offer great lifestyles. Fortunately, a variety of in-home care allows seniors to remain at home if they wish to do so.

For more information, contact Park Centre at 641-791-5000 visit them at 500 1st St. N Newton, IA 50208.

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Alex Olp/Jasper County Tribune Pictures with a the reindeer was one of many activities kids had during Saturday’s Country Christmas. Other events around downtown Colfax Saturday included horse drawn carriage rides, letters to Santa and a wreath silent auction.

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Breakfast with Santa event filled with holiday cheer

Photos by Kate Malott/Daily News Ainsley Yenger, left, sits on the lap of Santa Claus with brother Benson Yenger, right, during Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning at the Newton Arboretum. The even raised $500 for Newton park projects, hosted by Friends of Newton Parks and Project AWAKE members.

Above: Friends of Newton Parks and Project AWAKE volunteers Janet Rinehart and Mary Altemeier make pancakes Saturday morning during Breakfast with Santa at the Newton Arboretum.

Below: Two Newton children visit with Santa Claus at Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning at the Newton Arboretum.

Brilea Moffitt, 8, of Newton, decorates sugar cookies with her sister Brooke, 5, at Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning at the Newton Arboretum. Cookie decorating and other Christmas craft activities were available along with breakfast and a visit from Santa Claus at the event.

Sveta Miller, left, helps her nephew decorate a sugar cookie at Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning at the Newton Arboretum. The second annual event had its largest turnout.

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We want to express our heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers we had at Culver’s for our free Thanksgiving dinner.

The compassion that was shown for our community is an inspiration to all of us. It was truly amazing how many volunteers were willing to take time away from family to help those in need. Your willingness to show up to cook, serve and deliver meals, help with the cleanup, all while making others smile made a great difference. We would also like to applaud all the pie makers. We received many compliments on how wonderful our desserts were. We cannot thank the community enough for the outpouring of volunteers during the hectic holiday season. Without all the help we received, we’re not sure this event would have been successful. We also received many generous cash donations that will be donated to the Newton Salvation Army. We truly live in a great community.

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

Thanks again, Curtis and Mandy Herbig Owners of Newton

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Newton Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes

Kate Malott/Daily News Jeff Guthrie visits with tour guests in the living room of Gary and Pat Wallace Saturday morning on the Newton Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes. Guthrie, owner of Woodstyles LLC, designed, built and constructed cabinetry in a remodel of the home which was one of five homes on the annual tour.

Kate Malott/Daily News Cammie Wisgerhof and Jeanette Shannon visit in the home of Jon and Kate Fudge Saturday afternoon during the Newton Dollars for Scholars Tour of Homes. The tour is an annual fundraiser for the organization which raises scholarships for Newton High School senior students seeking further education.

Jasper County Historical Museum Christmas Open House

Kate Malott/Daily News Jane Johnson, of Newton, leads BETCHAW and Friends choir group as part of the entertainment lineup Sunday afternoon at the Jasper County Historical Museum Christmas Open House. Other entertainers on Sunday include Grace Note, Judy Brody, Accordz and Barry Hurto.

Kate Malott/Daily News Attendees of the Jasper County Historical Museum Christmas Open House look at areal photos of Newton from 1977.

Kate Malott/Daily News Jasper County Historical Museum Christmas Open House Committee Member Ray Heimann greets guests as they sign in Sunday afternoon at the holiday open house at the museum in Newton.

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Lee captures Cardinal Classic championship Newton wrestlers finish fifth at own tournament

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Duncan Lee is in his third year of wrestling. The Newton High senior continues to learn in the practice wrestling room and in each match he competes in as shown Saturday in the 2015 Newton Cardinal Classic.

Lee was in control of all four of his matches in the 195-pound division.

After building up a 13-2 lead against Indianola’s Wyatt Carpenter, Lee finished the match with a pin at the 5:12 mark of his final match. Lee claimed the 195-pound division championship.

“Winning championships is awesome,” Lee said after receiving his first-place medal. “I got my takedowns going in my first match — I think I had six takedowns in that one — and just kept my offense going for the day.”

Lee, who is ranked No. 8 in Class 3A, was one of nine ranked wrestlers in the Newton tournament Saturday.

Three ranked wrestlers were in the 152-pound bracket with Newton senior Bryce Tish, who placed fourth.

Tish was pinned by Class 3A eighth-ranked Collin Hushagen of Johnston with 30 seconds remaining in the 152-pound third-place match.

Tish lost by a fall to Class 3A topranked Colton Clingenpeel, who took the championship, and dropped a 9-5 decision to seventh-ranked Nic Jarvis of Iowa City High. Clingenpeel is from Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News With a half-nelson sunk in tight, Newton High senior Duncan Lee turns Indianola’s Wyatt Carpenter in a pinning move during the final match of the day in the 195-pound division of the 2015 NHS Cardinal Classic Saturday. Lee, who is ranked No. 8 in Class 3A at 195, went 4-0 to claim the weight division championship.

Cardinal girls come out with LHC victory

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Newton swimmer Aaron King won the 100-meter butterfly and helped the Cardinals claim victory in the 200 freestyle relay at the annual Cardinal Invitational at the Newton YMCA on Saturday. The Cardinals were third in the six-team field.

Swimmers finish third at annual Cardinal Invite

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News Leg cramps earlier in the week kept Paul Maharry from putting high expectations on himself at this weekend’s Cardinal Swimming Invitational.

Being short-handed on the day brought down expectations for Aaron King, too.

Both Cardinal swimmers performed better than expected and many of their teammates also gave personal-best performances throughout the lineup as Newton’s 12-member roster finished third out of six teams Saturday at the Newton YMCA. King was a part of the Cardinals’ only two wins, while Maharry joined King and two other teammates in winning the 200-meter freestyle relay.

Maharry also dropped more than a second from his previous personal-best time in the

100 breaststroke.

“We were missing two of our best swimmers, but we all swam our best and that was enough to win,” Maharry said of the win in the 200 freestyle relay. “It was good to know that we can still win races when we don’t have some of our best guys.”

The two swimmers missing were Isaak Webb and Lucas Warner, who both attend Pella High School. Warner also plays basketball for the Dutch and was at a game Saturday. Webb missed the meet because of an illness, according to Newton coach Dave Hook.

“I think they did specatular,” Hook said of the guys who did perform Saturday.

“Taking third with only 12 guys is really good. I was impressed with their efforts. We had a lot of personal-best times today.”

Indianola was the invitational champion with 312 points.

Decorah came in second with 298, and Newton had 230 points in third.

Oskaloosa was next with 202, Grinnell/BGM placed fifth with 160 and Vinton-Shellsburg completed the field with 84 points.

King gave the Cardinals their first win of the day as he touched the wall first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1 minute, 6.43 seconds.

“It felt great to be able to represent Pella and Newton and get a few wins today,” King said.

“I wasn’t quite expecting to do that well, but we really stepped up and swam well. It makes it much more fun to be a part of when you win and don’t expect to win.”

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PELLA — The long and short of it — Hannah Rhoads hit a 3-pointer in the midst of a flurry of threes by Pella Christian in the fourth quarter and the Newton High senior downed both ends of a one-and-one with a minute left in the game — Newton’s Cardinals escaped with a 4439 win Friday night.

Rhoads, who was hampered with three fouls in the first half, came up with a defensive rebound with 20 seconds to play in the game protecting a three-point lead.

Junior Ryanne Rausch sealed the Cardinals’ fourth victory of the season by sinking two free throws with nine seconds

on the clock.

Newton had to battle to stay undefeated in its first road game of the season. The Cardinals improve to Rhoads 4-0 overall and 1-0 in Little Hawkeye Conference play.

“We did play inconsistently. We had a hard time putting the ball in the basket, but we did the little things to make up for that,” Newton head coach Brandon Sharp said.

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Cardinal boys falter at Pella Christian

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News PELLA — Foul trouble and a long third-quarter scoring drought doomed Newton High’s Cardinal boys Friday night in their Little Hawkeye Conference opener. The Cardinals matched their hosts, the Pella Christian Eagles, basket-for-basket in the final statistics.

Unfortunately, Newton put Pella Christian on the free-throw line 36 times and the Eagles cashed in on 29 of those attempts. The Cardinals were 17-of-25 from the line and dropped a 75-63 decision.

“Our first-half foul trouble got us out of rhythm and PC began to parade to the free-throw line,” first-year Newton head coach Bill Liley

said. “They made 12 more free throws, which ended up being the difference in the game along with our seven-minute scoring Sturtz drought in the third quarter.”

Newton was in rhythm to open Friday’s game. Seniors guards Drew Stout and Jwan Roush pushed the Cardinals to a 9-2 lead by the 5:15 mark of the first quarter.

Stout drilled two 3-pointers in the run.

Junior Morgan Maher had the next five points for Newton, including a trey. Garrett BOYS | 3B

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SPORTS CALENDAR Monday Basketball Pella Christian at PCM, 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.

Newton 9th girls at Johnston, 7 p.m.

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

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

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

North Polk at CMB, 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 PCM, Sigourney at Pleasantville, 6 p.m.

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

Bowling Newton at Marshalltown, 3:45 p.m.

Swimming Newton boys at Des Moines East, 5:30 p.m.

CMB can’t keep pace with Rams

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News JEFFERSON — Will Clapper made 14of-18 from the foul line and scored 22 points and Brady Stover added 18 points on five 3-pointers, but the CMB boys fell short on the road Friday night.

The Raiders trailed Greene County 23-9 after one quarter and never recovered in an 83-65 loss.

Clapper and Stover were the only Raiders in double figures. CMB shot 18-of-44 from the floor and 22-of-35 from the foul line.

Hunter McWhirter chipped in seven points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals in the loss for CMB. Greene County made 15 3-pointers in the win.

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter junior Kathleen Baldwin goes in for two points against Colfax-Mingo junior Dakota Hostetter during a non-conference game in Maxwell on Saturday. The Raiders won the game 46-36.

Inside play powers CMB girls past Tigerhawks

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MAXWELL — The Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s girls’ basketball team had a distinct size advantage over Colfax-Mingo during its non-conference contest Saturday.

Kathleen Baldwin recorded a double-double, and the two other Raiders had at least 10 rebounds during a 46-36 home victory.

It was the first win of the year for CMB (1-3), while Colfax-Mingo dropped its second straight and is 1-3.

“It was a good win,” CMB coach Jamie Zabel said. “Our guards are getting better at getting the ball inside. We need to do it more, but when we got it in there, we were effective.”

Baldwin scored all 14 of her points in the first three quarters and grabbed 10 boards for the first double-double of her varsity career. Bridget Hurley had nine points and 10 rebounds, and Mikayla Eslinger grabbed a game-high 11 boards.

Baldwin, Carter Larson and two Tigerhawks fouled out in the game as there was 52 fouls called and 60 free throws attempted.

“The girls played through it and did a good job,” Zabel said. “We have to fight through things like that. We handled it well though. We still need to take care of the basketball, but we are getting better.”

CMB led 11-2 after one quarter, but Colfax-Mingo’s McKeely Tjaden and Jessica Albright each buried a trey to help the close the gap to 1915 at the break. The Raiders went back up by 10 after an 11-5 advantage in the third.

Brianna Cooper scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Tigerhawks. Dakota Hostetter had six points, eight boards and three steals.

Colfax-Mingo had an 11-point advantage from the foul line but made 6-of-48 from the floor. It made two shots from the field in the second half.

“Our spacing still needs work. We need to do a better job working through our offense and getting the ball inside more,” Colfax-Mingo coach Michelle Grant said. “Our rebounding needs to improve. That’s all there is to it.”

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Quick start propels C-M boys past CMB

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MAXWELL — After three games, Colfax-Mingo’s boys basketball team already has two more wins than it had all of last season.

After cruising to wins in its first two South Iowa Cedar League games, the Tigerhawks stepped out of the conference against Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter on Saturday and used a fast start to and strong games by Colin Lourens and Jarod Nichols to improve to 3-0 on the young season.

Lourens finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds and Nichols added 14 points and 12 boards as the Tigerhawks jumped out to an early lead before holding off CMB, 62-57.

Blake Summy also finished with 11 points and four assists, while Jacob Lietz added seven points, five assists and three rebounds in the victory.

Sean Borts scored six points.

“There is still room for growth,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said.

“You can tell it’s still early in the season. But we are glad to get the win.

Wins aren’t easy to get.”

For the Raiders (0-3), it was the third straight slow start, forcing coach Scott Brummel to potentially make a change to the team’s practice routine.

Colfax-Mingo jumped out to a 9-1 lead, led 32-25 at the break and held off a rally in the third that saw the Raider close to within 39-38.

“That’s three straight nights where we have started slow,” Brummel said.

“We are going to have to address that in practice. We can’t just talk about it anymore.”

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Colin Lourens, right, scores two points in front of Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Hunter Gunderson during a non-conference game in Maxwell on Saturday.

Leading 13-8 after one quarter, the Tigerhawks got the ball to Lourens in the second quarter, and the senior responded with 12 of his 18 in the frame to push the lead to seven at the break.

“We got the ball in the middle of their zone and he hit some turnaround jump shots from the upper third of the lane,” Borts said. The guys did a good job of finding him.”

CMB used a 13-7 surge at the start of the third quarter to get back in it, but some missed opportunities at the line kept the Raiders from getting over the hump. CMB was 6-of-17 from the line, while Colfax-Mingo made 17-of-30.

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MONROE — Prairie City-Monroe’s boys basketball team ended the game on a 14-0 run and stayed unbeaten thanks to 20 points and 12 rebounds from senior Logan Gilman and 10 points and 14 boards from junior Luke Greiner.

Roland-Story led by as many as 11 in the first quarter, but the Mustangs rallied for the second straight night and improved to 3-0 following a 5442 victory over the Norse in Heart of Iowa Conference play.

“We did the same thing the first two games. We were down by at least 10, and it would have been easy to just quit. But they battled back,” PCM coach Fred Lorensen said. “ Gilman battled foul trouble all night, but he scored eight straight points late in the fourth quarter when the Mustangs (2-0 in HOIC) were down 42-40.

Gilman set up a Greiner 3-pointer that made it 51-42, and Greiner finished off the win with a three-point play in the final minute. Greiner had five assists to go with his double-double.

“It was tough to sit there and watch,” Gilman said. “I was just hoping the guys would keep it close, and then we could pull away when I got back in there. I think we finished really strong. We played good defense, too. We got some key stops and the shots started to fall.”

Roland-Story (1-1, 1-1) hit four 3-pointers in the opening quarter to lead 19-8 after eight minutes. PCM rallied to tie the game at 29-all at halftime and it was all square at 38all after three quarters.

Gilman missed the final few minutes of the second quarter, and the final four minutes in the third frame because of foul trouble.

That’s when a few of his teammates picked up the slack.

Sophomore Jackson Thomas scored the final five points of the opening half and scored 10 for the game.

Junior Mark Bruxvoort connected on back-to-back buckets in the third quarter to keep things close. He finished with seven points and three

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Logan Gilman (25) scored 20 points during the Mustangs 54-42 win over Roland-Story on Friday night.

assists.

“Our league is good. The two teams we have already played are going to have a chance to win this conference,” Lorensen said. “To win those first two after being down in both of them is a good start. There’s a lot of games left though.”

Roland-Story 19-10-9-4—42 Prairie City-Monroe 8-21-9-16—54 R-S (FG/3pt.-FT-F-TP): Teig 4/2-1-2-11, Barclay 6/22-216, Hobbs 1/1-0-2-3, Hovick 3/2-2-4-10, McCoy 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 15/7-5-15-42.

PCM (FG-3pt.-FT-F-TP): Greiner 4/1-1-2-10, Bruxvoort 3/1-0-4-7, Speers 1/1-0-0-3, Brown 0-1-1-1, Gilman 9-2-4-20, J. Thomas 4/2-0-0-10, Clark 0-0-1-0, Van Ryswyk 0-0-1-0, E. Thomas 1-1-1-3.

TOTALS: 22/5-5-15-54.

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Big second half helps PCM girls rally past Roland-Story

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News MONROE — Prairie City-Monroe’s girls’ basketball team needed a rally, but a strong defensive effort kept the Mustangs unbeaten in Heart of Iowa Conference play Friday night.

Roland-Story’s Jenna Clark buried back-to-back 3-pointers in the closing minute of the first quarter to give the Norse a lead until late in the third, but the Mustangs rallied with a big fourth quarter during a 47-40 home victory.

Kayla Jennings hit a free throw to give PCM a 30-29 lead with 2:23 to play in the third, and the Mustangs never trailed again, outscoring the Norse 13-8 in the final period.

“We were playing out of control offensively in the first half. We play like we have a shot clock sometimes,” Lindsay said. “We talked about patience at halftime and letting things develop. We got more passing and driving lanes available and found some open shots.”

Jennings scored nine of her teamhigh 11 points in the second half, and she grabbed seven rebounds, dished out four assists and had four steals in the win.

Kaylee Townsend, Bailey Brodersen and Rachel Stafford each scored seven points. Jayci Vos and Katie Vande Wall both had six in the win.

Vos had four steals, three rebounds and two assists. Vande Wall grabbed seven boards despite battling foul trouble all night. Stafford collected six boards.

The Mustangs (4-1, 3-0) led 7-4 following a 5-0 run in the first quarter, but the Norse (1-2, 1-2) used an 11-0 run to gain a first-half advantage. Their biggest lead was 22-11, but PCM closed it to six at the break.

“We probably played the worst half of basketball we have played this season in that first half, but we were

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe junior Bailey Brodersen (42) scored seven points in the Mustangs’ come-from-behind win over Roland-Story on Friday night.

only down six because our defense continues to step up and limit the other team,” Lindsay said.

A 13-2 run in the third gave PCM their first big momentum swing, and the home team never looked back.

The Mustangs, who host Pella Christian at 6 p.m. Monday, won the game despite making 11-of-26 from the free-throw line.

Roland-Story 10-13-9-8—40 Prairie City-Monroe 7-10-17-13—47 Roland-Story (FG/3-pt.-FT-F-TP): Phillips 0-2-3-2, Clark 3/3-0-4-9, Friest 2-2-2-6, Jennings 1/1-2-3-5, Whipple 5-4-4-14, Patton 1-2-3-4. TOTALS: 12/412-19-40.

PCM (FG/3-pt.-FT-F-TP): Vos 2-2-0-6, Hugen 1-0-02, Vande Wall 3-0-5-6, Stafford 3-1-1-7, Jennings 4-3-1-11, Van Dyke 0-1-3-1, Brodersen 2-3-3-7, Townsend 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 18-11-15-47.

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Lynnville-Sully boys notch two wins

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Winning on the road Friday in South Iowa Cedar League play, Lynnville-Sully’s Hawk boys turned around to claim a non-conference victory at home Saturday. The Hawks rolled up a 68-38 win against North Mahaska at New Sharon Friday and dominated Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Saturday for a 65-39 victory.

“It was nice to finish off a three game week with a win,” Hawk head coach Nick Harthoorn said following the EBF game. “We got into foul trouble in the first half, but we had some guys step up big for us. We did a better job of playing defense without fouling in the second half.”

Against the Rockets Saturday, the Hawks got out in front, 158, by the end of the first quarter. Lynnville-Sully held a 34-20 halftime lead and outscored EBF, 31-19, in the second half.

The Hawks had four players in double-figure scoring led by Sage Ehresman with 15 points. Rylan James added 13 followed by Tyler Van Zante with 11 points. Kyle Van Dyke had a double-double

with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Jesse Van Wyk scored nine points and Ryan Hofer had three points.

Scoring two points each were Elijah Collins and Corey McCoy. Van Dyke James had nine rebounds and Ehresman dished out three assists as did John Trettin.

Lynnville-Sully shot 49 percent, 26-of-53, from the field and hit 12-of-17 free throws. The Hawks had a 38-25 rebounding edge against the Rockets.

EBF got 11 points from Peyton Walker and eight points from Gabe Larkin.

The Hawks held both weekend oppenents to 27 percent shooting from the field. EBF had 15 field goals in Saturday’s game and North Mahaska hit 13 field goals.

The Hawks used a 16-5 surge in the second quarter to take complete control of Friday’s conference contest against host North Mahaska. Lynnville-Sully was up 34-16 at the break and powered past the Warhawks on a

34-22 second half scoring edge.

“We had a nice balanced attack offensively tonight,” Harthoorn said. “It was good to see a lot of different guys put the ball in the basket. We did a decent job defensively. We have a few areas we can improve. It was a good win for us.”

Van Dyke poured in 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds from the post position for the Hawks.

Van Wyk and Van Zante each had 10 points, six rebounds and four assists. James and McCoy had eight points apiece.

Ehresman scored seven points and handed out eight assists.

Trettin added three points while Canyon Kuhlmann, Collins and Hofer had two points each. The Hawks shot 58 percent, 29-of-50, from the field and downed 9-of17 free throws.

North Mahaska was led by Jakob Bortell and Clay Gleason with eight points each. Mason Foster scored seven points.

Lynnville-Sully (3-0) takes a 2-0 SICL mark into its home game Tuesday against HLV. Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

No. 14 Hawk girls win two over weekend

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Finding themselves behind 26-24 at halftime at home Saturday, the Class 1A 14th-ranked Lynnville-Sully girls responded with a 24-15 run in the second half against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont.

The Hawks improved to 4-0 with a 48-41 victory over EBF. On Friday night, Lynnville-Sully notched it’s third South Iowa Cedar League win, decking host North Mahaska, 50-16, in New Sharon. The Hawks were in front of the Warhawks 31-5 at halftime.

“I am very proud of how the girls responded (Saturday night).

The first quarter we were a little slow reacting and dug ourselves a hole, but the rest of the game I thought we played very well on defense,” Lynnville-Sully head coach Jerry Hulsing said.

He said in the second half against EBF, the Hawks ran their offense as sharply as they have all season.

“We moved the ball well, which led to some open looks

Girls Continued from Page 1B on the offensive glass. The Cardinals cashed in 11-of-17 free throw attempts while the Eagles went 6-of-10 from the line.

The Cardinals held a 13-10 lead after one quarter of play, but the Eagles worked to forge a 2020 deadlock by halftime.

Rhoads sank two free throws, putting the Cardinals in front for good early in the third quarter.

Rausch hit from the outside and senior post player Jessica Reynolds had an inside basket followed by a 3-pointer from Rhoads to stretch Newton’s lead to 29-22.

The Eagles answered with six unanswered points to make it a one-point game. Senior guard Taylor Moon scored, and Newton

and we knocked them down. EBF is a very athletic good team so I extremely happy to see the girls play so well,” Hulsing said.

Brenna Lanser fired in 19 Lanser points for Lynnville-Sully against EBF. Lanser hit two 3-pointers while Kasiah Ehresman fired in four 3-pointers on her way to 13 points. Ehresman had five steals and Lanser had four steals. Lanser handed out eight assists and grabbed seven rebounds.

Marissa Vos controlled the inside game for the Hawks with 12 points and seven rebounds. Mariah Vos had four rebounds. Makenzy Rozendaal and Haley James each had two points.

The Hawks cashed in on 16of-20 free throw attempts. They forced 26 turnovers.

EBF was led by Karlie Taylor with 20 points.

In conference play Friday on the road, Hulsing wasn’t pleased

with the energy level his team exhibited in the first half, despite a large lead.

“The second half was a better effort. We were able to get out and cause some turnovers, which in turn led to some easy baskets. It was good to be able to get everyone some playing time,” Hulsing said.

Lanser led the way with 15 points and three steals. Marissa Vos had 11 points, three steals and four rebounds. Mariah Vos and Ehresman had seven points apiece.

Camryn Russell tossed in four points, dished out four assists and controlled six rebounds.

Rozendaal scored four points and Hailey Scandridge had two points.

North Mahaska shot 20 percent, 7-of-35, from the field and had 30 turnovers. Kalleen Chamberlain was the top scorer for the Warhawks with seven points.

Lynnville-Sully plays at home Tuesday against HLV.

took a 31-28 lead into the fourth quarter.

Junior Taylor Shipley had two straight baskets for Newton to put her team up 35-30. Kaley Wilson fired in two threes for Pella Christian, but Rhoads had one trey in between to keep Newton in front. Senior Sydney Jenkins’ basket had the Cardinals in front 40-36 with 3:45 left in the game.

Brooke Mitrisin netted a 3-pointer for the Eagles. Up 40-39, Rhoads sank both free throws with 1:09 remaining in the game. Newton’s defense denied the Eagles another point the rest of the way.

Rhoads finished with 10 points while Rausch and Jenkins each had eight points. Newton was 11of-17 from the free-throw line.

Cailey Terpstra scored 11 points for the Eagles and Wilson

had 10 points. Pella Christian was 6-of-10 on foul shots.

Newton plays at Marshalltown Thursday in non-conference play.

The Cardinals will finally finish the NHS Cardinal Classic Holiday Basketball Tournament, which was interrupted by a winter storm in November. Newton plays Carlisle in the championship game at 6 p.m. Dec. 15.

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Newton 13-7-11-13— 44 Pella Christian 10-10-8-11—39 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 3-2-0-8, Jenkins 1/1-3-0-8, Moon 1-0-1-2, Hutchinson 1-1-1-3, Reynolds 2-1-2-5, Shipley 3-0-2-6, Horn 1-02-2, Pressgrove 0-0-4-0, Rhoads 0/2-4-3-10.

TOTALS: 12/3-11-15-44.

Pella Christian (FG/3-pt): Terpstra 5-1-2-11, Mitrisin 0/1–23-5, Wilson 2/2-0-3-10, Fopma 2-0-3-4, Bandstra 2-0-1-4, Vos 0-0-4-0, Baugh 1-3-3-5. TOTALS: 13/3-6-19-39.

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Tigerhawk hoops split SICL doubleheader at HLV

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News VICTOR — A 42-6 advantage in the second half turned a close game into a blowout Friday night for the Tigerhawk boys basketball team.

Colfax-Mingo led 24-18 at halftime, but gained a big lead with a 22-3 advantage in third quarter during a 66-24 road win at HLV. The Tigerhawks (3-0 overall, 2-0 in South Iowa Cedar League) got 17 points apiece from Jacob Lietz and Michael Deal. Lietz also grabbed 11 rebounds, dished out seven assists and collected

seven steals.

HLV (0-2, 0-2) has been outscored 119-35 in its first two games of the season.

The Tigerhawks host SICL foe Montezuma at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday.

GIRLS HLV 51, Colfax-Mingo 44 The Tigerhawks dropped to 1-1 in South Iowa Cedar League play Friday night with a narrow 51-44 road loss to HLV. Junior Dakota Hostetter finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and five steals, while sophomore McKeely Tjaden added 13 points and five boards.

HLV came into the game averaging only 21.7 points per game in losing its first three games, but the Warriors (1-3, 1-3) scored a season-high in getting its first win.

Colfax-Mingo junior Alivia Haley scored six points, delivered two assists and had two steals, while sophomore Ries Wilson chipped in a team-high nine rebounds.

The Tigerhawks (1-3, 1-1) host Montezuma in SICL action at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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L-S wrestlers compete at TCM tournament

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News MONTEZUMA — Lynnville-Sully’s wrestlers finished eighth out of a 10-team field at Saturday’s TCM Montezuma Invitational tournament. The Hawks scored 67 points with one wrestler reaching a championship match and two in thirdplace matches.

Solon won the tournament team title with 238 points.

The Hawks’ Josh Dunsbergen was pinned by Nick Meling of East Marshall in the 120-pound championship match at the J. Dunsbergen 3:35-mark of the six-minute match. He had a first-round bye and defeated Aaron Born of Pella, 9-2, in the semifinals.

Carson Dunsbergen recorded a pin of Tri-County/Montezuma’s Kale Latcham in 5 minutes, 16 seconds of the 138-pound thirdplace match. He had lost 9-8 to Pella’s Seb Sikora in the quarterfinals, had a bye in the first round of consolation and pinned Desmond Staggers of BGM in 3:28 in the consolations semifinal.

Ty Breeden reached the third-place match at 126 and was pinned by East Marshall’s Dawson Remenschneider in 1:24. He was pinned by Ben Carr of Solon in a quarterfinal match. Breeden bounced back with two straight pins in consolation action of Tathan Clark of Pleasantville and Tyler Meyer of TCM. Jack Hardin defeated Jake Dixon of East Marshall, 9-6, to claim fifth at 182. Hardin was 2-2 in the tournament. Claiming sixth place for Lynnville-Sully were Max Knapp at 170, Aaron Van Der Krol at 220 and Cooper Scandridge at 285.

Colton Roorda (132), Sage Zylstra (145), Cayden Johnson (152) and Colten Arment (160) went 0-2 in their respective weight divisions.

The Hawks travel to Saydel for a tournament Saturday.

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Boys Continued from Page 1B Sturtz, who came off the bench, hit two free throws, giving Newton at 16-9 lead with 2:42 left in the period.

Newton’s foul trouble reared its head in the first quarter with Roush, Maher and junior Josh Ventling each with two fouls.

Pella Christian sank six straight free throws in a 10-0 run, which began with two minutes left in the first period to the first minute of the second quarter.

The Eagles moved in front 19-16. Junior Connor Gholson touched off a 8-2 scoring surge by the Cardinals with six consecutive points. Sturtz scored in transition and Newton regained the lead, 24-21.

Pella Christian junior guard Levi Jungling connected from 3-point range to tie the game at 26-26 and Jackson Flagel’s basket put the Eagles in front for good. Pella Christian was up 3528 at halftime.

Newton did not have a field goal in the third quarter and was held scoreless in the first seven minutes.

Senior Joseph Banfield hit two free throws to break the drought and Sturtz tossed in three foul shots, but the damage was done.

The Cardinals

Hoops Continued from Page 2B what we need to do,” Brummel said. “Unfortunately our ‘and-ones’ didn’t fall. To double up on that, we didn’t make our free throws. ”

scored 30 points in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t catch the Eagles. The Eagles countered with 27 points.

Sturtz, who was 8-of-12 from the line, and Gholson each had 16 points for Newton.

Banfield grabbed five rebounds and Gholson had four assists.

Jungling led the Eagles with 20 points, hitting 12-of-13 free throws. The Eagles had four players score in double figures.

“We’re looking to get back on the floor after this loss to see more of our improvement as a team,” Liley said.

“With everyone in Iowa making the playoffs, it’s about being good at the end of the year. We will be really fought at the end of our season.

Pella Christian will see a much improved team when they visit our gym later in the season.”

Newton (1-1) has its home-opener Tuesday when Adel-DeSoto-Minburn (1-1) comes to Newton in non-conference action.

Newton 16-12-5-30—63 PC 17-18-13-27—75 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 4-8-316, Stout 2/1-0-3-7, Roush 3-15-7, Banfield 0-2-2-2, Gholson 5-6-4-16, Vanderlaan 1-0-1-2, Ventling 1/1-0-5-5, Maher 1/20-2-8. TOTALS: 17/4-17-25-63.

Pella Christian (FG/3-pt): Howerzyl 0/2-2-3-8, Jungling 1/212-4-20, Roose 0-1-0-1, Flagel 1-3-5-5, Haveman 1-1-3-3, Pringle 5-4-4-14, Fopma 2-6-2-10, Van Beek 2-0-1-4, Veenstra 5-01-10. TOTALS: 17/4-29-23-75.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

Hunter Gunderson led the Raiders with 16 points and six rebounds, while Brady Kemp chipped in 13 points, six assists and six boards.

Brady Stover scored 12 and Will Clapper added 10.

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Public Notice NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 15-002922 CASE # EQCV119289 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. vs DEFENDANT: ERIC D. HARTZ; AKA ERIC A. HARTZ; ALLEX M. HARTZ; STATE OF IOWA, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lot Twelve in Block “E” in the Plat of Aurora Heights Subdivision in the City of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, as appears in Plat Book D, at page 94 in the Office of the Recorder of said County.

Property Address 512 E 20TH ST S NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/05/2016 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $58,265.24 Costs $8,158.43 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $2,221.25 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney BENJAMIN W. HOPKINS 1350 NW 138TH ST. STE#100 CLIVE, IA 50325 (515)222-9400 Date 11/20/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 7 & 14 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE Jasper County Sheriff Office 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 641-792-5912 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY STATE OF IOWA JASPER COUNTY SS CIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) 15-002932 CASE # EQCV119232 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., vs DEFENDANT: TRAVIS J. RICHTSMEIER; HEATHER RICHTSMEIER; GE MONEY BANK; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; AND PARTIES IN POSSESSION, IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: LOT SIX, BLOCK TWO IN CALDWELL'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA Property Address 333 S 6TH AVENUE W NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/05/2016 Sale Time 10:00 AM Place of Sale JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 2300 LAW CENTER DRIVE, NEWTON, IA This sale not subject to redemption.

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

Judgment Amount $69,356.73 Costs $3,895.59 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $3,408.90 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney CHRISTOPHER S. TALCOTT 215 10TH ST, STE 1300 DES MOINES, IA 50309 (515)288-2500 Date 11/23/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 7 & 14

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You don’t need to be validated. You already know what you can do. They need a little something. Will you give it?

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Spartans’ touchdown drive does in Hawkeyes INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — L.J. Scott’s late lunge did more than put the ball across the goal line — it all but certainly put No. 5 Michigan State in the College Football Playoff.

Scott kept powering forward and stretched the ball into the end zone for a touchdown with 27 seconds that sent the Spartans past No. 4 Iowa 16-13 Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game.

Quarterback Connor Cook led the Spartans (12-1, No. 5 CFP) on a 22-play drive that set up Scott’s 1-yard run on third down. A half-dozen Iowa defenders tried to stop Scott, but he wouldn’t be denied.

Iowa (12-1, No. 4 CFP) lost for the first time this season — and just barely.

“Let’s get on and party,” Spartans coach Mark Dantonio shouted to the crowd.

After settling for three field goals in the first 59 1/2 minutes, Cook moved the Spartans 82 yards and kept their national title hopes intact.

Cook, the game’s MVP, methodically moved the Spartans in a drive that consumed nearly the final 9 1/2 minutes. He finished 16 of 32 for 191 yards with one interception and no touchdowns.

But with the season on the line, Cook and the offense made play after play against an Iowa defense that hadn’t given up a touchdown all night — until Scott got free just long enough.

“We wanted to come back and win a championship,” Cook said. “It’s awesome, man.”

College Football Playoffs Semifinals Dec. 31 Orange Bowl No. 1 Clemson (13-0) vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (11-1), TBA Cotton Bowl No. 2 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 3 Michigan State (12-1), TBA Jan. 11 Championship Game At Glendale, Ariz.

Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.

AP Photo Michigan State’s LJ Scott (3) reaches the football over the goal line with 27 seconds remaining in Saturday’s the Big Ten Conference championship NCAA college football game against Iowa in Indianapolis, Ind. The 1-yard touchdown run gave the Spartans a 16-13 victory over the Hawkeyes and a berth in the College Football Championship playoffs.

Michigan State earned its second conference title in three years, will chase its first national championship since splitting the title with Notre Dame in 1966. The Spartans need two more wins to earn the school’s first uncontested national title since 1952.

Iowa lost for the first time with C.J. Beathard as its starting quarterback.

Most expected the Big Ten champion to come out of the November showdown between Michigan State and defending national champion Ohio State in Columbus. As it turned out, the win served

as the tiebreaker for a pair of one-loss teams and sent the Spartans back to Indy for the third time in five years.

For all of the talk about the league’s two best quarterbacks going head-to-head and the proficient offenses, this game had a decidedly old-school flavor.

Scott ran 22 times for 73 yards against a stingy defense that stopped Michigan State on four consecutive snaps inside the Iowa 5 in the final two minutes.

It looked like the Hawkeyes had him stopped again, but Scott refused to go down.

“We live for moments like

this,” he said Beathard finished 18 of 26 with 216 yards, one interception and an 85-yard touchdown pass to Tevaun Smith on the first play of the fourth quarter to give Iowa a 13-9 lead.

That’s how it stayed until Scott’s score.

Michigan State recovered a fumble on the game’s third play and converted it into a 23-yard field goal.

Iowa tied it with a 24-yard field goal that was set up by Josey Jewell’s interception, putting the ball at the Spartans 20.

The Hawkeyes made it 6-3

on Marshall Koehn’s 43-yard field goal early in the second quarter and had a chance to extend the lead after driving to the Michigan State 5-yard line. But George Kittle couldn’t catch Beathard’s third down pass in the end zone, the loose ball landed on Riley Bullough’s back and cornerback Demetrious Cox scooped it up for the interception.

Michigan State had two chances to tie the score, but Michael Geiger missed one 52-yarder to the left and his second 52-yard attempt when it hit the front of the crossbar and bounced harmlessly into the end zone as the half ended.

It was the fewest points scored in a first half all season for each team — and it marked the first time in the five-year title game that neither team scored a touchdown in the first half.

Michigan State finally tied it on Geiger’s 29-yard field goal late in the third quarter and then regained the lead on a 47-yard field goal in the final minute of the third quarter.

Two plays later, Beathard gave Iowa the lead.

But the Hawkeyes couldn’t hang on.

Wrestling Continued from Page 1B “Our kids wrestled hard all day,” Newton head coach Andy Swedenhjelm said. “They were amped up about wrestling in our home tournament. We wrestled a lot better in the second half of the day after the busy started to relax and just wrestle.”

Newton’s other medal winner in the tournament was senior Hunter Versteegh with a third-place finish in the 113-pound division. Versteegh won by a major decision, 14-3, over Iowa City High’s Jacob Powers, and lost by a major decision, 132, to Indianola’s Lance Runyon.

Versteegh pinned Knoxville’s Cole Worthington in 1 minute, 26 seconds of their round-four match. He lost 6-4 to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson’s McGwir Midkiff.

“Bryce wrestled well all day against tough competition at 152. Hunter faced good wrestlers in his weight and had his best match of the ay against Midkiff,” Swedenhjelm said.

Johnston won the team championship with 194 points followed by Mount Vernon at 188 and Indianola with 180.5 points. Iowa City High was fourth with 136 points.

The Cardinals finished fifth as a team with 93.5 points. Knoxville was sixth with 85 points followed

by Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson with 81 and Davenport West with 52 points.

“As a team we came out a little flat,” Lee said. “We did some good things, but we know we have a lot to improve on before we start conference competitions and for later tournaments.”

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King anchored the 200 freestyle relay to victory.

That foursome included Maharry, Logan Heisdorffer and Jacob Knoll, and the winning time was 1:51.47, which was nearly a full second faster than Grinnell/BGM’s best relay team.

“The exchanges were great, and the effort was there to win it,” Hook said.

The Cardinals placed third in the

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Sitting out of the bottom position is Newton High’s Tristin Langmaid as he goes for a reversal against Mount Vernon’s John Engelbrecht in a 160-pound match. Langmaid lost to Engelbrecht, who took first place, and went on to place fifth at 160 in Saturday’s NHS Cardinal Classic.

Senior Jacob Smith was fourth at 220 going 2-2 on the day. He won 5-3 against Davenport West’s Kyle Oberbroecking with a two-point takedown with less than a minute left in the match.

Smith pinned Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson’s Dan Benson at the 4:17 mark.

Freshman Blake Cockerton at 106, sophomore Ross Hull at 120, senior Parker Schuster at 138, sophomore Tristin Langmaid at 160 and senior Harley Walker at 182 finished fifth in their respective weight classes. Juniors Aren Sorenson (126) and Jon Lawton (132) each finished sixth.

Junior Caleb Kite placed seventh in the 285-pound division as all Newton

200 medley relay. That group included Ben Peterson, Maharry, King and Zach Theis, and they finished in 2:06.40.

Another third-place tally was grabbed by Adam Hunter in the 200 freestyle, while Knoll was fifth in the event. They stopped the clock in 2:25.57 and 2:32.52. respectively.

Deklan Lewis helped the Cardinals in the team standings with a fourth-place finish in the 400 freestyle.

Heisdorffer was fifth in the 50 freestyle.

Knoll and Peterson

wrestlers scored team points. Even junior Brady Smith, who suffered a dislocated left elbow in his first match of the tournament Saturday, scored one point, finishing eighth.

“Brady will be out a couple of weeks,” Swedenhjelm said. Brady Smith’s injury was the fourth injury suffered by Newton wrestlers since the season began Thursday. At the same time Smith was being attended to on the mat, a Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson wrestler was down on another mat. Both wrestlers left the mats on stretchers.

Swedenhjelm said for the most part, he was pleased with the way the Cardi-

nal wrestlers competed throughout the tournament. He said Newton doesn’t have any dual meets this week, so they can work on improving techniques.

“We have a lot of time this next week to focus on some basics. We were not real good working off the bottom today and we tend to get a lot of shots (for takedowns) in, but we’re not finishing the moves,” Swedenhjelm said.

Newton competes Friday and Saturday in the Lewis Central Council Bluffs Classic.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com

swam together in the 100 backstroke, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, while Maharry ended up fifth in the 100 breaststroke.

The final top-five performance came in the 400 freestyle relay.

Hunter, Heisdorffer, Knoll and King were fifth in 4:22.94.

“Getting third in this meet tells me that we are starting to figure out who can step up in certain spots,” Hook said.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Contact Troy Hyde at Newton junior Paul Maharry swam on the winning 200-meter freestyle relay team, helped 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 the Cardinals finish third in the 200 medley relay and also was fifth in the 100 breaststroke or thyde@newtondailynews.com at the annual Cardinal Invitational at the Newton YMCA on Saturday.