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Alex Olp/Daily News Sawyer Atwood browses for a toy with Newton Police Officer Dillon Lavely during Saturday morning’s Shop with a Cop event at Newton’s Walmart.

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ine children browsed the aisles of Walmart with Newton police officers Saturday and had $100 to spend on Christmas gifts for their parents, friends and family.

The kids began roaming through the store with their officers for the annual Shop with a Cop event shortly before 10 a.m.

Some pairs had shopping lists and some didn’t, but each child managed to find and collect the perfect gifts for Christmas this year.

The toy section attracted most of the kid-shoppers early on, but many sons and daughters eventually found their way to the jewelry section — perhaps a gift for mom.

After checking out at the front of the store, the kids shared their excitement with other Shop with a Cop children and officers by showcasing their purchases.

Snacks and beverages at a nearby conveyor belt then refueled everyone for the wrapping portion of the event.

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Alex Olp/Daily News Newton Police Lt. Wayne Winchell helps Nichole Cassady pick out a Christmas gift in Newton’s Walmart during the annual “Shop with a Cop” event Saturday morning.

Joining the popularity of Christmas in July, the Fourth of July in December is the new celebration to add to the holiday season as the Newton Parks Department is hoping to find sponsorships for Fourth of July activities for the 2016 event.

“We have a lot to do on fundraising,” Newton Administrative Superintendent of Parks Nathan Unsworth said.

The Fourth of July holiday, which is apopular celebration in Newton, has many activities throughout the day in-

c l u d ing the annual parade, vendor booths downtown, inflatables and Unsworth c arr iage rides all before festivities begin in the evening. Starting in the afternoon, at Agnes Patterson Park, is a co-ed sand volleyball tournament. Before the sun goes down, a kids zone is set up with inflatables available and evening entertainment sets the stage for the fireworks show to finish

the night.

Several sponsorship level are available and donations are also accepted for the community event.

“The top sponsorship level would be to fund the actual fireworks themselves and has a donation of $2,500,” Unsworth said.

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within Jasper County or most other Iowa counties, but perhaps with the growth of Give an Hour, the amount of provider services might be able to grow along with it.

“I only learned about Give an Hour a short time ago,” Raymer said.

“Basically, my understanding of how it works is that clients locate us (care providers) through the Give an Hour website, which serves as a directory. We agree to treat them on an hourly basis at no charge, and we don’t bill any government agency or insurance for services.”

Raymer said therapy is conducted just as it would be with paying or insured clients. Mental health therapy can cost between $100 and $200 per hour.

The only difference is that care providers complete quarterly surveys that have no identifying information.

Chartier said if a veteran’s situation allows phone or “tele-health” videoconferencing to meet his or her needs, the list of providers that GIVE | 3A

Alex Olp/Daily News Older sister Angel Smithart looks at a toy her younger sister, Britany Smithart, is holding during the town’s Toys for Tots event in Newton’s Veterans of Foreign Wars building Saturday afternoon.

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By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Imagine an employee misses extended time due to illness, using up all forms of leave, and company policy allows co-workers to donate sick days or vacation hours to help out.

That’s sort of the same concept utilized by a national organization called “Give an Hour.” The 501(c) (3) nonprofit has been around for about 10 years, and Jasper County Veterans Affairs Director Chris Chartier hopes to bring in the organization’s services to help local veterans.

Give an Hour helps develop national networks of volunteers capable of responding to both acute and chronic mental health conditions that arise for veterans. Chartier can see a number of ways the organization and its affiliated providers could make life easier for Jasper County veterans.

“One of the great things about Give an Hour is services can be donated by providers in one-hour increments,” Chartier said. “I’ve only heard good things about them.”

Chartier has contacted Tony Raymer, a licensed master social worker whose mental health therapy services Optimae clients. There aren’t currently many mental health providers

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Colfax, county stakeholders get creative / 2A

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Outdoor planning Colfax, county stakeholders get creative with possible North Park amenities

By Mike Mendenhall Jasper County Tribune COLFAX — A foam core, color layout of the future North Park development in Colfax laid on a table in the basement fellowship hall at the Colfax United Methodist Church Wednesday and Thursday.

The map was aiding park planners, showing visitors the 280 acres of lake, preexisting wetland, timber and a mostly gravel and sand peninsula on the development site.

In a two-day stretch of meetings, Des Moines-based landscape architecture firm Confluence met with local, county and state-level park stakeholders identified by the Colfax Park and Rec Auxiliary Board — the facility’s developer.

The one-hour sessions conducted by a Confluence principal planner and landscape architect were diverse, bringing in groups consisting of Colfax city employees, students, local elected officials, Jasper County Conservation employees, Jasper County Supervisor Denny Carpenter and Sen. Chaz Allen (D-Newton), Colfax and central-Iowa business owners and the park’s adjacent property owners.

North Park is one of the larger long-term projects that incoming Colfax Mayor-elect Dave Mast is ready to start seeing visible progress.

Mast is also treasurer for the nonprofit park and rec auxiliary, which signed a 28E Agreement with the city in

late 2014 to operate and develop the North Park land.

He said ideas generated from the Confluence meetings are important in order to hear what all members of the community want from the diverse 480 acres. Some elements will be integrated into the park’s master plan.

“It was the hope that a wide variety of people would bring additional input and there would be common ideas for projects and uses for the park,” Mast said. “We’re looking for ways that it can be used in the near future as well as aspects that will take five, 10 and 15 years to develop.”

Confluence was hired earlier this year by park planners to develop the facility’s master plan, and the company is no stranger to big projects.

The firm is currently the principal designer on two high-profile downtown Des Moines developments — the $30 million Court Avenue Hy-Vee Grocery Store/ apartment complex and the 160,000 square foot, $100 million Kum and Go corporate headquarters on Grand Avenue.

Christopher Shires is a principal planner with the firm and one of two Confluence representatives who met with stakeholders last week. He said Confluence, and the park and rec auxiliary, sees outside input as integral to the project. New takes on prior discussed park uses such as “glamping,” or luxurious camping and rustic, paddle/hike-in campsites were brought forward in the

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Mike Mendenhall/Jasper County Tribune Keep Iowa Beautiful Executive Director Gerry Schnepf, right, touts the possible appeal the future Colfax North Park could have to the senior citizen population Thursday to Confluence landscape architect Jim Host. Two representatives from the Des Moines-based firm met with roughly two dozen local, county and state stakeholders over two days to gather input for short and long-term master plans for the facility being developed by a Colfax nonprofit group.

meetings. These are the types of specifics Shires and Confluence want to have nailed down while drafting a plan for the site.

“What we know in doing this type of a planning process is that we need to reach out early in the process to seek stockholder input,” Shires said. “This is future users, community members and people who have an interest in this site. We know we need to reach out early to them to get their input to help direct and guide, ultimately, what the end result of the master plan.”

Parks and rec auxiliary members hope to have a draft of the master plan complete by spring or summer 2016.

A very real question for the park and rec members is financial sustainability. Tent and RV camping has been the park and rec auxiliary’s default idea for recurring revenue since planning began, but talk about leasing land for unique retail space, a restaurant, brewery/winery were also brought out in the Con-

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Marietta Materials, Inc. The company donated the 480 acres to the city of Colfax in November with an additional $200,000 for use on land reclamation or as seed money for development.

Mast said it appears the lake behind the adjacent Kum and Go fuel station property will be the first open for public fishing, but safety is a prime concern. The City of Colfax was awarded $53,000 in Iowa Department of Natural Resources REAP funding to repair, grade, seed and fence 800 feet of highly eroded shoreline.

The grant will fund repairs to the eight-foot vertical embankments north of two storage buildings on the site and an additional 1,000 feet of shoreline along the entry road into the park. The parks auxiliary isolated four-foot high spoil piles and is overgrown with “undesirable” trees on the entryway road also scheduled for removal.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmnedenhall@newtondailynews.com

Holiday shopping: Consumers buying less expensive gifts NEW YORK (AP) — Cheap is the new chic for holiday gifts.

Jana Montero, who has in the past bought loved ones iPods and tablets for Christmas, has changed her attitude about gift giving: This holiday season, she’s grabbing candle sets and serving dishes that cost under $30 to give to family and friends.

Montero, who lives in New York and is saving to buy a home with her husband, said: “We want to make sure we’re conscious of what we’re spending.”

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fluence meetings as possible options.

In the short term, the park and rec auxiliary has been negotiating a possible land lease with Precision Pipeline — a contractor working with Dakota Access, LLC on a portion of the proposed Iowa segment of the Bakken oil pipeline. If the pipeline is approved by the Iowa Utilities Board, the pipeline contractor could offer the park and rec auxiliary up to $8,000 per month to store heavy equipment during construction.

While the plan develops, park and rec auxiliary members are anxious to open the gates. A subcommittee is developing the language for signage indicating which areas of the park will be accessible and off limits when the park has its soft launch slated for spring 2016. Mast said a report should be presented at the board’s January meeting with promotion information to follow.

The park was originally a rock and gravel quarry owned first locally, then by Martin

More holiday shoppers are expected to be like Montero this holiday season in the latest twist in a theme that has played out since the recession. For nearly a decade, shoppers have been more cautious and practical about their spending, doing more bargain shopping and hunting for deals. But recently, shoppers have taken that practice a step further.

They’re becoming more open to buying gifts that in the past might have been considered downright cheap. So, they’re not just looking for

big discounts on extravagant, expensive designer and brand name goods; they’re starting out with the intention of getting less expensive items that they might not have considered buying as gifts in the past.

The number of people willing to buy gifts during this holiday shopping season for under $10 rose to 4 percent this year from 1 percent last year, according to a survey of 1,000 people by America’s Research Group, a firm that researches consumer behavior.

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Jon Schuler of the Newton Police Department was in charge of town’s Shop with a Cop program this year and said the kids did a good job finding presents to give.

“Everything went great. We had a few kids who were a little bit hesitant at first, but everyone seemed to have a good time,” Schuler said.

Wrapping of the presents took place at the Masonic Lodge, where kids got to meet Santa Claus and enjoy a pizza lunch. Other volunteers, including the wives of some police officers, helped wrap gifts as well.

The nationwide program has now been present in the Newton area for 10 years. It was made possible this season by help from the Newton Police Department, Walmart and the United Way of Jasper County.

“It benefits the children that might not be able to purchase gifts or give gifts to family members, and it also allows police to interact with younger kids and let them know we’re not bad people,” Schuler said.

“We’re actually here to help and if by chance they need help, they’ll come to us if need be.”

can help is vast. But even if faceto-face care is needed —or preferred — there are still ways Give an Hour can provide valuable assistance.

“Let’s say a veteran can’t get to West Des Moines to the Vets Center, or can’t see anyone out here for a couple of weeks,” Chartier said. “This would allow them to see someone closer, or maybe sooner. It’s also an outlet for vets who maybe don’t want to all VA staff to know all of their business, or maybe they don’t have combat trauma or other types of VA-qualifying conditions.”

Chartier also said there are veterans who have some type of negative experience with a pro-

vider and want to start out with someone new, and might not have the money or other resources.

The organization’s website, giveanhour.org, says it provides Chartier counseling to individuals, couples and families, and children and adolescents. Founded in September 2005 by Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, a psychologist in the Washington, D.C., area, it’s currently dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of servicemen and servicewomen who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.

Anxiety, depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries,

sexual health and intimacy concerns, loss and grieving are some of the conditions addressed.

In addition to direct counseling services, the providers work to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness by participating in and leading education, training and outreach efforts in schools and communities and around military bases.

Chartier said he isn’t sure exactly how soon or how quickly Give an Hour’s providers can help the veterans that he sees regularly. One key, for now, is to get the word out to both veterans and providers.

“There are a lot of people who don’t know about it,” Chartier said.

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

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Continued from Page 1A print advertising, the sponsorship mentioned on all radio advertisements featuring the event, 20 mentions in event advertising on Facebook on various operated pages and #yourbusiness name in 10 tweets on the Get to Know Newton Twitter account.

The Kid Zone sponsorship has one spot available at a $1,500 donation level. It includes the 3x5 banner displayed at the Kids Zone, business logo on all posters, print and radio advertising featuring the Kids Zone and 15 mentions in event advertising on various city operated social media pages.

Also $1,500, the entertainment sponsor has one spot available with the same advertising opportunities as the Kid Zone sponsorship. The final sponsorship for the sand volleyball tournament has been fulfilled by Van Maanen Electric.

“We want $10,000 raised for the event,” Unsworth said.

For those interested in sponsoring or donating, contact Unsworth at 641-792-1470 or nathanu@ newtongov.org. Sponsorship opportunities are offered on a first-come basis. Business are encouraged to speak with Unsworth with any questions.

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

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By Abigail Pelzer Editor

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Last year we rang in the new year in typical fashion — at home with all of our kids, board games, crab legs for dinner and the Times Square celebration on television. That’s our favorite way to do it.

As I reflect back on 2015, as many of us do this time of year, I have to say it was a good one with many milestones. Our oldest child became a teenager and got braces. The middle child started middle school.

Our youngest celebrated his 10th birthday. My husband turned 40. I learned how to bowl and golf — kind of.

It’s also been a year of embracing the Newton community and participating in many firsts. As a former commuter it’s been eye-opening and very rewarding. I love being able to participate in my son’s school activities. I’m happy to rearrange my work schedule to volunteer in our school district

and get some time in with the children and teachers he spends his days with.

This year marked my opportunity to participate in Red Pride Day. Along with many of my co-workers, I helped plant several trees in Maytag Park.

There were various other volunteer efforts in the annual pride day, I was glad to take part in it and help document the work in the newspaper.

I was also able to spend a fair amount of time at Iowa Speedway. On opening weekend Newton Daily News employees staffed our “newspaper toss game” in which you try to throw a newspaper into a slot on miniature version of a front porch. It’s harder than it looks.

We got a big kick out of a kid whose dominant arm was in a cast, but landed three papers in the designated slot without a struggle.

My son and I attended a race

(“Mom, it’s like a party in our backyard!”) and my husband and I went to the Blues Traveler concert with friends. Meanwhile events like the Newton Alumni Weekend and the Young Professionals of Jasper County’s Re-Prom took us to the Newton Club at the Speedway. I’m nowhere near close to understanding the sport of racing, but I always have fun at Iowa Speedway.

While we’ve regularly attended Newton’s Fourth of July parade, this year my family participated in the Newton Daily News entry. I enjoyed the camaraderie with my fellow co-workers in building the float as well and seeing the celebration from a new perspective.

The hundreds of people who take part in this event really make it a wonderful smalltown tradition.

While I had participated in Thanks with Franks two years

ago, this marked my first year of participating with a solid, successful game plan. Our “Daily Dogs” were gone in less than 20 minutes. It’s a really fun event, and I’m glad the young professionals keep it going.

Some other local firsts were the Jasper County Fair and the parade in Colfax. We recently returned for the Colfax Country Christmas to mark another first.

Professionally, I spent some time on the road attending a newspaper leadership class that took me to various newspapers across Iowa and connected me to many newspaper professionals. I’ll always be grateful to have a career that I love. The year 2016 will mark my seventh year in Newton, and now it’s finally starting to feel like home.

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

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Letters to the Editor

Animal welfare should be a priority Carolyn Strickler Des Moines Recently I read that Iowa, my state, ranks as one of the lowest states for just animal welfare. I find it shocking that my state,

Dakota Access values our environment Ryan Hollinrake Ellston I have been impressed by the environmental impact mitigation plans that have been presented by Dakota Access during the project’s review process. Evaluating the environmental effects of a

from some of its average citizens to local, state and its national representatives allow this to continue.

What we do or choose not to do speaks volumes about us and, I include myself in this, as a people. I am ashamed. We all should be ashamed that we ig-

nore, or are too busy, or, sadly, simply do not care about other living creatures. My wish is that every one of us, from the least powerful to especially, the ones most able to bring change are really forced to look at pictures of what we continue to tolerate.

large-scale infrastructure project like the Dakota Access Pipeline is incredibly important and it is evident that the company has gone to great lengths to do just that. Energy infrastructure is critical to our everyday lives, but these needs must be met in a responsible manner that preserves our land and protects valuable ecosystems.

As a native Iowan and avid outdoorsman, I have been closely following the Dakota Access project and specifically, the company’s detailed commitment to minimize environmental impacts.

It is easy to demonize pipelines, but the reality is, when done right, these essential infrastructure projects can peacefully coexist with the natural backdrop.

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I wish I were as confident as many politicians and news commentators. They know what Ameri c a should d o about I S I S and terrorism.

Dona l d Trump, By John Stossel w h o says he can feel terrorism “like I feel a good location ... I have an instinct for this kind of thing,” says he would “bomb the s—-” out of ISIS strongholds, ban Muslim immigration and shutter American mosques.

America should “stop pussy-footing around!” according to Fox News host Jeanine Pirro.

“Bomb them. Keep bombing them. Bomb them again and again.

And I don’t care how long it takes!”

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., agrees. If he’s elected, he says, “We will utterly destroy them. We will carpet bomb them into oblivion.”

Cruz is at least skeptical about nation-building and sending in American soldiers, but Hillary Clinton and some of Cruz’s fellow Republicans are not. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says there’s “no middle ground” because “radical terrorists want to kill us, because we let women drive, because we let girls go to school!”

This is reckless. There probably is, as the Cato Institute’s Ted Galen Carpenter puts it, “a jihadist somewhere who is so unhinged that he would want to slaughter Americans simply because of a virulent hatred of Western culture. But even the bipartisan commission that investigated the 9/11 attacks conceded that the primary driving force for Islamist terrorism was anger at U.S.-led foreign policy in the Middle East.”

In other words, terrorists don’t come here because we let girls attend

school but mainly because we meddle in their countries.

Osama bin Laden said he attacked the World Trade Center because our forces are “too near to Mecca” and “occupy our countries.”

A University of Chicago study concluded the central objective of 95 percent of terrorist incidents was to compel a Western state to withdraw from territory the terrorists view as theirs. It’s not just to make a religious point.

Even Iraq War proponent Paul Wolfowitz admitted that America’s presence in the Middle East was “a huge recruiting device for al-Qaida.”

Now Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio want to do more of that? We will create new terrorists while killing current ones (plus innocent people). I don’t see how that makes us safer.

Commentator Mark Steyn says letting in immigrants without somehow screening out radical Muslims “will cost you your world and everything you love.” He wrote an article titled “The Barbarians Are Inside, and There Are No Gates.”

Well, I worry about those immigrants, too, but there are more than 2 million Muslims in the U.S. already and have been for decades. Terrorist incidents are rare (so far). Even if we include the horrible attack on the World Trade Center, many more Americans die riding bikes, swimming or driving.

When there is terrorism, most has been committed by non-Muslims. In 2012 alone, non-Muslim mass shootings caused “twice as many fatalities as from Muslim-American terrorism in all 11 years since 9/11,” says Charles Kurzman, writing for the Triangle Center on Terrorism and National Security. Kurzman’s researchers report that Islamic terrorism “doesn’t even count for 1 percent” of 180,000 murders in the U.S. since 9/11.

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Obituary Randy Icenbice Dec. 17, 2015 Randall S. Icenbice, 46, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at his residence in Pella.

A funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella.

Visitation will begin after 2 p.m.

Monday at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella where the family will be present from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday.

Gingerbread man storytime at library The Newton Public Library is having a gingerbread man storytime for kids of all ages at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday in the library meeting room. The storytime is being led by 4-H volunteer, Kathryn Van Manen.

There will be gingerbread cookies for a snack. No preregistration necessary. For more information, call Youth Services Librarian Phyllis Peter at 641-792-4108.

Submitted Photo Court Appointed Special Advocate, Dawn Peters, left, was sworn in

by Judge Steven Holwerda on Dec. 11 at the Jasper County Courthouse. A CASA volunteer serves as an advocate for children in juvenile court. CASAs are appointed by the court to work for the best interest of abused and neglected children under the court’s jurisdiction. For more information about becoming a CASA volunteer, contact Kevin Schnoebelen, CASA Coordinator at 515-281-6335 or kevin.schnoebelen@dia.iowa.gov.

AA offers tips for the holiday season This time of year can be very stressful for all of us and especially for those who may have a drinking problem.

There are parties to attend, many with alcoholic drinks served. Finances may be strained, with not only family gifts to purchase, but gift exchanges are common among friends and co-workers. There may also be travel expenses to deal with.

If you are truly an alcoholic or think you might have a drinking problem. Alcoholics Anonymous

offers these tips for keeping your holiday season sober and joyous: • Line up extra non-drinking activities. One rewarding thing is to visit residents in nursing homes.

• Host a non-drinking party or invite someone you don’t often see out to a diner for coffee.

• If you’re an AA member, find out about special parties, meetings or celebrations other groups are hosting.

• If invited to an event where you know drinking is involved

and you’re nervous about it, just skip it. Your sobriety is not worth losing. If you do go, plan on leaving early if needed.

• Don’t sit around brooding.

Go out to lunch with a friend, catch up on letter writing, take a walk, go to a museum, etc.

• Don’t get worked up about all the holiday temptations. Remember — one day at a time.

• Enjoy the true beauty of holiday love and joy. You may not be able to give material gifts — but this year you can give love.

This holiday season, give the gift of energy savings Help save energy, money with these ideas Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Searching for the perfect gift that will keep giving long after the holiday season ends?

MidAmerican Energy Company can help. Here are seven gift ideas — ranging from big-ticket items to stocking stuffers — that will help family and friends save energy and money all year long.

1. ENERGY STAR electronics: Televisions and other consumer electronic products carrying the ENERGY STAR label are up to 50 percent more efficient than conventional models. Check the yellow Energy Guide label on the product for an estimate of average energy consumption and annual cost to operate. According to the Department

of Energy, about 10 to 15 percent of all electricity used in American homes can be attributed to electronic devices.

If every TV, DVD and home theatre system purchased in the U.S. this year were ENERGY STAR certified, we would save nearly $150 million and prevent nearly 2 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions every year, equal to the emissions from more than 175,000 cars.

2. Advanced power strip: A must for home entertainment systems and home offices, these smart power strips allow you to control the energy use of several devices with just one click. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, 75 percent of the electricity used to power electronics is consumed while they’re turned off, costing the average U.S. household $100 a year in wasted energy. You can eliminate this phantom load with an APS that powers down all com-

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ponents when the TV or computer is switched off.

3. Power meter: The gadget guru or penny pincher on your list will love this. Plug the meter into an outlet and then plug any item into the meter to see how much electricity the item is using. You might be surprised to learn which items in your home are drawing the most energy.

4. Pressure cooker: New generation pressure cookers not only prepare meals faster, they use up to 70 percent less energy than cooking with traditional pots and pans.

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Programmable thermostat: Save on your annual heating and cooling costs by using a programmable thermostat to schedule the times you run the furnace or air conditioner. When you’re asleep or away, the programmable thermostat can automatically adjust your system to operate 7-10 degrees up or down from its normal setting. Doing this over an eight-hour period

each day can save you as much as 10 percent on your utility bills over the course of a year.

6. A micro fleece blanket or throw: For low-tech energy savings, nothing beats a blanket or throw made of micro fleece. The fabric is lightweight but incredibly warm, so you can turn down the thermostat a few degrees and remain comfortable while you read or watch TV. 7. LED and CFL light bulbs: These make great stocking stuffers.

LED bulbs cost a little more, but they last longer than compact fluorescents, and prices continue to come down on both types of bulbs.

Both are excellent choices to replace incandescent bulbs in lamps and fixtures — a CFL uses 75 percent less electricity and lasts up to 10 times longer than an incandescent bulb, and an LED uses 80-85 percent less electricity and lasts up to 40 times longer.

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• “Tintinnabulation” will perform at 5 p.m.

Monday at Culver’s Restaurant in Newton. Jasper County Museum’s Handbell Ensemble will be performing favorite Christmas carols and holiday songs.

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

• School Boundary Forum will begin at 6 p.m.

Monday at Berg Middle School cafeteria, 1900 N. 5th Ave. E. in Newton. The third and final RSP & Associates forum designed to collect community input on proposed designs of 2016-17 Newton K-4 school attendance center boundaries.

• 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 will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery, 114 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

• Toddler Story Times will begin 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 Linda Klepinger on fifth grade art. Anyone interested in attending and learning more about the Newton Rotary Club are welcome. For more information or to make reservations for lunch, call Miranda Kulis at 641-417-9174 or Andrew Davis at 330-322-5111.

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Single woman hopes to break pattern of dating abusive men DEAR ABBY: I am turning 40 and have never been married.

Lately, on dates, men have started asking me why I’ve never married.

It makes me uncomfortable, and I don’t know how to answer them.

I have always been attracted to emotionally abusive men and have always been the one to break things off. I was abused as a child and was also a victim of sexual trauma. I’m not sure if this is why abusive men keep showing up in my life.

I’d like to meet someone who is kind and stable. Is it too late, and how do I answer the question as to why I’ve never been married? — FOREVER SINGLE IN CHICAGO DEAR FOREVER SINGLE: Because someone asks a question does not compel you to do a psychological striptease. A way to answer without baring your soul would be to say that you haven’t met the right man yet. (If you are attracted to abusive men, that’s the truth.)

People are usually attracted to the familiar. Because of your background, you may not pick up on warning signs that might alert others that there is trouble ahead.

This does not mean it’s too late for you to find a caring, supportive life partner — however, you might have an easier time of accomplishing it if you schedule some sessions with a licensed mental health professional. Old habits are hard to break, but it can be done.

DEAR ABBY: When my husband passed away four years ago, I donated his corneas to a local organization. I was told the donor family could write a letter to the recipients, who remain anonymous, telling them a little something about the donor but without

divulging any personal data. I finally felt up to doing it a couple of years after the funeral.

I sent the letters to the organization, which forwarded them to the recipients. I was told not to expect a reply. I learned that two women in California had each received one of my husband’s corneas.

I have not heard from either of these ladies, which I really don’t understand. I don’t want a pat on the back, but I’d love to know how the corneas changed their lives. It would help me know that my husband’s death was not in vain. — WIDOW IN WASHINGTON STATE DEAR WIDOW: Your husband’s death was not in vain. You did a wonderful thing in offering his corneas so that others might see. Not every surviving relative is as brave as you were to do that.

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SPENCER — A Spencer High School wrestler has died after collapsing at a tournament in northwest Iowa.

Austin Roberts died Saturday night at Spencer Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Tia Manwarren said. Roberts collapsed earlier in the day during a tournament at his high school and was taken to the hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear why he collapsed. The 18-year-old Roberts wrestled at the 220-pound weight class, and he was ranked sixth in the state’s Class 3A division.

Man gets life term for death of former girlfriend CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man convicted of stabbing to death his former girlfriend has been sentenced to life in prison. On Friday Judge Mitchell Turner handed down the sentence to 33-year-old Nicholas Luerkens. In November a jury found Luerkens guilty of first-degree murder for killing 29-year-old Lynnsey Donald.

Officials say Luerkens stabbed Donald dozens of times in a parking lot on April 21.

Two hunters who fell through ice rescued HENDERSON — Authorities say two hunters who fell through ice have been rescued in southwest Iowa.

A dive team was sent to Willow Slough Wildlife Area near Henderson in Mills County a little after 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

The team was able to get a boat into water there and reach the two men. After they were taken to shore, the men were sent to a Council Bluffs hospital for treatment of hypothermia.

Their names haven’t been released.

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Waterloo man, 29, faces assault, arson, gun charges WATERLOO — A man who allegedly assaulted his mother and attempted to set fire to her garage has been arrested after pulling a shotgun on police.

Kyle A. Hattrup, 29, was charged with the assault of Laurie Hattrup and with arson for trying to set fire to her garage around 2 p.m. Saturday. A police report says the fire was extinguished after officers arrived. Officers were looking for Kyle Hattrup about 45 minutes later when he allegedly pulled out the weapon.

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Bookstore employee gets surprise from famous author IOWA CITY — A longtime Iowa City bookstore employee is getting a holiday surprise from best-selling author James Patterson. Paul Ingram is one of 87 independent booksellers to receive an honorary holiday bonus from the novelist. Ingram works at Prairie Lights, a popular independent bookstore in downtown Iowa City.

Patterson is giving $250,000 as a thankyou to booksellers for their dedication.

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Sioux City area gun stores report sharp increase in sales SIOUX CITY (AP) — Sioux City area gun stores are reporting a sharp increase in sales following a recent spate of home invasions.

Store owners attribute the rise to a combination of local, national and international events, including the recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. Another factor cited is the public pressure for tougher gun control measures.

Paul Barrett, the owner of Shooter’s Paradise, said he has seen a 30 percent rise in sales in the last month and a half, compared with the same period

last year. Some customers have voiced concerns over a rash of car thefts and burglaries in Sioux City, he said.

“Everybody has their own idea of why they want a gun,” Barrett said.

Chrissy McCalmont of Sioux City had never owned a gun. But after hearing reports about a couple of recent home invasions in Sioux City, she decided it was time to arm herself.

“I just think it’s a good idea to have (a gun) if you got a family, to protect your family,” McCalmont said. “Just for proper protection.”

“Everybody has their own idea of why they want a gun.”

— Paul Barrett Shooters Paradise Owner

Anecdotal reports of surging gun sales are coming in across the nation, and government data seem to support the claims.

This year, Black Friday, one of the largest holiday shopping days, was also

the largest single day for FBI firearm background checks, which are required before a buyer can purchase a weapon. Although the numbers don’t precisely depict how many guns have been sold — not everyone is approved and some people never buy a gun — they do show more people are attempting to buy guns.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 185,345 requests on Nov. 27, breaking the previous record set in December 2012 in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Racial disparities persist in discipline at Iowa schools DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa school statistics show that black students continue to be removed from class for discipline far more often than students of other races.

Black students accounted for roughly 5 percent of Iowa’s 506,336 students statewide last year but 18 percent of the students removed from class.

School officials are working to address the disparities, but it has proven to be a difficult problem.

Iowa City school board member Latasha DeLoach said the statistics are an embarrassment that shouldn’t continue to be a problem today.

DeLoach ran for school board this year partly because she wanted to tackle injustices like this. In Iowa City, black students account for less than 20 percent of the district’s enrollment but 53 percent of the students removed from classes for discipline.

“We should all be ashamed. It doesn’t matter what background you are,” DeLoach said.

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Cardinal boys ring up victories over DCG, DMC

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s victory bell sounded on back-toback nights for the Cardinal boys. The Cardinals rang up two statement victories at home Friday and Saturday.

Newton evened its Little Hawkeye Conference mark to 1-1 with a 64-51 win over Dallas Center-Grimes’ Mustangs Friday. The Cardinals were back on the NHS court against one of the top Class 2A teams — Des Moines Christian Saturday, staving off a second-half surge by the Lions to chalk up a 56-51 win.

It is the first time for Newton victories over DCG and Des Moines Christian.

The Cardinals improved to 4-2 overall. Newton’s victories snapped a threegame win streak for DCG and a six-game winning run

by DMC. “Our defense has been the key, and we’ve out rebounded two very good teams,” Newton head coach Bill Liley said. “We held two quality teams to 51 points. If we can do that we’re going to be very successful.”

It didn’t hurt the Cardinals that junior Connor Gholson had the hot hand in both contests. Gholson had a double-double — 21 points and 10 rebounds — in Friday’s win over the

Mustangs. He powered the Cardinals to a 38-23 halftime lead over the Lions Saturday with 21 of his game-high 28 points.

“We’re getting comfortable in the new system.

When we go through cold spells shooting, we’re keeping our confidence up because we know we can hit the shots,” Gholson said following Saturday’s win.

“Tonight, we kept working on defense in the second half when we weren’t scoring.”

Liley said Gholson got going against Des Moines Christian, and his teammates recognized it.

“We just kept getting the ball to him,” Liley said. “In the second half, you have to give credit to Des Moines Christian. Their energy was tremendous, and they play very good defense. We weathered the storm and made the plays at both ends to get the win.”

Newton had its 15-point halftime lead shrink to seven points as Des Moines Christian scored by threes — 3-point field goals by Nathan Herbers and Isaac Prewitt and a three-point play

by Ben Juhl — while holding the Cardinals scoreless.

Sophomore Garrett Sturtz broke the seal on the basket, hitting one of two free throws for Newton at the 2:20 mark of the third quarter.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Driving to the basket is Newton High’s Connor Gholson (22) right past Dallas Center-Grimes’ Doug Heritage (34) in the second half of Friday’s home game. Gholson scored 49 points in the Cardinals’ back-to-back wins over DCG and Des Moines Christian on Saturday. Gholson drained 10 3-pointers in the two contests.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High’s Taylor Shipley makes a wrap-around pass to teammate Courtney Jacobsen (32) against three defenders from Dallas Center-Grimes in Friday’s Little Hawkeye Conference game in Newton. The 11th-ranked Fillies beat the Cardinals, 52-31.

Double-digit turnovers and missed open shots put Newton High’s Cardinal girls behind the eight-ball Friday night against Class 4A 11thranked Dallas Center-Grimes. The Fillies notched a 52-31 victory over the Cardinals.

The Cardinals went scoreless through the first nine minutes of the Little Hawkeye Conference game in front of a home crowd. Down 140, Newton junior Courtney Jacobsen drained a 3-pointer to open the second quarter.

Senior post player Jessica Reynolds hit one

of two free throws to make it 14-4 at the 6:10 mark. The Fillies continued to roll, posting a 26-6 lead.

The Cardinals closed out the first half on a four-point run on backto-back baskets by seniors Hannah Rhoads and Sydney Jenkins.

“Everything that hurt us was self-inflicted. In the first half, we looked like we felt we didn’t belong on the same court as them (DCG),” Newton head coach Brandon Sharp said. “Our confidence was gone.”

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Tigerhawks get back on track with easy victory over Bears

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — In Jarod Nichols’ own words, every time he tried to dunk a basketball in practice, the attempts failed miserably.

When he tried to throw it down with a 42-point lead in the third quarter Friday night, failure became the worst word to describe the feat.

Nichols was all alone after claiming one of his six steals on the night, and the only time he has ever attempted to dunk in a game ended in success.

Nichols’ slam was one of several plays Tigerhawk fans were smiling about during an 80-22 boys’ basketball victory over

English Valleys on Friday night.

Senior Jacob Lietz collected 23 points, five rebounds and five steals.

Nichols scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds, had six steals and dished out six assists as Colfax-Mingo got back on the winning track during South Iowa Cedar League play.

The Tigerhawks grabbed 19 offensive rebounds, forced 33 turnovers and ended a threegame losing streak.

Senior Colin Lourens had 13 points and seven rebounds to help Colfax-Mingo improve to 4-3 overall and 3-3 in conference play. English Valleys fell to 0-7 overall and 0-6 in league action.

“We were on a losing streak after playing some real tough teams,” Nichols said. “It was nice to get that win and get momentum back going into the break.”

The dunk in the third quarter surprised everyone in the building, including Nichols and Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts.

“No one was in front of me, so I just wanted to see what would happen. We were up by enough that if I missed it wouldn’t hurt us,” Nichols said.

“In practice, I failed completely. It was my adrenaTroy Hyde/Daily News line. I think that allowed Colfax-Mingo senior Colin Lourens (34) and sophomore Jarod Nichols, center, batme to get this one down.”

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tle for a rebound against two players from English Valleys during the Tigerhawks’ 80-22 win Friday in Colfax. Lourens and Nichols combined for 25 points and 13 rebounds in the win.

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

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

Gilman gets Mustang boys back on track

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News DES MOINES — Senior Logan Gilman scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and jun i o r L u k e G re i n e r added 17 points to lead the P C M boys basketball Gilman team to a 5545 road win on Friday night during Heart of Iowa Conference action.

The Mustangs got off to a fast start, leading 15-2 after one and 2913 at halftime. They had to hold off a feisty Eagle squad though after Saydel outscored PCM 19-10 in the third.

Saydel (0-6 overall and 0-4 in HOIC) fought back to within four in the third quarter, but PCM made enough buckets in the fourth to get back on the winning track.

“We got off to a nice start but just didn’t play well for awhile in the third quarter,” PCM coach Fred Lorensen said. “We’ll take the win though.”

Junior Sheldon Speers scored eight points for the Mustangs (6-2, 4-1).

Gilman and Greiner combined to make 15 of the Mustangs’ 21 field goals. PCM had 16 assists on those field goals, led by Greiner’s four.

Speers and Gilman each had three assists. Sophomore Dayton Boell grabbed five rebounds and Greiner corralled four. Senior Austin Brown had three steals.

PCM 48, Knoxville 46 KNOXVILLE — The Mustangs went on the road for a second straight night and improved to 6-2 on the season following a 4846 triumph of Class 3A Knoxville on Saturday.

Gilman finished with a team-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the non-conference victory.

Junior Mark Bruxvoort scored seven points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists for the Mustangs, while Greiner added six points, eight rebounds and a teamhigh four assists. Brown and freshman Andrew Van Ryswyk each had three assists, too.

PCM does not play again until after the holiday break. It travels to Nevada on Jan. 5 and then hosts Gilbert on Jan. 8.

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Injuries hurt C-M girls in loss to English Valleys

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News COLFAX — Colfax-Mingo’s Tigerhawk girls couldn’t overcome injuries to two upperclassmen during a South Iowa Cedar League loss to English Valleys on Friday night.

Colfax-Mingo led by six at halftime and by as many as eight in the third quarter, but the Bears rallied for the 28-26 road win.

“The injury situation puts us at a much younger age on the floor,” Colfax-Mingo coach Michelle Grant said. “I hope we learned tonight that with a seven-point lead, we don’t have to score quickly.

“It took us a quarter and a half to figure that out.”

Junior Dakota Hostetter finished with eight points and 10 rebounds. Her putback to begin the fourth gave the Tigerhawks a 22-15 lead. That’s when the Bears made their run.

Audrey Grove began the comeback with a 3-pointer and then Morgan Bruns got English Valleys within two with a bucket inside. Emily Westhoff buried a trey to tie things up at 23-all.

The Bears took at 25-23 lead following a putback by Grove, who came into the game averaging 17 points per game.

Tigerhawk sophomore Ries Wilson made two free throws with 49 seconds to go to knot it back up. Freshman Mackensie Brown hit 1-of-2 from the line to make it 26-25 with 15 seconds to play.

Colfax-Mingo was called for a foul along the sideline, and Westhoff made a pair of free throws to give English

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo sophomore McKeely Tjaden, left, scored six points and grabbed eight rebounds in the Tigerhawks’ 28-26 loss to English Valleys on Friday night.

Valleys the lead.

Hostetter was called for an offensive foul at the other end and another free throw by Westhoff made it a two-point game with 4.4 seconds on the clock.

McKeely Tjaden’s game-tying attempt at the buzzer was off line.

“I was screaming from the sidelines not to foul but it’s loud and no one heard me,” Grant said. “We just have to know in that situation we can’t foul. The pressure was on them

to score. Hopefully, we learned the lesson, and we can get one Tuesday.”

Wilson finished with 10 rebounds in the loss, while Tjaden had six points and eight rebounds.

The team’s only senior, Jessica Albright, suffered a knee injury during the Tigerhawks’ loss to Lynnville-Sully on Monday. She missed Friday’s game and is scheduled to have an MRI Tuesday.

The Tigerhawks are missing junior Brianna Cooper, who is

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English Valleys 8-1-6-13—28 Colfax-Mingo 5-10-5-6—26 English Valleys (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): Gerard 0-0-1-0, Olson 1-0-5-2, Grove 4/1-0-5-9, Westhoff 3/1-3-1-10, Axmear 1-1-2-3, 1-2-1-4, Cox 0-0-1-0, Grimm 0-0-1-0, Cook 0-0-2-0. Totals: 9/2-6-19-28.

Colfax-Mingo (FG/3-pt-FT-FT-TP): Haley 2/1-0-2-5, Tjaden 3-0-4-6, Wilson 0-2-2-2, Hostetter 4-0-3-8, Brown 0-1-2-1, Rhone 1-1-0-3, Underwood 0-1-2-1. Totals: 10/15-15-26.

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PCM girls rally, take down Saydel in OT

Continued from Page 1B The Tigerhawks led 16-2 after one quarter, 43-12 at halftime and kicked on the continuous clock when Lietz converted a layup early in the third quarter.

Colfax-Mingo executed its offense much better, got out in the passing lanes on defense and hit the glass hard from the opening tip. Those were all keys in the win.

“There was an emphasis on rebounding, playing tough defense and executing on offense for the past three days,” Borts said. “I thought we played pretty hard defensively. They anticipated fairly well, forced a lot of turnovers and, for the most part, did a good job in transition taking advantage of those turnovers.”

Borts was pleased with his scout teams the last three days of practice.

Their hard work paid off with some early playing time against English Valleys, and Borts said the meaningful minutes could help the Tigerhawks down the road.

Every player on the varsity roster got into the game, and 11 made it into the scoring column.

“I felt like all the scout team guys gave really good efforts in practice and made the first teamers work harder the last three days, and it was good to get them some action in the game,” Borts said. “I was glad they could get some meaningful minutes. That’s good for attitude and unity of the team.”

The Bears came into the game averaging nearly as many turnovers (26) per game as points (27). Things didn’t get much better against Colfax-Mingo, which dominated on the glass and inside the lane all night and got into passing lanes on nearly every defensive possession.

“We only had three offensive rebounds against Lynnville-Sully. We worked on it hard and wanted to come back tonight and rebound well,” Nichols said. “It was one of our goals.”

Ten of the Tigerhawks’ 16 points in the first quarter came inside the lane and Lietz scored two buckets on putbacks alone.

That trend continued the rest of the game. Colfax-Mingo scored 20 more points inside the lane in the second quarter. Lourens had three second-chance putbacks, while Lietz and Nichols also scored on stick backs.

Lietz got his outside shot going in the third quarter, burying two 3-point-

working her way back from a concussion. Junior Alivia Haley played but was limited because of a foot injury.

The Bears used full-court pressure against Colfax-Mingo’s young backcourt to get back in the game. Albright, Cooper and Haley all would have helped break the press better.

The Tigerhawks hit just 5-of-12 from the free-throw line.

“Our experienced girls were post players so they are not taking the ball up the court,” Grant said. “We were forced to have freshmen and sophomores handle the ball, and that doesn’t always go the way we want it to go.

“We panicked and threw it to the first white shirt we saw because we didn’t want the ball.”

The final game before the holiday break comes on the road at 6 p.m. Tuesday night when the Tigerhawks travel to Tri-County for an SICL varsity girl-boy doubleheader.

“I told them to let this one hurt, because it should hurt,” Grant said. “But don’t let it hurt so much that we are not ready to go Tuesday. We need to learn the lesson and move on.”

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Michael Deal (42) drives past English Valleys’ William Tapken during the Tigerhawks’ South Iowa Cedar League win Friday night in Colfax. Deal had four points in the 80-22 victory.

ers. He also converted a layup and drilled another jumper in the frame.

His layup triggered the 35-point continuous clock.

“There was an emphasis on rebounding, playing tough defense and executing on offense for the past three days,” Borts said. “We executed well in the halfcourt.”

Sophomore Jonathan Jacobs highlighted the fourth quarter by scoring seven of his nine points. Senior Kyle Breen also buried a trey and senior Gabe Simpson stole the ball at one end and laid it in for two at the other.

The Tigerhawks travel to Tri-County at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. It’s the final game before the holiday break.

English Valleys 2-10-2-8—22 Colfax-Mingo 16-27-21-16—80 English Valleys (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Fisher 0-5-0-5, Coppinger 2-1-4-5, Kebe 0-0-2-0, Montgomery 1/1-00-3. Blaylock 1-0-2-2, Owens 0-0-4-0, Tapken 3-0-2-6, Trimpe 0-1-0-1. Totals: 7/1-7-14-22.

Colfax-Mingo (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): Jacobs 4-1-2-9, Seebeck 0-2-2-2, Simpson 1-0-5-2, Summy 4-0-0-8, Lewis 0-0-1-0, Lietz 10/2-1-0-23, Borts 1-0-1-2, Breen 1/1-0-0-3, Nichols 6-0-2-12, Lourens 5-3-1-13, N. Deal 1-0-0-2, M. Deal 1-2-3-4. Totals: 33/3-9-17-80.

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DES MOINES — Career scoring nights from juniors Kayla Jennings and Kaylee Townsend helped the Prairie City-Monroe girls’ basketball team to a road Heart of Iowa Conference win Friday night.

Jennings poured in a career-high 21 points, had four steals, blocked three shots and dished out two assists, while Townsend added a career-best 17 points and six rebounds as the Mustangs rallied from a four-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to defeat Saydel, 50-47, in overtime.

Townsend “There were some positives that we will take away from this one,” PCM coach Jeff Lindsay said. “It’s another road win, which aren’t always easy to get.”

PCM (6-3 overall, 5-1 in HOIC) led by three at halftime, but a strong third quarter put Saydel in front until the final minute.

The Mustangs trailed by four with 1:26 to play in the game, but full-court pressure forced the Eagles into a few turnovers and PCM hit enough free throws down the stretch to force overtime.

Jennings hit 1-of-2 from the line with six seconds to go in regulation and then poured in five of the Mustangs’ eight overtime points to lead the team to a tough road victory.

Junior Jayci Vos scored nine points, collected five steals and delivered three assists, while junior Katie Vande Wall grabbed four rebounds and handed out four assists.

Vande Wall missed most of the first half with foul trouble. That’s when Townsend and Vos stepped up offensively, according to Lindsay.

“We had open shots again, and this time, we knocked them down,” Lindsay said. “They packed it in on us and forced us to hit some jumpers, and we were able to do that.”

Saydel (1-6, 1-5) got 23 points from Cassie Chubb. The Eagles hit six 3-pointers in the game.

“We have to do a better job of getting those outside shots shut down,” Lindsay said. “It is hurting us.”

PCM does not play again until after the holiday break.

The Mustangs travel to Class 3A No. 1 Nevada (7-1, 6-0) on Jan. 5. They return home Jan. 8 against Gilbert (6-5, 6-1).

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Washpun leads UNI to upset over Iowa State

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe freshman Wes Cummings remained undefeated on the season Saturday when he went 2-0 with two pins at the North Polk Invitational. Cummings won the title at 152 pounds and is now 9-0 on the year.

PCM grapplers finish fifth, CMB seventh at North Polk Invitational

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News ALLEMAN — Prairie City-Monroe freshman Wes Cummings remained undefeated on the season after claiming the 152-pound title at the North Polk Invitational on Saturday.

Four other area wrestlers were runner-ups in their respective weight classes.

PCM’s Lucas Roland (138), Xavier Miller (145) and Jarron Trausch (170) all finished second, while Collins-Maxwell/ Baxter’s top finisher was Charles Robertson.

Robertson also placed second at 220 pounds.

The four top-four finishes helped the Mustangs to a fifthplace finish on the day. PCM brought just eight wrestlers but scored 113 points and came within nine points of fourth and 14 points of third place.

Carlisle won the tourney with 203.5 points. Forest City came in second with 150, Boone claimed third with 127, BCLUW ended up fourth with 121 and PCM rounded out the top five.

Hudson was sixth with 97 points, CMB scored 93 in seventh, Clarke was 1.5 points back in eighth and host North Polk (61) rounded out the nine-team field.

After receiving a bye in the first round, Cummings breezed through his bracket with two pins. CMB’s Ethan Cozad wrestled with Cummings in the 152-pound bracket, went 1-1 on the day and placed third.

Miller, Trausch and Robertson all lost to ranked foes in their championship matches.

Miller

Robertson

Miller is 15-3 on the year after winning his first match by major decision and losing 6-2 against Class 2A No. 7 Pierce Gelhaus (15-1) of Forest City.

Trausch won his first two matches by pin and then lost 10-6 to Class 1A No. 7 Noah Huber of Hudson. Trausch is 12-3 on the year.

Robertson lost his first match of the year when he fell by pin to 2A No. 2 Alex Paulson of Forest City. Robertson (11-1) needed just 44 seconds to win his first match by fall and then won his second-round match by fall in 57 seconds.

Roland (14-1) won his first two matches by fall and then lost his first match of the year when he fell 7-2 to Boone’s Mason Hulse (10-2).

Four area wrestlers — PCM’s Jakeb Fenton (106) and CMB’s Caleb Fullerton (132), Evan Bianchi (160) and Archer McFadden (285) — finished third.

Fenton lost his first match by fall, but then, after a bye, came back to win his final two bouts by pin.

Fullerton had the same exact path to claiming third at 132. He lost by fall, received a bye and then won back-to-back matches by pin.

Roland

Trausch

McFadden (9-3) wrestled twice on the day, going 1-1 with a loss by fall and a win by fall.

Bianchi and PCM’s James Maggard both had first-round byes at 160 pounds. Then, both wrestlers moved to the consolation side of the bracket after losses. Maggard won his next match by fall but lost to Bianchi, 4-3, in the third-place match.

PCM and CMB went headto-head again in the fifth-place match at 120 pounds. Mustang freshman Chance Palm went 1-2 on the day, but the victory was a win by fall over CMB’s Tate Ewing.

CMB senior Logan Mitchell lost his first two matches of the season Saturday. He wrestled in the toughest weight class of the day. Entering the day at 7-0, Mitchell won two matches by fall and lost two by decision.

There were three wrestlers in the weight class who have at least 15 wins.

The Mustangs return to action Jan. 2 at Solon, while the Raiders host Nevada and Roland-Story in a Heart of Iowa Conference triangular on Jan. 5.

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Panthers stay perfect with late field goal EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Graham Gano’s 43-yard field goal as time expired kept Carolina perfect this season with a wild 38-35 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday.

Cam Newton threw for five touchdowns in building a 28-point lead before New York stormed back to tie it with 1:46 remaining. The rally tied the NFL record set by San Francisco against New Orleans in 1980.

The big difference: The 49ers won their game; the Giants lost.

Newton led the Panthers (14-0) to their 18th straight regular-season victory. He has thrown for 19 touchdowns in the last five games and a career-best 33 in this so-far special season.

The Giants (6-8) fell one game behind Washington in the NFC East.

Steelers 34, Broncos 27 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers rallied.

Antonio Brown caught 16 passes for 189 yards and two scores as Pittsburgh (9-5) moved into the AFC’s second wild-card spot by dominating the NFL’s best defense after spotting the Broncos a 17-point lead.

Osweiler threw for 296 yards with three touchdowns pass-

ing and another on the ground but struggled in the second half as the Broncos (10-4) lost their second straight and failed to lock up the AFC West title.

Cardinals 40, Eagles 17 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Northern Iowa Panther David Johnson ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns, Carson Palmer threw a TD pass and Arizona beat Philadelphia to clinch the NFC West title.

The Cardinals (12-2) will earn a first-round bye with a win over Green Bay next week. They still have a chance to secure the No. 1 seed if they win out and Carolina loses its last two games.

The Eagles (6-8) would win the NFC East title if they beat Washington at home and the Giants on the road.

Packers 30, Raiders 20 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass and Damarious Randall returned an interception for another score to help Green Bay. Green Bay (10-4) clinched a spot in the postseason in the first quarter when the New York Giants lost to Carolina.

Derek Carr threw two early interceptions to put Oakland (68) in a hole but then had a pair of touchdown passes to Amari Cooper. It wasn’t enough as the

Raiders were eliminated from playoff contention for the 13th straight season.

Vikings 38, Bears 17 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teddy Bridgewater threw a career-high four touchdowns and ran for another, and the Vikings took a big step toward clinching playoff spot.

Bridgewater completed 17of-20 passes for 231 yards without a turnover, connecting twice with Stefon Diggs for scores.

Jerick McKinnon and Zach Line had the other touchdown catches on a remarkably productive afternoon for all of Minnesota’s running backs.

The Vikings are 9-5. The Bears are 5-9.

Chiefs 34, Ravens 14 BALTIMORE (AP) — Kansas City capitalized on a variety of miscues by Baltimore, extended its winning streak to eight games and remain in the thick of the playoff picture.

Tyvon Branch returned a fumble 73 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter and Marcus Peters clinched the victory with a 90-yard interception return for a score with 4:36 left.

Kansas City (9-5) also scored touchdowns following a drive-extending penalty by Baltimore and a failed fake punt.

DES MOINES (AP) — Northern Iowa has a knack for playing its best against the best.

The unranked Panthers pulled off another big upset Saturday night, handing fifthranked Iowa State its first loss of the season.

Wes Washpun set career highs with 28 points and 11 assists as Northern Iowa upset the Cyclones 81-79 Saturday night for its second win over a top-five opponent this season.

P a u l Jesperson added a career-high 21 points on seven 3-pointers for the Panthers (7-3), who also stunned then-No. 1 North Carolina 71-67 at home last month.

“That’s something I really like about our guys: They have the ability to rise to the occasion,” Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson said.

Georges Niang scored 30 points for the Cyclones, who fell just shy of their second double-digit comeback in three games.

Niang made it 8079 on free throws with 20 seconds left, and the Cyclones (9-1) forced a subsequent turnover.

Niang slipped, though, giving the Panthers the ball back.

“It was an unfortunate situation there.

You’ve got to roll with him. He’s done a lot of great things. He’ll continue to do a lot of great things here,” said Iowa State coach Steve

Prohm, who took his first loss with the Cyclones.

Washpun hit a free throw and Monte Morris — whose basket capped a 20-point rally to beat Iowa 83-82 last week — missed a floater at the buzzer.

Iowa State wasn’t about to overlook the Panthers after watching them knock off the Tar Heels. Washpun and the Panthers simply couldn’t miss in the first 15 minutes.

Northern Iowa hit 13 of its first 17 shots.

Wa s h p u n beat the shot clock with a long 3-pointer over an outstretched defender, and Klint Carlson’s drive pushed it to 41-30.

Washpun made his first six shots and had 17 points, six assists and three rebounds in the first half. Still, the Cyclones were able to cut it to 46-37 by halftime.

“We just, defensively in the first half, weren’t very good. Our guys did a better job in the second half locking in. We just weren’t able to finish. We’ll learn from it,” Prohm said.

Iowa State pulled even at 66 on Jameel McKay’s dunk with 7:20 left. Jesperson answered with consecutive 3-pointers, and Matt Bohannon’s trey made it 78-73 with 2:40 to go.

Northern Iowa finished 13-of-22 from 3-point range.

McKay had 18 points and Abdel Nader scored 14 for Iowa State.

Walk-on leads Hawkeyes to narrow win over Drake DES MOINES (AP) — A week after a devastating loss at No. 5 Iowa State, Iowa jumped back into the win column Saturday.

But it wasn’t exactly the kind of performance the Hawkeyes were looking for with Big Ten play set to begin.

Mike Gesell scored 17 points, including a crucial dunk with 30 seconds left, and Iowa held off Drake 70-64.

The Hawkeyes (8-3) blocked a school-record 14 shots — including six from freshman Nicholas Baer — in beating the in-state rival Bulldogs for the 32nd time in their last 35 meetings.

Iowa went on a 13-2 run midway through the second half, but Ore Arogundade’s 3-pointer pulled Drake within 6664 with 1:37 left.

Jarrod Uthoff answered with a layup, and Gesell’s dunk sealed a win that was a lot closer than expected for the Hawkeyes.

“Very important, you learn from it. The Iowa State one hurt,” Gesell said about the Hawkeyes blowing a 20-point lead in an 8382 loss to the Cyclones.

“We did a good job down the stretch.”

Reed Timmer had 25 points — including 16 straight down the stretch — to lead the Bulldogs (4-7), who have dropped four in a

row.

Baer, who also scored 13 points with seven rebounds for Iowa, isn’t even on scholarship yet.

But Baer continues to show that coach Fran McCaffery may found a steal in the Bettendorf, Iowa product.

In fact, the Hawkeyes might have lost if it were not for Baer’s contributions.

Baer drilled back-toback 3-pointers to help Iowa push its lead to 5345. Baer also kept a play alive — which ended in a Gesell score — with a heads-up save near the baseline, and then threw a perfect pass to Uthoff for an easy bucket.

Baer’s 3-pointer with 4:22 to go pushed Iowa back out front 63-56.

“I’m not surprised at all. When I first saw him play, I was kind of shocked he didn’t have much recruiting activity. We just offered him an opportunity and he jumped on it,” McCaffery said of Baer.

“Obviously we’re going to have to give him a scholarship at some point.”

Uthoff was forced to the bench after picking up two fouls in the first five minutes.

Uthoff then picked up his third foul 76 seconds after the break and went back to the bench.

Still, his late layup was crucial in securing the win for Iowa.

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Tish, Lee claim seconds at Fort Dodge tourney

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News FORT DODGE — Four Newton High wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of their weight divisions at Saturday’s 42nd annual Don Miller Invitational hosted by Fort Dodge High School. Two Cardinals were in the finals.

Seniors Bryce Tish and Duncan Lee were where they wanted to be — in the championship matches at 152 pounds and 195 pounds, respectively.

Tish dropped a 9-3 decision to Class 3A third-ranked Mac Southland of Council Bluffs Lewis Central. Tish worked his way through the 152-pound bracket pinning Josiah Engleken of Ames and Anthony Baird of Woodbury Central. In the semifinals, Tish notched a victory by decision of Ethan Babcock of Ankeny Centennial.

Lee had a first-round bye at 195, then pinned Mickey Vasquez of Storm Lake. Lee, who is ranked No. 8 in Class 3A, faced No. 7-ranked Hayden Waldstein of Council Bluffs Lewis Central in the semifinals. Lee won 2-0 to move into the finals.

Waiting for Lee in the 195-pound championship bout was 3A’s topranked Sam Cook of Fort Dodge.

Cook defeated Lee, 7-3, for the title.

Newton senior Hunter Versteegh had two top-10 wrestlers in his side of the 113-pound bracket. Versteegh notched a 17-2 technical fall over Steve Strych of Ankeny Centennial in his first match of the day, setting up a rematch with top-ranked Brody Teske of Fort Dodge.

Boys Continued from Page 1B Senior Joseph Banfield’s defensive rebound led to Gholson’s fifth 3-pointer of the game, bumping the Cardinal lead up to 42-32. Banfield went high to tap the ball away in the lane at the defensive end to Sturtz.

Sturtz scored with 35 seconds on the clock and Newton carried a 4432 lead into the fourth quarter.

The Lions chipped away to get within five, 50-45, with 4:45 remaining in the game. They got a 10-second call in the back court against Newton, but couldn’t take advantage. There was no scoring until Juhl connected for the Lions at the 3:03 mark.

Newton turned the ball over with 1:53 left leading, 50-47. Juhl pulled the Lions to within one on a field goal, and then Sturtz made a drive right down the lane for a basket.

The Cardinals worked their offense and Banfield scored on the inside, which was answered by a basket by DMC’s Keaton Van Soelen. Protecting a three-point lead, Banfield went to the free-throw line but missed two attempts.

Des Moines Christian attempted a 3-pointer, which was off and Newton claimed the defensive rebound. The Cardinals only gave up two offensive rebounds to the Lions in the game as they held a 2618 rebounding margin.

Liley called a timeout with 6.8 seconds on the game clock with Newton up 54-51. Jwan Roush was fouled a second later. The senior sank both ends of a one-and-one to seal the win.

“These two wins are huge for us going into Christmas break,” Gholson said of the back-to-back home wins.

Both teams shot more than 40

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Coming up strong from the bottom is Newton High’s Duncan Lee during a match at Newton’s home tournament earlier this season. Lee lost to top-ranked Sam Cook of Fort Dodge Saturday in the 195-pound championship match at the Fort Dodge High Don Miller Invitational.

Teske pulled out an 11-8 win over Versteegh in the semifinals. Versteegh finished fourth after losing a 6-4 decision of ninth-ranked Max Tracy of Dallas Center-Grimes in the thirdplace match.

Sophomore Ross Hull claimed fourth in the 120-pound division.

Hull defeated Christian Nichols of Emmetsburg, and then was pinned by Class 1A sixth-ranked Cole Allison

percent from the field — Newton 55 percent, 21-of-38, and Des Moines Christian, 43 percent, 18-of-42. The Lions cashed in on 11-of-14 free throw attempts and Newton went 9-of-14.

Sturtz fired in 13 points, claimed seven rebounds, had one steal and three assists for the Cardinals. Gholson had six rebounds. Roush and junior Maher each had two assists.

One of the points of pride for Newton’s defense is taking charging fouls by the opposing offensive players. Newton took four charges against the Lions, one each by Sturtz, senior Jake Bennett, Roush and Banfield.

“I talk about being small, but we’re playing big going after rebounds. Those were two teams with height advantage over us and our guys did a great job of going up and getting the ball,” Liley said.

“This team is developing into a great passing team also. The guys are finding the open guys to get the ball to for a basket.”

Juhl ended with 21 points for the Lions (6-2). The 6-foot-6-inch Van Soelen averaged 17.9 points a game coming into the contest, but finished with 12 points Saturday.

Newton’s first home win of the season was Friday against Little Hawkeye Conference foe, Dallas Center-Grimes.

The Cardinals used three consecutive 3-pointers by Gholson, Roush and Morgan Maher to grab a 12-2 lead over the visiting Mustangs. They staved off several runs by the Mustangs to claim the conference win.

“It all starts in practice for us,” Bennett said following Friday’s victory. “We have great shooters on this team, and yes, we’ve struggled in games lately to shoot well, but we got the momentum going.”

Newton led 20-13 at the end of the first quarter. The Mustangs got back-to-back baskets from Doug

of Fort Dodge-St. Edmonds in the semifinals. Hull was pinned by Trey Rouse of Centennial in the thirdplace match.

“It was great to have four kids in the semifinals,” Newton head coach Andy Swedenhjelm said. “Hunter twice has had the No. 1-ranked wrestler in his grasp, just to see the clock run out on him. It was a tough tournament with a ton of ranked wrestlers, and we were

Heritage to close it to three points.

Newton responded with a three

by Maher. DCG trimmed the margin to two, 23-21, and Gholson buried a trey.

The Cardinals had a 32-26 halftime advantage, and a Sturtz buzzer-beater put Newton up by 10, 45-35, after three quarters of play. Newton opened the final eight minutes with a 9-0 run. Sturtz stepped to the line to go 8-of-10 in the final two minutes.

“The kids have been practicing hard. We played through poor-shooting simulations in practices, so however we’re shooting in a game is not going to affect how hard we play and energy we put into the game at both ends of the court,” Liley said.

Sturtz, who scored the first three points of the game for Newton on a conventional three-point play, finished with 18 points, six rebounds and three steals. Mahler tossed in 11 points. Newton was 13-of-19 from the free-throw line.

Newton shot 49 percent, 21of-48, from the field and Dallas Center-Grimes was 20-of-46, 43 percent. The Cardinals owned a 30-24 edge in rebounding over the Mustangs.

“This is a huge win for us against a team we’ve never beaten before,” Bennett said. “I wouldn’t want to play basketball with any other guys.”

In junior varsity play, Newton lost 51-34 to DCG with Josh Gulling scoring 14 points and Grayson Graham adding six points. The Newton junior varsity beat Des Moines Christian 52-43 led by Graham’s 24 points and Trey Vanderlaan’s 16 points.

Newton’s freshmen lost 51-29 to DCG Friday with Aaron Bartels scoring 12 points. Bartels had 25 points in Saturday’s 64-57 loss to DMC. Newton (4-2) returns to action Jan. 2 at home against Knoxville.

Friday’s game DCG 13-12-10-16—51 Newton 20-12-13-19—64 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 5-8-2-18, Stout 0-1-3-1, Roush 1/2-0-3-8, Bennett 0-0-1-0, Banfield 2-1-25, Gholson 2/5-2-1-21, Ventling 0-0-5-0, Maher 2/2-1-0-11. TOTALS: 12/9-13-17-64.

DCG (FG/3-pt): Bertrand 0-0-4-0, Washington 4/2-0-2-14, Shivvers 1-0-3-2, Heritage 5/1-6-319, Rude 1-0-0-2, Jacobsen 3-0-3-6, Borneman 1/1-1-5-6, Pride 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16/4-7-20-51.

Saturday’s game DMC 9-14-9-19—51 Newton 15-23-6-12—56 Newton (FG/3-pt): Sturtz 6-1-4-13, Stout 0-0-2-0, Roush 1-2-2-4, Bennett 2-0-0-4, Banfield 1-2-3-4, Gholson 5/5-3-3-28, Ventling 0-1-1-1, Maher 1-02-2. TOTALS: 16/5-9-17-56.

DMC (FG/3-pt): Herbers 1/2-0-3-8, Prewitt 0/20-2-6, Mona 0-0-1-0, Juhl 7-7-3-21, Van Soelen 4-4-3-12, Fellers 2-0-4-4. TOTALS: 14/4-11-16-51.

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Joseph Banfield, left, defends against a drive by Des Moines Christian’s Keaton Van Soelen (30) in Saturday’s home game for Newton.

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able to see our guys prove they can compete with those wrestlers.”

Sophomore Tristin Langmaid placed eighth at 160. He lost 4-2 to Gage Jamison of Emmetsburg and pinned Ty Smith of St. Edmonds.

Langmaid dropped two matches by decisions to Fort Dodge’s Thomas Anderson and unattached Brandon Peck.

Alex Miller, a junior, was eighth in the 285-pound class. He was pinned three times.

Losing twice by falls were freshman Blake Cockerton at 106, junior Aren Sorensen at 126, junior Jon Lawton 1t 132 and senior William Lillo at 182. Seniors Harley Walker and Jacob Smith lost by a fall and a decision at 170 and 220, respectively.

Newton finished eighth in the team standings of the 13-team field event.

Fort Dodge won its home tournament with Ankeny Centennial in second and Dallas Center-Grimes in third.

“Our kids wrestled very tough the past two events at Norwalk on Thursday and the Don Miller Saturday,” Swedenhjelm said. “I think our kids are getting a great chance to see good competition and see some things we can get better at over Christmas break.

“I am excited about where our team is at and what we can do when we are at full strength. It’s important for us to take this break to get better at the things that will help us take that next step.”

Newton comes out of the break competing in the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Duals Jan. 2.

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Girls Continued from Page 1B half with confidence and playing Cardinal basketball. Down 26-10 at the break, Sharp said he was pleased with how his players responded.

“The girls responded well. As long as we continue to embrace these opportunities right now in this three-game stretch to learn from them and to get better, I’m confident we’re going to be OK,” Sharp said.

Newton scored one more point than it did all of the first half in the third quarter.

DCG outscored the Cardinals 19-11 in the period, but Sharp said he saw the type of play he is used to from his players in the second half.

Juniors Taylor Shipley and Ryanne Rausch had consecutive buckets to make it 3516 midway through the third quarter. Taylor Moon, a senior, downed two free throws at the end of the third period for Newton, which trailed 45-21.

The Cardinals rattled off seven unanswered points to begin the fourth quarter. Jenkins and Rhoads each hit jump shots, and Jacobsen netted another 3-pointer. Newton outscored DCG, 10-7, in the final eight minutes.

Jacobsen had three treys for nine points sharing high-scoring honors for Newton with Rhoads. The Cardinals were 4-of-7 from the free-throw line. They hit 12 field goals, five were from 3-point range.

The Fillies got 17 points from Rachel Lowary and 14 from Brooke Kramer. Jenna Borchers, who was 6-of-8 on foul shots, added 10 points. DCG was 11-of-15 from the line and had 16 field goals, five were 3-pointers.

“Our defensive plan was good against their dribble drive and that’s on me,” Sharp said. “We were not the toughest team on the court tonight. We pride ourselves in being tough on the court. We’ll get back at it, come back with the hard-hat mentality and get ready for Ballard on Tuesday.”

Newton (5-2) completes a three-game stretch against Class 4A ranked teams Tuesday at home as top-ranked and undefeated Ballard (7-0) comes to Newton.

Newton is 1-1 in Little Hawkeye Conference play. Dallas Center-Grimes improved to 3-0 in LHC action and 5-2 overall.

The Newton junior varsity pulled out a 36-33 win over DCG as Ali Bestell and Marcelina Marvelli sank key free throws in the final minute of play to seal the win.

Randi Walters scored nine points and Addie Blom had eight for the Cardinals.

DCG defeated the Newton freshmen, 39-22. Payton Maher led the Cardinals with eight points and Emily Valtman added four points. Rachel Rhoads made five steals.

Dallas Center-Grimee 14-12-19-7—52 Newton 0-10-11-10—31 Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 1-0-3-2, Jenkins 2-0-2-4, Moon 0-2-0-2, Jordan 0-0-1-0, Hutchinson 0-0-3-0, Reynolds 1-02-3, Shipley 1-0-0-2, Jacobsen 0/3-0-1-9, Rhoads 2/2-2-2-9.

TOTALS: 7/5-4-14-31.

DCG (FG/3-pt): Kramer 3/2-2-0-14, Jorgensen 0-0-2-0, Borchers 1-6-4-10, Junge 1-0-0-2, Vroegh 0/2-0-0-6, Wuebker 1-0-2-2, Lowary 5/1-2-2-17, Nolte 0-0-1-0, Carpenter 0-1-3-1.

TOTALS: 11/5-11-12-52.

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Cardinal bowling teams roll against Oskaloosa

Hawk boys pull out win over Keota; girls stay undefeated

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News

SULLY — It was East meets West in South Iowa Cedar League basketball play Friday OSKALOOSA — Newnight. ton High’s girls posted a Lynnville-Sully’s boys pulled 663-pin win over host Osout a 51-48 win over visiting kaloosa Saturday to remain Keota after the Class 1A 12thundefeated in bowling duals ranked Lynnville-Sully girls this season. The Cardinal overwhelmed Keota’s girls, 54girls are 4-0 heading into 14, in front of a home crowd. the holiday break.

Humphrey Miller Carre Benac The Hawk boys improved The Cardinal boys imto 6-1 overall and 5-1 in SICL proved to 3-2 with dual wins 321 series with games of 143 ous meet score,” Jacobs said. play. The Hawk girls ran their over Oskaloosa and Sigour- and 178. Alyssa White fin- “We’ve been working on our mark to 9-0 with an 8-0 conferney Saturday. Newton piled ished with a 296 (141- Baker Games, and the guys ence mark. up a 2,590 pin count, beat- 155) and Kaytie Hughes had improved their pin count in The Hawk boys used a 17-13 ing Oskaloosa by 32 pins a 281 (167-114). Lizzy Coyle those by 103.” fourth-quarter run to get past and Sigourney by 440 pins. rolled a 275 (140-135).

Jacobs said the teams have the Eagles. Keota, which leads Oskaloosa finished at 2,558 Newton girls’ had Baker one more practice before the the SICL East, was up 22-21 at and Sigourney had a total of Game scores of 228, 140, holiday break. The Cardinals halftime, and each team added 2,150.

151, 177 and 161. The Bak- return to take on Clarke at 13 points in the third period.

Newton’s girls piled er Games total was 857.

Cardinal Lanes on Jan. 7.

“The guys hung tough and up a huge lead by the end Senior Shea Carre proOnly Newton had ju- found a way to win,” L-S boys’ NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S of the individual games, duced the top score for all nior varsity bowlers Saturhead coach Nick Harthoorn said.

LEVY AND SALE Jasper County“We Sheriffwere Officeable to turn up the deleading Oskaloosa 1,606- Newton bowlers. Carre paced day. A full team of Newton 2300 Law Center Drive Newton, IA 50208 1,069. Following the Baker the Newton boys with a 428 boys posted a score of 1,986 fense late in the game. We had a 641-792-5912 Games, the Cardinals won series with an opening game with Baker Games scores of DISTRICT few guys step up and make some IN THE IOWA COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY 2,463-1,830. There was no of 242 followed by a 186.

130,163-111, 149 and 142. bigIOWA shots down the stretch.”

STATE OF JASPER COUNTY Sigourney girls’ team.

Reid Miller added 342 NHS boys junior varsiKyleSS Van Dyke had a douCIVIL NO. (SALE NO.) “The girls varsity im- (172-170) as three Cardinal ty scores were: Joe Malson15-003005 ble-double with 17 points and CASE # EQCV119056 proved its total pin count boys had 300 series. Fresh- 280 (126-154), Michael 11 rebounds. Canyon KuhlSPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS 164 from the previous meet,” man Cutter Benac finished Hodnett 271 (148-123), mannFARGO dished out five assists and BANK, N.A. vs Newton head coach Brett with a 325 (182-143) and Austin Johansen 253 (92- scored two points.

DEFENDANT: JOSHUA L. BURG Jacobs said. “I am glad we Shaiden Simmons ended up 161), Tayler Hernandez 251 Sage AND AMANDA S. BURG,Ehresman made two IN REM are continuing to get better with a 314 (165-149).

(121-130), Brady Eberline steals andren-tallied eight points As a result of the judgment dered in the above referenced from meet to meet. The goal Reece Thurmond bowled 236 (114-122). for Lynnville-Sully.

Tyler Van court case, an execution was isis to be bowling our best at a 293 (114-179). Sam SuOther NHS junior added suedvarsiby the courtZante to the Sheriff of eight points and county. The execution orthe end of the season.” pino had a 271 (118-153). ty scores were: Kaylathis Sopher Van Wyk had seven points. dered the sale Jesse of defendant(s) Real SinEstate Property to satisfy Freshman Alicia Mill- Newton had a strong lead 305 (153-152), Hayley Rylan James had six points the judgment. The property to be NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S sold is: er bowled her single high- after the individual games. clair 227 (104-123), Taylor and pulled down seven of L-S’s LEVY AND SALE Lot Two in Fairmeadows Addition est game with a 208 in her The Cardinal boys hadJasper a County Johnson 167 (83-84), John rebounds. to the City of 34 Monroe, Jasper John Trettin tossed Sheriff Office County, Iowa, as shown by Plat Law Center Drive second game of Saturday’s Baker Games total of 8882300 Ross Baker two points.

Newton, IA 155 50208 (75-80); recorded in Plat in Book F page 80 641-792-5912 (now 117, shown in PlatThe Cabinet A, meet to give her a total of on scores of 176, 165, IN197, Games scores — 85, Hawks shot 36 percent, THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT page 87) in the Office of the 339, which was second on 169 and 181. Oskaloosa had 122,90,100; score: from the field and FOR JASPER COUNTY TotalRecorder of said 17-of-47, County Property Address STATE OF IOWA the team. Senior Madison a 901 for Baker Games, butJASPER 1,368. down 14-of-19 free 411 N. VIRGINIAknocked ST. COUNTY SS (SALE NO.) MONROE, IA Humphrey rolled a 211 toIN THE it IOWA wasn’tDISTRICT enough to overtakeCIVIL NO. throw attempts.

COURT 15-002968 The described property will be ofFOR JASPER COUNTY CASE # EQCV119597 fered auction open the meet, finishing CITY theOF Cardinals.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at for sale at public The lossforsnapped a six-game MONROE, IOWA SPECIAL EXECUTION cash only as follows: Petitioner, with a team-high 369.

“The boys improved PLAINTIFF: by 641-792-3121 or 01/19/2016 win streak for the Eagle boys.

Sale Date NATIONSTAR ext. 6535 and Concerning Sale Time 10:00 AM LLC Mariah Gonzales had a a INA 117 pins LLC; over the previ- MORTGAGE jsheets@newtondailynews.com IsaiahCOUNTY Hahn led Keota with 15 GROUP, vs Place of Sale JASPER JASPER COUNTY, IOWA; S & L INVESTMENT-1; and UNKNOWN PARTIES Respondents.

EQUITY NO. EQCV119725 ORIGINAL NOTICE DATE PETITION FILED: December 15, 2015 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT(S): You are notified that a petition has been filed in the office of the clerk of this court naming you as a respondent in this action, which petition prays the Court to find that the property located at 406 W. South Street, Monroe, Iowa and legally described as: The West Half of the East 130 Feet of the West 198.8 feet of the North 120 feet of Block 77, Original Town, now City, of Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa has been abandoned within the meaning of Iowa Code Section 657A.10A and grant the City title to the property free and clear of all claims, liens, taxes, special assessments or encumbrances.

The name and address of the attorney for the petitioner is Gilbert R. Caldwell III, Caldwell, Brierly, Chalupa & Nuzum, PLLC, 211 1st Avenue West, Newton, IA 50208.

The attorney's phone number is (641) 792-4160; facsimile number: (641) 7922410.

You must serve a motion or answer on or before the 25th of January, 2016, and within a reasonable time thereafter, file your motion or answer with the Clerk of Court for Jasper County, at the courthouse in Newton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

You are further notified that the above case has been filed in a county that utilizes electronic filing. Unless, within 20 days after service of this original notice upon you, you serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter file a motion or answer, in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, at the courthouse in Newton, Iowa, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. Please see Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16 for information on electronic filing and Iowa Court Rules Chapter 16, division VI regarding the protection of personal information in court filings.

If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immediately call your district ADA coordinator at 515286-3927. (If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942) IMPORTANT: YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS December 21 & 28 and January 4

DEFENDANT: JOSEPH L. WHITLOW, LORETTA L. WHITLOW, PAUL MATTINGLY, PARGULSKI, HAUSER & CLARK, STATE OF IOWA, IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: THE NORTH 72 FEET OF THE EAST 60 FEET OF LOT 1, BLOCK 24, IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN, NOW CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA Property Address 201 E 4TH ST S NEWTON, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/12/2016 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 $88,757.82 Costs $2,235.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $6,011.66 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney JANELLE G. EWING 925 E 4TH STREET WATERLOO, IA 50703 (319)234-2530 Date 12/02/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 14 & 21

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 $140,188.66 Costs $1,635.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $4,738.57 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney JANELLE G. EWING 925 E 4TH STREET WATERLOO, IA 50703 (319)234-2530 Date 12/08/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 21 & 28

points. Zach Mousel and Avery Conrad each had 10 points. Keota hit 19-of-52, 36.5 percent, from the field and downed 4-of9 foul shots.

Lynnville-Sully girls’ head coach Jerry Hulsing said he challenged his players to come to the game focused and ready to play, and to play Hawk basketball. The Hawk girls answered their coach’s challenge, leading the Eagle girls 18-3 after one quarter.

The Hawk girls were up 39-8 by halftime and the lead ballooned to 51-9 as the third quarter closed.

“We were pretty sharp on our defensive pressure, not letting Keota get any open looks,” Hulsing said. “It was good to see everyone get a chance to play and contribute to the team win.”

Marissa Vos paced the Hawks with 14 points, nine rebounds and three steals. Brenna Lanser added 10 points.

Kasiah Ehresman tossed in nine points and Makenzy Rozendaal scored six points.

Haley James had three assists and five points. Christine Nikkel scored three points and Camryn Russell had three.

Lynnville-Sully shot 46 percent, 23-of-49, from the field and went 4-of-7 from the line.

The Hawk girls had a 27-18 rebounding edge.

Keota, which is winless, turned the ball over 28 times and shot just 23 percent, 5-of-21, from the field. Raigan Sprouse had six points to lead the Eagles.

Lynnville-Sully’s teams travel to Belle Plaine Tuesday in another East-West doubleheader.

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.) 15-002950 CASE # EQCV119443 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. vs DEFENDANT: RICHARD P. SCHWARTZ AND DEBRA S. SCHWARTZ, IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: Lots 7 and 8 of Country Meadows Subdivision, being a replat of all of Outlot “A”, Part of Lot “A” (Street), and all of Lot 21, of Indian Creek an Official Plat of the NW 1/4 of Section 18, Township 80 North, Range 21 West of the 5th P.M., Jasper County, Iowa, as shown in Plat Book K, Page 173 (now shown in Plat Cabinet A, at page 182), in the office of the Recorder of said County. EXCEPT Lot Eight (8) of COUNTRY MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, being a replat of all of Outlot “A” (Street) and all of Lot 21 of INDIAN CREEK, an Official Plat of the Northwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 80 North, Range 21 West of the 5th P.M., Jasper County, Iowa, as shown in Plat Book K, Page 173, in the Office of the Recorder of said County, Property Address 4732 FLOWER STREET COLFAX, IOWA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/12/2016 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 $152,642.64 Costs $2,373.86 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $26,856.74 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney EMILY BARTEKOSKE 1245 Jordan Creek Pkwy West Des Moines, IA 50266 (515)223-7325 Date 11/24/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 14 & 21

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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.) 15-003021 CASE # EQCV119486 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST vs DEFENDANT: DAVID D. SWAN, GWEN J. SWAN, ASSET ACCEPTANCE LLC, AMERICAN DEBT SERVICES LLC AND CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA – 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 THIRTEEN IN BLOCK “O” IN AURORA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK “D”, AT PAGE 143 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY Property Address 609 E 24TH ST S, NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/19/2016 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 $154,708.45 Costs $2,135.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $1,711.17 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney JANELLE G EWING 925 E 4TH STREET WATERLOO, IA 50703 (319)234-2530 Date 12/09/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 21 & 28 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY CITY OF MONROE, IOWA Petitioner, and Concerning INA GROUP, LLC; JASPER COUNTY, IOWA; S & L INVESTMENT-1; and UNKNOWN PARTIES Respondents.

EQUITY NO. EQCV119725 ORIGINAL NOTICE DATE PETITION FILED: December 15, 2015 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT(S): You are notified that a petition has been filed in the office of the clerk of this court naming you as a respondent in this action, which petition prays the Court to find that the property located at 406 W. South Street, Monroe, Iowa and legally described as: The West Half of the East 130 Feet of

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.) 15-002968 CASE # EQCV119597 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC vs DEFENDANT: JOSEPH L. WHITLOW, LORETTA L. WHITLOW, PAUL MATTINGLY, PARGULSKI, HAUSER & CLARK, STATE OF IOWA, IN REM As a result of the judgment rendered in the above referenced court case, an execution was issued by the court to the Sheriff of this county. The execution ordered the sale of defendant(s) Real Estate Property to satisfy the judgment. The property to be sold is: THE NORTH 72 FEET OF THE EAST 60 FEET OF LOT 1, BLOCK 24, IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN, NOW CITY OF NEW-

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.) 15-003005 CASE # EQCV119056 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. vs DEFENDANT: JOSHUA L. BURG AND AMANDA S. BURG, 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 Two in Fairmeadows Addition to the City of Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, as shown by Plat recorded in Plat Book F page 80 (now shown in Plat Cabinet A, page 87) in the Office of the Recorder of said County Property Address 411 N. VIRGINIA ST. MONROE, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/19/2016 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 $140,188.66 Costs $1,635.00 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $4,738.57 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney JANELLE G. EWING 925 E 4TH STREET WATERLOO, IA 50703

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.) 15-003014 CASE # EQCV119270 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. vs DEFENDANT: LISA L. HEDLUND; DANNY R. HEDLUND; ASSOCIATED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; 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 4 IN RODGERS FARM ADDITION TO NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, IOWA, AS APPEARS IN PLAT BOOK G, PAGE 165 (NOW SHOWN IN PLAT CABINET A, AT PAGE 105) IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY Property Address 2020 N 4TH AVE E, NEWTON, IA The described property will be offered for sale at public auction for cash only as follows: Sale Date 01/19/2016 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 $89,806.70 Costs $1,901.50 Accrued Costs PLUS Interest $2,901.65 Sheriff's Fees Pending Attorney DAVID M ERICKSON 215 10TH ST, STE 1300 DES MOINES, IA 50309 (515)288-2500 Date 12/08/2015 JOHN R. HALFERTY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF December 21 & 28 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.) 15-002950 CASE # EQCV119443 SPECIAL EXECUTION PLAINTIFF: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. vs DEFENDANT: RICHARD P. SCHWARTZ AND DEBRA S.

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Knapp guides Hawks to runner-up finish at L-S Invitational Colfax-Mingo finishes sixth in eight-team field

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News SULLY — This time last year, Max Knapp had never stepped foot onto a wrestling mat. He even still gets frustrated at the rules of the sport.

That didn’t slow the junior foreign exchange student from winning all five of his matches by fall Saturday during the Lynnville-Sully Invitational.

Knapp, who is more familiar with Judo in his native Austria, claimed first place in the 160-pound weight class and helped the hometown Hawks to a runner-up finish.

Lynnville-Sully also got second-place finishes from Sage Zylstra (138) and Carson Dunsbergen (132) and thirdplace tallies from Ty Breeden (126) and Josh Dunsbergen (120) as the Hawks scored 127.5 points on the day.

“I was very pleased with our performance,” Lynnville-Sully coach Steve Squires said. “(Knapp) has never wrestled before this year. He is still frustrated with the new rules, but he’s a competitor. He is working hard, and that hard work is paying off.”

Knoxville won the team title with 198.5 points. Cardinal was 20.5 points behind the host Hawks in third, Midland and Tri-County/Montezuma each scored 99 points to tie for fourth.

Colfax-Mingo sophomore Colton Lourens won his only contested match at 182 and claimed the title with a 9-8 win over Knoxville’s Carmeron Brown.

Lourens’ victory, along with runner-up finishes by senior Ty Carlson (120) and Cauy Furgison (113), led the Tigerhawks to sixth place.

C-M scored 95 points on the day and edged South Iowa Cedar League rival North Mahaska by two points. Twin Cedars rounded out the eightteam field with 44 points.

Lynnville-Sully’s Jack Hardin was the third wrestler in the 182-pound weight class.

Hardin was injured in his first match of the day. He was taken out of the school on a stretcher but was later released from Pella Regional Hospital after sustaining a neck stinger.

According to Squires, Hardin returned to Lynnville-Sully High School just before the tournament ended.

Colfax-Mingo and Lynnville-Sully went head-to-head against each other at 120 pounds.

Carlson (16-6) won his first four matches by fall before losing to Midland’s Griffen Gravel 11-4 in the title bout. Along the way, Carlson defeated L-S sophomore Josh Dunsbergen by fall.

Dunsbergen, who qualified for state at 106 last year, went 3-2 on the day with three

Troy Hyde/Daily News Lynnville-Sully junior Max Knapp, a foreign exchange student from Austria, went 5-0 and claimed first place at 160 pounds Saturday during the Lynnville-Sully Invitational.

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Colfax-Mingo teammates Marshall Maple and Will Dunsbergen faced each other for third place at 152.

Dunsbergen came out on top by fall in the second period.

Furgison (18-2) wrestled three times in his 113-pound weight class. He needed just 26 seconds to win his first match by fall and then pinned his second opponent with 5 seconds to go in the first period.

He lost his second match of the year in the championship bout when he was pinned with 5 seconds left on the clock in the second period.

2015 Lynnville-Sully Invitational 113 pounds 1st Place — Slayder Hansen, Midland 2nd Place — Cauy Furgison, Colfax-Mingo 3rd Place — Cole Worthington, Knoxville 4th Place - Kobey Durflinger, Cardinal Round 1 Furgison def. Worthington, Fall 0:26.

Round 2 Furgison def. Durflinger, Fall 1:55.

Round 3 Hansen def. Furgison, Fall 3:59.

120 pounds 1st Place — Griffen Gravel, Midland 2nd Place — Ty Carlson, Colfax-Mingo 3rd Place — Josh Dunsbergen, L-S 4th Place — Cole Haines, Twin Cedars 5th Place — Noel Martinez, Cardinal 6th Place — Jacob Shoaff, Midland Round 1 Carlson def. Martinez, Fall 0:57.

Dunsbergen def. Shoaff, Fall 3:33.

Round 2 Carlson def. Dunsbergen, Fall 1:59.

Round 3 Carlson def. Shoaff, Fall 1:37.

Dunsbergen def. Haines, Fall 5:48.

Round 4 Carlson def. Haines, Fall 1:40.

Gravel def. Dunsbergen, Fall 1:33.

Troy Hyde/Daily News Lynnville-Sully’s Ty Breeden, top, went 3-2 and finished third at 126 pounds during the Lynnville-Sully Invitational on Saturday.

Round 5 Gravel def. Carlson, Decision 11-4.

Dunsbergen def. Martinez, Fall 1:42.

126 pounds 1st Place — Jarrett Stodghill, North Mahaska 2nd Place — Travis Lewis, TCM 3rd Place — Ty Breeden, L-S 4th Place — Trevor Gudenkauf, Midland 5th Place — Tyler Meyer, TCM 6th Place — Josh Berryann, Midland 7th Place — Joel Lewis, Knoxville 3rd-place match Breeden def. Gudenkauf, Fall 2:43.

132 pounds 1st Place — Joe Hollinrake, Knoxville 2nd Place — Carson Dunsbergen, L-S 3rd Place — Trey Albert, Midland 4th Place — Tyler Strasser, North Mahaska 5th Place — Kasper Heiken, Midland 6th Place — Adam Teed, Colfax-Mingo 7th Place — Kale Latcham, TCM 8th Place — Tristan Bakalar, Twin Cedars 1st-place match Hollinrake def. Dunsbergen, Fall 1:04.

Fifth-place match Heiken def. Teed, Fall 2:51.

138 pounds 1st Place — Brier Dunkel, Midland 2nd Place — Sage Zylstra, L-S 3rd Place — Shaun Clark, North Mahaska 4th Place — Cole Widmer, TCM 5th Place — Niels Scheelhaase, Knoxville 6th Place — Bryce Benedict, Cardinal Round 1 Zylstra def. Scheelhaase, Fall 1:20.

Round 2 Zylstra def. Clark, Dec 6-3.

Round 3 Dunkel def. Zylstra, Fall 1:07.

Round 4 Zylstra def. Widmer, Fall 5:08.

Round 5 Zylstra def. Benedict, Injury default 145 pounds 1st Place — Dakota Miller, Cardinal 2nd Place — Riley Spaur, Knoxville 3rd Place — David Williams, Twin Cedars 4th Place — Cayden Johnson, L-S 5th Place — Jaedon Probasco, TCM Round 1 Spaur def. Johnson, Decision 10-6.

Round 2 Miller def. Johnson, Fall 0:44.

Round 3 Johnson def. Probasco, Fall 3:15.

Round 4 Williams def. Johnson, Decision 9-5.

152 pounds 1st Place — CodyRay Smith, Knoxville 2nd Place — Andrew Martinez, Cardinal 3rd Place — Will Dunsbergen, C-M 4th Place — Marshall Maple, C-M 5th Place — Dylan Comstock, North Mahaska 6th Place — Trevor Pinegar, Twin Cedars 7th Place — Jalen Huston, Midland Third-place match Dunsbergen def. Maple, Fall 3:22.

160 Results 1st Place — Max Knapp, L-S 2nd Place — Michael Ullestad, Knoxville 3rd Place — Luke Groves, North Mahaska 4th Place — Dakota Pinegar, Twin Cedars 5th Place — Xavier Cronin, Colfax-Mingo 6th Place — Denis Torbin, TCM Round 1 Knapp def. Ullestad, Dec 2-0.

Cronin def. Torbin, Fall 2:29.

Round 2 Pinegar def. Cronin, Fall 1:44.

Knapp def. Groves, Fall 0:37.

Round 3 Ullestad def. Cronin, Fall 1:38.

Knapp def. Pinegar, Fall 0:31.

Round 4 Knapp def. Cronin, Fall 1:12.

Round 5 Groves def. Cronin, Fall 1:05.

Knapp def. Torbin, Fall 0:48.

170 pounds 1st Place — Coby Meyer, Knoxville

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo senior Ty Carlson, left, defeated Lynnville-Sully’s Josh Dunsbergen by fall during a 120-pound match at the Lynnville-Sully Invitational on Saturday. Carlson placed second and Dunsbergen finished third.

2nd Place — Reece Strasser, North Mahaska 3rd Place — Calyn Bumgardner, Knoxville 4th Place — Skyler Aikin, Colfax-Mingo 5th Place — Josh Pettyjohn, Twin Cedars 6th Place — Kyle Kramer, L-S Round 1 Bumgardner def. Aikin, Fall 0:13.

Meyer def. Kramer, Major decision 11-0.

Round 2 Strasser def. Kramer, Fall 0:45.

Aikin def. Pettyjohn, Fall 1:41.

Round 3 Bumgardner def. Kramer, Fall 0:56.

Strasser def. Aikin, Fall 1:44.

Round 4 Aikin def. Kramer, Injury default Round 5 Kramer def. Pettyjohn, DFF. Meyer def. Aikin, TF 16-0.

182 pounds 1st Place — Colton Lourens, Colfax-Mingo 2nd Place — Cameron Brown, Knoxville 3rd Place — Jack Hardin, L-S Round 1 Brown def. Hardin, Injury default.

Round 2 Lourens def. Hardin, Injury default Round 3 Lourens def. Brown, Decision 9-8 195 pounds 1st Place — Jordan Beal, Knoxville 2nd Place — Dustin Stoner, TCM 3rd Place — Kayvin Johnson, Cardinal 4th Place — Brett Schoenherr, Midland 5th Place — Noah McCammant, TCM 6th Place — Caleb Barnett, L-S Round 1 Johnson def. Barnett, Fall 2:43.

Round 2 Beal def. Barnett, Fall 2:57.

Round 3 McCammant def. Barnett, Decision 3-1.

Round 4 Stoner def. Barnett, Fall 0:46.

Round 5 Schoenherr def. Barnett, Decision 3-0.

220 pounds 1st Place — Hunter Foubert, TCM 2nd Place — Chase Bellon, Knoxville 3rd Place — Jacob Bonner, Cardinal 4th Place — Aaron Van Der Krol, L-S Round 1 Foubert def. Aaron Van Der Krol, Fall 1:19.

Round 2 Bellon def. Van Der Krol, Fall 1:44.

Round 3 Bonner def. Van Der Krol, Fall 0:31.

285 pounds 1st Place — Brock Caviness, Knoxville 2nd Place — Tyler Thompson, TCM 3rd Place — Will Gonzalez-Tapetillo, Cardinal 4th Place — Cooper Scandridge, L-S 5th Place — Brandon Morton, C-M Round 1 Thompson def. Scandridge, Fall 1:43.

Gonzalez-Tapetillo def. Morton, Fall 0:38.

Round 2 Caviness def. Morton, Fall 0:10.

Round 3 Scandridge def. Morton, Fall 0:17.

Round 4 Caviness def. Scandridge, Fall 0:19.

Thompson def. Morton, Fall 0:58.

Round 5 Gonzalez-Tapetillo def. Scandridge, Fall 1:44.

Contact Troy Hyde at 641-792-3121 ext. 6536 or thyde@newtondailynews.com