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By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News A new work group will discuss where the parks office should be located, with options including its current location at the Krumm Center in the Arboretum or at the former caretaker’s house at Maytag Park.

Parks board to focus on park office location, golf clubhouse Work groups look to move projects forward

The city is cracking down at multi-family residences and commercial properties who have been repeat offenders of trash or garbage offenses. Newton City Council has passed the first reading of an ordinance that includes new language which would require some residences to install permanent trash enclosures.

“We’re running into habitual offenders. The tools that we currently have aren’t stopping the problem from continuing to happen,” city director of planning and zoning Erin Chambers said. “What this new code language would do is provide the city another tool to work towards a permanent solution.”

The new ordinance could come into effect if the property has been

cited or abated for trash or garbage three times within a 12 month period. The citations could come from offenses where the depositing of, maintaining, permitting or failing to remove, garbage, trash, rubbish, bottles, cans or other refuse outside of a building on any property within the city, including large quantities of organic debris and materials, which accumulated by other than natural means, except neatly maintained compost piles.

When a multi-family dwelling, consisting of three or more units, or a commercial building property has been cited or abated three or more times for garbage and trash violations, the city may require the property owner to put up a permanent, screening, ENCLOSURE | 3A

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Plans to form two workshop groups for parks department projects were firmed up Wednesday at the Newton Parks Board meeting.

The two groups will meet separately to discuss the park office location and the Westwood Golf Course clubhouse.

The first group will meet to discuss where the park office should be located. The two options up for discussion are its current location at Krumm Center in the Arboretum or at the former caretaker’s house at Maytag Park.

The group, led by park board members Melanie Humphrey and Jim Klier, will further the talks by brainstorming potential uses for each space if they are not used as the park department office. About six to eight people are anticipated to participate in the group including members of Project AWAKE and Friends of the Newton Parks.

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News The Newton Park Board discussed plans for several ongoing projects including the parks office location and the Westwood Golf Course clubhouse.

The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Newton Arboretum.

The Westwood work group, which is still forming, will be led by park board members Amanda Price and Marc Jackson. The group of approximately 10 to 15 community members and others

interested in or who have a stake in the future of the golf course will meet to discuss the potential clubhouse, its features and how it will fit into the community.

The first meeting is planned for 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Arboretum.

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News To deal with unruly trash from repeat offenders at multi-family and commercial properties, the city is looking to require permanent enclosures, similar to those pictured, to keep trash from spreading into neighboring properties.

Newton-built washing machine serves Pennsylvania family for more than 30 years

By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News Looking back at Newton’s history, it would be impossible to overlook the community’s connection to Maytag. More specifically, the high-quality washing machines that were produced at the Maytag factory are an important part of Newton’s legacy.

Newton Mayor Mike Hansen was recently reminded how far-reaching the city’s impact stretched. He received a thankful email from Kathy Brearley, who lives more than 1,000 miles away in Allentown, Pa.

In 1985, Brearley and her husband adopted two special needs children and decided to purchase an upgraded washing maHansen chine.

She bought the largest Maytag top-loader in the store. The family added two more children over the next few years, and the family’s washing machine had to work overtime to keep up with all the laundry.

The Maytag appliance did more than keep up. It per-

formed reliably for more than 30 years. The family finally replaced the old machine last week, after it developed a leak. After pulling out the washer, Brearley noticed it was made in Newton.

Brearley reached out to Hansen to extend her gratitude toward the factory workers who assembled her trusty washing machine.

“Maybe you can tell someone what a good job they did in 1985,” she wrote. “They stamped the name of your city on their product, and you have every right to be proud of how well they represented you in the wider world.”

Hansen said the email was

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to our attention here in our community, we should pass that on to the community in some way.”

Newton’s Maytag days are now something of the past, but because of stories like Brearley’s, they will not be forgotten any time soon.

Brearley said today’s new appliances are not built to last like the product she purchased in 1985. Retiring the old washing machine was a meaningful moment for her.

“It feels like the end of an era for me,” Brearley wrote.

Contact Justin Jagler at 641-792-3121 ext 6532 or jjagler@newtondailynews.com

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“I thought it was extremely nice of (Brearley) to send the email to us and to honor those that had worked and had built such a quality machine,” Hansen said. “As you might imagine, they’re not built like that anymore.”

Hansen wanted to make sure retired Maytag employees and Newton residents were aware of the kind words coming from Allentown.

“I thought it should be something that we recognize,” Hansen said. “If someone has taken the time and given the effort to bring that

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Fitness Courses Newton YMCA

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Cycle Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:15 a.m.

This class is a great cardiovascular workout. Pedal through hill climbs, sprints and many other challenging drills and rides.

Core and More Mondays — Noon to 12:45 p.m.

It’s time to strengthen your core. Look and feel stronger as we combine exercises that tighten and tone your mid-section. Exercises will be performed standing, seated and lying on a mat to challenge you even further.

Line Dancing Thursdays, 9 to 10 a.m.

You never need a partner for our line dancing class, but feel free to bring along your friends to enjoy the music and atmosphere. Not only will you look good dancing, but you are also exercising.

Have a bowl of fruit or vegetables sitting in plain sight to encourage grabbing healthy snack options.

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What is on the menu for a healthy kitchen Newton Hy-Vee Have you ever found yourself standing in front of an open pantry or refrigerator carefully inspecting its contents in search of something that seems appealing to eat? We make more than 200 food-related decisions per day, and are unaware of 90 percent of them. In a phenomenon called mindless eating, a term coined by psychologist and Cornell University consumer behavior professor Brian Wansink, research suggests that our eyes, rather than our stomachs, really do dictate how much we end up eating.

Eating less may be easier than you think. By making simple changes to your environment, you might be able to eat less without really thinking about it. So what is on the menu for a healthy kitchen?

Good Things Come in Small Packages. We eat more from

bigger packages. Instead of eating directly out of a package or box, put snacks in a separate dish or snack-size baggies, and leave the box in the kitchen. The smaller the serving container, the less you’ll serve yourself.

Buy Smaller Serving Dishes. Size matters. We eat 72 percent of our calories from food in bowls, plates and glasses.

Drink from tall, slender glasses instead of short, wide ones.

You’ll pour yourself less. Did you know if you eat off a 12inch dinner plate instead of a 10-inch one, you’re likely to eat about 22 percent more? Same applies for serving spoons.

When you use a larger spoon to dish up the meal, you’re likely to consume up to 14.5 percent more than you would with a small spoon.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind. We crave food most when we see it. If you’re going to grab food that crosses your field

of vision, a bowl of fruit or vegetables sitting in plain view will encourage you to grab healthy snacks instead. Even placing healthy options at eye level in the refrigerator and pantry will inspire eating mindfully.

See It Before You Eat It. Plate your food beforehand, and leave the serving dishes in the kitchen. When people preplate their food, they eat 14% less than when they take smaller amounts and go back for seconds.

Location, Location, Location. Be in the moment, and present while you are eating.

If you eat in front of the television, in bed or standing in the kitchen, you may have an urge to eat simply from being in that location. Make it a family rule to limit eating to one or two rooms in the house. This will decrease triggers, and help you focus on enjoying your food without distractions.

Step and Sculpt Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 9 to 10 a.m.

Fridays, 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.

Segments of step aerobics and weight training to increase your heart rate and tone muscles. Weight training is done with hand weights and tubing. Abdominal exercise and stretching is also included.

Pesas y Cardio Circuito (en Espanola y English) Thursday — 9 to 9:45 a.m.

Enjoy a training regimen that focuses on strengthening your entire body throughout the workout. Circuit helps keep your heart rate up while toning your body. This class is great for those getting started in strength training or someone wanting to up their workout regimen.

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

Thursdays, Noon to 12:45 p.m.

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

Power Yoga 30 Mondays and Wednesdays 7:25 to 7:55 p.m.

This short by highly effective class connects your mind and body through a series of postures, creating a continuous flow, accompanied by deep breathing. Enjoy increased flexibility, physical and internal strength in just 30 minutes.

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Improve alertness during the workday A long workday can be both mentally and physically draining. As a result, office workers and professionals whose jobs are more physically demanding than office work may find themselves less alert at the end of the workday than at the beginning. A loss of alertness as the workday draws to a close might be unavoidable.

But professionals whose sense of alertness begins to dwindle in the thick of the workday might need to take steps to improve their alertness to protect themselves from injury and to ensure the quality of their

work does not suffer.

• Avoid caffeine in the late afternoon.

Some professionals rely on caffeinated beverages such as coffee or energy drinks to combat afternoon drowsiness. While that afternoon caffeine fix might provide an immediate, if temporary, jolt of energy, it might also affect a person’s energy levels the following day.

A 2013 study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that caffeine consumed as early as six hours before bedtime can significantly disrupt sleep. Professionals who reach for

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a cup of coffee in the late afternoon might get a sudden boost of energy, but their energy levels the following day might be lower due to a poor night’s sleep.

• Avoid high-fat foods at lunchtime.

Foods that are high in fat should always be avoided thanks to their connection to a host of health problems. Such foods also negatively affect energy levels when consumed in the middle of the day. The University of Rochester Medical Center notes that the body digests and absorbs high-fat foods very slowly. That means workers who eat high-

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• Snack healthy.

Professionals who find themselves needing a snack in the mid- to late-afternoon can sate their hunger and give themselves an energy boost by snacking healthy. Avoid snacks like potato chips that tend to be high in fat and low in nutrition.

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Fresh fruit and Greek yogurt fit the bill.

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New year, new you kick-off event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jan. 7 Newton Hy-Vee

We have a jam-packed January to help you meet your health and wellness goals. Our store-wide kick-off event will include tasty and healthful samples from various departments.

Dietitian Emily Ring will also be offering free BMI and body fat percent checks on the Healthy You Mobile. Stop by the store anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Jan. 7, to enjoy food samples provided by a variety of departments.

Freezer meal workshop 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12 Newton Hy-Vee Club Room

Get dinner on the table quickly and without the mess with our January freezer meal workshop. We’ll do the shopping and the clean-up, you help assemble the meals to take home.

A portion of the $125 event fee, split evenly between all participants, plus the cost of food for the meals you choose. The menu includes cheese and spinach stuffed pork chops, chicken stir fry, five-spice shrimp and vegetable foil packs, mighty minestrone soup, muesli snacking cookies and sweet and sour meatballs.

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Local & State News Parks Continued from Page 1A In other business, the board approved sending a recommendation to city council to hire the design firm of HBK from Iowa City to complete a concept plan for Sunset Park. The up-and-coming firm will be tasked with assessing the entire property and completing a phased plan for upgrades to the park.

“There may be things that are three, five, 10 years out, but what we built this year won’t be a conflict to what we do in the future, that is the importance of this,” public works director Keith Laube said. “I researched this company a little bit and they seem to have the expertise to do this.”

Approximately $80,000 was earmarked for Sunset Park during the last round of bonding. While the park has fallen further down the list as improvements were made at Aurora Park, including new playground equipment, resurfacing the tennis courts and plans for the skate park, the city and board are ready to begin work on potential equipment and uses of Sunset Park.

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

Enclosure Continued from Page 1A enclosure surrounding any exterior trash receptacles or trash gathering space, in addition to any other remedies or penalties previously stipulated.

“There has been enough instances that we are dealing with this that we decided we need to find another solution to try to fix problems,” Chambers said. “We aren’t wanting to be out at the same properties all of the time tagging and citing nuisances.”

The ordinance change has two additional reading before it is adopted by city council.

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

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Skiff physician named Fellow of American College of Surgeons Newton Daily News Dr. Dominic Formaro, general surgeon at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, was among 1,823 initiates from around the world who became Fellows of the American College of Surgeons during the convocation ceremony held in October at the annual Clinical Congress in Washington, D.C. By meeting the College’s stringent membership requirements, a fellow of the college has earned the distinguished right to use the designation of “FACS” after their names. Formaro’s new credentials are added to that of FACOS (Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons), which he earned in 2013.

“This is an honor,” Formaro said. “Becoming a fellow isn’t something every surgeon chooses to do, but it says something about the quality of the health care you provide and the ethical standards you uphold. You must open up your practice and your livelihood to the scrutiny of an outside organization to see if

you meet t h e i r h i g h s t a n dards.”

“After we recruited Dr. Formaro in Formaro 2010, one of the leaders in his residency program told me he was the best they had ever had come through the program and Skiff was lucky to have him,” said outgoing Skiff CEO Brett Altman. “Dr. Formaro is consistently in the top 1 percent when it comes to patient satisfaction. He has a wonderful bedside manner and is a gifted and talented surgeon.”

In addition to serving as general surgeon in Newton, Formaro has been an adjunct clinical faculty at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University for the past four years and has been the assistant professor of surgery since January of this year.

“I give lectures and administer exams,” he said, “and I’m the clinical coordinator for the surgical

skills lab that teaches the medical students how to carry out procedures, follow sterile technique and perform successfully in the operating room. I also help with the thirdyear rotations, serving as a contact person for students and preceptors across the country.”

Dr. Rachel Knudson, Formaro’s colleague at Skiff Medical Center, trained with him during her studies, and she said the designation reflects the extraordinary quality of Formaro’s skills.

“He exemplifies all of the qualities the American College of Surgeons requires for fellowship.

He is an incredible asset to our community, something that is repeatedly demonstrated in his excellent surgery outcomes, and high patient satisfaction. He is well respected by our medical community, and our hospital is fortunate to have the benefits of his leadership skills.”

“As a nurse who works with Dr. Formaro and Dr. Knudson each week, I appreciate their attention to detail and the amount of teaching they provide

to their patients,” said Jenna Seals, surgical services team lead at Skiff.

“Their patients are very well informed regarding their procedures, surgeries and expectations afterward. They thoroughly discuss options with patients and give patients time for questions and comments.

Both surgeons have a large part in the Surgical Care Committee, which helps nurses learn, grow and continue to provide safe and effective care.

They are well-rounded surgeons with great bedside manner.”

Formaro completed his general surgery internship and residency at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. He received his undergraduate degree at Drake University and attended medical school at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University. His wide array of surgical services includes, but is not limited to, breast-conserving surgery, laparoscopic gallbladder removal, minimally invasive colon surgery and hernia repair.

Ice safety reminder as Iowa lakes freeze over Newton Daily News The recent blast of arctic air is growing ice on lakes and ponds over much of Iowa and sending anglers out for the popular early ice fishing of the season.

“Ice fishing is one of our great winter sports. It is a fun, social activity best enjoyed with a group of friends,” said Joe Larscheid, chief of fisheries for the Iowa Department

of Natural Resources.

Anglers heading out are reminded to check the ice often as they make their way to their favorite fishing spot.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources recommends a minimum of four inches of quality ice for fishing and at least five inches for snowmobiles and ATVs. “Check ice thickness as you go out. Ice thickness is not uniform on anybody of water.

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There could be pockets of thin ice or places where the geese had kept ice from forming,” Larscheid said.

Early ice offers an excellent chance for success. If fish are finicky, plan to cut a series of holes and spend 15 minutes at each hole targeting active fish.

Use small baits and light line.

“Now that we have ice, we need to go through our mental safety check list. Go with a friend and be sure to cut some

test holes to check ice thickness as you go out,” Larscheid said.

Safety Tips on the Ice • There is no such thing as 100 percent safe ice.

• New ice is usually stronger than old ice.

• Ice fishing is a social activity, don’t go out alone. If the worst should happen, someone would be there to call for help or to rescue.

• There could be pockets

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This is Maria

Trending Mike Mendenhall

Editor’s note: This column originally published March 10, 2016 recently met Maria. I do not know much about her. I know she has three children, I know she has rent to pay, I know she has to provide and survive for her family. I know she matters.

The first and only time my girlfriend Betsy and I encountered Maria, she was standing outside the Pleasant Hill Hy-Vee around sunset. It was a chilly evening and the young woman in her late 20s to early 30s was wearing a tan soft leather coat with a sheep’s wool-lined hood covering a worn

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stocking cap. She was holding a white piece of cardboard carrying a message written in black marker which read: “I have rent to pay, and I need to feed my three children. Any food would help.

Thank you.”

She was standing at the exit doors and the customers were entering and exiting the grocery store, going about their conversations and carrying their goods past Maria as though she wasn’t there. The young Hy-Vee employees, pushing red bins of redeemed cans and bottles into the store, wheeled by.

Not one of the dozens of people walk-

ing past looked at her. But Maria and I made eye contact.

This is an all-too-common occurrence in the world, an occurrence that has been persistent since economies transitioned from village collectives to commerce-based systems. For some people society doesn’t work, and society chooses to ignore their struggle.

Betsy and I went into the store and we immediately split up. I gathered our groceries while she picked up bread, peanut butter, crackers, apples, bananas, apple juice, paper plates and plastic silverware — foods we thought kids would enjoy and could be stretched to last several days. We knew if we didn’t hurry, we’d miss our opportunity. As soon as store staff realized she was at the door, Maria would be asked to leave the property.

After going through the checkout we walked out the front door and said hello. We introduced ourselves and handed Maria the two bags filled with simple foods. We asked her name. Maria had an accent, possibly eastern European or perhaps Middle Eastern. We thought she could be a refugee, but Betsy and I didn’t ask.

She was human. That is what mattered.

Betsy didn’t know what to say, so instead she gave Maria a hug. The young woman, with an exhausted smile, said “God bless you.” I touched Maria’s hand and told her to take care.

We returned to our car to catch our composure and to cry. We had just met Maria.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at mmendenhall@jaspercountytribune.com

Empty Nest Curt Swarm

Three Christmas tales Here are three Christmas tales from the annals of the Swarm family. I’ve written about each one separately before. For the sake of brevity, I’ll combine the three into one.

There was no money for Christmas. My mother, always the “make-do” type, and the recycle queen before the word “recycle” was born, was going to make underwear for us kids out of cotton feed sacks.

But she needed thread. At the dry-goods store, she studied the rack of thread, like a hawk scouring a field from high above for mice. She would buy the cheapest white, but it had to be strong to stand up under multiple hand washings. Her fingers moved along each dowel containing spools of thread, feeling the thread. The higher priced thread was at the top of the rack, in bright, beckoning colors. The lower-priced white was toward the bottom. “Five cents a spool,” she noted. She had 13 cents.

Her fingers stopped. There was something tightly wrapped around one dowel, and it wasn’t thread. She began to unwind the greenish paper. It was money. There was $80 — four $20s, wrapped around a thread dowel. She had her Christmas money.

I was beginning to doubt the existence of Santa Claus. And with that doubt, came the sickening feeling it was really my parents who were buying all those gifts. I felt terribly guilty, because I knew how poor we were and what sacrifices my parents made for us kids. I spilled my guts to my mother. She put her arms around me and assured that there was a Santa Claus. It was laundry day and I could smell bleach on her hands.

Christmas morning came, and us kids rushed down the stairs to a wonderful scene of gifts, treats and stuffed stockings. Later in the morning, my mother called me over to the window. We’d had our first snow. It was a white Christmas. The snow was wet and slushy. Across the front yard, there were two unmistakable, parallel sleigh tracks, with deer-hoof prints. I was convinced. There was a Santa Claus.

Years later, when I asked about the phenomenon, Mom confessed that the “sleigh tracks” were made from ice falling off overhead power lines, as were the “hoof tracks” from flecks of ice. It was Christmas magic.

Everything was complete, except there was no grand Christmas dinner. All the money had gone to gifts, which were mostly winter coats, mittens, and of course, feed-sack underwear. It was going to be the old standby, macaroni and tomatoes for our Christmas feast, a staple at our house.

Dad was standing at the front door looking out.

It was a dreary Christmas day, with low-hanging clouds and our first snow. Suddenly, Dad moved to the coat closet and pulled out his single-shot .22. He stepped out on the front porch. Us kids rushed to the window to see what was going on. A lone duck had landed in our front yard. Dad, steadying himself against a porch post, took careful aim, and put a bullet through the duck’s head. We had roast duck for Christmas dinner.

Years later, when I had kids of my own, I was able to bring my son to the window overlooking our backyard. There, in the freshly-fallen snow of Christmas, were two unmistakable sleigh tracks. My son was in awe. I didn’t point out to him the two overhead power lines.

Yes, Ginnie, there is a Santa Claus.

Contact Curt Swarm in Mt. Pleasant at 319-217-0526 or curtswarm@yahoo.com

Mental health in Iowa is fragmented, costly When mental health issues become visible, it often happens explosively and tragically. The shootings at Newtown and Virginia Tech, along with countless other deadly crimes, were carried out by mentally unstable individuals. About a year ago, an Iowa veteran dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder was angered by two teens who were horsing around at an Ankeny McDonald’s. He shot and paralyzed one of them.

This is when, like a volcano erupting, mental health explodes across the headlines, only to eventually be replaced by some other disaster or scandal. But, as health care providers well know, the problem not only doesn’t go away, it’s getting worse.

Unlike volcanoes, poor mental health and the dangers that can accompany it can be controlled. Where we are failing as both a nation and a state is in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Health care providers know this means many of the mentally ill end up in emergency rooms, but perhaps the most tragic evidence of failure are the number of mentally ill inmates in American jails. The National Alliance on Mental Illness estimates that nearly 15 percent of men and 30

Another View Kirk Norris percent of women booked into jails have a serious mental health condition. That’s about two million Americans each year.

Here in Iowa, more than 120,000 people live with serious mental health issues and 80,000 Iowa youths cope with severe emotional disorders. Yet Iowa has fewer psychiatric beds and mental health professionals than nearly every state in the nation.

The idea behind the “deinstitutionalization” of the 1950s and ‘60s, and more recently the closing of two Iowa mental health institutes, is that the mentally ill could be helped more humanely while living and being treated in community settings. But the community-based infrastructure was never really put in place or properly supported, so a huge number of those released never got the local help they needed.

Now the price is literally being paid, as Iowans in need of mental health services are churning through emergency rooms and sometimes in jails, places that are costly not only terms of real

dollars, but in their inability to properly address an individual’s long-term mental health. Good intentions in the form of deinstitutionalization are not enough, but there are solutions.

This is why during the upcoming legislative session, Iowa hospitals will be advocating for increased behavioral health care access across the continuum to help relieve the systemic bottleneck that has patients languishing in hospital beds or in jails.

Iowa needs a full care continuum in behavioral health that includes sub-acute services, crisis intervention, crisis homes, nursing facility care and community-based services. With that infrastructure in place, more hospital inpatient psychiatric beds will become available for patients who truly need them, while patients needing less intensive care will receive it close to home.

Properly investing in these more efficient and effective resources now will put our state on a path to reduce behavioral health care costs in the long run. Otherwise, reliance on stop-gap measures will continue to extract a high price from both Iowans and Iowa communities.

Kirk Norris is President and CEO of the Iowa Hospital Association. Contact him at norrisk@ihaonline.org

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Obituaries Virginia Grace Williams Dec. 5, 2016 Virginia Grace Williams, 91, of Newton, passed from this life Dec. 5, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Vi rg i n i a was born near Ogden, to John Richard and Charlotte

(Bagnall) Williams Feb. 20, 1925.

She graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1944, and then attended hairdressing and cosmetology school.

Upon graduation she opened Newton Beauty Shop and owned and operated it for more than 58 years. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, quilting, coin collecting and was a member as well as the past president of the Newton Soroptimist Club, a member of the Peace Maker’s Quilt Club and a member of

Club News Sunbonnet Questers The Sunbonnet Questers met at the home of Judy Swenson Dec. 5 for a Christmas gathering and wonderful food.

Each member contributed a favorite hors d’oeuvre. A brief business meeting was held with eight members and two prospective members answering roll call.

The subject this evening was a favorite Christmas memory which prompted much discussion on each reply.

Following the meeting, games were played and Charlotte Townsend presented each attendee with a gift. These were cook books from her mother-in-law.

The plan is to have a potluck meeting in the spring with each member making a recipe for the event from the book she received. Swenson served a wonderful chocolate dessert to see the group on its way.

The next meeting will be at the home of Jeanette Shannon March 8.

the Newton First Baptist Church for many years.

She was a loving aunt and friend and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Virginia is survived by her nephews, Richard L (and Lana L.) Williams in Bend, Ore., and Robert Williams of Farr West, Utah; numerous great nieces and nephews; and several great-great nieces and nephews. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Leona Woodruff; and her brothers, Cecil Williams

and Ray Williams.

A remembrance and celebration of life service will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 27 at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family wishes to thank you for joining them in celebrating the life of Virginia Grace Williams. Online condolences for the family may be sent to www. pencefh.com.

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Newton Police Department • Jack D. Crandell, 54, of Newton, was cited with failure to maintain control after a two2car collision at 7:54 a.m. Dec. 19. Crandell was driving east on South Sixth Avenue West. Another vehicle was parked legally on the south side of the 700 block of South Sixth Avenue West when Crandell collided with the parked vehicle. No one was inside of the parked vehicle at the time of the collision. Crandell told police that he lost sight of the road while handling a glass object in the car.

Crandell was issued a citation.

• Kate L. Tremmel, 30, of Newton, was arrested at 1:25 p.m. Dec.

20 at the adult probation office on a Hamilton County warrant for probation violation. Tremmel was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Nicholas W. Kohlberg, 36, of Cody, Wyo., is charged with carrying weapons while intoxicated and operating while under the influence, after police were called at 9:59 p.m. Dec. 15 to 1635 S. 12th Ave. W. in reference to a suspicious man believed to be intoxicated. Police found Kohlberg in a parking lot, inside of a vehicle that was running and open beer cans on the passenger floorboard. Kohlberg appeared to have bloodshot, watery eyes and failed a sobriety test. During Kohlberg’s

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

• Peer Support for those living with mental illness will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Optimae Life Services, 1730 First Ave. E. in Newton.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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• Dinners on Tuesday, a free meal, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Christian Life Church, 421 S. Second Ave W. in Newton. Everyone welcome.

Dinner will be in the basement of the church.

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

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Young teen acting out needs to find new role DEAR ABBY: I am writing regarding my almost 13-year-old daughter. She’s a sweet girl but lately has been involved in a lot of drama. Recently my husband and I saw what we believe to be two hickeys on her neck, one on each side. She has denied, denied, denied it, but we know what we know.

I’m worried because a few months ago she was called into her counselor’s office for “roasting.” She was asked to roast two specific girls, and the information got back to them and back to the counselor. Our daughter is not allowed to date, and although she has friends who started dating at 10 or 11, I don’t allow her to go to their homes.

I do allow them to come to our home instead.

I just need to know how to handle this situation before it gets out of control. I have tried talking calmly and patiently with her, but it doesn’t work. She believes she knows it all and I know nothing. — UNSURE IN NEW JERSEY DEAR UNSURE: Girls who mock others and say cruel things are less “nice” than you would like to believe. It’s a form of bullying. You need to nip this in the bud. A way to handle your daughter’s misbehavior would be to institute consequences for getting called to the counselor’s office and/or lying to you and your husband. By consequences, I mean the removal of privileges — cellphone, television, internet, or having friends over for a period of time.

Also, if your daughter is coming home with hickeys, she may have too much unsupervised time on her hands.

So if you haven’t already, involve her in SUPERVISED activities such as church youth groups, sports and special-interest clubs if her school offers them. If she’s going to a friend’s house, be sure an adult will be there.

Parenting is a full-time job. In time your daughter will mature and this, too, will pass. But for now she needs watching.

DEAR ABBY: My best friend — who is 19 — was concerned that she

might be pregnant because her period was late. She told me that she and her husband (yes, she’s married) have been having unprotected sex. Lo and behold, she took multiple tests and she is pregnant.

I know they are not ready to have a baby, even though she says she’s excited. They are currently living in a hotel, and she doesn’t have a job. Her husband’s mom doesn’t even know they’re married. I feel bad, but it makes me not want to be her friend anymore because of the choices she’s made and where she has ended up. Any advice? — DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO DEAR DON’T KNOW: Yes. If you prefer not to be part of her drama — and it doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that there is likely to be plenty — back off. And tell her honestly that you are not equipped to handle her problems right now.

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Two people killed, another injured in crash WEST DES MOINES — Authorities say two people have been killed and another injured in a West Des Moines highway crash.

The crash occurred around 8 p.m.

Wednesday on Interstate 235. Authorities say an eastbound pickup ran off the roadway and rammed into a concrete bridge support. The man driving the truck and a small child were killed. Another child was taken to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines.

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Firefighters rescue four people trapped by flames SIOUX CITY — Authorities say Sioux City firefighters have rescued a woman and three children who were trapped by flames in their second-floor home.

The fire was reported a little after 7:10 p.m. Wednesday at the duplex across a street from the Morningside College campus. Firefighters say flames in a stairwell kept the occupants from escaping the danger.

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WATERLOO — A Waterloo police officer who’s been accused of excessive force is now facing criticism over a warrantless vehicle search in which he seized a loaded gun. The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that officer Mark Nissen’s 2014 search was unreasonable. It overturned Ezekiel Phillips’ conviction for illegally carrying weapons, ruling the evidence inadmissible. Nissen and another officer approached Phillips’ parked car because it was playing loud music.

Body found in field was missing woman PLAINFIELD — The state Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that human remains found in Bremer County are those of a 76-year-old woman with dementia. The Bremer County Emergency Management Agency said the remains found Oct. 19 were those of Cloris Mehmen, who had been reported missing July 5. Public safety officials had joined with hundreds of volunteers for a search on the ground, by air and on the water, but the remains weren’t found until months later by farmers harvesting corn.

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MASON CITY — Fake American money marked with Chinese symbols has been showing up in Mason City.

The Mason City Police Department said Wednesday that bills were found at a business and in a bank deposit.

Officials say the bills are not valid currency and are typically used to train bank tellers in China. The fake bills also have been reported in the Sioux City area.

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County officials liable for open meetings violation DES MOINES (AP) — In a decision likely to create concern among many members of boards, commissions and councils, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that three county supervisors serving as trustees of an agriculture drainage district must pay thousands of dollars in fines and attorney fees for violating the state’s open meetings laws.

The case centers on two meetings held in November 2013 by three members of the Harrison County Board of Supervisors who also serve as trustees of a local drainage district.

Robert Smith, Walter Utman and Gaylord Pitt were discussing whether or not to rebuild a levee near Modale to hold back Missouri River floodwaters in the fall of 2013. A group of local farmers were upset after the levee failed in 2011 and flooded their farm fields. They said the supervisors acting as drainage district trustees weren’t making proper repairs to protect their land.

After the trustees were threatened with legal action

by local farmers they closed a portion of their meetings on Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 to discuss possible litigation.

Two of the farmers, James Olinger and Larry Meyer, sued in November 2013 claiming the meetings violated Iowa’s open meetings laws.

A district court judge found an open meetings violation occurred, but also determined the trustees went into a closed meeting on the advice of their secretary who said their attorney recommended it and that they in good faith attempted to comply with the open meetings laws.

The judge imposed a fine on the drainage district but did not individually find the trustees liable based on their good-faith defense.

The drainage district was taxed with costs including attorney fees.

Appeals court justices found that the reason cited for the closed meetings — to discuss strategy with counsel in matters involving litigation — did not apply since the trustees’ attorney was not present at the meetings.

Dubuque’s first mosque opens DUBUQUE (AP) — Members of the Tri-State Islamic Center have started worshipping at Dubuque’s first mosque, and officials hope the milestone will encourage greater understanding about the Muslim community.

The mosque opened at the beginning of December, but a grand opening celebration is scheduled for spring. Members are currently working on turning the center’s unfinished basement into a meeting space and adding more parking. The center has more than 100 members who attend weekly services.

Center president Rami Eltibi

said he hopes the mosque will also serve as a place to provide religious education to the public about Islam. He said the site will focus on fostering more conversations and understanding among people with differing beliefs.

“I always tell people, ‘If you ever have any questions or concerns, come talk to us,’” said Eltibi, a Dubuque cardiologist. “It’s a religion of peace ... and when we greet someone we say ‘peace be upon you.’ That’s the work I want to spread and tell people about our religion.”

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Prairie Meadows casino retains non-profit status ALTOONA (AP) — Officials at Prairie Meadows casino say the Internal Revenue Service has withdrawn its challenge of the Altoona center’s tax exempt status.

Prairie Meadows CEO Gary Palmer announced the IRS decision Wednesday at a board meeting.

The decision was a dramatic change from an IRS report released in the spring that argued the casino was operating as a

business with little oversite from Polk County.

A final determination that the casino in the Des Moines suburb wasn’t tax exempt could have cost Prairie Meadows roughly $60 million in back taxes and penalties.

The casino still could owe around $1 million to the IRS involving revenue from sources such as ATMs and gift shops, but those charges also are being appealed.

Dubuque community has been supportive of the Islamic Center, thanks in part to groups like Children of Abraham. The Dubuque organization promotes interfaith dialogue between Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Dubuque Police Department spokesman Lt. Scott Baxter said he and the police chief did a walk-through of the center for a security assessment as a proactive measure given the current national climate. Baxter said he is unaware of any complaints or threats toward the center or its members since the mosque was announced.

Former sheriff gets 5 years of probation, fine for theft MONTEZUMA (AP) — A former Iowa sheriff convicted of stealing from his county has been given five years of probation.

Online court records say that at his sentencing earlier this month, Tom Sheets also was fined $7,500 and ordered to pay restitution of nearly $6,200.

He was arrested in connection to a state audit report about operations at the Poweshiek County Sheriff ’s Office between January 2010 and the end of March 2013.

The report said the county lost about $312,000 during that time. Sheets was accused of improper disbursements, including repeated use of a county gas card for personal use.

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Last group to be evacuated from Aleppo within hours BEIRUT (AP) — The evacuation of the last remaining civilians and fighters from the last rebel-held sliver of eastern Aleppo will be completed in the coming hours, the Red Cross and state TV said Thursday, as 4,000 people were evacuated overnight and more gunmen and civilians braved freezing temperatures to leave.

The evacuations came as Syrian President Bashar Assad said his forces’ achievements in Aleppo are a “major step on the road to wiping out terrorism” and should pave the way toward ending Syria’s civil war.

By the early afternoon, a steady stream of vehicles carrying opposition fighters moved through the Ramousseh crossing on their way to the main drop-off point in the Rashideen district, just west of the city.

The evacuations were set in motion last week after Syria’s opposition agreed to surren-

der its last footholds in eastern Aleppo. Since then, some 35,000 fighters and civilians have been bused out, according to the United Nations. The ICRC said in a statement that more than 4,000 additional fighters were evacuated in private cars, vans, and pick-ups from eastern Aleppo since Wednesday.

“The bad weather, incl suding heavy snow and wind, and the poor state of vehicles mean things are moving much more slowly than expected,” the ICRC statement said. “The evacuation will continue for the entire day and night and most probably tomorrow.”

The departures pave the way for President Bashar Assad to assume full control after more than four years of fighting over Syria’s largest city. It marks his most significant victory since an uprising against his family’s four-decade rule swept the

country in 2011.

Ingy Sedky, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said the few thousand remaining people will be evacuated in 40 buses and hundreds of private cars. She said another four buses will leave the besieged government-held villages of Foua and Kfarya in the northwestern province of Idlib in a parallel evacuation. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV reported that two of the four buses that left Foua and Kfarya have arrived in government-held areas in Aleppo and two others are being held until the last group leaves Aleppo.

Sedky said the Aleppo operation will take place over multiple stages and will likely be completed later on Thursday.

Syrian state TV said “Aleppo will be free of terrorists within the next few hours.” Exclusive Associated Press footage

from Aleppo showed armed rebels in pickup trucks leaving the eastern part of the city on Thursday through the Ramousseh crossing.

Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said some 1,500 evacuees have decided to stay in government-controlled areas.

He said a snow storm delayed the evacuation of civilians to rebel-held areas on the western outskirts of the city.

The victory by Assad’s forces in Aleppo came amid intense fighting in the nearby town of al-Bab that is held by the Islamic State group as Turkish troops and allied opposition fighters are trying to storm it.

In Turkey, Defense Ministe Fikri Isik said two Turkish soldiers wounded in a battle to retake al-Bab have died, raising the death toll in two days of fighting to 16.

Isik told Turkey’s parliament that the two died Thursday from wounds that were sustained in three separate IS suicide attacks in the town of al-Bab a day earlier.

Turkey sent ground troops into northern Syria in August to support Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces in clearing a border area of IS militants and to prevent Syrian Kurds from making greater territorial advances.

Thursday’s fatalities bring the number of Turkish soldiers killed so far in northern Syria to 37.

The Observatory said that Turkish airstrikes on al-Bab the day before killed 24 people, including seven children and 10 women, and wounded many others. The IS-linked Aamaq news agency reported 48 Turkish air raids on al-Bab on Wednesday in addition to dozens of missiles.

Deep divide stops effort to repeal North Carolina LGBT law RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations, entertainers and high-profile sporting events.

After more than nine hours of backroom discussions and sporadic public effort, Republican state legislators quit trying to repeal the law called House Bill 2 and went home Wednesday night.

The law omits gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from state anti-discrimination protections, bars local governments from passing broad non-discrimination ordinances covering them, and orders transgender people to use bathrooms and showers that align with their sex at birth.

“I’m disappointed that we have yet to remove the stain from the reputation of our great state that is around this country and around the world,” Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper said.

He said he and his staff worked for more than a week on forging an agreement to repeal the law, talking with lawmakers from both parties, businesses, sports industry representatives and LGBT leaders.

GOP legislators who

see themselves as business-friendly appeared shaken by a months-long backlash as major companies like BASF, IBM and Bank of America described HB2 as bad for business.

The compromise touted by both Cooper and outgoing GOP Gov. Pat McCrory called for Charlotte to do away with its ordinance. In exchange, lawmakers would undo the LGBT law.

But many conservatives never wanted to repeal the law and GOP lawmakers cried foul when Charlotte leaders initially left part of the city’s ordinance in place. When the Senate bill called for a monthslong ban on cities passing similar ordinances, Democrats said Republicans were going back on their promise.

Senate leader Phil Berger, a Republican, blamed Cooper and the Democratic-controlled Charlotte City Council for sinking the repeal effort.

Berger said Charlotte officials misled lawmakers into thinking they had fully repealed their ordinance Monday.

The council met again Wednesday morning to scrap the rest of local law.

“I’m sorry folks, I don’t trust them, and our folks don’t trust them.

There’s no reason to trust them,” Berger said after his chamber adjourned.

Social conservatives

defended the law’s transgender bathroom requirement — which has no enforcement or punishment provisions — as necessary to prevent heterosexual predators from masquerading as transgender to molest women and girls when they are vulnerable.

“We continue to encourage our leaders to never sacrifice the privacy, safety, or freedom of young girls by forcing them to use the bathroom, shower, or change clothes with grown men just to satisfy the demands of greedy businesses, immoral sports organizations, or angry mobs,” North Carolina Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald said in a statement.

The U.S. Justice Department and others contend the threat of sexual predators posing as transgender persons to enter a bathroom is practically nonexistent.

The issue of transgender bathroom use “wasn’t a problem North Carolina was facing,” said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Legislators “should admit they messed up and repeal the bill. They seem to be still trying to figure out how to blame Charlotte, or blame Bruce Springsteen,” who canceled a Greensboro show after the law passed.

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Meeks leads No. 8 UNC to rout of Northern Iowa CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Once Kennedy Meeks got going for No. 8 North Carolina, nothing could stop him. Northern Iowa certainly couldn’t.

Meeks scored 10 of his 18 points during the Tar Heels’ dominant second half, leading them past the Panthers 85-42 on Wednesday night.

“He was the difference in the game,” Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams said.

Justin Jackson added 12 points while Joel Berry II and Isaiah Hicks finished with 11 apiece for the Tar Heels (11-2).

They shot 52 percent — hitting 62 percent of their shots in the second half while outscoring Northern Iowa 52-16 — and established a 42-24 rebounding advantage to bounce back from a 103-100 loss to No. 6 Kentucky last weekend. North Carolina scored

Panthers rank 337th in Division I with just 7.3 offensive rebounds per game.

The Tar Heels — who rank ninth nationally in that stat — took full advantage, turning 11 offensive boards into 13 second-chance points.

A big reason for that was Meeks, who said he caught an earful from Williams after Klint Carlson reeled off five consecutive points and it “woke me up a little bit.”

20 points off Northern Iowa’s 17 turnovers while giving it away only five times.

Bennett Koch scored 10 points before fouling out with 7:19 left for the Panthers (5-6), who have lost two straight and six of eight.

Hitting the offensive glass simply isn’t in Northern Iowa’s makeup — the

Peter named MVP of Central College cross country team

Photo by Gabi Wilson/Bell Lap Photography Rachel Peter, a 2015 graduate of Prairie City-Monroe High School, was named the MVP of the Central College women’s cross country team in 2016. She led the Central women with a 15th place finish at the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet, earning IIAC all-conference honors. Her time at the Brisman-Lundeen Invitational in Augustana, Ill., earlier in the season placed her 11th on Central College’s all time performance list. Peter also earned IIAC all-conference academic honors and was named a captain for the 2017 season.

Look at both sides of bowl skipping I

owa cornerback Desmond King could announce Friday he decided to skip the Outback Bowl to focus on the NFL Draft — and I wouldn’t have an issue with it. If Allen Lazard gets Iowa State to a bowl game next year and decides he wants to not play in the game, who can blame him?

Skipping bowl games has been the hot topic this week after Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and LSU’s Leonard Fournette started a trend around college football.

Put me in the player’s corner on this one.

King didn’t have to return to Iowa City this season and play for the Hawks. He could have been drafted in the top three rounds last year after leading Iowa to a 12-2 season and winning the Jim Thorpe Award.

King decided to come back, gradu-

Big Picture Northern Iowa: The Panthers returned only one starter from the team that knocked off the then-top-ranked Tar Heels 13 months ago, but they kept the script the same — relying on 3-point shooting, and all but ignoring the offensive glass. Northern Iowa made 11 3-pointers and grabbed only

four offensive rebounds last year, but this time the Panthers were just 1-of15 from 3-point range in the second half and didn’t grab their first offensive board until about 12 1/2 minutes remained.

“Just gave up too many offensive rebounds,” said Jeremy Morgan, the team’s lone returning starter. “You’ve got a good team like this, you can only afford to give them one opportunity.”

North Carolina: Meeks controlled the paint all night long for the Tar Heels, and wound up with his highest-scoring game against a Division I opponent this season. His season high of 20 points came against Division II Chaminade last month in the Maui Invitational.

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Iowa WR VandeBerg to return in 2017 IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa wide receiver Matt VandeBerg will return in 2017 after being granted an extra year of eligibility through a medical hardship waiver.

VandeBerg, who injured his right foot after just four games, had his waiver approved by the Big Ten. “We are excited to receive the official news on Matt returning for the 2017 season,” Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz said. “Matt is a veteran and a proven leader.

His presence within our program, both on and off the field, for the next year will be a valuable addition.”

The return of VandeBerg should be a big boost to a receiving corps that struggled without him. VandeBerg caught 19 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns in limited action this season after catching 65 passes in 2015.

His career totals include 106 receptions, 1,302 receiving yards, and eight receiving touchdowns. His receptions totals tie for 19th and his receiving yards rank 27th in program history.

The Hawkeyes open the 2017 season hosting Wyoming on Sept. 2 at Kinnick Stadium.

No. 21 Iowa (8-4) will face No. 20 Florida (8-4) in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 2.

This & That Troy Hyde ate and give the school 12 more games.

He doesn’t owe Iowa anything else.

And he certainly doesn’t owe the fans another game.

Playing in the Outback Bowl, which is essentially an exhibition game at this point, put him at a bigger risk for the next level.

Last year, Notre Dame’s Jaylon Smith was injured in the Fighting Irish’s bowl game. He was a bonafide first-round draft pick before the injury but slipped in the draft because of it.

Smith is still making plenty of money, but the injury cost him around $15 million.

That’s life changing money for anyone.

It is easy for someone like me to criticize these guys for deciding to not take a risk at a serious injury.

McCaffrey and Fournette have been hit a thousand times while playing at their respective schools. Running

Troy Hyde/Daily News Iowa wide receiver Matt VandeBerg was granted another season by the NCAA after suffering a season-ending injury just a few games into the 2016 season. VandeBerg has 106 career receptions and 1,302 career receiving yards at the school.

backs get hit more than any other player on the field. So I understand the decision.

I would hope the same people criticizing the players for this decision are also blasting coaches who find better jobs at the end of the regular season and don’t coach their current team in the bowl game.

What is the difference?

I don’t buy the, “you’re quitting on your team argument.” Most of their teammates would do the same thing if put in the same position. And the teammates of both players have come in full support, too.

The creation of the College Football Playoff has changed things.

The playoff games and maybe the New Years Six games are the only ones that really aren’t bonafide exhibition games at this point.

You could even argue that Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeye program benefits more long term from King getting drafted and playing well in the NFL and Iowa losing in the Outback Bowl than they do if King plays, gets hurt and Iowa wins.

Athletes who play at power five schools are interested in two things:

Winning a national title and getting drafted.

The only thing that can now be accomplished for McCaffrey or Fournette is getting drafted. If they were playing in the playoff, neither player would be skipping out on the bowl game and you can take that to the bank.

I see it both ways. As a football fan, I would love to see McCaffrey play one more game. But it’s not about me.

And to those college coaches who are coming out and saying that these kids skipping out on bowl games is sad, I expect you to stay at your schools and not jump for more money or a bigger institution for the rest of your life.

I wasn’t fortunate enough to be in a position to play for any college team let alone the NFL. If I was, I would probably play in the bowl game. I can’t guarantee that though.

So if an elite player on a college football team doesn’t want to risk his future for one game that means next to nothing for that program, I don’t fault them. You shouldn’t either.

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Packers’ options grow with added running game GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — An athletic tight end added to the passing game. Deep balls turned into game-changing plays.

And in the backfield, a former receiver has turned into a breakaway threat on the ground.

The Green Bay Packers have found offensive balance and more options for quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the team’s late-season surge back into the playoff picture.

That “run the table” comment that Rodgers made when the Packers were 4-6 — referring to Green Bay needing to win its final six regular-season games — isn’t such a farfetched idea after all.

“Obviously it’s a leap of faith, but also a feeling based on seeing these guys every single day, understanding how close I felt like we were to being a better offense,” Rodgers said Tuesday.

The passing game was already the strong point for the Packers (8-6), even before their current four-game win streak.

The Packers relied on a quick-passing attack to receivers Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams and Randall Cobb to help compensate for an injury-riddled backfield and a foot injury to tight end Jared Cook.

Slowly but surely, more threats are emerging, just in time for a game against Minnesota’s tough defense coming up Christmas Eve at Lambeau Field.

The Packers now have at least a couple of avenues to return to the playoffs for an eighth straight season, though the most direct road involves beating the Vikings to set up a winner-take-all showdown in Detroit for the NFC North on New Year’s Day against the Lions.

“If something else happens, then that’s great, but we’re worried about this week and trying to get one more win and put ourselves in position to win the division,” Nelson said.

The Packers have hit on deep balls the last two weeks, with Adams snaring a 66-yard touchdown catch against Seattle before the Rodgers-to-Nelson bomb against the Bears that set up the winning field goal.

The 6-foot-4 Cook is a

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AP Photo Green Bay Packers receiver Ty Montgomery, right, is tackled by Chicago Bears safety Adrian Amos during the second half of last Sunday’s NFC Central battle in Chicago.

matchup problem in coverage, as evidenced by his six catches for 85 yards on eight targets against Chicago.

“I’ve talked about it since I got here, the fastest way to the end zone is through the middle of the field, so the bigger target you have going down the field the better it is for your quarterback,” coach Mike McCarthy said.

In the backfield, after losing Eddie Lacy to a season-ending ankle injury in October, the Packers finally seemed to have found a lead back in the most unconventional of ways.

Former receiver Ty Montgomery erased any lingering doubt that he was just a novelty

after rushing for a career-high 162 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries against Chicago.

McCarthy disclosed last week that Montgomery was now a full-time running back, and the Bears treated him as such in coverage — a first for an opposing defense this year, Rodgers said.

Behind Montgomery, Christine Michael also appears to be settling in with Green Bay after being claimed off waivers from Seattle last month. Montgomery and Michael provided a one-two backfield punch against Chicago that the Packers haven’t had since Lacy and James Starks were healthy at the start of the season.

The added diversity on offense comes at just the right time, too, with Rodgers working through calf and hamstring injuries.

Even then, Rodgers’ arm remains sharp, even if his mobility might be limited.

“I felt like regardless of how our defense was playing, if we could set the tone offensively ... it would help out the defense,” Rodgers said about his “run the table” comment.

“Give them a little confidence when they took they field that they’re not behind or against the field position every single time, as they were many times in that four-game stretch.”

No. 10 Louisville outlasts No. 6 Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Scoreless in two previous rivalry games, the point guard Louisville calls “Q’’ regrouped to be the Cardinals’ X-factor against Kentucky.

Quentin Snider scored a career-high 22 points, including a key drive with 1:44 remaining, and Jaylen Johnson and Donovan Mitchell combined for four points in the final 16 seconds to help No. 10 Louisville hold off No. 6 Kentucky 73-70 on Wednesday night in the 50th battle for Bluegrass bragging rights.

After managing just two rebounds in 28 minutes last year in Lexington, Snider rebounded with 10-of-19 shooting, including two 3-pointers, as the Cardinals earned a signature win against their in-state rival. The Louisville native’s final basket was beautiful, a fake ending with a drive for a 69-63 lead that proved critical

in withstanding Kentucky’s furious final rally.

Johnson’s layup with 16 seconds left and Mitchell two free throws 8 seconds later built a three-point edge that ended a four-game losing streak in the series.

Malik Monk — whose NBA-range 3-pointer with 12 seconds left capped a 7-2 run that got Kentucky within 7170 before he fouled Mitchell in the backcourt — bounced another 3-point attempt to tie off the front of the rim with 3 seconds left. Deng Adel (career-high 18 points) grabbed the rebound to seal the win for Louisville (11-1) and spark a loud celebration among teammates and a predominantly red-clad crowd.

The tense ending was fitting in a thriller that featured 10 ties and nine lead changes between foes located about 80 miles apart.

“Our guys did a great job, not only defensively, but of attacking the rim,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said.

De’Aaron Fox led Kentucky (10-2) with 21 points while Monk had 16 a game after scoring a school freshman-record 47 against North Carolina. Monk followed up his 18-of-28 performance by shooting 6-of-17 from the field and 1-of-9 from long range.

The Big Picture Kentucky: The Wildcats’ initial fast pace was eventually slowed as Louisville’s expected mixture of defenses disrupted their passing and shooting.

The Wildcats shot just 40 percent from the field and were outrebounded 40-36.

“The biggest thing tonight is we didn’t have discipline,” coach John Calipari said. “We were walking out of timeouts and guys were breaking off,

doing their own thing and they’d give an excuse of why they did it.”

Added Fox, “We had some small things that turned out to be big problems in the end.”

Louisville: Snider and Adel provided big first-half lifts for Louisville before Johnson (14 points) chipped in after the break. The Cardinals hit from long range after struggling for most of the season. They finished a season-best 43 percent (6-of-14) from behind the arc and have exceeded 41 percent the past two games.

Poll Implications The Wildcats remain a Top 10 team but could drop a couple of spots with the loss. Louisville followed up Top 10 status with the signature victory it sought against a rival that had won eight of nine in the series and could move up in the Top 10.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Senior Jamaal Williams gained 210 yards on 26 carries and Tanner Mangum ran for a touchdown and threw for another to lead BYU to a 24-21 victory over Wyoming in the Poinsettia Bowl on a rainy Wednesday night.

It was the sixth 100yard game for Williams this year and the second time he gained more than 200. He ran for a career-best 286 against Toledo.

With BYU (9-4) leading 17-7, Williams gave the Cougars some breathing room when he broke a 36-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter. That TD was set up by Dayan Lake’s interception of Josh Allen.

The interception came one play after BYU’s Micah Hannemann was ejected for targeting after a helmet-to-helmet hit on the sliding Allen.

Williams is BYU’s career leader with 3,901 yards rushing.

Williams fell short of the Poinsettia Bowl record of 228 yards by San Diego State’s Ronnie Hillman in 2010.

Wyoming, which lost to San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference championship game Dec. 3, finished 8-6.

Panthers Continued from Page 1B “That was just me definitely trying to be more assertive, trying to come out on the defensive end first — not worrying about scoring or getting rebounds or anything like that,” Meeks said. “Just flatout trying to defend the best way I could, and I think I definitely did that in the second half.”

Injury Report North Carolina’s Theo Pinson was in uniform but was not available to play — and was even wearing glasses with his warmups — as he continues his recovery after breaking his foot in October. Williams said a CT scan “looked good” and he has been approved for “basketball-type activities.” Williams says he doesn’t have a date in mind for his return but added that “I think it’s going to be closer to 12 weeks” — which would be in mid-January.

Stat Sheet Northern Iowa shot 33 percent. The Panthers are 5-0 when shooting 40 percent or better, and 0-6 when they’re at 39 percent or worse.

December 6, 2016 Tuesday, December 6, 2016 the Jasper County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Carpenter, Brock & Stevenson present and accounted for; Chairman Stevenson presiding.

Human Resources Director, Dennis Simon presented to the Supervisors three hiring resolutions for current positions and two resolutions to create new positions.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to adopt Resolution 1682 a hiring resolution certifying the following appointments to the Auditor for payroll purposes: DEPARTMENT Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Office POSITION Part-Time Transport Officer Part-Time Jailer EMPLOYEE Curtis Helms Thomas Wickett PAY RATE $13.28 Non-progressive Scale $18.28 Non-progressive Scale RANGE/STEP Hire-In Hire-In EFFECTIVE DATE 12/06/2016 12/06/2016 YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 16-83 a hiring resolution certifying the following appointments to the Auditor for payroll purposes: DEPARTMENT Recorder's Office POSITION Recorder's Clerk EMPLOYEE Alexander Dunifer PAY RATE $14.94 Non-progressive Scale RANGE/STEP Hire-In EFFECTIVE DATE 12/19/2016 YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to adopt Resolution 1684 a hiring resolution certifying the following appointments to the Auditor for payroll purposes: DEPARTMENT Jasper County Public Health POSITION PRN Homecare Aide EMPLOYEE Kristin Schroder PAY RATE $15.28 Non-progressive Scale RANGE/STEP Hire-In EFFECTIVE DATE 12/07/2016 YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 16-85 to create the permanent full-time position of Office Coordinator for the Board of Health. This position will replace the existing union position titled “Executive Secretary”.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to adopt Resolution 1686 to create the permanent position of Community Development Director.

The current position of Planning and Zoning Director will be dissolved when the current Director vacates the position.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to adopt Resolution 1687 to use the master matrix and approve a construction evaluation relating to the construction of a confinement feeding operation structure.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve the work by Lanphier Construction to make improvements at the Jasper County Farm.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 16-88 to approve Transfer Order # 1369 Amount $112,906.13 Fund From: 2015-(2007) TPI Refunded Fund to: 2080 - (2007) TPI/Opus Debt This Transfer covers debt

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a Public Hearing at 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, January 4, 2017, in the City Council Chambers at the Newton City Hall at 101 W 4 ST S on the following: V17-1: Setback Variance, 816 W 11 ST S, Gosselink, Applicant V17-2: Setback Variance, 1124 S 5 AVE E, Woodlands Const., Applicant V17-3: Tower Height Variance, 1030 W 2 ST S, USCOC of Greater Iowa, Applicant CU17-1: Conditional Use Permit for Cell Tower, 1030 W 2 ST S, USCOC of Greater Iowa, Applicant Any individual may file written comments and/or be heard at said hearing.

Additional information can be obtained from the Planning and Zoning Department, 1700 N. 4th Ave. W., Newton, Iowa, (641) 792-6622.

December 22 and 29 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 16-13: Assessments for the Expenses of Nuisance Abatement has been filed with the Jasper County Treasurer under the authority of Iowa Code §364.12. The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest within thirty days, and thereafter all unpaid special assessments bear interest at the rate specified by the council. All properties are located within the City of Newton, Iowa.

Schedule 16-13.

Deed/Contract Holder TF Ptns LLC Michael Gerhart Marie Fern Bookout Bret Rippey CA Heavlin Duane and Betty VanBaale Rhonda Wright Tonya Harsh Kesterson Realty Inc. Gary Vander Velden Parcel Number 834230038 834276009 833282022 835254029 833283015 834404004 827452016 827377006 827452012 833479015 Address 200 E. 8th St. N. 206 E. 8th St. S 303 W. 5th St. S. 407 E. 21st St. S. 521 S. 4th Ave. W. 524 E. 6th St S. 627 E. 7th St. N. 702 E. 4th St. N. 721 E. 7th St. N. 1007 W. 4th St S. Total Amount Assessed $115.00 $240.00 $140.00 $190.00 $290.00 $140.00 $140.00 $235.28 $140.00 $115.00 December 15 and December 22 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 16-14: Assessments for the Expenses of Nuisance Abatement has been filed with the Jasper County Treasurer under the authority of Iowa Code §364.12. The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest within thirty days, and thereafter all unpaid special assessments bear interest at the rate specified by the council. All properties are located within the City of Newton, Iowa.

Schedule 16-14.

Deed/Contract Holder Roger Fifer

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 16-14: Assessments for the Expenses of Nuisance Abatement has been filed with the Jasper County Treasurer under the authority of Iowa Code §364.12. The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest within thirty days, and thereafter all unpaid special assessments bear interest at the rate specified by the council. All properties are located within the City of Newton, Iowa.

Schedule 16-14.

Deed/Contract Holder Roger Fifer Ann Curtis Robert Mindham Kendall Morgan Parcel Number 835102024 1303102009 1303102008 834277009 Address 121 E 13 St N 211 S 15th Ave W 213 S 15th Ave W 919 1st Ave E Total Amount Assessed $165.00 $165.00 $115.00 $198.00 December 15 and December 22 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NEWTON, IOWA Notice is hereby given that the Newton City Council approved Schedule 16-15: Assessments for the Expenses of Nuisance Abatement has been filed with the Jasper County Treasurer under the authority of Iowa Code §364.12. The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest within thirty days, and thereafter all unpaid special assessments bear interest at the rate specified by the council. All properties are located within the City of Newton, Iowa.

Schedule 16-15.

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THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER J. ILLINGWORTH, Deceased PROBATE NO. ESPR036956 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Christopher J. Illingworth, Deceased, who died on or about November 19, 2016: You are hereby notified that on December 8, 2016, the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate.

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C. Tanner Illingworth Administrator of the Estate 1526 Thompson Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50316 Address William R. Hughes, Attorney for the Administrator Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. 4201 Westown Parkway, Suite 300 West Des Moines, IA 50266 Address Date of second publication 22nd day of December, 2016 December 15 & 22

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

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YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve the work by Lanphier Construction to make improvements at the Jasper County Farm.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 16-88 to approve Transfer Order # 1369 Amount $112,906.13 Fund From: 2015-(2007) TPI Refunded Fund to: 2080 - (2007) TPI/Opus Debt This Transfer covers debt payment for the following bond: $4,825,000 bonds dated 11/01/2001 - TPI/Opus Economic Development Grant.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 16-89 to approve Transfer Order # 1370 Amount $15,413 Fund From: 0810 – Colfax Interchange Fund to: 2012 – (2012A) Debt This transfer covers payment for debt on the following bond refunding of GO bonds 2012A, $3,235,000, refunding of: 2001, 2006 & 2012 $1,450,000 debt.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 16-90 to approve Transfer Order # 1371 Amount $2,562.50 Fund From: 0810 Colfax Interchange TIF Fund to: 2012 – (2012B) Debt This transfer covers payment for debt: refunding GO bonds 2012B, $870,000 Alpha Products, Federal Avenue & Colfax Hotel 2 Debt.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON A complete copy of the resolution is on file in the Office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to approve a liquor license for Fore Seasons Golf Practice Facility.

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

by Brock to approve a liquor license for the Izaak Walton League.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve Board of Supervisors minutes for 11/22/2016.

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

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock adjourn the Tuesday, December 6, 2016 meeting of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON Dennis K. Parrott, Auditor Denny Stevenson, Chairman December 22

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). Many great works of art infuriated people at first then were gradually accepted and appreciated after the minds of the audience caught up with the ideas of the art. You’ll be an early adopter.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You honor your commitments to the people in your life and your social circle grows from there.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

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FA N TA S Y F O R E C A S T

Bucs Evans goes up against Saints weak ‘D’ QUARTERBACKS

Luck has much better road numbers.

Brees tries to avenge poor performance at Bucs two weeks ago.

1. Tom Brady, Patriots (vs Jets) 2. Andrew Luck, Colts (at Raiders) 3. Drew Brees, Saints (vs Bucs) 4. Aaron Rodgers, Packers (vs Vikings) 5. Matt Ryan, Falcons (at Panthers) 6. Russell Wilson, Seahawks (vs Cardinals) 7. Philip Rivers, Chargers (at Browns) 8. Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers (vs Ravens) 9. Derek Carr, Raiders (vs Colts) 10. Kirk Cousins, Washington (at Bears) 11. Dak Prescott, Cowboys (vs Lions) 12. Jameis Winston, Bucs (at Saints) 13. Marcus Mariota, Titans (at Jaguars) 14. Cam Newton, Panthers (vs Falcons) 15. Matthew Stafford, Lions (at Cowboys) 16. Joe Flacco, Ravens (at Steelers) 17. Eli Manning, Giants (at Eagles) 18. Tyrod Taylor, Bills (vs Dolphins) 19. Matt Moore, Dolphins (at Bills) 20. Matt Barkley, Bears (vs Washington)

RUNNING BACKS

Bell just 34 yards last game against Ravens. Gurley might finally pay dividends.

1. Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys (vs Lions) 2. LeSean McCoy, Bills (vs Dolphins) 3. DeMarco Murray, Titans (at Jaguars) 4. David Johnson, Cardinals (at Seahawks) 5. Le’Veon Bell, Steelers (vs Ravens) 6. Jordan Howard, Bears (vs Washington) 7. Devonta Freeman, Falcons (at Panthers) 8. Todd Gurley, Rams (vs 49ers) 9. Jay Ajayi, Dolphins (at Bills) 10. Latavius Murray, Raiders (vs Colts) 11. Carlos Hyde, 49ers (at Rams) 12. Lamar Miller*, Texans (vs Bengals) 13. Spencer Ware, Chiefs (vs Broncos) 14. LeGarrette Blount, Patriots (vs Jets) 15. Jonathan Stewart, Panthers (at Falcons) 16. Robert Kelley, Washington (at Bears) 17. Jeremy Hill, Bengals (at Texans) 18. Frank Gore, Colts (at Raiders) 19. Doug Martin, Bucs (at Saints) 20. Thomas Rawls, Seahawks (vs Cardinals) 21. Mark Ingram, Saints (vs Bucs) 22. Bilal Powell, Jets (at Patriots) 23. Kenneth Farrow, Chargers (at Browns) 24. Ryan Mathews, Eagles (vs Giants) 25. Tevin Coleman, Falcons (at Panthers)

PFW GAME

26. Dion Lewis, Patriots (vs Jets) 27. Kenneth Dixon, Ravens (at Steelers) 28. Paul Perkins, Giants (at Eagles) 29. Tim Hightower, Saints (vs Bucs) 30. Adrian Peterson, Vikings (at Packers) 31. Derrick Henry, Titans (at Jaguars) 32. Ty Montgomery, Packers (vs Vikings) 33. Justin Forsett, Broncos (at Chiefs) 34. Mike Gillislee, Bills (vs Dolphins) 35. Chris Ivory, Jaguars (vs Titans) 36. Isaiah Crowell, Browns (vs Chargers)

24.Emmanuel Sanders, Broncos (at Chiefs) 25. DeAndre Hopkins, Texans (vs Bengals) 26. DeSean Jackson, Washington (at Bears) 27. Tyreek Hill, Chiefs (vs Broncos) 28. Sammy Watkins, Bills (vs Dolphins) 29. Taylor Gabriel, Falcons (at Panthers) 30. Malcolm Mitchell, Patriots (vs Jets) 31. Steve Smith, Ravens (at Steelers) 32. Stefon Diggs, Vikings (at Packers) 33. Jeremy Maclin, Chiefs (vs Broncos) 34. Dontrelle Inman, Chargers (at Browns) 35. Kelvin Benjamin, Panthers (vs Falcons) 36. Kenny Britt, Rams (vs 49ers)

WIDE RECEIVERS

Evans can’t stay quiet forever. Great matchup for Edelman.

1. Mike Evans, Bucs (at Saints) 2. Odell Beckham, Giants (at Eagles) 3. Antonio Brown, Steelers (vs Ravens) 4. T.Y. Hilton, Colts (at Raiders) 5. Julio Jones*, Falcons (at Panthers) 6. Jordy Nelson, Packers (vs Vikings) 7. Julian Edelman, Patriots (vs Jets) 8. Dez Bryant, Cowboys (vs Lions) 9. Amari Cooper, Raiders (vs Colts) 10. Alshon Jeffery, Bears (vs Washington) 11. Michael Crabtree, Raiders (vs Colts) 12. Brandin Cooks, Saints (vs Bucs) 13. Jarvis Landry, Dolphins (at Bills) 14. Davante Adams, Packers (vs Vikings) 15. Doug Baldwin, Seahawks (vs Cardinals) 16. Demaryius Thomas, Broncos (at Chiefs) 17. Jamison Crowder, Washington (at Bears) 18. Golden Tate, Lions (at Cowboys) 19. Tyrell Williams, Chargers (at Browns) 20. Rishard Matthews, Titans (at Jaguars) 21. A.J. Green*, Bengals (at Texans) 22. Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals (at Seahawks) 23. Ty Montgomery, Packers (vs Vikings)

TIGHT ENDS

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HAMPTON N.Y. Giants 21, Philadelphia 13

N.Y. GIANTS AT PHILADELPHIA

N.Y. Giants 23, Philadelphia 13 Big Blue looking like a contender

Giants looking very real now

BUFFALO AT MIAMI

Miami 27, Buffalo 24

Buffalo 18, Miami 15

Fish are hot, Bills a mess right now

Bills rise up for Rex

TAMPA BAY AT NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans 37, Tampa Bay 31

Tampa Bay 35, New Orleans 32

N.Y. JETS AT NEW ENGLAND

New England 34, N.Y. Jets 16

New England 19, N.Y. Jets 10

Pats rarely take a day off

Pats just thinking Super Bowl now

TENNESSEE AT JACKSONVILLE

Tennessee 19, Jacksonville 17 Tennessee 28, Jacksonville 20 Titans barely avoid the trap here

Titans coming of age

MINNESOTA AT GREEN BAY

Green Bay 27, Minnesota 16

Green Bay 24, Minnesota 10

Packers smell playoffs, Vikings done

The Pack is back, Ty on the run

SAN DIEGO AT CLEVELAND

San Diego 30, Cleveland 17

San Diego 18, Cleveland 17

What’s the NFL record for no-shows?

As close as Browns can come

WASHINGTON AT CHICAGO

Washington 27, Chicago 23

Washington 27, Chicago 25

Washington’s playoff hopes still alive

Bears keep fighting, keep losing

ATLANTA AT CAROLINA

Atlanta 31, Carolina 30

Atlanta 33, Carolina 30

Falcons barely win, Panthers don’t quit

A heavyweight slugfest, Falcs on top

INDIANAPOLIS AT OAKLAND

Oakland 28, Indianapolis 27

Oakland 25, Indianapolis 15

ARIZONA AT SEATTLE

Seattle 23 Arizona 20

SAN FRANCISCO AT LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles 17, San Francisco 16

CINCINNATI AT HOUSTON

Houston 24, Cincinnati 23

BALTIMORE AT PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh 27 Baltimore 20

Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 21

For AFC North title, Steelers reign

Pitt’s the more complete team

DENVER AT KANSAS CITY

Kansas City 19, Denver 13

Kansas City 34, Denver 24

Chiefs want to stick fork in Broncos

Chiefs put Broncos out of misery

DETROIT AT DALLAS

Dallas 27, Detroit 24

Dallas 30, Detroit 15

Bucs still a year away, Saints score

Imagine if one of these clubs had a ‘D’ Seahawks need to find answers soon Two teams only a mother can love Texans take to Savage, squeak by

Lions just don’t have the horses

Bucs bounce back in shootout

Colts just don’t have the ‘D’ here

Seattle 28, Arizona 10 Cardinals are 2016’s biggest mystery

Los Angeles, 23 San Francisco 13 Rams run Niners ragged

Cincinnati 29, Houston 20 Texans tank as QB still an issue

Lions just not built for this O-line

FLU SHOTS

1. Greg Olsen, Panthers (vs Falcons) 2. Delanie Walker, Titans (at Jaguars) 3. Cameron Brate, Bucs (at Saints) 4. Jimmy Graham, Seahawks (vs Cardinals) 5. Travis Kelce, Chiefs (vs Broncos) 6. Tyler Eifert, Bengals (at Texans) 7. Zach Ertz, Eagles (vs Giants) 8. Kyle Rudolph, Vikings (at Packers) 9. Hunter Henry, Chargers (at Browns) 10. Martellus Bennett*, Patriots (vs Jets) 11. Eric Ebron, Lions (at Cowboys) 12. Coby Fleener, Saints (vs Bucs) 13. Antonio Gates, Chargers (at Browns) 14. Jared Cook*, Packers (vs Vikings) 15. Charles Clay, Bills (vs Dolphins) 16. C.J. Fiedorowicz*, Texans (vs Bengals) 17. Ladarius Green*, Steelers (vs Ravens) 18. Jordan Reed*, Washington (at Bears) 19. Gary Barnidge, Browns (vs Chargers) 20. Jack Doyle, Colts (at Raiders)

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

PLACEKICKERS 1. Stephen Gostkowski, Patriots (vs Jets) 2. Dan Bailey, Cowboys (vs Lions) 3. Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders (vs Colts) 4. Stephen Hauschka, Seahawks (vs Cardinals) 5. Justin Tucker, Ravens (at Steelers) 6. Matt Bryant, Falcons (at Panthers) 7. Mason Crosby, Packers (vs Vikings) 8. Chris Boswell, Steelers (vs Ravens) 9. Adam Vinatieri, Colts (at Raiders) 10. Josh Lambo, Chargers (at Browns) 11. Dustin Hopkins, Washington (at Bears) 12. Graham Gano, Panthers (vs Falcons) 13. Will Lutz, Saints (vs Bucs) 14. Caleb Sturgis, Eagles (vs Giants) 15. Matt Prater, Lions at (Cowboys)

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by Hub Arkush

IF REX IS OUT IN BUFFALO, WHO’S IN? As Adam Schefter first reported Sunday for ESPN, we have been hearing from multiple sources that Rex Ryan’s time is at an end in Buffalo.

On the face of it, this seems strange when you consider Ryan reportedly has three years remaining on his contract at $5.5 million a year and through one season and 14 games, he is exactly 15-15 – 8-8 last season and 7-7 today.

Why is that awful enough to get fired?

Normally it wouldn’t be, but Ryan is often his own worst enemy.

This season will mark the Bills 17th straight without a trip to the playoffs, the longest drought in the NFL today.

Only the Browns with 14 missed playoffs and the Rams with an even dozen have gone more than a decade without a visit to the postseason.

This past summer, Ryan proclaimed his Bills playoff ready and announced anything less than the playoffs this year would be a failure.

But that still isn’t enough on its own to get him canned.

The Way We Hear It, Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula – who just bought the team early in the 2014 season and then saw their head coach, Doug Marrone, exercise an out in his contract following the season, forcing them to hire a new coach (Ryan) just a few months after taking over the club – have simply had enough of Ryan’s act.

Ryan is exceedingly brash, arrogant and has never met a microphone or television camera he doesn’t like.

Ironically, that is his coaching style.

Behind the scenes, he can be calm, polite, humble and quite pleasant, but it is reportedly his coaching style that has worn thin quickly with the Pegulas as they’ve assimilated to NFL ownership.

It also has been reported in multiple outlets that Bills general manager Doug Whaley, who oversaw the hiring of Marrone and Ryan, is likely to stay and have a hand in hiring a third head coach, a rare opportunity for an NFL GM. Some have wondered why, since Whaley hasn’t exactly set the world on fire with the Bills’ personnel decisions.

We hear the answer may be because the Pegulas already know who their next head coach is going to be, and that is what is giving them some comfort in making the move on Ryan so quickly. Their guy may be more than capable of upgrading Whaley’s end of the operation as well or, if necessary, helping in the process of replacing him down the road.

The Way We Hear It, the Pegulas have been

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in conversations for some time now with Tom Coughlin, and Coughlin is the front-runner to be the next head coach of the Bills following this season.

Reports of the Bills owners’ interest in Coughlin date back to last summer, and our sources are telling us that conversations began again a few weeks ago and that the interest is mutual.

Unlike some former head coaches of Coughlin’s stature who need to be persuaded,xxxx coerced and wined and dined to return to the sidelines, Coughlin can’t wait. We are told he will jump at the first top job that is offered, which may be why the Bills appear ready to move on from Ryan so quickly.

While reports have surfaced of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ interest in Coughlin, they are really as simple as general manager David Caldwell saying “the right thing” at a press conference discussing their head-coaching search.

Coughlin was good but not great – 68-60, four playoffs in eight seasons – as the first-ever coach of the 1995 expansion team. He was fired after consecutive 6-10 seasons.

Relatively new owner Shad Khan – he bought the Jaguars five years ago – will be hiring his third coach in five seasons. After missing on veteran Mike Mularkey and Gus Bradley, we hear he is unlikely to want to take the franchise back 15 seasons for a do-over with Coughlin considering his fairly young roster and Coughlin’s age (71 in August 2017).

As we reported here last week, we continue to hear that Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith is the most likely fit in Jacksonville.

Nonetheless, according to our sources, the Pegulas are sold on Coughlin. We hear they could move quickly the week after New Year’s Day to put him in charge of their team.

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