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Mid-Iowa Motor Sports fire shows more than $175,000 loss Area fire departments spend two and a half hours putting out the fire

Supervisors approve purchase of engineer pickups

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News A morning fire at a Newton motorsports repair shop Tuesday resulted in a total loss for the business’s shop.

The Newton, Baxter and Colfax Fire Departments responded to a building fire at Mid-Iowa Motor Sports around 8 a.m. at 6388 Highway 14 N. after someone driving by on the highway called 911.

The shop, owned by Todd Birkenholtz, was used to repair ATVs and motorcycles and was fully engulfed with smoke. It was opened in 2002.

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Kayla Langmaid/Daily News A morning fire at Mid-Iowa Motor Sports Tuesday has resulted in a total loss for the business’s shop which contained ATVs, equipment and other items necessary to the business.

Newton Fire Marshall Mike Knoll said the total amount in damage is believed to be between $175,000 and $200,000.

Knoll said it took area fire departments two and a

half hours to extinguish the fire.

Though the cause was undetermined as of Tuesday, Knoll said the fire is believed to have started inside the building.

No one was inside the building at the time and no injuries were reported.

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6513 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of two Ford extended cab pickups Tuesday to be used for the Secondary Roads Department.

The two four-wheel drive Noble Ford pickups each have an 8 foot box extended cab.

Jasper County assistant engineer Pam Olson said the current F250 trucks each have over 120,000 miles.

Olson said they shopped around at four different dealers to find the best deal.

Noble Ford in Newton ended up having the best option, as one truck was $28,670. The other dealers and vehicles the department looked at were a Chevrolet pickup at Bob Brown in Urbandale, a Chevrolet pickup at Noble Ford in Newton and a Ford pickup at Steve Link in Grinnell.

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New parking restrictions addressed by city council

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News Newton’s Traffic Safety Committee is once again working on various parking restrictions throughout the city. The city council approved the first readings of four ordinances that addressed four new areas reviewed by the committee.

East 4 1/2 Street South The committee recommends listing the special parking restriction on East 4 1/2 Street South from South Seventh Avenue to South Eighth Avenue. The current ordinance restricts parking from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, when school is in session.

“Due to a parking lot expansion at the Newton Community School District, this roadway is no longer used for school parking,” interim city administrator Jarrod Wellik said. “Surveys were sent out to the neighborhood and no responses were received.”

South Second Avenue East The recent reconstruction of South Second Avenue East has brought the road to 31 feet in the 300 block. Due to the widening of the road, it can now

accommodate parking on one side of the street.

Currently, code restricts parking on both sides of the street. The committee recommends allowing parking on the north side in the 300 block.

South Third Avenue East The Newton Church of the Way has requested parallel street parking be restricted along the north curb of South Third Avenue East between East Third Street South and East Fourth Street South. The street, which is 31 feet wide, currently allows parking on both sides with The Way neighboring on the north and Aurora Heights Elementary School to the south.

The request comes as the Way completes work on a new facility where new off-street parking has been added by way of six handicap spots and a parking lot. The handicap spaces are located south of the building and the parking lot is to the north.

Following a review of the request, the committee recommends restricting the parking, even though the road is wide enough to accommodate the vehicles. The committee cited the peak traffic times in the area, where the vol-

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News The Newton Church of The Way has requested restricting parking on the north portion of South Third Avenue East following the recent construction of a new building and parking spaces.

ume of vehicles from the church and the school increases substantially.

North 11th Avenue East Several areas on North 11th Avenue East where parking on one or both

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Breckenridge hopeful for progress in upcoming session Newton Daily News Editor’s Note: Each year before the Iowa Legislative Session convenes, the Newton Daily News interviews local legislators. The following Q&A features Iowa State House Representative-Elect Wes Breckenridge who is newly elected to District 29, which covers the majority of Jasper County. The Legislature convenes Jan. 9, 2017.

Q. As a freshman Democrat joining a Republican majority at the statehouse, what do you hope to accomplish in

the 2017 session?

A. Even though Democrats are in the minority in both the Iowa House and Senate, I’m hopeful we still can make progress on solutions to state problems that both parties want and need to solve.

Both sides want cleaner Breckenridge water, strong Iowa public schools, and efficient delivery of health care

and other services to Iowa’s most vulnerable citizens.

Q. You campaigned heavily on addressing mental health care. How will you address this issue in the upcoming session?

As a police officer, I’ve seen firsthand the tremendous cost of lack of available mental health resources. When individuals don’t get the care they deserve, they suffer, as do their families. Issues relating to mental health have probably directly or indirectly affected every Iowan. Providing timely assistance saves money and

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A. We have conducted two Medicaid-specific forums prior to this upcoming session and gained valuable input from providers and clients.

We need to take current stock of the problems that still exist after eight months since the April 1 start of Medicaid privatization. The more specific we can be about the nature of the challenges faced by patients and providers, the more quickly we can move to clear them up.

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heartache. I want to look at investing in the front end to help those in need instead of paying on the back end where we are expending money for emergency room visits and county jail stays, where they don’t have adequate resources to help those in need. The answer needs to be a bipartisan one.

Q. Medicaid privatization has caused delays in service and other issues within your district. Aside from reaching across the aisle in general, what steps will you take to address these issues and what action can be taken at the

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First Presbyterian Church undergoes construction

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ARK event Jan. 14 The Newton Church of the Way is holding an ARK event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Jan. 14 at the church, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. Items available include diapers & wipes, body wash, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, lotion, & chap stick.

For more information about the event, contact the church at 641-792-7300.

By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News The First Presbyterian Church is undergoing exterior renovations that are slated to be finished in January.

Reverend Meghan Davis said the church needed a sidewalk to connect the church to the street, located at 220 N. 2nd Ave. E. “The sidewalk was in really bad shape and we need the stairs replaced,” Davis said. “There wasn’t as much of an urgency for the stairs but we decided to do it all at once.”

The construction began in October and also opened up the opportunity to redo some plumbing.

The new design plan includes a landing outside the front door at the same level as the door and to eliminate the step-up to go into the church.

“With weather and other delays, it’s slowed things down,” Davis said.

Davis said the church hired Jack Topp as the architect. The plans include the installation of handrails, with a completion date in mid-January.

“What we desire in this construction is to make the church a safer place to approach and a more welcoming place for people,” she said.

Community meal The next community meal is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. The menu is corn beef casserole, veggie pasta salad, ice cream and beverage. The meal is sponsored by First Lutheran Church and First United Methodist Church

Sri Lanka claims world’s tallest artificial Christmas tree

Kayla Langmaid/Daily News The First Presbyterian Church is undergoing exterior renovations that will allow easier access for pedestrians as they walk to the church from the street. The renovations also will include newly designed steps. The construction is set to be completed mid January.

“Our goal in this design was to maintain the history of the church and match the architecture.”

The church com-

mittee approved hiring Topp to complete Phase I of a design for the front steps, per the rate shown on his estimate was $600

plus up to $150 in costs.

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6513 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka unveiled a towering Christmas tree, claiming to have surpassed the world record despite constructions delays and a shorter-than-planned finished product.

The 238-foot artificial tree in capital Colombo is 59 feet taller than the current record holder, organizers said. The tree’s steel-and-wire frame is covered with a plastic net decorated with more than 1 million natural pine cones painted red, gold, green and silver, 600,000 LED bulbs and topped by a 20-foot-tall shining star.

The tree costs $80,000 and was criticized by the Catholic Church as a “waste of money.” The church suggested that the funds better be spent on helping the poor.

Hundreds of workers and volunteers struggled for four months to put up the tree in time for the holidays. Work was suspended for six days in early December after Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith — representing the island nation’s 1.5 million Catholics — lambasted the project. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe responded to the criticism by saying the tree was not being built with public money, but with donations from individuals and private firms.

Displaced Iraqi Christians head home for ‘wartime’ Christmas BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — For the 300 Christians who braved wind and rain to attend Christmas’s Eve Mass in their hometown, the ceremony evoked both holiday cheer and grim reminders of the war raging around their northern Iraqi town, and the distant prospect of moving back home.

Displaced when the Islamic State group seized their town, Bartella, in August 2014, the Christians were bused into town from Irbil, capital of the self-ruled Kurdish region where they have lived for more than two years, to attend the lunchtime service in the Assyrian Orthodox church of Mart Shmoni.

Torched by ISIS militants, church-supervised volunteers recently cleaned it up after government forces retook Bartella as part of an ongoing campaign to liberate

the nearby city of Mosul and surrounding areas in Nineveh province. But the church is still missing its icons, electrical wiring hangs perilously from its ceiling and most light fixtures are gone. The headless statue of a late patriarch stands in the front yard, its pedestal surrounded by shards of glass.

On Saturday, women joyously ululated when they stepped into the marble-walled church. Almost everyone held a lit candle.

Many took photos with their mobile phones. A handful of gas heaters were brought in, but they did little to warm the place on a wet and windy December day.

For many of them, the sight of their hometown in almost complete ruin was shocking.

Only a few homes in the once vibrant town of some 25,000 people stand unscathed. Most

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have been damaged by shelling or blackened by fire.

On one street wall, ISIS’s black banner remains visible under the white paint. Next to it, someone wrote: “Christ is the light of the world. Bartella is Christian.”

“Our joy is bigger than our sadness,” said university student Nevine Ibrahim, 20, who was in Bartella Saturday for the first time since she, her parents and four siblings left in 2014. They found their house badly damaged. Everything they owned was gone.

“I don’t think we can return. The house can be fixed but the pain inside us cannot,” she said, seated among three of her siblings. “Who will protect us?”

Halfway through the service, conducted in Assyrian and Arabic, it became something of a wartime mass.

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servicemen and a 100-man contingent from the Iraqi military led by several top generals descended on the church in a show of solidarity.

Unlike their Americans counterparts, the Iraqi troops came armed. Iraqi soldiers — with one wearing a skull-face balaclava— searched people coming into the church. Inside, soldiers frisked anyone moving close to the Iraqi generals, who arrived in some two dozen armored SUVs and Humvees.

The distant thud of explosions could be heard after mass. But none of that seemed to dampen the worshipers’ joyous spirit.

The soldiers photographed each other and took selfies.

Many of them held lit candles, and the congregation warmly applauded when Bishop Mussa Al-Shamani thanked the Iraqi military for “liberating”

Bartella.

The Christians of Nineveh are members of an ancient and once-vibrant community.

They enjoyed protection under Saddam Hussein, but their numbers rapidly dwindled after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq toppled the regime of the late dictator in 2003.

Since 2003, Sunni militants have targeted Christians and their churches, terrorizing the community and forcing many of its members to flee to the West, neighboring nations or the northern Kurdish region.

ISIS’s onslaught across northern Iraq in 2014 devastated the unique communities of Christian-majority towns like Karamlis, Bartella and Qaraqosh — all in the Nineveh plains. Of the estimated 1.5 million Christians who lived in Iraq on the eve of the U.S.led invasion, about 500,000 are left.

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Local & State News Breckenridge Continued from Page 1A Q. A Republican majority makes it seem possible some abortion restriction proposals might be pursued. Do you feel these will be largely partisan issues, and how will you and your party approach such proposals?

Once the session starts we will see what the Republican majority will propose and how we can work together in

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the best interest of all Iowans.

However, I don’t feel a proposal to increase barriers for women to access healthcare services they presently have would be appropriate.

Q. Medical cannabis is a known priority to you. In 2017, how aggressively will you pursue greater access to this medicine?

I support making medical cannabinoid oil legally available in the state of Iowa for relief of a number of medical symptoms. I will reach across the aisle to garner support.

I am hopeful that we will be able to work together on this issue.

Q. Republicans have mentioned various ways to fund more water quality programs. What kind of funding approach do you support?

A. I am open to looking at funding options as long as it doesn’t take away from other services such as education or mental health resources.

We could look at implementing the Iowa Land and Water Legacy amendment approved by 63 percent of Iowans in

2010. In addition we need to assist farmers in utilization of Agricultural Best Management practices. This problem was not created overnight and won’t be fixed overnight, but we can work together toward improving Iowa’s waters.

Q. Education funding continues to be a contentious issue in the Legislature. What steps will you take to ensure Iowa schools are adequately funded?

A. I support continuing dedication of SAVE monies to Iowa schools. The SAVE

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File Photo Jasper County Engineer Russell Stutt, right, and assistant to the engineer, Pam Olson, left, speak during a recent Jasper County Board of Supervisors meeting. The supervisors approved the purchase of two pickups for the Secondary Roads Department.

Supers Continued from Page 1A The total amount approved by supervisors was $57,340.84.

“We wanted to see the best deal,” Olson said.

The vehicles will be used

by maintenance workers who carry equipment, tools and fuel to various locations in Jasper County.

“One maintenance superintendent checks roads in the winter time — they use them every day,” Olson said.

Olson said the vehicles are also used to pull trailers.

“It’s just helpful to keep

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your equipment up-to-date and we find if we get a lot of miles on our vehicles then they tend to breakdown,” she said. “It was nice we were able to find the best deal locally.”

Contact Kayla Langmaid at 641-792-3121 ext. 6513 or klangmaid@newtondailynews.com

environment for those traveling in the area.

On North 11th Avenue East between East Eighth Street and East Ninth Street there is currently no parking on the north side of the street. The committee recommends continuing the restriction from East Eighth Street North to East 12th Street North on the north side.

Near East Eighth Street there is a concern of trucks driving southbound and turning east onto North 11th Avenue East with vehicles parked on the south side of the road. The intersection is at an angle due to the railroad tracks and creates a tight turn if there are vehicles parked on the road.

The committee recommends restricting parking on the south side of North 11th Avenue East from East Eighth Street east to the

Program was voted on and approved by Iowans to allow for additional revenue for local school district infrastructure needs. I would also support adequate funding to ensure our teachers and administrators have the necessary resources to aid in helping our children be successful. Also, allowing schools to have more flexibility with educational funds would allow them the meet the needs of their schools. Each school has different needs and we should minimize the categorizing of funds.

driveway of Fitzgerald Siding, a distance of 170 feet.

Currently, city codes does not allow parking on the south side of North 11th Avenue East between East 12th Street and East Ninth Street.

Signs are posted in the area but are often ignored, with vehicles parking on the south side of the road near an adjacent apartment complex.

It is recommended to allow parking on the south side of North 11th Avenue East from 80 feet east of the projected east curb line of East Fourth Street North to East Ninth Street North.

Parking will continue to be restricted between East 12th Street North and 80 feet east of East Fourth Street North due to the area containing commercial warehousing and light industrial businesses that utilize the full street width to maneuver semi-trailers in and out of driveways.

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

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DES MOINES - With 2016 coming to a close, a broad-based coalition is looking to 2017 as a year to preserve Iowa’s natural heritage and “fund the trust.” The Iowa Water and Land Legacy or “I-WILL” Coalition is focused on raising the state sales tax by three-eighths of a penny, to fund the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund.

Seth Johnson, the campaign coordinator with the American Heart Association of Iowa, which is a coalition member, said the fund has sat empty since approved by voters in 2010, and it’s up to state lawmakers to approve the added tax.

“Obviously, it’s not a very attractive thing to be talking about the need to increase the sales tax,” he said. “That being said, it’s just vitally important to preserve and enhance Iowa’s natural heritage.”

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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Newton kindergartener Lily Klute, right, along with her brother Jon who is in third grade, spent part of their afternoon Tuesday twirling and sliding around at the skating rink at Maytag Park. Even though they did not have skates on, the kids enjoyed gliding around the rink in their shoes and boots.

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I was born in a small town

Looking Up at the Stars Justin Jagler

I have a habit of using song lyrics to convey feelings and explain real-life situations. John Mellencamp’s “Small Town” seems appropriate right now.

I was born in Watertown, Wis. At the time of my birth, Watertown was a city of about 19,000 people. It had a little downtown and that tight-knit vibe that accompanies life in many small communities across the country.

Fast forward 26 years, and I’m in Newton, a town of about 15,000 people with a little downtown and that familiar tight-knit vibe.

“I can breathe in small town.”

There’s something rewarding about living in a small town that is just on the outskirts of a metro area. Having the best of both worlds, residents of Watertown sit right in between Madison and Milwaukee. Newtonians are a short drive from Des Moines.

Having easy access to larger cities is fantastic. I cherish the diverse experiences and interesting characters that fill the streets in urban areas. And besides, Des Moines, Madison and even Milwaukee aren’t really “big cities.”

They are cities that radiate many of the small-town values that bind people together.

Newton’s binding nature was made abundantly clear to me within my first week at the Daily News. When I went out to cover stories, people recognized my face from the paper. They welcomed me to the community. Buying a cup of coffee, I was congratulated for my new position at the paper.

I look forward to building strong relationships in Newton, telling stories and honestly pursuing truth. I look forward to living in the heart of the community and walking to the office in the morning.

“I can be myself here in this small town.”

Relationship-building is crucial in most lines of work to some extent.

Reporting for a newspaper absolutely demands it. I want to hear your stories. I treasure good conversation, so flag me down if you see me walking

the sidewalk or grabbing a cup of coffee. I’ll be around.

Please tell me about your Newton experience. What’s good? What problems need to be addressed? What is that quirky, unique thing that more people should know about?

If you need help with conversation starters, here’s a few topics I will passionately engage in at the drop of a hat: Green Bay Packers football, Bob Dylan and looking up at the stars.

Maybe you’re a Chicago Bears fan who can’t stand Dylan’s voice and would rather look up at a ceiling.

That’s okay. I reckon we can still get along just fine.

Thank you, Newton, for the wonderful start.

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

American Conservative Ben Shapiro

Obama’s Skewed Moral Universe President Barack Obama likes to see himself as a moral leader. “The arc of the moral universe is long,” Obama likes to say, quoting Martin Luther King Jr, “but it bends toward justice.” According to Obama, Obama is a genteel representative of decency and good grace, a man pointing America toward a broader vision, a fellow questing for social justice and contextual consideration.

In reality, he’s a narcissistic fool. And like Burgess Meredith’s character in “The Twilight Zone,” he will be left standing in the ruins, bewailing the fates that abandoned him, leaving no worshipful admirers upon whom to lean.

Obama’s legacy is one of failure all around the world. He leaves office with a genocide in Syria on his record — a genocide he pledged to prevent, then tolerated and finally lamented, mourning the fates while blithely ignoring his own cowardice. Libya, meanwhile, remains a full-scale disaster area, with tens of thousands of refugees from that failed campaign swamping Europe, along with those fleeing Syria, and his leftist European allies paying the political price.

Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, stands on the brink of a nuclear dawn, its pockets filled with billions of dollars, its minions ascendant from Tehran to Aleppo to Beirut. Obama made that happen with nearly a decade of appeasement and a willingness to abandon freedom-minded Iranians to the tender mercies of the mullahs.

Meanwhile, Russia has only expanded its reach and influence, invading the sovereign nation of Ukraine and seizing Crimea to the deafening silence of the Obama administration. Russia has flexed its muscle in Kaliningrad, where it has stocked missiles, and in Syria, where it has assured Syrian President Bashar Assad’s continued dominance.

China has grown its sphere of influence across the South China Sea, putting American allies from Taiwan and Japan to the Philippines directly under its thumb. Thanks to Obama’s military cuts, China believes that it can bully American allies into embracing Chinese supremacy in international waters — and it may be right. Simultaneously, Obama continues to drive America into debt, and the Chinese are large buyers of that outstanding debt.

The communist Cubans have been re-enshrined; so have the socialist Venezuelan authorities. The Islamic State group remains an international threat, and western capitals have been struck by Islamic terror time and again, to Obama’s teeth-gnashing and general inaction.

But at least Obama is truly putting his focus where it’s necessary: on declaring that our only ally in the Middle East, Israel, has no historic claim to its own existence and threatening Jews with sanctions for building bathrooms in East Jerusalem.

Obama came into office amidst grand promises to restore America’s place in the world. Unless our place is the outhouse, he’s failed. But at least he feels good about his accomplishments, even if thousands have died — and thousands more will die — in order to ensure his moral stature in his own mind.

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The People’s Business

Q: What are some highlights from the 114th Congress?

A: When visiting with Iowans during my 99-county meetings, I hear a common refrain from people across the state. Households are working harder than ever to get ahead and stay ahead. Putting gas in the car, buying groceries and medicine, shouldering student debt, absorbing double-digit insurance premiums and saving for retirement contribute to the troubled mindset among working families who are scraping to get by from paycheck to paycheck. And when taxpayers are reminded about the $19 trillion federal debt and their exposure to waste, fraud and abuse running rampant in the federal bureaucracy, it strikes a raw nerve.

As Iowa’s watchdog, I make it my business to hold government to account and work for openness and transparency whenever and wherever the federal bureaucracy conducts the people’s business. For 36 years straight, I’ve listened to Iowans in every county, at least once, every year.

Throughout 2016, Iowans shared their concerns about emerging threats to public safety and national security, the growing size and scope of the federal government – from Obamacare to Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) and restoring the American Dream for generations to come. The bigger Washington’s bite, from cumbersome taxes to burdensome regulations and abusive government surveillance, it seems the more that personal freedoms are on the line. Just as importantly, policymakers entrusted with the public good must uphold the integrity of our justice system, our system of free enterprise and the rule of law to ensure fairness, security, certainty and stability on our streets, in our schools and throughout our communities and to foster growth in the U.S. economy, from agriculture to housing, banking, pharmaceuticals, clean energy and trade.

From my leadership position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I work

The Scoop U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley to uphold core principles of our republic relative to life in 21st century American society.

Many Iowans know that I place a high priority on government oversight and whistleblower protections. During the 114th Congress, I continued aggressive oversight of the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs and the FBI, for example, to expose and correct wrongdoing. I secured authority for Inspectors General, the internal watchdogs tasked with conducting audits and investigations from within federal agencies, to access all agency records, not just those presented by department heads. Transparency is the best way to clean house and sweep away misconduct that, for example, contributed to scandalous wait times for veterans and allowed for the political targeting of taxpayers at the IRS to take root. To that end, I led the FOIA Improvement Act through the Senate that aims to prevent the executive branch from keeping the people’s business out of the public eye through excessive exemptions that lead to expensive litigation at taxpayers’ expense.

Americans have every right to expect the government to work for them, such as making sure that standards of care are followed in taxpayer-funded nursing homes, that laws against sexual assault and human trafficking are enforced and that free market principles work to keep drug prices down and innovation up in the pharmaceutical industry.

Along those lines, I’ll continue my crusade in the Senate to fight fraud, restore good government and ensure compliance and enforcement within our system of checks and balances. For example, my advocacy for whistleblowers benefits the taxpaying public and Federal Treasury. In

fact, my amendments reforming the False Claims Act have recouped more than $53 billion that otherwise would have been lost to fraud. In other examples, taxpayers should not foot the bill for the misuse of paid administrative leave that idles federal workers indefinitely, nor should they be put on the hook for misclassified pharmaceuticals under the Medicaid Drug Rebate program. Specifically, at the behest of Iowa families strained by steep price hikes for their children’s EpiPens, I have learned that taxpayers may have been overcharged by hundreds of millions of dollars for this particular drug administered under federal programs. I will continue to keep my nose to the grindstone to prevent misconduct from being swept under the rug.

When Washington works together for the common good, good things can happen. Unlike the partisan vote for Obamacare, the 114th Congress adopted landmark bipartisan laws to address the opioid epidemic (CARA) and to advance cures and treatments for chronic diseases affecting millions of Americans with passage of the $6 billion 21 Century CURES Act. Q: What’s in store for the 115th Congress starting in January?

A: The first order of business is opening day of the new session. On Tuesday, Jan. 3, I will be sworn in for my seventh term representing the people of Iowa.

I look forward to leveraging my advocacy for Rural America, from agriculture, to health care, renewable energy and flood protection. We have unfinished business to consider, such as repealing and replacing Obamacare, as well as opening up work on a new farm bill and enforcing immigration policy. Policymakers must prioritize U.S. sovereignty to protect public safety, American jobs and national security.

That means we must secure our borders, close loopholes in visa programs, stop reckless sanctuary policies and certify refugee resettlement procedures.

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Obituaries H. Doug DeMeyer Dec. 26, 2016 Harry Douglas “Doug” DeMeyer, 68, of Newton, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at the Skiff Medical Center in Ne wton.

As per D o u g ’s wishes he has been cremated and there are no services scheduled. Memorials in Doug’s name may be left at the Wallace Fam-

ily Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.

Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: DeMeyer Family on the envelope.

Doug, the son of Harry and Margaret Ruth Johnson DeMeyer, was born Feb. 20, 1948, in Newton. He was a graduate of Newton High School in 1966. Doug served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. On Oct. 25, 1986, Doug was united in marriage with Denise Ann Lacina in Newton.

He worked for the Maytag Company in Newton

for 20 years; he was a fork lift operator when he retired in 2010. He attended Central College in Pella, and then graduated from DMACC – Electrical Construction Trade program. He was a member of the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League.

Doug loved his family.

He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, cowboy gun shooting, going to Jimmy Buffett concerts, Bushcrafters, playing cards, coffee time with friends. He was a good soul and he found comfort in the book of Philippians in the Bible.

Those left to honor

Doug’s memory are his wife, Denise Lacina of Newton; two sons, Philip (Cindi) DeMeyer of Des Moines and Steven DeMeyer of Newton; his three grandchildren, Jack, Bryan and Madelline; mother, Ruth DeMeyer of Keller, Texas; his three brothers, Mike (Connie) DeMeyer of Prairie City, Randy (Deanne) DeMeyer of Grapevine, Texas and Chuck DeMeyer of Mulvane, Kan.; several nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Harry DeMeyer in 2006; and son, Jonathan D. “Jon” DeMeyer in 2002.

Legion Riders donate to courthouse lights

Births Kayden Lee Jensen Dec. 14, 2016 Jennifer and James Jensen of Newton, announce the birth of their son, Kayden Lee Jensen, born Dec. 14, 2016, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell. Kayden weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21.75 inches in length.

Grandparents are Tim and Rhonda Saunders of Newton, Rhonda and Luke Versteegh of Newton and Jay and Jenny Jensen of Newton.

Great-grandparents are Dee Saunders of Newton, Carolyn Good of Newton, Rick Good of LeGrand, Kenny Owens of Newton and Kim and Robbie Howe of Newton.

Submitted Photo Steve Knight, representing the Courthouse Lighting Fund, receives a donation from the Legion Riders Post 111, represented by members Jeremy Heaberlin and Bob Vanderleest.

DMACC offers safety management program, certificate Ensuring a safe work environment is not always easy, but organizations in all industries should understand the potential impacts of an accident. Accidents in the work environment may result in employee injury, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sanctions and fines, increased insurance premiums and more. Proactively conducting a hazard analysis and implementing a safety program helps an organization create a safe, healthy environment.

Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) has partnered with the Iowa Illinois Safety Council (IISC) to offer an Essentials of Safety Program Management certificate program.

This training is designed for organizations looking to develop a defined safety program, new safety committee members, human

resource managers and individuals who want to know more about workplace safety and OSHA standards. Participants will leave with an action plan and resources needed to begin developing an individualized plan for their organization.

DMACC Business Consultant Jacki Boldt said the program will help businesses determine what hazards exist in their organization, develop a comprehensive safety plan and learn how to handle an accident should one occur.

“This certificate gives organizations a foundation of information around the importance of safety and hazard analysis,” Boldt said.

“Too often, safety is associated solely with manufacturing firms, but it is essential for organizations of all sizes and across all industries.

We are excited to be working with the IISC to bring this program to organizations in Central Iowa.”

The Safety Management certificate can be earned in five half-day sessions held once a month starting in February. The sessions will be from 8 a.m. to noon at the DMACC Southridge Center, Room 20B. The cost is $750 and includes two hours of personalized consulting services specific to your organization.

The dates and topics of the sessions are as follows: • Feb. 9 — Introduction to OSHA • March 9 — OSHA Required Recordkeeping • April 13 — Developing a Comprehensive Training Plan • May 4 — Accident Investigation • June 1 — Introduction to Change Management For more detailed course information and to register, contact Jacki Boldt at 515-256-4915 or jlboldt@dmacc.edu.

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• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginner’s Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Free Community Meal will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Those interested may enter the church through the glass/elevator doors on the Second Avenue East side or through the single glass door off the north parking lot. The meals are open to the public and everyone is welcome.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

• Penny Bingo will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at Jasper County Senior Citizens Center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m.

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.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Monday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m.

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

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Police Blotter Newton Police Department • Gary D. Bird Jr., 41, address unknown, is charged with fourth-degree theft after an incident at 1:44 p.m. Nov. 2. Bird is believed to be one of the shoplifters at True Value who ran out of the store with stolen items and got inside of a vehicle. The car would

not start, and the suspects were seen running from the vehicle. Bird was identified as one of the suspects. Bird was arrested on a warrant for fourth-degree theft at 3:54 p.m. Dec. 23. Bird was found walking in the 700 block of First Avenue East. He was also wanted on a warrant for viola-

tion of parole. Bird was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Laura M. Nations, 32, of Newton, was arrested at 7:44 p.m. Dec. 25 and charged with harboring a runaway against wishes of parent, an aggravated misdemeanor. Nations was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Erika E. Axtell, 21, and Alexandra L. Cupples, 21, both of Newton, are charged with possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after police received a complaint at 11:50 p.m. Dec. 20 of a strong odor of marijuana at the Bookfield Apartment Com-

plex. Cupples and Axtell were inside the apartment. They told police they smoked earlier. After getting a warrant, a plastic bag containing 3.5 grams of a green leafy substance was found by police.

Cupples and Axtell were both arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

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Wife married to old swinger would like to push him out DEAR ABBY: I am a 70-year-old woman, married for 50 years, and I hate my husband. He wants to go to swinger parties and toss me to other men. I tried it a couple of times for him and hated it.

He is overbearing and rude. We don’t have any friends where we live, so he seeks out new people. He doesn’t listen to my begging not to do this.

His computer is full of porn and his thoughts are sinful, although he can’t perform.

Every day I wish he were dead, but I feel guilty for these thoughts. Please tell me what to do. My life is unbearable. — PAST MY LIMIT IN ORLANDO DEAR PAST YOUR LIMIT: By now it should be apparent to you that you can’t change your husband. The only thing you can change is yourself.

If you find the strength to do that, your circumstances will change. Because you say your life is unbearable, stop bearing it. Talk to a lawyer and set yourself free.

DEAR ABBY: My 33-year-old son has mental problems. He is moving out to live with a guy he has been talking to on the internet and who has met him once.

His father and I are against it, not because of their homosexuality but because we are afraid it’s a dangerous situation. We have learned that the guy was arrested three years ago on three different charges. He says he was cleared, but refuses any background checks or fingerprinting for jobs and/ or government housing.

When we tried to talk to our son and explain the dangers, he became irate and blamed everything on us. He has no driver’s license and has threatened to take off. He has also threatened suicide. We have asked him to consider talking to a psychiatrist, but he refuses. He does see a psychologist every three months, and he’s supposed to be on medication, which he refuses to take. How can we deal with this? His psychologist won’t talk to us unless my son gives the OK. — DESPERATE

WORRIED MOTHER DEAR DESPERATE: Because your son is an adult, unless he is a danger to himself or others, there is nothing you can do to prevent him from leaving. However, you CAN write his psychologist a letter letting him/her know what is going on and address your concerns. There is a chance your son might pay more attention to what his therapist says than to you.

An organization that may be of help to you is The National Alliance on Mental Illness, accessible at nami.org.

It may be able to provide you with the guidance and emotional support you need.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 16, and I have a crush on a guy who is 23. We met in the gym he works at. He’s very shy and he didn’t make the first move, but now we flirt a lot. I don’t know what to think because we met at his work, and he’s so much older than I am. What do you think about the situation? If he kisses me, what should I think? If he doesn’t make a move, what should I do? — CONFUSED IN CONNECTICUT DEAR CONFUSED: My advice is to forget about it. If he kisses you, consider the consequences if your parents found out what’s been going on. It could cost this man his job. He may be very nice, but he is so much older and more experienced than you are that there could be criminal penalties and possibly jail time for him if he’s foolish enough to pursue you.

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Bail set at $5M for Iowa woman accused of slaying OMAHA — Bail has been set at $5 million for an Iowa resident accused of killing a romantic rival last seen alive more than four years ago in Omaha.

Forty-one-year-old Shanna Golyar, of Persia, is charged with first-degree murder.

Bail was set during a hearing Tuesday inside the Douglas County Jail. Prosecutors say she killed Cari Farver, of Macedonia, Iowa, who was 37 when she was reported missing in November 2012.

2 Man’s body found in Webster County field, authorities say FORT DODGE — Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a field southwest of Fort Dodge.

The body was reported after 9 a.m.

Monday, and authorities say it appeared it had been in the field overnight.

A news release from the Webster County Sheriff ’s Office says an autopsy was ordered to confirm the man’s identity and determine the cause of his death.

Proposed Black Hawk County wind farm sees opposition WATERLOO (AP) — Residents have voiced opposition to a proposed wind farm development in southern Black Hawk County.

RPM Access has planned to build the 70-megawatt Washburn Wind Farm just south of Waterloo.

Several people who live nearby have said they’re concerned that the turbines could hurt their property values, kill bats and birds, throw ice from the blades and cause health issues due to low-frequency noise, motion and shadow flicker.

“If this windmill farm goes through I’m looking at $5,000 per machine increase in my (insurance) premium,” business owner Rick Green said. “It’s going to cause me to have to raise my rates.

Plus, as a human being, I’m not looking forward to seeing flashing lights every evening.”

Company spokesman Felix Friedman said plans detailing the exact size, number and location of the turbines and other infrastructure may not be available until next summer, so it’s still unknown who the neighbors will be. The energy company is offering lease payments to landowners and additional payments to surrounding property owners within a certain distance of the turbines.

“Those who aren’t exactly a half mile from them but still get the full view and effects get nothing,” resident Deb Nieman said. “But we ourselves could care less about the money.”

RPMA is also conducting environmental and cultural studies in the area to collect wind data and map out roads and residents before applying for necessary permits in the county.

“We’re environmentalists ourselves because we’re in the wind business and we think clean energy is good,” Friedman said. “Other energy sources are much more harmful to human health and the environment, whether it’s coal or gas or nuclear.”

The company also needs to also find buyers and investors before starting any construction. The turbines would be the county’s first wind farm, and RPMA’s Kirk Kraft said a single turbine can generate $25,000 to $40,000 in annual county and school property taxes.

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OTTUMWA — Authorities say an Ottumwa 16-year-old shot Nov. 29 has died, so the man accused of shooting him has been charged with first-degree murder.

The upgraded charge was filed Tuesday against 18-year-old Venhure Tsegay, who remained in Wapello County Jail Wednesday, pending $500,000 bail. Online court records don’t list an attorney who could be contacted to comment for Tsegay.

Ottumwa police say Tsegay used a handgun to shoot Christian Madueno in the face. Police say he died Christmas Day.

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Dallas County sets jail bond measure amount at $22.9M ADEL — Dallas County supervisors have set the bond measure for a law enforcement center and jail at $22.9 million.

The county board approved the figure Tuesday for voters to consider at the May 2 election.

Voters have rejected plans to build a replacement jail three times since 2013 as county officials struggle with jail overcrowding.

A consultant found earlier this year that the county could save $22 million over 30 years if it were to build a replacement jail and stops paying neighboring counties to house inmates. The Dallas County Jail has 48 beds, but the county averages 69 prisoners daily.

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State authorities join investigation of ‘suspicious’ death BELLEVUE — State officers have joined the investigation of what authorities say is the “suspicious” death of an eastern Iowa man. Police found the body of 59-year-old James Remakel at a home in Bellevue around 1 p.m. Sunday.

Authorities say Remakel’s death appears suspicious but they haven’t explained the circumstances that led them to that preliminary conclusion.

—The Associated Press

Iowa Lottery sales reached record high in 2016, report says

DES MOINES (AP) — A new report says sales of Iowa Lottery tickets spiked in the budget year that ended June 30 and generated the most revenue in the program’s 31-year history.

Backed by surging sales

of instant-scratch and Powerball tickets, the Lottery brought in $366.9 million in total revenue, a $42 million increase from the prior year.

A state audit released Tuesday says $88 million

of that money went to the state’s general fund and to help veteran’s programs, the highest amount for the Lottery since its start in 1985.

More than $221 million went toward prize expenses.

Sales of instant-scratch

tickets increased by 10.2 percent to a record $233.7 million. Powerball ticket sales surged by 43 percent to nearly $75 million as players were enticed by a new formula that made for larger jackpots.

Congress’ budget patch averts national farm loan crisis

WICHITA (AP) — U.S. farmers drained all available government agricultural loan money this past fiscal year to get through one of the worst agricultural downturns in recent years, but no one who qualifies for a farm loan will be denied in the next four months due to an unusual provision passed this month by Congress.

The budget patch gives the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency authority to meet the spike in loan demand by using future funding, according to U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican who chairs an agricultural appropriations panel. There is no limit to how much the USDA can lend through April 28 — a victory for farm groups who pressed Washington for the fix to avert a looming loan crisis.

Already, corn and wheat prices have pushed farmers to the limit, and beef prices are hurting ranchers. They turned to lenders, leading the FSA to fall short $137 million short of needed direct and guaranteed loan funds in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.

When the money ran out, approved loans were funded in the current fiscal year, piling on to the demand for loans and raising the specter that FSA would again run out of money before spring — when most farmers need it the most.

“If you are trying to grow a crop and feed a family and pay the bills, it is a problem,” Moran said. “This is one of the most difficult times in agriculture in a long time.”

Operating loans for 2016 are coming due at a time of widespread downturn. Farmers in Georgia, the Carolinas and Alabama have gotten a double

whammy of drought and flooding.

Midwest states are reeling from a glut in global grain markets that has slashed crop prices, and cotton growers in Georgia and Texas also are suffering due to low prices. Consumer demand for milk is down. Cattle prices are falling.

Not as many people are able to pay off their 2016 operating loans, and the next 60 to 90 days will be telling, said Steve Apodaca, vice president for the Washington, D.C.-based The American Bankers Association’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Banking.

Most borrowers will be able to sustain themselves another year, and bankers will be able to help restructure their loans and add federal guarantees to commercial loans, Apodaca said. He is not expecting a repeat of the farm crisis of the 1980s, when land values tanked and interest rates were high.

Matt Ubell and his two siblings took out an FSA loan this month to buy their parents’ cattle and crops farm in Wheaton, Kansas, but he says the agricultural economy “has us scared to death.” Their balance sheet was just above the break-even point to qualify for the loan.

“We are kind of starting out fresh.

We bought the farm, we bought the equipment.” Ubell said. “... We are pretty highly leveraged right now.”

The 34-year-old farmer and his wife put in long hours to make ends meet for their four children. His wife is a cook and a nursing assistant. He works at a lumberyard and delivers liquid feed supplements for cattle.

One measure of the farm economy is equity — the amount of debt com-

pared to assets like land and machinery. The USDA’s Economic Research Service predicted last month U.S. farm equity would decline 3.1 percent in 2016 to $2.47 trillion — the second straight year of declines. Farm debt is expected to rise 5.2 percent to $375.4 billion in 2016.

With such low commodity prices, Russell Boening said he is doing everything he can not to borrow more money than he absolutely needs to operate his 7,500-acre family farm in south Texas because “that gets you further and further behind.” That includes delaying equipment purchases.

The 57-year-old has farmed for 35 years, has hundreds of dairy and beef cattle and grows hay, corn, cotton, wheat and watermelons to diversify his income. Also the president of the Texas Farm Bureau, Boening knows he’s in a better spot than younger farmers like Ubell.

“We have been here long enough,” he said. “We have a good relationship with the lender, so we have equity built up and we are in a better spot than someone who has struck out on their own within the last 10 years.”

This year’s bountiful yields and low interest rates on loans helped many growers. But many commercial lenders are now demanding farmers whose operations are under stress to get government guarantees that any money lent for next year’s crops will be repaid.

“When a farmer goes under, it affects that rural community,” Apodaca said. “He is no longer buying seed, he is no longer buying equipment. His family is no longer going to the local Main Street and buying goods and services.”

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Appreciation: Fisher found best material in her own troubles

Associated Press This May 2, 1973 file photo shows Carrie Fisher, the 16-year-old daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, in New York. On Tuesday, a publicist says Carrie Fisher has died at the age of 60.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher, a princess onscreen and off, played both roles in her own gutsy way.

As Leia of the “Star Wars” franchise, she commanded the troops, enjoyed a fling with Han Solo — and, in real life, co-star Harrison Ford — and showed fledgling 1970s feminists what life as a liberated woman might be like in a galaxy far, far away.

As the offspring of Hollywood royals Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she drew on her painful family history and personal demons to forge a distinctively tart, unsettlingly funny style as a best-selling writer.

Fisher’s throaty voice and inviting delivery also told the tale: She’d lived through much and wanted to — needed to — share her journey that included drug addiction, mental illness and electroshock treatment.

“People relate to aspects of my stories and that’s nice for me because then I’m not all alone with it,” she told The Associated Press in 2009. “Also, I do believe you’re only as sick as your secrets. If that’s true, I’m just really healthy.”

Fisher, who died Tuesday at age 60, revealed her struggles before such confessionals became routine.

Her vehicles included a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel, “Postcards from the Edge,” and a one-woman show, “Wishful Drinking,” that went to Broadway and TV. She avoided few topics in the piece, including the scandal that engulfed her superstar parents (singer Fisher ran off with Elizabeth Taylor); her brief marriage to pop star Paul Simon; the time the father of her daughter left her for a man, and waking up next to the dead body of a platonic friend who had overdosed in her bed.

“I’m a product of Hollywood inbreeding. When two celebrities mate, something like me is the result,” she joked in the show. And there was this wisecrack: “I don’t have a problem with drugs so much as I have a problem with sobriety.”

Fisher had been hospitalized since Friday, after falling ill aboard a flight and being treated by paramedics at the Los Angeles airport.

Her family gave no details on the emergency, while media reports said she had suffered a heart attack.

Her feature film debut was opposite Warren Beatty in the 1975 hit “Shampoo.”

She also appeared in “Austin Powers,” ‘’The Blues Broth-

ers,” ‘’Charlie’s Angels,” ‘’Hannah and Her Sisters,” ‘’Scream 3” and “When Harry Met Sally ...”

But she is best remembered as the tough, feisty and powerful Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” films, making a statement with her character and no-nonsense braided buns.

She famously despised the latter, and even had mixed feelings about her famous character. She knew it then and audiences later figured it out: Playing Han Solo would have suited her better.

“When I first read the script I thought that’s the part to be, always wry and sardonic,” Fisher told a gathering in England in 2015.

“He’s always that. I feel like a lot of the time Leia’s either worried or pissed or, thank God, sort of snarky.”

She reprised the role of Leia in Episode VII of the series, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015, and her digitally rendered image appears in the newest installment, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Fisher kept telling her own story after “Postcards From the Edge” became a best-seller and was adapted into a 1990 movie starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.

Turkey, Russia discuss Syria cease-fire BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey and Russia are discussing the contours of a broader Syrian cease-fire after brokering the deal that evacuated rebel-held eastern Aleppo earlier this month, Syrian opposition factions said Wednesday.

Several rebel groups say they are withholding their approval of any agreement until they receive more details.

An official with one of the factions told The Associated Press that Russian and Turkish officials were debating a cease-fire proposal that would encompass the whole of Syria. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were ongoing.

Rebels have opposed previous proposals that would allow the government to continue its offensives around the outskirts of the capital, Damascus.

Turkey’s Anadolu Agency said Wednesday morning that Ankara and Moscow had reached an agreement, and Turkish media reports quoted Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying that a lasting cease-fire and political solution in Syria are “close.” But no details were announced, and there was no confirmation from state officials.

The Syrian opposition official said factions were holding vigorous discussions over the possibilities. Another official with a different group said the proposal has not been formally presented to the opposition.

“It is difficult to accept or refuse the matter before we look at the details, of course,” said the official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to prejudge intra-opposition talks.

Previous attempts at enforcing a nationwide cease-fire in Syria have failed, but the recent warming of ties between Russia and Turkey, who provide crucial support to opposing sides of the civil war, may prove to be a game changer.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran met in Moscow last week for talks on Syria that pointedly included no Syrians, indicating they prefer to pursue a grand bargain among great powers rather than a domestic settlement between the government and the opposition.

The Anadolu report quoted unnamed officials as saying a plan for a cease-fire “in all regions” would be presented to the warring parties. The cease-fire would

exclude terrorist organizations, it said, without elaborating on which groups would be left out.

It said peace talks in Kazakhstan would proceed under Russia and Turkey’s leadership if the cease-fire holds, with the two acting as “guarantors” of any deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed Russia and Turkey were in “constant contact” to prepare for planned Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan, but did not comment about the possibility of a ceasefire.

Mosayyeb Naimi, a Tehran-based political analyst, said it was unclear whether Turkey could corral Syria’s fractured opposition.

“Turkey’s ability to convince armed groups to accept the ceasefire is unknown, particularly because Turkey is involved in conflict with some of those groups,” he said. Naimi added that although the Russians have made initial agreements with Ankara, they may be waiting for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to take office to discuss the U.S. role in the cease-fire process.

A top Russian diplomat meanwhile said a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Syria for chemical weapons use is unacceptable to Moscow, which has veto power on the council.

A resolution drafted by Britain and France, which was obtained

by The Associated Press, would impose sanctions on an array of Syrian individuals, organizations and companies allegedly involved in chemical weapons attacks. It would also ban sales of helicopters to Syria.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by the state news agency Tass on Wednesday as saying the resolution “is categorically unacceptable to us. We warn them against attempts to fan tensions in the U.N. Security Council.”

In Syria, activists said at least 20 civilians have been killed in an airstrike on an Islamic State-held village in Deir el-Zour province in eastern Syria.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Wednesday that several unknown warplanes bombed the village of Hajna the night before, killing 12 people from one family and 10 from another. It said at least 10 children were killed.

Second flight recorder found from Black Sea crash site MOSCOW (AP) — Search teams on Wednesday recovered another flight recorder from a military plane that crashed in the Black Sea, killing all 92 people aboard, the Defense Ministry said.

The first flight recorder was found the previous day and experts have started analyzing its data, seeking to identify the cause of the crash.

The Tu-154 of the Russian Defense Ministry crashed into the sea early Sunday, two minutes after taking off in good weather from the city of Sochi. It was carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, widely known as the Red Army Choir, to a New Year’s concert at a Russian military base in Syria.

The Defense Ministry said 15 bodies and 239 body fragments have been recovered from the crash site. It previously said 17 bodies had been found.

A massive recovery effort has involved 3,600 people, including about 200 navy divers flown to the site from all over Russia. They have been aided by drones and submersibles.

Investigators were looking into whether the crash might have been caused by bad fuel, pilot error, equipment failure or objects stuck in the en-

Associated Press A Russian Emergency Ministry diver lifts a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, Tuesday. Investigators have recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane.

gines. The top Russian investigative agency said it had taken samples from a fuel tank used to fill the plane, which flew from Moscow’s Chkalovsky military airport and stopped in Sochi for refueling.

The Komsomolskaya Pravda daily and online publication Life.ru published what they described as a script of cockpit conversation, with a

pilot yelling about a problem with the plane’s flaps and then shouting: “Commander, we are falling!” It was impossible to verify the report, but both publications were known to have good connections with Russian security agencies.

Flaps are moveable panels mounted on the edge of the wings to increase lift.

The Kommersant daily

also said that investigators believed that the crash was caused by a combination of malfunctioning flaps and pilot error, which caused the plane to lose speed and stall.

However, Nikolai Antoshkin, the former deputy chief of the Russian air force, dismissed the claim, saying that responding to flap malfunctions is part of standard pilot

training. “If flaps fail to retract or extend in time ... pilots know how to deal with it, it’s not a problem at all,” he said in remarks carried by state RIA Novosti news agency.

Russia’s main domestic security and counter-terrorism agency, the FSB, said it found “no indications or facts pointing at the possibility of a terror attack or an act of sabotage.”

However, some aviation experts have noted that the crew’s failure to report any technical problem and the large area over which fragments of the plane were scattered could point to an explosion on board.

The Tu-154 is a Soviet-built three-engine airliner designed in the late 1960s. Russian airlines decommissioned the noisy, fuel-guzzling aircraft years ago, but the military and other government agencies continue using the plane, which is still loved by crews for its maneuverability and sturdiness.

The plane that crashed Sunday was built in 1983 and underwent factory checkups and maintenance in 2014, and earlier this year. Investigators have taken relevant documents from the plant that did the job.

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY KYLEA CARTWRIGHT, Plaintiff, v.

SULLY TRUCK WASH, INC., Defendant.

Case No. LACV119766 LEGAL NOTICE AND NOTICE OF FILING OF A SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION AND HEARING TO: KYLEA CARTWRIGHT 511 Park Avenue Peroria, IL 61603 You are hereby given Notice that a Motion for Summary Judgment has been filed in this matter.

These filings may be obtained from counsel for Defendant or on the EDMS filing site. A hearing has been set for February 7, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at the Jasper County Courthouse, 101 1st Street, Newton, Iowa 50208.

You have until January 30, 2017 to respond.

UNLESS YOU ACT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME NOTED, JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU WITHOUT A HEARING AND YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY OR OTHER IMPORTANT RIGHTS. YOU SHOULD SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE. WHITFIELD & EDDY, P.L.C. 699 Walnut Street, Suite 2000 Des Moines, IA 50309-4195 Telephone: (515) 288-6041 Fax: (515) 246-1474 Email: Helton@whitfieldlaw.com By: /s/ J. Campbell Helton J. Campbell Helton AT0003425 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT December 28 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES December 19, 2016, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in regular session at 6:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Hansen presided.

Present Council Members: Chapé, George, Trotter, Mullan Absent: Biondi, Kulis Mayor Hansen asked everyone present to join in saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Brooke Ramsey, HIRTA presented Council with an update on an increase demand of transportation needs. They are looking into some service changes in the near future and wanted the City involved in this planning process.

Ethan Nasalroad, Newton Airport Manager/Johnson Aviation updated Council on the year-end report and future plans for the airport.

There was no citizen participation.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Trotter to approve consent agenda items 5-10.

5. December 5, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes.

6. Approve Liquor License Renewal Class C Liquor License Catering, Okoboji Grill - DMACC, 600 N 2nd Ave W. 7. Resolution appointing Public Works Director and Director of Planning and Zoning to serve on the Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance Committee. Resolution No. 2016271 adopted.

8. Resolution accepting completion of the E 31st St N Restoration Project (1st Ave E N 19th Ave E). Resolution No. 2016-272 adopted.

9. Resolution approving Telecommunications Licensing Agreement with Windstream Iowa Communications, LLC. Resolution No. 2016-273 adopted.

10. Approval of Bills AYES: Four.

NAYS: None.

Consent agenda items approved.

Mayor Hansen stated that this is the time and place for a public hearing on a resolution approving Amendment to City of Newton City-Wide Urban Revitalization Plan.

Moved by George, seconded by Mullan to close the public hearing.

AYES: Four NAYS: None. The public hearing was closed. Moved by Trotter, seconded by George, to adopt the resolution.

AYES: Four NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2016-274 adopted.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by George, to approve the Second Consideration of an Ordinance to amend various sections of the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title IX, Chapter 90, regarding “Animals”.

AYES: Four NAYS: None Second consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by George, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to lift special parking restrictions in the 700 block of E 4 ½ St S. AYES: Four NAYS: None First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by George, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to

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THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JASPER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALICE R. BUNKER, DECEASED PROBATE NO. ESPR036967 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Alice R. Bunker, Deceased, who died on or about on October 10, 2016: You are hereby notified that on December 15, 2016, the Last Will and Testament of Alice R. Bunker, deceased, bearing date of January 11, 2006, was admitted to probate in the abovenamed court, and there will be no present administration of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the district court of the county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Dated December 15, 2016.

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December 21 & December 28

Consideration of an Ordinance to amend various sections of the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title IX, Chapter 90, regarding “Animals”.

AYES: Four NAYS: None Second consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by George, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to lift special parking restrictions in the 700 block of E 4 ½ St S. AYES: Four NAYS: None First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by George, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to the street parking in the 300 block of South Second Avenue East. AYES: Four NAYS: None First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Trotter, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to the street parking in the 2300 block of South Third Avenue East AYES: Four NAYS: None. First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Reference”, to make changes to the street parking along portions of N 11th Avenue E. AYES: Four NAYS: None. First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by George, seconded by Chapé, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Code Reference” by adding and removing stops signs along E 4th Street N.. AYES: Four NAYS: None. First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by Mullan, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance of amending the Code Ordinances, City of Newton, Iowa, 2016, Title VII, Chapter 70, Section 70.15, “Traffic and Parking Schedules Adopted by Code Reference” by adding stops signs at various locations.

AYES: Four NAYS: None First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by George, to approve the First Consideration of an Ordinance amending the City of Newton Code of Ordinances, Title IX, Chapter 94, Section 94.02(C)(4) Garbage, Trash and the like.

AYES: Four NAYS: None First consideration of the amended ordinance passed.

Moved by George, seconded by Trotter, to approve a Resolution approving the City of Newton to enter into a 28E Agreement for Mutual Assistance for Polk Fire/Rescue County Area Services. AYES: Four NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2016-275 adopted.

Moved by Trotter, seconded by George, to approve a Resolution approving the purchase of Ford Expedition from the City of Clive.

AYES: Four NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2016-276 adopted.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by George, to approve a Resolution authorizing a 3-year agreement with HLW Group, LLC to provide professional services for the Newton Sanitary Landfill. AYES: Four NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2016-277 adopted.

Moved by George, seconded by Trotter, to approve a Resolution approving a contract with CivicPlus for redesign of the City of Newton website. AYES: Four Resolution No. NAYS: None.

2016-278 adopted.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Mullan, to approve a Resolution Approving a One-Year Extension for Venture Homes to Continue to Build Houses in Fountain Hills Estates Subdivision. AYES: Four NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2016-279 adopted.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Trotter, to approve a Resolution Approving Submittal of an Application for the State of Iowa High Quality Job Program.

AYES: Four NAYS: None.

Resolution No. 2016-280 adopted.

Bryan Friedman, Director of Finance and Development, updated Council on the Action Plan.

There was no new business.

During old business Mayor Hansen updated Council on the City Administrator hiring process is going well. Mullan made note to commend Library staff as well as the Library patrons for dealing with the cold temperatures due to the heating situation being down temporarily.

Staff is diligently working on the situation.

Moved by Chapé, seconded by Trotter, to adjourn the meeting at 7:04 P.M. Motion unanimously carried by voice vote.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Cheryl Salyers, Deputy City Clerk December 28

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JELD-WEN Window Division in Grinnell has current opportunities, primarily on the off-shifts, including seasonal temporary winter employment if desired. Our need to stock windows for the spring requires a full staff and whether FT or seasonal employment fits your needs, you are encouraged to apply in person at 911 Industrial Avenue in Grinnell. Seasonal wages start at $13.50/hr. for the off-shifts and FT wages are $15.00/hr. JELDWEN is a market leader in vinyl windows and patio doors serving the Midwestern market.

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There’s something cathartic in the thought process, and as long as you don’t act on it, you’re golden.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). How well should they understand you? This is the question of the day. You have surprises and mysteries inside you. How much do you really want to communicate now?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Is this person difficult to get to know? You’ll have to work harder to crack the code, that’s all. Only you can deter-

mine if it’s really worthwhile, although the challenge in and of itself will probably be enough for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Because you are such a fantastic listener you will understand even those who have difficulty communicating. You will find a way to help them and perhaps make an accidental profit, too.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Your affection toward those you love cannot be masked.

Others are secretly envious of the attention you lavish on your nearest and dearest, and today they may make a play for your interest.

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