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COACHES VS CANCER Special ceremony held during senior night basketball / 1B newtondailynews.com Facebook.com/newtondailynews @newtondnews HIGH 38 LOW 29 DAILY NEWS NEWTON 7 98213 00008 4 Thank you J.G. Houser of Newton for subscribing to the Newton Daily News. To subscribe, call 641-792-5320 or visit newtondailynews.com FEATURE Farm Bureu lends helping hand Food pantry in Kellogg receives donation / 2A Astrograph......................5B Calendar ..........................5A Classifieds......................4B Comics & Puzzles...........6A Dear Abby ........................6A Local News......................2A Obituaries.......................5A Opinion............................4A State News...................... 7A WHERE IT’S AT 75 CENTS Volume No. 113 No. 186 2 sections 14 pages TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 2015 WHERE TO GO WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW Copper Dollar Ranch Dennis Magee/Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Theresa “Terri” Supino consults with legal counsel Monday prior to testimony at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo. Supino is charged in the 1983 double murder of 17-year-old Melisa Gregory and 20-year-old Steven Fisher at the Copper Dollar Ranch northwest of Newton. State aims to convince jurors of Supino’s motive in CDR killings By Mike Mendenhall Newton Daily News WATERLOO County prosecutors continued a hard push Monday to establish There- sa “Terri” Supino’s motive to kill her estranged husband, 20-year- old Steven Fisher, and his girl- friend, 17-year-old, at the Cop- per Dollar Ranch 32 years ago. Witnesses at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Water- loo testified to multiple verbal and physical altercations between Fisher and Supino which the state hopes will convince jurors the defendant had the anger and will to kill the victims. The state did not shy away from painting Fisher’s actions in both relationships as ques- tionable at best. Sandra Cupples is a Gregory family friend who looked at Melisa like a “little sis- ter.” She testified Monday to wit- nessing a fight between Gregory and Supino outside a Newton bar in 1982. She said Fisher arrived at the bar with his then-wife Supino and persisted in “encouraging” or antagonizing a fight between the defendant and Gregory. Cupples said Fisher fought onlookers back with a crowbar allowing the fight between the women to continue. “You could tell that Stevie was egging Terri on to start a fight with Melisa, and you could tell she didn’t want to.” Cupples said. “From past experience she had been on the worst end of the fights and basically Stevie was make (Terri) start the fight.” The defense referenced the brutality of the fight, with co- defense counsel Jill Eimermann asking Cupples if Gregory in fact “beat the hell out of ” Supino during the 1982 fight. The de- fense was presumably alluding to Gregory’s ability to defend her- self against the defendant. State’s witness Shelly Au- das testified that she remembers watching Supino say to a Ouija Board while the two were neigh- bors in the early 90s “son of a [expletive] if I can’t have him, nobody will.” This comment ref- erenced earlier testimony by Su- pino co-worker Brenda Eilander who heard a similar statement from the defendant prior to the murders. Audas also knew with both victims well prior to their 1983 deaths, and testified they ap- peared “very close” while in pub- lic together. The defense refer- ence a “gathering” the witness attended two days before the Berg grades 5-8 proposal defeated on 4-3 vote By Jason W. Brooks Newton Daily News After more than one year of discussing reconfig- uration, the Newton Community School District board is still at somewhat of an impasse. A proposal to devote the Berg elementary/mid- dle school complex to grades 5-8 would have given the board room to discuss more reconfiguration options. However, the motion was defeated by a 4-3 vote at Monday’s regular board meeting, leav- ing the board with limited flexibility if it wants to utilize all of its facilities in 2016-17. Board member Andy Elbert, who made the motion, voted in favor of making Berg grades 5-8, as did fellow board member Nat Clark and board president Sheri Benson. Board members Bill Per- renoud, Donna Cook, Travis Padget and Robyn Friedman voted against the motion. Kate Malott/Daily News The Fairy Godmothers host a bake sale Jan. 31 at the Newton YMCA. Pictured in the front row are Sam Jutting and Sarah Carry. In the back row are Angie Mowbray, Kaetlin McPartlin, Sabrina Smead and Mary McPartlin. Fairy Godmothers make dreams come true By Kate Malott Newton Daily News Each year, the Newton Community School District hosts a father-daughter dance at the high school called the Princess and Papa’s Ball for girls 4 years old to sixth grade. What should be a wonderful and fun time for many parents and students in the community could also be a stressful and chal- lenging time for oth- ers. Four years ago, Sarah Carry noticed a need for assistance for the ball. Carry found fellow mothers in the community to help her in the cause. The mothers organized, collected and named themselves The Fairy Godmothers. Each year the number of participants grows and this year the group hopes to provide for around 80 area students. The Fairy Godmoth- ers will host its annual Princess Workshop, a day of pampering, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 21 at the American Legion Hall, 1101 W. Fourth St. S. in Newton. “We’re just a bunch of moms who got to- gether because we re- ally care about kids in the community and we wanted to do something so that everyone can feel special. We don’t want anyone to not be able to go to the Princess and Papa’s Ball because they can’t afford it,” said Fairy Godmother Sa- brina Smead. Workplace Wellness Workshop planned for March 6 By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The Newton Well- ness Coalition is hosting a Workplace Wellness Workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 at the DMACC Newton Cam- pus, 600 N. Second Ave. W. Local employers and employees are invited to come and learn about wellness programs in the workplace and how to further wellness efforts. “Anything from man- ufacturing, to corporate, to small business own- ers, large business owners there’s really a place for wellness in every work site,” Lori Griffin, NWC member said. The NWC is promot- ing wellness programs as a proven way to reduce health care costs and ab- sentee- ism. The event is designed to as- sist work sites with imple- ment- ing suc- cessful wellness programs and provide resources, tools and spe- cific ideas to introduce or expand wellness in the workplace. The event will start with a networking hour for employers to talk and find out what wellness programs are in place and what is working. Vendors and booths will also be available to visit to find out what some Jason W. Brooks/Daily News Kristina M. Martinez Moreno speaks at Monday’s New- ton Community School District board meeting. There were about 45 people at the meeting, and the board voted 4-3 against a proposal that would have convert- ed the Berg School Complex to a grades 5-8 facility. NCSD board members say more community input needed BERG | 7A Witness cite Fisher, Supino ‘prior bad acts’ SUPINO | 3A WELLNESS | 3A Long GODMOTHER | 3A
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7 98213 00008 4 Thank you J.G. Houser of Newton for subscribing to the Newton Daily News. To subscribe, call 641-792-5320 or visit newtondailynews.com

FEATURE

Farm Bureu lends helping handFood pantry in Kellogg receives donation / 2A

Astrograph......................5BCalendar..........................5AClassifieds......................4B

Comics & Puzzles...........6ADear Abby........................6ALocal News......................2A

Obituaries.......................5AOpinion............................4AState News......................7A

WHERE IT’S AT

75 CENTS

Volume No. 113No. 186

2 sections14 pages

TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 2015 • WHERE TO GO WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW

Copper Dollar Ranch

Dennis Magee/Waterloo-Cedar Falls CourierTheresa “Terri” Supino consults with legal counsel Monday prior to testimony at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo. Supino is charged in the 1983 double murder of 17-year-old Melisa Gregory and 20-year-old Steven Fisher at the Copper Dollar Ranch northwest of Newton.

State aims to convince jurors of Supino’s motive in CDR killings

By Mike MendenhallNewton Daily News

WATERLOO — County prosecutors continued a hard push Monday to establish There-sa “Terri” Supino’s motive to kill her estranged husband, 20-year-old Steven Fisher, and his girl-friend, 17-year-old, at the Cop-per Dollar Ranch 32 years ago.

Witnesses at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Water-loo testified to multiple verbal and physical altercations between Fisher and Supino which the state hopes will convince jurors the defendant had the anger and will to kill the victims.

The state did not shy away from painting Fisher’s actions in both relationships as ques-tionable at best. Sandra Cupples is a Gregory family friend who

looked at Melisa like a “little sis-ter.” She testified Monday to wit-nessing a fight between Gregory and Supino outside a Newton bar in 1982. She said Fisher arrived at the bar with his then-wife Supino and persisted in “encouraging” or antagonizing a fight between the defendant and Gregory. Cupples said Fisher fought onlookers back with a crowbar allowing the fight between the women to continue.

“You could tell that Stevie was egging Terri on to start a fight with Melisa, and you could tell she didn’t want to.” Cupples said. “From past experience she had been on the worst end of the fights and basically Stevie was make (Terri) start the fight.”

The defense referenced the brutality of the fight, with co-defense counsel Jill Eimermann asking Cupples if Gregory in

fact “beat the hell out of ” Supino during the 1982 fight. The de-fense was presumably alluding to Gregory’s ability to defend her-self against the defendant.

State’s witness Shelly Au-das testified that she remembers watching Supino say to a Ouija Board while the two were neigh-bors in the early 90s “son of a [expletive] if I can’t have him, nobody will.” This comment ref-erenced earlier testimony by Su-pino co-worker Brenda Eilander who heard a similar statement from the defendant prior to the murders.

Audas also knew with both victims well prior to their 1983 deaths, and testified they ap-peared “very close” while in pub-lic together. The defense refer-ence a “gathering” the witness attended two days before the

Berg grades 5-8 proposal defeated on

4-3 vote

By Jason W. BrooksNewton Daily News

After more than one year of discussing reconfig-uration, the Newton Community School District board is still at somewhat of an impasse.

A proposal to devote the Berg elementary/mid-dle school complex to grades 5-8 would have given the board room to discuss more reconfiguration options. However, the motion was defeated by a 4-3 vote at Monday’s regular board meeting, leav-ing the board with limited flexibility if it wants to utilize all of its facilities in 2016-17.

Board member Andy Elbert, who made the motion, voted in favor of making Berg grades 5-8, as did fellow board member Nat Clark and board president Sheri Benson. Board members Bill Per-renoud, Donna Cook, Travis Padget and Robyn Friedman voted against the motion.

Kate Malott/Daily NewsThe Fairy Godmothers host a bake sale Jan. 31 at the Newton YMCA. Pictured in the front row are Sam Jutting and Sarah Carry. In the back row are Angie Mowbray, Kaetlin McPartlin, Sabrina Smead and Mary McPartlin.

Fairy Godmothers make dreams come trueBy Kate Malott

Newton Daily News

Each year, the Newton Community School District hosts a father-daughter dance at the high school called the Princess and Papa’s Ball for girls 4 years old to sixth grade. What should be a wonderful and fun time for many parents and students in the community could also be a stressful and chal-lenging time for oth-ers.

Four years ago, Sarah Carry noticed a need for assistance for the ball. Carry found fellow mothers in the community to help her in the cause. The mothers organized, collected and named themselves The Fairy Godmothers. Each year the number of participants grows and

this year the group hopes to provide for around 80 area students.

The Fairy Godmoth-ers will host its annual Princess Workshop, a day of pampering, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 21 at the American

Legion Hall, 1101 W. Fourth St. S. in Newton.

“We’re just a bunch of moms who got to-gether because we re-ally care about kids in the community and we wanted to do something so that everyone can feel

special. We don’t want anyone to not be able to go to the Princess and Papa’s Ball because they can’t afford it,” said Fairy Godmother Sa-brina Smead.

Workplace Wellness Workshop planned

for March 6By Jamee A. Pierson

Newton Daily News

The Newton Well-ness Coalition is hosting a Workplace Wellness Workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 at the DMACC Newton Cam-pus, 600 N. Second Ave. W. Local employers and employees are invited to come and learn about wellness programs in the workplace and how to further wellness efforts.

“Anything from man-ufacturing, to corporate, to small business own-ers, large business owners there’s really a place for wellness in every work site,” Lori Griffin, NWC member said.

The NWC is promot-ing wellness programs as a proven way to reduce health care costs and ab-

s e n t e e -ism. The event is designed to as-sist work sites with i m p l e -m e n t -ing suc-c e s s f u l wellness

programs and provide resources, tools and spe-cific ideas to introduce or expand wellness in the workplace.

The event will start with a networking hour for employers to talk and find out what wellness programs are in place and what is working. Vendors and booths will also be available to visit to find out what some

Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsKristina M. Martinez Moreno speaks at Monday’s New-ton Community School District board meeting. There were about 45 people at the meeting, and the board voted 4-3 against a proposal that would have convert-ed the Berg School Complex to a grades 5-8 facility.

NCSD board members say more community input needed

BERG | 7A

Witness cite Fisher, Supino ‘prior bad acts’

SUPINO | 3A

WELLNESS | 3A

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GODMOTHER | 3A

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Private companies make do-nations to charities all the time.

However, it isn’t every week that one local nonprofit agency gets to help another one. That’s what happened when the Jasper County Farm Bureau was able to make a monetary and labor donation to the East Jasper County Christian Food Pantry.

Farm Bureau Board of Di-rectors members Herb Scott and Lauren Van Wyk made a presentation late last month to the pantry. Along with a check for an undisclosed amount, bu-reau members also volunteered at the pantry.

“They were kind of new to me,” Scott said. “You’d think that being in Kellogg, I’d have known about them sooner. I hear they’re quite successful. I’m told Newton even goes to them for food supplies once in a while.”

The pantry, located in Kel-logg, serves eastern Jasper County households. Its area is east of a line corresponding to Highway T-12, including Kel-

logg, Lynnville, Sully, Gales-burg, Newburg and surround-ing areas.

Van Wyk said the pantry was chosen as the beneficary of Farm Bureau donations in a recent decision by the women’s committee.

The pantry benefits from a variety of generous organiza-tions and donors, including the Kellogg Junior Fire Program, which filled a fire truck with donations for a recent delivery at the facility. Scott said he’s glad the Farm Bureau was a part of the effort.

“That’s definitely the kind of work that we strive toward,” Scott said.

The Farm Bureau’s Trish Hafkey supplied some impor-tant hunger statistics, many of which help drive the bureau and others to help those who have issues getting enough food in their homes.

Approximately 389,000 Io-wans are struggling with food insecurity, or about 12.7 per-cent of the state’s population, according to Feeding America, a national food-relief organiza-tion.

About 31 percent of food-bank users in Iowa are younger than age 18, while 11 percent are seniors, according to Feed-ing America’s 2014 “Hunger in America” food bank survey, released in September. The sur-vey also found that 65 percent of food-bank client households had to choose between paying for food and paying for medi-cine or medical bills in the past 12 months.

About 66 percent of cli-ent households had a member who worked for pay in the last 12 months. But in 49 percent of client households, the most employed person in the house-hold was without a job in the last year, according to the sur-vey.

The Eastern Jasper Coun-ty food bank can be reached through its Facebook page. Iowa residents who don’t live near Kellogg can still find a local food pantry on the Iowa Food Bank Association’s web-site, www.iowafba.org.

Farm Bureau makes labor, monetary donation to eastern Jasper pantry

Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsThe Jasper County Farm Bureau was one of the most recent organizations to make donations to the East Jasper County Christian Food Pantry. There were both monetary and labor donations made. From left to right: Kelly Van Wyk, JCFB board member Lauren Van Wyk, Janet Faircloth, and JCFB board member Herb Scott, right, were on hand on Jan. 31 to make a donation.

Bleakney named to FSA county committee

Mike Bleakney, of Newton, has been elected to his second term on the Farm Service Agency Jasper Coun-ty Committee. Bleakney will represent producers from Local Administrative Area #1, which includes Malaka, Mariposa, Hickory Grove, Newton, Kellogg and Rock Creek Townships.

FSA said it appreciates all of the voters for taking the time to complete the election ballot. The county com-mittee system works only because of local participation.

The committee members held their organizational meeting on Jan. 15 and voted Bryce Engbers to serve as chairman, Howard Bond will serve as vice chairman, and Bleakney will serve as the regular member of the committee.

In addition to the election of officers, it was deter-mined that the Jasper County Committee will meet on the third Thursday of every month at 9 a.m.

Meeting times are subject to change, and if you plan to attend a meeting, please call to confirm the meeting date and time.

If interested in additional information on county committees, such as fact sheets and/or brochures, they can be found on the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections or at a local USDA Service Center.

Jasper County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host three recertification opportu-nities at its office, 550 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

Commercial Ag Weed Recertification will be held from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesday and Feb. 16. Confine-ment Manure Recertificaiton will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Seed Treatment Recertification will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18.

Registration for each event is required. Registra-tion for each event is $35.

For more information, call Tammy Welcher at 641-792-6433, or email [email protected]

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“The Fabulous 50’s”

April 12, 2015 (Sunday)

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100 N. 2nd Ave. W., Newton(641)792-1980

Matinee 1950’s show at the Holland Performing Arts (Omaha) to reminisce Doo-wop, television shows & commercials along

with Elvis! Lunch at Joselyn Art Museum! Deadline: March 15th

(Deposit due prior to final deadline)

Iowa Pork conferences to offer health, audit

and traceability CLIVE — Iowa pork producers are invited to

learn more about disease preparedness and trace-ability, development and implementation of com-mon industry audits, and swine health research at the 2015 Iowa Pork Regional Conferences this month.

Attendees also will learn how to prepare for an audit and get swine program updates from Iowa State University Extension swine specialists.

The Iowa Pork Industry Center, Iowa Pork Pro-ducers Association and Iowa State University Ex-tension and Outreach cosponsor this annual series at different sites around the state.

Conferences will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23 to 26 and follow the same schedule at the following four locations: Feb. 23, Sheldon, NW Iowa Community College, Bldg. A, Room 116/119; Feb. 24, Carroll, Carroll County Extension office; Feb. 25, Nashua, The Borlaug Learning Center; and Feb. 26, Iowa City, Johnson County Extension of-fice.

There is no cost for those who register and pork operation employers, managers and staff are en-couraged to attend. Walk-in registration is $5 per person, payable at the door.

To register, call IPPA at 800-372-7675 or e-mail Barb Nelson at [email protected]

ISU Extension to host reconfiguration

opportunities in February

Please recycle your old newspapers.

By Jason W. BrooksNewton Daily News

Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or

[email protected]

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Adra Clymer will have her90th birthday on February 16th.

Please join her family incelebration with a card shower

by sending greetings to:

500 1st St. North, #118Newton

We would like to extend a deep and heartfelt ‘thank you’ for the loving care provided by all the

staff at Skiff Medical Center and particularlyat Park Centre where Helen lived for 23 years.

From the extremely knowledgeable and loving Skilled Nursing staff to the physical and occupational therapists, maintenance,

housekeeping and kitchen staff, chef and servers alike. As her family, we witnessed the level of sensitivity, love and care each of these people

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CorrectionThe Pancake Supper and Ash Wednesday

Worship will be at St. Luke United Method-ist Church, 501 E. 19th St. N. The incorrect address was printed in Wednesday’s edition of the Newton Daily News.

murders where Fisher was alleging distributing drugs and possessed cocaine. The witness told attorneys without jurors present, she had no first-hand knowl-edge of Fisher’s drug ac-tivities or who told her the information.

“When you spoke with the officers, you indicated that at that gathering Ste-ven Fisher was supplying drugs and that he had lots of cocaine,” Eimermann said. “Do you recall saying that?”

“I said that I had heard that at the party,” Audas said. “I never saw it. I never used it. I heard about it.”

“So your testimony to-day is that you did not tell law enforcement in your prior interview that you had seen Steven Fisher two nights before (his murder) supplying drugs and hav-ing lots of cocaine?” Ei-mermann said.

“I didn’t see him supply it, no,” Audas said.

Iowa 5th District Court Judge Terry Rickers ruled the testimony was based on hearsay and would not be admissible for jurors’ con-sideration. But Judge Rick-

ers did reference his pretri-al motion stating evidence supporting an alleged drug-related hit on the vic-tims would be admissible if the defense could provide prior proof to the court. He also indicated the court did not specify as to the type of drugs allowed for discussion during the trial — whether marijuana or cocaine is mentioned.

This was not the de-fense’s first attempt to raise question Monday of drug activity at the former CDR. After state’s witness Pam DeBruyn — former wife of CDR employee Jeff Illingworth — recalled an event where Supino al-legedly threatened Fisher and Gregory from outside DeBruyn and Illingworths’ apartment in 1982, the de-fense attempted to ques-tion DeBruyn about now-deceased Illingworth’s involvement in Hal Sne-deker’s alleged drug run-ning from the CDR.

The court sustained the state’s objection to the line of questioning, but Judge Rickers did allow DeBruyn to answer the defense when asked regarding her family’s safety in the two weeks following the CDR murders. The witness said her family stayed with

Hal and Linda Snedeker for protection during that time.

Following the noon re-cess, the state called Supi-no’s former softball team-mate Julie McPherren who allegedly witnessed to an incident in 1979 — while Fisher and Supino were dating — in which the de-fendant chased Fisher with a car, forcing him to climb a softball diamond back-stop to avoid getting hit.

The state attempted to draw parallels between this incident and a separate event referenced in testi-

mony Friday from former CDR co-owner Linda Snedeker who claims to have been an eye witness to another fight between the defendant and Fisher involving a car in Febru-ary 1983. She testified that Supino pulled Fisher down a gravel driveway with his arm rolled up in the car’s window. Multiple wit-nesses have testified to see-ing the victim in a cast or sling following the alleged incident — including De-Bruyn — although the timeline from each witness has varied between Feb.

1983 and fall of 1982.McPherren testified

first without jurors pres-ent. The defense objected to the witness’s testimony claiming county pros-ecutors were attempting to paint the defendant’s character negatively. The defense also stated a 1979 event prior to Fisher and Supino’s marriage was too far out from the murders and should not be used to establish motive.

Ultimately, jurors heard McPherren’s account, as Judge Rickers ruled in fa-vor of the state deciding the incident did align with his pretrial motion of these “prior bad acts” to establish “animus” between the de-fendant and the victim.

Former Jasper County Attorney John Billingsley took the stand and pro-vided details of an unsolic-ited 1987 interview request from Supino. The witness said the defendant was in-terested in the autopsy re-port. It wasn’t uncommon, Billingsley said, for Supino to ask to meet with inves-tigators and the county at-torney’s office on anniver-saries of the murders.

Billingsley said he used crime scene photos as “props” during the inter-view, hoping to illicit a re-

sponse, confession or piece of information from Supi-no to further the case. The former county attorney testified that Supino ap-peared more interested in a photo of a tire track taken at the scene in 1983 and only skimmed the autopsy report. Supino met with Billingsley and then-depu-ty sheriff Mike Balmer for nearly six hours.

The defense questioned why Billingsley did not file charges in the case before he left the county attor-ney’s office in 1988. He said without a statute of limitations, he felt more investigation was in order.

“In a case of this nature there is no time limit of filing charges,” Billingsley said. “I just felt like there was more to know, more to be learned, so I felt that ad-ditional research and study was necessary.”

Due to an unexpected death within a juror’s fam-ily, the court ruled to ex-tend adjournment through Tuesday. Proceedings and witness testimony will re-sume at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Black Hawk County Courthouse.

SupinoContinued from Page 1A

The Fairy Godmothers pro-vide more than dresses, shoes, makeup, manicures and hair for young girls in the community — they provide a whole experience which includes a day of pamper-ing to make young girls in need feel special.

When a young student ar-rives, she is paired up with a high school or middle school volun-teer to take her around to various stations to prepare for the ball. There’s a dress station where the student can choose what dress she would like to wear. There’s a hair station where volunteers are there to fix the students’ hair however

they would choose. There’s also a makeup, manicure and shoe sta-tion.

“We definitely wouldn’t be able to do it without volunteers, donations from the community and people’s time,” Smead said.

With an increasing pressure to fit a societal image of beauty, being a young girl, especially one who doesn’t have many new clothes, can be hard and demean-ing. The Godmothers want to promote empowerment, to teach girls that no matter what they look like, who they are or where they come from that they deserve to shine.

“You see a little girl come in, shy, and by the end they feel so good about themselves. It really brings out their inner beauty. It’s

really powerful,” said Godmother Angie Mowbray.

The Godmothers remem-bered one of their regular girls who had been with them since the beginning, Ashlee Selders. Last year, Selders wanted a blue dress and so the ladies went out and found her a blue dress. She loved it and it made her feel won-derful, her mother Nedra Carr said.

Selders passed away in De-cember and was buried in that blue dress she adored just a year ago. She was in fifth grade.

“It meant so much to her, and to me. They really made a differ-ence in her life,” Carr said. Carr donates to The Fairy Godmoth-ers every year and says she plans on continuing.

“These woman are role mod-els. They showed Ashlee respon-sibility like how to give to the community and that it’s good to give to others,” said Carr. “I want to thank them for the wonderful job they do and for pampering my Ashlee, making her feel like a little princess.”

The Godmothers said Selders positive attitude and spirit will leave a lasting impression with the group. They will do some-thing special this year to honor her.

Jewelry, dresses, shoes, hair accessories and makeup are just some of the items that can be do-nated to The Fairy Godmothers. New to the program is the addi-tion of purchased dance tickets and a dinner for the girls and their

date, so food and monetary dona-tions are helpful as well.

To sign-up a student for the workshop, email [email protected], call Sabrina Smead at 641-521-8928 or Sarah Carry at 641-275-5613, or visit The Fairy Godmothers Face-book page. Each students’ name, age, dress size, shoe size, and tele-phone number are needed.

To donate money for the or-ganization, girls dresses, or other accessories, drop items off at the United Way of Jasper County or the Newton Daily News. To schedule a pickup of donation items, call Smead at 641-521-8928.

Princess and Papa’s Ball is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the New-ton High School.

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“best in class” businesses are doing in their workplaces to promote well-ness. An example Griffin gave was a walking program at DMACC where employees walk the building to main-tain wellness, even during the winter months.

“Part of it will be an opportunity to network so after the conference em-ployers can have a network of support and resources in our town to bounce ideas off of,” Griffin said.

Lunch, provided by Park Centre,

will follow with a presentation by key-note speaker Heidi Long, director of health and well-being for WesleyLife. Long will speak about ideas employ-ers can take away from the conference back to their workplaces, along with ideas that could be implemented im-mediately. She will also speak about ways to get employees engaged and excited about wellness.

Griffin added that wellness is not only about exercise but includes ideas for employees’ diets as well.

“I think that one of Heidi’s key points is that wellness isn’t just about exercise. That it is really about a ho-listic approach to well being,” Griffin

said.The NWC hopes employers will

leave with a strong network to consult with after the event to further work-place wellness. Ideas to keep in touch, whether through a Facebook page or emailing are welcome.

To learn more or sign up for the event, contact Jenny Thompson at Skiff Hospital (641-791-4303 or [email protected]) or Lori Griffin at Park Centre (641-791-4550 or [email protected]). The dead-line for registration is Feb. 27.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or [email protected]

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Dennis Magee/Waterloo-Cedar Falls CourierShelly Audas, former neighbor of defendant Theresa “Terri” Supino testifies about a cryptic statement the defendant made to a Ouija Board in the 1990s allegedly referencing the 1983 murders of her estranged husband Steven Fisher and his girlfriend Melisa Gregory.

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Blood drive to be in NewtonA Newton Community Blood Drive will be

from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at DMACC Newton Conference Center, 600 N. Second Ave. W. For more information about blood donation or to schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 800-287-4903 or visit www.lifeserve-bloodcenter.org.

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Because I’m on vaca-tion from my newspaper reporter job this week, I ’ v e b e e n e a t i n g b r e a k -fast at my fa-v o r i t e d i n e r e v e r y m o r n -i n g . E g g s . P a n -cakes. Hash browns. Ba-con. Ham. Steak. Toast. Coffee. Not all at once, of course.

And because my fa-ther liked diner break-fasts, I’ve been thinking of him. Though he’s been dead for 27 years, he is much with me.

He was a child of the Great Depression. A non-nostalgic World War II combat vet, a bartender and, later, a midlevel manager for a huge corporation where he strove mightily at a job he didn’t like.

And he gave me ad-vice, strange quirky ad-vice I could really use. After breakfast this morning, I drove around town a while, puffing a pipe and repeating some of Pop’s advice. For all I know, he “borrowed” some of the advice from other sources, but I heard them from him. Here’s a list.

“They call a guy ‘the underdog’ because he’s probably going to lose.”

“When I was tending bar, a bookie he used to come in. He drove a new Cadillac every year. The guys who bet with him drove used Fords. That tell you anything?”

“If you let your wife buy your clothes, you’re gonna like look a guy whose wife buys his clothes.”

“If you’re in a Chi-nese restaurant and the place looks kinda iffy, order the shrimp. Noth-ing looks like a shrimp except a shrimp.”

“Keep an eye on those guys who smile all the time but never laugh.”

“No man drinks any-thing with more than

two ingredients. And ice counts.”

“You know how I got to be a sergeant in the Army? Because there are so many idiots in the Army that if you got anything going for you at all, you get a rank.”

“Never carry a pen in the pocket of your sport coat. Put in your shirt pocket. If the pen leaks, it’s cheaper to replace a shirt than a jacket.”

“If you owe a guy $50, don’t try giving him $10 a week for five weeks. Who wants money that way?”

“Never tip a bar-tender with change. It’s cheap.”

“Want to know if a guy has money? Look at his shoes.”

“There’s no place so poor that it doesn’t have one rich person. Somebody’s always got more.”

“I never belonged to a union in my life, but I never crossed a picket line, either.”

“Any man who hits a woman might as well be a woman.”

“You can talk your way out of fights be-cause people who want to fight are stupid. They get confused when you start talking.”

“Women don’t care what you do, as long as you do it at home.”

“I understand a guy who gets divorced and never gets married again. He just didn’t like being married. I don’t understand a guy who gets divorced and marries somebody else. What’s the point?”

“I don’t like baseball. Somebody says to me, ‘That pitcher can throw a ball 90 miles an hour,’ I say to him, ‘Can he do it while somebody’s punching him in the face?’”

And always, “Be a brave little boy. Don’t cry.”

Marc Munroe Dion is a nation-ally syndicated columnist. Dion’s book of Pulitzer Prize-nominated columns, “Between Wealth and Welfare: A Liberal Curmudgeon in America,” is available for Nook

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One of the housekeeping items at the beginning of every new General Assembly, is the adoption of rules. Each standing committee in both chambers adopt rules as their first item of business.

The House and Senate re-spectively adopt rules that gov-erns how busi-ness is conducted and how the code of ethics will be observed. Then, there are also joint rules that es-tablish how the two chambers will work together.

Typically, there is very little, if any, controversy or debate when considering the rules that gov-ern the legislature. But it would seem that we are living in a time when even something as simple as rules are politicized.

Take for instance the rules recently adopted by the Senate chamber (SR 1). Prior to 2011, if a bill was languishing in a given committee because the com-mittee chair opted to block that legislation, a simple majority of 26 senators could band together

and vote to bring the bill to the floor of the Senate.

This procedure was rarely used, but it afforded that simple majority of senators an opportu-nity to override the wishes of just one senator. In 2011, those rules were changed by the current Senate leadership so that a single senator, either a committee chair or the majority leader, could block legislation from coming to the floor. In an extreme ex-ample, even if all the other 49 senators wished to advance a bill to the senate floor, a single sena-tor strategically positioned could obstruct that advancement.

In an attempt to revert back to the pre-2011 Senate rules, Senate Republicans offered an amendment to SR 1. Despite pleas to restore open and hon-est debate in the Iowa Senate, the amendment was rejected on a straight party line vote.

Why should I, a member of the House of Representatives, care so much about the rules governing the chamber across the rotunda? Good question.

During the previous General Assembly, House Republicans worked with House Democrats to garner strong bipartisan sup-port on several key pieces of leg-islation important to Iowans.

There were dozens of bills that passed the House with more than 75 out of 100 votes (some with more than 90 votes) only to collect dust at the bottom of some drawer in the Senate. No subcommittee hearing. No debate. No vote. Nothing.

Unless the culture of the Sen-ate leadership has drastically changed, I do not have much hope for similar pieces of legisla-tion going forward in the current General Assembly.

As someone who strives to work hard for my constituents and earnestly reaches across party lines to build bipartisan consensus on legislation for the betterment of our state, this is disheartening and discouraging when you know that just one person in the Senate can bring it all to a screeching halt.

Regardless of your political affiliation, the people of Iowa should be outraged and demand more than these childish, bully-ing tactics from Senate leader-ship. These rules are a disservice to representative government and are being used to silence your voice. Iowans deserve better from their elected officials!

Representative Greg Heartsill (R-Columbia) represents Iowa House District 28

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I am hoping, without much faith, that the past snow fall is the last of the year. As beauti-ful as a white, sparkling, snow covered town can be, I am more than ready for the temperature to rise and say goodbye to the mess. We did get in some play time in the snow, while it was here, much to the girls’ plea-sure.

As the snow was falling last week, my husband and I each took the girls out to play in the fresh snow. It was still pretty cold out, and my oldest decided to head in after about five minutes. My youngest, on the other hand, had to be car-ried in kicking and screaming. She had no cares about the cold or that her hands were getting soaked. The allure of going down the play set slide and landing in a pile of snow was far greater than any chills she was getting. We tried to make a snowman but the snow wasn’t quite ready for building

yet. Because of the wind, our fence was covered in snow and she thought it was really fun to push it and watch all of the snow fall off.

I think both girls’ favor-ite activity, by far, is having a snowball fight. They both gig-gle through threats of hurling the snowball at us before they toss it and it splashes on our legs. It is always a delight when their dad makes a big snowball and throws it hard against a tree to make it explode and rain over them.

Getting out of the car and into the house is always a pro-cess when there is snow on the ground. Since the temps have been too low to play outside for a long period of time, the walk between the garage and the house becomes much lon-ger, walking up and down the driveway to stomp through the snow. On more than one occa-sion, I have had to rescue one of the girls who got her boot

stuck in the snow and walked right out of it. That is about the only time the snow isn’t any fun anymore, and they are willing to go inside without a fight.

This past weekend my par-ents had my entire family over for a Valentine’s Day gathering. We ate great food, made valen-tines to decorate the house and celebrated my nephew getting engaged — congrats Dylan and Jennifer! We also took ad-vantage of the decent weather and headed outside to go sled-ding. My parents live next to a golf course that is full of small and large hills for sledding, de-pending on how far you want-ed to walk. Right next to their house are a couple of small hills, perfect for the little kids.

We got all decked out in our winter gear and headed out, ready to fly down the hills and build a snowman. The snow-man was easy enough to ac-complish but the snow was so

wet and heavy we only made it down the hill if we were being pulled by the string connected to the sled. The kids thought it was great as they sat on the sled. The adults on the other hand were getting a work-out pulling the sled through the thick, heavy snow up and down the hills.

We rounded out our snow play building a “cave” in the huge pile of snow at the end of my parents’ driveway. With the help of my brother, sister and nieces, a cozy little hole was dug out that could fit two of the kids. After an ex-pected struggle, we brought the soaked girls inside to dry off and warm up. Luckily, can-dy hearts and cupcakes were handed out to take their mind off of their earlier snow adven-tures.

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State View

Keeping Me on My Toes

By Jamee A. Pierson

Staff Writer

Living and Dion

By Marc Dion

By Greg Heartsill

Iowa Representative

Rules: How the political class silences the voice of everyday Iowans

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Jane HarlanFeb. 3, 2015

J a n e H a r l a n , 67, was born Oct. 8, 1947, to Ellis and Ju-lia Har-lan in

Newton. She died Tues-day, Feb. 3, 2015, in Ar-lington, Va.

Jane graduated from Newton High School in 1965, where she re-ceived many awards as a baton twirler. She then graduated from Drake University and De Paul Law School.

Her career as an at-

torney spanned multiple states, but had the con-stant theme of helping those who couldn’t help themselves. She had many passions in her life – animals, planting trees, music (she played the flute, oboe and or-gan), politics and her family, especially her four grandchildren.

Jane is survived by her mother, Julia Harlan; siblings, John Harlan and Mary Harlan; her children Sam Hanna, Laura Bergen and Mag-da Rolfes; her grand-children, Lily, Clara, Ada and Reese.

She was preceded in death by her father Ellis Harlan.

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• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Masonic Temple in Prairie City.

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

• Approval Addiction women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• CAA Youth Sculpture Project will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Centre for Arts & Artists in Newton, to help design and create a sculp-ture for the CAA grounds. There are no fees to attend. Enter on the west side of the CAA building. For more information, email Karen at [email protected] or call Linda at 641-521-3554. These meetings will continue on Wednesday evenings.

• A Hiring Event will begin at 9 a.m. Wednes-day at Goodwill Career Connections Center, in Newton. Call 641-791-0424 to register.

• Human Resources Lunch & Learn will meet at noon Wednesday at Goodwill Career Con-nections Center, Room 241, 600 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.

• Newton Class of 1961 will meet at noon Wednesday at Giovanni’s in Newton. All class members and guests are welcome to meet for lunch and conversation.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• LinkedIn program will begin at noon Thurs-day at Goodwill Career Connections Center in Newton.

• TOPS Iowa 254 will meet at 6 p.m. Thurs-day at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton.

• Total Forgiveness women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hephzibah House in Newton.

• Wine Down will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at Van Wijk Winery, 802 Fourth St. in Sully. Members enjoy wine and gather to create an informal social club to network and meet new friends. Singles meet others who share similar interests.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Friday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Battlefield of the Mind women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at Hephzibah House in

Newton Police Department

• Stephen M. El-liott, 26, of Newton, is charged with driving while license denied af-ter authorities located him at TPI at 6:25 a.m. Thursday. Officers saw a vehicle that had a green sticker displayed and found the owner had his license revoked. Officers located the vehicle and the man who was driv-ing. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Rudy A. Davis, 29, of Newton, is charged with driving while barred after authori-ties pulled him over in the 200 block of East Fourth Street South at 8 p.m. Wednesday. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Benjamin C. Sand-er, 19, of Newton, is charged with failure to obey traffic control de-vice after authorities were called to the 100 block of East Eighth

Street South at 6:41 a.m. Thursday. Clara Foster was traveling south when her vehicle was hit by Sander af-ter he ran the red light while traveling east on First Avenue. Foster had approximately $2,000 in damage and Sander had approximately $2,000 in damage. He was cited and released to appear.

• A 16-year-old ju-venile is charged with following too close af-ter authorities were called to the 1200 block of First Avenue East at 5:10 p.m. Thursday. Sue Padilla and the ju-venile were traveling east on First Avenue when the juvenile was unable to stop due to slippery roads and the vehicle rear-ended Pa-dilla’s vehicle. Padilla had approximately $100 in damage and the juve-nile had approximately $500. She was cited and released to appear.

• Scott D. Bein-

tema, 51, of Newton, is charged with failure to obey stop or yield sign after authorities were called to the intersec-tion of East Second Street South and Fifth Avenue East at 11:22 a.m. Thursday. Randy Brisel was traveling east on South Fifth Avenue East when his vehicle was hit by Beintema’s vehicle, who stopped then proceeded into the intersection. Bein-tema had approximately $3,000 in damage and Brisel had approximate-ly $100 in damage. He was cited and released to appear.

• Nathan J. Sav-age, 26, of Newton, is charged with operating while under the influ-ence, careless driving, failure to obey a stop sign and eluding after authorities pulled him over at the intersection of South Fourth Avenue East and South Fifth Avenue East at 10:29 p.m. Friday. Officers saw a vehicle fishtailing and spinning its tires at multiple intersections and after failing to stop at a stop sign, officers at-tempted to pull it over. The vehicle continued, running additional stop signs and gaining speeds

of 40 to 50 miles per hour before failing to make a turn and run-ning into a snow bank. Officers smelled alcohol on Savage and he admit-ted he ran because he had been drinking. He had a BAC of .098. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Leisa D. Thomas, 48, of Newton, is charged with driving while li-cense under suspension after authorities pulled her over in the 400 block of First Avenue East at 1:38 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.

• Shane R. Grave, 28,

of Newton, is charged with unsafe backing on highway after authori-ties were called to North Third Avenue East and East 12th Street North at 4:20 p.m. Friday. Grave was stopped at an intersection and began backing up his vehicle for a turning semi-truck when his vehicle hit the front of John Vandenberg’s ve-hicle, who was stopped behind him. Grave had approximately $2,000 in damage and Vanden-berg had approximately $700 in damage. He was cited and released to appear.

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Ninth grade orientation Feb. 17Orientation for eighth grade

students entering ninth grade for the 2015-16 school year is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Center for Performance at the Newton High School. Emphasis will be placed on

the selection of classes, introduction into extra-curricular opportunities and making a smooth transition.

All eighth grade students and their parents are encourages to at-tend.

Jasper County

KAH event March 7On March 7, the

Jasper County Kids Against Hunger will package food to be sent to feed families in parts of the world where there is a shortage of food.

In the past years the Jasper County KAH has packaged more than 250,000 meals. Food was sent to coun-tries such as Nicara-gua, Haiti, Honduras and also here in Iowa. The host for the March 7 packaging will be the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1409 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton.

Gather a team of 12 people and collect $360 in donations. All are welcome, such as churches, service clubs, businesses, Scout troops, students and individuals who are willing to help with the packaging.

Deadline for register-ing of a team or a single individual who is willing to work with others is March 2.

Contact Bill Bennett at [email protected] to register or to re-ceive more information about the event.

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DEAR ABBY: I’m a high school stu-dent who has the amazing opportunity to travel to Spain for a school year as a foreign exchange student. I know I am very lucky to have this opportunity to travel, but I am scared about the people there.

I am a Mormon, so I will have to up-hold my standards alone in a non-Mor-mon environment. I have never been away from home for this long, and that’s hard enough as it is. I guess I just need some advice on how to be strong when I’m there. – ALONE IN SPAIN

DEAR ALONE: I agree that you are being given an amazing opportunity to grow and learn. If you haven’t spoken about this with your adviser, please do so. I assume you will be living with a host family. When you get there, consider dis-cussing your concerns with the parents. I am sure you will be encouraged to stick to your standards and beliefs, and be re-spected for doing so if you remember to also respect others who may not think exactly the way you do.

DEAR ABBY: My niece had a baby a year after graduating from high school and is now raising her daughter as a sin-gle mom. After the first year, I told her that if there was anything she needed to let me know, but that I would rather con-tribute to a college fund for her daughter than send her toys for gift-giving holi-days.

My niece was thrilled, so I set up a college savings account for her daughter and contribute to it monthly in lieu of birthday and Christmas gifts for them. However, when those gift-giving occa-sions come, I worry they may feel slight-ed when presents arrive from me for oth-ers. My niece and I never mentioned it to other family members.

Would it be appropriate for me to send some kind of reminder occasionally so they know the account is there and growing? – CONTRIBUTING TO HER FUTURE

DEAR CONTRIBUTING: Yes, it’s appropriate. You should also send your niece a summary at the end of each year so she can see the progress. In addition, you might consider sending the child an inexpensive small gift or card so she’ll have something to open.

DEAR ABBY: In response to the let-ter from “David in Kentucky” (Nov. 2), the 50-year-old single man who was un-sure what to do with his late mother’s en-gagement ring, I disagree with your an-swer. Yes, gems are meant to be enjoyed, and the ring is doing no one any good in a drawer, but he should NOT sell it.

I think David should have a man’s ring made for himself with it, so he can have a memento of what his dad gave his mom to treasure many years ago. I wear my mom’s and grandmother’s rings ev-ery day on my right hand, and remem-ber them often with joy. – DEVOTED FAN IN FLORIDA

DEAR DEVOTED FAN: Your suggestion was the No. 1 comment I re-ceived from readers. Some said if David was eventually to meet the woman he wanted to marry, the stone could be re-moved again and reset into a lady’s ring.

Another good idea several readers of-fered is to donate the ring in his mother’s memory to a charity auction of a cause she supported.

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Smoke inhalation blamed for death of Iowan found in car

DES MOINES — Authorities say smoke inhalation likely killed a Sioux City man who was found dead inside a burning car near a Des Moines church.

Firefighters had been sent to the park-ing of the Abundant Life Church on East Sheridan Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday. They discovered the body of 51-year-old Patrick Murphy II after opening the driver’s side door. Medical examiner Gregory Sch-munk says Murphy was barely burned. The autopsy didn’t reveal any evidence of trauma.

Former inmate accused of robbing bank

WATERLOO — A man who’d left prison less than two months ago has been accused of robbing a bank in downtown Waterloo. Arthur Sanders, 56, faces a rob-bery charge. Jail records said Sanders re-mained in custody on Monday. Court records don’t list the name of his lawyer. Po-lice say Sanders robbed Bank Iowa on East Fourth Street around 9:10 a.m. Friday and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

3 Ethanol levels low in river following derailment

DUBUQUE — Results from several monitoring stations along the Mississip-pi River show much of the ethanol that leaked into the water after several train cars derailed has dissolved, the Iowa De-partment of Natural Resources said Mon-day. DNR spokesman Kevin Baskins said the highest levels of ethanol have been detected nearest the site where 14 cars containing the fuel went off the tracks Wednesday in a steep, remote area north of Dubuque.

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Couple who received cow poop in mail sue sender

BURLINGTON — A southeast Iowa couple who were sent cow manure in the mail have sued the woman who acknowl-edges that she paid to have the poop sent. Mary Eipert and Steven Rowland want a judge to order Kimberly Capdevila and her husband, Carlos, to stop their dog from barking all day and night. The lawsuit filed Monday seeks compensatory and monetary damages for the barking and for what the lawsuit says is harassment by the Capdevilas. The two couples are neighbors.

U. of Iowa President discusses merger with AIB

DES MOINES — It will be an ongoing process for the University of Iowa to take over operations at a Des Moines business college by the summer of 2016, president Sally Mason told a legislative committee Monday. AIB College of Business, a school founded in 1921 that later became a non-profit, will be gifted to the University of Iowa instead of the school merging with the uni-versity as originally announced last month.

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“What else do you need?” asked Elbert, who was clearly unhappy during the meeting, held at the Emerson Hough conference room. Friedman, Padget and Cook all called for more input from those who would be affected, as did sev-eral of the nine citizens who signed up and spoke during the public forum.

There were 45 names on the public sign-in sheet, on the heels of several regular board meetings that had sparse at-tendance.

“If we could just see some sort of data sheet, with side-by-side proposals, that would make it a lot more clear to us,” said Dana Simbro during her turn at the podium.

Woodrow Wilson Elemen-tary School Special Education teacher Carrie Garrett also spoke, saying the co-teaching method was not completely welcome at first, but many teachers now consider it ex-tremely helpful. She and oth-ers encouraged the board to postpone deciding on the grade levels of the complex.

“We understand that Berg needs a lot of work, but we don’t understand why that should also impact the con-figuration of the classes,” Jason Benson said during his three-minute stint during the public forum. “What we have right

now is working. With the data we have right now, it seems like this is the best structure for us.”

Kristina M. Ramirez More-no encouraged the board to take the needs of English-as-a-second-language students into consideration as it mulls the Berg Complex and recon-figuration.

Newton Superintendent Bob Callaghan offered more than once during the meet-ing to make up a data sheet for the community to review, but Elbert said he feels the com-

munity has had more than enough opportunities to learn about reconfiguration possi-bilities.

“We put almost everything on our website, and we’ve had surveys and forums,” Elbert said, looking toward Cal-laghan. “I don’t feel paying you $162,000 per year to make data sheets is a good use of taxpayer money, at this point.”

Perrenoud said the board needs to do a better job of get-ting a clear message out to the public.

“I think we’re running

into two problems,” Perre-noud said. “We’re getting the Berg bond issue and re-build wrapped together, and the two are related, but people are get-ting confused. Plus, we’re not getting the word out about different reconfiguration pos-sibilities anyway.”

The Berg Complex, com-pleted in 1963, has been modified several times, and has physical-plant problems of nearly every type. The board voted at its Jan. 12 meeting to begin the process needed for a public bond issue for a complete re-build of the Berg Complex.

However, the defeat of the grades 5-8 proposal means the board is set to take a poten-tially $30 million plan to the public with no clear plan about what grade levels will use the building.

The complex is currently grades 7-8 on the Berg Middle School side, and kindergarten through third grade in Berg Elementary. Each half has its own cafeteria and share two gymnasiums. A new and simi-lar configuration could be con-structed on the campus while the old buildings are still being used.

Reconfiguration was also on the agenda as a discussion item, but since a lengthy debate ac-companied the Berg vote, the board mutually agreed to have no discussion on that topic at the meeting. The next board meeting is set for Feb. 23 at

Aurora Heights Elementary School.

In other business at Mon-day’s meeting:

• Food Service Supervisor Cristy Croson and Director of Business Services Gayle Isaac spoke regarding possibly using an outside collection agency for the $55,000 in past-due district food service accounts. The board and Croson agreed to discuss options at the March 9 meeting.

• A a new tobacco-free en-vironment policy was presented for its first reading. Nicotine patches and gums were men-tioned as possible complicating factors.

• The board unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with the Des Moines Area Community Col-lege Newton Campus regard-ing the “Gateway to College” program. The dual-enrollment program would be presented to certain Newton students who have exhausted other alterna-tive graduation plans, and are behind in credits or grade for their age.

• Student representative Col-by Larson mentioned weekend successes by the speech, basket-ball and swim teams, including the district coaching staff of the year honors to Newton-Pella swim coach Dave Hook and Sarah Peterson.

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Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsWoodrow Wilson Elementary School special education teacher Car-rie Garrett speaks at Monday’s Newton Community School District board meeting. There were about 45 people at the meeting, and the board voted 4-3 against a proposal that would have converted the Berg School Complex to a grades 5-8 facility.

Christie returns to campaign trail in Iowa

after UK tripThe Associated Press

WEST DES MOINES — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got a warm welcome from Iowa Republi-cans Monday in his first campaign appearance since returning from a rocky trade trip to the United King-dom.

Christie appeared at an event sponsored by a coun-ty GOP organization held in suburban Des Moines. Seeking to win over voters in the kickoff caucus state, Christie cited his record as a conservative governor in a Democratic state, noting his efforts to cut taxes and reduce spending.

“Even in a state like mine, one of the ten most liberal in the country, leadership matters,” Christie said to the more than 50 people gathered in a hotel ballroom.

Christie, who also met privately with Republi-can Gov. Terry Branstad Monday, has not formally declared any plans to run for president in 2016, but recently moved closer with the formation of Leader-ship Matters for America, a political action commit-tee.

The event was Christie’s first campaign appear-ance since he returned from a shaky trip to the Unit-ed Kingdom last week. The journey was designed to burnish his foreign policy credentials, but Christie largely avoided talking publicly about world affairs and drew criticism for comments he made offering support for parents who chose not to vaccinate their children.

Asked about a measles outbreak in California, Christie initially said that he had vaccinated his chil-dren, but that “parents need to have some measure of choice.” His office later released a statement say-ing Christie believes that, “with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated.

Bush ebook shows former Florida governor email connections

The Associated Press

DES MOINES — Republican Jeb Bush re-leased a trove of emails from his time as Flori-da’s governor on Tues-day, along with the first chapter of an e-book that chronicles an ob-session with his Black-berry.

The release from Bush’s political action committee comes as he is spending more time in public ahead of what appears to be an all-but-certain run for president in 2016.

Bush, the son and brother of former Re-publican presidents, spent January vigorously raising money, and is this month delivering a series of speeches aimed

at laying out the themes of his prospective cam-paign.

In the book chap-ter, Bush writes that he was seldom without his Blackberry while serv-ing as governor from 1999 to 2007, spend-ing roughly 30 hours per week reading and returning email to staff and Florida residents.

Bush casts himself as being readily accessible, to the point that he freely gave his personal email address to con-stituents. “As much as I could I emailed back,” he writes, describing the experience as “quite humbling” at times, but “always eye opening, and (it) certainly kept me on my toes.”

Bush’s e-book is a

reminder that he hasn’t held elected office in several years. The emails show that he was fight-ing to improve the state’s website, for example, at a time when many of his constituents didn’t have access to the Internet.

Democrats have al-ready started to try to cast Bush as an out-of-touch businessman, and Bush’s book presents a narrow collection of the emails that portrays him as an engaged and com-passionate conservative.

He highlights ex-amples in which he paid particular attention to child welfare, educa-tion spending and vet-erans, while focusing on conservative economic priorities such as cut-ting the number of state

employees and cutting taxes.

He also casts him-self as someone willing to stand up to the more extreme elements in his party.

He offers one email exchange explaining his decision to block the efforts of a political ac-tivist, Ward Connerly, who pushed to end af-firmative action in states to address what some called “reverse racism.”

“I will do my part as governor to fight against it,” Bush wrote of Con-nerly’s efforts, later add-ing that while he op-poses racial quotas, he found Connerly’s ini-tiative divisive and said it would make it harder for him to pursue other priorities.

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Photos By Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsBryan Friedman takes a headfirst sledding run. There are many events these days that end in the suffix “-palooza,” but not many are as weather-dependent as Jasper County Conservation’s Winterpalooza. The event was held as scheduled Saturday, though participants had to make some adjustments for wet, heavy snow in 45-degree temperatures at the JCC Nature Center Area.

Sveta Miller, left, and Zac Miller fin-ish up a trip around the cross-country skiing course, with their dog, Lucky, enjoy-ing the snow as well.

Enough snow for a ‘palooza’

Several people ventured out onto the Nature Center lake for some ice fishing.

Leo Friedman takes aim at one of the snowball targets.

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The two most talked about local sports subjects on Monday involved Io-wa’s Adam Woodbury and an-other eye-poking in-cident and the fact that the No r t h e r n Iowa men’s b a s k e t -ball team is ranked ahead of Iowa State in the latest national rankings poll.

Does it matter who is ranked ahead of who at this point in the season?

Northern Iowa has a great team. We think Iowa State is a great team. Al-though, they look like a very mediocre team on the road at this point in the season, evident by the beating the Cyclones took against Okla-homa on Big Monday.

I wish the state could get to see Iowa State and Northern Iowa play each other. But that’s not going to happen.

The Panthers are red-hot right now. They have won 11 in a row and are worthy of their ranking.

But Iowa State, at times, shows it also is worthy of a top 15 ranking. Throw out Monday night’s loss and the loss at Texas Tech and

By Troy HydeNewton Daily

NewsSports Writer

This & That

Rankings, eye poking dominates

social media

NHS Coaches vs. Cancer 2015

Newton High’s Car-dinals will play Ankeny in the first round of the 2015 Class 4A Substate 7 basketball tournament. The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced the substate pairings Monday.

The Cardinals play Ankeny in the first game of a substate double-header hosted by South-east Polk on Feb. 22. Newton’s game tips off at 6:30 p.m. followed by Southeast Polk taking on Des Moines Lincoln at 8 p.m.

The winner of the Newton vs. Ankeny game plays Class 4A

third-ranked and un-defeated Des Moines Hoover, which hosts the game, at 7 p.m. Feb. 27.

On the other side of the bracket, Class 4A sixth-ranked Ankeny Centennial awaits the winner of the Southeast Polk vs. Des Moines Lincoln game. That game is at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Ankeny Centennial.

Southeast Polk will host the substate cham-pionship game at 7 p.m. on March 3 unless it is playing in the title con-test then the champion-ship game will be at An-keny Centennial.

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By Jocelyn SheetsNewton Daily News

Hawks down Eagles

SULLY — Winning their fourth game in a row, Lynnville-Sully’s boys moved into a tie for third place in the South Iowa Cedar League. The Hawks posted a 63-52 win on their home court Monday against Keota’s Eagles.

“It was a tight ball game through-out. We were able to make a push late in the third quarter and early in the fourth to create a little bit of a gap,” said Nick Harthoorn, Lyn-nville-Sully head coach.

At the end of a hotly-contest first quarter, the Hawks were up 17-15. The Hawks and Eagles matched point-for-point in second period, each tallying 11 points. Lynnville-Sully held on for a 28-26 lead at the break.

Lynnville-Sully outscored Keota 17-13 in the third quarter to lead 45-39. The Hawks maintained their advantage with an 18-13 run in the

final eight minutes.Kyle Van Dyke did the dam-

age on the inside, hitting 10-of-17 shots. Van Dyke had a double-dou-ble with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Ben Trettin finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Sage Ehresman added 11 points.

Jesse Van Wyk pulled down six rebounds and made two steals. Jake Brand handed out four assists.

Nate Sieren drained three of his team’s eight 3-pointers. Sieren fin-ished with 15 points for the Eagles while Nate Owen added 11 points and Isaiah Hahn had 10 points.

With two games remaining in the regular season — both conference tilts —the Hawks are 13-5 in the SICL. That ties them with Sigourney be-hind conference leader Belle Plaine (17-1) and Montezuma (16-2).

Lynnville-Sully (14-5) hosts English Valleys Tuesday and wraps up the regular season at North Ma-haska Friday.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Dean Smith was more than simply a basket-ball coach.

Yes, the retired Hall of Famer left North Caro-lina as the winningest coach in men’s history after captur-ing two na-tional titles along with the 1976 Olympic gold med-al and coaching some of the sport’s biggest names, Mi-chael Jordan among them.

But he also was an inno-

vator who left a lasting influ-ence on the sport, as well as someone known for his stand on civil rights driven by the belief that it was the right thing to do.

Smith died “peacefully” Saturday at age 83 at his Cha-pel Hill home, his family said in a statement released by the school Sunday. He was with his wife and five children.

Roy Williams, the cur-rent Tar Heels coach and Smith’s assistant for 10 years, said his mentor was the “greatest there ever was on the court but far, far bet-ter off the court with people.”

Legendary basketball coach Dean Smith dies

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Newton High’s junior var-sity boys came out on the short end of a 59-40 decision at home Monday agaisnt Pella. The NHS freshman boys and girls also dropped decisions to Pella.

The Cardinal boys’ junior varsity trailed the Little Dutch 31-19 at halftime. Josh Ventling scored 13 points for Newton.

Morgan Maher scored nine points followed by Josh Gulling with eight and Trey Vanderlaan with six points. Grayson Graham and Justin Fisher each had two points.

In the boys’ freshman game, Pel-la gained a 23-12 halftime lead on its way to a 64-45 win over New-ton. Graham scored 11 points and Dalton Pauley scored 10 points.

Grant Garvis and Jaron Roush each added seven points for the Cardinal freshmen. Jerome Har-ris had five points. Scoring two points each were D’Andre Roush and Nathan Van Zee. Zach Combs scored one point.

Newton’s freshman girls were down by four points, 24-20, at halftime to Pella’s Lady Dutch. The Cardinals lost 48-35.

“I’m very proud of the effort of the girls tonight,” said Eric Vander Velden, Newton girls’ freshman coach. “We played a great team and we fought with them the majority of the game.”

Ali Bestell and Randi Walters each scored nine points for New-ton. Addy Blom and Marcelina Marvelli had five points apiece. Taylor Ryan chipped in with four points and Anna Forsyth had three points.

Freshman teams, boys’ JV loseBy Jocelyn SheetsNewton Daily News

By Jocelyn SheetsNewton Daily News

Pink and blue were the colors of the night Friday as Newton High’s basketball coaching staffs, players and fans supported the 2015 Coaches vs. Cancer games. Newton boys’ head coach Nick Wilkins claps as his coaching staff and bench players celebrate a NHS player scoring a basket and getting fouled. The Cardinal teams swept a doubleheader against Oskaloosa Friday night.

Sarah Coy walks out with her two daughters at halftime of Friday’s boys varsity game. Coy is battling breast cancer and had her final week of chemo therapy Friday. Coy was one of three honorees on Friday night’s Coaches vs. Cancer at Newton High.

Sharaeah Sharp (right) walks out with her hus-band Brandon, who is the NHS girls’ basketball head coach, and their three children. She is a survior of thyroid cancer and was an honoree at Friday’s NHS Coaches vs. Cancer games.

Atlas Rea, 6-year-old Newton kindergarten student, speaks to the crowd about his battle with cancer, while his mother, Chrissy, sits on the court with him Friday night. Rea was the honorary captain for the NHS boys’ basketball team.

NHS girls’ head coach Brandon Sharp relays a play into the Cardinal basketball players during the girls’ varsity game Friday. The NHS bas-ketball teams raised funds for Coaches vs. Cancer for every 3-pointer they hit in the past two home basketball doubleheaders. The Cardinal teams combined to hit 28 3-pointers in those four games.

Photos by Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News

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SPORTS CALENDAR

SPORTS CALENDAR

TuesdayBasketball

Newton at Pella, JV girls 4:45 p.m., girls varsity 6:15 p.m., boys varsity 7:30 p.m.English Valleys at Lynnville-Sully, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30p.m.Gilbert at PCM, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.Colfax-Mingo at North Polk, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.Saydel at CMB, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

ThursdayBasketball

Norwalk at Newton, 9th girls 6 p.m., 9th boys 6 p.m., JV boys 7:30 p.m.Pleasantville at Colfax-Mingo boys, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.CMB boys at Woodward-Granger, JV 6 p.m. varsity 7:30 p.m.

WrestlingNewton JV at Boone, 5:30 p.m.

FridayBasketball

Newton at Norwalk, JV girls 4:45 p.m., girls varsity 6:15 p.m., boys varsity 7:30 p.m.Lynnville-Sully boys at North Ma-haska, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.Greene County at PCM boys, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.Nevada at Colfax-Mingo boys, JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.Gilbert at CMB boys, JV, 9th 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.

BowlingNewton at Little Hawkeye Confer-ence meet, Oskaloosa, 4 p.m.

SaturdayBoys’ Swimming

Newton at state meet, Marshalltown, 8 a.m.

WrestlingNewton at Class 3A District 1 tourna-ment, Ankeny Centennial, NoonLynnville-Sully, Colfax-Mingo, CMB at Class 1A District 4, PleasantvillePCM at Class 2A District 4, Fairfield

BasketballGirls’ Regionals

Class 2A Region 7Colfax-Mingo vs. BCLUW at Conrad, 7 p.m.CMB at Pella Christian, 7 p.m.

Class 3A Region 6Centerville at PCM, 7 p.m.

Sooners use big 2nd half to pull away

from ISUNORMAN, Okla.

(AP) — TaShawn Thomas had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 17 Oklahoma de-feated No. 14 Iowa State 94-83 on Monday night to move into sole pos-session of second place in the Big 12.

Isaiah Cousins scored 19 points, Buddy Hield scored 17 and Ryan Spangler added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Sooners (17-7, 8-4 Big 12), who won their fifth straight. Oklahoma shot 51 per-cent from the field, had just seven turnovers and scored a season-best point total.

Dustin Hogue scored a season-high 19 points, Jameel McKay scored 16 and Naz Long and Bryce Dejean-Jones added 14 for the Cyclones (17-6, 7-4), who had won three of four. Georges Niang, who entered as Iowa State’s leading scorer at 15.2 points per game, finished with sev-en on 3-of-9 shooting.

The Cyclones surren-dered their highest point total of the season.

“I’d like to say on behalf of all our players and coach-es, past and present, that Dean Smith was the perfect picture of what a college basket-ball coach should have been,” Williams said in a statement. “We love him and we will miss him.”

Smith kept a lower profile amid health is-sues in recent years, with his family saying in 2010 he had a condition that was causing him to

lose memory. Smith was unable to

travel in November 2013 to receive the Presiden-tial Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest ci-vilian honor presented to Smith as much for his work off the court as on it.

In a statement Sunday, Jordan said Smith was “more than a coach — he was a mentor, my teacher, my second father.

“Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it.”

Smith’s only los-

ing season was his first, and he left the game in October 1997 having surpassed Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp as the winningest coach in Division I men’s his-tory with 879 wins in 36 seasons — a record now held by Duke Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski.

In addition to wife Linnea, Smith is sur-vived by daughters San-dy, Sharon, Kristen and Kelly; son Scott; seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Funeral plans were not announced.

SmithContinued from Page 1B

the Cyclones have been pretty good this year. I don’t think they are as good as last year’s squad, but they are talented enough to reach the Elite 8 if the matchups.

Cyclone fans, don’t get caught up in the rankings. They don’t mean much right now anyway.

Iowa had to answer more ques-tions about Adam Woodbury’s third eye poking incident than they did about the last two games, which re-sulted in big wins that could turn things back in the right direction.

Iowa proved itself not to be wor-thy of playing through distractions last year. Will this eye-poking in-

cident be a distraction or will the Hawkeyes move on just fine?

We won’t know until Thursday when Iowa hosts Minnesota.

I like how Fran McCaffery 100 percent supports Woodbury. I think that approach will pay off in the end.

But as a media member, I am disappointed in how he is handling questions from the press.

Even if he doesn’t like a question about Woodbury, telling a reporter to ask an intelligent question was wrong.

Hopefully, McCaffery finds a way to make this go away soon.

There are much better topics the media should be focusing on around the state.

College basketball season is fun again.

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EBF’s Jensen too much for TigerhawksCOLFAX — The Colfax-

Mingo boys’ basketball team threw three different defenses at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fre-mont’s Jevin Jensen on Mon-day night.

But nothing slowed him down.

Jensen buried three ear-ly 3-pointers, scored 13 of the Rockets’ 18 first-quarter points and finished with 34 in all as EBF cruised to a 68-53 non-conference road win.

Jensen connected on four treys but also got to the basket with ease. Everything he was throwing up went in except free throws as he finished just 6-of-13 from the line.

“He’s a good player and we knew that. We let him be com-fortable with shooting right off the bat and we knew bet-ter than that,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “We had gone over it, but whatever defense we played, we didn’t keep him under control. We didn’t get the job done in the zone, man-to-man or the box and one.”

Colin Lourens and Jarod Nichols both had double-dou-bles for the home team, but the Tigerhawks once again struggled to make shots on the offensive end.

They were 2-of-13 in the first quarter and most of the misses were inside the lane. Things didn’t get much better as the game progressed.

“I am sure the kids are frus-trated. I know the coaches are

frustrated,” Borts said. “We had a stretch in the second half where we played better and got it to 10, but we let it go right back to 15. We nev-er put together a solid run of stops and scores.”

Lourens finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds, and Nichols had 12 and 11 boards. Jared Myers also put in 10 and Blake Summy scored nine.

But Jensen was too much to handle on the other end.

He hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 8-0 right out of the gate and his third triple of the quarter gave the Rockets (4-17) an 18-6 lead after one.

A 3-pointer by Myers mid-way through the second made it 18-13, but a pair of triples by Jordan Hawk gave the visi-tors a 33-21 at the break.

Colfax-Mingo (0-18) never got closer than 10 in the sec-ond half.

Monday’s game was the first of four games this week for the Tigerhawks. They travel to North Polk on Tuesday, and host Pleasantville and Nevada on Thursday and Friday.EBF 18-15-20-15—68 C-M 6-15-13-19—53 EBF (FG/3pt) — Jensen 8/4-6-4-34, P. Walk-er 3-5-2-11, Latham 0-2-0-2, Hawk 0/2-0-0-6, McCrea 0-0-1-0, Davis 0-2-0-2, Scott 2-3-4-7, Fowler 2-0-2-4, Heinle 0-0-1-0, Lorenz 1-0-1-2, 0-0-3-0. TOTALS 16/6-18-16-68. C-M (FG/3pt) — Myers 2/2-0-5-10, Summy 4-1-3-9, Lietz 1/1-1-4-6, Buehrer 1-2-4-4, Lourens 6-0-3-12, Nichols 5-2-4-12. TO-TALS 19/3-6-24-53.

Rocket girls spoil Colfax-Mingo Senior Night

COLFAX — It’s not too often that Colfax-Mingo girls’ basketball coach Michelle Grant looks at the scoreboard after the first quarter and sees double-digits in the Tiger-hawks column.

Coming into the game, in fact, Colfax-Mingo was av-eraging a little more than 20 points per game.

The Tigerhawks put in 10 in the opening quarter of Monday’s non-conference game against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont but had trouble sustaining it during a 54-24 defeat in the regular season finale.

Sara Lahart scored 10 points on her Senior Night, but long scoring droughts on the offensive end continue to plague the Tigerhawks (0-20).

“We did a nice job in the first quarter. We got four or five shots blocked but it didn’t fluster us,” Grant said. “We would usually let that bother us and we would be afraid to shoot.”

Grant said her squad is do-ing a better job with turnovers in the past couple of games. The next step is figuring out how to score more points.

Dakota Hostetter also scored six and Ivy Moore add-ed five on her Senior Night. Colfax-Mingo trailed 17-10 after one quarter but fell be-hind 33-15 at halftime. They

managed just nine points in the second half.

But even in a 30-point hole, many of the players were jumping in the passing lanes on defense and diving for loose balls on both ends of the floor.

“I can’t ask for more effort from these girls,” Grant said. “The score doesn’t affect how hard they play. That stuff is contagious.”

Karlie Taylor had 16 points to lead the Rockets (13-8) and Rachel Maloy chipped in 12.

Moore and Lahart were recognized at halftime of the boys’ game for their contribu-tions on the basketball team.

“They are not just seniors, they have great leadership and communication skills,” Grant said. “There are only a certain amount of kids that I would ask to babysit my own kids, and I would let those two watch them. Because they are good kids.”

The Tigerhawks open Class 2A postseason play 7 p.m. Sat-urday at BCLUW.

EBF 17-16-13-8—54C-M 10-5-3-6—24EBF (FG/3pt) — Taylor 5/2-0-2-16, Baugher 4-0-2-8, Shafer 0-0-2-0, Flaig 1-0-1-2, Maloy 5-2-1-12, Pilcher 2-0-3-4, Richmond 1-2-0-4, Moore 0-0-1-0, Wilz 3-0-0-6, Ver-Steegh 0-0-1-0. TOTALS 18/2-4-11-54. C-M (FG-3pt) — Haley 0-0-4-0, Moore 2-1-5-5, Lahart 5-0-3-10, Hostetter 2-2-1-6, Tjaden 0-3-2-3. TOTALS 9-6-11-24.

Troy Hyde/Daily NewsColfax-Mingo’s Sara Lahart (20) scores two of her 10 points against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Monday during a non-conference game in Colfax. Lahart was one of two seniors honored at halftime of the boys’ game.

Troy Hyde/Daily NewsColfax-Mingo junior Blake Summy (14) takes the ball up strong against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont’s Jaden Scott (35) during the Tiger-hawks’ 68-53 loss to the Rockets on Monday. Summy finished with nine points in all. Colfax-Mingo returns to the court Tuesday when it travels to North Polk for a Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference game. The Tigerhawks also play at home against Pleasantville and Nevada on Thursday and Friday.

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Public NoticesIN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT

OF JASPER COUNTYWells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, successor bymerger to Wells Fargo BankMinnesota, National Association,solely in its capacity as Trusteefor Provident Bank Home EquityLoan Asset-Backed Certificates,Series 2000-1Plaintiff,vs.Alicia A. Schwerdtfeger; Partiesin Possession; Unknown spouse,if any, of Alicia A. Schwerdtfeger,et al.Defendants.EQUITY NO: EQCV119209

ORIGINAL NOTICE FORPUBLICATION

You are notified that a petitionhas been filed in the office of thiscourt naming you as a defendantin this action. The petition wasfiled on December 4, 2014, andprays for foreclosure of Plaintiffsmortgage in favor of the Plaintiffon the property described in thisnotice and judgment for theunpaid principal amount of$36,883.69, with 7% per annuminterest thereon from June 1,2010, together with late charges,advances and the costs of theaction including (but not limitedto) title costs and reasonableattorney's fees, as well as arequest that said sums bedeclared a lien upon the followingdescribed premises from March10, 2000, located in Jaspercounty, Iowa:Lot Number Twelve (12) inBlock "N" Aurora HeightsSubdivision being in andforming a part of the City ofNewton, Jasper County, Iowa,commonly known as 2503 South8th Avenue East, Newton, IA50208 (the “Property”)The petition further prays that themortgage on the above describedreal estate be foreclosed, that aspecial execution issue for thesale of as much of the mortgagedpremises as is necessary tosatisfy the judgment and for otherrelief as the Court deems just andequitable. For further details,please review the petition on filein the clerk's office. The Plaintiffsattorney is Megan Stumph, ofSouth & Associates, P.C.; whoseaddress is 6363 College Blvd.,Suite 100, Overland Park, KS66211.

NOTICETHE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTEDFORECLOSURE WITHOUTREDEMPTION. THIS MEANSTHAT THE SALE OF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTYWILL OCCUR PROMPTLYAFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENTUNLESS YOU FILE WITH THECOURT A WRITTEN DEMANDTO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOUFILE A WRITTEN DEMAND,THE SALE WILL BE DELAYEDUNTIL TWELVE MONTHS (ORSIX MONTHS IF THE PETITIONINCLUDES A WAIVER OFDEFICIENCY JUDGMENT)FROM THE ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTY ISYOUR RESIDENCE AND IS AONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING OR UNTIL TWOMONTHS FROM ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTY ISNOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR ISYOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT AONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING. YOU WILL HAVENO RIGHT OF REDEMPTIONAFTER THE SALE. THEPURCHASER AT THE SALEWILL BE ENTITLED TOIMMEDIATE POSSESSION OFTHE MORTGAGED PROPERTY.YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THESALE.You must serve a motion oranswer on or before 10th day ofMarch, 2015, and within areasonable time thereafter fileyour motion or answer with theClerk of Court for Jasper County,at the county courthouse inNewton, Iowa. If you do not,judgment by default may berendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the petition. If you require the assistance ofauxiliary aids or services toparticipate in a court actionbecause of a disability,immediately call your DistrictADA Coordinator at 515-286-3394. If you are hearing impaired,call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942. By: __________ CLERK OF THE ABOVE COURTJasper County Courthouse 101 N. 1st Street, #104Newton, IA 50208

IMPORTANT:YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEKLEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TOPROTECT YOUR INTERESTS.

February 3, 10 & 17

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTOF JASPER COUNTY

CitiMortgage, Inc.Plaintiff,vs.Vearl LeRoy Thompson a/k/aVerle Thompson; Unknown heirs,devisees, creditors, or otherclaimants with an interest in theproperty of Cyndy Thompson,deceased; Beneficial Financial 1Inc., successor by merger toBeneficial Iowa, Inc.; Unknownspouse, if any, of Vearl LeroyThompson; Parties inPossession, et al.Defendants.EQUITY NO: EQCV119217

ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

You are notified that a petitionhas been filed in the office of thiscourt naming you as a defendantin this action. The petition wasfiled on December 10, 2014, andprays for foreclosure of Plaintiffsmortgage in favor of the Plaintiffon the property described in thisnotice and judgment for theunpaid principal amount of$132,384.79, with 6.625% perannum interest thereon fromMarch 1, 2014, together with latecharges, advances and the costsof the action including (but notlimited to) title costs andreasonable attorney's fees, aswell as a request that said sumsbe declared a lien upon thefollowing described premisesfrom January 6, 2003, located inJasper county, Iowa:A tract of land designated asParcel B located in the SW 1/4of Section 19, Township 81North, Range 20 West, JasperCounty, Iowa, described ascommencing at the SW cornerof the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4,thence N 89°12'52" E, 1116.94feet to the Point of Beginning;thence N 00°47'08" W, 555.47feet; thence, N 89°12'52" E,392.74 feet; thence, S 00°40'00"E, 555.47 feet; thence S 89°12'52" W, 391.59 feet more orless to the Point of Beginningand containing 5.00 acres andincluding 0.30 acres of publicroad easement, commonlyknown as 9804 West 85thAvenue, Mingo, IA 50168 (the“Property”)The petition further prays that themortgage on the above describedreal estate be foreclosed, that aspecial execution issue for thesale of as much of the mortgagedpremises as is necessary tosatisfy the judgment and for otherrelief as the Court deems just andequitable. For further details,please review the petition on filein the clerk's office. The Plaintiffsattorney is Emily Bartekoske, ofSouth & Associates, P.C.; whoseaddress is 1245 Jordan CreekParkway, Suite 120, West DesMoines, IA 50266.

NOTICETHE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTEDFORECLOSURE WITHOUTREDEMPTION. THIS MEANSTHAT THE SALE OF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTYWILL OCCUR PROMPTLYAFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENTUNLESS YOU FILE WITH THECOURT A WRITTEN DEMANDTO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOUFILE A WRITTEN DEMAND,THE SALE WILL BE DELAYEDUNTIL TWELVE MONTHS (ORSIX MONTHS IF THE PETITIONINCLUDES A WAIVER OFDEFICIENCY JUDGMENT)FROM THE ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTY ISYOUR RESIDENCE AND IS AONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING OR UNTIL TWOMONTHS FROM ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTY ISNOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR ISYOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT AONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING. YOU WILL HAVENO RIGHT OF REDEMPTIONAFTER THE SALE. THEPURCHASER AT THE SALEWILL BE ENTITLED TOIMMEDIATE POSSESSION OFTHE MORTGAGED PROPERTY.YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THESALE.You must serve a motion oranswer on or before 10th day ofMarch, 2015, and within areasonable time thereafter fileyour motion or answer with theClerk of Court for Jasper County,at the county courthouse inNewton, Iowa. If you do not,judgment by default may berendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the petition. If you require the assistance ofauxiliary aids or services to par-ticipate in a court action becauseof a disability, immediately callyour District ADA Coordinator at515-286-3394. If you are hearingimpaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at1-800-735-2942. By: ___________CLERK OF THE ABOVE COURTJasper County Courthouse 101 N. 1st Street, #104Newton, IA 50208

IMPORTANT:YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEKLEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TOPROTECT YOUR INTERESTS.

February 3, 10 & 17

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTOF JASPER COUNTY

CitiMortgage, Inc.Plaintiff,vs.Vearl LeRoy Thompson a/k/aVerle Thompson; Unknown heirs,devisees, creditors, or otherclaimants with an interest in theproperty of Cyndy Thompson,deceased; Beneficial Financial 1Inc., successor by merger toBeneficial Iowa, Inc.; Unknownspouse, if any, of Vearl LeroyThompson; Parties inPossession, et al.Defendants.EQUITY NO: EQCV119217

ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

You are notified that a petitionhas been filed in the office of thiscourt naming you as a defendantin this action. The petition wasfiled on December 10, 2014, andprays for foreclosure of Plaintiffsmortgage in favor of the Plaintiffon the property described in thisnotice and judgment for theunpaid principal amount of$132,384.79, with 6.625% perannum interest thereon fromMarch 1, 2014, together with latecharges, advances and the costsof the action including (but notlimited to) title costs andreasonable attorney's fees, aswell as a request that said sumsbe declared a lien upon thefollowing described premisesfrom January 6, 2003, located inJasper county, Iowa:A tract of land designated asParcel B located in the SW 1/4of Section 19, Township 81North, Range 20 West, JasperCounty, Iowa, described ascommencing at the SW cornerof the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4,thence N 89°12'52" E, 1116.94feet to the Point of Beginning;thence N 00°47'08" W, 555.47feet; thence, N 89°12'52" E,392.74 feet; thence, S 00°40'00"E, 555.47 feet; thence S 89°12'52" W, 391.59 feet more orless to the Point of Beginningand containing 5.00 acres andincluding 0.30 acres of publicroad easement, commonlyknown as 9804 West 85thAvenue, Mingo, IA 50168 (the“Property”)The petition further prays that themortgage on the above describedreal estate be foreclosed, that aspecial execution issue for thesale of as much of the mortgagedpremises as is necessary tosatisfy the judgment and for otherrelief as the Court deems just andequitable. For further details,please review the petition on filein the clerk's office. The Plaintiffsattorney is Emily Bartekoske, ofSouth & Associates, P.C.; whoseaddress is 1245 Jordan CreekParkway, Suite 120, West DesMoines, IA 50266.

NOTICETHE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTEDFORECLOSURE WITHOUTREDEMPTION. THIS MEANSTHAT THE SALE OF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTYWILL OCCUR PROMPTLYAFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENTUNLESS YOU FILE WITH THECOURT A WRITTEN DEMANDTO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOUFILE A WRITTEN DEMAND,THE SALE WILL BE DELAYEDUNTIL TWELVE MONTHS (ORSIX MONTHS IF THE PETITIONINCLUDES A WAIVER OFDEFICIENCY JUDGMENT)FROM THE ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTY ISYOUR RESIDENCE AND IS AONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING OR UNTIL TWOMONTHS FROM ENTRY OFJUDGMENT IF THEMORTGAGED PROPERTY ISNOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR ISYOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT AONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILYDWELLING. YOU WILL HAVENO RIGHT OF REDEMPTIONAFTER THE SALE. THEPURCHASER AT THE SALEWILL BE ENTITLED TOIMMEDIATE POSSESSION OFTHE MORTGAGED PROPERTY.YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THESALE.You must serve a motion oranswer on or before 10th day ofMarch, 2015, and within areasonable time thereafter fileyour motion or answer with theClerk of Court for Jasper County,at the county courthouse inNewton, Iowa. If you do not,judgment by default may berendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the petition. If you require the assistance ofauxiliary aids or services to par-ticipate in a court action becauseof a disability, immediately callyour District ADA Coordinator at515-286-3394. If you are hearingimpaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at1-800-735-2942. By: ___________CLERK OF THE ABOVE COURTJasper County Courthouse 101 N. 1st Street, #104Newton, IA 50208

IMPORTANT:YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEKLEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TOPROTECT YOUR INTERESTS.

February 3, 10 & 17

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Steel-Welding-Trash-Propane-ScrapWHY GIVE YOUR SCRAP STEEL AWAY FOR FREE?We buy scrap steel at competitive prices!*We fill propane cylinders*Cut to order new & used steel*Roll off containers for commercial job sites & trash removal*Distributor of Linweld welding gas & equipmentCall (641)792-14841428 N. 19th Ave. E. * Newton, IA 50208

115 W. 2nd St. N., Newton • 641-787-0353Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm Sat. 9am-5pm Closed Sunday

LLC

1st Anniversary CelebrationFebruary 20th - 21st

10-20% off selected vendorsRefreshments will be served

Located on West Side of the Square

Call 641-792-3121TODAY!

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