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TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 2015 • WHERE TO GO WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW
Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsJenna Miller, left, and Stephanie Bradley present their experiences with “Math Nights” during Monday’s Newton Community School District board meeting. Miller, Bradley and three other Aurora Heights Elementary School stu-dents made presentations about programs and activities on the campus, which hosted Monday’s meeting.
Aurora Heights students discuss tech skills, citizenship
By Jason W. BrooksNewton Daily News
The Newton Community School District doesn’t have a designated technology campus, but Aurora Heights Elementary School students certainly have taken advantage of the hardware and software in their building.
If their presentation at Monday night ’s NCSD board meeting was any indication, Aurora Heights students aren’t thinking about technology only, but about concepts like
good citizenship as well.Five students from the school,
which hosted the meeting, read statements about their perti-nent activities in school. Aurora Heights’ student body president, Jaden Hunter, was one of the students to speak during the host school’s presentation, entitled “Educating for a #brightfuture@AH.”
“We usually go into the fourth-grade classrooms and de-velop a relationship of trust and respect,” Hunter, a sixth-grader, told the board. “This helps us
develop our skills of leadership, role-modeling and citizenship.”
Student council member James Hulling told the board he is looking forward to attend-ing Berg Middle School next year. Sixth-grade teacher Nicky Lampe told the board two oth-er presenters, Jenna Miller and Stephanie Bradley, put in 24 extra hours of work during the school’s “Math Nights.”
Jacob Aldrich, president of Aurora’s technology club, also presented. Library Media Cen-ter Teacher June Clute joked that Aldrich had plenty of ideas
Nearly 2-year-old dog mauling
case continued
By Abigail PelzerNewton Daily News
Jessica Arndt wept openly in a Jasper Coun-ty courtroom Monday as details of her 4-year-old daughter’s death were revisited, and the near-ly 2-year-old case was again postponed.
District Court Judge Richard Clogg approved a motion for continuance on behalf of the defen-dant, Jena M. Wright, 26, who did not appear with counsel Monday.
Wright is charged in the 2013 death of Jordyn Arndt, who was alleged-ly left unattended with an American Stafford-shire terrier at a Prairie City home. According to the initial police report, Wright was babysitting the girl at the time of the animal attack, April 22, 2013, which caused in-juries ultimately result-ing in the child’s death. Wright pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Judge Clogg said he “didn’t have any other choice but to grant the motion for continuance,” after defense attorney T.J. Hier detailed a situ-ation in which an expert witness on canine behav-ior was injured and un-able to travel from Los
Angeles for a trial at this time.
T h e trial was previous-ly sched-uled for M a r c h 18, af-ter more
than a dozen continu-ances from both the state and defendant.
Ron Berman, the ex-pert witness “is essential to adequate defense of this case,” Hier said.
“I find it extremely rare for a case to ever exist beyond two years, and two months from now will be the two year anniversary of this little girl’s death,” said Kelly Bennett, Jasper County assistant attorney. “The defendant has had al-most two years to find an expert witness and it wasn’t until the last cou-ple of months this was done.”
In December, Clogg gave his approval to al-low a canine expert’s testimony at the trial. Last month, the de-fense’s same expert wit-ness needed more time to prepare for the trial, resulting in a delay, ac-cording to court records.
Bennett questioned the validity of Berman’s testimony as an expert in behavior of dogs.
Two upcoming reconfiguration forums set
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Everybody wang chung this March
By Kate MalottNewton Daily News
There’s a lot of pressure to make prom as perfect as pos-sible — the hair, the dress, the date — but what if you could relive that fun night the way you wanted to as an adult?
Want to dress up again, get together with friends and lo-cal acquaintances and have a big dance party to your favor-ite songs? Wish you could re-live or redo your prom night?
Well the Young Profes-sionals of Jasper County would like to as well. The group will host its spring so-cial and fundraiser Re-Prom: Prom the Way You Always Wanted It at 8 p.m. March 28 at the Iowa Speedway.
The dance will be full of fun, games and entertain-ment at the Newton Club. A DJ will be take attendees back in time, playing every-one’s favorite music from the 70s, 80s, 90s and more, and of course play requests of old favorites. Additionally, Pace Car Rides will be available on the Speedway.
There will also be games,
prizes and a photo booth available for attendees, dates and friends.
YPJC want to host a fun event that not only raises awareness of the young pro-
fessionals in Jasper County, but those in surrounding counties, while also giving back to the community.
Submitted PhotoA photo booth will be set up at the Young Professionals of Jasper County’s Re-Prom March 28 at the Iowa Speedway. The event is open to the public for adults over 21 who would like to dress up and dance the night away with their friends.
Local GOP hosts Common Core forum
By Jamee A. PiersonNewton Daily News
Two speakers gave presen-tations and led a discussion on Common Core sponsored by the Jasper County Republicans Monday at the Jasper County Community Center.
Lowell Ernst from the Pella Community School District and Shane Vander Hart au-thor of the blog Caffeinated Thoughts from Pleasant Hill presented the background of Common Core along with how it is implemented and some problems its created.
“For us, the mission is to
make sure we know where we want the kids to get to,” Ernst said.
Ernst gave the history that led to Common Core be-ginning in 1998 when every school district in Iowa was informed it needed to define their own curriculum with “standards and benchmarks.”
That changed in 2008 when the Iowa Core Curriculum was released in grade spans with a mandate that it must be implemented by 2014. Only two years into the Iowa Core, it merged with the Common
Jamee A. Pierson/Daily NewsJasper County Republicans held a forum on Common Core with pre-senters Lowell Ernst, pictured, from Pella and Shane Vander Hart from Pleasant Hill leading the discussion Monday at the Jasper County Community Center.
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Two speakers part of Newton Club’s Feb. 17 event
“If you want to build a big-ger fire, you don’t need bigger matches — you need a lot of wood.”
That’s one of the metaphors by Sciota Trading’s Dan Greder during his presentation at the 2015 Crop Fair, held Feb. 17 at Iowa Speedway’s Newton Club.
Greder, one of the presenters at a unique informational event, titled his presentation “Adjust-ing Our Expectations — Again,” epitomizing the changes hap-pening in agricultural markets and the forecasts for reduced 2015 farm incomes.
The morning-long event be-gan with a lively presentation from farm and agriculture busi-ness management specialist Steve Johnson, whose topic was “ARC or PLC/SCO Choices.” Despite the very business-oriented na-ture of the topics, both speakers kept things moving along — in completely different ways.
Johnson, a loud, animated speaker, wore in a customized Iowa State University football jersey. The letters “ARC PLC” were imprinted where the player surname would be on the back of the jersey, with one shoulder bearing the number 14 and the other 18.
Johnson went into detail about factors farmers would con-sider when choosing between 2014 Farm Bill crop-insurance programs. ARC, or Agricultural Risk Coverage, is on one side, with PLC, or Price Loss Cover-age) and the SCO (Supplemental
Coverage Option on the other.“It’s a one-time choice,” John-
son said. “Beginning in 2015, the default is the farm is enrolled in the PLC program. I’m not tell-ing anyone what to do, but know what your yields are, and get in-formed to make a decision.”
He described PLC as a shal-low-loss, price-only-triggered program, whereas ARC is rev-enue-triggered and involves a five-year average. There are pros and cons to each plan, he said. The animated Johnson took a blunt-yet-lighthearted approach toward driving home the impor-tance of the choice near the con-clusion of his talk.
“What I encourage you all to do, most of you have not done in recent times,” Johnson said. “Imagine going another 12 years, or 30 years, without updating yields. It’s 2045, and your grand-kids realize that you spaced off. You screwed up your FSA.” He ended his talk with “Everyone have a great year — God bless, and go Cyclones.”
Greder’s longer presentation on market expectations used a more low-key approach.
The Sciota Trading represen-tative brought with him several slides of information, includ-ing one chart that showed when various commodities peaked in price in recent years.
Gold, silver and copper all peaked in 2011, Greder said. Cotton also peaked in 2011.
Corn peaked in August 2012, although its price remained rela-tively high throughout 2012 and 2013. Beans peaked in Septem-ber 2012, followed by hogs in
July of 2014 and cattle in in Oc-tober of last year.
Amid publicity about how the fracking industry affected fuel prices the past couple of years, natural gas peaked in December 2005. Crude oil peaked in July 2008 before falling below $50 per barrel in January of this year.
Greder, in pointing out how the market changes regularly, acknowledged the anxiety some hog farmers might have now.
“If you’re a hog farmer, you probably have not enjoyed the past two and a half months,” Greder said.
There are reasons to be opti-mistic, he said, including plenty of wheat feed globally and the strong feed demand due to ex-pansion of the poultry and pork industries. He pointed out that after Omaha Corn prices dropped dramatically between August and October, things leveled off over the past four months.
Greder described the Ethanol industry as one that isn’t quite into its second generation, but still a grown-up element of the fuel and agriculture economy that’s here to stay. There is no more growth expected in the near future on that side of opera-tions worldwide.
“As Ethanol matures, it needs to stand on its own two feet,” Greder said. “It’s got its place now — the blenders’ credit has gone away, and that didn’t hurt it.”
Paddlefish fishing season opens Sunday
Iowa anglers purchased nearly 700 special pad-dlefish licenses for the opportunity to catch secre-tive fish in the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers for the first time in 30 years.
The paddlefish season runs from Sunday to April 15. A paddlefish license is required for the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers, but not for the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers.
The slot limit requiring the release of all 35- to 45-inch fish protects the primary breeding stock. Most of the fish harvested will likely be below the slot limit. The firm white flesh of the paddlefish is excellent table fare as long as the red meat near the skin is trimmed off.
All 50 nonresident licenses were sold before the Jan. 31 deadline.
Crop Fair offered market, insurance information
Jason W. Brooks//Daily NewsDan Greder of Sciota Trading makes a presentation during the Feb. 17 Crop Fair at Iowa Speedway’s Newton Club. Greder was one of the main speakers at the annual event, which focused on economics and education about busi-ness and government-program elements of agriculture.
DMACC hosts cover crop workshop March 5
Iowa Learning Farms will host a cover crop work-shop from 6 to 8 p.m. at DMACC Newton Campus, 600 N. Second Ave. W.
The evening workshop is free, open to the public, and includes a complimentary meal.
An RSVP is recommended. Contact Jasper Coun-ty Extension at 641-792-6433 by March 1 to reserve a seat.
As part of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, when cover crops are used in combination with other conservation management practices, point and non-point source pollution is reduced in Iowa waters and downstream. Other conservation management prac-tices that help reduce nutrients entering waterways include strip-tillage or no-tillage, grass waterways, buffers and terraces, wetlands, bioreactors and more.
Speaking at the workshop are Prairie City farmer Gordon Wassenaar and Iowa State University Ex-tension and Outreach water quality engineer Matt Helmers.
Wassenaar has been farming for more than 50 years and is using conservation practices including no-till and a cereal rye cover crop on 1200 acres. Helmers will talk about drainage system strategies for nutrient reduction into rivers and streams.
For more information about Iowa Learning Farms, visit the website: www.extension.iastate.edu/.
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MADRID (AP) — Buying two goats in Au-gust 2008 was little more than an experiment for farmer Paula Olson and some entertainment for her daughters.
Six and a half years, 14 milking goats and roughly $300,000 later, she’s in the midst of constructing a small-scale creamery in Madrid, Iowa, that’s set to feature goat milk, cheese, ice cream and more. And though her creamery isn’t yet open, Olson said local businesses have begun inquiring about her products, prompting her to already consider expanding.
Americans’ growing taste for more unusual fare has contributed to a steady increase in demand for goat products in recent years, and producers across the country are trying to determine how to secure enough milk to give consumers what they want while continuing to develop their merchandise.
The nation’s dairy goat herd climbed 2 percent in the past year to 365,000 animals, but producers said their annual sales are rising even faster — up by 15 percent or more. In Iowa, the number of goat farms has climbed from less than 20 a decade ago to about 200, behind only Wisconsin and California.
Sheep and goat milk accrued $92.2 million in sales in 2012, according to the most recent figures available from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s census, with combined sales about a third higher than in the previous 2007 census.
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for ways the school could spend the $4,000 in grant money recently awarded to Aurora Heights.
Teacher Wendy Turner de-scribed “Mystery Skype.” The online activity pairs classes from different states, who must ask yes-or-no questions until guess-ing the location city of the other school.
Aurora Heights Principal Carol Farver said maintaining a Facebook presence is one way her school can show the com-munity — and the rest of the world — what happens on cam-pus.
“One of our sayings is ‘Teach-ers will not be replaced by tech-nology, but teachers who know how to use technology will,’” said Farver. In other action Monday, the board:
• Awarded a bid to Unite Private Networks to construct and maintain the district’s new
fiber-optic network. Unite was the sole bidder on the request for proposal. Supervisor of Tech-nology Chris Bieghler said the company will be able to improve the district’s network, built in the late 1990s and early 2000s, from one-gigabyte capacity cabling to 10-gigabyte, with room for ex-pansion up to 90 gigabytes.
• Set a date for a budget workshop, which will be Mon-day at 6:30 p.m. in the Emerson Hough building’s conference room.
• Discussed recent published clarifications from the Iowa De-partment of Education about transitional kindergarten. Super-intendent Bob Callaghan pre-sented a chart and several verbal clarifications that show which programs and designations for each student will still allow dis-tricts to count that student as part of its annual state funding request.
• Took a short break to eat birthday cake while the Aurora Heights students sing “Happy Birthday” to Callaghan and ad-
ministrative assistant Christine Dawson, who happen to share a Feb. 23 birthday.
• Discussed format details for two upcoming public forums
about possible reconfiguration, to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs-day and on March 3 at Newton DMACC campus’s second floor conference area. A PowerPoint
data presentation will be fol-lowed by question formulation tables, and district administra-tors will then read questions aloud and provide answers.
• Formed a board subcommit-tee for facilities and long-term planning, which will involve board members Travis Padget, Donna Cook and Nat Clark.
• Heard an audit report from Nancy Janssen of Nolte, Corn-man & Johnson. Among the findings Janssen mentioned in her summary for the board were not publishing meeting minutes within two weeks, coding dis-ability insurance in the wrong teacher salary supplemental funding category, and $261,789 in total liabilities as of June 30 of last year.
“That sounds like a lot, but a lot of districts would like to be in your position,” Janssen said. “Waukee is dealing with liabili-ties of around $3 million.”
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Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsSuperintendent Bob Callaghan and administrative assistant Christine Dawson celebrated their birthdays during Monday’s Newton Com-munity School District board meeting at Aurora Heights Elementary School. They were serenaded with a rendition of “Happy Birthday” from Aurora Heights students.
“All people aged 21 plus should consider attend-ing because it is a great way to network with other professionals or make new friends, rock out to mu-sic that blasts them back to the past, ride in a pace car, and overall just forget their worries for a night at a fun dance,” Nicole Lindstrom said. “I am really looking forward to having a great time with friends, dancing, taking photos and creating memories.”
Dressing up is not necessary, although it’s encour-aged, organizers say. Some attendees plan on wearing traditional formal dresses while others will be dig-ging one out from the back of the closet.
Free appetizers and beer will also be served (while supplies last) and a full cash bar will be available that night.
“We want to host more social events that ap-peal to those of all ages — as there are a lot of new people in Newton (and the surrounding area) that are looking for ways to meet and connect with oth-ers,” said YPJC President Danielle Rogers. “An adult prom, where everyone can have the prom they always wanted with their friends, seemed like a great idea for our spring social.”
All proceeds from Re-Prom will be given to Iowa Speedway Cares as part of YPJC’s continuing effort to support its mission on making a positive impact on where members live, work and play.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the dance begins at 8 p.m. Prior to the dance, Iowa Speedway will be offer pace car rides for $25 beginning at 7 p.m.
“Our 2015 season ticket renewal campaign was built around the idea of a very special relationship between our fans and the track, so what better way to kick off the 2015 season at Iowa Speedway than with Re-Prom, a place where relationships can ignite?” Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small said.
YPJC also partnered with the AmericInn, just down the street from the Iowa Speedway, for a spe-cial $74 rate for those attending the event with no curfew. AmericInn is located at 4401 S. 22nd Ave. E. in Newton. To reserve a room, call 641-791-1160 and mention Re-Prom for the discount. Re-Prom is a 21 and older only event.
Tickets are available at tikly.co/events/378 for $20 per person and organizers are encouraging people to plan in advance as anyone would for prom. Tickets purchased the day of the event will be $30 per person.
Contact Kate Malott at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or [email protected]
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Core which currently ex-ists only in literacy and math. Science and social studies are still under the original Iowa Core.
The changes came in part because of Iowa slip-ping in rankings in the nation. From 1992 to 2013 in grade four, Iowa went from fifth in the na-tion to 21st in reading and second to 14th in math.
“While Iowa didn’t go down in its scores, it did go down in its rankings,” Ernst said. “It’s not a good sign for our state that our kids have not improved.”
Changes he said in the language arts curriculum included an increase focus on non-fiction sources, more text based answers,
which are answers you can prove from the read-ing and a focus on vocab-ulary specific to subject areas. Shifts in math are a larger focus on more in-depth on fewer topics and getting a coherence from one level to the next. It has a modeling segment that applies math in real settings and brings a bal-ance between practice and understanding.
At his school district, Ernst said that he likes the agreement across the school and state of when things will be mastered, and the ability to align the assessments that tell them who understand consis-tently. It allows for sys-temic help of those who struggle and those who need advancement and the level of rigor has in-creased to meet demands,
he said.Where he said they
have had issues with the one size fits all method is that it can be difficult for those who struggle and that too much is still be-ing taught in one year. A large issue and one that is still up in the air is that the target keeps moving and when they are ex-pected to reach a target it needs to quit changing.
Vander Hart is against Common Core and he gave several reasons why — including he does not believe it is state led and he takes issue with the quality of Common Core standards. He brought up the amount of funding that has come from Bill Gates and the influence that Gate may have in the standards.
“I’m concerned that it
is not being state led, but Gates led. Bill Gates has thrown millions of dol-lars into the development of Common Core. When one person drives it with his dollars this really takes the democratic process out of education policy and it takes our voice away,” Vander Hart said.
Both agreed the core is only part of the learning experience for students and that local school choices along with par-ent involvement is key to a child’s education. They said they both have seen differences between stu-dents with a lot of par-ent involvement scoring higher versus those who tend to go it alone.
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“There is no question about the behavior of this particular dog,” Ben-nett said. “Two years ago this dog ripped the throat out of a 4-year-old little girl.”
The only issue is the behavior of the defendant — and the defen-dant’s actions, what she did or did not do — knowing at that point in time of the previous behavior of the dog.”
However, Hier said her expert might be able to shed some light on whether or not the death “was fore-seeable.”
“All of our interests here in Jasper County are just as important and compelling as the interest of the de-fendant who should be sitting in that empty seat next to her attorney, but for some reason has somewhere else better to be today,” Bennett said.
Clogg said the court does sympa-thize with the victim’s family.
“If I had any other choice I would deny the motion, but I just don’t
think I have any other choice but to grant the motion,” Clogg said, add-ing that he wanted the case brought to trial as soon as possible.
“The court is not going to let this thing languish on for another four or five months. This has got to be done, and done soon,” Clogg said.
Clogg asked that Hier keep the court informed about Berman’s con-dition. A new trial date was not im-mediately scheduled.
Contact Abigail Pelzer at 641-792-3121 ext. 6530 or [email protected]
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Ever since a State De-partment spokeswoman stupidly suggested that p e o p l e are hap-p i e r w i t h jobs and m o n e y t h a n without jobs and money, Ameri-c a n s h a v e refused to examine any of our attitudes towards poverty/terrorists/Islam/foreigners.
This is because re-evaluating, questioning or thinking are all, if not forbidden, then certainly discouraged in mad-as-hell America, where we know what high explo-sives can do.
High explosives, dropped from airplanes, are the distillation of America, the high-proof result of cooking down democracy, the way you can distill Islam into a homemade landmine.
And, of course, the idea that people are hap-pier with jobs is socialist — that is if it’s not com-munist or just plain lib-eral, all three terms being interchangeable to the uneducated and the loud, who control much of to-day’s political culture.
The idea that people are happier with a fu-ture is the old, commu-nist American idea that created the mortgage exemption you take on your taxes. It’s the vile socialist lie that created the eight-hour day and made it illegal for pre-teens to work in coal mines.
We’ve moved past that, learning that pover-ty is the fault of the poor. Jesus said we would al-ways have the poor with us, and we don’t want to make a liar out of Jesus.
So, what do we have for the militant members of ISIS?
Well, we have high explosives, though some (and they hate America) question the effect of blowing people’s legs off, of turning their babies into globs of fleshy salsa. If it hasn’t worked so far,
maybe we’re not doing it enough.
Here in America, we can see the salutary ef-fect of no jobs in places like Detroit, Akron, Bir-mingham, places where, thank God (the Chris-tian one), people are much too high to con-template revolution.
Not all of America’s poor are drug addicts, but enough of them are that the rest of them spend a lot of time deal-ing with the abandoned children of addicted family members and cowering behind locked doors. The remainder, the “good ones” as we say, try to patch together some kind of living on minimum wage.
The presence of pills, weed, heroin and an ocean of plain old booze in our poorer neighbor-hoods cannot be over-stated. It keeps the poor, if not calm, then at least disinclined to revolt. En-ergy can be summoned for the occasional riot, but that’s mostly disor-ganized stealing and rep-resents no real threat to the rich people running things. They generally live far from the scene of any riot.
So, while jobs may not help ISIS and bomb-ing may just make them even angrier, I suggest dropping heroin on ISIS, bags and bags of the stuff. Throw in some Oxycontin, too.
Don’t worry; even-tually, a bunch of them will start using the stuff. If America is any indi-cation, no one can resist for long. Parachute in some Republican con-gressmen, too. Or at least get some of the radical jihadist clergy to understand the ben-efits of a trickle-down economy.
Don’t get ‘em jobs. Get ‘em high. That’ll make them forget about revolution. After all, it worked in Chicago.
Marc Munroe Dion is a nationally syndicated columnist. His book
of Pulitzer Prize-nominated columns, “Between Wealth and Welfare: A Liberal Curmudgeon in America,” is available on Nook
and Kindle.
A new precedent has been es-tablished in Iowa politics: If at first you don’t succeed, stack the deck so you get your desired out-come. At least that is how it ap-peared on a bill recently passed out of commit-tee which would increase the gas tax.
Just hours be-fore this bill was to be considered in Ways and Means, Speaker Kraig Paulsen replaced two “no” votes with two “yes” votes so the gas tax could pass out of committee by a slim 13-12 vote. This unprecedented move by Speaker Paulsen, while completely within his authority as speaker, has outraged many Iowans (even some who are sup-portive of the legislation); and rightly so.
My opposition to raising the gas tax in well known. I realize some may interpret my objection to this outcome as merely “sour grapes” over the bill advancing. However, the strong-arm tactics
employed to narrowly pass this bill out of committee has made this legislation so much more than just raising the gas tax. This bill exemplifies how DC-style arm-twisting has poisoned the waterhole in Iowa politics.
There were already major concerns surrounding this legis-lation as it does more than just raise the gas tax. Now, thanks to the way in which this bill was rammed through the Ways and Means committee, it has become tainted. There is now an odifer-ous cloud hanging over the leg-islature that will linger long past this infamous vote.
Needless to say, I am very disappointed in how this has all transpired. The committee pro-cess serves as a protection from runaway legislation. As part of the vetting process, legislation must navigate the various hur-dles to allow public input and robust debate. If a bill runs into a road block, it must either be re-worked or wait until the political landscape has changed so that it may continue to advance.
It is a slow and arduous pro-cess. However, it is purposely designed to refine legislation in order to avoid any unintended
consequences. While it may be frustratingly slow at times, leg-islators generally respect the committee process as it serves to protect their constituency. The extraordinary actions taken by Speaker Paulsen in last week’s Ways and Means switch-a-roo demonstrate nothing but con-tempt for that process. I am troubled by this unprincipled maneuver, as it was shameful and deplorable.
This action serves as a woeful reminder of just how powerful certain special interest groups are in government. I would ex-pect this type of coercive politi-cal manipulation to happen in Washington, DC, but not Des Moines; not here in Iowa.
Now that this legislation is eligible for floor debate in both the House and Senate, the ques-tion now becomes: Will legisla-tors endorse these kind of “ends justify the means” political tac-tics by supporting it with their vote? And will the people of Iowa tolerate their elected rep-resentatives in the Iowa General Assembly, if they do?
Rep. Greg Heartsill (R-Columbia) serves in Iowa House District 28.
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As a hobby and a way to make some fun money, I started craft-ing about eight years ago. My mom taught me how to sew with my own little machine when I was in elementary school, and as I grew, we worked on various sew-ing and craft projects that led me to starting my own little business.
I got my mom’s hand-me-down sewing machine my senior year of college and started making totes. They were simple at first, just two sides and a handle. I then moved on to more elaborate totes that were reversible, followed by my first baby blanket. That was when I discovered the large mar-ket for babies and children.
At my first craft show, I sold blankets, burp clothes, chang-ing pads and totes. I made a few hundred dollars and thought it couldn’t get any better. Not long after I began making plush blocks, dresses and other chil-dren’s accessories and expanding my craft show resume. I frequent-ed the now defunct Adventure-
land show along with local shows in Pella and Prairie City.
As I prepared for my first Tu-lip Time outdoor show in Pella, I started what would take over most of my crafting time — hair accessories. I had found plain, un-decorated hair clips and put rib-bons on them, some with bows. They sold like crazy, and I looked to expand on a product I knew would be successful. As a child, I didn’t go anywhere without something in my hair and once I had my own girls, things were much the same.
I began going to more shows both indoor and outdoors. My mom helped me out pretty much all of the time and I can never thank her enough for everything she did/does. She has sat through rain and cold, fighting against the wind blowing over our whole stand to blazing hot temperatures and no helpful breeze to lend any relief. The indoor spaces are much preferred but can have their own challenges. No space is ever the
same and with our ever expand-ing number of products it can be a jigsaw puzzle with the tables, stands and baskets. Somehow we always make it work and most of the time it is thanks to my mom.
Another by-standard of my crafting is my husband. I tend to go full force into things so I can only imagine what was go-ing through his mind when I came home with yards and yards of fabric along with dozens of spools of ribbon. It slowly took over every corner of our house, which became a bigger deal when the girls came along. At our pre-vious house, I moved everything to the basement but at our cur-rent house, there isn’t a lot of extra space. My mom decided to expand her sewing room and graciously took all of my fabric to store at her house.
Recently, I have moved into the world of headbands. I have had an Etsy shop for quite a while but once I started making headbands, it exploded. Shop-
ping is one of my favorite parts of the crafting experience and being able to pick and choose from dozens of patterns to cre-ate headband sets is like be-ing a kid in a candy store. I, of course, began to expand as soon as I started with flowers and appliqués to add to the head-bands. All of these items still get to live at our house. I try my best to keep them in check and out of sight, if for noth-ing else but that my girls think they are very fun to play with.
My crafting season is set to begin this weekend, and I al-ways get a few butterflies pre-senting new items to see how they will go over. Hopefully the crowds will want to get out and see some new spring items and I will get to package up what will become presents for new little ones, usually grandbabies.
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Lila Rae NeideighFeb. 22, 2015
Lila Rae Neideigh, 56, of Runnells, died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at her home.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26
at the Prairie City Church of the Breth-ren. Burial will follow. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 25 at Co-burn Funeral Home in Prairie City. Con-dolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.
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• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• ARTSTOCK will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Centre for Arts & Artists, 501 W. Third St. N. in Newton. No instructors; just anyone who wants to paint, sculpt, fabric arts or drawing. Your choice of medium. Open time for all to en-joy the spirit of the creative process. For more information, call Linda at 641-792-1391 or 641-521-3554.
• Bible Study for women’s will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• Hiring Event will meet at noon Tuesday at Goodwill Career Connections Center, 600 N. Second Ave., Room 241 in Newton. Call 641-791-0424 to register and for information.
• Jasper County Retired School Personnel As-sociation will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Newton.
• Jasper, Marion and Poweshiek Counties Early Childhood board will meet at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in the south board room at Skiff Medi-cal Center in Newton.
• Newton Rotary Club will meet at noon Tuesday at DMACC, 600 N. Second Ave. W. in Newton.
• One Month to Live women’s study will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hephzibah House in New-ton.
• 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. For more information, email Karen at [email protected] or call Linda at 641-521-3554.
• Developmentally Appropriate Use of iPads in Early Childhood will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at DMACC, Room 210A in New-ton. This class helps children develop literacy skills and offers a way to connect with parents.
• Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton. The club will meet for lunch and a program titled “Des Moines Register” by Amalie Nash. Anyone interested in the program or in learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to be a guest for lunch. For information or to make a reservation for lunch, call Margie Criswell at 641-521-9482. Visit www.newtonkiwanis.org to learn more about the service club.
• Wine & Canvas Night will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hunter Mansion, 223 W. Fourth St. S. in Newton. Come join us for a So-cial Painting Party where everyone will create a work of art. While creating your artistic master-piece you can sip a glass of wine, enjoy a sweet treat and socialize with friends. Cost is $35. In-cludes 11x14 canvas, glass of wine and dessert. This includes all supplies and the class fee.
Newton Police Department• Kurtiss P. Landrum, 47, of
Newton, was arrested on a Jasper County warrant for probation violation after authorities were called to 1313 E. Sixth St. S. at 3:50 p.m. Friday. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Jolene K. Lewis, 38, of New-ton, is charged with introduc-ing intoxicants or drugs into an institution, possession of drug paraphernalia, controlled sub-stance violation and driving while license suspended after authorities pulled her over in the 600 block of South 14th Avenue West at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Of-ficers observed a vehicle driving at a high rate of speed and upon pulling it over found Lewis was driving on a suspended license.
While searching her purse, of-ficers found a needle and meth pipe along with six small baggies containing 2.9 grams of meth. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Cristina J. Vanduinen, 18, of Carroll, is charged with posses-sion of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities pulled over the vehicle she was traveling in at the 100 block of First Avenue East at 3:11 a.m. Thursday. Of-ficers pulled over the vehicle for an obstructed license plate and after getting consent to search the vehicle, officers found a small baggie containing meth under the passenger seat. Of-ficers also found an additional baggie and a pipe made from a
light bulb. Vanduinen said that it was a friend’s. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Joseph A. Klunder, 44, of Ankeny, is charged with failure to obey stop sign after authori-ties were called to the intersec-tion of East Fourth Street North and North Fourth Avenue East at 10:55 a.m. Friday. Klunder was stopped at a stop sign then entered the intersection and his vehicle was hit Stephen Thomp-son’s vehicle who was going through the intersection. Klun-der said it was his fault and that he thought it was a four way stop. Klunder had approximately $4,000 in damage while Thomp-son had approximately $300 in damage. He was cited and re-leased to appear.
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Mildred BogaardsFeb. 23, 2015
Mildred G. (Van Wyk) Bogaards, 83, of Pella, died Monday morning, Feb. 23, 2015, at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 at Third Reformed Church in Pella. Interment will be made in the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. Visitation will precede and follow the funeral ser-vice on Thursday at the Third Reformed Church.
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Learning about Jefferson and 43 other presidents
Submitted photoThomas Jefferson Elementary School second-graders were especially encouraged to learn about the third U.S. presi-dent in a recent pre-President’s Day lesson, but the other 43 American presidents were covered as well. Each second-grader in this photo is holding a portrait of a president. Reading teachers Julie Francisco, Tammy Parriott and Lori Van Dalen, along with classroom teachers Darcey Reynolds, Brittney Voss, Melissa Sommars, Barb Hackworth, Melissa Bennett and Brianna Phillips helped with the lesson.
Dean SadlerFeb. 21, 2015
Dean Sadler, 86, of Pella, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House in Pella. A celebration of life service will be May 1. Inurnment will be made in the Oakwood Cem-etery at Pella.
Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Ruth KellerFeb. 23, 2015
Ruth Keller, 87, of Newton, died Monday evening, Feb. 23, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
Funeral services for
Ruth are pending at Sacred Heart Catho-lic Church in Newton. Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, have been entrusted with the arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.pencefh.com.
Electric Utilities Fund specialized safety training for first responders
Consumers Energy teamed up with mem-ber electric cooperatives from the Iowa Associa-tion of Electric Coopera-tives, Alliant Energy and MidAmerican Energy to fund specialized first responder training dur-ing the 91st Annual State Fire School session in Ames Friday and Satur-day.
Organized by the Fire Service Training Bureau, the State Fire School training is held at the Scheman Continuing
Education Center on the campus of Iowa State University and provides high quality training from top instructors.
Effective training re-duces risk to firefighters, many of whom are vol-unteers, while increasing the level of service to the communities they serve. The electric utilities will fund two identical three-hour workshops, Responding to Electri-cal Emergencies — Solar and Wind Power, which will be led by renown instructor Mike Callan. The workshops will fa-
miliarize responders with the hazards of electric-ity in general, along with the unique hazards of solar and wind electricity generation. Participants will discuss the hazards, equipment, safety, and general response tactics for first responders.
Callan will also pres-ent an extensive all-day course, Responding to Electrical Emergencies – Solar and Wind Power: Train-the-Trainer, that will provide proper tools and training for Fire Service Training Bureau Field Staff, who will then
use that knowledge to train additional first re-sponders across the state regarding the unique fire hazards of solar and wind on-site electric genera-tion systems.
Consumers Energy is a rural electric coop-erative committed to pro-viding its members with reliable electric service in a safe manner at afford-able and equitable rates. The cooperative serves over 5,500 members throughout five counties in Central Iowa: Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story and Tama.
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DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “Carla” for 16 years. It’s my second marriage. My problem is I never see her. She has always spent more time with her mother than with me. We see each other for about an hour a day af-ter she returns from her mom’s, usually at 9:45 to 10 p.m.
I have had several conversations about this with her over the years, but nothing seems to work. We’ll ar-gue and she starts to cry, and it ends without a resolution. Her mother is in her mid-80s and has had her share of health problems.
Carla has a sister who could help out, but rarely does. I have had health problems of my own — a kidney trans-plant and several bouts of skin can-cer — but she doesn’t seem to care as much about my problems as she does her mom’s. Her mother even tells her to go home to be with me, to no avail.
I love my wife, but my isolation and loneliness are finally getting to me. How can I convince her that this isn’t fair to me or our marriage? How much longer do I take it? — LONELY IN ILLINOIS
DEAR LONELY: I feel sorry for both of you. Your wife may be trying so hard to be a responsible daughter that she has forgotten you need her, too. Your sister-in-law should have stepped up and started doing her share long ago — and she still may if you and your wife talk to her about it together.
I don’t know what your schedule is like, but you might have more time with Carla if you went with her to your mother-in-law’s occasionally. It might also improve your communication if the two of you went for marriage coun-seling. If Carla’s mother has to insist she go home to you, there may be rea-sons other than her mother’s health for Carla’s spending so much time away.
Nothing will change until you get to the bottom of it, so don’t let your wife’s
tears prevent you. And if your wife re-sists seeing a counselor, go without her.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I recently quit our jobs and moved to London from New York. Being a free-lancer and having lived here before, he’s never had trouble finding work. But I have just changed careers, and I’m finding it hard to earn a consistent paycheck here.
Despite his constant assurances that he is happy supporting both of us right now, I can’t shake feeling guilty. I have never felt right living on someone else’s dime — not even my parents’ while I was growing up. Should I man up and find a job I don’t exactly love to better contribute, or “keep on truckin’” with-out guilt with hopes of getting there? — GUILTY IN LONDON
DEAR GUILTY: Because of your history, I’m not sure you are capable of happily “keepin’ on truckin’” with-out contributing financially. For some people, the sense of independence they derive from having a job is important to their self-worth.
I say, look around and see if there are some job openings. It’s better than sitting around moping and feeling guilty, and it might give you and your husband a chance to make some new friends.
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Eastern Iowa Airport to launch conservation efforts
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Eastern Iowa Airport has announced the implementation of two conservation initiatives developed by the University of Iowa and Iowa State University at its 2,000-acre farm. Officials said Monday that the project at the Cedar Rapids airport is aimed at stemming nutri-ent loss that results from farming and im-proving environmental sustainability. The airport seeks to incorporate an ISU initia-tive involving the conversion of farmland into prairie strips to reduce nutrient runoff.
25-year-old inmate serving life sentence dies
IOWA CITY — Authorities say a 25-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for first-degree murder has died in eastern Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Corrections says Lucas Allen Faulkner died early Fri-day morning at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Autopsy results determined that Faulkner died of natural causes from blocked arteries in his lungs.
3 Authorities ID woman, 2 children killed in house fire
FORT DODGE — Authorities have re-leased the names of a woman and two young children who were killed in a house fire in Fort Dodge. Officials with the Fort Dodge Fire Department have identified 25-year-old Amy Devlin, her 6-month-old son Bryce Devlin and 5-year-old Joseph Kennedy as the three people who died in the fire Sun-day afternoon. Officials say they found Amy Devlin, Bryce Devlin and Kennedy in a second-story bedroom after the flames had been extinguished.
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Sioux City man pleads guilty in 2014 shooting
SIOUX CITY — A 32-year-old man from Sioux City has pleaded guilty to less-er charges in a man’s nonfatal shooting last year.
Jose Escobar-Olguin pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and going armed with intent. He initially was charged with at-tempted murder, willful injury and going armed with intent. Escobar-Olguin was accused of shooting 21-year-old Lester Calderon-Hidalgo of Sioux City in the head outside a residence in September.
US Supreme Court rejects appeal from ex-officer
DES MOINES — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a panel of judges’ decision that a former Des Moines officer was given a sentence that was too light.
Thirty-one-year-old Mersed Dautovic filed for the review in December. He’d been convicted in 2012 of using excessive force on Octavius Bonds in September 2008.
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AP PhotoIn this photo, community members take a closer look inside newly renovated lofts at 615 Sycamore in Waterloo. The second and third floors of the historic hotel have been transformed into 800-square-foot efficiency and 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom units, with the ground floor open for retail or office use, said Jim Walsh, a developer with JSA development.
Developer converts historic Waterloo hotel into loft space
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WATERLOO — A developer has converted a long-vacant Waterloo hotel dating to 1913 into eight residential lofts.
The second and third floors of the historic hotel have been trans-formed into 800-square-foot efficiency and 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom units, with the ground floor open for retail or office use, said Jim Walsh, a developer with JSA development.
Three of the residen-
tial units have already been leased.
Walsh said that when he bought the building about six or seven years ago, he saw the potential to renovate it and cre-ate an apartment space. It had previously been on the verge of demo-lition, but Walsh said the structure was sturdy enough to save. He said the project cost about $2 million, with federal and state historical tax credits offsetting up to 45 percent of the cost.
David Deeds, con-troller for the devel-
opment company, said the building had been vacant for more than 35 years before it re-opened Thursday. He said many of the build-ing’s original features have been preserved, including tin ceilings and wood floors, and others have been re-furbished.
“It will seem like you’re in the hotel at the time it was done,” Deeds said. “...This building has a lot of its original historic fabric left, and we were able to keep and reuse large parts of it.”
Lawmakers may vote on fuel tax increase TuesdayThe Associated Press
DES MOINES — A plan to raise Iowa’s fuel tax to pay for road improve-ments could come up for votes in the state Legislature as early as Tuesday.
Legislation to raise the tax by 10 cents a gallon is listed on the Tuesday debate calendar in the state House. Democratic Senate majority leader Mike Gronstal says it would also be listed on the Senate debate calendar,
though he cautioned that putting a bill on the calendar doesn’t guarantee a vote.
The gas tax increase would provide about $215 million annually for Iowa’s network of bridges and roads, many of
which are considered deteriorating.Similar proposals have failed to
advance in past years, but Gov. Terry Branstad and legislative leaders have been vocal this year about raising money for infrastructure.
Iowa sisters search for urn containing their father’s ashesThe Associated Press
CEDAR RAPIDS — Two sisters in Iowa have asked for help in their search for a keychain urn that holds some of their father’s ashes.
Molly Hoffard and Suzanne Brownell are looking for the keychain urn that disappeared when Brownell’s vehicle was stolen in Cedar Rap-ids.
“My brother-in-law went to get a cup of coffee for everyone,” Brownell said in an inter-
view over Skype. “When he came back he said, ‘Suzy, where’s your car?’ and I said, ‘Well, it’s in your driveway,’ and he said, ‘No, it’s not.’”
The car was eventu-ally found during a traffic stop.
“The driver ran away, and we were able to go through the car, and it was just completely emp-ty,” Hoffard said. The urn was nowhere to be found.
The urn was given to the sisters by their moth-er after their father died in 2013. Two months to
the day later, Hoffard and Brownell’s mother died unexpectedly.
The sisters have post-ed photos of the keychain on Facebook. They hope someone returns it, no questions asked.
“It was just such a tragic turn of events to have both of our par-ents pass away in a two-month span, that this is probably the most im-portant item I’ve ever owned,” Brownell said. “So anything anybody can do to help would just be wonderful.”
Iowa Senate panel to review changes to anti-bullying bill
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DES MOINES — An Iowa Senate panel on Monday discussed sev-eral proposed changes to Gov. Terry Branstad’s bill on anti-bullying efforts in schools, including guidelines for educators looking at why a student might be bullied.
The three-member education subcommittee took no formal action but planned to meet Tuesday to decide whether the bill will advance to a full committee for review.
An amendment in-troduced by Sen. Robert Hogg, a Democrat from
Cedar Rapids, would make a few changes to the bill, including listing fewer scenarios in which a student may be con-sidered a victim of bul-lying. Current law refer-ences more than a dozen, and the bill proposes expanding that. Educa-tion groups and others have said the expanded language might be too broad, so the amend-ment dials that language back.
The amend-ment would remove a $200,000 appropriation for teacher training and a pilot program, but Hogg said that money would
be debated through a different funding pro-cess. He said removing the appropriation from the bill would help it ad-vance.
The amendment would also create a work group of experts to study bullying and issue rec-ommendations to state education officials.
The legislation is aimed at expanding how school officials around the state respond to bul-lying cases. It would al-low school officials to address bullying outside of school grounds and expand the definition of cyberbullying.
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IS militants abduct dozens of Christians in SyriaThe Associated Press
BEIRUT — Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Christians, includ-ing women and children, after overrunning a string of vil-lages in northeastern Syria, activists and relatives said Tuesday.
The Sunni extremist group, which follows a radical interpretation of Islam, has repeatedly targeted religious and ethnic minorities in Syria and Iraq since seizing con-
trol of large swaths of both countries. Islamic State fight-ers have ransacked churches, demolished Shiite and Sunni Muslim shrines, and enslaved women of the Yazidi commu-nity, a tiny sect IS considers heretical.
The latest assault began be-fore dawn on Monday, when the militants swept through the villages nestled along the banks of Khabur River near the town of Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province. The area is predominantly inhabited
by Assyrians, an indigenous Christian people who trace their roots back to the ancient Mesopotamians.
During the raids, the mili-tants took between 70 and 100 Assyrians captive, said Nuri Kino, the head of the activist group A Demand For Action, which focuses on reli-gious minorities in the Mid-dle East. He said some 3,000 people managed to flee the onslaught and have sought refuge in the cities of Has-sakeh and Qamishli.
Kino said his organization based its information on con-versations with villagers who fled the attack and their rela-tives.
The Britain-based Syr-ian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the ab-ductions, but put the number of Christians held by the Is-lamic State group at 90. The Observatory relies on a net-work of activists inside Syria.
Both groups said that most of the captives come from the village of Tal Shamiram, lo-
cated some 85 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the pro-vincial capital of Qamishli.
An Assyrian Christian woman from Tal Shamiram who now lives in Beirut said she has been scrambling to find out what has become of her parents, as well as her brother and his wife and kids.
“Land lines have been cut, their mobiles are closed,” she told The Associated Press. “Have they been slaughtered? Are they still alive? We’re searching for any news.”
AP PhotoIn this Feb. 20 photo, Alaska Cannabis Club CEO Charlo Greene prepares to roll a joint at the medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska. On Tuesday Alaska became the third state in the nation to legalize marijuana.
Alaska becomes third state with legal marijuanaThe Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska on Tuesday be-came the third U.S. state to legalize the recre-ational use of marijuana, but organizers don’t ex-pect any public celebra-tions since it remains il-legal to smoke marijuana in public.
In the state’s largest city, Anchorage police officers are ready to start handing out $100 fines to make sure taking a toke remains something to be done behind closed doors.
Placing Alaska in the same category as Wash-ington state and Colora-do with legal marijuana was the goal of a coalition including libertarians, rugged individualists and small-government Re-publicans who prize the privacy rights enshrined in the Alaska state con-stitution.
When they voted 53-47 percent last Novem-ber to legalize marijuana use by adults in private places, they left many of the details to lawmak-ers and regulators to sort out.
That has left confu-
sion on many matters.The initiative bans
smoking in public, but didn’t define what that means, and lawmakers left the question to the alcohol regulatory board, which planned to meet early Tuesday to discuss an emergency response.
That’s left different communities across the state to adopt different standards of what smok-ing in public means to them. In Anchorage, officials tried and failed in December to ban a new commercial mari-juana industry. But Po-lice Chief Mark Mew said his officers will be strictly enforcing the public smoking ban. He even warned people against smoking on their porches if they live next to a park.
But far to the north, in North Pole, smok-ing outdoors on private property will be OK as long as it doesn’t create a nuisance, officials there said.
Other officials are still discussing a pro-posed cultivation ban for the Kenai Peninsula.
In some respects, the confusion continues a
four-decade reality for Alaskans and their rela-tionship with marijuana.
While the 1975 Alas-ka Supreme Court deci-sion protected personal marijuana possession and a 1998 initiative le-galized medicinal mari-juana, state lawmak-ers twice criminalized any possession over the years, creating an odd legal limbo.
As of Tuesday, adult Alaskans can not only keep and use pot, they can transport, grow it and give it away. A second phase, creating a regulated and taxed marijuana market, won’t start until 2016 at the earliest. That’s about the same time-line for Oregon, where voters approved legaliz-ing marijuana the same day as Alaska did but the law there doesn’t go into effect until July 1. Washington state and Colorado voters legal-ized marijuana in 2012 and sales have started there.
And while possession is no longer a crime un-der state law, enjoying pot in public can bring a $100 fine.
States predict
inmates’ future crimes LITTLE ROCK,
Ark. (AP) — States are trying to reduce prison populations with secre-tive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be safe to release, despite serious problems and high-pro-file failures, an Associ-ated Press investigation found.
These programs are part of a national, data-driven movement to drive down prison pop-ulations, reduce recidi-vism and save billions. They include question-naires often with more than 100 questions about an offender’s edu-cation, family, income, job status, history of moving, parents’ arrest history — or whether he or she has a phone. A score is affixed to each answer and the result helps shape how the of-fender will be supervised in the system — or re-leased from custody.
Used for crimes rang-ing from petty thievery to serial murders, these questionnaires come with their own set of risks, according to the AP’s examination.
Many rely on crimi-nals to tell the truth, and jurisdictions don’t al-ways check to make sure the answers are accurate. They are used inconsis-tently across the country, sometimes within the same jurisdiction. The same defendant might be scored differently in the same crime.
Supporters cite some research, such as a 1987 Rand Corp. study that said the surveys accu-rately can predict the likelihood of repeat of-fenses as much as 70 percent of the time if they are used correctly.
GOP struggles as Homeland
shutdown loomsThe Associated Press
WASH INGTON — Divided Republicans are searching for a way out of an impasse o v e r i m m i -grat ion that is th re a t -e n i n g to shut d o w n t h e H o m e -l a n d Security Department within days.
With the agency’s budget set to expire Fri-day at midnight with-out action by Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell an-nounced Monday he would remove language overturning President Barack Obama’s con-tested immigration measures from the de-partment’s funding bill.
The move seemed aimed at pressuring Senate Democrats who have opposed the legis-lation because the im-migration language is included. It also would allow Republicans who oppose Obama’s ex-ecutive actions on im-migration to register their opposition with a stand-alone vote on a separate measure.
But McConnell left unclear how he would get the department’s funding bill passed ahead of Friday’s mid-night deadline to fund the department or see it shut down.
“This proposal doesn’t bring us any closer to actually fund-ing DHS, and Repub-licans still have no real plan to achieve that goal,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “It’s a disgrace that ISIS and al-Shabab are fully funded, but thanks to
Republican game-play-ing, the Department of Homeland Security might not be.” ISIS is one acronym for the Islamic State militant group that has taken over much of Iraq and Syria. Over the week-end, a video purported to be released by So-malia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to at-tack shopping malls in Western countries.
After last week’s fed-eral court ruling put-ting Obama’s immigra-tion programs on hold, a growing number of Senate Republicans argued for letting the immigration fight play out in court, and pass-ing a “clean” bill to fund Homeland Security, free of the language on immigration.
“Leave it to the courts. I think we have an excellent case before the Supreme Court,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Monday night.
House conserva-tives, by contrast, said the court developments only strengthened their resolve to use the Homeland Security budget to fight Obama on immigration. They remained adamantly opposed to a funding bill that doesn’t include language blocking Obama on immigra-tion, and also said they would not support a short-term extension of current funding levels.
“If the decision from the court has done any-thing, it’s reaffirmed that the House was right to do what it did,” said Rep. Mick Mul-vaney, R-S.C., adding that now that Repub-licans have full con-trol of Congress, they have the responsibility to stand firm against Obama.
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Iowa’s top state tourna-ment needs a television makeover.
B e c a u s e Prairie City-Monroe se-nior Tristan Clark was involved in S a t u r d a y ’ s c h a m p i o n -ship matches, I didn’t actu-ally see the debacle. But I heard about it a lot Monday.
Why can’t there be a way to showcase the event without having to show non-stop advertising?
In year’s past, they split televisions three ways with one featured Class in the middle. This year, they put all three matches in small boxes at the top of the screen and then showed a gigantic Fare-way advertisement on the bottom.
I love Fareway. Don’t get me wrong. But the event needs to be more about the wrestlers involved and not about the advertisers who sponsored the event.
Iowa has been the standard for high school wrestling for years. But other states have shown the ability to show-case their state meet’s biggest matches better.
Wrestling, unfortunately, needs help. Television ratings aren’t there. And not many people are talking about the sport at the local office water coolers the following Mon-day like football, basketball and other more popular na-tionally-known sports.
I am not a TV guy. I don’t have an answer. But hardcore wrestling fans were upset about it. And those are the ones that keep the sport alive.
Clark’s run to the state championship match was fun. And he is a joy to cover.
I also want to send a shout out to PCM coach Cory Waddell. As hard it is for me to interview wrestlers after losses, it can be even harder for the wrestlers to talk to me afterwards.
But Waddell made sure Clark gave me a few min-utes after his 6-1 loss to top-ranked Ryan Leisure in the title bout. Waddell said that the two of them were dying to talk to me after the first three wins, they should be willing to talk with me after a loss.
I respect that.I also understand when
athletes don’t want to talk. I had some of those, too. But neither of them used profan-ity at me when declining an interview. Some other wres-tlers did just that to another reporter. It’s unfortunate. If you don’t want to talk, a sim-ple ‘no, thank you’ would be just fine.
Now it’s on to the state basketball tournaments.
We have just one area hoops team left though af-ter the Newton boys and the Lynnville-Sully girls were eliminated on Monday.
The PCM boys play Pella Christian on Tuesday in a re-match of a game played ear-lier this season that was won by the Eagles.
That was during the Mus-tangs’ 1-2 start though. They have won 17 of their last 19 games since that defeat so I would expect the game to be much closer than the 15-point spread it was back on Dec. 8.
By Troy HydeNewton Daily
NewsSports Writer
State wrestling needs better TV coverage
Ankeny beats Newton in substate play
PLEASANT HILL — Newton High’s Cardinals had their runs to the lead in Monday night’s Class 4A Substate opener. But a 14-6 third-quar-ter surge by Ankeny’s Hawks put them up 47-41 going into the final eight minutes.
That was enough to separate the Hawks from the Cardinals. Newton wasn’t able to limit Ankeny from scoring in the fourth quarter as each team tallied 17 points in that eight-minute span, leaving the Hawks with a 64-58 victory.
“Our kids came out and battled. It took our kids a little time to ad-just to how the game was called — these official did a great job and called it fair both ways, but the game was called differently than we’re used to,” said Nick Wilkins, Newton head coach.
“The guys did what they’ve done all season. They kept battling.”
Two free throws and a basket by Connor Gholson put the Car-dinals up 6-5 with 5:23 left in the first quarter. Tyler Wood nailed a 3-pointer to make it 9-6, but the Hawks got back-to-back baskets by Drew Maschoff and Chris McLeod to re-gain the lead.
Down by one, Nick Easley’s three-point play put Newton back in front, 14-12. New-ton found itself down 18-16 with less than 30 seconds left in the first quarter.
Ankeny took the basketball away and Tyler Inthalangsy was fouled on a shot. He hit the first of two free throws with 2.2 seconds on the clock.
Trystan Cummins pulled the offensive rebound off the missed second attempt and score before the buzzer.
Newton faced a 21-16 deficit heading into the second quarter. An-keny’s lead grew to 27-17 by the 5:47 mark.
Jordan Travis scored inside for Newton but Jonah Plummer scored on a Newton turnover to put the Hawks back up by 10 points.
Wood drove down the lane, put up a float-er, scoring and draw-ing a foul. He sank the free throw to touch off a 16-4 run by the Car-dinals. Joseph Banfield and Wood had consec-utive baskets to pull the Cardinals to within,
five, 31-26, with 3:09 left in the first half.
It was 33-26 when Easley scored followed by a transition basket by Shores on a long pass by Wood. Banfield made a baseline drive to the basket, and it was 33-32. Wood bur-ied a 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds on the clock lifting the Cardinals to a 35-33 halftime lead.
The teams traded baskets coming out of the break. Mas-choff connected for a 3-pointer at the 4:06 mark and 12 seconds later, McLeod was at the free-throw line, hitting one of two shots. Ankeny got up 41-37, but Banfield hit two straight buckets
for Newton to draw even again.
Maschoff ’s 3-point-er with 2:24 was the lead-in to a 6-0 run to end the third quar-ter. He drilled anoth-er three to open the fourth quarter to open a 50-41 lead. Newton could only get within six points the rest of the way.
“They picked up the pressure on us. We han-dled it pretty well, but it’s a different kind of game,” Wilkins said of Ankeny’s third-quarter move to the lead. “Again, it took us a little time to adjust because they ramped it up more.”
Wilkins said Anke-ny came out a bit more aggressive early in the
second half than the Cardinals. He said the Cardinals missed some open shots during the second half.
“It was a great fight by these guys. They ex-ecuted the game plan,” Wilkins said. “Ankeny torched us a bit in man defense so we went to a 2-3 zone. Our 2-3 looked really good and the kids flowed around in it and played really well.”
Ankeny had four players score in double figures led by Maschoff with 13 points. Intha-langsy added 12 points. Conor Riordan and Plummer each had 10 points.
IOWA CITY — It was a matchup of ranked teams
with a Class 1A regional championship and state tour-nament berth on the line.
Basketball fans in the Iowa City West High gymnasium
appeared to get their money’s worth as No. 10 Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks played No. 11 Springville’s Orioles Monday night in the Class 1A Region 5 title game. After three quar-ters of play, the teams were locked in a 32-all contest.
Unfortunately, the Hawks suffered their second loss of the season, which ended their season. The Orioles out-scored Lynnville-Sully 13-8 in the fourth quarter to claim a 45-40 victory. Springville advances to next week’s Class 1A state tournament in Des Moines.
“I could not be more proud of the girls. They really bat-tled tonight,” said Jerry Huls-ing, Lynnville-Sully head coach. “Unfortunately, we just didn’t get enough bounc-es our way to pullout the win. A couple of breakdowns on defense and missed chances on offense made the different tonight.”
The Hawks had a one-point lead at the end of the first quarter, 8-7. They still owned that margin at half-time, 20-19. Springville poured in 13 points in the third quarter while holding Lynnville-Sully to 12 points, forging the 32-32 tie.
Lynnville-Sully shot just 30 percent, 13-of-43, from the field. Springville con-nected on 18-of-45 field goal
attempts for 40 percent. The Hawks cashed in on 10-of-16 free throw attempts and the Orioles went 4-of-9.
The Hawks turned the ball over 17 times to the Orioles’ 14 miscues. Lynnville-Sully had a 34-28 rebounding edge.
Breanna Lanser had a double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds. She also made three steals. Seniors Madison Rasmusson, Shelby Davis and Lysandra James scored nine, eight and seven points, respectively, in their final basketball game for the Hawks. Davis dished out five assists.
Kasiah Ehresman had five points and Marissa Vos added one points.
Springville was led by Rylee Menster with 13 points and six steals. Sarah Matus chipped in 11 points.
“I really appreciate the girls efforts this season,” Hulsing said. “They did everything that us coaches asked. This is a great group of girls to coach and they made this season a lot of fun.”
Lynnville-Sully finished 22-2. The Hawks went 19-1 to win the South Iowa Cedar League championship.
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Orioles edge Hawks out of 1A regional title
This & That
COVERAGE | 2B
By Jocelyn SheetsNewton Daily News
Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsJust like the basketball is getting away from Newton High senior Nick Easley on a drive down the lane against Ankeny’s Trystan Cummings (3), Monday’s Class 4A substate game got away from the Cardinals late. Newton lost 64-58 to Ankeny in a game played at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill.
Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsBrenna Lanser (20) shoots over a defender in Lynnville-Sully’s re-gional semifinal game Friday in Sully. On Monday, the 10th-ranked Hawks lost their bid to go to the Class 1A state basketball tourna-ment, losing to Springville at Iowa City.
By Jocelyn SheetsNewton Daily News
NEWTON | 2B
2B | www.newtondailynews.com | Tuesday | Feb. 24, 2015Sports
SPORTS CALENDAR
TuesdayBowling
Newton at Class 2A state, Plaza Lanes, Des Moines, 10 a.m.
BasketballBoys’ Districts
Class 1A District 10Semifinal
Lynnville-Sully at Moulton-Udell, 8 p.m.
Class 2A District 11Final
PCM vs. Pella Christian at Oska-loosa, 7 p.m.
ThursdayBasketball
Boys’ DistrictsLynnville-Sully at Class 1 District 10, TBA
SaturdayBasketball
Boys’ SubstatesLynnville-Sully at Class 1 Sub-state 5, TBAPCM at Class 2A Substate 6, TBA
Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsKaren Clark, left, of the Newton Amercian Cancer Society is presented with a check $7,125 from Jill Stanton, NHS Coaches vs. Cancer coordina-tor, Atlas Rea, who is a Newton kindergarten student battling cancer, and Atlas’ mother, Chrissy Rea, at the final Newton home basketball game Feb. 19. Funds were raised during two nights of basketball by NHS teams with the Coaches vs. Cancer games played on Feb. 6.
NHS Coaches vs. Cancer cashes in
PCM and Pella Christian always play during the regular sea-son and usually end up meeting again in the postseason. Coach Fred Lorensen said the regular-season winner hasn’t won the post-season clash for a few years, so if the Mustangs (18-4) can knock off Pella Christian in Os-kaloosa, they will play for a chance at the state tournament Saturday at Bondurant-Farrar.
My alma mater Earl-ham also is having a stel-lar season. The ranked Cardinals are 20-2 on the year and looking to make what I think would be their first trip to the state tournament.
The Minnesota Tim-berwolves, my favorite NBA team, brought back Kevin Garnett last week. I am super excited.
Not because I think that he can help us on the court. He can’t. He’s too old. But I do think KG can provide the young roster with some veteran guidance.
The rumor about him and Flip Saunders look-ing to form a financial group to buy the fran-chise from Glen Taylor is exciting too.
I remember when the Wolves weren’t out of the postseason discussion by Christmas. Those were fun times. Hopefully KG can play a role in getting the team back there soon.
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Wood led the Car-dinals with 13 points and Gholson added 12 points.
Wood, Easley, Devin Shores and Tra-vis are the four seniors on Newton’s team. The four are Wilkins’ first group to go from freshmen to seniors.
“They are a special of group for me since I’ve had them all four years I’ve been at Newton as head coach. We’ve grown and learned to-gether,” Wilkins said. “They stayed together and kept the team to-gether. They led by ex-ample, kept us fighting and moving forward.”
Newton finished 9-13. Wilkins said the expectations for this team was 14 to 16 wins.
“This team is a group of fighters. Look back at the number of games we were down by 10-plus points and came back to take the lead. Now, we didn’t win a lot of those games, but we came back and took the lead. Bad teams don’t do that — they get down and then go away,” Wilkins said of his 2014-15 team. “This is a great group of kids and I had fun coaching them.”Newton 16-14-6-17—58Ankeny 21-12-14-17—64Newton (FG/3-pt): Shores 1-1-3-3, Stout 1-0-2-2, Wood 3/2-1-
2-13, Bennett 0-0-2-0, Banfield 4-1-2-9, Gholson 4-4-0-12, Easley 4-1-2-9, Travis 2-0-1-4, Sturtz 2-2-1-6. TOTALS: 21/2-10-15-58.Ankeny (FG/3-pt): Cummings
1-0-2-2, Shannon 0-2-2-2, Rior-dan 5-0-2-10, Rinker 2-2-1-6, Walljasper 0/1-1-1-4, Plummer 5-0-1-10, Inthalangsy 5-2-0-12, Mcleod 2-1-1-5, Roberts 0-0-3-0, Maschoff 1/3-2-3-13. TOTALS:
21/4-10-16-64.
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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsSlashing through the Ankeny defense for a floater in the lane is Newton High senior Tyler Wood (13) and he was fouled on the play. Wood scored 13 points for the Car-dinals’ 64-58 loss Tuesday in 4A substate action at Pleasant Hill.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Reed won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona Saturday, his first career na-tional series victory, in the de-but event for Xfinity as spon-sor of NASCAR’s second-tier series.
Reed, the 21-year-old driver for Roush Fenway Rac-ing, passed Brad Keselowski for the lead on the last lap to grab the win. Diagnosed four years ago with Type 1 diabe-tes, Reed thanked sponsor Eli Lilly, which runs a “Drive to Stop Diabetes” campaign.
“I thought I would never drive a race car again. Now, I’m standing here in victory lane at Daytona with Roush Fenway,” he said. “Not only for me and my family, but ev-ery kid who gets diagnosed with diabetes or anything that says you can’t do something. Just go and there and over-
come it and do it and win and do the best you can.”
Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a vicious hit into a concrete wall dur-ing the Xfinity Series race. He missed the Daytona 500 on Sunday and is out indefinitely.
Busch sustained a right lower leg compound fracture and left mid-foot fracture in the crash with eight laps re-maining. Joe Gibbs Racing said he had surgery to repair his left leg, was resting com-fortably and will remain hos-pitalized for observation.
Later Saturday night, NASCAR’s final ap-peals officer upheld Kurt Busch’s indefinite suspension for an alleged domestic as-sault on an ex-girlfriend last fall. It means the Daytona 500 will not have one of the Busch brothers in the field for the first time since 2000.
Matt Crafton, a two-time Truck Series champion, re-placed Busch in the No. 18 Toyota on Sunday in the sea-
son-opening Sprint Cup Se-ries race. It will be Crafton’s Daytona 500 debut.
Busch’s injury occurred when his car slammed head-on into an interior wall that did not have an energy-absorbing SAFER barrier. It’s a similar injury to the one suffered by Tony Stewart in an August 2013 sprint car crash, but not as severe as Stewart’s was a double compound fracture.
Stewart missed the final 15 races of 2013, couldn’t get in a race car until February, 2014, and underwent a fourth surgery in December to replace the rod in his leg. He walked with a limp for more than a year.
Stewart tweeted that he “felt terrible” for his for-mer teammate. “He’s tough and will bounce back soon. Thinking about you bud!” the three-time NASCAR cham-pion posted.
A somber Joie Chitwood, president of Daytona Interna-tional Speedway, said the track failed in not having the soft
walls and will start next week on having them installed “on every inch of our property.”
“The Daytona Interna-tional Speedway did not live up to its responsibility today. We should have had SAFER barrier there,” Chitwood said. “We’re going to fix that. We’re going to fix that right now.”
Track officials installed tire packs along that 850-foot linear square foot of wall that Busch hit in time for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Chitwood said planning on covering the entire 2.5-mile facility would begin Monday.
“This is not going to hap-pen again. We’re going to live up to our responsibility,” Chitwood said. “We really can’t mention financials as a reason for this. Come Mon-day, we’re going to start the plan to put SAFER barrier everywhere here and finances don’t come into play. That’s really not a question.”
Following the hit, Busch was only able to climb halfway through
his window and was pointing in the direction of his right leg when rescue personnel arrived.
Busch was pulled from the car and laid on the ground, and his leg appeared to be stabilized in a splint before he was placed on a stretcher then into an ambulance. His wife, Samantha, was crying as she left the infield care center with team owner Joe Gibbs and team president J.D. Gibbs. Samantha Busch is pregnant with the couple’s first child, a boy due in May.
“It’s beyond me why we don’t have soft walls every-where,” tweeted six-time champion Jimmie Johnson.
Former driver Jeff Burton, now a television analyst, called on NASCAR to overcome costs, “It’s very expensive but we have to find a way.”
NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said the series will accelerate talks with all tracks in the se-ries about the installation of additional SAFER barriers.
Reed claims first Xfinity Series race at Daytona Kyle Busch breaks leg in late crash
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Nigel Johnson scored a career-high 20 points, Nino Williams hit a clinching jumper in the final minute and Kan-sas State rallied to beat eighth-ranked Kansas 70-63 on Monday night.
Williams finished with 15 points in his final reg-ular-season game against the Jayhawks, and Thomas Gipson added 12 points as the Wildcats (14-15, 7-9 Big 12) overcame an eight-point, second-half deficit to beat their bitter rival for only the fifth time in the past 54 meetings.
The Jayhawks (22-6, 11-4) trudged off the court as students poured from the stands into a mad pile, celebrating the biggest highlight of what has been a dreary season in Man-hattan.
The Wildcats had lost seven of their last eight games amid suspensions and strife, and it appears a lock that their string of eight straight 20-win sea-sons will end. But at least for one night, against their biggest foil, they looked like a Top 25 team in their own right.
Perry Ellis had 24 points to lead the Jay-hawks, whose lead over Iowa State in the league race was whittled to a half-game. Kelly Oubre Jr. also had 14 points.
K-State upends No. 8 Kansas in Big 12 play
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The Truck Driver is responsible for loading & unloading trailersat home location, using forklifts & clamp trucks, generating
BOL’s, and assisting in the warehouse as required. The driver will on the average spend 50% of their time in the warehouse
and 50% of their time driving.
Job Highlights and Benefits are the following:40+ per week; Paid-Time-Off (PTO); Health & Dental Insurance;
Paid Holidays; IRA & Retirement Planning & Job Training.
You can apply in one of the following three ways:1. Send resume to [email protected]. Visit “Contact Us”: www.patriotconverting.com3. In person at 910 N. 19th Ave. E., Newton, IA 50208
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Leaf Proof Gutter Covers,Gutter cleaning.
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LOST: TURQUOISE ring,lost at Pizza Ranch Jan.31. If found please call641-417-9613. Reward$50.
LOOKING FOR FarmHouse to rent or Buy onContract. 319-883-5175.
OLD MILITARY items:German, Japanese, andAmerican, and old Adver-tising signs. 641-485-6591.
WANT TO buy good usedmetal detector. Leave mes-sage 641-236-3541.
WANTED: FARM toy trac-tors, trucks, implements,farm related advertisingitems and Lego's. 641-526-3050 or 641-521-1448.
WANTED: RIDING lawnmowers, push lawn mow-ers & snowblowers or any-thing with a motor. 641-275-5475.
WILL HAUL away runningor non-running riding mow-ers, push mowers, snowblowers and garden tillers,and garden tractors. Call792-2416
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PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF BAXTER, IOWA
Residents be advised that theCity Council of Baxter, Iowaintends to fill a Council vacancyby appointment at the regularMarch meeting to be held,Monday, March 9, 2015 at 6:00p.m. in the Council Chambers ofCity Hall.This appointment will fill animmediate vacancy and run untilterm expiration December 31,2015. Those interested in theposition must live within the Citylimits and should submit a Letterof Intent to the City Clerk's officeby Wednesday, March 4, 2015.Residents/electors be advisedyou have the right to file apetition with the City Clerk's officerequiring the vacancy be filled bya special election within fourteen(14) days after the appointment ismade.
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It turns out that common courtesies are not common to all cultures, or rather each culture has a different set of them. This will be a theme as Venus (now close-ly aligned with Mars) forms a trine to Saturn in worldly Sagittarius. Learning the cultures of different groups and interacting accordingly will bring outstanding luck.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 24). You have an image in your head about who you want to be. You’ll put quite a lot of effort into your life choices over the next 10 weeks, and then living the way you prefer will seem far easier, nearly automatic. April brings a shiny, fancy present. May keeps the entertainment coming. You’ll change roles at work in June. Aries and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 22, 31 and 17.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re grateful to those who have mentored and cared for you in your life, and yet there are still areas in which you feel you have been completely unguided. Seek assistance now.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You get the feeling that a certain person is only nice to you when he or she wants something. Good ob-servation. It’s not your fault that some people only care about what’s in it for them.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you were to write a bucket list, it would include a few spectacular happen-ings, but mostly personal accomplishments and small, meaningful exchanges. That’s what drives you to work hard and connect with others today.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). When your idols aren’t doing anything that makes you want to worship them, it’s time to get new influ-ences. Branch out and ask friends and colleagues who
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). New friends bring good fortune. You’ll extend your network by attending a group, accepting an invite or (best of all) shaking hands and introducing yourself.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s nice when the people closest to you seem to re-ally know and understand you, but it’s not necessary for your happiness. That’s why you can let today’s misunderstanding go and do something nice for yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Sometimes you need a break from being awesome at life, and you can safely take one today. Sure, you still have responsibilities to attend to, but they can be handled with minimal ef-fort. Just fly under the radar.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Instead of fighting distraction, today it may benefit you more to make room for distraction and let yourself follow it, perhaps
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Help WantedLooking for a career change? Two Rivers Cooperative offers a competitive wage with benefits, friendly work environment and opportunities for advancement.
• Currently seeking full time feed delivery and truck driving positions
• Successful candidates must have or be able to obtain a valid Class A CDL with HAZ MAT endorsement
• All positions require pre-employment drug screen, clean MVR report and background check
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TWO BEDROOM house.Garage, basement. $525plus $525 deposit. Refer-ences. No Pets, Non-Smokers. 540 W. 9th St. N.641-792-7605.
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DAEWOO-DD802L DOZ-ER $20,000. 641-792-4332
2002 GRAY, extended cabChevy Silverado. Fullyloaded with towing pack-age, leather, heated seats,automatic seats, mirrors,etc. 207k miles and somevery minor dents/scratch-es. Engine runs perfect.Recently fully detailed andnew battery. $7,000 OBO.Contact Cody if interestedat 515-681-1373
BROOKFIELDAPARTMENTS1610 W. 7th St. S.
• Large, 2 BR, 1 BA or 2 BR, 2 BA • Stove, Refrigerator, Dishwasher & Microwave • Heat Paid • Laundry Each Floor • Limit Access Building • Garage Available • Private Patio/Deck
Call 641-787-91001999 ARCTIC Cat 4-wheeler ATV, like new,runs great! $1950. 641-831-3821. No calls after 8pm.
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1997 FORD ConversionVan. Heavy ½ ton, greatfor towing. New front endand front tires. Runs great.$2400. 515-778-2792
1994 K1500 CHEVY 4X4Newer tires, less than
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300 + Tri Five and Latemodel Chevy magazines,1983 to present. $100.641-792-4858.
42” DUAL stage snowthrower for Craftsmangarden tractors, (tractor notincluded) accessoriesinclude: tractor snow cab,chains for rear wheels, rearweight, operator/ownermanual, very goodcondition, asking $950.641-792-3520 or 641-521-1938.9 MINIATURE perfumebottles, full to empty, 9 @15., maple plant stand, 24”tall x 12” round $35.,Chevrolet S-10 black coat-ed tail lights $35., 1960'smetal child size wheel bar-row $15., 7 2001 Bratzdolls $10., vintage metaldoll high chair $20., vin-tage oak plant stand, 36” x12” square, $55., Iris &Herring bone vase $15.792-8017.ANTIQUE VANITY withmirror $150. Antique rolltop desk with chair $150.Tiffany hanging lights, hastulips as the design $50.firm. 641-840-2380DALE EARNHARDT Jr.1:64 Collectible Cars $12each. Hot Wheels Cars &Round-up Ranch play sets$50 (for all). I pod Shuffle1GB $40. 515-313-7803.ELECTRIC SINGERSewing Machine. $200. 6-10' pieces Black Iron Pipe1/2”, new. $75. 1 HeavyCoat with hood, size 2XL,like new. $50. 1 Coat with-out hood, 2XL, like new.$30. 5 Sweat shirts 2XX-2X. 1 Ladies Coat, with furcollar and hood. $20. 641-792-9981.FLEX STEEL floral daven-port, very good condition,no kids, pets or smoking$200. 792-2227.LARGE STYROFOAMPillsbury Dough Boy withstand, was a store display.$50. or OBO. Large Styro-foam cooler with lid, per-fect for anything that needskept cold. $35. New elec-tric broom snow sweeper$15. 641-792-4664.
PRECIOUS MOMENTS-1976 “Prayer ChangesThings” - 1979 “But LoveGoes On Forever” - 1983“To A Very Special Mom” -1984 “Love Covers All” -1986 “My Love Will NeverLet You go” -$8. each. 3nesting bowls- Sears &Reebok $20. HamiltonBeach electric knife in box$8. Hadley mugs, new inbox, farm & tractor scenes$4. each or 4 @ $10. 641-275-7600.
WINCHESTER MODEL1917, .30-06 hi-power rifle,5 + 1 shot, bolt action,aprox. 90% condition $800.cash. 641-792-0367.
2003 GRAND Jeep Chero-kee, 4x4, fully equip., sunroof and all excellentshape $4,500. 641-781-0685.
ONE BEDROOM apart-ment with appliances, heatand water furnished, walk-ing distance to downtown.Quiet area and move in
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