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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily NewsProperties along First Avenue West, including the former Hy-Vee building, were purchased by the Newton Commu-nity School District at Monday’s school board meeting.

School district purchases former Hy-Vee building

By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News

To continue with reconfigura-tion plans, two properties were pur-chased by the Newton Community School District at Monday’s school board meeting.

The first property at 1302 First Ave. W. or more commonly known as the former Hy-Vee West build-ing, was purchased from Gralnek-Dunitz for $260,000. The sec-

ond property is directly west of that property and contains three buildings with a purchase price of $180,000.

“I think there are multiple ratio-nal for this purpose. Number one would be an opportunity for the entities that are presently housed in this facility, which is Emerson Hough, would have a place to go,” Superintendent Bob Callaghan said. “It would provide a footprint on the community for our admin-

istration building and it would then provide access for this facility for any education need we have for any educational classrooms if the board so determined that we need more classrooms some time down the road.”

The purchase of the property will be paid with sales tax money. A top end renovation price of $2 million was given for the former

County to participate in Central Iowa Workforce

Development BoardBy Jamee A. Pierson

Newton Daily News

A 28E agreement was approved Monday for the Jasper County Supervisors to provide oversight of the work-force development sys-tem for Central Iowa Workforce Develop-ment Board. One of eight regional counties, Jasper County was the first to approve the ap-pointment.

“With the spirit of law and it being a lo-cal chief elected of-ficial board, we have requested that Jasper County participate, as well as all of the other counties in the region, and have one board of supervisor as their representative for that board,” said Angie Ar-thur, executive direc-tor of the Central Iowa Workforce Develop-ment Board.

Other potential members include Boone, Dallas, Madi-son, Marion, Polk, Sto-ry and Warren counties. The board was created by federal legislation to provide oversight for the workforce devel-opment system in Polk and surrounding coun-ties and be responsible for programs for un-employed adults and

youth. A requirement for the board is to have a chief elected official. Currently, Gov. Terry Branstad is the chief elected official of the board but a local rep-resentative was wanted from each of the par-ticipating counties.

“I really think it ’s valuable to get repre-sentation from all of the counties, with Jas-per County in particu-lar,” Arthur said.

Also at the meet-ing, the supervisors ap-proved the capital re-placement local match funds for Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency after check-ing to see what it al-lotted for the year. As presented in a previous meeting, HIRTA plans to use the funds to pur-chase a new bus to be used in Jasper County and needed match-ing funds from those provided by the Iowa Department of Trans-portation. The capi-tal replacement match funds total $19,986.

In other business, Mike Balmer was named to the Jas-per County Board of Health.

Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or

[email protected].

Kate Malott/Daily NewsNolan Maige, Isaac Alexander, Claire Breuer, Whitney Critchfield, Emily Lyman and Nathan Bouck stand with VFW Post 1655 Ladies Auxiliary members Elsie Graham (left) and Dodie Waiksnis. The six students placed in the top three for both third and fourth grade essay participants on Americanism and patriotism and were given awards and prizes Monday night.

VFW awards students for Americanism essays

By Kate MalottNewton Daily News

The women of the VFW Post 1655 Ladies Auxiliary hosted its an-nual Americanism essay awards banquet for the top six elementary es-say writers at the VFW Monday night.

Third and fourth grade students in the district were asked to participate in the an-nual event, which is de-signed to encourage the youth to think about their own patriotism as well as inform them on American history.

As part of a national VFW project, the essays had a 50 to 75 word limit for third-graders and 75 to 100 word limit for fourth-graders. Participants were also instructed to put their name and information on the back side of the their essay to ensure anonymity.

The third-graders were encourage to write on the theme “I love America” and the fourth-graders on “Freedom — What it

Means to Me.”In the third-grade

competition, Thomas Jefferson Elementary students Isaac Alexan-der received first place, Claire Breuer received second place and Emily Lyman received third place.

In the fourth-grade competition, Woodrow Wilson Elementary students Nathan Bouck received first place and Whitney Critchfield received second place. Nolan Miage received third place, from Auro-ra Heights Elementary.

Students were awarded a certification and cash for each prize level.

“If it weren’t for the military, we probably wouldn’t have our free-dom. My cousin is in the Marines, along with thousands of male and female privates. So if you like your freedom, thank a veteran or one of the many men and women who risk their lives to keep us free,” fourth-grade essay win-ner Bouck said.

The VFW Ladies

Auxiliary of Newton has been in existence since 1930 and has en-couraged American-ism and patriotism in the young students and family participation since that time.

“I consider kids in those age groups to be sponges because they absorb all sorts of in-formation,” Post 1655

Americanism Chairman Elsie Graham said. “It’s an important time for them to learn and they often time doesn’t get those values at home.”

VFW Post 1655 La-dies Auxiliary members Graham, along with president Dodie Waik-snis, Rose Butler and Sandra Clark took part in organizing the event.

Butler, Clark and El-len Howell were essay judges.

“Our whole class got really excited about this opportunity. We felt this was a great way for our students to really think about our country and why they love it,” TJ third grade co-teacher Lucinda Sinclair said, along with co-teacher

Megan Frehse.“Issac, Claire and

Emily did a great job and we’re so proud of them. We were also excited to get the op-portunity to attend the banquet with them and their families.”

Contact Kate Malott at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or

[email protected].

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Six students receive awards, prize

PRAIRIE CITY — The dull hum of the propane-pow-ered grain dryers can be heard around the clock at the Heart-land Co-op on the southern edge of Prairie City these days.

Inside a grain deposit bay un-derneath the towering grain el-evators, co-op grain operations specialist Matt Chizek preps a semi trailer hauling a load of corn over two steel grates. He tells Phil Foertsch, co-op assis-tant location manager, that the grain is sitting at a 17-18 per-cent moisture level.

Despite the wet weather, Heartland specialists are opti-mistic Iowa farmers will be near records with the 2014 corn har-vest. The state is looking for-ward to a bumper crop this year. Heartland Co-op in the Prairie City location alone is forecast to have 1.6 million bushels of corn come through its elevators. But co-op location manager Jeff Jones said it’s possible Heart-land could see 1.7 million corn bushels by the end of harvest. For comparison, Heartland processes 1.2 million bushels of corn in an average year plus 600,000 bushels of soybeans.

With that amount of corn expected to come in, the issue of bushel space at area co-ops is rising. Jones said from day to day there may be a shift in which area co-op farmers will have to take their grain.

The problem for farmers and co-ops alike is the grain’s mois-ture level. Jones said all Jasper County co-ops are experienc-ing a similar problems. There is too much wet grain coming in and not enough drying power. Heartland in Prairie City is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., but they have had to close early a few days this season due to lack of storage space.

“The crop is coming in very wet, so they’re going to loose some income from having to dry the crop down,” Jones said. “You can’t take 100,000 bush-el per day and be able to dry 40,000 and not run out of space to put the wet corn.”

Depending on the moisture level of the grain, Heartland’s Prairie City location can pro-cess from 1,800 to 3,000 bush-els per hour. Jones said farm-ers are having to face a choice this season. They can either put their corn into bins wet and risk spoilage before getting it to market or they can dry it them-selves.

The United States Depart-ment of Agriculture also reports a few elevators running short on storage space during the latest Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released Nov. 3. Statewide, off-farm storage is rated at 89 percent adequate to

surplus. On-farm storage avail-ability was at 83 percent ad-equate to surplus as of Nov. 2.

“You can only use so much space because you have to be able to dry the corn,” Jones said. “At the same time, if you get too far behind your dryers will never catch back up. We use what ever space we can to ac-commodate the farmers, and at the same time we have to make it work for us, too.”

With the bumper crop, corn prices are the other issue facing Iowa farmers. Jones said market rates have rebounded a bit from pre-season levels, but they are still well below last year’s prices. In 2013, corn averaged approxi-mately $6.50 per bushel. This year, farmers are getting an av-erage price of $3.30 per bushel. Jones points out the average market price changes from hour to hour, dipping as low as $2.90 per bushel earlier this year.

The wet crop will also be a hindrance to profitability. With propane and natural gas prices high farmers are averaging 4 to 5 cents per bushel to dry down incoming grain. It cost farm-ers 45 cents per bushel to take corn moisture down 10 percent. Grain should be stored with a

14 percent moisture level, and Jasper County farmers, Jones said, are bringing in corn with 17 to 25 percent moisture con-tent.

The USDA reports 64 per-cent of Iowa’s corn corp has been harvested as of Nov. 2 with one-quarter of the harvest completed in the last week. De-spite the moisture, 76 percent of Iowa’s corn crop is rated in good to excellent condition.

In western Jasper County, 70 to 75 percent of the corn is out of the fields according to Heartland officials. Farmers are still nearly two weeks behind schedule, but with the recent dry weather Jones said Heart-land is seeing a return to nor-mal pace for corn and soybean harvest.

“It’s not like it was 20 years ago where it takes 4-6 weeks to get the crop out of the field,” Jones said. “They can get the crop out in a couple weeks be-cause of the size of the com-bines and the size of the trucks hauling the crop if they’ve got proper weather.”

Kaisand joins American Angus Association

Tylia Kaisand, of Kellogg, recently be-came a new member of the American Angus Association.

The American An-gus Association, with nearly 24,000 active adult and junior mem-bers, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on more

than 17 million regis-tered Angus.

The Association records ancestral in-formation and keeps production records on individual animals to help members select and mate the best ani-mals in their herds to produce quality genet-ics for the beef cattle industry and quality beef for consumers.

Dryers work overtime as farmers harvest

record, wet corn crop

Mike Mendenhall/Daily NewsHeartland Co-op Grain Operations Specialist Matt Chizek empties a semi-truck full of corn into the elevator recently in Prairie City. Heartland’s Prairie City location is forecast to take in 1.6 million bushels of corn this season, but agronomists say Iowa’s bumper corn crop leaving the fields with a high-er-than-usual moisture content.

Iowa Cattle Industry Convention approaches

The Iowa Cattle In-dustry Convention will host its annaul conven-tion and meeting Dec. 8-10 at the Holiday Inn Des Moines-Airport Conference Center, which will provide edu-cational opportunity to all Iowa cattle produc-ers on seedstock, cow-calf, backgrounders and feeders as well as a sold-out trade show.

Convention key-note speakers include Brett Stuart, a found-ing partner of Global AgriTrends; Cameron Bruett, JBS USA Chief Sustainability Officer; Susan Forsell, McDon-ald’s USA Vice Pres-ident-Sustainabil ity ; Maggie Monast, En-vironmental Defense Fund Senior Policy Analyst; and Sara Place, Oklahoma State Uni-versity Assistant Profes-sor of Sustainable Beef

Cattle Systems. Three ICA policy

committees will also meet on Tuesday to dis-cuss issues regarding beef products, cattle produc-tion and business issues.

Registration for the three-day convention is $75 for those who register by Dec. 1. This includes convention meals and entertain-ment. After Dec. 1, the cost goes up to $125. A new daily registration option with meals and entertainment is also available this year.

Program and reg-istration materials are available at www.iacat-tlemen.org, or call the ICA 515-296-2266.

The Holiday Inn-Des Moines Airport has special room pric-ing for the Iowa Cattle Industry Convention with reservations made by Nov. 23.

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State funds available for water quality projectsIowa Secretary of Ag-

riculture Bill Northey is encouraging eligible groups to apply for grants to support proj-ects that will improve water quality in the state. Approximately $830,000 is available through the Watershed Improvement Review Board to support quali-fying projects.

Funds are available to local watershed im-provement committees, soil and water conserva-tion districts, public wa-ter supply utilities, coun-ty conservation boards, cities and counties and are typically matched with other funds

Projects eligible for funding include, but are not limited to, those addressing agricultural runoff and drainage, flood prevention, stream bank erosion, municipal

discharge, storm wa-ter runoff, unsewered communities, industrial discharge and livestock runoff.

Each project can re-quest up to $250,000 in funding.

Potential applicants should review the RFA in full at www.iowaagri-culture.gov to make sure their proposal qualifies.

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Hy-Vee, a 20,000 square foot building. Along with that building and its 3.49 acres, a second piece of land was donated to the district. The land, which is located di-rectly northeast of the building, is 1.89 acres and has no buildings.

The two properties are located next to the district’s transportation center, and will create a new atmosphere for Newton’s west gate entrance. The property that houses three buildings will see two of the buildings de-molished, leaving the third 2,050 square foot building for renovation. It could possibility to house AEA.

“We looked at several locations in the Newton area. The locations that met that 20,000 square foot threshold were small. This is good shell of a property for us,” Cal-laghan said.

Jack Suttek, maintenance supervisor gave an update on the initial asbestos report for Berg Middle School. For testing alone, the district will pay Ames Environ-mental $2,910 to tell if and how much asbestos is pres-ent and where it needs cleaned up. Suttek said there are 85 areas to be sampled but that there is no known asbes-tos, only suspected asbestos in items that are known to possibly contain in the time period it was produced.

“We feel that a $2,900-$3,000 cost to analyze all of these areas is well worth it because of the vast amount of coverage,” Andy Elbert, board president said.

In other business:• A new food service truck was purchased from

Freightliner of Des Moines for $59,684.• Two-way radios and an upgrade to the current

transportation communications system was approved and purchased from Electronic Engineering Co. for $28,685.

• A used pickup truck was purchased for $21,681 from Noble All American to be used as a new technol-ogy vehicle.

• Five students and their chaperon, Karla Cazett, will travel to Minneapolis for the DECA 2014 Central Re-gion Leadership Conference December 5-7.

• Callaghan along with several board members will attend the IASB Education Session on a Q&A Panel — Superintendent Evaluation: Compliance and Beyond.

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

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Pumpkin characters

Submitted PhotoTemple Barton (left) and Harper Barton

(right) are pictured with their winning entry from the Book Character Pumpkin contest. The winning entry depicted the book “Frog

and Toad Are Friends” by Arnold Lobel. The girls made the entry with the help of their family. The winner was voted on by

the public. They received the grand prize gift bag which included the DVD “It’s the

Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” and several books, popcorn and other treats. Every

entry received a prize of paperback books.

Iowa All-Academy BallDES MOINES —

The date has been an-nounced for The Seventh Annual Iowa All-Acade-my Military Ball; an event recognizing Iowans cur-rently enrolled in all five of the United States Mili-tary Academies, as well as honoring Iowa-based graduates of the acad-

emies who have gone on to serve our country.

The Iowa All-Acad-emy Ball will be held on Dec. 27 at The Meadows Conference & Events Center in Altoona, and is open to all current stu-dents and graduates of any of the five United States Service Academies.

Submitted PhotoCarol Naeseth, center, treasurer of the Food Pantry located in Kellogg, receives checks from the Kellogg Lions mem-bers Jeannie Boettcher and Marilyn Berthelsen, who is also the chairman for the Food Pantry Board.

East Jasper County Food Pantry accepts donations

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The East Jasper County Food Pantry board received dona-tions from the Thrivent Finan-cial Board of Jasper County, the Kellogg Lions Club, and A-Line in Kellogg at its Thursday board meeting.

Carol Naeseth, treasurer of the Food Pantry located in Kel-logg, accepted checks from Kel-

logg Lions members Jeannie Boettcher and Marilyn Berth-elsen, who is also the chairman for the Food Pantry Board. A-Line matched the gross receipts from the recent Kellogg Lions Club pancake breakfast for a to-tal donation of $1,736.

Naeseth also accepted a check in the amount of $1,236 from Thrivent, which is the share of the receipts from the concert in

September. Five Jasper County food pantries — Newton Salva-tion Army, Baxter, Monroe, Prai-rie City and Kellogg — received funds from this fundraiser.

“These donations are espe-cially welcome as we approach the holiday season at a time when the need is greater than ever. We appreciate them so very much. Thank you!” Berthelsen said.

The “Thank you for your service” we now say to veterans is start-ing to sound like the “God bless you” we say af-ter you sneeze.

A n d w i t h V e t -e r a n s Day on T u e s -d a y , c o n -s i d e r chang-ing the flow a little, particularly with the newer veterans of our most recent, confused wars.

When the newly re-turned warrior says he/she is a veteran, apolo-gize.

Tell him/her you’re sorry about that WMD lie. Tell him you’re sorry about the food stamp cuts.

Tell her you’re sorry there are no union jobs left in the county. Tell him you’re sorry that so much of the work out there is part-time.

Tell him you’re sorry the steel mill in his hometown closed 15 years ago. Tell her you’re sorry the auto plant is gone.

Tell him you’re sorry all the small farms in the county went under. Tell her you’re sorry there’s heroin in her neighborhood, just like there was before she left.

Tell him you’re sorry that, if he can’t find a job, he may, some night, stand cold and hungry and homeless in front of a bank that has just finished its most profit-able decade.

Tell her you’re sorry the politicians won’t stop talking about prayer in the schools and the threat of Sharia law in Montana.

Tell him you’re sorry there are more jail cells in the state than there are beds for people try-ing to kick Oxy.

Tell her you’re sorry that, despite the uni-form hanging in her closet, if she can’t find

a job and has to take welfare, to some people, she’s just trash.

Tell him you’re sorry that if he gets a job and it doesn’t pay enough to feed his kids, his EBT card means he’s a “tak-er” not a “maker.”

Tell her you’re sor-ry because, if her first name is “Shamika,” some white people will laugh at her. Tell him if his last name is “Rive-ra,” some non-Hispanic people will think he’s in America illegally. Tell him you’re sorry those same people didn’t give a damn how he got into Fallujah or if he ever got out.

Tell her you’re sorry the last business to open in her neighborhood was a payday loan place. Tell him you’re sorry his mother got laid off while he was gone.

Tell her you’re sorry her brother overdosed. Tell him you’re sorry his uncle got shot.

Tell him you’re sorry the dropout rate at his old high school is the same as it was before he left. Tell her you’re sorry the unemployment rate in her city is the same as before she left.

Tell him you’re sorry we spent his blood like a drunk throwing a $5 bill on a bar. Tell her you’re sorry we thought calling her “hero” while she was over there was enough.

Tell them you’re sor-ry we didn’t think about it more, didn’t love their lives a little more, tell them you’re sorry we thought the American flag on the front porch was enough.

We had years to make build a better na-tion while they were gone and, instead, we argued about what Jesus would have wanted fifth graders to study in sci-ence class.

Tell ‘em you’re sorry.

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Grateful for support in recent electionRep. Dan KelleyNewton

I wish Patrick Payton and his family my very best.

Also, I offer congratulations to my fellow elected officials in county, state and federal offices.

I want to thank my campaign supporters, volunteers and donors. You helped make our positive, issues-based campaign successful.

Most importantly, I’m grateful to you, the people of Jasper Coun-ty, for your support in the recent election.

Newton and Jasper County’s comeback belongs to all of us. We

have a lot of work left to do, to-gether. Let’s focus on quality jobs, strong schools and a healthy envi-ronment.

Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican or independent, it’s my honor to serve as your Iowa State Representative. I’m account-able to you, and I simply thank you for your support.

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The 11th day of the 11th month is desig-nated as Veterans Day. Communities across the na-tion celebrate and pay tribute to hometown heroes, too many of whom have made the ulti-mate sacrifice in service to our country. Thanks to the sons and daughters who put their boots on the ground on the battlefield, Americans from all walks of life enjoy the blessings of freedom more than two centuries after the birth of a new nation.

And just one week after Election Day, Nov. 11 reminds us to remember the sacrifices so many men and women in uniform have made to uphold freedoms of life and liberty, freedoms that we can’t afford to take for granted. Free elections are key to a free society. Voting is a civil right and a civic duty. The ballot box gives voters a direct voice in government. It represents one of the most fun-damental checks on our system

of self-government.Our nation’s veterans put

their lives on the line to secure America from tyranny and ter-rorism. Our charters of freedom and promise of prosperity unite Americans across regional, cul-tural, socio-economic and po-litical boundaries. The midterm elections put Washington on notice. The public is tired of dysfunction.

It’s time to lead and get to work on the people’s business, especially when it comes to supporting more than 21 mil-lion military veterans. Recall in 2008, then President-elect Obama vowed to the nation’s wounded warriors during his transition to the Oval Office that he would make the “VA a leader of national health care reform so that veterans get the best care possible.”

Unfortunately, we now know a disgraceful culture within the sprawling veterans health care system let down our veterans.

Whistleblowers at the VA med-ical facility in Phoenix exposed a system of corruption in which timely access to care was com-promised, patient appointment records were falsified and ac-countability was flatly ignored.

Congress sent bipartisan leg-islation to the President’s desk to help fix the systemic flaws that put veterans on hold, put-ting their diagnosis, treatment and care on the back burner. The reforms passed by Congress aimed to improve accountability by making it easier to fire people for poor performance on the job and give veterans more options for care by allowing them to receive treatment from private doctors. This should just be the beginning of ongoing over-sight with other legislative fixes as needed. For instance, I have urged the Veterans Affairs sec-retary not to allow employees to be assigned to long periods of paid leave as a result of the scandal that, in effect, result

in extended paid vacations. It lowers morale among the rest of the federal workforce and wastes hard-earned tax dollars.

Veterans’ issues have a long-standing tradition of transcend-ing political gridlock. Spending on veterans’ health care has nearly tripled since 2000 un-der presidents of both politi-cal parties. Lawmakers and the president must not forsake the promises made to the nation’s veterans. That includes pro-viding every penny necessary to uphold these promises and making every penny count to uphold the trust with the tax-paying public.

The voters cast their ballots to restore a functioning govern-ment that works for the people. Now Congress owes it to them to pass legislation that tackles the issues Americans are con-cerned about. And the Presi-dent owes it to them to work in good faith with the new major-ity.

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Make us proud, Senator ErnstRob HumbleIowa City

Senator Ernst,Congratulations on winning

the Senate seat last week.I spent the last several months

advising my friends and family against supporting you in the election. I disagree with many of the positions you embraced in the course of your campaign.

That being said, you ran an effective operation, and for that you have my respect.

I want you to be a successful champion for Iowans while in Washington. I strongly urge you to support legislation promoting education, infrastructure and ba-sic research. These are necessary economic investments backed by a great deal of data. I am con-fident you can make evidence-based decisions while serving in the Senate; in doing so you can

help ensure economic growth for Iowa and its people.

I wish you the best over the next six years. I am optimis-tic you can bring Iowa values to Washington. Expect to hear from me on a regular basis. ( Just ask your colleague Sena-tor Grassley!) I know we won’t agree on everything, but I hope the two of us and the rest of the state can engage in constructive dialogue throughout your term. Make us proud Senator Ernst.

Veterans not worth the dollarsJohn J. Bury Media, Pa.

The elections are over, back to business with Congress as they have many unsettled issues in need of attention. The VA scan-dal is still a priority for Congress to settle. Although the VA has made some progress toward vet-erans care and benefits improve-ments, it is not yet 100 percent thought out.

Our Congress needs trans-parency in bipartisanship and to be held accountable. A quote by Theodore Roosevelt, “A man who is good enough to

shed his blood for the coun-try is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.” We veterans need a square deal for survival and better qual-ity of life, is it not too much to ask for? Many thousands of veterans are sick with PTSD and severe illnesses with little to no resolve.

The most critical of our vet-erans groups is the Vietnam war veteran. Tens of thousands con-tinue to combat illnesses associ-ated with the herbicide Agent Orange. The group of veterans mostly ignored by the VA are those who served at sea in that war known as Blue Water Navy, many are infected with Agent

Orange.House Bill HR-543 is still

active in Congress with more than 55 percent Congressio-nal support it is stalled in the Veterans Affairs Committee. Financial support for this Bill amounts to approximately $7 to 9 billion spread out over seven to 10 years, after that there will be none of us left.

We give hundreds of billions to foreign countries some of which hate us, yet not a dime to our veterans. What is wrong with this picture? It goes to show veterans are low priority.

Americans call your members of Congress demand they pass HR-543.

By Chuck Grassley

U.S. Senator

Patricia J. Swank

Nov. 7, 2014A private family ser-

vice for Patricia Joyce Swank will be at Pence-R e e s e F u n e r a l H o m e in New-ton, with b u r i a l at the N e w t o n U n i o n Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials in

Patricia’s name have been designated or to Skiff Hospice.

Patricia Joyce Swank, 78, the daughter of Earl Beintema and Irene (Price) Beintema, was born Nov. 19, 1935, near Oskaloosa, Ma-haska County. She at-tended area schools, and was a high school graduate. On June 21, 1952, Patricia was united in marriage with Carroll Gene “Jim” Swank in Newton. She had devoted her life to

her family and friends. Pat was employed as a teller for Jasper County Savings Bank and in the office at Newton Man-ufacturing.

Pat died Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her hus-band Jim on Oct. 25, 2014; two daughters, Debra in infancy and Carol McCartney; and two grandsons in infan-cy, James Douglas and Jeffrey Gene. Pat will be

missed by all those who knew and loved her.

Those left to honor Pat’s memory include her daughters, Cindy Rhoads (Randy) and Kim Guthrie ( John); her son Doug Swank (Teri); her eleven grand-children; and twenty-one great-grandchil-dren; a sister Virginia Wonders; a brother Bob Beintema; and her many friends. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.pencefh.com.

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• Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Centre for Arts and Artists in Newton. Members will gather for a trip to Nick Klepinger’s studio in Reasnor. Follow-ing the program the members will return to New-ton and have a short business meeting and dinner at the Pizza Ranch. This will be the last meeting for 2014.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Jasper County Soil & Water monthly meeting will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the USDA Service Center, 709 First Ave. W. in Newton.

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

• Newton Noon Kiwanis will meet at noon Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton, for lunch and a pro-gram titled “Our Trip to Germany” by David and Linda Stolper. 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.

• Newton Class of 1961 will meet at noon Wednesday at Pizza Ranch in Newton. All class members and guests are welcome to attend for lunch and conversation.

• Battlefield of the Mind women’s study will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners support group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Ste-phen’s Episcopal Church in Newton.

• Principles for Life single moms’ group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. Kids pro-gram available.

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

• Jasper County Community Watch will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the YMCA in Newton.

• Baxter Community Blood Drive will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday at Baxter Community School lunchroom, 202 E. State St.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

Newton Police Department• A 10-year-old juvenile is charged

with assault and second-degree ha-rassment after authorities were called to the 600 block of East 12th Street North at 3 p.m. Saturday. Officers

spoke with the juvenile’s parents who said he was upset and began throw-ing things. He also threatened to get a knife and kill his substitute teacher as well as his father. He was cited and released to his parents.

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Submitted PhotoPark Centre’s annual Girls Day Out event Saturday, was deemed a success. The event benefits the Park Centre Good Samaritan Fund, which assists residents who need fi-nancial assistance.

History program is WednesdayJasper County His-

torical Museum Ex-ecutive Director Ken Barthelman will be pre-senting “History’s Mys-teries — Jasper County Style” at noon Wednes-

day at the museum, 1700 S. 15th Ave. W. in Newton. Pack a lunch and learn some facts about the county’s past.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Twist at the library

Local authors Lori Lebada, of Baxter, and Tami Bergeson, of Newton, will have a book signing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Newton Public Library. Books will be available to purchase. Refreshments will be served. For more in-formation contact the library at 641-792-4108.

Rosemary Elizabeth Hulse

Nov. 10, 2014

Rosemary Elizabeth Hulse, 72, of Mingo, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, at B r o a d -l a w n s Medic a l C e n t e r in Des Moines . A fu-neral ser-vice will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 13 at the Mingo United Method-ist Church in Mingo. The family will greet

friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Wallace Family Fu-neral Home in Newton. Memorials in Rose-mary’s name may be left at the funeral home or at church on the day of the service. If mailing, please add, “Attn: Hulse Family” to the envelope.

Rosemary, the daugh-ter of Leonard and Alice (Wieland) Cook, was born on Aug. 29, 1942, in California. She grad-uated from Mingo High School in 1960. She at-tended DMACC to be-come a dental assistant, and then later to get her nursing degree. She was

united in marriage with Larry Hulse on Sept. 3, 1960, in Newton. She worked as a RN at Mercy Hospital for many years. Rosemary was an active member of the Mingo United Methodist Church. She enjoyed sewing, flower gardening, researching genealogy, crocheting, working on church proj-ects, and traveling. For 40 years, Rosemary and Larry hosted a Christ-mas sing-along in their home, which was at-tended by several family members and friends.

Rosemary is sur-vived by her husband,

Larry Hulse of Mingo; three daughters, Linda (Lee) Johansen of West Union, Sandra (Wayne) Johnson of Johnston and Carrie ( Jake) Schae-fer of Waterloo; her six grandchildren, Lucas Johansen, Landon Jo-hansen, Jessica Johnson, Keagan (Kayla) John-son, Sawyer Schaefer and Spencer Schaefer; her great-granddaugh-ter, Lillian Elizabeth Johansen; three sisters; and her Mingo United Methodist Church fam-ily.

Rosemary was pre-ceded in death by her parents.

Anita JohnsonNov. 9, 2014

Anita Johnson, 89, of Newton, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. A time celebrating Anita’s life will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends during this time.

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DEAR LESS: I don’t think your health history needs to be announced right from the “git-go.” As people date, get to know each other, become comfortable and eventually intimate, more and more information is re-vealed. When it’s appropriate to dis-cuss it, you will know.

DEAR ABBY: I am a widower and am dating a divorcee. We have been together for about 18 months. She says she loves me and wants to get married. I like her and enjoy her company, but that is it. I also have no desire to marry, or live with anyone, again.

I would like to end it and let her continue in her search for a husband, but every time I try to do it she cries. How can I tell her I am not the one? — NOT THE ONE IN WISCON-SIN

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DEAR ABBY: For the first time, I am hosting my nephew and his fam-

ily for Thanksgiving. I abhor texting and any electronic amusements that deter face-to-face family communi-cation. I need to know the best way to explain — before they arrive — that it is not allowed in my home. — HOSTESS WITH RULES IN NORTH CAROLINA

DEAR HOSTESS WITH RULES: Transmit your message the old-fashioned way. Call and tell them your wishes so they’ll have plenty of time to make other plans if they feel unable to comply with your “house rules.” It will also give you enough time to invite other guests in the event that your nephew and his fam-ily are so addicted to their electronics that they can’t comfortably abide by your wishes.

DEAR VETERANS: I salute each and every one of you for your service to this country. My thanks as well to the brave and dedicated men and women who are still on active duty. You are the personification of patriotism and self-sacrifice for your dedication to our country. — ABBY

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Fire crews battle blaze at Iowa auto parts store

DES MOINES — Authorities say multiple fire departments are battling a blaze at an auto parts store in Des Moines.

Sgt. Brandon Bracelin, public informa-tion officer for the Polk County Sheriff ’s Office, says the fire near the intersection of Interstate 80 and 35 was reported Mon-day afternoon. About six fire departments were actively trying to contain the fire as of 6 p.m. Bracelin says one person has been injured and was sent to a hospital, but ad-ditional information was not available.

Iowa campus shut down after armed man entered room

FORT DODGE — Authorities say the lockdown of a community college campus in Fort Dodge was imposed after a student reported that an armed man had entered her dorm room. Iowa Central Community College officials lifted the lockdown around 6:15 p.m., a little less than three hours after it was imposed. Fort Dodge police said the student reported that several males entered her room while she and others were inside.

3 Lawyer: Former UI researcher in murder case

IOWA CITY — A former University of Iowa researcher has died before the start of his murder trial in the 1997 death of his wife, his attorney said Monday.

John Bloomfield died suddenly Thurs-day at hospital in Minneapolis, according to Leon Spies. He said Bloomfield’s family confirmed the death. He did not elaborate on a cause of death. Bloomfield was ar-rested in November 2013 in connection to the death of his wife, Frances Bloomfield, in Iowa City about 17 years ago.

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Cancer hoax case moved to different Iowa county

ATLANTIC — The trial of a west-ern Iowa mother accused of lying about her young daughter’s cancer diagnosis has been moved to another county.

A judge on Monday granted a change of venue request from Leatha Slauson’s attorney. A motion filed in October ar-gued that extensive media coverage and gossip among residents would prevent the 30-year-old from receiving a fair trial in Cass County. Slauson, of Atlantic, will have her trial in nearby Mills County. It’s scheduled to start Nov. 18.

Iowa grocer files bankruptcy, announces its sale

DES MOINES — Dahl’s Foods Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and has an-nounced its sale to a Kansas grocery or-ganization. The Des Moines-based com-pany said in a news release Monday that it filed its petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 protection in Des Moines. It also said it’s agreed to be acquired by As-sociated Wholesale Grocers Inc., of Kan-sas City, Kansas.

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Iowa legislative leaders retain their positions

The Associated Press

DES MOINES — Republicans and Democrats are stick-ing with their leaders in the Iowa House and Senate.

House Republicans announced Monday that GOP members had elected Rep. Kraig Paulsen, of Hiawatha, to continue in his role as House speaker. They also opted to keep Rep. Linda Upmeyer, of Clear Lake, as House majority leader and Rep. Matt Windschitl, of Missouri Valley, as speaker pro tem.

Rep. Chris Hage-now, of Windsor Heights, will be House majority whip.

In the Senate, the majority Demo-crats chose to keep Sen. Mike Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, as majority leader and Sen. Pam Jochum, of Dubuque, as president of the Senate.

Sen. Steve Sodders, of State Center, was re-elected Senate pres-ident pro tempore.

The Iowa Legisla-ture will convene Jan. 12, 2015.

“The Iowa Legis-lature has repeatedly shown we can reach important agreements despite our political di-visions,” Jochum said. “Iowans want action on jobs and education and I believe we will deliver.”

Snow could reduce corn harvest in Upper MidwestThe Associated Press

DES MOINES — The first snow of the season is never a welcome sight, but it’s particu-larly bad news for farmers in a few states in the Upper Midwest where a significant portion of the corn crop remains in fields.

Parts of South Dakota already have received between 4 and 8 inches of snow, while some ar-eas of Minnesota have seen 11 inches. Snow also has fallen in Michigan — 2 to 4 inches.

The National Weather Service said Monday it expected at least 4 more inches of snow overnight in an area including South Da-kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and upper Michigan.

About 10 percent of the corn crop remains to be harvested in Minnesota and 16 percent re-mains in South Dakota.

Most of the snow is likely to track north of the significant corn-growing areas of Michi-

gan and Wisconsin, said Brad Rippey, a meteorologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The corn can withstand the cold as temperatures drop below freezing, but deep snow could delay harvest.

“At this point it depends on how much snow actually comes in,” said Chad Hart, an agri-culture economist at Iowa State University. “A foot of snow is hard to slog through and trac-tors might dig in and get stuck in mud. That could mean some delays.”

Farmers leaving corn in fields until the weather improves is not unheard of, but a harvest reduc-tion could come if ears of corn get knocked from stalks or if the cornstalks themselves topple.

Mature corn can withstand cold temperatures and remain in fields for prolonged periods, Rippey said. It may be suscep-tible to damage from wind, heavy snow and wildlife.

“In some ways, this is an ad-vantage to producers in this year of record U.S. corn production, since leaving the corn in the field is an inexpensive way to dry the crop down without paying to do so and helps to prevent an over-load of corn in storage,” he said.

The forecast of more snow was developing as the USDA re-leased its monthly update Mon-day. The agency boosted the size of this year’s record soybean crop as farmers in several states report per-acre yields surpassing earlier expectations. The corn crop was reduced slightly but still will be a record.

Soybean farmers are now ex-pected to harvest 3.96 billion bushels, up 31 million bushels from the October estimate. Fif-teen states including Indiana, Missouri and South Dakota are expected to report records for the amount of soybeans grown per acre with the average yield at 47.5 bushels per acre.

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Obama inflames divisive debate on ‘net neutrality’SAN FRANCISCO (AP)

— Let’s say President Barack Obama gets his way and high-speed Internet service provid-ers are governed by the same U.S. regulations imposed on telephone companies 80 years ago.

Depending on whom you listen to, the rules could un-leash future innovation and create jobs — or stifle innova-tion and kill jobs. The divisive and often confusing debate has intensified now that Obama has entered the fray.

Obama’s stance is meant to protect “net neutrality,” the concept that everyone with an Internet connection should have equal access to all le-gal content online. The idea served as one of the Internet’s building blocks, but its fate has been in limbo since January, when a court ruling invalidat-ed Federal Communications Commission guidelines de-signed to treat all online traffic equally.

The FCC has already been working on a new regulatory framework, and is under no

legal obliga-tion to heed Obama’s call. Nevertheless, Obama’s opin-ion turns up the political heat on FCC C h a i r m a n Tom Wheeler and the four other commis-sioners who

will make the final decision. There is no deadline, but some observers believe a ruling will be announced this year.

THE ARGUMENT FOR REGULATING INTER-

NET SERVICE PROVID-ERS AS UTILITIES

Obama believes the adop-tion of these Depression-era rules are the best way to pre-serve a “free and open” Internet that gives everyone in the U.S. the same access to any website hosting legal content, includ-ing video, music, photos, social networks, email, and maps.

Adopting these rules would empower the U.S. govern-ment to prevent powerful on-

line service providers such as Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner Cable from control-ling Internet traffic in a way that suits their own financial interests. This premise as-sumes the service providers, if left unchecked, will create a two-tier system that funnels Internet traffic into fast and slow lanes. Only the richest companies will be able to pay the extra tolls to ensure their online content is accessible through these fast lanes, ac-cording to this hypothesis.

“It is historically important that the Internet enhances freedom for all rather than profit for a few,” says Ed Black, president of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, a trade group that represents many technology companies, including Internet search leader Google Inc. and social networking leader Face-book Inc.

And major cable-TV pro-viders that also sell high-speed Internet service might be able to diminish the quality of ser-vice to Internet-only video

services such as Netflix and Hulu that might lure away their customers.

Netflix Inc., which boasts 37 million U.S. subscribers, is leading the charge to regulate Internet service providers like utilities.

If net neutrality’s princi-ples hadn’t been in effect for the past 20 years, proponents contend entrepreneurs would have been discouraged from developing a wide range of online services that have cre-ated millions of jobs and bil-lions of dollars in wealth. Pre-serving net neutrality will put more people to work and en-rich more investors under this theory.

THE ARGUMENT AGAINST REGULATING

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AS UTILI-

TIESIf the U.S. government be-

comes the Internet’s traffic cop, online service providers will lose their incentive to continue investing in projects that improve their networks and expand into areas that

have little or no high-speed access. This would lead to less innovation and threaten millions of jobs, according to cable and telecommunica-tions companies spearhead-ing the argument for little or no regulation.

Adopting Obama’s ap-proach “would threaten mil-lions of jobs and a diverse ar-ray of stakeholders,” warned Broadband for America, an industry trade group.

Internet service provid-ers also argue that it would be unfair to codify regula-tions that would prevent them from ever recovering some of the costs for con-necting to broadband hogs such as Netflix, whose service generates about one-third of U.S. online traffic during the evening hours on weekdays. Netflix already pays Com-cast, Verizon and AT&T an undisclosed fee for a more di-rect connection to their net-works, an arrangement that could become unnecessary if Obama’s recommendation is adopted by the FCC.

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New York doctor to be released after Ebola recovery

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — An emergency room doctor who was the first Ebola patient in the nation’s biggest city has recov-ered and is scheduled to be released from the hos-pital on Tuesday, health officials said.

Dr. Craig Spencer, who was the only Ebola patient being treated in the United States, has been declared free of

the virus, the city De-partment of Health said Monday in a statement.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Spencer has suffered a lot the last few weeks but has “come back really strong.” He called Spen-cer “a real hero.”

“I’m sure he’s a little weakened from the ex-perience,” de Blasio said, but he’s “very, very healthy.”

Spencer tested posi-tive for the virus on

Oct. 23, just days after returning from treat-ing patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders. He has been treated in a specially de-signed isolation unit at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital, a designated Ebola treatment center. His condition was up-graded from serious to stable last week, and he was feeling well enough to request an exercise bike and a banjo.

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UNI football getting hot at the right time

While the Iowa State Cyclones and Iowa Hawkeyes were getting hammered on the football field Saturday, the North-ern Iowa Panthers were claiming perhaps the big-gest win in the Mark Far-ley era. And Farley has had some great wins.

North Dakota State came into the game riding a 33-game winning streak and was most certainly the odds-on favorite to win its fourth straight FCS championship. The Bison may still be the fa-vorites, but the Panthers took it to them in front of more than 14,000 fans in-side the UNI-Dome.

The win came in dominating fashion.The Panthers’ defense held North

Dakota State to just 43 net yards rush-ing and 175 in total offense. They sacked Bison quarterback Carson Wentz three times and pressured him much of the day.

The offense was a bit inconsistent but tailback David Johnson rushed for 138 yards and kicker Michael Schmadeke earned Missouri Valley Football Con-ference special teams player of the week honors after booting three field goals.

Northern Iowa had fallen short of the upset against the Bison the last three years. The Panthers led most of the way a year ago before NDSU rallied in the closing minutes to steal one at home.

No such luck Saturday. UNI led 7-0 at halftime and never looked back in beat-ing an undefeated and top-10 ranked op-ponent in consecutive weeks.

NDSU had three consecutive FCS na-tional championships on its resume. The Bison hadn’t lost a game since Indiana State beat them in the Fargodome on Oct. 13, 2012.

UNI also hadn’t beaten a No. 1 team since topping New Hampshire on the road during the 2005 playoffs.

The win was much needed but the Panthers may still need more. They prob-ably still haven’t clinched a spot in the FCS playoffs and have lost three straight games in Carbondale, Ill., the site of this weekend’s game against Southern Illi-nois.

The Panthers are getting healthy though. And this win can only catapult them as the season nears an end.

The Hawkeyes and Cyclones weren’t as fortunate Saturday.

Both squads got taken to the wood-shed by two of their biggest rivals.

Kansas and Iowa State probably both circle each other’s name on the schedule and refer to the game as a must win. The Jayhawks took advantage of Iowa State not having its starting QB and a fast start was too much for the Cyclones to over-come.

Iowa had a great first drive and a great last drive but everything in bewteen was pitiful. One week after playing its best game of the season against Northwest-ern, the Hawkeyes were flat in a pivotal swing game.

The loss doesn’t eliminate them from the West Division race, but it certainly makes things much more difficult and Iowa no longer controls its own destiny.

It was a good weekend in college foot-ball overall.

Alabama survived a tough environ-ment at LSU. Texas A&M stunned third-ranked Auburn and TCU and Baylor delivered statement wins in Big 12 Conference play. Ohio State’s win at Michigan State also was impressive.

The latest rankings of the final four playoff poll come out later today. If I was voting it would look like this: Mississippi State, Oregon, Alabama, Florida State.

The committee will likely put TCU into its top four, which isn’t crazy. The Big 12’s best team will get into the play-off. I am just unsure that team is TCU right now since its one loss was to the other team involved — Baylor.

It’s way too early to argue anything right now. Things will play itself out. If Alabama wins out, it’s in. If Florida State goes undefeated, it will get to defend its title. The winner or Pac 12 championship — as long as that’s Oregon and Arizona State — is in. Ohio State and the Big 10 probably get left on the outside looking in.

I do know that after losses this week-end, teams no longer in the mix for the playoff include Notre Dame, Kansas State, Auburn and Michigan State.

By Troy HydeNewton

Daily News Sports Writer

Chase Elliott becomes NASCAR’s youngest champion at 18

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chase Elliott became the youngest champion in NASCAR history on Saturday when he wrapped up the Nationwide Series title at Phoenix International Raceway.

The 18-year-old rookie is the youngest driver to win a title in any of NASCAR’s three national series. He broke the mark set by Brian Vickers, who was 20 when he won the Nationwide title in 2003.

Elliott, the son of Hall of Fame inductee and 1988 NASCAR champion Bill Elliott, clinched the title with his fifth-place finish at Phoenix. It moved him 52 points ahead of teammate Regan Smith with only next week’s season-end-ing race remaining.

A high school graduate in May — his mother made him juggle school with his budding racing ca-reer — Elliott wasn’t even sure he’d be racing this time last year. He had no prospects for a full-time ride in any of NASCAR’s top series, and his deal to drive a Nationwide car for JR Motorsports didn’t come to-gether until January,

“This race a year ago, we had no plans of racing Nationwide this season and was uncertain what our future was going to be,” Elliott said. “It truly has been a dream come true for me to even be competing this season.”

Elliott’s official celebration will have to wait until next week’s sea-son finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but he was greeted near the finish line by his parents and the family proudly posed for photos.

“They said just enjoy it,” Elliott said of his parents. “This certainly has not set in for me, by any means. I am going to enjoy every bit of it until the green flag at Daytona (in February). This is a dream come

true for me.”The Elliotts become the fifth

father/son duo to win NASCAR national series championships. The others are Lee Petty and Richard Petty, Ned Jarrett and Dale Jarrett, David Pearson and Larry Pear-son, and Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

But this title also made Dale Earnhardt Jr. a champion car owner — something his late father accom-plished when Earnhardt Jr. won Nationwide titles in 1998 and 1999 driving for his dad. The champion-ship for JR Motorsports was the first for the organization, which is owned by Earnhardt Jr., his sister, Kelley, and Rick Hendrick.

It comes in a season of turn-around for JRM, which has entered full-time entries in the Nationwide Series since 2006 but won just 12 races in its first eight seasons. JRM has nine victories this year, three by Elliott.

Brad Keselowski won the race with a pass of Kyle Busch follow-ing a restart on the two-lap over-time sprint to the finish. Busch led 187 of the 206 laps but was denied the victory because Keselowski was

given the final chance to catch him after a caution with one lap remain-ing in regulation.

“It was kind of a shame, he had the race won but the yellow came out,” said Keselowski. “I could un-derstand if he was upset about that.”

Busch questioned the need for the caution — it was because Alex Bowman ran out of gas on the track — and wondered if it was thrown to prevent him from winning his eighth win of the season.

“It’s pretty pathetic NASCAR throws these Kyle Busch cautions, it’s really getting old and aggravat-ing for us in this Nationwide Se-ries,” Busch said. “It’s their prerog-ative, it’s their series and they get to do what they want to and I just have to settle for second and miss our opportunity on another owner’s championship this year.”

Elliott Sadler was third, followed by Ty Dillon, Elliott and Erik Jones.

It was Keselowski’s 32nd career Nationwide victory and fifth of the season. The Team Penske en-try driven by Keselowski goes into the finale with a 29-point lead over Joe Gibbs Racing in the race for the owners’ championship.

NASCAR Photo/Todd Warshaw/Getty ImagesChase Elliott celebrates with his father Bill after winning NASCAR 2014 Nation-wide Series Championship. Elliott became the youngest NASCAR champion, wrapping up the Nationwide Series by taking fifth at Saturday’s DAV 200 at Phoe-nix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.

Rookie clinches NASCAR Nationwide Series championship

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A dominant defense made it easy for Mark Sanchez

Darren Sproles had two touchdowns, Sanchez threw for two scores and the defense sacked Cam Newton nine times to help the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Carolina Panthers 45-21 Monday night.

Filling in for an injured Nick Foles, Sanchez had 332 yards passing in his first start since Dec. 30, 2012.

Sproles returned a punt 65 yards for a score and had an 8-yard touchdown run.

Bradley Fletcher returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown and Jordan Matthews had 138 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

The Eagles (7-2) stayed on top in the NFC East. They’re trying to repeat as division champions without Foles, who broke his collarbone in a win at Houston last week.

The Panthers (3-6-1) hardly look like the team that won the NFC South last year. They’ve lost four in a row and already have allowed more points in 10 games than they did in 2013. Making things worse, Panthers defensive tackle Star Lotulelei was carted off the field late in the third quarter.

Newton threw the first of three interceptions and DeAngelo Williams lost a fumble on Carolina’s first three plays from scrimmage. The turnovers led to 10 points for the Eagles.

Conor Barwin had 3 1/2 sacks and Brandon Gra-ham had 1 1/2. Newton had never been sacked more than seven times in his career.

The game was in Philadelphia’s control when New-ton threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to Kel-vin Benjamin.

Benjamin had touchdown catches of 21 and 40 yards.

Philadelphia rolls past Carolina

Rose returns, helps Bulls beat PistonsCHICAGO (AP) — Derrick

Rose said everything he wanted to say about his health on the court.

Rose had 24 points and seven assists in his return to the lineup, and the bal-anced Chicago Bulls beat the Detroit Pistons 102-91 on Monday night.

“In the first half, I thought he set the tone for us,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. “And certainly the way he finished was great.”

Rose was 9 for 20 from the field in a season-high 32 minutes after being sidelined by sprained ankles. The 2011 NBA MVP had missed four of the previous five games after he was injured in a 114-108 over-time loss to Cleveland on Oct. 31.

Rose departed before the media

was allowed in the locker room, leav-ing his teammates to discuss his best performance of the young season.

“He was confident out there and he was just playing his style of basketball, which was good for us be-cause he’s so fast and he’s getting out in transition, getting guys layups and dunks,” said Jimmy Butler, who finished with 19 points. “Then he’s stepping up and making big shots. It’s always a plus to have him on your team.”

Pau Gasol had 17 points and 15

rebounds for Chicago, and Joakim Noah finished with 13 points, 14 boards and six assists. The Bulls outrebounded the Pistons 49-46 after they had lost the battle on the glass in the previous six games, ran-kling the hard-nosed Thibodeau.

Josh Smith had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Detroit, which was coming off a 97-96 home loss to Utah on Sunday. Greg Monroe had 16 points and 10 boards, and reserve D.J. Augustin scored 16.

“The second half was a positive for us by and large,” Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. “But when you give away the first half and then play bet-ter, but still come up short, I can’t ac-cept it. You have to play to win.”

Rose

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NFL STANDINGS

Union files expedited grievance vs. NFL in Adrian Peterson case

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The NFL Players Associa-tion has filed an expedit-ed griev-a n c e with the NFL to reinstate M i n -n e s o t a V ik ings running b a c k A d r i a n Peterson.

T h e NFLPA cited Monday “explicit language in a signed agreement” from Sept. 18, when Peterson was placed on a special commissioner’s exempt list following his indict-ment on felony child abuse in Texas. Peter-son pleaded no con-test Tuesday to a lesser charge of misdemeanor reckless assault, freeing him from the court sys-tem provided he fulfills the terms of his proba-tion.

The league began a review Thursday of his case under the personal conduct policy, but it said Peterson would re-main on paid leave until the process is completed.

That didn’t sit well with the union.

The NFLPA de-manded in a letter to the NFL last week that Peterson be allowed to rejoin the Vikings im-mediately until any de-termination of any dis-cipline.

“As of now, they have failed to respond or comply,” the NFLPA said. “It is our obligation to protect all players’ rights, and we will pur-sue any and all breaches of any contract between a player and his team or the NFL.”

The league said in a statement that it had “received the NFLPA’s grievance on behalf of Adrian Peterson”

“We have honored our commitment to Mr. Peterson and the NFL-PA not to process or im-pose any discipline un-til the criminal charges pending in Texas were resolved,” the league said in a statement. “When Mr. Peterson

decided not to contest criminal charges, we promptly advised both him and the NFLPA that we were prepared to consider what, if any, discipline should now be imposed under the Per-sonal Conduct Policy.

“We asked Mr. Pe-terson and his repre-sentatives, including the NFLPA, for relevant information. We have not received any of the requested information, but remain prepared to schedule a hearing and make a determination as quickly as possible based on as much information as available.”

The Vikings come off their bye week still wait-ing for the NFL to act but hardly pinning any plans on a possible Pe-terson return.

“We’d just prepare like he’s not going to be here until we hear dif-ferently,” coach Mike Zimmer said.

The Vikings offered no hints Monday what their plan would be if Peterson is reinstated by the league. They play at Chicago this Sunday, and in a 48-word state-ment said the team’s fo-cus is on preparing for the Bears.

The league has of-fered Peterson a hearing prior to issuing any pun-ishment.

It also requested he submit relevant infor-mation regarding his case and meet with designated experts who will make recommen-dations for discipline to Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Goodell announced in August a stiffer pen-alty for players involved with domestic violence.

The guideline now calls for a six-game suspension for a first offense, though the injuries Peterson ac-knowledged causing his 4-year-old son occurred in May.

Peterson has said he didn’t mean harm in hitting the boy with a wooden switch. He said he was applying the same type of corporal punishment he received as a child.

UNI’s Johnson, Iowa’s Davis accept invitations to annual Senior Bowl

MOBILE, Ala. – There will be 110 col-lege football players participating in the Reese’s Senior Bowl in January.

Northern Iowa’s Da-vid Johnson and Iowa’s Carl Davis are officially two of them.

The Panthers’ stand-out tailback and the Hawkeye defensive tackle got their invi-tations to the annual game featuring college football’s top seniors.

The game, which will feature a North and South squad, will be played Jan. 24 at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mo-bile, Ala. Practices be-gin on Jan. 20. All the

practices and the g a m e will be televised by the N F L N e t -work.

John-son be-c a m e the first player in Northern Iowa history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in three individual seasons after his 138-yard performance in the Panthers’ 23-3 win over previously unbeaten and three-time defend-ing national champion North Dakota State on Saturday.

Johnson now has 1,055 yards on the sea-

son and six 100-plus yard rushing g a m e s with two w e e k s remain-ing in the reg-ular sea-son.

Davis has 25 tack-les, 5.5 tackles for loss and a sack through nine games this season.

Johnson and Davis are two of just 11 se-niors who have accepted their invites to the an-nual event.

The Senior Bowl is college football’s pre-mier senior showcase event, featuring the na-tion’s best senior col-

legiate football play-ers and top NFL draft prospects on teams coached by NFL coach-ing staffs.

The event draws more than 800 general managers, head coaches, assistant coaches, scouts and other front office personnel from all 32 NFL teams.

Johnson and the Panthers will return to action Saturday when they take on the South-ern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Ill. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

Iowa and Davis heads to Champaigne, Ill., Saturday to take on the Illinois Fighting Il-lini. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m.

Johnson Davis

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Abreu, deGrom are MLB’s Rookies of the Year

Peterson

NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was a unanimous win-ner of the AL Rookie of the Year award, and New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom won the NL honor.

“I don’t have any words to describe this moment,” Abreu said through a translator on the MLB Network tele-cast Monday. “I consid-er myself a good hitter, and I guess I’ve proven it.”

One year after de-fecting from Cuba, the 27-year-old Abreu led the major leagues with a .581 slugging per-centage. He was sixth in batting at .317, tied for fourth in home runs with 36 and fifth in RBIs with 107.

Abreu received all 30 first place votes for 150 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Los Angeles An-gels right-hander Matt Shoemaker was second with 40 points, followed by New York Yankees

r e l i e v e r D e l l i n B e t a n c -es (27), Houston p i t c h e r C o l l i n McHugh (21) and Ya n k e e s p i t c h e r Masahiro T a n a k a (16), who was hurt for most of the season’s sec-ond half.

Abreu hit .383 with three homers and nine RBIs for Cuba at last year’s World Baseball Classic, then defected that summer and signed a $68 million, six-year contract with the White Sox in October.

He became the first qualifying rookie to lead the major leagues in slugging percentage since Oakland’s Mark McGwire in 1987, ac-cording to STATS.

Abreu is the sixth White Sox player to earn the honor fol-lowing Luis Aparicio (1956), Gary Peters (1963), Tommie Agee

( 1 9 6 6 ) , R o n K i t t l e ( 1 9 8 3 ) a n d O z z i e Gui l len (1985).

D e -G r o m received 26 of 30 first-

place votes and 142 points. Speedy Cin-cinnati outfielder Billy Hamilton was second with four firsts and 92 points. Cardinals’ sec-ond baseman Kolton Wong finished third.

With his shoulder-length hair flapping out from under his cap, deGrom was a hit right from the start of his ma-jor league career.

He made his debut against the Yankees on May 15, a month before his 26th birthday, and his third-inning single ended an 0-for-64 start to the season at the plate for New York’s pitchers, the worst slide to open a season in major league history.

“Even coming into

this year, I didn’t know what to expect,” said deGrom.

DeGrom went 0-4 with a 4.39 ERA in his first seven starts, then won at Miami with seven scoreless innings on June 21. He went on to win nine of his last 11 decisions, compiling a 1.99 ERA, and finished 9-6 with a 2.69 ERA.

On Aug. 2, deGrom took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning against San Francisco before Pablo Sandoval’s two-out double. He achieved another bit of notoriety against the Marlins on Sept. 15, striking Mi-ami’s first eight batters to tie the record for whiffs at the start of a game.

DeGrom joined Houston’s Jim Deshaies in 1986 as the only pitchers to accomplish the feat since 1900.

DeGrom became the fifth Mets winner of the award, joining Tom Seaver (1967), Jon Matlack (1972), Dar-ryl Strawberry (1983) and Dwight Gooden (1984).

deGromAbreu

None among 12 free agents accept qualifying offersNEW YORK (AP) — For the

third straight year, baseball’s free agents shunned qualifying of-fers from their former teams and chose to test the market.

All 12 free agents who were given the $15.3 million offers last week chose not to accept by Monday’s 5 p.m. EST deadline.

One of the dozen, Colorado outfielder Michael Cuddyer, be-came the first major free agent to switch teams when he agreed to a $21 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets.

World Series star Pablo San-doval (San Francisco) also let the deadline pass, as did pitcher Max Scherzer and first baseman-des-ignated hitter Victor Martinez (Detroit), and left-hander Fran-cisco Liriano and catcher Russell Martin (Pittsburgh).

The others were shortstop Hanley Ramirez (Los Ange-les Dodgers), outfielder Nelson Cruz (Baltimore), right-hander James Shields (Kansas City), closer David Robertson (New York Yankees), outfielder Melky Cabrera (Toronto) and pitcher Ervin Santana (Atlanta).

In the three offseasons of the current collective bargaining agreement, none of the 34 quali-fying offers have been accepted.

“Players offered the qualifying offer carefully considered their options and decided to pursue further free agency rather than accept a $15.3 million contract in a market that should be ro-bust given the economic health of the game,” union head Tony Clark said in an email. “I expect free agent compensation will be

an important part of bargaining in 2016, as it has been over our entire history.”

An offer could be made only to a free agent who was with the team for the entire season. The price was determined by the av-erage of the top 125 major league contracts this year by average an-nual value.

If a team made a qualifying of-fer to a player who signs a major league contract with another club before the June amateur draft, his former club would receive a draft pick as compensation at the end of the first round.

The club signing that player loses its first-round pick in the amateur draft, unless that pick is among the top 10, in which case the club signing that player loses its next-highest pick.

Iowa PG Logic named preseason All-American

IOWA CITY — ESPN has named Iowa point guard Samantha Logic as a preseason All-American.

The Hawkeye stand-out was named to the second team recently and Logic was joined by Minnesota’s Ra-chel Bannam, UConn Moriah Jefferson, Ten-

nessee ’s Isabelle H a r r i -son and S o u t h C a r o -l i n a ’ s Aleighsa Welch.

Logic e a r n e d h o n -orable mention All-America honors from

the Associated Press and the WBCA a season ago after averaging 13.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game.

Logic was the only player in the country with game averages of more than 13 points, six rebounds or more and seven assists or more.

Logic notched three triple-doubles, becom-ing the first Big Ten

player to record three triple-doubles in a sin-gle season.

Iowa returns 10 let-terwinners from a 27-9 squad that made its Big Ten-best seventh-con-secutive NCAA Tour-nament appearance.

No. 19 Iowa opens the regular season Fri-day, hosting USC Up-state at Carver-Hawk-eye Arena.

Logic

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All Times CSTAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 2 0 .778 281 198Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 191 182Miami 5 4 0 .556 227 171N.Y. Jets 2 8 0 .200 174 265

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 6 3 0 .667 290 211Houston 4 5 0 .444 206 197Tennessee 2 7 0 .222 144 223Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 158 282

North W L T Pct PF PACleveland 6 3 0 .667 209 172Cincinnati 5 3 1 .611 197 211Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 261 239Baltimore 6 4 0 .600 261 181

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 7 2 0 .778 286 202Kansas City 6 3 0 .667 217 151San Diego 5 4 0 .556 205 186Oakland 0 9 0 .000 146 252

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 7 2 0 .778 279 198Dallas 7 3 0 .700 261 212N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 195 247Washington 3 6 0 .333 197 229

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 4 5 0 .444 251 225Carolina 3 6 1 .350 198 281Atlanta 3 6 0 .333 219 238Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 167 272

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Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 168 199Chicago 3 6 0 .333 194 277

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 8 1 0 .889 223 170Seattle 6 3 0 .667 240 191San Francisco 5 4 0 .556 195 202St. Louis 3 6 0 .333 163 251

Nov. 6 GameCleveland 24, Cincinnati 3

Nov. 8 GamesSan Francisco 27, New Orleans 24, OTKansas City 17, Buffalo 13Detroit 20, Miami 16Baltimore 21, Tennessee 7N.Y. Jets 20, Pittsburgh 13Atlanta 27, Tampa Bay 17Dallas 31, Jacksonville 17Denver 41, Oakland 17Seattle 38, N.Y. Giants 17Arizona 31, St. Louis 14Green Bay 55, Chicago 14Open: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington

Monday’s GamePhiladelphia 45, Carolina 21

Thursday’s GameBuffalo at Miami, 8:25 p.m.Sunday’s GamesMinnesota at Chicago, NoonSeattle at Kansas City, NoonCincinnati at New Orleans, NoonDenver at St. Louis, NoonHouston at Cleveland, NoonAtlanta at Carolina, NoonTampa Bay at Washington, NoonSan Francisco at N.Y. Giants, NoonOakland at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.Detroit at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.New England at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jackson-ville, N.Y. Jets

Nov. 17 GamePittsburgh at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

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ORDINANCE NO. 2240ORDINANCE AMENDING THECODE OF ORDINANCES, CITYOF NEWTON, IOWA, 2011,TITLE 2, CHAPTER 11,ARTICLE 10, PARKINGOFFENSES, REGARDINGPARKING IN THE DOWNTOWNSNOW REMOVAL DISTRICTThe description herein is asummary. Said Ordinance in itsentirety may be inspected at theCity Clerk's office, 101 West 4thStreet South, Newton, Iowaduring regular office hours, 7:30a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday.Title 2, Chapter 11, Article 10“Parking Offenses”, Section11.1048. (B) is hereby amendedby adding or deleting thefollowing:11.1048 SNOW REMOVALFor the purpose of Section11.1048, the “Downtown SnowRemoval District” is defined asthe area encompassing W 4thStreet, E 4th Street, N 4thAvenue N 3rd Avenue and S 2ndAvenue and including the 300block of W 4th Street N, 300block of W 3rd Street N, 300block of 1st Street N, 300 blockof E 2nd Street N, 300 block of E3rd Street N, 300 block of E 4thStreet N, 400 block of S 2ndAvenue W, 200 block of W 2ndStreet S and 200 block of 1stStreet S.Passed by the City Council onNovember 3rd, 2014This Ordinance shall be effectiveafter the final passage, approvaland publication as provided bylaw.Katrina A. Davis CMC, City Clerk

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ORDINANCE NO. 2240ORDINANCE AMENDING THECODE OF ORDINANCES, CITYOF NEWTON, IOWA, 2011,TITLE 2, CHAPTER 11,ARTICLE 10, PARKINGOFFENSES, REGARDINGPARKING IN THE DOWNTOWNSNOW REMOVAL DISTRICTThe description herein is asummary. Said Ordinance in itsentirety may be inspected at theCity Clerk's office, 101 West 4thStreet South, Newton, Iowaduring regular office hours, 7:30a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday.Title 2, Chapter 11, Article 10“Parking Offenses”, Section11.1048. (B) is hereby amendedby adding or deleting thefollowing:11.1048 SNOW REMOVALFor the purpose of Section11.1048, the “Downtown SnowRemoval District” is defined asthe area encompassing W 4thStreet, E 4th Street, N 4thAvenue N 3rd Avenue and S 2ndAvenue and including the 300block of W 4th Street N, 300block of W 3rd Street N, 300block of 1st Street N, 300 blockof E 2nd Street N, 300 block of E3rd Street N, 300 block of E 4thStreet N, 400 block of S 2ndAvenue W, 200 block of W 2ndStreet S and 200 block of 1stStreet S.Passed by the City Council onNovember 3rd, 2014This Ordinance shall be effectiveafter the final passage, approvaland publication as provided bylaw.Katrina A. Davis CMC, City Clerk

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October 27, 2014 - 6:30 p.m.Board Work Session - Board of EducationBerg Middle School - Library President Sheri Bensonconvened the board to order at6:30 p.m. Present: Sheri Benson, NatClark, Donna Cook, AndrewElbert, Robyn Friedman, TravisPadget, Bill Perrenoud, BobCallaghan, Gayle Isaac, andChristine Dawson. Others Present: DianeBabcock, Tom Bartello, RichBates, Scott Bauer, LesaBlatchford, Betty Buckley, JosieCarter, Jolene Comer, BrianConway, Cristy Croson, CarolFarver, Jim Gilbert, BarbHackworth, Fran Henderson,Brenda Hodnett, ThomasHodnett, Lois Holmes, PaulaLureman, Mike Moran, JenNorvell, Bill Peters, DeborahRose, Tina Ross, Ty Rushing(Newton Daily News), ToddSchuster, Cara Schwarz, LauraSelover, Lisa Sharp, ChristopherThorpe, Rylie Udelhoven, andRandy Van (KCOB). City of Newton - Franchise FeeProposal: Superintendent BobCallaghan shared informationregarding implementation of afranchise fee, rather than a tax,for road improvements. TheNewton Community SchoolDistrict would be affected ($35-60K after four years).PEO (PhilanthropicEducational Organization)Presentation: SuperintendentBob Callaghan shared about arecent speaking engagement withthe PEO. APPROVAL OF CONSENTAGENDA - ACTION # 9442Andrew Elbert moved, DonnaCook seconded, to approve theconsent agenda.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Human Resources UpdateSuperintendent Bob Callaghanshared the Human ResourcesUpdate.A. Certified Personnel - Con-tracts 2014/2015 school year -ACTION #9443Mike Kremer - Volunteer Coach(Wrestling)Roger Slykhuis - VolunteerCoach (Track)Donna Cook moved, TravisPadget seconded, to approve theCertified Personnel HumanResources Update.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud B. Classified Personnel -Agreement - ACTION #9444Lorna Marter - Secretary(Transportation) - effective11/10/14Shelby Potter - ParaProfessional(NHS) - effective 10/20/14Classified Personnel -ReassignmentAnya Bayles - Food ServiceWorker (NHS) to (AH & NHS) -effective 10/20/14Elke O'Harra - ParaProfessional(AH) to (BMS) - effective10/20/14Classified Personnel -ResignationDan Smith - Bus Driver toSubstitute Bus Driver - effective10/31/14Travis Padget moved, BillPerrenoud seconded, to approvethe Classified Personnel HumanResources Update.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Open Forum 1. Deb Rose gave a brief updateon the Teacher Leadership andCompensation Grant.2. Bob Callaghan sharedcelebrations including HappyBirthday to Sheri Benson, andcongratulations to Ty Rushing onhis new job. Student RepresentativeReportsRylie Udelhoven and ChristopherThorpe shared information aboutrecent activities at NHS.Superintendent Callaghan'sReport A. Campus Communication Up-date - Various committee, cam-pus, and community activitieswere reported on from October13 - October 26, 2014.B. Enrollment Numbers andAttendance Percentages -Superintendent Callaghanreported a total of 2,978 studentsand monthly attendancepercentages.C. Registration Fee Summary -information on waived registrationfees was shared.D. Free and ReducedPercentages - a 5-yearcomparison of free and reducedcounts was shared.Berg Middle School SINA Plan -Jim Gilbert, Director of PreK - 8Education Services, and ScottBauer, Principal (BMS),discussed SINA status for mathand reading with an improvementplan.eWalk Snapshot Data andFocus on InstructionalLeadership - Scott Bauer,Principal (BMS), explained use oftechnology for conductingteacher evaluations viawalkthroughs and snap shotsduring classroom visits.SAMs and Instructional CoachImpact on InstructionalLeadership - Mike Moran, SAM(BE) and Tom Bartello, SAM (TJ)described how their roles allowthe building principals to functionmore as instructional leaders.Brian Conway, InstructionalCoach (AH/WW) gave apresentation on his role withteachers and students. Special Education Counts -Tina Ross, Director of SpecialPrograms, gave a presentationon Special Education students inGeneral Education, anddetermining level of service forstudent success. Health and WellnessCommittee - Wellness Policy -Cristy Croson, Food ServiceSupervisor, spoke about changesin the 2010 Healthy Kids, HungryFree Program and she is askingfor members to serve on theHealth and Wellness Committee.SIAC Committee Report -Andrew Elbert, Board Member,read a report submitted by SIACChairperson, Bruce Hoffmeier,recapping their General Meetingheld October 23, 2014. Agendaitems included the preliminary2015 - 2016 school calendar, andbuilding reconfiguration. TheSIAC committee is seeking inputand further guidance from theschool board and schooladministration. Set Public Hearing RegardingPurchase of a Food ServiceTruck - November 10, 2014 at6:45 PM (Emerson Hough) -ACTION #9445Gayle Isaac, Director of BusinessServices, requested a publichearing to consider the purchaseof a food service truck. Boardmembers requested additionalinformation. Donna Cook moved,Robyn Friedman seconded, toset a public hearing regarding thepurchase of a food service truckfor November 10, 2014 at 6:45PM at Emerson Hough.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Set Public Hearing RegardingPurchase of Two-Way Radiosand Upgrade to CurrentTransportation CommunicationSystem - November 10, 2014 at6:50 PM (Emerson Hough) -ACTION #9446Gayle Isaac, Director of BusinessServices, requested a publichearing to consider the purchaseof two-way radios, and toupgrade our currenttransportation communicationsystem. Bill Perrenoud moved,Robyn Friedman seconded, toset a public hearing regarding thepurchase of two-way radios andupgrade to our currenttransportation communicationsystem for November 10, 2014 at6:50 PM at Emerson Hough.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Consideration to Upgrade OurDoor Access Cameras -ACTION #9447Gayle Isaac, Director of BusinessServices, presented informationand a proposal ($24,940.00 fromPPEL funds) to upgrade cameraand intercom systems at ninedoor entries. Nat Clark moved,Donna Cook seconded, toapprove the consideration toupgrade our door accesscameras.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Approval of Bills (Action Item) -ACTION #9448Gayle Isaac explainedtechnology purchase for upgradeof NTAG computers ($9,800).Donna Cook moved, Nat Clarkseconded, to approve the bills.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Business Services Update -Gayle Isaac answered questionsregarding September financials.New Business - Old BusinessA. Upcoming Events - IASBConvention (November 19 - 20,2014) B. Future Meeting Dates - BoardMeeting (November 10, 2014)6:30 PM at Emerson HoughADJOURN - ACTION # 9449Nat Clark moved, Andrew Elbertseconded, to unanimouslyadjourn the meeting at 9:36 PM.Minutes Mailed.

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October 27, 2014 - 6:30 p.m.Board Work Session - Board of EducationBerg Middle School - Library President Sheri Bensonconvened the board to order at6:30 p.m. Present: Sheri Benson, NatClark, Donna Cook, AndrewElbert, Robyn Friedman, TravisPadget, Bill Perrenoud, BobCallaghan, Gayle Isaac, andChristine Dawson. Others Present: DianeBabcock, Tom Bartello, RichBates, Scott Bauer, LesaBlatchford, Betty Buckley, JosieCarter, Jolene Comer, BrianConway, Cristy Croson, CarolFarver, Jim Gilbert, BarbHackworth, Fran Henderson,Brenda Hodnett, ThomasHodnett, Lois Holmes, PaulaLureman, Mike Moran, JenNorvell, Bill Peters, DeborahRose, Tina Ross, Ty Rushing(Newton Daily News), ToddSchuster, Cara Schwarz, LauraSelover, Lisa Sharp, ChristopherThorpe, Rylie Udelhoven, andRandy Van (KCOB). City of Newton - Franchise FeeProposal: Superintendent BobCallaghan shared informationregarding implementation of afranchise fee, rather than a tax,for road improvements. TheNewton Community SchoolDistrict would be affected ($35-60K after four years).PEO (PhilanthropicEducational Organization)Presentation: SuperintendentBob Callaghan shared about arecent speaking engagement withthe PEO. APPROVAL OF CONSENTAGENDA - ACTION # 9442Andrew Elbert moved, DonnaCook seconded, to approve theconsent agenda.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Human Resources UpdateSuperintendent Bob Callaghanshared the Human ResourcesUpdate.A. Certified Personnel - Con-tracts 2014/2015 school year -ACTION #9443Mike Kremer - Volunteer Coach(Wrestling)Roger Slykhuis - VolunteerCoach (Track)Donna Cook moved, TravisPadget seconded, to approve theCertified Personnel HumanResources Update.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud B. Classified Personnel -Agreement - ACTION #9444Lorna Marter - Secretary(Transportation) - effective11/10/14Shelby Potter - ParaProfessional(NHS) - effective 10/20/14Classified Personnel -ReassignmentAnya Bayles - Food ServiceWorker (NHS) to (AH & NHS) -effective 10/20/14Elke O'Harra - ParaProfessional(AH) to (BMS) - effective10/20/14Classified Personnel -ResignationDan Smith - Bus Driver toSubstitute Bus Driver - effective10/31/14Travis Padget moved, BillPerrenoud seconded, to approvethe Classified Personnel HumanResources Update.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Open Forum 1. Deb Rose gave a brief updateon the Teacher Leadership andCompensation Grant.2. Bob Callaghan sharedcelebrations including HappyBirthday to Sheri Benson, andcongratulations to Ty Rushing onhis new job. Student RepresentativeReportsRylie Udelhoven and ChristopherThorpe shared information aboutrecent activities at NHS.Superintendent Callaghan'sReport A. Campus Communication Up-date - Various committee, cam-pus, and community activitieswere reported on from October13 - October 26, 2014.B. Enrollment Numbers andAttendance Percentages -Superintendent Callaghanreported a total of 2,978 studentsand monthly attendancepercentages.C. Registration Fee Summary -information on waived registrationfees was shared.D. Free and ReducedPercentages - a 5-yearcomparison of free and reducedcounts was shared.Berg Middle School SINA Plan -Jim Gilbert, Director of PreK - 8Education Services, and ScottBauer, Principal (BMS),discussed SINA status for mathand reading with an improvementplan.eWalk Snapshot Data andFocus on InstructionalLeadership - Scott Bauer,Principal (BMS), explained use oftechnology for conductingteacher evaluations viawalkthroughs and snap shotsduring classroom visits.SAMs and Instructional CoachImpact on InstructionalLeadership - Mike Moran, SAM(BE) and Tom Bartello, SAM (TJ)described how their roles allowthe building principals to functionmore as instructional leaders.Brian Conway, InstructionalCoach (AH/WW) gave apresentation on his role withteachers and students. Special Education Counts -Tina Ross, Director of SpecialPrograms, gave a presentationon Special Education students inGeneral Education, anddetermining level of service forstudent success. Health and WellnessCommittee - Wellness Policy -Cristy Croson, Food ServiceSupervisor, spoke about changesin the 2010 Healthy Kids, HungryFree Program and she is askingfor members to serve on theHealth and Wellness Committee.SIAC Committee Report -Andrew Elbert, Board Member,read a report submitted by SIACChairperson, Bruce Hoffmeier,recapping their General Meetingheld October 23, 2014. Agendaitems included the preliminary2015 - 2016 school calendar, andbuilding reconfiguration. TheSIAC committee is seeking inputand further guidance from theschool board and schooladministration. Set Public Hearing RegardingPurchase of a Food ServiceTruck - November 10, 2014 at6:45 PM (Emerson Hough) -ACTION #9445Gayle Isaac, Director of BusinessServices, requested a publichearing to consider the purchaseof a food service truck. Boardmembers requested additionalinformation. Donna Cook moved,Robyn Friedman seconded, toset a public hearing regarding thepurchase of a food service truckfor November 10, 2014 at 6:45PM at Emerson Hough.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Set Public Hearing RegardingPurchase of Two-Way Radiosand Upgrade to CurrentTransportation CommunicationSystem - November 10, 2014 at6:50 PM (Emerson Hough) -ACTION #9446Gayle Isaac, Director of BusinessServices, requested a publichearing to consider the purchaseof two-way radios, and toupgrade our currenttransportation communicationsystem. Bill Perrenoud moved,Robyn Friedman seconded, toset a public hearing regarding thepurchase of two-way radios andupgrade to our currenttransportation communicationsystem for November 10, 2014 at6:50 PM at Emerson Hough.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Consideration to Upgrade OurDoor Access Cameras -ACTION #9447Gayle Isaac, Director of BusinessServices, presented informationand a proposal ($24,940.00 fromPPEL funds) to upgrade cameraand intercom systems at ninedoor entries. Nat Clark moved,Donna Cook seconded, toapprove the consideration toupgrade our door accesscameras.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Approval of Bills (Action Item) -ACTION #9448Gayle Isaac explainedtechnology purchase for upgradeof NTAG computers ($9,800).Donna Cook moved, Nat Clarkseconded, to approve the bills.Ayes: Sheri Benson, Nat Clark,Donna Cook, Andrew Elbert,Robyn Friedman, Travis Padget,and Bill Perrenoud Business Services Update -Gayle Isaac answered questionsregarding September financials.New Business - Old BusinessA. Upcoming Events - IASBConvention (November 19 - 20,2014) B. Future Meeting Dates - BoardMeeting (November 10, 2014)6:30 PM at Emerson HoughADJOURN - ACTION # 9449Nat Clark moved, Andrew Elbertseconded, to unanimouslyadjourn the meeting at 9:36 PM.Minutes Mailed.

November 11

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTFOR JASPER COUNTYACTION INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC,Plaintiff,v.ALLEN CAIN; ROXIE CAIN; ANDANY UNKNOWN SPOUSE;ASSOCIATEDANESTHESIOLOGISTS PC;STARLET THOMPSON ANDANY UNKNOWN SPOUSE;TERRY VICK AND ANYUNKNOWN SPOUSE; TOMSMITH AND ANY UNKNOWNSPOUSE; DARLENENECESSARY AND ANYUNKNOWN SPOUSE; ALLUNKNOWN HEIRS OF ALLENCAIN; STATE OF IOWA; STATEOF IOWA – IOWA ESTATERECOVERY PROGRAM; ALLPARTIES IN POSSESSION.Defendants.Case No. EQCV119128ORIGINAL NOTICELot 5 of Block 4 in Shepard'sAddition to the City of Colfax,Jasper County, Iowa (Subject Real Estate)TO THE AFORESAIDDEFENDANTS: You are hereby notified that onOctober 14, 2014, a Petition hasbeen electronically filed (eFiled)in the office of the clerk of thiscourt naming you as a Defendantin this action, which Petitionprays for foreclosure of themortgage covering the SubjectReal Estate as filed 11June 26,2001, as Instrument No. 01-06118,1 and for other equitablerelief. For further particulars, seethe Petition as on file. You are also notified that sincethis case is electronically filed,Chapter 16 Rules are applicable,including Division VI rulesrelating to the protection ofpersonal information.The attorney for the Plaintiff isGary A. Norton, Whitfield & Eddy,P.L.C., 317 Sixth Avenue, Suite1200, Des Moines, IA 50309-4195. That attorney's phonenumber is (515) 288-6041 andfacsimile number is (515) 246-1474.You must serve a motion oranswer on or before the 2nd dayof December, 2014, and within areasonable time thereafter, fileyour motion or answer with theClerk of Court for Jasper Countyat the county courthouse inNewton, Iowa. If you do not,judgment by default may berendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the Petition.If you need assistance toparticipate in court due to adisability, call the disabilitycoordinator at Fifth JudicialDistrict, (515) 286-3394. Personswho are hearing or speechimpaired may call Relay IowaTTY (1-800-735-2942). Disabilitycoordinators cannot provide legaladvice. Clerk of Court( S E A L )Jasper County CourthouseNewton, Iowa 50208

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Whatever is the most emotionally charged issue in your life (positive or negative), the cosmos align to shed some intui-tive light on the matter. A water-sign trine of Mercury in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces will help you to see an added dimension of the scene: enough spiritual depth to render moot the previous way you experienced the problem.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 11). Your stead-fast commitment to your life’s purpose will bring a prosperous year. Your personal life thrives as friends and loved ones support you in your work and make room for you to be totally yourself. Take the initiative and get addi-tional education to make the most of financial op-portunities in March and June. Capricorn and Aries people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 14, 31, 26 and 38.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ve been known to have an excellent poker face, and if acting is required, you can turn out an Academy Award-

winning performance — except around that one person who knows you all too well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It doesn’t matter how gorgeous the fashion is; it still must change. That’s the nature of fash-ion. A special relationship is the same. Appreciate the fine qualities and ex-pect developments along the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan. 19). There are days when it’s best to dive headlong into the pool, and there are days when it’s better to dip your toe in because the water might be freez-ing or boiling for all you know. Today, the latter is true.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re not trying to be hip or cool; you’re just trying to find something fresh to like. In the process, however, you may accidentally wind up being hip or cool.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your methods are unusual, but they’ll work better than the ordinary

way of doing things. And if you work in a public place, you’ll gather a curious audience in the process.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Making money will be pretty simple. Align your interests with others who will benefit from your successful work, and rid yourself of all conflict-ing interests.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Warmth comes easy for you, and you’re generous with the praise. You’re well suited for dealing with the general public and brightening your corner of the world with your smile.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Everyone grows up with a different style of communication. Being sensitive to the differ-ences will help you avoid unnecessary inconve-nience or drama.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Gather the people you care about. Loved ones lift you up. Knowing that they care about you and having fun com-munication with them is

a self-esteem boost. It’s healing, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You can tell a lot about yourself by reviewing your bank statement. Seeing the hard evidence of where you’ve put your money on a few sheets of paper will bring insights — and you may catch a mistake, too.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re not quite ready to show the world your work. You’re just not sure about it yet. You’re not convinced that it’s up to your own taste level. So, hold it back, but do share something — your process or influences, for instance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You know exactly what to pay attention to. One of your tip-offs is that it’s the very same thing that most every-one else happens to be ignoring. There will be so much satisfaction in heeding your intuitive leanings.

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