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Jamee A. Pierson/Daily NewsCentral Iowa Community Services operations officer Jody Eaton gave an update about the second phase of chang-es the organization is implementing.

Update given on the Central Iowa Community ServiceBy Jamee A. Pierson

Newton Daily News

A Central Iowa Community Services update was given by operations officer Jody Eaton at Tuesday’s Jasper County Board of Supervisors meeting.

The organization covers 10 central counties including Boone, Franklin, Hamilton, Har-din, Jasper, Madison, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story and Warren. It was formed to create a Men-tal Health and Disability Service Region in compliance with state code.

“There has been a transition the last couple years as we slowly moved to a regionalization pro-cess and we are ready for another phase,” Eaton said.

In this phase, different job functions were assigned to the county directors by the CEO. In the first phase, the directors were assigned to different committees. Deb Schildroth of Story County is the CEO with responsibili-ties including monitoring and interpreting legislation, giving oversight to regional staff and

overseeing all service, finance and planning and program develop-ment among other tasks.

Jill Eaton, from Marshall County, is the acting finance of-ficer, Russell Wood of Franklin County the planning officer, Jody Eaton of Jasper County the op-erations officer, John Grush of Boone County the compliance officer and several coordination officers including Linn Adams for the east, Patti Treibel for the west and Betsy Stursma for the south. The duties and responsibil-ity were discussed for each of the positions.

A new program that will po-tentially be available for the Jasper County Jail and the local hospi-tals is Telehealth, which is a psy-chiatric service.

“They would be able to provide psychiatric services on-site,” Ea-ton said.

It would help alleviate the long wait for the jail to get psychiatric services to the inmates, which is currently about 45 days. It will also save money by not having to transfer inmates to and from the services.

An order to authorize a privacy officer or security officer to sign business associate agreements was approved to comply with Health Insurance Portability and Ac-countability Act (HIPAA) regu-lations. Confidential agreements are needed for those outside busi-nesses and services that come in while confidential information is being discussed.

In other business:• Monte Marchant was hired

by the Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office as at part-time transport officer. A current transport officer is leaving and this hire will replace that person. Marchant has a start date of Tuesday with a pay rate of $12.64 per hour.

• The cancellation of out-standing Treasurers checks was approved by the board for those checks that are more than a year old and have not been obtained. Jasper County Treasurer Doug Bishop also gave a report on the balance sheets.

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Newton’s biggest enrollment drop is

at kindergarten level

By Jason W. BrooksNewton Daily News

Some of the certi-fied enrollment numbers presented at Monday night’s Newton Com-munity School District board meeting could have an impact on state funding for 2015-16 school year.

The district’s overall enrollment dipped over-all from 2,877 students in October of 2013 to 2,813 in October of 2014. While there are noticeable dips or jumps at several different schools and grade levels, one of the most signifi-cant changes this year is the number of incoming kindergartners.

Newton super-intendent Bob Cal-laghan presented a large

amount of enrollment data at Monday’s board meeting, pointing out that there are only 226 students this year in both kindergarten and the transitional kinder-garten combined, com-pared to 255 in October of 2013.

The formula for which the Iowa De-partment of Education determines funding in-volves a number of fac-tors, such as English proficiency and special needs, to derive weight-ed enrollment numbers (Newton’s weighted enrollment went from 3,002.72 in 2013 to 2,954.07 this year).

The state then funds each district based on the a rate for each stu-dent. For fiscal year 2014, the state cost per pupil was $6,121.

A drop in weighted enrollment of 48.65,

Jason W. Brooks/Daily NewsNewton High School Student Resource Officer Brian Foster spoke at Monday’s Newton Community School District board meeting. The board’s first meeting of the new year will be Jan. 12.

SIAC to meet Jan. 8; board to meet Jan. 12

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Clevenger bidding farewell after two decades at Newton Clinic

Newton Daily News

Just shy of his 20-year anniversary with Newton Clinic, Dr. Phil Cleveng-er is retiring. The fam-ily practice physician will stay involved in the medi-cal community, however, by continuing to serve as Jasper County’s medical examiner and eventually volunteering part-time with a free clinic in Des Moines.

This dedication to medicine developed dur-ing a somewhat uncon-ventional career path. Unlike many of his health-care colleagues, Clevenger didn’t know from an early age that he wanted to pursue the healing arts.

“I was a finance ma-

jor and w o r k e d in bank-ing for six years,” Dr. Clev-e n g e r said. “But I learned t h a t , u n l e s s you’re the

president of the bank, you’re not necessarily go-ing to love it. So I decided to make a life change.”

Clevenger, who was born at Skiff Medical Center and grew up in Monroe, was living at the time in Ann Arbor, Mich., with his then-wife and their four children. He started doing vol-unteer work in the local emergency department

and ended up taking a job in the janitorial depart-ment of the University of Michigan Health Sys-tem.

“My main role was cleaning up deliv-ery rooms,” he said. “I worked on the periphery of doctors and nurses and developed an interest in what they were doing. I decided that I felt a call-ing to help people.”

Because financial studies aren’t a typi-cal precursor to medical school, Clevenger spent the next three years tak-ing his science class pre-requisites before applying to and being accepted by the medical school in Des Moines, now known as

Clevenger

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Lawmaker seeks to change Iowa’s primary election rules

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DES MOINES — A state lawmaker who lost a congressional bid earlier this year wants to change primary election rules in Iowa so voters decide certain contested races, rather than politi-cal party delegates.

Sen. Brad Zaun, an Urbandale Republi-can, said Tuesday that he has submitted a bill to change the primary process if no candidate receives 35 percent of the vote. Under his plan — which would im-pact congressional and state legislative races as well as statewide offices including governor — there would be a runoff election between the top

two vote-getters.Currently, when no

candidate meets the pri-mary threshold, party delegates pick a nomi-nee.

Zaun received the most votes in a six-way Republican primary for the 3rd Congressio-nal District earlier this year. But because no one hit the threshold, the process moved to a nominating convention, where fifth-place fin-isher David Young won after many rounds of voting. Young went on to win the general elec-tion in November.

“Daily, I hear from people: ‘Hey I really thought what happened was wrong,’” Zaun said. “The people who

spoke on primary day didn’t feel like they were heard.”

Congressman-elect Young’s chief of staff did not immediately respond to an email for comment.

Zaun is optimistic his bill will find support in the Iowa Legislature, where Democrats con-trol the Senate and Re-publicans have a major-ity in the House.

Sen. Jeff Danielson, a Democrat from Ce-dar Falls who chairs the Senate state government committee, said he’ll make sure the bill gets a hearing. Danielson said he supports the gen-eral concept but cannot speak for other Demo-crats in the Senate.

In preparation for its own holiday party, Hawkeye Stages and the Newton Convention and Visitors Bureau decided to do something for the commu-nity before celebrating the year. The groups decided it wanted to do something local and contact-ed the local Salvation Army to lend a hand any way they could.

“We wanted to do something to give back to the community. We are going to go out and have a party for us and I thought it would be nice to do something to give back,” said Rick Brannen of Hawkeye Stages.

Between the two groups, eight people headed to the Sal-vation Army Dec. 16 in one of the Hawkeye Stages buses and helped sort and bag stocking

stuffers for the organization.“They were very organized

and ready for us,” Linda Bacon, executive director of the New-ton Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The group had a goal set for them and got all but one age group done in the few hours they were there. Each age group had about 40 bags to stuff and Brannen thought a total of 160 bags were ready when they left.

“It worked out really nice for when the people came in, they could see by age groups what was in the bags, so they would know what they were getting,” Bacon said.

The group was shown the rest of the facility including where the toys were held and the food pantry portion.

“It is just amazing what they do for people up there, it is

great,” Brannen said.With a little optimism they

thought maybe next year they could move up to grocery bag stuffing or toy organizing, but said they also have the experi-ence of stocking stuffing, so they could get more done, quicker at that task.

“It makes you feel good to do something like that and it is a need that they have,” Bacon said.

The groups also collected for Toy for Tots and brought two boxes full of toys to the head-quarters. In it’s second year in Newton, the two groups plan to continue helping out around the community looking to work with various organizations and areas.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal hosts Christmas eve, day services

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church will host a can-dlelight Christmas Eve service beginning at 10 p.m. Wednesday and a Christmas service at 9 a.m. Thurs-day at the church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

For more information, call 641-792-6971.

Hawkeye Stages, Newton CVB give back

Submitted PhotoEmployees from Hawkeye Stages and the Newton Convention and Visitors Bureau helped bag stocking stuffers for the Salvation Army to give something back to the local community.

Kellogg UMC hosts Christmas day luncheon

Kellogg United Methodist Church will host a Christmas dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs-day at the church, 417 Second St. in Kellogg.

Menu items include turkey, ham, mashed pota-toes and gray, green beans, Jell-O, rolls and pie.

The meal is free and will be served in the fellow-ship hall.

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Immanuel Baptist hosts Christmas Eve serviceImmanuel Baptist Church will be conducting

a Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the church, 1300 N. Fourth Ave. E. in Newton.

The program is one hour in duration and the public is invited to join.

For more information, contact the church at 641-792-4470.

The Way hosts Christmas dinner, eve service

Newton Church of The Way will host three Christmas Eve services at on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the church, 2306 S. Third Ave. E. in Newton.

A free soup and bread dinner will occur from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

First UMC hosts Christmas Eve candlelight service

First United Methodist Church will have two Christmas Eve services on Wednesday at the church, 210 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

The 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. candlelight services will be a “Were You There?” Reader’s Theatre. Music will include the Chancel Choir, soloists Rachel Faidley, Koni Bunse, Sue Hunter and Meredith McKay. Sue Hunter will be the organist. Narrators will be Tim Blount, April Faidley and the Rev. Gary Marzolf.

The altar will be open for communion for one half-hour before each candlelight service.

First Presbyterian hosts Christmas Eve service First Presbyterian Church will host a Christmas

Eve service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church, 220 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Sacred Heart hosts two Christmas Eve massesSacred Heart Catholic Church will host two

Christmas Eve masses at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church, 1115 S. Eighth Ave. E. in Newton.

A Christmas Day mass will begin at 9 a.m.

By Jamee A. PiersonNewton Daily News

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Tsunami survivors recall how mosques stood firmBANDA ACEH, Indonesia

(AP) — When a powerful tsu-nami smashed into this Indone-sian city 10 years ago, the only structures left standing in many neighborhoods were mosques. For the hundreds who found ref-uge within their walls, the build-ings’ lifesaving role has not been forgotten — and for many, that experience strengthened their faith.

Architectural experts say the mosques in Banda Aceh survived because they were sturdily built and had stronger foundations than surrounding structures,

many of which were likely con-structed of shoddier materials.

But many survivors believe the mosques were spared by divine intervention.

“It’s because the mosque is the house of Allah, the creator of such a tsunami. It’s protected,” said Ahmad Junaidi, a survivor who fled to safety in the majestic Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, a major landmark in the city with its 35-meter (115-foot) mina-ret, white walls and seven black domes.

The mosque, built by Dutch colonizers and completed in

1881, was virtually unscathed by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami, which devastated the city and killed more than 230,000 people in more than a dozen nations around the Indian Ocean.

Many residents of Aceh, the most dominantly Muslim prov-ince in all of Indonesia, viewed the disaster as punishment for their lack of devotion to God. The tsunami has actually made many more devout, said Faisal Ali, a prominent cleric.

“It encouraged Acehnese to renew their dedication to their faith,” Ali said.

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at the 2014 rate, would mean a drop in $297,786.65 in funding. The district ’s overall budget for this school year is about $44.7 mil-lion.

While the certified enrollment was only an action item at Monday’s meeting for the purpose of the board approving the enrollment figures, which it did, the board also voted to request a modified allowable growth budget adjustment.

This would give Newton $138,687, if ap-proved as is, to compensate for two English as a Second Language students who have needed extra help for more than five years.

“Some of our grades actually picked up num-bers,” Callaghan said. “The best we can tell, the most influential factor is kindergarten. Our real young children (in the community) have either moved or are not school-age yet. Our preschool numbers are up; will this correlate to a larger kindergarten group next year? We’ll know more after Kindergarten Roundup (an event held in March or April each year).”

Board president Sheri Benson said a “bubble” of a small or large class is fairly common. The kindergarten classes of 2008 and 2010 were both small, Callaghan said.

“One of the suggestions for that would be to hire one extra teacher,” Callaghan said. “But that teacher would be floating every year, but it would get us to class sizes around 20. We’re open to going back and finding more options.”

Monday night’s meeting was the only regu-larly scheduled meeting of December for the board. Attendance was sparse at the meeting; in fact, Callaghan, the board members, Director of Business Services Gayle Isaac and administra-tive assistant Christine Dawson two members of the media and the five people who spoke were the only ones in the room.

The School Improvement Advisory Commit-tee is set to meet Jan. 8, and the board’s first regular meeting of 2015 is set for Jan. 12. Items likely to be discussed in January will be the 2015-16 school calendar, possible district re-configuration and major work to be done on the Berg complex.

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Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or [email protected]

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Des Moines University. He then did family prac-tice residency at the for-mer Des Moines General Hospital.

Clevenger’s first prac-tice out of residency was in his original hometown of Monroe. He began practicing there in 1983 and did so for four and a half years, before switch-ing to a Mercy clinic for another eight years. His move to Newton Clinic came in 1995 when Ron Ross, then-CEO of Skiff Medical Center, ap-proached him.

“He told me that Dr. Marvin Moles was go-ing to be retiring and the community could use an additional doctor,” he said. “At that point, I knew the pros and cons both of be-ing in solo practice and

of working for a health system. I liked the idea of Newton Clinic being the best of both worlds – an independent prac-tice where I had a say in decisions, while also hav-ing colleagues to interact with and share call.”

When Clevenger joined Newton Clinic — “Dr. Moles retired on a Friday and I started that Monday,” he said – he was the seventh provider, joining Drs. Erwin Wit-tenberg, Paul Ruggle, Steve Hill, Pat Edwards, Orville Bunker and T.Y. Chan. He has since seen the practice grow to in-clude 18 providers: 13 doctors, two nurse prac-titioners, a physician as-sistant, a podiatrist and a midwife.

He attributes that growth to a number of factors. “All of the provid-ers offer great care,” he said. “We have wonder-

ful staff, a good location with our proximity to the hospital, and a good facility here. I also think our clinic administrator, Mark Thayer, has done a great job with keeping us expanding and meet-ing the challenges of the continuing changes in the health-care system.”

That appreciation is mutual. “Dr. Clevenger has been a valuable as-set to Newton Clinic,” said Thayer. “His com-mitment to his patients has been second to none. He has been a passion-ate advocate for his pa-tients, coworkers, Skiff Medical Center and his hometown community of Monroe. His business background has guided the Newton Clinic and served as a contributing factor to our long-term success.”

Clevenger will be hanging up his stetho-

scope, as it were, on Dec. 31. He is opting for re-tirement, he said, because he wants to, not because he needs to.

“I think I’m still do-ing a good job,” he said. “I wanted to retire when that was the case, not be-cause people were want-ing me to leave. It’s been a very good run.”

Staying busy is not a concern. In addition to his work as medical examiner and plans to volunteer, he also has a property business with his wife, real estate owner and broker Caren Devoe-Clevenger, and between the two of them, they have 15 grandchildren with whom he’d like to spend more time.

Thayer said that Clev-enger will be missed. “We have been lucky to have such a valuable physician within our organization for the past 20 years.”

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Iowa collector loans Saab to Seinfeld

AP PhotoThe owner of an Iowa auto dealership is enjoying the sight of his classic car puttering around Portland, Ore., with comedian Jerry Seinfeld behind the wheel. Those scenes on Seinfeld’s digital show, “Comedians in Cars Getting Cof-fee,” stemmed from a call car collector Tom Donney received in September, according to the Fort Dodge Messenger. Donney is pictured poping the trunk of his Saab Monte Carlo in his showroom, in Fort Dodge.“My phone rang and it was a guy claiming he was with Seinfeld’s office,” Donney said.

Save old Newton Seed Store as youth centerOliver MillerKellogg

For a long time, I’ve been go-ing to the Newton Seed Store to buy seed for a small farm about a two hour bike ride to the east and north. And along that ride I’ve had time to think about stuff — most recently about the plan to demolish the seed store.

Most likely some big pow-erful interests with more dol-lars than sense are pushing this idea. Well, I hate to see the place torn down. The store was built to last and is stand-ing strong. Sure, it needs some work, but that can be taken care of.

I can’t think of any better

use for the fascinating old-time seed store than to turn it into a youth center. The front shop-ping area is about 30 square feet and has been insulated, heated and cooled. This will surely be perfect as the main gathering area — the big south windows can let in the warm winter sun and let the young ones look out. To the north is a big room about 35x60 feet — room for practice at ball throwing and catching, etc. To the east is a good size area with a south ga-rage door and concrete floor — surely good for skateboarding or maybe indoor soccer. There’s some other small rooms, and a second story wood floor.

Aces Youth Center was lost out north of Berg School but has been gone now for maybe a couple years. The Y has tried to fill in the gap but hard to find

room for everything and every-one. The old seed store would open up a whole new world for the youth and also help keep the downtown area alive.

The store owners Gary and Connie Grimes have had a big, friendly mouse-patrol cat at the store for some time now — they might even let him stay on at the youth center.

I’ll donate as much as I can toward the center and work as I’m able to get the place ready. We’re going to have to do whatever it takes to save the wonderful, fascinating, well-built old Newton Seed Store.

Seems like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do two good things at once — save the historic Newton Seed Store and open the doors for the young ones. The ultimate Christmas present. Let’s get started.

The blending of fami-lies is a peculiar thing. Here we are, once again, at the epicenter of mixed f a m i l y togeth-e r ne s s . Can you feel the e a r t h shake?

N o t that it’s anyone’s f a u l t . T h e most lovely of in-laws — be it sister-, father-, daughter-, mother-, son-, cousin-, grandparent- or super-weird great-step-uncle- — still bring their own upbringings, beliefs, agendas and traditions to the traditional turkey din-ner. Like, by serving Spam instead. (Careful; Santa knows if you spit your meal into your napkin!) Navigating this time with extended family can some-times feel like navigating your way through a foreign country. Everyone speaks a different language, and the only translator is that sign language guy from Barack Obama’s Nelson Mandela tribute.

The first time I met the fine people who would be-come my in-laws was right before New Year’s Eve. Their son and I were in such early stages of dating that we weren’t yet refer-ring to each other as boy-friend and girlfriend. Yet there I was, meeting the folks. Being welcomed into his family traditions. Fam-ily traditions that came from Pennsylvania Dutch upbringings. Family tradi-tions that included sauer-kraut.

Lots and lots of sauer-kraut.

Apparently, one bite of the fermented cabbage ensures good luck in the new year. The woman who became my mother-in-law urged me to have a bite.

I declined.She insisted.I held my ground.It’s not that I don’t like

the taste of sauerkraut; I do. It’s not that I wanted to be rude; I didn’t. But at that moment, I had a far more pressing concern that over-rode the delicious smell of sauerkraut, my desire to

please my not-quite-boy-friend’s mom and the pros-pect of a year of Pennsylva-nia Dutch-certified good luck: my breath.

Those days, all I wanted to do was make out with my kinda-sorta-boyfriend. But I couldn’t exactly say that to his mother. “Sor-ry, lady. The food smells delish, but even a whole container of Altoids can’t knock out that stank, and I’ve got an appointment to stick my tongue down your son’s throat.”

I did the only thing that made sense at the time. I lied. I told her I didn’t like sauerkraut. To which she said that I might like hers. “Try it.” For the next 10 minutes, we played out the script of Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” — only I didn’t give in at the end.

The in-law language barrier goes far beyond silly lies like mine. Spoken truths are often confused and misunderstood.

Over the summer, I at-tended the wedding of a cousin whom I love like a brother. I was chatting with a breast-feeding brides-maid in the bathroom about the gorgeous cer-emony, when the mother of the bride came in.

“It was so beautiful, wasn’t it?” the bridesmaid said.

“Meh,” replied the mother of the bride.

My ears perked up. Ex-cuse me? Meh?

“Really? I loved watch-ing every second of it,” I said.

“I mean, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before,” said the mother of the bride.

I was appalled. My be-loved cousin had just in-herited a witch of a moth-er-in-law. I was about to storm out of the bathroom, when I heard the nursing bridesmaid say, “But you haven’t seen your daughter get married before.”

“What are you talking about?” asked the mother of the bride.

“We’re commenting on how beautiful the wedding was,” said the bridesmaid.

“Oh!” she exclaimed. “I thought you were asking me what I thought of your breast-feeding. It’s fine, nothing I haven’t seen be-fore. But yes, the wedding was very beautiful.”

Pipeline would help break addiction to foreign oil

Maurice H. PhillipsNewton

As an Iowan and a veteran, energy security is an important issue to me. I was able to at-tend the recent utility board meeting in Newton on the pro-posed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and came away with a few thoughts.

While Iowa is fortunate to benefit from wind energy pro-duced in our state, relying only on wind power — or over-rely-ing on any single source — isn’t a safe investment in our energy future.

DAPL provides Iowans with access to American produced oil, without the dangers and delays associated with railroad transport. Data shows that the project will bring more than $1 billion in economic impact to our state, and not to mention thousands of jobs and consid-erable tax revenue. The eco-nomic benefits for the state are overwhelmingly positive, and the shale oil boom has already greatly benefited the price of oil in this country. Projects like this are necessary to ensure that this growth — and our effort to break our addiction to foreign oil — continues. Every gallon of fuel produced in the U.S. means one less gallon is imported.

My time in the military made

it clear to me that we cannot put the future of our nation’s energy in the hands of volatile foreign powers. We’ve seen oil crises, shortages and embar-goes in this country before in the 1970s during the Iranian Revolution and Yom Kippur War. Instead it is important to pursue our domestically avail-able energy assets to secure the future for ourselves and the next generation of Americans.

Wind power and fossil fuels can coexist, and should be part of a balanced energy infrastruc-ture portfolio for current and future generations. As long as we need cars, trucks, airplanes, furnaces and railroad engines there will be a demand for fos-sil fuels.

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Kwanzaa is celebrated Dec. 26 through Jan. 2. Martin Lu-ther King’s birthday is Jan. 19. President’s Day is Feb. 16. The Year of the Sheep, on the Chi-nese calendar, begins Feb. 19.

I don’t personally know any-one who celebrates all of these holidays. But I always hear much about gratitude and re-joicing with family at Thanks-giving and at this time of year, and I have always wished we could keep those sentiments going year-round —on holi-days, and on all the other days as well.

Gratitude doesn’t really seem to be a regular focal point in our society. We spend so much time and energy searching for things we don’t have, or fighting to hang on to what we have now. There doesn’t seem to be much time for reflection.

I’m not one to claim much progress on this front. It doesn’t seem to take much to go from a place of gratitude to a miser-

able, immature zone of bitter-ness —usually over something that seems quite frivolous later on.

However, one regular goal is to get back to a zone of com-fortable balance between con-tentment and a hunger for self-improvement, and to stay in that zone, or close to it. Most of our growth and development as human beings can only hap-pen when we’ve made a certain amount of peace with our cur-rent station in life.

This probably wouldn’t be true if our entire lives were made up of “in the path of a bus” sur-vival moments, but life isn’t seg-mented that way for most of us. Gratitude is not simply a way of thinking, but also a governing principle for how to act.

We came into this world with nothing, and while we need food, clothing and shelter, we don’t really need much else, and sometimes we act as though the material things and circum-

stances we didn’t have 15 years or 15 minutes ago are suddenly essential. Even those of us with the most noise or commotion in our lives have at least a few mo-ments to think about larger life choices.

That’s when it helps to manufacture a small amount of gratitude, and begin building on it. Clearly, this is easier for some than others. And, clearly, it’s easier to get grateful when things are going well, and we’re around familiar people, laugh-ing and eating and having a good time.

But what about the months ahead? What about those te-dious moments, with a storm raging and drivers raging even more, when we just want to find a restroom, a meal, a shower and a warm, dry bed? How grate-ful can we remember to act, at those times?

That’s why it’s important to have a gratitude foundation built ahead of time, when things

are calm — or at least stable. Good organizational skills are valuable all of the time, but those who plan extremely well seem are often also the ones who can remain calm under fire.

Several combat veterans have pointed to a missing limb — or all or part of a digit — and mentioned that if we wake up with 10 full fingers and 10 com-plete toes on any given day, we have a reason to be grateful.

It seems like the folks who have lost the most significant things, or never had much to begin with, have an easier time with gratitude than those of us who have many needs and wants covered.

Like New Year’s resolu-tions, Christmas promises can be gone in a flash. Fortunately, gratitude is something we can pick up again at any time.

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

[email protected].

Holiday (extended) family togetherness

Christmas spirit should stick around

for other holidays

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Letters to the Editor

By Jason. W. Brooks

Staff Writer

By Katiedid Langrock

John M. ElrodDec. 22, 2014

John M. Elrod, 93, of Prairie City, died Mon-day, Dec. 22, 2014, at M i t c h -ell Vil-lage Care Center in M i t c h -e l l v i l l e . A funeral s e r v i c e will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29 at the Prairie City

Church of the Breth-ren with burial follow-ing at Griffis Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the ser-vice Monday. The fam-ily will also greet friends following the burial at a luncheon. Memorials may be directed to the Prairie City Church of The Brethren and con-dolences may be left for the family at www.co-burnfuneralhomes.com.

The son of Carl Martin and Myra Belle (Young) Elrod, John was

born on Nov. 24, 1921, in Prairie City. John graduated from Prairie City High School in 1939. On May 14, 1944, he was united in mar-riage to Roberta Mae Cole in Des Moines. He lived and farmed in the Prairie City area. John was a member of the Prairie City Church of the Brethren. He was active in the Men’s Fellowship, served as a moderator and also as a Lifetime Deacon in the church. His greatest love

was his family especially his grandchildren.

Those left to honor his memory include his three sons, Martin (Dor-othy) Elrod of Prairie City, Jim (Mary) Elrod of Prairie City and Bob ( Joann) Elrod of Prairie City; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Preced-ing him in death were his parents; wife, Ro-berta in 2010; a brother, Lester Elrod; and a sis-ter, Pauline Loomis.

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

• 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 YMCA in Newton.

• Beauty for Ashes women’s study will meet at 9 a.m. Friday at Hephzibah House, 721 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.

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

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

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DARThe regular meeting

of the Grinnell DAR Chapter was Dec. 13 at the Centre for Arts and Artists in Newton, with 24 members present. Re-gent Kristin Macy called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. Regent Macy and Chaplain Mary Rethmeier led the Open-ing Ritual. Regent Macy led the Pledge of Alle-giance and the American

Creed.Regent Macy gave the

NSDAR President Gen-eral’s message and the National Defense Mes-sage were given by Linda Hatch.

The following com-mittee reports were given: registrar Darlene Lieb re-ported 63 members with one supplemental appli-cation pending; Kathy Jones reported that the American History essays

have been received and are being scored; Betty Carr announced the win-ner of the Good Citizen Award; Jeanette Shan-non reported that the Commemorative Part-ners Flag for the Viet Nam War was hung as a

background for the Vet-erans Day program and several members attend-ed the program; Maretta Grattan reported that the Grinnell chapter has sent 7,396 stamps and 44.5 pounds of coupons to the appropriate organiza-

tions. The annual chapter

report was completed with the input of the membership.

After the meeting a Hobo Soup luncheon was enjoyed by the members.

The next meeting will

be March 14 at the Cen-tre for Arts and Artists in Newton, with Marilyn Planer and Liz Wagner as hostesses. The pro-gram will be on HISET, the replacement test for a GED, given by Marilyn Planer.

Club Notes

Marguerite Farren

Dec. 23, 2014Marguerite Farren,

89, of Newton, formerly of Colo, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at Park Centre in Newton. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28 at Ryan Funeral Home in Nevada, with burial to follow in the Colo Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Sunday at the funeral home. Con-dolences may be sent online to www.ryanfu-nerals.com.

Steven Lee Welcher

Dec. 22, 2014

Steven Lee Welcher, 27, of N e w -ton, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. A f u n e r a l s e r v i c e will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27 at the First Christian Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from

5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26 at the Wallace Fam-ily Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials in Steven’s name may be left at the funeral home or the church the morn-ing of the service.

Steven, the son of Shawn and Tammy (Pickett) Welcher, was born on May 20, 1987, in Des Moines. He grew up in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 2006. Steve was a decorated state of Iowa wrestler, placing second in the state his senior year.

Steven then went on to graduate from Central College with a B.A. in anthropology. While in college, he had the op-portunity to study in Mexico twice. Steven was currently working as a die cutter operator at Walter G. Anderson in Newton. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed turkey hunting, mushroom hunting and gardening. He also liked to cook.

Steven is survived by his parents, Shawn and Tammy Welcher of Newton; sister, Lisa

(Mitch) Montgomery of Newton; grandpar-ents, Virginia Perrin of Newton, Don Pickett of Newton, and Rollie Welcher of Newton; his great-grandma Doro-thy Pickett of Newton; two nephews, Kent and Klayton Montgom-ery; aunts and uncles, Terry (Kim) Pickett, Al Pickett, Jennifer ( Jim) Prendergast, Lori (Fred) Welcher-Leytham and Frank ( Jessie) Welcher; and his many cous-ins. He was preceded in death by his grand-mother, Betty Pickett.

Gideon John HavengaDec. 15, 2014

John and Lori Havenga, of Newton, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Gide-on John, born Dec. 15, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Gideon joins brothers Dan-iel, 4, and Micah, 2.

Grandparents are Glen and Carol DeZwarte of Newton and Jim and Kay Havenga of Hol-land, Mich.

Great-grandparents are Donna Havenga of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Irv and Ruth Boes-kool of Holland, Mich.

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James CannonDec. 22, 2014

James “Jim” Cannon, 65, of Des Moines, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2 0 1 4 , at Iowa Method-ist Medi-cal Cen-ter in Des M o i n e s . A private family grave-

side service will be at Newton Union Cem-etery. The family will begin greeting friends with a coffee time at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30 at the Wallace Fam-ily Funeral Home and Crematory in New-ton. Memorials in Jim’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Jim, the son of Harlan and Engeline (Steen-hoek) Cannon, was

born on Sept. 21, 1949, in Newton. He grew up in Prairie City and graduated from Prairie City High School and Iowa State University. Jim had lived in many places before return-ing to Newton and Des Moines more than 15 years ago. He was an avid ISU athletic fan.

Those left to honor Jim’s memory are his sister, Dorothy (Don)

Faidley of Colfax; two brothers, Milt (Pau-line) Cannon of New-ton and Richard (Holly) Cannon of Newton; his longtime compan-ion, Lana Clark of Des Moines; and many niec-es and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harlan Cannon and Engeline Deaton; aunt and uncle, Dean and Irene Krueger; and a cousin, Dick Krueger.

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DEAR ABBY: A year ago, my hus-band of four years disclosed to me that he’s transgender. We have a 3-year-old who has medical problems, which has resulted in numerous surgeries. Our lives have changed beyond belief, and I’m afraid our marriage has been damaged beyond repair.

He has come out of the closet, and I have gone into one to protect his secret and hide my heartache and devastation. The pain I feel is mostly for the lifelong struggles my husband has endured, but now I’m feeling the loss of my husband and our happy future together because I can’t be the wife he needs.

How do I know that I’ve tried every option to make this work, especially when I am the only one regularly seeking ther-apy? When do I resign myself to the fact that my expectations of our marriage will never be achievable? And how do I say I want out without risking his (her) well-being? — LAST STRAW IN THE MIDWEST

DEAR LAST STRAW: It would be helpful for you to get emotional support in addition to the counselor you have been seeing. There are no “magic words” to tell your husband you can no longer live with the new person he’s becoming.

However, I know of a group that can help you. You would benefit greatly by contacting the Straight Spouse Network, a group that was started by Amity Pierce Buxton, Ph.D., in the ‘80s. It offers peer support, as well as an online (worldwide) network of support groups. Just knowing you’re not alone with this problem should be comforting. Find it at www.straight-spouse.org.

DEAR ABBY: I have been commu-nicating for three months with a gentle-man I met on an online dating site. He says he wants to meet me in person, but every time we get close to setting a time and place, something comes up and he can’t keep the date. We live in the same city, so traveling isn’t the problem. When

I ask why he’s canceling our date, the an-swer is different every time.

I am beginning to think he just wants to communicate via email or chat. We have web-cammed and know what each other looks like, so that is probably not the issue, either. Should I keep waiting him out or just end it? — PUZZLED IN INDIANA

DEAR PUZZLED: By now it should be obvious that you are carrying on a con-versation with someone who doesn’t keep his word. He may be married or have misrepresented himself in some other way. If you want a real, flesh-and-blood relationship with someone, stop wasting your time with this person. Move on and don’t look back.

DEAR ABBY: With Christmas al-most here, I’m wondering how much it would cost today for all of the gifts in the carol “The 12 Days of Christmas”? — JUST CURIOUS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA

DEAR JUST CURIOUS: According to an Associated Press story published this year quoting the annual analysis by PNC Wealth Management, those 364 items — purchasing them each time they are mentioned in the song — would set the giver back $116,273. Not to belittle those birds, trees, golden rings and vari-ous musical artists, perhaps the money could be better spent?

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Oregon’s Marcus Mariota is AP player of year

The only thing left for Marcus Mariota to win at Oregon is the national championship.

The Ducks’ star quarterback is The Associated Press col-lege football player of the year, adding yet an-other honor to his spec-tacular season.

Mariota won the AP vote in the same land-slide fashion he won the Heisman Trophy.

He received 49 of the 54 votes submitted by the AP Top 25 media panel.

Alabama receiver Amari Cooper drew three votes. Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Florida State quarterback Ja-meis Winston had one vote each.

Mariota is the first Oregon player to win AP player of the year, which was first awarded

in 1998, and the eighth quarterback to win it in the last nine years.

The junior has also won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp play-er of the year, and the Davey O’Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which go to the top quarterbacks in the country.

Oregon will face Florida State and last year’s Heisman winner and AP player of the year, Winston, in the College Football Play-off semifinals on Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl.

The winner will face Alabama or Ohio State in the national cham-pionship game Jan. 12 at AT&T Stadium in North Texas.

With his combina-tion of speed and a strong arm, Mariota is a play of the day waiting to happen.

He set a Pac-12 re-cord by accounting for 53 touchdowns, includ-

ing 38 TD passes. He is the highest rat-

ed passer in the coun-try (186.33) and has thrown for 3,783 yards and just two intercep-tions.

Here is a memorable Mariota moment from 2014:

THE SHOVELIn what was perhaps

the biggest nonconfer-ence game of the sea-son, Michigan State had Oregon in trouble in the second half.

It was 27-18 Spar-tans midway through the third quarter and the Ducks were facing a third-and-10 after hav-ing already punted away their first two second-half possessions.

Michigan State collapsed the pocket around Mariota, who eluded three defenders, slipping and stepping around a mess of Spar-tans around his feet.

Mariota stumbled

out of the pocket and pushed a pass to Royce Freeman, who went for 17 yards.

That drive ended soon after with a touch-down.

And so did the next Oregon drive. And the next one. The Ducks went on to win 46-27.

By Ralph D. RussoThe Associated Press

Four added to bowling HOF

Troy Hyde/Daily NewsThe Jasper County Bowling Association inducted four new members into its Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. From left: Harry Farr, Carl McGee, Dave Rorabaugh and Carl Ross were introduced and recognized in front of several other local bowlers at Cardinal Lanes during a small ceremony.

Cyclones announce signing of another Marquette transfer

AMES — Two weeks after Deonte Burton an-nounced that he was l e a v i n g M a r -q u e t t e , the Iowa S t a t e Cyclones made it k n o w n that the 6-foot-4 s o p h o -m o r e g u a r d was heading to Ames.

Iowa State men’s bas-ketball coach Fred Hoi-berg announced Bur-ton’s signing in a press release sent out by the school Tuesday.

Burton was named to the Big East All-Rookie team in 2013-14. The Milwaukee, Wis., native averaged a team-best 6.9 points and posted a team-high 35 steals as a freshman.

This season, Burton averaged 6.4 points and shot 47.2 percent from the field in eight games for the Golden Eagles.

“We are excited to add Deonte to our pro-gram,” Hoiberg said. “Deonte is an elite ath-lete and a great student as well. He’s got the ability to stretch the de-fense and knock down shots on the perimeter.

He’ll be a good fit for our program and what we like to do offensive-ly.”

Burton is the second transfer from Marquette to join the Cyclones in the past two seasons.

Former Indian Hills standout Jameel McKay also left the Golden Ea-gles at semester to join Hoiberg’s team last year.

Marquette an-nounced that Burton and another guard were leaving the program on Dec. 9.

Burton, a consensus top-100 recruit out of high school, will attend Iowa State starting in January and sit out until the end of the first se-mester in 2015-16.

Burton, who signed a financial aid agreement, will have one and a half seasons to play for the Cyclones when he be-comes eligible next De-cember.

Burton played his high school ball at Vin-cent High School in Milwaukee, the same high school as former Cyclone standout Di-ante Garrett.

He was recruited at Marquette by former coach Buzz Williams, who left for Virginia Tech last spring.

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AP Player of the Year Winners

2014 — Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon2013 — Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State2012 — Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M2011 — Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor2010 — Cam Newton, QB, Auburn2009 — Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska2008 — Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma2007 — Tim Tebow, QB, Florida2006 — Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State2005 — Reggie Bush, RB, Southern Cal2004 — Matt Leinart, QB, Southern Cal

Memphis, BYU, conference pledge review of fight

The president of the Universi-ty of Memphis says he has asked the school’s athletic director to work with coach Justin Fuente in investigating the postgame fight that broke out between BYU and the Tigers after the Miami Beach Bowl.

“We will provide another statement after the completion of that inquiry,” Memphis presi-dent M. David Rudd said in a statement issued Tuesday. “We have the highest expectations of sportsmanship for all of our stu-dent-athletes at the University of Memphis. I am very confident in (athletic director) Tom Bowen and Coach Fuente’s leadership and know that working together

we will be able to ensure inci-dents like this do not happen in the future.”

American Athletic Confer-ence commissioner Mike Aresco released a statement saying he has been in contact with Mem-phis officials and the league will work with the school in deter-mining violations of the confer-ence’s code of sportsmanship.

Memphis is a member of the American. BYU is an indepen-dent in football.

Earlier in the day, Bowen said he and Fuente would review video over the next few days and take “appropriate disciplinary measures.”

Bowen added: “Hopefully, it will be a learning lesson for both teams.”

BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe tweeted Monday night that “we expect better of our ath-letes, even in the face of a diffi-cult loss. We intend to fully re-view this matter. I apologize to Cougar Nation.”

The Tigers beat BYU 55-48 in overtime in the first Miami Beach Bowl.

After DaShaughn Terry’s game-clinching interception, dozens of players from both side-lines headed toward the middle of the field, with many punching and grabbing.

Cameras showed blood streaming from the face of BYU defensive back Kai Nacua as he came from behind to punch Memphis tight end Alan Cross in the head.

By The Associated Press

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

College Football Bowl GamesSaturday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl

Louisiana-Lafayette 16, Nevada 3New Mexico Bowl

Utah State 21, UTEP 6Las Vegas Bowl

Utah 45, Colorado State 10Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Air Force 38, Western Michigan 24Camelia Bowl

Bowling Green 33, South Alabama 28Monday, Dec. 22

Miami Beach Bowl Memphis 55, BYU 48, 2OT

Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl

Marshall 52, Northern Illinois 23Poinsettia Bowl

At San Diego Navy 17, San Diego State 16

Wednesday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl

At Nassau Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5) (late)

Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu

Rice (7-5) vs. Fresno State (6-7), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 26 Heart of Dallas Bowl

Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), Noon (ESPN)

Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit

Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl UCF (9-3) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md.

Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), Noon (ESPN)

Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas

Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona State (9-3), 1 p.m. (CBS)

Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La.

Miami (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 3 p.m. (ESPN2)

Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y.

Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday Bowl At San Diego

Nebraska (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl

At Memphis, Tenn. West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla.

Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Texas Bowl At Houston

Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn. Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C.

Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Fosters Farm Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif.

Stanford (7-5) vs. Maryland (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl At Atlanta

Mississippi (9-3) vs. TCU (11-1), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN)

Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Boise State (11-2) vs. Arizona (10-3), 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Orange Bowl At Miami Gardens, Fla.

Mississippi State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla.

Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2)

Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas

Michigan State (10-2) vs. Baylor (11-1), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN)

Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla.

Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3), Noon (ABC)

Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Playoff semifinal: Oregon (12-1) vs. Florida State (13-0), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Sugar Bowl At New Orleans

Playoff semifinal: Alabama (12-1) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 2 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas

Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Houston (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

TaxSlayer Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla.

Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl At San Antonio

UCLA (9-3) vs. Kansas State (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Cactus Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Jan. 3 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl

Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4), Noon (ESPN2)

GoDaddy Bowl At Mobile, Ala.

Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Jan. 10 Medal of Honor Bowl At Charleston, S.C.

American vs. National, 1:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 12

College Football Championship At Arlington, Texas

Sugar Bowl winner vs. Rose Bowl win-ner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN))

Cyclone center Fernstrom wins second weeky honor

IRVING, Texas — For the second time this year, Iowa State cen-ter Bryanna Fernstrom earned the Big 12 Con-ference Freshman of the Week honor, the league announced Monday.

Fernstrom collected her first career double-

double when she scored 20 points and grabbed a career-high 11 re-bounds in just 20 min-utes of action against Fairfield last week.

She was 7-of-11 from the floor, includ-ing 2-for-2 from long range and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.

The Center City, Minn., native is the only player in the Big 12 to win multiple weekly awards this season. And ISU has had seven dif-ferent freshman of the week honorees over the

past four seasons. No other school in the con-ference has had more than three.

The Cyclones re-turn to action Dec. 29 against Howard in the Cyclone Challenge at Hilton Coliseum.

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Grinnell College is currently seeking a motivated, well-organized individual to be part of our Dining Services team. The Marketplace Supervisor is 40 hours/week, 10-months with summer work possible and located in our state of the art dining facility. The position has a varied schedule, including days, evenings and alternate weekends.

Responsibilities: The primary purpose of the Marketplace Supervisor position is to assist in directing the oper-ations of the Marketplace to ensure high quality service. This position assumes the responsibilities of the Market-place in the absence of the Associate Director. Specific duties include requisitioning food and supplies, opening and closing the Marketplace, and supervising all student staff. This position hires, assigns job responsibilities, trains, maintains staff documentation, and terminates student staff members. The Marketplace Supervisor also has leadership responsibilities in one of the following four areas (these responsibilities are subject to be realigned according to skills of supervisors):

1) Training for student staff, directing the operations of Grinnell Dining Awards programs, coordination of special meal decorations and service, and supervision in the Marketplace.

2) Scheduling and recruitment of student staff, uniform distribution, planning of social events for student staff, and supervision in the dishroom.

3) Oversight of Marketplace operations, work on and direct cleaning projects of the Marketplace, and supervise Marketplace student and career custodial staff.

4) Detailed oversight of Marketplace operations to assure proper service, and equipment maintenance, assure the gluten free, Halal, sick meals and outtakes production function orderly, and are well maintained, oversees student payroll, and supervision in the Marketplace.

Each of the four supervisors are responsible for their shifts and assist each other in all of the operations of the Marketplace, training and supervision of student staff assuring that the Federal, State, and College standards are met. All must be able to effectively communicate verbally, and in written form, with student staff and others. Operational changes, discrepancies, equipment and personnel issues must be reported to the Associate Director of Dining Services. Must practice good personal hygiene, and maintain a professional appearance to positively represent the Dining Services department to all that enter the Marketplace.

Qualifications: High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) or an equivalent combination of edu-cation, training, or experience in a food-related field. Associate or bachelor’s degree and previous supervisory experience preferred. Excellent communication and computers skills are required. Must be able to be on your feet most of the day, and lift up to 50 lbs. Must be able to do simple mathematical problems, know and practice good cash handling skill. Must be able to organize, guide, train and direct the work of others as well as self.

Selected candidates will need to successfully complete a physical examination and physical assessment prior to the first day of work.

Application Process: To be considered for this position, please submit applications online by visiting our em-ployment website at https://jobs.grinnell.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Questions about this position should be directed to Human Resources at [[email protected]] or 641-269-4818.

Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondiscriminatory educational environ-ment for all College community members. It is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in matters of admission, employment, and housing, and in access to and participation in its education programs, services, and activities. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, religion, disability, creed, or any other protected class.

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PublicNotices

December 9, 2014Tuesday, December 9, 2014 theJasper County Board ofSupervisors met in regularsession at 9:30 a.m. withSupervisors Brock andStevenson present andaccounted for; Chairman Brockpresiding.Human Resources Director,Dennis Simon asked theSupervisors to approve a hiringresolution for a Sheriff's Deputy.Motion by Stevenson, secondedby Brock to adopt Resolution 14-55, a hiring resolution certifyingthe following appointment to theAuditor for payrollimplementation:DEPARTMENTSheriff's OfficePOSITIONDeputyEMPLOYEEMarcos GonzalesPAY RATE$23.83RANGE/STEPHire-inEFFECTIVE DATE12/15/14YEA: BROCK, STEVENSONA complete copy of the resolutionis on file in the Office of theJasper County Auditor.Motion by Stevenson, secondedby Brock to approve the AnnualUrban Renewal Report forFY2013-2014.YEA: STEVENSON, BROCKMotion by Stevenson, secondedby Brock to approve a liquorlicense for Westwood MunicipalGolf Course for 2015.YEA: BROCK, STEVENSONMotion by Stevenson, secondedby Brock to approve a liquorlicense for Fore Seasons GolfPractice Facility for 2015.YEA: STEVENSON, BROCKMotion by Stevenson, secondedby Brock to approve Board ofSupervisors minutes forDecember 2, 2014.YEA: BROCK, STEVENSONThere were no Boardappointments.Motion by Stevenson, secondedby Brock to adjourn the Tuesday,December 9, 2014 meeting of theJasper County Board ofSupervisors.YEA: BROCK, STEVENSONDennis Parrott, AuditorJoe Brock, Chairman

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CITY OF KELLOGGDECEMBER 8, 2014

Kellogg City Council met inregular session on December 8,2014 at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor VanWaardhuizen. Council memberspresent: Aldrich, Parsons,Leavens, and Hinshaw. Absent:Frymoyer.Motion by Aldrich and secondedby Leavens to accept the minutesas mailed and the financialstatement as prepared. Passedunanimously.Mayor Van Waardhuizen read anote from R & J's Barr & Grillrequesting blocking off FrontStreet from High to the Alley onJune 26th and 27th for theirannual golf tournament. Motionby Hinshaw and seconded byParsons. Passed unanimously. R & J's Barr & Grill alsorequested to block off Front St.from High to the Alley on July18th for a memorial golftournament. Motion by Hinshawand seconded by Parsons.Passed unanimously.Mayor Van Waardhuizen ad-dressed the council with the re-quest from the farm land tenantto take out the fence between theproperties and remove the trees.Aldrich and Parson would like toview the fence line before makinga decision. Leavens and Hin-shaw have no opposition. Leavens would like an update onthe rock around the playgroundequipment. Mayor VanWaardhuizen reported there willbe more rock added.Parsons reported on the threegarages that are in need ofdemolished. They are located at416 First St, 321 High St, and526 Second St. He has receivedapproval from all of the propertyowns for demolition but will needsome assistant from the city withthe end loader.Maintenance reported the planfor the manhole in Northfield willbe 2' above the ground and willhave 3' square of concretearound it for protection. Roof atthe cabin is finished and waterline on Depot and 2nd isconnected but will have to finishthe loop in the spring. Four lightsin the Fire Dept Building are notworking. Council suggestedfixing or replacing which ever isthe least expensiveThere are some issues with theFord truck. There has been saltand sand in the fuel separator. Anew tank has been purchasedand installed. The rear main sealis leaking and the fame is rusting.Maintenance has done a lot ofrepair on the plow and the weldsare cracking. Sander also hasproblems. Truck will last throughwinter but need to start looking.Mayor had no report.Motion by Leavens andseconded by Parsons to presentthe bills. Passed unanimously.November Payroll.........11,096.20November FICA (City Share) ...........................................848.86November IPERS (City Share) ..........................................567.97Alliant Energy.................2,605.46Banyon Data System......2,385.00Black Hills Energy.............393.33Bound Tree Medical............96.98Caldwell & Brierly PLLC....845.41Financial Forms Supplies..245.00First Choice Accounting....200.00Hach Company..................171.55Howe Excavating...........4,139.26Hydro Klean....................4,070.04Iowa One Call......................19.90Iowa Rural Water Assoc....200.00Jasper Co Animal Rescue...73.04Jasper Construction Service ..................................................75.00Jasper County Engineer.1,187.20John Deere Financial..........89.36Kellogg Lawn & Snow.......138.76Kellogg Post Office............117.00Keystone Laboratories......134.80News Printing Co...............267.64Partner Communications...337.51Fleet Services...................690.11Rhonda Guy...................1,184.00Smith Quality Rental...........57.26Spahn & Rose Lumber......308.85Vande Stouwe Carpentry............ .....................................14,110.00Weston Leak Detection.....500.00Receipts:....................$40.049.82Disbursements:........$106,287.79Motion by Leavens andseconded by Hinshaw to acceptbills as presented. Passedunanimously.Motion by Aldrich and secondedby Parsons to adjourn. Passedunanimously.Shirley Schippers ClerkScott Van Waardhuizen Mayor

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