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Princess and Papas Ball

Ty Rushing/Daily NewsAbove: Tara Allen ap-plies make up to Tayler Wearmouth at the Fairy

Godmothers of Newtons Princess Workshop on

Saturday. The Fairy God-mothers helped makeover

46 different girls, free of charge, to help them get

ready for the Princess and Papas Ball later at New-ton Senior High School.

Right: Dan Soda and his daughter, Hannah, cut a rug during the Prin-

cess and Papas Ball on Saturday night at Newton

Senior High School. The NHS student council

estimated more than 600 people showed up for the

event.

Prairie City seeking supervisors approval for annexation plans

By Ty Rushing Daily News Staff Writer

While its not quite the Louisiana Purchase, an item at Tuesdays Jasper County Board of Supervisors meeting could change how Prairie City looks on the map.

Jasper County Economic Develop-ment Corporation Executive Director Chaz Allen and Chad Allegar, who serves as the mayor of Prairie City and the president of the Prairie City Economic Development Corpora-tion, will present an application for annexation.

The parties are seeking to annex a triangular piece of land, on the west-ern edge of Prairie City, jointly owned by JEDCO and PCEDC to the City of Prairie City.

Prairie City is also seeking per-mission from the board to annex city owned land just north of the city lim-its to become part of the City of Prai-rie City itself.

County Engineer Russ Stutt will be presenting two measures to the board for approval. His first request is to accept the low bid from Brooklyn-based Manatts, Inc., for a repaving project on county blacktop T38 north of Lynnville.

Mannatts bid $3,327,070.56 for the project.

Stutts second request is for the purchase of two new pickup trucks for the Secondary Roads Depart-ment. Bids were sent to various deal-ers across the state and ranged from $25,000 to more than $35,000 for each truck.

Count Sanitarian Kevin Luetters will present David and Nathan Jes-sens application for a hog confine-ment expansion in the Richland Township to the board. The expan-sion will make the operation capable of handling 1,920 animals and 4,800 finishing swine.

Luetters is suggesting to the board that public comment period begin Tuesday and end on Feb. 24. Com-ments may be made in person from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Jasper County Environmental Health Office located at 115 N. Second Ave. E. in Newton.

Written comments may also be mailed to the office.

In other business: Jasper County Recorder Nancy

Parrott will present two measures to the board. The first is a citizens re-quest for a refund from the county portion of the escrowed transfer tax. Doris Byers is seeking $75.77 from the county.

Parrott will also submit her of-fices monthly report for approval. Her office collected $12,880.79 in January.

Jasper County Human Resources Director Dennis Simon will present the hiring resolution for both a part-time and full-time jailors at the Jasper County Sheriff s Office.

New antique store coming to NewtonBy Ty Rushing

Daily News Staff Writer

Laurie Nelson is probably more well-known for her work with various Jasper County veteran support organizations, but her passion for antiquing has led her to take up another title business owner.

In a little more than a week, Laurie is hoping to open the doors on her new an-tique store Relics, which will be located at 115 W. Second St. N., and give down-town visitors another convenient place to stop and shop.

I actually wanted to start a consign-ment store since I moved up here in 2002, Laurie said. Jerry (her husband), didnt like the idea of a consignment store. But this has actually turned out better, because its made our hobby our business and its something we like to do.

Laurie said she and Jerry made the de-cision to open Relics suddenly, but they have already recruited four vendors for the store and are in talks with several more. Relics will be capable of holding 14 stalls, have several display cases and there are plans to expand into the shops base-ment as well.

Keeping people coming in on a steady basis, it takes some creative marketing, Laurie said on what she thinks the big-gest challenge will be.

One creative way to help lure people

Daily News staff receives 10 INA awards

By Daily News Staff

Once again, the Newton Daily news was rewarded by its peers for exceptional community journalism.

Representatives of Iowas more than 300 daily and weekly newspapers gathered last week for the annual Iowa Newspaper Association Convention at the Down-town Marriott Hotel in Des Moines. The two-day event, held Thursday and Fri-day, concluded with the Iowa Newspaper Foundations Better Newspaper Contest.

Entries in this years contest were from newspapers published from Oct. 1, 2012, through Sept. 30, 2012. They were sub-mitted for judging by members of the Nebraska Press Association.

The Daily News competes in Daily Class 1, which includes all daily news-papers with a circulation of 9,999 or less. Other Daily Class 1 newspapers include the Ames Tribune, reigning Iowa News-paper of the Year Carroll Daily Times Herald, the Marshalltown Times-Repub-lican, the Muscatine Journal, the Spencer Daily Reporter and the Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal.

More than 100 Iowa newspapers were recognized for their work in writing, re-porting, photography, digital journalism and advertising. In all, 16 Daily Class 1 newspapers received awards in the contest.

The Daily News received nine awards, and a former staff member returned to receive a special award for work he did while on the newspapers staff.

Submitted PhotoFormer Daily News staff writer Mike Mendenhall celebrated his Harrison Skip Weber Investiga-tive Reporting Award with editor Bob Eschliman after Friday evenings Iowa Newspaper Founda-tion Better Newspaper Contest Awards Banquet. The Daily News won nine other awards for writing, reporting and digital news.

Mendenhall wins top investigative reporting award

Ty Rushing/Daily NewsLaurie Nelson and her dog, Minion, stand in front of what will be Relics, an antique store that is expected to be open for business by next week. Relics is located at 115 W. Second St. N. on the downtown square.

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Van Zante Creek kickoff meeting set for ThursdaySpecial to the Daily News

Residents in the Van Zante Creek watershed are invited to attend a community kickoff meeting to learn more about the Van Zante Creek Water Quality Improvement Project, a multi-year project aimed at reducing nutrient loss in the watershed.

The kickoff meeting is sched-uled for 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sully Community Center in Sully. Refreshments will be provided.

The Van Zante Creek kickoff meeting will provide an overview of the project, which is being conducted in partnership with the Jasper and Marion Soil and Water Conservation Districts, the Iowa Department of Agricul-ture and Land Stewardship, the

Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Iowa Soybean Coun-cil and Pathfinders RC&D. The project will engage producers and landowners in a variety of activi-ties to improve the water quality of Van Zante Creek and adjoining areas of the South Skunk River.

The local partnership will work with all farmers in the wa-tershed to reduce nutrient losses from agricultural land. A goal is proving voluntary efforts will reduce nutrient pollution in wa-ter to acceptable levels through education, monitoring, and treat-ment. Presentations will be given by local leaders involved in the project. A discussion and ques-tion-and-answer session will fol-low the presentations.

Funding for the Van Zante Creek Water Quality Improve-

ment project is provided through a grant from the Iowa Depart-ment of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Van Zante was one of eight watershed demonstra-tion projects selected to receive $4.1 million in funding through the Iowa water quality initiative. For more information about the kickoff meeting, contact Water-shed Coordinator Terry McNeely at (641) 842-5314.

The Water Quality Initiative was established in 2013 to begin implementation of the science and technology based measures detailed in the Nutrient Reduc-tion Strategy. The WQI takes a multifaceted approach to acceler-ate the awareness and adoption of the practices highlighted in the NRS. Learn more at CleanWate-rIowa.org.

JCSCC to host monthly potluck

The Jasper County Senior Citizens Center and Golden Agers Club will host a monthly potluck beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the center, 702 E. Third St. S.

Bring a covered dish or drop a donation in the basket.

Attendees should bring their own place settings. Entertainment, the monthly meet-ing and bingo will follow the potluck.

Newton Downtown SSMID Board to meet

The Newton Downtown SSMID Board will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Newton Public Works, 1700 N. Fourth Ave. W.

Agenda items include new business, a Main Street update, downtown care, old business and an update of county numbers for district budget issues FY13-14.

Grace Church to present Financial Peace University

Grace Church, 1620 N. 11th Ave. E. in Newton, will offer Dave Ramseys Financial Peace University beginning this week.

The classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The nine-week course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain con-trol of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success. The course meets once a week for a different lesson taught by Ramsey on DVD followed by a small-group discussion. Lessons include budgeting, rela-tionships and money, getting out of debt, sav-ing for emergencies and investing.

Since its inception in 1994, FPU has helped more than 1.5 million families change their financial future. Through common-sense principles and small-group account-ability, FPU gives people the tools they need to change their behavior and succeed finan-cially. On average families who complete FPU pay off $5,300 and save $2,700 in the first 90 days. Following the class nearly 94 percent of those families budget regularly.

FPU will not only transform the way you handle money, but also your marriage and other areas of your life, Ramsey said. This isnt a boring financial class. We make learn-ing about money fun and easy to understand so people in every situation can benefit from the information.

Ramsey knows first-hand the pain that fi-nancial stress can cause. After creating a net worth of more than a million dollars by age 26, he quickly lost it all. Since then Ramsey has helped families and individuals across the country learn how to get control of their fi-nances and avoid debt so they dont have to experience the same pain he did.

Contact Frank Buckley at (641)792-1793 for more information or to register.

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Airman Helle graduates from basic military training

Special to the Daily News

Air Force Airman Taylor K. Helle graduated from basic mili-tary training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Helle is the daughter of Patrick Helle of Waukee and Terri Reinholdt of Monroe. She is a 2013 graduate of Waukee High School.

Search is on for Iowas Outstanding Senior VolunteerSpecial to the Daily News

Every day, Iowa se-nior volunteers gener-ously give their time and service to help oth-ers. Now Iowa residents have a chance to give back by nominating a deserving older adult for his or her outstand-ing service through the Salute to Senior Service program.

Sponsored by Home Instead Inc., the fran-chisor of the Home In-stead Senior Care net-work, Salute to Senior Service recognizes the invaluable contribu-tions of adults age 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month

of volunteer service to their favorite causes.

Seniors have so much to give and make a positive impact on our communities daily, said Jonna Wisnieski, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serv-ing Marshall, Jasper, Poweshiek, Marion and Mahaska counties. Se-nior volunteerism not only benefits others, but also helps seniors stay active and socially en-gaged in their commu-nities important ele-ments of healthy aging.

Members of the community are asked to nominate and vote for these everyday heroes between Jan. 15 and

March 1 at SalutetoSe-niorService.com. State winners will be deter-mined by popular vote. A panel of senior care experts will then select a national Salute to Senior Service winner from among the state honorees.

Home Instead Inc. will donate $500 to each of the state win-ners designated and approved nonprofit or-ganizations, and their personal stories will be shared online on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame. In ad-dition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winners designated and approved nonprofit

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submit an online nomi-nation form for a senior age 65 or older who volunteers at least 15 hours a month, and to view the contests of-ficial rules, visit Salu-tetoSeniorService.com. Completed nomination forms can alternatively be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005.

For more informa-tion about Salute to Senior Service or the Home Instead Senior Care networks services, call Home Instead Se-nior Care at (641) 792-1800.

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ObituariesJohn W. CleverleyFeb. 8, 2014

John W. Cleverley, 87, of rural Mingo died on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at his home.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tues-day, Feb. 11, 2014, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at the funeral home. Memorials to the Is-rael House Hospice or the Mingo Methodist Church may be left at the funeral home.

John, the son of Or-ville W. and Zola A. (Trout) Cleverley, was born on June 11, 1926, in rural Collins, Iowa. He graduated from Min-go High School in 1944. John was united in marriage with Ione K. Uitermark on May 3, 1985, in Elk Point, S.D. John was a lifelong

farmer, farming for 65 years in rural Mingo, retiring in 1997. He was a member of the Mingo Methodist Church and served on the Mingo School Board. John en-joyed fishing, gardening, and playing cards. He was a devoted St. Lou-is Cardinals and Iowa Hawkeye fan. John was a loving husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa and friend.

John is survived by his wife, Ione of rural Mingo; children, Larry D. Cleverley (Beth Jae-ger) of Mingo and El-len P. (Rick) Rhoads of Collins; daughter-in-

law, Margaret Clever-ley (Randy Holdren) of Maxwell; his grand-children, William (Sta-cey) Cleverley of Slater, Lori ( Jason) Navarro of Waukesha, Wis., Kyle (Tracy) Rhoads of Cam-bridge, Kent (Angie) Rhoads of North Pole, Alaska, and Kari ( Jus-tin) Smith of Baxter; great-grandchildren, Ryan Cleverley, Karsen Cleverley, Kaitlin Na-varro, Charlie Rhoads, Derrick Rhoads, Hal-ey Rhoads, Brooklyn Rhoads, Brady Rhoads, Michael Hermenitt, Ni-cole Hermenitt, Carter Smith, and Cooper Smith; his step-children, Renee Dukeshire (Greg Wilson) of Zionsville, Ind., and Eric (Shelli) Eatwell of Collins; and s t ep-g r andch i ld ren , Matthew Dukeshire, Nathanael Dukeshire, and Lauren Dukeshire.

He is preceded in death by his parents and a son, John W. Clever-ley.

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Abel Andrade, 53, of Marshall-town was charged with operating while intoxicated, second offense, after authorities were dispatched at 5:52 a.m. Wednesday to North 19th Avenue East and Northeast Beltline Road. One of the drivers, Andrade, smelled of alcohol. A breath test in-dicated a BAC of .254. She was trans-ported to the Jasper County Jail.

Rosa M. Malone, 20, of Newton was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after authorities were dispatched 7:04 p.m. Jan. 28 to sev-eral locations in Newton to search for a runaway. The runaway was located at 1425 N. 11th Ave. E. #4. Prior to knocking on the door, an officer over-heard the occupants talking about smoking marijuana. After entering the residence the tenant, Malone, al-lowed a search of her bedroom. She admitted to having a marijuana pipe in her dresser. She was charged and released to appear in court.

Joseph K. Reusswig, 36, of New-ton was charged with first-degree burglary in connection with an inci-dent that occurred at approximately 3:50 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 400 block of West Fifth Street South in Newton. Reusswig was charged for allegedly arriving at the victims residence with a hammer, us-ing the hammer to break out a patio window, entering the home, chas-ing the victim while armed with the hammer and eventually grabbing the victim by the hair and throwing her to the ground, causing visible physi-cal injuries to her arms and legs. The victim was able to exit the residence and contact police. Reusswig also allegedly destroyed property in the residence. Damage was estimated at $200 to glass on the rear entry door, $1,200 to a flat-screen TV and $800 to the patio door glass. He also was wanted on a warrant for probation violation on an original charge of as-sault causing injury. Reusswig was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

Sharry R. Roush, 47, of Newton was charged with driving while license revoked after authorities stopped her at 8:37 p.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of East 11th Street North for driving with expired license plates. She was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

Melody S. Ryther, 52, of New-ton was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief after authorities were dispatched to a residence in the 800 block of North Second Avenue East in response to a criminal mis-chief complaint. The victim reported Ryther had damaged two doors to the house, causing an estimated $500 damage. She was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

Nancy M. Straight, 43, of Newton was cited with failure to maintain con-trol after traveling south at 8:11 p.m. Wednesday on East 10th Street South and striking a parked vehicle owned by Tyson R. Edwards of Newton. The roadway was snow-covered at the time of the accident. No one was injured, and damage was estimated at $3,000 to Straights vehicle and $1,000 to Edwards vehicle.

Cody D. Thomas, 44, of Newton was charged with public intoxication

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Steven D. PetroFeb. 6, 2014

Steven D. Petro, 38, of Newton died on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the funeral home.

Alfred L. JensenFeb. 8, 2014

Alfred L. Jensen, 76, of Newton died on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.

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BirthsAshton Joseph Dean

Jan. 31, 2014

Kaci Kent and Jeff Dean of Newton announce the birth of their son, Ash-ton Joseph Dean, on Jan. 31, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center.

He has two siblings, Traen, 8, and

Skyler, 5.Grandparents are Joe and Renee

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RaeLee La-Jean DolezalJan. 23, 2014

Chad and Amber Dolezal of Newton announce the birth of their daughter, RaeLee La-Jean Dolezal, born Jan. 23, 2014, at Pella Region-

al Health Center in Pella. RaeLee weighed 8 pounds, 5.8 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Also welcoming her home is a brother, Lucas John, 212.

Grandparents are Dennis and BeLin-da Thomas of Newton and Richard and Nancy Dolezal of Lester Prairie, Minn.

Javier De Guadalupe Cante

Feb. 3, 2014

Jos and Tisha Cante of Newton announce the birth of their son, Javier De Guadalupe Cante, on Feb. 3, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

He has three siblings, Jsus Cante,

5, of Newton; Edurado Trejo Chavez, 15, of Mexico; and Adolfo Trejo Chavez, 13, of Mexico.

Grandparents are Bernardino Car-pio Sr. of Des Moines and Teofila Cante Luna and Cruz Trejo Garcia, both of Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Great-grandparents are Jane Bon-nett of Bussey and Arthur Wells and Vicki Wells, both of St. Anthony.

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4AOpinion

We are a nation of laws. All were created because someone, at some time, identified a problem, and the solution was to develop a means by which that problem would be lessened or eliminated. Ev-eryone knows there is no law that is not bro-ken. Yet to do so, and be proven guilty of the vio-lation, obviously results in consequences.

All political subdivisions, being the municipal, county, state and federal expect the citizenry to obey the law. Conversely, our citizens expect the various levels of government also obey the law. Little else causes such an-ger within the electorate than seeing elected officials in their official capac-ity fail to obey the law they themselves created. Once again, that is soon to occur in your state legislature. And, the sad thing is, few seem to care!

At issue is the state law that re-quires the legislature to set allowable growth for public schools within 30 consecutive days of when the legisla-ture convenes. This law was created to provide our public school district offi-cials with the knowledge of what they could expect in state aid 18 months in advance, or in this case, the 2015-16 school year.

Iowa currently ranks 37th nation-ally in per-pupil spending, which is approximately $1,500 less than the national average. The bill we debat-ed and passed in the Senate proposes to increase state aid to schools by six percent. Even that seemingly high percentage would only bring Iowa approximately $382 closer to the na-tional average. The increase would re-sult in state-aid per student at $6,748. Our bill also included the state pick-ing up the $26.3 million in state aid to replace the local property taxes re-quired under the school aid founda-tion formula.

The price tag for this increase to Iowas school districts is $222 mil-lion. Yet, during debate, we were advised by the minority that such an increase to our school districts was unsustainable, unsound and unwise. Our argument was the absolute reality that with last years education reform bill, which Governor Branstad sup-ported and is now the law, a funding boost was essential. These financial resources are needed for the schools to achieve their mission of enhanc-ing the means by which students can move closer to achieving educational success. The funding would supple-ment the current per-student aid to be used by the school boards across Iowa for infrastructure, operations, mainte-nance, transportation, educators, ad-ministration, books and supplies. An-nual school aid increases are essential to meet the districts needs.

It is beyond me as to why public school education always appears to be a partisan issue, with every Republican Senator voting against the bill. Yet, one only needs to check the voting re-cords of past years to see this to be the case. Even though the House has un-til February 13 to take up the bill, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives has closed the door, and is strongly opposed to consider the Senate Democrats spending plans for Iowas public schools.

During the session, call me at (515) 281-3371; write me at the Senate, Capitol Bldg., Des Moines, 50319; or e-mail dennis.black@legis.iowa.gov I value your thoughts and opinions.

You wont find any computers in Arnie DeJaynes shop in New Lon-don. Hes a nuts-and-bolts man. Hes also nine- t y years young and has just applied for his tenth patent. Yep.

What is he patent-ing? Well, for lack of a better name, he calls it d o m i n o e s . However, these are not ordinary dominoes.

Arnie DeJaynes dominoes are ta-pered, and heavier on one end. He built his own mold and molds these hybrid dominoes so that, when set up and tripped, they will climb hills and travel around banked curves.

Normal dominoes require a flat surface. He has built a table-top display with thousands of these dominoes set up that blast caps, shoot canons, pop balloons, and play God Bless America. You gotta see it!

He describes it as kinematic en-ergy, and hopes to sell his invention to a toy manufacturer.

The patent that he is most fa-mous for, however, is a ribbon split-ter. You know these real pretty bows that are used to wrap presents? Ar-nie DeJaynes built the first ribbon splitter that slices bows so that the real fancy bow designs can be made.

In Southeast Iowa, the name De-Jaynes is best known because Arnie and his brother, Paul, owned and operated DeJaynes Jewelers in Mt.

Pleasant. Arnie came up with the rib-

bon splitter because of the need for pretty ribbons and bows in the gift wrapping department of the jewelry store. The ribbon splitter became so popular that Arnie left the jewelry business and made ribbons splitters that were sold worldwide. A third popular patent was the hand loom a hand-held loom that uses strips of material rather than yarn.

In Arnie Dejanyes shop in New London are all kinds of machines, gadgets, projects in various stages of completion, and gizmos that chal-lenge the imagination. He restores, and taught himself how to play, old violins.

He is building his own violin. He has a Russian, three stringed, Bala-laikas (remember the haunting tune in Dr. Zhivago?). He is a true American inventor/entrepreneur and tinkerer.

How did he come by all this tal-ent? It started in high school in Burlington. Young Arnie DeJaynes took all the shop classes that were offered. Because of his training, when World War II broke out, the US Navy made Arnie DeJaynes an optics technician, repairing optical instruments such as range finders, binoculars, and sextants.

On the repair ship that he was aboard in the South Pacific, there was also a clock-repair shop. The Navy had been drafting civilian watch makers, and there were two of these watch makers on board.

Arnie befriended one and asked him to teach him watch repair. When one of the watch makers transferred out, Arnie requested

that he be given the job. The chief took a chance and agreed.

After the war, the chief asked Ar-nie to join him in his watch-repair business in Kansas City. Arnie did his apprenticeship there. The rest is history.

Its not only gadgets, patents, and inventions that Arnie DeJanes is involved in. He is also extremely active in the community. He was one of the original organizers of the Honor Tour similar to the Jasper County Freedom Flights.

Arnie faithfully goes to his shop everyday, DeJaynes Mfg & Dist. During recent snows, he no-ticed that, characteristic of small-town friendliness, someone had been clearing off his parking lot.

A coffee klatch, which includes his brother, Paul, and the town may-or, meets at the shop every weekday at 10 a.m. They solve world prob-lems and query Arnie as to his latest project, then skedaddle fast lest they be put to work.

Arnie DeJaynes would like to hit it big with one of his inventions, like an Edison or Ford. But really, he already has. From his home on the south side of New London, he occasionally spies a mountain lion on the edge of the timber.

With his wife, Margaret, they eat dinner in the privacy of their din-ing room and occasionally see the huge cat. Who else can claim such a sight?

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By Sue Atkinson, Ph.D.College Educator

The 20-percent decline in the middle class in Iowa is primarily caused by a 50-year decline in Iowa student achievement and related job skills that are necessary to fill Iowa jobs requiring higher critical think-ing and problem-solving skills than Iowa K-12 public schools can ac-complish.

Work force skills and their cost are the primary driving forces for employers. The Iowa Business Council released an economic re-port January 27 showing the states overall economic competitiveness requires an increase in skilled work-ers. Higher-paying jobs are going unfilled due to a lack of workers with skill levels to fill them.

Iowa ranks 33rd in states with people holding degrees beyond high school. This low rank is a reflection of Iowa being unable to raise stu-dent achievement above the 41st national percentile (when the 65th national percentile would be grade level). Global standards are higher than U.S. standards.

Iowa students graduate, on aver-age, about two years behind grade level, and have been doing so since foundational concepts were re-moved from the curriculum and teacher training programs at least fifty years ago, making them unpre-pared for higher education as well as higher-paying employment. With 82 percent of the public schools in the country graduating students be-hind grade level, shouldnt the argu-ment be made that public schools carry a large share of the burden for the disappearance of the middle

class?Concepts began being removed

from the curriculum and teacher training programs after the 1954 Brown vs Board of education de-cision required school integration. After Congress ended decades of the severe immigration quotas in 1965, immigration numbers more than quadrupled in the first five years and continued rising, so a movement across the country cre-ated Special Education in 1972, allowing schools to label students with low test scores in order to avoid counting those low scores in the calculation of average.

No proper assessment was done on the impact of the lack of foun-dational concepts in the curriculum, nor in teaching methods, to learn why the numbers of students were experiencing difficulties. Foun-dational concepts are universal, so once a student figures out how to relate a concept to his life, it is pos-sible for them to apply it to other areas.

The U. S. education system con-tinues to write reports about gaps in achievement among various de-mographic groups but absolutely fails to do a proper assessment of the contribution of a lack of foun-dational concepts and the prejudice instilled in the teacher training pro-grams toward those groups. Ac-cording to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and De-velopment, which writes the PISA exams, where you go to school is more of a determining factor than poverty.

Research shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds in some countries out-perform the

wealthiest children in other nations in math. Further research into the math skills of the most deprived ten percent of pupils found those in big-spending Britain (for example) were not keeping pace with high-performing areas such as South Ko-rea, Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong in China.

The same is true in the U.S. All of the countries out-educating us by having foundational concepts in their curriculum and teachers trained to effectively teach them do not experience these gaps in achievement. On the 2013 PISA exams, U.S. students slid in global rankings on reading, math, and sci-ence.

Iowa was the last state resist-ing for eight years to finally adopt standards, and only last year ap-proved an embarrassing curriculum dumbed down from the national one that was at least a move toward international standards. Accord-ing to the OECD, the U.S. spends more than other developed nations on education but does not get the same results.

In addition, both new and experi-enced teachers in the U.S. out-earn most of their counterparts around the globe. This clearly means that public schools in the U.S. have no idea how to improve student achievement up to global standards while spending less per student.

This does not bode well for the future of the middle class, nor for Iowa (where Democrats in the Iowa Legislature believe more spending is needed for education and educa-tion already accounts for more than 50 percent of the General Fund budget).

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in is just the opportunity to meet Minion the dog, who serves as the stores unofficial mas-cot and rarely leaves Lauries side. A Face-book page and website are also in the works.

Relics prime location on the square was one of the biggest factors for the Nelsons to open the business. They are also hoping to fill the void left behind for local antiquers when Pap-pys Antique Mall closed down in December. With an expected opening date of Feb. 17, Laurie has been working tirelessly to get things in order, but has no regrets about opening her own store.

(Interacting with) the people and not hav-ing to work for someone. Its something that I have created and its mine. And the only boss I have to answer to is Jerry, she said jokingly.

Once the doors open, operating hours for Relics will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday to Friday. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. Relics may be con-tacted at (641) 787-0353.

Staff writer Ty Rushing may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 426, or at trushing@newtondailynews.com.

RelicsContinued from Page 1A

Former staff writer Mike Mendenhall received the Har-rison Skip Weber Award for Investigative Reporting for his reporting on the resignation of former Jasper County Sheriff s Lt. Eric Nation. The judges re-flected on Mendenhalls solid reporting that uncovered details of an employment investigation that otherwise would have been buried in records.

The details were clearly stat-ed and the publics interest was served by shining light on what made an important law enforce-ment officer leave the profession, they said.

Of the other nine awards pre-sented Friday evening, the Daily News won a third-place award for its opinion page. The judges not-ed there was a lot to like about the pages.

The staff won an award for Coverage of Business, taking third place. The judges com-mented on the staff s consistent commitment to business news, saying no story is too big or too small to cover.

The Daily News also won an award for its website, taking sec-ond place. The judges noted the multi-platform approach with web, tablet and mobile versions,

saying it was easy to navigate and contained lot of informative content.

Staff writer Matthew Nosco and former staff writer Dave Hon received a third-place award for a Called to Serve video they produced about Dave Mast. The judges reflected on the natu-ral appeal of the video, saying it brought the viewer closer to the story.

Staff writer Kate Malott re-ceived a third-place award for her two-part sports feature about longtime Newton Senior High School football coach John Jen-kins. The judges called it a great tribute to a great man.

Editor Bob Eschliman re-ceived a second-place Excellence in Editorial Writing award for a set of three Daily News editorials we authored on behalf of the Edi-torial Board. The judges said they were well thought out, and said they appreciated the newspapers open letter to ESPN following the national anthem issue at last years Iowa Corn Indy 250.

Former staff writer Dave Hon received a first-place Master Col-umnist award for a set of three columns he authored while at the Daily News. The judges did not comment on the selection, but his columns beat out those of Doug-las Burns of the Carroll Daily Times Herald and Brooks Taylor of the Mount Pleasant News.

Both members of the Daily News sports team received Best Sports Columnist awards. Sports editor Jocelyn Sheets took second place, while sports writer Dustin Turner took third.

The judges said Sheets col-umns were easy to read and infor-mative and it was just plain fun to follow her. Of Turners col-umns, they said he selected good subjects and covered a variety of topics.

Two other Jasper County newspapers won awards during the contest in their respective cir-culation classes.

Sports writer Dustin Turner won a first-place Best Sports Sto-ry award on behalf of the Daily News sister paper, the Jasper County Tribune. The Tribune was among 31 Weekly Class 2 newspapers to win an award this year.

Another Weekly Class 2 paper in Jasper County, the Hometown Press in Sully, won five awards this year. It received a first-place award for its sports section, a first-place award for an adver-tisement in the community event promotion category, a second-place award for its feature page, a second-place award for an ad-vertisement in the miscellaneous category and a third-place award for an advertisement in the gro-cery, food or entertainment cat-egory.

AwardsContinued from Page 1A

Jasper County Treasurer Doug Bishop will submit a transfer order to the board. If approved,

transfer order 1321 would move $44,832.43 into accounts supporting Mariposa Park, the Chichaqua Bike Trail and nuisance/zoning funds.

Staff writer Ty Rushing may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 426, or at trushing@newtondailynews.com.

SupervisorsContinued from Page 1A

after authorities responded to a complaint of an intoxicated per-son at 8:56 a.m. Thursday at Napa Auto Parts. The suspect, identi-fied as Thomas, was located in the Hy-Vee Parking lot. Thomas was transported to Skiff Medical Center and appeared to be under the influence of methamphet-amine. He was then transported to the Jasper County Jail.

Patrick H. Veber, 62, of

Newton was cited with failure to maintain control after authori-ties responded to a two-vehicle accident at 12:22 p.m. Tuesday on First Avenue East. Veber was traveling east when he struck the rear of a vehicle ahead of him driven by Shelby D. Elscott, 22, of Newton. Road conditions were slick and partially ice- and snow-covered. Damage was estimated at $100 to each vehicle.

Roy J. Wagner, 30, of New-ton was charged with public in-toxication after authorities were dispatched at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday

to 300 E. 12th St. N. in reference to a suicidal male with knives. Upon arrival, officers observed Wagner running away. He was located and smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot and water eyes and slurred speech. A blood test at Skiff Medical Center indicated a BAC higher than .08. He was charged and transported to the Jasper County Jail.

A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

BlotterContinued from Page 3A

Two sisters of Iowa state rep found dead in Pa. homePITTSBURGH (AP) Two

sisters of an Iowa state representa-tive have been found dead of gun-shot wounds to the head in the Pittsburgh home they shared, and police are investigating the case as a double homicide.

The bodies of 44-year-old Su-san Wolfe and 38-year-old Sarah Wolfe were found Friday afternoon in their basement after they didnt show up for work, authorities said. Police found Sarah Wolfes car around 1:15 a.m. Saturday parked nearly a mile away.

Sarah Wolfe was a psychiatrist for Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and Susan Wolfe was a teachers aide at Hillel Academy in

Pittsburghs Squirrel Hill neighbor-hood.

A sister, Mary Wolfe, is an Iowa Democratic state representative who lives in Clinton. Her website says she is the oldest of eight chil-dren, six girls and two boys.

Pittsburgh police Lt. Daniel Herrmann said they dont have a motive for the killings, and there were no signs of forced entry. Fam-ily members, most of whom live in Iowa, said theyre still trying to fig-ure out what happened.

The Allegheny County medical examiners office said both women died of single gunshot wounds to the head. Herrmann said police are asking the public for information

about anything that may have been seen or heard Thursday between the hours of 5 and 9 p.m. near the sis-ters home or near where their car was discovered.

On her Facebook page Saturday night, Rep. Wolfe thanked friends, neighbors and colleagues for their support.

We are so grateful, she wrote. Heartbroken, but grateful.

Dr. Claudia M. Roth, CEO of Western Psychiatric, said in a state-ment that she mourned the loss of both lives and said Sarah was known as a very compassionate, warm, caring and bright physician who was praised by patients, fami-lies, staff and colleagues.

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DEAR ABBY: My 38-year-old son is mentally ill and refuses medication, coun-seling or any type of help. Im 63, and he physically and mentally abuses me. I had him committed, but he refused to cooper-ate, so they released him after two weeks. Life after that became worse.

I have no time to myself except when I sleep or take a nap. Family and friends are not allowed in the house because they make him uncomfortable. I cant even open the blinds to let the sun in because people are watching him.

I know he needs help desperately, but I dont know where else to turn. My fam-ily tells me to have him committed and not let him back home. I feel guilty about sending him out of my home because Im afraid of what he might do or what could happen to him.

I go for counseling once a month, and I have discussed this with my therapist, who says the same thing as my family: Commit him and throw away the key! I am so torn! I suffer from depression and this lifestyle does not help.

Im planning to move to another state where I have family, and I dont know what to do with him. I feel like Im trad-ing one cell for another. Any sugges-tions would be appreciated. LOYAL READER IN NEW YORK

DEAR LOYAL READER: Listen to your therapist. If your son is institu-tionalized, he will be in a safe environ-ment. The alternative could be that he would become one of the multitude of mentally ill individuals who are living on the street.

If your son is medicated, he might be able to live in a group home where he could be sheltered and taken care of. With medication he might be able to have more of a life than you have provided.

You may feel guilty, but you are not responsible for your sons mental illness. It is very important that you are successfully treated for your depression before mak-ing the decision to move. Your depression may have been caused because you have become the prisoner of your sons hallu-cinations.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I

have been together for 2 1/2 years, liv-ing together for two. He says Valentines Day is a made-up holiday to get people to spend money. I told him every holiday is geared toward people spending money.

I find myself feeling angry and hurt that Im not receiving anything for Valen-tines Day. He never buys cards or flow-ers for me. How do I communicate to him that this is important to me without making things worse? CRAVING A LITTLE ROMANCE

DEAR CRAVING: Your boyfriend may be cheap, but he also has a point. According to a report on npr.org, the celebration of Valentines Day started in ancient Rome and contains elements of both Christian and pre-Christian re-ligions. In the third century A.D., two men named Valentine were executed by the emperor Claudius II in different years on Feb. 14, and a few hundred years later, a pope (Gelasius I) combined St. Valen-tines Day with Lupercalia a fertility feast to replace the pagan ritual. (Re-search this online if you wish, because I found it fascinating.) The holiday didnt become romanticized until the Renais-sance.

That said, allow me to point out that there are few things more unpleas-ant than feeling forced to give someone a gift. If you have already discussed this with your boyfriend and hes still resistant, then instead of focusing on what youre NOT getting out of this relationship, try focusing on what you ARE getting. It may help you to feel less deprived.

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Kate Malott/Daily NewsLeft: Brandon Pender plays with performer Super Chickan at the Art for the Animals event on Thursday night at the Centre for Arts & Artists. The blues musician presented a program about the history of blues and sang Mississippi Delta Blues. Along with the performance, attendees enjoyed a pasta feed.

Above: Elementary students, Zach Smith (left) and Brett Bus-well (right) donated small sculptures they made that were sold for a donation of any amount during the event to raise money for the Jasper County Animal Rescue League. From blues, pasta and art, the center event raised $900 for JCARL.

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The Jasper County League of Women Voters will host a Legislative Coffee with the elected officials representing Jasper County in the state legislature at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in the Club Room of the Newton Hy-Vee. The coffee will open with remarks by the Jasper County legisla-tors addressing events and priorities in the current legisla-tive session. Their remarks will be followed by a question and dialogue period. Citizens are encouraged to attend and participate.

Representatives Greg Heartsill and Dan Kelley and Senator Dennis Black have indicated that they plan to at-tend. Senator Amy Sinclair has a prior commitment and will be unable to attend.

HyVee is located at 1501 1st Ave. E. in Newton and the Club Room is found inside the store on the west side.

Iowa unemployment rate drops to 4.2 percent in December

DES MOINES Iowas seasonally adjusted unem-ployment rate fell to a post-recession low of 4.2 percent in December from a revised November rate of 4.3 percent.

The comparable rate for December 2012 was 5.0 per-cent. The U.S. unemployment rate for December dropped to 6.7 percent from 7.0 percent in November, as more peo-ple left the labor force.

In contrast to the national trend, Iowa made consider-able progress toward expanding its labor force in 2013, said Teresa Wahlert, director of Iowa Workforce Devel-opment. The states labor force grew in response to the increase in total employment, which surpassed 1.6 million in December.

The statewide pool of unemployed persons dropped to 70,200 in December, its lowest level for the year. The De-cember estimate was down from 72,100 in November and 81,700 one year ago.

The total number of working Iowans increased to 1,602,300 in December from 1,593,300 in November. The current figure is 53,400 higher than one year ago.

Total nonfarm employment shed 2,400 jobs in Decem-ber, lowering the monthly total to 1,528,500. This loss is only the fourth during the calendar year, and primarily due to larger-than-expected declines in seasonal industries. Government added 500 jobs in local government, yet the public sector posted a loss of 1,700 jobs since last Decem-ber. Alternatively, private industries lost 2,900 jobs this month, but remain up 14,500 jobs from last years level.

Trade and transportation led all super sectors this month with a gain of 2,200 jobs. The increase was fueled by growth in wholesale (+2,200) and retail trade (+1,400). This months gain is good news for Iowas retail and whole-sale trade industries, which cumulatively had reported losses in each of the last four months. However, the gain in these industries was partially offset by declines in trans-portation and warehousing (-1,400). Manufacturing in-creased by 1,000 jobs in December, which was reflected in both nondurable (+600) and durable goods (+400) facto-ries. Job losses this month were widespread, and concen-trated in seasonal industries. Leisure and hospitality lost the largest number of jobs (-2,600), followed by construc-tion (-1,900). Financial activities decreased by 800 jobs, marking the fifth loss in the last six months. This recent weakness is in stark contrast to the expansion that occurred from January 2012 through June 2013, when jobs were pared only once. Despite the year-end declines, finance remains up 700 jobs from the same month one year ago.

Trade and transportation led all super sectors (+5,000) due to higher-than-expected gains in wholesale and retail trade. Professional and business services followed closely (+4,900), and education and health services ranked in third place (+3,200). Manufacturing lost some of its momentum during the second half of 2013, but still advanced by 2,900 jobs over the year. Only three of the private sectors were down from last year: other services (-1,300), leisure and hospitality (-1,100) and information (-1,000).

Beckham to discuss effort to bring team to MiamiMIAMI (AP) David Beckham will take part in a news conference Wednesday to dis-

cuss his progress in trying to bring a Major League Soccer expansion team to Miami.MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also

will attend the session, which was announced Monday. The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta.

Expansion in Miami is contingent on securing a financing plan and location for a new sta-dium. Beckham has scouted possible sites and is seeking investors to assist with startup costs such as stadium construction and player acquisitions.

Among those who might become involved is Beckhams friend LeBron James, who has had recent conversations with the retired soccer star about bringing a team to Miami.

Its looking very promising, James said Monday. Hopefully they can go in the right direction as we all planned. Its a great place for soccer.

MLSs Miami Fusion played in Fort Lauderdale from 1998-01 before folding because of poor attendance.

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Submitted PhotoLast year, a crowd filled downtown Newton during the annual Thanks with Franks community event. Thanks with Franks won the Key award at the Chamber Annual Dinner.

YPJC looking to gain momentum coming off an award-winning year

The Young Profession-als of Jasper County will be focusing on gaining momen-tum from last years award-winning year. YPJC was the winner of the Key Award for best community event with Thanks with Franks. The group is under new leadership with Kristin Titus being elected as president of the YPJC during Decem-bers meeting. Titus hopes to bring a freshness to the group.

It was a great moment to have going into the new year, and were just trying to get things squared away for just a great year, Titus said. We still have Rob Khan and Amanda Price [last years president and vice presi-dent] a part of the group, which will help. I feel like I can bring a fresh start to the group to get people renewed and motivated.

A big goal of the YPJC is expansion in membership and making their current events bigger.

We want to partner with surrounding communities to

create a more likable envi-ronment for younger folks, Titus said. We plan on do-ing the events we did last year and looking how we can make those events bigger.

The City of Newton has proposed many initiatives and goals to increase the population of young families and young professionals in the community.

We want to help the community out even more as young professionals by looking at ways to get more events to be put on by the Young Professionals. Maybe even in partnership with other organizations, Titus said.

Titus, along with other board members and past members, focused on recruit-ment for filling committees this year.

We sent many emails out asking who wanted to be the chair or co-chair of committees, finding out who wasinterested in filling these positions by how involved they were with the group and how long they have been with the group, Titus said. At the January meeting, we went through the tasks of the

committees and set up our-chair and co-chairs. I think all of our committees are very strong this year.

The group is made up of many young professionals who are newlyweds or have families with young chil-dren, which causes a time crunch when planning after-hour events to recruit more members who are unable to attend during the day meet-ings. The group plans on implementing strategies to make recruiting young pro-fessional singles and couples a priority.

We have a couple of plans we want to present to a couple different groups and organizations within the community to tell them more about Young Professionals, Titus said. The commit-tees are more structured than what we have had in the past. Those committees can meet to discuss ways to implement more social events.

Newton Manufacturing will be hosting the February Young Professionals of Jas-per County meeting on Fri-day at noon.

Bring your lunch and see what were about, Titus said.

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Newton boys qualify in seven events for state swim

Webb is district 200 IM champ

PLEASANT HILL New-ton Cardinal swimmers and others were churning and burning up the waters Saturday in an IHSAA dis-trict swim meet at Southeast Polk High School. As cold as it was outside, the pool water was hot and fast inside.

The Cardinals had a great day in the water, according to their coach, Dave Hook. They had one district champion, quali-fi ed for state in seven events, set two school records and everybody who competed lowered times in events, Hook said.

Sophomore Isaak Webb went into Saturdays competition with two goals in mind for his 200-yard individual medley race. Mission accomplished.

Webb posted the fastest time in the pool in the event, claim-ing Newtons only district cham-pionship of the 2014 meet. Webb broke the 2-minute barrier and in

doing so, he shattered the Newton school mark that had stood since 1982.

It felt really good as I was swimming the race, Webb said of his winning 1 minute, 59.76 second time. It feels great to be a district champion. When I looked up at the board to see the times then saw Coach (Hook), it was awesome to meet those goals.

Webb had been close to the school mark of 2:02.18 set by Jeff Schnoebelen in 1982. Webbs pre-vious best this season was 2:02.43.

What a fantastic meet for our team. We had unbelievable time drops across the board for the team, Hook said. We had great effort in every race by our guys. To take fourth place in this district is awesome.

West Des Moines Valley High edged out Ankeny, 262-261, for the district team championship. Council Bluffs Lewis Central was third, followed by Newton with 167 points.

Sophomore Austin Bunker, the

only member of the Newton team who qualifi ed for state a year ago, is going back to the state swim meet in four events. Bunker, Webb and junior Jake Lensing are on two relays and have two individual events to swim at the state meet in Marshalltown this coming Sat-urday.

Man, this is great to get to go back to state and not with just re-lays. Weve got guys going in indi-vidual events, Bunker said.

Senior Josh Bailey qualifi ed as a member of the the 200-yard medley and the 400-yard freestyle relays. Bailey, Bunker, Webb and Lensing combined to qualify for state in taking fourth in the fi nal event of day the 400 freestyle relay in 3:30.16.

Webbs school record time came on the heels of Newtons fi rst school mark of the day. Webb combined with Lensing, Bun-ker and Bailey to lower their own

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Tigers edge Cardinal girls

NEWTON Two more regu-lar-season games remain for New-tons girls. One of those games is on the road and the other at home.

The Cardinals gave their home crowd plenty to cheer about Fri-day night, facing Class 4A 15th-ranked Grinnell. Clad in pink uniforms for Coaches vs. Cancer Night for NHS, the Cardinals pushed the Tigers to the brink.

Our girls played well. This was our best game defensively this sea-son and close to being the best a Newton team has played in our

three years here, Newton girls head coach Brandon Sharp said following the 48-44 loss to Grin-nell.

Nothing was settled until the fi nal buzzer.

Hannah Rhoads hit a free throw to put the Cardinals up 44-43 with 1:46 left. Newtons defense held and held. Rhoads even got a de-fensive rebound, but was called for traveling when she came down and went to the fl oor with 52 seconds remaining.

Grinnell still had the ball. With 25 seconds left in the game, Mad-eline Wilkins rang up a 3-pointer for the Tigers, putting them up 46-44. A 3-pointer by Rhoads was off at the other end and the Tigers

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Cardinals shoot past Tigers in LHC play

NEWTON Give Chan-dler Sturtz, Tyler Wood, Connor Gholson or a couple other New-ton players an open look from behind the three-point arc, pay the price.

Grinnells Tigers found that out the hard way Friday night. The Cardinals caught fi re from the outside, shooting 78.5 per-cent (11-of-14) from long range.

Sturtz drained 6-of-6 3-point-ers, three of which came in the fourth quarter, to guide the Car-

dinals to a 60-43 win over the vis-iting Tigers. Sturtz had a game-high 24 points. Wood nailed three 3-pointers on his way to 16 points.

We came into tonights game to prove we were a better team than what we showed Thursday at Dallas Center-Grimes, Wood said after the contest. We were embarrassed by our play. We wanted to prove we are a top team in the conference and no one should take us for granted.

The Cardinals handed Grin-nell its second loss in Little Hawkeye Conference play. New-ton improved to 7-5 in con-

ference action and 8-9 overall. Grinnell is 9-2 in the conference and 11-6 overall.

Our guys came ready to play tonight, Newton head coach Nick Wilkins said. Im not of-fering any excuses for Thursday

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsAt left, Newton senior Lizzie Stock (20) goes right to the basket for two points in the fi rst half of Friday nights home game against Grinnell.

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Area wrestlers advance

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Thirteen area wrestlers punched their tickets to Class 1A and Class 2A district tour-naments last Saturday. They fi nished fi rst or second in their respective weight classes at the sectional wrestling tourna-ments.

In Class 2A Sectional 14 at Albia, Prairie City-Monroes Mustangs qualifi ed six wres-tlers for the 2A district tourna-ment this coming Saturday at

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsTop, Isaak Webb of Newton celebrates a district championship in the 200-yard individual medley Sat-urday. Newtons 200-yard medley relay team of Webb, Jake Lensing, Josh Bailey and Austin Bunker took second at district. School records were set in both events and the Cardinals qualifi ed for the state meet.

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TodayHigh School Basketball

Oskaloosa at Newton 9th girls, 9th boys, JV boys, 6 p.m.Colfax-Mingo at Eddyville-Blakes-burg-Fremont, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.PCM girls at CMB, 7:30 p.m.Lynnville-Sully boys at Sigourney, 7:30 p.m.

TuesdayHigh School Basketball

Newton at Oskaloosa, girls 6:15 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.Colfax-Mingo boys at Gilbert, 7:30 p.m.CMB boys at Roland-Story, 7:30 p.m.PCM boys at Nevada, 7:30 p.m.Lynnville-Sully at Tri-County, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.Knoxville at Pella Christian, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

ThursdayHigh School Basketball

Newton 9th girls, 9th boys, JV boys at Pella, 4:45 p.m. Colfax-Mingo boys at Pleasant-ville, 7:30 p.m.CMB boys at Woodward-Granger, 7:30 p.m.

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

FridayHigh School Basketball

Pella at Newton, girls 6:15 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.PCM boys at CMB, 7:30 p.m.English Valleys boys at Lynnville-Sully, 7:30 p.m.Pella Christian at Grinnell, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

SaturdayHigh School WrestlingDistrict Tournaments

Class 3A at Newton, NoonClass 2A at Fairfi eld, NoonClass 1A at Pleasantville, Noon

Boys SwimmingNewton at state meet, Marshall-town, 12:30 p.m.

BowlingNewton at Little Hawkeye Confer-ence meet, Pella, 1 p.m.

High School BasketballGirls

Class 2A Region 6Colfax-Mingo at Pella Christian, 7 p.m.Ogden at Collins-Maxwell/Baxter, 7 p.m.

Class 3A Region 8Adel-DeSoto-Minburn at Prairie City-Monroe, 7 p.m.

NHS girls rally to go 13-0; boys have ups, downs on the lanes

NORWALK It took a comeback to keep New-tons girls undefeated, 13-0. The Cardinal bowling teams competed in a triangular meet hosted by Norwalk Saturday.

Newtons boys (7-6) had a better day on the lanes than last week, but came up short. Norwalk won 2,773, followed by Knoxville with 2,751. The Cardinals had a 2,442-pin score.

For the fi rst time all sea-son, the Cardinal girls trailed after the individual-game round. Knoxville was up by 52 pins on Newton with Norwalk in third place.

A junior trio led the Car-dinals in the individual-game round. Erica Bailey had the top individual score for Newton, 359, with games of 192 and 167. Courtney Tabor threw a 327 (150-177) and Melanie Stice bowled a 313 (158-157).

Sophomore Madison Humphrey had a 294 (136-158) and sophomore Mariah Gonzales tossed a 279 (136-143). Kirsten Young, a fresh-man, had a 248 (109-139).

It was all about who could show up and throw big scores in the Baker round, Newton bowling head coach Seth Banwell said. We lost the fi rst Baker game by 10 pins and were then down 62 pins.

Banwell said the Cardi-

nals stayed right with Knox-ville in the second and third Baker games. Newton had gone 169, 159 and 137 in the fi rst three Baker games.

We were still down 56 pins with two fi nal Baker games to go. The girls ral-lied together, got excited and pulled out all of the stops. They threw two huge games of 192 and 212 to beat the Knoxville Panthers by 43 pins, Banwell said.

Newtons big comeback in the Baker games, 869, pushed the Cardinals to a 2,441 pin total. Knoxville fi nished at

2,398 and Norwalk was third with 2,161.

Erica threw three powerful strikes in the fi nal 10th frame to seal the deal, Banwell said. It was an amazing come-from-behind victory to keep their perfect season alive.

Banwell said according Iowa Quikstats, the Newton girls have the best record in the state. He said he and as-sistant coach Brett Jacobs are extremely proud of the girls on a phenomenal regular sea-son.

Newtons boys struggled as they competed against

two tough teams in Knox-ville and Norwalk. Banwell said Knoxville and Norwalk had unbelievable scores dur-ing the individual games and it was hard for the Cardinals to bounce back and recover.

We faced over a 250-pin defi cit after the individual game, Banwell said. Sever-al of our bowlers threw some big games accompanied with some low scores.

Junior Payton Cox bowled a 361 (189-172) to lead the Cardinals. Freshman Nick VerSteeg threw a 357 with games of 133 and 224. Alex Bare, another junior, had a 327 (164-163) and junior Andrew Lammey had a 309 (119-190).

Sophomore Bryan Mc-Mahon had a 298 (170-128) and freshman Reid Miller threw a 297 (160-127). The boys Baker game scores were 148, 166, 147, 137, 192 for a 790 total.

Our boys can hold their heads up high for their sea-son. They did a tremendous job representing our school and community. I believe we have a great shot at qualify-ing for the state meet, but we need to work together and convert all of our single pin spares, Banwell said.

Newton bowls at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet in Pella this Saturday. The Cardinal teams host a Class 1A regional bowling tournament Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Cardinal Lanes.

Fairfi eld. The Mustangs placed third as a team.

Xavier Miller and Brandon Charls were sectional champions in the 113-pound and 220-pound classes. Finishing second were Chace Palm at 102, Tristan Clark at 126, Ron Marshall at 170 and Lucas Rains at 182.

At Brooklyn in Class 1A Sec-tional 3 competition, Lynnville-Sully had two sectional cham-pions and two second-place fi nishers while Collins-Maxwell/Baxter had a sectional champion and Colfax-Mingo had two sec-ond-place fi nishers.

Lynnville-Sully seniors Meliek Meyer and Caden Doll captured Class 1A sectional championships at 145 pounds and 160 pounds. Cole Nickell placed second at 113 as did Shannon Dunsbergen at 285 pounds.

Dawson Dahlke of CMB is the 1A sectional champion at 285 pounds.

Colfax-Mingo had Brett Ste-vens at 120 pounds and Jaeden Sokoloski at 145 pounds fi nishing second in their respective weight classes.

The Class 1A district tourna-ment is at Pleasantville this com-ing Saturday

Lynnville-Sully was third as a team. Colfax-Mingo was fi fth in the team standings and CMB placed sixth.

A more detailed account of the sectional tournaments will be in Tuesdays Daily News.

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SULLY It was not the way Lyn-nville-Sullys girls wanted to wind-up the home portion of their season. Lynnville-Sullys boys tightened up the South Iowa Cedar League stand-ings.

Class 1As fi fth-ranked Hawk girls dropped only their third game of the season, losing 45-35 to visiting B-G-Ms Bears of Brooklyn. The Hawks are 17-3 overall. They travel to Tri-County Tuesday to wrap up their reg-ular season.

They will have a chance to win again on their home court, hosting a second-round game in Class 1A Re-gion 5 on Feb. 18. The Hawk girls play the winner of Melcher-Dallas and Tri-County, a game set for Thurs-day.

Lynnville-Sullys boys powered past the Bear boys, 52-33, Friday night in South Iowa Cedar League play. The Hawk boys play Sigourney tonight and travel to Tri-County Tuesday night.

B-G-Ms girls pushed out in front of the Hawks, 14-6, by the end of the fi rst quarter. Lynnville-Sully trailed 24-20 at halftime. The Hawks out-scored the Bears 10-8 to close the

gap to two, 32-30, going in the fourth quarter.

B-G-M held Lynnville-Sully to fi ve points in the fi nal eight minutes. The Bears tacked on 13 points to win by 10.

B-G-M out played us tonight, they were more aggressive on defense and offense then us, L-S girls head coach Jerry Hulsing said. We had as many turnovers as points and you are not going to beat a good team. We need to learn from this and move for-ward.

Lysandra James topped the Hawk girls scoring list with 12 points and Cassie Cullen had 11. The Hawks shot 35 percent, 14-of-40, from the fi eld and sent 6-of-12 from the free-throw line.

James pulled down eight rebounds and dished out three assists. Becca Vos had fi ve of the teams 15 steals and made two assists. Lyndsay Terpstra was credited with four steals.

B-G-M was led by Courtney Hawkins with 20 points. Kayleen Beck had 10 points and six steals. Jolissa Kriegel added 10 points. The Bear girls shot 54 percent, 22-of-41, from the fi eld.

LYNNVILLE-SULLYS BOYSsteamrolled the visiting Bears, going

up 11-5 in the opening eight minutes. They extended their 20-12 halftime lead on a 17-7 run in the third quar-ter. The Hawks fi nished the game, outscoring the Bears 15-14.

The Hawks improved to 14-4, which is the same mark of the Bears. The two teams are tied in second place in the SICL.

It was a good win for us, Hawk boys head coach Nick Harthoorn said. It was nice to see the guys play well with the lead and push it out. We did a good job taking care of the ball against scrappy defensive team.

Ben Trettin led the way for the Hawks with 13 points. T.J. Cunning-ham chipped in with 12 points and had three assists.

Darin Hofer had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Hofer made three steals, handed out two as-sists and blocked two shots. Kyle Van Dyke blocked four shots and Sage Ehresman controlled seven rebounds.

The Hawks shot 45 percent, 21-of-47, from the fi eld while the Bears were limited to 23 percent, 11-of-48. Lynnville-Sully hit 6-of-12 free throw attempts and B-G-M was 8-of-14 from the line.

Kyle Gritsch was the lone Bear player in double digit scoring with 11 points.

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Raiders bounce the Tigerhawk teams

COLFAX Games were decided quickly Friday night at Colfax-Mingo. Unfortunately for the home crowd, the decisions did not go the Tigerhawks ways.

Collins-Maxwell/Bax-ters Raider girls dispatched Colfax-Mingo, 58-20, in Heart of Iowa Conference play. The Raiders led by 10 after on quarter. They ex-tended their 27-8 halftime lead with a 22-5 third-quarter surge.

The boys contest fol-lowed much the same pattern. CMB posted an 18-6 fi rst-quarter lead on its way to a 62-32 win over Colfax-Mingo. The Raiders were in front 32-13 at the break.

Our kids played hard. We did a decent job de-fensively, but still allowed too many good looks from three-point range, Tigerhawk boys head

coach John Borts said. We got shots out of our sets but couldnt knock down enough of them.

The Raider boys drained nine 3-pointers in the game. Joey Nissen hit four of those, fi nish-ing with 14 points. Bryce Kemp scored 13 points and had assists for CMB. Zach Samson 10 rebounds.

The Tigerhawk boys got 10 points from Nate Smith and eight from Ja-cob Lietz. Borts said he was pleased to see Smith and fellow senior Juan Gonzales hit a couple of 3-pointers each in the second half.

CMB improved to 14-5 overall and 11-5 in conference play. The Raiders go to Roland-Story Tuesday.

CMBS GIRLS con-trolled the conference contest from the opening tip against Colfax-Min-go. The Raiders shot 47 percent, 24-of-51, from the fi eld and the Tiger-

hawk girls shot a chilly 12.5 percent, 6-of-48. CMB owned a 44-26 re-bounding margin.

Abbie Haupert powered the Raider offense with 27 points, hitting 11-of-16 from the fi eld and downing all fi ve free throw attempts. Haupert pulled down 14 rebounds, blocked seven shots and made three steals.

Lexi Breon scored 10 points and dished out 10 assists for CMB. Mackenzie Schmitz and Bridget Hurley each had four assists. Mikayla Es-linger had 10 rebounds.

Jena Teed drilled two 3-pointers for the Tiger-hawks. Teed fi nished with seven points, plus had six rebounds and two assists. Jessica Albright scored fi ve points. McKenzie Cogley handled seven re-bounds and two steals.

The CMB girls are 6-15 overall. They play their fi nal game tonight at home against Prairie City-Monroe.

NORWALK Playing back-to-back Little Hawkeye Con-ference games on the road, Pella Christians girls went 1-1 and the boys were 0-2.

After losing 51-38 at Pella Thurs-day night, the Eagle girls pulled out a conference victory against host Norwalk Friday. Pella Christian led throughout, using an 11-5 run in the fourth quarter to seal a 40-28 win over the Warriors.

Pella Christians boys dropped a 59-52 decision to Norwalk Fri-day. The lost 71-59 to Pella on Thursday.

Lauren Jungling scored 17 points in the losing effort for the Eagle girls Thursday at Pella. The hit three 3-pointers.

Jungling and Brooke Mitrisin each tallied 10 points in helping

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the Eagles to beat Norwalk. The Ea-gles led 17-11 at halftime Friday.

Pella Christians boys were up 9-8 at the end of the fi rst quarter against Norwalk. The Warriors staked a 30-26 halftime advantage. The Eagle boys picked up their offensive pace in the second half, but the Warriors didnt falter.

Levi Jungling fi red in 11 points for the Eagles. Jason Holwerda netted three threes on his way to 10 points plus handed out fi ve assists.

David Kacmarynski claimed seven rebounds and Josh Posthuma had fi ve rebounds. Jared Van Wyk dished out four assists.

Norwalk got 21 points from Grant Wright and 10 from Austin Lavelle.

In Thursdays loss to Pella, the Ea-gle boys were led by Coltin Collins with 19 points and Jungling with 12.

Pella Christians teams host Knox-ville Tuesday.

GRINNELL New-tons junior varsity boys pulled out a 49-48 win in overtime against host Grinnell Saturday. Jwan Roush sank a free throw with 2.5 seconds left in the extra period to seal the win for the Cardinals.

Newtons freshmen werent as fortunate. The Cardinal freshmen lost 60-51 to the Tigers Saturday.

In a close game through-out, Newton trailed Grin-nell, 17-16, at halftime of the junior varsity contest. The Cardinals missed two short shots under the bas-ket at the end of regulation, forcing the game into over-time with a 41-all score.

Roush led the Cardi-

nal junior varsity with 24 points. Jarom Williams controlled eight rebounds.

Jwan was a major fac-tor for Newtons success on defense with four crucial steals, Newton assistant coach Tom Weeks said. The NHS junior varsity has won three straight for an 8-7 overall mark and a 5-5 Little Hawkeye Con-ference record.

The Cardinal freshmen were in the contest, 54-51, until the fi nal two minutes when Grinnell had a six-point run to the end.

Morgan Maher paced the Cardinals with 19 points. Josh Ventling add-ed 17. The Newton fresh-men are 9-7 overall and 6-4 in LHC play.

The teams host Oska-loosa tonight.

Newton record in the 200-yard med-ley relay. In the opening event of the meet, the Cardinal quartet claimed second p