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Iowa Speedway Presi-dent Jimmy Small is “ex-cited” to get to know Newton. Small was in at-tendance at the Chamber Breakfast this morning at DMACC, where he intro-ducted himself and gave an update on the NAS-CAR vision for the Iowa Speedway.

Small will be at the Iowa Statehouse today in Des Moines.

“Our vision isn’t a suc-cess unless the city, region and Iowa grows economi-cally from us being here,” Small said.

The Chamber Break-fast gave an update on the community rally as well as

the Main Street Iowa re-connaissance visit. Main Street Iowa met with com-munity, city and business leaders Wednesday. Main Street Iowa will be back

March 12 to discuss the community conversation about the vision and future of downtown. The loca-tion and time have yet to be determined.

Patton leaving Baxter to lead Roland-Story school district

By Matthew NoscoDaily News Staff Writer

The Baxter Community School Dis-trict is seeking a new superintendent after it was announced Monday evening the district’s current leader, Matt Patton, would be assuming the same position with the Roland-Story district just 45 miles northeast of Baxter.

The hiring process, which the district is undertaking personally rather than sourcing to an outside firm, is being ex-pedited to ensure a seamless transition for when Patton leaves on June 30.

The School Board is accepting applica-tion materials through March 1, planning to begin interviews with the shortlisted candidates on March 10 and hoping to extend a formal job offer by March 17. The new superintendent would begin on July 1, 2014.

Patton’s move away from the district came after Roland-Story’s current super-intendent Mike Billings announced he would step down last year. The Roland-Story began a long-term hiring process, drawing in applicants from all around Iowa and several other states.

His new contract will pay $127,500 in his first year on the job, $13,100 more

than his current contract with the Baxter district. The district’s enrollment comes in at slightly more than two times that of Baxter, according to the Iowa Depart-ment of Education’s enrollment statistics.

Patton’s current contract with Baxter expires at the end of the year, and he plans to tender his resignation at the Monday, Feb. 17, meeting of the school board.

“I’ll be involved with organizing the hiring process, but I won’t have a visible out-front role,” Patton said. “The board is going to lead the selection process, and they’ll have community and staff groups who will be involved.”

During his three years with the dis-trict, board member Colette Kunkel said Patton was instrumental with getting the one-to-one technology initiative off the ground as well as with dealing with a budget shortfall.

“He’s been nothing but professional, and he’s done great work with the dis-trict,” Kunkel said. “It’s disappointing to see him going so soon.”

Patton agreed the One-to-One pro-gram was among his highest achieve-ment while at the district, and in his

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Zach Johnson/Daily NewsIowa Speedway President Jimmy Small holds up a brochure from the “Get To Know Newton” Branding Rally. Small was proud the Iowa Speedway was apart of two items on the “Get To Know Newton” checklist.

Sundays at Four series

begins Feb. 23By Daily News Staff

First Presbyterian Church of New-ton will begin its 2014 Sundays at Four program series with a Civil War presentation by local resident Don Black at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at the church, located at 220 N. Second Ave. E.

The program is free and open to the public. A gathering with pizza and beverages will follow in the church’s fellowship hall for those who wish to stay and eat.

The title of the program is “My Dear Sister — Letters from the Civil War” and tells the story of Civil War camp life, soldier discipline, intense fighting at the battles of Williams-burg and Chancellorsville, illness and more, all told through letters written to Black’s great-great-grandmother in New Jersey by her brother Joseph. Black also will share many photo-graphs, military papers and a pocket Bible carried during the war.

Matthew Nosco/Daily News

Payton switches from Senate race

to House raceBy Bob Eschliman

Daily News Editor

The former chairman of the Jasper County Republican Party has changed his mind.

Last year, Pat Payton announced he was resigning his position within the party infrastructure to be a candidate for Iowa Senate District 15, currently held by Sen. Dennis Black (D-Lyn-nville). More recently, the field in the GOP primary expanded, while State Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton) re-mained unchallenged in House Dis-trict 29.

This morning, Payton, who has lived in Newton with his wife Della for more than 20 years, officially an-nounced he wants to be Kelley’s chal-lenger.

“I want to serve the people of Jasper County in the Iowa House to protect the liberties that gave me the opportu-nity, as a young man from a working-class family, to achieve my dreams,” he said. “I believe the people know best how to create their own success, not the government.”

Payton said he grew up in a work-ing-class family on the east side of Des Moines, where he worked his way through school and eventually gradu-ated from Drake University. He be-came a teacher, but eventually decided he wanted to be a lawyer.

Daily News File PhotoThis morning, Pat Payton, former chair-man of the Jasper County Republican Party, officially announced he wants to be Rep. Dan Kelley’s challenger.

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Driver injured, extricated following Interstate 80 crash on Wednesday

By Daily News Staff

Interstate Highway 80 near Colfax was closed in the westbound direc-tion for a time Wednesday as emergency personnel from several jurisdictions responded to a motor ve-hicle crash that injured the driver of a Ford pickup truck.

Details of the crash were

not made available as of press time; however, scan-ner traffic monitored by the Daily News indicated Newton firefighters were called to assist at the scene at 9:51 a.m. They provided extrication equipment to allow emergency workers to get to the driver of the pickup, seen above, which had crashed into a jack-knifed semitrailer on the

westbound off-ramp at exit 155 on I-80.

The driver was removed from the vehicle and put into an ambulance. The driver was not identified, and the extent of injuries were not known. Neither the Iowa State Patrol nor Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office has released a pre-liminary accident report as of press time.

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater coming to Civic Center

Special to the Daily News

DES MOINES — The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is coming to the Des Moines Civic Center for one night only at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18.

Tickets are on sale now at the Civic Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at DesMoinesPerformin-gArts.org. Groups of 10 or more should call (515) 246-2340.

The Alvin Ailey Ameri-can Dance Theater grew from a now-fabled performance in March 1958 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Led by cho-reographer Alvin Ailey and a group of young African-Ameri-can modern dancers, that perfor-mance forever changed the per-ception of American dance.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has gone on to perform for an estimated 23 mil-lion people at theaters in 48 states and 71 countries on six conti-nents, as well as millions more through television broadcasts. In 2008, a U.S. Congressional reso-lution designated the company as “a vital American cultural am-bassador to the world,” one that celebrates the uniqueness of the African-American cultural ex-perience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance heritage.

Alvin Ailey’s March perfor-mance will include two reper-tory favorites, Revelations and Another Night, as well as two new productions of Ailey clas-sic works, The River and Pas de Duke.

Revelations (1960) — Ameri-can classic acclaimed as a must see for all, Alvin Ailey’s sig-nature masterpiece is a tribute to his heritage and genius. Us-ing African-American religious music — spirituals — this suite fervently explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul.

Another Night (2012) —

Choreographed by Kyle Abra-ham, Another Night innovative-ly fuses the many dynamic facets of American dance and showcas-es the artistry and versatility of the Ailey dancers. The work for ten dancers is set to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers rendi-tion of one of Dizzy Gillespie’s seminal compositions, A Night in Tunisia.

The River (1970/Ailey Com-pany Premiere — 1980) — Orig-inally choreographed in 1970 for American Ballet Theatre, is a legendary collaboration between two great American artists, Alvin Ailey and Duke Ellington. The suite combines classical ballet, modern dance and jazz in sec-tions suggesting tumbling rapids

and slow currents on a voyage to the great sea, mirroring the jour-ney of life.

Pas de Duke (1976) — Alvin Ailey’s modern dance translation of a classical pas de deux, was created in 1976 for two of the world’s most renowned danc-ers, Judith Jamison and Mikhail Baryshnikov. First presented as part of the “Ailey Celebrates El-lington” festival at Lincoln Cen-ter’s New York State Theater for the nation’s bicentennial, it com-memorates America’s two great art forms — modern dance and jazz music.

For more information on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, visit www.alvinailey.org/.

Valentine Disco Bowl on Friday

A Valentine Disco Bowl is planned for 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at Cardinal Lanes for local children, as there is no school that day.

Participants can bowl in the dark with flashing disco lights and loud music. Shoes are included, and attendees can bowl as many games as they want. The cost is $10.

Tax forms at Newton Public Library

1040 Federal Tax Instruction Booklets are in at the Newton Library Information Desk.

The library also has all the major federal tax forms (1040, 1040A, 1040 EZ). Indi-viduals who are looking for a form they can-not find on the file tower may ask that it be printed at the Information Desk.

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Iowa panel backs bill for felons’ voting rightsDES MOINES (AP)

— Felons discharged from criminal sentences would have their vot-ing rights automati-cally restored under a bill backed by a Senate panel Wednesday.

In a 9-to-6 vote, Democrats on the State Government Commit-tee passed the bill, with all six Republicans on the panel voting no.

The bill would re-quire that voting rights be restored to felons after they leave prison and complete the terms of their release. After his election, Republi-can Gov. Terry Branstad took action that made Iowa among four states requiring felons to apply to the governor to have voting rights restored. That move reversed a

decision by Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack that restored voting rights to felons after their terms were completed.

The issue of felons voting has received at-tention recently as Sec-retary of State Matt Schultz has used fed-eral money to investi-gate people believed to have illegally cast bal-lots. There have been

relatively few cases in Iowa, but those charged have often been felons who said they didn’t re-alize their voting rights hadn’t been restored.

Schultz also has ac-knowledged that the state’s system for check-ing whether former in-mates have the right to

LWV Legislative Coffee on Saturday at Hy-Vee

The Jasper County League of Women Voters will host a Legislative Coffee with the elected officials representing Jasper County in the state legislature beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Newton Hy-Vee Club Room.

The coffee will open with remarks by the Jasper County legislators addressing events and priorities in the current legislative ses-sion. Their remarks will be followed by a question-and-dialogue period. Citizens are encouraged to attend and participate.

Reps. Greg Heartsill and Dan Kelley and Sen. Dennis Black have indicated that they plan to attend. Sen. Amy Sinclair has a prior commitment and will be unable to attend.

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ObituariesPhyllis J. Atwood

Feb. 11, 2014

Phyllis J. Atwood, 76, of Newton died on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center.

A visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thurs-day, Feb. 27, at the Wal-lace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. A short service will be held at the beginning of the visitation. Memorials in Phyllis’ name may be left at the funeral home.

Phyllis, the daugh-ter of Alfred and Alice (Hopkins) Harter, was born on Feb. 27, 1937, in Des Moines, Iowa. As a child, her fam-ily moved to Newton, Iowa. Phyllis was united

in marriage with Rich-ard Atwood on Feb. 27, 1957, at the First Unit-ed Methodist Church in Newton. She was a homemaker and for a few years had worked as a telephone operator and in retail at Bang’s Ap-parel in Newton. Phyl-lis was a member of the Women of the Moose. Phyllis enjoyed golf-ing, going on walks, and

traveling with her hus-band during the years he was with Moose Inter-national. She also loved being with her family.

Phyllis is survived by her husband, Richard of Newton; her children, Cindy ( John) Cupples of Newton and Richard W. Atwood of Newton; eight grandchildren, Bob, Mike, Scott, Jen-nifer, Danny, Christy, Andy and Amy; her 14 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Sondra Harter of Lakeview, Ariz.; and brother-in-law, Steve (Sharon) At-wood of Baxter.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Danny Atwood; a son, David Charles At-wood, in infancy; and a brother, Jack Harter.

Police BlotterNewton Police Department

• August D. Geary, 17, of Malcom was charged with fifth-degree theft after authorities were dispatched at 9:28 a.m. Jan. 28 to Walmart in refer-ence to a theft. Upon arrival, an offi-cer was informed store employees had confronted two males for concealing a pair of headphones valued at $10.70. Employees recovered the headphones, but the males fled the scene in a truck, hitting another vehicle in the process. The vehicle, which is owned by Kylee R. Woody of Newton, sustained an estimated $500 damage. Employees provided a partial license plate num-ber for authorities, and police deter-mined the vehicle was driven by Riley Ely, 17, of Kellogg. Riley admitted he had been at Walmart at the time of the incident and that his friend, Geary, committed the theft. Ely was cited for reckless driving, and Geary was referred to juvenile court services on the theft charge.

• Tammy M. Heck, 32, of Mont-ezuma was charged with operating while intoxicated after authorities responded to a report of a vehicle in a ditch at 3:02 a.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of East 12th Street South. Upon arrival, authorities observed Heck walking toward the scene. She smelled of alcohol and failed two of three sobriety tests. A breath sam-ple indicated a BAC of .11. She was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Josette M. Hutton, 43, of Newton was charged with public intoxication after authorities observed her stum-bling on the sidewalk at 1:29 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of First Av-enue East and stopped to investigate. Hutton smelled of alcohol and failed a sobriety test. A preliminary breath test indicated a BAC of .21. She was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

A criminal charge is merely an accusa-tion, and the defendant is presumed in-nocent until and unless proven guilty. It is the policy of the Newton Daily News to release the names of individuals charged with a crime who are 16 and older.

Melba Rose FrewFeb. 2, 2014

Melba Rose Frew, 78, of Bloom-ington, Ind., passed away Feb. 2, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Bloom-ington, Ind. She was born to Robert O’Brien and Dorthy O’Brien on June 8, 1935, in Willow Hill, Ill. She had moved to Kokomo, Ind., in 1955 and lived there until recently. She enjoyed sewing, bingo, talking on the phone to friends and family, sweets and tell-ing stories. She was a housewife most of her life and later worked in home health care for 13 years and enjoyed meeting and caring for the elderly.

She is survived by her sons, William S. Frew Jr. of Kokomo Ind., Robert E. Frew of Morgantown, Ind.; two grandchildren of Kokomo, Ind.; her sister, Roberta Barkley of Newton, Ill.;

her brothers, John O’Brien of Amboy, Ind., Robert O’Brien Jr. of Glenwood, Ariz., and many nieces and nephews. Her first child, Darl Miller, resides in Hamburg, Germany, and was adopted at birth by a loving family in Kokomo. Melba later became friends with his family and treasured that relationship along with the peace it brought her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William S. Frew.

The family would like to express their deep gratitude to all the people who cared for her and befriended her at Friendship Haven, The Wellington and Golden Living Center.

There will be a celebration of her life from 2 to 4 p.m. March 1, 2014, at The Wellington 2800 South Dixon Rd. Kokomo, Ind. Online condolenc-es may be sent to the family at www.allenfuneralhome.org.

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Sen. Dick Dearden, D-Des Moines, who sponsored the bill, said automatic restoration

of voting rights to felons af-ter their terms are completed would lessen confusion at the polls. He said former inmates have already been punished for their crimes and shouldn’t be punished further once they are free.

“The reality is that these

people paid their dues,” he said. “They did everything they’re supposed to do. They paid their taxes. They should be able to vote.”

Sen. Charles Schneider, R-West Des Moines, opposed the bill, saying it would pre-maturely restore voting rights.

He said felons should not au-tomatically receive the right to vote, especially if they have not yet paid their fines and court costs.

U.S. Attorney Eric Holder called Tuesday for Iowa and other states to ease rules re-stricting voting by felons.

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BirthsBlake Robert

Lee JonesJan. 13, 2014

Branden Jones and LaTashia Aboud of Newton announce the birth of their son, Blake

Robert Lee Jones, on Jan. 13, 2014, at Skiff Medi-cal Center in Newton.

He has three siblings, Bella, Ayden and Kurya.

Grandparents are Doris Sloan of Newton, Robert and Jennifer Aboud of Clarksville,

Ind., and Tammy Jackey or Ramsey, Minn.

Great-grandparents are Pat Lindly of New-ton, Don Lindly of Monroe, Joni Lessor and Jim Jones of Mason City and Mack Horn of Louisville, Ky.

Ethan Tanner IllingworthJan. 16, 2014

Danielle and Tanner Illingworth of Des Moines announce the birth of their son, Ethan Tanner Illingworth, on Jan. 16, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Ethan weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce,

and was 20.5 inches long.Grandparents are Mark and Jody

Noack, Brad and Jackie Tharp and Chris Illingworth, all of Newton.

Great-grandparents are Don and Ina Hovden of Decorah, Keith and JoAnn Noack of Marshalltown, Bud Davis of Newton and Fred and Mary Lou Illingworth of Russell.

Casey’s General Stores buying Stop-n-Go chain

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores Inc. is buying the chain of Stop-n-Go convenience stores in the Upper Midwest.

Casey’s did not disclose the pur-chase price for the 20 stores in North Dakota and four in Minnesota. The deal is expected to close in May.

“They are a well-managed and es-tablished group of stores in a relatively new market area for Casey’s,” Presi-dent and CEO Robert Myers said in a statement.

Casey’s, based in Ankeny, Iowa, has nearly 1,800 stores in 14 states.

“We hope this acquisition serves as a springboard for more Casey’s locations in the area as we continue to look for opportunities to build and buy stores in the Upper Midwest,” Myers said.

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4AOpinion

Calling the past week “challenging” would be an understatement.

Many have asked, “What is your column going to be about this week?” Some wondered if it would be about Newton becom-ing a Main Street Community, or about “Get To Know Newton.”

Others won-dered if I would talk about show-ing Newton off to the Main Street Iowa Board. A few even wondered if I would talk about Valentine’s Day, but that would take away from the very purpose of this column, because it has always been about love.

At points you see or read a love sto-ry that reminds you what love is really all about. For some guys, “love stories” start out with Jessica Alba in a little black dress on wild nights out (I will never begin to imagine what girls have as their love stories or fantasies, so I refuse to even guess).

But then something happens, and your idea of love changes. Jessica Alba becomes Rachel McAdams, the little black dress changes to a comfy shirt and capris to fit her comfort, and the wild nights out are replaced by days of watching movies about these love stories coming to life.

It wasn’t until I saw the movie “About Time” that I realize a roman-tic movie from a guy’s perspective is needed, but incredibly hard to sell. I was asked once, “What about your love story?”

I’ve lead a pretty entertaining life, but I was ruined for many relation-ships to come by meeting Taylor Swift multiple times. I wouldn’t change meeting her because although she is notorious for being trouble when she walks into the life of guys, she made me realize the fears and insecurities of women are different.

It was after meeting Swift that I found myself drifting away from mag-ical romantic stories, but one night seeing a girl sing her heart out to her fans. She captured my heart and made me believe in her dream of seeing her name in lights.

Sydney Lett is in Nashville now, making Iowa proud. I am proud of you and love you my little sister. Al-ways remember, no matter how big and scary people are, you warmed my heart, teaching me it’s great to be in love.

Last week, I wrote about how I had nothing funny to write about and how I would never be able to make every-one laugh.

It wasn’t until I heard the words “Dude, we can’t leave in the middle of a Garth Brooks song.” That was a direct quote from Ty Rushing. He says its due to “Friends in Low Places” be-ing played during Kansas City Royals home games. Of course, that leads to many more jokes involving his passion for Kansas City professional sports.

In the end, if you take anything away from what I’m saying, just know falling is the best part of falling in love.

It hasalways been about love

The Hometown Kid

By Zach JohnsonStaff Writer

Have you ever called 911 for an emergency and wondered if some-one would come? How long it would take for help to arrive?

This is a real concern for residents living in small towns. Emergency medical technicians and firefighters are becom-

ing increasingly hard to find. In small commu-nities (and even many large communities) many EMTs and fire-fighters volunteer their time to help their com-munities.

Training for a pre-hospital career can take 60 to 1,000 hours, de-pending on what cer-tification is desired. Emergency Medical Responders are the first

medical people to arrive to a call.

EMRs are profes-sionals trained in CPR and first aid to assist be-fore the ambulance ar-rives.

The ambulance will have, at a minimum, one EMT and a driver. EMTs are trained in CPR and provide basic, non-invasive interven-tions at the scene and during transportation of

patients to the hospital.Some ambulanc-

es have an advanced EMT or a paramedic on staff. These provid-ers have advanced skills and knowledge to treat life-threating injuries or medical conditions.

Firefighters are also extensively trained in fire and rescue tech-niques and equipment. They work side by side with medical personnel

in the rescue of injured victims.

Even though many of these EMTs and firefighters are consid-ered volunteers, they are trained professionals who will assist anyone during an emergency. EMTs and firefighters spend many hours every year attending classes and training on their own time away from their families.

Iowa Valley Continu-ing Education supports these individuals by of-fering formal training opportunities in their local communities. GAP tuition funding is available for those who qualify.

I encourage everyone to consider helping the community by taking a class and volunteering locally, or offering to pay for someone who can.

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During the Iowa Newspaper As-sociation’s annual convention last week, I got a chance to have lunch with college students who are consider-ing careers in the journalism field.

I’ve attended the network-ing luncheon nearly every year since I moved on from D M A C C ’ s Boone campus.

Mainly because I remember how I felt when I was the student, sitting at the table.

Here I am with someone telling me the hours stink, the pay is ter-rible and I’ll probably gain 50 lbs. in the first four years (it was more like 30) from the stress and bad eating habits that come with the job. And all I could think was, “I picked this for my work-study job over scrub-bing toilets with the night janitors?”

It’s easy to understand why to-day’s students might actually have similar concerns. A study conducted last year by CareerCast.com found “newspaper reporter” to be the worst of 200 jobs surveyed.

The report’s logic is sound, but I’m still not sure I necessarily agree. Let’s take a look at each of the three key reasons why my job is appar-ently the worst, and perhaps look at it more closely through my own experiences.

• Pay — The median income for an entry-level newspaper reporter at a weekly newspaper is $25,000; at a daily, it’s about $27,500. Those are the national averages, by the way. College advisors won’t tell them that, though, especially when their students will leave with about $30,000 in college loan debt.

I still have the stub from my first journalism paycheck, not that I would need it to remember how

much — or more accurately, how little — I was paid. My starting pay was $8 an hour, 40 hours a week.

After taxes, I was lucky to bring home $400 every two weeks. Rent in my one-bedroom apartment was $385 a month.

But, I gained invaluable experi-ence at that first job, and in less than a year, I moved up to a new job that came with a healthy increase in pay. Three years removed from that first job, I was making almost 40 percent more money and I was beginning to develop a healthy rainy-day balance in my checking account.

• Stress — You’re always on dead-line, even at once-weekly newspa-pers. And, you’re always in the pub-lic eye. Always. You can’t “leave it at the office,” either. When you’re in the checkout line at the store, it’s not unusual to have someone stop you and tell you what they think (good or bad) about your work.

At a previous job, I had the unen-viable task of reporting upon a do-mestic dispute that arose from the discovery of two high-level county employees who were having an ex-tramarital affair. That it involved a department that had already had its share of bad press in the two years leading up to this incident was not lost on anyone, especially the head of that department.

For months, everywhere I went, I had to hear about that story. Some-times, it was to tell me how hor-rible I person I was for “invading the privacy” of two highly respected members of the community. Less frequently, it was just to tell me they understood I was merely doing my job.

But, behind the scenes, I was quickly developing a solid relation-ship with that department head. What resulted was the strongest and healthiest relationship that newspaper had ever had with that department.

• Hours — News doesn’t happen on a 9-to-5 schedule, and when it

happens, our readers expect us to be there, finding out what happened, and telling the rest of the world. You may be home, relaxing, at one moment and rushing out the door to cover breaking news the next.

One warm summer night, after a rather lengthy production day, I sat down to enjoy my comfy re-cliner and some much-appreciated air conditioning just as the scanner squawked. Two young people had been swimming at a popular spot on the local river, near a low-head dam, and had been pulled under.

Without time to change my clothes — I was still in business ca-sual attire — I headed out the door, camera in hand. Five minutes later, I was wading through chest-high weeds, moving toward the scene of what would eventually be a tragic drowning. I stayed on the scene un-til they recovered the victim’s body from the river.

When I got back home, I changed my clothes and immediately began writing the first write-through on a breaking story for our website, as well as for the next morning’s edition of the large regional daily, which was one of our sister papers. I got done shortly before midnight, and I was back at work the next morning at 7 a.m.

But, that story lead to a public awareness campaign to warn swim-mers about the dangers of the low-head dam. It also launched a fund-raising campaign to get the money to replace the low-head dam.

No, it’s not the easiest job in the world. The pay isn’t great, and sometimes you have to dig deep to find your rewards in this profession. But, I can’t help but remember I de-cided 16 years ago there was a job worse than this one.

I wonder where I’d be today if I’d decided to scrub toilets instead.

• • •If you’re reading this, thank a teacher. If

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Iowa lawmakers OK toughening

pimping penaltiesDES MOINES (AP) — A state panel has

approved legislation giving prosecutors more options for helping minors mired in prostitu-tion and increasing penalties for pimps who used children.

The House Judiciary Committee voted 20-0 Wednesday to approve the bill, which now goes to the House floor.

Under current law, all cases of prostitu-tion are punishable as an aggravated misde-meanor. The bill would give county attorneys the option of referring minors involved with prostitution to Iowa’s Department of Human Services as a child in need of assistance if an adult is believed to be involved.

Penalties would also increase for pimping involving a minor from a class “D’’ felony to a class “C’’ felony.

Democratic Rep. Todd Prichard says the bill is a start on a serious problem that few in Iowa understand.

Iowa City school releases students after lockdownIOWA CITY (AP) — An Iowa City ele-

mentary school has lifted a lockdown caused by a suspect on the loose.

Mark Twain Elementary School went on lockdown Wednesday afternoon as authori-ties searched for a suspect wanted by county and state officials. The Iowa City Communi-ty School District says authorities later gave permission for the students to be dismissed.

The students were loaded onto buses or reunited with parents picking them up.

David Dude, the district’s chief operating officer, says all the students were accounted for and they are safe. Authorities are still looking for the suspect.

Police arrest woman after shoveling dispute

DES MOINES (AP) — A Des Moines woman accused of hitting her roommate with a shovel after a dispute over clearing snow has been arrested.

Des Moines police say 46-year-old Ma-rie Alana Connett was arrested Tuesday. She faces a charge of willful injury. Court records do not list an attorney.

Connett is accused of hitting her room-mate multiple times in the head and shoul-ders with a hard plastic shovel during an incident on Feb. 5. The victim says Connett tried to drag her outside the house and de-manded that she shovel the driveway.

The injured woman was later treated at a hospital for a shoulder fracture.

Court records show Connett has been re-leased from the Polk County Jail. A prelimi-nary hearing is scheduled on Feb. 21.

Inmate accused in attackIOWA CITY (AP) — Authorities say an

Iowa inmate held on a theft charge at a county jail was recorded attacking another inmate.

Police say 22-year-old Deandre Lamar Ronald Irby attacked the male inmate Mon-day night without warning. The inmate was participating in a video visitation at the time.

Irby faces a serious misdemeanor of as-sault causing bodily injury.

remaining time, he looks for-ward to bringing the staff ’s recommendations forward and continuing the process even if he can’t see it come to fruition when the students receive their devices in the fall.

“Most of all, though, I’m proud of the people that are here in Baxter,” Patton said. “This is a great position, and I’ve had the chance to work with excellent educators in a supportive com-munity. The person who fills this role will have the same experi-ence that I have.”

Kunkel said Patton will take part in the selection process alongside committees composed

of board members, teachers and administrators.

“We haven’t met yet, but what we normally do is get several different ideas together of what we’re looking for. We’ll discuss it with the administrators and the teachers to find out what list of skills they think we need to see in a candidate,” Kunkel said. “What’s really important to us, obviously, is someone who will take us forward in a positive di-rection and someone who is the right fit for Baxter.”

Kunkel said that the district will be seeking out a new super-intendent who can work coop-eratively with other community groups, such as the city council and economic development.

They are also looking for someone who would be mind-

ful of Baxter’s programs, and be willing to continue them. The school board wants to ensure current programs continue into the future, such as the one-to-one initiative, as well as the co-operative spirit between Baxter and Collins-Maxwell.

“We have an annual shared board meeting with Collins-Maxwell, and we’ve talked about more things we can do together since we have the 20-year rela-tionship of sharing athletics,” Kunkel said.

She stated that while sharing administrative staff and other cooperative efforts short of con-solidation had been discussed in the past, Baxter would be hiring their own superintendent rather than looking to share the posi-tion.

BaxterContinued from Page 1A

He received his law degree from

Drake and set up his law practice in Des Moines. He has since earned a Ph.D. in Education from Iowa State University, and

has taught courses at several universities.

In addition to his teaching and law prac-tice, Payton has been involved politically

for several decades. He has previously served 20 years on the Board of Directors of the bipartisan Gover-nor’s Conference.

PaytonContinued from Page 1A

Nearly 12K Iowans receive health plans from exchange

DES MOINES (AP) — Nearly 12,000 Iowa residents have signed up for private health in-surance plans using the federal enrollment web-site healthcare.gov, ac-cording to a new report out Wednesday.

The numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser-vices cover the first four months of enrollment under the health care

law. The report shows that 11,788 people in Iowa enrolled in private health insurance be-tween Oct. 1 and Feb 1.

That number has grown substantially over the past month. About 7,500 signed up during the first three months the healthcare.gov web-site was available. The site was plagued with technical difficulties at first, preventing many

from signing up in the early months.

Overall, 33,511 Iowa residents have applied for and been deemed eligible to enroll in a marketplace plan and 19,661 of them qualified for financial assistance. Of the 11,788 who have selected a plan and signed up, 83 percent qualified for tax cred-its to cover part of the premium costs. Another

25,566 were eligible for low-income health pro-grams like Medicaid.

More older Iowans have signed up so far. Thirty-seven percent of the enrollees are be-tween the ages of 55 and 64, compared with 24 percent who were be-tween 18 and 34. And slightly more women signed up than men. Fifty-six percent of the enrollees were female.

Senate lawmakers amend Iowa Juvenile Home billDES MOINES (AP) —

State senators said Wednesday that they are revising legislation originally designed to reopen the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo.

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Io-wa City, said the bill is being amended and would instead simply require the state to es-tablish a facility for delinquent girls. According to Bolkcom, the amended bill, which got prelimi-nary approval from a Senate sub-committee Wednesday, will not specify where that facility should be.

“I think there is agreement that the state needs to have a fa-cility for delinquent girls,” Bolk-com said. “At this point we want to get the program right, and we want to get the details around what we’re going to do moving forward.”

Gov. Terry Branstad closed the Iowa Juvenile Home on Jan. 15 following allegations that teens were improperly treated and denied a proper educa-tion. The home housed some of Iowa’s most troubled girls. The treatment of children at the cen-

ter in Toledo came to light after an investigation by the advocacy group Disability Rights Iowa and stories by The Des Moines Register. They reported that physical restraints were used on children and that staffers relied on isolation cells.

Of the 21 girls who had been living at the home, six have been sent home, two placed in deten-tion centers for delinquent youth and the others were moved into a mix of public and private fa-cilities around the state, a DHS spokeswoman has said.

Iowa House backs banning e-cigarettes for minorsDES MOINES (AP)

— The Iowa House on Tuesday approved a bill barring the sale of e-cig-arettes to minors.

The legislation won the support of the House, where Republicans hold a majority, in a 76-22 vote. It will now move to

the Iowa Senate, where a similar piece of legislation is under consideration.

Currently there are no restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes in Iowa. E-cigarettes typically heat liquid and nicotine into a flavored, smoke-less vapor. They’re often

used by smokers trying to quit, but e-cigarettes have grown increasingly popu-lar among teenagers.

Rep. Chip Baltimore, R-Boone, said the bill would promote safety by establishing rules for sell-ing these products.

“We acknowledge, I

think, in this body that because nicotine may be addictive to some that it’s appropriate to keep it out of the hands of children,” Baltimore said.

Democrats offered several amendments to the bill that would have added more restrictions.

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DEAR ABBY: Earlier this year, my sister “Kathy” was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a double mastec-tomy, chemo and radiation, and will be-gin reconstructive surgery soon.

Because of her diagnosis she encour-aged me to visit my doctor for an exam. When I did, they found a lump, which needs further testing. I have chosen not to share this with my family because my sis-ters and parents have been deeply affected by Kathy’s diagnosis, and I don’t want to cause them needless worry.

My husband is angry and he said that because Kathy is their favorite they wouldn’t be concerned anyway. I thought it was insensitive and cruel to me, but more to the point, I felt he wasn’t think-ing about how upset my doing so might make my family. Am I wrong to feel this way? — NEEDS FURTHER TEST-ING

DEAR NEEDS FURTHER TESTING: Certainly not. Your hus-band’s comment illustrates the impor-tance of keeping one’s mouth firmly shut if one can’t think of something helpful or supportive to say. It almost appears that he is angry at you for the questionable test result.

I can’t blame you for not wanting to upset your already stressed family at this point, but if more testing confirms that you, too, have breast cancer, I think it’s important that you let them know — es-pecially your sisters, who might want to be screened sooner than later.

I hope your husband’s apparent in-ability to support you emotionally during this difficult time is an aberration, but if it’s not, you will need to find support else-where.

DEAR ABBY: About 15 years ago I committed a crime against a woman I cared about. I have felt guilt and remorse about it ever since. I can’t speak to her or have any contact with her.

I would like to tell her I’m sorry for what happened. I have beaten myself up over this and thought about suicide. What do I do? Please help, Abby. — SO SORRY IN ST. JOSEPH, MO.

DEAR SO SORRY: The first thing you must do is talk with a mental health professional about your suicidal thoughts. Once you have been stabilized, you should then understand that you may have been forbidden to contact your for-mer friend because what you did was so traumatic that it could cause her to relive the incident, which could further victim-ize her. If you’re looking for forgiveness, forgive YOURSELF and move on — but leave her out of it.

DEAR ABBY: Is there some sort of etiquette regarding inquiring about someone’s country of origin?

While making polite conversation with a customer in my retail shop, I no-ticed she had an accent and asked where she was from. She became very evasive and seemed offended that I had asked. She actually refused to answer my ques-tion.

I tried to recover from the awkward situation, but I can’t help but feel I insult-ed her somehow. Was I wrong to ask? — FRIENDLY RETAILER IN KANSAS CITY

DEAR RETAILER: Perhaps. Some immigrants to this country feel the ques-tion you asked is a very personal one. There can be various reasons for it. The person may feel self-conscious about his or her accent, and you can’t know the po-litical situation in the person’s country of origin or whether he or she has encoun-tered bias because of where he or she came from.

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Take care of your heart with these fish eating tips

February is Heart Month. The American Heart Association recommends eating fish twice a week to protect your heart. If you like fish, this isn’t difficult. How-ever, serving fish twice a week to my family, who doesn’t care for the taste of fish, requires some creativity in the kitchen. Here are some tips for others in the same boat. (No pun intended.)

Choose a milder tasting fish for your recipes. These include cod, flounder, haddock, orange roughy, ocean perch, Alaskan Pol-lock, and tilapia. Even mild tast-ing fish will taste fishy if it’s not fresh. Examine the fish counter and make sure the fresh seafood is properly iced, well refrigerated, in clean display cases, and displayed on a thick bed of ice that is not melting. When you buy frozen fish, ice on the fish or inside of the packaging is an indication that the fish has been stored too long.

Soak fish before cooking. The soaking process will help remove

some of the oil and strong fish fla-vor. Soaking fish in milk yields a very mild flavor. You can also soak fish in water with lemon added. Here’s how to soak fish. Rinse the fish (either a fillet or whole fish) under cold water. Place the fish in a container with a tight fitting lid or zip lock bag and pour enough milk over it to completely cover the fish. Place the fish in the re-frigerator for 30 minutes or up to one hour. Remove the fish from the milk, give it another quick rinse under cold water and pat dry. The fish will taste “less fishy” in whatever recipe you’re using.

Season it well. Several, herbs, spices and other seasonings pair well with fish. Lemon is an all-purpose ingredient for cooking fish. You can also rub lemon on your hands before handling fish to help the fish smell from stay-ing on your hands. Other spices and herbs to try include rosemary, thyme, dill, Cajun seasoning, lemon pepper, garlic and ginger. Lightly brush the fish with olive or canola oil before sprinkling on the seasoning before baking.

To keep fish healthy baking

is recommended which is very simple to do. Just place seasoned fish in a baking dish that has been sprayed with non stick spray. Bake at 450 degrees in a preheated oven for 4-6 minutes per ½- inch thickness of fish. The fish is done as soon as it begins to flake. The fish juices will be milky white.

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Most states lag in health insurance sign-ups

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most states are still lagging when it comes to sign-ups under President Barack Obama’s health care law, but an As-sociated Press analysis of numbers reported Wednesday finds a dozen high-achievers getting ahead of the game.

Connecticut is the nation’s top per-former, signing up more than twice the number of residents it had been projected to enroll by the end of Janu-ary. Massachusetts, which pioneered the approach Obama took in his law, is at the bottom of the list, having met only 5 percent of its target.

Six Republican-led states — Flor-ida, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin — are on pace or better. Residents are signing up despite strong political opposi-tion to the health care law in some of those states.

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Cardinal swimmers ready for strong state meet run

NEWTON — Competition in practice has made Newton Cardinal swimming stronger in 2013-14. The four swim-mers who qualifi ed for Satur-day’s 2014 IHSAA State Swim Meet, the alternate swimmer and Newton coach Dave Hook all agree on that point.

Sophomore Austin Bunker, the only member of the New-ton team who qualifi ed for state a year ago, is going back to the state swim meet in four events. Bunker, sophomore Isaak Webb and junior Jake Lensing are on two relays and have two individual events to swim at the state meet in Marshalltown Saturday.

Josh Bailey, a senior, is a member of the two qualifi ed Cardinal relay teams. Sopho-more Aaron King was select-ed as the Newton alternate swimmer for the relays.

“The kids have worked hard all season. I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do on Saturday,” Hook said. “All of the guys we had on the team this year are very competitive and they pushed each other in practice. You

always get better when you’re pushed in practices by team-mates.”

Newton qualifi ed its 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay for Saturday’s state meet at the Marshalltown YMCA. Bun-ker, Webb, Lensing and Bai-ley are on those relays.

“We’ve gelled as a team re-ally nice this year. I’m proud of what our entire team did this season. The success these guys going to state have had comes from the hard work they’ve put into their swim-ming over the years,” Hook said. “I’m really excited for this good group of guys and what they will accomplish at state.”

The Cardinals have Bun-ker qualifi ed in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard but-terfl y races, while Webb will swim in the 200-yard individ-ual medley and the butterfl y races. Lensing qualifi ed in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke.

“We’ve just had a great sea-son. We’re going to go all out at state,” Bunker said of the team. “I know more of what its going to be like at state than I did last year as a fresh-

man. We’re ranked higher (in the 400 free relay) than what we were last year.”

Bunker was a member of Newton’s 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relays, which qualifi ed a year ago for the state meet. Newton’s four-some set a new school record in taking second in the 200-yard medley relay at district, and the 400-yard freestyle came within one second of breaking the Newton record.

“We’ve had a couple of combinations of guys for the 200 medley this season. We just get faster. This combina-tion is pretty good,” Bunker said. “Last year, I wasn’t ner-vous at state because I was on relays. I’m nervous about my individual races this year.”

Bunker swims the butterfl y leg of the medley relay. New-ton’s 1 minute, 38.20 time is 10th fastest in that relay go-ing into state. Webb leads off with the backstroke followed by Lensing in the breast-stroke, Bunker then Bailey in the freestyle.

The four Cardinals com-bined for a 3:30.16 timing Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News

Newton’s state qualifi ers for swimming are (left to right) Jake Lens-ing, Isaak Webb, Austin Bunker, Josh Bailey and alternate Aaron King. The Cardinals prepare this week for Saturday 2014 IHSAA State Swim Meet in Marshalltown.

By Jocelyn SheetsDaily News Sports Editor

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily NewsNewton seniors (from left) Koby Hull, Ray Schroder and Joey Wright wrestle on their home mat for the fi nal time Saturday in a 2014 IHSAA Class 3A District Tournament. The three seniors lead the Cardinals into the district looking to qualify for the 2014 state tournament, Feb. 20-22 in Des Moines.

NEWTON — No doubt Newton’s Cardinals will contend for state quali-fi cation spots at Saturday’s 2014 IH-SAA Class 3A District Tournament. That’s what NHS head coach Andy Swedenhjelm expects from his wres-tlers.

“The kids are very excited about wrestling at home. I think that is a great advantage for us being able to wrestle in a place that is comfortable to us,” Swedenhjelm said. “The com-petition is going to tough with qual-ity wrestlers coming here from other teams.”

District tournament competition begins at noon Saturday at Newton Senior High School’s gymnasium. Admission is $6.

Joining Newton in this Class 3A district tournament are Iowa City City High, Iowa City West, Marshall-

town, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Pella and Cedar Rapids Prairie. Cedar Rapids Prairie and Iowa City West are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, as teams in Class 3A.

Sixteen Class 3A-ranked wrestlers are expected to compete in this district.

Newton has three seniors, who will wrestle for the fi nal time on their home mat Saturday. They are Koby Hull, Ray Schroder and Joey Wright. Hull and Schroder had been ranked much of the season in their respective weight classes.

Hull is a two-time Little Hawkeye Conference champion at 106 pounds and he fi nished third at last year’s district tournament. Hull posted his 100th career victory Jan. 28 at Nor-walk. He won by injury default over Norwalk’s Dylan Lane, who was in-jured at the 2:28 mark of the match.

Schroder is Newton’s only return-ing state qualifi er from a year ago. Schroder, who is coming off a Little

Hawkeye Conference championship at 195 pounds, is working for a return trip to the Wells Fargo Arena, Feb. 20-22, in Des Moines.

Schroder fi nished second at 195 in district competition as a junior. He went 1-2 at the state meet.

Wright began the season well for Newton at 220-pounds. A medical problem sidelined Wright for a month or so, but he is back on the mat for the Cardinals, winning the Little Hawk-eye Conference championship at 285 pounds.

“Koby should be the No. 1 or No 2 seed going in to Saturday. This is a deep weight class in our district, so it should be exciting to watch from round one,” Swedenhjelm said.

Other contenders in the 106 class are Drew Sams (Oskaloosa), Alec Clark (Ottumwa), Marcus England (Prairie), and possibly Will Ortiz (Iowa City High). Swedenhjelm said Hull has split his season series with

Drew Sams (Oskaloosa), beaten Clark (Ottumwa), and Speltz (Pella).

Swedenhjelm said he expected Sch-roder to be the top seed at 195. Other contenders include Jesse Hynek (Prai-rie), Mitch Yoerger (Iowa City West), and Justus Bjelland (Marshalltown).

Wright will wrestle at 220 or 285 for Newton at the district. His coach sees Wright as the No. 2 or No. 3 seed in either weight class. Freshman Ca-den Manning is the other Newton wrestler at those weights.

“Micah Kelsay (Iowa City West) will be a likely the No. 1 seed at 220. Joey would be competing with Jonah Manson (Prarie) for the No. 2 seed in the district. Others include Callan Tomlin (Oskaloosa) and Ar-mani Smith (Iowa City High),” Swe-denhjelm said.

Top wrestlers compete Saturday in Newton’s 3A district By Jocelyn Sheets

Daily News Sports Editor

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Local SportsPage 2B Thursday, February 13, 2014Local Sports

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TodayHigh School Basketball

Newton 9th girls, 9th boys, JV boys at Pella, 4:45 p.m. Colfax-Mingo boys at Pleasantville, 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, Marshalltown, 12:30 p.m.

BowlingNewton at Little Hawkeye Conference 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.

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in the 400 freestyle relay at district. Newton’s record in that relay is 3:19.60 set in 1986. Newton’s time is 16th fast-est among state qualifi ers this year.

Webb was the 200-yard individual medley district champion last week, setting a Newton record in the winning swim. Webb’s time 1:59.76 is 10th fast-est going into the state meet.

“That was really exciting,” Webb said. “I’m really not nervous going into state. I’m going in open minded and not set goals too high for myself. I’m just going to go and do the best I can.”

“In the relays, we’ve been successful because of the strong diversity we have and our stroke capabilities. We each have our strong strokes. Mine? I think I’m steady across the board on them but probably the breaststroke and but-terfl y,” Webb said.

Bunker goes in as the eighth-fastest in the 100 butterfl y at 53.70 seconds and Webb is 13th fastest in that race.

“I’ve been more motivated this sea-son. With one more year of training under my belt, I’ve seen myself im-prove all season,” Bunker said. “I enjoy long distance freestyle races and I con-sider the butterfl y as my best stroke. I want to get out ahead of the fi eld in the butterfl y race. It makes me go faster.”

Hook said Bunker has had a deter-mination of doing better this season, plus has had a lot of swimmers on the team to help push him in practices. He said Webb came with a great “carefree attitude from the beginning yet he works really hard” toward his goals and the goals of the team.

Lensing is tied for 15th fastest at 22.11 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle

event. He said after his district swim that he wanted to post a sub-22-sec-ond swim at state. Lensing, who was second at state in the event, takes the 15th-fastest time, 1:01.46, into the state 100-yard breaststroke event.

“I’m looking to go under 22 sec-onds at state in the 50. That would be great for me. Since I got beat out for the district cham-pionship in the breaststroke, I’m really going out to get on the podium at state,” Lensing said.

“We have a good chance to reach the podium in the medley relay. We’re after the school record in the 400 free relay. A key to our success this season is we work hard in practices. Coach re-ally stresses our relay starts and we’ve worked on those a lot this season.”

Hook called Lensing a “quiet leader” who does what he is supposed to do when he is supposed to and is a great role model. Hook said Lensing is mo-tivated to get his 50 free time under 22 seconds at state and Lensing lowered his breaststroke time by two seconds in his district race.

“Josh has been a pleasure to coach and watch this season,” Hook said of Bailey. “When Josh swims, he’s going to give me all he’s got. Aaron is our fastest alternate and I think it’s neat for him to get a taste of what the state meet is like. I easily see him being here next year and competing in the state meet for us.”

Bailey is the freestyle swimmer for

the medley relay as its anchor.“I’m really excited about going to

state. We knew coming into the season that there were relay records we could get close to,” Bailey said. “We got faster as the season progressed and we start breaking a couple of the records. Find-ing out what we could do as a group has been great this year.”

Bailey is the lone senior going to state for Newton. It is his fi rst state high school meet as it is for Webb and Lensing. He said he had thoughts for possibly swimming competitively after high school “but I didn’t have the times I thought I might this year and de-cided I didn’t want to devote that much time to swimming after high school. I’ve enjoyed this season here.”

Being excited about going to state is King. He said his best stroke is the butterfl y.

“My speed got me the alternate spot,” King said with a smile. “It’s go-ing to great to go and see what a state meet is all about. Plus, I’m excited to watch my teammates compete.”

Hook said the team is working to get on the podium in all seven events.

“State’s tough. Being in the top 12 in the relays would be good. Our in-dividuals getting on the podium will be diffi cult but attainable for our three swimmers,” Hook said. “The 400 free relay came so close in getting the school record at district and that’s something I think we can get at state.”

The state meet begins at 12:30 p.m. Saturday with the parade of schools at noon. Admission cost to the meet at the Marshalltown YMCA is $8. Spec-tators may arrive at 9 a.m. and wait in the YMCA’s auxiliary gymnasium until 11 a.m. when the pool area will open.

Hook

Swim: Cardinals have goals set for state meet competition Continued from Page 1B

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The gold market enjoyed big gains at the Sochi Olympics on Wednesday, getting an unexpected boost from the women’s downhill.

Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzer-land were declared co-gold medalists, the fi rst time in Olympic Alpine history a race was won in a tie.

On a day that had little to do with winter — tempera-tures hit 63 degrees (17 C) — the two friends covered the 1.69-mile (2.7-kilometer) Rosa Khutor course in 1 min-ute, 41.57 seconds. A tearful Lara Gut of Switzerland won the bronze, 0.10 seconds back.

“I’m sure glad I’m going to share this gold with Tina,” Gisin said.

The favorites, Maria Hoefl -Riesch of Germany and Julia Mancuso of the U.S., were afterthoughts. Hoefl -Riesch, eyeing a record-equaling fourth Olympic Alpine gold, fi nished 13th while Mancuso was eighth.

Five other sports awarded gold medals on Day 6 of the Olympics: fi gure skating pairs, luge, Nordic combined, snow-boarding and speedskating.

Among the other gold medalists were speedskater Stefan Groothuis, who add-ed to the mighty haul of the Dutch at the oval; Eric Frenzel of Germany, who has been the steadiest in Nordic combined the last two years; and Kait-lyn Farrington of the United States, who defeated defend-ing champion Torah Bright in the women’s halfpipe.

ALPINE SKIING: Gisin is becoming an old hand at these kinds of outcomes — two of her three downhill vic-tories have been ties. She also is having a far better Olym-pics than the one in Vancou-ver, where she went tumbling and airborne in the downhill. This was Gisin’s fi rst major medal. Maze won two silvers in Vancouver, and was hardly troubled about splitting the pot of gold. “It’s even more interesting because it’s not a usual thing,” said Maze, who started 30 minutes after Gi-sin. “It’s something special.”

FIGURE SKATING: Ta-tiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov maintained Rus-sia’s long tradition in pairs, winning gold in their home Olympics. Teammates Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov

took silver. Russia or the So-viet Union had won gold in 12 straight Olympics in the event before the streak ended four years ago. “I think to-night all of the country will celebrate this beautiful vic-tory,” Trankov said.

SPEEDSKATING: The Dutch ruled at the oval again, with Groothuis taking the gold in the 1,000 meters and upsetting two-time Olym-pic champion Shani Davis of the U.S. Groothuis won in 1 minute, 8.39 seconds and was followed by Denny Morrison of Canada and 500 champion Michel Mulder of the Neth-erlands. The Dutch have won 10 of 15 medals through the fi rst fi ve events. Davis was

eighth, denied in his bid to become the fi rst man to win the same speedskating event at three straight Olympics.

S N O W B OA R D I N G : Farrington posted a score of 91.75 during her second run, just good enough to beat Bright’s 91.50. 2002 Olympic champion Kelly Clark took bronze to give the United States another medal.

MEN’S HOCKEY: Swe-den showed off its deep of-fensive talent in its Olympic opener, getting two goals from Erik Karlsson and one from Henrik Zetterberg in a 4-2 win over the Czech Re-public. Switzerland also won, but needed a late defl ection to beat Latvia 1-0. The Swiss scored with 7.9 seconds left, and Simon Moser was credit-ed with the goal that appeared to carom off a Latvian player in front of the net.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Canada defeated the U.S. in women’s hockey 3-2 in a preview of the expected gold medal match. Meghan Agos-ta scored twice for Canada and assisted on Hayley Wick-enheiser’s goal. This was the fi fth time these teams have met in the Olympics, but the

fi rst since women’s hockey was added to the Winter Games in 1998 that they have played in the preliminary round. In the day’s other game, Finland beat Switzerland 4-3.

NORDIC COMBINED: Frenzel, who served two years in the German army, won the individual normal hill. He led after ski jumping and powered home on the cross-country course. “I can’t describe this feeling, it’s so perfect,” he said. Frenzel, the runaway World Cup leader, was followed by Akito Watabe of Japan and Magnus Krog of Norway.

CURLING: China’s curl-ers kept up their surprise run by beating Switzerland and Germany, leaving the team at the top of the standings with four straight wins. With Swe-den (3-1) losing to Denmark 8-5 in the evening session, Norway (3-0) is the only other unbeaten team in the com-petition after defeating Ger-many 8-5 in the morning. On the women’s side, undefeated Canada downed Britain 9-6 in a game that went down to the fi nal stone and sent the U.S. to the edge of elimination. The Canadians joined Switzerland in fi rst place at 3-0.

Maze, Gisin win gold in women’s Olympic downhill

“At 285, Aydan Wy-nos (Iowa City West) will be a likely top seed. Joey would be compet-ing with Conner Mier for the No. 2 seed.”

The Cardinal wres-tlers have had two weeks to work and tune up for the district. The last time they were in action was at the Little Hawk-eye Conference meet, Feb. 1.

Sophomore Hunter Versteegh was the other Newton wrestler win-ning a conference cham-pionship at 113. Swe-denhjelm has Versteegh vying for the No. 2 or No. 3 seed at the dis-trict. Tanner Rohweder (Iowa City West), will probably be the #1 seed. Other contenders in-clude Seth Schwarting (Iowa City High) and Dylan Kleinschmidt (Cedar Rapids Prairie).

Sophomores Cole Peters, Alex Bentley and Bryce Tish will fi ll Newton’s slots in the 120-pound, 126-pound and 132-pound weight classes at district. Ju-nior Dakota Dawson, who placed third at 132 pounds last year at dis-trict, is wrestling at 138 this season and comes into the district tourna-ment ranked No. 10.

Freshman Justice Borger earned the spot for the Cardinals in the 145-pound divi-sion. Sophomores Nick Geerlings and Duncan Lee are Newton’s com-petitors at 152 and 160.

Junior J.T. Thongvanh could be seeded any-where from No 2 to No. 6 for the Cardinals at 170, according to Swedenhjelm. Sopho-more Jordan Henning is Newton’s 182-pound wrestler.

“This district has

some deep weight class-es with quality wres-tlers,” Swedenhjelm said. “Our kids expect to be contending for those top two spots to qualify for state.

“A lot of community people understand that it is a great time for our program and are excited for it. I believe the last time we hosted a dis-trict meet was four or fi ve years ago. This will be a great opportunity for people to see quality wrestling.”

The top two fi nish-ers in each weight class advance to the Class 3A state tournament Feb. 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

In district competi-tion, a true second is wrestled for in each weight class. Reaching the championship match and losing does not auto-matically put a wrestler in a qualifi ed spot.

Wrestling: Cards go after state berths Continued from Page 1B

America’s Hamlin relishing her breakthrough luge moment

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Rus-sia (AP) — Within hours of becom-ing the fi rst American to ever win an Olympic singles luge medal, Erin Hamlin got dozens of in-vitations to go various places, give some speeches, even appear on a game show.

Her new life sounds pretty good so far.

Hamlin and her family partied into the wee hours of Wednesday morning to celebrate her bronze medal in the women’s luge com-petition, sharing food and stories and a long-awaited Champagne toast or two. After maybe a couple of hours sleep, Team Hamlin got a chauffeured ride into Sochi for a long list of media tours and spon-sor appearances.

“Surreal,” Hamlin said. “Still can’t believe this.”

She fi nished third, which seemed irrelevant. All the spoils of victory were hers, and deservedly so.

“Enjoying it immensely,” her fa-ther, Ron Hamlin, said along the route. “We’re soaking it all in right now.”

And this ride might last a while.Hamlin may be introduced as

an Olympic medalist for the rest of her life, something that obviously could prove lucrative for her — as well as for USA Luge, which has long been looking for more money and medals. It’s no secret that the amount of U.S. Olympic Com-mittee funding for various sports is usually contingent on big-race results, and Hamlin’s slide to the Olympic fi nish line will undoubt-edly aid USA Luge’s bottom line.

USA Luge had four Olympic medals before now, all in doubles, two silvers and two bronzes. Ham-lin was the 2009 world champion, and fi ve years later, fi nally gave the U.S. a solo medal on the sport’s biggest stage.

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SafetyServices.........................2,684.52Iowa Dept of TransportationSupplies............................479.10Iowa State Assn of AssessorsDues..................................600.00Iron Mountain RecordsServices..............................79.11ISACEducation.......................1,035.00Jacobsen, Michael KMileage................................40.32Jasper Co EngineerServices............................911.64Jasper Co ExtensionEducation............................30.00Jasper Co Homecare AidesServices.........................1,190.00Jasper Co SheriffServices.........................4,200.50Jasper Construction ServicesSupplies............................250.00Jasper County TribuneSubscription........................22.00John Deere FinancialSupplies............................525.76Kading PropertiesShelter...............................200.00Key CooperativeFuel................................1,051.45Kielly, David GMileage................................48.72Kramer, CarolMileage................................11.30Krupp Management Co LLCShelter...............................400.00Kruseman Implement IncSupplies..............................75.28Luetters, Kevin WReimbursement...................14.00MARCSupplies..............................96.72Marshall County SheriffFees....................................12.00Martin Marietta MaterialsSand...............................5,719.63Mary Greeley Medical CenterMedical...........................2,427.00Mason City Clinic PCMedical..............................948.00Meadow Wood Assoc of NewtonLPShelter...............................600.00Medicap PharmacyMedical...........................1,010.81Medline Industries IncSupplies............................209.34Mercy Medical CenterMedical...........................2,250.00MG Laundry CorpLaundry...............................59.10MidAmerican Energy CoUtilties...............................282.88MidIowa FastenersSupplies............................249.00Mid-Iowa Sales CoSupplies..............................27.95Midwest Bowie SalesSupplies............................971.65Napa Distribution CenterParts...............................1,108.51New Century FS IncDiesel.............................2,443.56New DirectionsMedical..............................117.50News Printing CompanyServices.........................1,901.59Newton Office Supply CoSupplies............................184.98Newton WaterworksUtilities...............................258.97Nicholson, Scott WMileage..............................380.40Northern Safety Company IncSupplies............................494.43Northern Tool & Equipment CoSupplies.........................1,373.91Odland Law Firm PLLCServices............................204.00Office DepotSupplies..............................98.05O'Halloran International IncParts..................................215.51Olson, Pamela JReimbursement...................37.00Optimae Life Services IncMedical...........................7,299.22O'Reilly Automotive Stores IncSupplies............................162.27P & P Small Engines IncSupplies..............................77.14Partner Communications CoopUtilities.................................94.82Pine Lakes Properties, c/o EdHavensShelter...............................200.00Pleasant Hill ResidentialServices.........................1,762.66Polk County TreasurerServices.........................1,854.00PostmasterFees..................................106.00Pour Boy Construction IncServices............................720.00PowerplanSupplies.........................3,037.26Prairie City News IncSubscriptions.......................50.00Premier ManagementShelter...............................400.00Premier Office Equipment IncServices............................712.52Prendergast, ShawnShelter...............................400.00Progress IndustriesServices.........................8,870.92Recorders AssociationEducation............................50.00Regency ApartmentsShelter...............................200.00Reliable Office SuppliesSupplies............................246.12Rick's AmocoFuel.....................................86.08Riggs Printing & Forms IncSupplies............................793.50Ritland, TheresaServices............................576.50Roberts Dairy CompanyFood...............................1,287.36Sadler Power Train Truck PartsSupplies..............................73.35Scarnati, PeterMileage................................22.96Schumacher ElevatorServices............................405.13Skiff Medical CenterServices.........................1,983.11Smith's Quality RentalSupplies..............................51.22Staples AdvantageSupplies............................231.67Stone, AndrewMileage................................66.11Stutt, RussReimbursement...................37.00Sullivan Auto Body IncMaintenance......................312.68Superior Welding SupplySupplies............................200.00Task Tray Products IncEquipment.........................452.72TCR Roofing LLCServices............................525.89Unity Point ClinicServices............................111.00US CellularUtilities............................1,469.20US Foods FoodserviceFood...............................7,741.15Verizon WirelessUtilities...............................206.48Wagner, RandyReimbursement...................27.20Wal-Mart Community BRCSupplies..............................69.22Walnut Creek ApartmentsShelter...............................435.00Wendel, SusanReimbursement.................150.00West Publishing CorporationServices............................818.25WindstreamUtilities............................5,397.59Winn, CalvinMileage................................59.33Woodland Heights AptsShelter...............................600.00Woythaler Insurance CorpInsurance..........................100.00Grand Total................184,093.21

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Jasper County Payments1/28/2014

Alliant Energy-IP&LUtilities............................3,891.61Arrow Pest ControlServices............................325.00Barco Municipal Products IncSupplies............................702.82Barr, Jill MReimbursement.................127.49Black Hills EnergyUtilities............................3,249.40Campbell Supply CoSupplies..............................78.56Capstone Behavioral HealthcareMedical...........................9,850.96Card ServicesServices............................574.77Carpenter UniformUniforms............................618.31CBM Food ServiceFood...............................3,996.48CCDA-Scott NelsonDues....................................40.00CDW Government IncSupplies.......................10,361.87Center AssociatesMedical................................96.00Center Friends ChurchShelter...............................200.00Central Iowa Housing AssnShelter...............................200.00Central Iowa Water AssociationUtilities...............................132.72CenturyLinkUtilities...............................892.81Certified Power Train SpecialistsSupplies............................256.04Chatham Oaks IncServices.........................4,446.02ChemSearchServices............................408.84City of LynnvilleUtilities.................................33.60City of MonroeUtilities.................................15.00City of Newton-Public WorksUtilities...............................196.85Classic Car WashServices............................378.25Clevenger, Philip LloydServices............................750.00Colfax Community SeniorShelter...............................200.00Cott Systems IncServices.........................1,490.00COZODues....................................75.00Deegan, John MMileage................................50.40Des Moines Jim HawkSupplies............................583.66Diamond Life Health Care IncServices.........................9,731.13Diamond Vogel PaintSupplies..............................28.50Dodd's Trash HaulingTrash.................................790.60Easy Keep Management IncShelter...............................400.00Election Systems & SoftwareSupplies.........................2,510.09Electrical Engineering Equipment.........................505.52Ellison, C.J.Shelter...............................200.00Fareway Stores IncFood..................................565.84Farver True ValueSupplies..............................75.57First Newton National BankSupplies..............................51.76First State Bank of ColfaxShelter...............................400.00Forbes Office SolutionsSupplies.........................2,280.32Friedman, RobynMileage................................11.30Future Line HydraulicsSupplies............................233.50GATR Truck CenterSupplies............................768.76Global Equipment CompanySupplies............................130.95GovConnection IncSupplies.........................1,662.67Grinnell Regional PublicMedical..............................525.00Hamilton Glass IncServices..............................59.95Hawkeye Truck EquipmentSupplies............................192.75HD SupplySupplies.........................1,401.79Heart of Iowa Regional TransitServices.........................4,572.00Heartland Co-OpFuel...................................949.91Herbold, ChrisMileage................................79.10Hoover, MikeMileage................................45.96Housby Mack IncParts...............................1,261.37House of MercyMedical...........................3,182.00Howe, Robert AlanServices..............................40.00Hy-Vee IncSupplies............................555.02IMWCAServices.......................12,839.00Independent Salt CoSalt.................................5,556.57Iowa County Recorders AssnDues..................................200.00Iowa Dept of Public SafetyServices.........................2,684.52Iowa Dept of TransportationSupplies............................479.10Iowa State Assn of AssessorsDues..................................600.00Iron Mountain RecordsServices..............................79.11ISACEducation.......................1,035.00Jacobsen, Michael KMileage................................40.32Jasper Co EngineerServices............................911.64Jasper Co ExtensionEducation............................30.00Jasper Co Homecare AidesServices.........................1,190.00Jasper Co SheriffServices.........................4,200.50Jasper Construction ServicesSupplies............................250.00Jasper County TribuneSubscription........................22.00John Deere FinancialSupplies............................525.76Kading PropertiesShelter...............................200.00Key CooperativeFuel................................1,051.45Kielly, David GMileage................................48.72Kramer, CarolMileage................................11.30Krupp Management Co LLCShelter...............................400.00Kruseman Implement IncSupplies..............................75.28Luetters, Kevin WReimbursement...................14.00MARCSupplies..............................96.72Marshall County SheriffFees....................................12.00Martin Marietta MaterialsSand...............................5,719.63Mary Greeley Medical CenterMedical...........................2,427.00Mason City Clinic PCMedical..............................948.00Meadow Wood Assoc of NewtonLPShelter...............................600.00Medicap PharmacyMedical...........................1,010.81Medline Industries IncSupplies............................209.34Mercy Medical CenterMedical...........................2,250.00MG Laundry CorpLaundry...............................59.10MidAmerican Energy CoUtilties...............................282.88MidIowa FastenersSupplies............................249.00Mid-Iowa Sales CoSupplies..............................27.95Midwest Bowie SalesSupplies............................971.65Napa Distribution CenterParts...............................1,108.51New Century FS IncDiesel.............................2,443.56New DirectionsMedical..............................117.50News Printing CompanyServices.........................1,901.59Newton Office Supply CoSupplies............................184.98Newton WaterworksUtilities...............................258.97Nicholson, Scott WMileage..............................380.40Northern Safety Company IncSupplies............................494.43Northern Tool & Equipment CoSupplies.........................1,373.91Odland Law Firm PLLCServices............................204.00Office DepotSupplies..............................98.05O'Halloran International IncParts..................................215.51Olson, Pamela JReimbursement...................37.00Optimae Life Services IncMedical...........................7,299.22O'Reilly Automotive Stores IncSupplies............................162.27P & P Small Engines IncSupplies..............................77.14Partner Communications CoopUtilities.................................94.82Pine Lakes Properties, c/o EdHavensShelter...............................200.00Pleasant Hill ResidentialServices.........................1,762.66Polk County TreasurerServices.........................1,854.00PostmasterFees..................................106.00Pour Boy Construction IncServices............................720.00PowerplanSupplies.........................3,037.26Prairie City News IncSubscriptions.......................50.00Premier ManagementShelter...............................400.00Premier Office Equipment IncServices............................712.52Prendergast, ShawnShelter...............................400.00Progress IndustriesServices.........................8,870.92Recorders AssociationEducation............................50.00Regency ApartmentsShelter...............................200.00Reliable Office SuppliesSupplies............................246.12Rick's AmocoFuel.....................................86.08Riggs Printing & Forms IncSupplies............................793.50Ritland, TheresaServices............................576.50Roberts Dairy CompanyFood...............................1,287.36Sadler Power Train Truck PartsSupplies..............................73.35Scarnati, PeterMileage................................22.96Schumacher ElevatorServices............................405.13Skiff Medical CenterServices.........................1,983.11Smith's Quality RentalSupplies..............................51.22Staples AdvantageSupplies............................231.67Stone, AndrewMileage................................66.11Stutt, RussReimbursement...................37.00Sullivan Auto Body IncMaintenance......................312.68Superior Welding SupplySupplies............................200.00Task Tray Products IncEquipment.........................452.72TCR Roofing LLCServices............................525.89Unity Point ClinicServices............................111.00US CellularUtilities............................1,469.20US Foods FoodserviceFood...............................7,741.15Verizon WirelessUtilities...............................206.48Wagner, RandyReimbursement...................27.20Wal-Mart Community BRCSupplies..............................69.22Walnut Creek ApartmentsShelter...............................435.00Wendel, SusanReimbursement.................150.00West Publishing CorporationServices............................818.25WindstreamUtilities............................5,397.59Winn, CalvinMileage................................59.33Woodland Heights AptsShelter...............................600.00Woythaler Insurance CorpInsurance..........................100.00Grand Total................184,093.21

February 13

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEA public hearing will be heldFebruary 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. inthe Board of Supervisors Office,Room 203 of the Jasper CountyCourthouse in Newton, Iowa. This is a public meeting to dis-cuss the Secondary Roads FiscalYear 2015 Five Year Program. For any further information, con-tact the Auditor's Office at 641-792-7016.

February 13

January 28, 2014Tuesday, January 28, 2014 theJasper County Board of Supervi-sors met in regular session at9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Brock,Stevenson and Carpenterpresent and accounted for; chair-man Brock presiding. Assessor, John Deegan and Tra-cy De Jong presented a resolu-tion to the Board to approve theBusiness Tax Credit for thosewho qualify and disallow thoseapplications that do not qualifyMotion by Stevenson, secondedby Carpenter to adopt Resolution14-04 as follows:BUSINESS TAX CREDIT APPLI-CATIONS FOR 2013 Where As the Jasper County As-sessor has notified the Supervi-sors of the applications that quali-fy for the Business Property TaxCredit and those that do not qual-ify for the Business Property TaxCredit for assessment year 2013.Be it resolved that the JasperCounty Board of Supervisors ap-proves all filed Business TaxCredit applications for the 2013assessment year except thosespecifically called out in the reso-lution for disallowance. The applications for BusinessProperty Tax Credit that will bedisallowed for 2013 assessedyear.DistrictParcel NumberOwnerReason for Disallowance NWNT08.33.207.011KADING PROPERTIES LLCApartments don't qualify NWNT08.33.207.012KADING PROPERTIES LLCApartments don't qualify MNMN17.25.429.007GARY & JILL DOWNEYApartments don't qualify NWNT08.35.380.002ATERRA 19, EAST 18TH STResidential parcels don't qualifyNWNT08.35.380.003ATERRA 19, EAST 18TH STResidential parcels don't qualifyNWNT08.35.380.008ATERRA 19, EAST 18TH STResidential parcels don't qualifyNWNT08.35.380.009ATERRA 19, EAST 18TH STResidential parcels don't qualifySYLS20.02.351.018Scott & Vicki NikkelResidential parcels don't qualifySYLS20.05.251.011Scott & Vicki NikkelResidential parcels don't qualifyBXBX02.14.308.004L&J Johnson RentalResidential parcels don't qualifyNWNT08.34.202.012Steven & Laura JochemsConversion homes don't qualifyYEA: CARPENTER, STEVEN-SON, BROCK A complete copyof the Resolution is on file in theoffice of the Jasper County Audi-tor. Motion by Carpenter, secondedby Stevenson to approve Boardof Supervisor minutes for January21, 2014. YEA:STEVENSON, CARPENTER,BROCK There were no Board Appoint-ments. Motion by Carpenter, secondedby Stevenson to adjourn theTuesday, January 28, 2014 meet-ing of the Board of Supervisors.YEA: STEVENSON, BROCK,CARPENTER Dennis Parrott, AuditorJoe Brock, Chairman

February 13

TRUST NOTICEIN THE MATTER OF THETRUST:Second Amended and RestatedMaxine O. Swanger RevocableTrust AgreementTo all persons regarding MaxineO. Swanger, deceased, who diedon or about 28th day of October,2013. You are hereby notifiedthat Eric S. Swanger is thetrustee of the Second Amendedand Restated Maxine O.Swanger Revocable Trust, datedthe 16th day of November, 2012.Any action to contest the validityof the trust must be brought in theDistrict Court of Jasper County,Iowa, within the later to occur offour (4) months from the date ofsecond publication of this noticeor thirty (30) days from the dateof mailing this notice to all heirsof the decedent settlor and thespouse of the decedent settlorwhose identities are reasonablyascertainable. Any suit not filedwithin this period shall be foreverbarred. Notice is further given that anyperson or entity possessing aclaim against the trust must mailproof of the claim to the trustee atthe address listed below via certi-fied mail, return receipt request-ed, by the later to occur of four(4) months from the second publi-cation of this notice or thirty (30)days from the date of mailing thisnotice if required or the claimshall be forever barred unlesspaid or otherwise satisfied.Dated this 30th day of October,2013.Second Amended and RestatedMaxine O. Swanger RevocableTrust AgreementEric S. Swanger1741 W. Ivanhoe St.Chandler, AZ, 85224Mark A. Otto, ICIS PIN#: AT0005939Attorney for TrusteeOTTO LAW OFFICE PLLC123 W 2ND ST N, PO BOX 1356,NEWTON, IA 50208AddressMark@ottolawyers.comDate of second publication 13thday of February, 2014.

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Grinnell College is a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college. The Depart-ment of Art and Art History seeks to provide an historical, critical and practice-based knowledge of visual culture within a liberal arts context. We are currently seeking a motivated, well-organized and creative individual to be part of our Department.

Responsibilities: The Studio Art Technical Assistant will be responsible for supply-ing and maintaining all studio facilities, (printmaking, painting and drawing, ceram-ics, digital lab and sculpture). A primary requirement of this position is to support faculty objectives and provide technical oversight for students inside and outside class sessions. The technician will also oversee the student gallery.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required and studio art background is essential. Masters of Art (MA) or Masters of Fine Art (MFA) preferred. Must have excellent organizational, communication, customer service and computer skills. Hours are flexible, and schedule will be set with department chair.

Please submit applications online by visiting our application 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 Professor Lee Running, Chair of Art Department, at runningl@grinnell.edu

Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondis-criminatory educational environment 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, physical or mental disability, creed, or any other protected class.

Studio Art Technical Assistant(Full-time, 10-months) Custodian

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Grinnell College is currently seeking a motivated and well-organized individu-al to be part of our Facilities Management team.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to: Providing custodial services in assigned college facilities; clean floors, walls, glass, restrooms, and showers; remove trash; move furniture; change light bulbs; maintain inside and outside entrances including snow removal; and operate and use full line of industrial cleaning equipment and supplies.

Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must demonstrate ability to work with minimal supervision, to organize time effectively, to read and write, and to follow verbal and written instructions.

Selected candidate will need to successfully complete a physical exam, physical assessment, and background check prior to the first day of work.

To be considered for this position, please submit applications online by visit-ing our employment website at https://jobs.grinnell.edu. Review of applica-tions will begin immediately, and will continue until the position is filled.

Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondiscriminatory educational environment for all College community mem-bers. 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 orien-tation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, creed, or any other protected class.

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Some say acceptance is the road to heaven, and so there is no point in imag-ining things to be other than they are. Others get through life by imagining. Still others change the world by imagining. There is no wrong opinion on the matter. But whatever you believe, you’ll be asked to defend it as Mercury has us reviewing our world-view.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 13). Your energy is high, and you’ll lead your friends and family in events and activities they will never forget. There are many career opportu-nities to explore over the next eight weeks, but you will make a firm deci-sion and be completely involved in one endeavor by the end of April. Prom-ises will be exchanged in May. Pisces and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 14, 37, 3 and 40.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll be interacting in a group. It will benefit you to address certain members privately first.

Ask about issues that might possibly arise and address them preemp-tively.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Complaining is use-less. You’d rather spend your time finding ways to make things better. How-ever, it may feel necessary to note problems privately to yourself so you can ad-dress them in an organized way.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The hype around Val-entine’s Day is something you’re not entirely fine with, and yet if you don’t do a bit of planning now, you’re likely to regret it. It will take you less than an hour to get this together.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Who needs your attention? Who deserves it? These may be two dif-ferent people, and today you’ll have to choose between them. You’ll do the honorable thing, as long as you take the time to consider what that is.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s your day to

generate ideas, brainstorm and participate in other people’s ideas — not to the point of making prom-ises, but just to the point of feeling kinship.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Retain hours of your life by casting the right person for the job. What takes one experienced person but a few minutes will take a newbie days, if not weeks and months.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Days of doing nothing at all are extremely valu-able, especially during a Mercury retrograde such as this. Such days are a luxury to most people. If you are lucky enough to have this luxury, you’ll feel the value of it today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The current cosmic backdrop highlights the dichotomies of your per-sonality. You are becoming kinder and gentler, though you will fight ferociously for the circumstances that allow you to be that way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll meet with people.

A good close is the sign of a good meeting. Recap the information that has come to light, and confirm the agreements that have been made.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Dysfunction within a group may be the norm. Each person has their strengths and weaknesses, and those do not always mesh well in a group set-ting. Luckily, minimizing dysfunction is a talent of yours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Make sure you know what people really want before you give your opinion. Most people who ask for feedback are actu-ally seeking attention and praise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Is there someone who stands to lose if your venture is successful? If so, this is best rooted out and dealt with immedi-ately so it doesn’t foul you up when you’re closer to victory.

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