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By Jason W. BrooksNewton Daily News
When the Iowa Legislature convenes on Monday to begin its 2015 session, thousands of Iowans will be pining to make thousands of things happen.
One of those groups of Io-wans will be addressing issues surrounding cannabis — as a medicine, and not as a recre-ational-use drug. A Newton na-tive, whose wife is chronically ill, will be a part of the movement to get cannabis oil, and the medi-cines that contain it, approved as a more formal program in 2015 by the legislature.
The legislature approved the Medical Cannabidiol Act last year, but when Gov. Terry Brans-tad signed the bill into law, it re-ally only gave a limited number of epilepsy patients the right to legally possess one drug — and there’s no provision for it to be produced in Iowa, so finding and getting it to the state is tricky
business.Craig Miller Jr., the son of Sue
Miller and Craig “Bud” Miller Sr. of Newton, said the 2014 activity and the Medical Can-nabidiol Act represent important
steps forward in the approach the legislature and governor have taken regarding cannabis.
His wife, Debbie, suffers from
WILL IOWA LEGALIZE CANNABIS?
The legislature approved a limited cannabis-oil use bill last year;
Newton native has a stake in 2015 efforts
Jason Brooks/Daily NewsNewton native Craig Miller Jr. is the primary caretaker for his wife, Debbie, who has been chronically ill from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome for more than five years. Miller Jr. is one of many Iowa residents hoping to see an expanded medical cannabis program approved by the legislature this year.
CANNABIS | 3A
Branstad: Local gas sales tax
option for funding county roads
By Mike MendenhallNewton Daily News
DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Brans-tad stated his intention Wednesday at the annual Associated Press Legis-lative Seminary to pres-ent a two-year budget to the General Assembly in conjunction with next week’s Condition of the State Address. Branstad, a Republican, also indi-cated he would include a 5-year projection of the state’s finances.
Near the top of the governor’s list of priori-ties for the 2015 legis-lative session is Iowa road and infrastructure funding. Branstad said he intends to present a series of options to Republican and Demo-
cratic lawmakers aimed at increasing rural road funding, but the sug-gestion pushed most aggressively by the gov-ernor Wednesday was a 1 cent local option sales tax per every gallon of gas. The proposal would give Iowa counties the option of holding a ref-erendum on the local 1 cent increase, allowing those funds to remain within county lines for local roadway projects. The governor said he hopes to see action on this early in the session.
“We have local op-tion sales on everything else, but gasoline and diesel fuel does not. But if you had an excise tax on that, a county could
Eminent domain talks sparked by pipeline, clean line projects
Alex Olp/Newton Daily NewsGov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds meet with members of the Iowa news media Wednesday at the state capitol building in Des Moines during the an-nual Associated Press Legislative Seminar. Branstad an-nounced he would submit a two-year budget as the 2015 legislative session begins next week.
GAS TAX | 8A
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Authorities: Be cautious of snowplows, winter roads
By Jamee A. PiersonNewton Daily News
Although the snow has stopped falling, drivers need to remain cautious with snow still on the roads and the Iowa Department of Transportation reporting 12 wrecks statewide with its snow-plows in the recent storm.
When visibility is poor and/or the road is wet, snowy or icy — slow down. Conditions are con-tinually changing and can be very unpredictable. To help maintain control of the vehicle, avoid ex-cessive actions while steering, breaking or accelerating.
“The road conditions can change in a second. They can be
completely dry and no problem and then within the next mile they could have black ice and snow,” said Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty.
When approaching intersec-tions, off-ramps, bridges or shady spots — slow down. Those areas
PLOWS | 3A
NCT, friends to host variety show Saturday
to benefit Hessons
By Kate MalottNewton Daily News
The physical, mental and emotional strain can-cer can have on a family is tremendously painful but when you add onto that the cancer diagnoses of another immediate fam-ily member then it feels nearly unbearable. That is what cancer patients Sarah Hesson and moth-er, Pauline Hesson, along with their supportive fam-ily have faced the last two years and continue to be overwhelmed with the te-nacious disease.
Sarah, 37, grew up in Newton, and it is the town she calls home. She is the daughter of Steve and Pauline Hesson and was a CNA at Newton Health Care Center. She is also the mother of three chil-dren, Grant, 14, Brandon, 6, and Courtney, 4.
Two years ago, Sarah
was diagnosed with lobular (breast) cancer, was treated at John Stoddard Cancer Center in Des Moines, and had to make the de-cision of having a double mastectomy in 2013.
Sarah was in good spir-its after she fought the dis-ease and was in the clear, but less than a year later she found out the cancer was back and had spread.
The bad news didn’t stop there for the Hesson family.
As Sarah was unable to work, she and her fam-ily have been taken care of by her parents. But last year, Pauline was also di-agnosed with breast can-cer and, like her daughter, went through a double mastectomy. She starts chemotherapy radiation Friday.
Pauline is fan of musi-cals and a loyal patron to
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The new year is now in full swing, and many of us are start-ing fresh with a renewed interest and desire to get healthy and be more physically fit.
One part of that fitness equa-tion is strength training.
Did you know muscle is more difficult to build and maintain as we age? In fact, many of us start losing muscle around age 30, with a 3 to 8 percent reduc-tion in lean muscle mass every decade thereafter. This is due to lower testosterone levels in men and lower estrogen levels in women — both hormones needed to help build muscle — as well as changes in nerve and blood cells and the body not ef-ficiently converting amino acids to muscle tissue, among other factors. However, muscle loss is not inevitable.
For both adult men and women, regular strength train-ing exercises are key to building and maintaining muscle. Men and women should participate in muscle strengthening activi-ties that work the major muscle groups (legs, hips, back, chest, abdomen, shoulders and arms) at
least two times per week. Strength training exercises in-
clude lifting weights, using resis-tance bands and doing push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups. Everyday activities like carrying groceries, playing with your kids and gar-dening can strengthen muscles, too. One important way to sup-port strength building is good nutrition including protein, car-bohydrates and fat as well as ad-equate calories throughout the day.
When building and maintain-ing muscle, the more protein the better? Not necessarily. Research has shown that eating adequate protein not excessive protein is the key.
A typical day’s intake for a sedentary adult might include three servings of low-fat or fat-free dairy plus 4 to 6 ounces from protein foods such as lean meat, poultry, fish or beans. Keep in mind, that this amount is an ap-proximation and may vary with each individual. One ounce pro-tein equivalents include 1 egg, ¼ cup cottage cheese, ¼ cup tuna, shredded cheese or loose meat such as ground beef/turkey, 1 string cheese stick or 2 table-spoons peanut butter.
Carbohydrates are also im-
portant for fueling muscles. The reason for this is that carbs are partially converted into glyco-gen, which gets stored in your muscles to provide energy for your workouts.
Men and women who are strength training at least two times/week need to include at least half their calories from car-bohydrates. That does not, how-ever, mean you should load up on pizza, bagels, cakes and cookies. Choose good quality carbs that are also low in fat such as whole grain breads and cereals, low-fat or fat-free milk/yogurt and fruits and vegetables.
Fats are also a necessary nu-trient in your diet. For overall health and muscle strength, focus on heart-healthy fats (extra-vir-gin olive oil, canola oil, walnuts, pistachios, almonds, avocados and fatty fish such as salmon, halibut, mackerel, sardines and trout). Because fats contain twice the number of calories as carbo-hydrates and protein, be sure to monitor portion sizes closely.
For example, a tablespoon of olive oil has 120 calories and 1 ounce of walnuts (about 14 nuts) has 185 calories. Measure and count before you eat.
Happy and healthy new year.
Improve your strength, muscle mass this year
File PhotoStrength training exercises include lifting weights, using resistance bands and doing push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups. Everyday activities like carrying groceries, playing with your kids and gardening can strengthen muscles, too.
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(AP) — The gov-ernment issues di-etary guidelines every five years to encour-age Americans to eat healthier. This year’s version may look at what is healthy for the environment, too.
A new focus on the environment would mean asking people to choose more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and other plant-based foods — possibly at the expense of meat.
The beef and agri-
culture industries are crying foul, saying an environmental agenda has no place in what has always been a prac-tical blueprint for a healthy lifestyle.
An advisory panel to the Agriculture and Health and Human Services Departments has been discussing the idea of sustainability in public meetings, indi-cating that its recom-mendations, expected this month, may ad-dress the environment. The two departments
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which affects collagen and connective tissue, and has left her with chronic pain and fa-tigue. However, aside from avoiding possession charges, the 2014 legislation did little to make medicine more acces-sible in Iowa.
“It would be really tough to follow every state’s laws to get the medicine into the state le-gally,” Miller Jr. said. “The sys-tem just isn’t there. And most states won’t accept any kind of card from another state. Places that require patients to register want them to stay in the state, and not take the drug across state lines.”
The 1992 Newton High School graduate and current lab technician for Underwrit-ers Laboratories’ Newton facil-ity is one of many Iowans who is hoping legislators take even more action on medical canna-bis than they did in 2014.
Miller Jr. is hoping the as-sembly propose and approve a more complete program for either Cannabidiol or canna-bis oil in general. Monday, the Iowa Pharmacy Board recom-mended legislators reclassify a marijuana extract that has little of the chemical THC, making it easier to use legally for treating epilepsy.
He said the movement of chronically ill patients and their families and caretakers is completely separate from the marijuana changes associated with Washington state and Colorado.
“Most of us (in the medi-cal cannabis movement) aren’t interested in legalizing mari-juana for recreational use,” Miller Jr. said. “In fact, it’s not about getting government out of the way. If anything, we’re
more interested in letting gov-ernment intervene and set up and run a program. We’re not talking about a mild painkiller. We’re talking medicine for epileptics with severe symp-toms.”
Debbie was diagnosed in 2006 at the height of an ex-tremely successful sales ca-reer with Nebraska Furniture Mart. She qualified for full federal disability benefits on her first try, which Miller Jr. describes as a rare success; the Creston native has days when she is barely mobile.
Debbie said there’s no guar-antee any cannabis extract or oil would ease her symptoms or make anything more man-ageable. However, she’d like to
see the legislature at least give chronically ill patients the op-portunity to try out cannabis as an alternative.
“I don’t want to be tak-ing so many opiates,” Debbie said. “Some of the medicines almost make my symptoms worse in ways. I feel like I’m not living life.”
While she doesn’t usually have obvious symptoms, Mill-er Jr. said, his wife can dislo-cate a rib simply by sneezing, and has dislocated her shoul-der while rolling over during sleep.
“The thing is, she doesn’t look sick,” Miller Jr. said. “The winters are worse, because the cold makes it tougher for her body. Some of the meds she
takes are to combat the side effects of other meds, so can-nabis oil or something like it might replace one or more medicines, with reduced over-all side effects.”
Miller Jr. said he realizes the large lobby of the pharma-ceutical industry won’t quickly step aside and allow natural herbs and small growers to simply take over.
However, he sees Canna-bidiol and other medical can-nabis efforts as new, untapped markets for those established companies. Iowa legislation regarding marijuana and can-nabis dates back at least as far as the 1970s.
The legislature petitioned the federal government in
1996 to “remove federal pro-hibition” from marijuana for medical purposes. Miller Jr. said he’s willing to go to great lengths to help get medical cannabis going in Iowa, but he realizes other illnesses and causes might be able to gain greater traction with the leg-islature.
“The epilepsy folks have re-ally taken the lead, and has a larger group,” Miller Jr. said. “And multiple sclerosis is a known cause. Ehlers-Danlos is often mis-diagnosed, and even Crohn’s disease and ALS are more widely known.”
A Quinnipiac University poll of 1,411 registered Iowa voters, conducted in early March 2014, showed 81 per-cent support use of marijuana for medical purposes.
“I don’t want to get high,” Debbie said. “In fact, I don’t want drugs at all. I want medi-cine. There’s another realm to marijuana plants that leg-islators need to understand, and if they had a close family member that might be helped by something new, they might listen closer.”
Miller Jr. said it might not matter to him which disor-der or application gets wide-reaching cannabis approval first. Once the oil is introduced to the general public as a larger component of treatment, he’s confident it would soon be ap-proved for more applications.
“Leaders who are worried about potential drug abuse of-ten haven’t seen things like my wife struggling to crawl up a flight of stairs,” he said. “Those folks (patients with other ail-ments and their caregivers) go through the same hell my wife and I go through, and, in many cases, a much worse hell.”
Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or
CannabisContinued from Page 1A
Iowa leaders have mixed stances on medical cannabisSeveral states have different types of
medical cannabis programs going, and there are 23 states with either recreational and/or medical marijuana legalized.
There will be a push from the medical community to get Iowa legislators to expand the cannabis program this year.
Iowa legislators approved the Medical Cannabidiol Act in 2014, but when Gov. Terry Branstad signed the bill into law, it re-ally only gave a limited number of epilepsy patients the right to legally posses one drug that can’t legally be produced in Iowa and many other states.
Newton native Craig Miller Jr., who works as a lab tech for Underwriters Laboratories’ Newton facility, is one of the administrators of the Facebook group called Concerned Iowans for Medical Cannabis. Sally Gaer, wife of West Des Moines mayor Steve Gaer and mother of an adult daughter who has a severe form of epliepsy, is a longtime and passionate advocate for medi-cal cannabis.
Monday, the Iowa Pharmacy Board recommended legislators reclassify a mari-juana extract that has little of the chemical THC, making it easier to use legally for treating epilepsy,
When asked by the Daily News what she’d like to see the legislature do with medical cannabis this year, Gaer had this reply:
“Steve and I would like to see medical cannabis removed from Schedule I, as per the 2010 recommendation of the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. We would also like a medical cannabis program set up in Iowa
with a board made up of doctors, pharma-cists, nurses, patients, law enforcement, drug enforcement, experts in growing and testing the plants. This would leave decision making up to this board and not legislators who do not have the expertise. The result would be to have the medicine grown, processed, tested, and distributed in Iowa.”
Iowa Rep. Dan Kelley (D-Newton) voted against the Medical Cannabidiol Act. Like many leaders, he is reluctant to encourage states to approve actions that might be in conflict with federal laws and regulations.
“The bill that came before the legisla-ture last session is incredibly flawed,” Kelley said. “The bill (required) a study from the University of Iowa that would determine whether cannabis oil actually helps medi-cally or not. That study did not happen, and it’s highly unlikely to happen, because our bill violated federal drug policy. It was the right vote, and I’m proud to have taken it.
“I believe that efforts to legalize illegal drugs are misplaced efforts. I think the state
of Iowa needs to focus on sparking our economy through support for agriculture, support for renewable energy and seeking employers from the coasts and other parts of the Midwest who may want to locate their jobs here.”
Iowa Senator-elect Chaz Allen (D-Newton) said last year’s legislation was not an attempt to legalize recreational marijuana —and, most likely, any proposals this session regarding cannabis will likely be strictly for medical purposes as well.
“Just like allowing the limited use of morphine, on the battlefield as well as the emergency room, this is about what it right and what is wrong,” Allen said. “Senate File 2360 passed the legislature and was signed into law last year, and it garnered overwhelming bipartisan legislative support — as well as Gov. Branstad’s signature.”
Allen said getting medicine to patients, such as Miller Jr.’s wife or those with severe epilepsy, is a matter of simply helping citizens in need.
“It just seems like a no-brainer to me,” Allen said. “We’re not talking about choos-ing whether or not to be tough on crime. It is wrong to play politics with this issue to gain points in the next election cycle. I look forward to seeing the bill improved, and better access provided to this medicine so these parents are allowed to provide comfort for their children in such chronic need of our help.”
Allen said it’s important for the legisla-ture to make more than symbolic gestures.
“I will proudly stand with these mothers, caregivers and children,” he said.
Kelley Allen
New reporter joins Jasper County Tribune,
Prairie City NewsNewton Daily News
The Newton Daily News announced Monday it is ex-panding the news coverage of its weekly publications with the hire of staff writer Alex Olp.
The 22-year-old report-er graduated in Decem-ber from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a B.A. in journalism. He was a sports writer and assistant sports editor for the UW Oshkosh campus newspa-per, The Advance-Titan and worked as an editorial assistant for FOX CITIES Magazine in Appleton, Wis.
Olp will tackle multiple beats for the Jasper County Tribune and Prairie City News, covering city govern-ment, community schools and local news. Growing up in a small town, Olp has a familiarity with the in-dividuality rural and small communities hold in their
culture.“I take
pride in my work, espe-cially when I’m writing for smaller c o m m u -nities. I think it’s ext remely important
for people to know what is happening within their community, which is why I love my profession,” Olp said. “I’m excited to start a new chapter in my life, and learn more about the com-munities I will be working in.”
Olp will also be a con-tributing writer for the Newton Daily News. News Editor Mike Mendenhall said he is confident in Olp’s story-telling ability and looks forward to the new perspective the young jour-nalist will bring to western Jasper County.
Olp
have a higher potential for de-veloping black ice, which is a thin coating of clear ice that can form on the pavement surface and is difficult to see.
Winter roads often result in longer stopping distances, so leave extra room between vehi-cles. When pulling out into in-tersections, do not take chances and assume that a vehicle can slow down or that your vehicle can accelerate quickly. Snow and ice covered streets do not give the same control as dry pave-ment. When driving, leave the cruise control off to maintain complete control over the car.
While driving in snowy con-ditions, there is a chance that a snowplow will be in the path of your vehicle. Just during the last snowfall, 12 Iowa DOT snow-plows were involved in collisions statewide. Most of the plows only had minor damage, but a few will be off the road perma-nently, the DOT said. When coming upon a snowplow, be aware that it often travels be-tween 5 to 35 miles per hour and prepare to reduce your speed. Maintain a safe following dis-tance and be prepared to stop as
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It is never recommended to pass a snowplow on the right
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Information on current road conditions can be found by calling 511 or at www.511ia.org. Weather conditions can be found at www.weathervew.io-wadot.org or from the National Weather Service at www.weath-er.gov
Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534
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Submitted PhotoDrivers are cautioned to be careful on the roads as crews clear the roads during winter weather events.
By Emily Schwarts Greco
United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral Ban Ki-moon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and several of John D. Rockefeller’s heirs have some investment advice for you.
They want you, your college or alma mater, your local firefighters’ pension fund, and all other inves-tors — big and small — to adopt a new financial strategy.
They’re calling for everyone to shed their oil, gas, and coal assets while actively investing in solar and wind power, along with other climate-friendly industries.
Are they tilting at windmills?Sagging oil prices have
been dragging down shares in solar and wind power companies since the middle of 2014. After rising early in the year, most renewable energy stocks fell by December 31. They underperformed the Dow Jones Industrial average, which climbed 7.5 percent.
But dirty-energy industries fared worse. Coal and fracking stocks plunged more than 20 per-cent.
Renewable-energy stocks slumped because many investors wrongly assume that cheap oil will sap demand for solar panels and wind turbines.
For one thing, solar power is on fire. New installations go online every three minutes, and the sun’s rays are fueling more than a third of the electric power installed last year across the country.
Wind energy is also flourishing after growing 26.2 percent a year for nearly two decades worldwide.
Those modernistic turbines now boost grids in many of the most conservative and oil-rich corners of the United States, including Texas, North Dakota and Oklahoma.
While climate concerns do help, market forces are driving this surge.
Generating a kilowatt of so-lar energy today costs less than 1 percent of what it cost in 1977. Both wind and solar are becoming increasingly competitive against dirtier energy options. And on av-erage, U.S. homeowners can bank on saving $20,000 or more within two decades of sticking solar panels on their roofs.
“It isn’t often we have an op-portunity to both do well and do good,” Wallace Global Fund exec-utive director Ellen Dorsey wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
Yet that’s the case today for people and institutions which, like Wallace, divested from oil, coal, and gas over the past two years — and then channeled money into wind, solar, energy efficiency, and other climate solutions.
The Guggenheim Solar exchange-traded fund (ETF) zoomed up 128 percent in 2013, while the First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy ETF jumped 65 percent. These renewable-energy benchmarks blew past the Dow’s 26.5 percent gain that bull-market year.
Even with last year’s decline, solar shares increased 118 percent and wind stocks gained 46.5 per-cent over the course of 2013 and 2014, outshining the Dow’s cumu-lative 36 percent rise. In contrast, standard oil and gas stocks inched
up 11 percent, fracking shares sank 3 percent, and coal shares plum-meted 42 percent during that pe-riod.
Of course, the market has fool-ishly snubbed the immense prom-ise of wind and solar power before. Many individual stocks in these in-dustries fizzled between 2010 and 2012, and they remain far below levels seen prior to the 2008 crash.
But I think the past two years say more than the previous five about how the stock market will treat these industries from now on.
While renewable energy remains vulnerable to volatility as govern-ments phase subsidies in and out, it’s poised for massive growth.
Consider this: Thanks partly to China’s efforts to stamp out smog by closing coal-fired power plants, solar power alone may fuel half the global grid by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency. That would mark a major transfor-mation from its global market share today of under 1 percent worldwide and less than 2 percent in the Unit-ed States.
What about wind? It gener-ates about 5.5 percent of America’s electricity and has plenty of room to grow.
Wall Street will eventually accept renewable power’s full potential. In the meantime, you can do well by doing good by heeding that call from Ban, Tutu, and the Rockefell-ers.
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Everybody else does it this time of year, so I might as well, too. Judging from the amount of feed-b a c k I re-ceived, b o t h p o s i -tive and n e g a -t i v e , t h e s e are the m o s t popular Empty Nest col-umns for 2014.
“Happiness” was my runaway best column for 2014. I received more emails and phone calls for this column than any of the others combined — and all the comments were positive. I usually manage to hack someone off, but not on this one. In “Happiness,” I quote from my daily meditation book that you can’t search for happiness, “happiness is a byproduct of right living.” So important is this con-cept, that my meditation book repeats it four times throughout the year.
One very important concept I didn’t have room for in the “Happiness” col-umn is the “one-day-at-a-time” concept. I firmly believe in this, and so do others, as it is preached far and wide by many disciplines. In a world of worry, all we have to do is take care of what is in front of us today, and the tomorrows work out. Yes-terday is gone, tomorrow isn’t here, all we have is today. Enjoy. It’s a gift. In my early days of sobriety, when my brain was racing like the Newton Speed-way on a hot day (and just as noisy, too). I condensed one day at a time down to one minute at a time. Then I worked up to one hour at a time, one event at a time, and so on. I still practice one-day-at-at-time today, maybe more so than ever.
There’s one more thing I would like to add to the
column on happiness, and that is “God won’t give us more than we can handle in any given day.” If I’ve offended anyone by my mention of God, I don’t apologize.
“Low and behold.” I wrote a column champi-oning the advantages of a Liberal Arts education, and criticizing technically educated people who have poor grammatical and communication skills. In my haste to make a point, I spelled “Low and be-hold” wrong. Well, you would have thought I had committed the most egregious error. People I’ve never heard from before jumped all over it, gleefully pointing out that the term is spelled “lo and behold.” Geesh. I’m sorry! You might know, as soon as I’m critical of other peoples’ errors, I make one myself. I need to point out that my edi-tor missed the spelling er-ror, as well as the editors of the newspapers. I just wish that all these peo-ple I hear from when I make a mistake, would let me know when I write something they like. But that would be the perfect world.
“Race Relations in America.” Following the fatal shooting of a black man in Ferguson, Missouri, and a num-ber of similar shootings around the country, I wrote a searing indict-ment of race relations in America. I received both high praise and glowering ridicule for my opinionated piece, in equal proportions, somewhat representa-tive of feelings in the United States, in gen-eral. I don’t usually write hardcore opin-ions, sticking to human interest, which is the genre of Empty Nest. However, once-in-a-while, following major events, I can’t contain myself. I do have an opinion and like to ex-press it.
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I had been the cops and courts reporter at the Newton Daily News for only three weeks when I went on my first police ride-along. I spent the evening patrol with a young, pleasant officer who is still serving at the NPD today.
It was a fairly quiet evening in February of 2011, but we took a call regarding a middle-aged male subject who was allegedly looking at young teens from his pickup truck. We received reports that the subject was driving through a park in northern Newton. The officer spoke to a group of children in the park who corroborated the story.
The officer immediately rec-ognized the subject’s vehicle and physical description and knew the man had a history of looking at young girls in an inappropriate manner. With a sense of urgency, the officer drove to the subject’s last known position, and we found the man driving through the southwest neighborhoods of town not too far from Maytag Park.
We followed him for a bit, and when the subject arrived at his res-idence, the officer — a bulky built fellow in his mid-20s — spoke with the subject about his behav-ior. The officer had a very calming presence, but made it quite clear to the man this activity would even-
tually lead to a devastating place. Knowing that he had no cause for arrest, the officer put the fear of God in the man without even raising his voice. This demeanor is a talent and difficult to mimic.
In smaller, Midwestern com-munities relationships with local police departments tend to be less adversarial. Core groups of repeat offenders might take issue with police activity, but the general public has an overall positive view-point of law enforcement.
But in larger cities, a conten-tious culture between minority and low income communities and police has persisted for decades. The profiling and subconscious racial biases of the Caucasian population toward Black America, Hispanic America and minorities in America in general has mani-fested itself in recent incidents of police action against young black men in two notable instances, re-sulting in fatalities. For these cops, cultural misunderstanding leads to fear which leads to aggression and hate. It’s easy to fear what is not understood.
The August 2014 shooting of black teen Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., is well documented, as is the rioting and violence which per-
sisted after the grand jury decided not to indict the officer who shot the teen. This was followed by a widely agreed upon injustice in New York City where an unarmed black man was suffocated by an ar-resting officer in the aftermath of a nonviolent crime.
The reprehensible slaying of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu which followed the protests is an example of how misplaced anger can quickly spread to the innocent. The vio-lent protesting has done nothing but fuel the anxiety of our men and women in uniform as they put on their Kevlar vests and go to work each day.
But as those who might feel farther removed from these events, we should attempt to look at these protests — both violent and peaceful — through the lens of history. The new Hollywood ad-aptation “Selma,” directed by Ava DuVernay reminds us the shadow cast by the detractors of the Civil Rights Movement and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is not that far from memory. The prog-ress gained since the 1960s can-not be described in any other way other than fragile. We have given people the rights assured by the constitution, but our society has
yet to prove we can rid ourselves of unconscious biases that still persist and truly transcend the legacy of our forebears.
This doubt has manifested itself in the events of Ferguson and New York. But police officers around the country go to work ev-ery day, not able to fully promise their families that they will come home safely, so the people of Fer-guson and those around the Unit-ed States can exercise their rights to peacefully protest. Although the injustices by some police de-partments have been brought to light, as a society we cannot al-low ourselves to forget the tens of thousands of cops who go to work daily to defend our neighborhoods regardless of the dominant creed, ethnicity or orientation.
We need to continue to train our police forces how to deescalate potential deadly situations, but we also need to learn to trust law enforcement in this country. Only when those who feel oppressed feel they are supported by our of-ficers, and our officers feel there is nothing to fear, will we move forward with clarity toward a just society.
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• Penny Bingo will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Jasper County Senior Citizens Center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton.
• Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 223 E. Fourth St. N. in Newton.
• Peer Support for those living with mental illness will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Opti-mae Life Services, 1730 First Ave. E. in New-ton.
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• Kaitlin M. Keel-ing, 20, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspend-ed after being pulled over in the 2900 block of North 11th Avenue East at 3:52 a.m. Jan. 1. She was cited and re-leased to appear.
• Jarrod M. Hesse, 35, of Newton, is charged with driving while li-cense suspended after being pulled over at the Hy-Vee Gas parking lot at 10:35 p.m. Dec. 31. He was cited and re-leased to appear.
• Laura K. Hin-
shaw, 32, of Newton, is charged with driving while license suspended after being pulled over at the intersection of East Fifth Street South and South Third Av-enue East at 9:09 p.m. Dec. 30. She was cited and released to appear.
• Deann L. Cor-meny, 44, of Newton, is charged with harass-ment of public officers and employees and driving while license under suspension after authorities pulled her over in the 100 block of West Fourth Street North at 5:50 p.m. Dec. 31. Officers began the
investigation when they were informed of a red Ford Escort that was involved in a road rage incident. The vehicle’s license plate did not match the vehicle, ac-cording to police, and after being pulled over, Cormeny lied and gave an alternate name. She later admitted her true identity. She was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Torrey C. J. Hen-derson, 30, of Newton, is charged with disor-derly conduct after au-thorities were called to 1426 First Ave. E. at 5:45 p.m. Jan. 1. Of-
ficers spoke with Hen-derson who alleged he argued with another man, which led to him getting hit in the eye. Witnesses alleged Hen-derson and his friend kept the other man from leaving the scene and started the altercation. Henderson said that he left the residence be-cause the other man’s mother was “jumping down their throats.” When he left, the other man was yelling at him then an altercation took place. He was cited and released to appear.
• Taggart L. Stan-ley, 24, of Newton, is
charged with disor-derly conduct after au-thorities were called to 1426 First Ave. E. at 5:45 p.m. Jan. 1. Offi-cers spoke with Stanley who alleged that two men were at the resi-dence and began calling his mother derogatory names. He left the resi-dence to confront them and was in an alterca-tion where Stanley hit one of the men. He was cited and released to ap-pear.
• Luis M. Sandoval, 33, of Marshalltown, is charged with driv-ing while barred after authorities pulled him
over in the 900 block of East Ninth Street South at 1:58 a.m. Dec. 31. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail.
• Ahmed M. Za-karia, 28, of Newton, is charged with con-sumption/intoxication in public places after authorities were called to the 600 block of First Avenue East at 1:43 a.m. Jan. 1. Officers found Zakaria, who said that he was going to get more beer before the gas station closed. He also said he drank a six pack of beer. Officers smelled a strong odor of alcohol, noticed slurred speech
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With Iowa enduring danger-ously low temperatures this week, the Iowa Utilities Board reminds utility customers of safe ways to re-duce monthly utility bills through several energy-saving methods.
Whenever possible, lower the thermostat. A programmable ther-mostat is the best option, is the most efficient and can be easily installed. Never reduce the tem-perature to a setting that might ad-versely impact the health of anyone in the home.
Lowering the temperature by a few degrees when sleeping and by several additional degrees when residents are away from home is recommended. To prevent wa-ter pipes from freezing, never set the temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit when a residence is un-occupied.
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• Inspect, clean, and change fur-nace filters regularly.
• Have heating systems serviced annually by a qualified professional.
• Ensure air registers, heating ducts, and radiators are clean and not blocked.
• Weatherize exterior windows and doors.
• Turn off lights, electronic de-vices, exhaust fans, and appliances when not in use.
• Turn off power strips when not using electronic equipment to reduce phantom energy use.
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DEAR ABBY: Recently, a mem-ber of the family suggested that my mother Google the name of my sister’s new live-in boyfriend. (Another family member said he had done it months ago.) When Mom did, she saw that he is a convicted sex offender. We were all shocked as he has been very good to my sister and other members of the family.
So far, we haven’t said anything to my sister or her boyfriend, and I am unsure what to do. I have a small child and it makes me nervous. I don’t know if my sister knows, and I don’t know how to bring it up.
I am upset with my family member because he didn’t say anything imme-diately after finding this information. I’m upset at my sister if she knows and hasn’t been honest with us, and I am upset with this man. What should I do? — UPSET IN VIRGINIA
DEAR UPSET: First let me tell you what NOT to do. Do not remain silent and stew. Tell your sister every-thing you have written to me and ask if she’s aware that her live-in boyfriend is on a sex offender website. If his offense concerned a minor child, it is possible that he is not supposed to be around children — and if he has been that the authorities would like to know. But first, discuss this with your sister who may — or may not — be able to put your fears to rest.
DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a widower for a year. While he was ea-ger to jump into the dating pool, he still has a mini shrine of his late wife’s ashes and belongings in their house. I can’t bring myself to have dinner or sleep over there with that overt pres-ence.
He recently told me he’s saving her remains to be intermingled with his
when he dies. It was among a long list of her afterlife instructions he de-scribed. He’s in good health. I figure he has 25 years — or more — life expectancy before the big event.
Realistically, shouldn’t I expect more than second best in his world? Is there a time limit for grieving, or does the deceased get to control her hubby from the other side? — WAITING AND WONDERING
DEAR WAITING AND WON-DERING: Realistically, this has less to do with what you should “expect” than conclusions the widower must arrive at on his own. Ask him in a noncon-frontational way how he FEELS about carrying out all of his deceased wife’s wishes — and whether he thinks it is fair to himself or you. Be prepared to discuss it without becoming emotion-al. His answers will tell you everything you need to know about a future with him.
P.S. If your relationship with him is good, why not focus on the present and not worry about what happens to his body when he’s gone? However, if this is a deal breaker, then don’t invest any more time.
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Council OKs steps toward using eminent domain
NORTH LIBERTY — North Liberty is drawing closer to using eminent domain for land that officials say is needed to run sewer and water lines to the new Liberty High School. The city council voted at a special session on Monday to authorize condemnation of three parcels owned by three different parties. City Administra-tor Ryan Heiar says the city must acquire land spanning 13 properties to complete the utility line project, which is expected to cost about $6 million.
City worker helps woman, infant escape fire
CARTER LAKE — A city worker has helped a woman and her infant daughter es-cape a fire that damaged their home in Carter Lake. Authorities say Ronnie Fisher and Mark Murray were driving by the home a little before 1 p.m. on Tuesday when they saw smoke billowing from the back of the residence. Murray called 911 while Fisher went to the front door and pounded on it. He told Tiffany Peck her house was on fire when she answered the door.
3 Officer fatally shoots robbery suspect
DES MOINES — Des Moines police have identified a robbery suspect who was fatally shot by an officer after he pointed a gun at another officer.
A police spokesman says 30-year-old Nicholas Ryan Brickman was shot in the torso by officer Scott Newman.
Newman is on leave pending an in-vestigation of the shooting, which the spokesman says is standard procedure for the department. The Polk County at-torney says a grand jury will review the shooting.
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Trial set for man accused of vehicular homicide
MASON CITY — A trial has been scheduled later this month for a Mason City man accused of vehicular homicide and other crimes.
Victor Rivera, 47, pleaded not guilty on Monday. His trial is set to begin on Jan. 27. Authorities say Rivera was driving a pickup on Nov. 22 that struck a motor-cycle carrying two people, fatally injuring one. Authorities say Rivera fled the scene but was pulled over a short time later by a Cerro Gordo County sheriff ’s deputy.
Fired school superintendent withdraws hearing request
SHENANDOAH — A former Shenan-doah school superintendent says health is-sues led him to end his fight to keep his job.
After Jeff Hiser withdrew his request for a hearing, the school board on Tuesday carried through on its intention to terminate Hiser’s contract. Hiser said through his attorney that the withdrawal shouldn’t be viewed as agreement with district allegations of fraud, policy violations and a cover-up of misdeeds.
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Ex-manager cooperated in US inquiry of halal beef supplier
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IOWA CITY — A manager who was fired from a halal beef supplier charged with deceiving Muslim customers has been cooperating with prosecutors under a plea deal that may keep him out of prison, court re-cords show.
Phil Payne, former operations manager at Midamar Corp. in Ce-dar Rapids, admitted he was part of a scheme to export beef to Indonesia and Malaysia that did not meet those countries’ requirements, according to a plea agreement filed Tuesday.
Payne pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to make and deliver false certificates and writ-ings, marking the first conviction in the federal government’s lengthy in-vestigation of Midamar. Two other charges will be deferred under a pretrial diversion agreement with
Payne, 50, of Ryan.Midamar founder
William Aossey Jr. and two sons who now run the company have plead-ed not guilty to charges related to exporting and marketing practices. Midamar and its halal certification organiza-tion, Islamic Services of America, also have plead-ed not guilty.
Prosecutors say the companies conspired to mislead U.S. regulators, foreign officials and cus-tomers about the source and nature of Midamar’s beef products and the level of adherence to ha-lal standards of Islamic slaughter.
Midamar has defend-ed its practices and ac-cused the government of improperly trying to reg-ulate halal standards that should be left to religion.
“Midamar’s halal pro-cesses are vetted and ap-proved by scholars and industry leaders the world over,” spokeswoman Sara
Sayed said when asked about Payne’s plea. “We will continue to defend the integrity of the com-pany.”
According to the plea agreement signed in June, Payne agreed to “fully and completely cooperate” with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He promised to testify before a grand jury, provide relevant docu-ments, be available for interviews and debriefing sessions and record con-versations as directed.
Payne was fired in March 2012 after telling Midamar president Jalel Aossey that he intend-ed to seek employment elsewhere, the document says. He has since gone to work for Iowa Premium Beef, which is starting a large processing plant in Tama with the help of state tax incentives. Company spokeswoman Michelle Baumhover refused to say whether Payne is still its coordina-tor for halal and interna-
tional sales.Payne admitted that,
from 2007 to 2009, he directed Midamar work-ers to repackage beef products from a slaugh-terhouse that wasn’t ap-proved for export to Ma-laysia and Indonesia to make them appear they came from an approved plant. That scheme in-volved 22 shipments to-taling 124,000 pounds of beef, the document shows.
He also admitted that as demand grew for halal beef, Midamar had dif-ficulty finding enough product prepared by Muslim slaughtermen as the company advertised, so it supplemented pur-chases with kosher beef slaughtered by rabbis at a Minnesota plant. All cattle at that plant were killed using a stunning device, despite Midamar’s claim on its website that the practice wasn’t al-lowed for halal slaughter, the document says.
Dog may have led to shooting that killed
Iowa womanThe Associated Press
BURLINGTON — A dog may have led a Burlington police officer to fire shots that led to a woman’s death during a dispute at her home, ac-cording to a neighbor who said he witnessed the shooting.
Autumn Mae Steele, 34, died Tuesday after be-ing shot by an officer who was trying to quell a disturbance between Steele and her husband, Ga-briel Steele.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, which is leading the investigation, identified the officer Wednesday as Jesse Hill. He has been with the Burlington Police Department since August 2013.
Neighbor Ed Ranck told the newspaper that he watched as the officer was trying to break up an argument and then was startled by the cou-ple’s German shepherd. The officer fired shots and fell to the ground, according to Ranck.
DCI said Hill fired his weapon twice, with one round striking Steele in the mid-torso. She was pronounced dead a short time later. An au-topsy is scheduled Thursday.
Authorities are still interviewing witnesses, Agent Richard Rahn told The Associated Press, but declined to give additional details. A press release from the agency said Hill received treat-ment for at least one dog bite after the shooting.
Less than hour before Tuesday’s shooting, Autumn Steele was released from a county jail on a charge of domestic abuse assault causing injury.
Des Moines utility to sue upstream counties over nitrates in waterThe Associated Press
DES MOINES — Af-ter years of struggling to keep drinking water for almost 500,000 residents in Des Moines and its surrounding areas clear of contaminants largely from upstream farms, the Des Moines Water Works board says it plans to sue three counties.
Water Works’ lawsuit would aim to hold Calhoun, Buena
Vista and Sac counties respon-sible for the high nitrate levels in the Raccoon River, a primary water source for Des Moines. Before the suit can be filed, the Water Works board must ap-prove doing so in a vote, which is planned for Thursday.
It could be one of the first lawsuits in the U.S. filed by a water utility holding local of-ficials responsible for pollution from farm drainage systems.
“They’re transporting
groundwater that is heavily polluted because of the agricul-tural activities,” Water Works CEO Bill Stowe said. “They’re a point-source polluter like a factory or a city stormwater system or a wastewater plant. The state has chosen to turn its head from regulating them and we’re obviously at a point where we no longer consider that to be a tenable outcome.”
The Sac County Board of Supervisors who were meet-
ing about the issue Wednesday had no immediate comment, a woman in the county auditor’s office said. That board over-sees seven drainage districts in coordination with Buena Vista and Calhoun.
Drainage districts were es-tablished to help move water out of farm fields so they can be more agriculturally productive. Northern Iowa has the most extensively drained farmland in the country — an estimated 9
million acres.The three counties that
would be targeted under the lawsuit have about 1.2 mil-lion hogs, more than a million turkeys and 96,000 cows, ac-cording to the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. Manure and fertil-izer are rich in nitrogen, which helps produce high corn yields. But when left unused in the soil, it can wash into rivers and streams as nitrates.
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submit it to the voters and that way it would all stay at the local level,” Branstad said.
The governor defended Io-wa’s “pay-as-you-go” approach to infrastructure spending and stated bonding to supplement the lack of road use dollars at the county level is something he thinks should be avoided.
Legislative leaders gave an indication Tuesday that road repairs would be a priority as session begins. Leaders in both chambers of the General Assem-bly indicated they would look at the governor’s local option gas tax proposal, but stopped short Wednesday of voicing support. Senate Minority Leader Bill Dix (R-Shell Rock ) said his party will entertain increasing road use funding, but what form that takes is “still a bit of a mystery.”
Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) echoed Dix’s hesitation to open-ly support the governor’s plan at this early stage.
“I don’t have a particularly deep thought on that,” Gron-stal said. “I think that becomes a challenge because your farm to market roads go past county boundaries. I think there is some concern but I’m certainly open to looking at that.”
Lawmakers in Des Moines and the governor have been un-der increased pressure from the agricultural industry and Iowa
farmers in recent years to in-crease funding for rural and farm to market roads repairs. The Iowa DOT estimates an annual road funding gap of $215 mil-lion.
Rep. Greg Heartsill, a Repub-lican representing southeast and south central portions of Jasper County, told the Newton Daily News in December he felt the formula for appropriating mon-ey from Iowa’s road use tax fund favored urban infrastructure— a problem he sees as an inequity given the greater portion of Io-wa’s roads are farm-to-market and secondary systems and lo-cated away from the major cities. Roughly 90,000 miles or 78 per-cent of Iowa’s 114,000 miles of roadways are maintained at the county level.
Eminent Domain DebateLeader in both the House and
Senate sent signals Wednesday that eminent domain might be a topic of debate during the 2015 session, triggered by two high-profile energy projects slated to be considered by the Iowa Utili-ties Board for approval.
Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners will file a permit later this month to build 343.43 miles of crude oil pipeline through the state as part of a 1,134-mile project connecting the North Dakota Bakken and Three Forks oil fields with Patoka, Ill. Ap-proximately 33.73 miles of the proposed 343.43 miles of piping to be laid in Iowa will go through Jasper County’s boundaries.
The second project on IUB’s
plate is the proposed Rock Is-land Clean Line consisting of 500-miles of high voltage over-head power lines transmitting wind energy through the north-ern and east-central portions of Iowa. Both projects would utilize eminent domain laws to build on privately owned property.
Although the parties disagree over the public good and po-tential economic benefits of an oil pipeline, there is a weariness on both sides to over utilizing eminent domain laws to acquire privately held land for these proj-ects. Both Gronstal and Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen
gave indications that the legisla-ture would weigh in on the laws governing the fate of both the clean line and pipeline. Paulsen said he “fully expects” legislation to be introduced into the house addressing issues of property condemnation for public proj-ects.
The governor, who appoints the three-person IUB, said Wednesday he doesn’t see a need for congressional intervention disrupting current eminent do-main laws and to influence the two energy projects.
“I think it would be a mis-take to get politics into this. I
think we should abide by the processes that have been put in place,” Branstad said. “We have thousands of miles of pipeline through the state of Iowa. I’ve seen the map and virtually ev-ery county has a pipeline going through it in some way or an-other. I feel because of the value of our farm land here in Iowa that if anyone is going to build a pipeline ... they need to be careful that if they go through that the tie lines are repaired and the val-ue of the land is not diminished.”
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Alex Olp/Newton Daily NewsIowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen (R-Hiawatha) and Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) take questions during Wednesday’s AP Legislative Seminar in Des Moines. The Iowa General Assembly begins the 2015 legislative session Monday.
Frozen discovery
Kate Malott/Daily NewsLeah Osborn and Tate Osborn show off 3-foot long icicles found at the Newton Public Library Wednesday afternoon. The two are students at Newton Christian School and had the day off due to the frigid weather.
the theatre. She volunteers at the Newton Commu-nity Theatre and has di-rected, acted and done hair and makeup for many pro-ductions.
Friends of Pauline and Sarah at the NCT wanted to help raise money for their friends who have giv-en so much of themselves to the theatre, but didn’t know what to do. They got together and decided to organize a variety show and silent auction in hopes to raise money for the two.
“Pauline is a really good friend and people want to help but they don’t know how,” said Kathy Smith. “We’ve had so many peo-ple help out and donate. It’s truly been a community effort.”
Theatre board mem-bers, along with family and friends of Sarah and Pauline, will host a silent auction and variety show Saturday night at the NCT with all proceeds going toward past, present and future medical expenses of the family.
The silent auction be-gins at 6:30 p.m. with items including rounds of golf, restaurants and salon pampering.
The variety show from 7 to 9 p.m. will include a
mixture of talent from lo-cal comedians, actors and musicians. Past cast will return to sing, inMotion Dance Studio will perform and current actors will do skits as well. Newton High School Drama instructor Mark Burnett will also par-ticipate in the event.
“With Aunt Poopsie (Pauline) now battling breast cancer, undergoing treatment and unable to work, and Sarah’s declining health keeping her from work, financial burdens may arise, which is the last thing needed in such
a emotionally challenging time,” said Heather Buck-lin, Sarah’s cousin.
The variety show is a freewill offering and the NCT will provide snacks and drinks during inter-mission.
For those interesting in donating silent auction items or who would like to donate but are unable to make to the event, call Kathy Smith at 641-521-4980.
Contact Kate Malott at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or [email protected]
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Submitted PhotoSarah Hesson and son Brandon share a loving moment together while Hesson is in the hospital. Hesson is the mother of three who has spent the last two years battling very progressive cancer and is currently in the hospital.
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Newton at Osklaoosa, 5:30 p.m.CMB, Pleasantville at PCM, 6 p.m.Roland-Story, Saydel, Panorama at Colfax-Mingo, 5:30 p.m.Newton 7th, 8th at Oskaloosa, 4:30 p.m.
BasketballOskaloosa at Newton, 9th boys, 6 p.m., JV boys 7:30 p.m.Norwalk at Newton 8th boys, 4:30 p.m.Newton 7th boys at Norwalk, 4:30 p.m.Newton 7th girls at Sully Chris-tian, 4:30 p.m.
BowlingNewton at Clarke, 4 p.m.
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Newton at Oskaloosa, girls 6:15 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.Lynnville-Sully at Keota, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.PCM at Gilbert, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.North Polk at Colfax-Mingo, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.CMB at Saydel, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.Pella at Newotn 8th boys, 4:30 p.m.Newton 7th boys at Pella, 4:30 p.m.
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Newton at Waterloo West Invita-tional, 10 a.m.
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IGHSAU changes girls XC race distance
Starting this fall, high school girls cross country run-ners will run the same distance as the boys.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s board of directors voted Wednesday to extend the distance of races from 2.5 miles to the 3.1 miles the boys have already been running, according to Jason Eslinger of the IGHSAU.
Area coaches have mixed opinions of the change, stating there are both positives and negatives with the decision.
Colfax-Mingo coach Zach Tomas and Collins-Maxwell/Baxter coach Jerry Mein-erts guide both the boys and girls teams. So setting up one course at home meets will make things easier and the ex-perience for the fans should be better, too.
“I see positives and nega-tives,” Tomas said. “It will be nice to set up just one course. I think this makes it easier over-all for coaches that coach both girls and boys. You can do the same workouts for both teams.
“This was bound to happen. The coaches association put a vote out last year. I figured it was something that was in the works eventually.”
Female runners at the Iowa high school level have been running a 4K since 2002. The
new 5K distance falls in line with many of the states across the country.
“I was unaware of the push for a new distance but believe it is a good move,” said Rach-elle Tipton, Newton girls’ head coach. “The majority of states race the 5k distance and we are now in line with them. Most runners will have ran a 5k road race, so the distance is not
foreign. I know the Newton girls are capable of making the move up and I look forward to next season.”
Fewer than 10 states were still running the 4K distance last year. Nebraska changed to the longer distance in 2013 and Wisconsin made the switch this past season.
“I wasn’t expecting it to come this soon, but I thought it was
in the plans down the road,” Meinerts said. “The girls will have to learn different courses and different loops, but I don’t think running another 1/2 mile will be that big of a difference. I was fine with the girls running the shorter distance but the 5K distance will be better for girls who have aspirations to run in college.”
Whether or not the distance will affect athlete participation is still unknown. Tomas said he has never had a female runner ask to run further but doesn’t expect the change to affect numbers.
“You would hope not,” To-mas said. “My only concern now would be to make the middle school distances longer, too. Those younger kids have a tough enough time adjusting to the high school distances as it is. They need to make the adjustment easier.”
The Tigerhawks advanced to the state meet for the first time in school history this past season. Tomas lost five seniors from that squad so he will have to rebuild the roster anyway.
Meinerts thinks being able to compete for a new school record could help with partici-pation. But overall, he doesn’t anticipate the change affecting the Raiders’ numbers.
Johnson, Martinez, Smoltz among 4 voted to HallNEW YORK (AP) — Ran-
dy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz dominated in an era of offense, each in their own way.
The 6-foot-10 Big Unit be-came the tallest of 215 play-ers elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame and the 5-foot-11 Martinez the shortest pitcher picked for Cooperstown since Whitey Ford in 1974.
Smoltz, who found unusu-al success both as a starting pitcher and a reliever, also was voted in Tuesday along with Craig Biggio, the first time since 1955 writers picked a quartet of players in one year.
For many, the election of Johnson and Martinez was the long and short of it.
“You’re talking about freak-
ish talent,” Smoltz said. “I’ve never seen at each person’s height anybody come close to what they were able to do.”
Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz were crowned by big margins on their first tries, the first trio of pitchers voted in together by the writers.
Biggio made it on his third attempt after falling two votes shy last year.
Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa again fell far short of half of the votes and appear to have little chance of reaching the necessary 75 percent during their remaining time on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot.
“It’s actually sad, to be hon-
est. It’s sad,” Martinez said. “People I admired are not go-ing in with me.”
The quartet will be induct-ed in Cooperstown on July 26. The BBWAA had not voted in four players together since selecting Joe DiMaggio, Gab-by Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance 60 years earlier
Mike Piazza fell 28 votes short but increased his per-centage to 69.9 from 57.8 in 2013 and 62.2 last year.
Both making their third ap-pearances, Clemens received 37.5 percent and Bonds 36.8 percent.
In his ninth and next-to-last year of eligibility, McGwire got 10 percent — less than half his peak of 23.6 percent in 2008. Sosa was on 6.6 percent
of the ballots, just above the 5 percent threshold for remain-ing on next year’s list.
Don Mattingly received 9.1 percent in his 15th and final appearance on the ballot.
Under a change made by the Hall’s board last summer, players’ eligibility was cut from 15 years to 10 but the 11-15 group was grandfathered.
Among the 17 first-time eligibles who will be dropped are Carlos Delgado (3.8 per-cent) and players’ association head Tony Clark, who did not get any votes.
Ken Griffey Jr., Trevor Hoffman and Billy Wagner are among the players eligible for the first time in next year’s bal-lot.
NFL’s top QBs highlight divisional round of playoffs
In this quarterback-driven league, nothing could be better than teams driven by their QBs meeting in the playoffs.
So next weekend can’t come soon enough: Denver’s Peyton Manning vs. the man who re-placed him in Indianapolis, An-drew Luck.
Baltimore’s Joe Flacco, who twice has defeated the Patriots and Tom Brady, heading to New England.
Aaron Rodgers against Tony Romo in Lambeau Field — just as enticing.
Even Carolina’s Cam Newton against another new-wave QB, Seattle’s Russell Wilson, who merely won a Super Bowl last February.
The divisional round opens next Saturday with AFC top seed New England (12-4) host-ing Baltimore (11-6), which eliminated Pittsburgh 30-17.
That will be followed by de-fending Super Bowl champion Seattle (12-4), the NFC West champion, against Carolina (8-8-1), which beat Arizona 27-16.
NFC North champ Green Bay (12-4) is home for Dallas in the early game next Sunday. It’s the first postseason visit to
Lambeau Field for the Cowboys since the 1967 Ice Bowl. Dallas beat Detroit 24-20 in the wild-card round.
The final division-round con-test next Sunday has Indianapo-lis (12-5) at Denver (12-4). Indy disposed of Cincinnati 26-10 in a wild-card game.
Colts at BroncosAndrew Luck threw for 376
yards and one touchdown, Dan-iel “Boom” Herron ran for an-other score, and Indianapolis dominated the second half to beat Cincinnati on Sunday.
The Colts made a fair share of mistakes, but nothing like the Bengals (10-6-1), who became the first team in NFL history to lose four consecutive opening-round playoff games.
Ravens at PatriotsYes, New England was 7-0 at
home in games with any mean-ing. But if there’s one team that has shown no fear of Foxbor-ough, it’s Baltimore.
The Ravens knocked off the Patriots at Gillette Stadium in the 2009 and 2012 playoffs; Bal-timore won the Super Bowl after the latter victory.
Brady, of course, owns three Super Bowl rings and two more AFC titles. In recent years,
though, Flacco has been just as successful in the playoffs and has a 10-4 record, 7-4 on the road.
Cowboys atPackers
A longstanding rivalry — they have met six times in the playoffs, with Dallas having four wins — will be renewed. Standing in for Bart Starr or Brett Favre will be Rodgers, who already owns a Su-per Bowl ring.
In place of Don Meredith or Troy Aikman will be Romo, whose late touchdown pass lifted Dallas over Detroit in the wild-card round on Sunday.
Green Bay was 8-0 at home in 2014. Dallas (13-4) won all eight of its road games.
Panthers atSeahawks
Just the second team with a losing record to win a division title, the Panthers took their fifth straight game by ending Arizo-na’s season Saturday. It was Car-olina’s first playoff win in nine years.
The defense held the Car-dinals (11-6) and third-string quarterback Ryan Lindley to 78 yards, the fewest in NFL playoff history. But facing Wilson is a far tougher challenge, to say the least.
Tuttle leads Panthers
past SalukisCEDAR FALLS
(AP) — Seth Tuttle tied a career-high with 24 points, on 9-of-12 shooting, and Nate Buss scored a season-high 15 to lead Northern Iowa to a 55-39 win over Southern Illinois on Wednesday night.
Tuttle had eight re-bounds and Buss made 6-of-9 field goals, in-cluding 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
Southern Illinois made just 8-of-27 field goals in the first half and trailed 25-18 at the break.
Sean O’Brien opened the second half with a 3, pulling the Salukis within four, but a 19-6 run by Northern Iowa (13-2, 2-1 Missouri Val-ley) over the next 8-plus minutes made it 43-27 and Southern Illinois trailed by double digits the rest of the way.
Jordan Caroline led Southern Illinois with 13 points and eight re-bounds.
Illinois State 81, Drake 45
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Daishon Knight scored 15 points, Mi-Kyle McIntosh had 10 with nine rebounds and Illinois State rolled past Drake for an 81-45 vic-tory Wednesday night.
Paris Lee chipped in 12 points and Tony Wills had 10 with six assists for the Redbirds (9-6, 1-2 Missouri Val-ley), who shot 56.6 per-cent from the field and had a 38-21 rebounding advantage.
Drake (3-12, 0-3) was held to 14-of-44 shooting, gave up 21 points off turnovers and another 12 on second-chance opportunities. Chris Caird was the lone scorer in double figures for the Bulldogs with 15 points and Trev-or Berkeley had nine.
Troy Hyde/Daily News file photoColfax-Mingo sophomore Dakota Hostetter catches her breath after finish-ing the 4K race at the state cross country meet in Fort Dodge in October. Hostetter returns to the Tigerhawks next season but will have to run a little farther each race after the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union voted to change the girls’ race distance to a 5K (3.1 miles) on Wednesday.
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AP source: KC signs QB Pryor to 1-year deal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have signed Terrelle Pryor to a one-year deal to pro-vide competition at the backup quarter-back spot, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of ano-nymity Wednesday night because the Chiefs had not an-nounced the deal. Pryor worked out for the team earlier in the day.
The signing could mean the end of backup Chase Dan-iel’s run in Kansas City.
The Chiefs are tight against the sal-ary cap, and parting with Daniel could save nearly $4 mil-lion.
The Chiefs also have developmental quarterbacks Ty-ler Bray and Aaron Murray on the roster.
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Most of the work will get done in a sudden wave of late afternoon pro-ductivity after the moon leaves ostentatious Leo for reasonable Virgo. The small details will matter disproportionately. One way to show you care is to tend to the minor details of a personal interaction as though they were extreme-ly important. They are!
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 8). Your humor lights up the world for someone special this month. You produce a sensational piece of work in February. Invest your earnings in getting more certifications or training. Your personal life sparkles with new friendships in June. Family business will benefit all in July. Sagittarius and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 24, 4, 29, 48 and 33. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are self-sac-rificing, but only for those few special people who have your heart. There is nothing you won’t do to make them smile, and
when they are happy, you are happy. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Avoid those who seem unapproachable or stand-offish. It’s not your job to warm everyone up today, and your time will be bet-ter spent on the genuinely nice people. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll determine which sacrifices were worthwhile and which ones not to make again. Tonight, you really don’t need anything from your romantic counterpart, and that is what makes the situ-ation so appealing for both parties.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will have greater than normal powers of discipline, but don’t make yourself forgo the things you want and need. Go easy on yourself! Before you deprive yourself, decide what to use as a replacement. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be tempted to say too much. When in
doubt, hold back. You’ll be admired for your discre-tion. Your action will say enough and bring results where words failed. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You have extraordi-nary powers of percep-tion. You believe there is more going on than your eye can detect, and by the end of the day, a mystical experience will prove your theory. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Before you get busy, consider the possibility of doing absolutely nothing. Stillness can be deceptive-ly productive. It is possible that you’ll attract all you need through stillness. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You make better choices when a certain someone is there to encourage and support you. The love in your heart warms you from head to toe like hot chicken broth on a cold day. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be asked to make a sacrifice in the
name of love. It’s prob-ably a small concession, but it will set the tone for the future, so go carefully into this. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Think about all you’ve overcome. Things that used to bother you don’t anymore. What used to scare you has no emotional charge to it whatsoever. Love has made you im-mune in some way. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Don’t waste your time dwelling on past mistakes. If you disappointed your-self, chalk it up to experi-ence. You probably did the best you could under the circumstances, and next time you’ll do better. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). When you have a feeling that the world is about to contra-dict your best expectations and validate your worst one instead, it’s time to get rid of those expectations altogether. COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM
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2002 GRAY, extended cabChevy Silverado. Fullyloaded with towing pack-age, leather, heated seats,automatic seats, mirrors,etc. 207k miles and somevery minor dents/scratch-es. Engine runs perfect.Recently fully detailed andnew battery. $7,000 OBO.Contact Cody if interestedat 515-681-1373
1999 ARCTIC Cat 4-wheeler ATV, like new,runs great! $1950. 641-831-3821. No calls after 8pm.
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1997 FORD ConversionVan. Heavy ½ ton, greatfor towing. New front endand front tires. Runs great.$2400. 515-778-2792
BLACK 1982 Ford F150Pickup, 67,000 miles onthe motor, newer transmis-sion, newer paint job, looksand runs great. Standardcab with a full size bed. Ifyou are looking for a greatold truck, this is it; first$2,000 will drive it home.Phone 641-792-3612.Please leave a message.
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NU WAVE convectionoven, as seen on TV., sellsfor over $100 plus dollars,used twice, asking $60.Dorm refrigerator 4.2 cu.ft., brown, works good.$65. 792-7058.
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SONY 32" wide tube TV.Don't need anymore sincewe got a new one. Worksgreat. You haul. $10. 641-787-0903.
TASTE OF Homes maga-zines .15¢ each. A box ofabout 35 cross stitch mag-azines asking $2. wholebox. 792-7186.
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