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Barry Hurto/Special to the Daily NewsTatyana Yarmysh (left) is head of the English language department at Smila’s Lyceum for gifted and talented students. She is pictured here with Iryna Sidorenko of Smila and Larry Hurto of Newton on the grounds of the school’s former location. Since this photo was taken, Sido-renko has married Alyosha Kalynychenko; is the mother of a toddler, Darinka; and is living and working in Sevastopol, in the area contested by Russian occupants. Ira has recently relocated to Smila with her daughter to live safely with her parents, while her husband has remained in Sevastopol to protect their assets.

‘let’s hope for the best’

By Barry HurtoSpecial to the Daily News

Tatyana Yarmysh, longtime direc-tor of English Language Curriculum in the Smila (Newton’s sister city in Ukraine) secondary education system, has provided personal observations on the recent invasion of the Crimean pen-insula in the Black Sea by Russian mili-tary forces and the ongoing movement to rid the country of corruption among its leadership.

Yarmysh visited Newton Senior High School several years ago as an observer of American language arts programming and has established friendships with many local residents. Her younger daugh-ter, Kseniya, who spent two full school terms in Newton through the auspices of OPEN and Rotary Clubs International, is now married, a mother and has recently relocated to Australia.

“Thanks for thinking of us; actually, I am answering numerous letters from my foreign friends, trying to (express) words of support and understanding.

“I (continue to be) shocked by the news which seems to be (getting worse and worse.) That tyrant (ex-President Viktor Yanukovych) who (condoned bloodshed and the deaths of innocent people) must be found and punished. My head is (about) to burst, and my heart is (broken) because of everything I have been watching on TV and on the Internet. Can you imag-ine? Teachers and doctors in Smila were (forced) to take 10 days off (without pay in order to) ‘save’ the town’s budget, while the President and his partymates (person-ally have corruptly amassed fortunes in the) billions. Now I am (convinced that) all our politicians are corrupt, (and Yuliya) Tymoshenko is (no) exception.

“And today (March 2) we face (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s aggression. What makes me unhappy and (at a loss for words) is, people in the east(ern) and south(ern portions of Ukraine) are misin-formed and brainwashed by the Kremlin. They watch Russian TV channels which (do not) provide truthful information. Men from Russia come to (those cities) to talk to people and make them scared of ‘banderovtsi’ or (‘the) brown plague,’ who are going to fight them. The popula-tion in these regions do not even (know or) believe that Maidan fought against the (corrupt government) system, or that people (who participated) there are not extremists. (Again,) it is the result of (in-accurate) information.

Ukrainian teacher who visited Newton discusses Russian invasion of Crimea

Submitted PhotoRyan Thompson will be honored at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor at 3 p.m. Sunday at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton.

Eagle Scout award to be presentedBy Daily News Staff

Ryan Michael Thompson will be recognized at an Ea-gle Scout Court of Honor at 3 p.m. Sunday at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. Anyone who knows Thompson is welcome to at-tend. The Eagle Scout Award is the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers.

Ryan became active in the scouting program as a Ti-ger Cub in first grade. He continued in Cub Scouts through fifth grade, earning the Arrow of Light Award before bridging into Boy Scouts. Ryan is a member of Boy Scout Troop 354 which is sponsored by Woodrow Wilson PTA. He is one of

approximately two percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle Rank. Troop 354 is led by Scoutmaster Matt Rogahn.

Each Eagle candidate must earn 21 merit badges in-cluding 13 required ones and successfully complete a ser-vice project to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Ryan’s proj-ect was to repair carpet tiles that had become loose at his church. Scouts and leaders of Troop 354 donated over 120 service hours on his project.

Ryan Thompson earned 21 merit badges on his Eagle Journey and served as As-sistant Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader and Troop Guide. He is an Ordeal member of the Order of the Arrow. He has spent a total

of 60 nights camping includ-ing a trip to last year’s Na-tional Boy Scout Jamboree and three trips to the bound-ary waters in northern Min-nesota. Ryan has volunteered over 97 service hours through the Boy Scouts of America.

Ryan attends Community Heights Alliance Church, where he has participated in many youth events and ser-vice projects. In high school, he has participated in the IT club, Link Crew, Student Athletic Advisory Commit-tee, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, football, basketball and soccer. He is a National Honor Society member and “A” Honor Role student. Ryan plans to attend a four year college and major in en-gineering.

DMACC to host job, career fair

March 27By Daily News Staff

The Des Moines Area Community College Newton Campus will be the site of a Job/Career Fair from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27. The event is sponsored by the Newton DMACC Campus; Iowa State University Ex-tension and Outreach, Jasper County; Jasper County Economic Develop-ment Corporation’ and the Newton Development Corporation.

This will be the third year these or-ganizations have sponsored a job fair in March. The one change this year is the job fair will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.

“We felt having the event at this time would give more people who maybe have to find child care, those currently working or commuting, but looking for a career change a better opportunity to attend,” said NDC Ex-ecutive Director Frank Liebl.

Jenny Michael, administrative as-sistant at NDC, polled the previous years’ participants in the job fair. The businesses overwhelmingly endorsed the 4 to 7 p.m. time frame.

Fifty-five businesses will be at-tending, which is a record number. “I’m encouraged with the number of participants” Liebl added. “We don’t charge employers to attend. The costs are shared by the four sponsors.”

Mary Entz, Provost at the Newton DMACC Campus said the Job Fair is a great opportunity for students, as well.

Insurance Commissioner

revokes Newton agent’s license

By Daily News Staff

Iowa Insurance Commission-er Nick Gerhart announced Wednes-day he has revoked the insurance producer license of Sarah Car-ry of Newton.

Carry consented to the revocation of her insurance producer license based on her misappropriation of a customer premium received in the course of do-ing insurance business. Carry altered cash receipt reports in her office to cover up premium taken from a client in the amount of $533.25.

Gerhart and the Iowa Insurance Division regulate both the business of insurance and the sale of securities in Iowa. Consumers with complaints in these areas can contact the Division at 1-877-955-1212.

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“I (continued to be) shocked by the news, which seems to be (get-ting worse and worse.) That tyrant (ex-Presi-dent Viktor Yanukovych) who (condoned blood-shed and the deaths of innocent people) must be found and punished.”

— Tatyana Yarmysh

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Club NotesThe Grinnell Chapter of the

Daughter’s of the American Revolution met Saturday March 1, at the Centre for Arts & Art-ists in Newton. Regent Dar-lene Leib and Vice Regent Kris Macy opened the meeting with the DAR ritual followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the American Creed.

Reports were given as follows: president general message, Kris Macy; national defense message, Dee Meyer; secretary’s minutes, Linda Hatch, treasurer’s report, Pat Beckham; and registrar re-port, Barbara Hug.

The flag minute report told of the writing of the Pledge of Alle-giance. The pledge was written by Francis Bellamy, an editor for the magazine, Youth’s Companion. The pledge was written to com-memorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus cel-ebrated on Oct. 21, 1892. The original pledge was “I pledge al-legiance to the Flag, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

Sara Harwood of Des Moines was accepted as an Associate Member of the Grinnell Chapter.

Proposed members Liz Wagner and Ann Bell were voted to be accepted into membership when their applications are approved by NDAR.

Jeannette Budding, Grinnell, was installed as a new member. Anyone with a direct lineal descent from a Revolutionary War patriot may join DAR. Contact Darlene Leib at (641) 521-8846 or Barbara Hug at (641) 791-9485.

Next meeting will be April 12 at the Centre for Arts & Artists in Newton with Marilyn Planer and Merna Rusk serving as hostesses. Betty Carr and Suzanne Van Zan-dt are in charge of the program.

SSBS announces live entertainment in MarchThe South Skunk

Blues Society Past Presi-dent Craig Peterson and newly-elected President Mike Pender are inviting music lovers to three live entertainment options taking place in Newton this month.

Bob Pace and the

Dangerous Band will perform at 9 p.m. Satur-day at the First Avenue Speakeasy in Newton. There is no cover charge for the show.

The Terry Quiett Band CD release party will take place on Friday, March 21, at the Ameri-

can Legion. Food serving starts at 6 p.m. and the band will begin playing at 7 p.m. The event costs $5 for non-members, which includes food and live music. The cost is $4 for SSBS and American Le-gion members.

JJ Express will be re-

turning to the First Av-enue Speakeasy on Satur-day, March 29, and event details will be released soon.

For more informa-tion, go to www.south-skunkblues.org or send an email to ssbs@souths-kunkblues.org.

2014 animal licenses now available

The Newton Police Department has 2014 dog, cat and miniature pig tags for sale.

Pet owners are being reminded that 2014 animal licenses must be purchased by March 31, 2014, to avoid a late fee of $20. Licenses are available at the Newton Police Depart-ment between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The license fee for altered animals is $15. The license fee for unaltered animals is $25. Pet owners can receive a civil penalty fine of up to $150 for not having their pet licensed.

Residents need to bring proof of current rabies vaccinations for their pets when pur-chasing the license. The Newton Police De-partment accepts cash or checks but does not accept debit or credit cards.

Bike licenses are also available for $2 and are good until the bike is no longer operable.

Newton Water Board to meet today

The Newton Water Board of Directors will meet at 1 p.m. today in the Newton City Hall Council Chambers to discuss cash re-serves and water rates.

DAR welcomes new members

Submitted PhotoNewly installed Daughter of the American Revolution members Jeanette Budding and Dew Ann Sanchez are pictured with Registrar Barbara Hug.

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There will be a free community meal from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Newton.

The meal will include a chili potato, veg-etables, brownies and ice cream. All in the community are welcome to attend. The church is located at 1409 S. Eighth Ave. E.

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Knee-High NaturalistsJasper County Conservation has a special

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The group will meet from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Newton Public Library’s Carousel Horse room. The story and program topic will be “Possum and the Peeper.”

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ObituariesRoberta J. Kling

Feb. 27, 2014

Roberta J. Kling, 84, of Newton died Thurs-day, Feb. 27, 2014, at Skiff Medical Center.

A funeral service was held at the Wallace Family Funeral Home

and Crematory. Memo-rials to the First Luther-an Church may be left at the funeral home.

Roberta, the daugh-ter of Roy and Maude E. (Balmer) Kling, was born on June 5, 1929, in Newton. She was a life-long resident of New-

ton. Roberta is survived

by her cousins, LaVola (Les) Trout, Janice Var-ner and Margaret Har-mon and their fami-lies. She is preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Marjorie A. Kling.

Police BlotterNewton Police

Department• George E. Adams, 58,

of Newton was charged with public intoxication after au-thorities made contact with him after observing him walk-ing at 2:39 a.m. Feb. 27 in the 200 block of East Eighth Street South. Adams smelled of alcohol but refused so-briety tests. He was charged and transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Anthony W. Annee, 43, of Newton was cited with failure to yield to vehicle on the right after authorities responded to a two-vehicle accident at 7:29 a.m. Feb. 10. Annee was traveling south on West Fifth Street South and entering an uncontrolled intersection at South Sixth Avenue West when he collided with an east-bound vehicle driven by Katy G. Freytag, 39, of Newton. Freytag was cited with opera-tion without registration. Her vehicle sustained an estimated $4,000 damage and Annee’s an estimated $2,000 damage.

• Terry L. Clark Jr., 16, of Newton was charged with interference with official acts after authorities stopped him at 11:28 p.m. Monday in the 1100 block of South Eighth Avenue West for matching

the description of a runaway. Clark refused to give a name and continued to walk away from the officer. Clark was charged and released to his mother at the police depart-ment.

• Robbie L. Doran, 31, of Newton was charged with possession of a controlled substance after authorities stopped him at 7:47 p.m. Feb. 26 in the 500 block of South Fourth Avenue West for hav-ing an inoperable bike light. Doran consented to a search, and authorities found a small crystal rock that tested positive for methamphetamine in his pocket. He was charged and released to appear in court.

• Joshua D. Fifer, 30, of Newton was charged with second-degree burglary and possession of a prescription drug without a prescription after authorities responded to an incident at 2:32 p.m. Feb. 28 at Walgreen’s. Authorities were informed Fifer jumped over the pharmacy counter at Walgreen’s and grabbed five bottles of hydrocodone. He then fled the store while being pursued by the store manager. He was apprehended by New-ton police while still carrying the stolen merchandise. He was transported to the Jasper

County Jail.• Brenda K. Secory, 33, of

Newton was charged with driving while license suspend-ed after authorities stopped her at 7:57 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of North Fourth Avenue East for having an in-operable brake light. She was given a warning for the brake light, charged for driving while license suspended and released to appear in court.

• Michael E. Shaffer, 59, of Newton was charged with possession of a controlled substance after authorities stopped a vehicle at 12:51 a.m. Monday in the 600 block of North Sixth Avenue East for having an unreadable license plate. Shaffer was a passenger in the vehicle, and police ob-served a plastic baggie with a green leafy substance sitting between his legs. Shaffer was charged and released to ap-pear in court. The driver of the vehicle, Roger D. Good, 45, of Newton was arrested on a warrant for parole violation and transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Andrew R.K. Stoll, 28, of Newton was charged with possession of a controlled substance after authorities lo-cated him at 8:29 p.m. Mon-day at 1343 N. Fourth Ave. E.

to arrest him on a Mahaska County warrant for failure to appear in court. Police smelled marijuana in the residence, and Stoll admitted to smok-ing marijuana earlier that day. Police asked if Stoll had any marijuana, and he gave them a baggie of 4 grams of mari-juana. He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Jodi L. Williams, 29, of Montezuma was charged with carrying a weapon and fifth-degree theft after authorities responded to a shoplifting complaint at 2:11 p.m. Feb. 26 at Walmart. A loss con-trol agent had observed Wil-liams concealing merchandise valued at a total of $90.28 and leaving the store with-out paying for the items. The employee followed Williams out of the store and detained her. During a search, authori-ties also found brass knuckles in her purse. She was charged and transported to the Jasper County Jail.

A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defen-dant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. It is the policy of the Newton Daily News to release the names of in-dividuals charged with a crime who are 16 and older.

Jim CupplesMarch 5, 2014

Jim Cupples, 67, of Newton died Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Services are pending at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton.

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Alcohol blamed for teen’s death

COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — Au-thorities say alcohol poisoning killed a teenage girl whose body was found in a car at a western Iowa shopping center.

The Daily Nonpareil says the death of 15-year-old Mireya Mata-Alvarez was ruled an accident.

The Council Bluffs Police Depart-ment says Mata-Alvarez had been out with two girls and five boys most of the night of Dec. 20-21. One of the girls called paramedics a little after 10 a.m. on Dec. 21, but police say Mata-Alvarez had already died.

An autopsy and toxicology tests showed her blood alcohol level was five times the legal limit.

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4AOpinion

A Conversation About Care

I did not have the pleasure of wit-nessing the 90-plus years of Skiff ’s history we have relived together dur-ing the past few months, as I did not arrive at Skiff until Janu-ary 2010. Just a few months after my family’s ar-rival in Newton, what I believe to be a fundamental transformation of health care in America began with the signing of the Patient Protection and Afford-able Care Act, or the “health care re-form law” as it is now known. I don’t believe that this transformation began with health-care reform; rather, this law took many ideas and trends al-ready in place in America, and vastly accelerated them.

Perhaps the best picture one can draw of just how fundamental the change may be comes from a story told by Dr. Donald Berwick, Director of the Centers for Medicare and Med-icaid Services (CMS) for the federal government, during the initial years of health-care reform implementation. Dr. Berwick tells the story of a bridge over a river in Honduras that was built specifically to withstand hurricanes and floods. Following construction of the bridge, a brutal hurricane hit the area with devastating effects. Fol-lowing the hurricane, the bridge was still standing strong, but the flooding caused by the hurricane had changed the course of the river and the bridge was now over dry land, next to one bank of the river!

Dr. Berwick used this example to draw a parallel to the American health-care system. While our sys-tem works very well, it was designed to take care of people after they be-come sick, but what is needed now is a health-care system whose focus is preventing people from becoming sick in the first place. Our health-care system is the equivalent of the bridge which no longer spans the river.

While Dr. Berwick has a more utopian outlook than others, there is no doubt that our health-care system nationally was, and still is, badly in need of change. In 1970, seven cents out of every dollar spent in America was for health care. By 2010, this had increased to nearly 18 cents out of every dollar. In 1987, the average family health insurance plan required 7 percent of the family budget. In 2012, it had increased to 17 percent. In 1999, the premium for an employ-er-provided health plan with family coverage averaged about $6,000 per year, with the employee responsible for about $1,500 of the total. In 2011, the average employer-based health plan premium had risen to a whop-ping $15,000 with the employee re-sponsible for more than $4,000 of the cost! In the 10 years between 2002

and 2012, inflation had caused prices in our economy to increase by 27 per-cent. During that same time period, health care costs rose 45 percent.

In comparison to other western countries, Americans spend twice as much money per capita on health care each year. In the later years of life, Americans spend four to six times more than countries like Germany and Great Britain. Unfortunately, this huge outlay of money has not resulted in better health outcomes. America routinely ranks at the bottom of com-parisons with other western countries in many measures of health. In ad-dition, in 2011 there were 48 million Americans without health insurance and this number was expected to ex-ceed 60 million in just 10 years.

Reform of the American health-care system was not a new idea. Vari-ous attempts at reform had been tried since the 1930s and had resulted in mostly incremental change. Why was this time any different? Though there were great differences of opin-ion in the political world regarding the “how” of reforming health care, everyone agreed on the “why.” With $2.7 trillion being spent every year on health care, costs rising rapidly, and retiring baby boomers set to begin dropping into the Medicare program, it was widely understood that the con-fluence of an aging population and a deteriorating lifestyle (mainly obesity) leading to huge increases in chronic diseases would bankrupt the govern-ment if no changes were made.

President Obama ran on a plat-form of social change with reform of the health-care system being his top priority. His election to an environ-ment in which the Democratic Party also controlled the House of Repre-sentatives and the Senate created an opportunity to push through a law to reform the health-care industry. Un-fortunately, the rancor associated with the process led to an outcome that was, and remains today, highly parti-san and unwieldy. During the initial few years of implementation, the law was met with great resistance by many states and culminated in a lawsuit which made its way to the Supreme Court. On June 28, 2012, the court ruled to uphold the law with a few relatively minor changes.

The timeline for the implementa-tion of health-care reform was to span more than six years. The early years were focused primarily on providing access to insurance for a broad sec-tion of people through a variety of mechanisms. These included allow-ing children up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ plans, prohibiting the denial of insurance coverage to indi-viduals due to pre-existing conditions, prohibiting insurance companies from cancelling policies based on errors in the application process, and ending annual and lifetime coverage limits so insurance could not be cancelled due to high utilization. Other changes were aimed at providing expanded

coverage, including requiring insur-ance companies to pay for preventive care without copays and deductibles applying, and the establishment of “Healthcare.gov” for the future im-plementation of the health insurance marketplace.

While these early changes were greeted with enthusiasm by many people, other changes laid the founda-tion for the underlying transformation of the system. In 2011, the Medicare Innovation Center was created to ex-periment with new ways to pay for and deliver health care to patients covered by government insurance programs, and the Independent Payment Advi-sory Board was created to implement those changes. Also in 2011, the total cost of employer-based health insur-ance programs was included on the W-2 (take a look at box 12 on your own W-2 – it’s really there). This re-porting requirement not only provides government with access to data on the cost of employer based insurance, it also makes it just a bit easier to tax those contributions as income in the future.

In 2012, Medicare began experi-menting with new payment mecha-nisms for hospitals and instituted the first “value-based” payment program. Essentially, Medicare removed 2 per-cent of the payment for all hospital inpatient care provided to Medicare patients and placed it in a pool. Hos-pitals are required to report qual-ity data to the government and those hospitals which perform worse than average lose some (or all) of the mon-ey that was held back, while those that perform above average are paid more. In addition, Medicare instituted deadlines for implementing electronic health records and has begun to levy penalties against hospitals and doctors who do not meet the deadlines.

Also in 2012, Medicare began ex-perimenting with payment concepts that went beyond placing hospitals and doctors at risk for the quality of their services and began placing them at risk for the amount (and there-fore cost) of the health-care services patients used. These pilot projects included “bundling” payments for hospitals and doctors for episodes of care. For example, if a patient is hos-pitalized for congestive heart failure, instead of the doctor and hospital sending multiple bills for the clinic, hospital outpatient and hospital in-patient services provided, Medicare would pay one amount for everything that was done for a patient during that entire episode of care. The idea be-ing that bundling everything together would cause the doctors and hospitals to be more judicious in their use of re-sources.

The bigger experiment, and one that has been embraced here in cen-tral Iowa, was called the Medicare Shared Savings Program and created “Accountable Care Organizations” (ACO). The idea behind an ACO is that Medicare would contract with a

group of hospitals, doctors and other health-care providers to take care of a pool of patients (usually more than 5,000 in a pool). Medicare would an-alyze the past amount it paid for indi-viduals in this pool and would provide incentives for the group to reduce that cost. Essentially, the health-care pro-viders would be placed at risk for en-suring the population became health-ier, thus lowering the amount of care provided, or moving that care from expensive inpatient environments to more efficient outpatient environ-ments. If this sounds like the “health maintenance organization” (HMO) concept from the 1990s, that’s because it is, with a few big exceptions. The current model comes along with tar-gets for quality and for patient satis-faction, and is also supported by much better information systems to help identify individuals with high utiliza-tion rates for whom interventions will result in better outcomes and lower costs. In addition, technology in the way of mobile devices has been devel-oped and is easing the transition of many diagnostics and treatments to non-hospital environments.

In 2013, additional funding was provided to experiment with these new structures, and the tax increases required to pay for health-care reform were becoming clear. These included a new tax on companies that manufac-ture medical devices and a reduction in the amount of money that can be placed in flexible spending plans (es-sentially making more of your income taxable). High-income Americans now pay more for their Medicare con-tribution. Other taxes apply to high-cost employer-provided health insur-ance plans (the “Cadillac” tax), an excise tax on indoor tanning services, and fees that insurance providers must pay to the federal government.

Perhaps the most well-known tax is called the “individual mandate.” This penalty/tax was the primary driver be-hind the Supreme Court case in 2012. Many states insisted that the require-ment that a person obtain insurance coverage or pay money to the federal government was a “fine” and the gov-ernment had no right to implement this “penalty.” The Supreme Court ultimately held that this was not a fine, but rather a tax, since it was to be implemented by the IRS.

The individual mandate went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, with the tax for this year set at $95 per person or 1 percent of a family’s income, which-ever is greater. This amount increases dramatically in 2016 to $695 per per-son ($2,085 for a family) or 2.5 per-cent of the family income, whichever is greater.

To satisfy the individual mandate, you must show evidence of insurance coverage either through your employ-er, through a government program or through a plan you purchase privately.

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To provide access to insurance, the health-care reform law man-dated an expansion of Medicaid programs for individuals up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The Su-preme Court did not uphold this require-ment in the law, stating that it amounted to ex-tortion of the states by the federal government since the federal govern-ment could remove its contribution to a state’s Medicaid program if the state did not agree to the expansion. Because of this finding, many states elected not to expand their Medicaid programs, thus leaving lower income residents of their states subject to paying the individual mandate tax.

In Iowa, a novel ap-proach to expanding Medicaid was developed that takes advantage of the health insurance marketplace by paying the full cost of all health care costs of a plan cho-sen by the person/family via the Healthcare.gov website for those earn-ing between 100 percent and 138 percent of the federal poverty level In addition to expanding

Medicaid, the health-care reform law provides for federal subsidies to help families earning more than 138 percent, but less than 400 per-cent of the federal pov-erty level ($94,000 for a family of four) by pro-viding subsidies to help offset the cost of health insurance premiums. Additional support of other out-of-pocket costs (co-pays, deduct-ibles, etc.) is available for families earning less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level. Of importance, these sub-sidies and additional fi-nancial support are only available if the insurance plan is purchased via the government’s online health insurance mar-ketplace (Healthcare.gov).

Finally, the health-care reform law requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance or pay a fine of $2,000 per employee. This re-

quirement was to be enforced in 2014 but it was delayed until 2015 for businesses with more than 100 employees and until 2016 for those with 50 to 100 employees. The employer mandate will be the last piece of the puzzle for ensur-ing broad-based access to health insurance. In the future, Americans will either be covered by their employer, will be able to purchase their own policy on the open market, or will be eligible for government-sponsored insurance. If they do not gain access to coverage in one of these three ways, they will pay the tax.

There are many more details that I could pro-vide on what was in the health-care reform law

and how it impacts in-dividuals, families, em-ployers and health-care providers. From a hospi-tal point of view, what is certain is: 1) More peo-ple will have insurance in the future, but those plans will tend to have very high deductibles or will be government plans that pay hospitals the least. 2) Payments to health-care provid-ers, including hospitals, will be increasingly tied to the quality of the care provided and less tied to the volume of services provided. 3) The health-care system is moving toward a future that is focused on prevent-ing illness rather than curing it, via payments tied to the health of the population of patients served, rather than the

amount of services pro-vided to the population. 4) Health care will be increasingly provided in primary care physician offices and in patients’ homes and less will be provided in a hospital or a specialist’s office. 5) Integration of informa-tion from doctors’ offic-es, hospitals, long-term care providers, pharma-cies and mobile devices in our homes will be required to achieve all this.

These changes are already happening in health care nationally, and even right here in central Iowa. The

health-care reform law has impacted our own hospital in a variety of ways in the three years since it was passed. In fact, one element of health-care reform is di-rectly responsible for our doors remaining open. But it is not the only government program that affects us. Another program is responsible for some of the incred-ible improvements we have made. But there is one other program, the result of our bicker-ing congress, which may result in the demise of many small hospitals in America …

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“As for Smila, meet-ings are still (being) held in the center (of the city) every day. You asked about the opinion of a certain colleague of mine (who shall remain nameless — author), but she was (a follower of ) Yanukovych’s party and his envoy during the president(ial) election campaign, so we avoid (exchanging) opinion(s) on this (topic).

“Where will things go? Nobody can pre-dict. So far we are (be-ing paid our) salaries and pensions, (and) there is no lack of food in shops. Let’s hope for the best.”

Summing up briefly about the situation in Ukraine — March 3, 2014:

“(Following) three months of protest against the dictator-ships and corrup-tion (of his regime), ex-President (Viktor) Yanukovych escaped from the country. This happened on Thursday, Feb. 20. The price (in human terms) is one hundred dead, over three hundred miss-ing, (more than) one thousand wounded (at) the hands of riot po-lice and sniper (gun-shot). The palace (which) Yanukovych built (for) himself near

Kyyiv was opened to (the) public and is (an) outrageous example of tasteless excess created (with) stolen money. (Documentation has proven there was proof of money-laundering schemes.) (A) new president(ial) election (was) announced for May 25th, and a tem-porary government was established. It looked (as though) the internal occupation (was) over-thrown (and that) the horrors are over.

“On Friday (Feb. 21) the ex-President showed up in Russia (heralded) by a press conference, and Russian troops were noticed in Crimea. Yesterday (March 2, Russian President) Pu-tin asked (the) Council of (the) Russian Fed-eration to vote for (an) invasion into Ukraine, which was done to-gether with the (recall-ing of ) an ambassador (to) the USA, named by MPs an “Empire of Lies.” (What is) crucial (here) is the fact that there were no clashes between Ukrainian ci-vilians. It has already (been) proven that there were Russian (brought into) the Eastern cities who (placed) Russian flags on (government) buildings and (who) provoked conflicts with locals. IT IS AN IN-VASION, nothing more.

“It looks like Putin

had (two plans:) Plan A: (to) provoke civil war and take power over Ukraine with the help of Yanukovych. (Now there is no doubt that the technologies used and steps made by Ya-nukovych were orches-trated by the Kremlin, and it’s highly possible Russian snipers were secretly outsourced.) When Yanukovych es-caped, Putin tried to im-plement Plan B, (which was) provoking civil war and taking power over Ukraine without the help of Yanukovych. Civilians were peaceful, so it looks like Putin went crazy, lost control and started to act, fail-ing to find reasons for (a) Russian military presence on Ukrainian (soil). (The) Ukrai-nian Army Headquar-ters in Crimea refused to surrender to Russian troops, (and) for now there were no (armed confrontations). Nev-ertheless, (the) Ukrai-nian Army is (on) alert, and international nego-tiations are in progress.

“There is no doubt that Putin is a sick dictator, possibly (the) Hitler of (the) 21st century. He has to be stopped by any means. He is threatening not only Ukrainians, but the whole world (as well).

“We do appreciate your thoughts and sup-port.”

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“As we work to best serve our students and help them reach their educational and career goals, we’d also like to serve our employers” she said. “Hopefully this Job Fair will help employers find new tal-ent. It will also provide an op-portunity for employers to speak directly with job seekers about specific skill sets required for cer-tain types of employment.”

Liebl encourages people attend-ing the job fair, “to come prepared, dress appropriately for the job you are seeking, and know something about the companies you might be seeking employment with, your attire and knowledge can make a good impression.”

Businesses that will be in atten-dance include Advance Services, Advanced Wheel Sales, Aven-ture Staffing, Avon Products Inc., Brownells, Buena Vista University, Caleris Inc., Careage of Newton, Christian Opportunity Center, Cline Tool, Colonial Life, Des Moines Area Community College,

DRM Inc., Arby’s, Family Video, Hammer Medical Supply, Hanson Directory Service, Heritage Man-or, Hy-Vee, Iowa State Univer-sity Extension & Outreach, Jasper County, IowaWORKS, Jacobson Staffing Company, Janco Indus-tries Inc., JELD-WEN Window Division, KCOB AM & FM / En-ergy FM, Keltek Inc., Key Coop-erative, Kinze Manufacturing Inc., LDJ Manufacturing Inc., Manatts Inc., Mitchell Village Care Center, New Century FS/GROWMARK, Newton Chamber of Commerce, Newton Community Schools, Newton Health Care Center, Newton Village, Patriot Convert-ing Inc., Progress Industries, QPS Employment Group, Rock Com-munications, Sears, Skiff Medical Center, Southeast Polk Commu-nity School District, State of Iowa, Temp Associates, The Homestead, The Newton Group, Thombert, Thrivent Financial, TPI Com-posites, Trinity Structural Towers, Underwriters Laboratories, Van Maanen Electric Inc., Vermeer, Walter G. Anderson Inc., William Penn University College for Work-ing Adults and WorkSource Inc.

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Trial to show Iowa’s stance on felon votingKEOKUK (AP)

— The trial of an ex-felon charged with illegally voting is expected to show-case Iowa’s unusually harsh policies toward voting rights for for-mer offenders.

Jury selection is scheduled Thursday at the perjury trial of 40-year-old Kelli Jo Griffin.

Prosecutors say Griffin falsely claimed on a voter registra-tion form last year that she was not an ineligible felon before voting in a municipal election in Montrose. Prosecutors say she’d been disenfranchised by a 2008 felony drug conviction, and Gov. Terry Branstad hadn’t restored her rights.

Iowa is one of four states in which for-mer offenders must apply to the governor to regain their voting rights. A two-year criminal investigation into election miscon-duct has resulted in several ex-Iowa fel-ons being charged, but Griffin would be the first to have a trial.

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DEAR ABBY: “Still Alive in San Di-ego” (Nov. 22) said she reads the obitu-aries every day and feels somehow disap-pointed when she doesn’t see a name she recognizes. She asked if it was “weird” and you told her yes, that it seemed like a lack of empathy.

I don’t agree. What’s happening is this woman is lonely and the activity has become the hub of her day. It gives her something — sadly — to look forward to and a sense of closeness to her acquain-tances when she recognizes their names.

My advice to her would be to find an-other way to fill the void and not obsess about the obits. Joining a club or taking up a physical activity would allow her to meet people. I’m betting she will feel less of a need to connect to the obituaries if she expands her social circle to include the living. — BEEN THERE, TOO, IN RHODE ISLAND

DEAR BEEN THERE, TOO: Your point is well-stated, and it was echoed by other readers who, like you, read between the lines of “Still Alive’s” short letter. Read on:

DEAR ABBY: If the letter-writer is ill, disabled, elderly or has outlived most of her companions, it might explain her “letdown” when no one she knows ap-pears in the obituaries. Seeing a familiar name may bring back memories of better times and make her feel more connected to the outside world. — JULIE IN WIS-CONSIN

DEAR ABBY: An obituary is more than a death announcement. It tells a sto-ry. It’s often the last memory loved ones have of someone cherished, and it’s the deceased’s introduction to a sea of strang-ers.

Obituaries are scrapbooked and prized, and researched for generations by genealogists, historians and relatives looking to complete their family tree. A well-done obituary is the final word on how a person is remembered. — SAN-DY IN PENNSYLVANIA

DEAR ABBY: Some people, whether

or not they live and associate with friends and family, feel a certain emptiness in their lives and look for different ways to feel SOMEthing emotionally. Finding the name of someone they know, espe-cially in an obituary, where some of the person’s biography is included, provides the opportunity to feel compassion to-ward that individual or even feel grate-ful to still be alive. Not finding a familiar name can seem like a missed opportunity to experience that. — LOYAL READ-ER, ARLINGTON, VA.

DEAR ABBY: Please tell “Still Alive” she isn’t alone. I have often wondered why I look through the obituaries half-hoping to see someone I know. I suspect it may be similar to how people slow down to view a car wreck. I’m a sympathetic, car-ing person; I don’t consider myself weird or cold-blooded. — EMPATHIZING IN HONOLULU

DEAR ABBY: I, too, am a daily obit reader. I have lived in this town for more than 50 years, and I know a lot of people here. When I see a name I know, or the name of a family member of a friend, I take the opportunity to send a card to ex-press my condolences.

And, by the way, your column appears on the same page as the obituaries in my local newspaper, and I’d never want to miss a day of Dear Abby! — BIG FAN IN TUCSON

DEAR BIG FAN: Bless you!

Reading obituaries may comfort a lonely heart

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Study: 5 percent of calories should be from sugarLONDON (AP) — Just

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After a review of about 9,000 studies, WHO’s expert panel says dropping sugar intake to that lev-el will combat obesity and cavi-ties. That includes sugars added to foods and those present in honey, syrups and fruit juices, but not those occurring naturally in fruits.

Many doctors applauded the U.N. agency’s attempt to limit the global sweet tooth.

When WHO last revised its sugar guidelines more than a de-cade ago, it recommended sugar should be less than 10 percent of daily calories. The U.S. sugar in-dustry was so incensed it lobbied Congress to threaten to withdraw millions of dollars in funding to WHO. A contentious reference to the sugar limit was removed from a global diet strategy, but the recommendation passed.

WHO’s expert group found high sugar consumption is strongly linked to obesity and

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A study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion published last month found too much sugar can raise the chances of fatal heart problems. Researchers found the average American gets about 15 percent of their calories from sugar, simi-lar to other Western nations.

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One of the hardest parts of be-ing a sports writer — interview-ing coaches and players following a season-ending loss. It never gets easier, even in my 35th year as a professional journalist.

W he the r the loss comes in the fi rst round of play-offs, a semifi -nal, a champi-onship game or at state tournaments, that interview is tough. Even with a regular-season loss, I fi nd it tough to ask to interview student-athletes. I tend to allow the coaches to talk for their “kids” on the losses and what comes next for those kids.

Newton’s wrestlers only had to face their local newspaper report-er after losing at the state tourna-ment. This week at the state girls’ basketball tournament an inter-view room is set up for media to do interviews with teams. Both coaches and three players they se-lect from their team are brought to the room. Win or lose three players come to the interview room to a sea of reporters — tele-vision, radio and newspaper.

That has to be daunting for high school student athletes even when they win. Three Lynnville-Sully seniors represented the Hawks Monday morning following their quarterfi nal loss to Colo-NESCO at Wells Fargo Arena. The Daily News interviewed them. They answered questions well, keeping their emotions in check. I don’t know if anyone else talked to them, but their community can be proud of them and the entire Lynnville-Sully girls’ basketball team, includ-ing coaches and managers.

They had a great State of mind going into the tournament and even in defeat.

LYNNVILLE-SULLY head coach Jerry Hulsing was named 2014 Iowa Girls Coaches Asso-ciation Coach of the Year for 1A Southeast.

NAMED TO THE 2014 ALL-IOWA HONOR DANCE TEAM were Newton’s Tapanga Birkenholtz, Hadley Braaksma, Madison Mann and Morgan Mann; Colfax-Mingo’s Bailey Pease; CMB’s Taylor Charron, Emmy Cuveller and Lindsey Page; PCM’s Kelsey Beener, Ash-lyn Breckenridge, Hayley Konek, Skylar McCombs, Tayler Phifer, Samantha Rosonke and Sani-bel Welch; and Pella Christian’s Mariah Eekhoff, Allison Johnson and Lauren Peters. The honor dance team performs Saturday at the Class 3A championship game

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Four athletes compete for USTA Elite National Team spots NEWTON — MAT

Tu m b l i n g / Tr a m p o l i n e team members competed at meets in Rockford, Ill., and Maquoketa during Janu-ary. Four team members are competing in qualifying tri-als for the USTA Elite Na-tional Team.

McKenna Winther, Mackensie Schuster, Chel-sea Trotter and Stephanie Slaven competed in Deca-tur, Ill., Feb. 15-16, in team trials for the USTA Elite National Team. The four competed in power tum-bling, Olympic trampoline and/or double-mini tram-poline.

At the team trails, ath-letes are awarded points based on how they placed in each event. They must com-pete in at least two of the three team trails. Athletes must place in the top seven or better to make it on the USTA Elite National Team.

The MAT Tumbling quartet will compete March 15-16 in Hammond, Ind.

The MAT team faced tough competition in Rock-ford, Ill. The team held its own and then some while members competed at ages 5 through 16 in power tum-bling, Olympic trampoline and double-mini trampo-line which were all held on the same day,

“This was a good test for our team as we continue to improve and to see where we are at as a team and pro-gram,” MAT Trampoline

coach Ron Brooks said.MAT also had its ad-

vanced/elite level athletes perform very well putting them in position to increase diffi culty in their routines. Elite status is the entry lev-el to begin working towards world championships.

On Jan. 26, the MAT team competed at an AAU/USTA meet in in Maquo-keta. Winter weather con-ditions prevented several team members from com-peting a the smaller meet. Brooks said those that did compete had fun trying some new skills.

Maquoketa MeetTumbling results: Sub Novice Girls: age 9- Avery Mull, fi rst place: age 10 - Lyris Kapa-you, fi rst place; age 11 - Gia Gast, fi rst place.Double mini trampoline results: Beginner Girls: age 11 - Gia Gast, fi rst placeNovice Girls: age 11 - Ashley VanSickle, sec-ond place. Trampoline Results: Be-ginner Girls: age 11 - Gia Gast, first place

Novice Girls: age 11 - Ashley VanSickle, second place.

Rockford, Ill. MeetTumbling Results: Beginner Girls: age 6 - Lola Rivera, second placeAdvanced Beginner Girls: age 9 - Tay-lor Morley, first place. Sub Novice Girls: age 6 & Under: Macy Lampe, fi rst place: age 8- Sara Huffman, fi rst place: age 9- Avery Mull, fi fth place: age 10- Han-nah Taylor, fi rst place: age 13-14- Hope Swisher, fourth place: age 15 & Over-Novice Girls: age 9- Mia Rasmusson, fourth place: age 10- Kyah Siegert, sec-ond place: age 12- Grace Fisher, fi rst place age 13-14- McKenna Winther,Intermediate Girls: age 11-12- Shel-by Slaven, fi fth place: age 13-14- Shae Slaven, sixth place: age 15 & over- Savannah Olson, fi fth placeSub Advanced Girls: age 11-12- Aly-via Chadderdon, seventh place age 13-14- Maddi Kruse, seventh placeAdvanced Girls: age 11-12- Stacey Slaven, fi fth place: age 13-14- Stephanie Slaven, fi fth place: age 15-16- Mackensie Schus-ter, fourth place; Chelsie Trotter, seventh place. Double Mini Trampoline Re-sults: Beginner Girls: age 10- Hannah Taylor,Novice Girls: age 6- Macy Lampe, fi rst place: age 8- Sara Huffman, fi rst place: age 9- Taylor Morley, age 10-

fi rst place; Kyah Siegert, fi rst placeIntermediate Girls: age 9-10- Mia Rasmusson, eighth place: age11-12- Grace Fisher, fi rst place: age 13-14- Hope Swisher, third place: age 15 & over- Savannah Olson, fi rst placeSub Advanced Girls: age 13-14- Maddi Kruse, fi rst place: age 15-16- Kaydee Silva, fi st placeAdvanced Girls: age 13-14- McKenna Win-ther, sixth place: age 15-16- Mackensie Schuster, fi fth place; Chelsea Trotter, sec-ond place. Trampoline Results:Beginner Girls: age 6- Ally Fisher, third place; Macy Lampe, second place: age 10, Hannah Taylor, third placeNovice Girls: age 8- Sara Huffman, fourth place: age 9- Taylor Morley, fifth place: age 10- Kyah Siegert, first placeIntermediate Girls: age 9-10- Mia Rasmusson, third place: age 11-12- Grace Fisher, first place: age 13-14- Hope Swisher, fourth place: age 15 & over- Savannah Olson, first placeSub Advanced Girls: age 13-14- Maddi Kruse, fourth place: age 15-16- Kaydee Silva, Advanced Girls: age 13-14- McK-enna Winther, fifth place: age 15-16- Chelsea Trotter, fifth place: MacKensie Schuster, first place

Submitted photoThese four athletes of the Mat Tumbling/Trampoline team are competing in team trails for spots on the USTA Elite National Team. They are (from left) McKenna Winther, Mackensie Schus-ter, Chelsea Trotter and Stephanie Slaven.

Submitted photoGiavonna Gast took fi rst in all three events — tumbling, double mini and trampline — at the Maquoketa competition Jan. 26. Gast is a member of the MAT Tumbling/Trampline team.

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March 2Sunday Nite Mixed

Kool Kidz tie KFC-Taco Bell 2-2Kool Kidz — 2,520: Scott Versteeg 426, Regina Versteeg 415, Dave Henderson 417, Barry Muilenburg 535; KFC-Taco Bell — 2,523: Christie Hughes 393, Teri Burkett 406, Allan Burkett 384, Robert Hughes 452Tri-County Insurance def. Pin Heads 3-1Tri-County Insurance — 2,699: Tammy Aalbers 501, Kenna Willey 455, Amber Tabor 478, Troy Tabor 457; Pin Heads — 2,455: Gene Koder 416, Pam Joseph 377, Larry Lappe 317, Penny Lappe 427Almost Despicable win by defaultAlmost Despicable — 2,572: Dennis Cooper 521, Ronnie Swisher 422, Crissy Swisher 501, Ron Swisher 494BDS Racing def. Town-Country Sanitary 3-1BDS Racing — 2,625: Dale James 528, Terry Cooper 521, Machelle Quick 402, Steven Murphy 691; Town-Country Sanitary — 2,535: Stacy Sutton 460, Allen Buzzard 486, Nicholas McGInley 498, Jeannie Schultz 304, Mickey Karr 177Pick Up Artists def. The Players 4-0Pick Up Artists — 2,511: Tammy Decook 324, Bryan Etter 408, Tonya Williamson 425, Doni Kim 448; The Players — 2,316: Joe Peters 438, Cathy Peters 430, Earl Albertson Jr. 511, Bathanie Hughes 450Kill-Kill-Kill def. Hewitt’s Service Center 3-1Kill-Kill-Kill — 2,640: Kelly Lester 487, Bonnie Geerlings 510, Mike Geerlings 598, Butch Lester 532; Hewitt’s Service Center — 2,614: Jason Mikkelson 610, Gene Mikkelson 554, Nancy Mikkelson 453, Judy McMains 460Optimae Team def. The Mavericks 301Optimae Team — 2,474: Jan Albertson 404, Neil Weyrauch 337, Raejeasn White 279, Ed-

win Lawrence 350; The Mavericks — 2,340: Justin Anderson 347, Nikki Oartwieg 245, Ashley Marshall 324

Feb. 28Sole Survivor

Lady and Her Tramps def. Fu Man Chu 3-1Lady and Her Tramps — 2,807: Dennis Coo-per 526, Dave Moss 619, Terry Cooper 488, Connie Oberhart 541; Fu Man Chu — 2,621: Barb Shepard 423, James Annis 452, Tyler Annis 465, Nathan Sudbrock 504Merkins def. I-80 Subway 3-1Merkins — 2,710: Stephanie McCumber 402, Rhonda Thomasson 505, Darla Cooper 464, Buffi Lint 454; I-80 Subway — 2,610: Tricia Jenkis 439, Lisa Ross 478, Kyle Hill 586, Dan Jenkins 555Good2Go def. S*** Kickers 3-1Good2Go — 2,699: Mike Smith 374, Missy Smith 420, Alicia Weithers 432, Shawn Wei-thers 393; S*** Kickers ‘ 2,606: Chad Hofer 495, Cathy Peters 389, Granville Smith 516, Doug Ewing 618Six Balls and a Split tie 3 Rights and a Wrong 2-2Six Balls and a Split — 2,624: Skyler Wedeking 422, Abbie Cupples 279, Brklyn Braaksma 228, Mark Ross 468; 3 Rights and a Wrong — 2,583: Melody Hofer 479, Erica Hiemstra 367, Amy Metz 378, Chad Danley 4804 D’s def. Hawkeyes 3-14 D’s — 2,678: Tom Danley 363, Carolyn Danley 383, Russ Danley 462, Nick Danley 418; Hawkeyes — 2,588: Tammy Aalbers 477, Jim Conley 370, Kevin Crady 373, Steve Belloma 471

Feb. 27Splitters

Cappy’s win by defaultCappy’s — 2,364: Laird Trusler 590, Jason

Mikkelson 607, Mark Frymoyer 538, Mike Price 629Pheasants 4-Ever def. Cardinal Trophies 3-1Pheasants 4-Ever — 2,081: Anthony Brock 600, Barbara J Majerus 457, Lonnie Majerus 499, Michael Sims 525; Cardinal Trophies — 2,069: Stacy Kriegel 375, Sheila Swarts 391, Machelle Quick 426, Bonnie Geerlings 460Cardinal Lanes def. Hewitt Service Center 3-1Cardinal Lanes — 2,256: Larry Anderson 577, Ron McMains 445, Alan Shea 623, Jeff Van Blair 611; Hewitt Service Center — 2,163: Nancy Mikkelson 439, Amber Tabor 444, Judy McMains 429, Bev Van Blair 527Wauters 76 def. Rialto Barber Shop 3-1Wauters 76 — 2,109: Keith Kirchner 447, Bev Kirchner 335, James Smith 388, Janielle Wauters 426; Rialton Barber Shop — 2,154: Paul Twaddle 510, Brett Auffert 533, Chuck Wennihan 549, Gene Mikkelson 562

Feb. 26This Bud’s For You

Almost win by defaultAlmost — 2,647: Rex Thompson 557, Julie Dougan 400, Cooper Heath 287, Scott Dougan 566We the P Paul def. Four Elements 3-1We the P Paul — 2,585: Pat Paul 360, Joy Jensen 405, Sharla Oswalt 273, Loran Hughes 284; Four Elements — 2,111: Evan Koons 317, Shelly Koons 328, Fred Adrianse 348, Granville Smith 539M and M Trucking def. Just 4 Us 4-0M and M Trucking — 2,501: Vicki Wright 441, Carol York 343, Rose Trapp 369, Susan Maasdam 466; Just 4 Us — 2,472: Kathy Peters 324, Michael Retman 403, Astrid Brown 299, Rena Miller 360Cy-Hawk tie Barely Legal 2-2

Cy-Hawk — 2,570: Brad Rozendaal 490, Tom Baxter 330, Todd Rozendaal 394, Matt Julius 486; Barely Legal — 2,577: Steve Roose 553, Lance Moorman 381, Casey Sneller 417, Lori Moorman 419

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Hewitt Apts def. Mohawk Stables 3-1Hewitt Apts — 2,227: Bonnie Right Logue 470, Lucy Ponsetto 390, Bille Montgomery 354, Diana Agan 404; Mohawk Stables — 2,168: Chelsea Lester 339, Doris Byal 329, Lorna Hofer 333, Melody Hofer 345Newton Daily News def. Backus Plumbing 3-1Newton Daily News — 2,301: Connie Lakin 372, Angie Keith 475, Louise Vink 430, Con-nie Degreef 451; Backus Plumbing — 2,085: Betty Whitson 443, Darlene Koppin 365, Marilyn Backus 284Half Nuts def. Pete & Re-Pete’s 3-1Half Nuts — 2,101: Mady Engle 413, Shirley Harris 310, Karen Vangenderen 272, Erika Frahm 407; Pete & Re-Pete’s — 2,088: Charlotte Ross 474, Mady Gates 312, Sheryln Ferguson 390, Sue Hunter 195Mo-Jo Cycling def. Mustang Redemption 3-1Mo-Jo Cycling — 2,044: Cathy Peters 410, Gerry Graham 348, Pat Ward 362, Brenda Morris 381; Mustang Redemption — 1,967: Trudy Delk 355, Doloras Ballard 234, Rene Herwehe 348, Betty Karr 355

Cardinal Wednesday StrikersThe Rockers def. Monster High Girls 3-1The Rockers — 1,215: Lainey Vanderschel 177, Trent Vanderschel 324; Monster High Girls — 1,207: Ceyenne Nida 224, Jordon Pritchard 350Golden Strikers def. Iowa Hawkeyes 4-0Golden Strikers — 1,225: Christopher Levesque 316, Tayvin Galanakis 150; Iowa

Hawkeyes — 1,090: Alex Frymoyer 359, Isaac Chance 287Mighty Mites def. Bad Boys 3-1Mighty Mites — 1,201: Kinnick Pritchard 258, McKenzie Best 178; Bad Boys — 1,199: Carter Vanderschel 330, Seth Briley 344Mine Crafters def. Cyhawks 3-1Mine Crafters — 1,200: Alex Turney 252, Hannah Faust 153; Cyhawks — 1,136: Gatlin Chambers 271, Nathan Keith 361

Go HawkeyesBig Red Farms tie Cardinal Lanes 2-2Big Red Farms — 2,960: Susanne Watts 360, Cindy Wormley 366, Heather Cupples 417, Sonya Putz 301, Pam Moore 445; Cardinal Lanes — 2,930: Karlene Gifford 345, Lisa Brown 342, Cathy Hiemstra 453, Bev Van Blair 527, Megan Wells 297Newton Home Oil def. Medicine Shoppe 3-1Newton Home Oil — 2,997: Jen Clausen 431, Tina Forck 405, Jean Daniels 473, Ryanne Jansen 410, Betty Koppin 384; Medi-cine Shoppe — 2,843: Tammy Aalbers 405, Cindy Cox 375, Suzie Aalbers 416, Ashlynn Malloy 373, Barbara J Majerus 443Warrick Motors def. Real Housewives 4-0Warrick Motors — 3,159: Tanya Myers 399, Lynn Schiebel 426, Vernelle Wyle 327, Barb Gray 486, Janet Hartz 411; Real Housewives — 2,879: Amy Chance 542, Meri Brown 282, Kelly Putz 409, Mary Baxter 357, Elizabeth Rozendaal 488

Feb. 24Cardinal Monday Strikers

Golden Leopards win by defaultGolden Leopards — 1,226: Kaitlyn Gifford 290, Elizabeth Behrens 156The Grizzlys def. Mario & Sonic 3-1The Grizzlys — 1,289: Breyton Schwenker 284, Lincoln Ergenbright 294; Mario & Sonic — 1,265: Clay Lamb 349, Devin Lamb 313

Cardinal Lanes Bowling Results

Wake Forest upends No. 4 Duke WINSTON-SALEM,

N.C. (AP) — Tyler Cava-naugh scored a career-high 20 points and Wake Forest pulled away to upset No. 4 Duke 82-72 on Wednesday night.

Travis McKie added 19 points in his fi nal scheduled home game for the Demon Deacons (16-14, 6-11 At-lantic Coast Conference).

Coming off a home loss to sub-.500 Boston Col-lege, they shot 46 percent from the fi eld and overcame their largest defi cit of the game by scoring 17 straight points and holding Duke without a fi eld goal for 5 critical minutes down the stretch.

Codi Miller-McIntyre had 13 points to help Wake Forest claim its fi rst win over

Duke since 2009 and its big-gest win since an upset of No. 2 Miami last February.

Jabari Parker scored 19 points and Rodney Hood added 16 for the Blue Dev-ils (23-7, 12-5).

Playing their fi rst game in over a week, they missed six straight shots down the stretch and were just 6 of 27 from 3-point range while falling to 4-5 in ACC road games.

No. 8 Kansas 82, Texas Tech 57

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tarik Black scored 19 points on perfect shoot-ing in his fi nal game at Al-len Fieldhouse, and No. 8 Kansas managed just fi ne without injured center Joel Embiid in a romp over Tex-as Tech.

Black, a senior transfer from Memphis, fi nished 9 of 9 from the fi eld, match-ing the school record for fi eld goal attempts without a miss held by C.J. Giles (2005) and Mark Randall (1990).

Freshman forward An-drew Wiggins, also likely playing in his fi nal home game, added nine points for the Jayhawks (23-7, 14-3 Big 12), who have already wrapped up their 10th con-secutive Big 12 title. Naadir Tharpe came off the bench to contribute 16 points and fi ve assists.

Toddrick Gotcher scored 10 points to lead the Red Raiders (13-17, 5-12), who trailed by 20 points at half-time and never threatened down the stretch in losing

their sixth straight game.No. 9 Wisconsin 76,

Purdue 70MADISON, Wis. (AP)

— Frank Kaminsky scored 22 points, Traevon Jackson added 14 and Wisconsin fi nished off its home sched-ule with a victory over Pur-due.

Kaminsky, a 7-footer who can shoot from the pe-rimeter, went 4 of 5 from 3- point range for the Badgers (25-5, 12-5 Big Ten), who won their eighth straight thanks in large part to shooting 48 percent from the fi eld in the fi rst half.

Ronnie Johnson had 15 points for the Boilermak-ers (15-15, 5-12), who lost their fi fth straight and fell into sole possession of last place in the conference.

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LOOKING FOR MiniatureSheltie, 7 weeks old. I canpay $300. 792-7112 or(cell) 641-831-0819.

OLD MILITARY items:German, Japanese, andAmerican, and old Adver-tising signs. 641-485-6591.WANTED: BABY Cribw/mattress. In good condi-tion and reasonable price.New born car seat, bounceseat 0-3 months, beddingfor crib, bumper pads, ect.Baby stroller, 0-3 unisexclothes, cheap or reason-able price. All in goodshape. 275-9225.

50# ANVIL, solid piece,$35.00. Firewood, split orsmall pieces whole; walnut,elm, and some oak- candeliver, also can get youpieces whole based onyour preference. 641-792-4664

98 CHEVY Lumina, runand drives good. Highmiles. $1000. 641-521-2441.

BLACK WALNUT Good-ies. $9 per Carton. 792-2473.

DALE EARNHARDT Jr.1:64 Collectible Cars $15each. Iowa Hawkeye TallGlass Mug $20. 515-313-7803.

DELL COMPUTER car-tridges 'Series 21,' Blackand color. Used once fortwo black copies. Printerwent bad. Replaced printerwith different brand.Junked Dell printer. Havetwo perfectly good car-tridges. Will sell both for$20.00. 641-275-3479. Callafter 4 P.M. or weekends.

HARD ROCK mapleHutch: 68 ½”x 17”D x 43 W2 pcs $125. 2 Swivel patiochairs $25. 42” Round Met-al Patio Table $20. 14'Trampoline $75. Gamesand puzzles .50 - $3. Girlssoftball helmets with faceguard, size 61/2- 71/2$15-$20. Park bench- oakand iron, with Eagles $20.Softball glove $10. Sewingcabinet $10. 5' pool ladder$20. 2 Oak swivel barstools $25. 641-840-0208.

14 FT ALUMINUM Fishingboat and trailer, Johnson 6HP gas motor, bow mountfoot controlled trolling mo-tor, hand controlled trollingmotor, depth and fish find-er, swivel seats, handcrank bow mount anchor.$1,800. 641-792-0378.Leave message.

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Astrograph

Jupiter has been transit-ing through Cancer since June of last year and will continue in the realm of domesticity and maternal love until July 16th of this year. Part of the fun has been a retrograde stint that started in No-vember of 2013 and ends today. Those who have had a hard time getting their home life together will have a better time of it now.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 6). This month you lose your fear of losing and take a chance on love, either going into deeper, more meaningful places with an existing relationship or, if single, risking your heart with someone new. April is fun-filled even though you’ll be busy with work. Family makes you proud in May. You’ll trade up in June. Cancer and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 33, 24, 14 and 38.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be awed by nature at work in daily life. And considering that daily life has yet to be found on any planet

for billions of miles, it is miraculous, indeed.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may get the feeling that you’re play-ing it too safe. Indeed, you are usually hap-pier when you are taking chances, and the best part is that they never run out. The more chances you take the more you get.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be dealing with people of various ages. Don’t judge them by their age, but by what they do, which will be surprisingly different from what you’d think they would be able to do based on their age.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Why do people bungee jump, parachute from planes and fall in love? Because one of life’s great pleasures is the pleasure of surrender. You’ll know it today.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Every time a celeb-rity goes to rehab it’s a reminder that privilege and pampering are no substitute for self-love. Why reserve the deep

care and respect for when you are feeling fragile? Put yourself first today.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll delight in learning and think such interest-ing thoughts that it will be a joy to be inside your own mind and a treat for others to be in your company.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Of course you can’t see the world through other people’s eyes, and so you’ll never really know how differently they see things. However, today you’ll suspect that the difference is substan-tial.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you feel a kinship with all humans, how can any one be your enemy? You’ll be inclined to work things out, even if others wouldn’t expect it of you. You hold yourself to a higher standard of peace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It will be best to work out the details of a project with another per-son even though you will execute the project alone.

This way you’ll get the benefit of two minds without sharing too much of the profit.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). When you make up your mind, the only one who can unmake it is you. You are less susceptible to peer pressure than others around you today and may have to step up as the moral center of your group.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Though you may not recognize it at first today, you’re in a position of power.You will have the oppor-tunity to be as merciful as someone has been with you in the past.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Mistakes are just one of the things you’ll make — and such a minor number of them that it’s hardly worth worrying about. So go on and take on that daring project you’ve been men-tally toying with.

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TWO Taurus SHO's. 1993Ford Taurus SHO: 81200+one owner miles. Manual 5speed overdrive transmis-sion. All options exceptsunroof. Ultra red crimsoncolor. Very clean, good toexcellent condition. Includ-ed owners manual, Fordrepair manual, Chiltion re-pair manual, purchase pa-pers, repair records, origi-nal floor mats, and 1993magazine articles. Vehicleis ready to drive anywhere.1995 SHO: Parts car withlots of good parts. Bad en-gine and automatic trans-mission. Good Body, glass,wheels, and more. Asking$4900 for both cars. 641-791-2220.

1997 FORD ConversionVan. Heavy ½ ton, greatfor towing. New front endand front tires. Runs great.$2400. 515-778-2792

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2007 CHEVY COBALT,RED, 121,2112 MILES. INGREAT SHAPE.PERFECT FOR ANYONEWANTING A FABULOUSRUNNING CAR WITHUNBEATABLE GASMILEAGE. WE ARE ONLYSELLING BECAUSE OURFAMILY IS GROWINGAND WE UPGRADED TOA LARGER VEHICLE.ASKING $4,000 OBO.CALL (409) 789-3825

2008 SUNSET Creek bySunny Brook, 27' traveltrailer, 12' slide out, walk inshower, regular size bed,sofa, and table make into abed. 2 platform rockersand TV included, electricfront jack, good condition,$13,000. Call 641-792-4935

HAY FOR sale. Alfalfagrass mix, small bales.641-891-2194.LIKE NEW Kings DownKing-size mattress, boxsprings, and frame. Mat-tress always covered withprotective case. You haul.$175. 792-8519 after 6pm.

OAK THOMASVILLE Bed,headboard is for Queen orregular. Bed has regularsize mattress and boxsprings, with frame. All inexcellent condition. All for$155. 792-1920.

REAL HOUSEWIVES-season one, never opened,$10.00. Born leather boots,brown, never worn, size11, fits more like size 10,retail $250, $100 firm. 641-417-9464SCULLY – Brown leatherJacket with fringe, size 42,$50. Quilting frame $20.Singing and dancing HankWilliams Jr. $25. 521-3397.

STAIR LIFT, in good con-dition, Wife passed awayand don't need anymore.Purchased from Hammer.$100 or OBO. 792-9613.

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