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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015

By BAILEY POOLMANCNA staff [email protected]

Creston School Board members approved the continuation of construction in the form of bleachers in the Creston elementary and middle school safe room during the regularly scheduled meeting Monday.

More construction, in the form of bleach-ers, in the elementary and middle school safe room was approved by four of the five board members during the meeting. Board Presi-dent Ron Dunphy voted against the purchase.

“This is the last part of the safe room proj-ect at that gym,” said Steve McDermott, Creston and Prescott superintendent. “We had talked about bleachers before, but we had decided early, let’s get that space finished, get it completed to this point before we moved ahead with bleachers.”

McDermott gave the board members several quotes for bleacher costs. Risers Inc., quoted $19,000 and Jim Townsend quoted $17,000. Both companies are from Iowa. A third quote of $24,000 was also given.

“We are still waiting for other competitive quotes before we go ahead and make our final decision,” McDermott said. “We antic-ipate two more coming in before the final de-cision is made.”

McDermott clarified the reason behind bringing the issue to the board members’ at-tention during the meeting.

“One reason we hope to go ahead with bleachers now is because we need to get on those vendors’ summer installation lists,” Mc-Dermott said. “Their summers are filling up already.”

The quotes were for four rows of 75-foot-long bleacher seats. They push in for storage, and will not have hand rails.

“It was not in the plan of the tornado shel-ter to put a floor or bleachers in it,” Dunphy said. “We’ve sort of made it by whatever means to put a floor in, and accommodate all kinds of activity in it beyond its orig-inal intent, or what I call the plan. So, to

Bleachers approved for school’ssafe room

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McDermott

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Work it out: Cassie Randall of Creston, front, and Casey Larson, back, lift weights in the expanded room at Hanson Fitness, located at 520 Livingston Ave. Suite C, Wednesday. The 2,100-foot expansion to the south in the facility, owned by Tyler Hanson, was opened Monday and allows for approximately 15 new pieces of equipment. An open house is planned for mid-February, with the possibility of door prizes and a waived joining fee. Student, adult, senior citizen, family and couple memberships are available, as well as daily passes and 5- and 10-day punch cards. The Color Secret, a hair salon owned by Hanson’s wife Tori, is also inside the space.

Southwestern sets public hearing for new health sim lab By BAILEY POOLMANCNA staff [email protected]

Southwestern Community College Board of Directors approved a March 10 pub-lic hearing to continue with construction of a health care simulation lab during their regularly scheduled meeting Jan. 13.

The simulation lab, which will be in the Allied Health and Science Center, would boast a remodeling and new equipment, thanks to a grant through the United States Department of Labor.

“All 15 community colleges went together and formed a consortium, and applied for this grant, and received ap-proximately $15 million,” said Bill Taylor, SWCC vice pres-ident of instruction. “Our portion of that is approxi-mately $1 million. We got notified that we received it, I think it was in October, and that will run for four years.”

According to Taylor, the college would not be able to fund the lab without the grant because of the expense involved.

Simulation labThe simulation lab will

consist of a remodeled sec-tion of SWCC’s Allied Health and Science Center.

“The estimation on cost is $250,000 to $300,000, but they actually think that’s going to be high,” said Tom Lesan, SWCC vice president

of economic development. “The unknown is threaded electrical wire that we’ll have to run in for the equipment.”

Lesan explained to the board of directors that walls and windows would also be constructed in the building, and the action would occur where the lab area currently is.

Also part of the lab would be six mannequins. Of those six, four would be capable of suffering health issues such as heart attacks, while the remaining two would be similar, but also capable of bleeding.

“If construction is done May 24, we’ll get the equip-ment installed and opera-tional, so plan at the July board meeting right before dinner, Bill (Taylor) will show you the bleeding man-nequins,” Lesan said.

Equipment also includes laptops, mannequin control software, medication dis-pense unit, simulation view-ing system and simulation control unit. The equipment and remodel will create a real-istic clinical experience for stu-dents without putting patients and students at risk.

“So, it’s a very high-tech sys-

tem,” Taylor said. “It’s going to be very impressive once we get that set up.”

MoneyThe money for the remodel

will go toward two simulation labs in the Allied Health and Science Center, with a control room in between. Currently, SWCC is the only communi-ty college in the consortium to start from the beginning in building a health care simula-tion lab.

The remodelling cost will not come out of the grant,

Panel OKs school spending increase

DES MOINES (AP) — Law-makers in the Republican-majority Iowa House granted committee-level approval to a small funding increase for schools Wednesday, but leaders in the Democratic-controlled Senate say they want to provide even more money.

The House education committee approved the increase in school fund-ing for the upcoming academic year. The legislation is based on Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget proposal. It would provide an increase of about $35 mil-lion in general support for K-12 public schools.

In all, Branstad’s budget provides about $100 million in new schools

funding, much of that earmarked for specific programs, such as a teach-er training initiative. Rep. Ron Jor-gensen, R-Sioux City, said the funding proposal was what the state could af-ford.

“You have to live in the economic reality of where the money is going to come from,” said Jorgensen, who chairs the House education commit-tee. He said he hoped to reach an agreement on school funding in the next month. But Sen. Herman Quirm-bach, D-Ames, who chairs the Senate education committee, said the state

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Branstad wants private care companies to help run Medicaid

DES MOINES (AP) — A privately managed care com-pany or set of companies will help run Iowa’s Medicaid program under a plan intro-duced by Gov. Terry Brans-tad’s administration.

More coordinated care would better serve Medic-aid patients and lower costs,

Branstad spokesman Jim-my Centers said. The system could be implemented by the start of 2016, The Des Moines Register reported.

“The growth of Medicaid spending in Iowa is unsustain-able over the long-term and it limits Iowa’s ability to pro-vide high-quality and stable

health services to our most vulnerable residents as well as our ability to invest state taxpayer dollars in other key programs aimed at growing our state,” Centers said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The arrangement allows a private company to oversee

a large health care program and share savings obtained by more efficient care. Iowa currently has two such con-tracts for some services un-der Medicaid, which is jointly financed by state and federal

THROWBACK NEWSTwenty years ago, Prescott Schools became the first school in the area to be connected to the internet. Read more Throwback news on page 2A. >>

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMANSouthwestern Community College’s Allied Health and Science Center might play host to a new health care simulation lab in the future. The lab would be the result of a $1 million grant received from the U.S. Department of Labor, and would consist of two labs with a control unit between them, medication dispense unit and six mannequins that can suffer a series of different health issues.

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Joyce Ray, 79, of Green-field died Jan. 18, 2015, at her daughters’ home in Cin-cinnati, Ohio.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, at the

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Today is Jan. 22, the 22nd day of the year. There are 343 days left in 2015. Be-low are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (Jan. 19-25) in history.5 years ago

Greater Regional Med-ical Center leased 12 fleet vehicles through Enterprise for a pool vehicle program for employee drivers who logged more than 7,000 busi-ness miles per year. This es-pecially applied to hospice care workers. This was the hospital’s first time doing the fleet-vehicle program. LouAnn Snodgrass, execu-tive director, continuum of care, said the vehicles were to save the hospital $10,000 to $15,000 per year in trav-el expenses. The new Ford Focus vehicles, numbered one through 12, were deliv-ered and serviced through Creston Automotive. The vehicles were leased for hospital employees to use them during business hours throughout the day and during on-call hours.

A morning ice storm that swept through southwest Iowa Jan. 20 left a slick coating and hundreds of area residents without elec-tricity. Downed power lines and poles caused about 900 homes and businesses in Adair County to lose elec-tricity.

Greenfield REC Farm-ers Electric Co-op Gen-eral Manager Clarence Moshier said the problem began around 2:30 a.m. when Central Iowa Pow-er Co-Operative (CIPCO) lost transmission service to their Greenfield and Orient substations. A little more than two hours later, a pow-er-supply outage occurred shutting down power to the substations and residents in Orient, Greenfield and sur-

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Creston School District was one of 28 Iowa districts receiving fresh fruits and vegetables through The Fruit and Vegetable Pro-gram created by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin in 2002. Funds from the program were used to purchase fresh fruit and veg-e t a b l e s for school distr icts to im-p r o v e h e a l t h and nutrition. Harkin visit-ed Creston Schools Jan. 19. Harkin said the program was implemented to pro-mote child nutrition and fight obesity and chronic disease prevention.

Harkin introduced the Healthy Lifestyles and Pre-

vention Act of 2004, a com-prehensive obesity preven-tion and health promotion bill.

Greater Community Hospital Board of Trust-ees discussed a proposed plan to remodel the emer-gency department. Twen-ty-five percent of patients were coming through the ER. According to Monte Neitzel, CEO, emergency room remodeling was part of a plan to increase and improve hospital services. Expansion of the ER was to include a change to the out-door entrance to look like a cul de sac, more level drive-way and parking, access to radiology in the ER and an enlarged waiting room.

In the Class of 2017 spe-cial section, kindergartener Benjamin Irr, son of Lynn and Bob Irr, wanted to be a surfboarder or skateboard-er when he grew up.20 years ago

Construction of Three Mile Lake Reservoir dam was more than 80 per-cent complete. Near ideal working conditions since the project began in spring 1994 moved construction well ahead of schedule for

the 880-acre reservoir for public drinking water and recreation east of Twelve Mile Lake. To date, the raw water intake structure to be used by Southern Iowa Ru-ral Water Association for distribution throughout the area was nearly complete and one of two concrete pours remained for the prin-cipal spillway on the south end of the lake northwest of Afton.

In the datebook, on Jan. 19, 1869, Susan B. Anthony was elected president of the American Equal Rights As-sociation.

Prescott Schools became the first school in the area to be connected to the in-ternet. Because of its close proximity, approximately 10 miles, to a local telephone connection through Coon Valley Cooperative Tele-phone Service in Nevinville, the school had full access to the internet.

Since November 1994, students had been globe-trotting on the internet, making contacts with stu-dents in New Zealand, Aus-tralia, Thailand, Zambia, Great Britain, Italy and Alaska. Prescott student population in K-6 was 54.

CNA file photoThese photos of kindergarten students were submitted 10 years ago as part of a Class of 2017 special section published in the Creston News Advertiser.

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which is from the U.S. De-partment of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistant Community College and Career Training grant pro-gram, but out of the col-lege’s plant fund because a grant match is required.

The cost of equipment and personnel, however, will go against the grant, and personnel cost will be spread over the four years.

WorkSeveral new jobs would

be available with this pro-gram, also, in the forms of simulation lab coordina-tor to allow the lab to run smoothly, and part-time retention specialist to tu-tor students, give them learning opportunities and create job shadowing op-portunities.

“Getting those students to choose Southwestern, the enrollment aspect, t h e y ’ r e g o i n g to have this sim-u l a t i o n and this high-tech e q u i p -ment, and then the retention of those students

(is key),” said Beth Kulow, SWCC dean of student services. “The intent is to actually hire a SWCC grad that’s an RN to come back and tutor those students so that they’ll have a men-tor to guide them through those classes.”

Taylor also said this won’t increase the amount of credit students, such as those attending school for nursing, because the col-lege only accepts a certain amount at a time, but the college plans to work with local health care agencies to provide other learning opportunities.

“We will be working with local health care agencies, bringing them in to help with the continu-ing education with EMTs (emergency medical tech-nicians), paramedics, long-term care facilities,” Tay-lor said. “I’m excited. It’s going to be a nice addition to campus.”

Bids for construction will open March 2, and the SWCC Board of Directors will take action after the public hearing March 10.

If the chosen bid is ap-proved, and things run smoothly, the construction would be expected to be completed May 24.

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Corrections In the story “SWCC to

purchase new $150K shut-tle for activities” published in Thursday’s edition of the Creston News Advertiser, it should have stated the $1,400 per day cost for renting vehi-cles was a quote from Wind-star Lines of Carroll. All About Fun of Arispe rental costs range depending on the

trip distance, time and size of bus.

—————— In Darlene Loudon’s let-

ter to the editor published on Wednesday’s opinion page, the last sentence of the sec-ond paragraph should have read: I always thought that we were trying to grow our town, not wash it away.

Shy of votes, House GOP drops planned vote on abortion bill WASHINGTON (AP) — With

thousands of anti-abortion protesters in town, Republicans are ready to push legislation through the House designed to please them. But it’s not the bill an embarrassed GOP was hoping for.

Republican leaders had planned House passage Thursday of legislation criminalizing most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, an act that would have defied a White House veto threat.

But late Wednesday they abruptly postponed that confrontation indefinite-ly after concluding they were short of votes.

Instead, the House will vote on leg-

islation barring taxpayer funding of abortions — a prohibition that’s already largely in place. Republicans say the bill will tighten the restrictions and make sure no funds flow to abortions under President Barack Obama’s health care law.

The GOP reversal coincides with Thursday’s annual March for Life pro-testing the Supreme Court’s 1973 de-cision legalizing abortion. It also came with GOP leaders eager to showcase the ability by the new Republican-led Congress to govern efficiently and avoid gridlock.

“I don’t see it as a failure. I see it as

a victory in the process for getting leg-islation right,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., a sponsor of the postponed bill, said in an interview.

Tony Perkins, president of the con-servative Family Research Council, expressed disappointment that “a hand-ful” of lawmakers had forced a delay in the late-term abortion restrictions but added, “We applaud the leadership for remaining committed to advancing pro-life legislation.”

Congressional Democrats who solidly oppose the legislation, along with abor-tion-rights advocates, all but mocked the GOP’s problem.


governments.Branstad’s office proj-

ects the state would save more than $50 million in the first six months of the new program.

Amy McCoy, spokes-woman with the state De-partment of Human Ser-vices, said that figure is based on calculations from an actuary company.

State lawmakers say they need more information about the system before they can comment on it, the newspaper reported. Rep. Dave Heaton, a Republi-can from Mount Pleasant and co-chairman of the main legislative committee

overseeing health care pro-grams, said Branstad has the authority to make such changes without a vote in the Legislature.

Heaton told the newspa-per that DHS plans to put out a formal plan by March 1. It’s unclear when compa-nies might start bidding for the program.

More than 560,000 Iowa residents are covered un-der Medicaid, which helps pay for health care for the needy, aged and disabled, and for low-income fami-lies with children.

The state chips in $1.5 billion to help fund Iowa’s Medicaid program, McCoy said, noting that’s up more than 70 percent since 2003.

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should do more.“It’s completely inade-

quate. It doesn’t even keep up with inflation,” said Quirmbach, who said Dem-ocrats were still working on

a funding proposal.House Democrats have

requested a public hearing on the school funding leg-islation. That hearing will be held before the bill will move to the full House for review.

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add bleachers to it, no. It’s called adding another piece to somebody’s plan.”

One major concern of Dunphy’s was if the bleacher addition would create a rift in the compliance of the gym by Iowa codes for school safety. McDermott said the addition does comply, since the square footage would still be the same, whether it be flat or at an incline.

“I was always under the impression that we were go-

ing to finish it at some time,” said Rick Fyock, Creston School Board member. “It was not necessarily going to be all at one time, but it would be at a certain step as funds became available.”

Still, Dunphy emphasized his want for safety through-out the school district.

“Just please, let’s think about when we get to the end of our ‘want list,’ for security and safety, ‘Oh, whoops, we don’t have enough money for that,’” Dunphy said. “It would be a bad day in this

room.”In other school board

news:• Lauren Grose was con-

tracted as a paraprofession-al, and Grant Plowman was contracted as a bus driver.

• Lee Normandeau and Ashley Heacock were ac-knowledged during the meeting for winning the “motivate award” at the First Tech Challenge Iowa League Championship held at Southwest Valley High School in Corning Jan. 10. The high-school students

used their robot named M. O. N. T. E. E. 6636.

• Jeff Wignall, Creston guidance counselor, present-ed a PowerPoint and infor-mation to the board mem-bers about the guidance curriculum.

• Early Child Center kindergarten teachers pre-sented information about co-teaching at the ECC to board members. In-formation included data and comparisons between one-teacher and two-teacher classrooms.

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Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 41 28 cloudy Davenport 43 30 mst sunny Marshaltown 45 30 cloudyAtlantic 48 30 cloudy Des Moines 48 31 cloudy Mason City 40 28 cloudyAubudon 46 29 cloudy Dubuque 40 30 cloudy Onawa 49 32 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 44 30 pt sunny Farmington 44 30 mst sunny Oskaloosa 45 29 mst sunnyCenterville 45 29 mst sunny Fort Dodge 44 27 pt sunny Ottumwa 45 29 mst sunnyClarinda 51 28 pt sunny Ft Madison 44 32 mst sunny Red Oak 49 29 cloudyClarion 42 27 pt sunny Guttenberg 42 30 cloudy Sioux Center 42 28 pt sunnyClinton 40 30 mst sunny Keokuk 44 31 mst sunny Sioux City 48 31 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 48 30 cloudy Lansing 40 30 cloudy Spencer 41 27 pt sunnyCreston 46 29 pt sunny LeMars 44 29 pt sunny Waterloo 44 30 cloudy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 43 38 rain Houston 46 38 cloudy Phoenix 64 44 mst sunnyBoston 36 28 sunny Los Angeles 71 49 pt sunny San Francisco 64 49 pt sunnyChicago 38 31 pt sunny Miami 78 71 pt sunny Seattle 49 48 rainDallas 51 35 pt sunny Minneapolis 37 30 rain St. Louis 44 31 sunnyDenver 48 22 mst sunny New York 39 31 sunny Washington, DC 46 36 pt sunny

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Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 41 28 cloudy Davenport 43 30 mst sunny Marshaltown 45 30 cloudyAtlantic 48 30 cloudy Des Moines 48 31 cloudy Mason City 40 28 cloudyAubudon 46 29 cloudy Dubuque 40 30 cloudy Onawa 49 32 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 44 30 pt sunny Farmington 44 30 mst sunny Oskaloosa 45 29 mst sunnyCenterville 45 29 mst sunny Fort Dodge 44 27 pt sunny Ottumwa 45 29 mst sunnyClarinda 51 28 pt sunny Ft Madison 44 32 mst sunny Red Oak 49 29 cloudyClarion 42 27 pt sunny Guttenberg 42 30 cloudy Sioux Center 42 28 pt sunnyClinton 40 30 mst sunny Keokuk 44 31 mst sunny Sioux City 48 31 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 48 30 cloudy Lansing 40 30 cloudy Spencer 41 27 pt sunnyCreston 46 29 pt sunny LeMars 44 29 pt sunny Waterloo 44 30 cloudy

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 43 38 rain Houston 46 38 cloudy Phoenix 64 44 mst sunnyBoston 36 28 sunny Los Angeles 71 49 pt sunny San Francisco 64 49 pt sunnyChicago 38 31 pt sunny Miami 78 71 pt sunny Seattle 49 48 rainDallas 51 35 pt sunny Minneapolis 37 30 rain St. Louis 44 31 sunnyDenver 48 22 mst sunny New York 39 31 sunny Washington, DC 46 36 pt sunny

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Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Road.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) open meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

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non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 107 W. Howard St.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

SundayAlcoholics Anonymous (AA),

noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

MondayUnion County Board of

Supervisors, 9 a.m., Union County Courthouse boardroom.

Creston Rotary Club, noon, Greater Regional Medical Center cafeteria conference room.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

TOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church.

AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

Union County Genealogy Society, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Mount Ayr American Legion.

AA, 7:30 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

TuesdayShannon City Breakfast Club,

9 a.m., The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.

Creston Kiwanis Club, noon, The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.

OLE Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Postscript Club, 12:30 p.m., congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

Chautauqua Circle, 1:30 p.m., hostesses Linda Huffman and Kathy Tapken.

Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.

Meeting Green Hills AEA Board

of Directors, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Red Oak regional office, 212 E. Coolbaugh St.

Agenda includes: hearing on proposed 2015-16 bud-get and consider approval; hearing on proposed plans, specifications and form of contract and estimated total cost of the replace-ment of the roof on the administration building at the Halverson Center and possible resolution; open forum; board presentation on Iowa Core essential ele-ments/alternate assessment for students with signifi-cant disabilities; financial reports; personnel matters; agreements and contracts; resolution regarding early notification of retirement; local school district re-quests for transportation approval – bus routes oper-ating outside the district’s boundaries – Code of Iowa 285.9(3); administrative and board reports; AEA

Board of Directors’ Con-ference; other business.

Birth Greater RegionalMedical Center

Trent Jenkins and Kristi Larson of Diagonal are par-ents of a son born Jan. 20, 2015. Carter Matthew Jen-kins weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Deana and Louis Lumbard of Diag-onal, Deb Larson and Brett George of Cromwell, Eric Jenkins of Lenox and John Larson of Creston.

Great-grandparents are Jack and Donna Larson of Afton, Barb and Cliff Car-lisle of Shannon City, Don Tamerius of Creston and Is-abelle Jenkins of Lenox.

Siblings are Trenidy, 8, Dawson, 7, Hunter, 5, Kaylee, 4, and Hayden, 4.

Police Eric Patterson, 702 W. Ad-

ams St., reported a window and screen were broken out

of a building he owns locat-ed at 1109 S. Sumner Ave., sometime between Dec. 21 and Jan. 15.

Damage estimate is $200.Miscellaneous

Domestic dispute, 8:04 a.m., Wednesday, North Mulberry Street.

Vandalism, 9:45 a.m., Wednesday, South Sumner Avenue.

Assistance, 11:47 a.m., Wednesday, Cottonwood Road.

Talk to officer, 12:17 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Theft, 2:17 p.m., Wednes-day, North Pine Street.

Information, 2:27 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Assistance, 2:32 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Harassing communication, 3:12 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Public intoxication, 3:16 p.m., Wednesday, Grand Avenue.

Traffic stop, 4:48 p.m., Wednesday, South Sumner Avenue.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.60Soybeans — $9.16• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.60Soybeans — $9.33

LotteryIowa’s Pick 3: 9-8-9Iowa’s Pick 4: 1-0-5-5Hot Lotto Sizzler: 11-19-34-37-39 (4)Powerball: 11-12-15-28-57 (23)

MURRAY — The family of Bobbi Gibbons is hosting a card shower in honor of her 81st birthday Jan. 27.

Cards may be sent to her at 1107 110th St., Murray, IA 50174.

Richardson joins CNA editorial staff The Creston News Ad-

vertiser recently added a reporter to its editorial staff.

I a n Richard -son — a native of Afton — joined the staff Tues-day. He is a 2011 g raduate of East Union High School

and recently earned his de-gree in English with a minor in journalism from Evangel University in Springfield, Mo.

Richardson’s primary coverage area for the CNA will be general news and feature reporting.

“I’m very glad to have the opportunity to join the team at the Creston News Advertiser,” Richardson said. “I love southwest Iowa, and I’m excited to be able

to come back to the area where I grew up and to have the chance to write stories about the great people who live here.”

In his spare time, Rich-ardson, 22, enjoys running, reading and playing piano.

To submit story ideas or welcome him back to the community, contact Rich-ardson at (641) 782-2141 ext. 6438 or email him at [email protected].

Richardson

Birthday Gibbons card shower planned

John Wayne Birthplace Museum to hold grand opening

WINTERSET — Over the past 30 years, more than one million visitors have journeyed to historic Madi-son County to tour the mod-est four-room home where American film icon John Wayne was born on May 26, 1907. Guests have includ-ed President Ronald Rea-gan, movie legend Maureen O’Hara, Wayne’s widow and all of his children and fans from 50 states and 40 foreign countries.

To provide a more mean-ingful visitor experience, the birthplace organization has announced the May 23 grand opening of the John Wayne Birthplace Museum, a brand new 5,000 square-

foot facility which will offer a collection of artifacts from the screen legend’s life and career. The only museum in the world dedicated to John Wayne, it will feature the largest diversified ex-hibit of John Wayne trea-sures in existence, including original movie posters, film wardrobe, scripts, contracts, letters, artwork and sculp-ture, one of his customized automobiles and a movie theater.

Providing patriotic fanfare for the opening ceremonies will be the 100-member Iowa Military Veterans Band in addition to rodeo queens, reduced price admission to the new museum, free John

Wayne movies at the vin-tage Iowa Theater, food and merchandise vendors, cow-boy-mounted shooters and much more.

A highlight for many will be the museum benefit din-ner ($150 per person) head-lined by country music leg-end and RFD-TV star Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Su-perlatives. Also featured will be an auction of unique and one-of-a-kind John Wayne items including artwork and film wardrobe.

For further information, call 877-462-1044 or visit the John Wayne Birthplace and Museum website www.john-waynebirthplace.museum/birthday.

Valentine cookie bouquets available Friends of the Library will

again be selling Valentine cookie bouquets.

Bouquets available in-clude: six cookies in a vase for $10; six gluten-free cook-ies in a vase for $12; and one dozen cookies boxed $15.

Place orders at Gibson Memorial Library, 200 W. Howard St.

Order by Feb. 7.Deliveries will be made

Feb. 13 and 14.Funds support the sum-

mer reading program.


Area blood drives planned American Red Cross will

host two blood drives in the area in February:

• Feb. 4: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Bedford American Legion Hall, 301 Main St.

• Feb. 10: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Creston SWCC Instruction-al Bldg, 1501 W. Townline

To donate, download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcross-blood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information.

All blood types are need-ed to ensure a reliable sup-ply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s li-cense or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110

pounds and are in generally good health may be eligi-ble to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements. [email protected]

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It was good to see Joni Ernst — our new Iowa senator — on the GOP response Tuesday night. She did a nice job of presenting the Republican viewpoint. It was in-teresting watching some of the talk shows. Many of the Democrats on some of the shows gave her praise for her presentation. She seems to be the new face of the GOP instead of the usual white male dominated presenter. She has already started her 99-county tour of Iowa. There is no word yet on when she will be in our neck of the woods.

Super BowlIt is down to the final game of

the NFL season. The Super Bowl is coming up Feb. 1 and will feature New England and Seattle for the trophy. You get Beyonce singing the National Anthem and Katy

Perry for the halftime entertain-ment.

My guess is that New England will win the game. Although, it will be closer than some people think. It started off with Seattle being a 2 1/2 point favorite but because of heavy betting on New England the spread is now down to “pickem.”

I see the tickets online are going for $3,500 and up.

This weekend is the Pro Bowl with many of the big name players missing because of injury. No Pey-ton Manning, no Aaron Rodgers.

So, you get some replacement players instead.

BowlingSaturday, Jan. 31, is the annual

McKinley Park bowling tourna-ment. If you would want to get a team in the event, you need to hur-ry, the times are filling up fast. You can get an entry form at the front desk of the CNA.

GasWell, gas is down to $1.85 in

most places around the area. The lower price has put a bit of mon-ey in many of our pockets. At the current price, the consumers in the USA are saving about $1 billion a day! Enjoy it while it lasts. It can always go back up just as fast as it went down. It may go up even fast-er if my guess is right and the state of Iowa puts another 10 cents per

gallon on for road improvements. I would not be surprised if the feds go for another 10 cents a gallon on the federal gas tax.

Penney’sI read where Penney’s will start

producing its catalogues again this year. I haven’t seen one of those things in a long time. Being an old fart, I’d rather read a catalogue than go online any day.

MoviesThe “American Sniper” mov-

ie sure made a big splash this past week. The movie has brought in more than $100 million in its first week. It had one of the biggest selling first weeks ever for an “R” rated movie. It seems to have hit a cord with a lot of movie-goers. There seems to be a lot of good movies out right now.

YMCAThe Southern Prairie YMCA

here in Creston is having its annu-al dinner and auction on Saturday, Feb. 7. The event will feature a mystery dinner theatre. Plus, there will be plenty of wonderful items to bid on. Tickets are available at the Y for $35. It looks like it will be a fun evening.

WinterIt’s great having some warm days

in between what looks like will be the return of the cold winter com-ing back the end of this month. The long range forecast has that chilling Arctic front coming back down for a couple of weeks. Brrr!

Thought for the week: “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” — Tom Bro-kaw

What’supRich Paulsenpublisher

Canadian snipers wiped out an ISIS mortar battery

HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America and how’s everybody?

Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper set January box office re-cords last weekend earning over one hundred million in ticket sales. Its success angered the an-ti-war crowd. On Sunday Michael Moore tweeted that snipers are cowards and now nobody in Hol-lywood will walk outside the build-ing with him.

Tiger Woods showed up in the Alps to surprise Lindsay Vonn when she won a World Cup ti-tle in Italy Sunday. However, as she skied past the finish line, a video camera swung quickly and knocked out Tiger’s front tooth. The camera had just found out that he was seeing dozens of other video cameras.

The Super Bowl will pit the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks in Phoenix. It’s become a national feast day. Ad-vertising Age says that fans are expected to eat twenty-one million hot dogs on Super Bowl Sunday so don’t be surprised if this year’s Budweiser ad doesn’t feature any horses.

President Obama spoke for over an hour to a joint session of Congress Tuesday as he delivered his State of the Union speech. It’s always a very long hour. If Bill Cosby had convinced his two doz-en accusers to watch State of the Union speeches with him instead of drugging them, they’d still be out.

President Obama was interrupt-ed by applause seventy-six times during his State of the Union ad-dress on Tuesday in Washington. After six years, Americans are used to his speech impediment by now. Every time President Obama tries to pronounce the phrase rad-ical Islam, it comes out free com-munity college.

President Obama spoke to Con-gress Tuesday facing revolt from liberals over income inequality and from conservatives for ap-pearing soft on Islam. It’s tough. No one wants to say that President Obama has had a bad year but he’s currently being investigated for us-ing performance-detracting drugs.

President Obama in his State of the Union speech proposed raising taxes on wealthy Americans and raising taxes on trust funds. It was class warfare disguised as a heart-felt plea. Obama asked Americans to pitch in and help those he says are down on their luck, namely the Lakers and the Knicks.

Canadian snipers wiped out an ISIS mortar battery in Iraq Tuesday, checking ISIS savagery. It’s now a major concern. White House press secretary Josh Ear-nest claims it’s unfair to attribute ISIS atrocities to radical Islam but

if the beheadings are an example of moderate Islam, we’re in real trouble.

The Pentagon sent warships into the Red Sea Tuesday as Yemen’s government seemed about to fall to al-Qaeda. The administration was quick to explain. When Pres-ident Obama said two years ago that al-Qaeda was on the run he meant they’re so hot they’re sell-ing franchises like they’re McDon-ald’s.

Governor Chris Christie urged both parties in the New Jersey legislature to work together and solve problems in his State of the State address last week. He’s still dogged by Bridgegate. Chris Christie could be the first presi-dent to bring America together by forcing all of us to merge into one traffic lane.

Car and Driver magazine says the new high-powered Ford GT stole the show at Detroit’s North American Auto Show at the Cobo Center in Detroit. On top of that, Ford announced its engineers just invented a c ar that runs on water, but unfortunately it’ll only runs on water from the Yellowstone River.

Denver County Fair officials re-ported that marijuana plants will be judged for blue ribbons this year as well as marijuana brown-ies. The pot pavilion will also in-clude a joint-rolling contest. As a result, the county fair organizers are expecting a record number of contestants in the pie-eating con-test.

TopicalhumorArgus Hamilton

Money out of taxpayers’ pocket From Karon FinnCreston

Tax: a compulsory contribution, usually of money that is required for the support of a government. Fee: a fixed amount of money charged for a privilege or service. Fee or tax, it’s still money out of the taxpayers’ pocket.

Senate File 295 which was passed into law in 2013 contains a new property class. Quoting from the Iowa League of Cities Report dat-ed November 2013:

“A new property class was estab-lished for multi-residential prop-erty, which includes mobile home parks, manufactured home com-munities, land-leased communities, assisted living facilities and prop-erty primarily used or intended for human habitation containing three or more separate living quarters. Additionally for buildings that are not otherwise classified as resi-dential property, that portion of a building that is used or intended for human habitation can be classi-fied as a multi-residential property even if human habitation is not the primary use of the building and re-gardless of the number of dwelling units located in the building. The rollback percentages will be phased in over 8 years, beginning in assess-ment year 2015 (there is no backfill provision for this class).”

Multi-Residential Property Roll-back Schedule is Jan. 1, 2015 — 86.25 percent; Jan. 1, 2016 — 82.5 percent; Jan. 1, 2017 — 78.75 per-cent; Jan. 1, 2018 — 75 percent; Jan. 1, 2019 — 71.25 percent; Jan. 1, 2020 — 67.5 percent; Jan. 1, 2021

— 63.75 percent; and January 1, 2022 and thereafter the same as residential which at the present is 54.4002 percent.

Great for multi-residential prop-erties but what about the revenue lost to our local counties, cities, schools, hospitals and etc. ... reve-nue lost without backfill from the state. The absentee landlords of the state will receive the same rollback as our local small business people. In telecommunications an exemp-tion was made and as the value of their property increased, the per-centage of reduction is less — 0 to 20M value 20 percent less and 0 to500M value 10 percent less.

The state legislature and the gov-ernor have transferred most of the responsibilities to the local govern-ments while dictating to them what revenue they are to receive for much-needed services in their cit-ies and counties. It’s time for local control not state control. The cities and counties may be devastated by this loss of revenue. The only op-tions for local government is more taxes, less services and firing of local employees. Is it any surprise that the city of Creston is propos-ing to raise the utility fee?

Don’t let politicians tell you they haven’t raised taxes! They are forc-ing the cities and counties to raise fees. A fee is a tax. An increase in the levy is a tax. A decrease in your rollback is a tax. An increase of your assessment is a tax. A re-duction in your homestead and veterans credit is a tax. Watch your property tax statement and ask questions.

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Nice to see our past state Senator on the GOP response


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AftonASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH,

Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible study and youth. Saturday, 7:25 a.m. “In the Mirror” radio pro-gram on Creston Radio.

ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 104 W. Union St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; after Mass, Confession. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. religious education classes; 6:30 p.m. devotions; and high school youth group, St. Malachy School.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. potluck supper, open to the public; 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening worship service. Aspire Food Pantry dropoff site.

ArispeUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

BeaconsfieldUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-

vice.

ClearfieldAREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.are-abiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA, Clearfield Community Center.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday school; 9 a.m. worship.

CorningFIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH, 907 Grove Ave., Ken Rummer, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship services.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 901 Nodaway St., Andrew Bardole, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. prayer service.

MESSIANIC MISSION SEVENTH DAY, 405 11th St.

Sabbath services, second and fourth Saturdays. Call 641-322-3386 for time and place.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 800 17th St., Philip Ritter, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:45 a.m. worship with Holy Communion. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Bible study.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 504 Grove, Ave., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass; 7 p.m. youth group. Wednesday, 2 to 5 p.m. religious education classes.

CrestonABUNDANT LIFE FAMILY

CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email [email protected]; website www.AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. worship and Kid’s Club. Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Men of Honor; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Light Switch teens.

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, 600 N. Lincoln St., Paul Vandevender, pastor, 782-5594.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship service; 5:30 p.m. prayer time; 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. wor-ship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

LIFE CHURCH, ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641-782-4236, e-mail [email protected], website lifechurch-creston.com.

Friday, 2:45 p.m. Church van leaving from the Norton home

for Winter Jam at Wells Fargo Arena. Cost is $10 for the con-cert, plus money for food and gas. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 10:35 a.m. morning worship, “The Parables of Jesus, Week 2”; after wor-ship, soup fellowship dinner; Acts 2 Journey Team meeting after dinner, read chapter 8 and be ready to discuss. Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fel-lowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and conversation. WiFi is available. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanctuary; 7 p.m. Family Night Activities; adult Bible study, Romans, santu-ary; Life Youth, lower level youth room; and Kids Club, lower level fellowship hall. Thursday (1/29), 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and conversation. WiFi is available.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evange-lists, 641-344-3201.

Thursday, 3:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship ser-vices. Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 3 p.m. Crisis fund center open, 5 p.m. Open table. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Creston Congregation (RLDS), 820 N. Elm St., Elder Gary O’Daniels, pastoral coordinator.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. praise and inspiration, Powells; 9:30 a.m. church school class; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Ken Mallas, presider; Darl Ferguson, speaker.

CREST BAPTIST, affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, Poplar and Townline streets, Chuck Spindler, pastor. Website: www.crestbaptistchurch.com.

Today, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, GriefShare. Friday, 8:30 a.m. Operation World prayer meeting. Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (for all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship; noon Appalachia Service Project to host fundrais-ing lunch after worship, free-will donations will be accepted; 6 p.m. Men’s Bible study. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study; 9 to 10 p.m. Creston Salt Company resumes at SWCC room 120. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. TeamKid, youth ministry, DivorceCare and adult Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1001 N. Lincoln St., David Tebbenkamp, pastor; Dan Fields, youth pastor.

Friday, 3:30 p.m. Junior Freeze-Out, IRB Camp. Saturday, 10 a.m. Care and Share Christian Senior Singles, breakfast at The Windrow. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. wor-ship service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; 4 p.m. Melody Makers choir practice; 5 p.m. family worship service. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Ladies Bible study, “Twelve Extraordinary Women” by John McArthur and 7 p.m. “Anna: The Faithful Witness” led by Judi Sauser, both at Loy Christensen’s, 1000 N. Vine. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Triumphant Praise choir rehearsal – senior high; 6:30 p.m. AWANA clubs and junior high Trek; senior high youth group; adult Bible study and prayer meeting.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service with guest speaker Rev. Arlene Drennan. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Tootles (games/crafts) in fellow-ship hall. Wednesday, 6 p.m. praise and worship service.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St.

Sunday, 11 a.m. church ser-vice.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 5:30 p.m. annual Deacon/Elder meeting at The Pizza Ranch. Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting workshop. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school – all ages; 10:45 a.m. worship services; 6 p.m. new member classes begin. Monday, Newsletter articles due. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stich, Knit and Quilt. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Pastor’s Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m. choir practice; and Parish Council.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor. Call 641-782-2427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: [email protected]. Facebook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8 a.m. to

3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Friday.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Summit House Bible study; 1:30 p.m. Crestridge Bible study. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. handbell rehearsal; 7 p.m. choir rehears-al. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men.

GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna Davis.

Thursday, 6 p.m. Women’s Bible study, church. Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire service, church. Sunday, 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. church service; 6 p.m. church service. Monday, 4 to 5:45 p.m. children’s ministry (preschool through 11 years old); 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. youth ministry (12 years old and up). Wednesday, first and third, 7 p.m. Men’s Bible study, Outreach Center, 124 N. Maple St.

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 107 W. Howard St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Friday, 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop; 4:30 to 5 p.m. Confession; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Confession; 9 a.m. Mass; brunch following in hall. Monday, 5 to 6 p.m. Adoration, St. Malachy Chapel; 6 p.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 7:15 p.m. Board of Education meeting, St. Malachy School. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Wednesday, 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 6:30 p.m. high school youth group, St. Malachy School; 7 p.m. religious education classes; and Knights of Columbus officers meeting, hall. Thursday (1/29), 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 7 p.m. RCIA, hall.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1965 REA Road, Rev. Jim W. Morris, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Bible study; 9 a.m worship.

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, 1000 Cottonwood St.

Sunday, 10 a.m. public talk and Watchtower study. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. congregation Bible study, ministry school and ser-vice meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515-473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship. Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

P L A T T E C E N T E R PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston, Rev. Delores Doench, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday

school; 10 a.m. coffee/fellowship time; 10:30 a.m. church service.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-782-2920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school and adult education; 10 a.m. worship service; 11 a.m. annual congregational meeting; noon potluck; 6 p.m. Alpha Course. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, 7 p.m. choir; No Confirmation.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St., Jared Miller, pastor, 515-897-7919, email [email protected].

Saturday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES, 1216 N. Cherry St. (corner of Townline and Cherry streets).

Sunday, 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 601 S. Maple St., Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. Jonathan C. Watt, pastor, 641-782-5095, http://TrinityCreston.org.

Sunday, Mount Ayr: 8 a.m. Divine Service; 9:30 a.m. Bible class and Sunday school; Creston: 9:45 a.m. Divine Service and Lutheran Schools Sunday; 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes; 7 p.m. adult instruction class. Monday, 12:30 p.m. pre-school. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. pre-school. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m. Confirmation classes. Thursday (1/29), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 9:15 worship services.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. food pantry distribution. Monday, 7:30 a.m. AA meeting; Newsletter articles due today. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon pastor’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table (Walmart). Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS; 7 p.m. Parish Council meeting.

CromwellCONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school. Monday, 12:30 p.m. prayer group, sanctuary; 1 p.m. quilting. Wednesday, 1 p.m. Quilters.

DiagonalUNITED CHURCH OF

DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diago-nalchurch.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. church.

EllstonUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor. Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship.

GreenfieldCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Jeff Banks, pastor, office 641-743-0221. Website: www.welcometocor-nerstone.org.

Thursday, 7 p.m. Men’s Fraternity; 7 to 9 p.m. “Breaking Free” Women’s Bible study. Friday, 11 a.m. J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth); 7 p.m. “Odd Nights Out” youth group. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. worship service; 11:10 a.m. to noon Christian Living classes; 6 to 8 p.m. Second Half; Homebuilders; Marriage Oneness; and Multiply. Wednesday, 6:20 p.m. AWANA; 7 to 8:30 p.m. youth group at the Green’s home.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 213 N. E. Elm St., Kenneth Gross, pastor. Website: www.stjohngreenfield.parishe-sonline.com.

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:20 to 7:30 p.m. Faith Formation (preK-8 grades). Thursday (1/22), 8:30 a.m. Mass.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10 a.m. coffee and fellow-ship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes clos-et open; 6:30 p.m. worship ser-vice. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. wor-ship service.

LacelleUNITED METHODIST CHURCH,

Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.Sunday, 10 a.m. children’s

Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

LenoxCHRISTIAN CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship.CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 702 W. Ohio St. Stanley Price, branch president.

Sunday, 10 a.m. sacrament meeting; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school; 12:10 p.m. relief society, priesthood, young women and young men; 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.primary. For local information, contact Clinton Allen, (641) 322-4494.

COUNTRY ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH, at 202 E. Temple (old lumber yard), Mitch Green, pas-tor. Website: countryroadslenox.com.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship. Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal and study.

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, four miles north, four miles west of Lenox, Franklin Rogers, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship ser-vice.

SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 4 miles north, 1 mile west of Lenox.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 600 W. Michigan St., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass with religious education classes after-ward. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CYO.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 103 W. Michigan St., Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service and Sunday school for children.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 401 W. Michigan St., Tim Maxa, pastor, 641-333-4214.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice. First and third Sunday, youth fellowship. Wednesday, Evening Bible study.

LorimorCHURCH OF GOD, Ben Turner,

pastor.Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pas-tor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

MacksburgHEBRON UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pas-tor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor. Sunday, 9 a.m. wor-ship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

MurrayBAPTIST CHURCH, Alex

Bauman, pastor.Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. wor-ship services. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Midweek Bible study and prayer meeting. Third Thursday of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Missionary meeting.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third St., Brian McCracken, pastor, 641-340-0474, [email protected]; Dillon, associate pastor, 515-971-2066, [email protected]; office, 641-447-2569, [email protected]; website, www.murraychur-chofchrist.org.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship ser-vice; 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:35 a.m. fellow-ship; 10:35 a.m. worship service; 7 p.m. high school Bible Study at the Brandt’s. Wednesday, 7 p.m. children/youth groups at church.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Sandy Smith and Brandon Campbell, pastors.


OrientP L Y M O U T H

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 311 W. First St., Phil Price, min-ister.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. brunch; 9 a.m. worship services; 10 a.m. annual meeting after church; pot-luck dinner after.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 124 S. Maple St., Cathy Nutting, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice.

PrescottPRESCOTT UNITED CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 401 6th Ave., the Rev. Steven Wainwright.


Shannon CitySHANNON CITY COMMUNITY

CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pas-tor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. church service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

SharpsburgUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-

vice; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

StringtownSTRINGTOWN COMMUNITY

CHURCH, junction of Highway 34 and Sycamore Ave., the Rev. Richard Queener, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m. Help Center open.

ThayerPLEASANT VALLEY

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

TingleyCHRISTIAN CHURCHSunday, 10 a.m. Sunday

School; 11 a.m. worship service.UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship; 10:30

a.m. Sunday school.

Iowa pastor dons fancy boots to lead ‘Cowboy Church’ service

Pope removes Iowa priest accused of abusing minor years ago

OSAGE (AP) — The pastor wore fancy boots and churchgoers’ broad-brimmed hats perched on the edges of pews.

They were signs of the “Cowboy Church” service held every third Sunday evening at the First Baptist Church in the northern Iowa city of Osage.

Guitars, banjoes, accordi-ons and a lot of singing are heard instead of organ music, because “Cowboy Church” is “not like a stuffy church ser-vice,” said Rev. Paul Brown.

The reverend’s wife, Kar-

en Hahn-Brown, sings and plays the rhythm guitar and the upright bluegrass bass for the services.

She told the Mason City Globe Gazette they “kind of fly by the seat of our pants and have fun in a manner pleasing to God.”

The couple married last year, and services at the church began soon after, during the summer.

Her husband’s messag-es on Sunday nights take on a roaming-on-the-range theme, such as “Staying Above the Snake Line.”

DES MOINES (AP) — Pope Francis has defrocked an Iowa priest who was ac-cused of abusing a minor years ago.

Howard Fitzgerald, who worked at parishes in central and western Iowa over the last 35 years, received notice of the pope’s decision Mon-day.

Fitzgerald had been placed on indefinite leave in June from his most recent position serving at two Indi-anola parishes and Simpson College.

At the victim’s request, church officials have not released information about when and where the abuse occurred.


CHURCHCHURCH

Friday, Jan. 23, 2015ARIES (March 21 to April

19) You are thinking quiet thoughts today, but most-ly these thoughts are about self-improvement. You are naturally competitive, which means you are even competi-tive with yourself!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A conversation with a pow-erful female friend will leave a strong impression on you. You might be inspired to join forces with others to help a worthy cause.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be careful with your inter-actions with authority fig-ures today, especially female bosses or parents. There’s an element in the air related to self-improvement. Someone might want to “improve” you! (Oh no.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Powerful discussions about controversial subjects like reli-gion, politics and racial issues are likely today. If you don’t want to get caught in the mid-dle, step aside.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might take an improved approach to handling your debt. The trick is that you have to commit to it and be on board. Are you up for it?

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Conversations with partners might involve a new approach to dealing with kids. Others will discover a better way of planning vacations or social outings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Look around you today, because you will see ways to introduce improvements at work. Ironically, you also can see ways to improve your health.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Romance will be passion-ate and intense today. Even your response to the arts will be passionate. It’s as if your feelings are up for grabs today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Your desire to make improvements at home will focus on decluttering and removing garbage or anything that is no longer necessary. It’s a start.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Your powers of communi-cation today are convincing! This is a powerful day for those of you in sales, marketing, teaching, acting and writing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) If discussions about earn-

ings or something you own occur today, you will not let them just slide by. This matters to you. You

feel you have a stake in this, and you will defend your turf.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Take a realistic look in the mir-ror and ask yourself what you can do to improve your image. In today’s world, appearances are everything.

YOU BORN TODAY There is something distinctive about you that sets you apart from

others. Not only are you an individual character, you also seek out people who are highly individualistic. This is the year you have been waiting for. It’s a time of expansion and great activity. Take advantage of opportunities. A major change might take place, perhaps as significant as what occurred around 2005. It’s time to try your wings!

Birthdate of: Django Reinhardt, guitarist; Tiffani Thiessen, actress; Caroline, Princess of Hanover.

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So do them a favor, and be nice! Don’t leave the fit-ting room a mess. For heav-en’s sake, do you do this at home? The folks are there to help you, not be your maid. Hang garments back up if you are not going to buy them. Don’t just drop them on the floor or leave them a jumbled mess! You can hang them on the door or take them to the front area. It’s a minute or two of your time. — Heloise

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You’re on to me! This is the Heloise gold standard to freshen and clean sinks: 1/2 cup of baking soda followed by 1 cup of vinegar. The mixture creates a neat bub-bling reaction that cleans the sink. (It will NOT, however, unclog a drain.) And using the foam to clean elsewhere does double duty! Would you like more of my Heloise Homemade Cleaning Solu-tions? I’ve compiled my fa-vorites in a handy pamphlet. If you would like to receive one, send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Cleaning Solutions, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Vinegar is handy for removing labels from glass bottles. Brush warm vinegar on, cover with a paper towel, let soak and it

should scrub off. — HeloiseCEREAL BOX TOO

LARGEDear Heloise: My pet

peeve: cereal packaged in giant boxes that are only 3/4 full! The boxes are too tall for our pantry shelves. My solution? Remove the bag and secure with a clip. I never miss your column in The Kerrville (Texas) Daily Times. — Jack in Ingram, Texas

Jack, it’s nice to hear from a neighbor “up the road a piece” from San Antonio, where I live. I’ve done the same, or turned the box on its side, or simply cut it down with scissors. — Heloise

GRAY MATTER Dear Heloise: My “beau-

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(BPT) — When it comes to renovating spaces in your home, the master bath should be top of mind. Leading master bath trends for 2015 go beyond func-tionality to incorporate fea-tures that complement the design aesthetic and pro-vide a touch of luxury for lasting results.

By understanding top trends and incorporating them into your remodel, you can instantly increase your home’s comfort, style and value. Renovated mas-ter baths are not only in demand, but bathroom re-models also provide one of the highest rates of return on investment. A midrange bathroom remodel recoups 72.5 percent during resale, according to Remodeling Magazine’s 2014 Cost vs. Value report.

Here are the hottest trends in master bath reno-vations for 2015:

Zen-like designs meet a contemporary aesthetic

Homeowners want mod-ern designs with uninter-rupted sight lines, but they don’t want their bathroom to feel cold or calculated. Master baths are becoming spa-like retreats with up-grades that help homeown-ers look and feel their best. The inclusion of modern technology, like program-mable water features and smart televisions, is offset by designing with organic textures, like bamboo, cot-ton and marble for a Zen-like feel.

Subway tiles reign king The master bath is the

perfect place to incorpo-rate tile work - it’s durable, beautiful and water resis-tant. Despite the availabil-ity of thousands of tile de-signs, one classic option is trending: subway tile. These aren’t grandma’s bland rectangle tiles. Modern sub-way tiles are available in a wide array of colors to add a splash of personality to master bathrooms. A few popular subway tile colors include slate gray, cobalt blue and winter white. Tile experts mix tiles of different colors to create truly time-less, one-of-a-kind designs.

Ultra-clear glass creates luxurious bathroom spaces

Today’s homeowners are embracing free-flow-ing light within the master bath for an open, airy spa-like feel. In order to display beautiful showers and let light fill the room, advanced glass is in high demand for shower surrounds. For ex-ample, stunningly clear Clarvista Glass is treated with a proprietary protec-tive coating that makes the shower enclosure super smooth and easy to clean, and keeps it sparkling clear for the lifetime of the glass - no more dullness or cor-rosion that builds up over time due to the presence of heat and humidity. Avail-able in clear or acid-etched to match any bathroom design, ultra-clear Clarvis-ta Glass eliminates green tones found in other glass and offers lifetime protec-tion, making it a stylish way to protect your remodeling investment. Visit ppgclarvi-staglass.com to learn more.

Radiant heated floors in-crease comfort

Cold toes are the last thing you want when enjoy-ing your master bath, which is why radiant flooring is considered a must-have for 2015. Heated flooring is trending particularly in ar-eas where the temperature drops during the evening or the winter is lengthy. Elec-tric radiant heat is typically installed under tile flooring and is regulated with a tem-perature gauge - an effec-tive way to add luxurious warmth to the entire master bath suite.

Spa-like showers create a personal oasis

More than just a place to get clean, homeowners are using the master bath show-er as a place where they can escape the stresses of daily life and enjoy personal time. In order to create this oasis, designers are incorporating a variety of upscale features into showers. From steam showers, designed to open pores, to multiple show-er heads that provide mist from every angle, the show-er is more customized than ever before.

Modern metallics add vi-sual interest

Metals used in the bath-room add visual interest and style. While stainless steel is a safe choice, high-er-end bathrooms frequent-ly feature metals that con-vey interesting colors and textures, such as oil-rubbed bronze and brushed nickel. Brass tones are making a comeback in unusual hues like warm-colored copper, and these options add rich-ness to the overall bath-room design.

Big and bold light fixtures create personality

Homeowners are set-ting all subtleties aside when selecting master bath light fixtures. Unexpected lighting will be a statement piece for the master bath in 2015. From glamorous crys-tal chandeliers to clusters of hand-blown glass globes or drum pendants made with laser-cut metal, light fixtures are the finishing touch that redefines a mas-ter bath’s personality and functionality.

What to look for in a new garage door - and why you should replace yours now(BPT) - At first thought,

the dead of winter may not seem to be the optimum time to replace your garage door. In fact, quite the opposite is true: frigid temperatures and brisk winds readily prove the need to upgrade your garage door from an older non-in-sulated version to a modern, energy efficient garage door.

The garage door is gener-ally the largest moving ob-ject in your home and offers the greatest exposure to the elements. An insulated ga-rage door will maintain the temperature in your garage in the winter and summer and likely decrease heating and cooling costs. Insulated garage doors not only make the garage more comfort-able inside but also affect the rooms adjacent to or above the garage. In addition, a well-insulated garage helps keep moisture out, and its sturdy construction offers a far greater noise-reducing sound barrier than non-insu-lated models.

What should consum-ers look for in an energy efficient garage door? For starters, check out the R-val-ue. R-value is a measure of thermal resistance to heat flow and is how most ga-rage door manufacturers show the energy efficiency of their product. The higher the R-value of a door, the more insulation you’ll get. Second, look at the door’s construction. Well-insulated doors will have a “triple-lay-

er” construction, consist-ing of environmentally safe polystyrene or polyurethane thermal insulation between two layers of heavy-duty steel.

Homeowner Rob Slaugh-ter in North Carolina rec-ognizes the energy savings and noise reduction values of his new garage door. “The original garage doors that were installed when our house was built in 1999 were non-insulated single-layer of steel. Insulated doors are far superior to just plain steel doors in performance - not

to mention the improved appearance,” Slaughter says. “The new doors are much quieter when we open and close them and don’t have the hollow rattle of the steel doors.

“I could almost instantly feel our garage warming up after the installation of our new door, which happened to be on an unusually cold day in November. With the old steel doors, the outside temperature would come into the garage,” he adds. “I fully expect to see a signifi-cant drop in my heating and

cooling costs over the next year.”

Of all the budget-friendly improvement projects you can complete before spring, a new garage door will not only save on energy costs, it will give you one of the best returns on your investment and provide a great value for your home. Over the last few years, surveys conducted by the Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report indicate that installing new garage doors has been a project in the top rankings for return on in-vestment.

If you’re not sure where to begin, check out the “How to Buy a Garage Door” guide on amarr.com or at YouTube.com/amarrgarage-doors. The guide is a helpful tool to get you started, offer-ing great tips on the benefits of different materials and how to match a door with your home’s architecture and character.

Whether your garage door withstands heat, wind, snow, rain or all of the above, it’s the largest line of defense for your home. Make sure that it’s working hard for you by

reducing your home’s ener-gy consumption, increasing your home’s curb appeal and adding to the value of your home for years to come.

(BPT) — Designers are often drawn to a simple, modern look - however, layering unique patterns and textures in the home is a quickly growing trend. Keep your space harmo-nized, yet distinct, with the tips outlined below.

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6Games of 30+ assists by the Atlanta Hawks since Jan. 11. The rest of the NBA has 4 such games.

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14 in a rowATLANTA — Kyle

Korver got out ahead of the break, took a pass from Al Horford and saw a clear path to the basket.

It was time to show his teammates that he really can dunk.

With Korver providing the highlight of the night with his first slam in more than two years, the At-lanta Hawkscruised past the Indiana Pacers 110-91 on Wednesday night, ty-ing the franchise record with their 14th straight victory.

Even though it was another balanced effort, led by DeMarre Car-roll and Jeff Teague scor-ing 17 points apiece, ev-eryone wanted to chime in on Korver’s above-the-rim exploits.

Actually, it was the 16th in a 12-year NBA career, according to STATS, but Korver’s first since Nov. 16, 2012, at Sacramento — a span of 198 games.Bears hire OC

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears an-nounced Wednesday that they have reached an agreement to bring on for-mer Denver Broncos of-fensive coordinator Adam Gase to serve in the same capacity with the club.

Gase signed a three-year contract, according to a source.

Gase, 36, spent the day Wednesday interview-ing with general manag-er Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox along with chairman George McCas-key and team president Ted Phillips. The inter-view marked the second time Gase spoke with the organization’s decision makers. Gase interviewed with McCaskey, Phillips and consultant Ernie Accorsi during Denver’s postseason bye week, just after the conclusion of the regular season.White returns

ASPEN, Colorado — After weeks of spec-ulation, Shaun White confirmed Wednesday during a press confer-ence that he will return to snowboarding compe-tition Thursday night at X Games Aspen. It will be White’s first halfpipe event since he finished fourth in Sochi, Russia, last February while trying to win his third straight Olympic gold medal.

White, an eight-time Snowboard SuperPipe champion, arrived in Aspen earlier this week but had not confirmed whether he would take part in Thursday’s com-petition. Last year, three weeks before the Olym-pics, White practiced in Aspen but pulled out of the X Games at the last minute to save his body for Russia.

When asked at the out-set of Wednesday after-noon’s press conference if he would, in fact, com-pete this year, he put his hand to his ear. “Come again? Come again?” he deadpanned.

Then the rider who has not lost in the Buttermilk Mountain pipe since 2007 answered the question. “Yeah,” he said. “This is my favorite halfpipe of X Games, dare I say it. It’s riding really good. I’m excited. This will be fun.”

Nielsen selected for 2015 Shrine Bowl GameBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

Creston/O-M re-cord-breaking quarterback Alex Nielsen is the latest player selected to represent the program in the Iowa Shrine Bowl Game.

Nielsen, along with par-ents Beth and Todd Nielsen and head coach Brian Mor-rison, met with Jerry Hoff-man, manager of the Iowa Shrine Bowl Game, Mon-day at Creston High School, officially receiving his invi-tation to play in the game.

The 2015 Iowa Shrine Bowl Game takes place Sat-urday, July 25 with kickoff scheduled for 4 p.m. in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

“It’s great,” Morrison said about Nielsen being selected to play in the game. “I think the last four years we’ve had a representative in the Shrine game, and that’s just because of successful foot-ball seasons and great kids going through the program. He’s a current example of

a kid well deserving of the opportunity to play in such an elite game and what it stands for.”

After watching former Panther teammates Collin Bevins, Luke Neitzel and Trevor Frain play in the game the past three years, Nielsen finally gets his op-portunity to play in the

Shrine Bowl.Playing on the turf field

at the UNI-Dome won’t be an unfamiliar experience for Nielsen, who led the Pan-thers to their first ever trip to the UNI-Dome this past fall.

“It’s a huge honor,” Niel-sen said. “To carry on the tradition of Creston/O-M

football, it means a lot to represent my school and know all the hard work you’ve put in is starting to pay off.”

Nielsen is one of just 92 athletes selected to play in the 43rd Iowa Shrine Bowl Game.

Hoffman called the 92 athletes selected to play in

the game “premium athletes and citizens.” Being selected to play in the game is about more than just football.

“In addition to recogniz-ing these great athletes, it also is a fundraiser for our Shrine hospitals,” Hoffman said. “Iowa has been No. 1 in giving to the Shrine hos-pitals the last three or four years. Last year, we were able to raise over $90,000 for the hospitals. It really is a unique experience.”

After the senior cam-paign Nielsen put together this past fall, which includ-ed being a consensus first-team all-state quarterback in Class 3A, Morrison was not surprised to see him be selected for this game.

“If you play on a subpar football team, more than likely you’re not going to be selected for an honor like this,” Morrison said. “It’s representative of the season he had. I think area coaches

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERIowa Shrine Bowl Game manager Jerry Hoffman (left) met with Creston/O-M senior Alex Nielsen on Monday to extend an invitation for Nielsen to play in the 2015 Iowa Shrine Bowl Game. Pictured, from left, are Hoffman, Beth and Todd Nielsen, Alex Nielsen and Creston/O-M head coach Brian Morrison.

Panther girls win home InvitationalBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

The Creston/O-M girls bowling team ran away with the team title here Saturday at the home Panther Invi-tational at Panther Lanes, while the Creston/O-M boys placed fifth in the five-team competition.

The Panther girls posted a team score of 2131, best-ing Lenox and Mount Ayr, which tied for second, by 376 pins. Lenox won the boys team competition with a score of 1941, with Cen-tral Decatur finishing sec-ond at 1819. Creston/O-M, down to just four bowlers for the day, finished with a score of 1298.

Creston/O-M junior Madison Hance posted the h i g h e s t o v e r a l l score of the day, bowling a two-game series of 400 to win the girls com-p e t i t i o n by 99 pins over teammate Charley Parcher.

Mount Ayr and Lenox each placed two bowlers in the girls’ top six. Saman-tha Crawford finished third for the Raiderettes with a series of 268, while Chey-enne Percifield finished tied for fifth with a 257. Le-nox’s Emily Powell finished fourth with a 265 series and Mika Ricks tied for fifth with her 257.

On the boys side, Central Decatur’s Nathan Harrah recorded the high score of the day with a 367 series. Mount Ayr’s Ty Pollock and Nathan Roberts fin-ished second and third with scores of 359 and 338, re-spectively. Nodaway Val-ley’s Wyatt Low finished fifth with his two-game se-ries of 312.

“Once again, our kids put on a pretty good show,” Creston/O-M head coach Ron Pendegraft said. “Our girls once again took top

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston/O-M’s Emily Stults prepares to release a shot during Saturday’s Panther Invitational at Panther Lanes. Stults, making her varsity debut for the season, helped the Panther girls take the team title at the home com-petition.

Breaking records out of the blocksSpartan men set five school records, one track record in first meet

By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate editor • [email protected]

DUBUQUE — The Spartan men and women kicked off the 2015 indoor track campaign with re-cord-breaking performanc-es Saturday at the Sol Butler Invitational hosted by the University of Dubuque.

One track record and five indoor school records high-lighted the Spartan’s third-place team finish, just a half point behind Monmouth College.

In the 55-meter dash, John Rivan, Jaiden Brown and Theo Piniau earned a spot in the finals. Rivan scorched a 6.37 for the win, a new school record and a new track record. The pre-

vious best time on the track was 6.46 seconds.

“I’m very happy for John, setting a track record in col-lege is a big deal and it was a fun race to watch,” said Southwestern Communi-ty College head coach Bill Huntington.

H i s 5 5 - m e -ter time is tied for the third fastest in the Na-t i o n a l J u n i o r C o l l e g e Athletic Association so far this year.

Later in the meet, Rivan added a second place fin-ish in the 200-meter dash,

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMErik Freed, center, leads a pack of Southwestern Community College runners during a workout Tuesday night. Freed scored points in his first race as a Spartan, placing fifth in the 600-meter run at the Sol Butler Invitational hosted by the University of Dubuque.

New format to John J. Harris tourney

CORNING — The 60th annual John J. Harris Wres-tling Tournament will have a new look.

There are 23 teams in this year’s event Friday and Sat-urday, but the Corning Ac-tivity Center will not be the only venue this year.

Due to the Iowa High School Athletic Associa-tion’s position on mat place-ment against walls, and a required safety area, the tournament will utilize two gyms with two mats in each since Southwest Valley’s current three mats won’t fit

in the Activity Center gym under the new guidelines.

The high school gym will have two mats for Friday’s action, which will have one more round than in previous years.

On Friday night, wrestling will take place in the two gyms with to-be-determined weight classes in each gym.

“We will try to keep consecutive weight classes together,” said Mat Beu, Southwest Valley athletic

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Panthers up to No. 6 on dual rankings

Creston/O-M’s 13-0 wres-tling team has moved up to No. 6 on the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Asso-ciation dual team rankings released Wednesday.

Southeast Warren is No. 2 in Class 1A. In Class 3A, Council Bluffs Lewis Cen-tral is No. 18 and Glenwood, whose only loss is to Cres-ton/O-M, is ranked 20th.

Class 1A — 1. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 15-1; 2. Southeast Warren 24-1; 3. (tie) Alburnett 7-2 and Gilbertville Don Bosco 15-6; 5. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 22-2; 6. Lisbon 15-7; 7. Logan-Magnolia 19-2; 8. (tie) Lake Mills 22-4 and Woodbury Central 12-5; 10. Dike-New Hartford 17-2; 11. Maquoketa Valley 26-7; 12. South Central Calhoun 16-1; 13.

West Marshall 9-1; 14. Wilton 15-6; 15. Sibley-Ocheyedan 16-2; 16. Sumner-Fredericksburg 8-6.

Class 2A — 1. Union, LaPorte City 22-2; 2. Davenport Assumption 14-2; 3. Mediapolis 20-4; 4. Independence 13-5; 5. Osage 19-5; 6. Creston/O-M 13-0; 7. New Hampton 25-6; 8. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 11-0; 9. Humboldt 17-3; 10. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 12-6; 11. Clear Lake 18-13; 12. Washington 20-1; 13. Mount Vernon 14-2; 14. Dubuque Wahlert 15-3; 15. Charles City 15-6; 16. Ballard 16-5.

Class 3A — 1. Southeast Polk 17-0; 2. Bettendorf 15-3; 3. Johnston 20-2; 4. (tie) Cedar Rapids Prairie 17-4 West Des Moines Valley 15-2; 6. WDM Dowling Catholic 11-3; 7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 9-4; 8. North Scott 17-7; 9. Iowa City West

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team honors with a first place finish and we also took the top two spots individually. Our team score of 2131 was about 50 pins above our team average. So once again, we scored well, but I think all our kids would agree we can do better.”

In addition to Hance’s 400 series and Parcher’s 301, Em-ily Stults receiver her first varsity start of the season and posted a score 40 pins better than her season average.

Pendegraft said Jenna Hayes (252), Kimberly Orr (216) and Alex Miller (201), who also received her first varsity start of the year, all bowled at or slightly better than their season averages.

Dylan Linch led the Pan-ther boys with a two-game series of 271, followed closely by Jonathan Seals’ 263. Evan Taylor rolled a 210 series, which was 30 pins above his season average.

“Since we only have five boys that we have available to bowl, we have no room for any losses to our lineup,” Pen-degraft said. “As it turns out, we have one of our kids that can’t make it and the morning of the tournament, I get a call that Blake (Eddy) also can’t make it due to a trip to the emergency room.

“Because of that, we had to recruit David Qualseth to help out so he has joined the team for the remainder of the season. Regardless, we still had to bowl one short, so our score does not reflect how the kids really bowled. All three of our regular kids bowled well over their averages for

the day.”Qualseth finished the day

with a two-game series of 147.“It was really fun to see the

kids having a good time and interacting with each other in a spirited way,” Pendegraft said.Red Oak

The Panthers quickly got back into action Tuesday with a home match against Red Oak.

The Creston/O-M girls finished with a team score of 2042, 221 pins back of Red Oak’s 2263. The Panther boys dropped a 2624-1761 match to the Tigers.

Hance once again led the Panther girls, this time bowl-ing a two-game series of 319, while Parcher bowled a 295 and Hayes finished with a score of 272. Casey Bat-ten bowled a 245 and Stults rounded out the team score with a 225.

For the boys, Eddy re-turned to the lineup, leading the way with a series of 309. Seals rolled a 248, while Tay-lor bowled a 242. Qualseth finished the day with a score of 214 and Linch recorded a score of 198.

The Panthers return to ac-tion Saturday at home against Shenadoah, with bowling be-ginning at 1 p.m. at Panther Lanes.

PANTHER INVITATIONALBoys

Team standings — 1. Lenox 1941, 2. Central Decatur 1819, 3. Mount Ayr 1622, 4. Nodaway Valley 1363, 5. Creston/O-M 1298.

Individual standings — 1. Nathan Harrah, Central Decatur, 367; 2. Ty Pollock, Mount Ayr, 359; 3. Nathan Roberts, Mount Ayr, 338; 4. Sam White, Central Decatur, 337; 5. Wyatt Low, Nodaway Valley, 312; 6. Devon Jones, Central Decatur, 289.

Creston/O-M (1298) — Dylan Linch 126-145—271, Jonathan

Seals 122-141—263, Evan Taylor 101-109—210, David Qualseth 90-57—147. Totals — 891-407—1298. Baker Rotation — 83, 94, 77, 64, 89 — 407.

Central Decatur (1819) — Nathan Harrah 170-197—367, Sam White 151-186—337, Devon Jones 149-140—289, David Huppert 109-168—277. Totals — 1270-549—1819. Baker Rotation — 110, 103, 112, 108, 116 — 549.

Lenox (1941) — Frank Hoffman 153-143—300, Logan Lawson 168-108—276, Allen Hoffman 146-112—258, Mike Briggs 114-134—248, Mitchell Brown 83-161—244, Kroy Eggert 122-102—224. Totals — 1326-615—1941. Baker Rotation — 123, 137, 127, 116, 112 — 615.

Mount Ayr (1622) — Ty Pollock 157-202—359, Nathan Roberts 129-209—338, Kevin Ralston 128-110—238, Logan Eaton 108-108—216. Totals — 1151-471—1622. Baker Rotation — 93, 102, 80, 94, 102 — 471.

Nodaway Valley (1363) — Wyatt Low 146-166—312, Alex Brown 126-136—262, Koy Brandt 94-139—233, Skyler Rawlings 81-103—184. Totals — 991-372—1363. Baker Rotation — 82, 77, 54, 86, 73 — 372.

GirlsTeam standings — 1. Creston/

O-M 2131, 2. Lenox 1757, 2. Mount Ayr 1757, 4. Nodaway Valley 1024, 5. Central Decatur 174.

Individual standings — 1. Madison Hance, Creston/O-M, 400; 2. Charley Parcher, Creston/O-M, 301; 3. Samantha Crawford, Mount Ayr, 268; 4. Emily Powell, Lenox, 265; 5. Cheyenne Percifield, Mount Ayr, 257; 5. Mika Ricks, Lenox, 257.

Creston/O-M (2131) — Madison Hance 201-199—400, Charley Parcher 124-177—301, Emily Stults 135-120—255, Jenna Hayes 129-123—252, Kimberly Orr 106-110—216, Alex Miller 88-113—201. Totals — 1424-707—2131. Baker Rotation — 160, 138, 110, 130, 169 — 707.

Central Decatur (174) — Trista Waddell 101-73—174.

Lenox (1757) — Emily Powell 139-126—265, Mika Ricks 91-166—257, Elijah Briggs 116-126—242, Maggie Massey 79-136—215, Kailey Cole 94-114—208. Totals — 1187-570—1757. Baker Rotation — 99, 95, 131, 147, 98 — 570.

Mount Ayr (1757) — Samantha Crawford 129-139—268, Cheyenne Percifield 140-117—257, Laura Campbell 113-136—249, Mercadez Birkenholz 105-103—208, Brittany Mastin 94-109—203. Totals — 1185-572—1757. Baker Rotation — 103, 112, 86, 142, 129 — 572.

Nodaway Valley (1024) — Rachel Bruns 114-128—242, Saber Brandt 116-106—222, Kassie Nelson 81-125—206. Totals — 670-354—1024. Baker Rotation — 83, 61, 60,

79, 71 — 354.vs. Red Oak

VarsityBoys

Varsity match totals — Creston/O-M: 1211-550—1761. Red Oak: 1833-791—2624.

High game — Chase Rea, Red Oak, 236.

High two game — Shane Majerus, Red Oak, 430.

Creston/O-M (1761) — Blake Eddy 138-171—309, Jonathan Seals 114-134—248, Evan Taylor 123-119—242, David Qualseth 108-106—214, Dylan Linch 94-104—198. Totals — 1211-550—1761. Baker Rotation — 81, 118, 131, 132, 88 — 550.

Red Oak (2624) — Shane Majerus 229-201—430, Chase Rea 152-236—388, Dylin Kent 190-177—367, Tristan Piper 164-185—349, Garrett Patterson 173-126—299, Ryan Plambeck 129-164—293. Totals — 1833-791—2624. Baker Rotation — 173, 125, 196, 175, 122 — 791.

GirlsVarsity match totals — Creston/

O-M: 1356-686—2042. Red Oak: 1477-786—2263.

High game — Shaely Nowels, Red Oak, 205.

High two game — Shaely Nowels, Red Oak, 351.

Creston/O-M (2042) — Madison Hance 151-168—319, Charley Parcher 144-151—295, Jenna Hayes 145-127—272, Casey Batten 120-125—245, Emily Stults 117-108—225, Livi Hartman 90-94—184. Totals — 1356-686—2042. Baker Rotation — 156, 122, 167, 128, 113 — 686.

Red Oak (2263) — Shaely Nowels 146-205—351, Brenna Berkey 130-172—302, Kendra Hardy 145-152—297, Alexa Gilliland 119-148—267, Brenna Craig 148-112—260, Jasmin Forward 102-145—247. Totals — 1477-786—2263. Baker Rotation — 130, 166, 186, 149, 155 — 786.

Junior VarsityGirlsJV match totals — Creston/O-M:

643-550—1193. Red Oak: 1145-605—1750.

High game — Dakota Gireoux, Red Oak, 152.

High two game — Dakota Gireoux, Red Oak, 294.

Creston/O-M (1193) — Alex Miller 117-131—248, Jordan Phillips 114-116—230, Ginger Gilleland 73-92—165. Totals — 643-550—1193. Baker Rotation — 105, 112, 98, 85, 150 — 550.

Red Oak (1750) — Jessalyn Danis 118-105—223, Hannah Shalters 112-121—233, Elis Lukehart 90-101—191, Kyla Gass 109-75—184, Marta Craig 112-92—204, Dakota Gireoux 152, 142 — 294. Totals — 1145-605—1750. Baker Rotation — 111, 123, 113, 115, 143 — 605.

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Game day campSouthwestern Community

College is hosting a “Game Day Camp” for boys basket-ball players in kindergarten through sixth grade from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Cost is $25, which includes meal as part of SWCC team pregame meal, and admis-sion to the 3 p.m. home game against Kirkwood.

On-court instruction in the Student Center gymnasium on the Southwestern campus will cover fundamentals of the sport. At 11 a.m., camp-ers will be invited to be part of the Spartan pregame meal and will get two slices of pizza, chips, dessert and a drink.

For more information call assistant coach Tyler Bullock by phone at 402-802-2683 or email at bullock@swcciowa.

edu. Information is also avail-able online at www.swcciowa.edu/current-students/athlet-ics.Ice fishing day

High Lakes Outdoor Alli-ance and the Iowa DNR are sponsoring a free youth ice fishing day Saturday, Jan. 24, at Green Valley State Park.

Deadline to register is Jan. 24.

Participants age 18 and un-der (those 16 and above need a fishing license) will meet at the north boat ramp (beach area) at 10 a.m. A fish fry meal will begin at 11:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded.

Call 641-782-5131 to reg-ister and include name and date of birth. For more infor-mation call Corey Carlton, 641-414-2173.

Sports briefs

Middle school sports Wrestling

CHARITON — Cres-ton/O-M wrestlers won 27 of 40 matches and gained pins in 16 of the 27 victories Jan. 13 against Nodaway Valley, Chariton and Martensdale-St. Marys.

Round one — Dale Boyer (C/O-M) pinned Gavriel Wertz (Ch); Hayden Green (C/O-M) pinned Trae Hall (Ch); Brodie Starlin (C/O-M) dec. Nick Bartles (NV), 2-0; Vlad Belanozko (Ch) pinned Brayton Chesnut (C/O-M); Gavin Mills (Ch) dec. Austin Nguyen-Schnormeier (C/O-M), 8-6 (SV); Josh Tibbits (M) pinned Nathan Rains (C/O-M); Brant Looney (C/O-M) pinned Joey Christensen (NV); Rylan Luther (C/O-M) pinned Austin Wilson (NV); Sam Chapman (C/O-M)dec. Julia Eshelman (NV), 7-0; Trevor Kinyon (C/O-M)dec. Tyler Breheney (NV), 7-1; Matt Borha (C/O-M) pinned Shawn Good (Ch); Isaac Davis (C/O-M) pinned Trevor Fletcher (NV); Dale Boyer (C/O-M) pinned Jacob Halagan (Ch); Gabe Wertz (Ch) pinned Dylan Fisher (C/O-M); Jordan Jackson (Ch) Jacob Davis (C/O-M).

Round two — Brodie Starlin (C/O-M) pinned Joey Rose (M); Brayton Chesnut (C/O-M) tech fall Trae Hall (Ch), 22-6; Hayden Green (C/O-M) pinned Chandler Swanson (Ch); Dale Boyer (C/O-M) major dec. Trevor Fletcher (NV), 10-2; Rylan Luther (C/O-M) pinned Brody Erlandson (NV); Tristan Travis (C/O-M) pinned Austin Wilson (NV); Hunter Cobb (Ch) pinned Sam Chapman (C/O-M); Shawn Good (Ch) pinned Dylan Fisher (C/O-M); Trevor Fletcher (NV) dec. Trevor Kinyon (C/O-M), 3-0; Matt Borha (C/O-M) pinned Tyler Breheny (NV); Isaac Davis (C/O-M) pinned Jacob Halagan (Ch); Braden Miller (Ch) pinned Jacob Davis (C/O-M).

Round three — Dominick Decesar (M) pinned Brayton Chesnut (C/O-M); Hayden Green (C/O-M) pinned Chandler Swanson (Ch); Austin Nguyen-Schnormeier (C/O-M) major dec. Brayden Wireman (Ch), 10-2; Nathan Raines (C/O-M) tech fall Emma Corneilson (NV), 15-0; Rylan Luther (C/O-M) tech fall Joey Christensen (NV), 24-8; Tristan Travis (C/O-M) dec. Brody Erlandson (NV), 10-6; Isaac Davis (C/O-M) major dec. Tyler Breheny (NV), 11-0; Matt Borha (C/O-M) pinned Trevor Fletcher (NV); Tyler Noga (M) pinned Dylan Fisher (C/O-M); Jacob Davis (C/O-M) pinned Gus Ghormley (Ch); Dale Boyer (C/O-M) pinned Reid Walters (Ch); Vincent Girardi (M) dec. Brant Looney (C/O-M), 10-8; Josh Tibbits (M) tech fall Austin Nguyen-Schnormeier (C/O-M), 24-8.

8th boysCreston eighth-grade boys

fell to Clarinda Thursday, 49-40. Clarinda also took the B game 39-17.

Creston solved Clarinda’s press in taking a 15-6 lead in

the first quarter, but had more trouble against the zone press in the second quarter and trailed 25-21 at halftime. The Cardinals moved in front 39-

25 after three.“The fourth quarter we

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understand what an impact he was on the football field, and he’s being rewarded for it.”

Nielsen was selected to the game as a free safety, but depending on how things shake out in training camp, he could become the first Pan-ther player since former Iowa Hawkeye quarterback Kyle

McCann in 1997 to play quar-terback in the Iowa Shrine Bowl Game.

Whatever position Nielsen ends up playing in the game, he’ll still accomplish a life-long goal to play in the Shrine Bowl.

“This has actually been a goal of mine for most of my life, because I had a cousin, Colin Sandeman, who end-

ed up playing for Iowa, he played in this game,” Niel-sen said. “Watching him play when I was a kid, I told myself I wanted to play in this game, too. To know it came true, it’s big.”

Mount Ayr defensive line-man Joe Ricker, along with Central Decatur all-stater Trenton Wells were also se-lected for the South squad.

Other players selected from the region inculde Panora-ma’s Gavin Richey, Lewis Central’s Austin Simmons, Perry’s Will Whiton, Earl-ham’s Zach Schreck, Fre-mont-Mills’ Spencer Phillips, Clarinda’s Jared DeVoe, Council Bluffs St. Albert’s Jackson Scott-Brown and Dallas Center-Grimes’ Jacob Protzman.

NIELSEN:


setting another Spartan re-cord with his time of 22.78.

Teammate Michael Flakes placed third in the event, crossing the line in 23.08.

“All of the guys in the 55-meter and the 200-meter looked sharp,” Huntington said. “We had seven runners in the top 17 in a field of 73 sprinters with three in the fi-nals.”

Flakes teamed up with Bobby Neal, Justin Martin and Jaiden Brown for a new school record in the 4x200 relay. The Spartans placed second with their time of 1:31.45. Augustana won the event with a new track record, 1:29.26.

In the 400-meter dash,

Theo Piniau — a national quailifer for the Spartans in 2014 — and freshman Antho-ny Simmons went second and third with times of 50.80 and 51.71 respectively.

Former Mount Ayr stand-out Erik Freed scored points in his first meet as a Spartan, placing fifth in the 600-meter dash.

Piniau, Simmons, Freed and Seth Starks placed fifth in the 4x400 relay.

“The 4x400 was probably the toughest field that I have seen for this early in the year,” Huntington said. “There were five teams from 3:25 to 3:30. That’s getting after it for this early in the season.”

In the field events, Starks led the Spartan men with a fourth place in the high jump

at 1.83 meters. His mark is a new record for SWCC.

Parrish McGhee also set a new indoor school record in the long jump at 6.51 meters. He finished fifth overall.

The Spartan women were led by the 4x400 relay of Charlie Buddenhagen, Ad-dilie Herman, Rachel Flick-inger and Kylie Bidrowski placed ninth.

“I thought the women were outstanding today,” Hunting-ton said. “Coach (Mark) Ev-ans and I saw some solid per-formances in the long jump, shot put, 55-meter, 200-meter and 600-meter. When we get to full strength we will be very solid.”

Sol Butler InvitationalTeam standings (men) — 1.

Augustana (Ill.) 113; 2. Monmounth (Ill.) 59.5; 3. SWCC 59.

High jump — 1. Cornelius McCastle (William Penn), 2.03m; 4. Seth Starks (SWCC), 1.87m.

Long jump — 1. Chris Hawkins (Coe), 6.82m; 5. Parrish McGhee (SWCC), 6.51m.

4 x 800 relay — 1. Augustana, 8:20.43; 5. SWCC (Ward, Schmitz, Selsor, Friederichs), 8:59.59.

55 meters — 1. John Rivan (SWCC), 6.37; 7. Jaiden Brown (SWCC), 6.63; 8. Theo Piniau (SWCC), 6.64.

400 meters — 1. Ethan Reschke (Monmouth) 49.69; 2. Theo Piniau (SWCC), 50.80; 3. Anthony Simmons (SWCC), 51.71.

4 x 200 relay — 1. Augustana 1:29.26; 2. SWCC (Neal, Martin, Brown, Flakes), 1:31.45; 5. SWCC B (Rivan, McGhee, Starks, Parks), 1:33.50.

200 meters — 1. Ernest Winters (Dubuque), 22.63; 2. John Rivan (SWCC), 22.78; 3. Michael Flakes (SWCC), 23.08.

600 meters — 1. Zach Frey (Loras), 1:21.67; 5. Erik Freed (SWCC), 1:28.34.

4 x 400 relay — 1. Augustana, 3:25.23; 5. SWCC (Freed, Simmons, Brown, Piniau), 3:30.22.

SWCC:


director. “Once assigned to a gym, those weight classes will be in that gym for the remainder of the night.”

Round one and round two (quarterfinals) will be wrestled Friday night. Also, the first-round consolation matches will be wrestled on Friday night this year, in-stead of Saturday morning. That round will use the four mats in two gyms.

On Saturday, the re-maining three rounds will be wrestled on two mats in the Corning Activity Center only.

Starting times are 4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday.

Seedings for each weight class will be determined Fri-day morning, rather than on Wednesday night as in pre-vious years.

Participating teams are Atlantic, Bedford/Lenox, Central Decatur, Chariton, Clarinda, Clarke, Coon Rap-ids-Bayard, Creston/O-M, East Mills, Griswold, New Hampton, Missouri Valley, Mount Ayr, Nodaway Val-ley, Panorama, Red Oak, Riverside, Shenandoah, Southwest Iowa, Southwest Valley, Tri-Center, Wayne of Corydon and Winterset.

HARRIS:


14-7; 10. Sioux City North 18-1; 11. Fort Dodge 5-4; 12. Western Dubuque 22-8; 13. Norwalk 16-2; 14. Dubuque Hempstead 22-8; 15. Waverly-Shell Rock 7-6; 16.

Linn-Mar 17-12; 17. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 11-2; 18. Lewis Central 14-9; 19. Pleasant Valley 14-16; 20. Glenwood 9-1; 21. Fort Madison 7-4; 22. Clinton 9-4; 23. LeMars 12-4; 24. Ankeny Centennial 5-6.

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played a fullcourt press that got us back in the game and at one point we were only one possession behind, but their lead was too big and they hit enough shots that we ended up losing by nine,” Creston coach Scott Wagner said. “We could have easily given up, but the guys played all out and made the game close.”

Clarinda’s pressure on the guards spelled the difference in the B game.

“I had a coupe of kids get into foul trouble early and put some players in at positions they’re not used to,” Wagner said. “Defensively we couldn’t stop their big guy from getting position.”

Creston (40) — Kylan Smallwood 14, Bryce Fitzgerald 10, Payton Pryor 6, Lee Normandeau 5, Jeffrey Dillenburg 5.

Clarinda (49) — Millikan 24, Polsey 11, Herrington 7, Shull 3, Smith 2, Runyan 1, Young 1.

Creston B (17) — Walker Patterson 7, Mark Waigand 6, Christian Gist 2, Elyice Stow 1, Zac Hague 1.

Clarinda B (39) — Best 16, Roberts 9, Foster 8, Yearington 6.

7th boysThe Creston eighth-grade

boys edged Clarinda Thurs-day, 32-31.

Creston trailed by seven at half (21-14) before rallying with an 11-0 third quarter. Austin Bloyd scored 14 points for Creston, now 5-2.

“Real nice win for our guys,” Creston coach Mike McCabe said. “They had not lost a game with their full lineup. It was a real team ef-fort. We got big baskets from several players, big defensive plays from several guys.”

Creston also won the B game 25-21 with 10 points by

Drew Keller.“Great win,” McCabe said.

“The kids got to play a full game.”

Creston (32) — Austin Bloyd 14, Eli Loudon 10, Luke Latham 4, Gavin Gillam 2, Cameron Peterson 2.

Clarinda (31) — M. Rock 16.Creston B (25) — Drew Keller 10,

Andy Mills 6, Jared Moreland 3, Derek Bloodgood 2, Kerwn Shaw 2, Tyler Alford 2.

Clarinda B (21) — Randolf 7.

7th girlsCLARINDA — Creston

got out to leads of 10-0 and 18-2 after the first two quar-ters on the way to defeating the Clarinda seventh-grade girls Monday, 32-10.

The score was 32-2 early in the fourth quarter as Creston improved to 3-3.

Sydney Hartsock scored a game-high 16 points for Cres-ton. Kara Kinsella added eight points and six rebounds,and Heylee Shields dropped in six points while collecting nine steals.

“The girls came out and played strong defense in re-bounding from the loss to ADM,” Creston coach Larry Peterson said. “Sydney Hart-sock did a good job of running the offense and finishing in transition with several layups. Our guards were hustling and combined for 14 steals.”

Clarinda won the B quarter, 2-1. Haley Wilson scored for Creston and had a good re-bounding game. Emma Han-son had three rebounds and two steals.

Creston (32) — Sydney Hartsock 16, Kara Kinsella 8, Heylee Shields 6, Kylee LaMasters 2. Rebounds — Kinsella 6, LaMasters 4, Danika Schultes 3, Kaylyn McClellan 3, Hartsock 3. Steals — Shields 9, Lexi Rounds 3, Hartsock 2, Kinsella 2.

Clarinda (10) — Bradlie Wilmes 4, Kylie Shackleford 2, Hannah Volkmer 2, Hallee Fine 2.

Creston B (1) — Haley Wilson 1. Rebounds — Emma Hanson 3, Haley Wilson 2, Ashley Reynard 2. Steals — Hanson 2, Sara Keeler 1, Chasity Clayton 1, Wilson 1.

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BEFORE THE CRESTON PLANNING AND ZONING

COMMISSIONTo Whom It May Concern:You are hereby notified that Jack &

Denise, dba Willis Investments LLC,have requested a Conditional Use Per-mit to construct a single familydwelling, on the following property, to-wit:

Lot 17, except beginning at the NWcorner of Lot 17, thence SE along thewesterly line of Lot 17 to ShermanAve, thence NE 100' along the southeasterly line of Lot 17, thence NW to apoint 100' NE of the NW corner of Lot17, thence westerly along the northwesterly line of Lot 17 to point of be-ginning, South Hill Addition.

also known as: 627 New York Av-enue

Creston, Union County, Iowa.This area is presently zoned as C-1,

Commercial.You are further notified that the Cre-

ston Planning and Zoning Commissionwill hold a public hearing regardingthis request at 5:30 p.m. on the 10thday of February, 2015, at the CouncilChambers, Creston City Hall/RestoredDepot, 116 West Adams Street, Cre-ston, Iowa.

You are further notified that you mayappear at the above time and place, ei-ther in person or by a duly authorizedagent or attorney, to make any com-ments you may wish concerning theproposed conditional use request. Ifyou are unable to attend in person, writ-ten comments will be received by thePlanning and Zoning Commission atthe time of the meeting and will bemade part of the public hearing in thismatter.

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICEOF THE CRESTON PLANNING ANDZONING COMMISSION AND YOUSHOULD GOVERN YOURSELF AC-CORDINGLY.Respectfully submitted,Kevin KruseBuilding Official/Zoning Administrator

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGBEFORE THE CRESTON PLANNING AND ZONING

COMMISSIONTo Whom It May Concern:You are hereby notified that Jack &

Denise, dba Willis Investments LLC,have requested a Conditional Use Per-mit to construct a single familydwelling, on the following property, to-wit:

Lot 17, except beginning at the NWcorner of Lot 17, thence SE along thewesterly line of Lot 17 to ShermanAve, thence NE 100' along the southeasterly line of Lot 17, thence NW to apoint 100' NE of the NW corner of Lot17, thence westerly along the northwesterly line of Lot 17 to point of be-ginning, South Hill Addition.

also known as: 627 New York Av-enue

Creston, Union County, Iowa.This area is presently zoned as C-1,

Commercial.You are further notified that the Cre-

ston Planning and Zoning Commissionwill hold a public hearing regardingthis request at 5:30 p.m. on the 10thday of February, 2015, at the CouncilChambers, Creston City Hall/RestoredDepot, 116 West Adams Street, Cre-ston, Iowa.

You are further notified that you mayappear at the above time and place, ei-ther in person or by a duly authorizedagent or attorney, to make any com-ments you may wish concerning theproposed conditional use request. Ifyou are unable to attend in person, writ-ten comments will be received by thePlanning and Zoning Commission atthe time of the meeting and will bemade part of the public hearing in thismatter.

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICEOF THE CRESTON PLANNING ANDZONING COMMISSION AND YOUSHOULD GOVERN YOURSELF AC-CORDINGLY.Respectfully submitted,Kevin KruseBuilding Official/Zoning Administrator

NOTICE TO BIDDERSThe Southern Iowa Regional Hous-

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All interested bidders must contactJAMIE KINYON at 641-782-8585EXT. 1024 to receive a copy of bidspecifications and contractor qualifi-cations. A contractors meeting will beheld at 1204 West Street (WestviewApartments) Corning Iowa on Jan-uary 27, 2015. All contractors want-ing to submit a bid must attend. Con-tractors will be allowed to tour someof the installation sites on this date,so the meeting may take a couplehours to complete.

Sealed bids will be accepted at theSIRHA office, 219 N. Pine Creston,Iowa 50801 until 3:30 P.M. on Febru-ary 24, 2015. The sealed bids will beopened and read aloud on February25, 2015 at 10 A.M. Bids received af-ter the Bid Closing Date and Time,3:30 P.M. February 24, 2015, will notbe opened or considered.

The Southern Iowa Regional Hous-ing Authority reserves the right towaive informalities and to reject anyand all bids.

All bidders must furnish a bid guar-antee equivalent of 5% of the bid priceand one of the following:

1. A performance and payment bondfor 100% of the contract price; or

2. Separate performance and paymentbond, each for 50% of more of the con-tract price; or

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Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.”

Sat. Jan. 24- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Land Auction consisting of 418.62 Acres M/L selling in 2 Parcels for Holy Spirit Catholic Church and St. Malachy School Foundation. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Steve Bergren, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey.Sun. Feb. 8- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Collectible Dishes & Glassware, 4000 m/l Postcards, HO & Other Gauge Train Items, Misc. Antiques & Collectibles for Gene and Donna Pritchard. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Steve Bergren, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey.

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BOSTON (AP) — Sailing in Boston Harbor. Baseball at Fenway Park. Beach vol-leyball on Boston Common, the oldest public park in the United States.

The organizers of Bos-ton’s Olympic bid revealed their plans for the 2024 Sum-mer Games on Wednesday. Those plans include a pe-destrian boulevard along a channel running to a temporary Olympic stadi-um that would serve as the event’s “front yard,” and existing or upgraded pub-lic transportation to shuttle fans between the university and waterfront venues.

“It’s really about envi-sioning what the future is, what 2030 is, and then trans-lating that into a games plan for 2024,” said David Man-fredi, an architect who is the co-chair of the Boston 2024 planning committee. “We believe Boston is the right size city for the Olympics. It’s a great historic city, a beautiful city and a really walkable city.”

Boston now goes up against potential bids from Rome, Paris, Germany and South Africa. The IOC is scheduled to make its deci-sion in 2017.

The operating budget for the games would be $4.7 billion, money that would come from broadcast reve-nues, sponsorships and tick-et sales.

The bid itself includes $3.4 billion to get the city ready, much of it to build the athletes’ village at UMass-Boston, a me-dia headquarters near the South Boston waterfront and a temporary Olympic

stadium just south of down-town.

Although the bid prom-ises not to rely “on a single tax dollar,” it is dependent on more than $5.2 billion in public transportation and infrastructure projects al-ready planned or underway in the Boston area.

And the federal govern-ment would be expected to chip in on security.

Boston would be the most

compact games in modern times, Manfredi said. Twen-ty-eight of 33 proposed venues would be within 6.2 miles of the athletes’ vil-lage, which is planned for the waterfront campus of UMass-Boston.

“We can plan a walk-able games, we can plan a transit-oriented games,” he said. “It supports the idea that Boston, the city of Bos-ton, is the Olympic Park.”

Boston 2024 makes Olympic bid info public

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Drive for the Kids: Glendenning Motor Company of Mount Ayr, along with Chrylser, awards Mount Ayr Community School an additional $5,000 for their school by conducting the most test drives within the midwest region during the Chrysler Drive for the Kids event that was held Aug. 22. In the past two years, Glendenning Motor and Chyrlser have presented a total $12,600 to the school. Pictured, from left, are Lywanda Case, office manager and event coor-dinator, Glendenning Motor; Lloyd Glendenning, owner; Todd Glendenning, owner; Delwyn Showalter, athletic director for Mount Ayr Community Schools; and Paul Glendenning, owner.

ANKENY — Two Cres-ton High School students captured eighth place in the 23rd annual (DMACC)/Iowa Automobile Dealers Association (IADA) Au-tomotive Skills Contest re-cently held at the DMACC Ankeny Campus.

Creston High School students Dillon Bailey and Kyle Wynn were the skills competition eighth-place finishers.

Both Bailey and Wynn received numerous tools and supplies donated by the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association and scholarships provided by the DMACC Foundation.

Each member from the other seven teams also re-ceived tools and supplies from the association for their participation in this competition.

In total, nearly $25,000 worth of tools and equip-ment was awarded to the contestants.

Eight two-member teams of Iowa high school automotive students qual-

ified for the hands-on portion of the automotive skills contest by having the highest average scores on a written test held in Oc-tober on the DMACC An-keny campus.

Nearly 300 students representing 18 Iowa high schools competed in the written portion of the con-

test. The DMACC Founda-

tion also provided $1,000 scholarships to each of the first-place finishers, $600 scholarships to each of the second-place winners, $400 scholarships to each of the third-place winners and $250 scholarships to the fourth-place finishers.

Creston students take eighth in auto skills competition

Contributed photoThe Creston High School team of Dillon Bailey and Kyle Wynn took eighth place at the DMACC/Iowa Automobile Dealers Association Automotive Skills Contest.

� Boston now goes up against potential bids from Rome, Paris, Germany and South Africa. The IOC is scheduled to make its deci-sion in 2017.

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