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Creston woman dies Friday in head-on collision A Creston woman died Friday in

a head-on collision on Highway 34 near the Kent corner — located about eight miles southwest of Creston.

The accident occurred 2:57 p.m. Friday.

Samantha Neely, 22, of Creston was killed in the collision.

According to an Iowa State Pa-trol crash report, Brittany Mar-shall, 24, of Clearfield — driving

a 2007 Dodge truck — was traveling west on Highway 34 Friday after-noon when she reached into the back seat, crossed the centerline and struck Neely in a “head-on man-ner.”

Marshall’s vehicle came to rest in the south ditch. Neely’s vehicle — a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix — came to rest on the south shoulder.

Marshall sustained serious inju-ries and was transported to Great-er Regional Medical Center where her condition at this time is un-known. Marshall’s passenger was not injured in the accident.

Neely was prounounced dead and transported to Powers Funer-

al Home in Creston.Neely’s obituary on page 2A of

today’s paper states she lived most of her life in the Creston area. She was educated at Winterset, Orient and Creston schools.

She worked at Bunn-O-Matic for a short time. She also worked as a CNA at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center and most recently at Prairie View Assisted Living, where she also became licensed as

a medical aid.She is survived by several fam-

ily members including her fiancé Danny Fry, parents Mark and Brenda Neely and sons Kason and Nathan Fry — all of Creston.

This is the second fatality ac-cident on Highway 34 in Union County in the past 60 days.

The other occured at the inter-section of highways 34 and 169 near Afton.

Neely

Marlin wins fourth state wrestling championship

Feb. 16 Creston/Orient-Macks-

burg senior wrestler Jake Marlin capped his 204-6 high school career Feb. 16 winning his fourth state championship. Marlin and Denver-Tripoli’s Brandon Sorensen became the 22nd and 23rd four-time high school champs in Iowa.

Marlin is the first from southwest Iowa.

Marlin set a state pin record while earning the crown jewel of his four state wrestling championships, with a fall in 2:55 against fifth-ranked Adam Staudt of Charles City Feb. 16 in the Class 2A 138-pound fi-nals.

Marlin had only lost to two Iowans in his entire high school career — Dal-las Houchins of Interstate 35 in the second match of his freshman year, and Matt White of Albia in the Cen-tral Decatur Tournament his sophomore year. He had not been taken down by anyone in an Iowa match all season. (His lone loss was by fall to Daniel Lewis of Blue Springs, Mo., at the Kansas City Stampede.)

Marlin — who graduated from CHS in spring 2013 — now wrestles at the Univer-sity of Iowa.

McDermott hired as new superintendent of Creston Schools

Feb. 28Steve McDermott —

former superintendent of Newton School District — accepted an offer from the Creston School Board Feb. 28 to become the new su-perinten-dent of C r e s t o n Schools . His start date was July 1 at a salary of $143,000.

“I was just thrilled,” said McDer-mott about when he was offered the position. “I was just so excited about the opportunity ... I learned so

much more (about Creston) going through the interview and just became more and more enthused about the opportunity.”

McDermott replaces in-terim superintendent Chuck Scott who spent one school year with the Creston School District.

Creston Water Board terminates Steve Green’s contract

June 21Creston Water Board

members voted unanimous-ly to terminate Steve Green’s contract June 21 after a special report by the state auditor’s office revealed he was paid $90,000 in improper and un-supported disburse-m e n t s b e t w e e n July 2005 and No-v e m b e r 2012.

The majority of that $90,000 came from Green being improperly paid for performing inspections or attending meetings on two major projects including the Creston Water Plant ex-pansion and Summit Lake project. Those inspections happened between 2007 and November 2012 when Green was put on paid ad-ministrative leave pending

the outcome of the auditor’s report.

For those two projects, Green claimed an extra 962 hours of inspection and meeting time — total-ing $49,720.42 in additional compensation and retire-ment contributions.

The problem though, ac-cording to the report, is those funds were dispersed improperly because both projects had separate in-spectors. Therefore, there was no reason to pay Green for inspecting the project.

Green was the general manager of Creston Wa-ter Works for more than 30 years.

Green has since filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Creston and Water Works Board of Trustees. He is suing the water board for violation of wage pay-ment collection and breach of contract.

Green and his lawyer strongly disagree with the auditor’s report, stating in the lawsuit that it “is filled with conclusions unsupport-ed by facts, inferences with-out basis, and incorrect con-clusions about each of the alleged improper and un-supported disbursements.”

In Green’s lawsuit, he’s asking to be paid wages due under his contract including accrued vacation and sick leave. Green said the breach of contract has caused him financial harm. In the law-suit, Green asks for a trial by jury to settle this matter.

Still, no decision has been made yet whether criminal charges against Green will be filed. Assistant Attorney General Scott Brown has been assigned to the Green case, but he has not filed his decision yet with Union County Attorney Tim Ken-yon.

Crestonian Barb Coenen donates kidney so fellow Crestonian can received transplant

Aug. 6Two Crestonians made

Iowa history in August.The morning of Aug. 6,

Barb Coenen of Creston laid on a surgical table for three hours at Iowa Methodist Hospital. Surgeons cut her open, re-m o v e d her kid-ney and s h i p p e d it to a complete stranger in New Jersey.

Why you ask?Coenen, 51, co-owner of

Maple Street Memories in Creston, made that sacrifice so someone in New Jer-sey would send a healthy kidney to Minnesota and then another person would send one from Minnesota to Iowa — where it could be implanted in Coenen’s friend and fellow Cresto-

nian Allison Danilovich by Tuesday evening.

Danilovich is well known in Creston. She celebrated her 25th anniversary work-ing in the Union County Clerk of C o u r t ’ s office in August.

In De-c e m b e r 2 0 1 1 , Danilov-ich be-c a m e U n i o n County Clerk of Court. But, not everyone knows for the past 14 years she’s been liv-ing with polycystic kidney disease — an inherited dis-ease that has damaged her kidneys to the point where they no longer functioned.

Polycystic kidney disease had damaged Danilovich’s kidney’s to the point where they no longer function. So, for the past decade Danilov-ich has had to hook her self up to a dialysis machine for nine hours each day.

Coenen’s kidney was re-moved at 7 a.m. Aug. 6. Her kidney was immedi-

ately shipped by commer-cial aircraft to New Jersey. Her kidney set the carou-sel in motion and a kidney from Minnesota arrived for Danilovich at Iowa Meth-odist Hospital about 2:30 p.m.

The 54-year-old Danilov-ich was prepped for surgery at 2:45 p.m. and her new kidney was transplanted by Dr. Qasim Chaudhry by 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6.

Later that week, the sur-geon was confident her or-gan was working properly.

“There are no words for what Barb did for me,” Danilovich said. “Thank you isn’t enough. She’s God’s miracle. She is a spe-cial person, and I hope she inspires people who are considering being a donor of any kind to check it out because there are so many people out there like me.”

Doctors said Danilovich and Coenen made Iowa his-tory as they were part of the first ever three-state kidney transplant successfully com-pleted in the state of Iowa.

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CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONState wrestling official Marv Reiland raises the hand of Jake Marlin of Creston/Orient-Macksburg, who capped his 204-6 high school career Saturday with his fourth state championship, and 147th pin, a state record.

Contributed photoDr. Qasim Chaudhry, surgeon at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines, inspects a kidney in August that he’d just removed from donor Barb Coenen of Creston.

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Samantha Neely Creston

Samantha Neely, 22, of C r e s t o n died Dec. 27, 2013, from in-juries sus-tained in a car acci-dent.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25. The Rev. Jim Mor-ris will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today with family present 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials can be given to the family. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Samantha Jo Neely, daughter of Brenda Sue (Giles) and Mark Wade Neely, was born Dec. 14, 1991, in Creston.

Samantha was educated at Winterset, Orient and Cres-ton schools.

Samantha lived most of her life in the Creston area.

She worked at Bunn-O-Matic for a short time. She also worked as a CNA at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center and most recently at Prairie View Assisted Liv-ing, where she also became licensed as a medical aid.

Samantha is survived by her fiancé Danny Fry of Creston; parents, Mark and Brenda Neely of Creston; sons, Kason and Nathan Fry, both of Creston; sisters, Me-linda Neely (fiancé Leo Mc-George) and Ayla Neely, all of Creston; maternal grand-father Marvin Glidden of Afton, paternal grandmoth-er Helen Purcell of Shannon City and many other aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, neph-ews and other family.

Samantha was preceded in death by her maternal grand-parents, Leon Jensen and Mary Diehl; and paternal grandfather William Neely.

Eleanor “Fern” Hoepker Orient

Eleanor “Fern” Hoepker, 87, of Orient died Dec. 26, 2013, at Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston.

Funeral services were 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Creston. The Rev. Johna-thon Watt officiated. Burial was in Greenfield Cemetery. Powers Funeral Home, junc-tion of highways 34 and 25, Creston, was in charge of ar-rangements. Memorials may be given to Trinity Lutheran Church. Online condolences may be left at www.powers-fh.com.

Eleanor “Fern” Hoepker, daughter of Emily Luella (Frese) and Paul Emil Mill-er, was born Oct. 23, 1926, in rural Adair County.

Fern attended Richland School.

When first out of high school, Fern worked at Bankers Life in Des Moines and later moved to Omaha to work for Mutual of Oma-ha insurance company.

On Aug. 1, 1952, Fern married Orville Bernard Ho-epker in Fontanelle.

Fern and Orville moved to rural Adair County where they began farming.

Fern is survived by her son Richard Hoepker of Orient; daughters, Jane Miller of St. Charles, Ill., and Susan Betz of Marquette, Mich.; grand-children, Elizabeth (Ed-ward) Manson and Jonathan (Jessica) Betz; and great-granddaughter Elin Betz.

Fern was preceded in death by her parents, hus-band in 1982 and brother Al-man Miller.

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Lloyd Rutherford, 78, of

Creston died Dec. 28, 2013, at Greater Regional Medical Center.

Services are pending at Powers Funeral Home, junc-tion of highways 34 and 25.

Faye Townsend Corning

Faye Townsend, 95, of C o r n i n g died Dec. 26, 2013, at Alegent Creighton H e a l t h M e r c y Hospital in Corning.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the United Methodist Church in Corning. The Rev. Dan Lamgo and the Rev. Jeff Hontz will officiate. Inter-ment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Corning. Open visitation will be 1 to 8 p.m. today with family present 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Pearson Fam-ily Funeral Service, 701 Sev-enth St., Corning. Memorials may be given to the music department of Corning Unit-ed Methodist Church and/or Grace Baptist Church. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneral-homes.com.

Faye Marrs Townsend, daughter of Pearl (Prewitt) and Benjamin Marrs, was born Dec. 13, 1918, at the farm home near Wolbach, Neb.

Faye graduated from high school in 1936. She began teaching at age 17 with a nor-mal training certificate. She taught for 34 years in rural schools in Nebraska and in Iowa at Mount Ayr, Corning and Prescott.

Faye received her bache-lor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State in 1967.

On May 22, 1945, Faye married Howard Townsend of St. Paul, Neb., at her par-ents’ home near Tingley, during Howard’s leave from

the Army Air Corp.They farmed near Mount

Ayr and later farmed east of Corning on the Icarian Col-ony farm.

In 1984, they retired to their new home in Corning.

A few years after How-ard’s death, Faye moved to Vintage Park in Lenox in 2009.

Faye was a member of the Corning United Methodist Church choir and women’s circle.

After retiring from teach-ing in 1983, Faye served on the Advisory Council for Area 14 Agency on Aging of Adams County, the depart-ments of music, literature and drama, and Delta Kappa Gamma.

Faye is survived by her son Rex (Judy) of Corning, daughter Carmen (Larry) Young of Story City; grand-children, Shannon Townsend of Corning, Lynn (Lauren) Townsend of Atlanta, Ga., Alicia (Jason) Bissell of Gar-land, Texas, Heidi (Ron) Degany of Petach Tikva, Israel, Dan Young of Dav-enport, Fla., and Tiffany (Darnell) Star of Story City; great-grandchildren, Peyton and Cricket Townsend, Con-ner Bissell, Maayan, Ariel and Itai Degany and Jasmine Star; sister Betty Fenn of Carson, sister-in-law Nao-mi Marrs of Lincoln, Neb.; brother-in-law Darold (El-lamae) Townsend, sister-in-law Margie Townsend of St. Paul, Neb.; and a number of nieces, nephews and friends.

Faye was preceded in death by her parents, hus-band in 2006, infant brother Dale, brother Ward; broth-ers-in-law, Darrel Fenn, Marvin Townsend and War-ren Townsend; and sister-in-law Evelyn Rasmussen.

Mildred BeymerDiagonal

Mildred Beymer, 91, of Diagona l died Dec. 27, 2013, at Clearview Home in M o u n t Ayr.

Funeral s e r v i c e s will be 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr. The Rev. Bill Armstrong will officiate. Burial will be in Diagonal Cemetery. Open visita-tion will be noon to 6 p.m. Monday will be held at the funeral home. The public is invited to a celebration of Mildred’s life with family present will be 6 to 8 p.m. to-day at Fireside Bar and Grill in Diagonal. A memorial fund has been established to the United Church of Di-agonal building fund. Online condolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrongfh.com.

Mildred Beymer, daugh-ter of Josephine (Kellison) and Worley Cole, was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Atchison County, Mo.

Mildred graduated from high school in Hamburg in 1940.

On April 13, 1946, Mildred married Ronald A. “Bud” Beymer in Troy, Kan.

They made their home in Orange County, Calif., for a time, and then moved to Bud’s hometown of Diago-nal.

Mildred is survived by her children, Ann Smith of Diag-onal, Ron (Kathy) Beymer of Cincinnati, Ohio, Nancy (Steve) Roe of Mount Ayr and Rick (Marcia) Beymer; grandchildren, Bob Hower of Creston, Jim (Lori Beth) Norris of Diagonal, Melanie Corkish of Kalispell, Mont., Courtney (Jeff) Damon of Brentwood, Tenn., Andee (John) Schneider of New York, N.Y., Cody (Purvi) Roe of Scottsdale, Ariz., Brittany (John) Gaddum of Wilmington, N.C., Ryan (Liz) Roe of Mesa, Ariz., Carrie (Jason) Liakos of Phoenix, Ariz., Jessie (Co-lin) Heisey of Tucson, Ariz., and Rory Beymer of Gilbert, Ariz.; 18 great-grandchildren and another due in April; and sisters, Karen Snedeker of Diagonal and Jacky Dav-enport of Winterset.

Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, par-ents, infant daughter Julie Kay, granddaughter Lori Hower; sisters and broth-ers-in-law, Dolores (Rene “Andy”) Kuonen, Norma (Bob) Howland and Nadine (John) Schinagel and sister Shirley Cole; brothers, Bud-dy Cole, Worley Jr. “Bus” (Peggy) Cole and Ron (Pat) Cole; sisters-in-law, Maxine (Velmer) Stephens and Pau-line Norris; and son-in-law Ron Smith.

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Gits Manufacturing plant in Creston closes

Sept. 16It’s official.Gits Manufacturing plant

in Creston — an employ-ment fixture in Creston for just shy of 70 years — is permanently closing. The company made the closure official Sept. 16 when they informed Creston Mayor Warren Woods via letter.

In all, 78 local jobs will be lost because of the closure. The first round of termina-tions began Nov. 18. The en-tire business site is expected to be “lights out” and closed by the summer of 2014.

“It’s absolutely disap-pointing,” said Wayne Pan-tini, Union County Develop-ment Association executive director. “Anytime people lose employment it becomes a difficult situation for them and their family. Also, a clo-sure like this is also tough on the community, especially when you lose a pillar in-dustry like Gits Manufactur-ing who has been here since 1945.”

Gits employees in Cres-ton primarily manufacture airflow valves for diesel en-gines and turbo charger ap-plications.

However, production for those products will now be made by employees in plants in Juarez, Mexico, and Tai-cang, China.

“It’s certainly upsetting,” said Woods. “It’s a tough deal for the employees and for the city of Creston, be-cause Gits is a long-standing fixture in our community

and always been a good partner for the city. But, un-fortunately, there isn’t much we can do about it. Them moving these jobs out of the country is a sign of the times. Hopefully, someday, those jobs can stay here (in the United States.)”

Terminations at Gits Manufacturing plant in Creston will be done in five stages. Those terminations are expected to be in No-vember, December, January and March. The final termi-nations are expected in June 2014 with the lights being turned off that day.

Answering the call: Roll-over cattle auction draws more than $53,000 for Frey Memorial

Dec. 4A roll-over calf sale to

benefit the T.J. and Nathan Frey Fund was held Dec. 4 at Creston Livestock Auc-tion.

Brothers T.J. Frey, 11, and Nathan Frey, 9, died Nov. 30 after falling through the ice and drown-ing in a farm pond in Ad-ams County.

The roll-over calf sale raised more than $53,000 for Frey Memorial.

Auctioneers, cattle own-ers and members of the Creston community and around the nation came to donate their time and sup-port to owners Tom and Leisa Frey.

“It was a very humbling experience for Tom and Leisa,” said Corey Schultz,

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Registration is not re-quired, and refreshments will be provided. For more infor-mation, contact WIC at 641-202-7114.

WIC is a supplemental nu-trition program for babies, children under the age of 5, pregnant women, breastfeed-ing women and women who have had a baby in the past six months. WIC helps families by providing healthy foods, nutrition education and refer-rals to other health-care agen-cies. The local WIC agency is managed by MATURA Ac-tion Corporation.

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Sioux City34/8

Creston24/13

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 8 3 sn shower Davenport 14 11 sn shower Marshaltown 10 7 sn showerAtlantic 26 13 pt sunny Des Moines 17 12 cloudy Mason City 13 -7 sn showerAubudon 25 13 pt sunny Dubuque 14 -1 sn shower Onawa 28 13 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 11 9 sn shower Farmington 21 17 cloudy Oskaloosa 20 5 sn showerCenterville 21 16 pt sunny Fort Dodge 11 6 sn shower Ottumwa 17 13 pt sunnyClarinda 30 15 pt sunny Ft Madison 21 18 cloudy Red Oak 33 11 sn showerClarion 8 4 sn shower Guttenberg 9 5 sn shower Sioux Center 26 2 sn showerClinton 15 2 sn shower Keokuk 22 19 cloudy Sioux City 34 8 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 29 16 pt sunny Lansing 9 5 sn shower Spencer 22 -2 sn showerCreston 24 13 pt sunny LeMars 19 8 sn shower Waterloo 8 5 sn shower

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 51 33 cloudy Houston 50 40 rain Phoenix 70 44 sunnyBoston 36 14 windy Los Angeles 75 49 sunny San Francisco 65 43 mst sunnyChicago 19 8 sn shower Miami 76 71 rain Seattle 47 43 cloudyDallas 46 31 sunny Minneapolis 7 -16 sn shower St. Louis 31 22 cloudyDenver 54 33 pt sunny New York 38 23 windy Washington, DC 48 31 mst sunny

Moon Phases

LastDec 25

UV IndexTue

12/312

Low

Wed1/11

Low

Thu1/22

Low

Fri1/32

Low

Sat1/41

Low

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Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (25), low past 24 hours (1) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Tue

12/31

24/13Intervals of cloudsand sunshine. High24F. Winds ESE at10 to 15 mph.


Wed

1/1

15/-1Chance of a fewsnow showers.Highs in the midteens and lows 1 to -3F.Sunrise Sunset7:42 AM 5:00 PM

Thu

1/2

9/-5Partly cloudy. Highsin the upper singledigits and lows -3 to-7F.


Fri

1/3

25/21Partly cloudy. Highsin the mid 20s andlows in the low 20s.


Sat

1/4

30/10Considerable cloudi-ness. Highs in thelow 30s and lows inthe low teens.


Des Moines17/12

Cedar Rapids11/9

Sioux City34/8

Creston24/13

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 8 3 sn shower Davenport 14 11 sn shower Marshaltown 10 7 sn showerAtlantic 26 13 pt sunny Des Moines 17 12 cloudy Mason City 13 -7 sn showerAubudon 25 13 pt sunny Dubuque 14 -1 sn shower Onawa 28 13 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 11 9 sn shower Farmington 21 17 cloudy Oskaloosa 20 5 sn showerCenterville 21 16 pt sunny Fort Dodge 11 6 sn shower Ottumwa 17 13 pt sunnyClarinda 30 15 pt sunny Ft Madison 21 18 cloudy Red Oak 33 11 sn showerClarion 8 4 sn shower Guttenberg 9 5 sn shower Sioux Center 26 2 sn showerClinton 15 2 sn shower Keokuk 22 19 cloudy Sioux City 34 8 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 29 16 pt sunny Lansing 9 5 sn shower Spencer 22 -2 sn showerCreston 24 13 pt sunny LeMars 19 8 sn shower Waterloo 8 5 sn shower

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 51 33 cloudy Houston 50 40 rain Phoenix 70 44 sunnyBoston 36 14 windy Los Angeles 75 49 sunny San Francisco 65 43 mst sunnyChicago 19 8 sn shower Miami 76 71 rain Seattle 47 43 cloudyDallas 46 31 sunny Minneapolis 7 -16 sn shower St. Louis 31 22 cloudyDenver 54 33 pt sunny New York 38 23 windy Washington, DC 48 31 mst sunny

Moon Phases

LastDec 25

UV IndexTue

12/312

Low

Wed1/11

Low

Thu1/22

Low

Fri1/32

Low

Sat1/41

Low

The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.

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MondayTOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First

United Methodist Church.Overcomers Outreach, 7:30

p.m., Lighthouse Church, west of Mount Ayr.

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

TuesdayNew Year’s Eve.

WednesdayNew Year’s Day.

ThursdayBurlington Northern and

Santa Fe Railroad retirees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Alegent Health At Home/Family Home Care free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m. to noon, Corning Community Center. Open to the public. Donations are appreciated.

Celebrate Recovery (a Christ-centered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St.

Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church, 801 N. Fillmore St., Osceola.

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.

FridayHoly Spirit Rectory ReRun

Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

Southern Prairie YMCA 55 Plus, 11:45 a.m., Summit House. Bring $2 for pizza and some change for bingo.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meet-ing, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 by 12 study, 7 to 8 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

Union Squares, 7:30 to 10 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. Soup supper. Fred Grow, caller.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 8 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

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

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

Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boz’s Kitchen in Corning. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Crest Haven Care Centre.

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

Police Ralph Carmona, 28, of

Clearfield was charged with operating while intoxicated 1:03 a.m. Saturday at the in-tersection of Highway 34 and Osage Street.

According to a Creston Po-lice report, officers witnessed Carmona run a stop sign at the intersection of East Howard and Osage streets. The license plate lamps on the vehicle were also not working. During the stop, the officer noticed a very strong odor of an alco-holic beverage, and Carmo-na’s speech was slurred and his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Carmona had thrown his car keys from the driver’s side window immediately af-ter being pulled over and ad-mitted to consuming alcohol. Carmona consented to a field sobriety test and showed sig-nificant signs of impairment. Carmona then consented to a preliminary breath test with a result of .206. After transport to Union County Law Enforcement Center, Carmona consented to the Data Master test, with a re-sult of .162.

Carmona was released on $1,000 bond.

— — — — — —An employee of Mont-

gomery Street Pub, 207 E. Montgomery St., reported $998 was taken from the business after a security company advised alarms had been activated 6:20 a.m. Sun-day.Miscellaneous

Suspicious vehicle, 12:19 a.m., Friday, Wyoming Avenue.

Escort, 8:50 a.m., Friday, New

York Avenue.Parking complaint, 9:21 a.m.,

Friday, West Jefferson Street.Parking complaint, 9:30 a.m.,

Friday, South Peterson Street.Parking complaint, 9:30 a.m.,

Friday, North Chestnut Street.Talk to officer, 10:03 a.m.,

Friday, East Townline Street.Traffic stop, 11:46 a.m., Friday,

East Carpenter Street.Information, 12:40 p.m.,

Friday, North Sumner Avenue.Talk to officer, 2:34 p.m.,

Friday, West Mills Street.Accident, 3:39 p.m., Friday,

North Walnut Street.Talk to officer, 6:13 p.m.,

Friday, North Elm Street.Reckless driving, 6:18 p.m.,

Friday, North Maple Street.Accident, 7:10 p.m., Friday,

North Bureau Street.Talk to officer, 7:44 p.m.,

Friday, North Maple Street.Traffic stop, 9:29 p.m., Friday,

West Mills Street.Domestic dispute, 10:03 p.m.,

Friday, North Maple Street.Domestic dispute, 10:51 p.m.,

Friday, North Sumner Avenue.Traffic stop, 1:03 a.m.,

Saturday, Osage Street.Animal call, 10:22 a.m.,

Saturday, North Birch Street.Escort, 10:47 a.m., Saturday,

New York Avenue.Parking complaint, 12:44 p.m.,

Saturday, North Maple Street.Escort, 1:24 p.m., Saturday,

New York Avenue.Assistance, 3:16 p.m.,

Saturday, North Elm Street.Traffic stop, 5:56 p.m.,

Saturday, North Pine Street.Transport, 6 p.m., Saturday,

West Taylor Street.Traffic stop, 7:24 p.m.,

Saturday, West Montgomery Street.

Traffic stop, 7:34 p.m., Saturday, North Poplar Street.

Traffic stop, 9:09 p.m., Saturday, West Taylor Street.

Fighting, 12:43 a.m., Sunday, North Elm Street.

Alarm, 2:06 a.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Alarm, 6:20 a.m., Sunday, East Montgomery Street.

Harassing communication, 11:33 a.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Welfare check, 8:16 p.m., Sunday, North Lincoln Street.

Alarm, 9:59 p.m., Sunday, West Taylor Street.

Animal call, 11:18 p.m., Sunday, Myrtle Street.

Accident Heidi Suzanne Reimer, 66,

of Afton was cited for failure to obey or yield at a yield sign after an accident 3:39 p.m. Dec. 27 at the intersec-tion of South Walnut and East Page streets.

According to a Creston Police report, Reimer, driv-ing a 2002 Buick west on East Page, slowed for a yield sign, continued into the in-tersection and into the path of a 2001 Ford driven north on South Walnut by Ali-son Dawn Iiams, 21, 601 S. Walnut St. The front end of Iiams’ vehicle made contact with the left quarter panel of Reimer’s vehicle. Iiams did not have traffic signals. Re-imer said she saw the sign but was blinded by the sun and did not see Iiams’ vehicle.

Damage estimates are $3,600 to Reimer’s vehicle and $2,000 to Iiams’ vehicle.

Fire Miscellaneous

Motor vehicle accident, 2:53 p.m., Friday, Beechwood Avenue.

Fire investigation, 3:05 p.m., Friday, East Howard Street.

Medical, 5:51 p.m., Friday, South Maple Street.

Medical, 9:18 a.m., Saturday, North Vine Street.

Medical, 4:07 p.m., Saturday, South Park Street.

Afton Police Miscellaneous

Information, 7:27 a.m.,

Tuesday.Disturbing the peace, 4:40

p.m., Friday.Information, 5:59 p.m., Friday.Reckless driving, 7:03 p.m.,

Friday.Medical, 6:55 p.m., Saturday.Assistance, 10:20 p.m.,

Saturday.Background check, 11:30 p.m.,

Saturday.Information, 3:01 p.m.,

Sunday.Information, 1:30 a.m., today.Information, 4:28 a.m., today.

Adams County Sheriff

Katherine L. Coleman, 24, of Corning was charged with theft of a motor vehi-cle, operating while intoxi-cated, assault on persons engaged in certain occupa-tions and interference with official acts 12:46 a.m. Sun-day.

According to an Adams County Sheriff report, Ad-ams County dispatch was notified of a possible stolen vehicle traveling west on Highway 34 towards Corn-ing. Sheriff’s deputies locat-ed the vehicle and performed a traffic stop at 306 Sixth St., Corning. Upon further investigation, it was discov-ered Coleman had taken the vehicle without the owner’s permission and was under the influence of alcohol.

Coleman was being held in Adams County Jail while awaiting to see the magis-trate.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $4.20

Soybeans — $12.59• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $4.17Soybeans — $12.85

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Prairie View Assisted Liv-ing is preparing for the addi-tion of memory care.

In an effort to provide un-derstanding of the memory care program, the public is formally invited to an infor-mation session 4 p.m. Jan. 8 at Prairie View Assisted Liv-ing, 1709 W. Prairie St. The staff involved in overseeing and implementing the pro-gram will be in attendance. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

There will be a hard-hat tour of the newly-construct-ed addition after the presen-tation.

The program will include structural layout, details

about legacy programming for those in different stages of Alzheimer’s or dementia, staffing patterns, admission and retention criteria and how this program will ben-efit those who reside in this area. There will be time to ask questions.

RSVP at your earliest convenience to Amy Ed-monson-Bonebrake or Glo-ria Rink at 641-782-3131 or [email protected] or [email protected].

If you are unable to attend this event, contact Edmon-son-Bonebrake, and she will arrange a time to meet with you.

Prairie View Assisted Living to host information session on memory care

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Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Be patient with others today, especially bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. Don’t say anything that you will later regret, especially if you speak in anger. (Protect your own best interests.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Avoid controversial subjects today, like politics, religion and racial issues. You might be at loggerheads with someone at work. Chill out.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Disputes about shared prop-erty, taxes, debt and anything you own jointly with others (including inheritances) might arise today. You attract more bees with honey than vinegar.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Patience is the antidote to anger, which is why you must practice patience today when talking to close friends and partners. If not, arguments will erupt easily, especially at home.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Be careful of accidents at work today. And definitely guard against arguments with co-workers and supervisors, because people easily will blow their cool today. (Naturally, you can keep yours.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Keep an eye on your kids today, because this is a mildly accident-prone day for them. And also be patient with them, because it’s easy to sound off since everyone wants to argue. Aaaggh!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Guard against accidents where you live today and guard against arguments with family members. People have a short fuse; therefore, knowing this, you can help to maintain the peace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Think before you speak today, because you might just shoot from the hip and say some-thing you later regret. You also might attract someone to you who is intimidating. Be patient.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Quarrels about money or possessions might arise today because you identify strongly with what you own. Be careful that these quarrels don’t end up creating a loss for everyone.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Today Mercury is in your sign at odds with

fiery Mars. This can lead to arguments and upsets, espe-cially with authority figures. Who needs this? Not you. Stay chill.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Behind-the-scenes gos-sip will be harmful not only to others, but to you as well. Confucius said, “He who flings dirt only loses ground.”

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Arguments with friends or people in groups might ruin your day today. However, if you keep your cool, you can

sidestep this nastiness. Set rea-sonable standards for others.

YOU BORN TODAY You have a natural appreciation for beauty and everything that is tasteful. Personally, you like to be well-groomed so that you project an attractive image. You are always practical and although often successful, your goals are modest. You’re appreciative of what you have. This year, a major change will take place, perhaps as signifi-cant as what occurred around 2005.

Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, about animals in stores:

“Recently at a store, I no-ticed a woman with a small dog being carried in her arms. I asked to speak to a manag-er about the health issues of an animal being allowed in a store, and he said if a person says he or she needs one for medical reasons, store person-nel cannot question the per-son about it. I can understand a Seeing Eye dog or a dog for which there is some kind of identification that it is trained for medical reasons. I have metal in my knees, and I have to carry a card. — A Reader, Little Rock, Ark.”

You never know what the situation may be. Just be-cause you don’t see a physi-cal reason for someone to have a service animal doesn’t mean he or she doesn’t need one. There are dogs that are specifically trained to detect seizures or help with post-traumatic stress disorder and many other issues.

According to the Ameri-cans With Disabilities Act, if it is not obvious what a service animal is trained to do, store staff may ask only two ques-tions of the person: Is the ser-vice dog required because of a disability? And what work or task is the animal trained to do

(such as guide someone who is blind or help in another way)? A medical card or letter is not required.

Some people might take ad-vantage of the situation. Also, the service animal should be on a leash or tether, or be harnessed. So the lady carry-ing her dog around might not have been in compliance. That said, it’s not a good idea to tote your pet dog, cat or bird around just because you want to. — Heloise

SEND A GREAT HINT TO:

HeloiseP.O. Box 795000San Antonio, TX 78279-

5000Fax: 1-210-HELOISEEmail: Heloise@Heloise.

com FAST FACTSDear Readers: Here are

other uses for popcorn tins that you might have lying around:

• Store your Christmas dec-orations in them.

• Use as a small trash or re-

cycling can.• Use to place umbrellas in

by the front door.• Use as a pet-food storage

container.• Store rolls of wrapping pa-

per in them.— HeloisePURSE PROBLEMDear Heloise: I have a solu-

tion to the problem in ladies’ restrooms when there is no hook to hang our handbags. I take two clean toilet-seat covers and place them on the floor in the corner and put my handbag on the covers. Prob-lem solved! — Georgene D., via email

Very clever, Georgene! I travel a lot, and too many times I have had the problem of no hook for my purse in the stall, just recently in a brand-new medical facility! What were they thinking? Talk about germ city! Architects and builders, please take note. — Heloise

TOMATO SOUPDear Heloise: I love toma-

toes and buy many at a time. If I have some that are about to go bad, instead of throw-ing them away, I make them into soup. Saves money by not wasting, and makes a delicious meal. — A Reader, via email

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Jane L. Powell, ‘Goddess of Soul,’ to sing soul, blues, gospel Jan. 18 at Warren Cultural Center

GREENFIELD — There will be soul – and some blues and gospel, too – when Jane L. Powell performs Jan. 18 at Warren Cultural Cen-ter (WCC) in Greenfield. The “Goddess of Soul” has opened for or worked with such n o t a b l e s as Lou R a w l s , Joan Jett, BJ Thom-as, Koko T a y l o r and Ray Charles, sharing her soulful style and vocal range with audiences.

Backed by piano, bass and drums, Powell will ap-ply her unique style to clas-sic R&B, jazz standards, reggae grooves and gospel anthems in one show, start-ing at 7 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now at Warren Cultural Center and Ed & Eva’s Store, 154 Public Square, Greenfield. Call 641-743-2566 or go on-line at warrenculturalcen-ter.com to order.

Tickets are $30 for pre-mium seats (front half of the auditorium), and $20 for standard. Balcony seats are sold out.

In addition to her public performance, Powell will

conduct a free education-al workshop for aspiring young singers during the af-ternoon prior to her show. She will offer constructive critique and tips from her performing experience. Space is limited. Students interested in participating should contact WCC at 641-343-7337 for more informa-tion.

Powell began her singing career in Roanoke, Va., and has since toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. People may have heard Powell singing in a national McDonald’s advertisement, or seen and heard her per-

formances in the Dino De-Laurentis film “Marie,” or in the 1999 New Line Cin-ema comedy “The Bach-elor.”

The National Association for Campus Activities has voted Jane “Entertainer of the Year” once, winner of the performing arts/music award twice, and “Jazz Art-ist of the Year” five times, making her the most hon-ored performer in the his-tory of the organization.

Her concert is part of the WCC’s Premier Perfor-mance Series, which brings nationally touring acts to the stage of the restored 1896 Warren Opera House.

Powell

Fireball in Iowa sky generates hundreds of reports

OTTUMWA (MCT) — Residents of several states got a celestial show Thurs-day evening when an unusu-ally bright and long-lived fireball streaked across the sky.

The fireball was some sort of debris entering the atmosphere, though it’s not exactly clear what. Space junk like old satellites can cause bright events, but the thinking on Thursday’s show is that it was a natural object like a meteor.

The American Meteor Society received more than 400 reports about the fire-ball. Most came from central Iowa and the Quad Cities area. But large clusters of reports for the same event

came from Lincoln, Neb., and St. Louis, Mo. One even arrived from Clarksburg, W.V.

A number of people re-ported the sighting on the Courier’s Facebook page. Several thought it could have been fireworks.

Julia Clouse said her par-ents and brother spotted it over Albia and described it as a “brilliant white streak with sparks and different colors coming off it.”

Roxanne Harris’ view from south of Ottumwa also indicated sparks coming from the object. She said it lasted some time.

——————©2013 the Ottumwa Cou-

rier (Ottumwa, Iowa)

13 for ‘13Top sports stories of the year

The year 2013 was a his-toric year in many ways for area sports stars and teams. Following is a list of the Creston News Adver-tiser’s top 13 sports stories of 2013, along with a list of honorable mention stories, as compiled by CNA sports editor Scott Vicker and CNA sports writer Larry Peterson.

• 1. Creston/Orient-Macksburg wrestling — Jake Marlin etched his name in state history, be-coming Iowa’s all-time leader in pins (147) on the way to winning the Class 2A 138-pound crown.

The current University of Iowa wrestler was unbeaten in postseason wrestling over four seasons. He and an-other Hawkeye teammate, Denver-Tripoli 145-pound-er Brandon Sorensen, be-came Iowa’s 22nd and 23rd four-time state champions.

Marlin was named the Piz-za Ranch C l a s s 2A Most Valuable Wres t ler of the state tour-n a m e n t , and was r u n n e r -up to So-rensen as the state’s Mr. Wrestler by the Iowa Wres-tling Coaches Association.

In 2012-13, Marlin went 56-1 with 45 pins, suffering his only loss in the Kansas City Stampede to Daniel Lewis of Blue Springs, Mo.

He was also one of the subjects of Ohio Filmmaker Tim Jackson’s documen-tary “Wrestling With Iowa,” which was recently com-pleted.

Marlin shared the 2013 Mike Abel Outstanding Wrestler Award with team-mate Keaton Hulett.

Hulett marched to the 195-pound 2A crown with a 54-1 re-cord, los-ing only in the KC Stampede finals. He had 28 pins for the season.

Marlin became the pro-gram’s all-time victory leader with his career mark of 204-6. Hulett ended in the fourth position with 178 wins and 31 losses.

Neither Marlin nor Hulett was taken down by an Iowa opponent in the 2012-13 season.

Hulett allowed only 15 match points all season — 13 on escapes — and won 13 matches on shutout deci-sions, besides the 28 wins by fall.

As a team, the Panthers went 16-3 in duals (13-1

regular season), placed sixth in the state dual tournament and fifth in the traditional state tournament. It was the team’s fourth straight ap-pearance in state duals.

Creston/O-M also won the Hawkeye 10 Tourna-ment at home, which was considered an upset over conference dual champion Glenwood.

• 2. Panthers, Whitting-ton win state golf titles — The Creston/O-M boys golf team fought through wind, rain and a weather delay of more than two hours on May 26 to win the school’s first boys golf state cham-pionship. Along the way, junior Carson Whittington became the school’s first in-dividual state medalist.

Whittington shot a 4-over par 75 in wet con-d i t i o n s at Ames Golf and C o u n t r y Club to finish with a 36-hole total of 155, one stroke in front of three play-ers tied in second place, in-cluding defending champion Alex Moorman of Center-ville.

Whittington had previ-ously placed eighth and fifth, respectively, in the 2011 and 2012 3A tournaments on the same course.

As a team, the Panthers ended up three shots better than defending champion Decorah, 647-650, for top honors in Class 3A. Clear Lake, the 2011 team cham-pion and first-day leader by three strokes over the Pan-thers (320 to 323), ended up third at 653.

Atlantic, which tied Creston/O-M for first place at the Carroll district meet, finished eighth with 675 strokes. The Trojans were led by Evan Schuler’s 165.

Hunter Sickels and Trey

Thomsen each shot 161 to tie for 10th for the Pan-thers. The fourth counting score was Sam Hartsock’s 170. Others in the Panther lineup at state were Chris-tian Groumoutis (171) and Kainen Somers (174).

As a state championship team, the 2013 boys golf team joins the Creston boys basketball teams of 1939 and 1997, the 1967 girls golf team and the 2007 wrestling team that won both the tra-ditional and dual state tour-naments.

The Panther boys also re-peated as Hawkeye 10 Con-ference champions, while Whittington defended his individual crown at Crest-moor Golf Club.

Whittington was invited to compete at the American High School Champion-ships at St. Andrews in Scot-land in June.

• 3. SWCC volleyball fifth in nation — The unheralded Spartans shook up the pre-tourney form in a big way. After knocking fifth-seeded Illinois Central into the consolation bracket in the opening round, 12th-seeded Southwestern finished its unlikely run through the national tourney with a 3-0 sweep over defending na-tional champ and 10th-seed-ed Grand Rapids (Mich.) on Nov. 23, 25-18, 25-20, 26-24.

Southwestern, which p l a c e d third in the I C C A C standings, came on strong at the end of the season and posted a 3-1 record at the national tournament to end up 37-10. Grand Rapids closed at 33-8.

Since Melissa Blessington took over as head coach, the rapid rise to national stature has shown records of 10-25, 25-17 and 37-10. When this season started, Blessington

was excited to see SWCC se-lected as “a team to watch” when the national ratings were released. DMACC and Kirkwood earned spots in the national poll.

But Southwestern stood above them both when the curtain closed on 2013.

Sophomore Janaya Fox, who had missed time at the beginning of the sea-son after giving birth to a daughter, was named to the all-tournament team. Fresh-man setter Cassidy Yong was named a second-team All-American.

• 4. Austin Halls — Halls became the 31st player in Iowa High School Athletic Association history to score 2,000 career points, when he made a layup with 4:09 re-maining in the first quarter of Murray’s 63-49 win over Moulton-Udell on Jan. 4.

Just four days later, Halls became the all-time career leader in steals in Iowa bas-ketball history.

Halls finished his career with 459 c a r e e r steals. He also ranks s e v e n t h on the all-time scor-ing list with 2,360 p o i n t s , while playing with 1,500-point scorer Cody Scroggie.

He finished his career ranking fifth on the state’s all-time assists list with 704 assists. He earned all-state honors for the second year in a row in basketball, mak-ing it on the second team af-ter averaging 25.1 points, 7.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 5.1 steals per game as a senior.

He also qualified for the state track meet in the 800 meter run, and finished off his high school baseball ca-reer by batting .489 with 29 stolen bases and 22 runs batted in. On the mound, he went 4-3 with 73 strikeouts in 51 2/3 innings pitched.

In March, Halls was named the 2012 High School Male Athlete of the Year in the Central Iowa Sports Awards, put on by the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Des Moines Area Sports Commission.

In August, Halls won the inaugural South Central Iowa Male Athlete of the Year Award, presented by the Creston News Advertis-er and the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune.

• 5. Collin Bevins — Bevins, a 2012 graduate of Creston High School, was projected to be a starter on the defensive line at Iowa State for the 2013 season af-ter redshirting his freshman season.

Plans changed in June,

however, when Bevins de-cided to leave Iowa State. He quickly found a new home at Northwest Missouri State University.

He battled injuries all year long, but in the end, it was worth it as Bevins won a national championship with the 15-0 Bearcats.

He is the second former Panther to play on a nation-al championship team from Northwest Missouri State, joining former Bearcat Dane Wardenburg, who won a title in 2009.

Bevins had battled t h r o u g h a variety of injuries during the p e r f e c t 15-0 sea-son since an elbow s p r a i n during a preseason scrimmage. He was slowed by a knee injury, a foot injury and more re-cently, an ankle sprain that flared up again in the cham-pionship game. He limped off the field during the first quarter, but came back and finished with two solo tack-les.

• 6. Nodaway Valley boys basketball — All-staters Brad Baudler and Alex Welsch led Nodaway Valley back to the state basketball tournament, this time in Class 2A.

The Wolverines lost just two games all season — a highly anticipated matchup with Creston on Jan. 19 and in the state quarterfinals to Carroll Kuemper Catholic — finishing 23-2 for the sea-son.

Nodaway Valley enters the 2014 portion of its sched-ule at 6-0 for the 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 s e a s o n , b e i n g led this year by senior TJ Bower, who earlier this year eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career, and sophomore Jackson Lamb.

The Wolverines also carry a 38-game Pride of Iowa Conference winning streak into 2014. Nodaway Valley is 244-20 since joining the conference in the 1996-97 season.

Head coach Darrell Bur-meister, in his 30th year at the helm, will face former Nodaway Valley standout James Larson for the first time in a battle of head coaches when the Wolver-ines host Clarke on Jan. 11.

• 7. Historic year for Cres-ton cross country — There were plenty of highlights for the Panthers this season.

The boys team qualified for the state meet for the first time in 25 years, placing 13th out of 15 teams in Class 3A. With Cooper McDer-mott, Jay Wolfe and Maria Mostek all qualifying individu-ally, the Panthers sent the most in-d i v i d u a l qualifiers to state in school his-tory for a single season.

With the three individual qualifiers, the Panthers have now sent 15 individuals to state in the past 14 years.

The boys team won three meets this season — Bal-lard, Orient-Macksburg and Nodaway Valley. The win at the Nodaway Valley

CNA file photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the 2013 Creston/Orient-Macksburg boys state championship golf team pose with their hardware. Shown are from left: Sam Hartsock, Hunter Sickels, Carson Whittington, Kainen Somers, Trey Thomsen and Christian Groumoutis.

CNA file photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M’s Jake Marlin tries to work Adam Staudt of Charles City onto his back in the Class 2A state championship match at 138 pounds in February. Marlin pinned Staudt to become Iowa’s 22nd four-time state champion and the all-time career pins leader with 147.

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The number of losses this year by 2 points or less for the Cowboys, tying an NFL record.

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Pack winsCHICAGO — Aaron

Rodgers is back leading the Green Bay Pack-ers and that could be bad news for every other play-off team.

He returned from a broken collarbone and is taking aim at a postseason run, even if it took one big pass to get there.

Rodgers fired a 48-yard touchdown to Randall Cobb in the final min-ute, and the Packers beat the Chicago Bears 33-28 to capture the NFC North championship on Sunday.

Back after missing sev-en games with a broken left collarbone, Rodgers found a wide-open Cobb on fourth-and-8 to wipe out a one-point deficit with 38 seconds left.

Green Bay will host San Francisco next weekend in the wild-card round.

The Bears had one final drive, but Jay Cut-ler’s deep pass to Alshon Jeffery was intercepted by Sam Shields on the fi-nal play.

That gave the Pack-ers (8-7-1) their third straight division title and fifth postseason appear-ance in a row. It also kept the Bears (8-8) out of the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years.Chargers advance

SAN DIEGO —The San Diego Char-gers must feel they’re liv-ing charmed lives these days.

How else to explain that everything they need-ed to have happen — and more — fell into place to allow them to sneak into the playoffs for the first time in four years?

Nick Novak kicked a 36-yard field goal with 5:30 left in overtime to give San Diego its only lead of the day. The Char-gers, who trailed by 10 points in the fourth quar-ter, then held the Chiefs on downs to win it after they got into San Diego territory.

The Chargers (9-7) won their fourth straight and for the fifth time in six games.

They’ll play a wild-card game next Sunday at AFC North champion Cincin-nati, the last team to beat them, 17-10 at San Diego on Dec. 1.Eagles claim East

ARLINGTON, Texas — Nick Foles and Phila-delphia’s high-scoring of-fense needed a little help from the defense to make sure it was the same old sad ending for the Dallas Cowboys.

Foles threw two touch-down passes, one to NFL rushing champion LeSean McCoy, and Brandon Boykinhad a game-seal-ing interception to help the Eagles beat the Cow-boys 24-22 in a win-or-go-home game for the NFC East title Sunday night.

The Cowboys lost to a division rival with a play-off berth on the line for the third straight year, and nobody can blame Tony Romo for this crushing loss.

Kyle Orton, filling in two days after Romo un-derwent back surgery, had Dallas about 40 yards from field goal range with 1:49 remaining. But he threw behind Miles Aus-tin on the first play, and into the arms of Boykin.


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Invitational was the third straight team title for the Panthers at the meet.

The girls team won the Orient-Macksburg meet, giving the Panthers a clean sweep in the team standings. They also finished second at the Nodaway Valley meet to Class 1A top-ranked Gris-wold.

Mostek became the first Creston girl to ever qualify for the state meet three times.

McDermott broke the sin-gle season school record for individual meet wins with six, and became just the sec-ond Creston runner to win the Hawkeye 10 Conference Meet.

• 8. State track success — The 2013 Coed State Track Meet saw the end of several spectacular careers for area athletes, while another area performer had a breakout performance.

Mount Ayr standout and current University of North-ern Iowa track and field ath-lete Braydee Poore capped off his career with a second-

place finish in the Class 2A high jump after an exciting dual with West Burlington Notre Dame sophomore Jeff Giannettino.

Poore also finished sec-ond at the Kansas Relays and third at the Drake Re-lays.

Creston’s Brianna Mai-t l e n , m e a n -w h i l e , f i n i s h e d her career by going 4 - f o r - 4 in plac-ing in the Class 3A long jump. Maitlen finished sixth, jumping 16-6.25.

Corning’s Tiffany Shep-herd finished off her career by placing sixth in the Class 1A 3,000 meter run, fifth in the 800 meter run and sixth in the 1,500 meter run.

Murray’s Kate Patton had a breakout p e r f o r -mance at the state meet. The t h e n - j u -nior me-daled in each of her four events she competed in, despite not having a track to practice on at Murray.

Patton finished eighth in the Class 1A long jump, fifth in the 400 meter dash, sec-ond in the 100 meter dash and third in the 200 meter dash.

Creston senior Briar Ev-ans broke the school record in the 400 meter hurdles with his 17th-place finish in 57.12. After taking off the .24 second hand-time con-version, Evans’ time came out at 56.88, breaking Neil Lang’s 2001 record by .09 seconds. Then-sophomore Jay Wolfe also bettered his 800 meter school record time.

Then-sophomore Maria Mostek broke the girls 1,500 meter school record, run-ning 5:06.80 after the con-version to hand time.

• 9. Creston/O-M tennis — The senior duo of Colby Taylor and Bryce McIlravy qualified for the Class 1A state tournament in dou-bles play, marking the first Creston/O-M state quali-fiers since Tony Hartman qualified as an individual in 2006.

The Panther boys came up just short of reaching the state team semifinals, falling to Red Oak in the substate final, 5-3.

Creston/O-M was also third in the Hawkeye 10 Tournament. The Panthers finished the season with a 7-4 record in duals.

The doubles team of Garret Taylor and Adam Bochart was also close to qualifying for the state tour-

nament.A youthful Panther girls

team finished tied for fifth in the Hawkeye 10 Conference and had a season record of 4-5 in duals, beating Saydel in a postseason match.

• 10. Kierra Smith earns All-American honor — In just three short years, Cres-ton native Kierra Smith has gone from a state track qualifier for the Panthers to NCAA All-American.

Smith, then a junior for Augusta-na College in Rock Island, Ill., competed at the N C A A D i v i -sion III O u t d o o r Track and Field Championships May 23-25, placing seventh in the 400 meter hurdles to be-come an All-American.

She entered nationals with the eighth-fastest time in the country, and after cut-ting it close to not qualifying for finals, Smith ran 1:01.63 for seventh place. Five of the six runners who placed in front of her were sopho-mores or juniors.

• 11. Frain repeats as first-teamer, Panthers qualify for playoffs — For the second straight season, Creston/O-M linebacker Trevor Frain earned first-team all-state honors from the Iowa News-paper Association.

Frain, 6-0, 195-pounder who also played fullback and scored 10 touch-d o w n s , was the D i s t r i c t 1 leader in tackles with 33 solo stops and 113 a s s i s t e d tackles during a 6-4 season. The Panthers were a first-round playoff victim of state

champion Sioux City Bishop Heelan.

Frain is the likely all-time Creston leader in tackles, in the starting lineup since ear-ly in his freshman campaign. He was the team leader in tackles the past three sea-sons, with 107 tackles on last year’s 7-3 team. He had a team-high 78 tackles for the district champion 8-2 Pan-ther team in 2011. He had 31 tackles as a freshman.

The Panthers, meanwhile, qualified for the state play-offs for the third time in four years under head coach Brian Morrison.

For the second season in a row, the Panthers lost the final regular season game of the season to Lewis Cen-tral, sending them to Sioux City Bishop Heelan for the opening round. Creston/O-M bowed out in a 45-7 loss to the eventual champion Crusaders.

• 12. Creston boys basket-ball — The Creston boys basketball team accom-plished something on Feb. 12 it hadn’t done in 33 years.

The Panthers picked up a 56-51 road win against Harlan, marking the first two-game regular season Creston boys sweep of Har-lan since the 1979-80 season. Creston’s state champion-ship season of 1996-97 fell within a five year stretch from the 1993-94 season through the 1998-99 season when the two teams played only once in the regular sea-son.

Creston finished second in the Hawkeye 10 Con-ference with a conference mark of 11-2, behind only Atlantic’s 12-1 record. The Panthers suffered three losses to Atlantic, including in the district finals.

Senior Luke Neitzel was named to the INA’s all-state third team after averaging 11.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

• 13. Rider breaks nation-al record — The versatile

Andrew Rider, who set or m a t c h e d n a t i o n a l r e c o r d s for touch-downs on punt re-turns and intercep-tions in a d d i t i o n to rushing for 1,557 yards, was named to the INA all-state first team offense as the utility selection.

Rider, who suffered a bro-ken arm late last year and played in the state semifinals with a cast, had a record-breaking senior season. The 5-10, 170-pound speedster scored a school-record 262 points on 43 touchdowns and two two-point conversions, averaging 14.2 yards every time he touched the ball.

Rider, unanimous all-dis-trict and special teams player of the year in the district, re-turned five punts for touch-downs this season (24.3-yard average), giving him 12 for his career for a national Eight-Man record. He also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, tying a national record with seven career kick return TDs.

Of his seven interceptions on defense, Rider returned four for touchdowns. He also ran for 29 touchdowns while compiling 1,557 yards on 155 carries. He finished his Mur-ray career with 3,723 yards rushing (8.7 average) and 64 touchdowns. He had 98 touchdowns as a Mustang and 12 two-point conversions.

2013:

Following is a list of other big sports stories from 2013 that deserve honorable mention on the list of top sports stories of the year.

January — Steve Tussey takes over as interim Southwestern women’s basketball coach; Creston boys beat Nodaway Valley in first boys basketball game between the two teams in more than 15 years.

February — Karl Peterson retires from coaching high school sports at Lenox; Molly Schimp and Rayvonne Brown qualify for national indoor track and field meet in Southwestern’s first season of track.

March — Ron “Fox” Clinton becomes first member of the Southwestern Hall of Fame; Kate Patton named third-team all-state in basketball; Creston/O-M boys fifth, girls ninth at state bowling; Mount Ayr’s Braydee Poore named to INA’s all-state basketball team.

April — Mount Ayr’s Braydee Poore finishes second at Kansas Relays and third at the Drake Relays in the high jump.

May — Southwestern soft-ball involved in regional slug-fests, finishes third at Fort Dodge in regionals; Dillon

Coates and Leah Kipfer named Southwestern athletes of the year; Creston boys and girls break school’s 4x800 relay records at the State Qualifying Meet; Brianna Maitlen named CHS Outstanding Female Athlete; Luke Neitzel, Keaton Hulett and Briar Evans share CHS Outstanding Male Athlete award; Jackson Shantz, Molly Schimp and Kalli McCann quali-fy for national outdoor track and field meet for Southwestern.

July — Murray softball gains share of first conference title in seven years; Corning soft-ball reaches second straight regional final with an 8-6 win over Murray; Martensdale-St. Marys ends Corning athletics in softball regional final; Regional power Clarke of Osceola takes second in Class 3A at state softball; Logan Wimer of rural Diagonal, and Mount Ayr gradu-ate, finishes second in girls cut-ting at the 2013 National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyo.

August — Nine area soft-ball players earn all-state hon-ors; Murray’s Austin Halls and Clarke’s Sarah Pate win inaugu-ral South Central Iowa Athlete of the Year Awards; Bill Krejci wins gold medal in Chinese Taipei as general manager for

Team USA’s 12U baseball team.October — Creston volley-

ball wins first regional volley-ball match since 2009 with 3-0 sweep of Glenwood.

November — Murray volley-ball falls to Stanton in regional final; Last remaining area play-off football team Mount Ayr falls to Van Meter; Camryn Somers of Creston on medal-winning relay team for Waukee at state

swimming meet; Fourteen area football players named to INA’s all-state football teams including Creston/O-M’s Trevor Frain and Nate Haley; Murray’s Hannah Barber named all-state in volleyball.

December — Lenox tops East Union in first meeting between Lenox co-coach Steve Tussey (father) and East Union head coach Thad Tussey (son) as

opposing coaches; Creston/O-M wrestling wins tournament titles at Dallas Center-Grimes and Central Decatur and starts 6-0 in duals; Chase Shiltz and Trevor Frain place in top eight of Kansas City Stampede tour-nament that included teams from 12 states in the 39-team field; Murray’s Kate Patton eclipses the 1,000-point mark for her career.

Top sports stories of 2013 honorable mention

CNA file photo by SCOTT VICKERMount Ayr’s Braydee Poore, currently on the University of Northern Iowa track and field team, clears the bar in the Class 2A high jump competition at the 2013 Coed State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

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[email protected] here is no better day

for the following an-nouncement.Today — Veterans

Day — the Creston Chamber

of Commerce declares the 2013

Citizen of the Year is Denny

Abel of Creston — lifelong vet-eran and current quartermaster

for Creston Veterans of Foreign

Wars (VFW) Post 1797.“It’s very fitting for him to re-

ceive this honor (today),” said

Ellen Gerharz, Creston Cham-ber of Com-merce execu-tive director. “He cares so much about the veterans in this com-munity. He doesn’t care when they served or what branch they served in. If

they are a veteran in this com-munity, he’s always been there

to help them. I think most peo-ple — veteran or not — have

had that kind of experience with

Denny.”Abel — a 1967 graduate of

Creston High School — served

in the United States Army dur-ing the Vietnam War from 1968

to 1970.

Abel arrived in Vietnam in

September 1969 as a member

of the 17th Cavalry and spent

about six months on tank mis-sions. He was involved in more

than a-half dozen firefights dur-ing those six months.He was honorably discharged

by the military in October 1970,

then returned home to south-west Iowa.Abel worked 34 years at

Creston Feed and Grain before

partially retiring in 2004.Since then, he’s dedicated

his retired life to helping fel-low veterans, “doing whatever

is needed, whether it be mental

or physical assistance or helping

them find a job.”“Why do I want to give back

to them? Because they are part

of me,” Abel said. “Once a vet-eran, always a veteran. I don’t

care if they served in a war zone

or carried water to the general,

they did what the government

wanted them to do. At this time

in my life, I want to give back to

veterans.”Driving veteransFor the past five years, Abel

has volunteered to personally

take local veterans from Cres-ton to their out-of-town doctors

appointments at veteran hospi-tals in Omaha and Des Moines.

He’s made more than 20 round

trips.“Sometimes they are unable

to drive,” Abel said. “Some

can’t drive that far or are in too

much pain to drive. Sometimes

it’s an emer-gency type of situation. S o m e t i m e s they just want company.”One of the veterans Abel has helped is 42-year-old Chad Schro-eder of Creston — a U.S. Air

Force veteran who served in

Iraq, Afghanistan and Desert

Storm.“I’m light sensitive and get

migraines easily,” Schroeder

Gerharz

WILLING & ABEL

Above left, Denny Abel of Creston, quartermaster for the

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1797, has been named

2013 Citizen of the Year. Above right, Abel, 20, served in

Vietnam as a tank driver for the U.S. Army.

Past Creston Citizens of the Year

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2012 — Gary Borcherding and John Kawa2011 — Martha Musmaker

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2004 — Don Mosman

2003 — Ron Levine2002 — Ken Hudson2001 — Ed Ritter2000 — Tim Kinkade1999 — Ralph Edwards1998 — Glen Weaver1997 — Fannie Luther

1996 — Darlene Loudon1995 — Galen Zumbach

� Vietnam Veteran Denny Abel named

2013 Citizen of the Year by the Chamber

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ASP leader Riley earns Volunteer Leadership Award By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA staff reporter

[email protected]

When Creston Pres-byterian Church started participating in Appa-lachia Service Project (ASP) in 1982, three vol-unteers made the trip to help the poverty-stricken area.

The following year, it grew to five and has con-tinued to grow to more than 50 volunteers in 2013 because of the ef-fort of Creston Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Leadership Award win-ner Becky Riley.Riley, who has dedi-

cated 33 years of service as a teacher and literacy coach for Creston pre-school and elementary, started volunteer work through ASP as a youth in her hometown Wash-ington, Iowa.“As a youth, I learned

that I could actually make a difference,” Riley said. “When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you have the power to help somebody else.”

ASP’s focus is to make

living conditions warmer, safer and drier. As a lead-er in the program, Riley has worked on floor re-placements, siding and roofing.

“My priorities changed a lot from wanting to go and do it all to get the youth going,” Riley said. “The reason I go is to take kids from Creston so they can have that experi-ence.”

Volunteers do not have to have experience with the construction projects ASP completes. Riley,

along with other leaders, help teach youth vol-

unteers how to use the

Levi Eblen to receive youth volunteer award By BAILEY POOLMANCNA staff [email protected]

Levi Eblen shrugged off his jacket and sat

down to an interview with the Creston News

Advertiser, quiet, calm and composed, as he

discussed volunteering for local organizations.Eblen, 18, was nomi-

nated for Creston’s 2013 Youth of the Year.“I was really honored.

I appreciated everybody that sent in letters,” said

Eblen. “My mom gave me a hug and said that

she was so proud, but they (my parents) both

said how proud they are and that they’re excited

for me.”Eblen, a senior at

Creston High School, is active in athletics, stu-

dent government, Ap-palachia Service Project

(ASP) and Future Busi-ness Leaders of Ameri-

ca (FBLA).“I try my hardest at school, I work hard at

all my athletics, and I

do volunteer a lot of my time within the com-munity through ASP,” Eblen said. “So, we do a lot of community ser-vice, going around and helping people with that throughout our commu-nity.”

However, Eblen gives credit to his parents, Mark and Peg Eblen, for his involvement in com-munity service work.“It was just kind of

how I was raised. My parents always taught me to do the right thing, and putting forth extra

effort and working hard for things was just the

Riley

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Livestock Marketing Asso-ciation regional executive officer. “The community of Creston and livestock as-sociations from across the state of Iowa stepped up to support the Frey family.”

To date, more than $60,000 was raised for the memorial fund which has all beenv do-nated to St. Malachy School. Details of what the fund will be used for have not been fi-nalized.

A candlelight vigil in mem-ory of the boys was later held at Creston Livestock Auc-tion. A balloon release was also held for the boys and Frey family at St. Malachy School in December.

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RANT: Kramer’s Cafe, 101 E. 1st St., Orient, opened early in 2013. Their menu currently consists of cheese-burger, loin and chicken sandwiches, chicken strips and fish sandwich. Addition-ally, they have lunch specials during the work week.

Kramer’s Cafe has sides/appetizers, including french fries and sweet potato fries, cheeseballs, mozzarella sticks, hot wings, gizzards, clam strips and onion rings.

• DRISKELL RETIRES: Dave Driskell retired in Feb-ruary after 37 years at Iowa State Savings Bank in Cres-ton, including 20 as bank president. Kevin L. Stewart replaced Driskell as president of the bank.

• MAURICES FIRE: A four-alarm fire at Maurices,

808 Laurel St., Creston, oc-curred around 9 a.m. March 15 and was contained at 10:15 a.m.

“The fire marshal stated it was electrical in nature, but likely we’ll not know the ex-act cause,” said Monica Hen-drickson, marketing manager at Maurices home office in Duluth, Minn.

The store opened a tempo-rary location at 602 Sheldon St. in mid-April. Renovations to their old building — lo-cated just north of Wal-Mart — were made in the spring. It was completely remodeled and the store owner had a grand reopening Aug. 29

• BEST BURGER: Also in March, Elm’s Club — owned by Mike, Donna and Gus King — was named a top 10 finalist in Iowa’s Best

Burger contest hosted by Iowa Beef Industry Council and Iowa Cattlemen’s As-sociation. They did not win the “crown” for Iowa’s Best Burger in 2013, however. That honor went to 61 Chop House Grille in Mediapolis.

• AFTON’S NEW RES-TAURANTS: Two new res-taurants opened in Afton.

Up in Smoke Barbecue — owned by Afton native Brad Jones — began serving in September. The restaurant is located on the northwest side of the square, 302 N. Douglas St., in Afton. Hours are Tues-day through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Up in Smoke Barbecue specializes in smoked meats like ribs, brisket, pulled pork and chicken. Those meats can be served with cheesy po-

tatoes, baked beans, coleslaw and/or pasta or potato salad.

El Ranchito — a small res-taurant owned by brothers Alex Mandujano and Roger Lopez — also opened in Af-ton in 2013.

Mandujano said they are primarily a Mexican restau-rant serving traditional dishes like fajitas, enchiladas, chimi-changas and tacos. Mandu-jano said they take pride in making made-to-order dishes with fresh ingredients.

• RVTV VISITS CRES-TON: In September, Creston was selected as the first stop on WHO-TV Channel 13’s RVTV tour — a weeklong event leading up to the Cy-Hawk rivalry game between Iowa and Iowa State sched-uled Saturday evening.

WHO13 RVTV — hosted

by WHO13 sports directors Andy Fales and Keith Mur-phy — had live broadcasts from Creston at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. The family-friendly tailgating party was at the restored Creston Depot. A wide range of events were scheduled including a best dressed contest, victory trucks contest, facepainting and more.

• WALLACE DIES: Mar-cia Wallace, an Emmy-award winning actress and Creston native, died Sept. 25 at the age of 70. Wallace graduated from Creston High School in 1960 and then moved out to Hollywood.

On the big screen, she kept her coworkers on their toes as the slightly sarcastic and witty secretary Carol Kester on “The Bob Newhart Show.”

Wallace eventually won an Emmy for her work as Ms. Edna Krabappel on the popular Fox animated series “The Simpsons.” Her iconic laugh — a single and sharp “Ha!” — became the charac-ter’s trademark on the show that started in 1990.

NEW DIAGONAL RES-TAURANT: A new restau-rant in Diagonal opened in October. Fireside Grill —

owned by Mark and Sue Stef-fenhagen — is located on 209 Broadway St. in Diagonal.

The restaurant has two floors that total 9,000 square feet. The main floor dining and bar area seats 125 people. The porch seats 24 guests. The basement is a reception room with accommodations for 185 people.

Fireside Grill is a casual dining restaurant with a full menu including steaks, ribs, chicken alfredo, shrimp scampi and more. All entrees come with a dinner salad and two homemade sides.

• PLANNED PARENT-HOOD: A major shift in the operating structure in December caused a change in the services provided at Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Creston and Red Oak.

There is no longer be an on-site provider at either lo-cation. Planned Parenthood will still offer limited health services by appointment through the telemedicine de-livery system for birth control consultations, birth control method changes, sexually transmitted infection testing and medication abortion.

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95 acres of cropland.

The land is located north and north east of the Creston Municipal

Airport. Sealed bids in an envelope marked “Airport Farm Lease” are

due to the attention of Creston City Clerk,

P. O. Box 449, 116 W. Adams St., Creston, IA 50801 by 4 PM on

January 9, 2014. Site map and lease are available to view at the airport terminal building or Creston City Hall.

Possession by the tenant to commence March 1, 2014

REAL ESTATE PubLic AucTionSaturday, January 11, 2014 • 10 a.m.

Located at 619 N. Maple Street, Creston, IA..4 acres m/l including 32x44 building formerly used as the school administration building, built in 1972.Legal: Parcel G in Part of the SW 1/4 NE 1/4 of 1-72-31 (except parcel lot 1 of G)Terms: 25% down sale day with balance due at closing in approximately 30 days.Todd Nielsen attorney will handle all closing transactions.

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For complete listing go to www.crestonlivestock.comAuction conducted by: West & Frey Auctioneers LLC, Creston, Iowa & Creston Livestock Auction Services

Darwin West 641-344-1958; Tom Frey 641-344-5082 ; Todd Crill 712-621-1453; Brandon Frey.Sale clerks: June West, Leisa Frey. Ringman: Vern Blazek.

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DES MOINES (MCT) – Ongoing problems, accidents and deaths associated with inattentive driving on Iowa’s roadways are getting the at-tention of law enforcement officers.

Iowa Department of Public Safety officials say distracted driving is a growing concern and they plan to push next legislative session for ways to strengthen enforcement of state laws designed to keep motor-vehicle operators fo-cused on their responsibilities while occupying the driver’s seat.

“We’re starting to see a lot more collisions where people are distracted, and texting is becoming a major factor when people are behind the wheel,” said Sgt. Scott Bright, spokesman for the state De-partment of Public Safety.

“If somebody is going down the road way and they’re tex-ting they are a hazard to other people,” he added. “It’s a danger. It’s a danger for ev-erybody.”

To that end, DPS offi-cials plan to ask lawmakers to add a distractive driving subsection to an existing stat-ute dealing with failure to maintain control of a vehicle, which is a moving violation with a scheduled fine of $100 — $195 when court costs and surcharges are added, Bright said.

Currently, Iowa law bans texting for all drivers and bars teenagers operating vehicles under restricted or intermedi-ate licenses, as well as instruc-tional or school permits, from using cellphones or electronic devices while driving.

The violation is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a $30 scheduled fine, although there are enhanced fines and licensure sanctions for tex-ting violations involving an accident that caused prop-

erty damage, serious injury or death ranging up to $1,000 and a 180-day license suspen-sion.

The current Iowa law — which bars a person from using a hand-held electronic communication device to write, send or read a text mes-sage while driving a motor vehicle — is only enforceable as a secondary action when a peace officer stops or detains a driver for a suspected viola-tion of another motor vehicle law.

Bright said the legislative proposal to expand the failure to maintain control statute would make distracted driv-ing a primary offense meaning that an officer could ticket the driver for the offense without any other traffic violation tak-ing place. It also would give an officer more discretion in determining when an activity appeared to be causing a ve-hicle to swerve in traffic lanes or creating some other dis-traction impeding safe vehicle operations, he said.

“It’s hard for the investigat-ing officer to actually define and prove that the driver was distracted at the time of the crash,” said Patrick Hoye, chief of the Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau.

“Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of crash-es even though it’s under re-ported,” added Hoye, former Iowa State Patrol chief. “Law enforcement is looking at ways to more stringently en-forced. Here in Iowa, making it a primary would certainly make that easier for law en-forcement to address.”

Gov. Terry Branstad said he and his staff currently are

review what to include in his administration’s 2014 legisla-tive proposals but no decision has been made. He said he has discussed driving distrac-tions with DPS Commissioner Larry Noble and the problem goes beyond cell-phone use.

Iowa is one of 42 states that bar text messaging for all drivers. A dozen U.S. states prohibit all drivers from using hand-held cell phones while driv-ing, but B r a n s -tad said it “would be pretty drastic” to seek a cell-phone ban in Iowa and he did not expect that to be a major focus of the 2014 discussion.

Both transportation com-mittee chairs — Rep. Josh Byrnes, R-Osage, in the House and Sen. Tod Bow-man, D-Maquoketa, in the Senate – say distracted driving is on their 2014 radar but it’s unclear whether a consensus will develop next session on how to address the problem legislatively.

Byrnes noted that he down-loaded an application on his 16-year-old daughter’s cell phone that prevents use of the device while she’s driving. He also noted that more vehicles are offering features that al-low for hands-free communi-cations.

Bowman said he is re-searching what other states are doing to allow law offi-cers more discretion in pull-ing over vehicles that may be operating erratically, but he

noted that he wanted to avoid creating unintended conse-quences in trying to address driving distractions.

Sen. David Johnson, R-Ocheyedan, who brought a bill last session seeking to pro-hibit drivers from engaging in a distracting activity while op-erating a motor vehicle, said he does not plan to push his measure in 2014 but still sees the need to address the prob-lem proactively.

Bright said he has seen drivers eating a bowl of cere-al, texting, shaving, putting on makeup, working on laptop computers, reading, program-ming their global positioning systems and engaging in other distracting activities while patrolling highways around Iowa.

Nationally, 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 peo-ple were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011, according to the Na-tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s distraction.gov web site. The death toll slipped slightly last year to 3,328 in crashes where dis-tractions were a contributing factor.

In Iowa, Michael Pawlov-ich of the state Department of Transportation noted that 81 deaths were reported in 19,256 crashes that were asso-ciated with inattentive or dis-tracted driving from 2003 to 2013 – including six deaths in the current year. Nearly four out of 10 accidents and 27 deaths in the DOT crash data involved the use of a phone or other device.

“States that are getting a handle on distracted driv-ing are seeing their fatalities come down,” Hoye said.

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State forester: All Iowa ash trees dead within 20 years

All but a minute fraction of Iowa’s 55 million ash trees will be dead within 20 years, according to State Forester Paul Tauke.

“I would say it is inevi-table that 99.9 percent of them will die in the ongo-ing infestation by the emer-ald ash borer,” Tauke said Thursday.

In areas like Fairfield, Burlington, Mechanicsville and Creston, where infes-tations have been docu-mented this year, all but a few lingering ash trees will be gone within five or six years, Tauke said.

The cost of removing dead ash trees in urban ar-eas will likely exceed $3 bil-lion, he said.

“Iowa has a conserva-tively estimated 3.1 million urban ash trees. Figuring about $1,000 a pop to re-move them, do the math, it’s over $3 billion,” Tauke said.

Ash trees on private property will have to be removed at the expense of property owners, while municipalities will have to bear the cost of removing them from public property, he said.

The city of Burlington alone will likely face a $1 million tree removal bill over the next five years, Tauke said.

The state’s more than 50 million rural ash trees, while a tremendous natural resources loss, would not have to be cut down and re-

moved.The Iowa Legislature

has appropriated funds to help pay for monitoring the spread of the pest but nothing yet to defray the cost of local governments in removing and replacing ash trees.

Tauke said infestations, once established, spread about 10-fold per year until all the ash trees have died.

“If you had four dead ash trees this year, you would have 40 next year and 400 the year after until all of them were gone,” he said.

Tauke said it is hard to predict how fast the ash borer will spread through-out the state.

“If I were taking bets, I would bet we will find it in a lot more areas next year,” he said.

That’s partly because the ash borer population is building in the state and partly because more peo-ple, and especially people trained to recognize the symptoms, are looking for it, he said.

Following an initial Iowa confirmation in Allamakee County in May 2010, three years passed before the burst of confirmations this year: Des Moines County in July, Jefferson County in August, Cedar County in October and Union County this month.

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No spillage from derailed boxcars CLINTON (MCT) — Emergency per-

sonnel and street department employees responded Thursday to an area near Collis, Inc., 2005 S. 19th St., for a report of boxcars derailed from the tracks.

The street department barricaded a por-tion of 19th Street while waiting for equip-ment that could put the train cars back on the tracks so they can be moved. Karen McQuistion, from the Clinton Fire Depart-ment, said the firefighters arrived on scene at approximately 1:16 p.m. and determined there was no hazardous material concerns.

Clinton Police Capt. James Klaes con-

firmed he received a report of the cars off their tracks at approximately 2:30 p.m. He added the derailment occurred where box-cars go in and out for unloading and loading.

McQuistion said four cars and a locomo-tive were involved in the incident, with one of the cars going just a little bit off track. Firefighters remained on scene for approxi-mately 40 minutes, reviewing the situation and blocking off the area. She confirmed that the boxcar contained paper products and nothing spilled.

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