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Fatal crash near Leon Wednesday kills three

LEON — A head-on collision in Decatur County Wednesday afternoon claimed the lives of three people, including a 3-year-old girl.

The fatal collision happened about 5 p.m. Wednesday on Iowa route J-20, east of U.S. Highway 69.

According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, Sherissa Goodman, 35, of Leon — driving a 2001 Chevy east on J-20 — lost control of her vehicle because of icy road conditions. Her vehicle crossed the cen-ter line and collided in a head-on manner with a Chevy truck being driven west by 21-year-old Jeremiah Boswell of Lamoni.

Goodman, and her two passengers — Charles Downard, 31, of Van Wert and Shayla Matte, 3, of Leon — were pro-nounced dead at the scene.

Boswell was injured and taken by am-bulance to Decatur County Hospital in Lamoni. His condition at this time is un-known.

Reminder: Daylight saving time begins this weekendDon’t forget to move your clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time (DST) 2 a.m. Sunday. This change makes sunrise and sun-set both occur about one hour later start-ing Sunday.

DST was first sug-gested by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, but modern DST did not take hold until 1895. The United States set a law in 1918 to standardize the beginning and end of DST, but federal government does not require states or territories to make the change.

Attention Afton residentsAfton Police Chief John Coulter reports there will be no park-ing allowed on the west side of the Afton square today because a semi-trailer hauling a large boiler will be parked there.

“The boiler is en route to a power plant,” Coulter said.

Coulter said the semi-trailer will be parked there from one hour before sunset today until one hour after sunrise Friday. Parking will resume once the semi-trailer leaves Friday morning.

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Barker Implement joins A&M Green Power to form AgriVision By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

T wo area farm imple-ment businesses have merged to pro-vide better service

to John Deere customers.Barker Implement and

A&M Green Power came together Jan. 1 to form AgriVision. The company will cover 28 counties in southwest and south central Iowa as well as parts of east-ern Nebraska and northern Missouri with 13 store loca-tions.

“If you look at both com-panies, they have been on a growth path for years and the industry continues to consoledate,” said AgriVi-sion COO Bob Irr. “It is a journey that has been going on for a while. We believed the next logical step was the merger.”

Store locations include Creston, Lenox, Albia, Clar-inda, Hamburg, Indianola, Knoxville, Macedonia, Mas-sena, Leon, Pacific Junction, Red Oak and Winterset.

Irr said the two compa-nies also had similar value points, especially in regards to family ownership and customer service that own-ers Don Athen and Todd Barker will strive to con-tinue.

Barker Implement was es-tablished in Lenox in 1936 and is a third-generation family operation. The busi-ness started its expansion in 1991 and grew to eight John Deere dealerships before the merger.

A&M Green Power was created after the McCready family of Macedonia and Athens family of Hamburg partnered together in 2006. The company later added McCunn Implement of Mas-

sena.The family operations

that make up AgriVision have 312 years of combined agricultural experience and the company’s CEO is Jer-emy Ostrander.

“It is a generational tran-sition,” Irr said. “We expect the family ownership to be a key part of the business as we go forward.”

With more than 400 em-ployees, Irr said AgriVision will focus on providing pro-gressive thinking with the same old-fashioned, person-al customer attention.

AgriVision will be able to have personnel who special-ize in new agricultural tech-nology.

“The use of technology continues to grow and that will be a key to our business to make sure we have the right tools in place to help the customer use it effec-tively,” Irr said.

But Irr said the biggest benefit for area John Deere customers is the longevity of service AgriVision will be

able to provide.“We are in a position to

provide for our customers for years to come,” Irr said.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMBarker Implement and A&M Green Power joined forces to become AgriVision Jan. 1 and will serve John Deere customers in three states from 13 retail locations. There will be more than 400 employees representing AgriVision and COO Bob Irr said the emphasis will continue to be on providing progressive thinking with old-fashioned, personal customer service. Irr added the merger of the two businesses was a good fit because of their history as a family-run business.

Company store locations in IowaBarker Implement and A&M Green Pow-er came together Jan. 1 to form AgriVi-sion. Store locations include Creston, Lenox, Albia, Clarinda, Hamburg, Indi-anola, Knoxville, Macedonia, Massena, Leon, Pacific Junction, Red Oak and Winterset.

Lengthening winter stresses Iowa’s wildlife

(MCT) — This long, cold, snowy winter has not been good for wild-life in Iowa.

The frigid temperatures and deep snow have caused some deer in northeast Iowa to starve to death, Department of Natural Resources biologists said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the state’s most fa-mous wildlife, the Decorah eagles, continue to incubate their three eggs in adverse conditions, and only time will tell if they hatch, according to their godfather, Bob Anderson of Decorah, director of the Raptor

Resource Project, the not-for-profit organization that developed the nest cam that’s viewed on millions of computer screens each year.

The eagles, whose first egg ap-peared Feb. 23, have strived to keep them warm through several subzero days and nights and in mounting snow, including nearly 10 inches that fell Tuesday night.

“We probably won’t know (if they succeeded) until it’s time for the first egg to hatch in another 32 to 33 days,” Anderson said Wednesday.

Anderson said he knows of in-stances in which both eagle eggs and eagle chicks have frozen under similar extreme winter conditions.

Webcam enthusiasts have moni-tored the nest round the clock and have reported that the eggs were uncovered a total of 59 minutes in

one 48-hour period, he added.While the eagles tend to their

nest, the DNR has been seeing signs of deer starvation in northeast Iowa, where winter snowfall has exceeded 50 inches in several coun-ties, according to Tom Litchfield, the state’s deer biologist.

DNR biologist Terry Haindfield said he performed necropsies on two dead deer that had red bone marrow – a sign of starvation. They also have observed “fuzzy-faced fawns,” an expression used to de-scribe young deer with upright fa-cial hair, a condition that occurs when deer are struggling to main-tain body heat because of malnutri-tion, he said.

Litchfield said cold weather does not bother deer as long as they find adequate food. But deep snow can limit them to browsing on trees and

shrubs.Malnourished does carrying

twins involuntarily will direct all available nourishment to one fetus at the expense of the other, he said.

Winter-weakened deer also be-come much more susceptible to predators such as family groups of coyotes, Litchfield said.

“It’s the tail end of winter that tells the story. Most of the starva-tion occurs at the end of a winter that won’t quit,” Haindfield said

The snowy winter will cause a fur-ther decline in the state’s pheasant population, according to Todd Bo-genschutz, the DNR’s upland game biologist.

“Whenever the statewide average snowfall exceeds 31 inches, which is the average right now, pheasant numbers go down,” he said.

Declines will be steepest in the

northeast segment of the state, which has had well more snow than the southwest portion, Bogenschutz said.

However, most nongame wildlife species are faring well, said Bruce Ehresman, a biologist with the state’s Wildlife Diversity Program.

“I have not seen animals suffer-ing, but traditional food sources have been nearly used up in some areas,” he said

Ehresman said he has received several reports of goldfinches being much less visible around feeders in northeast Iowa.

“They probably went farther south than they usually do,” he said.

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Joan Freemyer Clearfield

Joan Freemyer, 80, of Clearfield d i e d M a r c h 1, 2014, at Lenox Care Cen-ter.

M e m o -rial servic-es will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 13, at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield. The Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine will officiate. Burial of ashes will be at a later date in Rose Hill Cemetery in Blockton. A celebration of life with music by Sweet Rhythm Karaoke will be 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 14, at Clearfield Lions Build-ing. Memorials may be di-rected to the United Meth-odist Church of Clearfield or HCI Care Service (Hospice). Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr, is in charge of arrangements. Online con-dolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrong.com.

Beverly Joan (Abarr) Freemyer, daughter of Mari-etta (Bruner) and Ardith Abarr, was born Nov. 17, 1933, in Blockton.

Joan attended school in Blockton and Clearfield.

On Aug. 25, 1950, Joan married Wesley R. Freemy-

er at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield.

Joan began as a home-maker and later worked in retail sales. She co-owned and operated Wes’s IGA in Corning. She then worked as a sales representative for Lo-mar Foods of Des Moines, where she won top sales for three years running and was the first and only female in sales with that company, while living in Branson, Mo.

Wes and Joan then went to Mesa, Ariz., where they worked in real estate, flip-ping houses. In 1995, Wes and Joan moved back to Clearfield to be near family.

Joan was an active mem-ber of the United Methodist Church in Clearfield.

Joan is survived by her husband Wes; children, Wes (Cindy) Freemyer of Oak-land, Terry (Bill) Bridge-man of Chandler, Ariz., Kim (Bobby) Thurman of Neo-sho, Mo., and Rob (Pam) Freemyer of Siloam Springs, Ark.; 22 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Carol Lee Fisher of Clearfield and Phyllis Wood of Portland, Ore.; and broth-ers, Cecil Abarr of Savan-nah, Ga., and Larry Abarr of Savannah, Mo.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents, son Mike Freemyer, grand-son Caitlyn Freemyer; and brothers, Dick Abarr and Jerry Abarr.

Merle O’Neall Murray

Merle O’Neall, 86, of M u r r a y died Feb. 27, 2014, at Afton Care Cen-ter.

Funeral s e r v i c e s were 11 a.m. Tues-day, March 4, at Kale Fu-neral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceola. Cremation was after services, and burial will be in Murray Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Afton Care Center Auxiliary. Online condolences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.

Merle Anne O’Neall, daughter of Lois (Hatfield) and Maurice Lillard, was born April 12, 1927, near Le-Roy.

Merle Anne “Myrt” grew up near Hopeville, and received her education at Clarke County country schools and Murray High School.

On Aug. 27, 1943, Merle married Dale Rex O’Neall in Osceola.

Merle worked at Snowden’s in Osceola and was the office manager for Union Gas (in both Lorim-or and Osceola) and finally worked for many years at Murray Café as cashier.

Merle’s health failed in the past few months, and she spent that time at Afton Care Center.

Merle is survived by her daughter Pennie (husband Ken) Cheers of Afton; granddaughter Jodie Greig (husband Joe) and children, Taylor and Clayton Greig of Estherville; grandsons, John Gonseth (wife Becky) and children, Madison Gons-eth and Brooke Hoffman of Murray; Cole and Tara Page and children, Cadin, Mallory and Caleb of Murray; and Cass Page and Chelsea Rydl of Osceola; as well as many other relatives and many friends.

Merle was preceded in death by her parents, hus-band in 2012 and son-in-law Gary Gonseth in 2000.

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Scott Dingman, 51, of C r e s -ton died March 2, 2014, at his home.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25. The Rev. Chuck Spindler will officiate. Open visitation will 2 to 7 p.m. Friday with family present 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Scott Robert Dingman, son of Roberta Ann (Clark) and Richard Allan Dingman, was born Nov. 13, 1962, in Jefferson.

Scott graduated from Tru-man High School in Truman, Minn.

Scott worked in the Den-ver, Colo., area in construc-tion.

On April 20, 1985, Scott married Tina Louise Carlton in Greenwood, Neb.

After marrying, he settled in Lincoln, Neb., working in construction, and was the owner of SRD Construction, framing houses in the Lin-coln area.

Scott and Tina divorced.In the 1990s, Scott moved

to Creston and worked con-struction and most recently helped Clell Looney with farming.

Scott was a member of Crest Baptist Church in Creston.

Scott is survived by his sons, Benjamin Dingman and Travis Dingman, both of Lincoln, Neb.; daughter Alexa Clark of Crete, Neb.; brothers, Michael Dingman, Timothy (wife Annette) Dingman of Kansas City, Mo., and Kenneth (wife Jen-nifer) Dingman of Creston; sisters, Michelle Hartman of Creston and Trish (husband Greg) Schroder of Indianola; and grandchildren, Aiden, Tyson, Lilly and Audrina Dingman.

Scott was preceded in death by his parents.

Courtney JohnstonDexter

Courtney Johnston, 27, of Dexter, f o r m e r l y of Green-field, died Feb. 28, 2014, at M e r c y M e d i c a l C e n t e r in Des Moines.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 7, at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Burial will be in Greenfield Cem-etery. Visitation with family present will be 4 to 7 p.m. to-day at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home, 101 S.E. Fourth St., Greenfield, is in charge of arrangements. A memorial fund has been es-tablished at First National Bank, 101 N.E. Hayes St., Greenfield, IA 50849. On-line condolences may be left at www.steenfunerals.com.

Courtney James Johnston, son of Kally (Bonus) and Gale Johnston, was born April 3, 1986, in Creston.

Courtney was raised and grew up in Greenfield. He graduated from Nodaway Valley High School in 2004. He attended SWCC for nurs-ing for a year and then went on to diesel mechanic school

at DMACC, graduating in December 2007.

On Sept. 20, 2008, Court-ney married Kathleen Baudler at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fonta-nelle.

In March 2008, they moved to Dexter. He worked for In-land Truck Parts as a diesel mechanic in Ankeny, while attending DMACC, and continued to work there for five years.

In 2011, Courtney started working for Interstate Power Systems in Altoona.

Courtney is survived by his wife Kathy and son Lane Johnston of Dexter; parents, Gale and Kally Johnston of Greenfield; brother Ben (wife Angelique) Johnston and daughter Audrey of Adel; sister Brooke (hus-band Jackson) Bissell of Massena; grandparents, Don and Verna Johnston of Greenfield and Jacqueline “Jackie” Bonus of Creston; mother-in-law Pat Baudler of Winterset; sister-in-law Stacey Baudler of Winterset; father-in-law Mick (wife Cin-dy) Baudler of Fontanelle; uncles, Steve (wife Gwen) Johnston of Greenfield and Matt (wife Diana) Bonus of Adel; aunts, Marilea (hus-band Jeff) Devereaux of An-keny and Kim Romesburg of Creston; many cousins, other relatives and friends.

Courtney was preceded in death by his maternal grand-father Francis Lee Bonus.

Florence Allen Creston

Florence Catherine Al-len, 93, died on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at her home in Cres-ton, Iowa. Florence was born on September 20, 1920 to Luna Mary Sloan Montag and Henry Adolph Montag in West Bend Iowa.

On May 15, 1943, she married Phillip Floyd Al-len in West Bend Iowa. They lived in Chicago, Il-linois, while Phil trained at the Great Lakes Naval Air Station and Florence worked as an operator for Illinois Bell Telephone. Af-ter Phil shipped off to the Pacific, Florence moved back to Iowa. Florence was a founding member of the West Bend St. Peter and Paul Church Catholic Daughters of America.

To this union were born twelve children: Je-rome Allen, Andrew Al-len (Val), Linda Castillo, Patricia Nixon, Rosemary Osmun, Maynard Allen, Dennis (Teri) Allen, Julie Chaney, Tim (Nancy) Al-len, Anthony (Vicki) Al-len, Phyllis Allen (Steve Heffern), and Barb (Gary) Coenen.

Florence worked as an LPN at Greater Communi-ty Hospital in Creston until her retirement in 1985. Af-ter that, she contributed to the community in many ways, delivering Meals on Wheels, working in the Congregate Meal site, and

at the Rectory ReRun shop for 20 years.

Florence was an avid supporter of Appalachia Service Project, going on their mission trips for fif-teen years, most recently at age 80.

Florence is survived and much loved by eleven chil-dren, 29 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great-grand-children, as well as many friends and adopted fam-ily. Survivors also include daughter-in-law Betty Fos-ter, one sister, Dora Mon-tag Allen of Fort Dodge and two brothers, Martin Montag of Waxhaw, NC and Robert Montag of Washington state.

She was preceded in death by her husband Phil-lip Allen, son, Jerome Al-len, sons-in-law Dennis Castillo and Charles Wel-ter, and grandson Kirk Nix-on, as well as her parents and thirteen brothers and sisters.

As a final gift to the world, Florence donated her body for scientific research to the University of Iowa Medical School. Memorials can be directed to the Appalachia Service Project and Cup of Cold Water, which pro-vides drinking water wells to needy recipients in Ap-palachia.

A family night will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 7 at Pearson Fu-neral Home, 809 W. Mont-gomery, Creston, Iowa. A prayer service will be held 6:30 to 7 p.m. Friday eve-ning at the funeral home. A celebration of life meal will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday March 8 at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church Parish hall, 107 W. Howard Street, Creston, Iowa.

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WIC celebrates 40th anniversary

In 1974, a supplemental food program called WIC — Women, Infants and Children — was introduced to improve the nutritional status of the most vulner-able members of society — pregnant women, infants, children and new mothers.

WIC began as a two-year pilot program and has grown with programs in all 50 states, five territo-ries and more than 30 In-dian Tribal Organizations (ITO).

Locally, WIC has been under the auspices of Ma-tura Community Action Corporation since it began all those decades ago.

According to Karla H y n e s , Matura ’ s W I C /MCH di-r e c t o r , WIC is one of the most cost-e f fec t ive g o v e r n -ment programs.

“Research shows that WIC has resulted in fewer premature births, lower in-cidence of low birth weight infants, fewer infant deaths and a greater likelihood of a pregnant women receiv-ing prenatal care,” Hynes said.

In fact, a study of birth outcomes demonstrated the benefit-to-cost ratios ranging from $1.77 to $3.13 in Medicaid costs saved for each $1 spent on WIC, ac-cording to Hynes.

WIC has also proven to have a positive effect on children’s diet and diet-re-lated outcomes.

“Studies have shown that children on WIC have high-er intake of iron, vitamin C, thiamin, niacin and vitamin B6, without an increase in calories. That translates into healthier kids,” Hynes said.

WIC is available to pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, in-fants and children up to age 5 are eligible.

“Participant’s income must fall at or below 185 percent of the U.S. Poverty Income Guidelines, which is $42,643 for a family of four,” Hynes said.

Medicaid recipients are automatically eligible.

WIC is a short-term pro-gram.

“Eventually a preg-nant woman will deliver, a breastfeeding mom will stop nursing and a child will reach his or her 5th birthday. All those mile-stones are reasons to grad-uate from the program,” Hynes said.

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Sunrise Sunset6:42 AM 6:15 PM

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Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 34 11 mixed Davenport 41 29 cloudy Marshaltown 36 21 mixedAtlantic 40 19 mixed Des Moines 43 24 mixed Mason City 34 12 mixedAubudon 40 19 mixed Dubuque 39 27 mixed Onawa 39 17 mixedCedar Rapids 40 26 rain Farmington 52 30 cloudy Oskaloosa 48 26 rainCenterville 49 27 rain Fort Dodge 35 13 mixed Ottumwa 50 28 rainClarinda 45 23 rain Ft Madison 50 30 pt sunny Red Oak 44 23 mixedClarion 34 13 mixed Guttenberg 38 24 mixed Sioux Center 33 10 frz rainClinton 41 27 rain Keokuk 51 32 pt sunny Sioux City 37 15 mixedCouncil Bluffs 43 21 mixed Lansing 38 22 mixed Spencer 33 9 mixedCreston 43 22 mixed LeMars 33 11 mixed Waterloo 35 22 mixed

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 58 39 rain Houston 67 51 pt sunny Phoenix 77 53 pt sunnyBoston 41 27 pt sunny Los Angeles 72 53 pt sunny San Francisco 62 50 pt sunnyChicago 42 26 pt sunny Miami 82 55 t-storm Seattle 51 47 rainDallas 68 48 pt sunny Minneapolis 34 5 frz rain St. Louis 62 38 mst sunnyDenver 43 28 mixed New York 41 33 cloudy Washington, DC 46 34 cloudy

Moon Phases

NewMar 1

FirstMar 8

FullMar 16

LastMar 24

UV IndexFri3/73

Moderate

Sat3/83

Moderate

Sun3/94

Moderate

Mon3/10

3

Moderate

Tue3/11

2

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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Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (28), low past 24 hours (21) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri

3/7

43/22A mix of light rainand snow later in theday. High 43F.


Sat

3/8

31/22Clouds giving way tosun . Highs in thelow 30s and lows inthe low 20s.


Sun

3/9

52/37More sun thanclouds. Highs in thelow 50s and lows inthe upper 30s.


Mon

3/10

64/36More clouds thansun. Highs in the mid60s and lows in themid 30s.


Tue

3/11

49/28Showers possible.Highs in the upper40s and lows in theupper 20s.


Des Moines43/24

Cedar Rapids40/26

Sioux City37/15

Creston43/22

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 34 11 mixed Davenport 41 29 cloudy Marshaltown 36 21 mixedAtlantic 40 19 mixed Des Moines 43 24 mixed Mason City 34 12 mixedAubudon 40 19 mixed Dubuque 39 27 mixed Onawa 39 17 mixedCedar Rapids 40 26 rain Farmington 52 30 cloudy Oskaloosa 48 26 rainCenterville 49 27 rain Fort Dodge 35 13 mixed Ottumwa 50 28 rainClarinda 45 23 rain Ft Madison 50 30 pt sunny Red Oak 44 23 mixedClarion 34 13 mixed Guttenberg 38 24 mixed Sioux Center 33 10 frz rainClinton 41 27 rain Keokuk 51 32 pt sunny Sioux City 37 15 mixedCouncil Bluffs 43 21 mixed Lansing 38 22 mixed Spencer 33 9 mixedCreston 43 22 mixed LeMars 33 11 mixed Waterloo 35 22 mixed

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 58 39 rain Houston 67 51 pt sunny Phoenix 77 53 pt sunnyBoston 41 27 pt sunny Los Angeles 72 53 pt sunny San Francisco 62 50 pt sunnyChicago 42 26 pt sunny Miami 82 55 t-storm Seattle 51 47 rainDallas 68 48 pt sunny Minneapolis 34 5 frz rain St. Louis 62 38 mst sunnyDenver 43 28 mixed New York 41 33 cloudy Washington, DC 46 34 cloudy

Moon Phases

NewMar 1

FirstMar 8

FullMar 16

LastMar 24

UV IndexFri3/73

Moderate

Sat3/83

Moderate

Sun3/94

Moderate

Mon3/10

3

Moderate

Tue3/11

2

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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Driver’s licenseSchedule of driver’s license

examiners:Bedford: Monday through

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St.

Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Adams CountyCourthouse. Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Union CountyCourthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St.

Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St.

Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

ThursdayCelebrate 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 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. Caller Elaine Smuck. Baby picture contest.

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., Alzheimer’s Association office, 228 N. Pine St. For more infor-mation, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

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.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. open beginners meet-ing, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

MondayUnion County Board of

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

Greater Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, 9 a.m., Greater Regional Medical Center Classroom.

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.

Meeting Creston Park and Recre-

ation Board, 5:30 p.m. Tues-day, meal site, restored Cres-ton Depot.

Agenda includes: comedy show recap; Rainbow foun-tain and playground; lake clean-up.

Births Greater Regional Medical Center

Terry and Sara Bickford of Afton are parents of a son born March 4, 2014. Hunter Lee Bickford weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Mary Anne Hagen of Afton, Chuck and Peggy Erskine of Creston and Linda and Steve Hageman of Macksburg.

Great-grandparent is Rose-mary Waddell of Creston.

Sibling is Cooper, 9.— — — — — —

Matthew Clark and Jes-sica Ferber of Greenfield are parents of a daughter born March 4, 2014. Saw-yer Nicole Clark weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Grandparents are Nancy and Gary Ferber of Green-field and Teresa and Danny Clark of Creston.

Great-grandparents are Edna Rowe-Koogler of Pella and Phylis Stringer.

Brother is Mason Clark, 16 months.

Police Miscellaneous

Traffic stop, 9 a.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Suspicious person, 11:27 a.m., Wednesday, Osage Street.

Traffic stop, 11:52 a.m., Wednesday, North Lincoln Street.

Traffic stop, 12:03 p.m., Wednesday, North Lincoln Street.

Traffic stop, 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, North Cherry Street.

Accident, 1 p.m., Wednes-day, Laurel Street.

Accident, 3:27 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Harassing communication, 6:27 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Suspicious vehicle, 8:50 p.m., Wednesday, West Fre-mont Avenue

Accident No citations were issued

after an accident 1 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Walmart, 806 Laurel St.

According to a Creston Police report, David Al-len Brobst, 64, of Lorim-or, driving a 2003 Saturn, backed out of a parking spot in the Walmart park-ing lot, stopped in the lane, and did not have enough time to move before a 2004 Dodge driven by Amy Su-zanne Rothe, 25, 1003 S. Sumner St. Apt. 17, struck the rear passenger cor-ner of Brobst’s vehicle af-ter Rothe backed out of a parking spot.

Damage estimates are $1,000 to Brobst’s vehicle and $1,000 to Rothe’s ve-hicle.

Union County Sheriff

Courtney Darwin Lynam, 36, of Lorimor was charged on two Department of Cor-rections warrants for pro-bation violation on original charges of domestic abuse assault and third-degree bur-glary.

Lynam was being held in Union County Jail on no bond until initial appearance before the magistrate.

— — — — — —Patrick James Schenk, 33,

of Afton was charged on a Union County warrant for second-degree theft 12:11 a.m. today.

According to a Union County Sheriff report, Schenk rented a paint sprayer from True Value Hardware Center 9 a.m. Oct. 12. He failed to re-turn the item or make res-titution. Officers contacted Schenk, who said he would return it the week of Dec. 9, and officers advised an arrest warrant would be is-sued if he did not return the sprayer or make arrange-ments with True Value for its return. As of this date, Schenk had not contacted True Value or attempted to satisfy his rental agree-ment.

Schenk was being held on $5,000 bond.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $4.62Soybeans — $13.78• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $4.62Soybeans — $13.85

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Union County Democrats to hold county convention Union County Democrats

will hold its county conven-tion 9 a.m. Saturday at the restored Creston Depot.

Election of delegates and alternates to the district and

state conventions will be held. A county platform will be adopted to be forwarded to the district convention.

All Democrats are en-couraged to attend. There

will be discussion on topics of interest to the delegates, and information will be forwarded to the Demo-cratic leaders of the state of Iowa.

Temporary no parking zone posted in Afton

AFTON — Afton Po-lice Department is posting a no-parking zone for the 200 block of North Douglas Street between 4:30 p.m. to-day and 7:30 a.m. Friday so an oversized load can park there. The oversized load is 252-feet long, 18-feet wide and 18-feet tall.

Normal parking will re-sume Friday when the over-sized load leaves.

Creston middle school students win best of center awards at contest Five Creston middle

school students won best of center awards Saturday at Creston’s invitational middle school band solo/en-semble contest.

They are:

Center 1 – Sara Wil-liamson, tenor saxophone, eighth grade.

Center 2 – Emma Chris-tensen, flute, seventh grade.

Center 3 – Angela Walsh,

trombone, eighth grade (St. Malachy).

Center 4 – Bailey Hop-kins, mallets, eighth grade (St. Malachy).

Center 5 – Brittany Linch, trumpet, sixth grade.

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A few weeks ago, I bought a latte from Adams Street Espresso and went to work writing police and fire reports. I wasn’t paying attention, and hit my full cup of coffee. It toppled, coffee dribbled out and then the lid released itself from the cup and a good third of the liquid spilled all over my desk.

I never used to be a coffee drink-er, not until the past six months or so when I started getting drinks from coffee shops around Creston. So, when I spilled my latte, it was a horrible start to the day.

That is, until my boyfriend Rus-sel Finehout showed up in the of-fice holding a medium latte, full, exactly the same I got that morn-

ing.The following week, news from

University of Iowa, my alma mater, blew up when Iowa President Sally Mason made distasteful comments about a recent sexual assault on campus.

Mason said she would like the university to be rid of all sexual as-sault, but “that’s probably not a re-alistic goal, given human nature,” according to a Feb. 20 Daily Iowan

story.I have never had any direct or

indirect experience with sexual assault, and I am in a relationship where trust and respect prevail, but for someone of authority to say something like that makes me won-der what things we are teaching our society.

Then, something happened. University of Iowa students and alumni gathered in protest to Ma-son’s words and asked for a zero-tolerance approach to any sexual assault.

This protest, as well as other public and online ones, meld to-gether to become one giant chival-rous act in my eyes. These students

have found something worth fight-ing for, and immediately reacted. Both men and women responded to the university president’s com-ments because they want a change for the better within the univer-sity’s sphere.

I applaud these people. They have something to fight for, some-thing that has meaning to each and every one of them. While chivalry refers to a medieval institution of honor and moral codes, the con-cept still maintains some of its orig-inal meaning.

There is a large gap between something so small as Russ bring-ing me a cup of coffee and students of a large university protesting the

approach to sexual assault at their school, but the idea remains the same.

Both situations demonstrated a sense of kindness for others. Both were meaningful in some way. One was a large, public ordeal and the other was just a small thing, but they both were thoughtful.

I understand comparing a cup of coffee to a university protest isn’t the best example, but I’m a firm believer that using relative things to explain something will help it hit home that much harder. But no matter what, I can say I agree with the protest’s ferocity and passion, and I admire the chivalry in Russ’ choice to bring me coffee.

Matthew McConaughey stunned at the Oscars

HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

The Academy Awards on ABC drew the largest TV audience in ten years Sunday. There are al-ways some hurt feelings after the show. The makers of Twelve Years a Slave accepted the Oscar for best picture without giving any credit to the Confederacy for mak-ing it all possible.

Matthew McConaughey stunned at the Oscars by thanking God in his acceptance speech Sunday. The world audience wasn’t what it might have been. Vladimir Pu-tin canceled the Oscars broadcast in Russia and in the mood he’s in don’t get your hopes up for the Tony Awards.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel charged Tuesday Vladimir Putin has lost touch with reality. He persecutes homosexuals in his own country and then he enters another country through the back door. When you think about it, those shirtless photos were a dead giveaway.

Senate Republicans took turns blasting President Obama Monday for not confronting the Russians more directly than he has. Say what you will about George W. Bush, he wouldn’t have stood for Russia’s aggression in the Ukraine. He would have invaded New Zea-land by now.

USA Today reported on a re-cent geography poll which found that sixty-four percent of the world’s young people can’t identify Ukraine on a map of the world. So Putin’s attitude is, who’s going to miss it? This is what happens when the Russians don’t win a medal in hockey.

Vladimir Putin exiled a beauti-ful Russian news anchor to the Crimea after she criticized Rus-

sia’s invasion of Crimea on the air. It was an anomaly. Putin began hiring conservative gorgeous wom-en to anchor the news six years ago and CNN is as dead in Russia as it is in the U.S.

Vladimir Putin told reporters Tuesday that Ukrainian nation-alists are fascists and neo-Nazis and anti-Semitic. It looks like Pu-tin beat Obama to the draw once again. In the court of public opin-ion the moral high ground goes to the first guy to say he’s fighting the Nazis.

The Kentucky Baptist Conven-tion asked churches give shotguns to new members as part of its new Redneck Outreach program . It’s a strict crowd. Last weekend a hundred Southern Baptists were stranded on Treasure Island in Disneyland because they refused to take the ferry.

A California federal appeals court upheld a high school’s ban on its students wearing U.S. flags on their clothing on Cinco de Mayo. Blame it on democracy. It’s galling to California Anglos that they can’t wear the U.S. flag on a Mexican holiday, but this is Amer-ica, majority rules.

Olympic amputee bladerunner Oscar Pistorious went on trial inPretoria for murdering his girl-friend. It looks bad. A neighbortestified she saw someone running from the scene of the murder andlisted his height as somewhere between five-foot-eleven andeight-foot-three.

Girl on fireBailey Poolmanstaff writer

TopicalhumorArgus Hamilton

March Creston Chamber of Commerce happenings

The chamber works very hard to promote and showcase Creston, as well as being a leadership orga-nization, which works to unify and map a course for Creston’s future development. With this in mind, I would like to continue sharing information on another commit-tee within the Creston Chamber of Commerce.

The Image Enhancement Com-mittee, which meets monthly, is made up of chamber members, representatives of the city council and other concerned citizens who continually strive to enhance Cres-ton. The goal of this committee is to create and maintain a positive image of Creston through beauti-fication, restoration and enhance-ment activities. As you can see from the list below, this group has been quite active over the past sev-eral years.

In the past, this group has spurred many projects that are in place to-day or have taken place. These include the citywide commercial loan program, junk car ordinance, mowing ordinance, Gold Star and Hi-Five Honor honors, junk hous-es awareness, Iowana refurbishing, garbage for renters, started the Welcome to Creston sign project with Trees Forever, flower pots in Creston, street cleaning and snow removal in Uptown area – odd even parking to make this pos-sible, Clean Sweep Days, Citywide

community banners, Yards and Areas of the Month, Paint Cres-ton Project in 2007 and 2011, 2012 and 2013, totaling 19 homes in that four-year period, assisted in updat-ing citywide Christmas decorations with city and the removal of Kum & Go building along Highway 34.

On an ongoing basis the Image Enhancement Committee is:

• Continuing the Paint Creston Beautification Project – details for 2014 Paint Creston will be avail-able in late March

• Continuing to collaborate and work with other groups and organi-zations in maintaining and improv-ing the image of Creston — City of Creston, UCDA, FFA, etc.

• Continuing to work with city and others on buildings, yards and homes in disrepair and other nui-sances

• Continuing Yards of the Month, Areas of the Month and Flower Pots of the Month

The Image Enhancement Com-mittee is seeking input on areas that you think this group could assist with to make a difference in Creston. If you have an idea, please call me at the chamber with

your thoughts. I look forward to talking with you.

Upcoming Legislative Coffee:The final legislative coffee of this

session will be April 5. The coffee provides you with an excellent op-portunity to ask your legislators questions you may have, or just listen to what your elected officials have to say. They begin at 8 a.m. in the meal site at the restored depot in Uptown Creston and last for an hour. The coffees are free and the public is invited to attend.

Hi-Five Honorees:The following individuals were

honored with the Hi-Five Honor in March. They are Gary and Josh Riley, Central Plains Electric and Russ Wood. Congratulations to you all.

The Hi-Five for service allows us to recognize those who make shop-ping and doing business in Creston a rewarding and positive experi-ence. Please call the chamber with your honoree.

Gold Star Business Honored:The chamber honored Supertel

Inn and Conference Center, 800 Laurel St., as the March Gold Star Business in Creston. They were nominated by a fellow Crestonian because of the appearance both in-side and out of their property. Con-gratulations.

Please call the chamber to ac-knowledge a business property.

Have a great month.

CrestonChamberEllen GerharzExecutive Director

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CHURCHCHURCH Afton

ASSEMBLY 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.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. worship. Monday, preschool. Tuesday, preschool. Wednesday, preschool; 6 p.m. Wednesday school. Thursday (3/13), 5:30 p.m. Faith and Fitness Group, contact Linda Grandfield.

ArispeUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship;

Sharing of Talent with the Lord; potluck following. Monday, 1 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. breakfast. Thursday (3/13), 9 a.m. Quilters; 2 p.m. WCF.

BeaconsfieldUNITED METHODIST

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

vice.

ClearfieldAREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

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

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school. Weednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA.

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; 6:30 p.m. evening 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.

RIVER OF LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641-

782-4236, e-mail [email protected].

Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Men’s breakfast at church. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school classes for all ages; 10:35 a.m. morning wor-ship, Communion Sunday, mes-sage “Nehemiah 1101”; 5 p.m. Lenten service hosted for com-munity churches. Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring your coffee mug. WiFi and mini muffins included. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanc-tuary; 7 p.m. Family Night activi-ties; adult Bible study, “Hidden in Christ,” Colossians 3, sanctu-ary; CYOF, youth room, lower level; Kids Klub, fellowship hall. Thursday (3/13), 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring your coffee mug. WiFi and mini muf-fins included.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie, evangelist.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service; 7 p.m. J.O.Y. class adult study hour. Wednesday, 7 p.m. youth group at 216 N. Walnut St., adult group at the church.

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

Sunday, Outreach International offering; 9:15 a.m. praise and inspiration, Powells; 9:30 a.m. prayer service, Gary O’Daniels; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Ray Powell, presider; Joe Shelton, speaker.

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

Today, 6 p.m. Celebrate Recovery; 6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible study (Spindler’s home). Friday, 8:30 a.m. “Operation World” prayer meeting; 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study (fellowship hall). Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (all ages); 10:45 a.m. wor-ship; 6 p.m. adult Bible study. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. TeamKid; youth group; new Adult Bible study.

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

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; 3 p.m. Melody Makers and Faithful Followers choir practices; 6 p.m. Melody Makers choir musi-cal presentation “The Kingdom Chronicles.” Monday, 6:30 p.m. Membership Essentials class, welcome center. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Triumphant Praise choir rehearsal (senior high); 6:30 p.m. AWANA clubs; junior high trek; senior high youth group; prayer meeting and adult Bible study.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St., Dianna Clark, pas-tor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. adult and chil-dren’s Sunday school; 10 a.m. 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, interim pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m. Deer meat HUSH pick-up. Friday, 1:30 p.m. Crafting workshop. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship with Communion; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school; 3 to 4:30 p.m. Confirmation classes. Monday, 5:30 p.m. Mission. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stitch, Knit and Quilt; 6:30 p.m. Christian Education. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Lenten Bible study, “Give up Something Bad for Lent”; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m. Session meeting.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor, Jim W. Morris, associate pastor. Call 641-782-2427 for a ride.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship servic-es; 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 rehearsal. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men.

GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna and Tyrone Davis, 515-249-3364.

Monday through Saturday, 8

to 10 a.m. prayer and worship. Today, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Women’s service. Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire service. Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Men of Christ break-fast (first and third of month); noon Saturday Sack Lunch for Kids; 2 to 3:30 p.m. drama/dance practice for youth; 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday Night Live for youth. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice; 6:30 p.m. evening service. Monday, 5 p.m. Monday Night Meal. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. evening service. Wednesday, 5 to 6 p.m. Intercessory prayer.

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

Saturday, 4 to 5 p.m. Confession; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Confession; 9 a.m. Mass.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Gideon Gallo, pastor, Jim W. Morris, associate pastor.

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

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,” 417 Wyoming Ave. The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515-473-2527.

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

P LA T TE CE N TE R PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 6 miles south on P27 (High and Dry Road), 1 mile west, one-fourth mile south, Delores Doench, pas-tor.

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

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-782-2920, Ben McIntire, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net. Blog: www.benmcintire.word-press.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school and adult education; 10 a.m. wor-ship service with Communion; 5:30 p.m. ALPHA course. Monday, 6 p.m. Finance. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, noon Bible study; 6 p.m. choir; 7 p.m. Lenten service; 8 p.m. Worship and Music. Thursday (3/13), 6 p.m. Council.

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 service and Sunday School. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday service.

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 with Holy Communion; 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes. Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6:30 p.m. LifeLight Bible study. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. pre-school; 1:30 p.m. LifeLight Bible study. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m. Confirmation classes. Thursday (3/13), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

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

Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, No Sunday school; 10:45 a.m. worship. Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon Pastor Jim’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table; 6:15 p.m. Lenten Bible study, “24 Hours to Change the World. “ Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

CromwellCONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school; 5 p.m. Lenten service at Assembly of God. Monday, 12:30 p.m. prayer group; 1 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. Men’s breakfast; 1 p.m. Quilters; 7:30 p.m. Council meeting.

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, Robin Thomas, pastor. Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

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

GreenfieldCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP

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

Today, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Men’s Fraternity: “The Quest for Authentic Manhood”; 7 to 9 p.m. “Beloved Disciple” Women’s Bible study. Friday, 11 a.m. J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth). Saturday, 2 to 6 p.m. Iowa Unplugged in Greenfield, games for the family. Sunday, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. wor-ship service; 11:10 a.m. to noon Christian Living classes; noon Elders and Deacons meetings; 2 p.m. church reserved; 6 to 8 p.m. The 20s/30s group; Banks/Thompons group; Homebuilders and The Truth Project; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Marriage Oneness. Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m. Mom’s Time Out. Wednesday, 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. CYC (Cornerstone Youth Choir); 6:20 to 8 p.m. AWANA; 7 to 8:45 p.m. youth group.

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

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation (preK-eighth grades). Thursday (3/13), 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 closet open; 6:30 p.m. worship service. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

LacelleUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pas-tor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

LenoxCHRISTIAN CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 107 W. Temple St., Brian Kleinschrodt, pastor.


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, 4 miles north, 4 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, 11 a.m. worship; noon Open Table. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Creative Group.

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, pas-tor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice with supervised nurs-ery during church; 10 a.m.Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

MurrayBAPTIST CHURCH, Alex

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

school; 11 a.m. and 7 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.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship services; 7 p.m. BibleStudy. Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. JAM for elementary ages; 7 p.m. junior and senior high youth groups.

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. Sunday school and adult Bible study. Wednesday, 3:15 p.m. J.A.M. (Wednesday school), Methodist Church.

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, Robin Thomas, pastor.Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday

school; 10:30 a.m. worship.

Prime Time Connection luncheon planned

St. John’s UCC to host soup supper

Presbyterian Deacons distribute free deer meat

Creston Prime Time Connection invites all women to a luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St.

Carol Ruth Newsom of Lincoln, Neb., will share how to find peace no mat-ter what happens. Her talk is titled “Trials, Tears and Triumph.”

Lois Houghtaling of Greenfield will share about raising goats.

Cost is $7.50.For reservations, call

782-8478 or 641-743-2877 by Sunday. Reservations are to be used, given to a friend or canceled.

Prime Time Connection is affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries.

An all-you-can-eat soup supper will be held 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 601 S. Maple St.

Menu includes ham and beans and vegetable beef

soups, corn bread, relish tray, pie and drink.

Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children, and children younger than 5, free.

There will be drawings for door prizes.

The First Presbyterian Church Deacons will con-tinue free deer meat distri-bution (HUSH program) through the month of March.

Deacons distribute the

meat 4 to 6 p.m. Thurs-days at First Presbyterian Church, 702 W. Prairie St.

Take advantage now. The lockers will be running out of deer meat in the next few weeks.

Friday, March 7, 2014ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Your attempts to explore real-estate deals or improve your home have been stalled in the water. As of today, you have the green light to go forward. Yay!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Recently, you have felt like you were spinning your wheels. But today, your optimism has returned because you see that you can do what you want. Excellent!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) As of today, your chance to improve your income will increase. Continue to look for ways to get a better job or make money on the side. Or perhaps get a raise.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You have been trying to pull things together, and as of today, you feel you finally are back on track. Feels good! Go forward with optimism and high hopes.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Many things have stirred your interest in spirituality and your inner world in the past year. Today, however, you feel more hopeful and are looking for-ward to the future.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) A group or perhaps a friend is ready to commit to helping you now. Delays are past. Trust that other people are on your side. (Finally!)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You make a great impression on others now; however, lately things have been stalled in the water. You should know that as of today, they will go forward, which is good news for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Travel plans look promis-ing. You also might make new headway in matters related to publishing, the media, higher education, medicine and the law.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) If others have been reluctant to help you -- finan-cially, physically or psychologi-cally -- this will now be a thing of the past. Ask for what you want, because you might get it!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Relationships can improve nicely now. (You knew this was possible.) Since the brakes are off, life will move more smoothly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Beginning today, look for increased opportunities to

improve your job or get a bet-ter job. The wind is at your back now, which makes it easy to row forward.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Make plans for a vaca-tion! All Pisces are going to kick up their

heels and have fun this year. Romance looks promising as well.

YOU BORN TODAY You are imaginative and conceptual, which is why you have the skill

to bring the abstract into the concrete. Despite your fanta-sies, what you often create are practical applications. You are careful about who you can trust, because you are sensi-tive (and you are giving). Good news! This year might be one of the most powerful years of your life. Dream big!

Birthdate of: E.L. James, author; Jenna Fischer, actress; Piet Mondrian, artist.

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Dear Readers: CARBON-MONOXIDE DETECTORS should be installed in every household. Designed to alert residents to carbon-monoxide gas (which is colorless and odorless), these detectors help prevent poisoning, which can lead to sickness or even death. Here are some hints from the Consumer Product Safety Commission:

• Install detectors inside each bedroom of the house, or within 15 feet of each bed-room. Make sure to follow manufacturer’s instructions for installation, as instructions will vary with different mod-els.

• Have the water heater and furnace checked annually by a professional to make sure they are operating normally.

• NEVER use a portable generator or charcoal grill in-side the home or garage.

• Know the symptoms of poisoning: fatigue, dizziness, nausea and headache. If an alarm sounds, open all win-dows and get everyone out of the house. Call 911 once everyone is safely outside. DO NOT call from inside the house!

Newer carbon-monoxide detectors can last for five to six years. Make sure to test them regularly and replace

the batteries when needed. — Heloise

THICKER HAIRDear Heloise: My silver-

gray hair often looks thin when it is not. My hint for in-dividuals with light hair:

The simple act of rubbing a little cornstarch or any white powder through the hair will add volume and give greater control. It is best to place a small amount in the palms of the hands and gradually start working through dry hair. Re-peat this process until all areas have been treated, then brush or comb through the hair to remove excess.

My hair shows more thick-ness and manages easier. Since the cornstarch absorbs oil, it is a fast way to freshen up my hair when there is no time to shampoo. — Linda W., Pittsboro, Miss.

KITCHEN TAPEDear Heloise: The best

thing I have found to keep in my kitchen drawer is a roll of masking tape. The tape can be used to tape up and seal

all kinds of things: wax paper, plastic bags, box lids, trash wrapped in newspaper, can lids and so on. The tape can be pulled off and put right back on a number of times over. — Marshall W. in Ohio

Yep! My hint, too, but I use purple duct tape! — Heloise

SAVE THE SPRAYDear Heloise: My wife had

spray nozzles stop up, and the product would no longer spray out. She was going to throw it away, but I stopped her. I took off the nozzle, removed the tube and placed the spray tip in a container of hot tap water — not boiling, but hot. I left it for a few minutes, replaced the plastic tube and reat-tached the nozzle. Lo and be-hold, it sprays like new. This will work for most any type of aerosol, with the exceptions of glue and paint. — Charles L., via email

Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Anto-nio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to [email protected]. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column.

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Do You Know Your Creston Businesses?

Congrats to Linda Collings of Orient! She is the winner of $100 in News Bucks

Out of only 3 correct forms, Linda’s was picked in a random drawing.

Watch the Creston News Advertiser for more “Know Your Business” contests.

Thanks for participating!Keep this page as a directory to contact

these Creston businesses.

“Reuse-Repurpose, Recyle-Renew”

She-Nae’s Rescued and Renewed311 W. Montgomery, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-2252

“We Do Shots!”

Adams Street Espresso213 W. Adams, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-5353

“Thank You For Shopping Local”

Office Machines Company110 N. Elm, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-8464

“A Name You Can Trust”

Carter Agency - Insurance & Real Estate208 N. Maple, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-8516

“Serving Iowa’s Best Farmers.”

Farmer’s Cooperative Co.1001 E. Mills, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-7202

“Building Your Dreams.”

Winterstien Construction205 S. Elm, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-2702

“Everything For Your Land”

Agri Vision710 E. Taylor (Hwy. 34), Creston, IA 50801

641-782-7032

“Creston’s Oldest and Largest Furniture Store”

Coen’s Furniture121 N. Maple, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-2121

“Our Prices Will FLOOR You”

J&A Flooring804 S. Mulberry, Creston, IA 50801

641-278-1044

“Well Worth The Drive”

Quilts & Other Notions209 W. Montgomery, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-8874

“Keeping You Informed”

Creston Radio1409 Hwy. 34 W, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-2155

“T-Mobile Affiliate”

Iwireless200 N. Elm, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-8971

“Get a Homerun Hair Cut Here!”

The Bullpen Barber Shop205 N. Walnut, Creston, IA 50801

641-344-7987

“We Create Memories”

Kilgore’s RV601 Sheldon Ave., Creston, IA 50801

641-782-5513

“A Healthy, Efficient Home Starts With Us!”

J&J Plumbing, Heating, & A/C, LLC211 S. Elm, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-7852

“Marine, RV & Truck Accessories”

Big Boyz Toyz900 S. Division, Creston, IA 50801

641-782-6104

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Former Emporia State standout takes over SWCC volleyballBy LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

The all-time setting assist leader of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic As-sociation (MIAA) and the league’s player of the year in 2008 will take over the Southwestern Community College volleyball program next week.

Ting Liu, most recently an assistant coach at Divi-sion I nationally-qualifier Hutchinson (Kan.) Com-munity College, begins du-ties Monday at SWCC as a residence hall coordinator at Spartan Hall and head volleyball coach.

She succeeds Melissa Blessington, whose swift re-building effort in three years culminated in a fifth-place finish at the Division II na-tional tournament last fall. Blessington led the team to a 37-10 mark in 2013 to finish a three-year overall

record of 72-52. She earned Region D Coach of the Year honors.

Bill Krejci, SWCC athlet-ic director, said Liu is mov-ing to Creston with her hus-band, Liang Zhang, who was a graduate assistant coach at Emporia State. He is finish-ing his graduate work, while Liu recently completed her master’s degree.

Krejci said Liu was one of two candidates interviewed from a larger pool of viable

applicants, and he came away convinced she is the perfect choice to continue building what Blessing-ton developed in her three years.

“She interviewed re-ally well and brings a back-ground of volleyball from the time she was about 6 years old,” Krejci said, “through her club teams in China, then playing semi-professionally before she came over to the (United) States and went to Emporia State. She was a two-time All-American and the all-time assists leader in the MIAA.”

Liu has been the assistant volleyball coach at Hutchin-son Community College for one year. Before that, she was a graduate assistant at Emporia State for the vol-leyball team while complet-ing her master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation. She has a

bachelor’s degree in busi-ness and accounting from Emporia State.

Liu has coached club vol-leyball and assisted with camps at Emporia State, Hutchinson Community College and University of Missouri.

Before beginning her coaching career, Liu had sig-nificant playing experience in China and the United States. She was a member of the Beijing women’s volley-ball team from 2001-2005, a volunteer player for the U.S. national women’s vol-leyball team in 2006, and a member of the Emporia State University team from 2007-2010.

She was the MIAA player of the year in 2008 and fresh-man of the year in 2007.

“Coach Liu brings a burn-ing passion for excellence to the volleyball program at Southwestern,” Krejci said. “I am confident she will con-

tinue the academic and ath-letic success associated with SWCC volleyball.”

Blessington coached 10 Academic All-Region players during her time at SWCC.

Krejci said the college is in communication with high school players who were planning to play at SWCC under Blessington, as well as the few freshmen who were on the 2013 Spartan roster. Among those is All-Ameri-can setter Cassidy Yong.

In the meantime, Liu has recruiting duties as soon as she gets on campus, Krejci said.

“I know she’s anxious to get started, and we’re thank-ful Hutchinson released her early so she could join us right away,” Krejci said. “We might get into the in-ternational market a little bit, which if you’ve seen the teams in our league lately, is becoming more prevalent.”

Ting Liu

Krejci to lead baseball clinics in Russia Spartan season endsin regional defeatBy LARRY

PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

Bill Krejci’s next duty for USA Baseball is taking him to Russia next week.

The Southwestern Com-munity College athletic di-rector and former baseball coach will arrive in Mos-cow, Russia on Tuesday af-ter giving a hitting clinic in Carroll this weekend. His tour of clinics and a Rus-sian national team workout ends on March 19.

Krejci will join Bob Pro-texter of Sioux City, who arrived in Russia during the Winter Olympics. The former Spartan coach will serve as head speaker and clinician for a three-day coaches seminar, with one day to include softball as well.

Krejci will serve another three days working in a camp setting and helping with the evaluation pro-cess for the Russian Na-tional Baseball Teams of all ages. He will also appear at a press conference at the Russian Olympic Commit-tee in Moscow, followed by meetings with Russian baseball officials and sports officials to help develop the sport in a nation where it did not exist 30 years ago.

Krejci and Protexter have been invited to Moscow by Alexander Nizov, Russian baseball coach and a for-mer minor league player in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim system.

Krejci was head base-ball coach at SWCC for 22

years, compiling a school-record 543wins. He has been athletic director since 2000.

Since 1996, Krejci has been affiliated with USA Baseball, the national gov-erning body for amateur baseball in the United States. In 1996 and 1997 Krejci serves as a trials coach for the USA national 18-and-under team.

He then coached with the USA national 16-and-un-der team for two summers, as assistant coach in 1998 and field manage in 1999, leading the United States to an undefeated record at the PAL World Series.

During the summer of 2000, Krejci was field man-ager for the USA 18-under team that won the silver medal in the World Junior Championship in Edmon-

ton, Canada.He was assistant coach

for the 2009 18-under team that won the organization’s first gold medal in the Ju-nior Pan American Games in Venezuela.

Overall, Krejci has helped lead his teams to two gold medals, two sliv-ers a PAL World Series title, three undefeated sum-mers and an overall record of 40-3 as USA Baseball coach.

Last year he served as business manager for the first ever 12-under USA national team that won the gold medal in Chinese Tai-pei.

Through USA base-ball activities, Krejci has coached 11 players who are now playing major league baseball, including Joe Mauer, Bryce Harper and J.J. Hardy.

He continues his work with USA Baseball as a special advisor and talent evaluator for Team USA of various age groups.

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

ESTHERVILLE — Trail-ing just 17-15 at halftime, the Southwestern men were in a position to contend with 17th-ranked Iowa Lakes in the Region XI Division II quarterfinals Tuesday night.

But in the end, a team down to an eight-player ro-tation couldn’t shoot well enough to hang with the Lakers in a 52-36 loss. A series of consecutive ille-gal screen violations also opened the door for Iowa Lakes to open a margin in outscoring the Spartans 35-21 during the second half.

“In the first half we were in what I would call an ultra delay,” coach Mike Holmes said. “We knew we couldn’t go very deep in our rotation, and it’s just how we felt we had a chance to get them on their home court. The guys executed it very well.”

Midway through the sec-ond half it was still a four-point game, until a critical sequence for the Spartans.

“We got nailed on three il-legal screens in four posses-sions,” Holmes said. “That took it from a four-point game to nine points right there. That (deficit) be-comes tough to overcome at that pace.”

Freshman forward Tan-ner Kellogg of Albia paced the Spartans with 13 points. Freshman center Mataika Koyamainavure contributed nine points and a team-high nine rebounds.

The Spartans couldn’t produce the shooting neces-sary for pulling off the up-set, going just 2-of-18 from 3-point range and 30.8 per-cent overall from the field.

On the bright side, Holmes returns a nucleus

of five freshmen for next year, losing sophomores Jared Theis, transfer Eliott Hamdeed and Dusty Lyden of M o u n t Ayr. Theis was a two-year regu-lar in the S p a r t a n lineup.

“Jared had the knowl-edge of being in our system for a year, and was helpful in trying to teach the guys,” Holmes said. “Elliott did not have that year in our system, but he did have a year of col-lege, and he did a good job of keeping the guys going forward in some tough cir-cumstances.”

The Spartans finished at 8-22, while Iowa Lakes advances at 22-8. In other quarterfinal games, top-seeded DMACC rolled past Clinton 90-62, Iowa Central edged Ellsworth 78-074 and Kirkwood got past NIACC 75-71 in overtime.

IOWA LAKES (52) — Deondra Parks 5 5-5 15, Latrell Love 4 4-7 12, Justin Sloter 3 0-0 7, Diamontae McKinley 3 0-0 6, Jake Jenssen 0 4-4 4, Emmanuiel Golong 1 0-0 3, Tate Harmon 1 0-0 3, Colton Neff 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 13-16 52. FG shooting — 18-55 (32.7 percent). 3-point goals — 3-18 (Harmon 1, Golong 1, Sloter 1). Rebounds — 33 (Neff 6, Parks 5, Janssen 5, Boggs 4. Assists — 12 (McKinley 3, Harmon 3). Steals — 8 (McKinley 3). Blocked shots — 1 (Parks 1). Turnovers — 10. Team fouls — 13. Fouled out — None.

SOUTHWESTERN (36) — Tanner Kellogg 5 3-3 13, Mataika Koyamainavure 3 2-2 9, Jared Theis 2 3-4 7, Elliott Hamdeed 1 2-2 5, Nick Lenhard 1 0-0 2. Totals — 12 10-11 36. FG shooting — 12-39 (30.8 percent). 3-point goals — 2-18 (Koyamainavure 1, Hamdeed 1). Rebounds — 25 (Koyamainavure 9, Kellogg 6, Theis 5). Assists — 12 (Lenhard 6, Theis 3). Blocked shots — 1 (Koyamainavure 1). Turnovers — 8. Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — Koyamainavure.

IOWA LAKES — 17 52SWCC — 15 36

Contributed photoBill Krejci has presented many baseball clinics during his career at Southwestern and for USA Baseball. Next week he will lead a series of instructional clinics for coaches in Russia, and supervise Russian national team workouts.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Intensity:Dalton Calkins of Southwest Valley (right) locks up with Treyten Rath in their consolation semifinal match at 155 pounds in Class A. Calkins lost a 4-2 deci-sion to Rath, but bounced back to pin Nashua-Plainfield’s Landon Pratt in the fifth-place match at the AAU State Wrestling Meet at Wells Fargo Arena last weekend. Area results will be published in Friday’s News Advertiser.

Patton on 1A Select TeamMurray’s girls basketball

team garnered some post-season recognition from the Iowa Girls Coaches Asso-ciation.

All-district teams were re-leased, with Murray seniors Kate Pat-ton and M e g a n Oswald se-lected on the Class 1A South d i s t r i c t team.

P a t t o n was also chosen as a mem-ber of the Class 1A Select Team for the IGCA All-Star Series April 5-6 at Kirkwood Community College in Ce-dar Rapids. London Vais of

Adair-Casey is also on that squad scheduled to face the 2A Select Team at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6.

The all-district announce-ment also included Mur-ray coach Jerry Shelds as Coach of the Year in Class 1A South District. The Mus-tangs were 20-3 this season, losing in the regional semi-finals to state qualifier Bed-ford, 59-54.

Patton scored 429 points as a senior, surpassing 1,000 as the school’s career leader with an 18.7 average as a se-nior. She also had 139 steals and 99 assists in 23 games.

Oswald averaged 11.2 points and had a team-high 201 rebounds.

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Duke’s eight-game winning streak over Wake For-est, starting in January 2009, ended Wednesday.

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N-F advancesDES MOINES — For

the fifth time since 1997, Newell-Fonda’s sea-son will end in the state championship game.

Now, the Mustangs can address their one piece of unfinished busi-ness — winning a state title.

Top-ranked Newell-Fonda, which defeated Bedford 73-37 in Mon-day’s first round, got a double-double from Claudia Larsen and blew into the Class 1A championship game with a 65-34 victory Wednesday night over No. 4 Colo-NESCO.

Larsen put up 20 points and 20 rebounds while playing only 22 minutes. Renee Mane-man and Brianna Wells each scored 10 points for the Mustangs, with Maneman adding five rebounds and four as-sists.

Newell-Fonda is now 24-2 and will play for the title at 6 p.m. Friday. The Mustangs lost in their four previous trips to the finals -- in 1997, 2000, 2008 and last year.

Colo-NESCO finishes with a 24-2 record.Huskers win

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Walter Pitch-ford and Shavon Shields each scored 17 points Wednesday, and Ne-braska’s defense held off Indiana’s second-half rally for a 70-60 victory.

The Cornhuskers (18-11, 10-7 Big Ten) have won seven of eight and this one strengthened their resume for the NCAA’s selection com-mittee. It’s also the first time in six tries Nebras-ka has won in Blooming-ton.

Indiana (17-13, 7-10) was led by Troy Wil-liams with 18 points and Will Sheehey with 13. But it wasn’t enough to avoid a second straight Senior Night loss. Noah Vonleh missed his sec-ond straight game with inflammation in his left foot.

Nebraska now has 10 conference wins and two season sweeps over league rivals for the first time since 1998-99. The victory also assures the Cornhuskers of finish-ing in the top five in the league standings.GPAC honors

SIOUX CITY — At-lantic graduate and Dordt freshman Dalton Franken was honored as the Great Plains Athlet-ic Conference Freshman of the Year Wednesday.

The former Trojan started every game this year on his way to av-eraging 15.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Franken also had 40 as-sists and 16 steals for the GPAC regular season champion.

In addition, Franken was picked to the second team All-GPAC. Also, Northwestern senior Zack Leeper (Adair-Casey) was selected to the first team All-GPAC. Nebraska Wes-leyan’s Tim Schweitzer (Bedford) received hon-orable mention.

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PHOENIX REWIND

CUP POINTS

Kevin Harvick has 24 Cup Series wins. Five of those have been scored at Phoenix International Raceway — the latest came Sunday when he cap-tured The Profi t on CNBC 500K. This victory made Harvick the winningest Cup Series driver in the history of Phoenix.

Leading 224 of the 312 laps, Harvick averaged 109.229 mph and held off attacks from Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2012 Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, and mongoose-like Joey Logano. At the checkered fl ag, Harvick was 0.489 of a second — about fi ve car lengths — ahead of Earnhardt.

The winner was especially pleased since it was just his second race with Stewart-Haas Racing af-ter spending 13 years at Richard Childress Racing without winning the Cup championship.

“Man, this just solidifi es so many things and so many decisions,” Harvick said. “It’s been so much work with all the time and effort that these guys have put in, but what a race car. (Crew chief) Rod-ney Childers has just done a phenomenal job of putting this team together. These guys all want to win. That’s why they came here. That’s why I came here, too.”

Where does Harvick have his second-most track victories? At Richmond, where he has scored three wins since 2001.

DANICA LEADS THE WAYDanica Patrick has crashed out of the fi rst two

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races of 2014, but she leads stock-car racing in one very important category — Twitter followers. Patrick became the

fi rst Cup Series driver to surpass the 1 million mark in Twitter followers in the past two weeks. Of course, she can expect stiff competition from Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the social-media race. Earnhardt activated his @DaleJr account after he won the Daytona 500 and immediately had 200,000 fol-lowers. That number rises each day. As the Twitter race heats up between Patrick and Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson remains in second place on the Cup Series list with 530,000 followers. Patrick’s boyfriend, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., has about 130,000 followers, while over in the IndyCar Series Juan Pablo Montoya leads the pack with 800,000 or so followers. Which brings to mind this saying: Lead, follow or Tweet yourself out of the way.

THANKS FOR NOT ASKINGTony Stewart has been on the mend since last

August, when he shattered his right leg in a sprint car accident on a dinky dirt oval in the Midwest. His recovery has been slow and taxing. Two weeks into the 2014 season, he has tired of talking about it.

“I’ll be honest, I’ll be more happy when every-body quits asking me how I feel,” Stewart told the media at Phoenix. “I’m not 100 percent. I’m not go-ing to be 100 percent for a while. It was fi ne. There wasn’t any drama, same as we said for the (Sprint Unlimited), same as we said for the qualifying race and same as we said after the (Daytona) 500. I appreciate everybody checking on me, but it’s not going to change in a week.”

Stewart will answer the question again — yes, next week.

The desert fox

AP/ROSS D. FRANKLIN

This is what a racing honeymoon looks like. Nothing makes racers and race-team owners happier than winning races. Judging from his record, Kevin Harvick has done a lot of hugging at Phoenix.

AP/ROSS D. FRANKLIN

Talk about your high maintenance … she carries Bear Bond tape.

Time to panic? Or is it ‘Danic?’After checking the offi cially licensed

Meter of Anxiety, it appears to be hold-ing right in the middle, at “Anxious,” which is better than “Panic” but worse than “Mildly Concerned.” After getting caught up in another wreck at Phoenix, Danica Patrick’s No. 10 car is 41st in owner points, and since the seven provisional starting spots each week — following this week at Las Vegas — will be handed out based on the current owner-points standings … um, a good roll in Vegas would help her cause.

And the other Danica issue?Maybe she’s following the lead of

team owner Tony Stewart, who has been known to storm away from the track without comment after a particu-larly frustrating situation. But as tough as it can be, drivers have to know that NASCAR’s fortunes were largely built by the availability of drivers, regardless of their present mood. Hurrying to the airport and issuing a media statement through the PR team might make good sense for your personal psyche, but it does the industry no good.

Who’s Aleia Wolfe’s OB/GYN?Good question. Aleia, wife of Brad

Keselowski’s crew chief Paul Wolfe, gave birth to a baby boy Sunday morn-ing. Paul left Kez’s pit box to be by his wife’s side. All of the drivers’ babies in recent years were born in the off-season or an early weekday, meaning no tough decisions to make on a race weekend. The “miracles” of modern obstetrics apparently don’t fi lter down to the crew.

Winner: Carl EdwardsRest of the top fi ve: Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Tony StewartDark horse: Brian Vickers

Disappointment: Kevin HarvickFirst one out: Michael McDowellDon’t be surprised if: Drivers gamble on a fuel run to score the victory.

AP/ROSS D. FRANKLIN

Not a bank robber — nor, apparently, driver of getaway car.

More bad luck for Danica. Any advice?GODSPEAK: Keep your chin up and the gas pedal down. This is just a spate of bad luck.KEN’S CALL: She was running 24th at Phoenix when she wrecked. Advice: Fewer wrecks happen near the front.

Any early opinion on the new qualifying format?GODSPEAK: It’s much better than single-car (yawn) qualifying. You’ve got to love the group-qualifying, knock-out-round concept.KEN’S CALL: I defy anyone to know what to think yet. Give it some more time, then ask.

DANICAPATRICK

JUSTINALLGAIER

Danica Patrick vs. Justin Allgaier: They made contact, which led to Pat-rick blowing a tire and crashing, which led Patrick to confront Allgaier after the Phoenix race.Godwin Kelly gives his take: “When you crash out of a race and a team-mate wins, that magnifi es the anger factor. This may not be over.”

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Looking like bell cow at

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JUNIOR EARNHARDT

Are Junior Mints named

for him

BRADKESELOWSKIMiddle name

is Aaron

JEFFGORDON

Finishes fi fth this week in

Vegas

JIMMIE JOHNSON

Going through the motions,

for now

KYLEBUSCHWins his

“home game” this week

MATTKENSETH

Quietly pro-ductive start — go fi gure

JOEYLOGANO

Finally looking like a keeper

RYANNEWMANCan fi nd Ukraine

on a map

CARLEDWARDS

Hey, it’s better

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Pepsi released another video of Jeff Gordon terrifying a passenger in a street car. Last year he shocked a car salesman on a test drive. This year he played a cab driver outrunning a police car. Gordon talked about these videos with the media at Phoenix International Raceway.

What can you say about the new test-drive video that Pepsi released?

“I’m so proud of them for believing in us and taking risks to step outside the bound-

aries, and what they call maxing it out, and they defi nitely did. It was a lot of fun, but it was nerve-wracking because we had one take to do that and pull it off. There was a lot involved, but the results are really, really good.”

When did you go to acting school? Did you have fun playing the ex-con cabbie, and were you worried at all that the guy was going to go crazy?

“I like good editing because they can

make me look as good as I can look. The acting was pretty poor if you look at it from my standpoint, but when you get into makeup like that and they put this disguise on you and the tattoo and the outfi t and everything, you start to get comfortable in it once you’re in it long enough. I’m no actor, but I did the best I could, and luckily the disguise helped me pull it off.”

Why did you want to do this?“I like stepping outside the boundaries,

when it’s something like this. We did the fi rst video, and when you look at all the comments from the fi rst video, I think that it was really the bloggers, the media, the fans … it was everybody really challenging us to go and do this because of their com-ments of saying, ‘Hey, Jeff wasn’t driving the car, or this or that wasn’t real.’ Guess what, here’s the results of that because we wanted to go out there and show everybody how authentic and how real this can be.”

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Public noticeSouth Central Iowa Regional

E911 Minutes February 26, 2014

The meeting was called to order at 7:00p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair. Othermembers present were Beige Feinhage,Paul Welch, Shirley Jackson, PhyllisMullen, Jo Duckworth, Dani Gray, NateBucher, Ronda Russell, Angela Henry,Steve Shelley, and Stephen Patterson.Also, present were Lyn Hansen (Hansen'sM & M Services), Wayne Foret (Zetron),Cindy Sorum (Racom), Paul Singh(Zetron), Bob Connell (Zetron), SteveHolmes (Racom), and Joni Walston (SCIAdministrator).

The minutes of the January meetingwere reviewed by the Board. Motion byDuckworth to approve the January min-utes as presented. Second by Mullen. Allayes.

Denton indicated that the top two selec-tions to replace Walston from the Execu-tive Board interviews were to be present togive a presentation to the Board and forthe Board to ask questions. Today, one in-dividual decided to withdraw from consid-eration. Diane Sefrit was the second candi-date and was present. She gave a shortpresentation of her qualifications. TheBoard had numerous questions of her. Af-ter this, she left the meeting.

The Chair then asked Racom andZetron to speak. Holmes started with themain problem of phone compatibility andgetting to one phone at the console. Con-nell did a presentation on the history ofthe problem and the only possible solutionconsidering the current technology. Foretindicated the RFP and Zetron's agreementto the compatibility factor may have beenviewed slightly differently between SCIand Zetron.

Although the intent was to have onephone for everything, the proprietary na-ture of phone vendors has made this notpossible. Since Racom/Zetron can't usethe proprietary aspects of the phones, it isthen not possible to get a perfect systemdesigned.

With the State going to IP technologyallowing for text, video and photo E911 itwill eventually not be possible for stan-dard hand-held phones to accommodateE911 calls. So answering calls on thecomputer will be required for that aspect.Since IP is standards based, all technologycan be integrated. The two possibilitiesare to go to complete computer answeringor to leave the system as-is with twophones.

Connell went over the technology of acomplete computer answered phone sys-tem. The problem is that the adminphones may lose some features such ascaller ID or intercom use, etc. The hard-ware/software problems were reviewed insome detail. Only Madison Co. has thecapability of complete computer phoneuse and no loss of functions. This is dueto the phones having SIP technology butno other county has this. Depending onthe number of phones in a system this canbe expensive to provide.

If SCI decides to go to this one-phonesystem, Zetron will provide all the tech-nology needed at its cost. But the Boardshould realize that if PSAPs utilize hand-held phones for E911 they eventually willnot work with IP technology.

Denton was concerned about problemsif the system to use only the computer isutilized. Racom/Zetron assured it is in usein many places and would be thoroughlytested before being installed. If a comput-er crashes during a call, there is an emer-gency hand-held phone that will retainthat call but no future calls. The next callwould go to the second position computer.

Holmes said they would research eachPSAP phone system to let SCI know whatfunctions would be lost on the adminlines. Welch asked if everyone upgradedto Madison Co.'s level, would everythingwork and Holmes said yes. Welch askedabout maybe SCI upgrading one countyphone system at a time. But Foret indicat-ed Zetron wants to settle this and not dragit out over some number of years. Foretthen offered that if SCI chooses to leavethe system as-is with two phones thenZetron will take $10,000 off the invoiceamount due. Then whatever is done lateris SCI/PSAP responsibility except thatZetron will pay for compatibility at its enduse site.

Zetron/Racom will poll all PSAPs todetermine thru the phone companies whatfunctions would be lost if SCI chooses togo to one-phone computer answering.This will be provided by the March meet-ing. Then the Board could review andhave the counties come back and vote onwhich way to go at the April meeting.

At this point the Zetron representativesleft the meeting.

Holmes then gave his report on theprogress of the installation. The UnionALI server is not working but data is go-ing to backup sites. He will remove theserver tonight for repair.

Holmes then asked about the progressof CLIPS. All Board members involvedindicated nothing is happening. Holmeswas frustrated that Racom, Comsys,Sleuth, and the State are not on the samepage and can never get together. He is try-ing to get a group email going so that ev-eryone gets everyone's emails and has nowadded Walston into the loop.

According to Russell and Henry, noth-ing can be done until the State has a spe-cific date for the installation. And, untilCLIPS is installed, that can't happen.Welch asked Sorum to get corporate in-volved to get these parties together. Rus-sell indicated that there is no consensus onwhat server is even to be used and she isbeing expected to know. Holmes indicat-ed he will work diligently on this to try toget all parties together. Sorum indicatedthat by mid-next week she should be ableto get an answer on when this will get re-solved.

Denton reported on the State E911meeting. Intrado and Century Link aresplitting and Century Link will develop itsown data base. This doesn't affect SCI asSCI maintains its own data base. Holmesand Sorum left at this point in the meeting.

The financial and activity reports werethen reviewed. Motion by Mullen to ap-prove these reports. Second by Russell.All ayes. The Board then reviewed thebills. Motion by Welch to approve thebills as presented. Second by Russell. Allayes.

Hansen presented her written report.The 2013 aerials have been loaded onServer 1 and are available. She reportedthe Linden ESN has been eliminated andWalston is updating that information. Theupdate was done on Monday and it wentwell. The issue of the map zooming in tooclosely has been corrected for Adair andUnion. She will do the same for the otherfive counties as that seemed to be themembers' consensus.

Walston reported that all counties hadgotten the State-required reports in to her.She will get it compiled and will providethe Board a summary at the next meeting.There was discussion as to consequencesfor a county in a future year if the reportwas not provided. The concern is that theState cuts the funds provided from wire-less if the report is incomplete. Duck-worth/Welch have been reviewing the By-Laws and believe a section can be addedto make the non-compliant county respon-sible for the lost revenue. That will beworked on for presentation at the nextmeeting.

The Board then discussed the replace-ment for Walston. Denton indicated theExecutive Committee had recommendedtwo individuals but wondered since therewas only one choice whether or not theBoard wished to open up the position or tosee another of the other two candidates.

After comments from several membersthat Sefrit seemed to be a good candidate,the Board opted to not reopen the position.Motion by Shelley to offer the position toDiane Sefrit with a start date of March 31,2014. Second by Feinhage. All ayes.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:10p.m.

Stephen Patterson, Secretary

South Central Iowa Regional E911 Minutes

February 26, 2014 The meeting was called to order at 7:00

p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair. Othermembers present were Beige Feinhage,Paul Welch, Shirley Jackson, PhyllisMullen, Jo Duckworth, Dani Gray, NateBucher, Ronda Russell, Angela Henry,Steve Shelley, and Stephen Patterson.Also, present were Lyn Hansen (Hansen'sM & M Services), Wayne Foret (Zetron),Cindy Sorum (Racom), Paul Singh(Zetron), Bob Connell (Zetron), SteveHolmes (Racom), and Joni Walston (SCIAdministrator).










































































Civil Air Patrol inducts Sen. Harkin into Hall of Honor WASHINGTON –

Longtime U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is the newest member of Civil Air Patrol’s Hall of Honor.

Harkin — a former Navy fighter pilot who com-m a n d s C A P ’ s Congres-s i o n a l S q u a d -ron — b e c a m e the 34th p e r s o n inducted into the Hall of Honor during a congressional reception Thursday in the Senate’s Russell Of-fice Building. In addition to members of Congress, CAP’s 52 wing command-ers, visiting Capitol Hill for CAP’s annual Legisla-tive Day, attended the in-duction ceremony.

“This is Civil Air Pa-trol’s highest honor, our way of thanking Senator Harkin for his 30 years of CAP service,” National Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr said. “He has been a staunch support-er of CAP’s missions for America.”

Soon after joining Civil Air Patrol in 1984, Har-kin worked on the first full appropriations bill for CAP and has touted CAP’s volunteer missions and programs to his Senate and House colleagues ever since.

To do this he often reached across the aisle to work with his Republican colleagues on CAP issues and missions vital to the nation and thousands of communities.

He has also repeatedly

promoted the cost effec-tiveness of CAP with gov-ernment agencies such as the Air Force and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Harkin has been a rated CAP mission pilot and flown a number of train-ing and actual missions, including counterdrug flights off the southern tip of Florida.

He also has served as an adviser to CAP’s na-tional commanders, pro-viding valuable insight on how CAP can best address some of its budget and op-erational challenges. Most recently, he introduced Congressional Gold Medal legislation honoring the unusual service of CAP’s founding members dur-ing World War II, which quickly passed the Senate under unanimous consent and with 83 co-sponsors. A similar bill is awaiting a fi-nal vote in the House.

As the newest CAP Hall of Honor inductee, Harkin joins CAP’s most presti-gious body. Previous in-ductees have included Gill Robb Wilson, who served as the first director of Civ-il Air Patrol, and World War II-era Gen. Carl A. “Tooey” Spaatz, the first chief of staff of the Air Force.

Harkin is only the sec-ond member of Congress in the Hall of Honor, join-ing former New York Con-gressman and fellow CAP Col. Lester Wolff, who was inducted in 1985.

Civil Air Patrol, the of-ficial auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 60,000 members nationwide, op-erating a fleet of 550 air-craft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs about 85 percent of conti-nental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force

Rescue Coordination Cen-ter and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an av-erage of 71 lives annually.

Its volunteers also per-form homeland security, disaster relief and drug in-terdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies.

The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 25,000 young people cur-rently participating in the CAP cadet programs. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 72 years.

CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans.

Visit www.gocivilairpa-trol.com or www.capvol-unteernow.com for more information.

Photo by Susan Schneider, CAP National HeadquartersU.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, center, is inducted into Civil Air Patrol’s Hall of Honor during a presentation by CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, right, and CAP National Vice Commander Brig. Gen. Joe Vazquez.

Harkin

Honored : On Feb. 9, Liam Ray, above and center, and Devon Peterson, below and

center passed their Board of Review to become the 98th and 99th Eagle Scouts from Creston’s Boy Scout Troop

129. Ray, a junior at Creston High School, is the son of Wes

Ray and Nancy Kempton. His Eagle project was construct-

ing a shelter at Jerusalem Methodist Church. Petersen, a freshman at Creston High

School, is the son of Troy and Deanna Petersen. His

Eagle project was construct-ing wooden playground

equipment at Trinity Lutheran Preschool. Eagle Scout is the

highest rank in Boy Scouts and only 2 percent of scouts

that join the program achieve this honor. Representatives

and board members also pictured, from left, are Gary O’Daniels, Jeff Mostek, Lesa

Downing, Kevin Kruse, Orville Lines and Dave Jennett.

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98th and 99th Eagle

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