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Wednesday weather

By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA staff [email protected]

A recent speed limit study on Osage Street in Creston suggests the speed limits should be changed to accommo-date the geometric characteristics of the road and heavy agricultural traffic.

Osage Street is currently 40 mph from Highway 34 to Townline Street. The new proposal would reduce the

speed to 35 mph from 34 to Howard Street.

“That road wasn’t designed to go that fast, especially at the railroad underpass,” said Union County Engineer Steve Akes. “Your sight distance just isn’t there.”

Akes said the heavy traffic turning into the feedmill and grain elevator makes it dangerous to be traveling 40 mph.

Since the Creston city limit runs along Osage, Akes wanted to include the city of Creston, as well as Union County Sheriff’s Department, in the

decision to change the speed limits.In a letter to Creston’s Director of

Public Works Kevin Kruse, Akes said his intention was to take a conserva-tive view of the speed limit from 34 to Howard.

Kruse said the numerous driveways for Gavilon Grain, the feedmill and traffic turning into Farmers’ Coopera-tive gas station warranted the idea to slow traffic down.

“I drive that road about every day, and I thought I had at least better check to make sure the speed limit was appropriate,” Akes said.

The speed limit change is on the

Authorities searching for missing Creston teen Iowa authorities are actively searching for a 17-year-old female from Creston.

Alexus Butler was reported missing to the Creston Police Department Satur-day. She was last seen wearing a white hood-ed winter coat, blue leggings and carrying a large white purse.

Alexus is 5-foot, 4-inches tall, 150 pounds with brown-ish, blonde hair and brown eyes. If you have any informa-tion in this case, contact Creston Police Department at 641-782-8402 or missing persons information line at 1-800-346-5507.

Open Table clarificationOrganizers want to make it clear that Open Table at United Church of Christ in Creston is still being held from 5 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Neighbors Loving Neigh-bors at 124 N. Maple St. — sponsored by God’s Outreach Deliverance — has re-cently begun offering a free community meal from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. every Mon-day and Wednesday.

High Lakes shooting range complex updateAFTON — A 30- by 60-foot building is being constructed at the High Lakes Outdoor Alliance (HLOA) shooting range complex located on the north side of Three Mile Lake in Afton. The building will be used for registra-tion, event sign-ins, education center and meeting location.

The exterior, pictured above, is com-plete and now the organization is wait-ing for grant money before starting work on the interior.

“This building gives us a place to call home,” said Doug Jones, HLOA presi-dent. “If you have four walls and a roof, you now have a place to get out of the weather, feed and educate people in a formal setting.”

Tom Lesan, HLOA treasurer, said the shooting range now has more than 400 members. The range includes five trap houses and pistol, smallbore and long-range rifle ranges for members. Cost for a membership is $45.

To get a membership, visit the Union County Conservation Office at Three Mile Lake or call Lesan at 641-344-1183.

QUICK NEWS

Butler

SWCC to hold emergency response drill Thursday The SWCC main campus in

Creston will participate in a shel-ter-in-place drill approximately 10 a.m. Thursday.

Shelter-in-place means all in-dividuals on the campus must remain inside a building. Thus, when the emergency text mes-sage system — e2Campus — de-livers the shelter-in-place drill message, all individuals on the SWCC campus must find shelter inside a building.

A shelter-in-place drill varies

from a lock-down drill in that doors will not be locked. The in-tention of the shelter-in-place is not to keep people out, but rath-er, to allow everyone to stay in, to shelter from outside factors.

SWCC is required to partici-pate in an emergency-response drill each calendar year.

“To maintain compliance we will partner with outside entities to ensure the safety of all parties involved,” said Beth Kulow, dean of students at SWCC. “During

the shelter-in-place drill, all entrances/exits to and from the campus will be blocked. We ask for your assis-tance to stay in-side during the shelter-in-place drill. We anticipate the drill will last approximately five minutes.”

The scenario presented for this drill is as follows:

Approximately one mile north of the SWCC agricultural site, an anhydrous spill has occurred.

In order to keep students safe, local emergency response man-agement personnel have instruct-ed Southwestern Community College to activate a shelter-in-place. The shelter-in-place is rec-ommended for the agricultural site, main campus and all adjoin-ing buildings.

The public should be aware, during the shelter-in-place drill,

local law enforcement agencies will block the exit at the agri-cultural site and the exits on the main campus site.

Exits on the main campus site immediately impacted will include the main driveway en-trance off Townline Street and the YMCA/Technical Center en-trance off North Lincoln Street.

The second (north) entrance off North Lincoln Street that pro-vides access to the maintenance area will also be blocked.

Kulow

Adjusting to traffic

� Speed limits on Osage Street and Townline Street in Creston may be changed

SAFE, SADD may not receive $10K grant By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA staff [email protected]

Union County may no lon-ger receive an annual $10,000 grant used to help raise aware-ness for substance abuse and community service projects.

For the past six years, Union County has applied for and earned the county sub-stance abuse prevention grant

through the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). The grant has funded projects by SAFE — Substance Abuse Free Environment — and SADD — Students Against Destructive Decisions.

“We’ve done a lot of things with this money in the last six years,” said Comprehensive Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Wendi Boswell. “It is all up in the air still, they might still approve the grant with this match, so they might

give it to us this year.”The $10,000 grant requires a

$30,000 match. In the past, Bo-swell said SAFE and SADD used adult and student volun-teer time rated at $18 an hour to satisfy the match require-ments.

The contract to renew the grant was sent in July 2013 and signed, but it contained stipulations that had to be cor-rected before the money was approved for Union County.

Boswell and other volun-

teers worked through the pa-perwork and by October, all the corrections were complete. All that was left to be approved was the budget for the $10,000 grant and $30,000 match.

IDPH then informed Bo-swell the match was inadequate and the $30,000 must come from a county fiscal agent.

“It was a misunderstand-ing, and they just caught it this

Akes

Please seeGRANT, Page 2

Please seeTRAFFIC, Page 2

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMOsage Street in Creston could see a couple of changes in the speed limit. From Highway 34 to Howard Street the speed may be reduced from 40 to 35 mph and from Howard to Townline Street, the speed may be increased from 40 to 45 mph.

Deaths

2A Creston News AdvertiserTuesday, December 10, 2013

Ellen Von Stein Creston

Ellen (McFee) Von Stein, 68, of C r e s t o n died Dec. 7, 2013, at Mercy M e d i -cal Cen-ter in Des Moines.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25. The Rev. Jim Wood-worth will officiate. Burial will be at a later date. Open visita-tion will be 2 to 7 p.m. Thurs-day with family present 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Me-morials are to be established in her name. Online condo-lences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Ellen May (McFee) Von Stein, daughter of Esther May (Pridgen) and Hugh Lynford McFee, was born June 11, 1945, in Creston.

Ellen graduated from East Union in 1963 and studied at Creston Junior College for two years.

Ellen move to and worked in Omaha, Neb., for three years. She worked as a sec-retary most of her life. She moved to and worked in Des Moines and later worked for the American Lung Associa-tion. She also worked in An-keny for Perishable Distribu-tors of Iowa (PDI).

On Aug. 6, 1988, Ellen mar-ried Carl Lee Von Stein in Bondurant.

They settled in Bondu-rant, where she helped with the farming and continued

with PDI freight services. She worked for Tone’s Spices in Ankeny.

In May 1993, they moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., where they managed Pueblo Sereno Mo-bile Home Park for 14 years.

In 2009, they returned to Iowa, settling in Creston.

Ellen is survived by her husband Carl Lee Von Stein, daughter Carrie Dowda (sig-nificant other Kevin Giles) of Creston, stepdaughter Te-resa of Des Moines; stepsons, Bob (wife Renee) Von Stein of Mingo, Ken Von Stein of Worcester, Mass., and Scott (wife Sheila) Von Stein of Des Moines; stepdaughter-in-law Tami of Texas, brother John McFee of Creston, sis-ter Kathryn (husband Jack) Adams of Creston; brothers-in-law, Dean (wife Cheryl) Von Stein of Vinton and Leon (wife Joan) Von Stein and Steve (wife Marlys) Von Stein, all of Bondurant; sis-ters-in-law, Jeane (husband Ed) Zielinski of Scottsdale, Ariz., Jeri (husband Homer) Brumley of Warsaw, Mo., and Carol McFee of Rosalie, Neb.; grandchildren, Alex Carter Dowda and Nathan Lee Dow-da; seven step-grandchildren, six step-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, neph-ews and other family.

Ellen was preceded in death by her parents, granddaughter before birth Rachel Marie Dowda; sisters, Mary Sevier in 2003, Karen Miller in 2001 and Deanne and Linda McFee in infancy; brother Bob McFee in 2004, brother-in-law Darrell Miller, sister-in-law Joan Von Stein in infancy; and aunts and uncles, Edith McFee, Lois and Paul Pridgen and Bob and Twyla McFee.

Harold Parker Diagonal

Harold Parker, 82, of Di-agonal died Dec. 10, 2013, at

Lenox Care Center.Services are pending at

Powers Funeral Home, junc-tion of highways 34 and 25, Creston.

Von Stein

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMAN

Getting ruff: Willy Drake of Creston plays tug-of-war with dog Harley in the winter weather Sunday.

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agenda for the next Creston City Council meeting Dec. 17.

Akes also discussed the issue with Union County Board of Supervisors, and he plans to meet with Union County Sheriff Rick Piel, but conflicting schedules have forced Akes and Piel to reschedule the meeting.

“I don’t want to set a speed that won’t be en-forced,” Akes said at the Su-pervisor’s meeting Monday.

Increased speedFrom Howard to Town-

line, Akes said the speed limit could be raised from 40 mph to 45 mph.

The spot-speed study — from Nov. 1 to Nov. 4 — in-dicated that the pace speed ranged between 42 and 51

mph. Ideally, the speed limit should reflect the common flow of traffic.

“After Howard, it is pretty much wide open, so we felt the speed could be increased from 40 to 45 mph,” Kruse said.

Akes also suggested the speed limit on Townline Street to Ash Street should be increased to 45 mph.

Any speed limit change would require adequate sig-nage at all transition areas to allow motorists to be aware of the upcoming speed limit.

Akes said it could take a couple more weeks for the city of Creston and Super-visors to pass the resolu-tions required to change the speed limits. It would take additional time to order the new signs and get them re-placed.

TRAFFIC:

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year,” Boswell said.Being six months into the

signed contract, SAFE and SADD have spent an esti-mated $2,000 while waiting for the grant to go through. Boswell said the organiza-tions have money saved from fundraising projects to cover

the $2,000, but it will hurt the students chances to attend the national SADD confer-ence in Washington, D.C.

“It cost about $900 each just to register and that doesn’t include their air-fare,” Boswell said.

The Creston SADD chap-ter has about 80 eighth-grade and high school par-

ticipants.Over the past six years

the grant money has helped fund activities during Red Ribbon Week for substance abuse awareness. SAFE and SADD have also sponsored speakers, started the Plant

the Promise Project — red tulips for substance abuse awareness — and a mock party house to show what students may be exposed to while at a high-school party with alcohol and drugs pres-ent.

GRANT:

CNA photo by SARAH BROWN

“Welcome Christmas”: Diagonal middle school chorus students open Diagonal’s middle and high school winter concert with “Welcome Christmas,” “Were you there on that Chrismas Night” and “Holly Jolly Santa Clause” Monday night. Pictured, back row from left, are Cassidy Lohmann, Kristina Marcum, Kade Klommhaus, Trey Strange, Ty Taylor, Emily Newton, Bailey Taylor and Kathrine Sobotka; middle row, Ashley Buchanan, Kayla Bentley, Alee Haidsiak, Seth Paxson, Clayton Hansen, Kole Paxson, Genna Naill and Kennedy Brokaw-McAlexander; and front row, Madeline Oshel, Macy Harban, Tyler Jarred, Cole Mobley, Ean Paxson, Josh Lohmann, Madison Lohmann and Erin Sobotka.

Renewable fuel award nominations sought

DES MOINES (MCT) — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is asking Iowa fuel retailers and gas stations to submit nominations for the Secretary’s Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards, which recognize fuel retailers that have gone above and beyond in their efforts to sell renew-able fuels.

Qualifying entities will be those that market renew-able fuels they have avail-able through creative means including hosting special

events highlighting their re-newable fuels, development of creative signage, initiation of new advertisements or marketing efforts and efforts that dramatically increase renewable fuel availability.

Nomination forms are at www.IowaAgriculture.gov to be submitted by Dec. 31 to [email protected] or the Henry A. Wallace Building, Attn: Dustin Vande Hoef, 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines 50319.

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LOCALLOCALAlmanac

For the record

Markets

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Wed

12/11

10/4Mostly sunny skies.Very cold. Windchills may approach-10F.

Sunrise Sunset7:32 AM 4:49 PM

Thu

12/12

29/14Sunshine. Highs inthe upper 20s andlows in the midteens.


Fri

12/13

31/18Mostly cloudy. Highsin the low 30s andlows in the upperteens.


Sat

12/14

20/4Cloudy. Highs in thelow 20s and lows inthe mid single digits.


Sun

12/15

14/7Times of sun andclouds.


Des Moines9/5

Cedar Rapids11/0

Sioux City13/5

Creston10/4

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 7 0 mst sunny Davenport 17 1 sn shower Marshaltown 5 -1 mst sunnyAtlantic 11 3 mst sunny Des Moines 9 5 mst sunny Mason City 4 -3 mst sunnyAubudon 11 4 mst sunny Dubuque 12 1 sn shower Onawa 14 7 mst sunnyCedar Rapids 11 0 sn shower Farmington 17 5 pt sunny Oskaloosa 11 0 mst sunnyCenterville 12 5 sunny Fort Dodge 7 1 mst sunny Ottumwa 13 1 pt sunnyClarinda 13 3 mst sunny Ft Madison 20 5 sn shower Red Oak 12 4 mst sunnyClarion 6 -1 mst sunny Guttenberg 6 -1 sn shower Sioux Center 9 4 mst sunnyClinton 16 0 sn shower Keokuk 20 6 pt sunny Sioux City 13 5 mst sunnyCouncil Bluffs 12 8 mst sunny Lansing 6 0 sn shower Spencer 7 0 mst sunnyCreston 10 4 mst sunny LeMars 11 4 mst sunny Waterloo 4 -2 mst sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 54 28 sunny Houston 56 39 pt sunny Phoenix 67 45 mst sunnyBoston 31 16 mst sunny Los Angeles 66 41 windy San Francisco 56 38 mst sunnyChicago 17 -1 sn shower Miami 82 69 rain Seattle 39 33 pt sunnyDallas 47 28 pt sunny Minneapolis 0 -9 mst sunny St. Louis 29 10 mst sunnyDenver 35 22 sunny New York 31 21 mst sunny Washington, DC 33 23 sunny

Moon Phases

FirstDec 9

FullDec 17

LastDec 25

UV IndexWed

12/112

Low

Thu12/12

2

Low

Fri12/13

1

Low

Sat12/14

1

Low

Sun12/15

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 (9), low past 24 hours (-4) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Wed

12/11

10/4Mostly sunny skies.Very cold. Windchills may approach-10F.


Thu

12/12

29/14Sunshine. Highs inthe upper 20s andlows in the midteens.


Fri

12/13

31/18Mostly cloudy. Highsin the low 30s andlows in the upperteens.


Sat

12/14

20/4Cloudy. Highs in thelow 20s and lows inthe mid single digits.


Sun

12/15

14/7Times of sun andclouds.


Des Moines9/5

Cedar Rapids11/0

Sioux City13/5

Creston10/4

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 7 0 mst sunny Davenport 17 1 sn shower Marshaltown 5 -1 mst sunnyAtlantic 11 3 mst sunny Des Moines 9 5 mst sunny Mason City 4 -3 mst sunnyAubudon 11 4 mst sunny Dubuque 12 1 sn shower Onawa 14 7 mst sunnyCedar Rapids 11 0 sn shower Farmington 17 5 pt sunny Oskaloosa 11 0 mst sunnyCenterville 12 5 sunny Fort Dodge 7 1 mst sunny Ottumwa 13 1 pt sunnyClarinda 13 3 mst sunny Ft Madison 20 5 sn shower Red Oak 12 4 mst sunnyClarion 6 -1 mst sunny Guttenberg 6 -1 sn shower Sioux Center 9 4 mst sunnyClinton 16 0 sn shower Keokuk 20 6 pt sunny Sioux City 13 5 mst sunnyCouncil Bluffs 12 8 mst sunny Lansing 6 0 sn shower Spencer 7 0 mst sunnyCreston 10 4 mst sunny LeMars 11 4 mst sunny Waterloo 4 -2 mst sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 54 28 sunny Houston 56 39 pt sunny Phoenix 67 45 mst sunnyBoston 31 16 mst sunny Los Angeles 66 41 windy San Francisco 56 38 mst sunnyChicago 17 -1 sn shower Miami 82 69 rain Seattle 39 33 pt sunnyDallas 47 28 pt sunny Minneapolis 0 -9 mst sunny St. Louis 29 10 mst sunnyDenver 35 22 sunny New York 31 21 mst sunny Washington, DC 33 23 sunny

Moon Phases

FirstDec 9

FullDec 17

LastDec 25

UV IndexWed

12/112

Low

Thu12/12

2

Low

Fri12/13

1

Low

Sat12/14

1

Low

Sun12/15

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.

TuesdayHoly Spirit Rectory ReRun

Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

Chautauqua Club, 1 p.m., hostesses, Joyce Anderson, Pat Butcher, Polly McCoy and Peg Anderson.

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

VFW Post No. 1797, 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, 403 W. Montgomery St.

Eagles Aerie, 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge.Eagles Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m.,

Eagles Lodge.Alcoholics Anonymous (AA),

7:30 p.m. closed meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

WednesdayTOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United

Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers 12x12 study, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Births Greater Regional Medical

CenterShayla Green and Camron

Collier of Grand River are par-ents of a daughter born Dec. 2, 2013. Kamryn Elizabeth Collier weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Grandparents are Mack and Jeanine Greene of Mount Ayr and Doug Col-lier and JoAnn and Janine Stark, all of Kellerton.

Great-grandparents are Cleone Hosfield of Mount Ayr and Donna and Marion Stark of Kellerton.

Siblings are Bracken, 5, and Wyatt Collier, 2.

— — — — — —Ryan Kissell and Ahdri

Evans of Creston are parents of a daughter born Dec. 3, 2013. Brooklyn Renee Kissell weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Lori and Charles Kissell of Cres-ton and Warren and Dana Evans of Bridgewater.

Great-grandparents are Susan and Gerald Schaefer of Creston, Grace Evans and Arvid Evans, both of Bridgewater, Darlene Kissell of Creston and Richard and MaryAnn Aringdale.

Great-grandparents are Lowell Schaefer of Diago-nal and Helen Campbell of Mount Ayr.

Siblings are Jarrett Ryan Kissell, 5, and Evelyn Marie Evans, 4.

Police Nathan Daniel Ford, 31, of

Diagonal was charged with public intoxication at 210 N. Walnut St. 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

According to a Creston Police report, officers were dispatched to the residence on North Walnut for an as-sault in progress. Ford was at the residence, and was being accused of starting the fight. Ford admitted to drinking three pitchers of beer at a bar. He refused to take a breath test, but admitted to being drunk in a public place.

Ford was released on promise to appear.

— — — — — —Dylan Cunningham, 19, of

Shannon City was charged with operating while intoxicated 1:25 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West Summit Street.

According to a Creston Police report, Cunningham was stopped for a traffic vio-lation at the intersection of North Walnut and Summit streets. During the stop, an officer smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage and also noticed Cunningham’s speech was slurred and his eyes appeared to be blood-shot and watery. Cunning-ham admitted to consuming alcohol and that he shouldn’t be driving. He consented to a field sobriety test and showed signs of impairment. Cunningham then consented to a preliminary blood test, which had a result of .103

blood alcohol content. Cun-ningham also consented to a Data Master test, with a result of .091 blood alcohol content.

Cunningham was released on $1,000 bond.Miscellaneous

Traffic stop, 8:01 a.m., Friday, North Elm Street.

Theft, 8:53 a.m., Friday, Laurel Street.

Talk to officer, 11:21 a.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Warrant, 2:16 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Harassing communication, 2:50

p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.Accident, 5:49 p.m., Friday,

North Sumner Avenue.Accident, 6:27 p.m., Friday,

North Elm Street.Traffic stop, 9:06 p.m., Friday,

West Montgomery Street.10:09 p.m., Friday, West Taylor

Street.Traffic stop, 10:28 p.m., Friday,

Seneca Street.Traffic stop, 10:58 p.m., Friday,

Sheldon Street.Disorderly conduct, 11:13 p.m.,

Friday, North Oak Street.Traffic stop, 11:37 p.m., Friday,

College Drive.Domestic dispute, 12:15 a.m.,

Saturday, West Mills Street.Domestic dispute, 2:21 a.m.,

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Talk to officer, 10:37 a.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.

Found property, 11:21 a.m., Saturday, West Mills Street.

Traffic stop, 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Highway 34.

Alarm, 3:52 p.m., Saturday, Livingston Avenue.

Vehicle theft, 4:57 p.m., Saturday, North Elm Street.

Talk to officer, 9:36 p.m., Saturday, North Elm Street.

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Smoke investigation, 12:48 p.m., Friday, North Maple Street.

Motor vehicle accident, 5:49 p.m., Friday, North Sumner Avenue.

Medical, 8:43 p.m., Friday, West Mills Street.

Medical, 2:21 a.m., Saturday, South Sumner Avenue.

Gas odor, 2:53 a.m., Saturday, East Townline Street.

Odor investigation, 8:50 a.m., Saturday, North Mulberry Street.

Odor investigation, 10:48 a.m., Saturday, North Maple Street.

False alarm, 5:49 p.m., Saturday, Industrial Parkway.

False alarm, 6:14 p.m., Saturday, Commerce Drive.

Smoke in structure, 7:12 a.m., Sunday, North Cherry Street.

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The Weather Channel reports an arctic front chilled the South on Friday. It left roads iced up by below-freezing winds and bliz-zards. Legislatures from Oklaho-ma to South Carolina are debating whether to fly the Confederate flag again just to get things heated up.

Carrie Underwood starred in a live broadcast of the Sound of Music Thursday night staged on Broadway and aired on NBC. The idea of a country music star play-ing Maria rankled New York crit-ics. You could hear them all on the

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OPINIONOPINIONPoverty wages in the land of plenty

The holiday season is upon us. Sadly, the big retailers are Scrooges when it comes to paying their staffs. Undergirding the sale prices is an army of workers earn-ing the minimum wage or a frac-tion above it, living check to check on their meager pay and benefits. The dark secret that the retail gi-ants like Wal-Mart don’t want you to know is that many of these workers subsist below the poverty line, and rely on programs like food stamps and Medicaid just to get by. This holiday season, though, low-wage workers from Wal-Mart to fast-food restaurants are standing up and fighting back.

“Wal-Mart was put in an uncom-fortable spotlight on what should be the happiest day of the year for the retailer,” Josh Eidelson told me, reporting on the coordinated Black Friday protests. “These were the largest protests we’ve seen against Wal-Mart ... you had 1,500 stores involved; you had over a hundred people arrested.” Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer, with 2.2 million employees, 1.3 mil-lion of whom are in the U.S. It re-ported close to $120 billion in gross profit for 2012. Just six members of the Walton family, whose patri-arch, Sam Walton, founded the re-

tail giant, have amassed an estimat-ed combined fortune of between $115 billion-$144 billion. These six individuals have more wealth than the combined financial assets of the poorest 40 percent of the U.S. population.

Wal-Mart workers have been organizing under the banner of OUR Walmart, a worker initia-tive supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers union. Workers have taken courageous stands, protesting their employer and engaging in short-term strikes. Wal-Mart has retaliated, firing many who participated. One of those fired was Barbara Collins, who worked for eight years at the Wal-Mart in Placerville, Calif.

“I was terminated for speak-ing out,” Collins told us on “De-mocracy Now!” On Nov. 18, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that the strikes were protected worker actions. Col-lins, who was speaking to us from

Bentonville, Ark., where she was protesting Wal-Mart at its world headquarters, told us: “The NLRB ruling is just overwhelming. We are really excited that they found that we’re telling the truth, that they broke the law, and we want to be reinstated.”

The public-policy think tank Demos issued a report, “A Higher Wage is Possible: How Walmart Can Invest in Its Workforce With-out Costing Customers a Dime.” Demos analyzed a growing demand from the Wal-Mart worker move-ment for a guaranteed base salary for full-time workers of $25,000 per year. “We found talking to Wal-Mart workers over and over again that their wages give them just enough to meet their basic needs, and at the end of every month, they’re making critical trade-off decisions,” Catherine Ruetschlin, one of the report’s co-authors, told us. “Determining whether they’re going to get medicine or pay their school fees or put food on the table or keep their electricity on.” The report explains that “if Walmart redirected the $7.6 billion it spends annually on repurchases of its own company stock, these funds could be used to give Walmart’s low-paid workers a raise of $5.83 an hour,”

meeting the salary goal of the workers.

Parallel to the Wal-Mart cam-paign is a drive for higher wages in the fast-food industry. In more than 100 cities, workers are orga-nizing protests and strikes ... and winning. In SeaTac, the Washing-ton state municipality where the Seattle-Tacoma Airport is located, voters approved a local minimum wage of $15 an hour. As with Wal-Mart workers, fast-food giants like McDonald’s and Yum Brands (which owns KFC and Taco Bell) all feast from the public trough: Their workers, earning poverty wages, depend on public-assistance programs like food stamps and Medicaid, while their enormous CEO benefit packages qualify for corporate tax deductions, as re-ported by the Institute for Policy Studies this week.

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25, equivalent to an an-nual income of $15,080 for a full-time worker. If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation since 1968, it would be $10.74, enough to lift a family of three above the poverty line. If the wage had grown at the same pace as worker produc-tivity (since each worker per hour

produces much more now than in decades past), it would be $18.72 per hour. And if the minimum wage had skyrocketed at the same pace as wages for the top 1 percent, it would be $28.34. These figures from the Economic Policy Insti-tute explain why President Barack Obama is pushing for an increase in the minimum wage.

Progress on the minimum wage, and on workers’ rights at Wal-Mart, McDonald’s and the other multinational corporations that depend on public subsidies for their workers, will come not from a stroke of the president’s pen, but from the concerted efforts of work-ers and their allies, from the streets to the voting booths.

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Why not?From Lincoln JacksonCreston

The city of Creston decided to employ the service of a Des Moines firm for their annual audit. For whatever reason, Draper, Snod-

grass, and Mikkelsen requested an extension of the deadline, but were denied.

The city “wouldn’t want to set a precedent for the future.” Why not?

Can’t the city set a precedent for

a local professional firm who has serviced local customers for de-cades?

The city wants its public to buy local and support local businesses. Shouldn’t the same be true for them? I think so.

It’s a sad weekFrom Leslie Bullock Goldsmith, former Creston residentWest Des Moines

It’s a sad week in the Creston area for many. Planned Parent-hood – the source of health care and birth control services over several decades – is losing two dedicated workers as the result of funding cutbacks. In my view, the forces attacking this organization have been very short-sighted if their goal is to make life better for women and children.

Deb Peterson and Brenda Sedl-mayer, the Creston Planned Par-enthood staffers, have served the residents of this area without judg-ment. Our children and family

members have gone there. Staffers have provided factual information, reproductive health services and considered no question stupid – ev-eryone was treated with respect.

I’m disappointed that reduced funding due to targeting by groups and legislators has caused Planned Parenthood (to) draw back from rural locations like Creston and Red Oak. I am aware that some of the clients may not have depend-able transportation and will be hard-pressed to travel to a Planned Parenthood in Des Moines for some of the services not available in the new system in Creston.

The tragedy is that some peo-ple may see this service cutback as a victory. I question how forc-ing those who have depended on

Planned Parenthood for pregnancy prevention, physicals, and other services such as prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases can be considered a “win” for any of us. There were likely fewer unplanned pregnancies in the area thanks to the work done at the center. In my opinion it fol-lows that there were fewer people needing to consider legal abortion as one of their options.

I hope people everywhere don’t let hard fought women’s rights fall by the wayside because we’ve had it so easy thanks to the hard work done in the past by others. Speak up and vote.

Thank you Deb and Brenda – you served us well.

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This is a pleasant, fun-loving day for you. Not only will you enjoy schmoozing with others, you also will enjoy having a gathering of people at your home.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might be surprised how content and happy you feel today. This is because you feel good within your inner being. This feeling will help you to be productive in your work as well.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Discussions with others, especially a female friend, will lift your spirits today. You feel more positive about your future and are willing to enter-tain bigger, more ambitious goals.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a good day to talk to authority figures, because dis-cussions will go well. People are in an upbeat, friendly mood; furthermore, they eas-ily will think the best of you. (Use this!)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Grab any opportunity to travel or make travel plans for the future. Similarly, this is a good day to explore avenues of fur-ther training or education.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a good day to ask for a loan, get a mortgage or ask to borrow something from some-one, because the universe owes you a favor. It’s a minor influence, but it’s there. You can benefit from the wealth and resources of others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Conversations with part-ners and close friends will be upbeat and friendly today because people are in a good mood. Furthermore, everyone is inclined to be helpful or gen-erous to each other.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Work-related travel is likely today. It will benefit you to work with people from other cultures or countries. Stay flex-ible and open-minded.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Romance, vacations, parties, sports events and playful times

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good day for those of you in sales, marketing, teaching, acting and writing, because you will communicate with enthusiasm and zeal. Few will be able to resist your posi-tive energy.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Business and commerce are blessed today. Look for moneymaking ideas and new job possibilities.

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are a survivor. You are seri-ous, thoughtful and not casual about anything. You are goal-oriented, because you like to make your time count. Because of these qualities, whether you choose to or not, you often influence others. They respect you. In turn, you often have great responsibilities. Sometime in the next year, an important decision will arise. Choose wisely.

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Dear Heloise: I am writing about your article stating that one should mail DAMAGED MONEY to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for a replacement and insure it through the post office.

I was sending my brother a gift card and wanted to insure it. I was told that the post of-fice DID NOT insure money or gift cards, because people could say, for instance, that they sent $100 to someone when they actually sent only $10.

Did the clerk at the post of-fice give me the wrong infor-mation, or was she correct? — Sherry, via email

The postal worker was cor-rect. However, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing RECOMMENDS mailing the damaged money via reg-istered mail, return receipt requested, if you can’t hand-deliver it to the bureau in Washington, D.C.

But the U.S. Postal Ser-vice tells customers NEVER to mail money. If you must mail U.S. currency, meaning money, to someone, it sug-gests buying a postal money order for the dollar amount and using registered mail for maximum security.

The scant possibility of a registered letter being “lost, stolen or destroyed” is pretty

small, considering the huge amount of mail that is pro-cessed — send it registered!

Here are hints if you must mail a gift card: Keep the re-ceipts. Use registered mail, return receipt requested. Or use a private delivery service. — Heloise

P.S.: Even if the damaged money “goes missing,” no one can spend it anyway!

NO ATMDear Heloise: If I need a

small amount of cash and can’t find an ATM, I go into the closest market, drugstore or convenience store. I buy a pack of gum or mints us-ing my debit card and ask for cash back.

Just remember that some stores set a limit for the amount you can get back, which will be lower than an ATM’s limit. — Michelle L. in Washington

This is a good hint when in a pinch. But do the merchant a favor and buy more than a pack of gum! — Heloise

GIFT IDEADear Readers: Here is a

hint from Linda, whom I met while doing a speech for the Knights of Columbus’ 113th convention this year in San Antonio. It’s a fabulous hint:

“Dear Heloise: When my mother retired, I gave her a sewing machine and lessons to learn how to quilt. Her whole life, she had talked about wanting to learn how to make a quilt but never had the time. I thought retirement was the perfect time to let her enjoy what she didn’t have time to do before. — Linda”

— Heloise KEEP FASTENEDDear Heloise: To keep

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— Despite the recent focus on science, technology, engi-neering and math, Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday he is concerned that only 26 percent of Iowans are aware of STEM education and its vi-tal link to the good-paying jobs and careers of the future.

Branstad said currently, about 10,000 Iowa jobs in the STEM areas are unfilled due to a lack of workers with the higher-end skills needed in the advanced fields, and that problem could be exac-erbated in the future unless more students understand the importance of develop-ing critical-thinking skills in the classroom.

“We’re priming the STEM career pipeline with more capable, competent young people,” Branstad said.

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via a public-private partner-ship that is expected to serve nearly 100,000 Iowa students through programs directed by a 45-member council and six STEM education hubs around the state.

He said the effort includes encouraging more girls and under-represented minori-ties to pursue STEM courses and to expand opportunities in STEM study areas in rural parts of the state.

While the program is catching on with students, educators and business lead-ers, Branstad worried the general public, especially parents, does not understand

the importance of STEM education in the evolving workplace.

“If you take a survey and ask the average Iowans, they don’t have a clue what STEM stands for, so we need to increase that pub-lic awareness,” the gover-nor told a news conference at Greenwood Elementary School, where he met with children in STEM programs that emphasize group work, problem solving, practical applications and the blend-ing of subjects like students eventually will encounter in the work environment.

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ness, state officials have em-barked on a campaign that includes a new “Greatness STEMs from Iowans” brand and logo, public service an-nouncements, television and billboard advertisements and customized presenta-tions that will hit full stride in 2014.

The campaign is funded by a $151,000 state appropria-tion and a $160,000 match from Strategic America, a West Des Moines firm, in time spent for implementing the marketing and communi-cations effort.

Branstad administra-tion officials projected that

STEM-related job growth would increase by 16 percent in the next 10 years due to the recovering economy and America’s growing reliance on technology.

“This STEM initiative is one of our administration’s top priorities,” Branstad said at Monday’s news confer-ence. “Our goal is regaining Iowa’s education leadership in education, and STEM is a springboard towards that end.”

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Elementary School is one of six schools from across the state honored by the Iowa Board of Education for significant progress in closing gaps in student achievement.

The Breaking Barriers to Teaching and Learning Award was created by the State Board of Education. Each year, the award rec-ognizes successful efforts to eliminate achievement gaps among students who face challenges.

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At Lenox Elementary School, English language learners had a 86.4 percent proficiency rate in reading and math, and the state-wide average for this sub-group is 42.6 percent.

Interviews with school principals revealed a com-mon thread between the honored schools: the use of evidence-based practices, a staffwide commitment, high expectations and sub-stantial teacher collabora-tion.

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No. 9 Murray cruises past DiagonalBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

MURRAY — The ninth-ranked Murray Lady Mus-tangs outscored Diagonal 37-14 in the second half to pull away from the Ma-roonettes here Friday in a 61-26 win.

Diagonal, featuring a starting lineup with four freshmen and just two freshmen coming off the bench, stayed within strik-ing distance at the half, down 24-12 despite scoring just two points in the open-ing quarter.

“Murray is well-bal-anced,” Diagonal head coach Gina Knox said. “They have experience ver-sus us not having a team last year, starting four freshmen and bringing two freshmen in off the bench. It’s going to be a challenge either way. Our goal was to rebound, make them foul us and make them shoot that out-side shot.”

In the end, though, Mur-ray’s depth and size proved to be too much for Di-agonal. Junior post player Madison Gonseth, at 5-11, g r a b b e d 10 re-b o u n d s a n d scored 19 p o i n t s , p o s t i n g g a m e -highs in

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came on second-chances after grabbing an offensive rebound.

“Our height made a big difference for us,” Murray head coach Jerry Shields said. “Madison Gonseth and Megan Oswald did a good job for us on the in-side. We still have to make some bunny shots.”

Oswald pitched in eight points with four rebounds. Deena Snyder added six points with eight rebounds.

Senior Courtney Siefkas scored 10 points off the bench in her best shooting performance of the season.

Senior point guard Kate Patton was held to just three points on 1-of-9 shooting from the floor in the win.

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for Diagonal, which fell to 0-4 for the season. Kasydi Klommhaus netted six points and Megan Daven-port chipped in four.

“At times, I thought we gave them a little bit too much of the second chanc-es on offensive rebounds,” Knox said. “I thought our penetration was good. Kai-tlyn has struggled to want to drive, and I felt like tonight she picked that up. That was good to see.”

Shields said he felt it was important to work all 11 of

his players into the game, giving the younger players a chance to gain valuable ex-perience.

“That’s a big thing for us, because we’ve got four seniors that do a lot of our playing for us,” Shields said. “It’s important to get those kids in and get some expe-rience. Hopefully we can do that in a couple more games before the new year starts here for us. That’ll be big for us to go seven, eight, nine deep.”

Murray improved to 3-0 for the season and 1-0 in the Blugrass Conference with the win.

The Lady Mustangs host Mormon Trail in a boys and girls doubleheader on Tues-day, while Diagonal hosts Orient-Macksburg in a boys and girls doubleheader Tuesday.

DIAGONAL (26) — Kaitlyn Klommhaus 4 0-1 8, Cassidy Becker 4 0-0 8, Kasydi Klommhaus 3 0-1 6, Megan Davenport 2 0-1 4. Totals — 13 0-3 26. Team fouls — 8. Fouled out — none.

MURRAY (61) — Madison Gonseth 9 1-2 19, Courtney Siefkas 5 0-0 10, Megan Oswald 4 0-0 8, Cheyanne Ashby 3 0-0 7, Deena Snyder 3 0-0 6, Jade Lecy 2 0-0 4, Kate Patton 1 0-0 3, Chellsea Jones 1 0-0 2, Shelby Myers 1 0-0 2. Totals — 29 1-2 61. FG shooting — 29-70 (41 percent). 3-point goals — 2-8 (Ashby 1, Patton 1). Rebounds — 36 (Gonseth 10, Snyder 8, Oswald 4, Myers 3). Assists — 22 (Oswald 6, Patton 3). Steals — 9 (Siefkas 2, Ashby 2). Team fouls — 14. Fouled out — none.

Diagonal — 2 12 20 26Murray — 12 24 47 61

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERDiagonal freshman Kasydi Klommhaus (13) looks to pass out of a double team from Murray’s Courtney Siefkas (44) and Cheyanne Ashby (32) during a 61-26 loss to the ninth-ranked Lady Mustangs on Friday. Klommhaus scored six points for the Maroonettes in the loss.

Bedford/Lenox fourth at Coach Riley Invite

Mount Ayr sixth, NV 10thGREENFIELD — Clar-

inda topped a 10-team field at the Coach Riley Invita-tional here Saturday with 244 team points, as six teams crowned two individual champions.

Central Decatur finished second with 210.5 points. Bedford/Lenox took fourth with 147.5 points, while Mount Ayr finished sixth with 111.5 points. Host Nod-away Valley placed 10th with 58 points.

Bedford/Lenox and Mount Ayr each crowned two individual champions.

Bedford/Lenox freshman Jared Hensley claimed the 113-pound crown by pinning Denison-Schleswig’s Jorge Partida in 4:31. Junior Dust-en Reed won the 120-pound bracket by pinning Mount Ayr’s Dawson Knapp in 1:47.

Mount Ayr’s Erik Freed won the individual title at 145 pounds by pinning Clar-

inda’s Trey Stickler in 3:24. Joe Ricker was the other individual champion for the R a i d e r s , as he de-cisioned Clarinda’s Dakota Calfee 9-2 in overtime.

Coach Riley InvitationalTeam standings (champions)

— 1. Clarinda (2) 244; 2. Central Decatur (2) 210.5; 3. Guthrie Center (2) 152; 4. Bedford/Lenox (2) 147.5; 5. Kuemper Catholic (2) 120; 6. Mount Ayr (2) 111.5; 7. Van Meter (1) 109; 8. Denison-Schleswig 78; 9. Clarke (1) 76; 10. Nodaway Valley 58.

106 — 1. Brandon Gross (KC) dec. Ian Showers (Clk), 11-5; 3. Bailey Tuma (VM) dec. Colby Lange (B/L), 6-3.

113 — 1. Jared Hensley (B/L) pinned Jorge Partida (DS), 4:31.

120 — 1. Dusten Reed (B/L) pinned Dawson Knapp (MA), 1:47; 5. Camron Barnes (CD) pinned Shane Breheny (NV), :31.

126 — 1. Blake Luna (Clar)

CNA photos by SCOTT VICKER

Big 4: At left, Iowa Senior forward Zach McCabe (15), nephew of Creston softball coach Mike McCabe, looks to post up Drake point guard Richard Carter (3) while Chris Caird (25) defends a passing lane during Iowa’s 83-66 win over the Bulldogs on Saturday at the Big 4 Classic at Wells Fargo Arena. McCabe finished the game with seven points, while Caird scored a game-high 21 points and Carter added 18. Above, Iowa State forward Matt Thomas (21) shoots a 3-pointer over Northern Iowa’s Matt Bohannon in the opening game of the Big 4 Classic. Iowa State overcame an 18-point second-half deficit to beat UNI in overtime, 91-82.

Gonseth Becker

Spartan men go 2-1 on road tripBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

The Southwestern men’s basketball team went on a road trip last week, and learned a tough lesson in the first game of that road trip.

Southwestern went 2-1 on the road trip that saw the Spartans travel to Grand View, William Penn and Wartburg to take on the JV teams at each college.

And, had the Spartans not blown a double-digit lead in the second half of the first game against Grand View’s JV team on Wednesday, they would have come home with a 3-0 mark on the road trip.

“I thought we actually really played well on both ends of that game until about nine minutes left,” head coach Mike Holmes said. “We showed our in-experience by looking up, seeing a double-digit lead and stopped playing on both ends of the floor.”

Grand View’s JV team responded with a 17-0 run to climb back into the game.

Still, the Spartans had a chance to win the game, but couldn’t get a defensive stop when they needed one.

“A 17-0 run, you just can’t survive,” Holmes said. “Despite all that, we got the game tied up and needed to make a stop with 17 seconds left, and couldn’t do it. They hit a 3 at the buzzer. That was dis-appointing. There’s no way that should have happened, but it did. I think the good news is we learned some-thing, and we got better over the weekend.”Bounce back

The Spartans recovered to post wins of 74-66 over William Penn’s JV team on Saturday and 68-62 over Wartburg’s JV team on Sunday, improving to 6-5 for the season.

Elliott Hamdeed went off for 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor and

9 - o f - 1 1 s h o o t -ing from the free t h r o w line in the win over W i l l i a m P e n n , h e l p i n g the Spartans avoid another second-half collapse when the Statesmen were rally-ing.

Mataika Koyamainavure chipped in 14 points with six rebounds and Jared Theis scored nine points with a team-high seven boards.

“I thought our consisten-cy was very good,” Holmes said. “We talked on de-fense. We rebounded. We had good energy. I think you can see us climbing the steps.

“Elliott Hamdeed was good throughout the week-end, energy on both ends of the floor.”

Hamdeed

Please seeSPARTANS, page 11A

Freed

Please seeINVITE, page 11A


SPORTSSPORTS90

Straight games with a made 3-pointer by Iowa native Kyle Korver, an NBA re-cord.

NatioNalDigest

The Numbers Game

Korver

Heisman finalistsFour quarterbacks and

two running backs were named Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday.

Quarterbacks Jordan Lynch of Northern Illi-nois, Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, AJ McCar-ron of Alabama and Ja-meis Winston of Florida State were all invited to the Heisman ceremony on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

Auburn’s Tre Ma-son and Boston Col-lege’s Andre Williams are the running backs.

The six finalists invited to the ceremony in New York are the most since 1994.

Winston is the over-whelming favorite to win the award Saturday night in New York now that a sexual assault complaint against him in Tallahas-see, Fla., has been closed without charges being filed.

He could become the second straight freshman to win the award as the top player in college foot-ball after Manziel won it last season.Bears roll

CHICAGO — Nei-ther the brutal cold nor one of the league’s worst defenses could stop Josh McCown and the Chica-go Bears.

McCown threw for a career-high four touch-downs, and the Bears scored on their first eight possessions to grab a share of the NFC North lead with a 45-28 victory over the Dallas Cow-boys on a frigid Monday night.

The Bears (7-6) retired Hall of Famer Mike Dit-ka’s number at halftime and pulled even with De-troit in the division race on a night when the wind chill factor was below zero. Dallas (7-6) fell a game behind Philadel-phia in the NFC East.

The conditions didn’t stop McCown from throwing for 348 yards or keep the Bears from run-ning away with a lopsided victory after consecutive losses.Zona No. 1

Arizona moved up one spot to No. 1 in The Asso-ciated Press poll on Mon-day, the Wildcats’ first top ranking since 2003.

Arizona (9-0) was a runaway choice at No. 1, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-mem-ber national media panel to earn the school’s first No. 1 ranking without Lute Olson as coach.

The Wildcats were sixth in the preseason Top 25, and their climb has been highlighted by wins over San Diego State and Duke.

Syracuse, which got the other two first-place votes, and Ohio State moved up two places to second and third, and Wiscon-sin jumped four spots to fourth.

Michigan State, which had been No. 1 for three weeks, dropped to fifth after losing 79-65 at home to North Carolina. The other two times Michigan State has reached No. 1 — in 1978-79 and 2000-01 —it was there for two weeks.


Double dualCLARINDA — The or-

der of events at the Hawk-eye 10 double dual wrestling meet Thursday at Clarinda High school is Creston/O-M vs. Atlantic at 5:30 p.m.,

followed by Creston/O-M vs. Clarinda and Atlantic vs. Clarinda.Booster club

Creston Activities Boost-er Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at A&G

Steakhouse and Lounge.Agenda includes conces-

sion committee, winter bul-letins, clothing update and activities report. Panther clothing is sold at Farm & Home Supply and Adams Street Espresso.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Booster donation: Rick Benson (second from left) and Terry Freeman (right) of Creston Automotive present a check for $6,000 to Creston Activities Booster Club representatives PJ Normandeau (president) and Tawnya Routh (membership chair) prior to Friday’s boys basketball game against Glenwood. The check represents proceeds from the Drive 4 UR School event con-ducted by Creston Automotive on Sept. 28.

Nodaway Valley 76, East Union 36

AFTON — Nodaway Valley senior TJ Bower be-came the third Wolverine player in the past two years to eclipse the 1,000-point mark for his career in a 76-36 win over East Union here on Friday.

Bower, who entered the game with 997 points for his c a r e e r , dropped a game-high 32 points to reach 1,029 for his career. He joins Brad Baudler and Alex Welsch, both seniors from last year, as 1,000-point career scorers for Nodaway Valley the past two years.

Sophomore Jackson Lamb was the only other player to score in double figures for the game with 10 points. Delson Grantham pitched in nine points for Nodaway Valley and Mason Clarke scored eight. David Schweitzer scored six.

“Our guys played hard, forcing 28 turnovers,” Nod-away Valley head coach Darrell Burmeister said. “TJ became our third player to go over the 1,000-point mark in the last two seasons. Our younger players off the bench had a nother good night.”

Jesse Akers led East Union with eight points, while Sean Schmitz, Trevor Barnett and Dustin Hoyt each chipped in six points. Tyler Kelley scored four points.

“Too many turnovers and a lack of patience led to a wide margin,” East Union head coach Thad Tussey said. “Too many mental er-

rors. We need to value the ball more on each possses-sion and not be careless on both ends.”

East Union falls to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the Pride of Iowa Conference with the loss. The Eagles travel to Mount Ayr tonight. Nod-away Valley improves to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the confer-ence. The Wolverines travel to Lenox tonight.Melcher-Dallas 72, O-M 44

MELCHER — A 25-8 deficit after the first quarter was too much for Orient-Macksburg to overcome in a 72-44 loss to Melcher-Dallas here on Friday.

Dylan Nichols led the Bul ldogs with 13 p o i n t s , w h i l e C h a n t z Davidson f i n i s h e d with eight p o i n t s . J e s s e J o h n s o n pitched in seven points, while James Sullivan and Keaton Wambold each scored four points.

Tyrell Stucker netted three points. Wyatt Hens-ley and Logan Holste each scored two points and Seth White scored one point.

The Bulldogs travel to Di-agonal tonight.Mount Ayr 58, Southwest Valley 54

CORNING — Mount Ayr stormed back in the second half, overcoming a 34-28 halftime deficit to post a 58-54 win here on Friday.

“This was a great win for our young team this year,” Mount Ayr head coach Bret Ruggles said. “Southwest Valley is always a tough

place to play, and they have such a great crowd there. We have a lot to work on before our next contest, but it is great to get that first win under our belt.”

Jack Jones scored 23 points on 8 - o f - 1 2 s h o o t -ing from the floor with three s t e a l s to lead M o u n t Ayr. Se-nior Ja-cob Sobotka scored 17 points and grabbed six re-bounds off the bench. Ca-leb Schnoor pitched in five points with seven assists and three steals. Riley Weehler scored four points with five rebounds.

“We had a lot of trouble with turnovers (31) and still nearly won the ballgame,” Southwest Valley head coach Jim Obermeier said. “Foul trouble with Colten Drake and Scott Vander-hoof early in the second half allowed the Raiders to close the gap on us. We didn’t get to the line enough in the second half and gave them some easy opportunities in transition.”

Vanderhoof scored a team-high 16 points, w h i l e K e e g a n L o n g -a b a u g h posted 15 p o i n t s . D r a k e g r a b b e d a team-high 11 rebounds to go with six points. Lane Peterson scored eight points for the Timberwolves.

W-G TourneyWOODWARD — East

Union competed at the Woodward-Granger Tour-nament here on Saturday, and finished the day with two individual champions.

Brogan Kinyon claimed the in-d i v i d u a l title at 170 p o u n d s , w h i l e s o p h o -more Mike W a r d won the 195-pound bracket.

Austin Wagner (160) and Tyler Miller (182) finished second in their respective weight classes. Brandon Lee (120) and Beau Boswell (152) each finshed fourth.

“It was nice to have

enough numbers to compete in the team standings,” East Union head coach Steve Kinyon said. “Everyone was eager to compete after working hard preseason. The team needs to condition better to help eliminate mis-takes in the third period. It will be exciting to watch this team improve this season.”SWV Quad

CORNING — Mount Ayr picked up a win over South-west Valley in a close dual here on Thursday, as both the Raiders and Timber-wolves fell to Clarke and East Mills in a quadran-gular.

J o e R i c k e r ’ s pin of

Southwest Valley’s Isaac Huber sealed the 36-30 win for Mount Ayr, as both teams forfeited at 106, 113 and 120.

Mount Ayr lost to East Mills 56-18 and to Clarke 51-30, while Southwest Valley lost to East Mills 69-6 and to Clarke 48-27.

Mount Ayr 36, Southwest Valley 30

126 — Dawson Knapp (MA) won by forfeit; 132 — Logan Wood (SWV) pinned Trevor Anderson (MA), :38; 138 — Nick Frederick (SWV) pinned Ben Saville (MA), 1:51; 145 — Erik Freed (MA) pinned Evan Skelton (SWV), :54; 152 — Jacob Beamgard (MA) pinned Sean Haffner (SWV), 1:13; 160 — Buck Schafroth (SWV) pinned Wyatt Jackson (MA), :48.

170 — Jacob Vanbuskirk (MA) pinned Blake Haidsiak-Riggle (SWV), 3:35; 182 — Zach Barton (SWV) won by forfeit;

Sports briefs

Area wrestling

Please seeWRESTLING, page 12A

Area boys basketball

Bower

Nichols

Jones

Vanderhoof

Kinyon

Ricker Animal Shelter Donation Drive!

Our local animal shelters depend on the generosity of the community to sustain them. All donations collected at the Creston News Advertiser will go directly to Creston Animal Rescue Effort and Dog Gone Rescue in support of

homeless cats and dogs in our community!

Now through December 20th, stop by the Creston News Advertiser, 503 W. Adams,

and drop off a donated item for the local animal shelters!

Creston Animal Rescue Effort Needs:

(new or good used) collars, leashes, toys, we use alot of

canned food and cat litter, stain-less steel dog dishes (med. to large

size), cardboard cat scratchers, bleach, dish soap, hand sanitizer, sponges, hand towels, wash rags,

small blankets, copy paper, stamps, printer ink (#901).

Volunteers are always needed!We are a very small

group and more hands would be great.

Contact 641-782-2330 for more info.

Monetary Donations

can be mailed to C.A.R.E.

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Dog Gone Rescue Needs: Dog/Cat Dry & Canned Food, Dog/Cat

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Winterset meetResults of Creston/O-M

wrestling matches Thursday against Winterset, Norwalk and Chariton:

Gabe Ruepke (Ch) major dec. Kelby Luther (COM), 13-4; Isaac Davis (COM) pinned Cameron Smith (Nor); Conner Callison (COM) dec. Trenton Cook (Wint), 11-5; Mathew Rouh (COM dec. Dylan Wagner (Wint), 7-2; Cameron Brock (Nor) dec. Beau Barncastle (COM), 5-0; Dean Monger (COM) major

dec. Hunter Parker (Char), 12-0; Hunter Cobb (Char) pinned Tristen Travis (COM); Jaron Onkon (Nor) pinned Mason Kinsella (COM); Trevor Kinyon (COM) pinned Nico Schreck (Nor); Colton Phelps (COM) dec. Jack Livingston (Nor), 6-4; Jordan Hansen (Nor) dec. Kolby Tomas (COM), 4-2; Cody Lehman (Nor) injury default over Kelby Luther (COM).

Trey Allen (Wint) pinned Mathew Rough (COM); Conner Callison (COM) dec. Garrett Nevshemal (Wint), 4-0; Trevor Kinyon (COM) pinned Connor

Van Pelt (Wint); Cade Vicker (COM) dec. Garrett Reels (Wint), 6-1; Gabe Ruepke (Char) tech. fall Cade Vicker (COM), 16-1; Isaac Davis (COM) dec. A.J. Clarkwill (Nor), 6-1; Hunter Cobb (Char) pinned Dean Monger (COM); Tristen Travis (COM) pinned Cameron Smith (Nor); Cashton Weeks (COM) pinned Gabe Hickey (Nor); Beau Barncastle (COM) pinned Nico Schreck (Nor); Colton Phelps (COM) pinned Tommy Sommers (Char); Jaron Onkon (Nor) by injury default over Trevor Kinyon (COM).

Bedford 58,Lenox 32

BEDFORD — Turnovers cost Lenox in a 58-32 loss to Bedford here on Friday.

The Tigers fell behind 16-9 after one quarter, and managed to score just three points in the second quarter, as Bedford built a 27-12 lead at halftime.

“We didn’t lose the game on lack of hustle,” Lenox head coach Mandy Stoaks said. “The girls played hard and hustled the whole game, we just had way too many turnovers.”

Jacy Stoaks scored 12 p o i n t s with seven rebounds, t h r e e s t e a l s and three b l o c k e d shots. Ka-tie Dukes a d d e d 10 points with nine rebounds, four steals and three assists. Han-nah Mitchell contributed five steals and three assists.

Lenox, now 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the Pride of Iowa Conference, hosts Nodaway Valley tonight.North Harrison 48, East Union 31

EAGLEVILLE, Mo. — East Union couldn’t over-come a cold shooting night

in a 48-31 loss to North Har-rison here on Thursday.

The Eagles shot just 13-of-81 from the floor (13 per-cent) in the loss. Senior Brit-tany Malone scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds, w h i l e s e n i o r K e l s e y H o f f s c o r e d six points and fin-ished with a team-high 13 rebounds.

Kali Mertens and Mara Weis each scored four points, while Emily Eckels scored three points. Dani-elle Riley grabbed eight rebounds. Weis and Rea-gan Brown each dished out three assists.Nodaway Valley 64, East Union 39

AFTON — Nodaway Val-ley used a balanced scoring effort in a 64-39 win over East Union here on Friday.

Paige McElfish scored 14 points with seven rebounds, while Jessica Nelson added 12 points with five assists. Emily Hunting-ton netted 12 points in the win-ning effort.

J o s i e C a r t e r scored sev-

en points to go with seven assists and seven steals in the win. Josie Clarke scored seven points with a team-high 10 rebounds. Christine Gross scored five points with four rebounds.

“Balanced scoring was the highlight of the game for NV,” head coach Tom Thompson said. Three players in double figures will make it hard for teams to key on any one player. A good team effort gave glimpses of what we are capable of. Nineteen as-sists on 25 made baskets is very positive.”

Brittany Malone scored 17 points with 17 rebounds for East Union in the loss. K e l s e y Hoff add-ed nine p o i n t s with 15 rebounds. Chelsea Hoyt scored three points and pulled down nine re-bounds.

Nodaway Valley im-proved to 1-2 overall and 1-0 in the Pride of Iowa Conference with the win, while East Union fell to 0-2 and 0-1. Nodaway Val-ley travels to Lenox to-night, while East Union travels to Mount Ayr.

Boys basketball(First-place votes)

Class 4A — 1. Iowa City West (8) 2-0; 2. Bettendorf 2-0; 3. Dubuque Senior (2) 1-0; 4. North Scott, Eldridge 3-0; 5. Waukee 2-0; 6. Southeast Polk 2-0; 7. West Des Moines Valley 2-0; 8. (tie) Sioux City North 3-0 and Ankeny Centennial 2-0; 10. Urbandale 2-0.

Class 3A — 1. Harlan (5) 1-0; 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2) 2-0; 3. Solon (2) 2-0; 4. Pella (1) 2-0; 5. Clear Lake 2-0; 6. Sioux City

Bishop Heelan Catholic 1-0; 7. Dubuque Wahlert 1-1;’ 8. Denison-Schleswig 3-0; 9. Dallas Center-Grimes 2-1; 10. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2-1. Also, 11. Carroll; 20. Creston.

Class 2A — 1. Hull Western Christian (3) 1-0; 2. Carroll Kuemper Catholic (5) 1-0; 3. Western Dubuque 2-0; 4. Rock Valley (2) 2-0; 5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 1-0; 6. West Fork (Sheffield) 1-0; 7. Monroe PCM 2-0; 8. MFL-Mar-Mac 2-0; 9. Dike-New Hartford 2-0; 10. New

Hampton 1-0. Also, 17. Council Bluffs St. Albert; 18. Treynor.

Class 1A — 1. Newell-Fonda (6) 2-0; 2. Le Mars Gehlen Catholic (4) 3-0; 3. West Lyon 1-0; 4. Nodaway Valley 2-0; 5. Dunkerton 2-0; 6. Iowa Mennonite 2-0; 7. Boyden-Hull 1-1; 8. Belmond-Klemme 2-0; 9. Algona Bishop Garrigan 2-0; 10. Danville 2-0. Also, 11. Ankeny Christian Academy; 13. Lamoni.

(Source: Associated Press panel)

Area girls basketball

Stoaks

Hoff

Malone

Carter

Middle school wrestling

High school ratings

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pinned Luke Costlow (VM), 1:35; 5. Josh Mitchell (B/L) pinned Grant Sanders (KC), 3:39.

132 — 1. Alexander Schmitz (KC) dec. Tucker Patrick (GC), 5-2; 5. Ben Freese (NV) pinned Sawyer Andresen (B/L), 1:08.

138 — 1. Chase Wyant (VM) dec. Lane Rumelhart (GC), 10-8.

145 — 1. Erik Freed (MA) pinned

Trey Stickler (Clar), 3:24; 5. Parker Preul (DS) pinned Tyler Jenkins (B/L), 1:09.

152 — 1. Luke Strong (Clar) dec. Jacob Beamgard (MA), 7-0; 3. Jaydn Erlandson (NV) pinned Hunter Russell (B/L), 2:36.

160 — 1. Colton Ranney (CD) pinned JJ Clark (Clar), 4:46; 3. Adam Scharfenkamp (KC) dec. Zach Johnson (B/L), 8-6 (OT); 5. Brennen Weiland (NV) dec. Jacob Vanbuskirk (MA), 7-5.

170 — 1. Jacob Bair (Clk) pinned Dallas Walker (CD), 1:43; 3. Dusty Swindler (Clar) pinned Seth Willets (B/L), 3:16.

182 — 1. Austin Laabs (GC) dec. Trenton Wells (CD), 3-2; 5. Casey Ladd (NV) pinned Issack Anderson (KC), 3:34.

195 — 1. Peyton Gilbert (CD) pinned Christian Lauritsen (Clar), 3:48.

220 — 1. Cale Crowder (GC) dec. Spencer Benton (VM), 2-1; 3. Brook Stephens (Clar) pinned Zach McMillin (B/L), 4:40; 5. Logan Kelley (MA) pinned Jacob Roach (CD), 3:37.

285 — 1. Joe Ricker (MA) dec. Dakota Calfee (Clar), 9-2 (TB); 5. Jacey Glynn (B/L) pinned Cade Suhr (GC), 2:41.

INVITE:


Theis led the Spartans in Sunday’s win over Wart-burg, posting 16 points and four rebounds. Koyamaina-vure added 14 points with six rebounds, while Hamdeed scored eight points with six rebounds.

Tanner Kellogg and Larry Mason each chipped in six points, while Nick Lenhard scored five points. Matt Or-chard netted 13 points in the win.

“They were good wins,” Holmes said about the Sat-urday and Sunday games. “We’re scoring across the board. We really never know who it’s going to be. We just need to be consistent tak-ing care of the ball, moving consistently and thinking

our way through the game. Our weekend told us we got a little better at doing that in those two games.”

Southwestern returns to action at home tonight against Division I Marshall-town Community College with action starting at 7 p.m., before hosting Clinton Saturday in the conference opener at 3 p.m.

GRAND VIEW JV (62)SOUTHWESTERN (59) — Matt

Orchard 6 0-0 15, Larry Mason 4 5-10 14, Jared Theis 4 0-0 9, Mataika Koyamainavure 4 0-0 8, Elliott Hamdeed 2 2-2 7, Tanner Kellogg 1 2-3 4, Dylan Tucker 1 0-0 2. Totals — 22 9-15 59. FG shooting — 22-51 (43 per-cent). 3-point goals — 6 (Orchard 3, Mason 1, Hamdeed 1, Theis 1). Rebounds — 25 (Kellogg 8, Koyamainavure 6, Hamdeed 4, Theis 4). Assists — 8 (Mason 3). Steals — 9 (Orchard 3, Mason 3, Tucker 2). Turnovers — 7.

WILLIAM PENN JV (66)SOUTHWESTERN (74)

— Elliott Hamdeed 7 9-11 23, Mataika Koyamainavure 5 4-8 14, Jared Theis 4 1-1 9, Tanner Kellogg 2 3-5 8, Nick Lenhard 0 6-6 6, Larry Mason 2 0-0 5, Dylan Tucker 2 1-2 5, Matt Orchard 2 0-0 4. Totals — 24 24-33 74. FG shooting — 24-51 (47 percent). 3-point goals — 2 (Mason 1, Kellogg 1). Rebounds — 27 (Theis 7, Koyamainavure 6, Hamdeed 5, Kellogg 5). Assists — 12 (Koyamainavure 3, Lenhard 3, Mason 2, Hamdeed 2, Orchard 2). Steals — 9 (Hamdeed 2, Tucker 2, Theis 2). Turnovers — 12.

WARTBURG JV (62)SOUTHWESTERN (68) —

Jared Theis 7 0-0 16, Mataika Koyamainavure 6 2-4 14, Matt Orchard 4 3-4 13, Elliott Hamdeed 2 4-5 8, Larry Mason 2 1-2 6, Tanner Kellogg 2 4-4 6, Nick Lenhard 1 2-2 5. Totals — 23 16-21 68. FG shooting — 23-47 (48 per-cent). 3-point goals — 6 (Theis 2, Orchard 2, Lenhard 1, Mason 1). Rebounds — 24 (Koyamainavure 6, Hamdeed 6, Theis 4). Assists — 14 (Koyamainavure 4, Mason 3, Dylan Tucker 2, Orchard 2). Steals — 4 (Mason 1, Koyamainavure 1, Lenhard 1, Theis 1). Turnovers — 10.

SPARTANS:

Public notice

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTUNION COUNTYIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLA T. BOYD,

DeceasedProbate No. ESPR015619 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL,

OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR,AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To All Persons Interested in the Estateof WILLA T. BOYD, Deceased, who diedon or about November 27, 2013:

You are hereby notified that on the 4th

day of December, 2013, the last will andtestament of WILLA T. BOYD, deceased,bearing date of the 10th day of September,2012, was admitted to probate in theabove named court and that Tanya Weiswas appointed executor of the estate. Anyaction to set aside the will must be broughtin the district court of said county withinthe later to occur of four months from thedate of the second publication of this no-tice or one month from the date of mailingof this notice to all heirs of the decedentand devisees under the will whose identi-ties are reasonably ascertainable, or there-after be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all personsindebted to the estate are requested tomake immediate payment to the under-signed, and creditors having claimsagainst the estate shall file them with theclerk of the above named district court, asprovided by law, duly authenticated, forallowance, and unless so filed by the laterto occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of mailing of this notice (un-less otherwise allowed or paid) a claim isthereafter forever barred.

Dated this 4th day of December, 2013 Tanya Weis

Executor of estate1517 Twelve Mile Lake Rd.

Creston, Iowa 50801Loretta L. Harvey, ICIS PIN No: 17281 Attorney for executor Mullin, Mullin & Harvey 109 W. Montgomery St. Creston, Iowa 50801Date of second publication: Dec. 17, 2013

REGULAR MEETING OF THE CRESTON CITY COUNCIL

DECEMBER 3, 2013The Creston City Council met in regu-

lar session at 6:00 o'clock p.m. on theabove date in the Council Chambers of theCity Hall Complex with Mayor Woodspresiding.

Roll call being taken with the follow-ing Council members present: Wagner,Wilson, Levine, Winborn and White.Loudon and Vandevender were absent.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-prove the agenda. All voted aye. Loudonand Vandevender were absent. Motioncarried.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-prove the consent agenda, which includedapproval of minutes of November 19,2013, regular meeting; claims of$267,250.09. All voted aye. Loudon andVandevender were absent. Motion carried.

A request for an extension to receiveaudit proposal from Draper, Snodgrass,Mikkelsen & Co., P.C., died for lack of amotion.

A resolution was offered and secondedto accepts bids and award contract for au-diting services for Fiscal Years endingJune 30, 2014, 2015 and 2016, to Martens& Company, CPA, LLP, of West DesMoines, Iowa. All voted aye. Loudon andVandevender were absent. Resolutionpassed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto accept a $3,500 Volunteer AssistanceGrant Award on behalf of the fire Depart-ment. All voted aye. Loudon and Vande-vender were absent. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto special assess nuisance abatementcharges due to non-payment by propertyowners. All voted aye. Loudon and Van-devender were absent. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto approve and authorize the Mayor tosign an agreement with Iowa Departmentof Transportation for FY 2015 AirportCapital Improvement Program. All votedaye. Loudon and Vandevender were ab-sent. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto approve Pay Estimate #1 of $83,075.61to Feldhacker Contracting for work com-pleted on the Airport T-Hangar AccessTaxiway Improvements Project. All votedaye. Loudon and Vandevender were ab-sent. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto approve Pay Estimate #2 of $28,276.28to Kimery Electric for work completed onthe Airport Lighting ImprovementsProject. All voted aye. Loudon and Van-devender were absent. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto appoint Dave Crigger to the CrestonAirport Commission with term endingNovember 13, 2017. All voted aye.Loudon and Vandevender were absent.Resolution passed.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-prove requests for temporary closing ofparking spaces in front of businesses byIowa State Savings Bank (six), AdamsStreet Espresso (four) and The Lobby(five) on December 5, 2013, for the Light-ed Christmas Parade. All voted aye.Loudon and Vandevender were absent.Motion carried.

Under Other, Councilperson Wilsonextended a public thank you to Fire ChiefTodd Jackson, the Crew , and Rescue 3for the work they did for the Frey boys.

Motion was made and seconded to ad-journ the meeting. All voted aye. Loudonand Vandevender were absent. Motioncarried. Council adjourned at 6:10 p.m.

Warren Woods, Mayor Attest: Lisa Williamson, City Clerk

These are a condensed version of theproceedings of the regular meeting of theCreston City Council. Copies of the com-plete version may be obtained at theClerk s office during normal office hours.

CITY OF CRESTONFUND REPORT FOR CLAIM PERIOD

ENDING DECEMBER 3, 2013REVENUES, BY FUND 11/1/13-

11/30/13:GENERAL FUND....................305,854.95COMMUNITY CENTER................742.04ROAD USE TAX........................61,893.36PAYROLL TAX BENEFIT.......34,552.15FIRE/POLICE RETIREMENT....7,436.46EMERGENCY..............................1,855.26LOST-PROP TAX RELIEF (50%)............................................37,147.16LOST-STR/SWR/RPR/RPLC (50%)............................................37,147.15TIF-JAMES SBDV (75%)............6,391.91TIF-JAMES SBDV (25%-LMI)...2,130.64TIF-HWY 34 IMPROVEMENTS.....................12,449.69RESTRICTED GIFTS-LIBRARY......................................2,518.97CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE........................670.00SEWER OPERATING................81,612.39SEWER DEBT SERVICE..........43,861.17SEWER PLANT RPLCMNT.......7,531.58SEWER STORMWATER............3,440.35ANIMAL SHELTER-AGENCY..4,066.67TOTAL ..................................$651,301.90 CLAIMS BY VENDOR:ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES INCSERVICES........................................829.86AD-VANCE CHEMICAL CO LTDSUPPLIES.........................................549.75AGRILAND FS INCSUPPLIES......................................7,569.92AKIN BUILDING CENTERSUPPLIES.........................................698.03ALLIANT ENERGY-INT PWR&LGHELECTRIC........................................500.36AMAZON/GE MONEY BANKSUPPLIES.........................................177.80ARAMARK UNIFORM & CAREER ALAUNDRY SERVICE.......................27.12AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES INCSERVICES..........................................21.00B M SALESSUPPLIES...........................................74.80BARKER IMPLEMENT & MOTOR CSUPPLIES...........................................32.95CARROLL POLICE DEPARTMENTFEE....................................................100.00CHIEF SUPPLYSUPPLIES.........................................400.00COPY SYSTEMS INCCONTRACT.......................................24.72CRESTON CITY WATER WORKSWATER.............................................330.13CRESTON VET CLINIC PCSERVICES........................................628.50DEMCOSUPPLIES.........................................570.36ECHO GROUP INCSUPPLIES.........................................396.25ECI-SOUTHERN HILLSWORKFORCE SUMMIT..................30.00ED M FELD EQUIP CO INCSUPPLIES...........................................20.00*ELECTRONIC FEDERAL TAXTAX..............................................16,182.75EMERGENCY SERVICES MARKETING RENEWAL.............300.00FARM & HOME SUPPLY INCSUPPLIES.........................................133.08FASTENALSUPPLIES...........................................13.69FELDHACKER CONTRACTINGTHANGAR ACCESS TAXIWAY..................................83,075.61GALE CENGAGE LEARNINGBOOKS.............................................433.76GANDER MOUNTAINSUPPLIES.........................................700.00HALLETT MATERIALSSUPPLIES.........................................506.73HAWKEYE TRUCK EQUIPMENTSUPPLIES...........................................46.07HEARTLAND TIRE & AUTOSERVICES........................................268.00ILLOWA COMMUNICATIONSSERVICES........................................936.20INGRAMBOOKS..........................................2,318.90*IOWA DEPT OF REVENUETAX................................................6,293.00IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIESWORKSHOPS..................................700.00IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOCTRAINING.......................................260.00J&J PLUMBINGSUPPLIES...........................................79.00JOHNSON WELDINGSTUMP REMOVAL.....................2,500.00JONES, MICHELLEREIMBURSEMENT..........................51.39K & J HARDWARE INCSUPPLIES...........................................44.98KIMREY ELECTRICAIRPORT LIGHTING IMPROVMT................................28,276.28KELLY TIRE & EXHAUSTTIRES.............................................1,248.64LEON J DOROTHYSERVICES..........................................46.50LORMAN EDUCATION SERVICESSUPPLIES.........................................137.95MERRITT, JAYRDREIMBURSEMENT..........................78.71MICROMARKETING LLCBOOKS.............................................302.41OMG MIDWEST, INCSUPPLIES......................................1,951.51PAYROLL- GROSS INCLUDING BENEFITS.........114,605.51PETTY CASH - FIRE........................74.71PRAIRIE SOLID WASTE AGENCYSERVICES........................................526.20RHINE GROUP FIREARMSSUPPLIES.........................................696.95SERVICE TECHS INCSUPPLIES...........................................36.99SOUTHERN HILLS VET SVC INCSERVICES........................................171.75TAYLOR, MICHAELREIMBURSEMENT..........................68.93THOMSON REUTERS- WESTSUPPLIES.........................................182.00*TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SER-VICESFLEX.................................................804.26TRISTAR BENEFIT ADMINISTRAINSURANCE...............................24,962.02*TRISTARINV CHECK RUN......................19,960.01TROPHY SHOPSUPPLIES...........................................13.98UNION CO AUDITORSERVICES.....................................3,163.29*UNION CO RECORDERFEES....................................................54.00UPSPOSTAGE...........................................38.40VEENSTRA & KIMM INCSERVICES...................................16,755.35WAL-MART COMMUNITYSUPPLIES.........................................437.13WEST AVIATION INCPER FBO CONTRACT................1,354.17WHEELER, RODNEYSUPPLIES.........................................512.47ZIEGLER INCSUPPLIES.........................................315.11TOTAL...................................$344,599.94 GENERAL FUND....................231,307.20ROAD USE TAX........................26,803.32PAYROLL TAX BENEFIT.......46,107.57FIRE/POLICE RETIREMENT....9,994.01POLICE FORFEITURE.....................30.99RESTRICTED GIFTS-MCKNLY PARK..........................2,500.00RESTRICTED GIFTS-LIBRARY......................................1,188.31SEWER OPERATING FUND.. .25,476.03ANIMAL SHELTER FUND........1,192.51TOTAL...................................$344,599.94



































































THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTUNION COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Helen T. Kingery, Deceased.Probate No.: ESPR015618

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OFAPPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate

of Helen T. Kingery, Deceased, who diedon or about October 28, 2013:

You are hereby notified that on the 4th

day of December, 2013, the last will andtestament of Helen T. Kingery, deceased,bearing date of the 20th day of October,1987 was admitted to probate in the abovenamed court and that Darrell E Kingerywas appointed executor of the estate. Anyaction to set aside the will must be broughtin the district court of said county withinthe later to occur of four months from thedate of the second publication of this no-tice or one month from the date of mailingof this notice to all heirs of the decedentand devisees under the will whose identi-ties are reasonably ascertainable, or there-after be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all personsindebted to the estate are requested tomake immediate payment to the under-signed, and creditors having claimsagainst the estate shall file them with theclerk of the above named district court, asprovided by law, duly authenticated, forallowance, and unless so filed by the laterto occur of four months from the secondpublication of this notice or one monthfrom the date of mailing of this notice (un-less otherwise allowed or paid) a claim isthereafter forever barred.

Dated this 4th day of December, 2013.Darrell E. KingeryExecutor of estate1910 180th Street Creston, IA 50801

Arnold O. Kenyon IIIICIS PIN No: AT0004182Attorney for executor KENYON & NIELSEN, P.C. 211 N. Maple Street, Creston, IA 50801Date of second publication: Dec. 17, 2013

Notice of Public Hearing and MeetingThe Policy Board of the ATURA

Transportation Planning Affiliation(Adair, Taylor, Union, Ringgold, andAdams Counties) will hold a SpecialMeeting at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Decem-ber 17, 2013 at Southern Iowa Council ofGovernments, 101 East MontgomeryStreet, Creston.

Action items on the agenda include:-Public Hearing - RPA 14/ATURA

FY2014-2017 Transportation Improve-ment Program (TIP) Amendment increas-ing expenditure of federal funds on threeFY2014 bridge projects

-Resolution Approving Amendment toRPA 14/ATURA FY2014-2017 Trans-portation Improvement Program (TIP)

The public is invited to attend and pro-vide comment. Contact Becky Nardy atSouthern Iowa Council of Governments [email protected] or 641-782-8491 foradditional information.

http://www.sicog.com/affiliates/atura

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S LEVY AND SALE

In the Iowa District Court for Union County

State of IowaUnion County

Court No.: EQCV017364SPECIAL EXECUTION

Plantiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank, Na-tional Association

vs.Defendant: Mickey, Monty L AKA

Monte Lee Mickey AKA Monte Mickey -In Rem

Defendant: Mickey, Sheila M AKASheila Mae Mickey AKA Sheila Mickey -In Rem

Defendant: Discover Bank - In RemAs a result of the judgment rendered in

the above referenced court case, an execu-tion was issued by the court to the Sheriffof this county. The execution ordered thesale of defendant(s) rights, title, and inter-est in Real Estate Property to satisfy thejudgment. The property to be sold is:

The West Half (W 1/2) of Lot Num-bered eight (8) Except the North Ten (10)Feet Thereof In Stone and Elliott's SecondAddition to Creston, Union County, Iowa

Street Address: 605 McKinley St,Creston, IA 50801

The described property will be offeredfor sale at public auction for cash only asfollows:

Date of Sale: 01/14/2014Time of Sale: 10:30 AMPlace of Sale: East Steps Inside the

Union County Courthouse, Creston, Iowa.X This sale not subject to redemption.Property exemption: Certain money

or property may be exempt. Contact yourattorney promptly to review specific pro-visions of the law and file appropriate no-tice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount: $152,809.90Costs: $285.00 Plus interest 6.875%

per annum of $134,483.87 from09/30/2013 until satisfied.

Attorney: Theodore R. Boecker(515) 222-9400Sheriff: Rick L. PielDate: 12/05/2013





Plantiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank, Na-tional Association

vs.Defendant: Mickey, Monty L AKA

Monte Lee Mickey AKA Monte Mickey -In Rem

Defendant: Mickey, Sheila M AKASheila Mae Mickey AKA Sheila Mickey -In Rem

Defendant: Discover Bank - In RemAs a result of the judgment rendered in


The West Half (W 1/2) of Lot Num-bered eight (8) Except the North Ten (10)Feet Thereof In Stone and Elliott's SecondAddition to Creston, Union County, Iowa

Street Address: 605 McKinley St,Creston, IA 50801






per annum of $134,483.87 from09/30/2013 until satisfied.






Plantiff: Great Western Bankvs.Defendant: Heacock, Wade E a/k/a WadeHeacock - In RemDefendant: Heacock, Ann M a/k/a AnnHeacock - In RemDefendant: Total Home Solutions LLC -In RemDefendant: Balboa Capital Corporation -In RemDefendant: Covergence Receivables, LC -In RemDefendant: Atlantic Credit and FinanceInc. - In RemDefendant: Velocity Investments LLC - InRemDefendant: Arrow Financial Services,LLC - In RemDefendant: Capital One Bank (USA) NA -In RemDefendant: Ambrose, Russell - In RemDefendant: Parties in Possession - In Rem

As a result of the judgment rendered inthe above referenced court case, an execu-tion was issued by the court to the Sheriffof this county. The execution ordered thesale of defendant(s) rights, title, and inter-est in Real Estate Property to satisfy thejudgment. The property to be sold is:

Subject real estate 1: a tract of land inthe northeast quarter of the northeast quar-ter (NE 1/4 NE 1/4) of section thirty two(32), township seventy-three (73) north,range thirty (30) west of the 5th p.m., inUnion County, Iowa, more particularly de-scribed as follows: beginning at the north-east corner of said NE 1/4 NE 1/4, thencesouth 1015 feet, thence west 370 feet,thence north 1015 feet, thence east 370feet to the point of beginning.

Subject real estate 2: lot numbered four(4) in Swigerts first addition to Creston,Union County,Iowa.

Subject real estate 3: the south half (S1/2) of the east half (E 1/2) of lot num-bered thirty-one (31) and the west sixteen(16) feet of the south half (S 1/2) of lotnumbered thirty-two (32), all in DeVoe'sfirst addition to Creston, Union County,Iowa.

Subject real estate 4: lot numbered nine(9) in the subdivision of lot numbered twohundred forty (240) in west Creston, sec-tion “A”, Creston, Union County, Iowa.

Street Address: 1515 Iris Ave., 605 N.Pine St., 509 W. Spencer St., 807 W. Jef-ferson St. - all Creston, Iowa



Union County Courthouse, Creston, Iowa.X This sale not subject to redemption.Property exemption: Certain money or

property may be exempt. Contact your at-torney promptly to review specific provi-sions of the law and file appropriate no-tice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount: $125,949.28Costs: $235.00 Plus interest $9.00890

per day from 07/08/2013 AND $13.60102per day from 07/08/2013

Attorney: Thomas H. Burke(515) 288-6041Sheriff: Rick L. PielDate: 12/03/2013





Plantiff: Great Western Bankvs.Defendant: Heacock, Wade E a/k/a WadeHeacock - In RemDefendant: Heacock, Ann M a/k/a AnnHeacock - In RemDefendant: Total Home Solutions LLC -In RemDefendant: Balboa Capital Corporation -In RemDefendant: Covergence Receivables, LC -In RemDefendant: Atlantic Credit and FinanceInc. - In RemDefendant: Velocity Investments LLC - InRemDefendant: Arrow Financial Services,LLC - In RemDefendant: Capital One Bank (USA) NA -In RemDefendant: Ambrose, Russell - In RemDefendant: Parties in Possession - In Rem

As a result of the judgment rendered inthe above referenced court case, an execu-tion was issued by the court to the Sheriffof this county. The execution ordered thesale of defendant(s) rights, title, and inter-est in Real Estate Property to satisfy thejudgment. The property to be sold is:

Subject real estate 1: a tract of land inthe northeast quarter of the northeast quar-ter (NE 1/4 NE 1/4) of section thirty two(32), township seventy-three (73) north,range thirty (30) west of the 5th p.m., inUnion County, Iowa, more particularly de-scribed as follows: beginning at the north-east corner of said NE 1/4 NE 1/4, thencesouth 1015 feet, thence west 370 feet,thence north 1015 feet, thence east 370feet to the point of beginning.

Subject real estate 2: lot numbered four(4) in Swigerts first addition to Creston,Union County,Iowa.

Subject real estate 3: the south half (S1/2) of the east half (E 1/2) of lot num-bered thirty-one (31) and the west sixteen(16) feet of the south half (S 1/2) of lotnumbered thirty-two (32), all in DeVoe'sfirst addition to Creston, Union County,Iowa.

Subject real estate 4: lot numbered nine(9) in the subdivision of lot numbered twohundred forty (240) in west Creston, sec-tion “A”, Creston, Union County, Iowa.

Street Address: 1515 Iris Ave., 605 N.Pine St., 509 W. Spencer St., 807 W. Jef-ferson St. - all Creston, Iowa



Union County Courthouse, Creston, Iowa.X This sale not subject to redemption.Property exemption: Certain money or

property may be exempt. Contact your at-torney promptly to review specific provi-sions of the law and file appropriate no-tice, if applicable.

Judgment Amount: $125,949.28Costs: $235.00 Plus interest $9.00890

per day from 07/08/2013 AND $13.60102per day from 07/08/2013

Attorney: Thomas H. Burke(515) 288-6041Sheriff: Rick L. PielDate: 12/03/2013





Plantiff: Bank of America NAvs.Defendant: Karns, John P – In RemDefendant: Spouse of John P Karns if

any – In RemAs a result of the judgment rendered in


The West of Seventy (70) Feet of LotNumbered Eight (8) in West Creston, Sec-tion “A”, Creston, Union County, Iowa.

Street Address: 305 North St., Cre-ston, IA 50801






per annum of $56,520.79 from 12/20/2013until satisfied.






Plantiff: Green Tree Servicing LLCvs.Defendant: Kendrick, Justin - In RemDefendant: Kendrick, Sarah - In RemDefendant: Hauge Associates Inc - In

RemDefendant: Cottrell, Holly S - In RemAs a result of the judgment rendered in


The South Twelve (12) Feet of LotNumbered Seventy-Two (72) and All ofLot Numbered Seventy-Three (73) inRailroad Addition to Creston, UnionCounty, Iowa

Street Address: 401 N. Jarvis St,Creston, IA 50801






per annum of $79,350.00 from 09/27/2013until satisfied.

Attorney: Brian G Sayer(319) 234-2530Sheriff: Rick L. PielDate: 12/06/2013

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A baby’s first Christmas is one the parents, grandparents and family will remember forever. You can share your child’s photo with Creston News Advertiser readers for just $15.00 if you submit your photo before Dec. 13. The cost is $20.00 after December 13.

If your baby was born after Dec. 25, 2012 this will be their first Christmas. Final deadline to be included is Noon Wednesday, December 18. Pictures will be published Monday, Dec. 23.

Baby’s Name: _______________________________________ Baby’s Age:______

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STAMINA STEPPERWITH counter andtimer, $50.00; smallcorner drop leaf table$35.00; 32 in. Sanyocolor TV (older style)$25.00- will entertainoffers also, 641-202-8036, leave message ifno answer.

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MYSTERY NOVELS,HARDCOVER and pa-perback, priced from 50cents to 10 dollars each;good deal offered foranyone who takes all,Call 641-782-7169.

WOODEN GLIDERROCKER $50.00; rock-er/recliner $30.00; 641-344-1480.

FOR SALE: HEDGEPOSTS, Circle T Ranch,Kellerton, 641-278-0296.

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195 — Sammy Richey (SWV) won by forfeit; 220 — Logan Kelley (MA) pinned Scott Palmer (SWV), 1:06; 285 — Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Isaac Huber (SWV), :39; 106 — double for-feit; 113 — double forfeit; 120 — double forfeit.

Clarke 51, Mount Ayr 30120 — Dawson Knapp (MA)

pinned Landon Spurgin (Clk), :37; 126 — Craig Haltom (Clk) won by forfeit; 132 — Bret Moffett (Clk) pinned Trevor Anderson (MA), 5:42; 138 — Junior Morales (Clk) techni-cal fall Ben Saville (MA), 18-1; 145 — Erik Freed (MA) pinned John Cutshall (Clk), 1:54; 152 — Jacob Beamgard (MA) pinned Jarrod Coe (Clk), 1:32.

160 — Gable Reece (Clk) major dec. Jacob Vanbuskirk (MA), 20-11; 170 — Jacob Bair (Clk) pinned Wyatt Jackson (MA), 1:03; 182 — Ulises Yanez (Clk) won by forfeit; 195 — Nathan Bair (Clk) won by for-feit; 220 — Logan Kelley (MA) pinned Jake Burk (Clk), :25; 285 — Joe Ricker (MA) won by forfeit; 106 — Brock Brokaw (Clk) won by forfeit; 113 — Ian Showers (Clk) won by forfeit.

East Mills 56, Mount Ayr 18113 — double forfeit; 120 —

Dawson Knapp (MA) pinned Chandler Foss (EM), 1:37; 126 — Alec Moorman (EM) won by forfeit; 132 — Luke Stortenbecker (EM) pinned Trevor Anderson (MA), 1:50; 138 — Lane Stortenbecker (EM) pinned Ben Saville (MA), 1:00; 145 — Erik Freed (MA) pinned Clarence Frame (EM), 2:15; 152 — Josh Hopkins (EM) major dec. Jacob Beamgard (MA), 19-6; 160 — Cavin Darnold (EM) major dec. Jacob Vanbuskirk (MA), 21-7.

170 — Colby Jennings (EM) pinned Wyatt Jackson (MA), :46; 182 — Colton Story (EM) won by forfeit; 195 — Nick Perkins (EM) won by forfeit; 220 — Trey Byers (EM) pinned Logan Kelley (MA), 3:35; 285 — Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Anthony Ossman (EM), :32; 106 — Ben Christensen (EM) won by forfeit.

Clarke 48,Southwest Valley 27

106 — Brock Brokaw (Clk) won by forfeit; 113 — Ian Showers (Clk) won by forfeit; 120 — Landon Spurgin (Clk) won by forfeit; 126 — double forfeit; 132 — Logan Wood (SWV) pinned Bret Moffett (Clk), 5:12; 138 — Junior Morales (Clk) pinned Nick Frederick (SWV), 2:49; 145 — Sean Haffner (SWV) dec. John Cutshall (Clk), 12-5; 152 — Jarrod Coe (Clk) pinned Evan Skelton (SWV), 1:00.

160 — Buck Schafroth (SWV) pinned Gabe Crawford (Clk), 3:07; 170 — Jacob Bair (Clk) pinned Blake Haidsiak-Riggle (SWV), 2:25; 182 — Zach Barton (SWV) pinned Ulises Yanez (Clk), :31; 195 — Nathan Bair (Clk) pinned Sammy Richey (SWV), 1:53; 220 — Jake Burk (Clk) pinned Scott Palmer (SWV), 4:58; 285 — Isaac Huber (SWV) won by forfeit.

East Mills 69,Southwest Valley 6

120 — Chandler Foss (EM) won by forfeit; 126 — Alec Moorman (EM) dec. Logan

Wood (SWV), 6-5; 132 — Luke Stortenbecker (EM) won by for-feit; 138 — Lane Stortenbecker (EM) pinned Nick Frederick (SWV), 1:59; 145 — Clarence Frame (EM) pinned Sean Haffner (SWV), 3:34; 152 — Josh Hopkins (EM) pinned Spencer Calkins (SWV), :40; 160 — Calvin Darnold (EM) pinned Buck Schafroth (SWV), 1:48.

170 — Colby Jennings (EM0 pinned Blake Haidsiak-Riggle (SWV), 1:27; 182 — Zach Barton (SWV) won by forfeit; 195 — Nick Perkins (EM) pinned Sammy Richey (SWV), :54; 220 — Trey Byers (EM) pinned Scott Palmer (SWV), :59; 285 — Austin Hatcher (EM) pinned Isaac Huber (SWV), 2:52; 106 — Ben Christensen (EM) won by forfeit; 113 — double forfeit.

CD TriLEON — Bedford/

Lenox lost a close dual to Central Decatur here Thursday, but picked up a 72-4 win over Wayne.

Hunter Russel (152), Seth Willets (170), Zach McMillin (220) and Jacey Glynn (285) all pinned their opponents in the dual against Wayne. McMillin, Jared Hensley (113) and Dusten Reed (126) pinned their opponents against Central Decatur.

Bedford/Lenox 72, Wayne 4152 — Hunter Russel (B/L)

pinned Bryce Value (W), :21; 160 — Blayde Baker (W) major dec. Zach Johnson (B/L), 14-5; 170 — Seth Willets (B/L) pinned Connor Runyon (W), 2:17; 182 — Cody Sleep (B/L) won by for-feit; 195 — double forfeit; 220 — Zach McMillin (B/L) pinned Tate Vandyne (W), 2:22; 285 — Jacey Glynn (B/L) pinned Jessy Williams (W), 1:05.

106 — Colby Lange (B/L) won by forfeit; 113 — Jared Hensley (B/L) won by forfeit; 120 — Sawyer Andresen (B/L) won by forfeit; 126 — Dusten Reed (B/L) won by forfeit; 132 — Josh Mitchell (B/L) won by for-feit; 138 — Sam McMillin (B/L) won by forfeit; 145 — Tyler Jenkins (B/L) won by forfeit.

Central Decatur 40,Bedford/Lenox 30

145 — Darin Martin (CD) tech fall Tyler Jenkins (B/L), 20-3; 152 — Hunter Russel (B/L) dec. Anthony Walker (CD), 7-2; 160 — Colton Ranney (CD) tech fall Zachary Marxen (B/L), 3:44; 170 — Dallas Walker (CD) pinned Seth Willets (B/L), 3:53; 182 — Trenton Wells (CD) won by forfeit; 195 — Peyton Gilbert (CD) pinned Cody Sleep (B/L), :50; 220 — Zach McMillin (B/L) pinned Jacob Roach (CD), 1:31.

285 — Austin Richardson Blades (CD) dec. Jacey Glynn (B/L), 1-0; 106 — Colby Lange (B/L) won by forfeit; 113 — Jared Hensley (B/L) pinned Craig Beavers (CD), :16; 120 — Sawyer Andresen (B/L) pinned Chance Masters (CD), 1:21; 132 — Kade Kelso (CD) dec. Josh Mitchell (10-4); 138 — Brennon Short (CD) pinned Sam McMillin (B/L), 1:30.

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Christmas performaces coming to Corning Opera House CORNING — Christmas

music will abound with the Joseph Hall Elvis Christmas and Southern gospel quar-tet Reconciled! appearing at Corning Opera House, 800 Davis Ave., Corning.

At 7 p.m. Friday, Joseph Hall will make a return en-gagement as Elvis. Hall in-teracts with the audience as if they are sitting at a concert of Elvis himself.

Hall has been paying tribute to the legacy of El-vis Presley since 2006 and starred on NBC’s America’s Got Talent in 2008. He has worked with the Elvis Pre-sley Enterprises and been officially recognized as one of the top tribute artists in the world today. Currently, he resides and performs in Branson, Mo.

Reserved seats are $20 for adults and $10 for students.

Reconciled! gospel quar-tet of Red Oak will perform a “Christmas Celebration” concert 7 p.m. Sunday for a free-will donation at the door.

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Christmas favorites, ranging from “Away in a Manger” to “Come and See What’s Hap-penin’ In the Barn.”

Reconciled! has been per-forming together for more than two years with the in-tention of singing for fun. Since then, they have per-formed dozens of concerts

throughout Iowa and Mis-souri. They have recently begun recording their first CD to be released before the New Year.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for both shows.

Reserved tickets for Elvis can be purchased by calling the opera house at 641-418-

8037 or Kyle at Joseph Hall Enterprises at 402-617-4477.

For Reconciled!, seats are first-come, first-serve.

For more opera house in-formation, follow the opera house on Facebook, visit www.CorningOperaHouse.com or email [email protected].

Contributed photoGospel quartet Reconciled! will perform Sunday at Corning Opera House.

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Noël à Icaria cookie exchange to be held at Icarian Village

CORNING — A Noël à Icaria cookie exchange will be held Sunday in the Re-fectory at French Icarian Village in Corning.

A short program with a special dessert and beverage will begin at 2 p.m. followed by the cookie exchange.

Tickets for the event may be purchased at Corn-ing Chamber of Commerce or French Icarian Colony Foundation at Lauvstad Center, 710 Davis Ave., Corning, or at the door that day for a small additional charge.

Each guest is to bring four dozen home baked cook-ies of their favorite family Christmas cookie recipe.

Rules for the Noël à Icar-ia Cookie Exchange are as follows:

1) The theme is Christ-mas Cookies.

2) All cookies should be homemade and baked.

3) No plain chocolate chip cookies, cookie mixes, “no-bakes,” meringues or bars.

4) Bring four dozen to-tal cookies (from the same recipe) in a container that can be used to carry home selections.

5) Bring a basket or plat-ter to arrange your cookies in/on for the cookie table and be creative.

6) Email a copy of the recipe before the party or bring recipe to the party. Emailed recipes received before Dec. 8 will be print-ed and available that day.

7) If you do not have time to bake, or have burnt cook-ies but still want to attend, go to a bakery and buy four dozen cookies to bring to the exchange.

For more information, call 641-322-4717, email [email protected] or visit www.icaria.net.

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