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East Union, Lenox, Mount Ayr, Nodaway Valley and Orient-Macksburg high schools all had prom Saturday. See photos from each in today’s paper.
Panther tennis teams win tournament titles at Saydel and Knoxville Saturday. More in SPORTS, page 9A. >>
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Leadership event coming to Creston May 11 The event, “Architects of Tomorrow,” will feature respected global leaders and speakers like Dr. Henry Cloud, Andy Stanley, Nick Saban and Kat Cole. n
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The leadership event, “Architects of Tomorrow,” will be video-streamed in room 180 of the instructional building at Southwestern Community College May 11.
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all over the world,” said Wayne Pantini with High Lakes Leadership Initiative, the organization bringing this event to Creston. “It will be a great opportunity to interact with others from across the world on the topic of leadership — how we can all be stronger leaders in the community, at home and at work.” Registration begins at 8 a.m., the program starts and 9 a.m. and concludes at 4:30 p.m. Early bird cost through Friday is $90 and includes lunch, materials and a 70page booklet. The cost after Friday will be $99.
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There are still seats available for a leadership event slated May 11 at Southwestern Community College in Creston. The event, “Architects of Tomorrow,” will be video-streamed in room 180 of the instructional building at the college that day and will feature respected global leaders and speakers like Dr. Henry Cloud, Andy Stanley, Nick Saban, Kat Cole and more. “This is being broadcast
The event will explore what it means to be a visionary leader by looking at unique perspectives that an “Architect of Tomorrow” must examine. The event will show that visionary leaders have the ability to see a preferred future, operate in the present and utilize the resources around them to architect a clear path to a new destination. And, they work tirelessly to empower those around them to bring a vision to life. There are four sessions throughout the day. They include: Eyes to See To-
morrow, A Voice to Share Tomorrow, Heart to Inspire Tomorrow and Feet to Lead Tomorrow. “This event is a good opportunity to get inspired and get engaged and broaden your leadership knowledge,” Pantini said. Pantini said this event does count toward certain CEU (continuing education) credits for professionals. He added exhibitor sponsorships at $150 are still available for purchase through Friday. Call Pantini at 641-782-2003 for further questions or to purchase tickets.
Trial planned for Ron Paul 2012 campaign advisers DES MOINES (AP) — Three top campaign advisers to 2012 presidential candidate Ron Paul who are scheduled to go on trial this week have lost their fight to get charges of conspiracy to cover up campaign payments to a former state senator dismissed. Judge John Jarvey denied the defense team’s motion to dismiss the case in an order filed Wednesday, setting it up to go to trial as scheduled in federal court in Des Moines on Tuesday. Paul’s 2012 campaign chairman Jesse Benton, campaign manager John Tate and deputy manager Dimitri Kesari are charged with conspiracy to cover up $73,000 in campaign payments to former Iowa Sen. Kent Sorenson, who dropped his support for Michelle Bachmann and endorsed Paul six days before the Iowa caucuses. Federal prosecutors say the men secretly agreed to pay Sorenson for his endorsement and attempted to hide the payments by funneling them through a video production company. The three also are charged with causing false campaign contribution reports to be filed to the Federal Election Commission and participating in a false statement scheme. Benton and Tate are charged with causing the campaign to file false records of the payments;
Kesari was convicted of that charge last year. Attorneys for the men had argued that federal law only requires campaigns to declare payments to vendors and not track whether the money goes to a subcontractor beyond that. In a motion to dismiss the case filed Tuesday, Tate’s attorney, David Warrington, cited a case involving Ready For Hillary, a political action committee established before Clinton entered the current race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Allegations were made by Clinton opponents who formed a Stop Hillary PAC in January 2014 that Ready For Hillary didn’t properly report a $136,000 payment to a group called Friends of Hillary — Clinton’s 2006 senatorial campaign committee and the successor to her 2008 presidential campaign — for the right to use an email list of supporters. The PAC said it paid a third-party vendor to obtain the email list and disclosed the vendor name as the payee instead of the Friends of Hillary group. An FEC attorney recommended further investigation into whether the PAC reported the payment as required by law. The six-member board voted Feb. 1, 2015, but the 3-3 tie TRIAL | 2A
Washington: Pentagon, Congress at odds over bases WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should allow a new round of military base closings. The case goes like this: The Army and Air Force have vastly more space for training and basing troops than they need, and
trimming the surplus would save money better used to strengthen the military. Congress, however, has its own logic: Closing bases can hurt local economies, which can cost votes in the next election. Besides, some lawmakers say, the Pentagon has cooked the books to jus-
tify its conclusions or at least has not finished doing the math. Lawmakers are fiercely protective of bases in their district or state and generally prefer to ignore or dismiss any Pentagon push to close them. Nearly every year the Pentagon asks Congress
for authority to convene a base-closing commission. The answer is always the same: not this year. And probably not anytime soon, either. In a little-noticed report to congressional leaders this month, the Pentagon offered a detailed analysis — the first
of its kind in 12 years — that concludes the military will have an overall 22 percent excess of base capacity in 2019. The Army will have 33 percent surplus, the Air Force 32 percent and the Navy and Marine Corps a combined 7 percent, the report says. Base capacity is the total
amount of acreage or work space available to support military forces at places such as a training range, an air base, a weapons storage site or an office building. “Spending resources on excess infrastructure does BASES | 2A
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Jazz night: Southwestern Community College (SWCC) professional music students, from
left, Madalyne Green, Megan Masters and Jacob Allen perform “Georgia on My Mind” arranged by Kirby Shaw during the music department’s jazz night Friday at Adams Street Espresso in Creston. Playing drums is music student John Adair.
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School fundraiser: From left, Katie Turner, Terry Freeman, Leslie Wurster and Rick Benson pose next to this 2014 Mustang convertible during Creston Automotive and Ford Motor Company’s Drive 4UR School event held Saturday at Creston Middle School. More than 300 people test drove new Ford vehicles during the one-day event to raise $6,000 for Creston Activities Booster Club, pending a Ford audit. The funds raised will go for middle school activities.
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