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SNOWFALL TOTALS

LANGE RETURNS

Residents in Union County received between 1 and 3 inches of snowfall Monday afternoon. The Des Moines area received the most snowfall in the state with reports of 7 inches. See a snowfall analysis map on page 8A.

Caleb Lange returns to Lenox Tigers lineup and leads Lenox past Diagonal, 48-35, Monday evening. Read more on the game in SPORTS, page 5A. >>

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Progress continues on Creston’s bus barn

By BAILEY POOLMAN

April 2012.

The concrete floor and sewer drainage system are finished.

Originally, it was planned the building would have a gravel McDermott floor, but according to state of Iowa code, the bus barn needed a concrete floor.

The cost of the floor increased, but the cost of the sprinkler and heating systems decreased.

Creston’s new bus barn will have

CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

Progress continues on Creston Community School District’s bus barn. The bus barn, located northeast of the original site, is starting to look like a building.

“They made good progress in the last few days,” said Steve McDermott, Creston and Prescott superintendent. “The frame is being erected, ... the steel is beginning to go up, and that’s the primary change here recently.”

Construction on the building began in June. The original building was destroyed during a tornado in

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMAN

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Snow coats the ground surrounding the newly erected bones of the Creston Community School District bus barn. Construction started in June, and the concrete floor and sewage drainage system are finished.

first baby of 2015 welcome, michael

CNA photos by KYLE WILSON

ABOVE: Craig Mittag, advertising director at the Creston News Advertiser, left, delivers a care package from several local businesses Monday to the family who had the first baby of 2015 at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston.

The family includes mother Stephanie — holding newborn son Michael — along with sons Sam and Charlie. Working Monday — and unavailable for the photo — was father Greg Anderson. BELOW: Pictured is Michael Harris Anderson — the first Creston baby of 2015. His mother Stephanie said he has his father Greg’s chin and has been a “good baby,” thusfar, sleeping for about three hours at a time.

By KYLE WILSON

CNA managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com

The first baby of the new year has already been released from Greater Regional Medical Center and is home safe with his parents.

Michael Harris Anderson was the first Creston baby of 2015 — born at 7:05 p.m.

Friday at Greater Regional.

Michael weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long with a full head of brown hair.

Parents Greg and Stephanie Anderson — both nurse anesthetists at GRMC — said it took them until late Saturday afternoon before deciding on a name.

“We went with Michael because it’s traditional and Harris because that was my grandfather’s middle name,” Stephanie said Monday afternoon.

Michael’s grandparents are Paul and Linda An-

derson of Timonium, Md., and Gary and Elaine Lawrence of Ackley. Siblings are brothers Charlie, 4, and Sam, 2.

The Creston News Advertiser visited Michael and his family Monday at their

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home in Creston and delivered a care package from several local businesses.

The care package included a $20 gift card from Boyd Appliance, free oil changes from Creston Automotive and Stalker

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Chevrolet, $25 gift card from Fareway, $20 in Creston bucks from both Tyler Insurance and Creston Chamber of Commerce, three-month subscription to the Creston News Advertiser, two packages of diapers from Creston HyVee and $25 savings account from Nishna Valley Credit Union.

Michael and his parents were released from the hospital by Dr. Karen Krogstad of New Life Family Medicine on Sunday.

“Of my three children, this was the best hospital stay and OB (obstetrician) experience of them all,” Stephanie said.

She added Michael has been a “good baby,” thusfar, and is sleeping about three hours at a time.

Last year’s first Creston baby of the year was Brantlee Murphy Hallett — born Jan. 1, 2014, to parents Addy Holbrook and Dusty Hallett.

Bitter cold expected in southwest Iowa on Wednesday A wind chill warning has been issued by National Weather Service (NWS) from midnight to noon Wednesday for much of Iowa, including Union County.

Creston residents should expect an overnight low of around -8 degrees with wind chills anywhere from -20 to -40 degrees below zero. The worst wind chill conditions will occur between 6 to 10 a.m. during the morning commute Wednesday.

The high temperature for Creston Wednesday is -5 degrees.

NWS recommends — if you must be outdoors Wednesday— to wear a hat, gloves and several layers of clothing to minimize exposed skin as much as possible. They warn frostbite can lead to hypothermia, or even death, if precautions are not taken.

Democrats say that economic bills among priorities DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa’s Democratic lawmakers plan to focus on ways to help Iowa businesses and workers in 2015, though the state’s top Senate Democrat said Monday that increasing Iowa’s minimum wage will be a challenge in the divided Legislature.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, said that two priorities for Democrats will be strengthening the preference given to Iowa companies in the awarding of state contracts and ensuring that employers are not stealing wages from Iowa workers.

“Those are two areas that I think make sense, that would strengthen the middle class and grow Iowa’s economy,” Gronstal said.

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Deaths Phyllis Campbell

Clifford Brown, was born Oct. 24, 1924, in Guthrie Center.

Phyllis was raised in Guthrie Center. She received her GED and then went on to attain a nursing degree at Southwestern Community College in Creston.

In 1940, Phyllis married Dale Weed.

In 1959, Phyllis married Robert “Bob” Campbell.

Phyllis served as the director of nurses for Greenfield Manor for many years.

Phyllis was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Creston and the Bridge Club in Orient.

Phyllis is survived by her children, Larry Weed of Orient, Janie Weed of Creston and Robert (wife Kristie) Campbell of Orient; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; sister Norma Jean Brown; husband Robert Campbell in 1989; and daughter Robin Sevier in 2005.

Weighing 2016 bid, Bobby Jindal to meet with pastors in Iowa

Samaritan Home in Indianola.

Indianola Services are pending at Bettye Coates, 80, of Indi- Powers Funeral Home, juncanola, formerly of Creston, tion of Highways 25 and 34, died Jan. 5, 2015, at Good Creston.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal returns to Iowa on Tuesday to meet with local pastors and again look for support among Christian evangelicals for a possible White House campaign.

The stated reason for Jindal’s trip is to talk about his headlining appearance later this month at a prayer rally that is expected to draw thousands of people to Baton Rouge, and to discuss ways to mount a similar event in Iowa.

“These are a group of Christian men and women very interested in spiritual revival, very interested in prayer,” Jindal said in a Monday interview with The Associated Press.

But the private meetings with Christian religious leaders in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines also come as Jindal courts religious conservatives across the country ahead of the 2016 campaign.

Tuesday’s trip to first-to-vote Iowa will be his fifth since June. In recent months, Jindal has also spoken to pastors in New Hampshire, at a gathering of faith leaders and conservative activists in Washington, and in Oklahoma at an event promoting a Bible museum planned by owners of Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby.

“I’m happy to go anywhere, anytime to talk about Jesus,” Jindal said.

That includes headlining a prayer rally later this month called The Response on the campus of Louisiana State University.

Outgoing Texas Gov. Rick Perry

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Phyllis Campbell, 90, of Orient died Jan. 3, 2015, at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center.

Funeral services Campbell will be 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 8, at Orient United Methodist Church.

The Rev. Jim McCutchan will officiate. Burial will be in Orient Cemetery. Open visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Steen Funeral Home, 101 S.E. Fourth St., Greenfield. Memorials may be given to the Phyllis Campbell memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www.steenfunerals.com.

Phyllis Campbell, daughter of Edith (Cleveland) and

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Similar bills have failed in previous years, but Gronstal expressed optimism that lawmakers can find common ground in the Legislature, where Democrats control the Senate and Republicans hold a majority in the House.

Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, of Hiawatha, said Republicans are open to proposals on these topics, though he noted there are already some contracting rules in place.

He said GOP lawmakers will continue to prioritize a balanced budget, as well as looking at cutting income taxes this year.

Gronstal said Democrats continue to support raising the state minimum wage, currently set at $7.25 an hour.

But he said it will be difficult to make that change with the divided legislative control.

“Many of us think it’s time to do that, but we recognize the political reality,” Gronstal said.

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a wet sprinkler system, and will take advantage of radiant heat, which is a system that heats objects, and then the heat radiates and warms the room, rather than warming the air within the room.

The building was intended to be completed by the end of November 2014.

“This is the third winter now that we’ve gone without this building,” McDermott said. “So, it’s well overdue.

And, we’ve had a mild December, so it wasn’t as big a

“I think the more choices for the voters, the better. I’ve never decided to get in or not get into a race based on who else is running.”

— Bobby Jindal

Louisiana Governor

ambitions — an argument he rejects.

“The Response is a prayer event,” he said. “It is a spiritual event. It is not a political event.”

Jindal’s push among religious conservatives comes as he tries to define his political brand and stand out in a crowded field of early potential candidates for the Republican nomination.

The two-term governor has aggressively promoted religious freedom in recent months, but he also has cast himself as an economic conservative and a pragmatist, famously calling on the GOP to stop acting like “the stupid party” after the 2012 election.

Yet so far, party leaders and key

factor as it is today.”

Minor repairs were also done to sections of the driveway between Creston High School and Creston elementary and middle schools.

“In the immediate future, the plan is to finish the shop area first, so the gentlemen have a place to work on the vehicles, and then we’ll go from there,” McDermott said.

According to McDermott, he did not have a total cost of the building at the time of the interview, but he said Billie Jo Greene, Creston and Prescott business manager, is monitor-

Strong dollar makes world travel cheaper for Americans DALLAS (AP) — If you’ve been putting off a trip abroad because it’s too expensive, start packing your bags.

A stronger dollar has reduced the price of travel, from a hotel room to a glass of beer, in much of Europe, Japan, India and elsewhere.

“This is one of the best times for Americans to travel in years,” says Matt Kepnes, author of “How to Travel the World on $50 a Day” and other travel books.

Why the dollar is strong Other economies are shaky, making their currencies less valuable. Europe is barely growing. Japan is already officially in recession. China’s growth has slowed.

Meanwhile, the U.S. economy has been chug-

ging along, and the dollar has gained too.

Many economists expect that steady U.S. growth will compel the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates later this year, making dollar investments more attractive and leading traders to sell other currencies and buy dollars.

What it means Let’s say that in June you had a charming dinner for two in Paris for 75 euros.

First, congratulations. Second, it cost $103 then; today it would be $89. Expensive countries may not be cheap, but at least they’re more affordable now.

Best bargains Thanks to the pound’s decline, England is cheaper than it was six months ago.

But the euro has slumped more, making most of con-

tinental Europe an even better bargain.

Travel writer Kepnes says Greece is attractive right now because hotels and tour operators have been slashing prices to fill rooms. The same thing is happening in Portugal and parts of Spain.

“Be the contrarian traveler,” Kepnes says. “If you want to go to Europe, consider eastern or central Europe, where prices are generally cheaper,” he says.

He recommends going during the “shoulder season” — late spring or early fall — rather than in the peak summer season.

When to book a flight Demand for travel is so strong that most airlines don’t have to cut prices to sell seats.

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donors have been slow to embrace his well-known national ambitions.

A Catholic convert raised by Hindu parents, Jindal has fostered relationships with religious conservatives since taking office in 2008. He opposes abortion and gay marriage, and pushed for the creation of a voucher program in Louisiana that uses tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools.

Backing from religious conservatives alone in recent presidential elections hasn’t led a candidate to the GOP nomination. Neither former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2008 nor former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum three years ago was able to turn solid bases of support among conservative Christians into ultimately winning campaigns.

Jindal said Monday he hasn’t decided whether he’ll run for president, repeating his oft-used line that he’ll make a decision in the next few months after prayer and conversation with his family. He said the number of candidates likely to be seeking support from the Christian conservative base — Huckabee, Santorum and Perry among them — won’t enter into his decision.

“I think the more choices for the voters, the better,” he said. “I’ve never decided to get in or not get into a race based on who else is running.”

“If I decide to run,” he said, “it’s going to be based on whether I think I’ve got something unique to offer.”

headlined a similar prayer event in 2011 days before launching his White House bid.

Critics have urged the university to scrap the event, arguing the rally is designed to further Jindal’s presidential

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ing the costs as they come in.

“It’ll be a large building, and there will be an expense to it, but we are trying to limit our expense as best we can,” McDermott said. “We were lucky to have local or inhouse help to do work where it needed to be done.”

McDermott was referring to work done on the heating system, which some of the maintenance staff has been working on to save the district money.

“We feel like, in the final analysis, we probably saved somewhere over $30,000 by

not hiring for that work from an outside company,” McDermott said.

McDermott also said things were added to the building not originally planned, such as a concrete slab outside, and exterior parking.

The slab will be for maintenance staff to work on vehicles outside, and the exterior parking, which will be gravel, will be located north of the building and can be used as extra parking for elementary and middle school events and sports games and meets at the high school.

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Driver’s license

Schedule 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., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

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

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

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’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.

Tuesday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Creston City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Creston Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave. American Legion, 7 p.m., American Legion Post Home, 119 N. Walnut St. Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2

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and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

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

Wednesday

TOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Alzheimer’s Disease Family Caregiver Support Group, 2 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living, 1709 W. Prairie St. Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. YMCA Clover Kids, 4 to 5 p.m. meeting, First Christian Church.

Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34.

Thursday

National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees Inc. Unit No. 54, 9 a.m., The Windrow.

Blue Grass Optimist Club of Creston, noon, The Pizza Ranch.

Kent Dinner Club, 5:30 p.m., The Windrow.

Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. American Legion Auxiliary, 7 p.m., American Legion Post Home, 119 N. Walnut St. Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church, 801 N. Fillmore St., Osceola.

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

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

Friday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

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Greater Regional Medical Center Ashly Johnson and Darren Wright of Creston are parents of a son born Dec. 29, 2014. BayRay Damien Kameron Wright weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Pauline Wright of Creston and Randy Johnson of Mabel, Minn.

Siblings are Keira, 2, DeShawn, 1, Darren Jr., 9, and Brittany Wright, 13.

Police

Amanda Beth Atkins, 36, 802 N. Cherry St., was charged with domestic abuse and simple assault 11:35 p.m.

Friday at 306 N. Birch St. According to a Creston Police report, at 11:31 p.m.

Friday, officers were dispatched to a disturbance at 306 N. Birch St. Upon arrival, officers did observe Atkins causing a disturbance outside the south door of the residence. Officers spoke with the first victim and other witnesses at the residence. Officers were advised Atkins had come to the residence and caused a disturbance. She also struck the first victim in the face with her hand. Witnesses at the scene verified the incident. Officers did speak with the second victim and witnesses at the residence.

Officers were advised Atkins also struck the second victim in the face and bit him on the thigh. The second victim did show the marks on his face, chest and thigh, which indicated the assault occurred.

Atkins was released on $300 bond.

—————— Paul Richard Hayes, 63, 612 Grand Ave. Apt. T2, was charged with trespass and fifth-degree theft 2:15

p.m. Monday at Walmart, 806 Laurel St. According to a Creston Police report, at 2 p.m. officers were dispatched to Walmart in reference to a theft and a trespasser. Upon arrival, officers met with Walmart Loss Prevention employees, who advised they had observed Hayes shoplifting two items. Hayes was also caught within the past year and was trespassing at that time. Hayes was transported to Union County Law Enforcement Center.

Hayes was released on $300 bond.

—————— Bobbie Sue Flynn, 34, 1006 N. Oak St., was charged on a Union County warrant for fifth-degree theft 2:33 a.m. today at the intersection of West Mills and North Division streets.

According to a Creston Police report, at 1:55 a.m.

Dec. 30, employees of Casey’s, 800 W. Taylor St., reported a theft from the store of several items totaling $137.85. Video in the Casey’s store recorded the female individual, who came in and walked out of the store without paying for the items. Officers were able to identify the individual as Flynn. Casey’s staff also confirmed Flynn as Adair County the subject who was in that night and took the mer- Sheriff chandise.

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OPINION

Climate deniers, like big tobacco, thrive behind a smoke screen of doubt It has been just over 50 years since U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released the groundbreaking report, “Smoking and Health.” The report concluded, “Cigarette smoking is a health hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to warrant appropriate remedial action.”

The tobacco industry intensified its campaign to defend smoking, funding bogus groups and junk science. Now, a similar war on the truth is being waged by the fossil-fuel industry to deny the science of climate change.

“Doubt is our product,” states a 1969 memo from the tobacco giant Brown and Williamson, “since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public.” Brown and Williamson was a member of “Big Tobacco,” along with Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard Tobacco Company, U.S. Tobacco, Liggett Group, and American Tobacco. In 1994, the CEOs of these seven companies lied before Congress, claiming that nicotine was not addictive — even though secret research conducted by their corporations proved they knew otherwise. The image of the seven executives with their right hands in the air, swearing an oath to tell the truth, became an iconic image of a

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deceitful, deadly industry.

By the mid-1990s, states began suing tobacco companies to recover the billions of dollars they were spending to care for smoking-related illnesses. By November 1998, the cases had been settled under the “Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement,” in which the companies agreed to pay to the states $206 billion over 25 years. They also agreed, importantly, to stop marketing tobacco products to children. Much of the settlement has been spent to educate the public, especially children, about the life-threatening impacts of smoking.

In 1999, the federal government filed a lawsuit against Big Tobacco under RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The Justice Department alleged that “defendants have engaged in and executed — and continue to engage in and execute — a massive 50-year scheme to defraud the public, including consumers of cigarettes.” Despite these domestic legal losses, Big Tobacco still

thrives globally, using mechanisms like the World Trade Organization to defeat anti-smoking measures in other countries as impediments to “free trade.” And they are still researching ways to hook new smokers on nicotine, most recently with e-cigarettes.

Today, the fossil-fuel industry creates a smoke screen of doubt, just like Big Tobacco. Greenpeace USA published a report in 2013, “Dealing in Doubt,” that maps out the history of the climate-denial industry, with its key participants and its funders. Interestingly, there is a direct link between Big Tobacco and the climate deniers. Many of the older climate science denialists got their start as hired guns for Big Tobacco, arguing against the threats posed by secondhand smoke.

These climate “skeptics” are scattered throughout an assortment of so-called free-market think tanks, including Americans for Prosperity, the Cato Institute, the American Petroleum Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and The Heartland Institute.

Guided by global public-relations firms like Hill and Knowlton, these groups mount media campaigns to challenge respected climate-change reports, with little or no scientific backing to their

claims. While fossil-fuel giants like ExxonMobil traditionally funded these denial groups, negative publicity has driven the funders into the shadows. For example, the Koch brothers, Charles and David, who make their billions of dollars from fossil fuel and aggressively fund efforts to block regulation, in addition to directly funding groups, also mask donations. They and others make charitable contributions to a nonprofit shell called Donors Trust and its partner organization, Donors Capital Fund, which then pass the funds on to the denial groups, giving anonymity to the original donors.

The Kochs and other fossil-fuel interests also pour money into our elections, which is one reason why the U.S. Senate shifted to Republican control last November. Consequently, one key Senate committee that deals directly with climate change will now be chaired by Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe. Inhofe claims human-induced climate change is a hoax, and has compared the Environmental Protection Agency to the Gestapo.

Like tobacco’s impacts on health, climate science is settled.

Close to 2,000 scientists who sit on the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have pro-

duced volumes documenting the grave threat to the climate from the current rate of human-generated carbon emissions. The world’s leaders will gather in Paris next December, hoping to commit to a binding agreement that will lower emissions and limit the average global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

The climate-denial industry will be working full speed to derail any progress, marketing its primary product: doubt. Denialists were just blowing smoke back then for Big Tobacco, as they are now for Big Oil and Coal. This time, the consequences of their professional lying on climate could easily spell death and disaster for billions of us here on planet Earth. *** Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column. *** Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,200 stations in North America. She is the co-author of “The Silenced Majority,” a New York Times best-seller. (c) 2014 Amy Goodman Distributed by King Features Syndicate

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Happy New Year, and now for the annual Year in Review in Jokes. For the next few days, we’ll look back at the funniest news of the year….

JANUARY—The Sound of Music musical starring Carrie Underwood was performed live on NBC and scored huge TV viewer ratings.

It’s about a nobleman in Austria who has seven kids by his first wife and then three more kids by his nanny.

In the happy ending, he’s crowned Governor of California.

President Obama gave his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress. It’s a tradition. The State of the Union speech is an annual ritual in which the President of the United States asks the Congress to work together to solve our country’s problems, and then Congress says no.

The National Football League owners will meet before the Super Bowl to discuss expanding the league to other countries. They may play two pre-season games in Australia, which makes perfect sense. Australia started out as a prison colony while

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FEBRUARY—The Mount Vernon Museum in Virginia said it will begin distilling the rye whiskey that George Washington made on his plantation. He distilled rye whiskey, he brewed beer and he grew tobacco as well as hemp. Throughout the Colonies, George Washington was revered as the Father of Spring Break.

The California State Assembly on Wednesday passed a new law requiring porn actors to wear condoms on the movie set. It could chase another industry out of state. According to the label, the California economy is seventy percent juice, twenty percent porn, and ten percent medical marijuana.

Georgia TV chef Paula Deen has signed a seventy-five million dollar deal to fund her cookbooks, restaurants and TV shows. Those charges

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she’s prejudiced against black people are unfair. Paula Deen’s recipes have killed more white people than General Ulysses S. Grant and O.J. Simpson combined.

MARCH—The Academy Awards on ABC drew the largest television audience in ten years. There are always hurt feelings after the acceptance speeches. The makers of Twelve Years a Slave accepted the Academy Award for Best Picture without giving any credit to the Confederacy for making it all possible.

David Copperfield’s magic show opened in the main showroom at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He had to towel off before his first show.

FAA investigators waterboarded him all day Friday but the Magicians’ Code bans him from revealing how he made the Malaysian airliner disappear.

Hillary Clinton’s head trauma was probed by reporters Friday as they sought medical records of her home accident. She was standing and talking to Bill in his office, got dizzy, fainted and hit her head on his desk on the way down. It’s weird, most women hit their heads on Bill’s desk on the way up.

I apologize From Jim Stalker Creston

It’s high time for an apology letter to the readers who have been hurt or intimidated by my words.

My brother told me, “anyone in business should stay away from writing letters to the editor, because whatever you write, someone isn’t going to like what you have to say and just one letter might deter them from ever shopping in your store.” He was right, of course.

Tim was loved by everyone and he never wrote a single letter to the editor. His successes in his Casey’s stores and his other businesses attest to that. I was more the black sheep of the family and continue to make little screw-ups. Hence, the crux of this letter.

With only a small piece of the facts when the hospital board announced it was not feasible to maintain our hospice and would sell its interest to an out of town company, I jumped in and tossed

blame in their direction, fearing we would be left without the top notch care that we had been getting. Wrong again, Jim! There was never a pause in the kind of care we received at the hospice home.

We’re lucky to have them (the board) to keep a watchful eye out for us, and maybe not so lucky to have someone like me who jumps in half blinded.

To write with emotion only, is often not the best approach to use. I’m trying to learn that. I’ve screwed up many times, and I apologize for that and to anyone who has felt I’ve hurt them. It was never my intention. However, I must add, it is important to express yourself on important issues, without participating in violence, and always keeping within the law. Personally, I find it difficult standing in front of an audience, voicing my opinions. Newspapers work better for me. You have to decide whether to keep quiet or take a chance with a letter.

As for the quiet zone in progress at Elm Street, local people will learn to negotiate it, as we have always done. The visitors to our lovely town? Once he gets hooked or trapped in line, and has a bad experience, he will likely not be back, and that is a tragedy. I’ve written about this, blaming the railroad for some of the layovers blocking the Elm Street crossing and as can happen, my intentions were taken out of context and moved in a different direction. Since the city has already locked itself into this “quiet zone” idea, we’ll have to ride this one out, and hope for the best.

Personally, I’d rather we closed the crossing altogether, then the noise problem would be solved altogether, longer trains would have a place to rest, and yard workers could move more freely switching cars back and forth. This new year, I’ll be working on my anger issues and trying to fulfill my brother’s wishes.

SPORTS

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Panthers start hot in 10-point win over Titans

By LARRY PETERSON CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

The Creston boys basketball team showed no signs of rust from the holiday break, bolting to a 19-point halftime lead en route to a 61-51 home victory over Lewis Central Monday night.

The win boosts the Panthers to 7-1 overall, and 4-0 in Hawkeye 10 play as this was the only meeting of the Panthers and Titans this season.

The Titans slip to 4-6 overall and 4-2 in league play.

Senior all-state forward Jay Wolfe poured in 24 points — including four of the team’s n i n e 3-pointers.

Christian G r o u moutis, who made Wolfe three shots from behind the arc, matched center Alex Nielsen with 11 points.

McClain Haines added nine points and Sam Hartsock netted six.

Hartsock and junior guard Cooper McDermott alternated in faceguarding Mitch Moran, who averages 20 Hartsock points, most of the night. They held the talented Titan guard to four points in the first half and 15 for the game. For Creston, Wolfe

had 14 rebounds to go with the game-high 24 points.

“It’s a good win coming out of Christmas break,” said first-year coach Brett Watson, whose team scrimmaged state-ranked Perry during the holiday period. “It’s not like we played extremely well, but we played some great defense, holding them to four points in the second quarter. You have to give Cooper and Sam a lot of credit when we were running the box-and-one on Moran. Our other guys were making plays as well.”

Turnovers plagued the taller Titans who never really took advantage of the superior firepower inside. The Panthers converted many of those turnovers into layups or spot-up jumpers, finishing with six 3-pointers in taking the 19-point halftime lead.

Lewis Central started to make it interesting with an 18-8 third quarter, but could get no closer than seven points twice (48-41 and 53-46).

“You can’t expect to come here, on the road, and play one half of basketball and expect to win the game,” said LC coach Dan Miller. “Creston has a really nice team. I just felt bad that we didn’t come out and make it a great game. I was proud of our team for battling back after it got above 20 points. That’s the way we can play.”

Austin Simmons, committed to South Dakota as a quarterback recruit but also observed by Northwest Missouri State coaches Monday, was charged with an intentional foul with 2:08 left after the lead had been shaved to seven.

“He’s just scrappy and heady,” Watson said. “At one point, he was about second in the state in assists. People don’t realize that. He’s done a great job. Late in the game, we were just trying to move the ball and run some time off the clock. If a layup was there, great.”

Creston resumes action at the end of the week, traveling to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Friday before playing at Red Oak Saturday in a girlboy doubleheader.

“AL will be a handful,” Watson said. “They got some transfers in from TJ. I think they have one loss right now.

I don’t really know a lot about Red Oak yet.”

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Creston’s McClain Haines eyes the basket after grabbing an offensive rebound early in the Panthers’ 61-51 victory here Monday. Haines nearly had a triple double, finishing with nine points, nine rebounds and nine assists.

Haines sank two free throws to make it 55-46. He and Groumoutis added two more free throws and Moran went 0-for-3 at the line with under a minute to play and the Panthers were able to expire the clock with the ninepoint bulge.

“We had about a five-minute stretch there in the

third quarter where we just couldn’t score,” Watson said.

“But it’s nice to have some seniors with experience. They just don’t panic. They played with a lot of poise there.”

Haines had an active floor game, finishing with nine rebounds and nine assists. He already had eight rebounds at halftime.

LEWIS CENTRAL (51) — Mitch Moran 5 2-5 15, Blake Elam 4 1-5 11, Mitch Brinkman 4 1-2 9, Conner Hanafan 2 0-0 5, Ja’Chai Baker 2 0-2 4, Austin Simmons 2 0-0 4, Chad Moran 1 0-0 3. Totals — 20 4-14 51. 3-point goals — 7 (M. Moran 3, Elam 2, C. Moran 1, Hanafan 1). Team fouls — 20.

Fouled out — Elam.

CRESTON (61) — Jay Wolfe 7 6-8 24, Alex Nielsen 5 1-2 11, Christian Groumoutis 3 2-6 11, McClain Haines 3 3-4 9, Sam Hartsock 2 0-1 6. Totals — 20 12-21 61. 3-point goals — 9-27 (Wolfe 4, Groumoutis 3, Hartsock 2). FG shooting — 20-50 (40 percent).

Rebounds — 29 (Wolfe 14, Haines 9). Assists — 14 (Haines 9, Wolfe 2). Steals — 11 (Groumoutis 5, Wolfe 2, Nielsen 2). Blocked shots — 1 (Wolfe 1). Team fouls — 14.

Fouled out — None.

LC — 12 16 34 51 Creston — 22 35 43 61

JUNIOR VARSITY Despite a huge size disadvantage, Creston’s junior varsity stayed in contention until the final minutes of a 54-43 defeat here Monday.

Three-point shooting kept the Panthers in it, finishing with 11 3-pointers and only three 2-point baskets in the game. Cody Crawford made

eight shots from behind the arc in finishing with 24 points.

Kyle Somers made two treys in adding eight points.

Chad Moran, a sophomore guard in LC’s varsity rotation, led the Titans with 14 points.

“Our guys showed a lot of mental toughness tonight,” said Creston coach Michael West. “They were going against a couple of kids 6-7 and 6-6, and we’re 6-3, 6-2.

We were in the thick of it.

A couple of turnovers led to baskets for them in the fourth quarter and it got away from us.”

Creston (43) — Cody Crawford 24, Kyle Somers 8, Brandon Jones 6, Seth Thompson 3, Brenden McDowell 1, Ian Burns 1. 3-point goals — Crawford 8, Somers 2, Thompson 1. Free throws — 11-15. Halftime score — Lewis Central 30, Creston 21.

L. Central (54) — Chad Moran 14, Kyle Arrington 9, William King 8, Joel Thompson 4, Wil Prine 4, Nathan Shepherd 3, Cody Van Winkle 2, Jordan Cedillo 2. 3-point goals — King 2, Moran 1. Free throws — 12-17.

FRESHMEN The flu-ridden Creston freshman team couldn’t keep pace with Lewis Central Monday in a 57-17 loss.

Starters Evan Jacobson and Jaden Driskell were both diagnosed with Type A influenza, coach Todd Jacobson said.

“We had to use some people in different roles and that really affected our depth as well,” Jacobson said.

Tucker Flynn led the Panthers with 11 points.

Creston (17) — Tucker Flynn 11, Dalten Bierle 3, Joe Eblen 2, Cole Higgins 1. 3-point goals — Bierle 1. Rebounds — Dustin Merritt 4, Eblen 3, Higgins 3. Steals — Bierle 3 Free throws — 2-4. Halftime score — Lewis Central 29, Creston 9.

Lewis Central (57) — Names not available. Free throws — 10-12.

Lange leads Lenox past Diagonal in return

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

DIAGONAL — It took Lenox senior Caleb Lange a half to get going, but once he got in a groove, it looked like he hadn’t missed the entire first half of the season.

In his first game of the season after suffering a fractured wrist during football season, Lange dropped in 21 points and grabbed four rebounds as Lenox pulled away from Diagonal in the second half for a 48-35 victory here Monday.

Lange knocked off some of the rust during a first half in which he committed a pair of turnovers and was called for an offensive foul.

But he got things going in the second half, scoring 17 of his game-high 21 points in the second half.

“He had to knock the rust off a little bit, but he felt like he could score and asked for the ball,” Lenox head coach Jesse Cox said. “Our guys did a good job of not forcing it in to him. I think, maybe, first half we tried to force it in to him.

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Diagonal junior Levi Jarred (24) goes up for a reverse layup after driving baseline around Lenox’s Spencer Brown (right) during the second half of Lenox’s 48-35 win over the Maroons on Monday. Jarred finished with eight points in the loss.

“He’s such a good kid, we all want him to excel, and we need him to excel to be a good team. He kind of let things come to him (in the second half) and like all sports, if you let the game come to you, you’re probably going to do all right.”

Lange entered the game with 944 career points, and now sits just 35 points shy of eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for his career.

His offensive rebound and putback to open the third quarter sparked an 8-0 Lenox run that put the Tigers up 2417 after trailing 17-16 at halftime.

Though Lenox’s 6-8 big man Spencer Brown was limited to just five points, his presence in the lane made life difficult for Diagonal.

Brown finished with 16 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, and four blocked shots. His ability to alter shots was just as important as the blocked shots.

“Their shot-blocker inside intimidated us,” Diagonal head coach Matt Warren said.

“You could tell he kind of bothered us. We were timid inside. We can’t let that affect us. You miss a few, get a few blocked, your confidence gets down, but you just have to stay at it. The worst thing you can do is pass up shots when you’re in there.”

“I learned something from coach (Darrell) Burmeister when he had (Alex) Welsch up at Nodaway Valley,” Cox said. “Your zone looks a lot better when you have a big, tall guy in the middle.

I wouldn’t want to drive in there and try to shoot over

Sports briefs SWCC game Southwestern’s men’s basketball game Wednesday has been changed from a 3 p.m. tipoff to 5 p.m. against Pure Prep Academy.

It’s a special “Happy Hour” event event for the Spartans, with $1 charged for admission and all concessions, coach and

athletic director Todd Lorensen said.

Pancake supper MURRAY — Murray Community School will host a pancake supper before the varsity girls basketball games between Murray and Lamoni on Friday.

The supper will run from

4:45 to 6:30 p.m., and will consist of pancakes, sausage and drinks. It is a free will offering, with all donations going to Murray schools and scholarships for senior students.

Entertainment between basketball games will be provided by South Central Iowa Trampoline and Tumbling Team.

anybody like that.”

Diagonal’s leading scorer Jacob Taylor picked up three fouls in the first six minutes of the game, which not only affected how he was able to play defense, but also how he played offense.

“He kind of had to change his game a little bit,” Warren said. “He couldn’t take it to the rim as much as he’s used to, so that kind of took us out of it a little bit.”

Taylor, who averages 19.7 points per game, was held to just five points Monday.

Senior Blake Butler led the Maroons with 12 points, down from his 16.4 per game average, as the Maroons suffered through a poor shooting night.

“It was, but it was more than that,” Warren said. “It was a lot of sloppy play, a lack of hustle and just a lack of making good decisions. That’s disappointing. Coming off break, we have to be sharper than that. It wasn’t there for us tonight. Just kind of a downer night, all around.”

Lenox sophomore Dawson Tullberg scored e i g h t points and dished nine assists, while freshman post player Sam Tullberg Donaldson added eight points of his own.

The Tigers played nine deep throughout the game, keeping legs fresh.

“Look at the silver lining, not having Caleb first semester, a lot of guys got some

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Lenox senior Caleb Lange directs the offense from the top of the key during the first half of the Tigers’ 48-35 win over Diagonal on Monday. Lange, playing in his first game of the season after suffering a fractured wrist during football season, scored 17 of his game-high 21 points in the second half.

experience they probably wouldn’t have got if Caleb was playing first semester,” Cox said. “So we honestly go nine deep without a thought about putting any of those nine guys in.”

Lenox improved to 4-4 for the season with the win, and returns to action tonight at Bedford. Diagonal fell to 5-3.

The Maroons return to action Friday at Twin Cedars.

Lenox defeated Diagonal 45-34 in the girls game. For a full report on that game, see

Wednesday’s CNA sports section.

LENOX (48) — Caleb Lange 10 1-2 21, Sam Donaldson 2 4-6 8, Dawson Tullberg 2 4-5 8, Spencer Brown 2 1-2 5, Kaleb Anderson 1 0-0 3, Carson Cline 1 0-0 2, Leevi Marshall 0 1-2 1. Totals — 18 11-19 48. 3-point goals — 1 (Anderson 1). Rebounds — Brown 16, Lange 4, Marshall 4. Assists — Tullberg 9. Steals — Cline 2.

DIAGONAL (35) — Blake Butler 4 4-8 12, Levi Jarred 3 2-2 8, Gerad Naill 2 0-0 6, Jacob Taylor 2 0-1 5, Kade Means 2 0-0 4. Totals — 13 6-11 35. 3-point goals — 3 (Naill 2, Taylor 1).

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Something unusual will occur to change your home routine today. Small appliances could break down, or minor breakages could occur. Someone unexpected might knock on your door.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Fun detours will delight you today, because your daily routine almost certainly will change. Expect to meet new faces and see new places. You might dream up brilliant, original ideas!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Trust your moneymaking ideas, because you are inventive and original today.

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Multi-vehicle crash closes portion of I-80 in central Iowa All westbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed at the crash site ■

ALTOONA (AP) — Authorities have closed a portion of Interstate 80 in central Iowa following a multi-vehicle crash.

Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Scott Bright says several vehicles are involved in the Monday afternoon crash on I-80 near Al-

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There are no reports of injuries, and additional information about the crash is not available.

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Several inches of snow were expected to fall in the state Monday.

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Strong currents slow search for AirAsia wreckage PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Strong currents forced Indonesia to expand the search area for the crashed AirAsia plane Tuesday, as rough seas and bad weather pushed debris and made it difficult to reach suspected chunks of the fuselage on the ocean floor.

Two more bodies were retrieved Tuesday, bringing the total to 39. But there are concerns that it will become harder to find the remaining corpses from Flight 8501, which crashed Dec. 28.

“Time is of the essence,” said the National Search and Rescue Agency’s director of operations, Suryadi B. Supriyadi. “But it seems like it is hard to beat the weather.”

The search operation will expand by about 185 square kilometers (70 square miles), search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said.

Soelistyo said an American ship, the USS Fort Worth, detected two large metal objects on the seabed at a depth of 28 meters (92 feet) and was attempting the identify them.

Seven large objects have now been located on the ocean floor that could be pieces of the fuselage, but strong currents, silt and mud have kept divers from seeing or reaching them.

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Search operation Two more bodies were retrieved Tuesday, bringing the total to 39. But there are concerns that it will become harder to find the remaining corpses from Flight 8501, which crashed Dec. 28. the waters during a break in the rough weather Tuesday but were unable to do much because of strong underwater currents, Soelistyo said.

Dozens of new airlines have popped up in Indonesia in recent years to meet the industry’s booming demand, but a string of deadly accidents has raised concerns about safety.

Experts say poor maintenance, rule-bending and a shortage of trained personnel are largely to blame. Infrastructure has also failed to keep pace with exploding demand.

The country’s transportation ministry said it was cracking down after it was discovered that Flight 8501 did not have a permit to fly between Surabaya, Indonesia, and Singapore on the day of the crash. It suspended two ministry officials and five workers at Surabaya’s main airport Tuesday for allowing the flight. Others are still under investigation.

All AirAsia flights on that route also have been canceled

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It is not known what caused the Airbus A320 to crash into the Java Sea 42 minutes after takeoff, though Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency says bad weather appears to have been a factor.

Just before losing contact, the pilot told air traffic control he was approaching threatening clouds, but was denied permission to climb to a higher altitude because of heavy

air traffic. No distress signal was issued.

No pings have been detected from the plane’s all-important cockpit voice and flight data recorders. That’s because high waves have prevented the deployment of ships that drag ping locators.

The batteries in the pingers on the black boxes are likely to go dead in about 20 more days.

“We are confident that rescuers would be able to locate them in time,” said Nurcahyo Utomo, an investigator for Indonesia’s National Committee on Transportation Safety.

The search for the remaining 125 bodies has been exhausting for family members anxiously waiting to identify and bury their loved ones.

DES MOINES (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be in Iowa n e x t week to attend G o v .

Terry B r a n s - Branstad tad’s inauguration.

Branstad will be sworn in for a sixth non-consecutive term on Jan. 16. Branstad spokesman Tommy Schultz said Monday that

Christie would be in attendance at the event, held at a convention center in downtown Des Moines.

Christie is also attending inauguration events in Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, South Carolina and Maryland.

Christie is weighing a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He made several visits to the early voting state of Iowa during the midterm election cycle. He attended Branstad’s birthday fundraiser in October.

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