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Crestonians will have alley pickup in July

By KYLE WILSON

Residents will also be issued a second 96-gallon tote from Waste Management in June to be used for recycling. Cost will be an additional $3 for each customer per month.

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Get your calendar out.

Two major changes are coming for Creston citizens on July 1. The first change: Each residence will be issued a second 96-gallon tote from Waste Management. Residents will continue to have a tote with a green lid for trash collection. Meanwhile, this second tote, to be delivered in June, will have a yellow lid and will be used for recycling collection.

The second change: Creston City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday evening to require Waste Management employees to pick up these

totes in the alley like Creston customers had in 2008.

“The citizens were really unhappy when we switched to curbside seven years ago,” said Marsha Wilson, Wilson ward 4 councilwoman. “They wanted it to stay in the alley, and there were petitions that went around. That’s been in

the back of my mind ... A lot of people just leave trash cans at the curb now and it looks tacky. As well, older citizens do have trouble moving it to the curb, and our streets are being ruined by the big trucks. This move back to the alley just makes more sense.”

Those who don’t have an alley will continue to have curbside pickup. Bill Eads with Waste Management said Tuesday the city will need to trim overgrown trees in select alleys before July 1. Some of

that trimming will also be done by Alliant Energy.

Eads did warn there are three alleys in Creston that will be excluded from pickup. Those alleys have steep hills and will cause safety concerns for drivers during the winter months. Those alleys are 402 S. Maple St., 105 E. Irving St. and a church alley on S. Pine St. Eads added snow removal in the alleys during the winter months will need to be “a little better.” Kevin Kruse, public works director in Creston, said that following an evening snowstorm, his crews aren’t even able to start plowing the alleys until 7 a.m.

Steve Wintermute, at-large city councilman, was the lone vote against allowing for alley pickup.

“It’s going to take a lot of time for our city crews to trim the trees in the alleys,” Win- Wintermute termute said.

“And, it doesn’t matter how big or small the trucks are, they are going to tear up our alleys. They aren’t made for that kind of traffic. We’re going to spend a lot more time and PICKUP | 2A

Obama acts alone on gun control The president came out with plans for expanded background checks and other modest measures, drawing consternation from gun rights groups.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push Tuesday to tighten sales of firearms in the U.S., using his presiden- Obama tial powers in the absence of tougher gun restrictions that Congress has refused to pass.

The president struck a combative tone as he came out with plans for expanded background checks and other modest measures that have drawn consternation from gun rights groups, which Obama accused of making Congress their hostage. Palpable, too, was Obama’s extreme frustration at having made such little progress on gun control since the killing of 20 first-graders in Connecticut confronted the nation more than three years ago. “ F i r s t - g r a d ers,” Obama said woefully, resting his chin on his hand and wiping away tears as he recalled the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad.”

Obama’s 10-point plan to keep guns from those who shouldn’t have them marked a concession by the president: He’ll leave office without securing the new gun control laws he’s

repeatedly and desperately implored Congress to pass.

Although Obama, acting alone, can take action around the margins, only Congress can enact more sweeping changes that guncontrol advocates say are the only way to truly stem the frequency of mass shootings.

“It won’t happen overnight,” Obama said. “It won’t happen during this Congress. It won’t happen during my presidency.” But, he added optimistically, “a lot of things don’t happen overnight.”

The National Rifle Association, the largest gun group, panned Obama’s plan and said it was “ripe for abuse,” although the group didn’t specify what steps, if any, it will take to oppose or try to block it. Even Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat and gun-owner who co-wrote the bipartisan bill Obama supported in 2013, took issue with the president’s move.

“Instead of taking unilateral executive action, the president should work with Congress and the American people, just as I’ve always done, to pass the proposals he announced today,” Manchin said.

The centerpiece of Obama’s plan is an attempt to narrow the loophole that exempts gun sales from background checks if the seller isn’t a federal registered dealer. With new federal “guidance,” the administration is clarifying that even those who sell just a few weapons at gun shows, flea markets or online can be deemed dealers and required to conduct checks on prospective buyers.

Whether that step can make a significant dent in unregulated gun sales is an open question, and one not easily answered.

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Victory pump: Creston/O-M head wrestling coach Darrell Frain celebrates senior Cameron Leith’s last-second pin against Lewis Central’s Cory Lear on Tuesday with a fist pump. Leith, ranked eighth in Class 2A, pinned Class 3A 10th-ranked Lear with just five seconds left in the match, spurring the Panthers to a 47-15 win over Lewis Central. For more on the dual, see page 7A.

Branstad pushes water quality proposal using school tax fund DES MOINES (AP) — A proposal by Gov. Terry Branstad to scoop money from an extended school building sales tax fund and use part of it for water quality initiatives dominated a discussion by legislative leaders Tuesday of their priorities as they look to next week’s session.

Branstad will ask lawmakers to extend a sales tax passed in 2008 for school district building improvements, and use a portion of the money to help farmers pay for environmental practices designed to improve water quality.

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in focus as Des Moines Water Works had to spend $1.5 million last Branstad year to operate a system that removed record amounts of nitrates from drinking water to remain in compliance with federal regulations.

The water utility said nitrates came from fertilizers washing out of farm fields.

The 1-cent sales tax, which has generated about $3.2 billion for schools

since 2008, is set to expire in 2029. Branstad’s proposal would extend it by 20 years and allow schools to take the first $10 million increase in growth each year. That would provide an estimated $20.7 billion extra for schools from 2017 through 2049. Branstad’s initiative would divert the remaining growth in tax revenue each year to a water quality fund. He estimated about $4.7 billion will be generated over the next 32 years.

“It’s the biggest and boldest initiative probably I have ever put together in all my years as governor,”

he said.

Several school district administrators and farm group advocates including corn and soybean growers stood behind Branstad as he announced the proposal at an annual legislative seminar hosted by The Associated Press.

Paul Gausman, the superintendent of Sioux City public schools, said he is willing to share the future growth of the sales tax revenue with farmers if it means the tax used to replace aging buildings gets extended.

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GasBuddy: Gasoline prices still dropping

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Average retail gas prices in Iowa dropped to $1.87 per gallon as the U.S. average fell to $1.99.

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money upkeeping those alleys than anyone realizes.”

Eads reported Waste Management will be using smaller trucks in the future. Current trucks are 38,000-pound twin screw trucks. The smaller trucks will be 27,000-pound single axles. Kruse said alley pickup and lighter trucks will be a plus for city streets.

“They won’t be running that front wheel on the edge of the road as much,” Kruse said.

“We aren’t going to have Kruse as much street damage that we have experienced with these other

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“I have students in a building right now in Sioux City today that was built in 1889,” he said. “We have been very responsibly rebuilding those schools, renovating those schools, replacing those schools.”

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Des Moines to support Branstad’s proposal.

“It’s not as if there’s an unlimited period of time to work on this water quality issue,” he said. “The reality is we need to work on it now.”

Vilsack mentioned a federal lawsuit filed by the Des Moines Water Works. The utility serving about 500,000 customers filed a federal lawsuit last year seeking monetary damages and clean water permits for agriculture drainage districts.

The money in Branstad’s plan, Vilsack said, would allow Iowa to work more col-

type of trucks.”

Randy White, ward 1 councilman, added: “It’s a lot cheaper to buy gravel for the alleys than to try and repair our streets.”

As for recycling, glass, paper, plastic, aluminum and cardboard can all be placed in your new yellow-lid tote in July. More details will about Waste Management’s recycling program will be published by the News Advertiser before totes are delivered in June.

All Creston residences will have a recycling tote and will pay for this service. It will cost $3 extra per month.

The total cost for each residence for trash and recycling pickup in this new fiveyear contract through Waste Management has not been decided yet, but it will be somewhere in the $20 range per month. laboratively with the USDA in coordinating efforts to install buffer strips, cover crops and implement other conservation practices that reduce field nutrient runoff.

House Speaker-elect Linda Upmeyer said Republicans will take a look at the proposal.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said sacrificing funding designed to help schools for water quality doesn’t make sense.

He said water quality is a priority and many legislators are willing to do something about it but they have provided little funding in recent years for it. He said when lawmakers did pass a one-time allocation of $20 million in 2014, Branstad vetoed it.

Branstad said his proposal is a way to provide significant water quality funding without passing a new sales tax, which he said was unlikely to get approved by the Legislature.

Teen bank robber trapped between electronic doors DETROIT (AP) — A teen accused of robbing a Detroit bank didn’t have a good getaway plan.

Police say a teller at a Chase bank activated electronic locks Monday, trapping the 15-year-old boy between a set of doors on

his way out. He was arrested when officers arrived.

Officer Dan Donakowski tells the Detroit Free Press that the teen had threatened to use a bomb if the teller didn’t give him money. Police don’t believe he had a weapon.

DES MOINES — Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.87 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.99 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Areas nearby Iowa and their current gas price climates are:

Quad Cities: $1.80 per gallon, up 1.5 cents per gallon.

Des Moines: $1.93 per gallon, down 1.6 cents per gallon.

Omaha: $1.88 per gallon, down 0.5 cents per gallon.

Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past week, prices yesterday were 16.9 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 17.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 5 cents per gal-

lon during the last month and stands 19.9 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.

“Talk about starting the new year off right,” said Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst. “The national average at $1.99 is a great way to begin 2016, and over 20 cents lower than where we started 2015. The good news is that we could see even more price drops before the seasonal lift that will likely begin as we push towards spring. For any Americans that made resolutions to try and spend less at the pump this year, I think they will be in good shape to

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Dec. 30, Adair County Health System in Greenfield had their first procedures in the new operating room. A gauze cutting was held before the first patient went through.

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annually in informal settings outside of gun shops, including many through private sales arranged online. But the Obama administration acknowledged it couldn’t quantify how many gun sales would be newly subjected to background checks, nor how many currently unregistered gun sellers would have to obtain a license.

Easily reversible by a future president, the government’s guidance to gun sellers lacks the legal oomph of a new law, such as the one Obama and likeminded lawmakers tried but failed to pass in 2013. The Justice Department said online the guidance “has no regulatory effect and is not intended to create or confer any rights, privileges, or benefits in any matter, case, or proceeding.”

What’s more, none of the steps would have probably prevented any of the recent mass shootings

that Obama invoked in the East Room: Aurora, Oak Creek, Charleston, Newtown, to name some.

But Obama defiantly rejected that critique, dismissing it as the tired trope of gun lobbyists who question “why bother trying?”

“I reject that thinking,” Obama said. “We maybe can’t save everybody, but we could save some.”

Hoping to give the issue a human face, the White House assembled a cross-section of Americans affected by searing recent guntragedies, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Mark Barden, whose son was shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School, introduced the president with a declaration that “we are better than this.”

Obama readily conceded the executive steps will be challenged in court, a prediction quickly echoed by Republicans.

Chuck James, a former federal prosecutor who practices firearms law at the firm Williams Mullen, said opponents are likely to

challenge Obama’s authority to define what it means to be “engaged in the business” of selling guns beyond what’s laid out in the law.

The White House asserted confidence Obama was acting legally, and said Justice Department and White House lawyers had worked diligently to ensure the steps were watertight.

Other new steps include 230 new examiners the FBI will hire to process background checks, aiming to prevent delays that enabled the accused gunman in Charleston, South Carolina, to get a gun when the government took too long.

Obama is also asking the government to research smart gun technology to reduce accidental shootings and asking Congress for $500 million to improve mental health care. Other provisions aim to better track lost or stolen guns and

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Obama’s announcement carved a predictably partisan fault line through the presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, both competing for the nomination from Obama’s party, pledged to build on his actions if elected. The Republican field formed a chorus of voices vowing to annul the whole package, with Marco Rubio claiming “Obama is obsessed with undermining the Second Amendment.”

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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.

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Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Homestead 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.

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centered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church, 801 N. Fillmore St., Osceola.

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

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

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Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., hosted by Dianne Huffman.

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

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

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Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 308 W. Union St. Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Alzheimer’s Association office, 228 N. Pine St. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641782-4040.

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

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Chance of rain 80%.

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Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Generous, but wasteful Americans The American people donated $358 billion dollars to charity in 2014, the highest amount ever.

All around the country we hear of fundraising drives that collect millions and millions of dollars for people who are both known and unknown to the donors.

There’s no question, we as a nation are a very generous people.

Here locally we nearly always respond well to fund drives to support those who have lost loved ones or to families who are suffering the effects of illness or accidents. When there are earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters around the world, Americans spend millions of dollars to aid those we’ve never met and never will.

Yet, generous as we are, foreigners often describe us as materialistic and wasteful. Unfortunately, a look at some of our spending habits might bear out that opinion. The fact is, we’re pretty good at blowing money. The interest we pay on

In other words June Bower

credit cards alone is staggering. It is estimated Americans owe $856 billion in credit card debt. That’s basically $856 billion of the consumers’ money going down the drain (and into the pockets of the credit card companies). Add to that the estimate that we throw away $165 billion worth of food each year, and that’s even more money literally going down the drain. That’s why many of us who never experienced excess in our childhood eat all the leftovers instead of throwing them down the garbage disposal.

We Americans spend $600 billion celebrating our winter holidays, including $6 billion on decorations alone. Our Christmas lights

use 66 billion kilowatts per year, more than countries like Ethiopia, Cambodia and El Salvador use for their entire economy for a year. A rather embarrassing statistic is the one that tells us we spend $521 million a year on Ruffles potato chips, and for the top ten potato chips brands, the total is more than $3 billion a year.

Pope Francis in his annual Christmas message rebuked what he called “societies’ intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth.” I admire his modest ways and his rejection of materialism. He goes out of his way to avoid the trappings of the Church’s wealth.

Following the recent Paris agreement signed by 195 countries to fight climate change, Congress vowed to block the administration’s pledge of support for developing countries. The pledge was for $3 billion, the amount needed

by coastal nations most vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Since Congress doesn’t want to spend U.S. tax dollars to help these countries, perhaps Americans would be willing to cut down on our expenditures for Halloween costumes. According to industry statistics, we spend $6.9 billion on Halloween costumes, plus another $2 billion on Halloween candy.

Amazingly, we’re even spending $300 million a year on Halloween costumes for our pets!

On Valentine’s Day we spend $3 billion a year for flowers and $2 billion on candy. Add in dinner and other Valentine’s gifts, and the grand total for the one-day holiday is nearly $19 billion. Other statistics show we are spending $20 billion annually on hair care, and $66.5 billion on lottery tickets, with the average American losing $400 per year. Those who call us materialistic and wasteful may have a point.

All of these spending habits aren’t necessarily bad as we do have a consumer-driven economy. The more Americans buy goods, the stronger we are economically, even if we are buying a lot of candy and potato chips. If we all stopped buying potato chips for a year, however, we could easily meet our pledge of $3 billion for countries fighting the effects of climate change. But then think of the thousands of jobs that would be lost if we gave up our calorie-laden, salty, non-nutritious goodies.

The economy is a very complicated thing, and I am certainly no economist. I just wish there was a way to recapture all that money we pour into non-essentials like snack foods and costumes and put it to better use. And I wish our Congress was a little more willing to help those in need, which would be more in tune with the nature of the American people.

Letter to the editor

Talk to the candidates about renewable fuel From Sen. Tom Shipley Nodaway

As we go through the election process, we in Iowa have rare opportunities to interact more with candidates than hardly anywhere in the United States. And, where they stand on some issues have a direct impact on lowans.

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is under attack in Washington from “big oil” supporters who want to take away our right to make choices as consumers.

The ethanol industry has provided clean, renewable fuel while providing much needed industry to

rural Iowa. I am privileged to have two ethanol plants in my districtSIRE at Council Bluffs and Poet at Corning. These provide quality jobs in these and surrounding communities and offer another market for corn producers. The byproducts from these facilities provide high quality livestock feed to help Iowa livestock farmers be more competitive. All these things combine to create more jobs for areas that need them.

I encourage everyone that comes into contact with a candidate to ask their position on clean, renewable fuel and urge them to support an industry that helps all Americans!

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Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail New Hampshire for Hillary HOLLYWOOD —God Bless America, and how’s everybody?

Psychology Today published a study showing people are naturally optimistic about their future prospects on New Years Day. It’s the annual fresh start. This is the time of year when every American is saying that 2016 is going to be the best year of their life, every American, that is, except Bill Cosby.

Bill Cosby was charged with sexual assault in Philadelphia following drug-rape allegations by a woman who worked at his alma mater Temple. It’s sure to cost him his honorary doctorate there. Bill Cosby has had so many honorary degrees and diplomas revoked he’s now a kindergarten dropout.

Washington Redskins TV analyst Dexter Manley caused a storm by telling viewers that black NFL quarterbacks like to run because they’re used to running from the police. It just points to the double standard. If a white NFL analyst said that, by the next day he’d be leading in New Hampshire.

The Rose Parade goers looked up on New Years Day and saw a small airplane flying overhead that spelled out Anybody But Trump in skywriting. Onlookers just shook their heads. With all the federal security at the Rose Parade, somehow a Muslim was still able to get ahold of a pilot’s license.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton led all the polls by a wide margin Friday, meaning that the Republicans are going to nominate a

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conservative Democrat while the Democrats nominate a Goldwater Girl. It’s why Denny’s just introduced a new breakfast called The Obama Legacy. It’s toast.

Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail in New Hampshire for Hillary Clinton’s candidacy Monday ahead of next month’s Democratic primary. The former president reflected onstage just how much he has learned since he himself served as president. He never thought about drugging the women first.

The FBI was mum Monday over whether the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails had grown into a full-fledged investigation. It’s hard to tell how much classified data she e-mailed. Last month Hillary’s computer crashed when she threw it out of her campaign plane at forty thousand feet.

Fox News confirmed news that radical Islamists are exploiting U.S. presidential race rhetoric to their advantage Monday. They reported ISIS fighters in Somalia are now using Donald Trump to recruit new followers. Republicans were furious over the news, saying that they thought of it first.

Donald Trump and Pope Francis wound up tying for second in the Gallup Poll’s annual Most Ad-

mired Man in America poll taken each year. Reaction was predictable. Trump vowed to do better next year with fewer Hispanics in the country to poll, and Pope Francis excommunicated his publicist.

President Obama will go on CNN with Anderson Cooper Thursday for a town hall on his plans to give executive orders curtailing gun sales. He’s just catering to his donor base. Hollywood feels too many Americans are waiting a few weeks to see the new Star Wars movie just avoid a mass shooting.

The Jeb Bush presidential campaign reported Thursday it has spent forty million dollars on TV ads targeting voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. However, CNN just revealed he’s polling at three percent. It’s gotten so bad that Jeb Bush is now running attack ads against the margin of error.

Medical Journal Lancet reports that sexual potency pills have resulted in a major outbreak in sexually transmitted diseases between senior citizens. It’s not easy getting help to them. TV commercials are drawing huge telephone-order sales from seniors who think the Clapper is penicillin.

Oregon anti-government zealot Ammon Bundy led an armed militia takeover of a government building at the Malheur National Forest where they holed up and demanded the U.S. stop taking ranchers’ land and regulating its use. How scary is this group? Mexico just agreed to pay for the wall.

Youth identify beef for Adair County Fair GREENFIELD — Adair County 4-H’ers, parents and faithful volunteers worked on a cold, quiet December morning Wednesday, Dec. 30, weighing and tagging beef animals at the Adair County Fairgrounds in Greenfield.

Forty-eight head identified by 20 potential exhibitors at the weigh-in are now eligible to be exhibited at the Adair County Fair scheduled for July 20 to 24, 2016.

Twelve head were verified for exhibition at the 2016 Iowa State Fair, Aug. 11 to 21 and for the 2016 AKSAR-BEN Livestock Show, Sept. 22 to 25.

One of the primary purposes of the weigh-in is to gather beginning weights so rate of gain can be calculated. Rate of gain is an important factor in determining the profitability of cattle. To qualify for a blue or purple award, each lead market steer exhibited at the Adair County Fair is required to gain a minimum of 2.3 pounds per day and lead market heifers are required to gain a minimum of 2.1 pounds per day. Junior feeder pen cattle must have an average daily gain of 2.4 or more pounds to qualify for a blue or purple award. The gain, along with carcass traits, are used to determine the winners of the

performance contest, sponsored each year by the Adair County Cattlemen. The top individual animals in this contest as well as the pen of cattle that averages the highest retail value per day on feed will be honored.

Youth weighing animals included: Joe Herr, Shyan Castillo and Brandon Raasch, all of Fontanelle; Cody Tanner, Paisley and Dax Kintigh, Jennifer and Jorja Holliday, all of Greenfield; Caroline Doud, Jennifer Dudley, Tim and Sara Beane, Haylee Hunt, Matt Clark, Josie Sackett and

Drew Belden, all of Stuart; Heath Downing of Creston; Sophie Dorsey of Anita; Madison Suhr of Adair and Kyra Evans of Bridgewater.

Adair County Cattlemen Board members Sara Shepherd, Trent Raasch, Andy Blazek and Randy Christoffersen helped with the weighin. Bruce Steele served as the official scalemaster. Ralph Lents collected hair samples for DNA testing for 4-H calves verified for 2016 AKSAR-BEN. Beth Baudler took retinal images for cattle verified for the 2016 Iowa State Fair. Gary Schulteis

of Adair County Veterinary Clinic furnished the facilities for taking retinal images and pulling DNA samples.

Other volunteers included Bart Mostaert, Doug Wallace, Dick Wallace, Carl Ford, Dan Brownlee, Kelly Hall, Connor Blazek and youth volunteer Paisley Kintigh. Jerry Meisenheimer, grounds maintenance, assisted with preparations for the weigh-in and joined the weigh-in crew Wednesday morning. The weigh-in was organized by Donna Wallace of the Adair County Extension office.

Adair County Health System adds advanced identity resolution technology to safeguard patient records GREENFIELD — Beginning Jan. 13, Adair County Health System’s patients will experience a modern, convenient registration process that protects against identity theft. Using the state-of-theart system, called SafeChx, patients will simply place their finger on a fingerprint reader at the point of registration, which then instantly verifies the patient’s identity and links all of their medical records.

Enrolling in the system takes each patient about 30 seconds. Using the fingerprint reader, SafeChx scans a patient’s finger and creates a unique identifier of more than 2,500 characters per person. After a patient’s

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“We are committed to protecting our patients and providing our staff with the tools necessary to administer the best quality of care,” said Kelly Ahnen, patient accounts manager at Adair County Health System. “We take a proactive, holistic approach to advancing patient experiences because the people who entrust us with their

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Gov. Branstad to discuss Iowa’s leadership in biofuels at 10th annual Iowa renewable fuels summit JOHNSTON — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will discuss Iowa’s leadership in the production and use of homegrown biofuels at the 10th annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit on Jan. 19 in Altoona.

“Under Gov. Branstad’s proactive leadership, Iowa has become the nation’s No. 1 renewable fuels producing state,” said Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) President Tom Brooks. “When you combine Gov. Branstad’s successful biofuels track record with the fact he is the nation’s longest-serving governor, we’re excited to have him provide his unique perspectives on biofuels at the upcoming Summit.”

The Summit is free to attend and open to the public. Registration is required.

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Thank you to all that contributed $15,459.00 to the Christmas Basket Fund.

The 2015 Christmas Basket Fund Board members: Rich Paulsen, Bob Jungst, Rev. Chuck Spindler, Ellen Gerharz, Jenna Greene, Beth Kulow, Steve Crittenden, Todd Nielsen, Brad Baker, Troy Peterson, Dean Brant, Twila Brant and Rose Henry wish to extend a sincere “thank you” to the hundreds of area families, businesses and individuals who made the most recent campaign a success. Without your contributions of cash, goods, labor and facilities the program would not have been possible.

Because of your generosity, hundreds of Union County residents had a merrier Christmas.

Specific thanks goes to Innovative Industries for the use of their facilities for distribution of the baskets. To the businesses who redeemed the gift certificates: Fareway Stores, Inc., HyVee Food Store, Wal-Mart, Dollar General Stores, Family Shoe Store, Farm & Home, VanGelder Clothing, Wishing Well and Rectory Re-Run. As well as, Hy-Vee Food Store for grocery sacks to pack the donated food, Fareway Food Store for the use of carts to handle the basket pickups and the Creston Boy Scouts for collecting the canned goods. Also to the music departments of the Creston High School for their benefit performance, and to the Middle and Elementary Schools.

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Carrot-Cake conundrum Dear Readers: Oh no! The beta carotene in the carrots in the CARROT CAKE must have turned my gray matter into orange mush! The temperature to bake the cake got left out in the editing process of a recent column! They say the devil is in the details — this is especially true when it has anything to do with recipes, and this wasn’t even devil’s-food cake! Here we go!

TEMPERATURE: Set your oven at 375 degrees F to preheat, which is important.

DISH SIZE: I used one metal 9-inch round pan. For the second test, I used a rectangular (about 5 by 9 inches) ceramic baking dish. The smaller the dish, the thicker the cake.

TIME: The time is a little iffy. It depends on the size of the baking dish used. It’s about 20-30 minutes. Test at 20 minutes by poking a knife or toothpick into the center.

If it comes out clean or with a few crumbs on it, the cake is done! If gooey, bake another five minutes and test again.

May I say it’s nice to know that so many of you trust me!

This old, old recipe is from my mother, the original Heloise.

Many recipes from then read “a pinch of this,” “a handful

Hints from Heloise of that” or “bake until done”!

Ovens vary — some bake hot, some bake not hot enough.

So, give it another try and let me know!

No orange matter today! — Heloise FREEZING SPICES Dear Heloise: I can’t imagine starting my day without reading your column in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald.

Can you freeze spices? I have several that I don’t use often, but rather than have them sit on my shelf and get old, I freeze them. I have frozen paprika, cloves, etc. Does it affect them at all? — Pat P., McCook, Neb. Yes, it can, and really, doing so won’t help “keep them good” as long as possible. Every time you take them out of the freezer, use them, then put them back, it’s a no-win situation. The real test is, once room temperature, do they smell the same, look the same and taste the same? If so, full speed ahead. — Heloise

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SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 782795000 Fax: 210-HELOISE Email: Heloise@Heloise. com STORING MARSHMALLOWS Dear Heloise: I buy a bag of marshmallows during the fall months to add to my hot chocolate. Come midsummer, they are all glued together, and I end up disposing of what is left over. Help! — Dennis F., via email Well, let’s stop that right now! After opening the bag, BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker close it tightly with a clip or rubber band, then put into a large zip bag. This keeps moisture in and air out. — Heloise CHOPPING NUTS Dear Heloise: I have a super idea for chopping nuts: The good old pastry blender does the job just perfectly, and in half the time. I have found that it works best to chop in a wooden bowl. Give it a try! — Jan J., Thousand Oaks, Calif. (c)2016 by King Features Syndicate Inc. BLONDIE® by Dean Young

Horoscope Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today is full of unpredictable events and detours. You especially can expect surprises when dealing with authority figures — bosses, parents, teachers, VIPs and the police.

Heads up!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Travel plans almost definitely will be interrupted today.

Expect delays, cancellations and rescheduling. Surprise news from afar might catch you off guard. Oops!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Double-check everything to do with your bank account and matters related to shared property, inheritances, insurance issues and debt. (Is the posse after you?)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Relations with partners are dicey today because someone feels super independent!

(Might be you.) Someone might throw you for a loop today. Be prepared.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your work routine will be interrupted today perhaps because of computer crashes, power outages, fire drills, canceled appointments and staff shortages. Could be anything. Allow extra time for wiggle room.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept.

22) Parents should be vigilant today because this is an accident-prone day for their kids or children under their care.

Meanwhile, romantic couples might fight. Oh dear.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Something will go awry at home today because your domestic routine will change.

Small appliances might break down, or minor breakages could occur. Surprise company might knock on the door. What next?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is an accident-prone day for your sign, so pay attention to everything you say and do. Be mindful!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep an eye on your cash flow today, because you might find money or you might lose money. If shopping, keep your receipts and count your change. Forewarned is forearmed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Sudden upsets are classic today. You might be upset by someone else, or in turn,

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Kentucky’s 22-game SEC winning streak was snapped in Tuesday’s loss to LSU.

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Hawks win IOWA CITY — Iowa’s first performance as a Top 25 team wasn’t nearly as pretty as the ones that landed it in the rankings.

The Hawkeyes won anyway -- and now they have over a week to prepare for a rematch with Michigan State, which they knocked out of the No. 1 ranking.

Jarrod Uthoff had 25 points, eight rebounds and four blocks as No. 19 Iowa held off Nebraska 77-66 on Tuesday night for its fifth straight win.

Mike Gesell had 22 points and 10 assists for his first career double-double with the surging Hawkeyes (123, 3-0 Big Ten). They have victories in nine consecutive league games dating to last season.

Gesell “needed to be great because (starting guard Anthony Clemmons) clearly wasn’t himself,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said of Clemmons, who was held scoreless while struggling through a hip pointer. “It took a lot for us to get this win and it was all experience.”

Iowa survived a sluggish start to the second half with a late 9-0 run, capped by a long 3 by Uthoff, to go ahead 6348 with 7:15 left.

Tai Webster scored a season-high 22 points and Shavon Shields had 13 for Nebraska (8-8, 0-3). The Cornhuskers shot 59 percent in the second half but still lost their third straight.

Kentucky upset BATON ROUGE, La. — It looks like Ben Simmons won’t always have to dominate for LSU to beat some of college basketball’s best.

Tim Quarterman had 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Craig Victor II added 15 points and 12 rebounds, and LSU defeated No. 9 Kentucky 85-67 on Tuesday night.

Simmons, the heralded freshman, added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (9-5, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), who seem to be figuring things out after a disappointing 7-5 start in non-conference play. LSU has begun its SEC slate by beating the preseason picks to finish first and second in the league, starting with last Saturday’s triumph at Vanderbilt.

LSU never trailed after tying the game at 2 and kept their lead at or near double digits for much of the game to the delight of a packed and energized Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Tyler Ulis had 23 points and Jamal Murray added 21 for Kentucky, (11-3, 1-1), which lost for the third time in seven games and had their 22-game SEC winning streak snapped.

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Close wins give Panthers the edge over LC Creston/O-M clears path to fifth-straight H-10 duals title

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor svicker@crestonnews.com

COUNCIL BLUFFS — Creston/O-M extended its Hawkeye 10 Conference dual winning streak to 29 straight duals here Tuesday night and, in the process, cleared its final major hurdle toward its fifth straight Hawkeye 10 Conference dual championship.

Lewis Central was expected to be Creston/O-M’s biggest remaining challenge to another conference duals title, but the Panthers passed that test with a 47-15 win over the Titans after shutting out Kuemper Catholic 64-0 in the first dual of the night.

Lewis Central defeated Kuemper Catholic 48-33, despite the Knights winning more contested matches (65) than the Titans.

“Tough kids. Technically, we aren’t that sound,” Creston/O-M head coach Darrell Frain said. “We have kids that buy into whatever I say.

I can tell them to do whatever and they’ll do it. They’re really tough. You saw it tonight, they fight to the end.

A lot of times they come up with the big win at the end because of that.”

Big wins, especially at the end of matches, is exactly what propelled the Panthers to the 47-15 win over Lewis Central.

There were several heroes for the Panthers in the dual win. Tenth-ranked 182-pounder Jackson Mikkelsen and second-ranked 195-pounder Seth Maitlen each won in overtime, with Maitlen’s coming over Class 3A seventh-ranked Hayden

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Creston/O-M freshman 113-pounder Matthew Rouh (top) controls Lewis Central’s Dominick Mayer during their match Tuesday. Rouh, who trailed 6-2 going into the third period, won a 10-7 decision in the Panthers’ 47-15 win over the Titans.

Waldstein.

Frain had worried about Lewis Central’s lower weights going into the dual, but the Panthers lost only two contested matches and surrendered one forfeit in the dual.

Two of the biggest wins for the Panthers came from senior Cameron Leith at 160 pounds and freshman Matthew Rouh at 113 pounds.

Momentum

Lewis Central started the dual off with a win by Mac Southard in a battle of ranked grapplers. Southard, ranked third at 152 pounds in Class 3A, bested 10thranked Joey Huntington,

7-1.

Leith also found himself in a battle of ranked wrestlers, with his m a t c h coming down to the wire.

L e i t h , Leith ranked eighth in Class 2A, was tied with 3A 10th-ranked Cory Lear 1-1 late before getting a takedown and turning Lear to his back for a pin with just five seconds left in the match.

“Cam’s was huge. Cam’s made leaps and bounds

No. 6 Titans grind out 52-34 win here Turnovers sink Panthers after early lead

By LARRY PETERSON behind 26-20 by halftime. a sudden it’s up to 15 and it CNA sports writer lpeterson@crestonnews.com

The Creston girls basketball team played a stateranked team for the second night in a row here Tuesday, and contended for a half before Lewis Central’s defensive pressure took its toll in a 52-34 victory.

The Panthers led 9-5 six minutes into the game and the Titans had already put Creston into the bonus free throw situation for the half with seven fouls.

The Class 4A sixth-ranked Titans’ foul count was up to 10 by the end of a 12-12 first quarter, but the Panthers couldn’t capitalize and fell

Five straight points to open the fourth quarter pushed a 37-27 margin to 15 points at 42-27.

By the end of the night, the swarming Lewis Central defense had 17 steals leading to most of Creston’s 21 turnovers.

“They went to zone there after they got in early foul trouble and we didn’t get to the line a lot,” said Creston coach Brent Douma. “They ran nine girls at us, they keep coming at you. For the season they had like 134 steals coming in. They’re really active. We were down 10 at the end of the third quarter, 37-27, then we missed a couple of good looks and all of

kind of spirals.”

Lewis Central improved 8-1 overall — the only loss was 43-40 to third-ranked Harlan just before the holiday break — and 5-1 in Hawkeye 10 play. Creston fell to 5-4, having lost to 2A-ranked Interstate 35 on Monday, and 3-2 in conference play.

Lewis Central coach Derek Archer gave Creston credit for dictating the early stages of the game while his team was collecting fouls in a rapid fashion.

“We came out just a little out of control,” Archer said.

“Our tempo was good, but PANTHERS | 8A

since last year,” Frain said.

“I looked at it as a tossup coming in. Then I realized we won it and had a chance to get the pin at the end. It was huge just to set the tone.

Cam getting the big win, that probably was an upset for him to get the win, that set the tone for the night.”

That started a string of six straight Panther victories that included a 40-second pin by top-ranked Chase Shiltz at 170 pounds and a pin in 3:28 by third-ranked Kadon Hulett at 220 pounds.

Lewis Central’s only other victory in a contested match came at 106 pounds, where second-ranked Paxton Whiteaker pinned Cade

Diagonal 47, Lenox 32 LENOX — A 23-7 second quarter broke open a 47-32 victory for the Diagonal girls over Lenox Monday night.

The game was tied 3-3 after one quarter before Diagonal (5-4) took a 26-10 halftime lead.

Freshman Emily Newton led the Maroonettes with 19 points,11 rebounds and five steals.

K a t i e Newton Sobotka added 10 points and Bailey Taylor added six.

Lenox (2-7) shot only 4-of-16 at the free throw line. Mike Weaver had 11 points and four steals for the Tigers. Jacy Stoaks finished with eight points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. Jessica Anderson scored seven points and Katelyn Belding grabbed eight rebounds.

LENOX — The Class 1A fifth-ranked Bedford girls raced to a 20-4 lead in the first quarter on the way to defeating Lenox Tuesday night, 63-27. The Bulldogs improved to 10-0.

Jessica Anderson scored seven points for Lenox (2-8) and Halee Wallace snared six rebounds.

Mount Ayr 74, SW Valley 37

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Stepping up

Jacob Goodson was slated to wrestle at 113 pounds like normal, but officials discovered a skin condition during weigh-ins and didn’t allow Goodson to compete.

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Bedford 63, Lenox 27

Lewis Central’s Maegan Holt makes a pass from her knees to teammate Madison Paulsen while pressured in the lane by Creston’s Cammy Rutherford and Camryn Somers (right) during Tuesday’s game here. The Class 4A sixth-ranked Titans prevailed, 52-34.

Vicker.

The Titans had a chance to tie the dual at 27-27 going into the final two matches if they could put together three more pins with Creston/O-M’s forfeit at 126 pounds.

But the freshman Rouh threw a wrinkle into those plans with a big come-frombehind victory in his first career varsity match.

MOUNT AYR — Mount Ayr took a 22-11 lead in the first quarter and held a 43-19 advantage at halftime Tuesday night enroute to a 74-37 win over Southwest Valley girls Tuesday night.

Kelcie Shields led Mount Ayr with 17 points and seven rebounds. Sara Winemi-

ller scored 13 points, Megan Warin added 11 and Tess Shields grabbed a teamhigh 10 rebounds w h i l e scoring e i g h t points for T. Shields the Raiderettes (54). Kirsten Dolecheck and Tess Shields each handed out five assists.

“We shot the ball pretty good (28-of-54) and took care of the ball,” said Mount Ayr coach Thad Streit, “but our defense was not up to par at times. We are getting better at the little things, but we need to be more consistent throughout the game.”

Morgan Shuey had 13 points to lead Southwest Valley (2-6). Miah Hummel added eight points and Elizabeth Herzberg scored five points with four blocks shots.

Payton Thomas had five rebounds.

We went up for a very good Mount Ayr team,” said Southwest Valley coach Allen Naugle. “We got off to a good start in the first quarter, but we let things get away in the second quarter and we were never able to pull back within striking distance. Their height and size was a real problem for us.”

Lamoni 29, OM 25 ORIENT — Lamoni edged the Orient-Macksburg girls Tuesday, 29-25.

Both teams are now 2-8 for the season.

Shyla Waldhauser scored 19 points, including 6-of-8 from the free throw line, to lead the Bulldogs. Riley Rasmussen added four points.

“It was a hard-fought, physical game by both teams,” said Orient-Macksburg coach Kim DeJongh.

“We finally started to put some of the little things together. Only scoring two points in the third quarter hurt us tremendously.”

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we were doing a lot of reaching. But that’s to be expected in the first game in two and a half weeks coming out of the break. It took us awhile to settle in.”

Senior Jenna Taylor had five points as Creston took a 7-4 lead in the opening three minutes, but two minutes later she picked up her second foul and sat for a big part of the rest of the half. LC gradually caught up by the end of the quarter and held a 14-8 advantage in the second period.

“We knew we had to keep track of where Jenna Taylor and Taylor Briley were at,” Archer said. “Our game plan was to make somebody else beat us. Taylor hit a couple of quick buckets there at the start and I was a little worried we were in for a long night there. But she picked up a couple of fouls and we started to play a little more like we had in the first part of the season.”

Even when Creston did break Lewis Central’s fullcourt pressure after scoring, there were a handful of Panther turnovers on crosscourt passes stolen in the halfcourt offense by the speedy Titans.

“They just have a lot of athletes and even down there they’re trying to trap and pressure you,” Douma said. “It’s tough.”

The Panther coach felt his team had a more complete game of competing hard than the previous night’s loss to Interstate 35, when a third-quarter spark finally got the game within reach.

“We talked about not letting the opponent dictate the amount of intensity we play with,” Douma said. “I really think this is the best team we’ve played, and we did a pretty good job. I told the girls, if we play with that intensity level every night and that focus, I think we’ll do pretty well down the stretch.”

Taylor led Creston with 10 points. Briley had nine points and three assists. Freshman Brielle Baker provided six points off the bench.

Kye Madsen led Lewis Central with 12 points. Sophomore Maegan Holt, averaging 15.5 points per game, finished with nine Tuesday, including seven in the opening six minutes of the game.

Creston has a rare Friday night off, when the boys host Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln in nonconference play. On Saturday both the Panther girls and boys travel to Red Oak, with the girls JV game at 2 p.m. followed by girls varsity at 3:30 p.m. and boys varsity at 5 p.m.

At Red Oak Middle School, the boys JV game is slated for 3:30 p.m. and the girls freshman game at 5 p.m.

Red Oak girls, suffering heavy graduation losses from last year’s state tournament team, are 2-6 overall and 1-3 in the Hawkeye 10 going into Friday’s game against Shenandoah.

LEWIS CENTRAL (52) — Kye Madsen 5 2-2 12, Maegan Holt 3 3-3 9, Madison Paulsen 3 0-0 7, Alissa Pomrenke 2 1-2 7, Nicole Miller 3 0-1 6, Daniele Petersen 2 0-0 5, Kassandra Larsen 2 0-0 4, Bryn Norville 1 0-0 2. Totals — 21 6-8 52. 3-point goals — 4 (Pomrenke 2, Petersen 1, Paulsen 1). Steals — Larsen 5, Madsen 5, Miller 3, Holt 2, Paulsen 2.

Rebounds — Larsen 7, Paulsen 3.

Turnovers — 9. Team fouls — 15.

Fouled out — none.

CRESTON (34) — Jenna Taylor 4 0-0 10, Taylor Briley 2 4-6 9, Brielle Baker 2 2-2 6, Cammy Rutherford 1 3-4 5, Lexie Little 0 2-4 2, Camryn Somers 1 0-0 2.

Totals — 10 11-16 34. FG shooting — 10-34 (29 percent). 3-point goals — 3-10 (Taylor 2, Briley 1).

Rebounds — 20 (Rutherford 5, Taylor 4, Little 4, Somers 4, Briley 2). Assists — 10 (Briley 3, Somers 2, Taylor 2, Little 2). Steals — 5 (Rutherford 2, Caitlin McIlravy 2).

Turnovers — 21. Team fouls — 9.

Fouled out — None.

L. Central — 12 26 37 52 Creston — 12 20 27 34

JUNIOR VARSITY Creston scored only four points in the second half in a 33-20 junior varsity loss toNOTICE Lewis OFCentral Tuesday CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSAL TO PARTICIPATE night.

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halftime. Lewis Central had a 15-4 advantage after the break, sinking the Panthers to 7-2 for the season.

“When you don’t score, you can’t win,” said Creston coach Ryan McKim. “Our defense was good. We couldn’t shoot it tonight.”

Breanna Wallace, Brielle Baker and Taylor Buxton each scored four points for Creston. Hannah Dunlop led 10 Lewis Central scorers with nine points.

Creston (20) — Taylor Buxton 4, Brielle Baker 4, Breanna Wallace 4, Saige Rice 3, Madison Callahan 2, Cayla Maitlen 2, Logan Pettit 1. 3-point goals — Wallace 1. Free throws — 3-10.

Team fouls — 21. Halftime score — Lewis Central 18, Creston 16.

Lewis Central (33) — Hannah Dunlop 9, Jacey Martin 6, Madison Parks 5, McKaylee Pettepier 4, Ashtyn Miller 2, Gabriella Martinez 2, Katelyn Duffy 2, Johnna Miller 1, Kylee Dunphy 1, Bailee Cook 1. 3-point goals — Martin 2. Free throws — 15-27. Team fouls — 16.

FRESHMEN Lewis Central pulled away in a tight game with a 10-4 fourth quarter to defeat the Creston freshman girls Tuesday, 41-34.

“The Panthers (2-2) led 21-20 at halftime.

“We got beat down the floor for some easy baskets.

Otherwise we played a good first half,” said Creston coach Mallory Peterson. “There were lots of fouls. Both teams were in foul trouble. I thought Kesia Stewart had a good game for us.”

Creston had 20 fouls and was outscored 14-8 at the free throw line as the TItans missed only one attempt.

Stewart led Creston with 13 points.

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That opened the door for Rouh, who filled in for Goodson.

“We came to weigh-ins and Jacob Goodson had just a little speck of something and they wouldn’t let him wrestle,” Frain said. “At that time, I was extremely mad, because I anticipated bonus points from Jacob. Then I was like, ‘what’s going to happen now?’ I thought it was going to go down to the wire. Matthew came in and wrestled really, really good.”

Rouh led 2-0 after a first period takedown, but had to fight off of his back in the second period and trailed 6-2 going into the third period.

He staged a frantic comeback that included several takedowns and cutting Dominick Mayer loose in an attempt to get another takedown. The two seemed deadlocked with neither budging after a scramble with 30 seconds remaining, but Rouh continued to fight and got the takedown to tie the score at 7-7 and then turned Mayer to his back for a 10-7 decision.

“The fact he fought off his back, that was huge because they were still in it at that point,” Frain said. “It could have went any way at that point. Him getting a win, that’s big for him, especially. That’s big for our room, when you can pull somebody that’s never had a varsity match and gets a win for you.”

Kelby Luther followed with a 10-3 decision at 120 pounds and Trevor Marlin rolled Luther

Creston (34) — Kesia Stewart 13, Stephanie Hemsworth 7, Breanna Ross 6, Jesse Vicker 3, Taylor Buxton 3, Megan Haley 2, Sophia Groumoutis 1. 3-point goals — Stewart 1, Buxton 1, Hemsworth 1. Free throws — 8-14. Team fouls — 20. Halftime score — Creston 21, Lewis Central 20 Lewis Central (41) — Mikayla McCart 10, McKaylee Pettepier 8, Madison Parks 6, Chloe Schlines 4, Johnna Miller 3, Bailee Cook 2, Paige Ruzicka 1. 3-point goals CI10-IA-69310-REDO0-NONE-NONE-NONE.pdf, — Parks 1. Free throws — 14-15.

Team fouls — 15.

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up a 15-0 technical fall at 132 pounds, before second-ranked Wyatt Thompson got a pin at 138 pounds and 10th-ranked Mitchel Swank polished off the win with a 6-4 decision at 145 pounds.

“We won every close match,” Frain said. “They could have easily went the other way and that would have been a lot closer dual. Every close Frain match we won this time. I don’t know, our guys just gutted it out. It doesn’t always work out that way.

“We preach it in the room, you’ve got to win every close match, win every move on the edge. Tonight, we happened to get them. Anybody that sees that team score is going to think it was a blowout and it wasn’t. It was far from a blowout. Every match was close.”

Creston/O-M won three matches by forfeit and collected bonus points in six other matches in the 64-0 shutout of Kuemper Catholic to open the night.

The Panthers return to action 6:30 p.m. Thursday at home against Harlan, before hosting the Panther Invitational on Saturday, with wrestling starting at 11 a.m.

“This is one of the better teams they’ve (Harlan) had, so there will be some tough matches. I think our depth will keep us OK,” Frain said.

“Then of course our tournament on Saturday. Dallas Center-Grimes will be there, which will be the big one.”

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145 — Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) pinned Zak Hulsing (KC), 1:02; 152 — Joey Huntington (C/O-M) major dec. Andrew Irlbeck (KC), 14-3; 160 — Cameron Leith (C/OM) pinned Jared Rotert, 5:50; 170 — Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) tech fall Lucas Lampe (KC), 20-4 (1:31); 182 — Jackson Mikkelsen (C/OM) major dec. Nathan Becker, 10-1; 195 — Seth Maitlen (C/OM) pinned Issack Anderson (KC), 1:27; 220 — Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) dec. Seth Gehling (KC), 2-1.

285 — Cody Tanner (C/O-M) dec. Tucker Vonnahme (KC), 5-0; 106 — Cade Vicker (C/O-M) won by forfeit; 113 — Matthew Rouh (C/O-M) won by forfeit; 120 — Kelby Luther (C/O-M) dec.

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MCNEILL TREE SERVICE. Topping, Trimming and Removal. Free Estimates, insured. Call David at 641-344-9052.

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METAL TEA CADDY with 3 tea tins, $7.00; blue mug with snowman motif, $2.00; framed Christmas print of teddy bear, $5.00; 641-7827169.

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TILLABLE FARM ACRES FOR RENT Roscoe Brown Farms and David Brown are offering a total of 652 TILLABLE acres for cash rent in Adams County, Grant Township, Sec. 16: Grant , Sec.22: Grant, Sec. 27 and Taylor County, Platt Township, Sec. 13.

Bids accompanied by letter of credit must be postmarked to:

Roscoe Brown Farms 3025 250th St. Lenox, IA 50851

No later than February 1st.

Notification of the accepted bid will be on/or before February 10th.

Payment will be due at signing of contract. Copies of area maps of farms and/or contract can be supplied upon request. PH: 641-333-4156.

CHS Inc., a Fortune 100 Company, has exciting career opportunities at our soybean facility in Creston, IA! We have the following positions open:

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Industrial Hardfacing, Inc. is seeking Welders, Machinists Grinders and Assembly Workers.

Applications may be picked up at 218 East Main St., Lamoni, IA Monday - Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm or email a detailed resume to hr@industhard.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Industrial Hardfacing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

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BUILTNETWORKS, 805 Wyoming Ave, Creston, IA, 641-782-4765, Computer sales, repair, networking. Over 25 years experience. PC & Mac.

GAULE EXTERIORS Steel and vinyl siding, replacement windows and seamless guttering. Quality craftsmanship, over a decade of professional service in Southwest Iowa. 641-782-0905.

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Iowa Cagefree, LLP - Clearfield NOW accepting applications for an Operator in the Manure Dept!

We are seeking qualified candidate for our Layers/Egg Processing Facility. The Ideal candidate will have some experience in mechanical aptitude, must be able to operate equipment inside or outside in extreme weather conditions, and have strong communication skills within a team environment.

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QUALITY GLASS CO. Automotive, home, business and farm.

Commercial lock service and trailer sales. Hwy 34 East, in Creston 641-782-5155

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WESTMAN WINDOWS. Replacement windows tilt for easy cleaning and rebates bays, bows, sliders, etc.

Any custom size and shape, 30+ years in Creston. I sell, service and install, for no-pressure estimate call Charlie Westman 641-782-4590 or 641-344-5523.

BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. All major brands of vinyl and steel siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal replacement windows. Recipient of the Revere Premium Renovator Award. Seamless guttering and Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of continuous reliable service in SouthPlumber west Iowa, free estimates, 641-322SCHROEDER PLUMBING and 5160 or 1-800-245-0337.

ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ new installations, new breaker Storage boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, water heaters. Specialize in SHARP’S SELF-STORAGE Boats, manufactured and mobile homes. records, inventory, furniture.

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HANDYMAN. Carpentry, Painting, Doors, Windows, Miscellaneous Home Repairs. Creston and Surrounding Areas. 641-208-1730

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Maintenance Coordinator Maintenance Technician Instrument & Controls Technician Plant Operations Pre-employment physical, drug screen, and background check are required.

Apply online at: www.chsinc.com EEO/AAP Employer

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Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, January 6, 2016

GrowingOn educational meetings scheduled for January ■

The 2016 crop season promises challenges. GrowingOn offers solutions regarding risk management and fixed costs.

OMAHA, Neb. — It’s no secret the agriculture sector is in one of its down cycles.

Midwest crop prices have been falling for the past few years, and livestock prices are under pressure as production recovers from herd reductions caused by prolonged drought and diseases. While many are focused on cutting input costs, the GrowingOn meetings hosted by Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) will focus on solutions tied to risk management and fixed costs.

FCSAmerica hosts GrowingOn each year as part of the association’s commitment to be a dependable and reliable partner during all ag cycles. Sixteen meetings will be held in Iowa and one in South Sioux City, Nebraska, from Jan. 4 through 21.

Always topical, GrowingOn

will provide an outlook on agriculture based on today’s economic environment and offer producers strategies to improve profits and maximize revenue guarantees.

Steven Johnson, farm management specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, is the main speaker. He will offer his 2016 crop price outlook and cost of production estimates and share insights into a variety of strategies, tools and case studies to highlight solutions for managing farm, financial and marketing risks.

“Farmers are scrutinizing expenses as a result of the drop in crop prices. Most already are focused on reducing their variable costs, such as seed, fertilizer and crop protection,” Johnson said. “However, most variable costs are not expected

to decline much in 2016. It’s really the fixed costs that are key to reducing overall cost of production.”

“Fixed costs include land, machinery and equipment, as well as family living expenses,” he said. “These are what typically differentiate high-cost from low-cost farming operations. Renegotiating cash rent leases and perhaps refinancing existing debt should be priorities this winter. Combine these solutions with the discipline to manage other costs without cutting yields and market proactively to improve results.”

According to Johnson, crop insurance continues to be one of the best investments for managing crop price volatility. In the western Corn Belt, revenue protection is used on roughly 95 percent of all tillable acres.

Since it insures both yield and price, revenue protection facilitates a pre-harvest marketing plan.

FCSAmerica crop insurance specialists will share ways to maximize 2016 crop insurance choices.

“Somewhere every year, Mother Nature shows us why crop insurance is important,” said Tony Jesina, senior vice president-related services. “This year, weather challenges in our four-state area ranged from delayed and prevented planting to hail and factors that affected grain quality. Crop insurance kept many operations whole.

Perhaps most importantly, it allows producers to take advantage of pricing opportunities before and during the growing season. It really is one of the most fundamental tools for farm business risk management. But the right

“Renegotiating cash rent leases and perhaps refinancing existing debt should be priorities this winter.”

— Steven Johnson

ISU farm management specialist

policy is different for each operation.”

“Crop insurance decision-making is complex,” Jesina said. “FCSAmerica’s crop insurance specialists understand the financial side of risk management.

FCSAmerica also offers online tools that allow customers to build crop and insurance plans; calculate breakevens, set profit goals and measure results; track progress of cash sales, futures and options; see how marketing plans align with crop insurance coverage and calculate a variety of what-if

scenarios.”

“Federal crop insurance products are the same, but crop insurance agents aren’t,” Jesina said. “Farmers should look for an agent who specializes in crop insurance full time, who has up-to-date information, truly understands the business of farming and offers value-added tools and services.”

While meetings are free, pre-registration is required for GrowingOn. Details can be found at growingon.com or by calling local FCSAmerica offices or 1-800-884FARM.

American Red Cross taking nominations for Heroes of the Heartland DES MOINES — As a community leader in emergency preparedness, response and recovery, the American Red Cross honors those who make an impact through their courageous and compassionate actions and demonstrate a true commitment to creating safer, stronger communities.

Each year, the Red Cross in Iowa recognizes individuals whose extraordinary acts of courage make them someone’s hero. Heroes of the Heartland honors those whose heroic acts mirror the daily accomplishments of the American Red Cross. Heroic acts born in the simple yet powerful process of one person putting his or her needs aside to help another. In recent years, heroes have been recognized for saving their neighbors during house fires, performing CPR to strangers

in stores or for performing outstanding work in their communities.

This program is also the primary fundraising event to support the mission of the Red Cross in Central Iowa, and it will also celebrate the 100 years of Red Cross service in Iowa.

Submit your nomination form by Feb. 12 one of the following way: online with Heroes Nomination Form; email to amy.elliott@redcross.org; fax to 515-2448012; or mail to American Red Cross, Attn: Heroes of the Heartland, 2116 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312.

Your nomination should include: • All of the requested contact information.

• Description explaining why your hero deserves to be recognized. If nominating for

a heroic event, the event must have occurred between Feb. 1, 2015, and Feb. 11, 2016.

• Supporting documents, such as news articles and photographs.

An act of heroism does not need to involve the direct saving of a life. In order to be eligible for the award nomination, the hero must live, work or go to school in the area served by the Red Cross of Central Iowa: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Montgomery, Page, Polk, Ringgold, Shelby, Story, Taylor, Union, Warren and

Wayne counties. The annual Heroes of the Heartland breakfast will be held 7 a.m.

April 8 at Prairie Meadows.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information on how you can align your business with Heroes of Heartland, please contact bryce.sitter@redcross.org or 515-246-6307.

Celebrating a Century of Service in 2016 Heroes of the Heartland events across Iowa will be particularly special this year celebrating a century of Red Cross service in Iowa. In 1916, local visionaries saw the need for a local chapter of the American Red Cross to be located in Iowa. Since then, Red Cross volunteers

from Iowa have touched the lives of countless people down the street, across the country and around the world. To find out how you, your organization or your business can help the American Red Cross in Iowa, contact Dan Cataldi at dan.cataldi@redcross.org.

The work of the Red Cross is made possible by the generosity of the American public. You can help people affected by disasters big and small by making a gift to Red Cross Disaster Relief. Gifts enable the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters. Donate by visiting red-

cross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Your donation helps provide food, shelter and emotional support to those affected by disasters.

Pizza Specials 2 Large 2 Topping

$18.50 + tax 2 Large Specialty

$24.95 + tax Carry-out Only

A&G Steakhouse & Lounge 211 W. Adams • Creston • 782-7871

THE

ALPHA COURSE explore the meaning of life!

2015-16

WINNER

Doug Minnick of Creston Doug and 2 other entries missed 4 bowl games, but Doug was the closest to the tiebreaker.

Congratulations DOUG!

Salem Lutheran Church

Going on now at...

Sundays starting Jan. 17th

FREE

— 5:00 - 7:00 pm —

We are all searching for more.

What is the point of life?

Why is there suffering in the world?

What happens when we die?

Is forgiveness possible? Is God real?

The Alpha Course is a practical introduction to the Christian faith that gives guests an opportunity to explore the meaning of life.

Alpha is fun, relaxed and totally non-pressured. At Alpha you can listen, learn, discuss, and discover. You can ask anything, there is no question that is off limits.

There are three main elements to the Alpha Course. Each session begins with a snack, followed by a short talk looking at different aspects of the Christian faith, and a time for discussion in a friendly small group.

Alpha is for everyone, especially: • Those who have given up on church • Those wanting to investigate Christianity • Those who are new to Christian faith • Those who want to grow in understanding and faith

There is no charge for the Alpha course itself. Course manuals that follow the talks are only $5. The Alpha Course takes place on Sundays, 5:00-7:00pm Jan. 17th to Mar. 20th (except for Super Bowl Sunday). Childcare is available. If you would like to register please call 641-782-2920 and ask for Pastor Brian Jack.

We look forward to seeing you!

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