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KEY H-10 VICTORY

ERNST SWORN IN Sen. Joni Ernst of Red Oak was sworn-in Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C. She is the first woman from Iowa elected to Congress. More on page 12A of today’s paper.

A Lewis Central disqualification ends a key Hawkeye 10 Panther mat victory Tuesday evening. Creston wrestling defeated both LC and Carroll Kuemper. More on page 8A.

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Jumpstart Jam gives preview Monday for YMCA fitness classes elected Supervisors Jump Start Jam schedule chairman for 2015

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Pool schedule Bring your own swimsuit and towel 8 a.m. — Lap/exercise swim 9-9:15 a.m. — Early Bird Aqua 9:20-9:35 a.m. — Aquacise 9:40-9:55 a.m. — Wet-n-Fit 10-10:15 a.m. — Aqua Interval 10:20-10:35 a.m. — Aqua Bootcamp 10:40-10:55 a.m. — Aqua Power 11-11:15 a.m. — Aqua Toning 11:20-11:35 a.m. — Aqua Zumba 11:40-11:55 a.m. — H20 Cardio Noon-1 p.m. — Lap/exercise (age 14 and over) 1-4 p.m. — Open swim

The Southern Prairie YMCA is working to help people stay motivated for their New Year’s fitness resolutions with Jumpstart Jam 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

It is a free event for anyone who wants to check out the gym and pool classes scheduled at the YMCA. Interested participants who are not currently members can sign up Saturday with no signing fee.

“Last year the gym was packed,” said Dana Dodge, Southern Prairie YMCA fitness coordinator. “A lot of people did segway into different classes, so this event fits perfectly.”

This is the third year for the event. It started in 2012 to help celebrate the YMCA’s reopening after it was damaged by a tornado.

Jumpstart Jam includes 1020 minute previews of almost all the classes in Dodge’s fitness programs in the gym and in the pool.

“We are hoping that Jumpstart Jam builds excitement for the fitness classes,” said Raquel Linch, Southern Prairie YMCA welcome center supervisor. “It is a great opportunity to try out the classes, especially if they are unsure about a certain class.”

Linch added that it is a great opportunity to try something new or expand an individual’s fitness knowledge by trying a short preview of a new class.

“We are hoping for a packed house (again this year),” Linch said.

Several new classes are highlighted for participants to preview. They include Aqua

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Southern Prairie YMCA’s Jumpstart Jam is slated from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event is a free day for anyone who wants to preview almost all the fitnesses classes the gym has to offer.

Power and Aqua Boot Camp in the pool and Triple Threat and Hard Core/Bottom Line in the gym.

“People can stay for as little or as long as they want,” Linch said.

Another class preview — Kids in Motion — is geared

toward the youth who utilize the YMCA. The full-length class is currently scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.

“There are classes for beginners and for hard core exercisers,” Dodge said. “But all of our workouts are modifiable.”

Fitness (gym) schedule Bring your own gym clothing and shoes 9-9:10 a.m. — Tai Chi 9:20-9:40 a.m. — Y HIIT Fit/ Power Yoga 9:50-10 a.m. — Bootcamp 10:10-10:20 a.m. — Functional Fitness 10:30-10:40 a.m. — Silver Sneakers 10:50-11:10 a.m. — Power Walking/Tabata 30 11:20-11:30 a.m. — Tabata 11:40-11:50 a.m. — Morning Circuit Noon-12:10 p.m. — Zumba 12:20-12:40 p.m. — Sunrise Yoga/Mommy & Me 12:50-1 p.m. – 30/30 1:10-1:20 p.m. — Kids in Motion 1:30-1:40 p.m. — Hard Core/ Bottom Line 1:50-2:10 p.m. — Hard Core Pilates/Triple Threat 2:20-2:30 p.m. — Stryke 2:40-2:50 p.m. — Parkinson’s 3-3:20 p.m. — Cycling

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cheerleaders prior to the Panthers’ home dual meet against Lewis Central Tuesday night. Also introduced during ceremonies Tuesday were members of the Creston/O-M middle school team and seniors on the high school team along with their parents. For more on the Hawkeye 10 Conference double dual meet, see page 8A.

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The Union County Board of Supervisors met Friday at the Union County Courthouse to elect a new chairman for the 2015 calendar year and get organized for the new year by approving a wide variety of resolutions, appointments and agreements.

Lois Monday was elected the new chairman, replacing Dennis Brown. Ron Riley was named vice chairman.

“It has been a good experience for me,” Brown said.

“We did want to rotate that Monday position, let everybody have a different look on how things work.”

The board had previously agreed to rotate the chairman positions between the three supervisors each year. This is the first time Monday has served as chairman.

Brown “We decided we would all take our turn in the chair,” Monday said. “We all get along well ... we are hoping for a good year. Every time we get together we learn something new. There is always something you can take away from a situation.”

The meeting started with a review by Union County Attorney Tim Kenyon and Auditor Sandy Hysell over the open meeting law and open records law.

“It is a review of what we can and can’t do,” Hysell said. “It is just a nice refresher course.”

Riley said it is a precaution they practice each year to make sure the board stays in line with Iowa Code Chapter 21 and 22.

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Afton teenagers reported missing

Recognition: Dennis Leith escorts members of the 95-member Express Wrestling Club in a tunnel formed by Creston High School

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By JAKE WADDINGHAM

AFTON — Three teenagers were reported missing Monday from their homes in Afton.

According to Afton Police Chief John Coulter, Afton Police Department took a missing persons report of Alyssa Ashlyn Dugan, 17, and Trevor Henry, 14, both of Afton. The teenagers are with Brandon Barrett, 18, also of Afton.

Coulter said Dugan and Barrett were reported missing Monday morning, and Henry was reported missing Monday afternoon.

“We know they’re with the 18-year-old boy,” Coulter said. “We have had information that had come to us that they were in Denver, and now may be in Nevada.”

Coulter also said the teenagers left on their own.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the teenagers is asked to contact Afton Police Department at 641-347-5255, or Union County Law Enforcement Center at 641-782-8402.

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Deaths Bettye Coates Indianola

Bettye Coates, 80, of Indianola, died Monday, January 5, 2015.

Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery Coates in Mt. Ayr at a later date. An Open House with Family and Friends to celebrate Bettye’s life will be held in Indianola in Smith Chapel’s Dirlam Lounge at Simpson College on Saturday, January 10th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Memorials can be made to the Mercy Hospital Cancer Center. Online condolences can be given at www. powersfh.com.

Powers Funeral Home in Creston is assisting with arrangements.

Bettye Kathryn (Mahan) Coates, daughter of James Edwin Mahan and Etta Catherine (Lucas) Mahan, was born on January 21, 1934 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa.

She graduated from Mt. Ayr High School in 1952.

After High School, Bettye worked for the Iowa Southern Utility Company; she met Jack Eugene Coates, who was working right next door for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. Bettye and Jack were united in

Debra Jo Duff Custer, S.D.

Debra Jo Duff, 56, of Custer, S.D., died Dec. 27, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Medical Center in Rapid City, S.D. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the First United Methodist Church in Creston, Iowa. Visitation with family present was 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 1 at McColley Chapel of the Hills in Custer, S.D. Burial was 1:30 p.m.

Jan. 2 at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Debra Jo (Cooper, Lemon) Duff, daughter of Janice (Blunk) and Robert Cooper, was born Oct. 21, 1958, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Debbie graduated from high school in Creston.

On July 24, 1977, Debbie married Willie Lemon. They later divorced.

After graduation, Debbie managed the shoe department at Kmart in Creston, until it closed. Debbie held various other jobs in Creston and Custer, S.D.

marriage in Maloy, Iowa on June 5, 1955.

In 1963, the family moved to Creston and Bettye began her 28 year career as a School Secretary, first at Crest Center and then Lincoln Elementary. She soothed many children and also their parents during her career. After retirement, Jack and Bettye moved to Allen, Texas. They lived in Allen for six years, where Bettye volunteered at the Allen Hospital. They returned to Iowa in 2006 and lived in Indianola. Bettye was a member of the Catholic Church.

Bettye was known for her great sense of humor, ability to cook a great meal for all who were hungry and most of all her tremendous heart. She was a loving wife, mother and “Mugga.”

Bettye is mourned by her husband of 58 years, Jack Eugene Coates, three daughters: Becky (Dan) Kenealy of Liberty, Mo.; Julie (Gary) Hill of Indianola; and Amy (Kenneth) Groff of Farmersville, TX; two sons: Mike (Dianne) Coates of Indianola and Jeff (Madonna Warren) Coates of Altoona; one brother James Mahan of Leon; 18 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Dorothy Caskey and Gertude Baker.

On May 16, 1998, Debbie married Lynn Duff.

Debbie is survived by her father Robert; stepmother Joyce; daughter Charity (Chris) Clear; sons, Brad (friend Amber) and Scott (Keri) Lemon; stepdaughter Heidi (Justin) Robertson; stepsons, Kris (Val) Duff and Ayron (Rachel) Duff; grandchildren, Allison, Krista and Cooper Clear and Zeven and Katie Lemon; step-grandchildren, Brody, Hannah and Cody Robertson and Logan, Tyler, Nick, Parker, Noah and Tinley Duff; sister Penny (Nate) Doolin; brother Terry (Amy) Cooper; stepbrother Mark (Ginger) Squires; stepsister Julie (Gary) Levine; sisters-in-law, Marlene Duff and Sherry Jipp; brothersin-law Gail Duff and Gary Lentz; father-in-law Don Ham; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.

Debbie was preceded in death by her mother Janice; brother Gary Cooper in infancy; grandparents; and mother-in-law Kay Ham.

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A National Weather Service wind chill warning for northeast Nebraska and nearly all of Iowa says dangerously low wind chills could reach minus 35 on

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Arctic blast to cause damage in wheat belt WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Arctic air pushing into the nation’s Midwest wheat belt later this week is expected to cause some winterkill damage to wheat fields.

About a third of the nation’s wheat belt will likely be affected, agricultural meteorologist Don Keeney of MDA Weather Services said Tuesday. Some damage is expected Wednesday, but the coldest conditions and bulk of the harm is expected Thursday morning, he said.

Wheat fields in areas without a protective covering of snow when the subzero temperatures hit are the most vulnerable. Crop damage is anticipated in eastern Nebraska, south-

western Iowa, northern and eastern Missouri, south-central Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio, according to Gaithersburg, Maryland-based MDA, which provides agricultural weather data for commodities trading and other industries.

“Kansas should be pretty much spared,” Keeney said, adding that just two counties in far northwestern Kansas may be affected.

Frigid temperatures are expected to return for the weekend, with additional minor damage possible in the south-central Midwest on Saturday morning, the company said.

The Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service

Water nitrates problem likely to lead to lawsuit DES MOINES (AP) — An official says Des Moines Water Works likely will sue three counties that manage drainage districts with high concentrations of nitrates.

Water Works officials say the nitrates flow into the Raccoon River and threaten the city’s water quality.

Water with concentrations above a certain threshold can be deadly to children younger than 6 months because nitrates can reduce the amount

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Officials investigate death of Iowa boy diagnosed with flu DES MOINES (AP) — Public health officials are investigating the death of a 7-year-old Iowa boy who was diagnosed with influenza.

The Iowa Department of Public Health says it’s investigating three pediatric deaths that they believe resulted from flu-related complications.

The family of 7-year-

of oxygen carried in their blood.

Water Works board chairman Graham Gillette told The Des Moines Register that the board will vote Thursday to move forward with the lawsuit.

The trustees’ vote would trigger a notice to the boards of supervisors in Buena Vista, Calhoun and Sac counties, notifying them of Water Works’ intention to sue.

Experts say most of the nitrates come from fertilizer applied to farm fields. Continued from Page 1

tion now goes to the Legislature.

Board member James Miller said the extract’s reclassification would help Iowa code conform to a state law passed last spring, which legalizes possession of the extract for treatment of seizures brought on by epilepsy.

Supervisors approved several resolutions, appointments and county ordinances. This action is required by the board each year.

They also divided 13 board appointments the supervisors are required to serve.

When the board was reduced from five members to three, it increased each individuals responsibilities of serving the board appointments.

Hysell said the three supervisors have balanced the

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Officials say cases of the flu are spreading across Iowa.

There have been confirmed cases in every region of the state.

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Iowa Board supports extract reclassification DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Pharmacy Board says it supports reclassifying a marijuana extract for the treatment of epilepsy, but the group has declined to make any broader changes backed by medical marijuana advocates.

The board approved a recommendation Monday that state lawmakers reclassify the extract, which has little of the chemical THC used to make recreational marijuana users high, The Des Moines Register reported.

The board’s recommenda-

reported Monday that 49 percent of Kansas wheat is now in good to excellent condition. The agency rated 42 percent of the state’s wheat crop in fair shape, with 9 percent in poor to very poor condition.

Kansas farmers are headed into this winter in far better shape than a year ago.

In its latest snapshot, NASS also reported that hay and roughage supplies are at adequate to surplus levels across 90 percent of the state.

Stock water supplies also were reported to be adequate in 71 percent of Kansas. Topsoil moisture conditions were adequate in 62 percent of the state.

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appointments well, keeping a majority of the workload the same for 2015.

Monday said their first priority of the new year is working out the budget. She added the board will continue to work to reduce the debt.

“We don’t always agree, but that’s OK,” Monday said. “It is a big job and there is a big responsibility to balance that budget.”

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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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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.

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

Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., host Judy Woods.

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.

Creston Men’s Fellowship non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 107 W. Howard St. Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Alzheimer’s Association office, 228 N. Pine St. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641782-4040.

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

Sunday

Greater Regional Medical Center Wes and Amanda Zollman of Creston are parents of a son born Jan. 5, 2015.

Bennett David Zollman weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are David and Karolyn Zollman of Mount Ayr, Tom and Tammy Widen of Fort Dodge and Tom and Barb Burns of North Carolina.

Great-grandparents are Cecil and Dorothy Smith of Clearfield.

Siblings are Carley, 7, Candace, 5, Drayson, 4, and Cashton, 2.

—————— JEWELL — Don and Meredith Wulf of Jewell are parents of a daughter born Jan. 3, 2015. Hattie Britten weighed 10 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long.

Grandparents Paul and Lynn Baker of Creston and Vernon and Donna Wulf of New Liberty.

Great-grandparent is Sheryl Keenan of Waukee.

Sibling is Londyn.

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OPINION

Recovering from skiing and my resolution My bruises are slowly fading from my recent ski trip.

Despite everyone’s persistent advice to take a lesson, I let my pride and confidence get the best of me and tried to tackle the art of skiing on my own.

During my second day, a snowboarder swooshed by me as I once again face planted into the snow, my equipment scattered across the mountainside.

“Dope, dude,” he shouted.

Since we were in Colorado, I’ll never know for sure if he was talking about my crash or just making an off-hand comment about the state’s recreational drug.

A humbling test Holding true to my New Year’s

Miles of trials Jake Waddingham associate editor

resolution, I started the long process of getting prepared for graduate school Monday.

My Bunn coffee pot gurgled as it warmed the water before it started brewing my caffeinated motivation.

I cleared off the counter, forcing me to reorganize the collection of soiled dinner plates that seem to be constantly multiplying in my apartment-style dorm room.

Each item was carefully placed in the optimal position for efficiency. My scratch pad and two fresh ink pens were laying in wait. The answer key was unmarked, full of potential.

On my left, my giant study guide for the GMAT — Graduate Management Admission Test — weighed heavy on the counter and my mind.

The final drops of coffee splashed into the pot. I took a couple sips between deep breaths, clicked the timer, and opened the study guide to the first page of the pretest.

For the next 52 minutes and 47 seconds I racked my brain, trying to recall my old algebra lessons and problem solving skills from my

freshmen year of college.

It wasn’t going well.

During my eight minute break between sections, I was chugging coffee to stay focused. I had a sinking feeling in my gut, wondering why I was even considering graduate school.

By the end of the next hour, the words were starting bounce around the page as I tried to stay on task for the remaining questions.

Taking the pretest brought back a surge of anticipation and pressure I had forgotten — or purposefully blocked from my mind — since my last college final in Texas.

It was also the first step in a long journey of reviews and practice tests before taking the official

GMAT. Then, if my application and scores grab the attention of the admissions department for a master’s degree program, I might get accepted to continue my education.

But in the meantime, I was searching for relief with a spoon in a pint of cookies and cream Oreo ice cream.

I have always loved learning.

In elementary school, I wanted to be the king of a math game called “Around the World.” It was a oneon-one competition to blurt out the correct answer the fastest.

And thankfully I have a lot more studying to do and more practice tests to hone my skills before I take the next step forward on this adventure.

Sinker cypress and causes THE ATCHAFALAYA SWAMP, La. — The bridge is closed that leads over Bayou Mercier to Greg’s cypress cabin, creating a circuitous detour and an even quieter-than-usual space on the edge of the swamp. I don’t mind the detour.

Any excuse is a good one to visit Greg Guirard, and no road too long. He is a friend, a treasured pen pal and one of the most interesting men I know. He has taught English in Costa Rica, Lafayette and Belize; craw-fished in the swamp; raised a family; written nine books; and made movies, countless photographs and furniture.

Greg is on a first-name basis with documentary filmmakers, musicians and movie stars. But his best friends, the ones he most admires, still make their living in the swamp.

At his isolated roost he has a cat named Mackerel, a resident alligator, a crawfish pond. And Greg Guirard has causes. Good ones.

His home place, which belonged first to his grandfather, is a bosky oasis of work boats and outboard motors and old tractors and big logs. Someone who works, and works hard, lives here.

The prevailing color of Greg’s swampy Walden is green -- even in wintertime -- punctuated by ripe oranges hanging heavy in the trees in the grove by the small cabin he built himself. The haphazard beauty is breathtaking.

Today I have with me another old friend who is building a house and wants to look at Greg’s barns filled with “sinker logs,” cypress resurrected from the swamp bottom. The wood has been, for a century, buried in the Atchafalaya mud. Piece by piece, season by season, Greg has salvaged it. At 78, he is tall and youthful, a man who needs no gym membership.

My contractor friend, who knows her way around a lumberyard, is awestruck. I can see it in her face

King Features commentary Rheta Johnson

as they talk. Greg has made another cypress convert.

Cypress is not a renewable resource, and Greg preaches that.

He is an active part of Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, a small but feisty and effective nonprofit organization that in all ways fights to protect the swamp. It opposes the harvesting of what’s left of Louisiana’s cypress for lumber or mulch -- or wood pellets to be shipped to foreign shores.

Makes no sense, but Louisiana politicians for years have winked at the decimation of its most valuable natural resource. “Short-sighted” doesn’t cover it.

When in the light of the storage barn you inspect that beautiful and impervious wood, you understand at least one of Greg’s passions. No two pieces are exactly alike. And he knows them all intimately, the way a cat knows its own body. You can tell he hates to part with any of the wood, the burls or the pretty waxed planks or the aptly nicknamed “pecky.” Yet selling it is his livelihood.

When his grandfather gave him the land on which he built his cozy cabin, most of it was a sugarcane field. Greg began personally planting oaks and cypress, as many as 50,000 trees. It has taken over three decades, but now there’s no more room to plant a tree in the former field.

This low and teeming land one day will be, he believes, “an enchanted forest” for his children and grandchildren. Now, that’s a cause worth embracing. (c) 2015 Rheta Grimsley Johnson

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Enjoy Part 2 of our annual Year in Review in Jokes BEVERLY HILLS — Happy Wednesday, everybody, and God bless America.

APRIL—The Visit Britain travel site estimated that three million Americans will vacation in Great Britain this summer and spend three billion dollars while there.

It’s a competitive business. Vladimir Putin just did a TVcommercial for Russian tourism, urging you to visit Russia before Russia visits you.

HHS admitted that Obamacare registration was slowed Friday when a computer glitch directed applicants to the Porn Hub website. It’s nothing like the Obamacare website.The difference is, if you scroll down the titles on Porn Hub, you’re sure to find a doctor or a nurse who can help you right away.

Samsung forecast a drop in profits next quarter despite the popularity of the Samsung Galaxy smart phone. They work fine as long as they stay dry. Experts say if your smart phone gets wet, place it in a box of rice overnight and the rice will attract an Asian who will come and fix it for you.

The Coachella Music Festival kicked off outside Palm Springs before hundreds of thousands of fans camped outdoors in the California desert. People with allergies are having a rough time at the rock festival. The pollen count is so high that the junkies are trying to convert their meth back into Sudafed.

MAY—Richard Pryor was honored in his hometown of Peoria when the city unveiled a statue of him. He often had comics over to his house to party in the late Seventies. On Sunday afternoons, you could never tell if Richard was undergoing severe cocaine withdrawal or if he just really hated cats.

Topical humor Argus Hamilton

The White House faced angry bipartisan pressure to fix the abysmal quality of veterans’ medical care at VA hospitals. The quality of care varies by state, region and city. For example, at the Veterans Hospital in Los Angeles if your X-rays show you have a broken rib, they fix it with Photoshop.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for his racist comments taped by his mistress. He must now sell his team. Americans agree it’s a dark day indeed for the future of free and open dialogue between billionaires and their mistresses.

Germany’s Angela Merkel flew to Washington D.C. Friday to meet with President Obama about the crisis in the Ukraine. The president was really glad to see the German chancellor. It’s always fun for President Obama when he gets to match the face to the voice he hears every day on the wiretaps.

JUNE—Hollywood movie star Keira Knightly kicked off the World Cup telecast in London last week in a telethon in which she made an appeal for African children. It was a stunning success.

The children of Africa have kicked in what they had and now Keira Knightly is finally getting the nutrition she needs.

The White House made no apologies for striking an agreement with the Taliban to hand over five Taliban leaders in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl. The Obama administration had good reason for not

consulting Congress on the swap.

It’s against White House policy to negotiate with Republicans.

Phil Mickelson is under federal probe for insider stock trading after he bought Clorox stock just before a takeover of Clorox caused Clorox stock to soar. It’s hilarious.

Phil’s a Mormon, he’s a pro golfer, he lives in La Jolla and he’s in trouble for investing in a company that makes things even whiter.

Donald Sterling announced he’s decided to drop his lawsuit against the NBA and he’s agreed to sell the Los Angeles Clippers for two billion dollars. He told reporters he’s sick and tired of all the racial controversy. He’s decided to take the two billion dollars and buy the Washington Redskins.

JULY—U.S. Army bases began housing children who’ve suddenly begun flooding across the U.S. border from Central America.

There are now fifty thousand children from Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador in U.S. custody.

We must take care of these kids, they represent the future of U.S. soccer.

NASA saluted astronaut Neil Armstrong of Ohio on the forty-fifth anniversary of his landing on the moon. The first men to fly a plane, the Wright brothers, were from Ohio, the first man to orbit the earth, John Glenn, is from Ohio. History teaches us that man will do whatever it takes to get out of Ohio.

President Obama flew to Texas on Monday to attend a political fundraiser in Austin at the home of film director Robert Rodriguez.

It’s a state where religion historically plays a big role in politics. In Texas you get the distinct feeling that Jesus is all around you, due mainly to the poor border control.

Creston News Advertiser Wednesday, January 7, 2015

FOOD

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he average person’s caloric needs have decreased since the 20th century when lifestyles were more active, yet nutritional needs are generally the same.

Getting the nutrition you need without consuming too many calories can be as simple as incorporating nutrient-dense foods, such as potatoes, into your diet.

Not only are potatoes a cost-efficient kitchen staple, there are dozens of quick and easy ways to prepare this ultimate comfort food while taking advantage of an extra helping of nutrition.

A medium-size potato (5.3 ounces or 148 grams) has only about 110 calories, 4 to 5 percent of the average adult’s total daily calories, but provides much higher percentages of many nutrients.

The potato actually delivers a wide spectrum of valuable nutrients. For example, the potato is an important source of complex carbohydrates, often lacking in the American diet. The potato also is a good source of vitamin C and hard-to-get B6 and has long been known to be a storehouse of minerals. The potato contains valuable supplies of essential trace elements such as manganese, chromium, selenium and molybdenum.

Falsely fattening image Although you may think of the potato as a bulky vegetable, it is 80 percent water — just a little less than milk. However, its association with high-calorie toppings like butter, sour cream, gravy and mayonnaise gives the low-calorie potato a false image. In fact, just one tablespoon of butter doubles the calories in a baked potato.

There are many low calorie ways to prepare potatoes deliciously. Here are just a few tasty low or no calorie topping ideas: ■ Toasted sesame seeds ■ Whipped butter and poppy seeds ■ A spoonful of stewed tomatoes and a bit of grated cheese ■ Melted butter or margarine thinned with lemon juice ■ A mix of dried herbs: parsley, chives, basil or dill ■ Mock sour cream (cottage cheese and lemon juice whipped in a blender) ■ Chopped onion with coarsely grated black pepper ■ Chive-spiked yogurt ■ Prepared horseradish ■ Heated marinara sauce ■

Low calorie dips or salad dressings

For more recipes and tips for preparing nutritious and appetizing potato dishes, visit www.eatwisconsinpotatoes.com.

Quick and Healthy Chile Lime Tacos Servings: 4 (two tacos each) Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes 1/2 pound Wisconsin Yukon Gold or red potatoes, cut into bite-size cubes Olive oil cooking spray 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 pound diced boneless, skinless chicken breast 1/4 cup finely chopped poblano, Anaheim or bell pepper 1 teaspoon Mexican seasoning blend 1/2 cup red chile enchilada sauce 1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese 8 small corn tortillas, warmed or crunchy taco shells Optional toppings: shredded cabbage or romaine lettuce, diced tomato, diced avocado, thinly sliced radishes, fresh cilantro leaves and salsa 8 lime wedges Place potatoes in microwave-safe bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on HIGH 5–7 minutes.

Spray large skillet liberally with cooking spray. Add potatoes and onion; cook over medium-high heat 5 minutes, stirring and coating with cooking spray occasionally. Stir in chicken, pepper and seasoning, and cook 5 minutes more.

Add red chile enchilada sauce and simmer 5 minutes.

Place equal amounts of cheese on each tortilla and heat in skillet until cheese is melted. Add potato mixture and any other desired toppings. Serve with lime wedges.

Baked Fries with Salsa Servings: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes 3 medium Wisconsin Russet potatoes (5–6 ounces ea) 1 tablespoon canola or other vegetable oil 1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste) Salsa, optional Heat oven to 450°F degrees.

Slice potatoes lengthwise 3/4 inch thick, then cut each slice into 3/4-inchlong sticks.

Place in large bowl.

Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with herb seasoning and salt; toss to coat evenly.

Arrange potato pieces in single layer on nonstick baking sheet or baking sheet coated with vegetable cooking spray.

Bake 20–25 minutes, until potatoes are golden brown, turning once after 15 minutes.

Serve immediately, with salsa for dipping if desired.

what’s cookin’ in soup’s oN! Serve the wild rice soup with a salad and bread and mashed potatoes are the thickener in the stew. Smakelijk eten! wild rice aNd chickeN soup 1 - 6 oz. package long grain and wild rice mix 2 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken or turkey 5 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms 5 cups water 1 cup coarsely shredded carrots celery leaves (optional) 1 cup sliced celery 1 - 10 3/4 oz. can reduced-fat and reduced-sodium condensed cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup In 5 to 6-quart slow cooker, combine cooked chicken, mushrooms, carrot, celery, cream of chicken soup, rice mix and the contents of the rice seasoning packet. Gradually stir in chicken broth and the water.

Cover slow cooker; cook on low-heat setting for 6 to 8 hours or on high-heat setting for 3 to 4 hours. Garnish with celery leaves, if you like. mashed potato chickeN stew Stew 1 1/4 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 cup coarsely chopped onion 2 cups sliced celery 2 cloves garlic, minced MASheD PotAtoeS 2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes or baking potatoes, peeled and quartered 1/4 cup butter, softened

2 - 14 1/2 oz. can chicken broth 1 - 8 oz. can tomato sauce 3/4 cup dry white wine or chicken broth 2 bay leaves 1 - 10 oz. package frozen mixed vegetables 3/4 tsp. dried sage, crushed cracked black pepper 1/3-1/2 cup whole milk salt and pepper to taste

Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. In a 4-quart Dutch oven, cook chicken in hot olive oil over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until browned. Remove with a slotted spoon; set aside.

Add onion, celery and garlic to the Dutch oven. Cook and stir over medium heat for 4 minutes. Add broth, tomato sauce, wine/broth and bay leaves. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Return chicken to pan. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Stir in mixed vegetables and sage. Cook, uncovered, for 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, make mashed potatoes. In a medium saucepan, place potatoes in salted water to cover. Cover and bring to boil; cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until tender; drain. Mash or beat with an electric mixer on low speed; add butter, salt and pepper. Add enough milk to make light and fluffy. to serve stew, remove bay leaves; discard. Stir half the potatoes into the stew. Mound remaining potatoes in six soup bowls.

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The taste of coming home Dear Heloise: It happens every time we return from a LONG TRIP, coming home to find a cold house and an empty refrigerator. We’re hungry and seeking homemade comfort food as we recover from lack of sleep and the fatigue of travel. Of course, we’re not at all up to a market run. But this time, I thought ahead.

Before leaving on our European vacation, I made a big pot of our favorite homemade soup and froze it. I also froze some of my special homemade bread. When we came in from the airport after being away for a month, I nuked the soup just enough to thaw it, then dumped it right into the slow cooker and turned it on. I set the bread out to thaw and warm. In no time, our house smelled like home, and we had steaming-hot comfort food to welcome us back without having to make a trip to the market. — Nancy S. in California SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 782795000 Fax: 210-HELOISE Email: Heloise@Heloise. com

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Oversalting a dish can happen without thinking. If salt is added to hot or cooking foods, the dish does not taste as salty as it really is. Hold off on adding more. It’s better to undersalt the dish and let individuals add salt if they want. — Heloise TIMED COOKING Dear Heloise: I often use a timer on my slow cooker. It ensures that the slow cooker gets turned off if I’m delayed.

If I don’t want it to cook the entire time I’m away, it can be started an hour or so after I leave. — Sandra P., via email Remember, there is a twohour “window” for food-safety concerns. You could delay by only two hours, or finish cooking and having the dish “stand” only two hours. — BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker Heloise TOMATO SALAD Dear Heloise: A recent letter about canned tomatoes in salads reminded me how my late mother-in-law would often make a salad. She also used canned tomatoes: She would drain the juice and mix the tomatoes with vinegar, salt and pepper to make a simple dressing. — Jon R., via email

RINSED ONIONS Dear Heloise: I chopped some onions and wanted to rinse them but thought, “Why use that big colander and have those small chunks get lost or stuck?” Lo and behold, right on the kitchen counter was my coffee maker with a strainer basket. I dumped the chopped onions into the basket and rinsed. Nobody complained about onion-flavored coffee the next morning, either! — John B., via email SALT SHAKEDOWN Dear Readers: Have you noticed on cooking shows that when a chef adds a “pinch” of salt to a recipe, it’s not in a shaker?

Historically, a saltcellar (a metal or glass container with a small spoon) was used for holding salt. Salt was a commodity and a luxury in the 15th and 16th centuries, so it was treated as such. Usually a large or exceptionally beautiful saltcellar was used as a table decoration. To be seated (c)2015 by King Features BLONDIE® by Dean Young “below” the saltcellar was a Syndicate Inc. sign of lower status.

Horoscope Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) It’s important to keep in mind that for the next few weeks, you are high-viz in the eyes of others, especially authority figures. People will notice you.

Be aware of this.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) In the weeks ahead, grab every opportunity to travel, because you need to expand your horizons. You also will want to study and learn more, either formally or on your own.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You are on a self-improvement kick this month. You want to improve your health, the way you do your job and the way you live your life.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Partnerships and close friendships will be a strong focus for you in the next few weeks.

(Also, remember that you need to get more rest this month.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do whatever you can to get better organized at work and at home, because this will make you feel good. You want to be efficient and productive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Hopefully you are on vacation now, because this is a playful month for you. Enjoy the arts, sports events and fun activities with children.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your interactions with a parent and family members are significant this month. You also have a desire to withdraw and cocoon at home.

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Scorekeeping change may help GOP pass tax reform WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House have changed the rules on budget scorekeeping and Democrats are unhappy with the new math.

At issue is so-called dynamic scoring, which factors in the economic effects of legislation when estimating its effect on the deficit.

The rules change promises to make it somewhat easier for Republicans to advance legislation such as an overhaul of the loophole-ridden tax code, since the positive economic effects of such legislation would generate greater tax revenue. That means lawmakers would have to come up with less in offsetting revenues to make up for bold cuts in income tax rates.

The House adopted the rule changes on a nearly

party-line vote on Tuesday.

Republicans call it “macroeconomic scoring.” The rule would direct congressional scorekeepers to incorporate the macroeconomic effects of major legislation into their official cost estimates.

Democrats say the shift to dynamic scorekeeping will drive up the deficit.

“The bottom line is that this is a way to try to fasttrack tax cuts for millionaires and make it look like there are not large costs,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee.

The rules change comes as Republicans appear likely to replace Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf, a Democratic appointee,

whose term expired last week. Democrats fear that a new GOP appointee to run the agency would be more likely to take liberties with the new scorekeeping mandate to help drive the GOP agenda. There are several competing models for evaluating the economic effects of legislation and estimates can vary widely.

Republicans say that the twin scorekeeping agencies — the Joint Committee on Taxation focuses on tax legislation while the CBO deals with most everything else — already perform macroeconomic analysis of major bills such as the Senate’s 2013 immigration overhaul or the 2010 health care law.

The new mandate would incorporate such analysis into official cost estimates of legislation.

The incoming chairman of the House Budget Committee denied that the change amounted to “cooking the books” in favor of tax cuts.

“All that we’re trying to do is make certain that members of Congress have more information upon which to make decisions,” said Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who is replacing former Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. “What we’re trying to do is to simply say that if a piece of legislation is going to have a large effect on the economy that we include that effect in the official estimate.”

“Republicans will be able to hide the true costs of tax cuts behind a debunked mantra that tax cuts pay for themselves,” said No. 2 House Democrat Steny Hoyer of Maryland. In fact,

USDA Rural Development to present revolving loan fund workshop DES MOINES — Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development state director in Iowa, announces agency staff will be presenting nine workshops in January to help rural community leaders establish, manage and market revolving loan funds.

The first will be held Jan. 12 at Southwestern Performing Arts Center, Room 1501, 1501 W. Townline St., Creston. RSVP to Marybeth Foster at mbfoster@iastate. edu. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the program runs 9 a.m. to noon. Call 515-284-4663 with any questions about the workshops.

Revolving loan funds are established through a variety of USDA loan and grant programs and are a great way to assist with small business development in rural Iowa. Funds are made available to intermediaries which are typically rural electric cooperatives, regional council of governments or local economic development

groups. The intermediaries make loans to small businesses and as the loans are paid back, the money is then re-loaned to other businesses.

“Helping to establish revolving loan funds is an important way USDA Rural Development helps improve economic opportunities across the state,” Menner said. “There is no limit to the number of businesses that can be assisted as these funds are continually revolved and lent back out.”

USDA Rural Development provides funding to various revolving loan fund administrators through its Intermediary Relending Program, Rural Business Enterprise Grants and Rural Economic Development Grants. Last year more than $2.3 million in loans and grants were provided to rural organizations to help establish revolving funds.

Since 2009, more than 700 rural small business-

es accessed more than $70 million from the 145 revolving loan funds assisted by USDA Rural Development in Iowa. These loans helped rural small businesses in a variety of ways including the purchase of equipment, real estate and expansions.

USDA Rural Development’s funding continues to have a dramatic impact on rural communities across Iowa. Since 2009, USDA Rural Development has invested more than $3 billion on essential public facilities, small and emerging businesses, water and sewer systems, and housing opportunities for Iowa families.

This past year USDA Rural Development’s investment in Iowa helped create or retain more than 1,000 jobs, aided 2,600 families in buying their own homes and assisted more than 60 communities as they made improvements to their facilities, services and infrastructure.

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USDA mission area that can help build a community from the ground up,” Menner said. “Our investments are helping make rural communities places where people want to raise their children, open businesses and live for years to come. If you have an idea on how jobs can be created in rural Iowa, or how a rural community can improve the quality of life experience for their residents, give us a call today.”

For more information about finance programs available through USDA Rural Development, call 515-284-4663 or visit www. rurdev.usda.gov/ia. USDA Rural Development has 11 offices across the state to serve the 1.7 million Iowans living in rural communities and areas. Office locations include a state office in Des Moines, along with area offices in Albia, Atlantic, Humboldt, Indianola, Iowa Falls, Le Mars, Mount Pleasant, Storm Lake, Tipton and Waverly.

White House says it will veto bill to approve oil pipeline WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the first piece of legislation introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill approving the much-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, in what was expected to be the first of many confrontations over energy and environmental policy.

Hours after supporters of the bipartisan bill, which is sponsored by all 54 Senate Republicans and six Democrats, announced its introduction, the White House said for the first time that President Barack Obama would veto it.

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It’s “premature to try to evaluate the project before something as basic as the route of the pipeline has been established,” he said.

The two main sponsors, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Tuesday morning they had enough votes to overcome a filibuster of the bill but not a presidential veto. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in one of his first acts, moved to put it directly

on the Senate calendar. The House is expected to vote and pass a bill approving the $5.4 billion project, which was first proposed in 2008, on Friday.

“The President threatening to veto the first bipartisan infrastructure bill of the new Congress must come

as a shock to the American people who spoke loudly in November in favor of bipartisan accomplishments,” McConnell said.

Hoeven said if the president chooses to veto the bill, he would work to attach it to a broader energy package or must-pass spending bills.

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mates are uncertain, there is substantially more disagreement among economists and experts about how policy changes affect the macroeconomy than about most other scoring issues,” Donovan wrote. “Dynamic scoring can create a bias favoring tax cuts over investments in infrastructure, education and other priorities.”

Estimates created under current “static” scoring rules only take into account the direct effects of legislation to government coffers.

“Right now, the House usually uses conventional estimates, which assume that, no matter what the federal government does, the size of the economy will stay exactly the same,” says a GOP fact sheet, adding, “But for major legislation, that’s not true.”

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Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, explicitly acknowledged during floor debate that tax cuts do not finance themselves through higher growth, and Republicans said the change is likely to only produce modest changes in cost estimates.

The new scoring approach would only be required for major legislation in which the budgetary effects of legislation — meaning an increase or decrease in revenue, spending or deficits — are at least 0.25 percent of the size of the economy.

Had the rule been in effect last year, the threshold would have been $43 billion.

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Seasons of 300+ strikeouts by MLB Hall of Fame inductee Randy Johnson, tied for most in history.

LC disqualification ends key H-10 Panther mat victory

By LARRY PETERSON Johnson

National Digest

HOF inductees NEW YORK — Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, a trio of star pitchers who dominated in an era of offense, were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday along with Craig Biggio, the first time since 1955 that writers selected four players in one year.

Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz easily earned induction on their first tries, and Biggio made it on his third attempt after falling two votes shy last year.

Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa remained far from election.

Johnson, a five-time Cy Young Award winner with 303 victories and 4,875 strikeouts, was selected on 534 of 549 ballots by veteran members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The 97.3 percentage for the left-hander was the eighth-highest in the history of voting.

Martinez also became the second player from the Dominican Republic elected to Cooperstown, joining Juan Marichal (1983).

ISU holds on AMES — On a team filled with stars, unheralded Dustin Hogue bailed out Iowa State with the block of his life.

Hogue slammed Tavarius Shine’s 3-point try into the stands with under a second left to help the 17th-ranked Cyclones hold off Oklahoma State 63-61 on Tuesday in their Big 12 opener.

Hogue had all 17 of his points in the second half for the Cyclones (11-2, 1-0 Big 12), who shook off a cold start to beat the Cowboys for the third straight time -- all by four points or less.

Phil Forte’s layup pulled Oklahoma State within 63-61 with 55 seconds to go. But Hogue stuffed Shine, and Georges Niang blocked Forte’s desperation 3 at the buzzer.

Forte had 21 points and Le’Bryan Nash scored 19 for Oklahoma State (11-3, 1-1), which lost for just the second time in six games.

Niang and Matt Thomas each had 10 points for Iowa State.

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Creston/Orient-Macksburg cleared another big hurdle toward a repeat Hawkeye 10 dual championship here Tuesday night with victories over Carroll Kuemper Catholic and Lewis Central.

Although the Titans were missing state-ranked Brock Massey at 126 pounds from their lineup, coach Doug Kjeldgaard had a formidable lineup on a team that was 1-1 in league duals and 5-3 coming in. Three of the Titans are ranked in Class 3A, including football recruit Chris Tomas at 195 pounds who earned a victory by fall against 2A-ranked Seth Maitlen early in Tuesday’s dual.

The Panthers trailed 1915 midway through the dual, but Spencer Wray clinched it with a 15-7 victory at 152 for a 34-22 lead with one match remaining.

In that final match, LC wrestler Colton Lear was disqualified for flagrant misconduct (throwing elbows) against state runner-up Chase Shiltz, making his debut in the Panther lineup after arthroscopic knee surgery in November.

9-point swing It turned out to be a ninepoint victory for the Panthers — six for the DQ victory, and three team points deducted from Lewis Central’s total — for a final 40-

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Creston/O-M’s Trevor Marlin finds himself upside down in a scramble as Lewis Central’s Daytona Smith tries for an escape during their 120-pound match Tuesday. Marlin scored an 11-6 victory as the Panthers defeated the Titans, 40-19.

19 triumph.

That followed a 75-0 shutout win over Kuemper Catholic. Earlier in the night, Lewis Central rolled over Kuemper, 66-9.

Creston/O-M improves to 6-0 in the Hawkeye 10 and 8-0 overall. LC falls to 2-2 and 6-4, while Kuemper slips to 2-6 and 6-10.

Harlan, 3-1 in the league in a scramble for second currently with Atlantic (3-1) and Glenwood (4-1), hosts Creston/O-M on Thursday in a single dual. A win there would put the Panthers in a solid position for defending their league dual title, having already downed top contenders Glenwood and

Key runs spark Lenox in win over Diagonal

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

DIAGONAL — An 8-2 run to end the first half and then an 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter propelled Lenox past Diagonal here Monday, 45-34.

Freshman Jessica Anderson scored the final six points of the half for Lenox, including a bank shot b u z z er-beater, to give Anderson the Tigers a 21-15 lead at the break after trailing 10-7 after one quarter.

Anderson finished with a team-high 13 points for Le-

nox, stepping up as another scoring option to complement Katie Dukes, while senior Aurora Arevalo sat out with a quad injury.

“She’s been starting the last few games for us,” Lenox head coach Mandy Stoaks said. “Her ballhandling has improved. Our outside shooting was a plus for us tonight. It kind of opened things up a little bit. We haven’t been hitting from outside, so that was nice to see.”

Dukes finished just three assists shy of a triple-double, finishing with 10 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.

Lenox built a 27-17 lead in the third quarter after a Dukes layup, but three straight baskets by Katie Sobotka cut the lead to 2723.

UK survives LEXINGTON, Ky. — Dominant almost all season and facing expectations of going unbeaten, top-ranked Kentucky looked vulnerable and very beatable against a Mississippi team intent on pulling off a seismic upset.

Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison thwarted the Rebels’ quest by scoring 26 points, including two big free throws with 1:29 remaining in overtime to put Kentucky ahead to stay. Kentucky then withstood three final Mississippi attempts to rally before escaping with an 89-86 victory Tuesday night to win its Southeastern Conference opener and keep its hopes for a perfect season alive.

Atlantic.

“The last time we lost was to Glenwood here two years ago,” said Creston/O-M coach Darrell Frain. “Then we came back and won the (league) tournament. We’re in a good situation if we just stay healthy.”

The dual crown is something talked about in the Panther wrestling room, Frain said.

“During (postseason) tournaments, we don’t talk the team stuff,” Frain said.

“But in this, we bump kids around and tell them they’re doing it for the guys sitting around them. We make a big deal out of duals. We only do a few, so when we

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Diagonal freshman Madison Lohmann (10) dribbles around the defensive pressure from Lenox senior Katie Dukes during Lenox’s 45-34 win on Monday. Lohmann scored two points and finished with nine rebounds and four assists. Dukes scored 10 points with 13 boards and seven assists.

Mika Weaver scored a basket in transition for Lenox and then Kasydi Klommhaus made one of two free throws to cut the Tiger lead to 29-24 after three quarters.

But the 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter sank the Maroonettes, as the Tigers built a 13-point lead on Katelyn Belding’s basket off a drive.

“It was good to get a win,” Stoaks said. “There’s a lot of things we need to step up on and improve, but it was a win.”

Sobotka hit a pull-up 3-pointer and a shot from the win a n d Klommhaus added a 3-pointer of her own, but it was too Sobotka little, too late for Diagonal, as Lenox iced the game away at the free throw line.

Sobotka led all scorers with 21 points.

“Very consistent,” Diagonal head coach Gina Gunsolley said about Sobotka.

“She is a good role player.

She makes her own shots, but she’s also getting others open to help them score, too. Her decision making on the team definitely helps us flow as a team.”

Anderson and Sobotka traded 3-pointers to start the game, and then Diagonal got a layup from Madison Lohmann, followed by another Sobotka 3-pointer and a basket from Jaci Haidsiak to build a 10-7 lead after one quarter.

“I was impressed with how we started off, because of coming off Christmas break,” Gunsolley said.

“Fatigue can happen very quickly when you’ve had Please see LENOX, page 9A

do them we want to be successful.”

The Panthers survived Tuesday’s test without wrestling at top form, Frain said.

“We really didn’t wrestle very well,” he said, “but we fought hard. That’s kind of been the theme of our team this year. We had some kids who kept it to a decision in a loss, or fought through at the end to get a win for us.

Right now that’s pulling us through on some of those close ones.”

Kjeldgaard gave credit to Creston/O-M for opening up a larger margin than he’d hoped coming in.

“That’s a very good team right there,” he said. “I

thought it was going to be a real close meet, but we lost some close ones.”

There was cause for concern in the Panther camp when suddenly it was 9-3 in LC’s favor after Thomas secured a bear hug and put Maitlen on his back in the second period.

“Never in my wildest imagination did I think it was going to be a pin (defeat),” Frain said. “That wasn’t him. Maybe it was the (knee) injury a little bit.

Thomas got him tight with it and that was it.”

Kadon Hulett quickly answered with a Panther fall at 220 pounds, however, to knot the score again at 9-9.

Creston/O-M won by forfeit at heavyweight, but Class 3A fourth-ranked 106-pounder Paxton Whitaker quickly secured a fall at 106 to knot the score again at 15-15.

Kelby Luther moved up to 113 and fought off attempts

by LC standout freshman Gabriel Kjeldgaard in a 12-2 major decision, giving the Titans a 19-15 advantage.

Key victories Then came some of the real key victories by Panthers that both coaches credited for swinging the momentum for good.

Trevor Marlin bolted to a 4-0 lead en route to an 11-6 decision over Daytona Smith at 120 pounds, closing Please see PANTHERS, page 10A

Offense struggles for Panthers in road loss

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

COUNCIL BLUFFS — A sluggish night offensively, combined with the team’s highest turnover total of the season, spelled disaster for the Creston girls here Tuesday night in a 34-25 loss to Class 4A 12th-ranked Lewis Central.

The Panthers struggled to get anything going offensively, especially in the first half, and committed a total of 14 turnovers for the game — the most for the team all season.

“We definitely did look pretty rusty tonight,” Creston head coach Brent Douma said. “I really thought we had good practices lately. I thought we were ready to play. It was surprising we were as flat as we were tonight.”

The Panthers had just two points until Taylor Briley dropped in a bucket with 16 seconds remaining in the first quarter to make the score 8-4. Lewis Central ended the first quarter with a 10-4 advantage, as Briley scored all four Panther points.

The second quarter didn’t go much better, as the Panthers managed just five points.

Briley scored with 5:34 left in the quarter to make it 12-6 and then a Jenna Taylor 3-pointer cut the lead to Briley 12-9 with 5:05 left.

Maegan Holt scored backto-back baskets for Lewis Central, giving the Titans a 16-9 lead at halftime.

“We just talked about be-

ing more aggressive (in the second half),” Douma said.

“We only gave up 16 points, so defensively wasn’t the big problem. Offensively, moving the ball, attacking the gaps against the zone, taking care of the ball. It just never felt like it really got going tonight.”

The Panthers twice cut the lead to four points in the second half, but that was as close as they would come to the Titans.

Cammy Rutherford sank two free throws with 1:18 left in the third quarter to make the score 22-18. Then Briley’s 13-footer cut the score to 24-20 with 6:18 to go in the game.

Briley led the Panthers with 10 points, while Holt led all scorers with 11.

But Lewis Central responded with a 10-3 run to pull away.

Natalie Mostek’s first basket of the game came with 12 seconds remaining and cut the final margin to 34-25.

Mostek was held to just five points, while Taylor netted only three.

“It would get down to four and we’d just make a turnover or just wouldn’t secure the ball on a rebound,” Douma said. “All those little things, we really look at as effort-type plays, we just didn’t m a k e them tonight. The Douma aggressiveness didn’t seem to come for us here tonight. Every game up to this, I’d say we were the more aggressive team.”

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Taylor has big week for Central CRESTON: NV’s Welsch plays in Grand View victory

PELLA — Two former area prep standouts met up on New Year’s Eve as Grand View used a 41-29 second half to defeated the Central College men, 79-67.

Central forward Colby Taylor, sophomore from Creston, posted a double-double for the Dutch, scoring 16 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. Grand View (6-6) had four players in double figures, led by Ron Waller with 20.

Alex Welsch, 6-9 sophomore center from Nodaway Valley, played 16 minutes for Grand View and finished with two points, one rebound and one blocked shot.

On Friday, Taylor had 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds in Central’s 80-45 win over Bethany Lutheran (Minn.). Taylor’s 18 boards match the ninth-best showing in school history and and the most by a Central player since Loren Liming grabbed 19 in 2010.

Taylor is averaging 17.4 points and 10 boards for the year as Central improved to 7-4.

slip away against one of the premier teams in the Hawkeye 10 Conference.

“We can’t come away from here tonight thinking the better team won,” he said. “It’s definitely disappointing. Can’t dwell on it long, because we have another tough opponent on Saturday in Red Oak.” The Panthers, now 6-3 overall and 3-2 in Hawkeye 10 play, hit the road Saturday to take on Class 3A seventh-ranked Red Oak and Division I Bucknell University recruit Kate Walker.

Lewis Central improved to 8-2 overall and 4-2 in the Hawkeye 10 with the win.

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Lewis Central shut down the Creston JV girls in the second half on Tuesday, pulling away for a 44-15 win.

The Panthers trailed just 12-11 at halftime.

Lexie Little and Caitlin McIlravy each scored four points to lead the Panthers.

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FRESHMEN Creston’s freshman team fell to Lewis Central 50-21 on Tuesday.

Taylor Fredrickson led the Panthers with six points.

Chloe Hagle, Sophia Groumoutis and Breanna Wallace each scored four points, while Cayla Maitlen added three points.

“LC was a very good team that got on a roll early,” Creston freshman coach Anthony Donahoo said.

“Our girls battled hard the second half. We’ll work this week and get ready for Red Oak.”

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with firstplace votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

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Central sophomore forward Colby Taylor of Creston drives to the basket against an opponent from Augustana College during a game earlier this season. Taylor averaged 17.0 points and 16.5 rebounds per game in two games last week.

to Twin Cedars on Friday.

two weeks off of playing, but we rotated everybody in and everybody did their part.”

Lenox improved to 2-7 for the season with the win, while Diagonal dropped to 2-7.

The Tigers return to action Friday at Interstate 35, while Diagonal travels

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Alli Thomsen added three, while Logan Pettit and Becca Ross scored two apiece.

State ratings

LENOX: Continued from page 8A

Maegan Holt 11, Kye Madsen 7, Madison Paulson, Nicole Miller 4, Amy Pedersen 3, Asia Sockrider 2, Kassie Larsen 2, Alissa Pomrenke 1.

CRESTON (25) — Taylor Briley 10, Natalie Mostek 5, Cammy Rutherford 4, Jenna Taylor 3, Brenna Baker 3. Totals — 8 7-11 25. 3-point goals — 2 (Taylor 1, Baker 1). Rebounds — Taylor 9, N. Mostek 7, Rutherford 6, Maria Mostek 4, Baker 2, Briley 2. Assists — N. Mostek 1, Baker 1, Briley 1. Steals — Baker 3.

Turnovers — 14.

LC — 10 16 24 34 Creston — 4 9 18 25

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LENOX (45) — Jessica Anderson 6 0-3 13, Katie Dukes 5 0-0 10, Katelyn Belding 2 3-4 7, Jacy Stoaks 3 0-0 6, Mika Weaver 2 1-4 5, Hannah Mitchell 2 0-0 4. Totals — 20 4-11 45. FG shooting — 20-57 (35.1 percent). 3-point goals — 1-5 (Anderson 1). Assists — 17 (Dukes 7). Steals — 12 (Dukes 4, Stoaks 3). Rebounds — 36 (Dukes 13, Belding 7, Mitchell 5, Anderson 4, Weaver 4, Stoaks 3). Team fouls — 17.

Fouled out — Anderson.

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Sobotka 9 0-0 21, Kasydi Klommhaus 1 1-2 4, Jaci Haidsiak 1 1-4 3, Madison Lohmann 1 0-0 2, Cassidy Becker 1 0-2 2, Allison Norris 0 2-4 2. Totals — 13 4-13 34. FG shooting — 13-42 (30.9 percent).

3-point goals — 4-10 (Sobotka 3, Klommhaus 1). Rebounds — 29 (Lohmann 9, Becker 7, Sobotka 4, Norris 4, Haidsiak 2). Assists — 7 (Lohmann 4, Kaitlyn Klommhaus 2). Steals — 8 (Kaitlyn Klommhaus 2, Haidsiak 2, Becker 2). Blocked shots — 1 (Grace Hall 1).

Lenox — 7 21 29 45 Diagonal — 10 15 24 34

Class 4A Record Pts Prv 1. Iowa City, West (16) 7-0 169 1 2. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 6-0 134 7 3. North Scott, Eldridge (1) 5-1 121 5 4. Pleasant Valley 7-0 107 4 5. Des Moines, Hoover 7-0 106 3 6. Ankeny Centennial 6-1 84 2 7. Waukee 6-3 70 6 8. Urbandale 6-1 47 9 9. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 7-1 44 NR 10. Linn-Mar, Marion 5-1 28 10 Others receiving votes: Dubuque, Hempstead 9. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5. Des Moines, North 4. Cedar Falls 3. Valley, West Des Moines 3. Dubuque, Senior 1.

Class 3A Record Pts Prv 1. Waverly-Shell Rock (14) 7-0 166 1 2. MOC-Floyd Valley (2) 8-0 138 2 3. Wahlert, Dubuque (1) 4-3 119 4 4. Spirit Lake 6-1 91 3 5. Le Mars 6-1 69 NR 6. Gilbert 7-0 64 NR 7. Humboldt 6-1 41 10 (tie) Creston 7-1 41 7 9. Central Clinton, De Witt 5-2 38 6 10. Denison-Schleswig 7-1 29 NR Others receiving votes: Dallas Center-Grimes 28. Perry 20. Pella 13. Assumption, Davenport 13. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 11. Williamsburg 11. Crestwood, Cresco 10. Fort Madison 6. Carroll 5. Webster City 5.

Mount Pleasant 4. Atlantic 4. Decorah 3. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 3. Algona 1. Mount Vernon 1. Keokuk 1.

Class 2A Record Pts Prv 1. IKM-Manning (2) 7-0 136 2

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PANTHERS: Continued from page 8A

LC’s advantage to 19-18.

Brody Frain broke a 2-2 tie in the final minute of his match with a takedown and finished with a 5-2 decision over LC’s Kyle Kucta at 126.

Creston/O-M was ahead 2119 at that point and never relinquished the lead.

“Marlin’s match was huge for us,” Frain said. “That was one of the better matches he’s wrestled. He knows how to fight out of bad positions now. Same with Brody. He put himself in a bad position a couple of times and fought out of them to win a big match for us.”

Mitchel Swank pinned Titan senior Jordan Bailey in 2:49 to open up a 27-19 Panther lead.

“He snapped him hard and his momentum just drove him over,” Frain said. “Mitchel is a very explosive wrestler.”

LC’s Mac Southard blanked Wyatt Thompson 6-0 in a battle of solid 138-pounders, cutting it to 27-22.

Then came a pivotal match at 145 pounds.

Joey Huntington, too sick to practice Sunday and in Frain’s words, “vomiting most of Monday’s practice,” was held out of the Kuemper meet to save energy for his matchup with LC’s Mason Heredia-Pugh.

Huntington trailed 4-3 early in the third period, then escaped to tie it 4-4 with 1:12 left. He finally finished a takedown move at the final buzzer for a 6-4 victory, lifting the Panthers to a 30-22 lead with only two matches left.

“Honestly, I thought I was down by two going into the last little bit,” Huntington said.

“I thought it was takedown or lose. I got a highcrotch and dumped him off to a Huntington double-leg and he ended up falling down. You can win it in the last couple seconds. I understood we needed the win.”

“That was a typical Joey match,” Frain said. “As long as he keeps it close, he’s in

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Mitchel Swank of Creston/O-M (top) squeezes Lewis Central’s Jordan Bailey for a pin in 2:49 at 132 pounds Tuesday. Swank also won by a major decision in the Panthers’ 75-0 win over Carroll Kuemper Catholic.

good shape. He’s been sick, so we held him out of the first meet because we knew we needed him.”

Frain said Wray, weighing 144 pounds, was up against one of the top Titan wrestlers in Cody Lear at 152 pounds, and considered it a tossup going in. Wray used a quickness advantage to win a 15-7 major decision, scoring eight points in the third period.

“I just try to be scrappy,” Wray said.

“In that situation, I want to get that takedown before he even thinks about tak- Wray ing me down. Attack, attack, attack.”

The match impressed Frain.

“That was the better of the Lear brothers and my fear was getting in one of those headlocks,” Frain said. “His quickness showed. He got in on Lear’s legs a lot.”

Shiltz got a quick pin against Kuemper, and first-period disqualification against Colton Lear to conclude the night.

Frain said his state runner-up was a good one to have in a match like that, which could have escalated.

“The ref said (Lear) threw an elbow and missed, and then came back and caught him with one,” Frain said.

“Chase is like, ‘what’s the big deal?’ He handled it great.

You wish had had more mat time, but that’s OK.”

The Panthers swept through the Kuemper dual with eight victories by fall, two technical falls, two major decisions, one decision and one forfeit.

Seniors Tyler Helm, Wray, Alex Fargo, Pettit, Chad Lamb, Gutschenritter, manager Tanner Webb and their parents were introduced prior to the first meet. Also introduced to a standing ovation were the parents of the late Dalton Hribal, who was a member of this senior class.

Creston/O-M 75, Carroll Kuemper 0 160 — Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) pinned Lucas Lampe (CK), :58.

170 — Tayler Pettit (C/O-M) pinned Cole Schreck (CK), :54.

182 — Jackson Mikkelsen (C/OM) tech fall Nathan Becker (CK), 15-0.

195 — Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) pinned Issack Anderson (CK), 4:18.

220 — Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Seth Gehling (CK), 3:21.

285 — Jake Gutschenritter (C/OM) pinned Tucker Vonnahme (CK), 1:09.

106 — Kelby Luther (C/O-M) pinned Brandon Gross (CK), :58.

113 — Jacob Goodson (C/O-M) by forfeit.

120 — Trevor Marlin (C/O-M) tech fall Brady Parkis (CK), 15-0.

126 — Brody Frain (C/O-M) dec.

Zak Hulsing (CK), 4-2.

132 — Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) major dec. Tim Sibbel (CK), 16-4.

138 — Wyatt Thompson (C/OM) pinned Grant Sanders (CK), 1:09.

145 — Spencer Wray (C/O-M) major dec. Andrew Irlbeck (CK), 19-7.

152 — Cameron Leith (C/O-M) pinned Jared Rotert (CK), 5:40.

Creston/O-M 40, Lewis Central 19 170 — Tayler Pettit (C/O-M) dec.

Nick Ruis (LC), 3-0.

182 — Hayden Waldstein (LC) dec. Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M), 3-2.

195 — Chris Thomas (LC) pinned Seth Maitlen (C/O-M), 3:20.

220 — Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Tanner Miller (LC), 1:13.

285 — Jake Gutschenritter (C/OM) by forfeit.

RATINGS:

106 — Paxton Whitaker (LC) pinned Jacob Goodson (C/O-M), :29.

113 — Gabriel Kjeldgaard (LC) major dec. Kelby Luther (C/O-M), 12-2.

120 — Trevor Marlin (C/O-M) dec. Daytona Smith (LC), 11-6.

126 — Brody Frain (C/O-M) dec.

Kyle Kuckta (LC), 5-2.

132 — Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) pinned Jordan Bailey (LC), 3:49.

138 — Mac Southard (LC) dec.

Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M), 6-0.

145 — Joey Huntington (C/OM) dec. Mason Heredia-Pugh (LC), 6-4.

152 — Spencer Wray (C/O-M) major dec. Cory Lear (LC), 15-7.

160 — Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) by disqualification over Colton Lear (LC).

(Three team points deducted from Lewis Central for flagrant misconduct.)

Lewis Central 66, Carroll Kuemper 9 Creston JV results 160 — Alex Fargo (C/O-M) pinned Kristian Nielsen (LC); 182 — Chad Lamb (C/O-M) pinned Sam Mailahn (LC); 138 — Tyler Helm (C/O-M) pinned Nathan Charleson (LC); 285 — Zach Hoffman (C/O-M) pinned Nathan Grote (CK); 220 — Cody Tanner (C/O-M) pinned Jake Mutum (LC); 113 — Carson Wheat (C/O-M) pinned Nicholas Coufal (LC); 106 — Cade Vicker (C/OM) pinned Eric Rasmussen (LC); 132 — Mason Kinsella (C/O-M) pinned Paul Mortensen (LC); 152 — Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) pinned Zach Stogdill (LC); 160 — Dallas Volentine (LC) dec. Kolten Phelps (C/O-M), 8-4; Tyler Helm (C/O-M) pinned Paul Mortensen (LC).

113 — Eric Rasmussen (LC) major dec. Carson Wheat (C/O-M), 14-6; 106 — Cade Vicker (C/OM) dec. Cooper Halbrook (LC), 4-0; 120 — Nicholas Coufal (LC) pinned Garrett Dahl (C/O-M); 132 — Nathan Charleson (LC) major dec. Mason Kinsella (C/O-M), 19-8; 160 — Alex Fargo (C/O-M) dec.

Jared Nelson (LC), 10-5; 182 — Chad Lamb (C/O-M) pinned Cole Halbur (CK); 152 — Cameron Leith (C/O-M) pinned Brock Bortolotti (LC); 285 — Zach Hoffman (C/OM) pinned Jake Mutum (LC); 152 — Darrian Fischer (C/O-M) pinned Rory Shepherd (CK); 220 — Cody Tanner (C/O-M) pinned Tanner Miller (CK); 285 — Trevor Downing (C/O-M) pinned Nathan Grote (CK); 160 — Kolten Phelps (C/O-M) pinned Caleb Ludwig (CK).

Public notice

Regular Session December 29, 2014 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Regular Session on Monday, December 29, 2014. The meeting 2. Western Christian, Hull (4) 5-1 134 3 was called to order at 9:00 AM with the 3. Regina, Iowa City (3) 6-0 127 4 following members present: Lois Mon4. Monticello (7) 10-0 119 5 day, Ron Riley, and Dennis Brown.

5. Cascade,Western Dubuque (1) 7-1 97 1 AGENDA: Motion by Riley and sec6. Aplington-Parkersburg 8-0 95 9 onded by Monday to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, motion carried.

7. New Hampton 7-1 68 6 MINUTES: Motion by Riley and 8. Treynor 6-1 36 NR seconded by Monday to approve the 9. Pella Christian 5-1 32 7 minutes from December 22, 2014. All 10. Anamosa 5-3 18 NR voting aye, motion carried.

Others receiving votes: Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 13. Roland-Story, Story City 13. Panorama, Panora 11.

OPEN FORUM: Dick Anderson reSheldon 8. Albia 5. Des Moines Christian 5. Dike-New Hartford 5. Hinton 4. Ridge View 4. Forest City 3. West quested the board look at Dogwood in regards to repairing the rough Ave Fork, Sheffield 1. South Hardin 1. spots in the road.

Class 1A HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Dick

Record Pts Prv Anderson, Wally and Judy Miller and Steve Francis presented and discussed 1. Central Lyon (5) 7-1 138 4 the Fiscal Year 15/16 budget request 2. Gehlen Catholic, Le Mars (3) 8-0 131 2 and future plans at the Historical Site.

3. Danville (4) 7-0 124 5 ENGINEER: Steve Akes, Union (tie) Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4) 6-0 124 3 County Engineer, presented and dis5. Colo-Nesco (1) 8-0 101 6 cussed the weekly maintenance activity report and the Fiscal Year 2016 Five 6. West Hancock, Britt 7-1 65 1 Year Construction Program.

7. Janesville 8-0 62 8 ADJOURNMENT: There being no 8. Nodaway Valley 8-0 56 7 further business, the meeting was ad9. Ar-We-Va, Westside 7-0 31 9 journed at 11:45 AM. 10. Boyden-Hull 5-2 30 NR ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, Others receiving votes: Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 24. Earlham 12. Sigourney 8. Meskwaki Settlement School AUDITOR BY: DENNIS J. BROWN, CI1, Count on us..., IA, 6.93102. x4.5, PDF, CHAIRMAN 4R6BV6X7. BelleCI1-IA-69310-REDO0-NONE-NONE-NONE.pdf, Plaine 7. Maquoketa Valley 5. Van Buren, Keosauqua 4. West Central, Maynard 2. Newell-Fonda BOARD OF Boyer Valley, Dunlap 2.

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Joni Ernst sworn in as Iowa’s newest US senator

DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa’s newly sworn-in Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday that she is thrilled to be getting down to business.

E r n s t Ernst was officially sworn in during a morning ceremony in Washington. The Republican from Red Oak was joined for the ceremony

by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and former Sen. Tom Harkin, the Democrat whose retirement created an opening for Ernst.

Ernst said she was excited to be working for Iowans and pledged to protect the state’s farmers and push for government efficiency.

“What I want to make clear to everyone is that I am here to work for Iowans. We will craft and implement real solutions.

I am excited, very excited about this opportunity,” Ernst told reporters during a conference call.

Ernst scored a decisive victory in November, helping the GOP take control of the Senate.

She started the race as a relatively unknown state senator but soared to na-

tional stardom, promoting her farm upbringing and role as a lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard. She is the first woman from Iowa elected to Congress.

Ernst said she was still getting her desk unpacked and meeting with colleagues.

She did not offer any more specifics on policies she wants to pursue, beyond her campaign goals of tax reform and health care changes.

One thing Ernst plans to start soon is a tour of all 99 counties in Iowa. She said she wants to hear feedback directly from Iowans.

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Empowering Adair County Foundation award recipients include: front, from left, Hailey Gross, Adair County 4-H Youth Council; Sieanna Rawlings, Adair County Hot Shots 4-H Club; Diane Weiland, Wallace Centers of Iowa; Earl Carroll, Adair County Historical Society Museum; second row, Randy Caviness, Adair County Extension; Greg Schildberg, Iowa Aviation Museum; Ken Sidey, Warren Cultural Center; third row, Lisa Lamb, Adair County Health and Fitness Center; Justin Boswell, City of Orient; back, Diane Littler and Shannon, RIADA, Inc.; and Heidi Blomquist, Boys and Girls Club.

12 dead in attack on Paris newspaper Empowering Adair County Foundation presents grand awards issue and entitled “Still No gunshots.

The editor and ■

a cartoonist were among those killed in the terrorist attack

PARIS (AP) — Masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people including the editor and a cartoonist before escaping.

It was France’s deadliest terror attack in at least two decades.

With a manhunt on, French President Francois Hollande called the attack on the Charlie Hebdo weekly, whose caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed have frequently drawn condemnation from Muslims, “a terrorist attack without a doubt.”

He said several other attacks have been thwarted in France “in recent weeks.”

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

France raised its security alert to the highest level and reinforced protective measures at houses of worship, stores, media offices and transportation. Top government officials were holding an emergency meeting and Hollande planned a nationally televised address in the evening. Schools across the French capital closed their doors.

World leaders including President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the attack, but supporters of the militant Islamic State group celebrated the slayings as well-deserved revenge against France.

The Islamic State group has repeatedly threatened to attack France. Just minutes before the attack, Charlie Hebdo had tweeted a satirical cartoon of that extremist group’s leader giving New Year’s wishes. Another cartoon, released in this week’s

Attacks in France,” had a caricature of an extremist fighter saying “Just wait — we have until the end of January to present our New Year’s wishes.”

The 12 dead included two men who went by the pen names: Charb — the editor and a cartoonist as well — and the cartoonist Cabu, spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre of the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed.

Two police officers were also among the dead, including one assigned as Charb’s bodyguard after prior death threats against him, a police official told The Associated

“This is the darkest day of the history of the French press.”

— Christophe DeLoire

Reporters Without Borders

Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

Just before noon, multiple masked men armed with automatic weapons attacked the newspaper’s office in central Paris, nearby worker Benoit Bringer told the iTele network. The attackers went to the second floor and started firing indiscriminately in the newsroom, said Christophe DeLoire of Reporters Without Borders.

“This is the darkest day of the history of the French press,” DeLoire said.

Video images on the website of public broadcaster France Televisions showed two gunmen in black at a crossroads who appeared to fire down one of the streets.

A cry of “Allahu akbar!” — Arabic for “God is great”— could be heard among the

Luc Poignant of the SBP police union said the attackers left in a waiting car and later switched to another vehicle that had been stolen.

Obama’s top spokesman said U.S. officials have been in close contact with the French since the attack. “We know they are not going to be cowed by this terrible act,” spokesman Josh Earnest said.

On social media, supporters of militant Islamic groups praised the move. One Twitter user who identified themselves as a Tunisian loyalist of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group called the attack well-deserved revenge against France.

Elsewhere on the Internet, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie was trending as people expressed support for weekly and for journalistic freedom.

Charlie Hebdo has been repeatedly threatened for its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and other controversial sketches. Its offices were firebombed in 2011 after a spoof issue featuring a caricature of the prophet on its cover. Nearly a year later, the publication again published crude Muhammad caricatures, drawing denunciations from around the Muslim world.

Wednesday’s attack comes the same day of the release of a book by a celebrated French novelist depicting France’s election of its first Muslim president. Hollande had been due to meet with the country’s top religious officials later in the day.

GREENFIELD — Empowering Adair County Foundation presented grant awards totaling $89,793.15 last Monday. Projects included the following: Adair County 4-H Youth Council – “Making a Difference” campaign Adair County Health and Fitness Center – School youth girl’s mentoring, yoga programming, trash receptacles Adair County Historical Society Museum – Handi-

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capped and visitor’s parking with ramp Adair County Hot Shots 4-H Club – Enhancing youth safety education in the shooting sports Boys and Girls Club – Project Learn City of Orient – Orient Christmas decorations Iowa Aviation Museum – Collecting and recording historical data RIADA, Inc. – Housing Development and Main Street building renovation Wallace Centers of Iowa

– Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center marketing investments Warren Cultural Center – WCC programming and promotion The next grant deadline is Jan. 15. The application and information about the EACF program is available at http://www.extension. iastate.edu/adair/content/ empowering-adair-county-foundation.

Applications may be sent to Adair County Extension, 154 Public Square, Greenfield.

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