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This morning, Creston Police were investigating an attempted burglary at Quik Pawn in Creston. This is the fourth burglary or burglary attempt in Creston in the past two weeks.

By SARAH BROWN

Police are in the process of obtaining video surveliance from area businsses and do have some leads in these burglaries.

“We will catch them, it’s just a matter of how many businesses that are hit before we do,” Ver Meer said.

V e r M e e r asks the public to be aware and warns Ver Meer area business owners to take precautions.

“Don’t leave any large amounts of cash. Make deposits or take it home,” Ver Meer said. “If they (business owners) are concerned, call the police and we will escort them (to the bank).”

Ver Meer also said, if businesses are equipped with security equipment such as cameras and safes, to make sure they are working properly.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Creston Police Department at (641) 782-8402.

CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com

Quik Pawn and Check ‘n Go are the latest targets in what Creston Police believe may be a related string of burglaries at local businesses.

An employee of Per Mar Security reported a commercial burglar alarm was activated at Quick Pawn, 101 E. Taylor St., 11:29 p.m. Tuesday. No entry was gained. Damage estimate is unknown at this time.

Also, an employee of a security company reported a commercial burglar alarm was activated at Check ‘n Go, 509 W. Taylor St., 11:11 p.m. Monday. No entry was gained. Damage estimate is unknown at this time.

Family Shoe Store and Coen’s Furniture were also burglarized Dec. 29 and Friday, respectively.

“They had the same MO (method of operation),” said Paul Ver Meer, Creston Police Chief.

All four businesses reported a brick had been thrown through the front door.

Ver Meer said Creston

Lincoln project doesn’t receive CDBG funding CNA photo by SARAH BROWN

The front door at Check ‘n Go in Creston is boarded up after an attempted burglary around 11 p.m. Monday evening. All businesses that have been burglarized had a brick thrown through their front window.

instead of laying out a plan of his own.

Branstad, a Republican who will be sworn in for his sixth Branstad term as governor on Friday, has proposed a slightly larger general fund budget for the next fiscal year, of $7.3 billion.

He said he will seek the approval of two initiatives that failed last year — an expansion of broadband Internet and an effort to crack down on bullying. His proposals this year include a grant fund for Internet investments and an anti-bullying plan that provides students and schools with more discretion over pa-

rental notification.

“Together we can make 2015 the year Iowa acted to protect our children and grandchildren by ending bullying in schools,” Branstad said.

The budget plan also includes funding to support a tuition freeze at state universities and some additional funding for schools. Branstad also proposed more investment in parks and cultural initiatives and said he will offer legislation to crack down on domestic violence through increased penalties for repeat offenders.

Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled state House and Democratic-controlled Senate must now review the budget plan. Democrats are seeking an investment in K-12

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education and many want more funding than the roughly $100 million in new funding that Branstad has proposed, some of which would go to a teacher training effort. Republicans have expressed an interest in cutting state income taxes, which Branstad has not cited as a top priority.

Democratic Senate President Pam Jochum, of Dubuque, said she was pleased by the priorities Branstad laid out, but said Democrats would like to see more money for schools.

“We really believe that is the pathway to our future,” Jochum said.

Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, of Hiawatha, said GOP members may still

Their first grant was turned down.

City and county officials were recently notified that Seldin Company’s Lincoln School apartment project will not receive any money through the Community Development Block (CDBG) grant.

Lincoln School ■ Seldin was sold by the city Company and to Seldin Company of Omaha, Neb., in city officials August. The devel- now hope to opment company has receive fundplans to transform the building into se- ing through nior housing with the Housing 16 rental units, ad- Tax Credit, equate commmons which will and fitness areas.

However, that be awarded sale was contingent sometime in on Seldin’s project either receiving late March or the CDBG grant or early April.

Housing Tax Credit grant through Iowa Finance Authority.

City officials and Seldin now hope to receive funding through the Housing Tax Credit, which will be awarded sometime in late March or early April.

Mike Taylor, city administrator, said

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Branstad: 2015 devoted to roadways DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday that he plans to spend this year working to improve Iowa’s roads and Internet infrastructure and to combat school bullying, among other things.

Branstad told the General Assembly during his 2015 Condition of the State speech that it is time to find a bipartisan solution that will increase funding for the state’s bridges and roads, many of which are in disrepair.

“Without action, Iowa’s roads and bridges face an uncertain future. Our farmers will find it more difficult in delivering commodities to market,” said Branstad, who called on lawmakers to help him craft a bipartisan approach to funding the repairs

AFTON — Three Afton teenagers were found and charged after they were reported missing Jan. 5 and 6.

According to an Afton Police report, Brandon Barrett, 18, was charged with possession of stolen property in Colton, Calif., which is approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles, Calif.

Alyssa Ashlyn Dugan, 17, listed as a runaway, was charged by Colton Police Department as a runaway, and on Union County warrants for third-degree burglary and second-degree theft in Colton. Trevor Henry, 14, turned himself in to Afton Police Department on Union County warrants for third-degree burglary and second-degree theft.

The teenagers left their homes on their own.

Barrett’s status is unknown at this time. Dugan was awaiting extradition to Union County. Henry was referred to juvenile authorities.

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Researcher conducts study to test modified bananas Volunteers will also undergo blood tests to gage how their bodies react. Participants will be paid $900.

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AMES (AP) — An Iowa State researcher plans to test genetically modified bananas on a select group of students at the university, though some people have expressed concerns about the nature of the research.

Wendy White, a food science professor leading the study, will put 12 women on a diet that includes both regular bananas and bananas infused with a gene to aid vitamin A production. They’ll follow the specified diet for four days during three study periods.

The Des Moines Register reports that volunteers will also undergo blood tests to gage how their bodies react. Participants will be paid $900.

White said the ultimate

goal of the study is to help increase vitamin A consumption in Africa. She said vitamin A deficiency is a major contributor in childhood death from infectious diseases.

Residents in some African countries don’t prefer the type of banana that naturally carries the gene prompting vitamin A production, White said. The altered bananas, developed by scientists in Australia, have such a gene included, which White said could improve vitamin A levels.

Dave Schubert, a California scientist, said he’s concerned about feeding the modified fruit to humans if an animal trial has not yet been conducted to verify the safety. White was unavailable to comment on whether such a safety test was carried out on the bananas.

Federal officials, however, have determined similar genetically modified foods safe, and a variety of such fruits and vegetables are already being consumed.

if funding isn’t secured through these grants, Lincoln School would remain city property and, if Seldin was still interested in the building, they would need to come back to the city with another proposal.

Sixteen cities across Iowa did receive the CDBG funding with most receiving more than $2 million.

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio bartender with a history of psychiatric illness was indicted on a charge of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, possibly by poisoning his drink at a country club or shooting him, according to court documents.

A grand jury indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio on Jan. 7 identified the accused man as Cincinnati resident Michael R. Hoyt, said the records made available Tuesday.

A separate criminal complaint said Hoyt was fired last fall from his job at a country club in West Chester, Ohio, where he served drinks to Boehner, who is a member.

T h e complaint Boehner says Hoyt told a police officer that before leaving the country club, he “did not have time to put something in John Boehner’s drink.” Hoyt also told officers that no one checks the drinks he had poured for Boehner, and it would have been easy to slip something in his drink, the complaint said.

These federal funds will allow communities to recover housing lost during the natural disaster events of 2008.

The CDBG grants were awarded based on the potential impact of the project, benefit to low-and-moderate-income persons and commitment of developer and local resources to moving the project forward in a timely manner.

Where is he now?

Michael R. Hoyt is currently being held under a court order for mental evaluation and treatment, and U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI believe he “poses a current and ongoing credible threat” to Boehner.

Hoyt is currently being held under a court order for mental evaluation and treatment, and U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI believe he “poses a current and ongoing credible threat” to Boehner, the complaint added.

Federal prison records show the 44-year-old Hoyt is being held at the Devens Federal Medical Center in Massachusetts.

The lawyer listed on court documents as Hoyt’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to phone calls or email requests for comment.

No one answered the door Tuesday evening at the address listed for Hoyt on court documents, and the house was dark. Two neighbors couldn’t confirm that Hoyt lived in the house.

A phone number listed to Hoyt wasn’t in service Wednesday.

The court documents said, “Hoyt told the officer he was Jesus Christ and that

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Ohio bartender accused of threatening to kill John Boehner

pursue income tax reform, even though the issue was absent from Branstad’s speech.

“Obviously finding a way for Iowans to leave more of their own money in their pockets is a priority of House Republicans,” he said. “I expect to work on that.”

Branstad said there was little money for new programs. The budget plan includes funding to continue paying for a property tax cut and education overhaul

approved two years ago.

“Our state budget is tight, that is no secret. Iowans rightly expect predictability and stability in state government. They also rightly expect our state budget to reflect their priorities,” Branstad said.

Branstad’s budget director, David Roederer, told reporters before the speech that the state must be cautious with the spending plan, citing falling corn and soybean prices paid to farmers as one area of concern.

Shenandoah man gets Iowa woman admits nearly 5 years in prison to posing as nurse to obtain, sell drugs for child porn SHENANDOAH (AP) — A judge has sentenced a southwestern Iowa man to nearly five years in prison for having child pornography.

U.S. District Judge John Jarvey ordered 30-yearold Anthony J. Simmons of Shenandoah to serve 57 months in prison. Simmons

also has been ordered to 10 years of supervised release.

He pleaded guilty in June after investigators say they found sexually explicit pictures of a 15-year-old girl on his computer.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

STORM LAKE (AP) — prescription drug by deA northwest Iowa wom- ceit. an has been convicted of Court documents say charges she pretended to she will also pleaded be a nurse to obtain pre- guilty to five misdemeanor scription drugs to sell. counts of the same charge.

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Omaha police dismantle large Mexican drug cartel OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they have broken up a branch of a Mexican drug cartel dealing methamphetamine in the Omaha area.

Police announced Tuesday the arrests of 20 people associated with the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico following an 18-month investigation.

The Omaha Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency deployed investigators who received tips that a woman in charge of a sizeable methamphetamine ring was operating near Omaha. The investigation led

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he was going to kill Boehner because Boehner was mean to him at the country club and because Boehner is responsible for Ebola.”

According to the criminal complaint, Hoyt said he had a loaded Beretta .380 automatic pistol and he was going to shoot Boehner.

Hoyt had volunteered to be taken to a psychiatric hospital, and police took his weapon.

The complaint says Hoyt was treated for a previous psychotic episode about two years ago. He was prescribed medication “which he voluntarily stopped taking” about six months ago, it added.

Hamilton County court records show Hoyt was arrested twice more than a decade ago on alcohol-related charges. Records for a 2011 case showed he paid $145 for failing to keep his dog confined. On that citation, Hoyt gave his employer as Wetherington Country Club.

The club is in the Wether-

ington community where Boehner has his home in West Chester Township. A message was left Wednesday for the club’s manager.

As speaker of the House, Boehner is second in line for the presidency in the event of a vacancy. His congressional district includes part of western Ohio.

Boehner arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday morning, but didn’t talk to reporters.

Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-California, called the episode “sad.”

He added that the suspect “needs a great deal of help.

But the speaker also needs to be protected.”

A spokesman for Boehner, Michael Steel, said the speaker is “aware of the situation and sincerely thanks the FBI, the Capitol Police and the local authorities in Ohio for their efforts.”

The Capitol Police could not be reached Tuesday for immediate comment.

It was not clear why officials waited as long as they did to disclose the charge.

The grand jury indictment is dated Jan. 7, but the incident referred to in the papers took place on Oct. 29 of last year, and the complaint itself was filed on Nov. 6.

Huckabee slams Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyoncé DES MOINES (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, of double standards in parenting, saying in an interview published Tuesday that the first family shelters its daughters from some things but allows them to listen to the music of Beyoncé.

The sharp rhetoric signals that, should he run for the Republican presidential nomination, Huckabee would make cultural and social issues the cornerstones of his campaign.

While promoting his new book, the former Baptist pastor told People magazine, “I don’t understand how on one hand they can be such doting parents and so careful about the intake of everything — how

much broccoli they eat and where they go to school ... and yet they don’t see anything that might not be suitable” in Beyoncé’s lyrics. He also said Beyoncé’s choreography is “best left for the privacy of her bedroom.”

In his book, Huckabee describes the Grammy Award-winning Beyoncé’s lyrics as “obnoxious and toxic mental poison.” He also accuses Beyoncé’s husband, rapper Jay-Z, of “exploiting his wife” like a “pimp.”

The first lady’s office declined to comment on Huckabee’s comments.

During a 2012, $40,000-per-ticket fundraiser in New York, the president thanked Beyoncé and Jay-Z for their friendship.

“Beyoncé could not be a better role model for my girls,” Obama said.

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Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 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.

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

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Union Squares, 7:30 p.m., Creston First United Methodist Church. Call Bob Cooper at 7824403 for more information.

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

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Going Bananas Over 4-H a success On Jan. 3, Union County 4-H Youth Council hosted a night of 4-H recognition at Pine Valley Golf and Bowl in Creston. More than 150 4-Hers, parents, volunteers and community members attended the event. Union County Cattlemen’s donated and grilled hamburgers while Hy-Vee donated buns and Fareway donated bananas for the themed dessert of banana splits topped with a 4-H Clover.

This event marked the first of its kind as Haley Jones, county youth and outreach coordinator, along with the 4-H Youth Council, wanted to recognize not only 4-Hers for their accomplishments throughout the past year, but also those volunteers and community members who continue to play a large role in making Union County 4-H a strong program.

“With over 200 4-H’ers and nearly 100 Clover Kids involved in 4-H it takes that many, and more, volunteers to make 4-H possible, both throughout the year and during the county fair,” Jones said.

The Youth Council, made up of 17 ninth through 12th grade 4-H members, worked hard planning the event, writing the script, practicing their dance moves and hosting the event. The theme for the event was “Going Bananas Over 4-H!” and was not complete without banana splits for dessert, and Darin Hatfield, a Youth Council member, walking around in a banana suit.

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Davis was released from Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.

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OPINION

Close Guantanamo — then give it back to Cuba This week marks the 13th anniversary of the arrival of the first post-9/11 prisoners to Guantanamo Bay, the most notorious prison on the planet. This grim anniversary, and the beginning of normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S and Cuba, serves as a reminder that we need to permanently close the prison and return the land to its rightful owners, the Cuban people. It is time to put an end to this dark chapter of United States history.

“The detention facilities at Guantanamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable,” President Barack Obama wrote nearly six years ago, in one of his first executive orders, on Jan. 22, 2009. Despite this, the prison remains open, with 127 prisoners left there after Kazakhstan accepted five who were released on Dec. 30. There have been 779 prisoners known to have been held at the base since 2002, many for more than 10 years without charge or trial. Thanks to WikiLeaks and its alleged source, Chelsea Manning, we know most of their names.

Col. Morris Davis was the chief

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prosecutor in Guantanamo from 2005 to 2007. He resigned, after an appointee of George W. Bush overrode his decision forbidding the use of evidence collected under torture. Davis later told me, “I was convinced we weren’t committed to having full, fair and open trials, and this was going to be more political theater than it was going to be justice.” Obama did create a special envoy for Guantanamo closure, although the person who most recently held the position, Cliff Sloan, abruptly resigned at the end of December without giving a reason. In a just-published opinion piece in The New York Times, Sloan wrote, “As a high-ranking security official from one of our staunchest allies on counterterrorism (not from Europe) once told me, ‘The greatest single action the United States can take to fight terrorism is to close Guantanamo.’”

The U.S. has imposed a crushing embargo against Cuba for more than half a century, ostensibly to punish the small country for its form of governance. What kind of alternative does the United States show Cubans on that corner of their island that the U.S. controls?

A hellish, military prison beyond the reach of U.S. laws, where hundreds of men have been held, most without charge, and many beaten and tortured.

President Obama rightly chastises Egypt for imprisoning three Al-Jazeera journalists, Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. “They should be released,” Obama told reporters last August. Yet, sadly, Egypt only needs to look to the U.S. to determine acceptable treatment of Al-Jazeera journalists. Sami alHajj was a cameraman for the network. He was covering the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 when the Pakistani military picked him up and handed him over to U.S. forces. After 17 brutal days at Bagram Air Field, he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where he was held without charge for more than six years. He was tortured, beaten

and humiliated. Al-Hajj went on a hunger strike for 480 days, and was subjected to forced feeding through nasal tubes. He was released in May 2008.

I sat down with Sami al-Hajj in December 2012 at Al-Jazeera’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar, where he was heading the network’s Human Rights and Public Liberties desk. He said the U.S tried to coerce him into spying while he was imprisoned: “They [offered] to give me a U.S.A. nationality and take care about my family if I work with them in CIA to continue my job being journalist with Al-Jazeera, just send them information about the link between Al-Jazeera and al-Qaida and the terrorist people and some people in the Middle East. Of course, I refused to do that. I told them, ‘I’m journalist, and I will die as a journalist.’”

The United States knew he was innocent, but wanted him to spy on Al-Jazeera, so it subjected him to years of harsh imprisonment in an attempt to break him?

The United States took Guantanamo Bay by force in 1898, during the Spanish-American War, and

extracted an indefinite lease on the property from Cuba in 1903.

Returning Guantanamo Bay to Cuba will begin to right more than a century of wrongs that the U.S. government has perpetrated there.

Most importantly, the return of the Guantanamo Bay prison and naval base will make it harder for any future war criminals, whether in the White House, the Pentagon or the CIA and their enthusiastic cheerleaders in Congress, to use Guantanamo as their distant dungeon, to inflict torture and terror on prisoners, many of them innocent, far from the eyes of the people of the United States, and far from the reach of criminal courts. *** Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column. *** Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,200 stations in North America. She is the co-author of “The Silenced Majority,” a New York Times best-seller. (c) 2015 Amy Goodman Distributed by King Features Syndicate

Facebook announced it’s teaming up with the Department of Labor HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America and how’s everybody?

Paris hosted a huge street rally led by Western leaders Sunday in support of comedic free speech in the face of recent Islamist terror acts against it. Not everyone was caught up in the spirit of defiance. Sony Pictures just informed Seth Rogan they’ve canceled his upcoming movie Muhammed the Musical.

President Obama was ripped for not joining other Western leaders in Sunday’s Paris rally against recent Islamist attacks. He decided to stay home and watched the Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers playoff game. When President Obama deals with terrorism, he always asks himself what would Bush do.

France’s anti-terrorism rally included forty Western leaders Sunday along with Palestinian leader Abu Abbas. His appearance is what made the rally so dangerous.

Abu Abbas wears a beard and a head covering, so if he made just one funny face he could have been mistaken for an editorial cartoon.

French police say two million turned out for the anti-Islamist march in Paris on Sunday. That’s five hundred thousand more Frenchmen than cheered the liberation of Paris in World War

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II. Chalk it up to nostalgia, but it seems like there’s always that half a million who are sorry to see the Nazis go.

Oprah Winfrey’s Selma has historians up in arms because the film depicts LBJ as a civil rights opponent. In fact, his civil rights support turned millions of Southern Democrats into Republicans. Today there’s an obelisk monument in Texas saluting LBJ as the Father of the Fox News Demographic.

Ford Motor Company unveiled the GT Raptor Sunday at the Detroit Auto Show that boasts a six hundred horsepower turbocharged engine. It’s the first sign that we’ve finally stopped apologizing for being Americans. The new Ford GT Raptor does not run on gasoline, it runs on ground-up Smart Cars.

Facebook announced it’s teaming up with the Department of Labor to post available jobs in the labor market. Now young people can use Facebook to get a job before they post party photos on Facebook that cost them the job. It’s Facebook’s way of teaching young people the cycle of forest fires.

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Letter to the editor

The passing of Senate File 295 From Karon Finn Creston

Recently I read an account of Senate File 295 passed in 2013 in Iowa. It is said to be the largest tax cut in Iowa history.

In the “Capital Comments” of the “Iowa County” article of the Iowa State Association of Counties magazine of February 2014 it states: “Property tax reform passed in 2013 will take an estimated 761.9 million dollars out of county property tax revenues over the next 10 years.”

So how much would the cities, schools and hospitals lose in revenue now that the tax reform act is passed?

According to Johnson County Supervisor, Rod Sullivan:

“Johnson County will lose about $650,000 in year one. Iowa City will lose about 1.5 million. It gets worse as the years go on with the new cap on growth and the impact of TIF’S (Tax Increment Financing District). We simply have nothing we can do except cut (services).”

The property tax reduction was not only given to your local “Mom and Pop” businesses but also to large corporate ownership of buildings in Iowa. The corporations already have volume buying and shipping that reduces their cost. An income cap was needed so that the “Mom and Pop” small businesses were helped. Isn’t it about time the playing field is leveled a little bit in Iowa for our small local businesses?

The state has promised to back-

fill money lost to the counties, cities, hospitals and schools. How long do you think it will take to exhaust any surplus revenue the state has if it has to backfill lost revenue of every school, city, non-profit hospital and county in Iowa?

Do you think backfilling will continue?

If the cities, counties and schools in the state do not receive the backfill of the revenue lost in SF 295 their only option is to cut services, lay off employees or raise taxes.

P.S. My next letter will explain another part of SF 295 passed in 2013. It is a new property class for multi-residential property with new rollback percentages to be phased in over eight years beginning in assessment year 2015 with no backfill from the state.

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ENTERTAINMENT What’s that floating in my vinegar?

Dear Heloise: I put some WHITE VINEGAR into a pint canning jar. It’s more convenient than pouring out of a gallon jug for quick uses.

Why does it get “floaties” in it? I just rinse out the jar with hot water and use the same jar again. — A Reader, via email The “floaties” you see are nothing more than “mother,” which is not harmful at all. Don’t panic or even pour them out. Mother is caused by natural bacteria that may develop after a bottle of vinegar is opened. Most vinegar we buy is pasteurized. Some other vinegars (nonpasturized or homemade) may develop feathery, floating objects. There’s no harm in eating it, or you can strain it out, and the remaining vinegar is A-OK to use. I keep several gallons of vinegar handy all over the house. My favorite pamphlet is Heloise’s Fantabulous Vinegar Hints and More, because it’s just crammed with my special recipes and hints for you.

To receive one, please send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio,

Hints from Heloise TX 78279-5001. Add a teaspoon or so of vinegar into a large vase of flowers to help them last longer. — Heloise NO EXPLOSION Dear Readers: When cooking or heating certain foods in the microwave, you need to be extra careful so that there is not an explosion! It’s important to follow the directions. Most “solid” foods, especially whole potatoes, an apple or even a hot dog, need to be “vented” so steam will escape. You should pierce this food to release some moisture. Otherwise, “boom,” and a mess to clean up! — Heloise BBQ WARNING Dear Heloise: My hint is more of a warning. My husband barbecued our dinner. He thought he was doing good by putting the hot pad he used back in the cupboard. While eating, we smelled smoke and thought it was someone else barbe-

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We got up to clear the table and found smoke pouring out of the cupboard! The hot pad must have had a hot ember on it. Luckily, nothing caught fire, but we emptied the cupboard and had a lot of cleanup. Please warn your readers to keep hot pads outside until they are sure it is safe to put them away. — Lynne S., Oxnard, Calif.

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Thanks for warning my readers. — Heloise NO HELP NEEDED Dear Heloise: I read your column every day in the BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker (Punta Gorda, Fla.) Sun. I’ve had rotator-cuff surgery, so holding a mixer, breaking potatoes and mashing them is a strain. Now I use my sink, and I have a mat in there to prevent scratching.

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The added benefit is that any splatters are in the sink area and can be washed down. — Sandy B., Punta Gorda, Fla. (c)2015 by King Features BLONDIE® by Dean Young Syndicate Inc.

Horoscope Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Something or someone behind the scenes might create difficulties for you, especially with respect to travel plans or anything that has to do with higher education, medicine and the law. Keep your eyes open.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Someone older or in a position of power might obstruct you in a group situation today.

You might want to step back and see how things unfold.

Don’t be aggressive.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) People in authority likely will oppose your plans today, no matter how ambitious you are — and you are ambitious.

Sometimes you have to know when to hold and when to fold.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Something to do with travel or dealing with publishing and the media will be difficult today. Obstacles are in the way. Just pull back and double-check everything.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is not a good day for disputes about shared property, inheritances or financial issues. Withdraw and wait to fight another day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) It’s not easy to get the cooperation of others today, especially close friends and partners.

People are at loggerheads!

Knowing this, you can wait and watch. Patience is a virtue.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) It will be difficult to achieve what you want to do at work today because for every two steps you go forward, you have to take another one backward.

Slow progress indeed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Children will be an increased responsibility today. Similarly, something related to sports will be challenging or onerous.

It is what it is.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) An older family member or someone in a position of authority will challenge your ideas at home today. In fact, family squabbles are likely.

Don’t get involved.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Think twice before you set off to do something today, because you could be stopped by detours and obstacles. It’s better to wait until Saturday, when the coast is clear.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Disputes about financial matters, cash flow or calories are likely today. This is not a good day to go up against authority figures. Forewarned is forearmed.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Be graceful and patient if others block your efforts today.

These things will happen a lot today. It’s just annoying when it happens to you!

YOU BORN TODAY You have great joie de vivre, and yet you have the enthusiasm

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Settle your debts this year, to prepare for financial accumulation in the next three years. To clear away indebtedness is the thrust of this year. Consolidate your affairs for future growth.

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Points scored by Minnesota’s Mo Williams Tuesday, the highest total in the NBA this season.

SPORTS

B’s blue collar boys finish strong Wolverines stay unbeaten with 72-45 win over Bedford

By LARRY PETERSON

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com Williams

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Hawks win MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff’s pull-up jumper with 3.5 seconds left Tuesday lifted Iowa to a 77-75 victory over Minnesota.

The Gophers’ DeAndre Mathieu’s full-court drive for a layup at the buzzer was ruled a split-second late. Uthoff scored 16 of his career-high 22 points in the second half for the Hawkeyes. Iowa blew a 17-point lead when Minnesota rallied to take a four point lead on Joey King’s 3-pointer with 3:11 remaining. Carlos Morris scored 20 points for the Gophers who have lost four of their five conference games by five points or fewer.

Iowa returns home to host Ohio State on Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

GREENFIELD — The lunch bucket brigade did it again.

This year’s Nodaway Valley boys team has all-state guard Jackson Lamb, and a bunch of unheralded athletes who fulfill their roles without fanfare.

Despite losing Lamb to fouls for stretches of both halves, the sixth-ranked Wolverines outscored once-beaten Bedford 42-16 in the second half to pull away to a 72-45 home victory Tuesday.

Trailing nearly all of the first half, Nodaway Valley inched ahead 30-29 at halftime.

“They really play hard, this group,” Burmeister said.

“We have a printout of a Stanley metal lunch bucket on the wall. It’s a Stanley “Take It To Work” metal lunch bucket. That’s what these kids are. They’re my blue collar, take the lunch bucket to work kids.”

Despite getting his fourth foul just two minutes into the second half and sitting out for a stretch, Lamb finished with 29 points, including three 3-pointers and 8-of11 free throw shooting.

Tanner Arm- Lamb

strong scored 14 points for the second consecutive game, and hauled in five rebounds.

Nathan Andrews contributed 13 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Getting his first significant varsity playing time, sophomore Dallas Kreager collected eight rebounds while scoring two points.

David Schweitzer handed out three assists while scoring six points. Nate Venteicher scored four points, but his more pressing duty was to get a hand in Colt Scott’s face to disrupt what was a hot shooting start for the Bulldog junior. Scott had nine points Please see NV, page 8A

Southwest Valley presses past Eagles

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

AFTON — East Union never got back on track after sophomore guard Kacie Ripperger went down with a knee injury early in the third quarter here Tuesday.

Ripperger collapsed to the ground in pain after drawing a foul in the opening minutes of the quarter and immediately clutched her right knee.

Once play resumed, Southwest Valley reeled off 18 consecutive points, outscoring the Eagles 24-3 in the third quarter to take a 55-20 lead into the final quarter.

But even before the 18-0 run, Southwest Valley took control of the game with a 14-3 run that spanned the end of the first quarter and beginning of the second quarter.

The Timberwolves created turnovers with their press early, which led to easy baskets to get the offense going.

“Our press has really been coming around the past couple of weeks,” Southwest Valley head coach Allen Naugle said. “We ran it really well at Mount Ayr the other night and we did it against Wayne.

It’s been really effective for Please see SWV, page 8A

UNI prevails PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Northern Iowa men’s basketball team built a 23-point lead before hanging for a 63-52 win at Bradley on Tuesday at Carver Arena. It’s UNI’s fourth straight Valley win.

The Panthers led 45-22 early in the second half before the Braves trimmed the lead to six with 1:18 left in the game. UNI was able to convert nine out of 10 free throws to close out the 11-point win. UNI (152 overall, 4-1 MVC) used a 26-4 run in the first half to gain a 31-9 lead with 7:52 on the clock. UNI led 35-18 at halftime.

Seth Tuttle led UNI with 15 points and seven rebounds. Nate Buss added 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

Junior Paul Jesperson contributed with a trio of 3-pointers for 9 points.

Jets coach NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets are close to an agreement with Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to make him their head coach, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations.

Bowles told ESPN in a text that he was taking the job, but the people told The Associated Press that no agreement had been completed as of late Tuesday night.

A few hours after hiring Mike Maccagnan as their general manager, the Jets were closing in on signing the 51-yearold Bowles to replace Rex Ryan, who was fired, along with GM John Idzik, on Dec. 29 after six seasons. Bowles, a highly sought candidate after leading Arizona’s defense the last two seasons, had a second interview Tuesday with owner Woody Johnson and consultants Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf — along with Maccagnan.

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Nodaway Valley’s Nathan Andrews (32) looks toward the basket while being guarded by Isaac Weed of Bedford (11) during Tuesday’s Pride of Iowa Conference game in Greenfield. Wolverine teammate Tanner Armstrong is at right. Andrews finished with 13 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals in Nodaway Valley’s 72-45 victory.

T’wolves clamp down on East Union

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

AFTON — Southwest Valley clamped down on defense and cooled off East Union after a hot start here Tuesday in a 62-39 win over the Eagles.

Both teams shot the ball well in a fast-paced first quarter, as East Union grabbed a 20-19 lead after the first frame.

Cole Campbell scored seven points and Tyler Kelley added six points for the Eagles in the first quarter.

Southwest Valley countered with a pair of 3-pointers from senior Gunnar McCuen and freshman Chance Cobb added five points in the first quarter.

But after giving up 20 points in the first quarter, Southwest Valley surren-

dered only 19 points over the final three quarters of the game.

The Timberwolves held East Union to just four points in the second quarter, pulling away for a 31-24 lead at halftime.

“This was our best defensive effort,” Southwest Valley head coach Andrew Focht said. “We really moved well and that second quarter was probably our best quarter we’ve played all year, defensively. To make a nice run, we were just knocking down shots.

It’s nice for them to finally go in.”

McCuen knocked down another 3-pointer in the second quarter, while Cobb hit a floater from the wing and Colten Drake had an offensive rebound and putback.

But the Timberwolves

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Southwest Valley sophomore Wyatt McAlpin puts up a shot in the lane over the top of East Union’s Casey Walter (10) and Cole Campbell (12) during the first half of Southwest Valley’s 62-39 win over the Eagles Tuesday. McAlpin was one of four Timberwolves in double figures, scoring 14 points.

made it a point to attack the basket in the second quarter and got to the free throw line five times in the quarter, shooting 5-of-10 from the foul line.

“In the second quarter, we really started attacking,” Focht said. “We only had two fouls on them in the first quarter and that second quarter, we said we needed to focus on attacking. That’s when we’re at our best. Once we did that, it opened up a lot of easy shots for us.”

Drake scored baskets in the post on the first two possessions of the second half for the Timberwolves and then threaded a fullcourt pass to Wyatt McAlpin, who finished off a traditional 3-point play to make it 38-25.

“We were trying to pound the post to either Scott (Vanderhoof) or Colten,” Focht said about the third quarter. They both wanted the ball and that was a spot where we could attack and be aggressive.”

Late in the quarter, Cobb took over, breaking down the East Union defense and scoring six straight points for the Timberwolves.

Cobb led all scorers with 15 points, as the Timberwolves had four players finish in double figures.

Cobb McAlpin added 14, while McCuen scored 11 and Drake finished with 10.

“Chance Cobb had a great game,” Focht said.

“He kept attacking and in that third quarter, you could really see him kind of take over the game and get to the basket when he needed to.”

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Southwest Valley senior Marie Palmer wins the opening tip against East Union’s Mara Weis (34), as referee Scott Busch of Creston watches. Southwest Valley rolled to a 62-29 win over the Eagles, as Palmer scored 10 points for the Timberwolves.

Bedford girls withstand 11-0 deficit to race past Wolverines

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

GREENFIELD — An 11-0 start wasn’t enough for the Nodaway Valley girls to knock off third-ranked Bedford in a battle of once-beaten teams here Tuesday night.

Nodaway Valley still led at halftime, 32-26, but Bedford’s transition offense and relentless pressure defense eventually turned the tide in a 65-48 victory.

Bedford coach Kenny Weed, who said his team failed to attack with its customary speed in a loss last week to Mount Ayr, found

its game in the final 16 minutes Tuesday. Nodaway Valley coach Tom Thompson blamed himself afterward for the lull that affected his team.

“I tried to spread out their defense to create more spacing, and we quit playing for awhile,” Thompson said, explaining the opening of the second half when the Wolverines held the ball to draw out the Bulldogs. “We turned it over right away and that was a huge momentum swing. It took our momentum and we just couldn’t get it back.”

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Keeley Shantz of Nodaway Valley (24) guards Bedford’s Fallyn Beemer late in Bedford’s 65-48 victory Tuesday night in Greenfield. Beemer had a big night for the thirdranked Bulldogs, finishing with four 3-pointers while scoring a game-high 27 points.

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Creston/O-M JV wrestling tournament Creston/O-M hosted a junior varsity wrestling tournament Monday night.

Placewinners by weight division:

Class 1 — 1. Cade Vicker, Creston/O-M; 2. Levi Parrott, East Union; 3. Trenton Cook, Winterset; 4. Jordan Roberts, Mount Ayr. Class 2 — 1. Carson Wheat, Creston/O-M; 2. Jace Steenhoek, Winterset; 3. Brodee Means, Clarinda; 4. Adrian Richards, Mount Ayr. Class 3 — 1. Mitchell Jennett, Mount Ayr; 2. Nathan Foster, Clarinda; 3. Garrett Dahl, Creston/O-M. Class 4 — 1. Blake Ryerson, Winterset; 2. Jace Morgenstern, Clarinda; 3. Brandon Mecham, Pleasantville; 4. Jason Kramer, Clarinda.

Class 5 — 1. Mason Kinsella, Creston/O-M; 2. Devin Russo, Mount Ayr; 3. Thomas Ragan,

Pleasantville.

Class 6 — 1. Questen McFarland, Winterset; 2. Jared Warner, Pleasantville; 3. Tyler McMann, Red Oak. Class 7 — 1. Tyler Helm, Creston/O-M; 2. Joe Day, Pleasantville; 3. Konner Martin, Bedford/Lenox.

Class 8 — 1. Sanden Cheers, East Union; 2. Riggin Smith, Winterset; 3. Lyndon Bright, Red Oak. Class 9 — 1. Trevor Anderson, Mount Ayr; 2. Nick Wightman, Winterset; 3.

Brendan Christiansen, Bedford/Lenox; 4.

Grason Ramsey, Bedford/Lenox.

Class 10 — 1. Cam Leith, Creston/O-M; 2. Luke Mellott, Red Oak; 3. Dustin Linn, Pleasantville.

Class 11 — 1. Kolby Tomas, Creston/O-M; 2.

Darrian Fischer, Creston/O-M; 3. Marcus Middleton, Clarinda.

Class 12 — 1. Jaylen Kleemeier, Winterset; 2. Kolton

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Phelps, Creston/O-M; 3. Hunter Wilson, Mount Ayr; 4. Evan Whitten, Winterset.

Class 13 — 1. Will Elderkin, Winterset; 2. Evan Mann, Pleasantville; 3.

Charles Woodcock, Winterset; 4. Tanner Clark, Pleasantville.

Class 14 — 1. Chad Lamb, Creston/O-M; 2. Riley Riedel, Bedford/Lenox; 3.

Kyler Christiansen, Bedford/Lenox.

Class 15 — 1. Parker Maynes, Winterset; 2. Cody Sleep, Bedford/Lenox; 3. Jacob Walter, East Union.

Class 16 — 1. Kessler Tomas, East Union; 2. Clayton Carson, Clarinda; 3. Dakota McMann, Red Oak. Class 17 — 1. Trevor Downing, Creston/O-M; 2. Justin Keaton, Winterset; 3. Cauy Bickel, Mount Ayr. Class 18 — 1. Cody Tanner, Creston/O-M; 2. Blake Sevier, Creston/O-M; 3. Carter Cook, Pleasantville.

ADEL — Kylan Smallwood scored 20 points and Bryce Fitzgerald added 25 as the Creston eighth-graders defeated Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Thursday, 46-24.

Creston led 13-9 at halftime.

“We started slow and got into some early foul problems,” Creston coach Scott Wagner said. “In the second half we were able to run our offense more effectively and started hitting some outside shots and pulled away in the third quarter. I was happy that I was able to get a lot of kids playing time in the second half before we get started into the busy part of our season.”

Creston edged ADM 2422 in the B game, behind Lee Normandeau’s 13 points.

“We played from behind for a lot of the game,” Wagner said. “We made a run in the second half to come out victorious. I was able to try some players out in new positions and was happy about how hard the guys on the floor were competing. Walker Patterson and Lee Normandeau hit some clutch free throws at the end to seal the victory.”

Creston (46) — Kylan Smallwood 20, Bryce Fitzgerald 15, Jeffrey Dillenburg 6, Mark Waigand 3, Payton Pryor 2.

ADM (24) — Cranel 19, Finnegan 2, Danwing 2, Bradshaw 1.

Creston B (24) — Lee Normandeau 13, Zac Hague 4, Christian Gist 3, Walker Patterson 2, Bryce Fitzgerald 2.

ADM B (22).

7th boys ADEL — Creston rallied from a 17-15 halftime deficit to defeat ADM 34-31 Thursday.

Eli Loudon scored 20 points for Creston.

“Typical first game back after a long break. Both teams were a little rusty and sloppy, but both played hard,” Creston coach Mike McCabe said.

“It was back and forth the entire second half. Good win to start 2015.”

Creston also won the B game 36-21. Andy Mills scored eight points.

Creston (34) — Eli Loudon 20, Luke Latham 4, Eli Hartman 2, Devin Baker 2, Austin Bloyd 2, Drew Keller 2.

ADM (31) — B. Fuller 10.

Creston B (36) — Andy Mills 8, Terry Hudgens 6, Seth Christiansen 6, Ashton Wills 4, Derek Bloodgood 3, Isaac Jacobsen 3, Jared Moreland 3, Kerwn Shaw 1.

ADM B (21).

8th girls ADM defeated Creston eighth-grade girls Thursday, 30-25.

Brielle Baker had 12 points, five steals and four rebounds for Creston. Breanna Ross had a team-high six rebounds.

“The girls played very good defense and put pressure on ADM’s guards,” Creston coach Sarah Stephens said.

They did a nice job of getting

steals, but we were unable to turn them into points. We just had an off shooting night and struggled to get our offense going. Taylor Buxton did a nice job of guarding their big girl, Hardy, and holding her to eight points.”

ADM won the B game 3121. Devon Buls and Kaitlyn Osmun each scored six points for Creston.

“The girls played well together and really worked hard on offense,” Stephens said. “They did a nice job from the line, shooting almost 90 percent. The girls had a hard time stopping their top player, who had 21 of their 31 points. Overall, the girls continue to improve each game.”

Creston (25) — Brielle Baker 12, Saige Rice 4, Keisa Stewart 4, Taylor Buxton 2, Jesse Vicker 2, Megan Haley 1. Rebounds — Breanna Ross 6, Stewart 5, Buxton 4, Haley 4, Baker 4, Rice 3. Steals — Baker 5, Buxton 4, Rice 3. Assists — Baker 1, Buxton 1, Ross 1.

ADM (30) — Anna Kenny 9, Rachel Hardy 8.

7th girls ADM seventh-grade girls pulled away from an 8-8 first quarter to defeat Creston 3814.

Heylee Shields scored six points for Creston. Abbie Hlas led ADM with 13 points.

“ADM had an aggressive pressure defense and we gave away too many possessions,” Creston coach Larry Peterson said. “We showed signs in the first and fourth quarters of competing with a very good team, but ADM completely dominated the middle stages of the game. We will be working to handle those situations with more poise in the future.”

The B game ended in a 2727 tie after two overtimes. It was tied 20-20 at the end of regulation, 27-27 after one overtime as ADM hit a late 3-pointer to tie it. Neither team scored in the third overtime.

“What a great experience for these girls to play in an exciting game like that,” Peterson said. “They banked in a 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime after we’d built a lead with some clutch free throw shooting.

Abbi Hood led Creston with eight points. Ashley Reynard and Haley Wilson each scored six. Hood and Wilson each grabbed 13 rebounds.

Creston (14) — Heylee Shields 6, Kara Kinsella 4, Lexi Rounds 2, Kaylyn McClellan 2. Rebounds — Kinsella 6, Rounds 3. Steals — Shields 4, Sydney Hartsock 2.

ADM (38) — Abbie Hlas 12, Delaney Bertman 8, Sarah Reis 8, Josi Lonnerman 6.

Creston B (27) — Abbi Hood 8, Ashley Reynard 6, Haley Wilson 6, Emma Hanson 4, Chasity Clayton 2, Lexi Rounds 1. Rebounds — Wilson 13, Hood 13, Reynard 6, Hanson 4, Rounds 3. Steals — Rounds 4, Wilson 2.

ADM B (27) — Emily Kay 7.

Creston (22) — Eli Hartman 8, Luke Latham 7, Eli Loudon 3, Austin Bloyd 2, Devin Baker 2.

Red Oak (12) — M. Athen 8.

Creston B (6) — Ashton Wills 3, Andy Mills 2, Spencer Lane 1.

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forfeit; 126 — Tyler MacGregor (AHSTW) won by forfeit.

132 — Christian Danker (AHSTW) pinned Tyler Flowers (SWV), 2:21; 138 — Stevie Mitchell (AHSTW) pinned Aaron Armstrong (SWV), 1:04; 145 — Evan Skelton (SWV) dec. Cole Harder (AHSTW), 12-7; 152 — Logan Calkins (SWV) pinned Joe Kenkel (AHSTW), 2:35; 160 — Zach Hagadorn (AHSTW) pinned Brett Schafroth (SWV), 2:21; 170 — Tyler Bissell (SWV) won by forfeit; 182 — Buck Schafroth (SWV) won by forfeit.

Audubon 42, Southwest Valley 27 220 — Jordan Hansen (A) pinned Bryce Newton (SWV), 1:43; 285 — Isaiah Taylor (A) won by forfeit; 106 — double forfeit; 113 — double forfeit; 120 — Kade Jensen (A) won by forfeit; 126 — Beau Nickum (A) won by forfeit; 132 — Tyler Flowers (SWV) won by forfeit; 138 — Aaron Armstrong (SWV) won by forfeit.

145 — Brad Kerkhoff (A) pinned Evan Skelton (SWV), 1:55; 152 — Jacob Soll (A) pinned Logan Calkins (SWV), 4:53; 160 — Trevor Smith (A) pinned Brett Schafroth (SWV), 1:21; 170 — Tyler Bissell (SWV) pinned Travis Wolff (A), :34; 182 — Buck Schafroth (SWV) dec. Elijah Zaiger (A), 7-0; 195 — Scott Palmer (SWV) pinned Mark Rix (A), :36.

CORNING — Southwest Valley hosted West Central West Central Valley 38, Valley, AHSTW and AuduSouthwest Valley 36 182 — Buck Schafroth (WCV) bon here Tuesday in a quadpinned Alan Wallace (WCV), 2:49; rangular.

195 — Sammy Richey (SWV) The Timberwolves went pinned Riley Algreen (WCV), 220 — Carsen Schneller 0-3 for the night, losing 54- 1:06; (WCV) pinned Scott Palmer 27 to AHSTW and 42-27 to (SWV), 3:29; 285 — Tristan Loyd (WCV) pinned Bryce Newton Audubon.

(SWV), 5:12; 106 — Quest Brown Southwest Valley suffered (WCV) won by forfeit; 113 — Tye a close 38-36 loss to West Joint (WCV) won by forfeit; 120 Double forfeit.

Central Valley in a dual — 126 — Tristin Winfred (WCV) that came down to the final won by forfeit; 132 — Tyler Flowers (SWV) won by forfeit; match.

138 — Aaron Armstrong (SWV) Buck Schafroth (182) won by forfeit; 145 — Evan and Sammy Richey (195) Skelton (SWV) won by forfeit; — Logan Calkins (SWV) won opened the dual with pins 152 by forfeit; 160 — John Askren for the Timberwolves, but (WCV) tech fall Brett Schafroth Southwest Valley trailed 30- (SWV), 16-1 (2:00); 170 — Gabe Wagner (WCV) dec. Tyler Bissell 12 with six matches left in (SWV), 6-0.

AHSTW 54, the dual.

Southwest Valley 27 After winning four 195 — Erik Jorgensen straight forfeits to take a 36- (AHSTW) pinned Scott Palmer 30 lead, West Central Valley (SWV), 5:11; 220 — Bryce Newton (SWV) won by forwon by technical fall at 160 feit; 285 — Jeremiah Carlson a 43-33 win over Red Oak on to draw within 36-35 and (AHSTW) won by forfeit; 106 — Phippen (AHSTW) won by Monday in the A game. then Gabe Wagner secured Carter forfeit; 113 — Anthony Cordes “We started out slow and a 6-0 decision over South- (AHSTW) won by forfeit; 120 — Joel Becerra (AHSTW) won by couldn’t get shots to go down in the first half, but played well defensively,” coach Scott Area girls basketball Wagner said. “Our offense Stoaks added 10 points quarter. really improved in the second Mount Ayr 70, with four boards, three Katie Sobotka had anhalf, as it turned into a more Lenox 33 steals and three assists. other big high tempo game. We still LENOX — After a 17-12 need to work on some defen- first quarter, Mount Ayr Jessica Anderson and night for sive techniques and get our took control here Tuesday Hannah Mitchell each re- Diagonal, scoring big guys more involved in the with a 26-4 advantage in corded four points.

“We played very good 16 points offense, but we are continu- the second quarter, rolling the first quarter, then on 6-of-7 ing to succeed by working as past Lenox, 70-33. couldn’t stop the Shields s h o o t i n g a team.”

“Everyone played a Kylan Smallwood scored pretty good game tonight,” girls in the paint from then from the 33 points to lead the Panthers. Mount Ayr head coach on,” Lenox head coach floor, in- Sobotka After trailing by seven at Thad Streit said. “We Mandy Stoaks said. “We c l u d i n g halftime, the Creston B team played pretty good de- also had too many turn- 4-5 from had a chance to win the game fense for the most part and overs to be successful.” behind the 3-point arc. She Mount Ayr returns to with a 3-pointer in the final on the offensive end, we added seven rebounds with minute, but it was off the looked for the open shot action Thursday at home four steals. mark and Red Oak ran out and took care of the ball a against Class 2A No. 15 Kasydi Klommhaus Central Decatur. the clock for a 20-18 win. little bitter.” scored eight points with Mark Waigand led Creston Kelcie Shields finished Twin Cedars 54, three steals. Allison Norwith six points.

Diagonal 43 with a ris added seven points and “I was pleased with how d o u BUSSEY —Diagonal three steals. Kaitlyn Klomhard we fought to come back b l e - d o u dug itself too big of a hole mhaus scored six points, into the game, and at this ble, scorhere Friday in a 54-43 loss while Cassidy Becker point in the season, we have ing 25 to Twin Cedars. added four points. Madialways been competitive in p o i n t s The Maroonettes trailed son Lohmann scored two the B game,” Wagner said. with 10 44-27 after three quarpoints with six boards.

“We still need to fine tune rebounds ters before outscoring the some aspects of the offense, and five Sabers 16-10 in the final but our defense has been b l o c k e d Shields steady all year and always s h o t s . keeps us in the game.”

Tess Shields added 16 SOUTHWEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Creston (43) — Kylan Smallwood 33, Bryce Fitzgerald points with seven steals 5, Jeffrey Dillenburg 3, Kendall and six assists. Megan Crawford 2.

Red Oak (33) — Birt 14, Bower Warin scored 10 points 7, Bruce 4, Carlson 4, Corben 2, with four rebounds and HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL FOR SECOND QUARTER Garret 2. two assists.

HIGH HONOR ROLL Shuey, Morgan L Fleharty, Riley K 7th boys Allie Shields chipped in MIDDLE SCHOOL Thomas, Hailey G Gaule, Aiden E Boswell, Aubrey L Venteicher, Blaine P Graham, Kendi Eli Hartman led Creston nine points with eight reBreaud, Carlie H Venteicher, Blake A Harris, Raymond E with eight points, as the Cres- bounds. Ashton Johnson Bruce, Kaitlyn Wetzel, Abigail J Houck, Makayla G ton 7th grade A team defeat- scored five points with six Currin, Alaina HONOR ROLL Hutchings, Kadence M Dalton, Delaney MIDDLE SCHOOL Inman, Isabelle L ed Red Oak 22-12 on Mon- steals and three assists.

Drake, Danica M Adcock, Scotty Jacobs, Kaylee Blair Glendenning added day.

Haer, Lexie Avila, Brayden C Jacobs, Olivia “Red Oak sat in a 2-3 zone four points with five asHarris, Adam Joseph A Avila, Sara R Lundquist, Aspen R Hoerman, Kathryn F Ballard, Maddilyn McCuen, Christian and we struggled with it,” sists.

Hummel, Maslyn R Barton, Gage R Means, Chloey M Katie Dukes led the way coach Mike McCabe said.

Inman, Isabelle L Beberniss, Alexis K Mitchell, Kobe M Le“Have not seen much zone for Jacobs, Rylee Borem, Andrea Moore, Joslynn W Johnson, Isabella R Borem, Nevin Myers, Kayley J and it showed. Kids played nox with Larsen, Marah A Bynum, Anthony P Nicholas, Dominic real hard on defense and I was 10 points, Lauer, Emily R Cantrell-Huffstuti, Ethen Poston, Hunter repleased with that end of the five Lininger, Katie J Casagrande, Kyle L Puetz, Arik Marn, Garrett L Cobb, Dayton J Schafer, Jentry B floor. Play a big and very good b o u n d s , Marshall, Allison Damewood, Tonna L Schwab, Caleb C Clarinda team on Thursday.” f o u r Mendenhall, Hailey Jo R Davies, Sydney K Simmons, Racheal R The win improved Cres- steals and Myers, Tallen A Davis, Evan W Sonntag, Brooklyn J ton’s A team to 4-2 for the three asNippert, Rose A Figgins, Jordyn Steeve, Robyn R Richey, Kaitlyn M Fisher, Karlee Westlake, Sydney P sists. Jacy Dukes season.

Shipley, Connor Fleharty, Evan R Whitcher, Danielle H Creston and Red Oak tied HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL FOR FIRST SEMESTER 6-6 in the B game.

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ing a lot of problems for their guards.”

Weeks led a balanced scoring attack for Southwest Valley with 14 points.

Sunderman finished with 11 points Weeks and Palmer scored 10. Katie Taylor chipped in eight points and Bronner added seven.

“Tonight we were pretty evenly spread across, which is exactly what we want,” Naugle said. “If I can be spread out every night, that would be great. That way other teams can’t shut down just one person. It was really nice to see us spread it all out.”

Riley led the Eagles with 11 points, while Chelsea Hoyt added eight. Mara Weis scored six points.

Southwest Valley improved to 3-7 for the season with the win, while East Union dropped to 2-9.

SOUTHWEST VALLEY (62) — Jonnie Weeks 7 0-0 14, Danica Sunderman 5 0-2 11, Marie Palmer 4 2-4 10, Katie Taylor 4 0-0 8, Lexi Bronner 3 1-3 7, Janelle Gibler 1 3-4 5, Regan Jessen 1 1-2 3, Kim Hults 0 2-4, Elizabeth Herzberg 1 0-0 2. Totals — 26 9-19 62. Team fouls — 19.

Fouled out — none.

EAST UNION (29) — Danielle Riley 4 2-5 11, Chelsea Hoyt 3 2-6 8, Mara Weis 3 0-1 6, Kacie Ripperger 0 3-5 3, Sidney McFee 0 1-2 1. Totals — 10 8-19 29.

Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — none.

SWV — 18 31 55 62 EU — 9 17 20 29

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early by two 3-point baskets

by Jessica Nelson, connected only one more time from 3-point range after Mercedes Harter’s basket to start the second period for a 20-12 Wolverine advantage.

“We scored 12 points in the second half,” Thompson said.

“We didn’t attack the post like we should have. That’s where our mismatch was.

Early on we got layups off that press, but I think we got tired and had some turnovers. But the big difference was in free throw shooting.”

Bedford made 15 of 25 foul shots while Nodaway Valley finished 8-18.

The game was basically decided in the final three minutes of the third quarter, when Bedford pulled away from a 38-38 tie to take a 4840 lead entering the final stanza. During that stretch, Callyn Bonde scored on an offensive rebound and Fallyn Beemer sank consecutive 3-pointers.

“Beemer had some big threes for us during that run,” said Weed, who was without the services of starting guard Emily Weed with an ankle injury. “They hit some threes on us early, but I’d rather have a team shoot from the outside against us than have the two girls inside shooting the ball.

Eventually they got a little cold, and we pushed it up the court.”

“You have to sprint back against them and not give up easy baskets,” Thompson said. “If you give up easy baskets, you can’t beat them.”

Beemer finished with 27 points to lead the 11-1 Bulldogs. Callie Calfee added 19 points with an array of drives into the lane and short jumpers. McKenzie Jackson stepped up with seven points.

Nelson finished with a teamhigh 13 points for Nodaway Valley (92). Paige McElfish finished with 11 points, 10 Nelson rebounds and three steals. Josie Clarke hauled in eight rebounds while scoring five points. Josie Carter scored nine points.

The Wolverines play Thursday at 11-2 Interstate 35, which defeated Martensdale-St. Marys Tuesday, 3827.

BEDFORD (65) — Fallyn Beemer 8 7-10 27, Callie Calfee 6 7-10 19, McKenzie Jackson 3 1-3 7, Ashlyn Spencer 2 0-0 6, Charissa Mogler 1 0-0 2, Callyn Bonde 1 0-0 2, Palen Stream 1 0-2 2. Totals — 22 15-25 65.

3-point goals — 6 (Beemer 4, Spencer 2). Team fouls — 24.

Fouled out — Stream.

NODAWAY VALLEY (48) — Jessica Nelson 4 2-2 13, Paige McElfish 4 3-4 11, Josie Carter 4 1-4 9, Riley Londsale 3 1-1 7, Josie Clarke 2 1-3 5, Mercedes Harter 1 0-4 3. Totals —18 8-18 48. 3-point goals — 4-23 (Nelson 3, Harter 1). FG shooting — 18-47 (38.3 percent). Rebounds — 37 (McElfish 10, Clarke 8, Carter 4). Assists — 8 (Carter 2, Clarke 2, Hollie Perrin 2). Steals — 7 (McElfish 3, Carter 2). Turnovers — 21. Team fouls — 20. Fouled out — Harter, Carter.

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in the first quarter, but only six more the rest of the night.

Nodaway Valley improved to 10-0, while Bedford fell to 9-2.

Early deficit Bedford moved to a 22-16 lead after one quarter as Scott hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer. The Bulldog advantage reached 10 points at 29-19, as Noah Thornton scored 11 points and Scott had 12. But, then the Bulldogs hit an extended drought.

With Bedford clinging to a 29-25 lead with 2:23 left in the half, Lamb went to the bench with his third foul. Yet, Nodaway Valley was able to mount a rally on a 5-0 run to close the half in front 30-29.

Nodaway Valley took control of the game with a 19-8 third quarter, despite losing Lamb for a few minutes when he picked up his fourth foul two minutes into the third quarter. Andrews and Venteicher each hit 3-pointers before the period ended 49-37 in the Wolverines’ favor.

“When they took Lamb out there in the second quarter, they actually gained ground,” said Bedford coach Frank Sefrit. “I don’t know if it was a mental letdown because their best player was out, or what.

You have to give credit to coach B and those kids. They just work well together.”

“Even with him out, they still do the same things,” Bedford assistant Tanner Peterman added.

“I thought we picked up the defensive pressure when he got out of the game,” Burmeister said.

Burmeister was banking on Bedford cooling off from long range. What concerned him more was the ability of Thornton and others in scoring on cuts and drives to the lane.

So, he packed four players into the lane area and sent Venteicher out on Scott when possible, clogging some of those Bulldog interior attacks.

It worked, and Thornton ended up fouling out early in the

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Gossman scored 10 points.

Kelley finished with eight points.

Southwest Valley improved to 3-7 for the season with the win, while East Union dropped to 1-9.

“We’ve got some great momentum,” Focht said.

“We’ve won three of our last four, so it’s always positive.”

SOUTHWEST VALLEY (62) — Chance Cobb 6 2-6 15, Wyatt McAlpin 4 6-7 14, Gunnar McCuen 3 2-2 11, Colten Drake

BEDFORD (45) — Colt Scott 5 3-4 15, Noah Thornton 6 3-4 15, Deion’tae Moss 3 0-0 6, Isaac Weed 2 0-2 4, Justin Folkerts 0 3-6 3, Wyatt Dillon 1 0-0 2. Totals — 17 9-18 45. 3-point goals — 2 (Scott 2). Rebounds — 24 (Weed 6, Moss 6, Thornton 6). Steals — Moss 2. Turnovers — 15.

Team fouls — 28. Fouled out — Thornton, Weed.

NODAWAY VALLEY (72) — Jackson Lamb 9 8-11 29, Tanner Armstrong 6 2-3 14, Nathan Andrews 3 6-8 13, David Schweitzer 1 4-4 6, Nate Venteicher 1 1-2 4, Dallas Kreager 1 0-0 2, Sam Marnin 0 2-2 2, Jacob Baudler 0 1-4 1.

Totals — 21 25-36 72. 3-point goals — 5 (Lamb 3, Venteicher 1, Andrews 1). Rebounds — 38 (Andrews 9, Kreager 8, Lamb 8, Armstrong 5). Assists — Lamb 3, Schweitzer 3, Andrews 3. Steals — Andrews 2. Turnovers — 11.

Team fouls — 18. Fouled out — Lamb, Schweitzer.

Bedford — 22 29 37 45 N. Valley — 16 30 49 72

5 0-0 10, Dalton Davis 3 0-0 6, Thad Bruning 1 0-0 2, Scott Vanderhoof 0 2-4 2, Tony Klocke 1 0-0 2. Totals — 23 12-19 62.

3-point goals — 4 (McCuen 3, Cobb 1). Team fouls — 11.

Fouled out — Drake.

EAST UNION (39) — Cole Campbell 6 1-2 14, Mason Gossman 4 2-5 10, Tyler Kelley 4 0-0 8, Casey Walter 2 0-0 4, Gabe Nixon 1 0-2 3. Totals — 16 3-9 39. 3-point goals — 2 (Campbell 1, Nixon 1). FG shooting — 23-50 (46 percent). Assists — 10 (Cobb 3, McAlpin 2). Rebounds — 27 (Drake 7, Vanderhoof 6, McAlpin 6, Cobb 4, Klocke 2). Steals — 6 (McCuen 2). Team fouls — 17.

Fouled out — none.

SWV — 19 31 46 62 EU — 20 24 32 39

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Once Southwest Valley settled down and stopped turning the ball over itself, the Timberwolves pulled away from East Union the 14-3 run, building a 24-9 lead.

Another 7-0 spurt midway through the second quarter gave Southwest Valley a 31-13 lead after a Lexi Bronner basket from the free throw line, a Danica Sunderman 3-pointer and a Marie Palmer putback.

East Union cut the lead to 31-17 at halftime when Danielle Riley banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

After the injury to Ripperger, though, East Union struggled to get anything going for the remainder of the game. “ L a s t Ripperger Friday night, we went on a 27-1 run in the third quarter,” Naugle said. “We’re coming out of halftime, and I think we’re just more prepared. They did a great job, especially in our press. We did an awesome job, even in our halfcourt defense. We were just playing great defense up top and caus-

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Scott also finished with 15.

“We kept Nate Andrews and Tanner Armstrong in the paint and got help inside with two guards, to take away some of those passes,” Burmeister said. “I’m sure it probably discouraged them that we were able to take the lead there at the end of the (first) half with Jackson on the bench.”

“We have to be mentally tougher,” Sefrit said. “You know Nodaway Valley is going to fight, fight, fight. We didn’t do a very good job tonight of adjusting to how the game was being called.”

There was a 16-point differential in scoring from the free throw line in Nodaway Valley’s favor. Bedford was whistled for 28 fouls, with Thornton and Isaac Weed fouling out, and three other players ending with four fouls.

Tough stretch It doesn’t get any easier for this lunch bucket crew from Nodaway Valley. The Wolverines travel to 6-2 Interstate 35 on Thursday, which features guard Jaylan White averaging 25.3 points a game.

They follow Saturday with a test at twice-beaten Panorama, which has lost only to 2A top-ranked IKM-Manning, 74-63, and previously ranked Des Moines Christian on Tuesday night.

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DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is accepting applications for grant funding through the specialty crop block grant program. The grants are available to support projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Iowa.

The final funding level for the program this year has not yet been finalized by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, which administers the program, but Iowa received $307,610 in funding in 2014 and it is anticipated the state will receive a similar level in 2015.

“The specialty crop block grant funds can support food safety, research and marketing efforts that will encourage Iowans to choose the products that are produced right here in

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“Specialty crops are a very important part of Iowa agriculture as they allow farmers to diversify and give customers access to locally grown products.”

Grant funds shall be used for projects that solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops that benefit the specialty crop industry as a whole and will not be awarded for projects that directly benefit a particular product or provide a profit to a single organization, institution or individual.

Iowa agencies, universities, institutions and producer, industry and community based organizations are all eligible to apply for funding to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. In addition, single organizations, institutions and individuals are encouraged

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