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President Obama aims to influence 2016 debate WASHINGTON (AP) — Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union address Tuesday appear to be aimed at driving the debate in the 2016 election on income inequality and middle-class economic issues, rather than setting a realistic agenda for Congress.

Obama’s calls for increasing taxes on the wealthy, making community college free for many students and expanding paid leave for workers stand little chance of

winning approv■ At 8 p.m. tonight, President Obama will delival from the new er his sixth State of the Union address to a joint Republican masession of Congress. jority on Capitol Hill. But the debate over nam, a Harvard political scientist about income inequality and the middle-class who has discussed inequality issues need to give lower-earning Amereconomics is with the president and his advisers. icans more opportunities. On the looking critical Obama “The entry ticket for the presiden- Democratic side, Massachusetts for the coming tial sweepstakes is that you have a Sen. Elizabeth Warren appears incampaign. policy — some policy — for dealing tent on keeping the party focused “Inequality — and especially the with this issue.” on a populist economic agenda, growing opportunity gap — have Indeed, potential Republican even if she doesn’t plan to run for become the top litmus test of seri- candidates Jeb Bush and Mitt president herself.

As the nation’s attention increasousness for 2016,” said Robert Put- Romney have been talking openly

ingly turns to the 2016 election, the Obama White House is making clear that it still wants to set the terms of the economic conversation. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough, appearing in a nationally broadcast interview Tuesday morning, said Obama is determined to improve the lives of middle-class Americans. “His mindset is to keep doing everything he can for the middle class,” Please see OBAMA, Page 2

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Family time: A family of deer takes a short break from traveling between pastures on the northwest edge of Creston Monday afternoon.

The deer were traveling in a herd of eight.

Ohio interstate closed after collapse Hundreds of tons of concrete and steel fell from a collapsed overpass Tuesday, killing one worker.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A collapsed overpass covered southbound lanes of Interstate 75 with hundreds of tons of concrete and steel Tuesday, following a construction accident that killed a worker and injured a truck driver.

The Ohio Department of Transportation said the busy artery through downtown Cincinnati will be closed at least two to three days.

“The debris needs to be removed and we have to deter-

mine if there is damage to the pavement,” spokeswoman Sharon Smigielski said. “The cause is still under investigation.”

Work was going on Monday night to remove an overhead exit ramp that had recently been replaced by a new one when it pancaked down at about 10:30 p.m. on top of southbound lanes some five miles north of the Ohio River.

“Something happened and it collapsed,” she said.

A tractor-trailer driver suffered minor injuries when his rig ran into the collapsed section; Cincinnati’s police chief says the driver probably was seconds away from serious harm. His and the construction worker’s names weren’t immediately released.

The ramp had been a left-

hand exit from northbound 75 that carried traffic over the southbound lanes to Hopple Street. The new ramp exits to the right from northbound 75 near the University of Cincinnati.

Commuters to downtown Tuesday morning were diverted to Interstate 71 south, where traffic slowed through the morning, while motorists headed to Kentucky could take the Interstate 275 loop around the city.

The ramp replacement is part of a yearslong project to increase capacity and safety on a congested, accident-prone section of the interstate. Nighttime closures of northbound I-75 for work had been planned for this week, but ODOT officials said that schedule could be changed.

Cincinnati Police Chief Jeff Blackwell said late Monday that something went “terribly wrong.”

The truck driver was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with minor injuries.

“The big-rig driver is very lucky; in a matter of seconds his fate would have probably been different,” Blackwell said.

A nearby resident said the collapse rattled his house.

“Just heard a thud, and the house shook,” Casey Wright told WLWT-TV. “It felt like an earthquake. I’m sure the whole neighborhood felt it.”

The Cincinnati Fire Department said the worker’s body was removed early Tuesday, after airbags were used to lift the wreckage.

DES MOINES (AP) — The afterglow of Gov. Terry Branstad’s sixth inauguration is still hanging in the air, but Iowa Republicans are already speculating about the political future for Branstad’s faithful Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Reynolds, serving another term as Branstad’s second-in-command, is viewed as a likely candidate for governor in 2018, if Branstad steps aside. She’s keeping quiet about her ambitions, but her political mentor is showing no such reticence.

“There’s no question that we’re trying to groom her and I think she’s better prepared to be gover- Reynolds nor than anyone has ever been,” said Branstad, recently sworn in for his sixth non-consecutive term, which he says he plans to serve in full. “I don’t want to say I wouldn’t run again because then I’ll be a lame duck, but I think it’s more likely that I would support her.”

Reynolds, 55, is one of the most high-profile lieutenant governors since Branstad himself held the role from 1979 to 1983. She appears frequently at Branstad’s side, campaigned with him across the state throughout 2014 and gives press conferences and holds meetings in his absence.

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New privacy concerns over health care website WASHINGTON (AP) — A little-known side to the government’s health insurance website is prompting renewed concerns about privacy, just as the White House is calling for stronger cybersecurity protections for consumers.

It works like this: When you apply for coverage on HealthCare. gov, dozens of data companies may be able to tell that you are on the site. Some can even glean details such as your age, income, ZIP code, whether you smoke or if you are pregnant.

The data firms have embedded

connections on the government site. Ever-evolving technology allows for individual Internet users to be tracked, building profiles that are a vital tool for advertisers.

Connections to multiple third-party tech firms were documented by technology experts who analyzed HealthCare.gov, and confirmed by The Associated Press. There is no evidence that personal information from HealthCare.gov has been misused, but the number of outside connections is raising questions.

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A former White House chief information officer under President George W. Bush, she said the large number of outside connections on HealthCare.gov seems like “overkill” and makes it “kind of an outlier” among government websites.

The privacy concerns come against the backdrop of President Barack Obama’s new initiative to protect personal data online, a highlight of his State of the Union message scheduled for Tuesday night. The administration is getting the health care website ready for the final enrollment drive of 2015, aiming to have more than 9 million people signed up by Feb. 15 for subsidized private coverage.

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Deaths W.M. “Tom” Butrick Jr. Plattsmouth, Neb.

Willis Marvin Butrick Jr., 63, of Plattsmouth, Neb., formerly of Corning, died Jan. 18, 2015, at Nebraska Medicine Bellevue Medical Center in Bellevue, Neb. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 701 Seventh St., Corning. The Rev. Andrew Bardole will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Corning. Visitation with family present will be 1 to 2 p.m. service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the family to be determined at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www. pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Willis “Tom” Butrick Jr., son of Goldie Ann (Farris) and Willis Marvin Butrick, was born Nov. 26, 1951, in Red Oak. Tom graduated from Corning High School in 1970. He also graduated from Stewarts School of Cosmetology.

Tom married Loretta K. Boham. They later divorced.

Tom was employed at Huntington Park Care Center in Papillion and a care center in Omaha as a cook, cosmetologist, activities director and CNA. Prior to his work at the care centers, he was employed at the Iowa School for the Deaf in Glenwood and worked for Wonder Bread.

Tom was baptized at Corning United Methodist Church.

Tom is survived by a son Scott Bradley Butrick of Lincoln, Neb.; sister Judy (Terry) Shepherd of LaVista, Neb.; granddaughter Alissa Butrick of Florida; niece Christy (Steve) Lee of Lavista, Neb.; nephews, Jason Hoyt of Omaha, Neb., and Jerad (Marcie) Hoyt of Conrad; great-nieces and -nephews, Kalyn Shepherd, Nick Hoyt, Tyler Lee, Samantha Hoyt, Vance Hoyt and Hailei Hoyt; best friend Mark Nikolich and a host of other relatives and friends.

Tom was preceded in death by his parents and many aunts and uncles.

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“She’s a full partner. She has led trade missions. She’s taken the lead on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math education). She’s very involved in economic development,” said Branstad. “We can cover twice as much territory.”

Reynolds said Branstad promised her a partnership back in 2010, when he was working on his comeback bid for a fifth term and sought her out as his running mate.

“When he asked me to run he said we’re going to run as a team and we’re go-

ing to serve as a team,” said Reynolds. “He’s been very true to his word.”

Reynolds said she is not thinking about a 2018 bid for governor. If Branstad chooses not to run again, many Republicans could enter the primary race and Reynolds would need to make a convincing case about her policy achievements and demonstrate her ability to fundraise and organize independently.

For now, she is not talking about those issues.

“We just got through an election,” Reynolds said.

“I’m really focused on the job at hand.”

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President’s proposal

McDonough said on “CBS This Morning.”

He said the president wants to make sure “we’re doing everything we can to make sure that middle-class families can succeed.” McDonough said that Obama will not hesitate to veto legislation that doesn’t improve the lot of the middle class.

The president’s advisers argue that the debate over income equality is one that Democrats have won previously, including in Obama’s victory over Romney in the 2012 presidential campaign and the fiscal cliff fight with Congress that led to the raising of George W. Bush-era tax rates for the wealthiest Americans.

However, Obama no longer has the political advantage on Capitol Hill that he would need to enact more tax increases. When Obama addresses Congress Tuesday night, he will be standing before a Republican majority in both chambers for the first time in his presidency.

The president and GOP leaders have spoken about

The president’s proposal would increase the capital gains rate on couples making more than $500,000 annually to 28 percent, require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they’re inherited, and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion. their desire to compromise, but the opening weeks of the new Congress have offered few glimpses of where both sides plan to find common ground. Obama’s economic proposals will do little to move the White House and Republicans closer together, given the GOP leadership’s aversion to raising taxes on wealthy Americans.

The president’s proposal would increase the capital gains rate on couples making more than $500,000 annually to 28 percent, require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they’re inherited, and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion.

Administration officials said much of the $320 billion in new taxes and fees would be used for measures aimed

at helping the middle class, including a $500 tax credit for some families with two spouses working and a $60 billion program to make community college free.

Obama is also asking lawmakers to increase paid leave for workers. And he’s moved unilaterally to lower a mortgage insurance rate that could help attract first-time homebuyers.

The White House cast the president’s measures as steps that can help keep up economic momentum amid a recent spurt of growth that has also seen the unemployment rate fall below 6 percent.

There has been little Republican support for much of what the White House has rolled out ahead of Obama’s address.

A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner,

R-Ohio, called the White House’s tax proposal “the same old top-down approach we’ve come to expect from President Obama that hasn’t worked.” And Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is weighing a bid for the GOP presidential nomination, said the president’s approach was outdated.

“Raising taxes on people that are successful is not going to make people that are struggling more successful,” Rubio said.

In keeping with State of the Union tradition, first lady Michelle Obama will watch the speech along with invited guests whose stories bring to life some of the policies the president will tout.

Among those joining Mrs. Obama for this year’s speech are Alan Gross, who was released from a Cuban prison last month as part of Obama’s decision to normalize relations with the communist island nation; Chelsey Davis, a student from Tennessee who plans to graduate community college in May; and Dr. Pranav Shetty, who has been working on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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prohibited from using information from these tools on HealthCare.gov for their companies’ purposes.” The government uses them to measure the performance of HealthCare.gov so consumers get “a simpler, more streamlined and intuitive experience,” he added.

The administration did not explain how it ensures that privacy and security policies are being followed.

Third-party outfits that track website performance are a standard part of e-commerce.

HealthCare.gov’s privacy policy says in boldface that “no personally identifiable information is collected” by these web measurement tools.

But in a recent visit to the site, AP found that certain personal details — including age, income, and whether you smoke — were being passed along likely without your knowledge to advertising and Web analytics sites.

Google said Monday it doesn’t use

“Personally, I look at this, and I am on a government website, and I don’t know what is going on between the government and Facebook, and Google, and Twitter. Why is that there?”

— Mehdi Daoudi

CEO of Catchpoint Systems

that kind of data or allow its systems to target ads based on health or medical history information. “When we learn of possible violations of this policy, we investigate and take swift action,” the company said in a statement.

Still, the outside connections surprised a tech expert who evaluated HealthCare.gov’s performance for AP. “Anything that is health-related is something very private,” said Mehdi Daoudi, CEO of Catchpoint Systems.

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

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

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

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

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.

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

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

TOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. J.C. Penney former employees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow.

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Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., hostess Ann Driskell.

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Agenda includes: CEA initial proposal; Corning Community School District initial proposal; resignation; 6:45 p.m. work session on long-range planning.

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Ian Thomas Morrison, 19, 1100 N. Spruce St., was charged with possession with intent to sell marijuana 3 a.m. Saturday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, Morrison was residing at a residence where a search warrant was executed. During the execution of the warrant, Morrison was found to be in possession of marijuana and marijuana hash oil. Also, items of marijuana packaging and money were discovered. Morrison admitted he had been dealing marijuana. Morrison has a prior marijuana conviction.

Morrison was being held on $5,000 bond.

—————— Jason Michael Roberts, 21, of Illinois was charged with possession of marijuana 4 a.m. Saturday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, Roberts was a resident where a search warrant was executed. During the execution, marijuana, paraphernalia and packaging material with marijuana residue were discovered throughout the residence.

Roberts admitted to marijuana use and also purchasing marijuana from his roommates.

Roberts was released on $1,000 bond.

—————— Manuel Leandro Rivera, 21, 1100 N. Spruce St., was charged with possession with intent to sell marijuana and possession of paraphernalia 4 a.m. Saturday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, Rivera was a resident where a sarch warrant

was executed. During the execution of the warrant, marijuana, a scale and blunts were discovered in his room near his bed. Packaging material and money were also discovered in Rivera’s room. Items were also located, confirming the room belonged to Rivera.

Rivera was released on $5,000 bond.

—————— Casey Ray Thomas White, 28, 901 N. Cherry St., was charged with third-degree burglary 11:13 a.m. Saturday at his residence.

According to a Creston Police report, officers were dispatched Saturday to 706 New York Ave., in reference to an assault. Upon arrival, officers met with a female victim who said her son White had come to her residence, kicked in the back door and assaulted her.

The victim had visible injuries to her face and showed another officer bruising to her back. She said this happened around 4 a.m. and that she ran away from the house when she was able to get free.

White was being held on $5,000 bond.

—————— Nickolas Jay Wilkinson, 30, 809 W. Adams St. Apt. 3, was charged with violation of a protective order 4 p.m. Saturday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, a female victim reported a violation Saturday of a no-contact order in which she was listed as a TRHE protected party. She said her husband violated the order by sending her a text message at 4:54 p.m. She showed officers the message, which listed information confirming it was her husband, Wilkinson, who had sent the message. Wilkinson disputed this, but then he admitted he wrote the message and said it was in October. After viewing Wilkinson’s phone, it was determined that the message was sent from his phone at 4:54 p.m., the same time the victim received it.

Wilkinson was being held awaiting an appearance before the magistrate.

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OPINION The other Charlies

The massacre at Charlie Hebdo, and the subsequent killing of a policewoman and mass murder at the Hyper Cachet kosher market, shocked the world. Young fanatics with automatic weapons unleashed a torrent of violence and death, fueled by zealous intolerance. At the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satiric newsmagazine, 12 were murdered and 11 wounded. The victims were guilty of nothing more than expressing ideas. Certainly, true to the point of satire, many of the ideas were very offensive to many people — in this case, caricatures of the prophet Muhammad.

In the wake of the violence, people from around the world expressed solidarity with the victims, and with the people of France.

Among the world leaders who flocked to Paris to condemn the attacks were some of the worst perpetrators of repression of journalists, all too often Arab and Muslim journalists.

Reporters Without Borders, also known as Reporters Sans Frontieres, or RSF, is based in Paris, not far from the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Word of the attack quick-

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ly made it to the staff there. Lucie Morillon, RSF program director, was one of the first people on the scene after the massacre at Charlie Hebdo. I spoke to her in New York City, just a day after she attended last Sunday’s solidarity march in Paris, which drew more than 1 million people. She recounted the events of Wednesday, Jan. 7: “We were having a meeting ... a colleague came in, he said: ‘There’s something huge. It looks like there had been shots fired at Charlie Hebdo, and there might be people dead.’ It was just complete shock, completely surreal.”

They raced to the scene of the massacre. Morillon went on: “There were still bullets on the ground. It was just very chaotic.

We were just wondering who’s dead, what happened. And a man left the office, and he just went into

President [Francois] Hollande’s arms. He burst into tears, ‘Charb est mort,’ ‘Charb is dead.’” He was speaking of Stephane Charbonnier, Charlie Hebdo’s editor.

On Sunday, the day of marches across France, which drew close to 4 million people, the group stated in a press release, “Reporters Without Borders welcomes the participation of many foreign leaders in today’s march in Paris in homage to the victims of last week’s terror attacks and in defence of the French republic’s values, but is outraged by the presence of officials from countries that restrict freedom of information.” The group stated it was “appalled by the presence of leaders from countries where journalists and bloggers are systematically persecuted such as Egypt, Russia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.”

Photos and video of the world leaders standing, locked arm in arm, leading the massive march, raced around the planet. Much ado was made in the United States of the absence of any high-level Obama administration official.

Even though Attorney General

Eric Holder was in Paris that day, inexplicably, he didn’t show up for the march. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was there, whose government has imprisoned many journalists, most notably three from Al-Jazeera who have been held for more than a year now: Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.

The Saudi Arabian ambassador to France also showed up at the march. Two days earlier, his government flogged the blogger Raif Badawi. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, but the Saudi monarchy is administering 50 lashes per week.

Delphine Hagland, the U.S. director of Reporters Without Borders, explained, “They decided to divide the 1,000 lashes in different sessions because they were afraid that he would be killed.”

It has now been reported that the world leaders, locked arm in arm, were not in the march at all, but were gathered for a photo opportunity on a closed street, away from the protest, under guard. Quite simply, it was the people who led that day, not the leaders. “Je Suis Charlie,” or “I am Charlie,” was the

battle cry of many. Others tweeted or held signs that read, “I am not Charlie,” condemning the violence without endorsing Charlie Hebdo’s caricatures. A Muslim woman held a sign, “Je Suis Juif,” “I am Jewish,” in solidarity with the Jewish victims. Others held signs that read “Je Suis Ahmed” for Ahmed Merabet, the French Muslim police officer who was killed outside the magazine offices.

Close to 4 million people took to the streets of France last Sunday, demanding a more peaceful society, one in which press freedom and religious tolerance overwhelm violence and hatred. *** 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

Al Sharpton threatened to protest the Academy Awards HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America and how’s everybody?

President Obama will deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol tonight.

He plans to open by announcing that the State of the Union is strong. It’s always a good idea to start out your speech with a good joke to get the crowd on your side.

Al Sharpton threatened to protest the Academy Awards after the list of nominees for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress all turned out to be white people. It’s a little em-

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barrassing. There are so many white nominees that Fox News just agreed to host the debate.

President Obama in a press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that the U.S. and Britain will track down the world’s terror leaders, as we have in the past. It took a trillion dollars, two wars and state-ofthe-art technology, but we finally found Osama bin Laden. He was in his house.

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many years, volunteers have provided safe, substance-free activities for our local juniors and seniors following school prom activities.

Join us next Wednesday or contact Tracey Lauer (tlauer@crestonschools.org) or Peg Krambeck Eblen (peblen@crestonschools. org) if you have questions or are interested in helping (but unavailable next Wednesday). We also have a Facebook page you may join to stay updated on meetings, etc.

Thank you.

Thank you from Food for Life, you are God’s helping hands

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Local businesses will soon receive letters inviting you to donate what you can to support our event, as well. We appreciate the efforts of our entire community at this time each year. Every contribution makes a difference in the overall success of the event; due to your generosity, we are able to provide activities and prizes for our young people.

Remember that Crestubilee (after prom committee) has a long, strong tradition in Creston. For

From Ruby Stephens Shannon City

You wonderful people in Union County help your neighbor and friends through the meat that is donated to the food pantries: Matura in Creston, Afton Methodist Church and Lorimor Methodist Church. These three sources have helped well over 1,000 families this past year.

Thank you to all who have made money donations this year.

Many of you have given donations for many years. This money is used mostly to buy meat from

the grocery store when there is no meat left in the freezers at these three locations.

I want to give a “special pat on the back” to the farmers who go to the extra trouble to get the animals to the Corning locker early on the morning the meat inspector is there. This inspection of the live animal ensures that all who get meat from Food for Life get a safe, nutritious addition to their meals.

I want to give a special thanks to Dave at the Corning locker for keeping this special license he has to keep to help us out. He

has been so helpful adding an animal for us when his schedule is already full. Thank you Dave.

If you would like a list of the committee members, or one of our pamphlets, let me know.

Ruby Stephens, 641-782-7327, or 1770 250th St., Shannon City, IA 50861. If you have an animal to donate, please let me know as soon as possible so I can get it scheduled.

Bonnie Routh is our treasurer and her address is 2348 High and Dry Rd., Creston, IA. Thank you again from the Food for Life Committee.

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PEOPLE Miller, Klejch wed in August ceremony

Mari McGehee

McGehee open house, card shower planned

The family of Mari McGehee is hosting an open house and card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Jan. 30.

The open house is 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 24 at First Christian Church, 201 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr. Cards may be sent to her at 202 E. Jefferson St., Mount Ayr, IA 50854.

Donella Cook

Cook card shower planned

The family of Donella L. (Marsh) Cook is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Jan. 22.

Cards may be sent to her at 313 Livingston Ave., Creston, IA 50801.

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Casie Christine Miller and Jason Alan Klejch, both of Creston, were married Aug. 15 at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines.

The bride is the daughter of Julia and Gary Thompson and Doug and Rhonda Miller, all of Creston. The groom is the son of Curtis and Karen Klejch of Creston.

Judge Joel Novak of West Des Moines officiated the 5:30 p.m. ceremony.

Matron of honor was Shawna Peterson, sister of the bride, of Nashville, Tenn. Bridesmaids were Gentry Miller, sister of the bride, Mae Greene, Josie Krings, all of Creston, Kylee Bradley, cousin of the bride, of Iowa City, and Jennifer Johnson, cousin of the bride, of Palm Harbor, Fla. The bride’s personal attendant was Katrina Dredge of Ellston.

Shawna Peterson was hired and on hand at the wedding to do makeup for the entire bridal party, the bride, and mother and grandmother of the bride.

Flower girl was Jalyn Klejch.

The bride wore a Casablanca-designed gown.

The gown was ivory and silver, with an A-line and beaded-band accent waist.

Beaded lace lay over silky satin, and was finished with eyelash fringe. The gown was beaded and had lace accents throughout the chapel-length train. The veil was also ivory and silver, and was trimmed in lace and beading to match the dress.

The bride carried a large fresh bouquet of white roses and hydrangeas with greenery.

The bridesmaids wore floor-length gowns in Tiffany blue with silver and crystal broaches on the waistline. The side of the dresses had three layers that gave a slight angled slit in the dress.

The bridesmaids carried small fresh bouquets of white roses and hydrangeas with greenery.

Best man was Daniel Scarberry of Creston.

Groomsmen were Ryan Steinkamp and Travis Miller, brother of the bride, both of Creston, Ben Waigand of Thayer, Adam Dredge of Ellston and Brett Peterson, brother-in-law of the bride, of Nashville.

Ushers were Chris Johnson, Nick Johnson of Auburn Ala., Matt Johnson, of Palm Harbor, all cousins of the bride, Tyson Troutwine, brother-in-law of the groom, of Grant City, Mo., and Matt Williamson of Grimes.

Ring bearers were Tanner Klejch and Garrett Troutwine.

The groom wore a black tuxedo with ivory vest and tie. The groomsmen wore black tuxedos with Tiffany blue vests and ties. The fathers wore black tuxedos with black vests and ties.

Vocalist and pianist were Cody and Londa Crigger of West Des Moines. Guest book hostesses and those in charge of gifts were Shannel Troutwine of Grant City and Chantel Klejch of Creston,

made of white roses and hydrangeas. All flowers were from Colors Floral and Home Decorating in Greenfield.

The bride graduated from Creston High School in 2008, Southwestern Community College in 2010 and Buena Vista University with a degree in elementary education in 2014. She is currently employed by Fridley Theatres and as a substitute teacher for Creston and East Union community school districts.

The groom is a 1997 graduate of Creston High School. He is currently employed as a conductor with Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad.

The couple honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico, for eight days, and currently reside in Creston.

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Dear Heloise: When I get an advertisement from lawyers, doctors or businesses on MAGNETS, I don’t throw them away — I use them. I take a picture of a family member or pet that’s about the same size. I paste it over the advertisement, then put it on my refrigerator. My family loves my collection, and I even send them to friends. — Earl Harmon, Port St. Lucie, Fla. P.S.: I love your hints in the magazine (Good Housekeeping magazine — Heloise) and newspaper columns.

The other day, I was at a home-improvement store to pick up supplies for a hint I read in your column. The salesman asked what I was making. He said, “What a great idea — did you think of it?” I couldn’t lie and said I read it in your column.

He said, “Wow ... I thought all those helpful hints were about making cupcakes.” I think he is a follower now.

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Horoscope Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Old friends will be back in your life again. Enjoy this opportunity, because it’s good to touch base and have history with people.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Many of you will encounter old bosses and authority figures from your past at this time. Some of you will be in touch with a parent you have not talked to for a while.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) If you have plans to travel in the next month, double-check all your arrangements because delays and glitches are likely.

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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Use the energy of the next month to wrap up details regarding inheritances, insurance matters and shared property. It will be easy to do this.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Ex-partners are back in your life again for some reason. This could be pleasant for some, but not for others. And so it goes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your efficiency at work will suffer in the coming month due to delays, shortages and goofy errors. Just be patient with yourself and others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Old flames will be back in your life again. This often is perversely exciting, isn’t it? Then again, some of you might want to hide in Aisle 3.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Stock the fridge, because in all likelihood, relatives will be camped on your doorstep in the next few weeks. Family reunions and other situations will attract family back to you now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Transportation delays, missed buses and trains, confused communications and friends from the past are par for the course in the coming month. Allow extra time for these delays in your daily routine.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Checks in the mail will be late, and money issues will be stalled during the next month.

Demonstrate grace under pressure.

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PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) In the month ahead, your ability to research and study will be excellent! In particular, you can research anything from the past with great efficiency and productive results.

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SPORTS

Panthers shoot past Clarke in opening minutes

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

Creston took Clarke out of its game plan within the first two minutes here Monday in a 63-28 victory over the visiting Lady Indians.

The Panthers shot 4-of-4 from behind the 3-point arc in the first two minutes of the game, deflating Clarke early.

Creston went on to open the game on an 18-0 run, before Baylie Balcaen scored Clarke’s first basket of the game.

“Thought we really had a good game plan and then Creston comes out and shoots 4-4 in two minutes on 3-pointers,” Clarke head coach Eric Zoske said. “That really changed everything and deflated our mentality a little bit.”

Creston cruised to a 26-2 lead at the end of the first quarter, hitting a total of five

3-pointers in the first quarter.

Jenna Taylor, Taylor Briley and Alli Thomsen hit one apiece, while Brenna Baker knocked down two.

“I really was happy with the way we came out to play tonight,’ Creston head coach Brent Douma said.

“Of course, when you hit the first four shots and they’re all threes, that goes well from there. I just felt we really did stay focused and played hard.

Didn’t let down.”

The Panthers held leads of 43-6 at halftime and 60-14 after three quarters.

Briley led the Panthers with 18 points, while Taylor finished with 17. Cammy Rutherford added 12 points and Baker finished with nine points.

Ruther- Taylor

ford finished with a team-high eight rebounds, as Taylor grabbed six boards and Baker finished with five. Maria Mostek had four offensive rebounds. Baker also recorded six assists and three steals, both team-highs.

“I was happy with our defensive effort,” Douma said.

“We were playing good, smart defense, and I think we only had like two fouls the whole first half, even playing hard defense. Even our rebounding, we really did a nice job there.”

The Panthers played their second straight game without senior Natalie Mostek, who is out with a grade-two stretch of her MCL. The time table for her return is still in question.

“You don’t know how fast each kid heals from something like that,” Douma said.

“Hopefully, she heals fast.”

The Panthers, now 8-4 for

Maroons pull away for homecoming victory

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Diagonal junior Jacob Taylor rises up for a one-handed dunk during the second half of the Maroons’ 58-47 win over Mormon Trail Friday. Taylor scored a game-high 19 points in the win.

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

BOONE — The fourthranked Des Moines Area Community College men blitzed No. 9 Southwestern Saturday, 102-52.

The Bears shot 61.8 percent from the field, including 9-of-16 from 3-point range. Six DMACC players scored in double figures, led by Aarias Austin with 19 points.

Southwestern shot only 31.6 percent from the field.

Jaylon Smith scored 13 points on only eight shots from the field in an efficient night for the Spartans, who fall to 15-4 overall and 1-1 in ICCAC Division II play.

DMACC improves to 17-3 and 3-0 atop the conference.

The Bears led by just a

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Creston senior Brenna Baker tries to drive around Clarke senior Kassidy Spurgin during the second half of Creston’s 63-28 win over the Lady Indians on Monday.

Baker knocked down three 3-pointers in the game.

Baker 5, Maria Mostek 4). Assists — 16 (Baker 6, Briley 4, Mostek 2). Steals — 13 (Baker 3, Briley 3, Rutherford 2, Taylor 2, McIlravy 2). Blocked shots — 2 (Taylor 2).

Team fouls — 7. Fouled out — none.

Clarke — 2 6 14 28 Creston — 26 43 60 63

Diagonal completes comeback CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

DIAGONAL — Trailing 28-23 after three quarters on homecoming here Friday, the Diagonal girls basketball team came back for a 38-34 win over Mormon Trail.

The win improved Diagonal to 3-9 for the season and marked the first home win for the Maroonettes this season.

“I just told the girls, ‘What feeling do you want at the end of this game, especially on homecoming?’” head coach Gina Gunsolley said. “They pulled back in it to win the game. I told the girls you have to make a shot and then you have to make a stop.”

Over the final four minutes of the game, that’s exactly what Diagonal did. The Maroons steadily climbed back

into the game and finally took a 31-30 lead with 3:11 left.

Mormon Trail cut the Diagonal lead to 34-32 with 1:04 left, but Katie Sobotka made enough free throws down the stretch and senior Kaitlyn Klommhaus hit a big shot in the lane to keep Mormon Trail at bay.

“I was telling them every single possession has to count, especially in that close of a game,” Gunsolley said. “We have to have the ball in our hands, and if we miss a shot, we have to get the offensive rebound. That’s what they did.”

Diagonal featured a balanced scoring effort, led by Sobotka’s 11 points, including 4-of-6 shooting at the free throw line. Kasydi Klommhaus, Kaitlyn Klommhaus and Allison Norris each scored seven points. Madison

Lohmann added four points.

Kasydi Klommhaus pulled down a team-high eight rebounds, including five offensive boards.

“It was very good to see everybody stepping up,” Gunsolley said. “Seems like homecoming always brings out a lot of potential in people and that’s what it did tonight.

They’re excited. A win on homecoming is huge.”

The Maroonettes host Lamoni tonight.

MORMON TRAIL (34) DIAGONAL (38) — Katie Sobotka 3 4-6 11, Kasydi Klommhaus 1 5-10 7, Kaitlyn Klommhaus 3 1-2 7, Allison Norris 2 3-6 7, Madison Lohmann 2 0-0 4, Jaci Haidsiak 1 0-0 2. Totals — 12 13-24 38.

FG shooting — 12-39 (30.8 percent). 3-point goals — 1-4 (Sobotka 1). Rebounds — 20 (Kasydi Klommhaus 8, Haidsiak 3, Sobotka 3, Norris 3, Kaitlyn Klommhaus 2).

Assists — 3 (Norris 2). Steals — 6 (Norris 2, Sobotka 2). Blocked shots — 1 (Cassidy Becker 1).

MT — 8 21 28 34 Diagonal — 6 15 23 38

“He’s undersized down in the post,” Warren said. “Mormon Trail has a lot of big, strong guys, but he really works for us down there. He did a great job. Got a bunch of rebounds and just plays so tough down there.”

Diagonal improved to 8-3 for the season, while Mormon Trail dropped to 7-5. The Maroons return to action tonight at home against Lamoni.

MORMON TRAIL (47) — Kale Horton 6 0-0 16, Andrew Reed 5 4-7 14, Jake Horton 3 0-0 7, Brett Leer 1 2-2 4, James Evans 1 2-2 4, Cale Hitt 1 0-0 2. Totals — 17 8-11 47. 3-point goals — 5 (K. Horton 4, J. Horton 1). FG shooting — 17-45 (37.8 percent). Rebounds — 23 (Evans 6). Assists — J. Horton 3.. Steals — J. Horton 2. Team fouls — 19.

Fouled out — none.

DIAGONAL (58) — Jacob Taylor 7 3-5 19, Blake Butler 3 9-12 16, Levi Jarred 5 0-2 12, Gerad Naill 2 2-2 7, Kade Means 2 0-0 4. Totals — 19 14-21 58. 3-point goals — 6 (Taylor 2, Jarred 2, Naill 1, Butler 1). FG shooting — 19-43 (44.2 percent).

Rebounds — 24 (Butler 7, Taylor 6, Means 5, Jarred 4, Naill 2). Assists — 9 (Naill 5, Taylor 3).

Steals —5 (Taylor 4). Blocked shots — 3 (Taylor 2, Jarred 1). Team fouls — 14. Fouled out — none.

MT — 13 20 30 47 Diagonal — 18 30 39 58

DMACC thumps Spartan men, 102-52

By LARRY PETERSON

Clarke (28) — Baylie Balcaen 4 0-0 8, Vanessa Bakley 3 0-0 7, Maddi Heath 1 2-2 4, Savannah Gilbert 1 0-0 3, Kassidy Spurgin 1 0-0 2, Hannah Moore 1 0-0 2, Amanda Kindred 1 0-0 2. Totals — 12 2-2 28. 3-point goals — 2 (Bakley 1, S. Gilbert 1). Team fouls — 11. Fouled out — none.

CRESTON (63) — Taylor Briley 6 4-4 18, Jenna Taylor 7 2-2 17, Cammy Rutherford 6 0-0 12, Brenna Baker 3 0-0 9, Alli Thomsen 1 1-2 4, Caitlin McIlravy 1 1-2 3.

Totals — 24 8-10 63. 3-point goals — 7 (Baker 3, Briley 2, Taylor 1, Thomsen 1). Rebounds — 34 (Rutherford 8, Taylor 7, Briley 6,

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

DIAGONAL — Diagonal overcame early foul trouble to secure a 58-47 win over Mormon Trail here Friday on homecoming.

Jacob Taylor picked up three quick fouls in the first quarter, while Gerad Naill had three fouls in the first half.

Mormon Trail cut Diagonal’s early lead to 21-20 with 4:15 remaining in the first half, forcing Diagonal head coach Matt Warren to call a timeout.

Coming out of the timeout, Diagonal ended the half on a 9-0 run, taking a 30-20 lead into the halftime break.

Levi Jarred got back-to-back layups for the Maroons, before Taylor sank a pair of free throws and then dished to Blake Butler for a buzzer-beating banked 3-pointer.

“We know they’ve got shooters,” Warren said about Mormon Trail. “They had a kid hit four threes. We were worried. We were just trying to take good shots. It was huge in a game like that. Low scoring, slow-paced.

That run was monumental for us.”

The Maroon run continued into the second half, as Jarred got another layup and then Taylor knocked down a 3-pointer from the wing on an inbounds play, giving Diagonal a 35-20 lead.

Diagonal led 39-30 after three quarters and extended the lead to 42-30 after Taylor got a steal and raced in for one-handed dunk.

But Mormon Trail quickly cut the lead to 42-37 with a 7-0 run.

That’s when Taylor knocked down the biggest shot of the night, sinking a 3-pointer from the wing to give the Maroons a 45-37 cushion with less than 4:00 left in the game.

“He hit a huge three down here,” Warren said about Taylor. “It took a lot of guts to take that shot, because that’s one you take and you miss, it hurts you. But you take it and make it, it’s huge.”

Taylor finished with a game-high 19 points in the win, while Butler finished with 16 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Jarred added 12 for the Maroons. Naill recorded seven points with five assists. Taylor had six rebounds, four steals, three assists and two blocked shots.

Butler came up big for the Maroons down the stretch, drawing fouls in the post and getting to the free throw line.

the season, return to action at home tonight against Clarinda, which is 3-10 after a 68-54 loss to Central Decatur Monday. Clarke dropped to 0-14.

“I want to give Creston some compliments,” Zoske said. “They beat us by two last year, 45-43. They’ve gotten a lot better. I’m assuming they do a good offseason workout and their head coach this year is a first-year, I know. From my short experience from this game, they’ve gotten a lot better. They’ve got a good thing going.”

9-8 margin early, but quickly zoomed to a 41-15 advantage and stretched it to 5919 by halftime.

“They have a sophomore-dominated group that has played in the national tournament, they’ve been in big-time games, and that experience showed,” SWCC coach Todd Lorensen said. “I don’t know that we were prepared to play in a game like that. We called a couple of timeouts to try to convince them to grind away, but we just never pulled it together.”

Southwestern hits the road again Wednesday in league play at Fort Dodge against Iowa Central, now 12-7 overall and 1-2 in the league after a three-overtime loss to NIACC, 92-88.

No. 12-ranked Kirkwood visits Southwestern at 3 p.m. Saturday.

DMACC (102) — Aarias Austin 7 0-0 19, Jamar Hurdle 6 3-3 16, Jon Fuqua 7 1-1 15, Paris Collins 5 2-4 12, Johnny Benson 6 0-0 12, Elliott DeFreitas 5 1-2 11, Trey Sampson 2 2-2 7, Cam Epps 2 0-0 5, Matt Hislop 1 0-0 3, Alex Kuster 1 0-0 2. Totals — 42 9-12 102. FG shooting — 42-68 (61.8 percent). 3-point goals — 9-16 (Austin 5, Sampson 1, Hurdle 1, Epps 1, Hislop 1).

Rebounds — 46 (Hurdle 11).

Assists — 20 (Austin 6). Steals — 12 (Collins 5). Turnovers — 14. Team fouls — 13. Fouled out — None.

SOUTHWESTERN (52) — Jaylon Smith 5 0-0 13, Josh Tolbert 3 0-0 9, TJ Bower 3 0-0 8, Jok Kut 2 1-2 5, Josh Kirk 2 1-1 5, Ahmad Newsome 1 0-0 3, Malik Williams 1 0-0 3, Mataika Koyamainavure 0 2-4 2, Austin Weber 0 2-2 2, Simon Joseph 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 6-10 52. FG shooting — 18-57 (31.6 percent). 3-point goals — 10-32 (Smith 3, Tolbert 3, Bower 2, Newsome 1, Williams 1). Rebounds — 24 (Joseph 7). Assists — 8 (Newsome 3).

Steals — 7 (Smith 2). Blocked shots — 2 (Kut 2). Turnovers — 23. Team fouls — 14. Fouled out — None.

DMACC — 59 102 SWCC — 19 52

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Diagonal girls basketball players, from left, Cassie Lohmann, Grace Hall (34), Cassidy Becker (44), Allison Norris (54), Madison Lohmann and head coach Gina Gunsolley celebrate the team’s first home win of the season Friday, 38-34 over Mormon Trail.

DMACC women start strong against Spartans

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

BOONE —Three sophomores scored in double figures as Southwestern women battled Saturday against a DMACC team that has received national ratings votes.

DMACC improved to 13-6 overall and 2-1 in ICCAC play with a 62-51 victory over the Spartans, who fell to 2-14 and 1-2 in the league.

After the Bears led 34-18 at halftime, Southwestern outscored DMACC 33-28 during the second half. Peyton Russell scored 13 points for the Spartans, Jordan Williamson added 12 and Jill Vanderhoof netted 10.

“We started slow and we were kind of in panic mode against their press early,” said SWCC coach Addae Houston. “But we did some good things against a good team.

We just had one stretch in the first half where we played poorly. We showed we can

compete against these teams.”

The Spartans travel Wednesday to Iowa Central, which has also received ratings votes in a 13-5 season, and 2-1 in the conference. League leader and No. 8-ranked Kirkwood (15-4, 3-0) visits Southwestern at 1 p.m. Saturday.

DMACC (62) — London Vais 8 7-8 24, Ashley Dumler 7 2-2 16, Latosha Harmon 2 4-5 8, Kiana Peterson 2 0-1 6, Cassie Geopfert 2 1-1 5, Nikki Paulson 1 1-2 3.

Totals — 22 15-20 62. FG shooting — 22-61 (36.1 percent). 3-point goals — 3-17 (Peterson 2, Vais 1). Rebounds — 43 (Peterson 9).

Assists — 12 (McAtee 4). Steals — 12 (Peterson 3, Geopfert 3).

Blocked shots — 5 (Peterson 3).

Turnovers — 18. Team fouls — 23.

Fouled out — Paulson, Geopfert.

SOUTHWESTERN (51) — Peyton Russell 3 7-10 13, Jordan Williamson 5 0-2 12, Jill Vanderhoof 2 4-4 10, Olivia Reifert 1 4-6 6, Sa’Lisa Bruce 1 2-4 4, Cambry Schluter 1 0-0 3, Ashley McCrary 1 0-1 2, LaStella Slack 0 1-2 1. Totals — 14 18-29 51. FG shooting — 14-54 (25.9 percent).

3-point goals — 5-17 (Vanderhoof 2, Williamson 2, Schluter 1).

Rebounds — 48 (Slack 10, Reifert 10, Williamson 6, Russell 6).

Assists — 8 (Fountain 2, Stewart 2, Wiliamson 2). Steals — 11 (Fountain 2, Russell 2, Williamson 2). Turnovers — 20. Team fouls — 20. Fouled out — None.

DMACC — 34 62 SWCC — 18 51

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