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County youth favor Trump, Sanders in straw poll Held Tuesday, the straw poll included more than 50,000 students across Iowa. Three area schools participated.

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By IAN RICHARSON CNA staff reporter

CNA photo by KELSEY HAUGEN

Adult coloring event: Deb Loudon, left, and Barbara Barkalow, both of Creston, work on coloring pages and enjoy

hot cocoa during the “Crayons and Cocoa” adult coloring event at Gibson Memorial Library Tuesday afternoon. There was no contest during this event, but rather gave participants a chance for a little art therapy. Nearly 30 people attended Tuesday.

Fishing Fogle

Local ice fishing tournament scheduled 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Diagonal at Fogle Lake.

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DIAGONAL — Time to gear up and get out on the ice.

A two-person ice fishing tournament will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Fogle Lake in Diagonal.

“It’s just something we’ve done probably 12 or 13 years,” said Les Elliot, organizer.

The event, which takes place at the lake and camping area north of Diagonal, was not held the past few years because of poor ice conditions.

The cost is a cash-only $20 entry fee per person, and registration is from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. that day at the boat ramp.

“We’ve had as few as 12 teams, and as many as 35 teams,” Elliot said. “It’s going to be a nice day.

It’ll be in the mid-40s. I’m guessing we’ll have from 30 to 35 teams, somewhere in there.”

Winners will receive 75 percent of the entry fee

and 25 percent will go toward walleye stocking at Fogle Lake. Crappie, bluegill, yellow perch, red-ear and green sunfish will be the only species accepted at the 3 p.m. weigh-in.

“Hopefully we have a beautiful day, and hopefully it’ll be a safe day,” Elliot said. “I was on the ice myself this past Sunday, and it was nine-inches thick.”

Elliot, who said the event is scheduled every year the ice is thick enough, said the event is good for the lake and the county.

“It’s good to fish the lake because the more fish you can take out of it, it helps with the life cycle of the lake,” Elliot said. “It’s just a good all-around event.

It’s good for the lake, it’s good for the town. It brings people to town.”

All state laws regarding fishing license and ATV registration will be in effect during this tournament.

For more information, contact Elliot at 641-3447477, or visit the Fogle Lake Ice Fishing Tournament Facebook event page.

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Curt Dvorak of Dexter shows off a fish he caught this month ice fishing at a lake near Greenfield. Ice fishing is a popular winter sport in Iowa, and an ice fishing tournament is scheduled for Saturday at Fogle Lake in Diagonal.

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More than 300 Union County students in grades K-12 cast their votes Tuesday in the largest youth straw poll in Iowa history.

Organized by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, the 2016 Iowa Youth Presidential Straw Poll included more than 50,000 students statewide.

Schools encoura g e d students to vote in both Republi- Pate can and Democratic Straw Polls. The age groups and grades varied depending on the school.

Participating schools in Union County included East Union, Creston and St. Malachy. Bernie Sanders was Union County’s top Democratic vote-getter on the Democratic side with 40.7 percent, followed by Hillary Clinton with 32.1 percent.

Donald Trump was the clear favorite on the Republican side, earning 28.7 percent and nearly doubling runner-up Dr. Ben Carson, who had 15.9 percent. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio tied for third with 14 percent.

Sanders and Trump also won statewide. Trump garnered 25 percent of the Re-

publican vote, with Marco Rubio sitting in second place with 18.4 percent. Dr. Ben Carson is just behind him with 18.0 percent, and Ted Cruz is in fourth place at 15 percent. More schools are expected to turn in results today.

On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders was the overwhelming statewide Youth Straw Poll winner with 53 percent of the vote.

Hillary C l i n t o n Sanders finished second at 30 percent, and Martin O’Malley placed third with 10 percent.

“I think it’s important that young people’s voices are heard and that we give them an early opportunity to participate in our elections. I hope this is just the beginning of a lifetime of civics engagement for them,” Pate said. “I also hope Iowa maintains its first-in-the-nation status for a long time. It is vital to this state.”

The Iowa Youth Presidential Straw Poll is part of the Caucus 101 curriculum developed by Secretary of State Pate for Iowa schools.

Pate encouraged schools to conduct both a Democratic and Republican Straw Poll.

All of the presidential candidates submitted videos with messages aimed toward Iowa youth as part of the curriculum. Many schools used those videos to inform the students about each candidate prior to the Straw Poll.

Access the full Iowa Youth Straw Poll results and find school-by-school analysis at http://teachers. caucus101.com/resources/.

Donald Trump refuses final Fox News debate MARSHALLTOWN (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday bowed out of the final Republican presidential debate before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, saying Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly is “a lightweight.”

With 48 hours to go before the faceoff, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski confirmed Trump’s decision Tuesday evening after a press conference in which Trump lashed out at Kelly and said she’d been “toying” with him.

“He will not be participating in

Trump calls Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly “a lightweight,”plans to hold event in Iowa the same night as the debate to raise money for wounded veterans.

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the Fox News debate Thursday,” Lewandowski said immediately after the press conference.

Trump, who called his decision “pretty close to irrevocable” in the press conference, said he’d hold an Iowa event at the same time as the debate to raise money for

wounded veterans. Iowa hosts the nation’s opening presidential primary contest on Monday.

“With me, they’re dealing with somebody that’s a little bit different. They can’t toy with me like they toy with everybody else,” he said. “Let them have their debate

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He added, “Why do I have to make Fox rich?”

On Tuesday night’s airing of Trump her Fox News show, “The Kelly File,” Kelly said she’ll be at the debate, which will “go on with or without Mr. Trump.”

In a statement released Tuesday

night, a Fox News spokesperson said Trump is still welcome to participate in the debate, but will not be allowed to “dictate the moderators or the questions.”

“Capitulating to politicians’ ultimatums about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards,” Fox said.

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Deaths Peggy Freemyer Gretna, Neb.

Peggy Freemyer, 83, of Gretna, Nebraska, formerly of Creston, died Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at her Freemyer home in Gretna.

Services were 10:30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 25, at Pearson Funeral Home, 809 W. Montgomery St., in Creston. Burial will be at a later date at Graceland Cemetery in Creston.

Father Ken Halbur officiated. Family received friends from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Gibson Memorial Library in Creston.

Peggy was born Jan. 9, 1933, in Canova, South Dakota, to Forest Foster and Vera (Vroman) Foster.

Peggy was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until the family’s move to Creston in 1945. She graduated from Creston High School in 1951. Peggy delighted in reminiscing with her classmates and the fun they had, and when she was a part of the 50-year class reunion committee. She exchanged weekly emails with many of these childhood friends. Her dear friend Kathryn (Brotherton) Kennedy and Peggy exchanged emails almost daily.

On July 25, 1952, Peggy was united in marriage to Gene J. Freemyer at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Gene left for the Korean Conflict two weeks later, and Peggy resumed her job as a telephone operator in Creston. In 1954, Peggy transferred to the phone company in Iowa City as Gene began work on his bachelor’s degree.

The couple moved to Ames in 1955 to Pammel Court on the campus of Iowa State University.

While Gene continued his work towards his degree, Peggy stayed home to raise their children.

Kristi Kaye born in 1956, Rebecca Ann born in 1957 and Tamera Lynn born in 1959.

Peggy lived in southwest Iowa settling in Prescott on an acreage to raise their girls. In this community, Peggy volunteered in a variety of organizations as most small town people do.

Helping with activities at church and school became her full time vocation. She loved her acreage and her flowers! Peggy gardened and canned, but truly enjoyed her flowers the most. A self-taught seamstress, Peggy spent many a day working on prom dresses and pant suits for the girls. Much to Gene’s dismay, “hot pants” became the rage in the early

70s as Peggy could make them from fabric remnants. Gene would give the girls “grief” as they left the house in this attire.

Peggy sent their youngest Tammy off to Iowa State University in 1978. She and Gene moved to Creston shortly thereafter as Gene became an engineer for the BNSF Railroad.

Encouraging the girls to “finish your education” became her new vocation!

As each daughter graduated from Iowa State University, Peggy felt a sense of accomplishment. “A good education is a lifelong investment.”

Peggy enjoyed a number of hobbies over the years.

She dabbled in painting and floral arrangement.

She spent time researching family genealogy. She and Gene enjoyed owning race horses over the years.

Many a “heated debate” came as they planned race entries, and the buying and selling of the horses.

Peggy’s favorite pastime was reading and visiting with friends and family.

You could always have a cup of coffee at her table or get the title of a good book to read.

Peggy considered the blessing of a long life came in the form of grandchildren. Her granddaughters, Heidi and Claire Perry, and grandson, Jacob Haynes, were a source of laughter and joy. As the years passed and she became a “Great-Grandma,” the delight of her heart was in these little children.

Peggy lived for pictures, colorings and visits from the “precious faces” of Rebecca and Matthew Clark, Maddox Haynes and Hannah and Benjamin Cunningham. These children delighted in “Grandma Peggy’s cookies.”

“Her children will rise up and call her blessed…”

Prov.31:28 This describes the life of Peggy Freemyer.

She fiercely loved her family, God and her country. She defended all of these in many a debate as she was well read, well informed and never a fence sitter.

Peggy’s survivors include her children, Kristi (Steve) Perry of Gretna, Nebraska, and Tammy (Mark) Haynes of Rogers, Arkansas; sisters-inlaw, Connie (Rex) Spainhower of Creston and Sue Freemyer of Lebanon, Missouri; grandchildren, Heidi (Dave) Clark, Claire (Charles) Cunningham and Jacob Haynes; great-grandchildren Rebecca, Matthew, Maddox, Hannah and Benjamin as well as other nieces and nephews.

Peggy was preceded in death by her husband Gene; daughter Rebecca; her parents; parents-in-law Gene and Monola Freemyer; brothers, Anthony and Jerald Hollestelle and sisters, Norene Hollestelle and Pat Kelley as well as other extended family.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Showtime: A group of Little Dazzlers who attended a dance camp for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade students earlier in the day perform a routine with the Southwestern Community College Dazzlers dance team during halftime of the men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon.

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the candidates to participate, but each campaign ultimately makes their own decision what’s in their best interest,” said RNC chief strategist Sean Spicer.

Trump had suggested he might skip the Fox debate earlier in the day, drawing a sarcastic statement from the television network that “the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president.”

“A nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the

Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings,” the Fox statement said.

The New York real estate mogul’s presence has helped produce massive ratings in the previous six Republican presidential debates. His decision leaves seven candidates to share the primetime stage Thursday: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

“Let them have their debate. I’m going to raise money during that period of time for the wounded war-

Sanders says no tragedy if he loses Iowa DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders contends his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination would succeed even if he fails to prevail in the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, saying in an interview with The Associated Press he is prepared to go the distance against front-runner Hillary Clinton.

“If I lose Iowa by two votes and end up with virtually the same number of delegates, is that a mustlose situation? Is that a tragedy? No,” Sanders said aboard a charter flight en route to Duluth, Minnesota, where he spoke at a rally with 6,000 supporters. “We are running a campaign that will take us to the convention and I’m very proud of the kinds of enormous gains we have made.”

Sanders has said previously that he could win Iowa but his comments suggested an attempt to lower expectations in the final week before the caucuses. Asked if the Iowa contest is a must-win, he responded: “That’s mythology.”

Sanders told reporters earlier in the day in Des Moines that if he could

“We will win here in Iowa if the voter turnout is high and frankly if the voter turnout is not high we’re going to be struggling.”

— Bernie Sanders

Democratic presidential candidate

generate large turnout among non-traditional voters, young people and workers, he could claim victory.

“We will win here in Iowa if the voter turnout is high and frankly if the voter turnout is not high we’re going to be struggling,” he said.

In the AP interview, he noted with a populist flair that if former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered a race against him and Republican Donald Trump, “two of the three candidates would be multi-billionaires. And by the way I’m the one who is not the multi-billionaire.”

“Let them have their debate. I’m going to raise money during that period of time for the wounded warriors and for the vets. Let Fox play its games.”

— Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate

riors and for the vets. Let Fox play its games,” Trump said.

He added, “I don’t think Iowa’s gonna care.”

At the very least, the high-profile debate feud serves as a major distraction in the Republican contest just six days before Iowa voters cast the first votes in the 2016 primary contest.

Trump, now locked in a tight race with Texas Sen.

Arrests of Oregon standoff leaders leaves 1 dead BURNS, Ore. (AP) — Federal and state officials were restricting access to the Oregon refuge being occupied by an armed group after one of the occupiers was killed during a traffic stop and eight more, including the group’s leader Ammon Bundy, were arrested.

The group, which has included people from as far away as Arizona and Michigan, seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2. They want federal lands turned over to local authorities. The confrontation came amid increasing calls for law enforcement to take action against Bundy for the illegal occupation of the wildlife refuge.

Details of the fatal encounter were sparse. It happened as Bundy and his followers were heading to a community late Tuesday afternoon in John Day, about 70 miles north of Burns.

Arianna Finicum Brown confirmed that her father, Arizona rancher Robert

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The FBI and Oregon State Police would only say the man killed in the police shooting was wanted by federal authorities, and said no more information would be released pending identification by the medical examiner.

Jason Patrick, one of the leaders of the occupation, told Oregon Public Broadcasting that five or six group members remain inside the refuge. The FBI and Oregon State Police said they were setting up checkpoints in the refuge Wednesday.

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Schedule of driver’s license examiners: Bedford: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St. Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

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

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

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St. Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St. Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

Wednesday

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Homestead Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. Blood pressure clinic by Crest Haven Care Centre nurses, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lorimor City Hall.

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

Thursday

United Methodist Men, 12:05 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. Creston High School class of 1946 alumni, 12:30 p.m. luncheon, The Windrow.

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.

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

AA, Prescott Friday Night Group, 6 p.m., United Church (Disciples of Christ), 401 Sixth Ave., Prescott. Use east door.

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

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

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Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 308 W. Union St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

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The goal of the rally is to celebrate the school choices available to families in Iowa and to raise awareness among parents about the options available in their neighborhoods.

The rally is timed to coincide with National School Choice Week (Jan. 24-30), which will be America’s largest-ever celebration of opportunity in education, featuring more than 16,000 events nationwide.

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Benjamin Saville, 19, of Delphos was charged on a Union County warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance 5:49 p.m.

Tuesday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

Saville was being held on $1,000 bond.

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Loss estimate is $10,000.

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OPINION

Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Dolecheck’s details Budget overview The second week of session has started, and another heated debate over school funding has begun. It is important to understand the facts upon which the budget is built and the context in which the discussion occurs.

The difference between FY 2016 actual spending and the FY 2017 revenue estimate is $153 million (2 percent growth). Therefore, revenue growth is $153 million, and any additional spending ideas from the legislature must fit within that $153 million figure.

The 2016 Legislature arrived in January with several “built-in” spending increases totaling $207.8 million already approved by the legislature and the governor or required by the code. They include things like Medicaid, teacher leadership and compensation system and business property tax credit.

On top of the “built-ins” and

State Representative Cecil Dolecheck Iowa House District 24

“anticipated expenses,” there are the yearly increases in funding requested by various entities. Some of those are supplemental state aid for K-12 schools and additional funding for the Regents universities and community colleges.

All of that must fit within the $153 million of growth and within the overall ongoing revenue amount that is projected to be collected in FY 2017. The process we are going through is finding a way to provide K-12 schools with the most responsible increase possible while not sacrificing other priorities like public safety and economic growth.

The tax-coupling bill

The tax-coupling bill has an impact on the FY 2016 ending balance and the FY 2017 ongoing revenue levels. Any agreement will impact discussions on school aid and budget targets.

The House begins discussing how to move forward on tax-coupling with the Internal Revenue Code in tax years 2015 and 2016.

That decision affects the revenues the legislature will use while determining the FY 2017 state budget.

Until a decision on tax-coupling is reached, the level of available revenue growth remains at $153 million.

The coupling bill updates Iowa law to conform to certain tax changes enacted by Congress. It is always important that this bill is passed quickly as tax preparers and accountants need to know what deductions Iowans can take on their 2015 income taxes.

The governor’s plan is to not

couple at all for tax year 2015.

That means taxpayers would not be able to take advantage of any of the tax extenders Congress just passed that have an Iowa component when they do their taxes this April.

House Ways and Means Chair Tom Sands has an idea that couples with everything except bonus depreciation, which would include Section 179 depreciation, in tax year 2015. It also does not add the permanency of the governor’s plan. There is a $95.7 million impact on FY 2016 revenue. That money goes directly to taxpayers.

Additionally, $86.5 million is added to FY 2017 ongoing revenue with roughly $55 million of that available for appropriation under the state’s expenditure limitation law.

Caucus As you likely know, the Iowa

Caucuses are 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at your respective polling location.

It is important to note your Caucus location might be different than your typical polling place.

To determine your Caucus location, visit www.sos.iowa.gov. The “Caucus locations” web link will help you determine your precinct, which will lead you to your Caucus location.

If you have questions, you may contact the Secretary of State at 515-281-5204.

What do you think? Email me your thoughts. My email address is: cecil.dolecheck@legis.iowa. gov. The number for the House switchboard is 515-281-3221, seat 65. Information about my legislative forum schedule, past newsletters and biography can be found at www.iowahouserepublicans.com/ members/cecil-dolecheck.

Des Moines Register reported the presidential candidates have scheduled 100 speeches HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America, and how’s everybody?

Washington D.C. was buried in three feet of snow Monday following the weekend blizzard, and the U.S. government remained completely shut down. When the sun finally came out it was quite picturesque. The U.S. Capitol was so white it just got an Academy Award nomination for Best Building.

Chris Rock resisted calls by civil rights leaders to boycott hosting the Oscars because no black actors were nominated. It’s risky to venture an opinion. Actress Julie Delpy ignited a firestorm by saying white actresses have it tougher than African Americans in Hollywood, so the studio sold her.

Clint Eastwood addressed reporters Sunday and advised the snubbed black Oscar nominees to drop their boycott and stop whining, saying not everybody can win.

The conservative backlash did not end there. Donald Trump vowed to ban the Best Foreign Language category if he’s the president.

New York former mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg said Sunday he’s considering a third-party run for the presidency. He could face some legal obstacles. According to the United States Constitution, in order to be president you have to be tall enough to ride the Matterhorn at Disneyland.

The Des Moines Register reported on Monday that the presidential candidates have scheduled one hundred speeches before Monday’s Iowa caucuses. The locals hate to see it end. Once the candidates leave Iowa for the next

Topical humor Argus Hamilton

primary, Iowans have to go back to fertilizing the crops themselves.

Bill Cosby won a defamation suit brought by one of the women whom he allegedly knocked out with Quaaludes to have sex with her. Quaaludes were discontinued

by FDA order thirty-five years ago. After that, sexual predators in L.A. had to put women to sleep by reading their pilot scripts to them.

Hindu temples in India decided Monday to enforce the ban on Hindu women wearing western clothing in India. Hindus call upon women to agree to arranged marriages, have many children and then care for them. Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation, the other eight are unimportant.

Florida State reached a settlement with former Seminole quarterback Jameis Winston’s rape accuser and agreed to pay her two hundred fifty grand—however, her lawyer will get seven hundred thousand dollars. This case isn’t over. The DA has just filed rape charges against the Bar Association.

Democratic Socialist candidate Bernie Sanders went flying by Hillary Clinton in an Iowa poll Monday due to voters’ mistrust. He’s quite exotic to Iowans. However, Bernie still gets agitated whenever somebody asks him if he’s going to do another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm if he loses.

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A tale of two grandmothers On a recent snowy January night in upstate New York, a grandmother turned herself in to the Jamesville Correctional Facility, to serve a six-month sentence.

Her crime? Taking photos. Mary Anne Grady Flores was photographing eight others protesting at the gates of Hancock Field Air National Guard Base outside Syracuse, N.Y. The group, the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, gathered there on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, protesting the weaponized drones used in the Obama administration’s targeted killing program. It was only one of many of the group’s peaceful vigils.

“It was Ash Wednesday, it’s a day of atonement in our tradition ... as Catholic workers,” Grady Flores told me on the “Democracy Now!” news program, hours before turning herself in. “It’s really important to get the word out of what’s going on at the base, which are war crimes.” Hancock Field is the home of the 174th Attack Wing of the Air National Guard, which operates a fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones, “a persistent hunter-killer of emerging targets,” in the U.S. Air Force’s own words.

Grady Flores stood away from the vigil, taking photos, in part because a judge had issued an “order of protection” against her and other protesters as the result of a 2012 protest, when the group managed to block three entrances to the base for an hour. The order was issued at the request of the 174th Attack Wing’s Mission Support Group commander, Col. Earl A. Evans. Violation of the order to stay away from Evans’ home, school or “business” is considered a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. Grady Flores learned upon her arrest that the base’s property reached well beyond the gate, across the road to where she was standing.

King Features commentary Amy Goodman

“Taking photographs, of course, is a First Amendment-protected activity. Demonstrating is a First Amendment-protected activity,” Jonathan Wallace told us, appearing with Grady Flores on our program. Wallace is an attorney who has worked extensively with the drone resistance movement.

“These orders of protection are a pre-printed form with blanks that police and prosecutors fill out every day to protect battered spouses and witnesses who are assaulted.”

Another colonel weighed in on the case. Col. Ann Wright served in the military for 29 years, then as a high-level State Department official. In 1997, she was given the State Department Award for Heroism for helping evacuate thousands during the civil war in Sierra Leone. She was deputy chief of mission when the U.S. embassy reopened in Afghanistan in 2001. In 2003, she resigned her post to protest the war in Iraq. “I find it quite embarrassing and ludicrous that a U.S. military commander decided that his personal security is so threatened by peaceful, nonviolent protesters of the drone policies of the U.S.,” Wright wrote in support of Grady Flores. “I would have expected a U.S. commander to have had the courage to meet with the group of concerned citizens rather than obtaining a cowardly order of protection.”

Two months after the Ash Wednesday protest where Grady Flores was charged with violating the order, on May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the National Defense University defending his drone

program: “Before any strike is taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured -- the highest standard we can set.” Despite his pledges, the civilian death toll from U.S. drone strikes continues to climb.

We all too rarely learn the names of these victims. On Oct. 24, 2012, for example, the CIA launched a drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Mamana Bibi, a 67-yearold grandmother who was picking okra, was killed. Bibi’s grandson, 12-year-old Zubair Rehman, and his 8-year-old sister, Nabila, were among the injured. After multiple surgeries, Zubair and Nabila came to the United States with their father, Rafiq, a schoolteacher, to testify before Congress. After they testified, they made their way to our studios in New York City, where we interviewed them. In his congressional testimony, little Zubair said: “I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are gray. ... When the skies brighten, though, the drones return, and so, too, does the fear.”

Mary Anne Grady Flores was wearing a scarf on the day she went to prison -- but not for protection from the snow. “I’m wearing a blue scarf today, and the kids from Afghanistan were the ones that sent this bolt of cloth,” she told us, so “that someday we could live with the vision of the future of blue skies, of peace.” *** Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,300 stations.

She is the co-author, with Denis Moynihan, of “The Silenced Majority,” a New York Times best-seller. (c) 2016 Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Distributed by King Features Syndicate

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Horoscope Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Because the Moon is opposite your sign today, you will have to be accommodating and go more than halfway when dealing with others. (This will make life easier.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It will please you to do something to feel like you’re getting better organized. If nothing else, get rid of five things from your medicine cabinet. You can do it.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel playful and prankish today. Basically, you want to have fun! Enjoy sports events, social occasions, the arts, the theater and creative times with children.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Home, family and private discussions are significant today.

Do what you can to smooth over troubled waters and tension at home due to increased activity.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a strong day for those of you who sell, market, teach, act or write, because you will be very clear in what you want to say.

You also have lots of mental energy!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Cash flow, money, financial situations and, to a lesser extent, your possessions are your top priorities today. This is a good day to sort out your assets.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign, along with fiery Mars.

This gives you an advantage over all the other signs; therefore, use this in a way that will benefit you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You will prefer to work behind the scenes today because you want to keep a low profile.

Be aware that someone might be working against your best interests.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) A discussion with a female friend will be important today. This is a good day to share your hopes and dreams for the future with others in order to get their feedback.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Personal details about your private life might be made public today because the Moon is at high noon in your chart.

Definitely, people notice you.

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PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Make friends with your bank account so that you know what’s happening with shared property, taxes, debt, inheritances and insurance issues.

Stay on top of things.

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Therefore, make friends and join clubs and organizations.

If you help others, you will be helping yourself.

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Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, January 27, 2016

USDA expands microloans to help farmers purchase farmland and improve property WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin offering farm ownership microloans, creating a new financing avenue for farmers to buy and improve property. These microloans will be especially helpful to beginning or underserved farmers, U.S. vet-

erans looking for a career in farming and those who have small and mid-sized farming operations.

“Many producers, especially new and underserved farmers, tell us that access to land is one of the biggest challenges they face in establishing and growing their own farming operation,” Harden said. “USDA is making it easier for new farmers to hit

the ground running and get access to the land that they need to establish their farms or improve their property.”

The microloan program, which celebrates its third anniversary this January, has been hugely successful, providing more than 16,800 low-interest loans, totaling over $373 million to producers across the country. Microloans have helped farmers

and ranchers with operating costs, such as for feed, fertilizer, tools, fencing, equipment and living expenses, since 2013. Seventy percent of loans have gone to new farmers.

Now, microloans will be available to also help with farm land and building purchases, and soil and water conservation improvements.

FSA designed the expanded

program to simplify the application process, expand eligibility requirements and expedite smaller real estate loans to help farmers strengthen their operations. Microloans provide up to $50,000 to qualified producers, and can be issued to the applicant directly from the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA).

This microloan announcement is another USDA re-

source for America’s farmers and ranchers to utilize, especially as new and beginning farmers and ranchers (https:// newfarmers.usda.gov/) look for the assistance they need to get started. To learn more about the FSA microloan program visit www.fsa.usda. gov/microloans, or contact your local FSA office. To find your nearest office location, visit http://offices.usda.gov.

Adair and Guthrie Counties launches new emergency notification system GUTHRIE CENTER – A new emergency notification system will be launched March 1 by the Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Agencies (EMA).

The Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Notification System is part of the growing statewide notification system Alert Iowa. Currently, 90 of Iowa’s 99 counties have or are in the process of implementing this statewide emergency notification system.

Alert Iowa was developed

by Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management to provide all counties with access to a single, statewide

notification system that provides local control of how and when to disseminate emergency and public safety messages to residents.

Adair and Guthrie County EMA will be activating public access to the new system Feb. 1. The existing CodeRED alerting system will remain in place through March 1 as citizens register for the new system and then that program will be eliminated.

“Joining the Alert Iowa System gives us more flexibility in providing alerts to the public, continue to provide automated weather warnings, provide us with more options and significantly reduce emergency alerting costs for

the agencies,” said Robert Kempf, coordinator of Adair and Guthrie County EMA. Residents will be able to choose the types of alerts they receive for severe weather watches and warnings. Alerts can be sent to residents via landline and cell phone, text messaging and email.

In addition, Iowa Emergency Management has been granted access to interface the new system with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) to send imminent emergency and public safety messages through the Emergency Alert System, NOAA Weather Radio and the

49th general CRP signup underway DES MOINES — Late in December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the 49th general signup for the popular Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

More than 800 contracts encompassing nearly 22,000 acres of general CRP expire in Iowa this fall, and this is the first opportunity for landowners to bid land back into the general CRP since June 2013. Landowners have until Feb. 26 to make an offer.

“Whether the goal is to

bring back pheasants, plant woodland for long-term profit or improve water quality, the general Conservation Reserve Program is great for landowners and farmers who want to protect environmentally sensitive land,” said Chuck Gipp, director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

“This sign-up is expected to be very competitive, and Iowa landowners will have to make the best offers possible to be accepted,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland game

biologist for the Iowa DNR. Bogenschutz suggested landowners should visit with one of the DNR’s private lands staff to explore all potential options.

To contact a DNR wildlife biologist or forester to receive technical help or to learn more about options available with the CRP, visit www.iowadnr.gov/crp or visit the local USDA office.

Pheasants Forever also have staff available to assist Iowa landowners with the CRP at iowapf.net/Staff.aspx.

Ashley Stewart joins Farm Bureau Financial Services Farm Bureau Financial Services introduces Ashley Stewart as the most recent addition to the Union C o u n - Stewart ty office in Creston. As an agent,

Public notice Shull, Schrum, McClaflin & Co., Inc. . today released an audit report on the Southern Iowa Trolley. The Organization reported total operating revenues of $534,924 for the year ended June 30, 2015, from $465,489 of transportation revenues, $58,807 of member support and $10,628 of miscellaneous revenues. Nonoperating revenues totaled $781,024 from $625,436 of operating grants and support and $155,588 of capital grants.

Expenses totaled $1,279,241, for the year ended June 30, 2015, which included $773,402 for employee wages and benefits, $203,334 for fuel and vehicle maintenance, $99,837 for insurance, $35,524 for occupancy costs and $115,755 for depreciation.

A copy of the audit report is available for review in the offices of the Auditor of State and at Southern Iowa Trolley.

Stewart is excited about the opportunity to help Farm Bureau clients and members prepare for the future and protect what matters most to them by providing products and services that protect families, individuals and businesses.

Prior to joining Farm Bureau Financial Services,

Stewart was the marketing coordinator for Dalton Ag, Inc. in Lenox. Ashley is married to Kevin Stewart from Maloy and has three step-daughters, Samantha, Madalynn and Danielle.

Stewart enjoys running, hunting, watching her step-daughters play sports and spending time with her family riding horses.

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Wireless Emergency Alerts system. Using IPAWS for local alerts will be another method to ensure the most urgent information is delivered to as many residents as possible when an emergency is happening and requires the public to take immediate action.

Residents can sign up for multiple phone numbers and email addresses to receive emergency alerts for their 911 address within the counties. You may also sign up for alerts that may impact your place of business by registering separately for that address as well.

To register for the Adair and Guthrie County Emer-

gency Notification System (Alert Iowa) visit http://tinyurl.com/AG-alerts or the Emergency Management pages at www.adaircountyiowa.org or www.guthriecounty.org. You can click the signup button on the Adair and Guthrie County EMAs Facebook page at www.facebook. com/Adair-Guthrie-CountyEMAs-164268680438351/ .

Representatives will be in each community from 7 to 9 p.m. on different days during the month of February to assist people in signing up.

The community schedule is below: Feb. 2 – Panora Fire Station Feb. 3 – Guthrie Center

Fire Station Feb. 4 – Orient Fire Station Feb. 5 – Yale Fire Station Feb. 8 – Bagley Fire Station Feb. 9 – Casey Fire Station Feb. 10 – Jamaica Fire Station Feb. 11 – Adair Fire Station Feb. 15 – Bridgewater Fire Station Feb. 16 – Fontanelle Fire Station Feb. 17 – Stuart Fire Station Feb. 18 – Greenfield Fire Station Feb. 19 – Menlo Fire Station Feb. 22 – Bayard Fire Station

Pork Congress has another manure applicator training opportunity DES MOINES – Producers attending the Iowa Pork Congress Thursday in Des Moines can fulfill annual training requirements for manure applicator certification.

The two-hour confinement site training will be led

by Jeff Prier, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Dan Andersen, Iowa State University (ISU), from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 103 on the lower level of Hy-Vee Hall. Pro-

ducers must be on time and stay for the entire session to qualify for certification.

Please pre-register with Tyler Bettin, Iowa Pork Producers Association, at 800-372-7675 or by email at tbettin@iowapork.org and bring any current applicator certification card to the session.

Or, visit the ISU booth, number 1127, to quiz DNR on Jan. 28 or ISU on your manure application concerns.

Pet over population causes thousands of animals to be put to sleep yearly in this area alone. Have your pets spayed or neutered.

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Career 40-point games by Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, most in the NBA since 200708.

Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Lenox win sets up Friday showdown

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor svicker@crestonnews.com

Durant

National Digest

Costly punch INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Blake Griffin is expected to miss four to six weeks with a broken shooting hand after punching a Los Angeles Clippers staff member during a road trip.

The star forward underwent a procedure and was treated by an orthopedic surgeon after returning early to Los Angeles from the five-game trip, the team said Tuesday. He has a spiral fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand.

A person with knowledge of the incident said Griffin and equipment manager Matias Testi got into an argument during a dinner that escalated.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Clippers had not confirmed those details publicly. Testi had multiple facial injuries.

About 90 minutes before Tuesday night’s game at Indiana, coach Doc Rivers said he had spoken with Griffin. Rivers made it clear he wasn’t happy with the situation.

LENOX — After a backand-forth first quarter, Lenox put together a 13-0 run to start the second quarter and pulled away from East Union on its way to a 53-41 win here Tuesday.

It wasn’t always pretty for the Tigers, who were unable to practice Monday night. The important thing was coming away with the victory and keeping their Pride of Iowa Conference title hopes within reach.

Lenox improved to 13-2 overall and 10-2 in conference play, while East Union dropped to 4-10 overall and 3-8 in league play.

The Tigers travel to Pleasantville on Friday in the biggest remaining league game on the schedule for Lenox. The Trojans are 9-2 in the POI after Tuesday’s 70-47 win over Martensdale-St. Marys.

But before the Tigers can get to Friday, they had to survive an upset-minded East Union team that was missing starter Casey Walter.

East Union head coach Matt Brown said his team competed well for being down a man.

“Especially considering that man was the guy we count on to guard Spencer Brown,” Brown said.

“So we had a sophomore,

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

East Union’s Gabe Nixon dribbles into the paint while being defended by Lenox’s Kaleb Anderson (right) during a 53-41 loss to the Tigers on Tuesday. Nixon scored 12 points for the Eagles and Anderson scored nine for Lenox.

Trevor Jones stepped up and played a great game.

I think Spencer Brown got his numbers, but he didn’t get the numbers he could have if Trevor Jones hadn’t given that effort. So I was really proud to see what Trevor Jones did tonight.”

Brown finished with 19 points, 18 rebounds

and four blocked shots in the win for Lenox. Sam Donaldson added Brown 13 points for the Tigers and Kaleb Anderson made three 3-pointers for

nine points.

Two of Anderson’s three treys came in Lenox’s 13-0 run to start the second quarter.

“That killed us. And it wasn’t them outplaying us, it was us making turnovers and giving them open threes in transition and rhythm shots,” Brown said about Lenox’s run. “That

kid (Anderson) in rhythm can shoot the crap out of the ball. It was really us turning the ball over. It’s tough to win doing that, especially against a good team like Lenox.”

Lenox eventually built up a 20-point lead at 40-20, before East Union eventually cut it down to 12 at 51-39 with 1:17 left in the game after a 3-pointer by Kyle Campbell.

“Good gameplan on their part,” Lenox head coach Jesse Cox said.

“They were very patient on offense, which is a good job. Offensively, we weren’t real sharp tonight, but we hit our spots and were able to get the lead and hang on for the rest of the game.”

Mason Gossman led East U n i o n with 20 points, w h i l e G a b e N i x o n Gossman scored 12, including three 3-pointers.

Jones added six and Campbell scored three.

Friday battle

With a win on Friday, Lenox would hold at least a one-game lead on every other team in the conference in the loss column.

Cox said his team knows it will be a tough challenge.

SHOWDOWN | 10A

Xavier wins PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It’s been a long time since Xavier was able to earn a Top 10 victory away from home.

That drought ended in a big way Tuesday night.

Jalen Reynolds had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and the seventh-ranked Musketeers held off a late rally to beat No. 10 Providence 75-68, Xavier’s first road win over a Top Ten team in 20 years.

Trevon Bluiett added 15 points for the Musketeers (18-2, 6-2 Big East), whose last road win over a Top 10 team came at then-No. 1 Cincinnati in 1996.

Hoosiers fall MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a season of upheaval, Wisconsin has finally found its groove.

Nigel Hayes scored 31 points, Ethan Happ added 25 and the Badgers snapped No. 19 Indiana’s 12-game winning streak with an 82-79 victory in overtime on Tuesday night.

The Badgers (12-9, 4-4 Big Ten) have won three straight games, each by six points or less, after having lost three straight by five points or less.

Indiana (17-4, 7-1) never had a chance to give Ferrell one last shot to tie after Hayes tipped away OG Anunoby’s inbounds pass as time expired.

Ferrell finished with 30 points on 12-of-20 shooting. He was 5 of 6 from 3-point range. Indiana’s loss leaves Iowa alone in first place at 7-0. The Hawks play at Maryland Thursday night.

Drake fades NORMAL, Ill. — MiKyle McIntosh had 25 points and seven rebounds, and Illinois State handed Drake another loss, 76-64, on Tuesday night.

Reed Timmer finished with 19 points for the Bulldogs, who dropped to 5-16 overall and 0-9 in the conference.

Illinois State is now 1210 and 6-3.

Balance key for Tigers in win over EU

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor svicker@crestonnews.com

LENOX — Playing without its leading scorer, Lenox picked up its second win in a row here Tuesday with a 51-43 win over East Union.

After both teams got off to a slow start, the pace quickened in a competitive first half that saw five lead changes and five ties.

Lenox held a 22-18 lead at halftime, thanks to five straight points to end the half. That run continued into the third quarter and became a 15-0 run that gave Lenox a 32-18 cushion with 4:52 left in the third.

“Teamwork. We had lots of assists in there, fast breaks that we capitalized on,” Lenox head coach Mandy Stoaks said. “We haven’t been capitalizing on those very well and it was kind of nice to see them work as a team.”

East Union cut the lead down to nine at 40-31 on a basket by Shaylee Cooper with 5:48 left in the game.

The Tigers responded with back-to-back baskets by Mika Weaver and Brooke Miller to make it a 13-point game.

Kacie Ripperger hit a pair of 3-pointers in the fi-

nal minute of the game to cut the lead to 51-43, but that held as the final score.

Lenox was without leading scorer Jessica Anderson, who suffered a concussion in Friday’s win Anderson against Southeast Warren.

“She kind of had whiplash and a concussion from the game Friday night,” Stoaks said. “She’s still in a neck brace. I think she’s going to go see another doctor sometime soon and we’ll just wait and see.

Just glad she’s up, moving around.”

Lenox featured a balanced scoring attack in Anderson’s absence, led

by Jacy Stoaks, who scored 19 points with 11 rebounds for a double-double to go with four assists and three Stoaks steals.

Weaver had a strong allaround game with 16 points, six boards, eight assists and four steals.

Brooke Miller finished

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

East Union freshman Callie Gossman drives in for a layup against the defense of Lenox’s Mika Weaver. Gossman led the Eagles with 11 points, while Weaver scored 16 points with six rebounds, eight assists and four steals for the Tigers in Tuesday’s 51-43 win.

with 10 points and four rebounds.

“It was a very unselfish game,” Stoaks said. “I was just looking at assists and we had 15 assists. Rebounds were spread out pretty evenly, too. They’ve been playing well as a team lately.”

Freshman Callie Gossman led E a s t U n i o n with 11 points, while Ripperger netted 10 and Coo- Ripperger

per finished with eight. Olivia Eckels scored five and Sidney McFee added four.

Lenox improved to 4-12 overall and 3-9 in the Pride of Iowa Conference, while East Union dropped to 0-16 overall and 0-11 in

won by fall in 1:06 and Matthew Wittstock won an 8-0 major decision.

In the Twin Cedars meet, Miller won by fall in 37 seconds and Cheers won by fall in 24 seconds.

Five Eagles won by fall in the victory over Wayne — Cheers, Miller, Beau Boswell (182), Mike Ward (195) and Kessler Tomas (220). Dalton Wagner dropped a high-scoring 1610 decision to Wayne’s Brian Boggs at 138 pounds.

by Osceola Clarke Tuesday night.

The Raiders beat Clarinda Academy 42-24, Clarke 45-30 and West Central Valley 42-36.

Justin Wehling ( 1 8 2 ) and Zach Murphy (220) had two contested victories for Wehling the night.

Clarke edged Clarinda Academy 36-33. Also, West Central Valley defeated Clarke 40-30.

GIRLS | 10A

Area wrestling East Union Quad AFTON — East Union picked up three victories in a home quadrangular meet Tuesday.

The Eagles topped Albany (Missouri) 58-24, defeated Twin Cedars 54-11 and outscored Wayne 42-33.

East Union 160-pounder Sanden Cheers won three contested matches on the night. Clayton Miller (170) won twice for the Eagles.

In other duals Albany beat Twin Cedars 30-18, Wayne routed Twin Cedars CNA photo by BRANDON ROBERTSON 54-11 and Wayne beat AlbaEast Union 160-pounder Sanden Cheers pins Ler Osmon ny 50-18. of Albany (Missouri) during the East Union Duals Tuesday Against Albany, Cheers night.

Clarke Quad OSCEOLA — Mount Ayr picked up three wins at a quadrangular hosted

Area boys basketball Diagonal 70, Melcher-Dallas 32 DIAGONAL — Diagonal stormed to a 28-4 first quarter lead here Friday on its way to a 70-32 win over Melcher-Dallas.

Kade Means scored 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and added 10 rebounds for a double-double. Jacob Means Taylor recorded a triple-double with 14 points, 10 boards and 10 assists. Levi Jarred finished with 14 points and four assists.

Gerad Naill scored eight points with three assists and three steals. Brevin Deskin scored six points and Ty Taylor finished with three points and five rebounds.

Colter Pickering scored two points with five rebounds, seven steals and three assists. Simon Zamani scored one point and had two steals in the win.

Diagonal 66, Moravia 57 DIAGONAL — Jacob Taylor had a big game here Saturday to lead Diagonal to a 66-57 win over Moravia in the first round of the Bluegrass Conference Tournament.

Taylor scored 34 points with 10 rebounds, four assists, four steals and five blocked shots in the win. Taylor K a d e Means added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Levi Jarred scored seven points and Gerad Naill added five points and five rebounds.

Colter Pickering scored four points with three rebounds, as Diagonal improved to 7-6 for the season.

O-M 52, Lamoni 42 MORAVIA — Dylan Nichols scored 19 points and Logan Holste added 16 as the Orient-Macksburg boys defeated Lamoni 52-42, in a Bluegrass Conference Tournament consolation game Tuesday night.

“We got out to an early lead and maintained it throughout the game,” said coach Drew Dornack of O-M, which improved to 4-12. “It was nice to be able to get Logan Holste going.”

Austin Tull scored 15 points with eight rebounds and Bryce Alley had 13 points and five steals for Lamoni, now 3-13.

The Bulldogs are off until Monday in a home game against Diagonal.

Nodaway Valley 81, SW Valley 42 GREENFIELD — Jackson Lamb and Sam Marnin e a c h scored 16 points as Nodaway Valley defeated Southwest Valley Tues- Marnin day night, 81-42.

Wyatt McAlpin scored nine points for the Timberwolves. Chance Cobb and Ryan Allison each had six points. Trenton Drake grabbed six rebounds.

Bedford 73, Mount Ayr 54 BEDFORD — The Bedford boys pulled away late for a 73-54 victory over Mount Ayr Tuesday night.

The game was tied 13-13 after one quarter before the Bulldogs moved in front 3427 at halftime. After Bedford extended it to 37-28, the Raiders drew back within two points.

A 27-5 run that spanned into the fourth quarter sealed the victory for the Bulldogs.

Joel King led five Bulldogs in double figures with 15 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter. Wyatt Dillon added 14 points, Colt BOYS | 10A

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Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Iowa prep boys basketball poll The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right: Class 4A Record Pts Prv 1. WDM Valley (14) 13-0 167 1 2. Pleasant Valley (3) 13-0 156 2 3. Iowa City West 10-3 124 4 4. Des Moines Hoover 12-1 122 3 5. CBAbraham Lincoln 12-1 87 5 6. Linn-Mar, Marion 9-3 79 8 7. Dowling Catholic 11-2 73 7 8. Ankeny 11-3 40 6 9. Ames 11-3 28 10 10. Cedar Falls 9-3 21 NR Others receiving votes: Waukee 15. Ankeny Centennial 13. Des Moines, North 5.

Sioux City, East 4. North Scott, Eldridge 1.

Class 3A Record Pts Prv 1. Pella (15) 12-1 168 1 2. CR Xavier (1) 11-2 144 3 3. Wahlert Dubuque (1) 9-4 134 2 4. Harlan 11-2 118 5 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 11-3 94 6 6. Spirit Lake 12-3 69 4 7. Glenwood 11-3 63 7 8. Mount Vernon 10-3 39 NR 9. MOC-Floyd Valley 11-3 37 10 10. Chariton 13-1 23 9 Others receiving votes: Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 18. Webster City 14.

Newton 5. Atlantic 5. Mount Pleasant 3. Algona 1.

Class 2A Record Pts Prv 1. Western Christian (15) 13-1 167 1 2. Dike-New Hartford (2) 15-0 145 2 3. Treynor 13-0 127 3 4. Cascade 13-1 119 4 5. Northeast Goose Lake 14-1 114 5

6. Ridge View 13-1 43 9 7. Pocahontas Area 12-2 42 6 8. Anamosa 10-5 40 10 9. Camanche 13-3 39 NR 10. Kuemper Catholic 10-4 22 NR Others receiving votes: Earlham 19.

Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 12. Pella Christian 11. Des Moines Christian 10.

Aplington-Parkersburg 10. Monticello 5.

Sioux Center 4. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 3.

Southeast Valley-Gowrie 2. Southwest Valley 1.

Class 1A Record Pts Prv 1. Danville (11) 16-0 151 2 2. Boyden-Hull (5) 13-1 148 3 3. West Fork (1) 15-0 127 4 4. West Hancock 14-1 115 1 5. Jesup 14-1 109 5 6. Colo-Nesco 13-1 71 6 7. Montezuma 15-0 58 7 8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 12-2 48 9 9. IKM-Manning 13-2 37 8 10. Grand View Christian 12-0 20 NR Others receiving votes: Meskwaki Settlement School 12. St. Albert, Council Bluffs 10. South O’Brien, Paullina 9. Ar-We-Va, Westside 7. Lynnville-Sully 4. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 4. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 2.

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1. Lenox 1. Janesville 1.

••• All Associated Press members in Iowa are eligible to participate in the high school basketball poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: News-Telegraph; Burlington Hawk Eye; Daily Times Herald; Ad-Express & Iowegian; The Daily Nonpareil; Creston News Advertiser; Quad-City Times; Register & Tribune; Fort Dodge Messenger; Mason City Globe Gazette; Mount Pleasant News; Newton Daily News; Sioux City Journal; Waterloo Courier; KFJB; KGYM; KIMT.

Sports briefs KC shooters

Winners in six age divisions of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships held Jan. 13-18 are invited to the District Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at Clarke High School in Osceola.

Bob McKee, chairman of the local Knights of Columbus shooting competition, reported the following age division champions: Girls — Age 9: Jersey Foote; Age 10: Keely Coen; Age 11: Keegan Bailey; Age 12: Halle Evans; Age 13: Kara Kinsella; Age 14: Sydney Hartsock.

Boys — Age 9: Parker Varner; Age 10: Daniel Buls; Age 11: Kyle Strider; Age 12: Colby Burg; Age 13: Keegan Smith; Age 14: Beau Thompson.

Makeup dates

Creston’s girls basketball games against Clarinda postponed on Jan. 19 will be held Feb. 4 at Creston High School.

Freshmen will play at 4:30 p.m., followed by junior varsity at 6 p.m. and varsity at 7:30 p.m.

The Creston girls basketball game at Essex postponed Monday by inclement weather will be made up Saturday, Jan. 30. Start time remains the same — JV at 6 p.m. and varsithy at 7:30 p.m.

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will host a “Heart Disease Awareness” even for the girls and boys basketball games against Red Oak on Feb. 5.

The school’s EAST program and the basketball teams have garnered sponsorships from local partners to give to Greater Regional Medical Center to help with research toward heart disease.

Any donations can be given to Creston High School before Jan. 29.

All donors will have their name on the back of a brochure to be printed for the event.

The schedule of games is girls JV at 4:30 p.m. at the high school; boys JV at 4:30 p.m. at the middle school; girls varsity at 6 p.m. at the high school; boys varsity at 7:30 p.m. at the high school; and girls freshmen at 7:30 p.m. at the middle school.

of Marshalltown.

Daeges also was named Class 3A West District Coach of the Year.

Southeast Polk coach Scott Belger, 1990 graduate of Creston High School, earned several awards after guiding the Rams to their second straight Class 4A state championship.

Belger was honored as Class 4A South Central District Coach of the Year and Class 4A State Coach of the Year. He also joined the 500 Win Club along with Tony Petersen of Exira/ Elk Horn-Kimballton.

Another Creston native, Western Dubuque coach Casey Bryant, was honored for the 400 Win Club.

Joining the 800 Win Club

Baseball awards

WEST DES MOINES — Harlan coach Steve Daeges was one of five new inductees into the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the association’s 48th annual awards banquet Saturday at the Sheraton Hotel.

Joining Daeges in the in the Hall of Fame were coaches Tim O’Neill of Des Moines and Jeff Scharn of Sioux Central and former players Casey Blake of Indianola and Jeff Clement

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was Lee Toole of Lewis Central.

Pleasantville coach Sheldon Card was named Class 1A Southwest District Coach of the Year.

Orient 2-2, Wrecreational 1-3, Afton 0-4.

All-conference

VERMILLION, S.D. — University of South Dakota senior pitcher Madison Frain of Creston is listed on the second team of the Summit League s o f t b a l l Frain 2 0 1 6 preseason all-conference team.

Another USD pitcher, Rachel Cue, is on the first team along with infielder Yvon Minogue. Joining Frain on the second team from South Dakota is out-

Men’s league

Scores and standings from the Creston Park and Recreation Department’s men’s basketball league: Jan. 20 scores — Waigand Farms 65, Orient 58; Old Timers 48, Afton 36; Carroll Chiropractic 68, Wrecreational 48.

Jan. 24 scores — Orient 62, Afton 52; Waigand Farms 65, Carroll Chiropractic 51; Old Timers 78, Wrecreational 46.

Standings — Old Timers 4-0, Waigand Farms 3-1, Carroll Chiropractic 2-2,

CORNING — Southwest Valley athletic director and girls track coach Mat Beu has accepted a position as athletic director at Maryville High School after completing his Southwest Valley contract through July.

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“Brady Elder is a very good player,” he said.

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conference play.

The Tigers travel to Pleasantville on Friday to face a Trojan team that is 3-8 in the league. East Union travels to Martensdale-St. Marys on Friday to play a Blue Devil team that improved to 5-6 in league play with Tuesday’s win over Pleasantville.

EAST UNION (43) — Callie

them go to work. I think plays at Martensdale-St. they are a little susceptible Marys on Friday and hosts to post play, so we’re going Mount Ayr on Saturday.

EAST UNION (41) — Mason to try to jam it in there.”

Gossman 9 2-2 20, Gabe Nixon A win puts Lenox one 3 1-2 12, Trevor Jones 3 0-0 6, step closer to the school’s Kyle Campbell 1 0-0 3. Totals 17 3-4 41. 3-point goals — 4 first outright Pride of Iowa — (Nixon 3, Campbell 1). Team Conference championship fouls — 16. Fouled out — Tyler Kelley. in any sport.

LENOX (53) — Spencer East Union, meanwhile, Brown 7 5-8 19, Sam Donaldson 6 1-2 13, Kaleb Anderson 3 0-0

Gossman 4 2-2 11, Kacie Ripperger 4 0-0 10, Shaylee Cooper 4 0-0 8, Olivia Eckels 2 1-2 5, Sidney McFee 2 0-0 4, Kendra Kirkland 1 0-2 2, Amber Selim 1 0-0 2, Macy McFee 0 1-4 1. Totals — 18 4-10 43.

3-point goals — 3 (Ripperger 2, Gossman 1). Team fouls — 22.

Fouled out — S. McFee. LENOX (51) — Jacy Stoaks 7 5-12 19, Mika Weaver 8 0-0 16, Brooke Miller 4 2-3 10, Morgan Parrish 2 0-0 4, Halee Wallace 1 0-0 2. Totals — 22 7-20 51.

3-point goals — 0. Rebounds — Stoaks 11, Weaver 6, Miller 4. Assists — Weaver 8, Stoaks 4. Steals — Weaver 4, Stoaks 3.

Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — Katelyn Belding.

EU — 8 18 26 43 Lenox — 8 22 38 51

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Scott finished with 13, Quentin Sefrit added 11 and Max McMillin dropped in 10 for Bedford, which improved to 9-5 overall and 8-3 in the Pride of Iowa Conference.

Kyle Dolecheck scored 16 points, including 14 in the first half, for Mount Ayr, which dropped to 7-8 overall and 4-7 in league play.

9, Dawson Tullberg 2 1-1 5, Colton Hogan 2 0-0 4, Carson Cline 1 1-2 3. Totals — 21 8-17 53. 3-point goals — 3X (Anderson 3). FG shooting — 21-54 (38.8 percent). Rebounds — 35 (Brown 18, Tullberg 4). Assists — 15 (Tullberg 8, Brown 3, Hogan 2). Steals — 12 (Anderson 4, Brown 4, Cline 3).

Blocked shots — 4 (Brown 4).

Team fouls — 8. Fouled out — None.

EU — 10 14 29 41 Lenox — 12 27 42 53

Mount Ayr boys and girls travel to Southeast Warren Friday before a m a k e u p Dolecheck doubleheader at East Union on Saturday. Bedford hosts Central Decatur Friday.

(See area girls basketball reports in Thursday’s News Advertiser.)

Kerber, Konta win on another distracting day in Melbourne

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Angelique Kerber and Johanna Konta advanced to the Australian Open semifinals Wednesday on another day when the integrity of tennis was part of the tournament conversation.

The first Grand Slam of the season has been overshadowed from the start by media reports alleging that tennis authorities had failed to thoroughly investigate evidence of match-fixing.

On Wednesday, just as Kerber began her 6-3, 7-5 win over two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals, the governing bodies of tennis announced they will commission an independent review of their anti-corruption unit to restore “public confidence in our sport.”

In announcing the review, ATP Chairman Chris Kermode said the reports had “caused damage to the sport,” which compelled the major stakeholders in tennis — the International Tennis Federation, ATP and WTA tours, and the four Grand Slams — to take quick action to address the issue.

A BBC and Buzzfeed News report which coin-

cided with the start of the Australian Open alleged 16 players — all ranked at some stage in the top 50 — had been flagged for being involved in matches where suspicious betting activity was detected. No players were identified and no specifics were published, and many critics believed the data was based on matches that had already examined.

Philip Brook, chairman of the Tennis Integrity Board, said while the reports “did not reveal anything new, it was widely written about and has caused damage to our sport.”

With that going on in the background, Konta went on court and beat Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-1 to become the first British woman since 1983 to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam.

It will be Konta’s first semifinal at a Grand Slam, and it ended Zhang’s seven-match winning streak, including three in qualifying.

“It will be my first match against her (Kerber),” Konta said. “She’s top 10. She’s an incredibly decorated and successful competitor and player. I’m just going to go out there and bring to the court what I can.”

The The 27-year-old Zhang entered the Australian Open with a 0-14 re-

cord in Grand Slam matches.

Zhang says her two weeks in Melbourne should result in a big rankings boost that could help her get into the Rio Olympics for China.

“In my heart I feel like I’ve won this tournament because I’ve won seven matches,” Zhang said. “It didn’t matter winning or losing today.”

Kerber went down a break in the second set before winning five consecutive games and saving five set points before beating two-time champion Azarenka, the result coming as a surprise despite the difference in seedings. No. 7 Kerber broke No. 14 Azarenka’s serve to end the match, her first win in seven matches against the Belarussian.

“When I was down 2-5, I was actually playing more aggressive,” Kerber said.

“I think the key from this match was that I was playing and I won the match, she didn’t lose it.”

It ended a strong few weeks for Azarenka, who won the Brisbane International and hadn’t dropped a set.

“My footwork didn’t have enough, my shots didn’t have enough,” Azarenka said. “I felt I did a little bit too many unforced errors in the key moments.”

Six-time champion Serena Williams and No. 4-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska will meet in the other women’s semifinal on Thursday.

Two men’s quarterfinals were scheduled for later Wednesday — No. 2 Andy Murray plays David Ferrer and Gael Monfils takes on Milos Raonic.

The independent review announced in a news conference at Melbourne Park, earlier reported by The Associated Press, will be funded by the Tennis Integrity Board, which oversees the anti-corruption unit set up by the sport in 2008 to combat match-fixing. It will be led by Adam Smith, a London-based lawyer who is an expert in sports law.

Kermode acknowledged that the announcement of the review helped keep the topic of match-fixing prominent in and around the tournament action.

“It has been hard on the Australian Open, no question about it,” Kermode said. “Obviously the report was timed to hit at this point, try to create as big a story as possible. But (Australian Open organizers) have been unbelievably supportive of the actions we’ve taken. They agree we had to hit this head-on now even though it was during the championships.”

Former NFL safety Sash diagnosed with CTE IOWA CITY (AP) — Former NFL and Iowa safety Tyler Sash, who died last year at age 27, has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Chris Nowinski of the Boston University-affiliated Concussion Legacy Foundation confirmed the diagnosis on Tuesday night. The New York Times was the first to report the finding.

CTE, which can be diagnosed only after death, has been found in the brains of dozens of former football players. Linked to repeated brain trauma, it is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, impaired judgment, depression, and, eventually,

progressive dementia.

Sash, who won a Super Bowl during his rookie season with the New York Giants, was found dead at his home on Sept. 8. The Iowa State Medical Examiner’s office found he died from an accidental overdose after mixing two powerful pain medications, and a history of painful injuries was a contributing factor.

Months after the Super Bowl victory, Sash was suspended for four games in 2012 for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy by testing positive for Adderall, a stimulant used primarily to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

and the sleep disorder narcolepsy. The Giants cut ties with Sash prior to the 2013 opener, reaching an injury settlement after he sustained a concussion in the preseason finale against New England.

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At Iowa, Sash started 37 games from 2007-10, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors in his final season. He bypassed his fourth year of eligibility to enter the NFL draft.

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Union County SCICF to hold contest for $1,000 For the third straight year, South Central Iowa Community Foundation (SCICF) announced citizens will have an opportunity to win $1,000 for the Union County Endowment of their choice held at SCICF. There will be a clip and mail contest entry form in next week’s editions of Afton Star Enterprise and Creston News Advertiser.

SCICF is a growing community foundation helping improve the quality of life in Union, Clarke, Ringgold, Lucas and Decatur counties.

The foundation invests, administers and distributes endowment funds to benefit local programs, proj-

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Coloring inside the lines: Steve and Candy Hamilton of Creston work on coloring pages during the “Crayons and Cocoa” adult coloring event at Gibson Memorial Library Tuesday afternoon. Steve joined Candy in coloring for her birthday. Nearly 30 people attended the event.

Slow month, slow year for jobs in Iowa IOWA CITY – Slow job growth in December made up for a downward revision from November as Iowa payrolls and the 3.4 percent unemployment rate both held even, capping a slow-growth 2015.

The Iowa Policy Project released the following statement from Executive Director Mike Owen about new data released by Iowa Workforce Development and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“December brought more of the same to the Iowa job picture,” Owen said. “The 1,100 nonfarm job gain – well off an already slow job pace for the year – made up for a 1,100job drop in revised numbers for November. Construction jobs were a bright spot with a 2,400 increase, as they have been for the year as they were up 13 percent from the previous December. However, Iowa Workforce Development forecast in its monthly

statement that the construction category may wane in 2016.

“Over the long Branstad term, the unmistakable trend is for sluggish growth that has kept Iowa from a full recovery from a recession that ended 6 1/2 years ago.

From a public policy standpoint, Iowa’s leaders appear to accept this result.

Two common threads link state policy over that time: first, to continue to give away increasing sums in business subsidies without evidence of a positive economic return, and second, to deny low-wage workers an increase in the minimum wage, which holds the potential of spurring economic activity and greater job growth.”

Job growth Iowa has created only

109,100 jobs through 59 of the 60 months set by Governor Terry Branstad in his goal to reach a 200,000 increase. Over that time, Iowa would have needed to add about 3,300 jobs a month, but instead has averaged less than 1,900.

Key numbers • Nonfarm jobs rose in December by 1,100 to 1,584,700 from an downwardly revised 1,583,600 in November. Nonfarm jobs (seasonally adjusted) were 25,600 ahead of where they stood in December 2014.

• The unemployment rate remained at 3.4 percent, down from 4.3 percent a year earlier.

• The labor force – those working or looking for work – rose by 2,600 to 1,708,700, but was 6,900 behind December 2014.

• Six of the 11 major job sectors posted gains in December – with construction adding 2,400, “other” services adding 1,400 and education and health services

adding 1,100 net new jobs.

• Trade, transportation and utilities dropped by 2,500 jobs; government jobs fell by 1,100. All other changes were by less than 1,000.

Key trends • Over the last two years, Iowa has gained nonfarm or payroll jobs in all but five months.

• Iowa averaged a monthly increase of 2,100 jobs from December 2014 to December 2015.

• Over the year, the strongest percentage gains are in construction, up 12.9 percent (10,000 jobs), and in “other” services, 7.6 percent (4,500 jobs). Financial activities and education and health services also showed over-the-year increases at 3 percent or above.

• Four job categories were down from a year earlier: manufacturing (1,700), information (700), government (1,400) and mining (100).

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in the report is extremely valuable in helping farmers build a business that includes marketing directly to schools,” Northey said.

“In addition, it may help schools not yet purchasing local produce learn what other schools are buying as they consider starting to add local foods to their menu.”

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is partnering with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

on these monthly reports.

School food service directors are asked to com- Northey plete a report on local produce procurement monthly. As with all AMS reports, the information is confidential and only products and price ranges are shared.

The monthly report can

be found on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship website at www.ams.usda.gov/ mnreports/lsmiafts.pdf.

For more information about the reports, contact Tammy Stotts at Tammy.

Stotts@IowaAgriculture. gov or John Goetz at John.

Goetz@ams.usda.gov. To learn more about the Iowa Farm to School program and other initiatives, visit www.iowaagriculture.gov/ AgDiversification/farmToSchoolProgram.asp.

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