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February 11, 2014

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County pays about 2/3 of mental-health bills The debt has been cut from $900,000 in October to about $300,000 in February

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By JAKE WADDINGHAM

CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

Union County’s mental-health services continued to chip away at its state bills in preparation for the merger with Adair, Adams and Taylor counties July 1.

Central Point Coordinator (CPC) Director Lori Nosekable

said she believed Union County was in a good position to reach that goal during Monday’s Union County Board of Supervisor’s Riley meeting.

“It sounded like great news,” said Union County Supervisor Ron Riley, who also serves on the regional mental-health board.

“It looks like our budget is set up good.”

In October, Union County owed the state more than $900,000

in unpaid bills. Through January, that debt was cut to about $665,000.

Union County Auditor Sandy Hysell said Union County submitted another payment in February and when the check transaction is complete, the county’s mentalhealth debt will be reduced by more than half to about $300,000.

“The goal of the four counties is to pay off those outstanding state bills, which are mostly medicaid bills,” Nosekable said. “That way each county is clean coming to the merger for the Union County, the fiscal agent.”

The four-county coalition will

be called Southern Hills Regional Mental Health.

Unpaid bills Nosekable said multiple counties in Iowa are in a similar situation with unpaid state bills because of changes in the funding pattern for mental-health services.

The changes in funding left CPC with a smaller operating budget and a major burden on the counties when the state did not forgive any of the debt.

“We should have been chipping away at it sooner, but honestly, we didn’t think we would have to pay it back,” Nosekable said in October.

News Advertiser wins four awards in INA contest

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Greater Regional hires new general surgeon

By KYLE WILSON

CNA managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com

The Creston News Advertiser staff won four awards in the Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s 2014 Better Newspaper Contests.

The CNA advertising department won first place for best ad featuring automotive, boats, aircraft, tires, gasoline, etc. category for daily newspapers with circulation less than 10,000.

The ad — built by CNA Ad Designer Amber Hayes — featured a NCAA Final Four sale at Creston Automotive.

“This is a great concept with an effective, striking execution. I can see why the advertiser was pleased,” judges said.

The advertising department also won first place for best ad series for Creston Automotive advertisements that featured classic Ford trucks.

Those ads — also designed by Hayes — were featured in the Creston News Advertiser Progress edition last year.

“This was a fantastic idea,” judges said. “Tying in old-fashioned cars and trucks with a modern advertisement message is a great way to go.

Love the design as well. A perfect example of a well thought-out campaign, paired with wonderful design.”

The advertising department also won third place for a web advertise-

Union County was one of 26 counties to receive transitional mental-health funding. The bill — signed by Gov. Terry Branstad in March 2013 — added $597,792 to Union County’s budget of $593,128.

Adair, Adams and Taylor counties also received transitional funds. The transitional funds could not be used to pay back state bills, but it did help with residential facilities like CARE in Afton, transportation costs, mental-health commitments and many

By KYLE WILSON

CNA managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com

A new general surgeon was hired earlier this month by Greater Regional Medical Center. Dr. Heather Osterbrink is attending orientation this week and will “scrub in on” a surgery with longtime surgeon Dr. Robert Kuhl today.

“We’re very pleased with this hire,” said Brian Schon, director of clinic services at GRMC. “Dr. Osterbrink wants to practice bread-and-butter general surgery in a rural setting and fully appreciates the opportunity to work with a mentor like Dr. Kuhl.”

Osterbrink fills the vacancy left by Dr. Chris Downing — who separated from GRMC last August. Osterbrink’s arrival is welcomed by Dr. Kuhl who has been doing “more than his share of the surgeries” over the past six months.

Osterbrink was raised in Osterbrink Guatemala. There, her father was a linguist — a person ■ Guatemalaskilled in foreign languages native Dr. — and helped interpret reli- Heather Osterbrink gious doctrine into local lan- to “scrub guage. Her family now lives in on” a in Idaho, Schon said, but they surgery with still make frequent trips to Dr. Robert Guatemala.

Kuhl today Osterbrink earned her medical degree at University of Minnesota Medical School in 2004. She completed her residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Osterbrink worked at St. Thomas Moe Hospital in Canon City, Colo., prior to joining the surgical team at GRMC. “One of the things that has impressed me while I have considered this opportunity,” Osterbrink said, “is that everyone I’ve talked with is proud of the excellent care provided at Greater Regional Medical Center. For me, it is exciting to have an opportunity to be a part of the team.”

Osterbrink and her husband Ryan Osterbrink have recently relocated to the Creston area. Osterbrink has a strong background in a variety of general surgical procedures, Schon said, and will be an asset to GRMC, Creston and the surrounding communities.

CNA file photo

This photo — taken by CNA Associate Editor Jake Waddingham — won third place for best news photo in the 2014 Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s Better Newspaper Contests. The photo is of Kyle Brink of Deer River, Minn., during the bareback bronc riding competition at the 68th annual Lenox Rodeo held last July.

ment for Matura Action Corporation done by CNA Systems Administrator Dorine Peterson and CNA Ad Designer Debbie Linderman.

As well, CNA Associate Editor

Jake Waddingham took third place in the best news photo category for a photo he took of a bareback bronc rider at the 68th annual Lenox Rodeo last July. (See photo above)

CNA Advertising Director Craig Mittag, middle, stands with Rick Benson, left, and Terry Freeman of Creston Automotive Monday.

The News Advertiser received two first-place awards at Iowa Newspaper Conference Saturday for ads designed for Creston Automotive.

CNA photo by KYLE WILSON

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Deaths Rena Smith Mount Ayr

Rena Smith, 83, of Mount Ayr died Feb. 9, 2014, at Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. M e m o - Smith rial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr. The Rev. Terry Roberts will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. Visitation with family present will be 10 to 11 a.m. service time Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials can be given to HCI Care Services. Online condolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrongfh.com.

Rena Rae Smith, daughter of Hugh Ord and Louise Miriam Walters, was born Feb. 16, 1930, near Ellston.

On Aug. 12, 1950, she married Billie Jean Smith at the Methodist Church in Tingley.

Rena had several jobs over the years, including stay-at-

home mother.

After Bill’s retirement from the fish hatchery, Rena and Bill moved to Mesa, Ariz. She worked at the Iowa Café in Mesa.

In April 1992, they returned home to Mount Ayr. She was a long time member of Modern Mothers Club.

Rena is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Terry and Curt Lininger; son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Ronda Smith; grandchildren, Brandi and Tory Shay, Angie and Cassidy Shay, Renda and Travis Hartman and Casey and Melanie Smith; great-grandchildren, Addison, Adler and Adden Shay, Caden, Kinsie and Kinley Shay, Kylee Smith and Kianna Paxson; brother Keith (Jean) Walters; brothers-in-law, Bobbie (Teri) Smith and Donald (Linda) Smith; sister-in-law Ann Smith; niece Kristy Heffner; nephews, Kevin, Kody and Gery Walters; and many other relatives and friends.

Rena was preceded in death by her husband in 2009, parents, brother Wayne; parents in-law, Ted and Leila Smith; nephew Greg Walters and niece Kelly Rae Liddell.

Shirley Brunell

Creston died Feb. 10, 2014, at Palm Garden in Sun City Center, Fla. Services are pending at Creston Powers Funeral Home, juncShirley Brunell, 78, of tion of highways 34 and 25.

Landlord sentenced to 150 days in jail for spying on tenants IOWA CITY (MCT) – An Iowa City landlord was sentenced Monday to 150 days in jail for spying on six tenants through peepholes in their apartments in 2012.

Elwyn Miller, 64, was found guilty last month of six counts of invasion of privacy, a simple misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison.

Miller’s attorney, Mark Brown, argued Monday that Associate District Judge Stephen Gerard should give Miller a deferred judgment, which would allow Miller’s record to be cleared if he stayed out of trouble.

“If I’m not allowed to work, my business fails and my two young employees would be out of work,” said Miller, who owns Miller Electric.

But Gerard decided jail time was warranted.

“It’s generally agreed that the four walls of a person’s home create an inviolate space where people can shut out the world and enjoy the privacy of that space without intrusion,” Gerard said.

He sentenced Miller to 150 days in jail for the first count of invasion of privacy, which was committed against Linsie Mairet.

Mairet, who lived on the top level of a 12-apartment complex at 639 S. Lucas St, described being in the shower

Oct. 31, 2012, and hearing noises coming from the ceiling above her apartment. Some cotton balls she had previously stuffed in the hole were gone and she could see into the attic.

Mairet got out of the shower and ran to the door, where she looked into the hallway and saw Miller climbing down a ladder from the attic.

Mairet got dressed, went into the hallway and confronted her landlord.

“I am calling the police and I want my lease terminated immediately,” Mairet testified that she told Miller.

Mairet reported the incident to police, who discovered similar peepholes into four apartments in that building and two apartments in other buildings.

For each of the remaining five counts, Gerard sentenced Miller to 365 days, to be served consecutively, but suspended the sentences.

Gerard fined Miller $1,000 per count. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Miller faces two civil lawsuits filed by former tenants.

Those cases are scheduled for October 3 and Feb. 6, 2015.

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Correction In a CNA story that ran Monday, fourth-generation journalist and former Adair County Free Press Publisher and Editor Ed Sidey was active with Greenfield

Community Development Corporation, with whom he was instrumental in bringing Siegwerk Inc. and Cardinal Glass Industries to Greenfield, Iowa.

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other services CPC provides.

Remaining funds Union County’s mentalhealth services is paying the bills with money from the general fund.

That money comes from a state-mandated levy on property tax, which comes in every September and March.

Nosekable said she is

expecting about $250,000 coming in for mental health in March to help pay the remainder of the bills plus general operation costs through the end of the fiscal year.

“We are keeping on top of it so everybody gets their existing bills paid off,” Riley said.

Adair and Taylor counties will also bring in money from the tax levy, and the counties will receive an equalization

fund from the state as soon as the mental-health debt is cleared.

“When the legislature decided to equalize property tax across the state, some counties were below that, so the state is giving money to backfill so counties did not have to raise taxes,” Nosekable said.

Nosekable said after the state bills are paid off, the counties will focus on com-

pleting a 28E agreement and a detailed mental-health plan.

“We are finalizing the 28E agreement for the four counties in the region,” Nosekable said. “We sent it to DHS (Department of Human Services) and they kicked it back with two minor suggestions.”

She added the mentalhealth plan must be turned in by April 1.

Obamacare enrollees hit snags at doctor’s offices LOS ANGELES (MCT) — After overcoming website glitches and long waits to get Obamacare, some patients are now running into frustrating new roadblocks at the doctor’s office.

A month into the most sweeping changes to health care in half a century, people are having trouble finding doctors at all, getting faulty information on which ones are covered and receiving little help from insurers swamped by new business.

Experts have warned for months that the logjam was inevitable. But the extent of the problems is taking by surprise many patients — and even doctors — as frustrations mount.

Aliso Viejo resident Danielle Nelson said Anthem Blue Cross promised half a dozen times that her oncologists would be covered under her new policy.

She was diagnosed last year with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and discovered a suspicious lump near her jaw in early January.

But when she went to her oncologist’s office, she promptly encountered a bright orange sign saying that Covered California plans are not accepted.

“I’m a complete fan of the Affordable Care Act, but now I can’t sleep at night,” Nelson said. “I can’t imagine this is how President (Barack) Obama wanted it to happen.”

To hold down premiums under the health care law, major insurers have sharply cut the number of doctors and hospitals available to patients in the state’s new health insurance market.

Now those limited options are becoming clearer, and California officials say they are receiving more consumer complaints about access to medical providers. State lawmakers are also moving swiftly to ease some of the problems that have arisen.

“It’s a little early for anyone to know how widespread and deep this problem is,” said California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. “There are a lot of economic incentives for health insurers to narrow their networks, but if they go too far, people won’t have access to care.

Network adequacy will be a big issue in 2014.”

MCT photo by KATIE FALKENBERG

Maria Berumen uses an inflatable neck brace to help with numbness in her arm and shoulder as a result of bone spurs on her spine. Berumen is seen in Downey, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2014.

The latest travails come at a crucial time during the rollout of Obama’s signature law.

Government exchanges and other supporters of the health care law are trying to boost enrollment, particularly among young and healthy people, ahead of a March 31 deadline.

Of course, complaints about outdated provider lists and delays in getting a doctor’s appointment were common long before the health care law was enacted. But some experts worry the influx of newly insured patients and the cost-cutting strategies of health plans may further strain the system.

Maria Berumen, a tax preparer in Downey, was uninsured for years because of pre-existing conditions.

The 53-year-old was thrilled to find coverage for herself and her husband for $148 a month after qualifying for a big government subsidy.

She jumped at the chance in early January to visit a primary care doctor for long-running numbness in her arm and shoulder as a result of bone spurs on her spine.

The doctor referred her to a specialist, and problems ensued. At least four doctors wouldn’t accept her health plan — even though the state exchange

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website and her insurer, Health Net Inc., list them as part of her HMO network.

“It’s a phantom network,” Berumen said.

It was no surprise to her family doctor, Ragaa Iskarous. She has run into this problem repeatedly with other patients in the last month, the doctor said.

“This is really driving us crazy.”

Berumen said she was seen by a neurosurgeon last week _ after state regulators intervened on her behalf.

Insurers say they are working hard to resolve customers’ problems as they arise, and they continue to add physicians to augment certain geographic areas and medical specialties.

“Any huge implementation like this comes with a lot of moving parts,” said Health Net spokesman Brad Kieffer. “There is a learning curve for everyone, and we expect as time goes on these issues should dissipate.”

Nationwide, about 70 percent of new insurance plans under the health care law feature relatively narrow hospital networks compared with many ex-

isting plans, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Co. “It’s pretty clear insurers responded to greater competition by trying to hold down costs through narrower networks,” said Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation. “Insurers have made the judgment that people prefer lower premiums to broader networks.”

Health policy experts and some consumer advocates say the trade-offs may pay off.

Despite some consumer complaints, the exclusion of some higher-priced hospitals such as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from nearly all exchange plans is a positive sign, they say.

“The Affordable Care Act often gets accused of not doing enough to control costs,” said Ian Hill, senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. “Excluding some of the most expensive hospitals and providers who don’t demonstrate high-quality outcomes is one ripple effect that may help.”

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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.

Tuesday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Free community meal, 5 to 6p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W.

Montgomery St. VFW Post No. 1797, 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, 403 W. Montgomery St. Eagles Aerie, 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

Eagles Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

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

Wednesday

TOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers 12x12 study, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living room 114, 1709 W. Prairie St.

Thursday

National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees Inc. Unit No. 54, 9 a.m., The Windrow.

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

Cromwell Women’s dinner, noon, Cromwell Church. Cost is $7.

Kent Dinner Club, 5:30 p.m., Creston Family Restaurant, 802 W. Taylor St. Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. American Legion Auxiliary, 7 p.m., American Legion Post Home, 119 N. Walnut St.

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Roberta Jean Perry, 49, 807 W. Summit St., was charged with operating while intoxicated 10:33 p.m. Thursday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, officers performed a traffic stop 9:02 p.m. Thursday. The driver, identified as Perry, was known to have a suspended license. While speaking with Perry, officers smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her. Officers asked her if she had been drinking, and she said she had. Officers then asked if she would be willing to take standardized field sobriety tests to see if she was too impaired to operate a vehicle. Perry consented to the tests, and then was asked by officers to take a preliminary breath test. She refused and was transferred to the law enforcement center. Officers read implied consent advisory, and Perry consented to a Data Master test, with a result of more than the legal blood alcohol limit of .08 for

Parking complaint, 9:49 a.m., Monday, South Oak Street.

Reckless driving, 11:11 a.m., Monday, Highway 25.

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Theft, 4:46 p.m., Monday, North Pine Street.

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FBLA, Adams Street Espresso to sponsor TechTalk, Twitter workshop Creston Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and Adams Street Espresso will be sponsoring two events this weekend to help community members with technology.

TechTalk will be 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Adams Street Espresso, 213 W. Adams St. Come to get ques-

tions answered about cell phones, tablets, computers, social media and digital cameras. Drop by anytime for a free one-on-one session.

Twitter in Business will be 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Quilts and Other Notions Activity Center, 209 W. Montgomery St. There will be discussion

Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Corn — $4.28

Soybeans — $12.85 • Gavilon Grain: Corn — $4.27 Soybeans — $12.92

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about how Twitter can be beneficial to businesses and how it works. Cookies and refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Creston FBLA’s adviser Shannon Smith at ssmith@crestonschools.org.

Cromwell Women’s dinner rescheduled

CROMWELL — The Cromwell Women’s dinner has been rescheduled for noon Thursday, Feb. 13, at Cromwell Church. Cost is $7.

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The Sochi Olympics, from Putin and The Plutocrats to Pussy Riot The Sochi Olympic Games are rightly highlighting the constellation of abuses that have become standard in Russia under Vladimir Putin. Most notably is intense, often violent homophobia, tacitly endorsed by the government with the recent passage of the law against “gay propaganda.” While Sochi shines a light on Russian human-rights violations, it affords an opportunity to expose the rampant corruption and abuse that accompanies the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

I first personally experienced the corrupting influence of the Olympics when attempting a routine entry into Canada, to give a talk at the Vancouver Public Library in November 2009. Two colleagues and I were ordered out of our car by the Canadian border guards. I was interrogated at length, as other guards busily rifled our car. They wanted to know the topics of my talk. I told them I would talk about the importance of an independent media, about the Obama administration’s war in Afghanistan, its efforts to derail to the U.N. climate negotiations and more.

“Are you planning on speaking about the upcoming Winter Games

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in Vancouver?” The thought hadn’t entered my mind, at least until the interrogation. My detention became a national story across Canada. In order to host the Olympics, cities have to buckle under the IOC’s strict rules, and governments have to provide enormous public subsidies, primarily for sports stadiums and other construction projects that are paid for but often unwanted by the local citizens. To force this boondoggle on the public, the IOC and host governments crack down on dissent.

In Putin’s increasingly totalitarian Russia, the repression is even greater, as is the plunder of the public coffers. The low estimates put the cost of the Sochi Games at $51 billion, more than four times the estimated cost and, remarkably, more than the cost of all previous Winter Olympics combined, as reported by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Political sportswriter Dave Zirin told me: “One

road from the Olympic Village to the top of the ski mountain is going to cost $8.7 billion. Not only is that more than the entire price tag for the Vancouver Games, but they could have paved the entire road in Beluga caviar, and it would have cost less.” Zirin reported that at least 25 workers were killed during the frantic race to finish the construction in Sochi. While workers suffer, Zirin says the beneficiaries of the largess are “a combination of the Russian state and the Russian plutocracy.”

Along with Putin and the plutocrats, the Olympics are a marketing bonanza for multinational corporations. The USOC (U.S. Olympic Committee) boasts among its corporate sponsors Dow Chemical, GE, McDonald’s, Budweiser and BP. Samantha Retrosi was recruited at the age of 11 during the “Verizon-USA Luge Slider Search,” and competed with the U.S. Olympic luge team at the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Italy. “Corporate sponsorship is of paramount necessity,” she told us on the “Democracy Now” news hour. “There’s no government support for luge or any other Olympic sport. Essentially, the system is en-

tirely privatized ... as a U.S. national team athlete, I signed a contract every year with the U.S. Luge Association, and that contract stipulated what I could and couldn’t say.

Essentially, I was being trained to be a spokesperson for Verizon.”

While Verizon no longer sponsors the U.S. luge team, the dependence on corporate sponsorship remains.

On the issue of gay rights, President Barack Obama is making a statement against Putin by not attending, instead sending several LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) athletes on the official U.S. delegation. Tennis legend Billie Jean King was appointed, but can’t attend due to her mother’s illness. When asked about the prospect of protests at the Sochi games, King told CBS: “They’re not supposed to protest or demonstrate.

And if they do, they can have their medals stripped, and they can be sent home. But I also think some of the athletes will probably have their say. ... I would do something.”

Speaking out in Russia can bring serious consequences. The activist punk band Pussy Riot played a musical, anti-Putin statement in Moscow, and two of its members were thrown into prison for 21 months.

Just released, they are now visiting the U.S. with Amnesty International. One of the band members, Maria Alyokhina, told me at their first U.S. news conference: “We would like for Americans to really look at Russia and see Russia beyond the images of Olympic objects and buildings. ... The only thing which connects these objects to the country is taxpayer money, which has been stolen.”

The Pussy Riot band members are taking a courageous stand against Putin. But they are also taking a stand here, planning to visit at least one U.S. prison. They will then head back to Russia. As Zirin said, “In a sane world, Pussy Riot would be playing the opening ceremonies at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.”

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 1,000 stations in North America. She is the co-author of “The Silenced Majority,” a New York Times best-seller. (c) 2014 Amy Goodman Distributed by King Features Syndicate

Turkish police arrested an airline passenger HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

McDonald’s Corporation in Chicago announced Thursday they are opening up their first McDonald’s restaurant in the Republic of Vietnam this weekend. Big Macs and French fries and thick shakes are coming to Ho Chi Minh City. So it looks like we might win that war after all.

CBS News reporter Leslie Stahl editorialized Friday that when Obamacare reduces people to working less than thirty hours a week, it will help to bring families closer together. It’s certainly true. Studio apartments

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Turkish police arrested an airline passenger who tried to hijack a plane headed for Turkey to the Winter Olympic games in Sochi Friday. The pilot refused to divert the flight. You know the hotels are awful when you have to hijack a plane to get somebody to take you to Sochi.

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Support Creston Library From Karen Walter Creston

The Friends of the Library have several fundraising events coming up in the next few weeks. We are again selling cookie bouquets for Valentine’s Day. Orders can be left at the Creston Public Library. You can select either six cookies or 12 cookies, and we will deliver free in Creston.

On Feb. 22, the Friends are sponsoring a teen dance at the Lincoln School. The dance has a Sadie Hawkins theme. It is open to middle school-age students from 7 to 9 p.m. and high school-age students

from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The dance will be DJ’d by Josh Shields from Rebel DJ. Cost is $5.

On March 1, we will be having a scrapbooking event at Quilts and Other Notions Creative Center from 8:30 a.m. to 11p.m. The cost is $25. Lunch and dinner will be provided, and we will have several vendors available, as well as door prizes, a silent auction and goody bags. Registration forms are available at the library or by calling Karen Walter at 782-4357.

The proceeds from these fundraisers are used to fund the summer reading program, help pay

for staff training, purchase new books for the library and any other needs the library has that are not in their budget. Last year, we donated $6,000 for the purchase of new books and paid for the Science Center of Iowa presentation, as well as the Dino O’Dell program.

We hope all of the community will support our efforts to benefit the library. Promoting reading is very important in everyone’s life.

The Friends of the Library want the Creston Public Library to be a wonderful place for everyone to visit.

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Apologies to the hospital board From Jim Stalker Creston

People who write letters to the editor are often confused by the confusion they write about in trying to sort out the information they have before them. The last letter I wrote was all about the state of tourism in Union County and the decision by the hospital to farm out our hospice care. I just assumed that Medicare or some other form of insurance would cover hospice care and the expenses of running our unique facility would be figured into that, before the construction of our hospice building. Apologies to the hospital board.

As for the state of tourism in Union County, we already supported our natural points of inter-

est, the lakes and what used to be, a great pheasant population that attracted a great many people to hunt. With the introduction of turkeys by the DNR, the pheasant hunting of the past has killed that kind of tourism. As for advertising? The city of Creston’s hotel/ motel tax is divided to allow a portion for tourism advertising and that is being done. The best way is word of mouth, and that should also be ongoing.

In the old days, when we were in our fledgling years as volunteers, we brainstormed at finding new ways to develop tourism. Using that cliche’ “If you build it, they will come” concept, we concentrated in that direction. But alas, nothing substantial came into our fields of vision, and we settled on

promoting the passive attractions, the lakes and recreation associated with that and on the bagging of wild game.

At present, Ellen Gerharz, Jane Briley and Kathy Parmenter are the lone volunteers in Union County who sell the ads, put together, and distribute the annual tourism guide for Union and the surrounding counties that used to make up Southern 9 Tourism, a grassroots organization formed by volunteers within the state’s division of western and central tourism development. Jane is the last remaining original Union County volunteer from Southern 9. Jane, as well as Ellen and Kathy, should be commended for their efforts to promote Union County tourism.

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What you didn’t see in CBS’ Beatles salute

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Clear is a graduate of East Union High School in Afton and Kaplan University. She is currently employed as a team leader at Kohls and research remediation analyst at Wells Fargo.

McCollough is a graduate of Ar-We-Va Community School in Westside and Buena Vista University. He is currently employed as a loan documentation specialist with Military Family Home Loans.

The couple are planning an Aug. 16 wedding at Ankeny First United Methodist Church in Ankeny. The couple will reside in Ankeny.

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what ended up in the 2-hour telecast. The show’s producers edited over the section in which McCartney first asked for only the men in the audience to sing the riff, then the women, and finally everyone in the house to join.

Two other lost bits — perhaps they’ll be included as bonus material on a DVD/ Blu-ray release of the show — belonged to Jeff Bridges and Eric Idle.

One of several celebrities tapped to introduce various performances, Bridges told of his reaction to seeing the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” 50 years earlier, when he was 14. But his full story of subsequently meeting the Fab Four didn’t make the cut, a shame since he was the only participant in the show with a story of a personal encounter with the group in the early stages of

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parody of the Beatles and Beatlemania reprised the latter role for a humorously convoluted salute to the historic nature of the show.

“Fifty years ago on this very stage,” he began, “well, not on this very stage ...” in a bit that cleverly wound its way through the artificiality of explaining a moment in history that took place Feb. 9, 1964, in New York to a live audience in Los Angeles looking on two weeks before the show would air.

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Gregory Mulligan and Robin Mulligan of Manistique, Mich., announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Audra Mae Mulligan of Prescott to Grant David Long of Prescott, son of David Long of Creston and Kathleen Becker of Boone.

Mulligan graduated from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich., in 2008 with a bachelor degree in public relations. She received her associate degree in nursing from Southwestern Community College in 2010. Mulligan is currently employed as a registered nurse at Alegent-Creighton Hospital in Corning.

Long attended Ogden High School before earning a degree in building trades in 2000 from North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City. He is currently employed as a carpenter at American Homes by Dave Long in Creston.

The couple is planning an August wedding in Manistique, Mich.

LOS ANGELES (MCT) — Viewers who tuned in Sunday night to “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles” on the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” got to see most of what transpired two weeks earlier when the show was filmed at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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Melvin Ejim is 2nd player in last 15 years to follow a 48+ point game with singledigit scoring in next game.

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

National Digest

ISU thumped MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It was tough to tell what Remi Dibo enjoyed more: being the centerpiece of West Virginia’s 3-point show against No. 11 Iowa State, or clamping down on Big 12 scoring leader Melvin Ejim.

Dibo scored a careerhigh 20 points to lead the Mountaineers to a 102-77 victory Monday night, the Cyclones’ most lopsided loss of the season.

Dibo went 6-of-8 from beyond the arc as West Virginia tied a season high with 13 3-pointers.

Juwan Staten added 19 points and Eron Harris and Terry Henderson each had 16 points for the Mountaineers (15-10, 7-5 Big 12).

Iowa State (18-5, 6-5) had five players in double figures, led by Georges Niang’s 17 points. But Ejim, coming off a Big 12-record 48 points and a career-high 18 rebounds against TCU, was guarded by Dibo and held to six points — 12 below his average — on 1-of-9 shooting.

KSU tops KU MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State’s Marcus Foster was battered and bruised, just like everyone else on the court, and was having a hard time limping around during breaks in the play.

When the final buzzer sounded, he had no problem jumping up in celebration.

Foster scored a gamehigh 20 points, two coming on free throws in the closing seconds of overtime, and helped the Wildcats hold off No. 7 Kansas 8582 on Monday night.

Will Spradling added 15 points for the Wildcats (17-7, 7-4 Big 12), who blew a nine-point lead with less than 2 minutes left in regulation.

Hundreds of students flooded the court when the final buzzer sounded to celebrate the end of a six-game skid against Kansas. The Wildcats, who had lost 48 of the last 51 in the series, hadn’t beaten their rivals in their on-campus octagon since Feb. 14, 2011.

Andrew Wiggins scored 16 points for the Jayhawks, including a putback of his own miss with 6.9 seconds left to force overtime. Perry Ellis had 19 points, Naadir Tharpe added 13 and Brannen Greene scored 10, making two key baskets near the end of regulation.

AP top 25 Syracuse is a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for the second straight week. The Orange (23-0) received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday.

Arizona, Florida, Wichita State, San Diego State andVillanova remained second through sixth. Wichita State (25-0) is the only other unbeaten team in Division I. The Big Ten reached five with the returns of No. 21Wisconsin and No. 22 Ohio State. No. 9 Michigan State, No. 15 Michigan and No. 16 Iowa are the others.

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Blessington accepts coaching job at Ottawa University

By SCOTT VICKER

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Coming off a 37-10 season in which she led the Southwestern volleyball season to a fifth-place finish at the national tournament in November, head coach Melissa Blessington’s reign with the Spartans has come to an end.

Blessington accepted the volleyball head coaching position at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan. “First of all, it gave me the opportunity to focus more on volleyball,” Blessington said about her decision.

“I do want to go to a four-year institution. This gave me the opportunity to stay close to Iowa and coach

at a four-year institution.”

Ottawa University is an NAIA school. The Braves finished the 2013 season with a record of 20-14, falling to 19th-ranked Waylan Baptist University in the first round of the NAIA National Championships.

Blessington, who was named the Region XI Coach of the Year, said she enjoyed her time coaching at Southwestern, returning to the program after previously playing for the Spartans.

Blessington “We had a fantastic season this year, had fantastic girls,” she said.

“I’m 100 percent happy with my three seasons at Southwestern. The people who worked with me in my position, I cannot say enough good things about.”

Southwestern athletic director Bill Krejci said Blessington did a good job of turning the Southwestern volleyball program around in just three short years.

“She had a really good mentor in Rita (Schroeder),” he said. “One thing about her, she’s a terrific recruiter. She’s a tireless recruiter.

Once she gets her kids on campus, they’re very well disciplined. They play the game with great passion.

Those ingredients turn out to be a pretty good team. We’re really sad to see her leave, but we’re excited

for her because we know she’s moving on to a four-year school, which is what she wants.”

Krejci said there is no hard timeline for filling the vacancy left by Blessington, but said he would like to have someone hired by March 1.

“We don’t have a timeline, only because we’re going to be looking for another quality person to come in,” he said. “It’s going to be hard to replace her. I’m hoping

by March 1 we can have someone signed on the dotted line, because they have to do quite a bit of recruiting. Just like when Melissa took over, there’s a little bit of retooling to do.”

Blessington’s last day at Southwestern will be Thursday.

Bedford/Lenox, Mount Ayr send five to district Bedford/Lenox and Mount Ayr each sent five wrestlers to the Nodaway Valley district this week and East Union and Southwest Valley combined for five more at the Class 1A sectional in Bedford Saturday.

Bedford/Lenox also won the team title with 189 points to advance to the Class 1A regional dual tonight at Liberty Center against No. 2 Eddyville-BlakesburgFremont. No. 11 Southeast Warren takes on Sigourney-

Keota in the other dual.

Nodaway Valley, meanwhile, had no district qualifiers fro the Class 1A sectional at Ogden won by the host Bulldogs with 214 points.

Team scoring and district qualifiers from the two area 1A sectionals:

Class 1A at Bedford Team scoring (district qualifiers) — 1. Bedford/Lenox (5) 189; 2. Southwest Iowa (6) 159; 3.

Mount Ayr (5) 131; 4. Griswold (4) 130; 5. Clarinda Academy 121.5 (3); 6. Southwest Valley 118 (2); 7. East Union 108 (3).

District qualifiers 106 — 1. Konner Martin, B/L; 2.

Southeast Nebraska beats Spartans

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

BEATRICE, Neb. — A Southwestern lull during the first half allowed Southeast Nebraska to open a margin that it held the rest of the way in a 60-49 victory over the Spartan men Saturday.

The Storm took a 22-14 halftime lead and completed the season sweep of Southwestern with a 38-35 advantage in the second half.

“We executed the plan pretty well and gave ourselves a chance,” said Southwestern coach Mike Holmes. “We just had a little drought scoring after about the 12-minute mark of the first half. We had some decent looks, but couldn’t seem to make anything.We made a couple of pushes at them, but it pretty much stayed that way the rest of the game. Defensively we were pretty good. They were just a little better than us.”

Mataika Koyamainavure had a good second half for the Spartans and finished with 21 points and nine rebounds. Koyamainavure J a r e d T h e i s added 10 points and six rebounds for the Spartans, now 8-14 overall.

Southwestern, 1-6 in league play, hosts conference leader DMACC (7-2) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Bears, 21-4 overall, are ranked 12th in the nation.

“Nobody left for us is an easy game,” Holmes said.

“We need to raise our level, and be consistent, to give ourselves a chance.”

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The Southwestern women never could recover from a rocky start in a 63-41 loss to Southeastern Community College here Saturday afternoon.

It was a lost opportunity to solidify postseason conference tournament hopes for the Spartans, now tied for seventh in the league with Ellsworth at 2-8 — just a halfgame in front of Iowa Lakes at 2-9 — while falling to 5-17 overall.

Southeastern was able to open a one-game margin from the Spartans and Ellsworth, improving to sixth in the league at 3-7 and 7-16 overall.

Southeastern was in total control at halftime, leading 36-9.

“From the beginning they jumped out on us right away,” SWCC coach Addae Houston said. “We just played very poorly. We didn’t take care of the basketball, we were not executing defensively on ro-

SOUTHEASTERN (63).

SOUTHWESTERN (41) — Darian Polson 4 5-5 14, Morgan Knorr 3 5-5 11, Jill Vanderhoof 2 0-0 5, Katelynn Sowers 2 0-0 4, Kristin Klocksiem 1 0-0 3, Jordan Williamson 0 2-2 2, Peyton Russell 0 2-2 2. Totals — 12 14-14 41.

FG shooting — 12-35 (34 percent). 3-point goals — 3-8 (Polson 1, Vanderhoof 1, Klocksiem 1). Rebounds — 21 (Polson 8, Vanderhoof 4). Assists — 4 (Russell 2). Steals — 6 (Polson 2, Knorr 2, Klocksiem 2). Blocked shots — 1 (Polson 1). Turnovers — 22. Team fouls — 9.

36 63 SECC — SWCC — 9 41

Karon Pinson, CA. 220 — 1. Zach McMillin, B/L; 2.

Bret Blackburn, SWI. 285 — 1. Joe Ricker, MA; 2.

Spencer Philips, SWI. Class 1A at Ogden Team scoring (district qualifiers) — 1. Ogden (8) 214; 2.

Southeast Warren (7) 203; 3.

Coon Rapids-Bayard (4) 156; 4. Guthrie Center (4) 137; 5.

Panorama (3) 119; 6. Nodaway Valley (0) 77.5; 7. Martensdale-St. Marys (0) 42.

District qualifiers 106 — 1. Austin Flynn, Ogden; 2. Blake Bauer, SEW. 113 — MIcah Hoffman, CR-B; 2. Sheldon McMain, Ogden.

120 — 1. Shawn Heaning, Ogden; 2. Jonathon Hardy, SEW. 126 — 1. Kyler Kiner, Ogden; 2.

Jake Hunerdosse, SEW. 132 — 1. Gabe Henderson, SEW; 2. Brett Carstens, CR-B. 138 — 1. Lane Rumelhart, GC; 2. Zach Evans, CR-B. 145 — 1. Alex Mitchell, SEW; 2.

Logan Sturtz, Ogden.

152 — 1. Jacob Hoch, SEW; 2.

Austin Lentz, Ogden.

160 — 1. Henry Haglund, Ogden; 2. Tom Brooks, GC. 170 — 1. Trevor Wheelock, Ogden; 2. Spencer Winnett, CR-B. 182 — 1. Austin Laabs, GC; 2.

Nick Ross, Ogden.

195 — 1. Ty Schieder, SEW; 2. Wilson Solorzano, Panorama.

220 — 1. Cale Crowder, GC; 2.

Marcus Boldy, Panorama.

285 — 1. Garrett Johnston, Panorama; 2. Brian Jimenez, SEW.

Area girls basketball Southwest Valley 59, coming up just short in their Decatur here on Friday. comeback attempt.

“We played a great game,” Lenox 37 LENOX — Southwest Valley kept Lenox off the scoreboard in the first quarter and the Tigers were never able to recover in a 59-37 loss to the Timberwolves here on Thursday.

“Good game tonight, even though we have been away from the court for a few days,” Southwest Valley co-coach Sandy Winter said.

Mikayla Dolch led the Timberwolves with 18 points, while Gentry Johannes scored 14 points with five steals.

Marissa Drake added eight points with a team-high nine rebounds.

Sydney Maynes scored six points with eight rebounds and Lexi Bronner added six points with seven boards. Katie Taylor finished with five points.

Hannah Mitchell led Lenox with 11 points.

“Too many turnovers in the first quarter and couldn’t pull ourselves out of the hole,” Lenox head coach Mandy Stoaks said.

Nodaway Valley 49, Mount Ayr 46

MOUNT AYR — Nodaway Valley held off a late Mount Ayr rally in a 49-46 win here on Thursday.

Nodaway Valley took a 39-29 lead into the fourth quarter, but the Raiderettes tations. It was a combination stormed back with a 17-10 of things. It baffled me in how advantage in the final quarter, inconsistent we were playing after playing well the previous couple of nights.”

Darian Polson led Southwestern with 14 points and eight rebounds.

Morgan Knorr finished with 11 points.

Polson Southwestern hosts DMACC at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday. The Bears come in 6-5 in the conference and 14-11 overall.

Spartan women buried early

By LARRY PETERSON

Kolton Birkby, SWI. 113 — 1. Jared Hensley, B/L; 2.

Craig Rice, SWI. 120 — 1. Dusten Reed, B/L; 2.

Hadley Ogg, Griswold.

126 — 1. Hunter Rasmussen, SWI; 2. Dalton McCarroll, CA. 132 — 1. Dakota Erickson, SWI; 2. Grant Staats, MA. 138 — 1. Erik Freed, MA; 2.

Austin Dollen, Griswold.

145 — 1. Hunter Russel, B/L; 2.

Cal Daughton, MA. 152 — 1. Austin Wagner, EU; 2.

Jacob Beamgard, MA. 160 — 1. Kallan Schmelzer, SWI; 2. Brogan Kinyon, EU. 170 — 1. Gavin Gremmel, CA; 2. Zayne Dolph, Griswold.

182 — 1. Zach Barton, SWI; 2.

Austin Lorenz, Griswold.

195 — 1. MIke Ward, EU; 2.

“We did a good job of attacking the post tonight,” Nodaway Valley head coach Tom Thompson said. “Our offense was very patient in the half court. After 13 first half turnovers, we only committed three in the second half.”

Nodaway Valley was led by a pair of freshmen, as Paige McElfish scored 20 points with nine rebounds and Josie Clarke scored 17 points with 13 rebounds and three blocked shots. Emily Huntington added five points for the Wolverines.

Mount Ayr was led by a pair of seniors as Brook Rychnovsky and Paige Daughton each scored nine points.

Daughton dished out four assists and Rychnovsky finished with three assists.

Kelcie Shields scored eight points, while Tess Shields and Allie Shields each added six points for the Raiderettes.

“We played much better than we did Monday night,” Mount Ayr head coach Thad Streit said. “But we gave up way too many offensive rebounds and second chance points. We made a great run at the end of the game. We need that energy for 32 minutes, though.”

Southwest Valley 51, Central Decatur 48 CORNING — Southwest Valley shook up the Pride of Iowa Conference title race with a 51-48 win over Central

co-coach Sandy Winter said.

“Central Decatur came back with a balanced attack, but we held our ground and came away with a win. This team has improved tremendously since December. I am very proud of how hard they have worked and developed as a team.”

Mikayla Dolch scored 13 points to lead the Timberwolves, while Lexi Bronner added 12 points with eight rebounds. Sydney Maynes scored seven points with nine rebounds and four steals. Kelsie Kinman contributed nine points with six boards and three steals, while Marissa Drake scored eight points with six rebounds.

Murray 69, O-M 25 MURRAY — Murray played unselfish basketball here Friday in a 69-25 win over Orient-Macksburg, as the Lady Mustangs finished with 16 assists on 27 made baskets.

“Jumped out to a quick lead in our last home game of the regular season,” head coach Jerry Shields said. “Saw the floor very well tonight.

Everyone saw a lot of playing time and we ended up with very balanced scoring.”

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CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Triton recruit: Creston High School senior Alex Chapman is shown with parents Marie

and Dan Chapman and Panther football coach Brian Morrison (standing) after signing a letter of intent to play football at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. “I think it’s great,” said Morrison. “He stuck it out and proved to be a real good player for us on defnse and what he did on offense was outstanding in filling in a lot of different positions.” Chapman said attending Iowa Central will be a good way to prepare for attending a larger school with a chance to continue playing football after high school. He is projected as a defensive end candidate for Triton coach Kevin Twait.

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Panther JV wins Atlantic tourney GIRLS: ATLANTIC — Creston/O-M had five champions and 256 points to dominate the Trojan JV Tournament Thursday.

Atlantic was second with 141 in the 16-team field.

Creston/O-M champs were Alex Fargo, Cameron Leith, Garrett Taylor, Zach Hoffman and Cody Tanner.

placed second: 1. Carter Cox (Atlantic) major dec. Trevor Marlin (C/O-M), 16-6.

113 — Carson Wheat (2-1) placed second: 1. Hunter Ackerson (Glenwood) pinned Carson Wheat (C/O-M),, 3:53.

120 — Stone Hammons (1-2) placed third.

126 — Alex Fargo (3-0) ;laced first: 1. Alex Fargo (C/O-M) dec.

River Meeker (Logan-Magnolia), 5-2 OT. 132 — Cameron Leith (3-0) placed first: 1. Cameron Leith (C/O-M) dec. Marshall McDermott (Atlantic), 1-0. Kyle Fenton (1-2) placed sixth: 5.

Tanner Mauk (Atlantic) dec. Kyle Fenton (C/O-M), 7-4. Demitrius Campbell (0-2) did not place.

Darrian Fischer (0-2) did not place.

138 — Bryce Briley (3-1) placed second: 1. Matthew Smith-Petersen (Audubon) pinned Bryce Briley (C/O-M), 1:21. Tyler Helm (3-2) placed fifth: 5. Tyler Helm (C/O-M) by forfeit over Cameron Jacobsen

(Harlan), 6-3.

145 — Garret Taylor (4-0) placed first: 1. Garret Taylor (C/O-M) dec. Zach Hagadon (AHST), 6-3.

152 — Jackson Mikkelsen (3-1) placed second: 1. Zac Stork (Atlantic) dec. Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M), 5-4.

160 — Zack Peppmeier (3-2) placed sixth: 5. Cole Loeffelbein (Glenwood) dec. Zack Peppmeier (C/O-M), 9-4. Keaton Eslinger (0-2) did not place.

170 — Chad Lamb (2-1) placed third: 3. Chad Lamb (C/O-M) dec. Blake Haidsiak-Riggle (SW Valley), 6-1.

182 — Trevor Luther (2-1) placed second: 1. Austin Mills (Atlantic) pinned Trevor Luther (C/O-M), 1:47.

220 — Zach Hoffman (2-0) placed first: 1. Zach Hoffman (C/O-M) pinned Thomas Haughton (Shenandoah), 1:26.

285 — Cody Tanner (3-0) placed first: 1. Cody Tanner (C/O-M) dec. Coy Mahr (Oakland Riverside), 3-0.

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points with 11 rebounds. Kate Patton added 12 points with five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Courtney Siefkas also finished in double figures with 11 points.

Megan Oswald recorded nine points with a team-high Trojan JV Tournament 13 rebounds. Deena Snyder Team scoring — 1. Creston/ and Shelby Myers each scored O-M 256.5; 2. Atlantic 141; 3. six points, while McKenzie Glenwood 109; 4. LoganMagnolia 89; 5. Oakland McIntosh added five.

Riverside 81; 6. Audubon 80; Lisa Moss led Orient7. Shenandoah 79; 8. AHST 59; 9. Harlan 57; 10. (tie) Lewis Macksburg with 11 points, Central and Southest Valley 40; while Shyla Waldhauser net12. C.B. Thomas Jefferson 35.5; ted seven points. Shannon 13. Sioux City East 28; 14. Red Oak 24; 15. Clarinda 18; 16. TriEads scored three points, as Center 16.

Harper Spurrier and CourtCreston/O-M results 106 — Trevor Marlin (2-1) ney Neal each scored two points.

Murray improved to 17-2 Area boys basketball for the season and 10-1 in the Bluegrass Conference with derhoof and Gunnar McCuen Murray 65, O-M 38 Lamoni 74, the win. Orient-Macksburg both grabbed four.

MURRAY — Murray dropped to 2-15 overall.

East Union 39 Nodaway Valley 93, picked up the intensity after AFTON — Physical play the first quarter and ran away MSM 67, Lenox 35 dictated the way Thursday’s Mount Ayr 49 MARTENSDALE — MOUNT AYR — Nod- to a 65-38 win over Orientgame here was played, as LaMacksburg here on Thursday. Lenox held an early lead away Valley’s fullcourt press moni picked up a 74-39 win “We really played sluggish against Martensdale-St. gave Mount Ayr problems in over East Union. that first quarter,” Murray Marys here on Friday, but the “A team that plays ag- the early going here Thursday head coach Darin Wookey Blue Devils took control with gressively on defense, with a in a 93-49 win. said. “We had not played a a 21-9 advantage in the sec“We did not get off to a high number of possessions, game or practiced in several ond quarter of a 67-35 win. should have more than 10 great start and we just lost days and it showed. But in “We played a very good fouls in 32 minutes,” East ourselves mentally,” Mount the second quarter, I thought first quarter,” Lenox head Union head coach Thad Tus- Ayr head coach Bret Ruggles we started playing with a little coach Mandy Stoaks said. sey said. “More free throws said. “Their press really hurt more purpose. Many guys us in the beginning stages should have been attempted. got in the game tonight, but I We need to take better shots of the game and we turned it over way too many times. thought Kenny Boles a freshand play better defense.” man had his best game of the Cole Campbell led East It caused the game to really year.” get out of hand early and we Union with 10 points, while Trey McHenry led a bal- Continued from page 9A Mason Gossman scored eight couldn’t recover fast enough.” anced scoring attack with Casey Paxson led Mount points. Jesse Akers contribut16 points, while Pat Kilmer experience in the Spartan ed seven points, while Trevor Ayr with 13 points, while added 15 points and Braydon system prior to this season.

Jake Sobotka added 10 points Barnett chipped in six. Sean held scored 12 points. Sam The rest are freshmen or Schmitz and Brandon Hulsey with three rebounds. Caleb Rockhold scored nine points transfers. Last year’s team each scored three points and Schnoor scored eight points, while Jack Jones and Riley with eight rebounds, while had eight experience sophoDustin Hoyt added two.

Andrew Rider dished out five mores.

Jeremy Deemer led Lamo- Weehler both scored five assists for Murray.

Sophomore guard Larry points. ni with 29 points.

Boles scored four points Mason is no longer on the “A quality road win against Lenox 54, an improving Mount Ayr and collected four rebounds, team.

Southwest Valley 38 team,” Nodaway Valley head while Thane Simmons finished with four points and LENOX — Lenox took a coach Darrell Burmeister four boards.

Sports briefs 4-3 lead two minutes into the said. “We continue to shoot Chantz Davidson led game and never looked back the ball well and play unself- Orient-Macksburg with 17 Creston falls in a 54-38 win over Southwest ishly.”

GLENWOOD — The TJ Bower led Nodaway points. Dylan Nichols added Valley here on Thursday.

13 points and Jordan Thomp- Creston boys basketball Valley with 30 points to go Caleb Lange led the Tison scored eight points. team suffered a 72-60 loss to gers with 27 points and eight with 11 rebounds and eight Lamoni 83, O-M 32 Glenwood here on Monday. rebounds. Spencer Brown re- assists. Jackson Lamb scored Stats were unavailable at ORIENT — Orientcorded a double-double with 28 points. Delson Grantham finished with nine points and press time. For a full report Macksburg fell to Bluegrass 16 points and 16 boards. DawConference leading Lamoni on Monday’s loss, along with son Tullberg added five points seven boards. reports on the JV and fresh83-32 here on Friday. with four rebounds.

Interstate 35 56, Chantz Davidson led the men teams, see Wednesday’s Todd Stoaks scored four Bulldogs with 10 points, while CNA sports section. points with five boards, while East Union 42 TRURO — East Union got Dylan Nichols scored nine Central wins Dustin Gordon finished with off to a good start defensive- points. Seth White added two points and four steals.

CEDAR RAPIDS — ForScott Vanderhoof led ly, but Interstate 35 eventu- eight points. Wyatt Hensley wards Colby Taylor of CresSouthwest Valley with 12 ally pulled away in the fourth finished with three points, points and five boards, while quarter of a 56-42 win over while James Sullivan contrib- ton and Matt Greenfield recorded double-doubles as uted two points.

Nick Spring added 10 points the Eagles on Friday. and three steals. Keegan “We didn’t score the first Nodaway Valley 94, the Central College men’s basketball team defeated Longabaugh scored seven three minutes of the game,” SE Warren 32 Coe College 71-54 in Iowa points. Colten Drake led the East Union head coach Thad GREENFIELD — Nod- Conference play Saturday.

Timberwolves with 10 re- Tussey said. “We executed away Valley held Southeast Taylor scored a game- and bounds. our defensive game plan well, “We didn’t do a good holding them to 22 points in Warren scoreless through the c a r e e r enough job of keeping Lenox the first half. Eventually our first quarter and to just eight high 21 first half points on its way to a points and off the boards,” Southwest offense warmed up by workValley head coach Jim Ober94-32 win here Friday. hauled meier said. “It is hard to win ing to convert good looks.”

TJ Bower led Nodaway in 10 reThe Eagles trailed by four games when you give teams Valley with 30 points and b o u n d s , multiple chances to score at halftime, but fell behind by five steals in three quarters of w h i l e 11 two minutes into the secpoints.” play. Jackson Lamb added 22 Greenfield half. The Eagles cut the points with seven steals and scored 19 Taylor Central Decatur 71, ond lead to two with 7:00 to go, Southwest Valley 54 but couldn’t move any closer six assists. Zach Plymesser points and added 14 points to go with with a game-high 12 boards CORNING — Central De- down the stretch. a team-high eight rebounds in the sixth straight win for catur pulled away from SouthCole Campbell scored 12 west Valley in the second half points to lead East Union, with three assists and three Central (15-6 overall, 8-2 conference). Coe fell to 9-12 of a 71-54 win here on Friday. while Sean Schmitz and Ma- steals.

Mason Clarke scored 10 and 1-9.

“We played competi- son Gossman both scored six “Colby and Matt played tive basketball for most of points. Jesse Akers scored six points off the bench and Delthe game, but had too many points with 11 rebounds. Ty- son Grantham contributed great,” coach Craig Douma breakdowns in our man-to- ler Kelley and Trevor Barnett nine points with four steals. said. “It was Colby’s best Nodaway Valley improved performance bar none, on man defense in the fourth each netted four points. Alex to 18-1 for the season with the both ends. He came to play quarter to finish well,” SouthBrown and Dustin Hoyt each west Valley head coach Jim win and 15-0 in the Pride of tonight.”

Obermeier said. “Central De- scored two points.

Iowa Conference. catur made 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to put the game away.”

Scott Vanderhoof led a balanced attack for the Timberwolves with 12 points. Keegan Longabaugh and Nick Spring both scored nine points. Lane OSHA 10-hour Training for Computer Classes Peterson added eight points, while Evan Baldwin and Bry- Computer Basics, Word, Excel, Email General Industry & Construction Classes starting in March in Creston an Pearson each scored six Classes held in Creston starting in March points.

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“The best we have all year.

We were very patient on offense, didn’t force things.

Unfortunately, int he second quarter, the tide changed.”

Aurora Arevalo scored 10 points with seven rebounds for Lenox. Katie Dukes added 10 points with seven rebounds and three steals. Shantelle Brown scored seven points and grabbed six boards.

Lamoni 47, East Union 42 AFTON — East Union entered halftime tied with Lamoni at 22-22, but was outscored 25-20 in the second half of a 47-42 loss here on Thursday.

Kelsey Hoff led the Eagles with 10 points and nine rebounds. Kali Mertens added eight points with four steals.

Chelsea Hoyt scored six points with six boards and Emily Eckels scored six points with four rebounds. Mara Weis and Reagan Brown each scored four points.

Interstate 35 65, East Union 24 TRURO — Interstate 35 had no problem dispatching East Union here on Friday, cruising to a 65-24 win.

Chelsea Hoyt led East

Union with six points and seven rebounds. Kali Mertens added six points with five boards. Kelsey Hoff contributed four points and six rebounds. Reagan Brown scored two points and dished out three assists. Emily Eckels and Mara Weis both scored two points.

Nodaway Valley 50, SE Warren 28 GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley pulled away early in a 50-28 win here Friday over Southeast Warren.

Paige McElfish scored 13 points with 11 rebounds to lead the Wolverines, while Josie Clarke added 10 points and nine boards. Emily Huntington scored eight points, while Josie Carter added seven. Christine Gross finished with five steals in the win.

“We did a good job of controlling the boards tonight,” head coach Tom Thompson said. “Good patience on offense against the 1-3-1 defense, something we hadn’t seen.”

Nodaway Valley improved to 12-8 for the season with the win and 11-4 in the Pride of Iowa Conference.

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SOUTHEAST, Neb. (60) — Josh Roberts 5 0-1 12, John Swift 3 2-4 11, Tyrell Allen 3 0-0 8, Jordan Brooks 4 0-0 8, Tyrell Corlew 3 1-2 7, Jarrod Gamble 2 1-2 6, Damaris McKeiver 1 2-3 4, Altez Davis 1 2-2 4. Totals — 22 8-14 60. FG shooting — 22-54 (40.7 percent). 3-point goals — 8-22 (36.4). Rebounds — 32 (Gamble 7, McKeiver 6).

Assists — 18 (Roberts 6, Corlew 5). Turnovers — 11. Team fouls — 12. Fouled out — None.

SOUTHWESTERN (49) — Mataika Koyamainavure 9

3-5 21, Jared Theis 3 3-3 10, Elliott Hamdeed 2 1-2 6, Tanner Kellogg 2 1-2 6, Dylan Tucker 2 0-0 4, Nikola Drobjnak 1 0-0 2.

Totals — 19 8-12 49. FG shooting — 19-49 (38.8 percent). 3-point goals — 3-15 (Hamdeed 1, Theis 1, Kellogg 1). Rebounds — 38 (Koyamainavure 9, Hamdeed 6, Theis 6). Assists — 7 (Lenhard 3, Hamdeed 2). Turnovers — 15.

Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — None.

Southeast — 22 60 SWCC — 14 49

Middle school basketball 8th boys The Creston eighth-grade boys avenged a previous defeat in concluding their season with a 50-30 victory over Winterset Thursday.

Evan Jacobson scored 32 points for Creston, which finished 9-3.

“We talked that if we were to have an opportunity to win it, it would be our defense that needed to get it done,” coach Mike McCabe said. “We were able to play man-to-man defense all game and for the most part we took away their transition game. We played great team defense and Evan Jacobson had a wonderful offensive game for us, both in scoring and passing the basketball.”

Winterset won the B game, 34-22. Dustin Merritt scored 10 points.

Creston A (50) — Evan Jacobson 32, Cole Higgins 3, Trevor Downing 3, Tucker Flynn 3, Jacob Cook 3, Jaden Driskell 2, Dustin Merritt 2, Cody Wagner 2.

Winterset A (30).

Creston B (22) — Dustin Merritt 10, Nathan Pudenz 4, Cody Wagner 4, Randall Pingree 2, Royce Bernard 2.

Red Oak B (34).

7th boys WINTERSET — Winterset edged the Creston seventh-grade boys Thursday, 43-42.

Kylan Smallwood had 20 points for Creston, which ended at 8-4, and Dale Boyer added 16.

“This was a battle all the way through,” said Creston coach Kristopher “Kritter” Hayes. “Winterset made two excellent defensive plays on the ball in the final four seconds.”

Creston handled the ball well late and won the B game 24-22 to finish 7-3-1.

Creston A (42) — Kylan Smallwood 20, Dale Boyer 16, Christian Gist 3, Hunter Simpson 2, Bryce Fitzgerald 1.

Winterset A (43) — Casey Kleemeir 21.

Creston B (24) — Lee Normandeau 11, James McDonald 8, Sheldon Jones 3, Payton Pryor 2.

Winterset B (22).

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The family of Lorabel Taylor would like to express their deep appreciation to those who have offered kindness, support and comfort since the loss of our mother & grandmother.

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Please stop by your nearest Workforce Development Center to fill out an application along with a summary of qualifications and work experience. Applications can also be picked up at Osceola Foods and mailed back to Jared Lee, 1027 Warren Ave. Osceola, IA. 50213.

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All positions must have solid work histories and be able to lift a minimum of 75 lbs. We offer competitive wages, benefits, and overtime. Dalton Ag, Inc is an employee owned company.

To apply, stop by 602 E. Van Buren in Lenox between the hours of 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday.

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Universities work to track graduates and their jobs DAYTON, Ohio (MCT) — College students invest years and potentially thousands of dollars into their education, so more of them are asking an important question: Will this degree lead to a job?

Amid horror stories of unemployed or underemployed recent college graduates and crushing student loan debt, colleges and universities have turned more attention to answering that question with hard data to prove their alumni are finding work.

“What’s most important is that we can answer the questions — with documented data — that are always top of mind for parents and students, and increasingly government,” said Mike Goldman, director of career services at Miami University in Ohio. “When I graduate, will I get a job? Will I get into graduate school or professional school? Will I be able to pay off my student loans, if I have any?”

Miami went further this year than ever to track down their recent graduates, and found 91 percent of them were employed or in graduate school, and nearly one-third had a starting salary between $50,000 and $60,000.

The University of Dayton and Wittenberg University, in Ohio, are even more candid: they share graduates’ job titles and employers — whether a student used their

political science major to become a campaign manager or ended up a barista with an international studies degree.

“We believe in transparency,” said Jason Eckert, director of career services at the University of Dayton.

“It’s to our advantage if our students are doing well to talk about those things,” he said. “Clearly you’re going to see some examples that weren’t tremendous … but I’d rather be transparent.”

For now, colleges are not required to report the types of jobs or salaries of new alumni, but the federal government is asking for more information.

The average earning of graduates who borrowed federal student loans will soon be added to the College Scorecard.

“There is a push nationally for colleges to become more and more accountable for the outcomes of graduates,” Eckert said. “Part of that has to do with the really sincere problem of college student debt.

Students are increasingly asking.

‘What is the return on investment?’”

Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student loans, and Ohio’s graduates in 2012 who borrowed took out an average $29,000, according to the Project on Student Debt.

Samantha Luebbers, who graduates from Miami in May with a

Student loan woes

Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student loans, and Ohio’s graduates in 2012 who borrowed took out an average $29,000, according to the Project on Student Debt.

For now, colleges are not required to report the types of jobs or salaries of new alumni, but the federal government is asking for more information.

“It’s really important because you go to school to get a job.”

— Samantha Luebbers

Miami University in Ohio graduate

double major in biomedical and mechanical engineering, already accepted a job offer from a company she met during a campus career fair.

She said Miami’s 91 percent success rate is reassuring to students.

“It’s really important because you go to school to get a job,” the Cincinnati native said. “A lot of undergraduates are worried about the market right now, so when you see something like that, it’s really comforting because you think you have a shot.”

Miami found 3.4 percent of recent graduates were unemployed by fall 2013 if they graduated between August 2012 and May 2013.

About 75 percent were employed or had received a job offer and nearly 19 percent were enrolled in graduate school. At the time of graduation, about 21 percent of students said they did not intend to seek immediate employment, according to Miami.

Miami this year called 2,000 graduates, and used information from LinkedIn profiles, a pre-graduation survey, Miami’s own data system and the National Student Clearinghouse to compile a much clearer picture of where graduated landed.

It can be difficult to track students after they leave campus, the colleges say.

Only 40 percent of University of Dayton graduates had responded to a survey when the school started making phone calls about it, Eck-

Ty Greenlees/Dayton Daily News/MCT

Miami University students, including freshman engineering student Chloe Gessner, center, learn about creating resumes and cover letters during a workshop with Jennifer McLaughlin, Career Services Senior Assistant Director & Liaison.

ert said. Eventually, they found 96 percent of students were either working, in graduate school or in a service program within six months of graduating in spring or summer 2013.

Nationally, 87 percent of graduates from 2011 were employed or in graduate school six months after graduation, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. About 59 percent were employed six to eight months after graduation, according to NACE. Eckert said those graduates who do not have a job when contacted can receive help from the university.

Clark State Community College surveys graduates three to nine

months after they leave school, and one of questions asked is if they feel they were prepared to work in their field. The college also contacts employers to ask whether the students were ready for work, said Kathy Wilcox, dean of Health, Human and Public Service.

“It’s another way to make sure our programs are doing what they’re supposed to do,” she said.

The information is used internally and when individual programs apply for accreditation. It is also shared with students who ask, she said.

—————— ©2014 Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) MCT Information Services

Statewide emergency alerts unlikely for Iowa, but system could save money DES MOINES (MCT) — A state disaster services agency is proposing a statewide system to handle mass emergency notifications, but can’t think of a circumstance when it w o u l d “fire off” a Branstad statewide alert.

However, the system, which was included in Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget, could expand mass notification and emergency messag-

ing systems from 53 counties to 99 and cut the cost by about one-third.

Those 53 counties that provide emergency notifications for tornadoes, flash flooding and law enforcement situations, for example, are spending about $600,000 a year, according to John Benson of the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

“We feel pretty confident we can provide the statewide system for $400,000,” he told a House Public Safety Subcommittee on House Study Bill 595 Monday. That’s based on more than a dozen replies to a

request for information from vendors.

While the system could be used to deliver an emergency warning to residents across the state “for the really big ones when you need to reach out and grab everyone,” Benson can’t think of an example.

More likely, he said, decisions to alert residents would be made by local law enforcement and emergency management agencies.

“Our goal is to give local folks a tool to use and local folks would determine how to use it,” he said. However, “we don’t want it to be used to advertise the middle school

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emergency notifications for tornadoes, flash flooding and law enforcement situations, for example, are spending about $600,000 a year. bake sale.”

The proposal makes a “whole lot of sense,” according to Kent Hartwig of the Iowa Emergency Management Association. “It will free up resources and create a statewide network rather than a piecemeal network.”

Most of the subcommittee’s questions dealt with privacy issues. Benson said Iowans

could opt-in – that is chose to receive notifications – via landlines, cellphones, email or social media. If they don’t opt-in, they wouldn’t receive the alerts.

Other questions dealt with whether information Iowans in those counties that offer mass emergency notification now voluntarily provided – cellphone numbers and email

addresses – would be passed on to the state and FEMA. The answer would depend on the counties’ agreements with vendors.

Lobbyists for local law enforcement, cities and counties also voiced the concern that once the statewide network is established the state might lose interest in funding it and their communities would have to foot the bill.

The bill now goes to the full House Public Safety Committee.

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