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Panthers to hold ‘Wrap Up Cancer’ event By BAILEY POOLMAN

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In 1975, the number of people who died of invasive cancer in the United States was just shy of 200,000, according to National Cancer Institute. By 1991, the number increased by more than 15,000. Now, that number has decreased to 171,000. Creston Panthers, as well as Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) programs are hosting an event to raise money that

will go toward local cancer patients. “I think they’ve (the students) loved it. They’ve all been pretty Donahoo much on board with it, and we’ve had lot of community members say how excited they are,” said Anthony Donahoo, EAST coordinator. “It’s not just broad cancer, it’s local to Greater Regional (Medical Center). A lot of the students have wanted to help and be a part of this.”

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The Panthers will host the Red Oak Tigers for a high school basketball event Friday. The event starts at 4:30 p.m. with freshman girls basketball at Creston High School, and freshman boys at Creston Middle School. At 6 p.m., junior varsity boys play at the middle school and varsity girls play at the high school. At 7:30 p.m., junior varsity girls play at the middle school and varsity boys play at the high school. “We’re going to be raising some money for the cancer unit at Greater Regional. ... They are getting a heated blanket for

cancer patients,” said Donahoo. The girls’ teams will wear pink uniforms during the games, the boys’ teams will wear wristbands, and both the girls’ and boys’ teams will wear “wrap up cancer” T-shirts during their warmups. The money raised during the “wrap up cancer” event will go toward a blanket warmer to be put in Greater Regional Cancer Center at Greater Regional Medical Center. “We had Trolli (Ferrara) donate candy to us, and they’re Please see WRAP UP CANCER, Page 2

SNOWY MORNING National Weather Service (NWS) reports Creston receiving between 4 and 5 inches of snowfall between Tuesday morning and today. Every school in the Creston News Advertiser coverage area cancels classes today.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

City workers push snow to the center of Adams Street to clear the way for Wednesday morning’s commute.

After work: Jim Best, produce manager at Fareway in Creston, pushes a grocery cart filled with groceries for Mindy Bailey of Creston around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The snowstorm that hit all of southwest Iowa picked up intensity throughout the day Tuesday leaving a total of about 5 inches by this morning.

Freshman Girls: 4:30 p.m. at Creston High School against Red Oak Boys: 4:30 p.m. at Creston Middle School against Red Oak Junior varsity Girls: 7:30 p.m. at Creston Middle School against Red Oak Boys: 6 p.m. at Creston Middle School against Red Oak Varsity Girls: 6 p.m. at Creston High School against Red Oak Boys: 7:30 p.m. at Creston High School against Red Oak

Secretary of state seeks funding for voter fraud

CNA photo by KYLE WILSON

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The map above — created by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet — shows Creston receiving between 4 and 5 inches of snowfall Tuesday morning into today. The largest snowfall totals came in southern Ringgold and Decatur counties where they received 8 inches. Frigid temperatures are expected today with a high near 7 degrees and an overnight low around -12. Wind chills overnight could be as low as -30 degrees.

DES MOINES (MCT) — Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz will ask the Legislature for $140,000 to pursue voter fraud for another year despite openly hostile criticism from Senate majority Democrats Tuesday for his two-year investigation. Schultz, a first-term Republican, has come under fire for using $240,000 in funds from the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to pay for a Division of Criminal Investigation agent to look into voter fraud. HAVA was established after the disputed 2000 presidential election to fund voter education and voter participation efforts. After nearly two years of investigation, 26 people have been charged and five have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. “That’s enough for me to see that we have a problem,” Schultz said. “Twenty-six people can- Schultz celling the vote of other Iowans is a big enough problem to keep this going forward.” Tuesday was the secretary’s second day in a row on the legislative hot seat. Monday, lawmakers grilled Schultz, who is seeking the GOP nomination in Iowa’s U.S. House 3rd District open-seat race, on why three Cerro Gordo County voters had their ballots wrongfully thrown out in the 2012 election. Schultz argued that mistake would not have been discovered without his investigation and that they are now back on the voter rolls. Democrats on the Senate Administration and Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee were skeptical of that and seemed disinclined to grant Schultz’s budget request to use taxpayer dollars to continue his investigation. “If the outcomes and the data don’t support the evidence or the expenditures, then it’s highly unlikely it would be funded,” Please see FRAUD, Page 2

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