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Whiskers to Wags Whiskers to Wags, a grooming business, opened in Creston Feb. 9. It offers a number of grooming options for dogs and cats. ■
By BAILEY POOLMAN CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com
Brightly colored dogs and cats paper the walls while Bentley, a gray Schnauzer, is toweled dry after a quick bath by Lindsy Reeser Friday at Whiskers to Wags. Reeser and Patti Miller, both of Lenox, are co-owners of the grooming business, located at 202 1/2 N. Elm St., which opened Feb. 9. “We just both have a true passion for animals, dogs especially,” Miller said. “We looked at a couple places (to rent) and we found this one. The set-up was perfect for just two groomers and some animals, so we rented it and started putting it together.” Miller and Reeser both have backgrounds involving animals. Miller grew up around animals and has been breeding and showing Shetland sheepdogs for 20 years. Reeser also grew up around animals when she starting showing dogs at 7 years old. She began learning how to groom animals from a master groomer, and ran a doggy daycare in Des Moines for six years. She then groomed animals
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Louie, a Schipperke mix owned by Cindy Isdahl, waits patiently for Lindsy Reeser to finish grooming his chest Friday at Whiskers to Wags, a grooming business Reeser co-owns with Patti Miller.
for Southern Hills Veterinary Services, located in Creston, Corning, Red Oak and Villisca, for a year and a-half before Whiskers to Wags was opened. “It’s hard to explain. It’s a passion for us,” Miller said. “We love what we do. We love the bonding and the one-on-one with the dogs.”
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Whiskers to Wags offers grooming for dogs and cats. Several grooming packages are available for each animal, as well as flea services, nail trims, teeth brushing and other regular services. “We get here about 7:30. We get some dogs that’ll drop off early, so we check them in and get them bathed,” Miller said. “They go in a kennel to dry, and then she (Reeser) clips them down. She grooms them, and then from there we call the parents to come “We love what get them.” we do. We love Reeser and Miller have only groomed one cat since the bonding and opening, but explain the the one-on-one.” process is more time-consuming than with a dog. — Patti Miller “Cats tend to have a bit of Whiskers to Wags a different temperament to co-owner deal with,” Reeser said, “so
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Patti Miller, left, and Lindsy Reeser pose for a photo during a quick break from grooming pets Friday at their business, Whiskers to Wags. Miller and Reeser opened Whiskers to Wags Feb. 9 and hope to expand the business to include boarding and training.
they take longer and they take more patience. Honestly, there aren’t many cats that enjoy it. Other than that, we take a lot of breaks with them.” Because cats are easily stressed, the groomers will do one service then take a break, do another service and take a break and so on. Similarly, they will take it easy with puppies and dogs that have not been groomed before. “Different dogs, different personalities, different temperaments,” Reeser said. “There’s not a lot of groomers that tolerate the patience
involved with cats or tolerate the risks that come with cats. ... It’s all about knowing how to handle them properly and making sure you’re paying attention to their stress signs.”
Variety “Big or small, we groom them all” is Reeser and Miller’s motto for their grooming business. While they are offering services for dogs and cats, they have groomed other animals before, such as guinea pigs and rabbits. And, to add to the fun of WAGS | 2A
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa has become the first state in the nation to derive more than 30 percent of its electricity from wind energy. The American Wind Energy Association says more than 31 percent of the state’s electricity came from wind turbines last year. South Dakota was at 25.5 percent and Kansas at 23.9 percent. Gov. Terry Branstad said Iowa has the potential to jump above 40 percent in the next five years. In a report released Mon-
day the association said wind produced more than 190 million megawatt-hours of power in the U.S. last year, enough electricity for about 17.5 million typical homes. Branstad The goal is for the U.S. to derive 20 percent of its electricity by 2030. The nation was at 4.7 percent from wind last year.
Iowans won’t have to return unemployment overpayments Unemployed people were overpaid a total of $434,000 but won’t have to return the money. The overpayments are part of nearly $910,000 Iowa lost to scams and errors in three years. ■
DES MOINES (AP) — The nearly 1,600 people who were overpaid a total of nearly $434,000 in unemployment benefits won’t have to return the money. The Iowa Workforce Development Board voted Fri-
day to let the recipients keep the money, which was paid in 2014 as a result of a faulty phone system. The Des Moines Register reports that state officials said Friday that several of the Iowans were told to keep the money, under the advice of the agency’s former director. The current director, Beth Townsend, says the state didn’t keep a list of people who tried to return the money, so, theoretically, anyone could argue the state waived its collection rights. An audit shows the overpayments were part of more than $909,000 the state lost to scams and errors over three years.
Super Tuesday: Clinton, Trump eye the possibility to pull away from competitors ■ Democrats will
vote in 11 states and American Samoa, Republicans will also vote in 11 states.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are eyeing an opportunity to pull away from their rivals on Super Tuesday, a delegate-rich dash across the country that could accelerate their march toward the general election. Voters from Vermont to Colorado, Alaska to Amer-
ican Samoa and a host of states in between were heading to polling places and caucus sites on the busiest day of the 2016 primaries. The contests come at a turbulent moment for Republicans as they grapple with the prospect of Trump becoming the party’s nominee. Rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are engaged in a frantic effort to stop the billionaire — with Rubio in particular lobbing surprisingly personal attacks — but it was unclear whether they’d made their move too late. Trump said his support crossed party lines and has even brought Democrats
into the GOP. “We’re getting people into the party that they’ve never had before,” he told A B C ’ s “Good M o r n i n g Trump America” on Tuesday. “I can tell you the one person Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to run against is me.” Like Trump, Clinton has won three of the four early voting contests, including a thrashing of rival Bernie Sanders in South Carolina on Saturday. Her
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victory there was due to overwhelming support from black voters, putting her in position for a strong showing in several Southern states with large African-American electorates that vote Tuesday. Clinton has increasingly turned her attention to Trump in recent days, casting herself as a civil alternative to the insults and bullying that have consumed the Republican race. “What we can’t let happen is the Clinton
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scapegoating, the flaming, the finger pointing that is going on the Republican side,” she told voters gathered in Springfield, Massachusetts. “It really undermines our fabric as a nation. So, I want to do everything I can in this campaign to set us on a different course.” Sanders, who has energized young voters with his call for a political revolution, was seeking to stay close to Clinton in the South and pick up victories in states including Minnesota and his home state of Vermont. But Sanders faces tough questions about whether he can rally minorities that are core Dem-
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ocratic voters. After he voted Tuesday in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont, Sanders told reporters that if voter turnout is high “we are Sanders going to do well. If not, we’re probably going to be struggling.” Democrats will vote in 11 states and American Samoa on Tuesday, with 865 delegates up for grabs. Republicans will vote in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.
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