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Creston graduate and longtime coach Paul Loos was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday. Who else was recognized? More in SPORTS, page 9A. >>

Twenty years ago, Creston Area Theatre announced the cast of its play “The Odd Couple.” The play was a “female version” of the Neil Simon Broadway hit. Who was in the cast?

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3-D printers prep Creston Tornado students for the real world confirmed in eastern Iowa

By KELSEY HAUGEN CNA staff reporter khaugen@crestonnews.com

Before computer-aided design (CAD) existed, product designers had to draw by hand, manually build a prototype and then test the prototype before building the actual product.

Today, thanks to CAD, a computerized drawing can be rapidly transformed into a physical prototype through a type of industrial robot: a 3-D printer.

A 3-D printer takes a computerized image and replicates it as a 3-D object, using the drawing’s exact measurements.

This is the reality of today’s design world, and Creston students in technology-based classes are experiencing this reality in their use of 3-D printers at school.

“What they’re learning is an engineering-related curriculum,” said Phil Wardenburg, Creston High School industrial education and technology teacher. “(CAD) can also be very helpful with their blueprint-reading skills – to take a drawing, visualize those dimensions and know what they mean. The skills they develop (through CAD) are related to a lot of other courses we teach here at Creston Schools.”

This year, the 21st century classrooms in both the high school and middle school each received their first 3-D printer.

Wardenburg has had two 3-D printers in his classroom since 2014 – a smaller printer that cost about $3,500 and a large printer worth more than $7,000 – for a total of four 3-D printers between the schools.

The printers were paid for through the federal Perkins Act, which provides funding for vocational and technical education.

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ABOVE: From left, Creston High School juniors Ian Burns, Chase Shiltz and Kadon Hulett watch as junior Kyle Somers exports an image of a Creston panther using SketchUp, a 3-D modeling software. Once the image is exported, it can be made into a 3-D image in computer aided design (CAD) and printed as a plastic object on a 3-D printer. Also pictured is Creston Schools technology integrator Teri Keeler. BELOW: These two MakerBot 3-D printers in Phil Wardenburg’s classroom at Creston High School are used by students to create plastic objects. A student can design a 3-D image using CAD, as shown on the computer to the right, and print the object on a 3-D printer. For video of a 3-D printer at work, visit crestonnews.com.

3-D printing In creating an object using CAD, the first step is sketching two dimensions – length and width.

“If there are details involved, like cuts, arcs (and) rounds, they develop those on there,” Wardenburg said.

Then, the designer brings in the third-dimensional plane, which is depth. Once depth is developed, the designer may have additional

work to do on the drawing, depending on the product being designed.

“This is why engineers make some nice dollars.

There’s so much detail involved in the products we buy and that you and I as consumers demand,” Wardenburg said. “We demand that precision.”

Then, the designer brings in dimensions – whether it be fractions, the decimal inch or metric system.

“Now, they’re going to fine tune the part they designed into precision measurements,” Wardenburg said. “Then, fundamentally, they’re pretty much done.

It is saved as a CAD drawing and a three-dimensional drawing, too. Once it is saved as a three-dimensional file, the part can be printed off using a 3-D printer.”

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Student donor: Creston High School senior Leslie Lepe donates blood during an American Red Cross blood drive Wednesday in the school gymnasium. Of the 97 presenting donors, 87 units of blood were collected. Also pictured is phlebotomist Jonathan

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CLINTON (AP) — The National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday that tornadoes touched down in parts of eastern Iowa that also endured heavy rain and hail as large as golf balls.

The Weather Service said the Tuesday evening storms that damaged buildings and caused minor injuries included three tornadoes that touched down in Clinton County.

A tornado that swept through the Royal Pines Village Mobile Home Park in Clinton was classified as an EF-1 with winds reaching 90 mph. The tornado, which was on the ground for more than a mile, destroyed five mobile homes and damaged a number of others. At least three people were injured.

Clinton County Emergency Management said the damaged homes’ natural gas pipes released gas into the air. As utility workers made repairs, the park’s utilities were turned off for a time, so about 70 residents were tak-

en to the airport for temporary shelter. Clinton Mayor Mark Vulich said all 82 park residents were accounted for Tuesday night.

Two other tornadoes touched down in the area, including one near Andover with winds up to 95 mph and one that hit near McCausland with winds of 85 mph.

Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter was reported north of Grandview in Louisa County, and an inch or more of rain left standing water up to a foot deep in Lee County low spots, the weather service said.

Trees and power lines were knocked down in Clinton, DeWitt and elsewhere in Clinton County, and a fuel tank was reported to have blown over south of Andover.

Electricity was knocked out briefly in nearby Scott County. LeClaire police said some power poles had been toppled and some streets were littered with debris.

Trump as GOP nominee could lean on party money WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he’ll raise money for the Republican Party and there’s a good reason why: It has the resources he lacks for a general election.

Trump’s victories this week make it much more likely that he’ll be the party’s presidential nominee, probably facing off in November with Democrat Hillary Trump Clinton.

That raises the question of how a so-far “self-funding” Trump would pay for what could be a billion-dollar campaign.

The answer could be, in part, the Republican National Committee.

In the four years since Mitt Romney lost to President Barack Obama, the party has spent millions of dollars to identify and persuade voters by building up its data team and deploying hundreds of on-the-ground employees across the country. These specialties of the national party happen to be lacking in Trump’s own

campaign.

As nominee, he would inherit those RNC resources, which would grow even stronger with Trump’s fundraising assistance. He could also add personnel to the RNC’s leadership, further blending his campaign and the party.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Lewis Eisenberg, its national finance chairman, have made repeated public assurances that they would support Trump if he becomes the nominee. Eisenberg, a New Jersey investor, has known Trump for several decades.

Another longtime party financier, Bill Palatucci, plans to raise money for Trump in some capacity.

Palatucci’s friend and political ally, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was one of the first mainstream politicians to endorse Trump.

“The nominee will take over a party that has resources that simply weren’t there for Mitt Romney,” Palatucci said. The RNC has consistently raised millions more than its Democratic counterpart in recent years.

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Deaths Robert Mostek Creston Robert “Bob” Mostek, 78, of Creston died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Mass of Christian burial will Mostek be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston. The Rev. Kenneth Halbur, celebrant, and the Rev. Leonard Kenkel, concelebrant, will officiate.

Inurnment will be private at Calvary Cemetery at a later date.

Open visitation is from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 18, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., in Creston.

The Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the St. Malachy Foundation.

Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Robert “Bob” James Mostek, son of Dominic and Mary (Zabawa) Mostek, was born Aug. 30,

1937, on a farm near Ashton, Nebraska. Bob graduated from high school in Ashton, Nebraska, with the class of 1955.

On July 19, 1958, he married Janet R. Jensen in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob began working at Farm and Home for his sister and brother-in-law, Tena and Emil Lonowski, when the family moved to Creston in 1961.

He was made a partner at Farm and Home and continued working there until semi-retiring in 2011.

Bob was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge and Crestmoor Golf Club.

Bob is survived by his children, Jeff (Kit) Mostek of Creston, Jim (Lori) Mostek of Washington, Bryan Mostek of Creston and Michelle Mostek (Rick Carter) of Creston; grandchildren, Maria and Natalie, Kelly, Kathy and Robert and Daniel, Payne and Ashton; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Bob was preceded in death by his wife Janet in 2012; brothers, Clarence Mostek and Leonard Mostek; sisters-in-law, Gloria and Elaine Mostek; sister Tena Lonowski; brotherin-law Emil Lonowski and his parents, Dominic and Mary Mostek.

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2016, at Crest Haven Care Centre in Creston. Services Creston are pending at Powers FuPauline Reed, 98, of Cres- neral Home, junction of highton died Tuesday, March 15, ways 34 and 25, in Creston.

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much as $50 per row and can be as small as 1.75 millimeters in diameter. The filament extruded by the printer is nearly microscopic so that it can produce extremely precise 3-D prints.

As the filament is burned and carefully extruded, it begins to form into a plastic object.

“Some jobs are as short as 5 minutes; (others) have taken over 24 hours to print,” Wardenburg said. “A lot of people think it takes a short time, but no, it’s almost worse than watching paint dry. The detail, physical size and parameters may lengthen the job out a great deal.”

In the real world, 3-D printers are used to create a variety of prototypes and products, from steel bicycles to models of human body

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party determined that part of what went wrong was organizational, specifically citing weaknesses in data gathering and direct voter contact.

The contrast between then and now is stark: As of March 2012, the RNC had four fulltime field staffers; now there are more than 200, spread among 16 states. Some have been in place since 2013.

Those employees are empowered with far better data — information that helps them know which voters to

Today is March 17, the 77th day of the year. It’s a leap year. So, there are 289 days left in 2016. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (March 14-20) in history:

10 years ago

Seniors on Creston/Orient-Macksburg wrestling team were honored at the end of the season. They included Blake Miller, Stoney Stuart and Austin Studer.

All three qualified for the state wrestling tournament during their careers.

Thousands of area fans flocked to Des Moines for state basketball semifinals and finals. Creston Panthers lead over Harlan most of the game in the semifinal game and had a 41-38 lead with 39 seconds left. However, Harlan hit the go-ahead shot with 16 seconds left for a 4241 victory. Creston ended up with a fourth-place trophy for Class 3A. Nodaway Valley celebrated the upset over No. 2 rated Bondurant-Farrer to reach their second-straight state championship playoff. The Wolverines ended the season as Class 2A champions.

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Creston Area Theatre announced the cast of its play “The Odd Couple.” The play was a “female version” of the Neil Simon Broadway hit. The cast included Judy Woods, Lynn Schlaht, Michelle Hicks, Laural Griswold, Sue Henderson, Stacy Olson, Larry Hicks and Jerry Huffman. Val Caputo and Cathy Whited were the co-directors.

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parts for surgeons to practice some of the students’ projon. ects involve creating prototypes and then analyzing and CAD classes perfecting those prototypes, In Wardenburg’s class- much like engineers would room, the first 3-D printer, a do in the real world.

MakerBot Replicator 2, ar“There’s so many aspects rived in 2013. Then came the of engineering, everything second printer, a MakerBot Replicator Z18, which can from architectural to mechanical,” Wardenburg said. produce larger 3-D prints.

Wardenburg teaches elec- “They’re using that applied tive CAD classes, including math they’ve learned from a basic, semester-long course their mathematic courses.

Then, they’re learning about and an advanced one.

He taught during the time a prototype, something they design was done on a draw- can hold in their hands and ing board, and students had examine for development to go into the machine or ... These are things the real wood shop to physically world does.”

Recently, Wardenburg make the object. Now, with CAD, everything is comput- had students design two erized. parts to mate together like “With a 3-D printer, we an assembly. can produce a part much “They can use it for anymore rapidly,” he said. “It is thing from a pencil holder phenomenal how technology to a paintbrush cleaner to a has helped us to visualize a toy,” he said. “It was just a part without going out to a skill-based project.” shop and doing that work.”

Another thing WardenIn Wardenburg’s classes, burg teaches students is the reach out to and how to persuade them. The data team is seven times larger than in 2012 and updates voter information weekly.

“We’re way ahead of schedule, and our nominee will inherit the strongest ground game the RNC has ever produced,” said Chris Young, the party’s national field director.

The party can’t pay for everything. Trump’s campaign would be responsible for his travel, staff and media such as paid advertising — which happen to be his specialties.

In the primary, the billionaire has managed those

costs. He says he has spent about $30 million of his own money so far, and fundraising records show he’d raised $7.5 million from other donors through the end of Jan-

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Joe Powers serves Chris Clear at the Kiwanis Pancake Jamboree in March 2006 at the First United Methodist Church. By 5 p.m., the Kiwanis members had served pancakes to 366 people.

boys’ basketball team was honored with a reception after it won third place at the state tournament in Des Moines. Members included Dustin Kilgore, Lucas Darby, Jeff Finn, John David Weber, Kyle McCann, Will Carroll, Marc Jackson, Eric Owens, Ryan Taylor, Todd Stalker, Brady Steenhoek, Josh Brady, Corey Bailey, Kelly Keenan and Ben Gerleman. McCann and Gerleman were also named to the class 3A all-tournament, all-conference and all-state teams.

50 years ago

Several area schools carried off the big share of honors as the Tall Corn girl’s all-conference teams were announced. The first team included Alice Minnick of Mount Ayr, Sandy Scroggie of Bedford, Janet Eklund of

ability to speak the language of engineering-related careers.

“They work as a team with troubleshooting and collaboration, but each one of them does make their own part,” Wardenburg said. “If two parts don’t mate, you have to go back to the drawings and see why. We have to research, troubleshoot, and a lot of times, we find measurements are not correct. I encourage (students) to talk with each other in a technical way if they’re having trouble.”

21st century The 3-D printer in the CHS 21st century room arrived in August, and students have been quick to learn the process of designing.

“The kids knew more about it than we (staff) did,” said Teri Keeler, technology integrator at Creston Schools. “They’re pretty uary.

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off a phone case and the panther head logo,” Keeler said.

“We’ve been trying to work on printing off cases for our GoPros. Basically, just about anything you can think of, it can print.”

Creston Middle School received its first 3-D printer at the beginning of the school year, and ideas as to how students will use the printer are just beginning to take shape.

“We plan to incorporate students in constructing classroom dioramas, science models and designing student awards,” said Jeff Norman, Creston Schools technology coordinator.

“We also are planning to incorporate classes that would include coding and robotics that that will help facilitate other devices in our 21st century room.”

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While the students have begun printing objects using the 3-D printer, Keeler said it’s still a work in progress.

“We’re really just testing and fine-tuning this year,” she said.

While Wardenburg’s CAD classes may be more geared toward students interested in careers in engineering or related fields, those in the 21st century classroom have been exploring other realms of 3-D printing.

“For prom this year, it’s a ‘50s theme, so we printed off (vinyl) records for table decorations,” Keeler said.

This project has been mostly a means of saving money, as vinyl records are now obselete and expensive.

“We’ve also had kids print

that would seat 325 persons, an extended wing and full basement for Christian education purposes and a large parking lot.

St. Patrick’s Day was to be observed in Creston with a big St. Pat’s Green-O-Rama retail promotion sponsored by the Creston Chamber of Commerce. In connection with the event, the annual rural-urban women’s luncheon at Berning’s cafe was held followed by a spring style show at the Strand Theater displaying fashions from 10 stores. Hardware and furniture stores had displays of outdoor exhibits in front of their stores. Customers wearing green were given tickets that were good for a free cup of coffee at any restaurant or soda fountain that was a member of the Chamber.

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East Union, Marilyn Morley of Lenox, Leola Minnick of Mount Ayr, Gay Nichols of Mount Ayr, Laura Holt of East Union and Anita Bradley of Lenox. The second team included Barb Stalcup of East Union, Julia Haley of Mount Ayr, Betty Brand of Lenox, Patti Stull of Mount Ayr, Elena Kinney of Bedford, Linda Robinson of Lenox, Dixie Peterson of East Union and Becky Hiatt of East Union.

According to the Rev. Francis A. Crown, pastor of First Baptist Church, the congregation of the church voted to begin construction of its new church building early in 1967. It would be built on a purchased site at the corner of Lincoln and Prairie streets in the northwestern part of Creston.

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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.

Thursday

Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. Southwest dance jam and pot luck, 6 to 9 p.m., Villisca Community Center.

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.

Friday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Southern Prairie YMCA 55

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Plus, 11:30 a.m. potluck, Southern Prairie YMCA. CW Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., hosted by Judith Wachter.

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

Union Squares, 7:30 p.m., Creston First United Methodist Church. Call Bob Cooper at 7824403 for more information.

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

Saturday

Clearfield firefighter fundraiser breakfast, 6 to 9 a.m., Clearfield Lions Club, 311 Broadway St. Creston Men’s Fellowship non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., Windrow Restaurant.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 308 W. Union St. Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Alzheimer’s Association office, 228 N. Pine St. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641782-4040.

Southwest Iowa Dancers with Classic Country band, 6 to p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy. 34.

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

Sunday

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

Monday

Union County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Union County Courthouse Board Room.

Creston Rotary Club, noon, Greater Regional Medical Center cafeteria conference room.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

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Greater Regional Medical Center Curtis and Chelsea Travis of Creston are parents of a daughter born March 10, 2016. Stella Angela weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Grandparents are David and Jean Travis and Joseph and Angela Baudler, all of Creston.

Great-grandparents are Dana and Marlyn Rectenbaugh of Orient, Clel and Mary Carole Baudler of Greenfield, Melba Akers of Creston and Betty Travis of Creston.

Sibling is Chanelle, 4.

—————— Jolene Frost and Josh Heidtman of Kellerton are parents of a daughter born March 14, 2016. Jaiya Oscar Frost weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Doug and Joyce Frost and Jacki Stark, all of Kellerton.

Great-grandparents are Howard and Jenesse Tull of Tingley and Donna Stark of Kellerton.

Great-great-grandparent is Irene Tull of Creston.

Siblings are Jaixen Frost, 11, and Jaize Frost, 8.

Police

Shannon Claiser, 31, of Prescott was charged on a Union County warrant for third-degree theft 8:21 p.m.

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Kawa wedding reception planned for Friday The reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. March 18 at The Lobby, 303 W. Adams St., Creston.

The family requests no gifts.

Markets

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61 35 Sunny Sioux City 52 31 P Cloudy Spencer 53 27 Sunny Waterloo

Soybeans — $8.39 • Gavilon Grain: Corn — $3.45 Soybeans — $8.50

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New Yorksecond 65 offense, 46 Cloudyand Washington 46 Sunny ence, The records67state Dunphy carrying weapons while intoxicated. He also was cited for speeding. Creston Police said Dunphy had a loaded gun with him when he was pulled over early Sunday morning.

Dunphy is the principal for Griswold’s high school and middle school. School board President Scott Han-

ATTENTION ALL VETERANS!!!

Join us for coffee and treats; Visit with fellow veterans; discuss issues; or just tell stories.

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Harassing communication, Accident Bailee Marie Prom, 18, of 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, West Prescott was cited for failTownline Street.

Assistance, 11:39 a.m., Wednesday, East Taylor Street.

Escort, 12:43 p.m., Wednesday, West Montgomery Street. tered checks in the amounts of $84.53 and $160.49 in exchange for said goods and services. The checks were drawn on the Cornerstone Bank in Clarinda.

The checks had been returned by the bank marked “account closed.” A 10-day notice was received by Claiser on Feb. 26, 2015, and Oct. 13. No arrangements have been made for payment of these checks. The merchant has incurred service charges in the amount of $60 and notification expenses in the amount of $6.74. The total amount due is $311.76.

Claiser has previously been convicted of theft in Union County twice.

Claiser was released on $2,000 bond.

—————— Jenny Moon, 605 W. Prairie St., reported someone entered the home of her neighbor, Jerry Warner, 607 W. Prairie St., 8:57 p.m. Tuesday while Warner was not home, took several items and left.

Warner came home and said several items of clothing and a bottle of liquor were missing from the residence.

Loss estimate is $300.

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pleaded guilty to drunken driving in November 2010 and was sentenced to four days in jail and fined $1,250.

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Open to all children of the community ages 1-10.

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OPINION

Creston News Advertiser | Thursday, March 17, 2016

It’s time for Progress It’s the time of year when the writers at the Creston News Advertiser spend terrifying hours arranging and rearranging photos throughout text devoted to people in our five-county coverage area.

This is also known as Progress.

Our Progress section, to be printed for five days starting Monday, focuses on five different categories of people in the southwest Iowa area, and I’m so glad we were able to meet such amazing people.

I want to send out a big thanks to

Girl on fire Bailey Poolman staff writer

everyone who gave input in some way to our largest undertaking of the year. This includes, but is not limited to, every writer to be published, our amazing advertising staff and the businesses who will be featured on the Progress pages, those who

contributed their stories and photos to the section and those who spend the time to read all the work we as a newspaper publishing company have put together.

The things I love about Progress: 1. The stories we tell. We go around hoping people will be open enough to tell us their story, and then we are left with the responsibility of getting that story right and telling it in a way that shows just how incredible some of the locals really are. It can be a difficult job.

2. The people we talk to. As reporters, we have to find people who are willing to talk to us. From there, we get to know these people. Whether they live in Corning or Greenfield, hunt antelope in Africa or were nurses during World War II, these people have stories to tell. They have lived their lives and we get to know them in the most intimate ways possible.

3. The edition as a whole. By the end of the week before Progress is first distributed, we are beat. All our newspaper employees alike have

been going through the motions of preparing for this for a long time, and we are proud to be able to complete it and give it to you in the community to enjoy.

So, thank you to everyone. Without you, this section wouldn’t exist, and we would never have met such wonderful people we can all call neighbors.

Contact the writer: Email: bpoolman@crestonnews. com Twitter: @iowafiregirl13

Newsweek interviewed the Libertarian Party’s two major presidential candidates HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America, and how’s everybody?

Donald Trump laughed off all the negative TV ads calling him a bigot in his victory speech on Tuesday. People forget he’s worked in Manhattan for forty years with blacks, Jews and Hispanics, and no one in New York calls him prejudiced against blacks or anti-Semitic. And two out of three ain’t bad.

Donald Trump was speaking to a crowd Saturday when a man rushed up on the stage, causing the Secret Service to jump onto the stage and surround Donald Trump. It was a chaotic scene. The Secret Service said that the man was dangerous, scary and ranting, but it was their job to protect him.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the huge winners in Tuesday’s GOP and Democratic race. It was a clear sign of the times. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton leading in the race shows that Americans today don’t want to be led, they don’t want to be inspired, they want to be entertained.

Marco Rubio exited the race during his concession speech after Tuesday’s loss in the Florida primary, leaving the list of remaining presidential candidates with John Kasich, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Look at the five of them. If they were cards, you’d fold.

Donald Trump picked up Pete Rose’s endorsement Saturday.

Mike Ditka, Hulk Hogan, Mike Tyson and Paul O’Neill have also endorsed him. So far Donald Trump is racking up an impressive list of athletes endorsing him who have had violent collisions with other athletes and outfield walls.

Ben and Jerry’s just introduced a mint chocolate chip ice cream honoring Bernie Sanders. It’s ninety-nine percent mint under a one-percent top crust of chocolate chip. So you literally have to break up the one-percent and distribute it among the ninety-nine-percent to have mint chocolate chip.

Newsweek interviewed the Libertarian Party’s two major presidential candidates, New Mexico former governor Gary Johnson

Topical humor Argus Hamilton

and John McAfee. They hold their convention in Orlando in late May. Libertarians believe the ideal weight for a Washington politician is six pounds including the urn.

Hillary Clinton repeated her promise Tuesday never to deport the Central American children who have crossed the border illegally into the U.S. They really need a champion. It might help if we stopped calling them illegal children and started calling them America’s Strategic Soccer Reserve.

Consumer Reports said U.S. office workers monitoring March Madness will cost U.S. businesses four billion dollars in lost workplace productivity this week.

That’s good. The same office workers are normally watching online porn, Facebook and dating sites, which cost businesses ten billion per week.

The White House eased U.S. travel and banking restrictions with Cuba Tuesday and Americans can now travel to Cuba, bank there, and open businesses there.

Now the fun starts. Prostitution is such a huge and accepted business in Cuba that future maps will refer to it as Secret Service Island.

Kim Jung Un vowed to launch a nuclear attack on the U.S. Tuesday in response to U.S. South Korean war games. It’s always something.

Yesterday, Kim Jung Un erupted into a blind rage at his defense Minister when the general tried to tell him that Acme is not a real weapons manufacturer.

Birth of a Nation, Underground Railroad and Roots will be released in movie theaters and on TV this summer, spotlighting America’s slavery past. It still exists. A poll says sixty-five percent of Americans today own a smart phone and a hundred percent of those smart phones own Americans.

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Letters to the editor

Union County roads need gravel From Charlene Hoffman toward gravel for our rural roads.

I remember my parents and (a disgusted Union County grandparents telling about the resident) mud roads, but I never thought in Rural Shannon City

I have never written a letter to the editor, but I am so sick and disgusted with the way our county has let the rural gravel roads go to pot.

Always the same old excuse – no money. It always seems we have funds for employee wage increases. Maybe this money needs to go

my lifetime you would be driving through mud 6 and 7 inches deep.

Does our county engineer ever drive the gravel roads after a 1.4 inch rain to see how bad they are? I feel sorry for the county if a firetruck or ambulance is called and someone dies because the emergency people are stuck and can’t get there.

We like to hear from you!

The CNA publishes letters to the editor Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Or go online anytime at www.crestonnews.com to comment on our stories and read what others are saying.

Vote Bernie – Bernie is us From Karon Finn Creston

I think life is not measured by the breaths you take ... but by the moments that take your breath away and “I’m Feeling the Bern.”

Louis Brandis said it best, “We can have Democracy in this great country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.”

Bernie Sanders has always fought for the common good.

Bernie Sanders has never been afraid to raise his voice for honesty, truth and compassion. He has always raised his voice against injustice and greed.

Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist. Democratic meaning by

the people, all the people. Socialist meaning for the people, all the people. I call him a “Capitalist with a Heart.”

Bernie Sanders voted against the Iraq War. He believes war should be a last resort. He has worked tirelessly for our veterans.

When asked about religion, Bernie answered that he believed most religions believe that you should “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. When you hurt, I hurt.”

When a question arose in one of the debates with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about sending back un-accompanied children who had fled to America to escape horrors in their country, Secretary Clinton said we need to send them back

to send a message to other countries. Senator Sanders replied, “We should not use children to sent messages.”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little.”

These are words Senator Sanders has spoken at the end of some of his speeches: “American people know uniting people trumps dividing people.”

“American people know communities coming together helping each other trumps selfishness.”

“American people know that love trumps hatred.”

Vote Bernie – Bernie is Us.

Where to write U.S. Congress The Honorable Sen. Joni Ernst 111 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-3254 Email: Message Ernst by visiting her contact page at www.ernst.senate.gov —————— The Honorable Rep. David Young 515 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5476 Email: Message Young by visiting his contact page at www.davidyoung.house.gov

The Honorable Sen. Charles Grassley 135 Hart Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-3744 Email: Message Grassley by visiting his contact page at www.grassley.senate.gov Iowa Legislature Iowa House The Honorable Rep. Tom Moore State Capitol Building Des Moines, IA 50319 House switchboard (515) 281-3221 Email: tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov

The Honorable Rep. Cecil Dolecheck State Capitol Building Des Moines, IA 50319 House switchboard (515) 281-3221 Email: cecil.dolecheck@legis.state.ia.us —————— The Honorable Rep. Clel Baudler State Capitol Building Des Moines, IA 50319 House switchboard (515) 281-3221 Email: clel.baudler@legis.state.ia.us

Afton ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible study and youth. Saturday, 7:25 a.m. “In the Mirror” radio program on Creston Radio.

ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 104 W. Union St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; after Mass, Confession and parish council meeting. Tuesday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. adoration; 8:30 a.m.

Mass. Thursday(24), 7 p.m. Holy Thursday Mass - Holy Spirit.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. potluck supper, open to the public; 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening worship service. Aspire Food Pantry dropoff site.

Arispe

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

Beaconsfield

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Clearfield

AREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.areabiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship service; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA, Clearfield Community Center.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday school; 9 a.m. worship.

Corning

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 907 Grove Ave., Ken Rummer, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship services.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 901 Nodaway St., Andrew Bardole, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. prayer service.

MESSIANIC MISSION SEVENTH DAY, 405 11th St. Sabbath services, second and fourth Saturdays. Call 641-3223386 for time and place.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 800 17th St., Philip Ritter, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:45 a.m. worship with Holy Communion. Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Bible study.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 504 Grove, Ave., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass; 7 p.m. youth group. Wednesday, 2 to 5 p.m. religious education classes.

Creston

ABUNDANT LIFE FAMILY CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email alfc@ iowatelecom.net; website www.

AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. worship and Kid’s Club. Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Men of Honor; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Light Switch teens.

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, 600 N. Lincoln St., Paul Vandevender, pastor, 782-5594.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship service; 5:30 p.m. prayer time; 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. worship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evange-

lists, 641-344-3201.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Bible school; 11 a.m. worship; 6:30 p.m. worship. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Bible study; and youth meeting.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Creston Congregation (RLDS), 820 N. Elm St., Elder Gary O’Daniels, pastoral coordinator.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Praise and Inspiration, Judy Hoakison, leader; 9:30 a.m. church school classes; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Phyllis O’Daniels, presider; Scott Ourth, speaker.

CREST BAPTIST, affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, Poplar and Townline streets, Chuck Spindler, pastor. Website: www.crestbaptistchurch.com.

Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery. Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship service; 6 p.m. cancer support ministry. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

GriefShare. Wednesday, 7 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. youth and adult Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1001 N. Lincoln St., David Tebbenkamp, pastor; Dan Fields, youth pastor.

Friday, Home School Day. Saturday, 10 a.m. Sarah Vander Vort’s bridal shower - Fellowship Hall. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; 6 p.m. family worship service. Monday, 1 p.m. “Overview of the Gospel of John” ladies Bible study Deloris Barnett. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. “A Living Hope in Christ” ladies Bible study - Carmen Dahl.

Wednesday, 6 p.m. triumphant praise choir practice; 6:30 p.m.

No AWANA clubs and junior high TREK (resume March 30), senior high youth group, adult prayer meeting and Bible study. Friday (25), 6:30 p.m. Good Friday service - “The Jesus film.” Saturday (26), 9 a.m. Easter breakfast preparation - youth meet at the church.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St., Tony Thurston, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service and Easter cantata; 11 a.m. pastor’s class - Baptism; 11 a.m. coffee fellowship. Monday, 1:30 p.m.

Tootles (games/crafts) in fellowship hall. Wednesday, 7 p.m. choir practice. Thursday(24), 6:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday service.

Friday (25), noon Good Friday Lenten service with Pastor Tony at Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St. Sunday, 11 a.m. church service.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor.

Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Ida Scudder Circle. Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting workshop. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 9:30 a.m. youth Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship services - Palm Sunday. Monday, 6 p.m. membership and evangelism; 7 p.m. worship and music. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stitch, Knit and Quilt.

Wednesday, 9 to 10:30 a.m. bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m. choir; 7 p.m. parish council.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor. Call 641-782-2427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: fumc. creston@gmail.com. Facebook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Friday.

Thursday, 5 to 9:30 p.m.

Shutterbugs; 6:30 p.m. prayer and healing service. Saturday, 9 a.m. spring clean up day; 4:30 p.m. Hispanic Bible study.

Sunday, gather 15 minutes before in Prayer Garden - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship service; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. Hispanic worship in education building; 7 p.m. movie night. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. book study “24 Hours That Changed the World.” Thursday, 12:05 p.m. UMM; (24) 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service.

GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Apostle JoAnna Davis. www. godsoutreachdeliveranceintl. com.

Thursday, 5 p.m. wom-

St. Malachy students participate in cross walk At 12:45 p.m. Friday, March 11, St. Malachy students participated in a Cross Walk to experience the final footsteps of Jesus before his death on the cross. Participants prayed the Stations of the Cross as they traveled.

Participants gathered in the courtyard of St. Malachy for the first Station of the Cross. They then walked north on South

Lenten Services to be held this Sunday The sixth service of the Union County Ministerial Alliance for 2016 will be held 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at United Church of Christ Congregational, 501 W. Montgomery St. The theme of the service and message title will be “Welcome,” and the scripen’s Bible study (first and third Thursdays). Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire service. Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service with children’s church. Monday, 4 to 5:30 p.m. children’s ministry (preschool through 11 years old); 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. free community meal; 6:30 to 8 p.m. youth ministry (12 years old and up). Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. mid-week service.

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 107 W. Howard St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Friday, 7 a.m. Mass - St. Malachy Chapel; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ReRun shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop; 4:30 to 5 p.m. confession; 5:15 p.m. Mass.

Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. confession; 9 a.m. Mass. Monday, 5 to 6 p.m. adoration and confession; 6 p.m. Mass - Holy Spirit Church and Stations of the Cross and soup supper; 7 p.m. Holy Spirit board of education meeting - St. Malachy School. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop; 7:30 p.m.

Crest Area for Life meeting Hall. Wednesday, noon MassChurch; noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Thursday(24), 7 p.m. Holy Thursday Mass.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1965 REA Road, Rev. Jim W. Morris, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Bible study; 9 a.m worship.

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, 1000 Cottonwood St. Sunday, 10 a.m. public talk and Watchtower study. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Christian Life and ministry meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship.

Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

PLATTE CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston, Rev. Delores Doench, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. coffee/fellowship time; 10:30 a.m. church service.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-7822920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Palm Sunday worship; 5 p.m. ALPHA. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. quilters. Thursday(24), 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St., Jared Miller, pastor, 515-897-7919, email jaredandkatiem@gmail. com.

Saturday, 10 a.m. worship service; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES, 1216 N. Cherry St. (corner of Townline and Cherry streets).

Sunday, 9:45 to 10:15 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45

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Elm Street to West Adams Street, then north on North Maple Street to Holy Spirit Catholic Church, stopping at certain businesses for the next four Stations of the Cross. The rest of the Stations of the Cross were prayed at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. During this trip, participants also made the pilgrimage to the Holy Door at Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

ture for the evening will be John 12:12-19. The Rev. Ken Halbur will be the preacher for the service.

The Lenten services are an opportunity for fellowship and worship among the churches of the county. Join your friends and neighbors for a blessing. a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 601 S. Maple St., Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 1111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. John B. Rutz, vacancy pastor, 641-782-5095, http:// TrinityCreston.org.

Mount Ayr: Sunday, 8 a.m.

Palm Sunday Divine service with Holy Communion; 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school and Bible classes.

Friday(25), 5 p.m. Good Friday service.

Creston: Thursday, 7 p.m.

Lenten service. Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Palm Sunday Divine service with Holy Communion; 11 a.m.

Bible classes and Sunday school.

Wednesday, 7 p.m. Divine service with Holy Communion.

Friday(25), 7 p.m. Good Friday service.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL, 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor.

Friday, food pantry pickup in Des Moines in the morning, 1 to 3 p.m. food pantry delivery to UCC, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship services - Palm Sunday; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. food pantry distribution - HUSH deer meat available.

Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon pastor’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m.

Open Table. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS; 7 p.m. parish council - First Presbyterian Church.

Cromwell

CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m.

Sunday school; 5 p.m. Lenten service at UCC Congregational.

Monday, 1 p.m. quilting. Tuesday, serve Open Table. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. men’s Lenten breakfast; 1 p.m. quilting. Thursday (24), 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service.

Diagonal

UNITED CHURCH OF DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diagonalchurch.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. church.

Ellston

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.

Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship.

Greenfield

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Lacelle

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

Lenox

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St., Karla Lyddon, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 702 W. Ohio St. Stanley Price, branch president.

Sunday, 10 a.m. sacrament meeting; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school; 12:10 p.m. relief society, priesthood, young women and young men; 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. primary. For local information, contact Clinton Allen, (641) 3224494.

COUNTRY ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH, at 202 E. Temple (old lumber yard), Mitch Green, pastor. Website: countryroadslenox. com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship. Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal and study.

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, four miles north, four miles west of Lenox, Marcia Cline, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship service.

SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 4 miles north, 1 mile west of Lenox, Tony Johnson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible studies, 10:30 a.m. worship service.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 600 W. Michigan St., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass with religious education classes afterward. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CYO. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 103 W. Michigan St., Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service and Sunday school for children.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 401 W. Michigan St., Tim Maxa, pastor, 641-333-4214.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. First and third Sunday, youth fellowship. Wednesday, Evening Bible study.

Lorimor CHURCH OF GOD, Ben Turner, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

Macksburg

HEBRON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.

Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

Murray

BAPTIST CHURCH, Alex Bauman, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship services. Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Midweek Bible study and prayer meeting. Third Thursday of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Missionary meeting.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third St., Brian McCracken, pastor, 641340-0474, bmac2366@yahoo. com; Dillon, associate pastor, 515-971-2066, dillonbrandt89@ gmail.com; office, 641-447-2569, office@murraychurchofchrist. org; website, www.murraychurchofchrist.org.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship service; 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:35 a.m. fellowship; 10:35 a.m. worship service; 7 p.m. high school Bible Study at the Brandt’s. Wednesday, 7 p.m. children/youth groups at church.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Sandy Smith and Brandon Campbell, pastors.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship.

Orient

P L Y M O U T H CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 311 W. First St., Phil Price, minister.

Sunday, 8:30 brunch; 9 a.m. worship services, Sunday school; 10 a.m. adult Bible study.

Thursday (24), 6 p.m. Mandy Thursday service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 124 S. Maple St., Cathy Nutting, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service.

Prescott

PRESCOTT UNITED CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 401 6th Ave., the Rev. Steven Wainwright.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship.

Shannon City

SHANNON CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. church service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

Sharpsburg

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

Stringtown

STRINGTOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH, junction of Highway 34 and Sycamore Ave., the Rev. Richard Queener, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Help Center open.

Thayer

PLEASANT VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

Tingley

CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday, 10:30 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

F & M BODY SHOP 24-Hour Wrecker Service 901 S. Division • Creston 641-782-5115 641-782-4966

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CRESTON SPECIALTY CARE “Devoted Care for Older Iowans” 1001 Cottonwood Rd. • Creston 641-782-8511

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, office 641-7430221. Website: www.welcometocornerstone.org.

Thursday, 6:15 p.m.

“Discerning the Voice of God” young women’s study at Sideys; 7 p.m. “Shrewd Stewardship” men’s study at Cornerstone.

Friday, 11 a.m. J.O.Y. (Just Older youth). Saturday, 9 a.m. women’s Bible study on Ephesians at The Corner; youth group outing. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. worship service; 11:10 a.m. to noon Christian living classes; noon SLT (Strategic Leadership Team) meeting; 5 to 6:30 p.m. youth group girls night. Tuesday, 1 to 2 p.m. women’s prayer gathering.

Wednesday, no youth activities or Awana due to spring break.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 303 N. E. Elm St., 641343-7065, Kenneth Gross, pastor.

Website: www.stjohngreenfield. parishesonline.com.

St. John’s — Friday, 10:15 a.m.

Mass at Good Samaritan Center, Fontanelle. Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. reconciliation; 5:15 p.m.

Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass.

Wednesday, no Faith Formation - spring break; 7 to 8 p.m. Mass reconciliation. Thursday(24), 7:15 p.m. Mass - Holy Thursday.

St. Patrick’s — Massena— Friday, 5:30 to 7 p.m. fish fry.

Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Mass.

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. Mass followed by supper; 6:40 p.m.

Stations of the Cross; reconciliation follows. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass. Thursday(24), 5:30 p.m. Mass - Holy Thursday.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes closet open; 6:30 p.m. worship service. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

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Dems ready to bring Garland to U.S. Capitol WASHINGTON (AP) — With a name, face and judicial record finally fleshed out, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court vacancy is ready to commence courtesy calls with senators that Democrats hope will ultimately put unbearable election-year pressure on Republicans refusing to consider any Obama nominee.

Merrick Garland planned to visit two top Democrats on Grassley Thursday, a day after Obama nominated the 63-year-old appellate court judge and former prosecutor for the seat. The White House said that after a two-week Senate recess, Garland will meet with Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who’s been a chief focus of Democratic attacks for refusing to let his panel hold a hearing for anyone Obama selects, helping to doom the nomination.

Declining to see Garland was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has led the GOP’s near-solid blockade against a hearing or vote until the next president makes a choice. But the planned meeting with Grassley — which his aides conceded could occur — underscored a willingness by a small but growing cadre of GOP senators to say they’d see the nominee, and in some cases take the process even further.

“I meet with anybody, and that would include him,” said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Flake said if a Democrat is elected president this November, he’d want the Senate to consider Garland’s nomination during a post-election, lame-duck session because “between him and somebody that a President Clinton might nominate, I think the choice is clear.”

Flake’s comment showed how Obama and the leading Democratic presidential contender, Hillary Clinton, have had a good copbad cop effect on some Republicans, who consider Clinton likely to make a more liberal selection

should she enter the White House.

GOP Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Orrin Hatch of Utah and Rob Portman of Ohio also expressed an openness to meeting with Garland.

Ayotte and Portman are among a half-dozen GOP senators in competitive re-election contests who Democrats hope will be pressured into backing hearings and a vote on Garland or be punished for their refusal by voters.

Opposition by most Republicans means Garland’s confirmation remains an uphill climb. One reason for the intense combat over Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement is that Garland would tilt the court’s 4-4 balance in the liberal direction after decades of conservative dominance.

“The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a profound impact on our country,” McConnell said Wednesday. “So of course the American people should have a say in the court’s direction” by their selection of the

next president.

McConnell’s statement illustrated how the issue has blossomed into one coloring November voting that will determine White House and Senate control. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has spent weeks tying Senate GOP opposition to any Obama court nominee to similar views by Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner who many GOP leaders abhor.

“Republicans now face a choice between blindly taking their marching orders from Donald Trump, or doing their jobs and providing fair consideration to this highly qualified nominee,” Reid said Wednesday.

Reid and Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, top Democrat on the Judiciary panel, planned to meet Thursday with Garland.

McConnell and Grassley aides said each senator spoke by phone Wednesday with Garland and told him the Senate won’t act on his nomination. McConnell opted for the phone conversation, “rather than put Judge Garland through

more unnecessary political routines orchestrated by the White House,” McConnell spokesman Don Stewart said.

It took Obama Obama nearly five weeks after Scalia’s death to select Garland, who stood by the president as he announced his selection in a Rose Garden appearance.

Obama said Garland has “a brilliant legal mind” but also “understands the way law affects the daily reality of people’s lives in a big, complicated democracy, and in rapidly changing times.”

Garland is chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, considered just a step below the Supreme Court in its clout because of its jurisdiction over administration policy.

A Harvard Law School graduate, Garland clerked for liberal Justice William Brennan Jr., an appointee of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower.

These church communities welcome you to celebrate the miraculous resurrection of Jesus Christ, and rejoice in His name this Easter.

Crest Baptist Church 1211 N. Poplar (at E. Townline) www.crestbaptistchurch.com

Join us for our Easter Week Services EASTER SUNDAY 7:30 a.m. Early Service • 8:30 a.m. Breakfast 9:30 a.m. Bible Study (all ages) • 10:45 a.m. Worship Service

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Panel to advance budget Sen. Ernst announces plan despite rebellion traveling

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel is pressing ahead with a 10-year balanced budget plan that cuts federal health care programs and agency budgets even though tea partyers are rebelling in a setback for Speaker Paul Ryan.

The Budget Committee vote on Wednesday would send the GOP fiscal plan to the full House, but it’s looking increasingly likely that the blueprint may not pass.

Conservatives have rejected beefed-up spending for various government departments as set in last year’s budget deal with President Barack Obama.

The situation is an embarrassment for Ryan, who said it reflects an anxious electorate in the year of Republican presidential front-runner

Donald Trump.

Ryan engineered passage of four separate budget plans as chairman of Ryan the Budget Committee from 2011-2014.

Now, in the first budget cycle of his brief speakership — and after years of criticizing Senate Democrats for ignoring their budget duties, the Wisconsin Republican is telling skittish GOP colleagues facing angry, anti-Washington voters that failure is an option.

“We want to work together to get this done, but it’s going to be a decision left up to our members,” Ryan told reporters Tuesday.

He spoke after the House Freedom Caucus rejected a plan by GOP leaders to accompany passage of the budget with a package of binding spending cuts.

The fiscal blueprint released by Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price relies on eliminating health care subsidies and other coverage provided by Obama’s health care law, makes sharp cuts to Medicaid, and reprises a plan devised by Ryan years ago that would transform Medicare into a voucher-like program for future retirees.

A deteriorating fiscal picture required Price, R-Ga., to propose deeper cuts than Republicans had ever proposed.

“Savings that are an illusion are not savings,” said Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C.

The annual budget debate gives lawmakers of all stripes a chance to weigh in on the nation’s fiscal woes. The government borrows about 16 cents of every dollar it spends and faces a potential debt crisis at some point if Washington’s warring factions don’t address the problem. But as in past years, GOP leaders have no plans to implement the severe cuts recommended by the nonbinding blueprint.

Instead, the main goal of the budget is to set in motion the annual appropriations process, in which the 12 spending bills that set agency operating budgets are produced. That’s the $1.1 trillion “discretionary” portion of the $4 trillion-plus federal budget that is passed

by Congress each year.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 6:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Triumphant Praise Choir Rehearsal - Sr. High No AWANA Clubs/Jr. High Trek Youth Group – resumes March 30 Sr. High Youth Group Adult Bible Study and Prayer Meeting

Friday, March 25, 2016

Palm Sunday, March 20th 10 am Worship Service Maunday Thursday, March 24th 7pm Worship and Communion Good Friday, March 25th 7pm Worship Service Easter Sunday, March 27th 7:30 Sunrise Service and Communion 8:30-9:30 Easter Breakfast 10 am Worship Service and Communion

6:30 p.m.

SALEM comes from SHALOM which means “peace” or “wholeness” in ancient Hebrew. It was the first thing Jesus said on Easter day. You will receive a warm welcome from our fellowship. We invite you to celebrate with us the life-changing gift of God’s love in Jesus Christ.

7:30 a.m.

8:45 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

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6:30 p.m.

Dave Tebbenkamp, Senior Pastor • Dan Fields, Youth Pastor

Mass, 5:15 p.m., Holy Spirit

March 20

Mass, 9:00 a.m., Holy Spirit Mass, 10:45 a.m., St. Edward

Holy Thursday - March 24

Mass, 7:00 p.m, Adoration following until 9:00 p.m., Holy Spirit

Good Friday - March 25

Good Friday Service, 7:00 p.m., Holy Spirit

Holy Saturday - March 26

Easter Vigil, 8:00 p.m., Holy Spirit

Easter Sunday - March 27

Masses, 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Holy Spirit Mass, 10:45 a.m., St. Edward

Triumphant Praise Choir Rehearsal - Sr. High AWANA Clubs/Jr. High Trek Youth Group Sr. High Youth Group Adult Bible Study and Prayer Meeting Youth Talents for Christ Presentations

Saturday, April 2, 2016

First Baptist Church exists to glorify God by making, maturing, and mobilizing authentic followers of Christ.

Youth - Talents for Christ in Ankeny, IA

You Are Welcome to Join The Shared Ministry of:

United Church of Christ Congregational, 501 W. Montgomery St. AND

Good Friday, March 25 Noon: Community Lenten Services Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Rev. Tony Thurston, preaching Easter Sunday, March 27 8:00 am Early Easter Worship followed

by Continental Breakfast served from 8:30-9:45am 10:00 am: Regular Worship Service Nursery service available during worship Taxi: Bill and Pat Fils 782-7464

Palm Sunday - March 19

Family Easter Breakfast Resurrection Celebration Service Sunday School Hour – Classes for all ages Youth Service: Talents for Christ

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

(Disciples of Christ) Rev. Tony Thurston 301 E. Townline • Creston • 782-5511 fcccreston@gmail.com

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE:

Good Friday Service: “The Jesus Film”

Sunday, March 27, 2016

First Christian Church

He is Risen! Alleluia!

with federal agencies, may visit www.ernst.senate.gov to contact one of the offices or submit a casework request.

Note: Ernst will not be at the office hours.

Adair County 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Adair County Courthouse Meeting Room, Greenfield Ringgold County Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Ringgold County Courthouse Meeting Room, Mount Ayr Union County 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Union County Courthouse, Creston

Please join us in celebrating a season of miracles.

602 W. Townline • Creston • 782-2920 www.salemluth.net • office@salemluth.net

Maundy Thursday, March 24 6:30 pm Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced upcoming traveling office hours across Iowa for the month of April. Representatives from Ernst’s office will be available in counties throughout the state to assist Iowans with problems or questions about eligibility involving issues like Social Security, veteran benefits or military affairs, passports, immigration issues and other federal programs.

Those unable to attend the traveling office hours but are seeking assistance

Come Rejoice in His Resurrection

Salem Lutheran Church

Palm Sunday, March 20 9:00 am: Youth & Adult Sunday School 10:00 am: Worship Service and Easter Cantata Nursery service available during worship Taxi: Mike Taylor 782-6382

office hours

CHRIST HAS DIED, CHRIST IS RISEN, CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN

Holy Spirit Catholic Church 107 W. Howard, Creston

St. Edward’s Catholic Church 104 W. Union, Afton

Rev. Kenneth Halbur Phone: 782-5278

First Presbyterian Church, 702 W. Prairie St. Creston, Iowa 50801 Shared Interim Pastor: Rev. Jim Woodworth Sunday - March 20 - Palm Sunday Worship Service at UCC Congregational - 9:15 a.m.

Friday - March 25 - Good Friday Shared Tenebrae Service at UCC Congregational - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday March 20 - Palm Sunday Worship Service at First Presbyterian Church -10:30 a.m.

Thursday - March 24 - Maundy Thursday Shared Service with communion at First Presbyterian Church - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday - March 27 - Easter Sunrise Service - Shared youth service at First Presbyterian Church. Traditional Easter breakfast following the service - 7:00 a.m.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (LC-MS)

Sunday - March 27 - Easter Sunday Worship Service with communion at UCC Congregational - 9:15 a.m.

Sunday - March 27 - Easter Sunday Worship Service with communion at First Presbyterian Church -10:30 a.m.

–Creston–

Creston & Mount Ayr • 641-782-5095 • tlc@TrinityCreston.org

800 N. Sumner, Creston, IA 50801

Trinity Lutheran Church, Traditional Church, Traditional Belief, Traditional Values, Traditional Worship Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church offers traditional historic services centered on Jesus Christ crucified for the forgiveness of human sin.

1111 East South Street, Mount Ayr, IA 50854

PALM SUNDAY 8:00am Divine Service at Mount Ayr 9:30am Sunday School / Bible Class at Mount Ayr 9:45am Divine Service at Creston 11:00am Sunday School / Bible Class at Creston WEDNESDAY 7:00pm Divine Service with Holy Communion at Creston

GOOD FRIDAY 5:00pm Tenebrae Service at Mount Ayr 7:00pm Tenebrae Service at Creston EASTER SUNDAY 8:00am Divine Service with Holy Communion at Mount Ayr 8:00am Easter Breakfast at Creston 9:45am Divine Service with Holy Communion at Creston

–Mount Ayr–

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When to make the call Dear Readers: What situations call for a CALL to 911?

All, some, or you aren’t sure?

Here are some hints for you and your family to help determine if you need to call, and what to do if you do.

You see an automobile accident, especially with injuries. A medical emergency — someone having a heart attack; a woman going into labor; a co-worker has an accident and is hurt. A crime. Yes to all.

When you call, try to be calm. It will be hard, but stop for a second and take several deep breaths. Tell the operator the LOCATION (the corner of Fifth and Elm; the Tower Building, 10th floor; 123 Street, the blue house). Give the PHONE NUMBER you are calling from. This is especially important if calling from a cellphone. They don’t know EXACTLY where you are!

This is not a TV time “crime” show. Trust me.

If you’re not sure you need 911, CALL. The emergency operator will talk you through to determine if your situation is a true emergency. They have heard it all!

Oh, and if you or your child accidentally dials 911, don’t hang up! Stay on the line and explain what happened. They must check out the call and will call the number back, if possi-

Hints from Heloise ble. — Heloise P.S.: Do not text 911 — it will not be received.

LETTER LOVER Dear Heloise: You are absolutely right about handwritten letters (HELOISE HERE: From a previous column)!

I am an incurable letter-writer, and always have been. I write for the pure joy of it, and as I write, I imagine the expression on the recipient’s face as she or he reads it.

Thanks for the reminder that we can “make someone’s day” for 49 cents! I hope I made YOUR day! — Nona G., Hartley, Texas Dear Nona: You did! — Hugs, Heloise NO LOST NOZZLES Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal.

I’ve had a problem on past occasions with dropping my can of hair spray.

It dropped on the spray nozzle, cracking it so that it cannot be used. I now take off the nozzle on a can when it’s empty, rinse it out and set it in my

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If I drop another can and break the nozzle, I have a replacement handy. It will allow me to finish the can instead of throwing it away. — Louise A., Lubbock, Texas A Texas gal, for sure! — Heloise CLEAN LIGHT SWITCHES Dear Heloise: I took an antibacterial disposable kitchen wipe, squeezed out the excess moisture, went around my home and carefully wiped down all of my plastic switch plates and switches. They tend to get dirty, with two teenagers in the house. Fresh and clean!

— Lizzy B., Fall River, Mass.

NOT SO FAST Dear Heloise: In school zones and “speed traps,” I BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker drive two to five miles below the speed limit. This pretty much ensures I won’t get pulled over. — Ron B., San Bernardino, Calif.

Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to Heloise(at)Heloise.com.

I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column. (c)2016 by King Features BLONDIE® Syndicate Inc.

by Dean Young

Horoscope Friday, March 18, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a wonderful day to schmooze and party! It’s also a great day for sports events, playful activities with children and anything having to do with the arts and the entertainment world. Enjoy!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might want to entertain at home today or this evening. Family discussions will be lively, plus you have a lot of mental energy for your private world right now.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a strong day for those of you who communicate for a living. Sell, market, write, promote, teach and act, because your mind is on fire! In all communication with others, you will have the advantage.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Business and commerce are favored today. In addition, you can trust your moneymaking ideas. Go after what you want.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today, the Moon is in your sign. In addition, it is well-favored with fiery Mars. This gives you lots of mental energy and a positive attitude.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Behind-the-scenes research will go well today, because you have the focus and mental energy to look for what you want to discover. You’ll be like a dog with a bone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Relations with others, especially female friends, are positive today! This is a great day to interact with groups, classes and conferences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You are high-viz today.

In fact, personal information about your private life might be made public. No worries; you can handle this!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Do something to break free from the maddening crowd. Travel if you can. If not, explore your daily world to discover something fresh, new and exciting.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Discussions about shared property and inheritances will go well today, because you easily will defend your best interests. This is a good day for finances in general.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Be prepared to compromise with others today, because the

Moon is opposite your sign.

Nevertheless, this is a friendly, enthusiastic day!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You can accomplish a lot at work today, because you are energetic and mentally alert. Not only that, others will be inclined to go along with your suggestions. It’s about time!

YOU BORN TODAY You are a leader who goes after your goals, but you know

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Creston News Advertiser | Thursday, March 17, 2016

Hall of Fame coach cites Creston influences Loos guided nine Newell-Fonda teams to state

By LARRY PETERSON

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Michigan wins DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Zak Irvin hit a goahead 3-pointer and a pair of free throws in the closing minute as Michigan pulled out another one at the end on Wednesday night, beating Tulsa 67-62 in the First Four.

The Wolverines (23-12) made the leap from bubble team to the NCAA Tournament with their last-second drama. They hit a pair of end-game shots for wins in the Big Ten Tournament, including one by Irvin that beat Northwestern.

His 3-pointer put the Wolverines up 62-60 with 52 seconds to go, and his two free throws with 10 seconds left sent the 11th-seeded Wolverines into a matchup against rival Notre Dame in Brooklyn on Friday night.

Tulsa (20-12) got 23 points from Shaquille Harrison, but its senior-laden lineup couldn’t keep up at the end.

Crusaders advance DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Holy Cross has a losing record - and a long-awaited win in the NCAA Tournament.

Robert Champion scored 19 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute, to help the Crusaders beat Southern University 59-55 Wednesday night for their first tournament victory in 63 years.

“I think it’s fantastic,” coach Bill Carmody. “It’s everything we’re trying to do at Holy Cross. We’re trying to jump-start the program because we realize what an athletic program can do for a school.

It’s a great first step.”

Holy Cross (15-19) was an unlikely NCAA participant, earning its automatic bid by winning four consecutive road games to take the Patriot League Tournament title.

Now, after pulling out a sluggish game in the First Four, the 16th-seeded Crusaders are off to play No. 1 seed Oregon in the West Regional on Friday in Spokane, Washington.

No sanctions NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig will not be punished for his involvement in an incident in a Miami club last fall.

Puig sustained a swollen eye and facial bruises on Nov. 26. Miami police spokesman Delrish Moss said at the time the injuries were sustained as Puig was leaving the Blue Martini at bouncers’ request following an argument with his sister.

MLB said Wednesday that it interviewed Puig and his sister and reviewed video from inside the club and the “investigation did not uncover any witness who supported the assault allegation.”

Puig was not charged.

“Both Puig and his sister denied that an assault occurred, and the available video evidence did not support the allegation,” MLB said.

“Barring the receipt of any new information or evidence, no discipline will be imposed on Puig in connection with the alleged incident.”

CNA senior sports writer lpeterson@crestonnews.com

Paul Loos traces his athletic roots back to the streets of west-central Creston.

“Obviously my family being involved in sports was a big influence, and I’d have to give kudos to the Myrtle Street gang,” said the longtime Newell-Fonda coach inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday night.

“Growing up, there were a lot of us who just went out and played sports all the time. Guys like Ty Rogers, Mike Geis, Dan Montague.

Sports was a major part of our lives.”

Loos, a 1980 graduate of Creston High School, was recognized Saturday night at halftime of the Class 4A championship game along with Al Marshall, a 47-year coach whose career ended this year as his Cascade, Western Dubuque team competed in the state tournament. Creighton University coach Greg McDermott was one of Marshall’s former players.

Former players joining coaches Loos and Marshall into the Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday were Paul Sir, Greg Lansing of Harlan, Tyler McKinney, Nathan Funk and Greg Brunner.

Lansing’s mother, Diane, is a sister of June Bower of Creston and was an all-state guard at Thayer. Lansing, a former University of Iowa assistant for coach Steve Alford, is head coach at Indiana State.

Loos went on to play foot-

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON​

Creston native Paul Loos joined the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday night at the Boys State Basketball Tournament. The 1980 Creston High School graduate had a 434-193 coaching record at Fonda and Newell-Fonda with nine state tournament appearances and four state titles. He is now an assistant coach at Buena Vista University. Shown from left are former assistant coach Dick Jungers, wife Jackie, Paul Loos, daughter Ashley and former assistant coach Troy Rosendahl.

ball and baseball at Central College for two years after graduating from Creston High School. He then transferred to the University of Northern Iowa to pursue a degree in education, while continuing to play baseball.

Loos’s entire career has been spent in northwest Iowa. He began at Sac City and served as head baseball coach while assisting in football and girls basketball.

Competitive area

Loos moved to Fonda in 1986 and was assistant boys basketball coach for one year before the head coach position opened. He spent two seasons as the head

coach at Fonda before taking over the combined program with Newell in 1990.

In 25 seasons Loos guided the Mustangs to nine conference titles, 11 district and nine substate tournament championships. The Mustangs’ nine trips to the state tournament resulted in four titles, a runner-up and a fourth-place finish.

Among the state titles was his 1992 team that included all-state guard Jim Calkins, who went on to a successful coaching stint at Creston that included two state tournament appearances in 2005 and 2006 and multiple substate appearances.

From 1996 through 1998 the Mustangs posted a 49game winning streak. Loos posted a 412-172 mark at Newell-Fonda to boost his career record to 434-193.

Four times he was named the Class 1A Coach of the Year and among numerous other honors he was named the Sioux City Journal Coach of the Year in 2000.

Prior to his retirement as Newell-Fonda coach in 2014, Loos was active in the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association, serving a term as president and being on several leadership committees. He and his wife Jackie have a daughter, Ashley,

and live near Storm Lake.

Loos is concluding his final year as physical education teacher at Newell-Fonda before retiring, and just completed his second season as assistant men’s basketball coach at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake.

Loos said he was influenced by many coaches during his years in Creston, most notably by a respected ninth-grade basketball coach who went on to his own Hall of Fame career in Athens, Georgia.

“The coaches with the most impact on me back LOOS | 12A

Iona spoiled Monmouth A guide to the NCAA Tournament bracket

By JOHN MARSHALL son No. 1 has the talent to upperclassmen-led team — bench mob party be there at the end, too. just like Arizona.

AP Basketball Writer

By ARNIE STAPLETON bench,” Tim Cluess said.

AP Sports Writer

DENVER (AP) — The Monmouth bench mob was all set to break out some new moves for the NCAA tournament before Iona went and spoiled the party.

With a 79-76 win over the Hawks in the MAAC tournament finale, the Gaels punched their ticket to the NCAA tourney and sent the Hawks skittering into the NIT. The 13th-seeded Gaels (22-10) have their own flash and dash to unleash Thursday when they play fourth-seeded Iowa State (21-11) in the Midwest Regional in a game that promises to be high-scoring.

The Gaels are led by senior point guard A.J. English, the only player in Division I who is averaging more than 20 points, five rebounds and five assists.

“He’s a really good teammate. He looks to get his teammates first before he gets going,” fellow senior Isaiah Williams said. “Sometimes, me, personally, I don’t like that. I like to see him get going first. Our team follows behind him.”

English said the key to the Gaels winning their first NCAA tournament game — the school’s 84-78 win over Holy Cross in 1980 was vacated by rules violations — is just continuing to play “Iona basketball.”

And what exactly is that?

“Just up-and-down pace of game,” English said.

“What people might think of as bad shots are good shots for us.”

Allow his coach to explain.

“I have a little different coaching philosophy: If you can make the shot, take the shot. If you don’t take the shot, I want you on my

“It’s not about as much as you missing, it’s taking the right shot. If you’re guarded, share the ball. If you’re not guarded, shoot the ball.”

His players earn their range in practice. If they want the green light from farther out, they have to get into the gym more.

“I’m good with our guys getting the shots they put up,” Cluess said, “because most of the time they get very good looks.”

The engineer of this high-octane offense is English, and Cyclones coach Steve Prohm knows that avoiding an upset starts with stopping the versatile 6-foot4 guard who’s averaging 22.4 points, 6.2 assists and 5.0 rebounds.

“A.J. is great in transition.

His range is terrific,” Prohm said. “Two, three steps behind the 3, you have to get to him. You have to make him uncomfortable at all times.

If you’re off him a step or two, he’s going to shoot it.

“Tim does a great job of giving them a lot of freedom, confidence, to take big shots, tough shots, to where those guys don’t have to think.”

The Cyclones, who average 82 points a game, are more than happy to run with the Gaels.

After losing guard Naz Long to a hip injury, the Cyclones only go seven deep.

But all seven average in double figures, led by senior forward Georges Niang, the school’s first two-time All-American.

Other things to keep an eye on in this up-tempo showdown: LUNG BURNS: The only thing that could slow down these teams is the thin air in the Mile High City.

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College basketball fans thought picking the bracket was tough last season.

Wait til this NCAA Tournament really gets going.

With no clear-cut favorites and seemingly a dozen teams that could take down the nets in Houston, this March could be the mother of madness.

Regardless of whether you have to shred your bracket early, it figures to be a fantastic road to the Final Four, so we’ve got a rundown of the top matchups, players and some other tidbits about this year’s NCAA Tournament. ___ TOP TEAMS Kansas. Bracket’s No. 1 overall seed. No need to say more.

North Carolina. Presea-

Oregon. Athletic, frenetic on defense, filled with get-to-the-rim players.

Virginia. Cavaliers guard like the rim is a pot of gold.

Michigan State. Guessing Tom Izzo will use being bumped to a No. 2 in the Midwest as motivation.

Never anger the Izzo, especially in March. ___ TOP GAMES Iowa State vs. Iona, Thursday, Midwest Region.

Both average around 80 points a game and will be playing in Denver, where the thin air will make it tough to get back on defense. If you like offense, this is your game.

Wichita State vs. Arizona, Thursday, South Region. The Shockers had to play in the First Four on Tuesday, but are a talented,

Baylor vs. Yale, Thursday, West Region. The Bears are talented, but struggled down the stretch.

The Bulldogs are playing less than two hours from home and talented. Potential for an early 12-over-5 upset.

Seton Hall vs. Gonzaga, Thursday, Midwest Region.

The Pirates are one of the hottest teams in the country and the Zags are coming around now that their guards are playing well around Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis.

West Virginia vs. Stephen F. Austin. The Mountaineers are a trendy pick to make a deep run, but the Lumberjacks have not lost since Dec. 29 and are No. 1 nationally in forcing GUIDE | 12A

Indiana prepares for Chattanooga, No. 12 seed pressure

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer

DES MOINES (AP) — Indiana’s 15 wins in Big Ten play for the conference regular-season title didn’t bring much of a reward.

The Hoosiers had to face a determined Michigan team in their first Big Ten tournament game, losing on a last-second 3-pointer.

They learned two days later their seed for the NCAA Tournament was a No. 5, in the same part of the East Region bracket with No. 1 seed North Carolina and No. 4 seed Kentucky.

Only six of Indiana’s conference victories came against fellow NCAA Tournament qualifiers, but the seeds of this surprisingly low seed were sewn the

week of Thanksgiving in the Maui Invitational when the Hoosiers (25-7) lost to Wake Forest and UNLV. That’s also when the backbone of the Big Ten champions began to form.

“We’ve always been together. I think those moments that happened in Maui and things brought us closer,” forward Troy Williams said. “Since the summer we first came together, we always rallied with each other.”

Intrinsic motivation was the key to the rebound.

“Since then I feel like we’re basically a player-driven program,” point guard Yogi Ferrell said.

“We hold guys accountable.

We’re out on the court critiquing each other, complimenting each other, and

that’s when we’re at our best when we are listening to our teammates.”

Indiana is pitted against No. 12 seed Chattanooga in a first-round game in Des Moines on Thursday. By Monday, the day after the pairings were revealed, the Hoosiers were already peppering coach Tom Crean and his staff with questions in the film room. That’s the kind of self-propelled leadership Ferrell was referring to.

“This is a team that has never jumped out ahead and started looking down the road, and this was a great example of it again the other day,” Crean said, referring to the looming matchup with Kentucky.

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Creston News Advertiser | Thursday, March 17, 2016

Top-seeded Kansas opens tournament play vs. Austin Peay

By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

DES MOINES (AP) — Kansas might never have a better shot at its second national title under coach Bill Self than this year.

The Jayhawks (30-4) won the Big 12 Conference’s regular season and tournament titles and were the best team in arguably the best league in America. They open NCAA Tournament play Thursday against Austin Peay (18-17) as the No. 1 seed in the South Region.

But after second-round losses in its last two tournaments as a No. 2 seed, Kansas is more focused on the first weekend than the Final Four.

“It motivates us a lot,” said senior Perry Ellis.

“We’ve experienced what it feels like to lose and we just don’t want that. I feel like we’re a really focused team and we’re ready to get after it.”

The Jayhawks last reached the Final Four in 2012, losing to Anthony Davis and Kentucky in the title game.

Unlike the past two years, when Kansas had youngsters like Kelly Oubre and Andrew Wiggins, this season’s roster is full of experienced players who have proven themselves over the past four months.

The Jayhawks start four

upperclassmen, led by Ellis.

He was a first-team All-Big 12 pick after averaging 16.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, Ellis and he scored 58 points in three games as the Jayhawks rolled to the conference tournament title.

Juniors Frank Mason III and Wayne Selden were among the best guards in the Big 12 this winter, and Devonte Graham came into his own as a sophomore.

“It’s great to have older guys. They know what to expect from coach (Self) and from each other,” Mason said. “We’ve been through a lot of different scenarios.”

Kansas is on a 14-game winning streak, but it did have its ups and downs, at one point losing three straight league road games by double digits. But Self said an overtime home win in late January over Kentucky help snap Kansas out of its funk.

“They played at a high level that night, and I think it probably did give us confidence knowing that we could play one of the nation’s best on a night when they were still pretty good and have a victory,” Self said.

Sports briefs SWCC camps

Southwestern Community College has announced several summer basketball camps.

Individual skills camp will be held June 13-16. Girls and boys grades K-2 will meet from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. (doors open at 7:45 a.m.). Fee is $35. Boys entering grades 3-8 meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (doors open at 9:30 a.m.). Fee is $95.

Team camp will be held June 18-19 and July 30-31 for varsity and JV teams.

Cost is $150 for one day or $250 for 2 days. Teams will play three games each day.

Summer League is planned for June 7, 9, 14, 16, and 23. It is open to high school, college, and former college payers. The league consists of five games and a tournament. Team fee is $275 or individuals for $35 each.

Southern Prairie YMCA. Stroke clinic — For the more advanced swimmer to work on body positioning, breathing technique, starts, turns and specific skills for each of the four competitive strokes. Also, to learn and improve form on dives and turns. Open to swimmer sages 8-16 who are able to swim the width of the pool, face i the water, swimming the American crawl. Must be able to tread water and back float.

The program will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9. Cost is $15 and registration is required by April 1. For more information contact Kristie Terlizzi, 641782-9622 or email yaquatics@southernprairieymca. com.

Sensory splash — Swimming can be a great physical outlet and life-saving skill for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

In addition to promoting health, swimming reduces

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The program is for children and teens on the Autism Spectrum (along with adult in the water) from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from April 16 through May 14. A mandatory safety meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9.

Cost is $25 for members and $35 for other participants. Registration deadline is April 1. For more information contact Jennifer Queener at 641-782-9622 or by email at jqueener@southernprairieymca.com.

Austin Peay was 12-17 as recently as mid-February before a stunning run through the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.

Austin Peay needed a loss

by Eastern Kentucky on the last day of the season to even make its league tournament, where it became the first No. 8 seed to reach the final.

It then hit a school-record 16 3s to beat UT-Martin to clinch its first NCAA bid in eight years.

Still, it’s hard to imagine the Governors becoming the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1.

They’ve got some pop on offense with senior Chris Horton (18.9 points, 12 rebounds per game) and sophomore Josh Robinson (16.7 ppg), but the Governors are among the worst defensive teams in the country.

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No. 4 seed Kentucky opens NCAA Tournament vs. Stony Brook

By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

DES MOINES (AP) — Kentucky coach John Calipari wasn’t too happy when he found out his team was a No. 4 seed in the East Region.

If the Wildcats play up to their potential, it might not matter where the NCAA Tournament selection committee put them.

It was just two years ago that Kentucky, as an eighth seed, rolled all the way to the national title game before losing to Connecticut.

The Wildcats (26-8, No. 10 AP) looked like a serious contender last weekend as well, beating Texas A&M in overtime 82-77 in the SEC Tournament title game.

Though Calipari said he’s moved past his team’s seeding, he couldn’t help getting in one last dig in after watching Stony Brook rally from double digits to beat Vermont 80-74 last weekend from his hotel room in Nashville.

Kentucky opens its quest for a third straight Final Four against the Seawolves (26-6), in the NCAA Tour-

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“I said, ‘Whew. Hope we don’t play them.’ Did not know that my room was bugged by the NCAA. When they heard that, they said ‘That’s who they’re playing. We’ll work the field around them,’” Calipari said.

This year’s Wildcats have been fueled by two of the best guards in the country; freshman Jamal Murray and sophomore Tyler Ulis.

Murray has already set a school freshman record with 18 20-plus point games, a remarkable feat for a program known for its one-and-done stars.

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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions... and maybe a few actual answers

SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves Has anyone ever had a better run than Kevin Harvick at Phoenix?

GODSPEAK: It’s not quite as spectacular as Florida's 29 straight football wins over Kentucky, but it’s pretty good.

KEN’S CALL: I’m undefeated at Shoney’s, but other than that, maybe Sam Snead at Greensboro.

Is Fontana worth it?

GODSPEAK: It is worth one trip a year to Los Angeles’ industrial park area. Gotta serve the SoCal market.

KEN’S CALL: Hey, it’s not Riverside, but still, some Southern Cal representation goes a long way in painting yourself as a nationwide industry.

Does any driver's start to 2016 surprise you?

GODSPEAK: How about Ryan Blaney in that no-charter Ford? That's some good stuff right there.

KEN'S CALL: In a pleasant surprise, I like how Austin Dillon is planting himself in the lead pack. Good sign.

Stacks of Goodyears, beads intact, no problems. ASSOCIATED PRESS/PHELAN M. EBENHACK

Why am I reading about tire beads?

1. Good memory

Because five racers — a fairly high number for modern times — were sent into the wall at Phoenix by blown Goodyears. The tire manufacturer said melted beads were the culprit in each instance. Race-winning crew chief Rodney Childers said Sunday that one of his car’s wheels checked in at 315 degrees during a tire change. That’s OK for a tater casserole, but not a tire bead.

The Wood Brothers Racing braintrust must have a collective good memory about how to set up a stock car for Phoenix. The No. 21 Ford made its last visit to Phoenix five years ago. On Sunday, rookie Wood Brothers driver Ryan Blaney scored a 10th-place finish.

Can I still make a necklace from melted beads?

2. Harvick’s place Phoenix International Raceway is Kevin Harvick’s go-to track. In his past nine starts at the 1-mile oval, he has six wins, including one stretch of four straight, and two secondplace finishes. He has no more than three career wins at any other Cup Series track.

3. Short track Cup Series drivers consider

Not a pretty one. A tire bead is the inner edge that attaches the tire to the rim and holds everything together.

Proper inflation holds it in place. It’s sturdy enough that you need special equipment to remove an old tire and put a new one on a wheel, unlike with your kid’s Huffy.

Wood Brothers Racing’s Len and Eddie Wood showed they still have a keen memory on Phoenix setups after their No. 21 Ford scored a top-10 finish Sunday. GETTY IMAGES/BOB LEVERONE Phoenix a short track even though it is defined as a speedway-size course. Goodyear builds short-track-type tires for Phoenix. When they

cut a tire at Phoenix, there is no inner liner, thus the series of hard hits by drivers rapidly losing tire pressure.

Is it Goodyear’s fault?

For a change, everyone said absolutely not. The Phoenix issues seem to be an unintended consequence of the new low-downforce package. Lower downforce leads to more braking in the corners, which leads to hotter wheels, which leads to melted beads, which leads to “Trouble in Turn 3!”

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

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SPRINT CUP POINTS 1. Kevin Harvick 1. Kyle Busch 3. Jimmie Johnson 4. Kurt Busch 5. Carl Edwards 6. Denny Hamlin 7. Joey Logano 8. Austin Dillon 9. Martin Truex Jr. 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11. Brad Keselowski 12. Ryan Blaney 13. Aric Almirola 14. Kasey Kahne 15. Jamie McMurray 16. Matt Kenseth 17. Kyle Larson 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 19. Greg Biffle 20. AJ Allmendinger 21. Chase Elliott 21. Trevor Bayne 23. Regan Smith 24. Danica Patrick 25. Ryan Newman 26. Paul Menard 27. Casey Mears 28. Brian Scott 29. Landon Cassill 30. Michael McDowell

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In his past two seasons with Stewart-Haas Racing, Kevin Harvick has scored back-toback Cup Series victories in each of those years. Since the 40-year-old driver just won by a whisker at Phoenix, it makes you wonder if he can keep the streak going a third year, perhaps this weekend in Southern California? Odds lean in his favor.

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2. California dreaming If you look at the list of winning drivers at Auto Club Speedway, there is no real pattern. It’s a bit helterskelter. Names such as Jeremy Mayfield (five career Cup wins) and Elliott Sadler (three Cup wins) pop up on the list. Race teams will tell you it is a race track where horsepower is king. All three manufacturers have won there in the past four years.

CARL EDWARDS VS. KEVIN HARVICK: The two drivers were beating and banging on each other in the final lap at Phoenix, with Harvick edging Edwards by a few inches at the stripe.

GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: For those keeping score, this is the second straight week Edwards has made contact with a Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy. A week ago, he clanked fenders with Kurt Busch.

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3. Week off After they throw the checkered flag on the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, the Cup Series will take a week off for Easter.

Then it is back in the grinder

for 10 consecutive weekends of racing right into the middle of June. From there, the next 11 races will pretty much decide the top teams heading into the Chase playoffs.

WHAT’S ON TAP? SPRINT CUP: Auto Club 400 SITE: Auto Club Speedway (2-mile, D-shaped oval) TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 7:45 p.m.). Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 2, 11 a.m.; Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.). Sunday, race (Fox, coverage begins at 3 p.m., green flag at 3:45 p.m.)

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

GODWIN’S PICKS FOR AUTO CLUB 400 WINNER: Kurt Busch REST OF TOP 5: Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Larson FIRST ONE OUT: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

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Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

DARK HORSE: Kasey Kahne DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Kurt Busch finally gets that second win in Fontana. His last win there came in 2003.

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KEN WILLIS’ TOP 10 NASCAR DRIVER RANKINGS KEVIN HARVICK A factor every single week

KYLE BUSCH Four races, four top-fives

KURT BUSCH Four races, four top-10s

CARL EDWARDS It’s a game of inches sometimes

JIMMIE JOHNSON Bought some sheet metal last week

DENNY HAMLIN Found way back to lead pack

JUNIOR EARNHARDT 2nd, 8th, 5th in past three starts

JOEY LOGANO Mr. Hunch likes him this week

BRAD KESELOWSKI Vegas win followed by Phoenix clunker

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Feb. 13: Sprint Unlimited at Daytona (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 21: Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 28: Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta (Jimmie Johnson) March 6: Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas (Brad Keselowski) March 13: Good Sam 500k at Phoenix (Kevin Harvick) March 20: Auto Club 400 at Fontana, 3:30 p.m., Fox April 3: STP 500 at Martinsville, 1 p.m., Fox Sports 1 April 9: Duck Commander 500 at Texas, 7:30 p.m., Fox April 17: Food City 500 at Bristol, 1 p.m., Fox April 24: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond, 1 p.m., Fox May 1: Geico 500 at Talladega, 1 p.m., Fox May 7: GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas, 7:30 p.m., FS1 May 15: Dover 400, 1 p.m., FS1 May 20: Sprint Showdown at Charlotte, 7 p.m., FS1 May 21: Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte, 7 p.m., FS1 May 29: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, 6 p.m., Fox June 5: Axalta 400 at Pocono, 1 p.m., FS1

June 12: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan, 1 p.m., FS1 June 26: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, 3 p.m., FS1 July 2: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, 7:45 p.m., NBC July 9: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network July 17: New Hampshire 301, 1:30 p.m., NBCSN July 24: Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis, 3 p.m., NBCSN July 31: Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono, 1:30 p.m., NBCSN Aug. 7: Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen, 2:30 p.m., USA Aug. 20: Night Race at Bristol, 8 p.m., NBCSN Aug. 28: Pure Michigan 400, 2 p.m., NBCSN Sept. 4: Southern 500 at Darlington, 6 p.m., NBC Sept. 10: Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN Sept. 18: Chicago 400, 2:30 p.m., NBCSN Sept. 25: New England 300 at New Hampshire, 2 p.m., NBCSN

Oct. 2: AAA 400 at Dover, 2 p.m., NBCSN Oct. 8: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, 7 p.m., NBC Oct. 16: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, 2:15 p.m., NBC Oct. 23: Alabama 500 at Talladega, 2 p.m., NBCSN Oct. 30: Goody’s 500 at Martinsville, 1 p.m., NBCSN Nov. 6: AAA 500 at Texas, 2 p.m., NBC Nov. 13: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix, 2:30 p.m., NBC Nov. 20: Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami, 2:30 p.m., NBC

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then were probably Jerry Todd, Dick Skarda and Curt Jeffryes,” Loos said. “Coach Todd was a big influence on me in basketball. It was Bobby Knight motion, heavy on the defense. There was nothing wrong you were doing unless you were standing.

The game was fun playing for him. He had remarkable records in Creston. We’d go up against ninth-grade teams from schools like Dowling and Urbandale and win a lot of those games. I think we were 16-4 and we had one of his worst records!”

Among Todd’s players in Georgia was San Diego Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers. While Loos wasn’t a starter for Todd, he learned from him.

“I came off the bench, but I always sat next to the

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when you put two teams that run in this altitude,” Cluess said.

English has been sick, but he’s not sure that puts him at any disadvantage.

“Altitude affects everybody,” he said. “I’m fine. I don’t feel sick anymore.”

MORRIS’ HEALTH: Cyclones point guard Monte Morris, the school’s all-time leader in assist-to-turnover ratio, injured his right

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turnovers.

Kentucky vs. Indiana, Saturday, East Region.

Blue bloods have to win their first games to set this up, but worth the wait if it happens. ___ MARQUEE PLAYERS Buddy Hield, Oklahoma.

Scores in bunches, rises up under pressure.

Denzel Valentine, Michigan State. Does everything except drive the Spartans’ bus.

Tyler Ulis, Kentucky.

Coach Cal says Ulis’ size may have held him back in national player of the year conversations. The 5-foot9 sophomore is one of the nation’s best regardless of his height.

Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia. Shoots, drives, shuts his man down. Can’t ask for much more.

Jakob Poeltl, Utah.

Doesn’t get as much exposure playing out West, but one of the nation’s best big men. ___ NUMBERS 14-19 — Record of Holy Cross, which won the Patriot League title to earn a spot in the bracket after going 5-13 in conference.

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coach,” he said, smiling.

Loos and his staff had Newell-Fonda playing an exciting brand of ball in a tradition-rich area of the state.

“We had a lot of good athletic programs around the area,” Loos said. “Palmer was tough. Pomeroy was strong, and they were in our back yard. They merged just like Newell and Fonda. That just drove our kids. Fonda was always a basketball community. They had some nice teams in the early 1980s, too.”

One of his assistants, Dick Jungers, became a state champion girls coach at Newell-Fonda and had his team in the state tournament again this year. One of Jurgens’ assistants is Kevin Larsen, the center on Loos’ 1992 state championship team and teammate of Calkins.

“I reluctantly asked Dick to take over the girls program,” Loos said. “But I had

a vested interest. My daughter was playing.”

shoulder in the season finale against Kansas and was limited in Iowa State’s loss to Oklahoma in the Big 12 tournament.

“My health is at an alltime high right now,” Morris said Wednesday, noting that he took a lot of shots at practice and “I’m back smiling.”

“With kids, it’s a mindset,” Prohm said. “If his mind-set is that he’s 100 percent, that’s terrific. When he plays well, we’re really, really good, we’re really tough to beat.”

UPSET SPECIAL: Cluess also took Iona to the NCAA

tournament in 2012 and ‘13, when his teams lost to BYU and Ohio State.

“When you’re a mid-major, low-junior, playing the top teams in the country you have to have that special day to beat them,” Cluess said.

“They may be better than us 364 days of the year, we just have to be better than them one day, and we’re hoping that day is tomorrow.” ___ Online: AP College Basketball site: http://collegebasketball. ap.org/

Stephen F. Austin heading into the tournament.

54 — Years since Yale last made the NCAA Tournament.

63 — Years since Holy Cross won an NCAA Tournament game.

78.7 — UConn’s free throw percentage, tops in the nation.

Plus-147 — Fresno State’s turnover margin this season.

5,504 — Miles Baylor will have to travel to reach the Final Four. That’s longest among the 68 teams in the bracket, according to allmyteamssuck.com. ___ CINDERALLAS? Gonzaga. The Zags weren’t the same when Przemek Karnowski was injured. Their guards were good at the end of the season, though, and they still have the Wiltjer-Sabonis combo inside.

Wichita State.

The Shockers sneaked into the First Four. With Fred Van Vleet healthy and teaming Ron Baker, this is a team that could make a run.

Purdue.

Boilermakers are good at both ends, considered one of the most under-seeded teams in the bracket at No. 5 in the Midwest.

Hawaii. Rainbow Warriors force a lot of turnovers and make a lot of 3s,

a good combination if they get hot in the tourney.

VCU. Havoc causes opponents problems and the Rams have a knack for getting to the rim. New team and new coach, but they’ve been deep in the bracket before. ___ UNDER-THE-RADAR PLAYERS Gary Payton II, Oregon State. Like his pops, the Glove, GPII thrives on the defensive end and does it all for the Beavers.

A.J. English, Iona. Senior was 10th nationally with 22.4 points per game, led Gaels to MAAC tournament title.

Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga. Wiltjer gets most of the attention, but the son of Arvydas is a crafty big man with fantastic footwork.

Scoochie Smith, Dayton. Great name, great allaround player.

Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall. Peaking at the perfect time — 70 points, 19 rebounds and 17 assists in three days while leading Pirates to first Big East title since 1993.

New challenge

When Loos stepped away from coaching the Mustangs, he joined head coach Brian Van Haaften’s staff at Buena Vista. Prior to Saturday’s ceremony, Loos said he has enjoyed coaching at the collegiate level. He finds himself on the opposing bench of Central College and former Creston standout Colby Taylor.

“We actually beat Central twice this year, but they had great shooters and got hot in the (conference) tournament,” he said. “I enjoy it.

It’s a higher level of basketball. In Division III you’re getting all-conference and all-state players. Even in Division III, you’re getting quality players. I was fortunate enough to be with a conference championship team last year. We should have a decent ballclub next year.”

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immersed in what their next opponent was, and they have stayed immersed in getting better.”

The Mocs (29-5) are in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 and haven’t won a game in it since 1997. They’ve won as many games as any team in the field except No. 1 overall seed Kansas, though, behind a deep rotation and a rangy, athletic group of players including the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year in forward Justin Tuoyo that puts on a formidable full-court press.

The Mocs lost Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year Casey Jones to an ankle injury in December and still set a school record for victories.

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wins. Stony Brook hasn’t reached a tournament of any kind since losing to Rochester in the second round of the Division III East Regional 25 years ago.

But the Seawolves, winners of the America East, don’t look or act like pushovers.

“The difference between rookies and veterans, when you get to a stage like this, you know when to turn it on,” guard Rayshaun McGrew said. “We enjoyed the moment of making history at our school. But now we know it’s business time.”

By GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The arenas tend to be larger for the NCAA Tournament. The media spotlight is brighter. Tensions rise with seasons on the line.

In the NCAAs, postseason experience can be just as important, if not more pivotal, than sheer talent.

Been there, done that.

“It’s important as long as you use it to your advantage,” Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said.

Of the 68 teams that qualified for the tournament, Michigan State has the most NCAA experience on its roster, with a cumulative total of 59 games among active players over the previous four seasons, according to

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Forward Jameel Warney, a bruiser at 6-foot-8 and 260 pounds, is the biggest reason Stony Brook is so confident.

Warney averaged an astounding 30 points and 15 rebounds in his conference tournament, highlighted by a 43-point performance in the title game that included 18 made baskets on just 22 shots.

“He’s going to take 40 shots,” said Stony Brook coach Steve Pikiell. “We’ve got other guys who can score too.”

Kentucky will likely use its frontcourt depth, led

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bissiere, in an effort to stop Warney. But the Seawolves also have an experienced backcourt led by senior Carson Puriefoy, who averages 15 points and three assists per game.

“The teams get better as you advance. But the first one is the hard one, especially when you guys like we do,” said Calipari, referencing a starting lineup yet again dominated by freshmen. ___ Follow Luke Meredith on Twitter at www.twitter. com/LukeMeredithAP and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LukeMeredithAP

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the Hoosiers. The average margin of victory in the 5-12 games is a mere 4.1 points.

Chattanooga coach Matt McCall can relate. He was an assistant on Florida’s team in 2004 that lost to Manhattan in a 5-12 first-round matchup.

“I think there is just terrific parity in college basketball, top to bottom,” McCall said. “No matter what the seedings are.”

That’s the typical theme for this time of year.

“If we don’t play an outstanding game there is no next game for us,” Crean said, “and it’s not just because it’s one and done. It’s not just because it’s March madness. It’s because Chattanooga is really good.” ___ Online: AP college basketball website: http://www.collegebasketball.ap.org

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What’s worse was the Hoosiers were stuck with that dreaded No. 5 seed, which has been among the most infamously vulnerable of the top draws. Since the tournament expanded to the 64-team field in 1985, the No. 12 seed has won 44 of 124 games, a frightening 35.5 percent for a favorite like

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BURN BARRELS $12.50 and up; barrels with lids (for storage, etc.) $20.00, 641-782-9631.

Sat. March 26- 10:00AM Carbon, IA. Combines, Tractors, Trucks and Farm Machinery for Schaffer Farms. Auctioneers: Jack Kretzinger, Dan Kretzinger, Steve Bergren, Tony Douglas.

Sun. April 3- 9:30AM Corning, IA. Furniture, Collectibles, Golf Carts and 4 Wheelers for Haddadin Family & 2 Lenox Estates. Auctioneers: Jack Kretzinger, Dan Kretzinger, Tony Douglas.

Sun. April 3- 1:30PM Rural Orient, IA. Farm Machinery, Tractors, Combine & Heads, Farm Related Equipment for Kramer Land and Cattle. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Brandon Frey, Steve Bergren.

Mon. April 11- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Annual Spring Consignment Auction at Creston Livestock Auction. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey, Zack Ballad, Steve Bergren.

MATURA Full-Time Dietician

An exciting, full-time career opportunity is available for the right person as a dietician (licensed or registered) with MATURA’s WIC program. Flexible hours, generous benefit package including IPERS, competitive salary, amazing co-workers.

Resumes and applications should be directed to:

Karla Hynes

MATURA Action Corp.

207B N. Elm Street Creston, Iowa 50801

or postmarked by 4:00 p.m. on March 23, 2016.

Complete sale information is published in the Wednesday edition of the Creston News Advertiser and/or the Southwest Iowa Advertiser

Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.”

1000 E. Howard • Creston 782-5012 Drug Free EOE CONTROL

a full-time Pest Management Professional. We are a local, family owned company serving southwest Iowa for the past 28 years looking for the right person to be part of our team. No experience necessary, we will train.

BENEFITS INCLUDE: $12.00 - $15.00/hour, vacation/sick paid time off, paid holidays & retirement. Job responsibilities include: mix and apply insecticides in and around structures, apply fertilizer and herbicides, mowing, snow removal.

Hours are usually from 7AM-5PM but will flex with weather conditions, occasional weekends.

REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma or GED; valid driver’s license with a good driving record; successfully pass a drug screen, background check, and driving record check; able to lift 50 pounds above shoulders and walk 2 miles per day, able to pass commercial pesticide applicator test (employer will provide study material).

Join us at Westar Join us at Westar Foods, Inc.!

Foods, Inc.!

807 W. Taylor 807 W. Taylor Creston, IA 50801 Creston, IA 50801

Iowa Focus is seeking trustworthy, honest individuals for part-time direct support providers in Creston.

Now Hiring Shift Leaders We offer excellent pay and benefits, flexible schedule, and a n d p r o m o t i o n a l opportunities. Pay up to $12 per hour BOE! Crew Members!

Overnight and every other weekend hours available.

Now Hiring Shift Leaders!

Applicants must be personable and have good communication skills, complete paperwork in a timely manner, flexible hours, and a team player.

Experience working with people with disabilities preferred, HS Diploma/GED and Drivers License is required. Starting Wage is $9.75, Training Included.

candidates will be team and WeIdeal offer excellent pay players who possess the benefits, schedule, desire to flexible succeed through andhard promotional opportunities. work with at least 6 months of previous restaurant Pay up to $12 per hour for management experience.

Shift Leaders!

Interested applicants may apply in person at

Apply online at: Apply online at: www.westarfoods.com/career www.westarfoods.com s/

Iowa Focus, 105 W Adams – Ste B, Creston, Iowa. EOE

EOE

EOE

HCI Hospice Care Services Greater Regional Hospice Home is looking for compassionate employees to serve patients during their end of life journey: PRN Hospice RN: Valid Iowa RN license, 1 year home health/hospice experience preferred.

FTR-3 Hospice RN: 12 hour shifts, 6pm-6am Hospice Aide PTR-2: (12 hour shifts, 24 hours per week); 1 year in nursing home or home health preferred Submit a cover letter and resume or application to: hrinfo@hci-vns.org A pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen are required.

EOE

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HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY

Find the right people for the job, right here.

Computer Repair

Siding & Windows

BUILTNETWORKS, 805 Wyoming Ave, Creston, IA, 641-782-4765, Computer sales, repair, networking. Over 25 years experience. PC & Mac.

GAULE EXTERIORS Steel and vinyl siding, replacement windows and seamless guttering. Quality craftsmanship, over a decade of professional service in Southwest Iowa. 641-782-0905.

Electrician

Michael Foods is looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of

Maintenance Technician

$50 or Less

for

NCRC Acknowledged

CHS Inc., a Fortune 100 Company, has an exciting career opportunity at our soybean facility in Creston, IA! We have the following position open:

MEN'S BIKE FOR SALE, 27 speed, Cannondale Quick, excellent condition, $350.00; 641-7827232.

E.O.E.

301 E. Taylor, Creston, IA or online at www.asinc.net or call 641-782-3300

Carpentry and Building Trades Instructor

New Today

JOB OPENINGS

HOME DELIVERY

For questions or an application, contact employer at 782-4540 or gvpc2@iowatelecom.net.

Now accepting applications for the following positions:

For Sale

...for convenient

GREEN VALLEY PEST & LAWN CARE is seeking

Advance Services has a

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For Rent

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Creston News Advertiser | Thursday, March 17, 2016

Production Scheduler.

This person will report directly to the Purchasing Manager. This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Supply Chain Management or related experience. 1-3 years previous planning/inventory/ purchasing experience and leadership skills.

Please send all resumes to:

Michael Foods Egg Products Co. Attn: Jacque Tripp 1009 S. Brooks St. • Lenox, IA 50851 Phone: (641) 333-4730 Fax (641) 333-4800 EOE/AAP

BRENNAN ELECTRIC, licensed, also home repairs and WESTMAN WINDOWS. Replacement windows tilt for easy cleaning improvements, 641-782-3795. and rebates bays, bows, sliders, etc.

Any custom size and shape, 30+ Glass QUALITY GLASS CO. Automotive, years in Creston. I sell, service and home, business and farm. install, for no-pressure estimate call Commercial lock service and Charlie Westman 641-782-4590 or trailer sales. Hwy 34 East, in 641-344-5523.

Creston 641-782-5155 BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. major brands of vinyl and steel Handyman Service All siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere HANDYMAN. Carpentry, Painting, thermal replacement windows. ReDoors, Windows, Miscellaneous cipient of the Revere Premium RenoHome Repairs. Creston and vator Award. Seamless guttering and Surrounding Areas. 641-208-1730; Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of 641-782-9909. continuous reliable service in Southwest Iowa, free estimates, 641-322Plumber 5160 or 1-800-245-0337.

SCHROEDER PLUMBING and ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ Storage new installations, new breaker boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, SHARP’S SELF-STORAGE Boats, water heaters. Specialize in records, inventory, furniture. manufactured and mobile homes. You store it, lock it, take the Free estimates, licensed, insured, key. Industrial Park, Creston, 641-202-1048. Accept Visa & 641-782-6227.

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International children’s art exhibit opens at Warren Cultural Center GREENFIELD – Children’s artwork from around the world – including five award-winning pieces from Nodaway Valley students – will fill the gallery of Warren Cultural Center (WCC) starting the first week of April, when the Pentel International Children’s Art Exhibition makes a stop in Greenfield.

A reception to open the exhibit and congratulate the local artists will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at WCC, 154 Public Square, in Greenfield. The public is invited and light refreshments will be served. The display will continue through April 18. The WCC lobby/ gallery is open, free of charge, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays (enter through

Creston • 782-7023

Ed & Eva’s) and during other WCC events.

Local artists whose works were selected for the 45th annual show are Aubrey Van Otterloo, fifth grade (last year when pieces were submitted), Pentel Award for “In the City;” Eve Griffiths, fifth grade, Bronze Award for “House of American Gothic;” Jennifer Holliday, sixth grade, Gold Award for “The Woman at Work;” Carl Bicada, sixth grade, Silver Award for “Luigi’s Scared Face” and Jena Yonker, sixth grade, Pentel Award for “Mushroom.”

Former Nodaway Valley art instructor Linda Wolfe notes the winning artworks of more than 100 local students have been included in the show since she began entering them in 1992.

Powerade

32 fl.oz. - select varieties

8 20

10/$ ¢

Purchase 10, save 2¢ per gallon with each item purchased.

Price effective 3/16/16 - 3/22/16

MILK MONDAY Monday, March 21st

5

¢

For Each Hy-Vee or AE CNA photo by KELSEY HAUGEN

Blood donation: Gordon Crawford of Creston gives blood during an American Red Cross blood drive Wednesday in the Creston High School gymnasium. Also pictured is phlebotomist Ben Cardenas.

Mediacom marks 20th anniversary with $1B capital investment DES MOINES – In recognition of the 20th anniversary of its first cable system purchase, Mediacom Communications announced the company intends to invest $1 billion over the next three years to, among other projects, upgrade and expand its national broadband network. Headlining the list of planned company initiatives is “Project Gigabit,” a wide-scale deployment of 1 gigabit per second broadband services to virtually all of the 3 million homes and businesses within the 1,500 communities located in Mediacom’s 22-state footprint.

“From the time we acquired our first cable system in March 1996, Mediacom’s focus has always been to offer the smaller communities we serve the same communications and video services that are available in America’s largest cities,” said Rocco B. Commisso, Mediacom’s founder and CEO. “Project Gigabit will allow us to go even further by giving our customers access to one of the fastest broadband networks in the world.”

Project Gigabit will build upon the residential gigabit product launches completed by Mediacom in 2015

Alta May’s

Treasure Shoppe

Buy • Sell • Trade Jewelry & Supplies Antiques-Gift Baskets 218 W. Montgomery – Creston –

712-370-1890

and the widely available Gigabit+ Fiber SolutionsTM offered by Mediacom Business today. The company expects to bring the first wave of Project Gigabit communities online as early as the fourth quarter of 2016. Unlike some other 1-gig providers whose services are limited to selected neighborhoods and/or are relying on federal, state or local taxpayer subsidies, Mediacom will invest its own money to make gigabit speeds available to essentially all of the residences and businesses along its network.

In addition to Project Gigabit, Mediacom’s $1 billion capital investment plan

will fund a number of other important customer initiatives including: • Expansion of Mediacom Business’s high-capacity network inside downtown areas and commercial districts in order to create more “lit buildings” within the company’s footprint and bring tens of thousands of new business customers on-net with immediate access to fiber-based communications services.

• Extension of Mediacom’s deep-fiber residential video, Internet and phone network in order to pass at least an additional 50,000 homes.

• Deployment of community Wi-Fi access points

throughout high-traffic commercial and public areas across Mediacom’s national footprint.

“The $4.2 billion in private capital invested by Mediacom over the last 20 years has allowed us to, among other things, create an all-digital video network, launch a variety of advanced broadband services and deploy nearly 600,000 strand miles of fiber,” Commisso said. “We decided to accelerate our capital spending over the next three years because our company wants to be the engine that drives economic growth and development for businesses and residents in the communities we serve.”

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Gallon Milk purchased

MEAT SALE FRIDAYS Every Friday in March

50

¢

Earn 50¢ per gallon with each $25.00 Meat & Seafood Dept. purchase.

THE MORE YOU BUY THE MORE YOU SAVE Spend $50 or more SAVE $1.00 per gallon Spend $75 or more SAVE $1.50 per gallon Spend $100 or more SAVE $2.00 per gallon ®

Hy-Vee Choice Reserve punch card For every 15lbs of Fresh Ground Beef, Chuck, or Round purchased from the Meat Service Department, get

10% OFF your next grocery order!

Only one discount use per card.

Card valid at Creston Hy-Vee location only.

Pick up your punch card at the Hy-Vee Meat Counter!