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Winter temps may freeze Reminder: out fish in smaller ponds Property
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Union County Treasurer Kelly Busch would like to remind property owners the second half of your property taxes are due March 31. Payments by mail must be postmarked by March 31. Payment in person at Busch’s office inside the Busch Union County Courthouse, 300 N.
Ice floats in the middle of Three Mile Lake during an orange sunrise this morning.
By JAKE WADDINGHAM
CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com
Area anglers enjoyed an extended ice fishing season with frigid winter temperatures creating thick ice over area ponds and lakes. But as the warmer temperatures break up the ice shelf, there are signs in some of the smaller bodies of water that the ice may have led to a severe fish kill. “It could definitely be a consideration with the ice as thick as it was, especially in farm ponds,” said Alan Carr, park ranger at Green Valley. “Now would be the time to go look.” Thick ice or heavy Carr snow cover can cut down on the sunlight’s ability to reach the water. The lack of light hinders the aquatic plants’ ability to create a process called photosynthesis, which replenishes the oxygen in the water consumed by fish. According to the Iowa State University fisheries extension, Iowa has more than 85,000 ponds. Pond levels have been down from drought condi-
tions in 2012 and the end of 2013. Mount Ayr Fish Hatchery Technician Dray Walter said a majority of ponds will not experience a complete fish kill unless the pond had additional problems with decomposition or shallow water depth. “We haven’t had a lot of reports,” Walter said. “We have been fortunate, because usually it is the amount of snow that is the biggest dictator.” Farm ponds Walter said fisherman can visually check to see how hard the winter fish kill was on a pond. “Once the ice is out, the fish do not decompose that fast, so you will be able to see the bodies floating along the edges,” Walter said. In late May, bluegill start their spawn and move to the shallow water along the shoreline as the water gets warmer. Walter said being able to see more than a handful of fish in the shallow water is a good sign the body of water will recover from a hard winter. “To get a complete winter kill, it usually has to be on a low-quality pond,” Walter said. “It is usually just a partial kill, knocking out around 80 percent.” If a complete fish kill happens, Walter said the hatchery evaluates what factors influenced it and work to fix
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Fishing license costs for 2014 Iowa resident prices 16 and younger — free 1 day —$9.50 7 day — $13.50 1 year — $19 3 year — $53 Lifetime (must be 65 or older) — $52.50 Permit to fish with a third pole —$12 Nonresident prices 1 day — $10.50 3 day — $17.50 7 day — $32 1 year — $41 the problem before restocking. Older ponds may have high levels of silt and decomposing material, which creates bacteria that steals oxygen from the water and the fish. It is also ideal to have a pond with a maximum depth of eight feet because a solid freeze is unlikely. “The number of fish we restock is Please see FISH KILL, Page 2
GOP wants vote on tele-med abortion ban Democrats control the Iowa Senate by a 26-24 edge ■
DES MOINES (MCT) — A group of Republican senators on Monday called on majority-party Democrats Monday to use a procedural bypass to resurrect an ineligible House-passed bill banning telemedicine abortions so the Iowa Senate can debate the measure and forward it to Gov. Terry Branstad for his signature. “We believe, with the help of leadership from both parties, that we can bring this to the floor and we are confident it will win the same biparti-
san support that it had in the House of Representatives,” said Sen. David Johnson, R-Ocheyedan. “What we’re saying is let’s bring this to a vote.” However, Democrats who control the Senate by a 26-24 edge, said the Legislature should not interfere politically with an issue that is before the courts via a legal challenge to an Iowa Board of Medicine decision curtailing the practice of doctors prescribing abortion-inducing drugs from remote locations, typically using a video link. “I’m disappointed Iowa Republicans have launched a new front in the national so-called ‘war on women’ by opposing affordable, safe access to health care for rural Iowans,” said Sen. Joe
Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, a member of the Senate Human Resources Committee, said in a statement. “Mixing politics and medical care is a mistake. There is no reason for Republican politicians to be in the room when women and their doctors make important, personal medical decisions,” he added. ““Telemedicine is an increasingly effective and affordable way to deliver health care to rural Iowans. Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, rebuked Bolkcom’s statement as “offensive,” and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Red Oak, called it “absolutely ludicrous” Please see ABORTION, Page 2
Pine St., in Creston, must be made by 4:30 p.m. March 31. Cash, check, debit and credit cards are all accepted. “We’re right on track (with getting payments),” Busch said, “but if someone does forget, it’s usually the March payment.” Payment can also be made online at iowatreasurers.org. Service fees may apply. If payment is not made by March 31, a penalty fee of 1.5 percent per month will be applied to your property taxes.
Malaysia flight search expands to 2.2 million square miles (MCT) — The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight expanded to 2.24 million square nautical miles, officials said Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. “This is an enormous s e a r c h ■ The area. And Boeing 777 it is somevanished thing that Malaysia on its way c a n n o t to Beijing, p o s s i b l y China search on March 8 its own. I am therefore very pleased that so many countries have come forward to offer assistance and support to the search and rescue operation,” said acting Malaysian transportation minister Hishamuddin Hussein at a press conference. “To gather 25 countries to search together as a team is a tremendous challenge,” added Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. In what might be the most far-ranging and multi-national search and rescue operation ever, the officials said they would be searching along two corridors identified by satellites as possible locations for the Boeing 777, which vanished March 8 on its way to Beijing. China and Kazakhstan are taking the lead searching a northern corridor that extends to the shores of
the Caspian Sea. Australia is leading the search of the deep waters of the Indian Ocean between its own northwest coast and Indonesia, along with extensive U.S. help. Meanwhile, family members of the missing 227 passenger started threatening a hunger strike, complaining that Malaysia Air was not giving them enough information. “I’m angry at Malaysia for not telling the truth,” Wen Wanchen, whose 34-year-old son was on the plane, told reporters at Beijing’s Lido Hotel, where families are being accommodated. “From the start they were buying time, withholding facts, and now they’re distorting the truth.” China’s ambassador to Malaysia, Huang Huikang, said on Tuesday that Chinese authorities had completed an investigation and that none of the Chinese nationals aboard the flight “was involved in a terror or hijack attack,” the Xinhua news agency reported. The ambassador also said China was conducting a search within its own territory, although there are no indications that the missing plane made it to China. Malaysia has requested Please see SEARCH, Page 2
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