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Groundbreaking:

Construction workers broke ground late last week on a new dental office on Sumner Avenue in Creston that will soon house dentists Dr. Michael Buck, Dr. Dave Buck, Dr. Todd Scott and their staffs. The new dental office is located just south of Family Vision Clinic on the corner of Spencer Street and Sumner Avenue. Their current dental office is on 304 W. Lucas St.

Uninsured drop by 11M since passage of Obama law WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health care overhaul five years ago, according to a pair of reports Tuesday from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Although that still would leave about 37 million people uninsured, it’s the lowest level measured in more than 15 years.

The most dramatic change took place in comparing 2013 with the first nine months of 2014.

As the health care law’s major coverage expansion was taking effect, the number of uninsured people fell by 7.6 million over that time.

That’s “much bigger than can possibly be explained by the economy,” said Lar-

ry Levitt of the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. “The vast majority has Obama to be due to the Affordable Care Act.” Monday was the law’s fifth anniversary, and supporters and detractors again clashed over its impact.

Obama says the law in many ways is “working even better than anticipated.”

House Speaker John Boehner says it amounts to a “legacy of broken promises.”

The health care law offers subsidized private coverage to people who don’t have access to it on the job,

as well as an expanded version of Medicaid geared to low-income adults, in states accepting it.

The White House says 16 million people have gained health insurance, a considerably higher estimate than Tuesday’s findings from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

The figures cited by the White House cover a longer period of time, through the beginning of this month. That includes the law’s second sign-up season. The estimate was produced by the principal policy adviser to Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell.

The CDC reports compared the first nine months of 2014 with annual statistics going back as far as 1997, from the National Health Interview Survey.

Among the highlights:

— The number of uninsured dropped from 48.6 million in 2010 to 37.2 million for the period from Jan.-Sept. last year. That amounted to 11.4 million fewer uninsured since the signing of the health care law.

— In 2014, about 27 million people said they had been without coverage for more than a year.

— Some 6.8 million people were covered through the health care law’s new insurance markets during July-Sept. of 2014.

— The most significant coverage gains last year came among adults ages 1864. Nearly 40 million were uninsured in 2013. But that dropped to 32.6 million in the first nine months of 2014.

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Let the recycling begin:

Doug Tucker, Waste Management district manager, drops off a 96-gallon recycling bin Monday in the James Subdivision. These bins, which are also being distributed on South Park Street, McKinley Street, South Stone Street and South Bureau Street up to Adams Street, will be used for a pilot curbside recycling program in Creston through Waste Management. Residents will use these bins to recycle their plastic containers, paper, cardboard and cartons through June 30, and the pilot’s results will help the city decide whether it wants to make curbside recycling available citywide in the future.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama welcomes Afghanistan’s new president to the Oval Office on Tuesday with fraught questions staring them in the face: Will the U.S. slow its departure from Afghanistan — and for how long?

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani represents Obama’s last, best hope to make good on his promise to end America’s longest war by the time he leaves office, keeping just a thousand or so troops at the embassy to coordinate security. Ghani predecessor Hamid Karzai’s ■ Ghani relationship with the White is asking House was increasingly dysfunctional, and if the dealings President with Ghani don’t turn out Obama to better, Obama risks leaving keep more Afghanistan still vulnerable to the kinds of violent extrem- U.S. troops in ist groups that operated with his country impunity until 14 years ago, for longer. when the U.S. attacked after 9/11.

Ghani comes to the White House aiming to prove he’s a reliable partner worthy of U.S. support, despite his fractured government and a litany of problems still rampant in Afghanistan’s military — illiteracy, drug abuse and desertions, to name a few.

Most critically, Ghani is asking the president to keep more U.S. troops in his country for longer, as Afghan forces brace for a tough spring fighting season and contend with Islamic State fighters looking to recruit on their soil.

“We do not now ask what the United States can do for us,” Ghani said, invoking John F. Kennedy as he Please see TROOPS, Page 2

Lawmakers back bill protecting cities from sledding claims DES MOINES (AP) — Lawmakers in the Iowa Senate and House have approved legislation that would protect cities from liability if people are injured while sledding in public parks.

The bill passed 48-0 in the Iowa Senate Monday. It passed in the House last week. Current law protects cities from liability when people are injured skateboarding or biking, but it doesn’t include a sledding protection. This bill would change the language to provide protection from injuries sustained during “recreational activities,” which means sledding would be covered.

Some Iowa cities have banned sledding in public parks over concern about liability if people get hurt.

When asked whether Branstad will sign the bill, spokesman Jimmy Centers said the governor will carefully review it before making a decision.

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opened his U.S. visit on Monday. “We want to say what Afghanistan will do for itself and for the world.”

In the run-up to their meeting, the prospect of the U.S. slowing its exit has become almost a foregone conclusion, with officials predicting the U.S. will likely leave many of the 9,800 American troops there now long into next year. The original plan was to cut to 5,500 by the end of 2015.

Also at stake: the future of U.S. bases in Jalalabad and in Kandahar, where the Taliban had their capital until 2001. U.S. military leaders have seemed receptive to Ghani’s request that those bases stay open as long as possible.

Obama and Ghani were to discuss the pace of withdrawal on Tuesday during meetings and a working lunch at the White House — the centerpiece of Ghani’s highly anticipated visit to Washington. In the days before the visit, White House officials suggested that Obama was likely to announce his troop decision when he and Ghani take questions from reporters in the East Room Tuesday afternoon.

Underscoring the fragile security situation, gunmen killed at least 13 people overnight during a midnight assault on a highway near Taliban-held territory in

eastern Afghanistan, although no group immediately claimed responsibility.

And elsewhere in Afghanistan, a suspected U.S. drone strike near the border with Pakistan killed at least nine militants from a Pakistani terror group, intelligence officials in Pakistan said.

Ghani, who lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, has been a welcome change for the Obama administration. Frustration with his predecessor reached a boiling point when Karzai refused to sign the security agreements needed for the U.S. to leave troops in Afghanistan. Ghani signed them within days of taking office, and has sought to differentiate himself by showing appreciation for U.S. investment in his military — more than $60 billion so far.

After hotly contested election results, Ghani and chief rival Abdullah Abdullah agreed to share power, with Abdullah assuming the new role of chief executive.

They made the trip to the U.S. together in a show of unity.

Imbuing the visit with added anxiety is a new, home-grown affiliate of the Islamic State group, whose flagship branch in Iraq and Syria is another menace to Obama’s legacy on foreign policy. It’s not fully clear how strong or widespread the offshoot’s presence is in Afghanistan.

Look ma, no soil! Gardening with air, water, fish fertilizer Who needs soil to sow a sustainable garden? You can cultivate plants in midair, float them in mineral-enriched water or add nutrients for an organic harvest by using your own fish for the fertilizer.

All of these methods can be done indoors and yearround.

Hydroponics may be the most familiar soil-less gardening technology. It involves growing plants by floating their roots in chemically enhanced water. The operation can be automated with a timer. Some systems are portable.

Aquaponics blends aquaculture (feeding fish in tanks) with hydroponics.

Water heavy in organic animal waste is pumped from a fish tank into grow beds where plants filter out the nutrients. The purified water is then recycled back into the fish tank, where the nitrate-production sequence is renewed.

Aeroponics uses no growing medium. Instead, plants are strung over containers and their roots are misted with a nutrient-heavy solution.

“The technology that is accelerating this (soil-less)

Aeroponic gardens As for aeroponic gardens, they need little space, making them popular with apartment dwellers. Their moist environment is vulnerable to bacteria growth and disease, though, so they must be kept clean. Nearly any freshwater fish that thrives in captivity can be used for aquaponic gardening, from goldfish to catfish, trout to crayfish. The fish can be purchased from licensed hatcheries, while aquaponic, hydroponic and aeroponic kits are available at specialized supply stores and online. trend is the proliferation of extremely effective and increasingly energy-efficient grow lights,” said Sylvia Bernstein, owner of The Aquaponic Source in Longmont, Colorado.

“With today’s grow lights, any space can become a year-round garden.

I’ve worked with people who are growing in basements, garages, laundry rooms, warehouses and classrooms,” she said.

The systems are easy to learn and to maintain, Bernstein said.

“First, there is no weeding involved. And because you can set your grow beds at whatever height works best for you, stooping and bending can also be minimized,” she said.

Watering also is easier,

especially with aquaponics.

“You simply top off your tanks once every week to 10 days, versus the nearly daily watering that an outdoor garden requires,” Bernstein said.

Hydroponics is an uncomplicated way to raise vegetables, said Richard Tyson, Orange County (Florida) Extension director.

“The floating system is one of the most inexpensive, low-tech systems around, and as long as you stick with leafy salad crops and herbs, it is one of the best for beginners,” Tyson said.

As for aeroponic gardens, they need little space, making them popular with apartment dwellers. Their moist environment is vul-

Supreme Court case in which opponents argue that its subsidies are illegal in most states.

They contend that the exact wording of the law only allows subsidized coverage in states that have set up their own insurance

markets.

Most have not done so, relying instead on the federal HealthCare.gov.

The administration counters that the context of the law makes it clear the purpose was to expand coverage in every state.

nerable to bacteria growth and disease, though, so they must be kept clean.

Nearly any freshwater fish that thrives in captivity can be used for aquaponic gardening, from goldfish to catfish, trout to crayfish.

The fish can be purchased from licensed hatcheries, while aquaponic, hydroponic and aeroponic kits are available at specialized supply stores and online.

“The best fish to grow in aquaponics are the fish that best suit your needs, whether those be for food or fun or both, and that are conducive to growing the plants you are interested in growing,” Bernstein said.

Fast-growing tilapia are the most commonly used.

Bernstein has trained her tilapia to eat from a baby bottle, which provides a degree of entertainment. And, she noted, “You always can eat the full-grown fish.”

“In the not-so-distant future, I believe that indoor, aquaponic gardens will become more the norm than the exception,” Bernstein said. “Homeowners will start to think of them as a part of their food preparation environment, much like a living pantry.”

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— States that moved forward with the law’s Medicaid expansion saw a bigger decline in the share of their residents uninsured.

The main question hanging over the law now is a

A decision is expected to be announced by late June.

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ISU Extension and Outreach Week celebrated March 22-28 Union County Extension is honoring ISU Extension and Outreach Week this week.

During March 22-28, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will celebrate the land-grant mission of putting the university’s research and resources to work throughout the state of Iowa.

“Iowa State University is your life-long partner,” said Cathann Kress, vice president for ISU Extension and Outreach. “Iowa State educates more college-age Iowa students than any other university. ISU Extension and Outreach provides the ‘wrap around’ and educates more Iowans. Last year more than one million people directly benefited from our programs.”

ISU Extension and Outreach extends the university’s resources geographically with offices and staff serving every county. ISU Extension and Outreach educational programs cover the entire lifespan, from Iowa’s youngest to oldest residents.

“4-H is the largest youth organization in the nation and is what a lot of people associate with their extension office, especially in Union County with our current 4-H enrollment nearing 220 fourth through 12th graders,” said Haley Jones, Union County Youth and Outreach coordinator.

“However, our extension office offers much more than just the 4-H program, we offer countywide programs including Master Gardeners, Family Storyteller, LIFE, Eco Family Project, summer day camps and more. We

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are your source and location for pesticide and manure applicator trainings and certification. You can come to our office with questions about crops, gardens, cooking, canning, food safety and everything in between.”

ISU Extension and Outreach is a statewide educational network supported by Iowa State University, local county governments and the United States Department of Agriculture. Every county in Iowa has an elected extension council that decides how to support ISU Extension and Outreach educational programs at the county level.

The Union County office staff includes: • Haley Jones, County Youth and Outreach coordinator • Marlene Wyer, Child and Adult Food Care Pro-

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Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. I Think I Can Child Care Center Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., I Think I Can Child Care Center.

Eagles Aerie, 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

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

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

Wednesday

TOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Blood pressure clinic by Crest Haven Care Centre nurses, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lorimor City Hall.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34.

Thursday

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

Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. 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., 107 W. Howard St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Corn — $3.79

Soybeans — $9.25 • Gavilon Grain: Corn — $3.77 Soybeans — $9.30

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Agenda includes: focus on student achievement; recommended hires/resignations; officials’ contracts and entry fees; open enrollments; fundraisers/out-of-state trips; nominations for April Board Award recipients; bus barn project; principal, early childhood director’s and superintendent’s reports; 2015-16 budget discussion, set date for budget hearing; second reading of board policies 603.4 and 802.6-805.1; first reading of board policies 406.5 licensed employee group benefits, 501.3 compulsory attendance, 601.1 school calendar, 601.2 school day and 905.2 tobacco-nicotine free environment; SWCC contracts; communication/correspondence/ comments; closed session for contract negotiations; upcoming meeting dates; board goals addressed; meeting norms discussion.

Police

Michael Thomas Walsh, 318 N. Sycamore St., reported a license plate was taken from his moped between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 1:34 p.m. Friday while it was parked at his residence.

Loss estimate is unknown.

—————— An employee of Hy-Vee, 600 Sheldon St., reported five packages of Charmin toilet paper were taken between 6:25 and 6:30 p.m.

Sunday from behind the store.

Loss estimate is $44.95.

Miscellaneous Parking complaint, 9:39 a.m., Friday, North Cherry Street.

Talk to officer, 10:22 a.m., Friday, North Birch Street.

Assistance, 10:40 a.m., Friday, South Sumner Avenue.

Theft, 12:53 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Theft, 1:11 p.m., Friday, North Sycamore Street.

Talk to officer, 1:56 p.m.,

Friday, Laurel Street.

Escort, 1:57 p.m., Friday, North Vine Street.

Accident, 2:18 p.m., Friday, West Mills Street.

Theft, 2:31 p.m., Friday, South Vine Street.

Information, 3:06 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 5:19 p.m., Friday, West Adams Street.

Traffic stop, 5:49 p.m., Friday, Laurel Street.

Traffic stop, 6:30 p.m., Friday, Highway 34.

Reckless driving, 6:43 p.m., Friday, West Taylor Street.

Traffic stop, 8:23 p.m., Friday, North Sumner Avenue.

Welfare check, 8:55 p.m., Friday, West Jefferson Street.

Traffic stop, 9:14 p.m., Friday, South Elm Street.

Traffic stop, 10:17 p.m., Friday, Patriotic Parkway.

Traffic stop, 10:46 p.m., Friday, North Spruce Street.

Traffic stop, 11:21 p.m., Friday, Broad Street.

Traffic stop, 11:28 p.m., Friday, West Taylor Street.

Traffic stop, 11:37 p.m., Friday, South Chestnut Street.

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Matthew Jon Buchanan, 24, of Essex was cited for failure to provide proof of accident-related insurance, failure to yield upon a left turn and driving while suspended after an accident 6:55 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Highway 25 and 150th Street.

According to a Union County Sheriff report, Buchanan, driving a 1994 Ford north on Highway 25, missed his turn, backed up and was attempting to turn west onto 150th Street when he was struck by a 2000 Dodge driven south on Highway 25 by Julie Anne Russell, 25, of Orient. Russell failed to see Buchanan’s vehicle because of fog and struck the vehicle in the right rear fender.

Damage estimates are $1,000 to Buchanan’s vehicle and $1,500 to Russell’s vehicle.

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OPINION Flush the TPP

President Barack Obama and the Republicans in Congress are united. Yes, that’s right. No, not on Obamacare, or on the budget, or on negotiations with Iran, or on equal pay for women. But on so-called free-trade agreements, which increase corporate power and reduce the power of people to govern themselves democratically, Obama and the Republicans stand shoulder to shoulder. This has put the president at loggerheads with his strongest congressional allies, the progressive Democrats, who oppose the TPP, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the most far-reaching trade agreements in history. TPP will set rules governing more than 40 percent of the world’s economy. Obama has been negotiating in secret, and the Democrats are not happy.

The battle lines are being drawn over the TPP and TPA. If you are confused, well, that is exactly what many of the most powerful corporations in the U.S., and around the world, are counting on. Trade policy is arcane, complex and long the domain of economists and technocrats. But the real-world implications of these dry texts are profound. President Obama wants to pass the TPP, which is a broad trade agreement between the U.S.

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and 11 other countries in the Pacific Rim: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. In order to expedite the process, President Obama is seeking the second acronym, TPA, or Trade Promotion Authority, also called “fast-track.” Fast-track gives the president authority to negotiate a trade deal, and to then present it to Congress for a yesor-no vote, with no amendments allowed. A growing coalition is organizing to oppose TPP and the president’s request for fast-track.

The outcome of this conflict will reverberate globally for generations to come.

The TPP negotiations have been held in secret. Most people know what little they do because WikiLeaks, the document disclosure and whistle-blower website, released several chapters more than a year ago. Members of Congress also have been given limited access to briefings on the negotiations, but under strict secrecy

rules that, in at least one instance recently, include the threat of imprisonment if details leak.

The TPP would be an expanded version of earlier trade agreements, like NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico. NAFTA went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994, and was so harmful to the culture and economy of the indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico, that they rebelled on that very day, in what is known as the Zapatista Uprising. Attempts to create a global trade deal, under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, provoked one of the largest protests against corporate power in history, in Seattle in late 1999. Thousands of protesters locked arms and literally blocked delegates from getting to the ministerial meeting. As unexpected solidarity between union members and environmentalists flourished in the streets, despite widespread police violence, the WTO talks collapsed in total failure.

The TPP, if passed, would implement trade rules that make it illegal for governments to create and enforce regulations on everything from environmental standards, to wage and labor laws, to the duration of copyrights. A law

prohibiting the sale of goods made in sweatshops in Vietnam could be ruled illegal, for example, as a barrier to trade. Or certification requirements that lumber not be harvested from old-growth forests in Malaysia could be overturned.

Lori Wallach of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch program is one of the leading critics of TPP: “It’s a delivery mechanism for a lot of the things [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell and the Republicans like. So, for instance, it would increase the duration of patents for Big Pharma and, as a result, give them windfall profits but increase our medicine prices.

It could roll back financial regulation on big banks. It could limit Internet freedom, sort of sneak through the back door the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA,” Wallach explained. “It would give special privileges and rights for foreign corporations to skirt around our courts and sue the U.S. government to raid our treasury over any environmental, consumer health law that they think undermine their expected future profits, the so-called ‘investor-state’ enforcement system. Plus, it would have the NAFTA-style rules that make it easier to offshore jobs, making it easier to relocate to low-

wage countries.”

The TPP, she went on, “was negotiated with the assistance of 600 corporate advisers, official corporate trade advisers in the U.S. The agreement has been the initiative of the Obama administration. It was started by [President George W.] Bush, but instead of turning it around and making it something different, the Obama folks picked it up and, frankly, have made it even more extreme.”

Grass-roots activists are organizing against the TPP and fasttrack. They work on diverse issues ranging from human rights and Internet freedom to fair trade, labor rights and the environment. The moneyed interests in Washington have the ear of the president, so they need only whisper. Now people must raise their voices, in unison, and demand to be heard.

Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,200 stations in North America. She is the co-author of “The Silenced Majority,” a New York Times best-seller. (c) 2015 Amy Goodman Distributed by King Features Syndicate

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Thank you From Cromwell Women’s Fellowship; Frances Hudson, president; Judy Hopkins, vice president; Vickie Stephens, secretary; and Candi Tanner, treasurer Cromwell

The officers of the Cromwell Church’s Women’s Fellowship would like to thank all who ever ate at one of our public dinners or the 2014 God’s Portion dinner in October. The support we received as we served our food was appreciated and gives us encouragement as members of a small community church.

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HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America and how’s everybody?

President Obama reportedly chose Chicago as the future site of his presidential library. The city can’t help but love him. Obama was awarded the Order of the Cubs last week when he completed an unassisted triple play in becoming the only president ever to lose the House, the Senate and the Knesset.

Mitt Romney announced Tuesday he will box former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in Salt Lake City in a charity match. This is insane. His only hope of winning is to use his business expertise to merge with Mike Tyson, take over his ring skills and then eat Holyfield in the second round.

Healthy Aging magazine will mark Healthy Aging Month in September with tips on maintaining physical, social, mental and financial health. Baby Boomers can feel it coming. I know I’m getting older because even though I run eight miles each morning, seven of those are just looking for my house.

The NCAA tournament is underway with March Madness consuming sixty-four colleges and the bracket-filling nation. Your brack-

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et card says a lot about you. Ted Cruz wouldn’t say if he’s running for president but his Final Four picks were Northern Iowa, Northern Iowa, Northern Iowa and Iowa State.

Kappa Delta Rho at Penn State set up a secret Facebook page to sell drugs while on another FB page they posted nude photos of their dates. There may not be a solution. Every time the Republicans bring up ISIS, Democrats bring up mainline fraternities and the deadlock leaves both groups protected.

The National Inter-Fraternity Council deplored the drinking, race and sexual assault scandals that are sweeping Greek Rows this semester. The government just stepped in. The U.S. Department of Justice has just designated Oklahoma, Virginia and Penn State as official Secret Service preschools.

Mitt Romney said Friday that the biggest mistake he made in the last presidential election was not

connectiong with minorities. His wealth was never an issue. People say that money is not the key to happiness, but Americans have always believed that with enough money, you can have a key made.

Starbucks made news by having their barristas write racially charged messages on their coffee cups in order to stimulate a national discussion on race. The campaign wound up highlighting our differences. Thanks to Starbucks, black people can’t believe how much white people will pay for coffee.

A Hillary Clinton for President group posted a video featuring a doll-head image of Bill Clinton in a red dress and heels urging you to vote for Bill for First Lady. Comedians can only dream. For eight years the United States had a president who thought that safe sex meant that Hillary was overseas.

San Diego parents protested mandatory yoga classes for kids after students got hip injuries after months of stretching exercises. Baby Boomers didn’t do yoga back in the late Seventies. We figured if God had wanted us to bend over and stretch out with our face down he’d have sprinkled cocaine on the floor.

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Spartans start season with 7-3 record

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

After starting the 2015 season with travel problems, the Southwestern Community College softball team turned things around when it hit the field.

A trip to Florida that was supposed to take 21 hours turned into a 40-hour trip after the Spartans encountered bus troubles.

The Spartans finished the Florida road trip with a 5-3 record.

“After we got settled in, everything worked well and we played really great,” head coach Lindsay Stumpff said.

The Spartans fell behind 7-1 in the first game of the road trip before battling back to within 7-6 by the end of the game.

Melody Stevens hit a home run and a double, driving in three runs in the loss. Sam Strand took the loss in the circle, with Malory Christiansen pitching the final 4 2/3 innings of the game.

“The thing with this team is it doesn’t matter who they play, they believe in themselves and believe they can do it regardless of what the score is in the fifth inning,” Stumpff said.

Southwestern bounced back with an 11-2 win over Highland Community College, in which Brennan Banks went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Gabby DuBois added a home run and two RBI. Lexi Herbert tripled and drove in three runs, while

Katrina DeVore doubled with three RBI. Strand picked up the win in the circle, throwing 3 1/3 innings, while giving up two runs on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

The Spartans followed with a 7-2 win over Burlington County College. DuBois and Banks stayed hot at the plate. Banks ripped an RBI triple, as did Tiernee Fichter. DuBois had a double with two RBI. Ashley Gibbs had two hits with one RBI. Herbert and Emma Ferin each drove in one run.

Strand tossed three innings, giving up two runs on no hits with five strikeouts to earn the win. Christiansen pitched four innings of relief.

Southwestern then dropped a 13-11 game to Muscatine Community College.

DuBois went 3-5 in the loss with a triple and two RBI. Fichter drove in three runs on one hit. DeVore roped two hits, including a double, and drove in one run. Ferin drove in one run, as did Banks, who also hit a triple.

DeVore was charged with the loss in the hill, as Muscatine struck for three runs in the seventh inning.

The Spartans bounced back with a 10-0 win over Northland Community and Technical College.

Christiansen pitched all five innings of the game, giving up just three hits and striking out nine with only one walk.

Fichter finished 3-3 with a triple and two RBI. Banks went 2-2, while Riley Coates

finished 2-3 with two RBI. Nikki Tennant, Gibbs and Paige Mitchell each drove in one run.

Southwestern fell to Bethel University’s JV team, 22-14, despite three RBI each from DuBois, DeVore and Ferin. Ferin hit a home run, while DuBois finished with two triples and Devore hit two doubles. Stevens, Herbert and Gibbs each knocked a double.

The Spartans responded with a 6-0 win over Dakota County Technical College. Strand pitched four innings, picking up the win while giving up just three hits. Christiansen pitched CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER three innings of hitless reThe NIACC bench looks on as Southwestern sophomore first baseman Katrina DeVore lief.

Gibbs ripped a triple makes a sliding catch in foul territory during the Spartans’ 8-5 win in eight innings over NIACC Saturday. and drove in two runs in the win. Fichter and DuBois each finished with complete game, giving up she has plenty of surround- the game a two hits, as DuBois drove seven hits and striking out ing players to help her out. with Mel Stevens from Nor- t w o - r u n in one run on her two dou- two.

DuBois was a monster walk had a great week. If h o m e bles. Stevens and Tennant at the plate for the Spar- you look down my lineup, run and each drove in one run.

Southwestern finished tans throughout the whole there’s not one person I then went don’t feel confident having ahead and its Florida trip with a 9-5 week.

“She was one of them at the plate in a pressure hit the win over Madison College. w a l k o f f Ferin DuBois had another big that just right from the situation.” start was mentally focused Southwestern returned three-run game, goand ready to go,” Stumpff home early Friday morn- home run to win it in the ing 3-4 at said. “She had an amazing ing and then hosted NI- eighth inning.” the plate week down there.”

ACC in a doubleheader After jumping to a 5-1 with a triSeveral other players got Saturday afternoon. lead in the second game, ple, two out to good starts to the The Spartans posted an Southwestern held off NIh o m e season for the Spartans.

8-5 win over NIACC in ACC’s seventh-inning ralruns and “Freshman Brennan eight innings on a walkoff ly to win 5-4. four RBI. Banks, she started pretty home run and then held on Ferin hit a double with B a n k s DuBois hot as well,” Stumpff said. for a 5-4 win in the second two RBI, while Stevens also hit a “She came out of it with game. had a triple. home run, “That first game, Gabby The Spartans, 2-0 in ICdriving in three runs. Fich- a .400 batting average. ter finished with a triple Emma Ferin, she struggled DuBois continued to stay CAC play, return to acand one RBI. Stevens hit a a little that first game. I hot,” Stumpff said. “She tion Wednesday at home triple and Herbert roped a think she’s putting a little went 4-5 with two RBI, a against DMACC in a doutoo much pressure on her- home run and a double. bleheader that begins at 2 double.

Christiansen pitched a self. She needs to realize Then Emma Ferin, she tied p.m.

Briley leads Panther girls Spartans 1-3 in league-opening series at Central indoor meet

By LARRY PETERSON

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

PELLA — Creston junior Taylor Briley scored points in the 400 meter dash here Saturday and also ran on the fourthplace 4x800 relay at the Central College High School Girls Meet.

That accounted for Creston’s eight team points, which placed the Panthers 17th.

“Obviously had a skeleton crew there, which was disappointing,” Creston head coach Clay Arnold said. “But there were a couple of highlights. I was very much impressed with Briley. She was awesome.

Last year I was depressed, just because she was sitting on the sideline there and not competing. So I was going to be happy just having her on the track and then having her run the times she did, I was ecstatic.”

Briley ran the third leg on Crest o n ’ s fourthp l a c e 4x800 relay team that ran 10:57.73.

J o i n i n g Briley her on that relay were Jami Sickels, Jessica Beatty and Lexie Little.

Briley split a 2:39, while Little anchored in 2:41.

Beatty ran her fastest indoor 800-split in 2:45.

“That’s the first time we’ve ever had a 4x8 start the season under 11 minutes, so that was nice to see,” Arnold said. “Beatty chewed up a ton of ground on her leg. Briley

chewed up a bunch more.

Then Little, she was two or three seconds faster than she was her first indoor meet last year. She chewed up some others.”

Briley then placed sixth in the 400 meter dash, running 1:05.3. She also ran a 28.9-second split on the 4x200 relay that placed 24th.

“Those first two legs of the 4x2, I was ecstatic about,” Arnold said about B e a t ty and Briley.

“They really burned it. Hard to nail a h a n d o f f Beatty in there, because everything is such tight quarters and on a curve.

They nailed that.”

Freshman Faith Wilson finished 46th in the shot put with a best heave of 26 feet, 3 inches.

“I thought Faith Wilson threw well for her first high school meet,” Arnold said.

The Panthers return to action Tuesday at the Hawkeye 10 Conference Southern Division Meet in Shenandoah, before traveling to Clarke on April 2.

Central College High School Girls Meet Saturday Team standings — 1. Mount Pleasant 70.5, 2. Iowa City West 64, 3. Southeast Polk 52.5, 4. Ankeny 41, 5. Waukee 39.5, 6. Ankeny Centennial 33, 7. Saint Ansgar 28, 8. ADM 22, 8. Pella 22, 10. Panorama 21, 11. Marshalltown 15, 12.

Carlisle 12, 13. Washington 11.5, 14. Atlantic 11, 15.

Shenandoah 10.5, 16. East Marshall 8.5, 17. Creston 8, 18. Madrid 7, 19. Central Lee 6, 19. Des Moines Christian 6, 21. West Central Valley 5, 22. Wayne 4, 23. Clarke 3, 24. Centerville 2, 24. GMG

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2, 26. Mediapolis 1, 26. Iowa Mennonite School 1.

Shot put — 1. Mary Wester, Mount Pleasant, 42-11; 46.

Faith Wilson, Creston, 26-3.

Long jump — 1. Kelsi Phipps, Mount Pleasant, 16-0; 48. Danielle Castillo, Creston, 11-5.50.

High jump — 1. Regan Mazour, Marshalltown, 5-1; 1.

Alex Willis, Iowa City West, 5-1.

55 meter dash — 1. Kari Dufoe, ADM, 7.39; 72. Amber Castillo, Creston, 8.34; 85.

Jessica Beatty, Creston, 8.43; 95. Sydney Suiter, Creston, 8.47; 188. Faith Wilson, Creston, 9.18; 198. Leah Schuler, Creston, 9.38; 221.

Alyssa Trembley, Creston, 10.26.

200 meter dash — 1. Natalie Halfman, Saint Ansgar, 26.12; 63. Amber Castillo, Creston, 30.59; 72. Sydney Suiter, Creston, 30.89; 138. Josie Sickels, Creston, 33.0; 155.

Leah Schuler, Creston, 34.26; 158. Faith Wilson, Creston, 34.46; 172. Nicole Haley, Creston, 38.58.

400 meter dash — 1.

Natalie Halfman, Saint Ansgar, 1:00.05; 6. Taylor Briley, Creston, 1:05.30; 16.

Lexie Little, Creston, 1:08.78; 53. Josie Sickels, Creston, 1:16.38; 57. Danielle Castillo, Creston, 1:17.60; 70. Sydney Suiter, Creston, 1:22.09; 71.

Nicole Haley, Creston, 1:26.71; 72. Leah Schuler, Creston, 1:27.96; 74. Alyssa Trembly, Creston, 1:34.8.

800 meters — 1. Tia Saunders, Iowa City West, 2:27.49; 28. Lexie Little, Creston, 2:48.89; 36. Jessica Beatty, Creston, 2:52.41; 45.

Jami Sickels, Creston, 2:59.65; 74. Alyssa Trembly, Creston, 3:29.45.

1,500 meters — 1. Allyssa Fluit, Southeast Polk, 5:16.99.

3,000 meters — 1. Bailey Nock, Iowa City West, 10:45.11.

55 meter hurdles — 1. Kelsi Phipps, Mount Pleasant, 8.67; 25. Amber Castillo, Creston, 10.27; 42. Danielle Castillo, Creston, 10.55; 76. Leah Schuler, Creston, 11.80; 83.

Nicole Haley, Creston, 12.12.

4x200 relay — 1. Southeast Polk, 1:50.30; 24. Creston (Jessica Beatty, Taylor Briley, Sydney Suiter, Nicole Haley), 2:03.52; 36. Creston B (Josie Sickels, Jami Sickels, Amber Castillo, Danielle Castillo), 2:07.43.

4x400 relay — 1. Ankeny Centennial, 4:24.56.

4x800 relay — 1. Ankeny Centennial, 10:30.34; 4.

Creston (Jami Sickels, Jessica Beatty, Taylor Briley, Lexie Little), 10:57.73.

Southwestern’s baseball team opened conference play by going 1-3 over the weekend here against 23rd-ranked Iowa Central.

The Tritons (10-8, 3-1 in the ICCAC) opened the series with a pair of victories Saturday, 8-3 and 121. The Spartans (5-13, 1-3) claimed the opening game on Sunday, 8-3, before dropping the final contest of the weekend, 8-6.

“Not a bad weekend against the team ranked 23rd in the nation,” SWCC coach Pedro Hernandez.

“We were able to win a game. It was a good sign that the kids are battling.

But it also showed that we need to get better defensively and have a good hitting approach with two strikes.”

Sophomore Ethan Westphal pitched the opener for SWCC on Saturday and was locked in a 2-2 deadlock until the the Tritons plat- Westphal ed two runs in the sixth on a home run by Jason Galeano.

“Westphal went six innings and had 12 strikeouts,” Hernandez said.

“He just left a pitch too high there in the sixth.

He’s shown he’s a high-caliber pitcher, one of the top arms in our league. They had Joe Hawks on the mound. He’s from Johnston and a Northern Illinois recruit.”

Leadoff batter Eric Bueno and catcher Misael Lebron each had a double and single for the Spartans, who managed nine hits off Hawks.

Plate umpire for the game was former SWCC coach and athletic director Bill Krejci.

For the season, Westphal has allowed 30 hits in 24 innings with 27 strikeouts and only seven walks.

His ERA is 3.75.

The Spartans fell in a big hole early in Saturday’s nightcap, with three errors leading to seven runs (only two earned) in the top of the first inning. Starter Joshua Santiago settled down after the early defensive woes to pitch two scoreless innings, but the damage was done.

“It was just too big a hole,” Hernandez said.

“We were not clean defensively in that game.”

Bueno, the Spartans’ center fielder, again had two hits at the top of the lineup. Third baseman Bradley Lopez doubled.

Freshman Trevor Luther of Creston was 0-for-1 in that game.

Southwestern was much more competitive on Sunday, starting with the 8-3 victory in game one. The Spartans broke the game open with five runs in the fourth inning. The Tritons committed three errors in the frame.

Freshman pitcher John Bisignano of West Des Moines Dowling pitched all but the final two outs, yielding seven hits with four Bisignano strikeouts and two walks. Jason Roberts came in to record the final outs of the seventh.

“Bisignano was focused and kept the ball down,” Hernandez said. “He gave up one home run when he missed his spot. For the most part he was throw-

ing strikes and gave us the good shot to win.”

Offensively, Lebron was 2-of-2 in the lineup’s third spot. Down the order, Lopez was 2-of-3 with two runs scored and right fielder Erich Gonzalez was 2-of-3 with a run scored.

Lebron had a double. Lopez and Gonzalez each had stolen bases.

Bueno had a hit and drew two walks while scoring three runs in the leadoff position.

The Spartans had only one error and defense was a key part of the victory, Hernandez said, as shortstop Samuel Vega and Lopez at second combined for a pair of timely double plays.

“In the fourth they had the bases loaded with one out, and we got a DP ball,” Hernandez said. “In the last inning they were loaded again and we got another double play ball. That helped us.”

Iowa Central jumped ahead 5-0 and 6-1 in the nine-inning game two Sunday, but the Spartans rallied with three runs in the sixth and two in the eighth to knot the score.

Iowa Central then tallied a pair of runs in the top of the ninth and hung on from there.

“We had it tied 6-6 and bases loaded with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth, but we didn’t come through and score the runs,” Hernandez said. “In the top of the ninth, they had a runner on first and and outfield error scored both runners. In the bottom of the ninth we had runners on first and second, but we didn’t get them in.”

Zach Maskill got the start for the Spartans and went six innings with six Please see SPARTANS, page 6A

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Coaching authorization classes begin March 31 Wednesday deadline for registration Classes to become certified as a coach in Iowa will begin March 31 at Southwestern Community College. Registration deadline is March 25 for the program that runs through April 30.

Southwestern is approved by the Iowa Department of Education to offer the necessary courses for the 55-hour coaching authorization in accordance with the Iowa Chapter 19 licensure rules.

Pre-registration is required online at www.swcciowa.edu/adulted and select “class registration.”

For questions, or to play by credit card, call 641782-1441 or 800-247-4023 ext. 441.

Cost for the total 55hour program is $470.

Courses are also priced individually for those who don’t need all five. They are Anatomy & Physiology (10 hours), $85; Physical Development (10 hours), $85; Care & Prevention of Injuries (20 hours), $170; Coaching Ethics (5 hours), $45; Theory of Coaching (10 hours), $85.

Participants must attend all sessions to receive a certificate of completion for the 55 hours,which is needed to make application with the State of Iowa

to become a coach of interscholastic athletic activities.

The schedule for classes in room 155 of the SWCC Instructional Center are: • Anatomy & Physiology, 6-9:30 p.m., March 31, April 1, April 2.

• Physical Development, 6-9:30 p.m., April 7, April 8, April 9.

• Care & Prevention, 6-10 p.m., April 14, April 15, April 16, April 21, April 22.

• Coaching Ethics, 5-10 p.m., April 23.

• Coaching Theory, 6-9:30 p.m., April 28, April 29, April 30.

Anyone making initial application or renewing their current certification after July 1, 2000 needs to complete either the fivehour Ethics for Coaching or a 15-hour Theory of Coaching class that includes coaching ethics.

Applicants are also now required to complete concussion training.

For information regarding courses previously taken that may apply toward the coaching authorization, contact the Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE) at the Department of Education at 515281-6896 or 515-281-3245.

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earned runs allowed, four strikeouts and two walks.

Reliever Angel Rivera took the loss despite having no earned runs allowed in two innings with a pair of strikeouts and two walks.

Gonzalez was 3-5 with four RBIs for the Spartans, including two doubles.

Catcher Rafael Eig e n m a n n Gonzalez drove in two runs on two hits, including a triple, and scored twice.

SWCC had three errors in the game and the Tritons were errorless behind winning pitcher David

Flattery, a Fort Dodge St. Edmond prep.

Former Nodaway Valley all-state infielder Trevor Jameson is a freshman on the Iowa Central team. He has been playing JV for the Tritons, before suffering a bruised wrist when he was hit by a fly ball. Jameson expects to miss another week of action before returning to the Triton JV lineup.

The Spartans host thirdranked Southeastern next weekend. A nine-inning home game is scheduled 2 p.m. Wednesday against Marshalltown, but the status of that game is uncertain because of the midweek weather forecast.

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The Eagles carded scores of 298, 315 and 303 on the 7,101-yard course and were 52 strokes over par at 916.

Mesa Community College (Ariz.) won the event with a score of 871. Tyler Junior College (Texas) finished second with a score of 880.

Sophomore Dylan Daxon of Kirkwood finished 18th with rounds of 74, 75 and 72 (221). Freshmen Carson Whittington of Creston and Daniel Cutkomp finished 51st and 55th, respectively.

Whittington shot 7 4 - 8 2 - 7 5 Whittington — 231 (15 over par).

Cutkomp shot 73-80-79 — 232 (16 over par).

Andreas Tancred of Andrews College (Ga.) won the event with scores of 72-73-67 — 212 (4 under par).

The Eagles’ next event will be March 29-30 in Cedar Rapids as they host the Kirkwood Community College Invite at Hunters Ridge Golf Course. Kirkwood is ranked seventh among the nation’s junior college Division II golf teams.

BC softball SIOUX CITY — The Briar Cliff softball team earned a split with visiting Clarke Friday, winning the opener 4-1 before falling in game two, 4-2.

In the nightcap, DMACC transfer Katlin Briley of Creston led the Chargers offensively as she went 2-of- Briley

DMACC fourth DANVILLE, Ill. — The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) men’s basketball team suffered back-to-back losses to John Wood Community College (JWCC) and Phoenix Community College (PCC) and finished fourth in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II National Championship at Danville, Ill. The Bears dropped a 7261 decision to JWCC in the semifinals on March 20 and fell to PCC 82-73 in the consolation game on March 21 to close the season at 28-7.

DMACC entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed.

Eagles fifth OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Cassidy Clark scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Saturday afternoon as Kirkwood topped Monroe College of New York, 77-71, to finish fifth at the NJCAA Division II national tournament.

The Eagles compiled a 3-1 record at the tournament and finished the season with a 31-6 record. This is the 12th time in school history that Kirkwood has won 30 or more games in a season.

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Briar Cliff’s softball team was scheduled to open up conference play today in Yankton, S.D., against Mount Marty but the doubleheader has been rescheduled due to projected weather.

The Yankton area is supposed to get enough rain that the field would be in poor conditions so the Chargers and Lancers will now square off on Wednesday afternoon. The doubleheader will still be in Yankton with game one set for 3 p.m.

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Horoscope Wednesday, March 25, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Respect your ideas.

Today you have an excellent ability to make long-range plans, especially for travel, higher education plus legal and medical matters.

Write down your thoughts.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You are the financial wizard of the zodiac. Today you might have spontaneous ideas about your finances. Quiet research will yield benefits in matters surrounding inheritances, shared property and debt.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a lively day for you!

You’re full of dynamic energy, which is why discussions with older, more experienced people will go well. They are impressed with you!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You look solid to people in authority today. In fact, someone in authority might have good advice for you — or vice versa; someone in authority might listen to you.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) It will be easy to study today or to write and finish a term paper or a book. It’s also a good day to make travel plans. Enjoy serious discussions about politics and religion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept.

22) Discussions about shared property, inheritances and anything you own jointly with others will go well today. People are aware of what you want, but that’s OK. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Serious discussions with partners and close friends will go well today. A spontaneous impulse to travel might be in the mix. Stay light on your feet.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Unexpected support, perhaps practical and financial, will allow you to make more-solid plans at work. This same kind of support even might boost your health.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a good day to sit down with others and discuss the care and education of children. Romantic couples might also discuss the division of labor and how to share expenses.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Older family members might have wise advice today.

In any event, family discussions will be productive, practical and helpful in the long run.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your powers of concentration are excellent today, which is why this is a good day for any mental work. You won’t overlook details, and you will finish what you begin.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Practical, sensible discussions about your finances can take place today. You want to ensure that you are financially secure in the future. (Don’t we all?)

YOU BORN TODAY You are energetic, dynamic and

unstoppable! Nevertheless, you need peace to counteract your hectic pace. This year is the end of a nine-year cycle, which means you will let go of things in order to make room for something new to enter your world. Relax and discover the joys of service to others.

This is a good year to travel.

Birthdate of: Danica Patrick, race-car driver; Sarah Jessica Parker, actress; Aretha Franklin, singer. (c) 2015 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

MUTTS® by Patrick McDonnell

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BABY BLUES®

by Rick Kikman & Jerry Scott

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE® by Chris Browne

ZITS® by Scott & Borgman

CRANKSHAFT® by Batiuk & Ayers