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Nearly 500 participants expected for FNB’s Glow Run Race starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Registration still open. All proceeds to benefit American Cancer Society.

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By KYLE WILSON

CNA managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com

McKinley Park will be glowing Saturday evening as 470 brightly-colored runners and walkers are expected for the inaugural Hope Glows 5K run.

The event begins at 7:30 p.m.

It is First National Bank’s fundraiser to benefit Relay for Life and American Cancer Society.

“Our goal for the first year was 150 participants,” said coorganizer Chantel Klejch, personal banker at FNB. “But, we realized after early bird registration we were going to exceed that goal and that we would need to find a lot more volunteers.”

Klejch said registration is still open for this event online by visiting www.fnbcreston.com. You can also registered in person at both FNB locations in Creston.

The registration fee is $25.

The fee includes a T-shirt in

your choice of six glowing colors and glow swag.

“If you registered this week, though, you won’t get your Tshirt until after race day. We had to order more,” Klejch said.

Runners can pick up their registration packets 9 to 11 a.m.

Saturday at First National Bank on 801 W. Taylor Street in Creston. Packets will also be available before the race at 6:30 p.m. on the west side of McKinley Park at the large shelter house.

The event will take place rain or shine.

Fireworks shot off by Creston Shooters will start the race at 7:30 p.m. There will be prizes for “best glowers” and top three finishers.

First place in both categories (best glower and finisher) will receive an iPod Shuffle. Second and third places will receive a decorative Hope Glows boulder donated by Winterstien Construction.

Brats, bananas and water will be provided by Hy-Vee following the race. Music entertainment will be provided by Double T’s Djn during and after the race.

All registration fees are nonrefundable and will be donated to Relay for Life. For questions or more information, contact FNB at 641-782-2195.

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One injured as thousands create disturbance near ISU campus AMES (MCT) — What police say was thousands of people converged on Campustown late Tuesday night creating a disturbance, pulling down light poles, tipping over cars and strewing trash and beer cans throughout the streets.

One person was injured when they were hit by a light pole as it fell to the ground, police said.

Ames police Cmdr. Geoff Huff says it’s believed the disturbance began about 11:30 p.m. near Stanton and Welch avenues when two groups converged near the clocktower on Welch Avenue.

Huff said police didn’t know the exact number of people involved but estimated it was in the thousands.

The violence coincides with the annual Veishea week celebration on the Iowa State University Campus. Increased vandalism and alcohol-related crimes are commonplace for the week-long celebration but such disturbances involving large crowds are unusual for early in the week.

Huff said that an escalated disturbance happened early in the week doesn’t bode well for the rest of the week and the upcoming weekend, when larger numbers of people, many from out of town, converge on Ames. He said he hopes cooler heads prevail.

He said it appeared that Tuesday night’s disturbance was quelled and the crowd began to disperse after the individual was hit by the falling light pole.

The person was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Their condition wasn’t immediately known.

Safety has long been a prominent question surrounding Veishea, particularly following riots during Veishea weekend in 1988 and 2004. Then-president Gregory Geoffroy canceled the 2005 event, and it resumed in 2006.

A fight in 2009 caused police to close Campustown businesses and clear people from the district.

During Veishea weekend 2012, a 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man died after falling from a fourth-floor balcony on Chamberlain Street.

—————— ©2014 the Ames Tribune, Iowa Distributed by MCT Information Services

Breaking ground: Lori

Harvey, Creston Nursing and Rehab administrator, scoops dirt while administrators Ken Nelson, middle, and Miles King look on during the groundbreaking for Creston Nursing and Rehab Center’s new rehabilitating wing. The wing will cost $2.3 million. The wing will have private rooms, dining hall, spa tub and nurses’ station.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

Adams Street accident:

Creston police and paramedics respond to a two-car, non-injury accident in the 100 block of West Adams Street in front of the Iowa Works building Tuesday afternoon. No accident report was available this morning.

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Deaths Gerald Scott Clearfield

Gerald Scott, 93, of Clearfield died April 8, 2014, at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston.

Funeral Scott services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield. The Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine will officiate. Burial will be in Clearfield Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted

by Morris Herrold Post No. 395 American Legion. No visitation is scheduled prior to the services. A memorial fund has been established in his name to be decided later.

Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Clearfield and Mount Ayr is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www. watsonarmstrongfh.com.

Gerald Scott, son of Edna (Bissell) and Verne Scott, was born March 26, 1921, in rural Villisca.

Gerald graduated from Corning High School in 1938. He farmed with his father until he was drafted in the U.S. Army in 1942.

On August 1, 1942, Gerald married Lois Brown in Grant City, Mo. While in the Army, he was an officer in the Branch Artillery. After the surrender of enemy forces in August 1945, Gerald was assigned to the Army of the Occupation in Japan. Gerald was honorably discharged as a Captain in the spring of 1946.

Gerald returned to the Corning area and resumed farming with his father, until moving to a farm eight miles

northwest of Diagonal in Lincoln Township, where he farmed and raised his family.

In 1980, Gerald moved into Clearfield and continued farming for John Parrish until retiring in the mid1990s.

Gerald was a 60-year member of Morris Herrold Post No. 395 in Diagonal.

Gerald is survived by his wife Lois Scott of Clearfield; son David (Jeannette) Scott of Osceola; daughters, Janis (Ed) Johnston of Diagonal and Joyce (Dave) Sweeney of Lenox; grandchildren, Derek Scott, Scott Johnston, Deron (Liline) Scott, Curt (Mandy) Johnston, Trent Johnston, Angela (Ryan) Reynolds, Erin (Tysen) Christensen and Chris (Anna) Sweeney; great-grandchildren, Adalyn and Ryce Reynolds, Makenna Johnston, Hadlee Christensen, Emma Reynolds, Chase Johnston, Jesa Christensen, and Cole Johnston; brothers, Marvin Dee Scott of Covington, Wash., and Edward (Sharon) Scott of Corning; sister Illah (Clifford) Brown of Corning; sisters-in-law, Joann Morris of Omaha, Neb., Judy Brown of McKinney, Texas, Darlene Brown of Papillion, Neb., and Judy (Dennis) Grantham of Denver, Colo.; other relatives and friends.

Gerald was preceded in death by his parents; daughter Diana Scott on July 8, 2008; brothers, Claire Scott and Glenn Scott; sisters, Norma O’Riley, Deloris Hollander and Ruth Swartz; sisters-in-law, Lois Kemery Scott and Betty Scott; and brothers-in-law, John O’Riley, Sam Hollander, Byron Swartz, Byron Ogburn, Morris Dunham, Floyd Morris, Gerald Brown and Bernard Brown.

Republican senators push bipartisan solution for transportation funding DES MOINES (MCT) – Republican senators say they made a good-faith effort to push a bipartisan solution to the state’s transportation funding needs Monday night but the move was thwarted by a procedural dodge to avoid a politically charged vote in an election-year session.

During floor action on a House-passed bill dealing the tax administration issues including motor fuel, ethanol and special fuel taxes, Sen. Tim Kapucian, R-Keystone, offered an amendment containing the so-called “hybrid gas tax” plan that would reduce Iowa’s gasoline tax to 16 cents a gallon and impose a new 5 percent excise tax on motor fuels – having the effect of imposing a tax of 28.5 cents a gallon.

Backers say the approach would generate an additional $230 million annually and would have a similar impact as raising the traditional gas tax by 10 cent a gallon as has been proposed.

Currently, Iowans are assessed 21 cents in state tax on a gallon of regular gasoline and 19 cents for ethanolblended fuel.

Before the issue was debated, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, asked for a ruling whether the amendment was “germane” to House File 2444 and, after consultation with the Senate secretary and parliamentarian, Senate President Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque, ruled it did not meet the criteria to be eligible for consideration and thus making it out of order.

“I was a little disappointed yesterday that it wasn’t allowed to be voted on,” said Kapucian.

Hybrid gas tax During floor action on a House-passed bill dealing with the tax administration issues including motor fuel, ethanol and special fuel taxes, Sen. Tim Kapucian, R-Keystone, offered an amendment containing the so-called “hybrid gas tax” plan that would reduce Iowa’s gasoline tax to 16 cents a gallon and impose a new 5 percent excise tax on motor fuels – having the effect of imposing a tax of 28.5 cents a gallon.

“Obviously, they didn’t consider it germane,” he added. “I think that sends a signal that the powers that be on the other side just don’t want to deal with it because, if they wanted it to come up, it would have been germane.

That’s just how it works down here.”

Gronstal said that’s not how it works, that the amendment to make a major tax policy change was not relevant to an administrative measure but it was a vehicle to provide political cover on an issue the majority leader has said will require at least 14 votes from Democrats and 12 votes from Republicans to pass the Senate.

Kapucian said he was not certain how many fellow Republicans would have voted for his amendment because he didn’t get an accurate count and some GOP colleagues told him later they weren’t sure how they would have voted had the issue been eligible for debate.

“It’s kind of funny, if one person votes with them on any other bill, it’s called bipartisan. Why do we have an even split on this one, that’s my question to him. Now he has to have that line in the

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Sen. Rick Bertrand, RSioux City, said he does not see it as funny, he sees it as disingenuous on the part of majority Democrats.

Bertrand said what happened Monday evening in the Senate was significant because it was a situation where senators who are “adamantly against it, me being one of them” agreed to stand aside so the people who supported that approach to addressing Iowa critical transportation needs could vote for it.

“I think it was a huge hurdle for the Republican Party to clear. What you saw yesterday was a true bipartisan solution to solve a problem.

This was taking the politics out of it for the future by shifting it to the retail side of it. It would have been good for Iowa. Mike Gronstal did not allow that vote to happen,” he said.

“We’ve been hearing all about that the governor wouldn’t bring it, how Republicans didn’t bring it,” Bertrand said in deflecting past Gronstal criticism.

“Guess what? We did, so the conversation as far as we’re concerned is over. We put our good-faith effort forward.”

However, senators could have another opportunity when the fiscal 2015 transportation budget bill returns after being modified by House members on Tuesday.

But Kapucian said he’s uncertain whether he would offer the hybrid gas tax amendment again this year.

Sen. Matt McCoy, D-Des Moines, floor manager of the transportation budget bill, said that measure would be an appropriate vehicle for a gas tax debate rather than HF 2444.

Kapucian said he offered his proposal Monday evening as an effort “to move us off center” on an issue that has been talked about for several years but remains stalled. He said he decided to put up an amendment and “see what happens. Well, we found out.”

Gronstal said he has been “abundantly clear” dating back to when Democrat Chet Culver was governor that any vote to raise the state gas tax would have to be “broadly and deeply” bipartisan in a chamber where Democrats hold a 26-24 edge.

“They refuse to put up enough votes to do that,” he said. “They now are engaged in revisionist history, attempting to demonstrate what their commitment is to the transportation infrastructure in the state of Iowa and their commitment is nine votes or less.

We will not take it up with nine votes from their caucus — period, end of discussion.”

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Wilker was being held on $5,000 bond.

—————— Cameron James Stark, 20, 507 N. Birch St., was charged 7:30 p.m. March 9 on a Union County warrant for failure to affix a drug tax stamp and possession of drug paraphernalia at his residence.

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34, swerved when a deer ran Creston 65 42 pt sunny Traffic stop, 9:57 a.m., into the path of the vehicle, Tuesday, West Townline Street.

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OPINION Dreams of tossing tech

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

— Six inches of snow out the window where the azaleas ought to be.

I am in Colorado for a few weeks, and my dogs are back home in Mississippi. My work computer has taken on a life of its own, with socalled “pop-ups” pestering me like door-to-door hawkers.

So, naturally, I gravitate to the op-ed piece in The New York Times with the headline “Is the World More Depressed?”

I don’t mean to make light of the author’s thesis. T.M. Luhrmann begins by quoting The World Health Organization statistics that indicate suicide rates have increased 60 percent in the past 50 years, “most strikingly in the developing world, and that by 2020 depression will be the second most prevalent medical condition in the world.”

The writer concludes that increasing development, urbaniza-

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tion and technology might all contribute. People with problems access Facebook, for instance, and see “happy” photos of “friends” whose lives seem richer and more successful. “We place ourselves in a vast social order in which most of us are ants,” Luhrmann writes.

I have my own theory: Technology is the root of all evil. But, as most of us appreciate, it’s a necessary evil. I’d love to ride up Pike’s Peak today and fling my laptop off the mountaintop. I’m not going to do it, however, because I have to write a column after this one and one after that one and another and

another. The syndicate that distributes my work would frown on snail-mail delivery.

I do, however, dream of a day when I’m not tethered to a computer. I will write my real friends real letters — if the U.S. Post Office is still in operation. I will be smart about phones, avoiding them unless a faceless conversation is absolutely necessary. I will spend more time outdoors and less in front of a screen littered with icons I do not understand.

In order to regain reasonable control of my marauding computer, I phoned a number I saw online that promised to make life good again. The salesman on the other end said I did not need a new computer — “Oh, that laptop should last 25 years” — only the services of his company. For $300 over two days, computer technicians I could

not see did (maybe) things I did not understand to “clean up” a mess I had not made.

I might have researched this company, taken a more measured approach to throwing money at a seven-year-old laptop. At some point, however, you have to trust someone to be telling the truth about technology you do not understand and will never understand. Explanations only confuse me.

And so, this faceless but sinceresounding young man on the telephone got my business. He didn’t sell me the first service I called about (for $40) but something far more extensive (for $300). I talked like a sucker, walked like a sucker and probably was gauged like a sucker.

I’m not even angry about it. If it takes $300 and a day and a half to

rid myself of intrusive advertisements for products I may need but don’t want, or may want but don’t need, then it’s a small price to pay.

If the service was worth $30 instead of $300, I hope the salesman celebrated his victory with champagne and a toast to suckers everywhere.

Only I hope he did it with real bubbly in a real glass with friends he could actually see. If he was depressed that morning, I hope he felt better at quitting time, less of an ant in the social pecking order. *** To find out more about Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www.rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks. com. (c) 2014 Rheta Grimsley Johnson Distributed by King Features Syndicate

Adolf Hitler’s wife Eva Braun’s DNA was examined HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

Adolf Hitler’s wife Eva Braun’s DNA was examined Monday from the hair on her hairbrush found by Allied soldiers in 1945. The DNA evidence shows Eva Braun was of Jewish ancestry. This explains why Adolf Hitler’s Facebook page lists his relationship status as, It’s Complicated.

Al Sharpton confirmed a New York Post story Monday that he was an FBI mob informant against New York’s five mob families. This is ominous. Al did not wake up this morning with a horse’s head in his bed but he did find the keys to a GM car and a hundred keys on the key ring.

South Africa’s Olympic star Oscar Pistorious admitted on the stand he shot his girlfriend through the bathroom door, claiming she was a burglar. The law’s a little different there. If convicted you go to jail for twenty-five years and after that you become South Africa’s president.

Jeb Bush took a soft stand on illegal immigration in a town hall interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News. As soon as it aired, the hardliners came out of the woodwork. Pat Buchanan said it’s time to send illegal immigrants home and an Indian offered to help him pack.

GOP Congressman Vance McAllister apologized after the married lawmaker was caught on camera giving a female staffer a long deep kiss. It’s posted online.

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that would require two people to find them attractive.

Malaysia got news a China ship may have located sonar pings from that missing airliner Monday.

It’s way off course in the Indian Ocean. Today when you check in for your flight at the Malaysian Airlines desk the screen lists your departure time, your arrival time and the odds.

Congressman Jim Moran declared Friday he wants Americans to know that Members of Congress are underpaid. It’s designed so by law. Members of Congress are limited to a one hundred and seventyfive thousand dollar-a-year salary by the Americans with No Abilities Act. Iran named a U.N. Ambassador who led the Revolutionary Guard that overthrew the Shah in 1979.

They burned U.S. flags, stormed the U.S. embassy and took fiftytwo Americans hostage. Nowadays it’s impossible to convey to young people the extent to which some people hated disco.

Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was forced out by gays who learned he backed a bill banning gay marriage six years ago, prompting Bill Maher to say he’d been clipped by the gay mafia. It really exists. Paramount is shooting a movie about the gay mafia called the Fairy Godfather.

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Tax Day turns 100 Taxpayers are familiar with the annual drill. Keeping records, gathering receipts, filling out forms, figuring out changes in tax rules. Right around this time, taxpayers are ready to see April 15 disappear into the rearview mirror.

The IRS estimates it takes average taxpayers 13 hours to comply with the federal tax code. Americans annually spend more than $168 billion and collectively clock in six billion hours to settle up their tab with Uncle Sam, according to the 2012 annual report by the National Taxpayer Advocate.

This year, Tax Day turns 100. Congress assigned an annual Tax Day after the 16th amendment was ratified on Feb. 3, 1913. Nine months later, the Revenue Act of 1913 established a one percent bottom marginal rate on income graduating to a top marginal rate of seven percent. Something tells me taxpayers today wish their federal tax tab was calculated by those brackets instead of the seven marginal rates under current law, ranging from 10 percent to 39.6 percent of adjusted gross income.

Today, the tax code is too complicated and a drag on economic growth.

As tax filing season winds down, it’s a safe bet that few taxpayers have dug into the details of the president’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. That must be what the White House was banking on when it proposed jacking up tax revenue by $1.3 trillion over the next decade.

Taxpayers already pay enough to shoulder the costs of the government. In fact, the Affordable Care Act will raise taxes more than $700 billion over the next decade.

From a dollars and cents perspective, a persistent Potomac paradox makes no common sense. No matter how much money flows out of taxpayers’ pockets into the federal treasury, it’s never enough for big spenders. The nonpartisan Con-

U.S. Senate Charles Grassley Republican

gressional Budget Office reported federal 2013 tax receipts reached an all-time high $2.7 trillion. Uncle Sam spent $3.45 trillion, creating a $680 billion deficit. And still, the president wants the taxpaying public to pay more instead of asking Washington to spend less.

Let’s get things straight. Washington didn’t rack up a $17 trillion national debt because Washington taxes too little; it’s because Washington spends too much. According to the CBO, the percentage of debt held by the public is now about 73 percent of the nation’s economic output.

The deeper Uncle Sam dips into taxpayers’ pockets, the harder it is for America’s start-ups, entrepreneurs and businesses to grow, hire, invest, innovate, raise wages and increase productivity. The biggeris-better government approach guts the bedrock principle of limited government from which America was founded upon, including individual liberty, free enterprise and property rights.

The federal tax collection agency is riddled with problems of its own. The IRS is challenged to restore credibility for targeting taxpayers based on their political views and for wasting tens of millions of tax dollars on lavish conferences. On top of that, it’s been handed an expansive new role to enforce 45 new provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including verifying eligibility for insurer subsidies. What’s more, the IRS struggles to narrow the $385 billion tax gap, uphold basic services to taxpayers and update its IT systems. The IRS’ perennial plea for more funding doesn’t square with the taxpaying public, especially when the agency fails to answer

61 percent of taxpayer phone calls seeking assistance and yet has room in its budget for generous employee bonuses.

At the turn of the 20th century, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said, “taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” Taxes do fund the basic, necessary functions of government, like national security, but big spenders like to use this statement as a license to lift the lid on taxes and spending. However, in the century since Justice Holmes made that observation, the growth of entitlements, the size of the national debt and the scope of government programs have shifted an unsustainable tax burden to future generations.

Between 1930 and 2013, federal government receipts increased from 4.1 percent of the economy’s output to 16.7 percent, and federal expenditures rose from 3.4 percent of economic output to about 21 percent, according to historical data released by the Office of Management and Budget. The Congressional Budget Office expects revenue to reach 19 percent of the Gross Domestic Product by 2018. Current receipts are relatively low because of the economy.

Through regulation of private enterprise, burdensome levels of taxation and intrusive transfers of wealth that benefits some at the expense of others, it’s clear that big spenders define a civilized society as the bigger the government, the better.

Tax Day 2014 reminds us of that Potomac tax-and-spend paradox. Nearly two decades into the 21st century, policymakers must work together for the public good and take a civilized approach to taxation and regulation. Bloated bureaucracies, unsustainable entitlement spending and regulatory overkill are taking us down a dangerous road.

And taxpayers know that leads to trouble with a capital T.

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BUSINESS/FARM Iowa Heart Foundation to donate AED to Adair County Health System GREENFIELD — Iowa Heart Foundation is donating an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to the Adair County Health System Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department to provide a safer environment to all who use the facility.

Dr. Shakuntala Advani, Iowa Heart Center cardiologist and member of Iowa Heart Foundation, presented Jan Morgan, RN, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department manager, with the device April 3 at Adair

County Health System.

Since cardiac arrest can strike anywhere, anytime, one of the best defenses is to make sure the community is supplied with life-saving technology and is trained in its use. AEDs are stateof-the-art devices that when used in conjunction with effective CPR, assist in the resuscitation of a sudden cardiac arrest victim. AEDs do not require extensive medical knowledge to understand or operate. The expertise is programmed

FFA in Iowa sets historical record

into the device, enabling non-medical individuals to respond to cardiac emergencies.

“With every passing minute in sudden cardiac arrest, the chance of surviving decreases by about 10 percent,” Advani said. “Increased access to AEDs can save dozens of lives each year in our community.”

For more information about the Iowa Heart Foundation AED placement program, call 515-633-3555.

ANKENY — The future of agriculture is bright in Iowa and youths across the state want to be a part of it — in record numbers. The Iowa FFA Association has achieved a new plateau in membership by setting an all-time record with 14,207 members in 219 high schools across Iowa. This is the highest membership for the Iowa FFA Association since the charter of the organization in 1929 and surpassing the previous record set during the 1977-78 school year with 14,204 Iowa FFA members.

“The increase of our membership is a reflection of the dedication of our agriculture teachers and the appeal of leadership programs pertaining to all facets of the agriculture industry,” said Iowa FFA Advisor Dale Gruis. “The rigorous combination of agricultural edu-

cation classes, experiential learning through supervised agricultural experience projects, and the FFA provided by our agriculture teachers provides students with relevance to their futures and helps them to build relationships within their communities.”

The Iowa FFA Association has experienced a recent surge in membership with an increase of nearly 15 percent over the past three years. The new membership record is also 57 percent larger than 25 years ago in 1988-89, when there were only 9,031 members.

“Our increasing membership is the result of growing opportunities available to all our students,” Iowa FFA President Josh Earll said. “These opportunities range from hands-on learning, leadership experiences, and over $2 million of schol-

arships offered through the National FFA scholarship program annually. There are so many doors that are open to members of the Iowa FFA.” The Iowa FFA Association has 219 local chapters with over 14,200 FFA members. FFA is a national organization of nearly 580,000 members preparing for leadership and careers in science, business and technology of agriculture. Local, state and national programs provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. FFA’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. For more information, go to www.iowaffa. com.

Greater Regional Medical clinics welcomes new provider

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Dr. Shakuntala Advani, an Iowa Heart Center cardiologist, presents Jan Morgan, ACHS cardiac rehab manager, right, and Tisha Davis, cardiac rehab nurse, an AED.

Becky E. Baker, ARNP, FNP, joined Greater Regional Medical Clinics at the family practice/obstetrics/internal medicine clinic Monday.

Baker is a board-certified as family nurse practitioner.

She obtained her nursing BSN degree in 2011 and her family nurse practitioner degree in 2013 at the Uni-

versity of Missouri – Kansas City. She completed a preceptorship at Northwest Medical Center Family Practice in Albany, Mo., and Northwest Medical Center Rural Clinic in Grant City, Mo. Prior to completing her advanced degree, Baker’s previous work experience included employment as a hospice case manager and

assistant director of nursing at a convalescent center.

Greater Regional Medical Center will host an open house 9 to 10 a.m. Friday in the Medical Arts Plaza conference room. The public is invited to attend.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Greater Regional Medical Clinics at 641-782-2131.

Democrats hope equal pay issue will mobilize women voters WASHINGTON — A Democratic blitz this week for new orders and laws promising equal pay for women is a key agenda item the party hopes will boost turnout this fall among its most loyal voters — a crucial strategy in a midterm election, when turnout tends to drop.

President Barack Obama signed two executive actions, which will bar federal contractors from retaliating against employees for comparing salaries and require contractors to report compensation data to the government by gender and race.

At the same time, Democratic lawmakers launched an assault on Republicans in Congress for opposing legislation that would expand measures to prevent genderbased pay discrimination nationwide.

That bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act, is expected to fail a procedural vote Wednesday in the Senate.

“Republicans in Congress have been gumming up the works,” Obama said Tuesday. “They’ve been blocking progress.”

By reviving a familiar line of attack from the 2012 campaign — that Republicans are waging a “war on women” — the president and fellow Democrats aim to capitalize on the party’s longstanding edge among women voters in this fall’s elections for control of Congress.

They also hope to force Republicans to oppose popular measures and thus alienate women voters. One senior Obama administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy, said it was unclear if the push for equal pay would help Democrats but said it was likely that “opposition will hurt the GOP.” Motivating women to come to the polls in November could be pivotal in Senate races in the South, where embattled female incumbents Kay Hagan, D-N.C., and Mary Landrieu, D-La., face tough re-elections.

A strong women’s turnout also would help Democratic candidates Michelle Nunn in Georgia and Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky,

both seeking Senate seats now held by Republicans.

“Several of those states are going to come down to a few percentage points, so anything that would shift one or two percent in your column could be the difference between winning and losing,” said Darrell West,

vice president of governance studies at the Brookings Institution.

“Pay equity is a great issue (for Democrats) because women now are a majority of voters and they’re politically active,” West said.

Nathan Gonzales, deputy editor of the nonpartisan

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But he was skeptical that it would make the difference in close races, whether or not a woman was run-

ning.

“The election is not going to be about this one issue,” he said.

The push for pay equity is part of an overall effort to position the Democrats as champions of the middle class.

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Horoscope Thursday, April 10, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Remember that with the Sun in your sign now, you attract good fortune, good circumstances and people to you. This happens only once a year, and you have 10 more days of this blessing.

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Enjoy being low-key today.

You need quiet time to pull your act together. You are working hard and enjoying friends, particularly creative, artistic acquaintances. Take a day off.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a popular time! Accept all invitations and enjoy the company of others. Your interaction with them will benefit you and perhaps encourage you to achieve future goals.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You look good to people in authority now, so take advantage of this. Ask for favors or make suggestions, because bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs will be receptive.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Travel will please you now, because you want to get out of town. Basically, you need a change of scenery. If you can’t leave town, be a tourist in your own city.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept.

22) Discussions about shared property, inheritances, banking issues and insurance matters are best settled late in the day today. Earlier in the day, just collect data.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Remember to get more rest now, because you need it. With the Sun opposite your sign, your energy is flagging. (In a couple of weeks, this will pass.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Lately, you have been trying to improve your health by getting more exercise or eating better. This is totally appropriate for you right now. Carry on!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Vacations, romantic love affairs, the arts, playful times with children and anything that has to do with sports will please you today. Don’t be afraid to indulge yourself and have fun.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Conversations with a parent or someone important in your family or household are significant today. This is a day

to focus on home, family and your private life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Short trips and conversations with everyone will delight you. You’ve got things to do, places to go and people to see!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Lately, you have been wondering about your values in life. The main thing to know is what is important? What is your most important motivation?

YOU BORN TODAY You are courageous and in the eyes of

others, you can be a risk-taker.

In fact, some of you are gamblers. Although you like to feel settled in your life, you also are independent and have a strong love for your profession. Save your money this year, and cut down on expenses. An important decision will arise. Choose wisely.

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Points scored by Houston against the Lakers Tuesday, setting a new season high for the NBA.

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UConn rolls NASHVILLE, Tenn.

— Geno Auriemma and UConn reached the top of women’s college basketball in unprecedented fashion. After winning a record ninth national championship — they stand alone.

The Huskies reached the pinnacle in style, routing Notre Dame in the first NCAA basketball championship game featuring undefeated teams.

Auriemma and his Huskies now have one more title than Pat Summitt and Tennessee for most alltime.

The Huskies had struggled recently against the Irish, but not Tuesday night, cruising to a 79-58 win.

Breanna Stewart, who was The Associated Press Player of the Year, scored 21 points to lead the Huskies (40-0) while Stefanie Dolson added 17 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists.

Braun blasts PHILADELPHIA — Only Ryan Braun knows for sure how much his right thumb throbs when he swings a bat. But he has made it eminently clear that taunts, chants and boos aren’t going to faze him.

Philadelphia fans, true to their reputation, gave Braun the business throughout the Phillies’ 2014 home opener Tuesday. Braun responded in classic “bring it on” mode.

He hit three home runs, drove in seven runs and made a dazzling catch in right field to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-4 victory at Citizens Bank Park.

The 45,061 fans in attendance Tuesday didn’t all come to wear out Braun, but it certainly seemed that way at times. Braun received a prolonged round of boos when the Brewers were introduced along the third-base line before the game and was singled out during each atbat with boos and periodic chants of “Ster-oids! Steroids!”

Batkid pitches SAN FRANCISCO — The Batkid stole hearts in San Francisco once more, with thousands cheering the young boy at the ballpark for the Giants home opener.

Miles Scott, who has undergone treatment for leukemia and saved the city as his favorite superhero through the Make-A-Wish Foundation in November, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Diamondbacks-Giants game Tuesday.

He helped steer the Batmobile into the stadium and raised his right hand into the air out the window, walked hand in hand to the mound with pitcher Matt Cain and even received a fist bump from left fielder Michael Morse from across the dugout rail.

His form wasn’t bad, either. The boy kicked his right leg back and fired an on-target fastball to Cain as thousands in the sellout crowd of 42,166 roared.

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Creston boys hold on, 4-3

By LARRY PETERSON CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

For as dominant as Creston was throughout the second half, the score was perilously close for the Panther boys here Tuesday night.

After holding a 3-2 halftime lead over visiting Chariton, the Panthers took advantage of a wind at their backs in keeping the ball on their offensive end nearly the entire second half.

With 38 minutes left, Conner Pals finished a breakaway down the right side with a sharp-angling goal to make it a 4-2 margin. During the next 13 minutes several other hard Panther shots were blocked, or just barely missed the net.

Coach Jesus Rodriguez began substituting as Creston seemed to be just finishing out its first victory, after Monday’s 3-2 season-opening loss to St. Albert.

Then, suddenly, the Chargers were within one goal of tying the match after a foul in the box led to the second goal of the night by Asa St. Lawrence, making it 4-3 with 6:33 remaining.

Panther goalkeeper Alex Nielsen made his fourth save of the night with 1:25 left, preserving the one-goal victory.

Despite facing the wind in the first half, Creston was able to build a 3-2 lead on a richochet goal by freshman Gavin Woods, another by McClain Haines and a third by Gavin Leith. Asa St. Lawrence and

Eduard Rodygin scored for Chariton.

After a relatively even first 40 minutes, the shot differential was much larger in favor of the Panthers in the second half.

“I told the guys, we have to make it psychological on them when we have the wind in the second half,” Rodriguez said.

“We were pushing hard. I told (defenders) Kaleb Cook, Brant Hudson and Kyle Jennett to stay around the half, and the rest will be pushing up. The only bad thing was, we were not scoring. Those shots weren’t going in.”

Still, the relentless offensive pressure took a lot of heat off the Panther defense that was operating again without the services of experienced junior Tayler Pettit, who hopes to come back from a mild knee MCL sprain Thursday at West Central Valley.

“You could see Tayler over there on the sideline, talking and calling out plays,” Rodriguez said. “That’s what we’re missing sometimes out on the field. But I’m not going to rush him if he’s not ready.

I’d rather have him miss three games than the rest of the season.”

Another returning defender with a knee problem, senior Trevor Frain, may be ready at midseason after a couple of weeks of rehabilitation.

Going into Thursday’s match at Stuart, Rodriguez said there is still room for improvement for the 1-1 Panthers.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Creston forward McClain Haines holds off Chariton’s Alex Boldyrev on a run toward the Charger goal during Tuesday’s match here. Haines had five shots on goal, including a first-half goal, in the Panthers’ 4-3 victory.

“We can do better,” he said. “One thing we have to do more is combine with each other. Sometimes we dribble the ball too much. We need to keep more possessions. And, if you have half a second, you have to shoot. The ball does not have to be set up perfectly.”

Creston won the JV match, 3-0. Isaiah Foster, Skylar Cook and Tyler Helm scored for the Panthers. Jake Miller and Caleb Cramer share goalkeeper duties in the shutout.

Creston 4, Chariton 3 Creston (4) — Gavin Leith 24:01 first half; Gavin Woods 10:17 first half; McClain Haines 9:07 first half; Conner Pals 38:14 second half.

Assists — Jake Miller, Levi Eblen.

Shots on goal — 27. Individual shots — Pals 10, Haines 5, Leith 4, Ben Irr 3, Chase Shiltz 2, Levi Eblen 1, Gavin Woods 1, Skylar Cook 1, Connor Kinkade 1. Keeper saves — Alex Nielsen 4. Cards — None.

Chariton (3) — Asa St. Lawrence 35:04 first half; Eduard Rodygin 14:01 first half; St. Lawrence penalty kick 6:33 second half. Assists — Spencer Sherrick, St. Lawrence.

Shots on goal — 7. Saves — Tim Timofeyev 10.

Panther boys win three golds Creston girls record several PRs

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

GLENWOOD — The Creston boys track team won three gold medals here Tuesday night at the Ram Relays and also took a big step forward in Drake Relays qualifying in a pair of events.

Creston finished sixth overall in the team standings with 62 points, just seven points behind fifth-place Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln.

Glenwood ran away with the team title, scoring 163 team points.

The Panthers took first place in the 4x800 relay, the 1,600 meters and the 800 meter run, with the 4x800 relay and junior Jay Wolfe improving their chances at qualifying for the Drake Relays.

The 4x800 relay team of Bryce Briley, Cooper McDermott, Brandon Phipps and Wolfe set the tone for the rest of the meet by taking 10 seconds off its time from last week, pulling away from Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson for a 4-second win in 8:18.51.

“We’ve got some goals for that relay and one of them is we want to be in the hunt for the Drake Relays,” head coach Pat Schlapia said.

“That was a total team effort. It ended up being TJ and us and those first two guys were maintaining those positions for us. With Brandon running that third leg in 2:04, he was able to close ground on the TJ kid.”

Wolfe anchored the relay in 1:57.00, bringing the Panthers home with the third-fastest time in school history.

It also moved the Panthers into 12th place for Drake Relays qualifying. The top 16 relay teams in the state, all classes, qualify for Drake.

With a week and a half remaining in the qualification period, Schlapia said he’ll feel much more comfortable if the relay team can take a few more seconds off.

“We’re tickled to death with that time, but we’re still not running our best yet,” he said. “That moved us up on the charts very well, but I think we still need to cut it down even more to be on the safe side.”

Wolfe bounced back with an impressive performance in the open 800 meters, solidifying himself as a Drake Relays contender.

The Creston s c h o o l - r e c o r d Wolfe

holder in the event ran 1:58.94, winning by 8 seconds, and running sub2:00 for the first time in his career at a regular season meet.

That time moves him into fifth place in the state for Drake Relays qualifications, with the top 16 times gaining entry into the prestigious meet.

“That was another event that really had the crowd going,” Schlapia said. “He opened up with a 56.71 and closed with a 62. He was saying afterward, he was worried he may have taken off too fast. Jay is still finding out about himself.”

Phipps won the other gold medal for the Panthers, winning the 1,600 meters in a new personal best time of 4:39.32.

McDermott took third in the event, running 4:48.70.

“Brandon and Phipps Cooper really ran well together,” Schlapia said. “Those two stepped it up another notch. Just like with the 4x8, they’re very happy about that, but not satisfied.”

Creston had a two placewinners in the 400 meter dash, as well. Junior Bryce Briley took third in 54.79, while senior Maxx Walters finished fourth in 54.95.

Senior Trevor Luther claimed fourth place in the discus, matching his career best throw of 133-5.

“He’s throwing very confidently right now,” Schlapia said. “He was sixth out of the prelims and was able to pass up two guys in the finals with that 133-5. That’s what you call stepping up and throwing with pressure.”

Also earning points for the Panthers in the field events was Chris Foster, who finished fifth in the high jump by clearing 5-6.

The 4x400 relay team of Briley, Walters, Phipps and Wolfe took fifth place with a season-best time of 3:38.16.

Schlapia also praised the efforts of freshmen Brody Frain and Tyler Peters, who stepped outside of their comfort zones by running the 3,200 meters for the Panthers.

“My hats off to those two boys, because those boys showed a lot of pride by filling in a couple of spots for us,” he said. “You feel proud about them stepping up and filling in.”

Creston returns to action Friday Please see BOYS, page 8A

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

CLARINDA — The Creston girls track team entered Tuesday’s Lady Cardinal Relays here as the two-time defending team champions.

But, the Panthers entered Tuesday’s meet missing 109 points from last year’s meet, including the pointproduction from junior Natalie Mostek, who missed the meet with illness.

“I added it up on the way over here,” head coach Clay Arnold said.

“Last year we ran away with it. There were 109 points from last year’s Clarinda meet that were not participating tonight. We knew it was going to be hard to fill those 109 points.”

Creston finished fourth in the Class 2A team standings with 57 points.

Glenwood ran away with the team title with 198 points.

Even though team points were hard to come by, the Panthers came up with several PRs for the night.

Marie Hood recorded a new PR in the shot put, throwing 27-1.5, which was over a foot better than her previous best. Senior Olivia Nielsen recorded yet another PR in the discus, launching a throw of 88-2 — three feet better than her previous PR. Creston swept the 4x800 relays, winning both the varsity race (10:59.28) and the JV race (11:56.85).

The varsity team consisted of Jami Sickels, Monica Powers, Maria Mo-

stek and Jessica Beatty, while the JV team consisted of Madison Callahan, Rachel Shepherd, Kristy Powers and Angela Drey.

Jami Sickels recorded a new personal best split in the 4x800, running 2:40.61.

The shuttle hurdle relay team of Lexie Little, Amber Castillo, Madison Hance and Leah Schuler finished third in 1:16.02, which was a good time for the young group, Arnold said.

Beatty and Monica Powers both ran PRs in the JV 4x200 relay, running 29.53 and 31.14, respectively.

Castillo took fourth place in the 100 hurdles, running 18.28.

Maria Mostek claimed second place in the varsity 800 meters, running 2:34.17, finishing behind Red Oak dualsport athlete Kate Walker.

Kristy Powers finished second in Mostek the JV 800 meters, running a new PR of 2:58.

“Kristy Powers ran a tremendous, very smart race,” Arnold said. “She ran a negative split. She had a great night, running the open 8, the 4x8 and anchored our JV sprint medley.”

The varsity sprint medley relay Please see GIRLS, page 8A

Harlan girls top Creston, 6-1

By LARRY PETERSON

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@ crestonnews.com

HARLAN — Harlan scored three goals in each half to take a 6-1 Hawkeye 10 Conference victory over the Creston girls Tuesday night.

For Panther coach Kim Lauffer, however, it was a sign of progress in a year’s time.

“Last year they beat us by the mercy rule, 10-0, very quickly,” Lauffer said. “It was 8-0 at halftime last year and they got the next two goals within just a few minutes of the second half.

It was exciting to see our bench step up after a very good JV effort, and our defense held up pretty strong.

Two of the goals were scored on corner kicks, so we need to work on that with better pressure cover.”

The Panthers put a goal-scoring play together with eight minutes left. Michelle Powers took a shot, it bounced off the goalkeeper’s torso,

and Toni VanScoy was in place to knock in the rebound.

“Toni was in the right place at the right time,” Lauffer said.

VanScoy was VanScoy also part of the JV team that stayed close all of the way in a 3-0 loss.

“The girls did an excellent job,” Lauffer said. “We’re starting to connect passes a little better, and figuring out the spacing.”

A challenging opening week continues Thursday with a home match against Class 1A 12th-ranked Valley (Nodaway Valley/WCV/A-C), which outshot AHST (Avoca) by a 41-1 margin in an 8-0 victory Monday.

Harlan 6, Creston 1 Creston (1) — Toni VanScoy 72:34. Shots on goal — 13. Individual shots — Savannah Hartman 4, Abbie Cook 3, Carolina Ibarra 1, Michelle Powers 1, Hanna Luther 1, Becca Ross 1, Angelica Claytor 1, Toni VanScoy 1.

Keeper saves — Sadie Jones 23.

Harlan (6).

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at the Cardinal Relays in Clarinda, with field events and running events scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.

Ram Relays Team standings — 1.

Glenwood 163, 2. Lewis Central 83, 3. Council Bluffs St. Albert 79, 4. Harlan 77.5, 5. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 69, 6.

Creston 62, 7. Clarinda 59, 8.

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 40, 9. Red Oak 34.5, 10. Atlantic 34.

Discus — 1. Colton Tracy, AL, 167-2; 4. Trevor Luther, Creston,

133-5; 17. Evan Nielsen, Creston, 100-5.

Shot put — 1. Jacob Barents, LC, 52-8; 12. Seth Maitlen, Creston, 36-10; 24. Evan Nielsen, Creston, 32-3.

High jump — 1. Noah Bix, Clar, 6-0; 5. Chris Foster, Creston, 5-6.

Long jump — 1. Brian Rew, LC, 19-9.

3,200 meters — 1. Freg Hug, CBSA, 10:41.86; 14. Brody Frain, Creston, 12:06.84; 16. Tyler Peters, Creston, 13:33.89.

4 x 800 relay — 1. Creston (Bryce Briley, Cooper McDermott, Brandon Phipps, Jay Wolfe), 8:18.51.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1.

Glenwood, 1:00.43.

100 meters — 1. Jake Rodgers, LC, 11.16; 10. Seth Maitlen, Creston, 12:36; 19. Alex Tamerius, Creston, 12.77.

400 meters — 1. James Fuller, Glen, 49.56; 3. Bryce Briley, Creston, 54.79; 4. Maxx Walters, Creston, 54.95.

4 x 200 relay — 1. Glenwood, 1:34.02; 10. Creston (Alex Tamerius, Trevor Luther, Chris Foster, Seth Maitlen), 1:42.79.

1,600 meters — 1. Brandon Phipps, Creston, 4:39.32; 3.

Cooper McDermott, Creston, 4:48.70.

110 high hurdles — 1. Dane Kruse, Glen, 15.21.

200 meters — 1. Jake Rodgers, LC, 23.25; 7. Maxx

Walters, Creston, 24.36; 12. Alex Tamerius, Creston, 25.96.

400 low hurdles — 1. Tucker Culjat, CBSA, 56.40.

1,600 medley relay — 1.

Glenwood, 3:49.98; 12. Creston (Evan Nielsen, Cody Tanner, Brody Frain, Nick Walsh), 4:22.89.

800 meters — 1. Jay Wolfe, Creston, 1:58.94; 13. Cooper McDermott, Creston, 2:16.68.

4 x 100 relay — 1. Glenwood, 45.47; 10.

Creston (Alex Tamerius, Trevor Luther, Chris Foster, Seth Maitlen), 48.78.

4 x 400 relay — 1. Glenwood, 3:25.89; 5. Creston (Bryce Briley, Maxx Walters, Brandon Phipps, Jay Wolfe), 3:38.16.

in the final exchange opened the door for Glenwood to get back in the race and take the victory.

“We ran well, just didn’t quite get the exchange down on that third exchange,” Arnold said.

Creston returns to action Thursday at Red Oak, with events scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Glenwood, 1:12.97; 3. Creston (Lexie Little, Amber Castillo, Madison Hance, Leah Schuler), 1:16.02.

100 meters — 1. Jaedra Moses, Clar, 13.92; Sydney Suiter, Creston, 15.15.

Distance medley relay — 1.

Glenwood, 4:43.47; 4. Creston (Chelcee Downing, Olivia Nielsen, Raegen Smith, Lexie Little), 4:54.62.

400 meters — 1. Kate Walker, RO, 1:02.38; Nicole Haley, Creston, 1:12.52.

4 x 200 relay — 1. Clarinda, 1:52.50; 4. Creston (Jami Sickels, Josie Sickels, Marie Hood, Madison Hance), 2:03.31.

100 hurdles — 1. Miranda Ruth, Glen, 17.08; 4. Amber Castillo, Creston, 18.28; Leah Schuler, Creston, 20.90.

800 meters — 1. Kate Walker, RO, 2:30.92; 2. Maria Mostek, Creston, 2:34.17.

200 meters — 1. Jenny Bair, Clar, 27.50; 5. Chelcee Downing, Creston, 29.76; Lexie Little, Creston, 33.91.

400 hurdles — 1. Sydney Nielsen, Shen, 1:09.08; 6.

Madison Hance, Creston, 1:19.34; Nicole Haley, Creston, 1:25.55.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Red Oak, 2:00.32; 4. Creston (Marie Hood, Sydney Suiter, Josie Sickels, Amber Castillo), 2:07.10.

1,500 meters — 1. Bailey Starner, Glen, 5:29.74; 5. Jessica Beatty, Creston, 5:55.09; 6.

Monica Powers, Creston, 6:00.04.

4 x 100 relay — 1. Clarinda, 52.68; 5. Creston (Lexie Little,

Sydney Suiter, Nicole Haley, Leah Schuler), 59.09.

4 x 400 relay — 1. Glenwood, 4:26.76; 2. Creston (Jami Sickels, Maria Mostek, Chelcee Downing, Raegen Smith), 4:29.91.

JV Team standings — 1. Clarinda 94, 2. Glenwood 88, 3. Griswold 55, 4. Creston 50, 5. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 42, 6.

Shenandoah 29, 7. Stanton 26, 8. Mount Ayr 19, 9. Atlantic 19, 10. Lenox 11, 11. Riverside 10, 12. Essex 8, 13. Treynor 6, 14.

Southwest Valley 3, 15. Council Bluffs St. Albert 1.

Creston JV results 4 x 800 relay — 1. Creston (Madison Callahan, Rachel Shepherd, Kristy Powers, Angela Drey), 11:56.85.

100 meters — Jessica Drey, Creston, 16.12.

4 x 200 relay — Creston (Jessica Beatty, Olivia Nielsen, Monica Powers, Jessica Drey), 2:07.82.

100 hurdles — Angela Drey, Creston, 22.03; Nicole Haley, Creston, 22.68.

800 meters — 2. Kristy Powers, Creston, 2:58.88.

200 meters — Leah Schuler, Creston, 34.15.

Sprint medley relay — 3.

Creston (Aleisha Larkin, Jessica Drey, Madison Callahan, Kristy Powers), 2:17.86.

1,500 meters — 2. Angela Drey, Creston, 6:27.62 4 x 400 relay — 1. Creston (Josie Sickels, Madison Hance, Madison Callahan, Rachel Shepherd), 4:45.06.

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team of Hood, Sydney Suiter, Josie Sickels and Amber Castillo finished fourth.

The Panthers got two placewinners in the varsity 1,500 meter run. Beatty continued her strong night, finishing fifth in 5:55.09, while Monica Powers took sixth, scoring her first ever varsity individual team point, thanks to her time of 6:00.04.

Arnold’s goal for the team this year was to earn a repeat sweep of the varsity and JV 4x400 relays.

The JV team got things started on the right foot, as the team of Josie Sickels, Hance, Callahan and Rachel Shepherd won in 4:45.06.

Josie Sickels ran a PR split of 69.18, while Shepherd ran a PR split of 70.73.

The varsity team of Jami Sickels, Maria Mostek, Chelcee Downing and Raegen Smith appeared to be on its way to completing the sweep, but a botched handoff

Lady Cardinal Relays Class 2A Team standings — 1.

Glenwood 198, 2. Shenandoah 105, 3. Clarinda 92, 4. Creston 57, 5. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 52, 6. Red Oak 35, 7.

Atlantic 34.

Discus — 1. Halle Goudie, Clar, 114-4; Olivia Nielsen, Creston, 88-2; Marie Hood, Creston, 61-9.

Shot put — 1. Jacy Embray, Glen, 37-8.25; Marie Hood, Creston, 27-1.5; Olivia Nielsen, Creston, 26-5.

High jump — 1. Molly Dean, Glen, 4-8.

Long jump — 1. Sarah Salerno, Glen, 15-4; Amber Castillo, Creston, 13-6.5; Sydney Suiter, Creston, 12-10.75.

3,000 meters — 1. Megan Hart, Shen, 12:15.12.

4 x 800 relay — 1. Creston (Jami Sickels, Monica Powers, Maria Mostek, Jessica Beatty), 10:59.28.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1.

Spartans open road trip with two losses WEST BURLINGTON — Division I Southeastern Community College swept Division II Southwestern in softball action Tuesday, 6-4 and 9-5.

Southeastern, which trails Iowa Western and Muscatine in the ICCAC Division I standings, improved to 8-19 overall. Southwestern fell to 11-12 overall, and takes a 5-7 D-II league mark into today’s doubleheader at first place Kirkwood (13-1, 34-5).

Losing pitcher Danielle McIntosh was 3-of-4 with two home runs and two RBI for Southwestern in Monday’s opening game.

Sam Strand pitched the second game and also had a strong performance at the plate, driving in two runs with a homer. Peyton Russell doubled and knocked in two runs.

After the road trip, Southwestern returns home Friday to host Central Community College of Columbus, Neb.

Valley girls start 2-0 MISSOURI VALLEY — The Class 1A 12th-ranked Valley girls are off to a 2-0 start after blanking AHST (Avoca) 8-0 Monday followed by a 4-1 victory Tuesday at Missouri Valley.

Nodaway Valley/West Central Valley/Adair-Casey has outshot its two opponents 64-6. Tuesday’s win was the 100th career victory for coaches Michael Krawczyk and Craig Pauley.

Tuesday’s match ended with 16 minutes remaining after a 50-minute delay due to a collision on the field between the Valley keeper and a Missouri Valley forward, as medical personnel attended to the players.

Hailey Gross scored two goals for Valley Tuesday, with others by Allie Doud and Emily O’Brien. Gross had three goals Monday and Doud knocked in two.

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Sports briefs Golf opener The Creston/O-M golf season opens Thursday, with the defending state-champion Panther boys hosting Atlantic at Pine Valley, and the girls traveling to Nishna Hills Golf Club in Atlantiic.

A preview of the Panther golf teams will appear in Thursday’s News Advertiser.

Clinic change The youth baseball clinic to be directed by coach Bill Krejci this weekend at Southwestern Community College will be limited to boys in fifth through eighth grades.

“This is due to the overwhelming demand and the need to ensure that the clinic is safe and the group size is conducive to learning,” said Scott Driskell, president of Creston Baseball/Softball

Public notice THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Patricia J. Schlapia, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR015649 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OR APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons in the Estate of Patricia J. Schlapia, Deceased, who died on or about February 26, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of April, 2014, the last will and testament of Patricia J. Schlapia, deceased, bearing date of the 27th day of February, 1997, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Mary Lynn Baker and John P. Schlapia were appointed executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 2014.

Mary Lynn Baker 1585 250th Street, Creston, IA 50801 John P. Schlapia 1106 Lake Avenue Creston, IA 50801 Executors of the Estate Loretta L. Harvey, ICIS PIN No: 15204 Attorney for executor Harvey Law Office 109 W. Montgomery St., P.O Box 85, Creston, IA 50801 Date of second publication: April 16, 2014 Prescott Community School District March 26, 2014 The Board of Education of the Prescott Community School District met in regular session at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in the Board room. Members

Association.

The hitting clinic is Saturday and the clinic for pitchers and catchers is Sunday, both starting at 1 p.m.

National event Kyle Taylor, son of Todd and Jennifer Taylor of Park Hill, Mo., is a national qualifier in the Elks Hoop Shoot free throw contest. Todd Taylor is a native of Diagonal.

Kyle, national runner-up a year ago, returns to the national event in the 12-13 age division this weekend in Springfield, Mass., home of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Card of Thanks

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Words cannot convey the depth of my gratitude and appreciation for all the visits, telephone calls, cards and letters, and especially all the prayers which I received from so many of you during my recent surgery and time of recovery. The outpouring of your love and concern was wonderful, and unexpected.

Thank you so much!

God has certainly bless me.

Rev. Jim Morris

CORNING OR ORIENT CAREGIVER needed. Assist senior with housekeeping, 5-10 hours per week, $8.75/hr. + bonus Call Caretech 1-800991-7006.

OTR DRIVERS, home weekends and/or weekdays, Midwest freight, Ken Pratt Trucking, 816858-3816.

PLUMBERS & HELPERS, New Construction & Service Cook Plumbing Corporation, 1425 Fuller Road, West Des Moines Lost & Found EEO DEADLINE for all Classified Line Ads is Noon the day beFOUND: SET OF KEYS fore publication. on key ring at 212 S. Sumner, call 641-2021560 to identify and claim.

Business Services

MCNEILL TREE SERVICE. Topping, Trimming and Removal. Free Estimates, insured. Call David at 641-344-9052.

CLARK'S TREE & STUMP Removal. Free Estimates, Insured. Call 641-782-4907 or 641342-1940.

HOUSECLEANING WANTED: $12.50 per hour, weekly or bimonthly, references, call Teresa, 641-278-0595.

We are taking Applications for a

Shift Supervisor We Offer: $8.50 to start $9.00 after training Bonus and Vacation Programs Apply at: 708 S. Walnut, Creston EOE

Prairie View Assisted Living is having a community

GaraGe Sale Saturday, April 12

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

All proceeds will go to Prairie View Resident Council

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center is looking for a

Full-time Nurse Sign On BOnuS

$1000 Full-time • $500 Part-time If you are interested in making a difference in the lives of our residents please contact:

Jessica Seitz, RN Director of Nursing Services

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center 1001 Cottonwood, Creston, IA

641-782-8511

EOE/AAP Disability & Vets

Area track Area track results from Tuesday’s meets at East Union, Nodaway Valley and Clarinda will be published in Thursday’s CNA sports section.

Prescott Community School District March 26, 2014 The Board of Education of the Prescott Community School District met in regular session at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in the Board room. Members present were President Randy Cooper, Marnie Cline, Doug Birt, and Stephen Wainwright. Also present were Superintendent Steve McDermott, Lead Teacher Terri Kretzinger, Kim Fourez and Judith Butcher. President Cooper called the meeting to order at 6:40 pm.

Motion by Birt, second by Cline to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Cline, second by Wainwright to approve the minutes of the previous meetings. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Wainwright, second by Birt to approve the financial reports and summary of bills. Motion carried unanimously.

Judith Butcher (visitor) addressed the board regarding open enrollment of her children to the Prescott school. She stated how she appreciates the school district and wants to help keep the district open. She commended the staff on how well they do their jobs.

Terri Kretzinger reported on the tornado drill that was done. She also reported on the Iowa Assessment scores, Map testing dates, spring concert date and the end of the year field trip to the zoo.

Superintendent McDermott gave an update on the business manager and possibly finding a replacement for 2 days a week.

He also reported on the door buzzer bids and that he had contacted Quality Glass to work on the doors.

Motion by Birt, second by Cline to approve the open enrollment applications all but one. More investigation will be done.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Wainwright, second by Birt to approve 2014-2015 calendar with changes. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Wainwright, second by Birt to approve sharing agreements with OM, Creston and Lenox Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Birt, second by Wainwright to approve the school budget. Motion carried unanimously.

A public hearing date has been set for April 9, 2014 at 6:15 P.M. in the Board room.

Board member concerns are purchasing a batting cage to put in the gym and getting a key for Mike so that he can get in.

Mike will also check on a tarp for the floor.

Agenda items for April's special board meeting will be the Budget hearing.

Motion by Wainwright, second by Birt to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

Meeting closed at 7:45 pm.

Accountant Wanted

A small manufacturing company is looking for a person with at least a four year degree in accounting.

Must have a minimum of 5 years of work experience doing Balance Sheets, Profit & Loss Statements, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, and Payroll.

Salary based on experience.

Send resume to

Attn: Stan Brown, Brown Bear Corporation, PO Box 29, Corning, IA 50841, Ph. 641-322-4220, Fax 641-322-3527 or email stanbrown@brownbearcorp.com Competitive wages & benefits, Equal Opportunity Employer

Dalton Ag, Inc. in Lenox, Iowa is currently accepting applications for full-time and temporary

Assemblers, Fabricators, and Welders.

Assemblers must be able to read a tape measure, be mechanically inclined, and forklift experience is a plus.

Fabricators need to be able to read a tape measure, have experience with blueprints, be able to lift a minimum of 75 lbs, and previous experience with an iron worker or as a saw operator preferred.

Welders must be experienced and be able to read blue prints; MIG welding experience with stainless steel preferred.

Good work history and previous manufacturing experience is a plus. We offer competitive wages, benefits, referral bonuses, overtime, and Dalton Ag is now a 100% employee owned company.

To fill out an application stop by 602 E. Van Buren, Lenox IA from 7:00 am - 4:30 pm or call 641-333-4518 for more information.

Pre-employment drug screen and physical required. EOE

Creston News Advertiser Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Miscellaneous For Rent

Livestock

Cedar Lane FOR SALE: PUREBRED registered black Angus Greenhouse bulls, freeze branded, NOW OPEN semen checked, good 1-mile N. of Redding, IA, disposition. Also pure- E. on 292nd St. 1/3 mile bred open heifers. Garden Seed; Seed Bradley Angus Farms, Potatoes; Onion Sets & 641-344-3875.

Plants; Asparagus; Rhubarb; Raspberry Miscellaneous Plants; Strawberries; Fruit Trees; Roses; Shrubs; Perennials; Bedding Plants; Hanging TO OUR Baskets; Veggie Plants READERS in Season; Supplies and Creston Publishing more Company does not knowingly accept advertising which is in For Rent violation of the law.

We do not knowingly accept advertising that is fraudulent or 2 BEDROOM HOUSE, $500/month, plus dehas malicious intent.

While we attempt posit and utilities, no to screen advertising pets, NO SMOKING, refwith potential of erences required, 641fraud, it is impossible 344-3201. to screen all potential NICE, CLEAN 2 bedproblems.

We strongly en- room house, with courage readers to garage and yard, appliexercise caution and ances included, washer common sense, par- and dryer provided, quiticularly when dealing et neighborhood, no with unfamiliar com- smoking, no pets, $675/mo plus deposit, panies.

641-782-7208.

Assistant Manager Opportunity for career development for creative person with strong leadership and motivational skills.

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EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS. Spacious downtown Creston oneroom apartment furnished with frig, microwave, private bath. $425/monthly includes all utilities, plus deposit.

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EFFIENCY APARTMENT in Afton, $375/mo., includes stove, refrigerator, A/C, washer/dryer on premises, 641-3445478.

New Today NICE CLEAN 2 BEDROOM house, stove, refrigerator, central air, and garage included. No pets. No smoking. Deposit and references required. 641-782-2923.

For Sale

2 SHEDS: (1) 10x16 is wired and insulated, used as a work shop; (1) 8x8 used for garden items and storage, 641BATH TUB SEAT, 782-2591. $40.00; commode, $20.00; 641-782-5812. FOR SALE: HEDGE POSTS, Circle T Ranch, FOR SALE: OAT STRAW 641-223bales, clean heavy bales, Kellerton, $4.50 each, 641-344- 0826.

3 TIER CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN, used once, 21 inches tall, $10.00, 641-782-5361.

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FREE: STYROFOAM SHEETS from when the middle school roof was replaced, 4'x4', varying thickness 6 to 12 inches, 641-782-2473.

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LENOX CARE CENTER Now hiring a full time RN

to join our new Premier Ventilator Weaning Unit/ Long Term Care Center.

On site training provided by our on staff Respiratory Therapist.

Competitive benefits and 401K. Leading the area in RN wages!

If you are interested in joining our team contact Kim Bashor, RN/DON 641-333-2226 or stop by and apply within.

• Customer Relations • Opening & Closing Duties

Schweser’s offers a competitive salary and benefit package.

Apply in person At Uptown Creston

Live Haul Contracts

Christensen Farms is currently seeking additional resources for future Live Haul Contracts in the Bloomfield and Leon, IA areas.

These contracts will be responsible for hauling wean to market size animals to and from company owned sites.

CNA

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center is now hiring caring CNAs with strong work ethic to join our team.

We are proud to invest in you by providing nurse aide membership benefits (NAHCA), online training, LPN & RN tuition assistance, a generous anniversary bonus, & much more! Visit us on the web to learn more and apply.

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Call the Classifieds 641-782-2141 Ext. 239

Performs a variety of complex clerical, secretarial & administrative functions.

Computer skills are a must.

Submit ReSume to:

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For more information please call 800.889.8531 ext. 8510 or email jwilliams@christensenfarms.com

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Sat. April 12- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Real Estate, Shop, Hand Tools, and all types of Equipment used in a scrap yard for Iron Man Recycling. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

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

Looking for great people for all shifts Now Hiring: • Shift Managers

This position requires a Class A CDL with a clean driving record. Candidates must be dependable, detail-oriented and follow all regulatory, safety, biosecurity and record keeping protocols. Previous livestock hauling experience desired.

Drivers receive competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package that includes single/family health, vision and dental coverage, 401(k), life insurance, flex plan and vacation, holiday and sick pay with sick day payout. Get hired and refer a friend to any position within the company — employees receive a $1,560 referral bonus.

Apply online at www.iowaselect.com, contact Domingo Pedro at 641-347-5065 or stop by 101 North Douglas in Afton to complete an application.

Iowa Select Farms is an equal opportunity employer.

YARD SALE

You’ll find Bushels of Bargains in the Creston News Advertiser Classifieds!

bonus, insurance & retirement program and much more!

McDonald’s Creston 608 Wyoming Avenue Creston, IA 50801 Apply online at: www.mcstate.com/6077

This independent McDonald’s Franchise is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

hOME SERVICES DIRECTORY

Iowa Select Farms has positions open for CDL Drivers responsible for transporting hogs between farm sites and to packer locations.

Drivers operate company-owned late model Peterbilt trucks and haul five days a week, home every day.

This independent McDonald’s Franchise is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal plan

Dial-AService

CDL DRIVER

Apply online at: www.mcstate.com/6077

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

Creston Nursing & Rehab Center 1001 Cottonwood 641-782-8511 jdavis@careinitiatives.org www.careinitiatives.org

McDonald’s Creston 608 Wyoming Avenue Creston, IA 50801

Auction Calendar

Sign On BOnuS

Interested individuals must have previous swine handling experience, be familiar with bio-security protocols, be TQA certified, have a positive CSA score, and be fully insured.

We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal plan and much more!

VISIT CRESTONNEWS.COM/JOBS TODAY.

First United Methodist Church

$500 Full-time • $250 Part-time

Requirements:

The following positions are available for Crew: • Breakfast • Lunch

When it comes time to start your job search, turn to us for more opportunities. More current listings. More of what you need to find the right one.

Responsibilities include:

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Looking for great people for all shifts

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Computer Repair

Siding & Windows

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

TIONS. 120 N. Main, Lenox, Replace641-780-5760 12 years experi- WESTMAN WINDOWS. ence. Reasonable & Quality PC ment windows tilt for easy cleaning and rebates bays, bows, sliders, etc. repair and tutoring.

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

Commercial lock service and BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. All trailer sales. hwy 34 East, in major brands of vinyl and steel siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal Creston 641-782-5155 replacement windows. Recipient of the Revere Premium Renovator Award.

Seamless guttering and Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of continuous Plumber reliable service in Southwest Iowa, SChROEDER pLUMBING and free estimates, 641-322-5160 ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ or 1-800-245-0337. new installations, new breaker boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, Storage water heaters. Specialize in manufactured and mobile homes. ShARp’S SELf-STORAGE Boats, Free estimates, licensed, insured, records, inventory, furniture.

641-202-1048. Accept Visa & You store it, lock it, take the Mastercard. key. Industrial park, Creston, 641-782-6227.

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

Signs point to local economic upswing!

Improve your personal finances, advertiser your yard or garage sale in the

Join our Health Care Team Registered Nurse Under general supervision, performs professional nursing services utilizing the nursing process including, but not limited to: assessing needs, developing and implementing nursing care plans, evaluating patient response to treatment, documenting patient interactions in accordance with professional nursing standards and Hospital Full Time - 36 hours per week policies, and providing direction for non-professional care givers.

Apply online at www.madisonhealth.com

Madison County Health Care System is an award-winning 300 W. Hutchings St.,hour Winterset, Iowa organization located just a half southwest of 50273 Des Moines in picturesque Winterset, of the Bridges ofemployer Madison County and MCHCS ishome an equal opportunity The Birthplace of John Wayne. A modern facility boasts of up-todate equipment and a staff dedicated to providing outstanding service. Excellent schools and a high quality of life can be found in Madison County.

We provide a competitive and comprehensive compensation package including PTO, IPERS and a free on-site fitness facility for employees and their spouses.

We look forward to meeting dedicated professionals seeking career opportunities.

Full Time Night Shift – 72 hours per pay period Night Shift Differential and Incentive Bonus Offered Apply online at www.madisonhealth.com

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PUBLIC3x6.75 AUCTION 4/8 The Shopper;April 4/9 The12, Madisonian Saturday, 2014

L p.m. (With Reserve) 10 a.m. - Real EstateTim at 1 Iron Man Recycling – 3180 Henry A. Wallace Road, Creston, Iowa DIRECTIONS: 8.5 miles north of Creston on Cherry St. & Henry A. Wallace Road. From Orient, Iowa, east on G-61 to stop sign, 1/2 mile south on Henry A. Wallace Road, (East Side) Auctioneers Note: Due to health reasons, Rod and Nancy will be selling their scrap iron business of 25 years. Many, many items to numerous to mention.

Come expecting to spend the day with us!

REAL ESTATE: BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION (SELLING AT 1 P.M.) WITH RESERVE Commencing at the West quarter Corner of Section Nineteen(19), Township Seventy Four (74), North Range Thirty (30), west of the 5th P.M., Adair County, Iowa, or as per abstract. Contains 4.51 acres, M/L. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS: 20 ton weigh scale with Fairbanks digtal readout and monitor; Shop and office app 40’ x 50’ with 2 overhead doors, 2 walk through doors and attached storage building. (apartment is leased for one year to April 15, 2015) One other building 24 x 50 with concrete floor, one overhead door, sliding door & 2 walk through doors.

TERMS ON REAL ESTATE: 20% down on sale day and enter into a contract to purchase with the balance due at closing. Todd Nielsen Attorney at Law will handle all closing transactions. All earnest money held in Trust account with Todd Nielsen Attorney at Law. Owners Sincere in selling but do reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids (Real Estate sells with a Reserve). Taxes will be prorated to date of possession. Contact Rod or Nancy Abell at 641-344-2743 for more information.

TRUCKS, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT: ’64 Chevrolet truck, 283 V8, 67,613 actual miles, strong hydraulic cylinder with 10’ rock box; ’79 Chev. C-20 with 454, tilt flatbed and hydraulic winch; ’86 GMC 1/2 ton pickup, auto, 2 wd, V-6, as is; GMC, single axle truck, tractor, No Title; GMC Brigadier, clam truck, No Title. John Deere 210 C Loader Tractor, w/4 way bucket, cab; John Deere 644 B, front end loader with scrap forks, oscillating; Big Joe electric 1500 lb. fork lift; Lid car crusher; Mighty Mite Crusher, one car at a time hydraulic feed (pending); Koehring magnet excavator; Gas powered fork lift, pneumatic tired, forks; Metal baler, single phase to three phase converter (needs replaced) 220 V; 16’ Paris car trailer; 16’ car trailer; Several other misc. trailers; Alum. van truck bodies; 550 MF combine, Perkins Diesel, 4 row 30” cornhead; Front end tractor weights; H Farmall tractor and loader (for parts).

SHOP TOOLS: Coats 950 digital wheel balancer, wheel weights, balancer accessories; FMC horizontal tire machine; tire bars; Ben Pearson Lift Master auto hoist Model 1 MT12, 12,000 lb. capacity, hydraulic piston jacks; 1” Dayton impact wrench; Genisys Scan system (updates 2010); BT Lifter pallet jack, model 2300; Hitachi and Performax cut-off saws; Power wire stripper, on stand; Miller Matic Argon wire welder, 220 volt; Excell 175 psi 80 gal. compressor; A/C Delco 20 ton shop press; Elec over hydraulic pipe bender and expander w/accessories, new cutoff wheel; metal storage units, parts washer; Multiple sets of open & box end wrenches; pipe wrenches; hammers; Crescent wrenches; shears, pliers, pry bars, several vises; work bench, tap & die sets, impact sockets, vise grips, slip joint pliers; screw drivers; air impacts; tire prep tools; air chisel; air grinder; Snap ring pliers; oxygen sensor socket set; truck parts; brass fittings; electric connectors; motor clutches; Protec table saw; 2-wheel cart; bench grinder; K & Q oxygen bottles (about 20); liquid oxygen tank; jack stands; air bumper jack; bolt cutters; 2 Toledo 200 lb. scales; 24’ ext. ladder; Freon gauges; log chains; come alongs; chain binders; yellow straps; mics. filing cabinets; microwave; Gold Medal oak ice chest; 2-ton shop crane engine hoist; 50 gal. hand pump transport tanks; misc. car parts; new mufflers; torch sets; oil & gas filters; wringer washing machine; belts; hoses, barrel cart; 15-20 Chilton manuals; Hollander interchange manuals; Miser waste oil burner; pickup flat bed; fuel barrel & stand; 300 gal. transfer tank on cart with 2-way air pump; 7’ pickup snow plow with controls; virgin and used semi tires; misc. tires; old iron wheels; well pumps; transmission jack; 1,000 gal. stainless tank; much, much more.

NEW TIRES (pending): 4 Cooper Discover A/T 245-65-17 4 Bridgestone Tiger Paw 195-65-14 4 Bridgestone Turanza 205-55-16; 4 Uniroyal Tiger Paw 225-6016 4 Multi-Mile Matrix 225-60-16 4 Multi-Mile Matrix 205-70-15 4 Multi-Mile Matrix 205-65-15 TERMS: CASH with good check & Photo ID if not known by the Auction Staff.

Restroom & Lunch Available

Iron Man Recycling

641-782-2141 Ext. 239

Rod & Nancy Abell ~ 641-344-2743 WEST & FREY AUCTIONEERS LLC AND CRESTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION SERVICE Darwin West, 641-344-1958, Tom Frey, 641-344-5082, Todd Crill, 712-621-1453, Steve Bergren, 712-789-0847 CLERKS - June West, Leisa Frey - Ringman, Vern Blazek Go to www.crestonlivestock.com for complete sale bill and photos

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Creston News Advertiser Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Iowa Senate passes education budget bill Iowa House committee Senators voted 27-22 to send the education measure to the Iowa House ■

The Iowa Senate voted Monday to approve a $986 million education budget for fiscal 2015 that would cover a tuition freeze at state universities, fund K-12 education reforms with $49 million and boost operating money for community colleges by $8 million.

“There’s something in here for a lot of people,” said Sen. Brian Schoenjahn, D-Arlington, floor manager of Senate File 2347.

Senators voted 27-22 to send the education measure to the Iowa House with a request to boost current spending for regent universities, community colleges, the state education and blind departments, and the College Aid Commission by $87 million beginning July 1. Republican Sen. Rick Bertrand of

Sioux City joined 26 majority Democrats in supporting the bill.

Senate File 2347 would boost state university operations by 4 percent and provide an extra $4.4 million for the University of Northern Iowa, to acknowledge it has a higher percentage of instate students, as lawmakers and Gov. Ter- Branstad ry Branstad agree to freeze resident tuition for a second time next fiscal year.

The regent universities would be in line for $584 million, a $24 million increase, while the community colleges’ $201 million funding level would be an $8 million increase to help keep tuition affordable, Schoenjahn said. Private college student aid would be increased as well in SF 2347, he noted.

The bill included $2 million for the Iowa Reading Resource Center to im-

prove the teaching of literacy skills – a level that Branstad hoped would be boosted to $3.9 million during negotiations with majority Republicans in the House.

Backers said the education budget will was intended to open doors to higher education, expand skilled workforce initiatives and help grow Iowa’s middle class. The bill also would increase investments in helping teachers improve, help kids learning to read, and freeze tuition for resident undergraduate students at Iowa’s public universities, Schoenjahn said.

The measure also included $40.3 million for worker training to target specific local skill shortage areas and train workers for those jobs. Provisions called for $6 million in ACE funding and $5 million for the Kibbie Grants which help adults seeking certification in the most “in-need” career fields.

Another provision of the bill sets aside $1 million to fund anti-bullying measures in K-12 schools, in-

cluding $700,000 in grants for local districts to devise their own approaches to combat harassment or bullying at schools or off campus and online.

In other action, senators approved a measure that would extend the state tax break on ethanol-blended fuel for one year by a 49-0 vote. Sen. Tim Kapucian, R-Keystone, offered a “hybrid gas tax” proposal that sought to lower the current state gas tax to 16 cents a gallon but then access a 5 percent excise tax that would bring the total to 28.5 cents per gallon – generating increased revenue to address a $215 million deficit for critical transportation needs that state officials have identified.

However, the amendment was ruled irrelevant or “non-germane” to House File 2444.

—————— ©2014 The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Visit The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at thegazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services

approves TIF changes (MCT) — A bill to reform the use of tax increment financing (TIF) was approved 15-10 by the House Ways and Means Committee April 8.

Chairman Tom Sands, RWapello, said it would end TIF-financed public buildings, restrict city debt from exceeding 5 percent of the taxable value in the city – including the TIF districts — and prohibit future TIFs from extending into perpetuity.

HSB 675 is opposed by associations of developers, community colleges, counties and cities.

The League of Cities, which issued a “call to action” to its members ahead of the Tuesday committee meeting, has argued only nine projects involving TIF-financed public buildings were started in 2013.

Such projects often lead to economic development and stabilization in slum and blight areas, according to the League, and often are requested by businesses and property owners in

those areas.

The debt restriction section of the bill would have a disproportionate effect on small cities and prevent them from leveraging dollars for large economic development projects, according to the League. In fiscal 2013, roughly 27 percent of projects used annual appropriation debt and more than half of these projects are in cities under 5,000 in population.

The bill, which is backed by the Iowa Farm Bureau and Iowa Taxpayers Association, is now eligible for consideration by the House.

Although he supports Sands’ efforts, Senate Ways and Means Chairman Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, said it’s late in the session to take up the bill.

“It’s a long way from a House committee to the Senate floor,” he said.

—————— ©2014 The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Distributed by MCT Information Services

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