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Supervisors approve expanding hog facility

By JAKE WADDINGHAM

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In a 2-1 decision, the Union County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the recommendation to allow construction that would expand an existing hog confinement in section 6 of the Spaulding Township.

The original building at the Rockin G Ranch site owned by Justin Geidel was not large enough to require Union County Supervisors to fill out the master matrix.

The new structure is a 2,480 head deep pit swine finisher barn.

“Our matrix score matched up with the score of the applicants,” said Union County Board of Supervisors Chairman Brown Dennis Brown.

Brown and Ron Riley voted in favor of the recommendation to approve construction. Supervisor Lois Monday was the vote against.

Monday said she received some calls asking her to vote against the expansion and was worried about the inspections that are done to

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make sure the facility is not leaking manure.

Rockin G Ranch scored a 520 on the supervisor’s matrix score.

“There were valid concerns, but for what we have to work with, which is the matrix process, I believe it met all the parameters,” Riley said.

To receive a passing mark, the

site must score a 440 on the master matrix. The matrix score reflects how the site is managed to prevent manure spills and how far it is from other buildings. Applicants can also earn bonus points on their matrix if they, for example, plant trees on the site.

Justin Geidel said there are programs that can help with the funding to plant trees and shrubs on the site and he is looking into the application process.

“It appeared to us they were doing everything that they should,” Brown said. “They are going to be making a big investment in this and I hope they will continue to do

everything they can to help that investment.”

Brown said the fact that this was an existing site did factor into his decision, but he added that all sites will be unique situations.

Adair County The Adair County Board of Supervisors split 3-2 in their vote to recommend that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources deny the construction of another swine facility at Circle G Pork Site owned by Brady Geidel in section 34 of the Orient Township.

Please see SUPERVISORS, Page 2

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Nuisance complaint served in Kent

By JAKE WADDINGHAM

CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

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Eclipse: The moon is partially eclipsed at 1:30 a.m. this morning. It reached a full lunar eclipse shortly after 3 a.m.

Report shows more U.S. consumers seek medical care (MCT) — A historic slowdown in U.S. health care spending in recent years may be drawing to a close.

An industry report published this week and health care experts point to a steady rise in medical care being sought by consumers seeing specialists, getting more prescriptions filled and visiting the hospital. Other factors such as millions of newly insured Americans seeking treatment for the first time and higher prices from health care consolidation could also help drive up costs.

Experts aren’t predicting an immediate return to double-digit increases in medical spending. But the emerging trend underscores how difficult it will be for policymakers, employers and health plans to control health care costs going forward.

“2013 was a rebound year for health care,” said Murray Aitken, executive direc-

David Axene with the Society of Actuaries estimates that rates for individual consumers under the health law may rise, on average, 6 percent to 8.5 percent next year.

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tor of the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, an industry research firm that released Tuesday’s report.

“We saw health care usage overall up for the first time in three years. We think that is reflective of a strong economy, more patients with insurance and also some pentup demand for services that may have been delayed or deferred since the economic downturn.”

David Gruber, director of health care research at Alvarez & Marsal, said he’s expecting a similar trend of higher demand coupled with consolidation among

hospitals and large physician groups pushing up prices. He said the demand for services is being driven by an influx of Obamacare enrollees, aging baby boomers and people with chronic conditions who can no longer delay care.

“At some point you can’t defer anymore,” Gruber said. Health spending “isn’t going up by double digits, but it could spike to 6 percent or 7 percent.”

There are other forces at play that could serve as an effective counterweight and bear watching. The growing use of narrow provider networks by employers and

health insurance companies and a shift away from conventional fee-for-service reimbursement for medical providers can be potent costcontainment tools, Gruber said.

On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office cited the prevalence of narrow networks as one reason premiums for Obamacare coverage in government-run exchanges will be lower in the next few years than previously expected.

David Axene, a fellow at the Society of Actuaries, estimates that rates for individual consumers under the health law may rise, on average, 6 percent to 8.5 percent next year. He cautions that rates will vary across the country, and some health insurers such as industry giant WellPoint Inc. have already Please see REPORT, Page 2

Union County Board of Supervisors were notified of a property nuisance complaint that has been served in Kent, 1097 244th Street, April 8 by the Union County sheriff’s department.

“Once a complaint is filed, we start our investigation,” said Amanda Husband, Union County environmental specialist. “I drive out and look, I investigate and I have my findings.”

Husband said some complaints are unjust or if the source of the complaint is not completely visible, she talks with the property owner and the individual that filed the complaint.

“It was quite obvious in this case what they were talking about Husband (in the complaint),” Husband said.

“There was trash, junk appliances and old cars. It was all very evident.”

A property nuisance must be breaking Iowa Code for Husband to pursue further action. Common Please see NUISANCE, Page 2

Reha named new county VA director A new veteran affairs director has been named for Union County.

Blaize Reha, an Army veteran, was unanimously approved by the Union County Board of Supervisors during Monday’s meeting to replace the Kevin Scadden, who resigned for the position in March.

Reha served in Desert Storm and worked at the Army Reserve Center in Creston.

He will spend today through Thursday in Des Moines for training and start his new duties as director on April 21.

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Deaths Judy Prunty Lorimor

Judy Prunty, 69, of Lorimor died unexpectedly April 12, 2014, at her home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednes-

day, April 16, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. Visitation with family present will be 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Iowa Veteran’s Cemetery.

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problems are old vehicles and appliances that could drip gasoline and oil or harbor rats.

Another major concern is if anything on the nuisance property could be a hazard for children.

“I went to school down there south of town and when we were growing up, it was a lively little town,” said Supervisor Lois Monday. “People had their houses that they took pride in and had flowers growing and it looked real nice.”

Monday said the supervisors now have money set aside in case the county becomes responsible to clean up any nuisance properties like the situation in Kent.

“We are hoping they take pride in where they are living and get it cleaned up, and I mean all of it cleaned

up,” Monday said.

Husband said the homeowner has a total of 45 days to clean up the issues addressed in the nuisance complaint. Husband also requested a written plan of action within the first 10 days to help start the clean up process.

After the 45-day deadline, Husband returns to the property for another evaluation.

If little action has been taken to clean up the nuisances, the case is turned over to the Union County attorney.

If all the nuisances are cleaned, Husband sends a letter to the property owner saying all conditions were met and it has been removed as a listed nuisance property.

“The ultimate goal is to get everything cleaned up,” Husband said.

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The proposed structure is a new 2,480 head deep pit swine finisher barn.

“I was not satisfied with the ground water seepage,” said Adair County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve Shelley. “There was some uncertainty of make sure it was going to be clean for Adair County for the rest of our lives.”

The supervisors’ final score on the

master matrix was below the 440 passing mark.

Shelley, John Twombly and Dave Homan voted against the recommendation for the expansion. Matt Wedemeyer and Cliff Sheriff voted in favor of the recommendation.

“As long as they are done, right, I am OK with it,” Wedemeyer said. “I think these are properly managed and if they want to be in the hog business, I can’t tell them differently.”

Wedemeyer added he thought the

matrix process is “convoluted” and it is a challenge for any supervisor to have enough knowledge or run the tests to make sure the manure is not leaking.

Brady Geidel said they worked to improve the site and gain back some of the points the county supervisors took away. The updated master matrix finished with 500 points.

Inspectors for the Iowa DNR went to Circle G Pork Site to take measurements and plan to visit Rockin G Ranch later this week.

cans cut back on medical care. But the Obama administration and other experts have pointed to fundamental changes in health care reimbursement and the delivery of care spurred by the Affordable Care Act. The IMS Health report found that total U.S. spending on pharmaceutical drugs grew 3.2 percent last year to $329.2 billion. That came after a 1 percent drop in 2012 — the first decline since IMS began tracking the data in 1957.

Patent protections expiring on major drugs and cheaper generic substitutes flooding the market helped drive that previous decrease. Aitken said patent expirations had less impact last year and there was greater use of health care in general.

IMS Health also found that the number of physician office visits, hospitalizations and prescriptions filled all rose last year.

At the doctor’s office, visits to primary care physicians fell less than 1 percent, but trips to specialists jumped 5 percent.

The number of hospital visits also grew last year, primarily among commercially insured patients who received outpatient treatment.

Any upswing in medical costs could further squeeze workers. Their health insurance premiums keep taking a bigger bite of their paychecks, as employers shift more health care costs to employees.

There was some good news for consumers. The IMS report found that 57 percent of all retail prescriptions filled last year cost consumers $5 or less. But patients often bear a growing share of the cost for high-priced specialty medications for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic conditions.

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warned about double-digit rate hikes in some markets.

“Many exchange health plans got better discounts than anticipated from providers, but there is really a strong pushback now from hospitals and physicians who are concerned about having enough money to cover their costs,” said Axene, an actuary in Murrieta, Calif. “I hope we can stay south of double digits, but there’s no guarantee we will.”

From 2009 to 2012, U.S. health care spending grew annually at less than 4 percent, according to federal data. That’s been the lowest rate of growth in half a century, and has sparked considerable debate about the underlying reasons.

Many health economists and industry officials have attributed the slowdown primarily to lingering effects of the Great Recession, when millions of Ameri-

Remembering the victims of the Kansas Jewish center shootings OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (MCT) — Standing at the lectern, Mindy Corporon calmly spoke about love in the face of hatred, describing how two people so central to her life — her father and her son — were shot to death by a gunman who police say is a white supremacist bent on violence.

Her voice steady, she described arriving Sunday afternoon moments after the attacker, whom police identified as Frazier Glenn Cross, opened fire in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center here, a shooting rampage that took the lives of three people, including a woman outside a nearby Jewish senior center.

Corporon said she first spotted the truck owned by her father, William Lewis Corporon, 69, a doctor who had moved to the area a decade ago to be near his children and grandkids. The truck was empty, its doors open.

Then she saw him, his husky body there on the ground, and her instincts told her: “I knew my dad was in heaven within seconds.”

Nearby, she saw her 14-year-old son, Reat Underwood, a high school freshman and Boy Scout who loved to sing and perform in musicals. He was on the pavement, being cradled by two men. Her boy wasn’t moving.

Just then, a bystander grabbed her and ushered her away, toward the center, where she saw the bullet

holes in the building’s front glass.

And then it dawned on her what had happened to her father and son.

On Monday, after the nation’s latest mass shooting, Corporon spoke at a news conference about her family’s loss. For the victims’ relatives — including those of 53-year-old Terri LaManno of Kansas City, Mo., who was gunned down outside a care facility where she had gone to visit her elderly mother — there was a cruel irony as well as pain.

Cross, 73, an avowed racist, had purportedly chosen the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover to claim victims outside the Jewish Community Center and, later, at Village Shalom. Yet none of his victims turned out to be Jewish. Corporon and Reat were Methodists; LaManno was Catholic.

On Sunday, LaManno was meeting her two older sisters to visit her mother, Betty Hastings, at Village Shalom. LaManno worked part time there so she could visit her mom every day.

Friends say Hastings suffers from dementia, and it’s not clear whether she knows about the death of a daughter whose Facebook page shows family pictures, all of them filled with smiles, along with a link, “Our Favorite Apps for Children who are Visually Impaired.”

“She was just a beautiful, loving person,” said Brian Fowler, who was a groomsman at the LaMannos’ wedding. He said she was a de-

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A pickup truck sat in the yard at the home of Frazier Glenn Cross, in northeast of Aurora, Mo., on Monday, April 14, 2014. Cross, also known as Glenn (Frazier) Miller, was arrested for the fatal shooting of three in Overland Park, Kan., on Sunday, April 14, 2014.

voted member of St. Peter’s Parish and worked as an occupational therapist at the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired, where she assisted blind babies.

“Family meant everything to her.”

Outside LaManno’s modest brick home on Monday, the daily newspaper was still in the front yard and friends stopped to deliver food and hugs to the family.

At St. Peter’s, the flag was at half-staff. “It makes you wonder how much hate there is in the world,” said parishioner Jean Schmidtlein. “Better live your life as if every day’s your last. You never know.”

On Tuesday, LaManno would have recognized her 25th wedding anniversary with her husband, Jimmy, a dentist, along with their

three grown children.

The youngest of the three victims was remembered for his singing.

At the news conference, Corporon told how her son Reat had come Sunday to audition for a local “American Idol”-style competition for high school students.

He had two songs prepared. One was “On the Street Where You Live,” a tune from “My Fair Lady,” which he planned to perform in a coat and tie with a black shirt and hat. The second was the 1994 country hit “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone.” He had sung it for his mom ahead of the audition.

She told of praying her dying son would somehow survive as he was rushed from the community center parking lot. William Corpo-

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ron was dead at the scene from head trauma, she told reporters. Reat would later die at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

“I prayed and prayed and prayed that he survived, but to no avail,” Corporon said.

“They both died from head trauma, and I feel confident from what I heard that they didn’t feel anything, that they didn’t know what was coming” before what she called an ambush.

The night before, at a vigil, Corporon explained to the audience how fate brought grandfather and grandson together that Sunday: Reat’s grandmother was busy with cousins, and Corporon had gone to watch her other sons at a lacrosse game, one ultimately canceled by bad weather.

“We were in life, we were

having life,” Corporon told the mourners. “And I want you all to know that we’re going to have more life.”

Standing alongside her, Will Corporon — Reat’s uncle and William Lewis Corporon’s son — said the two victims should be going about their lives. “My dad should be seeing patients today at his work. Reat, if they had school today, would be in school studying or being with his friends,” he said.

Reat and his grandfather, Will Corporon said, were always together. “My dad would have done anything if it could have just been him,” he said. “He would have stood up and said, ‘Just take me.’” He added that the family would go on, “but we’ll always have two huge holes that will never be filled.”

A day after the rampage, Mindy Corporon could still picture the shooting site.

It didn’t feel like a crime scene, she said. “It was my family; it was my family members who were lying on the ground.”

Then she added, “I felt a lot of comfort — I felt God immediately.”

——— (Special correspondents Will Webber and Peggy Lowe contributed to this report. Times staff writer Matt Pearce contributed from Los Angeles.)

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Schedule of driver’s license examiners: Bedford: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St. Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

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

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

Union Squares, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Afton Joy Building. Caller Jim Logan.

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

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Creston Men’s Fellowship non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., The Windrow.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 107 W. Howard St.

Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Corn — $4.73

Soybeans — $14.56 • Gavilon Grain: Corn — $4.75 Soybeans — $14.63

College news Waldorf College FOREST CITY — Waldorf College students, faculty, staff and alumni came together to celebrate the annual Honors Day. Nearly 230 scholarships were distributed to Waldorf students, providing $368,817 in financial aid.

Carla Smith of Greenfield received the Elizabeth Branstad Burtness Scholarship.

It is awarded each year to a student choosing teaching or Christian service as a vocation. Smith also received the Lawrence and Edna Johannesen Memorial Scholarship.

Engineering is for Everyone to be held at Union County Extension Join in on some educational fun with Union County Extension as they host an upcoming engineering basics workshop geared toward youths.

“To The Rescue” workshop will be held 1 to 5 p.m.

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Cost is $5 per person which includes snacks and activities.

Registration is due by April 21 to the Union County Extension office.

For more information or if you would like to volunteer at the workshop, contact Haley Jones with Union County Extension at 641-782-8426.

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OPINION From the desk of Rep. Jack Drake

At the start of this legislative session there was talk of being done in 80 days. April 2 was the 80th day and we still have quite a ways to go and being done on April 22 the 100th day looks challenging. The Iowa code calls for a 100 day session in the second year of the biennial session. Legislators receive a per diem for room and board and meals during the session. The per diem ends on adjournment or 100 days whichever comes first.

On Wednesday of last week, the House passed HF 2458, the Agriculture and DNR Appropriation Budget bill and sent it to the Senate on a bipartisan vote of 7127 vote. This bill lives within the joint House-Senate budget targets for the FY 2015 General Fund and Environment First Fund and

State Representative Jack Drake 21st Dist. Republican

reflects spending priorities of the House. The measure appropriates a total of $43.1 million of general fund moneys and $42 million of the Environment First Fund (EFF).

The House measure is $2,072,000 in general fund appropriation below the Governor’s FY 2015 recommendations but is $2,237,364 above last year’s level. The major difference between the Governor’s recommendation and HF2458 is the House budget doesn’t include the additional $2,072,000 for the air quality purposes and includes a modest increase of $237,364 for

the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to bring this entity up to its full $4 million amount recommended nearly a decade ago when the legislature determined that having a state of the art veterinary diagnostic laboratory was essential to maintaining Iowa’s status as the premier livestock producer state not only in Iowa, but globally.

Other changes from the Governor’s budget recommendation include moving the $200,000 funding for the Silos and Smokestacks from the general fund to EFF; decreasing the FY 2015 EFF appropriation to state parks to the level the Governor recommended last year for FY 2015 (4.61-million) rather than the $5.885 million made in his budget this year which recognizes that $2 million of last year’s $6.36

million EFF appropriation to state parks were for one-time catch up of deferred maintenance and equipment purposes; increasing the EFF allocation to Loess Hill Conservation authority from $525,000 to $800,000; increasing the EFF allocation to Soil Conservation Cost-Share from FY 2014 $6.65 million to $7.375 million for 2015.

The bill does provide the DNR with the ability to backfill funding for park operations by allowing for the reallocation of $250,000 in FY 2014 and $1 million in FY 2015 of REAP open space account moneys that otherwise would likely be used to acquire additional state land. Last year the REAP funding was increased from $12 million to $16 million. The increased funding increased the funds for open spaces by $1,120,000. By paying off the

Honey Creek Resort bonds of $2 million brought $3 million to the open spaces account.

HF 2458 contains some further private property safeguards and restriction on the use of state funds to acquire recreational land using eminent domain power. The bill includes language that has passed the House three times on this issue, only to be ignored by the Senate. Eminent domain could be used to create a lake for public water supply and by the DOT for roads.

The bill has been sent to the Senate. The Senate has introduced a strike after amendment and put their priorities in the amendment.

The Senate has canceled three appropriation meetings with the House bill on the agenda.

Mad Men got big ratings in its seventh-season opener HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

Hillary Clinton had to dodge a shoe thrown at her while she was speaking at a Las Vegas convention Thursday. The shoe was thrown at Hillary by a beautiful blonde sitting in the crowd.

The blonde was taken outside by security where Bill Clinton wrestled her to the ground.

Kansas City Zoo officials ordered visitors to return to their cars Thursday after enraged chimps escaped their cages and fled the zoo. Their freedom was short-lived. After peeking into the window of a Kansas school during science class, the chimps panicked and surrendered.

Mad Men got big ratings in its seventh-season opener about the ad world now in the late Sixties. The womanizing star moves to L.A. because he’s had every woman in New York. Mad Men teaches us that you are not really

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drunk if you can lie down on the floor without holding on.

The Washington Post published a study on the brain saying that the Internet is changing the human brain because people no longer read in a linear way. It’s a sign of the times. The study says that Americans spend five hours online every day, and that’s just applying for Obamacare.

Health Secretary Kathy Sebelius resigned six months after Obamacare launched to mixed reviews and website screw-ups.

They’ve enjoyed recent gains. The program finally got some signups after the president dropped Obamacare and went with the Affordable Care Act instead.

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This letter concerns the Union County Supervisors meeting that was held Monday, April 14, at 10 a.m. about the permitting of a factory hog farm southeast of Orient.

On April 8, the Adair County Board of Supervisors voted to reject the recommendation to the DNR for the permit for the expansion of Brady Geidel’s hog factory

to 4,960 hogs that would produce 1,267,280 gallons of toxic liquid manure annually.

The taxes on this operation would be minimal, a couple of acres of ag ground?

It will adversely effect the property of neighbors and degrade roads, bridges and water quality which will end up in Green Valley Reservoir and have to be treated by the water treatment plant and supplied to Creston customers and

SIRWA. Basically subsidized and paid for by water use customers and taxpayers.

The Adair County Board of Supervisors refused to allow public testimony, but allowed comments in writing. I don’t know what Union County will allow. We need to fill their mailboxes with public comments and have citizens and taxpayers attend the meeting.

This is our tax money, quality of life and property values at stake.

In response to Rich Paulsen’s opinion on VEISHEA

From Cory Bailey Omaha, Neb.

In response to Rich Paulsen’s opinion on VEISHEA, I’d like to clarify what the event truly stands for.

VEISHEA stands for the original colleges of Iowa State University at its inception in 1922. Since it has started, the celebration holds a very dear place in the heart of many Iowa State alums, myself included. I served on the VEISHEA Executive Board for three years, as general co-chair of the event in 2003. VEISHEA taught us how to give back to our communities, how to enrich the lives of others and how to leave a lasting impact of progress. Since its inception VEISHEA has given thousands in scholarships, service and promotion of Iowa State University. The students involved in VEISHEA now lead Fortune 500 companies,

communities and organizations throughout the United States.

It’s no secret that our cherished event has been linked to disturbances being out of hand. Rich is correct, there are people in the hospital and cars were turned over – that I cannot dispute. But to blindly say “this should just about end the festival” is an obvious testament that my hometown media doesn’t understand this event. The events of this week and past disturbances on Welch Avenue in Ames IS NOT what VEISHEA is about, it IS NOT what Iowa State is about.

The events are an unfortunate sideshow that has taken center stage and marred the great event.

The events must be addressed and I have full confidence Iowa State, under President Leath will make the right decision. Safety, security and reputation are all a part of the decision. I fully admit one outcome may be to permanently end the

event. But over the course of a 92 year tradition at Iowa State let’s not base our opinion of the event on the recent headlines.

I’ve also been in Ames when goal posts are destroyed, and cars were turned over after making the Sweet 16. Just this week there was rioting at UConn after their national championship win. But we don’t scream for football or basketball to be discontinued because they led to these uncontrollable events – heck, we barely even acknowledge them over the news of the actual accomplishment. Should we discontinue March Madness?!

Of course not. Please don’t treat VEISHEA any differently.

Rich, if you or the upcoming voters in your online poll need to be reminded of what VEISHEA really is, read the profile article that Larry Peterson wrote in 2003 when I was leading the event – that is VEISHEA.

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Ex-Prime Minister Berlusconi sentenced to community service

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The family of Ron Hower is hosting a card shower in honor of his 70th birthday April 19.

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The family of Alice Schaffer is hosting a card shower in honor of her 60th birthday April 19.

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ROME (MCT) — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered Tuesday to spend a year performing community service among the elderly as his sentence for committing tax fraud at his media conglomerate.

The decision by a Milan judge spares Berlusconi, 77, a sentence of house arrest. But the former premier, who has dominated Italy’s political scene for two decades, will see his movements restricted just as his center-right party gears up for elections to the European Parliament next month.

The billionaire media tycoon was convicted last year in a complex case involving overpayments at his Mediaset television company. In November, he was expelled from the Italian Senate because of his legal problems, despite a vigorous campaign to persuade fellow senators to let him remain.

He was handed a four-year prison sentence for the fraud conviction, which was reduced to one year as part of Italy’s efforts to relieve overcrowding in its

jails. Partly in light of Berlusconi’s age, confinement to his home or community service were put forward as alternatives to spending the time behind bars.

Both the prosecution and defense reportedly urged the court to order Berlusconi to perform community service, either among the disabled or the elderly.

He must also spend the majority of his time in Lombardy, in northern Italy, where he lives in a lavish residence. But he is allowed to spend between Tuesday and Thursday of each week in Rome, which could be key to his continuing political ambitions.

Although his conviction bars him from holding office, Berlusconi remains a significant force in Italian public life as the head of his center-right Forza Italia party. The party has fallen out with other conservative groups with which it once formed a coalition, but Berlusconi has been hoping for a strong showing at the polls for the European Parliament at the end of May.

How much campaigning he will be able to accomplish with the constraints imposed upon him remains to be seen.

His reputation as a wily operator skilled at going around the rules is legendary here.

Berlusconi, who served as prime minister three times, has consistently maintained his innocence of the many charges that have been laid against him at various trials throughout the years.

He insists that his legal woes are the work of left-wing judges determined to bring him down, and has compared the “persecution” he faces to that experienced by Jesus.

Besides his fraud conviction, he has also been found guilty of paying a teenage girl for sex and using the power of his office to try to cover it up. He has appealed that conviction.

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Carcasses dumped in Des Moines River

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OTTUMWA (MCT) — The Blackhawk access off Quincy Avenue is not one of the more pleasant places in Ottumwa.

The dirt road into the boat ramp could challenge any of Ottumwa’s streets for the most potholes. A stream joins the Des Moines River to the north, but there is open ground to the south as far as the railroad bridge to Turkey Island. That open ground is covered in bottles, old tires, old campfires and assorted trash.

But the worst is on the river’s edge near the bridge. At

least a dozen animal carcasses have been skinned and tossed onto the riverbank.

Teeth on some of the skulls show the animals ate meat, though it’s not entirely clear what species they were or if they are all the same. The emerging consensus appears to be that they belonged to raccoons.

Nor is it clear what the consequences would be if the person who dumped the carcasses is found.

The site is within Ottumwa city limits — barely. The Ottumwa Police Department did not respond to calls seek-

ing comment.

The city does have an ordinance that appears to cover disposal of animals. Section 18-4, part of the city’s ordinance on health and sanitation, states: “No offal, garbage or other wastes from any creamery, factory, shop, chickenhouse, slaughterhouse, tannery, hotel, boardinghouse, restaurant, laundry, meat market or private residence or any other source shall be thrown or deposited upon any lot or land or into any ravine or open ditch, stream, or pond or upon any land adjoining

which is subject to overflow.”

It’s also a violation of state law. Dead animal disposal is covered in the Iowa Administrative code for agriculture and land stewardship, and the way the carcasses were left is unquestionably a violation: “All persons are strictly forbidden to throw the carcass of any animal into any river, stream, lake or pond or bury the carcass of any animal near any stream or tile drain.”

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New roles for prescription bottles Dear Readers: Recently, we asked you to send in your hints on all the ways you reuse those small, brown, plastic PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES. Here are some of the many ways you reuse and recycle these bottles: • Rosanna D. in Kentucky wrote: “Use for travel storage of used diabetic fingerstick pins and test strips. Once home, seal the bottle for trash disposal.”

• Mary G., via email, said: “After collecting and drying seeds from my garden, I store them in empty prescription bottles. Just be sure the seeds are completely dry, or they will mildew.”

• Charlotte F., via email, said: “As a Cub Scout den leader, I taught my Scouts to use empty prescription bottles to keep matches dry. In a separate bottle, store tinder (cotton fibers and other dry plant material) for kindling fires (under strict supervision only, of course).”

• Marty B. in Arkansas wrote: “My hunting buddies and I use these bottles to store cotton balls saturated with deer scent. Take the lid off and place on the ground.

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I keep a microfiber cloth on top of my dryer just for this purpose. It picks up threads as well. - A Reader, via email PAINT PROTECTION Dear Heloise: I save plastic bags and use them when spray painting. Just slip one over your hand before you spray, and you don’t have to worry about getting paint all BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker over your hand. - Olive in New Mexico Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to Heloise@Heloise.com. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column. (c)2014 by King Features Syndicate Inc. BLONDIE® by Dean Young

Horoscope Wednesday, April 16, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today Mercury is in your sign, opposing your ruler, Mars. This makes you argumentative with others, and vice versa. Is this a Full Moon hangover?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might feel grumpy today. Nevertheless, resist the urge to take it out on others just because it’s easy to do. Be patient and polite.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Arguments with others, especially in group situations, might take place today. Yesterday, it was the Full Moon; today, Mercury is opposite Mars. Oy vey.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Avoid contentious discussions with authority figures today.

Don’t even go there. Things could get nasty. If someone is angry with you, run away!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues today, because people are argumentative. In fact, some people are just looking for a fight. Let’s hope they don’t find you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Disputes about shared property, insurance matters, inheritances and anything you own jointly with others could arise today. People are aggressive, and conflicts are occurring everywhere. Oops.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a hard day to get along with others, but you are a sign that likes to please and not rock the boat. Therefore, avoid people who are looking for a fight. Just do it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Arguments at work might take place today. Customers or co-workers might be unhappy.

It’s one of the things that just goes with the territory. Grin and bear it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Parents, teachers and those who work with children will have to be patient with youngsters today. Everyone is easily riled and quick to take offense. A hug can go a long way to soothe things.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Domestic arguments are likely today. Small appliances might break down, or minor breakages could occur. People at home are on edge, so tread lightly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Both yesterday and today are accident-prone days because your temper or your emotional state might distract you from what you’re doing.

Pay attention to what you say and do.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Arguments about your earnings, cash flow or perhaps a major expenditure might take place today. Be careful with all financial transactions. Keep track of things.

YOU BORN TODAY You

need humor in your life. (You know the value of laughter.)

You are generous, warmhearted and accepting. You are also loyal to friends and family. Importantly, you believe in going for your dreams. This year, something you’ve been involved with for nine years will end or diminish in order to make room for something new.

It’s a closing of things to pave the way for the future. (c) 2014 King Syndicate, Inc.

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Milwaukee’s 9-game winning streak was snapped in a 4-0 loss Monday to St. Louis.

National Digest

Streak ends MILWAUKEE — Lance Lynn pitched seven scoreless innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-0 shutout of the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game set.

Lynn (3-0) gave up just three hits with three walks while striking out 11 to win his third straight start to begin the season. Jhonny Peralta hit a solo home run and Jon Jay clubbed a three-run shot for the Cardinals, who have won three straight.

Matt Garza (0-2) was touched for four runs on nine hits with a walk and six strikeouts in seven innings of work for the Brewers, who had won nine straight coming in.

Jean Segura had two of the three hits for Milwaukee.

Peralta got St. Louis the only run it needed when he led off the second with his third home run of the year, a shot to center.

Phelps returns NEW YORK — Swimmer Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement.

The 28-year-old Phelps will compete for the first time since the 2012 London Games at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 2426.

Phelps is a 22-time Olympic medalist who could now entertain the possibility of swimming at a fifth Olympics in Rio in 2016.

Bob Bowman, Phelps’ longtime coach, told The Chicago Tribune on Monday that the swimmer is entered in three events — the 50- and 100-meter freestyles and the 100 butterfly.

“We have discussed a long-term plan in general terms, but until he swims in a meet we’re not going to know,” Bowman said.

“I think he certainly won’t be embarrassed swimming in the meet, and I think he will be competitive. The difference is he is doing half the training he used to.”

ISU honored DES MOINES — The Iowa State basketball team visited the Statehouse Monday afternoon where both the House and Senate passed resolutions honoring a Cyclone squad which won the Big 12 Tournament and made it to the “sweet 16” of the NCAA Tournament.

“This is such a tremendous honor for our basketball team. Just the support that we’ve had all across the state of Iowa has been absolutely tremendous,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg told lawmakers.

Hoiberg says the Cyclones appreciated the bi-partisan support during their NCAA tournament run.

“To have Congressman King, to have Governor Branstand come into our lockerroom and talk to our teams. To be able to talk to Senator Harkin on the phone — who called just before we went out to New York to play in the that Sweet 16 game against Connecticut — where if fully healthy, I fully expect we would have won that game. It would have been us cutting down those nets in Dallas — but hey, it happens,” Hoiberg said.

SPORTS

Spartans gaining traction on successful outdoor track campaign

By JAKE WADDINGHAM

CNA associate editor • jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

After wrapping up the indoor track season with a trip to New York City for the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship meet, the Southwestern Spartans are working to carry their momentum through the outdoor season.

The season kicked off with a trip to Cornell University.

Head coach Bill Huntington said several individuals and relays set personal and seasonal best marks.

“We are way ahead of where we were coming into the outdoor season last year,” Huntington said.

“The sophomores are stepping up and showing the freshman how to train and act to continue to improve during the transition from indoor to outdoor.”

Shamel Mangrum wasted no time punching her ticket to the national championship in Mesa, Ariz. She hurled the discus 41.26 meters, bettering the national standard of 40.24 meters.

“Mel is on fire right now,” Huntington said. “She had

already reached the national mark for discus in practice.

It was encouraging that she Mangrum went out and hit it again at the first meet so we can spend the rest of the season fine tuning instead of worrying about qualifying.”

Huntington said another bright spot early in the season has been the corps of sprinters on the women’s team.

Rhecie Lee, Payton Wilkenfeld, Kristin Klocksiem and Marcella Hudson all qualified for the Jim Duncan Relays hosted by Drake University in the 100-meter dash.

Men’s squad The national qualifiers for the Spartan men led the team to a strong start at the Cornell Invitational April 5.

Rayvonne Brown broke the two-minute barrier in the 800-meter run, placing second overall in 1:58.58.

He came back to help CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

Spartan freshman Katie Pudenz of Creston spins into her throw during the shot put Please see competition at the Jim Duncan Relays hosted by Drake University Saturday. Pudenz SPARTANS, page 10A finished 10th with a toss of 9.62 meters.

Southeastern sweeps Spartans KCSI Radio opening night on Saturday

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

BURLINGTON — The Southwestern baseball team faced a tough task here over the weekend, taking on ICCAC Division II-leading Southeastern.

The Blackhawks dispatched of the Spartans with a four-game sweep.

The Spartans lost by scores of 13-3 and 10-0 on Friday, with both games ending in five innings.

Things didn’t go much better Saturday in losses of 8-4 and 11-3 in eight innings.

“They’re really good and we’re down on people right now,” Southwestern head coach Brian “Bull” Smith said. “Southeastern is very good. We just weren’t very good on Friday at all.”

Ian Dyer took the mound for the Spartans in the series opener.

Smith noted that Dyer has thrown well this year, but has been snakebit by poor defense behind him in his starts, as was the case on Friday.

“Whenever he gets on the mound, we can’t make a routine play,” Smith said.

“Next thing you know, it’s costing him 30 to 40 pitches

over the course of two or three innings.”

Alex Lawson took the loss in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader.

Lawson spent the fall working on a sinker to fool batters with the late movement. But the sinker went flat on Friday.

“When it’s 85 to 86 and it’s midseason on a weekend, that’s average,” Smith said. “When you can’t locate it and it’s flat and you’re leaving it at the belt, you’re going to get hit around a little bit.”

Zeb Noel pitched in relief of Lawson and pitched well.

“He was throwing a pretty good two-seamer in the mid80s with some sink on it,” Smith said.”

On Saturday, Ethan Westphal pitched well in the opener before his elbow tightened up on him once again.

“He had good stuff and then about the third inning, he started tightening up in the elbow again,” Smith said. “I was hoping we were past that. He had thrown on Sunday and normally he’d be getting six to seven days in between. I wondered if maybe that might have affected him, going a day ear-

lier.”

The game was 2-1 in favor of Southeastern when Westphal left the game. The Blackhawks tacked on three runs in the fourth inning and four more in the eighth inning to pull away with the 11-3 win.

Jason Roberts took the loss in an 8-4 loss, as the Spartans could only muster four hits on offense.

“Jason threw the ball OK,” Smith said. “Southeastern is probably the best team overall we’ve played.

Roberts battled, but he just didn’t have enough and we couldn’t help him offensively.”

Zach Anderson and Roberts both swung the bat well for the Spartans, Smith said.

Anderson moved to third base and collected multiple hits. Roberts also finished the weekend with multiple hits.

The Spartans, now 4-22 overall and 1-15 in the ICCAC, host Missouri Valley at 2 p.m. Wednesday, weather permitting. Southeastern improved to 26-11 overall and 13-1 in the ICCAC. Southwestern then hosts Kirkwood for a pair of weekend doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday.

Twins haven’t been immune to wave of Tommy John elbow surgeries

By LA VELLE E. NEAL III Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins righthander Mike Pelfrey knows exactly why he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow in 2012 — and he’s certain that it wasn’t because of overuse during his younger days.

That’s become the popular theory to explain the alarming rash of Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgeries in the majors this season.

According to baseballheatmaps.com, 16 big-league pitchers have gone down with the injury already this year.

That doesn’t include the Tampa Bay Rays’ Matt Moore, who has a torn ligament but will play catch this week to see if he can fight through it. It also doesn’t include Twins third base prospect Miguel Sano, a position player. The high since 2004 was 35 in 2012, so the injury

is happening at a much higher rate this year.

Dr. James Andrews, one of county’s leading experts on Tommy John surgeries, said during a recent interview on Sirius/XM radio that overuse during a player’s high school years might be a reason for the increase in elbow tears.

Rays manager Joe Maddon feels the same way.

“Sometimes you have to look underneath the surface and I tend to agree it has a lot to do with youth sports and travel teams and multiple travel teams and kids pitching to win when they’re really young and throwing too many pitches,” Maddon told the Associated Press. “I think the more recent epidemic, curiously, might be tied to what they’re doing before they even get here professionally.”

Pelfrey said he believes the reasons extend well beyond teen overuse. Before the 2012 season began, he said he decided to alter his mechanics

to see if he could improve his pitches. He sizzled in his final two starts of spring training for the Mets.

“I hit 97 (on the radar gun), and it was sinking,” Pelfrey said. “I was like, ‘OK, this is going to be good!’ I go out and had three starts and I was pitching good.”

Then came elbow pain, a diagnosis of a partially torn UCL and Tommy John surgery. Pelfrey, who starts Tuesday for the Twins against the Blue Jays, said he never had serious arm trouble before 2012 with the Mets, when he was 28 years old. He believes there’s almost an inevitability to elbow problems.

“Eventually it gets to the point where you throw so much it’s going to happen,” he said. “It’s such an unnatural motion that you’re going to need it.”

He’s not the only current Please see TWINS, page 10A

By BURTON HEATON

Adams Co. Speedway

CORNING — The 2014 NASCAR Whelen AllAmerican Series will kick off the season on Saturday.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to immediately follow. All five of the 2013 champions are expected to be on hand to defend their titles and compete for their share of more than $17,000 in NASCAR bonus money.

Not only are track titles up for grabs, but racers at ACS also have a good shot at a trip to Charlotte and national recognition.

In 2013 seven of Adams County’s regulars qualified for a trip across the stage at Charlotte. No other track in the nation was as well represented in Charlotte as

ACS.

Admission Grandstand prices remain unchanged from last year, with adult admission at $10, junior high and high school students $5, K-6 students $2 and preschool free. A Family Pass, priced at $25, will admit two adults and all the children living in the home, making a Saturday night at ACS an affordable family night out.

Look for Adams County Speedway on www.facebook.com/acspeedway and join nearly 4,500 fans who keep up with all the happenings at the speedway.

And when you’re at the speedway use your smartphone to access all the race lineups and results hosted by http://www.speednetdirect.com/mobile/mobilelineup.php?tid=8879.

Nevada girls, West Central Valley boys win NV titles GREENFIELD — Class 1A third-ranked Nevada handed Valley its first loss of the year and West Central Valley boys beat Chariton 2-0 in the championship match of the Nodaway Valley Soccer Tournament Saturday.

Valley girls improved to 4-0 with a 3-1 victory over Oskaloosa in the first round before falling 4-0 to Nevada in the finals. Kati Cassabaum scored three of Nevada’s four goals.

“We are proud of the girls on their effort in this game and they have no reason to hang their heads, as Nevada is ranked third in 1A,” said Valley coach Michael Krawczyk. We had some girls gone for the first game of the tournament and they did an outstanding job in winning that game, with some help from the JV.” Please see SOCCER, page 10A Contributed Photo

Bryce Berlau, son of Dr. Casey and Jodi Berlau of Greenfield, finished third in the 8-9 age division at the National Elks Hoop Shoot competition last weekend in Springfield, Mass. Berlau made 22 of 25 free throws and then 5-of-5 in a shootoff for third place. Two competitors tied at 23-of-25 and had a shootoff for first place. Also, Kyle Taylor, son of Todd and Jennifer Taylor of Park Hill, Mo., placed second in the 12-13 age division for the second consecutive year.

He made 24-of-25 shots and the winner from Arizona made 25-of-25.

Todd Taylor is a Diagonal native.

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Area 5K results Autism Society of Iowa Autism Awareness 5K April 6 at Creston Female 12 & Under — 1.

Sydney Pantini, 30:09; 2. Emma Pantini, 33:39.

Male 12 & Under — 1. Gavin Gillam, 33:06.

Female 13-19 — Jade Jensen, 37:54.

Male 13-19 — 1. Skyler Rawlings, 23:36; 2. Jacob Kinyon, 26:37; 3. Daniel Kinyon, 27:30; 4. Nathan Cox, 28:51; 5.

Josh Jensen, 37:53.

Female 20-29 — 1. Allison Bass, 23:23; 2. Dana Miller, 25:16; 3. Jackie Meier, 32:05; 4. Nicole Brunning, 32:06; 5.

Jessica Deranleau, 36:23.

Male 20-29 — 1. Brandon Schellhorn, 29:11.

Female 30-39 — 1. Joni Gillam, 29:45; 2. Deb Pantini, 33:38; 3. Stacy Kutzli, 33:52; 4.

Lisa Sonntag, 34:06.

Male 30-39 — 1. Tim Piearson, 24:53; 2. Chris Cox, 37:19.

Male 40-49 — 1. Jeremy Gillam, 28:06; 2. Wayne Pantini, 29:24; 3. Steve Cox, 37:18; 4. Ted Kinyon, 37:31.

Male 50-plus — 1. Wade Hartman, 38:08.

Live Healthy Iowa 5K Mount Ayr Overall male winner — Reece Tedford, 17:01.

Overall female winner — Stephanie Sobotka, 23:42.

Male 12 & under — 1. Cayden Lambert, 28:57; 2. Carter Reed, 30:24.

Female 12 & under — 1.

Payton Lambert, 30:48; 2. Rachel Sobotka, 38:14.

Male 13-15 — 1. Josh Restauro, 23:47; 2. Dawson Frost, 25:10.

Female 13-15 — 1. Charissa Mogler, 25:21; 2. Sadie Frost, 38:27.

Male 16-19 — 1. Lew Knapp, 49:29.

Female 16-19 — 1. Hannah Glendenning, 32:05; Laura

Erickson Tournament

Sheruheim, 33:12.

Male 20-29 — 1. Chris King, 18:30; 2. Daniel Showalter, 20:56.

Female 20-29 — 1. Stephanie Sobotka, 23:42; 2. Amanda Cannon, 24:51.

Male 30-39 — 1. Reece Tedford, 17:01; 2. Brad Elliott, 22:00.

Female 30-39 — 1. APril Smith, 25:52; 2. Amie Berry, 27:42.

Male 40-49 — 1. Mark Flammang, 22:22; 2. Romulo Souza, 23:16.

Female 40-49 — 1. Melanie knapp, 29:59; 2. Chris Kanselaar, 34:25.

Male 50-59 — 1. Joe Drake, 22:54; 2. Kraig Pennington, 26:02.

Femlae 50-59 — 1. Wilma Osmun, 25:04; 2.

Cindy Stephens, 30:32.

Male 60-69 — 1. Al Rusk, 36:01; 2. Kelly Main, 46:00.

Femal 60-69 — 1. Donna Pederson, 39:43; 2. Sharon Carr, 43:26.

ANITA — Southwest Valley’s Evan Baldwin won a onehole sudden death playoff for second place at the CAM D a l e E r i c k - Baldwin son Golf Tournament Saturday.

Baldwin and Max Monthei of team champion Panorama each shot 76 to finish one shot behind medalist Will Babcock of Panorama.

As a team, Panorama shot 305 to beat runner-up East Mills by 33 strokes. Southwest Valley was eighth with a score of 415 at Crestwood Hills Golf Course.

“Our team was a little shorthanded due to some other scheduling conflicts,” said SW Valley coach Kent Bass. “But the kids we had here today, had a great time and competed like crazy.

Evan Baldwin’s game has come together nicely the past couple weeks and he was in control all day. A double bogey on the last hole took him out of the medalist position.”

Sports briefs Youth football Registration for the fall 2014 season of the Pride of Iowa youth tackle football league is under way for Creston/O-M youths who will be in grades 4-6 next fall.

“This year we will be able to have as many teams as we need, there fore it is important that we know who would like to play next season,” said John Shiltz.

Registration fee of $75 is due by May 15. Checks are payable to Creston Youth Football and can bet sent to John Shiltz, 315 S. Walnut Street, Creston, IA 50801.

Games will be held on Saturdays starting at 10:30

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a.m. with the final game starting at about 8 p.m.

Practices will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., subject to change by coaches.

“We have had a great time in the past years with the teams and feel that this helps prepare them for junior high school football,” Shiltz said. “If you have any questions, you may contact Chad Briley or John Shiltz.”

Shiltz can be contacted at 641-344-1216 or by email at bigjohnshiltz@yahoo.com.

Wildfire soccer The Wildfire Soccer Club U10A team defeated Indianola 4-1 last weekend.

Goals were scored by Payton Bierle, Briley Hayes, Nolan Pryor and Patrick Varner.

All other Wildfire matches were rained out.

Coed volleyball Afton remains undefeated in coed volleyball sponsored by Creston Park and Recreation Department.

April 9 scores — Pettit Snow Removal 3, Boswell 0; Afton 3, H&H 0; Diggers 3, ISSB 0; Winterstien 2, Hit Or Miss 1.

Standings — Afton 15-0, Pettit Snow Removal 12-4, Diggers 12-4, Winterstien 7-8, H&H 6-9, Hit or Miss 6-9, Boswell 5-10, ISSB 0-15.

Dale Erickson Memorial At Crestwood Hills Team scoring — 1. Panorama 305; 2. East Mills 338; 3. GliddenRalston 365; 4. Exira/Elk HornKimballton 367; 5. CAM 384; 6.

Panorama JV 387; 7. Audubon 397; 8. Southwest Valley 415; 9. Adair-Casey 526; 10. West Central Valley 596.

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Baldwin 76, William Roberts 107, Ryan Carlson 112, Christian Silva 120.

Medalist — Will Babcock, Panorama, 75. Runner-up — Evan Baldwin, SW Valley, 76 (won playoff).

Medalist — Miller Hatcher, MSM, 39. Runner-up — Mitchell Brown, MSM, 40; and Jake Ricker, Mt. Ayr, 40 (Brown runner-up on handicap holes).

Raider triangular

BEDFORD — Evan Baldwin was medalist with a 36 and Kelsie Kinman was runner-up with a 47 for the Southwest V a l l e y Kinman girls that shot 211 to win the team competition here Thursday.

“With a 211, this girls team was at its best tonight,” said Southwest Valley coach Kent Bass. “They are each capable of improving enough to get our team score around the 200 mark soon. Evan Baldwin was in control all day. He had a nice birdie on his final hole.”

MOUNT AYR — The host Mount Ayr Raiders won the boys competition with a score of 178 and Southeast Warren girls took first place with 264 strokes in action involving Southeast Warren, MartensdaleSt. Marys and Mount Ayr Thursday.

Miller Hatcher of MSM was boys medalist with a 39 and Mount Ayr’s Jake Ricker tied MSM’s Mitchell Brown with a 40 for runner-up.

Brown won on Ricker the basis of handicap holes.

Tessa Shields of Mount Ayr was girls medalist with a 56.

Mt. Ayr Golf & Country Club GIRLS Team scoring — 1. Southeast Warren 264; Mt. Ayr and Martensdale-St. Marys incomplete.

Mount Ayr — Tessa Shields 56, Holly Karr 63, Allison Wallace 69.

Medalist — Tessa Shields, Mt. Ayr, 56. Runner-up — Brandi Putz, SE Warren, 61.

BOYS Team scoring — 1. Mount Ayr 178; 2. Martensdale-St. Marys 185; 3. SE Warren, incomplete.

Mount Ayr (178) — Jake Ricker 40, Casey Paxson 44, Quency Vos 45, Connor Giles 49, Nathan Roberts 57.

Baldwin medals

Bedford Golf Club GIRLS Team scoring — 1. Southwest Valley 211; 2. Southwest Iowa 248; Bedford, incomplete.

SW Valley (211) — Kelsie Kinman 47, Gentry Johannes 49, Bellamy Heaton 57, Janelle Gibler 58, Taylor Damewood 59, Kim Hults 59.

Bedford — Danielle Henry 60, Haley Rowe 60.

Medalist — Sabrina Hernandez, SWI, 40. Runner-up — Kelsie Kinman, SW Valley, 47.

BOYS SW Valley (184) — Evan Baldwin 36, Drey Barton 47, Jerod Kubley 49, William Roberts 52, Ryan Carlson 54, Scott Vanderhoof 55.

Bedford (Inc.) — Bradyn Thompson 46, Zach McMillin 46, Isaac Weede 56.

Medalist — Evan Baldwin, SW Valley, 36. Runner-up — Bradyn Thompson, Bedford, 46.

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Theo Piniau, Joe Bierl and Marquis Flowers win the 4x400 meter relay in 3:24.81.

Piniau also won the 400 meter dash in 49.6. He bounced back a week later at the Jim Duncan Relays finishing second in 48.72.

“It is hard for anyone to match what Theo has done these first two weeks of the season,” Huntington said.

Bobby Neal placed eighth at the Jim Duncan Relays in

the 100-meter dash. Teammate Justin Martin finished 10th overall.

Also performing well at the Jim Duncan Relays was former Nodaway Valley runner Jackson Shantz.

The sophomore went 56.47 in the 400 meter hurdles, less than a second away from qualifying for the outdoor national championship.

The distance crew for the Spartan men started their training for the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Sophomore

Gage Beers opened the outdoor season with a fifth place finish at Cornell in 10:58.87.

Freshman Aaron Ward followed in 10:59.66.

At the Sioux City Relays, Ben Friederichs crossed the line in 10:58.89 in the steeplechase and followed it up with a 4:25.44 finish in the 1,500 meter run.

“Our (workout) times in practice are going to start dropping as we start to focus on quality over quantity,” Huntington said.

Southwestern travels to William Penn Thursday for their next meet. The meet was scheduled early because of Easter weekend.

“We are a little banged up right now, so we are trying to be patient while we wait for a couple guys to get healthy and help us out,” Huntington said.

“The weather has been better than we could ever hope for. We need to take advantage when we get a chance to show what we are capable of doing.”

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Southwestern Community College’s Justin Martin, hip number 4, surges to the front of the pack during the 100-meter dash preliminaries Saturday at the Jim Duncan Relays hosted by Drake University. Martin finished 10th overal with a finishing time of 11.52 seconds.

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Twins starter who has come back from Tommy John surgery. Righthander Kyle Gibson said he began “tinkering with my mechanics” while he was struggling in 2011, and that led to him tearing his UCL and needing the surgery.

The Twins have had five major league pitchers undergo Tommy John surgeries since 2004, ranking 20th among all teams: Grant Balfour, Scott Baker, Francisco Liriano, Joe Nathan and Pat Neshek. The Braves lead with 12, which includes Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy this season. Organization-wise, the Twins were listed with 15 players needing Tommy John surgeries, more than 12 other teams.

In addition to overuse, some believe the increase in using cut fastballs and split-fingered pitches put extra strain on the ligament, increasing the chances of tears. Tommy John surgery — in which the ulnar collateral ligament is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body — has saved and prolonged careers. But no one has been able to figure out how to limit the injury.

“I think there’s a lot of different factors and a lot of it teams can’t control because of what a player has done coming up in high school or in college,” said Rob Antony, the Twins assistant general manager. “When he started throwing a breaking ball, did he pitch year round? There are so many factors ... I just think

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GIRLS there’s a lot of different stages Continued from page 8A First round in a career where they might NV/WCV/A-C 3, Oskaloosa 1 Valley plays tonight at suffer some of the effects that NV/WCV/A-C (3) — Hailey Underwood. Krawczyk said Gross, 4:59; Logan Jensen (Josi lead to (surgery).” offensive player of the week Ocheltree assist), 22:53; Josi PREVENTION Ocheltree (Logan Jensen assist), was Hailey Gross and defen- 27:17. Shots on goal — 14.

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