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Big win: Mount Ayr senior Noah Larsen wins the Class

1A 3,200 meter run Thursday morning at the Co-ed State Track Meet. Larsen won with a time of 9:43.50, using a strong move with 800 meters to go to pull away from the lead pack. Nodaway Valley freshman Shane Breheny was 16th in 10:28.52. Follow Sports Editor Scott Vicker on Twitter — @scottvicker — for updates from the meet and see Friday’s edition of the Creston News Advertiser for full details.

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Six GOP candidates make final push before Iowa’s 3rd Congressional primary. Winner will face Democrat Staci Appel in November.

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here are a list of six Republican candidates running to fill Iowa’s open 3rd Congressional District seat. The seat became open when Tom Latham announced in December that he would not run for re-election to the U.S. House. • The list of candidates include Robert Cramer, Joe Grandanette, Matt Schultz, Monte Shaw, David Young and Brad Zaun. The Republican primary is slated June 3. The winner will face Democrat Staci Appel who has no primary election opponent.• Below are capsules for each Republican candidate running for the seat.

ROBERT CRAMER made stops in Creston, Corning, Greenfield and Mount Ayr earlier this week as he continued his push for votes in this race.

Cramer, 46, is an Iowa State University graduate and currently resides in Grimes. He owns a bridge construction company. He has two children with his wife, Lori, and they have been foster parents to 16 children.

“There are a lot of good guys in the race,” Cramer told the News Advertiser. “I think what I bring to the table is the depth of business knowledge.”

Cramer said he is not a career politician, but thinks it is a benefit that he can combine business experience with conservative values.

On the campaign trail, he’s been focused on job creation to get the economy rolling again.

MATT SCHULTZ has been Iowa’s secretatary of state since 2010 championing election integrity and fight for commonsense voter ID. He’s the oldest of five boys raised in West Des Moines, graduating from Valley High School. He graduate from the University of Iowa and from Creighton University School of Law. He currently lives in Madison County with his wife, Zola, and their five children.

Schultz, 36, was recently named to the Washington Post’s “40 Under 40” list which highlights promising young politicians from across the country. In his latest advertisement, Schultz is for Obamacare being repealed and replaced with a free market solution of tort reform, cost transparency and portability.

“It’s time to tell the truth,” Schultz said. “Obamacare is a disaster and I will fight tooth and nail to repeal it and institute free-market reforms. Obama and Pelosi told us the lie of the year and it is time they were held accountable for it.

In Washington I will fight to do just that.”

DAVID YOUNG is a sixth-generation Iowan who has spent the past seven years as chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, gaining experience of how the system works in Washington, D.C. Young, 46, was born and raised in Van Meter. He moved to Johnston as a junior and graduated from Johnston High School. He went on to earn an English degree at Drake University.

Young told the News Advertiser earlier this year he wants to be a political “watch dog” for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District taxpayers.

Young hopes to bridge a trust gap with the American people, blaming both sides of the aisle for abusing power and for the $17 trillion debt.

To handle budget issues, Young believes in base line budgeting.

Lastly, Young wants to target the national job deficit. He praises Iowans for their work ethic. The state has an unemployment rate of less than 5 percent. One area Young believes would help job creation is by trimming the 73,000-page tax code to make it “flatter, fairer, simpler and make it permanent.”

BRAD ZAUN currently represents District 20 in the Iowa Senate.

Zaun was educated at Grandview College in Des Moines.

Zaun vows to help put the political fighting in Washington, D.C. and learn to live within its means.

A recent poll by Loras College shows the 51-year-old Zaun leading the way in his GOP primary race for the 3rd Congressional District.

The poll surveyed 300 likely voters with Zaun collecting 17.4 percent of the vote, well below the 35 percent threshold required for the nomination. The rest of the field was relatively bunched up with Robert Cramer, David Young, Matt Schultz and Monte Shaw all receiving between 5.3 and 8.3 percent. Noteworthy, just over half of those polled indicated they were undecided in the upcoming race.

JOE GRANDANETTE is the underdog in this highly-contested GOP primary race for Congress. He’s a graduate of Drake University and has been a teacher in the Des Moines public school system for 26 years.

He lives in Des Moines with his wife Ting and has one daughter, Rosina.

Grandanette, 59, is focused on gaining energy independence from foreign oil, following the Constitution including the right to bear arms and stopping corruption in Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

MONTE SHAW grew up on a farm near Shenandoah and graduated from Simpson College in Indianola. He currently resides in West Des Moines with his wife, Tina, and two children, Eden and Max. He visited Creston for his hometown press tour during a 10-city campaign event in February.

Shaw is currently the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels association.

He has worked to promote energy independence and rural economic development in Iowa.

“Given the path our federal government is currently on, it’s not an overstatement to say the very future of our children is at stake,” Shaw said. “Do we want them to have the same opportunities that we did? Or are we content to sit back, do nothing, and see them buried under a pile of debt and big government programs?”

Besides seeking a better future for our country by promoting energy independence, Shaw wants to control government spending, cut the federal bureaucracy, and continue allowing the economy to grow.

In his addition to his work with the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Shaw has managed several Republican campaigns and served as an aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley. He has remained an active volunteer for the Republican party at the state and local levels.

Earlier this week, the Des Moines Register endorsed Shaw stating he has the ability to appeal to all parties, making him the best choice for the position.

NWS issues flood warning, river levels expected to rise CLINTON (MCT) — National Weather Service observers have issued a flood warning for the Clinton area that is expected to last until Saturday.

Runoff from upstream rainfall is causing minor flooding on the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam 13 and moderate flooding at the Camanche gauge station, both tentatively expecting to crest Thursday or Friday.

River forecasts include past precipitation and predicted rainfall for the next 24 hours including a series of showers and thunderstorms affecting much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Monday’s levels measured at 15.7 feet and are holding steady until early today, when they are projected to begin rising.

“Once that rain falls up north it takes a while, usually a couple of days, to reach the main stem of the Please see FLOOD WARNING, Page 2

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Jessica Spencer receives apparel for service from Creston School District Board Member Tom Eagan while Callie Anderson, Creston principal grades prekindergarten to second, looks on at the district’s teacher awards day Wednesday. Spencer, who has been with the district for 15 years, is a Title I reading teacher and literacy coach at Creston Early Childhood Center.

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Deaths Joan Cross Creston

Joan Cross, 82, of Creston died May 20, 2014, at her home in Creston.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m.

F r i d a y , Cross May 23, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

The Rev. Ken Halbur will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today with family present 5 to 8 p.m. and a 7:15 p.m. Rosary at Powers Funeral Home, junction of Hhighways 25 and 34. Memorials may be given to the Creston Animal Rescue Effort. Online condolences may be left at www. powersfh.com.

Joan Jane Cross, daughter of Ella Jane (Giles) and Joseph Charles Mancuso, was born Sept. 14, 1931, in Fredonia, N.Y.

Kathryn Adams Mount Ayr

Kathryn Adams, 87, of Mount Ayr died May 20, 2014, at Mount Ayr Health Care Center.

A memorial ser- Adams vice will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 23, at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr. The Rev. Joyce Smith will officiate.

Burial will be in Lotts Grove Cemetery near Hatfield, Mo. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be given to Lotts Grove Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrongfh. com.

Kathryn Adams, daughter of Mildred (Wilson) and Orval Ray Rinehart, was born May 2, 1926, near Hatfield, Mo. Kathryn grew up on a farm near Hatfield, Mo., and graduated from Hatfield High School in 1945.

On Feb. 27, 1946, Kathryn married Melvin D. Adams in Hiawatha, Kan. Kathryn was a homemaker much of her life, but oc-

Joan grew up and attended school in New York.

On Aug. 27, 1955, Joan married William Howard Cross in Fredonia, N.Y. Joan was a homemaker.

They lived briefly in the Fredonia area, until 1956, when they moved to Pomona, Calif.

In 1971, they moved to Creston.

Joan was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

Joan is survived by her husband William Howard Cross of Creston; daughter Judy Cross (partner Tracy Sondgeroth) of North Liberty; son Joe (wife Monica) Cross of Des Moines; grandchildren, Tobias, Levi and Eden Cross; and many friends.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents; sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty and Russ Civiletto, Evelyn and Salvatore Cuccia and Mary and William Hamlin; brother Joseph Mancuso and best friend Charles “Gramps” Augram. casionally held various jobs working at a restaurant in Allendale, Mo., factories in Mount Ayr and Leon and Ringgold County Services.

Kathryn is survived by her children, David (Martha) Adams of Grand Junction, Colo., Rodney (Vicki) Adams of Loveland, Colo., and Rhonda Cooper (James Butler) of Kent; grandchildren, Cale Adams, Joel Adams, Melanie Hurt, Nicole (Wolfgang) Wegner, Kelli Adams, Justin Adams, Robert (Angie) Adams, Evin Cooper, Jason (Melissa) Butler, Jennifer (James) Tull and Joni (Jermey) Gillam; great-grandchildren, Lillyon Adams, Logan and Cheyanne Hurt, Kylee and Austin Hix, Ashlyn Wegner, Grace Johnson, Hannah and Brady Adams, Blake Butler and Gavin and Haylee Gillam; brothers, Bobbie (AnnaBelle) Rinehart and Ronnie (Lena) Rinehart; brother-inlaw Calvin (Roena) Adams; sister-in-law Bonnie Whited; many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Kathryn was preceded in death by her husband, parents, infant son Bobby Joe Adams, granddaughter Kendra Rae Adams, brother Dennis Rinehart; brothersin-law, Donald Whited and Albert Kemerling; and sister-in-law Beaulah Kemerling.

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Mississippi. If we get moderate to heavy rainfall across the area and north then we’ll see a response,” QuadCities National Weather Service Hydrologist Maren Stoflet said.

By Thursday, readings at Lock and Dam 13 are predicted to reach just over

floodstage at 16.1 feet, and at Camanche the NWS is calling for levels as high as 17.7 feet.

The river is expected to fall back below floodstage on Saturday.

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Today is May 22, the 142nd day of the year.

There are 223 days left in 2014. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (May 19-25) in history.

Corning sophomore Stephanie Most won the class 1A 3,000-meter race at state track. She won the first title in Lady Raider history with a time of 10:51.71.

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Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, widow of President John F. Kennedy, died May 19 of cancer. Son John F. Kennedy Jr. and brotherin-law Sen. Edward Kennedy both spoke at a private service held in a Park Avenue church in New York.

Creston High School National Anthem Singers performed May 22 at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines prior to the Iowa Cubs American Association game against the Louisville Redbirds. The ensemble was directed

by Dennis Kuyper, high school vocal instructor.

Two Muslim fundamentalists convicted in the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center were sentenced to 240 years in prison. The bombing occured Feb. 26, 1993, killed six people and injured more than 1,000.

Olympic gold medalist and Iowan Shawn Johnson became “Dancing With the Stars” champion with partner Mark Ballas. Her fellow finalist was actor Gilles Marini, and she won by less than 1 percent.

Creston High School senior Rachel Lange scored the winning goal for Creston girls soccer team’s first ever Hawkeye 10 Conference victory over Atlantic since Creston started playing conference soccer in 2007. It took 100 minutes of scoreless play, a full five-on-five shoot out and sudden death before Lange pulled out the win.

10 years ago The Park to Park Trail – from McKinley Park to Mitchell Marsh – was approved for a $61,000 ATURA grant. Project total was $122,000. The rest of the funds came from other grants and inkind

20 years ago

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Connie Swanson, middle, student assistant for senior Rebecca Loomis during Loomis’ school years, receives an honorary diploma from Creston School District Superintendent Tim Hood during the CHS commencement ceremony during this week in 2004.

donations. Plans for this project began in 1990.

Creston native and actress Marcia Wallace completed her autobiography titled “Don’t Look Back, We’re Not Going That Way!” She planned book signings at Country Hearts and The Bookstore in Creston.

The Creston News Advertiser celebrated 125 years in the newspaper

industry. A special section was run highlighting its history, former employees, memorable stories and changes in the newspaper business.

An open house was held for Jayrd Merritt upon his return home to Creston from a 14-month tour of duty in Kuwait. Merritt served in the Iowa National Guard 1168th Transportation Company.

Text 911 is going national WATERLOO (MCT) — A pilot program started in Black Hawk County for a new wave of emergency communication is going nationwide.

Text-to-911 allows people to send text messages to report emergencies, a crucial step for the nation’s emergency dispatch system. Voice-only technology dates back to the 1960s.

Since the emergency text option was adopted in June 2009, other communities have followed suit. Local governments in 16 other states now offer it, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Judy Flores, director of Black Hawk County’s Consolidated Communication Center in Waterloo, said the service has worked well.

At the time the center was approached to be a pilot location, it had just purchased a cutting-edge phone program knowing it would enable text service.

“We knew it was coming,” Flores said. “We wanted to stay ahead of the game and be more proactive than reactive to the technology.”

But Flores did not expect to receive at least a dozen calls per week from other communities asking how the service works.

“We had no idea we were going to get people looking to us to see how it was

working to set the tone for it,” she said.

Today the county’s Consolidated Communications Center receives four to five emergency text messages per month on average.

The first emergency text Flores remembers receiving involved domestic abuse.

The female victim felt her life was in danger when her ex-boyfriend broke into her home.

“You don’t want them to hear you call because you don’t know how they’re going to react,” Flores said.

Calling for help was not an option in this case. Instead, the woman hid and texted 911. Police officers arrived and arrested the man for violation of a nocontact order.

Most 911 texts received are for domestic abuse, according to Flores.

Other scenarios where text 911 can help include: -- Active shooter.

-- Abduction.

-- Home invasion.

-- Natural disaster disabling telephone service.

-- Victims with speech or hearing disabilities.

Iowa is set to adopt the service statewide in the

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Four major wireless phone companies -- Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and AT&T -- are providing text-to-911 service to local governments that want it and have the capability to use it. Currently though, iWireless is the only carrier that has signed on in Black Hawk County.

Flores attributes the small volume of texts received on the lack of prominent providers.

The FCC is requiring all service providers to offer it by the end of the year. Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management is working with the state to get the four largest providers to sign on. Flores expects that to happen within the next month.

Brian Fontes, the chief executive officer of the Virginia-based National Emergency Number Association, said the four major carriers offering text-to-911 is “a big deal.”

Fontes said 911 texting is part of a broader push to use technology to enhance the information provided to emergency responders and to put emergency call

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Some professional sports teams already allow fans to report unruly behavior inside stadiums and arenas through texting, while law enforcement has started using text messaging during standoff negotiations.

“It’s been a long time -years, decades -- since our nation’s 911 systems have been advanced,” Fontes said. “They are pretty much still almost 100 percent voice-centric, 1960s technology.”

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

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Union County Courthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St. Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St. Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

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Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church,

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Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Road.

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

Friday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Tingley, featuring Jimmy Georges’ Band, with a potluck.

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

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

Saturday

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

Sunday

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

For the record Meeting

Creston Park and Recreation Board, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: concert.

Police

Kelly Lea Belt, 22, of Diagonal was charged with fifth-degree theft 5:48 p.m.

Tuesday at Walmart, 806 Laurel St. According to a Creston Police report, Belt took merchandise totalling $67.81 from Walmart without paying for the items.

Belt was released on promise to appear.

Miscellaneous Theft, 3:36 a.m., Wednesday, Industrial Parkway.

Traffic stop, 8:09 a.m., Wednesday, North Spruce Street.

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Animal call, 1:01 p.m., Wednesday, North Elm Street.

Accident, 6:10 p.m., Wednesday, West Taylor Street.

Welfare check, 7:08 p.m., Wednesday, North Elm Street.

Traffic stop, 7:29 p.m., Wednesday, West Adams Street.

Traffic stop, 8:38 p.m., Wednesday, New York Avenue.

Assistance, 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, West Mills Street.

Traffic stop, 9:29 p.m., Wednesday, West Adams Street.

Traffic stop, 9:36 p.m., Wednesday, Highway 34.

Traffic stop, 1:34 a.m., today, North Spruce Street.

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Heritage award: Clarice Minnick, left, of Creston, a member of Nancy McKay Harsh Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution receives framed certificates for her entries in the American Heritage Contest from Chapter Regent Connie Kinkade. Minnick, 93, entered a poem and narrative.

Although she did not win the national contest, the Iowa chairman felt she deserved recognition because of her age.

The poem, “Was It Still There?” is about the flag still flying the morning after the battle at Fort Sumpter during the War of 1812. Her story was about the Liberty Bell. Minnick was unable to attend the state conference, so Kinkade presented the awards locally.

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Creston News Advertiser Thursday, May 22, 2014

OPINION

Memorial Day is a little early this year It seems like Memorial Day is sneaking up on us a little early this year. I’m not sure it even feels like summer yet! I went fishing last weekend and I had to have my fleece on or I would have been freezing next to the lake.

The one good thing is the crappie were biting pretty well. If the weather person is close to their guess this weekend, it should be around 80 degrees — which should be pretty nice for the first big holiday of the summer. There are a number of high school graduations going on this weekend in the area.

The state track meet is in full gear this weekend. Monday is the start of the summer sports with baseball and softball leading off the season.

Barnstormers In today’s paper is a promotion

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to go to an Iowa Barnstormers arena football game on June 14. Several sponsors have made it possible to get a ticket for $10. The $10 ticket gets you a Barnstormers T-shirt, ticket to the game and pre-game tailgate with food and beverage.

So, here is your chance to have an inexpensive night out watching a fast-moving football game. There will also be a chance to win your way into the game on June 2 at the first farmers’ market in Creston.

But don’t wait, there is only a limited amount of tickets. Check out

the ad for more details.

Gas I was around the area this past weekend and gas was about $3.31 a gallon just about everywhere I went. It was even $3.31 in Nebraska where they have a higher gas tax. Even Cubbies in Red Oak had $3.31 gas. It was still $3.45 as of Tuesday here in Creston.

The past few weeks we have been pretty close to the price in the surrounding area and now we are back to being 10 to 20 cents a gallon higher. I hear of a number of people filling up before they get back to town to save a little money.

June 3 The primary election is coming up in less than two weeks. The Republicans seem to have the most folks to vote for this time out. The Democrats seem to have most of

their candidates running uncontested. Joni Ernst — who used to represent Union County at the state level — is now looking to move up to the U.S. Senate.

Polls show her ahead at this point. Tom Shipley is the local candidate looking to fill the state seat for our district. I had a chance to hear him speak and he seems to be a good guy and would represent us well. Go vote on June 3.

Living Our second edition of our Creston Living magazine will come out next week. The first edition was real popular and this one has lots of good local stories. It is a good kick off to your summer reading. The glossy magazine is one worth reading cover to cover. It’s a fun read.

Farmers’ Market The Creston Farmers’ Market

opens up June 2 at McKinley Park.

You can tell the summer is progressing when the farmers’ market reappears. My wife has already put a dent in the local rhubarb population! It makes good pie you know.

Concert Tickets for the annual Party in the Park are now available for sale at the Creston News Advertiser.

The concert is June 21 and features three great tribute bands. If you like the Eagles, Heart and Journey you are in luck. It will be a wonderful night of music that you can sing along to. Tickets are $15 which is “dirt cheap” for a full night of music.

Thought for the week: “I’d rather be dead than singing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m forty-five.” Mick Jagger

The White House vowed to withdraw all U.S. troops HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

The Nashville Tennessean reports a man in Tennessee was arrested after he was caught trying to have sex with an ATM machine last Friday. It was costly. He got a night in the drunk tank, a lewd conduct charge, and a thirty-six dollar early withdrawal fee from Bank of America.

The White House was reported Tuesday to be considering an executive order allowing illegal aliens to serve in the U.S. military.

The idea makes sense strategically. If we ever decide to invade the United States of America, we will have experienced troops leading the first wave.

Vladimir Putin said Barack Obama is re-starting the Cold War Tuesday as Prince Charles publicly likened Putin to Hitler. The U.S. indicted the Chinese for hacking, and China did troop exercises with Russia, who test-fired an ICBM. North Korea just urged everyone to settle down.

The White House vowed to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by year’s end. That’s if they agree to leave. If given the choice between surviving Taliban attacks in the Afghan mountains and surviving VA care when they get home, they like their chances in the mountains.

President Obama explained he didn’t know about the VA hospital scandal until he heard about it from reporters Monday. That’s pretty much the pattern. President Obama doesn’t hold press conferences to make news, he holds press conferences to find out

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The Social Security Administration reported Sunday that a record number of eleven million Americans are living on disability payments. Last Sunday, three Americans were shot with their hands in the air in front of witnesses. One was a robbery victim and two were faith healers.

Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak tweeted that global warming alarmists are racists who mislead people for their own purposes.

It got the usual L.A. reaction.

Bob Barker formed a league of game show hosts who are out to revoke Pat Sajak’s Wheel of Fortune franchise for life.

The NBA scheduled an owner’s vote in June to legitimize stripping Donald Sterling of the L.A. Clippers. It’s affecting team owners’ love lives. Last week alone, a dozen team owners decided to pop the big question to their girlfriends, the question being, are you wearing a wire?

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram vowed to sell all three hundred kidnapped schoolgirls for twelve dollars apiece Monday. No one’s suggested the U.S. simply buy the girls and then free them.

President Obama is in enough trouble with blacks for doubling the Dow Jones without lowering the black jobless rate, he’ll lose all street cred if he engages in the slave trade.

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Warning: Literature ahead The latest politically correct fashion on college campus is just insipid enough to catch on.

It is the so-called trigger warning applied to any content that students might find traumatizing, even works of literature. The trigger warning first arose on feminist websites as a way to alert victims of sexual violence to possibly upsetting discussions of rape (that would “trigger” memories of their trauma), but has gained wider currency.

The student government of the University of California at Santa Barbara passed a resolution calling for professors to include trigger warnings in their syllabi. The New York Times reports that students at schools from the University of Michigan to George Washington University have requested the warnings. A student at Rutgers University proposed a trigger warning for “The Great Gatsby” about “a variety of scenes that reference gory, abusive and misogynistic violence” (not to mention binge drinking, reckless driving, profligate spending and gross social climbing).

Oberlin College, long the nation’s leader in the earnestly ridiculous, seeks to be the FDA of political correctness, with warnings about classroom material nearly as comprehensive as the litany of side effects included in advertisements for a new drug. The school’s Office of Equity Concerns published a document for faculty (since pulled for more work after professors complained) urging them to “understand triggers, avoid unnecessary triggers, and provide trigger warnings.” It exhorts professors to “be aware of racism, classism, sex-

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ism, heterosexism, cissexism [i.e., prejudice against the transgendered], ableism, and other issues of privilege and oppression.”

Yes, the Chinua Achebe anti-colonial novel “Things Fall Apart” is a “triumph of literature that everyone in the world should read,” according to the guide. But there’s a downside — it could “trigger readers who have experienced racism, colonialism, religious persecution, violence, suicide and more.”

By this standard, most of literature is “triggering.” “Beloved” is triggering for anyone who has lived in a haunted house. “Mansfield Park” is triggering for anyone who has been sent to live with wealthy relations and subsequently encountered messy romantic entanglements. “Les Miserables” is triggering for anyone who has ever shoplifted bread. “The Aeneid” is triggering for anyone who has ever been caught in the whirlpool of Charybdis, or on the island of the Cyclops.

“Moby-Dick” must be considered able-ist, with its unflattering depiction of a peg-legged captain, and highly specie-ist (just ask the whales). Where would the trigger warning even begin for “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” or “Absalom, Absalom!,” twisted, deeply disturbing works about the American slave South that are transcendent works of literature?

Needless to say, there’s always a

role for good taste. If a professor is going to show, say, a film depicting graphic violence, an informal heads-up to students is only common sense. The problem with the trigger warning as conceived by its most fervent supporters is its presumption that people can be harmed by works of literature; that every student is a victim of something and on the verge of breaking down; and that ultimately students have to be protected from anything departing from their comfort zones.

It is profoundly infantilizing. If someone can’t read “Crime and Punishment” (warning: includes scenes of near-madness, violence, sexual exploitation, cruelty to animals and smoking), or “Hamlet” (warning: includes poisoning, drowning, stabbing and intense intra-familial conflict) without fear of being offended, he or she should major in accounting.

Of course, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is an obvious candidate for a trigger warning — for anyone who has experienced strong racial language while floating on a multiracial raft down the Mississippi River. Before the novel starts, Mark Twain includes a little note for readers, “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.”

Just imagine what he would prescribe for anyone attempting a trigger warning.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com (c) 2014 by King Features Syndicate

Creston News Advertiser Thursday, May 22, 2014

HOME Backyard projects to turn the area into a treasured sanctuary (BPT) — You love the days when you can go home from work, open the windows and enjoy dinner out on the deck. And it sure isn’t hard to rise early on those sunny weekend days to spend all day in the backyard. Those days are here, and it’s time to get outside to spend time with the grill, the garden and the deck.

Because the backyard is a space people like to develop with landscaping and gathering areas, they look for building materials that not only provide the strength and durability needed for the project they’re working on, but also those that have the aesthetic beauty preferred for a backyard sanctuary. If you’re planning to update your backyard this summer, consider these ideas: • Add a deck or patio A gathering space is very important in the backyard, and if you don’t already have one, you’ll appreciate the sense of community and togetherness a deck or patio provides your family once it’s built. As you plan your deck, be sure to consider the material you’ll use for building it. Natural wood like Western red cedar requires minimal maintenance when left natural.

It will turn into a distinguished silver-gray that frequently matches or complements a home’s color. Plus, wood is a natural and sustainable material choice, as the manufacturing process is very low-carbon emitting compared to composite

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Bedroom: Choose bedding made of synthetic materials. Change pillowcases and pajamas daily. Wash sheets and blankets in warm water at least once a week.

Clean comforters, too. While washing, vacuum with a high-efficiency HEPA filter.

Take off clothes in another room and don’t keep your pajamas there. Shower before bed. Bath: Watch for moisture and mold.

Avoid carpet and wallpaper. Dry the tub after use. Kitchen: Use the range exhaust fan to expel cooking fumes and moisture.

Keep dishes done and clear the refrigerator of spoiled food regularly. Clean cabinets and counters. There are HEPA attachments for furnaces. If you remodel, replace carpet with hard surface flooring.

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Be sure to design your deck or patio to give you the most use of it. For example, if your family likes to grill, consider building in a grill. Or if reading is a favorite activity, add a couple of lounge chairs with a shade cover and a drink cooler handy; you’ll never want to leave the deck!

Also, decorate the area with lights so you can enjoy the space well into the evening, long after the sun

has disappeared behind the horizon.

• Enhance your garden spaces - Those who have a green thumb enjoy planting flower, herb and vegetable gardens. Consider the opportunities raised beds provide, saving you back pain and providing the plants with a barrier from some weeds, insects and other pests. Raised beds also have good soil drainage and look beautiful, giving the garden space a clearly

defined edging. If built tall enough with seats, they provide the gardener and visitors to the garden area good places to sit and enjoy the space. Natural wood products like Western red cedar are perfect for building raised beds, because they won’t leak any chemical toxins into your garden.

With your beds created and planted, you’ll be enjoying flowers and vegetables all summer long.

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Bird feeding faux pas? 5 easy, no-fret fixes (BPT) — Fabulous food, pretty presentation and attention to detail can earn you a reputation as an amazing host among your human guests. But when you serve your feathered friends, are you committing a feeding faux pas that you fear may prove unforgivable?

Birds may be small, but they pack long memories into those little craniums, and they won’t soon forget if you serve the wrong food, make a bad feeder choice or allow uninvited squirrels in on the action. Certain feeding missteps, however, are fairly easy to fix.

Faux pas No. 1 - Serving junk food.

You wouldn’t invite your friends over for a dinner party and serve them a bucket of take-out fried chicken, would you? Well, that’s essentially what you’re doing if you serve birds human food like bread, donuts or cookies, or stock feeders with seed mixes that are made up mostly of millet, other fillers or low-quality seeds.

The fix: Fill feeders with quality options like Cole’s Suet Cakes, Dried Mealworms or premium seed blends. Suet and dried mealworms (less messy than live mealworms) provide muchneeded energy and fat, while quality seed blends incorporate only the seeds birds really like to eat, without the chemicals and mineral oil coating of cheaper brands.

Visit www.coleswildbird. com to learn more about types of bird feed.

Faux pas No. 2 - Failing to keep guests safe.

Birds can be quite focused when they see feed they want. On the way to the feeder, birds can collide with windows, especially if the glass reflects the sky and

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trees or is very clean and clear. Window collisions can be devastating, and even fatal, for birds.

The fix: Place feeders at least 30 feet from windows to avoid disorienting reflections. If you don’t have that kind of room, place feeders just 1 to 3 feet from windows in order to prevent birds from building up enough momentum for a potentially fatal collision.

Faux pas No. 3 - Tolerating uninvited guests.

Birds aren’t the only ones who love bird feed; squirrels are big fans of seeds and suet as well, and they’re experts at stealing seed from bird feeders. Left unchallenged, squirrels can drain feeders quickly, leaving nothing for the birds. They can also cause damage to feeders and frighten away more timid

bird species.

The fix: You wouldn’t attack a pesky neighbor who showed up uninvited at your backyard barbecue, and you don’t want to harm squirrels either - just dissuade them from bothering bird feeders. One option is to stock feeders with a product like Coles Hot Meats, a patented blend, which features sunflower meats infused with habanero chilies. Birds can’t taste the heat, but squirrels sure hate it. Or, try distracting squirrels and other wildlife from bird feeders by serving them something even better, such as Critter Munchies.

Faux pas No. 4 - Overlooking the importance of ambiance.

You hang streamers and balloons for a birthday party, and light graceful tapers

for an intimate dinner party.

Birds care about ambiance, too. Shrubbery and trees provide birds places to hide from predators. A yard that lacks cover is not an appealing dining destination for birds.

The fix: Choose a calm, sunny location for feeders - spots east or south of your house will probably provide the most protection from cold northern winds.

Plant shrubs and trees, put up a fence or plant a hedge row to provide cover. Since you’ll have to refill your feeders daily, be sure their location is accessible and convenient.

Faux pas No. 5 - Paper plates Would you invest time and money in preparing a gourmet meal only to serve it on paper plates? Of course not! Yet that’s comparable to how birds feel about a single feeder, a dirty feeder or one that doesn’t feature their preferred style of perch.

The fix: Offer multiple styles of feeders to appeal to the broadest range of backyard birds. Tube feeders are a great, classic type of feeder that works for many different birds. Cole’s feeders have a “Quick Clean” feature that allows you to quickly, easily pop off the bottom for speedy cleaning.

An open-bowl design feeder makes it easy to serve suet, nuts and mealworms. Hummingbird feeders allow you to serve the nectar that hummingbirds love.

Fortunately, it’s easy to develop bird feeding etiquette. A few simple fixes will convince your feathered friends that your backyard is the destination of choice for discerning diners this season.

- Not many backyards have a visual element, but when one is added, it completely changes the look of the space. Visual elements are often practical and decorative. For example, a pergola can provide a shaded sitting area or a structure for grapes or flowering climbing vines. A gazebo is a great location for reading a book in the shade or a romantic candlelit evening. Ponds, statues and even a decorative gate can

enhance the overall appeal of your backyard, enticing family members to hang out when the weather permits.

As you work on your backyard project this summer, you can start dreaming about how much time you’ll be spending on your new deck, enjoying the produce from your garden or relaxing near the visual element you’ve added. It might be so nice, you’ll never want to go inside!

Bringing life back into your yard and garden (BPT) — Spring season is a time of regeneration and renewal as you prepare to bring life back to your lawn and garden. Taking the proper steps after seasonal changes or severe weather conditions can prove to be the difference between creating a breathtaking landscape or an outdoor space with unsightly mishaps. By following a few simple steps, you can take pride in your backyard year after year.

Inspect and replace your tools of the trade The first step to creating an outdoor masterpiece begins with the proper equipment. You can’t very well dig, rake or mow with broken or dull materials, so now is the time to inspect each of your tools. Check your lawnmower and other garden essentials for signs of damage or rust. Making sure that your garden tools are in good condition at the start of the season will help establish the right foundation for a successful planting and growing season.

“The right tools can make all the difference in creating a lawn that leaves a lasting impression,” says Alan Luxmore, host of A&E’s hit television show Fix This Yard. “Arm yourself with tools that are not only durable, but easy to use. Complete watering systems such as LeakFree by Nelson, offer a turn-key watering experience from start to finish, allowing gardeners more time to revel in their landscaping successes.”

Bring new life into the garden Once your soil is permeable, it should be prepped for the upcoming planting season by removing dead

leaves and plants that may have been left over from the previous season. Use a rotary tiller to break up and aerate hard soil. Once the old material has been removed from the work area and your soil is ready, begin planting your new plants, flowers, vegetables and grass. You can also help your trees, bushes and even certain plants have a more robust look by trimming them back to encourage new bud growth.

Establish a regular watering regimen One of the most important steps to maintaining a healthy lawn and garden is providing it with the proper nutrients. Using a hose for daily irrigation seems simple but without the proper watering set up, your efforts could be futile. A proper watering guide and the following tips from the watering experts at Nelson can increase efficiency and bring you one step closer to creating a yard with envious curb appeal.

• Give your greens a thorough soaking once in a while to produce extended and robust roots.

• The best time to water is in the morning, when the air is cool and moist. The warmth of the sun and the rising temperature gently dries the grass and the leaves on the plants. And since morning air is damp, you don’t waste water through evaporation.

• Follow a regular watering schedule to discourage bugs by providing them with an inhospitable environment. Insects, with the possible exception of the water bug, aren’t terribly fond of water.

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Creston News Advertiser Thursday, May 22, 2014

ENTERTAINMENT

Husband wants to remove ring Dear Heloise: I read your column every morning in the Kerrville (Texas) Daily Times. Help! I’m in the doghouse! I set a glass on my wife’s nice furniture, and it LEFT A RING. How do I get it off? — Jack M. in Texas Don’t move into the doghouse just yet, Jack! Here is the updated Heloise Hint for removing rings on furniture: Start by getting nongel toothpaste. Mix a small amount of the toothpaste with some baking soda. Rub this mixture into the ring, making sure you rub in the direction of the grain of the furniture.

Be prepared, because this takes time and patience to work. Once the ring appears to have gone, take a damp cloth and wipe the furniture.

Finish with a good polishing.

— Heloise CAGE COVER Dear Heloise: I use an old T-shirt to make a bird-cage cover to keep the seed hulls from being thrown out of the cage. Measure the height that you want to cover on your bird cage. On a flat surface, lay the shirt out flat, with the hems even. Measure the shirt from the bottom up and mark. Cut straight across the body of the shirt, through

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VACUUM SLOWLY Dear Heloise: Our new house cleaner pushed our vacuum cleaner very rapidly over the carpeting and picked up less than half of the dirt and dust that I normally do with slow pushing. With fast pushing, the vacuum spends less time trying to suck up the dirt, so it picks up less. I highly recommend slow vacuuming in order to pick up the most dirt for cleaner carpets.

— J.D. in Houston DISH-TOWEL BIB Dear Heloise: I often watch my grandchildren. I don’t keep any bibs at my house, so whenever we eat, I just wrap old dish towels around their necks (not tightly!) and tie them in the back. Keeps their clothes clean and their mom BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker happy! — A Grandma in Illinois 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.

both layers. The bottom of the shirt will be the top of the cover. You can either thread a string through or just gather the material and tie. It is very easy to put on, adjust and tie.

— A Reader, via email HELPFUL HINT Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Ventura County (Calif.) Star. I have been moving, so I am up to my earlobes in packing materials and tape. This morning, I got goo from the tape on my freshly manicured nails.

I looked for the product that normally removes this sort of thing, but couldn’t find it in my garage.

Then I read your answer to the mom who wanted to get gum out of her child’s hair. Among other things, you suggested she use real mayonnaise. I figured, what the heck, why not try it? It worked beautifully. The goo came off my nails, didn’t hurt the polish, and I didn’t have (c)2014 by King Features to use chemicals. — Ilene B., BLONDIE® by Dean Young Syndicate Inc. via email

Horoscope Friday, May 23, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You have a sense of balance between what you want to achieve at home and your ability to do it. In a way, this is confidence.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your communication skills are excellent, because you have the right balance between optimism and sensible practicality.

This inspires respect and belief in you from others.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a strong time for business, commerce and financial negotiations. You are optimistic and willing to think big, but not so silly as to overlook anything important.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) At this time in your life, you feel steady, solid and confident. We don’t always feel that way, but when it does happen, it’s almost a quiet surprise.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) It will please you now to work behind the scenes to secure your home, real estate and family. You want a warm feeling in your tummy about your private life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) When dealing with friends or people in a group, you will inspire confidence. You have big ideas, but you also show that you are grounded and practical in the real world.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a good time to solidify your reputation among your peers. You deserve the kudos, the praise and admiration you get now. You earned it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a solid day to make travel plans or study something related to politics, religion, philosophy or any deep subject. You have a balanced view of things today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Wealth from other sources will come to you now because of plans that you already set in motion. You paid your dues, so you will reap your rewards.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Serious conversations with partners and close friends will be profound and yet comforting in a practical way. Someone will tell you how to do what it is you want to do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.

18) Job opportunities look excellent now. Finally, you can swing things to be just the way you hoped they would be.

Bravo!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a good day to make vacation plans. It’s also a good day to enjoy playful times with children, explore the arts or enjoy sports events.

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

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

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

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; after Mass, Confession. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

Devotions.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. worship. Monday, office closed.

Arispe

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

Wednesday, 1 p.m. Quilters.

Beaconsfield

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Clearfield

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

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

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

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

Corning

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

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

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

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

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

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

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

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

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

Bible study.

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

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass.

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

Creston

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

AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service; 6:30 p.m. evening worship service.

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

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

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

LIFE CHURCH, ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641782-4236, e-mail crestonrolag@ gmail.com, website lifechurchcreston.com.

Friday, 6 p.m. Acts 2 Journey Team meeting at the Norton’s home. Bring meat to grill, and be sure to read the next chapter in the book. Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school for all ages; 10:35 a.m. morning worship, Pastor Karen’s message: “Memorials”; 6 p.m. bonfire/barbecue at Joe and Line Hewitt’s home in Afton.

Bring your lawn chair and meat to grill, hamburger buns provided. Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee café, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring a coffee mug.

WiFi and mini muffins included.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanctuary; Family Night activities: adult Bible study (Romans), sanctuary; Life Youth, lower level youth room; Kids Klub, lower level fellowship hall.

Thursday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee café, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring a coffee mug.

WiFi and mini muffins included.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evangelists, 641-344-3201.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 6:30 p.m. adult study hour. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. youth and adult groups at the church.

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

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Praise and Inspiration, Rochelle Porter; 9:30 a.m. church school classes; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Ken Mallas, presider; Ray Powell, speaker.

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

Today, 6 p.m. Celebrate Recovery; 6:30 p.m. GriefShare; and Women’s Bible study, (Spindler’s, 1017 N. Poplar).

Friday, 8:30 a.m. Operation World prayer meeting; 9:30 a.m.

Women’s Bible Study. Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (for all ages); 10:15 a.m. reception for high school graduates; 10:45 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Men’s Bible study. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. Team Kid/Youth/adult Bible study.

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

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service with Brian and Jenn Buckley, missionary appointees; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; noon Dynamic Ambassadors carry-in lunch; 6 p.m. family worship service. Monday, Memorial Day, church office closed.

Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Vacation Bible School canvassing meal; 6:45 p.m. Vacation Bible School canvassing; Kids Of Character; and prayer meeting and adult Bible study, “12 Ordinary Men.” Thursday (5/29), 6:30 p.m. VBS craft workers workshop, fellowship hall.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St., Dianna Clark, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. adult and children’s Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service.

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

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, interim pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting workshop. Sunday, Graduation weekend; 9:15 a.m. worship, Pastor Jim Woodworth, “KIS (Keep It Simple)” Ecclesiastes 12:9-14; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school; 3 to 4:30 p.m. Confirmation class.

Monday, 6 p.m. Membership and Evangelism; 7:30 p.m.

Worship and Music. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stitch, Knit and Quilt.

Wednesday, 9 a.m. Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m.

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor, Jim W. Morris, associate pastor. Call 641-7822427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: fumc. creston@gmail.com. Facbook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Friday.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services; 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school. Tuesday, 9 a.m.

Summit House Bible study; 1:30 p.m. Crestridge Bible study.

Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. handbell rehearsal; 7 p.m. choir rehearsal. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men.

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“Making Sense of the Bible: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture” (MCT) — While Rev. Adam Hamilton says many people love the Bible, they may carry assumptions about it that are “not entirely accurate.”

Hamilton addressed “Making Sense of the Bible: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture” Tuesday in the 70th Perkins Lecture Series held at First United Methodist Church.

Hamilton has been named 2012 United Methodist Person of the Year by the United Methodist Reporter.

In 1990, he launched The Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, which has grown to become the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. He has authored 19 books.

The Bible doesn’t give the same answers that students’ science books do, which triggers questions for the young generation, he said.

The Bible also wasn’t dictated by an angel, like some religious texts, but God gave it through the hands of sinful men, whose personalities shine through their writings.

This human element Rev. Adam Hamilton says many people love the Bible, he said.

For example, King David wrote many of the Psalms, even though he was guilty of GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna and Tyrone Davis, 515-249-3364.

Today, 6 p.m. Women’s service. Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire Service. Saturday, first and third, 9:30 a.m. Men of Christ breakfast, 124 N. Maple St. Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service; 6 p.m. evening service. Monday through Friday, 8 to 9 a.m. prayer and worship. Monday Night Live Youth Ministry (after school), 4 p.m. ages 4-11; 6:30 p.m. ages 12 and up. Monday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. Community meals, 124 N. Maple St. Tuesday, 5 to 6 p.m.

Intercessory prayer.

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

Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ReRun Shop; 7 p.m. Mass/Eighthgrade graduation, Holy Spirit.

Saturday, ReRun Shop closed; 4:30 to 5 p.m. Confession; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Confession; 9 a.m. Mass; after Mass, reception to honor high school graduates, hall.

Monday, 8:30 a.m. Mass, Holy Spirit; 9:30 a.m. VFW service at Calvary Cemetery; No Adoration.

Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun Shop; 7:30 p.m. Crest Area for Life meeting, hall. Wednesday, noon Mass, church; 7 p.m.

Knights of Columbus officers meeting, hall. Thursday (5/29), 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Gideon Gallo, pastor, Jim W. Morris, associate pastor.

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

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

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

Saturday, noon worship.

Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

adultery and murder. Proverbs was written by David’s son, King Solomon, who had 700 wives -- and 300 concubines whom he slept with but didn’t give the same privilege that he gave his wives.

In the New Testament, the first person to ever kill a Christian was Saul, who later preached the faith he originally condemned. Once transformed by Christ, the apostle Paul wrote 13 of the New Testament letters.

Still, these were human beings who loved God, were longing to communicate their faith, and promote their agendas.

Bible readers need to understand that much of the Old Testament writings revolve around the 586 BC Babylonian exile that caused a crisis of faith for the Israelites.

The five books of the Torah were believed to be compiled during the exile as a way of rethinking the catastrophe of having their city leveled and their leaders’ family destroyed — a catastrophe even worse that what we remember in 9-1-1, he said.

Hamilton believes that taking a high view of Scripture means reading it and seeking to obey it, not insisting that every word is accurate.

PLATTE CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 6 miles south on P27 (High and Dry Road), 1 mile west, one-fourth mile south, Delores Doench, pastor.

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

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

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship service. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters.

Thursday (5/29), 6 p.m. Miriam Circle cookout.

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

Saturday, 9 a.m. worship service; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

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

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

Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

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

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

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. Jonathan C. Watt, pastor, 641782-5095, http://TrinityCreston. org.

Sunday, Mount Ayr: 8 a.m.

Divine Service; 9:30 a.m. Bible class and Sunday school; Creston: 9:45 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion; 11 a.m.

Bible class and Sunday school.

Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool.

Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool. Thursday (5/29), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, interim pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

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CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school. Wednesday, 1 p.m.

Quilters.

Diagonal

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

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

Ellston

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Robin Thomas, pastor.

Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

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

Greenfield

CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Jeff Banks, pastor, office 641-743-0221.

Website: www.welcometocornerstone.org.

Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. graduation reception at Cornerstone.

Sunday, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. worship service; No Christian Living classes. Monday, Office closed for Memorial Day. ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 213 N. E. Elm St., Kenneth Gross, pastor. Website: www.stjohngreenfield.parishesonline.com.

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m.

Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m.

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

Thursday (5/22), 8:30 a.m. Mass.

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

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

Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

Lacelle

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

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

Lenox

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St. Sunday, 10 a.m. worship.

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

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

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

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship.

Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal and study.

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 4 miles north, 4 miles west of Lenox, Franklin Rogers, pastor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lorimor

CHURCH OF GOD, Ben Turner, pastor.

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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pastor.

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

Macksburg

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

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.

Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

Murray

BAPTIST CHURCH, Alex Bauman, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. worship services. Wednesday, 7 p.m.

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

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third St., Brian McCracken, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship services; 7 p.m. Bible Study. Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.

JAM for elementary ages; 7 p.m. junior and senior high youth groups.

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

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

Orient

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

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. brunch; 9 a.m. worship services; 10 a.m.

Brunch to honor graduates.

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

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Prescott

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

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

Shannon City

SHANNON CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pastor.

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

Sharpsburg

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.

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

Stringtown

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

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

Help Center open.

Thayer

PLEASANT VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

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

Tingley

CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Robin Thomas, pastor.

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

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Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 10:45 a.m. worship service, Pastor Jim Woodworth, “KIS (Keep It Simple)” Ecclesiastes 12:9-14.

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

Tuesday, 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table (UCC Congregational).

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS; 7 p.m. Parish Council at First Presbyterian.

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THE NUMBERS GAME

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Points the Thunder has been outscored by the Spurs in the first two Western Conference final games.

NATIONAL DIGEST

Spurs roll SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs are rolling toward a return to the NBA Finals, and Oklahoma City looks powerless to slow them down without Serge Ibaka.

Tony Parker scored 22 points, Danny Green made seven 3-pointers and added 21, and the Spurs used a dominant third quarter to decimate the Thunder 11277 on Wednesday night and take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Tim Duncan added 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Manu Ginobili and Boris Diaw had 11 points apiece off the bench in San Antonio’s second straight rout.

The Spurs blew a 2-0 lead against the Thunder in the 2012 West finals.

Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each had 15 points, but the thirdquarter barrage made spectators of both —not that they accomplished much when they did play. The star duo combined to shoot 13 for 40, including 4 for 14 in the third quarter.

Hawks fall OMAHA — The topseeded Indiana Hoosiers defeated Iowa 5-2 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday evening.

Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Joey Denato struck out nine Hawkeyes over eight innings to get his 12th win of the season. He gave up seven hits and two runs (one earned).

Iowa falls into an elimination game today at 1 p.m.

Lewis Central graduate Eric Toole scored the game’s first run in the top of the first for the Hawkeyes on a single, advanced to third on an errant pick-off attempt, then scored on Jake Mangler’s groundout.

The Hoosiers got two in the bottom of the second. The Hawkeyes came back to tie the game in the fourth inning with Dan Potempa’s RBI single.

SPORTS

Veterans spark hopes for breakthrough year in Panther baseball

By LARRY PETERSON

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

Steve Birchard sees this as a threshold year for Creston baseball.

It’s time to take that step he’s been talking about since taking over as head coach six years ago, succeeding longtime S W C C coach Bill Krejci.

Krejci guided the Birchard Panthers to the state tournament in 2007. But the Panthers haven’t contended for a conference crown or state tourney appearance since then. With seven seniors who have “grown up” in Birchard’s program, he sees 2014 as the year to deliver the goods.

“It’s nice to have seven seniors coming back, guys who have bought into this program all along,” Birchard said Wednesday as his team prepared for the opener at home Monday against Southwest Valley, the new

program combining Corning and Villisca.

“At this point, this is when we need to step it up and start playing to the level we think we should be at,” Birchard added. “I think we should be contending for our league title. We need to be at that level. We just haven’t been there yet. We were fifth last year.”

The Panthers were on track at mid-season in 2013, but dropped their last nine games to finish 12-18, and 9-9 in the Hawkeye 10 behind Carroll Kuemper Catholic, Glenwood, Harlan and Lewis Central.

Kuemper and Harlan qualified for state, with the Cyclones knocking off Glenwood for a berth in Class 3A. Three pillars of Birchard’s program graduated last year in shortstop Briar Evans, first baseman-pitcher Keaton Hulett and four-year catcher Zach Powers. Powers was the team’s leading hitter at .521, Hulett drove in a team-high 27 runs and Evans led the team in stolen bases and doubles. Hulett and Evans hit above .300.

All three seniors in 2013

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Eighth-grade infielder Dustin Merritt fields a throw from the catcher to second base during a recent Creston practice session. The Panther JV and varsity squads open Monday at home against Southwest Valley of Corning.

were named to the all-conference second team.

Veteran leaders Cole Crawford, center fielder and lefthanded starting pitcher, earned first-

team all-league honors a year ago and is among the seven seniors in 2014. Others are Nathan Haley, Trevor Luther, Brandon Phipps, Garret Taylor, Jon Birchard and Trey Benson.

With so many of them planning collegiate participation in other sports, Birchard said it’s a positive Please see BASEBALL, Page 10A

Creston softball looks to exceed expectations again

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

Creston head softball coach Mike McCabe knows his team exceeded expectations last year.

Now, he wants to see if his team can do it again this year. “ L a s t McCabe year, we were sitting here in a position where a lot of the conference teams thought we were going to take a step back,” McCabe said. “I told them, you kind of put yourself in a bad spot this year.

What we did last year is let them know we’re still here, still someone to be reckoned with.

“It’s not going to come easy this year,” he continued. “They know they’re going to have to play good softball like we have been.

With those expectations come some responsibilities with work ethic. Our work ethic needs to exceed our expectations.”

The Panthers went 19-17 overall last year and finished fourth in the Hawkeye 10 Conference. Creston loses just one senior from that team in Mackenzie Andresen.

Coming back are four all-conference players in juniors Hayley LaMasters

(first team), Natalie Mostek (second team) and sophomores Taylor Briley (first team) and Josie Sickels (honorable mention).

LaMasters went 18-15 as starting pitcher last year for the Panthers with a 3.30 earned run average. She also hit .355 with 31 runs LaMasters batted in.

Mostek led the team with 36 RBI while hitting .389. Briley led the Panthers with a .450 average and drove in 29 runs.

“I think Hayley, the experience she got last year

will be big for her,” McCabe said. “I think she knows she’s capable of being the No. 1 pitcher for the team.

Natalie had a nice year for us offensively and defensively. Taylor’s a good little player. She’ll be important for us. Josie Sickels had a nice first varsity campaign.”

The middle of the Panther defense is strong, with LaMasters and Mostek in the battery, backed up by Briley at shortstop, sophomore Shelby Palser at second base and Josie Sickels in center field.

“Shelby was a regular for us last year, especially toward the end of the season,” McCabe said. “She’s just a gamer. I expect a good year out of Shelby. I like her

at second base. She’s got a good glove.”

Joining Josie Sickels in the outfield will be twin sister Jami in left field and a returning Alyssa Higgins in right field.

Higgins was injured against Clarke early last year and missed the remainder of the season.

“I’m very confident with Josie in the outfield, as I am with her sister in left,” McCabe said. “I have a lot of confidence when the ball is in the air. Alyssa Higgins comes back into right field.

She’s come back full speed.

The times we’ve had her here at practice, she hasn’t Please see SOFTBALL, Page 12A

Briley 2nd-team All-American

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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The NJCAA national office announced the 2014 Softball All-America teams Wednesday, and former Creston all-stater K a t l i n Briley Briley was Contributed photo named to the second team in DMACC shortstop Katlin Briley sets to tag a would-be base stealer out during a game Division II. this season. The sophomore from Creston was named to the NJCAA Division II AllBriley, a two-year allAmerica second team Wednesday. region shortstop for Des

Moines Area Community College, was named as one of four infielders on the second unit. Iowa Central’s NiCole Dobernecker was a first-team selection in the infield along with Kirkwood outfielder Chasney Jenkins.

Kirkwood pitcher Shyanne Saladino joins Briley on the second unit from Region XI. There are no Iowa players on the third team.

Briley helped DMACC reach the 2014 NJCAA Division II National Championships where the Bears placed third. Briley was Please see BRILEY, Page 9A

That special year when the Cromwell Cadets nearly won state At the Cromwell school allalumni gathering Saturday night at Supertel Inn and Conference Center, at least one of the attendees has a unique tie to a a special time in Cadet sports history.

Dallas McLaughlin, 89, was a 15-year-old member of the Cromwell basketball team that placed third in boys state basketball tournament at Drake Fieldhouse in 1941. He and Clinton Claiser, now living in Montana, are the only surviving members of that squad.

McLaughlin, now residing in Knoxville, was a forward on that team along with Bernard Chapman. Rex Mullin was the center at 6-foot-2. Guards were Lyle Harrison and Bernard Moore.

Cromwell beat Clarinda, 27-26, in the state tournament opener at Drake Fieldhouse. That game remains a highlight for McLaughlin, because the Cardinals with 6-7

Straight shots Larry Peterson sports writer

center Bob Hendron were considered the team capable of taking down title favorite Davenport in the one-class tournament.

“Lyle Harrison told me, when he (Hendron) gets that ball, get in there on the left side of him,” McLaughlin said. “He can’t go to the right. Our center (Mullin) stayed behind him with his hands up. He got one basket all night!

And we beat them by one point.”

In the semifinals, Davenport was a different beast, and beat the Cadets 40-25. However, Cromwell regrouped and played perhaps its finest game of the year in taking down defending champion Mason

City, 36-24.

Meanwhile, Davenport won as expected in the finals, 31-26 over Holstein.

Other than Davenport, the only other team to beat Cromwell that year was Lorimor. Three times that season Cromwell beat Diagonal, led by eventual University of Iowa standout Dick Ives.

It was a golden era in basketball for this region. Diagonal, coached by the legendary O.C. “Pop” Varner in nine state tournament appearances, beat Rolfe for the 1938 state title, 31-29.

A year later, Creston topped Diagonal in the title matchup, 25-20.

It would be Creston’s only championship until the 1997 squad led by all-staters Kyle McCann and Ben Gerleman.

A year after Cromwell’s trip to state, Atlantic represented this district in the state field.

Coaching stint After high school, McLaughlin enlisted and served in the Air Force as a tail gunner, flying World War II missions out of Italy.

He came back and went to college and coached basketball back in Cromwell for four years before moving to Shelby.

In the mid-1950s his Shelby football teams were unbeaten for 3 1/2 seasons and his boys basketball team qualified for the state tournament in 1956 (second year at Veterans Memorial Auditorium) and 1957. The first year for eight teams in Class B and eight in Class A was 1956.

Tracy knocked out Shelby in the first round in 1956 and eventually finished runner-up to Iowa City St. Marys.

Bud Legg of the Iowa High School Athletic Association said

the 1957 tournament format was two classes with the first five games of the state tournament played in satellite facilities to allow more people to attend.

St. Marys (now combined with Martensdale) defeated Shelby 6160 in Atlantic. Legg, then 13 years old, attended that game with his brother as they were Cass County residents.

McLaughlin coached a total of 13 years, nine in Shelby.

He has a unique set of memories when the Cromwell alumni gather this weekend. According to IHSAA records, no other Cromwell team played in the boys state basketball tournament. That 1941 squad, with only three seniors on the team, made its mark in history.

Contact the writer: Twitter: @larrypeterson Email: lpeterson@crestonnews. com

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Area college athletes qualify for nationals

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

Two former Creston girls track and field athletes and one former Orient-Macksburg standout have all qualified for their national track meets.

Augustana College (Ill.) senior Kierra Smith of Creston, an NCAA Division III AllAmerican last year Smith in the 400 hurdles, will make her re-

turn to the NCAA Division III National Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, today through Saturday.

Smith finished seventh in the 400 hurdles at least year’s meet.

She enters this year’s outdoor championships with a season best time of 1:01.94, just off her personal and school record time of 1:01.56. She qualified to nationals in 15th place.

Northwest Missouri State University sophomore Audrey Bolinger of Creston will represent the Bearcats at the NCAA Division II

Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., today through Saturday.

Bolinger will run on the Bearcats’ 4x400 relay team, joined by Ashton Nibert, Alexis Boyd and Bolinger H a l e y Manning.

The Bearcats own a season best time of 3:45.32.

Also competing at the NCAA Division III National Outdoor Track and Field

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Championships will be Buena Vista junior Casey James of Lenox.

James, who competed for OrientMacksb u r g in high school, will run on the 4x100 relay for James Buena Vista, along with with Maggie Marker, Laura Everly and Kati Larson.

Buena Vista qualified 12th in the nation with its time of 47.71. Prelims begin today with finals on Friday.

SWCC’s Piniau to compete in World Relays Southwestern Community College Track and Field athlete Theo Piniau has been selected to represent P a p u a N e w Guinea (PNG) at the World Relays as Piniau a member of his nation’s 4x200m relay team.

International Association of Athletics Federation World Relays is the biggest sporting event to be held in The Bahamas. The 2014 IAAF World Relays will serve as a qualifying competition for the 2015 IAAF World Championships and

will bring together 700 athletes and 300 team officials from 40 countries.

Piniau is a freshman on the Southwestern Community College Track and Field team.

In his first season as a Spartan, he set the school record in the 400 meters for both indoor and outdoor track (49.00 and 47.39). He was also a qualifier for both the indoor (60 meters, 400 meters and 4x400 relay) and outdoor (400 meters, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay) NJCAA National Track and Field Championships.

Piniau was very humbled to be selected to run on the 4x200m relay team for PNG and had words of praise for

the Southwestern track and field coaching staff.

“I am very grateful and so fortunate to have gone through my first year of college at SWCC under the coaching of Bill Huntington, Mark Evans and Jake Waddingham,” Piniau said. “I am now a better, faster and stronger athlete than before. And it is all thanks to Southwestern and the hard work I have put in.”

“We are very excited for Theo,” Southwestern head track and field coach Bill Huntington said. “This is a great opportunity for him to compete on the world stage and show what he is capable of while representing his country and Southwest-

ern. He has really bought into our training program and the progress he has made since his arrival at SWCC has been significant.

“He texted me to say that to earn a spot on the World Relay team, he competed in a head-to-head 300 meter time trial with other sprinters from his country, and he finished second to the individual who currently holds PNG’s national record in the 400 meters. He was very excited. We hope that his relay will perform well enough to qualify for the World Championships.”

The PNG 4x200m relay team will run in the prelims at the World Relays on Saturday in Nassau.

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While Derek Jeter headed to the other side of town after the Yankees’ 4-2, 13-inning comeback victory over the Cubs on Wednesday, Jeff Samardzija appeared ready for a farewell tour of his own.

On a day when closer Hector Rondon imploded and second baseman Darwin Barney committed a costly throwing error in the ninth to blow yet another triumph for Samardzija, the Cubs’ top starter said he wasn’t going to let his bad luck streak get to him.

Samardzija (0-4) threw seven scoreless innings against the Yankees, lowering his major-league leading earned-run average to 1.46.

Yet he now has a believe-itor-not streak of 16 consecutive starts without a victory dating to Aug. 30.

And to think, Samardzija asked for and received a no-trade clause when he

signed a five-year, $10 million contract as an unproven minor league prospect, saying there was nowhere else he wanted to play. But now he’s just another Cubs exilein-waiting, like former rotation mates Ryan Dempster, Scott Feldman and Matt Garza.

Asked if he felt like Wednesday was another wasted start, Samardzija replied: “No, we’re not wasting anything. With modern technology every game pretty much gets seen and watched. I don’t think it’s any secret, what I’m doing.

“I can get better and I’m doing some things out there that are good and would like to keep building on that. It’s 10 starts in and we have another handful to go hopefully, and keep doing it.”

In other words, everyone around baseball can see Samardzija is dealing, and one of the other 29 teams is going to throw him a life preserver at some point and

give up some top prospects to acquire him.

While everyone is focused on the Yankees, Blue Jays and Red Sox as his prime suitors, don’t count out the White Sox, whom sources say would be interested in bringing Samardzija to the South Side.

An associate of Samardzija’s said he would be happy to go to the Sox, though he didn’t believe President Theo Epstein would risk dealing with the Cubs’ crosstown rivals, just as he rarely dealt with the Yankees as Red Sox general manager.

Still, the winless streak has taken on a life of its own, and Samardzija knows his days with the Cubs probably are numbered. He has rejected the Cubs’ proposals for the last two offseasons.

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named the tournament’s Outstanding Defensive Player.

Briley had a .947 fielding percentage at shortstop this season, with only 10 errors in 189 total chances. She had 105 assists and 74 putouts.

Offensively she was a catalyst at the top of the DMACC lineup.

The lefthanded slap hitter batted .439 with a team high 42 runs scored and five triples, and a team-low nine strikeouts among the starters in 187 at-bats.

She also belted four home runs and nine doubles with 26 RBIs from the leadoff position. Briley stole 11 bases in 12 attempts. DMACC

finished with a 47-12 record.

Katlin is the daughter of Chad and Treana Briley of Creston. As a college AllAmerican, she will join her father on the Creston High School Wall of Fame in the school commons.

Chad Briley was an AllAmerican kick return specialist for the Drake University football team in 1992.

Her aunt, Cari Briley, was an all-region outfielder for national champion Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Katlin Briley will continue her softball career next year at Briar Cliff College in Sioux City.

See the complete list of All-Americans in each division at: http://www.njcaa. org.

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sign that they held together for their senior baseball campaign. Phipps will be on a track-cross country scholarship at Northwest Missouri State, Haley has signed to play football at Graceland University, Benton plans to play football at Iowa State as a walk-on and Taylor is considering collegiate tennis.

They join the likes of Luther, Crawford and Birchard who have focused on baseball as their primary sport, along with returning junior Conner Pals in the infield.

“We’re fortunate to have that many seniors,” Birchard said. “All you have to do is look at next year, and see that we’ll have one.

Then zero in the sophomore class. But our freshman class is very capable and it’s nice to have 15 of them with us.”

All three first-team allconference pitchers from last year — Kuemper’s Chris Halbur, Glenwood’s Justin Fischer and Harlan’s David Ratigan — graduated. Second-teamers back are Harlan senior Nick Kaufman and Glenwood junior Wyatt Schulz. But overall, there are fewer dominant pitchers in the league, leaving the door open for a breakthrough.

“I was talking with (Harlan coach) Steve Deages the other day, and we both don’t feel like anybody is going to throw out that guy that you feel you are not able to beat,” Birchard said. “You have to go out and hit and play defense. And throw strikes. That’s been a point of emphasis for us.”

Powers, Evans and Hulett were the heart of the Panther batting order last year, so some current Panthers are going to be called on to deliver in more crucial roles.

Top hitters One of the hardest hitters in preseason practices has been Luther, the team’s mainstay in right field. He hit .396 last year with seven Luther extra-base hits. Likewise, Haley is a power hitter coming off a season with a team-high three home runs and 17 RBIs while hitting .323.

From the left side, Crawford was a skilled batsman

with a .314 average and 26 runs scored. Phipps will likely move up in the order this year and could utilize his speed on the bases. Likewise, Pals could spark the top of the order after batting nearly .300 in an injuryshortened campaign.

Pals and Benson were injured in the June football camp at Northwest Missouri State. Benson missed the remainder of the season with a broken thumb after sharing left field with Taylor in the early going. Pals was out from June 8 to July 2 with a shoulder injury.

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Crawford had the best pitching statistics last year.

He was 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA in 43 innings.

Phipps pitched 44 innings at 3-6 and 5.68 ERA. Haley was 3-4 with a Crawford 7.00 ERA in 35 innings.

Hulett was the other primary starter, with nine decisions, so Birchard will look to fill that spot from the likes of Luther (the team’s hardest thrower), seniors Benson and Birchard, and freshmen Kadon Hulett and Chase Schiltz, who got some varsity duty as eighthgraders. Freshman infielder Brody Frain is also working at pitcher.

“We don’t have guys who are going to blow you away with velocity,” Birchard said. “We just need to throw strikes and play defense.”

With Powers gone, a lot of shared duty could come into play at catcher. Schiltz, Kadon Hulett and eighthgrader Jaden Driskell are the leading contenders.

With both Schiltz and Hulett needed at pitcher and other positions, nobody will be be a fixture behind the plate like Powers was.

Likewise, the combination of Haley, Crawford and Kadon Hulett will succeed Keaton Hulett at first base. Pals, still involved in soccer, should eventually settle back into the second base job, while also filling in at shortstop at times, especially if Phipps is pitching.

Frain can also work at second and short, having filled in at second last year during Pals’ injury.

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May 31, and Benson return with experience in left field.

Crawford and his brother, freshman Cody Crawford, are center fielders and Luther is back in right. Cody Crawford and freshman Gavin Woods can fill in when one of the outfielders is pitching.

New coach Due to job conflicts, Kyle Wilson was unable to return as varsity assistant and JV coach. Another former Panther of more recent vintage, Ben Landers, fills that role this year. Anthony Donahoo returns as freshman coach.

Landers was an all-conference center fielder and pitcher as a 2012 senior for Birchard. He now plays soccer as a Graceland University student.

“Ben is picking it up really well,” Birchard said. “He’s starting to get more comfortable in giving direction.

He’ll be a nice addition.”

The Panthers play three games next week, hosting Indianola Tuesday after Monday’s opener before traveling to Greenfield Thursday to take on Nodaway Valley. The conference opener is a tough one, at Glenwood June 2.

Roster * — Letterwinner Seniors — *Cole Crawford (OF-1B-P), *Brandon Phipps (IF-P), *Trevor Luther (OFP), *Nathan Haley (IF-P), *Jon Birchard (IF-P), *Garret Taylor (OF), *Trey Benson (OF).

Juniors — *Conner Pals (IF).

Sophomores — None.

Freshmen — Tyler Downey (P-SS), Dalton O’Riley (OF), Kendrick Davis (SS-OF), Deaven Reese, Cody Crawford (P-OF),

Brenden McDowell (P-SS2B), Gavin Woods (C-OF), Will Gordon (1B-3B), *Brody Frain (IF), Trevor Marlin (OF), Kadon Hulett (P-IF), *Chase Schiltz (P-C-IF), Cody Tanner (1B), Matt Hoffman (OF-3B), Ian Burns.

Eighth grade — Garret Dahl (OF), Mason Kinsella (3B), Kolby Tomas (C-3B), Cole Higgins (SS-OF), Kelby Luther (OFMI), Royce Bernard (OF), Cody Wagner (OF), Cory Marquardt (IF), Tucker Flynn (1B-P), Dylan Linch (2B-OF), Dylan Anson (2B), Ethan Anderson (2B-OF), Ben Bargstadt (OF-2B), Jaden Driskell (C-P-IF), Dustin Merritt (IF-P).

Coaches — Steve Birchard, head coach; Ben Landers, varsity assistant/JV; Anthony Donahoo, freshman coach.

Varsity schedule May 26 — vs. Southwest Valley, 7:30 p.m.

May 27 — vs. Indianola, 7:30 p.m.

May 29 — at Nodaway Valley, 7:30 p.m.

June 2 — at Glenwood, 7:30 p.m.

June 3 — vs. Clarinda, 7:30 p.m.

June 5 — vs. Harlan, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

June 9 — at Shenandoah, 7:30 p.m.

June 11 — vs. Southeast Polk, 7:30 p.m.

June 12 — at Carroll Kuemper Catholic, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

June 13 — vs. Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

June 16 — vs. Red Oak, 7:30 p.m.

June 17 — vs. Glenwood, 7:30 p.m.

June 19 — at DenisonSchleswig, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

June 23 — at Clarinda, 7:30 p.m.

June 24 — vs. Shenandoah, 7:30 p.m.

June 26 — vs. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

June 27 — at Osceola Clarke, 7:30 p.m.

June 30 — vs. Martensdale-St. Marys, 7:30 p.m.

July 1 — at Red Oak, 7:30 p.m.

July 3 — at Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

July 8 — vs. Winterset, 7:30 p.m.

July 10 — vs. Lewis Central, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

July 14 — vs. Adel-DeSotoMinburn, 7:30 p.m.

July 15 — vs. Chariton, 7:30 p.m.

July 18 — District opener

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

HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

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Kurt Busch with a grip on positive PR? Now THAT’S a workout.

Is this just a publicity stunt for Kurt Busch?

AP/TERRY RENNA

Jamie broke out the champagne goggles.

In modern auto racing, more than any other big-league sporting activity, a competitor’s eventual success is almost solely tied to his ability to attract publicity, which brings sponsorship dollars, which bring horsepower. So, in that respect, EVERYTHING a driver does is, in some ways, a publicity stunt. But unlike your run-of-the-mill PR moves (visiting a school, delivering tickets to fans, etc.), at least this one has a big-time competition angle.

Any chance the All-Star win propels Jamie McMurray to further success?

GODSPEAK: Absolutely.

There’s no place to go but up for “Big Mac.” KEN’S CALL: Not sure how much it helps to win an exhibition race, but I know this: It can’t hurt.

So you’re fine with it?

Absolutely. In fact, it’d be great if the Charlotte/Indy schedules could be arranged in a way to invite more doubles in the future. It’d be great for both sanctioning bodies and, by the way, great for the fans everyone claims to adore. As for Kurt, anyone willing to strap into one of those open-air rockets and make a hard left at 220-plus mph, a split-second before reaching the wall, should have all of our respect. The willingness and ability to do that is one reason we should always temper any criticisms of Danica Patrick.

Tony Stewart is now on Twitter. Will it end well?

GODSPEAK: I thought his handlers banned him from social media?

I bet his team hired a lawyer to approve outgoing tweets.

KEN’S CALL: I’m sure he has some built-in firewalls between his stubby fingers and the outside world.

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Many were happy to see Jamie win. By the way, Jamie was also happy.

Can Kurt win?

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Jeff Gordon Matt Kenseth Kyle Busch Dale Earnhardt Jr. Carl Edwards Joey Logano Jimmie Johnson Ryan Newman Greg Biffle Brian Vickers Brad Keselowski Denny Hamlin Kyle Larson Austin Dillon Kevin Harvick Kasey Kahne AJ Allmendinger Paul Menard Marcos Ambrose Clint Bowyer Aric Almirola Tony Stewart Casey Mears Jamie McMurray Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Martin Truex Jr. Danica Patrick Kurt Busch Justin Allgaier Michael Annett David Gilliland Cole Whitt Reed Sorenson Alex Bowman David Ragan Josh Wise Travis Kvapil Ryan Truex Parker Kligerman Michael McDowell Terry Labonte David Reutimann Bobby Labonte

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Yes, at Charlotte. Not at the Brickyard. There’s really no way the greenest of IndyCar rookies could outrun all of the seasoned open-wheel guys for 200 laps at Indianapolis. A top-12 would be a great achievement.

McMillion

Jamie McMurray won Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Race by not driving like Jamie McMurray. You see, McMurray is a good-guy race driver down to the bone and does not have an aggressive driving style.

That changed Saturday at the start of the final 10lap shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway. McMurray’s No. 1 Chevrolet was lined up to the outside of Carl Edwards’ pole-sitting No. 99 Ford.

Edwards got to the Cup Series through his aggressive driving, and most everybody thought he would battle Kevin Harvick for victory. But McMurray was up for this asphalt fight and went toe-to-toe with Edwards for two laps before busting loose on the field.

The McMurray transformation happened when the green flag was waved to decide the race. It was like watching Dr. Bruce Banner turn into the Hulk.

“Carl got a little jump on me on the restart, and I was able to hang on to his quarter panel,” McMurray said. “And I was like, ‘To heck with it, it’s for a million bucks. If we wreck, it’s not that big of a deal.’”

How well-liked is McMurray in the garage area?

His victory was universally cheered by competitors, who don’t generally praise any driver who beats them out of a $1 million jackpot.

“I’m happy for Jamie,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said after finishing fourth. “It’s a pretty cool deal for him.”

Matt Kenseth finished third in his No. 20 Toyota and chimed in on the McMurray parade.

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“Really happy for Jamie,” he said. “If we can’t win, it’s always nice to see good guys win.”

Even Edwards, who lost that $1 million drag race, had kind words for his former Roush Fenway Racing teammate.

“Jamie just did a perfect job,” Edwards said. “My hat is off to him. He did a great job. He earned it.”

FEUD OF THE WEEK

ALL THE WISE(R) Danica Patrick was supposed to be a lock, but Josh Wise pulled the election upset of the year by getting into the All-Star race by fan voting. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around it,” he said. “This is huge for me and our team. Really it started with a 16-year-old kid posting something on Reddit.com about some good runs that we had had, and for whatever reason this huge, awesome community just got behind us.”

KYLE BUSCH

Kyle Busch vs. Kurt Busch: Kyle’s No. 18 Toyota came up fast on Kurt’s No. 41 Chevy at Charlotte. Kyle tried to clear Kurt, but got hit by Clint Bowyer.

Godwin Kelly gives his take: “This wasn’t nearly as bad as the year they crashed each other out of the All-Star race.”

DOUBLE DUTY Kurt Busch had double duty last weekend, competing in the All-Star race and qualifying a car for the Indianapolis 500. He’ll be spending the week shuttling back and forth from Charlotte to Indy.

“The open cockpit is a whole different experience,” Busch said. “The biggest surprise has just been the warm welcome in the open-wheel paddock.” Busch said he expects that honeymoon will be over after Sunday’s Indy 500.

WHAT’S ON TAP? SPRINT CUP: Coca-Cola 600 SITE: Charlotte Motor Speedway SCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 7:10 p.m.). Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.).

Sunday, race (Fox, coverage starts at 5:30 p.m., green flag at 6:16 p.m.).

NATIONWIDE: History 300 SITE: Charlotte Motor Speedway SCHEDULE: Saturday, race (ABC, 2:30 p.m.)

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

Winner: Matt Kenseth Rest of the top five: Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon Dark horse: Brian Vickers

KURT BUSCH

Disappointment: Jamie McMurray First one out: AJ Allmendinger Don’t be surprised if: The winner complains the car is no good in the daylight portion of the race.

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE JEFF GORDON Exhibition wrecks don’t count here

KEVIN HARVICK Man to beat this weekend

JOEY LOGANO Turns 24 Saturday

JUNIOR EARNHARDT Won’t bring “dump truck” to 600

Coupon Good thru 6/30/14

CARL EDWARDS Nothing free about freeagency

MATT KENSETH May be the guy to beat Harvick

CHARLOTTE REWIND

KYLE BUSCH Not mom’s favorite this week

JIMMIE JOHNSON From (El Cajon, Calif.) as is Greg Louganis

KURT BUSCH Might meet Jim Nabors this week

JOSH WISE What? Did someone hack our system?

Coupon Good thru 6/30/14

Clint Bowyer addresses black clouds and silver linings

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Clint Bowyer added a win (of sorts) to his career total Saturday night by capturing the Sprint Showdown, a qualifying race for the Sprint All-Star Race.

Bowyer and second-place AJ Allmendinger gained entry to the All-Star field for their showing in the 40-lap showdown. A win is a win, and for Bowyer it was the silver lining in a season full of black clouds. He talked about it with the media.

changes to your approach and how you did some things on the mile-and-a-half tracks, and it certainly paid off for you.

“For us, you know, our car, it’s just been a crummy year. It’s been one of those years — it’s been so confusing.

“We’ve been really fast in practice, and for whatever reason not able to back it up in the race. Last weekend (at Kansas) was just crazy frustrating again for us, and I was at the shop a lot this week, had a lot of meetings and just kind of a different thought process to change our

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“Finally … we had a good strong practice session, and then the car backed up what we felt in practice, and it was good, kept turning all race long.”

As a guy who has won eight times in the series and was a runner-up in points a couple years ago, to not make an All-Star Race, how big of a blow would that have been to you?

“I wasn’t very thrilled about being in this race, but nonetheless, like you said,

that’s what we deserved.

“We haven’t run well, haven’t run where we’re capable of running, and it’s been frustrating. But like I said, it’s a humbling sport. It always has been. I’m a big boy.”

“If this is where we are, we’ve got to go out there and race hard … and become an all-star.”

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missed a beat in the outfield.

She’s anxious to get back.”

Fresh faces A pair of new faces could make its impact on the Panther lineup, especially early in the season.

Sophomore Alli Thomsen is back out after not playing last year. McCabe said he expects her to be able to help out.

“She can play a lot of different positions,” he said.

“She may get a chance to play first base early in the year.”

Freshman Lexie Little is another player who will be vying for playing time.

With junior Brenna Baker sidelined for the beginning of the season after undergoing knee surgery, Little will have an opportunity to step into the lineup.

“Lexie Little, a freshman, very athletic,” McCabe said.

“She’s going to be a good player for us. I see her as a varsity player. She can play multiple positions. She may play third base while Brenna is laid up.”

Freshman Hannah Hood, who McCabe projected to help out the varsity team this year, will not be able to play after having surgery on her shoulder.

Leadership This year’s Panther team will still be young, but it won’t be lacking experience after last year’s team was comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores.

“It’s kind of interesting, we’re young,” McCabe said.

“We won’t lose anyone. Ob-

viously, we kind of look at our three juniors who have the most experience — Hayley, Natalie and Brenna.

We’ll look to them for leadership.”

McCabe said those three players can guide the younger players on the team, as they went through a similar situation being thrust into playing time early in their careers.

“I think that will be a help,” McCabe said.

Baker is currently working with the team and doing what she can, but McCabe said he won’t rush her back into playing time after the knee surgery.

“We’re in the position now of better safe than sorRegular Session not gory,” he said.

“We’re May 12, 2014 Theto Union County Board of Superviing rush anything.

She’s sors met in Regular Session on Monday, got a lot of summer left May 12, 2014. The meeting was calledtoto order at 9:00 AM with following memplay some ballthe and other bers present: Dennis Brown, Lois Monthings down day, and Ron Riley. the line, too.

Also present from the Creston High She’s doing what she can.”

School Government Class were as follows: Jacob Geary, Cole Crawford, Nathan The experience the Haley, and Garret Taylor. younger players last year AGENDA: Motion got

by Monday and seconded

by Riley to approve the Agenda. will also be a big help this All voting aye, motion carried. year, McCabe said.

MINUTES: Motion

by Riley and seconded by Monday to approve the minutes “You see kids’ from May 05, 2014. All confidence voting aye, motion carried. knowing the rougrowing, OPEN FORUM: Dave Larson talked tine a little better,” about the speed limit on old he HWYsaid.

34 to Afton, and would likeoftothat see the speed “I expect a lot expelimit changed to 35-40 mph. He informed rience lotthere of are those got the Board athat a lot ofkids bike riders and people who walk and jog along this last will be big for them stretchyear of road.

TREASURER: Motion this year, if we useby itMonday the and seconded by Riley to accept the April right way.

That’s not taking 2014 End of the Month Report as presented for

by Union County Treasurer, Kelly it granted and continue Busch. All voting aye, motion carried.

Doug Jones, toCONSERVATION: work to get better.”

Union County Conservation reported that the Conservation Board met and has recommended the following bids for the According Ranger Residence atto ThreeMcCabe, Mile Lake: Modular Home- Creston Mobile Homes; last year’s conference chamBasement- Hayes Concrete Construction Company Inc.; and SepticHoffman Compion Harlan and runner-up munications.

Glenwood willAkes, beUnion strong ENGINEER: Steve County Engineer, presented and discussed the once again this year. weekly maintenance activity report and the Lewis potential Central speed limit changes on Old and DenHWY 34 West of Afton. Utility Permit: sion-Schleswig, along bywith Motion by Monday and seconded Riley to approve a Utility Permitare Application for the Panthers, other Windstream Communications in placing teams that could find their new buried service drop across Clover Avenue in Section 28 and 29 of Douglas Township. All voting aye, motion carried.

Grading Agreement: Motion by Riley and seconded by Monday to approve a grading agreement between Union County and Nick Lacina for ditching along with dozing the fence line with tree and brush removal in Section 14 (Rose Drive) in Union Township. All voting aye, motion carried. Contract and Performance Bond: Motion by Monday and seconded

by Riley for the chair to sign a contract and performance bond for two concrete box culvert projects on REA Road with Gus Construction Co, Inc. of Casey, Iowa.

All voting aye, motion carried. County Maintenance Yard Leasing: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley to go out for sealed bids for a three year lease of 4.9 acres that is located at Adams Street and Industrial Pkwy near Creston with usage limited to hay production. Sealed bids must be submitted on the County's Bid Form in an envelope marked "County Yard Lease" and delivered to the Union County Engineer's Office. Bids are due by 3:30 pm on May 22, 2014. All voting aye, motion carried.

CLOSED SESSION: Motion by Riley and seconded by Monday to go into closed session per Iowa Code 21.5 (1)(c) - Road/ Bridge Issues at 10:45 am. Roll call vote; Monday aye, Brown aye, and Riley aye, motion carried. Closed session ended at 11:37 am.

ATTORNEY: Tim Kenyon, Union County Attorney, discussed his budget and equipment that may have to be purchased because of the EDMS ( Electronic Data Management System) a technology upgrade used by the Iowa Court System.

SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley to set the Public Hearing for Budget Amendment at 10:00 AM on May 27, 2014 in the Union County Board of Supervisor Office. Roll call vote; Monday aye, Brown aye, and Riley aye, motion carried.

COMMERCIAL ROOF COATING, INC. PROPOSAL: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley for the chair to sign the proposal from Commercial Roof Coating, LLC to repair the lower section of the courthouse roof, (2nd Section from the North) for $17,960.00. All voting aye, motion carried.

Riley left at 12:09 PM CLAIMS: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to pay claims 120637120783. All voting aye, motion carried.

0001 GENERAL BASIC FUND AFTON STAR ENTERPRISE.......693.24 AGRIVISION...............................1,380.84 AKIN BUILDING CENTER..........457.13 ALLIANT ENERGY....................1,629.99 BM SALES......................................222.00 BSM ENTERPRISES LLC.............139.63 CARD SERVICES.......................3,265.04 CAROL CLARK ATTORNY AT LW................................................37.65 CENTURY LINK..............................53.89 CHAT MOBILITY..........................127.79 CITY DIRECTORY INC................798.00 CITY OF LORIMOR...................1,213.00 COOK VIDEO & APPLIANCE.......47.71 CRESTON AUTOMOTIVE INC...619.20 CRESTON FRM & HME SUPPLY .54.31 CRESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT...21.00 CRESTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.......................................365.48 CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.......776.58 CULLIGAN.......................................44.50 D&T MOWING.................................85.00 DCI – SOR.........................................40.00 DISTRICT IV TREAS ASSOC........25.00 ECHO GROUP, INC.......................116.80 FAREWAY STORES.....................430.46 FARMERS ELECTRIC COOP...1,540.61 FASTENAL COMPANY..................16.33 GREEN VALLEY PEST CONTROL.......................................147.40 HOYT DO........................................150.00 IACCVSO VETERANS AFFAIRS...........................................50.00 IOWA STATE ASSOC OF CO........55.00 IOWA STATE SAVINGS BANK....17.00 JIM'S TRUCK REP & SANITATION.................................242.00 LINES...............................................350.00 LUTHER..........................................950.00 MASTERCARD/ISSB....................330.00 MATURA ACTION CORP.........8,500.00 MEDICAP PHARMACY #8034......66.19 MEYER LABORATORY INC......149.86 MILLER...........................................150.00 MULLIN..........................................179.20 NACVSO............................................40.00 NAPA.................................................33.24 O'DANIELS.......................................33.60 OFFICE MACHINS COMPNY INC.....................................................38.86 OWENS-KING COMPANY..........121.50 PJGREUFE & ASSOCIATES.....1,500.00 POKORNY BP & AUTO SERVIC............................................124.89 POLK COUNTY TREASURER....258.54 POWERS FUNERAL HOMES......370.00 RICHARD L WILSON PC...............35.10

Conference outlook

Public notice THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Charles D. Brightwell, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR015668 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Charles D Brightwell, Deceased, who died on or about April 20, 2014: You are hereby notified that on the 16th day of May, 2014 the last will and testament of Charles D. Brightwell, deceased, bearing date of the 2nd day of August, 2000, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Douglas Alan Brightwell was appointed executor 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 16th day of May, 2014 Douglas Alan Brightwell Executor of estate 1445 Cherry Street Road, Creston, IA 50801 Loretta L. Harvey, ICIS PIN No: 15204 Attorney for executor Harvey Law Office 109 W Montgomery St. P.O Box 85, Date of second publication: May 29, 2014 Regular Session May 12, 2014 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Regular Session on Monday, May 12, 2014. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM with the following members present: Dennis Brown, Lois Monday, and Ron Riley.

Also present from the Creston High School Government Class were as follows: Jacob Geary, Cole Crawford, Nathan Haley, and Garret Taylor.

AGENDA: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley to approve the Agenda.

All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Riley and seconded by Monday to approve the minutes from May 05, 2014. All voting aye, motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: Dave Larson talked about the speed limit on old HWY 34 to Afton, and would like to see the speed limit changed to 35-40 mph. He informed the Board that there are a lot of bike riders and people who walk and jog along this stretch of road.

TREASURER: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley to accept the April 2014 End of the Month Report as presented by Union County Treasurer, Kelly Busch. All voting aye, motion carried.

CONSERVATION: Doug Jones, Union County Conservation reported that the Conservation Board met and has recommended the following bids for the Ranger Residence at Three Mile Lake: Modular Home- Creston Mobile Homes; Basement- Hayes Concrete Construction Company Inc.; and Septic- Hoffman Communications.

ENGINEER: Steve Akes, Union County Engineer, presented and discussed the weekly maintenance activity report and the potential speed limit changes on Old HWY 34 West of Afton. Utility Permit: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley to approve a Utility Permit Application for Windstream Communications in placing new buried service drop across Clover Avenue in Section 28 and 29 of Douglas Township. All voting aye, motion carried.

Grading Agreement: Motion by Riley and seconded by Monday to approve a grading agreement between Union County and Nick Lacina for ditching along with dozing the fence line with tree and brush removal in Section 14 (Rose Drive) in

Gus Construction Co, Inc. of Casey, Iowa. COLLEGE........................................385.00 All voting aye, motion carried. County SUPERIOR LAMP INC..................175.74 Maintenance Yard Leasing: Motion by SUPREME CLEANERS.................112.25 Monday and seconded by Riley to go out THATCHER....................................207.76 for sealed bids for a three year lease of 4.9 UNION COUNTY ENGINEER.....699.92 acres that is located at Adams Street and UNION COUNTY FAIR...................40.00 Industrial Pkwy near Creston with usage US CELLULAR..............................146.58 limited to hay production. Sealed bids WALKER.........................................404.67 must be submitted on the County's Bid WALMART COMMUNITY/ Form in an envelope marked "County GECRB.............................................276.36 Yard Lease" and delivered to the Union WASTE MGMT OF CRESTON....139.20 County Engineer's Office. Bids are due by WATSN-ARMSTRNG FNRL 3:30 pm on May 22, 2014. All voting aye, HME.................................................375.00 WINDSTREAM...........................1,852.57 motion carried.

CLOSED SESSION: Motion by Riley 0001 GENERAL BASIC FND and seconded by Monday to go into closed TTL: ...........................................34,027.83 session per Iowa Code 21.5 (1)(c) - Road/ 0002 GENERL SUPPLEMENTAL Bridge Issues at 10:45 am. Roll call vote; ACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING....578.40 Monday aye, Brown aye, and Riley aye, RESERVE ACCOUNT................2,000.00 motion carried. Closed session ended at TYLER INSRANCE SRVICES INC...................................................238.00 11:37 am.

ATTORNEY: Tim Kenyon, Union US POST OFFICE...........................720.00 County Attorney, discussed his budget 0002 GENRL SUPPLMNTAL and equipment that may have to be pur- TTL: .............................................3,536.40 chased because of the EDMS ( Electronic 0010 MH-DD SERVICES FUND Data Management System) a technology CARE............................................6,766.65 CAROL CLARK ATTRNY upgrade used by the Iowa Court System.

SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR BUD- AT LAW.............................................37.64 GET AMENDMENT: Motion by Mon- CROSSROADS MENTAL day and seconded by Riley to set the Pub- HLTH..........................................15,785.34 lic Hearing for Budget Amendment at INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES....6,528.08 10:00 AM on May 27, 2014 in the Union JENNIE EDMUNDSON County Board of Supervisor Office. Roll HOSPITAL...................................2,832.00 call vote; Monday aye, Brown aye, and NEW HORIZONS........................2,442.50 RICHARD L WILSON PC...............35.10 Riley aye, motion carried.

COMMERCIAL ROOF COATING, RYNEARSON.................................691.20 INC. PROPOSAL: Motion by Monday STHWEST IA MNTAL HLTH and seconded by Riley for the chair to sign CN.....................................................176.87 the proposal from Commercial Roof Coat- TREASURER STATE OF IA ing, LLC to repair the lower section of the (MH)..............................................8,721.06 CNA photo

by SCOTT SERVICS FND VICKER courthouse roof, (2nd Section from the 0010 MH-DD ...........................................44,016.44 Creston eighth-grader fields a ground North) for $17,960.00.

All votingKiersten aye, TTL:Latham 0011 SERVICES motion carried. ball at Creston softball practice onRURAL Monday.

TheBASIC Panthers AFTON STAR ENTERPRISE.........84.00 Riley left at 12:09 PM open the varsity junior varsity and varsity season at home AGRIVISION..................................144.00 CLAIMS: Motion by Monday and secBANKERS LEASING CO................54.88 onded

by Brown to pay Southwest claims 120637- Valley.

Monday against CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.........31.68 120783. All voting aye, motion carried.

HUSBAND......................................250.63 0001 GENERAL BASIC FUND p.m.

AFTON STAR ENTERPRISE.......693.24 way into the conference title MEDIACOM.....................................59.55 JuneMACHINES 5 — vs. Harlan (doubleOFFICE COMP INC...16.58 AGRIVISION...............................1,380.84 race.BUILDING CENTER..........457.13 UNION COUNTY ENGINEER.......29.94 AKIN header), 5:30 p.m.

RURL SERVICS ALLIANT ENERGY....................1,629.99 June 7 — BASIC at Atlantic “I said it last year, and I’ll 0011 TTL: ................................................671.26 BM SALES......................................222.00 Tournament, TBD say ENTERPRISES it again, a LLC.............139.63 lot of those 0020June SECONDARY ROAD FUND BSM 9 — at Shenandoah, 5:30 STAR ENTERPRISE.........32.22 CARD SERVICES.......................3,265.04 middleCLARK teams — Atlantic, AFTON p.m.

AGRILAND FS INC..................31,344.31 CAROL ATTORNY June 12 — vs. Kuemper BUILDING CENTER..........156.18 AT LW................................................37.65 Clarinda — I expect to have AKIN CatholicENERGY.......................362.66 (doubleheader), 5:30 ALLIANT CENTURY LINK..............................53.89 a nice year.

They (Clarinda) ARAMARK.....................................186.64 CHAT MOBILITY..........................127.79 p.m.

CO..............166.83 CITY DIRECTORY INC................798.00 June LEASING 13 — John Stephens really came on toward the BANKERS BAUER CITY OF LORIMOR...................1,213.00 Classic,BUILT TBD TIRE.......................50.78 & ASSOC end. VIDEO Night&inAPPLIANCE.......47.71 and night out, CALHOUN-BURNS COOK June 14 — John Stephens INC................................................7,491.60 CRESTON AUTOMOTIVE INC...619.20 it’s a pretty good conferClassic, TBD BROWN AUTO CRESTON FRM & HME SUPPLY .54.31 CHARLIE June 16 — vs. Red Oak, 5:30 CRESTON ence.” FIRE DEPARTMENT...21.00 PARTS..............................................100.00 CITY p.m.OF AFTON............................223.40 CRESTON MUNICIPAL The Panthers open the CRESTON FARM & HOME UTILITIES.......................................365.48 June 17 — vs.

Glenwood, 5:30 SPPLY CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.......776.58 p.m. .............................................844.61 season Monday at home CRESTON PUBLISHING CULLIGAN.......................................44.50 June 19 — atCO.........28.60 DenisonFARMERS COOPERATIVE CO. .222.98 D&T MOWING.................................85.00 against Southwest Valley.

Schleswig (doubleheader), 5:30 FRANKS SERVICE.....................1,525.00 DCI – SOR.........................................40.00 Varsity and JV roster p.m. TRUCK CENTER...............207.10 GATR DISTRICT IV TREAS ASSOC........25.00 (* — returning letterwinner) June REGIONL 21 — MDICL at Oskaloosa GREATR ECHO GROUP, INC.......................116.80 Juniors — Hayley LaMasters*, CNTR.................................................60.00 FAREWAY STORES.....................430.46 Tournament, TBD Natalie Mostek*, Brenna Baker*. HECKMAN........................................68.89 ELECTRIC COOP...1,540.61 FARMERS June 23 — at Clarinda, 5:30 Sophomores — Taylor INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES.......508.00 FASTENAL COMPANY..................16.33 p.m.

Briley*,VALLEY ShelbyPEST Palser*, Alyssa IA DEPT OF NATURL GREEN June 24 — vs. Shenandoah, CONTROL.......................................147.40 Higgins*, Jami Sickels*, Josie RESOURCS.....................................350.00 5:30 p.m.

IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES...2,350.60 HOYT DO........................................150.00 Sickels*, Alli Thomsen.

June 26 — vs. Council Bluffs VETERANS IACCVSO Freshmen — Lexie Little, MEDIACOM...................................238.20 MID-STATS & St. Albert SURVYING (doubleheader), 5:30 AFFAIRS...........................................50.00 Aleisha Larkin, Cammy CONST..........................................3,473.00 IOWA STATE ASSOC OF CO........55.00 p.m.

Rutherford, Mattie Wheeler, MIDWEST SERVICE IOWA STATE SAVINGS BANK....17.00 June 28 — at&Cedar Rapids Morgan Shawler, JIM'S TRUCK REP & Hannah Fogle, SALES...........................................7,282.80 Jefferson Tournament, TBD NAPA............................................5,354.37 SANITATION.................................242.00 Morghan Frey, Hannah Hood.

July 1 — at Red Oak,CO..

5:30 p.m.

NORTHLAND PRODUCTS .149.95 LINES...............................................350.00 8th-grade — Chloe Hagle.

JulyMACHINES 3 — at Atlantic, 5:30 p.m.

COMPNY OFFICE LUTHER..........................................950.00 JV-Varsity schedule July 7 — at Winterset, 5:30 INC.....................................................16.58 MASTERCARD/ISSB....................330.00 May ACTION 26 — CORP.........8,500.00 vs. Southwest O'HALLORAN INTRNATIONL MATURA p.m.

Valley, 5:30 p.m.

INC................................................1,661.56 #8034......66.19 MEDICAP PHARMACY July 10 — Regionals, TBD May LABORATORY 29 — vs. Lewis Central POKORNY BP & AUTO SERVIC. .10.55 MEYER INC......149.86 July 12 — Regional semifiQUALITY GLASS..........................260.00 (doubleheader), 5:30 p.m.

MILLER...........................................150.00 nals, TBD SCC NETWORKS.............................38.18 MULLIN..........................................179.20 May 30 — vs. Clarke, 4 p.m.

July 15 — Regional finals, TBD NACVSO............................................40.00 June 2 — at Glenwood, 5:30 SCHILDBERG CONSTRUCTN July 21-25 — State INC..............................................79,226.75 NAPA.................................................33.24 p.m.

SCHULTES..................................7,171.98 Tournament, TBD O'DANIELS.......................................33.60 June 3 — vs.

Clarinda, 5:30 UNITY POINT CLINC-....................74.00 OFFICE MACHINS COMPNY ZIEGLER INC..............................1,929.91 INC.....................................................38.86 0020 SECONDARY RD FND OWENS-KING COMPANY..........121.50 PJGREUFE & ASSOCIATES.....1,500.00 TTL: ........................................153,168.23 POKORNY BP & AUTO 4003 EMPOWERMENT SERVIC............................................124.89 ADAMS COUNTY POLK COUNTY TREASURER....258.54 EXTENSION...................................481.36 POWERS FUNERAL HOMES......370.00 ALEGE HLTH AT HOMERICHARD L WILSON PC...............35.10 CRNING.......................................9,736.24 CLARINDA COMMNITY SDVSO ASSOCIATION................150.00 SHRED-IT USA - DES MOINES. .535.92 PRESCHL........................................152.00 SIDDENS, TERI................................25.00 CREATIVE BEGINNIN SOUTHRN IA RRL WTER PRESCHL........................................420.00 ASSC................................................408.30 DISCOVERY KIDS PRESCHOOL..................................393.50 STHWSTRN COMMUN COLLEGE........................................385.00 EAST UN COMMUNITY SUPERIOR LAMP INC..................175.74 SCHLS..........................................1,890.00 HEARTS AND HUGS DAY SUPREME CLEANERS.................112.25 THATCHER....................................207.76 CARE............................................2,039.16 MATURA ACTION CORP.........1,319.81 UNION COUNTY ENGINEER.....699.92 UNION COUNTY FAIR...................40.00 PRECIOUS PEOPLE PRESCHL...990.00 US CELLULAR..............................146.58 RINGGOLD CNTY CHILD WALKER.........................................404.67 CARE............................................4,271.55 WALMART COMMUNITY/ RINGGOLD CNTY PUBLIC GECRB.............................................276.36 HLTH..........................................12,528.98 WASTE MGMT OF CRESTON....139.20 SICKELS......................................3,915.36 WATSN-ARMSTRNG FNRL SOUTHERN IOWA TROLLEY....178.20 HME.................................................375.00 STHWSTRN COMMNITY WINDSTREAM...........................1,852.57 COLLGE.....................................17,272.17 0001 GENERAL BASIC FND TAYLOR COUNTY AG EXTENSN....................................3,078.97 TTL: ...........................................34,027.83 TINKER TOTS PRESCHOOL 0002 GENERL SUPPLEMENTAL INC...................................................110.40 ACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING....578.40 TRINITY LUTHERAN RESERVE ACCOUNT................2,000.00 PRESCHL........................................658.00 TYLER INSRANCE SRVICES UNION COUNTY AUDITOR....1,786.96 INC...................................................238.00 4003 EMPOWERMENT US POST OFFICE...........................720.00 TOTAL: ....................................61,222.66 0002 GENRL SUPPLMNTAL 4004 LAW ENFORCEMENT CNTR TTL: .............................................3,536.40 ALLIANT ENERGY....................2,423.95 0010 MH-DD SERVICES FUND BM SALES......................................138.00 CARE............................................6,766.65 COUNSEL OFFICE & CAROL CLARK ATTRNY DOCUMENT...................................153.87 AT LAW.............................................37.64 CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.........40.04 CROSSROADS MENTAL ELECTRICAL MATRIALS HLTH..........................................15,785.34 CMPNY..............................................16.72 INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES....6,528.08 FIENHAGE........................................23.99 JENNIE EDMUNDSON FIRST COMMUNICATIONS HOSPITAL...................................2,832.00 LLC.....................................................20.98 NEW HORIZONS........................2,442.50 GREEN VALLEY PEST RICHARD L WILSON PC...............35.10 CONTROL.........................................36.00 RYNEARSON.................................691.20 IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC STHWEST IA MNTAL HLTH SAFETY...........................................873.00 CN.....................................................176.87 MASTERCARD/ISSB......................70.35 TREASURER STATE OF IA MEDIACOM...................................135.90 (MH)..............................................8,721.06 NARTEC INC..................................175.80 0010 MH-DD SERVICS FND O'KEEFE ELEVATOR CMPNY TTL: ...........................................44,016.44 INC...................................................264.47 0011 RURAL SERVICES BASIC PETZNICKS......................................28.25 AFTON STAR ENTERPRISE.........84.00 TAC 10..........................................2,327.00 AGRIVISION..................................144.00 WASTE MGMT OF CRESTON....139.21 BANKERS LEASING CO................54.88 4004 LW ENFRCMNT CNTR CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.........31.68 TTL: .............................................6,867.53 HUSBAND......................................250.63 4100 CNTY ASSESSMNT EXPNS MEDIACOM.....................................59.55 BANKERS LEASING CO..............103.54 OFFICE MACHINES COMP INC...16.58 CHAT MOBILITY............................12.34 UNION COUNTY ENGINEER.......29.94 OFFICE MACHINES COMP INC.....2.29 0011 RURL SERVICS BASIC WINDSTREAM..............................113.00 TTL: ................................................671.26 4100 CO ASSESSMNT EXP 0020 SECONDARY ROAD FUND TTL: ................................................231.17 AFTON STAR ENTERPRISE.........32.22 4960 SANITARY LANDFILL AGRILAND FS INC..................31,344.31 AGRILAND FS INC.......................518.09 AKIN BUILDING CENTER..........156.18 ALLIANT ENERGY....................2,000.00 ALLIANT ENERGY.......................362.66 BARKER LEMAR & ASSOC ARAMARK.....................................186.64 INC................................................2,395.00 BANKERS LEASING CO..............166.83 BRIAN GAY BAUER BUILT TIRE.......................50.78 CONSTRUCTION.....................49,946.58 CALHOUN-BURNS & ASSOC CAN MAN.......................................653.58 INC................................................7,491.60 CASEY'S GENERAL STORE.........98.74 CHARLIE BROWN AUTO CHAT MOBILITY............................72.72 PARTS..............................................100.00 CRESTON FRM & HOME CITY OF AFTON............................223.40 SUPPLY ............................................32.18 CRESTON FARM & HOME CRESTON MUNICIPAL SPPLY .............................................844.61 UTILITIES.........................................50.23 CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.........28.60 FASTENAL COMPANY............2,783.65 FARMERS COOPERATIVE CO. .222.98 GREENFLD REDEMTN & FRANKS SERVICE.....................1,525.00 RECYC.............................................632.00 GATR TRUCK CENTER...............207.10 GRP & ASSOCIATES....................167.00 GREATR REGIONL MDICL METRO WASTE CNTR.................................................60.00 AUTHORITY.............................23,693.80 HECKMAN........................................68.89 MIDWEST RECOVERY INC....1,465.00 INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES.......508.00 PARMENTER.................................136.00 IA DEPT OF NATURL SCHILDBERG CONSTRUCTN RESOURCS.....................................350.00 INC...................................................450.00 IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES...2,350.60 SWANA...........................................200.00 MEDIACOM...................................238.20 TRUE VALUE HARDWRE & MID-STATS SURVYING & RNTL................................................617.66 CONST..........................................3,473.00 WASTE MGMT OF MIDWEST SERVICE & CRESTON....................................1,833.12 SALES...........................................7,282.80 WINDSTREAM..............................179.91 NAPA............................................5,354.37 4960 SANITARY LANDFILL NORTHLAND PRODUCTS CO.. .149.95 OFFICE MACHINES COMPNY TTL: ...........................................87,925.26 INC.....................................................16.58 8500 CNTY HEALTH INSURANCE O'HALLORAN INTRNATIONL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT INC................................................1,661.56 SYSTEMS..................................79,246.65 POKORNY BP & AUTO SERVIC. .10.55 8500 CNTY HLTH INSRNCE QUALITY GLASS..........................260.00 TTL: ...........................................79,246.65 SCC NETWORKS.............................38.18 GRAND TOTAL:...................470,913.43 SCHILDBERG CONSTRUCTN ADJOURNMENT: There being no INC..............................................79,226.75 further business, the meeting was adSCHULTES..................................7,171.98 journed at 12:53 PM. UNITY POINT CLINC-....................74.00 ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR ZIEGLER INC..............................1,929.91 BY: DENNIS J. BROWN, CHAIRMAN, 0020 SECONDARY RD FND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TTL: ........................................153,168.23 4003 EMPOWERMENT ADAMS COUNTY EXTENSION...................................481.36 ALEGE HLTH AT HOMECRNING.......................................9,736.24

Card of Thanks

For Sale

We would like to thank everyone for the cards and phone calls we received in honor of our 30th Wedding Anniversary.

Rick & Lori McIntosh

100 SQUARE BALES of Alfalfa mix, located near Stringtown, small or large amounts welcome, 641-333-4438.

Lost & Found

CLASSIFIED OFFERS a simple solution...if you need a new home, apartment, a better car or the services of an expert repairman.

FOUND: 2 KEYS IN street on North Elm, call to identify, 641-7826790.

Special Events

CONVERT useful but nolonger-needed items into extra spending money with a low-cost Classified Ad. 641782-2141.

DOGGIE DASH Saturday June 7

Business Services

A Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser for Homeless Animals at the Creston City Pound.

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

2 laps around McKinley Lake, with or without your canine companion!

WOULD LIKE TO sit/walk dogs, $5/hour for walking, $8/hour for sitting, will negoitiate, 641-782-6144.

Home & Farm Improvement

-------PAINTING

commercial & residential Certified Lead Safety Renovator

Pick Up Packets between 8:00 – 8:45 a.m.

Race Starts at 9:00 a.m.

McKinley Lake, Shelter House #5 $20 entry donation (must be received by May 23 to guarantee a t-shirt) To get a registration form call

641-782-2330

SIDING AND WINDOWS

or go to www.crestonanimal rescue.petfinder.com or register at the event on race day between 8:00 and 8:45 a.m. (no shirt)

CARPENTRY

Creston Animal Rescue Effort

BARN REPAIR all types

Garage Doors

20+ yrs local service

Dave Schaefer 641-348-2260

leave a message

(C.A.R.E.)

641-782-2330 for more information

Fully Insured

HELP WANTED Cook & Waitress Fireside Bar & Grill 641.734.5436 firesidebg@gmail.com

WANTED: Full-time

RN

with experience Hours 8-5 Monday-Friday Occasional weekends, usually 2-3 hrs.

Company car available Very competitive pay Must pass drug testing and criminal background check

Nurses on Call, Inc. Hwy 34 East & Cherry St., Creston

641-782-4549

Resident Care Coordinator - RN Prairie View Assisted Living and Memory Care is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse to serve as our Resident Care Coordinator.

This position is responsible for leading the nursing department. Candidate must enjoy working with older adults in a positive team environment. Flexible hours with competitive salary and benefit package available.

Apply online at www.midwest-health.com/careers Contact Amy Edmonson-Bonebrake at 641-782-3131 with any questions.

Prairie View is a drug free workplace and an equal opportunity employer.

PrairieView ASSISTED LIVING

&

MEMORY CARE

1709 W. Prairie St., Creston, IA

HELP WANTED CNA’s Full time and part time available

MDS coordinatorRN preferred Benefits Include: Health Insurance, 401K & Paid time off.

1000 E. Howard Creston

782-5012 EOE • Drug Free

Creston News Advertiser Thursday, May 22, 2014

Employment

Garage Sale Southwest

Livestock

For Rent

PLUMBERS & HELPERS, New Construction & Service Cook Plumbing Corporation, 1425 Fuller Road, West Des Moines EEO

HUGE 4 FAMILY GARAGE & BABY SALE 1118 W. Jefferson St. Thursday, May 22 12 – 5 p.m.

Friday, May 23 12 – 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 24 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, 2 year old yearlings, semen tested, free delivery, Dick Graham, 641-340-0325.

NICE, EFFICIENCY LOFT apartment in Afton, stove/refrigerator furnished, $375/mo., washer/dryer on premises, 641-3445478.

Help Wanted

– Wait Staff – Apply in person

Creston Family Restaurant Hwy. 34 • Creston

Waitress/ Bartender Wanted Part-time Nights & Weekends Male or Female, experienced only

Elm’s Club 108 N. Elm • Uptown Creston

782-2615

CDL Drivers

Looking for full to part time supplementing income moving utility trucks both locally and multistate. Drivers with flat towable cars preferred, great retirement work, Call Dave 859-361-9953.

Garage Sale Northwest GARAGE SALE

1448 170th St., Creston (1st house west of McKinley Lake on South side) Friday, May 23 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 24 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Lots of home décor, tons of women's, men's, girl's & junior name brand clothing, rugs, bathroom décor, women's and men's coats, men's coveralls, kids toys & shoes, bar stools, wall pictures, lots of misc. items.

PRE-MOVING SALE

1105 W. Adams Thurs., May 22 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Fri., May 23 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sat., May 24 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sun., May 25 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Mon., May 26 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Cell phones, DVDs, vintage dolls, Strawberry Shortcake, Creston collectibles, vintage canning jars, craft, hardware, vintage music books, holiday, adult clothing, antiques, collectibles, MUCH MORE!

Everything ½ off Saturday after Noon Wii + games; laptop; Nikon 26X zoom camera; Nikon S220 camera; Medella breast pump; Eddie Bauer bassinet; sit n stand; stroller; Jeep Stroller; Chicco Stroller; Chicco High Chair; Rocker Recliner; ipod; infant/toddler car seats; changing table; 30 gal fish tank with stand; video camera; Lexmark 3 in 1 printer; baby gates; microwave; Floormate; Radio flyer spring horse; infant bath tub; gardening décor; jewelry; Boppy swing; Boppy pillows; Bumbo seat; 3T5 dance clothes/shoes; girls clothes 0-5T, all brand name boys clothes 0-2T, all name brand girls and boys Nike shoes size 0-13. Everything priced to go!

Purdum-Rinenart-Martin

Garage Sale Out Of Town

MOVING SALE

205 North Street, Clearfield Friday, May 23 2 – 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 24 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sunday, May 25 1 – 5 p.m.

Monday, May 26 - ?

Appliances; Furniture; Antiques & Collectibles; Books and lots of misc.!

MOVING/TOOL SALE 1341 Ringgold-Union Street, Kent

10 miles south on High & Dry to Ringgold Union, 1 ½ miles back west, north side of road

Friday, May 23 1 p.m. - ?

Saturday, May 24 9 a.m. - ?

Moving lots tools; table saw; drill press; ladders; torch cart; air compressors; saws; wrenches; yard aerator; JD snow blower; stainless steel gas grill; some household, antiques; 50 cc Arctic Cat 4wheeler; 641-202-6120.

Miscellaneous TO OUR READERS Creston Publishing Company does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law.

We do not knowingly accept advertising that is fraudulent or has malicious intent.

While we attempt to screen advertising with potential of fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with unfamiliar companies.

STOP LOOKING - it’s all in the Want Ads.

HOME FOR SALE IN CRESTON

1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS IN CRESTON. Rent based on income, Onsite laundry, No pets 877-959-2534. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer Equal Housing Opportunity. Handicap accessible www.tlpropertiesiowa.com

3 SMALL BEDROOM HOUSE with appliances.

References and deposit required, no pets, no smoking, $550/month, 641-344-5220.

New Today FOR RENT: 2 BEDROOM HOUSE, 306 Livingston, appliances including washer & dryer, deposit and references, no pets, or smoking, 641-782-0788.

Your Guide To Dining And Entertainment

CHICKEN FRIED STEAK 641-344-1414

Friday, May 23rd 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Auction Calendar

7 per plate

$

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

Sun. May 25- 10:30AM Rural Lorimor, IA. Furniture, Household Goods, Tools, Misc.

Tractors and Acreage Equipment for Mike Weibel. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

Sat. May 31- 10:00AM Rural Creston, IA. Tools, Shop Items, Airplane Parts, Lawn Equipment, Antiques & Collectibles, Modern Furniture and Household Goods for Bill & Norma Mercer. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

Sat. May 31- 1:00PM Mount Ayr, IA. Household Goods and Miscellaneous for Bob & Connie Eason. Auctioneers: Jim Smith, Curt Pierschbacher.

Sun. June 1- 11:00AM Creston, IA. Tools & Misc. Items; Lawn Equipment; lg. selection of Oil Lamps; Guitars; Music Equipment; Tapes; CDs & more for Sandy Bolinger & the late Jr. (Rocky) Bolinger.

Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

Mon. June 2- 5:00PM Creston, IA. Multi-Party and Estate Sale consisting of Tools, Antiques, Collectibles, Modern Furniture and Household Goods.

Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill.

Sat. June 7- 10:30AM Lenox, IA. Real Estate sells at 1PM; Acreage, Farm and Household Goods for Jamie and Lori Kinyon. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

Sun. June 8- 11:00AM Afton, IA. Modern Furniture, Appliances, Household Goods, Tools, Pickup, 1/16th Scale Farm Toys, Heston & others Belt Buckles, Farm Machinery and Misc. for the Jack Shiflett Estate. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren.

— Open to the Public —

Eagles Club • Creston WANTING HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE?

Universal Workers

Due to the expansion of services, Vintage Park Apartments Assisted Living in Lenox, Iowa is excited to be seeking dedicated, committed and friendly Universal Workers.

The ideal candidates must possess good communication and written skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team and willingness to accept supervision.

This position will be responsible to assist with resident services, food service, housekeeping/laundry and maintenance services as needed. Must have excellent customer service skills. If you enjoy working with the elderly in a team atmosphere and have an outgoing personality, this is the opportunity for you!

We offer a full benefit package and an exciting, supportive work environment.

GREEN VALLEY MANOR APARTMENTSNow Leasing Single, 2 & 3 $50 or Less bedroom units, all utilities included, apply at Green Valley Manor 6 QUART ICE CREAM Apartments, 124 Manor freezer, $20.00 OBO, Dr. #3, Creston, IA 50801. Equal Housing 641-782-3135.

Opportunity.

BEDSPEAD AND PILLOW SHAMS, Penny's Autos ivory Matellaise cotton, washable, good condition, double bed size, $25.00; beautiful fresh New Today rhubarb, washed and 1991 CAMARO, T-tops, cut, $3.00 per quart-size 5 speed, $825.00 firm, freezer-bag, Creston in- 641-344-3120. town delivery available.

641-782-7169 FARM FRESH BROWN EGGS, $2.00 /dozen, ure it 641-344-9475.

Pict SIX COLLECTIBLE Porcelain Angel Dolls; comes with original boxes and certificates, Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds SHOP THE excellent condition, and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.”

CLASSIFIEDS $50.00 each, 641-3477057.

Now accepting applications for the Now applications forthe the Nowaccepting accepting applications for Now accepting applications for the following position: SWIFFER WET JET following position: following following position:position: with 1/2 tank of fluid, $5.00; women's pink Adult Basic Education Adult Basic Education Adult Education Basic Education Adult Basic watch, large pint, $5.00; High School Equivalency Instructor High School Equivalency Instructor High School Equivalency Instructor Equivalency Instructor tall metal 4 shelf stand, High NowSchool accepting applications for the following position: (in Creston) (in (in Creston) Creston) $15.00; 641-782-6144. (in Creston)

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WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER, works, $50.00 OBO, 641-344-9047.

Head Coach - Baseball

Please visit the website for more information: Please visit the the website website more Please Please visit thevisit website for more for information: more information: information: www.swcciowa.edu/HR

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Southwestern Community College Southwestern Community College Southwestern Community College1501 Southwestern Community College W. Townline St. 1501 W.1501 Townline St. 1501 W. Townline Townline St. Creston, IA 50801 W. St. Creston,Creston, IA 50801IA Creston, IAAA; 50801 50801 Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer

Now Hiring:

Part-time Summer Help

AA; Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer Acknowledged • NCRC AA; Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer AA; Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer NCRC Acknowledged NCRC Acknowledged

Duties include assisting with auto detailing, lot maintenance, and light duty jobs.

Apply in person at

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RESTON UTOMOTIVE 410 W. Adams • Creston, IA

HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY

Please apply in person at:

Vintage Park Apartments 810 East Van Buren, Lenox, Iowa 50851 E.O.E./Drug Free Workplace

CDL DRIVER 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 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.

Find the right people for the job, right here.

Join our Health Care Team Payroll/Benefits Coordinator Performs duties related to payroll and benefit administration functions. Performs bookkeeping and accounting tasks applying accepted accounting procedures including payroll processing and associated general ledger reconciliation. Performs duties related to the payroll process according to established procedures Full Time 36 hours per weekadjustments to time including, but not limited to:- making necessary Apply online at www.madisonhealth.com edit reports, transmitting appropriate payroll information to the financial institution, and generating payroll reports. Coordinates 300 W. Hutchings St., Winterset, Iowa 50273Provides and facilitates the hospital’s employee benefit program.

MCHCS an Human equal opportunity back up support to isthe Resources employer Director as needed.

Previous experience in payroll processing and accounting required.

Madison County Health Care System is an award-winning organization located just a half hour southwest of Des Moines in picturesque Winterset, home of the Bridges of Madison County and 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 Apply online at www.madisonhealth.com

300 W. Hutchings St., Winterset, Iowa 50273 MCHCS is an equal opportunity employer

Bee Removal

Siding & Windows

HONEY BEE REMOVAL AND RESCUE SERVICE. Also selling honey and beeswax. John Brennan, 641-782-3795.

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

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

Glass

1409 N. Mulberry • Creston 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath.

Call Donna Marlin 515-401-8057

Part-time

**$250 Hiring Bonus**

Sales Associate

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

If you love fashion and great prices, you’ll love our store. Come be a part of our team.

Responsibilities include:

NEW LISTING

• Sales • Customer Relations • Store Presentation • Opening & Closing Duties

Schweser’s offers a competitive salary and benefit package.

APPLY IN PERSON AT

Clean it up with the Classifieds

BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. All major brands of vinyl and steel siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal replacement windows. Recipient of the Revere Premium Renovator Award. Seamless guttering and Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of Plumber continuous reliable service in SouthSCHROEDER PLUMBING and west Iowa, free estimates, 641-322ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ 5160 or 1-800-245-0337. new installations, new breaker Storage boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, water heaters. Specialize in SHARP’S SELF-STORAGE Boats, manufactured and mobile homes. records, inventory, furniture.

Free estimates, licensed, insured, You store it, lock it, take the 641-202-1048. Accept Visa & key. Industrial Park, Creston, 641-782-6227.

Mastercard.

Assistant Manager

FOR SALE

Got Clutter?

QUALITY GLASS CO. Automotive, home, business and farm.

Commercial lock service and trailer sales. Hwy 34 East, in Creston 641-782-5155

MCHCS HW Payroll Benefits Coordinator 3x7.5 5/20 The Shopper; 5/21 The Madisonian Crest Plaza/701 W. Townline, Creston Tim L

Office 641-782-7197 Broker: Stew Stewart www.stewartrealtyia.com “the Real Estate People”

WESTMAN WINDOWS. Replacement windows tilt for easy cleaning and rebates bays, bows, sliders, etc.

Any custom size and shape, 30+ years in Creston. I sell, service and install, for no-pressure estimate call Charlie Westman 641-782-4590 or 641-344-5523.

Iowa Select Farms is an equal opportunity employer.

Position Available is: • Part-time keyholder & sales Available position requires working a flexible schedule of 5-15 hrs. per week including some daytime, evening and weekend hours.

You’ll find yourself with space to spare and money to burn when you sell your stuff in the Creston News Advertiser Classifieds.

503 W. Adams St. • Creston, IA • classified@crestonnews.com

Uptown Creston

641-782-2141 Ext. 239

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Creston News Advertiser Thursday, May 22, 2014

Creston Southwest Iowa Night at the

Darius Reynolds, formerly of Iowa State

SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH

~ WELLS FARGO ARENA, DES MOINES ~ IOWA BARNSTORMERS VS TAMPA BAY STORM

$10 SINGLE TICKET PACKAGE

• Game starts at 7:05 pm

Includes: • TICKET TO THE GAME • PRE-GAME TAILGATE • 5 PM

• Creston Peppers will perform during the game.

with food & refreshments in parking lot

• ONE BARNSTORMERS T-SHIRT

ALL FOR JUST 10 BUCKS

Tickets Available at:

• Qualify at the June 2nd Meet & Greet to be a contestant at the Barnstormers Pork Chop Toss or Pie Eating Contest.

• Here’s your chance to see a Barnstormers Game for a family friendly price!

Don’t Wait!

Only a limited number of tickets are available.

Meet some Barnstormer Players & Cheerleaders Creston Farmer’s Market McKinley Park 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Qualifying for the Pie Eating Contest and Pork Chop Toss will take place.

PLUS - Register to win FREE TICKETS to the Barnstormers Game.

LOCAL SPONSORS