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RELAY FOR LIFE

Creston softball routs Red Oak 10-0 in five innings.

Luther sparks comeback in baseball victory Monday.

See SPORTS, page 7A.

See Relay for Life special section in today’s newspaper including stories on cancer survivors Di Miller and Emily Edwards.

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Bus barn contractor hired Petition could bring medical services to area veterans

■ Creston School Board hires Breiholz Construction to build Creston’s new bus barn facility. Work to be completed by Thanksgiving.

Moines as the contractor in the building of Creston School District’s bus barn. Ron Dunphy was the only board member voting no.

The bus barn was destroyed during a tornado April 2012.

Breiholz Construction Company’s bid was for $906,000 for a base bid.

The work is planned to take 90 days.

“The low bid here is projected 90

By BAILEY POOLMAN

CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

Creston School Board approved a contractor for the bus barn during the regularly scheduled meeting Monday.

The board voted to approve Breiholz Construction Company of Des

days. We think that’s really aggressive because you’re unsure of the weather, you know the weather dictates construction,” Superintendent Steve McDermott said. “I guess our thought was, we’re shooting for a Thanksgiving date, so it’ll be good.”

Creston School Board discussed the finances of the bus barn before motioning for approval.

“I think it’s a lot higher than any of us ever anticipated it was going to Please see BUS BARN, Page 2

TAKING A STAND

By SARAH BROWN

CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com

Area farmers weigh the risks of replanting corn, soybeans after strong storms earlier this month.

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Corn is past the recommended point of starting a replant. Those planting soybeans still have a little time, but yields could be down in fields affected by the storms June 3.

By JAKE WADDINGHAM

CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

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s farmers consider testing their luck by extending the growing season, they are stuck waiting to see the extent of the damage to their crop stands to see how much will be covered by insurance.

The warmer, late spring weather has shed some sunlight on the damage done by severe weather that rolled through southern Iowa June 3. With dry fields and work to be done, farmers are chomping at the bit to get started.

“Adjusters have to wait seven days (for hail damage),” said Adam Travis, co-owner of Hometown In-

surance in Creston. “You can tell a whole lot more about what is going to come back and what died.”

Travis said many farmers were hopeful the Travis corn had not matured to the point where the stalk’s growing point was damaged.

“We kept telling guys to wait, see if it will come back,” Travis said.

“Corn has a growing point that stays below ground (until a certain point of maturity). Theoretically, the stalk could lose all of its leaves, but as long as the growing point is not damaged, it should obtain the same yield potential.”

But, Travis said the damage was

extensive and a lot of area farmers were stuck. Most fields had already had fertilizer applied that is specific to corn, so fields could not be switched to soybeans.

“I know it was a tough call for a lot of guys, to go with half a stand or a full stand and have it really late,” Travis said.

Planting this late also runs the risk of having wetter corn during harvest — increasing drying cost — and there is potential of frost and snow hurting the crop.

“Yields are going to suffer,” said Aaron Saeugling, extension field agronomist for 14 counties in southwest Iowa.

Saeugling has been in the field a Please see FARMERS, Page 2

Union County Veterans Affairs (VA) is asking veterans, their friends and family and community members to sign a petition by June 30 to bring VA medical services to southwest Iowa.

As of 2012, the United States census said more than 6,008 veterans live within the counties the proposed VA clinic could serve. Currently, less than half are enrolled.

Blaize Reha, Union County Veterans Affairs director, said many veterans in the area are foregoing entitled medical benefits because it simply isn’t convenient. Currently, veterans seeking medical services must travel to Des Moines or Omaha.

“If we had VA services down here, veterans would enroll,” Reha said. “We are trying to make the accessibility to VA services easier for them. They don’t want to be hindered having to drive 80 miles away.”

Having VA medical services offered out of Des Moines and Oma- Reha ha are particularly a disservice to older or disabled veterans who require a driver to their appointments and to veterans who have to take hours of vacation time from their current job for short, routine appointments like checkups and blood work.

WWII Veteran Amos Hodson, 92, of Creston said he has never enrolled in medical services through the VA because its difficult to get to Des Moines.

“Well, it’s a long ways away,” Hodson said. “It’s an hour and 15 minutes to get there and an hour and 15 minutes to get back.”

Hodson was asked if he would enroll in VA medical services if they were offered closer to home.

“Yes, I probably would,” Hodson said.

Proposed VA clinic The clinic would serve veterans in Union, Ringgold, Taylor, Adams, Adair, southwest Madison, west Clarke and northwest Decatur counties, and Please see PETITION, Page 12

Creston sixth-grader wins essay competition Suzanne and Steve Johnston of Creston.

How did he get to the state competition?

Both Johnston and Jordyn Brown, 12, formerly of Lenox, won the local essay competition that included sixth-graders from Creston and Lenox.

They then advanced to a district competition that included essay writers from nine lodges in southwest Iowa.

At districts, Johnston received first place, $60 and advanced to the state competition where he won first place and $70. This essay competition was coordinated by the

Paul Johnston, 13, of Creston writes the winning “What the Flag Means to Me” essay among 1,400 entries.

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The state winner of this year’s “What the Flag Means to Me” essay contest hails from Creston.

Paul Johnston, 13, wrote the first-place essay selected among 1,400 entries judged

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Both Johnston and Brown were honored during a Flag Day ceremony held at Creston Elk’s Lodge #605 Saturday evening. (See photo, right).

Flag Day is celebrated each year to commemorate the adoption of the flag of the United States — which happened on June 14, 1777, by resolution from the Second Continental Congress. The day also promotes patriotism, respect for the flag and love of country.

See Johnston’s first-place essay on page 2A.

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BUS BARN:

Deaths Shirley Black Ankeny

Shirley Black, 89, of Ankeny, formerly of Creston, died June 14, 2014, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston after Black a brief illness.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 18, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25. Bob Goree will officiate.

Burial will be in Hill of Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with family present 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be given to Mercy Hospice in Johnston or Hill of Zion Memorial Garden. Online condolences may be left at powersfh.com.

Shirley Ann Black, daughter of Harland and Leona Alloway, was born Aug. 5, 1924, in Creston.

On May 22, 1944, Shirley married Richard “Dick” Black. At the time of their marriage, Dick was serving in the U.S. Army.

Gracia Doreen Given Nevada

Gracia Doreen (Peterson) Given, age 91, of Nevada, departed this life on Friday, June 13, 2014, Given at Windsor Manor in Nevada from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

In accordance with her specific instructions, Doreen’s cremains will be buried in the Peterson plot at Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa, adjacent to the grave of her mother and the space allocated for Robert’s cremains following his demise. Lutheran church doctrines will be observed but no public memorial service is intended at this time.

Doreen was born in Creston, Iowa, on May 24, 1923, the third and youngest child of John Hjalmar and Hallie (Youngberg) Peterson. Ever proud of her Swedish heritage, she was nicknamed “Pete” as a youngster and answered to that title for the rest of her life. After high school graduation she moved to Denver, Colorado, where she worked for Montgomery Ward and the State Motor Vehicle Division before joining Governor Knous’s staff when she met her fu-

After the war, Shirley helped in the family business of Black’s Produce and General Store in Zion for the next 33 years until it closed in 1978.

After Black’s Store closed, Shirley and Dick moved to Creston, where she continued to work with Dick at Boyd’s Appliance Store until they retired.

In 2003, Shirley and Dick moved to Ankeny to be near their children and grandchildren.

Shirley was a lifetime member of Hill of Zion Church.

Shirley is survived by her son Mike (wife Jean) Black; and daughter Cheryl (husband Bob) Goree, all of Ankeny; sister Mary Jane Kralik of Norwalk; grandchildren, Angela (Todd) Wilson of Bondurant, Stephanie (John) Siddens-Rudisill of Mount Vernon, Ohio, Sara (Jason) Monroe of Des Moines and Jeff (Amy) Black, Lisa McKenzie, Greg (Katie) Black, all of Ankeny; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 2011, brother Bob Alloway and grandson Shane Siddens. ture husband.

Robert and Doreen were married June 12, 1949, in Denver, then moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, after he accepted a job with the Iowa State Highway Commission. In future years new assignments dictated moves to Fairfield, Council Bluffs, Atlantic, and Ames.

Sons Bill and John were born respectively in Ottumwa and Fairfield. Doreen relocated willingly, a devoted housewife, active homemaker, and contented participant in raising her family at their home in Nevada. During the 13-year span following Robert’s retirement, Bob and Pete retained fondest memories of wintering down south in various locations, including three consecutive years at Biloxi, MS. Doreen was preceded in death by her parents, brother John Peterson and sister Laverne Langmaid and their spouses.

Those surviving who will mourn her passing are her husband; two sons, Bill and John; two grandsons, David and Todd; plus relatives, many friends, and numerous acquaintances across the country. The family wishes to express its gratitude to residents in many communities where they’ve lived, including the wonderful staff at Windsor Manor for their support.

Ryan Funeral Home of Nevada has been entrusted with the care of Doreen and her family. Condolences may be sent online to www.ryanfunerals.com.

George Faust

Creston Nursing and Rehab Center.

Creston Services are pending at George Faust, 90, of Cres- Powers Funeral Home, juncton died June 16, 2014, at tion of highways 25 and 34.

FARMERS: Continued from Page 1

lot over the past two weeks inspecting the damage done by the heavy rain, wind and hail that came with the storm system.

While some of the fields did recover better than expected, Saeugling said other fields lost more than half their stand.

Lee Farris, chairman of the Soil and Water Conservation Board, planted a stand of more than 160,000 soybeans. It is now down to less than 70,000.

“Luckily, the hail stopped about where my corn started,” Farris said.

Travis said the beans were at a much more vulnerable point in the growing stage when the hail hit.

Farris already received approval to replant about 70 acres of soybeans from federal adjusters, but hail insurance adjusters have

not been out to his field yet.

Travis said farmers need to wait to get that nod of approval like Farris did.

“If they go to plant new beans into old beans, it is really important they call us first,” Travis said. “They might not repay a replant claim, even if the ground is dry and guys want to replant.”

For corn, farmers are receiving about $32 an acre to cover replant costs.

Soybeans are about $34 an acre.

Saeugling said the weather will still be the major factor — especially this fall — behind the success of the replant. Smaller crops are more subseptable to pressure from insects.

“We have a little time yet,” Saeugling said. “Guys working to replant beans will continue to try through the end of the month.”

CNA file photo

Hail, wind and heavy rain damaged crops in southern Iowa, forcing some farmers to replant.

Continued from Page 1

cost us,” said Board Member Rick Fyock. “But, I think in the long run, we have to look at where the district is going to be in ten years. ... The tendency is the consolidation of schools and stuff, transportation is going to be a big, major issue.”

The original estimate, according to McDermott, was approximately $450,000 for the bus barn.

McDermott also said the district can afford the cost of the building and work. More than $400,000 of the construction will be paid for by insurance. The remaining cost will come out of the district’s physical plant and equipment levy (PPEL) fund.

PPEL is a levy that provides funding for buildings, equipment and technology.

Against Board Member Ron Dunphy, however, said $906,000 is not what the district will pay by the end of the process.

“That amount of money is not the cost of the bus barn,” Dunphy said. “We’ve already invested side preparations and whatever else.”

The school district paid for preparations of the site, which is northeast of where the former building was located. The district also paid for an architect to format blueprints of the building, which includes a wash bay for buses.

“It’s not an issue with the contractor,” Dunphy said.

“I’m against spending extra money on concrete in the bus barn. The board members and administration and the company that formatted the plans have known that for a long time.”

There is an Iowa code, Dunphy said, that requires all vehicles used by a public entity to be parked on concrete when housed inside a building. This will allow for leaking fuel to be dealt with, rather than using crushed rock.

“Even though that seems to be the building code, my thought was we could get a variance (appeal) and not have to use the expensive concrete for the bus barn surface,” Dunphy said.

The concrete is a $200,000 addition to the cost of the barn.

“I think, broadly, any national, state or local rule there is usually a chance to appeal the decision of whatever government entity it is,” Dunphy said. “There is almost, I think, always a process to appeal.”

Bids Other bidders were Jensen Builders of Fort Dodge, with a 150-day plan for $914,940.

Hansen Company of Johnston also bid for a 180-day plan for $1,144,000.

Sande Construction of Humboldt did not bid.

Breiholz Construction Company was the recommended bid of the three companies who placed bids.

In other school board news:

• Patrick Rabbit, fifth-grade teacher, Vicky Wood, high school math teacher, and Stephanie Wallace, paraprofessional, have resigned from their positions.

• Contracts were approved for Brett Wilson, high school success coordinator and head boys’ basketball coach, Karlyn McCutchan, elementary and middle school vocal music teacher, Amy Culberson, special education teacher, Eric Ehlen, P.E. and health teacher, Kelsey McQueenBettell, middle school cross country coach and summer program teacher, Virginia Harlan, junior class sponsor, Terri Koets, parttime cook, summer program teachers Lisa Tomas, Susan Bergstrom, Courtney Kammerer, Brittany McAlexander, Staci Miller, Hannah North, Lisa Peters, Amanda Plymale, Deena Bevins and Sarah Stephens, and summer program paraprofessionals Mae Greene, Kate Guiter and Richard Homewood.

• Creston School Board approved an increase of $5 for substitute teacher pay per day.

The amount is now $100.

• Edits for Creston elementary and middle schools handbooks were approved by Creston School Board. Edits included a homework and absent policy.

• Final sale of the former administration building, 619 N. Maple St., was up for public hearing, then approved, during the school board meeting. Scott Abildtrup purchased the building.

What the Flag Means to Me

By PAUL JOHNSTON Essay contest winner

Last Spring I went to Washington D.C. with my dad and my cousin.

Standing next to our nation’s capitol, I saw the American Flag flying high and proud.

At that moment, I realized much more of what the flag really means.

The flag symbolizes sacrifice, freedom, and victory. When the flag was first created, we were fighting for our freedom to start a new path of liberty. The flag has continued to represent our countries liberties through many generations.

I believe, people of my generations

are quickly losing an appreciation for the true meaning of the flag. It is crucial for us to remember that American soldiers have fought and died to protect our flag and it should always remain sacred to our nation.

My generation needs to consider what it (would) have been like to witness friends and fellow soldiers dying to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. Or, imagine, being a 18 year old, fresh out of high school ready to start adulthood when receiving a draft notice in the mail.

These are memories that should stay alive from generation to generation.

It is important to preserve the precious memories that many Americans have experienced by honoring the

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flag. I believe that school age students should honor the flag daily by saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

I now realize when I was in elementary school we didn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance regularly, now that I am in middle school, it is the first time in my school career that we say the pledge regularly. Children should be taught at a young age that the flag is so much more than the symbol of our country.

They should know that we honor the flag at sporting events and parades because it represents bloodshed, sacrifice and perseverance to have the freedom we have today.

As you see, the American Flag is the heartbeat of our great Nation.

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Police

Alex Cunningham, 23, 1024 W. Crest Dr., was charged with operating while intoxicated, interference with official acts and assault on a peace officer 4:17 p.m. Friday at the intersection of North Spruce and West Prairie streets.

According to a Creston Police report, officers responded to a call regarding a vehicle taken from the parking lot of Casey’s, 903 N. Sumner Ave. A vehicle matching the description of the taken vehicle was leaving the parking lot. Officers performed a traffic stop on the vehicle at North Spruce and West Prairie, where the vehicle went up over the curb of North Spruce before coming to a stop. Officers made contact with the driver, Cunningham. He seemed confused and had droopy eyelids. After officers spoke with Cunningham, it seemed he was under the influence. He consented to standard field sobriety test instruction and officers observed several indications of impairment. Cunningham refused a preliminary breath test. Cunningham resisted arrest by officers and pulled his arms away and clenched his fists together in front of him. Officers had to force Cunningham’s hands behind his back to charge him.

Officers transported Cunningham to Union County Law Enforcement Center. They sat him down in the office, and as an officer placed a handcuff on Cunningham’s wrist he spit on the officer’s face as the officer walked away.

Cunningham was released on $1,000 bond.

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Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Corn — $4.27 Soybeans — $13.80 • Gavilon Grain: Corn — $4.27 Soybeans — $14.02

Jason Schlapia, 700 W. Prairie St., reported his Rugar 10/22 rifle was taken from his residence between April 22 and Wednesday.

Loss estimate is $250.

—————— Emily Riepe, 118 Manor Dr., reported her prescription clonazepam was taken out of her purse Friday while she was at either Montgomery Street Pub, 207 E. Montgomery St., or American Legion, 119 N. Walnut St. Loss estimate is $50.

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According to a Union County Sheriff report, James Richard Decker, 78, of Lorimor, driving a 1983 Chevrolet north on Lark, was pulling a Chevrolet pickup, when the hitch came undone, causing the pulled Chevrolet to swing around and hit Decker’s vehicle. Decker’s vehicle entered the ditch on the east side of the road and came to rest on its side.

Damage estimates are $1,500 to Decker’s vehicle and $1,000 to the pulled Chevrolet.

—————— No citations were issued after an accident 6:28 p.m.

Sunday at the intersection of North Elm and West Montgomery streets.

According to a Creston Police report, Reid Matthew Kissell, 21, 806 N. Cherry St, driving a 1994 Ford south on North Elm, and Matthew Stephen Woods, 43, of Fontanelle, driving a 2001 Chevrolet west on West Montgomery, did not see the other leave the flashing red lights at the intersection and collided in the middle of the intersection.

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I wanted to phone my father from Southern Utah. When recently we drove through the national park everyone calls “Arches,” its red rocks carved by millions of erosive years into magnificent sculpture, I almost reached for the phone.

It was the kind of natural scene he liked to hear about.

Fathers are thought about more than they know. Mothers get the roses, fathers the good intentions.

They are the citadels of life, or at least my daddy was. The recent DDay anniversary, Father’s Day on its heels — reminders that a phone call is no longer possible.

I’m not so sure of the sobriquet “greatest generation.” Every generation has its great and its weak, its dutiful and its shirkers. My father shrugged off obstacles without ever whining, which certainly made

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for a great example.

We didn’t agree about everything politically, yet our life philosophies were pretty much the same.

We agreed on old “Bonanza” reruns and baseball, music and lawn mowers, the truly important stuff.

He also loved the ocean and worried about the Gulf of Mexico after Katrina and the BP oil spill. We agreed the working man too often got the shaft.

My father believed a country should take care of its weakest citizens, the elderly and poor and, of

course, its wounded veterans. A veteran of World War II and the Pacific campaign himself, the first and only benefit he accepted for his service was the bronze plaque at the foot of his grave. But the wounded, that’s different.

He watched the weather in four directions — Colorado, Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi — checking with his four children if a cloud appeared on their respective horizon.

He spared us his own concerns — weather, health, financial — as long as he possibly could. We would find out about a hospital visit after the fact, or a tornado when the cleanup was done.

Fathers seem different now, but not necessarily diminished. It is good, I think, that more men watch their babies being born and take

more of a role in rearing them. It gladdens my heart to see fathers at elementary-school plays and concerts, ballparks and ice-cream parlors.

My father worked on the road and missed a lot of the frills and busywork of our childhoods. It was my mother who made the glee club concerts and piano recitals and PTA cupcakes. He prioritized, I guess you’d say, and keeping a good job and a roof over our heads came before chaperoning a choir tour or coaching little league.

You could count on my daddy, however, when the issue was major, when cars stalled in the night or dogs died or money ran short.

When you had to report a divorce or a death or a D in biology, he was the man to call.

Those emergency calls mounted

up over the years. I wonder now if he dreaded hearing the phone ring.

“Daddy, I need to tell you something.”

A child with another problem.

But I always knew for certain he’d be there, on the other end of the line, dispensing advice from the high hill of his old age, wisdom earned the hard way at war and work for nearly nine decades.

What I would give to call him up right now. *** To find out more about Rheta Grimsley Johnson and her books, visit www.rhetagrimsleyjohnsonbooks.com. (c) 2014 Rheta Grimsley Johnson Distributed by King Features Syndicate

Monica Lewinsky will be interviewed by Nat Geo HOLLYWOOD — Happy Tuesday, everybody, and God bless America.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West moved their honeymoon to Acapulco last weekend with reality-show cameras rolling. They plan to be in Mexico for a week of romance and publicity. Both Democrats and Republicans agree that if there was ever a time to seal the border, this is it.

Monica Lewinsky will be interviewed by Nat Geo in July in a special about the Clinton Era in America. She just lost her job as a London hospital volunteer. While she was observing surgery, the doctor called for more suction, and Monica disappeared under the operating table.

Psychology Today released a study about human brain maturity conducted by Princeton researchers. It found people don’t become adults until they are twenty-five years old rather than eighteen. The study also said that middle age be-

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gins the moment you eat at Denny’s sober.

USA Today reported that obesity rates in America remained high for the tenth year. They define obesity as thirty-five pounds overweight. A man in Georgia was recently arrested for hijacking a Krispy Kreme donut truck, which is defined under U.S. law as a crime of passion.

Fox’s 24 Live Another Day featuring Jack Bauer clobbered Hillary Clinton’s ABC interview with Diane Sawyer. Anti-terrorism dramas are suddenly back in style. The network was so emboldened by the ratings win that it looks like Fox News is bringing back their hit series, Iraq.

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In response to Monica McCarthy From Joe Owens Creston

Praise God for the First Amendment and let the mudslinging begin. Isn’t it refreshing to know the Democrats haven’t changed any political strategies in the past six years. Let’s just point fingers, promise you anything for your vote and provide a solution for nothing.

Ms. McCarthy’s comments regarding Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst sound like a page from every political party’s playbook. Let’s first take a stab at their contributors and behold, we have found the “Evil Koch Brothers.”

After all, they ARE Right Wing Capitalist Conservatives. Perhaps it is much more acceptable to receive political funding from labor unions, legal firms and anyone who agrees with the Liberal Left and supports government control of your lives.

Let’s look at Ms. McCarthy’s bullet points for the AmeriSheep to base their voting decisions upon: 1. No minimum wage for hardworking people. There has been a minimum for many years. The idea

of a minimum wage is to establish a baseline for entry level positions within the workforce. Now with the future Common Core education we’re forced to provide our children, maybe flippin’ burgers is the pinochle of the future.

2. No education department for our children. Education should be the responsibility of the states and accountable parents. I know this is asking quite a lot of our evolving society. However, our government should not be responsible for education. Unless your goal is to dumb down the masses so Socialism can thrive.

3. No progressive tax code to even out the system and make it fair for all “progressive tax code fair for all.” Sounds like a poster for Marxism. How about a flat tax.

You make it, you pay it. No loop holes. Let the free market system work. Of course such a move might eliminate the need for the IRS, then another quarter of a million nonessential government employees would be out of a job.

4. No clean water act to clean up and protect our waterways. That’s what we all need is the EPA, DNR

and Department of the Interior to first tell us what a waterway is, what we can and can’t do with it.

And we so desperately need another place to send our tax dollars.

5. No farm bill for Iowa or the rest of the nation. Commodity prices at the highest level in history, why do we need a farm bill? I forgot, government regulations created the closed market system that resulted in the need for farm bill legislation. Let’s not forget food stamps. Where would we spend all that money if the current administration hadn’t increased the number of recipients by 41 percent?

6. No gun control, not even mental health issues. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES! Enough said.

I have a neighbor who raises sheep. And every morning I am awakened to, “Feeeed meeee.

Giiiiive Meeeee.” Pretty soon I’ll be listening to Braaaaley. They don’t want a representative with an agricultural background, Christian morals and values, dedication to God and Country. Most AmeriSheep would be happy with another lawyer.

Let the people be involved From Kenneth M. Mallas, former teacher and school administrator for 36 years Corning

When Monica makes the comment concerning Joni’s views as hardcore Koch Brother paid-for politically far right, what a below the belt sad way of attacking a person. If you want to attack her, please look at her record while serving in the Iowa Senate which was controlled by the Democrats.

Joni Ernst believes in the Bill of Rights, using the Constitution as a form of governing, enforcing all the present laws and allowing a person to believe in God. By having this belief, Joni is branded as far right.

Anyone having these same beliefs are branded as far right. Not too long ago we were called “Patriots.”

Joni believes in the good of people. She wants the free market to provide the jobs, not the federal government. The federal government takes a lot from each of us and gives back very little in return.

Anyone who believes in less government and less control now becomes a “bad person.”

Monica’s areas of concern 1. Minimum Wage 2. No education department for our children

3. No progressive tax code to even out the system and make it fair for all.

4. No clean water act to clean up and protect our waterways, no farm bill for Iowa or the nation, no gun control, not even mental health issues.

My response to Monica McCarthy 1. Does “minimum wage” create more jobs or less jobs? What are real facts?

2. The U.S. Educational Department provides less than 15 percent of our tax dollars but wants 100 percent control. My personal comments on “No child left behind.”

Our teachers are now becoming bookkeepers. Ask any teacher who has taught for more than 15 years for their personal opinion on this subject.

3. & 4. The Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the presidency for two years. Any point they now make today is a bunch of hog wash. They had complete control of government. For them to blame anybody other than themselves is laughable. The items they bring up today could have been done, but they did not want to take the risk.

The problems of 2008 was the

government’s fault — all three branches of services — the House, the Senate, the president and both parties. Both houses passed a law and the president signed it. The government allowed the banks to make loans on any house at any price, take no risk and make $2,400 on each loan made. The federal government guaranteed 100 percent on every loan.

These comments are in response to Monica McCarthy. Let the people be involved in solving their problems, not just the government.

Joni will be an outstanding senator for the state of Iowa because she will be a senator who listens to people and what they say.

Monica McCarthy should ask the person she is supporting one question and wait like I did for an answer.

The president of United States said you could keep your own insurance and you could keep your own doctor. I called his office twice and asked his office representative whether or not did the president tell the truth or did he lie. His office was unable or unwilling to answer that question. The United States needs one less lawyer in the Senate. Thank each of you and God bless.

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Jim and Pat Wolfe

Wolfe card shower planned

The family of Jim and Pat Wolfe is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 65th wedding anniversary June 21.

Cards may be sent to them at 1319 140th St., Creston, IA 50801.

Kalian and Dwayne Smith

Smith open house planned

The family of Dwayne and Kalian Smith is hosting an open house in honor of the couple’s 30th wedding anniversary.

The open house and potluck will be held 6 p.m. June 21 at St. John’s Church, 609 S. Maple St., Creston.

Jason Klejch and Casie Miller

Marlyn and Dana Rectenbaugh

Shawn Milligan and Linus Behne

Dona Booth

of Creston, is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary June 20.

Cards may be sent to them at 506 W. Blackberry Lane, Nixa, MO 65714.

honor of her 80th birthday June 21. Also sharing Dona’s birthday is her great-grandson Easton.

Cards may be sent to her at 301 E. Iowa St., Afton, IA 50830.

Booth card shower Rectenbaugh open Freeman card planned planned house, card shower shower The family of Dona Booth The family of Don and planned JoAnn Freeman, formerly is hosting a card shower in

Miller, Klejch plan Milligan, Behne August wedding Julia and Gary Thompson plan July wedding and Doug and Rhonda Miller announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Casie Miller to Jason Klejch, son of Curtis and Karen Klejch, all of Creston.

Miller is a 2008 graduate of Creston High School. She graduated from Southwestern Community College in 2010 and earned a degree in elementary education from Buena Vista University in 2014. She is currently employed at Fridley Theatres.

Klejch is a 1997 graduate of Creston High School.

He is currently employed as a conductor for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

The couple plan a 5:30 p.m. wedding Aug. 15 at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines.

JoAnn and Don Freeman

Shawn Milligan and Linus Behne announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.

Milligan is the daughter of Patricia Milligan of Urbandale and the late Russell Milligan. Milligan is a 1990 graduate of Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.

She is currently employed as kindergarten teacher at St. Malachy School.

Behne is the son of Genevieve Behne of Brainard, Neb. and the late Ernest Behne. Behne is a 1980 graduate of University of Nebraska—Lincoln. He is currently employed as systems engineer for Union Pacific Railroad.

The couple plan a July wedding at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston.

The family of Dana and Marlyn Rectenbaugh is hosting an open house and card shower in honor of the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary June 28.

The open house is from 1 to 4 p.m. June 29 at Orient Plymouth Congregational Church, 311 W. First St., Orient.

Cards may be sent to them at 1977 310th St., Orient, IA 50858.

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Horoscope Wednesday, June 18, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Not only might your financial situation improve, you also might buy something lovely for yourself or a loved one. Enjoy your day!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a good day to shop for wardrobe items, because you like what you see in the mirror. It’s also a great day to schmooze, because you’re charming and happy to see others.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will please you today. With the Sun in your sign, you are out there being all things to all people. Nevertheless, let’s face it — even you need a rest.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Social gatherings, casual get-togethers and large conferences will be successful today because you’re happy to schmooze with others. Plus, you find it easy to be warmhearted and friendly to everyone.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might develop a crush on your boss or someone in a position of authority today.

Alternatively, someone might ask for your creative input on something.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Travel for pleasure will please you today. You also might be attracted to someone from a different background or another culture.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Keep your pockets open today, because gifts, goodies and favors from others can come your way. Just say, “Thank you!” Yay! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) All your relationships with others will be smooth today because fair Venus is opposite your sign dancing with lucky Jupiter. In addition, others are in a great mood as well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Ask for help from coworkers today if you need it.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Entertain at home today.

Invite the gang over! This is also a good day to discuss real-estate deals or shop for your home.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You can make money with your words today, which is why this is a great day for those of you who sell, market, teach, act or write for a living.

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The Creston baseball team averted a potential disastrous start to an important week in the conference here Monday night.

Red Oak, coming to Panther Field at 0-5 in the Hawkeye 10 and 1-6 overall, took a 5-1 lead in the third inning as Panther starting pitcher Kadon Hulett struggled with control.

Hulett had given the Panthers a 1-0 lead with a towering solo home run to left field aided by a southerly wind gusting from 30 mph to a peak of Hulett 43 mph during the early innings, straight to left field.

Hulett struck out four in 2 1/3 innings, but also walked five and hit three batters.

He yielded to senior Trevor Luther, who promptly saw one run score on a passed ball and another on a basesloaded walk to make it 5-1.

But Luther helped his cause with an RBI single up the middle to score Cole Crawford, who had reached on an error.

With two outs in the bottom of the fourth and the

score still 5-2 in favor of Red Oak, Trey Benson and eighth-grade catcher Jaden Driskell sparked a rally of five straight hits that ended with a 7-5 Panther lead.

Conner Pals had an RBI single up the middle, Crawford stroked a two-run double to right, Luther had a run-scoring hit and he scored on a wild pitch.

Hulett’s RBI groundout in the fifth and a run by courtesy runner Brody Frain on a dropped popup hit by Nate Haley in the sixth gave the Panthers the 9-5 cushion for Luther, who was rolling in a solid rhythm at that point.

After a leadoff single in the fourth, 12 straight Red Oak batters were retired by the senior righthander, including eight by strikeouts.

He finished with 10 strikeouts, two walks, one hit allowed and no runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Luther, the team’s regular right fielder, said he gained confidence as the game went along.

“When I came in I wasn’t getting the outside (strike) calls,” he said. “So I started throwing inside more. I threw three curveballs to the number three hitter, but otherwise it was mostly two-seam and four-seam fastballs. I was trying to get a rhythm like Chase (Shiltz) did the other night. We got the bats going. That’s what

we needed.”

Creston coach Steve Birchard showed some patience with Luther after he walked two of the first four batters he faced, forcing in a run. It paid off.

“I was proud of him,” Birchard said. “He came in a tough spot for us. I was ready to pull the trigger on him, too, but I let him go a little bit and I’m glad I did.

He is really just getting his confidence. You have to get up there (on the mound) to develop that. He got in a groove.”

Birchard said the 5-1 deficit was precarious, but he thought his team’s hitting would come around eventually against Red Oak pitcher Hayden Berry. He said Benson and Driskell starting the two-out rally in the fourth was significant.

“For the eight and nine guys to come up and get back-to-back hits, that’s big,” Birchard said. “Because that got us to the top of the order, and now that we had guys coming up for the third time against him, I thought we’d get some good CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON swings. And we did. I was Trevor Luther sends a pitch to the plate against Red Oak Monday. The senior righthoping our bats would come hander pitched 4 2/3 innings of one-hit relief with 10 strikeouts and two walks. He retired the last 12 batters he faced in the Panthers’ 9-5 victory. around.”

Luther finished 3-of-3 at the plate with a double, two 6-5 overall and 5-3 in the Crawford and Chase Shiltz camouflage uniforms. Luruns scored and two RBI. Hawkeye 10 with another slated for Thursday’s dou- minarias will be sold for a Crawford also had two runs home game tonight against bleheader at Denison. suggested donation of $5. and two RBI with a double. Glenwood. Brandon Phipps Tonight will be the PanHulett ended with two RBI. gets the starting assign- thers’ “Battle Against CanPlease see COMEBACK, page 8A Creston improved to ment against the Rams, with cer” game with players in

Panthers rout Red Oak, reset for Glenwood tonight

By JAKE WADDINGHAM

CNA associate editor • jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

The Creston Panther softball team wasted no time securing a Hawkeye 10 conference victory over the Red Oak Tigers here Monday, 10-0.

“I liked the way we came out and took care of business,” Panther head coach Mike McCabe said. “We’ve had a pertinacity in the past not to do that and find ourselves in a little closer game than we need to or not playing very well.”

Josie Sickles started the game with a single up the middle. Taylor Briley picked her up with a smash to centerfield, giving the Panthers a quick 1-0 lead.

Pitcher Haylee LaMasters continued the hitting streak with a single to put runners on the corners. Both Briley CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM and LaMasters would come Pitcher Haylee LaMasters fires to the plate against Red in to score before the end of Oak Monday. From the circle, LaMasters fanned six bat- the first inning, building the ters and did not give up a walk. She also went 3-for-3 from Panther lead to 3-0. the plate with a single, double, triple and three RBI.

“We’ve been hitting the ball well lately,” McCabe said. “I hope that it will continue. We’ve been patient and working to get pitches to hit.”

LaMasters stayed hot at the plate the remainder of the contest, going 3-for-3 with a double in the second inning and a triple in the third. She picked up three RBI for the night.

From the circle, she fanned six Tiger batters, gave up no walks and only allowed three hits.

Sickles also finished 3-for3 with an RBI. Fellow sopho m o r e Shelby P a l ser went 2-for-3 with two Jo. Sickels RBI. Red Oak showed some life in the second inning after Sarah Behrens found a hole in the infield for a single. She was gunned down at third trying to pick up an extra base during a bunt attempt-

Area softball

Griswold 6, Nodaway Valley 5 CRESTON — Nodaway Valley suffered another

Softball Classic, as Griswold scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come back for a 6-5 win.

Paige McElfish struck out 11 and walked two, giving up just four hits in the loss.

McElfish recorded three hits with one RBI in the loss, while Sidney Hohertz recorded two hits, including a triple. Hohertz drove in two runs.

Bond-Farrar 9, Nodaway Valley 0 CRESTON — Nodaway Valley fell to defending Class 3A state champion Bondurant-Farrar 9-0 here Saturday in the John Stephens Softball Classic.

Josie Clarke took the loss in the circle, walking four with no strikeouts. Paige McElfish struck out three with no walks, pitching in relief.

Christine Gross went

because of their battle with cancer.”

Luminaries will be sold at the game to raise funds for life-saving cancer research and patient services.

JV The Creston junior varsity team improved to 5-2 for the season with a 14-2 romp of Red Oak on Monday.

The Panthers took advantage of nine walks issued by Red Oak pitchers.

Lexie Little, Cammy Rutherford, Hannah Fogle and Morgan Shawler each recorded a hit for the Panthers.

Shawler and Chloe Hagle each drove in one run.

Josie Sickels picked up the win in the pitching circle, issuing five walks and striking out seven.

Creston 10, Red Oak 0 R H E Red Oak 000 00 — 0 3 2 Creston 352 0X — 10 13 0 RO: Sarah Behrens 2BB 0K and Tannah Halvin. C: Haylee LaMasters 0BB 6K and Natalie Mostek. W — LaMasters. L— Behrens. HR — none. 3B — C: LaMasters. 2B — C: LaMasters, Taylor Briley. RBI — C: LaMasters 3, Briley 2, Shelby Palser 2, Josie Sickels 1, Mostek 1. Multiple hitters — C: LaMasters 3, Josie Sickels 3, Palser 2, Jami Sickels 2.

Area baseball

Central Decatur 5, tough-luck loss here Satur- 3-for-3 in the game with a day in the John Stephens double.

Nodaway Valley 4 LEON — Central Decatur answered every Nodaway Valley threat in a 5-4 win here on Friday.

The Wolverines scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-3 lead, but Central Decatur answered back with two of its own in the bottom half of the inning.

Paige McElfish took the loss for the Wolverines, striking out seven and walking two, while allowing eight hits.

Josie Carter, Christine Gross and Jessica Nelson each recorded two hits for Nodaway Valley, with Carter, Gross and Kadee Eblen each hitting a double. Nelson drove in one run.

ed by Sydney Streicher.

LaMasters struck out two batters to end the threat.

A five-run second inning for the Panthers padded their lead to 8-0.

Alyssa Higgins and Sickels scored the two runs in the third inning to give Creston (9-6 overall, 6-3 in Hawkeye 10 play) enough runs to enforce the mercy rule in the fifth inning.

The Panthers bounce back with another conference home game tonight against Glenwood. Creston stole a 5-1 victory over the Rams earlier this season on the road.

JV is slated for a 5:30 p.m. start, followed by the varsity at 7:30 p.m.

Cancer survivor Di Miller will throw out the first pitch of the varsity game as part of an ongoing partnership between the Creston baseball and softball teams to raise awareness for Relay for Life.

“It’s a great cause with the Relay for Life on Friday,” McCabe said. “It gives us a chance to recognize some survivors and honor some loved ones who, unfortunately, died

Nodaway Valley fell to 4-8 for the season with the loss.

Nodaway Valley 7, Mount Ayr 6 GREENFIELD — Paige McElfish hit two home runs to lead Nodaway Valley past Mount Ayr 7-6 in eight innings here on Thursday.

“Paige pounded her third and fourth home runs of the year with the first one traveling 50 yards over the left field McElfish fence,” Nodaway Valley head coach Ray Stewart said. “It might be one of the hardest hit balls I have ever seen.”

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MSM 10, SW Valley 0

across.”

ranked Martensdale-St. Marys scored four runs in the first inning on the way to defeating Southwest Valley Friday, 10-0.

Noah Catron pitched the shutout for the Blue Devils.

Drey Barton took the loss, giving up four earned runs and 10 hits in three innings.

Lane Peterson pitched 1 2/3 innings of relief, yielding two earned runs on two hits and two walks.

Evan Baldwin had two singles for the Timberwolves.

“Martensdale is one of the most disciplined hitting teams we face,” SW Valley coach Pete Nett said.

“They always put quality swings on the ball and use the whole field. We had a chance in the first inning with the bases loaded, but we couldn’t push anything

LENOX — Lenox scored nine runs in the first and 10 in the second inning in a 22-0 victory over Bedford Thursday night.

Jared Hensley led off the game with a double to left field on the first pitch and finished with two hits and two RBI. Caleb Lange drove in five runs on two doubles.

Dustyn Rauch had three RBI with a double Lange and single. Spencer Brown had a double and single.

Spencer Brown pitched the first three innings, allowing one hit with four strikeouts and a walk. Dusten Reed pitched the fourth.

Lenox 22, ST. MARYS — Sixth- Bedford 0

Bedford pitchers Kody Parrott and Devon Wheeler allowed 11 hits and only six earned runs with seven strikeouts and five walks.

Pleasantville 9, Lenox 1 PLEASANTVILLE — Five errors hampered the Lenox Tigers in a 9-1 loss Friday to a Pleasantville team getting some ratings consideration in Class 1A this week.

Caleb Lange took the loss, allowing three earned runs in four innings as the Tigers trailed 8-0. He struck out six, walked four and allowed six hits. Kaleb Anderson came on in the fifth, yielding one earned urn on two hits and a walk.

Patrick Sheehey and Jesse Nichols combined for the victory, allowing five Lenox hits with six strikeouts. Spencer Please see BASEBALL, page 8A

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COMEBACK: Continued from page 7A

Donors may put their loved ones’ names of those who are fighting, have lost the fight or have won the fight, and decorate them. These luminarias will be at the Relay for Life event Friday night at Panther Field and will be displayed with a candle lit during the luminaria

ceremony.

Cancer survivor Emily Edwards will throw out the first pitch.

Other Hawkeye 10 scores Monday night were: Lewis Central 7, Atlantic 6; Harlan 6, Council Bluffs St. Albert Catholic 3; Shenandoah 4, Clarinda 3; and Kuemper Catholic 9, DenisonSchleswig 7.

Junior varsity

Raiderettes.

Tessa Shields struck out two and walked five in the losing effort in the pitching circle.

“This is the most energy and enthusiasm I’ve seen out of our team and the expectations have been set,” Mount Ayr head coach Ranae Klinkefus said. “We’re hitting the ball well.”

Danica Sunderman hit her second home run of the season, going 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBI. Lexi B r o n n e r Sunderman also drove in two runs. Ashtyn Grossnickle, Kelsie Kinman and Sydney Pontius each recorded three hits.

Kiara Roberts picked up the win, pitching 4 2/3 innings, giving up 11 runs on 10 hits and two walks. Kylie McBride pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief, allowing just one hit.

For East Union, 8thgrader Olivia Eckels went 3-4 at the plate with a home

Creston scored six runs in the second inning to establish control and hold off Red Oak Monday, 8-5.

The Tigers had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning before the Panthers struck for six runs on four hits in the second. Red Oak scored four runs — two earned — in the final two innings to

close it to a three-run margin.

“The walks hurt us, and sometimes lack of defensive awareness cost us, but our hitters adjusted to their pitching and did a good job,” said Creston coach Ben Landers.

Other than issuing seven bases on balls, Brenden McDowell had a good out-

ing on the mound. In four innings he struck out six, allowed just one hit and hit three batters. He also hit one of the team’s three doubles.

Deaven Reese had a double and RBI, Cody Crawford hit a double and Brody Frain knocked in two runs.

Dalton O’Riley also had an RBI for Creston (5-3).

run and a double. Katlin Weinkoetz also recorded three hits, including a double. Danielle Riley hit two doubles in the loss.

Riley took the loss in the circle, giving up 17 runs on 15 hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

man added a double and Ashtyn Grossnickle also hit a double in the loss.

Kylie McBride made the first start of her varsity career in the pitching circle, giving up 14 runs on 15 hits and four walks.

Creston 9, Red Oak 5 R HE Red Oak 005 000 0 — 5 3 3 Creston 011 511 x — 9 10 0 RO: Hayden Berry 5K 2BB and Collin Bruce. Cr: Kadon Hulett 4K 5BB 3 HBP, Trevor Luther (3) 10K 2BB and Jaden Driskell.

W — Luther. L— Berry. HR — Cr: Hulett. 2B — Cr: Cole Crawford, Luther. RBI — RO: Berry 1, Brock Isaacson 1, Jesse Taylor 1, Murphy Porter 1; Cr: Hulett 2, Luther 2, Crawford 2, Conner Pals 1. Multiple hitters — Cr: Luther 3.

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McElfish also picked up the win in the circle, despite issuing seven walks. She struck out six and surrendered seven hits.

Kadee Eblen hit an RBI single up the middle in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the game for the Wolverines.

Mount Ayr’s 4-0 lead after the first inning slowly evaporated.

Kirsten Dolecheck reached base three times, hitting a double and a triple. She drove in two runs for the Dolecheck

SW Valley 17, East Union 11

BASEBALL:

Bedford tourney

Continued from page 7A

Spencer Brown and Dusten Reed had doubles for Lenox.

Reed led off the fifth with his hit and scored on Dawson Tullberg’s single.

Lenox 12, East Union 2 LENOX — East Union scored two runs in the first inning, but was shut out from there in a 12-2 Lenox victory Wednesday.

Jared Hensley was the winning pitcher, allowing five hits with six strikeouts and two walks. Brandon Lee took the loss with two strikeouts, nine walks and seven hits allowed.

For Lenox, Caleb Lange hit a home run with three RBI in the second inning. Spencer Brown drove in three runs, Hensley was 2-of-5 with an RBI, Dustyn Rauch had two doubles and Dustin Gordon finished with five stolen bases.

Nodaway Valley 6, Mount Ayr 5 GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley ended up on top in a wild seventh inning in a 6-5 win over Mount Ayr Thursday.

Nodaway Valley fielding mistakes led to four runs by Mount Ayr in the top of the seventh. Nodaway Valley, trailing 5-2 entering the bottom of the seventh, answered with a home run by Delson Grantham, RBI double by Baley Shantz and the winning run when Sam Marnin was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Trevor Jameson was 3-of-3 with a double, home run and two RBI.

AFTON — Southwest Valley won a 17-11 slugfest against East Union here on Thursday.

The Timberwolves held a 5-0 lead after the top of the first inning, but trailed 8-5 after two innings of play, before striking for seven runs in the fourth.

BEDFORD — OrientMacksburg was runner-up in the Bedford Tournament Saturday.

The Bulldogs defeated Southwest Valley 23-7 before falling to Bedford in the finals, 8-7.

Against Southwest Valley, the Bulldogs had 19 hits led by Jackson Mikkelsen at 2-of-5 with a double and three RBI. Cameron Walker was 3-4 with four runs scored and Joey Huntington was 4-4 with two RBI and two runs.

Chantz Davidson got the win, allowing two hits while striking out four. Mikkelsen closed out the win and also

struck out four.

Evan Baldwin singled and tripled for Southwest Valley. Keegan Longabaugh and Ryan Allisdon each had a single and two RBI. Mikkelsen took the loss in the finals for O-M, allowing six hits, five runs with five strikeouts in six innings. The Bulldogs had 11 hits with Jordan Thompson going 2-2 with a double and three walks and three runs scored. Davidson was 3-4 and Jesse Johnson was 2-3.

Southwest Valley won the consolation game over Essex, 26-16. Colton Drake had a home run, double and single with five RBI and three runs.

Public notice Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment Southern Iowa Rural Water Association, City of Bridgewater, City of Blockton The USDA Rural Utilities Service has received an application for financial assistance from the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA). As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rural Utilities Service has prepared an Environmental Assessment that evaluated the potential environmental effects and consequences of the proposed project. This notice announces the availability of the Environmental Assessment for public review and comment.

SIRWA plans construct replacement water distribution systems for the cities of Blockton and Bridgewater. There are approximately 112 water connections in Bridgewater and approximately 97 connections in Blockton.

This proposal will consist of replacing all of the existing cast iron water main and some existing PVC piping with new PVC water piping. In Bridgewater, approximately 10,400 lineal feet of 6”, 3” and 2” water main will be replaced. In Blockton, approximately 15,700 lineal feet of 6”, 3” and 2” water main will be replaced. New meter pits and service lines will also be installed. A majority of the water main improvements will be directionally bored and will be primarily located in previously disturbed areas, in public right-of-way.

One acre of important farmland near Bridgewater, located outside city the limits, will be purchased and utilized for the siting of a 50,000 gallon elevated water storage tank that will be 135’ tall. A one acre site in the city limits of Blockton will be purchased for a 50,000 gallon water tower that will be approximately 100’ tall.

The following environmental mitigation measures are required of proposed project: X Compliance with conditions contained in the IDNR Construction Permit to be r completed.

X Compliance with conditions contained in the Storm Water Pollution Prevention r Plan to be completed.

X Demolition of water towers will occur per the requirements in the proposal’s r plans and specifications provided by the project engineer. The applicant will comply with IDNR review / directive from the submitted Notification of Demolition and Renovation Form (DNR 542-1476) X No trees will be removed between the period of April 1 to September 30 to protect r the Indiana and Northern Long-Eared Bats and their habitat.

X The Preliminary Notice of Potential Conversion of Important Farmland was r published May 19,20,&21, 2014 in the Creston News Advertiser providing a separate 30 day comment period on the conversion of one acre of important farmland near Bridgewater for the siting of a new water tower. All comments received will be considered and evaluated in the environmental review process prior to publishing the final environmental public notice.

Copies of the Environmental Assessment are available for review at USDA Rural Development, 511 W. 7th Street, Atlantic, IA 50022. For further information you may contact Dee Fischer at 712-243-2107 in the Atlantic Rural Development Office. Any person interested in commenting on this proposed project should submit comments to this address by July 18, 2014 General location maps of the proposal are shown below.

MSM 14, SW Valley 4 MARTENSDALE — Martensdale-St. Marys smacked 15 hits in rolling to a 14-4 win over Southwest Valley here on Friday.

Danica Sunderman hit her third home run of the season, finishing 2-for-2 at the plate with two runs batted in. Sydney Pontius also recorded two hits, including a double. SunderWilliams Roberts had two singles an a double with two RBI. Drey Barton an Ryan Carlson each drove in three runs.

Paige Mitchell, Lane Peterson, Colton Drake an Keegan Longabaugh shared in the pitching for the Timberwolves.

Mount Ayr 19, Mormon Trail 12 GARDEN GROVE — Mount Ayr had 20 hits — at least one from everyone in the lineup — in collecting a

SE Warren 13, East Union 3 AFTON — Southeast Warren scored in every inning to pick up a 13-3 win over East Union here on Friday.

Chay Blondowski had three hits in the loss, while Emily Eckels recorded two hits. Danielle Riley drove in two runs for the Eagles.

Olivia Eckels hit a double.

Riley took the loss in the pitching circle, giving up 13 runs on 14 hits with four 19-12 road victory over Mormon Trail Monday night.

Levi Jarred and Weston Schnoor each finished with four hits. Jacob Taylor, Nick Wurster, Casey Paxson, Kyle Dolecheck and Lincoln Martin each had two hits.

Jarred was the winning pitcher, going six innings before relieved by freshman Triston Ackley.

Winterset 12, Nodaway Valley 4 WINTERSET — Winterset jumped out to an 8-0

The Creston/O-M tennis banquet will be held 6 p.m.

Wednesday at the Taylor Park Shelter house.

Boys families are asked to bring a side dish to share. Girls families are asked bring a main dish.

Booster club Creston Activities Booster Club will meet 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday at A&G Steakhouse and Lounge. 211 W. Adams St. Agenda includes review of concessions costs and prices charged; plans for freshman orientation lunch; information advertising for upcoming activities; and plans for clothing sales at Creston Crazy Daze and all-school registration on Aug. 4.

MURRAY — Murray picked up an 11-1 win over Lamoni here on Friday.

Deena Snyder and Chellsea Jones e a c h d r o v e in three runs for the Lady M u s tangs.

S n y d e r Jones recorded two doubles and Jones hit a double and a home run. Kate Patton hit a triple.

Patton struck out nine and walked none, giving up just four hits in the win. lead on the way to beating Nodaway Valley Monday night, 12-4.

The Wolverines battled back with four runs in the fifth, but fell short.

Sam Marnin and Delson Grantham each had home runs for the Wolverines and Trevor Jameson had an RBI double.

Nathan Andrews, Zach Eblen and Beau Weinheimer combined for Nodaway Valley pitching.

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RACING Update

Dennis continues streak; Hampel finds Victory Lane

By BURTON HEATON

green with Bates hanging onto second, Kurt Hansen, Luke Ramsey, and Tom Myers following.

Davison’s win brought him within eight points of leader Jeremy Purdy, who settled for a sixth place finish. Just 10 points further back sees Ramsey and Myers tied for third in the point chase.

B-Mods The caution free features came to an abrupt stop when Stalker Chevrolet bmod driver Bryce Allen of Stanton launched his car off of turn one and rolled several times before coming to rest. Allen emerged from the car uninjured, but his racing night was done.

With eight nights of racing in the books, only two drivers have wins in the bmod class.

Coming into the evening, Jon Plowman had five wins and Jerod Weston, two.

With the lineups based on a four week point average, Weston started seventh, inside of row number three.

Plowman was two rows further back, starting eleventh.

Weston wasted no time moving to the front. He was in second by the end of the first lap and took the lead just two laps later. Plow-

Adams Co. Speedway

CORNING — Jesse Dennis made it six of eight so far this season, and John Hampel claimed his first win at ACS since the 2012 season on a night when nobody was sure Mother Nature was going to cooperate.

Greg Miller got his second win of the season, as did Andy Davison in his hobby stock. And in the Stalker Chevrolet b-mods it’s either been Jerod Weston or Jon Plowman.

This week Plowman led at the white flag, but Weston got the win.

Hobby Stocks It took Andy Davison less than seven minutes from the time flagman Jim Tull threw the green flag on the evening’s first feature race until the first checkered flag was waving to signify his second win of the season.

Pole sitter Chris Bates jumped to the front and led the first four circuits until Davison moved around to take a lead that would never be challenged or slowed by the caution flag. Eighteen Chat Mobility hobby stocks raced clean and

man’s journey was harder, moving to second by lap nine.

At the white flag, Plowman stuck his nose in front to take a very small lead, but Weston’s masterful driving in turns one and two put him in front on the backs t r e t c h . Weston At the checkers, it was Weston by .034 seconds, a margin of about 12 inches.

Essex’s Blain Petersen was close behind in third with Darrin Hardisty and Dave Schafroth running fourth and fifth. This was Hardisty’s sixth top five this season and he has yet to finish outside the top ten.

Pro-Stock Defending champion Greg Miller and car owner Gary Nissen have apparently set their sights on a repeat performance.

Starting ninth in a field of 12, Miller was running third when Clarinda’s Jake Christensen lost his motor on the front stretch and brought out the caution flag. After a lengthy clean-up session,

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Miller blasted to the front on the restart and then held off Jason Rold for the last 10 laps to get his second win of the season.

Rold, Clay Mercer, Joe Zadina, and Brad Derry made up the top five. Derry’s finish was hard-earned after he tangled with Tony Hardisty on lap six, bringing out the caution flag and sending them both to the back. Hardisty managed a seventh place finish.

Modifieds Like the b-mods, the Poet Biorefining modifieds have only seen two faces in victory lane this year — Jesse Dennis and Ryan Peckham.

With Peckham not at the track this week, it was up to defending champion Brian Foote to keep Dennis out of victory lane.

With Dennis starting eighth in the field of 16, Keven Parman started in the pole position and led the first 11 laps. Using the very bottom of the race track to its fullest, Dennis took the lead on lap 12.

Foote followed into second place one lap later, but was never able to close the margin.

At the checkers it was Dennis leading by over two and a half seconds, with

Foote, Parman, Todd Van Eaton, and John Davis following.

Dennis’ 78 point lead in the class is now big- Dennis ger than the combined leader margin in the other four classes at the speedway.

Late Models Over two years had passed since John Hampel had parked his 2H machine in victory lane at Adams County Speedway, but on this Father’s Day eve, with both his children on hand, the winless drought came to an end. A smooth, racy surface made car setup extremely important and Hampel had all the right adjustments to methodically move his way from 10th to the front.

A multi-car incident on the opening lap involving six cars ended the racing night for Chris Spieker and Trent Jackson, while sending Jason O’Brien and Daulton Maassen to the rear of the field.

Prescott’s Justin Cooper paced the first half of the

CHAT MOBILITY HOBBY STOCKS

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Josh Cooper

108

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No.

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13

11

Matt Herring

102

1

4

Jeremy Purdy

232

14

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Andrew Clark

90

2

21d

Andy Davison

224

15

3

Kenny Champ

70

3

17

Luke Ramsey

214

16

23

Dusti Carlisle

68

4

7

Thomas Myers

214

17

2

Brett Sink

64

5

75

Kurt Hansen

186

18

16A

Bryce Allen

62

6

72

Matt McAtee

149

19

51X

Matt Webb

56

7

40x

David Weeda

144

20

33R

DJ Robinson

52

8

33VH

Dusty Van Horn

138

21

76

David Orr

46

88

Dustin Sheppard

38

9

71

Patrick Pellman

130

22

10

33

Tim McCollum

116

23

6

Ryan Jenkins

26

11

104

Chris Bates

112

24

91

Eddie Schwope Jr

22

12

92

Buck Schafroth

100

25

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Kody Havens

22

13

52

Jerry Richards

90

26

16L

Lenny Campbell

16

14

20

Jeremy Auten

81

27

16X

Nate Lewis

6

15

9

Curtis Gaunt

60

28

8H

Troy Hardisty

6

38R

Ralph Risius

2

16

70

Todd Schmitt

52

29

17

12G

Jeremy Ribbey

48

30

14

Christine Jarillo

2

18

32

Dillon Carlisle

48

31

88X

Ed Sheppard

2

19

53

John Sandbothe

34

32

97

Eddie Schwope III

2

20

29

Kiel Brittain

32

21

15A,15 Joshua Adkins

24

22

18

Joe Murphy

22

23

93

Randy Anderson

20

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Driver

Pts.

24

2M

Corey Madden

10

1

83

Greg Miller

168

25

54

Cade Oglesbee

8

2

3

Joe Zadina

160

26

79

Ryan Sutter

8

3

0

Tony Hardisty

147

4

37d

Brad Derry

147

5

38

Craig Garner

112

6

2

Kevin Sharp

107

NORTHLAND OIL PRO STOCKS

We do plumbing too!!

Glenn & Heather Orr - Owners 641-782-8700 • 24 hour service • Free estimates

New & Pre-Owned 1100 E. South Street - Mount Ayr, IA Sales & Service 1-800-280-1079 or 641-464-3241

Pre-Owned Sales 1-800-333-7994 or 641-464-2025

For a full look at our inventory check out our website at www.glendenningmotor.net or www.glendenningmtr.com MUST PRESENT COUPON

Get Ready For Summer

EXPIRES 6/30/2014

FREE A/C System Check RESTON UTOMOTIVE 410 W. Adams | Creston, IA 866-782-2179 or 641-782-2179

Rick’ s Auto & Ag Supply 516 Davis Ave., Corning, Iowa 641-322-3199 Toll Free: 888-811-6403

P REV U YOUR !

ER M M U S

Catch exciting racing action every Tuesday and Thursday in your

25 lap race until Hampel slipped by. Lamoni’s wild child, Sterling Perkins, moved his car into second place, until a lap 19 caution forced a restart.

On the restart, O’Brien grabbed second, but was unable to catch Hampel.

O’Brien hung on to second with Perkins, Paul Glendenning, and Daulton Maassen rounding out the top five.

Kids Bike Races June 21 is the annual Alegent Health Kids Bike Races at the speedway. All youth age 12 and under are invited to bring their bikes and race on the front stretch at intermission.

Trophies will be awarded to the top boy and girl in five different age divisions, with every entrant getting a medal.

Vintage Wingless Sprints June 21 will also see the first ever appearance of the Vintage Wingless Sprints at ACS. These “show cars that race” are restored machines from the 1960s and 70s.

Racing as an added exhibition class, it may be the first time wingless sprints have ever toured the ACS oval.

Ticket prices have not been changed for this big show, with a family pass still $25.

POET BIOREFINING MODIFIEDS Pos.

No.

Driver

Pts.

7

28c

Jake Christensen

72

1

70

Jesse Dennis

252

8

14

Chad Helvie

66

2

V31

Todd Van Eaton

174

9

42

David Nail, Jr

60

3

71

Jeff James

162

10

M36

Clay Mercer

57

4

43

Brian Foote

160

11

96

Jason Rold

46

5

2

John Davis

144

12

10

James Carroll

40

35

Blake Henry

18

6

36t

Jeff Wiggins

142

13

7

22

Keven Parman

138

14

7

Tom Steinbach

18

8

68+1

Blain Petersen

108

15

55

Steve Churchill

14

9

11

Ryan Peckham

96

16

555

Barry Sandeman

14

10

43D

Daniel Foote

84

17

69c

Cody Clark

8

11

13h

Eric Hanna

76

18

68

Jeremy Swanson

2

12

56S

Russell Stewart

64

19

77

Glen Hoyt

2

13

3F

Cole Ferguson

52

14

10J

Josh Cooper

52

15

73

Cody Bristow

50

16

83

Ben Wolverton

40

Pos.

No.

Driver

Pts.

17

33

Kirby Stiens

34

1

15

Jason OBrien

212

18

77

Dustin Jarillo

24

2

56

Chris Spieker

205

62

Leon Zeitner

167

COORS LIGHT LATE MODELS

19

56

Chris Spieker

18

3

20

33

Ryan Stiens

16

4

2h

John Hampel

130

21

14

TJ Patterson

10

5

Z62

Justin Zeitner

128

22

14J

Jeffrey Jones

6

6

9F

Fred Miller III

125

23

1

Brian Perdue

4

7

33

Paul Glendenning

116

24

18A,R21

8

8

Sterling Perkins

114

9

12

Trenton Jackson

112

10

24X

Billy Leighton Jr.

102 100

Ryan Schaffer

STALKER CHEVROLET B MODS

2

11

8D

Daulton Maassen

Pos.

No.

Driver

Pts.

12

53

Andrew Kosiski

88

1

17

Jon Plowman

271

13

32

Dave Carlisle

62

2

86j

Jerod Weston

241

14

4K

Josh Krug

58

3

11J

Darrin Hardisty

220

15

13jr

Colton Leal

58

4

5

Josh Sink

218

16

13

Michael Leal

56

5

68+1

Blain Petersen

162

17

26JR

Corey Zeitner

52

6

0

Shawn Kralik

162

18

10C

Justin Cooper

42

7

92

David Schafroth

136

19

82

Robbie Anderson

24

8

98

Bret Sheppard

132

20

26

Mel Zeitner

20

9

13

Troy Fudge

116

21

25

Brad Perdue

16

10

33

Ron Thompson

112

22

4

JC Wyman

4

108

23

65N

Jon Binning

2

11

21

Cody Werner

10A

Creston News Advertiser Tuesday, June 17, 2014

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Card of Thanks

Business Services

A huge thank you to the GRMC paramedics, ER staff, police dept and fire dept. for their prompt arrival and assisting our mother, Shirley Lybarger, during her medical emergency and passing.

A big heartfelt thanks to Melissa Heatherington Mower for her kindness and emotional support.

Thank you to Father Ken Halibur for attending Mom in the ER. We want you to know how much it meant to us for your visits to our home, the food you brought, and your assistance in helping us with her memorial dinner.

Thank you for showing her kindness and friendship during her brief time living in Creston. Mom was amazing and loved so much.

Your prayers are a blessing.

Terri & Dave Koets & children

MAKE MORE MONEY! Manufacturing offers more than you think.

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WITH BATS? Want them removed from your THE AD that ran in this home permanently? No space got RESULTS and was chemicals used. All cancelled. work guaranteed. 551971-1441.

Help Wanted LOOKING FOR A JOB? Every – Wait Staff – day there are jobs advertised Apply in person in the Classified Ads.

Business Services

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

Employment MURPHY HEAVY CONTRACTING is looking for construction bridge laborers. Year around work, home every night.

Experience a plus, but we will train. Wages based on experience.

Call 712-762-3386 for details on how to apply.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. We are an EEO/AA employer.

Creston Family Restaurant Hwy. 34 • Creston

Waitress/ Bartender Wanted Part-time Nights & Weekends $7.25/hour + tips Call for appointment

Elm’s Club 108 N. Elm • Uptown Creston

782-2615

641-782-2936

Home & Farm Improvement

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commercial & residential Certified Lead Safety Renovator

BARN REPAIR all types

SIDING AND WINDOWS Garage Doors

CARPENTRY 20+ yrs local service

Dave Schaefer 641-348-2260

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

For Rent DOUBLE GARAGE FOR RENT in Creston, $100/mo., 641-3443270 or 641-344-3704.

Behind the eight ball?

Here’s your cue: Want Ads will work for you!

For Sale 2008 4 STROKE JOHNSON 15HP outboard motor, Don Crill, 641322-4670.

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.

POET BIOREFINING IS

NOW HIRING POET Biorefining – Corning, IA, an ethanol biorefinery, is currently looking for an Operator.

An Operator is responsible for operating all plant processing equipment in a highly automated chemical facility.

Additional duties include: • Accurate documentation of process information • Plant cleanliness • Observe all safety guidelines

Auction Calendar Maybe you sent a card, paid a visit, sent flowers or memorials, provided nourishment, said a prayer or shared a story.

The family of Pete Weis wishes to thank you for all the support and good memories.

Missed by all, loved by many.

Larry & Karen Weis and family Bill & Sandee Lehman and family Stacy & Steve Davis and family

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All individuals must be compassionate and enjoy working in a team environment with older adults.

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

PrairieView &

POET Biorefining — Coring, IA, an ethanol biorefinery, is currently looking for a Maintenance Technician.

Qualified candidates must have at least a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience with fabrication, welding, cutting, & maintenance practices helpful.

Must be able to work nights.

Apply online at www.midwest-health.com/careers

ASSISTED LIVING

Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technicians are responsible for the safe & efficient repair, maintenance and cleaning of all equipment associated with plant processes.

Additional duties include:  Perform preventative & proactive maintenance tasks  Learn methods & procedures for boiler & cooling tower maintenance and water chemistry

Part-time Certified Nursing Assistant and Certified Medication Aide/ Medication Manager

BRICK BLOCK STONE CONCRETE

Davis masoNRy

Miscellaneous

Prairie View Assisted Living and Memory Care is now hiring for

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

RepaiRs & New CoNstRuCtioN ChimNeys to BasemeNts

Livestock

MEMORY CARE

We offer highly competitive compensation, Comprehensive benefits & tremendous opportunity for growth.

Apply online at www.poet.com/careers

1709 W. Prairie St., Creston, IA

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

Sat. June 21- 9:00AM Clearfield, IA. Furniture, Computers & Music Equipment, Vans & Buses for Clearfield Community School. Auctioneers: Jim Smith, Curt Pierscshbacher, Kelly James, and Darin Wookey.

Sat. June 21- 10:00AM Villisca, IA. Hull Pottery, Pink Depression Glass & Other Glassware, Antique & Modern Furniture for Phyllis Shapcott Estate. Auctioneers: Steve Bergren, Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill.

Sat. June 21- 10:00AM Bridgewater, IA. Excellent Collection Antique Furniture, Coins, unpacked boxes from years of collecting for Jorgensen Property.

Auctioneer: Tim Baier Sat. June 21- 1:00PM Arispe, IA. 320 acres MOL in Sandcreek Township, Union County, Iowa with ranch style home for Lyle Fluckey Estate. Auctioneers: Bob Crittenden, Tom Frey.

Sun. June 22- 11:00AM Creston, IA. High Quality Modern Furniture, Appliances, Household Goods, Shop & Hand Tools, Antiques & Collectibles, 2012 12’ RNR alum Motorcycle Trailer for Roger Frey Estate. Auctioneers: Todd Crill, Darwin West, Tom Frey, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

Thur. June 26- 5:00PM Creston, IA. Modern Furniture, Household Goods, ‘51 Farmall Cub Tractor with attachments, Misc. for Mary Ann Lindsay and items consigned by the Ivan Benett Family.

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

Sat. June 28- 10:00AM Rural Nevinville, IA. Tools & Shop Items; Antiques & Collectibles; Auto & Other Vehicles; IH Tractors, Loader, Accessories; Farm Machinery for Sue McIlravy & the late Gerald McIlravy. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

Sat. June 28- 10:00AM Greenfield, IA. Specialized Plumbing Tools, 2003 Dodge Caravan, Chevy 4x4 Ext. Pickup for Young Mechanical. Auctioneer: Tim Baier Sun. June 29- 11:00AM Creston, IA. Tools, Misc., Modern Furniture, Household Goods, Antiques & Collectibles for Walt & Nelda Herzberg. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

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

Qualified candidate must have at least a High School Diploma or equivalent. Production/manufacturing experience is preferred. Must be able to work 12 hour shift work.

BENEFITS Comprehensive Medical Benefits (vision, dental & more!) • 401 (k) plan • Paid time-off programs & paid holidays • Profit sharing • Growth opportunities

To apply now, visit poet.com/careers.

Fully Insured

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICIAN JOIN US AS A

PRODUCTION TEAM MEMBER Now accepting Applications for all Shifts ENHANCED WAGE PROGRESSION (Shift differential not included) START AT $13.25 $14.25 AFTER 1 YEAR $14.75 AFTER 18 MONTHS $15.80 AFTER 36 MONTHS GREAT BENEFIT PACKAGE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN DENTAL AND VISION PLAN 401 (k) WITH COMPANY MATCHING PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE BONUSES EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE Please stop by your nearest Workforce Development Center to fill out an application. Applications can also be picked up at Osceola Foods and mailed back to Jared Lee, 1027 Warren Ave. Osceola, IA 50213 Applications will be accepted from May 20 thru June 22, 2014

Osceola Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Iowa Select Farms has a local opening for a full-time Maintenance Technician responsible for the building upkeep and repair needs of area swine farms. Ideal candidates will have technical skills in electrical, plumbing, welding and basic carpentry.

HVAC specialists a plus. The ideal candidate must have initiative and good organizational and communication skills.

Apply online at www.iowaselect.com, call Human Resources at 641-648-4479, or stop by 101 North Douglas in Afton to complete an application.

Iowa Select Farms is an equal opportunity employer.

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.

Iowa Select Farms is an equal opportunity employer.

Creston News Advertiser Tuesday, June 17, 2014

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REGULATION SIZE PING PONG TABLE. Foldup, Rollaway on casters. Includes paddles, net and balls, AIR-WHEEL EXERCISE $50.00, 641-202-0477.

BIKE, used very little, $15.00; can see at 102 Broad St. or call 641- FOR SALE: GOOSEBER4 CONCERT TICKETS to 782-5459 or 641-344- RIES, $7.00/quart, 641The Nadas, Thursday, 5668.

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(4) TIRES 275x55x20” Pirelli tires, all good but low tread $40.00; (4) skid loader tires, 10x16.5, good, low tread, $30.00; (4) tires 245x70x16”, fair tread, $50.00; 641-344-6073.

Looking for great people for Shift Managers

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

LOCAL RAW HONEY: 8 oz. $3.50; 12 oz. $4.00; 16 oz. $5.00; 24 oz. $9.00; 1 lb. Wax $7.50; 641-782-3795

Part-time

Apply at Creston Plaza Properties at 1003 S. Sumner St. during the hours of 9 am - 12 pm Monday through Friday.

SEVERAL STORAGE CONTAINERS, various sizes, priced 50 cents to $3.00; 2 metal over the door hangers with 3 hooks, $3.00 each; small digital food scale with glass plate, converts ounces to grams, $10.00; 641-782-6144.

TOSHIBA THEATER WIDE 61” analog rear projection TV, works, $25.00 OBO, 641-7824582.

Looking for great people for all shifts

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

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

FOR SALE IMMEDIATELY: 2001 Dodge Intrepid Auto, Gold with good tan interior. Needs transmission work. Best Offer.

Contact:

Schweser’s offers a competitive salary and benefit package.

Iowa State Savings Bank

APPLY IN PERSON AT

Ask for Emily Ford

Please apply in person.

Contact Sandy Smith, DON

QHC WINTERSET SOUTH, LLC 715 S. 2nd Ave., Winterset, IA 50273 515-462-4040

— Requirements— Meets the requirement for Hospice Aide qualifications under Medicare CoPs; 1-yr nursing home or home health exp ability to work weekdays and weekends.

EOE

Visit www.hcicareservices.org to download an application or submit a cover letter and resume to

hrinfo@hci-vns.org

Kindergarten Teacher Full time position includes salary and benefits. Appropriate Iowa teaching license and certification required.

Apply online at www.teachiowa.gov - Job ID #2565 or, contact Principal John Walsh via e-mail at jwalsh@crestonstmalachy.org or call 641-782-7125.

Adult Basic Education Adult Basic Education Adult Basic Education Adult Basic Education EMS Instructor High School Equivalency Instructo High School Equivalency Instructor High School Equivalency Instructor High (Emergency School Equivalency Instructor Medical Services) (in Creston) (in Creston) (in Creston) (in Creston)

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

Dial-AService

Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston, served by HCI Hospice Care Services of Southern Iowa has

EOE/Pre Employment physical and drug screen required

St. Malachy School is accepting applications for a kindergarten teaching position.

Now accepting applications for applications the Now accepting for the Now accepting applications for the Now accepting applications for the following position: following position: following position: Now accepting applications for the following part-time position: following position:

PRN Hospice Aide positions available.

2-PT LPN/RN positions are open

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

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Uptown Creston

Come Join our team at QHC Winterset South, LLC

Looking for great people for Closing Shifts

McDonald’s Creston 608 Wyoming Avenue Creston, IA 50801

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

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

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CLASSIFIEDS WORK!

Now Hiring: • Closing Shifts Starting at $8.50 per hour We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal plan and much more!

Assistant Manager

Now hiring a full time RN to join our new Premier Ventilator Weaning Unit/Long Term Care.

On site training provided by our on staff respiratory therapist.

Competitive benefits and 401K. LEADING THE AREA IN RN WAGES! If you are interested in joining our team contact Kim Bashor RN/DON 641-333-2226 or stop by and apply within.

$50 or Less

Now Hiring: • Crew People Starting at $7.50 per hour We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal plan and much more!

for 48 unit family property in Creston.

Must have basic repair skills and be available for flexible hours.

Must have a drivers’ license.

$50 or Less

Now Hiring: • Shift Managers Starting at $9.50 & above per hour We offer flexible hours, competitive pay, free uniforms, employee meal plan and much more!

Maintenance person

LENOX CARE CENTER

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HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY Find the right people for the job, right here.

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.

HELP WANTED

Michael Foods, Inc. in Lenox, Iowa, has immediate opportunities for employment on 1st, 2nd and 3rd shifts.

Michael Foods is a diversified food processor and distributor with businesses in egg products, refrigerated grocery products and refrigerated potato products.

Previous experience in food manufacturing is not required.

We will train people with a solid work history!

For further information contact Human Resources at (641) 333-4700 or come to the plant to apply Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

EOE/AAP

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 Glass install, for no-pressure estimate call QUALITY GLASS CO. Automotive, Charlie Westman 641-782-4590 or home, business and farm. 641-344-5523.

Commercial lock service and BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. trailer sales. Hwy 34 East, in All major brands of vinyl and steel Creston 641-782-5155 siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal replacement windows. Recipient of the Revere Premium RenoPlumber vator Award. Seamless guttering and SCHROEDER PLUMBING and Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ continuous reliable service in Southnew installations, new breaker west Iowa, free estimates, 641-322boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, 5160 or 1-800-245-0337. water heaters. Specialize in manufactured and mobile homes.

Storage Free estimates, licensed, insured, 641-202-1048. Accept Visa & SHARP’S SELF-STORAGE Boats, records, inventory, furniture.

Mastercard.

You store it, lock it, take the key. Industrial Park, Creston, Professional Cleaning 641-782-6227.

Do you need help with spring or Place your business service ad here for $40 a month. summer house cleaning? Katie Call 641-782-2141 ext. 239 Brennan, 641-782-3795.

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DOT dedicates new Decorah eagle spending summer in Canada employee memorial AMES (MCT) — A new monument, built in honor of the Iowa Department of Transportation’s “most precious asset,” was dedicated Monday at a ceremony at the DOT headquarters in Ames.

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds helped lead the dedication ceremony for the new DOT employee Branstad memorial located on the grounds of the DOT administration building at the corner of Grand Avenue and Lincoln Way. Built of limestone slabs constructed in the shape of the DOT emblem, the monument features the names of 36 former employees who lost their lives while on the job.

Work on the monument, which was designed by DOT support services design staff, began last August and landscaping was added this spring.

DOT director Paul Trombino said DOT employees are the department’s “most important and precious asset.”

“But, as with any asset, we must work hard to protect them,” Trombino said.

“Without our employees, travel in Iowa as we know it would not be possible.”

Trombino said the organization has consistently worked to make things safer for DOT employees.

“The work zones have gotten safer, the clothes have

gotten brighter, inspection processes securer,” Trombino said. “Collectively, our greatest accomplishment going forward as one DOT team would be to never add another name to this memorial.”

Branstad said the state has come a long way in improving safety for employees, but “there’s still much to be done.”

Branstad said more than 20,000 workers are injured in construction zones each year across the country, which is a “sobering reminder” that there’s more that can be done.

Branstad said all motorists can help by reducing distractions while driving and slowing down on the roadway, especially in work zones.

Branstad also asked all employees to use “best safety practices” while on the job, to watch out for each other and to attend routine safety meetings.

Friends and family of those being honored were asked to come forward and receive a flower and a token as a DOT employee read the 36 names on the monument.

The oldest name was from 1953, and the most recent was from 2011.

David Fleming traveled from Poweshiek County with his wife and sister for Tuesday’s dedication. Fleming’s father, Stuart Fleming, died while working for the DOT in 1977.

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

Work zone safety More than 20,000 workers are injured in construction zones each year. The DOT memorial is built with limestone slabs constructed in the shape of the DOT emblem.

It features the names of 36 former employees that lost their lives while on the job.

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(MCT) — D1, a Decorah eagle hatched in 2011 and fitted with a satellite transmitter that same year, is again spending her summer in Polar Bear Provincial Park above the tree line on Canada’s Hudson Bay. This is the third year in a row she has left Decorah in the spring and traveled more than 1,000 miles to her unpeopled summer home in the subarctic wilderness.

As in years past, she likely will return to Decorah in the fall and spend the winter there.

“This will probably be her last long summer vacation,” said raptor expert Bob Anderson, who with eagle researcher Brett Mandernack fitted D-1 with a solar-powered satellite transmitter July 12, 2011, to learn what becomes of young northern eagles after they leave the nest.

D1 will reach sexual maturity next spring and likely will attract a mate and attempt a nest, probably somewhere near Decorah, said Anderson, director of the Raptor Resource Project, whose nest-cam website recorded its 300 millionth visitor earlier this year.

“She will be 4 years old next spring — the same age as her mother when she raised her first chicks,” he said.

When Anderson last saw D1 more than a month ago, her head was

“Her travels have been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t imagine that an Iowa eagle would spend three summers near the arctic.”

— Bob Anderson

Raptor expert

900-mile tour of Minnesota and Wisconsin before returning to Decorah on Dec. 28, 2011.

Her first trip to Hudson Bay in 2012 took a leisurely 39 days. Last year, she made the trip in 15 days, and this year it took her 17 days, leaving Decorah on May 27 and arriving June 12 at Hudson Bay. “Her travels have been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t imagine that an Iowa eagle would spend three summers near the arctic,” Anderson said.

Anderson said he hopes the solar-

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powered transmitter, soon to be entering its fourth year of operation, will keep working at least until D-1 reaches reproductive maturity and starts raising young of her own.

Polar Bear Provincial Park consists of more than 9,000 square miles of isolated tundra established to protect the fragile habitat of polar bears. Accessible only by air, it has no human inhabitants and few human visitors.

It borders the southern shores of Hudson Bay and the western shores of James Bay. Anderson said recent satellite readings have placed D1 more than 30 miles off shore on the bay’s remaining ice. Anderson said his friend, renowned wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg, whose portfolio includes many polar bear photos, speculates that D1 is feeding off the remnants of seals killed by polar bears.

“Three months from now she will start her return trip,” Anderson said.

“You can almost set your clock by her.”

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

three-quarters white. By next spring she should be sporting the pure white head and tail fan of a mature bald eagle, he said.

In her first year, D-1 (for Decorah first satellite) took a four-month,

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