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Bringing Hattie home

Young Republicans push for inclusive position on same-sex marriage

Colorado man brings 125-year-old tombstone back to Iowa.

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By CARLEA SCHULER

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In 1999, Sean Dougherty found a tombstone in the yard of his new Fort Collins, Colo., home.

The stone — dated 1889 — belonged to Hattie Cowger.

Intrigued, he did some preliminary research and discovered there were no records of anyone being buried on his property.

“I then did some research over the next five years trying to find out where she belonged,” Dougherty said.

“Somehow I found using Ancestry.com that she belonged in the old Jerusalem Cemetery (in Creston).”

In about 2005, he tried contacting people from Creston about Cowger, but hit multiple dead ends. Dougherty said work and life got in the way of his search, so he stopped for a few years.

During this time, Doughtry moved to a new home, but brought Hattie’s stone with him.

“I took her with me, because I didn’t want to leave her there like the previous owners did to me,” he said.

Then earlier this year, Doughtry found out he would be traveling to Paul Smith College in Lake Placid, N.Y., for a class reunion, so he decided to bring the stone with him and return it to the burial ground.

“Part of the reason I wanted to drive to New York was to return Hattie,” Doughtry said. “I thought, ‘This is perfect.’ Creston is not far out of my way off of I-80 and I can bring her home.”

This is when he started the search again and began contacting people in the Creston area.

Chris Fredricksen, owner of Fredricksen Memorials

She died on July 18, 1889, when she was almost 38 years old. She was married to J.H. Cowger, but her maiden name is unknown.

She died around the same time as her one-month-old baby boy in 1889. It is possible that Hattie died during childbirth or from complications of childbirth. She is buried in the Jerusalem Cemetery near her baby.

Her husband and children moved to Denver, Colo., soon after her death, and they are buried there.

“A lot of people would

DES MOINES (MCT) — Young conservatives who are pushing Republicans to be more tolerant of same-sex marriage say there is a “new silent majority” of Americans who support their view and hopefully will become more vocal heading into the 2016 presidential election cycle.

Members of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry are making an Iowa stop this week as part of a nationwide tour. It’s aimed at changing how the Republican Party defines marriage in its national platform to be more inclusive.

The group’s $1 million effort to reform the 2016 GOP platform seeks to replace language declaring marriage to be a union of one man and one woman with wording that recognizes growing support for allowing same-sex couples to marry and welcomes a “thoughtful conversation” while respecting “all families and fairness and freedom for all Americans.”

Jerri Ann Henry, a member of the group’s leadership council, said during a telephone interview Friday she increasingly encounters Republicans who are part of a growing national acceptance of same-sex marriage and oftentimes are surprised to find like-minded conservatives who share their view.

“It’s almost like there’s a new silent majority,” said Henry, who works in public affairs and political outreach in Washington, D.C. “They just don’t know that they’re the actual majority.”

A tolerant view of same-sex marriage, she said, needs to be nurtured among liberty movement Republicans, conservative-leaning “millennials” and others if the party hopes to win elections with a philosophy that supports the family structure but inclusively allows people to define what that structure is.

Ed Lopez, another group member who is vice chairman of the Republican liberty caucus and served on former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s New Hampshire state steering committee, said the party risks alienating a new generation of Republicans who hold conservative positions on national security, fiscal responsibility, limited government

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Sean Dougherty squats next to the tombstone of Hattie Cowger in Jerusalem Cemetery on July 24. Dougherty said it was fulfilling to bring Hattie home.

in Creston, was a big help to Dougherty. He contacted her in March 2014.

“I told him I knew where the cemetery was and that I would see what I could find,” Fredricksen said.

Fredricksen then got in touch with one of the township trustees, Jack Bakerink and his wife Fran. Jack is the Lincoln Township clerk and groundkeeper of the Jerusalem Cemetery.

“That cemetery is called a pioneer cemetery, because there haven’t been any burials there since probably the 1870s or 80s,” Bakerink said.

Bakerink has been restoring the cemetery for about 15 years. Before he started taking care of it, the cemetery was overrun by weeds and most of the tombstones were covered. Today, Jerusalem Cemetery is better kept.

“The township trustees are looking at a project where we can reset some of the stones there, and this (Hat-

tie’s stone) is a nice starting point,” Bakerink said.

Bakerink had a handdrawn map of the cemetery layout that was made in 1946.

From this he was able to locate Hattie’s burial site.

“It was pretty easy once we knew her name to find the location on that old map,” Bakerink said.

From there, the plan to return Hattie fell into place.

The stone was brought to the cemetery on the morning of July 24 with a small group of about eight people.

“It took a little sleuthing, and one thing led to another,” Fredricksen said. “Everyone kept communicating and we found her.”

The Fredricksens donated a base for the tombstone to be placed on. The process of installing the stone and paying respect to Hattie took a little over an hour.

“The big mystery is how it was in Colorado while she was buried back here,” Fred-

ricksen said.

No one may ever solve that mystery, but Dougherty said some people at the Iowa Genealogy Society and Iowa Cemetery Group were able to uncover a few facts about Hattie Cowger.

Hattie facts

Hearing set on proposal to remove bar exam (MCT) — The Iowa Supreme Court has set a public hearing for later this month on the proposed amendment recommended by the state bar to adopt “diploma privilege,” eliminating the bar exam for in-state law graduates.

There are 23 people scheduled to present at the 9 a.m. Aug. 27, hearing, which includes attorneys, law professors and administrators, bar examiners and judges.

There have been numerous written submissions regarding the Iowa State Bar Association’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Legal Education and Licensure recommendation to

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Attorneys interviewed by The Gazette in January had mixed feelings about eliminating the bar exam.

Some were in favor because the bar has evolved over the years into multiple choice questions and doesn’t cover law pertaining to Iowa. Other attorneys were adament about keeping the bar exam because they felt it was part of the licensing process and should be a requirement for attorneys.

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have found that in their yards and just thrown it away and not given a second thought about it,” Fredricksen said. “For some reason or another it got Mr. Dougherty’s curiosity going, and he made a project out of it.”

Dougherty still plans to research Hattie, but in his spare time. He said he would

like to know if there is any family around today. He also hopes that by getting the word out about Hattie, they will be able to uncover more of her history.

“I would hope that if something similar happened to me or someone I cared about, someone would do the same thing,” Dougherty said. “It felt like the right thing to do.”

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and other issues but philosophically disagree with the GOP’s hardline stance on marriage.

“I think we can recognize that ultimately we’re all unified around a core message that we all agree on as Republicans,” said Lopez, who participated in a Friday teleconference. “At the end of the day, our hope is that the GOP will win and have the kind of positive impact that we feel the party can have. We just want to make sure we’re not divided on issues that we don’t really need to be divided on.”

Henry and Lopez said

their group is coming to Iowa early in hopes of affecting the GOP debate in a key early state in the presidential process and persuading the party’s 2016 candidates not to lock themselves into a marriage position that could harm them in a general-election campaign.

“I think there’s an opportunity here for the party to recalibrate and to really move forward,” Lopez said. “It’s a tipping point in a sense, and I think it’s a decisive moment for the party that will frame its future in our two-party system and the American dialogue, so it’s a very important year in that respect.”

“I think the bottom line is that, if the Republican Party chooses to vacate their stances on human life or on the institution of marriage, the Republicans aren’t going to win for a long time because the base that does all the hard work — the door knocking, the phone calling, the living and the breathing in this party — are the ones who believe in those issues,” Vander Plaats said. “As soon as the party vacates those issues, we will vacate the party.”

Young people want authenticity and they don’t want pandering, parties that flip positions or poli-

ticians who say one thing but do something else, he said, so to head down the path Young Conservatives for Freedom to Marry is suggesting ultimately would be a losing proposition.

“It’s not about hating one group,” Vander Plaats said, “it’s about loving not only a group but a culture of clearly defining what’s in the best interest for a sustainable culture and society. They can go their way but we’re not going with them, I’ll tell you that.”

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Painter takes World War II vets back in time PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

(MCT) — Inside an airconditioned hangar in the Sonoran Desert, a man in a red and black kilt sat in the shadow of a Supermarine Spitfire and painted.

Midmorning, visitors to the Palm Springs Air Museum shuffled past shinedup war relics, peering into cockpits or getting lost staring across the big, bright box of a room. Distracted by wings or tail fins, they tended not to notice Chris Demarest until they nearly bumped into him and his long table of paint vials, water jugs and solvent cans.

He looked into his canvas, very closely. A small, folded, black-and-white photocopy of a portrait sat next to him. As he glanced over at it, he painted light brown streaks that would form the beginning of a face. He had a steady hand.

Behind him was an entire wall of portraits — young servicemen and women in coveralls or pilot uniforms, leaning against planes, embracing or hard at work.

He’s painted all 70 of them.

As Demarest talked about his work, a docent stopped to join him.

“This — this is really important,” the man said.

For the last two years, Demarest has wound across the country from library to museum to retirement home, displaying his intimate portraits of World War II veterans in their prime, and preparing new works from the people he meets along the way.

Veterans and their families circulate through the big room, stopping to chat.

They bring him black-andwhite photos, photocopied portraits or plastic scrapbooks to share. These little frozen-frame moments, for many, contain the biggest stories of their lives.

“They all still think of themselves as being 18 or 19 years old,” Demarest said.

He can’t do all the veterans’ portraits, but he takes as many of their offerings as he can handle and reconstructs them in full color on canvas. Each of his portraits is accompanied by a neat, typewritten story beneath it.

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At the Palm Springs Air Museum, artist Chris Demarest completes an oil painting on July 29, 2014 in Palm Springs, Calif., of WWII WAVE sailor Genevieve Sullivan, whose five sailor brothers were lost on the cruiser Juneau.

Some of the subjects are famous — like Hazel Ying Lee, one of the first Chinese-American female pilots — but most are not.

They are the anonymous faces of war — men swept up from small towns or women working the homefront factories.

Men like George Edwards, a 94-year-old veteran who knows what it means to fight.

Sometimes it takes grit, like the battle in Italy that fractured his spine. Sometimes it takes discipline, like the march across the Arizona desert in training camp.

And sometimes it takes creativity, like some wellplaced roofing nails in a hand-to-hand fight.

Edwards learned these lessons quickly as a black man in a country, an army and a time that made him fight for nearly everything.

As an officer of the 92nd Infantry Division, the Buffalo Soldiers of World War II, Edwards led platoons through Italy — the Alps, the Apennines and the Po Valley. His Purple Heart was pinned to his baseball cap as he sat in the library of the Air Museum and remembered.

In some ways, combat was an escape from home for Edwards and the men of the 92nd. Italy was a place where even the countesses spoke to soldiers, where GIs congratu-

lated themselves on saving the pope, and where people remembered the story of Hannibal and his African troops coming down from the mountains.

Edwards gestured to Demarest’s portrait propped up next to him. He is young, lithe, natty in his uniform.

His wife, her hair up, leans into him.

“Coming from slavery to freedom, you’ve got to fight for things,” he said. “The biggest thing is you’ve got to demand respect.”

For most of his career, Demarest, who at 63 has a friendly chuckle and a trim beard, was a children’s book author and illustrator, and then an official artist with the Coast Guard.

A few years ago, after illustrating best-sellers and embedding with rescue swimmers and helicopter pilots, Demarest saw book sales start to go soft.

Around that time, he painted his first portrait of a World War II veteran — the father of a neighbor.

The portrait was adapted

from a black-and-white photo in which the man, 19 at the time, casually leans against the wing of his plane. Demarest saw echoes of his own dad — a wartime pilot himself — and painted the portrait for the man’s 88th birthday.

“My neighbor said, ‘My dad, I’ve never seen him cry before, but when I gave him that painting, he teared up,’ ” Demarest said.

With that, he knew he had his next subject.

A divorced dad with a son in college, he took the project on the road.

He sold his house in New Hampshire and all his furniture. For the last two years, he has funded his exhibits out of his own pocket with only the occasional small stipend from a museum or library.

It was the perfect time, he said, to travel the country.

“People ask me where I live, and I point to the parking lot,” Demarest said. He’s slept nights in Joshua Tree National Park and small-town motels.

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more than he had told his wife.

He remembers his own father’s relationship with the war. He never talked about it, until the end.

“He was sleeping most of the time. He woke up at one point and said, ‘You know, I was just back in flight school. If this is what dying is, I don’t mind.’ ” Even with all his success on the battlefield, some fights George Edwards just couldn’t win.

Gazing longer at Demarest’s portrait, Edwards didn’t talk about himself.

He looked only at his wife.

“This means a hell of a lot,” he said. “She’s been dead 62 years.”

Complications from a blood disorder led to her death during childbirth.

The following year, doctors began prescribing a treatment that might have saved her.

“She missed it by one year,” he said. Never remarried, he raised four daughters and a son — who died at age 12 — by himself.

Demarest remembers giving Edwards the painting. The stoic soldier put his head in his hands and cried. Even today, Edwards sees his reflection in the canvas.

“It’s my whole damn life.

It’s my whole history. You see how young I was?”

Edwards refocuses on the paint, and his eyes brighten. He’s 25 again, on the front lines, ready for a fight.

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He networks with museum administrators and foundations, but often finds his project a hard sell.

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Sharon Sharry, who directs the Massachusetts library where Demarest had his first show, says his work increased patronage.

“Almost all of us have been touched by war. That was one of the reasons he was so popular. We all have something in common and something to discuss with Chris,” she said.

Demarest knows he has limited time to engage with his subjects. With the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II approaching and with most of the war’s veterans in their last years, he’s eager to continue his exhibit. Maybe the heartland, maybe Hawaii, but the project will continue, he said.

“When I started this, I called it a tour,” he said.

“Now I call it a journey.”

For many of the veterans, he’s one of the few people they will ever open up to about the war.

World War II soldiers come from a generation in which postwar therapy often amounted to two weeks decompressing on a troop ship back from the front lines, then a lifetime of silence, he explained.

“The artwork is a conduit to stories. It’s a safety net,” he said. As he talks to his subjects, he scratches down notes. Sometimes his conversations can run for hours. One man admitted that he had told Demarest

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—————— Creston City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: public forum; possible resolutions to appoint Rich Madison to council to fill 2nd Ward vacancy; agreement with Alan Gates for use of electricity; special assess unpaid mowing nuisances; request by Habitat for Humanity of Union County for $10,000 grant

from the low-to-moderate income fund to assist with completion of home at 600 W. Montgomery; accept Elevate Iowa Advanced Manufacturing Grant of $500 on behalf of the library; reappoint Gary Bucklin to the Board of Adjustment with term expiring July 1, 2017; rezoning lots 895, 896 and 897 and the vacated portion of Oak Street lying between lots 895 and 896 of the original plat to the city of Creston from I-1 light commercial to C-1 commercial based on the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission; request by Southwest Iowa Hot Air Balloon Committee for $5,000 from the hotel/motel fund to assist with some of the expenses involved with the event; temporary street/parking lot closings for Southwest Iowa Hot Air Balloon Days Maple Street from Adams to Montgomery and alley at Maple from 8 p.m. Sept. 19 to 6 p.m. Sept. 20; Montgomery from Cherry to Walnut, west depot parking lot from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20, east depot parking lot from 6 a.m. to noon Sept. 20, no parking on South Cherry from Taylor Street to city limits for safety of the public 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 20 and traffic control at Highway 34 and South Cherry after liftoff Sept. 20 in the morning, afternoon and after night glow.

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Minnie Penno, 703 W.

Spencer St., reported her credit card was used without her permission.

Loss estimate is $285.02.

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Loss estimate is $140.

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North Pine Street.

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Assistance, 8:50 a.m. Sunday, Saturday, North Jarvis Street.

West Townline Street.

Escort, 10:57 a.m. Saturday, Vandalism, 9:45 a.m. Sunday, North Cherry Street.

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Fort DodgeNorth Pine 79 63Street. cloudy OttumwaNorth Sycamore 84 66 cloudy to officer, 2 p.m. Saturday, Talk to officer, 2:48 p.m.

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LeMars 76 64 t-storm Waterloo New York 82 Avenue.

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Miami 87 77 t-storm Seattle 87 60 sunny 6:16 p.m. Saturday, North Pine Medical, 5:54 p.m. Saturday, Minneapolis 81 62 pt sunny St. Louis 90 73 t-storm Street.

South Maple Street.

New York 88 70 pt sunny Washington, 71 mst sunny Assistance, 6:39 p.m.

Medical, DC 7:1091a.m.

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North Sycamore Street.

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Medical, 2:09 p.m. Sunday, Saturday, South Cherry Street.

240th Street.

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According to a Creston Police report, Martin Wendell Shawler, 75, 904 S. Oak St., drove a 1999 Dodge north on Elm Street as Donna Mae Baier, 79, of Greenfield, drove a 2006 Buick west on Adams Street. Shawler stated Baier had struck his vehicle. Baier stated there was some confusion at the intersection, which had flashing red lights, and continued into the intersection where the accident occurred.

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SPORTS TJ BOWER

FINALISTS

Nodaway Valley Football • After qualifying for state cross country two of his first three years of high school, elected to compete in football as a senior. Also won two individual Pride of Iowa Conference championships in cross country.

• Led Nodaway Valley in receiving with 21 receptions for 351 yards and four touchdowns.

• Averaged 16.7 yards per catch and had a long touchdown reception of 46 yards.

• Returned eight kickoffs, averaging 27.3 yards per return. Had one Bower kickoff return for a touchdown, going 91 yards.

• Finished second on the team with 65 total tackles.

• Intercepted one pass and led the team with three fumble recoveries.

• Named second-team all-district as a kick returner.

Basketball • Averaged 20.4 points per game, leading the Pride of Iowa Conference with 509 total points. His 20.4 points per game average and 509 total points were both Nodaway Valley school records.

• Averaged 5.0 rebounds per game, ranking second on the team.

• Finished with 139 assists, leading his team and the Pride of Iowa Conference.

Also led the conference with 80 steals.

• Shot 51.8 percent from the field, 35.2 percent from 3-point and 85.7 percent from the free throw line. His free throw percentage set a new single-season school record.

• He is the all-time career leader in school history in points (1,463), points per game (14.78), steals (245) and field goals made (610). Ranks second in school history in career rebounds (627), free throws made (160) and free throw percentage (78.4). Ranks third in school history in career assists with 298.

• Named first-team all-state in Class 1A by the Iowa Newspaper Association and the Des Moines Register.

• Named unanimous first-team all-conference in the Pride of Iowa Conference. He was first-team all-conference all four years of high school.

• Helped lead Nodaway Valley to the state tournament twice in his career, reaching the substate final in 2014, ending the season with a 22-3 record.

• He was part of a Nodaway Valley basketball team that won 50 consecutive Pride of Iowa Conference games.

Track and field • Qualified for the Co-ed State Track Meet in the 800 as a sophomore, junior and senior.

Also qualified in the 1,600 meters as a sophomore.

• Qualified for state track as part of team’s 4x800 relay, distance medley relay and 4x200 relay as a senior.

• Finished fourth in Class 1A 800 meters, coming out of the slow heat. Ran a schoolrecord time of 2:01.03.

• Ran on the Class 1A sixth-place distance medley relay team, which set a school record. Also ran on the school-record 4x200 relay team that finished 21st. Finished ninth in the 4x800 relay.

• At the 2014 Pride of Iowa Conference Meet, ran on the second place 4x800 relay, fourth place 4x200 relay and the second place distance medley relay.

• Signed to play basketball at Southwestern Community College.

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

There was a farewell to an era of Creston baseball Sunday night.

Coach Steve Birchard honored seven senior Panthers — a group that included his son Jon — at the team’s banquet held in the Creston High School commons.

The Panthers finished 14-15 and seventh in the Hawkeye 10 at 9-11, but upset district top-seed Winterset in the opening round of postseason play. Glenwood then knocked off the Panthers before losing in the substate to state quarterfinalist Harlan, the league champion.

The Panthers split with the conference champs this year and had eight one-run defeats. In summarizing the season, Birchard noted how the team had many occasions when they competed on even terms with the top teams on their schedule.

The schedule also included a loss to Class 4A state champion Southeast Polk, coached by former Panther all-stater Scott Belger.

Seven of the 12 Panther lettermen this year were seniors, so there will be a changing of the guard in 2015. Birchard said this

group served as role models for “doing things right, on and off the field.”

“They knew what we needed, and they did a good job of passing that along to the younger guys who Birchard will be our leaders next year,” Birchard said.

Those seniors were fouryear lettermen Brandon Phipps, Cole Crawford and Luther; three-year lettermen Nathan Haley and Garret Taylor; and twoyear lettermen Trey Benson and Jon Birchard.

Returnees Junior Conner Pals will be the only upperclassmen returning next year. There were no sophomores this year.

Lettering as freshmen this year were Chase Shiltz, Kadon Hulett, Gavin Woods and statistician Colton Bolinger, who was hampered by a wrist injury most of the season.

Assistant Ben Landers, who left during the district tournament to begin a college internship out of state, sent a message to the team that Birchard relayed to them Sunday night. He

noted how the team improved its consistency, and knew how to have fun while working hard.

Senior tributes Following are summaries of coach Birchard’s comments on the seven outgoing seniors: Trey Benson — “He stuck it out through injury problems and became a good ballplayer. His batting average was over .300, which other teams didn’t expect near the bottom of the order. He was always willing to do his part. He made a big improvement as an outfielder.”

Jon Birchard — “He did a nice job at second base for us. He had a great attitude and understood his role on the team. (As his father) I probably got on him a little harder than the others at times, and he just kept doing his best and working hard.”

Cole Crawford — “He can really handle the bat.

As an outfielder, he followed Ben Landers as a good center fielder by using the speed he had and getting a good jump on the ball off the bat. He just quietly goes about his business and I appreciated that.”

Nathan Haley — “He did a lot of different things for us. He came to the ballpark to work hard, but also have fun. He was always ready

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Creston baseball seniors, presented with team-autographed baseballs at Sunday’s banquet, are from left in front, Cole Crawford, Brandon Phipps, Garret Taylor and Trevor Luther. Back row, Nathan Haley, Jon Birchard and Trey Benson.

KATE PATTON Murray Volleyball

• Recorded 49 kills.

• Served 383-of-393 for the season for a 97.5 percent serve efficiency.

Recorded 70 aces for the season.

• Set 666 assists for the season, averaging 7.84 assists per set.

• Recorded 75 digs and had 14 solo blocks for the season.

• She was named unanimous first-team all-conference in the Bluegrass Conference.

• Named all-district as a setter.

• Set new school records for most assists in a season (666) and Patton assists per game (7.84).

Basketball • Averaged 18.7 points per game to lead Murray in scoring.

• Shot 41.8 percent from the field and 32.6 percent from 3-point.

• Finished fourth on her team with 3.0 rebounds per game, recording a total of 70 rebounds.

• Led her team with 99 assists, which ranked 11th in Class 1A. • Led her team with 139 steals, which ranked third in Class 1A. • She was named unanimous first-team all-conference in Bluegrass Conference at guard.

• Named all-district as a guard.

• Received second-team all-state honors as a backcourt player from the Iowa Newspaper Association.

• Set new school records for most points in a game (31), most points in a season (429), most points in a career (1,340) and most steals in a career (442).

Track and field • Won Bluegrass Conference championships in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters, and also placed fourth in the long jump.

• Qualified for the Drake Relays in the 100 meter dash for the second straight year, where she finished 14th out of 24 in 12.87 seconds, improving from her 24th seed place.

• Placed fourth in the Class 1A 100 meter dash at the 2014 Co-ed State Track Meet, running 12.86 seconds. Also finished third in the 200 meter dash in 26.32. She finished 16th in the 400 meter dash, running 1:02.93.

• Owns the school records in the long jump, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and is part of the school record 4x400 relay team.

Softball • Finished the year batting .422, with an on-base percentage of .523 and a slugging percentage of .778.

• Led her team with five home runs and four triples.

• Ranks second on the team with 29 runs batted in and nine doubles.

• Finished the season perfect in stolen bases, swiping a team-leading 21 bags.

• Finished the season with a record of 24-3 in the circle.

• Pitched 148 innings with an earned run average of 1.61, walking just 31 batters compared to 165 strikeouts. Opponents hit just .200 against her.

• Had a fielding percentage of .885 in 61 chances.

• Helped Murray win back-to-back Bluegrass Conference championships.

• Was named first-team all-state in Class 1A by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association.

• Will continue her track and field career at Central College.

Seven Panthers exit baseball program

By LARRY PETERSON

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to give us what we needed, whether it was at first base, third base or pitcher.”

Trevor Luther — “He has had two great years, batting .396 and .429. He loves baseball, and I’m excited to see him go on and play at Midland University.

His work habits made him a player who earned the respect of the people who allowed him to gain postseason recognition. He always did the little things required to be a good player.”

Brandon Phipps — “He has the mindset to be a good track athlete, and he will be at Northwest Missouri State. He could have run all summer and I would have understood that. But he stayed out and did whatever was asked of him — infield, outfield and pitching.

He’s a great example of what this class has given to us for five years.”

Garret Taylor — “He’s going on to play tennis at Central and he was battling some back issues. It would have been easy to sit out the summer after his senior year in school. But he didn’t take time off. He wanted to play, and often played through pain. He just knows how to get things done.”

Freshman coach Anthony Donahoo also spoke briefly on his squad and of his appreciation for coach Birchard’s leadership in the program.

“We talked a lot about coach Birchard’s philosophy of always doing things the right way,” Donahoo said. “If you take that approach, it makes you a better player and helps you become a man. Our guys realized you always need to be asking yourself, what can I do to help my team?”

Birchard closed the program by mentioning that the NCAA baseball champion Vanderbilt Commodores was made up of a roster full of high school multi-sport athletes, and he encouraged the players to stay active and enjoy their high school experience.

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Belger finally wins state baseball championship

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

DES MOINES — It was a long wait for Scott Belger, but the Southeast Polk head baseball coach finally has a state championship to his name, 24 years after he thought he had won one as a player.

The Rams won the Class 4A state championship game 2-0 over Iowa City West here Saturday, giving Southeast Polk its first state baseball championship in school history, in just its third trip to the state tournament.

Belger was a member of the 1990 Creston baseball team that was one pitch away from a state championship. Southeast Polk assistant coach Dave Hartman was also an assistant coach for that Creston team.

After coming so close as a player, Belger said it felt comforting to finally win one as a coach.

“I know in high school, every time we get together with the guys, we always talk about that game,” Belger said. “It’s nice as a coach to take a group of guys similar to the guys I played with in high school to reach that state championship.”

Belger said he helped use that disappointment from high school to motivate his team going into the state championship game.

“I told the guys in the locker room after Friday’s

semifinal win, ‘I’ve been playing baseball my whole life and dreamed Belger a b o u t winning a state championship. I was one pitch away in high school and we’re one day away from fulfilling a dream,’” he said.

That motivation paid off, as Southeast Polk scored two runs in the first inning, which was enough run support for pitcher TJ Fetters, who tossed a three-hitter in the win.

With the win, the Rams finished the season with a record of 32-13, while the Trojans finished 34-10.

Now, both Belger and his father Vic, longtime Creston baseball coach, have state championships to their names.

“You never know,” Belger said. “Dad coached forever and he won a state championship his first year as a coach. You’re lucky to go to a state tournament, let alone win one.”

Belger said his father was excited about the state championship.

“He hasn’t missed a game I coached since I have been back to Iowa,” Belger said. “I think he was more nervous than I was. Sitting in the stands, you have zero control over what happens. He’s one of our biggest fans!”

Belger’s thoughts...

Southeast Polk head baseball coach Scott Belger, a former all-state player for Creston, wanted to publicly thank Creston coach Steve Birchard for the 25-year anniversary he organized for Creston’s five straight conference championship teams earlier this summer.

“With what Birchard did, that was a great gesture,” Belger said. “We really appreciated that. On behalf of all those guys, we all thought that was great. Everybody I talked to thought that was the best gesture of all time. It was good seeing all the old boys again.”

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BANQUET: Continued from page 5A Lettermen (Number of letters) Seniors — Trey Benson (2), Jon Birchard (2), Cole Crawford (4), Nathan Haley (3), Trevor Luther (4), Brandon Phipps (4), Garret Taylor (3).

Juniors — Conner Pals (3).

Sophomores — None.

Freshmen — Kadon Hulett, Chase Shiltz, Gavin Woods, Colton

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Public notice Orient-Macksburg Community School District Board of Directors Regular Meeting July 14, 2014 - 6:30pm The Board of Education of OrientMacksburg Community School District met in regular session at 6:30pm on Monday, July 14, 2014, in Superintendent's Office. Members present were Wendi Eslinger, Stephanie Mikkelsen, Eldon Ray and Doug White. Also present were Superintendent Clark Wicks, Secretary Julie Frederick, Principal Teresa Thompson and Samantha Thompson.

President Ray called meeting to order at 6:35pm.

Motion by White, second by Mikkelsen, to approve Agenda deleting Item A "Open Enrollment" and in lieu thereof, add "Fourth Grade Position" as Item A. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by Eslinger, to approve minutes of the regular Board of Directors meeting held June 9, Special Meeting held June 18 and Special Meeting held June 26. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by White, to approve Summary of Bills as presented with the addition of two bills from Wilson Electric, one for greenhouse and one for weight room, in the amounts of $372.07 and $219.62 respectively. Motion carried unanimously.

Visitors were welcome.

Action Items: Principal Thompson presented to the board a schedule regarding the 4th grade teaching position which will be filled using two current teachers Katie Geidel and Kim James.

On motion made by Eslinger, second by Mikkelsen, the new arrangement for the 4th grade was approved.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by White, to approve Katie Geidel as Head Varsity Volleyball Coach and Samantha Thompson as Half-Time 5-8 Science Teacher.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by White, to approve new Vision Statement: "Quality Leadership, Quality Teaching, Quality Learning". And also to approve new Mission Statement: "At Orient-Macksburg we offer a nurturing environment in which every student can develop a passion for learning and reach personal excellence".

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Mikkelsen, to accept bid from AndersonErickson for the following products: Gallon whole milk 4.2835; 1/2 pint 1% milk .2320 (carton), .3020 (plastic); 1/2 pint skim milk .2209 (carton), .2909 (plastic); 1/2 pint skim chocolate milk .2359 (carton), .3059 (plastic); 5# cottage cheese 8.50; 5# sour cream 6.60. Decision of carton or plastic at the discretion of the staff, whichever is most cost effective. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by Eslinger, to accept fuel bid for gasoline from Orient Express at the price posted on pumps each day and also accept the flex bid from Agriland FS for both gasoline and diesel using the Iowa DOT average fuel price plus $.15/gallon for freight and delivery and also accept the firm bid for LP at $1.65/ gallon from Agriland FS, if needed. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by White, second by Mikkelsen, to accept garbage disposal bid from Grantham Sanitation at $300/month ($200/month in summer) using the three dumpsters previously supplied. Additional pickups to be charged as applicable on a will-call basis. Motion carried unanimously.

Due to not receiving any bids, motion made by Eslinger, second by Mikklsen, to table action on bread bids until next regular board meeting August 11. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by Eslinger, to accept snow removal bid of $65/hr. for sidewalks, parking lots and driveway plus ice melt and sand as needed from Thompson Snow Removal. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by White, to approve the registration fees at the current rate for 2014-15. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by White, second by Eslinger, to approve continuing membership with IASB. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Mikkelsen, second by Eslinger, to adjourn meeting at 8:20pm. Motion carried unanimously.

Next regular meeting will be held August 11, 2014, at 6:30pm.

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Apply online at www.midwest-health.com/careers Prairie View is a drug free workplace and an equal opportunity employer.

has the following openings:

High School Special Education teacher

PrairieView ASSISTED LIVING

1999 Pontiac Montana 641-202-4214

Iowa Focus

The family of Rosemary Waddell

would like to thank everyone for the kindness shown to our family since she passed. She was our Mom, a grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.

Thank you for the hugs, phone calls, cards, visits, gifts of food, stamps, flowers, and donations to Mom’s memorial for CARE. A special thank you to Pastor Dan Moore for his meaningful service and the St. John’s Womens Fellowship for the meal after the service.

Thanks to the entire staff at Creston Nursing and Rehab for the loving care they gave Mom and their friendliness and compassion they shared with our family. Thank you to Powers Funeral Home for their excellent service and kindness.

Also thanks to the Hospice Staff for being on call 24 hours a day and for shared hugs and tears.

We will keep mom in our hearts forever.

SHE WAS OUR MOM

is seeking trustworthy, honest individuals for casual employment as

Substitute Teachers

in the Corning and Cromwell area.

For further information, contact:

Direct Support proviDerS

Job duties include assisting disabled individuals in their home and community. Experience working with people with disabilities preferred, HS Diploma/GED and drivers license is required. Every other weekend included. Starting wage is $9.25, training included.

Joan Gordon or Mark Weis East Union Community School District 1916 High School Drive Afton, Iowa 50830 (641) 347-8421

Interested applicants may apply in person at

Peggy & Chuck Erskine Sondra & Rick Benjamin Gary & Suzanne Waddell & families

Iowa Focus,

105 W. Adams Ste A, Creston IA 50801

jgordon@eastunionschools.org mweis@eastunionschools.org

EOE

HCI Hospice of Southern Iowa - Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston & Home-based care in Mt. Ayr have

Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston, served by HCI Hospice of Southern Iowa has

(PRN Hospice Aide & PRN RN positions available.)

Night Shift RN position available (12-hr shifts).

Preferred nurses will have BSN and electronic charting exp.

Both require certification/licensure, 1-2 yrs exp. and patient-centered care.

— Requirements— Current Iowa RN license, 2-yrs previous clinical exp, electronic charting, strong patient-centered skills.

EOE

EOE

Submit a resume to hrinfo@hci-vns.org

Send a resume to hrinfo@hci-vns.org

Longfellow Drilling

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

has an opening for a full time accountant or bookkeeper to work in their Accounts Receivable Department.

Applicant should be highly motivated to work in a fast paced environment and should be proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word. Duties will include creating billing spreadsheets, processing invoices, reviewing field staff reports and assisting with job budgets and monthly financial reviews. Benefits include health, dental, vision insurance, and 401K. Longfellow Drilling is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Interested applicants should e-mail their resume to Carol Glendenning at cglendenning@ldidrilling.com.

Ferrara Candy Co. has immediate openings for experienced maintenance mechanics to join our 2nd and 3rd shift teams. Minimum of a two year degree and/or 2-4 years maintenance mechanic experience required. Mechanical troubleshooting and problem solving skills required including ability to read schematics and use test equipment. Must have pneumatic/hydraulic knowledge plus strong electrical experience. Prior computer experience required. Welding experience preferred. PLC experience a plus. Must be willing and able to work OT as required. Excellent wage and benefit package.

Send resume or apply in person to:

Ferrara Candy Company

Attention: Human Resources 500 Industrial Parkway, Creston, Iowa 50801

The bids to be opened and the five (5) highest bidders will be invited to a closed auction where any bidder shall have the right to increase their bid before a Buyer is determined.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Seller reserves the right to reject any and all bids at close of private auction. All unsuccessful bids will have their deposit returned at that time.

Dial-AService

For further information contact: Rice Family Partnership: (641) 344-9797 Wilson Law Firm: (641) 333-2283

JOB FAIR TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 Interviews being conducted from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Michael Foods, Inc. in Lenox, Iowa, has immediate opportunities for employment on 1st, 2nd & 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 (1009 S. Brooks St.) to apply Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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.

Attn: Human Resources 1009 South Brooks St. • Lenox, IA 50851 Fax (641) 333-4800 • Phone (641) 333-4700 EOE/AAP

MEMORY CARE

East Union CSD Needed for 2014-2015:

Submit letters of interest to Jodi Lyddon at jlyddon@corningcsd.org Equal Opportunity Employer

&

1709 W. Prairie St., Creston, IA

high miles, good condition, good tires, $900.

GRHH HA/RN: 12-hour shifts, 6:00am - 6:00pm or 6:00pm 6:00am Mt. Ayr home-based: 8 hour day schedules, M - F

Rice Family Partnership formerly Lewis “Mike” Rice Estate land will be sold to the highest bidder.

Prairie View Assisted Living and Memory Care is now hiring for

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

Southwest Valley CSD Head High School Boys Basketball Coach

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Iowa Select Farms is an equal opportunity employer.

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FLOORING INSTALLATION. “You Buy it - We Install It” Ceramic, Hardwoods, Laminates, Vinyl, Carpet, Repairs. STEVE’S FLOOR SERVICE, Steve Johnson, 641278-6793. Measuring service available.

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.

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

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

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

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

Plumber SCHROEDER PLUMBING and ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ new installations, new breaker boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, water heaters. Specialize in manufactured and mobile homes.

Free estimates, licensed, insured, 641-202-1048. Accept Visa & Mastercard.

Place your business service ad here for $40 a month.

Call 641-782-2141 ext. 6441

BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. All major brands of vinyl and steel siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal replacement windows. Recipient of the Revere Premium Renovator Award. Seamless guttering and Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of continuous reliable service in Southwest Iowa, free estimates, 641-3225160 or 1-800-245-0337.

Storage SHARP’S SELF-STORAGE Boats, records, inventory, furniture.

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

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Creston News Advertiser Monday, August 4, 2014

‘This madness must stop,’ UN chief says after Gaza refuge is shelled GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (MCT) — Once again, a place of refuge proved a deathtrap.

At least two explosions rocked a boys’ school in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that had been designated as a United Nations shelter for Gazans fleeing days of fighting. Palestinian officials said at least 10 people were killed and about three dozen others injured in blasts at the gates of the compound.

The Israeli military said it was investigating the incident, the latest of at least half a dozen deadly strikes on or near U.N. facilities in Gaza during nearly four weeks of fighting. Israel has acknowledged accidentally bombarding one school where people were sheltering, but has blamed other strikes on errant Palestinian rocket fire or said its troops were hitting back at a source of fire from suspected Hamas fighters.

“This madness must stop,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has taken part in failed mediation efforts, said in a statement. However, he did not assign blame for the attack.

A strongly worded U.S. statement appeared to suggest Israel was to blame for shelling near the school run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency.

“The United States is appalled by today’s disgraceful shelling outside a UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least 10 more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed,” said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

“We once again stress that Israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties,” she said.

The State Department comments were among the strongest to date criticizing Israel for the rising civilian death toll. In previous statements, the Obama administration had been careful to avoid assigning blame and

Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT

The Omari mosque in Gaza City was hit in overnight bombing Saturday. It’s one of the oldest mosques in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza.

frequently focused on Israel’s right to respond to Hamas rockets.

The stronger rhetoric may reflect a growing U.S. frustration with the reluctance by both sides to resolve the conflict.

Last week, after Hamas was blamed for breaking a cease-fire agreement and killing three Israeli soldiers, the U.S. called the attack an “outrageous violation.”

With the latest deaths, the overall Palestinian death toll was closing in on 1,800, most of them said to be civilians — a figure surpassing the total combined deaths in Israel’s two previous Gaza offensives over the last five years. At least 64 Israeli troops have been killed, Israel’s biggest wartime losses since a monthlong war in Lebanon eight years ago.

“The United States is appalled by today’s disgraceful shelling outside a UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least 10 more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed. We once again stress that Israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties.”

— Jen Psaki

Israeli officials suggested that the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, focused on destroying Palestinian militants’ “attack tunnels” and rocket-launching capabilities, was winding down, but they stressed that all options remained open.

“In the next 24 hours we will continue ongoing activities and redeployment of some of our forces” in Gaza, Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner said during a news briefing. He said the military was “extremely close” to achieving its aims, but added that “the reality on the ground can take us either way.”

Children were among the dead and injured, according to witnesses and officials.

Television footage showed overwhelmed medical personnel cradling limp, blood-

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soaked bundles, able to offer only rudimentary open-air treatment to some of the wounded. Palestinian women wailed and slapped their faces in grief.

“Blood was mixing with spilled water, like a waterfall,” said Aboud Nijem, who lives close to the site of the explosions.

Palestinians said the death toll in Rafah was expected to rise as bodies were dug from the rubble of battles of recent days.

The town and its environs have been pummeled by Israeli airstrikes since militant fighters emerged from a tunnel on Friday morning, ambushing and killing two Israeli soldiers.

A third, 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin, had been feared captured. But early Sunday, the Israeli military said that based on evidence gathered from the scene, he had been declared dead. His funeral Sunday drew thousands of Israeli mourners.

He was eulogized by his father, a Tel Aviv University professor; his twin brother, also serving in the army; and his fiancee. “I so wanted to be your bride,” she said through tears. Three other Israeli soldiers were buried Sunday afternoon as well.

Successive international efforts to negotiate a cease-fire have failed, with the latest truce effort collapsing Friday. Egypt invited international mediators and other parties for another round of talks, but the combatants — Israel and Hamas — were absent.

—————— (Times staff writer King reported from Gaza City and special correspondent Sobelman from Jerusalem. Staff writer Edmund Sanders in Washington contributed to this report.)

—————— ©2014 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Services

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