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More rain expected this week By JAKE WADDINGHAM
CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com
While southwest Iowa should get a break from the heat this week, rain showers fill the forecast through Saturday. In the Creston News Advertiser coverage area, Lorimor received just over an inch of rain Thursday and had 3.65 inches of rain Friday night into Saturday morning. The Creston airport reported 1.24 inches of rain Friday and Saturday. “We have a lot of chances coming
for more rain,” State Climatologist Harry Hillaker said. “It looks like a real good chance Thursday. It is going to be quite a wet period, although not as hot as what we have been seeing.” Hillaker said the northern half of Iowa is expected to see the heaviest rainfall totals, but the already saturated soils stretching from Greenfield and northern Union County to Osceola could cause some flash flooding. “This is quite a difference compared to the last couple months where we may have gotten some heavy rains, but they were scattered,” Hillaker said.
CNA photo by SARAH BROWN
A field is flooded after weekend rains moved across the state. More chances for rain are expected for the rest of the week.
Come visit the land of the gypsies
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By COURTNEY DAKE | cdake@crestonnews.com
and, are you ready? Take the field. While watching Creston High School Marching Band’s 2014 show — Gypsy — spectators will take a trip to the land of the gypsies in old Europe.
See girls and boys costumed with headdresses and coins using carts as props. Picture gypsies with tambourines. It will be a mystical experience of music, dancing and movement.
2014 Creston High School Marching Band schedule of events Aug. 29 – Home game, half-time performance.
Sept. 12 – Home game, halftime performance. Sept. 20 – Balloon Days Parade Oct. 1 – Homecoming pep rally Oct. 3 – Homecoming parade; and game, half-time performance.
Oct. 4 – Southwest Iowa Band Jamboree, Clarinda. Oct. 11 – ValleyFest and Showdown, West Des Moines. Oct. 17 – Home game, halftime performance. Oct. 18 – Iowa High School Music Association State Marching Band Festival, Harlan.
Ensemble There are 90 musicians in this year’s ensemble. Two soloists will be featured, Madison Hance on flute and Kyle Jennett on saxophone. “There is an incredibly strong front line this year,” said Mike Peters, Creston High School director of bands. “I’m featuring the mallets a lot.” This line has Peters one junior, two sophomores and one freshman.
Branstad will again seek broadband legislation DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An effort to improve access to broadband Internet in rural Iowa failed in the Legislature this spring, but Gov. Terry Branstad is optimistic that a revised proposal can succeed next year. Branstad, who is running for a sixth non-consecutive term, has offered a rebooted version of his Branstad broadb a n d proposal, which he’ll pursue if re-elected. It’s dubbed “Connect Every Acre” and among the goals is to focus on farmland and to provide incentives to get broadband
Peters has taken to performing concept shows. “It’s about a theme, concept, idea,” he said. He thought of the concept
First performance Creston High School Marching Band’s first field performance of the season will be at halftime of the high school’s varsity football game Friday. The band will perform the first tune of the show. Rain has kept the band from learning all of the show. “Problem was the weather, not my kid’s ability,” Peters said. Please see BAND, Page 6
Chris Lane, left, with Carter Agency prepares to serve the next guest in line while Brenna Howarth fixes her sandwich Friday. More than 200 people were served at Carter Agency’s fourth annual cookout.
infrastructure into areas with profitable agricultural operations. “We hear from farmers and manufacturers that Iowa lacks cell coverage in the fields,” Branstad said, noting that modern farming tools utilize the Internet. “This equipment today is so sophisticated. If we don’t have high speed Internet for every acre in Iowa, we’re missing out on opportunities.” Legislation seeking to expand Internet access in underserved parts of Iowa suffered a surprising defeat in the Republicanmajority state House last session. The bill was designed to entice telecommunications companies to increase broadband
CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM
Please see BRANSTAD, Page 2
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gypsies and began choosing music. “Invincible” is a selection about a mystical person who saves the world. The band will also be performing music from the online game World of Warcraft and the show Journey of Man by Cirque de Soliel.
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These musicians are featured in the music box section of the show. “We have a very young band this year. Thirty-five to forty rookies, who have never been on the field before,” Peters said. “But there is a lot of talent, though, as a whole.” The upperclassmen are a help to the new marching members. “I’ve always had good leadership. It’s very rare not to have good leadership,” Peters said. “There’s always the younger kids waiting to step up. They’re gone (seniors), now it’s my job. That happens every year.”
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