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​School board rejects bus barn bids Arispe mayor By BAILEY POOLMAN

CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

Rejection hurts. Creston School Board rejected all bids at a special meeting Wednesday for both site work and building construction of a bus barn. “Obviously, we’re doing our best to turn these around as best we can,” said Steve McDermott, Creston super-

intendent. “We’re going to be trying to get this thing moving.” The bus barn and its location has been voted on several times since it was destroyed by a tornado in April 2012.

Site work

“I know we’ve got to get the dirt work done before anything else,” said McDermott. Bids for site work came in from KM King of Burlington

at $308,486 and Edge Commercial of Grimes at $305,233. “Of these two bids, one was incomplete as McDermott it came in, in format, so it has to be rejected automatically,” McDermott said. “The other is well beyond our budgeted

charged after misusing agency credit card

projection. We nearly had a third bid that was much more reasonable, but timing was a concern, so they did not go ahead and submit a bid.” Creston School Board voted unanimously to reject the dirt work bids because the original expected cost was set at approximately

ARISPE — The mayor of Arispe was charged Tuesday with two serious misdemeanors — including fourth-degree theft and misconduct of office. According court documents, Michael Fry — elected mayor of Arispe in 2011 — allegedly compromised a credit card from Southern Prairie Solid Waste located five miles east of Creston. Fry, 41, allegedly used the credit card to purchase gaso- Fry line for his personal vehicle four times in September and twice in October. The total improper charges to the agency account is estimated at $330. Fry — chairman of the Southern Prairie Waste Agency Board — was not authorized to use the agency credit card to make purchases of gasoline for his personal vehicle. A warrant for his arrest was issued earlier this week. Fry turned himself in at Clarke County. He was later released on bond. Fry’s term as mayor of Arispe expires in 2015.

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fire prevention week pancake supper & side-by-side burn

QUICK NEWS Early muzzleloader season starts Saturday

Deer hunting in Iowa is gaining momentum with the opening day of the early muzzleloader season Saturday. Bow hunters are still in action. Their first season started Oct. 1 and runs through Dec. 6. A muzzleloader is loaded from the front, first by clearing the barrel of oil and other substances. Then a measured powder charge and a projectile are loaded. Because the reload process is slow, hunters usually only get one shot at their target. Shooting hours for all deer seasons are a-half hour before the sun comes up and a-half hour after sunset. Hunters also need to report their harvest to iowadnr.gov or by calling the number on the deer tag.

Up in flames: Above, Creston volun-

teer firefighters, from left, Jordan Nelson and Dean Schulte hose down a fire during a demonstration Wednesday after Creston Fire Department’s annual pancake supper. The demonstration was a result of a grant the fire department received to work with Southwestern Community College carpentry students to build two rooms, one with a residential sprinkler system, and one without. This fire was in the room without the sprinkler system. Right, Caprial Norton, 11, of Creston holds her plate for a turtle pancake Wednesday during Creston Fire Department’s annual pancake supper. More than 400 people signed in to the two-hour event, which had free pancakes, sausage, drinks and fire prevention information available to the public.

Government shutdown update

WASHINGTON (MCT) — The political standoff that has gummed up the government for nine days showed no sign of ending Wednesday as Democratic leaders dug deeper into their position that they would not negotiate with Republican leaders in the House until the government is reopened. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with Speaker John A. Boehner Boehner, R-Ohio, but the 40-minute confab in Boehner’s office showed no signs of untangling the logjam. Pelosi, in a statement, said Democrats had agreed to lower the budget figure to $986 billion, the Republicans’ baseline spending level, and begin Pelosi a conference to delve into exactly where government spending would be cut. She said she had 200 House Democrats who would accept the cuts. But in exchange, Democrats want the Republicans to drop efforts to derail the Affordable Care Act.

CNA photos by BAILEY POOLMAN

Healthiest State Walk Debbie Glick, left, and Cindy McDermott — both of Creston — lead the pack Wednesday afternoon during a healthiest state walk at Greater Regional Medical Center. The annual healthiest state walk is part of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s initiative to become the healthiest state by 2016. Since beginning this initiative in 2011, Iowa has jumped from the 16th healthiest state in the nation to the ninth. GRMC’s walk was one of three healthiest state walks organized in Creston. The other two started at Fareway and Southern Prairie YMCA. CNA photo by KYLE WILSON

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