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Nodaway Valley’s boys and East Union’s girls won the team titles at Tuesday’s Pride of Iowa Conference Meet, while NV swept the individual titles. For more on the meet, see SPORTS, page 10A. >>
Three brothers work together in a hog-raising operation. For more on the operation, see PORK MONTH, page 6A. >>
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Free event to help veterans obtain health care coming to Creston By KELSEY HAUGEN CNA associate editor khaugen@crestonnews.com
Veterans in Union and surrounding counties who need help obtaining healthcare services are invited to attend a free Disabled American Veterans (DAV) event in Creston Monday.
Any veteran is welcome, but he or she must bring identification, Social Security number and any other pertinent documentation regarding military service, including DD214 discharge papers. DAV membership is not required to utilize these free services. “The importance of it is
getting people into the VA (Veterans Affairs) system for health care,” said Denny Abel, quartermaster for Post No. 1797 VFW in Abel
Creston. “We have a lot of veterans in Union County and other areas nearby that are not set up with the VA, and this gives them a chance to get health care. The military would pay for it, and they would get set up into the VA system.” DAV is a national, nonprofit charity that provides
a lifetime of support for veterans of all generations and their families, helping more than 1 million veterans in life-changing ways each year. One of the services DAV provides at no cost to veterans is its mobile service office (MSO) program. These “offices-on-wheels” travel
to under-served communities across the country to help veterans and their families obtain the services and benefits they have earned. “I want the people in our area to know DAV is going to be here and to please come,” Abel said. “There are so many veterans who VETS | 2A
SWCC’s official fall enrollment, credit hours decrease By KELSEY HAUGEN CNA associate editor khaugen@crestonnews.com
CNA photo by KELSEY HAUGEN
Social coloring: Anna Weisshaar, right, and Ruth Kaprielian, both of Creston complete pages with colored pencils during Gibson Memorial Library’s adult coloring event Tuesday afternoon at the library.
Iowa harvest a few days behind due to muddy fields DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa farmers are a little behind getting corn and soybeans out of fields because rain has caused soft ground and in some cases muddy
conditions, slowing their progress. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop update released Tuesday that 19 percent of
the state’s corn is harvested, about three days behind last year and a week behind the five-year average. Soybean farmers have managed to get 43 percent
of the crop harvested, about three days behind last year’s pace. The USDA says 81 percent of corn and soybean crops are rated good to excellent.
Official fall-enrollment and credit-hour totals are lower this year at Southwestern Community College, Dean of Student Services Beth Kulow reported during a SWCC board meeting Tuesday. “As I alluded to in our last meeting, we are down very slightly – actually six-tenths of a percent – in our headcount. So, for our official 14day count, we were down 10 students coming in with our number of 1,646 students,” K u l o w said. “Our c r e d it-hour official count was 15,644 which is a d e c r e a s e Kulow of about 4.5 percent.” Kulow said SWCC has seen a decrease of 65 full-
time students but an increase of 55 part-time students. “And, two of the areas that we’ve targeted primarily with admissions, marketing and recruiting because of our employment needs, (in) health/science, we’re up approximately 30 students and manufacturing, we’re up approximately 20 students,” Kulow said. After the 14-day count, SWCC had the opportunity to continue to increase enrollment with different term start dates throughout the fall semester. “So, current enrollment to date, we’re actually only down three students,” Kulow said. “Right now, we have 1,660 students here on campus. And, we are down approximately 4 percent in credit hours.” “That’s a really good number,” said Jerry Smith, SWCC board member and Iowa Association of Community College Trustees representative. “We don’t SWCC | 2A
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CNA photo by ALLISON TRETINA
Congressional candidate visits community college: U. S. House of Representatives independent candidate for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District Claudia Addy, center, talks with freshmen from Southwestern Community College on Wednesday afternoon at the college’s Instructional Center. Libertarian candidate Bryan Jack Holder, not pictured, also spoke to the students about his political platform.
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Cleaning up: A Creston police officer picks up debris after an accident 3:46 p.m. Monday
near the intersection of South Sumner Avenue and Russell Street in Creston. According to a Creston Police report, Paige Tracey Parsons, 16, of Creston was traveling north on Sumner Avenue when the vehicle in front of her slowed and stopped to make a left turn. Parsons also slowed and stopped, when her vehicle was struck in the back bumper by Lane Richard Craven, 21, of Gilman. No citations were issued. Damage estimates were $1,000 to Parsons’ vehicle and $2,000 to Craven’s vehicle.
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