CNA-10-16-2014

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THROWBACK NEWS

Ten years ago, Jack Davis of Creston received the excellence in public address announcing award from Iowa High School Athletic Association. Read more Throwback news on page 2A.

Creston/O-M football team hosts state-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes Friday for the District 8 championship. Read more about this matchup in SPORTS, page 7A.

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Ladoga LaBlanche Orchard near Bedford is open to the public. The 10-acre orchard has some of the freshest apples, pears, cherries and peaches.

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EDFORD — A southern Iowa man is working to make the fruits of his labor profitable and give visitors a tranquil experience on his 10-acre orchard.

Steven Wainwright, 69, of Prescott, has maintained the Ladoga LaBlanche Orchard – 7 miles west of Bedford on state Highway 2 – for more than three decades. For the past 2 years, he has opened it up to the public to share the experience of harvesting the freshest apples, pears, cherries and peaches in the area.

Wainwright is pastor of Prescott Christian Church, and his wife, Cynthia, works full time at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston.

“I have found that people come here and find this a very peaceful place, almost like an outdoor sanctuary where CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

Above, Steven Wainwright juggles a few apples after harvesting a full basket at Ladoga LaBlanche Orchards near Bedford. The 10-acre orchard is open Friday and Saturday or any other day by appointment.

people can get away from the stresses of the world,” Wainwright said.

History Wainwright said his great-grandfather, Arthur Wainwright, homesteaded the orchard in 1875. He planted hundreds of trees and would take his harvest to the Ladoga Train Depot, about 2 miles northwest of the property.

After the original orchard died out in the late 1930s, it was resurrected by Wainwright and his father, Edgar, in 1981 when a tornado severely damaged the property.

“The weather in this part of the state is very unstable compared to other parts of the state in the sense that we are more likely to have late freezes in the spring or early freezes in the fall,” Wainwright said. “When you have a freeze, then it gets warm, then it freezes again, it is really hard on the trees.”

Today he has more than 1,000 trees and replants about 150 trees each year to keep the orchard thriving.

“I think because of my great-grandfather and my dad’s experience with orchards, and him going to the orchard near here (as a child), it kind of got in my blood,” Wainwright said.

Wainwright has experiment-

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Creston Fire Department is hosting its third annual Band of Brotherhood 5K and firefighter hike Saturday, and more than 80 people are registered for the event.

Of those 80 people, Dave Denton and his family are signed up to participate.

At the event, Denton said his son Aiden will probably walk the firefighter hike with him, as he did last year.

“It’s going to be nice enough out, and if Aiden walks with me, then we’ll probably just hang out in the back and enjoy the walk,” Denton said.

Saturday’s weather forecast is sunny with a high of 58 degrees.

“This is the third year they’ve (Creston Fire Department) had it, and the third year I’ve done it. It’s a good organization they do it for, that they send the money into,” Denton said.

Money from the event goes toward the fire department’s

ed with creating some of his own varieties of apples using a method called grafting. He takes a limb from an apple tree and using grafting tape, he secures it to the root stock of another variety of tree.

“What happens is that branch becomes the tree that you harvest it from,” Wainwright said.

He added the biggest benefit of grafting is the tree typically grows to the size of the root stock, but has the characteristics from the branch attached.

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members who will participate in American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb in Des Moines March 22, 2015.

“That’s kind of one of the big reasons why (we do it). And, it’s just fun to get together and see a few different departments. Us (Afton), Creston, Mount Ayr’s been there before, Prescott, Orient. It’s nice to get together and see everybody. And, the name fits it well: Band of Brotherhood.”

Afton Volunteer Fire Department won the team award at the first annual Band of Brotherhood 5K and hike. Creston Fire Department won in 2013.

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Dave Denton holds his son Aiden’s hand during Creston Fire Department’s Band of Brotherhood 5K and Firefighter Hike November 2013 at McKinley Park. Dave, Aiden and their family are participating in this year’s hike 2 p.m. Saturday at McKinley Park.

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VILLISCA (AP) — An unknown amount of ammonia has entered a small unnamed tributary of the West Nodaway River in southwest Iowa. The state Department of Natural Resources says the anhydrous ammonia was released from the United Farmers Mercantile Co-op in Villisca between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. It went into a city storm sewer before entering the tributary.

DNR officials detected high concentrations of ammonia throughout the tributary to the river, but no fish kill has been reported. Co-op employees are pumping contaminated water out of the tributary. They are also pumping contaminated water from an on-site pit.

The case remains under investigation.

State employee stole more than $241,000

OSKALOOSA (AP) — A former employee for the Iowa Department of Agriculture has been accused of stealing more than $241,000 from her employer. The state Department of Public Safety says Jessica Strasser turned herself in Wednesday. She faces charges of first-degree theft and ongoing criminal conduct. Court records do not list an attorney.

The state auditor’s office released a report in early October on the Mahaska County Soil and Water Conservation District for a time period between March 2006 and August 2013. It identified nearly $280,000 in improper disbursements and undeposited collections.

Records indicate Strasser, who was secretary for the district, withdrew more than $241,000 in cash. Strasser resigned from the agriculture department in August 2013.

African leaders: Ebola could lead to food crisis

Firefighter Denton has been a volunteer firefighter for Afton Volunteer Fire Department after moving from Mount Ayr. He has completed firefighter II. “I joined when I was down in Mount Ayr because I just wanted to give back,” Denton said.

“I enjoy doing it. It’s not an every day kind of job, so it is kind

An unidentified man involved in a pursuit in Taylor County Tuesday is still at large this morning.

According to a Taylor County Sheriff report, a deputy attempted to stop a charcoal colored Dodge truck at approximately 4:45 p.m.

The chase lasted about 15 minutes before the driver drove his truck into a corn field at the intersection of Tennessee Ave and 230th Street.

The driver of the truck then abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot.

A search of the area for the driver was unsuccessful and was called off at 7 p.m. At 10:10 p.m. a rural resident near the intersection of Highway 2 and Rockwood Ave reported a man in their backyard.

If you have any information or see any suspicious activity, contact the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office at 712-523-2153.

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Taylor County suspect still at large

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DES MOINES (AP) — Financial aid and global coordination are needed to prevent the Ebola health care crisis from becoming a food emergency, agriculture ministers from West African nations at the center of the Ebola outbreak said Wednesday.

In Sierra Leone, where thousands are infected and more than 900 have died, 40 percent of the farmers have Please see QUICK NEWS, Page 2

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Deaths John Martin Omaha, Neb.

John Martin, 52, of Omaha, Neb., died Oct. 13, 2014.

Services will be 11 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18, at the West Center Chapel of Heafey Hoffmann Dworak Cutler in Omaha. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Omaha. Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. service time Saturday at the chapel. Memorials may be directed to the family for the Martin children’s college fund.

William Cullen McKee Urbandale

William Cullen McKee, 83, passed a w a y October 13, 2014.

Services will be held on Saturday, McKee October 25, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation one hour prior at Johnston Evangelical Free Church, 9901 NW 62nd Ave. in Johnston, Iowa.

Bill was born on January 6, 1931 in Madison County, IA to Gerald and Mabel (Thomas) McKee. He was number 5 of 11 children and grew up in the Great Depression Era. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the United States Navy and was honorably discharged a year later in San Diego, CA. He married Inez Kautz on December 10, 1950 in Creston, IA and celebrated 57 years of marriage before she passed away. For 31 years the couple made a living farming in the Creston and Orient area while raising their family. He had the patience to teach 3 daughters and a son about farm life, including how to drive tractors, how to care for animals, and he modeled a work ethic that was renowned in his family.

In 1981 they started a

John Ellsworth Martin was born May 6, 1962, in Creston.

John is survived by his wife Jacqui Martin; son Jacob Donald Martin; daughter Juliet Maria Martin; father Don Martin; and siblings, Terri Gillespie (Jim), Ronald Martin (Tammy), Merri Ringen (Mike), Sherri Clark (Jerry), Kerri Metzger (Jim), David Martin and Danny Martin.

John was preceded in death by his mother Margie Martin. new course of life by moving to Mesa, AZ where they owned and operated Tri City Printing until retirement.

Bill and Inez joined the Elks Lodge where they spent countless hours over the next 23 years volunteering their time and talents. Bill held the office of Exalted Ruler at the local level, District Deputy at the national level, and Vice President of the state of Arizona. The friendships and memories they made during these years were very special. In 2004 they returned to Iowa to be closer to family.

Bill is survived by his children, Becky (Michael) Williams of Marlton, NJ, Cynthia Sprouse of Brea, CA, Sonya (Scott) Dettmann of Grimes, IA and David (Missy) McKee of Williamsville, NY; 8 grandchildren: Chris (Jen) Williams, Josh Williams (Fiancé Brittany Mills), Taylor Sprouse, Tyler Dettmann, Travis (Linda) Dettmann, Trevor (Natalie) Dettmann, Billie McKee, and Josh Lemke; great-grandchildren: Julianna and Gabrielle Williams and Janae Sprouse; and 8 siblings. He was preceded in death by his wife Inez on October 26, 2007; brothers, Francis (Joe) and Roger McKee; and his parents.

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Today is Oct. 16, 2014, the 289th day of the year.

There are 76 days left in 2014. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (Oct. 13-19) in history.

5 years ago The Edward Jones Tall Corn Contest was launched

by Our Iowa magazine.

Creston winners were named by measurements financial advisers took of their corn stalks. They were Leo McAuley with a 14-feet, 6 1/2-inch stalk and Ben and Helen Herzberg with a 14-feet, 2- inch stalk. Contestants used a variety of growth-enhancing methods to boost their stalks. Some added milk to the water as an added source of calcium and phosphorus.

Union County saw its first confirmed case of the H1N1 flu virus Oct. 15. Students in the Creston Community School District received letters informing them and their parents that a child in the school system had been diagnosed with H1N1. Parents were being advised to closely monitor their children for illness, and if ill, keep them home until fever free without the use of fever-reducing medications for 24 hours.

Clearfield Elementary School started providing new Apple laptops to each of its fifth- and sixthgrade students for use in the classroom or at home.

The grades lower, primarily third and fourth grade, were able to use laptops from the laptop cart at school. Clearfield was the 13th school district in the state to provide one-toone laptop usage to its students. In all, the school provided 14 laptops for its students to use.

10 years ago Greenfield considered postponing its public square improvement project – redoing sewer,

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Birds of a feather: Dan Adamson of rural Creston — one of four partners in Horizon

Exotics — spends some time with one of Iowa’s newest livestock commodities, ostriches.

Horizon Exotics also raised emus and other flightless birds on their seven-acre alternative farming operation.

electric, water, sidewalks, streets and underground utilities — to be the location for a movie. The movie, a family comedy called “Iowa,” was produced by State of Mind film company and directed by Herschel Wingrod. Daniel Elliott wrote the film.

East Union School Board was presented a $23,000 rebate check from Southern Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative for installing a new energy efficient heating and cooling system in their school.

Long-time announcer Jack Davis received the excellence in public address announcing award from Iowa High School

abandoned their fields, said Joseph Sam Sesay, minister of agriculture, forestry and food security.

Coffee and cocoa beans amount to about 90 percent of the country’s agricultural exports, and the region where they are grown has been struck hard by the virus.

“Farms have been abandoned. Some families have been wiped away. Some villages have been wiped away. It is very serious,” Sesay said. “We have to understand that agriculture is the mainstay of our economies. If agriculture is down our economies will be down.”

Sierra Leone’s economy was expected to grow more than 11 percent this year

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until Ebola struck in May. Now growth is only predicted to be around 3 percent, he said.

Liberia Agriculture Minister Florence Chenoweth says billions of dollars of outside agricultural investment is gone because farming has been decimated.

Liberia expected 9 percent economic growth but has ratcheted it down twice to about 2 percent, Chenoweth said. The nation had attracted $17.6 billion of foreign investment of which $7 was for agricultural development but those investors have left, she said, adding that a recovery plan has been developed.

“We are very determined, very resilient people,” she said. “We have not as ministers of agriculture put forward a recovery

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plan for nothing. We will implement that plan ... and rebuild our country’s agricultural sector.”

Kanayo Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, a United Nations agency based in Rome, said the Ebola epidemic is strangling regional trade and could “lead to a hunger crisis of epic proportions for West Africa.”

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20 years ago Despite rainy conditions, more than 75 walkers turned out for the annual CROP Walk Oct.

16. Walkers raised more than $2,500 to help the hungry with 25 percent of the money going back to Union County.

Creston High School replaced its former student council model with a government consisting of a general assembly. The assembly was made up of 72 participants and five standing committees concentrating on media, environment, fund raising, dances and community service.

The idea was generated in an advanced speech class.

Because of the change, there was much more student involvement in student activities and policies.

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Athletic Association. Davis had been involved in high school activities ranging from high school’s arts programs to public address announcing at many Creston High School sporting events for 32 years. More than 100 nominations were received for this award.

Traits to receive the award include: long term service, breadth of announcing, positive impact on sportsmanship and significant involvement in school and community.

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of proportion or until it begins to effect the larger international community,” Nwanze said. “When there’s a crisis in Timbuktu it doesn’t stay in Timbuktu anymore. Nowadays it reverberates in Paris, London, Berlin, and Washington.”

The officials spoke Wednesday at the World Food Prize Foundation annual meeting in Des Moines where government, academic, corporate, nonprofit agriculture and food experts gather to discuss issues of hunger and boosting agricultural productivity.

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Schedule of driver’s license examiners: Bedford: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St. Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Union County Courthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St. Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St. Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

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Super 8 Club, 1 p.m., Regency Park.

Union County Historical Society, 1:30 p.m., historical complex house, McKinley Park.

Celebrate Recovery (a Christ-

Greater Regional Medical Center Jennie Best and Troy Dames of Creston are parents of a son born Oct. 13, 2014.

Zarion Ray David Dames weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Jim and Karen Best of Creston and Chrystal Stallone and Duane Williams of Redding, Calif.

Great-grandparent is Sharon Gile of Creston.

Great-great-grandparent is Yvonne Heatherly of Redding, Calif.

Police

Danny Alan Fry Jr., 26, 304 N. Cherry St., was charged on a Union County warrant for second-degree attempted burglary as a habitual felon, an enhanced class D felony, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Union County Law Enforcement Center. The charge was amended from an original charge of second-degree attempted burglary 5 p.m.

Tuesday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, Fry did attempt to enter an occupied structure, which was not open to the public, with the intent to commit a felony, child stealing by falsely or fraudulently taking a child from the lawful custodian. The structure was occupied by one or more persons at the time of the attempted entry. On July 17, the minor children of Fry were placed in the legal care and custody of a relative residing at 302 N. Division St. At that time, Fry’s legal rights to visitation were limited by the court and Iowa Department of Human Services. On or about Friday, Fry was notified his visitation was suspended. Tuesday, Fry visited the residence of 302 N. Division St., and attempted to visit with the children. Fry falsely represented that Iowa DHS had authorized visitation with the children. Fry represented he intended to remove the children from the residence. When the custodian of the children refused, Fry attempted to forcibly enter the residence to obtain phys-

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centered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church, 801 N. Fillmore St., Osceola.

Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Road.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) open meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

Friday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Southern Prairie YMCA 55 Plus, 11:45 a.m., Summit House.

Bring fixings for a potato bar.

CW Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Tingley, featuring Jimmy Georges’ Band, with a potluck.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 by 12 study, 7 to 8 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 8 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

Saturday

Creston Men’s Fellowship non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 107 W. Howard St. Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy. 34, featuring Jim Georges’ Band.

ical custody of the minor children. The custodian physically resisted and notified appropriate authorities.

Fry has been previously convicted in Union County of third-degree burglary and manufacturing methamphetamine.

Fry was being held on $15,000 bond.

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OPINION

I feel lucky knowing those in law enforcement Recently, I met a man who had a very cynical view of the world. He thought everyone was out to ruin others’ reputations, and he certainly disliked any and all forms of law enforcement.

I will say I’m an idealist, but I’m also a realist. I want to see the world as an amazing place, where all people can go to college, jobs are easy to come by and a bright sun rises every morning. However, I also don’t pretend like things are really that simple.

Every morning, I sit at my office

Girl on fire Bailey Poolman staff writer

computer and type reports for the day’s newspaper. I’ve done this for more than a year now, and day after day I read the call log and type, line by line, the calls Creston law enforcement made in the past 24 hours.

I never realized until I did this just how busy a police officer is during

the day. I think the stereotype of the police officer stopping for coffee and doughnuts might be true in some cases, but I also think that stereotype can be applied to just about any other profession.

I’ve been friends with people in law enforcement for a long time. I’ve spent time getting to know several police officers and state troopers in Creston in my time here, and I worked with Centerville police officers, state troopers and Appanoose County sheriff’s deputies when I mowed for Clipper Lawn Service be-

fore moving to Creston.

The difference between the cynical man I met and me is I’m aware.

I’m aware of what the world is really like. I’m aware what the men and women who wear the badge really want out of their careers.

Police officers are not just there to catch those breaking the law, or suspected of breaking the law. They aren’t just there to pull you over because you have a brake light out, or to knock on your door for a noise complaint. Officers are there to serve and protect. They want chil-

dren to grow up knowing they can trust an officer, and adults to know they can call if they feel unsafe or have questions.

A cop’s job is not just to go and arrest people. A cop’s job is to make a community a safe place.

I have loved getting to know so many people in the world, and some of the most interesting and trustworthy are those with badges. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to learn more about those men and women, and be friends with them.

Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was arrested HOLLYWOOD—Happy Thursday, everybody, and God bless America.

CDC Director Tom Frieden told America not to panic over Ebola Tuesday. Opinion is split twoto-one. A Gallup Poll says that forty-three percent of Americans are worried they might catch Ebola, while eighty-seven percent are worried that the store is going to run out of Cheetos.

Hillary Clinton commanded a two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollar speaking fee on Monday night in Las Vegas when she showed up to address the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Foundation Dinner. You can’t make it up. Her topic was the importance of free speech.

Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was arrested for shoplifting underwear and cologne from a Dillard’s department store in Dallas on Monday. It’s so sad.

One of these days, the U.S. economy’s going to rebound and NFL players will be shoplifting at Neiman-Marcus again.

The New York Mercantile Exchange saw oil prices fall to eighty dollars a barrel on Tuesday. The reduced demand for oil is threatening the Middle East economies.

If ISIS could recognize their real enemy they’d stop behading Westerners and start chopping Chevy Volts in two on YouTube.

The Huffington Post reports President Obama’s low poll ratings have made him a liability on the campaign trail for the Democrats in the mid-term races this fall. The president is down to thirty-nine percent approval. None of the golfers are doing well with Tiger Woods off the tour.

Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Allison Grimes refused to say whether she voted for Obama. It’s that grim. Last week, three Democratic candidates came in contact with President Obama and their campaigns are in critical

Topical humor Argus Hamilton

condition at Dallas Presbyterian Hospital.

Cedars Sinai Hospital issued its protocol for treating Ebola patients in case anyone in Los Angeles gets Ebola Tuesday. It’s got no chance in this town. Anytime people in L.A. encounter a deadly strain of virus, we don’t hesitate, we inject it into a wrinkle immediately to see if it helps.

The TSA began testing incoming passengers from Africa for fever Monday even though Ebola victims don’t display fever early.

To keep out the Ebola virus, the CDC is working in tandem with Homeland Secuity. Laurel and Hardy looked better pushing a piano up a staircase.

President Obama met with twenty military chiefs of Allies at the White House Tuesday to devise a strategy to defeat ISIS. The terrorist army captured three more towns in Iraq this week and they have declared themselves the Islamic State. Their national bird is a hand gesture.

Secretary of State John Kerry is negotiating with Iran about its nuclear reactor capacity today in Geneva. He’s very worried about an accident. It just takes one nuclear accident in the Middle East and all our problems would be solved, and then who’d need the State Department?

House Speaker John Boehner predicted Monday that the GOP will capture the Senate next month and block the White House agenda. After twenty years in the House he feels very much at home in the corridors of power. John Boehner is like fine wine, about twelve percent alcohol.

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We need medical boots on the ground now The headlines shift hourly between Ebola and ISIS. The question is often asked, “Should we put boots on the ground?” The answer is yes — but not in the Middle East. We need tens of thousands of boots on the ground dealing with Ebola: boots of doctors, nurses, health professionals, dealing with this wholly preventable global health disaster.

Ebola is a small virus that is revealing very large problems with the world’s public health systems.

The few known cases here in the United States have provoked a climate of fear and a growing awareness of just how vulnerable we are to a virulent illness let loose in our society. Imagine how people feel in the impoverished West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the number of cases is in the thousands, and the infrastructure is simply incapable of dealing with the burgeoning number of infected people.

“This is an international humanitarian and health crisis. It threatens the stability of the region politically, economically, and, of course, human health matters most,” said Lawrence Gostin, faculty director at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University. Speaking on the “Democracy Now!” news hour, he said, “For the second time in the history of the United Nations, the U.N. Security Council called a health threat — AIDS was the first, Ebola is the second.” He was speaking as news arrived that a second health worker in Dallas tested positive for Ebola. “We should be mobilizing much, much more,” he said. “We should have done it earlier. We should do it now.”

The World Health Organization announced the latest Ebola outbreak in Guinea on March 23 of this year. The outbreak grew, spreading to neighboring countries and jumping over several to reach Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. It killed tens,

King Features commentary Amy Goodman

then hundreds, but largely stayed off the world stage until two white, American aid workers contracted the disease. Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol were separately flown back to the United States. With the first Ebola patients ever to set foot in the U.S. shrouded in isolation suits, the disease became the lead story across the country.

Remarkably, as people were dying en masse of Ebola in West Africa, these two Americans survived, treated to some of the few existing doses of the experimental drug known as ZMapp. These are positive outcomes made possible with a well-funded health-care system.

Enter Thomas Eric Duncan. He, too, had been infected by the Ebola virus. His illness progressed quite differently. His nephew, Josephus Weeks, summed it up eloquently in a piece published by The Dallas Morning News: “On Friday, Sept. 25, 2014, my uncle Thomas Eric Duncan went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. He had a high fever and stomach pains. He told the nurse he had recently been in Liberia.

But he was a man of color with no health insurance and no means to pay for treatment, so within hours he was released with some antibiotics and Tylenol.”

Duncan went home to be cared for by his family, but got progressively sicker. Two days later, he went back to the hospital, where he was admitted with suspicion of Ebola. He rapidly declined and died on Oct. 8, as Weeks wrote, “alone in a hospital room.” Within days, we learned that one of his healthcare workers, critical-care nurse Nina Pham, had contracted Ebola.

Then another nurse, Amber Vin-

son, showed symptoms. Hours before she was diagnosed, she was on a plane with more than 130 people, flying back from Cleveland to Dallas. What if we had a health-care system that guaranteed thorough treatment, regardless of whether or not patients have private health insurance?

Republican Congressman Pete Sessions, who represents part of Dallas, told CNN that he wanted to block flights from West Africa from entering the U.S., though he said he would allow U.S. citizens through. I asked Lawrence Gostin for his response: “That is such a bad idea. ... We live in a modern, globalized world; you can’t put a cellophane wrapper around a whole region and expect to keep germs out. It doesn’t work that way. And so, we think we’re trying to save ourselves, but actually we’re making ourselves at greater risk.”

The small island nation of Cuba has sent more than 160 doctors to West Africa to treat patients and help stem the spread of this epidemic. We should learn from Cuba. Instead, President Barack Obama sent in the Marines. They will soon be building field hospitals. But who will staff these new facilities? United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has created an emergency task force to confront the Ebola crisis. The world must come together to save lives and stop this preventable catastrophe that threatens us all. *** Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column. *** Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,200 stations in North America. She is the co-author of “The Silenced Majority,” a New York Times best-seller. (c) 2014 Amy Goodman Distributed by King Features Syndicate

CHURCH Afton ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible study and youth. Saturday, 7:25 a.m. “In the Mirror” radio program on Creston Radio.

ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 104 W. Union St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; Confession and Parish Council meeting following. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Communion service.

Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. religious education; 6:30 p.m. Devotions; and high school youth group, St. Malachy School. Thursday (10/23), 7 p.m. RCIA, Holy Spirit hall.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship.

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

Beaconsfield

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Clearfield

AREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.areabiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship service; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA, Clearfield Community Center.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday school; 9 a.m. worship.

Corning

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 907 Grove Ave., Ken Rummer, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship services.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 901 Nodaway St., Andrew Bardole, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. prayer service.

MESSIANIC MISSION SEVENTH DAY, 405 11th St. Sabbath services, second and fourth Saturdays. Call 641-3223386 for time and place.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 800 17th St., Philip Ritter, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:45 a.m. worship with Holy Communion. Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Bible study.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 504 Grove, Ave., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass; 7 p.m. youth group. Wednesday, 2 to 5 p.m. religious education classes.

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ABUNDANT LIFE FAMILY CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email alfc@ iowatelecom.net; website www.

AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. worship and Kid’s Club. Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Men of Honor; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Light Switch teens.

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, 600 N. Lincoln St., Paul Vandevender, pastor, 782-5594.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship service; 5:30 p.m. prayer time; 6 p.m. worship

service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. worship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

LIFE CHURCH, ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641782-4236, e-mail crestonrolag@ gmail.com, website lifechurchcreston.com.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 10:35 a.m. morning worship, Speed-TheLight Day, “Send the Light”; 6 p.m. small group study at the Norton home, “Principles of Perseverance.” Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee café, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring a coffee mug. WiFi and mini muffins included; 6 p.m. Vision Team meeting. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanctuary; 7 p.m. Family Night activities: Combined adults and students will gather in the sanctuary to hear Kevin and Cindy Elder, missionaries to Colombia, speak.

Thursday (10/23), 7 to 10 a.m.

Coffee café, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring a coffee mug.

WiFi and mini muffins included.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evangelists, 641-344-3201.

Thursday, 3:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship services; scripture lesson: psalm 139: 13-16 and sermon: “And so it begins.” Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 3 p.m. Crisis fund center open, 5 p.m. Open table (Union County Board of Supervisors). Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS. COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Creston Congregation (RLDS), 820 N. Elm St., Elder Gary O’Daniels, pastoral coordinator.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. praise and inspiration, Judy Hoakison; 9:30 a.m. church school classes; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Ken Mallas, presider; Deanne Dennis, speaker; potluck after worship.

CREST BAPTIST, affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, Poplar and Townline streets, Chuck Spindler, pastor. Website: www.crestbaptistchurch.com.

Today, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery. Friday, 8:30 a.m.

Operation World prayer meeting.

Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (for all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship. Tuesday, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Women’s Bible study; 6:30 p.m.

Women’s Step study; 9 to 10 p.m. Creston Salt Company for college students/young adults, Room 120, SWCC. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. Team Kid, youth ministry; DivorceCare; and adult Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1001 N. Lincoln St., David Tebbenkamp, pastor; Dan Fields, youth pastor.

Saturday, 7 a.m. Guys Trap Shoot, Corning; 4:45 p.m. GLOW senior high event. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service; 10:15 a.m.

Sunday school hour; 4:45 p.m.

Melody Makers choir practice, K-8; 6 p.m. family worship service. Monday, 6:30 p.m. Ladies Bible study at Tammy Reeves.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA clubs and junior high Trek; senior high youth group; and adult Bible study and prayer meeting.

Thursday (10/23), 11:30 a.m. Care and Share group, fellowship hall.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St. Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service with guest speaker Darin Dolecheck; 11 a.m. coffee fellowship.

Wednesday, 6 p.m. praise and worship service.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St. Sunday, 11 a.m. church service.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 7:30 p.m. Ida Scudder Circle (Ruth Clinton hostess).

Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting workshop. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. wor-

AFTON CARE CENTER “Adding Quality to Life” 508 W. Pearl • Afton 641-347-8416

CARTER AGENCY, INC. Insurance & Real Estate 208 N. Maple St. • Creston 641-782-8516

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DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diagonalchurch.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. church.

God’s Portion to be celebrated Saturday On Saturday, Oct. 18, Cromwell Congregational United Church of Christ will be holding its 67th annual God’s Portion Day. The day begins with a bazaar at 2:30 p.m. featuring baked goods, candies, pies and canned goods.

The dinner begins at 4 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults, $3 for children ages 5-12, and free for children younger than 5. Dinner inship services; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School – all ages and grades.

Monday, 6 p.m. Membership and Evangelism meeting; 7 p.m. Worship/Music meeting.

Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stich, Knit and Quilt; 6:30 p.m. Christian Education meeting. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Bible study; 5:30 p.m.

Joyful Noise.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor. Call 641-782-2427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: fumc. creston@gmail.com. Facebook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Friday.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services; 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school. Tuesday, 9 a.m.

Summit House Bible study; 1:30 p.m. Crestridge Bible study.

Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. handbell rehearsal; 7 p.m. choir rehearsal. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men. GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna Davis.

Thursday, first and third, 9:30 a.m. Men’s Bible study, 124 N. Maple St.; 6 p.m. Women’s Bible study, church. Friday, 7 p.m.

Friday Night Fire service, church.

Sunday, 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. church service; 6 p.m. church service. Monday, 4 to 5:45 p.m. children’s ministry (preschool through 11 years old); 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. youth ministry (12 years old and up).

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 107 W. Howard St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Friday, 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop; 4:30 to 5 p.m. Confession; 5:15 p.m.

Mass. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m.

Confession; 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Mass. Monday, 5 to 6 p.m.

Adoration, St. Malachy Chapel; 6 p.m. Communion service, St. Malachy Chapel; 6:30 p.m. CRHP ladies meeting, St. Malachy library. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m.

ReRun shop. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. prayer service, St. Malachy School; 6:30 p.m. high school youth group, St. Malachy School; 7 p.m. religious education classes for grades 1-8, St. Malachy School. Thursday (10/23), 7 a.m.

Communion service, St. Malachy chapel; 7 p.m. RCIA, hall.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1965 REA Road, Rev. Jim W. Morris, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Bible study; 9 a.m worship.

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, 1000 Cottonwood St. Sunday, 10 a.m. public talk and Watchtower study. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. congregation Bible study, ministry school and service meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship.

Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

PLATTE CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston,

cludes roast beef, ham balls and all of the fixings.

The day will conclude with an auction that begins at 6:30 p.m. There will be an assortment of items including one queen and one king size quilt made by Cromwell quilters with embroidery done by the late Doris Lundquist.

Cromwell Church is located on the northeast corner of Cromwell Park.

Delores Doench, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. coffee time/fellowship time; 10:30 a.m. church service; potluck lunch after service.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-7822920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school and adult education; 10 a.m. worship service with Communion; 6 p.m. Financial Peace. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters; 5:30 p.m.

Endowment. Wednesday, 7 p.m. confirmation class; and choir practice.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St., Jared Miller, pastor, 515-897-7919, email jaredandkatiem@gmail. com.

Saturday, 9 a.m. worship service; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES, 1216 N. Cherry St. (corner of Townline and Cherry streets).

Sunday, 9:45 to 10:15 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 601 S. Maple St., Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. Jonathan C. Watt, pastor, 641782-5095, http://TrinityCreston. org.

Sunday, Mount Ayr: 8 a.m.

Divine Service with Holy Communion; Creston: 9:45 a.m.

Divine Service; 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes.

Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6:30 p.m. LifeLight Bible study.

Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool; 1:30 p.m. LifeLight Bible study. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m. confirmation classes. Thursday (10/23), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship services. Monday, 7:30 a.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon pastor’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table (United Methodist Church). Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS; 5 p.m. youth group; 7 p.m. Parish Council at FPC.

Cromwell CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school. Monday, 12:30 p.m. prayer group, sanctuary; 1 p.m. quilting. Wednesday, 1 p.m. quilters. Saturday, God’s Portion Day.

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CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Jeff Banks, pastor, office 641-743-0221.

Website: www.welcometocornerstone.org.

Today, 7 p.m. Men’s Fraternity; 7 to 8:30 p.m. Women’s Bible study. Saturday, 7 p.m. Gideons meeting at Cornerstone. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. worship service; 11:10 a.m. to noon Christian living classes; noon Elders and Deacons meetings; 6 to 8 p.m. Second Half; 20s/30s; Homebuilders; Multiply; and Truth Matters. Wednesday, 6:20 p.m. AWANA; 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Youth Discipleship group.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 213 N. E. Elm St., Kenneth Gross, pastor. Website: www.stjohngreenfield.parishesonline.com.

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m.

Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m.

Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass.

Wednesday, 6:20 to 7:30 p.m. preK through eighth grade Faith Formation. Thursday (10/23), 8:30 a.m. Mass.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes closet open; 6:30 p.m. worship service. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

Lacelle

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

Lenox

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St. Sunday, 10 a.m. worship.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 702 W. Ohio St. Stanley Price, branch president.

Sunday, 10 a.m. sacrament meeting; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school; 12:10 p.m. relief society, priesthood, young women and young men; 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. primary. For local information, contact Clinton Allen, (641) 3224494.

COUNTRY ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH, at 202 E. Temple (old lumber yard), Mitch Green, pastor. Website: countryroadslenox. com.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship.

Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal and study.

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, four miles north, four miles west of Lenox, Franklin Rogers, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship service.

SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 4 miles north, 1 mile west of Lenox.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 600 W. Michigan St., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass with religious education classes afterward. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CYO. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 103 W. Michigan St., Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service and Sunday school for children.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 401 W. Michigan St., Tim Maxa, pastor, 641-333-4214.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. First and third Sunday, youth fellowship. Wednesday, Evening Bible study.

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CHURCH OF GOD, Ben Turner, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

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HEBRON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.

Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

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BAPTIST CHURCH, Alex Bauman, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. worship services. Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Midweek Bible study and prayer meeting. Third Thursday of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Missionary meeting.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third St., Brian McCracken, pastor. Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship services; 7 p.m. Bible Study. Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.

JAM for elementary ages; 7 p.m. junior and senior high youth groups.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Sandy Smith and Brandon Campbell, pastors.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship.

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P L Y M O U T H CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 311 W. First St., Phil Price, minister.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. brunch; 9 a.m. worship services; 10 a.m.

Sunday school/adult Bible study.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 124 S. Maple St., Cathy Nutting, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Prescott

PRESCOTT UNITED CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 401 6th Ave., the Rev. Steven Wainwright.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship.

Shannon City

SHANNON CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. church service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

Sharpsburg

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

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STRINGTOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH, junction of Highway 34 and Sycamore Ave., the Rev. Richard Queener, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Help Center open.

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Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

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District leaders collide here Friday Winner could play at home twice to open playoffs

By LARRY PETERSON

ther Field to decide some important matters.

First and foremost, the winner will be district chamMaybe you’ve heard. pion. The loser will be runThere’s kind of a big game ner-up, that was assured in town Friday. when third-place Winterset The anticipation has been was edged by DC-G 10-7 building for seven weeks. last week. So, both teams go into Friday’s contest knowing they will play at home in the first round of the playoffs.

However, the district champ gets a second game at home.

“I wouldn’t say it’s critical, but it’s a factor,” Creston/O-M coach Brian Morrison said. “It’s a big-time game. The kids are excited.

They’ve earned it.”

It’s also senior night at Panther Field, with an exceptionally large senior class honored prior to the game.

“We have a great group of 18 seniors,” Morrison said.

“To have that game be a district championship game, at home, means so much.”

Contributed photo by TERRY FREEMAN The Panthers are seeking McClain Haines (15) steps in front of a Harlan pass receiver also covered by Panther team- their sixth district chammate Sam Hartsock (4) for his seventh pass interception of the season during last week’s pionship, the last being 35-20 victory at Merrill Field in Harlan. Haines is tied with Michael Buck, Luke Neitzel, Clark Kuntz and David Rectenbaugh for second place in the program’s history with seven inter- in 2011. That year, Creston/O-M opened at home ceptions in a season, trailing only Tony Hartman’s record of eight in 2005.

CNA staff writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

The only stumble of the 2014 football season for Creston/Orient-Macksburg and Dallas Center-Grimes came in week two — topranked Pella beat the Mustangs 45-14; Class 2A District 8 leader Clarinda (4-0, 6-1) defeated the Panthers

36-27.

DC-G is ranked No. 6 in Class 3A by the Associated Press voters. Creston/O-M is tied with Carlisle for 12th on this week’s poll. They each sit atop Class 3A District 8 at 4-0, and 6-1 overall.

They meet Friday at Pan-

in the playoffs and lost to Spencer. The last playoff victories were over Carroll in 2003 and over Pella in 2000. The program’s postseason record is 5-13.

Morrison hopes there’s a lot of football left for this edition of Panther football, but this week’s challenge is formidible.

While the Mustangs have played their share of close games — 7-6 over ADM, 27-24 over Carlisle and last week’s 10-7 win — there have also been routs of 34-0 over Harlan, 45-27 over Boone and 47-7 at Atlantic.

If it’s a shootout, Creston/O-M is poised for the battle. The Panthers rank seventh in Class 3A with a 35.14 per game scoring average and fifth in total offense with 2,902 yards.

Senior quarterback Alex Nielsen is second in Class 3A passing behind ADM’s Frank Weiland with 1,484 yards and 12 TDs on 90 completions in 166 attempts (54.2 percent). In last week’s 35-20 win at Harlan, Nielsen passed Gabe Stofferhan for fifth place on the single-sea-

son passing yardage chart in Creston/O-M history. (Kyle McCann is fourth at 1,732 yards.)

Last week Nielsen directed scoring drives of 77, 80 and 33 yards in the second half as the Panthers took control after a 14-13 halftime lead.

DC-G offense The quarterback is also the leader of the DC-G offense. Austin Kloewer, who like Nielsen started on defense a year ago, has passed for 794 yards and 12 touchdowns (just two interceptions) while also rushing for a team-leading 418 yards and five more scores.

“Their quarterback kind of reminds me of (former Panther) Gabe Stofferahn,” Morrison said. “He’s not very big (5-10, 165).

We can’t let him break the pocket on bootlegs and play-action passes and have him scramble for yardage.

The key is to keep him between the tackles and plug Please see PANTHERS, page 8A

Spartan men bring home Key games for area from Fighting Bee Invite playoff hopes in week 8 hardware Nine runners set personal best times

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

Eight-Man teams Lenox and East Union, along with Nodaway Valley in Class A, face games this week that could have huge playoff implications.

Both Lenox and East Union are in a three-way tie for third place in each team’s respective district at 3-2 in district play. Both teams play another team deadlocked in that tie.

Nodaway Valley, at 2-3 in the district, sits one game behind both Pleasantville and Earlham, which currently occupy the final two playoff positions in Class A District 8. Both teams own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Wolverines.

Lenox travels to Stanton, which is coming off a 45-20 loss to Sidney last Friday.

Lenox hung right with this week’s new No. 1-ranked team Fremont-Mills, falling 24-22.

The other team at 3-2 in District 8 is CAM, which travels to Fremont-Mills this week and then plays Lenox in the final week of the regular season.

So, a win this week for Lenox over Stanton would put the Tigers in a favorable spot to earn one of the four playoff positions out of District 8.

The Tigers will have to contend with one of EightMan’s top passing attacks, however. David Sorensen has completed 90-of-172 passes for 1,311 yards and 16 touchdowns, with just nine interceptions.

Brady Johnson has hauled in 55 catches for 860 yards and 12 TDs. The Stanton rushing attack features two runners who have gained more than 400 yards this season, as Alex Becthold has 490 yards and nine scores and Kyle Peterson has 431 yards and five touchdowns. Sorensen has run for seven TDs and gained 241 yards.

Lenox has been without leading rusher Dustyn Rauch (411 yards) the past few weeks, leaving the bulk of the rushing duties to Jared Hensley. Hensley has 303 yards on 79 carries.

Fullback Caleb Lange now

has 380 yards and six touchdowns on 75 carries.

The Tigers have had success getting to opposing quarterbacks this season, as junior Spencer Brown has 10 solo sacks on the season.

D u s t en Reed Brown has three sacks, while Frank Hoffman and Lange each have two sacks.

East Union The Eagles of East Union, fresh off a 24-20 loss at Guthrie Center, return home for their final home game against Adair-Casey.

The two teams are tied at 3-2 in District 7 with Guthrie Center. With a road trip to eighth-ranked Coon Rapids-Bayard looming next week, the Eagles will feel much more comfortable about their playoff hopes with a win this week.

The Eagles will face a balanced offensive attack from the Bombers. Connor Westergaard has 700 yards and 13 touchdowns through the air. Charlie Terry leads the rushing attack with 892 yards and 13 TDs. Emmitt Wheatley adds 468 yards and six scores on the ground, while also acting as Westergaard’s top target with 19 catches for 318 yards and six scores.

The Eagles saw some success with the short passing game in the second half of last week’s loss, and cohead coach James Hardy said that’s an area his team will look to continue to improve on heading into the final two weeks of the year.

Cole Campbell is 31-of70 passing for 589 yards and 11 touchdowns this year.

But it has been the rushing attack, led

by Mike W a r d ( 6 2 8 yards, 10 Campbell TDs) and Campbell (528 yards, nine TDs), that has been East Union’s bread and butter.

In other District 7 action, Murray comes off its first win of the season and travels to fifth-ranked Glidden-Ralston.

By JAKE WADDINGHAM

CNA associate editor • jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

Playoff game Nodaway Valley’s situation in Class A District 8 is much more dire. At 2-3 in district play, and a game behind two teams that both hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Wolverines, Nodaway Valley must win Friday at Southeast Warren to have any shot of a playoff berth.

Even with a win, the Wolverines will still likely need to beat Bedford in the final week of the season and get some help along the way from other teams in District 8, forcing a three-way tie that would go to the point differential tiebreaker.

Much like last week’s opponent for the Wolverines, Southeast Warren has done much of its damage this year through the air.

Keetan Lawler has 782 passing yards with five touchdowns and five interceptions. Lance Hoch adds 132 passing yards with two touchdowns and two picks. Gabe Henderson is the main target with 31 receptions for 582 yards and three touchdowns.

No other Southeast Warren receiver has more than seven catches.

Also in District 8, district leader Mount Ayr (6-1, 5-0) can do Nodaway Valley a big favor this week by beating Pleasantville.

The eighth-ranked Raiders have rolled over every district opponent that has stepped in their way this year. A win for Mount Ayr on Friday would also wrap up the District 8 title for the Raiders.

In Class 1A District 8, Southwest Valley (1-6, 0-4) hits the road this week to take on Des Moines Christian (3-4, 2-2).

The Bears feature a balanced offensive attack, with Grant Brockhouse passing for 862 yards and eight touchdowns.

Jackson Webster has 318 rushing yards with five scores, while Jonathan Weaver adds 300 yards.

Thomas Kinley has run for 245 yards and three scores.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

Ben Friederichs charges up the final hill before turning for the finish line at the Figthting Bee Invite hosted by St. Ambrose on Saturday. Friederichs set a seasonal best time of 27:36 on the 8K course to lead the Spartans to a third place finish in the junior college division.

BETTENDORF — While Spartan head coach Bill Huntington was thrilled to bring home some hardware from the Fighting Bee Invitational hosted by St. Ambrose here Saturday, he was even more excited about how his teams performed from top to bottom.

Southwestern Community College set nine new seasonal best times on the men’s 8K course and women’s 5K course. The finishing time propelled the men to a third-place finish in the junior college division.

“We are right where we want to be,” Huntington said. “We were in the mix, we had a lot of heart, but most of all, we still have a lot of upside for the end of the season.”

Please see BEE INVITE, page 8A

Spartans sweep Clinton

By LARRY PETERSON CNA staff writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

Southwestern dominated winless Clinton Community College here Wednesday in a 25-12, 25-9, 25-15 victory.

Clinton (0-8 in the IC-

CAC, 0-13 overall) could never solve the Spartans’ service, which accounted for 19 aces for the night.

Featuring topspin serves that had the Clinton receivers diving all night were Brusha Cobbs and Carmen Subbert with five aces each,

while Erin Coker featured a jump floater that scored four aces.

“Our service was our highlight tonight,” said Spartan coach Ting Liu. Please see SPARTANS, page 8A

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Southwestern middle hitter Madison Walston of Bedford slams one of her team-high nine kills past Jordan Voss (7) and Ellie Ladehoff (19) of Clinton Community College during Wednesday’s 3-0 win.

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up the middle, so there’s nowhere for him to go.”

The receiving leader is tight end Doug Heritage (6-3, 210) at 324 yards and 23 catches, but another dangerous target is 6-5 senior Austin Winter, second on the team with 13 catches and 210 yards (16.2 yards per catch).

DC-G’s rushing attack lost the services of senior running back Kullen Neyens (347 yards) in the Atlantic game.

Sophomore Nathan Brown has 287 yards. Neither of them is close to Panther leading rusher Chase Shiltz with 508 yards and nine TDs. “I’m sure they miss (Neyens) but Brown is a capable runner too,” Morrison said.

“They platoon and they are good up front on both sides of the ball. And because they platoon, those guys will stay fresh for the entire game.”

The DC-G defense has its own set of challenges in facing this Panther offense. Like Kloewer, Nielsen is a threat to run or pass with 405 yards rushing and six touchdowns.

Panther weapons There are multiple receiving threats, topped by Christian Groumoutis with 22

catches for 400 yards and two TDs. McClain Haines has 20 catches for 272 yards and two TDs, and Shiltz has been busy out of the backfield with 11 receptions for 277 yards and three TDs. Bryce Briley and Seth Maitlen each have 12 catches and more than 150 yards with three combined TDs. Not far behind is Conner Pals with seven catches for 133 yards and two TDs. After a strong first half last week at Harlan, Maitlen now has a team-high 6.9 yards per carry with 199 yards on 29 attempts with four touchdowns.

In a game like this, field position and how you play on first down can go a long way in determining the winner.

Penalties curtailed the offense last week, ending with nine violations for 89 yards. The Panthers, who also gave up 206 yards rushing, overcame it to hand Harlan its first fiveloss season since 1965.

“We need a situation defensively where we win the field position, get three and outs, and give our offense a short field,” Morrison said.

“On offense, we have to minimize plays behind the chains like first and 15 and second and 20. We have to put ourselves in situations where it’s

second and short or third and short.”

Maitlen led the defense last week with 14 total tackles.

“Maitlen in there at linebacker, trying to get him blocked was a tough deal,” Harlan coach Curt Bladt said after the game.

The Panthers had three pass interceptions last week, including the seventh of the season for Haines, who trails only Tony Hartman’s eight pickoffs in 2005 for the school record. Haines is tied with David Rectenbaugh, Clark Kuntz, Michael Buck and Luke Neitzel at seven.

Last week Dallas Center-Grimes, coming off an 9-2 season last year and second-round playoff loss after winning a district title, found itself in a dogfight last week at home against Winterset.

The Mustangs managed just 86 total rushing yards, led by Brown’s 45 yards on 20 carries. Kloewer rushed for 40 yards in 14 attempts.

Brown’s touchdown and a field goal by Connor Smith provided the only Mustang scoring against the Huskies, who took a 7-3 lead into the fourth quarter. Kloewer was 12-of-19 passing for 149 yards.

BEE INVITE: Continued from page 7A

The Spartans trailed nationally ranked Northern Iowa Area Community College and Illinois Community College.

Sophomore Ben Friederichs set the pace, dipping to his lowest time of the year at 27:36.

Transfer Eric Ikundrive stepped up in a big way for the Spartans with his best race in a Spartan jersey at 28:05.

“We are really counting on Eric to be a factor for us at the regional meet,” Huntington said. “You could almost physically see him getting more confident as the race went on.”

Teammates Ovan Garcia and Philip Sciranko followed, with Aaron Ward crossing the line in 29:03 for the final scorer for the men’s squad.

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Medals will be awarded to the first, second and third place finishers in the run and

Panther lineup Creston/O-M (6-1, 4-0) OFFENSE WR Christian Groumoutis 6-0 TE Seth Maitlen 6-3 T Jordan Thompson 6-3 G Tayler Pettit 6-0 C Cody Tanner 6-2 G Kadon Hulett 6-3 T Jake Gutschenritter 6-1 WR Bryce Briley 5-10 or McClain Haines 5-11 QB Alex Nielsen 6-2 RB Chase Shiltz 5-10 FB Alex Tamerius 5-10 PK Conner Pals 5-8 DEFENSE DE Kadon Hulett 6-3 DT Jordan Thompson 6-3 NG Cory Rathe 5-9 DE Tayler Pettit 6-0 OLB Chase Shiltz 5-10 OLB McClain Haines 5-11 ILB Alex Tamerius 5-10 ILB Seth Maitlen 6-3 CB Sam Hartsock 5-8 CB Conner Pals 5-8 S Brody Frain 5-11 P Alex Nielsen 6-2

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Downing returned to practice this week after missing a portion of the season with a knee injury. Morrison said it’s possible he’s available Friday.

Creston/O-M has a 3-5 alltime record against Dallas

Center-Grimes, but has not played the Mustangs since a 22-21 loss in 2007.

The freshman game kicks off at 4:45 p.m. Friday. Varsity kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

11-10 but again had serve receiving issues as the Spartans pulled away for the 10-point win.

Walston ended with a team-high nine kills while hitting at a 50 percent clip, and Subbert added six.

Cobbs had five digs and Bailey Preston finished with 18 setting assists.

Southwestern (2-5, 7-22) heads to Nebraska for the weekend, starting with a 5 p.m. match Friday at Cen-

tral Community College of Columbus. On Saturday the Spartans have two matches in a tournament hosted by Southeast Nebraska in Beatrice.

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“We are focusing on getting strong in those middle miles,” Huntington said.

“We have come so far this season, but there is still more in the tank if everyone stays healthy.”

The Spartan women had four of their five runners set personal bests, led by freshman Charlie Buddenhagen in 23:59.

“The smile on Charlie’s face when she broke through that benchmark of being under 24 minutes was priceless,” Huntington said.

“She has been killing it at practice, and it is starting to show as she continues to learn how to race.”

Kylie Bidrowski had a breakout performance with her time of 25:34. Gabby DuBois followed in 25:58.

Brooke Lindgren struggled with an asthma attack, but was able to fight through and finish for the Spartans in

26:31. She was followed by former Interstate 35 runner Rachel Flickinger, rounding out the scoring.

Southwestern is sharpening up for the regional meet Oct. 24 before traveling to Lubbock, Texas, to end the season at the national championship meet.

FIGHTING BEE INVITE WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES 1. St. Ambrose 22; 13. SWCC 352.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Leaders — 1.

Hannah Palmeter, NIACC, 18:20; 58.

Charlie Buddenhagen, SWCC, 23:59; 68. Kylie Bidrowski, SWCC, 25:34; 71. Gabby DuBois, SWCC, 25:58; 76. Brook Lindgren, SWCC, 26:31; 79.

Rachel Flickinger, SWCC, 29:55.

MEN’S TEAM SCORES 1. NIACC 58; 9. SWCC 221.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Leaders — 1. Trey Simons, NIACC, 25:24; 31.

Ben Friederichs, SWCC, 27:36; 42.

Eric Ikundrive, SWCC, 28:05; 43.

Ovan Garcia, SWCC, 28:14; 46.

Philip Sciranko, SWCC, 28:24; 59.

Aaron Ward, SWCC, 29:06; 62.

Cassidy Warson, SWCC, 29:12; 68. Sean Schmitz, SWCC, 29:26.

Sports briefs Zombie run

Trey Washington, speedy safety who has four interceptions, recovered a fumble for the Mustang defense. Washington ran on DC-G’s state championship 4x100 relay team last May. (Kloewer was an all-state defensive back last year with five interceptions, but only plays on offense this season.)

Linebacker Logan Buck, the team’s tackle leader, had 11 tackles and a quarterback sack last week. Defensive end Jacob Protzman has seven tackles for losses this season.

The successful Panther passing game faces a challenge.

“They’re a zone coverage team, which is different than we’ve been seeing,” said Panther offensive coordinator, “and their secondary is the best we’ve played against.

Twenty-one (Washington) is a good athlete.”

Creston/O-M is in relatively good health for this point in the season. Defensive backs Tyson Tucker and Connor Kinkade both suffered knee sprains at Harlan. Tucker is doubtful for this week.

“We are beyond thin in the secondary right now,” Morrison said.

Defensive tackle Trevor

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Swim win WAUKEE — Creston junior Camryn Somers was part of three Waukee victories in the Warriors’ 113-73 swimming dual win Tuesday over Dowling Catholic.

Somers anchored Waukee’s 200 medley relay that won in

1:59.99. She also anchored the 200 yard freestyle relay that won in 1:44.18, and captured first place in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.76.

Waukee is currently ranked fourth in the state in the 200 freestyle relay and second in the medley relay. Waukee’s state qualifications will be determined in a regional meet Nov. 1 at Indianola.

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Coker served 11 straight points, including two aces, during the 25-9 second game that quickly extended a 13-7 lead. Carmen Subbert smacked two kills and Mikayla Prott added another from the middle during that stretch.

Madison Walston powered two kills from the middle as the Spartans built a 6-3 lead early in the third set. Clinton hung close at

SWCC 3, Clinton 0 Kills — Madison Walston 9, Carmen Subbert 6, Erin Coker 4, Mikayla Prott 3, Brusha Cobbs 2, Bailey Preston 2.

Blocks (solo-assists) — Walston 1-0, Cobbs 1-0.

Service aces — Cobbs 5, Subbert 5, Coker 4, Preston 3, Prott 2.

Digs — Cobbs 5, Coker 4, Natali Donahue 3.

Setting assists — Preston 18.

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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers

HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

Getty Images/ROBERT LABERGE

This was not the face Brad Keselowski saw Saturday night.

Was that really Matt Kenseth in the Dollar General fire suit?

GODSPEAK: It was interesting watching the Indistinguishable Sulk transform into the Incredible Hulk.

KEN’S CALL: Either Mild Matt was possessed, or Brad Keselowski can light a fire.

Which of the current three bottom feeders can save his season at Talladega?

GODSPEAK: Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he’ll win.

Give him his Babe Ruth moment.

KEN’S CALL: Not Keselowski, who’ll be hurting for a running mate; I’m thinking Jimmie is the best bet.

ONLINE EXTRAS news-journalonline. com/nascar facebook.com/ nascardaytona @nascardaytona

FEEDBACK Do you have questions or comments about NASCAR This Week? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@newsjrnl.com or Ken Willis at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com

Mad Matt

NASCAR wanted the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship to be exciting, but it got a burst of full-bodied, raw emotion from competitors in Saturday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Specifically, Brad Keselowski made sheet-metal contact with at least three other cars as his No. 2 Team Penske Ford ran amok after the checkered flag was displayed.

The top storyline should have been Kevin Harvick’s victory, which automatically pushed him into the next round of the Chase.

Instead, he became a footnote to Keselowski’s antics on the cool-down lap, plus the bumping and banging Keselowski created on pit road after the 500-mile race.

“Kez” put dents into the cars of Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart — Stewart retaliated by throwing his No. 14 Chevy into reverse and smashing the nose of the angry driver behind him.

Once in the garage area, Hamlin was restrained from attacking Keselowski. But no one — no one — saw Kenseth, your typical Bruce Banner sort of driver, transforming into the Incredible Hulk and physically lunging on top of Keselowski.

Kenseth, always known for his mild manner and composure, tossed all that decorum out the driver’s-side window and pounced on Keselowski in a fit of rage after Keselowski was interviewed by ABC while standing in a narrow lane between two haulers.

Kenseth was upset because he had removed all his safety gear after he got his No. 20 Toyota to pit road, then was slammed by Keselowski’s battered machine.

“If he wants to come and talk about it like a man, then go do that, but to try to wreck somebody on the race track and

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Kez might want to wear that helmet 24/7 for a while.

to come down pit road with other cars and people standing around, with my seat belts off, and drive into the side of me is just inexcusable,” Kenseth said.

“There is no excuse for that. He’s a champion, and he’s supposed to know better than that.”

Hamlin used language that can’t be printed here, but made a Talladega prediction.

“My guess is that he (Keselowski) will probably try to wreck everyone; that’s his only shot,” he said. “He’ll just be out of control like normal.”

FOUR MUST GO Scary Talladega Superspeedway will decide the playoff hopes of all Chase drivers except Harvick and Joey Logano, whose victories the past two weeks sent them into the next round. Kasey Kahne currently is in eighth place and on the bubble. The four drivers below him are Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. All know the only sure way to the Eliminator Round is a victory. Asked about his ’Dega game plan, Earnhardt said: “Go out there and win it. We can do it; we have won there a lot of times.”

HARVICK SAYS When Kevin Harvick got to Charlotte’s Victory Lane, it was more relief than joy. “This was the night that we needed to win,” he said. “I don’t want to go to Talladega next week.”

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We finally learned what it takes for “Mild Matt” to shed the calm demeanor and storm into a dark alley.

Has Brad Keselowski become the new menace?

It’s definitely a question worth asking. When is the last time a driver left a track with three opposing drivers ready to have him tarred and feathered due to three separate incidents?

OK, but when is the last time that happened to a driver NOT named Busch?

Kez even managed to break Tony Stewart out of his doldrums. Throwing it in reverse to slam a guy behind you is pure Demolition Derby. Tony’s back.

Great time for Talladega, right?

Funny how it often works out this way. Common sense tells you that Talladega is a scary place to attempt payback on Mr. Keselowski, if you’re one of the three aggrieved racers from Charlotte. And that’s why it’s unlikely, unless the rare but perfect opportunity presents itself. Problem is, at Talladega and sister track Daytona, if you take out one car, you’ll likely take out 20.

Is this really what NASCAR wanted?

When NASCAR landed on this new Chase formula, it had to know (we assume) they could lose a swath of marquee stars in one swipe. Jimmie, Junior and Kez are all but done, with Kasey and Mild Matt tenuous. It all changes with a victory, however, and THAT’S the sort of thing NASCAR definitely had in mind when this was designed.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com

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Joey Logano Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick Ryan Newman Carl Edwards Jeff Gordon Denny Hamlin Kasey Kahne Matt Kenseth Brad Keselowski Jimmie Johnson Dale Earnhardt Jr. AJ Allmendinger Greg Biffle Kurt Busch Aric Almirola Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray Austin Dillon Clint Bowyer Paul Menard Brian Vickers Martin Truex Jr. Marcos Ambrose Tony Stewart Casey Mears Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Danica Patrick Justin Allgaier David Gilliland Michael Annett Cole Whitt David Ragan Reed Sorenson Alex Bowman Josh Wise Michael McDowell Ryan Truex Travis Kvapil Jeff Burton Terry Labonte David Stremme Bobby Labonte

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MATT KENSETH

BRAD KESELOWSKI

Matt Kenseth vs. Brad Keselowski: A lot of candidates, but when Kenseth physically jumped on Keselowski in the garage, they took top honors.

Godwin Kelly gives his take: “Kez has set himself up for failure at Talladega.

He has at least three drivers gunning for him after his post-race, pinballing antics.”

WHAT’S ON TAP?

GODWIN’S TALLADEGA PICKS Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rest of the top five: Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin Dark horse: Jamie McMurray

Disappointment: Kyle Larson First one out: Josh Wise Don’t be surprised if: You see coordinated teamwork to draft to the front for valuable points.

SPRINT CUP: GEICO 500 SITE: Talladega Superspeedway SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.).

Saturday, qualifying (ESPNEWS, 4:40 p.m.). Sunday, race (ESPN, coverage starts at 1 p.m., green flag at 2:20 p.m.)

CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: Fred’s 250 SITE: Talladega Superspeedway SCHEDULE: Friday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.). Saturday, race (Fox, 1 p.m.)

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE KEVIN HARVICK Shedding the bad luck just in time

JOEY LOGANO Suddenly may be Penske’s only hope

KYLE LARSON On fringes of Victory Lane; it’s coming

KYLE BUSCH Look who’s a points racer now

JEFF GORDON

Could be only Hendrick horse after this week

CARL EDWARDS The moving van is still idling

RYAN NEWMAN 0-for-47

MATT KENSETH 0-for-39

DENNY HAMLIN

Hanging around longer than we thought

BRAD KESELOWSKI

Winning friends in sheet-metal world

CHARLOTTE REWIND

Junior talks about phantom vibrations and must-win situation Dale Earnhardt Jr. was hoping to deposit a victory in Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and advance to the next round of NASCAR’s elimination playoffs. Instead, the Daytona 500 champion was forced to fight through a night of adversity with his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. He finished 20th.

Now dead last (tied for 11th) in the Chase standings, Earnhardt likely needs a victory at Talladega Superspeedway to advance to the next elimination round. Hendrick’s drivers have struggled in the first five Chase

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races. Jimmie Johnson also is ranked 11th and Kasey Kahne is on the Chase bubble in eighth place. Earnhardt talked to the media after the Charlotte race about his problems and outlook for Talladega.

What happened during the race?

“The vibration broke the shifter in half, and it just wasn’t a good night. The car just wasn’t handling well, and the vibration was really giving us a lot of problems. We had it in practice, but we still couldn’t fix it. So, I don’t know.

“We had a real bad vibration and broke a transmission shifter off. We only had third

and fourth gear there and lost a lap trying to get off pit road on a green-flag stop.

“We had a pretty good car; a top-10 car.

The vibration issue was causing a lot of balance issues, and grip issues. But we had a good-enough car to run in the top 10. This isn’t what we need to do.

“I don’t know. We’ve had some phantom vibrations throughout the year and not really had those until the last year and a half, or two years. So it is hard to say.”

What’s Talladega mean now?

“Go out there and win it. We can do it; we have won there a lot of times. I know what

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“We did have a pretty good car all weekend; we were running OK there in the race. I think we could have easily finished in the top 10. The shifter slam broke in half.

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The Southern Iowa Trolley seeks a part-time driver to provide public transportation in the Creston and Mt. Ayr areas. CDL with passenger endorsement required (assistance will be provided). Must pass background check and pre-employment drug and alcohol test. IPERS retirement benefits. Training will be provided.

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Part-Time Supported Employment Driver Innovative Industries has an opening for a part-time supported employment driver. Applicants will be responsible for transporting individuals to and from work.

Hours will vary, days, nights and weekends. Vehicle is provided.

Must pass a drug screen and physical. A chauffeur’s license and good driving records are required.

Competitive wage offered.

Apply at Innovative Industries 215 N. Walnut Creston, IA 50801 EOE Deadline for applications is October 24, 2014

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1501 W. Townline St. Saturday, October 18 Saturday, Oct. 18 9 a.m. - 12 Noon 8 a.m. - Noon Collectibles, kitchenPing Pong table; teen ware, glass, pots, pans, clothing; baby clothing; dinner sets, books, primitives, games, toys. toys and more.

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East Union CSD

Immediate Opening for 2014-2015: Starting Date October 20, 2014

1:1 Special Education Paraprofessional to work with Middle/High School age students.

Paraprofessional Certification is preferred but not required.

Training available.

Send letter of interest, references, and credentials to: Mark Weis East Union CSD 1916 High School Drive Afton, Iowa 50830 P:(641) 347-8421 F:(641)347-5514 mweis@eastunionschools.org

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

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

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(641) 782-2119 If you are unable to apply in person contact Iowa Works for an application.

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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.

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The family of Dorothy Repplinger would like to thank Powers Funeral Home and Pastor Dwayne Henrichs for the services for Mom. Also the Eagles for the use of the Eagles room for the luncheon, and the many cards, flowers, and statues and also the care and concern during her extended illness and then her passing.

Thank you all and God Bless everyone.

Pete & Marge Repplinger Shirley & Lowell Hagle Gary & Jo Herrmann Repplinger Kate & Ted Jones Virginia & Dick Bishop

Substitute Teacher Needed: St. Malachy School is

looking for a substitute teacher for 1st grade until November 7th.

Individual must have current teacher license.

Interested individuals should contact John Walsh at 641-782-7125.

Cook Part-time SIGN ON BONUS $500 Part-time

Contact: bhodge@careinitiatives.org

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641-782-8511 Not for Profit

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

Sat. Oct. 18- 10:00AM Bridgewater, IA. Land, Tools, Car, Tractors & Machinery, Antiques & Primitives, Household and Farm Misc. for Irene Abbey Revocable Trust.

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

Sun. Oct. 19- 11:00AM Creston, IA. Modern Furniture, Household Goods, Antiques, Collectibles and Misc. for Patty Schlapia Estate. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

Thurs. Oct. 23- 5:00PM Creston, IA. Surplus and Excess Items, Shop Tools, Office Furniture and Misc. for Southwestern Community College. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

Sat. Oct. 25- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Modern Furniture, Household Goods, Tools, Lawn Equipment, Large Variety of Antiques & Collectibles for Leo & Dolly Cheers. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

Sat. Oct. 25- 10:00AM Mount Ayr, IA. Collectibles, Machinery, Household Goods for Bob & Sheila Shafer. Auctioneers: Jim Smith, Curt Pierschbacher.

Sun. Nov. 9- 10:30AM Creston, IA. Gun Consignment Auction. Auctioneers: Todd Crill, Darwin West, Tom Frey, Brandon Frey, Zach Ballard.

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

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Miscellaneous For Rent 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.

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NEW ITEMS FOR SALE: artwork $12.50 & up; remnants $30.00 & up; furniture $35.00 & up, 641-278-1008.

WOMEN'S BELTS, plain and fancy, sizes S-M, large assortment, each priced $5.00 or less.

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Homestead is a drug free workplace and an equal opportunity employer.

The Adams / Union County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Office, located in Corning, Iowa, is accepting applications to fill a permanent Program Technician position.

The individual selected will be responsible for carrying out general office activities and technical functions pertaining to FSA administered programs. Applicants should possess excellent human relations skills as well as strong clerical and computer skills.

A general knowledge of agricultural practices would also be beneficial.

The full vacancy announcement with mandatory application requirements can be obtained online at www.usajobs.gov and accessing vacancy announcement number IA-2014-0049.

The closing date of the vacancy announcement is October 21, 2014.

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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.

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

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For Corning listings please contact Melody at 641-322-4280 x1 or you may email her at melody.zadina@ midwestopportunities.org and for Creston contact Tami at 641-782-5728 or tami.snider@midwestopportunites.org to receive more information for more information or check out our website at www.midwestopportunities.org Applications are also available at 724 Davis Ave. in Corning. EOE

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MATURA Head Start is Seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher with a love of early childhood to serve children and families in Creston. Instruct children 3-5 years old in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth. Candidate must work well with children, parents and other adults. Approximately 9-10 months per year--40 hours per week. Minimum of a 4 year teaching degree and prefer early childhood endorsement.

Credentials must be available.

Wage depends on experience and qualifications.

If you like smiles, hugs, and the satisfaction of knowing you make a difference; this is the job for you!

Applications or resumes must be received by 4:00pm, October 17, 2014 at the MATURA Head Start Office, 209 N. Elm St., Creston, IA 50801.

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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.

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So an apple tree that typically grows really tall could be modified to grow shorter with this method.

Other times, mutations occur and the new tree has a heavy mix of characteristics from both trees.

Wainwright has an apple tree that produces an apple he calls Wainwright’s Gold. It is a mix of a crab apple and golden delicious.

The apples can handle about 29 degrees before the cold weather forces them to soften and fall to the ground.

Wainwright added a red one-room schoolhouse in 2013 in honor of his mother, Mary Helen Wainwright, who still lives on the property. She was an educator in Taylor County for 60 years, from 1936 to 1996.

“There used to be a country school house almost every two miles,” Wainwright said. “In Taylor County alone, there were over 130 schools at one time.”

He is currently working on building signs to mark the locations of the one-room school buildings in Taylor County.

Visiting The site is open Fridays and Saturdays, and by appointment the rest of the week.

Ladoga LaBlanche Orchards hosts an average of 400 students each year.

They tour the site with Wainwright, learn about the history of the orchard, and get to pick their own apples.

“It was Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on the day we visited (Sept. 26),

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why shop anywhere else? and (Wainwright) dressed up like Johnny Appleseed for the kids,” said Rene Rogers, first-grade teacher at Bedford Elementary School.

“He took the kids through all of the orchards, and each kid got to take about half a dozen apples home.”

Visitors can see all of the trees in bloom in the spring. Normally, the peaches, apples and cherries are the first to be picked around mid-July.

The harvest season continues through mid to late October with a pumpkin patch, pears and late-harvest apples.

Apple prices vary from 62 cents to 90 cents a pound. Price is dependent on how large the order is and whether visitors pick the apples themselves.

Wainwright said the Jonathan variety is the “Cadillac” of apples. It is

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of exciting.”

Denton’s son Aiden, 5, has spent a lot of time with Afton’s firefighters during meetings and annual maintenance days.

“At first, when he was younger, he didn’t understand why, when the pager went off, why I had to leave. But, we’ve sat him down, kind of explained to him when it goes off, why we do what we do is to help people,” Denton said.

“He likes it, and says that’s what he wants to be when he gets older.”

Family Denton’s wife Crystal and parents Dale and Nancy Denton will also be participating in the event.

Denton joined Mount Ayr Volunteer Fire Department

in 2009. In 2010, after moving to Afton, he joined Afton Volunteer Fire Department.

“At first when I was a firefighter, they (family) weren’t sure about it because of the different dangers and whatnot, but with as much as we train and everything, and do simulation burns when we burn houses, and a lot of practice that way, they kind of realize how important it is to have people on the volunteer fire department, so anymore they’re just pretty proud of what I do to help out the community and other communities in our area,” Denton said.

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traditionally used for baking and has a pink tint when it is ripe.

“He went through all the apples and which ones were good for eating right off the tree or better for baking,” he said. “The kids loved picking the apples.”

His trees have produced apples as large as 2 pounds, and 16 inches in circumference.

Each year, Wainwright helps to organize a massive harvest for food pantries in northwest Missouri.

Members from the United Methodist Church in Maryville, Missouri, and sorority members from Northwest Missouri State University help to glean a portion of the orchard.

Glean is a historical harvest term for gathering the leftover produce after the harvest season.

Iron Lungs 5K Crest Baptist Church is hosting Iron Lungs fun run and 5K Nov. 1 at 9 a.m.

After the run, Crest Baptist Church is having a pancake breakfast at the church for $3 per plate.

There will also be a costume contest. Registration can be done the day of the event or online at www.getmeregistered.com/ironlungsrun.

Cost is $25 for the run and a shirt. Shirt registrations end Oct. 22. To register just for the run, the cost is $15. Contact Nicole Shope at 641-344-0747 or shope2011@gmail.com for more information.

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