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The suspects who discharged at least one round from a 12-gauge shotgun at Creston Hy-Vee early Sunday were driving this vehicle (see photo left). Creston Police captured these images from the Hy-Vee surveillance video. The car in this photo is grayish blue in color. The driver in the vehicle was wearing a bright orange shirt. The incident occurred about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. The shotgun fire damaged pumpkins and broke the glass on a window near
the grocery store’s entrance causing more than $1,000 damage. The suspect later unloaded three more rounds near the 400 block of New York Avenue — damaging two vehicles. Nobody was in the vehicles, nor was anyone injured during these shootings. If you have any information regarding this case, call Creston Police Department at 641-782-8402. Photos of the car are also available at www.crestonnews.com or the CNA Facebook page.
CHS graduate helps escort veterans through closed memorials By JAKE WADDINGHAM CNA staff reporter
jwaddingham@crestonnews.com
More than 130 Story County veterans embarked on a oncein-a-lifetime trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the war memorials put up in their honor and national monuments they helped defend. In the early fallout of a government shutdown, they were met with barricades and U.S. Park Police. The memorials had been closed because of the shutdown. “These veterans fought for this, for these freedoms,” said Creston Miller High School graduate Jamie Miller. “For our government to deny them, it is unreal.” Miller, 45, is a 1986 CHS graduate and has spent time in the Marine Corp and 22 years in law enforcement. He is currently working for the Ames Police Department. He is the son of Butch Miller and Linda Pendegraft, both of Creston. He has also been involved in the Story County Freedom
By BAILEY POOLMAN
CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com
MOUNT AYR — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Mount Ayr Tuesday for a town hall meeting, and Branstad touched on local issues of gas taxes, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Gas tax
“Resistance to the gas tax is really strong,” Branstad said. “The public is against it, about two to one. Plus, gas prices — now they’ve gone down a bit lately — but gas prices are extremely high, Branstad and it’s a burden for people to commute to work. So, we’re looking at other things that we can do that would provide money for the road-use tax fund other than the gas tax.” The gas tax was a piece of legislation voted on in February, but not passed. It would have raised gas prices eight cents to bring in $200 million needed for infrastructure repair across the state. One main idea Branstad mentioned was to replace the gas tax with an excise tax, which is similar to a sales tax. An excise tax is a tax on the sale or production of a specific good used for a specific activity within the country. In this case, fuel is the specific good and is used for transportation. Excise taxes are different from sales taxes in Please see BRANSTAD, Page 2
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More than 130 Story County veterans went to Washington, D.C., to visit war memorials and national monuments, but they were met with barricades and U.S. Park Police. Creston High School graduate Jamie Miller helped escort the veterans after the barricades were moved.
Flight since it’s inception, helping fundraise and organize trips to the nation’s capitol for veterans in Story County. This group was a majority of World War II, Vietnam War and Korean War veterans. “We caught wind when we landed in D.C. (early Tuesday morning) they might be closing the memorials down,” Miller said. “A lot of these veterans have never been there and a lot of them won’t make it back.”
Government shutdown
Congress is responsible to pass spending bills that fund the government. If it doesn’t, many agencies do not receive funding.
Programs like Social Security, active military and members of Congress still get paid. The current holdup is House Republicans insist that any new spending bill needs provisions to hurt or reduce the funds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more popularly known by its nickname, Obamacare. Senate Democrats are just as persistent it does not contain those elements. The last government shutdown was in 1995 and lasted 21 days. Staff that work for the national monuments and memorials were sent home on government furlough and fences
and guards were put up to block entry. “Some of them were pretty fired up,” Miller said. “They were willing to go to jail to get in.”
Getting in
Miller said the first action taken to get the veterans into the WWII monument was moving a couple of barriers. “Once a couple of barricades got moved, it opened up the flood gates,” Miller said. The fountains were not on, Please see MILLER, Page 2
Secondary roads department transitions to five-day work schedule By JAKE WADDINGHAM CNA staff reporter
jwaddingham@crestonnews.com
CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON
We did it! Orient-Macksburg senior Rusti Anglin celebrates with teammate Shannon Eads (4) after the final point in a 16-14 win over Diagonal in volleyball action Tuesday night, clinching the team’s second match victory of the season — both over Diagonal. The Maroonettes had won the first game of the match, and led the final game 7-3 before the Bulldogs rallied.
The Union County Secondary Roads Department is adjusting to the transition of its five-day work schedule. According to the department’s labor agreement, crews work longer hours during the summer, Monday through Thursday, to take advantage of more daylight. After Labor Day, they switch back to working five days a week. “When they travel to jobs (in the summer), they are able to
use their time more efficiently during the day and stay on site longer,” said Union County Supervisor C h a i r m a n Riley Ron Riley. Steve Akes, Union County engineer, said working the longer days during the summer allows the guys to complete projects in a timely manner, reducing the expense of numerous trips. “Our main shop is in Creston,
but Afton is really the center of the county so when you get down to the southern corners of the county, it makes for long trips,” Akes said. The Secondary Roads Department recently finished its second mowing around the county and crews are doing the final preparations to high-traffic roads to prepare for the winter. Workers are now on call during all hours in case there is a need for snow removal. Akes also discussed preliminary plans for scheduling bridges with the board of supervisors for 2014.
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