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BRIGHT EYES IN THE PARK 3 Bridgewater residents charged planned Saturday following investigation
Trick-or-treating times also announced
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Bull rider Hunter Brown of Creston, left, and his rodeo clown brother Hayden fill their buckets with treats during the annual Bright Eyes in the Park held Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, at McKinley Park in Creston.
By KELSEY HAUGEN CNA associate editor khaugen@crestonnews.com
Children are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costumes and collect treats from 43 local businesses during the 17th-annual Bright Eyes in the Park in Creston. The safe trick-or-treating event, hosted by Creston Animal Rescue Effort (CARE), will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at McKinley Park by the bear. Last year, 521 children attended. Cost for the event is $5 per child with no fee for accompanying adults. Picture cards by Brenda Strauss will be available for an additional $2. Picture cards will be mailed directly to families purchasing them. “The card has a picture of your kid,
and she puts it on a little greeting card with a Halloween decoration. It’ll say ‘Bright Eyes 2016’ with a picture taken in the photo booth,” said Mycale Downey, CARE director. Downey still welcomes volunteers and additional businesses. Volunteers wishing to help decorate the park beforehand will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday. Anyone interested in volunteering or setting up a table may contact Downey at 641-782-2330. “We have participated ever since I have been here, so at least 15 years,” said Mindy Butcher, veterinary technician at Creston Veterinary Clinic. “The event provides a safe place for the kids to be, and it’s a good fundraiser for (CARE). They usually have a pretty good turnout.” All proceeds will go toward needs for animals at the city pound.
“Most of it is for veterinary work, for feed and cat litter and for advertising,” Downey said. Also in Creston, citywide trick-ortreating will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Other area trick-ortreating times Afton – from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday Bedford – from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, downtown; city-wide is Monday with no set times Corning – from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday for “safe trick or treat;” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday Greenfield – from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday; “Spook the Loop” is from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday Lenox – from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday Murray – from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday Orient – from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday
GREENFIELD — James Jeffrey Reese, Toni Lynn Reese and Shane Sim Blackford were charged on Adair County warrants after a lengthy investigation by Adair County Sheriff’s Office. According to a press release sent Monday, the investigation culminated in three search warrants being executed Sept. 22 in Bridgewater. After examining all physical evidence seized and other relevant information, complaints alleging 18 criminal violations were filed and arrest warrants for five individuals were obtained. There are currently outstanding warrants for Julie Ann Holmes and Duane Allen Funke. James, 61, of Bridgewater was charged on an Adair County warrant for ongoing criminal conduct via criminal networking, gathering
where controlled substances are used and second-offense possession of a controlled substance. According to an Adair County Sheriff report, during the execution of a search warrant at James’ residence, a methamphetamine pipe and glass jar with methamphetamine were located in James’ bedroom. A methamphetamine pipe was also located in each bedroom of the other residents, as well as there being several methamphetamine pipes in the living room. James has also made property at 319 N. Main St. and 402 N. Main St. in Bridgewater available to a criminal network for the storing of stolen property on a continuing basis. Property determined to be stolen was recovered at James’ residence, having ADAIR | 2A
Group wants to turn school into housing for vets DUBUQUE (AP) — A Chicago-based nonprofit group wants to turn a former school into affordable apartments for disabled veterans in Dubuque. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Full Circle Communities will ask the city zoning board Thursday to approve variances to the minimum lot size and parking requirements. The downtown site is the former St. Patrick Elementary
School. Full Circle Communities intends to buy the site from the social service organization Four Oaks, which has been using the site to provide family support, child welfare and community treatment programs. Full Circle plans to invest $6 million to turn the former school into 36 one- and two-bedroom apartments that will accommodate people with disabilities.
Company asks pipeline protesters to leave N.D. land
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Sniffer: Creston Police Officer Jayrd Merritt and K9 Minko give a short presentation to high-school students Tuesday in the
Creston High School gym. The presentation came toward the beginning of Red Ribbon Week and focused on how students can live a drug-free life. Minko, who can sniff out nine different narcotic odors, then gave a demonstration of his skills by smelling out a narcotic odor from a box set up toward the back of the gym.
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CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Tuesday that the dozens of protesters who have camped on company-owned land since the weekend are trespassing and that “lawless behavior will not be tolerated.” Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners said in a statement that it wants all protesters to vacate its land in North Dakota immediately. “Alternatively and in coordination with local law enforcement and county/ state officials, all trespassers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and
removed from the land,” the statement said. American Indians and others who oppose the construction of the four-state oil pipeline set up the new camp of tents and teepees Sunday, moving their long-running protest directly in the project’s path for the first time. Many of those gathered at the encampment have vowed they will stay put until the 1,172-mile long pipeline is scrapped. They argue that the land, which was recently purchased by Energy Transfer Partners from a rancher, rightfully belongs PIPELINE | 2A
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