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November 12, 2013

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‘Once Upon a Mattress’

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Creston High School to perform musical take on fairy tale ■

By BAILEY POOLMAN

CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

Hear ye, hear ye. Creston High School will host “Once Upon a Mattress,” the school’s musical directed by Jane Warner, vocal music instructor. “Once Upon a Mattress” is a grown-up twist on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea.” The musical follows a talkative, controlling queen and mute king of a land where a law has been passed that nobody is allowed to marry until the prince does. The queen quizzes the princesses vying for the prince’s heart, until Princess Winterford finally passes the test. However, she is not the queen’s most elegant choice. “The reason we picked this musical was it’s uniquely suited for our cast,” said Warner. “You try and choose a musical that has voice parts that would show off the type of voices that you have. I was looking for musicals, but this was a musical that Deb Fisher (Creston Middle School band instructor) had chosen for them this year. ... It just fits their voices and person-

CNA photo by BAILEY POOLMAN

Annette Reasoner, CHS senior, pumps her fist after answering a quiz question right during a rehearsal Monday for the high school’s 2013 musical “Once Upon a Mattress.” Opening night is Friday.

alities very well.” The cast consists of Maxx Walters as King, Madison Travis as Queen, Ben Mullin as Prince and Ryan Vasquez as Princess Winterford. Other characters include RaeAnne Hopkins as Lady Larkin, Tyler Peters as Sir Harry, Maya Struhar as Jester and David Qualseth as Wizard. “It’s rare in small town southwest Iowa to get to see truly entertaining live theatre. You will laugh and will have fun. It’s a great show,” Warner said. A pit orchestra made up of

community musicians will be conducted by Elaine Fargo. Adonica Struhar of Spotlight Dance and Melissa Crook, coach of Southwestern Community College’s dance team, set up choreography. Craig Began, Creston Middle School band director, will be covering lights, and Jeff Norman will be covering sound. The set was built by AJ Warner, Rick Fehrle and Joe Anson. Parents of high school students also volunteered their time setting up the performance.

“I think the group is going to do really good because we’ve been working a lot more than we have in the past, I think,” said Walters. “It’s a fun musical, I would say. I think the choreography and the dancing and stuff makes it funner, and the humor in the play makes it funnier.” The curtains will open 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday for the two-hour performance. Tickets are $7 for advanced reserved tickets, available at CHS office, and $5 at the door.

Climate change report depicts planet in peril Climate change will disrupt not only the natural world but society, posing risks to the world’s economy, the food and water supply and contributing to violent conflict, an international panel of scientists says. The warnings came in a report drafted by the United Nationsbacked Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The 29-page summary, leaked and posted on a blog critical of the panel, has been distributed to

governments around the world for review. It could change before it is released in March. “We see a wide range of impacts that have already occurred ... on people, ecosystems and economies,” said Chris Field, a scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science and co-chairman of the group writing the report. “Looking into the future, we see increasing risks that are more pervasive and more severe with greater

amounts of climate change.” Field and an IPCC spokesman confirmed the authenticity of the draft. “This is a close-tofinal work in progress,” Field said. The report describes a planet in peril as a result of the humancaused buildup of greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution, where glaciers are shrinking and plants and animals have shifted their ranges in response to rising temperatures. As global

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

First snow: Three horses stand in a pasture as the first snow of the year falls on the city of Creston Monday afternoon. No measureable snow was recorded in Creston. Des Moines recorded four-tenths of an inches of snow Monday. Meanwhile, 1 inch was recorded across cities in northern Iowa.

warming continues through the 21st century, many species will face greater risk of extinction, marine life will shift toward the poles and seawater will grow more acidic, the report says. By 2100, hundreds of millions of people in coastal areas will be flooded or displaced by rising sea levels. The arid subtropics will have less fresh water, leading

OSCEOLA — The top five businesses in the Dream Big, Grow Here grant competition will participate in a regional pitchoff event tonight at Lakeside Casino in Osceola for a chance at winning $5,000 toward their dream. Those five businesses include Afton Fitness Center, Podium Ink of Mount Ayr, Upper Crust Culinary Creations of Creston, Sew and Sew of Lamoni and She-Nae’s Rescued and Renewed of Creston. Upper Crust’s “dream” is to expand their business plan to offer frozen meals and desserts to go. The grant money would be used to replace a 1960s-style freezer — that currently has the door held closed with a ratchet strap — with two larger, more energy-efficient freezers. Meanwhile, She-Nae’s would use the grant money to extend its marketing area by advertising to cities near Creston. Also, the business is currently located in an industrial building that is not climate controlled. The regional winner will be announced in Wednesday’s Creston News Advertiser.

High Lakes has invested 600K in Union County

Since the group’s organization in 2005, High Lakes Outdoor Alliance (HLOA) has raised about $300,000. The group partnered that money with grants and sharing projects to total about $600,000 spent in Union County on improvements in eight years. The money has gone to a variety of projects including a new cabin at Green Valley Lake, extending the hunting opportunity at Mitchell Marsh, installing a new fishing jetty at Summit Lake and helping restock the Lesan walleye population at Green Valley. “We’ve really tried to spread it out so it is not all just helping one group of hunters or fishermen,” said Tom Lesan,

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Animal house: Two-year-olds Ryder Baird, left, and Aiden Vandel cautiously attempt

to pet a gopher tortoise shown to them by Blank Park Zoo Education Specialist Sam Dunn. Animals from Blank Park Zoo were presented to children at I Think I Can Daycare in Creston last week to teach them about different animal traits and characteristics such as texture and color.

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