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Creston Dollar Tree could open by July 2016 By KYLE WILSON
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Get your George Washingtons ready. A new store is coming to Creston. Last week, workers broke ground on an 8,000-square-foot building for Dollar Tree Stores. This new store is being erected at 801 Laurel St. in Creston, directly north of Wal-Mart. Developers anticipate Dollar Tree to open in Creston in July 2016. “Lots of retailers, including Dollar Tree, like to be near the traffic of Wal-Mart,” said Rick Johnson,
one of two Wisconsin developers bringing this store to Creston. Johnson’s development partner is Pat Flynn, who was a real estate manager for Menards for 25 years. Together, they previously developed property in Le Mars, Carroll, Spencer and several other cities in the Midwest. “In Carroll, we built a Maurices and Great Clips together,” Johnson said. These two specialize in smaller developments in small and medium size communities. The CresContributed photo ton Dollar Tree is expected to Wisconsin developers Rick Johnson and Pat Flynn recently brought this Dollar Tree to Spencer. They DOLLAR | 2A
are now building an 8,000-square-foot building for Dollar Tree in Creston. Johnson and Flynn have also developed property in Carroll and Le Mars in Iowa.
Carly Fiorina denounces big government during visit to Corning Opera House By KELSEY HAUGEN
“I think we’ve come to
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CORNING – Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina argues most issues in the United States today can be traced to one problem: too much federal control. During a visit to Corning Opera House Friday afternoon, Fiorina laid out her vision for lessening federal control should she be elected president, which includes asking citizens to weigh in before she makes major decisions, holding the government accountable for its spending, repealing ObamaCare and improving veteran care. “I think we’ve come to a pivotal point where the right to find and use your God-given gifts is being crushed by a government that has grown so powerful, so costly, so complicated and so corrupt ... and refuses to do anything about it,” said Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard chief executive. “The government is here to serve the people who pay for it, not to serve themselves.”
Involving citizens
A major issue Fiorina sees in the federal government is it doesn’t involve the American people in its decision-making. She plans to consult with citizens via technology. “Once a week, I’m going to go
a pivotal point where the right to find and use your God-given gifts is being crushed by a government that has grown so powerful, so costly, so complicated and so corrupt.” — Carly Fiorina
Republican presidential candidate
CNA photo by KELSEY HAUGEN
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks about her vision to lessen the federal government’s control and answers questions from citizens at the Corning Opera House Friday afternoon.
into the Oval Office – the president has a weekly radio address – and I’ll ask you to take out your smart phones,” Fiorina said. Over the radio, she’ll ask a question, such as: “Do you think we ought to go to zero-base budgeting, so you know where every dollar of your money is being spent?” Then she’ll ask citizens to press “1” for “yes” or “2” for “no.”
“There’s actually an app for this,” Fiorina said. “I’m going to use technology to focus your common sense and good judgment. I am prepared to lead, but you must be prepared to help me.’”
Zero-based budgeting “What problem did you hope Washington, D.C., would have solved by now but hasn’t?” Fiorina rhetorically asked the audience.
She listed several Conservative concerns that have become “festering problems”: tax reform, limiting the size of government, repealing ObamaCare and securing the border. “The government spends more and more money each year, and yet every time we ask the government to do something, the government says we don’t have enough money,” Fiorina said. “How is that possible?” She said the government needs to be held accountable for all of its spending, and the way to ensure this is switching to zero-based budgeting, an approach in which every dollar must be examined, any dollar can be cut and any dollar can be moved.
ObamaCare During the question-and-answer period, one woman asked Fiorina how she planned to “bring the country off the socialist path President Obama has taken us on.” “This is how socialism starts: government creates a problem, and then government steps in to solve the problem,” Fiorina said. She said this has happened with the Affordable Care Act or “ObamaCare.” “Buried in ObamaCare is this provision where the federal government took over the student loan business, and a lot of young people don’t know this,” Fiorina said. “I get asked by young people all the time, ‘Why is student debt up so high?’ Well, one of the reasons it’s so high is the government took it over. The government decided if you’re a student, you’re going to pay between 4.5 and 6.5 percent interest, even though the government only pays between 1.5 and 2.5 percent on its debt.” If elected, Fiorina plans to repeal ObamaCare entirely. Instead, she has said during a GOP debate she will enforce a health care system that is “subjected to free-market forces, more transparency of insurance companies and allow(s) states to create insurance pools for highrisk individuals.” FIORINA | 2A
Dog Gone Rescue bowl-a-thon
CNA photos by KELSEY HAUGEN
Bowl-a-thon: Left, Samuel Hulsing, 8, of Underwood waits for a bowling ball at the fourth annual Dog Gone Rescue bowl-a-thon and auction held Saturday afternoon at Pine Valley Golf and
Bowl in Creston. Samuel and his mother Jolene are part of The Little Artists and had a booth set up at the event. The Little Artists are a group of Iowa adults and children creating art to help raise money for people seeking the aid of a medical service dog. Right, Marilyn Dubois of Perry bowls a game during the Dog Gone Rescue bowl-a-thon and auction held Saturday afternoon at Pine Valley Golf and Bowl in Creston. About 150 people attended the event, and more than $1,000 was raised to be used for expenses for dogs waiting to be adopted at Dog Gone Rescue.
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