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Council denies extension for accounting firm Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen of Creston had handled auditing services for the city for more than 10 years.

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By KYLE WILSON

CNA assistant managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com

Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Co. accounting firm of Creston has handled auditing services for

the city of Creston for more than 10 years. But, that streak of service ended Tuesday.

Why? The local firm missed the city’s Nov. 22 deadline for all proposals to be submitted. Randy Cook, CPA for Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Co., was present at Tuesday’s city council meeting held at the restored Creston Depot.

Cook had requested via letter the deadline be extended so his firm could submit their audit proposal.

“We have enjoyed a long work-

ing arrangement with the city and would like to be able to work with and continue to provide services to the city,” Cook said in the letter.

“Thank you for considering our request for extension of the deadline for the submission of the audit proposal.”

However, the council denied Cook’s request to extend the deadline citing they’ve never extended a deadline in the past and wouldn’t want to set a precedent for the future.

Instead, the council voted 5-0 in

favor of hiring Martens and Co. of West Des Moines. Nancy Loudon and Paul Vandevender were absent Tuesday. The contract with Martens and Co. is for three years where they will be paid a total of $46,600.

In other city news Tuesday: • Creston Fire Department received a $3,500 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The money will be used to purchase six sets of Nomex wildland gear — lighter in weight — used specifically to battle grass-

fires.

The grant will also pay for two new mobile radios, two nozzle fittings and 11 units of foam that’s mixed with water to better combat fires.

• Two mowing nuisance properties at 510 N. Maple and 908 W. Adair St., were identified by the council. The property owners owe the city $325 and $175, respectively. The council approved a resolution to collect these past due payments in the same manner as general property taxes.

Calf sale today to benefit Frey memorial fund A roll-over calf sale to benefit the T.J. and Nathan Frey Fund is slated noon today at Creston Livestock Auction.

Brothers T.J. Frey, 11, and Nathan Frey, 9, died Saturday after falling through the ice and drowning in a farm pond in Adams County.

The boys parents — Tom and Leisa Frey — released a statement Tuesday thanking friends near and far for the ongoing support they’ve received this week. The roll-over calf sale is an example of the “outpouring of support” the family has received since Saturday.

“We ask that you continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers,” they said.

Curt and Heather Sporled- Nathan Frey er from Unionville, Mo. — friends of the Frey family — donated the 800-pound steer up for bid in today’s roll-over calf sale.

The way the sale will work is the highest bidder will pay for the calf, then donate it back to be auctioned again. The calf T.J. Frey will then be sold over and over again with all money going to a memorial fund in T.J. and Nathan’s name.

Four world-class auctioneers will be on hand to administer today’s sale.

A joint funeral for the boys is 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Open visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Friday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25.

Holly, jolly Christmas Above, fifth-grade flutists, from left, Unity Anderson, Jayden Sexton and Halee Weir play during the fifth-grade band and vocal program themed “A Nice, Nice Christmas” at Creston Elementary School Tuesday. Right, fifth-grade trombone player Wyatt Franklin takes his music stand off the stage with his classmates after the fifth-grade band finished performing its holiday concert at Creston Elementary School Tuesday.

CNA photos by BAILEY POOLMAN

SWCC board approves Union County Attorney hires temporary assistant framing, elevator bids

By JAKE WADDINGHAM CNA staff reporter

jwaddingham@crestonnews.com

Union County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a temporary assistant for Union County Attorney Tim Kenyon Monday.

Elizabeth Kenyon — Tim Kenyon’s daughter — will start as a temporary assistant in December and focus on juvenile court matters.

“Per the (Iowa) Code, for him to have a family member working for him, he had to get approval from the Kenyon board,” said Union County Auditor Sandy Hysell.

Kenyon was approved for about $12,000 for an assistant

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in the past two budgets, but has been unable to find an attorney who is available to fill the parttime role.

“Right now, we have a number of cases going on, our plate is full,” Kenyon said. “There are very few young attorneys in the area that are willing to do juvenile work and be conflicted out of things.”

CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

Southwestern Community College Board of Directors approved bids for framing and elevators for the new dormitory building during a special meeting Tuesday. All board members were present except Zach Gunsolley of Diagonal.

Lansink Construction of Johnston was unanimously approved to do construction for precast hollowcore plank, masonry, miscellanous

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metals, wood framing, joists, trusses, sheathing, building wrap and windows. The company bid was $587,000.

“It’s really just a rough framing project that’s enclosed,” said Ken Rech, SWCC board president. “So it’s just really a dried-end project, but there’s no innards in it.”

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cost was $600,214.

“All three of those companies were very highly recommended, do a lot of work in the greater Des Moines area,” said Tom Lesan, SWCC vice president of economic development. “We were happy with those bids, and actually the low bid is coming in below the expectations of the management company.”

O’Keefe Elevator of Omaha, Neb., was unanimously approved to do el-

evator work on the new dorm. The company’s bid was $69,500. O’Keefe’s competition, Schumacher Elevator of Denver, bid $75,668.

“It’s good news, both bids were actually below the estimate (of $99,861),” said Lesan. “Once again, a good number for us, and getting a little bit back from that dirt work bid that was a little higher than we expected.”

The building will be built on campus west of the current residence halls and is expected to be finished September 2014.

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An attorney who is representing the state for Union County cannot represent any other county for court appointments. Kenyon said this made it challenging to find an attorney available to

fill the position.

Elizabeth Kenyon, a graduate of the College of Law at the University of Iowa, will work on a month-to-month basis. She has completed multiple internships concerning juvenile court matters in the Cedar Rapids area.

UNI professor shot in face while seated in car CEDAR FALLS (MCT) — A University of Northern Iowa professor was shot in the face while driving with her family through Ohio during Thanksgiving break.

Julie Husband, associate professor and interim head of UNI’s Department of Languages and Literatures, was struck in the jaw by a slug from a 12-gauge shotgun just outside of Toledo, Ohio, Sunday.

Ohio State Patrol officials said Tuesday they are still investigating who might have fired the gun.

Husband is expected to make a full recovery. The slug, typically used for hunting large game, only broke her jaw.

Doctors at Toledo Hospital surgically removed the mass of metal and wired her jaw shut. Her jaw will be shut for the next four to six weeks.

“I thought I had been shot and at first I thought it might be intentional,” Husband wrote in an email.

Her spouse, Jim O’Loughlin, was driving their 2012 Prius on the Ohio Turnpike about 20 miles outside of Toledo when the slug shattered the passenger window, striking Husband in her right mandible. Her three children, ages 7 to 15, were in the backseat at the time.

“It’s a trip we’ve done a dozen times,” O’Loughlin said. The family was on its

way to visit Husband’s family in Rochester, New York.

“We immediately came to a stop and we didn’t know at the time what it was...There was just broken glass and blood,” he added.

Ohio State Trooper Duane Dotson responded to the incident.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen something like this happen,” said Dotson, who has worked 26 years in the field.

Dotson said the shot came from the ground outside the car. But he’s not sure where the round came from since the family was traveling along a rural route with a partially open field.

O’Loughlin said the person who fired the gun probably did not know the fate of their shot.

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Cookbooks, wine guides for holiday gift-giving (MCT) — Whether the cook on your holiday gift list is interested in reading about family and food in Soviet Russia or the preparation of classic French dishes such as jambon au foin (“leg in hay”), baking pies or making authentic pasta carbonara, this fall has been an excellent season for food and wine books.

Here are highlights of the cookbook season.

• “The World Atlas of Wine, Seventh Edition” by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson (Mitchell Beazley, $55) British wine writer Hugh Johnson’s “The World Atlas of Wine” has long been every wine lover’s bible. Johnson is an erudite and engaging writer, pouring decades of wine knowledge into succinct paragraphs that place each country and region in context. And the brilliantly detailed maps have been essential to understanding why certain vineyards and appellations produce the wines that they do. For the last few editions Johnson has been joined by another stellar wine writer, Jancis Robinson. The two have just signed off on the seventh edition of “The World Atlas of Wine.” It’s also available in an e-book format for the iPad. Of course, the world of wine today is very different from when the book was first published in 1971. There are now about 215 maps, including those for coastal Croatia, Swartland in South Africa, northern Virginia — and Ningxia in China. (Virbila) • “The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste” by Jon Bonne (10-Speed Press, $35) Jon Bonne’s new book is a wonderful, engaging read with a cast of characters who think outside the box, care about sustainability and have a strong curiosity and work ethic. This is a new generation of California winemakers who aren’t hedge fund directors or dotcom entrepreneurs. If they want to buy a piece of land to plant a vineyard, it takes years to save up. Some are children of winemakers, others grew up in wine country and always wanted to do something with wine and still others are hard-core dreamers with an itch to make wine. Their wines can be classic or wildly experimental, definitely hands-on and most often made in small quantities. They tend to be lower in alcohol, more subtle in style

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“The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste” by Jon Bonné (10Speed Press, $35). It makes for one of many fine choices during the gift-giving season.

than the wines that have garnered top scores in recent years. More important, they tend to be food-friendly too.

(Virbila) • “Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing” by Anya von Bremzen (Random House, $26) Hunger, to paraphrase the old line, makes the best sauce. Judging from Anya von Bremzen’s splendid new “Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking,” it also makes for a pretty good memoir.

The essence of “Mastering” — named after Julia Child’s first book with what seems a very Soviet-style mix of cynicism and irony — is Von Bremzen’s personal history of growing up in the Soviet Union. While most food memoirs are recollections of meals past, “Mastering” is more about meals missed — in both senses of the phrase.

There are constant shortages and hunger. But there is also the intensity of unexpected, almost miraculous feasts that the well-fed may never experience (even if in retrospect they don’t measure up as such). (Parsons) • “Daniel: My French Cuisine” by Daniel Boulud, Sylvie Bigar, Thomas Schauer and Bill Buford (Grand Central Life and Style, $60) Is there anyone who has done more for French cooking in the United States than Daniel Boulud? If you have any doubts, you need only pick up his new cookbook, “Daniel: My French Cuisine.” This is one seriously gorgeous book, and

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it has the air about it of a magnum opus. While previously he has mostly aimed at home cooks, “Daniel” is a full-fledged chef book, a kind of document of where his cooking stands at this stylistically advanced stage of his career. In addition to the main body of the book, there is also a fascinating series of essays by New Yorker writer Bill Buford (“Heat”) detailing the making of several classic French dishes, and almost as if Boulud couldn’t publish a cookbook without including at least something you could make at home, there’s a short section of the sorts of dishes he says he cooks for friends on Sundays.

(Parsons) • “Manresa: An Edible Reflection” by David Kinch and Christine Muhlke (10-Speed Press, $50) David Kinch’s cooking at Manresa restaurant in Los Gatos looks like it comes from another world, yet it is definitively Californian, rooted in nature, whether it’s the soil of Love Apple Farm or the Pacific Ocean. Leafing through the pages of his new cookbook, that becomes utterly clear. Eric Wolfinger’s photos of Kinch’s plates, utterly abstract yet perfect, alternate with his equally gorgeous shots of land and

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604 Sheldon, Creston • 641-782-3310 Hrs.: M-F 7:30 - 6:00 Sat. 8:00 - 4:00 Sun. 10:00 - 4:00 Closing @ Noon, Tues., Dec. 24 • Closed Wed., Dec. 25 Closing @ 3:00 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 31

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201 W. Adams, Creston • 641-278-1043 Tues. - Fri. 8 - 6:00; Sat. 9 - 2:00 Open Dec. 23 and 24th 8 - 6; Closed Dec. 25 and 26 Regular hours beginning Dec. 27

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Hwy. 34, Creston • 641-782-5112 Hrs.: M-F 8:30 - 5:30 Sat. 8:30 - 2:00 Starting Dec. 1 Sundays 1:00 - 4:00 Closing at 2:00 p.m. Tues., Dec. 24 • Closed Wed. Dec. 25

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sea (the cover is the exterior of an abalone shell shot so close it looks like Japanese raku pottery). It’s some trick, plating food so that it looks absolutely perfect but almost accidental, but it’s one Kinch has mastered. It’s the artifice of cooking carried to an extreme that the hand of the cook almost disappears. Call it exquisitely natural. (Parsons) • “Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way” by Oretta Zanini De Vita and Maureen B. Fant (W.W. Norton, $35) Why in the world would we need another pasta cookbook? Surely everything that possibly could be said has been covered to death by now. Well, pick up “Sauces and Shapes” and find out just how wrong you are. It’s the companion piece to 2009’s “Encyclopedia of Pasta” by the same authors. One of the most delightfully nerdy books around, “Encyclopedia” was more than 350 pages of everything you could possibly want to know about pasta history, geography, literature and, yes, cooking — without a single recipe.

This new book fills that gap, thoroughly, admirably and entertainingly. (Parsons) • “One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal”

by David Tanis (Artisan, $25.95) Amid this season’s flurry of massive cookbooks from important chefs comes this modest entry from a former Chez Panisse chef. What he means by one good dish is “tasty, simple and real,” i.e., something a home cook could make without devoting the entire weekend to one recipe. Browsing through sections named “Eating With a Spoon (Pleasure in a Bowl),” “A Dab of This and That (Superior Homemade Condiments)” and “Strike While the Iron Is Hot (Scorched, Seared, and Griddled),” I kept slipping torn pieces of paper next to recipes I want to try. At the end of an hour, my book was bristling with strips of paper.

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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.

Wednesday

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living room 114, 1709 W. Prairie St. YMCA Clover Kids, 4 to 5 p.m. meeting, First Christian Church.

Thursday

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad retirees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 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.

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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 $2 for pizza and change for bingo.

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.

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

Union Squares, 7:30 to 10 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. Theme: Fabulous ‘50s. Caller: Brian Keesler.

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.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 107 W. Howard St. Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boz’s Kitchen in Corning. For more information, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Crest Haven Care Centre.

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

Sunday

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

cal musical group – $50 • To sponsor a vocal or instrumental soloist – $25 • To request a favorite carol or holiday song – $10 All funds collected go directly to the crisis fund to help those in need. These funds are administered through the Union County Ministerial Alliance.

The event is sponsored by Union County Ministerial Alliance.

Contact Victoria Brammer at 641-745-7700 or victorianichole23@gmail. com for information or to acquire a pledge sheet for donation.

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OPINION

Time is quickly running out for end of the year goals The countdown to the end of 2013 is gaining momentum and time to finish those yearly to-do lists is quickly fading.

While the days remaining nears single digits — keeping pace with the falling temperature this week — there is still some time to end the year on a positive note and start those pesky New Year’s resolutions on the right foot.

First on most people’s list is finishing holiday shopping.

For those not brave enough to fight the crowds on Black Friday, leery of online shopping Cyber Monday or just procrastinating like myself, shopping for others can be a daunting task.

While gift cards and cash don’t

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provide that surprise factor like other presents, they are almost a guarantee to be useful.

Youngsters hoping for that perfect gift can now send their Santa letters electronically.

Luckily, Santa didn’t hire the same company that designed the website for the Affordable Health Care Act, so all Christmas letters are successfully arriving to the North Pole inbox.

On a serious note, it does sound like the website is performing at a much higher success rate, which is great news for individuals trying to sign up for the services it provides.

The next seasonal items on the list for a lot of people are college finals and plans to return home for the winter break.

Preparing for a college kid to come home for a couple of weeks can be just as stressful for parents as the semester tests are for students.

The hardest adjustment is matching conflicting schedules. College kids are used to their new independence. Parents are used to an empty house or not having an extra person making messes and clean-

ing out the cupboards.

Remember, spending time together is important, but giving each other space this winter break will help keep tempers from flaring.

Finally, if you are looking to make a big change for 2014 — losing weight, studying more often or learning a new skill — start preparing for it now.

It is comparable to quitting smoking — another great New Year’s resolution. The success rate quitting cold turkey is much lower than an individual who uses support groups or other aids to help ease the transition.

Starting your goal now will give you a test run of what works and what doesn’t for you personally.

Take the time to find out what healthy foods you like and can prepare easily, see if you can get a cheaper rate at a gym for the holiday season or find a friend to hold you accountable for your goals.

——— I wanted to give a shout out to all the runners who braved the frigid conditions at the 35th Living History Farms race. Temperatures barely made it into double digits, making the seven-mile cross country race even more challenging.

I also really enjoyed the Band of Brotherhood 5K Run/Walk put on by Creston Fire Department. A special congratulations to Emma Harper for a strong finish.

Pearl Harbor attack veterans reunion will be held in Hawaii HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

The Pearl Harbor attack veterans reunion will be held in Hawaii Saturday. It’s quite dull. Last year the surviving Japanese pilots who attacked Pearl Harbor showed up for the reunion, which was a big surprise, because they never announce when they are coming.

British Petroleum announced Monday the appointment of American Robert Dudley as its new CEO. The company says it’s committed to new energy sources, Thanks to BP, Ford just invented a car that runs on water, but only on water from the Gulf of Mexico.

The Wall Street Journal blamed the economy on lower holiday retail sales Friday. It’s solvable.

The War on Drugs brought in more drugs and the War on Terror created more terrorists, maybe next year we declare a War on Money and Jobs, and watch what happens.

Ukrainians protested their government caving in to Russia and not joining the EU. Right now the Ukrainians want to take on the Russians while Japan looks eager to challenge China. This time of year, the only thing that impresses the pollsters is strength of schedule.

Auburn upset Alabama on the final play of the game Saturday when a kid ran a failed field goal attempt back for the winning touchdown. The kid got a call from the White House after the game. The Obamacare website designer wanted to know if he had any ideas.

Florida State might face Auburn or Missouri or even Oklahoma State for the national title in January. College football is a religion in the South. Last year, Mitt Romney carried all seventy-seven counties in Oklahoma because Obama sounds way too much like Go Bama.

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day the Obamacare website can handle fifty thousand users an hour. That’s one-tenth what Porn Hub does. The difference is, if you scroll down the list of porn hub titles, you can always find a nurse or a doctor who’s willing to help you.

The White House asked everyone not to log on the Obamacare website during peak morning or evening hours. That leaves work hours. Look, the expensive health care plans are one thing, but asking Americans to give up their video poker time could cost Democrats the Senate.

GOP critics lashed out at Obamacare, saying while the website may be increasing enrollees, it’ll result in fewer doctors willing to treat sicker policy holders at the expense of a shrinking pool of investors. If you are a health insurance company, I bet you that I’m going to die, then you bet me I’m going to live, and then I pay you a fortune, hoping you win.

President Obama was modest about his presidential good deeds in an ABC interview Friday. The truth is, he’s improved race relations. After five years, rednecks don’t like Barack Obama being president because of his policies, and that’s genuine social progress.

USA Today reported on the urban street game Knockout, where urban youth sneak up behind white people on the street and deck them. It’s spreading. In Philadelphia there’s an Amish version of Knockout, where they sneak up behind a woman on the street and build a barn around her.

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Will the real Honus Wagner please stand up?

Editor’s note: Michael Osacky — writer of this opinion piece — started collecting vintage sports cards when his grandfather bought him a shoebox full of cards for his birthday more than 15 years ago.

Since then, he has been on the hunt to find undiscovered cards and sports memorabilia collections hiding in dusty attics, garages and barns. He can be reached at (312) 379-9090 or www.baseballintheattic.com. He recently visited Creston and purchased a baseball signed

by Babe Ruth.

As the leaves changed from green to burnt amber in Creston this autumn, my drive through town was distinctly different. The memories of the EF2 tornado that swept through town in April 2012 are still fresh in our minds according to a passerby.

When I received a call a few weeks prior to this trip, a gentleman from Creston (who requests to be anonymous) with a raspy voice and excited tone greeted me.

“I have the Honus Wagner tobacco card. It is worth millions of dollars.”

I quickly added, “Please turn the card over and tell me what it says.”

The gentleman says I see the name Piedmont in big letters.

When I ask if there is anything else on the card, I hear silence on the phone. “Hello, are you still there?”

The gentleman sadly whispers, it is a reprint!

As a vintage baseball card collector and appraiser from Chicago,

I frequently get calls from individual collectors and estates to advise on values of their vintage sports collectibles.

The Honus Wagner T-206 Osacky baseball card is the most expensive baseball card in the hobby and most widely recognized. An original Honus Wagner card would sell for a minimum of $75,000 (low grade) and recently sold for as high as $2.1 million in high grade.

Mr. Wagner was not a fan of tobacco products in the early 1900s.

When Honus found out his image on a baseball card was being inserted into packages of tobacco, he immediately ordered that his portrait not be used any further.

Honus didn’t want children to find his image with tobacco. The Honus Wagner reprint is virtually worthless and I figured the conversation with the Creston man was over.

The gentleman then confides in me that he has a special keepsake that has been passed down in the family for several decades.

In 1927, two days after the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the World Series, several major leaguers traveled across the country to showcase their talents in local communities.

These “barnstorming tours” featured players such as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig that invaded towns

for a day to play baseball with local baseball players. Many schools and other governmental facilities closed for the day when the barnstorming tour came to town.

October 16, 1927 was the day the barnstorming tour invaded Des Moines. This gentleman’s father attended the game in 1927 and had Babe Ruth sign a baseball. This baseball has been kept in a safe for several decades. The signature has faded over the years, but the large signature on the sweet spot is very striking. I purchased this baseball for $3,000 along with some other baseball cards.

Attics and garages are chalk full of items from decades past.

As time goes by, we forget what is inside the dusty treasure trove.

“Junk” left to us from previous generations might not be junk anymore. As these dilapidated attics and garages fall into disrepair, it is important for baseball history to carry on for future generations. It’s the stories that I preserve.

When I returned home, I called the gentleman in the raspy voice to tell him I found a Honus Wagner in his collection. Taped to the back of an album with tobacco cards, was a T-206 Wagner. He remembered taping it there some decades earlier. He then asked me how much I would offer. I didn’t say anything.

He then said, Michael talk to me.

Sadly, I was looking at yet another reprint.

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BUSINESS/FARM Creston FFA promotes hunting safety to sixth-grade students Creston FFA partnered with Deena Bevins’s sixthgrade language arts class to write essays regarding hunting safety.

Bevins worked with the students on the principles of language arts and the FFA’s Environmental Issues Committee read the

essays. Two student essays were selected as the most creative and thorough in covering the topic of hunting safety.

The two award recipients of the essay contest were Brittany Linch and Hunter Fry; each student received a blaze orange hunting

vest as the winning prize.

Awards were presented at a special hunting safety program coordinated by the Creston FFA Chapter.

Corey Carlton, Union County game warden, was guest speaker. He covered gun and hunting safety rules.

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Creston FFA members, along with Union County Game Warden Corey Carlton, present two blaze orange hunting vests to Brittany Linch and Hunter Fry for their outstanding hunting safety essays. Pictured, front, from left, are Linch and Fry and, back, Darin Hatfield, Wyatt Thompson, Darrian Fischer, Chad Lamb and Carlton.

Davidson graduates from auction college MASON CITY — Earning the honorary title of “Colonel,” Chantz Davidson of Orient recently graduated from World Wide College of Auctioneering (a.k.a. Reisch World Wide College of Auctioneering) during the Nov. 16-23 class.

Davidson successfully completed the course of instruction and training covering all phases of auctioneering taught by 20 professional instructors at the college. Students received instruction in real estate, benefit/charity/fundraising, automobile, farm, antique and specialty auctions, as well as vocal training and auction law. Other subjects included business management, technology, marketing, networking, online auctions and the development of an auction chant and bid calling.

During the training program, Davidson also received the real-life expeContributed photo rience of calling a public Chantz Davidson of Orient calls at a public auction sale during class at World Wide College of Auctioneering. auction sale.

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The Governor’s Science, economic development, in- Frazee,” said Kulow. “She tions in the coming year. She cluding 13 years with Iowa has experience that will ben- will also lead STEM activiTechnology, EnWestern Community Col- efit the business and educa- ties on behalf of the STEM lege as a job training special- tion sectors and will con- Council in southwest Iowa. gineering and Mathist, five years with the Iowa tinue to forward the impact “Serving the Governor’s Department of Education of STEM in southwest Iowa. STEM Advisory Council ematics as a rehabilitation counselor I look forward to seeing all as the southwest regional (STEM) Advisory and further experience in the that Deb accomplishes in her manager is a privilege that I private sector. new role at Southwestern am happy to take on,” said Council’s Frazee is replacing former Community College. The Frazee. “My passion for cons o u t h - Frazee Manager Beth Kulow, who southwest region is in very necting Iowans to the workwest renow serves as Southwestern capable hands.” gional hub force and driving STEM edhoused at Southwestern Community College’s dean Frazee has already begun ucation into that pipeline, is Community College has of student services. Kulow her duties in southwest Iowa something I feel I can greatly announced the placement will continue to serve the and will continue to make represent. Southwest Iowa’s of the region’s new STEM STEM Advisory Council as connections across her re- educators, students, parents the STEM hub’s institutional gion. Frazee is responsible and businesses have a wonManager Deb Frazee.

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Dear Heloise: A few years ago, my mother gave me a book of recipes from her church. Several of the recipes call for BUTTER-FLAVORED GRANULES. What are they, and where can I find them? — L. King in California Butter-flavored granules are a powdered form of butter that is fat-free, gluten-free and good for those watching calories. The main ingredients are natural butter flavor (processed into a dry form), maltodextrin (a natural carbohydrate that comes from corn) and salt.

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Horoscope Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Relations with authority figures are pleasant today. People are in a good mood; bosses, parents and VIPs view you as a charming and cordial.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Non-business travel will please you today. Grab every opportunity to explore new places, new ideas and talk to people from different backgrounds.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep your pockets open, because you can benefit from the wealth and resources of others today. Meanwhile, back in the boudoir, this is a cozy day for couples.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Relations with partners and close friends are warm and friendly today. People feel generous to each other and are happy to share good times together. Laugh it up!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a good day to talk to supervisors, employees, co-workers or anyone you might be working with to do any task that you set for yourself. Physically, you feel strong, except this is a tempting day for desserts and sweets.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) A playful day! Accept invitations to party. Enjoy the theater, movies, musical performances, sports events and playful times with children.

Great day for romance and a hot date.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a wonderful day to entertain at home. Invite friends and family over for good food and drink. It’s also good day to find real-estate deals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your ability to charm others today is amazing, which is why this is a great day to schmooze, especially with relatives and siblings. This is also an excellent day to write, sell, promote, teach and act.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Business and commerce are favored today. Look for ways to boost your income or make money on the side. If shopping, you’ll love to buy beautiful things for yourself and others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re full of good will to others today, which is why you will enjoy the company of everyone. Go forth and be

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will please you today because you feel quite content with yourself. It’s easy to appreciate who you are and what you have.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) All group activities today will be upbeat and enthusiastic. In fact, a friend could become a lover.

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Branstad to push EPA on renewable fuel standard DES MOINES (MCT) – Gov. Terry Branstad says he plans to travel to Virginia to offer strong public support for the federal renewable Branstad fuel standard — a topic that he noted “didn’t come up” when he was in oil-rich Texas for a political fundraiser on Monday.

Branstad, who is expected to seek a sixth term as Iowa governor in 2014, said his trip to Houston was intended to learn about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s economic successes and to meet with Perry friends “that said they wanted to help me.”

The timing of this week’s

trip to Texas was interesting given oil industry efforts to undo the renewable fuel standard, Perry’s opposition to ethanol and Branstad’s intent to testify at a public hearing regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reduce U.S. production of ethanol fuel in 2014.

Branstad told reporters at his weekly news conference he believes the EPA is “making a huge mistake” to reduce the renewable fuel standard, which in turn could push the price of corn below the cost of production, drive down farm land prices and cut the demand for farm machinery.

“I don’t believe that this administration really realizes the huge negative impact that reducing the renewable fuel standard could have

on the economy here in the Midwest and we’re the one region that’s been the most successful,” he said. “This is going to hurt us.”

That’s a message he gladly will deliver to the EPA but he did not discuss the topic when he was in Texas at Perry’s invitation.

“That was not a subject that came up,” Branstad said and he noted that he didn’t bring it up.

The GOP governor also declined to tell reporters how much money he raised for his expected 2014 bid, saying “this will all come out in the disclosure report, but we felt it was a very successful event.” He also said he did not refuse to take contributions from oil industry executives, telling reporters he has never put restrictions like that on campaign contri-

butions.

“I think people know where I stand,” Branstad said.

“There is nobody that’s a stronger supporter of renewable fuels than I am. I am a strong advocate of that and I’m not afraid to say that in Texas or anywhere else because I believe it,” he added.

Branstad said his Texas trip did not earn Perry an inside track in the state that kicks off the 2016 presidential sweepstakes, saying he has welcomed a number of prospective GOP candidates to Iowa in recent months and wants to “be a very good host” who encourages them to spend time and money in Iowa.

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Predicting winter in Iowa day-to-day process this year WATERLOO (MCT) —Temperatures of late are running a bit below normal.

Precipitation is in the forecast today.

Does that mean additional wicked winter weather is a foregone conclusion? Well, it is Iowa. But beyond that, not necessarily.

In terms of meteorology, winter each year begins Dec. 1.

“So to say this is a harbinger of what’s to come is a little difficult,” said Kevin Skow, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines.

“We’re actually looking at, overall, the winter with fairly average temperatures and for precipitation,” he added.

Strong climatic forces that help meteorologists make predictions aren’t offering much guidance this year.

El Nino and La Nina represent opposite ends of what scientists call the El

Nino-Southern Oscillation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. The term describes variations in temperature between the surface of the Pacific Ocean and atmosphere near the equator.

El Nino happens more frequently and represents warmer-than-average temperatures. La Nina temperatures are cooler than normal.

NOAA continually monitors the temperatures, winds and currents, relying on a network of about 70 buoys anchored in the Pacific called the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array. At the moment, surface temperatures on the ocean are running about average and have been for about two years, meaning a valuable hint about what lies ahead for North America is missing.

“It’s a challenge to produce a long-term winter

forecast without the climate pattern of an El Nino or a La Nina in place out in the Pacific because those climate patterns often strongly influence winter temperature and precipitation here in the United States,” Mike Halpert, acting director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, said in a prepared statement.

“Without this strong seasonal influence, winter weather is often affected by short-term climate patterns, such as the Arctic Oscillation, that are not predictable beyond a week or two,” Halpert added.

Here’s what climatologists can offer: Montana may get more precipitation than average this winter; parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Florida may get less. At the same time, Northern Minnesota, Montana and North and South Dakota may be

colder than usual; Texas and much of the South will likely be warmer.

Which leaves vast areas of the country, including Iowa, in winter weather limbo.

“There is not a strong or reliable enough climate signal in these areas to favor one category over the others, so they have an equal chance for above-, near- or belownormal temperatures and/or precipitation,” according to NOAA. And what has transpired so far may not carry forward, according to Skow.

“We’ve been in a cooler pattern for the last couple of weeks, last couple of months actually,” he said. “That could easily switch.”

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Sat. Dec. 7- 11:00AM Lenox, IA. Farm Machinery & Farm Misc.; Tools; Antiques & Collectibles; Yard & Garden; Hot Tub for David Brown. Auctioneer: Brown & Kinker Auction Service.

Sun. Dec. 8- 12:00PM Creston, IA. Close Out Auction for Country Hearts consisting of New Merchandise, Furniture and Displays for Bob and Kay Wagner.

Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill.

Mon. Dec. 9- 10:30AM Corning, IA. 261 Taxable Acres, Adams Co., Washington Twp. for Don and Colleen Bickford.

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The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or Engineering and at least 5 years of experience managing complex manufacturing operations. In addition, excellent leadership, communication and organization skills are required.

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Iowa employers anticipate hiring to increase in first half of 2014

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‘Tis the season: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, lights the Capitol Christmas tree amid a ceremony Tuesday

on the west front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The second tallest tree ever used at the Capitol, the 88-foot Engelmann spruce is from the Colville National Forest in Washington state.

DES MOINES (MCT) — Major employers across Iowa will be looking to add workers in the next six months, according to the latest six-month forecast from the Des Moinesbased Iowa Business Council.

IBC, comprising CEO’s of Iowa’s 25 largest employers, issued a “cautious yet positive” forecast for the next six months Monday.

The IBC’s Overall Economic Outlook Survey Index was 62 — one point higher than last quarter and the same as one year ago.

Eighty-five percent of survey respondents expect hiring levels for the next six months to remain steady or grow, and half expect increases.

“That employment number really jumped, so I think that really gives one hope for a solid start to the beginning

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There are no guarantees, though, he said.

“There could be some things that throw some sticks into the spokes, depending on what happens in Washington and a minimum of international incidents and flare-ups,” he said. “But, if you keep pedaling ahead, you could see some good things in 2014.”

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Obama strives to pivot from health care woes WASHINGTON (MCT) — President Barack Obama, stung by the enduring controversy over his health care overhaul, tried Tuesday to go on the offensive. Republicans waited with a new round of congressional hearings.

Obama told hundreds of handpicked supporters gathered at the White House complex that America needed to move beyond the health care website to focus on the benefits of the law.

“What’s important for everybody to remember is not only that the law has already helped millions of people, but that there are millions more who stand to be helped, and we’ve got to make sure they know that,” the president said.

“Our poor execution in the first couple months on the website clouded the fact that there are a whole bunch of people who stand to benefit.”

Obama, who has seen his approval rating plunge to the lowest levels of his presidency, will spend the next month

on a renewed effort to tout the law’s benefits. He plans to stress how the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, will slow growth in health care costs, provide preventative care and assist those with pre-existing conditions.

Health care is shaping up as a defining issue for the two major political parties as the 2014 campaign year begins.

Democrats on Capitol Hill, many who have begun to worry about the law’s impact on next year’s elections, issued statements praising Obama’s speech, in a show of solidarity. Republicans quickly fired back.

Obama has been dogged in recent weeks by problems with the health care website, and Tuesday’s event was an effort to pivot attention from that turmoil.

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Duke football enters December with the same number of losses as Duke basketball for the first time. Both teams have two losses entering December.

NATIONAL DIGEST Lolo out PARK CITY, Utah — Lolo Jones has been replaced in the Team USA bobsled lineup for the opening day of the Park City, Utah, World Cup event, according to the Team USA website.

Jones, a Des Moines native, and her teammate, driver Jazmine Fenlator, finished in a tie for 15th place in Saturday’s World Cup competition at Calgary. Team USA’s two other units took second and third place in that meet.

Hawks win IOWA CITY — Iowa entered Tuesday’s ACC/ Big Ten Challenge game averaging 89 points a game. Notre Dame was close behind, at 83.7. And then both teams went out and padded their averages.

The 23rd-ranked Hawkeyes had a little more in the tank, leaving sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a 98-93 victory.

Iowa made 12 out of 14 free throws in the final 4 1/2 minutes of the game.

Iowa shot 56.9 percent from the field, made 25 of 29 free throws overall and had five players hit double figures to win for just the third time in 11 ACC/Big Ten Challenge games and the first since 2005.

Aaron White led Iowa with 20 points, eclipsing 1,000 points for his career.

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Panthers roll in season debut meets

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The transition to a new lineup for Creston/O-M wrestling seemed to be a smooth one Tuesday night in season-opening romps of 81-0 over Nodaway Valley and 57-12 over Interstate 35.

Even without senior varsity veteran Gavin Leith, out with illness, the Panthers sailed with a total of nine pins and 11 wins by forfeit for the night. There were only three losses in contested matches combined in the two duals.

“Seth Maitlen’s (I-35) m a t c h was a good example of what we did tonight,” c o a c h D a r r e l l Maitlen F r a i n said. “That kid is not bad.

Seth was tired, too, but fought through it a little better. The theme for us tonight was, when we got tired, we were able to fight through it.”

In the shutout over Nodaway Valley, Chase Shiltz, Garret Taylor, Tayler Pettit, Adam Baker, Kruz Adamson and Spencer Wray won by falls. Joey Huntington won by a technical fall and Wyatt Thompson gained a major decision.

In the I-35 meet, Pettit picked up his second pin of the night, w h i l e Jackson Mikkelsen and TrevPettit

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Trevor Frain of Creston/O-M (top) puts Wade Hiatt’s shoulders to the mat just before earning the fall in 1:18 during his 195-pound match in the Panthers’ 57-12 victory over Interstate 35 here Tuesday. Frain won by forfeit in the 81-0 win over Nodaway Valley.

or Frain also earned falls.

The winners by simple decision nearly picked up bonus points, as Maitlen won 8-1, 106-pounder Trevor Marlin won 7-0 and Thompson was victorious by an 8-2 score.

I-35 forfeited five weight classes to the Panthers.

Frain used different wrestlers in the two meets at certain weight classes, and many varsity regulars were up a weight class or two from their natural position.

Trevor Frain, for example, competed at 195 pounds but is ranked at 170.

“I think the strength of our team will be our depth,” coach Frain said.

“Our best and worst kids aren’t that far apart. In some cases, they are so

even in the room, that tonight was more about getting a shot to wrestle in a varsity setting and see how it worked.”

Shiltz, the promising freshman who could end up wrestling at 145 or even 138, competed twice at 152 pounds Tuesday against good opponents.

He pinned Nodaway Valley’s Jaydn Erlandson before Erlandson was the Wolverines’ only victor with Erlandson a pin against Winterset.

Then, I-35 sophomore

UNI falls MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin-Milwaukee used a 23-3 run to surge past the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team 8372 on Tuesday.

Northern Iowa led 3831 at the break. The Panthers extended the lead to 42-31 a minute into the second half on a pair of buckets from junior forward Seth Tuttle. Milwaukee then used its hot streak to take a 54-45 lead with 11:47 left.

UNI was led by junior guard Deon Mitchell with 19 points. Sophomore guard Wes Washpun scored a career-high 16 points off the bench.

UNI will take on Iowa State on Saturday in Des Moines at the Hy-Vee Big Four Classic. Tip is set for 5 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena.

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Creston/O-M 106-pounder Trevor Marlin (top) wraps up Nathan Phillips of Interstate 35 during his 7-0 victory Tuesday. Marlin won by forfeit in the Nodaway Valley dual.

Sal Arzani decisioned Shiltz 5-3.

“I knew going in that both Chase and Brody (Frain) would be underdogs going in,” Frain said. “Neither is ranked, but both are quality kids.

Pontier (113-pounder) won our district last year.

Arzani is a state type kid, also. He got hurt at the end last year and didn’t get to finish.

“A little bit of it for Chase was just going six minutes for the first time,” Frain added, noting the difference from three-minute middle school matches.

“You have that, plus the hype of your first match at home in high school. Heck, it’s hard just to not hyperventilate in that situation!”

Freshmen Mikkelsen and Marlin had strong victories in varsity competition Tuesday, and Bro- Mikkelsen dy Frain fought back from a 12-0 deficit to Pontier at 113 to outscore the sophomore Roadrunner 5-0 during the final 1:30 of the match.

“Brody actually got better as the match went on,” coach Frain said. “He fought the whole way.

When our freshmen fight hard, that’s a really good

sign.”

Taylor split the 160 weight class with Mikkelsen in Leith’s absence and both were dominant, which speaks to the team depth Frain mentioned.

Another promising freshman, Kadon Hulett, was limited to JV duty at 182 until some of the upper weight Panthers move back down to their projected lineup spots.

JV results will be published in Thursday’s News Advertiser.

The Panther varsity is in action Saturday at the Dallas Center-Grimes Tournament, starting at 10:30 a.m.

Like Creston/O-M, Winterset rolled to a pair of victories Tuesday — 5128 over I-35 and 74-6 over Nodaway Valley.

Creston/O-M 81, Nodaway Valley 0 145 — Joey Huntington (COM) tech. fall Dylan Corneilson (NV), 5:41; 152 — Chase Shiltz (COM) pinned Jaydn Erlandson (NV), 3:16; 160 — Garret Taylor (COM) pinned Brennen Weiland (NV), 3:14; 170 — Tayler Pettit (COM) pinned Josh Allsup (NV), :21; 182 — Adam Baker (COM) pinned Casey Ladd (NV), 1:47; 195 — Trevor Frain (COM) by forfeit; 220 — Seth Maitlen (COM) by forfeit.

285 — Jake Gutschenritter (COM) by forfeit; 106 — Trevor Marlin (COM) by forfeit; 113 — Brody Frain (COM) by forfeit; 120 — Kruz Adamson (COM) pinned Shane Breheny

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Ellsbury moves NEW YORK — Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agreement with the rival New York Yankees on a sevenyear contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night.

Ellsbury is the second major free-agent addition in the Yankees’ offseason rebuilding after missing the playoffs for just the second time in 19 years.

The center fielder was to take a physical in New York on Wednesday that he must pass before the deal can be finalized, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.

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Dazzlers: Pictured are members of the 2013-14 Dazzlers, the Southwestern Community College dance team. Members of the team are, from left: Sidney Davenport, McKenna Thatcher, Megan Doubleday, Kaeleigh Ballentine, Logan Kinyon, Caitlin Giles and Abigail Bakerink.

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Area boys basketball Lamoni 72, Murray 55 MURRAY — In his Murray Mustang debut, Trey McHenry made a big impact.

But, the Mustangs couldn’t overcome a tough Lamoni team, falling 72-55 here Tuesday night.

McHenry shot 8-of10 from the field and 9-of12 from the free t h r o w line to drop in 31 points be- McHenry fore fouling out of the contest. Pat Kilmer was the only other Mustang to reach double figures in scoring, as he scored 11 points with five rebounds.

As a team, Murray only grabbed 17 rebounds.

“We played great against a team that should win the conference,” Murray head coach Darin Wookey said.

“Lamoni’s Jeremy Deemer was just too much inside and the fouls began to take their toll on us at the end of the first half. Trey McHenry was great tonight, as he scored 31 points to keep us in the game. Rebounding was a problem most of the game and it will be fixed by our next game.”

Brayden Held scored eight points for Murray, while Fisher Decker scored three and Andrew Rider netted two.

Deemer scored 30 points for Lamoni, while Drew Radliff added 16 and Tim Brunner scored 13.

The Mustangs return to action Friday in a home contest against Diagonal.

East Union 47, Diagonal 43 AFTON — The Thad

T u s sey era at East Union is off to a 1-0 start after a 47-43 win Tussey over Diagonal here Tuesday.

Cole Campbell scored 14 points to lead the Eagles, w h i l e Trevor Barnett added 13 points.

Jesse Ak- Campbell ers and Dustin Hoyt each pitched in six points. Sean Schmitz and Brandon Hulsey scored three apiece and Mason Gossman scored two points.

Jacob Taylor finished with a g a m e high 19 points to lead Diagonal.

B l a k e Butler s c o r e d Taylor n i n e points, while Levi Jarred and Ryan Parrott each scored six points. Gerad Nail scored three points.

East Union travels to North Harrison, Mo., on Thursday before hosting Nodaway Valley on Friday.

Diagonal (1-1) travels to Murray on Friday.

Nodaway Valley 66, Clarinda 63 GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley built an early 26-15 lead after one quarter and then held off a Clarinda charge in the fourth quarter to open the season with a 66-63 win over Clarinda here Tues-

day.

“Nodaway Valley forced 22 turnovers and got to the free throw line more — 17of-29 to Clarinda’s 11-of20,” head coach Darrell Burmeister said. “A good team win for many playing varsity for the first time.”

Senior Zach Plymesser, a projected starter for the Wolverines, did not play in the game.

Sophomore Jackson L a m b picked up the slack, scoring a gamehigh 30 points, including 4-of-4 Lamb shooting from behind the 3-point arc and 8-of-9 shooting from the free throw line.

TJ Bower added 13 points with seven assists and three steals. Delson Grantham scored two points and grabbed 10 rebounds with four assists.

Mason Clarke a d d e d Grantham n i n e points with four rebounds. Caleb Mueller scored seven points.

The Wolverines held Clarinda to eight points in the second quarter and five in the third quarter, before the Cardinals exploded for 25 points in the final quarter, cutting into the lead.

Nodaway Valley led 60-46 with 4:00 left in the game, but Clarinda kept fighting back, cutting the lead to single digits.

The Wolverines return to action Friday at East Union.

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Area girls basketball Clarinda 57, Nodaway Valley 55 GREENFIELD — For the second time in the young season, the Nodaway Valley girls came up just short of victory, this time falling to Clarinda 57-55 here Tuesday.

Trailing 46-38 entering the fourth quarter and by 11 points with 5:00 left, Nodaway Valley mounted a fourth-quarter comeback, tying the game in the final minute, but couldn’t quite get over the hump.

“NV took on a very physical Clarinda team and held its own,” head coach Tom Thompson said. “We tied it in the final minute by playing aggressive defense and finally not turning the ball over. We need to defend like that for four quarters.”

Freshmen Paige McElfish and Josie Clarke both recorded doubledoubles in the loss.

McElfish dropped in 19 points with 16 Clarke rebounds, w h i l e Clarke pitched in 13 points with 10 rebounds.

Junior Josie Carter added 12 points with five steals and three assists. Clarke also dished out three assists. Emily Huntington grabbed six rebounds for the Wolverines, while Jessica Nelson finished with three steals.

Jaedra Moses paced Clarinda with 17 points, while Jenny Bair added 15.

Nodaway Valley, now 0-2 for the season, travels to East Union on Friday.

Lenox 47, O-M 28 LENOX — The Lenox Tigers led Orient-Macksburg 18-1 after one quarter of play on their way to a 4728 win here Tuesday.

The win pulls the Tigers even on the season at 1-1, while Orient-Macksburg drops to 0-4 for the season.

“We dug ourselves a hole in the first half, unable to break the press,” OrientMacksburg head coach Kim DeJongh said. “We came out in the second half and played hard. We did a much better job of rebounding tonight. The girls played very hard to the very end of the game, especially only having five girls tonight.”

Aurora Arevalo finished with a game-high 21 points and nine rebounds for Lenox.

K a t i e Dukes had a strong all-around g a m e with eight Arevalo points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Jacy Stoaks finished with two points and seven rebounds. Morgan Miller scored six points for Lenox.

Taylor Foster contributed four points, five rebounds and four steals. Hanna Mitchell scored two points with four rebounds and Sydney Barker scored two points.

Shannon Eads led Orient-

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S h y l a Eads W a l d hauser pitched in five points and Amber Rinke scored one.

Lenox returns to action Friday at Bedford.

Murray 44, Lamoni 29 MURRAY — The Murray girls overcame a slow start and 23 turnovers to secure a 44-29 win over Lamoni here Tuesday.

Senior Kate Patton shot 10-of-12 from the free throw line to score a game-high 16 points. She also recorded three rebounds and three steals.

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WRESTLING: Continued from page 1S (NV), 1:53; 126 — Alex Fargo (COM) by forfeit; 132 — Wyatt Thompson (COM) major dec.

Ben Freese (NV), 12-1; 138 — Spencer Wray (COM) pinned Jared Corder (NV), 2:51.

Creston/O-M 57, Interstate 35 12 152 — Sal Arzani (I-35) dec.

Chase Shiltz (COM), 5-3; 160 — Jackson Mikkelsen (COM) pinned Angelo Madonia (I-35), 3:18; 170 — Tayler Pettit (COM) pinned Dante Arzani (I-35), 1:16; 182 — Adam Baker (COM) by forfeit; 195 — Trevor Frain (COM) pinned Wade Hiatt (I-35), 1:18; 220 — Seth Maitlen (COM) dec. Lonnie Harper (I-35), 8-1; 285 — Jake Ackerman (I-35) pinned Jake Gutschenritter (COM), 3:08.

106 — Trevor Marlin (COM) dec. Nathan Phillips (I-35), 7-0; 113 — Austin Pontier (I35) dec. Brody Frain (COM), 12-5; 120 — Kruz Adamson (COM) by forfeit; 126 — Alex Fargo (COM) by forfeit; 132 —

Wyatt Thompson (COM) dec.

Paul Queck (I-35), 8-2; 138 — Spencer Wray (COM) by forfeit; 145 — Joey Huntington (COM) by forfeit.

Winterset 74, Nodaway Valley 6 152 — Jaydn Erlandson (NV) pinned Caleb Grose (W), :43; 160 — Brandon Ryerson (W) pinned Brennen Weiland (NV), 4:30; 170 — Will Elderkin (W) pinned Josh Allsup (NV), 4:00; 182 — Wyatt Miller (W) pinned Casey Ladd (NV), 2:35; 195 — Nick Tank (W) by forfeit; 220 — Adam Thompson (W) by forfeit; 285 — C.J. Baker (W) by forfeit.

106 — Britton Gibson (W) by forfeit; 113 — Ty Turner (W) by forfeit; 120 — Tegan Smith (W) pinned Shane Breheny (NV), :47; 126 — Mason Miller (W) by forfeit; 132 — Jacob Jenkins (W) pinned Ben Freese (NV), 3:49; 138 — Blake McCauley (W) major dec. Jared Corder (NV), 15-5; 145 — Mitchell Holcomb (W) major dec. Dylan Corneilson (NV), 11-1.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Jared Corder of Nodaway Valley (right) tries to hold off Creston/O-M’s Spencer Wray in their 138-pound match here Tuesday. Wray won by fall in 2:51. Shown behind the action are Wolverine head caoch Jeff Ohnemus and assistant Sam Groves.

Sports briefs Tickets on sale Tickets are now on sale in the Creston High School Activities Office for the

boys basketball game with ADM Dec. 14 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

The game will be played at 5 p.m. in preliminary action

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to an Iowa Energy NBA DLeague game. The $7 ticket for the Creston/ADM game Continued from page 2S will also be a game ticket for Megan Oswald scored the Iowa Energy game. seven and had seven rebounds. Deena Snyder pitched in four points with much of the first three quar- five rebounds. ters. Once they got it under 10 points at 94-86 on a David Lee layup with 7:54 left, it became an offensive blitzkrieg.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, off the mark early—Curry even shot an air ball at one point—led the comeback. They had just a combined 11 points at the half, with just one 3-point basket. But they found the range after intermission—and then some.

Curry finished with 27 points and Thompson 22.

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Warriors cap big rally with 112-103 win over Raptors

By CARL STEWARD Contra Costa Times

OAKLAND, Calif.—The Golden State Warriors transformed what would have been their worst, ugliest, flattest defeat of the year Tuesday night into one of their most inspiring comeback victories in recent years.

With 9:20 to go in the third quarter against the Toronto Raptors, the Warriors trailed by a whopping 27 points, and looked as dead as the rare lifeless Oracle Arena crowd watching them.

Golden State still trailed by 18 entering the fourth quarter, but suddenly, everything miraculously turned. The War-

riors staged a furious surge on the strength of eight 3-point baskets, and the crowd— standing throughout much the torrid comeback—roared them home to a much-needed 112-103 victory.

It was much-needed because the Warriors really couldn’t afford to lose this one, a lone home game sandwiched between a pair of three-game trips. For much of this game, they looked like a team still stuck out on the highway somewhere with a broken GPS. As far down as they were, though, the Warriors seemed to sense this Toronto team wasn’t capable of finishing the game it dominated for the

Madison Gonseth scored four points with three rebounds, while McKenzie McIntosh scored four points with one board.

Cheyanne Ashby scored two points and pulled

down nine rebounds.

Bailey Bjorland led Lamoni with 10 points.

Murray, now 2-0 for the season, returns to action Friday at home against Diagonal.

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Watch the Creston Lighted Christmas Parade and shop these store!

Thursday, December 5 Parade starts at 7 PM Fireworks after the Parade

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December 5th • 9 a.m. until after Lighted Christmas Parade December 6th • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

December 7th • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Quilts & other Notions Creative Center

November 29th thru close of business December 17th Drawing on December 18, 2013 ~ 10:30 a.m.

Second Chance Drawing on January 3rd, 2014 at 4:45 p.m.

GiveAway Tickets Are Available At The Following Businesses: Akin Building Center American Home Design Center Boyd Appliance Center Chat Mobility/Radio Shack Coen’s Furniture Store Cook Video & Appliance Creston Farm & Home Supply Creston True Value

• 3 Grand Prizes of $500 in Creston Bucks • 5 prizes of $100 in Creston Bucks Fareway Farmers Cooperative Company First National Bank Great Western Bank Hy-Vee Food Store iWireless Java J’s Maurice’s

PCSB Bank Pizza Ranch Quilts & other Notions State Savings Bank Upper Crust Walmart Super Center Wishing Well

Participating Chamber Employers: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation Creston News Advertiser Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Company

Ferrara Candy Company Greater Regional Medical Center MATURA Action Corporation Wellman Dynamics Corporation

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$2.00 Admission or 2 cans of food for Food Pantry

Over 100 quilts on display Quilt Raffle

There’s No Place Like Creston for the Holidays December 5 to December 8 & December 14, 2013 (Events Subject to Change)

December 5th Comfort and Joy Quilt Show 9 a.m. until after the parade Quilts & Other Notions Creative Center Festival of Trees 9 a.m. until after the parade American Home Design Center Quilt Block Walk in Uptown Businesses Santa & Mrs. Claus Arrive at the Depot, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Pictures available for a fee Friends of the Library Model Railroaders Working at the Depot 4:30 p.m. to close Creston Arts: Gallery Open at the Depot 4:30 p.m. to close ASP Soup Supper Depot 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Creston Farmers/Winter Market, 4 to 8 p.m., 311 W. Montgomery

Carolathon, Christmas Around the World 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., 501 W. Montgomery Cider and Donut Holes Served in the Depot Lighted Christmas Parade, 7 p.m.

Uptown Creston Fireworks after the Parade Iowa State Savings Bank Holiday Open House following the Parade, ISSB Uptown Location December 6th Comfort and Joy Quilt Show 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Quilts & Other Notions Creative Center Festival of Trees 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

American Home Design Center Quilt Block Walk in Uptown Businesses Creston Farmers/Winter Market, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 311 W. Montgomery

For more information contact the Creston Chamber of Commerce, 641-782-7021 • www.crestoniowachamber.com • chamber@crestoniowachamber.com

December 7th Comfort and Joy Quilt Show 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Quilts & Other Notions Creative Center Festival of Trees 8 a.m. to Noon American Home Design Center Quilt Block Walk in Uptown Businesses Creston Farmers/Winter Market, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 311 W. Montgomery December 8th St. Malachy All School Christmas Concert 2:00 p.m., Performing Arts Center All Creatures Great & Small Concert 2:00 p.m., CHS December 14th Santa at the Christmas Castle at the Restored Depot Model Railroaders Working at the Depot 9 a.m. to Noon CARE Craft and Goodie Boutique at the Depot 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.