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Fundraising efforts underway to send Union County veterans on honor flights

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Shelly Cook of Creston, right, helps separate tickets with Ellen Gerharz, Creston Chamber of Commerce executive director, shortly before Gerharz drew winning tickets for the Creston Holiday Giveaway this morning at the chamber.

Ellen Gerharz, Creston Chamber of Commerce executive director, drew the seven winning tickets for Creston Bucks in the Creston Holiday Giveway drawing this morning at the chamber.

They are: $500 – 995381 (red), 939224 (red) $100 – 251177 (white), 449437 (red), 662400 (red), 032794 (white), 733291 (red)

Winning ticket holders have until 4 p.m. Jan. 5 to claim their prizes at the chamber office. The chamber reminds ticket holders if not all prizes are claimed in the first drawing, a second drawing will be Jan. 5, so don’t throw away tickets. If these new prizes are not claimed by Jan. 19, all remaining proceeds will be held over until the next Holiday Giveaway.

Union County Veterans Affairs Director Tom Hawks hopes to eventually send every veteran in Union County who wants to go on an honor flight to Washington, D.C. Hawks represents 1,022 veterans currently residing in Union County. He will send 10 or 12 veterans on an honor flight in May and plans to send another large group in September.

But first, he needs to raise the funds necessary to pay for their trip.

“The money we raise stays in Union County and pays for our Union County vets. We’ll be having a constant ongoing fundraising effort,” Hawks said. “The idea is to take the veterans and give them a chance to go to Washington, D.C., see the monuments, go to Arlington

Cemetery and provide them with both honor and closure.

Many of them did not have that closure.”

Honor Flight Network’s mission is to transport America’s wartime veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and their friends.

It began in 2005, when an Air Force veteran decided to fly an ailing friend of his to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II memorial. Word spread and several other pilots joined in to fly more veterans on the trip.

The cost of a flight is approximately $100,000, and a 10-percent down payment must be made a year in advance to reserve a flight.

Since that kind of money was not available to Hawks, he has partnered with Brushy Creek Honor Flight FLIGHT | 2A

Democrats continue to question Iowa’s Medicaid performance DES MOINES (AP) — A handful of Democrats in a health oversight committee on Tuesday said they continue to have questions about the performance of Iowa’s Medicaid program, more than eight months after it switched to a privatized system run by three insurance companies.

Democrats in the bipartisan Health Policy Oversight Committee expressed skepticism about the new health care system for poor and disabled resi-

dents amid a roughly fourhour meeting at the Capitol that featured results of a quarterly report about the program. The report was released last month by the Iowa Department of Human Services, which oversees the three insurance companies that now run Medicaid.

Despite an assessment

by DHS officials that the agency was seeing improvements in the system, Democrats continued to share anecdotal reports about problems regard-

ing patient care and reimbursements for service providers that offer Medicaid. Democratic Sen. Liz Mathis said she was particularly concerned that some providers are reportedly owed hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“We want to iron out these difficulties and we want to have the best system we can for the people who are the most vulnerable,” she said.

Amy McCoy, a spokeswoman for DHS, noted that some issues regarding

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Pictured is an example of the T-shirts the Creston Community High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) are selling as a fundraiser to sponsor Union County veterans on an upcoming honor flight. Creston FBLA is organizing a fundraiser around the Jan. 24 home wrestling double dual against Harlan and Lewis Central.

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Soloist: Saige Johnson, left, sings a solo while Caylee Pettit plays flute on “The Holly and

the Snowman” during the Creston Community Middle School jazz band’s performance Monday the Ivy” Monday afternoon during the Creston Community sixth-grade choir’s winter concert at Creston Community Elementary/Middle School. evening at Creston Community Elementary/Middle School.

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Arctic air brings frigid temperatures to Midwest, moves east MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Arctic cold brought frigid temperatures to the Upper Midwest again on Wednesday and the cold was expected to spread east later in the week.

The National Weather Service issued a wind chill advisory Wednesday for all of North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and parts of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

Fargo, North Dakota, was four below zero early Wednesday, while Duluth, Minnesota was two below zero. Highs Wednesday will range from 20 to 30 degrees below average. Temperatures will remain well below zero in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday night.

The Arctic cold is expected to spread across the northeastern United States while the Midwest remains frigid through the work week, forecasters said.

Much of the northern Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states will stay cold for the next couple of days as the arctic air remains stuck over the northern

Appalachians, the National Weather Service said.

The system also is expected to bring widespread snow from the Great Lakes to the Northeast on Thursday. Much of the central U.S. will be dry but cool.

Below-normal temperatures are expected this weekend and into Monday across the entire northern half of the country, from the Pacific Northwest to Maine and as far south as Oklahoma, Arkansas and Virginia, according to the Climate Prediction Center.

Up to half a foot of snow also could fall from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Northeast on Friday and Saturday, and areas east of the Appalachian Mountains could see freezing rain and sleet on Saturday.

Another arctic air mass on the heels of this cold front is expected to bring temperatures to the northern Plains over the weekend and into early next week that will be as much as 24 degrees below normal, according to Climate Prediction Center forecaster Stephen Baxter.

Iowa farmland values decline 6 percent over the past year DES MOINES (AP) — The average value of Iowa farmland declined 6 percent over the past year, and this is the first time those values have dropped for three years in a row since the 1980s farm crisis.

The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa State University estimates that Iowa farmland is now worth about $7,183 per acre on average.

But assistant Iowa State University economics professor Wendong Zhang

says the state is unlikely to see another crisis soon because farmers are generally in better financial shape.

Most Iowa farmers increased their financial reserves during the boom that preceded the current drop in crop prices. And Zhang says government safety nets are better than they were in the 1980s and interest rates remain low.

Plus, the overall debt level for farmers remains lower.

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state is projected to save $118 million during the current budget year for privatizing Medicaid. Democratic Sen. Joe Bolkcom called the figure “smoke and mirrors” because the department did not pinpoint specific areas in the system where savings were achieved.

Jean Slaybaugh, the chief financial officer for DHS, said the department reached its estimate by comparing how much money Iowa would have spent on Medicaid under the old state-run system.

McCoy later pointed out that the new system is helping the state contain costs while offering better care.

She noted that a recent budget group released data that shows Iowa will need to plug in about $100 million for its current budget year when the Legislature convenes in January.

McCoy said without privatization, “that gap would be even bigger.”

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But she emphasized that the agency continues to address lingering problems, especially as it relates to providers seeking reimbursements.

DHS officials said during their presentation that data collected in their quarterly reports should soon clearly reflect performance trends, a point that Republican Rep. David Heaton reiterated during closing remarks.

“The longer we go, the more meaningful the data,” he said.

The oversight committee, which first met in late 2015, was formed as Iowa moved its Medicaid program to privatization. Democratic lawmakers have heavily criticized the switch and continue to say it was rushed. On Tuesday, some expressed reservations about an estimate from DHS that the

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out of Fort Dodge to provide this opportunity to Union County veterans.

Brushy Creek takes veterans from all over the state of Iowa, leaving it up to the county in which those veterans reside to fund the trip for those veterans.

“So, we’ll individually raise money and however many people can go, then we pay for their cost,” H a w k s Hawks said.

Hawks said he hopes to host a golf event fundraiser, several soup suppers and possibly a dinner and auction. Private donations from businesses, organizations and individuals are accepted.

The cost per person with Brushy Creek is $617. Factoring in travel to and from Fort Dodge, an overnight stay and a meal, that cost becomes $750 per Union County veteran.

Preference is given to

WWII and Korean Conflict veterans, as they are getting older. Hawks said Union County’s WWII veterans are in their 90s and Korean Conflict veterans are in their upper 80s.

Honor Flight Network rules require one guardian for every three veterans on each flight, and if a veteran is disabled and requires assistance, it becomes one-toone. Guardians are typically volunteers who pay their own way on the flight.

Brushy Creek, however, fills as many seats with WWII and Korean Conflict veterans as it can, and then takes Vietnam-era veterans as guardians to maximize the number of veterans on each flight.

Participants will fly out of Fort Dodge and arrive in Washington, D.C., early in the morning. They are greeted at the airport and board buses, traveling to all the memorials and Arlington Cemetery. They then board the plane to fly back home and are typically back in Iowa by midnight, completing the trip all in one day.

ans will be through Creston Community High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) organization.

FBLA Adviser Shannon Smith approached Hawks about doing a fundraiser to help sponsor Union County veterans.

“They do a fundraiser every year. They called and wanted to know if we wanted to be involved, and I said, ‘Well, we sure would,’” Hawks said.

The fundraiser will be held in conjunction with the home wrestling double dual Tuesday, Jan. 24, with Harlan and Lewis Central.

“We’ve been doing an event like this for the past three or four years now,” Smith said. “We’ve always kind of wanted to do something for the military, but we haven’t found the right Smith group to partner with to make sure the funds were staying close FBLA fundraiser to home.”

After finding out Hawks One of the big fundraisers for Union County veter- was trying to send Union

Aleppo cease-fire collapses, threatening evacuation plans BEIRUT (AP) — A ceasefire deal between rebels and the Syrian government in the city of Aleppo effectively collapsed on Wednesday, with fighter jets resuming deadly air raids over the opposition’s densely crowded enclave in the east of the city.

The attacks threatened to scuttle plans to evacuate rebels and tens of thousands of civilians out of harm’s way, in what would seal the opposition’s surrender of the city.

The evacuation was supposed to begin at dawn but shelling resumed in the morning hours and buses meant to be used in the pullout of rebels and civilians returned to their depots empty. Activists and fighters trapped in the opposition’s last sliver of territory in Aleppo said pro-government forces had struck their district with dozens of rockets since mid-morning.

They said aircraft resumed bombing shortly after noon.

Some shells fell near and around the one remaining hospital in the one-square mile enclave. It was nearly impossible for the rescuers to account for the dead because of the continued bombings, they said.

“They began to strike as if there’s no such thing as a ‘cease-fire’ or ‘civilian evacuation,’” said media activist Mahmoud Raslan.

It was not clear whether the planes were Syrian or Russian. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported at least six people had been killed.

Syrian President Bashar Assad, speaking in an interview with Russia Today, said the cease-fire was designed stop his government’s advance in the city and “keep the terrorists and save them.”

In excerpts of the interview aired Wednesday, Assad said western countries pressured Russia for the cease-fire when rebels appeared to be on the verge of losing the territory they have held since 2012.

A legal adviser to the rebels accused Iran of foiling the Russia- and Turkey-brokered deal by imposing new conditions on the rebels. Along with Russia, Iran backs President Bashar Assad’s government and has committed

advisers and elite Revolutionary Guard forces to the government’s war. Turkey backs some of the rebel groups fighting to topple Assad.

Osama Abo Zayd, the adviser, said Iran demanded the remains of Iranians killed in Aleppo be returned and that Iranian hostages held in rebel-controlled Idlib province be released. He said the conditions were “exclusively sectarian and crippling.”

The Syrian government, meanwhile, withdrew its green-colored buses from the evacuation point at the edge of the city’s opposition enclave. The Lebanese al-Manar TV channel, the media arm of the Lebanese militant Shiite group Hezbollah fighting alongside Assad’s forces, broadcast footage of the buses leaving the evacuation point empty and said government forces had resumed fighting with rebels in the city.

Mohammed Abu Jaafar, head of forensics in eastern Aleppo, said residents there felt “duped.”

“People have left their shelters .... to be ready for the evacuation. I can’t describe it,” Abu Jaafar said. “Since the morning, they started to target the areas where people have gathered ... these people were walking to the crossings designated for exit.”

Mohammed Khandaqani, who runs a medical center and is a resident of eastern Aleppo, said his cousin was killed a day earlier and they still can’t locate his body because of the resumption of shelling. As they searched for his body, shells and missiles fell around the hospital, the only functioning clinic in the enclave.

“I am in a pitiful state. I am going through the hardest times of my life,” Khandaqani said. “We still can’t find his body. His father is going to die. As we searched for him, the shelling and bombing restarted, in and around the remaining hospital.”

Activists in eastern Aleppo blamed the violence on pro-government forces, saying they started shooting first. Raslan said he was reporting for a Turkish agency when a rocket crashed nearby at around 10:15 a.m. He

was unharmed.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the rebels “resumed the hostilities” at dawn, trying to break through Syrian government positions to the northwest. Government state media reported casualties.

By late afternoon, the Observatory said rebels intensely shelled Foua and Kfraya, two pro-government towns they besieged in the nearby Idlib province.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused the Syrian government and its allies of trying to scuttle the deal. “We see now that the regime and other groups are trying to obstruct this (deal),” he said in remarks published by the state-run Anadolu Agency. “This includes Russia, Iran, forces supported by Iran and the regime.”

The surrender of Aleppo’s remaining opposition-run neighborhoods to government control would be a turning point in Syria’s civil war.

The last-minute deal was mediated by Ankara and Moscow as the rebel enclave rapidly dissolved and ceded more and more territory in the face of the brutal advance

by Syrian forces, backed by Russia and assisted by Shiite militias from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Late Tuesday night, the U.N. envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, called for immediate access to the former rebel enclave to confirm the end of military operations and to oversee the safe departure of tens of thousands of civilians and opposition fighters. De

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Brita Haj Hassan, a Syrian opposition official living in exile, said from Luxemburg that there were 800 sick and wounded people requiring immediate medical evacuation from eastern Aleppo. He said the U.N. and others had informed the opposition the evacuation had been delayed until Thursday but there was no comment from the Syrian government, the United Nations or aid groups on the ground.

The dramatic developments surrounding Aleppo — which would restore the remainder of what was once Syria’s largest city to Assad’s forces after months of heavy fighting and a crippling siege — followed reports of mass killings by government forces closing in on the final few blocks still held by the rebels.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the emergency meeting late Tuesday that he had received “credible reports” of civilians killed by pro-government forces as they swept into the last rebel areas in Aleppo.

Bashar al-Ja’afari, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, denied any mass killings or revenge attacks, but added it was Syria’s “constitutional right” to go after “terrorists,” a blanket government reference to all opposition fighters.

“Aleppo has been liberated from terrorists and those who toyed with terrorism,” he said. “Aleppo has returned to the nation.”

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County veterans on honor flights, Smith and her students decided to reach out. Smith had a grandfather who went on an honor flight, so the cause important to her.

FBLA will be selling T-shirts and is looking for sponsors. A $50 sponsorship gets the sponsor’s name on the back of the T-shirt. A $25 sponsorship gets the sponsor’s name in the program at the wrestling meet and mentioned in press coverage.

The group is also taking pledges for pins. Businesses and individuals can pledge a certain dollar amount per pin by the Creston/O-M wrestling team.

FBLA is also planning a 50/50 raffle and organizing a coin war the week of the wrestling meet.

“Last year we had great participation with (the coin war),” Smith said. “We actually made more money off the coin war for Ronald McDonald House than the T-shirt sales. Hopefully we will be able to sponsor several flights from our fundraising efforts.”

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Michael Waddingham, 37, of Orient was charged with driving while barred 9:39 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of West Fremont and South Elm streets.

According to a Creston Police report, while on patrol, officers stopped a vehicle for traffic violations. While speaking with the driver of the vehicle, Waddingham, it became known the status of Waddingham’s driver’s license was barred.

Waddingham was being held on $2,000 bond.

—————— Shawn Parmenter, 500 N. Cherry St., reported a Christmas laser light projector was taken between 11 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday from his residence.

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Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, December 14, 2016

It’s beginning to smell like Christmas The only Christmas that I can remember the smell of distinctly is about 1964, if memory serves, which it rarely does.

It’s not that I remember the aroma of the cedar tottering in its stand, or the oranges on the hearth, or the cookies baking in Mother’s old gas oven. None of those comes without some mental beckoning.

It is the smell of my new Barbie doll as I took her out of the small, narrow, cardboard coffin where she slept, eyes wide open in a black-and-white-striped, strapless bathing suit. The smell of that new, much-anticipated toy is stamped on my brain like a tattoo. A delicious smell, like freshly folded clothes off a clothesline, if the clothes had been made of vinyl.

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She wore high-heeled sandals and a perfect ponytail, had no hips or bulges except in desirable places. Barbie was born to wear high fashion.

My grandmother made most of my Barbie-doll clothes, which were more modest than Mattel’s bought-ready-made outfits that came with an almost-J. Peterman, evocative name: Enchanted Evening Barbie, for instance.

What little girl wouldn’t want that?

I don’t think most children

get the same visceral thrill these days from a new toy. For one thing, they receive toys so often that every day is a mini Christmas. I doubt if the smell of freshly molded plastic is as wonderfully exotic as it was in my day.

And, yes, I know that Barbie both reinforced stereotypes and heightened female expectations in unrealistic ways. Most of us would never have that proportionately preposterous figure, or a dream house, or a dream car or a Ken who never cast a sideways look at Midge.

But, in honesty, that doll represented a rite of passage, from teddy bears and tricycles to a vicarious adulthood, one that promised hot dates and seductive makeup and shoes without anklet socks. Barbie told us we

would change and grow up at least, if not to the exalted state in which she existed.

I thought about all of this on a day trip to Memphis the other day. I visited a store that smelled heavenly – as many do this time of year – with its candles and French soaps and essential oils that somehow seem more essential at Christmas. Smell is powerful, good or bad, remembered or fresh.

I bought a candle, a nightlight and several greeting cards before I got my nose and my wallet out of the place. Clever shopkeepers, those, courting our nostrils.

A real estate woman who sold a house for me in Georgia gave this sage advice: When you know a potential buyer is coming, put a sweet potato in the oven. She

sold my house in one week. I don’t have proof that a potato had much to do with it, but I like to think that it did.

Good smells, like good voices, are powerful. Think of Ben Johnson’s voice in “The Last Picture Show,” or Patricia Neal’s in “Hud.” They are right up there with baking sweet potatoes and yeast rolls.

All of which, of course, means that a bad smell or a bad voice has the inverse effect. We’ve all known people with chalk-ona-blackboard voices, and who hasn’t noticed when he’s in the vicinity of a paper mill? For every chocolate-covered cherry in the refrigerator door, there’s a rotten onion in the vegetable bin.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Samaritan’s Purse sends thanks From Dianne Schafer Stuart Relay Center

We have had another successful year at Stuart Relay Center. We collected 1,261 boxes this year. Praise God! Stuart is one of 11 collection centers in southwest Iowa. Our southwest Iowa district collected more than 5,800 boxes. Samaritan’s Purse research tells us that one in three boxes will bring a child to know Jesus. How many projects can say this? It really just takes a little bit of time to make a really big impact on others’ lives all over the world. A team of volunteers will continue to educate these children by sharing a program called “The Greatest Journey” with them. To know more about this program, go to www. thegreatestjourney.org.

It is expected that 12 million boxes will be collected and distributed to more than 150 countries this year.

More than 40 churches, organizations and families from approximately a 30-mile radius make this project possible. People are from Stuart, Dexter, Earlham, Redfield, Menlo, Casey, Adair, Creston, Macksburg, Lorimor, Guthrie Center and Panora.

From Stuart, our boxes go to Atlantic where they are put on a trailer and then they go to Denver, Colorado – one of eight regional centers. The boxes from this area are going to Mexico and Niger.

Again this year, Bill and I trav-

eled with a group of people from southwest Iowa to Minneapolis to help at the processing center.

Here, about 20 teams of eight people open each and every box, remove the money and inspect the box to make sure any “inappropriate items” such as toy guns, toy soldiers, toy money, liquids, mirrors or other breakable items are removed. We give the box to the person manning the appropriate age and gender section and it is placed into a bigger box.

The boxes we inspected were going to Zambia. Minneapolis will process more than 800,000 boxes this year. They will be going to Barbados, Burundi, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo and Trinidad and Tobago. They will take about a month to process. The last day is scheduled for Dec. 17, and the warehouse is rented for just five weeks a year.

Worldwide, they will process more than 12 million boxes and ship to more than 150 countries.

Their last day is Dec. 17, depending on amount of people scheduled.

A sincere thank you to all who helped make this project a huge success. It takes a lot of volunteers to get packages to 150 different countries. If you want someone to speak to your group or organization next fall, don’t hesitate to ask at 641-740-0702.

Again, thank you for your superb effort. God bless each and every one of you.

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Executive Producer Trump HOLLYWOOD – God bless America, and how’s everybody?

The New York Giants snapped the Dallas Cowboys 10-game winning streak on NBC Sunday night with an upset victory. All my life, I’ve been a Cowboys fan, but suddenly and mysteriously during the second half, I switched teams and found myself rooting for the Giants. Darn Russians.

The San Diego Chargers were reported Friday considering moving to Los Angeles next season and leasing a stadium from the newly arrived Rams, who just fired their head coach.

Both teams are in last place.

Apparently Los Angeles just declared itself a sanctuary city for lousy football teams.

NBC reports that Donald Trump will remain as the executive producer of Celebrity Apprentice while he’s still U.S. president. You can’t make it Trump up. NBC is just now realizing that it paid Donald Trump $100 million over 10 TV seasons to train him how to select his cabinet members.

Donald Trump named billionaires and generals to his cabinet Monday while Democrats who failed to unseat him through recounts claimed the Russians elected him. You can’t beat Trump for day-today pure excitement. This will be either the best presidency in history or we’re all going to die.

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Donald Trump made more cabinet choices Monday as Democrats said that Russian hackers aided his campaign for president. It undercuts the president-elect’s huge accomplishment on Election Day. Donald Trump became the first man in history to win an argument with a woman.

MSNBC anchor Brian Williams denounced fake news reported on the Internet that political partisans used to sway public opinion by spreading tall tales. Did Brian forget why he was demoted to NBC’s cable channel? Brian Williams criticizing fake news is like Chris Christie telling fat jokes.

Senate Democrats called for a committee probe to see if Russian hackers helped throw the election for Trump. Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta declared that Trump’s election was invalid.

And then he asked the Russians for help remembering his Yahoo! mail password.

The California Teachers Union vowed legal action against a college kid who posted video of his teacher telling the class Trump’s election is an act of terrorism. He has no rights. Voting for Trump will have no legal protection in California until someone can get it labeled a sexual preference.

Democrats say the Russians

tampered with the electorate to help Trump Monday. Republicans say the media tampered with the electorate on Hillary’s side. Meanwhile Queen Elizabeth keeps sitting on her 90-percent approval rating with American voters like it’s a rent-controlled apartment.

Senate Democrats vowed to pull out all the stops to oppose Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s nomination to head the EPA. Democrats always raise hell over any Republican president’s pick to be in charge of protecting the environment. In the mafia, it’s what they call a noshow job.

The Washington Post says Russia hacked Democratic emails that revealed how the media was trying to throw the election to Hillary. Russia screwed Hillary by exposing how the media was in bed with her. It broke Hillary’s 40-year streak of being the only Clinton without an orgy to her credit.

Exxon’s CEO the Secretary of State may help us win the War on Terror. We’ve bombed them, we’ve invaded them and we’ve killed their leaders. We’ve tried everything to wipe them out except the one thing Exxon knows how to do, diagonal drilling that will suck the oil right out from under them.

Golden Globe nominees were announced Monday and the awards banquet will be telecast live from the Beverly Hilton ballroom next month. The TV ratings are huge. The Golden Globes allow people to see the most number of stars in once place without having to donate to the Democratic Party.

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HINTS FROM HELOISE Orange turns reader green

HOROSCOPE For Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Something unexpected will interrupt your home routine today. Small appliances might break down, or minor breakages could occur. It could be anything! Be a Boy Scout, and be prepared.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Pay attention to everything you say and do to avoid accidents today, because this kind of energy is in the air. But if you are mindful, you will be just fine.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Something having to do with your finances, your possessions or your cash flow will be interrupted today. You might lose money or possessions. On the other hand, you might find something!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)Today the Moon is in your sign, at odds with Uranus. This makes you independent and rather obsessed with things.

Furthermore, everybody is restless and irritable.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Something occurring behind the scenes will have a domino effect and possibly interrupt your life or your plans today.

Give yourself extra time so you have the space to deal with this.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You can expect to be surprised by a female acquaintance today. Possibly, you will meet someone who is really different or “out there.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Relations with female authority figures are challenging today.

This includes mom, bosses, judges, nurses and the police.

Don’t test your luck. Be courteous.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Your travel plans will be interrupted today. You can almost count on this. Doublecheck all important details, and allow yourself extra traveling time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Stay in touch with your bank account and anything having to do with inheritances and shared property, because something might adversely affect these areas today. Make sure you know what’s happening.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A close friend or partner might throw you a curveball today. He or she might want more freedom or demand a change in the relationship. But hey, if you’re lucky, he or she

might take you out for dinner.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Expect interruptions at your workplace today. It could be anything: Computer glitches, equipment breakdowns and canceled appointments, as well as staff shortages.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Be extra vigilant today, because this is an accident-prone day for your kids. Keep your eyes peeled. Meanwhile, social plans might change. This also includes sudden upsets to sports events.

YOU BORN TODAY You are

balanced, with good judgment; nevertheless, you also are a wildcard. You have strong morals and you live by them, which is refreshing. In a few months, a new nine-year cycle will begin for you. It will open up many possibilities. You might start a new business activity or change residences.

Open any door, because your future is in your hands.

Birthdate of: Adam Brody, actor; Helen Slater, actress; Michael Shanks, actor. (c) 2016 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Dear Heloise: The other day, I had an upset stomach, which is unusual for me.

I couldn’t figure out what could have caused it until I realized I had PEELED AN ORANGE with my hands and eaten it. Although I routinely wash fruit such as apples, I didn’t wash the oranges. I then placed the oranges in a bowl to wash them, and the color of the water told me the peel had some foreign substances on it. I had gotten that on my fingers when I peeled the orange and then ingested it by eating the inner fruit with my fingers. Just a reminder to consider this other way we can get unwanted substances into our bodies! – Jay D., Salem, Ore. Jay, this is a really good reminder that all fruits and vegetables (including oranges, bananas and avocados) should be washed thoroughly, whether or not you plan on eating the peel. Contaminants might be on the peel and can be transferred from the surface when you peel or cut the produce. Wash the produce under clean, running water, and gently scrub with a fruit/vegetable brush.

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gents or bleach. – Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 782795000 Fax: 210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com DRY INGREDIENTS Dear Heloise: While preparing to bake a cake, the recipe asked me to measure all the dry ingredients into a bowl. It did not say to sift dry ingredients together. I used a whisk to mix the dry ingredients together, and it worked just great. I got a lot of compliments on that cake, and it was a lot easier than sifting things together. Most recipes do not ask you to sift dry ingredients together, just mix, but the sugar is heavy, and sometimes a fork or spoon just won’t do, so the whisk turned out to be a useful tool for this process. – Lucy H., Linden, Texas LABEL SPICES Dear Heloise: Our spices are in a drawer, as I suspect is the same with many, or most, folks. I have used a black marker pen to make them easy to find by marking the tops with an identi-

fying abbreviation. On those tops that are too dark, I have put a 1-inch square piece of masking tape and marked it.

Works well. – Tom S., Colorado Springs, Colo.

PARTY PLATES Dear Heloise: I would buy 100 to 150 plates for a party of 25-30 guests. We would always run out of plates, even though I bought the high-quality, heavy-duty ones. For my last party, I placed a better-quality napkin between each plate (which kept them from bunching together – Heloise), and I did not run out of plates. Also, each guest remembered a napkin. Now I have plates left over for the next party. – Karen W., Highland, Ind. INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS Dear Heloise: My family loves the crust that forms on homemade stuffing or cornbread dressing. It’s their favorite part! So, when making stuffing or dressing for holiday meals, I bake individual portions using muffin tins without the paper liners. – Gwen A. in Tennessee (c)2016 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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Perry would bring oil industry ties to Energy Department WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Energy secretary, has close ties to the Texas oil industry and has corporate roles in two petroleum companies pushing to get government approval for the proposed 1,200-mile crude oil pipeline that has stoked mass protests in North Dakota.

Perry’s current roles as board director at Energy Transfer Partners LP and also at Sunoco Logistics Perry Partners LP, which jointly developed the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project, is a strong indicator of the pro-oil industry sentiment that will likely take root at the Energy Department under his oversight.

Perry is close to Texas energy industry executives, and his political campaigns, including two aborted presidential campaigns, benefited substantially from their donations.

The former Texas governor would not have authority to intervene directly after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision last month to delay the pipeline to allow talks with the Standing Rock Sioux and other project opponents. The Army will decide whether to grant an easement near the Sioux reservation in North Dakota, and the departments of Energy, Interior and Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency have had lesser supporting roles.

Trump announced his choice of Perry in an early morning release Wednesday

from Trump Tower in New York.

He called Perry “one of the most successful governors in modern history, having led Texas through a sustained period of economic growth and prosperity by developing the state’s energy resources and infrastructure, and making low-cost energy available to companies and families.

“It is a tremendous honor to be selected to serve as Secretary of Energy by President-elect Trump,” Perry said. “I am deeply humbled by his trust in me.”

Perry’s close relations with energy executives and his long-time dependence on them for political contributions signal an abrupt change of course at the Energy Department. Perry is expected to welcome the four-state pipeline and similar projects, set an open-door policy for oil industry interests and possibly tear down the department altogether.

During his unsuccessful 2012 run for the presidency, Perry proposed eliminating the Energy Department. As secretary, he would be involved in policy decisions on increasing the nation’s domestic supply of oil and investments in oil exploration research and technology.

The department plays a major regulatory role in overseeing nuclear power and natural gas. It also manages 17 national labs charged with developing science and technology to further the nation’s energy sector and conduct research to spur innovation.

It also maintains and secures U.S. nuclear weapons.

Soon after stepping down as Texas governor, Perry joined Energy Transfer Partners in February 2015, and its general partner, Sunoco Lo-

gistics, one month later. Energy Transfer Partners is owned

by Kelcy Warren, a Dallas billionaire who has been a loyal Perry donor during his gubernatorial and presidential runs.

During the 2016 campaign, Warren donated $500,000 to the Opportunity and Freedom super political action committee backing Perry’s run for the White House.

Warren also gave nearly $250,000 to Republican candidates and committees. The oil and gas industry was the dominant sector behind Perry’s 2016 presidential effort, donating more than $1.6 million.

Energy Transfer’s 2016 annual report showed that Perry owned $154,000 worth of partnership units. At Sunoco Logistics, Perry was awarded units worth about $101,000, according to the firm’s 2015 annual report.

Perry’s wife, Anita, also owned up to $15,000 in shares in Warren’s flagship firm, Energy Transfer Equity LP, and a similar amount in Sunoco Logistics, according to her husband’s 2015 presidential financial disclosure. Perry and his wife also reported owning several other energy-related investments including between $50,000 and $100,000 in the Dallas-based Grey Rock Energy Fund and between $15,000 and $50,000 in holdings in QR Energy LP. The incoming Trump administration has said it plans to approve the controversial pipeline project, which was stalled in recent months by defiant protests by Native American and environmental opponents. The Army Corps ruled last month that it was delaying a decision on an easement for the project near the Sioux reservation in North Dakota. The de-

“IT’S A tremendous honor to be selected to serve as Secretary of Energy by President-elect Trump. I am deeply humbled by his trust in me.”

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Board director at Energy Transfer Partners LP and Sunoco Logistics Patrners LP

cision quickly spurred legal complaints against the Army Corps by the pipeline project’s developers.

Emails and phone calls to the Trump transition team and Energy Transfer Partners for comment were not returned. A spokesman for Sunoco Logistics referred questions to Energy Transfer Partners, saying that the partner firm appoints the Sunoco Logistics board.

Perry’s net worth of about $3 million does not compare to the multimillion dollar fortunes of President-elect Donald Trump and other corporate leaders named to Cabinet positions in his administration. But the former Texas governor could face similar questions about potential ethics conflicts unless he divests his assets into a government-approved blind trust.

His most recent presidential financial disclosure, filed in 2015, showed that a sizeable portion of his wealth in recent years has come from energy investments and consulting work for a Texas equipment firm that provides heavy machinery for oil exploration work.

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Des Moines attorney to pay fine in open records case BURLINGTON (AP) — The Des Moines County attorney has agreed to pay a $200 fine but not admit guilt in an open records case stemming from a 2015 police shooting that left a Burlington woman dead.

The Hawk Eye reports Burlington Officer Jesse Hill accidentally shot 34-year-old Autumn Steele to death in January 2015 while responding to a fight between Steele and her husband.

Steele’s family and The Hawk Eye requested cop-

ies of all public records related to the incident, including police audio, body camera footage and investigative reports.

A complaint says Des Moines County attorney Amy Beavers, along with the Burlington Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, violated the state’s open records law by denying records requests. The agencies say they satisfied Iowa law by releasing a 12-second body camera video of the incident.

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North Dakota oil spill raises questions about safety BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The discovery of an oil pipeline spill earlier this month in western North Dakota has drawn heightened attention because of the battle over the Dakota Access oil pipeline being built across the state. While the spill was on a different pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux and its supporters say a spill on the Dakota Access pipeline could threaten the tribe’s drinking water, which is drawn from the Missouri River.

The developer of the Dakota Access project, Energy Transfer Partners, and the Army are battling in court over permission for the pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota. It’s the last large chunk of construction for the $3.8 billion project to move North Dakota oil 1,200 miles to a shipping point at Patoka, Illinois.

Here are some questions and answers about the spill on the Belle Fourche Pipeline:

How big was the spill?

The pipeline rupture spilled about 176,000 gallons of oil, about 130,000 gallons of which flowed into Ash Coulee Creek. The spill went about 5 ½ miles down the creek, which feeds into the Little Missouri River, a tributary of the Missouri River.

As of Wednesday, about 46,000 gallons had been recovered.

It appears no oil got into the Little Missouri, and no drinking water sources were threatened, according to Bill Suess, an environmental scientist with the North Dakota Health Department. The creek was free-flowing when the spill

occurred but has since frozen over.

The spill was in a remote area of the southwest part of the state, far from any major population centers. It fouled an unknown amount of private and U.S. Forest Service land along the waterway.

Dozens of workers have been at the site the past week in subzero temperatures cleaning the spill, which regulators don’t expect to be completed until spring.

How was the spill discovered?

A landowner spotted the spill about 16 miles northwest of the town of Belfield on Dec. 5.

Electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect the rupture, but it’s not clear why, according to Wendy Owen, a spokeswoman for Casper, Wyoming-based True Cos., which operates the pipeline.

The pipeline was shut down as soon as the leak was discovered. Owen said erosion of a hillside might have ruptured the pipe, but the cause is still being investigated.

Is this a big spill?

It’s sizeable, but there have been much larger oil spills in North Dakota. For example, in September 2013, a Tesoro Corp. pipeline break spilled more than 840,000 gallons of oil into a wheat field near the northwestern town of Tioga.

That spill is still being cleaned up.

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It’s one of a network of thousands of miles of similar “gathering” pipelines that crisscross western North Dakota’s oil patch to pick up oil from wells and carry it to collection points, where it ultimately moves into larger pipelines or railroad tankers destined for refineries across the U.S. The Dakota Access pipeline is a much larger 30-inch steel “transmission” pipeline that will carry nearly 20 million gallons of North Dakota oil daily through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois, some 1,200 miles away.

It is largely complete except for a segment near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, where it would be buried 90 to 115 feet below Lake Oahe.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners says the line will have modern leak detection equipment, and that workers monitoring the pipeline remotely in Texas could close valves within three minutes if a breach was detected.

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Wins against no losses the Warriors have when Draymond Green records a triple douGreen ble. He had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in Tuesday’s game against the Pelicans in New Orleans.

Golden State went on to win 113-109.

Smallwood’s buzzer beater gives Panther boys thrilling win

By RYAN KRONBERG

SCORES

NFL WEEK 15 Thursday Rams at Seahawks, 7:25 p.m., NBC Saturday Dolphins at Jets, 7:25 p.m., NFL Network Sunday Titans at Chiefs, noon, CBS Colts at Vikings, noon, CBS Packers at Bears, noon, FOX Steelers at Bengals, noon, CBS Jaguars at Texans, noon, CBS Browns at Bills, noon, CBS Lions at Giants, noon, FOX Eagles at Ravens, noon, FOX 49ers at Falcons, 3:05 p.m., FOX Saints at Cardinals, 3:05 p.m., FOX Patriots at Broncos, 3:25 p.m., CBS Raiders at Chargers, 3:25 p.m., CBS Buccaneers at Cowboys, 7:30 p.m., NBC Monday Panthers at Redskins, 7:30 p.m., ESPN NBA Tuesday Timberwolves 99, Bulls 94 Cavaliers 103, Grizzlies 86 Warriors 113, Pelicans 109 Suns 113, Knicks 111 Trail Blazers 114, Thunder 95

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REGIONAL Tuesday Girls basketball Hawkeye 10 Harlan 58,Creston 43 St. Albert 77, Clarinda 39 Lewis Central 60, Shenandoah 53 Denison-Schleswig 55, Red Oak 47 Glenwood 55, Atlantic 44 Pride of Iowa Mount Ayr 35, Nodaway Valley 33 Southwest Valley 54, Lenox 33 Bedford at East Union —NSR Wayne 41, Southeast Warren 30 Interstate 35 82, Pleasantville 45 Central Decatur 63, Martensdale-St. Marys 22 Bluegrass Orient-Macksburg 42, Iowa Christian 27 Murray 53, Twin Cedars 10 Seymour 51, Diagonal 41 Mormon Trail 63, Melcher-Dallas 13 Grand View Christian 61, Moravia 45 Ankeny Christian at E-B-F Boys basketball Hawkeye 10 Creston 61, Harlan 60 IOT) Denison-Schleswig 72, Red Oak 42 St. Albert 61, Clarinda 33 Lewis Central 77, Shenandoah 35 Atlantic 72, Glenwood 67 Pride of Iowa Nodaway Valley 48, Mount Ayr 46 Lenox 52, Southwest Valley 49 East Union 60, Bedford 50 Wayne at Southeast Warren Interstate 35 60, Pleasantville 55 Central Decatur 55, Martensdale-St. Marys 39 Bluegrass Orient-Macksburg 59, Iowa Christian 49 Seymour 54, Diagonal 33 Murray 69, Twin Cedars 41 E-B-F 93, Ankeny Christian 81 Grand View Christian 90, Moravia 46 Mormon Trail at Melcher-Dallas —NSR Wrestling Hawkeye 10 Tuesday Creston/ Orient-Macksburg 41, Glenwood 24 Creston/ Orient-Macksburg 54, Underwood 20 Glenwood 51, Underwood 27 Red Oak 60, Clarinda Academy 18 Red Oak 54, Riverside 27 Riverside 60, Clarinda Academy 15

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Creston sophomore Kylan Smallwood recalled hitting a game-winning shot once in AAU basketball as a youth.

The shot he hoisted up at the end of overtime Tuesday against Harlan meant more.

Much more.

Smallwood buried a stepback 3-point shot at the buzzer in overtime to give Creston a thrilling 61-60 win over Harlan in front of a raucous crowd at the Panthers’ gym.

The Panthers trailed 6058 after the Cyclones’ Logan Klaassen hit the first free throw with 7.8 seconds left in the extra session.

Klaassen missed the second one high and to the left.

Creston’s Trevor Downing grabbed the rebound.

He pushed it ahead to Smallwood.

Smallwood motored towards the basket at the far end of the court.

Initially he headed towards the goal. Then just a foot in-

side the three-point line he stepped back.

“Honestly, I thought we were down by three,” Smallwood said. “That’s why I pulled a three and it went it. I thought we were down three, so I just shot it.”

He fired the shot from just to the right of center.

At first, Smallwood thought the shot was off line.

“Right when I shot it, I thought I missed it,” Smallwood said. “I thought it was off by a lot.”

Instead, it perfectly pierced the net.

The ball tickled the twine perfectly just in front of the final buzzer.

Smallwood retreated towards the Panthers Den. He was mobbed by his fellow Creston students. Teammates raced over to celebrate with him as Panther fans gave a deafening roar celebrating a rare win over traditional Hawkeye 10 and Southwest Iowa powerhouse Harlan.

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Creston sophomore Kylan Smallwood fires the game-winning shot at the end of overtime of Tuesday’s Hawkeye 10 Conference boys basketball against Harlan at Panther Gym. Smallwood buried the shot from the right wing to give the Panthers a dramatic 61-60 win over the Cyclones.

Smallwood’s shot improved Creston to 3-3 on the young season. It was an important win, to not only defeat the perennial league power Cyclones, but build momentum for the Panthers. Creston had lost three of four coming into Tuesday’s game against Harlan.

PANTHER WRESTLING C/O-M picks up key Hawkeye 10 road win at Glenwood Panther heavyweights tested in Tuesday dual against Rams

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GLENWOOD — Creston/Orient-Macksburg’s upper weights were tested greatly during Tuesday’s Hawkeye 10 Conference dual with Class 3A sixthranked Glenwood.

The Class 2A thirdranked Panthers big guys passed their tests for the most part.

Creston/Orient-Macksburg picked up a pair of big wins from standouts Chase Shiltz and Kadon Hulett as it went on to earn a 41-24 win over the Rams.

Shiltz, top-ranked in Class

2A at 182 pounds, earned a 5-1 decision over Anthony Sherry at 182.

H u l e t t , Hulett ranked second in Class 2A at 220 pounds, earned a 13-4 major decision win over Zach Haggstrom, ranked third at 220 in Class 3A Hulett wasn’t feeling his best physically and still found a way to dominate.

“We were a maybe a little worried, but he wrestled awesome,” said Creston/ Orient-Macksburg coach Darrell Frain.

For Shiltz, already a twotime state champion, an early-season test was beneficial for later on.

“Chase controlled the match,” Frain said. “It was

good for him to get pushed.”

Meanwhile Jackson Mikkelsen at 195 and Cody Tanner at 285 went to sudden victory session. Mikkelsen fell in the ultimate tiebreaker when Isaac Bales, ranked fourth in Class 3A at 182 pounds escaped before the 30 second period expired.

Tanner lost in the first extra session to Class 3A fifthranked Caleb Sanders.

The matches pushed Mikkelsen and Tanner to the limit.

“That’s what they needed,” Frain said.

Both Mikkelsen and Tanner are exceptionally close to becoming like Shiltz and Hulett.

The next step is finishing those important matches with their arms raised in victory.

“They’re on the verge of being really good,” Frain said. “They’re not far off.

We need to make that jump before the end of the year.

Hopefully they can.”

T h e Shiltz strength of the Hawkeye 10 Conference is in the upper weights this year.

“Our conference, our best wrestlers when you put Atlantic, Glenwood and us in there are from 182 and up,” Frain said.

The rest of the team rose to the challenge against the Rams.

The dual against Glenwood started at 285 pounds.

“Those first six, seven weight classes, we were favored in maybe all but two.

A couple were tossups. We won six of them,” Frain said.

“They did what they had

to do. That’s what you do when you have a chance to win them, you win them.”

Creston/Orient-Macksburg’s depth overwhelmed Underwood.

“We knew coming in Underwood didn’t have the numbers,” Frain said. “The kids they put out there were quality. We had to be ready for them.”

UP NEXT — Creston/ Orient-Macksburg faces its stiffest test of the regular season Friday and Saturday at the Kansas City Stampede Tournament.

Wrestling both days will be held at Hale Arena in the American Royal Complex just southwest of downtown Kansas City, Mo. Tuesday’s two wins and how the team performed bolsters their spirits heading into the weekend.

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PANTHER GIRLS BASKETBALL Panther girls basketball struggles in home loss Creston unable to maintain solid start ■

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com

Creston’s girls basketball team started well over the first four minutes of Tuesday’s Hawkeye 10 Conference matchup with Harlan.

The remaining 28 were

not what Panther coaching staff wanted to see.

Harlan dominated Creston over the final three and a half quarters in earning a 58-43 victory.

Very little went right for the Panthers after the first four minutes.

“We got outcoached, outplayed,” said Creston coach Ryan McKim. “Hats off to them. It was a good win for them.”

Harlan’s defense made

life miserable for Creston throughout.

Key Panther offensive cogs Cammy Rutherford and Brielle Baker were shut down almost the entire game by Harlan’s 2-3 zone.

The zone featured a chaser on Baker, not allowing her many open looks.

Rutherford was held to a season low four points on 2-of-7 shooting. Harlan’s defense was working so well, Rutherford did not

play for an extended stretch of the season half. Baker was held to eight points on 3-of-8 shooting.

“There was no question they were going to pack it in on Cammy and limit Brielle’s touches,” McKim said.

Rutherford was physical early, using that to score her four points right away.

Harlan matched Rutherford’s physicality, neutralizing any advantage she might have had.

“She’s quick in there.

She’s put together,” said Harlan coach Zach Klaassen. “At halftime, in the second quarter, we told them they could get pushed or push back. They decided they wanted to push back.

That’s a good sign. You can hide from her or embrace her. We did a good job of getting back at her.”

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take a meaningful high school game meant plenty for one of the Panthers’ stars. “It’s just crazy. I love it,�

Smallwood said. “It was a crazy experience.�

Cody Crawford was positioned in the left corner as an option in case Smallwood drove down the lane.

Crawford had a good look at the shot. “I knew we only needed a layup, then he ended up stopping and hitting that three, it was a great feeling,�

Crawford said.

Creston coach Taylor Phipps has seen some wild games as a player and as a coach.

None can match what his team experienced Tuesday. “I haven’t been a part of too many game winner, step-back threes in my day as a player and as a coach,�

Phipps said. “It’s definitely huge for us.�

Phipps now has a signature win in his second year as Creston head coach. “It’s definitely the biggest win since I’ve been in Creston,� Phipps said. “It’s a huge win when you can knock off one of the big dogs.�

Tournament feel Smallwood’s shot may have come in early December, but it was more reminiscent of a shot much later in the season. “I felt like I was in the NCAA Tournament, like March Madness,� Phipps said. “You see all those crazy shots at the end of games.�

Smallwood finished with a game-high 28 points.

Harlan’s defense could not slow down Creston’s standout sophomore. “We had no big guard,� said Harlan coach Mitch Osborn. “He went around us like a knife through butter.�

For Harlan, it was a heartbreaking loss at the start of a tough stretch of games for the Cyclones. “This is one we needed to get,� Osborn. “That was a heartbreaker. It’s very tough to take. That’s the way it goes.�

Creston’s ability to pull out a stunner shows the depth of the Hawkeye 10. “It’s the Hawkeye 10,� Osborn said. “It’s going to be a humdinger all year long, every team. You just try to go on the road and steal a win.�

Late comeback leads to overtime

and drew up a play.

The play had Crawford stationed in the left wing to spot up for a 3-point attempt.

The ball made its way into Crawford’s hands. He deftly hoisted up the shot, followed through with it.

Crawford’s shot was all net, tying the game at 49-49. “Coach drew up a play for me,� Crawford said.

He’d struggled much of the night.

Crawford came up big at the right time. “They kept believing in me to shoot that shot,� Crawford said. “I came off the screen. The ball was there. I knew I had to put it up and I did. I finally got one.�

The one thing Harlan didn’t want to happen did. “We were switching on every screen,� Osborn said. “We went over it in the huddle, in practice. We screen away from the ball. How we didn’t switch, I don’t know.

It’s their best three-point shooter. We said in the huddle stay on Crawford, on Jacobson and get out, don’t give up a three and we give up a three.�

Harlan still had time for a game-winning shot. Creston’s defense stepped up, with Smallwood coming away with a steal. His heave from past halfcourt fell well short, sending the game into overtime.

Creston took charge early in the extra session. A Jacobson three put the Panthers up by three, 52-49, with 2:38 to go. On Creston’s next possession, Jacobson drained another triple to give the Panthers a six-point advantage, 55-49 with 1:59 to go.

Creston was trying to run clock up 56-54. Downing found himself with as open of a lane to the basket as he will ever have. The 6-foot5 junior took a couple of dribbles and drilled the right-handed layup to put the Panthers back up four, 58-54.

Harlan rallies A silly foul on the inbounds play allowed Harlan an opportunity to score with the clock stopped, which the Chamberlain did in making both free throws to cut the lead to 58-56.

Creston turned the ball over, giving the ball back to Harlan with 40 seconds left.

The Cyclones’ Joshua Cheek hit a big three of his own to give Harlan a 59-58 lead.

Jacobson drove in and missed his shot. Downing was fouled on the putback attempt, then went to the line for two free throws.

Downing missed them both and Harlan grabbed the rebound.

Klaassen hit the first to put Harlan up 60-58. He missed the second and Creston grabbed the rebound.

Smallwood took over from there.

Creston needed a couple of late miracles just to reach the extra session.

Evan Jacobson buried a triple with 29 seconds left in regulation to pull the Panthers within one, 47-46.

Harlan’s Shane Chamberlain drilled a pair of free throws to put the Cyclones back up three, 49-46, with 26.8 seconds to go.

Phipps called a timeout Harlan surges in

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Creston boys basketball players, coaches and fans celebrate after sophomore Kylan Smallwood hit the game-winning shot at the end of overtime in Creston’s thrilling 61-60 victory over Harlan in Hawkeye 10 Conference play.

third quarter, but Creston comes back A Creston comeback looked to be improbable at the start of the second half.

Harlan rattled off six straight points to start the third quarter, pushing a 25-20 lead at halftime to 31-20 two and a half minutes into the second half. Smallwood converted a three-point play to trim the lead to eight, sparking an 8-0 run that cut the margin to 3128. “We never really lost our heads even though we were down,� Phipps said. “We stayed together. We kept fighting. We tried some different lineups out there. Everybody that played did a great job. Everybody on the bench did a great job staying together. Even though we were down, we weren’t out.

We kept fighting, kept clawing our way back into it.�

Harlan edged back ahead by five, 36-31 on a Chamberlain board and bucket.

Creston edged back, and even took a 41-39 lead.

The Cyclones countered with a 7-0 run to lead 46-41 Crawford chipped into the

lead with a bucket, trimming to to 46-43 with 43 seconds left. Klaassen went 1-of-2 at the line with 35 seconds left, pushing to to 47-43.

Jacobson hit his triple to cut it to 47-46, setting up the wild end to regulation.

Timely win for Panthers For Creston, the win came at a critical time. The Panthers entered Tuesday having lost three of four, including a 65-60 decision to Class 3A fifth-ranked Atlantic last Friday where Creston led into the fourth quarter. “We’ve had some ups and downs this year,� Crawford said. “We’ve played with good teams lost to others.

It felt good. Hopefully this brings the momentum going into it, we keep practicing hard, keep the aggressiveness.�

UP NEXT — Creston (33, 0-2) takes on Class 2A sixth-ranked Kuemper Catholic Friday in Carroll. The JV boys tips off at 6 p.m. with the varsity to follow around 7:30 p.m.

The Knights (3-1, 2-1) are coming off a 64-48 loss to Class 4A ninth-ranked Lewis

CNA photo by RYAN KRONBERG

Creston senior Cody Crawford, right, watches as his shot late in the fourth quarter heads towards the basket during Tuesday’s Hawkeye 10 boys basketball game against Harlan at Panther Gym. Crawford hit the game-tying shot with 12 seconds left in regulation to knot the score at 49-49. The Panthers would go on to win on sophomore Kylan Smallwood’s buzzer-beater 3-point shot at the end of overtime for a 61-60 win.

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“They have to be feeling good going into Kansas City,” Frain said.

Quality teams from around greater Kansas City and the nation will be there.

The Panthers will have their hands full all weekend.

“It’s as tough as it gets,” Frain said. “Every match

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Harlan (58) — Allison Bruck 10 3-4 29, Nicole Lange 5 0-2 10, Bailey hansen 3 0-0 8. 3-point goals — 9 (Allison Bruck 6), FG Shooting — 23-37 (62.2 percent).

Turnovers 15. Team Fouls 7.

Fouled out — None.

Creston (43) — Bre Wallace 5 0-0 18, Lexie Little 2 0-0 8. Brielle Baker 3 1-2 8, Kesia Stewart 2 0-0 6, Cammy Rutherford 2 0-0 4, Bre Ross 1 0-0 2. 3-point goals —10 (Bre Wallace 5, Kesia Stewart 2, Lexie Little 2, ). FG Shooting — 16-57 (28.1 percent). Rebounds — 28 (Brielle Baker 7, Madison Callahan 5, Bre Ross 4, Lexie Little 4). Assists 10 (Lexie Little 3, Bre Ross 2, 5 with 1). Steals — 8 (Cammuy Rutherford 2, Lexie Little 2). Blocked shots — None.

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from 3-point range.

Allowing open looks from three-point range as compared to layups was something Harlan was willing to risk allowing.

The Panthers shots wouldn’t fall consistently, allowing the move to pay big dividends.

“We said that three’s won’t beat you,” Klaassen said. “We took away their inside game, layups and free throws.”

Creston never did settle into a rhythm offensively.

“We weren’t patient enough,” McKim said. “We were just jacking it at the rim.”

Trips to the free throw line was a rare voyage for both teams. Creston was 1-of-2, while Harlan was 3-of-6.

“We did a good job of keeping them away from the line,” Klaassen said.

Outside of a brief flurry from Breanna Wallace in the third quarter, the Panthers were ice cold from downtown. Creston made only 10-of-38 shots from behind the arc, good for a 26 percent clip.

“They weren’t going to guard the three-point line and let us beat them in the paint,” McKim said.

Finding confidence from long range will be key going forward.

“We have to have some girls get out there that can knock down some shots,” McKim said.

With Creston’s offense stuck in a rut, McKim wanted other areas to step up.

They didn’t.

“You create your own offense by playing great defense and rebounding,” McKim said. “We didn’t get it done.”

McKim tried a variety of different lineup combinations looking for a spark offensively.

The spark never came.

“We need some girls who are willing to step up and knock down some shots,” McKim said.

While the effort on offense was disappointing, it was the Panthers’ effort de-

fensively that was even more disconcerting. Harlan scored 18 points in the first quarter en route to leading 31-23 at halftime.

“The offense was not my frustration. Fifty-eight points was my frustration, 18 points in the first quarter,” McKim said.

Harlan did whatever it wanted much of the night offensively. The Cyclones shot 23-of-37 overall. They were 14-of-27 inside the arc, good for 67 percent. From threepoint range, the Cyclones were 9-of-16, good for 56 percent.

“What we did was not good enough,” McKim said.

Harlan senior Allison Bruck had her way with the Panther defense in scoring a game-high 29 points. Bruck was 10-of-13 overall, including 4-of-6 from inside the arc and 6-of-7 from downtown.

Nicole Lange added 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting.

“We were repeatedly getting beat,” McKim said.

UP NEXT — Creston (3-3 overall, 2-0 in the league) faces an important couple of days of practice heading into Friday’s home showdown against Kuemper Catholic.

“We have to see who’s willing to take coaching and run the offense,” McKim said. “The next couple of days, our character will get tested. We’ve had some adversity. We need to see who shows up.”

The JV game is set to start at 6 p.m., with the varsity to start around 7:30 p.m.

Kuemper Catholic (4-0, 2-0) will pose a stiff test for McKim’s girls.

“They’ve got long, athletic girls,” McKim said. “We have to be on our game.”

“It’s why we go there, to see where we stand and get ready for the end of the year,” Frain said.

Frain has one goal for the team Friday and Saturday.

“I just want to see all our guys compete,” Frain said.

“We want to see them go out there and fight. That’s what we’re looking for.”

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It’s one of those deals where they see where they stand.”

For Shiltz and Hulett, it will be their toughest test prior to the state tournament.

“For Kadon and Chase, they get to see if they’re elite of elite,” Frain said. “They’ll see where they stand.”

For the rest of the team, their mental fortitude will be greatly tested.

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Tuesday of each month.

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Bauer Financial names First National Bank a 5-star institution First National Bank in Creston and Afton was recently named a 5-star institution by Bauer Financial – the nation’s leading independent bank and credit union rating firm.

Bauer’s ratings are determined based on the institution’s capital ratio, profitability/loss trend, level of delinquent loans, the Community Reinvestment Act and regulatory supervisory agreements, among other criteria.

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NORFOLK, Neb. – Four hundred fifty-two head of livestock were shown during the 32nd-annual Northeast Community College Livestock Classic held over Thanksgiving Day weekend in Norfolk, Nebraska.

Mike Roeber, Northeast agriculture/livestock judging instructor and event organizer, said exhibitors from five states (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska) took part in the two-day event at the Chuck M. Pohlman Agriculture Complex.

Roeber said the classic was a high-quality show.

“The weather was much more cooperative this year versus the snow and ice we had last year for the show,” Roeber said, “therefore bringing a higher number of exhibitors and cattle to the show. Not only were the numbers higher, the quality was much higher also.”

Roeber said judges for both days commented on the quality of livestock that were shown in many of the classes.

“It was a very successful show due to the exhibitors who brought their cattle to Norfolk and the work of members of the Northeast Livestock Judging Team,” Roeber said.

The supreme champion breeding heifer was a Shorthorn Plus shown by Joe Reetz of Dunlap. The reserve su-

preme breeding heifer was a Maintainer shown by Justin Peterson of Nebraska City, Nebraska. Other placements include Hayden VanMeter of Red Oak with a Commercial (third place); Kaden Wilson of Creston with a Maine Anjou (fourth place); Dominic Fouts of Dow City with a Shorthorn Plus (fifth place); Austin Vieselmeyer of Amherst, Colorado, with an Angus (sixth place); and Fletcher Larsen of Valentine, Nebraska, with a Hereford (seventh place).

The overall champion market animal was the champion crossbred steer shown by Joe Herr of Fontanelle. Colton Kleinschmidt of Sutton, Nebraska, showed the reserve champion market animal with his reserve champion crossbred Sseer. Other placements include Morgan McDermott of Wiota with a Simmental steer (third place); Ashtyn Danker of Avoca with a Main Anjou (fourth place); Cam Pryor of Red Oak with a Chianina (fifth place); David Roberts of Dunlap with a Chianina (sixth place); and Isabelle Schultz of Cairo, Nebraska, with a market heifer (seventh place).

A total of 213 head were exhibited in the breeding heifer show. Wilson also showed the champion Maine Anjou heifer, and Herr showed the reserve champion Maintainer heifer.

practitioner at Graceland University. She is board certified from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Prior to rejoining GRMC, Johnson was in solo practice at the Family Health Clinic and Graceland University Student Health program in Lamoni.

Johnson has 25 years of experience in medical and surgical nursing and has also been a nursing instructor for Kaplan University in Urbandale.

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ServSafe, the national certification program for food-service managers, will be held Jan. 9 in the Multipurpose Room at Southwestern Community College in Creston.

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“After working in family medicine the past five years, I am excited about moving into the specialty of internal medicine,” Johnson said. “I look forward to rejoining the team of health-care professionals at GRMC.” Johnson is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She next obtained her master’s degree in nursing as a family nurse

hours class time, a manual and the national certification exam. There is a $50 discount for Iowa Restaurant Association members.

Anyone interested in preparing and serving safe food is welcome to attend. All food-service operations are required to have at least one certified staff person by Jan.

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Adams County 4-H and FFA beef weigh-in planned Saturday CORNING – The Adams County 4-H and FFA beef weigh-in will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Southern Hills Vet Clinic in Corning.

All 4-H and FFA market steers and heifers must be weighed, tagged and tattooed at this time to be eligible to show at the 2017 Adams

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