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This week’s “5 minutes” feature is with Tammy Walk, co-owner of The Corner coffee and antique shop in Greenfield. For more with Walk, see page 8A. >>

Murray girls and boys basketball teams both won over Lenox on Thursday. For more on the games, see SPORTS, page 1S. >>

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SWCC fall demographics report released

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Midwinter: High school student Maya Struhar performs “Midnight Sleighride” by Tom Contributed graphic

A graph shows the changes in fall credit hours enrolled at Southwestern Community College from 2012 to the current fall semester, which ends today.

SWCC saw a significant decrease in credit hours this fall, despite a minor decline in headcount, due to a trend of more part-time than full-time students.

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see our high school enrollment and some of our very part-time, non-high school students.

Our more traditionKulow al college students who are part time, you’re going to see between seven and 11 hours, and that’s 15 percent. ... In full time, 12 to 15 hours, we have right around 30 percent.”

The past couple of years, having more part-time than full-time students has been the case for SWCC, Kulow said.

From fiscal year (FY) 2015 to FY 2016, the college did not meet its headcount goal but exceeded its

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This fall, Southwestern Community College saw a relatively slight drop in head count and a decrease in credit hours enrolled compared to fall 2015, Dean of Student Services Beth Kulow reported during the SWCC board meeting Tuesday.

Fall enrollment was 1,646 this year, a decrease of 10 students from last year.

Fall credit hours totaled 15,643, a decrease of 757 credit hours.

“In 2015, we did see an increase in credit hours in the fall and then, when we look at 2016, we saw that decrease,” Kulow said. “We have ... 40 percent of our students who are taking one to six hours.

That’s where we’re going to

credit-hour goal.

“Our current FY ‘16-’20 strategic plan has the goal of increasing credit hours and head count 1 percent annually,” Kulow said. “Although this does not seem like a lofty goal, in reality it truly is, given the declining population of Region 14. ...

We fell slightly short of our 1 percent increase goal from FY 2015 to FY 2016 in terms of the head count but surpassed the 1 percent goal of increasing credit hours.”

Kulow also reported the average student age is rapidly declining at SWCC. There are significantly less of the “non-traditional age” students, meaning those age 22 and older.

“Non-traditional age students, we’re having less of them come back to college, SWCC | 2A

Wallace, from Prokofeiv’s “Lieutenant Kife Suite,” on her French horn during the Creston High School annual winter concert Thursday in the high school auditorium.

White House suggests Putin was involved in US hacking WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration suggested Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the hacking of Democratic officials’ email accounts in the run-up to the presidential election and said it was “fact” that such actions helped Donald Trump’s campaign. The White House also assailed Trump himself, saying he must have known of Russia’s interference.

No proof was offered for any of the accusations, the latest to unsettle America’s uneasy transition from eight years under Democratic President Barack Obama to a new Repub-

lican administration led

by Trump. The claims of Russian meddling in the election also have heightened already debilitating tensions between Washington and Moscow over Syria, Ukraine and a host of other disagreements.

“Only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, repeating the words from an October U.S. intelligence assessment.

Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, connected the dots further, saying it was Putin who was responsible for the Russian government’s

actions.

“I don’t think things happen in the Russian government of this consequence without Vladimir Putin knowing about it,” Rhodes said on MSNBC. The explosive accusation paints Putin, the leader of perhaps the nation’s greatest geopolitical foe, as having directly undermined U.S. democracy.

U.S. officials have not contended, however, that Trump would have been defeated by Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8 if not for Russia’s assistance. Nor has there has been any indication of tampering with PUTIN | 2A

Christmas basket The 2016 Union County Christmas Basket Fund campaign is underway.

This year’s fund goal is $17,500.

Last year, 214 baskets serving 841 people were distributed. Residents of care centers in Creston and Afton received fruit and Kleenex.

Baskets include meat, canned goods – donated through efforts of Boy Scouts and school and community projects – and certificates redeemable at local supermarkets for perishable foods.

Contributions may be sent to: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 126, Creston, IA 50801, or dropped off at the Creston News Advertiser, 503 W. Adams St. All contributions will be published in the Creston News Advertiser’s weekly progress report, listed by name or “friend,” as desired.

Previous total: $3,492.75 First Christian Church Disciple Women and Fellowship $25 Gail and Mary Gehrke $50 BASKET | 2A

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Winter wonderland:

Creston High School students sing “White is in the Winter Night” by Audrey Snyder during the annual winter concert. In front, from left, are Brittany Linch, Sydney Hartsock and Rachel Wignall, and in back are Karlmen Chuong, Fallon Rooks and Mia Maxwell. The high school jazz and symponic bands, drumline, freshman and concert choirs performed holiday pieces.

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Dorothea Larsen Clearfield

Dorothea Larsen, 91, of Clearfield died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, at Clearview Home in Clearfield.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17, at Clearfield Larsen United Methodist Church in Clearfield with burial in Clearfield Cemetery.

The Rev. Michael Shaffer will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 16, at Clearfield United Methodist Church in Clearfield. Memorials may be directed to the Dorothea Larsen memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date. Online condolenc-

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the vote-counting.

The Kremlin flatly rejected the claim of Putin’s involvement, with Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissing it Thursday as “laughable nonsense.”

The dispute over Russia’s role is fueling an increasingly public spat between Obama’s White House and Trump’s team that is threatening to spoil the delicate truce that Obama and Trump have forged since Election Day. Although the president and president-elect have avoided criticizing each other publicly since Trump’s win, their aides have been more openly antagonistic. Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s senior transition adviser, said it was “breathtaking” and irresponsible that the White House had suggested Trump knew Russia was interfering to help his campaign.

That led Obama spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday to unload, arguing that Trump, who has dismissed the CIA’s assessment of Russian interference, should spend less time attacking the intelligence community and more time supporting the investigation that Obama has ordered.

Earnest said it was “obvious” Trump knew what Russia was doing during the campaign, pointing out that Trump had encouraged Moscow during a news conference to find Clinton’s missing emails. Trump has said he was joking.

“I don’t think anybody at the White House thinks it’s

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Dorothea Mae Larsen, daughter of William and Nellie (Shelby) Nocton was born Sept. 23, 27, 1925, in Westboro, Missouri. Dorothea attended and graduated from Westboro School in May 1943.

On July 18, 1943, she married Orrin Dale Larsen, also of Westboro. The couple moved to Clearfield with Orrin’s parents to farm at that time.

Dorothea was a 4-H leader and Sunday school teacher.

She was active in American Legion Auxiliary, Clearfield United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Clearfield Lions Club.

Dorothea is survived by her children Sandra Maralene (Richard) Longfellow of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and William Chris (Connie) Larsen of Clearfield; grandchildren Mary Mathison of Cheyenne, Michelle Mae (Chris) Wyant of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Megan Lee (Chris)

Evans of Yuma, Colorado, Katrina Lynn (Adam) Dredge of Mount Ayr, Lucas William (Beth) Larsen of Clearfield and Andrea Christine (Josh) Broesder of Algona; great-grandchildren Lance Mathison, Mahala Wyant, Coy, Cassidy, Cash and Cross Evans, Adalynn and Tarynn Dredge, Crew and Trey Larsen, Carson and Dillon Broesder; sister Martha (Max) McKinley of Sacramento, California; brother Marvin Nocton of Red Oak and brother-in-law Jim (Eleanor) Larsen of Decatur, Alabama.

Dorothea was preceded in death by her parents; parentsin-law Chris and Fern Larsen; husband Orrin Larsen; granddaughter Monica Longfellow; sister- and brother-in-law Helen and Glenn Larsen; sister Ann (Carroll) Polsley; brothers-in-law Richard (Darlene) Larsen, Boyd (Cleota) Larsen and Harold Larsen and sisterin-law Priscilla Harvey.

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funny that an adversary of the United States engaged in malicious cyber activity to destabilize our democracy,” Earnest said. “That’s not a joke.”

U.S. intelligence officials have linked the hacking to Russia’s intelligence agency and its military intelligence division. Moscow has denied all accusations that it orchestrated the hacking of email accounts of Democratic Party officials and Clinton’s campaign chief, John Podesta, and then leaked them to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

Obama said Thursday that anytime a foreign government tries to interfere in U.S. elections, the nation must take action — “and we will.”

“Some of it may be explicit and publicized, some of it may not be,” Obama told NPR News. “But Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it.”

Trump and his supporters insist the Democrats’ outrage about Russia is really an attempt to undermine the validity of his election victory. Rep. Peter King, a Trump ally and New York Republican, called it “disgraceful” as he spoke to reporters amassed in Trump Tower after meeting with the president-elect.

“Right now, certain elements of the media, certain elements of the intelligence community and certain politicians are really doing the work of the Russians,” King said.

Still, Democrats pounced on the latest suggestions of Putin being connected to the daily drip of emails during the presidential race from some of Clinton’s closest advisers.

Putin was “clearly in-

volved,” said outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.

“Having been the former head of the KGB, does that surprise you?” Reid said.

“And does it surprise anybody today when he denied it?”

Reid’s comments echoed those of Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, who said Wednesday it’s hard to think that Putin didn’t know about the operation. She called suggestions that he was aware of the hacking “very credible.”

There has been no specific, persuasive evidence shared publicly about the extent of Putin’s role or knowledge of the hackings. That lack of proof undercuts Democrats’ strategy to portray Putin’s involvement as irrefutable evidence of a directed Russian government plot to undermine America’s democratic system.

Secretary of State John Kerry defended Obama’s handling of the issue during the heat of the presidential campaign — a stance now criticized by some Democrats as too weak — but said he wouldn’t comment on whether Putin was involved.

“People need to remember that the president issued a warning,” Kerry said. “But he had to be obviously sensitive to not being viewed as interfering on behalf of a candidate or against a candidate or in a way that promoted unrealistic assessments about what was happening.”

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and of course, that has to do somewhat with the economy and availability of jobs that we have in our area,” she said. “This year, we are at 20.2 (years old), which is yet again a decrease. That 20.2 does include our (parttime) high school students. ... We are really now seeing a traditional-age student body population.”

SWCC has also seen an increase in ethnic and cultural diversity on campus not long after placing an emphasis on diversifying the student body in the college’s strategic plan.

“I found this to be very interesting. The percent of our white/Caucasian student body has decreased to 83.7 percent,” Kulow said. “The state of Iowa percentage of white/Caucasian in 2015 ... was 86.7 percent, and then I did pull

(data from) our three major counties. In Union County, we were at 94.4 percent, Montgomery County was 94.2 percent and Clarke County was 85.2 percent.

So, you can see that our student body population is more diverse than the area in which we’re actually having our college locations.”

Audit report Also during the meeting, the board approved a motion to receive and file the SWCC audit report as presented.

“They did find reasonable assurance that our financial statements are free of material misstatements,” said Tia Samo, S W C C chief financial officer.

Samo “Southwestern complied in all material

respects with the types of compliance requirements that could have a direct material effect on our major federal programs and also we had no comments for issues in regards to our required statutory reporting for the state of Iowa.”

Samo said the report contained all positive findings.

“As a new person stepping into the institution, it’s been great to walk into something like this where (we) don’t have issues, employees are following the policies that administration has put into place and we have the culture that says we have strong morals and we follow the rules we’re supposed to,” Samo said.

In other SWCC news: • The board approved the early retirement policy as presented.

• Construction in room 220 of the instructional building is complete.

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Jewelry sale: Patsy Marckman of Creston examines a piece of jewelry Thursday afternoon

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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.

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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., Creston First United Methodist Church. Call Bob Cooper at 7824403 for more information.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 8 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

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Creston Men’s Fellowship non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., Windrow Restaurant.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 308 W. Union St. Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Alzheimer’s Association office, 228 N. Pine St. For more information, call 641-782-4040.

Southwest Iowa Dancers with Classic Country band, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy. 34.

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

Sunday

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. Creston Area Food Pantry, noon to 2 p.m., lower level 417 Wyoming Ave.

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Information, 4:14 p.m., Wednesday, Cottonwood Street.

Assault, 4:22 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Animal call, 5:04 p.m., Wednesday, North Oak Street.

Information, 5:27 p.m., Wednesday, Lake Shore Drive.

Assistance, 5:35 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Assistance, 6:58 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Information, 8:24 p.m., Wednesday, Crest Drive.

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Theft, 5:52 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 6:06 p.m., Thursday, West Montgomery Street.

Welfare check, 6:55 p.m., Thursday, Levy Street.

Reckless driving, 7:29 p.m., Thursday, Sheldon Street.

Alarm, 11:28 p.m., Thursday, West Taylor Street.

Reckless driving, 1:14 a.m., today, North Maple Street.

Reckless driving, 2:35 a.m., today, North Division Street.

Information, 5:17 a.m., today, North Sycamore Street.

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HOROSCOPE For Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19)This is the perfect day to make social plans or to have a party. Enjoy playful times with children, as well as sporting events. Anything to do with romance will flourish!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)This is a happy day to entertain at home. Invite the gang over for good food and drinks.

Family discussions will be productive in a practical way.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel happy today.

However, your mind is practical and logical, which means you can come up with some excellent solutions to problems or solid plans for the future.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You have good money-making ideas today. In fact, someone in the family or at home might encourage you. Ultimately, this will be a positive thing for your job.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign, dancing with both Saturn and Jupiter. This makes you content, happy and willing to work to make things practical and orderly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Research will go well today.

You might find answers where you least expect them, which ultimately allows you to make more money or boost your earnings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a lovely day to socialize with others, especially females. Talk to people about your future plans, because their input will help you in a practical way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) People notice you today, and that’s good. They see you as someone who is generous and warm, yet solid and dependable at the same time. (It’s so handy to have good press.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Traveling anywhere will please you today, because you want to expand your horizons.

Someone older might have excellent advice for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a good day to decide how to deal with an inheritance or to divide shared property.

People are reasonable yet fair and generous..

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)This is a lovely day to enjoy the company of partners,

spouses and close friends.

Discussions will be practical in one moment, and then at the next moment, everyone will be laughing.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a positive day at work for you. In fact, it’s such a positive day, even your health feels stronger. Get as much done as possible.

YOU BORN TODAY You love the beauty of nature. You are self-disciplined and independent, but sometimes you like to break the rules. You also have

an original, inventive mind. In 2017, you face a year of choice.

Start to get a footing on what matters to you. Reduce your overhead expenses so that you are financially strong by the end of 2017. Happiness is having alternatives.

Birthdate of: Sarah Paulson, actress; Eugene Levy, actor; Craig Kielburger, author/activist. (c) 2016 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Dear Readers: Any chance I get, I like to pass on valuable information I receive concerning certain topics I’ve addressed. Such is the case with this letter.

A reader wrote: “Your column is a great source of helpful hints for do-it-yourself repairs and cleaning.

As a custom picture framer, over the years I have seen many VINTAGE PIECES of needlework with condition issues. Many stains can be removed or minimized, but I always recommend taking the problem to a professional.

“The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, http:// www.conservation-us.org, will assist in finding an appropriate and reliable conservator in any vicinity, for any kind of textiles or artwork.” – Taffy M., Vienna, Va. Readers, I checked out this website, and right there on the home page is a tab labeled “Find a Conservator.” If you have something of great value, this is a good place to start. – Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 782795000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Helo-

ise.com REST-STOP INFORMATION Dear Heloise: When recently traveling with my dog halfway across the U.S., I noticed that some highway signs indicated how many miles to the next rest stop, but many did not. It would be very helpful to travelers to have this information available on highway signs placed periodically along the way. – Carol M., via email STICKY PENS AND PENCILS Dear Heloise: I use pens and pencils in my work and prefer the kind where the barrel has some kind of wrap-around rubber for comfort and grip. Not sure why, but after a while, the rubber becomes sticky and gross, especially if not used for a while.

One particular favorite got like that, so I took a clean tissue and pumped some hand sanitizer onto it. I then rubbed the grip with the sanitizer, and it fixed the sticky, nasty problem.

It also worked on my pricey mechanical black pencils, which were a disappointment because the rubber barrel got sticky rather quickly! – Audra A. in San Antonio CROCHET SOLUTION Dear Heloise: I like to cro-

chet, and I recently worked on a project that required multiple skeins throughout. I would have to drop one yarn and pick up another, over and over again. Immediately after starting the project, I had the most difficult time keeping the yarns from tangling and knotting up. I almost gave up, I was so frustrated.

Then this idea came to me: I went to the local retail store and purchased a small laundry basket with multiple holes. I brought it home, placed all the skeins inside it, pulled each yarn through a different hole in the basket and started all over.

Voila – problem solved!

The yarns stayed in place and separate throughout the entire project. – Bailey H., via email CUSHION FRUITS AND VEGGIES Dear Heloise: As an added protection against bruising my fruits and vegetables, I line whatever I place them in with a layer of plastic containing trapped air bubbles.

I cut it to the size and shape that I need before placing my fruits and veggies on it. Works great! – Carla, via email (c)2016 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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Creston News Advertiser | Friday, December 16, 2016

CLUB NEWS Creston Lions GFWC GFWC/Iowa Bancroft Club History Assembly met Dec. 5 Creston Lions Club met 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Pizza Ranch. President Mike Duckworth opened the meeting by leading in the Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation was given by Delmer Brown.

Dean Brant introduced Allen Zobel of Exira who is a trustee for the Iowa Lions Foundation. He explained the organizations supported by Lions members’ monetary donations. They are the Iowa Cochlear Implant Center, Iowa Department for the Blind, Iowa KidSight, Iowa Lions Eye Bank, Iowa Lions Hearing Aid Bank, School for the Deaf and Leader Dogs for the Blind. Support is also given to Camp Courageous of Iowa. A banner patch was presented to the club for past accomplishments.

The club minutes and treasurer’s report were given and approved. The annual spud supper was discussed. It will be held Feb. 23 at Creston First United Methodist Church. Several members were involved with the lighted Christmas parade. Dean and Twila Brant asked for volunteers to help prepare and deliver Christmas baskets on Dec. 16 and 17.

Requests were presented regarding hearing aids. One was for hearing aid repairs and the other for acquiring a hearing aid. The requests were allowed. The club voted to donate funds to Creston Food Bank.

Susan Weight, Radine Ward and Beth Perry led the group in a “Lions Club Version of ‘Jeopardy.’� Christmas candy was given to the winners. A drawing was held and the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be Jan. 3.

at the Creston Plaza community room with 13 members present: six life-members and seven active members.

President Joan Nurnberg called the meeting to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

The minutes of the November meeting were approved as written and the treasurer’s report was placed on file for audit. Treasurer Joan Chubick distributed and explained the new proposed budget.

The new reporting for Adventures in Reading will just be submitting numbers of books, Bibles, newspapers and magazines. Peg Anderson will investigate this further.

Volunteer lists are due at the Jan. 16 meeting. Anderson said to add a leadership line so club and district officers can use this line for reporting hours.

Chubick will send $25 to the Christmas Basket.

Martha Musmaker announced the Creston Food Pantry at 417 Wyoming Ave. is having a fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 21. The upper level of the building can be rented out for events. All proceeds will go to the food pantry.

The meeting was adjourned and Dora Coen reported on Iowa’s pathway to a state. Becoming a state was not easy for Iowa. In 1846, statehood was adopted by the people and Iowa became the 29th state. Iowa is the 25th biggest state.

Musmaker served as hostess.

The next meeting will be 1:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at Greater Regional Medical Center.

Kent Dinner Club

Kent Dinner Club met 5:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at The Pizza

Ranch. It was decided not to hold another meeting until April 13.

Chapter LG P.E.O.

Chapter LG P.E.O. met Dec. 6 at the home of Susan Weight. Linda Linch served as co-hostess. Twelve members responded to roll call.

The group voted to wear black slacks and white tops for initiation instead of robes.

They also voted to use the proceeds from the November auction to support each of the P.E.O. international and state projects. Peg Anderson passed around a sign-up sheet to solicit some assistance with various promotions and fundraising efforts for Gibson Memorial Library’s capital campaign. Annette Rice presented an interesting program and showed wonderful photos of Victoria Falls and many species of birds and wildlife they observed on their recent trip to Zambia.

The next regular meeting will be 9:30 a.m. Jan. 17 at the home of Kay Ritter with Dianne Huffman serving as co-hostess.

TOPS # IA, 1338

Ten members of TOPS # IA, 1338 answered roll call at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28 with leader Shellie Adams. Monica Belew was the best loser and Elaine Weirich was runner-up.

Bev Roberts read the minutes and Alice Brown gave the treasurer’s report. Both were approved. Fines for the previous week were divided between Brown and Barb Poffenbarger.

Squares were won by Weirich. The Red Can challenge is to try a “new to you� food during the next week.

Members voted to give $25 to the Christmas Basket Fund again this year. Two new

members joined the group.

Adams gave a program providing tips on working through the holiday blahs and a survival guide to use for our many Christmas events as many people get depressed.

November’s best loser was Carol Sheldahl and Belew.

TOPS # IA, 1338 met Dec. 5 at First United Methodist Church with 11 members present. Beverly Lyon was the best loser and Adams was runner-up.

The treasurer’s report was given by Brown and minutes were read by Roberts and both were approved. Fines from Nov. 28 went to the treasurer. Squares were won

by Karmen Sheldahl. The Red Can challenge for next week is to eat vegetables and fruits for snacks.

Points were added up for the touchdown game and ended with Brown winning the prize of a month’s dues.

Secret sister cards were handed out to members present. They will continue to be handed out until the end of the year.

The program will be given

by Neoma Davis next week on Dec. 12.

Adams ended the meeting at 6:10 p.m.

Alpha Sigma Master

Alpha Sigma Master chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Dec. 8 for dinner at A&G. The social committee of Loretta Kelly, Marilyn Larimore and Pat Fils served as hostess and provided table decorations and favors.

Marilyn and Ed Blazek were presented with a rose in recognition of their 60th wed-

ding anniversary.

Naming of the Christmas angel was postponed until next meeting. Plans to conduct an activity at an assisted living facility in April rather than in December were announced. A communication from International noted a change in dues for the coming year.

The chapter will be on winter recess January through March. The next meeting will be April 13.

American Legion

American Legion Post No. 70 reports 2017 membership cards have arrived.

Dues may be sent to Adjutant, 1001 N. Cherry St. Creston, IA 50801.

Any assistance or questions may be sent to the same address.

Happy holidays to all veterans and their families.

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Denny Abel, VFW quarter master, far left, and Commander Gary O’Daniels, far right, present plaques and cash prizes to VFW Patriot Pen essay winners Gannon Greenwald, third place, second from left, and Alison Vangelder, first place, second from right, Tuesday evening at the Elks Lodge in Creston. Not pictured is Trinity Early, second place.

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quarter master, far left, and Commander Gary O’Daniels, far right, present plaques and cash prizes to VFW Voice of Democracy winners, from left, Cora Green, first place, Payton Burg, second place, and Rachel Shepherd, third place Tuesday evening at the Elks Lodge in Creston. Not pictured is Macy South Central Iowa E911 Board Evans, third Minutes place.

October 26, 2016 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair. Other members present were Angela Henry, Paul Welch, Robert Kempf, Mark Williams, Nate Bucher, Steve Shelley, Shirley Jackson, Jo Duckworth, Dani Gray, and Stephen Patterson. Also present were Lyn Hansen (Hansen's M & M Services), Sarah Cochran (Racom), and Diane Sefrit (SCI Administrator).

The minutes of the September meeting were reviewed. Motion by Welch to apFifty-nine vehicles prove the September minutes ascrashed presented.

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All ayes. bills were reviewed by the Board. Motion by temperaDuckworth to Below-normal approve the bills as presented. Second by tures Allare Jackson. ayes. expected this Shelley brought up the bill discrepancy weekend and into Monday between Coon Valley Tele. and other similar companythe billings.

Coon northern Valley is four across entire to six times higher than other small phone half of Sefrit the had country, from companies. talked to the State regarding this. The State had talked to to the the Pacific Northwest Iowa Utility Board staff which said they could only and suggest Maine asSCI farnegotiate south with as Coon Valley regarding this. Kempf had Oklahoma, Arkansas and gotten copies of all the companies' billings and is trying to according compare them toto see the how Virginia, costs are determined. It is a difficult job Climate Prediction Cenas various bills have different formats.

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Updates on Oct. 18 went thru without any problems.

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The Co Oklahoma The Adams Assessor hadCity approached her wanting the data file. She Fire Department says its indicated to the Assessor that SCI will not provide data. Hansen said would crewsthatresponded toshemuloffer assistance to him on individual adtiple ifwrecks, ShieldWare an has dresses he wished. including asked for data on streets, ESNs ofthat sureight-vehicle pileup rounding counties. This is for CAD sysshutThere down tems. is notraffic. request for address data so this can be provided to ShieldWare.

Up to a foot of snow Motion by half Shelley to provide the Second street/ESN data to ShieldWare. could fall from the Upper

by Duckworth. All ayes.

Mississippi Valley the Sefrit reported on the Oct. to 13 State E911 Council meeting.

It centered on inNortheast on Friday and formation regarding moving the Atlantic station areas into the east Storm Highway Patrol and Saturday, Lake facility. Due to some left over conof the Appalachian Mounsolidation money at the State, Union Co. received some money for tains could seeits project. freezing The consolidation meeting was held on rain sleet the onreport Saturday. that is bethe 24th.and It covered ing prepared for the Legislature that was mandated as part of the consolidation funds. That report is due Dec. 15. Kempf went to the vendor consolidation meeting.

He went over how the system would work.

Sefrit indicated the State may pay for text to 911 installation. Welch asked if that included SCI servers that are needed.

Cochran said Racom put that in its bid.

Amounts were $9880 for Taylor, Madison, and Union plus $7180 for Adams, Clarke, Adair, and Guthrie. The State has approved this. Zetron is working on how this will work. The I-3 upgrade costs will be covered as well. This is all to be completed by June 30, 2017.

Also, there will be no expense for WahlTek for the log in recorders. Licensing, etc. will be covered. But there may be some software costs.

Sefrit reported on the 911 update meeting conducted by DeRouchey. There will be the required submission of the financial report specifying E911 costs to the PSAP as in past years. The form is slightly different but it will have to be submitted by Jan. 1, 2017 or 911 funds are withheld.

Motion by Duckworth to require that all PSAPs have the financial report submitted to Sefrit by Dec. 9, 2016 for collation and submission to the State. Second by Shelley. All ayes.

The budget meeting was set for December 14 for the executive board to meet in Creston.

October 25 was the Iowa NENA conference attended by Sefrit. GeoComm did a program and it appears the company may be wanting to run the whole program.

Also, there was lots of talk on the Interoperability group wanting funds for the 700 MHz radio system. There was also talk on hiring a lobbyist with APCO and each organization paying $5000.

Cochran indicated Racom may be charging some for TCS changes for Text911 but unsure of costs. It may be in the $1000/county range. The problem of calls not mapping properly on Chat Mobility as the caller moves is being worked on. She indicated counties must realize it takes approximately five seconds for transfer on wireless calls so do not hang up too quickly.

Denton brought the issue noted by another non-SCI county suggesting that SCI is not in compliance with E911 due to all entities in each county not being represented on the Board as is required of individual county boards. Welch pointed out that the 28E Agreement specifies two Board members from each county to represent that local board in setting up the regional board. Such regional boards were allowed by law. So there is no issue here.

Clarke County is looking into a new CAD system. Concerns were brought up about the new program being compliant with the state of Iowa and National requirements. Also, there was discussion if the PSAP would consider pulling out of SCI and how it would affect the PSAP negatively, and it probably doesn't understand the full effect if such decision was made. Once the election is over then the newly elected sheriff could be invited to SCI board meeting.

The next meeting was set for November 30.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:33 p.m.

Stephen Patterson Secretary

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Dangerous wind chills of 20 to 30 below in parts of the region made for some crippling conditions Friday.

“You are talking about 30 degrees below normal highs. That is pretty darn cold,” said National Weather Service meteorologist James Brown in Maine. “This is pretty much a piece of Arctic air that came off the North Pole and came into New England.”

Forecasters said a storm will follow the frigid weather, bringing chances for snow, sleet and freezing rain across much of the country.

Some schools closed early Thursday and many others delayed opening Friday to avoid a bone-chilling wait at the bus stop.

“We’re not strangers to these sorts of bitter temperatures on Mount Washington’s summit,” senior weather observer Mike Carmon said in the weather observatory’s blog at the highest peak in the Northeast. “However, over the last few winters, it’s gener-

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The wind chill was down to 85-below at the summit early Friday.

Utility workers were prepared for power outages due to fallen trees.

David Flener, field safety manager at Eversource, New Hampshire’s largest utility, said workers are well-educated on how to stay warm in the coldest weather, starting before they even arrive on a job site. They are urged to make sure they carry an emergency kit with clothing and food in case they get stranded, and once they arrive, there is a discussion about on-the-job safety.

“We’re oftentimes up in buckets, so you’re sometimes above the trees and there’s a little more wind up there,” he said. “You’d be surprised how much heat you lose from the top of your head.”

Sara Sankowich, who oversees tree crews for Unitil, said workers are encouraged to watch out for one another to see if they show signs of hypothermia or LEC frostbite.

“We’ll take COMMISSION MEETING every step to 5,make sure December 2016

The Law Enforcement Commission met in regular session on Monday, December 5, 2016. The meeting was called to order

by Cathy Dryden at 5:00 PM with the following members present: Dennis Brown, Marsha Wilson, Steve Wintermute, Lois Monday and Cathy Dryden. Also present were Paul VerMeer, Sandy Hysell and Landon Loftsgard from Motorola Solutions.

MINUTES: Motion by Wintermute and seconded by Wilson to approve the minutes from November 7, 2016. All voting aye, motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS: VerMeer updated the board on the purchase of the radios, base units, repeaters and portable radios.

Motorola Solutions: Motion by Wilson and seconded by Wintermute to approve the funding for Motorola to get started. All voting aye, motion carried.

CLAIMS: Motion by Wintermute and seconded by Wilson to pay the following claims: AKIN 11/28/2016.........................................54.90 ARAMARK 11/28/2016.........................................42.16 B.M. SALES 11/28/2016.........................................59.50 COUNSEL 11/28/2016...........................................6.92 JIM'S SANITATION 11/28/2016.......................................110.00 O'KEEFE ELEVATOR 11/28/2016.......................................457.00 OFFICE MACHINES 11/28/2016.......................................304.95 VERIZON 11/28/2016.......................................440.15 WINDSTREAM 11/28/2016.......................................827.21 ALLIANT 12/12/2016....................................2,268.60 COUNSEL 12/12/2016.......................................265.16 CRESTON PUBLISHING 12/12/2016.........................................35.31 FIRST COMMUNICATIONS 12/12/2016.........................................24.65 GREEN VALLEY PEST 12/12/2016.........................................36.00 MASTERCARD 12/12/2016.......................................106.61 MEDIACOM 12/12/2016.......................................135.90 UNION CO. AUDITOR 12/12/2016.........................................69.00 All voting aye, motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS: Looking at upgrading the LEC conference room.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, motion by Wintermute and seconded by Monday to adjourn the meeting at 5:27 PM. All voting aye, motion carried.

ATTEST: Sandy Hysell, Auditor

BY Cathy Dryden, Chair Pending Approval - Subject to Change

PUBLIC NOTICE Regular Session December 5, 2016 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Regular Session on Monday, December 5, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM with the following members present: Lois Monday and Dennis Brown. Ron Riley was absent.

Also present from the Creston High School Government Class were as follows: Dawson Smith, Patrick Normandeau and Jamie Phelps.

AGENDA: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Brown and seconded by Monday to approve the minutes from November 28, 2016 and December 2, 2016. All voting aye, motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: No one spoke in open forum.

CONSERVATION BOARD REAPPOINTMENT: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to reappoint Don Sheridan to the Union County Conservation Board. All voting aye, motion carried.

UNION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Dick Anderson and Steve Francis presented and discussed the 2016 proforma on income and expenses for the Union County Historical Society. Anderson and Francis also discussed the 2018 FYR donation from the County.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:48 AM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: DENNIS BROWN, VICE CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Special Session December 9, 2016 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Special Session on Friday, December 9, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 12:00 PM with the following members present: Lois Monday, Dennis Brown and Ron Riley.

AGENDA: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, motion carried.

CLOSED SESSION: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to go into closed session according to Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(c) at 12:00 PM. Roll call vote: Brown, aye; Monday, aye; Riley, aye; motion carried. Closed Session ended at 2:25 PM. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:25 PM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: RON RILEY, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LEC COMMISSION MEETING December 5, 2016 The Law Enforcement Commission met in regular session on Monday, December 5, 2016. The meeting was called to order

by Cathy Dryden at 5:00 PM with the following members present: Dennis Brown, Marsha Wilson, Steve Wintermute, Lois Monday and Cathy Dryden. Also present were Paul VerMeer, Sandy Hysell and Landon Loftsgard from Motorola Solu-

South Central Iowa E911 Board Minutes October 26, 2016 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair. Other members present were Angela Henry, Paul Welch, Robert Kempf, Mark Williams, Nate Bucher, Steve Shelley, Shirley Jackson, Jo Duckworth, Dani Gray, and Stephen Patterson. Also present were Lyn Hansen (Hansen's M & M Services), Sarah Cochran (Racom), and Diane Sefrit (SCI Administrator).

The minutes of the September meeting were reviewed. Motion by Welch to ap-

they are staying safe out there and that they’re not overexposing themselves to the elements,” she said.

In upstate New York, along the Lake Ontario shore, wind gusts approached 70 mph and the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning effective through early Friday morning. Lake-effect snow was accompanied by winds of up to 50 mph, causing whiteout conditions in some places.

In suburban Syracuse, a woman’s body and vehicle were found in a creek, apparently after a crash during whiteout conditions from the lake-effect story.

Authorities say the body of 50-year-old Daphne Washburn, of Liverpool, was found under ice in 4 feet of water Onondaga Lake Park, along with her partially submerged SUV on Thursday night.

Elsewhere in New York, parts of the Adirondack Northway, north of Albany, were closed for more than four hours after a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a snowplow.

No injuries were reported.

Southwestern Central Iowa PennsylvaE911 Board In Minutes nia, lake-effect snow October 26, 2016 bands The meeting was called for to order slick at 7:00 were blamed p.m. by Denny Denton, Chair. Other roads present and were poor visibility. members Angela Henry, Paul

Welch, Robert Kempf, Mark Williams, Nate Bucher, Steve Shelley, Shirley Jackson, Jo Duckworth, Dani Gray, and Stephen Patterson. Also present were Lyn Hansen (Hansen's M & M Services), Sarah Cochran (Racom), and Diane Sefrit (SCI Administrator).

The minutes of the September meeting were reviewed. Motion by Welch to approve the September minutes as presented.

Second by Shelley. All ayes.

There will be no conference call with GeoComm. No status report was sent to Hansen or Sefrit.

The financial and activity reports were reviewed. Motion by Duckworth to approve the reports as presented. Second by Henry. All ayes. The bills were reviewed by the Board. Motion by Duckworth to approve the bills as presented. Second by Jackson. All ayes.

Shelley brought up the bill discrepancy between Coon Valley Tele. and other similar company billings. Coon Valley is four to six times higher than other small phone companies. Sefrit had talked to the State regarding this. The State had talked to the Iowa Utility Board staff which said they could only suggest SCI negotiate with Coon Valley regarding this. Kempf had gotten copies of all the companies' billings and is trying to compare them to see how costs are determined. It is a difficult job as various bills have different formats.

Hansen presented her written report.

Updates on Oct. 18 went thru without any problems. GeoComm data has been gone over. In Madison Co. especially there were missing fiber optic addresses that are being checked on. There were 101 questions from GeoComm that she has been working on answering. She expressed thanks for the work that city clerks have done in helping her on this.

GeoComm will go over Hansen's answers. Sefrit has sent GeoComm MSAG information and will also send ALI information as needed. Addresses will show right on the road and not off to the side as is currently done. The State is setting up many of these standards that require changing of the current format. There still is no final date completion for full implementation.

The Adams Co Assessor had approached her wanting the data file. She indicated to the Assessor that SCI will not provide that data. Hansen said she would offer assistance to him on individual addresses if he wished.

ShieldWare has asked for data on streets, ESNs of surrounding counties. This is for CAD systems. There is no request for address data so this can be provided to ShieldWare.

Motion by Shelley to provide the street/ESN data to ShieldWare. Second

by Duckworth. All ayes.

Sefrit reported on the Oct. 13 State E911 Council meeting. It centered on information regarding moving the Atlantic Highway Patrol station into the Storm Lake facility. Due to some left over consolidation money at the State, Union Co. received some money for its project.

The consolidation meeting was held on the 24th. It covered the report that is being prepared for the Legislature that was mandated as part of the consolidation funds. That report is due Dec. 15. Kempf went to the vendor consolidation meeting.

He went over how the system would work.

Sefrit indicated the State may pay for text to 911 installation. Welch asked if that included SCI servers that are needed.

Cochran said Racom put that in its bid.

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Auction Calendar Complete sale information is published in the Wednesday edition of the Creston News Advertiser and/or the Southwest Iowa Advertiser

Friday, Dec. 16- 10:00AM Creston, IA. 79 Acres M/L, Douglas Township, Union.

Co. for Jane Wolfe & Patricia Williams.

Auctioneers: Tom Frey, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Darwin West.

Saturday, Dec. 17- 10:00AM Corning, IA. Late Model Farm Equipment for Todd & Katie James. Auctioneer: Kretzinger Auction.

Mon., Jan. 16- 10:00AM Grand Junction, IA. Tractors, Combine, Forklift, Pulling Tractor, Tillage & Planting Equip., Harvest Equip., Trucks, Pickups, Trailers, Hay Equip,. for Nick Webb. Auctioneers: Tom Frey, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Darwin West.

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The ideal candidate will have a desire to work with pigs, a willingness to learn, a high level of dependability and a solid work history.

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Mailroom Position Opening Creston Publishing Company has a part-time inserter position available in our mailroom. Hours: 20 hours per week, Monday through Friday, off most days by 1PM. Job responsibilities include putting printed advertising materials into our papers using an insert machine, stacking papers, bundling papers, helping package all products for delivery and distribution. We are looking for a reliable team player.

Must be able to move/lift 35-pound bundles of newspapers/preprints for extended periods of time.

Position requires repetitive lifting, bending, and standing for extended periods. Position also requires the ability to work under deadline pressure and to follow detailed instructions.

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• STYLE OF ANTIQUES: The antiques are more my husband’s side, but he likes old hoosiers, chippypaint cupboards and galvanized steel.

• FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR IN

• LONGEST YOU’VE GONE WITHOUT SLEEP AND

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4-H’ers learn dinner etiquette Board says Iowa casino can keep records confidential DES MOINES (AP) — A state board has ruled that an Iowa casino does not have to follow the state’s open records laws because it no longer owes a debt to the county where

it operates.

The Iowa Public Information Board issued the opinion in response to a request from the Des Moines Register. Prairie Meadows casino in Al-

toona lost its federal nonprofit status earlier this year and has declined to release records related to contracts of its top executives.

The casino’s board is ap-

pealing the IRS decision on its nonprofit status.

The casino had argued it no longer has to abide by Iowa’s open records laws because it’s no longer indebted to Polk County.

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4-H’ers came dressed in their Sunday best and ready to learn.

“The SPIN program is meant to spark an interest in something new for the 4-H’er,” said Haley Jones, Union County youth and outreach coordinator. “Each month, a different event, workshop or tour is planned for the 4-H’ers.”

The meal was catered by Creston Hy-Vee and consisted of seasoned chicken breast, baked potato, dinner salad, dinner roll and a cupcake. Houghtaling walked the 4-H’ers through table manners and conversation starters, emphasizing manners and topics as “socially acceptable” versus “not socially acceptable.” The event wrapped up with the meal as Houghtaling demon-

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“This was a really good experience for the kids. Their behavior was absolutely delightful and they might’ve even learned something,” Houghtaling said.

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WRESTLING

Bevins, several Northwest Missouri State football players named All-American, injury update, Page 2S

New prep wrestling rankings released Thursday by The Predicament, Page 3S

SPORTS

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Consecutive assists on made baskets the Warriors had to start Thursday’s game against the Knicks. The Warriors won 103-90.

LOCAL BRIEFS

Strong start for Wolfe, Lamb SIOUX CITY — No. 25 Briar Cliff men knocked off NAIA 16thranked Midland University on Saturday, 84-66.

Briar Cliff improved to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in conference play, while Midland dropped to 9-3 and 3-2. Brian Forbes led the Chargers with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Creston product Jay Wolfe shot 3-of-4 from the field in scoring six points along with three rebounds. Freshman Jackson Lamb of Nodaway Valley also played for the Chargers but did not score.

Lamb had 14 points and Wolfe contributed 11 in Briar Cliff’s 118-59 rout of Mount Marty on N o v . Wolfe 3 0 .

Lamb was the f i r s t shooti n g guard off the Lamb bench u n til the recent return of injured senior Austin Lefler, who missed the team’s first seven games.

Briar Cliff will compete this weekend in the Cruzin Classic at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. First game is against Florida National at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Creston seventh grade girls win LENOX — Creston rallied from an 8-2 first-quarter deficit to force overtime and win 17-13 in a two-quarter girls seventh-grade game Thursday.

Lenox moved in front 10-2 early in the second period before Creston forced overtime with a 11-3 run in the final five minutes. The Panthers posted a 4-0 shutout in the extra period.

Halle Evans led the Panthers to their first victory with 10 points and two rebounds. Kate Folglesong had three points and Brianna Fields contributed four points, three steals and two rebounds.

Gracie Hagle was the rebound leader with five and Hannah Dryden collected four. Macy Adamson had a pair of steals.

“I was proud of the girls for hanging in there and battling to get back into the game,” said Creston coach Larry Peterson.

“All 11 players got into the game and contributed. I know how hard they work every day, so it was fun to see them have some success.”

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Mustangs get defensive on Tigers in road win

By KALEB CARTER

CNA sports reporter kacarter@crestonnews.com

LENOX — Nothing about the Lenox Tigers has brought to mind “slow and steady” this year.

Playing at a slower pace almost yielded an exciting result in an attempted upset bid at home against Murray Thursday..

The undefeated Mustangs were just too good, and overcame the slowed down nature of the contest 43-30 thanks to a strong second half effort both offensively and defensively.

“I think both teams were trying to press early to try to speed the game up but it ended up being a defensive battle on both sides,” Murray coach Darin Wookey said.

“Hands down our best defensive effort of the year, if not the last two years really. The kids really came at it and played hard tonight. We got it done.”

The Mustangs’ 1-3-1 defense was highly impenetrable.

“We played it (the defensive zone) as well as well as we’ve played it,” Wookey said. “We’ve been bouncing it back and forth between man and 1-3-1 and we weren’t sure going in how we were going to stop (Kaleb) Anderson tonight but we decided…we let the kids decide last night what defense they wanted to play and they chose 1-3-1 and they played hard in it.”

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Murray senior Kenny Boles(23), senior Thane Simmons, senior Jack Jones (right) and senior Dustin Teas (second from right) block the path of Lenox senior Kaleb Anderson during Thursday’s non-conference boys basketball game in Lenox.

Klein catches fire, Lady Mustangs roll past Tigers

By KALEB CARTER

CNA sports reporter kacarter@crestonnews.com

LENOX — Bre Klein scored 11 of the Murray Lady Mustangs’ first 16 points on the way to the visitor’s 67-32 win at Lenox Thursday in nonconference play.

Klein ended up with 24 points in a night where the Lenox defense had no answer for her.

“She does a really nice job for only being about 5-foot-8 in the post,” Murray coach Jerry Shields said.

“We still have got to work on a few more moves. She has a nice fadeaway shot but we need to be able to have her start working toward going to the basket.”

Klein, with smaller defenders on her, scored the first bucket of the game on a turnaround shot in the lane.

Most of her 11 first-quarter points came right at the rim or on the block.

She added six rebounds and six steals to her impressive offensive effort.

Katie Otto helped fuel Murray with seven first-half points. She ended up scoring 12.

Kayla Wookey scored eight points to help the Lady Mustangs’ cause. She also dished out eight assists.

Murray as a team assisted on 25 of its buckets.

The Lady Mustangs shot a scalding-hot 66 percent from the floor on 31-of-47 shooting. At one point, the Lady Mustangs went on a 35-3 run.

The Mustangs led 39-5 late in the second quarter before a late 8-0 Lenox run and a Courtney Nelson buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave the Tigers something to smile about heading into the locker room, despite being down 39-13.

The third quarter looked even better for the Tigers, who outscored the Lady Mustangs 13-8 in the period. Jacy Stoaks had a layup and an assist in the quarter.

Camryn Douglas scored five points in the third.

“Wasn’t real pleased with the amount of turnovers,” Shields said. “We tried to pass too many times over the top and they were getting a hand on them. Defensively we weren’t boxing out well.”

Stoaks and Jessica Anderson ended up leading the Tigers with seven points

apiece.

“In the third quarter had the varsity kids back in there and they basically started doing the same things the JV kids did,” Shields said.

Murray’s starters got back into the swing of things late in the fourth quarter as the Lady Mustangs secured control again.

Ally Waske tacked on eight points to help the Lady Mustangs’ cause.

UP NEXT — Murray (51) plays at Melcher-Dallas (1-7) Friday at 6 p.m. Friday. Lenox (2-5), travels to Central Decatur Friday for a game at 6:15 p.m.

MURR (67) — Totals — Bre Klein 11 2-6 24, Katie Otto 5 1-1 12 Ally Waske 4 0-0 8, Zadie Hatfield 3 0-0 6, Kendra Boles 3 0-0 6. Brandi Gilbert 3. FG shooting — 31-47 (66 percent). 3-point goals — 1-1 (Katie Otto 1). Rebounds — 26 (Brandi Gilbert 7, Bre Klein 6, Ally Waske 3, Kendra Boles 3, Zadie Hatfield 3). Assists — 25 (Kayla Wookey 8, Zadie Hatfield 5, Brandi Gilbert 3, Hailey Chew 3, Katie Otto 3). Steals — 17 (Bre Klein 6). Blocked shots — 2 (Ally Waske 2). Turnovers — N/A. Team fouls — 17. Fouled out — None.

LEN — (32) — SCORING — Jessica Anderson 7, Jacy Stoaks 7, Camryn Douglas 6, Kayla Yzaguirre 4, Courtney Nelson 3, Katelyn Belding 3, Halee Wallace 2.

MURR — 23 16 8 20 LEN — 4 9 13 6

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Murray sophomore Bre Klein goes up for a layup as Lenox junior Halee Wallace and freshman Niki Sparks defend during Thursday’s girls basketball game in Lenox.

Eagle wrestlers roll to pair of POI victories

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnwes.com

GREENFIELD —East Union’s wrestling team has a much more complete lineup than it has had in recent seasons.

Even with a key cog out of Thursday’s Pride of Iowa Conference double dual, the Eagles had ample wrestlers to handily win both duals.

East Union defeated Mount Ayr 53-18 and Nodaway Valley 50-0.

The Eagles won all four contested matches against the Wolverines.

The Eagles won all four contested matches against the Raiders.

East Union was without 285-pound wrestler Lane Ripperger, ranked eighth in Class 1A. The Eagles still had plenty against a pair of injury-depleted teams.

“It was a good night,” said East Union coach Justin Staver. “It’s tough when we have this many open weights. We still came in and took care of business.”

The Eagles were aggressive in all of their matches.

“We were trying to get them to do a few more takedowns just to

get a good blow in because I knew this was going to be a light night,” Staver said.

A majority of East Union’s lineup finally made it down to the weight’s they’ll settle at for the rest of the season, such as Sanden Cheers.

“He cut 10 pounds in the last day and a half. He’s tired today,” Staver said.

The tired feeling should go away in time for Saturday’s Pride of Iowa Conference meet.

“I’d rather have him feel tired tonight than Saturday,” Staver said.

“Everybody’s shifting down, ready

to go.’

For Mount Ayr, injuries and illness have taken a big toll.

The Raiders had nine healthy wrestlers, with four out.

“We’re the walking wounded,” said Mount Ayr coach John Ford.

“It’s hard when you have eight guys.”

Cal Daughton, ranked seventh at 170 pounds in Class 1A, won by a first-period pin over Nodaway Valley’s Colton Newbury.

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Northwest Missouri State senior Collin Bevins dives for a tackle during last Saturday’s NCAA Division II national semifinal playoff football game against Ferris State at Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Mo. Bevins was named a second-team All-American by the D2CAA Wednesday.

The Creston product and his Bearcat teammates will play for their second consecutive national championship Saturday against North Alabama at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. and the game can be seen on ESPN2.

Bevins, Bearcats named All-Americans STAFF REPORT

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University senior offensive lineman Chase Sherman, senior linebacker Jacob Vollstedt and senior safety Kevin Berg were each named to the 2016 D2CCA Football All-America First Team in a release by the organization on Wednesday.

Senior defensive lineman Collin Bevins of Creston and senior quarterback Kyle Zimmerman were named second team All-America.

Zimmerman was the 2016 MIAA Offensive Player of the Year. He has passed for 3,663 yards with 36 touchdowns and just three interceptions. Bevins is now the Northwest career record holder with 58.5 tackles for loss and 34.0 sacks.

He earlier earned first team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).

Bevins is also in the running for the title of best defensive player in the country.

Northwest Missouri State’s senior defensive end

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There are 145 total nominees.

Bevins’ honor came during a season in which he became the school’s all-time leader in career tackles for loss (58.5) and sacks (34).

Finalists and winners will be released in the coming weeks. The Cliff Harris Award highlights defensive standouts from the Division II, III and NAIA ranks.

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PREP WRESTLING RANKINGS 1. New Hampton (8); 2. Solon (7); 3. Creston/ Orient-Macksburg (5); 4. Atlantic (6); 5. West Liberty (3); 6. Davenport Assumption (5); 7. Clear Lake (2); 8. Sergeant BluffLuton (3); 9. South Tama (4); 10. Denver-Tripoli (6).

The Predicament’s Individual Rankings number two 106 — 1.

Dylan Robinson,Sr., New Hampton; 2; Grayson Kesterson, Jr., Williamsburg; 3. Jack Thomsen, Fr., Union; 4.

Andrew Flora, So., ADM Adel; 5. Will Esmoil, Fr., West Liberty; 6. Zack Snyder, Sr., EsthervilleLincoln Central; 7. Walker Ikerd, So., Washington; 8. Jack Streicher, Jr., Mount Vernon; 9. Jared Kadel, So., Columbus Community; 10. Trent McDonough, Jr., Davenport Assumption.

113 — 1. Eric Faught, So., Clear Lake; 2. Aden Reeves, So., Albia; 3. Shea Ruffridge, Jr., Pocahontas Area; 4. Kaden Anderlik, So., Crestwood; 5. Jacob Goodson, Jr., Creston/ Orient-Macksburg; 6.

Kaleb Olejniczak, So., Perry; 7. Gabe Lewis, Fr., Denver-Tripoli; 8. Kole

The Predicament’s Class 1A State Tourney Team Rankings 1. Lisbon (7); 2. Missouri Valley (6); 3. Alburnett (6); 4. Sibley Ocheyedan (5); 5. Don Bosco (5); 6. Logan-Magnolia (6); 7. North Linn (3); 8.

Martensdale-St Marys (3); 9. SE Warren (4); 10. DikeNew Hartford (2).

Class 1A Individual Rankings number two 106 — 1. Jaymus Wilson, So., Alburnett; 2. Jacob Ragsdale, Sr., Dike-New Hartford; 3.

Adam Allard, Fr., West Sioux; 4. Cobe Siebrecht, So., Lisbon; 5. Daniel Kimball, So., Don Bosco; 6. Caiden Jones, So., Lake Mills; 7. Brock Dietz, Jr., Nashua Plainfield; 8.

Jake Nieman, Fr., BCIGOA; 9. Cole Cassady, Fr., Martensdale-St Marys; 10. Daniel Meeker, Fr., Wapello.

113 — 1. Cael Happel, Fr., Lisbon; 2. Samuel Loyd, Jr., New London; 3. Devon Meeker, Sr., Wapello; 4.

Nathan Phillips, Sr., Interstate 35; 5. Kurtis Krager, Jr., BCIGOA; 6. Bryce Hall, Fr., SE Warren; 7. Easton Larson, Fr., Don Bosco; 8. Logan Heaberlin, So., Belmond Klemme; 9. Blaine Beeler, So., ACGC; 10. Gannon Cook, Sr., East Buchanan.

120 — 1.

Brock Henderson, Sr., North Linn; 2. Brady Kyner, Sr., SE Warren; 3. Gable Fox, Jr., Don Bosco; 4. Tatem Bluml, Sr., Oakland Riverside; 5. Connor Lange, So., Missouri Valley; 6. Will Portis, Sr., Rockford; 7. Dakota Henry, Jr., Belle Plaine; 8. Koby Hanson, Jr., Manson NW Webster; 9.

Ben Emrich, Jr., Tipton; 10. Remington Meeker, Sr., Logan Magnolia.

126 —1. Alex Thomsen, Jr., Underwood; 2. Donny Schmit, Jr., Wapsie Valley; 3. Cooper Siebrecht, Jr.,

Hansen, Jr., Atlantic; 9.

Wyatt Dale, Jr., Central Decatur; 10.

Caleb Fuessley, So., Center Point Urbana.

120 — 1. Bryce West, Sr., Solon; 2. Drake Doolittle, So., Webster City; 3. Jared Hensley, Sr., Bedford-Lenox; 4.

Carter Cox, Sr., Atlantic; 5.

Ashton Meyers, Sr., Keokuk; 6. Zach Thompson, Jr., Perry; 7.

Phillip Ihde Jr., Decorah; 8. Blake Steege, Jr., Denver-Tripoli; 9. Kyler Dunn, So., Spirit Lake Park; 10. Joe Vondrak, Sr., Bishop Heelan Catholic.

126 —1. Drew West, Sr., Solon; 2. Michael Millage, Jr., New Hampton; 3.

Riley Wright, So., DenverTripoli; 4. Dante Tacchia, Sr., Iowa Falls-Alden; 5.

Brady Fritz, Jr., South Tama; 6. Kyle Anderson, Sr., Washington; 7. Gabe Ruepke, Jr., Chariton; 8. Nick Meling, Sr., East Marshall; 9. Chase McLaren, So., Atlantic; 10. Sean Casey, Sr., Davenport Assumption.

132 — 1. Brayden Curry, Sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 2. Derek Holschlag, Sr., Union; 3. Brant O’Shea, Sr., Keokuk; 4. Matt Robertson, Jr., Davenport Assumption; 5. Gable Sieperda, Jr., Central Lyon/George-Little Rock; 6. Noah Fye, Jr., New Hampton; 7. Ryan Steffen, Jr., Crestwood; 8. Tanner Probasco, Jr., South Tama; 9. Duncan McCain, Sr., Mid Prairie; Lisbon; 4. Kody Berg, Sr., Westwood Sloan; 5. Logan Lutgen, Jr., Don Bosco; 6. Brady Henderson, So., North Linn; 7. Ben Moyer, Sr., Alburnett; 8. Wyatt Crocker, Jr., Logan-Magnolia; 9.

Keaton Hetland, Jr., South Hamilton; 10. Cole Allison, Sr., Fort Dodge St. Edmond.

132 —1.

Chase McLaughlin, Sr., Lisbon; 2. Joshua Tibbits, So., Martensdale-St. Marys; 3. Kolton Roth, Jr., Graettinger-Terril; 4.

Chance Throndson, Jr., Riceville; 5. Jack Kyle, Sr., Missouri Valley; 6. Garret Thompson, Jr., Logan-Magnolia; 7. Blake Bauer, Sr., SE Warren; 8. Tristen Brase, Jr., Nashua-Plainfield; 9.

Michael Egan, So., MFLMAR-MAC; 10. Mason Wickman, So., Alburnett.

138 — 1.

Jacob Hansen, Sr., West Fork; 2. Tanner Lundgren, Sr., Emmetsburg; 3. Austin Leopard, Sr., Louisa Muscatine; 4. Kaleb Krall, So., Wapsie Valley; 5.

Kyle Decker, Sr., East Buchanan; 6. Bo Giese, Jr., Logan Magnolia; 7. Tanner Hoyer, Sr., Alburnett; 8. Tye Joint, Jr., West Central Valley; 9.

Duke Kyle, So., Missouri Valley; 10. Kory VanOrt, So., West Sioux.

145 — 1. Trey Brisker, Jr., Wilton; 2. Dylan Schuck, Sr., Sibley-Ocheyedan; 3. Brayden Nunemaker, Jr., East Buchanan; 4.

Austin Eilers, Jr., LawtonBronson; 5. Joel Beccera, Sr., AHSTW; 6. Logan Schuereman, Sr., ACGC; 7. Skeeter Bostwick, Jr., Missouri Valley; 8. Jack Butteris, Sr., Lisbon; 9. Reno Chiri, Sr., New London; 10.

Luke Stortenbecker, Sr., East Mills.

152 — 1. Zach Axmear, Sr., English Valleys; 2.

Trent Johnson, Sr., DikeNew Hartford; 3. Brennan Swafford, Jr., Mediapolis; 4. Sawyer Phillips, Sr., Pleasantville; 5. Brady Wilson, Sr., LoganMagnolia; 6.

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138 —1. Keaton Geerts, Sr., New Hampton; 2. Tanner Abbas, Jr., Clarion-Goldfield-Dows; 3. Austin Rozeboom, Jr., BHRV; 4. Colton Vest, Jr., South Tama; 5. Cooper White, Sr., West Marshall; 6. Ben Carr, Sr., Solon; 7. Caleb Wilson, Jr., Denver-Tripoli; 8. Easton Graff, So., Sergeant BluffLuton; 9. Joey Busse, So., Humboldt; 10. Nate Thoms, Sr., Camanche.

145 — 1. Ryan Leisure, Sr., Clear Lake; 2.

Kyler Reick, So., Spirit Lake Park; 3. Mitchel Swank, Jr., Creston/ Orient-Macksburg; 4. Xavier Miller, Sr., Prairie City-Monroe; 5. Keegan Tenge, Sr.,

New Hampton; 6. Austin Hazelett, Sr., Washington; 7. Tim Sibbel, Sr., Carroll Kuemper; 8.

Baylor Crigger, So., Camanche; 9. Tate Battani, Jr., Ballard; 10. Dakota Boyer, Jr., Eddyville-BlakesburgFremont.

152 — 1. Joe Kelly, Jr., West Liberty; 2. Isaac Judge, Jr., South Tama; 3.

Trae Pecinovsky, Sr., Crestwood; 4. Wes Cummings, So., Prairie City-Monroe; 5. John Tuttle, Sr., Spirit Lake Park; 6. Kade Kelso, Sr., Central Decatur; 7.

Trey Van Weelden, Sr., Washington; 8. Cael Krueger, So., DenverTripoli; 9. Graeson Dall, Sr., Solon; 10. Derek Fox, Sr., Osage.

160 — 1. Trevor Nelson,

Sr., Solon; 2. Luke Hageman, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; 3.

Lucas Roland, So., Prairie CityMonroe; 4. Ryan Gorman, Sr., New Hampton; 5. Julian Broderson, So., Davenport Assumption; 6. Tristin Westphal-Edwards, So., Washington; 7. Tyler Zeimen, Jr., Cherokee; 8. Gus Arnold, Sr., Humboldt; 9. Kolton Bartow, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; 10.

Ryland DuChane, Sr., SH-BCLUW. 170 — 1.

Brock Jennings, Sr., Osage; 2. Conner Shaw, Sr., Garner-Hayfield-Ventura; 3. Tucker Morrison, Sr., Columbus Community; 4.

Michael Kent, Sr., Iowa Falls-Alden; 5. Isaiah Vaughan, Sr., Union; 6.

Drake Roller, Sr., Atlantic; 7. Jacob Wingert, Sr., Harlan; 8. Austin Duffy, Sr., Oelwein; 9. Jarron Trausch, So., Prairie CityMonroe; 10. Ira Kuehn, Sr., Central DeWitt.

182 — 1. Chase Shiltz, Sr., Creston/OrientMacksburg; 2.

Kyle Benson, Sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 3.

Luke Jenness, So., Sheldon/ South O’Brien; 4. Tanner Vermaas, Sr., WoodwardGranger; 5. Kyler Fisher, So., Southeast Valley; 6. Boone McDermott, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; 7.

Nathan Bair, Sr., Clarke; 8. Harrison Goebel, Jr., West Delaware; 9. Dillon Diltz (Sr.) Solon; 10. Nick Foss (Jr.) Harlan.

Solko, Sr., Alta-Aurelia; 7. Colin Schrader, Jr., Wapsie Valley; 8. Brody Goodman, Jr., South Central Calhoun; 9.

Brandon Trees, Jr., North Butler; 10. Kaden Kilburg, Jr., Lisbon.

160 —1.

Nathan Haynes, Jr., Missouri Valley; 2. Jacob Krakow, Sr., Iowa Valley; 3. Karsen Seehase, Sr., SumnerFredericksburg; 4. Rogan Pforts, Sr., Wapello; 5. John Henrich, So., Akron-Westfield; 6. Drew Anderson, Sr., Westwood Sloan; 7. Dalton Nelson, Sr., North Butler; 8.

Griffin McBride, Sr., Pleasantville; 9. Garrett Sayler, Sr., SibleyOcheyedan; 10. Tucker Franklin, Sr., Alburnett.

170 —1. Tanner Sloan, Jr., Alburnett; 2. Taylan Entriken, Sr., Hudson; 3. Trent Kruger (Sr.) Sibley-Ocheyedan; 4.

Joey Schwenn, Sr., Belle Plaine; 5. T.J. Dierking, Jr., SE Warren; 6. Jordan Weiland, Sr., West Hancock; 7. Cal Daughton, Sr., Mt. Ayr; 8.

Jarel Arbegast, Sr., West Fork; 9.Cole Neel, Sr., Central Springs; 10. Bryce Werderman, Jr., Lisbon.

182 —1.

Logan Schumacher, Jr., Martensdale-St Marys; 2. Alec McDowell, Sr., Maquoketa Valley; 3.

Zach Ryg, So., Central Springs; 4.

Bryce Oveson, Sr., Wilton; 5.

Hunter Hagen, Jr., West Hancock; 6. Dante Arzani, Sr., Interstate 35; 7. Sam Gregory, Sr., Treynor; 8. Bodie Garnier, Sr., Sumner-Fredericksburg; 9. Hunter Connor, Jr., Louisa-Muscatine; 10.

Garet Sims, So., Iowa Valley.

195 — 1.

Slade Sifuentes, Sr., Lake Mills; 2. Kaleb Reeves, Jr., Sigourney-Keota; 3.

Walker Even, Sr., Don

Bosco; 4. Hunter Dejong, Jr., Sibley-Ocheyedan; 5. Colton Francis, Jr., West Hancock; 6. Mason Lyons, Sr., Bellevue; 7.

Cade Suhr, Sr., ACGC; 8. Tyler Anderson, Jr., BCIG-OA; 9. Nick Gaes, So., Alta-Aurelia; 10. Erik Jorgensen, Sr., AHSTW. 220 — 1. Tom Reif, Jr., Missouri Valley; 2. Drake Johnsen, Sr., Logan-Magnolia; 3. Caleb Meinders, Sr., AGWSR;

4. Skylar Bonestroo, Sr., Western Christian Hull; 5. Chaz Clark, Jr., Pleasantville; 6. Quinton Castell, Sr., Moravia; 7. Noah Boender, Sr., Sigourney-Keota; 8.

Nathan Graves, Sr., Hudson; 9. Zack Santee, Jr., Central Springs; 10.

Korby Keehner, So., MFLMar-Mac. 285 —1. Jared Brinkman, Sr., Iowa City Regina; 2.

Kyler Schott, Sr., North

CNA photo by RYAN KRONBERG

Creston/Orient-Macksburg senior Jackson Mikkelsen works to escape the grasp of Panorama juor Dalton Holmes during the 195 pound title match last Friday in Leon. Mikkelsen won 1-0 for the title. Mikkelsen is ranked third at 195 pounds in Class 2A in the latest rankings released by The Predicament Thursday.

195 — 1. Bryce Esmoil, Jr., West Liberty; 2.

Zac Stork (Sr.) Atlantic; 3. Jackson Mikkelsen, Sr., Creston/OrientMacksburg; 4. Visouth Peterschmidt, Sr., MidPrairie; 5. Michael Fritz, Sr., Fairfield; 6. Karlton Skubal, Sr., Washington; 7. Robbie McKeeman, Sr., Oelwein; 8. Areon Day, Jr., New Hampton; 9. Reece Westphal, Sr., Central DeWitt; 10. Daniel Ott, Sr., Decorah.

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Noah 220 Broderson, Sr., Davenport Assumption; 2. Kadon Hulett, Sr., Creston/ Orient-Macksburg; 3.

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Caleb Ring, Sr., Osage; 5.Dakoda Powell, So., Spirit Lake Park; 6. Jack Cochrane, Sr., Mount Vernon; 7. Aaron Maloy, Sr., Charles City; 8. Noah Hopp, Sr., New Hampton; 9. Nick Smith, Sr., Central DeWitt; 10. Blade Durbala, Sr., Benton Community.

285 — 1. Cooper Lawson, Jr., Webster City; 2. Elijah Van’t Hof, Sr., Sioux Center; 3.

John McConkey, Jr., Atlantic; 4. Tristan Wirfs, Sr., Mount Vernon; 5.

Tyler Linderbaum, Jr., Solon; 6. Ethan Lape, Sr., North Fayette Valley; 7. Brock Farley, So., Denver-Tripoli; 8. Chance Strough, So., Clarinda; 9.

Nic Hoefling, Sr., Spencer; 10. Blake Bradley, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert.

Linn; 3. Matt Naig, Sr., Sibley-Ocheyedan; 4. Brian Sadler, Jr., Jesup; 5. Will Anthony, Sr., Pleasantville; 6.

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Ford said. “He hasn’t gone this distance yet this year.�

UP NEXT — All three teams will join the rest of the Pride of Iowa for the league’s annual meet Saturday at East Union.

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For East Union, the league meet will give the Eagles a good gauge of where they sit against teams such as Interstate 35, Pleasantville and Southeast Warren. “We’re going to have some good competition,�

Staver said. “It’s always tough. We’re excited to see where we line up against

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up a lot of bonus points, that’s where tournaments are won a lot of times.�

For Mount Ayr, the Daughton brothers, Marcus and Cal, will have good tests, along with Josh Cox at 285 pounds.

Three ranked wrestlers will be in the field at 285. “That’s going to be a good weight class,� Ford said.

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Taking care of business in the consolation rounds will be key for the Eagles as they look to win a tournament title for the second straight week. “We need to pick up some of those second, third, fourth places,� Staver said. “Finals matches are fun, but backside matches win tournaments. If we can pick

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around the perimeter. “He’s our general on the floor. He makes us go,�

Wookey said. “Top of the key defensively he was tough tonight... I was impressed with his play tonight.�

While Lenox got a lot of the looks it wanted on offense, a few shots didn’t go down that would have helped keep the Tigers in the game. “We had some good looks,� Lenox coach Jesse Cox said. “Kaleb Anderson had some good looks from three go in and out. Got a couple looks for our post players and obviously those big guys for Murray they do a good job of protecting the goal. I think after they blocked a couple shots, we got a little shy and we probably should have kept going right at them.�

Trailing 19-17 at halftime, Murray received strong play from Jack Jones heading out of the break. His effort around the bucket yielded important results in the third quarter for the Mustangs.

Jones told the coaching staff at the halftime break that he had a mismatch opportunity on the offensive end.

Murray exploited that matchup, as he scored five points in the third quarter.

He later hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to stretch a 6-point lead to nine in the fourth quarter. “When he hit that three, that was a big back-breaker,� Lenox coach Jesse Cox said.

What was a 26-24 lead at the end of the third quarter expanded to six when Bryce Keller hit shots off the back-

board from both the left and right block. Jones shortly thereafter followed that with his dagger of a three from downtown.

This was all in the midst of a 13-0 run that made a 2-point game a 39-26 advantage for Murray late.

Jones ended the evening with eight points. Kenny Boles and Keller led the way offensively for Murray with 13 and 12 points respectively.

Donaldson scored four points late and Dawson Tullberg tallied a steal and layup to add to his team-leading 13 points. It was not enough, as Murray secured a stingy road win.

Donaldson scored nine points and Anderson had eight. Not much came easily for Lenox against the length of the Mustangs. Tullberg, Anderson and Donaldson were the lone Tigers to score. “They’re just a good defensive team,� Cox said. “They’re talking. They’re recognizing where the shooters are at. They’re out there contesting every shot.�

UP NEXT — Murray heads to Melcher-Dallas for a Friday game at 7:30 p.m.

Lenox (2-5), plays Central Decatur (4-2) Friday at 7:45 p.m.

Lenox will need a strong effort from its defense once again to hold Central Decatur in check. “Carter Boothe is a scarygood player,� Cox said. “There are a lot of similarities between Central Decatur and Murray.�

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