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PRESCOTT (AP) — Authorities say a man faces charges in connection to a stabbing in southern Iowa.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Kirk Frederick of Corning faces charges of willful injury causing serious injury and going armed with intent. Court records do not list an attorney.

Authorities say they received a 911 call early Friday morning about two vehicles trying to run each other off the road. A man was later found in one of the cars with stab wounds. The man was taken to a local hospital then later airlifted to Des Moines in critical condition.

Authorities say the injured man and Frederick had been fighting earlier at a rural residence near Prescott. The name of the man with stab wounds has not been released.

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Kiernan Norton, center, earns the rank of Eagle Scout this month with the guidance of Scout leader Dave Jennett, left, and Gary O’Daniels, right, among many others. A formal Eagle Scout ceremony has yet to be scheduled.

Norton earns top designation in Union County.

Only 2 percent of Boy Scouts achieve Eagle status.

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CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com

K

iernan Norton, 17, the son of Tim and Bunny Norton of Creston, received the highest designation a Boy Scout can earn — the Eagle Scout Award, an undertaking that requires steadfast devotion.

According to the National Boy Scouts of America, only two percent of Boy Scouts achieve Eagle status. However, in almost 80 years, Norton is Union County’s 100th Eagle Scout.

Norton, a junior at Creston High School (CHS), earned the award this month after fulfilling the requirements for 12 additional merit badges

and completing a community service project.

“I am thankful for everyone that helped,” Norton said.

Norton named a handful of local businesses that pitched in to support his memorial garden at Southern Prairie YMCA. Green Valley Chemicals, Akin Building Center, Savta’s Greenhouse, Kelly’s Flowers and Gifts, fellow scouts and their families donated tools, plants and flowers for the project.

Norton said he was inspired to complete the project after learning the YMCA’s landscaping was destroyed by Creston’s 2012 tornado.

At CHS, Norton is an example for his peers as a member of SADD, or Students Against Destructive Decisions.

“We promote awareness about drunk driving, drugs, alcohol and how to live better lives,” Norton said.

As Norton nears his senior year of high school, he is beginning to apply to colleges.

The University of Nebraska

is at the top of that list, where he hopes to major in writing and journalism.

Troop 129 Norton joined Boy Scout Troop 129 when he was 12 years old. He said adhering to the scout’s law — to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent — has helped him become a better person.

You could add modesty to the list, as well.

Norton said he isn’t sure if he is role model to his peers, but, strives to be for younger children to show “the right way.”

“There are a lot of things that can make them see the bad and good side of things and choose differently,” Norton said. “Being good and doing my best … helps impact them a lot.”

Future leader After Norton’s 2016 graduation from CHS, he hopes to help out his troop in a leadership capacity for a year before he leaves for college.

Scout leader Dave Jennett

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“They were right by him the entire time.

They encouraged him ... He really flourished in their guidance.”

— Bunny Norton

Kiernan Norton’s mother

said if there is ever anything to be done to ask Norton.

“He’s always very happy to do it,” Jennett said.

Bunny said the encouragement and support of Norton’s troop leaders helped him through the process.

“They were right by him the entire time. They encouraged him … He really flourished in their guidance.”

Bunny said her son went from a “little shy boy” to being able to stand up and present in front of large groups of people and write papers.

“He will make a great leader,” she said.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota regulators have scheduled public meetings next month on a proposed pipeline that would carry oil from western North Dakota to refineries in other states.

The $3.8 million Dakota Access Pipeline would stretch from the Bakken formation to Patoka, Illinois. Energy Transfer Partners wants to have it operating by the end of 2016.

About 271 miles of the 1,134-mile pipeline would be in eastern South Dakota. The state Public Utilities Commission has scheduled public hearings on Jan. 21 in Bowdle and Redfield, and on Jan. 22 in Iroquois and Sioux Falls. The PUC won’t make a decision on a Please see PIPELINE, Page 2

Lost plane’s request for new path denied SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds.

Air traffic control couldn’t say yes immediately — there was no room. Six other commercial airliners were crowding the surrounding airspace, forcing AirAsia Flight 8501 to remain at a lower altitude.

Minutes later, the jet carrying 162 people was gone from the radar. No distress signal was issued.

It is believed to have crashed into Indonesia’s Java Sea on Sunday morning, but exactly what happened — and whether the plane’s flight path played any role — won’t be determined until after

Broad aerial surveys today spotted two oily patches and objects in seperate locations, but it’s unknown whether any of it is related to the missing Airbus A320-200.

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the aircraft is found.

Broad aerial surveys on Monday spotted two oily patches and objects in separate locations, but it’s unknown whether any of it is related to the missing Airbus A320200.

The plane left Surabaya, Indonesia, but vanished halfway into what should have been a two-hour hop to Singapore. Officials on

Monday saw little reason to believe the flight met anything but a grim fate.

“Based on the coordinates that we know, the evaluation would be that any estimated crash position is in the sea, and that the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” Indonesia search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said. Search officials did, however,

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plan to expand their search efforts onto land on Tuesday.

The last communication from the cockpit to air traffic control was a request by one of the pilots to increase altitude from 32,000 feet (9,754 meters) to 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) because of the rough weather. The tower was not able to immediately comply because of the other planes, said Bambang Tjahjono, director of the state-owned company in charge of air-traffic control.

Sarjono Joni, a former pilot with a state-run Indonesian carrier, said the usual course of action when planes run into rough weather is to

veer either left or right. A request to climb would most likely come if the plane was experiencing heavy turbulence or otherwise causing serious passenger discomfort, he said.

He added that heavy traffic is not unusual for any given airspace.

The twin-engine, single-aisle plane was last seen on radar four minutes after the final communication from the cockpit.

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Deaths Howard “Dutch” Nauman Creston

Howard “Dutch” Nauman, 74, of Creston died Dec. 24, 2014, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Nauman Moines.

Funeral services were 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St. Mary O’Riley officiated. Interment was private at Greenlawn Cemetery in Afton. Memorials may be directed to Lakeshore Golf and Country Club. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes. com.

Howard “Dutch” Ernest Nauman, son of Rita Belle (Perrigo) and Ernest August Nauman, was born Feb. 16, 1940, in Iowa City. Dutch lived in or near Creston all of his life.

Dutch married Barbara Ribbey in 1958, and they later divorced.

On Jan. 13, 1990, Dutch married Penni Sue Wood in Creston.

Dutch worked for Union

Marjorie“Jean” Mosman Parker, Colo.

Marjorie “Jean” Mosman (Penwell) passed away Dec. 23, 2014, in Parker, Colo. She was 93.

Jean was born July 31, 1921, to parents David and Eva Penwell, of Grant, Iowa. Jean was raised on a farm in rural Iowa where she was the youngest of seven siblings, including six brothers and one sister.

She was preceded in death by each member of her immediate family.

A real-life Rosie the Riveter, Jean moved to Oakland, Calif., during WWII and worked in a munitions plant. Immediately following the war, in November 1945, Jean married Howard Mosman of Corning, Iowa.

The couple lived for a short time in Wenatchee, Washington. They then returned to Iowa, and over the next two decades raised two daughters: Linda (Garrity) and Vicki (Benson).

In 1971, Jean and Howard moved to Fort Collins, CO. Until Howard’s death in 2005, the couple lived on Whedbee Street, just north of Spring Creek. It was in this home that family gathered for countless holiday meals, grandchildren came for summer sleepovers, and

County Road Department for 36 years and retired in 1998. In retirement, Dutch worked as a custodian at Green Valley A.E.A. No. 14, beginning in 1999. Dutch and Penni both retired from the AEA on Dec. 31, 2009.

Dutch also raised livestock, both cattle and hogs, in partnership with Tom Mullin until Tom’s death.

Dutch is survived by his wife Penni Nauman of Creston; son Rick Nauman of Creston; daughter Tammy McLoud of Bethlehem, Ga.; stepsons, Ronnie Brammer of Creston, Kevin Brammer of Lorimor and Cody Smith of Orlando, Fla.; stepdaughter Shawnee Brammer of Creston; granddaughter Ashley Lynn Nauman of Oregon; step-grandchildren, Jesse Roberts, Ricci Brammer, Shyanna Fizer, Chance and Jayden Brammer and Preston “PJ” Smith; brother Richard Wick of Council Bluffs; and sister Janet Wick of Creston.

Dutch was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; mothers-in-law, Dot Ribbey and Elvina Wood; fathers-in-law, Bill Ribbey and Charles Wood; sister Darlene Garner; brother Ronnie Nauman; sister-inlaw Dorothy Wick; and sonin-law Mark McLoud.

Howard and Jean made friends and enjoyed their retirement years together.

Jean was an avid gardener and loved her flowers.

Jean was a longtime Election Day poll worker for Larimer County. Until recent health concerns forced her move to Parker, Jean had been an active member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, and especially enjoyed time spent with the ladies of the church quilting group.

Jean loved the outdoors.

She loved her husband and family. And she was loved in return. She will be missed by friends and family alike.

Jean is survived by her daughters – Linda (Pat), of Highlands Ranch, and Vicki (Wayne), of Lone Tree, as well as four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 2000 S. Lemay Ave., in Fort Collins. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Viewing will be held at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church 30 minutes preceding the services. Donations may be made to the charity of your choice. Friends may send condolences to the family at bohlenderfuneralchapel. com.

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Creston Services are pending at Verna Bailey, 84, of Cres- Pearson Family Funeral Serton died Dec. 29, 2014, at vice, 809 W. Montgomery St.

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Barbara Ann Kuyper, 67, went to be with the Lord on December 26, 2014, at Greater Region- Kuyper al Hospice House in Creston, Iowa. Her Celebration of Life service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at First Baptist Church in Creston. Pastors David Tebbenkamp and Robert Sauser will officiate. A private family burial will be held at Graceland Cemetery, south of Creston. Open visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at First Baptist Church in Creston with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Barb, daughter of Hubert and Nelly Straks, was born December 16, 1947, in LeMars, Iowa.

She graduated from Sheldon High School, Sheldon, Iowa; earned her BA Degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa and her Masters Degree from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.

On July 10, 1971, she married Dennis Kuyper in Sheldon, Iowa. They resided in Tripoli, Iowa where she worked as an elementary school teacher in the Turkey Valley School District. They moved to Creston in August of 1973. Barb worked as an elementary reading teacher in Creston. She was also a teacher for the Orient-Macksburg School District for 16 years. Additionally, she taught music theory and history and voice and piano lessons for Southwestern Community College in Creston. She also gave private piano lessons for many years. Barb was a member at First Baptist Church where she served playing organ and

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piano, singing and teaching Sunday School. She had a love for quilting and participated in the local Quilt Guild and the Queen Bees.

Barb is survived by her husband, Dennis of Creston; son, Andrew (Linda) Kuyper of Fairview Park, Ohio; daughter, Amy (Tobias) Henry of Creston; brother, Gerald (Dorothy) Straks of Fremont, California; brother-in-law, Steve Nelson of Joice, Iowa; and six grandchildren, Abigail, Emma and Molly Kuyper, and Samuel, Elisabeth and Emily Henry. Barb was preceded in death by her father, Hubert; sister, Rachel and mother, Nelly.

As a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, she leaves behind many whose lives were impacted by her Godly witness and servant heart attitude. Whether serving alongside her husband, raising and investing in her family, loving on her grandkids or sharing special times with dear friends, her desire to put others before herself was evident throughout her life. Her actions and desires for others were a reflection and outpouring of what her Savior, Jesus Christ, did for her on the cross. Christ’s love for her gave her the confidence to trust and thank God in all things.

Memorials – As an elementary school teacher and mother, Barb enjoyed reading books to her students, children and grandchildren and reading for pleasure. In lieu of flowers, memorial funds will be directed to Mayflower Heritage Christian School (Creston, Iowa) and Westside Christian Academy (Westlake, Ohio) where her grandchildren attend.

Memorials will be used to purchase books for the school libraries. Memorials may be directed to Powers Funeral Home, P.O. Box 431, Creston, Iowa 50801.

Online condolences can be given at www.powersfh. com.

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construction permit for the pipeline until late next year.

Charlie Hoffman, a rancher and former Republican state legislator, supports the pipeline project. Rail cars that could be filled with cattle or crops are now moving North Dakota oil instead, he told the Argus Leader newspaper.

“I’d much rather have that crude running through a pipeline than filling up rail cars,” Hoffman said.

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Attorney Mark Meierhenry, who often represents landowners in eminent domain cases, told the Argus Leader that how much landowners should be paid for allowing the pipeline to cross their land also should be part of the debate.

“What is the fair market value when somebody is running a business on and through your land?” he said.

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helicopters, national search and rescue spokesman Jusuf Latif said. Most are Indonesian but Singapore, Malaysia and Australia have contributed planes, and a ship and aircraft from Thailand were awaiting clearance from Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry.

Those numbers do not include Indonesian warships taking part in the search.

Many fishermen from Belitung island also have joined in, and all vessels in that area of the sea have been alerted to be on the lookout for anything that could be linked to the plane.

Jakarta’s air force base commander, Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto, said an Australian Orion aircraft had detected “suspicious” objects near an island about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off central Kalimantan. That’s about 700 miles (1,120 kilometers) from the location where the plane lost contact, but within Monday’s greatly expanded search area.

“However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane,” Putranto said. “We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions.”

Air Force spokesman Rear Marshal Hadi Tjahnanto told MetroTV that an Indonesian helicopter spotted two oily spots in the Java Sea east of Belitung island, much closer to where the plane lost contact than the objects viewed from the Australian plane. He said oil samples would be collected and analyzed to see if they are connected to the missing plane.

An Associated Press photographer flew in a C-130 transport carrier with Indonesia’s Air Force for 10 hours Monday over a large section of the search area between Kalimantan and Belitung. The flight was bumpy and rainy at times.

It hovered low at 1,500 feet, giving clear visibility to waves, ships and fishermen, but there was no sign of the plane.

The disappearance and suspected crash caps an astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia, and Malaysia in particular. Malaysia-based AirAsia’s loss comes on top of the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.

“Until today, we have never lost a life,” AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes, who

“We have carried 220 million people up to this point... we are confident in our ability to fly people.”

— Tony Fernandes

CEO of AirAsia

founded the low-cost carrier in 2001, told reporters in Jakarta airport. “But I think that any airline CEO who says he can guarantee that his airline is 100 percent safe, is not accurate.”

He refused to address compensation issues or any changes that may be made to the airline as a result of this incident.

“We have carried 220 million people up to this point,” he said. “Of course, there’s going to be some reaction, but we are confident in our ability to fly people.”

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was in Indonesia’s Papua province when the plane disappeared but was back in Jakarta, the capital, on Monday. He said he ordered an immediate review of all aviation procedures.

“I was very shocked (by the disappearance) and I could feel the concern, the frustration and the sadness experienced by the passengers’ families, and I believe also felt by all the people of Indonesia,” Jokowi said at a press conference.

Nearly all the passengers and crew are Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays.

Ruth Natalia Puspitasari, who would have turned 26 on Monday, was among them.

Her father, Suyanto, sat with his wife, who was puffy-eyed and coughing, near the family crisis center at Surabaya’s airport.

Suyanto remembers the concern his daughter showed for the families of the MH370 tragedy. Puspitasari once told him how sad it must be for the victims’ relatives who were left waiting for their loved ones with no certainty.

“Now she is gone in the missing plane, and we should face this sorrow, I can’t believe it!” he said, tears rolling down his cracked cheeks.

“This is too hard to be faced.”

He was still sleeping when Puspitasari left for the airport with her fiance and future in-laws for a New Year’s vacation. But he called her just before she boarded, and she told him excitedly that they planned to celebrate her birthday in Singapore.

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TOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Mount Ayr American Legion.

Overcomers Outreach, 7:30 p.m., Lighthouse Church, west of Mount Ayr. AA, 7:30 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

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Creston Kiwanis Club, 12:05 p.m., The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St. Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

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Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers 12x12 study, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Blood pressure clinic by Crest Haven Care Centre nurses, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lorimor City Hall.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34. New Years Eve ball drop.

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Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. CW Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Corn — $3.79

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Mariah Noelle Johannes, 20, 623 N. Birch St., was charged with fifth-degree theft, 4:29 p.m. Saturday at Walmart, 806 Laurel St. According to a Creston Police report, Johannes did take and conceal merchandise from Walmart with the intent of depriving the owner. Store employees observed and detained Johannes before she left the store. The merchandise, valued at $29.91, was recovered from her possession.

Johannes was released on a citation to appear.

Miscellaneous Information, 8:27 a.m., Friday, North Sumner Avenue.

Talk to officer, 9:54 a.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Drive off, 4:10 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Theft, 4:49 p.m., Friday, North Pine Street.

Escort, 8:15 p.m., Friday, West Adair Street.

Alarm, 8:33 p.m., Friday, West Taylor Street.

Trespassing, 9:33 a.m., Saturday, South Division Street.

Suspicious person, 9:52 a.m., Saturday, South Sumner Avenue.

Escort, 2:24 p.m., Saturday, West Montgomery Street.

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Shoplifting, 4:22 p.m., Saturday, Laurel Street.

Traffic hazard, 6:43 p.m., Saturday, Russell Street.

Talk to officer, 6:46 p.m., Saturday, North Pine Street.

Public intoxication, 7:35 p.m., Saturday, West Montgomery Street.

Animal call, 7:58 p.m., Saturday, North Lincoln Street.

Reckless driving, 9:02 p.m., Saturday, Sheldon Street.

Burglary, 9:40 p.m., Saturday, South Poplar Street.

Family offense, 1:23 a.m., Sunday, South Elm Street.

Traffic stop, 1:58 a.m.,

Sunday, West Montgomery Street.

Missing adult, 10:22 a.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Animal call, 1:30 p.m., Sunday, South Maple Street.

Talk to officer, 3:05 p.m., Sunday, South Poplar Street.

Public intoxication, 3:11 p.m., Sunday, South Elm Street.

Sex assault, 3:14 p.m., Sunday, North Walnut Street.

Harassing communication, 8:42 p.m., Sunday, West Buckeye Street.

Incomplete 911 call, 9:34 p.m., Sunday, North Spruce Street.

Parking complaint, 10:55 p.m., Sunday, North Spruce Street.

Burglary, 2:20 a.m., today, West Adams Street.

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Miscellaneous Odor investigation, 12:30 p.m., Friday, South Sumner Avenue.

Medical, 5:20 p.m., Friday, Clayton Road.

Medical, 2:35 a.m., Saturday, North Division Street.

Medical, 3:13 p.m., Saturday, West Prairie Street.

Medical, 1:03 a.m., Sunday, North Pine Street.

Medical, 6:29 a.m., Sunday, Sherman Avenue.

Adams County Sheriff

Thomas Lee Bendixen, 52, and Teri V. Scully, 51, both of Lincoln, Neb., were charged with possession of synthetic marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia 7:26 p.m.

Saturday in Adams County.

According to an Adams County Sheriff report, a traffic stop was conducted on Bendixen and Scully at the intersection of highways 34 and 148. Officers could smell a strong-like odor of marijuana coming from the inside of the vehicle. A marijuana pipe and six bags of synthetic marijuana were found inside the vehicle.

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Turn your attention to the signal Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, about turn signals: “Every day you see someone who has left the turn signal on unintentionally. I don’t have to explain all the indecision this causes — and, no doubt, some accidents. This is the fault of automobile manufacturers and safety engineers.

The well-hidden, dim, little green light can’t reach the driver’s vision. All turn-signal lights should be bright yellow, inside and outside the automobile.” — C.W. in Anaheim, Calif.

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You are genuinely concerned about the welfare of others today, which is why you might put someone’s wants and needs before your own.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a great day to schmooze with others, especially female friends. In particular, you might want to discuss your hopes and dreams for the future and get their feedback.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Personal details about your private life might be public today, especially in the eyes of someone in authority. Perhaps you need to do some damage control?

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do something different to give your life a little sizzle today.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Conversations with partners and close friends will be warm and upbeat today. You might persuade someone to join you in a work project or a social occasion.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a positive day, where others will cooperate with you.

On the whole, there is a sense of camaraderie and good fellowship. People want to work together to get things done.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Flirtations with someone from a different background or another country might happen today. The main thing is that you just want to have the freedom to have some fun.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You will enjoy cocooning at home today or by contrast you might want to invite others to your home today. You feel social but in a private way. Real-estate

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Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015 HONOLULU (AP) — Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won’t be afraid to use it.

Since taking office in 2009, Obama has only vetoed legislation twice, both in fairly minor circumstances.

But with Re- Obama publicans set to take full control of Congress next year, Obama is losing his last bulwark against a barrage of bills he doesn’t like: the Senate.

“I haven’t used the veto pen very often since I’ve been in office,” Obama said in an NPR interview airing Monday. “Now, I suspect, there are going to be some times where I’ve got to pull that pen out.”

He added: “I’m going to defend gains that we’ve made in health care. I’m going to defend gains that we’ve made on environment and clean air and clean water.”

Obama’s notice to the GOP came as he sought to set the tone for a year in which Congress and the president are on a near-certain collision course.

Buoyed by decisive gains in last month’s midterm elections, Republicans are itch-

ing to use their newfound Senate majority to derail Obama’s plans on immigration, climate change and health care, to name a few.

To overturn Obama’s veto, Republicans would need the votes of two-thirds of the House and Senate.

Their majorities in both chambers are not that large, so they would still need to persuade some Democrats to defy the president.

But Obama said he was hopeful that at least on some issues, that won’t be necessary, because there’s overlap between his interests and those of congressional Republicans. On that point, at least, he’s in agreement with incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc-

Connell, R-Ky. “Bipartisan jobs bills will see the light of day and will make it to the President’s desk, and he’ll have to make decisions about ideology versus creating jobs for the middle class,” McConnell said in response to Obama’s comments. “There’s a lot we can get done together if the president puts his famous pen to use signing bills rather than vetoing legislation his liberal allies don’t like.”

Potential areas for cooperation include tax reform and global trade deals — both issues where Obama and Republicans see at least partially eye to eye. Conversely, the likeliest points of friction surround Environmental Protection Agen-

cy regulations, the Keystone XL pipeline and Obama’s unilateral steps on immi-

“I’m going to defend gains that we’ve made in health care.

I’m going to defend gains we’ve made on the environment ...”

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gration, which let millions of people in the U.S. il-

legally avoid deportation and get work permits.

In the interview, recorded before Obama left Washington earlier this month for his annual Hawaii vacation, Obama also offered his most specific diagnosis to date of why Democrats fared so poorly in the midterms. He said he was “obviously frustrated” with the results.

“I think we had a great record for members of Congress to run on and I don’t think we — myself and the Democratic Party — made as good of a case as we should have,” Obama said.

“And you know, as a consequence, we had really low voter turnout, and the results were bad.”

Malaria killing thousands in Africa as Ebola takes precedence Surfer survives GUECKEDOU, Guin- uncounted. Some 15,000 people coming in with fe- a national mosquito net shark bite off Central ea (AP) — West Africa’s Guineans died from ma- ver in October, 24 percent campaign against malarfight to contain Ebola has laria last year, 14,000 of who tested positive for Eb- ia when Ebola struck, he California coast hampered the campaign against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that is claiming many thousands more lives than the dreaded virus.

In Gueckedou, near the village where Ebola first started killing people in Guinea’s tropical southern forests a year ago, doctors say they have had to stop pricking fingers to do blood tests for malaria.

Guinea’s drop in reported malaria cases this year by as much as 40 percent is not good news, said Dr. Bernard Nahlen, deputy director of the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative.

He said the decrease is likely because people are too scared to go to health facilities and are not getting treated for malaria.

“It would be a major failure on the part of everybody involved to have a lot of people die from malaria in the midst of the Ebola epidemic,” he said in a telephone interview.

“I would be surprised if there were not an increase in unnecessary malaria deaths in the midst of all this, and a lot of those will be young children.”

Figures are always estimates in Guinea, where half the 12 million people have no access to health centers and die

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them children under five, according to Nets for Life Africa, a New York-based charity dedicated to providing insecticide-treated mosquito nets to put over beds.

In comparison, about 1,600 people in Guinea have died from Ebola, according to statistics from the World Health Organization.

Malaria is the leading cause of death in children under five in Guinea and, after AIDS, the leading cause of adult deaths, according to Nets for Life.

Ebola and malaria have many of the same symptoms, including fever, dizziness, head and muscle aches. Malaria is caused by bites from infected mosquitoes while Ebola can be contracted only from the body fluids of an infected victim — hence doctors’ fears of drawing blood to do malaria tests.

People suffering malaria fear being quarantined in Ebola treatment centers and health centers not equipped to treat Ebola are turning away patients with Ebola-like symptoms, doctors said.

WHO figures from Gueckedou show that of

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ola also tested positive for malaria, and 33 percent of those who did not have Ebola tested positive for malaria — an indication of the great burden of malaria in Guinea.

Malaria killed one of 38 Cuban doctors sent to Guinea to help fight the Ebola outbreak. One private hospital had a kidney dialysis machine that could have saved his failing organ but the clinic was shut after several people died there of Ebola.

The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative ground to a halt in Guinea months ago and the WHO in November advised health workers against testing for malaria unless they have protective gear.

The malaria initiative is doing a national survey of health facilities and elsewhere to try to find out “what’s actually happening here ... where people with malaria are going,” said Nahlen, of the U.S. campaign. There was some positive news in Guinea — it had just completed

said.

Neighboring Liberia, on the other hand, suspended the planned distribution of 2 million nets, said Nahlen.

In Sierra Leone, the third country hard-hit by Ebola, Doctors Without Borders took unprecedented, pre-emptive action this month, distributing 1.5 million antimalarial drugs that can be used to both prevent and treat, aiming to protect people during the disease’s peak season.

“Most people turn up at Ebola treatment centers thinking that they have Ebola, when actually they have malaria,” said Patrick Robataille, Doctors Without Borders field coordinator in Freetown. “It’s a huge load on the system, as well as being a huge stress on patients and their families.”

He said a second distribution is planned in Freetown and western areas most affected by Ebola. Robataille said the huge delivery of antimalarial drugs was “in proportion to the scale of the Ebola epidemic — it’s massive.”

LOS OSOS, Calif. (AP) — A man surfing on the Central California coast was dragged under water by a juvenile great white shark and bitten in the hip on Sunday before he could paddle to shore, where he received help from two doctors who happened to be on the beach, a witness said Sunday.

The man in his 50s used the leash cord from his surfboard to make a tourniquet for his leg before he got out of the water, Andrew Walsh told the San Luis Obispo Tribune (http://bit.ly/1JX0gH9).

The man, who lives in the San Luis Obispo area, sustained cuts to his right hip area and was flown to a local hospital for treatment, Supervising State Park Ranger Robert Colligan said. The 11:30 a.m. attack happened at the Sand Spit Beach in Montana De Oro State Park just west of San Luis Obispo.

Walsh said he was surfing about 10 feet from the victim when the attack occurred.

“There was no warning at all. It was absolutely quiet. ... (The shark) came straight up out of the depths and got him and took him under the water.”

The victim was below the water for several seconds before he surfaced on his damaged board, he said.

The beach remained open, but signs will be posted for three days warning the public of the attack, Colligan said. He noted that if there–– is another shark sighting, the signs will remain up for another three days.

Sharks are native to the area, and Colligan said that they are spotted several times a year. He added that attacks like this are rare.

A woman swimming with seals was killed by a shark in 2003 about 10 miles south of the most recent attack, Colligan said.

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Rivalry rematch PITTSBURGH — The Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers rivalry will get another postseason chapter.

After clinching the second and final AFC wild-card berth with a 2010 victory Sunday afternoon over the Cleveland Browns and a San Diego Chargers’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Ravens had to wait several hours to find out who will be their firstround opponent.

The sixth-seeded Ravens (10-6) found out it will be the Steelers, who clinched the AFC North title and the No.3 seed with a 27-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday night at Heinz Field. The Ravens and Steelers (11-5) will play Saturday night in Pittsburgh with kickoff set for 7:15 p.m. Central time in a game broadcast by NBC.

Pack prevails GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A heating pad wrapped around his sore left calf, Aaron Rodgers could only watch helplessly on television monitors in the locker room as the Detroit Lions surged closer to his Green Bay Packers.

There was only one place that he wanted to be — back on the turf with the rest of the Packers while they tried to secure a fourth straight NFC North title.

Green Bay’s franchise quarterback is limping into the playoffs with a smile. Rodgers threw two touchdown passes to Randall Cobb, Eddie Lacy gashed Detroit’s defense for 100 yards, and the Packers celebrated another division championship with a 30-20 victory Sunday.

Rodgers will appreciate a week off after the win, as the Packers (12-4) earned a bye.

South champs ATLANTA (AP) — The Carolina Panthers’ big-play defense appears capable of making a difference in the playoffs — even for a team with a losing record.

Roman Harper and Tre Boston returned interceptions for touchdowns and Carolina recorded six sacks, leading the Panthers to a 34-3 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday to win the woeful NFC South.

Carolina (7-8-1) will host Arizona in a wildcard playoff game next Saturday. The losing record didn’t keep the Panthers from celebrating their first back-to-back playoff seasons in franchise history.

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Panthers still 12th on dual team rankings The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association has released its dual team state rankings.

From southwest Iowa, Creston/Orient-Macksburg is ranked 12th in Class 2A and Logan-Magnolia is No. 10 in 1A. Class 1A — 1. Alburnett; 2.

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows; 3. Gilbertville Don Bosco; 4.

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 5. Lisbon; 6. Southeast Warren; 7. Woodbury Central; 8. Wilton; 9. West Marshall; 10. LoganMagnolia; 11. South Central Calhoun; 12.

Maquoketa Valley; 13. Dike-New Hartford; 14.

Sumner-Fredericksburg; 15. Sibley Ocheyeden; 16.

Westwood, Sloan.

Class 2A — 1. Davenport Assumption; 2.

Union, LaPorte City; 3. Mediapolis; 4.

Independence; 5. Osage; 6. Clear Lake; 7. Humboldt; 8. Albia; 9.

Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 10. New Hampton; 11. Central Lyon/ George-Little Rock; 12. Creston/ Orient-Macksburg; 13. Webster City; 14. Washington; 15. Mount Vernon; 16. Crestwood, Cresco.

Class 3A — 1. Southeast Polk; 2. Bettendorf; 3. Cedar Rapids Jefferson; 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 5. WDM Dowling Catholic; 6. WDM Valley; 7.

North Scott; 8. Johnston; 9.

Pleasant Valley; 10. Fort Dodge; 11. Iowa City West; 12. Western Dubuque, Epworth; 13. LinnMar; 14. Dubuque Hempstead; 15. Waverly-Shell Rock; 16.

Norwalk.

The Predicament Individual rankings by The Predicament released Dec. 18 include these team team rankings (number of rated wrestlers) and wrestlers from area conferences:

Class 1A Teams — 1. Alburnett (5); 2. Clarion-Goldfield (4); 3. Woodbury Central (5); 4. Southeast Warren (6); 5.

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (4); 6. Lisbon (4); 7. West Marshall (5); 8. Wilton (5); 9.

Sumner-Fredericksburg (3); 10.

Underwood (2).

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Creston/O-M junior Seth Maitlen controls Interstate 35’s Garrett Thompson during their match at 220 pounds on Dec. 2 at Nodaway Valley. Maitlen is currently ranked eighth by The Predicament at 195 pounds in Class 2A and has a record of 10-3 for the season.

106 — 3. Brady Kyner (So.), SE Warren; 9. Brayden Egli (Fr.), Interstate 35.

120 — 7. Craig Rice (Sr.), Southwest Iowa.

126 — 3. Christian Polley (Sr.), Tri-Center; 6. Briar Cochran (Jr.), Moravia.

132 — 6. Alec Moorman (Jr.), East Mills; 9. Jacob Blumle (Sr.), Oakland Riverside.

138 — 4. Jake Hunnerdose (Sr.), SE Warren; 5. Jake Mulford (Jr.), Audubon; 6. Jacob Vogel (Sr.), Oakland Riverside.

145 — 7. Brad Kerkhoff (Sr.), Audubon.

152 — 5. Trevor Smith (Sr.) Audubon; 6. Josh Hopkins (Jr.) East Mills; 7. Logan Schumacher (Fr.) Martensdale-St. Marys; 8.

Alex Mitchell (Sr.), SE Warren.

160 — 1. Cody Kingery (Sr.),

Underwood; 4. Jacob Hoch (Sr.), SE Warren; 9. Sal Arzani (Jr.), Interstate 35.

182 — 1. Evan Hansen (Sr.), EHK-Exira; 3. Austin Laabs (Sr.), Guthrie Center.

195 — 3. Ty Schneider (Sr.), SE Warren.

220 — 3. Cale Crowder (Sr.), Guthrie Center; 4. Tate Vandyne (Sr.), SE Warren.

285 — 2. Joe Ricker (Sr.), Mount Ayr. Class 2A Teams — 1. Union (6); 2.

Mediapolis (7); 3. Davenport Assumption (8); 4. Independence (6); 5. Clear Lake (4); 6. Osage (5); 7. Central Lyon (3); 8. Crestwood (4); 9. Dubuque Wahlert (3); 10.

Albia (2).

106 — 8. Will Beach (Sr.), Harlan.

(13); 2. Bettendorf (7); 3. Fort Dodge (5); 4. Linn-Mar (4); 5.

Dowling Catholic (5); 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (6); 7. Iowa City West (4); 8. Cedar Rapids Jefferson (6); 9. North Scott (5); 10. Waverly-Shell Rock (5).

106 — 4. Paxton Whiteaker (Jr.), Lewis Central; 9. Max Tracy (R.), Dallas Center-Grimes.

113 — 8. Zane Mulder (Fr), Dallas Center-Grimes.

132 — 10. Brock Massey (Sr.), Lewis Central.

152 — 5. Matt Malcom (Jr.), Glenwood.

160 — 8. Anthony Sherry (Fr.), Glenwood.

195 — 8. Chris Thomas (Sr.), Lewis Central.

220 — 4. Cole Baker (Sr.), Dallas Center-Grimes; 6. Trystan Minnis (Sr.), Norwalk.

Harbaugh, 49ers agree to part ways

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh gathered his players and told them he is leaving, and they joined their voices for one final, familiar chant: “Who’s got it better than us? No-body!”

“The last, ‘Who’s got it better than us?’ I said it as loud as I could,” said wide receiver Michael Crabtree, who could soon follow the San Francisco coach’s departure.

Harbaugh will not fulfill the final season of his $25 million, five-year contract coaching the 49ers that he signed in January 2011, reaching a mutual agreement with the team to part ways. The announcement came after Sunday’s 2017 win over the Arizona

Cardinals and following a 8-8 season in which San Francisco had hoped to establish some momentum in new $1.3 billion Levi’s Stadium.

“It’s been the time of my life,” Harbaugh said. “ B e e n a lot of g r e a t memories, great moments. ...

It’s been a tremendous four Harbaugh years, it’s been a pleasure to work and serve for this organization. I feel great about what we accomplished.”

Harbaugh wouldn’t say whether he is indeed about to accept the job at alma mater, Michigan, except to offer vague hints and

say he wouldn’t be around come Monday.

When asked specifically about taking over the Wolverines program, he said, “There will be announcements made concerning those things.”

Might he miss the NFL if he moves to Ann Arbor?

“Is the NFL going somewhere?” Harbaugh quipped.

The unraveling of 2014 began months ago, almost a year back, really.

San Francisco lost in the NFC championship game last January at Seattle, then watched the rival Seahawks go on to win it all. Shortly after, CEO Jed York acknowledged the Cleveland Browns inquired about trading for Harbaugh.

The 49ers saw thousands of empty seats at most

No. 1 seed SEATTLE (AP) — The final result was the same for Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks, wearing NFC West champion hats in the locker room after a Week 17 victory over the St. Louis Rams.

Marshawn Lynch scored on a 9-yard run with 12:07 remaining to take the lead, Bruce Irvin return an interception 49 yards for a TD and Seattle received another stellar defensive effort to close the season with six straight wins.

113 — 4. Jared Hensley (So.) Bedford-Lenox.

132 — 4. Dusten Reed (Sr.), Bedford-Lenox; 5. Bradley Irwin (Sr.), Centerville.

145 — 2. Bryce Leshen (Jr.), Albia.

152 — 6. Luke Strong (Sr.), Clarinda.

160 — 9. Colton Ranney (Sr.), Central Decatur.

170 — 4. JJ Clark (Jr.) Clarinda.

182 — 7. Trenton Wells (Sr.), Central Decatur.

195 — 6. Christian Lauritsen (Sr.), Clarinda; 8. Seth Maitlen (Jr.), Creston/O-M. 220 — 1. Carter Isley (Jr.), Albia; 9. Kadon Hulett (So.), Creston/O-M. Class 3A Teams — 1. Southeast Polk

Panther freshmen:

Contributed photo by MEG HAINES/M Photography

Members of the Creston ninth-grade girls basketball team this season are, from left in front, Cayla Maitlen, Sophia Groumoutis, Kiersten Latham and Breanna Wallace. Back row, coach Anthony Donahoo, Chloe Hagle and Taylor Fredrickson. Next scheduled game for the Panther freshmen is 4:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at Interstate 35 of Truro.

games this season. San Francisco was eliminated from playoff contention with a 17-7 loss at Seattle on Dec. 14, its second defeat to the rival Seahawks in an 18-day stretch.

Harbaugh guided the 49ers to three straight NFC championship games and had a Super Bowlor-bust mentality for this season that quickly turned sour.

“Jim and I have come to the conclusion that it is in our mutual best interest to move in different directions,” York said. “We thank Jim for bringing a tremendous competitive nature and a great passion for the game to the 49ers.

He and his staff restored a winning culture that has been the standard for our franchise throughout its history.”

The 49ers came oh so close to their sixth Super Bowl championship after the 2012 season, losing 34-31 to Harbaugh’s big brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens.

Harbaugh had a 49-221 overall record in four years with San Francisco, which might look to promote from within to replace him. Defensive line coach Jim Tomsula’s name has been mentioned.

From his signature outfit of khaki pants and a black 49ers pullover to his signature phrases and motivational tactics, Harbaugh did things his way. And, largely, his way worked.

But not this season, when star linebacker Patrick Willis was one of several key players to go down with injuries on what had been one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses.

“It’s a business,” running back Frank Gore said. “I wish Coach Harbaugh the best. He’s a great coach.

I like how he approached the game of football. My best years, they were with

him as a team.”

Harbaugh’s future was in doubt all season after he didn’t receive the contract extension York publicly said he hoped to work out.

Neither side seemed particularly focused on doing so.

Then, when the 49ers lost at home 19-3 on Thanksgiving night to Seattle, York turned to Twitter to express his discontent with the team — perhaps only a preview of a relationship that couldn’t be repaired.

He wrote: “Thank you #49ersfaithful for coming out strong tonight. This performance wasn’t acceptable. I apologize for that.”

Harbaugh pulled off a tremendous four-year turnaround at Stanford before doing the same for a 49ers franchise that had suffered an eight-year playoff drought.

“I’m forever proud to have been a part of this,” Harbaugh said. “I feel we accomplished great things.

Tremendous football.”

There was some thought York believed he could trade Harbaugh this time and receive a first-round draft pick. Nobody expected Harbaugh to agree to such a swap that would hamper a potential new team.

Harbaugh said all season he would not be fazed by the constant chatter about his fate, or by those outside the organization questioning whether he had lost the locker room.

“Some people hate you, some people love you, and most of those people don’t even know you,” he told The AP in October. “You take it with a grain of salt, smile, and go about your business.” ___ AP NFL website: www. pro32.ap.org and www. twitter.com/AP_NFL

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Data: Iowa school buses flagged for safety issues DES MOINES (AP) — The number of Iowa school buses flagged for repeated safety citations has nearly doubled since 2012, according to data compiled by The Des Moines Register.

Nearly 22,000 bus inspection citations have been issued since June 2012, The Des Moines Register reported. At least 193 buses in 96 school districts were cited for repeat safety citations. A review in June 2012 showed there were at least 99 school buses in 67 districts with repeat safety citations.

The latest issues include unsafe tires, inoperable warning signals or strobe lights, missing or faulty chassis fasteners, broken seat frames and dysfunctional wheel bearings.

Most affected school districts have notified state officials that the buses were

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Nearly 22,000 bus inspection citations have been issued since June 2012, The Des Moines Register reported. At least 193 buses in 96 school districts were cited for repeat safety citations.

repaired before they were returned to service, according to the newspaper.

But the state’s education department sent letters to three districts this year over safety concerns, ac-

cusing them of falsifying at least 11 repair records.

Jeff Berger, the department’s deputy director, noted in a May 9 letter to Columbus Community School Superintendent

Marlene Johnson that an unsafe tire was rotated on a school vehicle instead of being replaced.

“This, in pure and simple terms, amounts to fraud,” Berger wrote.

Phone and email messages left for Johnson were not immediately returned Sunday.

Representatives for some districts with the most repeated citations since Jan.

1, 2011, say some noted issues weren’t necessarily related to the same problem, though it could look that way because of how the citation was recorded.

Berger told the newspaper that school officials almost always promptly fix vehicle deficiencies.

Still, at least one state lawmaker thinks the data adds weight to calls for legislative action, since no inspections are required for school vehicles that carry nine or fewer children.

This could affect 1,500 to 1,800 school vehicles in the state, according to the Register.

“I’m not sure why anybody would be OK with this,” said Sen. Jeff Danielson, a Democrat from Cedar Falls. “Kids’ safety should be our top priority and this clearly indicates that problems persist.”

Young generation no slouches at volunteering WASHINGTON (AP) — Tired of hearing people grouse about a tuned-out, apathetic younger generation?

Well, here’s a comeback: Today’s young Americans are more serious about giving back than their parents were.

In fact, those under age 30 now are more likely to say citizens have a “very important obligation” to volunteer, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds.

The embrace of volunteering is striking because young people’s commitment to other civic duties — such as voting, serving on a jury and staying informed — has dropped sharply from their parents’ generation and is lower than that of Americans overall.

Among six civic activities in the AP-GfK poll, volunteering is the only one that adults under 30 rated as highly as older people did.

“I want to make my city where I live a better place,” Morgan Gress, 24, of Washington said after sorting and hanging donated clothes with co-workers who chose to volunteer in lieu of an office holiday party.

After you volunteer, she said, “You never walk away feeling you didn’t have a great time, or help someone out, or learn something new.”

Today’s young adults grew up amid nudges from a volunteering infrastructure that has grown exponentially since their parents’ day, when the message typically came through churches or scouting.

Gress doesn’t find it unusual that her employer, a hub for tech startups called 1776, encouraged workers to sort clothes at Bread for the City during office hours.

Most of her friends work at companies with some sort of volunteer program, she says. Community service was required at her private high school in Buffalo, New York, like many other schools across the country. Volunteer opportunities were plentiful as a student at American University.

In the decades since President George H.W. Bush championed America’s vol-

unteer groups as “a thousand points of light” at his 1989 inaugural, the number of nonprofits has skyrocketed. The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and Sept. 11 have become days of service. Individuals launch community projects through social media, instead of hanging posters and mak-

“You never walk away feeling you didn’t have a great time, or help someone out, or learn something new.”

— Morgan Gress

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ing phone calls.

Twenty percent of adults under 30 volunteered in 2013, up from 14 percent in 1989, according to census data analyzed by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

It seems likely that the Millennials’ volunteering rate will climb higher, because past generations have peaked in their 30s and 40s, when many parents give their time to schools, youth groups or community improvements.

“We’re on the crux of something big, because these Millennials are going to take this spirit of giving and wanting to change communities and they’re going to become parents soon,” said Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. “I am very encouraged by what we’re seeing.”

The vast majority of Americans believe citizenship comes with an array of responsibilities. But the strength of that conviction has weakened since the General Social Survey asked about obligations of citizenship in 1984.

Seventy-seven percent say reporting a crime you witness is very important, down from 90 percent three decades ago in the survey conducted by NORC at the University of

Chicago. Three-quarters call voting in elections very important, about the same as in the 1984 survey, though only about 36 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in November’s midterms.

The biggest decline among the six obligations tested?

Keeping fully informed about news and public issues. A majority — 56 percent — of Americans considered that very important in 1984; now only 37 percent think so.

Young adults are even less interested in keeping up. Despite unprecedented access to news and information, 28 percent feel no obligation to stay informed.

A similar number say there’s no obligation to volunteer, but the trends are moving in opposite directions.

The share who call volunteering very important has climbed 10 percentage points, while staying informed dropped 13 points. The importance of voting, jury duty, reporting a crime and speaking English as obligations of citizenship also declined among young adults.

Peter Levine, associate dean for research at Tufts University’s college of citizenship, said while the nation was building up its institutional support for volunteering, many of the organizations that promote political and civic involvement, including labor unions, churches and newspapers, were shrinking.

Could experience gained while volunteering lead more young people to other civic roles, such as banding together to solve local problems, following national issues or joining political parties?

There are some positive signs.

Kaleigh Gordon, a junior at the University of Southern Mississippi, has a history of volunteering but says she hasn’t followed politics much because “there’s so much negativity.” Now, a trip to Washington to help care for homeless people has her thinking about how to solve some of their underlying problems, such as untreated mental illness.

Three-State Beef Conference set next month LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The second annual Three-State Beef Conference is scheduled next month in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska.

Topics titles include “Financial Impacts of Fertility and Infertility in the Current Cattle Market.”

The first conference session is in Creston, Iowa, at Southwestern Community College on Jan. 13.

The Missouri session will be held Jan. 14 in Albany at the University of Missouri Hundley-Whaley Learning Dis-

covery Center.

On Jan. 15 there will be two sessions in Nebraska. The first will be at the Gage County UNL Extension Center in Beatrice. An evening session will be held at the UNL Ag Research and Development Center near Mead.

The registration fee is $25 per person.

For more information or to register, contact Paul Hay, phay1@unl.edu, 402-2231384 or Lindsay Chichester, lchichester2@ unl.edu, 402-624-8030 or go online at http://extension.iastate.edu/feci/3StBeef/.

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