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The Creston/O-M football team’s run to the UNIDome highlights the list of CNA’s top 14 sports stories from 2014.What else made the list? See SPORTS, page 9A.

There were nearly 4,200 votes cast in a Tuesday’s election held to replace Joni Ernst in Iowa Senate District 12. Who won the election? See page 2A of today’s paper. >>

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Top stories of 2014 Creston man receives his Purple Heart after nearly 70 years

Feb. 14 After nearly 70 years, Alvin “Red” Benson —a World War II veteran with the 101st Airborne Division — finally received his purple heart medal for an injury he sustained during combat.

Benson, 93, was honored Feb. 13 at Prairie View Assisted Living with a pinning ceremony with friends, family and other veterans present.

Gary O’Daniels — commander of VFW Post 1797 —pinned the purple heart medal on Benson at the ceremony.

Joining Benson was his 23-yearold great-grandson Brant Kuhns, who is also a purple heart recipient. Kuhns is stationed in Fort Polk, La., with the 1/509 Airborne Infantry Battalion D-TRP. During a tour in Afghanistan, Kuhns was injured when an improvised explosive device hit the vehicle in which Kuhns was traveling.

Also at the ceremony, Denny Abel with the local VFW read a letter from Sen. Tom Harkin and Creston Middle School students sang a song for Benson and presented him with a scrapbook.

Branstad visits Creston’s $30 million soy flour mill

May 8 Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad spent 45 minutes here in May touring a brand new $30 million soy flour mill facility at CHS, Inc. located on East Howard Street in Creston.

CHS top executives Carl Casale and Tom Malecha guided the tour.

They told Branstad the flour mill

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Alvin “Red” Benson, a World War II veteran with the 101st Airborne Division, received his purple heart medal for an injury he sustained during combat. Benson — who is also decorated with the Bronze Star — had to wait almost 70 years to receive his medal. Benson was honored in February 2014 at Prairie View Assisted Living with a pinning ceremony with friends, family and other veterans present.

facility was to be fully operational by mid-summer and will add 30 to 35 good-paying jobs in Creston.

It was welcoming news for Branstad who hasn’t given up on his administration’s goal of creating 200,000 jobs in Iowa by 2015. It was also welcoming news for Creston which lost more than 70 jobs in September 2013 when Gits Manufacturing officially announced its closure.

“When you have one of the largest soy flour plants in North America, which that’s what they are saying about this plant in Cres-

ton, it provides an opportunity in our local ag industry to capitalize on new jobs and new investments in the community,” said Wayne Pantini, executive director of Union County Development Association.

Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds viewed two levels of the flour mill building and administration building. The mill will be capable of producing 200,000 tons of soy products per year, when fully operational.

CHS is a Fortune 100 company who did $2 billion in sales in Iowa

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Carl Casale, president and chief executive officer of CHS Inc., left, walks with Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Tom Malecha, vice president of CHS, during a tour in May 2014 of the new $30 million flour mill constructed by CHS on East Howard Street in Creston.

last year and $27.6 million in cash returns to Iowa families and communities.

“We are in this business for the long haul in Creston,” Malecha said. “We are owned by farmers so think about the value farmers have. Our integrity is everything and our word is our bond more than what’s written on a piece of paper.”

Woman dies in Creston house fire

July 3 A small fire that damaged a home on South Division Street in Creston in July claimed the life of 23-year-old Jessica Luke.

A state fire marshall’s report later showed Luke died of both carbon monoxide poisoning from smoke inhalation and acute mixed drug intoxication. The fire started from “careless discarding of smoking materials.” It’s believed Luke fell asleep with a smoldering cigarette in her hand, which fell and then caught a mattress on fire.

The report showed smoke detectors were present in the house, but were not working.

CHS teacher drowns in Twelve Mile Lake

July 29 AFTON — A Creston High School teacher drowned in Twelve Mile Lake in late July.

The body of Rich Gander, 45, of Creston was recovered by divers on the southwest side of the lake July 29 below about 15 feet of water. Gander Gander was reported missing 6:15 p.m. July 28 when a fellow fisherman found an empty boat on the lake.

Gander was a mathematics teacher at Creston High School

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last school year and coached the Creston freshman softball team in the summer of 2014. He also ran the game clock for all home basketball games last winter. He was about to start his second year with the Creston school system.

Bill Messerole, principal at Creston High School, worked with Gander for a total of 10 years in the Centerville and Creston school districts. He recruited Gander to come to Creston last year when a math position became available.

“He had a knack for taking a room of students — some of which do not like math or even school — and getting them to learn,” Messerole said. “That’s why I recruited him. He could control a classroom and do it with dignity and respect for the students. He will be missed.”

Authorities confirmed that Gander was alone July 28 and not wearing a life jacket. They did say two unused life jackets were found inside Gander’s boat during the search.

It was the first drowning on a major lake in Union County since June 1999 when Don Newton of Kellerton jumped into Three Mile Lake to retrieve a water ski and never resurfaced. Newton was not wearing a life jacket.

Bringing Hattie home: Colorado man brings 125-yearold tombstone back to Iowa

Aug. 4 In 1999, Sean Dougherty found a tombstone in the yard of his new Fort Collins, Colo., home. The stone belonged to Hattie Cowger. Intrigued, he did some preliminary research and discovered there were no records of anyone being buried on his property.

“I did some research over the next five years trying to find out where she belonged,” Dougherty said. “Somehow I found using Ancestry.com that she belonged in the old Jerusalem Cemetery (in Creston).”

In about 2005, he tried contacting people from Creston about Cowger, but hit multiple dead ends. Dougherty said work and life got in the way of his search, so he stopped for a few years.

Then earlier this year, Dougherty found out he would be traveling to Paul Smith College in Lake Placid, N.Y., for a class reunion, so he decided to bring the stone with him and return it to the burial ground.

“Part of the reason I wanted to drive to New York was to return Hattie,” Doughtry said. “I thought, ‘This is perfect.’ Creston is not far out of my way off of I-80 and I can bring her home.”

This is when he started the search again and began contacting people in the Creston area. Chris Fredricksen, owner of Fredricksen Memorials in Creston, was a big help to Dougherty. He contacted her in March of this year.

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Costello to replace Ernst in Iowa Senate

Deaths No death notices were submitted for publication today.

COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — A state representative has won a special election to replace Joni Ernst in the Iowa Senate.

Republican Mark Costello won Tuesday’s election

with 74 percent of the nearly 4,200 votes cast in District 12. Finishing second was Democrat Steve Adams, and Libertarian Don Brantz finished third. The district in southwest Iowa

is composed of Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold and Taylor counties.

Ernst, a Republican, was elected to the U.S. Senate in November. A special

election will be held to replace Costello in Iowa House District 23, which is composed of all of Fremont and Mills counties, along with two-thirds of Montgomery County.

2014: hind the 2013 harvest, but maintaining a normal pace.

Aaron Saeugling, Iowa State University Extension field agronomist for 14 counties in southwest Iowa, said southwest Iowa farmers were reporting above average yields for corn and soybeans.

Mark O’Riley, who does a majority of his farming in Union County, finished with his beans and is working on harvesting his corn. He said most of his fields are averaging about 30 percent higher yields.

“Everybody has been in pretty good humor except when they have to sit in town (to unload) and wait,” O’Riley said.

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Creston City Council sells Lincoln School to developer

Aug. 20 Creston City Council voted 6-1 in August to sell the Lincoln School property in Creston to Seldin Company of Omaha, Neb., for $10,000.

The council’s vote came after 37 people — 12 for the sale and 25 against — spoke during a two-hour public hearing in the mealsite at the restored Creston Depot.

Council members voting for the sale were Rich Madison, Ann Levine, Randy White, Marsha Wilson, Gary Lybarger and Dave Koets. Voting against was Nancy Loudon.

Seldin Company’s plans with the property are to refurbish the old school into senior housing — similar to housing that exists currently at the Iowana Hotel in uptown Creston.

Their site plan — provided to the city — shows a total of 16 rental units in the school building with adequate commons and fitness areas. These 16 units would be a combination of one and two bedroom apartments.

Seldin — who currently manages 13,000 units across the Midwest including Green Valley Manor in Creston — also plans to

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Union County Assessor Gene Haner is retiring at the end of 2014. He said one of his favorite improvements during more than 31 years as assessor has been the Geographical Information System (GIS). Instead of using large map books like the one pictured above, Haner said it can now all be done on a computer.

construct 13, three-bedroom townhomes on the greenspace between the school and Adams Street. These would be two-story rentals with three bedrooms and about 1,200 square feet.

Fallesen said Seldin hopes to acquire the building, then begin construction in July 2015 with completion of the project predicted in June 2016. Fallesen said plans are to construct all 29 units and put them into service at the same time.

The decision by the council was— at the very least — disheartening for Creston Library Board which was in the middle of fundraising efforts to transform Lincoln School into the city’s new library. The board raised $400,000 of the estimated $1.8 million needed for their renovations.

The library board is now considering expanding onto Gibson Memorial Library in Creston.

Union County assessor retiring after 31 years

Oct. 14 Thirty one years, seven months and eight days.

That is how long Union County Assessor Gene Haner has served the county before he retires today.

Union County Board of Supervisors regretfully accepted and approved Haner’s resignation at their regularly scheduled meeting in October.

“Gene has been here long term, has been very faithful and great to work with,” said Union County Board of Supervisor Chairman Dennis Brown. “We are really going to miss him.”

The assessor’s primary duty and responsibility is to assess all real property within their jurisdiction except that which is otherwise provided by law. This would include residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural classes of property.

As for Haner’s plans for retirement, he said he has

a pretty good idea what he will be doing.

“I will do whatever my wife tells me,” Haner said with a laugh.

They are already in the process of planning a trip to Las Vegas in the spring to visit their children, grandchildren and new great-grandchild.

A conference board — which included county supervisors, city mayors and school board members in the county — unanimously selected Theresa Pudenz in December to replace longtime assessor Gene Haner.

She will begin her tenure officially on Jan. 2, 2015.

Creston/O-M football team Dome-bound for first time in school history

Nov. 10 The Creston/O-M football team defeated fifth-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes 50-49 in the Class 3A state quarterfinal game in November, advancing to the UNI-

Dome for the first time in school history.

The win over Dallas Center came on a two-point conversion by Chase Shiltz in overtime when the sophomore went airborne toward the left pylon and reached the ball across the goaline for the victory.

The Panthers did later lose to top-ranked Sioux City Bishop Heelan in the state semifinals at the UNIDome in Cedar Falls.

Bin-buster harvest in southwest Iowa

Nov. 13 The finish line for the 2014 harvest was in sight for Doug Wallace and other area farmers in November, but questions still remain about how long farmers will be holding out for favorable market conditions.

The United States Department of Agriculture reported in November that 82 percent of Iowa’s corn and 96 percent of the soybean crop has been harvested.

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Verdict reached in Steve Green vs.

City civil case

Dec. 16 CORYDON — Eight jury members reached a unanimous decision approximately 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16 in the Steve Green vs. City of Creston, Water Works civil trial at the Wayne County Courthouse.

The jury members agreed with plaintiff Steve Green’s claim for a breach of contract and that the Creston Water Board failed to pay Green’s wages according to his contract.

Green was awarded all his accumulated vacation and sick hours — 676 and 960 hours respectively — for a total of more than $77,415.

Creston Water Works did win one of their counterclaims for the prescription co-pays Green reimbursed himself. The total claim is for $1,960.96.

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Fredricksen then got in touch with one of the township trustees, Jack Bakerink and his wife Fran. Jack is the Lincoln Township clerk and groundkeeper of the Jerusalem Cemetery.

“That cemetery is called a pioneer cemetery, because there haven’t been any burials there since probably the 1870s or 80s,” Bakerink said.

Bakerink has been restoring the cemetery for about 15 years. Before he started taking care of it, the cemetery was overrun by weeds and most of the tombstones were covered. Today, Jerusalem Cemetery is better kept. Bakerink had a handdrawn map of the cemetery layout that was made in 1946. From this he was able to locate Hattie’s burial site.

“It was pretty easy once we knew her name to find the location on that old map,” Bakerink said.

From there, the plan to return Hattie fell into place.

The stone was brought to the cemetery on the morning of July 24 with a small group of about eight people.

The Fredricksens donated a base for the tombstone to be placed on. The process of installing the stone and paying respect to Hattie took a little over an hour.

“The big mystery is how it (the tombstone) was in Colorado while she was buried back here,” Fredricksen said.

parents Dustin Hallett and Addy Holbrook of Creston.

Brantlee Murphy Hallett was 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 19 inches long.

New surgeon hired at Greater Regional February A new general surgeon was hired in February by Greater Regional Medical Center. Dr. Heather Osterbrink attended orientation in February and “scrubbed in on” a surgery with longtime surgeon Dr. Robert Kuhl on Feb. 11.

“We’re very pleased with this hire,” said Brian Schon, director of clinic services at GRMC. “Dr. Osterbrink wants to practice breadand-butter general surgery in a rural setting and fully appreciates the opportunity to work with a mentor like Dr. Kuhl.”

Osterbrink fills the vacancy left by Dr. Chris Downing — who separated from GRMC last August. Osterbrink’s arrival is welcomed

by Dr. Kuhl who has been doing “more than his share of the surgeries” over the past six months.

Elm’s Club top 10, again March Elm’s Club was in the running to be named Iowa’s Best Burger again in 2014.

It was the fifth year for the contest and the second year Elm’s Club has made the finals. The contest is put on by the Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association.

More than 9,600 nomination votes were cast for 456 restaurants between Feb. 12 through March 17. Elm’s Club, 108 N. Elm St., in Creston, is one of 10 restaurants to receive the most votes during the contest.

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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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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 meet-

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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 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.

Saturday

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

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

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

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 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 St.

Sunday

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. Southwest Iowa Dancers, 2 to 5 p.m., Osceola Eagles Lodge, featuring Marylins Country Band.

Monday

Union County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m., Union County Courthouse boardroom.

Woolworth Coffee Club, 9 a.m., Hy-Vee deli.

Creston Rotary Club, noon, Greater Regional Medical Center cafeteria conference room.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

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

Crest Area Theatre, 7 p.m. general membership meeting, Southwestern Community College Performing Arts Center Green Room.

AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

For the record Meeting

Union County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Friday, Union County Courthouse boardroom.

Agenda includes: 9 a.m. oath of office and election of chairperson and vice chairperson; 9:10 a.m. approve agenda and minutes of last meeting; 9:20 a.m. Tim Kenyon, county attorney; and Sandy Hysell, county auditor: review of open meeting law and open records law per Iowa Code Chapter 21 and 22; 9:35 a.m.

Hysell, auditor’s quarterly report: construction evaluation resolution (master matrix), deferred compensation board resolution, holiday schedule, official newspapers, reaffirm 28E agreement with Guthrie County for sanitation services, record retention resolution, recorder appointments, Union County ordinances and board appointments; 10:45 a.m. Steve Akes, county engineer: maintenance activity report, utility permit applications, discuss fiscal year 2016 five-year construction program, partial payment for 168th Street bridge replacement project, final payment for east box culvert project on REA Road and final payment for Cromwell Road and High and Dry Road projects.

Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Corn — $3.68 Soybeans — $9.70 • Gavilon Grain: Corn — $3.68 Soybeans — $9.85

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Miscellaneous Narcotic, 7:03 a.m., Tuesday, North Pine Street.

Accident, 8:38 a.m., Tuesday, West Adams Street.

Alarm, 8:44 a.m., Tuesday, North Walnut Street.

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Theft, 11:33 a.m., Tuesday, South Cherry Street.

Information, 3:44 p.m., Tuesday, North Pine Street.

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Rememberlutions instead of resolutions Tomorrow it will be a new year, so I spent several days thinking of things to add to my New Year’s resolutions list.

Then, I found an article written about an interesting variation to resolutions. The writer said to create a rememberlutions jar in place of a resolutions list.

A rememberlutions jar is just that, a jar, where you house slips of paper on which are written things you accomplished throughout the year.

This jumped out at me more

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than a simple, run-of-the-mill list of things to change or be better at.

I think I would prefer writing my yearly accomplishments, be they personal, fitness related or silly, rather than setting several general goals and risking the possibility of failing.

The article, which I found on the website BuzzFeed, boasts pictures of people decorating their rememberlutions jars with sequins, pictures and puff paint, then writing down accomplishments on slips of paper, folding them up and putting them inside the jar.

Immediately, I began planning where to find a single glass jar, how to decorate it and where to put it.

My ideas took off then, and I began imagining doing this year after year, and keeping the jars and accomplishments in places where

I could always see them if I ever need a pick-me-up.

After getting off work Monday, I ran to Walmart and picked up a glass vase of sorts and gold scrapbooking stickers. Shawna Creveling and I spent a few hours Tuesday night sipping wine while she folded paper for wedding favors and I decorated my 2015 rememberlutions jar.

Looking back, I remember the times I felt amazing. For example, when I succeeded in completing all the obstacles of the Warrior Dash

this year with flying colors, or when I climbed more than 20 flights of stairs in bunker gear and air pack at the Fight for Air Climb.

I love this idea because, not just because it shows what is most important to me, I can come back to the jar at the end of 2015 and look through all my slips of paper and remember what happened each time that made it that important to me. Reliving things that make you feel amazing is one of the best things, I think, to continue feeling amazing.

North Korea’s Kim Jung Un called President Obama a monkey LA JOLLA — Happy Wednesday, everybody, and God bless America.

Happy New Year from the seaside resort of La Jolla where the Comedy Store has a showroom that comedians love to perform in. It’s rated the wealthiest town in the country. Last week, someone embezzled fifty thousand dollars from the Bank of La Jolla, and the police are still looking for a motive.

The Centers for Disease Control issued guideines for the barbecuing of steaks and ground beef this summer while you’re cooking on your outdoor grill. They want to avoid an e-coli outbreak from beef that’s too rare. It’s considered a bad sign if your steak is so undercooked that it’s eating the salad.

A Great White Shark attacked a surfer off a Central California beach Sunday. Experts say don’t poke a shark in the eyes if he approaches you in the ocean, be still and he’ll swim by. If you poke a shark in the eyes you’ll embarrass him in front of his friends and he has to eat you in order to save face.

The Chicago Bears, the Atlanta Falcons and New York Jets fired their head coaches on Monday after they failed to make the playoffs. Some of these jobs are like revolving doors. It’s hard to say which position has worse job security, coach of the Chicago Bears or second-in-command of Al-Qaeda.

USA Today reported Tuesday that a woman in San Luis Valley in Colorado last week gave birth to one of the heaviest babies ever born in the U.S. The baby weighed thirteen pounds and thirteen ounces. To give you an idea of how big the baby was, when the mother’s water broke FEMA showed up.

President Obama’s Secret Service detail told two U.S. Army officers to relocate their wedding ceremony at a golf club in Hawaii to accommodate his golf round.

He’s not all about golf. Last April when Obama got word that Russia seized the Crimea, he asked the

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next three groups if he could play through.

North Korea’s Kim Jung Un called President Obama a monkey Monday while accusing Obama of ordering their Internet outage.

The language is intolerable. It gave Southerners a rare chance to remind Hollywood, academia and the national media that the real racial prejudice was always up North.

California health officials are considering whether President Obama’s edict protecting illegal immigrants from deportation made them eligible for Medi-Cal. It’ll break the state treasury. No matter how healthy people become by walking two thousand miles to get to California, the podiatrist bills are going to kill us.

CBS released old video of Walter Cronkite citing data from an IBM Univac computer to predict Ike Eisenhower would defeat Adlai Stevenson in 1952. There are two Univacs still in existence.

One is on display at the Smithsonian and the other one’s still being used by Malaysia to monitor airline traffic.

President Obama sent twelve hundred more U.S. troops to Iraq to train the Iraqi forces to defend their country. They need a fresh perspective. The Iraqi general staff were trained under the DeGaulle Doctrine, which says if you lose your country at the beginning of the war the U.S. will win it back for you.

Cuban spy Geraldo Hernandez was released as part of Obama’s deal with Cuba Friday. It turns out he artificially inseminated his wife in Cuba while in U.S. prison.

It may have been a violation of the trade embargo, which means that someone in the Obama Administration has sperm on their hands.

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Letter to the editor

A point of clarification From Gary O’Daniels, Troop 129 Asst.

Scoutmaster, Trailblazer District Eagle Scout Advisor Creston

I would like to thank the Creston News Advertiser for the recent article regarding the earning of the Eagle Scout rank by Keirnan Norton, a member of Creston’s Troop 129. I would also like to make a couple of clarifications regarding

some of the information in the article. Keirnan is the 100th Scout in Troop 129 to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, not the 100th Eagle Scout in Union County.

Troop 129’s first Eagle Scout rank was earned by Wayne Strong in 1929. Troop 129 was organized in the mid-1920s, but has been continuously chartered by the United Methodist Church in Creston for 80 years.

When Troop 12 was an active

Scout troop in Creston, they had at least 12-14 Scouts earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Also, there was a Boy Scout Explorer Post in Creston in the 1960s that had some Scouts earn the rank of Eagle Scout.

It has been my privilege to have been associated with the last 35 Eagle Scouts in Troop 129, either as their scoutmaster or the district Eagle Scout advisor. These young men are the future leaders of our community and our country.

Books you might not have heard about Blockbuster books like “Wild” and “Gone Girl” get so much attention that we forget other authors are out there busting their blocks trying to sell a few stories written without murders and mayhem.

I received a couple of quietly wonderful books as gifts, and I have to share the news in case The Times neglects to review them.

They deserve attention, too.

Ann Ballard of Itawamba County, Miss., has written a slim volume called “My Garden, My Homeplace.” I predict other passionate gardeners who discover it will put it on their shelves next to that classic “Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden.”

Ann has taken her great-grandfather’s 1883 home, painted it carnation pink, added a greenhouse and conservatory, and basically made the old place an Eden of sweat equity. You don’t have to be a great gardener to enjoy her matter-of-fact description of what she’s planted, what survived and how a blend of books, a good front porch and hard work can be the recipe for happiness.

I don’t know the author — the book was sent to me by a generous librarian — but I appreciate the lifestyle Ann Ballard describes.

The fine art of porch-sitting isn’t entirely lost, and she proves it.

Two of my former Auburn University journalism professor

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friends have published the third edition of “A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village,” an amazing collection of photographs that tell the story of my alma mater. Love’s labor is impressive.

You can rely on the accuracy of the photo cutlines, too, considering that Jack Simms and Mickey Logue are the authors. As the Auburn professors used to insist, the three most important things for a journalist to remember are “accuracy, accuracy and -- accuracy.”

The book is essential for Auburn people, but others interested in astronauts, football, musicians and other celebrities would enjoy seeing what has happened at this sometimes underrated “cow college.”

I was touched deeply by a book intended for juvenile readers. Faye Gibbons’ “Halley,” a Depression-era story set in the poverty and gloom of the North Georgia mountains.

Though the book is fiction, you sense Ms. Gibbons knows of what she writes. A young girl yearns for more than the End Times, which is the only thing besides money that

interests her rigid and self-righteous grandfather who is raising her.

I like a story with clear villains and heroes, and this one has both.

I think it’s a book for readers of any age -- and of the ages. Certainly cruel piety is not in short supply in 2014. Again, I’ve never met the author but would love to.

I do know John M. Williams, probably one of the most gifted writers I’ve ever been privileged to read. An English professor at Lagrange College in Georgia, Johnny manages to write and write and write some more in his spare time, which is limited. You can get a taste at LikeTheDew.com.

His short essays are in the tradition, I think, of E.B. White, and he makes the everyday beautiful and the local universal. His short stories are equally impressive, and I hope a publisher somewhere in 2015 will “discover” the work of a man with something to say who can’t help but write.

Samuel Johnson said only a blockhead writes for anything but money. Johnny Williams is the biggest blockhead I know. *** Rheta Grimsley Johnson most recent book is “Hank Hung the Moon ... And Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts.” Comments are welcomed at rhetagrimsley@aol.com. (c) 2014 Rheta Grimsley Johnson

BUSINESS Ringgold County Hospital Joins Mercy ACO and Partners for an Innovation Award MOUNT AYR — Ringgold County Hospital has joined the Mercy Accountable Care Organization (Mercy ACO), and will be partnering with the ACO on a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Award.

Effective Jan. 1, Ringgold County Hospital will officially be a participant member of Mercy ACO. In July of 2012, Mercy ACO became a recognized Accountable Care Organization under the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

With the program’s focus of improved quality of care and increased patient value, the shared savings program was a logical next step in the evolution of Mercy’s health care model. The Medicare Shared Savings Program further aligns incentives to providing quality health care, increased patient satisfaction and lower cost for

this patient population.

Mercy ACO is made up of a team of health care providers working together to coordinate patient care. The ACO combines the entire range of patient care – primary doctor, specialists, hospitals, home health services, etc. – in an effort to realize greater efficiencies and lower the out-of-pocket costs for patients.

Effective Nov. 1, Ringgold County Hospital was also a participant site in the Mercy ACO/Mercy Health Network (MHN) $10.1 million CMS Health Care Innovation Award, which was announced earlier this year.

Thanks to the CMS Health Care Innovation Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this award will allow funding to MHN Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and their allied clinics to begin transitioning to value-based care.

The 25 CAH facilities and 73 clinics are located in 37 counties in Iowa and Nebraska. They are affiliated with MHN members — Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines, Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa and Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City.

More than 160,000 people could see benefits through better management of chronic conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. This project will use the in-clinic health coach model developed by Mercy Clinics in Des Moines. This model has been successful in delivering better care and controlling cost. It’s still being used successfully by Mercy ACO. Health coaches are achieving good results through education, prevention activities and encouraging better medication adherence by patients.

Established in 2012, Mercy Accountable Care Organization (ACO) focuses on building a new health care model, concentrated on providing enhanced medical services while improving outcomes and lowering costs for all patients. Today, Mercy ACO includes 100 member organizations and covers the lives of approximately 117,000 patients in a variety of shared savings programs and value based contracts.

The project described was supported by Grant Number 1C1CMS331327-01-00 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any of its agencies.

Report prompts mixed view of health care sign-ups The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health care law shows that more than 4 million people selected plans for the first time or re-enrolled.

The administration called it “an encouraging start.”

More than 3.4 million people enrolled using HealthCare.gov as of Dec. 15, and more than 600,000 people selected plans in the staterun marketplaces, according to a Health and Human Services Department report released Tuesday. The figures are generally up to date through Dec. 13.

About half of those enrolling are first-timers and half are returning customers, suggesting there are about 2 million Americans new to the program.

The figures look good for the administration meeting its goal of 9.1 million cus-

tomers signed up and paying premiums in 2015, independent experts said. But they predicted the program won’t meet another target: the 13 million enrollments in 2015 forecast by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

“It would take a massive surge in enrollment over the next six weeks” to reach 13 million, said Larry Levitt of the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.

Other experts believe that for the program to be sustainable it would have to exceed the goal set by the administration.

“I really think they need to get to 13 million this year to have a sustainable program, not this low-ball estimate that nobody takes seriously,” said Washington-based health care consultant Robert Laszewski.

“We don’t know how many of these people are going

to pay. And we don’t know how many of the existing people are going to re-enroll.”

Young adults still aren’t flocking to the program, which could increase costs down the road. About 24 percent of the enrollees are 18 to 34 years old, an age group needed to offset the costs of older, sicker enrollees and keep premiums from rising. That’s about the same proportion of young people signing up in the first three months of last enrollment season. Laszewski and other independent experts say that should be closer to 40 percent to help keep premiums down.

The report includes figures for 14 state marketplaces including Washington, D.C., and the 37 states using HealthCare.gov. It doesn’t include people who are being automatically re-enrolled in health plans

because that re-enrollment process happened on the federal marketplace Dec. 16-18.

The numbers are significantly larger than during the first month of enrollment last year, when HealthCare. gov was plagued with technical problems. Then, the nationwide sign-up total after the first month was 106,000.

This year, open enrollment runs through Feb. 15.

People enrolling by that date will get coverage starting March 1. Current customers can still make plan changes through Feb. 15.

“Interest in the Marketplace has been strong during the first month of open enrollment,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said in a statement. “We still have a ways to go and a lot of work to do before Feb. 15, but this is an encouraging start.”

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How wealth gap complicates sibling relationships NEW YORK (AP) — When Jayson Seaver thinks about why he makes so much money while some Americans can’t catch a break, he thinks of the sacrifices he’s made, the jobs he worked to pay for college, the 12-hour days he spends at the office now.

And he thinks of his youngest sister, Jackie, whom he practically begged to go to college and how she refused and is “paying for it” now, watching with envy while he flies around on vacation and enjoys his wealth.

At least that’s how he sees it. She has a different view. But they don’t talk much.

“I’m disappointed in her,” says Jayson, 37. “I think it’s distanced us.”

It’s a story as old as humankind: People raised in the same home, at the same time, by the same parents, who as adults land in vastly different financial circumstances.

Experts see a growing trend. The same forces that have increasingly separated the richest Americans from everyone else is dividing brothers and sisters, too.

It’s given rise to a mix of often conflicting emotions — jealousy and resentment, disappointment and distance, but also frequently understanding and respect.

From 2009 through 2012, income for the wealthiest 1 percent of households surged 31 percent, after adjusting for inflation, according to research by economist Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley. For everyone else, income inched up just 0.4 percent.

As the wealth gap has widened, some mental health professionals say they’ve seen more patients for whom such a divide has become a personal issue.

In 35 years practicing

psychotherapy, Janna Malamud Smith says she’s never had so many clients troubled by sibling wealth. The complaints have grown so familiar to her she can riff on them without pause: “’My sibling can afford to join this country club, and I can’t.’ ‘My brother has houses in four countries, and why can’t he help me out?’”

There’s more than one reason Stuart Schneider and his siblings stopped speaking years ago. But Schneider, 53, thinks the problem began when he struck it rich in the late ‘90s selling high-end textiles and began driving a Land Rover and sporting a Rolex watch.

“I thought they would be proud of me,” he says, referring to his sister and recently deceased brother.

“But it really wasn’t that way.”

Likewise, VP Young Chang, co-owner of a Los Angeles clothes company, thought his cousins would be pleased he could afford a Ferrari and BMW 7 Series — until he showed up to a family party a few years ago in one of the cars.

“It didn’t play well. It wasn’t, ‘Congrats, Buddy,’” says Chang, 38. “There was jealousy — ‘Why do you drive a BMW? We grew up the same.’”

Now, when the family gets together, Chang borrows his mother’s van.

A decade ago, sociologist Dalton Conley produced research suggesting that income inequality in America occurs as much within families as among them.

Yet the similarities tend to end there. In comparing yourself with rich strangers, Conley notes, you can always convince yourself that they inherited wealth or attended elite schools or had parents with connections to lucrative jobs.

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2015 Is almost here!

Dear Readers: It’s NEW YEAR’S EVE, 2014, and we are about to say “Hello” to a new year. I love the sound of “Twenty-fifteen”! If you are going out and about, please be safe, and have a wonderful time. If you’re staying home, snug as a big, warm hug, hope you have someone special to celebrate with.

Please know that as we travel through the next year, I’ll be here to help you, share your ideas and hints, and just be a friend.

If you are awake for the countdown, watch it on TV, and you can pretty much pick if you want to celebrate on Tahiti time, Texas time or Timbuktu, Mali, time. OK, folks, figure out which location celebrates first! — My very best wishes, Heloise TACO CASSEROLE Dear Heloise: Looking at your recipe for Heloise’s Taco Casserole, there was ground beef to be added.

Was the ground beef to be cooked before, or would cooking it in the oven make it safe to eat? — Cynthia Holloway in Texas Glad you asked, because the answer is yes, the ground beef needs to be cooked first.

Hints from Heloise This taco casserole is a good way to “repurpose” leftover ground beef from tacos. For other readers, here are the directions again: Grease a big casserole dish with nonstick spray, then spread some salsa (canned, jarred or left over from takeout) on the bottom. Sprinkle broken-up tortilla chips or taco shells over it, then layer the leftover ground meat. Next, beans, cheese and more salsa, and a layer of chips on top. Bake until hot, about 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Take it out of the oven, let sit for about five minutes, then top with sour cream, guacamole, olives, lettuce and tomatoes. For this recipe and more, you can order my All-Time Favorite Recipes pamphlet. Please send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Recipes, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001.

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ing mix to flavor cooked beef if you have no taco leftovers but still want to make this casserole. — Heloise CHICKEN SKIN Dear Heloise: I buy whole chickens, cut them up and freeze them. When I cook the chicken, I remove the skin. Using a paper towel to grab the skin and then pull it off is the easiest method. — Jamie D. in Connecticut HARD-BOILED EGGS Dear Heloise: When a recipe calls for chopped hardboiled eggs, I poach them in my egg poacher. I don’t have to peel them, and I can judge when the yolks are hard. This has made my life simpler. — Patricia White, Marfa, Texas Patricia, it’s brilliant! Also, this is perfect for egg salad. BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker A big hug for teaching me a new hint! — Heloise WHISK HOLDER Dear Heloise: My helpful hint is for the whisk in the kitchen. In my drawer, it got caught on everything it came in contact with. I used my zippered beer-bottle holder, and the whisk fits like a glove. — Debbie W. in Florida (c)2014 by King Features Syndicate Inc. BLONDIE® by Dean Young

Horoscope Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might overdo something with a group of people today.

(Could this be a Polar Bear swim?) Be sensible so that you don’t have regrets later on.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your ambition is aroused today, and this will allow you to accomplish a lot. However, don’t bite off more than you can chew, because you will be tempted to do this.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Travel plans look exciting today. In fact, you want to plan something quite ambitious and over-the-top. Others will be just as enthusiastic about training possibilities or taking a new course.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Don’t give away the farm today. If you have disputes about shared property, make sure you get your facts straight.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You have lots of energy to schmooze with others today, especially with members of the general public. People will be attracted to you, because enthusiasm is contagious.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be realistic in your plans at work today, because you might overestimate something. If you have to agree to a deadline, be realistic. (You can always finish ahead of time and look like a hero.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You might overdo a social event today by eating too much, drinking too much or spending too much money. Be aware so that you can stay realistic.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You might want to begin an ambitious renovation project today or begin a family activity. Best to start small and then finish big (not the other way around).

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) All your communications will be upbeat today, which is why this is a strong day for those of you who write, sell, market, teach or act. Yada, yada, yada.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be careful with financial matters today because you might overestimate something or you might spend too much money.

Better to err on the side of caution.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.

18) Today, fiery Mars is in your sign opposing Jupiter. This will tend to magnify all your reactions and actions. If so, you might feel like an emotional yo-yo today.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You are a sympathetic sign who likes to help those in need.

Nevertheless, don’t go overboard. Remember: True generosity is giving what is needed.

YOU BORN TODAY You are capable and organized, and you like a structured environment. Many of you work with

your hands to create something practical and useful.

At times, you are very ambitious about what you wish to achieve. You are sensitive to the comments of others. This year is the beginning of a new nine-year cycle for you. Open any door! Start a new business activity.

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Seed libraries struggle with state laws limiting exchanges DES MOINES (AP) — For thousands of years, people have exchanged seeds to grow terrific tomatoes or produce the perfect potato, but a new effort to loan and borrow seeds has created a conflict between well-meaning gardeners and state agriculture officials who feel obligated to enforce laws restricting the practice.

Seed exchanges have sprouted up in about 300 locations around the coun-

try, most often in libraries, where gardeners can exchange self-pollinating seeds rather than buy standard, hybrid seeds. In spots like Duluth, Minnesota, the conflict with agriculture departments has surprised gardeners and library officials, who established exchanges to meet a growing interest in locally grown food and preserving certain varieties, never thinking to examine the intricacies of state seed

laws.

“It’s about the philosophy, the legacy of shared seeds,” Duluth Library Manager Carla Powers said.

Its seed exchange is operated by library employees and volunteers out of a converted wardrobe. “It’s about sharing with our friends and neighbors in the community.”

Agriculture officials say they weren’t looking for a fight but felt obligated as

they became aware of the increasingly popular seed libraries to enforce laws, which are largely uniform across the country.

Intended to protect farmers, the laws ensure seeds are viable, will grow the intended plant and aren’t mixed with unwanted seeds for weeds or plants. Even though most of the laws refer to “sales” of seeds, that term is defined to include exchanges — where no

Youths identify beef for Adair County Fair GREENFIELD — Adair County 4-H’ers, parents and volunteers worked Dec. 29 weighing and tagging beef animals at the Adair County Fairgrounds in Greenfield.

Fifty-two head identified by 18 potential exhibitors at the weigh-in are now eligible to be exhibited at the Adair County Fair scheduled for July 15-19, 2015.

Eight head were verified for exhibition at the 2015 Iowa State Fair, Aug. 13-23, 2015, and for the 2015 AKSAR-BEN Livestock Show, Sept. 24-27, 2015.

One of the primary purposes of the weigh-in is to gather beginning weights so rate of gain can be calculated. Rate of gain is an important factor in determining the profitability of cattle. To qualify for a blue or purple award, each lead market steer exhibited at Adair County Fair is required to gain a minimum of 2.3 pounds per day and lead market heifers are required to gain a minimum of 2.1 pounds per day. Junior feeder pen cattle must have an average daily gain of 2.4 or more pounds to qualify for a blue or purple award. The gain along with carcass traits is used to determine the winners of the performance contest sponsored each year by the Adair County Cattlemen. The top individual animals in this contest, as well as the pen of cattle that averages the highest retail

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Beth Baudler, Adair County 4-H volunteer, takes a retinal image of Joe Herr’s steer making the animal eligible for the 2015 Iowa State Fair. Joe and his sister, Annie Herr of Fontanelle, and Heath Downing of Creston, verified steers for the Iowa State Fair and had DNA hair samples pulled on their animals making them eligible for the AK-SAR-BEN Livestock Show held in September.

value per day on feed, will be honored.

Youths weighing animals included: Jacob Fox, Maggie and Michael Maas, all of Casey; Hannah Jorgensen of Adair; Jennifer and John Clarke, Madison Carstens, and Joe and Annie Herr, all of Fontanelle; Cody Tanner of Greenfield; Korbin Nourse of Dexter; Caroline Doud, Jennifer Dudley, Drew Belden, and Lily Day, all of Stuart; Heath Downing of Creston; Sophie Dorsey of Anita; and Matt Evans of

Bridgewater.

Adair County Cattlemen Board members Scott Steele, Sara Shepherd and Marlin Marckmann helped with the weigh-in. Bruce Steele served as the official scalemaster. Ralph Lents collected hair samples for DNA testing for 4-H calves verified for 2015 AK-SARBEN. Beth Baudler took retinal images for cattle verified for the 2015 Iowa State Fair. Gary Schulteis, Adair County Veterinary Clinic, furnished the facilities for

taking retinal images and pulling DNA samples. Other volunteers included Bart Mostaert, Doug Wallace, Dick Wallace, Carl Ford, Kysa Downing, Dan Brownlee, Alex Brownlee and youth volunteer Paisley Kintigh. Jerry Meisenheimer, grounds maintenance, assisted with preparations for the weigh-in and joined the weigh-in crew Monday morning. The weigh-in was organized by Donna Wallace of Adair County Extension.

money changes hands.

“Everybody thinks we’re the big, evil, bad government, but it’s much more complicated than people are aware,” said Geir Friisoe, director of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Plant Protection Division.

The issue first arose last summer in Pennsylvania, when a state inspector became aware of a seed exchange at a public library

in Mechanicsburg that appeared to violate the law.

State Agriculture Department Deputy Secretary Jay Howes said his office “sent them a nice letter” that outlined the problem, noting seed distributed by the library needed to be tested and the library would have to be licensed. State officials and the library quickly resolved the situation by agreeing to hold one-day seed swaps, Howes said.

Register now: QuickBooks for agriculture and business class A one day QuickBooks software class will be held 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Carpenter’s Hall (Rotary Room) in Chariton. A light lunch will be served on site.

Attendees will learn how to set up and manage their business through the QuickBooks software program.

QuickBooks can aid users in tracking income, expenses, depreciation, loans and having financial statements readily available to support day-to-day operations, as well as strategic decisions.

Pre-registration is required. A computer lab with QuickBooks software program will be provided.

Call 641-774-2016 to register by Jan. 12. A fee of $65 is payable to Lucas County Extension Office, 48293 HyVee Road, Chariton.

The instructor is Bryan Zeigler, Indian Hills Small Business Development Center. Joe Sellers, ISU Extension and Outreach, will be the facilitator. Sponsors are ISU Extension and Outreach, Small Business Development Center and Chariton Area Chamber/ Main Street’s Economic Restructuring Division.

For more information, contact Sellers at 641-2031270.

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Afton ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible study and youth. Saturday, 7:25 a.m. “In the Mirror” radio program on Creston Radio.

ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 104 W. Union St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; Confession following Mass.

Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass.

Wednesday (1/7), 6:15 p.m. religious education classes; 7 p.m.

Knights of Columbus First Degree ceremony, Holy Spirit hall.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. potluck supper, open to the public; 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening worship service. Aspire Food Pantry dropoff site.

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

Beaconsfield

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Clearfield

AREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.areabiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship service; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA, Clearfield Community Center.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday school; 9 a.m. worship.

Corning

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 907 Grove Ave., Ken Rummer, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship services.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 901 Nodaway St., Andrew Bardole, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. prayer service.

MESSIANIC MISSION SEVENTH DAY, 405 11th St. Sabbath services, second and fourth Saturdays. Call 641-3223386 for time and place.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 800 17th St., Philip Ritter, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:45 a.m. worship with Holy Communion. Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Bible study.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 504 Grove, Ave., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass; 7 p.m. youth group. Wednesday, 2 to 5 p.m. religious education classes.

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ABUNDANT LIFE FAMILY CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email alfc@ iowatelecom.net; website www.

AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. worship and Kid’s Club. Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Men of Honor; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Light Switch teens.

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, 600 N. Lincoln St., Paul Vandevender, pastor, 782-5594.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship service; 5:30 p.m. prayer time; 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. worship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

LIFE CHURCH, ASSEMBLY

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OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641782-4236, e-mail crestonrolag@ gmail.com, website lifechurchcreston.com.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 10:35 a.m. morning worship. Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and conversation. WiFi is available.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evangelists, 641-344-3201.

Thursday, 3:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship services. Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 3 p.m. Crisis fund center open, 5 p.m. Open table. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.

TOPS. COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Creston Congregation (RLDS), 820 N. Elm St., Elder Gary O’Daniels, pastoral coordinator.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. praise and inspiration, Rochelle Porter; 9:30 a.m. church school classes; 10 a.m. morning worship, Ken Mallas, presider; Gary O’Daniels, speaker.

CREST BAPTIST, affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, Poplar and Townline streets, Chuck Spindler, pastor. Website: www.crestbaptistchurch.com.

Today, 8 p.m. churchwide game night. Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Celebrate Recovery. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (for all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study.

Wednesday (1/7), 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. TeamKid/ youth ministry/adult Bible study.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1001 N. Lincoln St., David Tebbenkamp, pastor; Dan Fields, youth pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; 5 p.m. family worship service and Lord’s Table; 6 p.m. senior high committee meetings. Monday, 1 p.m.

“Overview of the Gospel of John” Ladies Bible study, Deloris Barnett’s. Wednesday (1/7), 6 p.m. Triumphant Praise choir rehearsal - senior high; 6:30 p.m.

AWANA clubs and junior high Trek; senior high youth group; adult Bible study; and prayer meeting. Thursday (1/8), Riley Missionary Circle, welcome center.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St. Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Tootles (games/crafts) in fellowship hall.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St. Sunday, 11 a.m. church service.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting workshop. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship services, congregational meeting; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School – all ages and grades; 6 p.m. children’s Christmas program.

Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stich, Knit and Quilt.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor. Call 641-782-2427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: fumc. creston@gmail.com. Facebook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Friday.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services; 9:30 a.m.

Sunday school. Tuesday, 9 a.m.

Summit House Bible study; 1:30 p.m. Crestridge Bible study.

Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. handbell rehearsal; 7 p.m. choir rehearsal. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men. GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna Davis.

Thursday, 6 p.m. Women’s Bible study, church. Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire service, church. Saturday, first and third, 9:30 a.m. Men’s Bible study, 124 N. Maple St. Sunday, 9 to 10 a.m.

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Sri Lanka’s largest Muslim party leaves gov’t COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s largest Muslim political party on Sunday defected from President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s camp to support the opposition candidate in next month’s presidential election.

With Sunday’s announcement Sri Lanka Muslim Congress became the latest partner of Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition to withdraw support, dealing a major blow to his campaign for a third term in office, with more than 20 lawmakers and ministers already defecting to the opposition.

Party leader and Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem also resigned from the Cabinet.

Ameer Faaiz, an official of the party that represents minority Muslims in overwhelmingly Buddhist Sri Lanka, cited the Rajapaksa administration’s “intolerance toward religious minorities” and disagreement with his style of rule.

He said the party consulted its supporters, who were of the overwhelming Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. church service; 6 p.m. church service.

Monday, 4 to 5:45 p.m. children’s ministry (preschool through 11 years old); 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. youth ministry (12 years old and up).

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 107 W. Howard St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Friday, 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop; 4:30 to 5 p.m. Confession; 5:15 p.m.

Mass/monthly food pantry drive. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m.

Confession; 9 a.m. Mass/monthly food pantry drive. Monday, 5 to 6 p.m. Adoration, St. Malachy Chapel; 6 p.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 6:30 p.m. CRHP Ladies meeting, St. Malachy library.

Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Wednesday (1/7), 9:15 a.m.

Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 7 p.m. religious education classes; and Knights of Columbus First Degree ceremony, hall. Thursday (1/8), 10:30 a.m. Mass, Crest Haven Care Center.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1965 REA Road, Rev. Jim W. Morris, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Bible study; 9 a.m worship.

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, 1000 Cottonwood St. Sunday, 10 a.m. public talk and Watchtower study. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. congregation Bible study, ministry school and service meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship.

Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

PLATTE CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston, Rev. Delores Doench, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. coffee time; 10:30 a.m. church service.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-7822920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school and adult education; 10 a.m. worship service. Monday, 6 p.m. Finance. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters; 4:45 p.m.

Outreach. Wednesday (1/7), 7 p.m. Confirmation; and choir.

opinion that they could no longer stand with Rajapaksa and that they would throw their support behind his rival Maithripala Sirisena.

An attack on Muslims in June that was provoked by a Sri Lankan Buddhist ultranationalist and left three dead and dozens injured exacerbated ethnic tensions in the aftermath of a decades-long civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels that ended in 2009.

Rajapaksa’s government had come under heavy criticism in recent years for backing extremist Buddhist groups and turning a blind eye to the recent anti-Muslim violence. Bodu Bala Sena or Buddhist Power Force accused of instigating the violence has announced its support to Rajapaksa in the election.

Sirisena is a former health minister who split from Rajapaksa last month to run for president in the biggest challenge for the incumbent since he was first elected in 2005.

Thursday (1/8), 6 p.m. Council.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St., Jared Miller, pastor, 515-897-7919, email jaredandkatiem@gmail. com.

Saturday, 9 a.m. worship service; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES, 1216 N. Cherry St. (corner of Townline and Cherry streets).

Sunday, 9:45 to 10:15 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 601 S. Maple St., Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. Jonathan C. Watt, pastor, 641782-5095, http://TrinityCreston. org.

Today, 7 p.m. New Year’s Eve Divine Service with Holy Communion in Creston. Sunday, Mount Ayr: 8 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion; 9:30 a.m.

Bible class and Sunday school; Creston: 9:45 a.m. Divine Service; 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes; 7 p.m. adult instruction class. Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool. Wednesday (1/7), 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m.

Confirmation classes. Thursday (1/8), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting.

Sunday, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:45 a.m. worship services. Monday, 7:30 a.m.

AA meeting. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon pastor’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

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CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday

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UNITED CHURCH OF DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diagonalchurch.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. church.

Ellston

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.

Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship.

Greenfield

CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Jeff Banks, pastor, office 641-743-0221.

Website: www.welcometocornerstone.org.

Thursday, office closed.

Sunday, 7 a.m. MP3: Men’s Praise, Prayer and Pancakes; 9:30 a.m. worship service; 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Connection Sunday; 11:30 a.m. congregational meeting; 5 p.m. Elder-led corporate prayer time. Wednesday (1/7), 6:20 p.m. AWANA; 7 to 8:30 p.m. youth group at the Green’s home. Thursday (1/8), 7 p.m.

Men’s Fraternity.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 213 N. E. Elm St., Kenneth Gross, pastor. Website: www.stjohngreenfield.parishesonline.com.

Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Mass.

Sunday, 8:15 a.m.

Mass.

Monday, 5 to 5:30 p.m.

Reconciliation service; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Reconciliation service.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Mass.

Thursday (12/25), Christmas Day, 9 a.m. Mass.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes closet open; 6:30 p.m. worship service. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

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3-pointers made by Detroit’s Jodie Meeks Tuesday, 1 shy of Joe Dumars’ team record.

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Members of the 2014 Creston/O-M football team raise their Class 3A state semifinal trophy at the UNI-Dome, after becoming the first Panther team to reach the UNIDome.

Meeks

NATIONAL DIGEST

Iowa wins COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Some Iowa fans have groused that the Hawkeyes are too soft.

In their Big Ten opener, they turned that criticism on its ear.

Jarrod Uthoff and Aaron White each scored 18 points to lift the Hawkeyes past No. 20 Ohio State 71-65 Tuesday in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

“We came with an aggressive mindset,” Uthoff said. “That was the big key to us winning. We hit the offensive boards, we got to the rim and we got a lot of free throws.”

There was no question that the Hawkeyes (10-4, 1-0) were the aggressor, particularly in the opening 4 minutes. They attacked Ohio State’s 2-3 zone and the Buckeyes’ press, frequently passing behind the defense for easy dunks.

Iowa led 43-31 at the half but Ohio State (11-3, 0-1) came back. D’Angelo Russell, the Buckeyes’ leading scorer at nearly 18 points a game, returned from sitting out with four fouls and drilled a 3 with 3:25 left to cut the Hawkeyes’ lead to 63-60.

Suh wins appeal DETROIT — Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh had his one-game suspension overturned by appeals officer Ted Cottrell on Tuesday, a day after the NFL suspended Suh for Sunday’s playoff game between the Lions and Dallas Cowboys.

Instead, Cottrell ruled Suh will have to pay a $70,000 fine.

Suh was suspended by the league for stepping on the calf and ankle of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during the Packers’ 30-20 win over the Lions on Sunday.

Winning FG NASHVILLE, Tenn.

— Notre Dame and senior kicker Kyle Brindza got the finish they had missed too often the last half of the season. Beating a Southeastern Conference team in southern territory only made it that much sweeter.

Brindza hit a 32-yard field goal as time expired, and Notre Dame upset LSU 31-28 in a Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl shootout Tuesday.

The Tigers (No. 22 CFP, No. 23 AP) were unsuccessful on a fake field goal at the end of the first half, a call that stood on review even though replays appeared to show the ball crossing the goal line. The Fighting Irish (8-5) also blocked a 40yard field goal attempt

by Trent Domingue early in the fourth quarter.

Notre Dame got the ball with 5:41 left and never gave it back, driving 71 yards in 14 plays before Brindza finished off the win.

Kelly went with sophomore Malik Zaire for his first career start, but he also played senior Everett Golson, using both quarterbacks on the winning drive.

14 for ‘14 — 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW Area teams and athletes put together a memorable year in 2014, seeing unparalleled amounts of success.

It was a record-breaking year for many, and several teams and athletes etched their names in history for years to come.

Here’s a look back at the year in sports, with the Creston News Advertiser’s top 14 sports stories of 2014, as compiled by CNA sports editor Scott Vicker and CNA sports writer Larry Peterson.

• 1. Creston/O-M football makes first trip to UNI-Dome — Fifth-year head coach Brian Morrison guided the Panthers through a 7-2 regular season, including 5-1 as district runner-up to Dallas Center-Grimes. The team then went on a 3-1 postseason run — longest in school history — that included a 31-7 win over Greene County and 5931 victory over Norwalk, both rematches from regular-season triumphs.

Then came the wildest game in the program’s history, which propelled the Panthers to their first UNI-Dome appearance.

In a game that went back and forth the entire night, Creston/O-M avenged its earlier 35-14 defeat to Dallas Center-Grimes with a 50-49 overtime win on the Mustangs’ field in the Class 3A quarterfinal round.

A touchdown pass from all-state quarterback Alex Nielsen to McClain Haines brought the Panthers within a point at 49-48. Morrison elected to go for the win on a twopoint conversion. Sophomore running back Chase Shiltz, injured earlier in the game, took a pitch from Nielsen and raced to the left corner of the end zone for the winning conversion, igniting bedlam on the Panthers’ side of the field.

The team was escorted

from the city limits to the high school by fire and police vehicles, with numerous other vehicles waiting on the northeast corner of town for the team buses.

On the ensuing trip to the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, students stood outside waving banners and homemade signs in an enthusiastic send-off for the semifinals, where the team fell to Sioux City Bishop Heelan, 59-14.

In so many ways, this Panther team broke new ground.

There are 12 additions alone just to the program’s single season leaders chart in offensive and defensive categories.

A Creston team had never won 10 games before, nor reached the semifinal round of the playoffs.

The Panthers had a record five all-staters, including Nielsen as consensus first team allstate quarterback for both the Des Moines R e g i s t e r Nielsen and Iowa Newspaper Association. Junior linebacker Seth Maitlen was also on the INA first team. He and Thompson (offensive line) were on the Register’s second team.

Named to the INA second team were Thompson at offensive line, Shiltz at running back and senior Conner Pals as a kicker.

Haines had nine pass interceptions to become the program’s all-time single season leader. Pals is tied for third with seven this year.

Maitlen shattered the single-season tackles record with 181, topping Matt Buck and Trevor Frain’s bests of 147 and 146.

Likewise, Nielsen set the bar high as the new single

season passing leader with 2,868 yards and 23 touchdowns, passing G.G. Harris from 2005 in both categories.

Nielsen also had 32 combined passing and rushing touchdowns, topping Luke Neitzel’s 28 from 2012.

Shiltz set a new mark of 30 total rushing and receiving touchdowns, and was just 10 yards shy of matching Neitzel’s record of 1,260 rushing yards in 2012. Shiltz now stands second in that category, while passing Neitzel’s record of 20 rushing TDs with 24 this season.

• 2. Mount Ayr wins boys track state championship — No team in the Creston News Advertiser coverage area dominated 2014 quite like the Mount Ayr boys track team did.

The team lived by the mantra “Unbreakable.” And that’s exactly what the Raiders were.

Fifty years after finishing runner-up, the Raiders finally claimed their first ever team title in boys track, rolling to a Class 1A record 77 points at the 2014 Co-ed State Track Meet at Drake Stadium.

Madrid finished second with 58 points.

Senior Noah Larsen’s third win of the meet, this one in the 1,600 meters, clinched the team title for the R a i d e r s Larsen with two events left on the blue oval.

The Mount Ayr boys qualified 13 events to the Co-ed State Track Meet, winning six of those events and placing with nine of the 13 entries.

Larsen became one of the breakout stars of the meet, winning the 3,200 meters, the 1,600 meters and anchoring

the 4x800 relay to gold.

He took second place behind sophomore teammate Kyle Dolecheck in the 800 meters Saturday morning, providing 18 team points for Raiders. Dolecheck also ran on the winning 4x800 relay and the 4x400 relay in addition to taking fourth in the 400 meters.

Senior Erik Freed also brought home three gold medals, running legs on the winning 4x800, 4x400 and distance medley relay teams.

Jacob Sobotka, who would later go on to be named the 2014 South Central Male Athlete of the Year by the Creston News Advertiser and Osce- Sobotka ola Sentinel-Tribune, finished off his high school athletic career with a pair of state championships, running on the 4x400 and distance medley relay teams. He was also a part of the 4x100 relay team that finished seventh.

Junior Lincoln Martin ran on the winning distance medley relay and the 4x400 relay, in addition to running on the 4x100 relay. Junior Grant Staats was the fourth member of the distance medley and also finished seventh in the 400 hurdles and the 4x100 relay.

Sophomore Trevor Anderson, running on the blue oval for the first time in his career, earned a gold medal as the fourth member of the 4x800 team. Senior Cody Stackhouse anchored the seventh-place 4x100 relay.

Junior Joe Ricker finished 12th in the discus throw.

In addition to the state championship, the Raiders won their fourth straight

Pride of Iowa Conference championship.

Mount Ayr qualified two relay teams to the 2014 Drake Relays, breaking school records in both events.

The 4x100 relay team of Staats, Sobotka, Freed and Stackhouse broke a 14-yearold school record at the Drake Relays. The 4x400 relay of Dolecheck, Larsen, Freed and Sobotka broke its own school record and finished 14th out of 24 teams in the event, as the lone Class 1A school in the field.

• 3. Raider football makes first trip to UNI-Dome — Using the confidence built by the state track championship in the spring season, the Mount Ayr football team was nearly as dominant as the Raider track team.

After suffering a season-opening loss to eventual Class 2A state semifinalist Albia, the Raiders dominated every team that stepped in its path for the next two months.

Over the course of an 11game winning streak that propelled Mount Ayr to its first appearance in the state semifinals at the UNI-Dome, the Raiders outscored their opponents 596-138.

Playing in its third state quarterfinal game in eight years, Mount Ayr finally broke through to the Class A semifinals with a 52-8 win over Earlham, in what cohead coach Delwyn Showalter called the biggest game in Raider Stadium history.

The Raiders lost to eventual state champion Logan-Magnolia in the semifinals, 28-7, as two early turnovers led to short fields and scores for the Panthers.

The costly turnovers created a 21-0 deficit just 12:03 into the game, with the Raiders having run a total of 13 offensive plays.

But in making it to the UNI-Dome, the Raiders set the bar high for future generations of Raider football.

“You’ve taken Mount Ayr to the next level,” co-head coach Derek Lambert said in a postgame speech to his team. “You’ve taken us up the rung on that ladder that we talk about all the time. It’s because of your work ethic.

“I’m so proud of the effort you gave,” he continued.

“Things didn’t go our way.

We had a lot of things that did not go our way. Yet we still continued to battle. We turned the page and we continued to battle. That’s the sign of a good football team, guys. That’s a sign of a great football team. I couldn’t be prouder to stand anywhere else than in this group right here.”

The Raiders were rewarded for their run with four

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

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Members of the Mount Ayr boys track team hoist their Class 1A state championship trophy after scoring a Class 1A record 77 points at the 2014 Co-ed State Track Meet in May.

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2014: relay, behind two teams from Glenwood. players receiving all-state recThe Panthers were the only ognition from the Iowa Newsteam from the Hawkeye 10 to paper Association. reach the finals in Class 3A. Senior defensive lineThe Creston boys 4x800 man Joe Ricker became a relay entered the state meet three-time hoping to win the school’s first-teamfirst ever relay state champier on deonship. The team had not lost fensive all season, with the exception line.

He of the Drake Relays, and was was joined the top Class 3A finisher at on the the Drake Relays. first team A dropped baton in the by senior leadoff leg crushed its hopes lineback- Jo. Ricker of a state championship, but er Riley the relay team still finished Weehler and senior offensive fifth. Members of the team lineman Tucker Winemiller. were Briley, Cooper McSenior Jake Ricker received Dermott, Phipps and Wolfe. third-team honors on the ofPhipps would later place sevfensive line. enth in the 1,600 meters.

• 4. Wolfe leads Creston Just two weeks after fintrack — Creston’s Jay Wolfe ishing fifth at the Hawkeye had a junior track campaign 10 Conference Meet, the to remember.

Creston boys track team was Wolfe realized a lifelong the highest finisher among dream of becoming a state Hawkeye 10 schools at state champion when he dominattrack, finishing 15th with 19 ed the field in the Class 3A points, despite having just five 800 meters at the 2014 Co-ed athletes competing at state track.

Wolfe also broke the Drake Relays meet record in the 800 meters, finishing second to Sioux City East’s Carter Lilly. He also broke Jerome Howe’s 46-year-old meet record at Clarinda in the 800 meters.

The Creston girls track team qualified five events to state track and broke four school records out of those five events, while medaling in three events. All five events posted season-best times.

The 4x800 relay finished fourth, while the distance medley relay placed eight.

Natalie Mostek broke the school record in the 800 meters, finishing eighth. Maria Mostek broke a school record in the 1,500 meters. The Panthers also ran a season’s best in the 4x400 relay.

• 5. Creston/O-M wrestling — After matching their state rating by taking fourth in the state dual tourney, Creston/O-M was 15th in Class 2A at the traditional state tournament with 36.5 points.

The Panthers, 10-0 in league duals and 17-2 overall, qualified seven wrestlers for state. Three were placeCNA photo by SCOTT VICKER winners in runner-up Chase Creston’s Jay Wolfe lets out a celebratory scream after Shiltz (145 pounds), Trevor winning the Class 3A 800 meter state championship at the Frain sixth at 170 and Seth 2014 Co-ed State Track Meet in May. Continued from page 9A

State Track Meet.

He crossed the line in 1:53.79, becoming Creston’s first ever state champion at 800 meters. He bested the field by 1.42 seconds and just missed breaking the Class 3A state meet record by .05 seconds.

Wolfe also anchored Creston’s 4x400 relay team to a new school record in the prelims, helping the Panthers qualify for finals in the event.

The team of Bryce Briley, Maxx Walters, Brandon Phipps and Wolfe ran 3:25.81 in prelims to break the previous school record set in 1977.

The Panthers qualified in sixth place for finals and finished fifth.

To put the performance into perspective, and to show how much the relay team has progressed throughout the year, at the first meet of the season — the Hawkeye 10 Conference Southern Division Meet — the Panthers finished third in the 4x400

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Creston/O-M’s Chase Shiltz (right) works for takedown control against Zach Skopec of Spirit Lake Park during their title match at 145 pounds in February. Skopec remained undefeated with a 5-2 victory over Shiltz, who finished his first season with a 53-6 record.

Maitlen eighth at 195.

It was the 12th time in head coach Darrell Frain’s 14 years as coach that Creston/O-M had at least one wrestler in the state finals.

Shiltz reaching the finals as a freshman and Maitlen getting on the medal stand as a sophomore were highlights, Frain said. On the other hand, second-ranked Trevor Frain getting edged in overtime in the semifinals and ending up sixth, after suffering a torn meniscus in the semifinal match, was “gut-wrenching” coach Frain said.

And, injuries from state duals hampered seniors Kruz Adamson and Adam Baker from performing at top level in their first and only state tournament opportunity, Frain noted.

Trevor Frain, earning the 2014 Mike Abel Most Outstanding Wrestler Award, finished a stellar 189-41 career with three state appearances (two medals) and the 189 victories ranks second on the alltime wins chart behind fourtime champion Jake Marlin.

He ended up in front of state champs Kalab Evans (181), Andrew Long (180), Keaton Hulett (178), Quin Leith (175) and Collin Bevins (158).

Frain’s 99 career falls ranks only behind Marlin (147), Boone Hayes (109), Andrew Long (107) and Collin Bevins (104). He tied for eighth for most wins in a season (52).

Shiltz was right behind with 51, and his 31 falls in a season is tied for 13th.

The Panthers won the John J. Harris Invitational for the sixth time in nine years, as Frain recorded what might be a state record with a five-second pin of Coon Rapids-Bayard’s Reno Doty.

Creston/O-M won its third straight Hawkeye 10 Conference team title.

• 6. Panther golfers finish second — West Delaware put a wrinkle in Creston/O-M’s plans for a repeat state golf championship, opening up a 14-stroke lead on the first day and finishing with a 13-stroke margin.

West Delaware (622) won its first boys golf championship, one year after the Panthers achieved the same accomplishment. The Panthers (634) held off Webster City (636) for second place.

Creston/O-M’s defending state medalist, Carson Whittington, earned his fourth state placing medal by tying for third at 7176 — 147.

Centerville’s Alex Whittington Moorman, who won as a freshman two years ago and lost by one stroke to Whittington last year, gained his second state title by shooting 70-73 — 143.

After the first day, Moorman led Whittington by one stroke.

In his four years, Whittington placed eighth, fifth, first

and tied for third.

Hoepker (83-79) and Christian Groumoutis (8785) showed the most improvement from day one, and Hunter Sickels shaved a stroke off his opening day round of 80. But overall, there wasn’t enough improvement to cut into West Delaware’s lead.

• 7. “Black Plague” finishes fourth — The Nodaway Valley boys cross country team, ranked first in the state entering the state meet, fell short of its goal to end the season on the deck at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course, as the Wolverines finished fourth in the team standings.

It was an especially tough pill for head coach Darrell Burmeister and his team to swallow, with the Wolverines finishing just eight points back of Denver for third place and 11 points behind West Fork for second place.

Bellevue won the team title with 80 points, while West Fork scored 92 and Denver finished with 95 points.

Nodaway Valley scored 103 points.

“Eight points is not a lot,” Burmeister said after the race. “It hurts. Our guys did the best they could today. We had a great season, going undefeated until today and being one of the lowest scoring teams in the state throughout the season.”

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2014: burg-Fremont’s Tyler Foubert in the Class 1A 160-pound finals, Kallan Schmelzer would have become Southwest Valley’s first state champion in the first year of a whole-grade sharing agreement between Corning and Villisca.

In addition, Schmelzer would have become the first state champion from Corning since 1983, when Matt Carl won the the Class 1A 105-pound title.

But Schmelzer’s state title hopes took a big hit early in his finals match with Foubert, as Foubert quickly threw Schmelzer to his back in a five-point move, setting the tone for a 14-3 major decision.

Still, it was an impressive run through the tournament for the senior in his first appearance at the state tournament.

Schmelzer lived dangerously throughout the tournaCNA photo by SCOTT VICKER ment, bareNodaway Valley sophomore Shane Breheny leads the pack at the State Cross Country Meet in November. He ly surviving paced the Wolverines with a seventh-place finish. his quarterfinal and Schmelzer semifinal in a game (31), most points in with 29 RBI. She was perfect matchups. a season (429), most points in stolen bases, going 21-forIn both matches, Schmelzer in a career (1,340) and most 21. Patton finished the seafound himself either on his steals in a career (442). son with a 24-3 record in the back, or nearly turned onto Throughout her career, pitching circle with an ERA his back when the final whis- Patton had her most success of 1.61. tle blew. at the state level in track and She helped Murray win Schmelzer finished the sea- field. back-to-back Bluegrass Conson with a 36-3 record, losing During her senior year, she ference championships in to just two wrestlers. won Bluegrass Conference softball and was named a firstMount Ayr senior Erik championships in the 100 me- team all-stater in Class 1A. Freed finished sixth at 138 ters, 200 meters and 400 meShe is currently continuing pounds in Class 1A, while ters, while also placing fourth her track and field career at junior teammate Joe Rick- in the long jump.

Central College. er placed third at 285. BedShe qualified for the Drake • 11. Krejci retires from ford/Lenox freshman Jared Relays in the 100 meter dash SWCC — After 36 years Hensley placed fourth at 113 for the second straight year, with Southwestern Compounds. where she finished 14th out of munity College, Bill Krejci • 10. Kate Patton — For- 24 in 12.87 seconds, improv- retired from his position as mer Murray standout Kate ing from her 24th seed place. director of athletics and athPatton excelled in every At the 2014 Co-ed State letic fundraising on Aug. 29 sports season.

Track Meet, Patton finished to move to the Des Moines Patton capped off her fourth in the Class 1A 100 area with his wife, Teresa, volleyball career in 2013 by meter dash, running 12.86 who resigned from Southbreaking school records for seconds. She placed third in western to accept a position most assists in a season (666) the 200 meter dash in 26.32 at Drake University. and assists per game (7.84). seconds and finished 16th in It didn’t take long after During the 2013-14 basket- the 400 meter dash in 1:02.93. his retireball season, she led the Lady She owns Murray school ment for Mustangs with 18.7 points records in Krejci to per game, 99 assists and 139 the long be inductsteals. Her 99 assists ranked jump, 100 ed into 11th in Class 1A and her 139 meters, 200 the Southsteals ranked third. meters, 400 western She was named unanimous meters and Commufirst-team all-conference in is part of nity Colthe Bluegrass Conference, the school lege Ath- Krejci named to the all-district team r e c o r d letic Hall and received second-team all- 4x400 relay Patton of Fame. state honors in Class 1A by team.

Krejci joined his mentor, the INA. In softball, Patton hit .422 Patton broke Murray with a team-leading five home Please see school records for most points runs and four triples to go 2014, page 12A

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Sophomore Shane Breheny paced the Wolverines with a seventh-place finish to earn all-state honors.

Breheny, who took the race out early and set the pace, finished with a clocking of 16:54.7. West Fork’s Peyton Twedt won the race in 16:24.0.

All seven varsity runners return for the 2015 season.

Nodaway Valley posted three perfect scores throughout the 2014 season, with several of them coming off a memorable summer camp trip to Salt Lake City, Utah.

• 8. Creston volleyball resurgence — In many respects, it was a fairy tale season.

The team posted a 20-8 record — the best since coach Polly (Gammell) Luther was the team’s setter for a state tournament squad in the late 1980s — and tied Lewis Central for third in the Hawkeye 10 Conference at 6-4. A year earlier the Panthers were 1314 overall and ninth in the league at 2-8.

The varsity lineup on the court was basically the same.

But a new mindset played a part in the turnaround, Luther said.

Seven seniors were among the 15 letterwinners, and Luther has been involved with them since their younger club years. Her daughter Hanna, second-team all-conference setter, is a member of the class.

Others are Brenna Baker, Nicole Haley, Ashley Harris, Marie Hood, Haylee LaMasters and Natalie Mostek, who was named Hawkeye 10 all-conference on the first team, and honorable m e n t i o n Mostek all-state.

Luther said the season got kick-started with successive comefrom-behind wins at Council Bluffs St. Albert and Carroll Kuemper, trailing 0-2 in both before winning three straight sets.

Creston won its first regional match at home against Glenwood, 3-1, before falling in straight sets to state qualifier Lewis Central in the semifinals. LC lost to repeat state champion Harlan at the state tourney.

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Ron “Fox” Clinton, as the second inductee into the SWCC Athletic Hall of Fame on Dec. 6.

The SWCC Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 2013 to honor student-athletes, teams, coaches, administrators and contributors for their outstanding performance or contributions to the SWCC athletic program. Clinton, retired SWCC athletic director, basketball and softball coach and instructor, was the first inductee in March 2013.

Krejci was hired as assistant director of student activities, physical education instructor and head baseball coach after coaching at the 1978 state tournament for Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson’s appearance there.

Krejci served as head baseball coach 22 years at SWCC, and also succeeded Clinton as men’s basketball coach for eight years when Clinton took over the women’s program.

In September 1999, after 22 years at the helm of the baseball program, Krejci resigned from that post to become athletic director/fundraiser at the college. During his time in that role, he increased fundraising for athletics by establishing two events — the SWCC Athletic Fundraiser Auction and the SWCC Golf Tournament — as well as creating the SWCC Athletic Booster Club. These events and activities bring in approximately $50,000 for athletics each year.

Before retiring, Krejci made several key hires as new coaches were named at

SWCC for golf (Larry Shimono), volleyball (Ting Liu), baseball (Pedro Hernandez) and men’s basketball (Todd Lorensen). Lorensen succeeded Krejci as athletic director/fundraiser.

• 12. Creston/O-M tennis shines — It was a history-making season for Creston/O-M tennis.

On the boys side, senior Garret Taylor surpassed all other Panthers on record by placing fifth in Class 1A singles. Taylor went Taylor 4-1 in the state tournament held at Byrne’s Park Tennis Center, losing only in the quarterfinals to eventual third-place finisher Cam Long of Dubuque Wahlert.

Taylor was the program’s first singles qualifier for state tennis since Tony Hartman in 2006.

He was the first singles medalist since eighth-place John Brentnall in the oneclass meet in 1989, and the program’s highest finisher ever. (Brentnall was the No. 1 player on the 1989 Panther squad that placed third in the one-class team tournament.)

Along the way, Taylor ended up higher in the state field than two players who had defeated him earlier in the season. In the match to play in the consolations for fifth place, Taylor avenged a regular-season loss to Red Oak four-time state qualifier Jordan Nelson, who entered

state play as a district champ with a 13-1 record.

Senior Audrey Fyock and sophomore Jenna Taylor gained what is believed to be Creston’s first-ever girls doubles victory in state tennis when they topped Ryan Petlevich and Hanna Schoning of Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji, 6-2, 6-3 at the University of Iowa Tennis Center in Iowa City.

It was the first state competition produced from Creston/O-M girls tennis since Amanda Clark in singles in 2000. Creston’s doubles tennis history included participation by Kelly Reed and Janelle Johnson in 1980 and 1981, and Becci Kouri with Janelle Holm in 1983.

• 13. Creston harriers improve at state cross country — Creston’s three State Cross Country Meet competitors may not have met their placing goals at the Nov. 1 state meet, but all three improved on their times and places from last year’s state meet.

Senior Maria Mostek finished 33rd out of 123 runners in the Class 3A girls race, clocking a time of 15:55.5 in her final trip to the state meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course.

The one-two punch of Cooper McDermott and Jay Wolfe just missed out on all-state performances, as McDermott finished 13th in 16:37.7 and Wolfe placed 16th in 16:42.2.

McDermott’s time was a 38-second improvement from his state meet race last year, while Wolfe improved by 50 seconds and set a new personal best time by 12 seconds in

his final cross country race.

Mostek improved her time by 17 seconds from last year.

It was another history-making season for Creston cross country.

Mostek became the program’s first female athlete to qualify for the state meet as an individual four times. Mostek McDermott became the first Creston boy since Scott Vicker in 2005 and 2006 to repeat as Hawkeye 10 Conference champion.

With Mostek, McDermott and Wolfe qualifying for state, the Panther cross country program has qualified 18 individuals for state in the past 15 years.

• 14. Former Panthers lead Dutch to NCAA Tournament — After conference coaches picked Central College to finish last in the Iowa Conference during the preseason, a nine-game winning streak propelled the Dutch to the IIAC regular season championship.

Former Creston players senior Spencer Bakerink and freshman Colby Taylor were key parts of the team that also went on to win the conference tournament, earning the Dutch an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament.

After picking up an 85-72 win over St. Olaf (Minn.) in the opening round of the Division III NCAA Tournament, the Central men’s basketball season came to an

end with a 76-71 loss to topranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the second round.

After trailing by 15 points in the second half, the Dutch fought back to within two points in the final minutes before the top-ranked Pointers, playing on their home floor, put the Dutch away for good.

Bakerink started all 29 games for the Dutch during the 2013-14 season and finished third on the team in rebounding and blocked shots.

Taylor earned honorable mention on the Iowa Conference’s all-conference teams as a freshman and was named D3hoops.com’s All-West Region rookie of the year after averaging 9.8 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game.

Honorable mention January — Tim Jackson’s documentary “Wrestling With Iowa” released with a world premiere screening and DVD sales in Creston. Nodaway Valley’s Darrell Burmeister defeats former allstate player James Larson in first meeting between the two as head coaches.

February — Creston/O-M girls bowling, along with boys individuals Darin Hatfield and Blake Eddy qualify for state bowling.

Creston/O-M girls finish ninth at state bowling.

March — Nodaway Valley boys basketball falls short of a third straight trip to state in a 59-57 overtime loss to East Mills.

Kristopher “Kritter” Hayes finishes in top five at national hunting competition. Murray football coach Keith Shields resigns after five playoff appearances in 15 seasons and a runner-up finish in 2011.

May — Katlin Briley named second-team All-American infielder at regional champion DMACC and signs with Briar Cliff. DMACC finished third in the national and Briley was named Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the Division II JUCO National Championships. Brett Watson hired to lead Panther boys basketball. Former Creston athletes Kierra Smith and Audrey Bolinger, along with former OrientMacksburg athlete Casey James,

qualify for nationals in track.

Trevor Frain and Brandon Phipps share CHS Outstanding Male Athlete Award, while Chelcee Downing wins CHS Outstanding Female Athlete Award.

June — Brent Douma named Creston girls basketball coach.

Creston boys soccer, ranked 12th, reaches substate semifinals, losing to No. 5 Glenwood, 2-1, ending the year 12-5. Creston sophomore Madison Hance ties for 31st at girls state golf. Ceremony held to honor Creston’s five straight conference champion baseball teams starting with the 1989 team.

July — Haylee LaMasters’ perfect game clinches share of the Hawkeye 10 Conference softball title for Creston. Dan McKinney retires after 19 years of coaching at Orient-Macksburg. Mount Ayr reaches softball regional final after starting the year 1-8.

Creston baseball beats top-seeded Winterset for first district win since 2008. Lenox baseball reaches substate final, losing to Underwood, 2-1 in extra innings. Mount Ayr’s Jacob Sobotka named Defensive MVP for the victorious South team in Shrine Bowl.

August — Former Creston athlete Scott Belger, who was one pitch away from winning a state baseball championship as a Panther player, finally wins a state championship, as head coach of Southeast Polk.

October — Longtime KSIB sports broadcaster Gary Bucklin joins Creston Community Schools Hall of Fame. Local fans join the fun at Kauffman Stadium as Royals reach Word Series.

November — Creston junior Camryn Somers swims on Waukee’s state champion 200yard medley relay at state swimming meet. Former Murray standout Seth Nerness named first-team all-state and wins state football championship with Southlake Christian Academy in North Carolina. The SWCC sport shooting team ended its fall season undefeated as a team by winning Nov. 8 in cold, snowy conditions at the Warren County Izaak Walton League in Indianola at a conference event hosted by Simpson College.

December — Nodaway Valley boys basketball coach became just the 37th coach in Iowa High School Athletic Association history to record 500 career victories. Southwestern Community College men’s basketball enters Christmas break with 12-3 record and ranked 11th in the nation.

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Two charged with firstdegree murder in Bedford April BEDFORD — Two people were charged in the death of 56-year-old Steven C. Malson who died from a gunshot wound to the head at 1509 Bent St. in Bedford in April. Malson’s death was originally ruled a homicide.

Malson’s wife Cindy Malson, 47, and son Zachary Malson, 24, of Bedford were both charged with first-degree murder after a thorough investigation

by Taylor County Sheriff’s Office.

Charges against Cindy Malson were dropped in August. Meanwhile, Zachary Malson was found guilty of two counts of willful injury, assault while participating in a felony and going armed with intent Nov. 18 pursuant to a plea agreement.

Zachary was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison term not to exceed 25 years.

Clearfield School District closes May The final day of school at Clearfield Community School District was May 27. The district had been in the process of dissolving since March 2013. A renunion was held at the school for all alumni prior to the closure.

America’s funniest video?

May A small group of Crestonians were featured in a video airing on America’s Funniest Home Videos (AFV) on ABC in May. The video — submitted by Penny Oetken of Creston — captures her screaming reaction after coming in close contact with a jumping squirrel inside Creston Elks Lodge #605 in January.

Creston’s first half marathon raises $1,500 July The money was counted, and Mindy Stalker, organizer of the inaugural Creston half marathon and 5K run/walk, reported in July that $1,500 was raised during the one-night event that hosted a total of 108 participants from seven different states.

“I was so pleased with the community and business support for this firstyear event,” Stalker said.

“I also want to thank the volunteers. And, I think the biggest surprise was how this event drew in outof-towners.”

The $1,500 raised was matched by First National Bank in Creston lifting the total raised to $3,000.

“Many people use and enjoy the trails in Creston,” said Randy Huewe, president at FNB. “The trails are a quality of life asset for both our current residents and those looking to move to our community. That’s why First National (Bank) got involved.”

The seven states represented in the half marathon were Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, North Carolina, Georgia, Colorado and North Dakota.

Carroll completes RAGBRAI’s fourth day

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on unicycle July Jon Carroll met the challenge in July. The 54-yearold from Creston pedaled nearly 40 miles — from Forest City to Mason City — to successfully complete the fourth day of the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) on his unicycle.

He was one of more than 8,000 riders from across the United States.

Grammy-winner Carole King visits Creston September Senate candidate Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, has a friend in Carole King.

The the singer, song-writer and four-time Grammy award winner met with supporters in September at the Union County Democrats office, 119 Elm. St., Creston, to rouse the democratic base and encourage people to get out and vote on Braley’s behalf.

Braley, however, was defeated by Rep. Joni Ernst in the general election.

Alleged embezzlement at Creston Automotive October An investigation into alleged embezzlement at Creston Automotive is still underway.

And, court documents in October show Lyndsay Huntsman, 44, of Creston as the source of this investigation by Creston Police Department and Department of Criminal Investigation agents.

Huntsman had been office manager at the dealer-

ship since 2006. However, she was let go from her position after discrepancies were found within the companies financial records in October. No charges have been filed in this case yet.

Fire chars house on Townline Street in Creston November A fire in November completely charred the south side of a house at 800 E. Townline St. in Creston. The house is owned

by Denny and Amanda Green.

Todd Jackson, fire chief in Creston, said damage to the house is estimated at $120,000. That estimate included the home’s contents and owner’s vehicles.

“The owner tried to extinguish the fire himself, but it was too well involved,” Jackson said.

Two cats inside the structure died in this fire.

No other deaths or injuries were reported. Jackson said the fire started in the garage.

The cause of the fire is still unknown. The fire also damaged a neighboring house on Chesnut Street — melting the family’s vinyl siding.

New magistrate named in Union County November There will be a new magistrate in Union County in 2015.

A retirement party was held at the courthouse in November for longtime magistrate Marion James who held the position since Feb. 7, 1995, when he took

The Express Wrestling tournament will be held Friday, Jan. 2, at Creston High School gym, 601 W. Townline St. Cost is $15 at the door.

There is no pre-registration. The tournament will have pre-K through eighthgrade divisions.

Weigh-ins for pre-K and kindergarten are 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wrestling will start at about 2:30 p.m.

First/second and third/ fourth will weigh in 2:30

to 3:30 p.m. with wrestling starting about 4 p.m.

Fifth/sixth and seventh/ eighth grades will weigh in 4 to 5 p.m. Wrestling will start at about 5:30 p.m.

There will be medals for the top four places with a stocking hat for the champion. High school rules apply. All matches will be four-man round robin. For further information, contact Kim Frain at 641-2020065 or Dennis Leith at 641-340-5500.

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A county magistrate is a state employee who issues warrants, sets bonds, appoints attorneys and conducts preliminary hearings, among other tasks.

James, 71, retired because he met the mandatory retirement age set by the state legislature on Nov. 17 (his birthday).

He has continued his practice on Elm Street in Creston.

Replacing James was 52-year-old Todd Nielsen of Creston. He was selected by a magistrate nominating committee last month.

That committee consisted of district court judge Gary Kimes, three lay people and two practicing attorneys.

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