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Spurred by 29 points from Chance Cobb, Southwest Valley overcame an 18-point deficit to advance to the program’s first substate final. For more on the Timberwolves, see SPORTS, page 7A. >>

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By BAILEY POOLMAN from FY2017 was about $11 CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

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Pancake supper: Creston Community High School FFA Chapter Officer Mattie Wheeler serves sausage links Thursday

afternoon at a pancake supper in the CCHS commons. Also pictured are Will Gordon, left, and Macy Evans. The FFA hosted the pancake supper as a fundraiser for the Union County Fairgrounds, which is raising money to construct new buildings.

Iowa panel OKs gun bill with stand-your-ground provision DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa would have a standyour-ground provision and make other sweeping changes to its gun laws under a bill approved Thursday by a Republican-led legislative panel.

The roughly 40-page bill, introduced this week, includes a range of proposals in how Iowa would regulate the use of firearms. Some aspects of the bill have appeared in other proposed

legislation over the years, but those attempts were halted by Democrats who held legislative control.

Republicans won majority control of both chambers of the Legislature in the Nov. 8 election, and that dynamic makes passage of the legislation more likely.

A three-member subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee signed off the bill, which would remove background

check restrictions on private handgun purchases and allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit. It would also stop colleges from banning weapons on campus, allow firearm permits to last a lifetime, prohibit local governments from passing gun restrictions and allow children under age 14 to use handguns with supervision from a parent. The bill would also allow guns on

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WASHINGTON CURRENTLY? I’m working on issues to make sure our veterans’ crisis line is always answered. We had some real problems with the veterans’ crisis line not being answered and we want to make sure veterans and their families, who are going through some real emotional wounds, are having their phone calls answered. We’re losing 20some veterans a day to suicide. We have to make sure those services are there for them.

Making sure we have a strong rural economy is important to me. Looking at all aspects of that – agriculture, making sure housing needs are met, transportation needs are met and making sure regulations, although wellintended, are common sense and that they’re helping us, not hurting us.

the Capitol grounds.

Rep. Matt Windschitl, R-Missouri Valley and a vocal supporter of gun rights, said the bill was subject to change and he would take recommendations from the subcommittee meeting to his caucus.

“Our intent is to protect Iowans at all cost,” he said.

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Approximately 40 percent of the county budget is dedicated to wages, similar to the percentage in FY2017.

Another large portion of the budget is dedicated to secondary roads, at about $3.75 million.

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THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING OUR NATION RIGHT NOW? We have a $20 trillion debt right now. That is embarrassing. It’s horrible. I don’t know how much longer we can sustain it. So, we have to do in D.C. what we do in Iowa. That is, we recognize there’s a problem and regardless of party affiliation at home, we come to the table and figure out how to fix it. Sometimes the solutions aren’t always that easy, but we have to recognize it’s a serious issue. We don’t need to be handing this down to the next generation. It’s a national security issue, as well.

graduated from college, got involved on a campaign and then also just started getting more aware of current events. The past eight years, I was Sen. Grassley’s chief of staff. That got me more interested in public service and I ran for Congress.

WHAT WOULD IT BE? I would like to have seen the Rolling Stones sometime in the 70s.

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Union County Board of Supervisors have a scheduled public hearing for 10 a.m. March 6 in the Union County Courthouse before voting on the recommended county budget for fiscal year 2018 (FY2018).

The tax levy for the upcoming budget is 12.50133 per $1,000 valuation.

“I look at the numbers and see how they add up. But the upshot of it is, the valuations in the county went up, what property is worth, the valuation total raised,” said Dennis Brown, b o a r d president. Brown “So we were able to lower our levy. It’s going to be almost 11 cents lower than last year.”

While the tax levy decreased, the tax asking increased. The tax asking

million, and FY2018 is more than $12.5 million.

Just because the tax levy decreased does not mean a person’s taxes decrease.

“We try to keep our levies down, or keep it steady, and depending on what other taxing entities do, your taxes could go up,” said Union County Auditor Sandy Hysell.

Hysell said the county’s ranking for highest tax levy has slowly decreased, despite having a smaller amount of townships throughout the county, causing less valuation than other counties.

“We keep coming down every year. At one point, we were No. 1. Now we’re at 5 or 6,” Hysell said.

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Washington and being here in the 3rd District. These 16 counties are very special. It’s a very diverse district.

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Ronald L. Cain, 78, of Creston died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Private services will be held at a later date.

Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25, in Creston Cain has been entrusted with assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Ronald Larry Cain, son of George William Cain and Alma Marie (Maxwell) Cain, was born Sept. 22, 1938, in Thurman. He graduated May 21, 1956, from Thurman High School. Ron graduated June 1, 1961, from Northwest Missouri State University and Aug. 19, 1966, from University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, with a Masters degree in education.

In 1961, Ron married Etta Lee Gray. They divorced in 1972. They had two children, Chris and Brent. Ron taught mathematics four years from 1961 to 1965 at Malvern High School in Malvern and then moved to Creston to

Shirley Whited Winterset

Shirley Whited, 69, of Winterset died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017.

A private graveside service was held at Winterset Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the family. Online c o n d o - Whited lences may be left at www.ochiltree.com.

Shirley Jean Whited, daughter of Cecil and Ethel (Cole) Whited, was born Aug. 23, 1947, in Creston.

She attended school in Creston and graduated from

BUDGET: CONT. FROM | 1A

most employees, the most equipment. It’s such a large amount of roadways, ... it would be your largest expense,” Brown said. “There’s so much more to be done, it’s just naturally going to be a much higher figure.”

“They’re getting the 100 percent that we can give them,” Hysell said. “But, it’s not just tax dollars that they get. They also get Hysell m o n e y from Farm to Market and local option sales tax.”

More than $3.5 million is dedicated to county environment and education, which covers Union County conservation, Union County Fair, Union County Development Association, Gibson Memorial Library and other organizations.

Debt service While the tax levy decreased, the debt service levy increased a small amount to 1.76647 per $1,000 valuation.

County supervisors plan to pay off at least one bond in the next 18 months,

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take a mathematics teaching position at Southwestern Community College.

On April 3, 1998, Ron married Patricia (Ryan) Loew in Council Bluffs.

They lived and worked in Creston, where Ron continued to teach mathematics at SWCC, retiring in 1998 after 32 years of teaching.

Ron was a member of Creston Elks Lodge and Creston Model Railroad Club. He pitched for the Northwest Missouri State University baseball team and helped carve the lifesized bear located at McKinley Park in Creston.

Ron is survived by his wife Pat Cain; children, Chris (Julie) Cain of Santa Rosa, California, Brent (Kelsey) Cain of Chandler, Arizona, Roxanne Loew of Chicago, Illinois, Nick Loew of Chariton, Matt Loew of Chicago, Illinois, Sandy (Richard) Byrne of Cary, North Carolina, Steve (Phyllis) Loew of Dade City, Florida, Kate Jorgensen of Wayne, Nebraska, and Angie Loew of Virginia Beach, Virginia.; 25 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and brothers, William (Bill) Cain of Ankeny and Dean (Connie) Cain of Glenwood.

Ron was preceded in death by his mother, father, step-father Ernest Rose and sister Marie Nutting.

Creston High School in 1966.

Shirley worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation for most of her working career.

She was a member of First Christian Church in Creston.

Shirley is survived by her brother Gary (Becky) Whited of Seymour, Tennessee; brother-in-law William Meyer of Winterset; nieces, Kimmie (Tim) Kernes, Laura (Larry) Silverthorn and Amber (Chris) Martin; nephews, Lt. Col. Russell (Tammy) Meyer, Douglas (Natalie) Meyer, Brian (Tammie) Meyer and Justin Whited; many great-nieces and -nephews; extended family and special friends, Barb and Paula.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents and sister Charlotte Meyer.

Brown said.

“We’re going to pay off CHS Processing, the bean plant,” Brown said. “We have regularly scheduled bond payments that, by law, when those debts were incurred, we have a time period to pay them back.

We do pay quite a bit every year.”

The original bonds for county supervisors, which were for the CHS bean mill plant and road projects, were set at $515,000 in 2007, $4,245,000 in 2009, $3,980,000 in 2010 and $3,300,000 in 2011, which added up to a total county debt of $12,040,000.

In 2016, the county had decreased the amount to $5,525,000. When the bean plant is paid off, the county debt will be at approximately $5 million. That is a difference of more than $7 million.

To read the Union County budget published in Thursday’s edition of the Creston News Advertiser, go to the “legal notices” option at www.crestonnews.com or visit the “auditor” option at www.unioncountyiowa.org.

ability to exercise those freedoms in a responsible fashion.”

Barry Snell, executive director of the Iowa Firearms Coalition, expressed strong support for the measure.

“This is a dramatic and historical step forward, towards abolishing the Second Amendment as being a second-class right in the state of Iowa,” he said.

Still, many people expressed reservations. The main focus in the hour-long meeting was the standyour-ground provision, which would allow people in Iowa to use deadly force anywhere if they believe such force is necessary to avoid injury or risk to one’s life or safety. People could use deadly force even if an alternative course of action is available, and it allows people to be wrong in that estimation of danger.

The language has similarities to legislation enacted in other states. However, such laws had slowed down after the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin in Florida. The 17-year-old was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer.

Zimmerman ultimately didn’t use the state’s stand-your-ground law as defense though its consideration garnered attention. Zimmerman was later acquitted of charges related to the shooting.

Martin’s death and the

Officials: Trump adviser asked FBI to dispute Russia reports WASHINGTON (AP) discuss the matter on the — White House chief of condition of anonymity, destaff Reince Priebus asked spite the fact that Priebus has top FBI officials to dispute complained publicly that the media reports that President initial stories about Trump Donald Trump’s campaign advisers’ Russia contacts readvisers were frequently in lied on anonymous sources. touch with Russian intelTrump himself, however, ligence agents during the complained early Friday that election, according to three the “FBI is totally unable White House officials. Dem- to stop the national security ocrats accused Priebus of ‘leakers’ that have permeinterfering in a pending in- ated our government for a vestigation. long time.”

The officials said that Prie“They can’t even find the bus’ Feb. 15 request to FBI leakers within the FBI itself.

Director James Comey and Classified information is bedeputy director Andrew ing given to media that could McCabe came as the White have a devastating effect on House sought to discredit U.S. FIND NOW,” Trump a New York Times report tweeted. about contacts between RusPriebus’ discussions sian intelligence officials and sparked outrage among members of Trump’s 2016 some Democrats, who said campaign team. that the chief of staff was As of Friday, the FBI had violating policies intended not commented publicly on to limit communications bethe veracity of the report tween the law enforcement and there was no indication agency and the White House it planned to, despite the on pending investigations.

White House’s request.

“The White House is simWhite House officials ply not permitted to pressaid it was the FBI that first sure the FBI to make public raised concerns about the re- statements about a pending porting, but told Priebus the investigation of the president bureau could not weigh in and his advisers,” said Michpublicly on the matter. The igan Rep. John Conyers, the officials said McCabe and top Democrat on the House Comey instead gave Priebus Judiciary Committee. the go-ahead to discredit the A 2009 memo from story publicly, something the then-Attorney General Eric FBI had not confirmed as of Holder said the Justice DeFriday morning. partment is to advise the CNN first reported that White House on pending Priebus had asked the FBI criminal or civil investigafor help and a White House tions “only when it is imofficial confirmed the mat- portant for the performance ter to The Associated Press of the president’s duties Thursday night. On Friday and appropriate from a law morning, two other senior enforcement perspective.”

White House officials sum- When communication has moned reporters to a hastily to occur, the memo said, it arranged briefing to expand should involve only the highon the timeline of events. est-level officials from the The officials said Priebus White House and the Justice had a previously scheduled Department. meeting with McCabe the morning after the New York Times story was published. Priebus and Comey “Friends then spoke later in the day.

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circumstances surrounding the case — the teen was black and unarmed — led to protests and a national debate about race relations.

Laural Clinton, of Des Moines, attended the subcommittee. She said despite her permit to carry a weapon, the stand-yourground provision alarmed her. Clinton said her three African-American sons have been judged based on the color of their skin. She said the bill scares her as a parent.

“I’m not anti-gun so don’t, don’t misunderstand that,” she said. “I understand that the people who carry guns are law-abiding citizens. But I want you to understand that when you see my child, you’re not gonna see a law-abiding citizen, and that’s inherently the history of our country.”

Amber Gustafson, of Ankeny, leads the Iowa chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She said she’s a responsible gun owner with reservations about proposed changes to background checks and how it may impact the low rate of gun violence in the state.

“Iowa is a model already to the rest of the United States,” she said. “We can show the rest of the U.S. how it’s possible to have a robust, exciting and engaging gun culture while keeping good laws in place that protect the most vulnerable among us.”

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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.

Friday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 by 12 study, 7 to 8 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W.

Montgomery St. Use east door.

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

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

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

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

Union County Genealogy Society, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Mount Ayr American Legion, walk-ons welcome. Last Monday, no walk-ons, band only.

AA, 7:30 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

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ect; action items - consideration of bids for instructional center chiller improvement project.

—————— Southwestern Community College Board of Directors, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, conference room, Allied Health and Science Center, Creston.

Agenda includes: The first negotiating session, under the new collective bargaining law, between the SWCC Board of Directors and the SWCC Education Association for the terms of the 2017-18 master contract agreement. The education association will present its proposal for the new contract. The meeting is open to the public.

—————— Southwestern Community College Board of Directors, 3:35 p.m. Thursday, conference room, Allied Health and Science Center, Creston.

Agenda includes: The second negotiating session, under the new collective bargaining law, between the SWCC Board of Directors and the SWCC Education Association for the terms of the 2017-18 master contract agreement. The SWCC Board will present its proposal for the new contract.

The meeting is open to the public.

Union County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Monday, Board Room, Union County Courthouse.

Agenda includes: 9:05 a.m. open forum; 9:10 a.m. Sandy Hysell, Union County Auditor - handwritten claim, Henry M. Adkins and Son Inc. vote tabulation system contract; claims.

—————— Union County Genealogical Society, 6 p.m. Monday, Gibson Memorial Library, Creston.

Agenda includes: Program on “What family are you stuck on?;” bring your Brickwall; Saundra Leininger timekeeper; five minute tidbit - Calvin Huffman - states section in the library.

—————— Green Hills AEA Board of Directors, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Red Oak Regional Office, 212 E. Coolbaugh St., Red Oak. Agenda includes: Open forum; agency presentation math and specially designed instruction (SDI) math; legislative update; financial reports; personnel matters; approval of agreements and contracts; administrative reports - administrative reports, Green Hills AEA services report, board reports, AEA Boards of Directors Conference - March 30- Police 31- at Hilton Garden Inn in Miscellaneous Violation of court order, Johnston, other; other busi9:08 a.m., Wednesday, North ness; time and place of next Sycamore Street.

Assistance, 10:07 a.m., meeting; administrator’s West Townline evaluation - an executive ses- Wednesday, Street. sion will be conducted in acAssistance, 10:31 a.m., cordance with Section 21.5(l) Wednesday, North Jarvis Street.

Assistance, 11:04 a.m., (i) of the open meetings law Wednesday, North Oak Street.

Assistance, 12:28 p.m., for the purpose of evaluating Wednesday, West Taylor Street. the chief administrator.

Talk to officer, 1:40 p.m., —————— Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Talk to officer, 2:21 p.m., Southwestern CommuniWednesday, North Pine Street. ty College Board of DirecViolation of court order, 3:22 tors special meeting, 8 a.m. p.m., Wednesday, North Division Thursday, President’s Of- Street.

Theft, 4:06 p.m., Wednesday, fice, Creston.

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Traffic stop, 4:32 p.m., Agenda includes: Public Wednesday, Patriotic Parkway. hearing for instructional cenTraffic stop, 4:51 p.m., ter chiller improvement proj- Wednesday, Smith Street.

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Traffic stop, 5:11 p.m., Wednesday, Cromwell Road.

Traffic stop, 5:38 p.m., Wednesday, High and Dry Road.

Domestic dispute, 5:47 p.m., Wednesday, South Oak Street.

Animal call, 6:07 p.m., Wednesday, West Taylor Street.

Traffic stop, 6:37 p.m., Wednesday, West Taylor Street.

Traffic stop, 7:27 p.m., Wednesday, Manor Drive.

Harassing communication, 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 8:33 p.m., Wednesday, North Sumner Avenue.

Traffic stop, 8:42 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Suspicious activity, 8:49 p.m., Wednesday, West Jefferson Street.

Traffic stop, 10:27 p.m., Wednesday, West Howard Street.

Traffic stop, 10:42 p.m., Wednesday, New York Avenue.

Violation of court order, 7:33 a.m., Thursday, North Elm Street.

Escort, 10:28 a.m., Thursday, New York Avenue.

Assault, 10:59 a.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Harassing communication, 11:03 a.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Shoplifting, 12:16 p.m., Thursday, East Adams Street.

Warrant, 12:36 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Welfare check, 3:17 p.m., Thursday, South Division Street.

Theft, 4:52 p.m., Thursday, North Poplar Street.

Information, 6:19 p.m., Thursday, South Bureau Street.

Talk to officer, 8:57 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Domestic dispute, 9:43 p.m., Thursday, North Lincoln Street.

Suspicious person, 9:50 p.m., Thursday, West Adams Street.

Incomplete 911 call, 9:54 p.m., Thursday, East Howard Street.

Suspicious person, 9:55 p.m., Thursday, North Sumner Avenue.

Parking complaint, 10:07 p.m., Thursday, North Vine Street.

Traffic stop, 10:43 p.m., Thursday, Laurel Street.

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) In discussions with bosses, parents and VIPs, you look solid and reliable. People respect you today. Just go with the flow and reap these benefits.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re in the right frame of mind for some serious studying today. You have the concentration, focus and attention to detail to accomplish a lot.

Discussions about religion, politics and relationship issues might take place.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is an excellent day to deal with disputes about inheritances and shared property. People are cautious, conservative and results-oriented.

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22)There is a lovely, practical influence today that will help you get a lot done, especially at work. Today also favors any activity related to pets.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Vacations, sports events and fun, social occasions require planning and work. Today is the day to do this sort of thing.

You have vision, and you will not overlook any details.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Family discussions about home repairs will be a positive thing today. A female family member probably will be in charge. (“Hi, Mom.”) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You are motivated, clear-headed and personally ambitious today, which is why you have a serious to-do list.

Get on it, and get things done!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a good day for financial discussions, business and commerce. You won’t overlook details. You will be open-minded, but also cautious.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Today the Moon is in your sign, playing nicely with Saturn. This is why you are willing to accept your duties and obligations. It also is why you want to do things in a practical, orderly way.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)Any work that you do behind the scenes today will be productive. Consider it practical preparation for what is to come later.

YOU BORN TODAY You are gentle, compassionate and very intuitive. You like a peaceful environment. You also like to be able to work with your imagination. A new nine-year

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Dear Readers: It was bound to happen! With new technological devices such as cellphones, tablets, etc., we have a new “ailment” with its very own name: TEXT NECK! Just like purse strain (from too heavy a purse) or wallet backache (from a fat wallet in a back pocket) or eye strain from staring at a computer screen all day, text neck might be real! Just as it’s recommended that you get up and move around every so often, you need to take a break every now and then to save your neck!

Here are a few hints to help prevent text neck: A. Sit up straight (just like grandmother used to say), and try NOT to slouch.

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Dear Heloise: Airline tray tables are hard plastic, which can be very slippery for items such as cups, glasses and plates. I’ve had those slide into my lap; very messy. Now I take a piece of nonslip “drawer and shelf liner” found in a store’s kitchen-supplies area. It’s only a bit larger than a postcard and works fine.

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ADD IT TO THE TIP Dear Heloise: I read your hint a while back about ordering water instead of drinks when eating out in order to save money. This family of five finds it cheaper to go this route as well.

But we do tack a little extra money onto the tip. It’s usually about 50 cents per glass, because we figure it’s still a beverage that’s being served and filled throughout our dinner.

I really don’t mind adding the extra tip, and I feel like I’m helping out my server.

Just a hint for others who do what we do. It’s still a beverage that’s being served. – Yolanda D. in Dallas Spot on! The establishment is still providing the

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Don’t scrimp on a tip, especially at breakfast, where the bill usually is low. – Heloise MULTIPLE SKEINS HINT Dear Heloise: I read where a reader told you how she keeps her skeins of yarn separate when working on projects that require multiple skeins. Here’s what I do: I take 2-liter bottles, cut off the bottoms and place a skein inside. I feed the “tail” out through the neck. I then get a box that holds multiple wine bottles and place the liter bottles in it, and you’re all set. – Doris G., Belton, Texas TEST YOUR HINT IQ Dear Readers: Q. Why should you NOT use fresh or frozen pineapple in gelatin desserts?

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CLUB NEWS Creston Ladies Literary Circle met Feb. 17 at the home of Sherry McKie with 18 members present. President Vanita Moberg conducted business including roll call, minutes, treasurers report and discussion of the changes to be made to the bylaws.

Marcia Fulton reviewed the book “Remember The Ladies� by Norma Johnston.

It was about the first ladies rights convention in 1848. It was the year of revolutions around the world. In the U.S.,�men ruled and women had no rights.� The black population had even fewer.

Headed up by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 300 women met and agreed on a “Declaration of Independence� and included a “Declaration of Rights and Sentiments.’ These women went on to fight for many of the things we now enjoy today and thought we always had, including the right to vote and own property.

Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess.

Next meeting will be at the home of Vera Fengler. ——————

Afton Federated Garden Club

Members of Afton Federated Garden Club met 1:35 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Afton Community Center.

President Shirley Wallace called the meeting to order with members repeating the Pledge of Allegiance and Club Collect. Roll call was answered by eight members.

Minutes of the December meeting were read by Monica Huddleson. Motion to accept the minutes as read was made

by Audrey McDowell and seconded by Jenny Quick.

Iris Smith gave the treasurer’s report. Kathy Tapken made a motion to accept the report. McDowell seconded the motion. Wallace presented a bill for postage.

Wallace shared a thankyou card from Doris Porter for the Christmas card the club sent her. Also, a newsletter from Olive Kerns, letter from Karen VanBuskirk, pic-

ture of Nelda Herzberg and thank-you card for the Christmas donation to the Creston food bank from Joann Hackett were shared.

Agnes Eklund, former member of AFGC died Jan. 2. Member’s thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Ackworth Garden Club has invited the club to a workshop on “The Fritillary Butterflies� Feb. 22 at the Annett Center in Indianola. The Wallace Center spring workshop will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 25. Reiman Gardens is having a “Day of Insects� workshops and presentations March 24-25 in Ames.

The plant sale is to be from 1 to 6 p.m. May 12. Wallace handed out a seed viability chart and paper about testing seeds for germination rate on older seeds or seeds that have been harvested by people. She also had seeds, potting soil and flats available for those who wanted to start seeds for the sale. Tapken shares seeds that she had been given.

At 3 p.m., McDowell made and Smith seconded a motion to adjourn. Everyone recited the Conservation Pledge.

McDowell gave a very informative program on medicinal uses of wildflowers. Burdock is used in liver tonics and for acne and skin problems. It was mentioned putting burdock leaves in the back of a humane trap draws ground hogs. Others mentioned were Digitalis, raspberry, lemon balm and yarrow. Also, many trees have leaves and bark that are used medicinally.

McDowell served delicious refreshments. The next meeting will be March 10 at the Afton Community Center.

Wallace and Huddleson are hostesses and Huddleson will have the program on trees. ——————

Elzevir

Elzevir Reading Circle met 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in the home of Carol Brentnall.

Carolyn and Arlan Biere gave an interesting travelogue of their June 28-July 8 trip to Iceland. Iceland is a small Scandinavian island about the size of Ohio in the North Atlantic Ocean. Their ship, the Ocean Diamond, sailed at night, then they toured on land by bus everyday. Some of the highlights were swim-

ming in the Blue Lagoon, touring by Zodiac for a closeup of bays, peninsulas, fjords, colorful bird life and beautiful scenery, riding Icelandic horses in a mountain meadow, boat tour on a glacier lagoon and viewing many huge waterfalls.

Iceland has virtually no pollution and all energy is either geothermal or hydroelectric.

Drinking water comes from pure glaciers; fish are caught in unpolluted waters; the sheep and cattle graze in fields untouched by fertilizer. It is a land of steaming lava fields, ice caps, glaciers, hot pools and geysers, earthquakes and volcanoes.

President Linda Topliff began the meeting with a quote from Carl Sandburg: “A baby is God’s way of saying the world should go on.� Members and a guest answered roll call telling of memorable past Valentine’s Days. The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved as read.

The treasurer reported she had a check ready to send to Joan Chubick for the GFWC Scholarship. Her report was approved as read.

GFWC is requesting names of 25- and 50-year members to be included during the Iowa State Convention to be held April 20-22. Alice Bowers will check the dates of our honorary members. The president has reading lists available for those who have not received a copy.

As there was no other business, the meeting closed with all reciting Mary Stewart’s Club Collect. The hostess served refreshments. The next meeting will be held Friday, March 10, at the home of Terry Ammon. Note this is a change from the yearbook. ——————

Alpha Delta Kappa

The Iowa Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa met Feb. 13 at the Creston Pizza Ranch. Barb Coenen from Maple Street Memories shared paper creations and gift ideas with the group.

President Colleen Gangstad conducted the business meeting. Linda Huffman read the minutes from the Jan. 9 meeting. Recruiting new members was dis-

CONGREGATE MEALS Feb. 27 – March 3 Menu subject to change.

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Monday: beef italiano, garlic rotini, Lima beans, wheat roll, apricots.

Tuesday: taco chicken, lettuce, tomato, pinto beans, corn O’Brien, flour tortilla, tropical fruit.

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per fish with dill sauce, confetti rice, carrots, multigrain bread, banana pudding.

Thursday: turkey breast with lemon herb sauce, baked sweet potato, broc-

cussed. Plans were made for awarding $150 book scholarships to students majoring in education. Gangstad will work with high school counselors to contact students.

The next meeting will be 5:30 p.m. March 13 at A&G Restaurant and Lounge with Lois Houghtaling presenting the program, “Famous First Lines in Literature.�

Houghtaling will also conduct a fraternal education activity. ——————

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Mary Circle of First Christian Church met Feb. 16 at the church with Joyce as hostess.

There were 11 members present.

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The executive committee of the Creston First United Methodist Women met Thursday, Feb. 2.

Weight presided with six officers present along with special events coordinator Jerrie Henderson. Joys and concerns were shared and the UMW Purpose was read.

Perry had devotions reading from Matthew 6:19-21, the Upper Room and closed with a prayer.

Minutes of January meeting were approved. The treasurer’s report was presented and approved.

Kay Ritter reported that she has five young women interested in UMW and will be meeting soon.

There was more discussion regarding guest night on April 6. Pastor Jodi Rushing will be the speaker. The youth group will be going to Saeger Brown in Baldwin, Louisiana, in July and will take the UMCOR kits with them.

UMCOR kit workday is Wednesday, March 15. The UMW will do the church service June 11. Speakers will speak on the projects the UMW serves.

The meeting was closed with the February Bible verse of I John 5:21.

Morning Circle met Feb. 16 in Fellowship Hall with Marilyn Fils as hostess. Riegel presided and there were eight members and Rushing present. Perry had devotions.

More plans for guest night were discussed. Weight gave the program on “Community Action Against Human Trafficking.�

Evening Circle met Feb. 16 in Fellowship Hall. Denton presided with nine members present. Final plans were made for being hostess at the March 2 unit meeting. Food and decorations will be a St. Patrick’s theme. There was discussion regarding guest night April 6. Woodin had the response moment. Ritter presented the program on “Community Action Against Human Trafficking.� Next circle meetings will be March 16.

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Minutes of the previous meeting were approved. The treasurer’s report was presented and approved.

A couple of business matters were discussed and plans for the upcoming guest night in April were discussed. Evening Circle will be hostess and Morning Circle will have the program. There was also discussion on doing a church service in the spring to inform the congregation of some of the projects the UMW is involved in. Some of which are Bidwell Riverside, Women @ the Well and Shesler Hall.

The meeting was closed with the January Bible verse II Corinthians 7:14.

Morning Circle met Jan. 19 in Fellowship Hall with Colleen Brotherton as hostess, assisted by Lois Jay. Velma Riegel presided and there were eight members present.

Beth Perry had devotions.

The program and table decorations for guest night were discussed. Riegel gave the pledge service program entitled “A Community United

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Pat gave the lesson on Ruth from “Women of the Bible.�

The lesson was discussed among the members.

Rhonda motioned to adjourn and Florence seconded it.

Next meeting will be March 16. ——————

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GFWC/IOWA Bancroft History Assembly met Feb. 6 at Creston Plaza Community Room. Prior to the meeting, the 122nd anniversary luncheon was enjoyed by four life members and seven life members. The meal was catered by the Farmer’s Wife.

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

The minutes were approved as written and the treasurer’s report was placed on file for audit.

A thank-you letter was read from the local food pantry.

Election of officers will be held in March. The following members are on the nominating committee: Marisue Lewis, Mary Jones and Martha Musmaker.

Nurnberg reviewed convention and conference dates.

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Tax rules are not on the list of things most people turn to for comfort after a bad day. But they can take the sting out in a few cases. Here are four bad days — and ways that tax experts say you could turn them into a smaller tax bill.

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Someone stole your stuff The good news: Theft losses that your insurance company doesn’t reimburse you for could be tax-deductible.

The rub: For personal property, the deduction calculation starts with your “adjusted basis.”

This is typically what you paid for the property. Then subtract any insurance proceeds or other reimbursements. Reduce what’s left by $100 and then by 10 percent of your adjusted gross income, or AGI. The loss has to be sizable for the math to work. If thieves steal your uninsured $5,000 ring but your adjusted gross income is $75,000, for example, you probably can’t take the deduction.

Also, you can take the tax deduction in the year you discover the theft, but you’ll need to file an itemized return. Wait if there’s a good chance of getting your stuff back, says Grafton “Cap” Willey, a certified public accountant and managing director at accounting firm CBIZ Tofias.

The stolen item could be treated as taxable income if you recover it or get reimbursed for it after you’ve taken the write-off, he says.

You were hit by a natural disaster or fire The good news: Property losses that your insurance company doesn’t reimburse you for may be deductible.

The rub: Calculating this deduction typically starts with finding the lower of these two amounts: what you paid for the property, or the dip in the property’s fair-market value after the event. Reduce that number by the insurance proceeds and any salvage value, as well as by $100 and by 10 percent of your AGI. So if your home is flooded, your insurer leaves you hanging for $50,000 in losses, and your AGI is $80,000, you may be able to ease the sting by deducting $41,900.

Your income is a factor, so a small loss might not get you much tax relief, Willey says. Also, you have to deduct the loss in the year it happened, unless the loss is from a federally declared disaster area. Then the IRS may let you amend the preceding year’s return instead, which could get you a tax refund. Again, you’ll have to itemize deductions.

You lent money to someone who never paid you back The good news: “You potentially have what they call a nonbusiness bad debt,” Willey says.

You report it as a short-term capital loss on your tax return. Also, you don’t have to drag your friend or relative into court if you can show that a judgment would be uncollectable.

The rub: “You’re supposed to have a written note for any transaction like that,” Willey says.

The loan should have carried a realistic rate of interest, and you should have made reasonable efforts to collect the debt, he adds: You’ll need to attach a statement to your tax return explaining each bad debt and efforts made to collect it. Also, you have to take the deduction in the year the debt becomes worthless — though you don’t have to wait until the loan is due to determine that the money will never be returned.

You gambled and lost The good news: You may be able to deduct your gambling losses if you itemize your deductions when you file your tax return.

The rub: “Gambling losses are deductible only to the extent of gambling winnings,” Willey says. That means spending $100 on lottery tickets isn’t deductible — unless you win, and report, at least $100, too. You can’t deduct more than you win.

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The No. 5-seeded Central College men’s basketball team advanced to the Iowa Conference Championship after defeating No. 1-seeded Nebraska Wesleyan 85-63 Thursday night.

Central won last year’s conference title after being the No. 5 seed and winning three straight games on the road to advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Thursday’s win means the Dutch will host No. 6-seeded Wartburg College Saturday at P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium for a 7 p.m. tip.

“Our confidence is driving us right now,” said coach Craig Douma. “Our guys are feeding off each other and bring a ton of energy.

The guys have been through this before and know what it takes to win during this time of the year.”

Senior guard Pete Walker led Central with 23 points and six rebounds, junior forward Kyle Smith added 21 points including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and senior forward Colby Taylor had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

“Pete really stepped up tonight,” said Douma. “He got in a little bit of foul trouble at the beginning of the game but he kept himself engaged.

Colby and Kyle did what they do tonight.”

It was junior forwardMalik Wildermuth’s defense that drew praise from Douma.

“Malik guarded one of Wesleyan’s best scorers tonight and he shut him down,” he said.

Wildermuth held Nebraska Wesleyan’s Cooper Cook to just five points, well below his 18.5 per game average.

Central won the rebound battle 41-36 and shot 52.5 percent from the floor while suffocating the Prairie Wolves into shooting 34.8. The Prairie Wolves were held to just 63 total points, the lowest point total in the three years under coach Dale Wellman.

“We won tonight because of our defense and rebounding,” said Douma. “We were outstanding in the second half.

Douma is hoping to see a packed house for the title game.

“We’re excited to be able to host,” he said. “I hope our student body and all of the Kuyper Krazies will come out in full force Saturday. Both teams will be playing their third game of the week and we’re going to have to feed off our crowd and dig deeper for another 40 minutes.”

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PANTHER WRESTLING

The best of the best

Shiltz Chase Shiltz: earns pair of By the numbers •Career wins prestigious Freshman — 51 Sophomore 36 awards Junior — 45 Senior — 58 ■

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com

DES MOINES — Creston/Orient-Macksburg senior Chase Shiltz wrestled his way into elite company in the storied history of Panther wrestling.

He left his mark in the state record books Saturday night, becoming the 88th wrestler in Iowa history to win three state championships.

Wednesday, he added even more honors to his illustrious career.

Like he has with all of the other accolades and accomplishments in one of the most decorated prep careers in Iowa history, Shiltz was quick to deflect credit for his accomplishments to those who helped him to his lofty position.

The Panthers senior was named the 2017 Dan Gable Mr. Wrestler of the Year in

Career — 190

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Career pins Freshman — 32 Sophomore 17 Junior — 27 Senior — 43

School records •Single season 1. Wins, 58 4. Pins, 43 •Career 2. Wins, 190 2. Pins, 119

Class 2A in a banquet held in Des Moines Wednesday.

“It shows all of the hard work paid off,” Shiltz said.

“I credit all of the coaches, workout partners, my parents. It’s a big reward for all of them.”

Gable, along with former University of Iowa star Mark Ironside, were on hand to present the awards.

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Creston/Orient-Macksburg senior Chase Shiltz is presented the Dan Gable Mr. Wrestler Award winner for Class 2A by Dan Gable. Shiltz is the first Panther wrestler to win the award. Shiltz was given the award at a banquet Wednesday in Des Moines.

TIMBERWOLVES BASKETBALL Half for the ages: SW Valley is a district champ Southwest Valley comes from 18 down to secure first district title ■

By KALEB CARTER

CNA sports reporter kacarter@crestonnews.com

SHENANDOAH — Southwest Valley doesn’t win pretty. It doesn’t fit the Timberwolves’ style.

So when the Timberwolves fell behind 18 to Fremont-Mills in the third quarter of Thursday’s Class 1A District 14 final, there was no panic in the Timberwolves.

Southwest Valley stormed back to earn a 62-59 win that went down to the wire and left Shenandoah’s High School gym splitting at the seems from the noise.

Southwest Valley (15-10) will play Grand View Christian (23-1), Saturday in Afton at 7 p.m. in the substate 7 game. The Thunder got there courtesy of a 61-24 win over Earlham.

“We’ve always played crazy,” Southwest Valley senior Scott Palmer said.

“We’re never calm. It’s not the way Southwest Valley plays.”

When Palmer found the ball in his hands off a Chance Cobb pass with under four minutes remaining in the fourth, he hesitated, bounced the ball once and fired.

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CNA photo by KALEB CARTER

Southwest Valley players react in the immediate aftermatch of their 62-59 Class 1A District 14 final win over FremontMills in Shenandoah Thursday. Timberwolf senior Wyatt McAlpin points skyward as a mix of emotions shows on the faces of the victors.

SPARTANS MEN’S BASKETBALL

Southwestern still focused on tasks ahead ■ Final regular season home game Saturday

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com

Southwestern Community College’s men’s basket-

ball coach Todd Lorensen had an idea of what a win Wednesday would mean for the program.

Some of his players did, others did not.

While setting the single-season wins record with

26 in Wednesday’s 98-69 thumping over DMACC in Boone was nice, it is what they hope is just the first of many special moments at the end of this season.

Saturday, the Spartans will look to send the soph-

omore group out strong in their final regular season home game. Southwestern hosts Iowa Lakes with tip set for 3 p.m. in Creston.

“It was one of those were I knew 26 was the magic number. If we won, it would

be the 26th,” Lorensen said.

“I forgot about it until after the game until somebody had tweeted it. It was kind of fun. As a coach, you know some of those things are on the horizon, but once SWCC | 9A

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fans in attendance ballistic.

It was the first lead of the game for Southwest Valley, 55-54, with 3:33 to go in the fourth.

It was Cobb, a junior guard who has been a three-year starter, who was the catalyst to the miraculous comeback.

“He knew we needed points and he went to work,” Southwest Valley coach Andrew Focht said. “Very proud of everybody on our team but he’s a leader and he went and got the job done.”

Cobb scored 23 second-half points, 29 in all, to rally the pack to victory.

“We said we could play with them. We just got to fight back, play hard defense and knock down our shots,” Cobb said. “It was tremendous. Best feeling ever.”

The Timberwolves’ core group of Cobb, Trenton Drake, Wyatt McAlpin, Palmer, and Maurer all made plays in some form or another to fuel the comeback.

Parker Powers, who scored 21 points, grabbed the lead back for the Knights after the Palmer trey with a bucket of his own to make the score 56-55.

Following that, through a thick of bodies, came McAlpin who scored at the rim to grab the lead back.

After a defensive stop, Jace Petersen, who was a bundle of positive energy throughout the second half with five steals, drove hard to the rim and was hacked.

On the second of two missed free throws, Petersen charged the lane, caught the ball, went back up with it and sank the shot to give Southwest Valley a 59-56 advantage with 54.7 seconds remaining.

Southwest Valley picked up another defensive stop, and Grant Maurer was fouled intentionally. He sank both free throws to give Southwest Valley a fivepoint lead with 33 seconds left, 61-56.

After a missed shot by the Timberwolves, Fremont-Mills’ Powers hit another 3-pointer to bring the tally to 61-59 with 12.9 seconds left and Southwest Valley took a timeout.

After Cobb made one of two free throws, Fremont-Mills had one last chance to draw closer, but missed a shot on the other end.

Up 62-59 with 0.9 seconds left, Palmer missed a free throw, but the Knights were unable to get off a shot, sending the Timberwolf fans into jubilation.

First half struggles That was a far cry from where Southwest Valley stood early in the game.

The Timberwolves had trailed 30-18 at the half after a slow start to the game that featured an early 9-0 run for the Knights and an 18-4 lead after the initial period.

Powers and multi-purpose threat Sam Phillips combined for 44 points for the Knights. The Timberwolves overcame a lot to supplant the performances of the two

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drive with the intention of being noisey.

“Once our comeback started, the crowd just got into it and it felt like home here,” Cobb said.

“Our crowd was awesome.

They made a difference,” Palmer said.

The Timberwolves don’t win pretty. Don’t tell that to their fans like they should care. That identity of scrapiness has propelled them to substate.

CNA photo by KALEB CARTER

Wyatt McAlpin whoops and hollers after McAlpin’s big bucket through contact late in the Timberwolves’ win Thursday. McAlpin had 12 points.

Fremont-Mills stars.

“We fight we fight we fight. That’s basically been our motto,” Palmer said.

“We scrap a lot. We never got down on ourselves. We couldn’t buy a bucket in the first half. Second half we started hitting and it changed everything.”

Only in the second when Southwest Valley began pressuring the ball, picking Fremont-Mills up full court, and playing relentlessly, did the Timberwolves find any wiggle room for success.

“We put our press on and we got it helter skelter and I think that helped us get more in the flow,” Focht said. “When that happened it helped our defense, it helped everybody.”

The win marks the school’s third win in district play since it became Southwest Valley four years ago. All three have come this postseason.

Focht has expected much of this group since October, but the accomplishments of this team have been years in the making.

“It’s about building the program the way we wanted to,” Focht said. “It started three years ago. Chance Cobb got a lot of minutes as a freshman as my starting point guard. That helped him grow, that helped him and I know each other better.”

He cited the leadership of players like Palmer and McAlpin as keys to how the team got itself to this point.

Wyatt as a four-year player in the program, Palmer

as a floor general of sorts, unique in his high basketball IQ. McAlpin scored 12 and Palmer scored seven with several heads-up plays in the second half.

It has all come together for a first district title.

“We set so many firsts this year. it’s great. It’s unbelievable,” Focht said.

Cobb was ecstatic for his coaches.

“It’s well-deserved. Our coaches have worked hard for a long time for this,” Cobb said. “Had to go through a lot of downs to get up but they’re great coaches and I can’t credit them enough.”

The fans helped spark the Timberwolves, most of whom made the hour-long

SWV — Totals — 25 7-16 62. Scoring — Chance Cobb 11 3-4 29, Wyatt McAlpin 6 0-1 12, Scott Palmer 3 0-3 7, Grant Maurer 1 4-6 6, Jace Petersen 2 0-2 4, Trenton Drake 2 0-0 4. 3-pt. goals — 5 (Cobb 4, Palmer 1.) FG Shooting — 25-55 (45.4 percent). Rebounds — 26 (Palmer 9, Cobb 6, Petersen 4). Assists — 10 (Palmer 3, Cobb 3, Petersen 2) Steals — 13 (Petersen 5, McAlpin 4, Cobb 2).

Fouls — 11. Fouled Out — None.

FM — Totals — 21 9-12 59. Scoring — Sam Phillips 23, Parker Powers 21, Carter Jennings 11, Dalian Melgoza 2, Beau Malcolm 2. 3-pt. goals — 8 (Powers 4, Phillips 4). Fouls — 14.

Fouled out — none.

SWV (62) — 4 14 22 22 FM (59) — 18 12 17 12

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Southwest Valley senior Scott Palmer tries to go overtop Fremont-Mills senior Sam Phillips (50).

Palmer had seven points and battled some with Phillips, who ended up with 23 points.

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MUSTANGS BOYS BASKETBALL

Banner season comes to close for Mustangs Thursday

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com

TRURO — Murray boys basketball coach Darin Wookey knew many years ago this group of eight seniors had the opportunity to be special.

The Mustangs did many outstanding things this season on the court.

But Thursday, he had to console a group that saw their dreams of reaching a state tournament come to an end.

Murray gave a solid effort in the second half attempting to come back, but could not get over the hump as Martensdale-St. Mary’s advanced with a 61-48 win in

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you’re in the heat of the moment, it’s the last thing you think about.�

Those larger goals include being the top-seed in the NJCAA Division II Region XI Tournament and reaching the national tournament, to be held in Danville, IL, next month. “It’s always good to get the record. That’s always good,� said sophomore Jordan Johnson. “But we’ve got bigger things to worry about.

We’re trying to get to the national tournament.� “This gives us a little more motivation.�

the Class 1A District 12 title game at Interstate 35.

Murray’s season ends at 21-3.

Martensdale-St. Marys, 18-6, advances to the Substate 6 final against fifthranked Lynnville-Sully. The Hawks advanced with a 52-43 win over Montezuma Thursday. Tip is set for 7 p.m. Saturday in Knoxville.

Faces were somber in the Mustangs locker room. For several players, emotions welled over when they came back out of the locker room. “It was pretty tough in there,� said senior Dustin Teas. “You could’ve heard a mouse running across the floor. It was dead silent.

We were all pretty bummed out.�

The Mustangs could hold their heads high, knowing that a strong second half effort gave them an opportunity to come back. “The locker room was pretty tough on those guys,�

Wookey said. “I’ve been watching those guys since they were little guys. Coming up I was thinking we had a pretty good shot at doing something with this group. “I told them, ‘Don’t regret anything. In the second half, they left it all out there.’�

A poor first quarter put the clamps on Murray’s hopes of a win.

The Mustangs could not buy a field goal in the first quarter, missing their first eight shots, along with a handful of turnovers.

Meanwhile, Martensdale-St. Marys’s Brent Barnett and Dakota Gibson each caught fire from threepoint range in helping the Blue Devils to a 13-5 lead after the first quarter. “We came out with a set play and missed it, come down the floor and missed a jump shot,� Wookey said. “They hit a couple of threes.

At that point, it felt like we were digging out of a hole.�

The Blue Devils kept the hot shooting going in the second quarter, extending the lead to as many as 18 at one point, 30-12.

Martensdale-St. Marys hasn’t always had strong efforts from the outside.

They did so Thursday. “That doesn’t happen

Sophomore KeShawn WIlson didn’t even know about it until Thursday when he saw it on Twitter. “We weren’t really focused on that. I didn’t even know we broke it,� Wilson said.

For this year’s sophomore class, Saturday is one final time this regular season to showcase their skills in front of the home fans.

This class has accumulated a 51-7 mark and has lost only once at home. “They’ve had an outstanding run,� Lorensen said. “They certainly deserve a day to be celebrated.�

Playing at home one more THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT time is something the players UNION COUNTY IN THEforward MATTER OF are looking to.

THE ESTATE OF Symes,to Deceased “It Michael feels good be able to

celebrate it here in Creston,�

Johnson said. “We’ve got this home crowd.�

Playing well in Creston has been key to the Spartans’ success. “We can’t lose at home.

That’s not going to happen,�

Johnson said, a native of Des Moines. “Everyone’s come together. Playing in front of the home crowd, all the fans is good motivation.�

Wilson has learned plenty the past two seasons. “Coach has done a really good job,� Wilson said, a Lincoln, Neb. native. “He’s taught me how to win.�

Much is at stake for the Spartans Saturday. They are tied with Kirkwood a top the ICCAC standings.

If Southwestern wins out,

they’ll be the conference champions and have home court advantage in the Region XI Tournament. “It’s really helped us to keep focused, knowing one bad night could hurt our chances of what we want to do down the road,� Lorensen said. ““Don’t get me wrong, as long as we’re playingTHE onIOWA thatDISTRICT Saturday.

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ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES KING, Deceased.

Winning out and claimCASE NO. ESPR015834 PROBATE OF WILL, ingNOTICE homeOF court advantage OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, through Region XI tournaAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To AllisPersons Interestedthe in theSparEstate ment something of Mary Frances King, Deceased, who tans to2016: have. died onwould or about prefer October 19, You are hereby notified that on Februsame ary“At 14, 2017the the last will and time, testament it of Mary Frances King, nicer deceased, would be much to bearing have date of May 12, 2009, was admitted to that in Creston probategame in the above named courtrather and that John H. travel King was to appointed executor of than Kirkwood,� the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of Lorensen said.

Case No. ESPR015767 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Michael Symes, Deceased, who died on or about May 25, 2015: You are hereby notified that on the June 30, 2016, the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate.

Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated February 14, 2017.

Heather Ann Christensen Administrator of the Estate 649 Tamarindo Way, Roseville, California 95678 Samuel I. Kreamer, ICIS PIN: AT0004329 Attorney for the Administrator Kreamer Law Firm, P.C. 7155 Lake Drive, Suite 200 West Des Moines, IA 50266 Date of second publication: Feb. 24, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICE Special Session February 15, 2017 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Special Session on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM with the following members present: Lois Monday, Ron Riley and Dennis Brown.

AGENDA: Motion by Monday and seconded by Riley to approve the Agenda.

All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Riley and seconded by Monday to approve the minutes from February 13, 2017. All voting aye, motion carried.

BUDGET WORK SESSION: Union County Board of Supervisors worked on fiscal year 2018 budget.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 PM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: DENNIS BROWN, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Special Session February 16, 2017 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Special Session on Thursday, February 16, 2017. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 AM with the following members present: Ron Riley and Dennis Brown. Lois Monday was absent.

UNION COUNTY ROADS TOUR: Union County Board of Supervisors met Union County Engineer, Zach Gunsolley, at the Secondary Roads Department. Gunsolley drove the Board of Supervisors to various roads for observation.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 PM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: DENNIS BROWN, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALICE D. HOAKISON, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR015838 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Alice D. Hoakison, Deceased, who died on or about February 7, 2017: You are hereby notified that on February 21, 2017, the last will and testament of Alice D. Hoakison, deceased, bearing date of March 24, 1981, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that David Hoakison was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated February 22, 2017.

David Hoakison Executor of the Estate 1089 Joshua Avenue Creston, IA 50801 Loretta L. Harvey, #AT0003351 Attorney for the Executor Harvey Law Office 109 W. Montgomery Street P.O. Box 85 Creston, IA 50801 Date of second publication: March 3, 2017 THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Michael Symes, Deceased Case No. ESPR015767 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Michael Symes, Deceased, who died on or about May 25, 2015: You are hereby notified that on the June 30, 2016, the undersigned was ap-

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES KING, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR015834 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Mary Frances King, Deceased, who died on or about October 19, 2016: You are hereby notified that on February 14, 2017 the last will and testament of Mary Frances King, deceased, bearing date of May 12, 2009, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that John H. King was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated February 14, 2017 John H. King Executor of estate 710 North Sumner, Creston, IA 50801 Eric M. Green AT0013060 211 N. Maple Street Creston, Iowa 50801 Telephone: (641) 782-7007 Facsimile: (641) 782-6795 Date of second publication: Feb. 24, 2017

said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated February 14, 2017 John H. King Executor of estate 710 North Sumner, Creston, IA 50801 Eric M. Green AT0013060 211 N. Maple Street Creston, Iowa 50801 Telephone: (641) 782-7007 Facsimile: (641) 782-6795 Date of second publication: Feb. 24, 2017

every game,� said Martensdale-St. Marys coach Joe Franey.

Hot shooting early was contagious for the Blue Devils. “Once we made the first couple, it was easier to keep shooting,� Franey said.

Murray’s defense switched to a triangle-and-two in the second half. It worked effectively, allowing the Mustangs to cut into the lead.

Murray was a close as nine, 41-32 late in the quarter. “We decided we needed to put a little more pressure on the, let the other two guards shoot,� Wookey said. “It had them baffled.�

Murray cut the lead to 10 a couple of times in the

fourth quarter. The Mustangs had the ball with an opportunity to cut into the lead even more.

The shots would not fall.

Martensdale-St. Marys grabbed the rebounds, then went down and scored on the other end to push the lead back to a comfortable margin. “It seemed like we couldn’t finish them,�

Wookey said.

Murray bids farewell to a large senior class. Teas, Henry Trace, Kenny Boles, Jack Jones, Bryce Keller, Zane Black, Thane Simmons all played their final games for the purple. along with manager Quentin Siefkas.

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Creston/Orient-Macksburg senior Chase Shiltz, center presented the Dan Gable Mr. Wrestler Award winner for Class 2A by Dan Gable, left. Also on hand for the award ceremony was former University of Iowa wrestling star Mark Ironside, right. Shiltz is the first Panther wrestler to win the award. Shiltz was given the award at a banquet Wednesday in Des Moines.

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“That was cool with Dan Gable,” Shiltz said. “He’s somebody every wrestler looks up to. He put Iowa up on a pedestal, even Iowa State, wrestling at the international level. It means a lot accepting it from him, especially the person he is.”

Shiltz won the award in Class 2A over Clear Lake’s Ryan Leisure and New Hampton’s Keaton Geerts.

“Those are two really good wrestlers. I’ve wrestled on teams with them, especially Leisure. We wrestled on a national team as a kindergartner. He’s going to Iowa State. I’m sure him and Geerts are going to be successful in college.”

Nine finalists from all three classes were honored.

Fort Dodge junior Brody Teske was the Class 3A winner, topping University of Iowa commit Nelson Brands of Iowa City West and Purdue University recruit Max Lyon, of Western Dubuque.

Underwood’s Max Thomsen, a three-time state champion, was the winner in Class 1A. The other finalists in Class 1A were Brady Kyner of Southeast Warren and Trent Johnson of Dike-New Hartford.

Sharing the spotlight with all of those in attendance was a moment Shiltz will relish.

“The best part was sharing it with all of those guys,” Shiltz said. “Every single of of those guys except one or two I’ve wrestled with, shared a lot of memories with. It was neat to see how all of the hard work paid off.”

Shiltz is the first Creston/ Orient-Macksburg wrestler to receive the award. He was a runner-up last season.

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“I don’t even know if Chase even really thought he would win,” said Creston/ Orient-Macksburg coach Darrell Frain. “It was just exciting the fact that he won it.”

Shiltz was also named as the MVP of this season’s state tournament.

“The fact that they honored him for MVP of the tournament was a pretty good day for him.”

The awards are a fitting end to a storied prep wrestling career. Shiltz will play football at Northwest Missouri State this fall.

“It’s a little bit of closure for him,” Frain said. “He’s done pretty much everything, achieved everything you can at the high school level. It’s all you can do, everything you can do on the mat for Creston.”

Shiltz finished with 58 wins this season, a single-season mark for wins at Creston/ Orient-Macksburg.

“That’s a record he deserves like any other,” Frain said.

He’s second behind Marlin for career wins with 190 and second in falls behind Marlin with 119.

Shiltz’s sophomore and junior seasons didn’t start until well after it began, recuperating from lengthy football seasons, holding back the number of wins and pins he might have had.

“To still get 190 wins, that’s pretty impressive,” Frain said.

Shiltz’s success on the mat only tells part of the story.

“What he’s done on the mat is extra,” Frain said.

“He’s a great kid who does everything he’s supposed to in the community.”

“As a coach, you can’t ask for anything more than that.”

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