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climactic vote on GOP health care bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled their capstone health care overhaul past an initial barrier and toward a climactic roll call Friday, plunging ahead despite uncertainty over whether they had the votes to prevail in what loomed as a monumental gamble for President Donald Trump and his GOP allies in Congress.

With Trump budget chief Mick Mulvaney and other White House officials heading toward the Capitol to lobby wavering lawmakers, Friday’s showdown was oc-

curring after the president warned that he was through negotiating with holdouts.

In a message delivered to rank-and-file Republicans at the Capitol late Thursday, top Trump aides said if the measure failed he would move on to the rest of his agenda.

“We’ll see what happens,” Trump said at the White House Friday when asked his course should the measure fail.

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This picture of North Elm Street looking north toward the Early Childhood Center in Creston displays the lack of curb capacity for a potential overlay of the street. North Elm Street is one of 12 streets in Creston being considered for a potential $5 million street improvement project.

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The Creston City Council gathered more information on its potential $5 million street improvement project during Tuesday’s regular meeting.

City Administrator Mike Taylor encouraged council members to begin trying to narrow down the list of 12 potential street projects.

“We’re going to have to dial it in here in the next meeting or so,” Taylor said.

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be, which streets are going to have the priorities. I really think all of you need to buy into this project. This is a long-term project.”

One of the questions answered for council members during Tuesday’s meeting was are there more streets in Creston where a smaller investment as opposed to a total reconstruction can be made to prolong the life of a street?

“Yeah, we can take a look at some life-cycle cost analysis,” said Austin Smith of Garden and Associates.

“Something like S o u t h Cherry, if there’s m o r e Smith streets

like that in Creston, we can spread this project for $5 million quite a few more blocks. At the same time, if you let something like that go for 10, 15, 20 years, it turns into something like South Chestnut and you’ve got a full reconstruction.”

Council members also discussed the idea of doing North Elm Street in phases, and if there were any alternatives to a full reconstruction of North Elm Street to save the city money.

Smith said there are some sections of North Elm Street that would be candidates for being overlayed.

However, there are sections of the street from West Howard Street to the Early Childhood Center where the curb capacity is already maxed out for overlay.

“Talking with Kevin

(Kruse), if the city would overlay a stretch of Elm and the price comes in at $700,000 or $800,000 for that whole run, sure it’s a third of the price, but your life for that is 12-15 years as opposed to about 40 for the whole reconstruction,” Smith said. “It’s not quite apples to apples. If you do a full overlay of Elm, you still have sections of that that are 26 feet wide, which sounds kind of wide until you get a couple of cars parked on it.”

The original $2.47 million estimate given for North Elm Street from West Adams Street to West Townline Street was for a full reconstruction at 31 feet wide.

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Carolyn Gillet, 78, of Corning died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at CHI Health Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Carolyn LaVerta (Walker) Gillet, daughter of Clarence Orin and Iva (Antley) Walker, was born Sept. 23, 1938, in Holly Ridge, Louisiana.

She grew up and worked on a cotton farm with her family. Carolyn graduated from Holly Ridge High School with the class of 1957 and later attended McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Carolyn worked as a telephone operator for

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for the future ships. Then next Thursday, the crew will conduct another spacewalk to secure the unit.

A new docking device — similar to one installed last summer — will fly up late this year or early next, and hook onto this port.

Until the new crew capsules come on line, U.S. astronauts will have to keep riding Russian rockets to orbit.

As Kimbrough worked on the docking port and replaced a computer-relay box, Pesquet hunted for signs of an ammonia coolant leak in outdoor plumbing. The leak, while still small, has worsened recently, and NASA wants to pinpoint the location.

Pesquet patted and tugged at hoses, but did not spot any frozen flakes of ammonia. A GoPro camera caught his ev-

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Southern Bell. She moved to Corning in the fall of 1959.

On Sept. 30, 1959, she married Richard Eldon Gillet. Carolyn worked various jobs including a waitress and certified nurse’s aide at the Corning Nursing Home and Rosary Hospital in Corning.

She later worked at Easy Heat Wire craft, along with being a farmwife and mother.

Carolyn was a member of the Neighborly Neighbor Club and TOPS. Carolyn is survived by her husband of 58 years, Richard of Corning; children, Dale (Wilma) Gillet of Glenwood, Suzanne Gillet-Bialkowsky of Stevenson, Washington, and Gary (Kari) Gillet of Richfield, Minnesota; grandchildren, Elizabeth Bialkowsky, Cathy Gillet, Jonathan Gillet, Rutger Bialkowsky, Leah Gillet, Alex Gillet, Melanie Gillet and Lily Gillet; sisters, Mary Powell of Holly Ridge, Louisiana, and Recie Thomas of Hemet, California; sister-in-law Jan Walker of Holly Ridge, Louisiana; 16 nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Olin and Sonny Walker; sisters, Dorothy Watson, Geneva Goree and Grace Remmer; and brothers-in-law, Lee Powell, Bob Watson, Bill Goree and Hal Thomas. ery move for playback later.

“No leaks. No flakes whatsoever,” he reported.

Also on the spacewalkers’ to-do list Friday: replace a pair of Japanese cameras and grease latching mechanisms on the end of the big robot arm.

NASA wants to cram in two and possibly three spacewalks before Kimbrough, the station’s commander, returns to Earth on April 10.

Before a third spacewalk can be conducted, Orbital ATK needs to launch a cargo ship to the space station with replacement parts. That shipment was supposed to be there by now, but repeatedly has been delayed because of rocket concerns. It’s unclear when the Atlas V rocket will be ready to soar from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA has been contracting out cargo deliveries since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011. The space agency is counting on private companies to do the same with astronauts.

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Iowa GOP lawmakers back statewide minimum wage, no increase DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa GOP lawmakers are forging ahead with legislation to ensure minimum wage increases are decided by the state — but they have no interest in raising Iowa’s this legislative session, according to Republican House leadership Thursday.

House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, a Clear Lake Republican, said the majority party wants the statewide

minimum to be consistent, but doesn’t support increasing that wage. Iowa last raised its minimum wage in 2009.

“The caucus hasn’t expressed an interest in doing that,” Upmeyer said. “That’s not been one of their priorities this year.”

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years, I think that would be pretty good,” said Steve Wintermute, at-large councilman.

Doing an overlay on North Elm Street has its pros and cons. On one hand, it would speed up the construction process and help save the city money. On the other hand, North Elm Street will need to be readdressed sooner rather than later.

“Keep in mind, it (overlay) only works in certain

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Freedom Caucus, whose hard-right members have been the core of opposition to the GOP legislation and have come under intense pressure from the White House and party leaders to fall into line. The bill would replace major parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law and would block federal payments for a year to Planned Parenthood.

“The irony is that the Freedom Caucus, which is very prolife and against Planned Parenthood, al- Trump lows P.P. to continue if they stop this plan!” Trump wrote.

In the day’s first meaningful roll call, the House used a near party-line 230-194 vote to insert changes into the measure that leaders hoped would win over unhappy Republicans. These included improving Medicaid benefits for some older and disabled people and abolishing coverage requirements that Obama’s 2010 law imposes on insurers.

The GOP bill would eliminate the Obama statute’s unpopular fines on those who do not obtain coverage and the often generous subsidies for those who purchase insurance.

areas of town,” Smith said.

“Some of it is just beyond (being overlayed).”

Council members are still looking at borrowing $5 million for the street improvement project. Smith said it’s likely about $0.5 million of that would have to go toward contingency.

“I think we better use $4.5 million, but we’ll borrow $5 million just in case we run into something in the construction process,” Taylor said. “If we don’t, we’ll be able to use that for another smaller project.”

Smith added any projects undertaken by the city will

likely take at least two construction seasons, possibly three depending on what the council decides to do with North Elm Street.

Tough decisions lie ahead for the council. But, council members all agreed whatever is decided is a step in the right direction.

“I think no matter what we do, we’re progressing,” said Ward 3 Councilman Gabe Carroll.

Instead, consumers would face a 30 percent premium penalty if they let coverage lapse. Republican tax credits would be based on age, not income. The bill would also end Obama’s Medicaid expansion and trim future federal financing for the federal-state program and let states impose work requirements on some of its 70 million beneficiaries.

GOP aides were privately saying conservative opposition was softening, yet another moderate announced he would oppose the legislation. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said the bill “would place significant new costs and barriers to care on my constituents.”

Friday’s votes stood as the biggest vote to date for Trump and for House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., both aware that conservatives comprising the heart of their party’s constituency were demanding no less than an all-out assault on Obama’s law.

For Trump, victory would clear an initial but crucial hurdle toward achieving the GOP’s lodestar quest to repeal “Obamacare,” the former president’s 2010 health care overhaul. Defeat could weaken Trump’s political potency by adding a legislative failure to a resume already saddled with inquiries into his campaign’s Russia connections and his unfounded wiretapping allegations against Obama.

In an embarrassing setback Thursday, leaders abruptly postponed the vote because a rebellion by conservatives and moderates would have doomed the measure. They’d hoped for a roll call Thursday, which marked the seventh anniversary of Obama’s enactment of his landmark health care statute that Republicans have vowed ever since to annul.

The leaders seem to be calculating that at crunch time enough dissidents will decide against sabotaging the bill, Trump’s young presidency and the House GOP leadership’s ability to set the agenda, with a single, crushing defeat.

Even if they prevail, Republicans face an uphill climb in the Senate, where conservatives and moderates are also threatening to sink it the legislation.

In a bid to coax support from conservatives, House leaders proposed a fresh amendment — to be voted on Friday — repealing Obama’s requirement that insurers cover 10 specified services like maternity and mental health care. Conservatives have demanded the removal of those and other conditions the law imposes on insurers, arguing they drive premiums skyward.

Many moderates are opposed because they say the GOP bill would leave many voters uninsured. Medical associations, consumer groups and hospitals are opposed or voicing misgivings, and some Republican

governors say the bill cuts Medicaid too deeply and would leave many low-income people uncovered.

Republicans can lose only 22 votes in the face of united Democratic opposition.

A tally by The Associated Press found at least 32 “no” votes, but the figure was subject to fluctuation amid frantic GOP lobbying.

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., head of the House Freedom Caucus, said he remained a “no” but didn’t answer when asked whether the group still had enough votes to kill the legislation.

He’d long said caucus opposition alone would defeat it without changes.

Other foes said they’d not flipped. These included moderate Reps. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, Dan Donovan of New York and Leonard Lance of New Jersey, plus conservative Walter Jones of North Carolina.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said changes Republican leaders had proposed before Thursday to win votes had cut the legislation’s deficit reduction by more than half, to $150 billion over the next decade. But it would still result in 24 million more uninsured people in a decade.

Obama’s law increased coverage through subsidized private insurance for people who don’t have access to workplace plans, and a state option to expand Medicaid for low-income residents.

More than 20 million people have gained coverage since the law was passed in 2010.

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students who have received a 4.0 GPA for fall semester are included on the president’s list. Fulltime students who earn a GPA of 3.0 to 3.9 are included on the dean’s list.

Part-time students who are enrolled in 6-11 credits and have maintained a GPA of 3.5 are named to the notable achievement list.

• Khord Campbell of Creston, notable achievement PTCC, established in 1965 and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, serves more than 1,900 students and awards certificates, diplomas and associate degrees. PTCC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator. PTCC is a

agreement for the Fine Arts Wing of the Crest Area Arts and Recreation Center between the city of Creston and Southwestern Community College.

• The council unanimously approved and authorized Mayor Gary Lybarger to sign three agreements with Susquehanna Productions for Party in the Park.

• The council unanimously approved a temporary street closing request from In other city Creston Community High council news: School prom committee • The council unanimous- for the 200 block of North ly approved extending the Maple Street from 3 to 5:30 operation and maintenance p.m. April 8 for pictures.

COLLEGE NEWS Briar Cliff University SIOUX CITY – Briar Cliff University announced 293 students have been named to the dean’s list for the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year and included Jay Wolfe of Creston and Jackson Lamb of Greenfield.

Full-time students who have a semester GPA of 3.5 or greater and parttime students who complete six or more credits in a semester with a GPA of at least 3.5 are eligible for the dean’s list.

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

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Miscellaneous Animal call, 4:36 p.m., Tuesday, West Taylor Street.

Domestic dispute, 5:48 p.m., Tuesday, West Montgomery Street.

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Smoke, 7:57 p.m., Tuesday, Manor Drive.

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Public intoxication, 2:53 a.m., Wednesday, North Cherry Street.

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Alarm, 4:23 p.m., Wednesday, West Townline Street.

Information, 6:24 p.m., Wednesday, South Bureau Street.

Suspicious activity, 6:58 p.m., Wednesday, North Oak Street.

Welfare check, 8:43 p.m., Wednesday, North Bureau Street.

Civil dispute, 8:52 p.m., Wednesday, West Adams Street.

Domestic dispute, 10:16 p.m., Wednesday, North Lincoln Street.

Suspicious activity, 1:23 a.m., Thursday, South Elm Street.

Parking complaint, 9:03 a.m., Thursday, North Birch Street.

Accident, 9:10 a.m., Thursday, Sheldon Street.

Assistance, 9:28 a.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 9:31 a.m., Thursday, South Peterson Street.

Traffic stop, 12:22 p.m., Thursday, West Townline Street.

Traffic stop, 12:28 p.m., Thursday, North Spruce Street.

Traffic stop, 12:33 p.m., Thursday, West Prairie Street.

Traffic stop, 12:41 p.m., Thursday, New York Avenue.

Assistance, 1:58 p.m., Thursday, West Adams Street.

Traffic stop, 2:46 p.m., Thursday, North Mulberry Street.

Theft, 2:57 p.m., Thursday, Laurel Street.

Domestic dispute, 5:44 p.m., Thursday, Myrtle Street.

Assault, 7:05 p.m., Thursday, West Adams Street.

Talk to officer, 7:52 p.m., Thursday, Grand Avenue.

Traffic stop, 8:43 p.m., Thursday, North Oak Street.

Talk to officer, 9:32 p.m., Thursday, North Pine Street.

Alarm, 9:35 p.m., Thursday, Livingston Avenue.

Extra patrol, 10:06 p.m., Thursday, West Summit Street.

Theft, 2 a.m., today, North Spruce Street.

Accident, 3:47 a.m., today, West Prairie Street.

March 27 – April 2 Monday Start fourth quarter.

All-state individual festival at UNI. 5:15 p.m. JV boys soccer scrimmage at Pella.

6 p.m. board meeting.

7 p.m. varsity boys soccer scrimmage at Pella.

Tuesday 4:30 p.m. varsity boys track and field South Division at Shenandoah Ray Graves Track. (Clarinda, Glenwood, Red Oak) 4:30 p.m. varsity girls track and field H-10 SD at Shenandoah HS. (Clarinda, Glenwood, Red Oak) Thursday 4:30 p.m. varsity girls track

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Thursday: chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, banana, bread and butter (HS).

Friday: hamburger, baked beans, fresh broccoli, grapes.

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Friday 4:30 p.m. varsity boys track and field meet at Winterset.

Saturday Winterguard and drumline at Bellevue, Nebraska.

State 3A solo and ensemble contest.

Sunday 3 to 6 p.m. fine arts celebration at CHS.

BIRTHDAYS Johnson birthday card shower planned The family of Mary Ann Johnson is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday March 28.

Cards may be sent to her at 1709 W. Prairie St. Apt. 123, Creston, IA 50801.

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Brzozowski birthday card shower planned The family of Wes Brzozowski is hosting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday March 27.

Cards may be sent to him at 1403 Elm Drive., Creston, IA 50801.

The family requests no gifts.

Wednesday: Mr. Ribb, potato wedges, pickle, onion.

Thursday: chicken noodles, mashed potatoes, seasoned stuffing, spinach salad.

Friday: pizza, corn, carrot sticks, bread stick.

All meals are served with lettuce, fruit, fresh fruit and Wes Brzozowski milk.

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HOROSCOPE For Saturday, March 25, 2017 ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Enjoy schmoozing with others today, because you are charming. This also is an excellent day to shop for wardrobe items for yourself because you feel so good.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)This is a positive day! Carve out some privacy. Sneak off somewhere to enjoy solitude.

(Perhaps someplace pleasant with something yummy to eat.)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)You will enjoy hanging out with creative, artistic types today. It’s a great day to enjoy classes and conferences, group activities or simply having coffee with the gang.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your relationships with parents and bosses are excellent today.

Ask for what you want, or push your agenda. Ironically, others might come to you for your creative advice about something.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You will adore traveling today, because your appreciation of beauty is heightened. If you can’t travel, then visit art galleries, museums, parks and beautiful buildings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Ask for a loan or mortgage, or a favor from someone today, because you will benefit from the wealth and resources of other institutions and other people. Yes, it’s your turn to win!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Relationships with partners and close friends are warm and chummy today. This is a great day for fun with someone you love. In fact, romance might begin for some of you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Relationships with co-workers are positive today. People will help you, or at least they will cooperate. You might see ways to make your workspace look more attractive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Love at first sight might take place for some of you today - hooray! Sports and playful activities with children also will please you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a great day to entertain at home. Invite the gang over for good food and drink. It’s also an excellent day to redecorate and make your home more beautiful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You can make money with your words today, which is great news for those who sell, write, teach or act. Meanwhile,

relationships with siblings, neighbors and relatives are warm and friendly.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You can boost your earnings today. Look for ways to do this.

Meanwhile, you also will want to shop for beautiful things for yourself and loved ones.

YOU BORN TODAY Your social skills are superb. You can be reserved or the life of the party. In part, this is why you have the ability to influ-

ence others. This year you will benefit from dealing with others. This means your success lies in interacting with other people. Therefore, make friends! Join clubs and organizations. Your social activities will be mutually beneficial.

Birthdate of: Aretha Franklin, singer; Lee Pace, actor; Gloria Steinem, author/ journalist. (c) 2017 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Dear Heloise: Most airplane flights these days do not have enough time between layovers for the cleaning crew to wipe down TRAY TABLES. To keep from picking up germs, I pack several antibacterial wipes and keep them in my purse to wipe down the trays and armrests. It’s also handy to use in the plane’s lavatory. – Shannon M., Muleshoe, Texas How right you are! If the “stop” is just to offload and load passengers, generally there is NO cleaning. As a road warrior with more than 2.7 million miles (one airline alone), I can tell you that staying healthy and germ-free is not easy today.

I have several small bottles of hand sanitizer stashed everywhere! I’ve used some on a tissue to wipe off the tray and armrest. YUCK! – Heloise TRAVEL HINTS Dear Heloise: Here are my favorite travel hints that have saved me many times: * Pack a small first-aid kit and keep it in the glove compartment of your car. * Carry all medications/ jewelry in a carry-on bag or

purse. * Always notify a relative or close friend of your date of departure and return. * Never carry your Social Security card in your wallet.

– Dan W. in Denver MANUALS Dear Heloise: It’s so easy for computer manuals and disks to get lost, so when I buy a new computer, I take the books and disks that came with it and place them in large, resealable plastic bags and store them together in the hall closet. – Kathy S., Austin, Texas SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 782795000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com WASTE NOT, WANT NOT Dear Heloise: I hate to waste paper! When I’m tempted to toss out wastepaper from my computer, I place it in a box and take it to a recycling center instead.

I called 311 and asked where the nearest recycling center

was located. Now my entire office staff has gotten on the recycling bandwagon, and we recycle as much paper and plastic as possible. – Linda H., Dearborn, Mich.

FRIDAY FUN FACTS Dear Heloise: Here are a few outings that I try to fit in on a Friday: * I take my dog to the dog park. The exercise is good for both of us. * I have a “ME” night. I may settle in with a pizza and treat myself to a facial, a pedicure and/or a foot massage. This is my time to treat myself and pretend I’m at a spa. I also save a lot of money doing this beauty task myself. – Tot P., via email A NICE NIECE VISIT Dear Heloise: When my young niece visits me, we have such a nice time. I get to take her (and me!) to the art museum, our botanical garden, or we both pick something new. She wanted to go to the air museum, and it was super! I had never been to it, and probably would not have thought about going. – Auntie Tea, Dayton, Ohio (c)2017 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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CLUB NEWS Friends of the Library

motion to pay Thomas.

Thomas reported that she had sent Doris Porter a birthday card in February and it was returned. Doris’ new address was shared with all.

Thomas will also send Gwen Sandeman a birthday card.

Upcoming events include Wallace Center Spring Workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 25 with reservations due by March 25 and Reiman Gardens is having a “Day of Insects” March 24-25.

Although the Bevington Garden Club is no longer federated, they are still a club and would like to be invited to the spring luncheon.

The members discussed advertising for the second annual plant sale, and the ways and means committee will plan the posters. Wallace brought starting mix and trays to share with members to start plants for the sale. Wallace and Huddleson brought seeds to be shared so the club will have a bigger variety of plants this year.

The community service project for this year will be to help clean up the flower gardens by the Iowa State Savings Bank in Creston. Members plan to meet at 10 a.m. April 7 with a rain date of April 13.

For the April 14 meeting, members are to meet at the Butterfly Garden in the Afton City Park at 11:30 a.m for spring clean-up. Then the club will have lunch and meet at the Afton Community Building to work on projects to sell at the plant sale. The regular meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Everyone recited the club collect and the meeting was adjourned.

Huddleson gave tips on “choosing a replacement tree.” Due to the Emerald Ash Borer and the new threat of the Asian Longhorned Beetle to Acer genus of trees, including maples, birch, sycamore and more, many will have to choose replacements.

A rule of thumb is to have a diverse tree population. Swamp White Oak, Shagbark hickory and tulip trees are just a few trees to choose from. You can go online to the Department of Horticulture at Iowa State University, Trees Forever and Iowa Department of Natural Resources to find other trees

Members present at the March 20 Friends of the Library meeting were Emily Cook, Jessica Duncan, Judy Hoakison, Cari Jack, Marisue Lewis, Bunny Norton, Kay Raymond, Julie Schieffer, Karen Walter and Ann Coulter. Norton was welcomed as a new board member.

The agenda was approved as well as the minutes as corrected. The treasurer’s report was placed on file for audit.

Coulter, library board of trustees president, reported the board is in need of another member. Enough time has passed there is no need to be gender specific.

Plans were made for National Library Week from April 9-15.

Motion carried to accept the changes of the by-laws. FOL will review the resolution and vote on it at the next meeting.

Cook is the chair of the Scholastic Book Fair to be held July 4. Other committee members are Schieffer, Duncan, Starr Cure and Raymond.

The scrapbooking event went well.

The next meeting will be 6 p.m. April 17 at the library.

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Afton Federated Garden Club

Members of Afton Federated Garden Club met 1:30 p.m.

March 10 at Afton Community Center. President Shirley Wallace called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. with members repeating the Pledge of Allegiance and club collect.

Roll call was answered by 11 members.

Minutes of the February meeting were read by Monica Huddleson. Motion to accept the minutes after corrections were made by Jane Lawhead and seconded by Lauri Long.

Iris Smith gave the treasurer’s report. Joan Johnson made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and Donna Thomas seconded the motion.

Thomas presented a bill for postage. Judy Weese made and Johnson seconded the

CONGREGATE MEALS March 27-31 Menu subject to change.

Reservations are required the day before. Call 641-7822447.

Monday: balsamic onion chicken, oven roasted potatoes, mixed greens salad, assorted salad dressing, wheat roll, hot peaches.

Tuesday: country fried steak with gravy, whipped

potatoes, mixed vegetables, wheat bread, fruited gelatin.

Wednesday: turkey ham and white beans, green peas, cornbread, hot apples.

Thursday: homemade meatloaf, tomato gravy, scalloped potatoes, green beans, multigrain bread, pears.

Friday: fish on a bun, parslied potatoes, mixed beans, wheat bun, apricots.

that will work.

Wallace and Huddleson served a delicious lunch. The next meeting will be April 14.

Ginny Quick and Johnson will be hostesses and Quick will have the program on birds.

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DAR

Ten members of the Nancy McKay Harsh Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, met March 11 at Summit House. Hostesses were Cheryl Micetich and Jerilyn Johnson.

Members shared what they do for conservation. Bonnie Riepe gave the flag moment and told the group about Arizona and New Mexico becoming states in 1912. The 48 star flag was designed as a result of the two states being added. Darlene Morgan gave the women’s issue report focusing on March 1981, when Women’s History Month was declared in the United States.

Pam Marvin share information about Kesho Scott, associate professor American studies and sociology at Grinnell College. Scott was recently inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame.

Jackie Beard gave the program on ancestry DNA, explaining how it works and what you can learn from it.

She also talked about 23 and Me and Family Search, two other DNA testing possibilities. Much can be learned from having your DNA tested and it definitely enhances a person’s genealogy.

Members elected the following delegates to attend the state DAR convention April 27-29 in Ames: Jane Briley, Connie Kinkade and Beard.

Alternates will be Marjorie Kinkade and Marvin. Members wishing to attend Con-

tinental Congress in July in Washington, D.C., should contact Marjorie Kinkade as soon as possible. Registration deadline is April 15.

The next meeting will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Summit House in Creston.

Hostesses will be Briley and Laura Guhse.

Any woman 18 years of age or older who is interested in joining DAR and can trace her lineage back to the Revolutionary War, contact Marjorie Kinkade, at marjkinkade@ gmail.com.

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Mary Circle

Mary Circle of First Christian Church met March 16 at the church with Pat Fils as hostess.

Fils opened the meeting with the disciple women’s prayer. The minutes were read and approved. Barb was absent.

Old business was the pie sale planned for March 19 in Fellowship Hall.

New business included coffee Sunday moved from April 16 to April 23 due to Easter and the club received an invitation to the salad luncheon April 6 at Creston First United Methodist Church.

Shirley Ray had the program on Rahab from “Bad Girls of the Bible.”

Next meeting will be April 20 with Florence Willets.

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Elzevir Reading Circle

Elzevir Reading Circle met Friday, March 10, at the home of Terry Ammon. In the absence of the president, Ammon began the meeting at 1:30 p.m. with a quote from St.

Jerome, “Good, better, best.

Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.”

Members answered roll call telling of a favorite thing about March. The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting.

They were approved as read.

The treasurer gave her report, which was also approved as read.

The GFWC/Iowa State Convention will be held April 19-20 in Pella. Ammon plans to go and invited members to join her. A letter was received from Southwestern Community College Education Foundation thanking the circle for the contribution as part of the Union County Federated Clubs. A receipt was included.

Cards were passed around and signed by members to be sent to honorary members Jean Paul and Carol Harrison.

Jean Paul has been a member of Elzevir for 55 years and Francine Weckerlin for 54 years. Other members belonging for a long time include Carol Harrison for 36 years, Alice Bowers for 39 years and Carol Brentnall for 33 years.

Those names will be sent to GFWC to be included during the state convention.

The meeting closed with all reciting Mary Stewart’s Club Collect. Rosalie Denton presented an interesting recount of her Sept. 12-23, 2016, national parks trip. Denton enjoyed seven national parks, three water rides and one train ride seeing many other attractions and making lots of memories during the 3,795mile trip.

The hostess served a delicious dessert. The next meeting will be April 14 at the home of Alice Bowers.

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Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary met March 22.

Canasta winners were Mary Kline, first; Linda Clark, second; and Joy Seley, third.

Penni Nauman won the door prize.

Sherry Parrott and Nauman will host cards and chatter Wednesday, March 29.

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Ladies Literary Circle

Ladies Literary Circle met at the home of Connie Purdum with 17 members present. Stephani Finley led the business meeting including roll call and reading of the minutes. Sherry McKie announced the theme of modern age period from 1915 to 1945 for next year’s reading. A list of authors from that era was given to each member.

The spring luncheon will be May 5 at Crestmoor Golf Club. The guest speaker will be award-winning Iowa author, Cheryl Mullenbach.

Linda Hartsock introduced Purdum as the presenter for the day. She reviewed a biography of Julia Child authored

by Bob Spitz.

Child was born in 1912 in Pasadena into an adventuresome family. Her mother was the first woman driver in the U.S. and Child was a spy during World War II. She married, moved to Paris and fell in love with the food.

She spent her life promoting French cooking and died in 2002 at the age of 90.

The hostess served a varied array of good treats.

The next meeting will be at the home of Connie Rhine.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln LINCOLN, Neb. – Emily Schildberg of Greenfield has been named to the Explore Center list of distinguished students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2016-17 academic year.

Schildberg, a freshman, is enrolled in the Explore Center, which advises undeclared, pre-engineering, pre-health and pre-law students. Schildberg is undeclared.

Students named to the list must have a GPA of 3.6 or higher on a 4.0 scale and a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours.

Daniel Boschee of Lenox has been named to the deans’ list at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2016-17 academic year.

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counties and cities from raising minimum wages above the state level of $7.25. The measure now awaits action in the Senate. If approved, the move would mean workers in some Iowa counties that have approved higher minimums could see pay cuts.

Raises bringing the minimum wage above $7.25 an hour have been implemented in Johnson, Linn and Wapello counties, with additional increases planned. In Polk, the county with the state’s largest population, a phased-in raise is scheduled to start April 1.

dean’s list for the HixonLied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Qualification for the deans’ list at Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is a GPA of 3.7 or higher based on a 4.0 scale and a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours.

More than 4,500 students at Nebraska have been named to the deans’ list for the fall semester of the 2016-17 academic year.

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University of Northwestern ST. PAUL, Minn. – Bryanna D. Daggett of Creston was named to the fall 2016 semester dean’s list with high honors at University of Northwestern – St. Paul.

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Emily Schott, a community organizer for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, has been advocating for a wage increase in the state. She said the organization is not surprised House Republicans won’t prioritize raising the minimum wage this session considering the nature of the pre-emption bill.

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Kragel, Walters State fall at NJCAA D-I nationals LUBBOCK, Texas — Walters State fell victim to a hot-shooting 3-point performance from Chipola Wednesday evening in the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Tournament round of 16.

The third-seeded Lady Indians held off a late rally by the 14th-seeded Lady Senators for a 70-61 victory inside the Rip Griffin Center at Lubbock Christian University.

Walters State is coached by Corning native Dave Kragel, a 2016 inductee into the Southwestern Community College Athletic Hall of Fame.

The loss brought an end to the season for the Lady Senators with a 26-7 record and a 10th place finish in the national tournament.

Conover hired as director of First Tee of C. Iowa DES MOINES — The First Tee of Central Iowa announced Philip Conover as its new program director. Conover is originally from Creston and attended William Penn University, where he played collegiate golf.

Conover most recently was an assistant Conover g o l f professional/junior golf director at Glen Oaks Country Club and Des Moines Golf and Country Club. He started his professional golf career at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Okoboji, and became familiar with The First Tee program by being a volunteer coach.

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NJCAA D-II NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

THE NUMBERS GAME Teams seeded 11th or lower to reach the Elite 8. Xavier became the eight team with a 73-71 win over Arizona.

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Surviving, advancing Spartans rally in second half to reach first national semifinal ■

By RYAN KRONBERG

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DANVILLE, Ill. — Southwestern Community College’s men’s basketball team stared the end of its dreams of the school’s first-ever national championship in any sport squarely in the face in the second half of Thursday’s NJCAA Division II national quarterfinal against Pima.

Brodric Thomas and the rest of the top-ranked and top-seeded Spartans refused to let the dream die.

It lives on for one more day.

Behind a huge second half from Thomas, the top-seeded Spartans survived to reach their first national semifinal with an 81-75 win at Mary Miller Gymnasium on the campus of Danville Area Community College.

Southwestern (34-1) faces Richard Bland, Virgina (304), tonight (Friday) in the national semifinals at 5:30 p.m.

Richard Bland, based out of Petersburg, Virginia, advanced with a 71-65 win over Parkland, Illinois, in another quarterfinal Thursday night.

“We’re fighters. That’s what we do, we fight back,”

said sophomore Lavon Hightower. “We’re mentally tough. Coach (Lorensen) makes us be tough.”

Thomas poured in 25 points, including 9-of-10 at the free throw line.

Thomas’ teammates kept keeping him the rock. The sophomore from Bolingbrook, Illinois, kept taking advantage.

“They believed in me,” Thomas said. “They told me to step up. I guess it was my time.”

Tuesday, it was KeShawn Wilson that had the hot hand.

Thursday it was Thomas.

“That’s what’s great about this team,” Lorensen said.

“Tuesday it was KeShawn.

(Thursday) it was Brodric.”

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FOLLOW THE SPARTANS Follow the Southwestern Community College men’s basketball team throughout the weekend via various sources.

Games can be seen online through the NJCAA’s website www.njcaa.org KSIB radio will have coverage throughout the weekend with Chad Rieck on the call.

Stories, photos and videos will be uploaded throughout the weekend. Check www.crestonnews.com for game recaps and photos.

Videos can be found on sports editor Ryan Kronberg’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com and type in ryan kronberg.

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Southwestern Community College sophomore Brodric Thomas fires a three-point field goal in the second half of Thursday’s NJCAA Division II national quarterfinal against Pima at the Mary Miller Gymnasium on the campus of Danville Area Community College n Danville, Illinois. Thomas had 25 points as the Spartans advanced with an 81-75 win to reach the first national semifinal in school history.

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Southwestern Community College freshman Khallid Edwards celebrates after a Brodric Thomas three-point field goal in the second half of Thursday’s NJCAA Division II national quarterfinal against Pima at the Mary Miller Center in Danville, Illinois.

Southwestern Community College men’s basketball players and coaches celebrate after making a big play in the first half of Thursday’s NJCAA Division II national quarterfinal against Pima at the Mary Miller Center on the campus of Danville Area Community College n Danville, Illinois. Southwestern led by 16, 35-19, at that point.

The Spartans would go on to pick up a 81-75 win and advance to the first national semifinal in school history.

SPARTAN BASEBALL Another walk-off win for Spartans baseball Thursday

By KALEB CARTER

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Twice in Thursday’s Southwestern Community College baseball game with visiting Ellsworth, Victor Perez put the ball to the bat effectively in timely situations.

After a three-RBI double Ellsworth’s Sebastian Holte-Mancera that was ripped down the left field line past

a diving Perez gave Ellsworth a 6-4 lead going into the eighth, Perez got his retribution.

Perez, a Tavernier, Florida native, smacked a base hit through the left side of the infield with two outs and with the Spartans down to their last out in the ninth.

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AT RIGHT —Southwestern Community College freshman Marcus Chieves of Huxley reacts with pure joy after scoring the winning run in the 11th inning of Southwestern’s 7-6 win over Ellsworth in Creston Thursday. Chieves pinch ran after Jared Heman was hit by a pitch and eventually scored on a Victor Perez groundball.

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field, which was bobbled, allowing Spartan pinch-runner Marcus Chieves to score from third to win the game 7-6.

His teammates laughingly mocked him for the weakly-hit ball that won the game.

“I poked it because wanted to make something happen,” Perez said. “Wanted to put the ball in play. That’s it.”

Southwestern coach Pedro Hernandez has come to appreciate Perez’s approach at the plate.

“He understands the situ-

ation,” Hernandez said. “He understood there with the infield in that he just needed to put the ball in play.

He was not trying to do too much. He ended up being what we needed He’s one of those guys, he’s a hard guy to get out.”

The Spartans found themselves trying to adjust to the sidearm delivery of Ellsworth’s Kai Reinerston.

“The guys adjusted well to him (Side arm) and they made some adjustments on their own so that was good to see, that growth they’re having,” Hernandez said.

Perez was not the lone Spartan to come up big. Jared Heman of Carthage, Missouri, hit a ground rule dou-

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ble that put he and Andre Beltran on second and third respectively in the ninth to start the rally that pulled the Spartans from behind.

He was hit by a pitch to get Southwestern’s first runner on base in the 11th before Chieves, from Huxley, came in to pinch-run.

Heman also record an RBI with a sac fly that put the Spartans on top 3-2 in the fourth inning.

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“He also made two good plays in right field for us so that was big. He had an excellent game today,” Hernandez said.

Southwestern threw a quintet of arms to the hill, including Nick Houzenga, Dylan Torres, John Poldberg, Yadiel Cruz, Jhon Vargas and Kenneth Negron.

Negron picked up the win with a 1-2-3 11th.

Hernandez note that Var-

gas’ scoreless frames in the 9th and 10th innings marked the first time this season they went two innings with the sophomore righty.

Four errors led to unearned runs, three of the unearned runs which came in the eighth after the Hazoury dropped popup that was soon taken advantage of by Holte-Mancera. The Panthers had two errors.

Also pushing runners

across the plate were Erick Espinoza with a two-run scoring single in the seventh to get SWCC on the board and an Angel Morales bases-loaded walk.

Southwestern (9-12) plays host to Wentworth Military Academy in a four-game stand this weekend starting at 2 p.m. Saturday. Sunday’s doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.

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THAT TIME OF YEAR IS BACK …

One-win week one The world stops, except for one thing …

OK, maybe two things … for SWCC softball CNA sports reporter kacarter@crestonnews.com

The Southwestern women’s softball team got its first action of the year in within the last week, winning one of five games in the process.

Southwestern brought the lumber to the yard for Wednesday’s game with Morton College (Chicago), which it won 15-6 by run rule.

Kassie Craig went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a home run, and JoHana McGuire hit three hits in four at-bats which included three singles and a run driven in.

Kaitlyn Schiefen struck out 10 batters in the circle.

Schiefen did experience some struggles in the circle over the first five games, but displayed some skills that Cassady is anxious to improve.

“I would like to see the amount of walks that she gives out lowered,” Southwestern coach Paige Cassady said. “But overall she’s been very consistent. I like that she’s letting her defense work behind her.”

The Spartans had their bats warmed up to start the season, even in a 10-9 loss to Jackson State.

Against Jackson State, Schiefen and Chelsi Sams both went 3-for-5 with Sams registering two RBIs. They then went silent.

“Quality pitching had a lot to do with it, and we need to find a little more consistency with our lineup.”

Southwestern lost its next three games to Jackson State, 8-0 and Volunteer State twice; 7-0 and 12-1.

Cheyenne Haveman,Sams, Abby Davis and Kassie Craig each recorded a base hit in the 7-0 loss to Vol State.

Southwestern’s five-inning 12-1 loss to Vol State was another struggle, as the Spartans managed six hits.

Davis had two of those hits and the team’s lone RBI. Fallyn Beemer, Sams, Amanda Volner and Stephanie VandeKamp recorded SWCC’s other hits in the loss.

UP NEXT — Southwestern (1-4), hosts Iowa Central (207) for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. Sunday, the Spartans host a twin billing with Iowa Lakes (13-4) Sunday at noon.

COLLEGE HOOPS Kansas crushes Purdue to reach Elite 8 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — To the delight of its fans who rocked Sprint Center on Thursday night, Kansas is just one victory from its first Final Four appearance since 2012 and third in the 14-year Bill Self era.

The Jayhawks (31-4), the top-seeded team in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional, continued to play to its lofty seeding, blasting Big Ten regular-season champion and No. 4 seed Purdue, 98-66, before a sellout crowd (18,475) at the Sweet 16 game — a crowd that appeared to include at least 80 percent KU fans, maybe more.

Devonte Graham scored 26 points as did Frank Mason, while Josh Jackson had 15 points, Lagerald Vick 12 and Svi Mykhailiuk 10 for KU, which will now meet Oregon on Saturday for a spot in the Final Four in Phoenix.

Caleb Swanigan had 18 points for Purdue. Kansas became the first team since UConn in 1995 to score 90 or more points in its first three tourney games.

Graham hit 7 of 15 shots, including 5 of 9 on 3-pointers.

Mason hit 9 of 11 shots, including 4 of 5 from 3. Mason had seven rebounds and seven assists. Jackson had 12 rebounds to go with his 15 points. KU hit 54.8 percent of its shots from the field, including 15 of 28 from 3, and made 15 of 22 free throws.

The Jayhawks used a 22-7 run to close the first half and that helped turn a 33-25 deficit (at 6:45) into a 47-40 halftime lead. Kansas then went on a 16-3 second-half run (highlighted by a Lagerald Vick 360-degree slam) that upped a 53-51 lead to 69-54 with 10:42 left in the tame. KU built the lead to 16 points (72-56) at 9:41 and 74-58 at 9:03. The margin increased to 18 points — 78-60 at 7:58 and 24 points at 84-60 with 5:28 left and all the way to 91-64 at 3:01.

KU just kept scoring and scoring in the second half. All in all the Jayhawks scored 51 points in the second half.

Vick’s dunk was a crowd pleaser. He raced in unchallenged and twirled all the way around for a slam that made the score 63-54. Jackson followed with a 3-pointer, and Purdue was forced to call a timeout down 12.

The Boilermakers, 27-8, came to play, leading, 8-2, out of the gate and, 18-11, at 13:59 after hitting 6 of 9 shots. Purdue led 25-18 at 10:51 and 33-25, at 6:45.

At that point, the Jayhawks started to click, closing the half on its 22-7 run and taking a 47-40 lead into the break.

Mason scored 15 points the first half and Graham 10, while Mykhailiuk had eight and Jackson seven. KU hit 8 of 16 threes in the half and 45.7 percent overall.

Purdue’s Isaac Haas did damage inside, scoring 11 points the first half on 5-of-6 shooting. Big Ten player of the year Swanigan, however, had just six points in the half, making one basket in two tries and three of four free-throws.

The 22-7 run, however, was the big story of the half, turning the eight-point deficit into a sizable seven-point halftime lead.

Mykhailiuk hit back-to-back 3s during an 11-2 portion of that run that gave KU a 36-35 lead at 4:41. Jackson then scored KU’s next five points on a slam dunk and three as KU led 41-36 at 2:45. Mason hit a free-throw to make it 42-36 as KU had scored 17 of the game’s last 20 points. Purdue cut it to, 42-40, on a Haas bucket at 1:07 that followed a hoop by P.J. Thompson.

Mason, assisted by a Dwight Coleby screen, hit a 3 at with 41 seconds left in the half. And KU scored the final bucket of the half in spectacular fashion to go up, 47-40. Vick stole the ball near halfcourt in the closing seconds, the ball hitting a ref and staying in bounds. Vick dished to Graham, who dished back to Vick for a slam to conclude the first-half scoring.

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Pima — (75) 35-40. Totals — 26 14-22.

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Deion James 3 5-8 12. Alize Travis 3 0-0 8. Jacob Anastasi 2 2-2 6. Emilio Acedo 7 5-6 24. Isaiah Murphy 5 2-5 13. IIunga Moise 3 0-0 6. 3-point field goals — 9 (Emilio Acedo 5, Aliza Travis 2, Deion James 1, Isaiah Murphy 1). Assists — 13 (Alize Travis 5, Isaiah Murphy 4, Jacob Anastasi 3, Damon Dubots 1).

Steals — 4 (Isaiah Murphy 2, IIunga Moise 1, Alize Travis 1). Turnovers — 13. Fouls — 22. Fouled out — Deion James, Jacob Anastasi.

Southwestern (81) 38-43. Totals — 25 19-27. Scoring — Brodric Thomas 6 9-10 25. Jamil Maddred 4 1-4 11. Jordan Johnson 2 3-4 7. Calvin Chambers 4 3-5 13. KeShawn Wilson 1 1-3 4. Alijah Thomas 2 1-2 4. Lavon Hightower 4 0-0 11. Khallid Edwards 2 0-0 5. 3-point field goals — 12 (Brodric Thomas 3, Lavon Hightower 3Jamil Maddred 2, Calvin Chambers 2, KeShawn Wilson 1, Khallid Edwards 1). Rebounds — 37 (Jamil Maddred 10, KeShawn Wilson 9, Brodric Thomas 8, Calvin Chambers 4, Jordan Johnson 3, Lavon Highower 2, Alijah Thomas 1). Assists — 12 (Jamil Maddred 3, Calvin Chambers 2, KeShawn Wilson 2, Alijah Thomas 2, Lavon Hightower 2). Steals — 4 (Jordan Johnson 2, Calvin Chambers 1, Alijah Thomas 1). Turnovers — 18. Fouls — 21. Fouled out — none. Technicals — Khallid Edwards, coach Todd Lorensen.

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Thomas’ athleticism made him a matchup nightmare for Pima’s inside players.

“He’s a good player,” said Pima coach Brian Peabody.

“They do a good job in their spacing, putting you in a bad spot.”

Those points sparked an offense that had gone ice cold late in the first half and early in the second.

Over the course of the end of the first half and first six minutes of the second half, the Spartans missed 14-of-15 shots and had a number of turnovers.

It coincided with Pima switching from a 3-2 zone to a man-to-man.

The Spartans struggled to handle it.

“We got a little too excited from the standpoint of we had two or three careless travels. Even with that, our guys tried to do a little too much one-on-one,” Lorensen said. “That’s the beauty of our team is if we space ourselves offensively, pass the ball, cut hard, we’re really hard to guard. When we start playing one-on-one, anybody can guard us.”

The change sent the Spartans into a bit of a funk offensively.

Southwestern missed 14 of its next 15 shots and had three turnovers as well.

At the same time, the Aztecs caught fire, going on a 28-6 run that turned a 35-19 Spartan lead into a 47-41 edge in favor of the Aztecs.

Southwestern’s mental resolve was at a crossroads, with the dream of a national championship seemingly starting to slip away.

“We have great camaraderie,” said sophomore Jamil Maddred. “We had to get stops. Once we got stops, that gave us energy.”

Khallid Edwards sparked the offense with a three that cut the lead to 47-44.

That sparked the offense.

Southwestern went on a 10-3 run to take a 51-50 lead.

Pima edged ahead 55-52 on an Emilio Acedo triple.

Thomas took over from there, scoring seven unanswered points as the Spartans led 59-52.

Southwestern did not trail again.

The Spartan defense stepped up with stop after stop.

“Our whole season has been based on defense,” Thomas said.

The lead was seven several times.

Pima cut it to three, 78-75 on a Alize Travis three with 50 seconds left.

Southwestern missed a shot on its next possession, but Jordan Johnson came up with the Spartans’ most important offensive rebound of the season to keep the possession alive. Later, Johnson hit a pair of free throws to push the lead to 80-75 with 15 seconds left.

Southwestern’s defensive rebounding, the one down spot in Tuesday’s 94-69 win over College of Southern Maryland, was extremely effective throughout. While Pima had plenty of size

on the front line, standing 6-foot-9, 6-8 and 6-6, Southwestern’s positioning and speed countered Pima’s height disadvantage.

Lorensen’s scrappy group found a way to outrebound Pima 37-34.

“Credit Jamil, Lavon, Brodric — they’re a little undersized, but they play their tails off,” Lorensen said. “To see them battle in there and come up with good defensive rebounds was big.”

Maddred snagged 10 rebounds, while Thomas had eight and KeShawn Wilson added nine.

Thomas noted Pima’s size was similar to that of Indian Hills.

The Spartans fared well in that game as well.

“We had to battle,” Thomas said. “Me, Lavon, Jamil had to box them out and we had the guards come in and clean up everything.”

Southwestern’s defensive rebounds helped keep the Pima run from getting more out of hand when the Spartan offense was sputtering.

“If we wouldn’t have rebounded the ball well, we would’ve been in a world of hurt,” Lorensen said.

“Credit Jamil, Lavon, Brodric. They’re a little bit undersized, but they play their butts off. It’s fun to see them battle in there, come up with good defensive rebounds.”

“Defense won us the game tonight.”

Southwestern was on fire early, and from all sorts of players. Thomas had a three early, Lavon Hightower had a couple of threes, Maddred hit a couple open shots, Thomas added a thunderous slam dunk and Alijah Thomas buried a triple as the Spartans raced out to a 35-19 lead.

“We’re capable of going on some really strong streaks,” Lorensen said.

“The guys did a good job of being unselfish. We’re good shooters. We got good looks and if you have that happen, you’re going to make some of those.”

The Spartans’ shooters were taking advantage of open spaces against Pima’s 3-2 zone.

“We didn’t know if they were going to come out man or zone,” Lorensen said.

“We assumed we’d see zone at some point. We’re comfortable with either type of defense. We have a lot of guys who can stretch the floor and shoot the three, and also put it on the floor and get to the tin. We did a nice job of getting the ball inside in the pain, finding shooters and knocking them down.”

Pima was struggling offensively, and not getting very many second chance opportunities.

“The first half, we did things that were out of character,” Peabody said. “The Pima way is the extra pass, the extra pass, the extra pass.

The ball was sticking. That’s not how we play.”

The Spartans were certainly feeling good, with the game seemingly well in control.

That’s when Pima made their run.

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