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Terri Cole, right, rehabilitation technician at Innovative Industries, watches as employee Quenten Hingeley works on stuffing a bird nester, a product for Woodlink Corporation in Mount Ayr, Thursday afternoon at Innovative Industries.

Cole: ‘They want to help, and they want to be needed’

By KELSEY HAUGEN

Terri Cole, rehabilitation technician at Innovative Industries, guides 17 hard-working employees with physical and mental disabilities.

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While Randal Walter inserts tubes into a drainage tile for Agri Drain Corporation in Adair, Quenten Hingeley carefully fills a cage with cotton to create a bird nester for Woodlink Corporation in Mount Ayr. Back in the woodshop, Drew Jensen uses recycled lumber and a nail gun to build a pallet for Bunn-OMatic Corporation in Creston.

Meanwhile, the booming laughter of an assembly worker can be heard above the noise of these three, and dozens of others, building and assembling products.

“I have become very attached because where (else) can you go to work that most everyone every day is thrilled to see you and they’re happy?” said Terri Cole, rehabilitation technician at Innovative Indus-

tries. “Wouldn’t we all like to be that way?”

Innovative Industries, a nonprofit Creston company, provides work for people with physical and mental disabilities. The workers are paid for production, assembly and cleaning jobs with the goal that they will gain the work and social skills necessary to land a job in the community.

As one of the four rehab techs, Cole oversees 17 employees with disabilities.

Some of them work nearly 30 hours per week; others only work a few hours a week. It all depends on the employees’ abilities and need for work.

Currently, Innovative has 70 in-house workers with disabilities, meaning those

who complete work within the Innovative building, and 30 who work in the community but are paid by Innovative. Overseeing the workers with disabilities are 35 staff members.

The workers generally arrive at 8:45 a.m., and those who work full days are there until 3 p.m.

“I check on each one of them in the mornings to see what job they’ve been assigned to do, and then they each have goals to meet while they’re at work,” Cole said.

The in-house workers complete production and assembly projects for a number of industries, including Oriental Trading Company based in Nebraska, Agri Drain, Woodlink

and Bunn-O-Matic, Wellman Dynamics and Midwest Carbonic in Creston.

They also clean both inhouse and in the community.

“My job is to keep checking, every time I have somebody in any of those jobs, to make sure they understand what they’re supposed to do and also to make sure they’re following safety rules or health concerns they might have,” Cole said.

The workers “Really, not that many of them were born with mental (disabilities). We have some who go to college,” Dave Riley, director of production, marketing and sales. “For whatever reason, they’re now mentally (or physically) challenged – some self-inflicted and some not.”

Many of the workers with self-inflicted disabilities were previously drug COLE | 2A

DES MOINES (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Thursday announced a new funding plan for water quality initiatives in Iowa that won’t use a sales tax set aside for education infrastructure, an indication that Gov. Terry Branstad’s proposal to merge the two efforts is dead this session.

Rep. Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Republicans plan to introduce a measure that would rely on other revenue sources. That could include money generated from metered water that typically goes to the state general fund or dollars from a separate infrastructure fund. He said House Republicans believe there are other ways to fund water quality initiatives “at a sustainable level with a longterm commitment.”

Ben Hammes, a Branstad spokesman, said the Republican governor will work with lawmakers to find consensus.

“Gov. Branstad has said from day one his water quality proposal is a framework, and wants to work with lawmakers on ways we can best address the critical need to improve Iowa’s water qual- Branstad ity,” he said in an email.

Hammes also said the governor believes any plan would require “a long-term, dedicated and growing source of revenue.”

Some Senate lawmakers criticized the House plan as well as the idea that its proposed revenue sources were long-term. Sen. Joe Bolk-

com, D-Iowa City and chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said the general fund is already limited and several infrastructure projects need attention.

He said House Republicans “don’t want to bring new resources to solve this expensive, old problem.”

Sen. David Johnson, R-Ocheyedan, said Iowa voters in 2010 approved the creation of a fund for soil and water conservation. It requires the state to raise the sales tax by less than 1 cent for it to go into effect.

“It’s so simple,” he said.

“They’re complicating the issue in the House.”

Branstad’s plan would extend a 1-cent sales tax for school district building improvements that is set to expire in 2029. It would use a portion of the money to help farmers pay for environmental practices designed to improve water quality.

The proposal, which Branstad said was his “boldest initiative,” never picked up enough steam. Democrats said it would pit education against water quality. Republicans introduced separate bills with different approaches to the issue.

Rep. Matt Windschitl, R-Missouri Valley, is working with lawmakers in the House to draft language that would extend the school infrastructure fund without water quality attached to it. He couldn’t guarantee such a proposal would be resolved before the session adjourns.

The issue could cause friction in the Legislature down the road. Hammes said in his email that Branstad believes an extension of the fund should also include water quality.

Holes found in effort to bridge ‘word gap’ PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence’s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city’s youngest children, he said he hoped the pilot could take root in Rhode Island and spread across the nation.

Three years later, more than 500 families have participated in Providence Talks, which uses wearable audio recorders to count every word spoken by toddlers and their parents in low-income households.

But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an

interesting concept hasn’t been settled.

Most child development experts agree on one thing: Poor preschool children hear Bloomberg far fewer words than wealthy children. That can lead them to fall behind in building early literacy skills, and, when they grow older, to do poorly in school.

Providence’s program was envisioned as a way to close what’s called the “word gap” by encouraging parents to speak more with

their infants and toddlers.

Social workers regularly visit homes, delivering charts that show how many words were spoken each hour and day — excluding from TV and radio. They talk about methods to boost the count and enrichen conversations, from reading picture books to chatting about the texture of peanut butter or vegetables while walking down the supermarket aisle.

And while the program’s own self-evaluation last year found that participating parents are talking more with their kids, the results for children are inconclusive and might not be known until they grow old-

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er. No one promised immediate success, but devoting so much to an unproven program worries some experts.

“It’s a really well-intentioned program and I very sincerely hope it succeeds, but it doesn’t have any firm basis in existing research,” said James Morgan, a Brown University professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences who studies early childhood literacy and has been an adviser to the program.

“Providence Talks is one huge field study. But that’s not what Bloomberg intended it to be,” Morgan said. “If this should end up

failing, people will throw up their hands and say nothing works, and that’s that.”

Morgan’s skepticism hasn’t deterred Providence Talks boosters from trying to scale up the program to reach at least 2,500 families by late 2017.

With nearly two more years before Bloomberg’s grant is supposed to run out, organizers are enrolling more families by doing group sessions in addition to personalized home visits. An outreach campaign at the city’s main birthing hospital spreads the message as soon as GAP | 2A

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Deaths Nancy Hogue Creston

Nancy Hogue, 83, of Creston died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Rolling Green Village in Nevada.

Memori- Hogue al services will be held at a later date.

Burial will be private. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Nancy Florence Hogue, daughter of Robert and Maude McNay, was born Aug. 9, 1932, in Tampico, Indiana. Nancy graduated from Henryville High School in Henryville, Indiana, in 1950. She later studied one year at Indiana University.

On June 24, 1950, she married Thomas Hogue in Charleston, Indiana. The couple first settled in Henryville, Indiana, on Thomas’ farm, and Nancy worked at Jeffersonville Hospital. In 1963, they moved to Audubon for two years, then moved to Coon Rapids for seven years, working for Kiddy Corner daycare.

Then in 1972, they moved to Bayard where they operated and managed a hog confinement. Soon after, they moved back to Coon Rapids where Nancy began working at Ohde’s Funeral Home.

Later, Nancy went back to school for nursing home administration and she started her administration career in Carroll. She also was a nursing home administrator in Correctionville, Marshalltown, Pleasant Hill and finally Creston where she ended her career in 1988, due to health concerns.

Nancy was a member of St. John’s Church of Christ.

She was formally an active member of Eastern Star and did volunteer activities at various schools. In 2013, she moved to the Rose catered living in Ames, and in 2015, moved to Rolling Green Village in Nevada.

Nancy is survived by her children, Amy (Steven) Becker of Scranton, Carol (Jack) Vincent of Nevada, Lisa Hogue of Perry, Carl Joe (Lori) Hogue of Monroe and Jane Trenkle of Creston; grandchildren, Jon (Emily) Marshall, Tim (Kate) Marshall, Bree (Scott) Schwaller, Annalissa (Chris) Brodersen, Drake Hogue and Jaelyn Hogue and great-grandchildren, Dylan and Emery.

Nancy is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Maude McNay; husband Tom Hogue; son Michael Hogue; adopted son Clyde McNay; granddaughter Autumn Vincent; brothers, Edward, Bob, Jim, Tom and Bill McNay and sisters, Emily, Margaret and Mary McNay.

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Arrangements are pendCreston ing at Powers Funeral Home, Frank Gillett, 94, of Creston died Thursday, March junction of highways 34 and 24, 2016, at his home at Crest 25, in Creston.

Juanita Oakes

24, 2016, at her home in Afton.

Afton Services are pending at Juanita Oakes, 91, of Af- Powers Funeral Home, 612 ton died Thursday, March N. Dodge St., in Afton.

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children are born. The program prizes a rich variety of words but doesn’t preference any language — an essential ingredient in a city where 40 percent of residents are Latino.

Darly Niebla said it didn’t take long for her 1-year-old daughter, Gracey, to get used to wearing a recorder attached to a vest. A pediatrician recommended that she and her husband join the program because the girl wasn’t talking yet. Niebla said she was already accustomed to conversing with her kids — her older daughter was chatty from an early age — but home visitors coached her to try other tactics, such as getting on the floor with Gracey to engage her more directly.

Beating about 300 other cities for the $5 million grand prize of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayoral Challenge was “probably the proudest, if not the proudest, day of my administration,” said former Providence Mayor Angel Taveras. His successor, Jorge Elorza, who took over last year, also supports the program, which has its own office inside Providence City Hall.

“We’re hopeful this is a model for the rest of the country and raises awareness of parents across the county and really across the world,” Taveras said.

The concept is already expanding in other cities. The LENA Research Foundation, the Colorado nonprofit organization that developed the recording device, launched two new programs last year using the group session model in Huntsville,

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Alabama, and the San Mateo County Library system in California. It will expand this spring to Minneapolis, Houston and Ames, Iowa.

Expectations are high after the Providence pilot attracted international attention and was featured in lengthy profiles from the BBC to The New Yorker magazine.

Bloomberg chose the program because it addresses a challenge many cities face and can be spread elsewhere if it works, said James Anderson, who leads Bloomberg Philanthropies’ government innovation program.

Anderson isn’t worried that the bold idea is still just an experiment. He said the city has already adapted and strengthened its model after learning from early weaknesses and successes. He said the preliminary results are “early but promising.”

“Providence will be continuing to monitor and assess the program as it ramps up,” he said. “The ultimate assessment of impact will be kindergarten readiness and school performance.”

And while Morgan cautioned against investing too much money before study trials can measure the program’s effectiveness, his fellow adviser Ken Wong, a professor who directs Brown University’s Urban Education Policy Program, was more willing to take the leap.

“In about four years, we’ll definitely be able to share with a lot of people what we’ve learned,” Wong said.

“If it doesn’t work, then we can really learn from this intervention. And if it does work it could have tremendous implications in narrowing the achievement gap.”

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Hagle funeral: Vehicles line New York Avenue in Creston during the funeral of Randy Hagle Thursday morning at Powers

Funeral Home. More than a dozen motorcycles can be seen in this picture on a day when the temperature failed to eclipse 42 degrees. In all, about 500 people attended the service. Hagle, who died March 19 at the age of 57, was a leader in the Creston community, especially with Whitetail Unlimited and the current effort to restore McKinley Park and McKinley Lake. He also co-owned Sidetracked tavern in Creston for 29 years.

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or alcohol abusers. Now, with Innovative, they’re given the opportunity to work and make some money despite their circumstances.

While Cole has only been in her job about four years, she has past experience working in both a daycare and group home in Mount Ayr. These jobs prepared her in some ways for her current job, which requires a great deal of patience and understanding.

“We always joke that each day is completely different because all of these people CNA photos by KELSEY HAUGEN are different and their needs ABOVE: Drew Jensen, an employee at Innovative Industries, builds a pallet for anothchange daily, so you just er company Thursday afternoon. BELOW: Randal Walter, who works at Innovative have to adapt to however Industries, assembles tubes for a product for an Adair business, Agri Drain Corporation. their day’s going,” Cole said.

“Sometimes we switch their jobs and give them something else to do because that (job) is just not their thing today.”

Above all of her responsibilities as a rehab tech, Cole’s main goal is to help the workers feel needed and appreciated.

“They make my day, and I try really hard to make everyone know how glad I am that they’re here, too, because they might not have anyone else tell them to have a great day or that they’re doing a great job,” Cole said.

Production As in-house workers complete production and assembly jobs for local companies, they are paid precisely for the work they do. Government funds are allocated to Innovative, and then Innovative pays its workers.

A lot of documentation is required because of government funding, so one of Cole’s main jobs is documenting every detail of the work done by each of the employees she oversees.

“When a new job comes in, we sit down and see how long it takes us to do it,” Riley said.

“If they (employees with disabilities) can do it as fast as we do, they get paid minimum wage. If they can do it faster than we can, they get more Riley than minimum wage. There are guys out in the workshop who make over minimum wage building pallets.”

For assembly projects, which are sent to Innovative by places like Bunn-O-Matic, workers are paid for the number of products they assemble.

“We did over $600,000 worth of business last year,” Riley said. “With the money we get from the (workers), we’re over $2 million a year.”

A main production job at Innovative is building pallets.

“The pallet business, to me,

is huge. I don’t see any reason why we couldn’t make that a business,” Cole said. “There’s a lot of people here who would just be sitting at their homes all day with nothing to do. Here, at least they’re using their hands and some skills.”

Not everyone can build pallets, though. It requires certain skills and understanding precautions.

“It’s a very big safety concern because they use the air compressors with their nail guns, lift pallets and move a forklift around,” Cole said.

Cleaning

Other jobs Other Innovative workers out in the community do service-oriented jobs, such as picking up trash at BunnO-Matic.

Another business, Precision Optical in Creston, uses Innovative employees to make UPS flat rate boxes.

“One goal is to increase their speed, so if they made 100 boxes and 140 the next time, I can document that, and that means they are learning and are working faster,” Cole said. “They’re just so helpful.

I wish more people could see that. They want to help, and they want to be needed.”

ees develop necessary work skills and begin to feel a sense of pride in their work, Cole consistently looks toward the future of the workers she oversees.

Many of the workers end up with jobs in the community. They may need to be job-coached by Innovative staff while working their job, but it’s still a major accomplishment, Riley said.

“I would love for every single one of them to have a community job, but it takes the people in the community to be accepting and to understand that they can do some of those jobs out there,” Cole said. “People in the community are going to have to be patient, but I would say over half of my (workers), there’s no reason they couldn’t do some of the jobs out there.”

Throughout the week, Innovative workers take turns with cleaning duties.

“I try to offer them small cleaning jobs, and then, I’ll gradually move them into, maybe, washing the dishes,” Looking forward Cole said. “We assist them As Innovative employin doing the job – we don’t do it for them – and make sure they have their gloves ORIENT RURAL FIRE on, have the right (supplies) and know what they need DISTRICT HAS FIRE PICKUP to do. We’re encouraging FOR SEALED BID AUCTION them to meet goals by doing more. The whole goal is to 1987 Ford F-350 Rescue/Brush Truck with a do more and not regress.”

While most in-house 460 CID engine, 4 speed manual transmission, 21,742 miles, 300 gal. water tank, with workers do some cleaning compartments down both sides, winch on the duties, much more cleaning is done out in the communifront, the pump is included. Vehicle as is. ty. Places like Green Valley To see this vehicle, you can contact Apartments and Autumn Orient Fire Chief, Mike Swanson at House contract with Inno641-340-2434 to set up a time to look. vative’s cleaning crews.

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Schedule of driver’s license examiners: Bedford: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St. Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Union County Courthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St. Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St. Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

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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.

Saturday

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

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 308 W. Union St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

Sunday

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. Southwest Iowa Dance, 2 to 4 p.m., Corning Opera House, features “Paul Faye Band.”

Tuesday

Kiwanis Pancake Jamboree, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 to 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. Creston Kiwanis Club, 12:05 p.m., The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St. Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ Congregational, 501 W. Montgomery St. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. closed meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

Wednesday

TOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Christ Congregational, 501 W. Montgomery St. Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Blood pressure clinic by Crest Haven Care Centre nurses, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lorimor City Hall.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Homestead Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. Women’s Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 6 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34.

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Club news Mary Circle

Mary Circle of First Christian Church met March 17 at the church with Pat Fils as hostess. There were 10 members present.

Fils opened the meeting with the D.W.F. prayer.

Joyce Burkhead read the minutes of the last meeting.

Barb gave the treasurer’s report. Both were approved as read.

Old business was to clean the kitchen at 9 a.m. April 13.

New business included Mary Circle will host the May breakfast 10 a.m. May 5. Alice Bowers and Burkhead will co-host the event.

Shirley Ray will be in charge of the decorations.

Next meeting will be April 21 and Averil Lyman will be hostess. Beulah made a motion to adjourn and Barb Lightner seconded it.

Ray gave the lesson on David and Bathsheba from “Really Bad Girls of the Bible.” Refreshments were served.

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary met March 23.

Canasta winners were Linda Clark, first; Wanda Nash, second; and Rose Blakesley, third.

Blakesley won the door prize.

Gwen Sandeman will host cards and chatter Wednesday, March 30.

GRMC Auxiliary Board

Joan, Nancy, Bev, Martha, Tammy, Jessica, Ann and Rhonda attended the March 14 meeting of the Greater Regional Medical Center (GRMC) auxiliary.

Finances were found to be in good order including a check for $253 from the Books are Fun sale. Future fundraisers include the $5 Jewelry Sale March 15 and a purse sale Nov. 1.

Scholarship applications are trickling in to Patty.

The bulletin board showcasing former winners who now work at GRMC has been completed. $1,000 was approved for the IHERA scholarship fund.

The literacy project books have arrived and are now available for distribution in physical therapy and to newborns.

The membership drive is progressing. Four new volunteers have been welcomed

on board.

Those present were reminded that Jessica would like comments and photos of their favorite or most memorable vacation or trip to use in conjunction with the volunteer appreciation event to be held at 5 p.m. April 14.

The next bloodmobile at Trinity Lutheran Church will be April 25. The next meeting of the auxiliary board will be April 11.

GRMC Gift Connection Buying Committee

Joan called the GRMC Gift Connection Buying Committee meeting to order with Joan, Nancy, Jessica and Rhonda in attendance.

It was noted that Peg, Loretta and Joyce will soon be back to volunteering in the shop. Nancy T. has asked to be excused from those duties. Jeanette Blasi is a new student volunteer for both the shop and the information desk.

Purchases have been made for the current season and future holidays. Finances are in good order with only one outstanding bill. Vendors Bonnie from K&K and Alyssa from Demdaco will meet with the committee on March 14 and 21 respectively. Members were encouraged to attend the IHA meeting and market event April 29 at Prairie Meadows.

The new GRMC website is now operational with a link to the gift shop. Jessica demonstrated some of the gift ideas she has highlighted. Cards and gifts may be ordered and paid for online, then delivered to patients’ rooms.

The next meeting will be April 11.

St. John’s United Church of Christ

St. John’s United Church of Christ met on March 14 with nine members present.

Delores Doench gave the devotions and Joyce Clark collected the Least Coin.

President Tammy Willets conducted the business meeting. Connie Loomis gave the card report. It was voted to make a donation to the Blanket Fund, Heifer Fund and Food for Life.

Plans were finalized for the soup supper to be held on April 4 and Open Table on April 19. Helen Waddell won the prize for the trivia question.

CARSPA

Creston Area Retired School Personnel Association met Tuesday morning, March 8, at Crest Ridge Estates. After 13 CARSPA members and 12 residents were served a delicious breakfast, they were entertained by three Orient-Macksburg High School speech contestants. Those performing were Brooklyn Sammons, Cameo Walker and Phoenix White under the direction of sponsor Allison Engel.

During the business meeting, as an ongoing service project, $19 was collected from the members, which will go to the Neighborhood Service Center of Adair County in Greenfield.

The next meeting of CARSPA will be April 12 at GRMC. The program will be about small-town newspapers with Afton Star Enterprise owners Mary and Wayne Hill.

Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library (FOL) met March 21 at the library. Members present were Emily Cook, Jessica Duncan, Connie Harden, Amanda Kissell, Marisue Lewis, Kay Raymond and David Hargrove. The February 15 minutes were approved as written.

Hargrove, library director, reported the Creston City Council approved the new library renovation. Mandy Houk, marketing strategist, has envisioned Phase I of the renovation project.

Hargrove will meet with invested groups before the campaign begins. The library is sponsoring an event at 2 p.m. April 2 about the Negro Baseball League, the Kansas City Monarchs, who played in Creston. There were four local teams and one semiprofessional team playing in Creston at the time. This is a free program.

The treasurer’s report was placed on file for audit. FOL will pay for the winter reading program prizes.

Literacy Night on April 11 is “Spring Into Music,” and FOL will have a booth.

Hours for Monday’s Fourth of July Scholastic Book Fair will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. FOL shirts has been tabled until next meeting.

Bill Jamerson will present a free program on Citizen Conversion Core (CCC) at 6 p.m. May 19 at the library.

The next meeting will be 6 discussed planting a tree or p.m. April 18 at the library. cleaning up the flower bed in the middle of the park sometime in late April. After discussing the choices with the Members of the Afton Lorimor City Council, they Federated Garden Club will decide for sure at the met 1 p.m. March 11 at Af- next meeting, but probably ton Community Center to will do the flower garden.

They discussed what they work on projects for the learned from the rose handcoming plant sale, date to out Wallace gave them last be determined later. Presimonth and she gave them a dent Shirley Wallace called new plant and tips on plantthe meeting to order at 1:50 ing seeds for next month. p.m. with members repeatMotion to adjourn was made ing the Pledge of Allegiance by Kathy Tapken and secand Club Collect. Roll call onded by McCoy. Everyone was answered by nine members telling what, as a child, recited the conservation reminded them of spring to- pledge.

McCoy gave a presentaday. tion on properly pruning Minutes of the February trees.

She brought some meeting were read by Monlimbs so they could see ica Huddleson. Motion to where to prune and the accept the minutes as read proper pruning tools. One was made by Donna Thomshould prune between the as and seconded by Audrey branch ridge and the branch McDowell. Wallace read the treasures report as Bev collar. McCoy told them Rowe wasn’t able to attend. that oak trees should not be Ginny Quick paid her dues. pruned from March through Polly McCoy made a motion October to reduce the risk of to accept the report and sec- an oak wilt infection. If one has to be trimmed during onded by Quick.

Committee reports were that time, cover the wound given by McCoy telling with latex household paint. about Agnes Eklund and Ol- She told them the proper ive Kerns. McDowell report- three-way cut for trimming larger branches to prevent ed on Doris Porter.

Upcoming events are Wal- extensive bark damage. lace Center Spring Work- McCoy also told them that shop to be held April 2 with some trees, like the maple, reservations due by March birch and elm, will “bleed” if 25, Creston Home and Gar- pruned in the late winter or den Show from 9 a.m. to 5 early spring, but that the loss p.m. at the YMCA, Beving- of sap doesn’t harm the tree.

A St. Patrick day lunch ton Garden Club Luncheon was served by McCoy and April 19, Knoxville Garden Wallace.

The next meeting Gala on April 9 with reserwill be 1 p.m.

April 8 at the vations due by March 31 and Afton Community Center. no walk-ins, IRLS Lily Bus They will work on favors, Tour will be July 2 and Ackthen have the regular meetworth Garden Club Plant ing.

Hostesses are Rowe and Sale will be 10 a.m. May 7 in Karen Van Buskirk.

Tapken Indianola.

Wallace plans to attend will present the program on the presidents district meet- butterflies.

Afton Federated Garden Club

ing April 1 in Indianola. National Garden Club meeting will be May 2-7 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. State meeting is June 23-24 in Fort Dodge.

They will work on favors at the April meeting for the district meeting to will held June 6. Several people signed up to make a salad for the meeting. Wallace has some ideas for the silent auction donation. They discussed when to have the plant sale and tentatively plan to have it May 13 after our regular meeting. They will still have the plant exchange at the meeting.

The yearly AFGC project will be in Lorimor. They

Catholic Daughters

Court Joan of Arc No. 428 met March 8. Following Mass, a dinner was served by the committee of Carolyn Downing, Retta Ripperger and Pat Cain. The program was presented after the meal. Madison Callahan and Nathan Pudenz spoke about their trip to the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. Five youth and one chaperone from the parish attended. They traveled on a bus with students from Glenwood. They said it was awesome to see so many young people gathered at the

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• Greater Regional Medical Center. Volunteers are needed for information/escort, gift shop, bloodmobile, fund-raising, gardening and plant care and clerical support. To inquire or get involved, call 641-782-3553.

• SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) volunteers. Training from the Iowa Insurance Commission to provide free, objective information as well as one-to-one assistance. Volunteers answer questions and provide impartial information to help seniors make well-informed decisions regarding their Medicare supplement insurance, long-term care insurance, Medicare benefits and claims or other types of health insurance. Call Greater Regional Medical Center, 641-782-3848 and leave information. A SHIIP

volunteer will call you back.

• HCI Care Services providing services in Union, Taylor, Clarke, Adams, Decatur, Madison, Adair and Ringgold counties has opportunities for hospice volunteers to assist with a variety of duties. Training is provided to individuals who are interested in sitting with hospice patients who are terminally ill to give their caregivers a break or to provide companionship to those patients who may need it. There are opportunities to assist staff with special projects, clerical duties and phone call, as well.

Call Cindy Mitchell, HCI Care Services volunteer coordinator at 641-782-3528.

• Southern Prairie YMCA has a variety of volunteer opportunities available. Volunteer assistance is welcome in general housekeeping, sports camps and other youth activities. Committee members are also welcome for special events and membership and programing. Please stop by the YMCA reception desk for an application or call 641-782-9622.

• Hospice of Southwest Iowa in Corning offers ongoing training for Hospice Volunteers.

Volunteers provide companionship, perform tasks and provide

support to individuals who are terminally ill and their families.

Volunteers are needed for our primary service area: — Adams, Montgomery and Taylor counties. Call Mary O’Riley 641-3226283 for more information.

• Nursing homes and assisted living. Like other organizations, they have many dedicated volunteers, but more are needed. Interested volunteers may

Creston meals March 28 to April 1 Menu subject to change.

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

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Congregate meals roll, fruit cocktail.

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same time and to be able to share their faith. They enjoyed their experience and thanked the group for their support.

The business meeting was called to order by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Anita Studer read a Lenten meditation. Nineteen members were present. June Huewe made the motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Betty Baker seconded.

Motion carried. Teresa Weis gave the treasurer’s report.

Sharon Skarda made the motion to approve. Cain seconded. Motion carried.

The Bunn bake sale was a success. They sold out of everything and Bunn administration would like to have them come more often. A bake sale is planned at the large plant in July. They will discuss it at the June meeting.

They received a thank you for cookies from Barb Barkalow, Jo Steele, Roberta Ambrose, Virginia Boden and Dora Coen. Baker sent two cards this month.

The Creston United Methodist Church ladies have invited them to their salad supper on April 7. The speaker will be will be Women at the Well prison ministries speaker Kay Oliver. RSVP by April 4 by calling 782-2427.

The Lenten soup suppers are going well. The Knights of Columbus will provide soup for the last supper.

The Circle of Love reports are due March 25.

Under new business, Ripperger brought a flyer with shirts to order. Also, there is information regarding the CD of A Right to Life scarves. Also available was a flyer regarding assisted suicide talking points.

The district deputy, Pat Taylor, will be available the afternoon of April 12 for the financial review. JoAnn Gibson, Kathy Tapken and Huewe have agreed to be on the committee.

Betty Bradley, Barb Thompson and Weis were appointed to the nominating committee. They will elect new officers in May. Next month, they will have a potluck with the CCW. Cain won the half and half. They recited our membership prayer to close the meeting. Baker made the motion to adjourn. Jane Collins seconded. Meeting adjourned.

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GPS Egg Hunt scheduled for Mall Easter bunny, father April 2 in Ringgold County scuffle after child slips ■ Participants must rie Chicken and later join the gold County Conservation

be age 12 or older, and all participants must pre-register

by March 31.

MOUNT AYR – Ringgold County Conservation is offering a GPS Egg Hunt from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2.

This will be held after the Annual Prairie Chicken Day that starts at 6 a.m. and will be located at the Kellerton Bird Conservation Area, one mile south on 300th Avenue off of Highway 2.

Come listen and view the booming of the Greater Prai-

Ringgold County Conservation Board (RCCB) at Poe Hollow Park, 1 3/4 miles east of Mount Ayr on Highway 2, to participate in the GPS Egg Hunt.

Participants will use Global Positioning System (GPS) units for a modern take on the traditional egg hunt. Participants will learn how to use a modern handheld GPS unit for hunting, hiking, geocaching and more. Director Kate Zimmerman will give an introductory lesson on the GPS units, and then participants will go on a geocache egg hunt set up by Ring-

to practice using the GPS units.

Participants should meet at the enclosed Hawkins Hideaway Shelter at Poe Hollow Park. Space is limited to 14 GPS units, however, families can share one, allowing for more attendees.

Pre-register by Thursday, March 31, to reserve a spot for this free event. All participants must be 12 years or older. If younger, the participant must have an adult to assist them. Sameday registration will not be allowed. Call RCCB at 641464-2787 to register or for more information.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Easter bunny has scuffled in a mall brawl.

A mall Easter bunny and a father got into a tussle Sunday after the man’s child slipped from a chair while getting her photo taken, Jersey City police said Monday.

A video posted on Twitter on Sunday evening shows a chaotic scene at the Newport Centre in Jersey City, New Jersey, near an area set up to take photos with the Easter bunny.

Juan Jimenez-Guerrero, 44, verbally and physically attacked Kassim Charles,

22, who was playing the role of the Easter bunny, after Jimenez-Guerrero’s year-old daughter slipped, said city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill. She said both men were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Both men were charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct, and each also had outstanding warrants. It wasn’t known Monday night if either man had retained an attorney.

The video shows Charles wearing the body portion of the bunny costume fighting and then

being separated by security. A few seconds later, Charles appeared again, throws off his white bunny gloves and exchanges more punches.

“The safety of guests and cast members is of utmost importance,” said Charles Russell, a spokesman for the Noerr Programs, which runs the Easter bunny photo program. “We will continue to investigate this incident and take appropriate action.”

Russell said other employees have been assigned to fill the role of Bunny.

2 Americans confirmed dead in Brussels attacks Secretary of State John Kerry visited the stricken city to express condolences and defended Belgium’s counterterrorism efforts against “carping” by critics.

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BRUSSELS (AP) — At least two Americans have been confirmed killed in the Brussels attacks, a U.S. official said Friday, as Secretary of State John Kerry visited the stricken city to express condolences and defended Belgium’s counterterrorism efforts against “carping” by critics.

Speaking after meeting Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, Kerry said the “United States is praying and grieving with you for the loved ones of those cruelly taken from us, including Americans, and for the many who were injured in these despicable attacks.”

Kerry did not offer specific details, but a senior official said the families of two Americans had been informed of their deaths in the attacks Tuesday.

The official, who was not authorized to speak to the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, did not have further details. The bombings killed 31 people and wounded 270.

Visiting the Belgian capital on a hastily arranged stop, Kerry said all governments must consistently improve their strategies to fight terrorism, but maintained that Belgium had made significant improvements over the past year despite failing to stop Tuesday’s attacks. He not-

ed that Belgium had actively sought additional assistance and that 10 or 11 FBI agents are now in Brussels helping with the investigation.

Kerry later laid a wreath for victims of the attacks at the airport in Brussels.

Turkey announced this week that it had warned Belgium last year that one of the Brussels attackers, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, had been flagged as a “foreign terrorist fighter.” The attacks have laid bare intelligence shortcomings that have prompted European authorities to call for Kerry quicker and more efficient cooperation.

“People are jumping to conclusions,” Kerry said of critics. “I think they are looking for things that just sometimes are very difficult to analyze in the immediate aftermath of something.”

“I don’t know what all the circumstances were, I don’t know if some events or evidence or opportunities were missed specifically,” he told reporters at the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.

“That will come over a period of time, But I think all this carping four days later

is a little bit frantic and inappropriate.”

Failings in Belgium’s record of coordinating intelligence, investigating suspects and controlling its borders have been long known.

Mayors in the greater Brussels area complained last year that even when alerted to the presence of suspected radicals in their municipalities, they lacked the power to do anything about it.

After the bombings, Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London, called it “depressingly predictable” that a major attack would occur in Brussels because of “the perfect union” of homegrown, hardened Muslim radicals who possess the tools of terrorism and a law enforcement structure that isn’t up to meeting the threat.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin accused Belgian officials of “a kind of naivete” in ignoring the spread of radical Islam among the country’s 650,000-member Muslim population.

“It is very important for us er resolve - with greater today to receive your sup- strength - and we will not port,” he said. He offered rest until we have elimicondolences for the Amer- nated your nihilistic beliefs ican victims and vowed to and cowardice from the step up counterterrorism face of the Earth.”

Kerry landed earlier Fricooperation with the U.S. day at the still-closed Brusand others.

Both said the fight sels airport for his brief against the Islamic State visit from Moscow, where he said the attacks underwill be relentless.

“We will not be de- scored the urgency of unity He said the reason the terred,” Kerry said. “We in the fight against the IsIslamic State group “is re- will come back with great- lamic State. sorting to actions outside the Middle East is that its COME JOIN US fantasy of a caliphate is collapsing before their eyes; FOR A PONY EXPRESS its territory is shrinking. Its leaders are decimated. Its BREAKFAST revenue sources are dwindling, and its fighters are fleeing.”

Michel thanked Kerry for his visit, calling it a powerful message of solidarity.

Kerry said that prior to the recent attacks, the U.S. and other countries had already scheduled a number of meetings with Belgium about specific improvements they could make to their laws, intelligence collection and attempts to blunt the radicalization of youth in particular.

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Creston News Advertiser | Friday, March 25, 2016

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Lawn & Garden

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous For Rent

Special thanks to: Shannon Howe Richard Skarda Lori and Dennis Gross Tom and Connie Sevier Anonymous Cathy Schaefer Stephanie Hawks Nancy and Tom Hawks Mr. and Mrs. Mark O'Riley In Memory Of: Evelyn Brown Madore Hazel Cunningham Bill Kleckner Merle Beggs Your donations are greatly appreciated.

Creston Animal Rescue Effort

NOW OPEN! Shop Cedar Lane Greenhouse for garden seed, vegetable plants in April, bedding plants, baskets, trees, shrubs and berries. Hours: 8-6 Closed Sundays, Good Friday and May 5. 1488 292nd Street, Redding, IA 50860

INVESTING? PROMISES OF big profits often mean big risk! Before you send money call Iowa Securities Bureau 1-800-351-4665 or the Federal Trade Commission at 877-FTC-HELP for free information. Or visit their Web site at www.ftc.gov/bizop.

Thanks to all of the community churches, family, friends & medical staff for all the cards, help, visits, phone calls & prayers. Jerry is home & improving.

Livestock GELBVIEH PUREBRED YEARLING bulls, excellent quality and breeding. Hobbs Gelbvieh, 641-766-6779; 641203-0863.

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CRESTON or Orient CAREGIVERS NEEDED to assist senior with housekeeping, meals, etc., 5-20 hours per week $9.00/hour plus hiring bonus! Great permanent part-time position! Caretech 1-800991-7006.

DRIVERS: $2K SIGNON!! Great Pay & Benefits! Vacation, 401K. Newer Tractors! OTR. CDL-A Req. www.universetruck.com or 866958-7825 PART-TIME CLEANING PERSON needed, 6 days a week, $350/week pay, Elm's Club, 108 N. Elm, Creston. Call 641-7824629 for interview.

POWER EQUIPMENT REPAIR TECH. Lawn mowers, chain saws, gas trimmers, ATVs, UTVs, salary based on experience. Will train the right person. Stop in an apply at Creston True Value, 641-782-2882 ask for Zeke or Kent.

RN'S UP TO $45/HR LPN's up to $37.50/hr CNA's up to 22.50/hr Free gas/weekly pay $2000 Bonus AACO Nursing Agency 1-800656-4414 Ext. 12

EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS. Spacious downtown Creston oneroom apartment furnished with refrigerator, microwave, private bath. $425/monthly includes all utilities, +deposit, srherriott@gmail.com, 641-208-0511.

CORNING, IA APARTMENT FOR RENT: One furnished bedroom apartment, cute, clean, $375/mo., $400 deposit, utilities paid, deposit and references required. Laundry facilities available in the future.

Available now. Info onat www.line greatspace4u.com or leave message/text 402677-7165.

Advanced Ag Seed

is currently looking for seasonal personnel for the months of April-May-June.

Responsibilities include:

Servicing and promoting Pioneer Brand seed, loading and unloading of seed, seed delivery and potential crop scouting. Candidate must have a clean driving record.

Please call 641-782-0751.

Program Technician

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

The Adair County Farm Service Agency (FSA) located in Greenfield, Iowa is recruiting applicants to fill a Full-Time Program Technician position.

Sat. March 26- 10:00AM Carbon, IA. Combines, Tractors, Trucks and Farm Machinery for Schaffer Farms. Auctioneers: Jack Kretzinger, Dan Kretzinger, Steve Bergren, Tony Douglas.

Sun. April 3- 9:30AM Corning, IA. Furniture, Collectibles, Golf Carts and 4 Wheelers for Haddadin Family & 2 Lenox Estates. Auctioneers: Jack Kretzinger, Dan Kretzinger, Tony Douglas.

Sun. April 3- 1:30PM Rural Orient, IA. Farm Machinery, Tractors, Combine & Heads, Farm Related Equipment for Kramer Land and Cattle. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Brandon Frey, Steve Bergren.

Mon. April 11- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Annual Spring Consignment Auction at Creston Livestock Auction. Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey, Zack Ballad, Steve Bergren.

The individual selected will be responsible for carrying out general office activities and technical functions pertaining to FSA administered programs. This position requires strong human relation and computer skills.

This vacancy announcement (IA-2016-0021) has a closing date of April 5, 2016. All applications must be submitted through USAJOBS at www.usajobs.gov to be considered for this immediate opening. Upon successful completion of a background check, the individual selected will be expected to work M-F, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

For questions concerning this job opening, contact Daniel Wells at Daniel.Wells@ia.usda.gov OR (641) 343-7033.

Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.”

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

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For Rent FOR RENT IN AFTON: Efficiency $550/mo., furnished, all utilities plus internet and Dish included, 641-3445478.

For Sale CORNING, IA (2) OFFICE/RETAIL SPACES: Newly remodeled commercial office/retail spaces on the corner of main street in Corning, IA. Highly visible, great location, deposit and references required.

Larger space $425/month, $450/deposit, plus electric. Two room office $350/month, $375/deposit, utilities paid, available now. Info onat www.line greatspace4u.com or leave message/text 402677-7165.

New Today QUEEN SIZE ELECTRIC bed, excellent condition, reasonably priced, 641782-8180.

$50 or Less 2 WHITE REMOTES TO a Wii, $7.00 for both; 4 tall waste baskets, two red, two black, $5.00 each; Conair foot masturquoise, sager, $15.00, 641-782-6144.

FOR SALE: Blond wig, $20.00; red and white oil burning lamp, glass, eighteen inches high, $25.00, 641-782-4786 after 4PM.

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Employment Opportunities with the City of Creston

Iowa Cagefree, LLP - Clearfield Now accepting applications for the following positions:

Seasonal & Part time Positions Job description, qualifications and other requirements are posted on the City website: www.crestoniowa.gov and at www.iowajobs.org

Production Dept. - Layer Houses Housewalkers - 1st shift Iowa Cagefree, LLP-Clearfield has many great benefits after 30 days!! Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Flex Plan plus many other benefit options!

For employment consideration please contact the office at 641-336-2292 or visit our office location in Clearfield for more information on our current job openings.

Please complete & submit application at the City Clerk’s office-Creston City Hall 116 W. Adams, P.O. Box 449, Creston, IA 50801 or at Iowa Works - 215 N. Elm, Creston, IA 50801. EOE Deadline: April 15, 2016 at 2 PM Available for Adoption

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PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Creston is taking bids for the lease of hay ground. The hay ground is located in three locations.

1. This property is located north-west of the waste water treatment facility and consists of 16 acres more or less. Parcel ID 2501000001500 2. This property is commonly known as the “Taylor Property” and is located north of Adams Street and east of Cottonwood Street and consists of 28 acres more or less. Parcel ID 250100000200 and 2501000001925 (east of the creek only – approx. 4 acres) 3. This property is located on the west side of the runway at the Creston Municipal Airport and consists of 45 acres more or less. Parcel ID 0501000029490 & 0501000029480 (south of the road –north of the fence), 0501000050275, 0501000049600, 0501000049800, & 0501000049700.

Sealed bids will be accepted for the three properties listed above individually.

Bids are due to the Creston City Clerk, P.O. Box 449, 116 W. Adams Street, Creston, IA 50801 by 4 PM on April 8, 2016.

Site map and additional details are available at Creston City Hall.

Possession by the tenant to commence May 1, 2016.

GREEN VALLEY PEST CONTROL & LAWN CARE is seeking a full-time Pesticide

Applicator. We are a local, family owned company serving southwest Iowa for the past 28 years looking for the right person to be part of our team. No experience necessary, we will train.

BENEFITS INCLUDE: $12.00 - $14.00/hour starting, vacation/sick paid time off, paid holidays & company funded retirement. Job responsibilities include: apply fertilizer and herbicides to residential and commercial lawns, apply insecticidies to homes, mowing and trimming, snow removal, other various duties. Hours are usually from 7AM5PM but are flexible with weather conditions, occasional weekends.

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REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma or GED; valid driver’s license with a good driving record; successfully pass a drug screen, background check, and driving record check; able to lift 50 pounds above shoulders and walk 2 miles per day, able to pass commercial pesticide applicator test (employer will provide study material).

For questions or an application, contact employer at 782-4540 or gvpc2@iowatelecom.net.

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JOB OPENING Relationship Specialist The successful candidate will be a customer service and solution oriented team member.

Essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to, handling routine financial transactions and assisting customers with new and ongoing account support. Monday - Friday, 37.5 - 40 hrs/wk.

Obtain employment application in branch or online at pcsbbank.com and forward resume and completed application via mail or email to: ATTN: Dawn Loudon PCSB Bank PO Box 409 Creston, Iowa 50801 dawn.loudon@pcsbbank.com Equal Opportunity Employer · Member FDIC

Clean Out Your Attic ...with an ad in the Classifieds!

Lets face it, when it comes to cleaning out that closet, attic or garage...everybody’s got something to hide!

But, why hide them when you could sell those unwanted items in the Classifieds? Not only will you gain valuable storage space, but with the dollars you make you can hunt through the Classifieds to uncover someone else’s hidden treasures.

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Altec Osceola Body Plant manufactures fiberglass truck bodies and is growing rapidly.

We are seeking qualified candidates for Production Workers, Experienced Production Supervisors and Associate Designers.

New wage scale with opportunities for frequent increases AND Excellent Benefit package.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a manufacturing environment, mechanical aptitude, and maintenance equipment assembly skills.

These are key positions on our team and we are seeking self-starters with a positive attitude and strong work ethic.

Please complete an application online at www.altec.com or stop in the office.

Altec 1001 Furnas Drive Osceola, IA 50213

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Creston News Advertiser | Friday, March 25, 2016

Clearview Homes “A Home Away From Home”

POSITION OPEN Restorative Nurse/Nurse Aide

Michael Foods is looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of

Day Shift Hours

Production Scheduler.

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This person will report directly to the Purchasing Manager. This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Supply Chain Management or related experience. 1-3 years previous planning/inventory/ purchasing experience and leadership skills.

Please send all resumes to:

Mount Ayr • 641-464-2240 “A home away from home” Providing quality care for our residents for over 55 years!

HCI Hospice Care Services Greater Regional Hospice Home is looking for compassionate employees to serve patients during their end of life journey:

Michael Foods Egg Products Co. Attn: Jacque Tripp 1009 S. Brooks St. • Lenox, IA 50851 Phone: (641) 333-4730 Fax (641) 333-4800

PRN Hospice RN: Valid Iowa RN license, 1 year home health/hospice experience preferred.

FTR-3 Hospice RN: 12 hour shifts, 6pm-6am Hospice Aide PTR-2: (12 hour shifts, 24 hours per week); 1 year in nursing home or home health preferred

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Michael Foods is looking for an experienced Electrician to join our Maintenance Team.

Submit a cover letter and resume or application to: hrinfo@hci-vns.org A pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen are required.

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Now Hiring CNA’s Are you a compassionate care giver looking for a new opportunity? Our Extra Care program is growing fast and we are looking to hire CNA’s in the Creston and surrounding communities. Flexible scheduling! The ideal candidate must have their CNA certification and be able to successfully complete the preemployment screenings.

Submit a cover letter and resume or application to: hrinfo@hci-vns.org A pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen are required.

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LOIN SANDWICH Monday, Mar. 28th 5 - 7:30 p.m.

Loin 4.00 - Fries $1.75 $

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Easter Buffet Sunday, March 27 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN CANDY MANUFACTURING FACILITY COMPETITIVE SALARY THESE ARE MOSTLY TEMP TO FULL TIME OPPORTUNITIES

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One-two years printing experience preferred.

Duties of this position include operation of a Goss Community Press, computer skills would be helpful, but will train. Must be able to lift 75 pounds and have valid driver’s license with clean driving record.

We offer a competitive salary and Shaw Newspapers benefit package including health insurance, life insurance, 401K, vacation, etc. Pre-employment physical and drug test are required. EOE.

For more information or to submit an application, please contact: Rose Henry, HR Coordinator Creston Publishing Company 503 W. Adams Street, P.O. Box 126 Creston IA 50801-0126

Michael Foods offers a competitive salary and benefit plan. Please submit your resume to the following address or fax number:

Michael Foods Egg Products Company Attn: Human Resources 1009 South Brooks • Lenox, IA 50851 Fax (641) 333-4800 Phone (641) 333-4700 EEO/AAP

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Req. 2016-R0049067 • Staff RN-Med/Surg, Full time, Req. 2016-R0046315 • LPN – Med/Surg Fulltime. Req. 2015-R0048258 • Emergency Medical Technician, primarily Lenox location; Fulltime Req. 2015-R0039062 • Emergency Medical Technician, primarily Bedford location; Fulltime Req. 2015-R0032988 • Surgical Technician, PRN position Req. 2015-R0023628 • Occupational Therapist: Apply www.rehabvisions.com.

• Physical Therapist: Apply www.rehabvisions.com • Patient Access Representative Per Diem position Req. 1505042994 Apply Coniferhealth.com website.

CHI Mercy Corning & Clinics offer competitive wages.

For complete job description details and to apply, go to http://www.chihealth.com/careers For application assistance or for questions about positions, contact Sandi Lammers, CHI Health Mercy Corning, 603 Rosary Drive, Corning, IA 50841 Call:641-322-6279; Email: sandra.lammers@alegent.org EOE

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BUILTNETWORKS, 805 Wyoming Ave, Creston, IA, 641-782-4765, Computer sales, repair, networking. Over 25 years experience. PC & Mac.

GAULE EXTERIORS Steel and vinyl siding, replacement windows and seamless guttering. Quality craftsmanship, over a decade of professional service in Southwest Iowa. 641-782-0905.

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Friday | March 25, 2016

Better depth to fuel Panther girls track

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor svicker@crestonnews.com

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NATIONAL DIGEST

Ellis leads KU LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Perry Ellis scored 27 points to match a season high, Wayne Selden Jr. added 19 and Kansas topped No. 5 Maryland for a 7963 South Region semifinal victory Thursday night.

The win put the Jayhawks back into the Elite 8 for the first time since 2012, when they went on to reach the NCAA championship game before losing to Kentucky.

It took time for the Jayhawks (33-4) to get going. Once they finally seized the lead late in the first half, everything else fell into place for their 17th straight victory. They emerged from the break by making their first six shots and steadily took control behind Ellis, who made 10 of 17 from the field.

Villanova rolls LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Villanova Wildcats keep looking for a better shot, not content with simply a good look at the basket.

As a result, they’re putting on quite the clinic in the NCAA Tournament with their latest performance putting them into the Elite Eight for the first time since 2009.

Ryan Arcidiacono and Kris Jenkins each scored 21 points and No. 2 seed Villanova never trailed in routing third-seeded Miami 92-69 Thursday night in the South Region semifinal of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats turned in their best shooting performance yet in this tournament, shooting 62.7 percent.

The Wildcats (32-5) earned their third trip to the regional final with coach Jay Wright and seventh overall, coming through with former coach Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova to the 1985 national championship, sitting nearby.

Villanova will play top-seeded Kansas on Saturday in the regional final. It’s redemption after losses on the opening weekend each of the past two NCAA Tournaments.

Sooners cruise ANAHEIM, Calif.

(AP) — The Oklahoma Sooners are one win away from returning to the Final Four for the first time in 14 seasons.

Jordan Woodard scored 22 points and Buddy Hield had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead the second-seeded Sooners to a 77-63 romp over third-seeded and cold-shooting Texas A&M in the NCAA West Regional on Thursday.

It was a nice display of teamwork by the Sooners (28-7).

Even though the Creston girls track team graduated several seniors from last year’s team with multiple state meet medals, head coach Clay Arnold has reason to be optimistic for the 2016 season.

Arnold’s Panthers have been slowed by several nagging injuries during the early part of the season, but he knows if his team gets healthy, it has the potential to be the deepest team he’s had in his coaching career.

“Last year was the deepest we’ve ever been,” said Arnold, entering his sixth season as head coach and assisted by his Arnold wife Maggie.

“If everybody’s healthy, we’re probably deeper this year than last year, as far as quality depth. We won’t be able to tell that for sure until we get everybody healthy and out there.”

Arnold said he’s hopeful to at least have everyone back to practicing in time for next week’s outdoor opener on Tuesday at the Hawkeye 10 Conference Southern Division Meet in Glenwood.

Once again, Arnold will build his team around the middle distances, with a number of girls strong at the 400 and 800 distances.

“Our foundation is always 400s and 800s,” Arnold said.

“We train for 400s and 800s and we bring the sprinters down and bring the distance girls up. I see us still being very strong in the 400s and 800s, from what I’ve seen thus far. We have a lot of girls who are versatile in those ranges.”

Middle distance Leading the charge of middle distance runners is senior Taylor Briley, a three-year state qualifier and three-

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Shown during a recent middle distance workout for the Creston girls track team are, from left, Amber Castillo, Emma Berning, Lexie Little and Danielle Castillo. The Panthers run in the Hawkeye 10 South Division Meet in Glenwood Tuesday to open the outdoor season.

time medalist at last year’s state meet.

“Briley has three years experience up there, a lot of big moments, a lot of medals so far,” Arnold said.

“Obvious- Briley ly, we’re going to need her to step up.”

Junior Lexie Little also brings experience to the middle distance group, having twice ran on a state fourthplace 4x800 relay team for the Panthers.

Sophomore Breanna Wallace gained valuable experience for the Panthers last year, tying for fifth place in Class 3A in the high jump and also qualifying in the 400 meter dash and the 4x400.

Once she is healthy, Wallace will be a mainstay for the Panthers at the 400 and 800 distances.

Seniors Jami and Josie Sickels have put together and impressive spring thus far.

“Jami and Josie are having their best springs, preseason-wise,” Arnold said.

“We’ll be counting on (Jessica) Beatty to move into some of those distance roles that Monica (Powers) and Maria (Mostek) held last year.”

Sophomore newcomer Stephanie Hemsworth has impressed Arnold in practices and the team’s first two indoor meets already.

“She’s been absolutely awesome,” he said. “I was really excited to see what she could do. She’s really got some talent in the sprints and we’ll definitely be seeing her in the 400 this year.”

Freshmen Brielle Baker and Jesse Vicker will likely make a big impact for the Panthers right away.

Baker has been challenging Briley in early season practices, with Vicker right there in the mix, as well.

“Both of those freshmen have loads of potential and they’ve had some really good practices,” Arnold said.

Throws Another strength for the Panthers this year will be the throwing events, w i t h shot put school-record holder junior Hannah Hood re- Hood turning and sophomore Faith Wilson showing improvement during the first two indoor meets.

“We lost big points from Natalie (Mostek) in the high jump. To date, we haven’t found anybody that can make up those points in the high jump,” Arnold said.

“Throws is going to be a place we can pick up points.”

Hood broke the school record in the shot put multiple times last year, finishing with

a best mark of 41 feet, 9.50 inches, finishing sixth at the state meet last year.

After undergoing shoulder surgery during the offseason, Hood picked up right where she left off at the end of last year in her first indoor competition last weekend at Central.

Wilson has set a new personal best in each of the first two indoor meets this year in the shot put.

“Hannah had a great second half last year. We’re looking for big points from her in both throws,” Arnold said. “Faith really came on in the disc last year. She was just a few inches shy of making finals at conference.

We’re looking for both girls to score big points in both events.”

Sprints If there’s one area that can set this year’s Panther team apart from past years, it’s in the sprints.

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Murray’s Shields named Iowa’s Junior High AD of Year

By LARRY PETERSON Murray CNA senior sports writer lpeterson@crestonnews.com

CORALVILLE — Jerry Shields of Murray was honored Sunday as 2016 Middle School Athletic Director of the Year for the State of Iowa and the 2016 Southwest District AD of the Year.

The award presentation was part of the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association’s State Convention held at The Marriott in Coralville.

Shields grew up and still lives in Grand River, graduating from Grand Valley High School in 1978. He graduated from Graceland University in January 1983.

Shields began coaching basketball at Murray schools in 1996 and volleyball in 1999. He began teaching in 2000, and became the athletic director in 2002. He retired from teaching in May 2015 to return full-time to his family’s Century Farm, but continues in his athletic duties.

Shields started a Pride and Sportsmanship Night 12 years ago at Murray Community Schools. It allows any student-athlete involved in any sport to attend, plus at least one parent, and the

Athletic Booster Club hosts a cookout in the front circle drive of the school.

A presenter emphasizes sportsmanship and any rule changes that may go into effect in the upcoming sports seasons. Presenters have included members from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, game officials and collegiate athletic directors.

The school’s coaches are available to meet with any parents who have questions about their child’s activities.

The program has been productive, and sportsmanship ratings from the IHSAA reflect that, according to Harley Schieffer, IHSADA executive director.

Shields has been the Iowa Girls Coaches Association District Coach of the Year in volleyball in 2013 and 2014; IGCA District Coach of the Year in basketball in 2000, 2001 and 2014; and IBCA District Coach of the Year in 2006. He was selected to coach the IGCA 1A Select Basketball All-Stars in 2004 and again in 2016, and will also be inducted into the IGCA Coaches Hall of Fame in April.

In addition, Shields has been officiating in junior high and JV volleyball; junior high and JV basketball; and junior high, JV and varsity softball since 1993.

Shields has three daughters and one grandson. His oldest daughter, Shawna Rolph, is the mother of 4-year-old son Connor and works for Child Services in Des Moines. Middle daughter Tori Braby works for Mount Ayr Community Schools and is head volleyball coach there; and youngest daughter Kristin Flaherty works for a real estate office in Osceola and serves as her father’s assistant coach in volleyball.

Shields was a candidate for the state award after being named Southwest District Junior High Athletic Director of the Year. Other district winners were Kathy Dvorak, Cedar Rapids Franklin Middle School (Northeast); Bryce Smeins, Washington (Southeast); John Vanderloo, Sioux City North Middle School (Northwest); and Josh Tobey, Johnston Middle School (Central).

Mitch Osborn of Harlan was named Iowa High School Athletic Director of the Year and Southwest

Contributed photo

Jerry Shields of Murray (right) receives the Iowa Junior High Athletic Director of the Year Award from Harley Schieffer, executive director of the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association, during the IHSADA State Convention last weekend in Coralville.

District Athletic Director of the Year. Other district winners were Jim Eekhoff, Hull Western Christian; Jason

Schroeder of North Scott (Southeast); Paul James, Cedar Rapids Washington (Northeast).

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Outdoor news Camping reservations Campers anxious to reserve spots for the Fourth of July weekend should mark April 1 on their calendars, when reservations for a Friday arrival open.

Campers can make reservations for sites three months ahead of their first night’s stay.

“Electric sites go quickly,” reminds Todd Coffelt, chief of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources State Parks Bureau. “And some sites will already be reserved by campers arriving prior to the holiday weekend.”

Not every campsite is available on the reservation system. Parks maintain between 25 and 50 percent of the electric and nonelectric sites as non-reservation sites, available for walk-up camping.

Information on Iowa’s state parks is available online at www.iowadnr.gov including the link to reservations. Campers can also log on directly to http://iowastateparks.reserveamerica.com; enter their preferred dates and/or parks to see what sites are available and make a reservation.

Campers are encouraged to note closures when making their reservations. A few campgrounds are currently closed for renovation and weather will play an important role in how soon they will be back online.

Union Grove State Park campground is off-line during its lake renovation, but reservations can be made through the park office (641473-2556) as the lake is refilling. Red Haw State Park’s scheduled campground renovation has been postponed until this fall, so it is open for reservations this camping season. Road and bridge work at Springbrook State Park should be completed in early June, and the park and campground are scheduled to reopen June 10.

Up-to-date closure information is available on the DNR website and reservation system. Closure information can be found at www. iowadnr.gov/Places-to-Go/ State-Parks-Rec-Areas/Closure-Information and on individual park webpages.

Scholastic archery Anamosa’s David Mach-

art became Iowa’s top scholastic archer during the 2016 National Archery in the Schools Program State Championship March 4-5.

Machart won the 3D target and the bullseye target competition with identical near perfect scores of 299 out of 300.

Results from Iowa’s March 4-5 National Archery in Schools Program are available at www.nasptournaments.org. Click on Tournaments, then select Iowa and Completed in 2016 to find individual and team standings for high school, middle school and elementary school competitors.

Prairie Chicken Day KELLERTON — The Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area in southeast Ringgold County will be the site for the 13th annual Prairie Chicken Day on April 2, beginning at 6 a.m., at the booming ground viewing platform, two miles west of Kellerton on Highway 2, then 1.25 miles south on 300th Street.

Prairie Chicken Day is an opportunity for Iowans to experience this unique bird during its demonstrative and entertaining mating display where males work to gain the favor of females during the breeding season. The birds compete by showing their worthiness through aggressive charges and leaps of battle with others on the booming ground.

The activity takes place from middle to late March through middle May beginning around sunrise and until mid morning, then usually resuming in the evening.

“They will be out there every day defending their territory, trying to attract a female,” said Chad Paup wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The Iowa DNR has been reintroducing the greater prairie chickens to the grasslands of Ringgold County since the 1980s with varying success. In recent years, the

DNR has partnered with Blank Park Zoo, The Nature Conservancy and the Nebraska Fish and Game Department to capture and transport wild prairie chickens from southwest and central Nebraska to be released on the Kellerton lek and on the Dunn Ranch lek, a few miles to the south in Missouri.

The four year effort of introducing wild birds has increased the Iowa flock to more than 100. These birds have since produced broods in Iowa.

“The prairie chicken population trends follow similar tracks as bobwhite quail.

When quail do well, prairie chickens do well and they did well in 2014,” Paup said.

“This year, we’ve had a mild winter in our area and if we can get a spring that’s not too wet and not too cool, I think we can have another good production year.”

A limited number of spotting scopes and binoculars will be available to visitors who need them on Prairie Chicken Day with expert birders on hand to help identify other birds in the area.

Sightings sought The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is encouraging visitors to and residents of Ringgold, Decatur, Taylor, Union, Wayne, Adams and Clarke counties to report any sightings of a group of prairie chickens gathered together, displaying and calling on the leks sites in March and April.

“People may hear them – the haunting ‘booming’ sounds interspersed with whoops and cackles – or they may see the birds jumping or facing off with one another,” said Stephanie Shepherd, wildlife diversity biologist with the Iowa DNR. “Sightings of individual birds are also welcome but we’d primarily like to hear about lek sites.”

The DNR has a video of this activity online at http:// www.iowadnr.gov/Conservation/Wildlife-Stewardship/ Non-Game-Wildlife/Diversity-Projects/Prairie-Chicken-Project.

Anyone who sees the activity is encouraged to call or e-mail Shepherd at 515432-2823 ext. 102, Stephanie. shepherd@dnr.iowa.gov.

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Arnold finally had some short sprint depth last year and has even more at his disposal this year.

“The thing we’re looking to improve on this year is sprint relays,” Arnold said.

“Last year we were better because we had better depth and this year we look to improve on that. (Kiersten) Latham and (Cayla) Maitlen made up a good core that helped our sprinter depth last year. We’re really hoping that’s where we see the most improvement is those sprint relays.”

Adding depth to the sprint crew is freshman Saige Rice.

Senior Amber Castillo, a school record holder in the distance medley and a state qualifier, has prove to be strong in both the sprints and the hurdles. Sophomore sister Danielle Castillo also runs hurdles for the Panthers.

Junior Rachel Shepherd and Beatty can also help in the sprint relays, but will also run middle and long distances, providing Arnold with some versatility.

Also contributing in the distance events will be junior

Kristy Powers, who has put together an impressive preseason.

“Kristy Powers has had the single best spring of her career so far,” Arnold said.

“Had a big 1,500 at Iowa State. She’s been looking great in practice.”

Conference race One of the keys for Arnold will be finding the right lineup to give his team the best chance of success when it comes to achieving its No. 1 goal — winning a Hawkeye 10 Conference championship.

“We’re going to have to do a lot of experiments and a lot of mixing and matching,” Arnold said. “Those older girls know very few of them have the same roles they’ve had in the past. It’s going to be a whole lot different this year.”

The Panthers have finished in the top three of the Hawkeye 10 each of the past four seasons, placing second in 2012 and third each of the past three years.

Defending champion Glenwood will likely be the favorite this year, with a strong senior class. Harlan and Denison-Schleswig are filled with young talent and will challenge.

“Our overall program goal is to win a conference title,”

Arnold said. “We’ve been in the top three the past four years. We’re looking to get over the hump.”

Roster (* — returning letterwinners) Seniors — Jessica Beatty*, Taylor Briley*, Amber Castillo*, Jami Sickels*, Josie Sickels*.

Juniors — Hannah Hood*, Lexie Little*, Kristy Powers*, Rachel Shepherd*, Cammy Rutherford.

Sophomores — Danielle Castillo*, Kiersten Latham*, Cayla Maitlen*, Breanna Wallace*, Faith Wilson*, Stephanie Hemsworth.

Freshmen — Brielle Baker, Emma Berning, Saige Rice, Jesse Vicker, Alayna Wagner.

Managers — Billie Fogle, Shelby Huntsman.

Schedule March 26 — at Graceland University Indoor Meet, 10 a.m.

March 29 — at Hawkeye 10 Conference Southern Division Meet (Glenwood), 4:30 p.m.

March 31 — at Clarke (JV only), 5 p.m.

April 5 — at Clarinda, 4:30 p.m.

April 7 — at Red Oak, 5 p.m.

April 11 — Lady Panther Relays, 5 p.m.

April 12 — at Lewis Central, 4 p.m.

April 14 — at Glenwood, 5 p.m.

April 19 — at Dallas CenterGrimes, 4:45 p.m.

April 21 — at Carroll Co-ed Meet, 4:30 p.m.

April 26 — at Chariton, 5 p.m.

April 28 — at Carlisle, 4:45 p.m.

April 28-30 — at Drake Relays May 2 — at Atlantic Co-ed Meet, 5 p.m.

May 5 — at Hawkeye 10 Conference Meet (Clarinda), 4:30 p.m.

May 12 — at State Qualifying Meet (TBD), 4 p.m.

May 19-21 — at Co-ed State Track Meet (Des Moines)

Fishing report SOUTHWEST Three Mile Lake Channel Catfish - Slow: Channel catfish of all sizes have been caught using cut bait fished along shallow mudflats or bays.

Lake Icaria The dock at the main boat ramp is installed. Channel Catfish - Fair: Channel catfish of all sizes have been caught using cut bait fished along windblown shallow flats and bays.

Little River Watershed Lake Channel Catfish - Fair: Channel catfish of all sizes have been caught using cut bait fished near

windblown shallow bays and flats. Walleye - Slow: Walleyes up to 20 inches have been caught using minnows fished near the roadbed or along rock fields and piles.

Green Valley Lake Largemouth Bass - Fair: Largemouth bass up to 18 inches have been caught using crankbaits fished near cedar tree brush piles.

Water temperature in most Mount Ayr district lakes is approximately 47 degrees. For more information, please call 641-464-3108.

Greenfield Lake Greenfield Lake is a good spot to try some early spring catfishing and crappie fishing.

Black Crappie - Fair: Crappies can be caught along the dam and around jetties on warm days during early spring. Fish will average 9 inches. Channel Catfish - No Report: Greenfield is a good lake for early spring catfishing. Cast shad sides or cut bait around jetties to catch fish averaging 2 pounds.

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Roll call being takenthe withchampion the following Oregon was Council members present: Wintermute, of theWilson, first Carroll, NCAA TournaKoets, Madison, White and Nielsen. ment in 1939, but hasn’t been Mayor Lybarger requested that Item #1 - "Resolution to Final accept bid and since. approve back to the Four contract for the fencing project at the CreThe Ducks advanced to theto ston Municipal Airport," be deleted due lack of having contract in-hand.

Elite Eight for the first time Motion was made and seconded to apsince 2007 and the third prove the agenda as amended.

Alltime voted aye. Motion carried. since 2002.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-

prove the consent agenda, which included approval of minutes of March 1, 2016, regular meeting; claims of $161,451.13 and fund transfers of $15,000.00; liquor license renewal for The Windrow. All voted aye. Motion carried.

During Public Forum, Wayne Pantini, Union County Development Corporation, spoke in favor of Council approving a contract with Iowa State University for a hotel-motel feasibility/market analysis study to be funded from the Hotel-Motel Fund. He feels the study will show there is a demand for more hotels in the area. The study itself can be good for as long as seven years, but usually two to three years, and depending upon the hotel-motel company, there are possibilities of being reimbursed the cost of the study. There is also opportunity for an additional retail analysis to be added to the hotel-motel study for an additional $2,000 - $3,000 funding, it is a prime time to do it, and the UCDA may be interested in assisting the City with this if they choose to have it done.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve a purchase and lease agreement for a 2017 International Dump Truck with Snow Plow and Sander for $109,116.00 for the Street Department to be paid from the FY '17 Budget. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve a contract with Earth Services & Abatement for $4,154.00 for asbestos removal on a house located at 908 W. Adair Street. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve a contract with Iowa State University for a Hotel-Motel Feasibility/Market Analysis Study to be funded from the Hotel-Motel Fund. Koets, Wilson, Carroll, White, Nielsen and Wintermute voted aye.

Madison voted nay. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve a contract with LE Construction for $39,014.00 for the Creston City Hall - Exterior Openings Rehabilitation Project. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve rezoning 301 - 311 North Cherry Street from I-1 Light Industrial to C-1 Commercial based on recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve Supplemental Agreement No. 3 - Bid and Construction Phase Services Adams Street Bridge over McKinley Lake Project with Calhoun-Burns and Associates, Inc. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

Jon Conzett and Lowell Miller, Calhoun-Burns and Associates, Inc., discussed the upcoming timeline of the Adams Street Bridge over McKinley Lake Project with Council to determine which option they want to utilize in getting the project completed. On May 17, 2016, the Iowa DOT will let the bid. In mid-to-late June, a contractor will be under contract, at which time the City and Calhoun-Burns and Associates are not allowed to speak to the contractor until the contract is executed. By July 1, 2016, Sonntag Development is to have their sanitary sewer relocated. July 25, 2016, RAGBRAI will be in town. August 8, 2016, would be the earliest the lake would be lowered and ready for the contractor. November 15, 2016, is the normal winter shut-down period for contractors.

The following options were presented to Council Option 1 - Optimize Flexibility Would require approach roadway work within lake to be completed in fall 2016; remainder of work can start fall 2016 or spring 2017; gives contractor "free winter time"; would be up to the contractor if the road is closed in winter months; would likely be the longest construction schedule; provides the most flexibility for contractor, more potential bidders and more competition.

Option 2 - Keep Road Open in Winter Would require approach roadway work within lake to be completed in fall 2016; remainder of work can start fall 2016 or spring 2017 - contractor's option; eliminates "free winter time," contractor can work in winter but is charged working days; specifies the road has to be open in winter (December 1 to March 1); provides flexibility to contractor.

Option 3 - Maximize Construction in 2016 Contractor is required to start August 8, 2016 and remain on site, road closed; eliminates "free winter time," contractor is required to work in winter and is charged working days; working days are suspended when weather conditions warrant - 1) minimum ambient temperature to place bridge deck, and 2) approach pavement cannot be placed against frozen ground; road remains closed during winter months; construction is completed in spring 2017; potentially, the Office of Contracts could not allow this option; Risks involved: fewer bidders, potential of bids being significantly over cost opinion, possible bid rejection, and construction begins in 2017.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve Option 1, optimizing flexibility for the contractor. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to set the date for a Public Hearing on April 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. for the McKinley Lake Water Quality Improvement Project - Phase I. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

Under Other, it was determined that Council needs to hold a Special Meeting in order to set a Public Hearing to be held on April 5, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. Most Council Members stated they would be available for a Special Meeting on March 22, 2016, at 5:15 p.m.

Motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted aye. Council adjourned at 7:15 p.m.

Gary Lybarger, Mayor Attest: Lisa Williamson, City Clerk These are a condensed version of the proceedings of the regular meeting of the Creston City Council. Copies of the complete version may be obtained at the Clerk's office during normal office hours.

FUND REPORT FOR CLAIM PERIOD ENDING MARCH 15, 2016: CLAIMS, BY VENDOR: ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES INC SERVICE........................................ 761.96 AGRILAND FS INC SUPPLIES .................................. 7,952.55 AGRIVISION EQUIPMENT GROUP SUPPLIES.................................... 1,092.99 AHLERS & COONEY, P.C. SERVICE........................................ 228.38 ALLIANT ENERGY-INT PWR&LGH SERVICE.......................................... 67.27 ARAMARK UNIFORM & CAREER A SERVICE........................................ 161.45 ARROW ENERGY, INC. SUPPLIES................................. 20,056.92 BIERLE, DOUG REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 BRISTOW, JIM REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 BRUCE, MIKE REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00

minimum ambient temperature to place bridge deck, and 2) approach pavement cannot be placed against frozen ground; road remains closed during winter months; construction is completed in spring 2017; potentially, the Office of Contracts could not allow this option; Risks involved: fewer bidders, potential of bids being significantly over cost opinion, possible bid rejection, and construction begins in 2017.

A resolution was offered and seconded to approve Option 1, optimizing flexibility for the contractor. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and seconded to set the date for a Public Hearing on April 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. for the CDTImproveLake Times Water Quality McKinley All ment Project - Phase I. All voted aye. ResEAST REGIONAL olution passed.

Under was determined At Other, Wellsit Fargo Centerthat Council needs to hold a Special Meeting Philadelphia in order to set a Public Hearing to be held on AprilRegional 5, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. Most CounSemifinals cil Members stated they would be availMarch able for aFriday, Special Meeting on 25 March 22, 2016, at 5:15 p.m.

Wisconsin (22-12) vs.

Motion was made and seconded Noto adCouncil journDame the meeting.

All voted aye. p.m. tre (23-11), 6:27 adjourned at 7:15 p.m.

North Carolina Gary Lybarger, Mayor (30-6) vs.

Clerk Attest: Lisa Williamson, Indiana (27-7), 8:57Cityp.m.

These are a condensed version of the Regional proceedings of the Championship regular meeting of the Creston City Council. Copies of the comSunday, March 27at the plete version may be obtained office hours.

Clerk's office during normal Semifinal winners FUND REPORT FOR CLAIM PERIOD SOUTH ENDING MARCH REGIONAL 15, 2016: CLAIMS, BY VENDOR: At KFC YUM! Center ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES INC SERVICE........................................

Louisville, Ky. 761.96 AGRILAND FS INC Regional Semifinals SUPPLIES ..................................

7,952.55 AGRIVISION EQUIPMENT GROUP Thursday, March 24 SUPPLIES.................................... 1,092.99 Villanova 92, Miami 69 AHLERS & COONEY, P.C. SERVICE........................................ 228.38 Kansas 79, Maryland 63 PWR&LGH ALLIANT ENERGY-INT SERVICE.......................................... 67.27 ARAMARK UNIFORM & CAREER A SERVICE........................................ 161.45 ARROW ENERGY, INC. SUPPLIES................................. 20,056.92 BIERLE, DOUG REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 BRISTOW, JIM REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 BRUCE, MIKE REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 CARPENTER UNIFORM CO & SUPPLIES....................................... 534.91 CENTRAL PLAINS ELECTRIC SERVICE.......................................... 66.32 CHAT MOBILITY SERVICE.......................................... 22.66 CLAPSADDLE-GARBER ASSOCIAT SERVICE..................................... 3,284.10 CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP SUPPLIES....................................... 446.49 COPY SYSTEMS INC SERVICE.......................................... 29.91 CRESTON CHAMBER OF COMMERC SERVICE..................................... 2,500.00 CRESTON CITY WATER WORKS SERVICE.......................................... 15.55 CRESTON MOTOR SUPPLY INC SUPPLIES....................................... 588.67 CRESTON PUBLISHING CO SERVICE........................................ 932.60 CRESTON RAGBRAI COMMITTEE SERVICE..................................... 5,000.00 CRESTON VET CLINIC PC SERVICE........................................ 685.81 D J GONGOL & ASSOC INC SUPPLIES....................................... 345.15 DISH SERVICE.......................................... 47.78 ED M FELD EQUIP CO INC SUPPLIES....................................... 135.50 ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING CO SUPPLIES.................................... 2,832.50 ENERGYFICIENT SYSTEMS SUPPLIES....................................... 270.00 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ASS SERVICE........................................ 283.71 FARM & HOME SUPPLY INC SUPPLIES....................................... 147.69 FARM POWER INC SUPPLIES.................................... 1,167.59 *FARNER-BOCKEN COMPANY SUPPLIES.................................... 3,080.29 FASTENAL SUPPLIES....................................... 105.14 FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES SERVICE........................................ 252.00 GALE CENGAGE LEARNING SUPPLIES....................................... 948.22 GREATER REG MEDICAL CNTR SERVICE........................................ 200.00 GREENFIELD VET CLINIC PC SERVICE.......................................... 20.50 GRIMES ASPHALT & PAVING CO SUPPLIES.................................... 1,944.72 HAYS, JOHN REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 HEARTLAND TIRE & AUTO SERVICE.......................................... 79.45 HILLTOP VETERINARY CLINIC SERVICE........................................ 188.00 HUFF, MARK REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 HYDRO-KLEAN SERVICE................................... 21,103.72 IAWEA REGION IV SERVICE.......................................... 59.00 INGRAM SUPPLIES....................................... 608.34 INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES INC SERVICE........................................ 400.00 IOWA CODIFICATION INC SERVICE.......................................... 79.00 IOWA FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPAN SERVICE........................................ 522.55 IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES SERVICE.......................................... 60.00 IOWA MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFF SERVICE........................................ 125.00 JACKSON, TODD REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 JAMES LAW OFFICE, P.C. SERVICE........................................ 590.00 JENSEN, TONY REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 JOHNSTON, JACK REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 K & J HARDWARE INC SUPPLIES........................................... 7.58 *KABEL SERVICE.......................................... 50.00 KENYON & NIELSEN PC-ATTYS SERVICE........................................ 760.00 KRANTZ, KYLE REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 KRUSE, KEVIN REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS IN SUPPLIES......................................... 63.00 LEON J DOROTHY SERVICE........................................ 432.00 LYNCH DALLAS, PC SERVICE........................................ 691.68 MICKAEL, SANDRA REIMBURSEMENT.......................... 5.00 NEWTON OVERHEAD DOORS SERVICE........................................ 489.86 O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL I SUPPLIES........................................... 8.00 OFFICE MACHINES SUPPLIES....................................... 348.06 PAYROLL, GROSS INCLUDING BENEFITS 3/11/16....................................... 97,367.37 PELKEY, PAULA REIMBURSEMENT........................ 40.00 PETTY CASH AIRPORT...............43.77 PETTY CASH LIBRARY............101.63 PETTY CASH POLICE..................26.00 PITNEY BOWES RESERVE ACCOU SUPPLIES....................................... 500.00 PRAIRIE SOLID WASTE AGENCY SERVICE..................................... 9,880.50 SCHILDBERG CONSTRUCTION CO SUPPLIES.................................... 8,117.40 SICOG SERVICE..................................... 2,968.84 *SISCO (2) SERVICE..................................... 2,763.06 SOUTHERN HILLS VET SVC INC SERVICE........................................ 499.55 STREICHER'S SUPPLIES....................................... 189.97 SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY, INC SERVICE........................................ 111.99 SUPREME CLEANERS SERVICE.......................................... 46.75 THUNDER ROADS MAGAZINE OF SERVICE........................................ 400.00 UNION CO PUBLIC FUNDING CO SERVICE..................................... 9,500.00 UPPER CRUST CULINARY CREAT SUPPLIES....................................... 300.00 UPS SERVICE.......................................... 13.89 VER MEER, PAUL REIMBURSEMENT........................ 60.00 WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE................................... 40,234.17 WEST AVIATION INC PER FBO CONTRACT.............. 2,009.25 WILLIAMSON, LISA REIMBURSEMENT........................ 56.16 WOLFE, JASON REIMBURSEMENT...................... 108.63 TOTAL...................................$258,818.50 *MANUAL CHECKS/DEBITS CLAIMS, BY FUND: GENERAL FUND...................169,892.62 ROAD USE TAX.......................33,760.35 PAYROLL TAX BENEFIT.........7,878.78 FIRE/POLICE RETIREMENT.. .8,136.82 RESTRICTED GIFTS-

MICKAEL, SANDRA REIMBURSEMENT.......................... 5.00 NEWTON OVERHEAD DOORS SERVICE........................................ 489.86 O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL I SUPPLIES........................................... 8.00 OFFICE MACHINES SUPPLIES....................................... 348.06 PAYROLL, GROSS INCLUDING BENEFITS 3/11/16....................................... 97,367.37 PELKEY, PAULA REIMBURSEMENT........................ 40.00 PETTY CASH AIRPORT...............43.77 PETTY CASH LIBRARY............101.63 PETTY CASH POLICE..................26.00 PITNEY BOWES RESERVE ACCOU Regional Championship SUPPLIES.......................................

500.00 AGENCY PRAIRIE SOLID WASTE Saturday, March 26 SERVICE..................................... 9,880.50 CO SCHILDBERG VillanovaCONSTRUCTION (32-5) vs. KanSUPPLIES.................................... 8,117.40 sas (33-4), 7:49 p.m.

SICOG SERVICE.....................................

2,968.84 MIDWEST REGIONAL *SISCO (2) At The United Center SERVICE.....................................

2,763.06 SOUTHERN HILLS VET SVC INC Chicago SERVICE........................................ 499.55 STREICHER'S Regional Semifinals SUPPLIES....................................... 189.97 Friday, MarchINC 25 SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY, SERVICE........................................

111.99 Virginia (28-7) vs.

Iowa SUPREME CLEANERS State (23-11), 6:10 p.m. 46.75 SERVICE..........................................

THUNDER ROADS MAGAZINE OF Syracuse (21-13) vs. GonSERVICE........................................

400.00 UNION(28-7), CO PUBLIC zaga 8:40FUNDING p.m. CO SERVICE..................................... 9,500.00 Regional Championship CRUST CULINARY CREAT UPPER SUPPLIES.......................................

Sunday, March 27300.00 UPS SERVICE..........................................

Semifinal winners 13.89 VER MEER, PAUL WEST REGIONAL60.00 REIMBURSEMENT........................

WASTE MANAGEMENT At The Honda Center SERVICE................................... 40,234.17 Anaheim, WEST AVIATION INC Calif.

PER FBO CONTRACT.............. 2,009.25 Regional WILLIAMSON, LISASemifinals REIMBURSEMENT........................ 56.16 WOLFE, JASON REIMBURSEMENT...................... 108.63 TOTAL...................................$258,818.50 *MANUAL CHECKS/DEBITS CLAIMS, BY FUND: GENERAL FUND...................169,892.62 ROAD USE TAX.......................33,760.35 PAYROLL TAX BENEFIT.........7,878.78 FIRE/POLICE RETIREMENT.. .8,136.82 RESTRICTED GIFTSMCKNLY PARK.........................3,844.28 RESTRICTED GIFTSLIBRARY........................................166.71 SEWER OPERATING FUND..........................................33,629.75 ANIMAL SHELTER * AGENCY FUND..........................1,509.19 TOTAL...................................$258,818.50

Contract Documents. Bid forms, plans and specifications may be obtained from Garden & Associates, Ltd., P.O. Box 451, 1701 3rd Avenue East, Suite 1, Oskaloosa, IA 52577 upon deposit of $50.00. A refund of $50.00 for plans and specifications will be made to those returning them in good condition within fourteen (14) days after the date of award. Plans and Specifications will also be on file for viewing at the Southwestern Community College Library at Southwestern Community College, Creston Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, Iowa 50801.

Public Hearing on Proposed Contract Documents and Estimated Costs for Improvement. A public hearing will be held Thursday, MarchCollege 24 on

by Southwestern Community the proposed contract documents (plans, Oklahoma 77, Texas specifications and form of contract) and estimated63 cost for the improvement at its A&M meeting at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, April Oregon 82,Business DukeOffice, 68 South12, 2016, at the western Community College, Creston Regional Championship Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, CreSaturday, March 26 ston, Iowa 50801.

Preference of Products and Labor. PrefOklahoma (28-7) vs. Oreconerence shall be given to domestic struction materials by the contractor, subgon (31-6), 5:09 p.m. contractors, materialmen, and suppliers in FINAL FOUR performance of the contract and, further, by virtueAt of statutory authority, preference NRG Stadium will be given to products and provisions grown and coalHouston produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the Semifinals extent National lawfully required under Iowa statutes. Saturday, April 2 Bidder Status. In accordance with Iowa South champion vs.beWest statutes, a resident bidder shall allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidchampion der from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives requires East champion vs.or Midany preference to bidders from that state west champion or foreign country, including but not limited toNational any preference to bidders, the impoChampionship sition of any type of labor force preferApril 4 ence, or Monday, any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that Semifinal winners state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident.

General Nature of Improvement. The work generally consists of the following: Clearing and Grubbing - 20.1 Unit; Excavation, Class 10-1,866 CY; Subgrade Preparation - 7,200 SY; Granular Subbase, modified subbase - 7,200 SY; Compaction Testing - 1 LS; Trench Compaction Testing - 1 LS; Storm Sewer Collector Line, Trenched, HPDE or PVC, 6" - 148 LF; Storm Sewer, Trenched, HDPE or PVC, 8" - 313 LF; Storm Sewer, Trenched, HDPE or PVC, 12" - 71 LF; Subdrain, Perforated, PE, 4" - 2,010 LF; Subdrain Outlets and Connections, CMP, 6" - 11 EA; Building Downspout Connections - 8 EA; Manhole, Type SW-401, 48" Dia. - 2 EA; Intake, Type SW-501, Single Grate 2 EA; Intake, Type SW-511 - 1 EA; PCC Pavement, 7" Thick - 6,355 SY; PCC Pavement Samples and Testing - 1 LS; PCC Sidewalk, 6" - 500 SY; Pavement Removal - 6,915 SY; Granular Shoulder, 7" Thick - 53 TON; Conventional Seeding, Fertilizing, and Mulching - 0.75 AC; SWPPP, Preparation - 1 LS; SWPPP, Management - 1 LS; SWPPP, Inspection 10 EA; Silt Fence, Installation - 900 LF; Silt Fence, Removal of Sediment - 900 LF; Silt Fence, Removal of Device - 900 LF; Mobilization - 1 LS; Painted Pavement Markings, Solvent/Waterborne 74.4 STA; Painted Symbols and Legends 5 EA; Traffic Control - 1 LS Building materials, supplies, and equipment incorporated into said improvement are exempt from Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance sales tax and any applicable local option sales tax and school infrastructure local option sales tax pursuant to Iowa Code Sections: 423.3 and 423.45 and Iowa Administrative Code 701-17.33.

Bidder shall not include payment of Iowa sales tax in Bid. "Jurisdiction" will provide Purchasing Agent Authorization Letter and Designated Exempt Entity Iowa Construction Sales Tax Exemption Certificate. Contractor will coordinate sales tax exempt purchases with subcontractors and material and equipment suppliers. Contractor will maintain records identifying the materials purchased sales tax exempt and will maintain records verifying the use of said materials on said improvement.

Payment to the Contractor for said improvements will be made in monthly estimates and one final payment. Monthly estimates will be equivalent to ninety-five percent (95%) of the contract value of the work completed during the preceding calendar month. Such monthly payment will in no way be construed as an act of acceptance for any part of the work partially or totally.

Final payment to the Contractor will be made no earlier than thirty (30) days from and after final acceptance of the work by the "Jurisdiction". Before final payment is made, the Contractor shall file with the "Jurisdiction" lien waivers from material suppliers and/or subcontractors showing that they were paid in full for materials supplied and/or work performed on the project.

Liquidated damages in the amount of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per working day will be assessed for each day that the work shall remain uncompleted after the end of the contract period.

Successful Bidder will be required to furnish Performance, Payment and Maintenance Bond acceptable to the College on the form provided in the specifications in amounts equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price.

Award of the contract will be to the lowest responsible bidder submitting the lowest acceptable bid.

Southwestern Community College hereby reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities and irregularities and to enter into such contract as it may deem to be for the best interest of Southwestern Community College.

This Notice is given by authority of The Board of Trustees of Southwestern Community College, Creston, Iowa.

Ken Rech Board President ATTEST: Mary Jo Skarda, Board Secretary This Notice published in the Creston News Advertiser

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2016. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Frederick, to adjourn meeting at 8:10pm. Motion carried unanimously.

Next regular meeting will be: April 4, 2016, at 6:15 pm - 2016-17 Budget Public Hearing; 6:30pm - 2016-17 School Calendar Public hearing; 6:45pm - Regular Board Meeting.

Eldon Ray, Board President Creston News Advertiser | Friday, March 25, 2016 Board Secretary Julie Frederick, MARCH BOARD MEETING INVOICES 2016 GENERAL FEBRUARY 2016 Access Systems Copier Lease...................................$827.32 County Landfill ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Adair Elgin Cook had 16 points Garbage Removal.............................$20.00 Agriland FS rebounds for the — The Oregon Ducks took and nine Fuel...............................................$1,185.24 a double-digit lead early in top-seeded Agrivision Equip Ducks (31-6), Oil........................................................$5.48 the second half against the who will meet Oklahoma on Ahlers Cooney, P.C. defending national champi- Saturday.

The second-seedLegal Services.................................$234.00 Alliant Energy ons, and they never flinched ed Sooners routed Texas Utilities..............................................$87.23 Anderson77-63.

Erickson down the stretch.

A&M Milk ................................................$868.00 After taking down mighty Boehlke, AfterMartha a season-long rise Mileage............................................$209.90 Duke with remarkably lit- in the Pacific Northwest, City of Orient Electricity and Water...................$4,399.75 tle drama, these high-flying the Pac-12 champion Ducks Continuum Energy Ducks are on the brink of the emphatically arrived on the Utilities.........................................$4,096.33 Corkrean, Chris Final Four. national stage with a strong Mileage..............................................$68.25 Dillon Brooks scored 22 second-half Co to beat the Creston Publishingrally Advertisin........................................$137.90 points and Oregon advanced Blue Devils (25-11) for the Department of Education Bus Inspections...............................$200.00 with an 82-68 victory over first time in school history.

Echo group the Blue Devils on Thurs- Lights.................................................$56.70 “I think we don’t have a Fareway day night in the West Re- history of being a basketGroceries...........................................$37.46 gion semifinal of the NCAA ball but I think we Shelly Forster,school, Mileage............................................$409.50 Tournament. did some great things this Graceland University Writers conference............................$35.00 Grantham Sanitation Trash Removal................................$350.00 Green Hills AEA Printing..............................................$30.00 Green Valley Pest Control Pest Control.......................................$71.00 Hall of Pride Admission for field trip....................$21.00 Hillyard Orient-Macksburg Community School Supplies...........................................$452.14 District HyVee Board of Directors Regular Meeting Groceries...........................................$46.87 March 14, 2016 - 6:30pm Board of Education of Orient-Macks- ICN burg Community School District met in Phone & Internet...............................$11.57 regular session at 6:30pm, Monday, ISFIS, Inc March 14, 2016, in Superintendent's Of- Budget Workshop...........................$225.00 fice. Members present were Wendi Es- IXL Learning linger, Tricia Gardner and Eldon Ray. Site License.....................................$742.00 Also present were Superintendent Clark Kramer's Café Wicks, Principal Teresa Thompson, Secre- Field trip treat....................................$22.00 tary Julie Frederick, Shelley Bakerink, Martin Brothers Food for Kitchen..........................$3,477.71 Martha Boehlke and Laura Stearns.

President Ray called meeting to order at Meyer Laboratory Kitchen Supplies.............................$264.48 6:30pm.

Motion by Gardner, second by Es- NAPA linger, to approve Agenda with following Oils/Lubes.........................................$81.21 amendments: Change Item H to read "Set Orient Express Date for Public Hearing on 2016-17 Fuel..................................................$291.98 School Calendar" instead of "School Cal- Postmaster endar 2016-17" and also add Item K: Postage...............................................$98.00 "Personnel - Approval of Contract". Mo- Quill Office Supplies.................................$34.98 tion carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Gard- Scholastic Book Fairs ner, to approve minutes of regular Board Books from Book fair.....................$636.97 of Directors meeting of February 8, 2016, SIRWA Sewer...............................................$330.50 as written. Motion carried unanimously.

Ryan Frederick entered meeting at SWCC Tuition........................................$18,363.60 6:33pm Motion by Eslinger, second by Gard- TASC ner, to approve Invoices, Summary of Flex Plan..........................................$132.91 Bills and Financial Reports. Motion car- Teresa Thompson Snacks for Iowa Accessments..........$88.70 ried unanimously.

The Paper Corporation Jana Scott entered meeting at 6:50pm.

Copy Paper......................................$959.20 Action Items: Motion by Gardner, second by Es- True Value linger, to approve following open enroll- Supplies.............................................$12.57 ments meeting deadline criteria: 1 open Verizon enrollment in from Creston, 2 open enroll- Phone...................................................$9.03 ments out to Creston, 1 open enrollment VonAhsen, Chrystal out to Nodaway Valley and 1 open enroll- Mileage..............................................$86.94 ment out to Winterset. Motion carried Visa NAEYC & Nurse Supplies.............$666.18 unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Scott, to Walmart approve O-M students to continue sharing PK & Art Supplies..........................$261.43 of high school classes with Creston CSD Wignall, Jeff Gas for Dr Ed Car.............................$23.00 in 2016-17. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Freder- Windstream ick, to set district's Budget Hearing for Phone...............................................$162.44 April 4, 2016, at 6:15pm in the Superin- Winterset Madisonian tendent's Office. Motion carried unani- Subscription......................................$44.50 Zelmer Culligan mously.

Motion by Frederick, second by Es- Soft Water.........................................$63.00 linger, to approve following resignations: PERL Mary Brown as 2nd grade teacher; Drew Visa Dornack as Assistant Baseball Coach; Sporting Equipment........................$221.31 Katie Geidel as Head Volleyball Coach PPEL and Cindy Waddingham as Paraeducator. Acess Systems Copier Lease...................................$827.33 Motion carried unanimously.

Action on approvel of English Lan- Excel Mechanical guage Learner Plan has been tabled until Install Water Lines......................$3,211.00 next regular meeting when it will be com- School Tech Supply Technology Supplies......................$409.90 pleted.

Motion by Frederick, second by Gard- Sales Tax ner, to approve Shared Personnel Agree- Akin ments for 2016-17 as follows: Sharing by Improvements...................................$74.44 O-M to Diagonal Chrystal Von Ahsen, Burger Plumbing and Heating Music Teacher, at 40% time; Sharing by Repairs...............................................$90.00 O-M to East Union Martha Boehlke, Fam- Byers Lock ily Consumer Science Teacher, at 50% Repairs..........................................$1,778.80 time; sharing by O-M to Lenox Shelly Chestnut Signs Forster, Art Teacher, at 50% time; Sharing Final Payment for Sign.............$11,513.82 from Lenox to O-M Detra Harle, Guidance Excel Mechanical Co Counselor Services, at 20% time. Motion Repairs..........................................$1,900.00 Fastenal carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Gard- Repairs...............................................$95.67 ner, to approve contracts of Drew Dornack Heartland Tire & Auto as head Baseball Coach and Nick Ray as Repairs...............................................$75.00 Assistant Baseball Coach. Motion carried Hillyard Equipment.........................................$61.41 unanimously.

Superintendent Wicks distributed 2016- Hoglund Bus & Truck Co 17 School Calendar to the board. The cal- Repairs.............................................$491.88 endar has been reviewed by the Lead L C Clinic Team, Administration and Athletic Direc- Shelving unit...................................$200.00 tor, and on motion duly made by Eslinger, Quality Glass second by Frederick, set Public Hearing Repairs.............................................$147.17 for 2016-17 School Calendar for Monday, Wilson Electric April 4, at 6:30pm. Motion carried unani- Improvements..............................$6,983.28 FEBRUARY Clearing Account mously.

Motion by Frederick, second by Scott, Corkrean, Steve to approve first reading of Board Policies (03) Official 02/12/2016..................$85.00 412.3-413.2, 413.3-414.2, 409-409.4, Fareway 414.3-414.3E4, 414.3R1-414.5 and 414.6- (54) Concessions supplies..............$145.77 414.9 as written and waive second read- Fields, Dan (03) Official 02/12/2016..................$85.00 ing. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Frederick, second by Gard- Gioffredi, Terry ner, to approve Early Retirement Applica- (03) Official 02/04/2016..................$90.00 tion of Mary Brown in the amount of 85% IGHSAU of her current salary or $42,096.25 which (03) Regional BB............................$858.00 is funded by Management Fund. Motion IHSSA (41) District Speech........................$144.00 carried unanimously.

Motion by Frederick, second by Es- Jacobus, Larry linger, to approve contract of LaDonna (03) Official 02/01/2016..................$85.00 David as Associate effective March 14, Jostens (53) Graducation outfits.................$270.00 2016. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Eslinger, second by Freder- Jostens ick, to adjourn meeting at 8:10pm. Mo- (02) Deposit on Yearbooks.........$2,000.00 Kerns, Dan tion carried unanimously.

Next regular meeting will be: April 4, (03) Official 02/01/2016..................$85.00 2016, at 6:15 pm - 2016-17 Budget Public McCone Foods Hearing; 6:30pm - 2016-17 School Calen- (26) Popcorn for FFA.....................$162.00 dar Public hearing; 6:45pm - Regular Orient Express (54) Concessions supplies................$35.55 Board Meeting.

Peterson, Mark Eldon Ray, Board President (03) Official 02/12/2016..................$85.00 Julie Frederick, Board Secretary Smith, Tim MARCH BOARD MEETING (03) Official 02/01/2016..................$85.00 INVOICES 2016 Smith, Tim GENERAL (03) Official 02/04/2016..................$90.00 FEBRUARY 2016 Twin Cedars Access Systems Copier Lease...................................$827.32 (41) Speech Registration..................$32.00 Twin Cedars Adair County Landfill Garbage Removal.............................$20.00 (41) Speech Registration..................$20.00 Visa Agriland FS Fuel...............................................$1,185.24 (41) Hats for fundraiser..................$224.47 Visa Agrivision Equip Oil........................................................$5.48 (41) (54) Scripts/shirts/Misc..........$544.14 Walmart Ahlers Cooney, P.C. Legal Services.................................$234.00 (03)(54)(55) Misc Supplies............$198.32 Wilson, Jim Alliant Energy Utilities..............................................$87.23 (03) Official 02/04/2016..................$90.00 Anderson Erickson REGULAR MEETING OF THE Milk ................................................$868.00 CRESTON CITY COUNCIL Boehlke, Martha MARCH 15, 2016 Mileage............................................$209.90 The Creston City Council met in regular City of Orient Electricity and Water...................$4,399.75 session at 6:00 o'clock p.m. on the above date in the Council Chambers of the City Continuum Energy Utilities.........................................$4,096.33 Hall Complex with Mayor Lybarger presiding.

Corkrean, Chris Roll call being taken with the following Mileage..............................................$68.25 Council members present: Wintermute, Creston Publishing Co Advertisin........................................$137.90 Koets, Wilson, Carroll, Madison, White and Nielsen.

Department of Education Mayor Lybarger requested that Item #1 Bus Inspections...............................$200.00 - "Resolution to accept bid and approve Echo group Lights.................................................$56.70 contract for the fencing project at the Creston Municipal Airport," be deleted due to Fareway Groceries...........................................$37.46 lack of having contract in-hand.

Motion was made and seconded to apForster, Shelly Mileage............................................$409.50 prove the agenda as amended. All voted aye. Motion carried.

Graceland University Motion was made and seconded to apWriters conference............................$35.00 prove the consent agenda, which included Grantham Sanitation approval of minutes of March 1, 2016, Trash Removal................................$350.00 regular meeting; claims of $161,451.13 Green Hills AEA Printing..............................................$30.00 and fund transfers of $15,000.00; liquor license renewal for The Windrow. All votGreen Valley Pest Control Pest Control.......................................$71.00 ed aye. Motion carried.

During Public Forum, Wayne Pantini, Hall of Pride Admission for field trip....................$21.00 Union County Development Corporation, spoke in favor of Council approving a Hillyard Supplies...........................................$452.14 contract with Iowa State University for a hotel-motel feasibility/market analysis HyVee

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NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING Governmental Body: Creston City Council Date of Meeting: April 5, 2016 Time of Meeting: 6:00 o'clock p.m.

Place of Meeting: City Council Chambers 116 W. Adams Street Creston, Iowa 50801 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above mentioned governmental body is meeting at the time and place listed above for the following purpose.

The meeting is for the purpose of accepting public comment concerning a conditional amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. __ Public Hearing on the issuance. __ Resolution instituting proceedings to take additional action.

This notice is given at the direction of the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, and local roles of said governmental body.

Lisa Williamson Clerk, City of Creston NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND LETTING 2016 P/IR PROJECT SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE CRESTON, IOWA IDOT PROJECT NO. MAS-882-0(3)-7E-88 Time and Place for Filing Sealed Proposals. Sealed bids for the work comprising the improvements as stated below must be filed before 2:00 P.M. on April 11, 2016, at the Business Office in the Administration Building, Southwestern Community College, Creston Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, Iowa 50801.

Time and Place Sealed Proposals Will be Opened and Considered. Sealed proposals will be opened and bids tabulated at 2:00 P.M. on April 11, 2016, at the Business Office, Southwestern Community College, Creston Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, Iowa 50801, for consideration by Southwestern Community College at its meeting at 5:30 P.M. on April 12, 2016, at the Business Office, Southwestern Community College, Creston Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, Iowa 50801. Southwestern Community College reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Time for Commencement and Completion of Work. Work on the project shall begin on the date specified on the written "Notice to Proceed" and shall be fully completed and ready for final payment within 60 working days. The "Notice to Proceed" for the project can be issued any time after the construction contract has been executed. The Anticipated Start Date for the Phase 1 is May 10, 2016 and Phase 2 is June 27, 2016.

Bid Security. Each bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as security that the successful bidder will enter into a contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety bond, in form acceptable to the College, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of the contract. The bidder s security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instruction to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bank money order drawn on a FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on a FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a bid bond on the form provided in the contract documents with corporate surety satisfactory to the College. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications.

Contract Documents. Bid forms, plans and specifications may be obtained from Garden & Associates, Ltd., P.O. Box 451, 1701 3rd Avenue East, Suite 1, Oskaloosa, IA 52577 upon deposit of $50.00. A refund of $50.00 for plans and specifications will be made to those returning them in good condition within fourteen (14) days after the date of award. Plans and Specifications will also be on file for viewing at the Southwestern Community College Library at Southwestern Community College, Creston Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, Iowa 50801.

Public Hearing on Proposed Contract Documents and Estimated Costs for Improvement. A public hearing will be held

by Southwestern Community College on the proposed contract documents (plans, specifications and form of contract) and estimated cost for the improvement at its meeting at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at the Business Office, Southwestern Community College, Creston Campus, 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, Iowa 50801.

Preference of Products and Labor. Preference shall be given to domestic construction materials by the contractor, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers in performance of the contract and, further, by virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes.

Bidder Status. In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresi-

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF RONALD J. COOPER, Deceased.

Probate No. ESPR015774 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Ronald J. Cooper, Deceased, who died on or about January 31, 2016: You are hereby notified that on March 21, 2016, the last will and testament of Ronald J. Cooper, deceased, bearing date of May 15, 2000 was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Rhonda L. Miller 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 March 10th, 2016 Rhonda L. Miller Executor of the Estate 2227 Eagle Ave Creston, IA 50801 Probate Code Section 304 Todd G. Nielsen ICIS PIN No: AT0005759 Attorney for the Executor Kenyon & Nielsen, P.C., 211 N. Maple Street Creston IA 50801 Date of second publication: April 1, 2016

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Creston News Advertiser | Friday, March 25, 2016

Westphal named MIAA Pitcher of Week again KANSAS CITY, MO. — Central Missouri State righthanded pitcher Ethan Westphal was named the MIAA Co-Pitcher of the Week after his performance in UCM’s 3-0 win over Nebraska-Kearney Saturday.

This is the third conference pitcher of the week award for the junior in the last four weeks.

Central Missouri State photo Westphal was an all-state Central Missouri State’s Ethan Westphal was named the MIAA Co-Pitcher of the Week after his performance in UCM’s high school pitcher at Lenox 3-0 win over Nebraska-Kearney last Saturday. Westphal is a former pitcher for Lenox and Martensdale-St. Marys high and Martensdale-St. Marys. schools and Southwestern Community College.

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Westphal tossed seven shutout innings in the Nebraska-Kearney game for the Mules. He allowed just one infield single in the second inning. He struck out nine batters in the game and walked only two. Only one baserunner reached second base during his seven innings of work.

The transfer from Southwestern Community College is 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA in six appearances and five starts.

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