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SWCC’s awards ceremony held Thursday By KELSEY HAUGEN CNA staff reporter khaugen@crestonnews.com
their lives,” said Barb Crittenden, SWCC president. “Many of (the awards) are coming very much from the heart. Some are standard awards, but others are special awards that the individual making the announcement themselves.”
The bleachers were filled with students, family members and friends awaiting the distribution of awards from instructors and staff Crittenden members to deserving students • See photos during Southwestern Community on page 2A College’s (SWCC) awards ceremoand 14A. ny Thursday evening in the Student Center gymnasium. has developed “We wish we could take this opportunity to recognize every one of our students because every student Academic team makes a unique contribution to the Crittenden presented the first institution and will make a unique awards to two members of the 2016 contribution throughout the rest of All-Iowa Academic Team, SWCC
students Blythe Beck and Garrett Abell. “Each year, Southwestern is invited to nominate two students for the All-USA Community College Academic Team, which is sponsored by USA Today, Phi Theta Kappa and the American Association of Community Colleges,” Crittenden said. “These two nominees become members of the All-Iowa Academic Team.” Abell, a 2013 Creston High School graduate, earned his associate of arts degree at SWCC in December 2015 with a major in accounting. At SWCC, he made the president’s list, was named an outstanding student in composition
and was a member of Who’s Who Among Students in Junior Colleges. Abell transferred to Buena Vista University following graduation. Beck, a 2013 Lenox High School graduate, earned her associate of arts degree from SWCC in May 2015 and is currently a student in SWCC’s nursing program. Upon graduation, she plans to transfer to the University of Iowa. She is on the president’s list, received an Alegent One Recognition award and is a recipient of the Mason’s Academic Scholarship. Both students are also members of Beta Eta Nu, SWCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
Perfect 4.0 GPA Beth Kulow, SWCC dean of student services, presented awards to students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA after completing 48 or more credits at SWCC. The students who received this award were Beck, Sabrina Moffitt, Kyle Thaden, Cindy Brayton, Grant Plowman, Haley Weis, Morgan Chapman and Olivia Reifert. Reifert also received several other awards: excellence in leadership in Phi Theta Kappa, scholar athlete with a 3.0 GPA or higher, women’s basketball award and an athletic director-nominated award. AWARDS | 14A
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James Bost murder trial postponed, no new date scheduled Southwestern Community College employees, from left, Kysa Gordon, Denise Kelley, Tom Lesan and Dana Steinbach fill bags with rice, soy, vegetables and vitamins during Meals for the Heartland, part of the college’s Pay it Forward week, on Thursday afternoon. (CNA photos by KELSEY HAUGEN)
MEALS from the HEARTLAND More than 60,000 meals were packaged by volunteers during Meals from the Heartland at Southwestern Community College on Thursday. This is the fourth year the college has hosted the event. ■
ABOVE: Southwestern Community College marketing student Yamira Partida, left, and Mary Hill of Afton fill bags of food during Meals from the Heartland. RIGHT: Homestead Assisted Living Executive Director Gloria Rink and Homestead residents Mary Ann Johnson and Virginia Eblen volunteer by packaging bags of rice and soy during the Meals from the Heartland.
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According to an Adams County Sheriff report, at approximately 11:19 a.m. June 20, Pafford’s mother called 911 after finding Pafford with an apparent bullet wound to the back of his head. A fired 9mm cartridge casing and a bullet that appeared to have come from a Hi-Point handgun were near the body. A June 22 autopsy performed by the associate state medical examiner ruled Pafford’s death a homicide. According to the report, Rubendall and Bost were found in Hiawatha, Kansas, and interviewed as persons of interest. During the interview, Bost said Pafford owed Rubendall $3,000 for drugs. Several items of Pafford’s were found in Rubendall’s residence.
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Creston kindergarteners MaKenna Dresback, front, and Nathan Dowda, back, peer through green homemade binoculars in search of springtime bugs during the kindergarten spring music program Thursday evening at Creston Elementary School. The program, titled “Goin’ Buggy,” included songs about insects.
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CORNING — The first-degree murder trial for James Keith Bost has been postponed, but a date has not been scheduled yet. The trial was originally scheduled to start Tuesday. A hearing to set the new date is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday. Bost, 39, and J o n R u b e n - Bost d a l l , 41, were both separately charged with the class A felony during a Department of Criminal Investigation case involving the homicide of Allen Pafford, 44, who was found dead in his bedroom June 20, 2015, in Nodaway.
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