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Council seeking public’s opinion on parking By SCOTT VICKER
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Mayflower:
Mayflower Heritage Christian School student Lillie Rooks, right, playing the part of a rookie on the Eagles baseball team, takes a swing for a home run during the school’s musical program, “Sermon on the Mound,” Tuesday night at Crest Baptist Church. The school will be performing the program again 6:30 p.m. Friday as part of a dessert theater at Crest Baptist Church. Admission will be $5.
US says North Korean missile test ended in fiery crash SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean missile test ended in failure Wednesday when the rocket spun out of control and plunged into the ocean in a fiery crash, a senior U.S. defense official said. The launch came shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week, raising speculation that it might have been timed to get their attention. The extended-range Scud missile suffered an in-flight failure and fell into the sea off North Ko-
rea’s east coast, according to U.S. imagery and assessments, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the launch publicly. Initial U.S. and South Korean assessments had indicated it was an advanced KN-15 medium-range missile, whose first known test by North Korea was in February. But unlike the KN-15, which uses solid fuel, the missile fired Wednesday used liquid fuel and was fired from a fixed location, rather than a mobile launcher, the offi-
cial said. The South Korean military said the missile was fired from land near the east coast city of Sinpo and flew only about 60 kilometers (40 miles). North Korea is pushing hard to upgrade its weapons systems to cope with what it calls U.S. hostility. Many weapons experts say the North could have a functioning nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the continental U.S. within a few years. North Korea carried out two nuclear tests last year. Ralph Cossa, president
of the Pacific Forum CSIS think tank in Honolulu, said he was expecting North Korea would do something to coincide with the Trump-Xi summit, perhaps conduct a nuclear test. The missile launch may be a precursor, with more to come as the summit starts Thursday, he said. “I’ve joked before that they don’t mind being hated but they definitely hate to be ignored,” Cossa said. Recent satellite imagery shows possible preparations for a test at North KOREA | 2A
Creston City Council recently formed a subcommittee to examine parking on narrow streets in Creston and the safety hazards it creates. Now, that subcommittee is looking for the public’s input on the matter. “There’s been a public safety issue brought up,” said Steve Wintermute, at-large c o u n cilman, during Tuesday’s council meeting. “We’ve v i s i t e d Wintermute with the police chief, fire chief and some ambulance crew representatives about parking, mostly in the older part of town where it’s 26-foot-wide streets. When you get two cars parked (across from each other), it’s very dangerous to try to get a fire truck or ambulance down through there.” The difficult part for council members is coming up with a solution to the problem.
Several ideas have been floated around, including parking on one side of the street only, alternate parking year-round or no parking at all on streets. Starting a pilot program on certain streets to test different ideas has also been discussed. “We’d like to get some input before we make some kind of decision and really upset some people,” Wintermute said. “I just would like to get some people’s input and see if we have any better ideas.” Members of the subcommittee are councilmen Wintermute, Terry Freeman and Ron Higgins. Creston Fire Chief Todd Jackson, Creston Police Chief Paul Ver Meer and two members of the Greater Regional Medical Center ambulance crew have also been involved with the subcommittee. According to Jackson, the biggest issue he’s faced so far has been having to drive slowly down certain streets to make sure his fire truck will clear the parked cars. “I personally, years ago, drove our old ladder truck, which was narrower than our new one, down one of these streets at 3 in the CITY | 2A
Longtime eastern Iowa police chief quits amid criticism FARLEY (AP) — The police chief in the eastern Iowa city of Farley has quit, saying he can’t work “for a city like this.” Chief Rick Wagner says he gave his two-week notice Monday night at the end of a City Council meeting during which he was criticized. A council member requested a performance review of him, expressing concern about a burglary investigation.
On Tuesday Wagner told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald: “I decided I cannot work for a city like this anymore.” He’d been chief for nearly 15 years. Mayor Jay Hefel declined to discuss Wagner’s status but confirmed that Wagner was the only fulltime department member. Dubuque County Sheriff Joe Kennedy says his deputies will continue to handle calls in Farley.
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Performance: Mayflower students, from left, Kelsey Fields, Kaylin Lack, Allyssa Sothman, Halle Pearson, Brianna Fields
and Lillie Rooks, sing during their musical program, “Sermon on the Mound” Tuesday night at Crest Baptist Church. The school will be performing the program again 6:30 p.m. Friday as part of a dessert theater at Crest Baptist Church. Admission will be $5.
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