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Murray Schools held a dedication ceremony Saturday naming athletic facilities after four longtime Mustang coaches. To find out who was honored, see page 10A. >>

Mount Ayr’s 1,600 medley relay team broke a school record Friday at the Drake Relays. To find out where the Raiders placed, see SPORTS page 5A. >>

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Anne-Arky:

Beth (Bailey Hopkins), middle, has a meltdown over her wig being the wrong color, while Gracie (Rachel Wignall) and Tony (Christian Gist) tease her in a scene from one-act play “Anne-Arky,” written by playwright Lindsay Price and directed by Creston High School students Miguel Villegas and Cat Daily, during one-act plays night Friday at the high school.

Distracted driving April was Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

In Creston, cell phone use is the most common cause for distracted driving.

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By BAILEY POOLMAN CNA staff reporter bpoolman@crestonnews.com

You know the moment you’re driving and you receive a text message you just have to read? That’s called distracted driving.

Distracted driving awareness was brought to the forefront in April, but it’s an issue that always occurs.

“Distracted driving can be anything,” said Creston Police Chief Paul Ver Meer.

“In the 21st century, it’s cell phones and texting. It could be a bunch of friends in the car talking and listening to loud music. It could be having a

bad day at work, driving home from work and you’re not paying attention to driving.”

In Cres- Ver Meer ton, distracted driving, the most common being from cell phone use, isn’t as common as the rest of the state.

According to Iowa Department of Transportation statistics, between 2001 and 2014, there have been more than 70 fatalities in Iowa caused by drivers distracted by the use of a phone or other device.

Total crashes and injuries are on the rise for accidents caused by distracted driving.

In 2001, there were 518 total crashes caused by distracted driving. That number shot up to 771 in 2014. Injuries are down from 2001, from 357 to 330 in 2014, but that number increased to a high of 383 in 2009 before dipping.

“We don’t get a ton of them. Do I see some? Yeah.

People talking on their cell phones,” Ver Meer said. “I see adults doing it too. It’s not just kids.”

Iowa law requires minors 17 years old and younger to be parked in order to use a cell phone or other device.

Talking on a cell phone is not illegal for those 18 years old and older. Texting while driving is illegal across the board.

“We haven’t had a major issue with distracted driving,” Ver Meer said. “I mean, if it does become an issue, we can start to enforce it. But, it’s difficult to enforce because most people can text looking up. You look for people driving down the road and they’re looking up. It’s hard to detect. That’s why it’s hard to enforce.

“If there was a fatality accident or serious injury accident, and we suspected cell phone use, we would get a search warrant for their cell phone. But, for minor or property damage accidents, then probably no.”

The fine for texting and driving is $50, plus a $17.50

“Contrary to public opinion, you’re not going to die if you’re not looking at your cell phone every couple of minutes.”

— Paul Ver Meer

Creston police chief

surcharge and $60 in court costs.

Ver Meer suggests drivers put their cell phones in the glove box to prevent them from being distracted.

There are also options on different phones to respond without the use of the owner, such as automatic text return alerts.

“Contrary to public opinion, you’re not going to die if you’re not looking at your cell phone every couple of minutes,” Ver Meer said.

RED OAK (AP) — Sen. Charles Grassley will join a national group in southwest Iowa next week to talk about taxpayer preferences.

The National Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent organization within the Internal Revenue Service, announced it will hold a public forum at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Red Oak. Those who attend will get the chance to discuss how the IRS can better help them comply with their tax obligations.

The forum will be held in the Montgomery County YMCA. Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, will join Grassley and a panel of small business representatives for the fifth forum in a series held in communities across the country.

The forums were created to better understand and reflect taxpayer preferences in a plan that outlines how the IRS will operate in the future.

Iowa drunken driving deaths up but license revocations fall DES MOINES (AP) — The number of drunken driving deaths on Iowa roads has increased, but driver’s license revocations are down.

The Des Moines Register reports there were 123 drunken driving deaths last year. That’s up from 110 the year before and 114 in 2012.

Last year, 13,938 driver’s licenses were revoked for drunken driving in the state. That number has been steadily declining. In 2014, 14,515 licenses were revoked and in 2012, 17,708 licenses were taken.

The issue was highlighted by a deadly crash in March on Interstate 80 near Waukee when an intoxicated driver going the wrong way slammed into a Des Moines police vehicle at 102 miles an hour. The driver, two Des

Moines police officers and a prisoner all died.

“We’re hoping that (the accident) serves as a wakeup call,” said Patrick Hoye, bureau chief of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau.

“The current culture has to change. We’re losing too many lives on Iowa highways to impairment.”

Officials with the state Transportation Department and law enforcement say the decline is a result of having fewer officers on the road because of budget cuts. Also, more people may be getting rides home after drinking.

“We’re hoping that fewer people are driving drunk,” Hoye said. But, he added, “a lot of departments have told us they don’t have the same LICENSE | 2A

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Pitching it: Kailyn White, 6, of Creston gets pitching advice from coaching veteran Mike Linch during the Southern Prairie YMCA’s pitch, hit and run event Saturday at the Y. The pitch, hit and run event was part of the Y’s healthiest kids event held from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Y’s gym and pool.

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Literary luncheon: Connie Purdum, left, and Vanita Moberg listen to Iowa author Judy

Lindgren Johnson talk about her experience writing and publishing her debut novel “Crazy Jake’s Treasure” during the annual Creston Ladies Literary Circle luncheon Friday at Crestmoor Golf Club.

Gibson Memorial Library Director David Hargrove also spoke about the new library plan. Friday marked the literary circle’s 125th anniversary, the oldest literature organization in Union County.

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INSIDE Deaths

Tina Long Fontanelle

Tina Eileen Long, 51, of Fontanelle died Friday, April 29, 2016, at Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield.

Funeral services were 11 a.m. Monday, May 2, at Steen Funeral Home, 101 SE Fourth St., in Greenfield. Visitation with family present was from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 1, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Tina Long memorial fund to be established by the family. Online condolences may be left at www.steenfunerals.com.

Tina Eileen Long, daughter of Orval and Katie (Gaa) Auten, was born Oct. 25, 1964, in Maryville, Missouri.

Tina grew up and was raised in Earlham, Guthrie Center and Audubon. In 1986, she

moved to the Pocahontas area and then to Winterset in 1993.

On April 29, 1994, she married Dan Long in Adel.

They made their home in Greenfield in 2003 and then moved to Fontanelle in 2011.

She had worked for Ferrara Candy in Creston.

Tina is survived by her husband Dan Long and daughter Breanna of Fontanelle; daughter JoAnna Naig of Fort Dodge; three grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Orval (Stephanie) Auten of Creston, Harold (Shelli) Auten of Villisca, Julie (Roy) Foley of Winterset, Roger (Janet) Auten of Creston, Lisa (Scott) Kyle of Winterset and Donna (Tax) McFarland of Winterset; other relatives and friends.

Tina was preceded in death by her parents and brother Michael Auten.

Russell Ambrose

May 1, 2016, at Corning Nursing and Rehab Center in Corning.

Services are pending at Kent Powers Funeral Home, juncRussell ‘Pete’ Ambrose, tion of highways 34 and 25, 87, of Kent died Sunday, in Creston.

Thelma Jones

and Rehab Center in Winterset.

Winterset Services are pending at Thelma Jones, 89, of Win- Powers Funeral Home, juncterset, formerly of Corning, tion of highways 34 and 25, died Saturday, April 30, in Creston.

2016, at West Bridge Care

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amount of officers they used to. If there’s less officers out there, that probably means fewer tickets are being written.”

Mary Roche’s husband died 23 years ago in a crash with a drunken driver.

Roche said she thinks public attitudes about drunken

driving need to change.

“Somehow we believe we have the right to drive if we’re impaired,” said Roche, of Waterloo. “People minimize the effects of their impairment — they think, ‘I’m not drunk, I can handle it.’

No, you can’t.”

Later this month, Iowa officials will meet to draft recommendations about what more should be done to deter driving intoxicated.

CIA director says unverified material in secret 9/11 pages WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Brennan says a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 contains preliminary information about possible Saudi links to the attackers that hadn’t been corroborated or checked out at the time.

The Obama administration may soon release part of the material.

Brennan tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” there were “concerns about sensitive source of methods, investigative actions” and notes the

Sept. 11 investigation still was underway.

Brennan says the 9/11 Commission followed up on the preliminary information in the 28 pages and made “a very clear judgment” there was no evidence indicating “the Saudi government as an institution or Saudi officials individually” financially backed al-Qaida.

He’s concerned some might seize on “uncorroborated, unvetted information” and cite Saudi involvement, and says that would be “very, very inaccurate.”

St. Malachy School to hold spring concert Wednesday The music department at St. Malachy will present its spring concert “Let’s Celebrate America” 7:00 p.m. Wednesday in the performing arts auditorium at Creston High School.

The concert will include vocal and instrument performance that feature traditional patriotic music

and American folk songs, as well as contemporary American music that celebrates our heritage and country.

There is no admission charge for this concert. Personal care items such as shampoo, toothpaste, etc., will be collected to be donated to shelters.

US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria GENEVA (AP) — Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome.

At stake are thousands of lives and the fate of a feeble peace process essential to the fight against the Islamic State group, and Secretary of State John Kerry has appealed once more to his Russian counterpart for assistance in containing and reducing the violence, particularly around city of Aleppo.

“We are talking directly to the Russians, even now,” Kerry said on his arrival in Geneva as he began talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. “The hope is we can make some progress, but the UN Sec u r i t y Council Resolution calls for a full country, c o u n t r y - Kerry wide, cessation and also for all of the country to be accessible to humanitarian assistance. Obviously that hasn’t happened and isn’t happening.”

“These are critical hours. We look for Russia’s cooperation. We obviously look for the regime to listen to Russia and to respond to the international communities’ powerful statement to the UN Security Council.”

Kerry spoke at length on Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

to that end, and had been hoping to meet with Lavrov soon, according to U.S. officials.

In Geneva, Kerry met with Judeh and was to meet U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel alJubeir on Monday before returning to Washington.

But Lavrov was not expected to be in Geneva, complicating Kerry’s efforts to make the case directly to the Russians for more pressure on their Syrian government allies to stop or at least limit attacks in Aleppo.

The State Department said Kerry, in his meetings, would “review ongoing efforts to reaffirm the cessation of hostilities nationwide in Syria, obtain the full humanitarian access to which the Syrian government committed and support a political transition.”

Specific, viable options to achieve those broad goals are limited, and Friday’s announcement of a new, partial cease-fire that does not include Aleppo underscored the difficulty Kerry faced.

U.S. and other officials described that initiative, brokered mainly by Russia and the United States as co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group, as a “reinforcement” of the February truce, now largely in tatters, that they hope to extend from Damascus and the capital’s suburbs and the coastal province of Latakia to other areas.

“This is an agreement within the task force, but certainly on the part of the

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LA PORTE, Ind. (AP) — Facing a make-or-break moment for his slumping campaign, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was blitzing through Indiana on Monday in a desperate bid to overtake Donald Trump in the state’s primary and keep his own White House hopes alive.

A victory for Trump in Indiana on Tuesday would be a dispiriting blow for Cruz and other forces trying to stop the front-runner, leaving them with few opportunities to block his path. Trump is the only candidate in the race who can reach the 1,237 delegates needed for the GOP nomination through regular voting, though Cruz is trying to push the race toward a contested convention.

“This whole long, wild ride of an election has all culminated with the entire country with its eyes fixed on the state of Indiana,” Cruz said Cruz Sunday at a late night rally. “The people of

this great state, I believe the country is depending on you to pull us back from the brink.”

Several hundred people came to see him Monday at Bravo Cafe in Osceola, where he predicted a close finish in the primary and said: “We need every single vote.”

“You’re the perfect man for the job,” a man told him as diners consumed coffee and eggs. “God bless you,” Cruz said, gripping his hand.

Cruz was holding five events across Indiana on Monday. Trump was holding a pair of rallies in the state, though he was already confidently looking past Cruz and setting his sights on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Trump made clear Monday that he would keep up his accusation that Clinton is playing gender politics: “We’re making a list of the many, many times where it’s all about her being a woman.”

“I haven’t started on Hillary yet,” he told CNN, although actually he’s been trashing her record for quite some time.

For her part, Clinton told thousands at an NAACP

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U.S. and Russia that there would be a reinforcement of the cessation of hostilities in these specific areas as a start, with the expectation that this ... would be then extended elsewhere,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.

Syria’s military extended a unilateral cease-fire around the capital for another 24 hours on Sunday, and relative calm set in across much of the country after days of heavy fighting concentrated in Aleppo.

For that city, the U.S. is considering drawing up with the Russians a detailed map that would lay out “safe zones.” Civilians and members of moderate opposition groups covered by the truce could find shelter from persistent attacks by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s military, which claims to be targeting terrorists.

One U.S. official said “hard lines” would delineate specific areas and neighborhoods. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

It was not immediately clear whether Russia would accept such a plan or if Moscow could persuade the Assad government to respect the prospective zones. Some U.S. officials are skeptical of the chances for success, but also note that it is worth a try to at least reduce the violence that has wracked Aleppo for the past week, with hundreds killed and thousands wounded.

Kerry discussed the de-

teriorating situation in calls over the past days with de Mistura and the head of a Syrian opposition negotiating committee. “We are working on specific initiatives to de-escalate the increased fighting and defuse tensions and hope to make tangible progress on such initiatives soon,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

For the administration, Friday’s announcement about the partial ceasefire is largely a means to measure the commitment of the warring parties to the concept of a truce that could lead to serious peace talks.

“It’s a test for the Russians and for the regime, as well as for the Syrian opposition,” Toner said.

The administration’s problem is that the Russians, the Assad government and the opposition backed by the U.S. and its partners have all failed that test in the past.

In particular, the administration has been routinely disappointed that Russia has not lived up to pledges that U.S. officials think it has made. From the start of the conflict, the administration has sought numerous times for Moscow to use its influence with Damascus to bring about an end to the violence and to advance a political transition. At each turn, those hopes have been dashed with Russia continuing, and even increasing, its support for Assad.

U.S. officials concede there is little to suggest that will change.

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dinner in Detroit on Sunday that President Barack Obama’s legacy can’t be allowed to “fall into Donald Trump’s hands” and be consumed by “these voices of hatred.” She cited Trump’s “insidious” part in the birther movement that questioned Obama’s citizenship.

Clinton’s campaign announced Monday that she had raised $26 million in April.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has vowed to stay in the Democratic race, though he acknowledged Sunday that he faces an “uphill climb.” His only path rests on a long-shot strategy of winning over superdelegates, the elected officials, lobbyists and other party insiders who are free to back either candidate.

Trump can’t win enough delegates Tuesday to clinch the Republican nomination.

But after his wins in five states last week, Trump no longer needs to win a majority of the remaining delegates in coming races to lock up the GOP nomination.

The importance of Indiana for Cruz became evident even before he and fellow un-

derdog John Kasich formed an alliance of sorts, with the Ohio governor agreeing to pull his advertising money from Indiana in exchange for Cruz doing the same in Oregon and New Mexico.

But that strategy, which appeared to unravel even as it was announced, can’t help either man with the tens of thousands of Indiana voters who had already cast ballots: Early voting began in Indiana three weeks before they hatched their plan.

It also risks alienating those who have yet to vote, said veteran Indiana Republican pollster Christine Matthews. She said she believes many have continued to vote for Kasich in Indianapolis and in the wealthy suburbs north of the city.

“Indiana voters don’t like the idea of a political pact, or being told how to vote,” Matthews said.

Trump went after Cruz on Sunday, suggesting evangelical conservatives have “fallen out of love with him” and mocked his decision to announce former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his running mate.

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Driver’s license

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.

Monday

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

AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6:30

to 9:30 p.m., Mount Ayr American Legion, walk-ons welcome.

Crest Area Theatre, 7 p.m. general membership meeting, Southwestern Community College Performing Arts Center Green Room.

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

Tuesday

Retired Greater Community Hospital employees coffee, 9:30 a.m., Hy-Vee. Creston Kiwanis Club, noon, The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St. Achievers Club, noon potluck, First Christian Church.

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. Creston City Council, 6 p.m., Council Chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Creston Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave. P.E.O. Chapter AZ, 7 p.m., hostess Dora Coen and co-hostess Vaughn Seckington.

American Legion, 7 p.m., American Legion Post Home, 119 N. Walnut 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.

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For the record Mount Ayr City Council, 6 p.m. Monday, 200 S. Taylor St., Mount Ayr. Agenda includes: Public forum; consider change order No. 2 to contract agreement with C.L. Carroll Co., Inc.; consider application for partial payment No. 9 – 2015 street improvements; consider agreement between SIRWA And the City of Mount Ayr for metering modifications; consider David Cunning’s request to acquire the alley between his properties along Hwy 2; consider resolution approving summer pool staff and pay schedule per park board recommendation; discuss RAGBRAI – outdoor liquor restrictions and allowances; second reading – RAGBRAI ordinance; consider new application for beer permit/outdoor service – Joe Murphy’s Skelly Station; consider engine brakes ordinance; consider maternity leave policy; discuss plans for street improvement work; superintendent report; approve claims.

—————— Creston City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chambers, city hall, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: Public forum; new business: public hearing to receive public comment concerning amendment of the current budget for FY ending June 30, resolution to approve amending the current budget of the City of Creston for FY ending June 30, public hearing to receive public comment to consider $875,000 general obligation refunding capital loan notes 2016A, resolution to approve consideration of $875,000 general obligation refunding capital loan notes 2016A, public hearing to receive public comment regarding an easement request to place a fence in city right-of-way at 605 S. Pine, resolution to approve easement request to place a fence in city right-of-way at 605 S. Pine, resolution to approve replacement of sidewalk on the east side of Sumner Avenue from Fremont Street north through

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the pedestrian tunnel, resolution to approve amending engineering agreement with Walker Coen Lorentzen Architects, Inc. for the restored Depot exterior opening restoration project, resolution to approve funding request by 10,000 Crestonians 4th of July Committee for $5,500 to be paid from the hotel-motel fund to help with expenses of the event held July 1-4, resolution to accept USDA grant in the amount of $16,500 on behalf of the police department, resolution to set dates for bid letting on May 31 and public hearing 6 p.m.

June 7 for the replace runway 16/34 VASIs (with PAPIs) and REILs, Creston Municipal Airport project, resolution to approve hiring an equipment operator I for the street department, appointment with Jim Garrett, Iowa State Legislative director of SMART-Transportation Division (UTU) - possible action, nuisance appeal hearing - Jack and Denise Willis for property located at 627 New York Ave., appointment with Fire Chief Todd Jackson rental housing regulations; other; work session - appointment with Veenstra and Kimm to discuss waste work concerns, permit, contributor agreements.

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TEMPE, Ariz. – Ben Burkhead and Sarah Adams of Tempe, Arizona, are parents of a son born April 17, 2016.

Emmett Henry was 20 1/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Vanissa and Randy Spencer of Creston, Clay Adams, Jo Weis and Randy Burkhead.

Great-grandparents are Bill and Joyce Burkhead, Linda Hamilton, Sherri Evans, Richard and Carol Adams and Donald and Anna Weis.

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Creston News Advertiser | Monday, May 2, 2016

The case of the unfit pillows Dear Readers: Today’s SOUND OFF comes from a reader who is not too happy with the sizes of her pillowcases.

She wrote: “Pillowcases are too narrow to get a bed pillow in! I’ve been fighting them for years.

“They were never this narrow when I was growing up. Every set of sheets I have has pillowcases that don’t easily fit any of my pillows without being a frustrating battle.” – Kay H., Palmdale, Calif.

Kay, maybe the bigger problem here is that the pillows nowadays are thicker and fluffier than when we were growing up. If so, then maybe manufacturers need to rethink pillowcase sizes because of this fact. – Heloise FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Here are some other uses for muffin tins: 1. Make large ice cubes for punch bowls.

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Castillo 29th, Klocke 14th in Drake Relays hurdles

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Home runs at Fenway Park by Alex Rodriguez, tying Joe DiMaggio for 5th as a visitor.

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA managing editor svicker@crestonnews.com Rodriguez

National Digest

Heat roll MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade took a moment before tipoff Sunday to reflect on all that his Miami Heat endured this season.

They lost Chris Bosh at the All-Star break to a blood clot for a second consecutive year, forcing them to significantly change their style of play. They handled injuries, saw assistant coach Keith Smart deal with cancer treatment that took him away from the team and reshaped their roster in free-agent deals and trades.

Wade said it all made the team stronger, and how right he was. Goran Dragic scored 25 points in his first Game 7, Gerald Green added 16 and the Heat ousted the Charlotte Hornets with an emphatic 106-73 victory.

Miami won two elimination games to take the series 4-3, and will open the Eastern Conference semifinals at Toronto on Tuesday night. The Raptors beat visiting Indiana 89-84 in Game 7 on Sunday night.

Thompson shines OAKLAND, Calif.

(AP) — From the opening tip, Klay Thompson shot lights-out and even heaved one in from way out in Stephen Curry territory.

Draymond Green began yapping from the start while doing his thing to make plays every which way, calling on his teammates to bring an edge on defense.

With Curry sidelined because of a sprained right knee, Green and Thompson took charge again. Their supporting cast came through in the clutch, too.

Thompson scored 37 points in another brilliant performance as his fellow “Splash Brother” watched injured, and the Golden State Warriors dominated once more without their MVP to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-106 Sunday in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals.

Green posted his second career postseason triple-double with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for the defending champions.

Thompson hit seven more 3-pointers to become the first player in NBA history to make at least seven 3s in three straight playoff games.

Sale 6-0 BALTIMORE (AP) — Even when he’s not at his best, Chris Sale is usually good enough to carry the Chicago White Sox to victory.

Such was the case Sunday, when the lefthander grinded through an up-and-down outing.

Sale took a shutout into the sixth inning, Brett Lawrie homered for the third straight day and the White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 for a split of the fourgame series.

Off to the best start of his career, Sale (6-0) allowed one run, five hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings.

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Creston News Advertiser | Monday, May 2, 2016

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Mount Ayr senior Trevor Anderson races down the backstretch at the Drake Relays on Friday, running the 400-meter leg on Mount Ayr’s distance medley relay. Anderson, along with teammates Jacob Taylor, Cal Daughton and Kyle Dolecheck, finished 14th out of 24 teams in a school-record time of 3:35.75.

Raider relay runs school record

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA managing editor svicker@crestonnews.com

DES MOINES — Mount Ayr had to fight just to get its distance medley relay team into last weekend’s Drake Relays field.

The Raiders brought that fight to the blue oval Friday and improved 10 spots from their qualifying position, breaking a school record in the process.

Mount Ayr tied for the 24th and final qualifying spot and initially lost the tiebreaker for the final position. After reviewing times, head coach Brad Elliott discovered Ankeny’s time inputted into Quikstats was incorrectly marked as FAT-timed instead of handtimed, which would add .24 seconds to the time.

With the mistake adding .24 seconds to Ankeny’s time, the two teams were no longer in a tie for the final qualifying spot and Drake granted Mount Ayr the final spot.

The Raiders entered Friday’s race 24th, but finished

the day as the 14th best medley team in the state of Iowa thanks to a blistering 3:35.75 that broke the school record of 3:36.15 set by the 2014 state championship medley team.

“It feels great. I don’t have a school record yet. This is the first one,” senior Trevor Anderson said. “Feels good to have our name up there for a bit.”

Jacob Taylor and Cal Daughton ran the 200-meter legs for the Raiders, with Anderson running the 400 and two-time Class 1A defending state champion Kyle Dolecheck handling the 800-meter duties.

Taylor ran a 22.8 split out of the blocks and pulled a w a y from the field from his spot in lane eight. But Taylor a bobbled handoff nearly cost the Raiders.

Taylor and Daughton struggled to make the con-

nection on the handoff, but finally made the exchange within the zone and Daughton raced off to a 23.5 split.

Anderson ran 51.8 on Daughton the 400, before Dolecheck brought it home in 1:56.0.

“We got put in a really good position,” Mount Ayr head coach Brad Elliott said.

“Fantastic opening leg. Just a little bit of a mix-up with the hand at the exchange.

They were able to get that exchange through the zone.

Cal recovered from that and ran a nice leg to keep position for Trevor.”

Dolecheck took the baton in a battle for fifth place and got out well, running a 55-second opening lap. He was able to outkick Sioux City West’s Jeremy Hill down the stretch, as both teams finished in 3:35.75, RELAY | 7A

Castillo ran 16.77 for 29th place during Friday morning’s Drake Relays prelims.

“I hadn’t ran a good hurdle race all the way through since Carroll,” she said. “I haven’t really practiced, so it’s just been really hard to get faster with three-stepping, just because I haven’t had that much practice. I just need to get back into the rhythm of three-stepping quickly. It’s been awhile since I’ve been fresh to run a hurdle race hard.”

Castillo said having her steps get thrown off Thursday night added some nerves for Friday’s race.

Still, the experience of competing at the Drake Relays was a memorable one for the Panther senior.

“It was cool just to be around really fast people,” she said. “The atmosphere is really cool because you know everyone there is watching and you can tell everybody is really excited and proud to be there.”

DES MOINES — Creston senior Amber Castillo and Southwest Valley senior Tony Klocke each made their Drake Relays debuts Friday morning in prelims of the high school hurdles races.

Castillo finished 29th in the 100 meter hurdles, while Klocke improved on his qualifying seed for 14th in the 110 meter high hurdles.

Castillo, who qualified with a time of 15.87 at Carroll on April 21, entered as the No. 28 seed out of 32 qualifiers.

The Panther senior ran at the Drake Relays just one night after competing at Carlisle, where her steps got thrown off during her hurdles race.

“We were testing out to see if I could do two 200s before the hurdles, so I had three events in a row, pretty much,” Castillo said. “It kind Klocke 14th of killed my legs and messed Klocke, the Southwest me up mentally. Just practic- Valley senior, was coming ing on going through 10 hur- off a different experience dles tired is something I need to do.”

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CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Creston senior Amber Castillo (left) clears a hurdle during the 100 meter hurdle prelims Friday morning at the Drake Relays. Castillo finished 29th in the event with her time of 16.77 seconds.

Panther offense ignites Panther tennis splits with Clarke in 7-2 home win

By LARRY PETERSON Buxton and Abbie Cook key seniors from last season also scored for the Panthers, now 2-6.

Rose Aubry and Lindsey White were credited with goals for Riverside, now 0-8, although the second goal was technically an “own goal” that bounced off a Creston player into the net past goalkeeper Leah Schuler, who had six saves in the victory.

While Riverside is trying to overcome the loss of some

and multiple injuries, Creston coach Kim Lauffer was still pleased with her team’s Creston’s girls soccer execution on the field. team had a breakout night “Their coach said they Friday in a 7-2 home victory are down to 15 players total over Oakland Riverside. right now and that makes it Shelby Palser had two pretty tough,” Lauffer said. goals and three assists and “I thought our girls came Grace Root added a pair out really working to use of goals and two assists as their passing triangles,which the Panther offense had a is something we’ve been season-high production in working on for weeks. We the net. Becca Ross, Taylor worked to control the ball and pass it quickly. In most of our goal situations, that’s how we worked the ball up.

I was really pleased to see that kind of execution.”

Ross put Creston on the board early in the first half with an assist by Palser.

Buxton assisted Palser’s goal about five minutes later, and Root dribbled through Riverside defenders to give the Root Panthers a 3-0 lead with 14 minutes left in the first half.

Riverside scored four minutes later, but Buxton handled a pass from Root for a goal to give the Panthers a 4-1 advantage at halftime.

After the ball bounced off a Creston player into the Contributed photo by BRANDON ROBERTSON Shelby Palser of Creston takes a shot at the goal during Panther net to close it to 4-2 CNA senior sports writer lpeterson@crestonnews.com

the Panthers’ 7-2 victory over Oakland Riverside Friday.

Palser finished with two goals and three assists.

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day at Osceola Clarke, while the Clarke boys swept the doubles competition to earn a 6-3 victory over the Panthers

By LARRY PETERSON at the Southwestern CommuCNA senior sports writer nity College courts. lpeterson@crestonnews.com The Panther girls (6-1 overall) prevailed in the only two The Creston/O-M girls close matches in Osceola, as posted their fourth 9-0 shutout victory of the season FriTENNIS | 8A

n Boys suffer first loss after 3-3 singles play

Contributed photo by BRANDON ROBERTSON

Ryan Kucera of Creston/O-M returns a serve from Clarke’s Reed Morris during their No. 1 singles match Friday at the SWCC courts. Morris won the match, 10-7, to help the Indians post a 6-3 dual meet victory.

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SPORTS

Creston News Advertiser | Monday, May 2, 2016

Panther boys sixth at Red Oak

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA managing editor svicker@crestonnews.com

RED OAK — The Creston boys track team finished sixth with 30 points here Friday at the Tiger Relays.

The highlight of the night for the Panthers came in the 4x100 relay, as the team of Chris Foster, Cody Wagner, Seth Maitlen and Chase Shiltz finished second in a season’s best time.

The Panther quartet ran 46.58 seconds, breaking 47 seconds for the first time all season.

“When we’re running our 4x100 at Red Oak, some of the schools had their No. 1 relays running at Drake,” Creston head coach Pat Schlapia said. “That was our season’s best by a good .6 seconds. Our fastest coming in was 47.10. At 46.58, that was awesome for those boys.

All four legs looked real strong. That was our top relay of the evening.”

Foster tied for third in the high jump, clearing 5-6. The high jump was the only field event contested, as the compe- Foster tition areas for shot put, discus and long jump were all under water.

Senior Nick Walsh finished third in the 800 as the Panthers doubled up in the event with Brody Frain finishing fifth. Walsh Walsh clocked a 2:08.31 and Frain ran 2:15.12.

Walsh and Frain also doubled up in the 400 meter dash with fifth and sixth-place

finishes.

Hawkeye 10 Conference Walsh ran Meet, which begins at 4:30 54.34 and p.m.

Tiger Relays Frain ran Team standings — 1. Council 54.46 in his Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 101, 2.

Glenwood 81, 3. Atlantic 59, 4. first open Treynor 44, 5. Red Oak 41, 6.

400 of the Creston 30, 7. Shenandoah 29, 8. season.

Clarinda 26, 8. Tri-Center 26, 10.

Harlan 16, 11. Clarinda Academy “In the Frain 9.

400 they High jump — 1. Andrew were pretty close to each Foster, Clar, 5-10; 3. Chris Foster, 5-6. other,” Schlapia said. “That Creston, 3,200 meters — 1. Jerry was nice for them to lower Jorgenson, Trey, 10:13.09.

4 x 800 relay — 1. Thomas their times. This was Brody’s Jefferson, 8:31.87. first chance for us to get him Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Red in the open 400 and open Oak, 1:06.62.

100 meters — 1. Hayden Van 800. In the 800, they were Meter, RO, 11.36; 4. Travontay both very competitive. That Wright, Creston, 11.60; 9. Seth Creston, 12.26. was awesome to see those Maitlen, 400 meters — 1. Seth Little, two guys double up for us.” Glen, 53.64; 5. Nick Walsh, Travontay Wright took Creston, 54.34; 6. Brody Frain, 54.46. fourth place in the 100 meter Creston, 4 x 200 relay — 1. Thomas dash with his time of 11.60, Jefferson, 1:37.02; 5. Creston Swank, Cody Wagner, a season’s best. Wright and (Mitchel Chris Foster, Chase Shiltz), Maitlen each ran season’s 1:40.22.

110 high hurdles — 1. Blaine best times in the 200 meter Glen, 15.34. dash in finishing eighth and Clark, 1,600 meters — 1. Jaxson ninth.

Eden, Atl, 4:47.27.

200 meters — 1. Marcus The 4x200 relay team of Mumm, TC, 23.29; 8. Travontay Mitchel Swank, Wagner, Wright, Creston, 24.74; 9. Seth Foster and Shiltz ran 1:40.22 Maitlen, Creston, 24.77.

400 low hurdles — 1. Jeron for fifth place.

Sampson, CBTJ, 57.56.

“It was nice to move up 1,600 medley relay — 1.

3:44.98; 10. Creston place-wise, but with some of Treynor, (Mitchel Swank, Kadon Hulett, the squads maybe not hav- Travontay Wright, Dalten Bierle), ing a full squad, we were ex- 4:24.76.

800 meters — 1. Jaxson pecting we should be able to Eden, Atl, 2:07.03; 3. Nick Walsh, Creston, 2:08.31; 5. Brody Frain, move up,” Schlapia said.

2:15.12.

In junior varsity action, Creston, 4 x 100 relay — 1. Thomas Dalten Bierle finished sec- Jefferson, 45.88; 2. Creston ond in the 400 meter dash (Chris Foster, Cody Wagner, Seth Chase Shiltz), 46.58. and the 4x400 relay team Maitlen, 4 x 400 relay — 1. Thomas of Bierle, Nathan Cox, Ben Jefferson, 3:35.66; 7. Creston Hulett, Cody Wagner, Bargstadt and Travis Purdy (Kadon Brody Frain, Nick Walsh), 3:56.32. finished sixth.

Junior varsity 3,200 meters — 8. Ben Bargstadt cut off 35 secCreston, 13:38.65. onds in his 3,200 meter time. Bargstadt, 100 meters — 10. Cody Tanner, “This was our last varsi- Creston, 13.73; 11. Nathan Creston, 13.78; 13. Devon ty/JV meet. I was glad we Cox, Peterson, Creston, 14.49; 16. were able to get a meet in for Trevor Downing, Creston, 14.60.

400 meters — 2. Dalten Bierle, them,” Schlapia said. “Some 56.30; 11. Travis Purdy, things we need to work on, Creston, Creston, 1:12.16.

1,600 meters — 10. Ben it just didn’t seem like the Creston, 6:19.36. group as a whole was ready Bargstadt, 200 meters — 10. Hank Looney, to compete. With these next Creston, 28.80; 14. Nathan Cox, two meets, we really need to Creston, 30.01.

400 low hurdles — 8. Travis improve ... as a team, I don’t Purdy, Creston, 1:20.44.

4 x 100 relay — 7. Creston think we were as prepared as Bolinger, Zac Hague, we should have been mental- (Colton Hank Looney, Devon Peterson), ly and physically.”

58.49.

4 x 400 relay — 6. Creston Creston travels to ClarBierle, Nathan Cox, Ben inda on Thursday for the (Dalten Bargstadt, Travis Purdy), 4:38.34.

McLeod blows past field to win 110 hurdles at Drake Relays

By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

DES MOINES (AP) — Omar McLeod started his outdoor season as dominant as he was in indoor competition, cruising past a talented field for yet another easy victory.

McLeod, the former Arkansas star who just turned 22 on Monday, won the

110-meter hurdles Saturday at the Drake Relays in a world-leading 13.08 seconds.

McLeod improved to 9-0 in indoor and outdoor races this season, a stretch that includes a world indoor title at 60 meters.

David Oliver was second in 13.31, and Hansel Parchment third in 13.42 in cold and rainy conditions.

Reigning Olympic cham-

pion Aries Merritt, who competed in his first Olympic-style race since receiving a kidney transplant from his sister in September, was fifth in 13.61.

“It says a lot. It says I’m fit, and my training is going great,” McLeod said. “I’m healthy and ready to have fun and take on the year.”

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Madison Frain of Creston is shown with her parents Darrell and Kim during senior day recognition at Nygaard Field for the University of South Dakota softball team Saturday in Vermillion, S.D. The Coyotes were defeated by Summit League leader North Dakota State, 3-0, in the opener pitched by Frain. The Bison also took game two, 8-2. Frain was one of four seniors honored on the Coyotes team. A feature on the conclusion of Frain’s career at South Dakota will appear in an upcoming edition of the News Advertiser.

Panther girls beat Clarinda The Creston/O-M girls golf team battled through temperatures in the 40s and a steady wind to shoot a 193 for a 26-stroke victory over Clarinda Friday.

The meet was rescheduled after being postponed by wet conditions on April 18.

The Panthers claimed the top individual honors as Madison Hance was medalist was 44 and Sophia Groumou- Hance tis was runner-up

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“It was a chilly day for golf, but our girls battled through it,” said Creston/O-M assistant coach Ryan McKim. “Madison putted extremely well tonight with 12 total putts in nine holes. As a whole, we played very well.

Sophia played really well in one of her best rounds of the year!”

The Creston/O-M girls host Red Oak in dual play today at Crestmoor Golf Club, while the boys travel to Red Oak.

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Medalist — Madison Hance, Creston, 44. Runner-up — Sophia Groumoutis, Creston, 48.

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but the edge was given to Dolecheck and the Raiders.

Mount Ayr finished fourth in the first of three heats.

“At the end I was coming up on him, saw he was dying, so that made me push even harder,” Dolecheck said.

“That’s the fastest split I’ve had this year.”

It marked the second time in school history Mount Ayr has qualified to the Drake Relays in the distance medley relay. Both times, it’s ended in a new school record for the Raiders, with the last time coming in Elliott’s senior season.

Elliott said the training is beginning to pay off for his team, with Friday’s race being a prime example of that.

“I’m really liking the way practice is paying off,” he said. “I think the kids are coming along really well.

With the two weeks left, we’ve got some nice things to work with.”

Elliott said the record-breaking performance didn’t come as a surprise to him.

“You know there’s a possibility to run record times,” he said. “We improved ourselves 10 spots from qualifying. I felt confident we could do that. I just thought the boys ran really well. To break a school record from

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Mount Ayr senior Kyle Doelcheck runs on the rail next to Dubuque Wahlert’s Jonathan Schaefer during the 800meter leg of Friday’s distance medley relay at the Drake Relays. Dolecheck ran a 1:56.0 split as Mount Ayr finished 14th in a school-record time of 3:35.75.

a team that was an incredible team in itself and a state champion in 2014, it’s really a testament to this group to come up here and better that mark.”

Mount Ayr seems primed to make a run at another state meet trophy, with Dolecheck holding the top time in Class 1A in the 800 meters and the team having

the top times in Class 1A in the 4x200, 4x400 and distance medley relays. Dolecheck also currently ranks third in Class 1A in the 400 meter dash.

Drake Relays Boys 1,600 medley relay — 1.

Cedar Rapids Prairie, 3:25.94 (Drake Relays record); 14.

Mount Ayr (Jacob Taylor, Cal Daughton, Trevor Anderson, Kyle Dolecheck), 3:35.75.

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early in the second half, Palser scored again for Creston on an assist from Root. Then about 15 minutes into the second half, Root converted a penalty kick to make it 7-2.

Cook used an assist by Palser for the final goal about 10 minutes later.

“Our girls started to realize that when we don’t mess around too long, quickly convert clean passes to each other, that we can play within our formation and be effective,” Lauffer s a i d .

“They’re learning how to Lauffer trust their teammates to play their positions. It was an excellent job of executing our game.”

Contributed photo by BRANDON ROBERTSON The Panthers play Chari- Creston’s Becca Ross and Maddie Travis (right) celebrate ton at home Tuesday at 5 after Ross scored the first goal of the match in Creston’s 7-2 victory over Oakland Riverside Friday. p.m. with JV to follow.

Creston 7, Riverside 2 Creston (7) — Becca Ross (Shelby Palser), 1:00; Palser (Taylor Buxton assist), 6:58; Grace Root, 26:00; Buxton (Root assist), 38:15; Palser (Root assist), 50:11; Root PK, 55:00; Abbie Cook (Palser assist), 65:00. Shots (on goal) — 22 (18 on goal). Individual shots (on goal)— Shelby Palser 9

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(7), Taylor Buxton 3 (3), Grace Root 4 (4), Becca Ross 2 (1), Logan Pettit 1, Abbie Cook 2 (2).

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He had just run a new PR time of 14.75 seconds on Thursday at Griswold leading into Friday morning’s prelims.

While he was unable to match that time, Klocke was pleased with his time of 14.98, which was good enough for 14th place.

“Last night at Griswold I ran an FAT 14.75, so that was my PR, but 14.98 is a good time,” he said. “I’m pleased with it. Could have run a little bit cleaner, but it is what it is.”

Lined up in lane one right next to Audubon’s Mitchell Nelson, Klocke said his goal was to beat Nelson to the first hurdle.

“I was pretty even with him coming across,” Klocke said. “It could have been a cleaner race, but we’ll get through it. It’s not like it’s the end of the world.”

“Tony got off to a slower start than he did last night, but got it going over the last eight hurdles,” Southwest Valley head coach Allen Naugle said. “He ran a great time, 14.98, and finished 14th overall.

“He improved his seeding and placed in the top half. I am very proud of how well he ran and everything he has accomplished so far this year. There were only two faster Class 2A runners today, so we definitely have high hopes for Tony over the last few weeks of the season.”

Klocke has made great strides in the 110 meter high hurdles over the course of his career.

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Southwest Valley senior Tony Klocke leans at the finish line during Friday’s boys 110 meter high hurdles prelims at the Drake Relays. Klocke finished 14th in 14.98 seconds.

As a freshman, Klocke ran 19.27 in the event. He didn’t run the event as a sophomore until late in the year at the Bedford meet, where Naugle allowed his athletes to choose their events.

Klocke chose to run the 110 meter high hurdles and ran 16.69 in the event, which solidified himself in that event for the rest of his career.

“It was crazy. I never thought years ago that I’d even dream about running up here at the Drake Relays,” Klocke said. “But I’ve got a good coach. He’s been helping me through all the steps I need to do.

He pushes me every night

to do the best I can and it takes a lot of effort to get up here, so I’m proud.”

Klocke currently ranks third in the state in Class 2A in the 110 meter high hurdles entering tonight’s Pride of Iowa Conference Meet at Wayne.

“I’m hoping to get a win out of that (POI) and hopefully by state time, I can be looking at top five in 2A, get in the finals and run it,” he said.

Drake Relays Girls 100 meter hurdles — 1. Carly Donahue, Pleasant Valley, 14.38; 29. Amber Castillo, Creston, 16.77.

Boys 110 meter high hurdles — 1.

Josh Wallace, Cedar Rapids Prairie, 14.35; 14. Tony Klocke, Southwest Valley, 14.98.

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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CRESTON CITY COUNCIL APRIL 27, 2016 The Creston City Council met in special session at 12:12 o'clock p.m. on the above date in the Council Chambers of the City Hall Complex with Mayor Lybarger presiding.

Roll call being taken with the following Council members present: Wintermute (via phone), Wilson, Madison and Nielsen. Koets, Carroll and White were absent.

Motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda. All voted aye. Koets, Carroll and White were absent. Motion carried.

Motion was made and seconded to approve a new liquor license for Sidetracked Again. All voted aye. Koets, Carroll and White were absent. Motion carried.

Motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted aye. Koets, Carroll and White were absent. Council adjourned at 12:14 p.m.

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The Panther boys (5-1) CONT. FROM | 5A travel to Red Oak today Sydney Dunphy came out on while the girls will meet on the SWCC courts. Tuesday top of a 9-7 is senior night for the girls battle with against Chariton with the Brittany boys traveling to Chariton.

Beckett at The boys Hawkeye 10 meet No. 4 sinis May 9 at Red Oak. gles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Dunphy Jenna Taylor and Alli Thomsen secured an 8-6 victory over Sydnee Redman and Sydney Sickels.

The rest of the Panther victories were all by scores of 8-2, 8-1 or 8-0 in a dominant performance under less than ideal conditions.

“We were back to cold temperatures tonight,” Panther assistant coach Amanda Plymale. “Our girls had solid play to cruise through singles and doubles.”

The Creston/O-M boys suffered their first defeat of the season by going 0-3 in doubles play after singles competition ended in a 3-3 draw. Head coach Kevin Cooper said it was a learning experience, should the teams meet again in postseason play.

“We knew coming into the dual that Clarke would be the best team we’ve faced all year,” Cooper said. “They are a solid team and very well-coached. I felt like we were in good shape after going 3-3 in singles. What I didn’t anticipate was how poorly we would play in doubles. We were way too impatient and that led to too many unforced errors. We have talked about that since the beginning of the year, but we just weren’t able to be patient enough on Friday night. There is a chance we could face them again in the postseason, so it was good to see what we are up against.

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Iowa for Merritt, who won bronze at the world championships in Beijing last season despite having his kidney functioning at around 15 percent because of a rare genetic disorder he was diagnosed with in 2013.

Merritt had surgery a few days later. But seven weeks later, Merritt had a second surgery to drain a hematoma that was crushing his kidneys.

The second surgery pushed back Merritt’s training schedule — but a run-in with a hurdle was his undoing Saturday.

Merritt tried to make a move after seeing McLeod’s pace, but he knocked his knee into a hurdle and nearly knocked over Oliver.

“My recovery has been pretty good,” said Merritt, the world record-holder at 12.80.

“I’m definitely back to my old self training wise...I’m excited where I am right now.”

Kendra Harrison, the NCAA champion in the women’s 100 hurdles in 2015, held off the last two Drake Relays winners, Jasmin Stowers and Kristi Castlin, to win the 100 hurdles in 12.56.

Castlin was second in 12.62, and Brianna Rollins third in

GIRLS Creston/O-M 9, Clarke 0 Singles — Jenna Taylor (C/OM) def. Sydnee Redman (Clk), 8-2; Alli Thomsen (C/O-M) def.

Sydney Sickels (Clk), 8-0; Caitlin McIlravy (C/O-M) def. Megan Linksens (Clk), 8-0; Sydney Dunphy (C/O-M) def. Britany Beckett (Clk), 9-7; Gracie Russell (C/O-M) def. Sydney Garrett (Clk), 8-1; Ann Waigand (C/O-M) def.

Deseree Stubbe (Clk), 8-2.

Doubles — Taylor-Thomsen (C/O-M) def. Redman-Sickels (Clk), 8-6; McIlravy-Dunphy (C/OM) def. Beckett-Garrett (Clk), 8-1; Russell-Waigand (C/O-M) def.

Linskens-Stubbe (Clk), 8-2.

JV doubles — Megan HaleyMattie Wheeler (C/O-M) def.

Meredyth Olson-Lexy Carson (Clk), 4-1; Chloe Hagle-Macy Evans (C/O-M) def. Olson-Carson (Clk), 4-0; Olson-Carson (Clk) def.

Leah Stow-Sara Williamson (C/OM), 4-1; Madison Callahan-Ashley Bargstadt (C/O-M) def. Lindsey Mumaw-Samantha Belden (Clk), 4-0; Katie Reed-Livi Hartman (C/O-M) def. Mumaw-Belden (Clk), 4-1; Rebecca ColemanKatie Reed (C/O-M) def. MumawBelden (Clk), 4-0.

BOYS Clarke 6, Creston/O-M 3 Singles — Reed Morris (Clk) def. Ryan Kucera (C/O-M), 10-7; William Otto (Clk) def. Jacob Cook (C/O-M), 10-5; Jaden Driskell (C/O-M) def. Taylor Ehrhardt (Clk), 10-4; Johnathan Echeveste (Clk) def. Triston Davidson (C/OM), 10-0; Sam Eagan (C/O-M) def. Nathan McCann (Clk), 10-1; Dustin Merritt (C/O-M) def. Sam Reynoldson (Clk), 10-7.

Doubles — Morris-Ehrhardt (Clk) def. Cook-Driskell (C/O-M), 10-6; Otto-Echeveste (Clk) def.

Kucera-Eagan (C/O-M), 10-6; McCann-Reynoldson (Clk) def.

Davidson-Merritt (C/O-M), 10-1.

JV singles — Dylan Anson (C/O-M) def. Ryan Walters (Clk), 4-3; Zachary Smith (Clk) def. Ethan Anderson (C/O-M), 4-3; Walters (Clk) def. Walker Patterson (C/O-M), 4-1; Zachary Smith (Clk) def. Joey Huntington (C/O-M), 4-0.

JV doubles — Walters-Smith (Clk) def. Anderson-Anson (C/OM), 4-0; Walters-Smith (Clk) def.

Patterson-Huntington (C/O-M), 4-0; Walters-Smith (Clk) def.

Huntington-Kendall Crawford (C/O-M), 10-2.

12.65.

“These girls will be with me all the way to the Olympic Trials, so the more I run against them the more confident I get,” Harrison said.

Meghan Beesley, who the British Indoor Championships in February, won the 400 hurdles in 55.43, two-hundredths of a second faster than Dalilah Muhammad.

It was the first trip to Drake for Beesley, who had spent the last six weeks in Florida training for Rio. “It was a great time in these conditions as well,” Beesley said. “Beating everyone made it even (better) for me.”

Sandi Morris took the women’s pole vault — which along with the women’s high jump was moved indoors because of the rain — at 15 feet, 5 inches.

Levern Spencer won the women’s high jump at 6-4 3/4.

Vashta Cunningham, the 18-year-old daughter of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and a high school senior from Las Vegas, tied for second at 6-0 3/4. Cunningham, who won the recent world indoor meet, competed in just her second meet since turning professional.

Chris Benard took the men’s triple jump in 55-4 1/4 and London Olympics silver medalist Will Claye was fourth at 54-9 1/2.

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Facility dedication: Honorees at Murray’s athletic facility dedication ceremonies Saturday at Murray High School are, from left, Jerry Shields, Danny Jensen, Keith Shields and Jerry Brown. The event was held in the Jerry Brown Gymnasium at Murray High School. Those honored were presented custom plaques from the old gym bleachers that included inscriptions on designs of the Murray facility in their name. The newly-named facilities are the Jerry Shields Middle School Gym, the Danny Jensen Softball Field and the Keith Shields Football Field. A complete report on the ceremony will be published later this week in the Creston News Advertiser and Osceola Sentinel-Tribune.

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Getting ready: Oliver Harris, 3, wades into the swimming pool with Nichole Hanson, both of Creston, during the Southern Prairie YMCA Healthiest Kids event Saturday at the Y. Other events that day included a bean bag toss, bubble ball bowling and pitch, hit and run event.

Gaylin Sudik and Friends quartet coming to Corning Graceland University CORNING – Sounds of the 40s big bands and 50s, 60s, 70s pop and country tunes will fill the Corning Opera House Cultural Center at 7 p.m. Friday, May 6.

Gaylin Sudik and Friends quartet features Gaylin Sudik on saxophone and clarinet, Denis Best on drums and vocals, Steve Charlson on bass and Steve Lawson on keyboard.

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LAMONI – Graceland University student scholars from a variety of academic disciplines were selected to present their research and work to an audience of fellow students, faculty and visitors.

Benjamin Landers of Creston was selected for a poster presentation in science and math titled, “The Synthesis of a Novel Alpha-2 Anesthetic.”

Austin Halls of Murray was selected for an oral presentation in business titled, “Operations Management: Swarm Inn Kaizen.”

The goal of the annual event is to develop a culture of high-quality research, scholarship and creative activities. The showcase is an

opportunity for students and professors to professionally demonstrate their scholarly works for the entire campus to see and enables all schools to see each other’s work in one place. Scholarly works are represented by posters, presentations, demonstrations, senior projects, art shows, musical instrument recitals and more.

The keynote speaker for the 2016 Scholars’ Showcase was Graceland alumnus Roger D. Launius, who is senior curator in the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., where he was division chair from 2003 to 2007. Between 1990 and 2002, he served as chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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