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A firework explodes in the night sky over McKinley Park in Creston during the July 4, 2016, fireworks display. If Gov. Branstad signs the fireworks bill into law, the sale and purchase of fireworks would be legal in Iowa. But, it would be up to each city and county to determine whether or not the lighting of fireworks would be legal within their jurisdictions.

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Will Creston residents be allowed to legally shoot off fireworks in the future or will the city’s ordinance on fireworks remain the same?

That’s the decision facing Creston City Council if Gov. Terry Branstad signs into law a bill that calls for legalizing the sale of consumer-grade fireworks in Iowa.

The Iowa House and Senate both passed legislation legalizing the sale of fireworks in Iowa. Consumer-grade fireworks include bottle rockets, firecrackers and roman candles.

Current Iowa law only al-

lows the use of snakes, sparklers and caps.

If Gov. Branstad signs the bill into law, the purchase of fireworks would be legal across the state. But, it would be left up to the cities and counties of Iowa to determine if fireworks are legal to use in their jurisdictions.

“It’s on the governor’s desk. I don’t think he’s signed it yet, but it sounds like it’s going to happen,” Creston City Administrator Mike T a y lor said Taylor during

Tuesday’s regular council meeting. “Paul (Ver Meer) and Todd (Jackson) and I have been talking about this for the past three, four months. If he signs it, I think, as early as June things could start to happen, which isn’t very far away.”

Taylor said he expects if the bill is signed into law, vendors would be able to begin selling fireworks June 1.

In future years, he said, sales from permanent structures would be allowed from May 20 to July 6 and from Dec. 10 to Jan. 3.

Regardless of what Creston City Council decides to do with its fire-

works ordinance, the sale of fireworks will be legal in Creston.

However, the council can decide to leave the ordinance as is, leaving the shooting of fireworks illegal within Creston city limits, or change the ordinance to allow the shooting of fireworks.

Currently, shooting fireworks in Creston city limits carries a simple misdemeanor charge.

“Basically, I think the council has two decisions – first, do you want to change the current ordinance and allow fireworks to be shot in town or do you want to leave it the CITY | 12A

DES MOINES (AP) — A state senator serving his first year in office says he’s running for governor.

Nate Boulton announced Thursday that he’ll seek the Democratic nomination in 2018. He’s making a formal Boulton announcement in his hometown of Columbus and will embark on a six-day trip around the state.

He was elected to his first term last November. His

District 16 includes Pleasant Hill and northeast Des Moines.

Boulton told The Des Moines Register that he’d emphasize support for education and worker training to make the state more economically competitive.

He’s joining a crowded Democratic field. Former party chairwoman Andy McGuire announced her candidacy last month and state Rep. Todd Prichard has formed a fundraising committee. Polk County Conservation Director Rich Leopold and party activist Jon Neiderbach also say they’re running.

House pushes health care bill to showdown vote WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans began pushing their prized health care bill through the House Thursday, as the GOP sought a victory for President Donald Trump six weeks after nearly leaving the measure for dead and days after support from GOP moderates seemed to crumble anew.

A wafer-thin margin seemed likely, thanks to opposition expected from

every Democrat and more than a dozen Republicans plus lobbying against the bill by the AARP seniors organization, doctors, hospitals and patients’ groups.

Since it collapsed in March, the measure was revamped to attract most hard-line conservatives and some GOP centrists. In a final tweak, leaders were adding a modest pool of CARE | 2A

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Marking history: Mindy Stalker uses divining rods with the assistance of landowner Bob

Brown at the Mount Pisgah cemetery near Thayer on Thursday afternoon. Stalker is a participant in the Union County Development Association’s High Lakes Leadership Initiative and the Mormon Trail historical site was part of the group’s tour of Union County landmarks Thursday. Brown, historian of the Mormon’s westward trek and settlement at Mount Pisgah in the late 1840s and early 1850s, showed the group how the earth’s magnetic field and effect on the rods indicates locations of burial sites and foundations of cabins used by the Mormon settlers in the area.

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Rollover: Creston Police Chief Paul Ver Meer, center, investigates the scene of a rollover accident that occurred 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, while Creston firefighters clean up the scene. According to a Creston Police report, Emily Rose Marie Donner of Creston was driving a 2008 Chevrolet north on Stone Street and Rae Ann Tucker of Creston was driving a 2013 Dodge east on Mills Street when Tucker failed to yield to Donner. Tucker’s vehicle flipped to the driver’s side and then hit the curb and came to rest on its wheels. There were four children in Tucker’s vehicle who were all treated and released from Greater Regional Medical Center. Tucker was cited for failure to yield to vehicle on right. Damage estimates were $4,000 to Donner’s vehicle and $6,000 to Tucker’s vehicle.

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money to help people with pre-existing medical conditions afford coverage, a concern that caused a near-fatal rebellion among Republicans in recent days.

The Republican drive was aimed at erasing much of President Barack Obama’s health care law. GOP candidates including Trump have made repealing that statute an epitome of their campaign pledges since its enactment in 2010, claiming it’s a failing system that’s leaving people with rising health care costs and less access to care.

“It’s time to live or die by this day,” GOP leaders told the rank and file at an early morning, closed-door meeting to rally support, said Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla. Democrats defended Obama’s law, one of his crowning domestic achievements, for expanding coverage to 20 million Americans and forcing insurers to offer more generous benefits. They said the GOP measure would toss millions off coverage while delivering tax cuts to the wealthy.

“How can you do this to the American people, how can you do this to the people you represent?” asked Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.

The bitter health care battle dominated the Capitol even as Congress prepared to give final approval to a bipartisan $1 trillion measure financing federal agencies through September.

The House passed that legislation Wednesday 309-118, and Senate passage seemed certain as early as Thursday.

That would head off a weekend federal shutdown that both parties preferred to avoid —especially Republicans controlling the White House and Congress.

The health care vote was scheduled after the White House and congressional leaders barraged rank-and-file holdouts with pressure in recent days and claimed they had the votes to prevail.

Just Tuesday, The Associated Press had counted 21 Republicans saying they would oppose the bill — one short of the 22 defections that would kill it if all Democrats voted no. Many others were undecided.

House passage would send the measure to an uncertain fate in the Senate, where some Republicans consider the House measure too harsh.

Polls have shown Obama’s much-maligned law has actually gained in popularity as the debate over a replacement health care program has accelerated.

“House Republicans are going to tattoo this moral monstrosity to their foreheads, and the American people will hold them accountable,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday.

The bill would eliminate tax penalties Obama’s law which has clamped down on people who don’t buy coverage and it erases tax increases

in the Affordable Care Act on higher-earning people and the health industry. It cuts the Medicaid program for low-income people and lets states impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. It transforms Obama’s subsidies for millions buying insurance — largely based on people’s incomes and premium costs — into tax credits that rise with consumers’ ages.

The measure would retain Obama’s requirement that family policies cover grown children until age 26.

But states could get federal waivers freeing insurers from other Obama coverage requirements. With waivers, insurers could charge people with pre-existing illnesses far higher rates than healthy customers, boost prices for older consumers to whatever they wish and ignore the mandate that they cover specified services like pregnancy care.

The bill would block federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year, considered a triumph by many anti-abortion Republicans.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated in March that the GOP bill would end coverage for 24 million people over a decade.

That office also said the bill’s subsidies would be less generous for many, especially lower-earning and older people not yet 65 and qualifying for Medicare.

A CBO estimate for the cost of latest version of their bill will not be ready before the House conducts its vote.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., pulled the plug on a March 24 vote as conservatives opposed the bill for not fully repealing Obama’s law and GOP moderates considered its cuts too severe.

That was a jarring setback for Trump and Ryan. But leaders gradually rebuilt support, nailing down conservatives with provisions establishing the coverage waivers.

Earlier this week, moderates objected that constituents with pre-existing conditions could effectively be denied coverage by insurers charging them exorbitant premiums. At least a dozen of them said Wednesday they would oppose the legislation, including GOP Reps.

Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a moderate leader, Leonard Lance of New Jersey and New York’s Dan Donovan.

But GOP leaders seemed to win over a raft of wavering lawmakers after adding $8 billion over five years for state high-risk pools, aimed at helping seriously ill people pay expensive premiums. That was on top of $130 billion already in the bill for states to help customers, though critics said those amounts were insufficient.

To snuff out a glaring political liability, Republicans planned to approve a second bill. It would delete language in the health care measure entitling members of Congress and their staffs to Obama’s coverage requirements, even if their home states annul them.

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Today is May 4, the 124th day of the year. So, there are 241 days left in 2017. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (May 1-7) in history:

10 years ago The ground opening of Poet Biorefining in Corning was timed perfectly with the state and national goal of increasing ethanol production. The $105 million ethanol production facility planned to hold guided tours, lunch and a flyover by the Vanguard Squadron, the world’s only 100-percent ethanol-powered aerobatic fleet.

Speakers included Sen. Chuck Grassley and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.

Sam Grandfield of Afton was diagnosed with pineoblastoma, a brain tumor, at age 9. He was now 16-years-old and a freshman at East Union and had gone through five surgeries, including three in his skull and two in his chest.

Grandfield was able to visit the nation’s capital as part of Kids with Cancer, and met the president of the United States and was allowed to shoot machine guns, pistols and shotguns in the DEA office.

Storms blew through Union County late May 5, 2007, causing damage throughout Union County.

Roger Nurnberg, emergency management director, said about eight farms were damaged with two or three farms showing tornado activity. Large hail caused havoc in Afton, breaking windows and damaging roofs with 1 3/4-inch hail found. Union County Engineer Scott Nixon closed many county roads due to standing or running water.

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Gabe Frakes wasn’t quite sure what to think of Rosa the miniature horse when she visited I Think I Can Daycare April 30, 2007, during a carnival celebrating Week of the Young Child, while others couldn’t wait to pet her. Rosa was Creston Vet Clinic’s in-house pet and mascot from birth. She had been born with soft hooves, but over time was healthy and had no problems.

20 years ago Creston News Advertiser Lifestyle Editor Rita Miller was awarded first place Iowa Health Care Media Award for daily newspapers during the 68th-annual meeting of the Iowa Hospital Association in Des Moines.

Miller’s winning story featured Randy Roghair as he donated bone marrow at University of Iowa Hospitals. Additional first-place awards were presented to the Business Record newspaper of Des Moines and Mollie Cooney of KCCI TV. Kiwanis President Bob Christensen presented Creston High School’s Fine Arts awards honoring the accomplishments of speech, band and vocal students. The Arion award was presented to Theresa Rooney, the Best Thespian

award was a tie between Anna Spindler and Tiffany Abell and the ACDA vocal awards went to Sara Harris and Jeff Finn. Sherry Wiley of the Creston Boosters Club presented the Friends of the Arts Award to Cheri and Jack Davis recognizing them for accomplishments in volunteering their time and support to the school’s fine arts programs.

50 years ago For the first time, Burlington Railroad employees observed Daylight Saving Time as it came to Iowa and to 44 other states. In 1966, Congress passed and President Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing Daylight Saving Time across the country, although it included a provision that a state could exempt itself by passing a state law, which Arizona and Hawaii did.

It will be in effect until the last Sunday in October.

Firemen Robert Shouse and Lowell Willets fought a fire in a pickup truck owned by Oscar Johnson after Johnson brought the fire to them at the fire station. The fire was in three bales of hay and some cardboard boxes and had been started by hot ashes in a barrel in the truck.

The McCannalloy division plant of Hills-McCanna Company announced plans for an immediate expansion of operations in Creston by adding a major quality aluminum-casting section to its plants. This meant building a 4-bay addition to the west of the present factory building, practically doubling the floor space of the existing factory section and would add 100 to 150 more employees.

Camping season kickoff planned at Green Valley Warming temperatures and other signs of spring have state park staff busy preparing for the start of the 2017 camping season. On Saturday, May 6, state park campgrounds will celebrate the start of the season with a camping kickoff.

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Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., spring luncheon hosted by program committee.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6 to 9 p.m., Tingley, featuring Jimmy Georges’ Band, with a potluck.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 by 12 study, 7 to 8 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

Union Squares, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Creston First United Methodist Church. Call Bob Cooper at 7824403 for more information.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 8 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. Open Mic night, 8 to 9 p.m., Colburn’s Corner Saloon, 119 N. Walnut St.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. CW Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

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. Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boz’s Kitchen in Corning. For more information, call 641-782-4040.

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DES MOINES – Matt and Jaimie Williamson of Grimes are parents of a daughter born April 17, 2017. Ava Linley weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Todd and Suzie Stofferahn and Don and Teresa Williamson, all of Creston.

Great-grandparents are Jack and Cheri Davis of Creston, Lois Stofferahn of Humboldt, South Dakota, Jack and Fran Bakerink of Creston and Jean Williamson of Creston.

The infant will be welcomed home by Emma, 2.

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James Jeffrey Reese, 62, of Bridgewater was charged with trespassing 2 p.m. April 23 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff report, Reese returned to the property of Dennis Lundy in Bridgewater after a previous incident of cutting down a walnut tree.

Reese did not have permission to be on the property.

Reese was cited and released. —————— Matthew Ryan Johnson, 27, of Fontanelle was charged with trespassing 2:20 p.m. April 23 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff report, Johnson returned to the property of Dennis Lundy in Bridgewater after a previous trespassing incident to remove a walnut log from a creek.

Johnson was told not to be on the property previously.

Johnson was cited and released. —————— Andre Lamont Sewell, 46, of Stuart was charged with second-offense domestic abuse assault 3:09 a.m. April 24 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff report, officers were dispatched to an apartment

residence in Stuart regarding a domestic disturbance in progress. Dispatch advised a caller said she witnessed a female and male arguing in the parking lot in front of an apartment. The witness said she saw the male, later identified as Sewell, assault the female by throwing her to the ground. The witness also said she heard the adult female yell to a juvenile female to run from the apartment and saw Sewell grab the juvenile and drag her back inside.

Upon arrival, officers spoke with Sewell. He had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person and appeared intoxicated. He said the adult female was “going crazy,� and denied arguing or being physical with her.

Officers spoke with the adult female, who was in her vehicle in the parking lot with two minor young children. She appeared genuinely upset and was crying. She said Sewell had arrived to the residence intoxicated and began arguing with her. She said when she attempted to leave the apartment, Sewell pushed her up against a wall and refused to allow her to leave. She said Sewell held her down on a bed and would now allow her to get up. The adult female said she told the female juvenile to run out of the apartment, and adult female attempted to run out of the apartment with a male juvenile in her arms, Sewell grabbed her, causing all three of them to fall to the sidewalk.

Officers then spoke to the female juvenile, who said Sewell was yelling and acting aggressive. She said she was scared and attempted to run out of the apartment, but Sewell grabbed her by the shirt and dragged her back inside. She said she was crying because she was scared and Sewell told her to “shut up.� She said she eventually was able to run outside, got into the adult female’s vehicle and locked the door. She said Sewell then went outside to the vehicle, was hitting the windows with his hands and she was afraid he was going to break the glass.

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Sewell was released on $2,000 bond. —————— Taylor Jay Edelman, 25, of Adair was charged with simple assault 9:26 p.m. April 26 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff report, Edelman knowingly assaulted a male victim by striking him in the upper left arm with a piece of wooden lathe, leaving a red mark and causing the male pain.

Edelman was released on $300 bond. —————— Charles Ray Edwards III, 27, of Atlantic was charged with two counts of third-degree harassment 10:27 p.m.

April 26 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff report, Edwards continuously called a female victim on her cell phone and sat outside the residence she was in in his truck, making loud noises trying to get her attention, which caused her annoyance.

Edwards also sat at the residence of a male victim, repeatedly calling him and making loud noises with his truck and a burnout mark, causing the male annoyance.

Edwards was released on $300 bond. —————— Michael Ross Waddingham, 38, of Orient was charged on a warrant 5 p.m.

April 27 in Adair County.

Waddingham was transferred to the custody of Union County Sheriff. —————— Ramon Guerrero-Gonzalez, 49, of Des Moines was charged with operating while intoxicated 8:11 p.m. Friday in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff report, officers were dispatched to a traffic complaint on Interstate 80 in reference to a ve-

hicle all over the roadway.

The vehicle was eastbound from the 73 mile marker.

While officers were heading east, dispatch advised they had numerous 911 calls of a white Ford F250 Super Duty with a construction light on top and a construction company name on the side, and the vehicle at the 80 mile marker, still all over the roadway and unable to maintain his lane. Officers caught up to the vehicle and immediately observed the subject unable to maintain a lane of travel and was swerving all over the lanes.

Officers also observed numerous vehicles backed up on the interstate trying to stay away from the vehicle.

Officers made a traffic stop.

They made contact with the single driver and occupant. They could immediately smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from the vehicle and subject. Officers also observed a half-empty bottle of tequila on the passenger’s side floor board. Officers asked the driver to go to the patrol vehicle.

Officers could immediately smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the person. The subject said he had been drinking and had three 16-ounce beers. Officers then administered field sobriety tests: horizontal gaze nystagmus, walk and turn and oneleg stand. The subject failed all three. Officers offered a preliminary breath test, which he consented to. His preliminary breath test was .183. The subject was transported to Adair County Jail for further testing.

The subject consented to the DataMaster test, which resulted in .163. He was charged and also written a citation for open container.

Guerrero-Gonzalez was released on $1,000 bond.

Miscellaneous

April 23.

Assistance, 11:54 a.m., April 23.

Grass fire, 1:11 p.m., April 23.

Trespassing, 1:43 p.m., April 23.

Medical, 8:58 p.m., April 23.

Assistance, 2:19 a.m., April 24.

Traffic complaint, 3:55 a.m., April 24.

Traffic complaint, 3:56 a.m., April 24.

Theft, 8:23 a.m., April 24.

Domestic dispute, 10:14 a.m., April 24.

Medical, 10:48 a.m., April 24.

Medical, 1:39 p.m., April 24.

Traffic complaint, 2:50 p.m., April 24.

Violation of protection order, 4:12 p.m., April 24.

Dump complaint, 5:13 p.m., April 24.

Civil papers, 5:27 p.m., April 24.

Assistance, 5:55 p.m., April 24.

Court order, 8:31 p.m., April 24.

Medical, 9:45 p.m., April 24.

Assistance, 1:34 a.m., April 25.

Assistance, 4:56 a.m., April 25.

Traffic complaint, 9:29 a.m., April 25.

Trespassing, 9:31 a.m., April 25.

Firearm discharge, 12:40 p.m., April 25.

Civil papers, 7:12 p.m., April 25.

Medical, 7:41 p.m., April 25.

Civil papers, 7:52 p.m., April 25.

Civil papers, 8:07 p.m., April 25.

Civil papers, 8:25 p.m., April 25.

Civil papers, 9:03 p.m., April 25.

Attempt to locate, 9:20 p.m., April 25.

Suspicious activity, 9:51 p.m., April 25.

Welfare check, 8:57 a.m., April 26.

Medical, 9 a.m., April 26.

Medical, 11:55 a.m., April 26.

Traffic complaint, 12:06 p.m., April 26.

Traffic hazard, 2:30 p.m., April 26.

Traffic hazard, 4:11 p.m., April 26.

Traffic complaint, 7:12 p.m., April 26.

Assistance, 7:54 p.m., April 26.

Criminal mischief, 8:53 p.m., April 26.

Assistance, 9:37 p.m., April 26.

Attempt to locate 11:35 p.m., April 26.

Assistance, 1:33 a.m., April 27.

Court ordered eviction, 9:33 a.m., April 27.

Accident, 11:36 a.m., April 27.

Medical, 1:11 p.m., April 27.

Traffic complaint, 1:27 p.m., April 27.

Alarm, 3:02 p.m., April 27.

Animal call, 3:17 p.m., April 27.

Attempt to locate, 5:03 p.m., April 27.

Traffic complaint, 5:21 p.m., April 27.

Traffic complaint, 6:20 p.m., April 27.

Traffic complaint, 6:25 p.m., April 27.

Assistance, 7:27 p.m., April 27.

Assistance, 8:13 p.m., April 27.

Traffic hazard, 1:48 a.m., April 23.

Structure fire, 10:15 a.m., April 23.

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Medical, 3:09 a.m., Friday.

Welfare check, 6:05 a.m., Friday.

Accident, 6:05 a.m., Friday.

Domestic disturbance, 9:11 a.m., Friday.

Accident, 10:23 a.m., Friday.

Phone scam, 3:16 p.m., Friday.

Fire department mutual aid, 4:19 p.m., Friday.

Theft, 4:38 p.m., Friday.

Traffic complaint, 4:47 p.m., Friday.

Traffic complaint, 6:02 p.m., Friday.

Traffic complaint, 6:07 p.m., Friday.

Traffic complaint, 6:12 p.m., Friday.

Theft, 8:12 p.m., Friday.

Accident, 10:07 p.m., Friday.

Traffic complaint, 3:01 a.m., Saturday.

Assistance, 3:11 a.m., Saturday.

Assistance, 8:42 a.m., Saturday.

Animal call, 11:29 a.m., Saturday.

Criminal mischief, 1 p.m., Saturday.

Civil papers, 7:30 p.m., Saturday.

Assistance, 9:39 p.m., Saturday.

Accident, 11:29 p.m., Saturday.

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A big thanks to Creston’s local businesses In this month’s article, the Creston Chamber of Commerce would like to acknowledge and thank the many businesses that call Creston home. We feel it is important to recognize the contributions of our Creston small business community to our economy and our society. Please, take a moment to think about the impact on our local economy and community that these local businesses have. Look at how many people they employ, the number of people that shop in Creston because of our businesses, but do not live here and the impact on our tax base to name but a few areas that our small business community directly impact.

When you stop to think about all that we have available to us here in Creston – great grocery stores, an outstanding hospital, great medical facilities, a fiveday-a-week daily newspaper, local radio station, numerous great shopping and dining experiences, great schools, two golf courses,

our great community.

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Southern Prairie YMCA, Southwestern Community College, as well as the numerous parks and lakes to name but a few of the things that add to our quality of life – we really are quite fortunate.

Please stop by or call our local businesses, and let them know how much you appreciate them doing business in Creston. I know these hard working folks will appreciate it. May I also suggest that we not stop there, but remember them in the upcoming weeks and months, as well, by remembering to shop and buy local.

Creston businesses really do make Creston and Union County a special place to live, work, shop and call home. Thank you for being here and all that you do for

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Citywide garage sale to be held June 10 Start making your plans to shop or laying aside your treasures June 10 for the Creston citywide garage sale. It has been a great success in bringing people into Creston the last several years, and this year should be even better.

Creston/Union County Visitors Center to open The Union County Visitors Center, located at 636 New York Avenue/Highway 34 West, will open for the 2017 season on May 22 and remain open until Oct. 7.

The visitors center hours will normally be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. If you would like to visit when it is not open, please call the chamber to schedule an appointment.

We are still looking for volunteers to staff the visitor center on Monday mornings and Friday. If you have time to give, please call the chamber.

Union County Historical Village to open The Union County Historical Village and Museum will open for the season on Monday, May 29, and then be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day from 1 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. There is no cost to visit.

The village, located at the south end of McKinley Park, is a great spot to see what a town might have looked like in the 1890s in Iowa.

2017 citywide events and activities Over the course of the year, the chamber receives many calls about the dates of various activities and events that take place here in Creston. For current and updated listings, please check out the calendar of events on the chamber homepage at www.crestoniowachamber.com.

Hi-Five Honorees The following individuals were

honored with the Hi-Five Honor in May. Congratulations to Aleisha Larkin of Mario’s Sports Bar and Grill and Matt Clayton of Stalker’s Chevrolet.

The Hi-Five for Service allows us to recognize those people who make shopping and doing business in Creston a rewarding and positive experience.

Gold Star Business honored The Chamber honored Quilts and Other Notions, 209 W. Montgomery St., this month as the May Gold Star Business in Creston.

It was nominated by their fellow Crestonians because of the appearance both inside and out of their building. Congratulations.

To acknowledge a business or an individual for either the Hi-Five or Gold Star, just call the chamber or drop us a note and tell us why you wish to nominate them. Our number is 641-782-7021.

Have a great month and remember, “Creston - a great place to visit, work and call home.”

Head transplants HOLLYWOOD – God bless America, and how’s everybody?

British Medical Journal Lancet reported that cryogenically frozen heads can be transplanted onto human donor bodies in three years. This is big news.

Let’s watch the fun when Walt Disney wakes up and hears that the president and vice president of the United States are Donald and Mickey.

The Weather Channel showcased the rollicking weather in the state of Oklahoma Monday as it does every May. The month began with hailstorms, lightning strikes, and then a tornado topped off by an earthquake. The sign at the state border reads, Welcome to Oklahoma, Contents May Shift.

The United Nations agreed to appoint a committee to address the outbreak of bloodshed that’s plaguing the world this year with no end in sight. The human spirit can always be counted upon to come to the rescue. Syria and Iraq just volunteered to take in 10,000 refugees from Chicago.

North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un continued rattling the saber Monday as the U.S. Navy held war games off his coast. Kim said that his country could perform a nuclear bomb test at any time. North Korea cannot be any more specific because whenever it happens, it will probably be by accident.

President Trump told separate TV interviews Sunday he would be honored to meet with North Korea’s dictator Kim Jung Un if

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the conditions were right so they might negotiate an end to his nuclear weapons program. Kim is a crafty negotiator. Give him an inch, and he’d be 5-feet-2.

President Trump infuriated the Senate war hawks Sunday by declaring he’d be honored to meet with North Korea’s dictator Kim Jung Un to help avoid nuclear war. They’re both nutty, overweight and sport ridiculous hair.

You’d think they’d spare each other out of professional courtesy.

The White House announced Monday President Trump has extended an invitation to the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duerte, for a state visit to Washington, D.C. It set a precedent. This was the first time President Trump ever invited anyone named Rodrigo to enter the United States.

CBS Late Night host Steven Colbert called President Trump a homophobic slur in his Monday night monologue and now gay groups are demanding that Colbert be fired. I don’t want to hear anybody criticizing President Trump’s political skills. He’s now got gay groups taking up for him.

Donald Trump said he’s pondering a gas tax hike, a new stimulus package, a health care plan stronger than Obamacare, and a

break-up of the Big Banks. You can’t make it up. Republicans just realized they defeated a Tory Methodist Goldwater Girl in favor of a lifelong New York Democrat.

The South China Post reported a young woman was kicked out of a chess tournament in Malaysia for wearing a seductive short skirt. The game’s had a rough week. The Congressional Black Caucus just called for a boycott of all chess tournaments because white always gets to go first.

Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones called out Boston Red Sox fans for tossing peanuts at him and calling him ugly racial slurs. The city’s race problem goes way back. If King George III had it to do all over again, he probably would never have ordered Boston schools to be desegregated.

Fox News anchor Kelly Wright sued the Fox News Network, charging his bosses with what he called indefensible and institutional racism. He is African-American. Kelly Wright is the only Fox News man who has not been sued for sexual harassment, and he feels singled out because of his race.

Austria’s government Sunday proposed a tax on Google searches to raise more revenue. What a brilliant idea. It’s embarrassing how much money Austria would make if they made just a penny off every Google search that settled a bar bet over whether Adolf Hitler was born in Germany or Austria.

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7 reasons why millennials love gardening (and you should, too) (BPT) – The stereotype: Millennials spend more time interacting with the digital world than the natural world around them. The reality: Five million of the 6 million people who took up gardening in 2015 were millennials, according to the 2016 National Gardening Survey.

More millennials (people between the ages of 21 and 34) than any other age group are falling in love with gardening. As a hobby, gardening is a great fit for the millennial mindset and lifestyle that emphasize individuality, independence and value.

However, the advantages of gardening that attract millennials are also relevant to every age group, and anyone who wants to begin growing a nutritious, healthful food garden.

Here are seven reasons why more millennials than ever are taking up food gar-

dening, and why you should, too: 1. Gardening fosters better nutrition.

Millennials care about good nutrition and knowing where their food comes from. Multiple studies show members of the generation are health conscious, and understand the relationship between the food they eat, good nutrition and good health. Millennials know fresh vegetables deliver great nutrition, and millennial gardeners know that growing their own veggies and herbs also means they can put more nutritious food on the table. With transplant purveyors like Bonnie Plants offering more than 250 varieties of popular, heirloom, hybrid, new and tried-and- true vegetables and herbs, it’s easy to grow a garden full of healthy, nutritious, economical veggies

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Millennials are into saving money. Eighty percent have a budget, 72 percent are saving for retirement and 51 percent have an emergency fund, according to a TD Ameritrade survey. Gardening can allow you to spend less in the grocery store produce aisle - and that kind of saving savvy appeals to millennials as well as any other age group!

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Awareness of environmental issues and a desire for healthful products that contribute to ecological balance are hallmarks of the millennial generation.

A Nielsen study found millennials care about environmental issues and find ways to personally support a healthy environment. When

you grow your own vegetables and herbs, “food miles,” the distance a food item is transported from producer to consumer, shrinks substantially and includes only the distance from your kitchen to your own backyard. Choose plants in biodegradable containers, like those from Bonnie Plants, and gardening is even more environmentally friendly.

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While many millennials are city dwellers, others live in suburbs. The fact that they can garden anywhere - on a city balcony, urban patio or suburban backyard - makes gardening the perfect hobby for them. Using transplants from Bonnie Plants, all gardeners can create a backyard garden plot, a vertical garden in an alleyway between city buildings, or a container garden on a

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5. The garden is a great place to come together as a family.

It’s true that millennials make the most use of digital devices of any generation; they also value deep family relationships. Planting a garden with their children, significant others or friends allows everyone to spend enriching time together, working toward an enjoyable, shared goal.

6. Gardening can be a challenge anyone can achieve.

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With millennials now dominating the workforce, and many starting families and reaching their peak earning years, it’s likely their interest in gardening will continue to grow.

3 backyard projects you can tackle in a weekend

(BPT) – Now that warmer weather has finally arrived, you want to be outside to enjoy it. Your backyard could be the perfect place to bask in the sun, entertain friends or indulge in your hobbies.

It just needs a little sprucing up, and the right projects can help.

Best of all, many of these projects are quick and easy.

To get you started, here are three projects you can accomplish in a spring weekend - and enjoy all summer long.

Forging a fire pit Whether it’s an afternoon gathering or an evening under the stars, adding a fire pit to your backyard is a great way to make an enjoyable get-together last even longer. And building one is easier than you think.

Start by marking the center of your pit in the ground.

Spray a circle around the center, outlining your pit’s desired circumference - say 5 feet. Dig this space to a depth of 6 inches. In your newfound pit, make a sim-

ilar circle 12 inches in from your outer circle to make the inner wall of your pit.

Fill this area with small stones to serve as the foundation, and lay wet concrete on the ground to solidify and build that foundation. If you do not have the tools you need to successfully make concrete, you can always rent them to eliminate the need for a one-time purchase.

Once the foundation is ready, apply mortar and stones around the ring. Build

up the fire pit wall with additional mortar and stones.

After the pit has been built to a height of your choosing, use a brush to remove excess mortar from the inside. You may also spray the inside with a can of spray paint to give your pit’s interior a uniform look.

Planning the planters If you’ve always wanted to add a pop of color to your backyard, planter boxes can be just the ticket. They are relatively simple to build yourself.

Start by choosing a wood, like cedar, for your project.

Cut four strips with two half the length of your other two, but sharing the same height.

These strips will form the foundation of your rectangular planter. If you lack a saw to cut them with, you can always rent one.

Once your strips are cut, butt the ends together and apply wood glue at the joints to secure the fit. Drill a screw into each end to solidify the fit. Next, attach the bottom panels with glue and drill a screw through the ends of the bottom panels into the sides for a more secure fit.

Finish by lightly sanding any rough or unseemly spaces on the foundations. Add a touch of paint or stain to improve the planter’s appearance and offer long-term protection.

Shedding new light on the shed If you’re going to spend more time in your backyard this year, it’s time to finally do something about that old shed you’ve been ignoring for years. Fortunately, something as small as a new

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Before applying a drop of paint, inspect the shed to be sure no structural maintenance is needed. Then it’s time to clean it. Rent a pressure washer for a quick clean that will free the building of dirt, debris and cobwebs.

Once the shed is clean and dry, apply an oil-based primer, which will help protect the building from the elements and make it easier to paint.

Finally, it’s time to paint.

A long-nap roller works well for this project, but you can also rent a paint sprayer.

Choose a color to your liking and be sure to select a paint designed for outdoor projects.

Each of these three projects can be tackled in a single weekend, and each can have a lasting effect on your outdoor space. So, what are you waiting for? Get started on your outdoor DIY project today. To find a rental tool provider near you, visit RentalHQ.com.

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HINTS FROM HELOISE Towel troubles?

HOROSCOPE For Friday, May 5, 2017 ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Clever you! You see ways to improve your health today.

Likewise, you see ways to improve your job or to introduce reform where you work.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Today you are resourceful when it comes to ideas about how to entertain yourself and others.

You also will apply your clever mind to improving sports events or how sports are played.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Look around where you live today to see how to improve bathroom areas, laundry areas and anything to do with plumbing, garbage and recycling.

You can do this.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)When communicating with others today, you are strong and direct. That’s why this is a good day for those in sales, marketing, teaching, acting and writing.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Listen to your moneymaking ideas, because you can see a new way to boost your income today. You also might see how to improve something you own.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Take a realistic look in the mirror today. How can you improve your appearance? (You never get a second chance to make a first impression.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Secrets might come out today.

Something you are involved with that is behind the scenes suddenly might reveal a new truth to you. If it’s juicy, be discreet.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Your interaction with a female friend today is powerful. In fact, you might attract someone who seems strong to you. Whatever the case, this person might cause you to change your future goals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Bosses and parents will be impressed with your suggestions to improve something today. That’s why you should just speak up. You’re on the ball!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You have strong thoughts about politics, religion, philosophy and racial issues, which is why you should be careful when talking to others today.

You can’t really change people’s minds.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)You might see a better way to deal with shared property today. Perhaps you see a better arrangement about sharing something or dividing an

inheritance.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) During a discussion with a partner or close friend today, you actually might see how to improve the relationship itself.

Oh yes, there’s always room for improvement.

YOU BORN TODAY People like that you are reliable. You are an idealist with strong opinions. This is a wait-andsee time; a year when you will find yourself more in the

background and in a stage of development. It is a time for cooperation and building relationships that will benefit you in the future. Because your success lies with interacting with other people - be friendly! Your interactions will be mutually beneficial.

Birthdate of: Adele, singer; Chris Brown, singer; Hannah Jeter, model. (c) 2017 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Dear Heloise: Last November, I bought luxurious TURKISH COTTON TOWELS. I asked at the store if these towels would absorb water, and they assured me they would.

Here it is May, and they do not absorb water, and my old towels are much better than these. I’ve washed them over and over again in warm water. Can you suggest something to help me? Thanks. – Harriet in Houston Harriet, I’m here to help.

Wash the towels in the hottest water safe for fabric, along with 1 cup of household ammonia and NO detergent. It may take a couple of washings with the ammonia, but the absorbency should return.

Here are some other hints to care for towels: * Use less detergent.

Washers today clean more by agitation than by chemical means. * Skip fabric softener. Fabric softeners coat the individual fibers and make them nonabsorbent! * Don’t throw wet towels in the hamper - bacteria can

build up. Lay the towel over a towel rack to dry. * Always read the care labels on your towels for washing and for drying. Your warm-water wash is a good idea, and a gentle detergent is best. – Heloise STRIPES WITH NO GRIPES Dear Heloise: My friend is on the curvy side and always thought she would look bad in striped clothes.

I challenged her to step out of her comfort zone and try a striped tunic.

She hesitated at first, but when she actually wore the stripes, she was pleasantly surprised! Stripes are always fresh and fun for spring, and she even saw herself in pictures and thought she looked great!

The hint is to try something new – you may be thrilled! – Julie M., Helotes, Texas DOT FOB Dear Heloise: We have three vehicles, each with its own key fob. On those hurry-up mornings, we were sometimes grabbing the wrong fob.

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This makes it easier to match the keyless-entry remote with the correct car! – Jennifer G., Orlando, Fla. FRAGRANT BATH Dear Heloise: I get a lot of perfume samples in vials with orders I place online. I mix a few drops with a capful of baby oil and mix that into the bath. Warm, relaxing and fragrant. “Scent”-sational! – Mary T. in New York IRON PLAN Dear Heloise: To make ironing less of a chore, I iron the items I least like to iron FIRST. Then the rest seems like a breeze! – A Reader in New Hampshire Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to Heloise(at)Heloise.com. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column. (c)2017 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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Afton ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible study and youth. Saturday, 7:25 a.m. “In the Mirror” radio program on Creston Radio.

ST. EDWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 104 W. Union St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass with first communion and honor graduates. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Care Center Mass; 6 p.m. CD of A Mass and dinner meeting following - hall.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m devotions.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship; 5:30 p.m. potluck supper, open to the public; 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening worship service. Aspire Food Pantry dropoff site.

Arispe

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

Beaconsfield

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, June Nolte Davis, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10:30 a.m. worship service in Kellerton.

Clearfield

AREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.areabiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship service; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA, Clearfield Community Center.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sherry Wiley, lay speaker.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Michael Shaffer, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday school; 9 a.m. worship.

Corning

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 907 Grove Ave., Ken Rummer, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship services.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 901 Nodaway St., Andrew Bardole, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Dan Lamgo, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. prayer service.

MESSIANIC MISSION SEVENTH DAY, 405 11th St. Sabbath services, second and fourth Saturdays. Call 641-3223386 for time and place.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 800 17th St., Philip Ritter, pastor.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:45 a.m. worship with Holy Communion. Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Bible study.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 504 Grove, Ave., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass; 7 p.m. youth group. Wednesday, 2 to 5 p.m. religious education classes.

Creston

ABUNDANT LIFE FAMILY CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email alfc@ iowatelecom.net; website www.

AbundantLifeFamilyChurch.com.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. children’s church and worship service.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. worship and Kid’s Club. Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Men of Honor; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Light Switch teens.

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, 600 N. Lincoln St., Paul Vandevender, pastor, 782-5594.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship service; 5:30 p.m. prayer time; 6 p.m. worship service. Wednesday, 7 p.m. worship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy Haynie, evangelist, 641-344-3201.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and donuts; 11 a.m. worship and Lord’s Supper; 6:30 p.m.

Sunday night service. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Bible study for all ages.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Creston Congregation (RLDS), 820 N. Elm St., Elder Gary O’Daniels, pastoral coordinator.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Praise and

Inspiration, Rochelle Porter, leader; 9:30 a.m. church school classes; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Darl Ferguson, presider; Ken Mallas, speaker.

CREST BAPTIST, affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, Poplar and Townline streets, Chuck Spindler, pastor. Website: www.crestbaptistchurch.com.

Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery; 9 p.m. Light Company, SWCC Instructional Center, Room 120. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship; noon VBS workers’ lunch and learn. Tuesday, 9 to 10:30 a.m. women’s Bible study; 6:30 to 8 p.m. evening women’s Bible study; 6:30 p.m. GriefShare; 6:30 p.m. DivorceCare. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. adult Bible study.

Thursday(11), 9:30 a.m. senior adults - prayer/praise group.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1001 N. Lincoln St., David Tebbenkamp, pastor; Dan Fields, youth pastor.

Saturday, 6 p.m. a pirates night for me - Fellowship Hall. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school/adult Bible fellowships; 3 p.m. deacons’ meeting - South Room; 4 p.m. Melody Makers choir practice; 6 p.m. family worship service with a Gideon ministry presentation, Melody Makers and Triumphant Praise choirs and Lord’s Table.

Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. AWANA clubs and junior high TREK fun fair with the senior high youth group; 6:30 p.m. adult prayer meeting. Thursday(11), 7 p.m.

Riley Missionary Circle - Julie Crill’s at 1428 - 165th St., Creston.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St., Tony Thurston, pastor. Email: fcccreston@gmail.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m. worship service and blessing of the animals. Monday, 1:30 p.m. “Tootles” (games/crafts) in Fellowship Hall. Wednesday, 6 p.m. praise and worship service.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St. Sunday, 11 a.m. church service.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor.

Thursday, 7 p.m. mission.

Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting workshop. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 9:30 a.m. youth Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship with communion; after worship, ASP fundraiser dinner.

Monday, 6 p.m. finance/stewardship. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stitch, Knit and Quilt. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m. SESSION. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Jodi Rushing, pastor. Call 641-7822427, 641-782-7267. Email: fumc. creston@gmail.com. Facebook: Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Friday.

Thursday, 6 p.m. Shutterbugs; 6:30 p.m. prayer meeting. Friday, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Union Squares.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Disciple Sunday school; 9:30 a.m. worship service with graduates; 10 a.m.

Hispanic worship service - education building; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. Monday, 5 p.m. TOPS; 6:30 p.m. Cub Scouts. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Summit House Bible study; 1:30 p.m. Crest Ridge; 6:30 p.m.

Cub Scouts; 7 p.m. Boy Scouts.

Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. Prime Time; 1:30 p.m. ACTS; 7 p.m. choir rehearsal. Thursday(11), 9 a.m. missions; 12:05 p.m. UMM. GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna Davis. www.godsoutreachdeliveranceintl.com.

Thursday, 7 p.m. women’s group (first and third Thursdays); 7 p.m. men’s fellowship at 901 E. Irving St. (second and fourth Thursdays). Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Friday Night Fire service. Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service with children’s church. Monday, 4 to 5:15 p.m. after school children’s ministry (ages 5 to 12 years old); 5:15 to 5:30 p.m. children’s choir; 5:15 p.m. free community meal; 6:15 to 7 p.m. “Let’s Talk” ministry for young men ages 13 and older.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. mid-week service.

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 107 W. Howard St., Rev. Ken Halbur, pastor.

Friday, 7 a.m. Mass - St. Malachy Chapel; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ReRun shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon ReRun shop; 4:30 to 5 p.m. confession; 5:15 p.m. Mass and first communion. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. confession; 9 a.m.

Mass. Monday, 11:30 a.m. council of Catholic women - ReRun Shop; 5 to 6 p.m. adoration; 6 p.m. Mass - church. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m.

ReRun shop; 6 p.m. CD of A Mass and dinner meeting following hall. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. Mass - St. Malachy School; 10 a.m. pew

Creston Prime Time Connection Creston Prime Time Connection, affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries, invites all ladies to its May luncheon, which will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, May 10, at First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. Peggy Lee of Indianola, married, divorced, widowed, remarried, adopted a daughter and gave birth to a daughter who became physically/mentally challenged and died at age 31,

shares how to avoid getting lost on a detour in her talk entitled, “Surviving Life’s Detours.”

Dennis Kuyper, a man of many talents, will educate attendees in the art of cooking for one, as well as display his many beautiful quilts.

Cost is $7.50. For reservations, call 641-782-4268 or 641-782-4083 by Sunday. Reservations are to be used, given to a friend or canceled.

Eagles in a storm Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to a high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

When the storms of life come upon us, and all of us will experience them, we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God’s power to lift us above them. God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.

“When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the recovering - church; noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop. Thursday(11), 7 a.m. Mass - St. Malachy Chapel; 6 p.m. liturgy committee meeting - hall.

JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1965 REA Road, Rev. Jim W. Morris, pastor.

Sunday, 8 a.m. Bible study; 9 a.m worship.

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, 1000 Cottonwood St. Sunday, 10 a.m. public talk and Watchtower study. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Christian Life and ministry meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship.

Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

PLATTE CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston, Rev. Delores Doench, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. coffee/fellowship time; 10:30 a.m. church service.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-7822920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Thursday, 7 p.m. Miriam Circle.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship and communion; 7 p.m. youth group. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. quilting.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St. Saturday, 10 a.m. worship service; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES, 1216 N. Cherry St. (corner of Townline and Cherry streets).

other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future.” (Eccl.

7:14) Solomon fairly well summarized life. There are good and bad days that attend our lives. Make the best of both. When things go well, rejoice and praise God. When they go wrong and adversity attacks the soul, rest on the assurance that God is there and he cares. His goodness is shown in the providential help he offers in time of need.

“Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help (us) in time of need.” (Heb. 4:16) Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down; it is how we handle them.

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles.” (Isaiah 40:31) ~ from www.vscoc. org/Bulletinfdr/bulletin_ fodder.htm Sunday, 9:45 to 10:15 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 a.m. worship service.

ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 601 S. Maple St., Rick Titus, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 1111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. John B. Rutz, pastor, 641-7825095, http://TrinityCreston.org.

Mount Ayr: Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Divine service with Holy Communion.

Creston: Sunday, 8 a.m. adult Bible classes; 9 a.m. Divine service; 10 a.m. Sunday school and high school Bible class. Monday, 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool. Wednesday.

8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m. confirmation classes. Thursday, 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL, 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor.

Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. worship services. Tuesday, 3 to 5 p.m.

Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table - Wal-Mart.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

Cromwell

CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Karen Norton, pastor.

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Ellston

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor. Website: www.ellstonumc.org.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship.

Greenfield

CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Andrew Hanna, pastor, office 641-743-0221.

Website: www.welcometocornerstone.org.

Friday, 11 a.m. J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth). Saturday, 1 p.m. baby shower for Whitney Sidey.

Sunday, 9 to 9:45 a.m. Sunday school classes; 9:40 to 10:05 a.m. children’s worship; 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. worship service; 11:30 a.m.

Connection Sunday; 6 to 8 p.m.

Nelsons’ life group meeting at the church. Monday, 6:30 p.m. elders meeting. Tuesday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. life groups. Wednesday, noon to 1 p.m. prayer time (everyone welcome).

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 303 N. E. Elm St., 641343-7065, Kenneth Gross, pastor.

Website: www.stjohngreenfield. parishesonline.com.

St. John’s — Friday, 8:30 a.m.

Mass; 10:15 a.m. Mass at Good Samaritan in Fontanelle. Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m.

Mass. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass.

Wednesday, 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

Faith Formation youth program.

Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Mass.

St. Patrick’s — Massena— Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Mass. Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. Mass. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes closet open; 6:30 p.m. worship service.

Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

Hopeville

HOPEVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor, 641-338-2248.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship service.

Lenox

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St., Karla Lyddon, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 702 W. Ohio St. Stanley Price, branch president.

Sunday, 10 a.m. sacrament meeting; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school; 12:10 p.m. relief society, priesthood, young women and young men; 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. primary. For local information, contact Clinton Allen, (641) 3224494.

COUNTRY ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH, at 202 E. Temple (old lumber yard), Mitch Green, pastor.

Website: countryroadslenox.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship. Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal and study.

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, four miles north, four miles west of Lenox, Marcia Cline, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship service.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 600 W. Michigan St., Lazarus Kirigia, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass with religious education classes afterward. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CYO. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 103 W. Michigan St., Michael Shaffer, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service and Sunday school for children.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 401 W. Michigan St., Tim Maxa, pastor, 641-333-4214.

Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service. First and third Sunday, youth fellowship. Wednesday, Evening Bible study.

Lorimor

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UNITED CHURCH OF DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diagonalchurch.com.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. church.

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Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship service.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

Macksburg

HEBRON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor. Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.

Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

Murray

BAPTIST CHURCH, Alex Bauman, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship services. Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Midweek Bible study and prayer meeting. Third Thursday of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Missionary meeting.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 430 Third St., Brian McCracken, pastor, 641-340-0474, bmac2366@yahoo. com; Tyler Schultz, associate pastor, 720-670-7319, tschultz3324@ gmail.com; office, 641-447-2569, office@murraychurchofchrist.org; website, www.murraychurchofchrist.org.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. early worship service; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:35 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. JAM for K-5; 6:30 p.m. meal; 7 p.m. adult Bible study and youth groups K-12. Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. food pantry (by appointment other days, call the office).

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Sandy Smith and Brandon Campbell, pastors.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship.

Orient

P L Y M O U T H CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 311 W. First St., Phil Price, minister.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. brunch; 9 a.m. worship services; 9 a.m.

Sunday school; 10 a.m. adult Bible study.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 124 S. Maple St., Cathy Nutting, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service.

Prescott

PRESCOTT UNITED CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 401 6th Ave., Mary O’Riley, pastor.

Thursday, 6 p.m. worship committee meeting. Sunday, 9 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship; 11 a.m. meeting with confirmation students and parents. Tuesday, clergy meeting in Humeston. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. pastor’s office hours.

Shannon City

SHANNON CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. church service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

Sharpsburg

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Michael Shaffer, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

Stringtown

STRINGTOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH, junction of Highway 34 and Sycamore Ave., Tony Johnson, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship service.

Thayer

PLEASANT VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship service.

Tingley

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Al Rusk, pastor.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. worship service.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school.

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Sunday, 9:30 a.m. fellowship; 10 a.m. worship - Jim McIntosh; 10 a.m. Sunday school; road clean-up after worship. Monday, 1 p.m. quilting. Wednesday, 1 p.m. quilting; 5 p.m. prayer group; 6 p.m. adult Bible study; 7:30 p.m. council meeting.

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CALENDAR Hawkeye 10 Thursday Boys Track and Field Creston, Atlantic, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Kuemper Catholic, Lewis Central, Red Oak, Shenandoah, St. Albert at Hawkeye 10 Conference meet at Denison-Schleswig Girls Track and Field Creston, Atlantic, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Kuemper Catholic, Lewis Central, Red Oak, Shenandoah, St. Albert at Hawkeye 10 Conference meet at Denison-Schleswig Girls Soccer Knoxville at Creston Nodaway Valley at Atlantic Harlan at Riverside Sioux City West at Glenwood Kuemper Catholic at Carroll Denison-Schleswig at Sioux City North Boys Soccer Glenwood at Treynor Carroll at Harlan Denison-Schleswig at Kuemper Catholic Boys Golf Creston, Albia, Centerville, Clarke, Davis County, Fairfield, Winterset at Chariton Tournament Southwest Iowa at Shenandoah Clarinda at Southwest Valley Kuemper Catholic at Carroll Denison-Schleswig, Lewis Central at Harlan Girls Golf Clarinda at Southwest Valley Abraham Lincoln, Lewis Central, St. Albert, Thomas Jefferson at St. Albert at Fox Run Southwest Iowa at Shenandoah Girls Tennis Denison-Schleswig at Kuemper Catholic Harlan at Red Oak Lewis Central at Shenandoah Boys Tennis Denison-Schleswig at Kuemper Catholic Shenandoah at Lewis Central Red Oak at Harlan Atlantic at St. Albert Friday Girls Tennis St. Albert at Red Oak Girls Soccer Abraham Lincoln at Lewis Central Pride of Iowa Thursday Girls Track and Field Bedford, Central Decatur, East Union, Interstate 35, Lamoni, Lenox, Mormon Trail, Murray, OrientMacksburg, Wayne at Mount Ayr Colfax-Mingo, CMB, Lynnville-Sully, North Mahaska, PCM, Pleasantville, Southeast Warren at Newton Boys Track and Field Bedford, CAM, Central Decatur, Clarinda Academy, East Union, Essex, Griswold, Interstate 35, Lenox, Nodaway Valley, Southwest Iowa, Stanton at Southwest Valley Colfax-Mingo, CMB, Lynnville-Sully, North Mahaska, PCM, Pleasantville, Southeast Warren at Newton Girls Golf Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center, CAM, Earlham, East Union, MartensdaleSt. Marys, Southeast Warren at Nodaway Valley Tournament Ankeny Christian, Centerville, Central Decatur, Clarke, Davis County, Fairfield, Melcher-Dallas, MoultonUdell, Mount Ayr, PCM, Pleasantville, Wayne at Moravia Tournament at The Preserve at Rathbun Park Clarinda at Southwest Valley Boys Golf Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center, CAM, Earlham, East Union, MartensdaleSt. Marys, Southeast Warren at Nodaway Valley Tournament Clarinda at Southwest Valley Lamoni at Central Decatur Interstate 35, Wayne at Pleasantville Girls Soccer Nodaway Valley at Atlantic Friday Boys Golf East Union, Southeast Warren, Wayne at Central Decatur Girls Golf CAM, Des Moines Christian, SE Warren at West Central Valley

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PRIDE OF IOWA BOYS GOLF

Eagles soar to the top

East Union boys win close race for POI boys golf title

“It was a little bit of a nail biter as I did not know for sure what our last golfer had shot on the back nine,” said East Union coach Dave Campbell.

Campbell’s team was thrilled with the win, posing for pictures after with the trophy.

“They were all excited after all the scores were turned in,” Campbell said.

“It means a great deal to them to win a conference championship and they are all very happy with their win.”

Steady, consistent golf powered the Eagles. Christopher Case led the way with a sixth-place finish, shooting 85 on what was a rare excellent weather day.

Kyle Campbell was ninth with an 88.

The course allowed for quality golf to be played after days of cold and wet conditions.

“The golf course was in real good shape considering all of the rain we have been getting,” said Mount Ayr

coach Scott Giles. “It was a very competitive tournament today.”

Myles Greene led Mount Ayr with a third-place finish, carding an 83. Russell

By RYAN KRONBERG Holmes was 10th with a 90.

CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com Greene pieced together a solid second trip through the nine-hole course.

LENOX — There were “Myles played pretty a few anxious moments for good. He struggled a little boys golf teams at the end on the front nine, but reof Tuesday’s Pride of Iowa bounded really good on the Conference meet. back,” Giles said.

Three teams were chasing Nodaway Valley’s Spenthe team title — East Union, cer Lamb has been busy Wayne and Mount Ayr. bouncing between golf and The final scores trickled track and field all spring. in.

Lamb, the defending When all of the scores Pride of Iowa individual were tallied up, East Union champion, struggled on the was the champion. outward nine with a 44, but East Union won its first recovered on the inward Pride of Iowa Conference half with a 37 for an 81.

Tournament title since 2012 Wayne’s Lucas Hemphill with a one-stroke win over was the champion with a 79.

Wayne and three-stroke win “Spencer drove the ball over Mount Ayr at Three well and his short game Lake Golf Course near Lewas good enough, but nox. he still needs to practice The Eagles finished with a his approach shots,” said team score of 354, followed Nodaway Valley coach by the Falcons with a 355 Steve Shantz. and the Raiders with a 357.

A little more practice on golf will help, Shantz noted.

“Spencer’s skills are there, but he just needs a little more confidence in his approach shots to contend later in the year.”

East Union did have low scores scattered throughout their cards, but played steady throughout the round, letting the course come to them.

“Patience was what worked well and was one of our main keys for the day,” coach Campbell said.

“We talked about taking it one shot at a time today and taking our time with it being a long round of golf with so many golfers on the course.

CNA photo by RYAN KRONBERG We tried to stay away from Nodaway Valley sophomore Spencer Lamb watches making a big number on a shot during Tuesday’s round at the Pride of Iowa any hole and even though Conference meet at Three Lake Golf Course in Lenox. they all had a bad hole or Lamb finished as the runner-up with an 81. two they were able to keep ■

CNA photo by RYAN KRONBERG

East Union senior Christopher Case watches a shot during Tuesday’s Pride of Iowa Conference meet at Three Lake Golf Course in Lenox. Case led the Eagles with an 85.

it under control and grind it out.”

The Eagles win gives them a boost heading into the sectional meet next Friday in Mount Ayr. “This will give the kids confidence as we finish the regular season and head into sectionals,” coach Campbell said. “They all agree that they can do better as we finish out the year and they have more goals to reach.”

The Pride of Iowa meet served as a good learning tool for a young Mount Ayr team.

“Coming up three strokes short of a conference title will motivate them to work harder on their game for the tournaments coming up in a week or so,” Giles said.

Southwest Valley placed ninth as a team with a 417.

The Timberwolves were paced by Cole Swenson’s seventh-place round of 87.

Lenox was led by Coleman Dukes’ round of 104.

Team results — 1. East Union, 354; 2. Wayne, 355; 3. Mount Ayr, 357; 4. Bedford, 368; 5. Central Decatur, 373; 6. Martensdale-

St. Marys, 387; 7. Pleasantville, 405; 7. Southwest Valley, 417; 9.

Southeast Warren, 434. Lenox and Nodaway Valley were incomplete.

Top 10 (and ties) — 1. Lucas Hemphill, Wayne, 79; 2. Spencer Lamb, Nodaway Valley, 81; 3. Myles Greene, Mount Ayr, 83; 4. Jett Beemer, Bedford, 84; 5. Michel Evertsen, Central Decatur, 84; 6. Christopher Case, East Union, 85; 7. Cole Swenson, Southwest Valley, 87; 8. Keaton Minnick, Central Decatur, 87; 9. Kyle Campbell, East Union, 88; 10. Russell Holmes, Mount Ayr, 90; 11. Caleb Adreon, Pleasantville, 90; 12. Ryan Collins, East Union, 90; 12. Seth Sheriff, Wayne, 90.

Central Decatur cards — Michel Evertsen, 84; Keaton Minnick, 87; Gideon Porter, 92; Kaige Leymaster, 110; Chandler Smith, 118.

East Union cards — Christopher Case, 85; Kyle Campbell, 88; Ryan Collins, 90; Sanden Cheers, 91; Matt McGuire, 94; Trevor Jones, 97.

Lenox cards — Coleman Dukes, 104; Drew Venteicher, 115.

Mount Ayr cards — Myles Greene, 83; Russell Holmes, 90; Dalton Elwood, 91; Lucas Wurster, 93; Chase Henry, 99; Cayden Lambert, 113.

Nodaway Valley cards — Spencer Lamb, 81; Conner Blazek, 129.

Southwest Valley cards — Cole Swenson, 87; Scotty Adcock, 105; Jerad Shires, 111; Connor Shipley, 114; Anthony Bynum, 119.

PRIDE OF IOWA GIRLS GOLF

Raiderettes claim POI girls golf title

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com

LEON — Mount Ayr had a spot in the trophy case that has sat empty for some time.

The Raiderettes girls golf team can make room for a new addition.

Led by stellar rounds from Abbey Schafer and Tessa Shields, Mount Ayr claimed the Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament title Tuesday at the Leon Golf & Club.

Mount Ayr won its first league tournament title Schafer since 2006 with a team score of 399. Central Decatur was the runner-up with a 451. Lenox was third with a 499. East Union was fifth with a 508; Nodaway Valley took seventh with a 525.

Schaffer led the way with the best round of the tournament, finishing with an 84.

Shields was the runner-up with an 87.

“When you have two girls who shoot in the low 40s, that really helps towards your team total,” Shields said Mount Ayr assistant coach Jodie Geist.

Schafer and Shields each kept big numbers to a minimum.

“Abbey and Tessa played solid rounds,” Geist said.

Hallie Still came in with a 111, good for ninth, while Kaitlyn Dolecheck had a 117, Kylee Smith a 129 and Abbi Haley a 132.

“In order to win the team title, everyone on the team had to step up,” Geist said.

The Raiderettes kept mentally sharp throughout the day.

“We had talked about mental toughness and if you made a bad shot to evaluate, and be ready for the next shot,” Geist said. “Every-

one played consistent golf.”

Winning the Pride of Iowa gives the Raiderettes good momentum heading into the postseason.

“This was a confidence builder for the team,” Geist said. “We talked about the schedule for this week and next leading into tournament play, and what we need to shoot and work on to be prepared to start tournament play.”

Central Decatur’s duo of Kristin Schaff and Lily Simon were the other players to break 100, finishing with a 94 and 99 respectively.

Lenox’s Morgan Parrish was fifth with a 103, while teammate Katelyn Belding was 11th with a 112. Brooke Miller had a 123 and Hannah Brown had a 161.

Interstate 35’s Addie Smith took seventh with a 107.

Southwest Valley, which only had three players, was paced by Kiara Roberts’ 114. Abbie Wetzel had a 128 and Maddi Ballard a 144.

Nodaway Valley was led by Megan Russell’s 124. Jodi Baudler posted a 128, while McKynna New-

bury had a 134 and Julia Eshelman a 139.

Team results — 1. Mount Ayr, 399; 2.

Central Decatur, 451; 3. Lenox, 499; 4.

Pleasantville, 506; 5. East Union, 508; 6.

Interstate 35, 514; 7. Nodaway Valley, 525; 8. Wayne, 535. Martensdale-St. Marys and Southwest Valley were incomplete.

Top 10 and ties — 1. Abbey Schafer, Mount Ayr, 84; 2. Tessa Shields, Mount Ayr, 87; 3. Kristin Schaff, Central Decatur, 94; 4. Lily Simon, Central Decatur, 99; 5.

Morgan Parrish, Lenox, 103; 6. Kaitlyn Schad, Martensdale-St. Marys, 106; 7.

Addie Smith, Interstate 35, 107; 8. Emma Jahner, Pleasantville, 109; 9. Hallie Still, Mount Ayr, 111; 10. Erica Halferty, Wayne, 112; 11. Katelyn Belding, Lenox, 112.

Central Decatur cards — Kristin Schaff, 94; Lily Simon, 99; Brooke Vecchio, 126; Alyssa Rhum, 132; Maggie Frank, 170.

East Union cards — Quinn Eslinger, 114; Anna Collins, 127; Lauren Hadley, 133; Olivia Moore, 134; Casey Allen, 141; Kate Sutton, 153.

Interstate 35 cards — Addie Smith, 107; Taylor Sears, 118; Riley Morris, 123; Rebecca Lamas, 166.

Lenox cards — Morgan Parrish, 103; Katelyn Belding, 112; Brooke Miller, 123; Hannah Brown, 161.

Mount Ayr cards — Abbey Schafer, 84; Tessa Shields, 87; Hallie Still, 1111; Kylee Smith, 129; Kaitlyn Dolecheck, 117; Abbi Haley, 132.

Nodaway Valley cards — Megan Russell, 124; Jodi Baudler, 128; McKynna Newbury, 134; Julia Eshelman, 139.

Southwest Valley cards — Kiara Roberts, 114; Abbie Wetzel, 128; Maddi Ballard, 144.

PANTHER JR. HIGH GIRLS T&F Eighth grade girls track and field stays on course STAFF REPORT

GLENWOOD—The Creston seventh and eighth grade girls track teams competed at Glenwood on Thursday.

The Panthers’ eighth grade squad earned 93

team points, second only to Glenwood’s 133.5. The seventh-graders took fifth at the meet with 34 points.

Top three performances from the eighth-grade individual runners were earned

by Sam Dunphy, third in the

100 meter dash and second in the 200 meter hurdles, Peyton Rice with third in the 200 meter dash, Morgan Buxton and Paige Davis who went two-three in the 400 meter dash, Davis and her third-place finish

in the 800, Rachel Boyer’s second-place spot in the 100 hurdles, Braelyn Baker’s third in the 1,500.

In the field, Kelsey Fields was second in the discus, Rice was third in the long jump= and Payton Luther

was second in the long jump.

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NASCAR THIS WEEK SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves In perfect world, who would be your pick to replace Junior in the No. 88?

GODSPEAK: There’s no really replacing Junior, so I will go with Alex Bowman, who did a nice job driving the car in 2016.

KEN’S CALL: Assuming Ricky Bobby is just a fictional character, I’d say Erik Jones because he’s a star in waiting.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal’s Godwin Kelly & Ken Willis have covered NASCAR for nearly 60 years combined. godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com ken.willis@news-jrnl.com

RICHMOND

C U P S TA N D I N G S 1. Kyle Larson 2. Martin Truex Jr. 3. Chase Elliott 4. Joey Logano 5. Brad Keselowski 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Jamie McMurray 8. Jimmie Johnson 9. Clint Bowyer 10. Kyle Busch 11. Denny Hamlin 12. Ryan Blaney 13. Ryan Newman 14. Trevor Bayne 15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 16. Erik Jones 17. Kurt Busch 17. Matt Kenseth 19. Aric Almirola 20. Kasey Kahne

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W H AT ’ S O N TA P CUP SERIES: GEICO 500 SITE: Talladega Superspeedway (2.66-mile tri-oval) TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (Fox, 4 p.m.).

Sunday, race (coverage begins on Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.; green flag, Fox, 1:30 p.m.)

XFINITY: Sparks Energy 300 SITE: Talladega Superspeedway TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.), race (Fox, 1 p.m.)

Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers

Isn’t Alex Bowman the obvious pick for Junior’s replacement?

You’re following normal progression patterns. But this is auto racing, where you have a small Rubik’s Cube of interests that need aligning. You need a driver who’s a good fit for the owner, for the team, for the manufacturer and, most of all, for the corporate benefactors who sponsor the team. If the No. 88 car can’t attract a dominant sponsor and goes the piecemeal route, it might free the team to make the pick based on talent alone. Imagine that.

Feel bad for Kyle Busch’s penalty at Richmond?

GODSPEAK: This guy can’t catch a break, huh? Every time victory is in sight, defeat steps on his toes.

KEN’S CALL: Are you kidding?

NASCAR is always a better place when Kyle is ticked about something.

Best pick for surprise winner at Talladega?

GODSPEAK: My surprise winner is actually no surprise at all: Jamie McMurray, a good little plate racer.

KEN’S CALL: Kasey Kahne.

That would be a surprise at this point, right?

QUESTIONS & AT T I T U D E

Get-well cards …

Erik Jones likely had a sImiliar look on his face after his four-lap run at Richmond on Sunday.

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THREE THINGS WE LEARNED 1. Four laps

2. Cone head

3. The win-in guys

The Cup Series race at Richmond was scheduled for 400 laps over the .75-mile oval.

Erik Jones ran four of those laps after an early tangle with Kasey Kahne. “Just got ran into the fence right on Lap 1,” Jones said. “That’s unfortunate. It’s frustrating.”

Most Cup tracks have a “commitment cone” at the pit road entrance. Hit the cone and get penalized.

Since Richmond is short, there’s a “commitment box” painted on the asphalt. Kyle Busch, who had a chance to win, ran over the box and got penalized. “Balls and strikes,” he said.

For those not paying attention to the “win and you’re in” drivers, the ranks swelled to seven with Joey Logano taking the checkered flag Sunday. A win almost guarantees a driver will make NASCAR’s 10-race, 16-driver playoff. “To break through with a win, that's nice,” Logano said.

It was a tough off-track week in NASCAR. Longtime NASCARthemed artist Sam Bass went public with major health issues related to his Type 1 diabetes, as well as business woes that took his company first to Chapter 11 bankruptcy and now to an auction. Then word came of former IndyCar/ NASCAR racer John Andretti’s current fight with Stage 4 colon cancer. There will no shortage of good wishes aimed at both men, whose permanently sunny dispositions always make the garage a nicer place.

FEUD OF THE WEEK

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

THREE THINGS TO WATCH 1. Where is Gibbs?

At this point of the 2016 season, Joe Gibbs Racing had won five of the first nine Cup Series races. The four-car Toyota team has yet to produce a victory for “Coach.” Gibbs can take some solace in the fact that it has been more circumstance than performance.

For instance, at Richmond three of his drivers led the race six times for a combined 224 laps. Denny Hamlin was best in class, finishing third.

2. Earnhardt Nation The Earnhardt Nation is expected to turn out in force at Talladega Superspeedway this Sunday. Dale Earnhardt

2 0 1 7 S C H E D U L E A N D R E S U LT S Feb. 18: The Clash at Daytona (Joey Logano) Feb. 23: Can-Am Duels at Daytona (Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin) Feb. 26: Daytona 500 (Kurt Busch) March 5: Folds of Honor Quick Trip 500 at Atlanta (Brad Keselowski) March 12: Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas (Martin Truex Jr.) March 19: Good Sam 500k at Phoenix (Ryan Newman) March 26: Auto Club 400 at Fontana (Kyle Larson) April 2: STP 500 at Martinsville (Brad Keselowski) April 9: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas (Jimmie Johnson) April 23: Food City 500 at Bristol (Jimmie Johnson) April 30: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Joey Logano)

luck,” he said. “I don’t know what to do.” The “Nation” does.

3. Speaking of 88

Team owner Joe Gibbs is all business when it comes to winning NASCAR races.

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won 10 Cup Series races at the scary 2.66-mile tri-oval.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., who announced his retirement at the end of this season, is second on the Cup list with six wins. Junior needs a good finish after running 30th at Richmond. “Just terrible

Now that Dale Jr. has announced his retirement, the internet channels are crammed full of speculation about who will take the wheel of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in 2018. Rick Hendrick said the selection process will be a slow and deliberate one.

Hendrick’s phone has likely been ringing nonstop since Earnhardt’s announcement.

Take one name off the list: Kyle Larson said he won’t consider the ride.

— Godwin Kelly, godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com

May 7: Geico 500 at Talladega May 13: GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas May 20: All-Star Race at Charlotte May 28: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte June 4: AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover June 11: Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at Pocono June 18: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan June 25: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma July 1: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona July 8: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky July 16: New Hampshire 301 at Loudon July 23: Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis July 30: Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Aug. 6: TBA at Watkins Glen

Earnhardt

Johnson

DALE EARNHARDT JR. VS. JIMMIE JOHNSON: In the late laps of the race, Johnson’s No. 48 Chevy body-slammed his teammate’s No. 88 Chevy into the outside wall. “He said he didn’t see us,” Earnhardt said.

GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: Bad timing on Johnson’s part, just days after NASCAR’s most popular driver announced his retirement; every lap of 2017 is precious to the mighty “Earnhardt Nation.”

GODWIN’S PICKS F O R TA L L A D E G A WINNER: Dale Earnhardt Jr. REST OF TOP 5: Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch FIRST ONE OUT: Erik Jones DARK HORSE: Jamie McMurray DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Earnhardt roars to his seventh career victory at the “World’s Fastest Superspeedway.”

Aug. 13: Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan Aug. 19: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Sept. 3: Southern 500 at Darlington Sept. 9: Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Sept. 17: Chicagoland 400 Sept. 24: New England 300 at New Hampshire Oct. 1: Delaware 400 at Dover Oct. 7: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Oct. 15: Alabama 500 at Talladega Oct. 22: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Oct. 29: Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Nov. 5: AAA Texas 500 at Texas Nov. 12: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix Nov. 19: Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead

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BRAD KESELOWSKI May be man to beat at Talladega

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KYLE LARSON Should always resist the Indy 500 talk

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JOEY LOGANO Won’t apologize for the win

MARTIN TRUEX JR. Mr. Steady

CHASE ELLIOTT Rare clunker at Richmond

Creston, Iowa

KEVIN HARVICK Seriously picking up the pace

CLINT BOWYER Will finish third at Talladega

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JAMIE MCMURRAY One of few eager for Talladega

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put, Hannah Rounds, who took home third in the 1,500.

The Panthers’ sprint medley team won in 2:09.11.

The 4x100 team earned second, the 4x400 team brought home third place and the 4x800 unit picked up second.

Seventh grade team points — 1. Harlan 118, 2. Glenwood 106, 3. Lewis Central 62, 4. Clarinda 50, 5. Creston, 34.

Discus — 1. Brynlee Arnold, Glen, 75-10; 2. Brianna Fields, Crest, 71-9; 14. Halle Evans, Crest, 53-9; 19. Kate Foglesong, Crest, 51-11.

High Jump — 1. Vanessa Schechinger, Har, 4-4.

Long Jump — 1. Kaia Bieker, Har, 14-5.5; 7. Hannah Dryden, Crest, 11-10; Shot put — 1. Kennedy Jones, Glen, 26-3; 3. Brianna Fields, Crest, 23-9; 5. Halle Evans, Crest, 23-3; 7. Gracie Hagle, Crest, 22-8.5; 13. Kate Foglesong, Crest, 17-6.

800 sprint medley — 1.

Clarinda, 2:12.06; 7. Creston, (Allyssa Sothman, Shelby

cation of the Official Public Notice of the Destruction of Noxious Weeds & Fines assessed to all Property Owners for 2017.

All voting aye, motion carried.

ENGINEER: Union County Roads Superintendent, Al Hysell, presented and discussed the weekly maintenance activity report. Grading Agreement: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve the grading agreement for ditching and clearing vegetation on the East side of Barber, Kate Foglesong, Halle Yellow Rose Ave, Section 24 of New Evans), 2;34.47.All voting aye, motion Hope Township.

4x800 — 1. Harlan, 11:18.13. carried.

Shuttle hurdle — sec1.

CLAIMS: Motion byrelay Riley and Harlan, onded by 1:19.07.

Brown to pay claims 130293130418.

All voting aye, motion carried.

100 meter dash — 1. Paige 0001 GENERAL FND Millikan, Clar,BASIC 14.06; 9. Gracie 2 FOR CHILDCARE...................500.00 Hagle,UCrest, 15.76.

A-1 WINDOW ................................125.00 1600 distance medley —1.

ACCESS...........................................869.37 Creston, ( Taylor Seaton, Morgan AKIN ...............................................104.99 Driskell, Hannah Dryden, Lilli ALLIANT .......................................158.23 ARAMARK.......................................17.70 Rooks), 5:16.82.

BM400 SALES......................................147.00 meter dash — 1. Kaia BUILT NETWORKS...................1,001.93 Bieker, Har, 1:05.42; 9. Hannah BUSCH...............................................88.20 Rounds, Crest, 1:16.70.

CARD SERVICES.......................2,262.30 4x200 meter relay — 1.

CARLTON.........................................22.21 Glenwood, 2:07.05; 8. Creston, CHAT ..............................................255.76 CLARKSMITHSothman, (Allyssa Shelby PHOTOGRAPHY............................294.25 Barber, Kate Foglesong, Gracie COEN'S FURNITURE....................245.00 Hagle), 2:28.95.

CONDUENT BUSINESS SRVS......56.25 100 meter hurdles — 1.Maci CRESTON MUNICIPAL Schmitz, Har, 18.24; 8. Taylor UTILITIES.......................................317.79 Seaton, Crest, 22.84.

F&M BODY SHOP...........................90.70 GREATAMERICA..........................129.34 800 meter run — 1. Kaia HANSEN............................................72.00 Beiker, Har, 2:31.64; 4. Hannah HAWKS...........................................682.70 Dryden, Crest, 2:48.15; 6. Lilli HEARTLAND TIRE.........................29.95 Rooks, Crest, 2:51.99.

HY-VEE........................................2,398.90 200 meter dash — 1. Lauren ISSB......................................................9.63 Roenfeldt, Glen, 30.37; 7. Brianna JIM'S SANITATION.........................80.00 LEAF................................................131.07 Fields, Crest, 32.67; 21. Morgan LOVE...............................................450.00 Driskell, Crest, 35.91.

MEDIACOM...................................918.84 200 meter hurdles — 1. Zophie MEDICAP..........................................13.95 Hendricks, Har, 34.19.

MEYER LABORATORY.................51.95 1500 meter run — 1. Hana MILLER...........................................108.50 Daoudi, LC, 5:33.69; 3. Hannah MOELLER.......................................100.00 Rounds, Crest, 6:09.49.

NACVSO............................................30.00 NIELSEN ZIMMERMAN .........500.00 4x100 &relay — 1. Glenwood, OFFICE MACHINES ....................194.34 1:00.18; 6. Creston, (Morgan PROVOST....................................1,364.42 Driskell, Halle Evans, Gracie RINGGOLD CO. SHERIFF........7,480.00 Hagle, Brianna Fields), 1:04.70.

SECURETECH................................385.00 4x400PHARMACY...................22.80 relay — 1.Harlan, SHOPKO SHRED-IT........................................146.57 THATCHER....................................144.00 UNION CO. LEC FND................5,661.92 0001 GENERAL BASIC FND TTL: .................................27,662.56 0002 GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL ACCESS........................................1,025.94 CAMPBELL......................................59.85 CITY OF CRESTON...................9,636.05 IA. SECRETARY OF STATE..........92.43 ISACA TREASURER.....................100.00 THOMSON REUTERS- WEST.....385.00 TYLER TECH............................18,039.82 YOUTH EMERGENCY SERV & SHELTER.................................1,306.20 0002 GEN SUPPLEMENTAL TTL: ...........................................30,645.29 0010 MH-DD SERVICES FND SOUTHERN HILLS REGIONAL MH......................255,568.00 0010 MH-DD SERVICES FND TTL: ...............................255,568.00 0011 RURAL SERVICES BASIC ABEL................................................500.00 ALLIANT...........................................40.47 BANKERS LEASING .....................38.36 ENVIRNMNTL SYSTMS RESRCH..........................................400.00 GRMC..............................................800.50 IA. PRISON INDUSTRIES............437.25 MEDIACOM.....................................73.13 OFFICE MACHINES .......................45.25 STATE HYGIENIC LAB.................47.00 0011 RURL SRVICS BASIC TTL: ...............................2,381.96 0020 SECONDARY ROAD FND AGRILAND ...............................19,211.85 AGRIVISION ......................................9.06 AKIN..................................................50.93 ALLIANT........................................221.26 ARAMARK.....................................234.75 ASPHALT PAVING.........................60.00 AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES........21.00 BANKERS LEASING ...................124.03 BUILT NETWORKS...................1,286.73 CITY OF LORIMOR........................28.00 CRESTON FARM & HOME.........142.93 FASTENAL.......................................56.16 G&K SERVICES...............................48.20 GATR TRUCK................................961.76 GUNSOLLEY....................................10.57 IA. DEPT TRANSPORTATION....450.00 IA. STATE UNIVERSITY..........2,250.00 IA. TRAILER MFG...................49,995.00 JIM'S SANITATION.........................85.00 MAHAN.............................................93.85 MEDIACOM...................................292.42 METAL CULVERTS ...............13,849.50 MID COUNTRY MACHINERY..............................4,000.00 NORSOLV SYSTEMS ..................149.95 OFFICE MACHINES ....................275.89 O'HALLORAN ...............................128.69 RED OAK WELDING .....................99.15 SCHILDBERG ..........................58,183.93 SIRWA...............................................38.00 UNION CO. AUDITOR..................600.00 WINDSTREAM................................67.60 ZIEGLER...........................................87.49 0020 SECONDARY ROAD FND TTL: ..................153,113.70 4000 EMRGENCY MANAGEMENT FND AKIN .................................................89.87 ALLIANT........................................633.39 DUCKWORTH..................................96.33 FLYNN RENTAL......................11,291.00 IA. HOMELAND SECURITY.......537.88 MEDIACOM...................................142.17 TYLER INSURANCE....................982.00 4000 EMRGNCY MNGEMNT FND TTL: .................................13,772.64 4003 EMPOWERMENT ADAMS CO. EXTENSION........1,400.00 BEEDE..........................................1,000.00 BIRCHARD.....................................400.00 CLARKE CO. PUBLIC HEALTH..........................................433.12 CREATIVE BEGINNINGS............300.00 DISCOVERY KIDS.....................1,012.00 I THINK I CAN CHILD CARE ...........................................5,000.00 JOYFUL SPARKS .........................450.00 MATURA ....................................2,180.34 RINGGOLD CO. CHILD CARE...............................................825.00 RINGGOLD CO. PUBLIC HEALTH.......................................3,441.13 SOUTHERN IA. TROLLEY............63.00 SWCC............................................8,709.77 TAYLOR CO. AG EXTENSION................................5,267.98 TAYLOR CO. PUBLIC HEALTH..........................................943.27 TRINITY LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL...............................1,222.00 4003 EMPOWERMENT TTL: ...........................................32,647.61 4004 LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER ARAMARK.......................................29.20 JIM'S SANITATION.......................110.00 MEDIACOM...................................135.90 MEYER LABORATORY ................51.95 VERIZON .......................................440.11 WILLIAMS........................................62.46 4004 LAW ENFORCMNT CNTR TTL: ...................................829.62 4100 CO. ASSESSMENT EXPENSE BANKERS LEASING ...................115.15 MAIL SERVICES........................2,803.96 MEDIACOM...................................117.69 4100 CO. ASSESSMENT EXPNSE TTL: ...........................3,036.80 4150 SOUTHERN HILLS REGION ADAIR CO. HOSPITAL................861.00 AISTROPE.........................................65.00 CARE............................................7,500.00 CHOICE........................................2,091.88 COUNTRY CARE CENTER .....1,040.00 CROSSROADS............................2,833.33 IA. FOCUS.........................................25.00 KENYON & NIELSEN..................134.94 NEW HORIZONS........................1,827.50 NISHNA PRODUCTIONS...............70.20 NOSEKABEL..................................119.00 PURSUIT OF INDEPENDENCE...........................859.78 RAY....................................................85.05 SOUTHERN IA RESOURCE FAMILIES.......................................153.00 SOUTHERN IA. TROLLEY.......3,976.85 SOUTHWEST IA. PLANNING COUNCL............................................43.75 UNION CO. SHERIFF.................1,219.98 4150 SOUTHERN HILLS REGION TTL: .........................22,906.26 4960 SANITARY LANDFILL CHAT MOBILITY............................74.26 TREASURER STATE OF IA...........93.00 4960 SANITARY LANDFILL TTL:..........................167.26 8500 CO. HEALTH INSURANCE BERNIE LOWE AND ASSOC......868.00 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SYSTEMS..................................82,196.11 8500 CO. HEALTH INSURANCE TTL: .................83,064.11 GRAND TTL:.........................625,795.81 HANDWRITTEN CLAIM: Motion

by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve handwritten claim number 130291 in the amount of $12,750.00 to Performance Concrete Polishing. All voting aye,

PUBLIC NOTICE Regular Session April 24, 2017 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Regular Session on Monday, April 24, 2017. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM with the following members present: Ron Riley and Dennis Brown. Lois Monday was absent.

AGENDA: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve the Agenda.

All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve the minutes from April 17, 2017. All voting aye, motion carried. Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve the minutes from April 19, 2017. All voting aye, motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: No one spoke in open forum.

WEED COMMISSIONER: Weed Destruction Deadlines: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve Resolution #25 Fyr 16/17 Destruction of Noxious Weeds & Fines Assessed to all Property Owners: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Union County, Iowa That Pursuant to the Provisions of Chapter 317.13 and 317.14 1995 and 317.25 2001 Code of Iowa, it is hereby ordered: THAT EACH OWNER AND EACH PERSON in the possession or control of any land in Union County shall cut, burn or otherwise destroy all noxious weeds thereon, as defined in this Chapter, at such times in each year and in such manner as shall prevent said weeds from blooming or coming to maturity, and shall keep said land free from such growth of any other weeds as shall render the streets or highways adjoining said land unsafe for public travel. Noxious weeds shall be cut or otherwise destroyed on or before the following dates and as often thereafter as is necessary to prevent seed production.

May 15, 2017.......Musk Thistle, Perennial Pepper Grass.

June 2, 2017.....Leafy Spurge, Sour Dock, Smooth Dock, Sheep Sorrel, Wild Sunflowers, Poison Hemlock.

June 20, 2017.. .Canadian Thistle, Russian Knapweed, Buckhorn, Wild Mustard and Tall Thistle.

July 1, 2017...Field Bindweed, Horse Nettle, Perennial Sow Thistle, Quack Grass, Butterprint, Puncture Vine, Cocklebur, Bull Thistle and Shattercane.

July 16, 2017.............Multi-flora Rose and Teasel.

THAT IF THE OWNERS OR PERSON in possession or control of any land in Union County fail to comply with the foregoing orders, the Weed Commissioner shall cause this to be done and the expense of said work, including costs of serving notice and other costs, if any, to be assessed against the real estate upon which the noxious weeds are destroyed. Anyone wishing NOT to have noxious weeds sprayed in any given area, he or she shall sign an agreement at the County Weed Commissioner's Office and shall furnish their own signs to be posted on each side of the area designated and shall be responsible to destroy such weeds, all session.

PENALTY For failure to comply by the date prescribed in an order pursuant to Chapter 317, up to ten (1) days, for destruction of weeds, the Weed Commissioner may have the weeds destroyed and the costs assessed back to the owner, or may impose a penalty of $10.00 per day for each day the owner of the land fails to comply. Roll call vote: Riley aye, Brown aye, Monday absent, motion carried. Official Public Notice: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to authorize the publication of the Official Public Notice of the Destruction of Noxious Weeds & Fines assessed to all Property Owners for 2017.

All voting aye, motion carried.

ENGINEER: Union County Roads Superintendent, Al Hysell, presented and discussed the weekly maintenance activity report. Grading Agreement: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve the grading agreement for ditching and clearing vegetation on the East side of Yellow Rose Ave, Section 24 of New Hope Township. All voting aye, motion carried.

CLAIMS: Motion by Riley and seconded by Brown to pay claims 130293130418. All voting aye, motion carried.

0001 GENERAL BASIC FND 2 FOR U CHILDCARE...................500.00 A-1 WINDOW ................................125.00 ACCESS...........................................869.37 AKIN ...............................................104.99 ALLIANT .......................................158.23 ARAMARK.......................................17.70 BM SALES......................................147.00 BUILT NETWORKS...................1,001.93 BUSCH...............................................88.20 CARD SERVICES.......................2,262.30 CARLTON.........................................22.21 CHAT ..............................................255.76 CLARKSMITH PHOTOGRAPHY............................294.25 COEN'S FURNITURE....................245.00 CONDUENT BUSINESS SRVS......56.25 CRESTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.......................................317.79 F&M BODY SHOP...........................90.70 GREATAMERICA..........................129.34 HANSEN............................................72.00 HAWKS...........................................682.70 HEARTLAND TIRE.........................29.95 HY-VEE........................................2,398.90 ISSB......................................................9.63 JIM'S SANITATION.........................80.00 LEAF................................................131.07 LOVE...............................................450.00 MEDIACOM...................................918.84 MEDICAP..........................................13.95 MEYER LABORATORY.................51.95 MILLER...........................................108.50 MOELLER.......................................100.00 NACVSO............................................30.00 NIELSEN & ZIMMERMAN .........500.00 OFFICE MACHINES ....................194.34 PROVOST....................................1,364.42 RINGGOLD CO. SHERIFF........7,480.00 SECURETECH................................385.00 SHOPKO PHARMACY...................22.80 SHRED-IT........................................146.57 THATCHER....................................144.00 UNION CO. LEC FND................5,661.92 0001 GENERAL BASIC FND TTL: .................................27,662.56 0002 GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL ACCESS........................................1,025.94 CAMPBELL......................................59.85 CITY OF CRESTON...................9,636.05 IA. SECRETARY OF STATE..........92.43

CARE...............................................825.00 RINGGOLD CO. PUBLIC HEALTH.......................................3,441.13 SOUTHERN IA. TROLLEY............63.00 SWCC............................................8,709.77 TAYLOR CO. AG EXTENSION................................5,267.98 TAYLOR CO. PUBLIC HEALTH..........................................943.27 TRINITY LUTHERAN 4:53.67; 3. Creston, (Taylor PRESCHOOL...............................1,222.00 Seaton, Hannah Rounds, Lilli 4003 EMPOWERMENT Rooks, Hannah Dryden), 5:11.67.

TTL: ...........................................32,647.61 4004 LAW ENFORCEMENT Eighth grade resultsCENTER — 1.

ARAMARK.......................................29.20 Glenwood 133.5, 2. Creston 93, JIM'S SANITATION.......................110.00 3. Harlan 85, 4. Lewis Central MEDIACOM...................................135.90 42.5, 6. LABORATORY Clarinda 14. ................51.95 MEYER Discus.......................................440.11 — 1. Elle Scarborough, VERIZON Glen, 107-2; 2. Kelsey Fields, WILLIAMS........................................62.46 4004 LAW ENFORCMNT Crest, 96-5; 4. Ryli Abildtrup, CNTR TTL: ...................................829.62 Crest, 80-2; 9. Payton Luther, 4100 CO. ASSESSMENT EXPENSE Crest, 66-5.

BANKERS LEASING ...................115.15 High Jump — 1. Lauren MAIL SERVICES........................2,803.96 Becker, Glen, 5-1; 6. Rachel MEDIACOM...................................117.69 Boyer, 4-0.

4100 CO.Crest, ASSESSMENT Long TTL: Jump — 1. Ashley Hall, EXPNSE ...........................3,036.80 4150 SOUTHERN HILLS Rice, REGION Har, 14-9-5; 3. Peyton Crest, ADAIR13.

CO.Jordan HOSPITAL................861.00 14-2; Gonzales, Crest, AISTROPE.........................................65.00 11-5.5.

CARE............................................7,500.00 Shot put — 1. Kelsey Fields, CHOICE........................................2,091.88 Crest, 32-9; Payton Luther, COUNTRY CARE2.CENTER .....1,040.00 Crest, 26-6.

CROSSROADS............................2,833.33 IA.800 FOCUS.........................................25.00 sprint medley — 1.

KENYON &(Angelina NIELSEN..................134.94 Creston, Chuong, Ryli NEW HORIZONS........................1,827.50 Abildtrup, Chloe Marlin, Morgan NISHNA PRODUCTIONS...............70.20 Buxton), 2:09.11.

NOSEKABEL..................................119.00 4x800 OF — 1. Glenwood, 11:09.79; PURSUIT 2.

Creston, (Molly Sickels, Paige INDEPENDENCE...........................859.78 RAY....................................................85.05 Davis, Ali Christensen, Braelyn SOUTHERN IA RESOURCE Baker), 11:28.11 FAMILIES.......................................153.00 Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Har SOUTHERN IA. TROLLEY.......3,976.85 1:17.56.

SOUTHWEST IA. PLANNING 100 meter dash — 1. Elle COUNCL............................................43.75 Scarborough, Glen, 13.59; 3.

UNION CO. SHERIFF.................1,219.98 Sam Dunphy, HILLS Crest, 14.39; 25.

4150 SOUTHERN REGIONChristensen, TTL: .........................22,906.26 Lauryn Crest, 17.20; 4960Brianna SANITARY LANDFILL 26.

Hayes, Crest, 17.30.

CHAT MOBILITY............................74.26 1600 distance medley —1.

TREASURER STATE OF IA...........93.00 Harlan, 4:56.50; 4. Creston, 4960 SANITARY (Chloe Martin, Molly Sickels, TTL:..........................167.26 LANDFILL Unity Anderson, Christensen), 8500 CO. HEALTH Ali INSURANCE BERNIE LOWE AND ASSOC......868.00 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SYSTEMS..................................82,196.11 8500 CO. HEALTH INSURANCE TTL: .................83,064.11 GRAND TTL:.........................625,795.81 HANDWRITTEN CLAIM: Motion

by Riley and seconded by Brown to approve handwritten claim number 130291 in the amount of $12,750.00 to Performance Concrete Polishing. All voting aye, motion carried.

W2 WAGES: Aistrope, Rita...............................50,661.13 Akes, Steven..............................104,486.02 Allen, Shawn................................42,884.81 Auten jr, Orval.............................44,147.24 Bates, Brent..................................42,400.52 Batey, Michael...............................2,997.00 Beam, Kathy...................................2,207.93 Blazek, Gary................................44,608.21 Boden, Paul..................................41,033.06 Bristow, Christine........................40,019.82 Brown, Dennis.............................26,856.11 Burkhalter, Brian.........................53,959.89 Busch, Kelly.................................51,164.77 Campbell, Lindsay.......................40,175.72 Carlton, Katie...............................41,451.06 Chapman, Tracy...........................43,198.35 Christensen, Joshua.....................43,293.31 Cook, Joni....................................36,838.31 Denton, Bob...................................4,153.12 Denton, Eric.................................20,100.70 Duckworth, Jo..............................42,439.02 Edwards, Elizabeth......................12,847.20 Eslinger, Jeffery...........................42,884.83 Graham, Stacey............................40,679.83 Hamm, Amber..............................30,320.36 Hawks, Thomas...........................15,580.44 Hayes, Jason.................................42,884.81 Hepp, Robert................................43,196.82 Hilger, Michael............................41,191.45 Hopkins, Judy................................9,195.25 Husband, Amanda.......................26,046.62 Hysell, Albert...............................43,999.91 Hysell, Sandy...............................51,164.77 Ide, Roger..........................................700.00 Jensen, Ellen..................................2,617.36 Jones, Doug..................................51,164.77 Kenyon, Timothy.........................90,677.15 Latham, Larry..............................85,473.89 Lauer, Shawn...............................17,031.50 Loudon, Korina.................................700.00 Loy, Stacy....................................40,794.10 Luther, Cory.................................53,615.99 Mahan, Brenda.............................38,132.01 Maitlen, Steven............................61,128.54 Marquart, Robert.........................44,945.58 Mayhew, Joseph..........................41,191.45 Mc intire, Roger...........................43,524.18 Mc neill, Daniel...........................57,424.23 Mcguire, Jacob.............................44,132.85 Mcnichols, Gary..........................42,988.88 Mcvay, John.................................43,259.95 Miller, Eleanor.............................16,805.91 Miller, Paul........................................650.00 Moffitt, Sharon.................................600.00 Monday, Lois...............................26,856.65 Morey, Taner.................................2,594.11 Morris, Mitchell...........................43,300.81 Murdock, Larry............................43,072.05 Nosekabel, Emily........................18,628.86 Nosekabel, Lori...........................67,548.26 O'daniels, Gary..................................600.00 Parkins, John.....................................600.00 Piel, Rick......................................67,920.38 Price, Philip.......................................700.00 Proffitt, Douglas..........................43,083.24 Provost, Kevin...............................2,355.25 Pudenz, Theresa...........................51,164.77 Ramaeker, Rick..............................8,918.45 Ray, Donna....................................2,226.33 Ray, Geraldine...............................5,954.55 Riley, Gary........................................600.00 Riley, Ronald...............................26,856.11 Schultes, Amelia..........................37,190.40 Schultz, Scott...............................44,298.36 Seddon, Dennis............................43,659.36 Shiltz, Dorie.................................48,511.12 Siddens, Teri................................41,191.45 Smith, Ian..........................................390.00 Smith, Patrick..............................43,875.26 Smith, Vickie...............................42,466.46 Starlin, Richard............................42,676.85 Steele, Tandy...............................41,451.06 Stream, Richard.............................9,958.00 Swanson, Lisa................................4,580.36 Tucker, Richard.............................2,187.00 Tucker, Roger..............................26,914.59 Vicker, Clint.................................43,042.31 Ward, Michael.............................42,595.46 Weis, Jonathan...............................7,707.75 Wheeler, Jennifer.........................41,451.06 White, Pauletta.............................51,164.77 Winebrenner, Joshua...................40,901.96 Woods, Chad................................54,163.32 Total Wages:...........................3,119,983.45 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: DENNIS BROWN, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Eslinger, Jeffery...........................42,884.83 Graham, Stacey............................40,679.83 Hamm, Amber..............................30,320.36 Hawks, Thomas...........................15,580.44 Hayes, Jason.................................42,884.81 Hepp, Robert................................43,196.82 Hilger, Michael............................41,191.45 Hopkins, Judy................................9,195.25 Husband, Amanda.......................26,046.62 Hysell, Albert...............................43,999.91 Hysell, Sandy...............................51,164.77 5:22.77.

Ide,400 Roger..........................................700.00 meter dash — 1. Lauren Jensen, Ellen..................................2,617.36 Becker, Glen, 1:03.43; 2. Morgan Jones, Doug..................................51,164.77 Buxton, Crest, 1:10.30; 3. Paige Kenyon, Timothy.........................90,677.15 Davis, 1:10.81; 6. Angelina Latham, Crest, Larry..............................85,473.89 Lauer, Shawn...............................17,031.50 Chuong, Crest, 1:14.82.

Loudon, Korina.................................700.00 4x200 meter relay — 1.

Loy, Stacy....................................40,794.10 Glenwood, 2:02.29; 5. Creston, Luther, Cory.................................53,615.99 (Chloe Martin, Jordan Gonzales, Mahan, Brenda.............................38,132.01 Unity Kelsey Fields), Maitlen, Anderson, Steven............................61,128.54 2:10.14.

Marquart, Robert.........................44,945.58 Mayhew, 100 Joseph..........................41,191.45 meter hurdles — 1.

Mc intire, Roger...........................43,524.18 Justine Buman, Har, 17.02; 2.

Mc neill, Daniel...........................57,424.23 Rachel Boyer, Crest, 17.93; 7.

Mcguire, Jacob.............................44,132.85 Ryli Abildtrup, Crest, 21.88; 10.

Mcnichols, Gary..........................42,988.88 Lauryn Christensen, Crest, 24.19.

Mcvay, John.................................43,259.95 800Eleanor.............................16,805.91 meter run — 1. Kaia Miller, Beiker, Har, 2:31.64; 4. Hannah Miller, Paul........................................650.00 Moffitt, Sharon.................................600.00 Dryden, Crest, 2:48.15; 6. Lilli Lois...............................26,856.65 Monday, Rooks, Crest, 2:51.99.

Morey, 200 Taner.................................2,594.11 meter dash — 1. Elle Morris, Mitchell...........................43,300.81 Scarborough, Glen, 28.88; 3.

Murdock, Larry............................43,072.05 Peyton Crest, 29.76; 10.

Nosekabel,Rice, Emily........................18,628.86 Kelsey Cres, 32.41; 16.

Lori...........................67,548.26 Nosekabel,Fields, O'daniels, Gary..................................600.00 Molly Sickels, Crest, 33.72.

Parkins, John.....................................600.00 200 meter hurdles — 1. Lauren Piel, Rick......................................67,920.38 Becker, Glen, 30.78; 2. Sam Price, Philip.......................................700.00 Dunphy, Crest, 31.46; 8. Jordan Proffitt, Douglas..........................43,083.24 Gonzales, Crest, 37.8.

Provost, Kevin...............................2,355.25 1500Theresa...........................51,164.77 meter run — 1. Emma Pudenz, Ramaeker, Rick..............................8,918.45 Hughes, Glen, 5:14.41; 3. Braelyn Ray, Donna....................................2,226.33 Baker, Crest, 5:29.37.

Ray, Geraldine...............................5,954.55 4x100 relay — 1. Glenwood, Riley, Gary........................................600.00 55.21; 2. Creston, (Angelina Riley, Ronald...............................26,856.11 Chuong, Rachel Boyer, Sam Schultes, Amelia..........................37,190.40 Dunphy, Peyton Rice), 57.03; Schultz, Scott...............................44,298.36 Seddon, Dennis............................43,659.36 4x400 relay — 1. Glenwood, Shiltz, Dorie.................................48,511.12 4:31.88; 2. Creston, (Rachel Siddens, Teri................................41,191.45 Boyer, Peyton Rice, Morgan Smith, Ian..........................................390.00 Buxton, Braelyn Baker), 4:33.29.

Smith, Patrick..............................43,875.26 Smith, Vickie...............................42,466.46 Starlin, Richard............................42,676.85 Steele, Tandy...............................41,451.06 Stream, Richard.............................9,958.00 Swanson, Lisa................................4,580.36 Tucker, Richard.............................2,187.00 Tucker, Roger..............................26,914.59 Vicker, Clint.................................43,042.31 Ward, Michael.............................42,595.46 Weis, Jonathan...............................7,707.75 Wheeler, Jennifer.........................41,451.06 White, Pauletta.............................51,164.77 Winebrenner, Joshua...................40,901.96 Woods, Chad................................54,163.32 Total Wages:...........................3,119,983.45 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: DENNIS BROWN, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED G. SULLIVAN, Deceased.

CASE NO. ESPR015849 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of: Mildred G. Sullivan, Deceased, who died on or about April 16, 2017: You are hereby notified that on May 1, 2017 the last will and testament of Mildred G. Sullivan, deceased, bearing date of January 19, 2015, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Michelle Spare-Johns and Robert Joseph Spare were appointed executors 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 May 2, 2017 Michelle Spare-Johns and Robert Joseph Spare Executors of the Estate 1309 26th Avenue SW, Altoona, IA 50009; and P.O. Box 154, 205 W. Filmore, Afton, IA 50830 Loretta L. Harvey, #AT0003351 Attorney for the Executor Harvey Law Office, 109 W. Montgomery Street P.O. Box 85, Creston, IA 50801 Date of second publication: May 11, 2017 NOTICE OF VACANCY A vacancy has occurred on the Union County Board of Supervisors. Pursuant to Iowa Code Section 69.8(4), a committee of county officers (consisting of the Auditor, Recorder and Treasurer) may fill the vacancy by special election or by appointment. The Committee intends to fill the vacancy by appointment and is, by this notice, accepting applications for the position. Applicants must reside in Union County. Applicants must submit a resume, cover letter and a completed Application and Addendum, to the Union County Auditor's Office, 300 N Pine St, Suite #2, Creston, Iowa 50801. Applications must be received in the Union County Auditor's Office by 4:30 P.M. on May 12, 2017. Pursuant Iowa Code Section 69.14A(1), Electors of Union County have the right to file a petition requiring the vacancy be filled by special election.

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This position requires a High School diploma or GED. Possess or ability to obtain Class A CDL within six months of hire, but possession of a Class A CDL at time of hire preferred.

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Saturday, May 13- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Tools/Shop Items, Appliances, Housewares, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles, Rock Collection, Lapidary Items, 2000 Buick LeSabre for Shirley Henry and the late John Henry Estate and Al and Clarine Abramowitz. Auctioneer: Todd Crill.

Saturday, May 13- 10:00AM Creston, IA. Real Estate & Personal Property for Holy Spirit Catholic Church & Calvary Cemetery and former assets of the late Roberta Ambrose, sellers. Auctioneers: Tom Frey, Darwin West, Steve Bergren.

Sat., June 10- 10:00AM rural Cromwell, IA. Household, Furniture, many Collectibles, Firearms, Old Radios, Victrola, Jukebox, Die Cast Cars & Trucks, Rolltop Desk, Cast Iron Banks, Tools & Misc., Beer and Other Adv. Items, Crockery; Much more for the late James Wilson, Ginny Fett, owner.

Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Brandon Frey, Pete Myers Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.�

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way it is where no fireworks are allowed (to be shot)?” said Creston Police Chief Paul Ver Meer. “And then, do you want Todd and I to get together and come up with an ordinance for De- Ver Meer cember so we have an ordinance that’s vetted by us and the city attorney so we have something to stand by for the next Fourth of July?”

Possible ordinance Creston Fire Chief Todd Jackson presented the council with an ordinance proposed by the city of Muscatine.

Jackson said he felt it was a strong ordinance and could serve as a guideline should the council decide to change the current ordinance.

The ordinance states “any person discharging a fireworks device assumes all responsibility for its opera-

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now. Iowa has more than 4,700 state park campsites and between 50 and 75 percent of them can be reserved in advance. This year, more than 300 existing campsites were added to the reservations system, making planning vacations a little easier.

Green Valley State Park will be hosting the Camping Kickoff event, planting pollinators, at 10 a.m.

Saturday, meeting at the

“THERE’S 41 other states that shoot off fireworks. So, it’s not like this is new across the United States. ... I think, for the most part, you’re not going to see a whole lot of difference, especially if we can regulate some of these things going into it.”

tion and the consequences thereof.”

Jackson said it also includes some “common sense” regulations such as individuals under 18 must have adult supervision to light fireworks, fireworks shall not be lit by an individual under the influence of alcohol or drugs and fireworks can only be shot from an individual’s own property or have consent from the property owner.

But, the biggest part of Muscatine’s proposal, and Jackson’s biggest concern, is regulating venues selling fireworks.

For Jackson, inspections of venues selling fireworks would be critical.

“The biggest part of this ordinance Muscatine is proposing is a little bit of regulation as far as the selling of (fireworks) and making sure those places aren’t just setting up a corner shack that’s going to be dangerous to the public,” Jackson said. “I’m g o i n g to guess w e ’ l l have less than a d o z e n Jackson places

trying to sell fireworks. I just don’t want everybody throwing up a shingle and saying, ‘Hey, we’re selling fireworks and alcohol here together and have a good day.’”

Ward 4 Councilwoman Marsha Wilson voiced concern that a change to the ordinance could create problems.

“You really don’t think this will be a problem?” she asked. “I can see this opening up – they’re going to do it in the park. They’re going to do it wherever they want to.”

“If we don’t have guidelines, it’s everything goes,” Jackson said. “As far as the discharge of (fireworks), there’s not a lot of rules. If they’re discharging at the park and they shouldn’t be ... they can’t just go into the park and shoot them off. If they do, that’s a violation.

“There’s 41 other states that shoot off fireworks.

So, it’s not like this is new across the United States.

This goes on across the country,” Jackson said. “We just haven’t been involved with it. I think, for the most part, you’re not going to see a whole lot of difference, especially if we can regulate some of these things going

into it.”

Both Taylor and Ver Meer noted that even if the council decides to change the ordinance, there may not be enough time to do so in time for the coming July 4, which would leave fireworks illegal to shoot off in Creston.

A more likely timeline would see the ordinance changed in time for the December time period when fireworks will be allowed to be discharged.

parking lot east of the dam.

Volunteers will be able to come out and help the park staff create new pollinator gardens along the paved trail. Volunteers will learn about the importance of prairies and pollinators as they hand broadcast seed alongside park staff. Volunteers should bring shoes they can wear off the trail, light gloves, sunglasses and sunscreen if needed and some water. There will be a short walk along the trail to the site of the pollinator garden.

The pollinator gardens

will one day attract a number of diverse pollinators including butterflies, bees and hummingbirds with a variety of colorful native species that will bloom all season long.

“In a couple of years, when the prairie is fully established and is in full bloom, the trail users will get a glimpse of the beauty of Iowa’s prairies. The variety of colors and flowers are going to attract people as well as pollinators,” said Daniel Stull, Green Valley State Park technician.

Many other state parks

will be planting pollinator gardens over the next few years as the parks are gearing up for the Parks 2020 celebration. The Parks 2020 celebration will be the 100th year anniversary of the establishment of state parks in Iowa.

In the event of bad weather, the Camping Kickoff will be postponed to Saturday, May 13. For more information about Green Valley State Park’s Camping Kickoff event, call the park office at 641-782-5131 or email Green_Valley@ dnr.iowa.gov.

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New trial ordered for man convicted of killing ex-girlfriend CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — A new trial has been ordered for a Cedar Rapids man who’d been convicted of stabbing to death his former girlfriend.

The Iowa Court of Appeals said in its ruling Wednesday for Nicholas Luerkens that the trial court “erred in denying the defendant’s request to submit an insanity defense instruction to the jury.”

In November 2015 a jury found Luerkens guilty of first-degree murder for killing 29-year-old Lynnsey Donald. Officials say Luerkens stabbed Donald dozens of times in a Marion parking lot on April 21, 2015, as Donald’s 7-year-old son watched.

Prosecutors say Luerkens had been following Donald for months before the attack.

Defense lawyers say Luerkens was overusing an antidepressant drug, which contributed to diminished mental capacity during the attack.

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