TIGERS SURVIVE
UNION COUNTY FAIR
Lenox survived with a 3-2 win over Earlham Thursday to advance to Saturday’s district baseball final. For more on the Tigers, see SPORTS, page 1S. >>
Several departments at the Union County Fair are looking for entries this year. For more information on the Union County Fair, see page 2A. >>
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Royalty: Taylor County Fair Miss Congeniality Emily Adams, 16, left, of Lenox; Taylor County Fair Queen Makayla McMann,
16, middle, of Corning and Taylor County Fair Queen Runner-up Katelyn Belding, 17, of Sharpsburg pose for pictures off stage Thursday night after the queen coronation at Taylor County Fair.
Russian-American lobbyist says he was in Trump son’s meeting WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s son, marking another shift in the account of a discussion that was billed as part of a Russian government effort to help the Republican’s White House campaign. Rinat Akhmetshin confirmed his participation to The Associated Press on Friday. The meeting has heightened questions about whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with the Russian government during the election, which is the focus of federal and congressional investigations. In emails posted by Donald Trump Jr. earlier this week,
an associate who arranged the meeting said a Russian lawyer wanted to pass on negative information about Democrat Hillary Clinton and stated that the discussion was part of a Russian government effort to help the GOP candidate. While Trump Jr. has confirmed that Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya was in the meeting, Trump Jr. he did not disclose Akhmetshin’s presence. The president’s son has tried to discount the meeting, saying that he did not receive the information he
Black bear reportedly spotted in southeast Iowa bean field OSKALOOSA (AP) — State officials are testing fur found at the site of a black bear sighting in southeastern Iowa. The Oskaloosa Herald reports that the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a black bear strolling through a soybean field on Wednesday.
Officials were not able to find a bear, but officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources collected fur samples believed to belong to a black bear for testing. Officials say there have been multiple bear sightings reported in the area in recent weeks.
was promised. Akhmetshin said Trump Jr. asked the attorney for evidence of illicit money flowing to the Democratic National Committee, but Veselnitskaya said she didn’t have that information. She said the Trump campaign would need to research it more, and after that Trump Jr. lost interest, according to Akhmetshin. “They couldn’t wait for the meeting to end,” Akhmetshin said. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-inlaw and current White House senior adKushner viser, and
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• WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE FAIR? How I got the chicken and the cats, and ‘cause I did good.
• FAMILY:
DISNEY MOVIE? All of them
• IF YOU COULD BE
ANYONE FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD IT BE? My brother because he gets to show cows and all that stuff.
• WHAT
DID YOU WIN AT FAIR THIS YEAR? Champion and reserve champion kitten, reserve champion cat and junior showmanship for the pets and small animal show
Parents, Tanner and Brittina Lund; sister, Norah, and brother, Dustin
• WHAT
ANIMALS DO YOU SHOW? Chickens and cats
• WHAT’S
YOUR CAT’S NAME? Benny
utes
• HOW OLD IS YOUR CAT? 5 • HOMETOWN: Corning
ADA LUND • SCHOOL: Southwest Valley Elementary
• AGE: 9
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then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort also attended the meeting. Asked about Akhmetshin’s participation in the meeting, Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni declined comment. A spokesman for Kushner did not respond to inquiries. Akhmetshin said the attorney brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents. He said he was unaware of the content of the documents or whether they were provided by the Russian government, and it was unclear whether she left the materials with the Trump associates. Akhmetshin said the meeting was “not substantive” and he “actually expected
Creston Community School District administrators will have more responsibilities in the 2017-18 school year. The added responsibilities come as a result of the reduction in force of Kevin Teno’s position as director of education services. The reduction in force of Teno’s administrative position was part of a budget reduction of $700,000 from the FY2017 and FY2018 budgets. CCSD Superintendent Steve McDermott explained the new responsibilities during the June CCSD Board of Directors meeting. “These are more in light of what’s been moved because of the reduction in the administrative position,” McDermott said. “A lot of these come back on the administrative team. There’s some natural evolution that goes on McDermott with some of these things.” Among the most noticeable changes, according to McDermott, are the responsibilities of Callie Anderson Anderson and Scott Driskell. Previously, Anderson was
principal of junior kindergarten through first grade and Driskell was principal of second through fifth grade. For the upcoming school year, Anderson will be curriculum director and principal of junior kindergarten through kindergarten. Dris- Driskell kell will be principal of first through fifth grade. “A lot of the decision making involved skills and abilities and experiences of some of these folks, things they’ve done in the past at other districts or here,” McDermott said. “Callie has always been a curriculum specialist for us. She’s been good with those materials. There’s just different things that were natural fits for people. It’s about matching your talent and abilities to responsibilities and duties, things that have to be done.” Anderson will also oversee the Title I program, Iowa and Smarter Balance tests, English Language Learners program and will be the equity coordinator. Driskell will handle special education staffings and incidents. Brad Baker, middle school principal, will oversee elementary/ middle school level two and three s p e c i a l Baker education
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