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ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWLCreston native Jeff Hundley had a front-row seat for the unveiling of college football’s new playoff system. He was the chief operating officer of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Read more about his experience on page 9A.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015

Businessmen opposed to city’s franchise fee

By KYLE WILSON CNA managing [email protected]

Two businessmen voiced their opposition Tuesday evening to the 5 percent franchise fee current-ly being proposed by the city of Creston.

This fee — first discussed by Creston City Council in December

— would be implemented on all electric and natural gas customers inside Creston city limits.

Brian Haines with Ferrara Candy Company told the council Tuesday evening that his compa-ny is opposed to the franchise fee. He stated his company current-ly gets an exemption on their gas and electric under the 1-percent local-option sales tax found on Al-

liant Energy bills.But, if the city “gets rid” of the

local-option sales tax and imple-ments a 5 percent franchise fee — which is what’s being proposed — Haines said that could make a “six figure” dent in their budget that’s already been finalized.

Mike Tamerius, co-owner of Precision Optical, also voiced concerns Tuesday stating this fee would cost his business between $6,000 and $8,000 annually.

Other industrial/commercial properties within city limits that are heavy users of gas and/or elec-tricity include CHS, Bunn-O-Mat-

ic, Walmart, Hy-Vee, Fareway and Vanmark.

Tamerius and Haines felt this franchise fee would affect com-mercial and industrial properties the most. Keith Sherman with Alliant Energy told city officials Wednesday that — in Creston — this franchise fee would affect resi-dential, industrial and commercial properties evenly with about 1/3 of the fees being collected from each.

Also opposing the franchise fee in writing were Matt Somers, John Barkalow, Sharon Irelan and Flor-ence Avazin. There was no written correspondence in favor of the

franchise fee.Creston City Council will con-

tinue discussions about the pro-posed franchise fee at their next meeting Jan. 20. The council will have the option during that meet-ing to set the franchise fee per-centage at anywhere from zero to the state-maximum of 5 percent. Important to note: The only ex-emptions under the franchise fee will be city-owned properties.

The first reading and vote is ex-pected Jan. 20. This fee will need

� Brian Haines with Ferrara Candy Company tells Creston City Council the proposed fee could put “six figure” dent in company’s budget.

C ounty eliminates bounty for gopher feet

supervisors

By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

The Union County Board of Supervisors decid-ed to nix the bounty for gopher feet during Friday’s meeting at the Union County Courthouse.

Union County Auditor Sandy Hysell said the program — which paid $1 for a front pair of gopher feet — had not been active in recent years.

“I only found a handful of counties that still do it,” Hysell said. “If people were still taking advantage of the bounty, we would have kept it, but it hasn’t been utilized for years.”

When Hysell started as audi-tor in 1989, she said one or two people would bring in large cof-fee cans full of gopher feet. She would count the pairs and give the customer a receipt.

The last receipt she recalled was more than $10.

Gophers, generally considered pests in North America, are small mammals that tunnel. The tunnels can disrupts commercial agriculture, gar-den plots and landscaping.

The historical effort to control the gopher population with a bounty was also for safety rea-sons. Farmers and horses could injure a leg in a gopher hole.

“It seems 40, 50, even 60 years ago, they were a real problem,” Supervisor Dennis Brown said. “To encourage people to get rid of them, the

Hysell

F LU PRECAUTIONS By BAILEY POOLMANCNA staff [email protected]

This winter, influenza has hit particularly hard. But, local schools and day cares have taken precautions to prevent the spread of the in-fluenza virus throughout the area.

“We haven’t noticed an in-flux in attendance as a result of the flu at this point,” said Creston Middle School Prin-cipal Brad Baker. “Of course, we have only been back since Monday.”

The flu is a respiratory ill-ness caused by the influen-za virus. It’s contagious and affects the nose, throat and lungs. Symptoms include fe-ver, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, achy muscles, headaches and fatigue.

Robin Sevier, Union County Public Health nurse, said it’s hard to expect what kind of season flu will bring.

“It varies,” Sevier said. “We never know from year to year what to expect. We just kind of prepare for a heavy year or a light year, and I think so far we’ve had a heavier number of cases.”

Staff at Creston Middle School have attempted to prevent the spread of flu by disinfecting door handles, sinks and other common places kids touch.

“We are talking to our students, just making sure they’re washing their hands when they go to the bath-room or touching common places,” Baker said. “Our custodians are disinfecting ... door knobs, just common

places kids walk by and touch. Just the main thing right now. And, we are going to continue that throughout the flu season.”

The flu vaccine covers two strains of A and B influenza. The vaccine can be received until March.

“It’s still a good idea to get vaccinated,” Sevier said. “With any vaccine, you can still become ill. But, the symptoms will be much less.”

Sevier recommends fol-lowing the three C’s when it comes to illness: cover coughs and sneezes, clean hands fre-quently and contain germs by staying home when ill.

Along with Baker, Luanne Merrill, director of I Think I Can Daycare, said she and her staff are also taking pre-cautions with the kids at the

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Flu activity increasing in Adair County Surveillance by the Iowa

Department of Public Health and Adair County Public Health, and testing by the State Hygienic Lab-oratory indicate flu activity is increasing. The flu season typically peaks in February and can last as late as May.

“If you have flu symp-toms, help out your fami-ly, friends and co-workers by staying home to avoid spreading the virus,” said Adair County Community Health Coordinator Steph-

anie Claussen. “It’s also important to remember to cover your coughs and sneezes, and clean your hands frequently to help yourself and others stay healthy.”

In the last reporting week, the Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network indi-cated 130 influenza-related hospitalizations statewide, mostly among those aged 64 or greater. Several flu outbreaks have been re-ported in long-term care fa-

cilities, especially in central and western Iowa.

The most common flu virus circulating is the in-fluenza A (H3N2) strain, although four different strains have been iden-tified. In years when A (H3N2) viruses dominate, the flu season tends to be more severe, with more hospitalizations and deaths. Based on United States

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ELVIS BIRTHDAYElvis Presley would have celebrated his 80th birthday today. Co-stars remember the “King of Rock and Roll”in a feature about him on page 14 of today’s paper.

Nation morns as France hunts for 2 suspects PARIS (AP) — Scattered gun-

fire and explosions shook France on Thursday as its frightened yet defiant citizens held a day of mourning for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French po-lice hunted down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in the massacre to make sure they don’t strike again.

French President Francois Hol-lande — joined by residents, tour-ists and Muslim leaders — called

for tolerance after the country’s worst terrorist attack in decades. At noon, the Paris metro came to a standstill and the crowd that gath-ered near Notre Dame cathedral fell silent to honor Wednesday’s victims.

“France has been struck direct-ly in the heart of its capital, in a place where the spirit of liberty — and thus of resistance — breathed freely,” Hollande said.

France’s prime minister said the

possibility of a new attack “is our main concern” and announced several overnight arrests. Tensions ran high in Paris, and police pa-trolled schools, places of worship and schools. Britain increased its security checks at ports and bor-ders.

Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo had caricatured the Proph-et Muhammad and witnesses said the attackers claimed allegiance to al-Qaida. One of the suspects

on the run had a past conviction for recruiting jihadis to fight in the Mideast.

Two men resembling the sus-pects robbed a gas station in north-east France on Thursday morning and police swarmed the site while helicopters hovered above. Offi-cials said later the newspaper at-tackers were not there.

Two explosions hit near mosques early Thursday, raising fears the deadly attack at Charlie

Hebdo would ignite a backlash against France’s large and diverse Muslim community. No one was injured in the attacks, one in Le Mans southwest of Paris and an-other near Lyon, southeast of the capital.

But France’s top security offi-cial abandoned a top-level meet-ing after just 10 minutes to rush to

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Valiere Stewart Albia

Valiere Stewart, 96, of Abia, for-merly of E l l s t o n , died Jan. 6, 2015, at M o n r o e C o u n t y Hospital in Albia.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Ellston United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Ellston Cemetery. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr. Visitation with family present will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. service time Sat-urday at the church. Memo-rials may be given to the Alz-heimer’s Foundation. Online condolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrongfh.com.

Valiere Stewart, daughter of Lela (Whitson) and Floyd Creveling, was born June 11, 1918, on the family farm south of Ellston. She lived most all of her life in this home, with the exception of a few years living within a two-mile radius.

Valiere graduated from

Ellston High School in 1936.On August 9, 1936, she

married Aden R. Stewart in Clearfield.

Valiere was a homemak-er, farmer’s wife and also cooked at restaurants in Mount Ayr and Ellston.

Valiere was a member of Ellston United Methodist Church.

In 2002, she moved to Av-ery and eventually to Albia.

Valiere is survived by her sons, Dean (wife Jeanne) Stewart of Burlington, David (wife Sheila) Stewart of Win-terset and Dale (wife Lorrie) Stewart of Thayer; son-in-law Bill Lantz of Burling-ton; grandchildren, Denise Nelson, Tanya Shanstrom, Cherri James, Michael Stew-art, Mark Stewart, McKen-zie Noard, Mitchell Stewart, Andrea Stewart, Becky Sny-der, Jonathon Stewart, Na-than Rigsby, Cody Courtney and Amanda Atkins; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and sisters-in-law, Donel-la Creveling of Ellston and Ruth Egly of Mount Ayr.

Valiere was preceded in death by her parents; hus-band on Nov. 28, 1995; daughters, Madilene in in-fancy and Verlea Lantz on Sept. 18, 2014; sister Ailene Richards and brother Lee Creveling.

Stewart

Today is Jan. 8, the eighth day of the year. There are 357 days left in 2015. Below are news items from the Cres-ton News Advertiser for this week (Jan. 5-11) in history.5 years ago

Federal officials were set to increase security for inter-national flights to the U.S., increasing gate pat-downs and bag searches in response to an attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight over the Christmas holiday. The “enhanced” security measures were particularly acute for passengers traveling from nations deemed by the U.S. as “state sponsors of ter-rorism” or “other countries of interest,” the Transporta-tion Security Administration said. Those other countries included some that Wash-ington considered its allies against Islamist extremism, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. It also included the four nations the U.S. has formally desig-nated sponsors of terrorism: Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.

Malfunctioning stop lights at the intersection of Ad-ams and Elm streets were addressed by Creston City Council. Creston Public Works Director Kevin Kruse said the stop lights began to malfunction — one set stuck on red and the other on green — because of cold weather. All stop lights at the intersection were set to flash red, making the intersection a four-way stop until the lights could be fixed. Kruse asked the council to consid-er making the intersection a permanent four-way stop.

According to the Nation-al Weather Service, a winter storm warning was in effect until 6 p.m. Jan. 7. The high was 7 degrees with a night-time low of -12 degrees. Wind gusts caused white out con-ditions at 40 miles per hour during the day and 30 miles per hour during the night.10 years ago

An Iowa State Savings Bank (ISSB) ad campaign was featured in The Finan-cial Advertising Review, a national financial adver-tising journal. The journal, published monthly by The Business Word Inc. of Cen-tennial, Colo., for banks, savings and loans and credit unions, selected quality ad campaigns to feature in each issue. ISSB’s campaign fea-tured six loan officers in a se-ries of billboards, newspaper

ads, website banners, state-ment stuffers, lobby posters and radio ads. ISSB worked with Mills Marketing on the project, which introduced the tag line “Working with you.”

The first baby of the year born at Greater Regional Medical Center was Brenna Marie, daughter of Paul and Claires Shimer of Creston. She was born 7:31 p.m. Jan. 4, and welcomed home by brother Jordan, 6, and sister Jenna, 3.20 years ago

Former Creston News Ad-vertiser Publisher E.J. Van Nostrand died at age 86. He began his newspaper career at Newton Daily News be-fore coming to the Creston News Advertiser as publish-er in 1946 when it became part of B.F. Shaw newspaper group based in Dixon, Ill.

He retired Dec. 31, 1973. At retirement, it was noted under his leadership, circula-tion grew from 4,678 to 7,271.

Steve Crittenden, First Na-tional Bank vice president and four-year member of Greater Community Hos-pital Board of Trustees, was elected president of the hos-pital board for 1995. He was nominated by Jean Boyd, and vote passed unanimous-ly.

George Foreman, 45, be-came the oldest heavyweight champion in history, and was named AP Male Athlete of the Year in a vote by sport writers and sportscasters.

This award came 20 years after Muhammad Ali won it on the strength of his cham-pionship-regaining knockout over Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire.

CNA file photoThe first baby of 2005 at Greater Regional Medical Center was Brenna Marie, daugh-ter of Paul and Claires Shimer of Creston. She was born 7:31 p.m. Jan. 4, 2005 and welcomed home by brother Jordan, 6, and sister Jenna, 3.

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a shooting on the city’s south-ern edge that killed a po-licewoman. The shooter re-mained at large and it was not immediately clear if her death was linked to Wednesday’s deadly attack.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the two suspects still at large in the Charlie Hebdo slayings — Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34 — were known to France’s intelligence services.

Cherif Kouachi was con-victed of terrorism in 2008 for being involved in a network sending radical fighters to Iraq.

The two should be consid-ered “armed and dangerous,” French police said in a bulle-tin, appealing for witnesses af-ter a fruitless search in the city of Reims, in French Cham-pagne country.

A third suspect, Mourad Hamyd, 18, surrendered at an eastern police station after

learning his name was being linked to the attacks in the news, said the Paris prosecu-tor spokeswoman Agnes Thi-bault-Lecuivre. She did not specify his relationship to the Kouachi brothers.

A French security official said seven people had been arrested overnight, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. He did not elaborate on their possible links to ter-ror.

The French suspect in a deadly 2014 attack on a Jew-ish museum in Belgium had returned from fighting with extremists in Syria; and the man who rampaged in the south of France in 2012, kill-ing three soldiers and four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse, received paramili-tary training in Pakistan.

France raised its terror alert system to the maximum and bolstered security with more than 800 extra soldiers guard-ing media offices.

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approved at three readings before being adopted. Home-owners and business owners can voice their opinions by contacting their city council-man. Don’t know who your councilperson is? Go to www.crestoniowa.gov.

Who else has franchise fees?

Cities began implementing franchise fees in 2009 when Senate File 452 was passed by the Iowa legislature. Sherman said, thusfar, 76 cities across Iowa have dropped their lo-cal-option sales tax and estab-lished franchise fees.

The reason: Cities get 100 percent of the revenue back with the franchise fee. With local option sales tax, Sher-man said cities only get 58 cents back on every dollar. The remaining 42 cents on that dollar is dispersed to oth-er local entities.

Some of the cities that have implemented franchise fees already include Shenandoah (5 percent), Knoxville (5), Carlisle (5), Centerville (3) and Chariton (1).

City Administrator Mike Taylor said — under the pro-posed 5 percent franchise

fee — an estimated $600,000 would be generated in city funding each year.

The extra $600,000 could be used in a variety of areas — some of which include eco-nomic development, street improvements, fire and po-lice departments, recreational trails, property tax relief and more.

Taylor has said the two ar-eas that would benefit from the franchise funding the most are public safety (police and fire departments) and city streets. Taylor said this fran-chise fee is needed because “revenue streams for cities are drying up and this is one way to capture additional rev-enue.”

In other city council news Tuesday:

• Rich Flynn was appoint-ed to Creston Water Works Board of Trustees with his term expiring Dec. 31, 2020.

FRANCHISE FEE:Continued from Page 1

county put a bounty on them and it really helped eradicate the problem.”

In 2014, a survey was conducted by Floyd Coun-ty to see what counties in Iowa still had a bounty for

gopher feet. Of the responding 68

counties, only eight still had active gopher boun-ties.

“If it becomes a serious problem again, we can al-ways reinstate it,” Brown said.

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all use hand sanitizer going in and out,” Merrill said. “We have posted in our news-letter that if they have any symptoms, they have to stay home.”

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The business also has a school program at Early Childhood Center for kids up to 13 years old.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national esti-mates, an average of 300,000 Iowans get the flu each year, and together, flu and its complication of pneumonia cause an average of 1,000 deaths yearly in Iowa.

The flu vaccine is the best defense against getting in-fluenza; however, because some of the A (H3N2) virus-es may only be partially cov-ered in the vaccine, it’s even more important to take per-sonal actions to help prevent the spread of the illness. Re-member the three C’s: cov-er your coughs and sneezes, clean your hands frequently

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Anti-viral medications are an important second line of defense to treat the flu in persons at highest risk of de-veloping more severe illness. Anti-viral medications can make flu illness shorter and reduce the risk of ending up in the hospital or dying from influenza. Anti-viral medi-cations work best if started within 48 hours, or sooner, of when flu symptoms begin.

Contact your health care provider or Adair County Public Health Department to find out where the vaccine is available in your commu-nity, or use the Flu Vaccine Finder at www.flu.gov.

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Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri1/9

8/-3A mainly sunny sky.High 8F. WindsWNW at 15 to 25mph.

Sunrise Sunset7:42 AM 5:07 PM

Sat1/10

27/12Windy with times ofsun and clouds.


Sun1/11

21/8More sun thanclouds.


Mon1/12

15/8Times of sun andclouds.


Tue1/13

24/14Mostly cloudy. Highsin the mid 20s andlows in the midteens.


Des Moines6/-8

Cedar Rapids3/-12

Sioux City7/-6

Creston8/-3

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 3 -11 windy Davenport 2 -11 mst sunny Marshaltown 3 -12 windyAtlantic 10 -2 sunny Des Moines 6 -8 mst sunny Mason City 1 -11 windyAubudon 7 -3 sunny Dubuque 2 -11 mst sunny Onawa 9 -3 sunnyCedar Rapids 3 -12 mst sunny Farmington 7 -3 mst sunny Oskaloosa 5 -8 mst sunnyCenterville 8 -2 mst sunny Fort Dodge 3 -10 sunny Ottumwa 6 -6 windyClarinda 13 1 sunny Ft Madison 8 -1 mst sunny Red Oak 12 1 sunnyClarion 1 -12 windy Guttenberg 2 -11 pt sunny Sioux Center 2 -10 sunnyClinton 1 -13 mst sunny Keokuk 9 0 sunny Sioux City 7 -6 sunnyCouncil Bluffs 12 2 sunny Lansing 3 -10 pt sunny Spencer 2 -12 sunnyCreston 8 -3 sunny LeMars 4 -9 sunny Waterloo 2 -12 mst sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 41 19 sunny Houston 41 36 rain Phoenix 70 48 mst sunnyBoston 31 16 sn shower Los Angeles 71 54 pt sunny San Francisco 65 50 cloudyChicago 2 -10 pt sunny Miami 79 61 pt sunny Seattle 52 42 pt sunnyDallas 38 26 cloudy Minneapolis 4 -7 pt sunny St. Louis 17 10 sunnyDenver 32 21 sunny New York 32 17 sn shower Washington, DC 37 15 pt sunny

Moon Phases

FullJan 5

LastJan 13

NewJan 20

FirstJan 27

UV IndexFri1/92

Low

Sat1/10

1Low

Sun1/11

2Low

Mon1/12

2Low

Tue1/13

1Low

The UV Index is measured on a 0 -11 number scale, with a higher UVIndex showing the need for greaterskin protection.

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Day’s RecordFrom Creston Offi cial Weather Station: high past 24 hours (8), low past 24 hours (-11) and precipitation end-ing 7 a.m. today (.0)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri1/9

8/-3A mainly sunny sky.High 8F. WindsWNW at 15 to 25mph.


Sat1/10

27/12Windy with times ofsun and clouds.


Sun1/11

21/8More sun thanclouds.


Mon1/12

15/8Times of sun andclouds.


Tue1/13

24/14Mostly cloudy. Highsin the mid 20s andlows in the midteens.


Des Moines6/-8

Cedar Rapids3/-12

Sioux City7/-6

Creston8/-3

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 3 -11 windy Davenport 2 -11 mst sunny Marshaltown 3 -12 windyAtlantic 10 -2 sunny Des Moines 6 -8 mst sunny Mason City 1 -11 windyAubudon 7 -3 sunny Dubuque 2 -11 mst sunny Onawa 9 -3 sunnyCedar Rapids 3 -12 mst sunny Farmington 7 -3 mst sunny Oskaloosa 5 -8 mst sunnyCenterville 8 -2 mst sunny Fort Dodge 3 -10 sunny Ottumwa 6 -6 windyClarinda 13 1 sunny Ft Madison 8 -1 mst sunny Red Oak 12 1 sunnyClarion 1 -12 windy Guttenberg 2 -11 pt sunny Sioux Center 2 -10 sunnyClinton 1 -13 mst sunny Keokuk 9 0 sunny Sioux City 7 -6 sunnyCouncil Bluffs 12 2 sunny Lansing 3 -10 pt sunny Spencer 2 -12 sunnyCreston 8 -3 sunny LeMars 4 -9 sunny Waterloo 2 -12 mst sunny

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Driver’s licenseSchedule of driver’s license

examiners:Bedford: Monday through

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St.

Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Adams CountyCourthouse. Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Union CountyCourthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., trea-surer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St.

Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St.

Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

ThursdayKent Dinner Club, 5:30 p.m.,

The Windrow.Celebrate Recovery (a Christ-

centered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St.

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

Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church, 801 N. Fillmore St., Osceola.

Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Road.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) open meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

FridayHoly Spirit Rectory ReRun

Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meet-ing, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., host Judy Woods.

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

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 8 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

SaturdayCreston Men’s Fellowship

non-denominational Bible study, 7 a.m., The Windrow Restaurant.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to noon, 107 W. Howard St.

Family Caregiver Support Group, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Alzheimer’s Association office, 228 N. Pine St. For more infor-mation, contact Jaleyn at 641-782-4040.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

SundayAlcoholics Anonymous (AA),

noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

MondayUnion County Board of

Supervisors, 9 a.m., Union County Courthouse boardroom.

Greater Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, 9 a.m., Greater Regional Medical Center Classroom.

Creston Rotary Club, noon, Greater Regional Medical Center cafeteria conference room.

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

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

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

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Mount Ayr American Legion.

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

Police Sean Cody Stauffer, 28,

107 N. Maple St. Apt. 3, was charged on a Union County warrant for probation viola-tion 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Union County Law Enforce-ment Center.

Stauffer was being held on $2,000 bond.

— — — — — —Tara Anne Squibbs, 30,

of Corning was charged on a Union County warrant for third-degree theft 7:36 p.m. Wednesday on Adair-Union Street.

According to a Creston Police report, Squibbs en-tered Walmart, 806 Laurel St., 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26, filled a cart with merchandise and pushed it out the door with-out paying for it.

Squibbs was being held in Ringgold County Jail for Union County on $2,000 bond.Miscellaneous

Disturbing the peace, 12:17 a.m., Wednesday, North Division Street.

Talk to officer, 8:10 a.m., Wednesday, North Elm Street.

Alarm, 8:33 a.m., Wednes-day, North Elm Street.

Warrant, 9:32 a.m., Wednes-day, North Pine Street.

Assistance, 11:04 a.m., Wednesday, North Pine

Street.Lost property, 11:43 a.m.,

Wednesday, North Syca-more Street.

Assistance, 12:29 p.m., Wednesday, West Taylor Street.

Assistance, 12:32 p.m., Wednesday, Highway 34.

Information, 1:26 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Traffic stop, 6:05 p.m., Wednesday, South Oak Street.

Reckless driving, 7:08 p.m., Wednesday, North Cherry Street.

Traffic stop, 10:52 p.m., Wednesday, Lakeshore Drive.

Assistance, 10:58 p.m., Wednesday, Manor Drive.

Domestic dispute, 1:32 a.m., today, West Montgom-ery Street.

Accident Justin Martin Staver, 39, of

Afton was cited for failure to obey a stop sign and yield the right of way after an accident 2:55 p.m. Tuesday at the in-tersection of Dutcher Street and Highway 169 in Afton.

According to a Union County Sheriff report, Staver, driving a 2000 Ford east on 245th Street, stopped at the stop sign at Highway 169, waiting on a non-con-tact vehicle to go by on the

highway, did not see a 1994 Dodge driven south on 169 by James Thomas Coady, 74, of Afton, pulled out into the path of Coady’s vehicle and Coady struck Staver’s vehi-cle.

Damage estimates are $1,500 to Staver’s vehicle and $2,500 to Coady’s vehi-cle.

Fire Miscellaneous

Medical, 2:20 a.m., today, North Sycamore Street.

Sheriff A vehicle reported taken

Sunday was recovered by Wheat Ridge Police Depart-ment in Colorado Tuesday.

The vehicle was a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer, owned by Rosalie Davidson of Afton, and was reported taken from her residence.

Ringgold County Sheriff

A resident of Diagonal

reported their home was en-tered and items were taken between 8 a.m. Dec. 28 and 3 p.m. Dec. 29. According to a Ringgold County Sheriff re-port, a door was pried open with hand tools, and items taken were a large Sentry safe, jewelry box, cabinets, large amounts of cash and collectible coins.

Damage and loss estimates are unavailable at this time.

The incident is still under investigation. Grain prices quoted at 10

a.m. today:• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.64

Soybeans — $9.88• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.62Soybeans — $10.04

LotteryIowa’s Pick 3: 0-6-2Iowa’s Pick 4: 4-9-6-0Hot Lotto Sizzler: 8-13-23-31-41 (14)Powerball: 14-15-47-49-59 (10)

Greater Regional Medical Center Auxiliary scholarship applications available

Greater Regional Medi-cal Center Auxiliary will be awarding five, $1,000 schol-arships to students pursu-ing careers in health care in 2015. The Auxiliary has been awarding health care scholarships for more than 35 years.

Scholarship criteria and application forms are avail-able at high school and college guidance offices in Adair, Adams, Clarke, Ringgold, Taylor and Union counties.

Information on the scholarships may also be obtained by calling Pat-ty Marean at 782-7426, or at www.greaterregional.org. Open the “How You Can Help” link under the Greater Regional Auxilia-ry tab. The scholarship cri-teria are listed and the ap-plication can be completed and submitted online.

All applications and ac-companying materials must be submitted prior to April 1.

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H O L L Y W O O D — H a p p y Thursday, everybody, and God bless America.

Enjoy Part 3 of our annual Year in Review in Jokes, a look back at the funniest news of the year….

AUGUST—President Obama went on TV to try to halt the race riots in Missouri. Ten years ago, he electrified the Democratic Con-vention by declaring there is no black America, no white America, no Asian America, no Hispanic America, there is just one Unit-ed States of America. Well, we showed him.

The Anne Frank Museum in Holland released the guest book of all the stars and statesmen who visited the museum . Justin Bie-ber wrote he hoped Anne Frank would’ve been a Belieber. But that’s not likely, the fact that mil-lions of people are following an idiot is why she hid in the attic in first place.

S E P T E M B E R — P r e s i d e n t Obama lectured the United Na-tions General Assembly Wednes-day about the peaceful nature of Is-lam, social justice, climate change, poverty and terrorism. During the speech President Obama referred to ISIS as the network of death. Apparently he never heard of Blue Cross of California.

Joan Rivers died Friday, joining Robin Williams and Richard Pryor on the show at the Comedy Store Upstairs. What a great show. If Joan’s in heaven, she will be open-ing for Richard and Robin, but if she’s not in heaven, she has to fol-low Richard and Robin, and Liz Taylor is sitting ringside, drunk.

OCTOBER—Dallas went on

alert as an Ebola patient from Li-beria was readmitted after he had been released. It’s a partisan is-sue if it spreads. The Democrats are downplaying the threat of the virus by calling Ebola the West Texas Sniffles and you know the Texas Republicans, they’re calling it Ebama.

Cedars Sinai Hospital held an Ebola drill which nobody in L.A. noticed. You can’t scare people in Los Angeles about Ebola unless you tell us it has gluten in it. We know more Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from Ebola, and the Eb-ola victim suffered less.

NOVEMBER—Thanksgiving Day was celebrated with home-cooked feasts by most Americans Thursday. Many people in Los Angeles prefer to dine at the luxu-ry hotel buffets around town. The Beverly Hills Hotel Turkey Day buffet serves a chocolate pie that’s so dark and rich that one of the Kardashians married it.

DECEMBER—George W. Bush released a loving biography he wrote about his father Presi-dent George H.W. Bush Monday and he said he hopes his brother Jeb runs for the presidency. Jeb’s election would be momentous. It would be the first time in history that Americans elected a Bush to get us out of Iraq.

I’m not sure if they call it the po-lar vortex or not, but the cold air coming down from Canada sure is cooling off most of the United States. Yesterday wasn’t a very nice day temperature-wise. I think we might have made it to 0 de-grees for a high and the wind chill most of the day was -20 or better.

The only good thing was the sun was out shining! At least that made it feel a little warmer, if you weren’t standing in the wind. The forecast for the next week and a half isn’t a whole lot better. The forecast has temperatures that are all less than the freezing mark, so welcome to full blown winter!

YMCAYou can tell it is the new year.

There are lots of new faces in the morning at the YMCA. I have a feeling the cold weather has held down a number of folks from mak-

ing their appearance. By mid-Feb-ruary about half or more of these new faces will become history. But overall, it seems like there are more people working out and exer-cising than in past years.

Washington, D.C.I had a chance to visit our na-

tion’s capital over the Christmas holiday. I have a friend who is liv-ing there for a year since she won the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator award.

She is working for the National Science Foundation helping with the national STEM program. I

took a trip to the National Archives to see the Constitution and Bill of Rights, plus a side trip to see the gi-ant flag that inspired Frances Scott Key to write the National Anthem.

I also stopped in at the Peeps store. I didn’t know there were so many kinds of the marshmal-low candy. There must have been a hundred different flavors of the little marshmallow birds. If you like Mike and Ike’s like our Ad Director Craig Mittag does, they also make those. They, too, had many different flavors that you don’t always see in your grocery aisle. There was a lot to do in our nation’s capital.

GasThe gas prices keep going down.

With a barrel of crude down to the $47 range, it should equate to gas in the $1.70 range if the gas com-panies will give us the lower price.

Enjoy it while you can because it won’t last forever. I just wish I had a large storage container and could stock up. If history repeats itself, the price dropping by more than 50 percent has only happened five times since 1980 and, of course, by the end of the year it was back closer to the higher price than the lesser price.

Look for the state legislature to go after a 10-cent or more addition to the gas tax to add to the road fund. The lower prices right now will make it easier for them to sell the tax increase to all the citizens. At 10-cents a gallon, the average car going 15,000 miles per year will chip in about $62 to the fund.

More increasesThe city of Creston is working

pretty hard to get a 5 percent fee on your energy bill. Here again,

part of the money is looking to be used on the local streets. If you are for or against this you might want to let your local councilperson know your thoughts. They have three readings on the ordinance to go and it may be added to your bill in pretty short order. If you pay $150 per month on your energy bill this would be $1,800 per year and 5 percent of that is about an extra $90 per year if my math is right.

Summing it upSo if you have two cars and an

energy bill, you will get to put in more than $200 toward the road fund (and probably other general funds) in the course of a year. Oh my.

Thought for the week: “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” — John Len-non

Happy New Year – a few days late!

For the chamber, 2015 means new activities and ideas, new members as well as new board members. The chamber would like to welcome four new Cham-ber Board members as we begin the year. They are Brett Harris, Ferrara Candy Company; Sue Miller, Supertel Inn and Confer-ence Center; Thad Sickels, PCSB Bank; and Jenny Veitz, First Na-tional Bank. Thank you all, for your commitment to the chamber and Creston.

The Creston Chamber is proud of what our community has to of-fer and will continue to build upon these areas, as well as others. Cres-ton continues to be the regional hub of southwest Iowa for shop-ping, education, health care, recre-ation and tourism, as well as many other services. The chamber will continue to promote and showcase our community and at the same time be a leadership organization that unifies the community.

With this in mind, the chamber would like to acknowledge and thank the many businesses in Cres-ton that took the time and finan-cial commitment in 2014 to update and improve their property. Your continuing support of Creston is appreciated.

We realize that the chamber

and its membership cannot do this alone. We believe that the more people we can involve, the stron-ger our community can become. Our image as a people and a city are extremely important to the well-being of Creston, now and in the future. We can all benefit by working together and shar-ing knowledge and experience to make Creston the best it can be. Upcoming Legislative Coffees

The dates for the 2015 legislative coffees have been set. These cof-fees provide you with an excellent opportunity to ask your legislators, Sen. Tom Shipley and Rep. Jack Drake, questions you may have, or just listen to what your elected officials have to say. Information on the coffees has also been sent to U.S. Congressman Young. The coffees will be held Feb. 7, March 7 and April 4. They begin at 8 a.m. in the meal site at the Restored Depot in Creston and last for an hour. The coffees are free, and the public is invited to attend.

Winter Crazy Days Coming to Creston

This year as a new twist, Cres-

ton will hold the Winter Crazy Days Sale Event on Feb. 5, 6 and 7 during normal business hours. This is a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of great bargains around Creston. Be looking for more information as the dates get closer.

Hi-Five Honorees for JanuaryThe following business and indi-

viduals were honored with the Hi-Five Honor in January: Hy-Vee Pharmacy; Chantel Klejch, First National Bank; Deb Veitz, DHA; and Kaleb Cook, Akin Building Center. Congratulations to all of you.

The Hi-Five for Service allows us to recognize those who make shopping and doing business in Creston a rewarding and positive experience. Please call the cham-ber with your honoree.

Gold Star Business HonoredThe chamber honored iWireless

in Creston this month as the Jan-uary Gold Star Business in Cres-ton. They were nominated by their fellow Crestonians because of the appearance both inside and out of their building and property. Con-gratulations.

Please call the chamber to ac-knowledge a business property for the Gold Star.

Have a wonderful month and a great 2015.

CrestonChamberEllen GerharzExecutive Director

TopicalhumorArgus Hamilton

Enjoy Part 3 of our annual Year in Review in Jokes

January Creston Chamber of Commerce happenings

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(BPT) - You may think warm weather is prime-time to enjoy the reward-ing hobby of bird-feeding and bird-watching. Win-ter, however, is the time of year when birds need you most - and when you have the greatest chance of attracting them to your backyard. Natural food and water sources become scarce, competition for limited resources is fierce and non-migratory birds are looking for a reliable, good quality meal. It’s your moment!

The bird-feeding experts at Cole’s Wild Bird Prod-ucts offer some timely tips for drawing wild birds to your backyard this winter:

• Feed without guilt! There is absolutely no research that shows wild birds will become lazy if you feed them. Nor will they forego migrating in favor of hanging around your backyard. Migratory birds will act on instinct and migrate when it’s time to do so, regardless of food sources. Hummingbirds, for example, will migrate, but it’s often a smart, sen-sible idea to leave a hum-mingbird feeder up for a few weeks up for a few weeks after the majori-ty are gone, just in case a straggler needs suste-nance.

• No matter how urgent their need for food, birds won’t visit your feeder if you fill it with the avian equivalent of junk food. Birdfeed that contains cheap fillers won’t attract or satisfy birds, and they will either look elsewhere for food, or - if they’re re-ally feeling winter’s pinch - eat at your feeder but leave

a mess of filler uneaten on the ground. Look for bird-feed that contains quality ingredients and is free of chemicals and other tox-ins that could harm birds. Cole’s Wild Bird products are especially formulated to attract birds and are all-natural, top-of-the crop seeds free of fillers, pre-servatives, mineral oils or pesticides. Their top qual-ity feed is nitrogen-purge packaged, just like potato chips, to ensure freshness and insect -free feed. Visit www.coleswildbird.com to learn more.

• Seeds are a satisfying, top choice for winter din-ing among birds, but they also love suet, which gives them much-needed stores of fat. Seeds with a high fat or oil content are best for birds during winter, so look for options like black oil sunflower seed, niger seed, raw peanuts and suet cakes. Cole’s of-fers Nutberry Suet, an en-ergy-packed powerhouse feed that mixes birds’

favorite seeds with suet, a variety of no-melt suet cakes, and some suet spe-cialty products like Cole’s Suet Pearls and Cole’s Suet Nuts, that birds love. These products provide concentrated energy to help birds make it through freezing winter weather.

• While it’s always im-portant to keep your birdfeeders clean, clean-liness is even more vital during winter when more birds are likely to visit your feeders. Cleaning minimizes mold, mildew and other unhealthy con-ditions that could make backyard birds sick. Con-sider an easy to clean, has-sle-free feeder like Cole’s Terrific Tube Feeder, that has a quick-clean feature making cleaning a snap. Remember to throw away any seed left over in the feeder when cleaning, and let the feeder dry thor-oughly before refilling, so there’s less chance of seed becoming encased in ice.

• Finding fresh, unfro-

zen water can be more challenging for birds than finding food in the winter. Use fountains or spritzers in your birdbath to attract thirsty birds. You can also use a heated birdbath to ensure feathered visitors never have to contend with frozen water.

• Be sure to place bird-feeders with safety in mind. Keep feeders away from structures that could provide a haven for avi-an predators, like cats or hawks. Be mindful of proximity to your house and the risk that birds might fly into windows if feeders are too close to your home.

Winter is a great time to nurture your love of bird feeding and bird watching. As your backyard fills with wild birds, their plumage and songs can brighten dreary winter days. Plus, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re help-ing your feathered friends during the season when they need it most.

How to cut the clutter and take back your home(BPT) — You’ve reached

your breaking point. You’ve tripped over the same thing in the living room too many times. Now you’ve picked it up to finally put it away and you realize - you have nowhere to put it. You have too much clutter in your home. So what do you do? How do you decide where to start so you can reduce the clutter in your home and make your walkways safe once more?

Getting started is easier than you think. If you want to take control of clutter, get a few boxes - start with one for each room in your home and begin organizing one room at a time.

Begin this initiative by re-moving everything on top of your cabinets, tables and in bookcases, and then place it all in a box, says Keith Mc-Cleary, academic director of Interior Design at The Art Institute of York - Penn-sylvania. If there are other random accessories in the room, remove those, too. Keep just the basic furnish-ings. Now sit with the room in its simplest form for a short time.

“In room design, make good decisions about what you choose to put in the room and, often more im-portantly, in what you choose to leave out,” Mc-Cleary says. “Simplicity and clean lines make a room feel livable, and that’s what it’s really all about: comfortable living.” Think about the kind of focal point you’re trying to create. How should

you orchestrate this space and show off your special pieces in terms of size, scale, color and texture?

After a day or two has passed, go back to the box and look for items that de-fine your personality, or will be noticed by guests visiting your home. “Ask yourself: when is enough, enough?” says McCleary. “Each piece of furniture in the room can function to complement. Accessories and works of art should contrast.”

When you look at your well-designed room, you should see positive ele-ments, as well as appreciate the possibility for negative space by removing unneces-

sary pieces that don’t add to the design composition.

Interior design students at The Art Institute of York - Pennsylvania are taught to help their clients step back and ask themselves: Is it finished now? You can err when you go shopping and purchase nice pieces for your home, because before long you may have accumu-lated too many of those nice things. Take a hard look at some of those things you don’t really want or need; it might be time to share that stuff with your local Good-will.

Sometimes, you might think you have to keep memorabilia or outdat-

ed gifts from Aunt Ethel in your home all the time. “Not so,” says McCleary. “It’s perfectly acceptable to remove those items when you do your box exercise.” If you get a call from Aun-tie when she plans her next visit, head to the attic and put those old Beanie Babies she gave you when you were a fanatical collector decades ago on a shelf in your den - temporarily. She’ll be happy for the gesture. When she leaves, feel free to put them back in the box of memories until her next visit.

After you complete this exercise in each room in your home, you’ll notice that the clutter has disap-

peared. Now you can rec-ognize how attractive the remaining items are in that same space. This initiative takes determination and fo-cus, but when you’ve com-pleted the exercise, your focus can be on the lovely space you’ve recreated. To learn more about The Art Institutes schools, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/nz.

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(BPT) — Nearly every-one (96 percent) wastes up to an hour each week pre-washing their dish-es, according to a recent survey. But the reality is that the outdated ritual of pre-washing can actually result in dirtier dishes and waste a valuable resource - water!

People have plenty of activities they’d rather spend an hour each week enjoying, like online shop-ping, according to a sur-vey conducted by Cascade Platinum and Marie Claire. And, with climate experts reporting that about half of the United States is ex-periencing some level of drought, it’s important for everyone to look for cre-ative ways to save water.

Skipping the pre-wash is an impactful solution. In fact, if members of all U.S. households with auto-matic dishwashers stopped pre-washing their dishes beforehand, up to 130 bil-lion gallons of water each year could be saved (figure based on an avg. of 47.3 li-ters of pre-washing water used for every load).

“As a busy mom of four, there are never enough hours in the day to accom-plish everything I need to get done,” says popular blogger Daisy Teh of TheIt-Mom.com. “I love learning that my dishes can actually get a better clean if I skip the pre-wash. It’s such a simple tip that anyone can adopt and it’s good for the environment.”

Here are three key dish-washer regime tips that can help you gain back an hour each week while also con-serving water:

1. Assign dish nights - Creating a family “dish duty” schedule ensures the chore is evenly shared across the household, and it

allows everyone to arrange their homework and activi-ty schedules in advance.

2. Skip the pre-wash - Your dishes will come out cleaner if you leave the food on. Simply scrape off the large chunks and then load your dishes straight into the dishwasher without running them under the water first. This can help result in the best possible clean. Need proof? Three-quarters (74 percent) of survey respon-dents said that their dishes come out of the dishwasher dirty, spotted or streaked when they pre-wash. Here’s why: Detergents like Cas-cade Platinum are designed to work with food on. Its special enzymes attach to food particles, breaking them down so they can eas-ily be washed away - even 24-hour, stuck-on food. And don’t worry about clogging your pipes; most dishwashers are equipped with a disposal, similar to the one in your sink.

As an added bonus, skipping the pre-wash also helps your family conserve water. Dishwashers use about 4.5 gallons of water for the entire cycle, while hand washing dishes uses about 27 gallons, according to the Environmental Pro-tection Agency.

3. Load for success - Place taller dishes in the back of the bottom rack so the detergent chamber isn’t blocked. Put fragile dishes in the top rack further away from the powerful spray-er. Put glasses between the upper rack tines instead of over them. This will prevent water spots from the tines drying on the glasses. And, make sure all your dishes are facing inward and not overlapping. This ensures the water will reach every-thing. For more tips, visit www.CascadeClean.com.

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Funding for Iowa roads a top priority DES MOINES (AP) —

Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa’s legislative leaders want to work on funding for roads during the 2015 leg-islative session, but no one committed to a specific plan Wednesday.

The governor hopes to find con-sensus soon on a way to i n c r e a s e funding for the state’s n e t w o r k of bridges and roads, many of which are considered deteri-orating or deficient, he said during an Associated Press Legislative Forum. For now, though, Branstad has not said how he wants the Leg-islature to do this.

One option is raising the state fuel tax, which is 22 cents per gallon of gasoline and hasn’t gone up since 1989. In 2011, a commission appointed by Branstad rec-ommended an increase of 8 to 10 cents a gallon to sup-port road funding.

Another option is other state or local taxes and fees, he said, such as letting coun-ties levy an additional tax

for improvements.“What I intend to do is

take this approach: ‘These are all ideas I think that could be acceptable to me. What’s acceptable to you?’” said Branstad, who stressed that he wanted to avoid making the issue a “political football.”

Branstad must get back-ing from lawmakers in the Republican-majority House and Democratic-controlled Senate. Leaders on both sides expressed interest in

working with him, but Dem-ocratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said it was time for the gover-nor to make his preference clear.

“We certainly are open to lots of ideas and to consid-ering them. What we need now is for the governor to provide some leadership in that area,” Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, said.

Other priorities for Bran-stad outlined for the coming session include legislation

aimed at reducing bullying in schools and an effort to expand broadband Inter-net, both of which failed to win legislative approval last year.

Gronstal said Democrats will focus on education funding in the coming ses-sion, arguing that Iowa lags behind other states in terms of per-student funding. Re-publican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, of Hiawatha, said the GOP will again push for an income tax cut.

Pro-marijuanagroup’s suit against Iowa State will proceed

DES MOINES (AP) — A judge is refusing to dis-miss a lawsuit that claims Iowa State University has improperly barred a pro-marijuana student group from using its logos on t-shirts.

U.S. District Judge James Gritzner says members of the ISU chapter of the National Organization for the Reform have made a “plausible claim” that ad-ministrators violated their free speech rights.

In a ruling Tuesday, he rejected Iowa State’s arguments on why the case should be dismissed. Gritzner noted that colleges cannot discriminate against student groups on the basis of their political viewpoints.

The lawsuit alleges ISU withdrew its approval of one of the group’s marijuana-themed T-shirts fea-turing the school’s Cy mascot under pressure from donors and lawmakers.

The school later rewrote its trademark guidelines to bar their logos in products that promote illegal drugs.

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Officer fatally shoots robbery suspect

DES MOINES (AP) — Des Moines police say an officer fatally shot a robbery suspect after the man pointed a gun at another officer.

Sgt. Jason Halifax says the 30-year-old suspect was involved in a robbery at Tradesmen Communi-ty Credit Union on the city’s south side prior to the fatal Wednesday shooting.

Authorities say the suspect fled from the credit union in a stolen vehicle that police later tried to stop. That led to another car chase involving a sec-ond stolen vehicle. The suspect eventually fled on foot.

Halifax says multiple officers were involved. Of-ficer Scott Newman told authorities he shot at the suspect after the suspect pointed a gun at a female officer. The suspect was later pronounced dead.

The name of the suspect has not been released.

Gov. Scott Walker to attend Iowa conservative event DES MOINES (AP) — Wisconsin

Gov. Scott Walker will attend a conser-vative political event in Iowa this month.

Organizers of the Iowa Freedom Sum-mit announced Thursday that Walker will participate.

The Jan. 24 event in Des Moines is being sponsored by Citizens United and

Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa.

Walker, a Republican recently re-elected to a second term, is weighing a 2016 presidential bid.

Spokesman Tom Evenson said in a statement that Walker was looking for-ward to “sharing the story of Wisconsin’s

successful reforms.”Walker was last in Iowa in September

for an economic conference.Other confirmed guests for the summit

include New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

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AftonASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH,

Browning and Filmore Streets, William Richardson, pastor.

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

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

Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Mass; Confession following Mass. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Mass, Afton Care Center; 6 p.m. Catholic Daughter’s Mass, dinner meet-ing following, Holy Spirit hall. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. religious education classes; 6:30 p.m. high school youth group, St. Malachy School; and 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.

ArispeUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.Sunday, 11 a.m. worship.

BeaconsfieldUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Rick Hawkins, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-

vice.

ClearfieldAREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

CHURCH, Ron Christian, pastor; 641-336-2409; website www.are-abiblefellowship.org.

Sunday, 10 a.m. worship ser-vice; 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, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

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

CorningFIRST 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. wor-ship 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 641-322-3386 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.

CrestonABUNDANT LIFE FAMILY

CHURCH, 500 S. Birch St., Douglas R. Brunell, pastor, (641) 782-5766, email [email protected]; 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. wor-ship service. Home Bible study, call 782-5594.

LIFE CHURCH, ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 417 Wyoming Ave., Karen Norton, lead pastor, 641-

782-4236, e-mail [email protected], website lifechurch-creston.com.

Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Men’s breakfast at Hy-Vee. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 10:35 a.m. morning wor-ship, Communion Sunday, “The Vitamin B Attitudes, Week 8.” Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and conversation. WiFi is available. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanctuary; 7 p.m. Family Night Activities; adult Bible study, Romans, santu-ary; Life Youth, lower level youth room; and Kids Club, lower level fellowship hall. Thursday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee Cafe, fellowship hall. Bring a friend for coffee and con-versation. WiFi is available.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 510 S. Poplar St., Timothy L. Haynie and Nathan Langford, evange-lists, 641-344-3201.

Thursday, 3:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship ser-vices. Monday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 3 p.m. Crisis fund center open, 5 p.m. Open table. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

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

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. praise and inspiration, Judy Hoakison; 9:30 a.m. prayer service, Gary O’Daniels; 10:30 a.m. morning worship, Gary O’Daniels, presid-er; Barb McKiernan, speaker.

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

Today, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, GriefShare. Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (for all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship; 6 p.m. Men’s Bible study. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. TeamKid, youth ministry, DivorceCare and adult Bible study.

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

Friday, Home School Day. Saturday, 2 p.m. Baby shower for Sarah Bartlett, fellowship hall. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. wor-ship service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school hour; 11:30 a.m. Lunch and Learn, senior high stu-dents and their families; 2 p.m. Deacons meeting; 5 p.m. fami-ly worship service. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Ladies Bible study, “Twelve Extraordinary Women” by John MacArthur; 7 p.m. “Mary Blessed Among Women” led by Judi Sauser, both of Loy Christensen’s, 1000 N. Vine. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Triumphant Praise choir rehearsal – senior high; 6:30 p.m. AWANA clubs and junior high Trek; senior high youth group; adult Bible study and prayer meeting. Thursday (1/15), 3:15 p.m. “Embracing God’s Grace” Ladies Bible study, welcome center.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 301 E. Townline St.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service with guest speaker Rev. Sheldon Henderson. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Tootles (games/crafts) in fellow-ship hall. Wednesday, 6 p.m. praise and worship service. Thursday (1/15), 2 p.m. Mary Circle; 7 p.m. Rebecca Circle.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, 104 N. Oak St.

Sunday, 11 a.m. church ser-vice.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 702 W. Prairie St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 9:30 a.m. Morning Circle, Betty Hudson hostess; 5:30 p.m. Mission meeting. Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting work-shop. Saturday, 9 a.m. Music and Worship, Downing of the Browns. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school – all ages; 10:45 a.m. worship services, installation and ordina-tion of officers, Downing of the Browns. Monday, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Deacons soup supper/silent auc-tion. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stich, Knit and Quilt. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Pastor’s Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 6:30 p.m. youth group; 7 p.m. choir practice.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 400 N. Elm St., Gideon Gallo, pastor. Call 641-782-2427, 641-782-7267. E-mail: [email protected]. Facebook:

Creston First United Methodist Church. Office hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Friday.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Summit House Bible study; 1:30 p.m. Crestridge Bible study. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m. handbell rehearsal; 7 p.m. choir rehears-al. Thursday, 12:05 p.m. United Methodist Men.

GOD’S OUTREACH DELIVERANCE INTERNATIONAL, 306 N. Oak St., 641-278-1173, Pastor JoAnna Davis.

Thursday, 6 p.m. Women’s Bible study, church. Friday, 7 p.m. Friday Night Fire service, church. Saturday, first and third, 9:30 a.m. Men’s Bible study, 124 N. Maple St. Sunday, 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. church service; 6 p.m. church service. Monday, 4 to 5:45 p.m. children’s ministry (preschool through 11 years old); 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. youth ministry (12 years old and up).

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. Sunday, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Confession; 9 a.m. Mass; 2 to 4 p.m. trivia game, hall. Monday, noon ReRun volunteer meeting, hall; 5 to 6 p.m. Adoration, St. Malachy Chapel; 6 p.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 6:30 p.m. CRHP Ladies meeting, St. Malachy library. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun shop; 6 p.m. Catholic Daugther’s Mass, dinner meeting following in the hall. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 6:30 p.m. high school youth group, hall; 7 p.m. religious education classes; and Knights of Columbus First Degree ceremony, hall. Thursday, 7 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy Chapel; 7 p.m. RCIA, 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. congregation Bible study, ministry school and ser-vice meeting.

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD I.M. “Mana del Cielo” The Rev. Miguel Delgado, phone 515-473-2527.

Saturday, noon worship. Sunday, 1:30 p.m. worship.

P L A T T E C E N T E R 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; 12:45 p.m. annual corportation meeting.

SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, 602 W. Townline St., 641-782-2920. Brian Jack, pastor. Website: www.salemluth.net.

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school and adult education; 10 a.m. worship service. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Confirmation; and choir; 8 p.m. Worship and Music; and Crossbearers. Alpha course begins Jan. 25.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 104 N. Oak St., Jared Miller, pastor, 515-897-7919, email [email protected].

Saturday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11 a.m. Sabbath school.

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

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., Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice and Sunday School.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS), 800 N. Sumner Ave., Creston; 111 E. South St., Mount Ayr; the Rev. Jonathan C. Watt, pastor, 641-782-5095, http://TrinityCreston.org.

Sunday, Mount Ayr: 8 a.m. Divine Service; 9:30 a.m. Bible class and Sunday school; Creston: 9:45 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion; 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes; 7 p.m. adult instruction class. Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. pre-school. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6 p.m. Confirmation classes; 6 p.m. FLOCK. Thursday (1/15), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St., the Rev. Jim Woodworth, pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 9:15 worship services (note time change). Monday, 7:30 a.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon pastor’s office hours; 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open/HUSH deer meat distribution; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table (Jerusalem

Church). Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS.

CromwellCONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school; annual meeting and potluck after worship. Monday, 12:30 p.m. prayer group, sanctu-ary; 1 p.m. quilting. Wednesday, 1 p.m. Quilters.

DiagonalUNITED CHURCH OF

DIAGONAL, Ed Shields, pastor, office 641-344-0652, www.diago-nalchurch.com.

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

EllstonUNITED METHODIST

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

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

GreenfieldCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, 2158 Highway 92, Jeff Banks, pastor, office 641-743-0221. Website: www.welcometocor-nerstone.org.

Today, 7 p.m. Men’s Fraternity. Friday, 11 a.m. J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth); “Odd Nights Out” youth group. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. wor-ship service; 11:10 a.m. to noon Christian Living classes; noon Elders and Deacons meetings; 2 and 3 p.m. care center services; 6 to 8 p.m. Homebuilders; and Multiply. Wednesday, 6:20 p.m. AWANA; 7 to 8:30 p.m. youth group at the Green’s home.

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 213 N. E. Elm St., Kenneth Gross, pastor. Website: www.stjohngreenfield.parishe-sonline.com.

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Confirmation.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 108 S.W. 5th St.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10 a.m. coffee and fellow-ship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday, 3:30 to 6 p.m. food bank and children’s clothes clos-et open; 6:30 p.m. worship ser-vice. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. wor-ship service.

LacelleUNITED METHODIST CHURCH,

Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.Sunday, 10 a.m. children’s

Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.

LenoxCHRISTIAN CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 1007 W. Temple St.

Sunday, 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) 322-4494.

COUNTRY ROADS BAPTIST CHURCH, at 202 E. Temple (old lumber yard), Mitch Green, pas-tor. Website: countryroadslenox.com.

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

MERCER CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, four miles north, four miles west of Lenox, Franklin Rogers, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship ser-vice.

SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 4 miles north, 1 mile west of Lenox.

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

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass with religious education classes after-ward. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CYO.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 103 W. Michigan St., Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 9:15 a.m. adult Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship 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 ser-vice. First and third Sunday, youth fellowship. Wednesday, Evening Bible study.

LorimorCHURCH OF GOD, Ben Turner,

pastor.Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Lorimor, George Henriksen, pas-tor.

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship.

MacksburgHEBRON UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pas-tor.

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Ben Carter-Allen, pastor. Sunday, 9 a.m. wor-ship service with supervised nursery during church; 10 a.m.Sunday school. Third Thursday, United Methodist Women.

MurrayBAPTIST CHURCH, Alex

Bauman, pastor.Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. wor-ship 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. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship services; 7 p.m. BibleStudy. Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. JAM for elementary ages; 7 p.m. junior and senior high youth groups.

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


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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 311 W. First St., Phil Price, min-ister.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. brunch; 9 a.m. worship services; 10 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study. Monday, 7 p.m. Council meeting. Wednesday (1/7), 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday school.

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

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice.

PrescottPRESCOTT UNITED CHURCH

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), 401 6th Ave., the Rev. Steven Wainwright.


Shannon CitySHANNON CITY COMMUNITY

CHURCH, Lila Dell Greene, pas-tor.

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

SharpsburgUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Shurmaine McAlpine, pastor.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. worship.UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH, Tim Maxa, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-

vice; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

StringtownSTRINGTOWN COMMUNITY

CHURCH, junction of Highway 34 and Sycamore Ave., the Rev. Richard Queener, pastor.

Sunday, 9:45 a.m. worship service. Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m. Help Center open.

ThayerPLEASANT VALLEY

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pastor.

Sunday, 9 a.m. worship ser-vice; 10 a.m. Sunday school.

TingleyCHRISTIAN CHURCHSunday, 10 a.m. Sunday

School; 11 a.m. worship service.UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Bruce Giese, pastor.Sunday, 9 a.m. worship; 10:30

a.m. Sunday school.

Presbyterian Church to host soup supper

UCC Church food distribution to be held Sundays

Prime Time Connection luncheon planned

First Presbyterian Church, 702 W. Prairie, will host a homemade soup sup-per 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday.

Cost is $7 for all you can eat. Children 5 and young-

er eat for free.Menu includes three

kinds of soup, relishes and homemade pie and bars.

A silent auction will also be held.

Starting Sunday, Jan. 18, UCC Congregational Church, 501 W. Montgom-ery, will be distributing food from the food pantry 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be no food distribution on

Tuesdays.Open Table meals and

Union Country Ministeri-al Alliance assistance fund will still be distributed on Tuesdays.

Creston Prime Time Connection, affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries, in-vites all women to a lun-cheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St.

Jeanne Chapman of Clive, a former Hallmark shop manager, will use greeting cards to empha-size life lessons learned

about worry, bitterness and anger as she raised a blend-ed family.

Patty Eaton will tell at-tendees about shaken baby syndrome.

Cost for the luncheon is $7.50.

For reservations, call 782-4286 or 641-743-2877 by Sunday. Reservations are to be used, given to a friend or canceled.

CHURCHCHURCH

Friday, Jan. 9, 2015ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Because you’re in a resourceful frame of mind today, you will be clever about introducing reforms and improvements to your job. You might decide to improve your health as well.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A discussion with someone powerful might lead you to think of new ways to relate to children. Similarly, a powerful discussion might give you bet-ter advice about how to handle romance.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Think about how you can reduce your debt today and get a better handle on issues with shared property. You can come up with some good ideas. Talk to others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Conversations with part-ners and close friends, espe-cially females, will be powerful today. Someone might advise you on how to pull your act together.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might see new sources of income, or perhaps a new and better job. After all, there is no end to better, is there? There is always room for improvement.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Take a realistic look in the mir-ror and ask yourself what you can do to improve your appear-ance. Appearances matter in today’s world.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Any kind of research that you do today will be fruitful and productive. If you’re looking for answers and solutions, you will dig deep to find what you want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) A powerful discussion with a female in a group situation might cause you to alter your goals. Try to come up with what is best for everyone con-cerned.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) People in authority will be impressed with your suggestions today, especially if they relate to cutting costs and making improvements. Not to worry, because you see ways to do this!

C A P R I C O R N (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Someone might con-vince you of his or her way of thinking

regarding politics, religion or racial issues today. This per-son’s arguments are very per-suasive!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might see a better way to handle something related to shared property, inheritances or your debt. What can you do to improve your approach to these areas?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) A frank discussion with some-one close to you actually might improve the relationship itself. This is a good day to put your cards on the table.

YOU BORN TODAY You are a highly ambitious, resil-ient person who is determined

to make a name for yourself. As such, you are a workahol-ic. You are purposeful and never forget your goals. This year something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will end or diminish in order to make room for some-thing new. Be observant, and learn to serve others. This is a good year to travel.

Birthdate of: Dave Matthews, musician; Nina Dobrev, actress; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

Dear Readers: I’m going to share a hint I learned from my mother, the original Heloise (1919-1977), that has saved me money as well as a SERVICE CALL.

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13Straight losses for the New York Knicks, a franchise record.

NatioNalDigest

The Numbers Game

Losing skidWASHINGTON —

The New York Knicks’ deconstruction project hit a new low, setting a team record with a 13th straight loss.

The Knicks fell 101-91 to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, giving New York its lon-gest in-season skid in the proud franchise’s 69-year history.

The Knicks made du-bious history by giving major minutes to the likes of Cole Aldrich, Langston Galloway and Cleantho-ny Early. Their 23rd loss in 24 games featured all the now-familiar follies and a few new ones: pass-es that went nowhere, shots that became bricks and Tim Hardaway Jr.’s bizarre decision to pass the ball away from the basket when he had a two-on-one fast break right in front of him.

John Wall had 18 points and eight assists for the Wizards, who avoided slipping in an obvious trap game after a tough five-game road trip.KU survives

WACO, Texas — Wayne Selden finally starting making shots when No. 12 Kansas need-ed them most.

Selden made three consecutive baskets in less than two minutes, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer, and the Jay-hawks beat No. 21 Bay-lor 56-55 on Wednesday night to win their 24th consecutive conference opener.

The Jayhawks (12-2, 1-0 Big 12) overcame a hor-rendous shooting perfor-mance in the first half, and held on through a frantic finish.

Selden was only 1-for-6 shooting before scoring seven points in a row, in-cluding the 3-pointer with 2:17 left that put Kansas ahead to stay at 52-49, af-ter his step-back jumper had tied the game only 42 seconds earlier. He added a layup with 1:19 left.

Kansas, which hasn’t lost a conference opener since January 1991 while still part of the Big Eight, shot 73 percent (16 of 22) with only three turnovers after halftime. The Jay-hawks shot 28 percent (8 of 29) before that, but only trailed 22-18.Shockers win

WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall stood outside of his locker room at halftime Wednesday night and just listened.

He didn’t hear much.There was a little chat-

ter, with team leader Fred VanVleet leading what little conversation there was. That was the result of his team playing a hor-rible first half and trailing at halftime for just the sec-ond time this season.

But he certainly recog-nized the Wichita State team he saw in the second half. No. 15 Wichita State turned things around after halftime to run away from Bradley 63-43.

Darius Carter scored a game-high 19 points to lead Wichita State (13-2, 3-0 Missouri Valley Con-ference).

Ron Baker scored 12 and Shaquille Morris add-ed 10 points for Wichita State.

Spartans start 2015 with blowout winBy SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

Southwestern’s 10th-ranked men’s basketball team opened the 2015 por-tion of its schedule with a 99-61 win over Pure Prep Academy that, despite a few tense moments, was never in doubt.

After a Jaylon Smith 3-pointer gave Southwest-ern a 5-0 lead, Pure Prep Academy quickly cut the lead to 5-4.

The game was never in doubt after that point.

Southwestern respond-ed with a 26-3 run to build up a 31-7 lead. Former Nodaway Valley all-stater TJ Bow-er scored seven of his nine p o i n t s during the run and M a t a i k a K o y a -m a i n -avure threw down a one-handed slam in tran-sition, scoring 10 of his 16 points during the run.

“We really try to pride ourselves on the defensive end and we talked about that in the locker room, re-ally trying to set the tone for our semester on the defensive end tonight,” Southwestern head coach Todd Lorensen said. “We did a good job of that in the first half.”

Pure Prep Acade-my knocked down four 3-pointers in the final few

minutes of the first half, but Southwestern still led 48-23 at the halftime break.

After a sloppy opening 10 minutes of the game, the Southwestern offense got on track in the final 10 minutes of the half.

“It’s been over 20 days since we’ve played in a real game,” Lorensen said. “We can obviously simu-late things in practice, but you can’t completely simu-late the game action. It did take us a while to get go-ing, but once we got going, we did some good things.”

Southwestern added a 14-0 run that covered the end of the first half and the start of the second half, building a 55-23 lead.

Another 14-0 run gave Southwestern a lead of 73-33, before things started getting chippy on the floor.

A total of three techni-cal fouls were called in the second half and one Pure Prep Academy player was ejected from the game af-ter receiving his second technical foul, this one while he was sitting on the bench.

“We just talked about trying to continue play-ing the right way, making solid basketball plays,” Lorensen said. “For the most part, we did that. It got a little rambunctious at times, but it was a tough game to play in from that perspective. Just looking to get out here and knock

Hundley pleased with Sugar Bowl’s first playoff experienceBy LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

As chief operating officer of the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Creston native Jeff Hundley had a front-row seat for the unveiling of college foot-ball’s new playoff system.

Two of college football’s powers with reputations for strong, engaged fan bases converged in New Orleans New Year’s Day. A crowd of 74,682 packed the Mer-cedes-Benz Superdome as fourth-ranked Ohio State upset top-ranked Alabama, 42-35, in a semifinal game that went down to the final play.

“People would be amazed

at the number of details that go into putting on a ball-game of this magnitude. I don’t breath a sigh of relief until they put that ball on tee,” said Hundley, who is second in command of the Allstate Sugar Bowl under Paul Hoolahan, chief execu-tive officer.Preparation

It’s Hundley’s job to make sure everything goes right before the Sugar Bowl even arrives. It’s an enormous un-dertaking, and Hundley has been the man getting the Sugar Bowl prepared since 1993.

“We start in January ev-ery year with the Dome. There are a number of is-sues you have to deal with.

You’re selling sponsorships, agreeing on signage packag-es, you’re w o r k i n g with the S u p e r -d o m e p e o p l e m a k i n g sure your sponsors don’t con-flict with the Saints’ sponsors,” said Hundley.

Once the teams are an-nounced, there’s plenty of work ahead behind the scenes. Chief among those tasks is accommodating those squads.

“The challenging part is working with the schools

once we determine who made it to the bowl to see what their practice needs are. We’re unique in that we allow the teams to practice in the Dome. We gotta get both schools on the page,” Hundley said.Playoff schedule

Next year, the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference will send teams to the Sugar Bowl under a new contrac-tual arrangement. But, on a rotated basis, the bowl will serve as a semifinal host. And, Hundley is one of the principal negotiators in the bowl possibly submitting a bid to host the national championship game at some point in the future.

“We have it (semifinals)

every third year,” Hundley said. “It’s a 12-year agree-ment. We have it in January 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2024. The years in between we’ll have teams from the SEC and Big 12. Supposedly their champions, but of course if their champion is assigned to a semifinal game, we will get the next team in line.”

Even though the first year of the college football play-off isn’t even concluded un-til Ohio State meets Oregon for the championship Mon-day night in Arlington, Tex-as, there has been much dis-cussion about the possible expansion to eight teams.

Contributed photoCreston/Orient-Macksburg placed fourth in the School Division of the Iowa State Youth Dual Championships last weekend in Knoxville. Team mem-bers are from left in front, Corbyn Vicker, Isacc Shields, Brodie Starlin, Will Bolinger, Landon Lovely, Christian Ahrens, Clint Lovely, Gavin Bolton, Justin Parsons and Kadon Bolton. Second row (on knees) Matt Rouh and Tristan Barncastle. Third row, standing, Brant Looney, Rylan Luther, Briley Hayes, Kolby Hullett, Trevor Kinyon, Sam Chapman, Keaton Street and coach Jeff Sand. Back row, coach Casey Tanner, coach Dennis Leith, Beau Thompson, coach Dan Stephens, Dale Boyer, Jackson Kinsella, Austin Nguyen-Schnormeier and coach Jason Hayes. The Panthers beat Knoxville 42-13, topped Vinton 43-30, lost to Sergeant Bluff-Luton 36-27 and fell to Decorah 36-30. The top three teams were Prairie City-Monroe, Sergeant Bluff-Luton and Decorah.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERSouthwestern freshman Dylan Mason (22) puts up a running shot in the lane after drawing contact from a Pure Prep Academy defender during the Spartans’ 99-61 vic-tory on Wednesday.

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Wrestling cheerleaders: Members of the 2014-15 Creston/O-M wrestling cheerleader squad are, from left in front: Jenna Shepherd and Kayla Luther. Second row, Maddie Skarda, Michelle Islas, Emily Riley, Ellie Johnston and Micah McCutchan. Back row, Morghan Frey, Leah Stow and Konnar Shepherd. The final home appearance is Saturday at the Panther Invitational.

Sports briefs Basketball camp

A boys basketball camp for players in fifth and sixth grades will be held Jan. 10 and Jan. 24 in Creston. There is no charge.

The session on Saturday at Creston Middle School will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The session on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Creston High School will be held from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

These workout sessions will be held by the high school coaches and players. They will teach and empha-size proper techniques to create an environment of fun, learning and develop-ment in the various phases of the sport.

“Boys will learn the skills and concepts the high school program utilizes,”

said Brett Watson, Cres-ton High School head boys basketball coach. “Boys are not required to attend both sessions if schedule conflicts arise.”I-35 makeup

The makeup date of Cres-ton’s girls basketball games at Interstate 35 (Truro) is Jan. 26. JV will start at 6 p.m. with varsity to follow.

The games were originally postponed Monday because of weather and travel condi-tions.XC change

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union an-nounced Wednesday that the race distance for high school girls cross country will change from 4K to 5K — the same distance as the boys run — effective in the fall.

Bedford 46,Lenox 38

BEDFORD — Caleb Lange recorded a dou-ble-double for Lenox in his second game back to the Ti-ger lineup from injury, but the Tigers potentially lost another key piece to injury in a 46-38 loss to Bedford here Tuesday.

Lange scored 18 points and g r a b b e d 10 re-bounds in the loss. J u n i o r S p e n c e r B r o w n , Class 1A’s l e a d i n g rebound-er and shot-blocker this season, left the game midway through the third quarter with a pos-sible MCL injury. An MRI will be performed to deter-

mine what, if any, damage was done.

Brown had six points with 11 rebounds at the time he left the game. Carson Cline and Frank Martinez each scored six points for the Tigers, while Dawson Tull-berg added three points and five assists. Sam Donaldson scored two points.

Lenox trailed just 30-27 after three quarters, but Bedford pulled away in the fourth quarter for the final eight-point margin.Mount Ayr 69,SW Valley 47

VILLISCA — Nick Wurster had a hot night from the floor to lead Mount Ayr past Southwest Valley 69-47 here on Tuesday.

Wurster shot 10-of-15 from the field, including

Area boys basketball

Lange

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Murray 51, ACA 34MURRAY — A big first

half propelled Murray past Ankeny Christian Acade-my here Tuesday, 51-34.

The Lady Mustangs led 14-3 after one quarter and 27-8 at halftime.

Deena Snyder shot 10-o f - 1 9 from the floor in s c o r i n g 23 points to lead all s c o r e r s . She add-ed seven rebounds

and five steals.“Came out of the gate

really strong, which I real-ly wasn’t anticipating after a two and a half week lay-off,” Murray head coach Jerry Shields said. “Deena had a great game for us tonight. We must improve from the free throw line if we want to have a chance in close games.”

Zadie Hatfield scored six points with five re-bounds and three assists. Chellsea Jones, Madison Gonseth and Jade Lecy each scored five points and Lecy added three assists

and five steals.Murray shot just 7-21

from the foul stripe. Alli Howard led Ankeny Chris-tian Academy with 16 points.

The Lady Mustangs host Lamoni on Friday, with the pancake supper being held prior to the game.Mount Ayr 58,SW Valley 51

VILLISCA — Mount Ayr overcame a sev-en-point halftime deficit to take a 17-point lead, be-fore seeing that lead whit-tled down to a final margin

of seven points in a 58-51 win here Tuesday over Southwest Valley.

“We did a nice job of fighting back tonight to get the win,” Mount Ayr head coach Thad Streit said. “We had serious foul trou-ble in the first half. But third quarter was ours and we took the lead.”

Mount Ayr outscored Southwest Valley 28-5 in the third quarter.

Tess Shields scored 16 points to lead the Raider-ettes and also grabbed a

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Hundley said it’s not impossible, but it also wouldn’t be immediate.

“There is a way for eight to happen,” Hundley said. “Six bowls involved in hosting the semifinals all have 12-year agreements. The Cotton and Fiesta bowls have six-year agree-ments. So, you could make something happen at the end of those six years. We would still be guaranteed the semifinal round on those years it rotates to us.”

Hundley has been with the Sugar Bowl for 21 years. A lot has changed. In the past, bowl scouts would scour the country, evaluating teams and fan bases before extending in-vitations. Now, teams are “sent” to the Sugar Bowl, whether it be in the play-offs or through the Big 12 and SEC agreements.

“We still get out to games,” Hundley said. “But it’s more of a public relations mission now as opposed to actually scout-ing teams and getting a feel for how they will travel. The nature of the mission changes. I went to a couple of Alabama games, and I saw K-State against Au-burn.”Great matchup

The Ohio State vs. Ala-bama matchup proved to be successful at the Sug-ar Bowl site. The Crim-son Tide’s loyal fan base scooped up a lot of tick-

ets well before the assign-ment was made, probably through speculation of how the playoff might be set, Hundley said. But it wasn’t one-sided in the building.

“It was very close to 50-50 that night,” Hundley said. “In one respect it was a little hard to tell, because it was all red. But, you got a feel for it when one team did something well and you heard the cheering. That says a lot, with Ohio State being so far away. There was a big public demand for the playoff tickets.”

Tickets for the semifinals at the Superdome went on sale on a Friday in August, and by Monday morning it was a sellout.

“A lot of the address-es for those ticket orders were from Alabama, prob-ably either ‘Bama or Au-burn fans,” Hundley said.

Third-party brokers such as StubHub were busy han-dling ticket transactions for fans once the two teams were announced.

The championship game will be held in Phoenix, Ariz., next year and in Tampa, Fla., in 2017.

“We can’t bid on 2018, because that is a semifi-nal year for us and you can’t host both semifinal and championship games,” Hundley said. “The years of 2019 or 2020 could possibly be in play for us, should we decide to submit a bid.

“The whole process has taken a lot of time to work

out,” Hundley said. It’s kind of like trying to turn a battleship around and go in the opposite direc-tion. We’ve known about our 2015 semifinal now for almost two years, but we weren’t negotiating a con-tract until January of 2014 and we signed it the second week of December!”

Now that the system is operating, he expects smoother sailing.

“Now we’ve been through all the bumps you have in that first year of something completely new,” he said. “I’m sure it will be a lot smoother as we move forward. Certainly, we’ve seen a lot of change in the 21 years I’ve been with the Sugar Bowl.”

Just a year earlier, cur-rent Creston/O-M offen-sive coordinator Ryan McKim was on the Okla-homa University staff in the final BCS version of the Allstate Sugar Bowl, as the Sooners defeated Ala-bama.

Hundley is a 1980 grad-uate of Creston High School and is enshrined in the school’s Hall of Fame. Despite the distance from “home,” he maintains a connection by following news online from area me-dia sites.

“I was reading the paper about your tremendous football team this fall,” Hundley said. “A lot of times on the way into work I’ll listen to KSIB or KMA, just to hear what’s going on up there.”

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off some rust.”Tanner Kellogg led the

S p a r t a n s with 17 p o i n t s , w i t h K o y a -mainavure d r o p p i n g in 16. Jay-lon Smith and Josh Kirk also reached double digits, scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively. Jok Kut scored seven points in his first game back to the lineup after a shoulder in-jury.

The Spartans return to action Saturday at home against Wentworth Mili-tary Academy, an NJCAA Division II school, before starting the ICCAC season Wednesday against Ells-worth.

Southwestern improved to 13-3 for the season with the win.

PURE PREP ACADEMY (61) — Mario Manuel 8 4-19 20, Buay Jok 3 2-2 10, Jones 4 2-2 10, Diew Deng 2 2-2 8, Mabior 1 1-2 4, Coure 1 0-0 3, Cox 1 0-0 3, Low Chuol 1 0-0 3. Totals — 21 11-27 61. 3-point goals — 8 (Jok 2, Deng 2, Chuol 1, Mabior 1, Coure 1, Cox 1). Team fouls — 13. Fouled out — none.

SOUTHWESTERN (99) — Tanner Kellogg 6 4-4 17, Mataika Koyamainavure 5 6-6

16, Jaylon Smith 5 1-2 12, Josh Kirk 5 1-2 11, Malik Williams 3 0-0 9, TJ Bower 2 2-2 9, Jok Kut 3 0-0 7, Simon Joseph 3 0-0 6, Austin Weber 2 0-0 4, Josh Tolbert 1 0-0 3, Ahmad Newsome 1 0-0 2, Nikola Drobnjak 1 0-0 2, Dylan Mason

0 1-2 1. Totals — 37 15-18 99. 3-point goals — 8 (Williams 3, Smith 1, Tolbert 1, Kut 1, Bower 1, Kellogg 1). Team fouls — 20. Fouled out — Tolbert.

PPA — 23 61SWCC — 48 99

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CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERSouthwestern sophomore Josh Kirk sets up the offense during the first half of the Spartans’ 99-61 win over Pure Prep Academy on Wednesday. Kirk scored 11 points off the bench in the win.

Illinois State rolls past Drake 81-45 NORMAL, Ill. (AP) —

Daishon Knight scored 15 points, MiKyle McIntosh had 10 with nine rebounds and Illinois State rolled past Drake for an 81-45 victory on Wednesday night.

Paris Lee chipped in 12 points and Tony Wills had 10 with six assists for the Redbirds (9-6, 1-2 Missouri Valley), who shot 56.6 per-

cent from the field and had a 38-21 rebounding advan-tage. Justin McCloud hit three of Illinois State’s nine 3-pointers.

Drake (3-12, 0-3) was held to 14-of-44 shooting (31.8 percent), gave up 21 points off turnovers and another 12 on second-chance opportu-nities. Chris Caird was the lone scorer in double figures

for the Bulldogs with 15 points and Trevor Berkeley had nine.

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4-of-7 from behind the 3 - p o i n t arc, scor-ing 24 points for the Raid-ers.

S o u t h -west Val-ley was packing the lane against Mount Ayr’s post players, opening up looks from the outside for Wurst-er. Connor Giles added 11 points on 4-4 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds for Mount Ayr. Rhett Murphy scored eight points.

Kyle Dolecheck scored five points with seven steals. Caleb Schnoor also scored five points and had four as-sists. Lincoln Martin chipped in four points. Riley Wee-hler and Cameron Young a d d e d t h r e e p o i n t s apiece.

S o u t h -west Val-ley was led by Chance Cobb’s 11

points, while Colten Drake added 10 points with eight boards. Gunnar McCuen scored nine points. Scott Vanderhoof added six points with five rebounds and Lane Peterson dropped in five points. Wyatt McAlpin scored four points. Tony Klocke added two.O-M 40, Lamoni 34

LAMONI — After trail-ing by one through three quarters, Orient-Macks-burg came back for a 40-34 win over Lamoni here Tuesday.

“It was your typical first game back after break,” Orient-Macksburg head coach Drew Dornack said. “Cold shooting for both teams.”

D y l a n N i c h o l s led the B u l l d o g s with 18 p o i n t s . S e t h W h i t e a d d e d 10 and J o r d a n Thompson scored eight points.

William Ansong led La-

moni with nine points.Nodaway Valley 69, East Union 33

GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley knocked down 10 3-pointers and forced 31 turnovers in a 69-33 win over East Union here Tuesday.

Jackson Lamb made four of those 3 - p o i n t -ers, lead-ing the W o l v e r -ines with 26 points, six re-b o u n d s and five s t e a l s . Nate Venteicher hit two 3-pointers of his own, s c o r i n g 12 points. N a t h a n A n d r e w s led the W o l v e r -ines with seven re-b o u n d s a n d scored six points. David Schweitzer scored nine points.

Garrett Herrmann, Sam Marnin, Dallas Kreager and Noah Cooper each fin-ished with three points for the Wolverines.

Eighth-ranked Nodaway Valley improved to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the Pride of Iowa Conference with the win.

Cole Campbell and Ma-son Goss-man each s c o r e d e i g h t points to lead the E a g l e s . G a b e N i x o n a d d e d s e v e n points and Casey Walter scored four points. Alex Brown, Tyler Kelley and Brayden Martinez each scored two points.

“The more aggressive team usually wins,” East Union head coach Thad Tussey said. “We didn’t box out or rebound well. Offensively, we do things pretty well, but don’t val-ue the ball enough to com-plete passes or dribble with a purpose.”

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team-high 10 rebounds. Megan Warin added 13 points, six rebounds, five as-sists and five steals. A s h t o n J o h n s o n added nine points with five assists. Sara Win-emiller scored six points, while Kelcie Shields record-ed four points with nine rebounds. Alyssa Johnson and Blair Glendenning each scored two points.

Marie Palmer had a big game for the Tim-berwolves, recording a dou-b l e - d o u -ble with 18 points and 17 re-bounds, in-cluding 10 offensive boards. She add-ed three assists and three blocked shots.

Lexi Bronner scored eight points and Shelby Cooper added six points, as did Janelle Gibler. Jon-nie Weeks and Jade Peters-en each finished with four points. Regan Jessen scored three and Katie Taylor add-ed two points.

“We came out and played extremely well for three quarters,” Southwest Valley head coach Allen Naugle said. “We played exactly how we wanted to play in the first half. The third quar-ter we came out flat from halftime. With a minute left, we were within four, but were unable to hit a big shot and/or get a big turnover to swing things our way.”Bedford 73,Lenox 43

BEDFORD — Lenox shot 40 percent from the floor, but Bedford’s 30-12 advantage in the first quar-ter and 20-11 advantage in the fourth quarter was the difference in a 73-43 loss here on Tuesday.

Katie Dukes recorded her second s t r a i g h t d o u -b l e - d o u -ble, scor-ing 11 p o i n t s with 12 re-bounds to go with five assists and five steals. Jessica Anderson added 12 points with three rebounds.

Aurora Arevalo returned to the Lenox lineup with nine points and three rebounds. Jacy Stoaks recorded five points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Nodaway Valley 59, East Union 18

GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley came out of the break firing on all cylinders, rolling to a 59-18 win over East Union here on Tuesday.

The Wolverines led 17-2 after one quarter and 29-6 at halftime.

“A solid effort from NV tonight,” head coach Tom Thompson said. “Came out sharp following break. Executed well on both ends. A good start to the second half of the season with great scoring balance and good ball pressure on the defensive side.”

Josie Clarke led the Wolverines with 12 points and nine rebounds. Paige McElf i sh added 11 p o i n t s , seven re-b o u n d s , four as-sists and e i g h t s t e a l s . R i l e y Lonsdale scored seven points.

Casey Ehrsam, Jessica Nelson and Josie Carter each scored six points. Mercedes Harter added five, while Brittany Smith, Jodi Baudler and Natalie Daugherty each got on

the board with two points. Harter and Baudler each grabbed four steals.

Mara Weis led East U n i o n with eight p o i n t s . C h e l -sea Hoyt s c o r e d f o u r p o i n t s , while Ka-cie Rip-p e r g e r added three points. Emily Eckels scored two points.

Nodaway Valley im-proved to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the Pride of Iowa Conference with the win, while East Union dropped to 3-6 and 1-5. The Wol-verines host Pleasantville on Friday and Clarke on Saturday.

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Public noticeNOTICE OF HEARING AND

LETTINGNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,PROPOSED FORM OF CONTRACTAND ESTIMATE OF COST FORCONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHSIDE SANITARY SEWER REHABIL-ITATION FOR THE CITY OF CRE-STON, IOWA, AND THE TAKINGOF BIDS THEREFOR

Sealed proposals will be received bythe City Clerk of the City of Creston,Iowa, in the Council Chambers at theCity Hall, 116 West Adams, Creston,Iowa until 2:00 P.M. on the 15th day ofJanuary, 2015, for the construction ofNorth Side Sanitary Sewer Rehabilita-tion, as described in the plans and spec-ifications therefor, now on file in theoffice of the City Clerk. Proposals willbe opened and the amount of the bidsannounced in said Council Chambers atthe time and date specified above.

At 6:00 P.M. on the 20th day of Jan-uary, 2015, the City Council of saidCity will, in said Council Chambers,hold a hearing and said Council propos-es to adopt plans, specifications, formof contract and estimate of cost and, atthe time, date and place specifiedabove, or at such time, date and placeas then may be fixed, to act upon pro-posals and enter into a contract for theconstruction of said improvements.

At said hearing, the City Council willconsider the proposed plans and speci-fications and proposed form of contractfor the project, the same now being onfile in the office of the City Administra-tor, reference to which is made for amore detailed and complete descriptionof the proposed improvements, and atsaid time and place the said Councilwill also receive and consider any ob-jections to said plans, specifications, es-timate of cost and form of contractmade by any interested party.

The work to be done is as follows:North Side Sanitary Sewer Rehabili-

tationConstruct North Side Area Sanitary

Sewer Rehabilitation including all la-bor, materials and equipment necessaryfor approximately 4,545 linear feet of12-inch to 21-inch diameter cured inplace pipe lined sanitary sewer, sewermain point repairs, manhole lining,grouting, rehabilitation and replace-ment, earthwork, surface restorationand miscellaneous associated work, in-cluding televising, cleaning, testing andcleanup.

All work and materials are to be inaccordance with the proposed plans,specifications, form of contract and es-timate of cost now on file in the officeof the City Clerk of Creston, Iowa, andby this reference made a part hereof asthough fully set out and incorporatedherein.

All proposals in connection therewithshall be submitted to the City Clerk ofsaid City on or before the time hereinset for receiving bids. All proposalsshall be made on official biddingblanks furnished by the City, and anyalterations in the official form of pro-posal will entitle the Council, at its op-tion, to reject the proposal involvedfrom consideration. Each proposalshall be sealed and plainly identified.

Each proposal shall be made out on ablank form furnished by the municipali-ty and must be accompanied in a sealedenvelope by either (1) a certified orcashier s check drawn on a solventIowa bank or a bank chartered underthe laws of the United States or a certi-fied share draft drawn on a credit unionin Iowa or chartered under the laws ofthe United States, in an amount equal tofive percent (5%) of the bid, or (2) a bidbond executed by a corporation autho-rized to contract as a surety in the Stateof Iowa, in the penal sum of five per-cent (5%) of the bid.

The bid security should be madepayable to THE CITY OF CRESTON,IOWA. The bid security must not con-tain any conditions either in the body oras an endorsement thereon. The bid se-curity shall be forfeited to the City asliquidated damages in the event the suc-cessful bidder fails or refuses to enterinto a contract within ten (10) days afterthe award of contract and post bond sat-isfactory to the City insuring the faith-ful fulfillment of the contract and themaintenance of said work, if required,pursuant to the provisions of this noticeand other contract documents. Biddersshall use the bid bond form bound inthe specifications.

By virtue of statutory authority, pref-erence will be given to products andprovisions grown and coal producedwithin the State of Iowa, and to Iowadomestic labor, to the extent lawfullyrequired under Iowa Statutes. The IowaReciprocal Act (SF 2160) applies to thecontract with respect to bidders who arenot Iowa residents.

The Council reserves the right to re-ject any or all bids and to waive infor-malities or technicalities in any bidwhich it deems to be in the best interestof the City.

The Council reserves the right to de-fer acceptance of any proposal for a pe-riod not to exceed thirty (30) calendardays from the date of hearing and let-ting.

The successful bidder will be re-quired to furnish a bond in an amountequal to one hundred percent (100%) ofthe contract price, said bond to be is-sued by a responsible surety approvedby the City Council and shall guaranteethe faithful performance of the contractand the terms and conditions thereincontained and shall guarantee theprompt payment for all materials andlabor and protect and save harmless theCity from claims and damages of anykind caused by the operations of theContractor, and shall guarantee thework against faulty workmanship andmaterials for a period of two (2) yearsafter its completion and acceptance bythe City Council.

Work on the project shall commencewithin ten (10) days of written Noticeto Proceed and shall be completed byJune 30, 2015.

Payment to the Contractor for saidconstruction will be made in cash de-rived from the proceeds of the issuanceand sale of such bonds and/or fromsuch cash funds of the City as may belegally used for said purposes. Anycombination of the above methods ofpayment may be used at the discretionof the City Council.

Payment to the Contractor will be onthe basis of monthly estimates equiva-lent to ninety-five percent (95%) of thecontract value of the work completedand payments made to material suppli-ers for materials ordered specifically forthe project or delivered to the site dur-ing the preceding calendar month. Esti-mates will be prepared on the last dayof each month by the Contractor, sub-ject to the approval of the Engineer,who will certify to the City for paymenteach approved estimate on or before thetenth (10th) day of the followingmonth. Such monthly payments shallin no way be construed as an act of ac-ceptance for an part of the work partial-ly or totally completed. Upon comple-tion of the work and its acceptance bythe City Council, the Contractor will bepaid an amount which, together withprevious payments, will equal ninety-five percent (95%) of the contract priceof the contract. Final payment of theremaining amount due will be made notless than thirty-one (31) days after com-pletion and acceptance by resolution ofthe City Council of the completed con-tract, subject to the conditions and inaccordance with the provisions ofChapter 573 of the Code of Iowa. Nosuch partial or final payments will bedue until the Contractor has certified tothe City that the materials, labor andservices involved in each estimate havebeen paid for in accordance with the re-quirements stated in the specifications.

A sales tax exemption certificate willbe available for all materials purchasedfor incorporation in the project.

Liquidated damages in the amount ofTwo Hundred Dollars ($200.00) percalendar day will be assessed for eachday the work shall remain uncompletedafter the contract period with due al-lowance for extensions of the contractperiod due to conditions beyond thecontrol of the Contractor.

Plans and specifications governingthe construction of the proposed im-provements, and also the prior proceed-ings of the City Council referring toand defining said proposed improve-ments are hereby made a part of this no-tice and the proposed contract by refer-ence and the proposed contract shall beexecuted in compliance therewith.

Copies of said plans and specifica-tions are now on file in the office of theCity Clerk, for examination by bidders.Copies may be obtained from Veenstra& Kimm, Inc., 3000 Westown Park-way, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

This notice is given by order of theCouncil of the City of Creston, Iowa.

CITY OF CRESTON, IOWAWarren Woods, Mayor

ATTEST:Lisa Williamson, City Clerk

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Tinseltown Talks By Nick ThomasAuburn University

For many, the title “King of Rock and Roll” is re-served for one man: Elvis Presley. Had he lived, Elvis would have celebrated his 80th birthday on January 8.In addition to his music, Elvis lives on through a phenomenal number of appearances in scripted motion pictures – 31 in all – beginning with “Love Me Tender” in 1956 and ending 13 years later with “Change of Habit.”

Although his films are of-ten dismissed due to weak and predictable scripts, critics generally regarded Elvis as a surprisingly good actor. But what did his co-stars think?

In 1966, 10-year-old Donna Butterworth ap-peared in “Paradise, Ha-waiian Style,” the second Elvis film set in Hawaii.

“My mom and dad took me to see ‘Blue Hawaii’ when I was just a little girl and I fell in love with him right then and there,” said Butterworth. “I couldn’t get enough Elvis.”

She recalls filming her first scene on the cliffs of Makapuu, on Oahu, run-ning into Elvis’s arms.

“I had only met him a few minutes before that,” Butterworth recalled. “So when the director called ‘action,’ I ran up and got in his arms and his face was about 4 inches from my face. After all the an-ticipation of meeting Elvis Presley and working with him, I just froze. I couldn’t believe I was so close to this beautiful man! All the crew cracked up because they knew I was so enam-ored. In fact, Elvis laughed the hardest – he just loved to laugh.”

Unlike Donna, 7-year-old Susan Olsen wasn’t an Elvis fan when she briefly appeared in the talent con-test audition scene in El-vis’s second last film, “The Trouble with Girls” (1969).

“I couldn’t understand all the hype over him and I didn’t even think he was good-looking!” said Ol-sen, who went on to play youngest daughter Cindy on the popular ‘60s TV show, “The Brady Bunch.”

That changed after their first brief encounter.

“I remember that a bunch of the kids’ mothers

suddenly started scream-ing,” said Olsen. “Elvis had come out of his dress-ing room and they crowded around him for autographs. So I thought ‘What the heck! I’ll get one too.’ So I went up to him – and I’m not making this up – when he looked at me I thought, ‘Oh, I get it! I see why they like him so much.’ He had this special aura about him. I was just dumbstruck, I couldn’t say anything. He signed the photo, handed it to me, and said ‘Here ya go darling.’”

Elvis’s leading lady in “The Trouble with Girls” came away with more than just an autograph. Marlyn Mason (www.marlynma-son.com) snagged an on-screen kiss.

“It was a comedy kiss,” said Mason, indicating that the only fireworks were the real ones in the movie scene.

She took an unusual ap-proach to get the required reaction from Elvis. Just after the fireworks scene, Elvis comes up behind her and starts rubbing her shoulders.

“I just turned around, off camera, and started undoing Elvis’s belt and trousers!” Mason recalled. “Well, I didn’t get very far because it wasn’t a long scene. Elvis got this fun-ny look on his face which you can see in the film. He was great fun to work with, because I could throw any-thing at him and he’d just throw it right back.”

She also recalls a private moment when Elvis shared thoughts about his acting.

“The saddest thing Elvis said to me was ‘I’d like to make one good film be-cause I know people in this town laugh at me.’ I’ll nev-er forget that,” she said. “But he was always down to earth and comfortable with himself. Some of that dialogue was so corny, but he managed to bring a re-alness to it. And I think that’s just how he was in real life. He was a natural comedian, and his timing was just impeccable. I just found him to be a very gen-uine person.”

Wilda Taylor (www.wil-dataylor.com) appeared in three Elvis Presley films, but strutted into Elvis mov-ie history as exotic dancer Little Egypt in “Roust-about” (1964).

“We rehearsed for about two weeks,” said Taylor. “Elvis was in and out of rehearsal hall every so of-ten between his other busy

filming days for the other scenes. He knew his mate-rial and music well, and I grew to admire him a great deal. It’s amazing, through the years, how many peo-ple know about me and Little Egypt from that film. Oddly enough, I really didn’t know much about Elvis before we worked to-gether, but I found him to be a lovely, darling person, and I was just pleased to be a small part of his life.”

——————Nick Thomas teaches

at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 500 magazines and news-papers.

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