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Volume 131 No. 72

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

remembering 9/11

Creston Fire Department drapes an American flag over Sumner Avenue this morning to commemorate Sept.

11. This is the 13th anniversary of the attacks on the United States.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAM

9/11 commemoration begins with bell toll

NEW YORK (AP) — With the toll of a bell and a solemn moment of silence, the nation paused this morning to mark the 13th anni-versary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack.

Stephen Albert, whose father Jon died during the attacks, kicked off reading the names of the nearly

3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pen-tagon and near Shanks-ville, Pennsylvania. He said his dad was a dedicated father, hus-band and respected col-league.

“He will be sorely missed,” he said.

The sad roll call was to pause only four times: to mark the times when

the first plane struck the World Trade Center, when the second plane struck, when the first tower fell and when the second tower fell.

Thelma Stuart, whose husband Walwyn Wel-lington Stuart, Jr., 28, was a Port Authority Police Department of-ficer, said the nation should pray for its lead-

ers, “that God will grant them wisdom, knowl-edge and understanding on directing them on moving forward.”

Little about the annu-al ceremony at ground zero has changed. But so much around it has.

For the first time, the

Professional recommended for city mural By KYLE WILSON CNA managing [email protected]

The bare, white retaining walls along South Elm Street in Creston are like an open canvas for Cres-ton: Arts Council.

What do they have planned for this canvas?

Last week, Brian Zachary with Creston: Arts proposed to Cres-ton City Council hiring a pro-fessional painter to complete a mural on the white walls. This mural would be a historical time-line with about 10-14 images from Creston’s history.

“UCDA and Southwestern have been building and improving this main approach into Uptown and we wanted to help,” Zachary said. “Murals really enhance the environment and make citizens proud of their city.”

Brian Mullin is the painter rec-

ommended by Creston: Arts for this project. The 57-year-old Mul-lin is a 1975 graduate of Creston High School who now owns a commercial and fine arts business in Corning called Mullin Graphic Communications.

Some Crestonians may remem-

ber the 1900-era Summit Lake-themed drawing he did for Iowa State Savings Bank during “Chalk the Town” event on the Fourth of July earlier this summer. Mullin

Please seeMURAL, Page 2

BNSF agreement fails, two-man crews stay By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

An agreement between Burl-ington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers General Committee 001 known as SMART-TD failed to pass ratification from union members Wednesday.

About 70 percent of union members returned the ballots. They were divided by the three crafts — conductors, trainman (brakeman) and switchman — and tallied. Each craft had to re-ject the agreement by 50 percent of the vote.

“It was encouraging they had that many turnout,” Jim Garrett, a BNSF engineer from Creston, said. “They had to open each en-velope one at a time and verify

each vote was valid. It was not just a simple yes, no, yes, no count.”

According to a press release from BNSF, the agreement would have allowed for locomotive en-gineers to operate freight trains with the remote support of a new master conductor, instead of a conventional on-board conduc-tor on BNSF routes were Positive Train Control (PTC) was in use.

PTC is a satellite-guided system of sensors and computers mandat-

ed by Congress in 2008. It helps stop, slow and reroute trains.

Auxiliary member Tessa Hull described the outcome as a “huge victory” but the work to ensure that two-man crews remains the standard is not finished.

“We are going to keep getting the word out for HR 3040,” Hull said. “That will make it so the fed-eral government is in control of how many people are on board.”

Hull added the community sup-

port helped keep the union and auxiliary members motivated to get the word out and fail the BNSF and SMART-TD agree-ment.

Union members will continue to work with their representatives as negotiations continue with BNSF to determine the future of how the railways operate.

“We were founded by the rail-road and if we lose that, we lose a big part of our history,” Hull said.

Sorensen agrees on another Freedom Rock

Please see9/11, Page 2

CEDAR FALLS (AP) — A Greenfield artist known for painting patriotic scenes on large boul-ders has agreed to create another freedom rock in Cedar Falls.

Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II has completed 20 such rocks and hopes to paint freedom rocks in all of Iowa’s 99 counties, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. He said he has accepted a proposal from the Cedar Falls American Le-gion Post 237 to paint one in Black Hawk County.

“There’s a lot of rich veteran history in the county,” Sorensen said. “I’m excited to explore the options of what they will want to portray.”

Sid Morris and Tom Hagarty, both veterans and members of the organization, said they will try to raise about $5,000 to cover the artist’s expenses. They said a committee will be formed to propose themes or ideas for the rock’s design to Sorensen.

“Bubba Sorensen is quite good, and it’s been very popular,” Morris said. “A large number of counties have applied to be recipients of the rock. I admire his work.”

Morris said the rocks offer an opportunity for vet-erans to be recognized in each Iowa county.

While the rock’s location hasn’t been finalized,

Sorensen

� He has completed 20 freedom rocks in Iowa

Please seeFREEDOM, Page 2

ABOVE: Creston: Arts is proposing a mural be painted on this white retaining wall along South Elm Street in Creston. This mural would be a historical timeline with about 10-14 images from Creston’s history. See a list of possible images on page 2A.

Spartans volleyball team shows improvement in loss to nationally-ranked Kirkwood. Read more in SPORTS, page 8A. >>

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2A Creston News AdvertiserThursday, September 11, 2014

Nada Gronert Des Moines

Nada Franklin Gronert, 89, passed away Sep-t e m b e r 6, 2014, at Calvin C o m -m u n i t y in Des Moines.

N a d a was born April 17, 1925, in Union County, Iowa, the daughter of Floyd and Nel-lie McGinnis Franklin. She graduated from Creston High School in 1942. She and Norbert Allen (Nub) Gronert married in Boca Raton, Florida, on Febru-ary 23, 1944. They lived in Creston and Burlington before making their home in Centerville where Nada worked in the financial in-dustry for thirty years; she

retired as a manager for IT & T Financial Corporation.

Nada and Nub traveled extensively, especially en-joying trips to England, Switzerland, and Greece. In addition to wintering in Destin, Florida, for twenty-three years, they enjoyed visiting family and friends from Oregon to Texas, Minnesota to Florida. In 2002 they moved to Indi-anola, Iowa.

Nada was preceded in death by Norbert; she is survived by her son Steve and wife Anna; her daugh-ter Jean and husband Jim Ellerhoff; her grandchil-dren, Lori, Nick, Toni, Amy, Steve, and Kathryn; and her great grandchil-dren Emma, Simon, Caleb, and Malena.

Memorial services are pending; memorial contri-butions may be made to the Indianola Public Library.

Gronert

Today is Sept. 11, 2014, the 254th day of the year. There are 111 days left in 2014. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (Sept. 8-14) in history.5 years ago

Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIR-WA) and Creston Water Works joined together to make approximately $12.7 million in renovations to the 12 Mile Water Treat-ment Plant. Because of stricter drinking water reg-ulations established by the Safe Drinking Water Act and SIRWA’s expanding supply needs, a new mem-brane filtration system was to be installed at the plant. To accompany the filtra-tion system were larger piping, new intake and chemical feed buildings, a laboratory, chemical feed system and modifications to the clarification system and post-disinfection. A completion was tentatively set for spring 2011.

A $4.06 million bond issue for the East Union School District passed with a 562-310 vote. Unofficial totals showed 64 percent of the votes were in favor of issuing the general obliga-tion bonds to go toward an addition to the middle/high school building. The prop-osition needed 60 percent of the vote to pass. About 43 percent of the East Union School District’s 2,031 registered voters cast their ballot on the proposi-

tion.Preliminary enrollment

for the fall 2009 semester at Southwestern Community College showed 1,678 stu-dents taking 17,009 cred-its, a 14 percent increase from the previous year. In 2008, official enrollment at Southwestern was 1,468 students taking 14,379 credit hours.10 years ago

Lesa Downing and her eighth grade history class were given copies of the book “’Round the Com-

munity” by Harold Rob-erts of Creston to sell as a fundraiser. Half of the proceeds went to the class and the other half to Gib-son Memorial Library and Union County Historical Society. Roberts’ book is a collection of newspaper columns he wrote as pub-lisher of the Creston News Advertiser from 1974-84. It includes stories of personal experiences taken from in-terviews with nearly 50 lo-cal residents.

The YMCA changed to using membership cards

that can be scanned. The purpose of the new card-reading process was to make sign-in easier, in-crease security and assure staff and members every-one using the facility has paid for the privilege.

Mary Cusack, 102, of Creston had her birth-day announced during the weather forecast on NBC’s Today Show by weather-man Willard Scott. Her picture also appeared on TV.20 years ago

Kmart Corporation de-cided to close the store in Creston. Three manage-ment and 33 hourly em-ployees were affected.

“The Little Rascals” was playing at Strand Theatre.

Actress Jessica Tandy, 85, died of ovarian cancer. Her role in “Driving Miss Daisy” won her an Oscar at age 80.

Greater Community Hospital Board of Trust-ees, Creston City Council and Union County Board of Supervisors had a meet-ing to discuss a possible 28E agreement in which the city and county would commit funds to offset al-leged losses in ambulance service at Greater Com-munity Hospital. After two hours and 40 minutes, it was decided not to go through with the agree-ment. The city and county didn’t change their previ-ous positions. The hospi-tal’s ambulance service was fine.

CNA file photoJeff Wood of Lenox shows off his pride (2-year-old granddaughter Cullen) and joy (garden cabbage) in a Shutterbug’s photo published in the Creston News Advertiser in September 2004.

Continued from Page 1

National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum — which includes gut-wrenching artifacts and graphic photos of the attacks — will be open on the anni-versary. Fences around the memorial plaza have come down, integrating the sacred site more fully with the streets of Manhattan while complete-ly opening it up to the public and camera-wielding tourists.

A new mayor is in office, Bill de Blasio, one far less linked to the attacks and their aftermath than his immediate predecessors. And finally, a nearly completed One World Trade Center has risen 1,776 feet above ground zero and will be filled with office work-ers by this date in 2015, anoth-er sign that a page in the city’s history may be turning.

On Thursday, New York-ers went about their morning routines along sidewalks that were once cordoned off. In-side the plaza, families milled quietly.

Franklin Murray of New York wore a shirt with a photo of his brother, Harry Glen, and the words “our an-gel” above the photo and “the wind beneath our wings” be-low. Glen worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, one of the compa-nies most decimated.

He said he wanted to see the memorial for the first time, and it gave him a “funny feeling” to know there was now a memorial. He has come to the ceremony before but “before it was getting harder, so I forced myself to get down here.”

For some who lost loved ones in the attacks, the in-creasing feel of a return to normalcy in the area threatens to obscure the tragedy that took place there and interfere with their grief.

“Instead of a quiet place of reflection, it’s where kids are running around,” said Nancy Nee, whose firefighter broth-er, George Cain, was killed in the attacks. “Some people for-get this is a cemetery. I would

never go to the Holocaust mu-seum and take a selfie.”

But for others, the changes are an important part of the healing process.

“When I first saw (One World Trade Center), it re-ally made my heart sing,” said Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles Burlingame was the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. “It does every time I see it be-cause it’s so symbolic of what the country went through.”

“I want to see it bustling,” she said. “I want to see more housing down there; I want to see it alive and bursting with businesses.”

The memorial plaza will be closed to the public for most of the day and available only to family members. It will re-open at 6 p.m., at which point thousands of New Yorkers are expected to mark the an-niversary at the twin reflecting pools where the towers once stood.

In May, when the museum opened in a ceremony at-tended by President Barack Obama, the fences that had surrounded the plaza for years disappeared, as did the need for visitors to obtain a timed ticket. Now, thousands of peo-ple freely visit every day, from cellphone-toting travelers to workers on a lunch break, and those crowds will only swell further this year when One World Trade Center finally opens.

The first ceremony at the site was held six months af-ter the Twin Towers fell and was organized by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his aides. Bloomberg, who took office just three months af-ter the attacks, remained in charge, acting as the master of ceremonies for the next de-cade.

After other elected officials attempted to gain a larger role at the solemn event, in 2012, all politicians — including Bloomberg — were prohibit-ed from speaking at the event. That remains the case now.

9/11:

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Hagarty said the Cedar Falls application called for the boulder to be placed in Veterans Park on Waterloo Road.

That location still requires approval from city officials, he said.

Morris and Hagarty said work on the rock could start next year, depending on what city officials decide. The Parks and Recreation Commission are set to dis-cuss the Freedom Rock on Thursday.

FREEDOM:Continued from Page 1

has been a professional art-ist for the past 35 years.

“I know this hasn’t been approved yet so I have one foot on the brake and one on the gas,” M u l -lin said. “But, I’m e x c i t e d for this p r o j e c t as I spent one sum-mer working in the Cres-ton railyard replacing ties and rails, driving spikes and a whole gamut of other maintenance work. I’m in-trigued by several other of the images proposed, too.”

Mullin’s fee to complete this project is $6,500 and includes primer, paint and labor. The mural would survive 7 to 10 years.

Zachary requested pay-ing for Mullin’s services with the city’s hotel/motel funds. The council is ex-pected to approve or deny these funds Tuesday when they discuss Creston: Arts Council’s budget.

If approved, Mullin could get started this fall and possibly complete the mural this year. See

a list of proposed images for this mural, right. Mul-lin has been instructed to keep these images simple so they’ll be easier to view when driving.

———————Below is a proposed list

of images for a historical timeline mural to be paint-ed on the retaining walls on South Elm Street in Cres-ton.

These images are in chronological order:

1. Prairie with Native Americans and bison

2. Mormon Trail 3. A steam train 4. Old windmill and farm 5. Summit House 6. Bluegrass Palace 7. Fountain from Rain-

bow Park 8. Depot

9. Bandshell and Sum-mit Lake in background of Chautauqua Pavilion

10. Iowana Hotel with tuba player

11. The Roundhouse 12. A steamliner train 13. Grain elevators 14. Astronaut (Apollo 7) 15. Greater Regional

Medical Center 16. SWCC 17. Hot Air Balloons 18. Fireworks 19. A contemporary Am-

trak train 20. Modern wind turbine

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Markets

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri

9/12

52/35A steady rain in themorning. Showerscontinuing in the af-ternoon. High 52F.

Sunrise Sunset6:55 AM 7:31 PM

Sat

9/13

62/44Sunny. Highs in thelow 60s and lows inthe mid 40s.


Sun

9/14

69/56A few clouds. Highsin the upper 60s andlows in the mid 50s.


Mon

9/15

67/42Morning showersand thunderstorms.


Tue

9/16

65/47Sunny. Highs in themid 60s and lows inthe upper 40s.


Des Moines55/38

Cedar Rapids53/38

Sioux City57/36

Creston52/35

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 56 35 rain Davenport 56 43 rain Marshaltown 55 33 rainAtlantic 55 35 rain Des Moines 55 38 rain Mason City 55 34 rainAubudon 56 35 rain Dubuque 53 38 rain Onawa 57 36 rainCedar Rapids 53 38 rain Farmington 55 40 rain Oskaloosa 52 38 rainCenterville 52 38 rain Fort Dodge 55 34 rain Ottumwa 52 38 rainClarinda 55 37 rain Ft Madison 57 43 rain Red Oak 54 36 rainClarion 55 34 rain Guttenberg 53 36 rain Sioux Center 55 34 rainClinton 55 40 rain Keokuk 58 43 cloudy Sioux City 57 36 rainCouncil Bluffs 55 37 rain Lansing 56 35 rain Spencer 56 34 rainCreston 52 35 rain LeMars 56 35 rain Waterloo 54 36 rain

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 90 70 t-storm Houston 90 74 t-storm Phoenix 96 74 sunnyBoston 71 55 sunny Los Angeles 89 69 pt sunny San Francisco 78 58 pt sunnyChicago 58 45 rain Miami 86 78 t-storm Seattle 74 52 sunnyDallas 79 60 t-storm Minneapolis 57 39 pt sunny St. Louis 69 48 cloudyDenver 51 40 cloudy New York 76 61 sunny Washington, DC 81 65 mst sunny

Moon Phases

FullSep 9

LastSep 16

NewSep 24

FirstOct 1

UV IndexFri

9/123

Moderate

Sat9/13

7

High

Sun9/14

7

High

Mon9/15

6

High

Tue9/16

6

High

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 (68), low past 24 hours (52) and precipitation ending 7 a.m. today (.37)

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

Fri

9/12

52/35A steady rain in themorning. Showerscontinuing in the af-ternoon. High 52F.


Sat

9/13

62/44Sunny. Highs in thelow 60s and lows inthe mid 40s.


Sun

9/14

69/56A few clouds. Highsin the upper 60s andlows in the mid 50s.


Mon

9/15

67/42Morning showersand thunderstorms.


Tue

9/16

65/47Sunny. Highs in themid 60s and lows inthe upper 40s.


Des Moines55/38

Cedar Rapids53/38

Sioux City57/36

Creston52/35

Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 56 35 rain Davenport 56 43 rain Marshaltown 55 33 rainAtlantic 55 35 rain Des Moines 55 38 rain Mason City 55 34 rainAubudon 56 35 rain Dubuque 53 38 rain Onawa 57 36 rainCedar Rapids 53 38 rain Farmington 55 40 rain Oskaloosa 52 38 rainCenterville 52 38 rain Fort Dodge 55 34 rain Ottumwa 52 38 rainClarinda 55 37 rain Ft Madison 57 43 rain Red Oak 54 36 rainClarion 55 34 rain Guttenberg 53 36 rain Sioux Center 55 34 rainClinton 55 40 rain Keokuk 58 43 cloudy Sioux City 57 36 rainCouncil Bluffs 55 37 rain Lansing 56 35 rain Spencer 56 34 rainCreston 52 35 rain LeMars 56 35 rain Waterloo 54 36 rain

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 90 70 t-storm Houston 90 74 t-storm Phoenix 96 74 sunnyBoston 71 55 sunny Los Angeles 89 69 pt sunny San Francisco 78 58 pt sunnyChicago 58 45 rain Miami 86 78 t-storm Seattle 74 52 sunnyDallas 79 60 t-storm Minneapolis 57 39 pt sunny St. Louis 69 48 cloudyDenver 51 40 cloudy New York 76 61 sunny Washington, DC 81 65 mst sunny

Moon Phases

FullSep 9

LastSep 16

NewSep 24

FirstOct 1

UV IndexFri

9/123

Moderate

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7

High

Sun9/14

7

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Mon9/15

6

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Tue9/16

6

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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.

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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-

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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.

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Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St.

Creston High School Alumni Association, 11:30 a.m., The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

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Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., hostess Vanita Moberg.

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

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

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

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

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.

Diabetic Support Group, 1 p.m., Greater Regional Medical Center Cafeteria Conference Room.

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

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

Friends of the Creston Public Library Board, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library, 200 W. Montgomery St. Meeting open to all members.

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 Joseph Baze-Gaiser, 31,

231 Lincoln St., was charged on a Madison County war-rant for third-degree bur-glary 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Union County Law En-forcement Center.

Baze-Gaiser was transport-ed to Madison County Jail.Miscellaneous

Parking complaint, 9:17 a.m., Wednesday, North Vine Street.

Talk to officer, 12:26 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Warrant, 1:08 p.m., Wednesday, North Pine Street.

Talk to officer, 2:49 p.m.,

Wednesday, North Mulberry Street.

Accident, 2:53 p.m., Wednesday, North Spruce Street.

Animal call, 7:16 p.m., Wednesday, South Cherry Street.

Assistance, 8:40 p.m., Wednesday, Spillway Road.

Traffic stop, 10:38 p.m., Wednesday, Wyoming Av-enue.

Traffic stop, 1:38 a.m., to-day, West Jefferson Street.

Traffic stop, 2:25 a.m., to-day, South Elm Street.

Fire Miscellaneous

Fire, 12:56 p.m., Wednes-day, North Spruce Street.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.32

Soybeans — $12.28• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.30Soybeans — $12.45

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Gibson Memorial Library receives statewide grant Elevate Advanced Manu-

facturing, a statewide out-reach campaign to promote careers and training in advanced manufacturing, announced Gibson Memo-

rial Library in Creston is the recipient of a $500 grant to implement programming to educate young people and their parents about the var-ied career opportunities in

advanced manufacturing.According to Marilyn

Ralls, Gibson Memorial Library director, the grant funds were used to purchase an iPad loaded with ad-

vanced manufacturing apps such as iEngineer, Robots, BrainPop, VideoScience and FillTheCup. The iPad will be available for check-out to be used at the library.

Fifteen public libraries and museums in Iowa were selected to receive grant funds from Elevate. All of the grantees are collabo-rating with their local com-munity colleges and with local advanced manufactur-ers to educate students and build better perceptions of advanced manufacturing careers while addressing misconceptions of work en-vironment, safety and wages.

To learn more about Ele-vate, visit www.elevateiowa.com.

Contribute photoGibson Memorial Library is recipient of a $500 Elevate Iowa grant. Pictured, from left, are Kay Raymond, Friends of the Library board member; Jean Ide, vice president, library board; Connie Hardin, Friends of the Library board member; Amanda Kissell, coor-dinator, After Thoughts Library program; Robyn Denson-Ormsby, Elevate Advanced Manufacturing; Ann Coulter, president, library board; Valerie White, Workplace Learning Center coordinator, SWCC; Cecily Lumbard, teen coordinator, After Thoughts Library program; Kelly Roach, Iowa Works; Dr. Barb Crittenden, president, SWCC; Tom Lesan, vice president for economic development, SWCC; and Marilyn Ralls, library director.

LOCALLOCAL

The rain this past week along with what we have received over the past four months has made last year’s drought condition a thing of the past. I seem to remember ear-lier this year that a lot of organi-zations were predicting it may be another drought-type year — this year.

I think that got disproved pretty fast. It will be interesting to see if the cool and wet summer continues into fall and winter. I’m hoping the “polar vortex” that caused all of last winter’s coldness takes the win-ter off or stays up in Canada!

PhoenixI have several friends and rela-

tives who live in the Phoenix area. One of my buddies goes to work at 3:30 in the morning and didn’t see all the water going onto the

freeway and turned his car into a floating boat. My uncle reported four inches of standing water in his backyard, which is about a year’s worth of rain down in Phoenix.

My rain gauge here in Creston said we got 5 1/2 inches by Wednes-day morning. It looked like a num-ber of buildings received water damage or had some good leaks with all the rain and high winds.

BalloonsBalloon Days is coming up Sep-

tember 19-21. I understand we will be down a few balloons this year

due to several of the balloonists retiring or having other events to attend. But, it will still be a great show.

If the extended forecast is in the ball park, we should be in for some nice weather the weekend the bal-loons take off. There is a full slate of other events going on that will be listed in next week’s Creston News Advertiser.

Iowa/ISUThis weekend is the big interstate

rivalry between Iowa and Iowa State on the football field. Both teams have kind of under achieved early in the season, so this should be a pretty close game. The odds makers have Iowa as a 10-point fa-vorite. My guess is that it will come down to the fourth quarter with someone winning the game late.

TrafficThe traffic in downtown Cres-

ton is pretty tough this week with two of the railroad crossings closed down due to construction. It has really funneled the traffic down Adams Street and has made the underpass on Cedar Street even tougher to get through. With Bal-loon Days coming up next week, it should make for a real big mess with everyone trying to get around town.

Pork chopsNext Thursday is the annual

pork chop dinner put on by the community clubs of Creston. They always have great chops and with the drive-up service you can get dinner on the run. The proceeds go to help with community activi-ties the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary

clubs put on throughout the year. Tickets are $8 from any of the club members.

WildlifeI have heard a lot of shots from

duck hunters this past weekend. The teal season started Sept. 6. There seem to be lots of ducks hanging around this year. I’m sure all the water and good food sources have something to do with it. I have also seen more pheasants out on the roads this year than I have in a long time.

Plus, the deer seem to be as pop-ulous as ever. It could be a good year for the local hunters.

Thought for the week: “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than your can with a kind word alone.” — Al Capone


What’supRich Paulsenpublisher

HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?

The London Daily Mail pub-lished the account of an inves-tigative author who used DNA to prove Jack the Ripper was a Polish immigrant named Aaron Kosminsky. He butchered five women in Victorian London. The NFL heard the news and suspend-ed Kosminsky for two games.

Mel Brooks appeared at Hol-lywood’s Chinese Theatre to pub-licize the DVD Blu-ray release of Young Frankenstein. It was the fortieth anniversary of the mon-ster spoof. Young Frankenstein was released on Monday, but there’s no word yet on who Fran-kenstein punched in the elevator.

The NFL faced outrage Mon-day after a new video surfaced of Ray Rice hitting his fiancee in an elevator and knocking her to the ground. The league looked just a bit insensitive. When NFL offi-cials reviewed the video, they said she appeared to be a half-yard short of the first down.

Apple held a press confer-ence Tuesday and introduced the Apple Watch along with a new iPhone that boasts a much larger screen. They are determined to improve everything. Every six months, the people at Apple re-bury Steve Jobs in a nicer, thinner and more expensive casket.

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush launched their Presiden-tial Scholars Program Tuesday in D.C.. It gives college scholarships to kids with political ambitions who exhibit Clinton’s and Bush’s leadership traits. It’s one way of

keeping comedians in material for generations to come.

Prince William revealed he and Kate are expecting their sec-ond child on Monday. It’s bad news for every comedian’s favor-ite Royal. This new baby would knock Prince Harry down to fifth in line for the throne, and already he’s having to sleep with models instead of supermodels.

President Obama unveiled his strategy to destroy ISIS Wednes-day. He was fast losing his audi-ence. In this era of elevator beat-ings, nude photos hacked from smartphones and online behead-ings, you have to bomb the hell out of someone just to be fourth on the news every night.

President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron said the U.S. and Britain will not be cowed by ISIS Friday. Cow’s a hot meta-phor. Bobby Knight hit a cow on a Wyoming highway last week and no one knows why Bobby Knight was throwing folding chairs on a Wyoming highway.

President Obama vowed to de-grade and defeat the ISIS move-ment Wednesday. How fast is it spreading? If President Obama doesn’t completely obliterate ISIS, his last mistake will be hear-ing an angry mob outside the White House gate and assuming it’s just Hispanic protesters.

Mel Brooks appeared at Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre

TopicalhumorArgus Hamilton

Deadly virus supported by fattest cats When I see things falling apart

for the ravenous fat cats of our culture, the ones hiding behind well-financed lies and distortions of what might be misinterpreted as serious conservative thought, it is delightful, because it speaks so well to our national wit, using facts to make a shambles of what is so consistently injurious to the in-terests of the public. But facts are very rough things to keep down; they tend to hurl visible and invis-ible bananas on the most glistening floors, the shining present suppos-edly guaranteed to move all people past blemishes. The only difference between this era and earlier ones is that the technology is so power-ful, we are in danger of changes that are truly revolutionary in their shortsightedness.

An Eric Cantor might get by and disgust an Elizabeth Warren with his duplicity by leaving Con-gress for Wall Street, but a Mitch McConnell could fall before the sharp sword of Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Kentucky woman who wants to rebuild that state’s crum-bling infrastructure, give women equal pay for equal work and put health at the top of the list. Grimes is ready for old Mitch. She is ready to go shooting with him or go jog-ging with the old guy who can only brag about selling out to the Koch brothers’ interests and those of other greasy big cats, all ready to leap on profits and treat the public as pesky rodents.

As with Mitt Romney, the same technology that is abused by far-right dealers in paranoia seemed to nail Sen. McConnell to the wall, secretly recording his submission to the wealthy at a Koch-organized gathering in California, no press allowed. Old Mitch dropped to his knees, symbolically, by promis-ing to fight the dirty fight against regulation, against wage increases, against what is clumsily called “the war on women,” and so on.

I am heartened by events such as this. They can only last so long in our democracy. Before the people lose all faith in irrational paranoia or truly false news, neither fair nor balanced, and insipid supposed

opinions, the cynical doomsday boys and girls need to calm down. They need not become gleeful over what they see as the inevitable col-lapse of the country, wrought and held in dooming place by the vi-cious tricks of capitalism.

During World War II, Adolf Hitler lost 1 million men in Rus-sia. He had been advised by the high command not to go in after a certain point, but he dismissed it, too blinded by his facing down of the European leadership as he had nervously annexed land masses that the high command advised him against. Those academic gen-erals were assuming that military force would be sent Germany’s way before it was fully prepared to take on all comers. Beyond that, racism had become a virus in the invading German army. It led the troops to hang and slaughter men, women and children, reversing a hatred had by the peasantry for Josef Stalin. They hated “the tiger with the yellow eyes,” as one Rus-sian politician called him, who had purged too many innocent follow-ers in the show trials of the 1930s. Big Joe felt they threatened his to-talitarian wishes.

Such slaughter worked against the German army, as well as the dreaded winter that froze the Ary-an troops in sleeping bags to await their throat being cut by grimly en-thusiastic men they considered in-nately inferior. They had ventured too far into Russia.

Betting on or following those who are mentally disabled by rac-ism is always dangerous. The Ku Klux Klan learned that when it had become disastrously popular. One of its leaders kidnapped, molested and tortured a woman, an action that turned the KKK into a big rot-ten egg that could be smelled in high heaven. That version of the Confederate narrative never re-

gained its national popularity.Richard Cohen understands

what he considers the most formi-dable damage done to the GOP and wrote about it very clearly in The Washington Post. He pushed aside Watergate and saw what re-mained as part of the legacy:

“The damage Nixon did to his own party, not to mention the rights of African Americans and the cause of racial comity, has lasted long after the stench of Wa-tergate dispersed. It not only per-suaded blacks that the Republican Party was inhospitable to them, but it, in effect, welcomed racists to the GOP fold. Dixiecrats moved to the right.

“Excuse me for extrapolating, but segregationists are not merit-scholarship winners. Racism is dumb and so are racists. The Dem-ocratic Party showed racists the door. The GOP welcomed them and, of course, their fellow travel-ers — creationists, gun nuts, anti-abortion zealots, immigrant haters of all sorts and homophobes. In-creasingly, the Republican Party has come to be defined by what it opposes and not what it proposes. Its abiding enemy is modernity.

“Along with some others, the GOP has managed to aggregate bigots and fools. (Of course, there are exceptions.) But its current hostility to immigrants, its repug-nant rage against children who have crossed the border often run-ning for their very lives, is an ember that still glows from the civil rights era. The worst thing Richard Nix-on ever did was tell racists they had a point and welcome them into the party of Lincoln. The best thing he ever did for the Democratic Party is give its racists a place to go.”

What Nixon actually did for rac-ists is remove the acceptance of racist epithets. However he did it, those terms became verboten. That is quite an achievement — a lethal tack in a swivel chair.

Stanley Crouch can be reached by email at [email protected].

(c) 2014 Stanley CrouchDistributed by King Features Syn-dicate Inc.

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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; after Mass, Confession. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. devotions; and religious educa-tion meeting. Thursday (9/18), 7 p.m. RCIA, Holy Spirit hall.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. combined service; Pastor Appreciation wor-ship and potluck after worship.

ArispeUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Joel Sutton, pastor.Sunday, 10 a.m. combined ser-

vice at Afton; Pastor Appreciation worship and potluck after wor-ship.

BeaconsfieldUNITED METHODIST

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ClearfieldAREA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

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Sunday, 10 a.m. worship ser-vice; 11:15 a.m. Sunday school.

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.

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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.

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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.

Today, 6 p.m. Vision Team meeting. Friday, 8:30 p.m. Fifth

Quarter for teens after the home football game. 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 worship, Communion Sunday, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”; 6 p.m. small group study meeting at the Norton home, “Principles of Perseverance.” Tuesday, 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee café, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring a coffee mug. WiFi and mini muf-fins included. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. prayer time in the sanctu-ary; 7 p.m. Family Night activi-ties: adult Bible study (Romans), sanctuary; Life Youth, lower level youth room; Kids Klub, lower level fellowship hall. Thursday (9/18), 7 to 10 a.m. Coffee café, fellowship hall. Invite a friend and bring a coffee mug. WiFi and mini muffins included.

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

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

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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; and Women’s Bible study (Spindler’s home). Friday, 8:30 a.m. Operation World prayer meeting; 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study. Saturday, 8 a.m. prayer meeting. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study (for all ages); 10:45 a.m. worship; 7 p.m. Men’s Bible study. Tuesday, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study; 6:30 p.m. new women’s step study; 9 to 10 p.m. Creston Salt Company for college stu-dents/young adults, Room 120, SWCC. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting; 6:30 p.m. Team Kid, youth ministry; DivorceCare; and new adult Bible study.

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

Today, 7 p.m. Riley Missionary Circle, fellowship hall. Friday, Home School Day, 5 p.m. Christian Fellowship Sunday School class fellowship, fellow-ship hall. Saturday, 7 a.m. Guys Trap Shoot, Corning. Sunday, 8:45 a.m. worship service and Lord’s Table; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school; 11:30 a.m. Lunch and Learn/youth committee meet-ings, senior high and their fami-lies; 4:45 p.m. Melody Makers choir practice; 6 p.m. family wor-ship service; 7 p.m. Members meeting. Monday, 1 p.m. Ladies Bible study at Deloris Barnett’s. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. AWANA clubs and Trek; senior high youth group; and adult Bible study and prayer meeting. Thursday (9/18), 3:15 p.m. Ladies Bible study, wel-come center.

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

Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service with speaker Scott Johnston. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Tootles (games/crafts). Wednesday, 6 p.m. praise and worship service. Thursday (9/18), 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, interim pastor; Mary O’Riley, pastoral intern.

Friday, 1:30 p.m. crafting work-shop. Sunday, 9:15 a.m. wor-ship services; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Rally Day with brunch and games. Monday, 6 p.m. Membership and Evangelism meeting; 7:30 p.m. Worship and Music. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Stich, Knit and Quilt; 6:30 p.m. Christian Education meeting. Wednesday,

9 a.m. Bible study; 5:30 p.m. Joyful Noise; 7 p.m. choir prac-tice.

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 and Tyrone Davis, 515-249-3364.

Today, 6 p.m. Women’s ser-vice. Friday, 6 p.m. anniversa-ry celebration service, church. Saturday, first and third, 9:30 a.m. Men of Christ breakfast, 124 N. Maple St.; 4 p.m. anniver-sary celebration service, revival tent, Highway 34 and Sumner. Sunday, 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. anniversary celebra-tion service, church; 6 p.m. eve-ning service. Monday through Friday, 8 to 9 a.m. prayer and worship. Monday Night Live Youth Ministry (after school), 4 p.m. ages 4-11; 6:30 p.m. ages 12 and up. Monday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. Community meals, 124 N. Maple St. Tuesday, 5 to 6 p.m. Intercessory prayer.

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; 4 to 7 p.m. Food Fair, St. Malachy School grounds. Monday, 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; 7 p.m. Town Hall meeting. Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. ReRun Shop; 7 p.m. Parish Council meeting, St. Malachy School. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. Mass, St. Malachy School; 6:30 p.m. high school youth group, St. Malachy School; 7 p.m. religious educa-tion classes for grades 1-8 and registration, St. Malachy School. Thursday (9/18), 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 LA T TE CE N TE R PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2396 Eagle Ave., south of Creston, Delores Doench, pastor.

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

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. wor-ship service with communion; 6 p.m. Financial Peace. Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. Quilters. Wednesday, 7 p.m. confirmation class; and choir practice.

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. Monday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6:30 p.m. LifeLight Bible study. Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. Early Risers Bible study in fellowship hall; 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. pre-school; 1:30 p.m. LifeLight Bible study. Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. preschool; 6:30 p.m. confirma-tion classes. Thursday (9/18), 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. preschool.

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

Today, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. SIRF. Friday, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship services. Monday, 7:30 a.m. AA meeting. Tuesday, 3 to 5 p.m. Crisis Fund Center open; 5 to 6 p.m. Open Table (First Presbyterian). Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS; 5:30 p.m. Church Council meeting.

CromwellCONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST, Dan Moore, pastor.

Sunday, 10 a.m. fellowship; 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school. Monday, 12:30 p.m. prayer group, sanctuary; 1 p.m. Quilters. 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.welcometocorner-stone.org.

Friday, Women’s retreat at Hidden Acres. Saturday, Women’s retreat at Hidden Acres; 8 a.m. to noon church facility reserved. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. wor-ship service; 11:10 a.m. Christian living classes; noon Elders and Deacons meetings; 6 to 8 p.m. Second Half; 20s/30s; Multiply and Truth Matters. Wednesday, 6:20 p.m. AWANA; 7 to 8:15 p.m. Youth Discipleship group.

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

Saturday, 4:30 to 5 p.m. Reconciliation; 5:15 p.m. Mass. Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Mass. Wednesday, 6:20 to 7:30 p.m. preK through eighth grades Faith Formation. Thursday (9/18), 8:30 a.m. Mass.

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 closet open; 6:30 p.m. worship service. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. worship service.

LacelleUNITED METHODIST

CHURCH, Dwayne Henrichs, pas-tor.

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, 10 a.m. com-bined worship at Afton; Pastor Appreciation worship and pot-luck after 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, 9:45 a.m. Sunday

school; 11 a.m. and 7 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.


OrientP L Y M O U T H

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/adult Bible study; 5 p.m. Harbour Lights, light sup-per following. Wednesday, 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday school, church.

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.

Prescott United Church to host fish fry

Harbour Lights in concert at Orient church

PRESCOTT — Prescott United Church will be serving a meal in the park Saturday after the Septem-berFest parade. The parade begins at 10:30 a.m.

Menu includes fresh deep fat fried fish or sloppy joe, coleslaw, baked beans, chips and fruit pies.

Cost is $7 for adults, $4

for children ages 5-12 and children younger than 5, free.

Proceeds from the meal will go toward defraying the cost of replacing the church roof in fall 2013 and other upcoming expenses needed to keep the church and parsonage in good con-dition.

ORIENT — Harbour Lights, a southern gospel quartet, will appear in con-cert 5 p.m. Sunday at Ori-ent Plymouth Congrega-tional Church, 311 W. First St., Orient.

Based out of the Winter-set area, this quartet comes

with the desire to present Jesus Christ through mu-sic. They will share their hearts through testimony and song.

A light supper will take place after the concert.

All are invited to attend.


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Friday, Sept. 12, 2014ARIES (March 21 to April

19) You are interested in busi-ness matters today, especially money, cash flow and banking. You see ways to improve your job or your standing in the community.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Today the Moon is in your sign, dancing nicely with other planets. This empowers you and makes all your dealings with others diplomatic and effective.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Work behind the scenes today to get the most for your efforts. You might help someone at home or, vice versa, they might help you.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Discussions with a female friend or acquaintance will be powerful today, but they will also be pleasant. Discuss future plans to get the input of others.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Personal details about your private life are made public today, but in a positive way. Others might see how effective you are at getting the beautiful things that you own.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Make plans for a pleasure trip! Fortunately, there might be more than

one approach to doing this. Some of you will develop an attraction for someone from another country or a different culture.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a good day to discuss shared property and details related to insurance matters, inheritances, taxes and debt. Someone behind the scenes will help you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Be prepared to go more than halfway when dealing with others today because the Moon is opposite your sign. But things will go well for you, because it’s an easygoing day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This can be a pro-ductive day at work, in part because someone in a posi-tion of power will help you or endorse your ideas. You might see ways to cut costs and intro-duce improvements.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a good day for a vacation or anything that helps you get away from it all. Enjoy sports events, the theater, a matinee or playful times with

children.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.

18) Family discussions, espe-cially with a female relative, will be positive today. Don’t be afraid to ask for financial or practical support, because it could be forthcoming.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will do well writing, selling, marketing, teaching and acting today. You feel con-fident in your style of com-municating because you know you have something positive to offer.

YOU BORN TODAY You are interested in words, their use and their origin. Ethical issues are important to you. You are witty and fearless, and you tackle big projects. Nevertheless, you do your homework first so you know what to expect. This year is the beginning of a fresh, new nine-year cycle for you. Open any door! Start a new business venture.

Birthdate of: Emmy Rossum, actress/singer; Jennifer Nettles, singer; Peter Scolari, actor.

Dear Heloise: I read your column in The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger. I just bought a high-efficiency (HE), low-wa-ter WASHING MACHINE. The instructions state to use only HE detergents. My is-sue is that I want to wash delicates, including silks and woolens, for which I always used a mild soap. But the in-structions state: “Using regu-lar detergent will likely result in longer cycle times and re-duced rinsing performance. It may also result in component failures and noticeable mold and mildew.” What do you recommend? — Richard L. in New Jersey

My mantra? Follow the in-structions FIRST! The HE machine does not have an agi-tator. So, delicate items can be washed, and there is no worry about items being damaged. Think of it as hand-washing, without your hands!

However, you should use the recommended HE deter-gent, just a very small amount (especially if it is a small load). Because HE machines use less water, they use much less “soap.” Using regular deter-gent can cause too many suds, which over time may lead to problems. — Heloise

READY TO TRAVELDear Heloise: My daughter

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her husband both work full time. Sometimes they call on Sunday and say that a grand-child is sick and I need to go be a nurse. I now keep a small bag packed and ready for trav-el! — Grandma in Tennessee

BLANKET BYE-BYEDear Heloise: When I was

ready for my 2-year-old son to “give up” his beloved blanket that he dragged everywhere, I devised a plan that would al-low him to be the one to relin-quish it.

Every week, I would cut off an inch on all four sides of the blanket. The beauty is that he never realized it was getting smaller. Once it was as small as a washcloth, he lost interest and stopped carry-ing it around. It worked like a charm! We don’t have a keep-sake, but we treasure the story and retell it often.

My son is now 22 years old and a Marine in the United States Marine Corps. — Judy in Virginia

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many times when I have gone into a dressing room and could not figure out which rooms were occupied and which were empty. I place my shoes against the open bottom of the door so others can see that the stall is occupied. — Heather D. in Pennsylvania

Heather, hope someone does not turn into Dorothy of Oz and walk off with your shoes! — Heloise

READING RECIPESDear Heloise: Having

macular degeneration, I have a hard time reading recipes when I want to cook or bake. I have now printed, in extra-large print, my favorite, most-used recipes. I can have them on the counter next to what I am preparing instead of across the room under my magnified screen. It saves time and foot-steps. — Barb S., via email

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Step 1: Verify Your Homeowners Insurance Covers Storm DamageNearly all homeowners carry some form of insurance on their home, as required by their mortgage lender. But policies can vary, and the after math of a powerful storm is no time to fi nd out you’re underinsured.

To ensure your homeowners policy adequately covers your needs, take time to review the policy every year at renewal time, and any time you make any signifi cant improvements to your home. Check that the coverage amount for your main residence accurately refl ects the fi nished square footage of your home, including any upgrades or changes such as a newly renovated bathroom or expanded deck struc ture. Also confi rm that the replacement cost your homeowners insur ance agent has determined is consistent with what you would expect to pay to rebuild your home.

In addition, take time to understand any exclusions, especially those for weather-related incidents. For example, many homeowners insur ance policies do not automatically include fl ood protection.

Finally, take time to thoroughly document your personal possessions with video or still images and record their value. Store the documen tation in a safe place, such as a safety deposit box or remote-access electronic fi le, that you will be able to access in the event of an emer gency. Not only will this help expedite your claim if you need to replace items, but you’ll have a list ready when you face the daunting task of replacing your belongings.

Keep Up on Home MaintenanceStepping outside after a signifi cant storm is no time to remember that you forgot to trim the tree or secure a loose section of fencing. Making time to provide ongoing home maintenance for exterior features of your home, such as landscaping, decking, siding, roofi ng and shutters, will ensure they are in good function when bad weather strikes.

While little can be done to prevent damage from high-impact storms, routinely checking that everything is in good repair will minimize the chances of preventable destruction.

As you assess your home and yard, ask yourself: Are the trees and shrubs properly trimmed and set far enough away from structures that they are unlikely to topple in high winds? Are shutters affi xed securely to the house? Are there any cracked or otherwise weakened windows that should be replaced to prevent shattering during a storm?

Prepare for Backup Power During an OutageLoss of power is one of the most common occurrences in severe weather. And the fi nancial impact of outage-related expenses (e.g. spoiled food replacement, supply purchases or home repair) can add up quickly.

“Storm-related power loss can be costly for a family,” said

Greg Inwood, vice president for Briggs & Stratton Standby Power. “An unexpected power loss can result in a number of inconveniences if the outage requires special arrangements such as meals out and overnight hotel stays.”

The easiest way to prepare for a weather-related power outage is by installing a standby generator in advance of the storm season. Fortunately, attaining the safety and comfort provided by a standby generator during a storm event has become more reasonable thanks to emerging technology that has made generators smaller, smarter and, therefore, more affordable.

“In the past, having a generator was cost-prohibitive for many house holds,” said Amanda Grandy, marketing manager for Briggs & Stratton Standby Power, which is the exclusive licensee of GE Generator Systems. “Today, technology has advanced to make owning a standby generator far more affordable for the average family.”

Improved technology features such as GE’s Symphony® II power management system, which manages a home’s power demands auto matically and electronically during an outage, allow more of a home’s lights and appliances — up to two AC units — to be powered with a smaller standby generator. A home that would typically need a larger 20 kW home generator to power all of the home’s power demands could now be powered with GE’s 10 kW unit paired with Symphony® II technology. The smaller, more affordable 10 kW home generators also boast the smallest footprint on the market, making it ideal for homes with tight lot lines.

Learn more about the home standby generators available to home owners at www.gegenerators.com.

Common Types of Backup GeneratorsA power outage is a common result of weather-related emergencies, but it’s also one of the easiest to correct by using a generator. There are two common generator types: portable generators and standby generators.

� A portable generator is an immediate but temporary solution. Typically powered by gasoline, it is lower in cost and doesn’t require installation time, but it can only power a few items for a few hours.

� A standby generator is an automatic, per-manent backup power solution. It requires professional installation outside the home. It is powered by natural gas or liquid pro-pane and turns on automatically during a utility power outage to keep a home’s lights, furnace, AC units and other appliances on while the power is out.

Having an emergency preparedness kit of items that your household may need in an emergency situation is critical. Basic utilities such as electricity, gas, water, sewage and phone service may be unavailable after a storm strikes, so the kit should contain food, water, any necessary medications, lighting and backup battery supplies.

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Preparing for an unexpected emergency, especially one brought on by severe weather, is one of the most important ways you can protect your home and family.

Proactively addressing storm-related issues ranging from property damage to power outages can minimize a potentially disastrous situation.

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Bowling classDES MOINES — The

sport of high school bowl-ing in the state of Iowa is expanding to three class-es.

The action was ap-proved by the Iowa High School Athletic Asso-ciation Board of Control in August and the Iowa Girls High School Ath-letic Union Board of Di-rectors at its September meeting on Tuesday. The expansion goes into effect this winter.

The new three-class format accounts for the growth of the sport, which has increased from 84 schools in 2010, the first year of the state meet, to an expected 102 this winter. Each class will have its state tournament staged separately as well.

The biggest 28 schools in enrollment will form Class 3A, the next 28 will be in Class 2A and the re-maining schools in 1A.

Each class will have seven state qualifying tournaments with the champion in each class qualifying for the State Tournament. Each indi-vidual champion at the state qualifying tourna-ment will also qualify plus five at-large qualifiers from around the state.

At the State Tourna-ment, the top three teams in each class will receive trophies and medals while the top 10 individuals will also medal.Starr ill

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr is recovering from a mild stroke.

Starr’s family said Wednesday in a state-ment released by the Green Bay Packers that the 80-year-old Starr had the stroke last week.

Starr “is very func-tional and making prog-ress every day ... and will be released as soon as he regains his full strength,” the family said. “Bart’s doctors are confident for a full recovery. We remain grateful for your love and concern.”

Starr led the Packers to five NFL titles and two Super Bowl champi-onships. He was Green Bay’s head coach from 1975-83.

Starr, who lives in the Birmingham, Alabama area, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1977. He has typically attended team-related events and at least one Packers game at Lambeau Field each year.Royals win

DETROIT — James Shields allowed two hits over seven innings in another terrific perfor-mance, and the Kansas City Royals edged De-troit 3-0 on Wednesday night to take a one-game lead over the Tigers atop the AL Central.

Shields (14-7) gave up a single to Ian Kinsler lead-ing off the first. Then he picked off Kinsler — and retired every other bat-ter he faced until another Detroit single in the sev-enth. The Tigers put two on that inning, but Shields worked out of the jam. Kelvin Herrera pitched the eighth and Wade Da-vis finished for his third save.

Soggy week of preparation for district opener

Spartans challenge No. 7 Eagles East Union, Murray meet in district openerNV hosts Earlham in homecoming game

By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

Week three of the Iowa high school football season marks the opening week of district play, and it features only one game that pits two area teams against each oth-er.

That game takes place in Afton at 7 p.m. on Friday, as the 1-1 East Union Eagles host the 0-2 Murray Mus-tangs.

East Union and Murray are no strangers on the foot-ball field. It’s a matchup that in recent years, has been dominated by Murray.

Over the past three years, Murray has defeated East Union by an average score of 66-9.

But East Union, riding momentum after a 64-10 win at Essex last week, looks to flip the script this year.

“I think our kids have a lot of momentum off of last week’s good win,” East Union co-coach James Hardy said. “Playing on the road, the good thing is we’re back here at home now. I think that’s important for us.”

The Eagles have so far featured a balanced rushing attack, led by senior Jona-than Weis.

Weis has been the work-horse for the Eagle o f f e n s e , c a r r y i n g the ball 33 times for 127 yards and three t o u c h -d o w n s . C o l e Campbell and Mike Ward each have 18 carries, for 118 and 74 yards, respectively.

Campbell has also made good decisions in the passing game, so far. Through two games, he is 10-of-22 pass-ing for 332 yards and seven touchdowns to zero inter-ceptions. Brandon Hulsey has been the main target for Campbell, catching six passes for 221 yards and five touchdowns — averaging 36.8 yards per catch.

“The balance is nice,” Hardy said about the Eagle offense. “A lot of it is to keep teams off balance. We really try to focus on ... get-ting the running game going and sprinkle in enough pass-ing that it’s a nice, balanced offense. Just enough to keep the defense on its heels and question what’s going to be coming next.”

Murray head coach Tay-lor Fulton said his team is prepared to get started in district play, after testing it-self with tough non-district opponents.

“I think the team is in a good mindset,” he said. “I know playing tough non-district competition has re-ally helped out. I think they understand their roles bet-ter and are ready for district play. We’re ready to face off against another team that is fighting for something just like we are within the same district.”

In his return to the Mur-ray lineup, senior cap-tain Matt B a r n e s passed for 152 yards and two t o u c h -downs on nine com-p l e t i o n s against Wayne. He also ran

Huskies visit Panther Field FridayBy LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

The Creston/Orient-Macksburg football team has been battling Mother Nature as well as trying to fine-tune its game in preparation for Friday’s district opener here against Winterset.

Rainfall in excess of 4 inch-es in an hour that caused flash flooding throughout the area also interrupted the Panthers’ defensive practice Tuesday and caused a change in venue for Wednesday’s offensive preparations.

“We had to cut Tuesday’s defensive practice short, with the heavy rain that was com-ing,” coach Brian Morrison said. “We made up that part (Wednesday). It’s a swamp at our practice field, so we’ll be on the game field. I hate to say that, but we have no other place to go. The game field will be fine.”

The forecast is more favor-able for game night, with with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s and chances of more rain de-creasing after Thursday into Friday evening.

“I’m just hoping for a clean game Friday,” Morrison said, and he wasn’t talking about mud on the uniforms.

One week after being pe-nalized 18 times for 155 yards, the Panthers once again strug-gled with penalties last week in a 36-27 loss at Clarinda.

Creston/O-M was flagged 14 times for 83 yards, includ-ing four false start penalties. Despite cutting down on the penalty yardage, many of the penalties came at inoppor-

tune times.“The offensive penalties

stopped drives and put us in first-and-long situations, or second-and-long,” Morrison said. “We have to eliminate that.”

Morrison said the difficul-ties, particularly in delay-of-game calls or false starts off the snap count, have been ad-dressed this week.

“It was a combi-nation of t h i n g s , ” M o r r i -son said. “Gett ing the play called in

the huddle, making sure the cadence was loud enough for the offensive linemen to hear it. The play was brought in be-fore the 25-second clock start-ed. It’s the procedure in get-ting the play communicated in the huddle and making sure we are efficient at the line of scrimmage. I think we have it figured out. Monday we went through it and cleaned some things up.”

Creston/O-M has scored 27 points in each game in starting off the 2014 campaign 1-1. It was more than enough in the solid 27-17 win over Norwalk, but not enough against Clar-inda’s big-play scenario in al-lowing 36 points last week.

“They had three big plays — a wing counter and two traps up the middle,” Mor-rison said. “Defensively we played hard and besides those three miscues where we had people out of position, we played well. We should have had three layers of our de-fense in position to make the play, but we had lineback-ers and safeties overrunning the play. The first play they busted on the wing counter, we had three missed tackles. That kind of started things off for them after we were up 14-0.”Backfield returns

Winterset also opens Dis-

trict 8 play at 1-1, having squeezed out a 15-14 win over Oskaloosa before falling last week at Norwalk, 35-14.

Like Creston/O-M, Winter-set looks to be in the playoff hunt this year with some key returnees leading the way. Quarterback Jacob Larson is back after throwing for 1,220 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior.

Also back is last year’s top rusher, Brandson Ryerson, who had 519 yards on the ground as a fill-in for the in-jured starter.

Two of Larson’s top receiv-ers return in seniors Patrick McNamara and Brandon Herr. They combined for 10 catches for 114 yards and two touchdowns last week. With the Huskies playing from be-hind, Larson went to the air and finished 17-of-28 for 149 yards.

Ryerson has carried 29 times for 115 yards this sea-son, averaging 4.0 yards per carry.

“He’s a physical runner for them, and their quarter-back is athletic,” Morrison said. “Offensively they do the stuff they’ve been doing since I’ve been here. They’re an I-formation team, but they will line up in the wishbone with three backs, and go out of the shotgun in passing situations.”

Senior quarterback Alex Nielsen had a big game at Clarinda for the Panthers, completing 18 of 32 passes for 228 yards and one TD. He also had a 28-yard touchdown scamper in the fourth quarter

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

It was the second 3-0 loss to a nationally-ranked team in as many matches at home early this season for the Southwestern Spartans, but the feeling afterward was like night and day.

Unlike the home opener against DMACC, the Spar-tans played on even terms in each set as seventh-ranked Kirkwood escaped with a 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 victory here Wednesday.

In the process, the Eagles

improved to 13-1 overall and 3-0 in Iowa Commu-nity College Athletic Con-ference Division II play. Southwestern fell to 2-10 and 1-2, but earned some respect along the way.

Kirkwood coach Jill Williams said part of her frustration afterward origi-nated with the Spartans’ spunky play.

“It’s their home court, they have fans here, and they had energy,” Williams said. “Nobody has to bow down to the big dog, so to speak. They made some mistakes that I was grate-ful for, because that was a

poorly played match by the Kirkwood Eagles.”

Freshman outside hitter Carmen Subbert of Stan-ton led the Spartans with 10 kills, and middle hitter Madison Walston of Bed-ford provided six kills along with three solo blocks, and two assisted blocks.

Those two, and five kills from freshman outside hit-ter Erin Coker, helped neu-tralize some of the net pow-er of 6-1 outside hitter Erin Wenzel, 6-1 middle blocker Becca Bell and 5-10 outside

Weis Barnes

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CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONCreston/O-M players run through a kick return drill at Panther Field Wednesday after-noon. Heavy rains this week have left the practice field too wet to practice on, coach Brian Morrison said. The Panthers host Winterset Friday to open Class 3A District 8 play.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONSouthwestern freshman Carmen Subbert of Stanton (13) hits an attack from the back row against seventh-ranked Kirkwood. Subbert had a team-high 10 kills in the 3-0 loss.

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Adair County Health and Fitness Center is sponsor-ing a free NFL Punt Pass and Kick competition Sun-day, Sept. 14.

The competetion begins 1 p.m. on the Purdy Sports Complex. The center is seeking volunteers to help measure, check in, and present certificates.

All first place and run-ners-up will go on to com-

pete in the sectional event in Louisville, Neb., on Oct 18. Winners at each level compete for the chance to participate in an NFL foot-ball stadium.

The event is open to area boys and girls ages 5

through 14.For more information

contact the Adair County Health and Fitness Center, telephone 641-743-2881 or go online at http://adair-countyfitness.com.

Murray 3, Lamoni 2MURRAY — Murray im-

proved to 2-0 for the season here on Tuesday, surviving a scare against a scrappy Lamoni squad, 25-22, 22-25, 25-8, 28-30, 15-12.

“We met up against an-other very scrappy team that didn’t want to go away,” Murray head coach Jerry

Shields said. “We struggled at key times on our serves and struggled at times hit-ting. I give all the credit to a young Lamoni squad for keeping us behind most of the night, with the exception of the third game.”

Jade Lecy had a big night for the Lady Mustangs, fin-ishing with 17 kills and six blocks. Hannah Barber re-

corded a team-high 21 kills. M a d i s o n G o n s e t h added four blocks and Courtney Titus fin-ished with two. Shelby Myers had nine kills.

Gonseth was 25-26 at the service line with three aces, while Myers was 21-22 with one ace. Chellsea Jones served 23-25. Brandi Gilbert set 47 assists, while Lecy re-corded a team-high 11 digs. McKenzie McIntosh fin-ished wtih eight digs.

The Lady Mustangs host Diagonal tonight.

Iowa’s pheasant population highest since 2008 By MICK KLEMESRUDIowa DNR

Iowa’s annual August roadside pheasant count re-corded the highest number of birds since 2008, with a statewide average of 17.4 birds per 30 mile route.

This is good news for Io-wa’s beleaguered game bird and better news for small town businesses selling gas, food and hunting supplies.

“I thought the western third of the state would do well because it had below average snowfall, but based on the weather model, the rest of the state should have been status quo. Obviously it did much better than that,” said Todd Bogenschutz, up-land wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and co-ordinator of the pheasant count. “The weather model is right 80 percent of the time, but not this time.”

The routes are driven at sunrise on gravel roads preferably on mornings with heavy dew and little wind. Surveyors watch for hens moving their broods to the road edges to dry off before starting to look for insects.

For purposes of the road-side count, the state is di-

vided into nine climate regions and most regions had numerous routes with really good counts, most often near the best pheas-ant habitat. A map showing the distribution of the better pheasant counts is available at www.iowadnr.gov/pheas-antsurvey.

“We most likely had more birds in 2012 and 2013 but they were missed on our roadside counts due to drought conditions not pro-viding an accurate picture. Northeast Iowa is still dry and likely has more birds than the 2.7 birds per route recorded this year,” he said.

Last year, a record low 40,000 hunters pursued pheasants and based on this year’s roadside index, they could harvest more than 250,000 birds.

“We will definitely have some good hunting near the best habitat,” Bogenschutz said. “It’s not the good old days but it’s the best we’ve seen in six years. Is this enough to bring some hunt-ers back? Success usually spreads quickly by word of mouth and that may bring others out. We’ll have to see.”

Iowa’s youth pheasant season is Oct. 18-19. Regu-lar pheasant season is Oct.

25-Jan. 10.Pheasant weren’t the only

species to do well, quail, partridge and rabbits also showed increases. To find the complete roadside re-port visit: www.iowadnr.gov/pheasantsurvey

“Everything did well this year,” Bogenschutz said.

Pheasants respond with good habitat

Well managed habitat is critical for a recovery. The DNR used a $1.5 mil-lion U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to develop pheasant and quail habitat on private land. The DNR was just awarded an additional $3 million grant to expand the program called Iowa Habi-tat Access Program (IHAP) that allows public hunting access to private land. In-formation is available on-line athttp://www.iowadnr.gov/IHAP.

The DNR has also en-tered into a partnership with Pheasants Forever to provide more staff to help landowners with habitat and available programs. Visit the DNR’s website and click the link for pri-vate lands biologists at the top of the page www.iow-adnr.gov/privatelands.

DNR wildlife staff and

Pheasant Forever chapters have identified more than 40 public wildlife areas to serve as Gamebird Restora-tion Areas to enhance habi-tat management for pheas-ant and quail. Goals are to enhance habitat on public land for pheasant and quail as well as private land in township sized area around each restoration area.

The DNR has worked with the USDA to develop a new continuous Conser-vation Reserve Program (CRP) targeted at pheas-ants and their habitat called Iowa Pheasant Recovery SAFE (CP38). This $100 million program promotes winter and spring pheas-ant habitat as well as food on CRP lands, up to 50,000 acres may be enrolled. USDA also has a program beneficial to bobwhite quail called Upland Habitat Buf-fers (CP33). Information on both programs can be found at www.iowadnr.gov/habitat.

The CRP is critical for pheasants to recover in Iowa www.iowadnr.gov/crp. “Since we no longer have hay or small grain fields to raise pheasants, CRP is the only habitat we have for the birds on private lands,” said Bogenschutz.

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Outdoor news Teal season

Busy Saturday; slower on Sunday. With the best yet to come?

That pretty well describes the opening weekend of Io-wa’s early teal season and a peek into the next few days.

“Some hunters had their limit in 15 minutes…oth-ers did not do as well,” re-viewed Orrin Jones, DNR waterfowl biologist. “That cold front just ahead of the Saturday opener brought a big push of migrating birds.”

With cooler weather mov-ing across Iowa this week, Jones sees the best teal hunting in the days ahead. “This should be the leading edge of the migration.”

In east central Iowa, conservation officer Aric Sloterdyk ran into simi-lar results, in the Chain of Lakes area along the Cedar River.

“No limits, but people had ducks. A group of four guys I checked had 15,” said Sloterdyk.

This 16-day teal only sea-son is in addition to Iowa’s regular, 60-day split duck season, which gets under-way in a few weeks. Iowa has begun a three year ex-periment, to see if hunters prefer and can identify the early migrating teal….many of which have migrated, by the traditional duck opener.

Reports, though, from law enforcement officers

and wildlife workers in the field during the teal opener, indicate there is room for improvement.

“Hunters have to iden-tify that duck coming in as a teal. This is a teal only sea-son,” stressed Jones. “Also, shooting starts at sunrise. That is different from the regular duck season…and other fall hunting seasons. Early teal hunters need to be familiar with the regula-tions of this new season”

“Overall, I had a couple issues. I wrote four tickets, including one, after a mal-lard was shot in front of me,” agreed Sloterdyk. He also heard early shooting, noting it could not all have come from dove hunters

or urban zone goose hunt-ers. Their regulations allow shots a half hour before sun-rise.

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Public noticeRegular Session

September 03, 2014The Union County Board of Supervi-

sors met in Regular Session onWednesday, September 03, 2014. Themeeting was called to order at 9:00 AMwith the following members present:Lois Monday, Ron Riley and DennisBrown

AGENDA: Motion by Monday andseconded by Riley to approve theAgenda. All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Monday andseconded by Riley to approve the min-utes from August 25, 2014. All votingaye, motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: Wayne Hill report-ed back on the insurance that the Cityof Afton will have in place to cover thebike route established for the Afton FallFestival on October 4th, 2014.

VETERAN AFFAIRS DIREC-TOR: Motion by Brown and secondedby Monday to table the motion on theVeteran Affairs Director until the boardtalks with the County's HR person, PaulGreufe. All voting aye, motion carried.

ENGINEER: Steve Akes, UnionCounty Engineer, presented and dis-cussed the weekly maintenance activityreport and updated the Board on con-struction projects. Partial Payment forBoth REA Road Culvert Projects:Motion by Riley and seconded by Mon-day to approve payments to Gus Con-struction Co. Inc., Casey, IA for projectFM-C088(45)-55-88 in the amount of$32,196.00. All voting aye, motion car-ried. Partial Payment for Both Pave-ment Joint Repair Projects: Motionby Riley and seconded by Monday toapprove a partial payment to InterstateImprovement Inc., Faribault, MN forproject STP-SC088(46)-5E-88 in theamount of $13,195.00 for CromwellRoad and for project STP-S-C088(47)-5E-88 in the amount of $4,900.00 forHi & Dry Road. All voting aye, motioncarried. Partial Payment for 168thStreet Bridge Replacement Project:Motion by Monday and seconded byRiley to approve a partial payment toCunningham Reis Co., Van Meter, IAfor project BROS-C088(49)-5F-88 inthe amount of $17,700.00. All votingaye, motion carried. These amounts willbe paid out of the Farm to Market fund.

HANDWRITTEN CLAIM: Mo-tion by Riley and seconded by Mondayto approve hand written claim #121699to Iowa Tool & Manufacturing, Inc. forEngineer supplies in the amount of$1374.70. All voting aye, motion car-ried.

CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT:Motion by Riley and seconded by Mon-day to approve an Auditor's Credit Cardfor Ashli Peterson. All voting aye, mo-tion carried

ADJOURNMENT: There being nofurther business, the meeting was ad-journed at 11:20 AM.

ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITORBY: DENNIS J. BROWN, CHAIRMANBOARD OF SUPERVISORS


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as he scrambled away from the Cardinals’ pass rush. McClain Haines had seven catches for 123 yards.

Last year, in a 32-20 Pan-ther victory, quarterback Brandon Phipps was 11-of-14 passing for 157 yards and running back Adam Baker amassed 269 yards rushing to surpass the 1,000-yard mark on the eighth week of the season.

The Panthers are hoping for similar success against the Huskies on Friday, but it will have to come against a different look.Defensive change

Former Panther all-state player Dennis Shaw is an assistant coach involved with the defensive line of

the Huskies, and that’s where Morrison has detect-ed a change in philosophy.

“They had always been a four-down defensive front,” Morrison said, “but they’ve gone to a 3-4, cover three scheme. You’ll see blitzing. They show different looks and you have to account for those people at the point of attack if you want to be suc-cessful running the ball.”

The only expected per-sonnel change involves free safety and wide receiver Bryce Briley, who suffered a concussion while making a tackle early in the Clar-inda game. He’s still go-ing through the concussion protocol and is uncertain, probably doubtful, for any action Friday, Morrison said.

That also affects the kick return game.

This week, Haines moves to free safety on defense and Colton Bolinger be-comes the newcomer in the starting unit at outside line-backer.

Senior Cory Rathe, one of the team’s top defensive l i n e m e n last year, r e t u r n e d to practice W e d n e s -day after r e c o v e r -ing from a foot injury. But his status for any game ac-tion Friday is uncertain, the Panther coach said.

“There’s no reason to rush him along, since we

still have a non-district game after this one before the heart of our season,” Morrison said. “We want to make sure the ligaments are good and he’s ready to go.”

For those who are healthy and ready to go, it’s time to step things up, Morrison said. Contention for playoff football begins this week.

“Our kids understand it’s a big week,” Morrison said. “It’s our first district game. We have to be as good as we can in week three. Winterset is a team that can beat us. We have to be prepared. You never want to lose the first district game. A lot of people in our district are vying for those four spots, and Winterset is one of them.”

PANTHERS:

Creston/O-M (1-1, 0-0)OFFENSE

WR Christian Groumoutis 6-0 160 Sr.TE Colton Bolinger 6-3 185 So.T Jordan Thompson 6-3 215 Sr.G Tayler Pettit 6-0 180 Sr.C Cole Tanner 6-2 240 So.G Kadon Hulett 6-3 215 So.T Jake Gutschenritter 6-1 275 Sr.WR McClain Haines 5-11 155 Sr.QB Alex Nielsen 6-2 195 Sr.RB Conner Pals 5-8 163 Sr.or Chase Shiltz 5-10 175 So.FB Seth Maitlen 6-3 225 Jr.PK Conner Pals 5-8 163 Sr.

DEFENSEDE Kadon Hulett 6-3 215 So.DT Jordan Thompson 6-3 215 Sr.NG Trevor Downing 6-3 265 Fr.DE Taylor Pettit 6-0 180 Sr.OLB Chase Shiltz 5-10 175 So.OLB Colton Bolinger 6-3 185 So.ILB Alex Tamerius 5-10 190 Sr.ILB Seth Maitlen 6-3 225 So.CB Sam Hartsock 5-8 155 Sr.CB Conner Pals 5-8 163 Sr.S McClain Haines 5-11 155 Sr.P Alex Nielsen 6-2 185 Sr.

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hitter Heather Poula on the Kirkwood side.

Wenzel had a match-high 14 kills for the Eagles and Bell finished with eight.

From the start, South-western met the taller Ea-gles head-on and tried to match them blow-for-blow. Walston’s slam to cut the mar-gin to 17-15 appeared to put the Spartans on the verge of an upset in the opening set, but the Eagles finished on an 8-6 spurt that was just enough for the victory.

Likewise, when Subbert and Mikayla Prott blocked on Brusha Cobbs’ service point, the Eagles were only in front by a 15-13 margin in set two. Walston kept it a two-point margin at 20-18 with a wide-angled kill.

Again, a 5-2 run at the finish put Kirkwood over the hump for a 2-0 lead.

Prott’s tip put Southwestern in front, 9-8, in the third set. But then a string of mistakes — a communication mix-up on a pass, a long serve and service receive error, opened the door for a Kirkwood spurt that opened up a 17-12 lead

on Audrey Richards’ service run.

At 19-13, Subbert had an ace serve and another point on Walston’s block, but 19-15 was the last time it was that close in Kirkwood’s clinching 25-18.

“We don’t like those mis-takes, and we’ve been work-ing a lot on our communica-tion,” said SWCC coach Ting Liu. “That’s why they are such a good team. They don’t have unforced errors and give away points.”

Still, it was encouraging as the Spartans prepare for this weekend’s tournament at Marshalltown, starting with a match against Allen County, Kan.

“Tonight, even though we lost, we showed what we have been doing in practice,” Liu said. “We did very well on de-fense. We had a lot of energy on the court.”

Kirkwood 3, SWCC 0Attacks (kills) — Carmen

Subbert 10, Madison Walston 6, Erin Coker 5.

Blocks (solo-assists) — Walston 3-2.

Serving (aces) — Subbert (1).Digs — Natali Donahue 10,

Subbert 10.Setting (assists) — Bailey

Preston 17.

SWCC:

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONSouthwestern freshman Brusha Cobbs receives a serve against Kirkwood Wednesday night.


the ball 14 times for 54 yards.

Jack Jones is the leading rusher through two games with 80 yards on 21 carries. Fisher Decker leads a bal-anced receiving corps with three catches for 83 yards and one touchdown.

Fulton said the key to vic-tory for his team on Friday will be taking care of the ball and sustaining drives.Homecoming

Nodaway Valley opens Class A District 8 action 7 p.m. at home on Friday in its homecoming game.

The Wolverines (1-1) play host to 1-1 Earlham, which owns a 28-23 win over Woodward Academy and lost 19-6 to Van Meter on Friday.

Jackson Lamb has com-pleted 50 percent of his passes this season for 237 yards and four touchdowns with zero in tercep-tions for the Wol-v e r i n e s . M e a n -w h i l e , B r e n n e n W e i l a n d has been a workhorse, carrying the ball 48 times for

233 yards.Defensively, senior Tan-

ner Armstrong has 16 total tackles, including five solo tackles for loss.

Armstrong and the rest of the defense will have to stop an Earlham team that leans heavily on the run. The Car-dinals have run for 535 yards this year, compared to just 91 yards passing on seven completions.

Five Cardinal players have 12 or more carries this year, led by senior Zach Schrek with 155 yards on 22 carries. Will Poffenberger has 144 yards on 36 carries and Derek Hensley has 12 carries for 114 yards.

Also in Class A District 8, Mount Ayr plays its first home game of the season, as the Raiders (1-1) host 0-2 Clarinda Academy.

Junior quarterback Jacob Taylor has been efficient r u n n i n g M o u n t A y r ’ s o p t i o n g r o u n d game, car-rying 15 times for 65 yards with two t o u c h -downs. Junior Kyle Dolech-eck leads the Raiders with 149 yards and three touch-

downs. Nick Wurster has 64 yards on 12 carries.

Defensively, two-time all-state defensive lineman Joe Ricker has 13.5 tackles to lead the Raiders, including five solo tackles for loss.Tough test

Southwest Valley (1-1) opens Class 1A District 8 play at home against 0-2 Panorama.

Despite coming in with an 0-2 record, the Panthers will be a tough test for South-west Valley.

Gavin and Gabe Richey provide a potent punch for the Panthers on the ground, mixed with Gavin Richey’s ability to throw the ball.

“I watched a few hours of film on them,” South-west Valley head coach Bob Casagrande said. “They’re going to be a good football team. It’s going to be a real test for us. They throw the ball well. They spread the field. It’s going to be a real challenge for our defensive backs.”

The Timberwolves, mean-while, will look to get their ground game back on track after having it shut down by Bedford last week.

Through two weeks, Gun-nar McCuen leads the Tim-berwolves with 178 yards on 28 carries, while Tyler

B i s s e l l has run for 115 yards on 19 carries. F r e s h -man quar-t e r b a c k C h a n c e Cobb has completed 81.5 percent of his passes for 193 yards.

Lenox opens Eight-Man District 8 play at home against Essex, which lost to East Union last week, 64-10.

The Tigers (2-0) made a lineup change last week that saw senior Caleb Lange move to fullback, giving Lenox a powerful backfield combination between Lange and Dustyn Rauch.

Lange ran for 93 yards on nine carries, while Rauch has racked up 275 yards for the season on 36 carries.

Defensively, sophomore J a r e d H e n s l e y leads the way for the Tigers with 20 to-tal tackles, fo l lowed by Lange with 18 and Josh Mitchell with 16.5. Spencer Brown has recorded three solo sacks.

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High school football standings CLASS 3ADistrict 8

Team Dist. Ovr.ADM 0-0 1-1Atlantic 0-0 1-1Creston/O-M 0-0 1-1Dallas Center-Grimes 0-0 1-1Glenwood 0-0 1-1Harlan 0-0 1-1Winterset 0-0 1-1

CLASS 1ADistrict 8

Team Dist. Ovr.Central Decatur 0-0 2-0Des Moines Christian 0-0 1-1Interstate 35 0-0 1-1Southwest Valley 0-0 1-1

Van Meter 0-0 1-1Woodward-Granger 0-0 1-1Panorama 0-0 0-2

CLASS ADistrict 8

Team Dist. Ovr.Bedford 0-0 2-0Earlham 0-0 1-1Mount Ayr 0-0 1-1Nodaway Valley 0-0 1-1Pleasantville 0-0 1-1Southeast Warren 0-0 1-1Martensdale-St. Marys 0-0 0-2

EIGHT-MANDistrict 7

Team Dist. Ovr.Coon Rapids-Bayard 0-0 2-0

Glidden-Ralston 0-0 2-0Guthrie Center 0-0 2-0Adair-Casey 0-0 1-1Ankeny Christian Acad. 0-0 1-1East Union 0-0 1-1Northeast Hamilton 0-0 1-1Murray 0-0 0-2

District 8Team Dist. Ovr.East Mills 0-0 2-0Fremont-Mills 0-0 2-0Lenox 0-0 2-0Sidney 0-0 2-0CAM 0-0 1-1Essex 0-0 0-2Nishnabotna 0-0 0-2Stanton 0-0 0-2

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CUP POINTS

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GODWIN’S CHICAGO PICKS

SPEED FREAKSA couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

RICHMOND REWIND

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCEBRAD

KESELOWSKIOl’ Man Mo-

mentum doing a ride-along

JIMMIE JOHNSONThirsty for

No. 7

JOEYLOGANO

Chicagoland? He prefers Legoland

JEFFGORDON

Wants seat at head table

one more time

JUNIOR EARNHARDTNeeds to pick up the pace

a bit

KEVINHARVICK

A run of good luck would be

welcomed

CARLEDWARDS

Finishes seventh at

Chicagoland

MATTKENSETH0-for-34

KASEY KAHNE

Could fi nish anywhere in

Chase

RYANNEWMAN0-for-42

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup fi eld was decided Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, with Brad Keselowski emerging with the top seed by winning the most races (four) of any driver.

This is what the grid looks like for the playoffs, which start Sun-day at Chicagoland Speedway, with driver, make of car, number of wins and a quick comment:

Brad KeselowskiFord, 4 wins: He ended the regu-lar season with a walk-off victory and a ton of momentum.

Jeff GordonChevy, 3: The “drive for fi ve” is still alive for this 43-year-old, who won his last championship in 2001.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.Chevy, 3: After starting the sea-son with a Daytona 500 win, can Earnhardt bookend 2014 with a title?

Joey LoganoFord, 3: Logano? Champion-ship? Anything can happen in the Chase, but this is an unlikely scenario.

Jimmie JohnsonChevy, 3: Just when you start doubting J.J., he fl ips on the thrusters of his No. 48 entry.

Kevin HarvickChevy, 2: Consistently the fast-est car this season, but the team found ways to lose races. Must move foot, then shoot gun.

Carl EdwardsFord, 2: Lame-duck driver with a team that has struggled through-out stretches of 2014. Easy call here.

Kyle BuschToyota, 1: Keep an eye on Busch. He has a solid game plan for the Chase. Winning races is not a priority.

Denny HamlinToyota, 1: Frustrated and unhap-py, Hamlin probably won’t make it out of the Challenger Round.

Kurt BuschChevy, 1: He used the last fi ve races of the regular season as a mock playoff run and did pretty darn well.

Kasey KahneChevy, 1: Just barely squeaked in with a late regular-season victory, then was fl at awful at Richmond.

Aric AlmirolaFord, 1: Richard Petty Motors-ports is going to throw every-thing it has into this playoff. He

will advance.

AJ AllmendingerChevy, 1: The “little team that could” needs a little more speed to keep chugging along.

Matt KensethToyota, 0: Could be the bracket buster — the guy who wins the crown without winning a race, a bit like his 2003 title run.

Greg Biffl eFord, 0: Limped into the playoffs with a two-lap-down perfor-mance at Richmond. You won’t see him in Round 2.

Ryan NewmanChevy, 0: Richard Childress owns three teams. This is his only car in the Chase. This could happen.

PRETZELITISJimmie Johnson’s body was

dry as a pretzel after the race at Richmond. He got out of his stock car and collapsed, and was taken to the care center, where he got fi ve liters of fl uid. “Just got dehy-drated in the car,” he said.

MAGIC 400THWhen Brad Keselowski won

Richmond, it was Roger Penske’s 400th career victory as a car owner. “Wow, what a night!” Keselowski said.

LET’S GOCHASIN’

Clint Bowyer looked like somebody sent his pet goldfi sh down the drain after fi nishing third at Richmond and missing the Chase by seven points. Bowyer, who wheels the No. 15 Waltrip Racing Toyota, talked with the media about missing the 2014 playoffs.

What’s going through your mind just missing the Chase after running so well?

“If you make the Chase you want to compete for a championship, and truth be told, we’re not there right now. A lot of work to do. We’ve got to continue to build on mo-mentum like we had here tonight.You know,

it’s defi nitely frustrating not making that Chase, but like I said, when you do make the Chase, you want it to be for a championship, not just ride around in it. We still haven’t won a race, and everybody on this 15 team deserves a win by the end of the year, and I’ll see to it they get it.”

What do you think about your crew chief saying there would be some changes after this weekend to see improvement?

“Well, they say they are. We’ll just have to see. Everybody is working hard, everybody at TRD (Toyota Racing Development), every-

body at MWR. The No. 2 (Brad Keselowski) and the No. 24 (Jeff Gordon) have pretty much been the class of the fi eld all season long. That was our best effort. That’s all I had, that’s all we had as a race team. We put it all out there, and still, we were just third-best. Got some work to do, but a lot of racing left.”

Were you paying attention to where Greg Biffl e was running during the race?

“I didn’t even know until I asked there at the end. All you’ve got to do is ride around back there. That’s all we had to do last week

and the damn thing broke. It’s just the way our luck has been this year. It would’ve been nice to come here in the same situation he (Biffl e) was in and ride around back there and not have to do anything, but unfortu-nately just that’s the way our luck has been this year. Like I said earlier, when you make that Chase you want to be able to compete for a championship, and I’m an optimist but I’m a realist, and right now realistically we don’t have a shot at winning that champion-ship against the competition we’re running against. ”

Clint Bowyer discusses missing the playoffs and moving forward

Winner: Jamie McMurrayRest of the top fi ve: Jeff Gor-don, Kevin Harvick, Greg Biffl e, Kurt BuschDark horse: AJ Allmendinger

Disappointment: Ryan NewmanFirst one out: Kyle LarsonDon’t be surprised if: McMurray takes out his postseason failure by winning the fi rst playoff race.

Who’s your pre-Chase pick to win it all?GODSPEAK: I’m going with the top seed, Brad Keselowski .KEN’S CALL: My cyni-cal side wants Kenseth to win a title without winning a race, but I have a strong Jeff Gor-don hunch.

How long will Allmendinger and Almirola stay in the Chase?GODSPEAK: Both make it to the second round. One of them qualifi es for the title race at Homestead. KEN’S CALL: One of them will make it through the fi rst cut, but that’s as far as it goes.

MATTKENSETH

MATTKENSETH

Matt Kenseth vs. Matt Kenseth: The good Matt got into the Chase, while the bad Matt drove his car into the wall and said his race “was terrible.”Godwin Kelly gives his take: “ Focus on the view through the windshield and don’t look in the mirror.”

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Would the King have been as happy under a Chase format?

Can you remind us again how and why we now go Chasin’?

Since it’s now been a full decade since this Chase deal came to life, it’s probably a good time for a mini history lesson. Once upon a time, there were memorable and down-right historic championship battles that went right down to the fi nal Sun-day of the season (Petty-Parsons, Petty-Waltrip, Earnhardt-Martin, Kulwicki-Elliott-Allison), but they were rare. So in an effort to guaran-tee championship drama, NASCAR birthed the Chase in 2004.

Guaranteed drama followed and all lived happily ever after?

Yeah, right. It’s a new world, changing by the second, and you can’t risk a moment of tedium. We used to joke (we thought) that NASCAR will eventually reach a point where the top three points leaders are stopped on the fi nal lap of the fi nal race, set side by side just off Turn 4, and told to drag-race to the checkers for the championship. We’re getting closer and closer to that.

Is it fair?Since everyone is playing by the

same rules, sure it’s fair. The only problem is how it distorts champion-ship history. If this had always been in place, Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt might have 15 champion-ships … or they might have none.

Getty Images/JARED WICKERHAM

(Back row, from left) Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Aric Almirola (Front row, from left) Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffl e, AJ Allmendinger, Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick . Jimmie Johnson was not present for the photo.

1. Brad Keselowski 2,012 2. Jeff Gordon 2,009 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,009 4. Jimmie Johnson 2,009 5. Joey Logano 2,009 6. Kevin Harvick 2,006 7. Carl Edwards 2,006 8. Kyle Busch 2,003 9. Denny Hamlin 2,003 10. Kurt Busch 2,003 11. Kasey Kahne 2,003 12. Aric Almirola 2,003 13. AJ Allmendinger 2,003 14. Matt Kenseth 2,000 15. Greg Biffl e 2,000 16. Ryan Newman 2,000

CHASE CUTOFF17. Clint Bowyer 746 18. Kyle Larson 737 19. Jamie McMurray 706 20. Paul Menard 701 21. Austin Dillon 698 22. Brian Vickers 681 23. Marcos Ambrose 645 24. Casey Mears 596 25. Martin Truex Jr. 580 26. Tony Stewart 569 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 556 28. Danica Patrick 528 29. Justin Allgaier 459 30. David Gilliland 407 31. Michael Annett 400 32. David Ragan 381 33. Cole Whitt 367 34. Reed Sorenson 355 35. Josh Wise 319 36. Alex Bowman 310 37. Ryan Truex 191 38. Michael McDowell 166 39. Travis Kvapil 149 40. Jeff Burton 87 41. Terry Labonte 77 42. David Stremme 64 43. Bobby Labonte 54

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The future of the early teal season will depend on hunter compliance, overall preference, and on their duck identification skills.

“If I could reinforce anything…it would be ‘know your duck, before you shoot,’ emphasizes Sloterdyk. “Also, be aware of local sunrise.”

Video and other infor-mation which details the new teal regulations can be found on the DNR web-site; www.iowadnr.gov.Sedlmayr promoted

Mark Sedlmayr, 53, of rural U n i o n C o u n t y , was pro-moted to chief of the Iowa D e p a r t -ment of N a t u r a l R e s o u r c -es’ Law Enforcement Bu-reau, on Sept. 5, succeed-ing Robert Garrison who retired June 30.

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He will oversee 90 of-ficers who enforce Iowa’s hunting and fishing laws, assist with hunter educa-tion classes, provide water patrol and ATV and snow-mobile enforcement.

Sedlmayr, a Reinbeck native who grew up hunt-ing, fishing and trapping in Grundy County, is a gradu-ate of Vermillion College, in Ely, Minn. He and his wife Brenda have two sons; Zac, 28, a game warden with Idaho Fish and Game and Isaac, 21, a student at Upper Iowa University in Fayette.Dove season

Iowa’s dove hunting sea-son continues to increase in popularity as judged by busy wildlife areas with full parking lots and empty store shelves where dove loads were once on display.

Reports from the field found hunter use of food plots on public land near-ly all positive with the only complaints that there weren’t more opportuni-ties on more land.

The Department of Nat-

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“Dove hunting is very much catching on in the area and the number of hunters and the excitement show it,” said Matthew Washburn, conservation officer for Cerro Gordo County. “All the hunt-ers I contacted were very happy, only complaint I heard was that they wished more plots existed to help distribute the hunters and provide more opportuni-ty.”

That sentiment was shared from wildlife bi-ologists and officers from across the state: more hunters were out, bagging limits of doves and enjoy-ing the experience.

“At one time there were at least 13 vehicles in the parking lot and along the road. There actually could have been more-we saw several vehicles drive to the parking lot and then keep going,” said Pete Hildreth, southwest Iowa district supervisor for the DNR’s Wildlife Bureau.

“Hunter comments combined with the empty store shelves before the dove opener tell me that the word is out on Iowa’s dove season,” said Ken Lonneman, conservation officer in Wright and Han-cock counties.

“We probably had three times the number of hunt-ers than we’ve had in the last few years,” said Matt Dollison, wildlife biologist for the DNR in southwest Iowa.

“We had areas in Musca-tine, Lee and Scott coun-ties that had a lot of hunt-ers and a lot of doves shot,” said Bill Ohde, southeast Iowa district supervisor for the DNR’s Wildlife Bu-reau.

In the Maquoketa Wild-life Unit, one five acre plot had 70 hunters on it, and at Lost Grove Lake, an esti-mated 100 vehicles were parked with hunters spread among the area’s nine food plots.

“We had a great dove opener,” said Curt Kem-merer, wildlife biologist for the DNR in east central Iowa. “Muskrat Slough, Buffalo Creek, Whitewater and Lost Grove Lake were extremely busy and most hunters shot limits or close to it.”

Iowa’s dove season is open through Nov. 9.

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HELP WANTED: Adams-Taylor-Union County Case Management based in Corning has a Full Time opening for a Case Manager to coordinate and monitor consumer services.

Duties include intake and eligibility for persons with diagnosis of Intellectual disability (Mental Retardation) Developmental Disability and Brain Injury. Facilitates development of Case Plan, obtains and monitors services, completes reports, prior authorization, computer billing entries and funding requests.

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree with 30 semester hours in a human services field from an accredited college or university, (including but not limited to, behavioral science, education, healthcare, human services administration, nursing, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, occupational therapy, social sciences, social work, and recreational therapy) and at least one year of experience in the delivering of services to all the population groups OR have Iowa license to practice as a RN and at least three years of experience in the delivery of services to the four population groups.

Other Requirements: Must be able to uphold confidentially, type, competent with computer skills, complete paperwork in a timely manner. Need to have reliable transportation and be able to travel throughout SW Iowa. Salary range is $33,000 to $36,000 depending on experience.

To apply send letter of application with resume to George Hoerman, Case Management Supervisor,

[email protected] or PO Box 423, Corning IA 50841 by 9/22/14.

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TechnicianThe Adams / Union County USDA Farm Service Agency

(FSA) Office, located in Corning, Iowa, is

accepting applications to fill a temporary Program Technician

position. Individuals who possess strong computer, and human relations skills are encouraged to apply.

To obtain an application form, interested persons

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Corning, Iowa.

The deadline for filing an application is September 26, 2014.

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First lady will campaign in Iowa for Bruce Braley

DES MOINES (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama will campaign in Iowa next month for Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley, his campaign said Wednesday.

Obama will appear at an event in October, but the Braley campaign said details on the date and loca-tion have not been w o r k e d out.

B r a l e y , a four-term congressman from Waterloo, is locked in a tight race with Repub-lican Joni Ernst. They are vying for retiring Sen. Tom Harkin’s seat. Harkin, a Democrat, has held the of-fice for 30 years.

Republicans are hop-ing to win in Iowa in their drive for the six-seat gain they need to grab the Sen-ate majority.

The popular first lady appeared for the first time on the 2014 campaign trail earlier this week in Geor-gia on behalf of Demo-cratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn. That seat is also considered critical in

the battle over Senate con-trol. During a speech in At-lanta, Obama encouraged voter turnout and said the last two years of her hus-band’s presidency would be a struggle with a Repub-lican Senate.

Braley, 56, has argued that he’s the candidate to carry on Harkin’s agenda in Wash-i n g t o n , touting his experience advocating for seniors and veter-ans. Ernst, 44, of Red Oak, has promoted her farm upbringing and her role serving in the Iowa National Guard.

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Witness describes shooting at Iowa courthouse

DES MOINES (AP) — An Iowa man who was killed during a public meeting shot at a county official despite numerous pleas from a group to put the gun down, a witness said Wednesday.

Francis Glaser pulled a small hand-gun from a briefcase Tuesday as a group prepared to leave a recently ad-journed county supervisors meeting at the Jackson County Courthouse in Ma-quoketa, a town about 150 miles north-east of Des Moines.

Glaser demanded the meeting re-sume so officials could discuss his rising property taxes, said county Supervisor Jack Willey.

“All of us said, ‘Gus, no, this isn’t the way to deal with this. Put the gun down. Put the gun down,’” he said while refer-encing Glaser’s nickname.

Officials had decided to end the meeting after Glaser, 71, a former city manager for Maquoketa, became more agitated.

“We noticed as the meeting was go-ing on that the coloring that Gus had, usually when people get mad, they turn red. But he didn’t turn red. It was like the blood was draining from him. He was just turning white as a ghost,” he said.

As the supervisors ended the meet-ing and County Assessor Deb Lane headed for the door, Glaser pulled out the gun. Despite the pleas, he shot once at Lane.

The bullet missed and hit the glass door. He started heading toward Lane

when Larry Koos, another county su-pervisor, tackled Glaser to the floor. Others helped keep him down.

“What I was telling myself to do was drive my legs forward, drive, drive, drive him into the wall,” Koos told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.

During the scuffle, a second shot was fired, hitting Glaser. Authorities ar-rived and pronounced him dead.

Koos, who suffered minor injuries from the broken glass, was treated at a hospital and released.

Willey, who returned to the court-house Wednesday along with the other supervisors, said he keeps reliving the scene.

“Deb was obviously his target,” he said. “When you think back, if he had got her on the first shot, he wasn’t hap-py with us either. Who knows where the gun would have been pointed next.”

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