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FOURTH STRAIGHTThe Creston/O-M wrestling team won the John J. Harris Invitational over the weekend. This is their fourth-straight title at the tournament. More in SPORTS, page 5A. >>

MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015

OSCEOLA HOMICIDEA press conference at 11 a.m. today is expected to reveal details about a possible homicide that occured over the weekend near Osceola. More information will be posted today at www.crestonnews.com

Adjusting to a new routine

By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

Any good workout routine requires a few changes.

Curves co-owners Kari and Mindy Stalker are working on a game plan to find a new owner for Curves and their tanning business.

“We would love somebody that will be as passionate as we were when we first started,” Kari said. “This is a great place, this is a great business, we are just on to our next chapter.”

Kari and Mindy’s quickly growing families have shifted their focus for what is best to keep their businesses grow-ing in uptown Creston.

“When we started, we didn’t have any employees, we worked all the hours,” Mindy said. “After we each got married, we had estab-lished our business. Then we started having kids and that changed the dynamic of our business and our availabili-ty.”

Kari and her husband Todd have three children, Charlie, 3, Sam, 2, and Had-ley, 1. They are expecting their fourth child in June.

Mindy and her husband T.J. have two children, C.T.,

7, and Marlee, 5.New homeCurves started in Cres-

ton in 1999 and the late Tim Stalker bought the business in 2000.

When his future daughter-in-law Kari moved to Cres-ton in 2005, she took over the management responsibilities of Curves. Mindy moved to Creston later that year.

Kari and Mindy became the owners and operators of Curves in 2006.

“It was a fantastic way for us to meet a large part of the community,” Mindy said. “We love the service-type atmosphere that Curves pro-vides.”

As the only two employees

when they took ownership, the new sisters-in-law split the duties as new business owners. Their husbands, Todd and T.J., were also busy working together as co-own-ers of Stalker Chevrolet.

“We are both active peo-ple and (Curves) interested both of us,” Mindy said.

ImprovementsOver their nine years in

business together, Kari and Mindy have added several improvements to Curves and the tanning business.

They reached a peak of 260 memberships and helped bring in a new fitness pro-gram with Jillian Michaels and SMART equipment technology.

“SMART is like a person-al trainer telling you to go harder and faster,” Kari said. “When you are done with your workout, you put your key tag in the computer and it tells you how many calories you burned and what muscle groups you worked.”

Mindy added that the Curves franchise is constant-ly researching new fitness programs to help their mem-bers through resources at Texas A&M University and the Cleveland Clinic.

To compliment the Jillian Michaels workouts, Curves has added balance and core

CNA file photoCurves members excercise at the facility in February 2014. Owners Kari and Mindy Stalker are now looking to sell their businesses in uptown Creston.

� Kari and Mindy Stalker start looking for new owner as they shift focus from business to families .

RAGBRAI declares overnight towns For the first time since

the first RAGBRAI, Iowa’s annual cycling circus will launch from Sioux City and end in Davenport.

“It’s kind of a neat thing taking us back to 1973,” said T.J. Juskiewicz, director of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. I

n that initial year, two Des Moines Register writers were stunned by how many

people joined them for all or part of the six-day (not sev-en) journey.

With 462 miles and near-ly 16,000 feet of climb, the 2015 ride falls in the middle of the road for difficulty, relative to past rides.

The overnight towns stick slightly north of state cen-ter for five days before dip-ping just south of Interstate Highway 80.

About 10,000 riders will spend their overnights in Sioux City, Storm Lake, Fort Dodge, Eldora, Cedar Falls, Hiawatha and Iowa River Landing/Coralville before the ride ends in Dav-enport.

Juskiewicz calls it “a good old-fashioned RAGBRAI” — with at least one exciting new twist: an optional grav-el loop for cyclists brave

enough to add 15 bumpy miles to their trek.

The special loop — in honor of Steve Hed, a wheel innovator and founder of Minnesota-based Hed Cy-cling who died in November — will be tacked onto the 68-mile stretch from Storm Lake to Fort Dodge on July 20.

RAGBRAI this year runs from July 19 to 25.

Final shot: Panther fans hold their col-lective breath as Creston’s Christian Groumoutis (22) launches a 3-point-er at the buzzer against Council Bluffs St. Albert here Friday night. The shot caromed high off the rim, and nearly fell into the net before bouncing off, leav-ing St. Albert as the 56-55 winner. For more on the game that went back and forth in the second half, see page 5A.

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Iowa by Trail app launches Android version By JAKE WADDINGHAMCNA associate [email protected]

The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) gave Android users another reason to get outside and enjoy the unseasonably warm January weather with the launch of their app Saturday.

Iowa by Trail provides users an interactive map that locates nearby trails, alerts the user of points of interest along the way and com-municate with friends and followers about their activity along the trail.

The app also tracks distance, current weather conditions, news and events. An-droid users can find the app in the Google Play Store.

Since the app launched for iPhone in 2014, Iowa by Trail has been used more than 58,000 times. INHF worked with Shift Interactive of West Des Moines to create both the Android and iOS version of the mobile app.

Creston High School graduate Matt Glynn was one of the main designers for the iPhone app project.

“It creates a whole new experience and al-lows people to start looking at trail use in a different way,” Glynn said. “The user can add photos so people can see actual photo-graphs of the trail and points of interest along

Kevin Jay Giles, 43, 402 N. Oak St., was charged on a Union County warrant for lascivi-ous acts with a child at 6:43 p.m. Thursday.

According to a Union County Sheriff re-port, on or about Dec. 28, the Creston Police Department was contacted by the parents of a minor child born after Jan. 1, 2004. The parents reported the child had been a party to inappropriate physical con-tact with Giles.

The child participated in a forensic interview con-ducted with the assistance of the Department of Human Services child abuse assess-ment investigator. The child confirmed the initial report that an adult had touched the child in an inappropriate manner and that he touched her genital area. Subse-quent interviews resulted in the discovery of separate information which corroborated the allegation made by the child.

Giles was being held awaiting appearance before the magistrate.

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Deaths

2A Creston News AdvertiserMonday, January 26, 2015

Wendell Bell Corning

Wendell Bell, 86, of Corn-ing died Jan. 25, 2015, at Os-

kaloosa Care Center.Services are pending at

Pearson Family Funeral Ser-vice, 701 Seventh St., Corn-ing.

Doris Young Creston

Doris Young, 89, of Cres-ton died Jan. 23, 2015, at Crest Ha-ven Care Center.

Mass of Chris t ian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. The Rev. Kenneth Halbur Jr. will officiate. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Open vis-itation will be 1 to 7 p.m. to-day with family present 5:30 to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. Chris-tian Wake Service at Pear-son Family Funeral Serivce, 809 W. Montgomery St. Me-morials may be given to the family to be determined lat-er. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuner-alhomes.com.

Doris Irene Young, daugh-ter of Helen Irene (May) and Wendeline Vincent Miller, was born Feb. 19, 1925, in Des Moines.

Doris grew up in the Prescott area and attend-ed country school north of Prescott.

On Feb. 23, 1940, Doris married Francis Aloysious Young at Saint Malachy’s Church in Creston.

Doris was a farm wife.Doris was a member of

Holy Spirit Catholic Church. She was a member of the Busy Bee’s Card Club since she was 18 years old.

After moving to Cres-ton in the early 1980s, she worked for Green Thumb, Southwestern Community College, the library and In-novative Industries.

Doris is survived by her children, Linda (husband Jean) Benoit, Carolyn (hus-band Dennis) Abel, Tony Young, Richard “Rick” (wife Karla) Young, Jim Young and Tina (husband Brett) Chapman, all of Cres-ton, and Sharon (husband Dean) Nickles of Polk City; nine Grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; sisters, Ethel Carson of Creston, Pat Schaefer of Greenfield and Maie Jensen of Waukee; brother David (wife Mary) Miller of Creston; and sister-in-law: Susie Miller of Cres-ton.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents; hus-band in 1981; son Larry Young; daughter-in-law Beverly Young; grandchild Christy Nickles; great-great-grandchild Chace Noble; brothers, Vincent, Thomas and Clyde Miller; and sisters, Helen Jackson and Lucille Ossian.

Wes Keeler Creston

Wes Keeler, Sr., 53, of Creston, died Fri-day, Jan. 23, 2015 at his home.

C e l e -b r a t i o n of Life Serv ices will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at the Powers Funeral Home junction of Highway 34 & 25 in Cres-ton. Mary O’Riley will officiate. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery, south of Creston. Open visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Memorials may be made to the family. Online con-dolences may be given at www.powersfh.com.

Wesley Gene Keeler, Sr., was born November 19, 1961 in Creston, Iowa to Donald Gene Keeler and Mary Ilene (Coleman) Keeler. He graduated from Creston High School in 1981.

On February 8, 2011, Wes was united in mar-riage to L. Coleen Mill-er in Union County.Wes lived and worked all of

his life in the Creston area. Wes was a skilled mechan-ic; employed with Bark-ers/AgriVision and Hulett Auto Salvage. He owned and operated K & K Snow Removal for many years. He also enjoyed camping, boating, fishing, hunting and remodeling tractors. Wes also loved racing. Wes was a member of the F.O.E. Eagles Lodge #1398 of Creston.

Wes was survived by his wife, Coleen of Creston; mother Mary Keeler of Creston; four daughters: Mindy (wife Madison) Kee-ler of Newton, Lela (hus-band Glen) Terpstra of Newton, Sara Keeler and Dalie Keeler, both of Cres-ton; four sons, Tony (wife Shenna) Keeler, Scott Kee-ler, Wesley Keeler, Jr., Da-rin Hatfield, all of Creston; two brothers: Wayne (wife Cheryl) Keeler of Creston and Doug (wife Di) Miller of Creston; three sisters: Gloria June Ross of An-keny, Jodie Sheren of Cres-ton and Jenny Rouh (signif-icant other Dave Goodson) of Creston and 11 grand-children.

Wes was preceded in death by his father, Don in 2014, infant son, Brenden, parents-in-law, Dwight & Barb Miller, and brother-in-law, Brad Sheren.

Roger Caudle Macksburg

Roger Caudle, 54, of Macksburg died Jan. 23, 2015, at his home in rural

Macksburg.Services are pending at

Powers Funeral Home, junc-tion of highways 34 and 25, Creston.

Triston Ackley Tingley

Triston Ackley, 16, of Tin-

gley died Jan. 24, 2015, at his home.

Arrangements are pend-ing at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Mon-roe St., Mount Ayr.

Martha Lauer Zion

Martha Lauer, 76, of the Hill of Zion area, died Jan. 24, 2015, at Iowa Method-ist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Celebration of life ser-vices will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at St. John’s Catholic Church in

Greenfield. The Rev. Ken Halbur will officiate. Burial will be in Hill of Zion Ceme-tery, rural Orient. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at the church. A Rosary will be held 5:30 p.m. Tues-day at the church. Steen Fu-neral Home, 101 S.E. Fourth St., Greenfield, is in charge of arrangements.

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strengthening routines.“We bought it as a part-

nership and we feel it worked really well as the two of us,” Mindy said. “So if we were

going to be done ... it was not something either of us wanted to do independently.”

If you are interested in learning more about the busi-nesses, contact Kari or Mindy at Curves, 782-8796.

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the way.”According to INHF, Io-

wa’s trails drew approxi-mately 1.8 million visitors to the state who spent about $17.8 million at local resturants and businesses.

“When you’re on the trail, you inherently under-stand the connection be-tween communities, natural resources, and the econo-my,” said Hannah Inman, INHF communications di-rector in a press release. “This app takes that one step farther. It allows for

a business to communicate with a new visitor that’s passing through or for a town to showcase its unique treasures. It allows some-one to stop to take a look at a stream and understand its connection to our drink-ing water. This is something that no one else in the coun-try has at a statewide level. It showcases what makes Iowa special.”

This spring, Iowa by Trail is planning to add more than 4,000 miles of additional routes including water, mountain bike and state park hiking trails.

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Bald eagles return to Iowa again as they migrate

IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa bird watchers will be able to spot bald eagles this winter as the animals visit in search of warmer weather.

Thousands of bald ea-gles cross Iowa each win-ter as they migrate south. Wildlife experts say any location that offers open water where the eagles can hunt is likely to offer a good chance to see them, the Iowa City Press-Citi-zen reports.

The area around Iowa City and Coralville is a prime location for seeing bald eagles because of the Iowa River, the Coralville Reservoir and the Burl-ington Street dam.

An eagle watching event will also be held at North Central Junior High in North Liberty on Feb. 7.

“There are a lot of peo-ple who love nothing more than to see a bald eagle fly above them,” said Joe Wilkinson, spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The bald eagle was near extinction in the 1960s due to habitat destruc-tion, illegal shooting and food source contamina-tion, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Conservation efforts have helped the bald ea-gle population rebound nationwide over the past several decades. The ea-gles were removed from the list of threatened and endangered species in 1997.

“We see a sharp in-crease in bald eagles as they migrate down from Canada or Wisconsin,” said Jodeane Cancilla, director of the MacBride Raptor Project at Lake MacBride State Park. “Winter in Iowa, wheth-er people in Iowa believe it or not, is much warmer than up there.”

Cancilla’s organization has been helping bald eagles and other raptors rehabilitate after injuries for 28 years.

Tim Thompson, a wild-life management biologist for the state Department of Natural Resources, said the number of bald eagles varies each winter because of conditions. For instance, when the river is covered in snow, the eagles may fly further south.

“But as past numbers have indicated, more will be coming. We have much more bald eagles now than in the previous 15 or 20 years,” Thompson said.

� The area around Iowa City and Coralville is a prime location for seeing bald eagles because of the Iowa River, the Coralville Reservoir and the Burlington Street dam.

Fueled by oil, agriculture sector welcomes low diesel prices WICHITA, Kan. (AP)

— The recent plunge in fuel prices has been a welcome relief across the agricultural sector, helping ease the pain of low grain prices for grow-ers and boosting profits for cattle ranchers.

“Every movement we make in farming takes fuel,” Kansas cattle rancher and hay grower Randy Cree said.

Livestock producers in the Midwest and vegetable grow-ers in the Sun Belt alike are reaping the immediate bene-fits. And with average retail gas prices for 2015 forecast to be about $1 lower than last year, farmers this spring may end up planting more energy-intensive crops, such as corn or rice, as the cost to irrigate and cultivate drops.

Consumers, however, shouldn’t expect to see low-er prices at the supermarket. Transportation costs consti-tute only a small slice of those prices, and it takes months, if ever, for cost savings at the farm level to trickle to the shelf sticker.

For years, Cree hasn’t been

able to afford to fill the fuel tanks at his farm west of Law-rence. But with the local price of untaxed diesel and regular gasoline both below $2 a gal-lon, Cree plans to complete-ly fill the two 300-gallon and one 200-gallon tanks.

It takes fuel to feed his 100 cows all winter long, fuel to drive to the feed store. The lower prices will also make “a big difference” this sum-mer. Each time he harvests his hay, his tractor must make three trips over every field — one to mow it, one to rake it, and another to bale it.

“We are hoping that for the first time in a long, long time to have the burden of high fuel prices off our backs — so we can maybe make a little bit of money this year,”

Cree said.Farmers use mostly off-

road diesel, for which they don’t pay federal and state taxes, in their tractors and other farm equipment. While diesel averages about 20 cents per gallon more than regular gasoline, road tax-es alone can add 14 percent more at the pump. On-road diesel prices nationwide are forecast to average $1.86 a gallon this year — well below the $2.81 per gallon in 2014. And looking into 2016, prices are forecast to average $2.30 a gallon for on-road diesel, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

That’s good news for farmers who depend on row crops, and who’ve seen farm income drop by as much as 50

percent because of low grain prices.

Lower energy prices in-crease planted acres for most major row crops and drop the price of the commodity, according to an April 2014 federal study on the impact crude oil prices have on ag-riculture. Nearly 20 percent of operating costs for major U.S. row crops are tied to direct energy expenses, the Economic Research Service’s study showed.

Vance Ehmke, who grows wheat near Healy in western Kansas, said low diesel fuel prices will “definitely help,” but might not be enough.

“On one level, fuel go-ing down is really going to save us $20,000 to $25,000 — which is a nice chunk of change,” Ehmke said. “How-ever, the other side of the coin is that while we have had a collapse in the oil market, we also have had a collapse in the grain market.”

Consumers can expect to use some of their savings at the pump toward grocery bills.

Immediate benefitsLivestock producers in the Midwest and vegetable grow-

ers in the Sun Belt alike are reaping the immediate benefits. And with average retail gas prices for 2015 forecast to be about $1 lower than last year, farmers this spring may end up planting more energy-intensive crops, such as corn or rice, as the cost to irrigate and cultivate drops.

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Cedar Rapids39/26

Sioux City51/33

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Iowa At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Algona 41 31 mst sunny Davenport 37 25 pt sunny Marshaltown 41 28 mst sunnyAtlantic 50 33 pt sunny Des Moines 47 32 pt sunny Mason City 38 27 pt sunnyAubudon 49 33 pt sunny Dubuque 35 25 cloudy Onawa 52 34 pt sunnyCedar Rapids 39 26 pt sunny Farmington 42 29 pt sunny Oskaloosa 42 28 mst sunnyCenterville 45 29 pt sunny Fort Dodge 44 31 pt sunny Ottumwa 42 28 mst sunnyClarinda 52 32 pt sunny Ft Madison 40 30 pt sunny Red Oak 52 33 pt sunnyClarion 40 29 mst sunny Guttenberg 36 26 pt sunny Sioux Center 45 33 mst sunnyClinton 35 23 pt sunny Keokuk 41 30 pt sunny Sioux City 51 33 pt sunnyCouncil Bluffs 53 34 pt sunny Lansing 36 25 pt sunny Spencer 42 32 mst sunnyCreston 48 31 pt sunny LeMars 48 34 pt sunny Waterloo 39 27 mst sunny

National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 49 27 mst sunny Houston 74 51 sunny Phoenix 70 51 pt sunnyBoston 24 17 blizzard Los Angeles 70 54 rain San Francisco 68 54 pt sunnyChicago 31 24 pt sunny Miami 73 55 sunny Seattle 60 48 foggyDallas 73 48 sunny Minneapolis 37 29 pt sunny St. Louis 45 30 pt sunnyDenver 69 35 mst sunny New York 27 19 blizzard Washington, DC 39 24 pt sunny

Moon Phases

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FirstJan 27

FullFeb 3

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MondayTOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First

United Methodist Church.AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads

Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

Union County Genealogy Society, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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.

TuesdayShannon City Breakfast Club,

9 a.m., The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.

Creston Kiwanis Club, noon, The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St.

OLE Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Postscript Club, 12:30 p.m., congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W.

Howard St.Chautauqua Circle, 1:30 p.m.,

hostesses Linda Huffman and Kathy Tapken.

Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.

I Think I Can Child Care Center Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., I Think I Can Child Care Center.

Eagles Aerie, 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

Eagles Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m., Eagles Lodge.

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

WednesdayTOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United

Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St.

Blood pressure clinic by Crest Haven Care Centre nurses, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lorimor City Hall.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St.

Police William Spencer Pow-

ell Jr., 57, of Diagonal, was charged with public intox-ication Wednesday at East Summit Street.

According to a Creston Police report, officers were dispatched to the area of 612 Grand Ave. Wednesday for a male subject being loud and possibly intoxicated. Upon arrival, officers lo-cated a male subject match-ing the description given by dispatch. The male was identified as Powell by an Iowa ID card. Powell had an odor of an alcoholic bever-age, bloodshot watery eyes and was unable to keep his balance. Powell admitted he had been drinking. He was charged and offered a breath test which he refused to give. He was then turned over to jail staff.

He was released on a $300 bond.

— — — — — —Amanda Jo Demoss of

Madrid reported a rebate card that was issued was never received and was used without her permission be-tween Feb. 1, 2013, and Jan. 21, 2015.

Loss estimate is $300.— — — — — —

Crystal Estell and Lena Darling, 422 Livingston Ave., reported a purse, $45 cash, debit card, credit card, social security card, EBT card, $50 cash, makeup, hair-spray, perfume, 30-disk CD case, stainless steel Sons of Anarchy chain and pennant, wedding band set and MP3 player were taken between Jan. 4 and Jan. 24 from their residence and Estell’s vehi-cle while it was parked at an unknown location.

Loss estimate is $1,370.

Fire Miscellaneous

Medical, 11:36 a.m., Fri-day, Sherman Avenue.

Medical, noon, Friday, Ryan Drive.

Medical, 4:33 a.m., Satur-day, North Poplar Street.

Medical, 5:39 a.m., Satur-day, North Birch Street.

Mutual aid, 6:24 a.m., Sat-urday, Orient.

Medical, 12:31 p.m., Satur-day, Cottonwood Road.

Medical, 4:19 p.m., Sun-day, South Cherry Street.

Alarm, 8:35 p.m., Sunday, West Townline Street.

Adair County Sheriff

Trevor Andrew Kirkpat-rick, 20, of Earlham, was charged and served a court order sentence at 8:36 a.m. Jan. 14 in Adair County.

Kirkpatrick was released.— — — — — —

Benjamin Harold Patter-son, 36, of Des Moines, was charged on an Adair Coun-ty warrant for an original charge of contempt of court at 8:55 a.m. Jan. 14 in Adair County.

Patterson was being held on $2,000 bond.

— — — — — —Matthew Wayne Wood,

47, of Prescott, was charged with operating while intox-icated and having an open container in a motor vehicle 12:51 a.m. Jan. 15 in Adair County.

Wood was released on $1,000 bond.

— — — — — —Andrew Manuel Alvara-

do, 24, of Arizona, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, failure to fix a drug tax stamp and keeping premises

or vehicle for a controlled substance, cocaine, 4:07 p.m. Jan. 16 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff’s report, an Iowa State Patrol officer stopped an Arizona plated Nissan SUV for speeding and following too close. During the stop, the officer observed numerous indicators and items of interest, leading him to believe criminal activity was taking place. The officer completed the stop and asked for consent to search the vehi-cle. The driver and passenger both gave verbal consent to search the vehicle. The driver gave written consent as well. A hand search of the vehicle revealed an after market com-partment in the dash of the ve-hicle. Inside the compartment approximately two pounds of cocaine were located.

Alvarado was being held on $100,000 bond.

— — — — — —Bobby Angelo Nillo Jr., 27,

Arizona, was charged with possession of cocaine with in-tent to sell, failure to fix a drug tax stamp and keeping prem-ises or vehicle for a controlled substance, cocaine, 5:04 Jan. 16 in Adair County.

According to an Adair County Sheriff’s report, an Iowa State Patrol officer stopped an Arizona plated Nissan SUV for speeding and

following too close. During the stop, the officer observed numerous indicators and items of interest, leading him to believe criminal activity was taking place. The officer completed the stop and asked for consent to search the vehi-cle. The driver and passenger both gave verbal consent to search the vehicle. The driver gave written consent as well. A hand search of the vehicle revealed an after market com-partment in the dash of the ve-hicle. Inside the compartment approximately two pounds of cocaine were located.

Nillo was being held on $100,000 bond.

— — — — — —Anthony James Tuck-

er, 23, of Greenfield, was charged with operating while intoxicated, having an open container in a vehicle, failure to maintain control and ob-struction of a peace officer 2:36 a.m. Jan. 17 in Adair County.

Tucker knowingly ob-structed a peace officer from performing duties which were within the scope of the lawful duty or authority of the officer.

Tucker was being held on $1,000 bond.Miscellaneous

Theft, 1:21 p.m., Jan. 19.Criminal complaint, 5:53

p.m., Jan. 19.Theft, 10:57 p.m., Jan. 19.Disturbance, 9:54 a.m.,

Tuesday.Traffic complaint, 1:24

p.m., Tuesday.Assistance, 7:34 p.m.,

Tuesday.Assistance, 2:57 a.m.,

Wednesday.Domestic dispute, 1:20

p.m., Wednesday.Accident, 3:58 p.m.,

Wednesday.Assistance, 5:42 p.m.,

Wednesday.Accident, 6:10 p.m.,

Wednesday.Burglary, 3:08 a.m., Thurs-

day.Traffic complaint, 12:51

p.m., Thursday.

Traffic complaint, 1:45 p.m., Thursday.

Traffic complaint, 3:48 p.m., Thursday.

Traffic hazard, 6:32 p.m., Thursday.

Domestic dispute, 8:55 p.m., Thursday.

Assistance, 3:47 a.m., Friday.Accident, 4:40 a.m., Friday.Assistance, 8:32 a.m., Friday.Accident, 1:04 p.m., Friday.Domestic dispute, 6:32

p.m., Friday.Accident, 8:41 a.m., Saturday.Traffic complaint, 1:11

p.m., Saturday.Accident, 1:16 p.m., Saturday.Traffic complaint, 3:23

p.m., Saturday.Harassment complaint,

9:50 a.m., Sunday.

Grain prices quoted at 10 a.m. today:

• Farmers Co-op, Creston:Corn — $3.61

Soybeans — $9.10• Gavilon Grain:Corn — $3.61Soybeans — $9.28

LotteryIowa’s Pick 3: 9-8-6Iowa’s Pick 4: 3-5-7-8Hot Lotto Sizzler: 10-18-24-26-45 (13)Powerball: 16-19-20-29-33 (10)

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015ARIES (March 21 to April

19) Friends from your past are back in your life again. For some of you, this is an oppor-tunity to revise your long-term goals for the future.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) All discussions with author-ity figures might resume nego-tiations. Alternatively, some of you might run into a boss or authority figure from your past.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Travel plans almost certainly will be canceled, rescheduled or delayed today. Ditto for work related to publishing, the media, medicine and the law. Be ready for anything.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Wrap up old details with inher-itances, debt, taxes and shared property today, because a few surprises might await you. Don’t be caught off guard because you didn’t know what was happening.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) A partner or close friend will be full of surprises today. Or perhaps, you will meet some-one who is a real character. Whatever the case, people are unpredictable and entertaining today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your work routine will suffer from shortages, delays and unpredictable events today. Expect canceled meetings, staff shortages and equipment breakdowns. Run for cover!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a mildly accident-prone day for your kids, so be extra vigilant. Surprise invitations to sports events or social occa-sions will please you. Romance is unpredictable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Small appliances might break down at home today. Surprise company might knock on your door. Something will occur to send your daily rou-tine sideways in a New York minute.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a mildly acci-dent-prone day for you, which means you should slow down and take it easy. Expect to meet new faces, see new places and be full of bright, original ideas.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Keep an eye on your money today, because you might find money or you might lose money. Guard your pos-sessions against loss or theft.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb.

18) You might be surprised to meet old faces from your past today. You might be even more surprised to encounter an ex.

(Gulp.) Looking good is the best revenge.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Something going on behind the scenes might catch you off guard today. Guard against knee-jerk reactions. Think twice before you speak or act.

YOU BORN TODAY Like Mozart, who was born on this

day, your talent often shows at an early age. Nevertheless, you will be quick, bright and child-like all your life. This is what people love about you. This year something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will end or diminish to make room for something new. This is a good year to travel.

Birthdate of: Rosamund Pike, actress; Alan Cumming, actor; Lewis Carroll, author.

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Panthers claim fourth straight John J Harris crown By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

CORNING — Creston/Orient-Macksburg won nine of 11 placing matches and crowned five individual champions here Saturday at the John J Harris Invitational, winning the prestigious west-ern Iowa tournament for the fourth straight year.

The Panthers scored 237 points to pull away from New Hampton, coached by for-mer Panther assistant Nick Hemann, on the final day of the tournament. New Hamp-ton finished second with 170.5 points, while Clarinda placed third with 166 points.

Bedford/Lenox finished eighth with 66.5 points, while Mount Ayr placed 11th with 59.5 points. Host Southwest Valley finished 23rd with four points during the two-day tournament.

Winning a fourth straight John J Harris title is an ac-complishment for the Pan-thers.

“You kind of take it for granted. It’s a big tournament for everybody and we’ve kind of had a stranglehold on winning it every year,” Cres-ton/O-M head coach Darrell Frain said. “It’s exciting, be-cause it’s such a big tourna-ment for western Iowa, and

the community, when they talk tournaments, they always talk John Harris. It holds a lit-tle clout.”

Midway through Satur-day’s first round, New Hamp-ton clung to a 136-135.5 ad-vantage over the Panthers.

But Creston/O-M’s success in the upper weights during that round, along with success on the backside of the tourna-ment, carried the Panthers to the final 66.5-point margin of victory.

“I knew our depth was a lit-tle better,” Frain said. “They brought seven really, really good kids. Their depth after that dropped off a little bit. I knew backside, the consola-tion bracket would kind of get us back to where we needed to be. That final round, that put us over the top.”Five champs

The Panthers advanced six wrestlers to championship matches, going 5-of-6 in those championship matches.

Spencer Wray (138), Joey Huntington (145), Chase Shiltz (160), Seth Maitlen (195) and Kadon Hulett (220) claimed John J Harris Invita-tional titles, while senior Tay-ler Pettit finished runner-up at 170 pounds.

Maitlen and Hulett both re-deemed losses from earlier in the season in their respective championship matches.

Maitlen, ranked eighth, secured a 3-1 victory in over-time against seventh-ranked Christian Lauritsen of Clar-inda. Hulett controlled his match against Clarinda’s Brook Stephens before win-ning by fall in 3:18.

“Actually at 195 and 220, those were rematches we lost early in the year,” Frain said. “Both were exciting wins for us. Maitlen getting it last sec-ond in overtime there and then Hulett dominated at 220.”

Shiltz remained unbeaten for the season, winning a 13-4 major decision over 10th-ranked Colton Ranney of Central Decatur in the finals for his second John J Harris championship as a sopho-more.

Huntington picked up his 100th career victory in Sat-urday’s semifinals, when he pinned Coon Rapids-Ba-yard’s Zach Evans in 5:13. The Panther junior was nev-er threatened in a 5-2 victory over Atlantic’s Reid Nichols in the finals.

Wray won his first tourna-ment championship of the season in a wild 138-pound final. The Panther senior bested New Hampton’s Ryan Gorman 13-10, after getting caught in a cradle twice in the final period.

“He had a little mental

lapse there. He let up and got caught up in a cradle, which turned into some massive scrambles,” Frain said. “But he fought through it. He said he got the cradle on and he could see the clock. It was about 1:20 left and he said ‘I gotta get going.’ Really good win for him.”Final wins

The Panthers also won four out of five consolation final

matches, which Frain credited for pushing Creston/O-M to the team title.

“That’s one of the biggest emphasis I put in a tourna-ment is on how well we do in a final round,” he said. “We won some third/fourth place matches, we won most of our championship matches. When you go through frustrations during the day, those make them go away when you get

those big wins at the end of the day. That final round, that was exciting for us.”

Wyatt Thompson (132), Jackson Mikkelsen (182) and Jake Gutschenritter (285) fin-ished third for the Panthers. Mitchel Swank (126) won his fifth-place match and Trevor Marlin (120) finished sixth.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERCreston/O-M junior Seth Maitlen reacts to his winning takedown in overtime of his 195-pound championship match Saturday at the John J Harris Invitational, while head coach Darrell Frain (right) celebrates. Maitlen was one of five Panther champions at the prestigious tournament.

Please seeHARRIS, page 6A

St. Albert girls hot early in 19-point victory By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

St. Albert girls made four 3-pointers in building an early 22-4 lead in taking a road victory at Creston Fri-day night, 58-39.

The revamped Saintes’ lineup withstood Creston’s 15-10 second quarter as the Panthers pulled to within seven (26-19) at halftime.

Alyssa Carley, 5-11 trans-fer from Treynor playing her third game for St. Al-bert, scored 21 points. Paige Beacom, transfer from Lewis Central, and Allison Wettengel each scored 11 points. St. Albert made six 3-pointers.

Taylor Briley, batting t h r o u g h an ankle injury suf-fered in p r a c t i c e Wednes-d a y , scored 14 p o i n t s . J e n n a T a y l o r matched Briley with 14 points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds. Brenna Baker added eight points.

St. Albert improved to 8-7 overall and 2-5 in Hawkeye 10 play. Creston fell to 8-6 overall and 4-5 in league play.

“They came out making

shots,” Creston coach Brent Douma said. “In the second quarter we really fought. From down 22-4 we made it 26-19 at the half. The girls did a nice job there.”

St. Albert regained con-trol with a 13-6 third quar-ter as Creston’s offense stalled.

“We didn’t talk and got caught in that backscreen play three times,” Douma said. “They came in shoot-ing 23 percent from the 3-point line for the year and they really shot it tonight. It was unbelievable. They were all 5-10, 5-11 so they were a bad matchup for some of our girls.”

Creston has a makeup game at Interstate 35 of Truro tonight with another road trip Tuesday to Chari-ton.

ST. ALBERT (58) — Alyssa Carley 9 2-2 21, Alli Wettengel 4 0-2 11, Paige Beacom 5 0-2 11, Matti Munger 2 0-0 4, Krisann Stephany 0 4-4 4, Erin Wright 1 0-0 3, Jacey Martin 1 0-0 2, Kaitlyn Pearce 1 0-0 2. Totals — 23 6-10 58. 3-point goals — 6 (Wettengel 3, Beacom 1, Carley 1, Wright 1). Team fouls — 14. Fouled out — none.

CRESTON (39) — Jenna Taylor 6 1-1 14, Taylor Briley 5 3-4 14, Brenna Baker 2 3-4 8, Lexie Little 1 0-0 2, Cammy Rutherford 0 1-3 1. Totals — 14 8-12 39. 3-point goals — 3 (Baker 1, Briley 1, Taylor 1). Rebounds — Taylor 11, Rutherford 9, Briley 4, Little 2. Assists — Briley 1, Little 1. Steals — Rutherford 1, Briley 1, Maria Mostek 1. Team fouls — 11. Fouled out — None.

St. Albert — 16 26 39 58

Creston — 4 19 25 39

JUNIOR VARSITYAfter building a 12-point

lead, Creston’s JV held off a late St. Albert rally to win 63-57 Friday.

Leading 61-57 with 17 seconds left, Lexie Little sealed the victory with two free throws to give Creston a six-point cushion with seven seconds remaining.

Caitlin McIlravy over-came an illness late in the week to lead the Panthers with 16 points. Becca Ross added 14 points.

“The was the best game we’ve played to date,” said Creston coach Ryan McK-im. “The girls played great defense, they shot the ball when they were open and showed great teamwork.”

Creston (63) — Caitlin McIlravy 16, Becca Ross 14, Lexie Little 9, Madison Callahan 8, Taylor Fredrickson 8, Chloe Hagle 5, Alli Thomsen 3. 3-point goals — Callahan 2, Little 1, Thomsen 1. Free throws — 16-25.

St. Albert (57) — Erin Wright 20, Nicole Hilderbrand 16, Jenna Carlson 6, Addie Bardon 4, Miranda Beezley 3, Kalyn Wettegel 3, Emily Casson 3. 3-point goals — Hildebrand 2, Wright 2, Beezley 1, Bardon 1.

Briley

Panthers suffer second H-10 loss on late putback By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

St. Albert boys made seven 3-pointers in building a 35-24 halftime lead and then over-came a Creston rally to edge the Panthers Friday, 56-55.

Sam Hartsock sank four 3-pointers in the first half to help C r e s t o n stay with-in striking range, and a l l - s t a t e senior Jay Wolfe be-gan an 18-point second half with a three. His second triple of the quarter cut it to two points at 40-38.

A drive to the basket by Wolfe with 6:11 left gave the Panthers their first lead at 46-

45. From there, it was a battle to the end.

Creston had a 55-54 lead with under a minute to play, but gave St. Albert possession on a five-second call out front with 32 seconds left.

St. Albert missed a 3-point-er from the corner, but 6-5, 260-pound senior center Jack-son Scott-Brown grabbed the miss, missed his own shot but then grabbed it again and dropped it in with only two seconds left.

Trailing by one, the Pan-thers went into a series of wheel cuts near midcourt, with long-range shooter Christian Groumoutis receiv-ing the inbounds pass. He had time for a dribble before launching a 3-point shot.

It caromed up from the front of the rim, then dropped down just off the mark as time expired.

“I told the guys at half,

they’re going to make their run. You gotta be ready for that gym to explode,” said St. Albert coach Dale Scott. “We got a good look at a three there at the end. Jackson scrambled for the rebound and got his own offensive re-bound. We were wobbling there for awhile, but we came back when Travis Miller hit a three to cut their lead to one.”

“You have to play 32 min-utes of basketball,” Creston coach Brett Watson said. “Give them credit. They came out and made shots. We played with energy and a lot of passion to come back on them. Earlier we were not being aggressive against their zone, not penetrating against it. You can’t play passive, back on your heels.”

Wolfe finished with 27 points and Hartsock had 18 for the Panthers, falling to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in Hawkeye 10 play. St. Albert improved to 5-9 and 2-4, rebounding well from a loss three days earlier at Shenandoah, which hosts the Panthers on Friday.

The conference leaders are Denison-Schleswig 6-2, with Harlan and Creston each 5-2 and Atlantic at 6-3.

ST. ALBERT (56) — Travis Miller 4 4-7 16, Cole McBride 4 2-2 12, Jake Petry 3 0-0 9, Jackson Scott-Brown 4 1-2 9, Drew Carlson 2 0-0 5, Gage Bowman 2 1-1 5. Totals — 19 8-12 56. 3-point goals — 10 (Miller 4, Petry 3, McBride 2, Carlson 1). Team fouls — 14.

Contributed photo by TERRY FREEMANCreston’s Jay Wolfe is fouled while driving to the basket against two St. Albert defenders during Friday’s 56-55 loss on the Panthers’ court. Wolfe finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds.

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SPORTSSPORTS


Public notice

Continued from page 5A

Thompson, Swank and Gutschenritter, who sprained an ankle during Friday night’s action, won their placing matches by fall.

The weekend’s action gave the Panthers a sectional pre-view and also set them up for next weekend’s Hawkeye 10 Conference Tournament.

“Our whole sectional was here. It will be exciting to see how it all plays out,” Frain said. “Hawkeye 10, it’s going to be crazy. With Clarinda and Atlantic, then bring Glen-wood and LC in. it’s going to be interesting to see who comes out on top. It’s going to be guys getting third place, those are the guys that are going to win it for the team. I think we’re going to be ready to go for it.”Area winners

Two other area wrestlers won John J Harris Invita-tional championships, while a third finished runner-up.

Bedford/Lenox senior Dusten Reed (132) and Mount Ayr s e n i o r h e a v y -w e i g h t Joe Rick-er both c l a i m e d champion-ships, while B e d f o r d /L e n o x sophomore Jared Hensley finished second at 113 pounds.

Reed won an 18-2 tech fall in his opening match against Southwest Iowa’s Hunter

Rasmussen, and then rolled to the title with three straight pins of descending time. Reed’s pins occurred in 1:28, 1:03 and then in :55 in the fi-nals over Riverside’s Tucker Bluml.

Ricker’s championship f o l l o w e d a similar path to R e e d ’ s , winning by 16-1 tech fall in his first match, before pin-ning his way to the title from that point forward. Ricker recorded pins in 1:21, 2:15 and 1:53 over Atlantic’s Skyler Svoboda in the finals.

“It was a good weekend for him,” Mount Ayr co-head coach John Ford said. “In the finals was a tall kid, which we have to wrestle in districts and state, so that’s a good match for him.”

Hensley pinned his way to the finals, where the Class 2A fifth-ranked sophomore lost a 10-2 major decision to Class 2A third-ranked Connor Cleveland of New Hampton.

Bedford/Lenox’s Zach Marxen placed sixth at 170 pounds, while Mount Ayr added two more placewinners in freshman Marcus Daugh-ton, fifth at 120, and senior Grant Staats, sixth at 145. Nodaway Valley junior Ben Freese finished third at 120 pounds.

“We ended up 11th out of 23 teams with only six guys and three medal winners, so we had a good weekend,”

Ford said.John J Harris Invitational

Team standings (individual champions) — 1. Creston/O-M (5) 237, 2. New Hampton (3) 170.5, 3. Clarinda (2) 166, 4. Atlantic 138, 5. Winterset 122.5, 6. Oakland Riverside 71, 7. Chariton 67, 8. Bedford/Lenox (1) 66.5, 8. East Mills (1) 66.5, 10. Tri-Center (1) 66, 11. Mount Ayr (1) 59.5, 12. Missouri Valley 53, 13. Southwest Iowa 52, 14. Red Oak 42, 15. Central Decatur 39, 16. Panorama 36, 17. Nodaway Valley 32, 18. Coon Rapids-Bayard 28, 19. Shenandoah 27, 20. Clarke 24, 21. Griswold 23, 22. Wayne 16, 23. Southwest Valley 4.

Individual results(championship and area

placing matches)106 — 1. Noah Fye (NH) tech fall

Tatem Bluml (Riv), 18-2 (2:17).113 — 1. Connor Cleveland (NH)

major dec. Jared Hensley (B/L), 10-2.

120 — 1. Keaton Geerts (NH) pinned Hadley Ogg (Gris), 3:07; 3. Ben Freese (NV) pinned Craig Rice (SWI), 4:00; 5. Marcus Daughton (MA) major dec. Trevor Marlin (C/O-M), 21-8.

126 — 1. Christian Polley (TC) dec. Nick Rounds (MV), 7-6; 5. Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) pinned Keegan Tenge (NH), 1:20.

132 — 1. Dusten Reed (B/L) pinned Tucker Bluml (Riv), :55; 3. Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) pinned Jacob Jenkins (Wint), 3:50.

138 — 1. Spencer Wray (C/O-M) dec. Ryan Gorman (NH), 13-10.

145 — 1. Joey Huntington (C/O-M) dec. Reid Nichols (Atl), 5-2; 5. Justin Smith (Wint) pinned Grant Staats (MA), 3:43.

152 — 1. Josh Hopkins (EM) dec. Luke Strong (Clar), 8-3.

160 — 1. Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) major dec. Colton Ranney (CD), 13-4.

170 — 1. JJ Clark (Clar) pinned Tayler Pettit (C/O-M), :53; 5. Alex Lukes (NH) pinned Zach Marxen (B/L), 1:35.

182 — 1. Trey Stickler (Clar) major dec. Nathan Bair (Clarke), 13-3; 3. Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M) dec. Wyatt Miller (Wint), 1-0.

195 — 1. Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) dec. Christian Lauritsen (Clar), 3-1 (SV-1).

220 — 1. Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Brook Stephens (Clar), 3:18.

285 — 1. Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Skyler Svoboda (Atl), 1:53; 3. Jake Gutschenritter (C/O-M) pinned Jared DeVoe (Clar), 3:24.

HARRIS:

Reed

Ricker

Panthers roll at Winterset, 66-40By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

WINTERSET — Less than 24 hours after staging a furi-ous comeback that fell one point short in the end against St. Albert, the Creston boys rebounded with a dominant 66-40 victory over Winterset Saturday.

After leading just 15-12 at the end of the first period, the Panthers pulled away with a 19-3 second quarter.

Jay Wolfe led four Panthers scoring in double figures with 18 points. Alex Nielsen had 12 points and eight rebounds. Point guard McClain Haines finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

“We took care of business,” said Creston coach Brett Watson. “We have a resilient bunch of kids. Winterset had been playing a lot of teams close, but we went to their

place and built up a big lead.”Winterset fell to 1-12.

Creston, now 10-4, travels to Shenandoah Friday.

WINTERSET (40) — Nick Nelson 1 0-0 2, Matt Bauer 1 3-4 5, Jaxson Nordstrom 4 3-5 12, Grant Williams 0-1 0-0 3, Parker Klimesh 1 1-1 3, Daniel Brookhart 6 0-0 12, Brandon Montross 0 1-2 1, Tyler Van Pelt 1 0-0 2. Totals — 14 8-13 40. 3-point goals — 2 (Nordstrom 1, Williams 1). Team fouls — 20. Fouled out — Nordstrom.

CRESTON (66) — Jay Wolfe 6 4-5 18, Alex Nielsen 5 2-3 12, McClain Haines 3 4-7 11, Christian Groumoutis 4 1-1 11, Sam Hartsock 1 4-4 6, Cooper McDermott 1 2-2 4, Cody Crawford 1 2-2 4. Totals — 21 19-24 66. 3-point goals — 5-16 (Wolfe 2, Groumoutis 2, Haines 1). FG shooting — 21-41 (51.2 per-cent). Rebounds — 33 (Nielsen 8, Haines 8, Wolfe 6). Assists — 13 (McDermott 3, Haines 3). Steals — 10 (Haines 3, Wolfe 2, Groumoutis 2). Turnovers — 9. Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — None.

Winterset — 12 15 32 40Creston — 15 34 49 66

JUNIOR VARSITYWinterset defeated the

Creston JV Saturday, 58-49, after holding a 21-17 halftime lead.

Chris Foster scored 14 points for Creston.

Creston (49) — Chris Foster 14, Kyle Somers 10, Cody Crawford 9, Ryan Kucera 4, Ian Burns 4, Deaven Reese 3, Travontay Wright 3, Brenden McDowell 2. Halftime score — Winterset 21, Creston 17.

Winterset (58).

FRESHMENWinterset freshmen de-

feated Creston Saturday, 58-36. The Huskies got off to a good start, leading 30-14 at halftime.

Evan Jacobson scored 11 points for Creston. Justin Henry had 14 for the Hus-kies.

“Winterset has a talented group and we helped their offensive performance by allowing 17 offensive re-bounds,” Creston coach Todd Jacobson said.

Creston (36) — Evan Jacobson 11, Joe Eblen 8, Cole Higgins 6, Tucker Flynn 5, Dustin Jacobson 5. Assists — Jacobson 3. Halftime score — Winterset 30, Creston 14.

Winterset (58) — Justin Henry 14.

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Fouled out — None.CRESTON (55) — Jay Wolfe

10 4-5 27, Sam Hartsock 6 1-2 18, Alex Nielsen 2 1-2 5, Christian Groumoutis 2 0-0 5. Totals — 20 6-10 55. 3-point goals — 9-28 (Hartsock 5, Wolfe 3, Groumoutis 1). FG shooting — 20-49 (40.8 per-cent). Rebounds — 35 (Wolfe 12, Nielsen 7, Hartsock 5, Groumoutis 5). Assists — 12 (Haines 5). Steals — 5 (Groumoutis 3). Blocked shots — 1 (Groumoutis). Turnovers — 11. Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — Haines.

St. Albert — 11 35 43 56Creston — 9 24 38 55

JUNIOR VARSITYCreston’s JV nearly made

up all of a 20-point halftime deficit in falling to St. Albert Friday, 61-58. The Falcons led 35-15 at halftime.

“We designed a play for (Cody) Crawford and we got a good look for a three with three seconds left,” Creston coach Michael West said. “We just about did it. We fought back well with our full-court man-to-man. Speeded things up and got some tran-sition baskets.”

Crawford made six 3-point-ers in scoring 27 points for Creston. Kyle Somers made three 3-pointers in scoring 13 points.

Creston (58) — Cody Crawford 27, Kyle Somers 13, Ian Burns 6, Ryan Kucera 4, Chris Foster 4, Brenden McDowell 2, Quinton Scadden 2. 3-point goals — Crawford 6, Somers 3, Kucera 1. Free throws — 6-10. Halftime score — St. Albert 35, Creston 15.

St. Albert (61) — Brandon Williams 11, Jacob Carley 10, Joshua Zuchniak 10, Matthew Fagan 10, Maxton Ross 9, Erik Jensen 4, Andre Ryan 3, John Bertelsen 2, Joseph Liston 2. 3-point goals — Carley 2, Zuchniak 3. Free throws — 10-14.

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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CRESTON CITY COUNCIL

JANUARY 20, 2015The Creston City Council met in regu-

lar session at 6:00 o'clock p.m. on theabove date in the Council Chambers of theCity Hall Complex with Mayor Woodspresiding.

Roll call being taken with the followingCouncil members present: Loudon, Ly-barger, Koets, Wilson, Levine, Madisonand White.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-prove the agenda. All voted aye. Motioncarried.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-prove the consent agenda, which includedapproval of minutes of January 6, 2015,regular meeting; claims of $169,524.72;and liquor license renewal for Hayes Con-cession Service. All voted aye. Motioncarried.

During Public Forum, the following cit-izens spoke in opposition of the proposedordinances with regard to implementinggas and electric franchise fees: MikeTamerius, co-owner/operator of PrecisionOptical Group; Byron Day, Plant Managerof CHS, Inc.; Wayne Pantini, ExecutiveDirector of Union County DevelopmentAssociation; Peggy Erskine, 605 S. Pine;Gary Borcherding, 806 N. Poplar andButch Lauffer, 906 N. Cedar.

White moved seconded by Wilson toEstablish the First Reading of OrdinanceNo. 15-159 AN ORDINANCE AMEND-ING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OFTHE CITY OF CRESTON, IOWA, 1996,BY ADDING PROVISIONS PERTAIN-ING TO THE CITY COLLECTINGNATURAL GAS FRANCHISE FEESFOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE(25) YEARS.

Wilson moved seconded by White toamend Section 7, Paragraph 1 of the pro-posed gas ordinance to read as follows:There is hereby imposed a franchise fee oftwo percent (2%) on October 1, 2015;three percent (3%) on April 1, 2016; fourpercent (4%) on April 1, 2018; five per-cent (5%) on April 1, 2020, upon thegross revenue generated from sales of nat-ural gas by the Company within the cor-porate limits of the City. Upon notice, theCompany shall promptly seek a tax ridertariff from the Iowa Utilities Board andthe Company shall begin collecting thefranchise fee upon receipt of written ap-proval of the required tax rider tariff fromthe Iowa Utilities Board. Loudon, Lybarg-er, Wilson and White voted aye. Koets,Levine and Madison voted nay. Amend-ment to the proposed gas ordinance de-clared carried.

Roll call vote was then taken on Estab-lishing the First Reading of Ordinance No.15-159. Loudon, Lybarger, Wilson andWhite voted aye. Koets, Levine and Madi-son voted nay. First Reading declared Es-tablished.

Wilson moved seconded by White toEstablish the First Reading of OrdinanceNo. 15-160 AN ORDINANCE AMEND-ING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OFTHE CITY OF CRESTON, IOWA, 1996,BY ADDING PROVISIONS PERTAIN-ING TO THE CITY COLLECTINGELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEES FOR APERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE (25)YEARS.

Wilson moved seconded by White toamend Section 9, Paragraph 1 of the pro-posed electric ordinance to read as fol-lows: There is hereby imposed a franchisefee of two percent (2%) on October 1,2015; three percent (3%) on April 1,2016; four percent (4%) on April 1, 2018;five percent (5%) on April 1, 2020, uponthe gross revenue generated from sales ofelectricity by the Company within the cor-porate limits of the City. Upon notice, theCompany shall promptly seek a tax ridertariff from the Iowa Utilities Board andthe Company shall begin collecting thefranchise fee upon receipt of written ap-proval of the required tax rider tariff fromthe Iowa Utilities Board. Loudon, Lybarg-er, Wilson and White voted aye. Koets,Levine and Madison voted nay. Amend-ment to the proposed electric ordinancedeclared carried.


Mayor Woods announced that now isthe time for a Public Hearing on the matterof the North Side Sanitary Sewer Rehabil-itation Project. No one spoke for oragainst the project and there was no writ-ten correspondence for or against theproject. He then called the Public Hearingto a close.

A resolution was offered and secondedto accept bids and award contract to Hy-dro-Klean, LLC, for $341,293.80 for theNorth Side Sanitary Sewer RehabilitationProject. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto approve an Engineering ServicesAgreement with Clapsaddle-Garber Asso-ciates for the Airport Land AcquisitionProject. All voted aye. Resolution passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto approve a Drawdown Request of$1,713.39 from the WIRB Grant for theHurley Creek and McKinley Lake Water-shed Project on behalf of the Park &Recreation Board. All voted aye. Resolu-tion passed.

A resolution was offered and secondedto approve the purchase of a new Mechan-ically Cleaned Bar Screen for the WasteWater Treatment Facility to be paid forfrom the Sewer Plant Replacement Fund.All voted aye. Resolution passed.

Motion was made and seconded to ap-prove temporary street closings and extendpark curfew to midnight requested by FirstNational Bank for the Glow Run Fundrais-er on April 11, 2015, from 7 pm - 12 am.All voted aye. Motion carried.

For potential Creston street improve-ments, Public Works Director KevinKruse provided Mayor and Council a listof the city streets he feels needs immediateattention. He made suggested improve-ments and provided an estimated cost of$7,000,000 if these improvements were totake place.

Mayor Woods suggested the Councilcarry the conversation on and budget forengineering firms to get further informa-tion on these projects. He also mentionedthat unless the State gives more fundingout, the City would have to borrow thefunds, which means increasing taxes tohelp pay for the GO Bonds.

Motion was made and seconded to ad-journ the meeting. All voted aye. Counciladjourned at 6:43 p.m.

Warren Woods, Mayor Attest: Lisa Williamson, City Clerk

These are a condensed version of theproceedings of the regular meeting of theCreston City Council. Copies of the com-plete version may be obtained at theClerk's office during normal office hours.

FUND REPORT FOR CLAIM PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 20, 2014CLAIMS BY VENDOR:ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES INCSERVICES...................................... 845.63 AGRILAND FS INCSUPPLIES................................. 10,489.90 AKIN BUILDING CENTERSUPPLIES......................................... 94.68 ALLIANT ENERGY-INT PWR&LGSERVICES................................. 25,525.88 ARAMARK UNIFORM & CAREER ASERVICES........................................ 40.72 ARROW ENERGY, INC.SUPPLIES................................. 32,191.38 B M SALESSUPPLIES....................................... 222.50 BANKERS LEASING COSERVICES...................................... 222.72 CENTRAL PLAINS ELECTRICSERVICES...................................... 175.20 CENTRAL PUMP & MOTORSERVICES...................................... 772.50 CHAT MOBILITYSERVICES........................................ 22.66 CJ COOPER & ASSOCIATES INCSERVICES........................................ 70.00 CRAIG, STEVESERVICES...................................... 295.00 CRESTON CITY WATER WORKSSERVICES........................................ 55.08 CRESTON MOTOR SUPPLY INCSUPPLIES.................................... 1,285.83 CRESTON PUBLISHING COSERVICES...................................... 691.84 CRESTON VET CLINIC PCSERVICES...................................... 123.88 DES MOINES STEEL FENCE COSUPPLIES.................................... 1,806.00 ED M FELD EQUIP CO INCSUPPLIES....................................... 886.00 FARM & HOME SUPPLY INCSUPPLIES....................................... 117.23 FASTENALSUPPLIES......................................... 87.32 FIRST RESPONDER GRANTS, INCSERVICES...................................... 399.00 GRIMES ASPHALT & PAVING COSUPPLIES.................................... 1,077.48 HAWKINS INC.SUPPLIES......................................... 70.52 HAYS, JOHNREIMBURSEMENT........................ 95.00 HULETT & SON AUTO SALVAGESUPPLIES......................................... 50.00 HYGIENIC LABORATORY-ARSERVICES...................................... 568.50 *IA ASSOCIATION BUILDING OFFICALSSERVICES...................................... 100.00 *IOWA DEPT OF REVENUESERVICES........................................ 42.00 INT'L CODE COUNCIL INCSUPPLIES......................................... 36.00 JENNIFER WALTERSSUPPLIES....................................... 150.00 K & J HARDWARE INCSUPPLIES....................................... 360.97 KENYON & NIELSEN PC-ATTYSSERVICES...................................... 400.00 LYNCH DALLAS, PCSERVICES...................................... 691.68 MC MASTER-CARR SUPPLY COSUPPLIES......................................... 39.27 OFFICE DEPOTSUPPLIES....................................... 223.05 OFFICE MACHINESSUPPLIES......................................... 59.99 PAYROLL - GROSS INCLUDING BENEFITS1/16/15..................................... 111,020.33 PETTY CASH - MAINTENANCE..............................91.06 PETTY CASH POLICE..................30.00 PETTY CASH - RECREATION.....16.59 PETZNICK'S PRINTING COSUPPLIES....................................... 110.00 PRAIRIE SOLID WASTE AGENCSERVICES........................................ 29.25 SOUTHERN HILLS VET SVC INSERVICES...................................... 112.25 SOUTHWEST IOWA RURAL ELECTRICSERVICES........................................ 26.41 *TRISTARSERVICES................................. 34,529.25 UNION CO AUDITORSERVICES................................... 5,625.60 UNION CO CLERK OF COURTSERVICES...................................... 240.00 UNION CO DEVELOPMENT ASSOCSERVICES...................................... 607.62 UPSSERVICES........................................ 70.24 VFW POST #1797SUPPLIES....................................... 215.00 WASTE MANAGEMENTSERVICES................................. 38,579.83 WEST AVIATION INCPER FBO CONTRACT.............. 1,701.10 WINDSTREAMTELEPHONE - SEPT'14............ 7,155.11 TOTAL...................................$280,545.05 *MANUAL CHECKSGENERAL FUND...................175,441.61 ROAD USE TAX.......................34,106.42 PAYROLL TAX BENEFIT......40,261.15 POLICE FORFEITURE....................31.99 FIRE/POLICE RETIREMENT.. .9,499.38 RESTRICTED GIFTS-MCKINLY.......................................150.00 SEWER OPERATING FUND. .20,524.31 ANIMAL SHELTER ......................530.19 TOTAL..................................$280,545.05












































































Regular SessionJanuary 12, 2015

The Union County Board of Supervi-sors met in Regular Session on Monday,January 12, 2015. The meeting was calledto order at 9:00 AM with the followingmembers present: Lois Monday, Ron Ri-ley, and Dennis Brown.

AGENDA: Motion by Riley and sec-onded by Brown to approve the Agenda.All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Riley and sec-onded by Brown to approve the minutesfrom January 02, 2015. All voting aye,motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: Karon Finn spoke inopen forum.

ATTORNEY: Tim Kenyon, UnionCounty Attorney, discussed a claim for anIndigent's Attorney Fees claim that waspresented to the Auditor's Office.

SHERIFF: Rick Piel, Union CountySheriff, discussed jail matters and a salaryincrease for one of the jail employees.

SICOG: Motion by Brown and second-ed by Riley to approve the CDBG Draw-down #16 08-DRH-216 in the amount of$455,953.00 for the Federal JumpstartHousing Contract and to approve theCDBG Drawdown #14 08-DRH-006 inthe amount of $79,944 for the FederalJumpstart Housing Contract on the Chari-ton Project. All voting aye, motion carried.Both of the pass thru grants were present-ed by SICOG Director, Tim Ostroski.

ENGINEER: Steve Akes, Union Coun-ty Engineer, presented and discussed theweekly maintenance activity report, theFiscal Year 2015-2016 Five Year Con-struction Program, and the proposed sickleave donation. Final Payment CromwellRoad Project: Motion by Riley and sec-onded by Brown to approve a final pay-ment in the amount of $7600.00 forCromwell Road Project STP-S-C088(46)-5E-88 to Interstate Improvement Inc.,Faribault, MN. This amount will be paidfrom the Farm to Market Fund. All votingaye, motion carried. Final Payment Highand Dry Road Project: Motion by Rileyand seconded by Brown to approve a pay-ment in the amount of $670.00 for Highand Dry Road Project STP-S-C088(47)-5E-88 to Interstate Improvement Inc.,Faribault, MN. This amount will be paidfrom the Farm to Market Fund. All votingaye, motion carried.

CLERK'S REPORT: Motion byBrown and seconded by Riley to acceptthe Clerk's Report. All voting aye, motioncarried.

VETERAN AFFAIRS MONTHLYREPORT: Motion by Brown and second-ed by Riley to accept the Veteran Affair'smonthly report. All voting aye, motioncarried.

CLAIMS: Motion by Brown and sec-onded by Riley to pay claims 122794-122925. All voting aye, motion carried.0001 GENERAL BASIC FUNDA-1 WINDOW SERVICE..............125.00 ACS GOVERNMENT.................1,100.00 AFTON STAR ENTERPRISE....1,080.00 ALLIANT ENERGY....................3,298.96 ARAMARK.......................................12.17 BM SALES......................................276.50 BOYD APPLIANCE & TV..............32.10 BROWN.............................................60.95 BRUS................................................350.00 CARD SERVICES.......................2,570.24 COUNTRYSIDE PRODUCTS.......133.49 COURTNEY......................................89.60 CRESTON FARM & HOME SUPPLY INC........................................................2.72 CRESTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.......................................303.56 CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.......646.27 CULLIGAN.......................................61.75 EXCEL MECHANICAL CO INC...................................................668.99 FAREWAY STORES.....................594.63 FARM & HOME PUBLISHERS LTD..................................................595.50 FARMERS ELECTRIC COOP...2,155.19 GREEN VALLEY PEST CONTROL.........................................47.00 HEARTLAND TIRE & AUTO......419.15 HUSBAND...........................................4.48 IOWA STATE ASSOC OF COUNTIES........................................70.00 JIM'S TRUCK REP & SANITATION.................................307.00 KENYON.............................................7.61 LAUNSPACH, DAVID G................46.50 MASTERCARD/ISSB....................177.32 OFFICE MACHINES COMPANY INC...................................................306.47 PJGREUFE & ASSOCIATES.....1,500.00 POKORNY BP & AUTOMOTIVE SERVIC............................................263.60 POWERS FUNERAL HOMES......796.46 RELIABLE OFFICE SUPPLIES.....90.67 RIPPERGER REPAIR....................645.88 SHRED-IT USA - DES MOINES.............................................59.12 SIDDENS, TERI................................25.00 SOUTHERN IA RURAL WATER ASSC................................................600.10 SUPERIOR LAMP INC..................148.50 SUPREME CLEANERS...................80.75 THE WINDROW RESTAURANT.................................42.12 TITUS.................................................92.00 TREASURER STATE OF IOWA...............................................709.00 UNION CNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOC.............................................537.62 UNION COUNTY ENGINEER.....321.36 US CELLULAR..............................147.45 WALKER.........................................234.39 WALMART COMMUNITY/GECRB.............................................151.25 WALTERS.......................................350.00 WASTE MGMT OF CRESTON....271.79 WINDSTREAM...........................1,848.59 0001 GENERAL BASIC FUND TOTAL: ....................................24,458.80 0002 GENERAL SUPPLEMENTALACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING....295.93 CENTRAL IOWA DETENTION CTR..................................................508.00 CITY OF CRESTON.................10,220.98 IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT............................775.28 TYLER INSURANCE SERVICES INC...................................................325.00 0002 GNERAL SUPPLEMENTAL TOTL: .......................................12,125.19 0011 RURAL SERVICES BASICACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING......24.00 BANKERS LEASING CO................60.68 DMACC-SOUTHRIDGE CENTER..........................................100.00 HUSBAND......................................137.20 OFFICE MACHINES COMPANY INC...................................................299.03 0011 RURAL SERVICES BASIC TOTAL: ..........................................620.91 0020 SECONDARY ROAD FUNDACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING....120.00 AKES....................................................4.15 ALLIANT ENERGY....................2,285.96 ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY...........84.84 BANKERS LEASING CO..............173.76 CALHBURNS & ASSOC INC.. .1,588.80 CFI TIRE.......................................1,800.10 CLARKE CO SECONDARY RD DEPT.............................................1,762.96 CRESTON FARM & HOME SUPPLY INC...................................................236.87 CROSS-DILLON TIRE INC..........329.24 ELECTRICAL MATERIALS COMPANY..........................................6.11 FARM & HOME PUBLISHERS LTD..................................................336.00 FRANKS SERVICE.....................1,252.50 GATEWAY HOTEL & CONF CTR..................................................244.16 INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES.......262.00 IOWA CONCRETE PAVING ASSOCIATI.....................................525.00 IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES...3,978.90 IOWA TOOL & MANUFACTURING INC...................................................118.24 NAPA............................................2,448.72 OFFICE MACHINES COMPANY INC...................................................157.22 O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL INC...................................................111.30 SCHILDBERG CONSTRUCTION INC..............................................16,250.24 SPRING VALLEY WIRELESS.....135.00 TL TOOLS.........................................83.49 TRUE VALUE HARDWARE & RENTAL............................................53.98 US CELLULAR.................................60.76 WALMART COMMUNITY/GECRB...............................................33.95 WILBUR-ELLIS CO.......................701.60 WINDSTREAM................................64.54 ZIEGLER INC..............................8,349.13 0020 SECONDARY ROAD FUND TTL: ...........................................43,559.52 4003 EMPOWERMENTALEGENT HLTH AT HOME-CORNING....................................2,825.66 CREATIVE BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL...............................1,080.00 DISCOVERY KIDS PRESCHOOL..................................895.50 EAST UNION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS....................................1,620.00 HEARTS AND HUGS DAY CARE............................................2,088.00 JOYFUL SPARKS PRESCHOOL...................................978.65KIDS FIRST COMMUNITIES........25.11 MATURA ACTION CORP............185.10 MATURA ACTION CORPORATION..........................1,133.71 PRECIOUS PEOPLE PRESCHOOL...............................1,740.00 RINGGOLD COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.......................................4,030.94 SICKELS......................................3,988.28 STHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE....................................8,935.68 TAYLOR COUNTY AG EXTENSION................................3,025.57 TAYLOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH..........................................487.57 TINKER TOTS PRESCHOOL INC...................................................454.80 TRINITY LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL...............................1,386.00 UNION COUNTY AUDITOR....1,000.00 WINTERSET LITTLE HUSKIES PRESC..............................................180.00 4003 EMPOWERMENT TOTAL: ....................................36,060.57 4004 LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTERA-1 WINDOW SERVICE.................21.00 ALLIANT ENERGY....................3,081.04 ARAMARK.......................................15.58 BM SALES......................................475.00 COUNSEL OFFICE & DOCUMENT...................................139.62 FIRST COMMUNICATIONS LLC.....................................................30.35 GREEN VALLEY PEST CONTROL.........................................36.00 IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE....90.00 MAINSTAY SYSTEMS INC......1,611.00 MASTERCARD/ISSB....................953.93 MEDIACOM...................................135.90 PER MAR SECURITY SERVICES.......................................572.28 PETZNICKS....................................135.00 STANARD & ASSOCIATES INC. .43.00 WASTE MGMT OF CRESTON....271.79 WINDSTREAM..............................807.96 4004 LAW ENFORCEMENT CNTR TTL: .............................................8,419.45 4100 CNTY ASSESSMENT EXPENSEAFTON STAR ENTERPRISE.........73.10 BANKERS LEASING CO..............103.54 CRESTON PUBLISHING CO.........46.83 FARM & HOME PUBLISHERS LTD....................................................56.00 IOWA STATE ASSOC OF ASSESSORS....................................600.00 WINDSTREAM..............................113.00 4100 CO ASSESSMENT EXPENSE TTL: ................................................992.47 4960 SANITARY LANDFILLAGRIVISION..................................903.93 ALLIANT ENERGY....................2,100.00 AUDITOR OF STATE....................175.00 BARKER LEMAR & ASSOC INC................................................3,085.00 BEDFORD TIMES-PRESS..............25.00 BRIAN GAY CONSTRUCTION.....................10,000.00 BRICK GENTRY P C..................1,462.50 CASEY'S GENERAL STORE...............................................48.95 CRESTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE...................................115.00 CRESTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.........................................42.44 ED M FELD EQUIPMENT COINC...................................................100.00 FASTENAL COMPANY....................9.81 GUTHRIE COUNTY........................32.92 HJC, LLC....................................48,843.16 IOWA DEPT OF REVENUE.........154.38 IOWA STATE SAVINGS BANK......9.63 LIBERTY TIRE RECYCLING LLC...............................................1,382.86 MASTERCARD/ISSB......................34.72 METRO WASTE AUTHORITY.............................23,112.14 OFFICE MACHINES COMPANY INC...................................................414.76 T&S INDUSTRIES INC.................234.67 TRUE VALUE HARDWARE & RENTAL..........................................112.45 UNION COUNTY AUDITOR.....................................1,449.00 UNION COUNTY TREASURER..................................756.00 WASTE MGMT OF CRESTON....................................3,201.85 WELLMARK BC & BS OF IOWA............................................2,457.75 WINDSTREAM..............................171.41 4960 SANITARY LANDFILL TOTAL: ..................................100,435.33 8500 COUNTY HEALTH INSURANCEBERNIE LOWE AND ASSOCIATES INC...................................................744.00 8500 CNTY HEALTH INSURANCE TTL: ................................................744.00 GRAND TOTAL:...................227,416.24

ADJOURNMENT: There being nofurther business, the meeting was ad-journed at 12:42 PM.

ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITORBY: LOIS MONDAY, CHAIRMANBOARD OF SUPERVISORS






























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4-H Volunteer of the Year: Macy Evans and Darin Hatfield of the Union County 4-H Youth Council present Sara Bolinger with the “4-H Volunteer of the Year” award for her continued dedica-tion, time and support to the Union County 4-H program. She was unable to be present at the 4-H recognition ceremony Jan. 3, so Evans and Hatfield presented Bolinger her plaque of recognition at NAPA. Bolinger plays a large role in Union County’s 4-H program as she is a member and treasurer of the local Friends of 4-H group where she is in charge of trophy sponsorships and annual pie auction. She also serves on the Sale Committee for the county fair and takes time out her busy schedule to announce the beef, swine, sheep and goat shows during the county fair.

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Veterans on the Hill: Rep. Jack Drake, R-Griswold, meets with veterans at the Capitol. Dave Tripp, Frank Riley, Gary O’Daniels and Tom Hawks of Creston visited the Capitol for the Veterans Day on the Hill event.

Small drone crashes at White House complex, origin unclear WASHINGTON (AP) — A small

drone flying at low altitude crashed into the White House complex before dawn Monday, the Secret Service said. Pres-ident Barack Obama was not at home and the White House said it did not pose a security threat.

The crash prompted an immediate lockdown of the White House grounds until officials could examine the drone. The Secret Service said the 2-foot-long device was a quadcopter — a small, un-

manned aircraft that is lifted by four pro-pellers.

“An investigation is underway to de-termine the origin of this commercially available device, motive, and to identify suspects,” said Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary. He said the drone crashed on the southeast side of the White House complex just after 3 a.m.

Many small quadcopters are essen-tially sophisticated toys that can also be useful for commercial operations like

aerial photography and inspection. Of-ten weighing only a few pounds, they sell for as little as a few hundred dollars or less, and were popular Christmas gifts last year. More elaborate models sells for thousands.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama are traveling in India and were not present for the incident. But it was unclear whether their daughters, Sa-sha and Malia, were at home with their grandmother, Marian Robinson .

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